The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-20 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA. The overland mail has arrived with advices from Calcutta to Jan. 10th; Bombay, 17th; and Hong Kong, Dec. 30th. The expeditionary force from India to China was not expected to be ready much before March. Fourteen of her Majesty's infantry regiments are to proceed to China. The cavalry regiments had not been detached, but two squadrons of the Ist Dragoon Guards had received orders. - Business at Calcutta at a stand, in consequence of the advance of freights. In the import market prices advancing. At Bombay, Jan. 17, freights firm; rates to Liverpool, 325. fid. to 355. The LOndon mail of Nov. 10 reached Hong Kong on Dee. 27. The Chinese were making vast defensive operations in the North Canton and Hong Kong. Import markets very dull. At Shanghai, owing to an arrangement with the native authorities, a [good bUsiness was doing in import goods; market almost cleared, and goods sold to arrive. Tea market generally dull, and *without variation. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Feb. 18. The Beetling Post says :—" It is now con fidently stated that Sergeant O'Hagan is to be Solicitor-General ; that Mr. Lawson is to be Sergeant, retiring from his office as Castle Adviser; that Mr. Robert Andrews, Q.C., is to be chair man of Kilmainham ; and that Sir Chas. Trench is to be chairman of Fermanagh. Who is to fill the chairs vacated by Mr. Andrews in Cork East Riding, and by Mr. Trench in Westmeath, is not decided on, although rumour has disposed of them too, but it is only report." On Saturday morning the Lord Chief Baron in the case of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot v. Hope Scott, and others, delivered judgment in favour of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and against the appellants. The case was originally an action of ejectment to recover the mansion of Alton Towers, and certain lands belonging thereto, by the Earl of Shrewsbury, and the present one was an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern Railway Company was held on Saturday. The report was adopted, and the dividend declared. Mr. Figgis, of Sydenham, and Mr. Tuke, of Hitcham, were elected directors. The meeting refused to confirm a recommendation of the directors, em powering them to expend £7OO on clothing for the Rifle Corps established by the servants of the company. THE CONS E RVATIVES & THE MINISTRY TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES. SIR,—It ir;with grateful feelings of satisfaction that I observe the decision come to by the meeting . held on Tuesday, at the residence of the Marquis of Salisbury, of the supporters of the Earl of Derby—that it is inexpedient and unnecessary, as well as detrimental to our interests as a great commercial nation, that the proposed system of taxation, &c., embodied in the Budget, should become the law of the land. Notwith standing the fulsome eulogies of the _Daily News, and the lavish praises and adulation of others of the Radical • press, including our own never-failing oracles of the -Liberal school, there now appears a general and un doubted dislike to the present measure throughout the country. Mercantile men (whom all allow, as a separate section of the community, to understand the intricate mazes of finance more perfectly than any other class), have very generally exhibited an antipathy to wards the scheme, that was not eipected nor hoped for. We find no class favourable to the measure, excepting those infatuated persons who believe that the mere mention of " free-trade" is a certain panacea for all trad e evils; and who, because of the anathematised commercial treaty forming part of the budget, are 'willing and ready to accept the sum total without abridgement, either in principle or detail, lest by so doing their pet project should be annihilated. 'Others who may be favourably disposed towards it are the par tieul ,r trade-masers whose capon books will be the sooner filled, and their own pockets the heavier in con 'leen ;nee. But the mass, the generality of commercial zaen, and those versed in money ma tters, re g ard the budget as an attempt at a great financial scheme, an (ululation at the efforts of the great Sir Robert, but which has fallen immeasurably sh ort of its intended object. Wm. E. Gladstone has failed in creating for posterity a name as a financial reformer. The press supporters of the present government are changed in tone from that which characterised them at the end of the week. From their expressions of laudation, one might have imagined the Chancellor of the Exchequer to be a perfect model of a financier ; and that the Herculean champions of finance, w .0 have appeared as stars in the firmament of the political world, must dim their lustre, and that their brilliancy must pale before the overwhelming magnitude and strength of the rays of light flashing forth from the win of Wm. Ewart Gladstone. Hero-worship can go no f Aber in its adoration than have some of the glorifiers of the chancellor in their enthusiastic a Imiration of his genius as a remodeller of the present system of taxation. We have him extolled aid elevated to the very 'realms of romance, because he nes merely obliterated from the tariff some insignifii.ant duties that required no very able financier to deal with ; and because he has conglomerated the whole into an income-tax, obnoxious to almost all classes in the country : but his honeyed words, and silk-drawn argu ments have undoubtedly persuaded some into the belief, that he is the " political heir of the Great Seal." Brother Conservatives, come to a • calm consideration of Your duties, for in the course of the ensuing week we shall most likely see the spectacle of a fallen ministry, a ministry whose policy . it is to truckle to a foreign mag nate, and'sacrifice your interests to further those of his 'mi. Do not allow yourselves to be deluded by the false representations and reports of those whose interest it is (if Possible) by all and every means, to defame the con sistency and purity of the principles of Conservatism. If we consider and ponder upon facts as they appear and present themselves to our view the c usion we must arrive at is, that Lord Derby and his able and talented staff are the right and most competent persons to grasp the reins of the destinies of Great Britain, and no doubt we shall see this opinion ratified by a majority of the House of Commons. But there yet remains for the Conservative party in the country generally to give them their unhesitating support, without heed to the blind in sinuations and scurrilous attacks of the Whig-Radicals upon -our glorious chiefs and party. The time is at hand, when we shall see the Earl of Derby and his glorious array of followers reigning paramount ; and the Government of the country will again be placed under,the guidance of the greatest statesman, as well as the greatest orator of the present generation ; and the abiding principles of his political creed will cement yet firmer that friendship and trust that has thus far existed between him and his party—rendering them in vulnerable against the scoffs and jeers of their op- Ponents.—Yours, &c., LZINA.D. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. SUDDEN DEATIL—On Saturday afternoon William loinson, a dockgateman at Runcorn, went into an eating house in Park-lane, and after eating a small quantity of food fell down, and died immediately. An inquest will be held to-day. COUNTY MAGISTRATES' • COURT.—At this court, on man, Saturday, before Mr. S. Stewart, George Barton, a coach living at Aigburth Cottage, was brought up on remand charged with having commi,ted an indecent assault upon a little girl eleven years of age. He was sent for trial at the assizes. - - CORONER'S COURT.—At this court, on Saturday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on the body of George Pritchard, a beerhouse keeper at 42, Vauxhall-road. It appears that the deceased has been Very much depressed in spiritsefor the last six months, PO much so that he had been unable to attend to his business. On Thursday last he left the kitchen of the house about twelve o'clock, and at two o'clock the same afternoon was found suspended by a rope from a nail at the top of the house. The jury returned a verdict of "temporary —insanity.” PRESENTATION TO M R . A NDREW S TEWART .--011 Friday evening a very gratifying presentation took place in the board-r oom , at t h e Commissioners' off i ces, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead; the recipient of the testimonial being Mr. Andrew Stewart, who for ten years past has faithfully and diligently discharged the very onerous duties of the responsible office of trea surer to the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners. Mr. Stewart has been compelled, through ill health, to resign his (Ace, and the Commissioners at their last meeting passed a resolution expressive of their sense of the admirable manner in which Mr. Stewart had served the township. A more substantial recognition of Mr. Stewart's worth has been made by his brother °fficers, than whom no body of g entlemen could better appreciate the suavitir in modo combined with the fort liar Yn re. The presentation took place on Friday, and the chair was occupied, in the absence of the Law-clerk to the Cornmissioners, Mr. Ambrose Waln, by Dr. C. 0. Baylis one of the township commissioners. Nearly the Whole staff of officers was present, and not a few of the ratepayers. The chairman dwelt upon the !leieney of Mr. Stewart in his late arduous office, the respect in which he was held by everybody au the township, and the sense that the, corn- Zaissioners entertained of 'the valuable services he had rendered to the ratepayers. Mr. Edward Mills, the surveyor, on behalf of the officials, presented the testi adenial,•which consisted of a very elegant timepiece, a beautiful spirit-stand and decanters, and a chaste s ervice,' consisting of a silver teapot, coffeepot, sugar basin, and cream-ewer, all of which were from the celebrated establishment of Bevan and Weare, Argyle street, Birkenhead. Mr. Stewart, whose feelings com- Pletely overcame his power of utterance for some time, expressed his deep sense of the kindness and courtesy that he h a d ever rece ived from his brother officials, and thanked them briefly, yet feelingly, for this, the crown lag act of their affability. Mr. Galloway, the oldest township official, gave expressioa to the deeply-rooted rlection and respect of his co-officers for the late treasurer. They revered him as a father, and had otnd him ever ready, whether in their private their p u bli c capac ity, t o assist them with publi c advice. He trusted all the officers in the service at Birkenhead would follow in I' l e. footsteps of Mr. Stewart, and that when they .. e . t_tred, they might be held in as great esteem as that With was, both by the ratepayers and by those k r ' whom business brought them constantly in contact. v. _ • Atherton, Mr. Carrie, and Mr. George Griffiths ^4he tring addressed the meeting, the proceedings concluded. .e_otmpany subsequently partook of refreshment, and !wart's future happiness and better health were " Tel4 tlY Icasted. AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steam-ship Africa sailed on Saturday for New York. Besides the usual mails, she takes out about 50 passengers and a valuable r•argo. • READINGS FROM SCIIILLER.