Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-12 00:00:00

rsona . _ ( g .e "!, a or is , 1 " odica t ' cre, Pa ss° b a d, ier, o f r the, no s ls ' tbe hie fl aderlu" „ ailed t° e cleere„'; Foal' ibell li° ll f" {Uri.AM reel DI , h. J legsr w oo " vbe' 1,(1`,/, a'l Of all" for • .0 for 1 01 l uIP 1„ oc car - 00 1 roof c., 1 5 t int e • e te be ll dtP t gon -ts bli ° rd ag N lnutot` „t 01) 011.bY. 0 1 "'" follodyl recy he LATEST TELEGRAMS. AUSTRIA. --- VIENNA, Friday, 2 p.m.—The news received here that the position of the English Tory Ministers is *secure has aroused uneasy anticipations to-day a mong the speculators on 'Change. The tendency downwards, and Metalliques are 74.10, Exchange on London 108.20. PORTUGAL. royal degree permits the free importation into Portual until 31st May next, of wheat barley, and b6.ans. SWITZERLAND. A telegram from Berne says the declaration of the Federal Council relative to the maintenance of neutrality, has produced an excellent impression throughout the whole of Switzerland. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Friday, 11 55 a . m .—R en t es commence d a t : 4 '. 1 0, and fell subsequently to. 67.80, very flat in c °nsequence of current unfavourable rumours. 20 p . — m The Bourse opens heavy, Rentes have declined more th an per cent since yesterday. resent price 67.90, great uneasiness still prevails. 25 p.m. An improvement has taken place ` l3w ards the close, Rentes 68 15 for Money, and 'OB.lO for account. F OREIGN INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIAN DESPATCH. All important Austrian despatch, dated Feb. 20, is Published in the Journal de Frankfort. It is ad , sea to the Austrian ambassador in London, for 01111flunication t o th e B r iti s h Cabinet. l iter a few . pre li m i nary wor d s ac k n owledging the pacific efforts of our Cabinet, the despatch continues o tt Ir er Gt I t Ar r e es 7 a e na full y able to appreciate these friendly ritannic we willingly unite ourselves with the gover n world, if i t ment in its endeavours to 'spare the atiOn ; Possible, the horrors of a general con opportuniiv f e are glad, therefore, to have the "(I . we ho* ° entering into the subject . at length, tle , k ,, Pe to make our pac i fic i nte ntions perfectly The tre a ti es with the Italian Powers, and the Austria in Italy, are described as quite too 'e cp Alis tria has mo re th an once b een i n a position n r a helpi ng ey erthr ovm hand to the Italian governments by revolution. This assistance has th e er be en rendered f rom an y p ersona l mo ti v es ; on re cth e° ntrary, it h as on l y b een accor d e d a t th e nt i of legitimate authority, and with the dis tran view of maintaining public order and . -" Our troops have always been withdrawn r- Bea u as the legitimate authority has become it 4-established -with sufficient : firmness to enable Iteed dis P e nse with their assistance. Count Cavour find go go far back in the history of his country to q ue . ll example of services• like these rendered by At that time, Cooed''ut to the dynasty •of Savoy. he modern theories of public right which t ri t Cavour has introduced, had not yet taken In Piedmont. . Gi re Yv will not stop to examine in detail the absurd e e rc ach that has been made against us as to t.he . beuNenee which it i s sa f e f or our ne ighbours to feel , the integrity of our intentions, and what has oi n a dded with regar d t o th e t rea ti es w hi c h ex i s t ,ween ourselves and certain Italian States; does .consideratio aPPear n to us to be worthy of any more serious can be a man there be to find fault with in, or what re unavailable on the score of popular or ' d t, or more conducive to the general interests of and peace th an th e existence o f t rea ti e s ,theween legitimate States exclusively directed to *Ai inain tenance of peace, imposing .reciprocfti iofh, at i°,ns on both th e con t rac ti ng. P ow ers, and not thirdenpelag ? in the slightest degree the rights of any • °Wer But although these treaties are not We . J w ay Opposed to the principle of public right, . /ao - an well understand that they are of a nature cioNst obstructive to the ambitious views of a . ah an i ra ment which, not content with being rth - l ite within its own dominions, endeavours of 1 8 4 11 , r ne the character of a privileged guardian disc. Nne i..acy and arrogate to itself the right, e • w ecl hy every other' Italian Government, of 4. lt ranr, („, 0, in the name of the whole Peninsula. in Clia Count Cavour admits the right of calling erei gh aid when the aid is invoked in the v eru re ,.. s t of discord, he denies it to legitimate Go -over'ents which really have a mission to watch _ theb,Public tranquility, and guard the interests . of ei / d;„ peaceable subjects. And these strange prm hiel„-",:tre proclaimed by the Cabinet of ' Turin at . a de s i: a t When relying for support in its aggressive If s On a great nighbouring Power." of L e despatch then refers to the unprovoked invasion l A h li c a lib ni e l b s aill Y by Charles Albert, in 1848, and . to Austria of the Piedmontese press ever since on 6t - 1 ) 1 1 4 . ' It continues : th e tV, ` 'W h en, only two . years after lie had ascended . ; tali lrene O ur . , august master the Emperor visited his and be dominions, marking his way by acts of grace 4 ury e --vo tence, the Piedmontese press doubled the d ere of its attacks, and in its madness even offered a that We c f regicide. It is in consequence of this (ln est ' e asked of the Turin Government the simple Quilo4n, What guarantees could it offer us for the t t c the se c hange of a state of things so destrptive betw ee n feeling which we wished to subsist moderate the two governments ; and it is this an l anguage which Count Cavour speaks of went t. ,;``empt on our part to force upon his govern- Tho l i Tl3dify their institutions." Anst,Olt obliged to recall its Minister from Turin c'nte s ; has concerted amicably with the Pied: to reilitai-e au thorities. any measures_ necessary ",. e ginoi,„. c ommercial relations. But since the 'roin T i ; r 6 i of the year wild cries for war have come by i n 11 the consequence of the agitation produced the o Warlike tone of the Royal speech on a gitati - Q eni ng of th e Pi e d mo rite s e . Parliament, an Planati l ens whieh th e su b seq ue n t Ministerial were certainly not calculated Pon all s u :',, the Imperial Government decided iiefet:o.st eommon V eneti an —a iling reinforcements into the Lombardo-. th e _ provinces. This measure, dictated by prudence, was one of a purely th at s l.ve nature. The assertion of Count Cavour SarWas a hostile movement directed against tl ea i nta has as little foundation as his other asser that th e garrison of Bologna and Ancona had Been reinfor ce d . afi a ‘ i t r , hi s is, in a f ew words, the present position of 8. In all honour we ask what can we do to ko l t ' i r °ve it ? W ould it be possible to carry done era tion and l ongan i m i ty further than we have to a f L it ted, the Powers could preVail on Piedmont tr --11 ° 0 n her policy of provocation, hopes for the 9,uility of Italy may be entertained. Let us hasten to anticipate an objection which foresee. The discontent of a portion of the 'll°naitants of Central and Southern Italy, it will 4 _ 15 doubt be said arises from the defective adminis "ratsien of the Governments." "I this head the despatch alludes to the calumnies a gainst the Italian governments, to the difficulties in g from the want of " p frequent experience" in r Y ut a i , ons. nd the bad pass i ons evoked by ( -vol r" It is assuredly th roug h no w i s h o f Austria that allude to these unhappy days of Italian history. r " e h ave, on the contrary, always applauded every ac tical and bent fi change, and have always i e f et Our support to every measure o f rea l progress, consulted, we have always given our candid opinion after a careful examination of the facts of the eftse." These changes have not been entirely successful, but governments alone in fault ? , We h ave already shown that liberty as it is , are the understood in Piedmont, liberty, that is, which is little else than licens is fatal to th e d ue respec t :!. that should be felt for others, and is productive of the most serious inconveijence to neighbouring States. At the same time we do not less frankly acknowledge that the Piedmontese Government is the only judge of what is for the internal good of its dominions, and we feel that we have no right to impose certain forms of government upon other Italian States, or to point out the particulars in which the systems should be altered. " The great argument brought forward against the Papal Government is, that it is unable to sup port itself, and is obliged to rely on foreign assis tance. To this we reply, that the Cabinet of the Vatican has already entered into negociations with both Austria and France, with a view to the evacu ation of the Papal States, by the troops of their countries ; and the gradual regeneration of the Pon tifical army." The despatch continues : Do not let us disguise the difficulties which the Pontifical Government will have to overcome, difficulties arising not so much from the situation itself as from the influences brought to bear by foreign Governments. To bring about a happy result, however, we repeat that nothing more is necessary than that Piedmont should respect the independence of other States as other States respect her own. "It is only when this is done that the Papal and other Italian Governments will be enabled to apply themselves seriously to the task of ameliorating the administrative system of the interior." To this end Austria will always offer " good advice." The despatch thus concludes : " Austria does not mediate any hostile project against Piedmont. She will abstain, notwithstand ing the just complaints which she could bring forward, from all aggressive action to the same extent that the Government of Sardinia, on its side, will respect the inviolability of the Imperial terri tory and that of its allies. "The Emperor our august master—your Excel lency is authorised to give this assurance to Lord Malmesbury—will draw the sword only for the defence of his incontestable rights and. for the maintenance of treaties, which we consider equally with the British Government as the only solid guarantee of political order." TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE, March sth, via Trieste.—The Intendant of the, Mosques, Hassib Pasha, recently appointed Minister of Finance, has annexed a council to his ministerial department : it includes Fuad Pacha and three European members. The Wallachian deputation has been directed to refer its demands to the Conference to be convoked on the affairs of the Principalities. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE LEBANON The Cunard screw steamer Lebanon, Captain Cook, which sailed from New York op the 27th ultimo, arrived here yesterday afternoon. She brought New York papers two days later than that received by the Indian, and 303,000 dollars in specie. There is not much of importance in the news. In Congress, Mr. Sliddell hall alluded to the action of the Senate on the thirty-million Cuba bill, and stated that the friends of the measure generally concurred, in the opinion that it would be injudicious again to call it up, as such a course might endanger the appropriation bills ; and considering, moreover, that the sense of the Senate, in its favour, had already been expressed with as much distinctness as if there had been a final vote upon it, He gave. notice that he should present the bill on the first day 'of the next session. In the House of Representatives, a motion to sus pend the rules, in order to consider a bill reviving the tariff of 1846, was refused by 128 to 88 votes._ A general impression seemed to prevail in Wash ington, that an extra session of Congress would be held. Advices from Havannah to the 19th of February, state, that the Cuba press were busily discussing the action of the Senate on the Cuba purchase bill. The other items of news are uninteresting COMMERCIAL NEW Your, Feb. 26.