Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-04 00:00:00

,Ms. re'' AUSTRIA. w en:l "NA, Apail 30.—Abo u t 24 hours ago another pt to mediate was made by the British govern ,i,r_ent, but it was en ti re l y f ru itl ess . B e fO re p ar li a m en t 'or dissol ve d i t was told b y m i n i sters that a final t would be made to maintain peace, but, 20:rtlinatel for its own dignity, the British na - 'mew , has not kept the promise given to the Chl°l_!; " The English Cabinet," said a person eraPt tO me this morning, "is unable to realise w ar 'act that the war has begun, for if it ti e ' e it would cease to bring forward proposi eitiela which neither France, Austria, nor Sardinia f a „ e ,r, Will or can accept." The excessive, the c a tteal love of peace displayed by the Lords toe - j e Y and Malmesbury is one of the principal Gems of conversation in diplomatic circles, and a k a "an statesman yesterday observed that her th e ' lest Y's Ministers appeared to be labouring under f er empressi on th a t th e man w h o h a d co mpleted the Ifieations at Cherbourg had a legitimate right to t Y h tl 'wn the law for the whole of Europe. " Let ot have a fair trial of strength with our enemies," a o Lae Austrians, " until the weather renders e ah e operations impossible, when the diplomatists viii„ a gaul take the field." The Marquis de Ban ite,tlle French Chare.6 d'Affaires at this Court, . 1 1ued t o h ave qu itt e d Vienna this evening, but t o said to have received instructions by telegraph the r „ ° l_tPone his departure. It is known here that the 4,000 men were employed in clearing away ebb 11 ;w on Mount Cenis, the French troops were th e e d t° leave their baggage and artillery behind Lill e Durin g the whole of yesterday the city was b et . '" with alarming reports _from the seat of war, 4 di i at eleven o'clock this morning the best informed 8 0 Inatist s did no t positively know whether the ee e : r iaa troop s h a d crossed the Ticino. They, how it t , believed that there had been a collision, ad ecl with • great loss of life, ,at the tete to P ont of Buffalora. Being driven almost 110 0 : "Pair by the conflicting reports, I at „ waited on a person who must ne tee i h r t7 know what has occurred, and he assured bee n I. II P to nine o'clock last night no blood had , fi s "ed. The Austrian troops have crossed the eii t h ao, but a s th ey a d vance th e S ar dinians fall back, Ilt offering any opposition. It is by no means kaPr °o bable th a t th e recen t events in Tuscany, el ta s : a, and Carrara will induce the Austrians to t o . tb ge their plan of operation, and to return rei o r left bank of the Ticino. It is stated that co lu °r eements have recently been sent to An -00; and Bologna, but it strikes me that this fro lt elli pleat would do well to recall its troops loa le , ln eona without a moment's delay. Their tr oo : s ald of the sea enables the French to land kthewherever they please on the west coast of the tr oo at 'e, and the line of retreat of' the Austrian tut in Ancona is, therefore, in danger of being at Af t ; French troops are said to have disembarked 4 Ma ssa but the news' requires confirmation. The to t i P i er er sent, by electric teleeTah, an invitation kid i e. Grand Duke of Tuscan to come to this city, is Imperial Highness has accepted it. Should e e ;; ;L ue a revolution in the Roman States, his Holi is , - „ l _,e Pope is not likely td seek refuge here, as he .4 4 7 r qe d vue by the French commandr. The van the-1.1 of the Austrian forces, which have crossed Ticin o , is composed of the regiments of the line, leg of the Belgians (Sty r i an ), G r and Duke a ba i el (Hung ar i an ), A rc hd u k e St e ph en (G a li c ian), ttla e of tem 13th battalion of Jager. The 10th battalion ager is now said to be in Dalmatia. Only one pas senger train leaves Vienna for Trieste in the brse g of the day, as a corps of 40,000 men is now forwarded to the Illyrian or maritime coast. Arse von Wimpffen, who has the command of the ii- 4. 1 3 5, will probably have his head-quarters at Gorice. ° last mail has been received in Austria for the,last three days. e `-'oliut Bille-Brahe, the Danish Minister at this R •r i t , has rece i ve d th e pos iti ve assurance from his bWesetwerpll. n ,,ment that no alliance has been conclude d ti Prance and Denmark. The correctness of containing information relative to the indeed 4 7. e i tween France and Russia has been, and ray aw s k li'l is, questioned in Berlin and Paris, but Pani c 7:". ! _erity is perfectly unexceptionable. The fow which has prevailed in this city for the last th at "Ys, is increasing, and it is no matter of wonder tel atp s a ll en is the case. Yesterday it was generally raee and even in Government circles, that 500 th e Old been killed and wounded at the taking of tak e L'age of Buffalora, but Government does not Offi n - trouble to contradict the false report. 'th e -er s of rank even m en tioned the names of some of that °t„u eers who had fallen, but still my statement tore ° bload had been shed up to nine o'clock yes -37 evening is perfectly correct. THE ELECTIONS. o A tin E L , r J ohn Russell appeared on Monday on the has tot7n-tvat Huntingdon ,to nominate Mr. Heatheote for the h; !ion Star exposes a new species of electoral intimida eards a , firm of wholesale drapers in the city having sent ritz `° their customers in Suffolk, soliciting votes for Sir i°3' I hre leTi°ll. RIOT AT CALNR. —A very serious riot occurred it ig Saturday night after the close of the poll, and which the r , e ,, a ,l'ed will end in the death of at least one person. On forw - a 7,7enient of Captain Marshall, Mr. Henly was put t ePo to oppose the Right Hon. R. Lowe, and, as already mllZted by telegram, the result was the defeat of Mr ol l y The result of the poll seemed greatly to excite a te kitr ° l per sons w h o h a d co ll ec t e d i n the town, and a row Ititb, ell eed, which the police endeavoured to quell, but agh t -t it effect. The mob attacked them, and a regular to ensued, c ensued, in which the police used their staves Parti,. re elY• On man who is said to have been no to --. Patur in the riot, bnt who was endeavouring ley e r r s , lade hi s so n to go home, received such Poli c e injuries on the head (it is said from the the man's truhcheon) that he was carried home insensible, said pe'd streaming from his head and ears. His case is The „%° ,_be a very serious one. Others were much hurt. Aoli e ''9 o became perfectly enraged at this, attacked the th e ., 7 . i n force, and drove them into the Town-hall, where w e ir:- Pt the m prisoners for two hours, but eventually they the b r ,,` 4 1 ,. The mob then demolished every pane of glass in offien o - ',tee station, smashed the windows of Mr. Clarkson's ktbe agent of Mr. Lowe, and Lord Lansdowne's 'ttt n ar), and kept the town in terror until a very late hour ?olif„i'''t. Mr. Lowe was not seen in Caine at all on the ti , b - ` 4 3 day. It is said he went to London by an early train. fo r ": , 11 riotous proceeding has not been known in the town Lcing period NOMINATIONS. - w. -Al e xander and Acton nominated•, poll de 41„nded. oux.