The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

Southern Italy, I am free from engagements, and I ask no better than a concert with England on this point, as on others ; but, in Heaven's name, let the eminent men who are placed at the . head of the English Government lay aside petty jealousies and unjust mistrusts: let us under ; stand one another, in good faith, like honest men, as we are, and note like thieves, who desire to cheat each other. To sum up this is my innermost thought : I desire that Italy should obtain peace, •no matter how, but without' foreign intervention ; and that my troops should be able to quit Rome without coin promising the safety of the. Pope. I could very much wishnot to be obliged to undertake the Syrian expedition, and, in any case, not to undertake it alone. Firstly. because I fear that this interven may involve the Eastern question ; but, on the • other hand, I do not see how to resist public opinion in my country, which will never under stand that we can leave unpunished not only the massacre of Christians; 'but the burning of our consulates, the insult of our flag, and the pillage of the monasteries, which were under our protec-. tion. I have told you all I. think without dis guising or omitting anything. Make what use you may think advisable of my letter. Believe In my sincere friendship, NAPOLEON. The Times, in a leader, observes that a steam navy may be far above the real want of a nation, and yet be far short of the previous number of sailing vessels. France may have only 400,000 men actually under arms ; but when, for our own security, It e measure men against men, it is necessary to take into account the immense addition she can make with a single fortnight's notice. The Times trusts the letter may fore shadoW a policy under which we may enjoy peace, without being compelled any longer to support all the burdens of war. . The Post says that we must still stick to our new motto—" Defence, not defiance." There may be contingencies in the future which no Emperor can control. The Emperor Napoleon himself alludes to them at the close of his letter, while speaking of resisting public opinion in his own country. The Chronicle gives the French text of the letter. NAPLES. Letters from Naples to the 28th state that the press waa becoming violent. A journal had been started entitled Garibaldi. THE PARIS CONFERENCE. PARIS, July 31.. The representatives of the Powers are to meet again to arrange certain details of the expedition to Syria.—Past. BANQUET TO LORD CLYDE. The'Members of the United Service Club paid a tribute of respect, last evening, to General Lord Clyde. .The Duke of Cambridge presided. Covers were laid for 160. The chairman, on pro-. posing the health of the guest of the evening, referred to the service he had rendered to his Sovereign and his country by his recent comp mand in India. Lord Clyde, who •for some minutes appeared to be overcome by his feelings, replied to the toast in a suitable address. The speeches are not reported. LIVERPOOL ROYAL BANK. The Tinges city article says, one'of the directors of this bank is expected in London to:day, ,and that an authoritative statement that its affairs are in every way sound, is necessarily awaited for with much interest. • The colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons is vacant. -Lord Palmerston has accepted an invitation to preside at a soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Insti tution in October. E4IAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.,,-YisTERDAY. The Speaker - took the chair at twelve o'clock. .. The Attordeys' Solicitors', Proctors" and 'Certificated Con veyancers' Bill passed through committee. • . - On the order of the day for going into. Committee on the Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment Bill, • Mr. BRADY, urging the lateness of the Session, and the pre sent impossibility of giving sufficient consideration to a Bill o f so much impo r t ance, meved, as an amendment, to defer the committee for three months. The House divided, and the amendment was rejected by 71 to 13, majority 58. . . The House then went into committee on the bill, and. passed the several clauses. Several additional clauses, proposed by private members, were negatived, and the bill pasted through coMmittee. The other orders were disposed of, and the House adjourned at fix o'clock. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . SIR WILLIAM DON, BART., AND LADY DON. " The Wreck Ashore," "Peggy Green,"_and " Kenil worth," are to be performed to-night. Veen eegid. to be a first-rate house. THE LATE MR. JEREMIAH CHAFFERS. THE INQUEST, An Inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mr. Jet . emiall Chaffers, the late manager of the Royal Bank. -It. was held at his houie tells View, Aiiheld, before Mr. Driffield, the.county coroner,: a jury of neighbour in . gentlemen : The servants were : examined, but from motivis of delicacy,.--we refrain from publishing the evidence; - The ihrt-iiiidniniously- returned a verdict of Destroyed himself .whilit labouring under temporary .insanity." • • • GREAT FIRE, LAST: NIGHT; . . It has been more than once retnarked that fires have been of more frequent occurrence,' - and' have: generally been of a more serious character; in the north than .in the south part of this town. However strange such a 'remark may seem, its truth will be at once apparent When we remember the three great fires which occurred .?t, this time lest year ; also- the serious iujury and partial: destrUction -of several warehouses, in :the same part of the town, during 'the last few li months. - Another gteat destruction - of property by fire occurre d last:night at the Stanley Do c k wa • re house. These Watehitaseit as is. well known to most of the inhabitant§.:of toWni are situated at: the north and-aeuth ends of the Stanley '.Dock,. They are abotit 100 fed in height, and extend.-froth Gt. Howard street to thelVaterloo-road. The scene of last night's calamity was that portion o f t h e waxeliouses on - the northern side of the dock. At the .time- at which we write there is little correct information to -be obtained as to the origin of the fire and the probable amount of injury sustained by the property. These details, in order to ensure accuracy, we prefer giving to-morrow, and in the meantime present the following brief chronicle of the conflagration last night. Between half past nine and ten o'clock, the policeman on duty observed the upper story of the warehouse on the north side of the Stanley Dock to be on fire. He immediately communi cated with the different fire stations; and the engines of the West of England, the Liverpool, and reels from other stations, were in attendance shortly after ten o'clock. The fire commanced in the right hand side of the upper storey, which contained 1,500 bales of cotton. At first, the danger threatened to the shipping in the Stanley Dock was very. considerable ; but the two vessels which were the nearest to the burning cotton—the Planta and the Crescent City—were re moved from the dock. The 'fire' raged with increasing hay until about eleven o'clOck; when the efforts of the firemen appeared to hitVe been successful in mastering the flames. The fire, however, was not completely subdued at an early hour' this morning. By reason of the construction of the warehouses, the fire could not extend beyond the first division, but it is feared that the whole of its contents will be destroyed. The estimated value of the cotton is at £15,000. Mr. Hewitt and his brigade performed their duty with commendable energy, as did also the brigade under Mr. Barrett's superin tendence. Lieut.:Colonel Bonnie, and a detachment of the 4th Lancashire Artillery, rendered great, assistance. Among those present in the building we observed Major Greig," Captain Luckraft, Messrs. Rawlins, and J. R. Jeffery, who ascended to the highest floor. The as -seen fro m th a t po i nt, was one of in spectacle, describable grandeur, but space, and the late hour at which we write, prevent us froni entering into descriptive particulars. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN, 58, HOPE STREET.—MonthIy report, July, 1860: Fresh patients admitted, 144; patients who have received treatment, 291; patients remaining under treatment, 154. Hono rary medical officers—Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hey. Assistant medical officer—Mr. Rowe. Treasurer— Arthur Dempsey, Esq. Honorary surgeon-dentist— Mr. Newman. WEST INDIAN EMANCIPATION. — ' Last evening, at Rope Hall, a public celebration of the anniversary of the We s t I n di an emancipation too k place. M r . J o h n _Cropp er occupied the chair. The meet i ng was addressed byseveral gentlemen, among others the Revds. P. Haines and W. H. Channing; Mr. Grose, a self-ema nc i- Z 1 slav e f rom Kentucky; and Mr. J. C. Gangooley, a Brahmin from Calcutta. The attendance Was Pretty large, THE TOWN - COUNCIL. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held yesterday, in the Council Chamber at the Town ball. T. D. Anderson, Esq., the Mayor, presided, and there was an unusually large attendance. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Pinance Committee comprised, Ist, a recommendation to anew the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to continue to take charge of and work the chain testing machine for twelve months, from the Ist of July last, the Board paying an annual rent of £2OO, by..equalhaLf-yearly payments, on the Ist Jan. and Ist July, for the use of the premises and machinery, and guaranteeing the Corporation from loss, and keep ing the machine, buildings, and premises in repair.- 2nd.—Report on the Letter of the Secretary of State as to the Salary of the Clerk of the Peace, referred to the Finance Committee by the Council at the last meeting, and recommendation that it is expedient that the Clerk of the Peace for this Borough be paid by Salary, and that the Secretary of State be recommended to fix the Salary at the sum of £BOO per annum. 