The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1856 MR. LOWE, and his Town [Dues Committee sat in judgment on Liverpool, for a second time, on Monday ; but what that tribunal really have in view, beyond taking from Liverpool alone, its vested rights, we defy even the Manchester Cor poration to define. We have read carefully the 'hole of the evidence brought before them, and certainly a more atrocious attack upon the Municipal property of the realm, was never attempted in any reign. The appointment of the Committee was a complete mockery, as we declared when it was first named. And the correctness of the assertion requires no further proof, than the simple fact, that all its Manchester witnesses have to say, is obtained from the volumes of evidence given before former Parliamentary committees, and even the Shipping Tolls and Town Dues Commissioners. Mr. HERON, who is Mr. LowE's great gun, has not one word to say for himself, beyond what he has had the effrontery to tell the committee has been before Parliament for years, and which has been re-cooked, hashed, and garnished, by Royal Commissioners, within the last twelve months. When the Town Dues and Passing Tolls Bill was introduced, the Vice• President of the Board of Trade took special care to tell the country that he had made himself master of the whole question, and that his bill embodied the suggestions made by the several Parliamentary Committees and Commissions ; and yet we have this very Mr. LOWE sitting to hear the Towa Clerk of Man chester repeating the contents of these Blue Books, as though he had never seen or heard of them, and putting this Borough to many thousands pounds of expense ! Was there ever such a flagrant mockery, or such a vile piece of injustice, as this ? The House of Commons would not receive Mr. LowE's Corporate Spoliation Bill, and Lord PALMERSTON, to escape a ministerial defeat, suggested the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire, forsooth ! into the whole subject, and the House very foolishly consented to the proposal, believing, no doubt, that it was only meant to shelve the bill as quietly as possible. We cannot believe that either branch of the legislature would suffer themselves to be made a cat's-paw of by the Board of Trade, and exposed to the obliquy which must obviously attend such trifling with the pockets and patience of the Burgesses of Corporate Towns such as this. Government made their Bill out of the evidence obtained by the usual tedious and costly means—they made it a C a b inet measure and they ought to have gone to a division on its merits, and met the issue, as all ministers do in suc h c ases, and not have resorted, for a few days retention of influence, to a course which may cost the ratepayers of Liverpool above 20,0001., i n defendinc , a title to an'income which the superior courts of law have decided is "good in law a n d equity." It is trfling with the readers English spirit of moderation, to be reiterating what Mr. HERON, or any other witness the Select Committee may be pleased to examine, but we only do so to show the unutterable contempt in which the whole spoliation scheme should be held by the public. If statesmen forsake our Constitutional land marks, and seek to violate all the rights of property, as " by law establish e d," mere l y to ga i n patronage, and carry forward the work of centrali sation, we can scarcely be surprised at Town Clerks originating a scramble in which w Commercial. Salo. THIS DAY THIS DAY, the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 15, Oldhall-street, 50 Bales SARSAPARILLA, • 7 Bundles BARK DE MALAGATO, ex Bing, from Chiriquo.—Apply to BUCHANAN, BROWNE & CO., Brokers. On account of whom it may concern. Tnis DAY, the 23rd instant, at One o'clock, A Quantity of Loose CO ['TON, damaged and wet, saved from the wreck of the Constitution, from New York; now lying at the wreck shed, Prince's Dock. —Apply to Bowman, Grinnell & Co., Merchants, or to SAMUEL KEARSLEY & CO., Brokers. T O-M 0 R R 0 W. On account of whom it may concern, TO-IriOßßow, the 24th instant, at the Broker's saleroom, Exchange-chambers, About 150 Bales Mexican FIBRE, all faults, ex Jacobus, from Tampico.—Apply to Messrs. Leech, Har rison, and Forwood, Merchants, or to FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. TO-MORROW, the 24th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Broker's office, 7, Exchange chambers, Tithebarn-street, About 30 Tons BONE ASH, lately landed ex Penelope, in Birkenhead Dock.—Apply FRANCIS J. EATON, Broker. WOOL SALE. On account of whom it may cfrucern. 'IV -MORROW, the 24th instant, at Tw-dive o'clock, at the Brokers' office, 13, North Sohn street, eep's WOOL, ex sundry ships 130 Bales Peruvian She all faults, 170 Baj s Sundr 300 Bales, For oatalogy-s and particulars apply to LAW & WYLIE, Brokers , FRIDAY On account of whom it may concern mAY next, the 26th inst., at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding and Nash's saleroom, Corn Exchange, Brmls- wick-street, A Quantity Damaged Indian CORN, ex West Point, from New York; lying on Waterloo Dock Quay.—For particulars apply to J. Sc M. HARNETT, Brokers. On FRIDAY next, the 25th instant, at Two o'clock, at the office of the undersigned, 120 Tons Bird Island GUANO, ex Neptune, 50 Tons Ground PHOSPHATES, 10 Tons Ground BONE ASH. For analysis, &c., apply to ARNOTT, BROTHERS, Liver-chambers, Tithebarn-street. ILLMER'S EAILWAY AND STEAMBOAT they cannot be losers, or a rival corporation em- GUIDE, for APRIL—PRICE TWOPENCE. barking in a Parliamentary campaign, the expenses &RIMS Wtramas, 19, South John-street, (and by all of which are paid out of market tolls, and the working man's gas light. Manchester will be made to pay for Mr. HERON'S professional gambols, and his Corporation will take care that they are not charged with the sport. But what is all this to the Select Committee, or to the Liverpool Ratepayers? The Committee must sit in obedi ennco to the order of the House, and Liverpool must pay for the defence of the Burgesses pro perty. We shall see in the Borough accounts for the current year a large additional item under the head of " Parliimentary expenses," which must be paid out of the corporate funds, and just because Mr. LOWE will sit and hear Mr. HERON read over the Blue Books of Parliament. There is an immense deal of the political morality of the day about all this. The Committee will sit as long as there is a witness to examine, a heap of dusty evidence to be read, or the present House of Commons is in existence ; and what will it come to ? Mr. LowE's Committee will most likely report in favour of his bill, and the Premier will have to divide the house on a question eubversive of the whole corporate reve. nues of the kingdom. Mr. LOWE'S production is but the fine point of the great