—Mr. Huber gave his second reading from the writings of this favourite Author, on Saturday last, at the Medieal Institution, Hope-street, the subject being •' The Piccolominie." Mr. Huber is quite competent to do justice to his subject, and to any one acquainted with the German language, in which Mr. Huber reads, an hour or two spent with so able an expositor of the German Shaks peare will repay the student. The reading's are to be continued on Saturday next. RIFLE CORPS PARADE.—On Saturday afternoon the members of Captain Bousfield's Volunteer Corps attended parade at the Islington barracks, in the presence of a great number of ladies and gentlemen. After being put through their evolutions 'by Captain Bousfield, his company, together with the Fairfield corps, marched from the barracks, down Islington and Dale-street, to the Exchange, from whence they returned by the same route. The corps were accompanied in their march by 'several hundreds of persons ; and the military bearing and appropriate dress of the volunteers were subjects of generaLobservation. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS AT CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLS.—At the usual Saturday evening concert for working men, at Christ Church Schools, Christian-street, on Saturday evening last, the chair was occupied by T. S. Raffles, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate. The entertainment for the evening was entitled " The Songs of Shakspere," the vocal part of which was interspersed' with remarks, by the Rev. J. W. Twist, on the life, writings, and genius of Shakspere. The vocalists were the Misses Greaves, and Messrs. Pemberton, Kelly, Carr, and Simpson, all of whom excelled in the perform ance of their various parts, and were warmly applauded. At the . conchision of the entertainment, Mr. Raffles, responding to a vote of thanks, said he thought the thanks should be tendered by himself, for he had derived great pleasure from the evening's amusement; and ho was sure he was only expressing the opinion of every one present when he said that he was greatly pleased by the lecture of Mr. Twist, and also by the efforts of the singers. He was glad to see so many working men present, and he wished those concerts were more numerous. If they- were, he, as an individual, would have great cause to rejoice, for his labour on Mondays would be considerably lightened. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Votes of thanks to Mr. Twist for his lecture, and to the vocalists for their services concluded the proceedings. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, SATURDAY.—Be Richard Bevan.—The court was occupied on Satur day in hearing, the examination of Mr. James Bevan, son of the bankrupt, chiefly relative to his conduct and disposal of certain property situated at and near West Derby. Mr. Dodge appeared for the bankrupt, Mr. Aspinall for Mr. James Bevan, and Mr. Deighton, in structed by Mr. Hull, for the assignees.—Mr. James Bevan stated that he had become entitled to some pro perty under the will of his uncle James, but that in the year 1850, he executed a disentailing deed. His father had managed the property up to this time, but had never rendered any account to hint of the monies laid out upon it. In 1850 he joined his fa ther in a mortgage upon the property, the sum being £9,860. There was no arrangement that witness should undertake his father's liabilities, but there was au arrangement that he (witness) should have an annuity out of the property during their joint lives. This arrangement was not in writing, but witness be lieved it was made in Mr. Stockley's office. The agree ment was that witness should have equivalent to £3OO a-year. The property, after paying interest on mort gage, &c., did not yield £3OO a-year ; but witness lived with his father. He had no- doubt he got more than £3OO, but lie . did not keep any account how it went, and he did not know that his father kept any. His father did keep a horse for him, however, and a drag. He knew the property did not realise £3OO a year, because. he had seen the schedule which was attached to the mortgage deed. He never made any estimate of what the property would. produce; he never thought of it. There was no other agreement, that he was aware of, between himself and his father at the time of the mortgage, besides the agreement for the £3OO a-year. Mr. Deighton pressed for the producticu of .an agreement, dated Sept. 17, 1850, between Richard and James Bevan, which, after some objections on the part of Mr. Dodge, (who said that he held it on behalf of Mr. Ward, who had a lien upon it,) was produced for reference merely, a copy being marked for the purposes of the court. Witness said that this agreement was executed by him and his father, and signed in Mr. Stockley's office. He believed'Mr. Stockley suggested the agreement—the reason assigned being, that atter the mortgage was paid off. he should have the surplus. Mr: Stockley, or who ever suggested it, told him, that the property belonged to him (witness) and that he was entitled to receive the money. He kept possession of this document for some time, but parted with it recently to Mr. Ward. He had no reason for parting with it, but Mr. Ward had a safe and he (witness) had none. He had borrowed it since to read it over, but he could not give any reason why he wanted to read it over. It was last year when he got it back from Mr. Ward to read over, but he was not sure what part of the year. When he deposited the deed with Mr. Ward, Mr. Ward was acting as his solicitor iu a matter between him and his father. His father owed him a large balance but could not pay it, and Mr. Ward suggested that he had better buy his father's life interest in a house and some land in Town row, West Derby, and also .buy a piece of land adjoining the Leyfield House. The amount of the pur chase money was to go against the debt. The balance due from witness's father at that time was about £7OO or £BOO. It was for money lent, and had been running on for some time. Witness had been selling copperas for his father upon !commission. At the beginning of 1857 there was a balance due from witness to his father •on account of these copperas transactions of about £l2O, and from the beginning of 1857 to 1859 his father had contracted a debt with him of upwards of £l3OO. The witness produced two sheets of paper and a variety of other memoranda respecting these matters, though the dates appeared very confused, and though he admitted tbat several items were wanting on both sides of the accounts to make them complete. Witness said he had no means beyond this annuity of £3OO a-year until he received the money from the sale of the pro perty. He paid off about five thousand pounds of the mortgage, having recovered from Mr. Schawbe, one purchaser, out £7,000, and £1,200 or £1,300 from Mr.' Pownall, another purchaser. It was out of the £3,3( 0 remaining that he lent his father the sums mentioned. He banked the money that he received from the sale of the property, in the Union Bank. Mr. Ward received part of the purchase money for a Len which he had on the deeds. In reply to further questions the witness stated that - during his management of the property he had no exact means of knowing the amount which he received from it, -beyond'the bare amount of rent and interest charges, and he had declined iu answer to the application of. Messrs. Fletcher and Hull, to furnish them with a statement. upon this subject, denying their right to such information. The examinatioa. of Mr. Bevan was then adjourned to Tuesday, the 28th inst.,—the 6th' of !larch being fixed for the last examination of, the bankrUPt. Its honour intimated that for the present, at least, he should suspend the allowance to the bankrupt. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.) ROBBERY IN THE STREET.—Elizabeth Stewart, a tall, masculine-looking woman, was brought up on the charge of robbing David Taylor, engineer of the steam ship Hamburg, lying in Queen's Dock, of £9, It ap peared that the prosecutor went - to Allsop's wax-works on Friday evening in company with a friend. On coming out they went into a public-house close by and had some liquor, at which time his money was all right. They then . proceeded on their way home, parting at Blackstock-street, in which the prosecutor was accosted by females, of whom the prisoner was one. They asked him to " stand treat," and in the hope of getting rid of them quietly, he promised to do so. One of them shortly after went away, when, to his dismay, he discovered that he was minas his purse, containing nine .sovereigns. He detained the other woman, and gave her in charge to the fir st of fi cer he met. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday, for the purpose of getting the evidence of the prosecutor's friend. • STEALING CLOTHES.—A young woman, named Jane Lee, was brought up on remand from last Saturday, charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from her employer, Joseph Dickinson, sail-maker, Chester-street. She was sent to prison for three months, with hard labour. A JUVENILE CRIMINAL.--John Smith, a lad of about nine years of age, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a case of stuffed birds, value £2, from his mother, and selling it to a :Icahn in Park lane. The magistrate. ordered him to be sent to a Reformatory. (Before Mr. HORNBY.) THE SNOWBALLING Row.--Six young men, named William Taylor, John Kelly, William Moore, Likud Gruber, Richard Eyton, and Charles Hardy, were sum moned for throwing snowballs and annoying the police in the quadrangle of the Exchange, on the morning of Saturday week. Each pleaded guilty to the charge, but urged that though they threw the snowballs, they did not strike the -policemen. They were each mulcted in the sum of 2s 6d., and 2s. 6d. chats. (Before Messrs. HORNBY and BENx.) CURIOUS AFFILIATION CASE.--.