Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-23 00:00:00

Commercial titefs. THIS DAY This DAY, the 23rd insdhall- strtant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Oleet, 100 Bales Mozambique, oRCHELLA WEED, 91 „ Angola just landed, per Twinde Brodes, from Lisbon.—Apply to Messrs Leech, Liarrison, and Forwood, Merchantsto ROOKE, oKET.L, aril SP ENCE, Brokers. TILIA DAT, the 23rd. instant, at Twelve o'clocl Brokers' Office, 16, Exchange-buildings, 100 Bags tine new American TIMOTHY SEED, a nding ex City of Manchester, from New York.— Apply to J. H. RAYNER and Co., Brokers 'fuss DAY, the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's Office, 3, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, 250 Bags New American Red CLOVERS EED. TIMM VS SILL. 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BADENACTI mill SON, Brokers TT ISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES, Every Saturday, in the NORTHERN DAILY TINES, Price siie Penny AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TT.JR3IEAU AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CHARLES TURMEAT: AMERICAN SOLACE. AMERICAN SOLACE. CIIARL AMERICAN SOLACE. ,ES TURMEAU TO CORRESPONDENTS. Uader no circumstances can we insert communications not accompanied by the author's real name and address, not neces sarily for publication, hut as a guarantee of good faith. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, 3[c.—TIIIS DAY. ROYAL A'MPFIMIEATRE—Madame Celeste. HENOLER'S CIRQUE VARlETE—Miscellaneous Attractions. THE PARISIAN GALLERY OF ANATOMY, Paradise-street. ROYAL COLLOSSEUM . —Miscellaneous Attractions. Y;s ---- For particulars see advertisements on Bth page, Tiathan Cimn WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1859. THE ASSIZES. During the Assizes, we shall publish an Evening Edition, daily, at 5 o'clock, gicing the proceedings in both the Civil and Criminal Courts up to the hour of going to press. The trade, in order to secure a supply of papers, must give their orders early each day. THE DAY'S NEWS. The news this morning is not important. Public attention is wholly centred in the Reform Bill discus sion. The opinions of the Press upon the first night's debate are wholly against the Government. The Daily News regards the progress of the debate with dismay. Lord Stanley appeals to the monopolising love of power in the existing electoral body. There is no selfish fear, no impulse of avarice, jealousy, or distrust in the minds of the well-to-do minority of the mercantile and professional community to which the spokesman of the Cabinet disdains to appeal. He regards them as the Swiss guards of aristocratic ascendancy. The Times accuses both the Government and the Opposition of hypocrisy. On the eve of a general election every party is afraid to declare itself for that extensive re-distribution of seats which it knows to be necessary to a Reform Bill. The Morning Star admires Lord Stanley's frankness. He stakes the existence of the bill and of the Ministry on the issue of the debate. He, however, places in an embarrass ing position those who, on either side, join in condemning the bill, and hesitate to seal its condemnation ; but with what pretence do these gentlemen vote with the Government on the second reading, while declaring their intention to vote in committee alterations which the Government declare they cannot accept. The Acirertiser states that several Liberal members will vote with Lord John, and then on the second reading support the Government. The debate last night was resumed by Mr. Wilson, who was followed by Sir E. B. Lytton After some general re marks in defence of the bill, he contended that the great ob ject of its framers was to conciliate all classes, and called upon the house not to refuse to read the bill a second time, on account of provisions which could be adequately con sidered in committee. Several other members took part in the discussion, and the debate was again adjourned, on the motion of Mr. Milner Gibson, at half-past twelve. In the House of Lords, Lord Wodehouse moved the second reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, entering at consider able length into the various points concerned, and denying that these marriages were forbidden by Scripture. After a discussion, in which Lord Dungannon, the Earl of Albe marle, Lord St. Leonard's, Earl Granville, Lord Cranworth, and the Bishops of Exeter, Oxford, Cork, and Carlisle took part, the house divided, when there appeared :—Contents, 39; non-contents, 49. The bill was consequently lost by a majority of ten. The Bombay mails have arrived with advices to Feb. 25th. The leading events have been antici pated by telegrams from Marseilles. The movements consequent on the return of peace, have produced a number of alterations in the position of regiments throughout India. The Sikh Artillery corps has been abolished. The 33rd Bengal Native Infantry has been rearmed. The Madras Government has given directions for the prosecution of the persons engaged in the religious riots in Tinnevelly. Pre cautions are taken to prevent any successful attempt of the rebels to return into Oude. The Commander in-Chief remains at Lucknow, and was not, it is said, to return to England this year. The success of the amnesty is most complete, and the subject of general comment. On the 9th of Feb., a body of rebels, supposed to be under the command of the Nana, were routed by Brigadier Horsford, on the Raptee, in Nepaul. Thirteen guns were captured. A disagreeable sensation has been produced in official circles at St. Petersburgh, by a declaration of the Committee of the Government of Twer respect ing emancipation. The nobility express the opinion that this reform is the ruin of the Russian nobles. The committee demands recompense for the lands ceded to the peasants, and. advises the nobility to break off all communication with them. The docu ment indicates a profound sentiment