Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-26 00:00:00

T b l l°ll ging to i the New Bedford whaler Maria neresa were i mpr i soned for mutiny in refusing to Work W i t h out extra pay when the vessel was being 2ve out for repair. The native Hawaiian popula tion Was dying out very rapidly. The average take of each whaler for the' season just ended Would be six hundred and twenty barrels of oil and eight th ousand pounds of bone. Trade was very dull at Honolulu. SECOND EDITION. NORTHERN TIMRS OFFICE, SATURDAY, 9 A . ITAL. In announcincr, by telegr Y aph, that the soldiers t il , furlough, b e lO ng i ng t o regimen ts in Italy, have eell called in, the Vienna correspondent of the to -8 says, the truth is that the army in Italy is be placed on a war footing. _ _ 0 1t the - MILAN, Feb. 24. bal masque, of yesterday, demonstrations I the people had been prevented. sel3 2 ,- disturbance among the students of the public t „,_° o l and gymnasium, of San Alessandro, has %ken place. p. farmer, near Pavia, who had denounced some f e e u gees, has been clandestinely assassinated. The rnientation is increasing. THE SUEZ CANAL. . TRIESTE, Feb. 25. Pour members of the council of management of the projected Suez canal, Mongel Bey, the engi neer, Uardon, and M. de Lesseps, will depart the u ` s 'Y after to-morrow, for Alexandria. THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT. Ane ilforning Star describes Lord Palmerston's speech, en Friday n i g h t, as parfectly a d m i ra bl e i n tone an d P i rit, and worthy to influence the councils of Europe, 411(1 well calculated to raise the character of English statesmanship. The Daily News praises Lord Palmerston for the dis- Z;etion and disinterestedness with which he or Parliament task ; but remarks that the question is, if the British t a jliament in both Houses were satisfied with the minis terial assurances on Friday night ? If, as we doubt not, e Funds fly up this morning (Saturday), is the peace of o ll rope rea ll y an d tru l y more secure t h an i t was twen ty - 11 r hours since ? Or are we being dragged into a new quagmire of diplomatic interventions with other Powers, ul the hope of patching up a momentary pacific arrange kent. COMMERCIAL. The Funds sheaved renewed heaviness, owing almost exclusively to news rece i ve d o f a d ec id e d fall on the Paris Bourse. The Funds left off one-eighth to a quarter per cent. lower than yesterday. The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign stocks commenced to-day. In the Discount Market to-day the demand is rather more active ; but first-class bills were taken at 2 to 2,1 per cent. The Bank have now commenced to make their usual quarterly advances, up . to the 13th of April, on approved mercantile bills having as much as six months to run, and on Gover nmen t secur i t i es. In the Stock xchange the rates for loans on Government securities are merely nominal. There were no operations in gold at the Bank to-day. The Peninsular and. Oriental Company's steamer Orissa will take out £323,690 in 'silver, for Bombay, on the 27th inst., the whole on private account. The Bank returns of last night afford a striking illustration of the glut of money. -the reserve of note s an d co i n excee d s £14 , 000 , 000 S r terli ng, whilst the coin and bullion have reached -.40,00 0,000. In consequence of the uneasiness which prevails in all quarters, a further considerable rise took place this afternoon in the Exchanges on Austria. Bills Zen n c y Roll an d and Hamburgh were enquired for, and the of th e rates was rat h er l ess f avoura bl e t o thi s count ry ra Jhe _Dail Hews City Article, Friday Evening. English "Funds opened this morning . without alte 11on, and have remained inactive throughout the day, )..endency to renewed weakness from political causes ,fag contradicted by the supply of money, and the pron g contradicted of its increase from the favourable appearance of oleenntinental Exchanges. It is represented in semi dt2;al statements from Paris, that the mission of Lord e tt w la l h eZ. to Vienna is not on the Italian but on the reported tau question. A reaction of about I per cent., effect from the Paris Bourse, did not produce much hairon this side. The Produce Markets during the week undergone little alteration, but the uncertainty with r espect to Continental affairs tends to restrict operations specially for e xportation.—Times City Article Friday Ze "g. T result of the poll demanded at the meeting of the We ' e Z° l l and North-Western Railway Company, last v otes, was declared on Friday. For the motion, 7,214 stock ;reres,,nting above three and a-quarter millions . of £122,93 or the amendment 435 votes, representing • 7.stock. ilalia; dividend on the stock of the North British 21 e a r Y Company is offi c i a ll y announce d a t th e ra t e o f The Cent p er annum. 1,411 is -elso and Veloz have arrived from China with Fri>6oo pounds of tea. d ay ine &ting of the Iron Screw Collier Company, on I t , did not terminate with any satisfactory results. Was stated that the directors had used every means to p re r e n of the s hi p, but without success, owing to the gent depressed state of the shipping property. r ar t 'h j -12. °“ Pakin g t on ' s speec h , on F r id ay n i g h t, on t h e ptp'elestimates, is g enera ll y praised by . the morning °as being clear, business-like, and straightforward. lIIRD EDITION. NORTIIERN TIMES OFFICE, SATURDAY, 3 P.M. 4I D - DAY EXPRESS. Th e FRANCE. to 8 , •-ontinental correspondence is not calculated ai lie : s t t,ain the pacific hopes which have prevailed he Paris a nnouncement of Lord Cowley,s mission. the~ilir Paris correspondent of the Herald say gas been no suspension of the form i dable of ittrY p r eparations now going on iu every part , fiisFranc On the very day that Lord Cowley s Art s ii i i-n Was notified, all the colonels of the thaCeiT regiments, at Paris, received notice trt:e7 re g i men t was to b e augmente d e ;° batteries ea c h o f s i x guns . Th ere the twenty regiments of Artillery, besides Th e eraiek artillery corps of the Imperial Guard. C owi t h gt°olll which the first tidings of Lord 114 -3:8 pacific mission had partially dispelled, The t k ellll ed with greater intensity than before. e "ele j v ellel 'al impression in Paris is, that Lord Allst h as gone to Vienna solely to enlighten War ri ,; 4 1 8 to the determination of France to go to Th t) e - ie smallest semblance of a pretext. neh a tl riS correspondent of the Times writes 'atio n '",ile same strain. At Marseilles the circu ark; ,at Military stores and provisions for the t l risr," B greater than during any period of the -4% 4 F rance war. They are making biscuits night 'eran ea sv• The accounts from other parts of 8 41 4 ,, Peak of the armaments going on with the 'vigour. Th e v . GERMANY. that t ., ienna correspondent of the Times states frera4le political excitement in Germany increases