Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-20 00:00:00

AT:GIT'ST 20, 1859. ,ncl saf ,ded it at Zurich le suspicion of the secret and 'ated at every step in t Austri much the Italia progres s floe in question t is not so t will cou s the European future which see ; but What it will involve, how .t, many pretend even now .emains to be seen with certainty Only 'when it is upon t The way to pfevent a _ disastrous issue is to be prepared for any eventuality And one way to be prepared is • clearly to keep out of the present pretended settlement The presence of England at a Con ference, would be like that of the simple-hearted victim between two gamesters, who have loaded the dice, and arranged the code of signals. Let England keep her simplicity out of the Council Chamber of despots. The " goose" cannot afford to be plucked of any more feathers. We have been led into this line of remark, not more from the circumstances of the miment than from a pleasing surprise that Mr. COBDEN has returned from the new world without any increased enthusiasm for those panaceas, with which his political ally, Mr. BRIGHT, vainly eX- pests to regenerate the old. We feel especially called to it at the present time, when England is Just recovering from the sounding phantasies and false philosophies of that dangerous and shallow minded empiric. Unless Mr. COBDEN takes some nal constitutional lessons as these, for the true commentary on his dictum, that " the white "an in the United States had a theory in their Government which, if the human instrument be equal to the political machine, went to deal justly with every one," he is able to read neither Philosophy nor history,—he has failed to correct the grave difficulties of that education which °nee allowed him to elevate the newspaper above all the literature of ancient or of modern times or, to put it in his own more particular and expres sive way, above "all the works of (the single booked) Thucydides." The chance is before him of getting once for all out of the narrow circle of l'igiatean crudities, prejudices, and animosities, or of remaining the political tinker to the end. -0- ANY question connected with India has now b ecome one of Imperial interest, being, as a n integral part of Her MASESTY'S dominions 80 long as that vast country was a monopoly in the hands of a Company, it could not hold so u niversally a place in the public mind, as now it does, by its absorption into the British Govern ment It has long been moving towards that co nsummation—sooner completed by the recent outbreak, and indeed precipitated, than would have otherwise been the case. We do not pro- Peso to examine whether, under the centenary rul e of the Hon. East India Company, it was be sail' or ju s tly governe d ; although much might sa il' upon the point. It was in itself a suffi 'ent anomaly, that this rule should exist as an i 'ilPeriunt in imperio. The finances of that e at:Entry now engage most anxiously the attention of the Executive of this Empire, and it will re- Quire great wisdom, great economy, great exac titude, in the financial arrangements of India, to bring matters right, and to keep them •straight. There must be a moderate, just, and impar tial system of taxation to support the great military European force which must hence- forth be there stationed; to preserve what we have had to reconquer, after a comparatively peaceable occupation of one hundred years. We are well acquainted with the ability and zeal of Mr. J. WiLsoN, as a statician, politi cal economist, and financier,—an ability and zeal which, by the force of his own genius, has over come those difficulties that talent, suffering under the pressure of the res angusta domi, ever has to straggle against, and under which it Often faints and grows weary. Almost simultaneously, we might say, with the expiration of the East India Company's Charter, the old and tedious route via the Cape of Good Rope terminated, and the Overland Route was 'substituted over the Mediterranean and Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Thus once again we visit India by the same way by which trade with it was carried on in ages long gone by, the recollection of which alone lives in the pages of history. It was some time before the OverlanA Route was adopted, and many and great were the discouragements which Lieutenant WAGHORN had to contend against,—the old defunct Com- Pany preferring the longer Cape voyage, lest the re-opening of the Suez line, while it shortened the distance between London and Calcutta, should divert the commerce of Europe into its old channel, and the French and Italian ports of the Mediterranean should flourish to the ruin of our In consequence of the facility of com munication, the traffic of the East has augmented rapidly, and various means of crossing the Isth mus have been propounded. A railway w as talked of ; and the opening up and clearing out the bed of the ancient canal, dating not only as far back as the Moslem conquerors and Alexander the Great, but remoter still, "en to the age of the Pharoahs, as an inter oceanic communication. None of these schemes took any consistency, until Mr. DE LESSEES Startled Europe by the grandeur of his schemes, Which met with the opposition of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE,' who used all his influence at Constantinople to thwart it, while the present Premier pooh-poohed it in the House of Corn 'nous ; each doing so, no doubt, on political and national grounds. A more gigantic plan has lately been put forth, by which the danger to our Eastern Empire from an inter-oceanic