of bitterness and irritation. The news from the Continent continues t o p oint to peace. The Moniteur of yesterday mornint , contains the following :—" Russia has proposed the assembling of a Congress, with a view to pre vent compli c atio ns to which the condition of Italy and m i g ht give rise, which would naturally disturb the peace of Europe. The Congress is proposed to be constituted of nirtentiaries from France, Austria, England, Pressa, and Russia, and to be summoned to meet in g French Government has eg:ibniveinen neutral town. The t its assent to the pro posal of the Russian London, Vienna, and Berlin, havee The Cabinets of not yet returned an official reply." The same paper also contains a report by M. I)elangle, the subject of Protes tant worship in France. Hen ee f or i increase the guarantees for liberty of in order to v authority for the opening of new Protestalship, the chapels, m eeting-places, &c., will be granted, not b but by the Emperor , in his C o uncil of Stair prefects, State. A Paris letter of Monday says : - Great exciteme n t has been occa sioned in Paris to-da y , b y the receipt of telegrams, both from London and Vienna, st a tin g that Austria consents to a congress. The news hail a great effect at the Bourse. The Rentes rose 60c for cash, and 65c. for account, closing at 68f. 85c in each case. Mobilier rose 13f. 'loc. The rail wad s improved front 7f. to 12f., and were in great demand at the close of business. From Piedmont the news is still more bellicose, THE NORTHERN TIMES WEDNESDAI, MARCH 23, 1859 thirty years ago. And the object, be it remembered, of the recent rapid increase of these docks, has been, as it is well observed, " to meet the wants of a commerce and shipping, increasing with equal, if not greater rapidity ; and in re-modelling the old docks, and constructing new ones, every effort has been made to adapt them to the present wants of trade and navigation." The extent of its export trade is shown by the single but most striking fact, that in the last year for which there is any complete return, that of 1857, very nearly one-half of the products of British industry exported to foreign countries and British possessions, were shipped at Liverpool. We find that in that year the value of the entire quantity of British products exported was £122,066,107, of which amount as large a portion as £55,173,756 was exported from Liverpool, while from London it was but £27,832,348. Scarcely of less value were its imports, which consisted of the produce of every country and clime. " There is," in short, as is truly remarked, " no article of use in the arts, or in the support of life, which is not found in the long list of products imported into Liverpool." The rapid increase of the population of Liverpool is a natural result of its constantly augmenting com merce. During the last twenty years its population has more than doubled itself. The census of 1841 gave 286,487 ; that of 1851, 376,005—being an addi tion of nearly 100,000 souls, making its ratio of increase about 10,000 a-year. " The rate of increase in the suburban villages on the Lancashire side of the Mersey," says the book before us, " and in Birkenhead and the line of villages extending along the Cheshire side of the river, is probably at the rate of 5,000 a-year more. Hence the population, col lected within four miles of the Liverpool Exchange, cannot be much, if anything, less at the present time, than 600,000 souls,"—the great bulk of whom are engaged in occupations dependent on commerce and shipping, and the trades connected with those pur suits. The amount of the property and income of such a population is, of course, enormous : it is greater than that of any other city or town in the United Kingdom, with the single exception of London ; as appears from returns laid before Parlia ment last session, which showed the amount of income returned to the Property and Income Tax, under the different schedules, to be upwards of seven millions of pounds. Such is Liverpool in 1859, —a place possessing about one-third part of the commerce of the whole kingdom, and carrying on as great—if not a greater — trade with foreign countries and British possessions as any other seaport in the world,—a place of whose vast social system commerce, shipping, and naviga tion so powerfully furnish, as it were, the life's blood. Well and truly, therefore, does M. MoN TALEMBERT say, in his celebrated Essay on Consti tutional Liberty, that " everywhere else, all the power and wealth of autocracy must avow themselves vanquished and eclipsed by that incomparable fecundity of private industry which, in our time, without having been either incited or aided by the State, has hollowed out in the port of Liverpool, floating docks six times as vast as those of Cher bourg." Well may we cherish, then, the institutions under which all this has been achieved, and by the still closer adaptation of which to the state of things it indicates, even greater achievements of commerce may yet be accomplished. THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. If, as a great moralist has declared, " hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villany," it can matter little by whom, or under what circumstances, it is prac ticed—whether in public or in priv ate life ; between nations or individuals. It indicates artifice, as well as manifests insincerity ; and its design, therefore, is always disreputable, and often dangerous. What is true in private intimacy is equally so in "public intercourse—that the best and safest feeling is never to have recourse to deception, to avail yourself of no quirks, or to practice low cunning, but to prove yourself in every circumstance of your life equally upright and sincere. It is, we say, a system which, whether in the affairs of nations or of indivi duals, honest and honourable minds will naturally adopt, and the dictates of an enlightened and superior understanding