hop, d„ay to day, and the governments find it .E.,, I BBll3 le tO prevent popular demonstration wi ns , ' - U ranee, or rather against the Emperor. ,iti , Ac e° • SARDINIA. oer of ruing to the Times correspondent, the num- Ycling mel 300 ton enrollesoo 1 d from Lombardy is ated a t from . ()ItEIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE - Th e PARIS, Thursday. ws "whi e , Public have eagerly welcomed the . _ o _ Loto has been received from London this day f eke owley's mission to Vienna, and appear .t for granted that it will be successful ther er tmg the impending danger. What grounds h i e may be for this confidence, as excessive as lik e , sudden, I am unable to say. It was not (1 0 ,CI that in so serious a question the French ter ti j u raeut would willingly incur the odium of e „ . , l g the good offices of her Majesty's Minister ' 4 ° 4 i - oaring to bring about am timica,ble solutiou of the question ; but in official circles it is not believed that any diplomatic solution is available, as the French Government is determined to.take its stand on the plan for Italian reform put forward in M. de la Guerroniere's manifesto; " Napoleon 111. et l' Italie," and it is not thought likely that Austria can accept any such terms. It is said that in an interview he had with the Emperor just before his departure, Lord Cowley frankly admitted that he considered his task a hopeless one. It is gratifying to have to have to record that a gleam of sunshine 'has broke through the clouds, but in official quarters it is not believed that the storm will be averted. There is not the slightest ground for supposing th a t th e C a bi ne t o f th e Tuileries has altered its views ; and I have not succeeded, after diligent enquiry, in discovering that any of the warlike preparations have been countermanded. I mentioned two days ago that several corps had been designated for warlike operations in Italy ; up to this morning no contre-ordre had been received. The preparations for a camp of 106,000 men near Toulon continue to be made, and long files of horses purchased in Normandy con tinue to traverse Paris, on their way to the southern railroads. Entertaining personally a warm desire for peace, it is my duty to caution you against placing too implicit a reliance on the sudden changes of public opinion in Paris. Altera tions of extreme despondency and confidence have succeeded each other without intromission since the beginning of the year ; but white the country is ringing with the preparations for coming con flict, while official papers are being instructed to prepare the public for the worst, whilst the younger officers of the army are already exulting over the prospect of active employment and pro motion, it is useless to indulge in a fond hope that peace may be maintained as long as the French Government insists upon concessions which it is known that Austria will not grant until after her defeat. It is not thought that the " diplomatic phass " will.last much longer than the month of April—the regiments ordered for operation having received a private intimation that their services will be required about that period. I have seen a letter from Marseilles, which states that twenty batteries of artillery had arrived there within the last week ; but I think the writer must make some mistake in the number. Twenty batteries is a most formidable armanent, not less than 120- guns; and if the campaign is only to commence in two months, it does not appear what use there would be in sending the ordnance on so much in advance of the gunners. The 'Patrie publishes the following communi cated article The departure of Lord Cowley for Vienna has been much commented on, both yesterday and to-day. Public opinion attaches great importance to that journey, and we think deservedly so. Without wishing to exaggerate the importance or anticipate the result of that mission, we must consider the step taken by the British diplo matist as the sign of a tendency on the part of the English ministry to adopt the policy of the . Cabinet of the Tuilleries. For our part we had never doubted of that good understanding which arises from all the principles and interests involved in the English alliance. The most fortunate and logical circumstance that might occur would be to see that alliance protecting in Italy the civilisation and independence of peoples and the se curity of Europe in Italy as it has already done in the East and throughout the world. The greatest astonishment has been created by this " note," as it is understood to mean that the departure of Lord Cowley for Vienna indicates a determination on the part of the British Cabinet to aid and abet the views of France and Pied mont in Italy. Of course, those who take such a view of the question lose sight of the speeches. of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli on the first night of the session, but the great mass of the public have not such long memories, and this piece of semi official prevarication is for the nonce implicitly believed. The French maritime insurance companies now insert in each policy a clause referring to casualties from war on the high seas. Yet a small rise in the funds here to-day, has for groundwork the reported mission of Lord Cowley to Vienna, in the faint hope that they may struggle successfuly with Austrian obstinacy. Tortuous, evasive, and full of promissory note's, but dogged and plodding, all the efforts of diplomacy will fall like the boy's sticks on the hide of that Jeru salem pony to which Homer compares Ajax. In proof of this, to-day's Journal de Frankfort brings two letters dictated from Vienna (February 19th and February 20th), in which Count. Buol treads the old vicious circle in the same old jog trot. " What has a Paris Congress to meddle with in Italy ? Does it mean to interfere with certain provinces belonging to Austria ? No power on earth has aught to say therein save the reigning authority at Vienna. Do folks contem plate intruding on the internal Government of Naples ? The King of the Two Sicilies has no account to render to any foreign Crown. Is there a design to sit in judgment on the Papal administration ? The withdrawal of Austrian troop as well as French, is one thing, but the dictation of internal changes is a point on which France and Austria can never be of one mind, so there the matter must end." THE ITALIAN QUESTION The Paine publishes a long article, commenting on the Italian question, and explaining the diplo matic position which, in the opinion of the writer, it ought to assume. Policy (says the article in question) may require a revision of treaties, but the only province of diplomacy is to interpret and respect them. Within these limits, then, the action of diplomacy ought always to be confined. What it should now demand is not the revision of the Treaty of 1815, which should be carefully preserved from violence, but that Austria