The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-20 00:00:00

GERMAN Y. • • MUNICH, March 19. The news from the Stuttgart - ler .B)obiehter 111#t the French Ambassador at Mnnich had already:spoken of a cession of the Palatinate to France—has been officially contradicted. SPAIN. MADRID, March 18. It is asserted that Generals Prim, Kos, Olano and Labola have been raised to the dignity of Grandees of Spain of the first class. PORTUGAL. LISBON, March 18. The Minister of Marine is dead. The Cortes has .authorised the great exporta tion of wheat and barley until , the 30th of June. PIEDMONT. TLTRIN, March A note from the Government of ,Tuscaliy . addressed to Europe, explains the reasons why the vote by universal suffrage renders annexation to Piedmont a necessity. THE KING OF SARDINIA AND THE POPE The Constitutionnel states that the Pope has a ddressed a monitory to King Victor Emmanuel, intimating that henceforth all relations between his Holiness and the royal family must be con sidered as broken "off; that his Majesty will un derstand that he has openly violated the laws of the Church ; • and is- formally excommunicated. The Holy Father reserves to himself the duty of taking i n t o cons id era ti on th e interests 'of' the universal Church and the 'good Catholics of Piedmont befOre proceeding to severer measures, Which in any event weigh' from .henceforth upon the person of the King. - Le Nord says the moment the Pope's builp ; is fulminated, the cities of Milan, Genoa, Leghorn, Turin, Bologna, and Florence have' agreed to' illuminate and give, the character of a national celebration to the event HANOVER. HANOVER, March 19. Hanover proposed an indemnity as basis for negotiations in universal conferences concerning the redemption of the state dues. England refused to agree to . the amount proposed. Nego tiations are being continued. rNDIA AND CHINA MAILS. • , SOUTHAMPTON, March 19. ,TgeSulaxAnd, Oxiental steamer Ceylon, tlie — heavy l p9rtion of the .India and Chins. arrived. The Cargo includes silk - io the value of upwards of £70,000. The Ceylon's dates are Alexandria, sth; Malta,. 9th; and Gibraltar, 14th instant. Gibraltar exchange on London, 90 days, 501, and Marseilles, sf. 33c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, discount. THE WAR IN MOROCCO. Ey the arrival of the Ceylon particulars ore received of the opening of the second campaign in Africa. In the kit engagement the Spanish loSt . 250 - killed and wounded. The Moors who took part in the action numbered 15,000. The 4etion lasted seven hours. I The, Emperor of Morocco had sent. an Envoy to Marshal O'Donnell, declaring that he would prosecute the war to the very last. yrc BOMBAY MAILS. The Vectis, with the above mails. arrived at Marseilles at five p.m. Mails leave for London at ten. p.m, ; letters on Wednesday morning. BONBAY, Feb. 25.—The loans are closed. An income-tax of 2s 4d per cent. and a State paper currency are announced. Important alterations are to be made in the tariff. The duty on twist and yarns is to be raised to , ten per cent. Saltpetre is to be 'subject to a duty of two rupees per maund 'of, eighty-two pounds. The income-tax will be 2 per cent. on incomes of £2O to £5O, and above that 4 per cent. ; no class will be exempt. The License Bill has been modi fied, and the scale reduced to 1 rupee, 4 rupees, and 10 rupees. Hemp, jute, hides, wool, flax, tea, and coffee are to be free of duty. 20 per cent. dues are to be lowered to 10 per cent. An invasion of Kokees is taking place in Tipporah ; 1,000 persons were murdered. A report is cur rent of treason of Jindoor, the capital of Holker. The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday : AMERICA. QUEENSTO'WN, 'March 18. The Europa (rms) arrived off here shortly after 9 p.m., with dates from B oston to the 7th; and Halifa x 10th. She passed the America on the 10th, and the Arabia on tilk 18th, both outward bound. She has 44 first class passengers, and $95,000 in specie. All her mails, con sifting of '3B sacks, landed here. No survivors from the wreck of the Hunmarian. The rejection of the treaty by the Senate was anti cipated, in which case Mr. M`Lean, the American Minister, will not return. The United States troops are under orders for the frontiers of Texas'and Mexico. ' Californian'dates are to the 14th February. News unimportant ; business dull, owing to the large number of arrivals. Havannah dates ot the Ist March state that the steamers General Miramon and Marquez left that port for Vera Cruz on the 27th ult. under the Mexican flag. Sugar steady, at 18,1 reels. Stock 90,000 boxes. Freights unaltered. The black crew of the British ship Aramingo muti nied : one shot, and the others arrested at Charleston. • Dates from, Victoria, British Columbia, to the Bth, state that 82,400 dollars, in gold, had been exported from that place-in January: • - - Tkje Russian fleet• sailed from Honolulu for 'Cron eta dt. NEW ORLEANS, March 6.—Sales to-day, 18,000 bales, 1 0Ie to -11 c ; sales Icir three days, 42,000'; receipts, 26,000. F re i g ht s t o Liverpool, 50. Exchange, 7-'4 to Bi. NEW YORK, Mar& 6.—Flour firm ; wheat and corn tuil;l, and upward. Sugars heavy. Coffee quiet. Iron #Tni. Stccks firm : New York Central, 71a ; Illinois 0E1144 59i : Virginia Sixes,' 931 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS,--TE4T_ERDAy. Earl ST. GERMAIN brought up her Majesty's answer to the address of the House on the subject of the commercial treaty. „ Lord TETNRAM moved a resolution—" That in the election of memberi 'to serve in Parliament it was expedient that the votes should be taken by ballot." ,He Pointed out the_evils of the existing electoral system, contending that the only remedy lay in= the ballot ; that mode of voting had year after year obtained increased favour in the country, and in the other House of Par liament. in former times their lordships had enter tained this question.. 4 . The Duke of NEWCASTLE briefly replied, 'urging the old objections of the un-English , character of the ballot. On a division, the resolution was negatived by 39 to 4. I;7ne bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned at half-past seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---YEsTERDAt. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. In reply to Mr. Kinglake, - Lord Y. RUSSELL stated that no note had been fecei,yed from the Swiss Government containing a notifi catioß xll4 that Government intended to . appeal to the great Powers on the subject of the annexation. Since lffi TPPoiPt pf the dispatch of M. Thouvenel he under steed that' tte Swiss government ppoeTplated such an appeal. It was a matter of earnest and deliberate eon? sideration as to the terms in which her Majesty's govern ment should reply to the dispatch of M. Thouvenel ; and under those circumstances he entreated the indul gence of the House to forbear from further demands for ??Arnitation• at the present moment. On pk c miition for the second reading of the English. Acfma Mr, Plaiti.ET4 objected to the limited character, and the many omissions of the bill actiye effects. It might be' divided into three parts F -. , :the extension of the borough franChise, that of county franchises, and that Pflbe re-distribution-of seats. With regard to the first, 4o Omit() fault withthe principle adopted by the Govern- Plea of considering merely the number Of electors Bich could heititrodueed tinder any particular franchise. 1 . 144, hp contended, was an erroneous way of looking at the qmisti,o, It was the fitness of any class, not its number, tyllich ought to be considered ; merely to regard namberi was an unsafe and shallow proceeding. Ex chiding the metropolis, he contended that the proposed extension of the franchise would throw the whole power into the hands of one particular class. Bound together by the samesentiments and the same habits, the working classes in this country had shown a remarkable aptitude for organisation, which could not be said of the middle classes. It ira.s said of the working classes that they were intelligent and well informed ; so much the more reason for hesitating before entrusting them with too much power, and establishing a class legislation. The bill of last year attempted a counter- Poise. Its proposals were called fancy franchises, which Was an "alliteration," but not an argument against them. :He' defended in detail the lodging-house and other enfranchising clauses of his own bill. At a time When they were extending the franchise to, those who did not pay direct taxation they ought to include those whet-did • pay Aired - taxation: He - did not therefore think the proposal of the bill safe as regards the borough franChise, with Out introducing more varied suffrages and a counterpoise to the predominance of the working classes. Could they justify throwing the control of the overnment. of the country into ;the hands of the working , c asses. He would not say on the ground of poli tical expediency but of political justice. Coming to tl e county• frsiichise, he• admitted that the counties ought to possess a large and ample constituency, but there was one coniiition to be observed, that the consti tuency should be:connected. with the•ehief prosperity, of the chief industry of the country. There were consti tuencies without any sympathy, with'. that industry or prospelity, and those were to, be found in • county towns. Disconnected with the general interests of the county,, yet, tinder the bill, these towns would send forth their hordes of voters, altogether over whelming the rest of the electors ; thus the influence of the landed interests, and proprietors would be greatly reduced. The'ipfluenee and tenure of our land had been the means Of kiying,to his country that liberty which was denied tO all others, of the great countries. of Europe. With regard to