Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

QMITHSONIAN HOTEL, MI Bunt DWAT,COITter of HOLTSTON-STRER., Naw Volta. Ifs ed in honour of the SMITHSONIAN INsTirmonr, 2atablished at WASH INOTON, by the U. S. CONGRES3, With Funds bequeathed by JAMES SATEI , ON, Of ENGLAND, 241 Arte, 9 Friendship of the O FFICERS of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION. Is conducted on the EUROPEAN FLAN. CHAS. H. SMITH. Co math! glxlcs.—T"{j{.i Dap. /irshre a clock, at the brokers' office, 16. Exchange-buildirizs, 25 rusks - ra'm Nat Oil, and 150 casks Palm Oil.—J. H. Rayner and Co. attyr-tre o'clock, 2.347 bas Rice, a quanti y of Guano, and 874 bags Swo F: our. --Cox Brothers. !-,'aS•re o'clock, at the brokers' office, Oldhall-street, 70 cheats lufigo.—:Buchanan, Browne and Co. ar Twer:? o'cloclr, at the broker's office, 12, T ancaster-buildings, t 6 tons Lard.—Wrod and Redish. iitireve etqcwk. at the broker's office,Victoria-buildings, ivy, 4, cases Mother O'P:arl • he Is —Corrie and Co. glit Users.' e o'clock, at the broker,' offive, 9, Rumford-street, 1000 bags liCke.—Whitaker, Whitehead and Co. AD !were o'clock, at the brokers' office, 8.0 bags Linseed Cake.— Irtgland, Sons and Jeff, eys. tseuive o'clock, at the brokers' office, 5, Exchange-alley West, Itt exits and 5 serous Indigo.—Pryce and Lace. Mt twelve o'c'eck. at the public s'leroom, Escharge buildings, a Taratay of Indigo and Cotton.—T. an I H. Litt'edale and Co. ~LLasse o'c'ock, at the broker's oTce, Royal Rank-bnildings, about V 4 bale, Cotton, and a quantity Pit . hings.—Newall and Clayton. ~ g v• For particulars see Viverts PTT3T,T.O M.E . ErINGS, &c. pointed out the inconvenience which would result from the delay proposed, the Bench not only deferred judgment, but ordered a further hearing. Tuesday was the day appointed for that purpose, but there was another disappointment. It was nearly one o'clock before any magistrate appeared in the Second Court, and at that hour it was deemed inexpedient to go into the Smoke Nuisance cases. They were accordingly adjourned until yesterday, and, as our readers will observe, have at length been re-heard, decided, and judgment pronounced thereon. Now, no less than three separate attendances had to be given by the parties summoned for infringement of the Smoke Nuisance Act. They have been obliged to sacrifice their time to satisfy the whims of the local magistracy. We repeat, such treatment is intolerable. An in difference to the duties of a magistrate should disqualify any gentleman on the " roll" from holding' the commission of the peace. Some of the parties would, we doubt nct, much rather have paid ten times the amount of fine inflicted than squander their time in such a manner. And we have no doubt, that if a proper representation was made to the Home Office or to the Lard Chancellor, either would soon find .a remedy for evils so unjustifiable and monstrous in the extreme. Meantime, we think the grievance has assumed such a shape and extent that the Cor poration should now seriously consider the question of appointing a second paid magis trate. When we consider the population of Liverpool, and the variety of characters which inhabit the town, as well as the vast numbers of sailors and seafaring men who frequent the port, also the numerous local Acts of Parliament, the infringement of which forms subjects of magisterial investiga tion, and, not unfrequently, the argumentation of disputed points of law, another paid magis trate appears indispensible. We have often contended that one Stipendiary is not able to attend to all these matters, and more particularly if he is so often called upon to consider all the cases single-handed. Let the Corporation take the metropolis into their consi deration,.where, with a population of two millions, it has eight or nine police courts, the aggregate number of cases belonging to which are by no means in proportion with . the population of Liverpool, and its criminal statistics. The late Mr. RUSHTON, who was deemed a model of a Stipendiary Magistrate, complained of the extent of duties he had to perform ; but at present he would have had still greater cause to murmur, as both the population and Acts of Parlia ment have undergone changes of a most im portant character since his day. We hope from what has occurred.that something will be done, and that soon, so thtit the public will be relieved from annoyances alike intolerable and injurious. AT last there is an end to the dispute between the people of Liverpool, the Cittonocracy of Manchester, and the Directors of the Great Western and other Railway Companies, respect ing the Conservancy of the Mersey, and the future regulation and management of the Liver pool and Birkenhead Docks. It appears that the Committee acting for the Dock Trustees, after maturely considering their present position and future prospects, should they oppose Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S amended Bill, came to the conclusion it was better to allow that measure to pass. In taking this course, they were, uo doubt, influenced by the threat held out