Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The election - movement still goes on—more, however, on the part of the authorities and the candidates than that of the electors. The provin cial papersbring us each day the circulars addressed by the Prefects to the Mayors; the sense of these missives is the same throughout, though the form be different. The Mayors are . strongly recom mended to employ the " legitimate influence" their position gives them to obtain a great number of votes. The theme is the same whatever the varia tions introduced into the piece. These variations are, perhaps, more eccentric than agreeable ; and it is announced that, in consequence, a certain number of Prefects have been, or are to b l eiballed up to Paris in order to receive oral - instructions in addition to the circular _of the Minister. More candidates on the " independent interest". have started than was expected. In the Gironde, for instance, a member of the Council-General has had the courage to start . in opposition to one of the Emperor's Aides-de-Camp. In the arron dissements of Peronne the President of the Agricultural Society has taken the field against Dr. Couneau, whose principal claim, if not his only one, to the notice of the electors, is his being the Emperor's physician. In the department of the Somme a member of the Council-General is pre paring to dispute the election with M. Delamarre, the editor of the Patrie newspaper. .At Macon (M. de Lamartine's county) a candidate stands against the Government nominee ; and the drama tic poet, M. Ponsard, the author of Lucrece and Charlotte Corday, is spoken of as about to pit himself against the protege of the Prefect in the Drome ; and another Democrat appears in the Ariege. An Opposition candidate, M. Bosselet, in the Eure-et-Loire, has addressed the following plain spoken letter to the electors of the arrondissements of Dreux, Bron, and Nogent-le-Rotron : Messieurs,—The present Constitution WAS declared by the authority that promulgated it as susceptible of modifi cation ; and the sovereignty of the ns the basis of it. The vote which you are going to give will therefore be of great importance. If you return to the Legislative Corps the same deputies as before, you prove that you are satisfied with the present state of things. If, on the other hand, you vote for independent candidates, you declare that the moment has come when, in virtue of the promise made to the nation, Liberty is to crown the edifice.' present myself for your suffrages, Messieurs, because I am among those who think that the hour has sounded, and that the management of public affairs should be under the con trol of independent men. H. BOSSELET. M. Charles Levavasseur, who for 25 years was one of the representatives of the Seine-Inferieure, has announced his, determination to withdraw from public life. " Five deputies who have recently entered on their legislative career are," he alleges, " presented in an exclusive manner for the suffrages of the electors, while I, the oldest of all, see . inscribed against my name another name. Why ? For reasons which each will estimate according to his judgment ; but it is clear that entire con fidence is no longer reposed in me. I therefore decline appearing.on such terms." M. Levavasseur is the gentleman whom I alluded to some weeks since as having incurred the displeasure of the Minister of the Interior in consequence of his liberal —moderately liberal—opinions in matters connected with trade, and against whom the Prefect of the department, not acting, I presume, without instructions from head-quarters, exercised his his legitimate influence," M. Levavasseur is . a supporter of the Imperial Government, but his opinions on commerce rendered him obnoxious to the prohibitional clique, and the influence of this clique the Emperor himself, though in these things well disposed, dare not set at defiance. Monsieur Levavasseur appealed to the Empersr himself ageinst the opposition of the Government agents to his return, and he had then some reason to believe that his appeal would be heard The prohibition lets, it appears, are too strong for both Emperor and candidate, and the latter has no alternative but to retire from the field. The opposing candidates will no doubt have to pledge themselves to resist the slightest approaches to any reform in the present absurd commercial system. A part of the Champs Elysees, comprised be tween the Rue Colysee, the Rue Ponthieu, the Rond Point, and the Great Avenue, narrowly escaped the most serious injury this morning. A fire broke out about ten o'clock in the hay-loft of M. Benedie, a dealer in horses, whose dwelling.. house is in the Rue Ponthieu, with a back passage to the Avenue of the Champs Elysees. In a few moments the premises were in a blaze, and, the wind being high, the smoke was carried along the rear of the Rue Ponthieu to the Rond Point. The inhabitants rushed in alarm from their houses, and, as there were several establishments for the sale of horses in the Avenue, containing a vast quantity of inflammable matter, serious fears were felt for the safety of the quarter. A rush was made by all the stable-men in the neighbourhood to M. Benedic's premises, and the horses, carriages, and furniture were brought out to the Avenue. The proprietor himself was borne out in a state of insensibility, and it was some time before he was restored. Apprehensions were entertained for the safety of his family, who at the first alarm could not be found, but it is understood they had left the house before the acci dent. In the meantime the firemen (sapeuas porn- Tiers), who are ever on the alert, arrived, and regardless of the flames, mounted the burning wa ils. Their first efforts were directed to cutting off the communication with the adjoining pre mises. Their intrepidity elicited praise from ever one. At first one water cart only could be procured, which afforded but a scanty supply of water. It sufficed, however, until further aid was procured, to keep down the flames, but added con siderably to the smoke. The police force and troops from the adjacent barracks soon arrived, and now that no further calamity was apprehended, the affair assumed a rather ludicrous aspect. A rush was made at the idlers, loungers, anti open-mouthed gazers at the fire, who were laid hold of by the police, and compelled to form what is called the " chain." to convey water to the firemen. It is feared that the premises where the fi r 6 broke out have been quite destroyed. Had the fire occurred at night hardly a single house in the enclosure would have escaped. I may add that fires are more frequent in Paris than formerly. Last evening one broke out in a house opposite the Northern Rai!. way Terminus, and it was not -extieg uished till eleven at night. Th e house was. consumed, and the adjoining ones were with difficulty pleserved The Senate met . chair. The militar yest d erday, as again Troplong in the brought ruder discussion, and, af Y te c r o ob e s ß e v r ya v: r tt .o l7;is from c Pelissier, General d e d'Agnesseau, First Presid.eilt j a- Y b ' ingle, First n gPre sident Barthe, the Marquis de la Hoch . ,•• • and Count de Beaumont, the Senate de ( ( 3 'i ' a ci r l ecl e , ei by ni a majerity of ninety-nine votes to tour, that it dig not oppose the