should acknowledge the respect due to that treaty. Austria, in fact, continues the Parisian journal, Austria which took a more active part than any other power in the preparation of the treaties of 1815, she who was through the agency of M. de Metternich, " the soul, the will, the hand, of the coalition which brought about the defeat of France and of the congress which followed it," has been unable to confine herself within the limits which these very treaties prescribed for her. Not con tent with the frontier she has obtained in Italy, she has wished to extend her power over the whole peninsula, " she has connected herself by means of secret treaties with the independent States, and she now wishes to attach them to her dominions." As proof of this, look at her conduct at Naples, at Florence, at Modena. The Putrie thinks that all Europe is interested in preventing this state of things, "in putting a stop to this invasion and an end to this dominion," and it thinks that diplo matists not only have the right, but are bound in duty, to require that Austria should retire within those limits which are imposed upon her by treaties, and that the princes of Italy should regain that independence which they have not the right to give up. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The steamship Ripon, Captain Munro, bringing these mails, has arrived. She left Alexandria on the 11th inst., Malta 15th, and Gibraltar 20th. The Ripon brings sixty-nine passengers, £1,210 in specie, 1,648 bales of silk, and twelve cases of shawls, &c. She spoke the steamer Sultan on the 21st, off Mafra, and the Ceylon, on the 22nd, off Cape Finisterre. The Spanish schooner Francoli put into Gibral tar on the 13th, with damages from collision with an unknown barque, off Marbella, on the prey ions day. One man hurt by the collision. her Majesty's troopship Perseverance, from Portsmouth, arrived at Gibraltar on the night of the 12th, and proceeded to Malta on the evening of the 14th. The Sardinian brig Alfidra, at Gibraltar, from Buenos Ayres, passed the British transport Col grain, with troops from London for Madras, Dec. 29, in lat. 20 S, long. 28 E. Gibraltar exchanges on London, 504 3 Paris, 526 Marseillo,, 528 ; Genoa, 529, THE NORTHERN< TIMES, SATU R DAY, PERIMARY 26, 1859 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. POOR AND HIGHWAY RATES, AND THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT Earl Grey moved for a select committee to inquire whether the, act 13 and 14 Victoria, c. 99, for the better assessing and collecting the poor and highway rates in respact of small tenements, and the act of last session to amend the Municipal Corporations Act, had produced any change in the character of the elections of town councils, and in the mode of conducting the local government of corporate towns. The effect of these acts had been to throw the local government in the hands of a particular class of persons. The Earl of Derby thought if such a motion was made at all, it should include the general working of municipal elections. After some discussion, the motion for a committee was agreed to, on the condition that its inquiries should be limited to the operation of the acts referred to. The Occasional Form of Prayer Bill was read a second time. The Earl of Malmeahury stated that the troops of France and Austria would evacuate the Rossan States at the signet of the Pope. The house then adjourned at a quarter to seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY, NEW . WRIT. A new writ was ordered for Midhurst, in place of Mr S.. Warren, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. CHURCH RATES Sir J. Trelawney gave notice that, on the motion for the second reading of the Church-rate Bill introduced. by the Government, he should move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months.. in excess of last year, which came 'to £3,851,321. He stated, in considerable detail, the causes which had led to the increased expenditure which compelled him to ask for the largest sum ever yet demanded for the service of the navy. The increase of expenditure for ship-building during the present year would amount to £1,009,604, besides which there would be a further expense of L 260,000 for machinery and ships now building- by con tract, which would be incurred, though not paid, during the financial year. This large increase arose from the fact that, on his accession to office, he did not find the navy in the efficient state in which it ought to have been. Strong representations had been made last year from Sir Baldwin Walker and others, calling attention to the state of the line of battle- ships. When he succeeded to the Admiralty the number of effective line of battle ships was but 29. He con trasted this with the numbers in former wars, which amounted to , between 100 and 200 ships: Even of these twenty-nine were inferior to any in the French navy. Under suoh circumstances it became necessary to make exertions to place our navy on a better footing. He then explained in detail his plans for the purpose - , the result of which was that fifteen line-of-battle ships, and nine frigates, would be added to the list. In addition to this, a few powerfUl iron frigates would be built by contract, making a total addition of twenty-six effective men-of-war. Even when these were completed he wourct not be contented, and hoped that parliament would sanc tion further additions r especially to the number of` frigates. At present they were constructing as many vessels as their dockyards. would hold, and though incur ring a great expense, were doing no more than was necessary to assert the na-vai supremacy of the country. Sir C. Wood generally approved of the plans of the right hononrable gentleman; noting, at the same time, some- omissions, and taking credit to himself for having originated much that had been done by his successor. Th fate government had done all that was in their power, as they had employed all thellipwrights they could pro cure' at high wages and full time. Sir G. Napier likewise approved of many of the plans of the go'vernment, especially. those for manning the navy; at the same time, he did not think 3,000 addi tional Merle sufficient for the service of the country. His complaint against all admiralties was that they did not know how to lay out their money to the best advantage. He maintained that on the actual condition of its navy England was not in a safe position, as France commanded both the channel and the Mediterranean. He did pot say that France would invade this country, but he said that she could, which was a position which we ought not to hold. He asserted that the late Government conld have found a sufficient number of shipwrights if they had offered liberal wages. Sir J. Elphinstone was glad to find that the condition of the British' seamen was to be improved. That class of men had not hitherto kept pace with the general