-LLICy Auu Hill, a young woman - from London, s ummoned Bhienjee Main c kj ee , a Parsee in th e service of Rbustamjee Jeejeebhoy, Breck-road, for the support of her illegitimate child. Mr. Parker appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Etty conducted the ease on behalf of the defendant. The applicant stated that she was in the service of a Mrs. Elson, 25, Dalston-terrace, London, and became ac quainted with the defendant while living in the house with his master for some time. On one occasion in the month of March, last year, he gave her a glass of wine, which rendered her stupid, and in the course of the following week she got a cup of tea from him, the drink ill. of which was followed by like results. She intormed him of the condition she was in, and he brought her some medicine and a box of pills, which, however, she did not take. He subsequently offered her £5 if she would not mention the circumstance to her mistress, and disgrace him which when he left for Liverpool, gave her:ss., he said AVI:8 for waiting upon him. The defendant's master afterwards came and interrogated her about the matter, gave her a sovereign, and told her to get anything she stood in need of. She came to Liverpool, and called at the house in Breck-rotid, where she saw Bhicajee, who ordered her to go away, or he would give her 14 years. Mr. Etty cross-examined the applicant at considerable length, hut she did not vary materially in betstatement. Mr. Etty, at the conclusion, reminded the bench that the act of .parliament provided that in all oases of affi liation the woman's evidence must be corroborated in some material manner. The defendant was called, and having been sworn on the Parsee Testament, deposed that he knew nothing of the matter, and that the story told by applicant was entirely false. Mr. Rhustamjee Jeejecblioy was called, and stated that having received a note from Mr. Bison complaining of the circumstance, ha went to London for the purpose of enquiring into it. He called upon the yonng woman, and having heard her story, said he would endeavour to get at the truth of the matter. When he left he gave her a sovereign, but it was not on account of his servant. The persistent denial given to the girl's statement by his man, deter mined lam to allow the p :rties to fight it out. Bhicajee had been 30 years in the service of his family, and his conduct was always most exemplary, The bench decided that there was no corroborative evidence to support the young I woman's statement, and they must accordingly dismiss the application. The young woman said she had only sixpence to take her back to London; and, on hearing this, Mr. Jeejeebhoy stepped forward and said, with their worship's permission, he would give her a sovereign. Such a spontaneous act of kindness is not often witnessed even amongst those 'hound together by the ties of race and religion. THE bAILY PINES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1860. Nux vomica. Oilcloth. Onions. Opium. Oranges and lemons. Paper, as denominated in the tariff, after the Ist July, 1860. Pasteboard, after the Ist July, 1860. Pears, dried. Pewter, manufacturers of, not otherwise enumerated. Pimento. Platting, as denominated in the tariff, after the 31st March, 1861. Perm atm. Prints and drawings, as denominated in the tariff. Quassia. Salacine. sauces, net otherwise enumerated. Scaleboards. Seeds, eardway, of and from British possessions. Ships, foreign built, broken up, or sold to be broken up or abandoned by the owners, or sold as wreck, whether afterwards recovered or repaired or not. Soap, as denominated in the tariff. Soy. Spa ware. Spelter or zinc, manufactures of not otherwise enumc _ rated. Stearitte. Tallow. of and from British possessions. Tin, foil. manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated. Veneers. Washing balls. "Wood, firewood. Yarn, viz., woollen or worsted, as denominated in the tariff. 7. R e d l ining the duty on platting (not under treaty). Resolved,—That in lieu of the duties of customs now chargeable on the undermentioned articles on their importations into Great Britain and Ireland, the follow ing duties shall be charged until the 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive ; and that from and after that date the duties shall cease and determine. Platting, viz., of chip, not being of greater value than 6d. per piece of 60 yards ' the lb. 0 3 or other manufactures of straw, chip, or other materials, to be used in, or proper for making or ornamenting hats or bonnets, not, otnerwise enumerated or charged with duty cardonet single, and twist of straw or other materials willow squares . . . 8. General alterations of duty—wood, currants, figs, &c. (not under treaty.) Resolved,—That in lieu of the duties of customs now chargeable on the articles undermentioned, imported into the United Kingdom,. the following duties shall be charged,—, Plate of gold Silver, gilt or ungilt . the cwt. 0 4- 1 -, . the cwt. 0 4 . the cwt. 0 4i Powder, vii.— Hair powder Perfumed Vermicelli and maccaroni Wood and. Timber, viz.— Timber or wood, not being deals, battens, boards, staves, handspikes, oars, lathwood, or other timber or wood sawn, split, or otherwise dressed, except hewn, and not being timber or wood otherwise charged with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet. 1 0 • 'Of and from British possessions, the load of 50 cubic feet. . . 1 0 Deals, battens, boards, or other timber or wood sawn or split, and not otherwise charged with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet. 2 0 Of and from British possessions the load of 50 cubic feet. 2 0 • Staves, exceeding 72 inches inches in length, • 7 inches in breadth, or 3 inches in thick ness, the load of 50 cubic feet. Of and from British possessions, the load of 50 cubic feet 2 0 Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length the 120 0 6 Of and from British possessions the 120 0 6 .--- exceeding 7 ft. in length the 120 1 0 Of and from British possessions the 120 1 0 Knees, under 5 inches square the 120 0 3 Of and from British possessions the 120 0 3 -- 5 and under 8 in. square the 120 1 0 Of and from British possessions the 120 1 0 Lathwood the fathom of 216 cubic feet 1 0 Of and from British possessions, the fathom of 216 cubic feet 1 0 the 120 3 9 Of and from British possessions the 120 3 9 Spars or poles, under 22 feet in length, and under 4 inches in diameter . . the 120 0 6 Of and from British possessions the 120 0 6 -- 22 feet in length and upwards, and under 4 inches in diameter the 120 1 0 Of and from British possessions the 120 1 0 of all lengths, 4 and under 6 in. in diameter . . . . the 120 2 Of and from British possessions the 120 2 0 Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length Of and from British possessions the 1,000 1 0 --- exceeding 2 feet in length the 1,000 2 0 Of and from British possessions the 1,000 2 0 Planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared for use, and not particularly enumerated or otherwise charged with duty, for every £lOO value Of and from Bzitish possessions, for every £lOO Currants Figs Fig Cake Hops Raisins 9. Repealing the prohibition to the importation of malt, and fixing a duty thereon. Resolved,—That so much of Act 16th and 17th Vic., cap. 107, sec. 44, as prohibits the importation of malt, be repealed, and that the following duty be charged thereon, on importation into the United Kingdom, . . . . per bushel 3 0 10. Tea and sugar duties. Resolved,—That the duties and drawbacks of customs now charged and allowed on the articles undermentioned shall continue to be levied, charged, and allowed, on and after the Ist of April, 1860, until the Ist of July, 1861, on importation into the United Kingdom, or on expor tation therefrom to foreign parts, or on removal to the Isle of Man for consumption therein, viz. : Tea. . Viz.:-- Malt Sugar, as denominated in the tariff. Molasses. Cherries, dried. Comfits, dry. Confectionary. Ginger, preserved. Marmalade. Plums, preserved in sugar. Succades, including all fruits and vegetables preserved in sugar not otherwise enumerated. 11. Import and export charge of ld. on goods in pack ages and in bulk. Resolved,—That in aid of the charges of the customs establishments incident to the importation and exporta tion of goods, and to the statistical accounts thereof, there shall be charged (irrespective of anv duties of customs or other rates or charges payable by 7 law) upon the articles hereinafter mentioned, on the landing and shipping thereof for importation into or exportation from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the respective rates and charges following, viz.:— Goods in packages or parcels . per package or parcel ld Goods in bulk By weight . . . . . for every ton id, j per quarter Id. measure number per 1,000 id. Animals The rates on goods in bulk to be charged by weight, measure, or number, as such goods are required to be returned to the officers of customs for the preparation of the statistical accounts of trade and navigation of the United Kingdom. 12. Charges to be levied on the removal of ware housed goods under bond. Resolved,—That in aid of the charges of customs establishments incident to the removal of goods under Bond, there shall be charged (irrespective or any duties of customs, or other charges payable by law) upon the several articles hereinafter mentioned, and which are or may be warehoused in any warehouse for the security of duties of customs under the laws and regulations for the warehousing of goads on removal of such goods under bond from any such warehouse in any port or place to any such warehouse in any other port or place, respective rates or charges following, viz.:— s. d. Tea . - ..... . . . -. - the 100 lbs. 1 4 Sugar .- . . the cwt. 0 4 Coffee • Cocoa Pepper Tobacco Wine th' 100 gallons 5 0 Spirits Fruit, viz. figs 7 currants, raisins . the cwt. 0 4 Other goods the package 0 3 13. Charges on operations in warehouse. Resolved,—That before any of the operations herein after mentioned are or shall be performed at the request of the proprietor or his agent, in respect of goods depo sited in any warehouse or place for the security of duties of customs under the laws and regulations in force for the warehousing of goods, there shall be charged for everi' such operation the respective rates or charges hereinafter mentioned, irrespective of any duties of customs or other rates or charges upon the importation into Great Britain and Ireland, or otherwise, of the goods in respect of which such operations are performed, viz.:— a. d. Repacking Reweighing Filling up casks Racking casks Vatting casks Bottling . . ..... the dozen bottles 0 2 Disgorgiog bottled wine .. . the case 0 6 Repacking bottled wine or spirits . the case 0 6 Regauging the cask 1 0 Other operations ..... . the package 0 6 Provided that when any such operation is required for the purpose of removing goods from any such ware house, in any port or place, and in respect of which the rates or charges payable on removal under bond shall be paid, such operations shall be exempt from the said rates or charges in respect thereof, and that de livery out of warehouse upon payment of duty or for exportation be not held to be au operation within the meaning of this resolution. Liverpool Cough SpeCiao is an unfailing remedy. We con gratulate the inhabitants of Liverpool. that so simple and effectual a means of relief is at last procurable. For yearn this great boon has been needed in this exposed part; and it being an uodoubted cure for the most harassing coughs, we can recommend it—Advt. • CANNON.