---Fagan, Beamish, Wood, and Carroll nominated; "A demanded. b '„AateacKFEuGus.---Macmeehan and Torrens nominated; ," demanded. ‘, " „ II MBARTONSIITRE.—Bontiae and Smollett nominated; ,-.titt demanded. +4A.ST SURREY. tOli d emanded. t,,,,t P ed n m sit a r n u d E ed ......_welnyss and Loughborough nomina ted4l. Low ---Longfield and Norris nominated; - I, 4 ded. ?rnTu LEIcEsTER.---Manners, Frewen, and Hartop "Muated ; poll demanded. ta r' tFIT KENT.---Holmsdale, Faulkner, Martin and Whet . ( 1 ) 1 nominated ; poll demanded. Of fifty county nominations in England and Wales M onday and Tuesday, a poll has been demanded in only gut cases i ti ?u Tuesday there was not a single polling booth open in Vaud and Wales. t ile poll will commenen in four English counties this day. I) CLOSE OF THE POLLS. IYM PRIEi.—Ewart 432, Walker 403. R G , W E MBERS RETURNED. 11 E -Finlay. rtsuir.m.- Bouverte, Walker, and Vernon. u htintr .pouswinE.—York, Ball, and D eane. E- ( "•^lxox.- Knox. t" Gl x•—Duff. p um s . xiLLEN.—Cole. Colebrooke. leaTu Norrs.—Dennison and Clinton. II LANCASHIRE.—Patten and Hartington. solPoLtsixtuE.- Mont g omery. s z u Tn Wxnwlcx. - Shirley and Mordaunt. Lockart. e ; GTu vili.—Dunbar. xoro,,ieraine, North um b er l an d (S ou th), Rutland, Shropshire, tu t ` n r,liampshire, N or th W o rcestershire, East Sussex,. shi re ‘4 7 r marthenshire, Tralee, Wilts (North), Som erset. est), Staffordshire (South), Cumberland (Ea st ) , u (North), and Essex (North). King, Alcock, and Cleasby nominated poll de- THE NORTTIERN TlMkg, WEDSIBbA.Y, MAY 4 1859 the calculation is, that " should the election of the Vice-President be thrown into the Senate, with the BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS The monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held in the Public Offices, Hamilton-square, at seven o'clock last evening. Mr. Laird presided; and the other niambers present were Messrs. Rae, Bell, Baylis, Gough. Hind, M'Whirter, Cook, Bailiff, M'Gill, M'Donald, Golborne, Verelst, Burnett, and Keightley. election of the President in the House, there can be no doubt that the democratic candidate would be promptly elected Vice-President, from which event he would, in default of an election by the House, become President of the United States." It is thus, then, that the "vaulting ambitiOn" of the people " o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other." In this state of things, it is deemed probable that not a candidate for the Presidency, but a candidate for the. Vice-Presidency will have the best chance of being declared President of the United States in 1861,--the. _ _ LIGHTING AND WATCHING COMMITTRIL These proceedings did not contain anything of im- portance. Mr. Golhorne moved that they be confirmed, which was agreed to MAItICTS COMMITTEZ. Mr. M•\Vhirter moved the confirmation of the proceeding: of this committee. The motion was agreed to. HEALTH COMMITTEE. election itself taking place in November, 1860. There is a good deal of absolutism in the States' constitutions, notwithstanding the great boast about free institutions. The State of New York is illustra _ . Mr. Bradley, in moving the adoption of the proceedings, stated, that a proposition of the board, with regard to the sewerage arrangements for the abatement of the Palm Grove nuisance, had been laid before the Oxton authorities, but no answer had yet been received. Dr. Baylis proposed that a special meeting be called for the second Tuesday in June, in order to consider the pro priety of adopting the whole, or part of the local act of 1858 ; and that the health and road improvement com mittees, be constituted a special committee, to report upon such part or parts of the act as they might think it desirable to adopt. The motion was agreed to, and the proceedings con firmed. • ting this very forcibly just now. The Legislature is proceeding to force another new Charter upon the city of New York, against' its will, of which it is declared, I observe, that "changes of the most sweeping nature are proposed in the organic law of the city glvernment, without consulting either the people who are to be governed by it or the authori ties who represent them. Not even has the public notice been given," it is added, " which is required by law. There has been no petition from the citizens of New York for this new charter; and to impose it upon them without their consent is an odious tyranny and an outrage upon three-quarters of a million of people in this democratic republic. ROAD IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. ' • The proceedings of the road improvement committee were confirmed. Such absolutism is more suited to the atmosphere of FINANCE CONNIITTETI St. Petersburgh or Vienna than to the free air of the The proceedings - of this committee contained the follow ing resolutions : " That for the future the expenses for refreshments at the elections do not exceed one pound." " That the several balances in the bank at the credit of the devisable surplus fund account for 1856 and 1857, be transferred to the improvement account." " That the chairman of the board be requested to nego tiate with the Mersey Dock-board for the investment of the reserved interest fund account, now amounting to £8,500 " That the sum of £10,254 be now set aside out of the surplus of the township accounts, as made up to this date, to pay the interest which will accrue on the bonded debt of the township for the half years ending 30th June and 31st December next." Mr. Keightley moved that the proceedings be confirmed. Mr. Rae said, in rising to second the adoption of the finance committees proceedings, perhaps the board would be glad that he should mention a little more iu detail than the minutes exhibited them the financial results which the affairs of the past year disclosed. .It had usually fallen to his lot for some years past to bring before the board the financial position of the township, but he could truly state that he never approached the subject with the same donee of pleasure and gratification as that night, becatise,for the first time in the history of the township, he could say with perfect truth and honesty that they were able to make bottle end, meet. (Hear, hear.) They had