canal would be removed; but the political objection to Which is—that it might open India to the fleets of France and Russia, as well as to our own. Messrs. BRUNLESS & WEBB, engineers, propose nothing more or less than a Ship Railway, to have at end of the hue powerful hydraulic apable of lifting the largest vessels to the level of the railway, and of lowering them at the termination of their-transit, w economical, and therefore woulC I would °cc if only it were passible, shOtAd prefe freely between Egypt and Syria. The naval and commercia marine of France and of Russia, and of all foreign countries, have been so hig favoured by the re and by possession of our carrying that it behoves us to be cautious how we faci itate access to our colonial possessions ook forward, also, at some future time, perhaps in our own age, to an inter-oceanic communi- cation between the strong waters of the great Atlantic and the calm and tranquil ones of the Pacific Ocean, across the Isthmus of Panama. But, even then, we have reason to believe, the Americans would debar British ships from trading with San Francisco, reserving to them- selves what they would call their coasting trade --.,,,___ NOTES OF THE DAY Mr. Cobden's essay on Parliamentary Reform, which he gave to so large a gathering of the manufacturing class at Rochdale the other evening, contained a great deal of candour—candour of that very kind, and point ing to. those very ends, which ought to put the country on its guard as to those ulterior objects of Reform which the Radicals have in view. It was unwise, he main tained, in agitating for Parliamentary Reform, to lump too many matters together ; and he recommended, there fore, that they shoidd go, in the first place, for a large extension of the suffrage, which, when once obtained, would render the accomplishment of the Ballot, the re distribution of seats, and, not improbably, the whole " ten points of the Charter," quite practicable and easy. In short, it is only necessary to get in the thin end of the wedge sufficiently secure, and there will be no diffi culty in driving it up to its utmost capacity. Now this we say is very candid. It tells us pretty plainly what they are driving at ; and it furnishes, we think, a very powerful argument why there should be no such whole sale enlargement of the franchise as to make the House of Commons the instrument of so much dangerous innovation as is evidently contemplated. There must be a liberal measure of Parliamentary Reform, and it must include an extension of the suffrage to very many who are at present most unjustly excluded from its possession.. But it must not be a measure which the Radicals and Revolutionists can ever make the means to their ulterior ends. The Constitution of this country, as that of a limited monarchy, can only be preserved by maintaining a balance of power in the state : whereas these things would be the destruction of any such balance, and the throwing of all political power into the hands of a democracy. Mr. Bright is, no doubt, a very knowing person; but we think he professes to know rather too much, when he pretends to be familiar with the estimation in which what he calls " Tory leading articles " are held, by those who are in the habit of reading them, as the great bulk of the respectable classes in England undoubtedly are. The honourable member would have it believed that he regards them as "not very logical or palatable in any way "—as having " a sort of mustiness about them which people do not at all like." Now, it is an old proverb, that tastes are not to be disputed; and we are not going to dispute Mr. Bright's taste, whether as respects " Tory leading articles," or anything else. If there be one public man who, more than another, is guilty continually, not to say habitually, of what in common parlan ce i s ca ll e d " b ad taste, " i t i s M r. B r i g h t i wubelf. In thi, reapcot, it ia well known, he presents a remarkable contrast to his friend and compatriot, Mr. Cobden. It cannot be surprising, therefore, that the articles he alludes to should, to him, be " not very palatable in any way." They are not vulgar enough i for suck a man as Mr. Bright ; they are too scholarly, too gentlemanly, too patriotic, too public-spirited, for one who is continually grovelling amid the rankness of what may be called demagoguism. The very burthen of his speech, on the occasion of his making his philippic against the "Tony Press,"—violent abuse, that is, of what he calls " the oligarchy," and the most nauseous flattery of such 'a mob as he was addressing,—affords ample proof of this. We consider, therefore, that the reprobation of such leading articles, by a man like Mr. Bright, is a very great recommendation to them ; if only becav their character and their influence must be the very opposite of his own, as .a politician and an agitator The " Liberals' Committee" for Castle-street ward, in this borough, appear to have made themselves very happy already, in anticipation of the coming municipal election. The wicked " Tories," it appears, are now tied up by act of Parliament from having recourse to any more of their " disgraceful dodges," on such occa sions. By the Municipal Elections Amendment Act, recently passed, it is imperative that the candidates shall be nominated two clear days, exclusive of Sunday, before the day of election—the nomination to be through the Town-clerk ; and this, they congratulate themselves with thinking, will enable them to have it all their own way for the time to come. And so perhaps it would, if they were really the purists and the patriots they profess to be. But as such is not the case, we rather apprehend, that the operation of the act in question will be found to exercise a check upon that party in muni cipal contests, which will, in the end, have no slight influence in promoting the success of Conservative can didates, wherever there is an opportunity of their offer ing themselves for election,—an apprehension which is strengthened, in no slight degree, by the fact, that the same act also contains some very stringent clauses against bribery, and imposes a penalty of disqualifica tion, for six years, on such electors as may be proved I NORTITERN DAILY TIMES. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. R OWEN Our readers will I glad to itev. fir. Howson to lecture in Liverpool on the Geo- C3cleaL , FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, a man on board the American ship William, now lying in the river, and outward bound, fell from the fore topsail yard to tho deck, and cl lerwards, An inquest THE FISH VENDORS OUTSIDE ST. J OHN'S We understand a rule exists among fish-dealers outside St. John's Market, that parties coming to purchase herrings, &c., must pay the money to the vendors before they get the worth of it. Whether that be a regulation of the Markets' Committee or not, I am not aware. Yesterday, an honest hard-struggling woman came to purchase a quantity of herrings, and, after paying the money, objected to seven mutilated ones. The vendor would neither take them back nor give her seven in exchange ; and upon the poor woman insisting upon her rights, the vendor said she would call in a police officer. Poor honest struggling creatures should be supported in a case of this kind ; and, in future, when such barefaced swindling is enacted, I should advise the purchaser to call in a police-officer, or seek redress through the inspector.—Correspondent. A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday morning, an old man, 52 years of age, named John Harrison, who had been in the employ of his worship the mayor as porter, died at his residence. On Monday night he went home, and was scarcely able to walk. He stated to his daughter that some person had struck him, and she found a lump on the side of his head as big as a larg2- sized egg. He got into a confused state of mind, and then he stated that be fell down. During the night he was ill, but got sufficiently well to be able to resume his work the next morning in Vernon-street. While there he fell down in a fit, and was taken home in a cab. He was attended by Dr. Bickerton up till the time of his death. An inquest will be held on the body to-day. COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before W. A. Hul ton, Esq.)—VERBAL GUARANTEE PERSONAL ARREST. ALLEN V. LANE.—His Honour said : The short facts of this case are, that a man of the name of Hanlon was in custody, under a warrant of commitment, issued by the plaintiff from this court, and the defendant promised the plaintiff that if he would let the matter stand over for a couple of months be (the defendant) would pay him the debt and costs. In consequence of that promise the plaintiff permitted Hanlon to be discharged from that commitment. The question is, whether this promise was within that branch of the statute of frauds which relates to promises to answer for the debt of another. Thc law on this section of the Statute is discussed in the notes to Sanders' Reports, vol. 1, page 211, and it is slimmed up there. Whether each particular case comes lyithin the clause of the statute depends not on the con sideration for the promise, but on the fact of the original party remaining liable, coupled with the absence of any liability on the part of the defendant or his property, except such as arises from his express promise. Now, in this case, the defendant's liability only arose from this express promise. The judgment against Hanlon still re mains unsatisfied. Hanlon still is liable on it. And this distinguishes the case from those in which it has been held that a promise to pay a debt for which a person had been taken in execution under a case was not within the statute, on the ground that the original debt was gone by the discharge of the debtor out of custody. The case in question is rather to be determined by the principles laid down in the old cases of " Fish v. Hut chison," 2 Wilson 94, " King v. Wilson," Strange 873, where it was held that a mere stipulation for an indul gence to the debtor, such as forbearance, or that an action commenced should be stayed was within the statute. I direct, therefore, that a nonsuit must be entered. ARKET THE LATEST NEWS THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY • VIENNA, Friday, Aug. 19. Count Leo Thun has declined to accept the post of Minister of the Interior. There is a report that Austrian corps d'armee are to be concentrated near Rovigo, on the road to the Legations and to Modena. The Minister of the Interior, Baron Bach, is named as Ambassador to Rome. Other changes in the Cabinet are still expected. THE ZURICH CONFERENCE. ZURICH, Aug. 19. Yesterday a conference took place between the plenipotentiaries of France and Austria. The mails leave for London at 10 oar Malta for Southampton at noon on the MI: arrived at Suez on the 11th, at midnight. Ailed on the 15th at 2 p.m FRANCE THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS AT TARBES. PARIS, Friday.