—Money, here, continues in abun dant supply, and with a demand - far from pressing, rates tend steadily to lower points. Loans on call are negociated without difficulty at 41 to 5 per cent., while the range for discounts may 'be quoted at 6 to 7. - Prime commercial paper continues scarce. Some of the Banks are ready lenders at 5 per cent., though the majority refuse accom modation unless at 1 per cent. higher. The demand from importers, for money to pay duties, has been light during the week, the arrivals. from sea being few and, with the exceptions of the Africa, and City of Manchester, unimpor tant. The north-west winds have kept back many vessels, from foreign ports, now due. To-day there was a slight improvement in the price of stocks, and exchange on London closed at 109 1 - g , to 1091. Corrox : The market during Wednesday and Thursday was irregular and unsettled, having lost even the steadiness noticed on Tuesday last quotations, though unchanged, being rather nominal the sales, however, reached 2,500 bales. Yesterday, after the Canada's favourable telegraphic advices came to hand, from Liverpool, to the 12th inst., our market assumed much firmness, and the sales reached 4,000 bales at a general advance, except perhaps for Ordinary, of fully one-eighth of a cent per lb., one-half being taken for expOrt, and 2,000 bales Strict Middling, in transit from Mobile to Liverpool, freight, Id, at 111 cents. We revise our notations accordingly. We quote : THE NORTHERN THIES, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. .110IISI: OF LORDS-FRIDAY, ToNL; N . ISLANDS. eal from the Earl of Derby, Earl Grey, in answer to an 12 0 1 3 withdrew the motion respecting the lonian Islands, of which he had given notice. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR VILL, The Debtor and Creditor Bill was reported as considered in committee. Some discussion took place on an amendment, moved by Lord St. Leonards, respecting the sequestration of livings. It was opposed by the Lord Chancellor, and negatived by a majority of 18 to 9. The bill was then ordered to stand for third reading on Thursday next. FORM OF PRAYER. The Occasional Form of Prayer Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION New Orleans Upland. Florida. Mobile. and Texas. Ordinary lO. 10 10 ' 101 Good Ordinary ll llk llk 11 1 . Middling III 12 12 1 5 121 Good Middling l 2 ; - 44 12,k 124- 12-4 Middling Fair 124 121 13 131 Fair — • Lots in Transit may be quoted thus : Middling New Orleans, with *d freight Do. Atlantic, with 3d freight ... Good Middling do. do. ... . 11;1 cents. 11 1 11 „ BREADSTUFFS.-There has prevailed a fair inquiry for State .and Western Flour for the local and Eastern trade, since last Tuesday, together with a fair speculative demand, under which prices have advanced about 10 cents per bbl., which has been confined mainly to the medium and extra grades, inferior and common having ruled dull and heavy at about. the same prices. The market for wheat has presented no new feature. During the last two days, there has prevailed a fair inquiry, and the transactions have been to a fair extent. The demand has been mainly from the local millers. Indian'Corn has ruled dull, and holders have been compelled to accept a decline of 1 cent per bushel, FREIGHTS : The market remains dull, though without any particular change since our last. The engagements to Liverpool include 1,650 bales of cotton at e cd to 3-16 d ; 1,100 brls rosin, is Iola; 400 do turpentine, 2s per 280 lbs ; 40 casks rice, 17s 6d; 'l5O tcs beef, 3s ; 150 bxs cheese, 25s ; 220 tons logwood, 22S 6d to 23s 6d ; 10 hhds tobacco, 20s ; 46 bxs do, is 6d; 50 tons clover seed, 25s ; 200 tons fustic, on private terms ; per steamer, 1,000 bales cotton, id ; 10 hhds hams and 10 tcs lard, 255. Lord ovcrstone has presented the Rev. Alfred Augustus Longhurst, M.A., to the vicarage of Fotheringay, North amptonshire. An American agent is said to be now in treaty with Mr. Dickens, for a tour of readings through the 'United States. It is said that a guarantee for-£30,000 has been offered. DESTRVOTIVE FIRE AT NEW CHURCH-STREET, , BER MONDSBY.—On Wednesday night, at a late hour, a destruc tive fire broke out on the, extensive premises of Messrs. Smith, rope and sail manufacturers, New Church-street, Bermondsey. The policeman on duty discovered the flames, issuing from the warehouse, and instantly sprang his rattle, when messengers were despatched for the engines from Southwark-road, Watling-street, and Waterloo-road, which promptly arrived, and got to work with a supply of water COURT OF AELMIRALTY. from the mains of the Southwark Water. Company, under Mr. Hadfield asked whether anything was contemplated the direction of Mr. Henderson, the district foreman ~ and by the Government to enable barristers and solicitors to Engineers George Gerrard and Holloway but in spite of ; the most strenuous exertions on the part of the firemen, it Practice in the Court of Admiralty without compensation to Bnnwiex..—A meeting, under the ausp ices of the was not extinguished until the building, 50 feet long by 45 Northern Reform Union, was held at Berwick on Wednes- proctors, adding a variety of questions relating to the coin, feet, was destroyed. The cause is unknown. The loss will day ; when a resolution was adopted, condemning the pensation to proctors under the late Probate Act. fall on the Atlas. Offiec. Reform Bill. Mr. Washington Wilks spoke upon the state The Chancellor of thes Exchequer said it was not his. inr "NOTCHEI CRYING" EXTRAORD,INARY.—OR Wednesday of politics in North Northumberland; and it was resolved . . - there was at Accrington an extraordinary instance of the tention to introduce any such bill. As to the compensation that that gentleman was " a fit and proper person" to disgraceful practice of " notchel trying." The town's bell represent that division of the county in Parliament. to the proctors, lie had himself at first estimated it at man went round the town announcing that a certain man Minnixs-nono t ot t . - A public meeting, convened by the £250,000 per annum. The commissioners appointed:last year (an inhabitant of the town) would not, from that day for- Ma i t occupied the chair, was held on Tuesday, at reported that it, would be about L 176,000, and now he could ward, be answerable or accountable for any debt which d his Middlesborough. Resolutions, condemning the Government Bill, in avour of vote by ballot, and a more equal tits- wife might contract. .0n the afternoon of the same ay the state that it would not exceed £130,000 yearly. Much of this same important functionary was employed by the wife to b tr o i r b o u u t g jo h n to of resperae t sse , ntaant d i je w el e a r r e intheclair ,e s tit o i f on A s iiddles reductiorL was due to the searching inquiries made by the inform the inhabitants of Accrington that as she was, up the Reform Bill were decided on. adopted. against Commissioners. to that day, straight with her husband, she would not be GLASGOW.