by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on Mon day night, that should the arrangement entered into between the contending parties, and sanc- tioned by a Committee of the House of Lords, not be passed into a law next Session, the Corporation of Liverpool would have to renew the fight of the Town Dues, as the arrangement now proposed of granting 1,500,000/. consideration would be null and void• It was, therefore, judicious, under the circum stances, to show no further fight ; seeing that, in all probability, the amount of compensation—if any—might have been much reduced, and still further injuries inflicted upon the Borough at large. As matters stand, it is quite evident that both the Dock Trustees and the Liverpool Cor poration could not obtain better terms, otherwise they would, no doubt, have continued the con test still further- We are aware that many parties may find fault with the Dock Trustees for not exercising their right, and opposing Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S new Bill and thereby staving off the settlement of all the questions—Town Dues, and Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks' Extension ; and such objectors should bear in mind that the oppo sition to the new Bill was merely to certain clauses relating to the extension of the Birken ; head Docks, the plans for which as sanctioned by the House of Lords, have been considered antagonistic to the interests of LiverpOol. The schemes of Mr. RENDAL are sanctioned in their entirety, and ordered to be proceeded _ with at once. It is true that this, of itself, is not such as the people of Liverpool , could desire ; but, consi dering the arduous character and duration . of the contest, the Dock Trustees were obliged to make the most they could of the charge colli mated to their care. , -Moreover, they felt that to postpone the matter until the next Session would be to subject the Dock Estate and the Liverpool Corporation to all the trouble, and overwhelming expenditure 'of a fresh contest. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 1857. These, by the way, particularly the latter, have not been trifles, and it is very probable that the ' promoters of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, being compelled to go to Parliament next year, would be goaded on to a most furious deter mination to worst the interests of Liverpool to the utmost extent, and endeavour to obtain a transfer of the Town Dues without any " con sideration." Parliament, too, both Lords and Commons, might have viewed the opposition of the Dock Trustees in an unfavourable light, and therefore be disposed to grant the demands of the promoters of the Bill in full. In any case, a renewal of the contest next year would have entailed upon the ratepayers a fearful amount of expenditure, without the prospect of reaping a single penny of advantage. This year the cost of opposing the Bill has been enormous, as the next financial statement of the Corporation will show ; but then we have gained a something by the pro tracted and expensive battle, and compelled the wily Baronet of Netherby, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, to retract his opinions, and double the amount cf compensation he recommended the House of Commons to sanction for the " Town Dues." Under all the circumstances of the case, and seeing that there was no hope of mending the terms already obtained, by further parliamentary litigation, we must approve of the determination of the Dock Trustees to forego further opposition, and to allow these much-vexed questions to be settled as arranged by the Committee of the House of Lords. The people of Liverpool now know the worst of the matter, and can make their arrangements accordingly. Had the pro moters of the Bill got their will, they would have confiscated the Town Dues without a penny of compensation, and left the inhabitants of Liver pool to provide ways and means for the manu facturing districts of Lancashire to carry on their business through our streets without con tributing, either directly or indirectly, to the costs connected therewith. Now that the contest is over, and the Mersey Conservancy Bill about to become law, we would ask—what have the promoters of the measure gained by their bitter and outrageous attack against the interests of Liverpool ? Their prime object was the transfer of the Town Daes. To effect that they had recourse to all sorts of special pleading, misrepresentation, and one-sided evi dence. The legal title of the Corporation of Liverpool to the Town Dues they assailed, and were foiled by the lucid, masterly, and unanswerable legal evidence of our Town Clerk. Tile application of a portion of these dues to other than shipping purposes, was also stigma tised as contrary to the spirit of the law, but the objectors forgot to consult the history of the Municipal Corporations' Act, and the discussions which ensued thereon, else they would have paused ere they ventured on such forbidden ground. This it was, no doubt, which induced the Commons Committee to grant us the paltry 750,0001, as compensation. But the Town Dues