3rd—Recommendation that the proposed buildings, corner of Lime Street and Roe Street, be set back as shewn on the plan submitted, the price of the Land being fixed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, as proposed by the Lessee (Alderman Bennett). Alderman STEWART, in moving the first recommenda- tion, said the Council would reCollect that upon the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board being constituted, the Corporation gave them notice that they should discon tinue the use of the chain cable testing machine. To afford time to the new board to make such arrangements as they thought proper, the machine was let to them for six months. That time having expired, and the Dock Board not being prepared with their new establishment, they had applied for a further lease for twelve months, which it was now proposed to grant them. Alderman TURNER seconded the motion, which was carried. Alderman STEWART then moved the next recommen dation in reference to the fees of the Clerk of the Peace. The Council some years ago' agreed to pay in lieu of fees.a salary of £BOO, upon the recommendation of the then Secretary of State, Mr. Walpole ; but it was neces sary, pursuant to the act, that that arrangement should receive the signature of the Rome Secretary. That had never been done. It was annoying that it should have stood over, but the question was now put in a train by which he hoped it would be brought to an issue. He was sure gentlemen would think that £BOO a-year, and providing stationery and other expenses of the Clerk of Peace's Office, a most liberal payment; but the Finance Committee recommended it for the purpose of putting the question at rest. • Alderman TURNER seconded the motion, which was embodied in a formal resolution, and carried. The TOWN-CLERK said the arrangement would involve a new table of fees, which he submitted, and whiCh had been adjusted so as to meet the amount of salary and the expenses of the office. In answer to Mr. Robertson, he stated that the• fees were less than in the present. If found inadequate to recompense the expense, they could be revised at any future time by the Council. Mr. JEFFERY—Do I understand that we have to provide him with an office ? The TOWN-CLERK — No ; he provides his own office : you provide him with stationery and printing, and a repository in which to.deposit the records of his office. That would be one of the record rooms in. St. George's hall. Mr: GLADSTONE-But in the case of erecting new Public-offices in Dale-street, would it not be well to reserve the power of having his office there ? The TO WN-CLERK said he had an office in St. George's hall during the sessions. At his present private office he transacted very little public business. The new table of fees was adopted:—ln moving the third recommendation, . Alderman STEWART said the Council would recollect that suggestions had been made from' time to time to alter the line of street turning from Lime-street into Roe-street, on the south side of St. George's-hall. The subject had been brough,t again before the Finance Committee; at its last meeting. He was not present, but Alderman Bennett, who owned the land, had pro posed that if the Council would set back the projected buildings to a new line, he was willing to receive such compensation for the land as he (Mr. Ste Wart) should fix himielf. He was obliged to Mr. Bennett for his confidence in him ; though he should not shrink from doing his duty, at the same time he should not have desired to - have. had such responsibility thrown-upon 'him, frOm his position on the committee. It would be fOr the Council to say whether' they would adopt the improvement 'suggested. 'He concluded by calling atten= Lion to a plan on which two lines were laid down, by one of which. the buildings would be' set:much further back than by the other, of course at greater cost. Alderman TURNER seconded the motion. MT:JEFFERY #ipressed his approval of that line, by which the buildings would be kept back as far as pos sible from:St. George's Ball. Alderman STEWART thought the best plan would hti simply to move first an approval of the recommendation that the buildings be set back ; the line might hereafter be drawn and submitted. Alderman lonN BRAMLEY-MOORE did not think the question required any consideration. It was unfortu nate that Wheiever we had a fine building erected in LiVerpoOl, there were always projections which shut one-half . of it out 'of view. It was "so in Bold-street, Parker-street, the Exchange, St. Luke's Church,—in fact everywhere. Mr. KITCHEN thought they should know the expense before agreeing to any plan; and After some conversation the matter was referred back to the Finance Committee. • Alderman Stewart having then moved the confirma tion of the general proceedings, Alderman BRAMLEY-MOORE wished to put a ques tion. On passing St. Luke's Church that morning, he observed there, not with surprise, because he saw some intimation of an act of Vandalism about to be perpe trated on the beautifnl railings there,:—but he observed, on coming round that morning, -that a - breach had been made, - and the work actually begun. He should like to knoiv what •was going to be done there—by what authority . it was done—and whe ther the CounCil should not:have a voice in a matter. Which had destroyed something exceedingly ornamental to the town. If it was intended to put a lamp there, perhaps the object might have been attained by an iltumination of the - church dock. He' wanted to know by WhOie 'duthority it was done, witbout the sanction of that Council. The MAYOR—Perhaps you will allow me to state that there was a resolution of the Council passed three years ago that this should be done. Alderman BRAMLEY-MOORS thought, if it bad been delayed so long, there were now so many new members, they should hive the sanction of the present Council, who might be men of better taste. He suggested that measures be taken to stay further progress till the opinion of the Council, as at present constituted, could be made known. Alderman PARKER perfeztly agreed with Mr. B. Moore, but the - clergyinan had put in some injunction against their proceedings. It was found out that they were dealing with consecrated ground, and there would be a monition from the Ecclesiastical Court, which might put an end to it altbgether. The TowN-CLERK observed that the work was pro ceeding under a resolution passed at the very last meet ing of the Council, and which he read. In answer to Alderman Parker, The MAYOR said that the Rev. Mr. Lawrence thbught the Finance Committee should have communicated with him before doing anything in the matter, but he was now perfectly satisfied. The chairman of the committee and himself had been appointed a deputation to see him, to state that no discourtesy had been intended, but that it was an oversight. Mr. Lawrence had called upon him the day before yesterday, but as he was not in the Town-hall at the time, he had seen the Town-clerk. was quite sati s fi e d the improvement should go n He now tho u g ht that it would not disfigure the church at all, o. and The TOWN-CLERK said he had added to that, that if it should be found afterwards by the bishop that they had not a legal right, they might have to reinstate the railings. a The MAYOR said the c ommittee di d not think there P, and it would incur t ld ante expenseany difficultyorx 6wo t with the et b a is f h eulty o from him.o g The portion of land dealt with was not consecrated in connection with the church. , A plan of the proposed improvement was here intro duced to the room, and inspected for some time by the members. Mr. KITCHEN said that the corner which it was pro posed to round was at present one of the most dangerous in town, and he hoped the Council would not listen for one moment to the objection. • Mr. STEAINS stated that Mr. Earle, the chairman of the Improvement Committee, very much approved of the., plans ; and after some further conversation the proceed ings were confirmed. THE SMOKING CABMEN. Mr. CLINT, chairman of the Hackney Carriage Com mitte, said that as it was seldom that there were forty three members of the Council present, it would be well to take that opportunity of moving the alteration of the bye-law prohibiting car-drivers from smoking while attending to their cars on the stand. Mr. STITT said the object of the regulation was to Prevent what was conceived to be a nuisance, and sug gested that the London regulation inflicting a penalty on any cabman continuing to smoke on his box, after having,been requested not to do so, should be adopted. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE thought a cabman h a d 'as much right to smoke in the street as he bad himself, as long as it was not a nuisance to others. Re thought that if any person hiring a cabman begged him to desist, it 'was not unreasonable to expect him to give it up. Mr. CI,INT said the object of the memorial was to get the bye-law repealed altogether, and as the Council seemed to be in favour of it, the committee thought it their duty to comply with the opinion of the Council. Mr. ASPINALL remarked that gentlemen smoked in cars, and the smoke of cabmen was no worse than that of gentlemen. He had no doubt that Mr. Bramley-, Moore enjoyed his cigar when going home in an evening. Mr. BRAM-LEY-MOORE, then formally proposed that cabmen, continuing to smoke after being requested to desist, should be liable to a penalty of 40s. Mr. SIIEIL gave notice that he should move that the penalty be applied to passengers instead of to cabmen. (Laughter.) The amendment having keen lost by 19 to 2.5, the bye-law was altered as recommended by the committee. The bye-laws relating to omnibuses were also agreed to. THE POWERS OF THE FINANCE COASHITTEE RESPECTING CORPORA.TV PROPERTY. The next business was - the report of the Finance Committee on the powers, duties, and obligations of the Council with reference to the property of the Corpora tion. Mr. Alderman STEWA.UT said that, in his position as Chairman of the Finance Conimittec, he never rose on any occasion which more materially affected the interests of the Corpoiation, - and he would