will generally be sufficient to insure its adoption. The moral principle of the individual is not to be abandoned when he is called upon to act in behalf of a nation. The direction of public policy is as much required to be regulated by high views of right and wrong, and not by considera tion of personal or party interest, as the conduct of private affairs. We have been forcibly reminded of all this, by a report of the speech of the new American Minister in Spain to the Queen, on presenting his credentials, and the reply of her Majesty,—an interchange of sentiments which has a more than ordinary interest just now, in consequence of the designs of the United States Government upon an important possession of Spain. The American Minister did not scruple, it seems, to declare to the Queen of Spain that the President of the United States had charged him to renew to her Majesty the assurance of the desire which ani mates him to preserve the friendship of her Majesty's Government, and of the wishes he entertains for the prosperity of her people. Nay, more ; " I am con fident," he declared, " that I shall be permitted to assure your Majesty that I am personally convinced that the general desire of the population of the United States is to retain the old and never-inter rupted friendship which since the beginning of our national existence has always prevailed with Spain; and that during my stay at the Court of your Majesty—continuing the frank and sincere conduct which has hitherto been followed—it will be my con stant effort to avoid any misunderstanding, and to pro mote the interests of my country without prejudice to the amicable relations which happily now exist." Now anything more hollow—anything more impudent than this—it would be difficult to imagine. Why, it is notorions, that " the ger ?I-al desire of the popu lation of the United States," is to act so hostilely towards Spain, as to wrest from her, if possible, one of her most valuable colonial possessions ; and that in clamouring for it, they are pouring out upon that country, its Queen and its people, the most violent vituperation and abuse ! And call you this " friendship ?" Why, it is the incarnation of animo sity. Is that man our friend who threatens to rob us, and calls us all that is bad because the opportunity of doing so is long in coming ? The idea of despoil ing Spain of Cuba is one of the most popular schemes ever dreamt of in the United States ; and there is nothing that the people appear to take such delight, at present, in doing, as to show their enmity to Spain, and to pick a quarrel with her, if possible, in order that they may have something like a pretext for taking possession of that island. No expeditions e recommended themselves more warmly to the hearts and minds of the people than those filibustering ones 1 which, from time to time, have been undertaken to sit and give the country, if not " the benefit of their collected wisdom," certainly " the inconvenien ces of their collected passions and prejudices ?" Letters Patent have passed the great seal, giving to persons on whom decrees have been conferred by the University of Melbourne, the same precedence as if the same degrees had been granted by any university of the United Kingdom. Consular Appointments : Mr. Dowlin, at Cork, for the United States ; M. Mauboussin, at Liverpool, and M. Hippolyte, at Glasgow, for the Emperor of the French. Honours for services in India: Major-General John Michel, and Colonel Shepherd Stuart, to be K.C.B ; and twelve officers of the Queen's army, and thirteen of the Indian army, to be Companions of the Bath. THE COURT. OSBORNE, March 21.—The Queen and Prince Consort rode on horseback this morning. The Princess Alice and Princess Helena crossed over to Gosport and visited Princess Leiningen. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by the youthful members of the royal family, purpose, according to present arrangements, to leave Osborne on Tuesday next for Buckingham Palace. against themselves, and was impractical in the surdo e . l time, and the milk required to be in a state of dtcomp e 0 , 1 :. tion before it reache d the required specific F ravitT. 1 11: matter was referred to the workhouse committee, fil co!"t7 to consider the - desirability of reta inin g the present test to have the opinion of Dr. Edw ards upon the This concluded the business. held the inquest on the body of a woman who was killed at _ ConoNan's CounT.—Yesterdap t he Coroner 10 Edge-hill station of the London and North-Western Railway, on Saturday. The short facts of this c ase slr peared in our paper of yesterday. Th e body of the won,n has not, up to the present, been recognised. Dire p ers bert; appeared for the railway company , and Mr. appeared on behalf of Edward O'Nie l, a person wha injured by the accident. The train that contaulor the deceased came from Preston. The boil' s he deceased lies still at the Royal I n fi r mary, an' has appears about thirty years of ag e, and may t he belonged to a small class of fa rmer, as she is rather respectably dressed. One feature about her is, o s her teeth appears to be very bad. I t appeared thsilnini Saturday evening , the train from Preston, w hen j ust c 0,,„ out of the Olive Mount Cutting, half a mile from V o Hill, was met by a luggage train, in one of the wal° ol o of which there was a large quantity . of fustic. It " f t). seem from a large mass of evidence given, that one °, or blocks of fustic stuck through the railings of the Wilgg ° k t bt got out in the course of friction, and that it stra_4o, carriage in which deceased and other parties were, C 0 away the side, and injuring some other persons. ther of evidence, although of a lengthy description, wo elill,lo an introductory character, and was a to the whole, in order to find out whether the trnc i l g ad the fustic was properly packed or not, for it wait', that when the train left Edge Hill, that to all aP A P e i t the