laid aside out of the surplus revenues of the township a sum sufficient to pay the interest upon the whole bonded debt for the present year. The committee found, upon making up their accounts upon ,•, commercial metropolis of the United States." Such, however, is the arbitrary way in which legislative power can be exercised, even under a thor oughly democratic system. As regards the enormous expense to be incurred, indeed, the numbers that prevail over property and intelligence in the electors, feel it so slightly, in comparison, that they don't care much about it. Another description of it is thus given,— "This precious charter, which is a co:nplete usurpa tion of municipal rights, confounds all the distinc tions between legislative and executive functions — it legislates men into office and out of office, in violation of the c9nstitution—it continues in an elective office till 1863 an officer whose term expires o a the Ist of January next—it takes the legislative control out of the hands of the Common Council, and vests paramount power in the hands of its subordinates—it takes out of the hands of the Mayor the power of removing the head of a department for any cause whatever, so that each may do , with impunity whatever he thinks fit. The salaries, which have increased from $200,000 in 1850 to $700,000 in the present year, are to be still further increased by an annual stipend to the Common Council. Worst of all, this charter proposes to tax the citizens of New York without their consent. It was in resistance of this principle that the people of Boston threw the British tea into the harbour, and that the revolutionary war commenced which resulted in the independence of the colonies and the republic of the United States. And it the 23rd of las lighting and wat expenses of charges upon that rate, £2,105 of sewerage rate account they had £2,490, improvement rate they had morning they received from theft, accounts had been made up ter paying all the ordinarN At the credit At credit of t seems for the as if nothing less than revolution will suffi conquest of the freedom and independence of the city of New York." So that republicanism, after all, is not either that system of freedom, indepen dence, or contentment which in England. I believe, with large bodies of the people, is so readily believed. The Mayor of New York heading a protestation against the charter, it has for the present been abandoned. Renewed excitement has arisen on the subject of Cuba. The impatience of the people to get a footing there becomes more and more violent. The popularity of such au acquisition is universal. It is generally believed—and this belief has had a most exciting effect—that a filibustering expedition has very lately sailed for Cuba, although very secretly and stealthily. The grounds of this belief are thus stated in New York,—" In the first place, several Cuban filibusters have suddenly disappeared from the city, and nobody can even guess where they are gone, unless it be on the expedition in question. Secondly, there is great excitement among the merchants here who do business with Havannah, and it is evident they believe there is something in the wind.' Thirdly, the Spanish Minister and Spanish Consuls have sent despatches to the Captain General of Cuba, apprising him of the sailing of the expedition. Indeed, so important does the Spanish Minister consider the matter, that he has come on here from Washington specially about it. Lastly, the well known General Goicouria, the head of the Cuban filibusters here, sailed suddenly, it is said, in the Cahawba, for New Orleans, and probably for Cuba. He was seen to go on.board and not come ashore again." These are certainly suspicious circumstances. And there is no doubt that they are credited by those who have the best opportunity of judging of their probability, if not also of testing their truth. A very short time, however, will bring forth some manifestation of the expedition—if there be one—which will set the Saturc committee, after the £3,800 These various sums amounted to a total of £10,276; and as the interest upon th would amount, less income tax, to £10,254, they were enabled, as he had just stated, to lay that sum aside, and to have a very slight balance, £22, over and above it. (Hear, bear.) Now, bethought that statement must be very grati fying, and very instructive, to many members of the board, who had watched the progress of the township for the last few years. He did not need to go beyond his own experi ence to perceive a contrast, which was a highly flattering one to them all. Ten years ago—a short, time in the life of a township---their debt was larger than it was at present, bUt with the aggravation that they had not then paid my inter at that time, ever be able to pay any more upon it had five different classes of 1- separate priorities over different rates, and offering for the,Court of Chancery which, if it ever had got in ther he believed would not have been settled in the presen very Litt hope that At that time they ach claiming generation. They had no title to their park lanas , had sold a very large quantity of them at very excellent prices, but they found when they came to convey them that before they could do so they would have a trill £60,000 to pay to the Park Trustees, which he hardly needed to tell them they were no more capable of doing than they were of paying off the national debt. (Hear, hear.) At the same time, the Woodside Ferry, the most magnificent property of the township, was within eighteen months of passing from the hands of the township altogether, from their utter inability to, pay the debt then owing upon it of £44,000. They had an agreement with the Railway Company, under which they paid the company one-third--not of the nett profits of the Monks' Ferry, for that would have been a good deal less than nothing—but one-third of the gross receipts of that unfortuhate purchase in addition to that involvement, they were in debt in eve inz sum of _. They were in debt for the salaries of their officers; the credit of the place was completely gone ; and, he believed, in all England, they could not have raised £lOO. Now, if they took into consideration that state of matters and compared it with their financial position at the - ii- f direction matter at rest, as respects the question of fact or no fact,—though not, perhaps, as regards its ultimate issues, for which we must make up our minds to wait a little. I find that the United States' Government have succeeded in accomplishing the establishing of diplomatic relations with Japan. It is now under stood, that the commissioners to exchange the ratifications of the treaty made by