endeavour to meet the question with the candour which, he. thought, a subject of that importance required ; and he hoped and trusted it would receive from the Council that attention which the subject demanded. He considered it to be a question of the greatest importance which could possibly be brought before that body. Since the formation of the present Council on the Ist of January, 1836, the Council, acting upon the advice of the Town-Clerk of that day, Mr. Ratcliffe, and since then of his successor, Mr. Shuttleworth, appropriated a certain amount of the sums received from the leases of property, which they called sales, and also of the fines arising from the renewal of the leases. They had invariably set apart £20,000,_ which was the pro- bable estimate of the amount, which ought to be appro priated to the general revenue of the Corporation. It had been thought necessary by the Finance Committee to call for a statement, from 1836 to 1859, of the seve ral amounts received each and every year from the source he had named; and it was found that the Corpo ration might safely put forward in their estimate as applicable to revenue the sum of £26,000, which was stated in the annual estimate as the average amount which could be applied to ordinary purposes of income. It would ill become him to offer any opinion on the con strtiction of acts of Parliament; but an opinion had been taken of a gentl eman em i nen t i n t h e l ega l profes sion, which opinion put an entirely new feature upon the case, and was exceedingly strong. But they had had very strong opinions from as eminent men, which had been set aside. He said that the amount derived, both from the renewal of leases and for tines, was properly appli cable, and ought to be applied as income accruing at the time of its being received, that no part of such amount ought to, or indeed could, be appropriated as capital or as a reserved or sinking fund (hear, hear) ; and that the whole amount appeared to be rents and profits within the meaning of .tbe 92nd section of the Municipal Act, and should be received by the treasurer. and carried by him to the borough fund, and applied accordingly. Nothing certainly could be stronger than that; but he thought that the position in which the Corporation would be placed, would be attended with extraordinary inconvenience and difficulty. The deal ings of the Corporation were of a compound nature. What they called a sale of property, was merely a lease, for which they received in anticipation seventy-five years • rent for property which had always. yielded income to the Corporation to a considerable amount. There was. another class of property, the lease of which terminated and reverted into the hands of the Corporation. They effected a sale, as they called a lease, and received a fine for it. Under these circumstances, in occasional years, —as, for instance, this year,--when they - had a very large sale of, property, the amount was much more than it was likely to be in other Years. Probably the amount received this year would be something like £lOO,OOO. Now, what would be the consequences if the. Corporation were to apply the whole of that sum to the purposes of the present year. They could net carry anything forward to meet the deficit of the next year, when they should probably only receive £11,600. They would have to lay a borough rate because they could not appropriate the six and twenty thousand pounds for each year ; and they never could prepare an Estimate of the Corporate revenue having no certainty as to the amount they would receive. It appeared to him that the legislature had dealt with corporations with unne cessary stringency. According to the opinion, they could anticipate seventy-five years' rent of all their pro perty, and that rent became revenue. If they sold the fee-simple of that property, instead of a lease for seventy-five years, if they had got the consent of the Lords of the Treasury to sell it, they could not touch one penny of the money. But because ,they created an estate for seventy-five years approaching to 94 . -t- per cent. of the value of the freehold, instead of the whole 100 per cent., yet they had to resolve that into income for the current year. On the occasion when the estimate of £26,000 was prepared, the average was taken ; and from the result of that return, which ho had before him, it appeared that the lowest amount which had ever been received was £8,71T 4s. 4d., in 1850. They had frequently received £ll,OOO, £15,000, and so on. They had a large bonded debt, upwards of a million of money, and'the money in excess they had applied to InYing off such bond creditors as wanted the money. The bond debt was provided for by the present arrange ments with the Dock Board, who had to pay at the time the act was passed £1,100,000, by payments of £lOO,OOO every six months. This was a larger sum _than fell due within the six months, and the question then came how they could extinguich the bonded debt da the shortest possible time. They would find that in a year and a-half tile Whole of the bond debt of the Corporation would be extinguished. The great question for that Corporation, and one of which he had always felt the importance, one on which he felt the well-being and the durability of that Corporation would very mainly depend, was how they were to' make the best pAsible income out of the excess of capital—money which would remain to them after the bond debt was extinguished, and which 'ould be something like half a million of money. His opinion was that it would be desirable to make the income of the Corporation as uniform as possible. (Hear, hear.). .He thought they might safely apply the six and• twenty thousand pounds, year by year, as revenue; but, at the same time, he was not desirous that the Corporation should act in violation of the law of the land. If the opinion which they had received was to' be acted upon, they would be in the position of being rich -one year,* and having a deficit the next. He concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect that, as the report of the Finance Committee on the powers, duties, ,and obligatio ns o f th e C ounc i l w i th reference to the property of the Corporation, and the income thereof, and the disposition thereof by lease or otherwise, involves very important considerations, especially in regard to the uncertainty of the revenue of the Corpora tion, it be referred to the Finance Committee to consider and report as to the course the Council should pursue to obviate the difficulty which may arise from that uncer tainty.. - - _ Mr. Alderman J. H. TURNER seconded the resolution. Mr. J. R. JEITERT said it was now two years since that question was first brought before the Council, and that day the chairman of the Finance Committee had said it was a subject of very much importance. Mr. STEWART- —This question was never before the Council till now. I did not know the law was such. Mr. JEFFERY thanked the chairman of the Finance : were daw n th e law that, those violati ng th e law. Committee for that admission ; but said th a t on the occasion to which he (Mr. Jeffery) referred, th e chair tmaßt ofth e w F h i o n o a p nc pLedhs Committee i did I motion re Mr. STEWART—. T spoke on the auth or i ty of the Town-clerk. Mr. JEFFERY said Mr. Stewart spoke on his own authority, and caused the division of the Council to be two to one, because, when he replied, he advanced new arguments. He was not surprised that there should be a misunderstanding on that question. The question of granting leases was altogether distinct from that of the debt due to that estate. He did not think that any gentleman would say that the money to be received from the dock estate would be capital, and he hoped that no gentleman who had considered the question would say that money received from rents was not clearly revenue. 'When he ventured to. enurciate that doctrine, he was contradicted by the chairman of the Finance Committee. They had a legal opinion before them, which laid it down unmistakeably thatit wasincome. Then what 'became of the opinion that guided the Council on the occasion to which he 'referred? That opinion was taken in January, 1859, and was not laid before the Council till that day. Why was it withheld? If that opinion was different to the one on which the Council acted, ought it not to have been made the property of the Council ? Upon what authority, nay, he would go further, how dare the Finance Committee withhold that information ? The Finance Committee, whoever were members of it at that time, ought to have brought it before the Council at the. first meeting of the chamber . ; instead of which, not only had they been kept in ignorance of it, but the Council had acted in defiance of it more than once since. If any ether committee of that Council bad followed such a course, what would the Council have said, and what would the Finance Committee have said ? He could not see how such a course could possibly be justified. On a former occasion Mr. Stewart had said that in no instance during the existence of that Council had any expenditure been made out of the sale of leases or. tines for leases. That was in his reply ; and though he (Mr. Jeffery) thought it an extraordinary doctrine, he h a d no opportunity contradicting it. But Mr. Stewa r t h a d told them t h a t 000 might be calculated upon from the i r day that so far from that being a fact th a t anaverag o e f o re f ve 4 n 2 u 6 e, and, therefore, that the annual increase in the value of the- corporate estate was six thou- sand a year. Mr. Stewart had also stated that as there was no expenditure from such revenue there could be no deficiency. These were_the arguments that brought the Council to a decision, and it was judicious and legal to act upon the principle of the commutation for the sales of the leases. lie (Mr. Jeffery) asked the Council on that occasion not to come to a hasty decision, but the division was hastened on by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, who said that he had a par ticular property at that moment to which the principle