centralisation wedge. Let it but once enter the trunk of local self-government, and we shall hear something ere long about the hardship of having poor rates, and other local revenues, in the hands of local bodies. The House of Commons saw through the drift of Mr. LowE's bill, and the attempt would have been signally defeated if the Ministry had gone to a division. And now that the Committee, that monster ruse of injustice, have sat two whole days over one witness, what have they gained which will give the spolia tors additional strength? Why, literally nothing, beyond an insolent declaration from the TOWN CLERK of Manchester, that "he did not come " there to raise the question of the right of the " corporation at all to these dues; what he corn ,' plained of was the appropriation of the dues." Surely the good sense of the House of Commons must interpose between the public and this enquiry. The whole thing is becoming too paltry even for this gullible age. If we are to be legislated for let it be by some higher authorities than Vice- Presidents of the Board of Trade and Town Clerks. Let Parliament decide on the " appropriation" of Corporate revenues, and not such mortals as Mr. HERON, who, although he cannot dispute our " right" to the Town Dues, would dictate to the ratepayers of Liverpool, and every town in England, what they. should do with their own ! The whole thing is now becoming very funny, and we should laugh heartily at it, if we could make either Mr. LOWE or Mr. HERON pay our bill of costs. Mr. HERON thought it would be " highly desira " ble that the Town Dues should be expended to a "certain extent, as was done now by the Corpora " tion, for the benefit of the shipping." This is really rich. In the course of the first day's examination he did nothing but grumble, because the Corporation did not expend the Dues on shipping purposes. It was never intended that they should be so expended. The original grantees were not compelled to apply the revenue they received to such purposes The SEFTON family were not required to build docks, to widen streets for increased trade traffic , and to lay out 6,0001. a year on the river, to facili_ tate the ingress and egress of ships ! The Corpo ration have done it of their own free will, and yet our enemies complain one day of our title, and the next of the mal-appropriation of our funds ! But what has become of Mr. HERON'S originality ? He says :—" With regard to the printed documents " from which he had read, he had read nothing `` which was not on the authority of evidence before " Parliamentary committees, evidence taken before " the municipal corporation commissioners, or " evidence furnished by officers of the Liverpool " corporation ; and if he had inadvertently made " any error in his statement, the corporation had "it in their power to correct him." All this must have been very edifying to the committee. Blue Books are not the lightest reading at any time, and the recital of the dry records of the Liverpool Corporation must have been a dose indeed ! But we may safely take our leave of HERON and Mr. LOWE for the present. They are tolerably well " used up," and we may await the issue with as much cool patience as the House of Commons can well display, when they receive the Select Committee's elaborate report of stale trash ! SATURDAY On account of whom it may concern. On SATURDAY next, the 26th instant, at One o'clock, at the Broker's office, Ahant 600 Bales COTTON, all faults, being part - cargo of the Mobile, from M o bil e , an d Islay; lying on the north end of the Prince's Dock Quay.— Apply to Edward Bates, Esq., Merchant, or to H. JNO. WEBSTER, Broker, 7, Rumford-street. R.' NODDER, HATTER, 81, CHURCH-STREET, ' Begs respectfully to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Liver pool that his NEW_STYLES for the Season are NOW READY for Inspection. EVENING EDITION eir An Evening Edition of the NORTHERN DAILY TIMRS is now Published every Afternoon, at Three o'clock, containing the Markets, together with all the News of the .Day, up to the hour of going to Press. TIM ANNUAL, SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. THE COURT The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen on Monday at Buckingham Palace. The Prince Consort, attended by Major-general the Hon. Charles Grey and Lord Alfred Paget, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before ten o'clock on Monday morning to visit the camp at Colches ter. His Royal Highness travelled from the Shoreditch terminus by a special train, on the Eastern Counties line to Colchester, and rode on horseback from that station to the camp. The Prince returned by the same route to London, and arrived at Buckingham Palace at ten minutes before five; o'clock. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice visited St. Paul's Cathedral. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princess Helena, took a drive in the afternoon in an open landau and four, attended by the Countess of Desart. Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Royal, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Vane, Earl Cawdor, Lord George Lennox, Viscount and Vicountess Barrington, and Sir George Couper. PRIVY COUNClL.—Yesterday afternoon her Majesty held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace, which was fully attended by the Great Officers of State. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN RUPERT-STREET.— The detective officers posscss information which leads them to suppose that the aasassin, Foschini, is secreted in London. lie is so closely watched both by day and night that the slightest movement on his part would tend to his capture, and it is hinted that the offer of a reward will lead to his immediate apprehension. ___-_,,.__- A MISSIONARY'S EXPERIENCE AMONGST THE ROMANISTS OF IRELAND.