Mr. Townsend Harris have already been appointed, and their arrival at Washington may be expected before the next Congress meets. It is said that the Commission is to bo of the highest character, the commissioners having ranks above an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, and the entourage of the location will, of course, be in harmony with its A Japanese of high rank counts his servants by the thousands, and a councillor of State has ten thousand followers. Well has one of the -- : 1 —" What a flutter such a train present moment, he thought, as he nan sum °mole, (dia. the contrast could not fail to be very gratifying to them all. (Hear, hear.) He had already stated that they had in hands £10.254, to pay the interest upon their bonded debt for the whole of the present year. The next item w cOO in hand to the credit of the reserved interest Ot, That sum, the board would recollect, was laid as._ year as a fund for the purpose of any deficiency which mi 6 thereafter arise in the payment of interest of debt owing ti the bondholders, but they were satisfied in the finance committee, that they should have no occasion nereaiter to apply to that fund for such a purpose, so they had, very ' properly as he thought, determined to invest it in a form which would produce a higher rate of interest to the town ship, than the money would bear if it were lying to their credit in the bank ; -and the security in which it would be invested was, he thought, one of the very finest in England—the bonds of the Mersey Docks and Harbour board.—(hear, hear) --- and, at the same time, perhaps, the most appropriate which they could have selected. It was a mere mite to the Mersey Board, their little offering of £8,500 ; but he had no•doubt that, mite as it was, it would be received in the same friendly and neighbourly spirit •as it would be tendered. (Hear, hear.) The next item was the ,sure of £5,500 ; which was to the credit of the new I boats' fund, which was a fund accumulated at the ferry, and dignity would make in New York ! How the aldermen would vote all sorts of resolutions to show them the institutions ! How the Fifth-avenue magnates would quarrel as to who should have the honour of giving them the first party ! How the Orientals themselves would gaze and wonder at the aldermen, and the small politicians, and the expansive crino lines ! And finally, this for the ladies, how odd it would be if some young American lady, fresh from boarding school, should captivate the Japanese Minister, and set up her establishment in the capital of Japan !" The Common School system is being denounced by the Romish hierarchy in different parts of the United States. The Archbishop of New York, and the Archbishop of Cincinnati, have recently issued pastoral letters upon the subject. The system is, by implication, set forth as the main cause of t 1 ..—.. . meantime no good is being done to the morals of the community, and especially of the more youthful portion of it, by the revelations that are being made, from day to day, of the gross immoralities, not to -C year Ihey say indecencies, which appear to have prevailed among .14. any the parties implicated in the transactions that have . aria to be referred to. It is considered that on neither 'tad side of this exciting case have counsel distinguished , e pc" . themselves. There has been, with both one and the _ al , - ng other, a prevalence of circumlocution, of prolixity , w i th he veer and of encumbrance, in the manner of proceeding, ,orpor- 'l, C u nworthy even of the American bar. Excitement anted o 4 as to the result has in a great measure died away. die te h The next mail will probably convey the tidings a cross die ti T the Atlantic, where, we take it for granted, ther dad neaps II LIE 4 is a certain degree m ra of interest about it. --e \ of ad They are speculating, I see, that the election o' ,ped int been ,- ha as next President and Vice-President may be thrown use of their own money to educate their ch ildren in pr ip • ;64 into Congress. The constitution of the United States their own way, and the despotic syste m of some in it provides that if no candidate for President shall havea I European Governments, under which young vh received a majority of the electoral vote of the Union, men are obliged to serve a term in th ne wi ': at t 1 then, from the three highest candidates from the army, to be preferable to the manner in which they electoral 's colleges, " the House of Representatives are allowed to idle about in great cities. This is 3Tt 'he hr shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. much the same view as the Protestant Episcopal, or But in choosing the President, the votes shall be Anglo-American Church takes of it ; and, during the last two or three years, this Church has done a ye ag n boi taken by States, the representatives from each State having one vote, and a majority of all the States great deal, in some of the dioceses, in providing&tenet: ........ _ and with, it had betin for many years in a state of utter pro e.aorn.ei shall be necessary to a choice." Next, it is provided schools of its own, which its youth may have the ~,ration. They were taken to parliament much against 'would ever arise to shake that confident©. (T h ica.r. he their will, over and over ae-ain, and involved in heavy Ha hoped the board would pardon him t 'N e r in 1 1 ( i a tO ing ste b the that if the House of Representatives shall not choose opportunity of attending, in preference to the Coin- . a President before the fourth day of March next fol- mon Schools, where there is not, and cannot be, any inheritance of debt, along dreary list of open debts, which, difficulties they . had had to conten with, parliamentary. expenses ; but, above all, they had an into these details, as lie thought it d due and the position 1 distinctive religious instruction. The Romanists of as they all recollected, hampered their resources for many they were now . m. Hear, hear.) lowing, the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other consti- New York have memoralised the Board of Educatioa years, down to the present year. But, happily he could say The proceedincs were then confirmed. he requesting that the children of their Church', now, that the very last of them had been paid . off, and i E ERILY COMMITTEE. tutional disability of the President. The whole number of States is 34 ; the number neces- entrusted to the guardianship of the Board shall, in hoped they bad seen the last of that sort ofd hing for goo . sary to an election is thus 18—a majority . of all matters a ertainince to religion, be lac A pp , p e— on a N t (Hear hear.) The inference he would raw from that to