could be applied with a considerable amount of advantage. Mr. Stewart asked why they should be obliged to invest the amount derived from an absolute sale of tbeil- pro perty when they were not obliged to invest that which amounted to 941 per cent. of the proceeds. The reason was that in the one case the rorres remained intact, while on the other they received the proceeds of that corpus. They leased it for a given time, at the expiry of which the corpus, with all its improvements, came• back. He agreed with the observation, that it would be desirable to have a uniform income if possible, but the estate did not belong to a private individual, it belonged to the burgesses of Liverpool, and he argued that the burgesses of to-day were entitled to every penny that might be derived from the estate that day, this year, next year, or last year. It appeared to him that Mr. Stewart appeared desirous of founding the wealth of a Rothschild, and he could understand no more ready or certain mode of accomplishing that object than that proposed by Mr. Stewart, but it would be done at an immediate sacrifice. What would be the result of the car rying out of Mr. Stewart's motion ? and here he must tres pass upon rather delicate ground. No one interested in the port of Liverpool could view the financial position of the Dock Board otherwise than with deep sorrow and great pain and great anxiety, The board was tied hands and legs, and was unable to proceed with what it considered to be its duty by an act of parliament obtained by pressure, brought b bear by parties on the other side of the water, exceedingly to the prejudice of Liverpool. It must be painful to every one who took an interest in the well-being of Liverpool to consider that before the expenditure on the other side of the water was brought to a conclusion, something like five millions would be absorbed there. Would any member of that Council say that the trade on the other side of the water'was likely to justify such an expenditure ? The MAYOR did not wish to stop Mr. Jeffery, if what he was saying would lead to any point in the discussion, but it looked as if he was travelling out of the subject. It would of course bring an answer from the chairinan of the Dock Board. Mr. JEFFERY - -Very proper ; and I apprehend the chairman of the Dock Board quite agrees with me. Mr. TURNER —As far as Mr. Jeffery has gone, it will bring no reply from me. Mr. JEFFERY was sure that Mr. Turner would agree with him when he stated that it was most unjust that their hands should be tied with regard to this side of the river, while they were driven to an extravagant expenditure on the other. One of the nominees of Government recently mooted that an additional expen diture should be made on the warehouses on the other side, because they were not in want of money to spend there as they were on this. Parliament, judging from the proceedings of the past, would have no mercy on the corporation of Liverpool. They had hitherto had none, and seemed to consider it a fair goose to be plucked. They considered that anything they could abstract from the ratepayers for the benefit of commerce was perfectly a fair game; and if Mr. Stewart's motion were carried out, and if what he might call a profligate expenditure on the other side were carried on, the dock estate would be brought to a financial fix, the Government would use its best endeavours, in all probability successfully, to take the management of that estate into its own hands, would declare that the Liverpool Dock Estate and the Corporate Estate were all one, and would take the money of the Corporation of Liverpool to relieve the pressure. They must not accu mulate wealth in the hope that they were doing it for the ratepayers, when in reality they were doing it for the docks. If gentlemen wished for more time to con sider the matter, he should offer no restriction, but if they were in possession of the necessary information, he urged them at once to set in operation the resolution recorded upon the books of the Council, and in doing so he was sure they would be promoting the best interests of those who sent them as their representatives in that chamber. Mr. CHARLES TURNER did not think that council was a place for discussing the propriety of plans ordered by Parliament, or whether the money to be expended at Birkenhead was properly expended or not, and he pro tested in the strongest terms against the anticipations indulged in by Mr. Jeffery. He saw no reason to believe for one moment that the dock estate would not have sufficient finance to carry out everything that Parliament had put upon them. The trade of the port had increased, and would continue to increase ; but shculd the estate ever get into difficulties, he was glad to find that they would have the assistance of so powerful a body as the Corporation. (Laughter.) Mr. PICTON thought the question before them had been unnecessarily complicated by the mixing up of two questions, which ought to be distinct. Both the modes of raising money were pronounced, upon the highest authority, to be income; and he was rather astonished that some members appeared surprised at this opinion, when the very fact stated by the chairman of the Finance Committee, that they had recommended £20,000 a-year to be taken as income, showed that they had the dis cretion. There was nothing, therefore, new in the legal opinion which told them they had a right to do what they had always been doing. They had a large surplus, and all they had to do was to consider the best mode of dealing with it. If they expended the money in property elsewhere, he thought they would be doing their duty to their constituents, but if they went farther, and said—" We will sell the property for £100,000," and expended it in pulling down houses or widening streets, it became a question whether expendi ture of that sort was legal. He thought himself it would not be. Mr. BELOE felt that to be the most important ques tion which that Council, in their position of representa tives of the inhabitants, could possibly have to decide. He quite agreed with what Mr. Pietr"• had stat e d , that they could afford to put aside the law of the case and look at it as one of expediency. It was quite clear that there was one legal charge which must imperatively be mct—the charge on the corporate estate. Let them stop that unfortunate deficiency in the water accounts, and thus prevent the levying of a borough rate of s i x per cent., with which the inhabitants were threatened. He looked with very great jealousy and distrust a t t h e accumulation of large sums of money which .had been, and might again be, foolishly and lavish l y expended. If the Prince of Wales, on his return from Canada, came to Liverpool, he had no doubt that the Council would vote £20,000 to entertain him according to the style of the good old town of Liverpool. A great deal had been said about the £26,000 a year, and the uncertainty as to income to be derived from tines upon leases. If the return so often asked for by Mr. Gladstone was supplied any accountant or estate agent would tell them to a shilling what their income was. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE thought it e xcee di ngly discreditable that that Corporation should have b een more than a quarter of a century old before it a tt empted to grapple with the great ques tion of its finance, and to ascertain what were its actual resources. He m us t say that he could not understand th e manner in which Mr. Stewart had dealt with the question, when he bl en d e d together things which appeare d to him to have n o con nection. What, in the name of conscience, had the dis cussion to do with the corporation bond debt ? The very fact of their being a changeable body led to the conclusion that they were bound to convert all monies to the good of the public so long as they remained there. They were told by legal opinion that they were to apply this money to the public good ; and what had they been doing ? How many times had they heard within those walls that they were bankrupt, and yet. all th e t i me, they had this £26,000 a year, and did not know they had it. Mr. Stewart said they would be rich one year and poor another.. Was that the management of an intelligent body which a great town like this could pro duce for its good government? Could they n o t so arrange thei r ex p en diture that this would not he the case ? He thought there had been a want of candour in the withholding of the opinion and among the com mittees generally, in making small items known to the Council. • Mr. Avisoisr suggested that the matter should be referred to a special committee, consisting of members of the Finance Committee and of the Council. MI. MOZLEY supported the motion. Mr. BOWRING proposed that the question should be referred to a special meeting of the Council, to be called at an early day. Mr. AV ISON seconded the amen d m ent, which, how ever, after some further discussion, was lo;t, by 46 to 3, and the general proceedings were then confirmed. THE NEW PUBLIC OFFICES AND TOWN IMPROVEMENTs. The following two subjects stood next in order upon the Council summons : _ Report of the Special Committee to consider plans for new Public-oTfices, Dale-street, the considera tion w hereof was postpon e d at the last monthly Council, until after the consideration of the report of the Finance Com mittee as to the powers, duties, and obligations of the Council as to all corporate property, and the disposition thereof, by sale or lease. Report of the Improvement Committee recommending certain improvements, at a cost of £300,000, the con sideration whereof was postponed at the adjourned monthly Council, held on the 11th April last, until the report of the Special Committee, in referince to plans for new Public-offices, has been decided upon by the Council, and at the last monthly Council, until after the consideration of the report of the Finance Committee as to the powers, duties, and obligations of the Council as to the corporate property, and the disposition thereof by sale or lease. Mr. JEFFERY asked