—The new buildings in ourse of construction in Woolwich Arsenal, although rected on a site which, no longer than eight months ago, was an unprofitable swamp, producing nothing but rank grass and weeds, are already covered in. The principal portion of the machinery has arrived, as well as a. number of huge steam hammers. Some of the forges are nearly complete, and the anvils belonging to the steam hammers firmly fixed on a solid stratum of concrete; and supported by enormous blocks of Portland rock.' Next month it is proposed to commence the manufacture of the 100-pound cannon on Sir William mstrong's ordinary principle. THE COUNCIL ON MILITARY EDUCATION. The Council of Military Education, consisting of Major-Generals Cameron and Portlock, Colonels Elwyn and Addison, and Henry Moseley, Esq., appointed in June, 1857, have sent in a report, published on Satur day in the form of a small blue book. The report, to which is appended numerous documents with which the council has been concerned during the progress of its investigation, describes at some length former schemes of military education and the system of examination which have been carried out at the Staff Colle g e. This report is too long to publish —too uniformly diffuse to be easily condensed. The council, however, in conclu sion, reply to certain objections which have been advanced against these innovations. They say : "It has been said that the examinations for direct commissions have been too severe, and have been the means of excluding from the military profession gentle men in other respects highly qualified for performing its duties. Vague as these assertions have been, and un supported by a reference to particular instances, it is impossible to reply definitely to them ; but at least it may be urged that an examination founded upon the ordinary education of the country, requiring from all candidates as obligatorT subjects nothing more than a knowledge of English spelling, grammar, and com ' position, and in mathematics, arithmetic, the first simple rules of algebra, and the three first books of Euclid, ought not to be considered a bar to the admission of :lay gentleman of ordinary capacity and industry. The marks, indeed, allotted to the obligatory section of mathematics have been so proportioned that a candidate may with ease obtain the minimum from arithmetic and algebra, or from arithmetic and geometry, without attempting the third subject at all, and it may be added from arithmetic alone, should he have been thoroughly well instructed in that subject. A calm consideration of this 'plain statement ought to convince every one that there is no analogy whatever between these examina tions and those for college honours ; the one being framed as a test of a reasonable education and moderate capacity; and the other as a test of the highest intellectual powers which the country can produce. The allusion, therefore, sometimes made by complainants to Cam bridge and to wranglers, as if the object of the exami nations had been to secure for the military service ab stract mathematicians, is altogether illusory, and calcu lated to give rise to an unnecessary and unfounded alarm. That a small amount of industry is alone neces ,,ary to enable any gentleman to pass the examination may be deduced from the various statements already made in this report ; and in further confirmation it may be added, that out of 67 candidates who have already come up for a second trial, 47 have passed, and of the twenty who failed, two have come up for a third trial, and both passed; so that the number of the unsuc cessful candidates of the last year is diminishing at every examination, and this merely by the exercise of an in dustry which, if applied in the first instance, would have secured the success of the candidates at their first trial. "When, therefore," the Council say further on, " the general result is considered, and it is found that out of 606, candidates examined up to December, 1858, only 100 failed, or about one in six, and that even this com paratively moderate number of failures has been since diminished by nearly one-half, 47 of the candidates who panic up for a second trial having passed, the Council may fairly maintain the accuracy of its statement, that the system of examination is not justly liable to the charge of unnecessary difficulty." • OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET. MEETING 07 LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—On Friday I 4 afternoon, at four o'clock, a numerously attended meet- ing of the licensed victuallers was held in the large room ' of the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering 1 the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to I grant wine and beer licenses to coffee and eating-house 1 keepers. and to adopt measures to resist such a propo- • sition. The large room and gallery were densely crowded. Mr. George Adams, the chairman of the Licensed Vic tuallers' Protection Society, was called to the chair, and, he having introduced the subject to the meeting. Mr. Homer moved the first resolution, which Mr. Foster seconded. Mr. Wadham, of Birmingham, and Mr. Danson, from Liverpool, supported the resolution. Mr. Winterbottom moved the second resolution, approving of the steps taken by the society, seconded by Mr. Walter. After some lengthened speeches the proceed ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ' MEETINGS OF SIIIPOWNERS.—A meeting of the North Shields and Tynemonth Chamber of Commerce was held . on Thursday, to petition Parliament against the third article of the treaty with France, as being unjust to the merchant shipping of Great Britain. A similar meeting of the Plymouth Shipowners' Society has also been held. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. —A. deputation from the Liverpool Shipowners' Society, consisting of Mr. James Smith, Mr. T. Harrison, and Mr. R. Clint, accompanied by Mr. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., and Mr. Baines, had an interview on Friday, with Lord John Russell, at the Foreign-office, with respect to the third article of the new treaty, which imposes differential duties as between English and French vessels entering French ports. The withdrawal of Article 3 of the treaty, and the substitution of a clause opening the French ports to British shipping on terms of reciprocity having been urged, Lord John Russell, after asking several questions, said that their request appeared to be very reasonable, and from com munications that bad been received be was induced to think that the French Government would consider the question. He would suggest that they should see the President of the Board of Trade on the subject. After a somewhat lengthened interview, the deputation re tired, and proceeded to the Board of Trade. - - FROM THE WHOLESALE TEA AND SUGAR MEE.. CHANTS.—A deputation from this body of gentlemen waited on the Chancellor 'of the ExchNuer in reference to certain changes in the shape of stamps that were to be imposed upon tea and sugar, tobacco, &c., imported into this country, and which was bonded upon its arrival here. The deputation consisted of Mr. Horsfall, M.P. ; Mr. J. C. Ewart, .M.P. ; Mr. Blackburn, M.P. ; Mr. Soames, M.P. ; Mr. Baxter, 'M.P. ; Mr. Vance, iM.P.; Mr. Dunlop, M.P.; Mr. Dawson, M.P.; Mr. Dalglisb, M.P. ; Mr. Miller, M.P.; Mr. Gore Lang ! ton, M.P. ; Sir M. S. Stewart, M.P. ; Sir H. Cairns, 3f.P.; the Hon. F. H. Barker, M.P.; Sir E. Grsogan, M.P. ; Colonel Sykes, M.P. ; Sir J. Ogilvie, M.P. ; Sir J. Ferguson, M.P. ; Mr. Redmond, M.P., and several of the wholesale tea and sugar merchants from Dublin, Liverpool, Hull, Edinburgh, Greenock, Leith, Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol, Cork, and other towns.— Mr. Clay, M.P. for Hull, introduced the deputation. —Mr. Steams,_ of Liverpool, addressed the right hon. gentleman, and said that he had attended a large meet ing of the tea trade in Liverpool, and with one excep tion .the feeling of the meeting was favourable to the principle upon which the right hon. gentleman's budget was based. They only took exception to some , details as set forth in the alteration proposed to be made upon transferring tea iu bond from one place to another. The alterations objected to were inserted in clauses 11, 12, and 13 of the resolutions laid upon the tible in the Committee of Ways and Means. The ob jection, however, to the 11th clause, was got rid of by the right hon. gentleman's explanation in his letter to Mr. Glyn, which had been published in the various journals. The 12th and 13th clauses were strongly ob jected to on the ground that no tea or other goods that had been bonded could be transferred without extra pay ment for each removal. All the tea imported into this country is necessarily placed in bond, and there it is kept under the care of the Customs watch dog.— The Chancellor of the Exchequer : And who is to pay the watch dog afterward ? laugh.)—Mr. Steams then went 'on to object to the proposed charges on the removal of tea out of bond, because these removals were frequent as regarded each package of tea. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer : Are the removals of one package of tea frequent ?—Several Voices : Oh, very. Sometimes the one package is removed twenty times.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer: What pro portion of tea imported into this country undergoes removal in bond ?—Mr. Steains More than three-fourths. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was afraid that they could not go through the details of the question. He suggested that they should embody their objections in a memorial, laying down some p lan b y which the • principle they maintained ought to be carried out. He felt sure that any suggestion coming in a proper spirit from them would receive every consideration from the Government. —Mr. Steains said the trade which he repre sented would much rather that an additional Id. per lb. should be charged to the present is. sd. duty on tea than that their trade should be crippled by these various complicated charges.