—Last evening, a goodly congregation assembled at the Hope-hall, Hope-street, for the purpose of hearing the Rev. Mr. Nangle, of Screen, deliver an address, and giving his experience amongst the Romanists of Ireland, while a missionary at Achill. The Rev. Mr. Bardsley occupied the chair. After a suitable prayer, the chairman introduced the lecturer, whom he warmly eulo gised. The rev. le c t urer t h en came forward, and after a few introductory remarks, said he had had 20 years experience as a missionary in Ireland, and therefore, his mind was so well stored with facts, that he scarcely knew where to begin. Ile could, however, on that occasion, confine himself to two points—the difficulties connected with missionary works, and the encouragement connected with those works. He then went on to prove the assertion he had made, that the Roman C a th o li c priesthood were crafty and tun the rincipled, whi c h h e did, by relating sd of priests at Achill. After an at tack on Priest Dwyer, Dr. 111‘Hale and the Bishop of Tuam, the lecturer dwelt upon the' op osition the Protestants had met with from the priesthood Pin their denunciations from the altars while he was at the Island of Achill, which he illustrated by quotations from the evidence given before the House of Lords in the year 1837. The next difficulty thy had was from the Protestants of the liberal school. Having spoken at considerable length, he advocated the Achill missionaries,e in and the e hem i e t e h t e in was concluded by a collection being mad train ing schools of the parish of Screen, g MR MORTIERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1846 MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LrtrEEPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. The Liverpool Cotton market has been firm to day, and prices continued steady, The sales amount to 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 have been taken for speculation and export. There has been a quiet feeling in the Liverpool Share Market, and only a small business has been done. Prices closed as follows Aberdeen, 128 134. Chester and Birkenhead, 151 154. Caledonian, 304 304. Chester and Holyhead, 16 161. Eastern Counties, 10 104. East Lancashire, 194 194. Great Northern 234 231 Ditto A, 94 94. Great Western, 634 64. Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , St oc k, 884 88/. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 17171. London and North Western Stock, 1004 101. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 281, 284. Ditto Pref., 114 12. Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 8 4p. Midland Stock, 744 744. North British, 8 11-16 8 13-16. North Staffordshire, 6 54d. South , Eastern and Dover, 24 214. York, Newcastle, and Ber.. wick, 194 194. York and North Midland, 284 284. Leeds Capital Stock, 15. 1 15 1 . Buffalo and Lake Huron, 14 14p. Dutch Rhenish, 14 11. Great Western of Canada, 261 261. Ditto New Shares, 34"3p. Ditto 2nd issue, 31 34p. Great Luxembourg, 74 7d. •The following is a statement of traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada by pas senger and goods trains for the week ending 4th April, 1856, and for the corresponding period last year :-4th April, 1856—total receipts, 13,3441. 19s. 2d ; sth April, 1855—d0., 10,1291. 14s. 5d.; Increase, 3,215/. 4s. 9d. Aggregate gross re ceipts from the commencement of the current half-year to date, 92,9691. 14s. 2d. sterling ; do. for the corrresponding period last year, 63,4551. 7s. do. In the Manchester Goods Market there has been a very buoyant feeling to-day, and with a good amount of business, higher prices have been paid for both Goods and Yarns. The Belgian government has published the revenue returns for the quarter ended 31st March, shewing the progressive increase and decrease in the receipts compared with the corresponding quarter of 1855. The principal items are as follows :—Total receipts in 1856, 23,291,927 f, against 20,191,170 f in 1855. Not only does the first item show an increase of 3,100,657 f, but it is greater than the estimated income at 22,991,000 f. The increase upon the quarter of 1854 is 6,800,000 f. In that year the total receipts amounted to 89,000 f, and according to the above, the receipts of this year are expected to reach 110,000,000 f. There are only two items which show a decrease, viz., the duties on wines and sugar, but these are trifling. The returns from railways, canals, postal communicalion, &c., present an increase of 1.200,000 f, and a million and a half in the Customs returns. The weekly trade reports of the principal French markets state that buyers are now more numerous, both in the chief manufacturing towns, and the departments, consequently business is more active than it was at the beginning of the month. Those who had held back during the Conferences have now come forward since the official promulgation of peace. In the departments where many of the retail dealers had limited their purchases, stocks are quite exhausted, and they have become press ing upon the manufacturers to meet the increasing consumption. Speculators, at the same time are ordering goods of all kinds extensively, and the prices are rising rapidly. Advices from the manu facturing towns on silk and cotton fabrics are satisfactory. Those of Alsace and Rouen are exceptional on account of the rise in cotton and wool and other raw materials ; at the same time the large arrivals of cotton from the United States are expected to relieve the market. The demand for cotton yarns is considerable, and there is an advance in prices at Colim, Maberly, and Breale. The trade of Paris has not much improved since the announcement of peace, and the shopkeepers complain of dull trade compared with the same month last year; but this is accounted for by the active season which prevailed before the opening of the exhibition. The Parisian manufacturers are busy with foreign orders; but articles of bronze and bijouterie are not much in request. The following were the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges :—Amsterdam short, 11 19 to 12. Do., 3 months, 12 1 to 12 If. Rotterdam, do. 12 2to 12 21. Antwerp do., 25 62k to 25 874 Brussels, do., 25 62 1 to 25 671. Hamburg do, 13 111 to 13 111. Paris, short, 25 ail to 25 45. Do., three months, 25 721 to 25 771. Marseilles, do, 25 72 ± to 25 771. Frankfort, do., 1211, to 121±. Vienna, do. l 0 20 to 10 26. Trieste, do., 10 21 to 10 25 Petersburg, 361 to 37. Madrid, do., 491 to 492- The Funds continue flat, and prices to-day experienced a further rise of -k per cent, the quota tions closing at 931 93±, attributable to the remark able dullness of business, and to the belief that no improvement in this respect can be expected during the greater part of the present week, owing to the general eagerness evinced to witness the naval review at Portsmouth. The non realisation, up to the present time, of the expectation that the bank would rescind its seven per cent charge for bills over 65 days, has also given rise to a feeling of disappointment. The delay in the adop tion of this measure is believed to be chiefly traceable to the exceptional withdrawals of gold, against the Turkish loan, and the impression thus remains, that its announcement is merely a ques tion of a week or two. If it be true that the dis count business is at present being diverted from the bank to Lombard -street, and other quarters, the abrogation of the 7 per cent charge will be hastened. Beyond this, however, there seems little idea at present of any further alteration in the rates of discount. In the Discount Market to-day, there was a good supply of money. At Paris to-lay, the Three per Gent Rentes closed nearly I- per cent lower than the final quotations of yesterday. It is stated that Mr. Henry Caldecott, of the Stock Exchange, whose suspension was reported last settling day, has since arranged to pay all his liabilities in full. The Freight Market continues 'without animation, and with very little enquiry for tonnage at present. The government has done nothing in the engage went of sailing transports for bringing home the army, horses, &e. It is presumed, therefore, that the return of the army is uncertain, or that the steam transports still in the service are considered sufficient for the purpose. There is still an active bnsiness doing in the Russisn trade, tonnage being in good demand. Steamers are already return ing into the peaceful service of commerce. The Railway Share Market to-day was sensibly weaker. The prices of Railway Shares closed as follows: Caledonian, 604. Eastern Counties, 10 10k. East Lancashire, 76 78. Great Northern, 944 95. Ditto A. 783 791. Great Western, 634 63i. Lancashi r e and Yorkshire, 88i 888. London and North Western, 1001 101. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28-1- 29 Midland Stock, 741-, 744. North British, 343 35k. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 78 79. York and North Midland. 561 56/ LONDON GAZETTE, BANKRUPTS.—C HARE E S STEWART DUNCAN, late of Charing-cross, dealer in cutlery. JOHN MERLIN, Coleman street, commission agent and merchant. SAMUEL WHITTAK ER, Manchester, licensed victualler. Joni. W HIELDE N CRUST PRICE, Wolverhampton, commercial agent and oil merchant. PERCIVAL FORBES JENKINS, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, licensed victualler. WILLIAM SHIPLEY, Hcddesford, Staffordshire, livery stable keeper. THOMAS Pvitio:, Grays, Essex, linen draper. SAMUEL SMITH PHILLIPS, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, provision and bonded store merchant. EDWARD ROWE, and EDWARD ROWE the younger, Penzance, C ornwa ll, stationers. WILLIAM GARSTANG and SON, Wigan, Lancashire, coal dealers. Josit. TAYLOR, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, licensed victualler. GEORGE CURS DAL K, Burnley, Lancashire. THB CAPTURE 07 THE "SWELL-MOB'S MEN."—We understand that since the capture of the two persons, Smith and M'Donnell—a full account of whiili appeared in our paper of yesterday—that Carlyle, the (let( ctive officer, has made some disclosures of an important description. It appears that there is a wide spread conspiracy over England, in which is united a large number of persons, such as the prisoners, whose business is plundering in every shape. At present we are not justified in entering more into detail; but, perhaps, a short time will develope the affair. It may be stated that a youth, belonging to Mr. Powell's house, whose representative lost the money in the Corn-exchange, Manchester, saw the prisoner M'Donnell, and that he at once picked him out from several persons, saying he was extremely like the person he saw at the standing at the Manchester Exchange, and that at the time he wore spectacles. Ile described the glasses, and, curious enough, Carlyle subsequently found a pair of " specs" in the trowsers pocket of the prisoner at the hotel, which agreed with those described. LiTEST INTELLIGENCE: THE ,TWENTIETH SYNOD OF THE PRES ! BYTERIAN CHURCH IN ENGLAND. On Monday evening the twentieth eynod of the Presbyte rian Church in England commenced their sittings at St. George's Church, Myrtle-street, Liverpool. A most impres sive sermon was preached by the ex-moderator, the Rev. John Weir, of London, after which the business of the very reverend the synod was proceeded with. The following members and elders were present :—Elders--- Mr. James Adam, Belford; Mr. Thomas Gray, Norham ; Mr. Robert Barbour, North Sunderland ; Mr. Alexander Gillespie, Lowick Mr. John Johnston, Horncliffe ; Mr. Robert Lamont, Broad-street, Birmingham ; Mr. William Howitson, Dudley; Mr. Robert Murray, Stafford; Mr. Thomas Bele, Workington; Mr. James Lachlison, White haven ; Mr. John Sorley, Birkenhead ; Mr: Alexander Chalmers, Canning ssreet, Liverpool ; Mr. Thomas Jones, Douglas, Isle of Man ; Mr. Hugh Donaldson, Islington, Liverpool ; Mr. Thomas Matheson, Ancoats, Manchester ; Mr, Amos S. Thornton, Grosvenor-square, Manchester ; Mr. James Burt, Dingle ; Mr. David Milne, Bolton ; Mr. John Barbour, Crewe; Mr. William Hannah, St, George's, Liver pool ; Mr. David Shannon, St. Peter's, Liverpool ; Mr. Adam Glendenning, Chester; Mr. Thomas R. Arnott, Warrington ; Mr. famed R. Brougham, Leeds; Dr. Alexander Macaulay, Chelsea ; Mr. Robert Roxburgh, Greenwich ; Mr. Nathaniel Cotes, Islington, London; Mr. Robert Wilson, Sohn Knox; Air. William B. M'Kean, Gurnsen Mr. James Watson, Regent's-square, London : Mr. Robert Lockhart, Southwark; Mr. David Blyth, Dalston ; Mr. Lawrence Gibson, Maryle bone, London • Mr. Martin Lonie, Blyth ; Mr. William IC. Coubrough, Monkwearmouth ; Mr. R. Baird, Birdhope, Craig ; Mr. John Nichol, Branton; Mr. Thomas Bele, Wassenford ; and Mr. John Walker, Glanton. Ministers—Dr. John E. Mackenzie, Broad street, Birming halt ; Mr. George Lewis Dudley; Mr. James White, Hanley; Mr. James Speers, Stafford ; Mr. Joseph Burns, Whitehaven ; Mr. Alexander Douglas, Workington; Mr. Robert H. Lundie, M.A., Birkenhead; Mr. Joseph R. Welsh, M.A., Canning street, Liverpool ; Mr. David Blelloch, Crewe ; Mr. James Clelland, Douglas, Isle of Man ; Mr. Alexander Cromar, M.A., St. George's; Mr. Walter Smith, St. Peter's, Liverpool ; Mr. J. C. Paterson, St. Andrew's, Manchester; Mr. Robert Steel, Salford ; Mr. William M'Can, Trinity, Manehester ; Mr. David Blyth, Wigan; Mr. William Hunter, Chester ; Mr. Alexander Thomson, Bradford ; Mr. Joseph Wood, Warrington ; Mr. George J. C. Duncan, Greenwich ; Mr. Thomas Alexander, M.A., Chelsea ; Mr. John Weir, Isling ton, London ; Mr. William Keedy, John Knox; Dr. James Hamilton, Regent's square, London ; Mr. Joseph Fisher, Southwark ; Mr. John Wright, Southampton ; Mr. Henry Gamble, Windsor ; Mr. Thomas K. Anderson, Gateshead ; and Mr. John Walker, Amlwch. On the motion of Dr. Hamilton, of London, the Rev. G. LewiS, of Dudley, was unanimously elected Moderator. After the Moderator had delivered his inaugural address, the following committees were appointed : Committee on elders' commissions and to visit records of Synod :—J. Wright, D. Blyth, William Keedy, R. Roxburgh, and T. Glover. PRESBYTERY RECORDS Committee on Presbytery records :—Dr. Mackenzie, W. Harvey, T. Alexander, De D. Munn, D. Belloch, C. A. Mackenkie, S. Cathcart, W. M. Thompson, S. Kerr, W. Parlain, James Hood, A. Macaulay, James Burt, and John Thorburn. COMMITTEE ON BILLS, OVERTURES, &C. The Moderator, the Ex-Moderator, Dr. Patterson, Dr. Munro, Professor Lorimer, W. Chalmers, Dr. Hamilton, J. R. Welsh, A. Cromar, J. Frazer, J. Storrie, James Speers, R. H. Lundie, A. Murdoch, and the clerk, ministers, and Messrs. R. Barbour, A. Gillespie, H. W. Matheson, Colonel Anderson, W. Hay, M. Lonie, T. Gray, R. Lamont, J. Boothwick, and