the followir,g effect : for the month : t 'f affairs was that, if in spite of all the difficulties they " That the; superinending engineer be reques p the whole. Maryland, Illinois, and Minnesota are footing of equal consideration and respect withg boat of 100 horse had aae b. o ld to encounter, they had been enabled, in the course, pare specifi cations ef t s new The proceerLnlcs of this committee contained resolutions t edto re calculated as standing aloof from the two great other children, and have equal and frequent divisions of parties—that is, 16 Democratic (South- o pportunities of attending such special worship and consideration of the com state ofahnost ho involvement and utter insolvency, with a def,k-house thereon, for the the re ern) States, and 15 Republican States ; so that two instruction as shall be provided for them by the of ten years, to bring the finances of the township from a power, am irding to the model passen submitted er tot he committee, to the position in which they stood at present, was mittee." 9d. The ex out of those three independent states—Maryland, religious body to which they belong. They object is the statement of rmecoenipthts handed Minnesota, and Illinois--will be required to elect the to the reading of the Bible either by them, or to hope that their financial progress during the next ten years, h financeov!; te o f t o h ll e oo. committ ee. " it unreasonable or too sanguine an inference, to venture to "i t lir at the sum of £3.800 of the ferry monies be Democratic candidate in the House, and that them, or any other re ligious services that may would be still more satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) He Build-ni t three States in addition to Kansas are yet insist upon attendance at them. And, as I see it say that be had no doubt at all upon theosubject. required by the Republicans to secu re th e remarked, "as the organic law of the State dues not ings was going on in every direction, . election on their side. It is thought to recognise Catholic or Protestant, it would seem almost before the roofs were there more,h be not improbable, therefore, that the result will be manifestly unjust to compel the recipients of the a failure to elect by the House; and the Constitution public bounty to participate in religious exercises further provides, that in the event of such failure, which they look upon as schismatic and heretical. the Vice-President shall be the President ; and that The same principle applies to the Anglo-American if no candidate for Vice-President shall have received Church, which, in that respect, is in the same a majority of the electoral votes of the Union, "then orthodox position, or wishes to be considered so, as place was active ; never weredock it ; but, above all, u with l • e lvi h th the entu , the great doe wor s Anil, 1859, £2'329 ; for the same use ere taken pts were £2,350 4s 7d ; the receipts the trade of th it e i i t 4th April, 1859, were £29,460 19s 1858, L 30,645 lOs k were being proceeded ending 24th April, 1859, was £23,337 utmost vi<rour, and that year alone Lloo,oori £21,986 8s 3d. signs of health on them. He thought, therefore, th , e y Mr. Baylis said, in reference to 7d; fort e year ending sameperiod e for the year 17s 2d ; for 1858, the question of would lie lo e ok ap with every confidence to their financial futv i re. cabins on deck, he thought it highly objectionable on erectinga might f g this he felt perfectly convinced, that, from h I th t at time steamer. forth, the township would be able to pay telnterest of The . Chairman said he had received a letter from Mr. from the two highest members on the list the Senat e the Roman Church. The only remedy appears to be, the'r puillic debt to the day it fell due, without .t the . l ig test Harrison on the subject, suggesting that the matter should i shall choose the Vice-President," not by States, but fot both these Churches to have t heir o wn Schools, ;ffiee.ty, and that no man who lent one) to the. interest, be left to the Ferry Committee till the commissioners would by a majority of the w h o l e To t e a th e Senate, Aid ;B. which each can carry out its owe religious system, ship, would ever lose one penny of principal t have an opportunity of judging what was best. Ile (the • penfedrituihnr helBsB put to that account for the purpose, if new boats should ok required, of providing the township with them, without pressing unduly upon the finances of any one _ had then a per tentage net fund of £914, to meet any unforeseen contingencies which might arise. Dr. Baylis: Is that at the ferry? Mr. Rae answered in the affirmative. They had also a sinking fund of about £760, accumulatinc , at about £lO a week, with the view of clearing off the debt owing to the corporation for the river wall. In all, the balance amounted to upwards of £25,000 standing to the credit of the township , in the bank that day. (Hear. hear.) Perhaps the most gratifying feature of this was that it had not come upon them all at once. They had not leaped into that position of - solvency, but their progress had . e been gradual. This year-their surphis was a little upwards was £7,00( progressive increase, and giving them reason to nope Lieu, 1,, would be continuous, (Hear, hear.) When he contrasted the present state of things with their position in times past he thought he was justified in drawing an inference in which they would all concur. During the period he had mentioned they had had to encounter many difficulties. They began with a bad name, and no credit. The frfi4in of the nlate. and every interest _ connected AMERICAN NEWS. PER (s.s.) CITY OF BALTIMORE. New York, April 23rd, and Cineinatti, April 22nd. QUEENSTOWN, Tuesday Evening.—A despatch from Memphis to the Commercial says that coal barges containing 72,000 bushels, belonging to J. L. Hatt, of Louisville, were lost near Lake Providence on Saturday night, and their crews, consisting of thirty men; perished. The Jura (s.s.), from Liverpool, April 9th, passed the Island Light at eight o'clock this morning, bound in. PORTLAND, April 22.