logs were right enough in .the carriage, 5 5",," too, therefore surmised that whatever alterau ° '; br place so as to cause the accident, 1 01 ' s " 'fb a happened between that station and the cutting% derv) case was adjourned to two o'clock this day , ill °l to t he pEoduce witnesses who can speak more particularly The circumstances attending ou this unfortunate affa lr 4oo' coroner also held an inquest on the bady of a poo r °' named Mordecia Isaacs, 96 years of age, who wa s so some days ago, in his lodgings. It appeared th3ttea days since, the poor old man felt very cold, and tut, back to the fire to warm himself, when his clothes ilcol it fire, and, being very feeble, he could not e:ttingdied° until he had received severe injuries, of which h e Monday. Verdict : " Accidental death." THE LATEST TELEGRAM THE FRENCH FUNDS. T he PARIS, Tuesday, March 22 , 11.55 wit nouncement in the llioniteur of this raarn ilig ere reference to the assembling of an Europ eano has produced great excitement here , and f have risen to 69.30, being a further rise ° cent. since yesterday. 1.15 p.m.—Rentes open 69.5, and are noW s° 0 0 of 3.27 p.m.—lt is rumoured that Austri a re N proposition of Russia for a congress on the °l4 t o9c Italy. The Bourse closes very flat in CO 1154 " for all securities offered. Rentes 68.85 f or 1° u r and 68.65 for account. Railway sha res 51. since yesterday. FOREIGN INTELLIG FRANCE. PARIS, Monday, 6 p.m.—lt was not true' t ;130tv, was reported, that orders had been given - th e ' " at I troops were to cry " Vice l'ltalie, yesterday. I never credited that rumour . lo t/ first place, it is not in the Emperor's least, it was not ; secondly, any cry of tectO might have afforded a pretext to the tike for one in favour of peace. At thc time as the rumour about th e o °l l'ltalie" e tll 5 jaculations it was also current 110 of the working men contemplated c° 0114 small flag with " Vice Napoleon D I die side, and "L'Empire c'est la Paix" O A t j °l I attach no more credit to this story 4 `" --; e 3 . other. I firmly believe that the only of,;"ja l el v o u '' the usual cry of " Vice l' Emile rerAr , h e of course, the acclamation for '0111!. Imperial, who, to the satisfaction a nds dA i r 4eri the spectators appeared in the full die a O. of the Guard, with his bearskin °P,c0,07, a 1 poral's galons on his sleeve. I doubt 1' Or s immense crowd (except those more i, l l/1 thee o interested) whom the fine weather an', s i , tar y show drew to the spot there o re ., - 104:1 persons who passed a single thought (7 0 0( 1 y 1 they did their thoughts were very pr e— s9 o. 4 The remarks of the groups were of tb e t i t eif jocose, and occasionally sarcastic kiwi; 0 1: batteries of wit were turned upon every 011 , e c sl ) t o before them, high, low, and middling. l l f l oo their admiration of the bearing of t it he r, before them; they talked of the weatlidesy Orpheonists who were to perform th at . 0 10 ; il Palais de Plndustrie ;of anything yolL4a. 1 no more of Italy than if Italy never 0-"„", tb e i Paris people brooded so intensely . te t bardo-Venetian question, and burned fe'lo siasm for Piedmontese aggrandiseme f e : 10 0 3 c i was a tune to show it. In truth, , o f ets; 'the being existing on this earth capabLe solo anything resembling such a pa ssiell the .ss people who are so political b/asees as ilas lP 3 They have expended so much e et vain—on the good, the worthless,l tote indifferent —that they have no 111191 ,.er either to individuals or peoples, ailed to t n si ing. A single voice, I am told, soiteto l'ltalie !" when the Emperor and bi s „jah he t the Palais de l'lndustrie, after the r e ;i i - e Oval the Orpheonists. The feeble cry, like', relli i " the Manage de Figaro, was the 111°r i o ol‘ e ric from its being solitary, and the peoPleorios;it with wonder to see who the singaar stion In his laudable desire to settle the quereaff Ta going to war the Emperor must be g, o ple. c let by this state of feeling among his Cavour His Majesty might well raiTio tion he did on the Neufchatel gna r l' s t 1 4 1 / " The great powers signed in 1. 85 '' f tb e t Of protocol, which recognises the riollt g , ° , 10 0,1 0 Prussia over Neufchatel. The t'i go i ce , t `" - We ( ' be, Emperor (of the French) engage d 015f ra,:,, other Cabinets, could not, -wliatel is • reg , ,, interest it feels for Switzerland; '" fit') treaties have sanctioned."---(3fon iletsr ' a to o o ber, 1856.) dispos e • 5 His Majesty will hardly be _„„,tio Piedmont, notwithstanding his eYI the 0 0 - r what he refused to Switzerland ; he treaties which he avows in one eas e to forget in the other. a s teci, a P A r- A letter from St. Petersburg, ba t t" use tc" inst., received in Paris informs ns t s of 0 , ‘.O Government has assembled a c° r P . BesO rju sto j consisting of 60,000 men in 3rd o fo t he f Podolia. These troops below, the 0 f C? corps d' armee. The 15th " dic is ; e nt hitherto cantoned in the Gove rli irout ie have been advanced to the Danubian provinces. tat T 1he ..._.--....-- -....... , included olltljieSOSolvAern.olent ef j condition ofT of the peasants. In this Pla,klie rsinftif f us'sl'er declare that this reform is the 013,,1001, reducedla?' tteeits plan for the eine-lioOttivre;?o,:il nobility, and that the 9 111—.0osiv _ a to an institution of which theciltioe y b mere reminiscence of historical t r f . l ' or th e t iiii: committee demands remuneration , he po , ceded the peasants, and advises T:0 pcPt,i break to off all communication with the.lidisei;to duct, evidently arising froni a profell.".9oo cie# havehands the effect of throwing the p ea a s es; o io of the bureaucracy, ton e create tb ig , t ', 4 11 tion is of slavery. The °f bst 'itet inindicates general calm and subdued, of b1..031 and at.es a profound sentiMeilt _,1.0 i°, l :'; 4 a by the irritation a,gainst the meacr, o f ts oo mint Itae Government. The knowle frotioltioi has produced a disaareeable,%tifith.,',4. yer