if he understood the Town-Clerk that these two subjects Would now drop, as a matter of course, till there had been a further report on the sub ject of the corporate property. The TOWN-CLERK did not say that the form of the reinhitions was conclusive as to their 'not taking thenf; but the resolutions had bean passed in that way, THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1866. Mr. JaFFERY thought they should proceed to consider the resolution respecting the new Public Offices. The MAYOR asked if it was the pleasure of the Council. (Cries of " No, no.") Mr. HODSON—What has the first resolution to do with this matter It has no more to do with it than my hat has. (Laughter.) Mr. CHAULES TURNER said he moved at the last meet- ing that the two orders—the one respecting the Public offices, and the other in reference to general town improvements—sbould stand over till the report of the Finance Committee had been considered. He begged to renew that motion. Mr. Woodruff seconded it. The MAYOR—Is it the pleasure of the Council. (Cries of " Yes, yes," and " No, no.") Mr. Alderman BENNETI said this question about the Corporate property had been used long enough as a lever for the purpose of postpontrig the other subjects. Mr. Ilopsorq, who spoke with a warmth which pro voked some amusement, said it was a disgrace to the Council that the question of erecting the New Public offices should have been postponed as it had been from time to time for the last five years. The present was simply a ruse to get rid of it. (Cries of " No, no," and uproar.) Mr. SHEIL also spoke energetically against the incon venience and loss occasioned by further delay. If the questions were not decided soon, they should not be able to go to Parliament this year. Alderman PARKER saw no reason why they should not go into the subject. One great object had been gained by the former postponement—they had got rid of an enormous and costly scheme. Alderman GARDNER hoped they would proceed at once with the discussion. Mr. KITCHEN said they had remitted to the Finance Committee a point upon which they might have to reverse their whole management, and therefore, as busi ness men, they were bound to wait for their report. Mr. AYISON expressed a similar opinion. Mr. JEFFERY, contending that the Council were about to ignore their own position, and the decisions they bad already arrived at, moved, as an amendment, that they proceed with the subject of town improve ments at once. Mr. CRELLIN seconded the amendment. Mr. HODSON said the Finance Committee bad nothing to do with the Public Offices ; they would never be called on for a shilling of the expenditure. Mr. JOHNSON said they were to be erected out of the rates collectable, and part of which had already been collected. The only question was as to what amount should be expended. After a few words from Mr. Aspinall, Mr. Clint, and Mr. Tyrer, Mr. Monty said—Was the amount to be met by a rate, or might they take from any surplus they had such an amount as would pay for the building in question ? If they could do the latter, then it was prudent to leave the question in the hands of the Finance Committee. Mr. Jos was opposed to delay. Mr. CHARLES TURNER briefly replied, when, on a division, Mr. Jeffery's amendment was lost by a majority of 25 to 17. The following is the division : For—Councillors Sheil, Corhally, Ilydock, Estill, Stcains, Job, Gladstone, Johnson, J. R. Jeffery, Hodson, Nickson, Beckwith, Clint, and Cropper. Aldermen Bennett, Parker, and Gardner. Against—Councillors Crosthwaite, Clarke Aspinall, Shimmin, Littledale, Tyrer, Charles Turner, Avisen, Ridley, Jeffreys, Wagstaff, Wilson, Mozley, Tobin, Kitchen, Aikin, Steel, Farnworth, Jas. Robertson, and Livingston. Aldermen Cooper, J. H. Turner, Bramley- Moore, Woodruff, Houghton, and the Mayor. Mr. TURNER'S motion was 'then put and carried. It was now past three o'clock ; and Alderman TURNER. proposed, as it.was impossible - they could get through the whole of the business that day, an adjournment till that day week. _ _ This was agreed to nem. dis., and the Council adjourned. RADICAL MEETING IN THE CONCERT HALL. Last night a meeting, convened by the Reform Asso ciation, wa.; got together at the Concert Hall, for the purpose of protesting against the " Lords' aggression" iq rejecting the Paper Duty Repeal Bill. As announced, Mr. J. R. Jeffery occupied the chair; and amongst those of any note on the platform, the only gentlemen we observed were—Mr. C. E. Rawlins, R. W. Roland. Mr. F. Boult, Mr. J. C. Corbally, Mr. Owen Williams, Mr. Avison, and Mr. S. B. Jackson. It was evident, from the complexion of the meeting, that its promoters were not likely to . have it all their own way. Mr. J. R. JEFFERY took the chair, and said the meet ing bad been called by placard, to protest against the recent aggression of the House of Lords on the rights of the people to be taxed only by their representatives in Parliament.. Two previous meetings bad been held in this town on the subject,—one under the auspices of the Financial Reform Association, in which the question was considered purely in its financial aspect. It was of a most enthusiastic character. The second had been held by working men, and he rejoiced to find they were alive to the great interest involved in the question at issue, and at which 10,000 people were assembled. (" Oh The present meeting had been called by the Reform Association. It was not a hole-and-corner meeting—it was not ari exclusive meeting— on one side of the question,—it was a free and open meeting, at which both sides were invited to be present.; and, as chairman, he would promise any gentle man who might come on the platform to take the negative so far as he could command it, a fair and • impartial hearing. He trusted he might have no occasion to call on any of them in support of order, whoever might be speaking,--whatever might be said. -He (the chairman) viewed an unconstitutional act like an error in accounts : they did not know to what a state of confusion it might possibly lead. Now the lords, in his opinion, by rejecting the repeal of the Paper Duty Bill, did perpetrate an unconstitutional act, though not strictly an illegal one. The chairman then proceeded to quote authorities, as we understood, to show that what was legal might not be at all times expedient, wise, or discreet. New elements . had been introduced, and new issues raised. Now this meeting had been called by their sanction upon a con stitutional question ; the repeal of the paper duty was altogether a secondary, and, indeed, comparatively, an insignificant one, when compared with the great con stitutional question involved in the proceeding. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had made known to the House of Commons last night that he should bring the question of the import duties before the House in two forms. He felt satisfied that the House of Com mons would find themselves in a very difficult position when they came to discuss the question. -We were about to import paper manufactured abroad ; that paper would he put into bonded warehouses, it will have no label upon it, and would remain there, no duty being paid. It must be furtheiremem bered that the bonded warehouses were al over the country, and the importers would consequently be able to transport their paper from one warehouse into another. That would be the case with the importer of paper, but how would the manufacturers be situated ? They could not pass the paper within the precincts of their mills. Looking again at the interference of the excise in the manufacture of paper, he had no hesitation in saying that the cost of that interference could not be estimated. There was another question—that of main taining the good faith of the treaty into which we have entered with France. That treaty had passed both Houses, it had received the Royal assent, and both Houses bad joined in sending up an address to the Crown upon that very question. Now, were they to break faith with a country like France, with which they had just entered into a written arrangement ? Were they to sanction an act by the legislature that would damage their reputation as an honourable nation ? He did not believe that even those who thought the paper duty ought not to be repealed at this moment, would, in a commercial country like this, where good faith was certainly equal to a large amount of capital, justify the breaking of faith. No ; he believed they were in favour of its being kept at any cost. But there had been another question raised out of this, which was whether Parliament was to have any deliberate resolution set aside at which it had arrived, and which had been sub mitted to it,•not by the side of the House with which he agreed, but by Mr. Disraeli—(loud and prolonged cheering)—when he occupied the front bench on the ministerial side. Mr. Disraeli moved, after Lord Derby had taken the sense of the country upon the subject, that the policy of the country should be unre stricted competition. The question which was to be moved upon on Monday next was a free-trade question (Great interruption.) A differential duty'of one penny meant a protective duty. He hoped, therefore, that no minister or parliament would sanction either a breach of faith -or a departure from their free-trade policy. (A voice :1" Turn him out," and "The less we have of free trade, • the better ; it's a curse to the working man.") He believed that if Lord Palmerston had taken his stand upon the question when it was rejected by the Lords, the House of Commons and the people would have been all saved much time and trouble. A sponge which took up the popularity it, could imbibe—that was Lord Palmerston. The speaker then went on to say that, had the country ' taken • a different position, Lord Palmerston's course would also have been different. After some further remarks to the same effect, the speaker compared the House of Lords to a registering clerk in a large esta blishment. (Here there was great confusion, and c r i es of " Leave the chair.") The people of this country were always as well