Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-17 00:00:00

this actres s di splayed more grace, more talent, and amore affecting pathos i n the character of the poor .. , ladia n dien girl than on Tuesday night. The an- ce were as enthusiastic as if the charm of novelt y were added to the many. other charms of Madame Ueleste's acting. The play was well put upon the stage as regarded scenery, and- the acting •was, -on the whole, 'disable to to the local )erformers. Mr. Edgar and Mr. Neville were effective in i their respective parts. -Miss Page, rho had the very hysterical character of Geraldine to per iryrsatoe,:.aeached, in several - the very climax of passages, and stage 00 - ony, It is not quite reasonable to -0 • all the blame .upon an ac t ress i f suc h a c h arac t er !ometimes approach es t o the vercre of the ridiculous : but leit must he allowed th at a lady of Misi "Page's talents, might ach the pathetic and the passionate with less straining of wa gs and ph ys i cal exertion, than on Tuesday night. Mrs. tow"'lesier made an excellent Helly, and sang' her .' A " ballad with singul ar swee t ness an d Green_Mr '..Pplehy pathos. . accentas w i th genuine and easy effect, and brought out at the Lame time a ll the points of the character with great skill. d epioi3ralbaikteeley's effort at . Hibernian accent and ways was a hopelesss failure. Messrs Walton and Bar ?afoot as.Grinidge and Jack Gong, were exceedingly humour s and droll. The piece is one which requ i res some e ff or t thto rend er endurable - inde - T1 it is one of tile most singular ellem ena we know' of in the drama, to perceive this play r a ePt alive an d powerful through so many years, by the a anner ia which one actress endows with grace andpatho, ve Poor melodraatic part. Last Celeste appeared beforem a well-filled house night, , v , ..--- and the F renc h S py. Her en' with the present week. Iv, a ,_ ST DERBY GI/A RDUNS.—The usual weekly meeting 4 the West Derby Board of Guardians was held yesterday, •iilir. Whitby in the chair. The Other guardians present were - ; 11 - 4 s i s e r y s : 11. Edwards, Smith, I. Edwards, Ledger, Morris, Mwdesley, Roberts, Kirkus,Rainford, Stone, 801- ; 1 1 , Parkin, Abrahams, Woods and Roscoe. The governor, e e h st:aa . s l i ll in gl e l n , . reported that the _number of paupers in the week be,,long t last week was 656 ; admitted since, 17 ; dis 36rged, 21; dead, 2 ; number this week, 650, of whom to Toxteth-park ; number in corresponding th a e l k „,, e, last year,- 712. The master of the hospital reported we e k - "'e number of sick inmates in this establishment last . i li nibe w r a t s hi l s O lv 9 0 ; e a k d , mitted since, 12 ; discharged, .16 ; died, 3 , 108 ; number in corresponding week of outdoor, Ye ar, 1 26. The following cheques were granted 01 Ardoor relief:—Mr. Potts, £125 ; Mr. Olney, £36; ane ci l it r ; , „ l :Y t ha'oe,_ £22 ; total £lB3. Mr. Morris moved, oaonr law - 1 ; agreed that the clerk , write agmn. to_ the . , P t a rem e .ard, asking . them for a reply in reference k o . AA letter taloa passed d . eine. the salary of Mr. Mus ai. , a van ~., sarehWas read from the Poor-law Board, respecting the of th„ar,ges which - were made upon Mr. Davis, late master ti alt ' u„,°,sPital. The board saw no ground for the applica sarefiwuich had been made on the part of Mr. Davis's at ore _s ! as the provisions were taken from the 'Workhouse moreover tor which Mr. Davis was accountable. The board, Xi r k us ' ver, had no authority to interfere in the matter. M wh en hentvocud,that the subject be deferred till nc_x_t iis we w e a k r s , ;greed to. I t b o e t e e l'ePared to make a motion. ,o This Moore as b 101 u •-law Bo arl • r communication was . r read from the , , In reference to the appointment of Mr. board iiiii "'keeper and porter at the 'Workhouse. The consideratinioated that the subject lad received their careful an ofß e 11, and said it was inexpedient to appoint such_ er. Al t) , to th e w i sh "(nigh reluctant to take a course opposed withhold their e of the guardians, they felt it their duty to Porter .assent to the appointment ' of Moore to act as said, thallil 'book-keeper at the Workhouse. Mr. Kirkus sat: tea 4 fort oor-law Board, as Mr. Ledger had very justly ai ght ago, seemed to be over-riding the . power bo ard I°ltY which the ratepayers had invested in that of th e i r ' 1 1 ,3' came there to perform their duty to the best nioas, they y, and when a resolution was passed unam-_ th e iirite'nfey were unable to act upon it because of he ay r er eace of the Poor-law Board. It appeared, 1,00 r., that had been writing to the a nd boa ijear d so a ni nd e c p a e rr rs yrng on a secret correspondence, th at ho _ Person had been enabled to over-ride the . acts of ao ar th u r,d which had been carried by large majorities ; and hee a , e -roor-law Board had refused to sanction what had . ti ned and over again carried by that board, st a l ri va d s s i a i tc h tittle t o le and Poor-law Board themselves. I lan tb- slst this, and to get a stop put to these interferences as well as of the Poor-law Board, as matters of H importance, ncluded 1)y a lov s minor ones , were veteed by them. eco _ _r. H. Ed wards / I g s that the matter be deferred for a week._ r. 3 1 1 iirk n us in said -441 1 he Perfectly agreed with what M tnterf - ' and, if the Poor-law Board were to continue_ to bo ard ere in this way, the sooner that (the West Derby) after Z as t9 . issolved the better. They were stultified week 11 oa r & •", ( / ,'lla their duties by the proceedings of the Poor-law _ kr, /ci LueYwerebecoming a perfect nonentity. He seconded very i ni r"ts's motion. Mr. Ledger said, this was a that _P°rtant qtiestion, as it involved the independence of th e) . w'ard; and s if they submitted to . the Poor law Board, aea ent 9ald truly become what Mr.. Edwards said, a perfect t arty t i o t ),., -Mr. Smith said he would not refuse to be a 0a d • utspararre the wisdom and justice of the Poor-law r In thi • . . Poiat ine , s instance.. He did not concur with the ap - Pro, e t '. The subject then dropped, and the board t . 