—The Indian (s.s.), the last steamer from this port this season, will leave shortly after noon to-morrow, for Liverpool. The trial of Sickles, at Washington, (April 22) was still proceeding. It is currently reported the jury made up their minds a week ago. The case was expected to close the following day. _ _ The British steam frigate Curacoa left Annapolis on Tuesday, 19th, having on board Lord Napier, lady, and suite. Lady Napier was conveyed to the ship,which was lying about four miles out in the stream, in a yacht, from the United States Navy Academy, escorted by Captain Blake, the superintendent, and Captain Craven, the commaudent of the academy, together with other naval officers, and a party of ladies. The inclemency of the weather, combined with the absence of the Arabia's letters, and with the fact that the day was kept as a holiday by chants, tended to check business some mer Transactions in Cotton, which were confined to small lots, afforded no criterion of the state of the market. Flour heavy, but closed at easier rates for common grades of State and Western brands ; the higher and choice grades un changed. Southern brands without alteration ; sales were moderate. Wheat sales light ; good Western red sold at $1 45c, and Chicago spring 82 to 85. Corn heavy, and lower, with sellers of Jersey and Southern yellow at 85c to 86c, and Western mixed at $6 85c. Pork firm ; sales of New Mess at 17, 37, 35, and old at 17, and prime at at $l2 50c. Beef and lard firm. Sales fair. The steady fall of rain yesterday checked sales of Sugars, while prices were' less buoyant. The transactions embraced about 450 hogsheads, including Cubas, New Orleans, and Porto Rico, 66 hogsheads Melato, and 69 hogsheads cistern bottoms. Coffee firm, with sales of 300 bags Rio, and 2 cargoes of Laguayra, prising 3,000 bags. Frei and rates unchanged. Cotton easier, but not quotably lower , sales, Tuesday, 2,000 bales. April 21 : Cotton quiet; sal( as before ; middling, 121,e to 121 c. April 22 : F changed. Wheat firm. Corn steady bacon sides, 91e. Whiskey firm hts : Engagements were light 3tir un- Provisions active ; -Flour dull. Whiskey dull. Sales CINCINNATI, April 22 1,000 barrels, at 2n to 2 holders ask is to 9c. Lard firm Bacon firm, at 61c, to 81c ; NEW YoRK, April 23.---Money without change. Loans offered to brokers at 4 per cent. Exchange steady. We quote sterling bankers' bills at 110, and franks at 510 to 512 c. The steamer from San Francisco, we learn from New Orleans, briught down over $2,000,000 gold ; over $1,500,000 will come here. About 1,000,000 will be shipped to Europe to-morrow. B READ3TUFF3 : Flour was again dull; sales moderate. Coffee firm. Pork firm, with fair demand from trade. Beef steady; fair demand. Bacon steady at 81-c. to 10tc. Larp steady. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT THE WASHINGTON TRAGEDY : TRIAL STILL UNFI• NISHED ; CHARACTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS. SPECULATIONS ON THE NEXT ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT : PROBABILITY OF ITS FALLING TO CONGRESS TO ELECT ; DIFFICULTIES IN THE TYRANNY OF STATE LEGISLATURE : STRIKING INSTANCE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK ; THE ENORMOUS EXPENSE ENTAILED. RENEWED Ex eITEMEN'i RESPECTING CUBA : ANOTHER FILI BUSTERING EXPEDITION SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAILED. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH JAPAN ESTABLISHED : THE JAPANESE COMMISSIONERS EXPECTED AT WASHINGTON. DENUNCIATION OF THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM BY THE ROMISH HIERARCHY ; OBJECTIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPIScOPAI , CHURCH ALSO. The Washington tragedy trial continues the almost all-absorbing topic of the day. It has now occupied twelve days, and is likely to occupy several more. This tedious process of criminal judicature will no doubt excite surprise in England, where you are accustomed to a more summary, and altogether more regular mode of procedure, in your Courts of Justice. But in the United States there is none of that discipline, if I may use such a phrase, which is necessary to establish and enforce a system like yours. The Judges arc powerless, it seems, to main tain and uphold such a system. All sorts of irrele vances are tolerated in the mode of conducting the case, whether for the prosecution or the defence ; and there is a loose way of doing-things that makes the proceeding tiresome and mischievous. The real facts of the case lie in a nutshell. That Sickles shot Key is not disputed : neither is it questioned that Key seduced Sickles' wife. The only question, then, is -Was this a justification, in anywise,. of such an act of deadly vengeance and. retribution P aounced that it was ; Public opinion has already p and little doubt is entertained that the is trial will be in harmony with that opinion ue of the L. In the (Hear, h!lar.) He felt perfectly satisfied that in A very f ew years the township would be ahle to compare in its financial position with any municipality of that size in the kingdom. (Efear, hear.) Be had much pleasure in seconding the motion. The Chairman said, as that was probal:ly the last oppor tunity which he might be able to appear thine in his present position, that being the last regular meetie.g of the board, he thought, after the statements made by Mr. Rae, he should be pardoned if he made some general remarks upon the present position of the township. After -what they heard from Mr. Rae, they must all admit that they had arrived at a position which a very short time ago could not be anticipated. This had been, of course, with great difficulty accomplished, and with more difficulty than those who had not been on the beard might perhaps have conceived. In 1353. he retired from the board, and in 1855 the deck works were stopped, and there was a change in the board, and a number of gentlemen was asked to come in again; and, from that time to' this, there has been a degree of unanimity at the board which had, in his opinion, been the great means of accomplishing what bfr. Rae had trONV Ibrought before them. They then associated for the purpose of securing the purchase of the docks by the Cmporation of Liverpool. There hid hew. difference of opinion, for many years, as to the mode in which the works were to be completed. He admitted that he advocated the pmts proposed by Mr. Abernethy ; some were opposed to them; but, he believed that, by the plan adopted by Mr. Hartley, so far as he - (Mr. Laird) was individually concerned, was not far off being right, for he believed those plans which were- being carried out by Hartley were, in many respects,. similar, but improved by what tune had developed . . Certain charges , had been raised against the present commissioners, and, as he had been told very frequently by members of that board, that they were a very united body, that there seldom was a division at the board, and that they spent the ratepayers' money too freely in the- salaries , of officers and in parliamentary expenses, and other charges of the kind. These matters- were very commonly talked board ; but he o far as he was con- of, and very openly would endeavour to show that, Dv cerned, and he believed the majority of that board was con cerned, that if they