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer : What I propose will only create £15,000 or £20,000 per aanum, while by your suggestion VOu propose to give me something like £350,000.—Mr. Bteams said they bad no wish to throw the burdens off their shoulders, for they knew that the Government must have a revenue,_ and ought to have a surplus; but the revenue should not be raised in a manner that would hinder, harass, and fetter trade. In fact, the 12th and 15th clauses would render the trade impracticable. —Mr. Gladstone : -Is that additional penny made to me as a suggestion from all the gentlemen present.? (Cries of No, no.)—Mr. Steans said that he• stated that this . was the feeling of the trade which be represented.—Mr: Patrick O'Brien, M.P., on the part of the consumers, strongly protested against this proposed increase of a penny additional duty on tea. (Rear, hear.) Some conversation then ensued, in which it was shown that the same objections urged in respect to tea would apply to sugar, pepper, coffee, rice, soap, and tobacco. — The Chancellor of the Exchequersaid that it was impos sible fur any memory to retain so ninny subjects, and again suggested that the several objections should be embodied in a memorial, to which he would pay every attention.—The deputation, having thanked the right hon. gentleman, then withdrew. THE RIBBON TRADE.—A silk manufacturer, writing to the Morning Star points out how the treaty will affect that trade. • He says :—The ribbon trade, especi ally has had to contend with French goods for some years at an import duty of 15 per cent. This is at once to cease, and - French goods are to be admitted free of duty, while the English ribbon is not allowed to enter France for fourteen months, and then at a duty of 30 per cent. Is this equal justice to those engaged in this trade. The difference iu the time alone is a great and serious consideration, as by that time the French may have obtained our customers. It is very evident that the silk manufacture of this country is to be sacrificed to meet the French. TRADESMEN'S FANCY DRESS BALL. On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the tradesmen of Liverpool was held at the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. Wm. Preston in the chair. The attendance was numerous, and amongst the gentlemen present were Messrs. Wm. Brown, H. C. Beloe, Lewis Hornblower, Thos. Brakell, T. Wilson, Henry Stone, Thos. Rigby, Morrish, D. 0. Carlyle, Nodder, J. Shimmin, W. Hand, J. Barrett, T. IValmsley, J. G. Jacob, Allison, Caine, W. Davies, Sykes, &c. The CHAIRMAN said, it had been proposed bTseveral tradesmen of the town, seeing the success of the recent grand fancy dress ball, that it was incumbent upon them to stand forward and do all they could to raise a large sum of money for the public charities of the town. He was very glad to say that he, as a tradesman, and many other gentlemen who were present, would be rejoiced to see there his friend Mr. Wm. Brown—(cheers)—who was at all times ready to come forward and lend his valuable aid and assistance in supporting every object which tended to the moral, and he might say religious, instruction of the people of this country. (Applause.) To Mr. Brown, the present, as well as the future genera tions of this town, would owe a deep debt of gratitude for the liberality he had shown. The SECRETARY read letters from Mr. W. J. Legh, M.P., and Mr. J. C. Ewart., M.P., who expressed their desire to become patrons of the proposed ball.. Mr. W. BROVN, who was received with loud applause, said the chairman had spoken of him iu language a great dealtoo flattering, and therefore embarrassing, as he considered he had done nothing more than his duty. (Hear, hear.) He considered himself as much a trades man as any gentleman present, and probably few indi viduals in the room had worked earlier and later in that position of life in which he had been placed. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, without industry we should not cut that figure among the nations of the earth which we now did, and which he hoped we would still continue to do. He had great pleasure in moving the resolution, which was as follows :—" That, taking into consideration the success which attended the late fancy hall, at St. George's-hall, in aid of the public charities, it may fairly be presumed that a tradesmen's fancy and full 'dress ball, for the saute laudable object, would meet with the cordial support and approval of all parties." He thought there could be no doubt that it would meet with the approval and hearty support of all parties ; and as it was to be a full-dress ball and a fancy ball united, he ventured to say it would raise a much larger sum of money than any previous undertaking of the kind had realised. " All work, and no play, makes Jack a dull boy ;" and many of the gentlemen present were so much, confined in their several establishments, that they really had little time for recreation. • This was an opportunity which would afford that recreation which was essential to us all. (Hear, hear.) He had a strong feeling that suitable recreation, and at proper seasons, added not only to our enjoyment, but prolonged . our life; and to prolong the life of such valuable men as tradesmen was not only ithportant to the town, but to the general prosperity of the nation. (Hear, hear.) He felt he was in that position to know the great advantage that our commerce derived from their labours; but he thought it was pretty well known to them all, that without the tradesmen, the merchants would find it very . difficult to carry on the extended commerce of this country, which, by the nation's industry, was daily and hourly increasing. So long- as we were . able to keep at peace—which the present volunteer movement, he hoped. would enable us to do—he saw no end to our prosperity. We had colonies growing up in every part of the world ; the population was increasing at home;. the nations were friendly to us; and we had a bright future before us. (Hear, hear.) He was pleased and gratified at the present movement, and moved the yesolution with pleasure. (Applause.) • Mr. Councillor BELOE seconded the resolution. Irrespective altogether of the question -of charity, he thought a fancy ball went a long way towards education, for it led people to inquire into history and costumes. (Hear, hear.) - He was sure the ball of the tradesmen would p_ ove an eminent success. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Mr. BRAKELL moved the next resolution, which was to the effect that a tradesman's fancy and full dress ball should be held at St. George's Hall; that the tickets should be half-a-guinea each, and the proceeds devoted to the following charities, viz :—The Blue Coat Hospital, the Male Orphan Asylum, the Female Orphan Asylum, the Infant Orphan Asylum, the Deaf and Dumb School, the Blind Asylum, and the industrial Ragged Schools. These institutions were of au educational and unsectarian character.. The • ball would probably come off in a fortnight or three weeks. Mr. HAND seconded the motion, which was agreed to, Mr. Councillor SIIIMMIN moved that application be made to the St. George's Hall Committee of the Town Council, for the use of the hall on the occasion. He felt sure it would afford the chairman of the committee very great pleasure in granting the use of the hall for so laudable a purpose. As a tradesman he would be very glad to render any assistance in his power, in furtherance of the object the tradesmen had in view. Mr. RIGBY seconded the motion, which was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. HARRISON, seconded by Mr. JACOB, a committee -was nominated, of which Mr. Wm. Preston was appointed chairman, Mr. Wm. Brown also consenting to act. On the motion of Mr. BRAILELL, Mr. G. T. R. Preston was appointed treasurer. Mr. WILLIAM BROWN proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, and in doing so said their thanks were due to Mr. W. Preston for his liberality on all occasions. (Applause.) He had on every occasion done all he could to promote the public good, and the welfare and happi ness of the people about him. The motion was carried amidst loud cheers, and the , chairman having briefly responded, the meeting broke up. SIR ROBERT PEEL ON TITE VOLINTEER MOVEMENT. In the Friday night's debate on the Army Eitimatee, ' Sir Robert Peel, in the ceurenof a long speech against' the extravagance of the expenditure, made the following : humorous remarks upon the volunteer corps, which we : think may do more to amuse our readers than to injure that noble and patriotic movement :--The other day he met a stout young friend of his, who was a volunteer rifleman. He told his friend that he was too stout ; but his friend repled that it was capital fun. (Laughter.) " Capital fun !" he exclaithed, and mentioned to his friend that he had been in Switzerland, and that he : had seen the volunteer riflemen there crawling along on their bellies by the hedge sides for miles, and that he recollected being out with a corps which passed' the whole night in the trees. Nevertheless, his young friend rejoined that it was capital fun—that they Lad their afternoon parade and patriotic lunch—(a laugh)—and were going to have a ball i n full dress r l uniform for the ladies, an expensive band, a dinner, and all kinds of conviviality. Dne gentleman, called in the newspaper report Mr. D. Seymour—he hoped not his hon. friend the member for Poole—addressing a meeting somewhere in the country. expressed the opinion that the volunteer movement was a sort of millennium. An enthusiastic rifleman, addressing the Suffolk bump kins (a laugh), made their hair stand on end by stating that there were hundreds of thousands of troop s on the other side of the Channel. waiting to come across. (Laughter.) For his own part, ho should like to see the stalwart youth of England turning their attention to some legitimate and useful pursuit, instead of hankering after firearms and knickerbockers. (Laughter.) But the climax was still to come. At the same meeting in Pimlico a Mr. Denman informed his auditors that in 1797 a body of 1,400 French troops landed in Pembrokeshire, but were immediately dispersed by the red petticoats of the Welsh women seen on a distant hill. (A laugh.) He must say that Mr. Denman did not offer a very flattering suggestion to the gallant Pimlico Fencibles. (A laugh.) "But," continued the orator, "Mr. Fox. declared that England did not recover from the effects of that descent for twenty years." (Laughter.) The leaders of the movement, judging from their absurd nomenclature, seemed