11 e edto co - d for supplies. The o awi.,,, nsi er some contracts. ~ . Iltim e ue were accepted •—For coals, William Harding , a Yes; Joh n Ph,i_lip CoW'ley ; wines and spirits, Henry tY 4 lter Al dru g s + Messrs. Clay, Dodd, and Case ; brushes,. e 111 ,,,eat, 'e Morgan ; smallwares, William Johnson ; butchers' .rbiliPs:bnittaesr,Tnilinsori our, oatmeal, peas, &c., John aad sal , °read (for hospital), Thomas Allen ; bacon, cheese, 11 ,20t 5, Shoe, . John l3radburn ; leat . her,, Thomas S ‘ a r mu n fl-,.. Mors' ', oac., Charles Barlow; linen drapery, Ate7 n an d .11 aticl Mackay ; woollen drapery, Messrs. Morgan Potat oe a e,e-aY ; tobacco and snuff, William Procter ; ausa ies s, '' oho Ahearn ; clog soles, William Clough. The s then concluded. M - adamE in the Sister .ement terminates ..." ‘jarabridge, on Tuesday night, a large Reform meeting W a 4 br o k , Tht N e .. 11 up by an uproarious mob of gownsmen. zetaxpr3opirilti rte c ie o ine L s t T .A.N. EXILES.—The _Mayor of Cork has the Central Committee for aiding the kilil s k '''Nl) CHINA Maus. The Calcutta and China trai were despatched to the provinces by the earliest m lis Yesterd .1.1 1/ , -.-- ay morning. tile V04C44°1-1:11 BILL —The Herald says, in case of a hos loosith,:, no matter how large the majority, it would be a i ttl. duty of Lord Derby to dissolve. •%iled It.VALI3T PREACHERS.. Our attention has b ae o n .. !hat 0 the dirt Messing circumstances arising out t ror s..' terirled a " revival " in a religious community. beea -everal sets'week past, the Rev. I. C. Milbournc has , holdir, e., etorloet,, ,:,vices and Preaching °l `rded 4 Chapel, and the Town-hall, Doncaster, to -11staao eeligregations ; and we hear that, in som ladhe,, his zeal and earnestness have been attended en ulleh good. Unfortunately, however, a trol l y Tw.bable result has been produced in two cases. Sara i kr t . ii i p ls ged 30 vears who resided with her father; attended t fel l fro;),`",°,llrild's. revival services ; and the remarks which ) we r i t '; l "le Preacher created upon her mind so deep and ' h e be, - ail impression that her reason was overthrown. , we al ;a111...0 unable to control her actions; and . her re 'lre. A nne ') Wakefield Asylum has been rendered impera heoa t,,Staplet n, ti wife of Mr. T. Stapleton, had etiri ta -- 1 u ear Air. eMilboeurne retiirne°l servations ° I hi s Yi; and What he enforced in the course e on Sunday, the 27th of the b ft ilaa le 'that so b Ne i et was alarming to witness. n • - ed upon her mind, after h itie li:ii-p,Tile graduallye e or e se, smashed the windows_ t s i c, 11144 vi o s g„ 4nd Conducted w herself otherwise i l*estr aint. 7, e e that fiold was given A certifie was her removal to Wa e f stin __.'and un,_r ate . for . it necessary to place her under teer Aas ennvqe the direction of th l e i ß er oa a r ta d ic o t f ien Gi! is a , rd h i e a w n - s 0 ' consid e 3cd to the asylum. azette. red to be a temporary derangement. —Doncaster bare ki, 4 i ti tir: 1 : : 11:cla:ite;WasT• or to eurtrlone,ll pleasure in transferring from the Athenceton ENGLAND ART-UNION.—We ft -ill tr,,,Bllll)3eribers ns the following critique on the " P .e r a e r - Wil U ' f this that society y the . t lhde r tie of their• see _ they p at res l e e r a it st ? iet-fo r r ece t h h -e e , bee n B tat i d „ guinea in t h e engraving alone, see that many fine works of art have . 4t th e ' ti red for the 'choice of the fortunate prizeholders , Art., t . dr aw i ng and d ea w dy e ' "The Bristol and West of England eittaN!lkui present their subscribers with a fine , line h erd' in g of Sir Edwin Landseer's picture of the Sher and bibl e , Tile s Pi ct . _ .7 engraved by Mr. Thomas Landseer. a s 'lre is engraved with a masterly, sweeping power, are . all the animal vigour and sentiment of the n th e Bi Palht er about it. The dog that has its feet upon fir e ti a ( li' uf heather-girt rock, has a thousand times more I tleet A s ° l ll in its eye than half the people you daily 40 .." for the black d 0, ,, with the white tuft on the its t ont elit eY,P beams with.' thoughtful and philosophic four th , 'llPit. It has an expression many men might_ envy, ill th b't The curl of the tli (." is baPPiness, and fidelity, and . courage, all beaming . roll e d at brown pool of the , oi i . . k eadiness th e "'up body is as true and luxurious as is the lier . I ; s 4 h s i s Pr Tg, and elasticity of his watchfnl companion, who -tl ibl ' l " r°ll ,3 foot thrust out to his the heavi eft el t as e p h e i d s ettree a nd the thick wool bonnet his master has h e While h e look for goes to brithe, or fish, or to io k missing lamb the eagles c may have taken as tith th's etiravilil.e flock. In quality of line and . texture . 1 44d tuft e d , g " admirable ; the brown dog's hair is so crisp curl under th e t , o so close on the ears, so soft and Eio bushyul; t) so deer-like, compact, and woven on e dog, th te . and flowing on the tail As for the tr ke it is sably and fur sill'i,,L, nor tithed enough t't,,,. heather is scarcelstrong and wiry ellnug:, blackthe flank, 1 'n the -like, short in places as velvet. 'c'd and the whole foreground ' in fact weakened ma __ „ is, ned about — the fronds : the now t er is en av,Hteebled to give the dogs prominence. Surely .. , q led d o well egg sued iore v o „, , g would stand- out from a 0 . sgAti` j ßristol ii r • a c my. a well THE LATEST TELEGRAMS. FRANCE. PARIS, Wednesday, 2.15 p.m.—Lord Cowley has arrived here ; he will be received to-day by the Emperor. Wednesday.—The Moniteur of this morn ing contains the appointment of 16 generals and 13 colonels. The Moniteur also announces that the squadron of evolution quitted Toulon yesterday, the 15th of March, for the purpose of practising naval manoeuvres. MARSEILLES, March 16.—Advices have been re ceived from Constantinople to the 9th. The journals contain nothing new. Letters state that in all parts of the Principalities preparations have been made to offer resistance, in case Prince Couza's election should be cancelled pressed himself The English ambassador ex as to the necessity of strongly making concession to the Roumans. The Govern nor of gosnia writes that he has discovered an extensive conspiracy to bring about a new insur- rection, which was on the point of breaking out, and which extended to Montenegro. The Govern- ment demands reinforcements The army of observation, on the Danube, is in a disorganised condition, and desertions, especially among the Redifs, are extremely numerous. The state of the finances is unaltered. Disorderly bands have been committing plunder in Candia, and have insulted the English consul, ,and demanded his dismissal. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, Wednesday.