the distribution of seats, the bill went either too far or it did not go far enough. It went too far in the English' principle of representation, and not far enough on the American principle. He objected to the, proposals of the bill for creating accumu lative constituencies ; giving additional members to places already represented. They gave a wealtliyindi vidual no more votes than his less wealthy neighbour Why should they give Manchester, more members than other boroughs. They gave Mancliestei representatives of her opinion, not of her power. If they must give additional members to counties they ought to divide those counties. Fre pretested against the unconstitu tional'thietrine that minorities ought to be 'represented. Next came the question, _ what were they to do, with the bill. It was a. very bad bill s he never knew, nworse. There were but two men who cordially approved Of the bill, and those were Lord J, Russell *nd lfr, Bright. But if they rejected the bill on the second reading, it would be &dared that they were against' all Reform. For himself lie was not against the professed principles .of the bill—the• egtension of , the franchise, ,and .the re-distribution of seats, however. badly they might he carried •out—and therefore be was not prepared to vote against the second reading of the bill. In a party view he. could - not object to a bill vrhieh would hand over ,to democrats some seats now occupied by Whigs, although he should lenient to see the Constitutional Whig influence destroyed, in that House, , Ile should not oppose, the second reading of the bill, trusting that it might in committee be formed into a measure less, injurious and dangerous to the country. The present time was Most inopportune for perilous experiments. When a great military nation of niszlialled organisation and, insatiable thirst for fame no longer concealed its desire for universal eonquest--at a moment what/. gurope was prostrate and England was lulled by a false friend ship, it was not at such a time that we should endanger that old free and aristocratic Constitution which had made the greatness and the prosperity a . Bngland. 'He yet trusted, in regard to the safety of the Anipire, that. this uncalled-for, this unnecessary, this mischdevous measure 'would be withdrawn. Mr. LEA.TIIAK said that the bill had excited uni versal approbation, and was better than any of these which had been laid on the table during previous sessions Mr. IL BAILLIE contended that no just line could' be drawn between workmen paying £6 a year for their houses as workmen paying £5 or £4. different test ought to be adopted, and the proposals of Nit% Wight, that all houses rated to the poor should be entitled to •tlie franchise, was at least intelligible and consistent, and wasuot liable to eoustant fluctuation. Further, a £lO franchise in counties would have the practical effect of establishing the principle so, much reprobated last year—namely. identity of suffrage. With regard to the ,distribution of. seats„.hekauld not consent to any system .which left untouched the small nomination boroughs. He tiusted that the reform agitation would be Avally put a stop to, and that a satisfactory measure would be passed in the present session, under the auspices of her - Majesty's ministers. Mt. 13.4. - .x. - TER, said that the present forbearance of the country was not only a tribute to the old reform bill. but showed.that they were really to join in measures of national and progressive' reform. fie did not join - in any dread of combination. of the working orders, and did not believe that it was the habit of the county to vote in class.es at all. Mr. ROLT warned the house that the change proposed by the bill was a very large one, and that indulgence in the appetite for change was very dangerous, He pro tested against the cutting off of our old traditions and Americanising our institutions. He entered into various details to show the mischievous working of the American system, and declared his alarm at the danger incurred if our Government was tinctured by the seekings of a population lower in education and intelligence than the actual constituency, Mr. CAMBELL said that the bill offered no protection to the voter; and left them iu doubt as to the county constituency ; it had no guarautec for permanency, and perpetuated the defects of the Reform Mt. Mr. LinpELL asked why they did not adopt the intelligible basis of direct taxation in the distribution of of their suffrage. He called upon them to pause before they removed the landmarks raised by the wisdom of theirincestors, Mr. Bniaiar accepted the bill as the fulfilment of the pledge given last year by Lord J. Russell. With regard to the distribution of goats he admitted that they ought to proceed by progressive steps. The question of the suffrage should be first settled, and they then might come to the question of the small boronglis. H e regarded the bill as simply one of extension of the fran chise:---it "Only touched "the outside of the disfranchise= ment question.. It settled nothing ; it rather unsettled, as adding another precedent to that of 1832. He adduced the small comparative number of electors in the kingdom, and said alit in the counties the represer'- tation was as good as deed, There was no bribery, becau,se the electors had not even the liberty to sell themselyee. He advised the House to wept the bill, not as one which he himself would have liked, but as the most prudent and fitted to be brought forward at the present monient. /le quoted a variety of figures to show the fallacy of supposing the constituency to be introduced under the bill would swamp the old consti tuencies. They could not refuse the evasion proposed by the bill without grossly libelling the gre4 body of their countrymen. Was the voter a pestilent being whom they were to put out of the way, or one whom they were to take by the hand and lead on to the great work of administering through Parliament the Government of a great nation. He calculated that by this bill they would not add to the constituency more than 150,000 etebtorS. It was said that there was no alarm for Reform but let the chiefs of the Tory party now get up as they did in 1832, and declare that there should be no reform, and there would very soon be whirlwind enough. Not more than 100,000 of the working classes would be en franchised by the bill, and to reject it would be to invite them to the door and there to slain it in their faces. The great majority of those constituencies whom it was said, were to be swamped had declared in favour of the bill. The same argument of swamping the old con stituencies was used in 1831, yet what places had been ab solutely swamped, and where was there any such complaint. Gentlemen opposite ought to be the last to talk about swamping. Two or three landowners would swamps a county, but he never heard of a class swamping or constituencies of great towns, and complained of 9;ie parsimony of the House in distributing the franchise when•the state of the country warranted them hi being far mere liberal ; but he would not refuse a measure which gave a large amount of satisfaction, and added considerably to the constituency of the country. But twenty-two millions and a half of the population yet remained unrepresented, and the time 'must come when they would have to open their door to a portion at least ,of those persons. The question could not remain per manently where it was fixed by the bill. In defence of the small boroughs, they talked of the representation of interests. Were interests only to be found in small places where there were no men, and not in the great centres of population ? The bill, be fArther remarked, would render yet more necessary the protection of the ballot and less resistable the demand for it. ' Those who contributed so largely to the wealth and glory of the country were now looked upon as persons only fit to be governed and taxed ; and let them beware how they rejected demand which would only lead to a measure far less palatable, and which would turn the calm tide of public opinion into a tempest. Mr. KNIGHTLEY opposed the bill as of an illiberal and retrograde tendency, which kept the word of pro mise to the ear and broke it to the hope. On the motion of Mr. Stansdeld the debate was adjourned. On the bringing up the report of the committee of supply, Mr. PEEL objected to the sum voted for the Ohinese expedition as founded upon false calculations. The results of the expenditure would leave us at the end of the year, with other measures of the Government, an enormous deficit, which it was vain to expect would be met by a decreased expenditure. He thought it his duty to point out the insufficiency of the estimate, which he belieyed would not pay for one-half of the costs for which it was intended. Mr. S. REJIBERT entered into a variety of details to prove that the estimate was amply sufficient to cover the deinands of the preseiAt financial year.. After sonic further discussion, in the course of iihich Sir - C: Wool) explained that the vote was intended to cover the deficiency of the financial year ending with the present month, and that it was, of course, itupopsible to say what would be the estimates for the cumin yedit, The report was agreed to. • The house adjourned at 1.15. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Home-iliAnE Shirts made to order at the (-Widen Glove Esiablizthment, 18, Berry-street, are made by Liveipoo! XeedleNyomen. AccroANT.---Zternard IWurFay, a labourer, residing in Whitley-street, sustained a severe contused ankle at the Huskisson Dock yesterday, by 'a tinantity of iron falling on him. LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT PLEASANT.