improvement ; he complained of the state of the royal docks, which were inferior to those belonging to private companies. Mr. G. Herbert observed that the temper of the House was very variable upon 'these matters. Some time ago it was difficult to obtain money for works now con demned as far too small. He too approved of the pros pects of the Government. Mr. Whitehead observed on the• risk we incurred while we were without a sufficient navy. Admiral Walcott; looking to the number of seamen belonging to our mercantile navy, and to other branches of our marine establishments, could not see any cause for despondency. The great fault of successive administra tions was, that they had not treated these men properly. • . After some observations from Mr. Henry Berkeley, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Lindsay, Sir F. Baring, Admiral Dun combe, and Sir G. Pechell, • Sir J. Pakington exprecsed his satisfaction at the tone of the debate, and entered into some explanations on points which had arisen during the course. He denied warmly the assertion of Sir C. Napier, that France had the command of the Channel. Sir C. Napier repeated and defended his assertion. The votes for 62,400 seamen and boys for the service, and £2,492,000 for their wages, was then agreed to. COUNTY PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. The County Prisons (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, after a short discussion. MANOR COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. _ _ . _ _ The Manor Conrts (Ireland) Bill, Of which one clause had been postponed, passed through committee. Mr. Cox gave notice that, on the bringing up of the report, he shonld take the sense of the house on the pro priety of allowing these Courts to die out rather than give compensation. The house adjourned at 1.30 a.m. 14 YOUNG AMERICA ON SLAVERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—ln your impression of yesterday, 22nd inst., is an article headed " Young America on Slavery," in which the author styles himself a cosmopolitan. As " the NORTHERN - TI lEs invites comment on any question of importance, and has the reputation of being impartial," in behalf of our down-trodden humanity, I beg the favour of a space in your columns to answer a few, of the many foul asper sions, that runs through all of his bare assertions against the poor slave and the anti-slavery party. Now, in answer to the broad charge that " the anti-slavery party do not understand the question which they discuss,—that they are ignorant of the workings of the peculiar institution,—that their pet theme has become threadbare,—that their emancipation schemes have been failures," I beg to inform Cosmopolitan, that he altogether ignores the great historical facts. Did not Granville Sharpe, Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, and the noble army of British abolitionists, from George 111. down to the present, understand the question, — the practicability, the justice, and christian duty as a nation that had sinned, to abolish the inhuman, soul-destroying, God-defying, abominable, piratical system, the African slave trade ? Did the whole civilised world, together with Young America, understand the question when they unanimously declared the slave-trade piracy ? Were the British anti-slavery party ignorant of the peculiar institution, when the whole nation rose up as one man, and demanded its total abolition throughout the British dominions ? Let the parliamentary inquiries, exposurei, agitations, and the fifty years hard fought moral battles answer the ques tion, which proclaimed— ... The glad tidings o'er the sea, His chains are broke the slave is free, Britannia's justice, wealth, and might, Have gained the negroes long lost right Has their pet theme become tlireadb - are ? Let Cosmopolitan answer the question in some thing more than naked assertions. How stands the question in Young America ? Did not Anthony Benezet, Dr. Rush, Dr. Franklin, John Woolman, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and the anti slavery party in the United States, understand the question when negro slavery, in 1776, reigned predominant in the thirteen original States ? Did the anti-slavery party in America understand the question when they went on, conquering to con quer, till they abolished chattel slavery in seven teen out of thirty-two States ? Does Cosmopolitan believe that the young American anti-slavery party understood the question when, thirty years ago, there was not one open avowed anti-slavery United States senator, nor representative in the national council ? Naw there are twenty-five anti-slavery senators, and one hundred representa tives, and ere long, by God's blessing, if the anti slavery element in the United States will only remain true to their highest convictions of duty, they will soon have a clear working majority in both houses of Congress, with an anti-slavery President to enforce the law of universal freedom. Cosmopolitan's arguments, that "slavery is no new institution," that it is as old as the world; that all ages have owned slaves, that the Ol& and New Testament, the patriarchs and prophets, Christ and his apostles approved of it, gives no word or sign against it, &c, proves nothing. We live in age of humanity and progress ' • but even these subterfuges fail to screen him and his pet system of negro-slavery from the scorn and con tempt of the whole civilised world, to say nothing of Holy Writ. " Thus saith the Lord :Ye have not hearkened unto me,in proclaimingliberty,every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour; behold I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and the famine. Shall I not visit for these things—shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bond's of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke." That which hath been is now, and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past. —I am, &o. AUDI ALTERAX PARTEN. Liverpool, rebruary 23, 1859, ' LIVERPOOL BANKRUPITY COURT. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. —ln re WILCOX.