-1 27 p.m heavy, with a further decline of pe now 67 60, Rentes opened T cent.; and are 2 16 p.m. : The Bourse is very inanimate, speculators being in a state of expectation ; Rentes 67 65. 3 34 p.m.: The Bourse closes very flat ; Rentes 67 45 both for money and account, being per cent. below yesterday's closing prices. Lom bardo-Venetian and Austrian railway shares sf. lower. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 16.—An Imperial decree, dated March 10th, prohibits the exportation of horses from Russia and the Kingdom of Poland by the European frontiers _-...-- BERNE SWITZERLAND. March 16 —Masses of conscripts. from Lombardy are passing from Valtelaine through the canton prisons into Piedmont. The Austrian authorities have transported all the public treasures, records, and public registers to Sondrio, chief town of the Valtelaine. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PORTUGAL. The screw-steamer Braganza arrived here last evening from Oporto, which port she left on the 12th instant. The news is hot of the slightest importance. The Braganza experienced the most severe weather, the wind being from the S.W., afterwards changing to N.N.W. The captain (Loudon) says that he never experienced more severe weather. He was obliged to throw twenty head of cattle overboard, and when the vessel arrived in the Salisbury Dock last night, there were ten head of cattle lying dead. FRANCE. PARIS, Tuesday, 6 p.m.—The Emperor Napoleon has been favoured by fortune in ,a manner, almost without parallel in history. He has achieved glory of many kinds ; he was elected under most adverse circumstances to the Presidency of the French Republic : he succeeded beyond the expectations of his most devoted adherents in the coup d'etat; he was elected by a large majority President for ten years ; he was elevated to the purple by 7,500,000 voters •, he became the ally of England ; he received the visit of England's Queen ; his gallant army won new laurels in the Crimea, and blended his name with victory; but there still remains a glory to which none has approached—he has de throned the Sphynx ! When I say this, I take it for granted that the articles which are of late so frequent in the Moniteur are 9f his Majesty's inspi ration—if not actual composition—that the theme is his, though the arrangement of the notes is by others. We ought to be grateful that no obligation is imposed on the readers of these enig mas other than to read them ; it makes one's flesh creep to think what would happen if those who read had to explain them under some such penalty as that imposed on the traveller, who failed to unriddle the " leading articles" of the mysterious creature who kept watch on the road to Thebes. One of these enigmas is presented to us in the Moniteur of to-day. The composition is by M. de La,guerronniere ; the inspirer it is superfluous to name. One motive for its publication is probably to neutralize the effect of the article of the sth, which was the work of a different and an inferior hand. If there was any intention of restoring calm in the public mind, diminishing alarm, re establishing security, or restoring confidence, I fear much the labour has been in vain. It is not merely from the fall in the public funds which followed the publication of tile article, but from the diversity of manner in which it is interpreted by men of impartiality, judgment, and pacific disposi tion. Amon.. most of the banking and commercial people it is looked upon as nothing less than prelimi nary to entering on a campaign; and this, in spite of the pacific character of the first paragraph of the article. By the'German Ministers at this Court the article is pronounced as well put together, but " perfidious," and intended to exculpate the French Government by trying to make the public believe that it is Germany that menaces France, instead. 'of the Imperial Government menacing Ger many. They have no doubt that it will produce a bad effect among the German people. A few look at it in a more favourable light, but they are very few. It is avowed by those who are in the secret that the intention was to show that firmness and resolution, instead of hesitation, were the basis of the Imperial policy. How far success is obtained you may judge; but the misfortune is that, where there is one paragraph, or even one sentence, of a nature to inspire hope, it is soon neutralised by others of an opposite tendency. People have reached that state of doubt and mistrust they set so little value on these official effusions— that I believe the plainest, most direct, and straight forward declarations would find them as suspicious and incredulous as ever. Lord Cowley has not yet arrived. He is expected to-morrow, or the day after. I need hardly say with what impatience. INDIA AND CHINA. We have received, in anticipation of the Overland mail, journals from Calcutta to the Bth February, and Hong Kong to the 29th January. • The news from Calcutta is meagre and uninte resting. The Englishman of the Bth February, in its editorial commentory, says : "By this mail we send the Governor-General's orders and the Commander-in-Chief's despatch, announcing that the campaign in Oude is closed, and that rebellion no longer exists in that country. The Governor-General congratulates the General and the noble army on the success which has attended their efforts, and which has asserted the authority of the British Government mercifully in Oude ; which authority from this day, says his Excellency, shall be maintained in unassailable strength.' A protnise I vlaich we may hope is a prophecy, for it is difficult now to say what the natives of this country consid.ia unamailable: The plan of the campaign, it i;s de- THE NORTHERN TIMES, TIC URS DAY, MARCif 17 1859 dared, has been carried out inflexibly, which we ad mit and have always regretted. We see no reason to change our opinions on a careful consideration of the result before us. Irresistibly we always knew the war would be carried on with the noble army colic c'ed together under Lord Clyde. Why inflexibility should have been made the law of the campaign we never understood. It always appeared to be the radical error of the campaign, doggedly adhering to rules laid down at the com mencement. No circumstances were permitted to have their weight ; the orders were as those of the Medes and Persians ; and much loss and disap pointment was the natural result of this curious kind of obstinacy, the value and meaning of which was quite lost on the enemy. Nothing can be