Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-22 00:00:00

- • LATEST TT::,LEGRA.MS. THE 1) " . ..„:1C RATING BILL. yeWste rday red e have recei- the following telegram, dated • will Tbeile`l.t.eond reading of the Dock Rating Bill W ee , ;Postponed this evening till Tuesday, next Vae44d ov e°Y agreement, that the general measure of vrnment may previously be read a second pe, - which it is expected will take place on &.I(l a3r night." • SPAIN. PARcELoNA, Feb. 21.—Advices have been re ceived fro m T ang i ers o f t h e 9th. Th e English C onsul is negociating a treaty of peace between Plgn and Morocco. • The Count of Paris is gone to Morocco, but will depart again thence for .eingland on the 15th instant. THE FRENCH 'RENTES. dogePAßls, Monday, 12.30 p.m.—Rentes were first on the Boulevards at 67.75, and fell subset 'N e atly' to 67.55 flat and offered. RUSSIA. ir the foll ow i ng i s an extract f rom a pr i vate letter Russia, dated the 20th inst. : " Th e quest i on whether Russia is arming or not 4°W occupies, and with much reason, the public • I am eni t bl e d t o commun i ca t e t o you th e (:41 ° Wing from a re li a bl e source . U p t o t h e present f a(n nent, no mo vemen t o f t roops h as t a k en p l ace 41 Poland, nor h ave t h e fortresses b een armed. , sailors and marines on leave have received orde rs to hold thems e l ves i n rea di ness , i n case th ey u 4 Bno uld be re ca ll e d, an d s i m il ar or d ers are a b out a L° be given t o so ldi ers on f ur l oug h . N o extraordi tarY conscripti on h as as ye t b een ma d e , b u t i s , ° Weyer, expected," T HE CALCUTTA AND-CHINA MAILS ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 17. India and China mails have arrived, with M f rom C a l cutta to th e 28th J an . ; G a ll e , ° t 11 ; and Hong Kong, 15th. eblie rebels had tried to enter Rohilcund from Paul, but were defeated, with great slaughter, ter Majesty's 42nd regiment. The Calcutta import market was very brisk. h l. °ducegenerally was in good demand. Freights 41 ' impro g ved. Exchange 2s. Old. CHINA. Lord Elgin having reached Hankew (?), returned to Shanghai on the Ist of January. A small combined naval and land force was despatched from Canton on the Bth of January to• punish attacks made upon parties of European troops outside the city. The yosition of the e nemy was taken without loss, and a village destroyed. The disturbances are believed to have been instigated by the Imperial Government. At Hong Kong trade was dull. Exchange, 4s 60 for bank bills. SHANGHAI, January- 160. Imports, except' metals, we re generally in good demand. Ex change had declined to 6s 4d for bank bills. Tea Was dearer at all the ports. There is a decrease in exports of 2,500,000. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. We have received our usual despatches in anticipation of the Overland mail. The following is from the summary of the Bombay Times of the 2 5th of January. : Tentia Topee is still at large, and in company with Feroze Shah, whose escape across the Doab into Centr a l I n di a was narrate d byus a mail or two a i 8 now in thOi ne i g hb our h oo d of the fortress of Rintambore situated in the hills lying between the B wo ana s and the Ch am b u l, near th e junc ti on o f th e inst riv ers. After the action at Burrod on the Ist •, gained by Colonel Somerset's brigade after an gents, i ar s d u n r ous march, of five days' duration in pursuit of the Tantia is said to have crossed the ‘-;_nbniribul oil the Bth i ns t., into the Jeypore state, 1 , 20. Ji to have effected a junction with Feroze Shah j w i ee d n Tonk an d Modharajpore. Rintambore aid d bY Peroze Shah, and is a place of con as erable strength, having been yielded to him, , t I s supposed, b y th e Th a k oors o f th e J eypore nrddiinngg ate, w h o hold it on a. sort of feudal tenure, each defeto Thornton having the honour of 'w or k . a particular gate, or portion of the After the fashion of all the hill forces of of la, the defences are chiefly natural, the summit ra the rock b e i ng simply surmounted b y a stone kilipart The area enclosed is about a , square t zt 4 c , a nd is well supplied with both spring and t , water. Several columns are converging upon Vace • a r i se t. appears that further troubles is likely to Bundlecund, from the death of the Regent nee of D u t teea h a f ew d ays ago. I n conse ; iPence of th e success i on b e i ng di spu t e d b y a Letion in the city, several Thakoors of the Raj t4. e i gone there with their followers, to oppose claimant of the Musnud, recognised by Sir )4 , 9b ert Hamilton, by force of arms. No blood — ll - 1 be shed, if Captain Pinkney is able to pre ;ent it hy settling the dispute, which probably 4:Pects the regency rather than the succession, . 4 , e ,heir being an adopted son of the late Rajah, cavalry, as we suppose a minor. The detachment of a i + va lr3', which. left Jaulnah a fortnight ago to look b e ' e r Burjore Sing, finding his nest empty, has e n order e d t o procee d t o D u tt eea h t o s t reng th en the c ommissioner, and prevent, if possible, scenes violence. el."_, is campaign in Oude is over ; and Lord Yue s on his way back to Lucknow. The ptel li gence was communicated by telegram to 4 gra as follows : The Mom TIM citirr cosimissioxrn or otDr, te rebellio n i n Ouele is entirely suppressed. .The nialf.arn and some f o ll owe r s w ith guns h ave go ne by night brib 9lie s into Nepaul, partly forcing her way, partly /si e i ng• Sep o y s o f h er party sa id t o b e plundering the f r Zatu villages. A corps of observation remains on the 'lel% Nana supposedito be with them. IniZt ia We kno w *lot whether to admire more the di . rY arrange men t s , or th e political judgment, tLaYed in thi s cam p a i gn , w hi c h, w hil e it effec efia"aY silen ces L or d Cl y d e ' s d e t rac t ors , h a s been wi e t e ted at so little material loss to ourselves, and °fa h : so much credit VS our forbeArance. An and e ml notification has appeared declaring Oude hes Rohilcund ag a i n o p en t o th e wives and fami ,o4,,of Europeans ; so that we may now fairly bratulate ourselves upon the suppression of the Our old enemies, the Murree .tribes of the so hide frontier, are said to be becoming trouble d again, but w h e th er i n consequenee o f th e f r ea e ll of General Jacob having inspired them with to M. hopes, we cannot tell. The Khan of Khelat, to wham they owe fealty, is proceeding, according an a contemp orary , t o K a h un, to re d uce t h em ; the Major Henry Green, with a detachment of cinde