---COnSUlting Surgeon, Hugh Neill, Esq. ; Surgeons, John Po o le, E sq. , D r. R. - Hibbert Tglor, Dr. Nevins; Assistant-Surgeon, T. Bickerton, Esc', Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for week ending March 17, 1860 :—New' cases': Eyes, 84; Ears, 24. Prescribed for, and received surgical assistance.:, Eyes, 407; Ears, 151. lIVTRFOQL DISPENSARIES. Number of patients during the past v/eek.--New cases received adv'ice and medicine at the institution ; North, 300 ; South, 159 ; total, 459. New cases visited at their own houses, and supplied with medicine : North, 115 ; South, 83 ; total, 'l9B. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., president; Captain Bourne, vice-president of North Dispensary ; Mr. R. A. Payne, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr. Francis Mill, treasurer; Mr. F. H. Langley, secretary. Office, Leith-offices, Moorfields. MARKETS COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of the Markets Committtee was held, yesterday, at the Council-chamber, Mr. Alderman Woodruff presiding. Messrs. Ridley, Shimmin, Holden, Nickson, Haydock, and Alderman R. W. Houghton were present. The accounts of the several markets were read, from which it appeared that St. John's market's receipts for the last week exceeded the receipts of the corresponding week in last year by £534 ; and those of St. John's fish market by £177. The inspector reported progress in connection with the three marketplaces, and the amount of unwholesome meat seized during the week. .On the recommendation of the committee of St. John's market, it was resolved that the passage in that market be con strueted into .butcher's stalls. A letter was read from Mr. Massey, proposing that all the market places be opened from the Ist of April to the 31st October, at half-past five, and from the .31st October to April the Ist at half-past six each morning; and closed all the year round at two in the afternoon. The letter was , referred for further consideration. . WATER COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday. Adam Hodson, Esq., presided; and the. other members present Were—Messrs. Bennett, Vernon, Beloe, Jeffery, Estill, Farnworth, Rae, ' Earle, find Wagstaff.—The quantity of water received from Rivington during the week ending March 17fhwas 71,071,996 gallons ; the quantity from the wells, 25,341,751 ~' quantity of water in store, 421,282 : pro portion of Rivington to well water, as 70, to 25.—Mr. Duncan reported. that the filters ,were in, fair, working condition. The air-pipes that had been laid down in the autumn of last year had been found very advanta geous.—There was no public, business of any interest. . - LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. EUROPA.—From Boston : Dr. Jarvis, Mr. H. H. Williams, Mrs. A. N. Williams, Mr. Tames •LanaloiS Mrs. James Langlois, • ~, , Miss Mary Le Provost, Mr. F. Sallo, Mr. John Hamilton, Mr. James Young, Mr. James Roca, Mr. Inloes, Mr. A. B. Fasslu, Mr. Thomas Rhodes, Mr. Juhn A n d rew , M r . J ame s G. Garland, Mr. Hem enway, Mrs. Hemenway, Miss Hemenway, Mr. John H. Pratt, Mr. John F. Bowman, Mr. B. Cuming, Mr. E.'Edwards, Mr. Lamportiere, Miss Lampontiere, Mr. E. J.. Ashley,. 'Airs. Williams 'and maid, : Mr. D. Moore, Mr. G. Carruthers, Mr. T. H. O'Neill, Mr. T. Hughes, Mr.. J. Douglas, Mr. Edwards and servant, Mr. J. Nor ton, Miss L. Fisher, Mr.. Croup, ' Mr. Klemm. From Halifax : Mr. Murray, Rev. 'Dr. APLeod, Mr. Armison, Mr. J. B. Prissick, Colonel Sharp, R.A., Mr. M. Smith. llissloNany CONFERENCE.—It will be seen in our advertising (salaams, that a conference under the aus pices of the secretaries of the principal missionary societies and committees of the throe kingdoms, is to be held in this town. O The . members, who are. mit one hundred in number, comprise truly representative men,' notwithstanding a - judicious regulation that each - shall take ' his part in the deliberations in an individual crpr4ty, and not at' all as an officer . of any body with which he may be connected. These visitors, who will he welcomed among its not only for their social position and Christian eliaracter, hnt feF their works' sake, began attendance .laat. evening at Itope,l}4l. Du this and three following forenoons they assemble at half-jMt nine o'clock for prayer • wit'i open doors, after which they proceed to business _co iversation, which, hoirever, will not be . public. :They 'leave off at two, 3V4, after dining together,,re-assemble at four (ex cept on 'Friday), for further conversation, until half past %TYPO, at Vtici9L 'limp large parties of friends and well-wishers are i.4-rites l ,to raeel them at tea, to be followed, after a few 'addresses, .1y praY,U• 09- Friday evening the Earl of Shaftesbury, who comes to Pura fq the purpose, takes the chair at a great meeting iii tip Philharmonic Hall, at which it is hoped a hrief and. instryletive narrative of the results of the deliberations will be giiie,l. It is hoped that along with Canons APNeite and Stowori,f)r. Raffles, &c., two great Indian heroes, Sir John rawrena - Ind Colonet Herbert Edwards, will be present to manifest ,1,441.• interest. in the Christianising of Indid; and the latter "arleasi; vii; ad '.ass' the . audience. Lord Shaftesbury is to be the guest eE life Worship the Igayor.--Communicatrd. ,LiTEn.4.n.y inkk p fiILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.--The or dinary meeting of the *Fe aoejetv- was held last evening at the . Royal Institution ; the pres,. h l' ifeß-t ) t e Rev. H. H. Higgins,.. M.A., 0.1n10,, in the OW. es. ) called attention to a volume on the `` lora cx , aki ehester," published recently by Mr. Grind(); gf the plave ; eulogised the work, and proposed that the vo4inntes of the Liverpool society, containing the floral papers, be presento4 to the author, through the president 'ot the Manchester me 4,4 salmi, as an acknowledgment of its great 4;044, and. saggeAted. th.a **ability of,a sub-committee being named to parry oat 40, okkeat, De: Collingwood added his testimony 0 the Yaiqe q* work, and, on, the proposition of Dr.' NeYins, seconded by Mr. Higginson, a committee, consisting of fl e 0 1 14irr nian i •Dr Co - Ringwood, the botanical lecturer, and the .I,l9wary: , secretary, Mr. Thompson; was appointed, Several•donationi Were announced. The president ex hibited the second book published in England by Caxton. It is a translation 9f as PaklaV Work on the game of chess. The'preefd6nt explained at some esg.th the manner in which the game_wa§g9ncipted in thqae days. mr..l.l€_§bit said that'lie had seen in the western borixonon "'satil.rday evening last a very bright meteor having 8 bluish tint, and read an extract from a Drogheda paper givinN on aecount of the terror experienced by the eyewitnesses of the phenomenon in that town. Mr. T. C. Archer exhibited a sample of paper manufactured from sea weed, by a chemist ,re ding near Newark, Nottingham shire, The inventor bad experienced great difficulties in earring out his experiments, blithe ,entertained strong hopes that the paper would snit admirably for engraving purposes. Professor Byerlcy showe i d a remarkable frog, and Mr. Moore, the curator, exhibito a small alligator alive. Dr. Nevins gave a very remarkable account of a large brood of salamanders. A friend of his lost a sale , mander in about three months time after he came into possession of it ; in about six weeks the cook found in the kitchen, and in about a month afterwards it produced a were of thirteen, yeagg salamanders. One died; two were devoured by the others, whike tbe rest remain alive. Dr.. Collingwood read a very able paper 4,34 lifemo morphi,sni,. or,. Organic Representative Form '• . CELEBRATION OF ST, PATRICK'S DAY. The annual national soirée, in commemoration of Ireland's patron saint, was held last night in the Concert hall, nefore a crowded and respectable audience, Edward Challoner, Esq , occupied the chair, and among the peps , ' gentlemen on the platform were—D. Clarke, J. C. Corhaihr, stagley Clarke, J. Eager. 11. Sharpies, J. Pyke, D. Powell, J. Browne, J. Livingston. G. Lynch, H. Grey, Bennett, 1. Walsh, Egqrs., anti Major Reid. The OHAIR\RN, in opening the proceedings, said he felt the present was an occasion on which he might appropriately address a few words to them, complimen tary of their liberality in selecting an Englishman to Vesicle Ayer them on an occasion of that kind. The anniversary, of St, Patrick would perhaps have been as happily kept on St. Patrick's day ; but ibis was, no doubt, a step in the right direction, and if it could be Celebrated on the,l9th instead of the 17th, Englishmen might join it with them. If he might presume to offer a q,,orqihn he would suggest that their next anniversary be field on or beyond the secondday, when he had no doubt that Englishmen would join in with them. And as the sth of November had been furgotten in the anniversary of the battle of Inkerman, so mighty pqty distinc tions be sunk on St. Patrick's day. The Very Rev. Father NtigiNT next addre;sed the meeting. His part, he said, in the evening's entertain ment, was to be a very silent one. He would introduce to them his friend Father O'Reilly, who on Saturday last undertook in the kindest manlier to take his place, as he (Father Nugent) was suffering. from a cold. Pre ViR4S, however, to calling upon Father O'Reilly, be would introduce to them Patrick Michael O'Donnelly. Before he sat down. he wished to explain that they had not met on Saturday because the Concert-hall was engaged ;--and as it was not thought desirable tq hold the meeting in St. George's-ball, they had postponed it until yesterday. MICHAEL DONNELY then delivered an eloquent and appropriate address, in the course of which he urged upon them the necessity of their 'actiVely'bestirring theinselyes, and labouring with renewed vigour, for the support of Holy Mother Church and Pope Pius IX. He concluded by calling upon all to give largely to the collection•in aid of His Holiness, which will be made in the Cathqic chnrches of England on Sunday 94t. • Father Q'Ii,BILLT then rose, and wag received with great applause. He descanted nport the subject of Ireland's persecution, and he impressed poi them that the only thing which had preserved Ireland and her people, .was their constant adherence to the head of the , church. Other Catholic countries-France, the we reign of which had been called the eldest son of the Church, but now seemed likely to turn out a prodigal son . ; Spain, Sardinia, had fallen; bat the star of Ire-' laud was but now rising: This was because the Irish Were ultramoutanists and Papists, while the inhabitants of other countries were disloyal Catholics. pa,tl ) .o NUGENT afterwards delivered a brief address. lie had not at first intended to do so, but he could not look upon so imposing an assembly of his countrymen without congratulating, them on their numbers, and appearance. In the course of his address he referred"to the Reform Bill, and contemplated the power which it would put in the hands of the Catholic community. So far would this be the case, that he hoped they would have one of the three representatives of this town a Catholic and an Irishman. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the chairman. The motion was seconded by J. B. Aspinall, and carried by weamation. A vote of thanks to Father Nugent terminated the proceedings, which were characterised throughout by a spirit, of order and good humour. Several national melodies, which were ably sung by the various artists, contributed very largely to the evening's enjoyment. The whole affair, in fact, reflects the greatest credit upon Father Nugent and his co-operators, and we feel sure that all present were gratified and pleased with the pleasant manner in which St, Patrick's day was celebrated. Spzrting L4TEBT BETTING. TATTRULL'S. NORT*AXPTONSUIRE S4IC.EB : sto ;tgat Forager; 100 to 6 apt Royal Sovereign, taken ; 100 to 7 agst Clare, taken ; 25 to I ago Windbmind, takeu ; loop); age; Simple Simon; 100 to 6 agst Pregursor, taken. SPENCEN.'S 4ATE : 12 to 1 agst Zotella, taken ; 100 to 6 sad Arethusa, taken ; 100 to 6 apt Sp eebox, taken ; 20 to 1 agst 'Hetby, taken; 20 to 1 agst Queen Bee, taken; 20 to i ag.t Lady Peel, taken. CITY *ND SUYIT aBA.r : 10 to 1 agst Chere Arnie, taken • 100 to agst Homeward Bound, taken ; 100 t o 6 agst Hetman, offered ; 50 to 1 agst Simple Simon, taken ; 50 to 1 apt Vulture, taken; 50 to 1 agst Remunerator, taken ; 66 to 1 agst Odo, taken. . ~ CHESTER CUP : 15 to 1 agst Viatka, taken ; 20 to 1 agst Tame Deer, taken _; 25 to 1 agst Satellite, taken ; 33 to 1 aest Herne, taken ; 52 to 1 agst Lifeboat, taken. 2,000 GUINEAS : 5 to 2 agst Buccaneer, taken ; 4to 1 agst The Wizard, taken; 5 to ,1 agst Lupellus, taken. DERBY ; Bto 1. agst Buccaneer, taken ; 9 to I. agst Umpire, ta k en , gto 1 agst Mainstone, taken ; 1,000 to 30 agst . Upper hand, taken; 35 to 1 agst Cramenil, taken; 1,000 ever} Main., stone and Umpire ; 25 to l l agst Buccaneer winning the 2,0Q0 Guineas, and Umpire winning the Derby. MANCHESTER. NoitTnAmeToNsitia}: : 10 to 1 agst Forager, taken freely ; 12 to 1 agst Claire; offered.; 14 to 1 agst Simple. Simon, taken; 100 to 6 agst Royal Sovereign, taker; ; 25 to 1 agst Sam Spode, taken. CITY AND SUBVIISAW t 12 to 1 on the field, offered ; 14 to 1 agst Homeward Bound, taken ; 20 to 1 agst Comforter, taken. CuraTElt Ctr 16 to 1 west Victim., offered; 25 to 1 agst Longrance taken freely ; 30 to 1 agst Home, taken freely ; 50 to 1 agst Sir William, taken freely. COURSING. The 'third and last meetin of the Altear Chub will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) and the following day, c ommencing each day at ten O'clock; atarriages, an,6 • BIRTUS. On the I.2th inst., in Mansfield-street, the Lady Ulick Browne, of a dnughte!, On the 15th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Harbord, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 11th inst., at Kir,ltdale, Mr. Chas, Charleten to Betsy, second daughter of Mr. Robert Helton. On the 15th iust., John Chasser, Esq„ C.E., London, to Marion, second daughter of Mr. J. Grant, Birkenhead. On the 15th inst., George , second son of Mr. George Cham hers, Slack's Farm/ Ma r p l e , Cheshire, to Elizabeth, eldest, daughter of Mr. Peter LYthgee,-Of Pitt:Streef; Chester. DEATHS. On the /6th inst., at 55, Upper Pitt -street, Captain John. Lowther, late of Clovilly. On the 18th inst. at 11;Upper Frederick-street, in his 85th year_, Mr, William , H. Jones, clerk. of St. Thomas's Church, Park.lane, On ,the 18th inst., Edward taylor, second son of the late William Taylor, Esq., of Seel-street, aged 45 years. On the 18th inst., at Lower Bebington, in the 70th year of her age, Margaret Maine, relict of the laic Aaron Wedgwood, of this town, . IHE DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 20,. 1860. By Mr. ASPINALL—A large proportion of the men had been guilty of.nlutinqus eundlict, arid soine of. the detachments were without officers. The sth Europeans were furnished the worst with clothing..:Every man had his hammock when we left; there were on board 1,010 hammocks, and before leaving we returned 67 into store as surplus. We mustered the hammocks on the Ist of every month, and found 60, 100, or 200 .short; indeed, the men threw them overboard to save ,themselves the trouble of bringing their hammocks am to muster. 1 Several of the men were employed on active duty on board, and they all lived. Everything iyas done by the officers that poeld be done for the nien. tin 'our arrival at LiverlicKti, fl gentleman from 'Mr. Ratlitone's office came or} hoard, ring that F,entlernan made the arrange ments for removing the sick men ea the hospital, By Mr. Laweaan—The officers were satisfied with the ship. We were on the best terms with the officers of the ship, and their conduct gave perfect satisfaction. The water was supplied by the owners of the vessel, but the casks were furnished by the Government. I believe the crew's rations were stopped as well , as the rations of the soldiers and officers. I heard of nO inconvenience from want-of water, and there was no complaint,- - The Men had tea alariliag and eTeniaq• t By the ,Ip.nv—ln the Ist Light Cayalry draft there was one death ; Foot Artillery, 1 ; , 3rd Bengals, 33 ; 3rd Madras, iq ; sth Bevels, 7 ; total, 52. Patrick hi‘Cenn said-4 am a discharged soldier, and came home in the Great Tesmania, j have seen the dead bodies of some of the soldiers. who came home by the ship. I saw this morning the bodie:smf MattheWs, Murphy, and Holt, at the dead house. - They died on board the ship in the river, on the 15th of March. The CORONER—Now have you anything to say about the stores and provisions ? WintEss—Yes sir ; the buscuit was: bad the whole of the way from Calcutta to St. Helena; the beef was I bad, but the pork was passable. The.beef was awful stuff, and the peas were so old and hard that the Hooke cceild not mate soup of them for Soule weeks. The pickles'were bad; there was no beer or grog for some days as it run short; there was no bedding nor warm clothing supplied to the men on coming on board. The 1 adjutant has spoken of clothing and the selling of it to get drink, but that could not be the case with my regi ment, for we had no clothing since the 31st December, 1858 ; we were in arrears for clothing since 1858, and we did not have any clothing from her Majesty's Government since. I claim it from the Government now, and the master is in dispute, before going on board I claimed clothing or, compensation, but the command 'ng officer denied my' I demand. Mr. ASPINALL—That is they disputed your right ; they denied your claim. Wit n ess—The regulation is that the clothing shall be issued in advance. C a ptain - Pond said the witness was discharged in 1 859, and did not get his (clothing. He could have got it if he .had been in the Madras Presidency; but net' hay i ng F ot it, the government would not give it to him. fq ih e case of the 3rd rFgiment, the men had got their clothing, but being discharged prior to the Ist of January, 186 Q, the Government might take it from them. They did not do so, however. The_FP.RENAJ I : The government should have treated a ll the xegillioßt4 atilta. The ConoNE4-,lNow, M'Cann, is there anything else you would like to remark about the voyage or pro visions ? Witness—No, sir. The beef and biscuit were very' bad. I had a hammock when I got on board, but many of the men say they never had a hammock. The com plaints about it commenced a week after leaving Cal cutta. f_Some mf the_ men_ might have " done away-' with their hammocks; bqt I don't think they would do it wilfully.. Some of the men who were reported from the first as not: having lied hammock s , had hammoeks s upplied to them. As far ris the officers could, they did everything they could to make us comfortable on board, but in my opinion the ship was overcrowded. To Mr. FORSHAW—The captain and crew did their duty well, and we never had any etnarrels with them. r To the JURY—I heard of plenty of s t ea li ng (l ur i ng the voyage. • , T o Mr. Aerneau,--.We were 'very much annoyed at the Government, and we did not unz-,--1 erstand being handed over with the elephants, .. . To AirlawFonti-- , I was a private. I was hospital erderly comine. home. I was not ill. I had the same provisions as ale test of the men on board the ship. To the Suay—l saw some of the biscuits were c amped but .I met say what the stamp w as . Mr. ASPINALL—You were not a drinker ? Witness-I drank my pay. (Laughter.) I know th er e was a good deal of d r i n ki ng going . on in the depot at Cllia s urah. Some, men in my regime n t di e d from drink—three died from drink and seven were sober men. One of them, a young man named Millet,' never drank 1 more than a glass a-day. Lieutenant Goschen said he believed Millet died of fever which he caught during the march down the country ; and that the young man was a steady character, as McCann had stated. - • Witness in answer to the jury, said that he had sufficient clothing when he left India, but he had to buy it for tlunaelf• He expeeted the Government would have found him sufficient and proper clothing before sending him on board the ship. To Mr. AsPisratr..