are still to exist, and the Alen of Manchester must continue to pay their 2d. per bale on Cotton, and 2d. per case on goods. In point of fact, they are not ecuniary gainers. They must still pay the dues, and have not obtained a voice in the management of the Dock Trust. Their sweeping measure of reform, to allow every dock ratepayer, whether resident in Madagascar, Kamschatka, or the furthermost portion of the globe, to vote by proxy, has been rejected, and ten miles around Liverpool is the extent of the limit of residence of the new Dock Trustees. Taking everything into consideration, the promoters of the Mersey Conservancy Bill have paid dearly for their " whistle and we should add, " Serve them right." Their scheme was hatched in the spirit of avarice and jealousy, and a desire to meddle with and control the Municipal affairs of the Borough of Liverpool. They have been partially successful, and would have been more so were it not for the wise counsels of the Upper Chamber of the Legislature. Well, indeed, may every one interested in the progress and prosperity of Liverpool exclaim, with fervency and zeal— " THANK GOD WE HAVE A HOUSE OF LORDS ! We are obliged to omit the report of the West Derby Guardians from the pressure on our space, RECIIABITES:—On Monday evening last, the members and friends of the Liver 'rent celebrated their anniversary by holding a tea meeting, at Hope Hall. Upwards of 400 members of the order of Rechabites asssembled on the occasion. Brother E. Lovelady. H.C. ft., took the chair, and the meeting was addressed by Bros. Wright, the Secretary, the D.C.R.'s John Carter and John Brown, and D.S. Atkinson. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and one of the speakers dwelt very forcibly on the evil ten dency of holding benefit society meetings in public houses. The temperance choir sung several select pieces. IMPROVEIIENT3 IN BOLD - STREET.—Amongst the im provements in many:shops in Bold-street that we have noticed lately, thatcof Mr. Ellerbeck, the large and eminent stationer, attracts general attention. The departments are ample, and laid out Eta thl best advantage, showing taste rarely to be met with. People like to be pleased where they lay out money, and here taste, as well as purses, is consulted—in these respects the establish ment in vestion has few (if any) equals in town. Some of the most beautiful, fancy, and other articles we have seen in the line, will be found in this house, which vies with any in the metropolis. FON.EitA.L OF SIR JOHN BRNT.—The funeral of this lamented gentleman took place yesterday morning, when, at half-past 11 o'clock, his remains were conveyed from the family residence,.in Rape-lane, to the new cemetery, Smithdown-lane. The - Superintendence of the funeral was intrusted to the eminent,house of Melsrs. Woolrigla t s of Bold-street, a house Second to none, even in the metropolis, for the excellent and satisfactory arrange- ments which they make in all respects, and in every branch of their extensive business. The funeral appliances furnished by this firm, were in accordance with those of the late Earl of Sefton (furnished by the same firm). ' The coffin was plain black, with a simple inscrip tion. There, were several public bodies, including the licensed victuallers, that expressed themselves anxious to have the. Tutiiral a bublic one, and we understand an application on this point was made to Lady Bent, who, although duly appreciating the compliment, most respect fully declined, as it was her wise, and those of her friends, that the funeral should be as private as possible. The carriage of the Mayor, with about eight or ten other carriages, were in the procession, and a number of gentle men met the coffin at the:chapel of the cemetery. The funPral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Davies, in the most impressive manner, and the body was' consigned to its last resting place, amid general regret. Sir John was much respected and popular in all relativas of life. The arrangements of - Messrs. Woolright gay.e general satisfac tion to the large apd respectable assembly that attended the funeral. THIS DAY, ticnritE ROYAL —ltalian Op r.;,-8 p.ra. kyro.7., AMPHITTTEATRE—DramatIe Perron:twice-7 p•m• 44 , ...t1r0x HALL, Clayton-square—G , rdon Cumming -3 p.m. CoLossßux —General . Entertainment-6.30 p.m. V* cnICAL GARDENA—Grand and Varied Entertainments. 