---A conference of Reformers was held 'on • - Some discussion on the subject followed, in which remarks answerable himfor saanp)rerdewbetesk stated, by way of additional informa that she had . een approving of the Government Reform Bill. It was agreed w ea e t i e se , Wednesd ' ay, in Glasgow, when a resolution was passed dis- m an a d deby S a ir is ß. n ß ry e . thel, Mr . Malins, the Judge Advo.ad contract il uu in ; ba meatnd Mr. srband lodging,and h he also not a very constant bus , to request the S h ' the money which Scotch Liberal members to opppoFe the bill 'band, and that if he had brought home at every stage, FEMALE EMIGRATION. and also to recommend Reformers through- he had given to other women he might have maintained out the country to arrange to hold pub]: rin?rs..Mr W. Ewart asked the Secretary of State for the Colo- • t'w to i fi c h n d ,ion,hml might circumstances. Great crowds respective localities to , petition ir 'ic vieetings in their . them in very comfortable down the town dui Ws. a,„ainst, the bill, aril t o vies wh e ther, in case of emigration by females, due care is, followed the bellman up ando organise local societies, . d rd or will be, taken that the female emigrants are klaeed tuldev oration. 67".-4 would be solely in the interest of the public service THE LONDON& NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, AND TIIE GARSTON ROUTE TO LIVERPOOI IMPORTA"§T DECISION IN FAVOUR OF I'NE DIRKEXHEAD COMPANY [I It OM 01.711 OWN REPORTER.] HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY The amentary Committee on the bill for the pur chase of the Warrington and Stockport Railway Company, by" the London and North Wester: t Company, and which involves the transfer of the route bctween Liverpool and Manchester, via Garston, to the London and North Wes tern Cgmpany, (the line from Warrington to Garston having been leased to the . Landon and North Western by the St. Helen's Company), salt to.day, in room Na, 7. Mr. Ridley in the chair. Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., appeared on behalf of he promoters of the bill Mr. Webster appeared for - the Birkenhead and Cheshire Company, who appeared in opposition to the bill.- Petitions against the bill were also presented' by the Great W tern Milway Company, and from the manufae- urers and tradesmen of St. Helen Mr. Rodwell said, the object of the present bill w transfer the Warring ton and Stockport railway to the London and North Western and the SY..llelen's companies ; and it also provided, by the eighteenth section of the bill„ for powers to the London and North Western Company, with the consent of the other lessees, to become the owners of this line by purchase. He might very shortly state to the committee the history of the line, because- it would be necessary,.in dealing with this question, that they should be made aware of the antecedents of the company, because it was mainly in consequence of the state in which this company was now placed that the proposed arrangement was considered necessary. After giving the history of the company, and showing that the line was originally intended ' to go to Stockport, but in reality now only went to Altnncham, he went on to say that the line was at present in a complete state of isolation. It was, as it were, without head, and also without tail ; and, if allowed to remain in its present state, it must come to ruin, for it would' not be possible to. work it. If the present bill should be sanctioned, there would ultimately be a direct communication from the London-road station, at Manchester, with all the railway stations at Liverpool. There would, therefore, be an in terrupted ,communication from the Mersey, at Liverpool, to the Humber and the east, and the line would also form an important link to the direct line between LiVerpoot and Manchester, affording at once increased accommodatiOn both at Liverpool and Manchester. Although several petitiOns had been presented against the bill, he believed that the only petition of any - consequence was that by the Biiken head and Cheshire Junction Company, who had a line run ing from Birkenhead and Chester to Warrington. At that moment he would not pretend to go into all the grounds which were set out in that petition, because he could not think that they would persevere in all the allegations which they hsd set out. At present the line was use less to the pnblic, and useless also to the shareholders, but by this arrangement it would be made an important means of communication, and he did not think that the committee would hesitate to give their sanction to the bill, which might be considered as the happy result of an arrangement which had been made between the two great companies—the London and North-western and the Great Northern and Sheffield Companies—who had been struggling for the line as an entrance into Liverpool, but who were now agreed that the proposed arrangement should take effect. Mr. Arthur Sinclair, secretary and manager of the St. Helen's, Company, said the arrangements proposed in the present bilf would be of great public advantage, and also to the residents along the line. Cross-examined by Mr. Webster : If the line from Gars ton to Liverpool were made, this line would not be in a state of isolation. The Warrington and Stockport Com pany has running power over the Cheshire function line into Chester. Mr. William Fosberry, of Liverpool, examined by Mr Rodwell : I am chairman of the Warrington and Stockport Railway. I agree with Mr. Sinclair that the present arrangement will be of great advantage to the public. It will form a connecting link between Liverpool and Man chester. The St. Helen's Company at the Garston and Liverpool end, and the London and North Western Com pany