promul,gatioa Of the measure-- Th , senatus consultum concert - mtg . ex(!ha.n ! :,, es o f property be::ween the state and private persons was adopted unanimously by ninety-seveu votes. The bill for extending the privilege of the Bank of France was brought under examination, and the S. nate declared, by 103 votes to one, that it did not oppose the promulgation of the measure. The proce: , dings then terminated. A letter from Rottlifort, dated the 7th inst, nounees that four light ser'w cutters, which the Minister of Marine last year commended to be constructed, h ave now been * launched The PiTjeut and Renaudi g Were t built at Bordeaux, and the Entrevasteax and light steamers , i t , )ehefort The four nary speed, and expected, li will have exzraorili valuable auxiliaries employed in cotijuntion With a fleet. In the ordinary correspondence from Odessa, of the 20th of May, it is :Announed. that t General of New Russia has received orders Governor orders from the minister to fix the end of the mo nth for the last term of the residence of f • oreign merchants at Si-bastopol. After that period none can remain . The Russians are labouring with activity at c l ear . ing out the port, and raising the ships. Th e fort: resses of the south fide are, it is said in this lettsr, completely repaired. The following despatches have been received— BERNE, Juza Count de Salignac Fenelon has expressed to the Federal Council the satisfaction of the French Government at the manner in which Dr. Kern fulfilled his mission at NHS. The very intelligent and conciliatory conduct of the Hel vetic Envoy, the French Government declares, contributed very essentially to the satisfactory termination of the Neufchatel difference. MADRID, Jun 8. The Government has presented to the Congress the treaty connected with - the loan concluded with Mires and Co. The situation with respect to the question of food is improved. Affairs with Mexico are still in a sad state. The Moniteur Algerian of the sth instant, pub lishes the following telegraphic despatches : TIZI-OUZO 0, MAY 31, 3.10 EVSNING. The Governor-General to General de Cisey at Algiers. CAMP OF SOITK-EL-ARBA May 31. Fine weather has returned. I have transferred my headquarters to Souk-el-Arba. The troops occupy the hills of the Beni-Ratan, from the village of Djemma to among the Beni-Irdjen at Aboudir. SOIIK-EL-ARBA, Jula 4. The Beni-Mahmoad have submitted. The road is open from Sik-ou-Meddour to Souk-el-Arba. The works of Fort Napoleon are about to be commenced. The sani tary state of the troops is excellent. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 1. The only news of the day is the conference which took place on Saturday, at the Porte, on the subject of the Danubian Principalities. The per sons present were, the Grand Vizier. the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the representatives of the Powers which signed the treaty of Paris. The object of the meeting was to inquire into the com plaints against the Government of Moldavia. brought forward by some of the commissioners, especially those of France and Sardinia, and also to solve some difficulties encountered in carrying out the provisions of the Imperial firman. The conference lasted several hours, and broke up at an advanced hour of the night. It appears that the points in dispute were settled to the satisfac tion of all parties, and more esnecialy of the Turkish Government. The Naib of Circassia, a personage of whom a great deal has been sai2 during the late war, arrived unexpectedly in Constantinople .a few days ago. It would seem that the influence of this chief has been on the decline for some time past, Sefer Pasha, his rival in the leadership of these mountaineers, having gained a great ascendancy by attracting and grouping around himself a num ber of Polish officers and soldiers. The Naib arrived in Constantinople with the avowed 'object of making a pilgrimage to Mecca, but in reality to enlist foreigners in his service. The Ottoman government has, however, detained him prisoner in the Seraskerat, to avoid any further remon strances of the Russians ; and it is said .that a town in Anatolia will be assigned to him as a residence. _ _ _ From some unknown source as much as X 60,000 sterling had been raised for sending assistance into Circassia. A very small part of this money was actually expended in fitting out the expedition which sailed there in the Kangaroo ; but since the arrest and exile of the two Pashas accused of having promoted the expedition, the balance has disap peared, and is not likely ever to be accounted for, as the persons who supplied the money are afraid to make any open inquiry about the matter. Since their arrival in Circassia the Poles have been oc cupied in supplying themselves from the generosity of the Cireassians with the means of encamping and subsisting. They are far too small a body to attempt any offensive measures against the Rus sians on the Kuban, and the latter have not yet made any advance against them. The numerous accounts of battles fought and won, which have been recently going the round of a certain portion of the press, are pure fables, without the least foundation in fact. . The Sultan was meditating an excursion into the sea of Marmora. He was going, in the first place to Ismidt, where a line of battle ship is to be launched, and then round the coast as.far as Galli poli. The journey has, however, been postponed for the present, if not altogether abandoned. The ceremony of the circumcision of his son will shortly take place. 64,000 children, from all parts of the empire have already been inscribed for undergoing the ceremony at the Sultan's expense, at the same time as his son. The native bankers have, during tho past fort. night, had several meetings amongst themselves, and several interviews with the Grand Vizier on the subject of a national bank. There seems some probability that they will not be able to come to an understanding. The whole amount of the capital will be subscribed in the Empire. The statutes of the projected institution are those of the late Wil kins' Bank, with several important additions and modifications• AUSTRIA. Nenstadt. The Cabinet Council (at whieh. Hie Majesty presided) lasted more than two hours. According to a private letter - of the 29th, from Rome, the Pope will remain Longer at Bologna than he originally intended, and make excursions from that city to Faenza, Ravenna, Ferrara, and Ponte Lagoscuro, a little place on the Po. His Holiness will make his solemn entry into the city of Bologna on Tuesday, the Bth. As you are probably aware, a fire broke out in the Cathedral at Ancona, while the sovereign pontiff was taking off his robes in the sacristy after having celebrated mass. Fortunately the band of the firemen was posted in front of the sacred odifice, and its members soon managed to get the upper hand of the destructive element. The valuable pictures by Guercino, Lippi, &e• were not injured. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximi lian was expected at Leghorn on the 2nd inst , must already be on his way to Spain, Portugal, and England, The following is a summary of telegraphic news relative to the prospects ofthe Italian silk growers. The silkworms have suff3red in the districts of Mantua Brescia, and Cremona, but the apprehen sions of the inhabitants of the country around Milan and Pavia were exaggerated The worms are thriving in Friul, Venice, and the Tyrol, as also in Modena, Parma, in the dotnains of the Church, and in Tuscany. In Sardinia the prospects are but middling. Silkworms' eggs, which now cost 40 lire (it 8s 6d) an ounce, failed three times in some of the Austro•ltalian districts. The price of silks is enormously high. THE NORTHERN TIMEg.---LIVERPOOL, THURS DAY, JUNE ii, 14357. ITALY. The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, in its sittings of the 6th, voted a bill for the construction of new barracks at Alessandria, and another for converting one of the suppressed convents of Turin into a hospital. The Fiedmontesc C'a*ott• of the nth pnblishes the law voted by the Legislature of Turin respecting the interest of capital. Art 1 declares that it may be either legal or conventional. The legal interest is fixed as heretofore at 5 per cent. in civil, and at 6 per cent. in commercial matters, and is presumed to have been stipulated, whenever there is not an agreement to the contrary. Conventional interest may be fixed at any rate above 6 per cent. by agree ment between the parties. Article -2 admits com pound interest, when approved of by a judicial decision, or agreed upon by the parties concerned. In commercial matters compound interest is regu lated by local custom. Nevertheless, except in the case of savings banks, compound interest can only be claimed for each whole year, and not for frac tions of a year. By Art 5. the debtor may always, at the expiration of five years, pay back any capital bearing more than the legal interest, notwithstand ing any agreement to the contrary. An exception, however, is made to this article in the case of annui ties and debts contracted by the State, by communes or by other corporate bodies. By Art. 5 all laws and articles contrary to the present measure are abrogated. A letter from Bologna, of the 2nd instant, in forms us that the Cardinal Archbishop of the dioeess has published a charge in which he con gratulates his clergy on the favourable effect pro duced by the missions and the sermons which have been preached in that city during the last month. The Cardinal Viale Prela is a great patron of the Jesuits. He follows their maxims with persevering tenacity. The Cardinal, moreover, is all powerful, and the authorities conform to his injunctions and obey his instructions. The following are the last measures adopted by the Cardinal. His Eminence has ordered that a portion of the statue Gigante di Piazza shall be covered, to avoid scandal. This statue was the work of John of Bologna, and had remained uncovered for many years. The same regulation has been enforced with respect to all the puttini, so much admired in the churches of Bologna. The Cardinal has forbidden that there shall be any more singing in the churches. By this measure, the chapel of St. Petrone, so renowned for its vocal music, will be deprived of its celebrity. All servile work is strictly forbidden on Sundays and holidays, and should any person be found in the streets carrying the smallest parcel, the police have orders to arrest him, and force him to pay a heavy fine, These stringent regulatations cause tke inhabitants sin cerely to regret the loss of their previous Arch bishop, Cardinal Oppizoni, who was a remarkably mild and tolerant ecclesiastic. The contrast be tween the two Archbishops is so great that Car dinal Viale Prela is as unpopular at Bologna las his venerable predecessor was beloved and esteemed. A letter from Parma, of the 3rd inst., announces that the young Duke Robert, although improved in health, is frequently subject to a relapse, which causes serious anxiety for his life. The Duchess Regent (his mother) likewise continues to suffer. Under existing circumstances the health of the mother excites greater anxiety in the minds of the people than that of her son. The reason is, that in case of a minority they know not what may happen, and apprehensions are entertained that the Austrians would meddle with their affairs. The trial of the prisoners accused of having been connected with the political disturbances of the year 1854 had taken an extraordinary turn. One prisoner, who had given information against his accomplices, has re fused to appear to give evidence against them in public. He declares that he had received a promise from the authorities that he should not be con fronted with his confederates. Every inducement had been held out to him to prevail upon him to repeat his evidence in court, but he remained obstinate. The judges had consequently continued the trial without him, and it is believed that the other prisoners will be acquitted The Pope arrived at Rimini on the 4th inst. VIENNA, JUNE 7 The Wiener Zeitung contains the text of the " Currency Treaty," (Muni-Vertrag), which on the 24th January, 1857, was concluded between Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wur temberg, and twenty-two of the smaller German States. In Northern Germany thirty dollars, in Austria forty-five florins, mad in Southern Ger many 524 dollars, will be minted out of one lb. (a 500 French grammes) of fine silver. In order to facilitate commerce, two silver " Union coins" will be minted, which will be current in all those German States that are parties to the treaty. The one coin, the dollar, • will pass for lfl. 30k. in Austria, and for 111. 45k. in Southern Germany The other, the two-dollar piece, will be equal to 311. in Austria, and to 31 30k. in Southern Germany. • The assizes throughout Ireland will cernmenca a b out the The metal of which the Union coins are to 6th July. be made will consist of 900,000 parts of silver, and RECONCILIATION OF Two VILLAGES.—The Gazzetta 100,000 parts of copper, so that twenty-seven single Popolare of Cagliari gives .an account of a solemn re or thirteen and a half double dollars will weigh a conciliation effected between the village - 8 of Perfugas and pound. .On the one side of the coin is to be the Bortigadas (island of Sardine), the inhabitants of which head of the Sovereign of the country, and on the had lived iu perpetual fend (vendetta) for upwards of a other his arms, with an inscription stating how century. The most singular circumstance connected with much fine silver the coin contains, and its value. this event is that it has been brought about by a notorious By the 31st of December, 1862, all the contracting bandit named Pietro Marras, a native of Perfugas, who States must have minted 24 dols, and during has been the terror of, the country for the lattt 22 years. He obtaiaed a safe•conduct from the, government, in every successive four years 16 dols, for each .100 order to be present at the ceremony of the reconciliation, persons of its population. The Austrian zwan and it was intimated to him, that if he would constitute' ' zigers and pieces of ten krentzcrs will be entirely himself a prisoner, and submit to a trial, he would obtain withdrawn, and instead of them coins worth a a pardon in consideration of the important service he had quarter of a florin (grosehens or fifteen` kreutzers) dose to his country; but he refused, and returned to the will come into circulation. 