40124iiort CZYSTAL PALACE, Lime-street-10 a.M. to 10 p.m. Gr For particulars .see advertisements. e fkorniPrtit THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS The new Mersey Conservancy Biil, brought in by Sir James Graham on Monday, has been read a tkierd time and passed. This has been the result el the Dock Trustees not presenting any petition uzainst the bill, although they were by no means satisfied with its several clauses. However, as we dye shown in our leading columns, they adopted the only course which they considered would bUnes the town and trade of Liverpool. This day it is expected that a motion will be made to sus pend the standing orders of the House of Lords, so /that the measure may pass into law on ft-morrow, and thus set at rest a long and most expensive seateat between the promoters of the bill and the municipal and dock authorities of Liverpool. in the House of Commons, yesterday, the Matri isoizial causes Bill passed through committee, and *he preamble of the bill was agreed to after some sreaenssion. Mr. Roebuck is determined to poise wain his endeavours to deprive Ireland of its sfice-royalty. He gave notice that on an early day watt session, be weuld move a resolution as to the expediency of abolishing the office of Lord-Lieu .tuant, and also that he would call the attention Ser the House to the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company. Several other bills were advanced a %lege, and the House adjourned. The shares of the Atlantic Telegraph continua Ze Tall. They were heavy yesterday at 350 dis., at even at that rate there were no dealers. It is sail that as soon as the remaining 1001. is paid upon the 1,0001. shares, they will be converted into stock, a change manifestly of advantage to the wadertifking; whereas a share of 1,0001. fully paid arp must consilerably restrict operations either on ire market, and render the whole concern a kind tat monopoly, open to many objections, not the Beast of which is that it might beget the supposi tion that such, an exclusive construction of the capital is not without an object, such as giving an czaclue ietluence and priority of use to the share kidders a reflection not calculated to obtain for ttre undertaking general approval and support. The East India Company it appears does not asdertain much fear respecting the state of affairs In their territory, for they are lending money stead of borrowing. On Tuesday half-a-million stealing - was offered for temporary employ ment. Taken in conjunction with the recent Ministerial announcement that there is no intention at pre cept of propoSing a loan, this circumstance is of importance as indicating that the East India Company are as yet wen provided witii money. it may be assumed that the work of connecting Andia with England by telegraph wires will be cemmenced immediately ; the patronage of the Government has been promised, but the neces wiities of the case, even thee, will only have been - inlet half-way. When we are enabled to learn on Thursday evening, what takes pace at Delhi on Thursday morning, says a London cotemporary, we shall be g in to ask how soon may a th o u san d teerenadiersfrom Aldershot be transplanted to can gate ants in Cawnpore ? It will never .do to :answer that with favourable winds they may reach Bombay in five months, and be in the upper country within three weeks of that time. If news arrives at the end of July that matters went wrong the day before yesterday in the Punjaub, what con solation will it be to re fleet that before the close al January the Die-Hards will be at them in Lahore, especially when we know that our letters a encouragement or condolence to friends will le delivered the second week in September ? We may cautious and economical if we will; but ns remind the public that there is no human reason why, upon Monday evening, a traveller should not leave London• bridge, and, crossing the Channel, step into a railway carriage at Calais, whirl through Europe, pass the Orontes, follow the nplarateF, trace the coast line of Beloochistan, at ad,in fifteen days, dine within hear of the murmurs c the Indus. The plan has actually been selected, the ground surveyed, the acquiescence of the several governments secured, and all but the neces sary energy supplied. The final decision of the Home Secretary, in respect to the condemned culprit at Maidstone, las been forwarded to the authorities, and they will be executed at the gaol tc-:lay ; the removal of 'ox for execution at Canterbury, orrthe representa tion of the Recorder and Sheriff of Canterbury, kavibg been stopped by Sir George Grey. Edwards still maintains his innocence. Spollen; the accused murderer of Mr. Little, seems to be taking a singular ccurse for the purpose of earning for himself additional notoriety, :end replenishing his now exhausted exchequer. Failing to obtain pecuniary aid from the Midland and Great Western Railway authorities, and Mr. 'Ke.nais, the crown solicitor, he has resorted to the 4ripeclient of exhibiting himself at. one of the Dublin theatres, and delivering a personal narative vi his trial. His object, in doing so, he a"tes in en Acirerthiement, to be to obtain kinds to enable him to leave the country Our -temporary, the Freeman's Journal, waxes wroth et; the i lea, and reads the unfortunate man a tec4ure couched in the severest langiage, telling him that the people of Dublin have nenera desire nor the taste to patronise an exhibi ion such as Spollen propos:s. We are no sympathisers with cc e whose innocence of a crime s 9 desperate and too brutal is: so questionable, nevixtheless, it is inpossible to gainsay the fact that the man is liter a starving, and without a singletrienni in the world e aid him in this, his hour of extreme poverty, anguish and.. They who discounte- Ttance this cffurt of Spollen to rid himself 