H orse , h as proceeded to j o i n h i s high ofss„s camp. In the present hi g h s t a t e o f e ffi c i ency wo 'nese regiments, an attempt upon the plains all alcl be a very h azar d ous exper i ment, though i •t n ith e natives of the Sulimane e should engage the Ni zam 's territories we a re now ex liel•tencing the ground swell of .the storm in the sli lg of the Rohillas. Advices from Jaulnah dated th e 20th instant, inform -as that Colonel E. Campbell was attacked on his march towards „ cl lakby a body of Rohillas 3;000 strong, who -e ri ee eded in capt ur i ng his camels and baggage, IT' in woundi ng th e co l one l himself. Brigadier jll, however, was encamped within four miles I ) ;,t i he one of this surprise, and Colonel Camp u.e7L' 'we are told, having been strengthened .a detachment of the brigade, th "gh ,-,vounded, to the attack-of the rebels. In returned, a e engagement which ensued, Captakt Mainnon, ti9lrenatnding the 3rd Reghnent Hydrabad Con- Infantry, is said to have 'been killed, tt ,,d Colonel Clackston (?) mortally wounded. arm Hotman (?) also has been wounded in the reported ; and Tour native. officers .and six .sowars are . slain, , On the side of the enemy the loss Is said t o 'h ave ' been very heav,.250.0f them hay ng b een left..dead,n_pon the field. ..Sir Bush Rose who has been in to Jaulnah, left the next day for Seloo. All the villages in the neighbourhood of these disturbances Ave been deserted, the insur gents having treated the ryots who fell into their hands with extreme barbarity. The 9th Regiment and the 2nd Cavalry stand fast at Jaulnah, by Sir Patrick Grant's order, it is 'said. A siege train from Ahmednuggur is now on its way to join Sir Hugh Rose'rii force. " The supreme government has intimated to Sir John Lawrence that he cannot be relieved from his duties in the Punjaub until the Ist of March, when, it is stated, he will leave the upper provinces for Calcutta, en route to England, to take his place in the Indian council. " The business in our import market during the fortnight has been to a moderate extent ;" the money market continues tight ; and the rates of freights have improved slightly." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Report 021 the .state of Bombay Market, from 11th to 24th, January, 1859 : _ _ _ The P. and 0. Company's steam-ship Bombay,,with the English mails of the 17th December on board, arrived here on the night of the 9th instant. We received the China mails of the 30th December, by the steamer. Malabar, on the evening of the 18th inst. Advices from England to the 25th December were received by us on the 23rd instant, by electric telegraph, from Galle. The money market remains very tight. IMPORTS. COTTON PIECE Gooi?.—The transactions in our import market durinc , the past fortnight have been to a very moderate extent, and the prices of all grey goods have declined from two to four annas per piece. . EXPORTS. COTTON. —The rates have declined, and the market has assumed a quiet tone. Our latest quotations are-- Veravel Rs. 123-24; Dhollera Rs. 137-38, old, Rs. 133-35 ; Oomeravuttee Rs. 140-42 ; , Khandesh Rs. 130-32; Surat and Broach. Rs. 141-44 ; Compta Rs. 139. BOMBAY SHIPPING. ARRIVED.-Jan. 11th : Ship Conqueror, B. Shandan, from Liverpool 10th Sept. DEPARTURES. - Tan. 12th : Ship Norwood, W. Staple don ; ship Danube, J. McVulley • ship Tasmanian, H. Litten—all three for Liverpool. jun. 14 : Ship Queen of the East, L. Hilton, for Liverpool. Jan. 21 : Ship Dalkeith, A. Bruce, for Liverpool. Jan. 22: Ship Philanthropist, J. Russell, for Liverpool. LORD STANLEY'S REPORT ON INDIAN FINANCE. An important State paper was laid before Parliament and ordered to be printed on the 14th inst. It is no less than Lord Stanley's " Review of the Finances of India, as shown in the actual account of 1856-57, and as estimated for 1857-58 and 1858-59." This paper bears date the India-office, 19th of January, 1859, and is addressed to the Governor-General of India in Council. The accounts for the year 1855-1856 exhibit a total (Indian) revenue of 3 1 2,08,90,650 rupees, and charges of 30,35,12,781 rupees. This leaves an (Indian) surplus of 1,73,77,869 rupees, but the " home charges" of 2,78,38,516 rupees convert it into a deficit of 1,04,60,647 rupees. In 1856-57 the revenues amounted to 33 30 33 912 rupees, and the charges fo 30,79,90,749 rupees, leaving an (Indian) surplus of 2,59,43,163 riipees, which was again converted, by " home charges" amounting to 2,68,37,700 rupees, into . a deficit of 17,94,537 rupees. The aggregate receipts from land revenue in 1856-57 amounted to 17,71,75,804 rupees, being a general im provement of 72,11,182 rupees as compared with the preceding year. Customs (excluding salt) fell off in 1 . 856-57 by 7,86,265 rupees.. Salt sales and duties yielded 3,09,87,107 rupees, being 11,69,476 in excess of the amount realised in the previous year. The net receipts from that important item of revenue opium amounted to 3,85,63,712 rupees, being 10,39,044 rupees less than in the previous year. " Sayer and Abkarry" yielded 1,42,13,644 rupees. The largely increased im portation of silver contained in 1856-57, and the net profits'of the three mints of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay (including the profits on the copper coinage) exceeded by 6,47,234 rupees the net profit of the previous year. 'Under "Public Works" there was an increased receipt of nearly 29 lacs of rupees, but this was in a great degree nominal. Lord Stanley regards this (generally) progres sive movement of the revenue as satisfactory. As regards the charges, it is stated that the civil charges extraordi nary exhibited a decrease, and the military charges, ordinary and extraordinary, an increase (in 1856-7) of 18,70,861 rupees ; in the marine and naval charges there was also a nett increase of 8,91,223 rupees. On the whole, as regards both revenue and charges, the financial result of the year 1856-7 ispronounced by Lord Stanley to be a decided improvement as compared with the result of the previous year, and the financial position and pros pects of India were most encouraging when the mutiny of the Bengal army broke out, and upset everything. The gross revenues of India are estimated for 1857-8 at 31,54,39,759 rupees, and for 1868-9' at 33,01,60,202 rupees. The charges of 1857-8 are estimated at 34,42,22,703 rupees, and those of 1858-9 at 39,74,32,849 rupees. Lord Stanley estimates the "final deficit" of 1857-8, which is wholly attributable to the mutiny, at 9,00,00,000 rupees, and that of 1858-9 at 