8,750,000 " Union woods immediately atter the banquet which closed the pro dollars" must be minted and put into circulation ceedings, saying that " birds liked the forest better thin in Austria by the 31. st December, 1862 Even the the cage." Austrian coins of six and three kreutzers will have HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING Roost.—The scene at the to be re-minted, as they must be exactly 1-10th drawing-room on Saturday appears to have been of quite and 1-20th part of the new Austrian florin, and as exciting a character as the memorable struggles of the. last cmin. The conon, the pressure, the heat; and consequently 1 15th and 1-30th part of the Union - distres a s, st e thought to be fusi describable only by the graphic dollar. .pen of Crimean correspondents. Besides the pressure, the For the convenience of the foreign mercantile . introduced beat, and the distress, an amusement of a very national world, two Union coins of gold will be character was provided. To protect the approach of the The one, " the crown," will he the fiftieth, and the celebrated Pen the Lord Chamberlain had cunningly cot:- other, o the half-crown," the hundredth part of a struc!ed of old benches a sort of outwork ; this at first teas pound (500 French .grammes) 'of fine gold. The regarded with some awe and respect, but "as the preiiure metal of which the gold Union coins are to be in the rear became greater some lady, more adventureu made will consist of - 000,000 parts of fine gold and than the rest, actually cleared the outside fence ; h•-r 100,000 parts of copper, so that 45 crowns and 90 halt-crowns will . weigh a pound. On the ono side of the coin will 'be the head of the Sove reign of I the country, and • on the other the name of the coin, oak-leaves in an open garland of (corona) and the ' date. The example was soon followed, the Irishwomen taking the lead, and cleariag the fences with that peculiar te.et for c w h h i i o e n h e s s o their f e I 6 ) D a t t h " e Countess horses are p so in ce , le L br a a e t y esl E . , The wer e M ., e a: 11 - going over in first-rate style, but . an unfortunate . English girl, Miss F: C. L., not so we ll ' educated, having scrambled on to the top of the bank, was drawing breath previous to eontrneting States W ill m i n t no other gold (thins, th e fin a l spring, when suddenly her progress was arrested but Austria,will be - allowed to keep her ducats by one , of the helmeted veterans crying out at the top of in circulation tintil;the end of the ear 1805. As his voice, 4 Hallo , mad ame ; the Lord Chamberlain desires the gold',` Ueinn eoins" will va t yin v alue according the ladies will not leap over the fences ! The poor girl to the price of gold . at Vienna,, Trieste, Milan, fell back into her father's arms, an old soldier , who br iefl y , - Berlin, Frankfort,- Augsburg ' , &a,; they will to all hut not very courteously replied, in a deep guttural tone, intents and: purposes be, articles -of commerce. ' The Lord Chamberlain be ----,' to which doom 1 ,, fancied P heard , several sweet arid gentle v . oices . whisper,. Amen ' Any other German- or foreign States are at liberty `e yera suggesaons for t 4 amelioration of this statt of to become parties -to the Cuerency Treaty,- which th ing s are offered in the columns of our 'morning cotempo is to be binding until the end of the year 1878. raries .' The Times points to Backingham . Palace, "bat Some matter of importance must have been die- some of the sufferers contend that the number of '.pens, cussed here the 'clay before 'yesterday, as' Baion might be increased, and that theta St. James's would do. Bruck was summoned from B'aden, and' Field In the House of Commons, on Friday next, Mr. George Marshal Lientenant Baron Kempen from a villa Dundas will cell 016 _attention of tt.o government to ttla in Ow Be igli b 0 u..r h o QdWi e nea of : 1 imbject, which he has . . . THE - MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL. (PROW OUR OWN REPORTS%) ' HOUSE. OF COMMONS, WEDNIVDAY. To-day, at noon, the committee on this bill mot again—Sia JAMES GaatzaK in the chair. Mr. SAKl:was, seeretaryito the Great-Weatern Railway, said, I heard litr. Royle'a examination, and, so far as he spoke of the inducements held out to the Great-Western Company, I agree with him. Mr. KILZEWEVIEZ said; the following statement of the Brazilie , a grievance had been drawn up, and he believed would-be agreed to by the promoters of the bill.—" Memorandum.—The trustees of the Liverpool Docks received from the owners of the• steamer' Braz4liera, in March 1854, the sum of 4352 2s 31, for tonnage dues. on. her measurement of 758 tons, at Is Old per ton, according to the class of her last voyage inwards. Part of the sum, namely, .e 0 ,193, consisted of the rate for light•, bnoyage, &0., known, as harbour dues, and chargeable alike on all vessels entering the port of Liverpool. The remaining 45 3s 3d became doe under the Liverpool Dock Act, of the 4th Vic., sec. 101. in conse quence of her having loaded a portion of her cargo, consisting of 6i packages, of silks, cottons, woollens, &c. ; 3 ditto of watches and jewellery ; 1 bale of hops; 1 case and 68 sheets of copper; 1 box of provisions; 1 ditto of stationery; 1 ditto instruments; and 50 firkins of butter whilst lying in the stream of the Mersey. The said trustees also received, from the owners of the steamer Sarah Bands, in March 18.54, the sum o; £64 Os Id, for tonnage dues on her measurement of 931 tons, at is 4il per ton, according to the class of her then voyage inwards. Part of that sum, namely, .08 10s. ad., consisted of the said harbour dues, and the remaining £55 9s. sd. became due under the taid act, in consequence of her having discharged a portion of her cargo, consisting of 1,800 barrels of flour, in the stream of the Mersey. (Signed) " JOHN NORTH, " For the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks. 10th June, 1861." " In addition, on behalf of the Corporation, I admit that the Brazitiera and Sarah Sands paid, on entering, anchorage and Town Dues. (Signed) " H. ALBERT MEREWETHEA, " For the Corporation." Mr. Hezort—We agree, if you will tell us the weight of the goods put on board. Mr.llEsawrresa—WO can't an that, for the charges are mad•, not on tha.i..tht, but on the number of packages stuppeti. The case, as agreed to, was then handed in to the committee. Mr. SANDERS—We consider that Mr. Renders pans should be car ried out In their integrity. It is of vital importance that the low water basin should be constructed, In consequence of the non completion of the docks, we have suffered injury in our traffic depart ment. We should not have consented to the Birkenhead Doak Bill of 1855 passing, had we not had an assurance and a promise that the docks Would be clmpleted substantially according to those plans Mr. Drake, the solicitor to the Birkenoead Dock Trustees, assured me that those plans would be carried out. I received an assurance from Mr. Littledale, and I gave it to my directors, that the works would so be carried out. Mr. MEIUMETREB, objected to such evidence when Mr. Littledale might be called. The committee sustained The objection. Mr. SANDESs resumed—The condition upon which we consented to the bill was, that the docks should be carried out and completed fully . On the occasion when the bill was before committee, Mr. Shuttle