represented, as they deserved to be. (Applause and hissing.) If the people wished that Government should keep faith with the Emperor of the French, if they insisted on their doing it, they would do it. If it were their opinion - that they should have cheap paper-- (A voice : " We want cheap beef !") --depend upon it that would be done 'which they desired. Let the people do • their duty, andiheir representatives must; they might rest assured that, sooner or later, they would do theirs. Mr. Priest, who was a working man, would move a resolution, and he might tell those gentlemen who were so impatient that only one resolution would be sub mitted that night. Mr. PRIEST was received with hooting and great uproar. A voice, "He is a socialist ; turn him out ;" cries of order, and renewed order. The speaker, who was inaudible at first, was afterwards listened to with considerable patience. That uproar, he said, was not what was, to be expected from the intelligence which exists in this country at large. This was no question of party politics. It was a question, not involving any of that usual animosity which was so frequently exhibited in connection with the contests of political agitation. It was not a question which depended upon the mere prejudice of party ; it was not to be decided by any of those usual party cries, those battle cries which were so exceedingly exciting; but it was a question of the utmost constitutional importance—a question involving a condition of the basis upon which our liberties exist, and involving also a consideration of those important privileges in conjunction with the legislature of the country which were the unfailing guarantee and palladium of our national liberties. (Applause.) For himself, he was sick of the distinctions of party. He regarded it as an infallible test of the intelligence and improvement of the people that those broad demarca tions, which had hitherto divided parties, were becoming rapidly obliterated and becoming extinct—(" Gammon") —and there was growing desire to regard measures and men as of prominent importance, and not the usual distinctions with which they were associated. It mattered not to them whether the paper duty ought to be repealed or not—they might differ about the policy of that—(A. voice : " Keep your nose out of your mouth," and laughter) —but the question of paper duty repeal was not that which they were considering that night. The question was not about the nature of a tax, the propriety of its imposition or repeal, but the question was concerning the validity of the Upper House either to impose taxation or . to withdraw it. That was the question which lies at the base of all our liberties, and which, if they did not settle satisfactorily, they would inaugurate that which some of our sapient papers wished—a revolution—by calling into existence a power unauthorised by the con stitution of the country. (Applause, hissing, and great uproar.) They were told by Lord Palmerston that since 1714 they had had thirty-six bills presented to the Lords, which they had either altered or rejected. A committee was constituted to ascertain how many precedents there were for doing wrong. {A voice : " That fellow never paid a tax in his life," and laughter.) There was no case at all analogous. The speaker then proceeded to say that Lord Brougham's course had been of late eccentric, and the opinion he had given was not that of the Henry Brougham of ,other days ; but the obliquity of a lord was little regarded. There existed no decisive document by which the functions of King, Lords, and Commons were accurately defined. (A voice: " Gammon ; you want a paper for a halfpenny.") If it depended upon Parliamentary majorities, was it not quite plain that even the veto of the Crown was negt&- tived by a decision of the House of Commons. (Hisses, and great uproar. Cries of " Humbug," " you are an impostor, and not a working man ;" " What a nose you have got !" and loud laughter.) The CHAIRMAN—Fair play is a jewel. (Cries of "Put the motion," and uproar). Mr. PRIEST continued, going at great length into what he called oar parliamentary history, and then said —lf England was the empress,—England supreme in her relationships,—England supreme in her legislation —England supreme in her intellect,—the refuge for all expatriated monarchs whom the just indignation of people whom they have trampled over have sent on our shores—(great uproar, a number of parties in the gallery striking up "Rule Britannia"). If they were prepared to support an irresponsible rule, to have a power ruling over them unjust, unsanctioned by law, then let them be silent under the aggression of the House of Lords ; but if, on the other hand, they valued their position as Englishmen, they should look with suspicion upon every attempt to violate their liberties. (Cries of "Sit down.") Mr. Priest sat down by proposing the follow ing resolution : " That it is a right immemorial of the people to be taxed only by their own consent, through their repre sentatives in Parliament; that the refusal of the House of Lords to give legal effect to the bill for the repeal of the excise tax on paper is a flagrant violation of the right by which the limitation in the amount of every tax rests with the House of Commons alone; that the House of Commons having asserted their full power of successful resistance to the violation, -it is their sacred duty, as official guardians of the rights and liberties of the people, to exercise it upon the present occasion; and that, so long as they fail to do so, they are faithless to their trust, and their character as public men must be seriously compromised in public estimation." "No, no," cheers, and great. uproar. The CirtramAN—lf you don't give every speaker a fair hearing, it will be my duty to dissolve the meeting. (A voice : You are afraid of the meeting.") It wniihi all depend how they heard the succeeding speaker as to whether he should allow the meeting to proceed or not. Mr. Rs.wmics rose to second the resolntion. He had no connection with the Lords or any other body, but the working men who got their bread by the sweat of their brow. This was a meeting of the Reform Association, but on looking on the platform, he could note several gentlemen who were conspicuous by their absence. He wanted to know where were the men who ought to address an audience of that sort. Various excuses for non-attendance h:d been sent—some that it would be better to wait till next year. He would advise them not to make their principles subservient to party purposes this year. [This speaker was greatly interrupted throughout his remarks.] He had a respect for a num ber of gentlemen he saw in the gallery, whom ho knew to be opposed to himself on this question. They were candid. They were honest. They saw that the Lords were right. (Prolonged cheering.) He was aware that there was too much apathy on this question, but if there was no apathy, there would be no occasion to stir up people upon it. Every storm must commence in a calm ; it was incidental to all the great crises of our history. He referred to the 17th century, and to the struggles between the King and the Commons. They should take warning from this, never to let an infringement of the Constitution go by without a protest, They should remem ber the example set by the United States and by Canada, and tkey should not permit this aggression to pass unno ticed. Mr. STMMONDS, who was received with great uproar, cheering, and the Kentish fire, then presented himself to move an amendment. He was assailed, however, with such cries from immediately below the platform, persistently repeated, that it was almost impossible to proceed. He said he would speak if he stopped there till twelve o'clock. The Chairman interfered. It would be said that those who interrupted him were on the side of those who called the meeting. Mr. SIMMONDS again attempted to proceed. The last time he had the pleasure of addressing them was at the battle of the lorry. He laboured under a disadvantage on those occasions. (" You were knocked down.") I knocked the speaker's questions down. (" Mr. Hey worth.") The CitArnmAN—Allow me to say this gentlemen did not,molest Mr. Heyworth. Mr SIMMONDS said the difficulty he labnured under that night was having little or nothing to reply to. The chairman and the speakers who had preceded him had occupied an hour and a half, but only ten minutes of that time had been applied to the question before that meeting. (Uproar.) Now, much that had been said on the question he approved of and agreed to. (Shouting.) I shall be very brief if you give me a fair hearing; if you do not, I shall occupy an hour and a half myself. (Applause and uproar). The amendment was— "That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given, to the House of Lords for their dignified rejection of the Paper Duty Repeal Bill, therby disap proving of a wild speculation in the revenue." (Great uproar.) Allusion had been made to the diffi culty which would be experienced under the paper tax of taking it out of boad. Now, he 'wanted to know whether there would be any more difficulty in getting taxed paper out of bond than any other article out of bond ? (Applause and uproar.) Another observation was that they should keep faith with the treaty; but it was a one-sided treaty. (Shouting.) Mr. Jeffery had said that Lord Palmerston was like a sponge, always sucking up per sonality. Now, be thought that was just what their hon. chairman did. (Loud cheers.) It was said the Lords, by opposing the repeal of a duty, were attempting to bring on a revolution. He wished to know whether Mr. Priest and his coadjutors were the parties who were opposed to revolution. (Cheers, and uproar. A Voice : " Sit down ; I'm a working man, but I will give you 2d. to go home.") There was no' doubt that the former speakers had never touched the question. He insisted that the paper question was not a question for working men, and was proceeding when ho was again interrupted by the cries of some of the more zealous Radical partisans grouped below the platform. On this, several working men rushed down from the gallery, and went about quietly to eject the offenders, when The CHAIRMAN came forward, to the astonishMent of every one, and declared the meeting dissolved, The parties Were leaving the platform, when Mr Simmonds, in the chairman's absence, put his amendment to the meeting, when it, was carried amid tremendous applause. stateput out, of and th e company quietly considerabl e exc i tement. . It was then proposed that Mr. Parsona ge sho u ld t a k e the chair, and that gentlem an was a b out to do so, w h en t d h is e p l e i r g s h ed ts , wtheoruegpharitnialaly The traffic retort's of the London and North-Western Railway for the past week amount to £88,662, showing an increase of £4,206. -ARRIVAL OF :THE PAL ESTINE.