12,50,00,000 rupees, making a gross total of 21,50,00,000 rupees, and to this should be added 1,00,00,000, " the sum in which the expenditure on Public Works Extraordinary in the above two years was leas in each year than the amount expended on the' same account in 1856-7 ;" this being done, the probable deterioration in 1857-8 and 1858-9 is estimated at 22,50,00,000 rupees. As a set-off against this fearful sum, there will be the forfeiture of pensions and the confiscation of the property of rebels. The estimates for 1859-60 are being prepared. Lord Stanley tells the Governor-;General that he shall resort to a further loan in this country with the very greatest reluctance, but that under , actual circumstances " such a step appearS to be inevitable." The Govern.or-General, how 7 ever, is, strongly urged to depend solely 'on local resources for the ways and meaus required by the Indian Govern ment, .so that this loan may be the last to be railed in England. The whole debt of India appears to amount to £74,543,167, of which £18,573,781 has` been con tracted within the last two years. .Lord Stanley, on the strength of this startling fact, recurs to the subject of loans, denounces the system of raising such loans to meet the general expenditure of the State as " most disas trous," and calls the serious attention of the Governor- General and his Council to the question how otherwise to meet the heavy disbursements at present entailed for years to come by recent events. And the Governor- General is required to state his own "'views" on the subject without delay.' THE PEACE AND WAR_ QUESTION Lord Cowley, the Ambassador from ,Her Majesty, at the Court Of the Emperor Napoleon, arrived in London on Saturday, from Paris, whence he had been summoned by the cabilet. The Times, after making the above announcement, says the accounts from the Continent are by no means re-assuring, but adds that Lord Cowley has most probably come over to receive instructions as Pleni potentiary at the Paris Conferences on the Danubian question. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News say's the tactics of the Government are to blow alternately hot and cold on the question of peace or war. There not a moment's relaxation 'in the French .owever preparations for war. None of the French papers have dared to publish IZ. Delangle's circular to -the prefect, containing their instructions for prompting the provincial journals on the question of peace or war. Le Nord was seized for containing it. A circulaidespatch issued by the Prussian Goirernment dwel's upon the hope that peace will not be interrupted. It alludes to the joint'efforts of Prussia and England to maintain it. It expresses its conviction that Austria will lend a willing hand to diplomatic solution of the difficulties resulting from the state of affairs in Central Italy. Prussia says the circular, while reserving her action as a - European Power, will nevertheless fulfil her duties as a member of the German Confederation. The papers announce the death of the Duke of Buck ingham. lie was author of the celebrated Chandos clause, of the Reform Bill. Tne Times announces that the Rev. Mr. Stook, Vicar of Leeds, has had the. Deanery of Chichester offered to him, and has accepted the offer. Great excitement prevails at Suffolk and Northampton in consequence of the intention of immediately applying machinery to the manufacture of boots. The Daily News gives a rumour of ministers having first agreed to a scheme of Reform, and then upon sub sequently re-touching some of its features, dissension broke out, and, as the report goes, Government have found themselves forced to balance the evils of spoiling the plan of Reform settled before Christmas, or causing a new split in their sorely chipped and splintered parts before Easter. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FlELD.—Campbell B. Browne, Esq., late lieutenant in her Majesty's 98th Re g iment, whil s t h un ti ng w i th Lor d S tam f or d' s h oun d s on Friday the 11th inst., in taking a fence immediately after crossing the Tollerton brook, caught his foot against a post, lost his seat, and was thrown with great violence on the ground. He proceeded to a farm-house, and medical -assistance was procured from Nottingham. He was removed thence .to Nottingham Park, his brother's residence, where he lingered till Saturday, when he —tanzforrl'3l-ercury. THE NORTHERN TIMES, - TIJESDAY; FEBRUARY 22, 1859 YOUNG AMERICA ON SLAVERY. (After reading Thos. Collie Grattan's " Civilised America.") As absence from England will prevent me from accepting a courteous invitation to deliver a lecture in Staffordshire, on Slavery, will you per mit me to avail myself of the columns of your liberal journal to express a few unfledged thoughts on a subject that every English author misrepresents, and American gets blackballed for the moment the two countries are discussed at your social board. The NORTHERN TIMES invites comment on any question of importance, and has the reputation of being impartial ; in fact, friendly to American inte rests—hence I am led to believe that a - few facts, a few suggestions, a few good-natured remarks, that Might be passed over an English dinner-table, ,will be as interesting to your readers as the Dinner question, the War question, the Social Evil question, or the question of Reform. That the Anti-slavery_party do not understand the queslion which they . discuss---that they are ignorant of the workings of the peculiar institu tion---that their education has Warped their judg mnet---that their pet theme has become threadbare ---that their emancipation schemes have all been failures —that their platform is based on theory instead of practice—that they have played so long on a harp of a thousand strings, they be lieve in the picture which their imagination:has excited—that their cherished plans have not suc ceeded.; all these are among the facts one ob serves in reading the Times, or perusing their more recent proclamations and manifestos. No one doubts their honesty—no one breathes a whisper against their desire to benefit mankind no one thinks for . moment but that they mean all they say. Yet all their arguments float upon the surface, which is naturally the case, when for two generations . they have only heard one side of the . question. I do not propose to take it up as an American or an Englishman, but as a Cosmopolitnn, omitting nationalities, so that I may deal with it purely in an academic way, and in perfect goad nature. No one will deny the feeling that exists in