worth, Mr. Tobin, and Mr. Vold came to London to ask that our board would assist them in carrying the bill against the opposition from Manchester I then rweived the most positive assurance that the docks should be proceeded with, and finished to our satisfaction. We supported the bill, and clauses were inserted protecting our rights. -But for the clause which compelled the Corporation to proceed with the works in September, 1856, and finish them in 1858, we should not have given them our support at that stage of the bill. We did give them assistance both In the Commons and the Lords; indeed I hold in my hand a letter from Mr. Drake, asking me to give evidence in favour of the bill, and to induce one or two directors of our line to do the same. Undoubtedly if the Corporation had carried out their bill as passed, and had the Dock Trust been consolidated, there would not have been any need for this bill—at )east so far as our company is concerned. This bill is only to carry out that which the Liverpool company were enjoined but have neglected to carry out. To Mr. Merewether—Wc have had communications with the corpo ration. In July last Mr. Shnttleworth wrote me to ask a conference between Mr. Brunel, our engineer, and Mr. Hartley, the engineer to the Dock Trait. Meetings did take place, and our company was represented by Mr. Brunel. After some meetings, a plan was laid before our board. Subsequently, our - Board and the Birkenhead Railway Company, the Birkenhead Commissioners, arid the Wallasey Commissioners, met and agreed upon the memorandum of the condi. tions which they would agree to, and which, if accepted by the corpo ration, would enable them to support their bill. The corpo - ation however rejected entirely the propositions made them. Considerable correspondence ensued, in the course of which the Great Western C h o n m d p t: n b y e o a ff p e p r m e d pr t ia o t l e e d a , ve in th th e e m ha a n tt i e s r of of e their lplans engineer,and the quantity verun o, , i off the corporation would delegate similar powers to Mr. Hartley — an overture which was refused, and in November the negotiations were tI brought to a close. To Mr. Webster—The Great Western Company has been most .reluctan ly driven to give their support to this bill, because the cor poration would not carry out the bill of 1855. To the Chairman—We claim about eight acres out of the fifty, con stituting the south reserve. We do not consider that it would be a breach of onr agreement for the corporation, if it carried out Mr. Rendell's plans, to give access to the south reserve to the London and North-Western Railway Company, or any other company. Nothing will ever induce us to give up the great low water basin. It is of vital importance to us, and must be carried out. Mr. WzasTEa—lt was my intention to have called before the com mittee, the Ilan, members for Bradford, Birmingham, Drogheda, and Newry, to give evict-nee similar to what the committee has already heard from other hon. members of the House, but after what has passed, we shall not call them. This, then, is the case of the promoters of the bill. At a quarter to three Mr. ALEX ANDas, on behalf of the Liverpool Dock Committee, proceeded to address the committee. He said he would not quarrel with the promoters of the bill for having brought such a mass of evidence before the committee, for when they considered the nature of the bill was very subversive of what bad been hitherto sanc tioned by parliament, it was necessary that their case should be well propped up. It was not necessary that he should go into a discussion of the numerous Acts of Parliament which Sergeant Wrangham thought It necessary to lay before the committee, but he should remind the committee of what the history and constitution of the Liverpool Docks were. Having done this by reading various clauses in the different Acts of Parliament relating to the docks, counsel wen on to observe that, in 1851, the representatives from the Town Conn cil were reduced from 13 to 12, and to those chosen by the Dock Rate payers were increas , d in number from 8 to 12, thus plainly showing that the cry raised by gentleman from Manchester, that the Dock Corn mittee w,s not a representative body, and that it was one sided in its constituency was unfounded. He also observed that Parliament itself retained to the corporation the right ofveto ; it had added to the mem bers chosen out of doors : it gave the election of chairman to the whole committee, but so great was the confidence in the committee, thst no thing was sa id in the Act of 1851 about the re-election of the Audit Com missioners. Now, the expenditure in docks at Liverpool had been about 9,000,000, and income £430,000, but this year he believed it would reach 4'500,000, and it had gone on increasing, and the result was,without going through these valuable statistics, that the dock revenue doubled itself in about 15 }ears. The imports and exports of Liverpool last year were marvellous —they struck one with wonder —they amounted to one hundred millions sterling. Of manufactured goods alone the exports last year were £47,000,000 ; for 1855 the export of manu factured goods was twice a; great as those of London, five times as great as those of Hull—a large exporting pent ; eight times as great a 3 from the whole of the Clyde ports, and what was more surprising than all, was that from Liverpool departed one-half the exports of the whole kingdom. The exports of manufactured goods from the whole kmg dom in 1858 were 494,000,000, of which 447,000,000 ,went from Liverpool. 1 his was tho business with which the Dock Comnyttee had to do—the bus Mess that they had to accommodate, end it was, therefore, important to see who were the members. The learned counsel re id the names and professions of the menaLers of the Dock Committee, and then observed that they were most admirable repr sentatives of the commerce of the port. 'I he veto had been very sparingly exercised—in eed, since 1851, it had not been exercised at all. He could see many cases in which a salutary influence on the committee was exercised by the veto; giving as an instance the con cluding of improper contr..cts by the Dock Committee. The learned counsel had not concluded when the committee rose at four o'clock. BILIKENHEAD, LANCASHILIE AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION i\A HAVAY BILL. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY. The Select Committee on this bill met at eleven o'cicc':. to-day—Mr. BAILLIE in the chair. Mr. J. B. LLOYD, solicitor to the cnmpany, was recalled, and said that the reason why the c .any dil not construct the bridge in Canning-street was, that the pi l ir supports would have seriously in terlered with the proper development of the land for the purposes of railway traffic. It was highly desirable, in order to carry out the design of the tailw y d dock:, tha the bridge should not be con structed, The coal traffic over that line was now enormous, and would, doubtless, be much augmented who r the rocks were finished. Mr. WEBSTER—Now, are you prepared to advise the corryany to 'mut a compensation lance in the art ? Mr. LLOYD —l' tl'e dock system is to be carried out by means of a railway, it is impossible to have a bridge carried across that road on 75 piers. I would advise the promoters of the bill, if the committee think it right, to a- cept the compensation clause which appears In the Land Clauses Consolide.ticn Aot. The CIIMILDIAN—What do the landowner, say to that Mr. MONK—We can't accept it. The learned gent'eman thcn addressed the committee on behalf of Mr. Ring and Mr. William Laird, canto ding that their property would be much depreciated by this bill if it passed, and that they ought therefore to receive compen sation. He urged that the bridge over Canning-street ought to be completed, for Mr. Bendel knew perfectly well th it there would be an immense traffic to and from the docks, arid therefore designed a tuitable bridge. • At the close of the learned counsel's address, the cern*tee de dared the preariable preyed. THE WEAVER NAVIGATION BILL (FROlf OUR (WN.NREPOATER HOUSE OF : , 00MMONS, WSDNZIWAYi The select committee appointed - to inquire Into this bill assembled this morning, Lord Naas in the dials'. The other members of the committee present were—Me Mtirquis of Blandford, Mr. Wickham, Mr. Booker Blakemore, and Mr. Headley. The bill is promoted by various merchants in Liverpool enzaged in the salt trade, and is opposed by the Trustees of the Weaver Naviga tion and bythe Justices of the Peat* of Cheshire. Mr. Calvert, Q.C., Mr. Manesty, anceMr. Haley a peered on behalf of the promoters. The trustees were represented by Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., Mr. Welsby, and Mr. Burke; end the justices of the peace by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. Cross, and Mr Ranue. Mr. CALVERT, in opening the case, entered into a history of the navigation of the Weaver, which he stated- was under the control of a trust constituted by Act of Parliament in 1714, the trustees appointed.' being country gentlemen of Cheshire of- the highest respectability, but who could not be regarded in. any way as protectors of the navigation. The Interest which was felt in the question- in Liverpool, arose from the salt trade whkh was carried on upon the river, there-being two salt fields, small in extent, at Northwich and at Winsford, By the original Act of parliament, trustees were ap pointed, in order that the navigation of the river should be kept open. The works which were contemplated by the act, and which the trus s tees were required to make, were works for -the benefit and impro, e• ment of the river, a toll being granted for such works, but upon no other condition. Hitherto, no favour had been conferred upon the trade of thoriver, but everything that had been dons for the im provement of the navigation had been amply paid for. By the 28th clause of the Act of Parliament, any surplus of the pesduce of the rates, over and above what was necessary for improving the naviga. tion, was directed to be applied to mending and repairing the public bridges in the county of Cheater. He contended that, by this clause, a present was made to the county fends without the smallest con sideration being given in return. The 29th clause enacted that a portion of the surplus thus presented to the county should be em ployed in repairing the highways over which the traffic to and from the- river might be supposed to pass between Frodsham and Winslett bridges. The effect of that clause was to postpone the general interests of the county, an 1 to give a preference to the highways contiguous to the river. He did not think, however. that the legislature ever contemplated that the county of Chester should receive a large revenue from the navigation. It appeared from a Parliamentary return recently presented to the House of Commons that the sums received by the county from, this particular source were, in 1843, £13,000 ; in 1844, £'20,000 ; id 1345, £12,0001 in 1r46, £17,000; in 1847, £21,000; 1848, £25,000; 1849, £25,000 ; 1.850, £19,000 ; 1851, £23,000 ; 1852, £22,500 ; 1853, £l4 000; and in 1854, £16,500. Consequently, under the possibility that there might be a surplus produce, the county of Chester, since the year 1843, had received these enormous sums, the smallest of which had been £12,000 and the largest £25,000. The legislature could never for an instant have contemplated that such• a con sequenc would ensue, and, therefore, it was evident the Corpo ration of Chester had reaped an advantage which was never intended to be conferred upon it. The only tlt'e to the tolls was a Parliamentary title, but the law of England scarcely recognised as a principle that money should be paid for which no consideration was received, and in a c mrt of equity it would be impossible to enforce payment. He believed he should be enabled to satisfy the committee that the public interests imperatively equired that Parliament should interfere in the matter, and compel the trustees to reduce the tolls. The act by which the original trust was constituted, was passed in the year 1714. In 1760 another act was passed, which gave further powers to the trustees, and reduced several of the charges ; and the act of third and fourth Victoria, empowered the erection of churches out of the proceeds of the navigation, for the benefit of the population who were in immediate connection with the Weaver. The learnedconnsel then adverted to the probability of a competition on behalf of the railway companies, if the tolls were net greatly reduced. but when dock acccomtnodation wasprovided at Birkenhead, he saw no reason why the trade of tile Weaver should not go there. If Parliament would only keep down the expense, he felt confident that a rivalry bgtween the navigation on the one hand, and the railway companies on the other, might be carried on with great benefit to both parties, and to the public advantage as wee In many parts of the country the tolls charged for navigation for a distance of thirty and thirty-two mi'es, only amounted to ad ; but in the case of the Weaver, is was charged for distances varying f rom twenty two to eight miles. Surely then there was a clear case for an immediate reduction, The income of the navigation in the year ending the 31st of March, 1857, amounted to £11,050 for 221,000 tons of coals, £3,000 for 63,000 tons of rock salt, £37,925 for 758,000 tons of white salt, and £2,000 for other articles, making £54,000 altogether. In France the average consumption of salt was 211 lbs per mac per annum ; iu England, where we possessed a more thirsty race, twenty five pounds, and in America sixty pounds. Is was consequently of Immense importance to keep up the trade with America. which country at present produced 300,000 tons a year, and received an equal amount from Europe; and it was also important to the trade of this country that as large a proportion as possiole of the quantty obtained from Europe should be supplied from Cheshire. At this moment the ships which conveyed coals to the Mediterranean took in salt upon the return voyage on the coast of Portugal; but if the price of salt could be kept down as low as possible, it was probable that the cargo would be taken to America direct from Cheshire. Tne salt trade itself was very peculiarly situated. The cost of producing a ton of salt was estimated to be—for wages, is; feel, 4s; dues, Is; repairs to works, Is ; rent and taxes, 6d; making altogether 7s 6d, to which is fid, the expense of conveyance to Liverpool, must be