--Each man was furnished on board the ship.llY the commanding officer, with two "junipers" —b ro wn holland and canvas smocks. Many of the soldiers sold their blankets in expectation that they would be furnished with proper bedding by the Govern ment when they arrived un board the ship, but they , only got a bed and pillow. If I had not brought mine of the committees alluded to were td the handed in t the coroner). I did not conic on board the ship till tlei troops had embarked. It was about ten days or a fortnight after sailing that we fotind out there Was sonietbing wrong. A cask of beef was diseoter6d to be bad ; the pork was all good. The 'committee of two officers 'and the surgeon,condemned the cask ,of beef as bad. On different occasions the beef and beer were con demned. The beer was occasionally short in quantity ; and some times it was unwholesome in quality: und l had tube thrown, overboard ;it was sour. The beef was generally bad. On the 29th of December, a committee was called to examine the biscuits. I hand in the report 'of the committee, from which it will be seen that 36,947 lbs. of biscuits were condemned and thrown overboard; part, of it was kept as a sort of ballast, and put into the hold, but the bulk was thrown overboard at the time. We pia into St. Helena on the 22nd of -January in conse quence of this deficiericy in the biscuit. We got a fresh supply at St. Helena, and there was siifficient to last to the end of the voyage, within tw o d a y s o f our arrival. Fresh provisions were laid in for the-sick in hospital at St. Helena ; there were about 38 sick "in hospital at that time, but-there were 54 who were also on the sick list, but not in hospital, ;Probably the:greater part of the! outside cases were scurvy cases. If we had not taken in a fresh supply of water at-St.- Helena, we should have run short of that article. -. As ,it was, on the 4th of February, all hands were put on a reduced supply of fresh i water,• - as a deficiency was discovered, in con sequence of some of the casks leaking. We had plenty o f lime-juice at St. Helena; there was never any question of being short of that article,- and it was sup plied every day. Both officers and men had their supply of water cut short when the casks were seen to leak. Ori the 4th of February we closed the tank on deck during night, but this was the only limitation 'we made. then ; ;" lrfore" this' - each ' iiiati. - edu l l'd ' 'kink' from it whenever lie, liked, as iheitit was a tap 04004'0 it. The next stoppage was on the 10th of February ; we had constant calms and unfavourable weather, and it was thought desirable to make a furtheirOduetion. The supply - was reduced by one-fourth, but the reduction referred to the water used for cooking only. The tank on deck was open 'all day for the nice to drink from. gil the kill} 11 l VehrOpy another reclectiori was' Made, o w a4connt'of the 'leakage OT 'the 'casks, abd' ihe men Were waie t ed"to abstain as inghh &a pOs'Aible froni drink ing the water from the tap a t th'e taiik. on deck, The officers' fresh water washing allowance was taw away; the soup was stopped in the euddy so n ic t i me; an d th e early tea and coTee allowance to the officers was reduced at the same time. On the 22nd of February the allow ance of meat was reduced from 16 oz. to 12 04. to the utoo . i tt e c l 9111 f' ow. 'eqrilyalent 1 ext r a Os o and 2. OZ. of 14;:4 1 4 . 0e i . qv+ ; Tt was ordeOd that if 'fair weather came, 001111 4 1 141w4t1cP Of 1 40 Olaulithe again served nit: 0 the 6th or Titan!' the beer was run out, and of flOilrSe the lisle WO stopped, bat we , issued grog for three or roar days. We Were without grog or beer for a few days, and we then re-issued some wine from the hospital stores- - -;one dram being issued ,to - each man. We get this Wine u p to within two days , of onr arrival Jo tott2 . ----,41* tiro, 01. ),tvgb, - '1 1 1),k4 isi:ll. of 'Wine was stappb,a 'in:' vansetinenat of 'the t loing and rascality of the men ; some bottles were stolen almost under the nose of the commanding officer,. and the men got drunk. All the step a ►es Oplieg to the officers as weil,aq NI Teti. The ist dell 4 too place on the 13th of myeroet, - ptir 44: a ,itlftet eM'harkation i two men died'on tqa,.t '49 , i , 4R4 qiw mart durirtif that ni g ht, The last death Was an' the Vith of March, 01100 days before disembarkation, and the bodies were sent to the dead house. The . number of men who died during the voyage was 52, but one of these was drowned by falling overbeard,. . Noire, of the officers, or the v fo4l o and ehiltir.pq 401. lq 19sy seTe4' Orin iii t cholera; many by dyyht.ery ; sev ral'Of theitere'''fietitual . drunkards, whOSe conkitutiiins 'Cotild 'ntit rally becauSe they were worn out ft,,V aril*. 4 ' }} '' t O nnintbe i , dipd from atrophy. lisle 44.6,9r : f 4fill*dieme l as far as j linow, ; The a l e p uc e l a § E N the whole way ; it was net particularly good ; but there was plenty of it, The Hine juice was weak, but it Was. certainly not water. Tire report of the committee on the 2nd of March was read, from which it appeared that the vinegar, was bad in flavour, not like malt 9r wine vigegar, w - as of a leaden hue, and 4e llTitM 4.. Ira- s4listanqg , the lime' juice was weak ; pie . es good,hut apt considered a sufficient preventive for scurvy, and the so-called preserved vegetables in the hospital stores were refused by sick; men, and were found totally unfit for use. The committee expressed , their opinion that the anti-scorbutics issued were not calculated to prevent the appearahce of scurvy. The general conduct of the men on the voyage was very good. We had few cases of drunkenness, except on Christmas Day, when extra grog was issued. At Chin siliall an oilier was issoed that any 'nail wishing for his discharge might have it. The ceetractjfor bringing the min home was, I believe, £6 a-head. The ConoNER asked tire witness if be had anything to sly to the court beyond what he had' already_stated. The witness said he should like to correct a report published in one of the papers regarding the watches. He had heard it stated that the men were kept a week on watch, and were not allowed to go down for meals. This statement was totally unfounded. ' ' he CoAorien sakithat was not stated in evidence , and need not be _referred to. Mr. AsetNAIA said if any one should make such an assertion hi court the witness could confect it. The witness said he had only two months leave, and wished to leave Liverpool as soon as possible. - He then read the memorandum of all the guards and watches on board the ship, and also produced the sanitary report. By the Jury—l considered the soldiers' when they were . embarked were 'more sickly than nsual. My detachment, marched down .freali GwiiJior during the iains, and we had 9 deaths mit of 400 or 500 men before embarkation. The men were obliged to .buY their drink at the canteen at Cliinsurah, unless they chose to buy the country drink, which was much worse then that found in the canteen. hne of the crew died on the way, and ohe officer suffered from . dysentery. The crew had the same sort of meat as the soldiers. AIL the. Anent men kept their wartne,lohing, but the 111+1 . 4 sold their clothing at Chinsurah to buy drink. The pay of the men stopped on the day of embarkation. I think the ship was properly ventilated. There were windsails, air-shafts, and the ports were .kept open. As the cold weather came on the d ea th s increased. I don't think bad food had anything to do with the sickness on board. ' • on board with, me I would have bedn like many others —dead by -this time. . _ At this stage, Dr. Inman, Lieut. Prior, - .R.N., Lieut. Burehier, R.N.,, and Mr. Brntypi , , (Kearns I3rown) were appeint4a.bOard of survey, to survey and report upon the remaining stores on board the Great Tasmania, for-the information of the Seeretart of Stnte for India in Council. Mr. PRYTIIERCII, house surgeon at the Workhouse, ,said thine were about 1.113 men in the.hospital now; and there tnight, perhaps,; =be one or two who could be brought d own to the hall in a car. Mr. CARR said.• Dr. Gee- informed him that none of the men ought to be brought out at present. Mr. Pwrrntitcll said' he would go up to the work house and select one or two men who might be brought down. The court adjourned for a short time. George Bradford was the first witness examined on the re-assembling of the court. He said—l was corpo ral in the 3rd Bengal European Regiment. I came home in the Great Tasmania from Calcutta. I left Calcutta, in pretty good health, and I was very well off for clothing.. I had every reason to find faith with the stores. lye first . found fault - with, the stores about a week or ten days - After we . left Calcutta. The meat p was...had, a great deal of th e salt, beef smelling. The biscuits I were bad, and f u ll o f maggo t s . Th e peas that we had. I were condemned; they could irot•be boiled by the cooks. I was appointed corporal Of a mess, in which there were nine privates and one corporal ; ar.d only one man and the corporal had hammocks supplied to thent, oc had anv place to hang them in. lyere consequently without hatnnAoplts on Itoc, 0,611 kom tileg M racles. They stole (hem from one. EknotlAe., I had no place'to hang my bareineck, and had lay it an th e deck,or mess' tahk, or any Ow 1 . , maid fi n q, repot* till§ (Weer on duty,. but it, WAS rioi remedied, and it continued in the same wav tin whole of the voyage, I had no sickness th6'Seurvy came onone about a, month ogo. The surgeon attended me, and I Illid medicines from him. Every. attentAen w as paid to Ine, so far as I ‘ya;:, r i tta,etced by the disease, both by t 4 4ocior and the, other officers. We were put upon a short allowAtiee, Of. I?ter.aboet three weeks or .a Month hetore we arrived ln, port and we were short of beef, too, about the same time. I never saw any 'of tilq tt f that vas condemned thrown overboard, it was put back in the hold again; but I 'dare say if we had had none condemned we should have had enough for the voyage. The beer ran out. By Mr. ForshaW.z—My mess was close to tbo luain hatchway ou the middle deck. 