---The British and North American Royal Mail Steam. Packet CompanY' steamer Palestine, Captain T. Cooke, arrived in she Mersey. at 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon. We. Yost" - day published her news transmitted by tekgreh frm Queenstown. COURT AND TABLE TALK. OSBORNE, July 31 The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by Princess Alice and Princess Helena, rode on horseback yesterday. Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge attended. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, went to tha Wellington College this morning. Her Majesty drove to West Cowes, and visited Prin cess Leiningen. Mr. Ryder, of the firm of London and Ryder, 17, New Bond-street, had the honour of submitting their Goodwood Cup to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. DEPARTURE OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT FOR SCOT LAND.---On Tuesday morning, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took her departure from Frogmore lodge, and - proceeded by the South Western Railway en route for Scotland. THE MURDER AT WALWORTH. LATEST PARTICULARS. The bodies of the four murdered persons are lying at the Newington Workhouse, awaiting the inquest, which Mr. Carter bas fixed for this morning. Manor-place, where the murders were committed, was the scene of much curiosity yesterday morning, many hundreds of persons having flocked to the house its which Youngman resided. It has been carefully guarded by the police. All sorts of rumours are afloat as to the state of mind of the prisoner; upon which point some evidence will be forthcoming, when the prisoner is again placed before the magistrates. The medical men who have up to the present time examined him, seem to be of opinion that he is in full possession of his intellect. Some surprise has been occasioned by the fact that the surgeon who was called in was not examined. His evidence, however, will be taken by the coroner this day. It is understood also that the father will be examined, with a view to show on what terms the prisoner was with the other members of his family. FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. (From Le Folk!.) The unseasonable character of the weather has almost entirely prevented the adoption of those light and ele gant toilettes prepared in anticipation of warm days and sunny skies. Hence the fashion (which we hoped was but for a day) of large silk paletots, or burnous with sleeves, is still almost universally fellowed, and we can scarcely wonder, under the circumstances, that appear ance is less studied than comfort. We cannot, however, help regretting that the pretty muslin mantles, em broidered with so much skill and taste, or those of Chantilly, so rich and elegant, with the grenadine shawls, so light and harmonious in colour, that all these charming and graceful novelties should be doomed to remain in their boxes, and to give place to the winterly-looking garments already named, or shawls of black cachemire, embroidered in silk or jet, and trimmed with lace. For the same reason silks, poplins, poil de chevre, and fancy materials in wool and silk, have taken the place of lighter tissues. A novelty in silk, which, however, we do not much admire, is to make down each side of the breadth a light pattern, or several rows of stripes, differing in width and contrasting in colour with the ground, which is either grey or drab. These breadths dewed stripe to stripe, divide the skirt into six or more equal parts, which has, of course, a stiff appearance. No doubt, in imitation of this style, each breadth of a silk dress is sometimes embroidered along the sel vage in large scallops, with silk of a different colour on each breadth, trimmed down with a narrow frill, scal loped at the edge. Amongst the different ways of placing the flounces, those which have prevailed are the number of narrow ones, edged, reaching to the waist, or one deep flounce, very full, reaching to the knee. and surmounted with three, five, or even seven exceedingly narrow ones ; or seven or eleven very narrow flounces, edged, and reaching to the knee, over which is worn a 'casaque the same as the dress, and trimmed with a flounce and heading, or three flounces, with ruches of the same on the edge. Nothing can be more distingue than this style of dress. The wide bouillonnes of the same material as the dress, generally replace the plisses a la vieille arranged in the same manner, hut now, considered passe. The Zouave jacket is still in favour for home dress. It is more frequently braided with silk than gold, and worn with a full chemisette. The square muslin shawls are generally trimmed round the lower point with a wide flounce of embroidered muslin, whilst the upper point., which is turned over to reach only to the waist, is simply scalloped and embroi dered in a small wreath. A few plaits at the shoulders prevent their rising to the throat, and give them more elegance. In the same style shawls of the same material as the dress are made, either barege, grenadine, or printed muslins ; a wide frill on the lower point, and the upper simply scalloped. For the benefit of those of our fair readers who may he expecting soon to take their place at the Hymeneal altar, we will describe an elegant, and becoming wedding dress, Worn by the Princess of Polignac. The wealthy and elegant bride had on a rich dress of moire, quite plain in the skirt, but with a long train. High body, buttoned in front with fine pearls. An English lace collar, fastened at the throat by a diamond brooch. The bouquet of orange blossom fastened at the waist. The coiffure was a diadem of white lilac and roses. The hair fastened behind under a rich comb of diamonds. An immense veil of English lace thrown over the head, and falling nearly to the bottom of the dress, completed this distingue toilette. The newest styles for grenadines, gaze de Smyrna, or Chamherg, printed minims, or mousselines de soie. are either Pompadour bouquets or wreaths, or large checks on a plain white or spotted ground. Plain skirts are worn to these dresses, but a wide flounce with a ruche, or even three ruches, edged with lace, is much more elegant and distingue ; and with a low body and lace pelerine forms a charming toilette. These may also be trimmed with seven narrow flounces, edged with plain silk, giving a consistency to the flounces, and helping to keep them smooth. Pointed bodies are scarcely now seen. Sashes or bands are now universally worn. The sash with light materials, the band with rich fastenings, is almost exclu sively worn with silk or moire dresses. Large open sleeves are still the favoarttee ; they are made very wide, cut square, and often open all the length of the arm. When an epaulette is worn, it should be trimmed, as well as the bottom of the sleeve, 'to match the flounces or trimming on the skirt. Under sleeves are worn fuller than ever, and are made with one large puff, with insertion or ruches up the seam, or several puffs, one over the other, ending in a deep fall of lace. Bonnets are still made with the frents projecting for ward at the top, but not in a point. The curtains, not en wide as they were, and put on in large hollow plaits. For demi-toilette straw, black or white crinoline are worn: bat for more dressy bonnets, rice straw and crape are the most fashionable. This year there are some charming colours in crape, amongst which China blue, groseille des Alpes, peach blossom, rose Solferino, are the shades chiefly in vogue. The rage for gold trim ming is beginning to pass, and the most distingue bon nets are ornamented with feathers or flowers. Rice straws are nearly always made with soft crape crowns covered with lace, and a mixture of lace and flowers on the front. Legborns are less fancifully trimmed, having merely a plume of feathers or a bouquet of flowers at the side. Inside the bonnet has always much trimming, and a bandeau. The coloured ruches and coronets of flowers which were worn at the commencement of the season, have been given up and replaced by sides of blonde or tulle illusion, with a bandeau of flowers or foliage. The strings are worn very long and wide. Some ladies have adopted a novel style of placing the plume on the outside of their bonnets—it is fastened nearly at the top of the front, and taken straight across, falling upon the curtain, but although quite new, it can scarcely be considered graceful. Hats just now demand a good deal of attention. The Amazon is, perhaps, the most becoming shape. We will describe two or three. The first is of black straw, spotted with straw-colour, bordered with black velvet, and has a long coque feather, also dotted with straw spots, and fastened in front under neath a rosette of black velvet. A guipure veil is worn with it, which shades the face and neck. The second, the same shape as the former, is of rice straw, bordered with corn-flower-blue velvet, ornamented with pheasant's feathers, fastened in at front under a bouquet of blue and white feathers, from which hangs a sort. of pendant—a long scarf or lappet of black lace. The head-dresses for summer wear have less preten sion about them than - those of the winter. Without, gold, without precious stones, and generally in tufts or bouquets, carelessly placed, instead of the large wreaths formerly in vogue. Caprice and apparent negligence seem to be the type of the present coiffures. They place a little bouquet in front, another amongst the hair flow ers and bows intermingled at the back. This kind of head-dress is very easily made. ACCIDENTS. — DanieI Callan, a labourer, residing i n Milton-street, sustained a severe contused back by a bar of iron falling upon him at the Sandon Dock.