at the other end, is the best guarantee for the satis factory working of the line. Cross-examined by Mr. Webster : The . re is no line from. Garston. to Liverpool, and every attempt to get there has been so . far unsuccessful. The opposition of the London and North-Western Company has been the cause of the failure. - Mr. Kirkman, secretary of the Warrington and Stock port line, and manager •of the South Junction Company , was of opinion that the - proposed arrangement would be lienefiL cial to all parties. • . .. . . Mr. Dreaper, of Lymm, said that his opinion, and that of several others who reside on the line, . was that the pro posed arrangement would be of greatadvantage to them. Mr. Rylands, examined by Mr. ROdwell: I am liayor of Warrington. I carry on a large business as a manufacturer there. Am aware of the proposed arrangement for leasing the Warrington and Stockport line. That arrange ment will be of advantage to us in our business. lam in favour of the projected line from. Garston to Liverpool. This was the case for the promoters of the bill. Mr. Webster addressed the committee on behalf of the .dirkenhead and Cheshire company, asking them to give that company running powers from Altrincham to Man chester, over the South Junction line, which they would have enjoyed had the Warrington and Stockport company carried out the powers which they obtained under the act of 1853. The application was resisted on the part of the North Western, and also on the part of the Manchester and . Sheffield company, as joint owners of the South Junction line. After considerable discussion, the room was ordered to be cleared, and on the re-admission of strangers, The Chairman said, the committee have come to the following resolutions "That the preamble of the bill is proved." "That the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company shall have running powers for through traffic between Altrincham and Manchester." The decision seemed to take the promoters by surprise The committee then adjourned, for the consideration of the ittuses. BRIDGEWATER.—A crowded meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgewater, convened by the Mayor, was held on Monday. A petition against the Government bill was carried by a great majority, over at. amendment in its favour. Colonel Tynte, M.P.. addressed thq meeting, condemning the bill. Mr. A. W. Kinglake, M.P., was absent. TODMOILDEN.—On Tuesday evening, a crowded meeting, to consider the question of parliamenta2 reform, was held in the Oddfellowe Hall, Tcamorden. The chair was occu pied by Mr. Charles Chambers, manafacturer. The first resolution, moved by Mr. Joshua Yielding, in favour of universal suffrage. vote by ballot, ana annual parliaments, was adopted BURNLEY .—At a meeting held in,le Burnley Mechanics' on Wednesday,_it v - as decided to present requisition to the Burnley Imptavement Commissioners, requesting them to convene or public. meeting of the inhabitants on the subject of thc•Reform Bill, It Was-also resolved that the time had arrLted for the formation of a THE SUPPLY OF WATER I3Y METRE. MEETING OF MANUFACTURERS YESTERDAY.- A meeting was held yesterday, in the Clarendon-rooms, of consumers of water for manufacturing purposes, in order to consider the recent resolution of the water committee, directing the water engineer to put down metres in all manufactories on the 24th instant, and the propriety of memorializing the water committee upon that subject, as well as upon that of the p resen t pr i ce o f water. Among tiose present were—Messrs. Mellor, Robinson, Stretch, Clar!(son, Pedder, M'Candlish, Lloyd, M‘Bridfa, William Preston, John Preston, Smyth, Mathison, Fishwick, Bristall, Sirnons, Ste., &c. On the motion of Mr. Robinson, the chair was taken by Mr•, Councillor Mellor The Chairman said, as a member of the water committee, he was 1 , ssed of some little , information subject, which he should be glad to upon the lay before the meeti ;... lie thought they would all concur in one thing, that they could not expect the water committee to supply the br out of any other source than tl nanufaeturers with water of the rent they paid. It was quite clear that they must make up their minds to pay a fair price for their water. But there were some points upon which manufacturers had reasonable ground of com plaint ret only, for instance. 16 gallons to the for That arose out of a very ancient practice when the measures not the same as when wa , t by the ton Burnley Reform Association. 'NE -To WEE, HAMLETS.—On Wednesday sight, a densely crowded meeting was held at the Beaumont Insti tion, Mile End Road, for the• purpose of considering the Government Reform Bill ; W. Robert Charles, jun. occupied the chair. Several letters of apology. were read, among which was one from Mr. S.. Butler, M.P. for the borough. Mr. Butler stated that he.considered the Government Bill, as far as the Tower Ilarale ts were concerned, a political fraud, and highly unsatisfactory to the country -generallv. Mr. S. Morley moved a. resolution to the effect That, in file opinion of the meeting, the bill introduced by the Govern ment professedly to amend the representation of the p e " o o 3 is a mockery and r delusion. The resolution having been seconded, Mr. G. Thompson, late M.P. for the Tower - 11 - Ham lets, addressed the meeting, sand was received mith l am .; speaker bill ; ga a y n e d a I6 e " 7 ic;uws: and prolonged cheering. The clause by clause, of the Government by expressing his conviction that it was a cool, deliberate and intentional repudiation for ever of the claims of the working classes of this country, M.P., said he was most surprised w ( h C e h n e l e i l e s h .) ear l d ir t . h A e YrtnChan cellor of the Exchequer, in explaining his so-called Refom Bill, with all the insolence of office coolly mate a declara tion, of war against the whole of the h workin c , r, classes of the country. (Cheers.) Let them strength refuse the pretended oweves, m their united contempt it merited, 111, ResliTe the scorn and (Cheers,) The r A i o l ut amid great cheeri ion was carried about 2,500, 4//lu*r of persons present was CHURCH RATES The Duke of Marlborough laid on the table a bill for the purpose of enabling