—This was an adjourned meeting for the purpose of receiving Mr. Commissioner Perry's judgment on the certificate appli cation of the bankrupt, late a shipchandler, &c., at Liverpool. Mr. Deighton appeared for the assignees, and 1 Mr. Temple (in the absence of Mr. Aspinall) for the bankrupt. The judgment was as follows :—This was the case of an opposed certificate. The assignees, one of whom was Mr. Hind, a creditor for £236 14s. 2d., and the other, Mr. Mattison, who was the nominee of the Borough Bank, were represented by Mr. Deighton, their counsel, while the case of the bankrupt was supported by his counsel, Mr. Aspinall. Mr. Deighton urged the following objections to the allowance of the certificate: First, that She bankrupt had, with intent to conceal the true state of his affairs, made false entries in his books secondly, that he had given undue preference to some of his creditors within two months of his bankruptcy ; thirdly, that he had attempted under his bankruptcy to account for his property by fictitious expenses ; fourthly, that he had kept his , books improperly, with intent to conceal the true, state of his affairs ; fifthly, on account of improper answers. during his examination ; and sixthly, on account of general misconduct as a trader. The bankrupt had carried on business as a rope and sail maker and ship chandler at Liverpool for seven years, for about five of which he taxi a partner,. James Alexander, the partnership being dissolved on the 28th of Dec , 1857, the day before a deed. of covenants was entered into between the bankrupt of the first part, his father of the second part, and the borough bank of the third part,—a deed to which I shall hereafter refer: He was the owner of a rope-walk in Derby-lane, Bootle, which had cost him £3,766 9s 4d, and of plant, including therein certain patents, which had cost him £8,392 2s 10d. I'n 1854, on the let of January ; he had, according to his balance-sheet, a capital of £1,166 18s 7d. Towards the end of that year, ire consequence of the stoppage of Mr. Oliver, the bankrupt states that he had proposed r to , his partner to stop payment, and that Mr. Smith, the manager of the Borough Bank, to which the bankrupt and his partner were considerably indebted, liming beard of this, sent for him. Mr. Smith told him that he had been informed that it was his intention to stop pay ment in consequence of bad debts made; and it would be about that time that Mr. Smith suggested the sale of the• rope-walk in order to carry on the business with the pur chase money, and said that any assistance he required they (meaning the bank) would give him, if he could not carry out what he wished to do. The bankrupt expressed' himself unwilling to do what Mr. Smith advised, as the moneys received for the rope-walk would not be sufficient' to carry on the business without further assistance, and it was then arranged that they could go down at any time• to look at the books for themselves, and they would give him any assistance he required. Another part of the arrangement with the bank is said by the bankrupt to have been, that he was not to take orders in his business without first seeing Mr. Smith on the subject of the sol vency of those who might give the orders. About this time the balance due to the bank was more than £4,000. This arrangement for affording assistance to the bank rupt in his business appears to have been continued until the month of December, 1857, when the bank had advanced to the firm in all about £20,000, besides hold ing bills upon the customers of the film to an amount of more than £24,000. This-appears stated in the deed of covenants before referred to. Front-this time, Mr. W. Wilcox had nothing to do with.the bank. In consequence of the conversation above alluded to, the bankrupt, who had no idea of selling the ropery before, agreed to sell it to a purchaser suggested by Mr. Smith—Alen Daniel Wil cox, the father of the bankrupt, who, after au interview with Mr. Smith, at which the bankrupt was not present, but on the same day, or the day after, named £2,000 as the sum he had offered for the rope-walk as it then stood, to which the bankrupt assented, after seeing Mr. Smith. There were then about eleven or twelve years of the lease unexpired, at a rent of £6O a year. As to this sum of £2,000, the bankrupt says it was paid by his father to him as he wanted it; but it is entered' in the cashbook in one sum paid on the 19th of December, 1854. This • is one of the entries in the bankrupt's books to which attention has been called by Mr. Deighton, and it must be allowed that if the money were correctly entered as re ceived, in one sum, and on the 19th December, 1854, then the bankrupt's account of it, that it was paid by his father as he wanted it, is inconsistent with the truth. He has also failed to acoount in his cashbook for that sum. As to the sum of £3;000 for which the plant, machinery, and patents were sold to Mr. Daniel Wilcox, in the mouth of December, 1857, that sale is referred to in the deed of covenants of the 29th December, 1857, as having taken place, and the money as having been paid, in order that that sum might be employed in the business as the working capital thereof; and among other covenants for the security of the bank, William Wilcox covenants that the sum of £3,000, so paid by the said Daniel Wilcox to the said William Wilcox, shall, until the whole of the debt of £20,000 shall be paid off, be employed and retained in the business, and not withdrawn therefrom on any account or pretext whatsoever. Now, when this deed was executed, the bankrupt states that either Mr. Smith or the liquidators of the Borough Bank knew from a list furnished to them by the bankrupt's solicitor, similar to the list marked (A) upon the file, that this money, which was to be the working capital of the business, had already been applied in payment of debts due by the concern.. As to this and other matters in which. Mr. Smith, on the part of the Borough Bank, has been concerned, it was competent, as contended by Mr. Aspinall, to the parties conducting the opposition to the bank rupt's certificate, to have called' Mr. Smith to contra dict him, and that has not been done. Another part of the case consists of entries in the letter book. With the exception of one instance, there is no receipt for rent produced, but the rent is credited' to Mr. Daniel 'Wilcox in a general account. The first rent agreed to be paid to him is £3OO a year. A letter is referred to of the date of the 18th December, 1854, offering to pay a rent for the ropery of £3OO, payable half-yearly in advance. It is observable that the signature to that letter in the copy letter book and the direction are in a very different ink, and appears to be writtenlirthe copy book, and not copied like the rest of the letter. The bankrupt says, to the best of his knowledge, he signed the letter, and sent it to his father on the day it 'bears date. An increase in. the rent from £3OO to £5OO , took place in the year 1855, in consequence of. the father having erected certain buildings at the end of 1855 or beginning of 1856. The bankrupt, being requested to point out any letter proposing this increase of rent, referred to a copy of a letter contained in his letter-book of the date' of the 19th December, 1855. This copy was found between two others, one of the date of sth January, 1857, and the other dated the 9th of February, 1857. The clerk in whose handwriting it is, a Mr. Horbury, has been examined, and he states that this letter, professing to bear date the 19th of December, 1855, was written by him in 1857, but that he must have been requested by the bankrupt to affix the date of 1855 to the letter. This is one of the wilfully-false entries