England towards America, arising out of the incendianary documents that periodically issue from Exeter Hall. Thousands of Englishmen would feel differently towards us were it not for the continual fanning of a flame that should have gone out long ago. Answer me this—What, good has the Uncle Tom Cabin party accomplished ? Have they loosened the bonds of the slave ? Have they benifited the condition of the negro, either at home or abroad? Has their philan throphy succeeded ? The Times says not. Thousands of Englishmen endorse the opinion of their leader, Still a few enthusiaststs in high places continue to ignore America, simply, because of the four millons of slaves, which England placed on our plantations. When we remember the meetings held by the negropolists, the inflamatory speeches delivered, pamphlets printed, books published ; when we listen to the sweeping comments made against the Southern states; the hot arguments and severe denunciations hurled at theTSouthern planters. When I see the best sentiments of a great nation twisted and warped by thirty years of negro mania, by the negropolist causing little children to grow up with the same ideas as their fathers. It would : seem to me that 'tis time to reflect and see if Americans deserve all this obloquy. Slavery is no new institution. It is as old as the world of the geologists. All ages have owned their slaves. Examine the archives of time. Chaos before Cosmos—Then the lower animals. Thor. man. -concentrating someining non. all, Uul, created in the image of his Creator. Man required society. Society must have laws. Laws consti tute goverment.. Hence government is civil law, controlling property, liberty, life. This was the primitive state. The people elect governors, the most intellectual are chiefs. First it was physical courage, then mental energy, superiority. Hence slavery. You find it in every age. From Chaldea it went to Egypt, to Arabia, to all Eastern lands, and finally all over the world. I found them every where in my. travels, but under different names. In Homer's day all war prisoners in Greece were slaves. The Lacedcemonian youth were trained, were taught to trap them, to . deceive them, and then to butcher them. Think of 3,000 being murdered at one time by the brave young Spartans, merely as a matter of amusement ; and yet notice how Latin and Greek authors dWell upon the manliness of the ancients. Think of Alexander,. when trazing Thebes, some 335 years before Our era,' selling the whole population into abject slavery I Think of chaining slaves to a great man's mansion, to give admittance to the guests that came to his banquet ; and this in much lauded ancient Rome. Imagine Lord Palmerston's guests at Cambridge House ushered in by slaves in chains, as in the olden time ! Why, one-of the laws of the XII. Tables was, that insolvent debtors were seized and bound into slavery till they worked out their debt ; and C. Pollio threw the slaves that gave him offence into his fish-pond, to fatten his lamphreys ; and this only forty-two years before _Christ ! Twelve years before that, Coreitiug left 4,116 slaves, in his will, to his heir. This was in the days of the Romans—the bar barous, yet history-exaggerated civilised Romans ! But let us not trust to profane historians : take sacred writers. Read the Bible, and • observe the bondsmen—the laws that regulated their sale and purchase. Notice the numbers 'owned by Abraham, by Isaac, by Jacob. Moses, too, had so Many, he made laws to guide the slaVekiWner. What were the bondsmen and bon dsmaids of the ancients but slaves ? Dr. Wayland says that the Hebrews held slaves since the conquest of Canaan. Abraham owned one thousand. Even Whitefield did not call it a sin. Read 25th Levitieus—:read 21st Exodus —where the slave is called money—"where 'his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and 1w shall own him for ever." Polygamy, divorce, murder, incest, the Bible-precepts forbade, but placed no ban on slavery. .1 find riti law againSt it in the Scriptures. Even Moses delivered up a fugitive slave ; but it does not follow that I ad vocate it. The. fact is, men in our day would. be hung for what then hardly occasioned a rebuke. " Servants - obey your masters," was the Divine Law, and St. Paul endorsed it. The Old Testament approved of it—the New gives no word or sign against it—but , laws regu lating it are recorde in both. St. Paul had time to give directions about the cut of a coat, or to say polite words to King Agrippa, but nowhere records, anything against slavery. One would suppose that slavery is purely of American origin, if trained by the modern philan thropists, but it seems to be a plant of very ancient growth. But pass by the barbarous days : come back to Christian England. `Saxon Alfred made laws as to sale of slaves ; and it is well known that in Saxon. and Norman times the children of the English peasantry were sold in the Bristol market like cattle for exportation ! Some went to Ireland, some to Scotland. Wat Tyler's rebellion, in 1381, arose from serfdom. Edward VI. branded V on the breast of any one who lived idle for three days, and. the buyer owned him for two years as his slave. He could oblige him to work by beating and chaining him ; let him absent himself for a fortnight, and, with a brand upon his cheeks ,he• was made a slave for ever ! His neck, his leg,ur his arm could be circled with rings of iron; and these were SaxenEngland's laws! Even in 1547 a runaway apprentice became by _statute a slave. have jotted down these facts for the benefit of the rising generation, to show them: that Americans, bad asthey are Tepresented, did mo:i;, at least, originate slavery.. In scontinued,) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY Earl Grey made some comment on the subject of the lonian Islands, in replying to which The Earl of Derby stated that the appointed Lord High Commissioner (Sir H. Storks) had already arrived in Corfu, from which Island Mr. Gladstone had already taken his departure. The right hon. gentleman migh be expected in England on Saturday next. The further discussion of the subject was in consequence postponed till Tuesday, the Ist of March. The house then adjourned at 5.30, p.m. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY Mr. Moncitou Mikes gave notice that on Yriday next he should call attention to the appointment of Captain Howard Vyse as Vice-Consul in Japan. THE lONIAN ISLANDS Mr. Headlam having asked whether Government would undertake that before any alteration was made in the Constitution of the lonian Islands the House would have any opportunity of expressing its opinion on the pro posed change, Sir B Lytton said that ample opportunity would be given before any change was effected in the Constitution of the lonian Islands. Sir J. Paking,ton appealed to various members, who had notices of motion for Friday, to allow the Navy Estimates to take precedence of other business. „ The members in question having declined. Lord Palmerston said that he did not suppose the estimates would occupy the whole sitting. After some further discussion the subject dropped, without any arrangement being, arrived at. CHURCH RATES Mr. Secretary Walpole rose to call the attention of ,the House to certain papers, relative to church rates,, which have been laid upon the table of the House, and to submit a motion on the subject. He passed.-in record the several attempts that had been made to settle the question since twenty-five years ago. A first minister of the Crown had declared that its settlement admitted of no delay. Six administrations had succeeded, and yet nothing had been done, except a renewal of the agitation. It appeared from the returns which had been presented to the House, that church rates had been refused in not more than in one-tenth of the parishes 'in which it had been demanded. Was it there fore fair, in, deference to.so small a minority, to abolish church rates altogether ? From °then returns it appeared that in the vast majority of parishes 'in which church rates were ,now raised, • belong almost 'exclusively to churchmen. It further appeared that a very large part of the sums now raised for church rate pur pose, were raised :by voluntary. contributions Mr. Walpole then reviewed successively the various measures that had been proposed for the settlement of the question, pointing out in detail the defects of each. There were some points on which he trusted they would all agree they would agree in rejecting any measure transferring the payment of church rates from property now liable to it to the Consolidated Fund, or what was the worst proportion of all, to pew-rents, creating a charge for what ought to be free to all. He then proceedd to give an outline of his own measure.• He proposed, in the first instance, that the owners of land, notwithstanding the law of mortmain, should have the power of charging their lands with the sums now paid for church rates, for periods to be specified in the bill; that the same powers should be given to tenants for life as to tenants for fee ; that to prevent the waste of money so raised, the incumbent and churchwardens should be appointed a body corporate for the management. He further proposed that, in aid of these charges, all possible encouragement should be given to voluntary contribu tions, that these benefactions should, at the pleasure of the donors, be kept in fee, so as to contribute to- the exoneration of lands now charged to the rate. When the income so raised should amount to the average of the rate, the Queen in council should have the power of declaring the rate for ever abrogated in such parish ; finally, .to remove all grievances from the con scientious Dissenter, he proposed that when the collector went round for the rate, he should take a paper with him containing a declaration .that the person signing it conscientiously objected to the rate after signing the document, such person should be free to refuse the rate, but should not be allowed to vote at meetings of the vestry. By the measure thus proposed, the compulsory was changed into a vlountary rate, and the rate itself was not abrogated without an equivalent. He called upon the house to sanction a bill, which he believed in his conscience, in every respect, to be fair and satisfactory.' Sir J. Trelawney demanded for his own bill a formal second reading on Wednesday, as he .ought not to be called upon to give up his present advantage. After this they might see how far they could meet the right hon. g watieia.zu . awr e y; on fa consider his rather — complicated proposition. Alter ar guing at some length in favour of the voluntary princi ple, he expressed a hope that the present parliament might have the honour of settling it. Sir G, Grey declared that the measure should have his fair and candid consideration, and promised his aid to all attempts to reconcile the conflicting parties. He depre cated all attempts to restore church rates in those parishes where they were now abolished. He could not join in the reprobation urged against pew rents by Mr. Walpole ; the character of many of the most important parishes in the country were supported by this means, and were yet freely open to all. Mr. E. Ball considered the proposal to be a very fair one, and thought that it might be supported by the most strenuous opponents of church rates. He objected at the same time to the exclusion of dissenters from the vestry. Mr. A. H. Elton declared the best mode of rousing the liberality of landlords to be the final abolition of the rate. He would trust the voluntary contributions to the middle classes, and even to the poor, of whose liberality for religions objects he gave several instances. He, too, thought the denunciation of pew rates by Mr. Walpole somewhat too sweeping. ' Mr. Packe gave instances where important ecclesiastical edifices were falling to pieces for want of funds. Sir G. Lewis asked if, as the rate was now to be put upon the landlord, the vestry was to consist as heretofore, of occupants or of owners ? What, again, was to be done when there was a ground landlord and the ordinary landlord ? . B. Hope approved of the'Bill as practical 'and moderate. _ Lord J. Russell made many objections to the Bill, and observed that he'preferred the precedent of Lord Derby when he threw the Church Cess in Ireland upon Church property, to the principle adopted in the measure. After all, perhaps, - the Bill offered them the best resources out of these difficulties, but he felt sure that, in a few years after the Bill passing, Church-rates would cease altoge ther. He bore strong testimony to the activity, efficiency, and soundness of the Church of England at the present time. After.a few words from Mr. Newdegate, • Mr. Miller expressed, some doubts as to the success of the measure,. Mr. D. Griffiths hoped that the House would not be induced to pass any sweeping measure • against church rates. He gave great credit for the bill. After some remarks from Alderman Cubitt, in faiour of the bill, Mr. Hadfield protested against it. It would excite as much dissatisfaction in the