—The Jfoniteur announces that their iesties arrived .yestere )roceeded to the vi They were receive( with great enthusiasm by the population NEGOTIATION OF FOREIGN SHARES IN FRANCE. PARIS, Friday. The ifoniteur of this morning contains a decree to the effect that , foreign shares and securities may be negotiated at the Bourse after two fifths of their value has been paid up. Previously it was necessary that seven-tenths should be paid up. FRANCE. PARIS; Friday The Grand Duke Constantine will not proceed to Biarritz. He is expected at St. Petersburg, to be present at the fetes there on the 6th Sept., when the hereditary Prince becomes of age. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, Friday. The French Funds opened firm, and at a rise of nearly Rentes being quoted 69 15. 12 15 p.m.—The market continues firm; Rentes stand now at 69 10. 3 43 p.m.—The Bourse closed with firmness, Rentes being 69 15. THE CALCUTTA MAIL The following telegram has been received by the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company : " ADEN TELEGRAPH OFFICE, August 8. "TO C. L. PEEL, ESQ., LONDON " The Nubia, with Calcutta mails of the 16th ult., arrived yesterday. _ . "About 5000 of the local European force in Bengal and the provinces have their discharge ; only one man of the sth Europeans at Berham pore remains under arrast. "New duties on stamps, receipts, and bank notes, have been proposed an Council. " The King of (Jude has been released. " The New Five-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan was from 51 to 54 discount. " Exchange on London, for first-class paper, six months' sight, V-. " Freights continue very low. " [Received at Alexandria on the Bth of August, 1859. Forwarded by French packet to Mar seilles.]" + LATEST TELEGRAMS. guilty of corrupt practices. I FRANCE. France would seem likely to benefit infinitely more PARIS, August 19. by the Italian war than Italy itself. Doubtless, Louis The Pays of this morning says Marshal Can- Napoleon has learned some valuable practical lessons, not robert has left for Vichy, where he will remain only from the war, but from various attendant circum- for some days before resuming his duties as com stances. The public opinion of Europe, but more espe- mandcr of the corps darinee, the head quarters cially that of England, has been conveyed to him, in con- of which are at Nancy. nection w ith th e h os tilities in which he engaged, with a The Patric announces the departure of Marshal force and e ff ec t w hi c h might well be irresistible ; and the Neil for Toulouse, w.h l-General of th e Alp s . ere he will presid e a t th e consequence apparently is, that he is now disposed to pur - sitting of the Counc i sue a more liberal course of government in his own ZURICH CONFERENCE. country. He has announced a political amnesty which, Zußicti, August 19. according to the accounts, is to be really a full one,— In the next sittings of the Conference it is sup to extend even to his poor victims at Cayenne, and to pose d that the question of the boundary of Lom all those also who are in exile elsewhere. As well as this, bardy and the participation in the Austrian debt, all the warnings of the newspapers are to be cancelled,— w ill be settled. To - day, there was a conference warnings which had practically the effect of gagging the between M. de Bourquency, the French, and M. Press, depriving it of all its liberty, and making it the de Desambrois, the Sardinian, Plenipotentiaries. servile and slavish creature of imperial despotism. All AUSTRIA. this, it must be confessed, looks well. But we must wait VIENNA, Friday, August 19. ere we can be fully assured of its actteal and permanent The official Weiner Zeitung contains a list of reality,—never forgetting that France has pronounced numerous military promotions and distinctions, for a military absolutism, under the terrors of which a made on account of the battle of Solferino. great deal of formality may be dispensed with, whilst yet there is no real liberty for the p eo p le. It is stated that the M inister of th e Interior, Baron Bach, will be appointed Ambassador at ____---4---_ Rome. Other changes in the Cabinet are ex- EXCURSION TO WALES.—The Manchester again goes pected to take place. —.0.--. on an excursion trip to Bangor, Beaumaris, and Menai Bridge, to-morrow (Sunday). She will leave the great The following appeared in a portion of our impression Landing-stage at nine o'clock in the morning. From of yesterday : the well-known swiftness and superior accommodation BOMBAY MAIL. of the boat, and the excellent management of every (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) MARSEILLES, Friday department on board, this opportunity for enjoying a this mo • day's pleasure should not be neglected. mails from Bombay, arrived here at six s ruing. .Morning.—The Panther, with THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. BRUSSELS, August 19th.—According to letters re ceived here from Paris to-day, the rumour is current that her M THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, August 18.—The French funds opened heavy. Rentes at a slight decline, being quoted 68f. 70c. The market has experienced a more favourable ten dency, and closed firm and rather animated. Rentes 69, showing a rise of nearly since yesterday. THE ITALIAN DUCHIES MonENA, August 18. Yesterday the Chevalier Farini quitted - Modena for Parma and Piacenza, to ac cept the Dictatorship offered to him. The municipality issued a public proclamation expressing their unanimous desire for this. The- enthusiasm of the population was very great, and Parma and Piacenza were illuminated. MARSEILLES, Thursday, August 18th.