made in the books. So the letter by which the second increase is made in the rent is dated the 19th June, 1857, and yet it is foundbe tween two letters dated 25th February, 1857. The third increase in the rent is to £l,OOO. This is evidenced by no letter, and none probably ever existed. This increase is said to have taken place on the Ist of February, 1858, when there had been in the previous year no profit, and when the bankrupt might be anxious to make his father as large a creditor as possible. This is evidenced also by the allowance to his father for superintendence, which, in the year 1857, was £3OO for the year, and credited to him on the 31st of December in that year, and. was increased to £5OO a year, which, contrary to what had occurred before ; is credited to him each month. This, the bankrupt says, he cannot account for, further than he gave no authority to his clerk for so crediting it. It was a very large sum to pay from a losing concern. This being the alleged state of the father's interest—that is, £l,OOO a-year-of rent, and £5OO a-year allowance far superintendence,—he on the 17th of September last sells his whole interest in the ropery, plant, patents, &c., to one Joseph Hargor for £2,000, wishing as the bankrupt represents him, to have stated, to obtain money to pay the £l,OOO due- on the Ist of October to thebank wider the deed of covenants, and to provide the. son with funds to carry on the business. The father shortly after disappears, and the son becomes tenant to. Mr. Harger at a rent of £4OQ a year, payable quarterly in advance, and is very e stooonthecharge sold' up e for the quarter's rent. This brings brought against the bankrupt of fraudulent preference. The bankruptcy took place on the 21st of October. Sante sails hr.4l been made for Peto, Brassey and Co., in 18'57. to They wer e sold by the bankrupt i M'Alister and Punic - 11, on the 28 th Sep tember, 1858: Th er value was £3l They went in part payment of a debt due t o M'Alister and P urnell. Again,. appears_ by th e di ary kept by Mr. Williams,, in which the account with D arne l Wilcox is made up to the latest period, that on the same 28th of September, he recei ve d fr om the bankrupt £lBO, arcum mop than sufficient to have paid the quarter:sSome smaller Bu m were paid to other parties. Then upon the head of general misconduct as a trader, there is no doubt that he molt much eaxiier to have stopped payment. It is also clear that his personal expenditure was much g rea t er than it ought to have been under the circumstances. From 4839 in 1854, it had risen to £1,062 in 1856, and to £1,214 in 1 85 7. Seeing, then, that a cas e has been es tablished of an entry in the cash book for 19th Decem ber, 1854, of the receipt of £2,000 f rom Daniel Wilcox, which, the bankrupt says, was . paid at va r i ous ti mes as h e wanted it, and not as stated in cash book in one sum ; that he has failed to account for the application lof that s um ; that th e l e tt ers t o. w hi c h re f erence has been made are, from the circumstances under which they appear in the letter book, subject to very considerable suspicion ; that there is no letter of agreement produced in support of the increase of the rent to Daniel Wilcox to £l,OOO a year, stud there fore, so far at least as that extends, the father's debt would appear to have fraudulently increased ; that there are also fraudulent preferemes ; that the bankrupt' con tinued his business longer than he should have done under the circumstances—as he ought, in my opinion, to ha've stopped trading at the end of 167; and that his personal expenditure was much greater' than it ought to have been. lam of opinion that the. allowance of his certig -te should be altogether refused, r - I-- or cannot, where there appears so much reason for doubt, certify in favour of that allowance. On the appliettion of Mr. Temple to be allowed to appeal, his Honour fixed the amount of deposit at £4O, and granted the liankrupt protection fortwentv-one days. In re , \V. BUCKLEY JONES AND 6:L.—This was a last examination meeting of the bankrupts ; who were boat builders, in Liverpool. The assignee wh? were repre sented by Mr. Evans, offered no opposition, and the bankrupts were allowed to pass. The certificate meeting, was fixed for the 23rd March. In re Smrrit AND MiLLs.—These bankrupts, who are stationers and printers, in Chester, and alo•the'proprie tors of the Cheshire Observer newspaper, came up on their last examination. Mr. Massey, who , appeared for the assignees, examined the bankrupts witlvicference to their balance-sheets, which, it appeared, rectuired%mcmi ment. His Honour adjourned the case to the. 3i'd'• et March. In re W. S. HA.YES.—The bankrupt, ternierly clothier fir Liverpool, also came up on his last exsuniha. -tion. After some inquiries from the bankrupts by Mr. Anderson, who appeared for the assignees, he was-ailowed to pass, and the certiffcate meeting was appointed:for•the Bth April. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCIT BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD, DISORDER n LIME-STREET.-Two young women (not known to the police),. named Eliza Foster, and Ellen Price, were charged. for creating a riot and fighting ill Lime-street. The officer said the prisoners came out of Irendano's coffee shop in Lime-street, and at once com menced a furious fight with each other. A lot of men and' women came out after them, and seemed to enjoy and encourage the fight, which was of a most disgraceful au disgusting description•. His Worship asked if they were put out of the coffee•shop ? The officer said he did not , see any one put there out,. as they seemed to come out by consent and previous arrangement for the purpose of fighting. His Worship spoke in strong terms of the Lime street "cribs," and the disgraceful conduct of the prisoners, and expressed his determination, as far as he could, to put it down. He fined the. prisoners £2 each, or two months. . imprisonment. DEFORB MESSRS. CHALONER AND HOUGHTON CAUTION TO lIOUSE-KEEPERS.-A large number of the humbler classes were summoned for having set fire to their chimneys. A vulgar notion prevails amongst the poor, that setting fire to the chimneys will clean them better and cheape r th an a sweep, but this is a great mistake, not to mention the danger of such a practice. In all cases fines from is to 5s were inflicted, whereas they could have got such swept for fourpence or sixpence, so that the expense would be less, and the serious danger from such a practice avoided. A number of boys were fined for throwing stones; and. acting otherwise improperly in the streets. The bench cautioned the lads, as well as fining them, and stated if they were brought up spin, they would be severely punished. _ - A REAL " SPIRITED " LETTER !