'of- Ireland, would wit, surely, wish to goad him on to ether deeds of desperatior, in order to obtain_ what would barely keep him in life. We should say not. If Spollen is in' earnest, the government mold not do better than - pay his passage. A case such as his is an exceptioh to all general rules, and the paltry sum which would be required for his alpitxiation the veriest enemy he ever had could DOS object to. The proceedings in the Crown Court at the assizes, yesterday, was confined to the trial of the captain, mate, and second mate of the Martha Jane, for the murder of a sailor named Rose, on the high seas, when on the passage from Demerara to Liverpool. We have reported the trial at full length. Although ably defended by Mr. Monck, Q.O , and Mr. Aspinall, the jury convicted all the prisoners of wilful murder, but accompanied their verdict with a recommendation to mercy. The prisoners heard their doom with comparative indif ference. The learned judge, Baron Watson, having assumed the black cap, proceeded in very aff,:cting terms, to pass sentence of death, intimating that he would forward the jury's recommendation to the proper quarter, but admonished the unhappy men to be earnest in their prepara tion for the fate which awaited them. On being removed from the dock they each went away with a quick and firm step, as if desirous to shun the scrutinizing gaze of the multitudes who crowded the court. On the verdict and sentence becoming known in St. George's Hall, which was three parts full of spectators unable to obtain admittance to the court, a. loud and general burst of applause broke forth—an unmistakable evidence that they cordially concurred in the result of the trial. There is no news of the least interest from France this morning. A good understanding has been re-established on the question of the Moldavian elections ; and Austria and England have advised the Sultan to annul the late and order new elections. The Berlin Bourse Gazette pretends to be well informed in announcing, in a letter from Ham burgh, the intention of the British Government again to form a foreign legion, and to establish again a recruiting depot at Heligoland. This in tention, it says, has become appardht from unmis takeable facts. Our recent information of efforts concentrated by the Russian Government on its navy is con_ firmed by another announcement. That Govern ment has now ordered, in France and England, a considerable number ofscrew-propellers for vessels of war. Prince Daniel of Montenegro, whose autocratic intentions became early conspicuous, is engaged in fuming a regular army. No regular army has as yet existed among these hardy and independent mountaineers. By telegraph we have a brief announcement o serious religious disturbances at Tunis. We ar,?, in hourly expectation of the steamer Kangaroo, from New York, with one day's later news. IT is not the first time that we have had to head a paragraph—' Wanted, a Magistrate." Yesterday was the last occasion on which we were compelled to make a few brief remarks respecting the non-attendance of the unpaid magistracy of the borough. In a community like that of Liverpool, where almost every in habitant is more or less dependent upon business of one kind or another for a means of living, "time is money." Any waste of that time is so much pecuniary loss to the individual who is compelled to squander it. The grievance becomes still greater and much more intolerable when he loss is the result of positive neglect and indifference on the part of certain persons who cannot be called to account for their conduct in causing innocent people to misuse and waste ime which might be usefully and profitably employed. Of all grounds of complaint which exist on this matter, the non-attendance of the un paid and honorary Magistrates of the Borough is the greatest and the most reprehensible. These gentlemen, in accepting the office, feel a kind of pleasure in affixing J.P. after their names, The office is one of coveted distinc tion, and he is considered a fortunate gentleman, in a society like Liverpool, to be honoured with Her Majesty's Commission of the Peace. Con sidering, then, the honour which that commis sion confers, and the dignity with which it invests its recipients, we contend that all who claim to be Borough Magistrates should not shirk the performance of theirmagisterial duties, but he punctual in their attendance at the Police Court, whenever it is their turn upon the Roaster." The Borough Magistrates, according to arrangements made some time ago, agreed to take all the civil cases, namely, dock informa tions, smoke nuisance prosecutions, &c., &c., whilst our worthy stipendiary, Mr. MANSFIELD, should hear and adjudicate upon all cases of felony, and matters requiring a study of law, and involving nice points of legal disputation. Such an arrangement is perfectly unobjection able, and if carried out, would work for the advantage of all parties having occasion to frequent our police-courts on business. Some how or other, the arrangement has not been properly acted upon, and what is the conse quence !) Why, simply this : parties deeply engaged in business are obliged to attend the Court from day to day, wasting time and are put to needless expense in defending and prosecut ing their case, because the unpaid magistracy will not attend in due time, or, if present, become timorous and afraid to adjudicate upon cases which they have investigated, and heard the evidence pro and con. 