Establishment as out of it. The House had already declared its opinion against church rates altogether, and he believed that the church would flourish more than ever without them. After some observations from Sir B. Bridges and Mr. Ker, Mr. Walpole replied: He disclaimed the intention of altering the law in places where the rate had ceased to be collected, though it was intended by his bill to encourage voluntary contributions in such places. When the tenant threw the rate upon the landlord, he would cease to have a voice in the vestry. The exemption, from conscientious scruples, would not apply to the property, only to the pair, and would continue but for the year in which the declaration was made. He defended himself from the objection of giving up the principle of church rates alto gether,. by consenting to this exemption. In reference to the bil of Sir J. Trelawney, he proposed that the two bills should be placed together, on Monday, for second reading, and considered one after the. other. Sir J. Trelawney having consented to this arrange ment, leave was given to bring in the bill. TEE EAST INDIA BILL. The report of the East India Bill was then brought up, and leave given to found a bill upon it. THE. MARKETS (IRELAND) BILL. Upon the motion for the second reading of the Mar kets (Ireland) Bill, exception having been taken to the compulsory clauses, • Lord Naas explained that the object of the bill was simply, when a market was necessary, to provide means by way of tolls for its maintenance. The bill was then read a second time. INMATE POOR (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Inmate Poor (Ireland) Bill, Mr. Bagwell, alleging the difficulties of detail whic h it involved, moved that it be referred to a select committee. Mr. Hansard, Mr. Sergeant Deasy, Mr. Gregory, and other members, approved generally of the bill. Lord Naas explained that the object of the bill was to do away with centralisation, 'and to place the Lunatic Asylum under local management. the bill was then read a second time. The other business was disposed of, and the House adjourned at :.2.55 a.nr. SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M THE MINISTRY. The Advertiser says hostile. motions will soon be brought forward in the House of Commons, and the result, it is, fully expected, will be to precipitate a Cabinet crisis. The Post hints that the. Ministry must, for the sake of peace, announce their policy, and secure the sanction of the country to it, or give place to those who better understand the crisis. It is vain to meet this demand with the retort that it is esti mated to form a war party—the assertion is untrue. The only , parties likely to endanger peace are her Majesty!s ministers, who do nothing for its preservation. The actual war party is on the Treasury benches. THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES ON CHURCH RATES The Times says that Mr. Walpole's bill would lie a dead letter from the day of its enactment, and a measure so utterly impracticable hardly deserves consideration. The Daily News says 'the •measur, is complex, but in its relations to the dissenters is is of a simple character. The Herald remarks that, all that Mr. Walpole could hope to achieve was a reasonable compromise, and the general feeling of • the house seemed to be favourable to his proposal. , . _ The - Star states the is conceived in the spirit of conciliation, but it is equally inconsistent with the prin ciple of an establishment and with the principles of voluntarism. COIVIMERCIAI The gloom in the Stock Exchange is deepening. The warlike alarms incessantly raised on the Continent, countenanced as they are by the well authenticated accounts of universal armaments, are evidently sinking more deeply into the public mind. The Funds have fallen per cent., and in nearly every other department of the Stock Exchange decided depression prevailed. English, French, and Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares present a general fall. In nearly every instance the closing quotations were the worst of the day. The supply of money is still far in excess of the demand. First-class Bills were discounted to-day at 2 to 14 per cent., and in exceptional instances even a fraction lower. About £14,000 in gold was sent into the Bank. At Paris, to-day, the Three per Cent. Rentes showed a fresh fall of Ito per cent. At Frankfort, Vienna, and Amsterdam, on Saturday, a fresh fall of to 2 per cent. took place in the Austrian Funds. The Calcutta Ex change presents no striking alteration, but the China Exchanges have sustained the important decline of 3 to 4 per cent. This movement will probably reduce the future shipments of silver from this side.—Daily News City Article Monday Evening. The signs of apprehension in the Stock Exchange continue every day to become more manifest, and the English Funds have closed this afternoon at a further decline of I, per cent. The increase of distrust -to-day was chiefly attributable to the visit of Lord Cowley to London, coupled with the warlike preparations on the Continent. The Continental Exchanges, especially from Holland, Hamburgh, and Paris, -present a firm appear ance. The various purchases in London of saltpetre and other articles of produce connected with the reqUirements of war have assisted in producing the tendency. The telegram from India and China to-day reports a fall in the rates of Exchange, which will tend to lesson our exports of silver. The decline has beck equal to one per cent. at Hong Kong, and 2 per cent. at Shanghai. The new Austrian loan has fallen to 14 to 1 discount. Thursday is appointed settling day, out the stock is not to be quoted in the official list, owing to the subscription having been incomplete.—Times City Article s Monday Evening. Failures continue to take place in various parts of France. The most recent is that of Messrs. Bodin, Lich tenstein, and Co., of Marseilles. The Chieftain has arrived from China, with 742,000 lbs. of tea. The Brighton-Railway traffic return shows, this week, an increase of £1,404. The death of the Duke of Buckingham is contradicted. The contest for Marylebone, between Colonel Romilly and Mr. Edwin James, is expected to be a sharp one. Lord Cowley had an interview with the Earl - of Derby, on Monday, at his official residence. PRINCE ALFRED. —The Enryalis, with Prince Alfred, arrived at Alexandria on the 12th instant. One of the finest of the Pacha's palaces was prepared for his recep tion. TITIItD EDITION. NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 2 P.M ROYAL MARRIAGES, The Berlin journals speak of a projected mar riage between the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandria, daughter of Prince Albert, of Prussia. AUSTRIA. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS A letter from Jassey, in the Vienna Gazette, says a portion of the Artillery, Rifles, and Hulans, quartered here are about to be sent off to the garrison of Bucharest. The intention is attributed to the Government of raising the militia to 60,000 or 70,000 men, and of purchasing 30,000 .muskets in- Russia, as well as a considerable number of horses. SPAIN, The Spanish Chamber of Deputies has voted a bill granting certain extraordinary credits for strengthening the fortifications of Mahon, Ferral, and a number of other places. The Madrid Gazette is again nearly filled with addresses to the Queen, relating to Cuba, ener getically protesting against the purchase of the island by the United States. An official notice in the Milan Gazette an nounces that the prohibition to export horses by the frontiers of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, the Tyrol, and the Vorariberg, is extended to mules. FOURTH_ EDITION. MID-DAY EXPRESS. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the great influence of Prince Napoleon in the most important affairs of State is giving deep and general umbrage, and is openly deplored by Cabi net Ministers and functionaries. The Prince is accused of listening to reckless persons who urge him on in a course of policy dangerous to France and to Europe. Accounts received at .Paris. from Cochin China, state that the Viceroy of Cambodge, who made a successful insurrection fifteen months since, had returned to his allegiance to the Emperor of Anam. The Anglo-Spanish expeditionary force were interfering, in consequence, to attack Cambodge without delay, to prevent the junction of the two armies. The French commander is expected to accomplish all the objects of the expedition early in the spring. SPAIN. A despatch from Madrid, dated the 20th, states that 100 deputies had declared in favour of free trade in corn as well as in cotton. PORTUGAL. Lisbon advices to the 17th state that the secret sittings of the Chamber of Deputies, respecting the concordat with Rome, continued to occupy the Ministry. Exchange on London, 'AI. THIS DAY'S MARKETS I,ivFnrooL aoa;s.—This morning's market brought an average attendance. The trade was far from active, but holders of wheat wore qu ite indiff erent about selling, Ls thefeeling gains ground that the changes are in their favour. Oats slow—same applies to ba r l ey and peas, as also Indian corn. Beans firm.. Sack and barrel flour i n moderate request at unaltered rates —same may be said of oatmeal. Boia.ouoLt Hor.—Fine new hops are mostly held for more money, and the demand for them may be considered steady. Other qualities are in fair request, at full prices. LONDON MONEY.—Consols very inactive, they opened at 94i ,to 95, and have advanced to 95, and are now steady A 95. to 94. Shares, still very inanimate, but the character of the market has improved, and prices generally have advanced upon the depressed quotations of Yesterday. Canadian's without change. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE--YErnativa: BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD Snip DESERTION. - Three men, named John B. Ander son, Moriarty, and Morgan Harrison, sailors on bonrd the ship Rosetta, belonging to Messrs. Cole and Sons,, were brought up by Mr. Murphy, of the Local Marine BOard, on a charge of having deserted the vessel at Holy head. It appeared that the ship sailed on the 7th, but through stress of weather she put into Holyhead, where the prisoners ran away from the ship, and the result was that the owners were put to over £46 expense, beside the detention of the vessel. The persons who had cashed their advance notes would lose the amount. In reply to the Court, the prisoners said they were starved on board the ship, and that they had been put on shore, and turned away. This was rbfuted, and the prisoners were sent to maol for twelve weeks, with hard labour. INDECENT ASSAULT. —David Atherton, a labourer, living in Newsham-street, was sent to jail for - months, for an indecent assault on a girl nine y ears o ld Mr. Cobb defended the prisoner. AN ATTEMpT TO STA.B.---James M'Cov, was el - large( by James Harvey, for having' attempted to stab him Mr. Black defended. The complainant said, 'on Satu day night, at 'twelve o'clock, he saw the prisoner Great Howard-street, with an open knifein his hanC he told him to take care of that, when he made a rush I him, and chased him along the street, until two policemc came up,and arrested him. He was drunk - Mr. Bluck : Were you struck at all .t the tim gr. Black I will show that my client was the injured part Worship said_ he would not trouble_ Air,_ Blu of drunkenness after all. He fined the p soner ss. for being drunk. STEALING CANVASS. A man named John Robins only a cas who described himself as a slipper-maker, was cha with lieinm in possession of some p s of c belonging - to Messrs from them IlPAlister, that had been s &s he could not properly )unt for how he got it, he wt sent to gaol for two months A GALLANT RUN AFTER. SHOP-LIFTERS.-- women, named Mary May, Mary Conway three your Boyle, who gave their residences as of Milton-street, Pepper-street, and Portland-street, were brought up by detective officers -.3PCulloch and Bibby, on the following charge. The officers were on the "rowl "on Saturday, at one o'c/opk, and the prisoners were on the "prowl" at the same time. The officers fell in with them on Old Hall-street Bridge, and knowing there was some game up they resolved to have a chase The prisoners broke cover, and went down Old Hall-street at an ea s y p ace; waited on by the officers, who did not seem, at the time, anxious to collar them until they came to some distance post or other, where they might make a rusk the judges eye first. Through the Exchange, Castle-street they scamped, still in the eye of their and_ f lillti unwr prisoners. . -street was run over very quickly, and Paridise-street remained behind whilst one could say "Jack or" John Robinson." Price-street, Pttt4treet- -lane were p. incident, St. Jatnc loped over without nd in a tew cE -place faded from their view James's: Church, At last, the i of Mr. Roberts:draper, in Mill-street, was in view, arc here some game presented itself, in the shape of a piec( of cotton print _ pounced, as a tiger would on api officers, who kept up the chase all the time with