Dissenters to plead exemption from Church Rates, if they could declare they already contributed to the support of their own places of worship. The house then adjourned at six o'clock. HOUSE OF . COMMONS- -FRIDAY CHARGE AGAINST A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AT HONG KONG Mr. Ridley asked the Secretary of State for the Colonie whether her Majesty's Government have received the report of a commission appointed to enquire into a charge brough against Mr. Daniel Richard Caldwell, for participating in the profits of piracy during the time he was holding an office under the Government of Hong Kong ; also a report of the trial of the Queen against William Tarrant, which took place in the month of November last, in the Supreme Court of Victoria, in Hong. Kong, and in which trial it was sworn that certain papers, implicatingll r. Caldwell in the above charge, were destroyed by order of Dr. B ridges, acting Colonial Secretary at that time, exercising, as is alleged, an unlawful authority conferred by the Government of the eolony. If these reports have been received, what course has her Majesty's . Government taken with reference to the transac tions to which they relate, and whether they will lay on the table any papers which may contain any information on the subject. Sir E. B. Lytton (pulling an immense bundle of papers out of his po'cket)- said that these contained merely the result of the trial ; the details would be furnished hereafter. He had instructed Sir J. Bowring to institute a searching inquiry into the matter. Mr. Caldwell had been suspended, and Mr. Bridges was no longer Colonial Secretary. He had no objection to place the papers on the table, but he should prefer to place the table on the papers. TRALEE AND KILLARNEY SAVINGS' BANKS Viscount Castlerosse asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the attention of the Government has been directed to the case of depositors in the Tralee . and Killarney Savings , Banks; and, if so, whetheE he can hold out any hope - that compensation will be made to them for the losses they sustained by the failure of those establishments. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he had seen the the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the case, and he saw no reason to dissent from its conclusions. THE MAGISTRACY OF HUNTINGDON', On the motion for adjournment till Monday, Mr. T. Iluncombe asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to explain the recent large addition to the magistracy of Huntingdon. That county, he observed, was a highly favoured one. It contained previously more magistrates than policemen. He contended that many of these late appointments were improper, and made on party consideration. Mr. S. Estcourt defended the appointments in question. The new magistrates were qualified, and highly respectable men. In almost every countyihere - were more magistrates than policemen. - General Peel, as member for the borough of Huntingdon, and Mr. Fellowes, as member for the county, declared that these gentlemen were not political partisans of the Tories, and were appointed in districts where magistrates were wanted. Sir Andrew Agnew put a question to the Secretary of State for India, respecting the disturbances which hate taken place in the Travancore, with respect to the burning of mission chapels, the ill treatment of missionaries and native converts, the interruption of low caste funerals by men of high caste, and the alleged conduct of the British Resident. Lord Stanley begged the House to suspend its judgment till further information had been received from inquiries now being made by the Madras government. CHURCH RATES In reply to an appeal from Mr. Schneider, The Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to give a morning sitting on Tuesday for the discussion of the Church Rates Abolition Bill. LANDED ESTATE COURT (IRELAND) Mr. John Fitzgerald asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether it was the intention of Government to recommend the appointment of a Supreme Judge of the Landed Estates Court, Ireland, in the room of Judge Martley, lately deceased ? He contended front the present state of the business of the Insolvent Court, it was not necessary that a third judge should be appointed. Colonel French said that by the original bill of Govern ment there were to be but two judges. In consequence of a discussion in the House, it was decided that a third judge should be ' appointed. He now thought that it was alto gether unnecessary to depart from • the original arrange ment, or to fill up the vacancy which had occurred. THE PIICENIX PRISONERS, &C Mr. Deasy asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether there is any foundation for the statement which appeared the Times, that letters from the persons accused of political offences in Ireland to their professional agent, had been intercepted or delayed by the Government ? Lord Naas, in reply to Mr. Deasy, assured him that nothing of the kind bad taken place. The matter had been brought under his notice last Monday, when he received a communication from the authorities in Dublin, to the effect that orders had been transmitted to the governor of the Cork prison, ordering that the letters between the politi cal prisoners and their legal agents should not be subjected to the usual prison rules, but should pass. between the parties unopened. In reply to Mr. Fitzgerald, he said that the change of the number of judges under the last act, from two to three, was made in deference to the opinion of that house, and to that of the right hon. gentleman himself. It was time to depend on the business of the courts, but it was impossible as yet to know what that business would be, as time had not yet been given to the public to take advan tage of the new regulation. As to the filling up of the vacancy, no decision had as yet been come to. The matter was still under consideration, and whatever was done, SAItRbAN, MA_Ii;,CH 12 1859 the charge of a matron, duly appointed o.r selected by the Government ? Sir E. B. Lytton said that, in all emigrant &i1: 15 charter ed by the Commissioners, matrons were appoinv:ed, who were allowed back passage. PUBLIC