e ament circles. Nevertheless,ol4::s Prot these explosions, which imped° an Peetion of the amelioration of the P and tends to confirm the belief that, Congress or no I Congress, war will break out in that quarter. In deed, after being excited and led on to hope for three months that it would have an opportunity of settling old scores with Austria, that Piedmont will quietly disband her levies, send home her contin gents, and subside into the status quo, seems rather rash to expect. There is terrific news from the south of Europe. The Greek army, says one of the papers, is about to be placed on a war-footing ! and a Greek officer has come to Paris to buy 20,000 muskets—on tick, it is to be presumed ! At the Police Court yesterday, the charge against the second mate of the American ship Samaritan, was fully investigated. It appeared that on the 10th instant, a black man named Campbell had been sent to grease down the masts, but not performing the duty in accordance with the notions of the second mate, the latter followed him up the rigging and beat him with a rope, until he fell on the deck, a height of some 145 feet. It was a perfect miracle how . the man escaped with his life, but according to the medical evidence yesterday, it is likely that the injured man after some months may be restored to health. The case, however, was of such a character, that Mr. Mansfield sent the prisoner for trial, on a charge of having committed an assault with intent to murder. LIVERPOOL IN 1859. THERE has probably been no previous instance, in the history of the world, of such rapid commercial progress, and such advancement in all that it is calculated to produce, as the case of Liverpool presents, in this year of grace one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. When we regard it in its maritime and its mercantile interests ; when we consider the extent and value of its shipping, and its merchandise,—the tonnage of its vessels, the amount of its exports and imports, the compass of its steam navigation, the extent of its emigrant and passenger trade; the lines of railway and canal communication it possesses ; its docks and. warehouses ; its popula tion, property, and income ; its general public works ; its public places of business ; its commercial associations; its collegiate and other educational institutions ; its churches and public charities,—with all those " appliances and means to boot" of which there is a proportionate abundance,—one cannot but marvel at the thought that all this, which combines to make Liverpool second only to the metropolis itself of this great country, has been the work of but a few generations, and that within the memory of living men it has actually attained its present high position. The fact, so wonderful, is accounted for upon the simple ground, that " Liverpool owes its position amongst the great communities of England entirely to its commerce and shipping." These are not only the great civilizers of nations, but the most powerful expanders and enrichers of communities. And yet it would appear, that "no other seaport of the United Kingdom has risen to so high a point of wealth and population by those means only, ; ' as Liverpool has done. It is a circumstance this as creditable as it is singular. Doubtless there have been great natural advantages co-operating with various fortunate occurrences and concurrences. But there must have been the skill and the ability, as well as the oppor tunity, to turn it all to account, as it stands confessed that it has been in so surprising a degree. The case is a very remarkable, a very peculiar, if not also a very rare one, in the whole history of mankind. " London, which alone rivals Liverpool in the greatness and extent of its commerce, owes its position, above all other cities, not only of England, but of the world, to a variety of powerful causes, of which its great and flourishing commerce is only one, though probably the most important, as well as the most permanent. The seaports of the United Kingdom, though many of them flourishing in wealth, and some of them, aided by great manufacturing as well as commercial activity, have all been surpassed by Liverpool." So that the case is one which has apparently no parallel, either in this or any other country—either in ancient or modern times. This singular and at the same time wonderful condition of Liverpool is brought vividly 'before the tic mind by the work (*) from which we have ; , a,d.y quoted two or three sentences, and the title vhich is that we have given to these remarks. It • book of facts such as, take them for all in all, could not be adduced of any other place in Europe, or iu the world. The reputation of Liverpool, for its vast maritime and commercial resources, is world wide and most exalted. Strangers who visit the town are struck with wonder by the evidences of its mercantile greatness and prosperity they behold on every hand. But the details of the case, As brought out by such a work as that we refer to, are calculated to enhance that feeling in no slight degree ; and the more particularly when regarded in connection with the rapidity of the progress through which it has been attained. pub. alret of The commercial pre-eminence of Liverpool is amply proved, we say, by the details of its case. The common idea, we believe, is that London far surpasses it as a port. But this is not the fact. " London and New York," it is observed, " stand in the same rank as Liverpool, as commercial cities, but in some respects, as a place of commerce, it surpasses even the great capitals of the Old and the New Worlds." It excels even London, for instance, in its shipping and navigation. The amount of tonnage registered at, and belonging to, the port of Liverpool, is greater than that belonging to any other port of the United Kingdom—London not excepted. For, as is shewn by the Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom issued by the