said too great in praise of the exertions of the army. Officers and men have endured more hard ships, and overcome more obstacles than ordinary ; a fighting campaign would have been a relief to the trials of this under Lord Clyde. The campaign, as Lord Canning says, was carefully considered, cautiously sketched, and mercifully carried out Its result is as successful as this kind of policy must always be, backed by a powerful force, easily able and willing to do anything demanded of it. The force was irresistible, annhe enemy had only to flee before it or resort to the last resource of the weak —falsehood and cunning. These have been so largely successful that it is difficult to say which of us have most cause to boast of the advantage gained by the _ campaigns." _ _ The Frie;tdf India of the Bth February states "Little has occurred during the fortnight to break the lull which naturally follows such a period of excitement as that through which India has just passed. - _ " The war may be considered at an end. Tantia Topee, the only leading rebel in the field, after his defeat by Brigadier Showers fled towards Bikaneer. There his forces are believed to have dispersed in small parties of ten or twenty, and buried themselves as it were in the desert. No disturbances of conse quence have occurred in Central India, and Oude is completely subjugated. The measures adopted for a reorganisation of its police have been hitherto very successful, and it is believed on the spot that move ment in Oude is almost impossible. " The Rohillas, numbering about 2,000 invaded our territory, attacked Rissore, checked Brigadier Hill who advanced against them with the cavalry of the contingent, and then fled. The affair is not believed in Bengal to be important. The Rohillas are mere marauders, comprising Affghans, Sikhs, De - canees, and a few Arabs. They are always de feated by regular troops, and have rarely any artillery. The Nizam's Government, aided by the contingent, is strong enough to check their inroads, and perhaps to punish their leaders. " Sir J. Lawrence, it is understood, leaves India in March. " On the 24th of January Lord Canning arrived in Calcutta, and was received with all the usual honours." CALCUTTA, Feb. Bth.—Tarn dull and declining ; metals generally quiet, and unprecedent activity continued to prevail until lately, when unfavourable accounts from the up-country markets caused a reaction. During the last month or two an enormous quantity of piece goods has been sent up the country, and there is consequently no probability of an early revival. Freights have again slightly advanced. American flag has been, in some instances, used ::abitually, even by British subjects, to cover that traffic. In 'nY re cent discussions with the Chinese Imperial CommissiCuers I have merely sought to induce them to bring the trade : 11 opium from the regions of fiction ,into , that of fact, and to place within the pale of law, and, therefore, under its control, an article which is now openly bought, sold, and taxed by them beyond that pale. The effect of the change on the interests of the trade itself will be, r believe, either trifling or null. If, on the one hand, the tax*to which the new tariff subjects the importer be somewhat greater than the squeeze now levied on the articles, he will, on the other hand, be relieved from certain charges incident to' a traffic ostensibly contraband. * * * * * Various grievances, besides those which I have mentioned above, affecting British subjects in their relations with the Chinese or with other foreigners, have been from time to time bronght to my notice by gentlemen who have done me the favour to write to me on such topics. Some of them may probably be nret by special arrangements, whether - with the Chinese authorities or with the representatives, of the Governments of other Powers. Others are, I fear, inseparable from the working of the system of exterritoriality which Christian nations have deemed it necessary for the interests and protection of" their subjects to establish China. " HONG KONG, Jan. 291—The decreased export of tea' to Great Britain and the United' States amounts to nearly 2,000,0001b5. At Foo-chow the tea market had been active, teamen being anxious to realise before the China new year ; - but so ready were foreigners to purchase, that although some concession was at oue time obtained, prices regained their former position. The following is the report) from Shanghae : The tea market has been quiet, but prices are fully main tained, and supplies come forward so slowly that no reduc tion can be obtained. _ _ The I Galcut nee and Euxine, of Liverpool, have arrived at The Aracan, of Liverpool, sailed from Calcutta Febivary IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS -WEDNESDAY THE TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL This bill was committeed pro foetna ANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL Lord John Russell moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. Dailies supported the measure, which did away with the impolitic and unreasonable distinction between bank ruptcy and insolvency, and combined in one act the provi- sions which were scattered through twenty. The Attorney-General said that there- could be no doubt of the excellence of this system; but the bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor, in the other House, went still further, and effected yet more. He therefore urged that, after the second reading of the bill, no further progress should be made _with it, until the bill of the Lord Chancellor was before them, so that the provision of both bills might bE considered together After some observations from Mr. Vance, Mr. J. D Fitzgerald, Mr. Crawford, and other members, Lord J. Russell expressed his willingness to postpone the committee till after the rival bill was before them. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committeed on that day fortnight REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (SCOTLAND), & The Registration of County Voters (Scotland) Bill was read a second time, as was the Elections Bill. LUNATIC POOR (IRELAND) BILI On the motion for going into committee on the Lanatic Poor (Ireland) Bill, Colonel Greville moved that the bill be committeed that day six months. He objected to the mode in which the Board of Management was elected by the grand jury, and to the absence of a proper system of audit.. Lord Naas said that the bill was altogether founded upon the report .of the commissioners, from which it did not differ in any important point. It was necessary to alter the present system, which was open to grave objections. There was already in the bill a sufficient check on the accounts, and of the mode of electing the board of governors. lie was not decided on any particular system, but was willing to defer it to the opinion of the house. Mr. Mr. J. D Fitzgerald objected to the provision by which the expense of maintaining these lunatics was thrown upon the occupier instead of half being taken by the owner as at present. " Ile further found fault with the power of government vested by the bill in the grandjury, who did not represent the ratepayers. These last would then be deprived of all control. He proposed that the bill be referred to a select committee. His main objection to the bill was the great abuse which might be perpetrated under its provisions, in consequence of the absence of control. He then moved, as an amendment, that the bill be referred to a select com- mittee Mr. Brady supported the amendment. It was not fair to throw the whole expense upon the ratepayers. Sir W. Somerville likewise supported the amendment, objecting to the power of electing the Board of Manage ment being entirely taken from the Lord-Lieutenant. Colonel French appealed to Lord Naas to adopt the proposition of Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald. Mr. B. Osborne thought the bill so defective that it could never be made a just or a good bill. The powers of appointing the Board of Management could not be given to a worse body of men than an Irish grand jury, which was chosen on mere political grounds. He supported the amendment. Mr. Gregory could not concur in the censures cast on the Irish grand juries, but thought the bill ought to go before a select committee. Lord Naas likewise defended the grand juries from the imputations of being chosen on political grounds. He did not think that any good result would arise from any refer ence to a select committee in their present state of difference of opinion; but as such appeared to be the wish of Irish. members, he would offer no opposition. After some observations from Mr. Hassard, Mr. Vance, Mr. Lefroy, Mr. De Yore, and Captain Maclvoy, the amend ment of Mr. Fitzgerald was agreed to, the original motion being withdrawn. OATHS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on the Oaths Bill, Mr. Bouverie, in reply to Mr. S. Estcourt,who demanded what the bill meant, explained that it was simply intended to remedy an inadvertence in the• Oaths Act of last year, by which the Quakers were compelled to make an affirmation contrary to their consciences. The bill only placed them in a position which they had occupied for more than a century. Mr. Bentinck Observed that the words proposed to be omitted contained nothing but a promise to defend the Queen, to which no one fit for a responsible post could object. The bill passed through committee. The Recreations Grounds Bill pass - ea through committee. The Municipal Elections Bill, as amended, was consi dered, and various alterations introduced. The report of the Committee of Supply was then brought. up. The Mutiny, the Marine Mutiny, and the County Courts. Bills were read a third time and passed. The house then, adjourned at five minutes to ten. THE OVRB,LAND, ROUTE.—A Calcutta correspondent says that the Peninsular and Oriental Company have not a singlo vacant berth before June, and the overland route is in effect dosed. Sir J. Lawrence, for example, has been refused a passage, and compelled to go via Bombay. FEARFUL. GALE ON THE CUMBERLAND} COAST, AND GREAT Loss OF LIFE.—One of the most serious of the many . gales that have this winter dealt death and de structlon on the Whitehaven coast commenced on Thurs day night. In the afternoon of that day the sloop Hope, Robert Charnley, master, from Liverpool, whet near Ravenglass, struck on Selkirk Rock, and immediately went down, the captain and all the hands perishing; she was laclon with vitriol. Another vessel, a schooner, was seen to go down near the same place, but farther out at sea; name unknown at present ; all hands lost. On Fri day the Mary Jane, of Fleetwood, was driven by the violence of the gale on shore. T he vessel being light, and the tide at flood, she ran up on the beach high and dry at Braystones, near Whitehaven. Several vessels have put into Whitehaven, some dismasted, others w . loss c?f especially on ith Fr day, is sails, &c. Alto g ether the gale, described by old sailors as one of the . most fQ4thl, thoy over witnessed,7-217eloq,Ftic Daily chronicle. THE INIERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR WORKS BILL. [PROM ' OUR OWN REPORTER.] HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY to-day ; the light Hon. Sir George•Cornewall Lewis in th Mr. Merewether ,said that Mr. Tan giving an ex evidence which la n atioh: in reference to a portion c gave yesterday Mr. Turner sai:A. he believed the evidence ch he had given on the previous day in reference to the liabilities c the dock trust had been inisappreilendei, and he was therefor desirous of entering: into a short exolanation. He ha given the surf s revenue of 1857 at £BO,OOO, f certain deductions were to be Made which ani £70,000, leaving onl must be remembered that the year 1858 year, owing to the co= months which had since expired, the dock an increase over the preceding Ile esti= ;ed land on the Liver value of a million sterling vas an eau Darimr. ear of X 23,000, and the to- , the probable ,ddition to NI fool. side of the Mersey of the [mitts of t from time to time, and ten ti a ver e adthtlona The Chairman : Can you forr revenu were cot might of the revenue that will accrue- from the Birkenhead works Mr. Turner : At a rough estimate,.l should say about £110;000. Mr. Webster : There may be a difference of opinion on that. We believe that alternately Birkenhead will produce a greater revenue than Liverpool. The Chairman: Yes, but we only want facts. That admission goes against your ease ras I understand, au are trying to show that there will be a deficiency of funds. Mr. Webster : All I want is to ascertain, the facts The Chairman (to Mr. Turner Assuming that the revenue to be derived from the Birkenhead works will amount to £llO,OOO per annum, would it not imply some corresponding reduction in the revenue on•the Liverpool side ? Are you entitled to estimate an increased