to have gone mad. (A laugh.) It was a fact. Certain gentlemen, who bad evidently been reading . Carlyle's " Life of Frederick the Great," were advertising daily irt the Times on behalf of a corps, to be called the Six Foot Guards. (A laugh.) There were corps composed 'of the stokers and pokers of the rail ways. He had already mentioned the Pimlico Fen cibles, but what did the committee think of the Westminster Volunteers of St. Sohn the Evangelist ? (Roars of laughter.) What St. John the Evangelist had to do with : rifle corps he could not for the life of him understand. It was really too bad that so venera ble a name should be associated with a •band of idle striplings playing at soldiers. (A laugh.) There was the volunteer corps of the Aldermen and Corperation of London, and last, but not least, there was the Rifle Corps of the Inns of Court. He admired the patriotism of lawyers, but nothing could well be more absurd than the idea of a lot of barristers from the Inns of Court meeting the cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard in deadly conflict. (Laughter.) • Sergeant Parry seemed to he an active member of the corps. No doubt that distinguished legal luminary would earn a grade, and become Se:- F ent-Major Perry. (A laugh.) The herjeant was kept in countenance by Dr. Balls—a capital name for a soldier (a laugh)--Counsellor Butt, and his old friend of the time of the French Conspiracy Bill, Lawyer Bodkin. (Laughter.) These, gentleman, and many more of the same kidney, leaving the study of Coke and Blackstoze, were devoting their days and nights to Plutarch's Lives, Ccesar's Commentaries, and The .Rijle, Hero to me it. (Continued laugh ter.) How heavy lawyers expected to be able to crawl along hedges u p on their bellies and climb up trees he could no t comprehend(a laugh), and a h p e p h l j o e p d ed to they l'i h n e ul s d o ethbaet veryapt uocation "I n me di o much offended if he tutissimus ibis," which, being literally that cats o s f o m m e y nieant "You are a good deal safer in the Middle LT: o 7 d n ou b , ei a n n g d as h k a e v d e Temple. (Great laughter.) It app of the riflemen had attained great proficiency in shooting. At Hvthe the first prize was carried off by a genuine Cockney. (A laugh.) how ho had acquired his extraordinary skill and pre 'would present sa id he, "I live in l a tt red the Brampton neighbours." c h i a si d on co , (Laughter.) It was not, per haps, of much consequence in the depth of winter, but :1 4 si O d h er l a " ble practice in shooting at the height of the season. Everybody would be no man could tell what a scene London shooting at his neighbour's cat—(great laughter), —and there would be no end. to the inhuman massacre of the feline tribe. (Prolonged laughter.) He trusted, how ever, that before that time a st o p would b e put to the volunteer movement. DEAKES'S SUBSCRIPTION ROOM —Few trades have made greater progress of late years than that of the hairdresser ; and among the numerous establishments recently dedicated to the toilette none can excel in el e gance and comfort that of M r . Deakes, 83, Church-street, where the subscription syst em of one guinea Hereguincapearl atnilheuompeliraastiboenes of been found toilette are conduct e d i n nd to answer most suc cess _ spaciousassistants aftalTlytinegenuatl to ,11tttheedoucpcqiistiotn a nd whose efforts to giveh latest Parisian style, b y satisfaction have been well rewarded by the public. lw-Mrl3 RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED IN COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS ACTS, BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHE QUER, THIS DAY. 1. Resolution imposing a duty on chicory, ra w or kiln-dried. Resolved, — That the following duty of customs shall be charged on the articles under-mentioned on importation into the United Kingdom, on and after the 11th February, 1860—viz : Chicory, or any other vegetable matter appli- s. d_ . cable to the uses of chicory or coffee—viz : Raw or kiln-dried . . per cwt 6 0 [Agreed to in committee on Friday, 10th February.] 2. Wine duties. Resolved,—That in lieu of the duties and drawbacks of customs now charged or allowed on the articles undermentioned the following duties shall be charged thereon, on importation into the United Kingdom, viz. Until the 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive. Wine of and from foreign countries-- s. d. Red White Lees of such wine . . With an allowance for drawback on exporta tion until the said 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive, of 3s. per gallon on such - wine ex ported or used as ship's stores, but that no drawback be granted on lees of wine; and with an allowance of drawback to licensed dealers in wine who have complied with the provisions of the minute of the Lords of the Treasury, dated the 7th July, 1843, on the foreign wine which they have had in stock on the 10th February, 1860, on the conditions of the said minute, at the rate of 2s. 9d per gallon. On and after the let day of April, 1861. Containing less than ihe following rates o; proof If spirit, verified by Sykes' imported Hydrometer, viz : in bottles. Wine of and horn foreign 15 deg. 26 deg. 48 deg. • countries— s. d. s. d. it. d. a. d. Red the gal. t 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 White the gal. 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 Lees of so ch wine the gal. 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 Wine the growth and pro duce of any British pos cession, and imported di rect from thence — Red the gal. 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0 White the gal. 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 Lees of such wine the gal. I 0 1 8 2 0 2 0 3. Spirit duties. - - Resolved, — That in lieu of the duties of customs now charged on the articles undermentioned, the' following duties shall he eharged thereon, on importation into the United Kingdom, viz s. d. Spirits or strong waters, not being sweet ened or mixed with any article so that the degree of strength thereof cannot he ascer tained by' Sykes' Hydrometer, for every gallon of the strength of proof by such Hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon Other spirits, being sweetened or mixed so that the degree of strength cannot be ascer tained as aforesaid, and perfumed spirits to . be used as perfumery only . . the gallon 12 0 Spirits or strong waters imported into the United Kingdom, mixed with any ingredi ent, and, although thereby coming under some other denomination, except varnish, shall nevertheless be deemed to be spirits or strong waters, and be subject to duty as such. Water, Cologne, the flask (thirty of such flasks containing not more than one gallon. each 0 6 When not in flasks, as perfumed spirits. the gallon 12. 0 4. Articles to be made free of duty (under treaty). Resolved,—That the duties of customs chargeable upon the goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and determine, viz.:— Agates, or coruelians, set. Apples, raw. of and from British possessions. • Arms, as denominated in the tariff. Brass, manufactures of. Brocade of gold. - of silver. Bronze, manufactures, or of metal bronzed or lacquered. Canes, walking canes or sticks, mounted, painted, or otherwise ornamented. Umbrella and parasol sticks. Caoutchouc, manufactures of. Cherries, raw. China or porcelain ware, plain, painted, gilt, and ornamented. Clocks, as denominated in the tariff. Corks, ready made, and squared for rounding, after the 31st March, 1861. Cotton manufactures, as denominated in the tariff. Earthenware, not otherwise enumerated or described. Embroidery and needlework, as denominated in the tariff. Feathers, as denominated in the tariff. Flowers, artificial. Fruit, raw, not otherwise enumerated. Grapes. Gutta percha, manufactures of, not moulded. --, articles moulded. Hair, mandactures of hair or goat's wool, or of hair or goat's wool and any other material, wholly or in part made up. Hats or bonnets, viz. : Of chip . . . Of bast, cane, or horsehair after the 31st Mar., 1861. Of straw . . . Of hair, wool, or beaver. Of felt. Hats of silk or silk shag, laid upon felt, linen or other material. Iron and steel, wrought or manufactured, viz.: ma chinery, wrought castings, tools, cutlery, and other manufactures of iron or steel not enumerated. fancy ornamental articles of iron or steel. --- manufactures of, coated with brass or copper by any galvanic process. Jewels, emeralds, and other precious stones, set. Lace and articles thereof, as denominated in the tariff. Lead, manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated. • Leather manufactures .(except gloves), •as denominated in the tariff. - Gloves, after the Ist February, 1861. Linen, or linen and cotton manufactures, as denomina- ted in the tariff. Lucifers of wood. of wax. Medlars. Morphia and its salts. Musical instruments, as denominated in the tariff. Oil of almonds. - bays. - chemical, essential, or perfumed, as denominated in the tariff. Opera glasses, single or double. Pears, raw. Percussion caps. Perfumery, not otherwise enumerated. Quinces. Quinine, sulphate of. Silk, millinery, or manufactures of silk, or of silk and any other material, as denominated in the tariff. Stays or corsets, of linen or of cotton, or of linen and cotton mixed. Sulphuric acid. Toys, viz. : Marbles. All other toys. Turnery. Watches, as denominated in the tariff. Woollens, viz.: manufactures of wool, or of wool mixed with cotton, as denominated in the tariff. Goods, being either in part or wholly manufactured, and not being enumerated or described, nor otherwise charged with duty, and not prohibited to be imported into or used in Great 13ritain or Ireland; but if any such goods shall be composed of any article liable to duty, as a part or ingredient thereof, then such goods shall be chargeable with the full duty payable on such article, or if composed of more than one article liable to duty, than with the full duty payable on the article charged with the highest rate of duty. 5. Resolution reducing the duty on corks, hats, and gloves (under treaty). Resolved,—That, in lieu of the duties of customs now chargeable on the undermentioned articles on their importation into Great Britain and Ireland, the follow ing duties shall be charged until the days hereinafter mentioned, and that from and after those days the duties shall cease and determine, viz. Until the 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive. Corks, viz.—Ready made the lb. 0 3 Squared for rounding . Hats or bonnets, viz.