HEALTH, Mr. Monsell put a question to the Vice-president at the Committee of Privy Council of Education with reference to the exercise of the powers vested in the Privy Council for the protection of the public health ; and asked what use the Government had made of the powers given them b 7 the act of last session in regard to vaccination ? Mr. Adderley said that all powers obtained under the act of last year had been exercised by the Council, and we're now issuing regulations respecting public vaccination, anti instructions for the better performance of vaccination. The motion for adjournment till Monday was then agreed to. On the motion that the house go into committee of supply, General Peel made some explanations respecting papers referring to military matters Lord Clarence Paget made a motion for a more formal statement for the future, respecting proposed expenditure in the construction and conversion of Her Majesty's ships. Hitherto that expenditure had been most wasteful, and it was needful that more regular information on the subject should be laid before parliament by the ' admiralty. He pointed out a series of errors and mistakes committed in the building, and yet more in the alterations of ships, whereby au enormous and useless increase was caused of the cost ,over the original estimates. Those vessels recently con structed and which cost £19,000,000, now only represented £14,000,000 of public property, £5,000,000 being wasted on injudicious changes. Sir J. Pakington complained warmly of these attacks as calculated to injure the public service. If the statements were true, the whole board ought to have mooted a direct censure on Sir Baldwin Walker, and the shipbuilding department of the navy. He himself had appointed a committee to inquire into the state of our dockyards, and would lay its report on the table as soon as it could be got ready, together withithe remarks of Sir B. Walker. A confidential inquiry had been further directed into the causes of the increase, of late years, in the navy All the results of that inquiry which bore upon the subject would likewise be laid upon the table. He com plained of the inaccuracy of the statement of Lord C. Paget, which he examined and controverted in detail, declaring that so far from £5,000,000 being unaccounted for, nothing was unaccounted for, the change in naval architecture, consequent on the introduction o steam, rendered alterations necessary, which it was their duty to adopt. As to the motion, he did not think it would be of any service. The real remedy would be for the House to require from the First Lord of the Admiralty, every year, t full statement of the naval operations then in progress. estimates Sir C. Napier said that Sir B. Walker was not in fault. He had no power, and the entire responsibility lay with the Admiralty. The right motion ought to have been for an inquiry into the construction of the Board of Admiralty. The political changes were at the bottom of all this waste and extravagance. He •reprobated the loss and expense consequent on the alteration of vessels. Mr. B. Osborne characterised the speech of Lord Paget as a direct attack upon Sir B. Walker, seeing that his strictures were confined to the time when that gentleman held the surveyorship of the navy. If the noble lord believed his own statements, he should have made a motion for inquiry. Mr. Bentinck defended Lord C. Paget, who had attacked the system, but no individual. Under the present arrange ments. neither economy nor efficiency would be obtained in the dockyards. He believed, however, that the motion could not attain the desired end. Sir F. Baring suggested that the noble lord should move for a committee rather than a mere formal return, which would not prevent maladministration in the con- struction of our ships After some remarks from Sir G. Pechell and M hlphinstone, Mr. M. Gibson said that he had not seen that Messrs. Cunard and the other great shipbuilders were in the habit of constantly altering their ships as was done by the admiralty. He urged the noble lord to substitute a motion for a com mittee of inquiry for the one, he had put upon the paper. The discussion was continued by Lord J. Hay and Mr. Lindsay; after which Sir C. Wood made an energetic defence of Sir B.Walker, • who had shown himself an active public servant, in keeping every improvement constantly in view, and it was both politic and economical to alter ships in course of construc tion when it was found they would be improved. Mr. Corry denied the alleged deficiency of five millions in the Navy accounts for the last ten years. On examination, everything would be found to be accounted for. He opposed the motion as useless and inconvenient. Lord J. Russell admitted that the motion did not meet the case, but thought that the statements of Lord C. Paget had not been answered, and that there ought to be a further inquiry. The whole matter was in a most unsatisfactory state. He trusted that the Government would grant an inquiry, which was strictly in accordance with former precedents. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had no objection to inquiry, but let it be demanded in a regular manner, and not in this casual and incidental way. The Government had made three inquiries, the result of which the First Lord had offered to place before the House. Till this was done the Government could not be expected to offer sud denly a commission of enquiry upon matters, which it might turn out had been fully inquired into. Mr. T. G. Baring showed, out of the alleged deficiency of £5,000,000, how a large portion could be accounted for. Mr. Joseph Locke protested against passing by a subject . of so much importance, and demanded' that the Admiralty shoUld have as regular habits of business as private estab lishments. The house divided; when the motion of Lord C. Paget was negatived by 117 to 97. The house then went into committee of supply. The discusssion of the estimates occupied the remainder of the evening. The house adjourned at twenty minutes to one o'clock. and when it was determined that allons of water should be consi as a ton. But the standard of a sure, it was found- that 10- Iba it of distilled water a gallon ; and