—Advices have been received from Genoa to the 17th instant. General Garibaldi arrived yesterday at Modena. It is con firmed that he is charged with the command of the Tuscan army. The fete of Napoleon was celebrated at Florence by a solemn mass at the Cathedral, at which the Ministers, the members of the National Assembly, and the Officers of the Staff were present. Signor Itatazzi has suspended the publication of the Cattolico at Genoa. SWITZERLAND BERNE, August 18.—Yesterday the French and Sardinian Ambassadors had a conference. To-day a dinner is to be given to Count Colleredo, on the occasion of the birthday of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The 4th Swiss Regiment, in the service of the King of Naples, has been completely disbanded, the same not having consented to be transformed into national battalions. REUTER'S TELEGRAPH, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES SlR,—Can you inform your readers who is 3 Reuter, the receiver of the Continental telegrams. Awrast 19 1859. E - NQUIRER [We believe that Mr. Reuter is a German N. D. T.] THE POISONOUS POTATO APPLE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—Allow me to explain, in reference to the case of poisoning mentioned in the proceedings of the Health Committee, that my statement was to the effect that the potato belonged to a poisonous family of plants, but that I was not aware of any case of poisoning by the seeds. I had not heard of the case referred to by the Chairman, where it was ascertained, en medical evidence, that death had been caused by eating them. The thorn apple (Stratnonium) and deadly nightshade (Belladonna) belong to the same natural family_ as the potato.— Yours, &c. Public Offices, August 19 V. H. Dll-NCAN OUR COUNTY MEMBERS Monsit HE . LICENSING Q ed the eh houses Kerr. Carper, W. Brown, II Baines, an Plant, Williams, good attendaucc HAIRMAN STION .rth I was a o doubt most of them knew the object for which they had nu who would be listeners that evening to the s that platform he dar great moral evil exist say all knew that amongst them there was a They knew, as all total abstainers knew, andthe public knew gene rally, that the beer-houses, the public-houses, and gin palaces, were nests from which sprung and was nurtured almost the whole:of the crime that mas brought before their courts of justice. It was really extraordinary that an evil so prevalent, so universal, should not long since have called forth public attention to the evil that exists, and have pointed out a remedy by which this evil might have been annihilated. They who were total abstainers were said to take an extreme course. But all the means that had been brought forward in tI7 —intr - --- -ting tl,' nis country, the purpose of proven, its universa, evil, had failed to succeed. They must come to the rcot of the matter. They wanted to give power to the in habitants of every locality, by a majority of two-thirds, to put - down public-houses, or beer-houses, or gin-palaces altogether, if they thought fit. (Applause.) Those who were their opponents thought those were extreme measures; but they said they were perfectly constitu tional, and that, therefore, there was nothing unreason able in the demand they made. But, whilst they enter tained these views, they were ready at any moment to accept any portion of means by which this great evil could be restrained. (Hear.) They were ready to accept at the hand of the Government any means by which the magistrates should be authorised to withhold the licenses from beer-houses and public-houses. They would take this as an instalment, not as the end to which they aimed. They would take as an instalment additional power to the magistrates to deny the licenses in the sale of intoxicat ing drinks, because they were persuaded that these in toxicating drinks in their own nature begot a passion for itself, which no power on earth could restrain, and because they knew it was the interest of those parties who sold intoxicating drinks to make as many drunkards as possible, regardless of the mischief and the crime which flowed from such a source. The evil which they now complained of was not limited to any particular nati&m. He found that in Russia there was a great effort being made to suppress the use of intoxicating drinks. He was pleased to see in the Times an article on this subject, speaking of what had been done in that country. It was interesting to see that the whole world was now alive to the importance of arresting the evils that spring from the use of intoxicating drinks. lie read an extract from the article referred to, which spoke cf the establishment of teetotal societies and the favour with which the Czar looked on this movement. He also referred to the presentment the grand jury had made with reference to the effects of public-houses on crime in Liverpool. From this he contended they had good grounds for the movement in which they were:now taking nart that evening. It was evident that there was amongst them a fearfully bad custom—a custom that generated evil and crime of the most malignant character. They could not take up a paper any day wherein they would not find in it recorded acts of brutality and of savage ferociousness of conduct, that had arisen entirely 6om the use of intoxicating drinks. lie believed, apart frinn advantages generally, that if they could put down all the public-houses, and beerhouses, and gin palaces, tie country would be swept clear, of most of the crimes that now disgraced it. (Applause.) He concluded by calling on Mr. Plant to move the first resolution. Mr. PLANT said that, although most of the gentlemen on the platform were total abstainers, and although many of them had