H. Donaldson. A committee consisting of the Rev. V. M. White, Dr. Mackenzie, Rev. W. Foster, Mr. Robert Barbour, and Dr. Macauley, were appointed to draw up petitions against May nooth, Sunday trading, Sabbath desecration, &c. A committee was appointed to revise the standing orders, after which the Synod adjourned to yesterday. The Synod re-assembled at one o'clock yesterday. The Moderator in the chair. There was a full attendance of members. After the 121st Psalm had been sung, and the 28th chapter of St. Mathew read, The Rev. Mr. Wright brought up the report on elders commissions, and suggested that all Presbyteries should be instructed to make accurate returns of their congregations, and to forward the aims to the synod clerk. The report and suggestion were agreed to. At the wish of Mr. Gillespie, his name was removed from the bills' committee. The Rev. Mr. Lundie brought up the report in the order of business, the first on the list for the consideration of the Synod, being the overture from the Presbytery of London on church extension. Professor Lorrimer supported the overture. He said that it would not be necessary for him to introduce the motion with which he intended to conclude on the subject of the overture with any lengthened need be statement, as nothinM said with regard to its being the plain duty, and obvious interest of their church, to seek its extension in England, and more especially in its great seats of population, industry, and influence. That was a statement in which every one of them should concur ; but it might have been expected that, as it was their plain duty and obvious interest to seek the extension of their church in England, they would have adopted some thoroughly considered scheme, in order to carry forward such an object. It was a . .. very remarkable fact, however, that their church never had a church extension scheme. The matter had been left entirely to the chances of local zeal—of local perseverance and energy. He did not mean to say that much had been done through these hap-hazard local efforts ; but it seemed to him to be the most obvious corollary to the proposition, that it was their duty to seek the extension of their chutch, that they should prosecute that church extension in a well-considered and thoroughly organised way. He therefore thought that they should at once take steps to organise a scheme of church extension, and include under its head the object of church building. It was true a committee was appointed some years since, to consider the matter of church building; but, un fortunately, circumstances occurred which hitherto retarded, and probably would continue for some time to retard, its vigorous prosecution in the hands of that committee. The scheme, however, propounded by the committee laboured under one radical defect, which was—that while the committee pro posed to call on the church to contribute to a central fund, for church building, it put no limitation upon the districts to be served by that central fund. By it, the least influential, as well as the most influential, parts of the country would be equally entitled to share in the fond. Now, the members and congregations of the church did not desire to see it extended anywhere and everywhere. What they wanted to see was a definite encouraging prospect, that their church was to take possession, in succession, of those great towns and cities in England, where alone it could attain to a permanent and influential position, and where it alone could hope to derive that support that would enable it to stand high., year after year in this country. The purport of the overture, now before the court, was to suggest to the synod to take steps in order to secure a scheme of church extension, founded on this fundamental principle, that it should not be a scheme for extension anywhere or everywhere, but a scheme for extension, by the erection of churches in certain definite localities. The Presbytery of London did not mean, in their overture, to bind themselves or the synod to any present plan, butt they suggested that ten churches should be built during the next five years ; that a fund to the amount of £lO,OOO should be raised in five years, at the rate of £2,000 a year, one half of the fund to be reserved as a loan fund, and the other half to be spent in grants ; that the loans should be free from interest, and should not exceed £5OO in any case, and should be made on the condition of a certain amount of local subscriptions being forthcoming. They also suggested that four of the churches should be erected within the bounds of the Presbytery of Loudon, three within the bounds of the Presbytery of Lanca shire, twe within the bounds of the Northern Presbyteries, and one within the bounds of tho Presbytery of Birmingham. The English Presbyterian Church was in a very different position now from what it was twenty years ago, and it was desirable that they should not confine the views of their members to what they had been and now were, but should teach them to look forward with cheerful anticipations to what, with the blessing of God on their efforts, their church would yet be. The Church of England in London were going to raise half a million of money in t en y ears, for tho erection of churches within ii that city ; and with such an example before them he thought the Presbyterian Church of England should be stimulated to the exertion now demanded of them. In conclu sion, the reverend gontleman moved that the subject be referred to a select committee to report to the next synod. The Rev. Mr. Monroe seconded the motion. There was no doubt, he said, that there had been grievous impolicy in the conduct of the Presbyterian Church in England in times past. Churches had been established in rural districts in which there was no prospect of adequate support, and which in conse quence had proved but ecclesiastical abortions. He felt that the Presbyterian church in England had a mission, and that if they were faithful to the trust committed to them by Divine Providence, in the present eventful times, many of the labourers in the vineyard might live to see of their labours, and when they were mouldering in their graves succeeding generations would " rise up to call them blessed." He had often thought that if some of the most talented of their ministers were perfectly freed from their charge for a certain time, and permitted to go forth as evangelists to the largo cities of England, they might be the means of stirring up an interest in their Presbyterian church, and its noble scriptural standard of church government, which was at present unknown amongst the people. He also thought that open-air preaching was one of the most important expedients that could be adopted for the purpose of promoting a knowledge of the glorious gospel of the blessed God. The