revenue to the trust from that source, without making a . >eorresponding reduction in the Liverpool receipts ? Mr. Turner : Thero will be a considerable increase of trade, from, which we hall derive an in of course the amount of increase is a it evenue, but lation I ere matter of specu- CHINA, We extract the following from the summary of the Overland Friend of China of Jan. 29 : The English mail of the 25th November came to hand on the 15th inst., just after we had published our last overland summary. The mail of the 9th ult. reached us on the 27th inst., its 49th day from St. Martin's-le-Grand. The mail to leave this to-morrow morning does not from us convey any very special news. The Earl of Elgin is still at Shanghae, though expected here shortly. Sir John Bowring has returned to Hong Kong, and resumed the reins of his govern ment. Admiral Seymour is in Hong Kong, and General Van Straubenzee remains at Canton. The British community at Shanghae having addressed the Earl of Elgin in a complimentary letter, his lordship returned the following reply :. Gentlemen,—l sincerely thank you for these expressions of good-will and regard; I value them the more, because they proceed, not from fair-weather friends, but from per sons who, when the future was still dark, and the breakers ahead, eneouiaged me by their sympathy. * * * In the first place, then, allow me to express the satisfac tion which it gives me to find that you specify the benefits that are likely to accrae to the inhabitants of these coun tries themselves, as among the most important of the results to be expected from our recent treaties with China and Japan. On this head we have, no doubt, incurred very weighty responsibilities. Uninvited, and by methods not always of the gentlest, we have broken down the barriers behind which these ancient nations sought to con ceal from the world without the mysteries, perhaps also, in the case of China, at least, the rags and rottenness of ieir waning civilisation. Neither our own consciences, nor the judgment of mankind, will acquit us, if, when we are asked to what we have turned our opportunities, we can only say that we have filled our pockets from among the ruins which we have found or made. * * * * It gives me much pleasure to have it in my power to assure you that my recent trip up the Yangtsz' to Hankow fully realised the expectations which induced me to under take it. I was enabled, during my progress, to obtain much information respecting the political condition of the country, which will, I trust, be useful to her Majesty's government, and the interests of commerce will, no doubt, be materially promoted by the knowledge of the navigation of the river acquired by the able officers of her Majesty's navy by whom I was accompanied. I have long held the opinion that Shanghae was the place where, if anywhere, it might be hoped that peaceful negotiations for the extension and • development of com mercial relations with China might be conducted with success, for the obvious reason, that the benefits accruing to the Empire from foreign commerce and intercourse are more manifest at Shanghae than elsewhere. With this view, at the commencement of last year, immediately after . the capture of Canton, I proposed that Chinese Plenipo tentiaries should meet me here for the amicable settlement of all differences pending between Great Britain and China ; a proposition which, as you know, the stolid arrogance of the Court of Pekin induced it to reject. Since the Imperial Commissioners arrived here in October last, I have seen no cause to change the opinion which I had previously formed on this point. Making due allowance for the difficulties of the position of negotiators who have to account for their proceedings to a Government so jealous and ill-informed as that of China, I am bound to say that I do not think I can reasonably complain of the spirit in which I have been met by them. My own course has not, however, been always smooth and free from difficulty. The navigator, whose main busi ness it is to bring his own vessel safely . into port, with flags flying and amid the cheers of welcoming friends, will select the deepest stream, and eschew to the best of his ability both rocks and shoals. Bnt the diplomatist, according to my notions of duty, is rather in the position of the master of a dredging machine. He has to open a way for the more favoured craft that are to follow him. The most critical places are, therefore, precisely those towards which he is bound to steer. Among the critical places, which, in my progress as a negotiator, I found in mid-channel, right a-head of me, two were pre-eminently so—the trade in opium, and the Chinese custom house system, I had long sincerely c nnmiserated the false and cruel position in which men of high honour and integrity, engaged in commerce with China, are placed by the irregularities which characterise the administration of the one, and the anomalous conditions under which the other is carried on ; and I did not consider that the difficulties attending the removal of these and the risk of misconception to which those who who undertook the task mnst necessarily expose themselves, would justify me in abstaining from the attempt to grapple with them. As regards the last mentioned of these subjects, it is necessary that I should offer one word of explanation at the outset, in order to prevent misapprehension, not so much here as elsewhere. It must be distinctly understood that the modifications introduced into the new Chinese tariff in reference to opium, do not in any degree fetter or restrict the discretion of Great Britain as regards the traffic in that article. If the British people and the British government see fit to do so, they may still make it penal for a' British subject to engage in it, and by so doing, although they will not probably, in any material degree, diminish the consump tion of opium in China, they will, no doubt, do something more or less effectual towards preventing British Subjects from being the importers. Short, however, of this extreme measure, of the likelihood of the adoption of which each man may form his own opinion, I am satisfied that the barren announcement by a foreign Government of its assent to the principle that the trade in opium is illegal, is produc tive of nothing but mischief, that it is a delusion and a snare both to the Chinese and those who have commercial dealings with them. It is notorious that, notwithstanding ' the olause in the treaty 'of • Wanghia, which pronounces opium to be contraband, and the strong de ' elg4tiotts of Aulorieau statesmen on. thik head, the rat there will be some lo: hole wil :s very probable the Liverpool side, but the balance on the considerably in favour of the trust The Chairman : Taking all the different conjectural sources of revenue into account, what do you estimate your surplus at when the whole of the money for the Birkenhead works has been raised, and when all the money you are authorised by act of parliament to borrow Mr. Turner There is no limitation to the sum to be borrowed for Liverpool, We can borrow money to any extent the works require, and therefore we can only.estimate the probable cast of the works, I estimate the surplus for the present year at about £120,000. The Chairman : Do you include the unexhausted powers of borrowing for appropriated purposes on the Liverpool Mr. Turner The unexhausted powers of borrowing on the Liverpool side are to the extent of about the sum of £200,000 The Chairman : Assuming that yon were to exercise you, power of borrowing to the extent of £200,000, would it not be necessary to add the interest on that amount, deduct it from, the surplus which you are now estimating Mr. Turner No doubt of it The Chairman : Could you call upon on officers to prepare a statement of figures embodying. what you have now stated, in the shape of a balance-sheet, and showing the result of all your operations, and of your financial state, and assuming that you borrow the £200,000 ? Mr. Turner Yes, I will do so. I wish to give you a statement of the enormous increase in the trade at Liver pool of late years. The declared value of British and Irish manufactures exported from the port of Liverpool in 1818, amounted to £25,905,328, and in 1857 the declared value of the same description of produce amounted to £55;257,624, showing the enormous increase of £30,000,000 The Chairman : Do all your calculations proceed on the progress of uninterrupted prosperity, or do you include in your calculations a commercial crisis with the rate of interest high, or the breaking out of a war ? What would be the state of your receipts under such circumstances ? Mr. Turner : So far as a commercial crisis is concerned, we may estimate the effect it would produce, by what occurred in 1557. That crisis was most severely felt, and instead of the revenue increasing, there was a falling off, and our surplus was only .£40,000. The Chairman : Would not the rate of interest be affected by a crisis Mir. Turner : Of course it would to some extent. Our present average rate of interest is £4 9s 6d per cent., but a great deal of the money upon which that interest is paid, was borrowed during the Russian war, when the rate of interest was high. We are now raising money-at four per • cent. The Chairman: So that you are reducing your rate of interest as your debentures fall in ? Mr. Turner : Yes. The Chairman: According to a statement made in the report of the Board of Trade, your debts and obligations under your existing powers, amount to £1. 1 400,000, and your income, on a liberal calculation, may be estimated at £600,000 per annum, so that your debt is about twenty times the amount of your revenue. Newport, wilful Mr. Turner : I believe that is so, taking our obligations, The Chairman : In your estimates have you taken into calculation the possible rating of the docks,.a bill for which was this session brought into the house cf. Commons ? Mr. Turner : I have made no calculation for the rating of the docks. The Chairman : If the docks were to,be rated, would it not cause a great reduction in your revenue? Mr. Turner: There is no doubt that' that would be the case; but if we were rated we should in all probability find itteceasary to increase our dock dues. Mr. Merewether : Have you ever,•charged your maximum Mr. Turner : I am not aware that. we ever did. The Chairman : What would be the annual charge upon you if Parliament were to render you. liable to rates ? Mr. Turner : It would dopend upon the basis which par liament would adopt for- legislation. We could not be rated upon the cost of our works, and it would be impossible. to form an estimate of the burden which would be imposed?. upon us, unless we knew the principle upon which the. rateable value was to be calculated. The Chairman : Are the Birkenhead docks rated ? Mr. Turner : We have never paid rates since they earne The warehouses in Liverpool amritted into our possessior. under a special enactment. Mr. James Jeukinson Bibby was then called, and ( by Mr. Merewether : Resold that, jointly with his. partners, he was largely interested in the steam shi pp in g tra de , They possessed a fleet of 18,1itea.in ships afloat, of t o nnage of about 5 - 0,00/J. tons. The Chairman here interrupted the examinati on , a n d said he thought it would be better to hear t ev id en ce before going into evidence in. re he iere e n n c g e in t e o eri t n h g c requirements then called, an d exam i ne d b y M r. i‘r.sohii of t Hartley be tra de. Mr. waad. was Merewether z He said, I have been for thirty year; in con. we have built every dock in nection with my father, en in of the Prince's dock. Thethe Liverpool docks. witness i4 re N l 'e ‘ r 4 poo Liverpool, describedw i t with the t li e w e o x r c k e s p p t exception posed to be executed e tuld r the present bill, which were for aggregate 'fIIE.WIFE MURDER IN NEWPORT.. Nifatthew Francis was brought before the magisrates at Monmouthshire, on Monday, charged+ with the ,nurder of his wife, Sarah Francis, as• reported. Several Witnesses were examined,•and deposed: to the facts we have already given, after which the prisoner made a statement, by his OWII desire, , the .first part of which was occupied with the details of. previous., quarrels with his wife, in which she • had, he said, greatly abused '&l4 struck hint, and threatened± to cut his throat. It then proceeded.:—" On Friday evening I went to Hawkins's house, where mywife was. Directly I went in she insulted me. I sent for some beer and eggs, and my m.y life .was wife wade egg-flip. I offered her my glass, and after m. goat deal of persuasion slie drank out of it., I. then put the question to her, did she intend to live with me again ? She rose.up the pint jug, and offered to throw.it at n'-e. telling me not to put such a ql.:*stion to her: She bega „checking ine f .and I said she had.:better come home., that back ' a complete misery to, me,., and that I wo o.A, __ ' to , „ the gallows tha;...., be separated frog m So e tu a r n d d ay l morning told he l .,,- S I i ye o n t t to to p h a e t r l t .s i e n i : . ~,Am. to curse asked her if she would 'come home 11 ' bad way, and would ; there was.,a 'k n if e on tiip .' 