added. Consequently, the entire cost of a ton of salt was 9s, and the committee wpiria sestrVz: o ..,—namely,. redi , averagetthattles.lt might amount hr ..ace irowh ntreceivedfoe , t te - e e treeapar, ecisely the could be carried on at all under eucis circumstances. And he was bound to explain that everynow and then, in a fit of desperation, the merchants formed themselves into an association, and raised the price to 13s or 14s. If the committee passed the bill now before then they would prevent this starvation process, and encourage the manufrcture of salt—a trade which was of the greatest importance to the merchants of Liverpool, inasmuch as it provided them with a profitable ballast for their ships. The proposition which the promoters of she bill now made was, to reduce the due upon wli'te salt from Is to 4 , 1; and the trustees of the Weaver opposed the application, on the ground that the navigation required great improvement, to effect which the continuance of the present tolls was absolutely necessary. The learned counsel then commented at some length upon the dereliction of duty which, ho contended. the trustees had committed, in not having made ample provision for the improvement of the river out of the immense revenue which they had already re ceived, and then proceeded to quote the repot of the Board of '1 rade upon the subject. The Board, after detailing the nature of the dues imposed, stated that they amounted to 20 per cent. upon the value of the {article produced, which was a greater burden than any other trade was subjected to. Upwards of £1,500,000 had been re ceived by the trustees since their act first passed, of which sum only £843,720 had teen expended in improving the navigation of the river, the remainder having been received by the county of Chester. The average annual receipts had been £42,000, the payments fur improvements had only been £21,000, while £915 had been devoted to the erection of cnurches since 1541, and the re mainder had been applied to purposes connected with the county of Chester. In short, the people of Cheshire levied a lax upon salt of £42,000 a year, of which only £21,000 was employed in keeping up the navigation of the river. The promoters of the present bill simply asked that the dues upon salt shou'd be reduced from is to 4d, but the Board of Trade suggested much more stringent measures. They said that the navigation ought'to be given to a body who fairly repre sented the trade and traffic of the river, who should be required to maks the tolls fair and equal for all persons, and to abolish all privi leges and exemptions. In conclusion, the learned counsel appealed to the committee to grant the present bill, and thereby free the trade from the restrictions by which it was now tied down. In reply to Lord Naas, Mr. Calvert said—The promoters of the bill were still merchants of Liverpool. Petitions in its favour had also bean presented by many of the salt manufacturers. Mr. STEPHEN GUION was the first witness. He said he was a merchant of Liverpool, and member of a firm which traded with the United states, and which had a large number of vessels exclusively engaged in the trade from the Mersey. The firm exported large qamtities of rock and common salt, which reache i Liverpool from Cheshire by way of the river Weaver. The price of salt on board the fiat was 5s 6d to 6s per ton, and, in addition, 3s was charged for dries on the rival* Weaver and for carriage. A sum of 6d per ton was also charged by the Liverpool Corporation for Town Dues- The witness then gave evidence in confirmation of the statement of Mr. Calvert, with respect tb the salt trade with America. and expressed an opinion that if the dues charged by the trustees of the river Weaver were reduced, the English merchants would he in a better position to com pete with the salt produced in America itself. The committee adjourned at four o'clock till this day (Thursday). IMPERIAL. PA R LIAM ENT. By Britisii , ncl'lrish Magnetic Telegraph. HOUSE OF COMMONS-IVEDNEstmY. The SPEAKER toolt"the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE B 4L. The North Eastern and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill was read the .third time . and passed. BEVERLE'r ELECTION PETITION The &SAXER announced that the recognisances of the Electron Petiticns, misting to the borough of Beverley wai unobjectionable. TIM NEW. BEBR BILL. Mr. HARDY having , moved the second rasdlng of the Sale of Beer Bill, Mr KIER ►SEIatoUR opposed the motion, and proposed as an amendment that the bill should be read a second time that day six months. Looking upon the measure as an extension of the magisterial licensing system, he quoted evidence taken before the select committee of the House of Commons in condemnation of that system, on the ground of the monopoly which it created, and the bribery to which it led. The system was based upon the principle of monopoly ; but he contended that no one could deny that no difficulty was placed in the way of drunkenness. By it power was given to suspend or remove the licenses of houses which became notorious as the resort of bad characters, but the cases in which this p)wer was really so exercised' were so very few, that that which was talked of as the great safeguard of mc rality, could have little or no effect in that direction; - In conclusion, he urged the Government not to fear the Licensed Victuallers, though they were a powerful body bat to give their attention to this question, and introduce a measure upon it in the next session of Parliament. Mr. Wintaat Baows explained that his name had been placed on the back of the Bill under the impression that it was a step in the right direction, but since he had be come acquainted with its provisions he had changel opinion, and was now prepared to give it his strenuous opposition. He seconded the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGA.TIC deprecated too much responsibility being placed upon the Government in regard to mea sures. Mr. D. GRIFFITITs supported the second reading. Sir GEORGE GREY concurred that the licensing system had not been successful, and stated his opinion that, as a whole, beer houses were worse regulated than public houses, and that they were the nurseries of crime. He opposed the bill as a rotrogade movement, prop ising a return to the arbitrary state of the law before the passing of the act of 1830; but, admitting some of the evils which it was proposed to remedy, he would give his attention to the subject during the recess. He Would not pledge himself to preserve the provisions, but he thought that any measure upon the subject should have for its object to make it the interest of houses to be well regulated, and to increase the power of the magistrates to suspend licences not only from the person, but from the property. _ _ Mr. HARDY defended his measure, denying that petitions in its favour originated with an organised government of the licensed victuallers, and stated his intention of divid ing the house upon the question. Mr. C. P. VzrAncus, as chairman of the committee of 1854, defended its report to Parliament. General TROSIPSON opposed the bill, believing that the matter should be left in the hands of the Government. After some remarks from Mr. Palsons, in support of the bill, the house divided. For second reading Against Majority against . The bill was accordingly rai" 4 - 1 . z-n.vriSliTY QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. LOCKE KING moved the second reading, of the Property Qualification Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY and Lord PALMRRSFON opposed.