Board of Trade, while the burden of the vessels registered in the port of Liverpool amounted to 936,022 tons, that of the vessels registered in the port of London was but 836,140 tons,—thus giving Liverpool a superiority of 76,882 tons. Ano ther fact, too, is remarkable, —that no other port in the United Kingdom possesses even the half of this tonnage. And in addition to all this shipping that is registered in the port, Liverpool is resorted to by several millions of tons of shipping, in the course of the year, belonging to other British ports, or to foreign countries,—drawn to it by its extensive market for foreign produce, its unrivalled export trade, arid the great crowds of passengers and emi 7 grants who sail from the river Mersey to all parts of the world, but more especially to the United States, Australia, and British America. In nothing is the progress of its maritime com merce seen more strikingly, than in the gradually increasing extent of its dock accommodation. To go no further back than thirty-five years, we find that at that time the water space of the Liverpool docks only covered an area of 501, acres : now it covers an area of 2121 acres, with upwards of 23 acres of dock basins. Then there are the docks on the other side of the Mersey, which, when completed, will add a further area of 158 acres—thus increasing the water space of the docks of the Mersey to nearly 400 acres, which is eight times the size of such water space only * Liverpool in 1859. The Port and Town of Liverpool, and the Ha r b our, D ocks, and Commerce of the Mersey in 1859. By Thomas Baines. London: Longman and Co. against it ; and at this very moment, they are actually maintaining scouts there for the purpose . of perverting the minds of the Cubans, and inciting them to throw off their allegiance to Spain, and go over to the United States. And yet the American Minister can coolly assure the Queen of Spain that " the general desire of the population of the United States is to retain the old friendship !" Could there well be a piece of grosser dissimulation than this ? " Get not your friends .by base compliments," says an ancient sage, " but by giving them sensible tokens of your love." And this will apply even to President BUCHANAN himself ; for he has shown a most eager covetous ness of Cuba, regardless altogether of any friendly considerations towards the Queen of Spain, or any respect whatever for the interests of the Spanish nation. One's disgust at such political hypocrisy as this is certainly not diminished in the slightest degree by the reply which the Queen of Spain was advised to make to it. Only the other day, it will be remem bered, her Ministers expressed their indignation at the insolent manner in which the retention of Cuba by Spain, and the proposal for its acquisition by the United States, was spoken of in the President's Message to Congress. Yet now they advise their Royal Mistress to declare her belief that friendship towards Spain is " the desire of the population of the United States "—that by observing the line of conduct they intend to follow, she has confidence that it will be easy for them to contribute to preserve the friendship and good harmony which ought to exist between the two peoples—and that she takes pleasure in believing that their personal qualities will facilitate the realisation of this noble object ! More glaring, more disgusting dissimulation than this, we say, could scarcely have been conceived. No wonder we have wars, when so full of falsehood and hypocrisy is the diplomatic intercourse between Christian nations. We know who is the greatest and most accomplished, and most successful of dissemblers. And when Satan is taken as the model of diplomacy, what can one expect ? OUR CANADIAN PARLIAMENT MEN, It is becoming more and more evident, that in proportion as the Canadian Parliament adopts the republican principles of its neighbour, the United States' Congress, does it become more and more un manageable as a Constitutional Assembly. And of all such principles, its adoption , of which has made its degeneracy so manifest, there is not one, perhaps, that has operated more banefully than that of paying its members. And yet has it just aggravated the mischief by increasing the rate of such payment. On the 28th of last month, we learn, the House of Assembly at Toronto resolved, by a vote of 43 to 16, that the per diem of members should be increased from 4 dols: to 6 dols.,—an act which even the demo cratic Globe of that city, we find, denounces as being " to the shame of the Government," and " as disap pointing all hopes," it declares, "of even ordinary retrenchment in the present session." It appears to be a gross job,—the object plainly being to put money into the pockets of the members. It is an amount to which their pay has been increased, that is much beyond what their actual expenses can possibly be. Six dollars are twenty-five shillings a-day, or seven pounds ten shillings a-week. And for two dollars and a-half a day, or less perhaps by the week, they can get board and lodging at the first-class hotels in Toronto. So that it is not for payment of their expenses, simply,—it is something more, and something worse. No wonder the members, thus extravagantly salaried, are fond of frittering away the time of their sitting, and making the session as lengthy as possible. ' And to the same cause, no doubt, may it be attributed, that they are so glad to take advantage of any opportunity of varying their legislative sojourns,—meeting one session at Quebec, another at Montreal, and another at Toronto,—removals which, it appears, have cost in the aggregate upwards of £400,000 during the last eight or nine years. Two more removals, it seems, are at this time in prospect. Ottawa is to be the eventual capital—that point is settled : but while Ottawa is getting ready, the Government will leave Toronto, and make a tempo rary settlement in Quebec. And where the