'Ells is a state of things which cannot be endured. It reflects little credit upon the Magisterial Bench- of Liverpool, and should cause the authorities to take the matter into their most: *serious consi- deration. -With regard to the causes of complaint of non-attendance on the part of the magistrates, our police reports of the Smoke Nuisance cases, in this day's NORTHERN TIMES, will give our readers the particulars. These cases were origi nally heard by two of the Borough magistrates, after extreme difficulty had been encountered in obtaining a Bench. Taey heard - the evidence, but were unwilling to deliver judgment, and wished that Mr. MAN.FIELD would undertake that duty. This was a most unusual, and, by no means, modest request. That gentleman refused to have anything to do with the case, and grounded his objections on the fact that he had made arrange ments to hear criminal cazes only ; and, in the second place, because he had more cases than he could then . well attend to. The case was postponed, much to the annoyance of the parties concerned; and, although Mr. M'GowAN battled hard to cilatain judgment, and IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. [By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. NEW MEMBER. The Sneaker took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. Major Edwards took the oaths and his seat for Beverley, in the room of Mr. E. A. Glover unseated on petition. PRIVATE BUSINESS . The Lords' amendments to the Eastern Bengal Railway Company Bill and the Scinde Railway Company Bill were considered and agreed to. Baroness Windsor's Estate Bill and the Duke of Bridgewater's Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. IMPRISONNIENT FOR DEBT. Mr. Hadfield wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the government intended to bring in a bill next session of parliament to abolish impri sonment for debts contracted without fraud ? Sir G. Grey said the subject was under consideration, but he could make no promise. BISDIOP BINDS. Mr. Griffith gave notice that on Friday he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, now that Bishop Blomfield's pension had fallen in, he was disposed to grant a peuslon to Dr. Hinds, late Bishop of Norwich. LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND, Mr. Roebuck gave notice that early next session he should call attention again to the subject of the Lord- Lieutenancy of Ireland, and propose a plan of his own for the government of Ireland, which, in one word, would be by the establishment of another Secretary of State. He should also call attention to the subject of the rela tions between this country and the Hudson's Bay Company. SALE OF OBSCENE BOOKS PREVENTION BILL, The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, Mr. Roebuck] demanded some explanation as to the course to be taken with regard to this bill. He could not allow it to proceed further, unless he received a promise that further guards wiuld b 2 taken against the provisions of the bill being abused, such as that there should be an overt act sworn to before a search warrant could issue. Sir E. Perry, who had charge of the bill, said he had already adopted the suggestion that the jurisdiction under this bill should be vested in two justices instead of one, and he was quite ready to assent to the other two sugges tions—namely, that an act of sale should be sworn to before the issue of a warrant, and that there should be an appeal to quarter sessions from the decision of the one or two magistrates who might act in the first instance. At the proper time he should bring up clauses for carrying out these two suggestions. Mr. Ayrton proposed to insert an amendment in line 14 of clause 1, with the view of providing that the offensive prints should be exhibited for gain to justify the issue of a warrant. Mr. Roebuck, in supporting the amendment, adverted to a letter of Lord Brougham, referring to the petition of four poor men, presented to the House of Lords by Lord Lyndhurst, wherein it was stated that they had been fined Queen Elizibuth's shilling, by certain justices, for non attendance at church. They had been brought before the justices on a charge of poaching, but that charge failing, the justices interrogated them as to their religious duties, and finding that they had not been to church on the previous Sunday, fined them accordingly. He mentioned this letter in order to show that a man might be brought up under one act and convicted on another. Now if the greatest precautions were not taken this bill might be perverted in the same way. After a few words from Sir G. Grey, who did not object to the spirit of the amendment, the cause was altered as proposed. Clause one was agreed to after the insertion