had been, united they had spent the money of the ratepayers in remunerating the services of respectable servants, and in securing able parliamentary services, and they had not done so to the disadvantage of the township, and did nothing. more than every individual at that board would do to bring his affairs to a successful issue. The first question. he would allude to was the ques tion of the dock works. In 1855; as most of the inhabitants in that place and tradesmen. were aware, the dock works were at an entire stand still, but arrangements 1 comic st plan ge at Woodside, an were entered into with the corporation of Liverpool, for the completion of flin - They -ommeneed, and. spent £140;000 in not being satisfied with the Pla d further, and the Mersey board which were now being carried out, the most perfect that could be p development of that place E they did no 'tallied the plan ad which he consiaerc thiv adopt( A portio ations wer )11c Ica !cial port. Ibicli would of these plans was a landing-st board from £30,000 to £40,000. Some Ref entered into by the pres, t commissio s stage wi and whic and might have wa4 arrange -third of the new landing-1 the amount 'stated ; but it would do more to des - elope in( trade at that side of the water, by means of the ferry, that anything they could have possibly adopted. In addition tc that arrangement, they were in communication with the _ _ . Al Mersey Board in reference -to the transport across the river, by means of improved`boats and improved facilities, on that side of the water, and the other side.; and he must say that the Mersey Board had met the commissioners with the utmost liberality and with the greatest desire to give those facilities which they thought would improve that side of the water: (Hear, hear ) In 1855 the works were at a stand still, but about £200,000 had since been' snent upon them, and they were now spend nnn n week in comuletina the works. The after the J - 4 • made, and the act of parliament that was pa _ „ i.e .. going to parliament, and they h year ; and cert ,ne to parlian ifter what they ha, also with regard to Mr. Hartley's evidence and Mr. Turner's evidence, who said, if the works were complet'ed, that Birken - L no INA r,real.Tr viIaCATI for not completing the works, a statement from the very best authority, and that etidence, coupled with Mr. Hart ,, carried the bill. The endeavour of the commissioners then was to come to a good understanding with the Mersey Board, and he thought the present Com missioners were entitled to gratitude for having est ';shed The next that good understanding which he before stated. point he would allude to was the gas and water-works, which caused a good deal of discussion in the place. A bill was brought in by the company in 1857. Gentlemen who I were commissioners at that time would remember that .rious opinions as to the policy of opposiug that The bill would have established a debt against the' town for gas and water of £320,000, if it hful - there were N 1 the commission 1 opposed. v The majority o, opinion that it should be oppG . in 1856 they pur chased the works at a cost of £210,000, and he thought he might take credit to himself for saving the town £llO,OOO, the difference in the amount:, the - result of the purchase now was tnat, March showed that, from the Ist of April, 1866, tool: possession, to the 31st March, 1859, there was a clear surplus, after paying ail their inte- ien they st and all their expenses )neern, of upwards of £2,000 left to 0- township after paying. everytning, anu qua E n in value during the last twelve months The gas was now reduced 4d per the and in the outskirts 10d per thousan 4.h.,..c.re_ the rate-in-aid was a lorq and in Birkenhead eet. He thought may off, anti if lir would continue with the same energy and ability to wort out the gas and water concern; it would be one of the bes things the township had got bold' of, and the effect might b -1. vrny•tr I reduction of th ates, v the Railway Company might have int hiCh 110.4 been a great so perty, but after many negotiations am been come to, he thought he might working on the best terms, and he I standing would contint Ile found, fro - m the asses and 'in 18M58, £1,37 so that from 1855 to It was easy for any what benefit would accrue to the township by an rental, inasmuch as every £l,OOll addibi. sented -£l5O rates, without any addition.. collecting. The ferry rates had not increased in the same ratio; but it might be• reasonably hoped that, now that the dock works were actively - in progress, a greater increase would take place during- the coming year. There was no saying what the result would:be to the township when they obtained the means of connecting themselves with Liverpool, which Mr. Hartley had prepared in his plans, and which the Dock Board were determined to carry out. This would remove the last shade of objection to business being such facie nal rental rep an upon that side of the water, had always been held up to The want but as. when e . ;ery - hogshead of sugar had to 0 one side .to the other. That objection wo Hardey's plans, and the boat which the commission( were prepared to have eatatmeted. Their was a most gratifying one, and one which would scarcel y have been beieved possible some time ago. Ile was aware, from personal knowleage, that the bondholders had frill eons 4 .n. all that had been done, and he honwl ken from one ld. be me at position in ISA # - chairman) would suggest that the Verfy Committo consider the question, and make rt memorandum of what .they re quired, and bet a model if they could, or, if ',they" . liked, advertise and offer a premium—fOr the best planf'4 NO or £2OO. He thought the money Would be well this way. proceedings were then confirmed ----gs of this committee ; it was s t ated that the surplus for the year on the works was £2,400. On the motion of Mr. M'Gill, the proceediugs, were con- OAS AND WATER COMNIrTTEE On the proce LIIMATIy COMMITTEE. It was stated in the minutes of the proceed/nb;s: 6f this •" 'hat the number of borrowers was &,f66 , ,' being f 127 per day. Total number of readers now - 2,210. Total number of volumes now in the The committee acknowledged the'iotipt of health of Liverpool, from Dr. Dancan. motion of Mr. Baylis the proceeding* were COM MI :t on th Ir. Bailiff m tes, and a that a ret rrn be furnished of the persons empilOyed by the 'ream:ire lie secretary, from 1850 to 1858 11 the salary but his reason of persons in r e propriety h essential of -salaries had' specified, pulatious. imeTrts and the TY;CC of the hen colAtmed in the. offices of tl commis the law as not to int 2:- lie s daties of any officer of the establisht n making the motion