Government is, of course the House of Assembly must be also. No doubt their movings about are pleasant to the well-paid members,—the very fact of their being paid encouraging in their minds the notion, that it is more their own personal pleasure and advantage, than their public duty, and the interests of the country, that are to be considered. This payment of members is a practice that has given a great deal of trouble, and has been the source of a great deal of corruption, in the United States. They call it compensation,—a word which, strictly speaking, means some equivalent, recompense, or repayment ; implying, of course, that expenses were incurred which it was intended to reimburse. Its first object, therefore, is to repay the travelling expenses, which is done by granting a mileage of eight dollars for every twenty-miles of travel in the usual road, in going to and returning from the seat of government. Then there is a sum for each Congress payable as follows,—on the first day of each regular session, the mileage, and the pay then due from the beginning of the term, at the rate of 250 doll. a month, and, during the session, compen sation at the same rate ; and on the first day of each subsequent session, mileage, and pay at the same rate that has accrued since the adjournment, and during the session at the same rate. Members dying before the commencement of the first session receive no pay or mileage ; dying afterwards, their representatives receive what is then due to them. Deductions are made for each day's absence from duty, unless for sufficient cause. These regulations have been rendered necessary by the abuse there used to be under a looser system. But still the practice, though thus regulated, is full of evil. It is much to be regretted, therefore, that it should ever have been adopted in Canada,—much more so, that they should have increased the amount of payment. It is true, the amount is still not so high as in the United States. But the principle is a vicious one; and the more it is extended, the worse it becomes. We have no doubt that instances without end could be adduced, did one know all about it, of the mischiefs which result from it in Canada ; and it is more than probable that the introduction into the House of Assembly of so many trading politicians, is attributable to the practice of paying them . ; for, their attendance, rather than to any other immediate cause. It is the remark of Dr. FRANKLIN, that " we assemble Parliaments and Councils, to have the benefit of their collected wisdom: but we necessarily have, at the same time, the inconveniences of their collected passions, prejudices, and private interests." And what private interest can be more positive, or more direct, than that which is involved in a money payment of so much per day, as long as they choose LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CLAREMONT LITERARY AssoCIATIO?T, KIRKDALE.—On Monday evening last the ninth of a course of lectures in connexion with the above association, and in aid of the Sunday-school funds, was delivered by the Rev. — W. C. Preston, minister of Claremont Independent Chapel. Subject, " Felix Neff, the Waldensian Pastor." The lecture was interesting, and attentively listened to. The next of the course will be delivered on Monday evening, 28th inst., by the Rev. W. M. Taylor, of Bootle, on " Hugh Miller—A Life Study." TESTIMONIAL. 7 A presentation, by the _workmen and others employed at - Messrs. Haylock and Co.'s biscuit factory, was made, on Saturday last, of a tea service, accompanied by a highly complimentary address, to Mr. John irotter, late for - em - an, and for many years, in that establishment The service was engraved witli the iollowini, inscription :—" Presented to Mr. John Trotter, by parties connected with Messrs. Haylock and Co.'s Biscuit Factory." The address showed the kind feeling which all employed in the establishment had towards him, and concluded -with a hearty wish for his future success. NEW Music.—THE LATHAM POLKA.—Mr. Peter Stubbs, so long and well known as the conductor of eminent Liver pool bands, has recently published (in addition to his already numerous musical publications) a beautiful polka under the above head, dedicated, by special permission, to the Countess of Derby. This performance has been composed on the occasion of the majority of Lord J. Skelmersdale, and in , addition to its exquisite scoring, there is a degree of melody about it not often met with in com positions of this description. It has been presented to a large number not only of our local aristocracy,. but has been greatly patronised by the most fashionable circles, and thus proves at once the existence of the composition and the ability of the author. As a proof of the popularity of this polka, it is only necessary to say, that Mr. 'Williams, of Paternoster-row, London, is the publisher, which speaks for the composition in all respects. As Liverpool men, we congratulate Mr. Stubbs on his performance. - EVANGELICAL ALLlANCE.—Yesterday morning, the above society sat down to breakfast in Hope-hall, at which there were present—Mr. R.A. Macfie, who occupied the chair, and the Revs. J. B. Lowe, George Maynard, Birrell, Kelly, • , George Scott, and G. Carnock, together with the deputation, the Revs. W. Cardall, and T. R. Birks. Before partaking of breakfast, the Rev. George Scott said grace. Mr. Macfie, on the breakfast having been partaken of, said he felt called upon to say that the breakfast had been got up on the part of the friends of the Evangelical Alliance Committee ; and he only hoped that all who felt an interest in the alliance would feel it their duty to contribute to the support of the soeiety. Thanks were offered after partaking of breakfast, and several rev. gentlemen proceeded to offer a few remarks. In the evening, a meeting of the same society was held in the same place, which entirely coincided with what had been said at the morning meeting, namely to the increase of the Evangelical Alliance, at the end of which the meeting broke up. 