'Dr, men in my mesa all ktoly hammocks.A 14k 4tinirnOck was stolen from me seUgli (A 'the vs gage. It was a case of stealing;mittnal and they stole not for a lark, but for ectinfctrt,, the ,Tury.—The ship was very crowded, but tlk men could tell their messes very well. If the whole of the hammocks for all the men had to be put un +bora . .47 . was not room for them. A long discugiou 119.0 top)CpAac t e, op the question of prof:sec - 4e, Mr,: F-orkhaw contendiug that it would be much more convenient that the coroner should examine the witnesses, that' the jury should then InA 40,y ques tions they thought necessary, wild t legal; gentlemen follow by a cross-exat4tatimi at . OW witneaieii. The foreman of the jury pro, 44 that such a course would not tend to ellett' the whole truth, which they were; by their oatils liottr i d to ascertain. A discussion of half-an- hour on this point ended in nothing practical. The witness, in answer to a juryman, said nig got lime-juice every day, and that it was spu‘, but tbai it would have been better if OM 10 iotd more To Mi. Asilinall complaint made to the orderly sergeant was'' not attended to t th e na lye my iftitflo — comptiu to file 40 404 Ett any time complain to Vic} gtani of* W4il( of books or hammocica for. luy we The incimiry Os adjourned at six o'clock until this day (Tileoday,) • LICENSED VICTUALLERS ASSOCIAT-1-0. A special meetiu,g , of the committee of this Association was held, yesterday morning, in the Asylum, 'West Derby-road. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the Chancellor of the Exchequer's bill for extension of wine and spirit licenses to refreshment housei. Mr: H. Lumb presided, and the other members present were—Messrs. Coward, Hornby, Porter, Cum min, Batten, Thornton, and Gaulton. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that, from the assurances which the Chancellor n the Ilx chequer gave the depotatioo that waited upon him, the Licensed yictitallers did not expect to he again called together on the subject, Those who had read the bill now before the House of Commons must have been struck with its importance as affecting most injuriously the interests of the Licensed Victuallers. It would,.in fact, destroy the very foundation of their business. There was nothing whatever in the -bill that—could possibly prevent every beer-hotise in the 'eonntry from applying for and obtaining q *use tq sell wines. If this measure .was; alicNed tq pass, not fully would the thin end . of the wedge be introduced, hot the most im portant art of their business w ou ld b e ent i re l y t hr own open. or his_ own part, he would say that he had lost all confidence in the ,Chancellor of the Exchequer.' In the interview which their deputation had with the Chancellor he led them to understand that the 16th : resolution would be seriously modke444----in fact, he went so far as to give them a pledge that in order to obtain a license apAlica4on to the magistrates should be reggi t iO ° I lint now, when the hill appears, no stwll application is necessary. The slight regulation which had been introduced was 'quite' thutErCient to protect the 'licensed victuallers, and they must 'therefore give their most determined opposition to the bill. Several resolutions would be submitted to the com mittee, and he had no doubt they would be . 'warmly received. The first subject he w on ld call. attention to was a memorial froft - 114e' licensed victuallers of England tq the thane,ellor of the Exchequer. He concluded by calling upon the secretary to read the memorial as follow : . . MEMORIAL OF THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS OP ENGLAND TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE IRE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQVER. In committee on the Customs Acts, Mr. Icer Seymont pro pose§ to aid to the lath resolution a nroyision • - " That it shall be lawful for. spirit merchants, on pappent Of an additional lice,r4 fee of ;WCI glimeas, to sell spirits in bottle 4 I•inlitaiaing not _less than one-sixth part of a gallon ; such spirits no: to be consumed on the premises." It is further proposed by Government virtually that every retail, to be consumed on the i r p rem i ses . person who chooses to apply for a license m a y se ll w i ne by we claim at the hands of ministers that protection in the peaceable pursuit of our lawful calling to which every orderly citizen and loyal subject is entitled. We represent interests which directly concern upwards of fifty millions of property, aid maintain upwards of one million of the British people, and indirectly affect a much larger amount, and involve much greater numbers. Yet it please kiarliainent o,nd Government never to leave ns alone. We, are perpetually disturbed by threats of change, or by Actual experiments. We arc , made the victims of endless fiscal crudities, and'irksome restrictions. No sooner are we 'settled down in patient stilmnission to these inflictions, than our prospects are overclouded and our trade materially injured by a renewal of the some restless tamper ing with its details. We have to submit to soldiers being billeted cu; us ; to the discmtionary interference of the magis tracy ; to the domiciliary superintendence of the constabu lary and excise; to a partial restriction as to hours imposed on no other class; to heavy payments for licenses, and virtually to the burden of collecting from the people the greater portion of the vast revenue drawn from beer, s pi r it s , and w i ne. We are bound by law to open our houses to every stiliaect who chooses to seek accommodation ; we are made responpile for the security of all property deposited in our premises; and in return for all this we are constantly made the sport of legisla tion; or, what is perhaps even more hurtful, of the threat of ; it. No trade can bear up ag a in s t t hi s perpetual tinkering I interference; and, once for all, we earne A l y entreat that there may be an end of it : that we may know 'the worst, and be no longer made • the subjects of a coarse of policy which unsettles everything and settles nothing. It was distinctly NT •'the fancied private benefit of the persons engaged to shipping, the colonial trade and agriculture, that these powerful interests obtained for them- . selves a privileged protection ; it was withdrawn 'on the express ground that it was injurious to the recipients, enhanced the necessaries of the poor, and, by obstructing interchange, • injuriously trenched upon the rights of other subjects. But we sought no protection. Our privileges were thrust upbn us by the legislature, no t f or our, • but for the public advantage. We found th e licensing "tifstom • we did not make it. Had our trade been left free by the State—,had Government not made the licensed victitalleis a mere conve nience of the magistracy, police, and revenue authorities, and compelled them to accept a pm-ilegoil protection: as the only condition on which sveru permitted to -carryon their busi nes., is would have been infinitely to our. advantage to have started in trade in free competition, without being taxed by l premiums for fur respective licenses —sinking sums varying from £5OO ~ to the enormous aggregate amount of upwards of £50,000,000. It is not pretended that any other system would supply the commodities infwlaich cleal, better or cheaper. These consist not of the neee ries, but the luxuries of lif e. They do not embraoellie raw mate rials of manufactu re ,' or o b struct the free interchange Of trade. They are composed of articles in regard to the distributionof which restrictions, regulation s , and ' magisterial control hav e for centuries been recognised as essential to public morals, good order, and the protection of the revenue. The policy of Parliament made the law, created the privilege, attached that value to the property we were forced to buy at the price t. which it Was enhanced by the Legislature itself. Government has tionipensated slave owners, proctors, chancery clerks, even the palace court - practitioners. It has respected the goad fortune of every sinecurist, recognised the title of the bene: ficiary •of every venerable abuse. Are our vested interes.s alone to be confiscated without compensation i Are we to be deliberately robbed of rights purchased and paid for to the value of many millions , and our claim to an equival en t con temptuously ignored I If it be for the public ad antage that our privileges should be taken from us, let them be honestly paid for. The law itself compelled us to sink our capital in the investment. The law that strips it of its value must provide for our reimbursement. • The-retail 'sale of spirits and wine is the prop and mainstay of the business of the licensed victualler. Without Oka-profits. the license yields, the business of the hotel, and especially o f the country innisepet, would be in great measure unprofit able. It must fall into the hands of a lower and less respect able class, **Ole, 'having nothing else to lose by the-loss -of-F. license rendered valueless, and