con mendable agility; rushed on the prey, the moment, the others had seized theirs, and caught them in the ver3 5 : 2 yards long, and on this the prison of fine ox beef.. 1 " act." They were sent for trial. THE ROBBERY or THE CASH-sox IN I James Eccleston, and John Williams two well know tkieves, were brought up by detective officer Scaife. o charge of being concerned in the robbery f the eagb- box from Mr. Caddy's public-house, Isliniton, the details of which appeared in our paper yesterday. . Mr. Cobb defended the prisoners. It appeared that Scaife .had followed the prisoner Eccleston to Manchester, where he arrested him along with the other ; both had new clothes on them, and some money. In reply to Mr. Cobs he said he arrested Williams because he was in cm - Iva with the other, and both had the same sort of new clot]] on them, and were evidently bought by the sl He knew Williams was only out of gaol last ie MODE! Cobb : Now, was It not to get him brought down here tc have his portrait taken that you arrested him ? No, ii was not. Mr. Caddy, who lost the box, said the other prisoner and a youth, not yet in custody, were in hi shop in the early part of the day the box was stolen. The youth said, " what a lift that box would be." In the evening they came in again, and whilst he wf attending to a customer in the parlour, they went on and immediately after he missed the cash box. 111 Cobb contended that there was no case against William: but on the application of Mr. Clough, - both were remanded till Saturday sor.ers BLFORE MR. CIIKLO.T CHARGE AGAINST A PILOT.—A pilot, named Jame.; Graham, was summoned for having taken a ship to the enlifrlirtr n the , finek rep:lllations. Mr. Wright, the Clerk of . the 'eace, appeared for the pilot. It appeared that the defendant had charge of a brig, called the Triumphant, bringing her up the river, when he took her to the north end of the stage, to a berth occupied by the Rock-ferry steam cussion, a fine of 10s. was imposed. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT VESTERDA.T • BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY. In re WILLIAM WILCOX, SHIPCRANDLER, L/VERPOOL. The case of this bankrupt, which stood adjourned -from Saturday, was resumed yesterday. Mr. Deighton, whc appeared for the assignees, examined the bankrupt, principally . as to transactions in. connection with hi: father, which the nssigneeS did not, consider of a satis- factory nature, and required elucidation who represented the bankrupt, afterw, him with reference to the relation in which h Borough Bank, whos Mr. Aspin representative wa . assignees, and raised the- present oppositior bankrupt stated that, from October, 1854, to D. 1857, Mr. Smith, the manager of the bank, ererei, entire control over his.business compelling credit .only to those the bank approved o hid algc custom He then mentioned an install( where bills to the extent of £3,000 or £4,000 became( in . 1857, and which he refused to renew w: guarantee, whereupon he was immediately sent f bank, and told to renew them, or be prepared to pay tl balance he 'owed the bank by the next day. Mr. Deightca then addressed his Honour in mosition to the rillowanceo the certificate, ancl erg' viz.: Ist. That the bankrupt had, with intent to cage the true state of his affairs, made false entries in hiP-boci 2nd. Given undue preference . to 'some of his credit e same period, to account for his property I fictitious expitses. 4th. Kept books improperly wit intent to conceal the true state of his affairs. sth. C within account of iniprDper answers during hi the various irninationg 'of 'the bankrupt, in support c called upon the eonrt altogether to refit , Mr. Aspinall combatted the raritai is learned friend, and designated theropposi the Certificate tion of the Borough Bank as the most vindletwe'an.i malicious that ever was raised in a oourt or birrikruptey He considered the bankrupt's conduct, as appeared by thf various examinations, was not such as to warrant UN court coming to the conclusion that he had been guilt% of any of the charges brought by his learned friend, ani his further observations argued, that no fraud wa, established against the bankrit, and there was nothing extraordinary in his father having gone away.. At the conclusion of Mr. Aspinall's address, the cour his Ilolour intimated that he would delive on Friday next, at eleven o'clock. • (Ignien LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.--Y ) sT JUM.. HULTON, ESQ., consequence li th en at Sil f e was t. ..._ t obA t. A Docron's BILL.—Mr. Gilmour, physician, a Mr. Kipping twenty-four' times; for which he i w ns i ta lli l lg en t ts o pay a th e 2s to e 6 n l g a a;e s a it hoti l le i r rs. do K e i t P o P r il i i n g judge - overruled: that 1 , 75,- . a . nd ordere charged ; but the amount o les u s " l7 e s n ov il ; lOs per month. 11. (1 n A d V e A r " the y following circumstances. u m llv s Nas t p a n a C T e ir s c . lEainl T C : f e lt: p p 4r'43l)- to - the defendant 1,000 bushels of corn e -21st of December. According to the rules of the t pool Corn Trade the corn ought to be removed in t" four hours. This was not done; only 100 sac' removed on the 23rd, but the remainder" touched, and the plaintiffs' 'were s) and fined in the sum of 40s. and costs -in all .2 William Casey, warehouseman to tile plaintiffs, that he delivered 100 sacks ou thr23rd ; 27th., 100 ; 28th, 200 ; and 29th, 292, 1,042 sac'; in all. The firm sometimes act as master porters, ha:: i. 71 this instance they did not, nor could witness tell who acted as master porter on the occasion. After the first sum mons Mr. Dixon acknowledged to him that he (Dixon could . not find his warehouseman. He told him that summons was out for the non-removal of the grain. I, a that if the grain was not removed at once, there woe another information. On the 27th he ag• he would 1- would engage a gang 'of men, ___ removed. There was then 480 r sacks. P - Dixon, and the latter gentleman stated filo they charged 3s. 6d. each Joe , d were removed that , clay. , and the plaintiffs journed at this issued agp bllr over charged paymentwpi anonsiF "BE W. A• twenty ~c u na 2 ,. anti only: 200 V. 9 another hitt:Tin again , fined ,tge for th ..ist the plaintiff', production of tl 1 the Eia ll,s sicke d r over? is of third LI. ancl an d ,t th e Itereu 19 give ( ' Sew 11 1 4, 4 ibbei" , [1035 ribit; a )11 ;store.: eaP PP pr o 1, wil° t a a ;„,a )se °- flqtill° i i houg, -ts .. , ~ ur fist s, n o . ;i73, u~a , (11 coal° ior ls ' a his Lt, to th° a pi s 018 t 1 o f, o ran