'IIIE MORNING LIGHT.—TESTIMONIAL TO THE CAPTAIN —The following address, together withja splendid silver mounted dressing case, and gold pencil case, was presented, on Saturday, to Captain Jacob Gillies, of the Morning Light, just arrived from Melbourne, by his passengers : " ship Morning Light, March 18th, 1859. To Captain Jacob Gillies, Liverpool. Dear sir, —As our connection is about to terminate, we, the passengers, cannot allow the opportunity to pass without some expression of feeling on our part, or some momento, however small, in token of our regard and esteem for you, and in return for your many acts of kindness and attention to our wants and comforts during the passage from Melbourne, which to, you must have been very harassing on many occasions ; and also to express our high appreciation of your gentlemanly conduct to all on board. It also gives us great pleasure to add our meed of praise to your officers, not only as regards their general efficiency, but also for their kind and conside rate attention to our well-being and enjoyment on every occasion. Signed by the passengers. COUNTY COURT,—Yesterday. (Before I K. Blair, Esq., Judge) ACTION FOR DAMAGE TO A CHAPEL WALL.—This was an action brought by Mr. Matthew Williams, secretary to the Trustees of the Chapel in Beun's Gardens, against Messrs. Nicholson and Whittle, merchants, of South Castle street, for £2 1 ls. 2d, for damage done to the wall of the Chapel in Bern's Gardens. From the evidence of the chapel-keeper, in would appear that i n February last, the defendant's lorry ran against the chapel wall and knocked down a port-ion of it. This the plaintiff had repaired, and he now sought the cost of such repairs. Bern's Gardens is-a very narrow thoroughfare, and a great number of carts, &c., pass through it in the course of the day. There seems to be a great damage of the carts running against the chapel walls, and that damage has been done in consequence. The plain tiff's evidence was chiefly given by the chapel keeper, who said that on the day on which the damage was done he was cleaning the gallery of the chapel. H e l oo k e d ou t o f th e window, and saw the defendants' carter come out of the yard opposite the chapel wall, strike the wall, and cause the damage complained of. His cross-examination was non mi recordi. Ile recollected nothing but that the wall was damaged. Mr. Matthew Williams, secretary to the trustees; was also examined, but exception was taken by Mr. Hime, who appeared for the defendants, to the tight of Mr. Wil liams suing in . ,the name of the trustees. As, however, Mr. Williams was also a trustee himself, Mr. lime withdrew his objection. For the defence it was alleged that the wall had been in a delapidated state ; that the trustees had been served with a notice by the building surveyor to repair it, so long as December last; and, finally, that the carter did not touch the wall on that day. The whole evidence went to show that the wall had been in a dangerous state for some time. His Honour, after reviewinc , the evidence, said that he was certainly of opinion that the cart did not touch the wall on the occasion, but that the wall was not in a safe condition previous to that day. He certainly should give a verdict in favour of the plaintiffs, but he did not think that the damage done amounted to anything like what was sought to be received, and he would therefore award 5s to the plaintiffs and costs for one witness. PARISH CONTRACTS.—A special meeting of the select vestry was held yesterday morning, for the purpose of considering and accepting contracts for the supply of stores to the Workhouse and Industrial Schools ; Mr. Church warden Jones occupied the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Bairstow, Syred, Whitty, Critchley, Cooke, Chesney, Denton, Peck, Williams, S co tt, G a i r , Broome, Jackson, Whitby, Crellin, Owen, and Hughes. The following contracts were entered into for the under mentioned periods :—.For six months : Ale, porter and barm, Messrs. Clegg and Wright £l6l 17s. ; brushes, Mr. Morgan £72 ss. lid. ; butter and cheese, Mr. Pearson £315 17s. ; candles and soap, Mr. Pearson £l6B 13s. 6d. ; clog soles, Mr. William Owens £95 ls. 6d. ' • coals, Mr. W. Hardin.. £453 18s. ; coffins, Mr. Cowley £2OO 7s. ; drugs, J. and Johnson £561 4s. Id.; drysalteries, Mr Taylor £57 2s. Bd.; hay and straw, Mr. Ratcliffe £126 18s. 4d., (accepted conditionaly, and the tender referred to the Workhouse in order to ascertain whether the straw was to machine or hand-thrashed) ; ironmongery, Mr. Bateman £77 9s. 2d; leather, Mr. Thomas Samuel £lB5 17s. 2d.; stationery, Mr. George M . Corquodale £313 15s. ; smallwares, Mr. Bingham, £239 is 8d; straw bonnets, Mr. Robinson, £33 11s; timber, Mr. Cowley, £9B 9s 7-id; tin ware, Mr. Thomas Jones, £32 16s 8d; tobacco and snuff, Mr. M‘Millan, £6O 16s 8d; wines and spirits, Messrs. Davis and Staunton, £354 5s 6d. For three months : Beef and mutton, Messrs. Hall and Son, £1,580 ; flour and oatmeal, Mr. Radford, £2,566 16s 6d; groceries, Mr. Goodacre, £513 4s 61d ; linen and drapery, Mr. Adamson, £364 14s 3d ; woollen drapery, Mr. Peter Williams, £244 8s 6d; peas, Mr. Hope, £96 Is •' potatoes, Mr. Ahearn, 2s, 2s 6d, and 2s 8d per bushel o f 90 lbs, A conversation took place in reference to the contract for milk, as to whether the vestry should continue to insist on the present test as to specific gravity. It was stated that the milk was often adulterated in order to bring it to the required specific gravity. Mr. Jackson stated that in one case a contractor brought some fresh milk to the workhouse, and it was too light, and consequently refused. The man took it home, and kept it in a cold place for about 24 hours, and took two skims of cream off it, and brought it back to the workhouse, and it was received. The test, therefore, acted