of some other amendments, as were also the other two clauses of the bill. Mr. Joseph Locke moved to insert the following clause, viz. :—" That any person aggrieved by any act or deter mination of any magistrate or justices of the peace out of sessions, in or concerning the execution of this act, may appeal to the next General or Qiarter Sessions for the county, riding, division, city, borough, or place in and for which such magistrate or justices of the peace whose act or de erminations shall be appealed against,. notice in writing of such appeal, and of the grounds thereof, within seven days after such act or determination, and before the next general or quarter sessions, and entering within such seven days into a recognisance, with sufficient surety, before a justice of the peace for the county or place in which such act or determination shall have taken'place, personally to appear and prosecute such appeal, and to abide the order of, and pay such costs as shall be awarded by the justices at such quarter sessions, or any adjournment thereof, and the court at such general or quarter sessions shall hear and determine the matter of such appeal, and shall make such order therein as shall to the s lid court seem meet ; and such court, upon hearing and finally determining such appeal, shall and may, according to their discretion, award such costs to the party appealing or appealed against, as they shall think proper. And if such appeal be dismissed or decided against, the appellant may order the articles seized to be forthwith destroyed." This clause was agreed to, and orderel to be added to the bill. The house then resumed, and the bill was reported with amendments. The bill to be reprinted. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BALL. The house then went into committee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, and clauses were pro posed by the Attorney-Gmeral, in accordance with an agreement entered into on the previous day, and added to the bill without opposition. The clauses respectively provided for the establishment of local courts, and enacted that a husband may obtain damages for the adultery of his wife from the adulterer, by the verdict of the jury in the new court—the money to be applied to the children, or for the support of the married woman—and related to the constitution of the court. The Attorney-General moved a clause, providing that a clergyman who consci• ously objected to celebrate the marriages of divorced persons should not have power to withhold the use of his church for the solemnisation of such marriages by a clergyman not holding similar objections. Mr. Malins considered that clergymen would object as much to give up their churches to the performance of the ceremony, as to solemnise the marriage themselves. Sir G. Grey had understood the objection of the clergy to apply only to be compelled to read certain passages in the marriage service Over divorced persons: Some further discussion having taken place, the com mittee divided, For the clause Against it 33 Majority.— '4O After further discussion some other amendments were withdrawn. The preamble was then agreed to. The chairman reported progress. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday. MI :CELLANEOUS BUSINESS. The Burial ' Acts Amendment Bill, the Married Women's Reversionary Interest Bill, and the Valuation of Land (Scotland) Bill, ;were considered and agreed to. The amendments made by the Peers to the Joint Stock Company's Bill were taken into consideration, and the compromise proposed by the Lard Chancellor in regard to the Tipperary Bank was accepted, -The Mersey Conservancy (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lords Amendment to the Lunatics ' (Scot land), and the Boundaries of Boroughs Extension Bill were considered and some of them were agreed to.• The house adjourned at, five o'clock. WHffst i i s ns C t O nt M ? lN w q hy to LIVERPOOL on the THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN? THAT'6 TB.E QUESTION, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS• By British and Irish Iffagnetie Telegraph FRANCE. Our latest advices from Paris, under date of last night (Wednesday), we learu the following The Three per Cents. closed at 67f. The Pope arrived at Florence yesterday. The King of Sweden is gradually sinking. The Cabinet of Berlin desires to bring the affair of the Duchies before the Diet at the ear liest possible period. It was strongly reported in Paris that friendly relations would be very shortly resumed between Naples and the Western. Powers. IRELAND. MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. WATERFORD, WEDNESDAY, 10 P.M. The Royal Agricultural Society's dinner was given here this day ; Lord Waterford in the chair. The number of visitors to the festival wat exceedingly numerous, consisting of the principal members of the aristocracy and gentry for many miles around. Amongst the nobility was Lord Waterford, the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Clancarty, General Roberts, Lord Carew, &c. The Lord Mayor, and several of the notabili ties addressed