having invested no capital in the purchase of the lease of licensed premises, enter into no available recognisances to the magistrates to keep decency and order, and give no security to the revenue to observe its lasts. It is notorious that the edict of the Praetor Nautce Caupones Stabularii, adopted by our law from that of Rome, had its origin in the fact that unprivileged innkeepers, stablers. and carriers in ancient times were found to be in league with thieyes for the plunder of their guests. It is essential to the security of the property, and to the accommodation, oi-the travelling public, especially in country places, that the profits of i he hotel and inn keeper should be such as to afford guarantees of his responsibility peconiarily, and his respectability morally, that he should be selected-in-the first instance by the magistrates who know hiok, and remain constantly under their necessary superviaion. To pass the measures proposed by Mr. Seymer oncl the Chancel* of the Exchequer. would destroy the profits of the re-speetable innkeeper, and thereby niaterisity affect the travelling security of foreign strangers, and the comfort of the community, Millions worth of the property of the wayfaring public are daily entrusted to the custody of licensed victuallers, who are by law responsible for its safety, and by their capital enabled to meet the loss. Is it wise to degrade the position of a class so essential to the public accommodation, by the destruction of their profits ?, If the real aim of the provisions we object to be to proclaim free trade in the retail of wine and spixits, and to abolishthe magisterial licensing system, let it be done honestly and openly. Let the House of Commons know -distinctly that the broad question is • put in issue. Let as know ishat as to be our fate, and put us out of pain either of the suspense of hope, or of the fear -of- ruin. Do not- nibble away our property- by inapee. ceptible degrees, or in, driblets which surely exhaust us at last, but do not warn us sufficiently to, prepare us to meet ow posi tion. The pretext of carrying out the policy of free trade is transparent y disingenuous. It isnot free trade to, let one man retail wine and another beer, while each is prohibited from vending the other. It 'is not free trade to prevent one man from selling less than one-sixth of a g . allon of spirits, and to allow. another to do it ; to require a license from the brewer, but none from the baker ; partially to restrict the publican in his hours, but allow the grocer to keep open if he pleases, the whole four-and-twenty. The measures equally of Mr. Seymer and Mr. Gladstone are a virtual acknowledgment that the vending of fermented liquors is a case totally exceptional to that of any other business requiring restriction Mid control, for the security of the revenue, of public Mier,' and of social morality. If the principle of fl'ee t. AO- •is *mired in reference to this branch 4f enterprise, why is it constantly conjured op to he thrown at the licensed victuallers'? If °At business is to be subjected to the competition common to other ' trades, why are we alone taxed heayily every year f ox a license?. Why have we to ask and to pay for leave to earn a living, when the butcher and the baker are left to, trade with out impeclinatot 3 There is a sound distinction raised by the legislature betwixt ontaxed nemosaries, and the taxed luxuries a-sonitasl c to hje o f ur re p v r en ej u udte, l 2t l I to 6: . g ur f liffr,arieherionlefi,lomtiedthtoe w stat e e xc ci e ra p vi be treated as coming under the category ebrdnuln-tonll .othets . callings, whenever we plead the exception in our favour Ore there not a sufficient number of our est a bli s h ments open for public accommodation, and to guard it against th e evil s o f monopoly? Is titers any pretext for imputi ng soc i al inconve nience to the present system 1 The complaints of the com munity are all the other way , that there are too many of us , tkat the temptations to debauchery are a l ready too great, that the present amount of competition tempts too many to anordi- , THE , GREAT ,TASMANIA: INVESTIGATION' AT THE CORONER'S COURT; YESTERDAY ' 'f • The inquest in this e x traordinary eaFte'l4EtS ebtrimeneed yesterday, upon the bodies pf the followiug 2 soldiergnow lying dead, some in the workhouse and some in the dead-' house :—Thomas Holt,- 'John Murphy, Wm. Mathi4s, Thomas Beach, William Coleman, James Pyett, and John Phillips. 7- The following jury were sworn in :—Thomas Gibson (forernalf),'Samuel Richardson, Edward Gundy, Thomas Syers, Thomas W. Shaw, Thomas P. Walker, Watson Peck, Wm. Tassell, Bothwick, Hugh o‘ven, Edward Hartley, Hy. Longsteth; Geo. Hetiitson, George Medley, and John Tilley. Mr. Lawford;,the solicitor to the India-office appeared for the Secretary of State for India, to watch the ,case on behalf of the Government; Mr. J. B. Aspinall, barrister instructed by Mr.: Bateson, appeared •for the military officers in charge of the troops; and Mr. Forshaw for the captain and owners of the ship. The-CORONER, addressing the jury, said, the Under Secretary of State for India ,was present and wished to make a few observations. The FOREMAN said, before hearing that gentleman the jury had, a very strong unanimous wish ,to hold the inquiry at the workhouse, on the,ground of .humanity to the men who were laid there on sick beds. The jury' theught 4 wonld 1:,00 irilinman, 'to say the . least of it, to, bring those men down to tiny couit in fife town, unless they had been finally. discharged by: ,the miaie a l 'flan who attended them in the workhouse. The ConosTEß said he had made an arrangement to hold the inquiry at St. George's-hall, which would be not only more convenient for the jury, but also for the professional men engaged" in the case, 'and lie h. al arranged with the governor of the workhouse to bring fr(hia foir men from the hospital inn car. and to take them back again 4.140 i 4 The FoREN4N sgid that, 'having_ seen ". the 'ntn Qll their sick beds on Saturday, the jury had a very Wong desire to hold the inquiry at the workhouse, but how ever they must give way, and bow to the decision of the court. If the men were brought-down to Sti George's hall or to the Coroner's Court, .there might be, some 'clia ;08141T thotigh = Cit would•be-very eh more hainape to hp s i t hp,.;.i ivt i r y 84 the sot. ',Yes 'abundance of evidence to be MP hefOre thei .gai'tn` fli4t filirSilf 'the I case where it would be ROOM* I i pall any of the sick men. The inquiry couli he opened in St, Clamp's hall, and, if necessary, adjourned to the workhouse. . Mr. T. G. BARING, Under-Secretary Of - State for India, sa'd,--11 wish to say, Mr. Coroner, that I have come *Where on the mixt of the t r atary of State, partly to see that 'aid igto t ti) . 6 q holsPitqf vete properly cared for, which, I am happy to say, fa the'base to the greatest possible extent ; for, having seen many hospitals, I never .saw a hospital in et better .state • than the 'hospital of the" workhouse, of men who were more Anu§triy,sstisfied with the , treatment they received there. 'cii4e, `alsß, to hotroi, ororier,' that the secretary fifittg of' the Council )yiihes 'thi§ ease Woad he fully rind eompietPli iiiveraist e a has directed Mr. fawford, the solicitor to the India_ Ace, to attend for the purpose - of - affording any auk lance, and getting any further - information which the Coroner may require; to investigate the case. It appears 10 file Oft it Ninp.ild he useful in the enquiry, th at t h e provisions remaining in thFs.bili shoidd Be sube , •ed . bY 091pfte0 -. :iart4 . 4.44 eve ' 1 4 6 04e . - dit umirwit ' 411 m i /fr o m 4.gents here 144 that sdr vey as soon as pioSihic, ThO F9nßwitor---Does that include a sample' of the lime-juke The CORONER—Everything. • The FOREMAN said there was on the jury Mr. Walker, a member of the Pharmaceutical Society- of great Iritlith and it Blight be of assistance to the jury W a 1/44 0 4 hi We pion logs were pLrect in NS 4afids for e*ernination• The inquiry was then adjourned to the Nisi prig Court at sat. Georges-hall. The CORONER having taken his seat said, it had been suggested that the survey of the remaining stores should be entrusted to Lieutenant Prior and Lieutenant Bouchier,_ two Government emigration officers at this port, and he thought there could not be two more coapeteat genttenley . fp s s iR l l an o ffice.. The .rOREIN said the pry tnsea stores fOf themselyes. The jury were o opinion tb4Ctbey ought to go.ddwn - to the ship and inspect the remajninc, stores and provisions. As to coupling anyone with the two Government officers; to examine the stores, the ' jury thought, it would be wise to. ask Dr. Inman to undertake the duty. The CORONER said he was quite willing, for Dr. Inman was'a most respectable man. - - - M. A sprNA'i , i , said he had no interest in the ma tt er , lint lie woi,ila - .Obserye that 00010 no one would question Dr. Inman's eminent fitness fOr anythingcif the find, it had been thought that snipe provision merchant conki have been employed te) inspect the stores, rather than a medical man. The CORONER thought it would be better to appoint a provision merchant The FbREMAN said there was this difficulty in the way of such a proposal, that provision dealers were not practical men generally, and sent stores on board ships out of bond. Mr. "TALKER (a inryman)„..said thatin Bitch a_casa as this: an analytical Chemist. was not iet t iiired; 'lint 'a Mi9rosooOst wciuld be extremely useful. It was—well: known that there was not a more eminent microicoPfst in the kingdom than Dr. Inman. The CORONER said Dr. Inman should be communicated With on the matter. As to visiting the-ship, the jury, could go down later on in the day. Mr. George Can, the governor of the Liverpool workliOnse, was the first witness Added, and e4ainined by the coroner. On Thursday evening, the 15th inst., a number of soldiers, about 192, were, brought from the GreafTasmania to the workhouse. Some came in cabs, but the greet majority were bought in spring carts. The spring carts were not covered, hut, I had sent down from the workhouse stores about sixty coverlets to the Great Landing-stage. I at first understood there were only silty men pemlng to the hospital from the Great Tasmania. One of 'the men on arrival at th'e workhOn.se was found dead, lying on his back in the spring cart. was told his name was Thomas Beach. lie was emaciated and very much wasted away, and very naked. Not a single one of the 102 men were able to come into the wards without assistance, and the great majority had to be carried on th e b ac k s o f th e able-bodied paupers and officials at the workhouse. They all appeared to be deficient in clothing, and they were all crying out that they were' cold and wanted fire. A great number of them wore the linen trousers, which were only suitable for a hot climate. The net morning report gas made that two more of the men had died, William Coleman and James Pyett. 