subscribed their names for a permissive bill, so that two-thirds of the ratepayers of a locality might be empowered to close a. public-house if they were con vinced of their evil tendency, they did not come there that night in that character, but as ratepayers to ratepayers, that they might utter their sentiments on the subject upon which the meeting had been called together to consider. They thought it a more legitimate course that the rate payers should be called together to speak on this momen tous question, and that they might claim to have a right to be heard before the magistrates on this question. Last year there were 2,944 ratepayers signed a memo rial to the magistrates, praying that they would grant no more new licenses. This memorial was turned out by the magistrates on that occasion for reasons best known to themselves. He often imagined that corporate bodies, when assembled together, frequently did and said things which in their individual capacity they would be ashamed to do. And the gentleman who was foremost in the opposition to their movement had frequently in his hearing, and on that platform too, when he was mayor of Liverpool, as well as in other places, denounced intoxicating liquors as degrading and demoralising to the working classes. (Hear ' hear.) He thought they had a right to come forward publicly in order to induce the magistrates to act Mr. G SketeetA pinion of tl DEN moved the ad( pful the M MI of the follow inz " That according to the report of Major Greig, as pre sented to the Council on the 29th October, 1858, there were 1,494 homes licensed for the sale of spitits, and 899 houses licensed for the sale of beer, making a total of 2,393 houses licensed for the sale of intovicatimy drinks in the borough of Liverpool " That, according to the were brought before your worshipful bench in the year September 29, 1858, for drunkenness and eiindis orderly idg conduct. "That during the same year 5,015 informations were laid by the police for breaches of the license laws, and 542 fines inflicted " That in addition to these cases—directl- connected with the traffic of intoxicating. drinks—th e experience of your worshi - Jul bench, as well asof all per sons con nected with the admimstration of justice, proves th a t a large majority of the criminal cases brought before you are caused by the use of intoxicating beverages. " That pauperism and disease, as well as premature death, are very frequently produced by the same cause. " That much and heavy expense, in the shape of poor rates and other charges, is thrown upon the ratep a y ers in consequence of th traffic. " That it has been repeatedly shown that the presence of public-houses, and especially of gin palaces, is a temptation under which many persons are led into intemperate habits. i - g our h e m g e r m ea o tria numberl memorialists ba\o-ef hhouseso e u a s r e d s a t g h e a d t not less than 184 persons have made known their inten tion of applying for licenses for the sale of spirits, not withstanding the li yl in the trade. " That your memorialists, viewing the granting of new licenses with great alarm, as dangerous to the morality and injurious to the well-being of society, would humbly pray your worshipful bench not to grant any new licenses, and so stringently to enforce the existing laws for the regulation of the traffic as to decrease, as far as possible, the number of houses engaged therein. _ your memorialists will ever pray, &c." The motion was seconded by Mr. Capper, and carried unanimously. Mr. BAIN - ES moved a resolution to the effect that, there being in existence two different and conflicting bodies for granting licenses—the excise and the magis trates—that meeting considered it injurious to the welfare of society, and called for the action of the Government to assimilate the law, and to report the granting of licenses to - public-houses and beer-houses in the hands of the magistrates. The resolution was seconded by Captain HARVEY, and carried unanimously. _ _ The Rev. Mr. KERR moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was seconded by Dr. Buitnowas, and passed with acclamation. The Chairman returned thanks, and this concluded the business of the meeting. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, SIR,—Now that the session has come to a close, and the lovers of grouse have been released from their Par liamentary duties to have a season in the Highlands, it may not be out of place to make some reference as to how our newly-elected members for South Lancashire, the Hon. Algernon Egerton and W. J. Legh, Esq., dis charged their duties during the late brief session. The glorious triumph achieved at the last contested election for the southern part of the county must be fresh in na victory Heywood won representativeso n and b y C thshoeee far r a a m s the recollection of your readers ; and while I cannot wouldd L e i nbye Liberalism saemv have goes, made that ytewt iMte was excellent Con servatives whisk will not soon be forgotten. The Hon Algernon Egerton and W. J. Legh, Esq., were triumphantly returned ; and since they entered the House of Commons, their conduct, as member of that House, has been everything that could be desired. They have never absented themselves on any occasion where any vital question required their presence. And it must not be forgotten that, when Mr. Egerton was set apart to propose the address to the 'royal speech, his maiden speech in the House was such as to elicit much enthu siasm from all parts of the dense assemblage ; more particularly when he referred to the strict neutrality that the Conservative s overnment had determined to observe towards the belligerent Powers. I have no desire to place two young M.Ps. on a pedestal of flattery; yet I cannot refrain from saying that, up to the present time, they have nobly adhered to their principles ; and I trust that, when the next parliamen tary " tug of war " comes on, they will be prepared to acquit themselves in a manner that they yet have had no opportunity of doing, i.e., in taking a part in the discussion of the great and momentous measures which will be then brought before the House. Until then, I shall defer any further remarks ; but I shall certainly feel disappointed, and chagrined too, if they do not realise the anticipations which their thousands of supporters have formed of them.