—Of chip. . . Of bast, cane, or horsehair Of straw the lb. 1 3 Until the Ist day of February, 1861, inclusive. Leather Manufactures, viz.:-- Gloves of leather. Habit mitts gloves Men's gloves • Women's gloves or mitts 6. Articles to be made free of duty (not under treaty.) Resolved,--That the duties of customs chargeatle upon the goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and determine, viz. : Aldmonds, not Jordan nor bitter. Jordan. Ammunition, as denominated in the tariff. Apples, dried. Baskets. Beads, as denominated in the tariff. Books, as denominated in the tariff. Boxes, viz. brass. not otherwise charged with duty. Butter. of and from a British possession. Candles, as denominated in the tariff. Capers, including the pickle. Cassia Liguea. Cheese. -- of and from a British possession. Chloroform. Cinnamon. • Cloves. Coculus Indicus. Copper, manufactures of not otherwise entunerated or described, and copper plates engraved. Coral negligees. Daguerreotype plates. Dates. Eggs. of and from a British possession. Extracts, as denominated in the tariff. Ginger. • Glass, flint cut glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy ornamental glass of whatever kind. Gongs. Grains, guinea and of paradise. Japanned or lacquered ware. Liquorice paste. of and from British possessions. powder. of and from British possessions. juice. Mace. Mil'boards. Mustard, flour. mixed or manufactured, except flour. Ivutmegs, as - denominated in the tariff. Nuts, small nuts. walnuts. sarawarramis. , AS& BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the month and year ending the 31st December, 1859, h a ve been issued. These returns have, according. t o annual practice, been delayed in their presentation so long as was necessary to afford time for the making up of the landing accounts of all cargoes properly appertaining to the trade of the year 1859. We subjoin a statement of the total de clared value of the exports of na n dßritis n Irish fear, duce 60 d ,5 .. duce and manufactures d 6 r , i 5 n 1 g 5,9 t 7 h 9 ... .. zz 11 : 22 2, a s, including only the "enumerated" articles:-- For the For the month. For the year. 1857 o 1858 aggre gate s. t ..t: l : i a: e n: .d .................. ................................... .... ................... t6h.iFor the month. 1 1 8 8 5: ..................................................................... ........... 0 1 2 8 3: 6 : 5 :: 49 : 42 8 67 Cha mber of Commerc e , h e ld on Fr i day, a BißmlNGlror Ca.4.103ER OF COMM ERCE.— A t a meet ing of the resolution pol di principles of financial a rrangemen t c i c' eY r':1111dv approving o f t h e system •of com mercial*Posed by the Chancellor of th e E x ch equer in th e measure recently introduced into Parliament was agreed to non. con. THE LAW OF COLLISIONS AT SEA. A valuable paper on this important subject, by Mr. J. T. Danson, Vice-President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, has been reprinted from the " Transac tions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science,"—having been read before the late annual meeting of the Association at Bradford. " The risk of collision with other vessels," it is. observed, "is now one of the most serious to which vessels at sea arc liable; and the increasing number of powerful steamers, running direct courses, and not always slackening speed at night, or in foggy weather, is annually increasing its importance. Where no blame can be imputed to either of the parties concerned, this risk has hitherto been re garded as one of the ordinary dangers of the seas ; and, as such, it may be fully insured against. But where either vessel is in fault, the risk assume s a new aspect." It is to this class of cases alone t ha t Mr. Danson's paper has reference. The state of the law, upon t his s ubject as it now is,, in the principal maritime countries of the world, is the first ly, considered generally ; and then , more particul ar law as it. now exists in the United Kingdom, which, the that of France, and some other countries, limits the liability of the shipowner, in a case of collision, to the value of the vessel in fault as it was immediately Wore it occurred,—that of the other countries limiting it to the value after the collision has taken place: thus show ing our own law to be much preferable to theirs. And not only so, but the practical effect' o f it is, th a t "th e law of limited liability, whatever its merits, is, as to foreigners, wholly inoperative, even when the locality of the collision happens to bring it within the jurisdiction of our own courts." There is here a manifest a n d grievous defect in the law, which Mr. Danson thus clearly sets forth:— " The avowed purpose of our own law being to limit the liability of the shipowner, and similar laws, with similar objects, existing in all mariti me countries, it is manifest that the recognised policy of the whole mari time world is, in this matter, substantially the same. It is true that there are in use two modes of effecting the limitation, as exemplified in the E ng li sh and in the French law. But the principle remains intact, and is the same everywhere. Yet, in an international point of view, it is ineffective ; and, in the present state of the maritime laws of the world, must remain so. And this is clearly traceable to the operation, in this instanc e , of the rule laid down by Dr. Lushington and by Lord Stowell, and confirmed by Vice-Chancellor Wood, that ' the power of each country is to legislate for its own subjects all over the world, and as to foreigners within its jurisdiction, but no further.' Th e d e f ect, then, is not one of intelligence, or of intention, but rather of power. No nation has yet assumed, or, indeed, can, without the assent of the other nation or nations con cerned, assume to itself the power to legislate f or th e subjects a another nation, even th ough, as in this in stance, the result of such action would be simply to ex tend to the subjects of that other, the benefit of a law already separately existing, and being enforced (so f ar us it may be) in each of the countries concerned. But the power thus wanting is at hand. It is to be obtained by mere agreetneat. Each nation has but to confer it on the rest." There would seem from this, therefore, to be no great difficulty in providing a remedy. The power being at hand,—.-being a matter for international arrangement,--- it could easily, we would suppose, be made a subject of negotiation, so as to settle the question for the mutual benefit of the countries concerned. The following is Mr. Danson's suggested remedy :—. "That the British Government : (having in its own courts, made manifest the defect, and its world-wide bearing) should propose to the Government of each of the other maritime countries of the world to extend, in our courts, the provisions of our Merchant Shipping Act (as here in question) to the shipping of each of such countries, on condition that the similar or corresponding law in forde in each of such countries should, in like manner, be made applicable to British shipping. The French rule of limitation, wherever prevalent, would undoubtedly afford less effective relief to the injured party, and a greater degree of protection to the owner of the, vessel in fault, than our own and the American law . and whatever the comp arat i ve merits of the two rules, it is manifestly desirable that some effort should be made to assimilate them; ,but the object in view, in any such assimilation, is so evidently of minor importance, as compared with a general en forcement, within its own jurisdiction, and on behalf of all shipowners; of the law of each country ; and the chande of effecting any material alteration of this law on the Continent, by any suggestion of ours, is also so small, that I believe an attempt now to effect both objects would result only in making b o th , for the present, impracticable." Mr. Danson acids, —" The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, which has done me the honour of requesting me to aet as one of its representatives here, is of opinion that our own law should at once be made applicable to foreign shipping, without our requiring any reciprocal action on the part of other Governments." But to this, he shows, it may not unreasonably be objected, " that the law in question, though avowedly intended to benefit shipowners, has, in fact, in most instances, a double operation : as, while limiting the liability of one ship owner, it also, most commonly, limits the rights of another; and where the party in fault should be British, and the one injured foreign, the proposed extension of our law might be made the ba s is of a compl a i nt, not in itself without justice. as , p d refers, ther efore, as a remedy, w hat 'he hsugg e este inclined to think he is right. above,= ' — andwe are The whole paper is well worth an attentive perusal. It is highly creditable to the intelligence and the ability of its writer. TRADE CIRCULAR. -STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE, Mr. Samuel Griffiths, in his trade circular, says,- The trade in North and South Staffordshire, Wales, exception Derbyshire, and the Forest of Dean is unchanged. All the works b . eing in full operation, with th e quite so good.. perhaps of a few of the small works nn the "hi lls where orders for common bars are not On the other hand the great % orks in the North conti very active, best brands of Pie. Iron continue in go oc7 demand here at full rates. Trie meetings at Wolver hampton and Birmingham this week were comparatively small, and the business done moderate. , A sale of 600 tons of Forest of Dean Pigs took place at Wolver hampton. In malleable Iron no change atfianlilsbtoednoltilicoen: The official list of prices of Staffordshire is as follows: Common Staffordshire bars, £7 los. ; doubles, the works ; best bars, £8 10s.; sheets, £9 £lO lOs . ; nail sheets, £8 10s. ; Latin, Cl 2 ; hone; plates, £9; best and best best in proportion ; conamon rods, £7 lOs. ; hoops, £8 105..; gas strip, £8 • Canada plates, £l2, and all sorts in Proportion Cur: rent prices of Pig Iron. Staffordshire cold blast, £4 10s. , best native hydrate pigs, £3 15s. to 44 2s. 6d 4.: ; .rst class all mine grey forge pigs, £3 10s. to £3 15s, ; good mine pigs, with a modicum of flue cinder, £3 to £3ss ; mine pigs, deteriorated by cinder, £2 15s. to £3 2s. 6d. . , grey forge cinder pig iron, £2 15s. to £2 17s. 6d. W-Ilite' forge cinder pigs, £2 10s. to £2 15s. 11:Leiters, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, £2 17s. 6d. to £ 3 2s. 6d. ; superior rnalrf s o f all mine melting Iror, L 3 10s. to £4, according to make and. quality. Favourite Shropshire and Forest of Dean Brands, £4 10s. The Glasgow market for Scotch Pigs has been tolerably steady during the week, although indications ef weak ness were apparent on Monday and Tuesday. The re solution of the ironmasters on Wednesday, to continue the blow but for another fortnight, imparted an improved tone to the market, and under this influence 60s. 9d. was realised. Since then business has been done at 605., the- market closing yesterday, 59 5. 