the large and enthusiastic assemblage. Throughout the whole of the proceedings, the utmost unanimity prevailed, everything passing off with the greatest eclat. DISTURBANCES AT TUNIS. The following telegraphic despatch, published in the Paris journals, reports another serious disturbance at Tunis : " TUNIS, AUG. 12. "A dervise, having in the public streets de nounced an Israelite as a blasphemer, the ; populace fell upon the unfortunate Jew, who was, however, rescued from their hands, and taken for safety to the Bourse, but the populace broke into the building, and knocked to pieces everything they could lay ,their hands upon. They then went to the offices of the Messagaries, crying ' Death to'the Jews,' Death to tht Franks.' The French Consul went in all haste to the Bey at Marsa, and de• manded troops for the protection of European life and property. The greatest excitement prevails in the town." Another despatch says : ‘• The Christians themselves have been threat ened. Several persons were killed. The British Consulate was insulted. Military measures for repressing the revolt were taken very tardily." THEATRE ROYAL. "FRA DIAVOLO." Last night there was a tolerably full house to se e Auber's popular opera " Fra Diavolo" in an Italian dress. Additions have been made to the original score to suit it for the Italian stage, which have been grafted on the original stock wi th cut any juncture being discoverable. The principal of there additions is a bravora:for Zig/at ip the second act, brilliantly executed by Madame Bodo and some ballet music at the commencement of the third. What music could be heard was admirably sung in spite of the disappointment apologised for before the e opera began. Mad'lle Parepa was suffering under severe attack of sudden cold, and indulgence was asked on behalf of Mad'lle_Nantier Didiee, who had at short notice , undertaken to read the part rather than the opera should be changed. Apology was scarcely needed ; for in all the essential parts, Especially in the first act, she sang and acted with the greatest ease, and a dramatic effect equa l , to the other perform ers — an d t h at i s saying a great de al but the performance throughout was rather the broadest comedy than opera. Roneoni as Mi/ordo, as comical ne Liston ; Tagliafico as Beppo, wonderfully . . mado up ; and Zelger as - Giacomo, less disguised but not less character istic, kept the house in a roar of laughter, which pre vented a great deal of the music being heard. This was especially the case in the bedroom scene while Mdlle Rosiet a charming Zerlina, was undressing and singing. As a piec e of acting, Zelger, Tagliafico, and Gardona, in their peeping from the closet were equal, if not superior, to anything ever seen on any stage. We are quite at a loss to under; stand the London critics on Gardoni's " want of spirit' in " Fra Diavolo." Last night he looked, acted, and SX 9 B the character better than any one we have seen for aloog • time. Signor Neri Baralda made a very good Beigadieri' and was encored in his solo at the commencement of th e third act. When we havo to complain of the compose r destroying his own music by the laughable situations i ° which he frequently places his characters, we can scarcely complain of the audience following such a ° example, in the absurd custom of " receptions," to which we referred yesterday. But last night the receptions of Madame Bosio and Msd'ale N. Didiee occurred in the midd le of concerted pieces, and were more uproarious thau O'e r ; We must again lilt up our hand s aga i nst i t, as really en I . l ' compliment to the singer, and a complete destruction of the illusion admirers of the opera wish to keep up, and whfal l is also the object of the singers themselves. To-nigh t , Madlle. Victoire Balfe appears in retina, in " La Sohne°l - and unless Aladlle. Parepa's illness should nocens l. " tale an alteration, " L'Elisir d'amore" will be compeers e '' into one act for her and Signor Neri Baraldi. THE AmpfirrnEATßE.--Mr. ;Barry Sullivan took 111 : benefit last night, and, as might be expected, had a O f house. He played Claude Ifelnotte, in "The Lady ° Lyons ;'' and William, in " Black Eyed Susan." MISS BALFE.—Some years ago —we need not atteoo - recollect how many—when this lady was a mere g irV she took part in a concert at the Theatre Royal, Belfast' On her turn arriving to sing, she exhibited so In ue° - nervous trepidation that, for Mlle little tihae, her ticaidil prevented her facing the audience, till, being encourag e , by one and another of the artists, includingthe vetera`i. Hobbs, and Mrs. Lennon. ,(nrevioubly Miss Cassidli e Liverpool) she suddenl y excla i med, " Faith the life ' s out of me," went on th.tt stage, sang, and pleased s o m uch 0 0t she was encored. This was her Debat. HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE. PARIS, WE D NESDAY: f ner Majesty Queen V i ctori a an d . the P r i nce ConsoU accompanied by the elder royal children, arrived in t! '; royal yacht Victoria and Albert before Cherbourg Ye ste n v i day, and were saluted by a salvo from the batterieo artillery • • ' 4 '