c the tempera- f 62, wE , quently zallou3 would I He had calleC to the water office, and found that t the 1,000 gallon 4, and ey lute ed, to charge for water by Now, he•presumed, although he was trot authorised to make such a• statement officially, that the committ would give 1,000 gallons for It was s'ug- ted that, there ought to be a different scale of charges accordi to the quantity of water con- !timed, but he did not think himself that it would be - fair to expect that men receiving a large quantity of water ahould pay a less amour ;ec much difference in the expense of supplying it The question, however, to he wished to draw ration, was as to what the. water really cost t ion. What did the water cost them: per mill ion He could give. them some light quantity of water supplied from alt "") millions of gallons per week; The cost, ibouv everythin] year. That appeared t or £104,000 a xe been the expense last year, while the income f The total expenses wet only to £90,000. )re £13,000 or £14,000 more Vow, taking the. quantity supplied at 72 gallons per week, 11d per ton .w per wee d. give £1,046 town, could nave .e all of course aware, that the quantity toirs, and distributed throughout. the Mr. Duncanson, assistant in the engineer's office, told him that there was always a considerable loss ; and as in the gas works the quantity of water turned from the reservoirs into the mains could not be wholly accounted for. Even if every one kept a metro they could not balance it, as there was always some west against this, however, must be set the Met that many small consumers paid mach more than 3d per ton. He therefore contended that 1“ per ton would make up- for the cost of all the water supplied. Taking it ; and at 3d it would at 24 per ton, it would g give-L 4,090 ) that if they would pay 3d per ton for water, it would fully double the price which it cost. The public at large paid more than large brewers and manufac turers did, and it was nothing but right that they should. lie ng to pay for I is own hous a much higher price than for his were used every day. lie therefo tarers ought not to be expected to very, where a great many tons thought the manufae. ?ay more to the corpora— mount which would remunerate of th water, any let the price manufacturers tion. than ti them.. for th bt made up to the were not going to carry on water works for the benefit of the town at large, and to pay a greater price for the water than it cost. (ilear, hear.) It would be impolitic to do as was done with the gas works in Manchester, where consumers were made to pay about twice as mach as the gas cost to make up the rates. With regard to metres, he had had some experience of them, as in one concern of his metres were used. He had no doubt that the use of a metre would make persons more economic in the use of water ; and he thought if gentlemen would use the metre, theylvould find it to be no loss, hut rather an advantage. He should, therefore, not object to the metre, provided a more-reasonable eba were made A. lengthened cOTIVE the gentlemen present. Mr. Robinson, that the cation then ensued among . ' argued by introduction of metres had in .many instances the effect of inducing persons to get wells sunk in their premises, rather than pay the increased amount which followed in those instances from the use of the mete Mr. Lloyd complained of the inaccuracy of the registering of metres, and stated that in the dyeing busi- ness his metre frequently allowed as much water to play threugh during the season when he consumed little water, It was, however, replied, that is during the bu he metres did not p but merely to aister, and that the use of a stop- Several g complained of the payi g of metre rent. Mr. Duncan, the water engineer, has patented metre which will, no doubt, be used in every instance bT the water committee; and it was urged that an en- gineer, paid a large salary by the Corporation ought not to be allowed to introduce the use of metres upon every one, of which he would have a profit. One speaker observed that. the cost of each metre would be £25; that Mr. Duncan's profit might fairly be estimated at £2 10s, and therefore if there were 500 metres put down in a year, it would give Min, a sum of £1,200, and that there could be no doubt the water officials would say that the metre patented by le. Duncan was the best which. could; be had. Mr:. Robinson, and other gentlemen, strongly objected introduction, without mor deliberate consi- deration, of the enforced metre sy inconvenience to small. consumer Finally, it was agreed that deputation should be-ap- pointed to wait upon t wal ;ee upon Mon dw next, to urge upon their consideration charge for water to he n( a per ton; to press the_ objections to having system ad o pt e d which would force upon consumers metres patented by the and to call th e i r at.t .n+;,,,, +„ +l,n „ft..- wa t e r engineer, subjects touched upon during the discussion Messrs Robinson, Stretch, Clarkson, Smyth, were appointed the deputation The- pro Johnson, and losed with a vote of thanks to the eveninff, a large meeting, convened )3 , the Mayor, on a requisition signed by 500 firms and. is held in St. George's Hall. There were about BRADPORI i 500 1 - ... T 15 • 9 , the d • an appeal had persons presen . arin„ a), appeared on the walls, urging working *ion to appear at the meeting in thousands, and show to the Ministers that• they wished for the franchise. The Mayor (Mr. H. Brown) presided, and was supported by a large number of the most active leading Reformers in the district. A series of reso lutions; condemnatory of the Government measure, passed. The first, moved by Mr. W. E. Forster, of Blivir m a delusion, ley-in-Wharfedale, pekribed the bill as NO.ilghoerroruessoalnua— and a snare." Mr. Titus Salt, of Me"tlailsehya-:o:lllllisne;omndaend; e the resolution; which was supported named Williamson, and was adopted tions urged all true Reforrnterstheo p echoing the poissibility of the bill ed the petitio ns,meeting prompt exertions to and passing into a law; it b f 3 o 'T r r i l the resolutions, to be forwar ~, P d MI H W V . inhabitants, for presentation to the House of Commons by General Thompson, M.. ~ an .. . . \ ickham, M.P.