Birkenhead at the r of alteri which had taken p compared with the Mr. Gough seconded time We rAtior he Chairman d, "hat tt amounts collected fficers shOuli The motion, with this addition: Ns , Gou It gave notice tl move-for tli recommend constitute ett new board xpenditme of similar at, r.ts next meettrig*, he would der anti of a ccni trrttiotk of the :meats cor t Ines or rtzembers to &c., 7 after the approaching elect - 181i of the vitE Bd4V). Mr. G-iiugh begged to ask, whethez emembei 4 i-ryere not disqualified by the fact of their having contracti , Ath the board. He called attention to the stattite whiehr;declared that no person should be capable of acting as a commissioner during the time that he or hie parttiets,should he concerned or interested in any contmet with 'the board. He stated that he found on the books of the'boafd,t'a run ning account with Mr. Golborne, for coals,--for which that agent, and which were supplied from his Ise found an account between the board and He begged to ask the Law-Clerk':*hether gentlemen who supplied goods to the board 'wetedisquali fied from acting as commissioners or not ? 7,(1 yard; and be Mr. Wain said, if any gentleman was inte !ii i`n a con- tract with t board, he was not to as catnniissiener man said I so interested. e should like to have thi which ➢ir. Gough put i e question it, whether answered in form in ids to the e iimssit)nrs, was Mn of a Let of parliain,4 nd, and s as to -tie !ted in a in the .so understand the whole f supplied, of which he I scarcely think that•sell w nothing at p (As were being i act in the meaning of the ac a contract did not actu'ally disqualify : the act only that during the time a member had any intere transaction, he should not act as a commissioner'.' Mr. Bailiff asked what, then, was the object of iittrOduc— ing such a clause into the act? Mr. Waln said, he once asked that question of cute . -of the present Vice-Chancellors, and the answer was, that "No man on earth could tell:" (Great laughter.) Mr. Bailiff thought the object was clear in every man of common sense ; it was to prevent that jobbery which was supposed to occur too often in such bodies. For hhiaself, he would not supply 6d. worth of goods to the board while he was a member of it. Mr. Rae said, if it - happened that the board . r refresh supply • it. (Laughter he never :ract w board. least five other individithls in the room of whom the same could be said. Mr. Bailiff among If there had been E ' 'here w ilishment , to the boar Mr. Bailiff : No such thing. Mr. Bradley said, he had seen and signed bills from Mr_ Mr. Bailiff : When Mr. Bradley Mr. Bailiff NV Mr. Bradley, Within the last month or six weeks. srmly denied the assertion. turning to Mr. Gough, said : AS for you,. . 1 1 a position at this self to ii, board, that your pr. Mr. Gough : I re reduced you. iise'or censure are quite alike to me. duced myself ? No ; but I think I have Finally, it was understood that the Law-ele'rk would übject for the next , ineeting of prepare a report upon th the board. The business then concluded, and the membersldispersed, Mr. Bailiff still declaring that he knew of no good having oard, and. Mr. Bradley protesting that he could prove his statement. BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES The quarterly'return issued by authority of the Regis- :i i stered 2,197 r in all the districts of England 'daring the led on March 31, 1859 ; and the, marriages ;hes or chapels, o unconnected wi about 4,072 • registered h the estahlisited church, that ended on. December 31, 1858. The returns ptesent art. unfavourable view of the public health ; the people have suffered and have died in unusual numbers in 'Tally dis— ailed extensivel )ut h - ave ei us winter qt The mar- and in the first three months births have not only exceeded the ded the numbers regi4tered in any Th courts num; si observat) carriages in the comsi)onding n every division a,,veppt in the 95,452 e rate pnevailed_a, ld marry t and in Wales ry 1,000 n 1,000 persons living, amounted to 175,429, tae ~,deaths to 597 daily. The probable increase in popula tioniwas 53,747 ; , on an a verage, o t t f tr t a h l einuc;stede of K the i n gdom was at tke rate of , a 314 persons emigrated from the ports of the Ye ... I v o f a i p u y 1 . . . , a i o -.limn at which there are govezamettt emigration - after correcting fee thoie of undis „dished origin, 6,452 of the emigrants were of English rth; of whom 3,719 sailed to the Australian colonies, 2,263 to the United States. About 72 gn g ligh, la and 94 Irish emigrants, on an averao, left the red in the Ist of March last; and the birth than 36 ) children were re per ani A s -the - birth 121,682, th 5,565, or the 13 weeks w . .',405_8(1 a he trice of N 57 and 1858 is vinarkable ire and of wheat enth and fell con- mi. at the Id New nd of the in the The 18,5'.7-S-9 were ,welve montlaa.ago, for finality in the Eton returns, t were 40s 7d and 40s 6r.' izhteenth centuric derably ; in the first 13 co is sold at 1103, York R rside market, Southwari .te markets the pri, ghest quality is it winter of last ye mean prices beef, 51d, 5 On Mona Bridge ac a quarter . in tl The price of 1 beet c ...-.......,4,.._._,_--... Prince Consort opened the great Albert amar into Cornwall. . . -The government emigrant 765 tons, Captain D. Smith, sailed from Liver ' 30th ultimo, for Adelaide, South MENT EXIGRATION, pool on Saturday. tt ith 316 emigrants, 96 of whom .were single of Surgeon-superintendent M. Moor- Women, under ehtu,, 5.1,1 t.LOG • THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT BRISTOL.—the inquest ois the body of Mr. Butler, whose remains were discovered under circumstances which have already aPpeared in our columns, and which led to the belief tha t he had been mur dered, was resumed yesterday morning beforo , the cor?ner, J. B. Grindon, Esq. Several witnesss w elle , examtned. Mr. Cooper, the snrgeon, was of opn that the displace ment was probably the result of a fall and n . ot of an assault, such as an attempt at garotting, or anything of that kind. In the absence of any direct evidence, the coroner thought it would be best to r eturn an open verdict H e suggested that their verdict should be that the deceq.sed was found lying, dead on Wednesday night a . t the bottomof a fight of steps in Zed -alley, his d e ath having been occasioned by the displacement of the third vertebra. The jury hiving acquiesced in the suggestion, the above verdici was accord ingly returned. of Y. tit , f ivi e " 3 ' ifi ll . 1(1 dc' )ofs• T he Jill ° le ri a ~e v- ;trl dbf te f h 0 3e 1 1 o troop , Ff a 0! ~Y .J. • qCV bu tsa i-c ° ; ,arr, 10 BS~ icn er i~ ,1•al~ ti 0 5 .3 Jiro: cutis/