motion was unanimously agreed to—the committee to be named hereafter. The next business was the consideration of the petition of the mayor, on part of the trustees of St. Andrew's Church, Birkenhead, praying. that the management of the pecuniary matters of the church might be vested with the trustees. Rev. Mr. Lnndie supported the petition, and explained that there were twelve trustees, of whom six were sessional and six lay. From an omission or error i❑ the account, the for mer trustees had the management of the pecuniary affairs of the respc t he &met, and as the others shared L' they were equally entitled to participate i 4 Jill Dia"gerneni. Mr. Sully seconded the adoption of the pou'tion. pra b 0 yer l-_ il3g Mr. Barber opposed it on the ground of iti; , uncalled for and improper. . e d th at Mr. R. Lamont supported the motion, and o bses alone out of all the trustees and congregation, Mr. B arber. i opposed the alteration now sought for. 13.' On the motion of the Clerk of the Synod, secon ded by Rev. Mr. Alexander, the matter was referred to a corn reittee to report on. The next business was an overture from the Presbytery of Lancashire, to adopt a scheme for the purchase of reversiona 01, annuities to ministers, on reaching the age of sixty-fiver an `f to instruct all Presbyterians at the ordination or induction , every minister, to see that the congregation make the dratneces nary provision for the purchase of an annuity n ot less of £5O, payable to the said minister on his reaching the age sixty-five. o intcd Mr. Gray supported the overture, and, in doing se, out that at present in the church there was no SUS fund available for the support of ministers, either immediate or ultimate. He did not intend that ministers should in anY:g, contribute to this scheme, and though he should wi 9 b t more for them as they themselves deserved it, still he thondObte that under present circumstances no other schemeol. suggested. It would not press heavily on any congregatrodelto and if the minister died before the age of sixty-fi ve r al id be money so paid would not be lost, as two-thirds of it W ow returnable to his executors. Mr. Hodson seconded the motion, The Ex-Moderator expressed how much indebted the tern were to Mr. Gray for such consideration en th eir beha r and said that though there were difficulties in the way et.:;, scheme, he thought they could be grappled with overcome. The motion was adopted, and the matter referred to committee U. recoil'''. The next business was an overture from Berwic mending the Synod to take steps for the stirring up o f cong pD gations to the scriptural and equitable obligation re e:stingt them to make provision for the sustentation of their m inis : la t The Rev. Mr. Murdock supported the overture, an d • in A f the , a painful, but unhappily too true, a picture t difficulties and cares of a minister's position in a poor distralcf:l with a stipend less than the salary of a railway Porte be t to. expected not only to maintain a position in societh , b i g . contribute towards tne relief of the poor and afflicted 01 00 congregation. In this particular, be thought, they bad g:s.er into the opposite extreme—from an over rich church to an famished church. „ g bich The discussion was adjourned to a future day ; after " the Synod adjourned to half-past six o'clock in the tvierli4. so drew The Synod re-assembled at half past six o'clock. Moderator in the chair. After prayer hsd been offered up, A who' The Clerk of the Synod introduced M. jacqu a , r ";,i - attended as the deputation on behalf of th e Church in Pc'e The Church in Belgium, he observed, was quite 2 A Y ° ;:rs r church, or rather was the resurrection of a very old 3° ",,,firs . honoured church. It was said that the blood of the m ,i s o was the seed of the church, but that blood might be Eve i d y largely and extensively as to almost extinguish the c h ",, s t itself. And so had it been in Belgium. Persecution 110;1 the church had been so active as to obliterate oloo„ s ' e :bea trace of it, and it was only since the revolution of 18 3 v9, liberty was given to all to profess the religion of the ' r . t bad science, that it began to revive. Since then, howev er, 1 , 0 1 4 grown year after year, and in the very scenes where th e il'ai the; blood had been shed, many delightful manifestations ° or , Spirit's work had been given. The people were verY and not numerous, and therefore the mission, for the Be e ch , church had properly taken the title of a missionary e v - I T r f e lt was almost entirely dependent on extraneous support' t hat convinced that that support would still be continued, 2. d the mission would in time prove a credit to the church, an blessing to the land in which it was being developed. sy n od M. Jacquard then came forward and thanked the re. for their kind reception of himself, and for the large tO i e3sfi t h a t of support accorded to the church in Belgium. lie eal whours they met the greatest opposition to their missionary t he from the priests, and that they were denounced freT ; b e d Roman Catholic pulpits, and in books, especially Publ's tbe for the purpose. In this anxiety of the priests to suPPr e _ B ! d if mission, was to be found the best proof of its success; the same support which had hitherto been generousll:be, tributed towards it were still continued, that success $00'" year after year, largely increased. wer e On the motion of the Clerk of the Synod, thank' ti voted to M. Jacquard, and the mission commended to generous consideration of all members of the church. t he Mr. R. A. Macfie was appointed treasurer, to receive contributions. Dr. Hamilton brought up the report on foreign missions. ots. Mr. Mathison treasurer, read the statement of ac '"tug in connection withl the mission. The total receipts for a the , year, including a balance in hand, amounted to £2,38 5 1 . , °11 ,T5;• total expenditure (of which £1,352 was on China) was 1+ 1 )vio leaving a balance to be carried over of £Bl3 8a lid. co s treasurer recommended that, as the Rev. Mr. johneoe too ill to make domiciliary visits to the friends of the e'l; con tri ; e l they themselves would kindly come forward with the dons which they might feel satisfied in giving tow ard' China mission . free' The Rev. Mr. Johnson, lately returned missionary China, and who was accompanied by a young native con:icor; addressed the Synod at some length, and detailed the err, toy, of his missionary labours, particularly in the distric t of ffichin, He clearly pointed out the difference between India and , 0 o f as fields of missionary labours, but stated that the great a f i ur to the missionaries in both countries was the same, natnelY:u raise up native agencies through whom for all time t° ra • e bted gospel of Christ mi g ht be preached to their now beeigtoo thcountrymen. In