— Joseph Bell, a labourer, residing in 15 Court, Cotnus street, sustained a concussion of the brain and contu sions of the body by a hale falling on him at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Great Howard- M'Analty, a labourer, residing in Porter-street:, fell into the hold of the steamship Plin limmon, in the Trafalgar Dock, and sustained a severe fractured skull. SENTENCES AT THE BOROUGII SESSIONS. —The follow ing sentences were recorded—Thomas Jones, for steal ing a watch, four months ; James Laurence, for stealing boots, waistcoat &c., seven months ; John Lewis, for stealing bacon, four months ; Sarah Martin, for stealing varion articles, four months; Andrew Radcliffe, for stealing spades, three months; Margaret Smith, for stealing a ring, ten months ; Caroline Smith, for steal ing a watch, six months; Mary Welsh, for stealing fourteen yards of cotton, three monthg ; Mary M'Gowan was found. not guilty. The sentence on Michael Mulvey was deferied. CORONER'S INQUEST.—A CHILD POlSONED. — V.i ld t i e r : day the co roner h e ld an i nquest on the b o d y of Ron ch ild, of a named Thoma s M a j or , age d th ree wee k s , the son master mariner, who resides at Kirkdale. night the mother of the child gave it balsam of horehound, which caused death. a h bout 12 o'clock, itw(tior Dr drops A of kf the. l y stated that he was called to see the child ets of narcotic poison. and found it suffering from the He stated that the balsam of effects ' horehound contained ° m edicines for cough con death of the child, opium, and most of the patent tamed preparations of opittm.The The mother, stated be stated, was caused narcotism.by and so had deceased, and hinq n , that she had a Bold, found the balsam tonebnenosfeserice to her and to another two drops of it. The Co' If said, mother i o n f s w o ra m n saengestattisyg halt'ruaibpduarbtoriipef. child, she gave thethehederv, oner in charging t might kill a child. she would be guilty negligene!' two verdicts must be returned ---' either not, one of , ( an e Medley," or " Misadventure." The jury re re- turnedi a verdict of " Chance Medley." The coroner told the, mother she had narro w l y escaped a charge of ma nslaughter, as there was but a.slight diff erence be tween it and Chance Medley." Mrs. iklajor said of o we e l l e did not illte4d to do the child any harm, 3 JAMES STEWART AND CO. OFFER THEIR CELEERA TED "JJ " WHICKY, 8 years old, at Martell's Old BRANDY, Pale or Brown 265. Finest Schiedam HOLLANDS, in cases.... 345. & afts. per DI 7. PP in wood London, Plymouth, or Bristol GIN, full } las. Bd. strength IP TN ANY QFANTITY FROM ONE TINT FPWARDS• JAMES STEWART & NN'HOLESALE WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, AID BOTTLERS OF ALES AND PORTER. QUEEN INSURANCE -BUILDINGS, 11, DALE -STREET. W. 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Newspapers, having a direct communication with nearly .500 newspapers throughout the world, and devotes to this business the experience of nearlr a quarter of a century.—Contracts entered into for long series at greatly reduced rates. __ _ Adreriisements for the Manchester and other district Papers it the follote;PT day received up to Serrn o'clock every eeentng. All the principal papers filed for reference. HENRY GREENWOOD, PRINTER BY STEAM-POWER. WROLF.SALE ♦ND EXPORT STATIONERY AND ACCOUNT-BOCri MANt7FACTURER, ENGRAVER. AND LITHOGRAPHER, AND GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT, 32,----CASTLE-STREET, . 32. 'Worms : HARRINGTON-SW:P.7'. ARTIFICIAL TEETH, GUMS, AND PALATES. EROI FCi PD BY HER MAIM y'R ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 11, E S RS. GABRIEL, .01. DENTISTS, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, Opposite Berry-street: • 33. LUDGATE-HILL LONDON WEST-END BRANCH, 110, REGENT-STREET. Observe Numbers particularly. ESTVLISHED 1815.—SEE DIPLOXA. TEETH, .THEIR LOSS. And as now restored. on the new principle of self-adhesion and capillary attraction combined, by means of a seft flex ible lining, with CORALITE OTTM-COLOE'RE.D INDIA•RVISSIE in lieu of bone or gold, without springs or wire, and with out any operation; TREY ARE WARRANTED rear, 'WHOLE. SOME, ANT) ENTIRELY FREE FROM SMELL ; they are CaSr and comfortable upon the most sensitive grans, and may be worn for many years without being in any way affected. The materials used are of the best quality, the workman ship of the first order, and are suithed at less than half the ordinary cost. New Edition,jnst published. " Gabriel's Treatise is of importance to all requiring the dentist's aid, and, emanating from such a source, it may be confidently relied on."--limited Servire Gazette. "Thousands requiring artificial teeth are deterred front consulting a dentist, fearing the anticipated cast or dread of failure. To all such we say, peruse Gabriel's - treatise." —t,iril Serrice Gazette. Published by Messrs. Gabriel (gratis on application, cr sent on receipt of three postage sumps), at their Establish ments. FROM COUNTRY PATIENTS, ONE VISIT ONLY REQUISITE FOR A SINGLE TOOTH OR COM PLETE SET. PATENT WHITE ENAMEL CEMENT, the only per manent preparation for front teeth, which effectually retains its colour (.ss. per packet). PREPARED WHITE GUTTA PERCHA, the best stop ping for Decayed Teeth or Toothache. This invaluable stopping is placed in the cavity, when perfectly soft, becomes hard as the tooth• itself tea minutes after laser tion, and renders the decayed member sound and useful to mastication. is. 6d. per Box, or sent on receipt of 25 stamps. The ROYAL TOOTH POWDER, Is. 6d. per Bel. The above preparations may be had from any chemist in the kingdom. _ _ Stopping Decayed Teeth, Scaling, fie. MESSRS. GABRIEL, THE OLD ESTABLISHED DENTISTS, W 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVER POOL W. 33, LUDGATE-HILL, 110, REGENT-STREET, LONDON Attendance daily from Ten to Six. irflj,Varriagts, ant( Pel4l. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, forwarded for insertion, must be proper'', authenticated with the name and address of the sender. the charge for the insertion of Births will be Six pence each. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., in Egerton-street, the wife of Capt. Edwin Kite of a 6011. On the 27th ult., in Paddington, the wife of Captain Thomas Steele, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., Mrs. Henry H. Hcchle, Bold-street, of it daughter. • MA. On the 29th ult., at St. P R eter's, EveRIAGESrton, by the Rev. R. X. Moore, 8.A., Mr. Jabez Farelly, of Everton, to Miss Ellen Gomery, of this town. On the 31st ult., at St. Peter's, - Everton, by the Rev. R. R. Moore, 8.A., Mr. Walter Rutherford, of Everton, to Miss Ann Butler, of Walton. On the 31st ult., at All Saints', by the Rev. H. Marlon, M r. Henry Parker to Mis s A nne P y l e, o f th i s town . At t h e elope o f the ceremony, the reverend gentleman prenented the happy pair with an elegant family bible, as a token of the a n d esteem,.. r. app o reciation with which h e regar ded the labours I, !wl . Parker as scripture read er , un d er hi s direction, in the Parish o f All Saints, for upwards of six years. On the 31st ult., at St. Paul's,by ffi ne kiey, to Annie, S. Stewart, supervisor of inland revenue, of town. eldest daughter of the late Capt. Roberts: this h Stanley, be the Rem. On the let inst.,*at St.. Anne's Chum the Rev. G. Reads, Mr. T. T. Gardener, M.A.. Edward Paul, daughter of David Kent. Esq.. both s,:f36 t t o own Au . gusta, second of Liverpool, second cairn-Campbell, E. Talbot Baines, sq., f London, to Elizabeth, only F 644 ' o f Heolifield House, Aighorth, On theist inst., at Childwall Church, E. by the Rev. E. A. Pit cairn-Campbell, ofT of Killyleagh, to Emme- Liverpool. Paul's, Prince's Park, by the Rev. J. Thomas s ter 4 J i o n b e , s' Esq., H. Ilindley, ashle r ßiof la the late Ja mes Irving, Esq., of this line, eldest da On the Ist inst., at S n t. g. nd, sc rector of Crumren, ,youngest tm dNaVueglialltte,rEos?.t, the town. this town. . t n rector of Croglin, Cumberland. 14 ( t r in c : r i t.' s tiana Elizabeth Rev. E. bourn , eld b e y st th s e en ße o v i Rob e rt E.Wats", DEATHS. Rg n ert ihe Ab , on t he 30th ult., at his residence, aged 36, Mr. llenrrJohn‘. On the 3 0 th ult. , aged 26, Elizab e th , daughter of Mi. Inn's. Banner, London-load. On the 30th ult., in D ickson-terrace, Soho-street, aged 21 months, Lb - Edward, son of M r. John Delaney, compoito r. On the 31st ult., a t Menai-bridge, Anglesea; Rowland,. second on of Mr. John Overton, Evcrton-road, Liverpool. MOWN and BACON most respectfully announce to their cus tomers. and the public penerallv, that they keep a large and well-selected stock of articles required for Family Mourning and that all Funeral and Mourning orders are attended to with the greatest care and economy.—Magazin 81,83* and 65, Bold- st r eet —Adv. A DoG-COLLAR FOR THE PRINCE.—The inhabitants of St. John's, Newfoundland, intend presenting to the Prince of Wales a very appropriate specimen of their native production. A fine large Newfoundland dog has been selected for his Royal Highness, and to have this noble animal appear to the best advantage, a silver col lar was necessary. So they requested their friends, Messrs, Hewlet and Torrance, to have one made regard ' less of expense. The collar is of solid silver, and is formed of a wide heavy chain, with an ornamental centre piece, and weighs 45 ounces. Some idea of its size may be formed from the fact that the dog's neck is 24 inches._ is circumference. circumference. The centre plate which is surrftnlr by a wreath of oak leaves, and is surmounted by th e Prince's cres t, bears this inscripti on :—"FrogelM bi. his Royal Highness the Prince of Wale by the tante of Newfoundland,"