- The house divided— For second reading Against . 14,5 294 Majority ELECTION EXPENSES BILL. The Election Expenses Bill, introduced -by Lord R. Grosvenor, was withdrawn. Mr. T. DcrscomßE obtained leave to introduce a Bill to repeal the Compulsory Act of 1853. The house adjourned at half-past five. DESTRUCTION OF PICKFORD'S WAREROUSES AT CAMDEN-TOWN. A fire occurred on Tuesday night, at the CaMien-town station of the London and North Western jail way, in the range of warehouses leased from the camp,any, by Messrs. Pickford. There was an unusual it.flux of .business; and it was past ten o'clock before the Liverpool and Manches - ter goods consigned to Messrs. Pickford were drawn out of their warehouses. The invoices. for these goods were still in course of preparation, when a sudden alarm of fire went through the building. Almost before time had elapsed to ascertain the real extent of the danger, the flames had spread into the main warehouse. The clerks were ter rified, and fled precipitately, leaving their books and papers on the desks. By the exertions of some- dozen carters, more than 1,000 valuable horses .were set I dose and driven out of the building. The outbreak ; occurred about a quar ter after ten o'clock, and in less than twenty minutes the whole building was on fire. The premises are a total loss. All the vast stores of goods intended for places south of Manchester were destroyed as, they stood upon the trucks and, in addition to these, many thousand pounds worth o _ -et . n property stored in the warehouses, aedtwaiting orders for °must re ens EAST INDIES.—It appears from a retur removal, are irrecoverably lost. Aconaiderable quantity of to the House of Commons, priotel on Saturday last, tha t the amount of all expenses incurred in the growth and live stock perished in .the wreck. At half-past eleven the manufacture of opium at the Benares opium agency in massive north wall fell into the canal, burying beneath it the year 1854-55 was 3,23,27,490 rupees; the amount two barques, and, almost blocking the current up: realised by the sale was 10,52,74,279 rupees ; and the FURTHER PAIITXU.LARO. amount of profit, exclusive of presidency charges, was, 7,29,4 6 ,7 90 rupees. In the Be h ar a g enc y the total As the news of this tire "spread throughout the • metro amount of expenses appears to have been 90,24,183 polls, hundreds of 'persons hastened to the scene.' Ex rupees. ~ cellent arrangements were muds by the police to prevent FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN THE POTTERIES.—On accidents. A strict investigation, has been made by Mr. Monday afternoon, a sudden inundation of a colt mine took place on the estate of the Misses Adams, at Onbridge. Braidwood, Mr. Howell, the suave or of the Norwich The workings of the mine are carried under a fishpond, Union, .and also by the officials of Messrs. Pickford, to and, having been takrn too near the . bottom of it, the ascertain how the fire occurred, but nothing eatisittetory water burst through and the pond emptied itself into the mine. Eleven peo ple were engaged at work in it at the has been elicited. A. similar fire occurred about thirty - time, and were all got out safe excepting one man; named three years•ago on the.premises of tho same firm in the William Tinsley, the manager, whose life h a s fallen a City-road. The Ere office on that occasion was the loser sacrifice to a want of due calculation and precaution.— of £15,000 after the sale of the salvage ; it is estimated From our Correspondent. the loss this time will excee d X 30,000. Large bodies of THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE.—By the 18th of thi s month Miss Smith must be served with her indictment, as, fire are still to be seen, and the firemen, though wearied having •‘ run her letters," as the phrase goes, the forty days keep to their posts. It will be some hours before the are allowed to the crown will by that time have expired. is utterly extinguished. After this indictment is served, however, the crown may see reason subsequently to withdraw it, and within, we Thefollowing is Mr. Braidwood's official report e—Called believe, other twenty days, may serve a second indictment, at half-past ten o'clock, p.m., to Messrs: Pickford's, Lon on which the crown officiels must go to trial, if there is,to don and North Western Railway Goods nation, Ovel-road, be a trial at all. Th re is uo &toying that is this case the Camden. Town, by police in cab.; Hampstead water public prosecutor has experienc ed much di ffi culty i n obtain - . . _ ing sufficient ciiienc-, whit which to go into court with mains short, number o f engines, 1A,48, 3 C, West of any chance of obtaining a convic ion. The servant girl Begland, and Railway's, Insured in the . Union, Norwich who admitted the unfortunate M. L'Angellier into the Union, and others. Building and contents of warehouses house in Blythsw)od-square, on the night of Sunday, the and storer __ la oo s, about 350 feet long by about 250 feet all 22nd of March last, i 3 out of the way, and supposing she were really placed in the witness box, there is an hou - , but destroyed, one horse and some, pigs burnt to death• unaccounted for betwixt the time when L'Angellier left : Stabling and vaults underneath„ very seriously damaged Miss Smith's 'company and his arrival at his lodgings in .by fi re ; two barges in tang burnt and sunk by wall Franklin-plaee, Great Wester -real, That Miss .Sruith's ~,, Messrs.Lalung. Collard's plar.oforte manufactory : state of health has also something to do with the protracted delay in bringing the case to trial is very freely stated and side front of the workslaops keorched. ii:of damaged by credited in quarters which we should suppose likely to be breakage and contents.dex t ged hy wster. Insured in the well informed. On a former eeeasion, we stated the.. M. Royal Exchange. L'Angellier had a diary in which was chronicled the Mr. Henry *lmlay, salt Nivarebonse, contents not in varied incidents in the eomewl:at eventful , life , and we sure d . 41 0 111 4 inqUerun the Sun. believe that when the day of trial comes, such en, ene y as, the following will he oftener than once disclosed :—" Be- zl4J.ilcbA diti n TV I ° 11 ;amden flour-mills, contents. unkuown. isnred in the Sun. Roof damaged bTfire and came ill shortly after seeingmy day Madeleire." Th- ''t In'ortk''''' o e; front scorched ;' slightly damaged by wetter. the poison purehesed in ditferept plebes by Miss Smith 'Upper Jatnes-street.—George Freeborn, licensed vic , was coloured with some . other ingredient, and that s:n&- Mailer, Stanhope Arms Tavern ; contents insured' in the t Pelson detected its the body of L'Angellier was simi .: Phoenix, building in the Sun ; front scorched and contents ',- Ludy coloured, will, we believe, also he t sa r: , :ded to in damaged by water. th e witness-box. Miss Smith is e , ,i1l in GP Asgow.— —Alba All No. 2.—William Brown, coffee and dining roo ms ; con_ Advertiser. tents insured In the Westminster ; front scorched.