ac com pli s hi ng th a t aim, however, leu colt means could not be empl o y e d i n b o th cou ntries, for whi v rorlif presented certain peculiar conditions favourable to the di3 tlto each also had difficulties peculi ar t o itself. Tu I° pea ra knowledge of English was a vas t acqu i s i t i on to the 'l t o ', that qualifying them to hi g h o ffi ces i n their countrYs and - oe ac u c i o te u ns sufficient ffie thei entto desire induce u a c e q e u t i h re e m a t k o n v o i w si l t ed a g t e a of the riskth Jan P a l s i o ci the tu u so h. ary schools. In China, on th e o th e r hand, 7,,gear, inducement prevailed, and th e n the English d t hje was at a discount. But if China prese ute . a hout s ' difficulty, it also presented an advantage for missional J i o over India, in the higher moral tone of its PeePle°lll still urged the Synod to continue thei r m i ss ion in China Ii greater energy, a s sur i ng th em th a t a ll th e f a vourabl e co support for a large success were now in existence there. To d NIP the mission in Amoy a l one , th ere wou ld he req uire , ' ex tol& from £1,500 to £1,600 a ye ar , b u t th e y shoul d al ei° roe of their labours further, and conduct them with energy. d hir On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Murdock, 8, - --ride ,l tr- a Rev. Mr. Frazer, the report was unanimously acloPtel,eadogo commission appointed for the ordination, on Thursday ° of the Rev. Mr. Sardiman, as a missionary to China. stoo d, The native convert then, by invitation, addressed thlolotoner His observations were interpreted by the Rev. Me. Pu oo tri and were as follows :—I have been going about the u ieg with my teacher, and I have seen many of God's P u l re joiee as I see a great many pastors and people of God here, t h at the almost as if I had seen the Lord himself. I a like deg r ejoice t" uf t he people of God, and those especially who are the teachersbeosuse i church are showing such love to China. I trust it .children God loves China, that he is directing his do wnf to love it thus. When I left China many people esili° teach and trusted that you would send out more teachers s° w ho their countrymen. I pray God to multiply the teacher i ii jot if go to China, and desire that you will reverently Pray true God does add to the church in China, they will he a r ' br igt. disciples, and not false ones, who bear the name of - (Applause.) oclP' The Ex-Moderator brought up the report on r.. e ct, A memorial from Mr. R. A. Macfie was read on the su o f a in whioh he pointed out the difficulties in the way on compilation of a hymn book, from the difference of vie"" 0 certain subjects among congregations, and invite d the attenti" on the subject. The Rev. Mr. Munro, while giving every credit to t he committee for their diligence and zeal in the matter, (Vora proved of the collection of paraphrases laid before the Sfn° o for their approval. He did not say that they were deficiee t piety, but he regretted in looking through it that there, should be so little poetic wisdom and discernment is „;•161 collective Church. It was difficult to define taste—it ws B " more difficult to express what it was, but he should object.: in liming to the very first specimen. He believed thatthat. United Presbyterians had a hymn book much superior to which had now been brought bef ore th em by the e° l , l , 6e an ' d wisdom of their church. (Cries of " Yes, Y es ' "No, no,") o f the The Rev. Mr. Campbell expressed himself in fa v°lll :, to bf compilation, and mentioned that the specimen objecte" an y c. Mr. Monroe had, to his own knowledge, moved In sinner. The Rev. Mr. Anderson moved that the report be rceelca: that they approve of the dilligenco of the col:u rn instruct them to revise and publish the collection, for th of such congregations of the church as might desire to a themselves of it. nette d The Rev. Mr. Whewell seconded the motion, but r egre d .0. that the conamitte had not included soy of the hy mnB use the early and middle ages. the The Rev. Mr. L un di e o bj ec t e d to the collection, on ground that it w ou ld h e di s t as t e f u l to most congreg ationst . moved that a new committee be appointed, to prePlouptlool tional paraphr a s e s, with due regard to variety do literature ittee,e 0:10 The Rev. Mr. Cle lland seconded the amendment. The Synod rose at half-past ten o'clock, when the discus was adjourned to half-past ten o'clock this morning. SCOTCH AND IRISH PATIPERS.—OD Monday a de putationl consisting of Mr. Rickards, the chairman o f the Manebest'' d board of gnardians, Mr. Harrop, the clerk of the board, an Messrs. Low and Lings, overseers of the township, ba d ' tr.' interview with the Right Hon. E. P. Buuve rie, at the (4`m of the Poor-law Board, on the subject of the bill relating to Irish and Scotch removals, now before parliament. CRIMEAN DESPATCHES The Gazette of last night publishes a despatch received by Lord Paumure from General Sir W. J. Codrington, dated Sebastopol, the Bth inst. The despatch announces that news had been received from Asia that General Williatris had redovered his health, and had been sent to Razan, near Moscow. Another despatch of the same date encloses the report of the Inspector-General of the Medical Department, Dr. Hall. on the sanatory condition of the army in the Crimea, which continues very satisfactory. The general health of the Land Transport Corps has improved. Seventeen deaths had occurred in the week ending the 7th inst., of which eight were from fever, two from apoplexy, produced by intemperance, three from diseases of df the lungs, one from the effects of frost-bite, two from accidents, and one from gangrene. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONDAY EVENING, Although the telegraph has announced that the Austrian government had ratified the treaty of peace, I learn that it has not only not done so, but that it has determined on waiting to consult Fount Buol before doing it. The French government, I under stand, expects the Turkish ratification about the 23rd. From all I hear the . French government is very averse to the idea of giving any encouragement at all to revolutionary projects in Italy, and it does not at all approve of the language of the English press on the subject. Although the publication of the treaty of peace, and of the protocols of the Peace Congress, is naturally looked forward to with impatience, it is now generally admitted that the former will add scarcely anything to what we know already, and that the latter will be so softened down in their language as to give but a faint idea of what was really said by the different plenipotentiaries in the course of the deliberations. People conse quentlylnow think that, after all, it will be from the discussions in, and the papers presented to, the Sardinian and English Parliaments that