4e. said she never ,:.• at the time, and. I touched her on,. the put your hands, on was not thinkth me ~ wit] she. said, "Don't things. ; I > ' sh oiled, me many dis gracefulsat down, ark I went out to.. the closet •anci to myself about her before begat, to. cry ;: then I thought gabout it before., I brought it out intending the razor 1 had in. my pocket ; I to have it 0 , went into tit • . home, b xound I had a piece of thread around it, and frhouse again, I asked my wife again to come andlntot to make 3 , f00l of herself and me too. She re fused. I rose up and told her I was fully determined to kill or:e I went out of 'the house. if she did not come with mined me )ner go. r. OrL She began to sing a song. I told her not to sing songs,. she had mare need to sing jiymns. She laughed aloud; at mo when I said that. Then I caught her by the forehead, and said, Now,, Sarah, will you c,nie home or • not?' She said she Would not. I said, 'What, never-coma }tame ?' She said, 'No, never.' Ehen I drew the r azor' across her throat. She heaved her two arms lap, o n l caught me round ; the neck, and pulled my face to hers, and kissed me, I told her I had murdered her, and was willing to die for her. The last words she spoke %vele, (Oh, no, you shan't die.' I suppose she didn't think it was done toi the'purpose, poor thing. That is all." This statement was duly signed by the prisoner, who was then committed to the assizes to take his trial. THE PROPOSED REFORMS IN BANKRUPTCY.—An influen— tial meeting in favour of an amendment of the Bankruptcy Idivr,,adopting Lord John Russell's bill as the basis of the proposed Reforms, was held i 4 the city on Ttw,,iday, the _ae carried on with much inconvenience at the south end. They further proposed to make a canal from the Huskisson dock for ;cam carry iodation for that trade was very Ii d. With regard to ti: to have the works completed ue fixed.bir At present and the wages paid 1. witness was subj r. Calvert, as to t portion of a tion the au the T.i .mmodation of fee timber trade at the Canada dod ,e timber trade was now xarnina- ana accomo.- lead, and at here were 1,53, st week Ito a leng 11s , relative modation at Birkenhead was better and safer The Chairman : What class of ships dated at Birten lame draft of watt will E ther than wait in tlit 'river. which t' ak, will induc '6 Yon anticipate that ti rkenhead docks ensure a profitable trade ti Mr. H.artl I am scarcely able to your experience a agous t as regards Birk n;elr trade, be aceommo- I think nto the nditure sever to ineer of tht extent The Chairme probable profit uy a. the Bit they will ha rtley : They are a occupied, It wil what tl pool docks, can you form no Imp head will be un with their ship: The Chairman in the same r The Chairman head Docks when finished wl Mr. Hart leN d in the at Liverpool .enhead ade at Birken- s the Liverpool mere7iants come there s, bat all the bltsi.6(tss transac pool, a merchant would•ratter have his I thin' 3ut are not• Bfrkenhead and Liver:Too/ ltive position as Lbfxdim and Southwark ions beirq- the Birken— ue occupied to a profit they will create- a will be occ Is it desirable to ish the at the new docks nterfere with, cannot le steam. to the Birk-en- lore are many they will go- that in tim r own, but I do not ale way thittir, t ,s the Liverpool' c must it m the Mersey Bdard to make them pa .)y any new works on t o, I think it is d lead docks in as complete a fore The Chairmar Then do you suppos' A the north end of Liverpool, will in any the Birkenhead works as a source of pro Mr. Ilartl I think the inland car be taken away from Liverpool carrying trade to say, whether they will head docks or the new Liverpool docks. TI different opini a that poin as to whe' into the Birkenhead docks or not. The Chairman : But if the Dock Board establish a com— petition, so to speak, between Liverpool and% Birkenhead, will they not damage themselves If they :construct new- works at Liverpool, which would in any way interfere with the works now pin on at Birkenhead, Zvi icy not be their own revenue Mr. Hartley : Yes,- unless there should b, The Chairman : You have said that the ar at Liverpool and at Birkenhead rade for all of the thicks. 15D acres—do ill be a trade for the occupation of Mr. Hartle I think so, if The Chairma rate goes on as it 11a3 works at Li' Then you do not thir at the new :t the cooks at Bir- Mr. Harley : I do not. The Chairman: And you .do not think that- the accom modation at Birkenhead will suffice for the increased trade ?' Mr. Hartley : Not for the inland carriage trade. The Hon. Mr. Brand : If you were to provide full ac— commodation at Liverpool, do you s these steamers would go to Birkenhead that any of Mr. Hartley : Yes, I suppose that many of 'them would from depth of water Mr. Bibby was called and examined by An , : Merewether He said there was , great necessity for increased accommo- dation for the steam shipping trade at Liverpool. The steamers were now made much larger than they were for merly, and what was principally reluired , was, that the dock and quay space for team shipping s possible, so that structed as long be loading and unloading at the same time should be con- ,'steamers could Despatch was the essence of the • steam shipping business, What they wanted was to come into port, unload, load 'again, and make their departure in as short a time as possible, and longer docks and quays were therefore very necessary. lie-beaved that the works whioh the Harbour - Board proposed to construct would supply a want which - was at present most severely felt. Mr. Wm. Inman, manager of the Liverpool,' New York, and Philadelphia line of packet ships was next called, and stated that he• was a member of the Harbour Board,. and that the ships of the Company, of which Ile-was manager, had cost £300,000. The Liverpool traffio had immensely increased of late years, and was still increasing, and de- manded a greater amount of accommodation. He believe& that the , Birkenhead docks would be inapplicable to. the steam trade At the close of Mr. Inman's examination, the committee adjourned 31 1)5 ' ha d ter, 7 for Ptied a u si° ° Li u 1 Rg"! olg 0 0 'pi