—A. rather respectab'e looking woman, named Catherine Reed, who lives in Peter-street, was summoned for being drunk. Mr. Chaloner.: What have you to say? Defendant : I got a letter from my-hushand that day, and it had a great effect on me. A gentleman remarked that it must have been an uncommonly " spirited" letter, indeed, to have the effect of making her drunk. The defendant was fined ss, which she paid. AssAuLis.—James Glanister, a recruiting sergeant, was charged by Jane Abbott for haring assaulted her_ Mr. Bluck was for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant lodged in the house of Mrs. Abbott, and on the 16th there was some difference between them, and a quarrel followed, when the woman was assaulted. The defendant was fined lOs and costs.—Mary Brannon, summoned her husband Pat, an " oyster merchant," for having assaulted her. Mr. Cobb defended. The assault was proved, but a compromise was effected by Mr. Cobb, advisinc , his dent to give the wife 5s a week and live separate. So the summons was postponed. CoLusum —William Williams, the master of the schooner Donald, was summoned by Thomas Watkins Humphries, the master of the brig Nimrod, for £l3 12s,_ for damage done to that vessel on Wednesday last. Mr_ Bluck was for the complainant, and opened the case, from which it appeared that the complainant's vessel was at anchor, and the defendant's vessel came up on Tuesday night, and anchored near, and in the morning, when raising the anchor, it was alleged that by the misconduct of the defendant the damage was done. Witnesses were called to prove the case, and the bench gave a verdict for £l2. PUBLICANS' CASES. Thomas Southern, Kirkdale-road, was charged for selling a pint of ale at noon on Sunday last. Offi cer 62 (Ferguson) proved the case. Mr. Rymer appeared for the defence, and, in reply to him, the officer said the de— fendant told him the man who got the ale was his ostler. The barmaid was called to show that .the man who got the beer was the ostler, and that it was not paid for, it being an "allowance." Fined £1 and costs. Mr. Rymer gave notice of an appeal in the case. Phantom Firm, Temple-lane, was charged for Sunday trading.' The excuse was ignorance on the part of de—• fendant's servant. Fined ss. Thomas Simpson, Maghull-street, was charged for selling whisky on last Sunday morning. Fined £1 and. costs. BEERHOUSE CASES Andrew Gibson, Headley-street, was charged for doing business on Sunday. Fined 55.. Johanna Farrell, Cheapside, was charged for doing business on Sunday morning last. Fined £2 and costs. John Watson, Dryden street, was charged for a like offence. Fined £2 and costs. William Kelly, Woodstock-street, was chitrged for doing business at quarter-past one on Sunday morning. The defence was that the ale was given as a treat, but this was not proved, and a fine of £5 and costs was imposed. Owen Heard, of Penrhyn-street, was charged for selling three gills of ale, on Sunday morning last. Fined £2 and costs. William Saunders, Burlington-street, was charged for doing business at illegal hours. Fined ss. john Elston, Finch-street, was charged for doing business at illegal hours, and for having drunken people in the house. The excuse was, that the parties had come . from sea, and were relations of the . owner_ Dismissed. Edmund Parke, Christian-street, was charged for selling ale at quarter-past three on Sunday last. This was a question of time, and the officer was asked had he a watch ? and he said, yes, I have a very good one.. Mr: Yirybergh : And was it correct on that day ? It. was quite correct. Mr. Wybergh : Is it correct now? Yes. Then what is the time now ? The officer took out his watch, and said it was two o'clock. Mr. Wybergh : Two o'clock ? Yes, sir; two o'clock. This caused a shout of laughter, as the hour e n ha wa e : s o n eg e minutes to one, by the court clock. Mr. Wybergh : afraid your watch is not a good one. Mr. Dismiss the case. It turned out subsequently that the. officer had made a mistake, -as his watch was at one, instead of two as he stated. It was, however,• - with the court clock. --- ighn Fiddler and Shaw's-.broNs. was charg e d f or having two men drupkfighting 111 the bar, at half-past six on the 14th inst. The officers visited the house again in. half-an-hour, and found the sam e thing. The defendant said he was not aware o f t h e fact at all. He merely held the license, as he i s a b rewer at St. Helen's, and it was. his servant who had done so, without his knowledge. Mr. Wybergh said this ease was ' the third against the house, and the magistrates could inflict a fine of nob less than £2O, no r more than £5O. The defendant regretted his position as regarded the house. In November and December the house was fined before, and the magistrates thou it that notice sufficient to defendant, although he did live at St. Helen's. The defendant said the house was let now to a respectable person. A fine of V2O was inflicted, and the house, according to the act, was ordered to be shut up for two years. The defendant asked leaver to appeal, which was granted. Mr. Rowland Hill has issued a notice rescinding the order for the compulsory prepayment of inland letters. THE REFORM B ILL. —T he Daily News complains against Lord Palmerston on account of his giving the Government just the excuse it desires for delaying the promised measure of reform. DEA.FNEss.—We understand that the eelebrated aurist, Madame Gardner, has been successful in the treatment of this distressing affliction. Several cases of a n inveterate nature having already yielded to the mild and innocent remedies made use of by this highly talented, lady. TENANT RIGHT (ITJELAND) Mr: Kirk asked the Attoriley-Geneial for Ireland' whether it was his intention to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland, and if so, about what time he would be prepared to lay it on the table of the house. CRIMINAL LAW (IRELAND) Mr. Dobbs asked the Attoiney-General for Ireland whether any steps had been taken to consolidate and amend the Criminal Law of Ireland, and to assimilate it to the Criminal Law of England ; and whether it was the intention to propose any measure on the subject during the present session, and if so, when he would be prepared to introduce the same. Mr Whiteside gave a similar answer• to both questions, namely, that bills an these subjects were in preparation, and would be introduced as soon as possible. CONSULS IN JAPAN On motion for adjournment till Monday, Mr. Monckton Milnes called attention, to the appoint ment of consuls 'and vice-consuls in Japan, in connection with the evidence and report of the recent committee on the consular service. He complained that distinguished persons already in the East were passed over, while un qualified persons were sent from thiS country to fill those offices. Mr. S. Fitzgerald protested against questions of this kind being put without imperative necessity, as being personal' and Invidious. - Mr. Wise remarked on the importance of those officers, who would be the pioneers of our commerce in Japan, and