most knowledge will be derived. The state of Spain is beginning to attract the attention of the government here, and' on the whole it is disposed to think it a very serious one- It has, I hear, been rather irritated on receiving a report from its Consul at St. Sebastian to the effect, that a piece, very hostile to the French, had been performed at the theatre there, and that the local authorities would not, for some time, please the Consul by prohibiting it. Another circum stance which annoys the government is, that Barbes, and some other of the violent French socialists are in Barcelona, of course for the pur pose of creating disturbances. The French Emperor, notwithstanding his un doubted ability, is one of the vainest men breathing. It is therefore not difficult to believe a report that is current to the effect, that he has resolved (in compliance with a petition which is said to have been aldressed to him by some Lyons workmen) to have his effigy on coins, crowned with laurel ! The Moselle newspapers announce an important fact—the discovery of coal" in apparently large quantities, and of good quality in several parts of that department. There is a talk of giving a grand banquet to Marshal Bosquet. ..... ..._ The French papers copy from the London papers a quotation from the Manchester Guardian, stating that the French Emperor has refused to accept an invitation sent him by the Queen of England to attend the grand naval review at Spithead. If your Manchester correspondent be correctly trans lated, he displays woeful ignorance, for one monarch never " refuses " the invitation of another, inas much as it is monarchical etiquette not to address an invitation to a sovereign until it shall have been ascertained that it will be acceptable and accepted. _ _ Constantinople letters announce that great sen sation had been caused there by the Sultan having paid avisit to the Greek patriarch, an act heretofore unexampled. They add that typhus was rapidly declining amongst the French in the Crimea. A Venice letter says that the Dowager-Empress of Russia is expected in that city for the benefit of her health. CABINET Co uNcrr..—Ministers assembled yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, when a Cabinet Council was held. The Council remained some time in deliberation. THE EARL OF CLARENDON.—The Earl of Clarendon arrived at his residence, Grosvenor -crescent, about half past seven o'clock on Monday evening, from Paris. It is said that a step in the peerage has been most graciously offered by the Queen to the noble earl, and respectfully declined by his lordship. _ FREE IMPORTS INTO FRANCE.—By a decree published in the Moniteur of yesterday, iron knees and other pieces of bent iron to unite timbers in shipbuilding, are added to the list of iron commodities which :are admitted duty free into France, under the decree bearing date in the month of October last. THE DUCHY OF PARMA.—The Marquis of Clanricarde has given notice of his intention to submit a motion to the House of Lords for the production of papers and corres pondence relative to the occupation of the territory and the assumption of the Executive government of the Duchy of Parma by the Austrian authorities. ON DITS AT COURT.—it is said said that the Earl of Elgin shaving refused the :government of Victoria, the important appointment has been offered to Mr. Oliphant, who filled the office of private secretary to his lordship when Governor-general of :Canada. Viscount Sydney is to succeed the late Earl Cowper as Lord Lieutenant of Kent. ---~-- HEARTLESS CASE OF SEDUCTION AND ABANDONMENT. — The following heartless case of seduction and abandonment was brought under the cognisance of Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court yesterday, when a young girl, very meanly dressed, but possessing considerable personal attraction, was brought up on a charge of being found destitute in the streets. It appeared her history was this. Her name is Anne M'Mahon, a native of London. It did not transpire what her parents and relatives are, but it seemed that she had been the manager of a coffee-house, in Kent-street, in the metropolis. Some time since, she was induced by a fellow, whom she called a " gentleman," to leave Loudon and come to Liverpool. She refused to disclose his name. After stopping some time here, the rascal told her he was going to Glasgow, and directed her to prepare herself to go with him. He, however, ;rot off without her, leaving her in a very forlorn and destitute condition, so much so, that after selling or pledging all the things she possessed, she was obliged to wander in the streets, when she was taken up. Mr. Mansfield said he had received a letter from her father, and in accordance with a wish expressed in it, he (Mr. Mansfield) would, for the present, send her to an asylum, and ultimately she might be taken back to London. The unfortunate creature, who wept bitterly all the time, expressed her thanks to the worthy magistrate, and she was then removed. FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.-It will be fresh in the reader's r eco ll ect i on t h at, a s h or t ti me s i nce , the magistrates held a private investigation at the police-court, on a case in which the person charged with a serious offence, was stated to be a Mr. Ashton, of Woolton. We say stated, for, as our reporter was excluded, we could only give what he heard by rumour ; but there was no doubt, however, of the fact. Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, Mr. Ashton, accompanied by Mr. Joseph Bates, and another person, went to Lime-street station, for the purpose, as we have heard, of proceeding to London. Whilst waiting for the train, Mr. Ashton entered one of the closets adjoining the platform; but, stopping rather long, Mr. B a t es went t o l o ok for him, as something struck him all was not right, the more so, as the unfortunate gentleman was labouring under excitement at the time. The door of the closet was found fastened, and, on knock. ing, there was no reply. The door was then burst open, and Mr. Ashton was found in the act of stabbing himself in the neck with a penknife, having already inflicted two or three other wounds on his throat. He was at once con veyed to an hotel in the neighbourhood, and medical aid was in prompt attendance. We have heard that, although the wounds were of a serious character, yet that no im mediate danger is apprehended. In the course of the afternoon, as we have been told, he was rembved from the hotel ; and it was also stated to us that great hopes are entertained that the wounds would not ultimately prove fatal. We were also informed that the mind of the un fortunate individual has been very unsteady for some time past. The above are all le facts we could collect at present, relative to this unfortunate affair. . • 0 • _‘ 1 ! I.