—Yours, &c., OBSERVER Liverpool, August 18th, 1859 THE UNPAID STIPENDIARY TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES SIR,-While our present stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Mansfield, is from home, his onerous duties are well and ably discharged, gratuitously, by Mr. Aikin ; whom, if I May be allowed the expression, " I look upon as the father of the Liverpool bench," in conjunction with his compeers, Messrs. William Brown, ex-M.P. for South Lancashire, and Mr. William Rathbone. I have been attending the police-court for the last eight or ten days ; and I have studiously observed the manner in which Mr. Aikin dispenses justice. Punc tually, at the hour of ten o'clock, he attends the court, and enters upon the business with all the vivacity of youth. His venerable appearance commands respect ; and his decisions are never given in a hasty manner. He hears every ease with attention, and gives it, that due consideration which its merits deserve. Then, with that discriminating acumen which characterises his magis terial bearing, he pronounces upon the guilt or innocence of the parties arraigned before him. When Messrs. Cobb and Bluck are pleading on behalf of their several clients, and trying to make an impression, so as to divert him from the real merits of the case, he listens with attention. But no ; the hoary head, which knows what this world is, as respects our depraved and fallen humanity, cannot be moved from the path of rectitude and justice. Crime must be punished, and the seat of justice—even-handed justice—he will not permit to be tarnished. He calmly and dispassionately hears both sides of the question, and then decides according to the evidence before him. I was rather amused, and better pleased, on Thursday last, at the caution he gave a young thief, a lad of thirteen years of age. He felt for the boy, and the position he was placed in, for the felony he had com mitted. He remanded the case, so that if the mother of the boy appeared, the boy should be handed over to her care and keeping ; but not without first telling him that if ever he appeared there again, he would be sent to gaol and get well whipped. I can only say that, in the absence of Mr. Mansfield, when he has such a venerable " unpaid " friend to take his place, he need not be troubled in his mind. In fact, Mr. Editor, Mr. Aikin goe s throu g h the business of the police- cour t as if he were only thirty years of age, and he cannot be less than seventy-two.—l am, sir, yours truly, JIISTITIA. • August 19th, 1859. r INSUBORDINATION ON BOARD OF TIER MAJESTY'S SHIP MARLBOROUGH. Tier Majesty's ship Marlborough, flag-ship to Admiral Fenshawe, , has been the scene of acts of insubordination. The correspondent ) of the herald at Malta says, the crew refused to come on deck, when called, rolled shot about the deck and engine-room, and committed other acts of insubordination. The men had had leave to go on shore, and when asked what they had to complain of, they could only make some trifling grievances out of the breakfast-hour being too early, or some such trivial complaint. After some hours suspense the whole ship's company returned to their duty, six of the ringleaders were put in irons and will be tried by court martial. Mr. Dimsdale, who opposes the return of the Hon. W. Cooper at Hertford, had the show of hands in his favour yesterday. The screw steamer New York, which sailed from New York on the 6th, has arrived at Cowes. She has 200,000 for England, and 183,000 dollars for France. The nomination for Hull takes place to-day. The candidates being Mr. IL Lewis (Liberal), and Mr. J. Soines, of London, on the other side. Several of the Ministers left town to-day, including Mr. Milner Gibson, Sir J. Lewis, and Mr. Sydney Herbert. Lord Granville left on Wednesday. Lord Palmerston goes to Broadlands to-morrow, or 'Monday. AMITSEML.NTS IN LIVEIIPOOL. — Open from ten in the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. All the kings and queens, from and in cluding William the Conqueror down to Queen Victoria ; also princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses, lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets, divines ; also all the most noted personages of the past and present ages, &e. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereo scopic views, of intense interest. Allsop's musical pro menade. The above attractions are now combined, forming one large establishment, in the immense and magnificent building known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public at 6d. each; children Ruder ten years of age, 3d. each. Mr. Allsop's exhibition has been pronounced by the press of Liverpool, London,. and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly magnificent, and largest establishment in the world--a fact that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to observe the name, " Allsop," at the entrance. Sole proprietor, Mr. Wm. Allsop. otherwise than they did last year. They had grown a year older, and he thought they might be wiser. They came forward there, and they but expressed the opinions of the gentlemen of the grand jury, who were men of rank an of intelligence. He quoted from a blue-book the evidence of Robertson Gladstone on this subject, before the House of Commons. This gentleman said that they should not be put to the expenses of erecting a new gaol if it was not for the licensed public houses and beer-houses ; they were the source of all the mischief. If that gentleman exercised his influence as a magistrate, and acted up to his expressed opinion, he might do - them some good. (Hear, hear.) Judge Wightman stated lately that four-fifths of the crime in the calendar were from drunkenness. The publican, he contended, according to that, was nothing less than the purveyor to the hangman. He concluded by moving the following resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion that crime, disease, aid pauperism, decrease and increase in proportion to the number of public-houses, and therefore view with alarm the number of applications for licenses announced Henry Sturemburg and William Goldenstadt, for the next session." brokers, Liverpool. Mr. W. BROWN seconded the resolution. In speak- Asher Weinthal, warehouseman, Cannon -street. Liverpool. Lyne. Charles Thomas Ingram, coal merchant, Fencharch- W L eivll i ia C m ob L b i , n e d a o t p in , g b - ru ho s u h sc in k a e n e u pir e , tur L i e v r i ing of the effects of intoxicating drinks on the commu nity, Mr. Brown said that if the money which the street, London. building on Brownlow-hill cost was put out at 5 per cent., it would support all the paupers that would be on Clement Edward Davies, druggist and s pi r it merc h an t, their hands, if it was not for intoxica tin g drinks. h.b.lle Gainsboro', lately in partnership th ere un d er t h e fi rm believed there was no other remedy b ut the total pro 1- of Davis and Cooper. tion of the traffic. (Applause.) , The Rev. Mr. STEINTHAL7 be in g called upon to speak, tion. resolution resolution was then put and carried with acclama said he had to address them on the subject of the law, it FIXTURES, because there was a misconception in the minds of the AUGUST. magistrates on the subject of licensing. They had found, Barnsley from the experience of last year, that the magistrates Radcliffe needed to be enlightened on this subject. He wished Egham 23 Lichfield Barnstaple & North Devon 24 Yarmouth to speak with all due respect of the magistrates. The Oxford law was sometimes interpreted in the spirit and some- Canterbury times in the letter. The latter was what the magistrates seemed inclined to do. They, like himself, had not received a legal education, and he, like them, interpreted the law in that plain common sense which every Eng lishman had a right to use. He quoted the 9th clause of the act of Geo. IV., and said he was backed by lawyers in stating that they were wrong in refusing them a hearing, and not allowing them to protest. The very gentleman who opposed them last year was a member off' the grand jury, and allowed the document to go forth which had been referred to that night, and this presentment charged the publicans with being parties to acts of violence which led to homicide. He referred to the report of the police establishment of the state of crime for 1858, which showed that there were no less than 9,829 persons who were brought up before the magistrates for being drunk and disorderly. They spoke but the words of the judge of the land, the grand juries, and the chaplains of every jail, and he contended that they had a right to be heard by the magistrates on this subject, and that it was the duty of the magistrates to listen to their appeal. The public-houses doing busi ness in 1858 were 1,494, and the beer-houses amounted to 899 ; and he asked any person of common sense, if there were not enough to supply the wants of the com munity. He then referred to the good effects which had been produced in Scotland by the working of the Forbes Mackenzie Act, and stated that the £12,000 which had been granted for the erection of a new jail, immediately bef ore the passing that act, kad never been required. He then referred to number of drunken cases. Ile c oncluded b y movin g ,— thethe crowded latterthr s e ta e t h e a o d f t o o u b r o j p a u il t s iad ew nnon b e ri e d ellf el ro l m s, w th h e er gr e, in eauit " That this meeting, having learned that it is in the Birchall won almost withoutrn TROTTING. discretionary power of the magistrates to grant or refuse A Match came off last eTeni n , Peggy and Mr. Paget's c. licenses, is of opinion that, in granting. any new licensesa an re, e l f r o t rt h . ridden by their owners. between Mr. Birehall's BANKRUPTS Spading flteififfruct. YORK RACES FRIDAY Raweliffe Stakes Rose Middleton Sparrowhawk Richberta Nine ran. Coasolation Scramble Miss Julia... Senorita filly Thirteen ran. Great Yorkshire Stakes. Napoleon Gamester. Eskdale Nine ran. Tyro Stakes. ,walked over Simplicity Gimcrack Stakes. Thormanby Vanquisher ''''''' ran. Aske Stakes, Sparrowhawk Polianthus Nursery Plate Harebell .. Idolan ..... First Lord Fifteen ran. Colt Sapling Stakes 8iv0uac................................. Brother to members' Plate Caliph ...... Rough Bob LATEST BETTING THE ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 against Promised Land 7 to 1 against Trumpeter.