thought that proper care had not been taken in their selection. He urged that the consular service in Japan should be made a close service. Lord Palmerston entered into some explanations respecting the consular appointments- of the late Govern ment. The motion for adjournment till Monday was then agreed to. STATE OF AFFAIRS ON THE CONTINENT, On the motion for going into committee of supply, Lord Palmerston rose, pursuant to notice, to call the attention of the house to the present state of affairs on the continent, and to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are in a condition to make to the house any communication calculated to encourage the hope that there will be no interruption of the general peace of Europe He did not blame the Government for having as yet made no communication to the house, as nothing of sufficient importance had occurred to justify such a step, but it was the duty of private members to afford them" an opportunity of, stating the actual state of affairs. If the prospect of peace had greatly diminished he would say forewarned! forearmed ! It 'was better that commercial men should know the worst. Preparations for war of every kind, both by land and sea, were going forward in Europe, and it was natural that they should ask what it was all about. Had any one nation grossly insulted or injured another. He was not aware that any such cause was in existence, or that any quarrel had arisen between the powers of Europe which justified an appeal to arms. Was there any intention of abrogating existing treaties, • France, he believed, though not altogether . . • satisfied with the treaties of 1815, had, under all its changes of government, constantly respected and observed those treaties with singular good faith ; and he did not believe that the present Government had any intention of violating them ; nor did he believe that Austria, who founded on these treaties her right to Italy, intended to attack. The wise Government of Sardinia could not have the insane project of abrogating those treaties ; nor could Piussia or Russia have any object in so doin g —to what then were they to look for the cause of alarm ? It was the dangerous and unsettled state of Central Italy, and the jealousies and difference of France and Austria in that quarter, from whence the danger arose. Occupations of parts of Central Italy by those two great military Powers, which at first were only professed to be temporary, had now lasted for ten years. The mutual and simultaneous retirement of both Powers from these positions would be the only means to re-assure Europe. It was contended that in that case a revolution would explode all over Italy. This was a serious charge against its Government, and even if this were probable, it was no reason why France and Austria should go to war to prevent it. There was a danger apprehended to the Catholic religion. He believed on the contrary that an improvement in the administration of the Roman States would be of the greatest service to , that religion. The Government of this country was on the best possible terms with those both of France and Austria. We could not be suspected of selfish objects, and our friendly interference might cause the best possble results. He knew that the Roman States would exclaim to the foreign armies which protected them, " for heaven's sake don't leave us." The reply to this was—" Reform your own administration, and you will have nothing to fear." This would not be the first time the European Governments had given advice to the Roman States. If our government were to obtain from France and Austria a promise to evacuate the Roman States, never to return, it might then address itself to the other powers, and en deavour to bring about a reform of the administration of central Italy. It was his duty to bring forward this subject, as the time for voting the estimates was at hand, and it was time they knew whether they were to expect a general conflagration or whether there was any ap pearance of tranquility which would enable us to frame our arrangements on a peace establishment. He had given no notice of motion, nor taken a day on which a lengthened discussion was likely to arise, that government might, if it thought fit, plead that the state of affairs did not permit detailed ex planations. It was simply in the interest of peace that he called attention to the subject. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acquitted the noble lord of being intiaenced by any party feeling, informing his present line of conduct. The present state' of affairs fully justified him in the inquiries he had made. Pre parations for war were notoriously going on, and two, at least, of the great powers were notoriously marshalling their resources. He argued with the noble lord that it was neither the wish nor the interest of any of the powers of Europe to violate any of the treaties of 1815, but he. could assure the House that, in the present critical state. of affairs, that this government had .not been idle, and had used all their endeavours to prevent the interruption of peace, on cordial terms with France and Austria ; our. Government could offer advice—both, however, without any danger that these motives would be mistaken, or any fear that they had any interest beyond the general interest of the continuance of peace. The Right Hon. Gentleman then declared emphatically, and amid loud cheers, that communications had been received both from France and Austria—communications leading to the hope that the Papal States would ere long be evacuated by the troops both of France and Austria ; and this with the full con currence of the Papal Government. Lord Cowley- had, in consequence, been despatched to Vienna on a confidential mission, of which he could only say it was one of peace and conciliation. He appealed to the house, considering the importance attached abroad even to the chance expressions of its debates, at present to postpone further discussion, declaring his belief that the present difficulties would be set at rest on principles consistent with the dignity and the welfare of Europe. _ _ _ Lord John Russell congratniated the house on the answer it had just received to the question of the noble lords He rejoiced that the government had taken aright view of their position, and that great advantages had already accrued from their interventions. He expected from the intelligence of Lord Cowley, everything that prudence could obtain, and trusted that future difficulties would be settled in the same way by the intervention of diplomacy, without appeal to arms. The house then went into committee of supply. NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir J. Pakington rose to move the navy estimates. He commenced by tracing the gradual increase of these estimates of late years. His demand for the ensuing year would be 0,81.013, being gboqt 41,0QQ,,Q00 out, ;ice the gilt