6d. prompt cash. The shipments for the week are, 6 ,955 ton, a g ainst 9,820 tons, in corresponding w ee k of last year. 1 essels are exceedingly scarce, which curtail shipments for the present. Tin has been very dull, small sales of Straits for consumption at 130- q to 130 s. 6d., and Banta at 1365. 10d. to 1375. In Holland business has been done at 78,1 f.; steady business in English. Copper heavy market. The last sale of ores at Swansea show a reduction in the standard ; small parcels of English oiler under fixed rates; Burra Burra offered at £llB. Spelter has been drooping. The sales during the week amount to about 300 tuns on the spot at £2O 155. to £2l, and 400 tons spring shipments at £2l landed, and £2O 17s. 6d. ex' ship. Twenty-five tons aff. E. reported at £2l 15s. No business reported in Hull; spclter £2O 15s. The nearest price to-da we are offered W: H. at £2llos. Ti n Plates very sick y coke can be bought at 245., and in London at 24s 6d. Lead : Leis doing this week in English ; Spanish in better request ; Smelters maintain lute prices. Swedish Steeuall:- Swedish scarce. £l9 10s. i s now -the price for eq ass - ortments. Quicksilver : Price £7 per bottle less 3 per ceut. for cash. • Regulus : F rench Star, £ 5 O . ' -4/p • - . VICTORIA Cnoss.—ln the London Gazette we have ' ' • toria Cross - • an intimation of the Vie being conferred upon Mr. W. F. Donell. magistrate. gi r th s , Namages, and 4 4415 , Births, De aths, and 111 . - a? ringes, fo, trarae. for envertion must he properly authentteated with the flame end cidress' th drr The ellarge for the msertion of Births toill beofSize sen • • pence each. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., the w sonf Charles Wood, Esq., of baston, Birmingham, of a uge- Th O o mpson, Esg., of a n the 15th Oltleigh, Clau g h ton, the wife 0 B• J. at son. a ofe 511 inst., a' 4, Upper HsLreet, Texteth-park, the ifMr. Hobert PurniNtt, of a son. w On the 16th inst.. tilt' Ron. Mrs. Po trnan, of a son. On the 16th inst., at 33, W esley-stret, the wife of J am „ Casement, pilot, of a daughter. 011 the 17th inst , in }la gh-street, Everton, the wife of m r . E,,,vard ltimiuer, Of *daughter. MARRIAGES. .. On hter of th•.: 12th inst., M. Th omas Caddock to Annie, seventh On g the d au Mr. J. Spencer, coal merchant, Liverpool. 12th inst., Mr. Harper, Liverp oo l, James Depledgc to Mi ss Louisa On the 14th inst., Mr. William Bourne, of 'Monks' Ferry, cohishre. Birkenhead, to Miss Emma Burnett, On the 15tn. Inst.. Mr. James Harden to Som.,: ` — ' o , fourth of Spalding, Li n daughter of ihe late Mrs. HoAk. of this town. On the 16th inst., Willinn Leyland Feilden, V.,,,, s 1, eldest son of Sir William Henry Feilden, Bart., Fertiscoult•s, ~..anoashire, to Catherine Jane, eldest daughter of Edward P,•dder, Etq., of A.shton-park, Lancashire. • Allman 0 On the Itith inst.. Mr. George William l; f the Liver t d Est•tblishment to Caroline Esthn, youi•ges au ghter 4 tof John Owen, Esq ,of Toebrook-villa, Gre , n-lse• _ On the•lith inst., Mr. James Robertson to =firs. Jane Gale,. Liverpool. K naedv to Miss E. MiCahe, of On the 17th inst., Mr. P. e . i Kirkdale. DEATHS. --- psoa, printer, of 37, Bose" On the 29th Dec. last, at Lima, Per u, , n , luch respected and regretted, Christian Frederick 13crgmartn , l' s . , a ged 73, of ti ,e firm of Templeman and Bergmann, of that city, On the 3ath ult., Mr. Joseph Thom place, in this town. the 82nd On the 13th inst., at 40, Park-lane, in the of her age, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Doctor B ush , a, of this town. On the 14th inst., aged 53, Mr. Thomas Blades Bodell, of Cranmer-street. On the 15th inst., at the residence of her son, Mr. John Davies, 4, Mount-pleasant, Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, of Clawdd Boneyn, near Corwen, aged 84 years. • On the 15th inst., aged 68, Mary, wife of Mr. Win Morris, Edward-place, Prussia-street. On the 16thinst., at Walton:on-the4nll, 1*(1.69, Mr. Thos. H. Sammond. , _ On the 16th inst., aged 4i years, Thomas Frederick, o n ly eon of T. 11.asl e ra, printer, of 38, Alma-street, Everton. SECOND EDITION. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) The death of .Mr. Henry Drummond, M.P., is con tradicted. The Paris correspondent of the Times says the French Government will agree to make such modifications in the 11th article of the treaty—that relating to coals-- as will facilitate the success of the measure. FRANCE. IRETJTER'S TELEGRAM.I Pants, Feb. 19. The Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany, after having passed a feir days in the strictest incognito, at Paris, has left again for Bavaria. It is asserted that he is about to address a manifest to the Tuscan nation, promising to forget the past, and to grant constitutional reforms. AUSTRIA. [REUTERS TELEGRAM.] VIENNA, Feb. 19. The Austrian Government has not sent a reply to the English proposals for the settlement of the Italian question. It is stated that the Governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. have arranged that their replies to the English proposal arrive simultaneously in Paris and London. DENIARK. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM,] COPENHAGEN, Feb. 19. • Bishop Monrid has arrived here to undertake the formation of the new Ministry. He has declared to the King that his ministerial programme will entirely differ from that of the late Cabinet. His Majesty has con sented to the policy - of the Bishop. PEARFUL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL, AND SUPPOSED LOSS OF LIFE. DOVER, Sunday. This morning, about three o'clock, as the steamer Online, Captain James Hunt, from Dublin to London, was abreast of Beachy Head, she came in collision with the schooner Heroine, of Bideford. She was struck just abaft the beam, and immediately began to sink. So great was the injury, that in less than twenty minutes no traces of her were visible. A portion of the passengers and crew, twenty-one in number, were saved in the jolly boat, and landed at Dover. About five of the passengers and crew are missing : some of them, including the captain, took to the starboard life-boat, but it almost amounts to a cer tainty that they were swamped, as they could not reach the Heroine. In the darkness of the night one fearful shriek was heard, and no more was seen or known of them. The Ondine is the same steamer that, a few mouths ago, ran down the Robert Garden, a Dover col her, whereby the pilot and several of the crew were drowned. THE MONEY MARKET, &c. The steady character of the Bank return, and the firm tone of the Paris quotations, have caused the English funds,to be well maintained to-day. The demand for discount has again been very moderate. No gold was taken from the Bank. The railway market business is at a complete stand.—Times. There was no variation of the slightest interest in the Stock Exchange. Uncertainty as to the course of home polities, however, checks speculative purchases. • In the share markets prices were steady. The supply of money in commercial channels continues to increase, whilst the demand has fallen of. The best bills were discounted at 3/ and even 3i per cent.—Daily News. THE BUDGET. The deputations from the various trades connected with the bonded system throughout the United King dom had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, and, while agreeing with the main features of the budget, pointed out the oppressive, and, in some cases, prohibitory effect of the charges pro posed to be laid upon goods in bond. Mr. Gladstone expressed his readiness to receive all suggestions, and to introduce such modifications as may be proved to be necessary . On Saturday the Chancellor of the Exchequer re ceived deputations from various trades, including whole sale stationers, paper manufacturers, and distillers. The President of the Board of Trade likewise received seve ral deputations, which pointed out the importance of certain alterations they considered desirable in the bu , ;get or treaty. The paper manufacturers complain that France prohibits the exportation of rags, while French paper would come in free; but they admitted, generally, the merits of the budget, which, with the treaty, was calculated to extend the trade of the country. THE BUDGET AND TREATY. A"new feature of the crisis is a notice of motion put upon the House of Commons paper by Mr. Disraeli. He will move that the house do not go into committee • on the Customs' Act until they shall have assented to. the treaty. The general feeling appears to be, that he may succeed with such an amendment withoutLthereby endangering Ministers. The Herald contends that the assent to" Mr. Glad stone's resolutions seriatim would have raised an insur mountable objectitm to a fair consideration of the treaty, and that to have a discussion on the treaty and the budget, as a whole, the house must pursue the line pointed out by Mr. Disraeli's amendment. The Times remarks, that while Mr. Du Cane offered battle in the fairest manner, Mr. Disraeli challenges the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a conflict in which vic tory will be fruitless and defeat harmless, af, er time wasted in a worthless contest of verbal subtleties and technical refinements. The Daily Hews thinks Lord Palmerston should let Mr. Disraeli have his own way, and thus to checkmate him. Mr. Disraeli has not the number necessary Co win, and a decisive majority will be found ready to affirm the essential principles of Mr. Gladstone's project. The Star exclaims that the battle of free-trade is to be fought over again : after eight years of silence and submission, its enemies once more reappear, and venture to challenge yet another struggle. A QUESTION FOK MR. BRIGHT. TO THE EDITOR or THE DAILY TIMES. Sra.,—May I ask through your columns if Mr.. Bright, the great champion of the industrious and un represented classes, intends to support the proposal to reduce the duty on brandy, and make up the loss by increasing the income-tax ? I shall watch with curiosity and not, without interest. Yours, &c., Ova HUNDRED AND FIFTY A-YEAR. Liverpool, Feb. 18, 1860. On the removal of the Indian Council, midsummer next, the old India-house, in Leadenhall-street, will be sold. It occupies slightly more than acre; and, accord ing to report, an offer of £200,000 has already been. made for it, it is said, as a terminus for all the principal railways. . - CABINET COUNCIL. -A cabinet council was held on Saturday at the residence of the Premier. 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