04 the 17th, John Phillips died ; this moraine. two Others were reported dead—John Purcell and William Bird. The men appeared to be generally laboaring under dysentery, scurvy, and gene ral ,debility: or exhaustion. None of them are yet convalescent, and some of them are in a dangerous condition. Py the Jury—ln the case of the ban Beech, he wore linen tronseFs, nq *bees nor stockings, no drawers, a cotton ow, nnd tern singlet; the weight, of the platllpa on his body weighed 1 lb. 15 oz., and they were all saturated with water. It was raining when the men were brought to the workhouse; and save an occasional-blan ket, they had no covering except the coverlets I sent. A gentleman frOM Mr. 11,attilloile!s, ,applied tn , me fer the rugs, - The next day thirty-seven more men were brought. They are now under the care of -the ,parish surgeon and parish officers. Mr. Rathbone said expense in making the men comfortable must not be spared. I was told that the second lot of men were also brought in spring carts. The men were all perfectly sober when . they came into the house. • They were loud in their complaints about want of bed clothing, bad food, and being short of water when 'on board the vessel. By Mr. ASPINALL—I don't know who sent the carts. It was fine in the mor4ing, but wpt wlten t l l9 men were brought' up to the workhouse. I never saw the surgeon of the ship ; I only saw Captain Pond ; he was the, only officer connected with the soldiers whom I have seen. By Mr. LAWFORD—I heard Mr. Baring came to the workhouse yesterday.. Every attention had been paid to the soldiers since they came to the workhouse. Mr. Rathbone's instructions are that everything shall be done for the comfort of the men without reference to expense. . Lieutenant Henry Goschen, of the 3rd Bengal Euro pean Regiment, deposed as follows—We embarked on board the Great Tasmania at Calcutta, on the 9th of November, for Liverpool. We had drafts from nearly every regiment in the service at the same time. There were, including 20 officers, 985 men, 17 women, and 21 children : that. was 'the number, exclusive of the crew. They were pi:imposed as follows , —Engineers, 4 men, 1 woman, and 1 child; Ist Light Cnvalry, 10 men, 1 woman, and 2 children ; 2nd Light Cavalry, 7 men ; 3rd Light Cavalry, 12 m en; 4th Light Cavalry, 5 men ; Bengal Artillery, 30 men, 4 women, and 4 children ; 2nd Bengal Fusiliers, 6 men ; 3rd Bengal Europpons, 18 officers, 487 men, 1 woman, and 2 children; 4th Bengal Europeans, 2 men, 1, woman, and 1 child ; sth Bengal Enrol:mans, 201 men, 9 women, and 10 children ; 3rd .Madrns Europeans, 191 men and 1 child ; Governor-General's band, 1 man t. then . there was the surgeon of the ship and a dispenser of medicines. The surgeon was Dr; Ferinandes, and the dispenser of medicines was, Wm. H. C.- ; _Tessier.; both belonged to her Majesty's service. There was no Other medical man on board but the one I have named. I went out to India three years and a-half ago; I went over land. In a regiment which is supposed to consist of 1,000 men, there is one surgeon and two assistant-surge o ns; but I don't know whether there are any particular regulations on board vessels bringing' troops. I con sider that a sufficient (implement of medical officers for a regiment, especially as they were assisted by hospital stewards, apprentices, and , s(eon. I.think one surgeon and a dispenser of medicines are sufficient on a voyage, because the men are generally considered to he healthier on sea than on shore., I should say the men on the 'whole were sickly, from excesses, when they were taken on board. ; Previous to embarkation they were . ilearly a fortnight in depOt at Chinsurale and it was one on, tinued scene otdrunkenness. On seyeral occasions the men were so drunk that they were unable to turn out on parade in the morning, and they were lying . about on beds, tables and benches, drinking from morning, till night. They sold their beds, clothing, and every thing they could lay hands on to btu drink. Every inducement was green by the sergeant-major and the canteen keeper at Chinsqrah to drink as much as they could hold. The sergeant-major, who was in charge of the canteen, made them take drink and .charged exorbitant prices for it. Ile made an' amazing profit out of them. It was impossible to keep them sober; there were upwards of 1,000 men there: All cases of, driinkenness brought before the command ing officer were severely punished of course, and the men were confined for seven days in the cells. This state of things continued up to the very day of embark ation. It was with the greatest difficulty that we col lected the drunken men on the morning of the embark ation. I cannot say what number of them were invalided. I "helieve some arrangement was made between the government and contractors at Calcutta to put proyWons and other stores on board. I believe the contractors employed were Armuti & Co. Committees to inspect the provisions were held, but not one of the oMoers coming home 'in 'the ship were appointed on these committees. We saw nething of these provisions till we commenced to consume them. (The certificates nate indulgence, in defiance of all the restraints imposed by _the lam. In England and Wales alone there is d licensed house - to every 202 of the - ponolation, while th ere liclinly one pariah church for every 1.484.' " The lesson taught by the results of the ,beee'billyarenot lost. upon society. Th e country is in a state of well-found e d a l arm at the prodigious increase in the number of beer houses. In single parishes in rural villages of 1,100 inhabitants there are fourteen houses of entertainment, and it' is there the complaints of the employers of labour are the loudest. But if the case were otherwise, the law provides the remedy. There is no restriction on the power of the magistrates. They are officer's of the State, appointed by the Crown. They may grant more licensee if public convenience require greater accom modation. is not the fact that they restrict our numbers proof tkat the good order of society requires it, and at the came time that the people are suciently • supplied fo r all pperpur poses ? ffi rolt is open for Ministers of the Crown to plead that the magistrates they themselves appoint, and arm with high judi cial powers over the peop:e are not to be trusted ; and that while t •ey on the one hand continue them in their office, on the other they must pass Acts of Pnrliament to exauctorate them from their ministerial functions, and ignore the exercise of their discretion ? At the bottom of Mr. Seymer's and the Government provisions lie suspicion and distrust of the magis trates. If the Crown cannot rely upon the integrity of its officers, Ministers have no justification for continuing them in the exercise of their functions.• - But-what want of any class is not supplied underthepreaent system ? The middle and higherclasses may have any quantity of wine and spirits in the small measure of two gallons, from Poor EllaY amallegt the wine merchant, while rich and retail quantity of either from the publieen, t Wiltonumed either be on served r off b y the dipstu r remiss, . hat useful object is tobing an arrangement which irantidteataglaeoTnsitilaiwnth?" Willmeets every reasor.ahle want, tio P. produce a better articl e i Has that public have not recorded the sli t he greazer uoinineti, ever dope so in any trade conneoted with the Beer Act su ppressed lbod or drink Has adulteration in beer ? Red uc ti on i n ' price is -afforded only Ike deterioration in quality. disclosures of the war in which wine is tam The rep ea t e d pered with in tale cloaks and otherwise is a proof of what is t o be -expect eik from extending to wine and spirits the unlimited foeill,tiae a of - sale given at present to beer ; while ire unlicensed a w e al . ..,....,....,. nropcsill. now before Isarlda alone has been the subject of many porta and: ennie rossi -g it w s `4 adulteration and abuse, and of a ment for providing the maehiitery. , of an a lysis ta detect and check imposition. In regard to -,,Mr- St',E:naer's motion, it is earl Et I — ., that in effect it mean§ hoe trade in alcohol'. - The reeohition does not define •.` spirits."- A gill 4 gin. diluted with water or the word anythi•ng else, would cover iis terms. Who is to say the -bottle not 'les& than one-sixth of a gallon, is full when sold i At the article may be contained in any kind of hottlok wooteE 130 W eakkiti,V , ld the condition of quantity and 4, evaded. Increased alcoholic strength would bear a udit. e,. quantity of water. Next door to, or opposite the ,api t slim drinkers might club their pence. The mereliam ~,,,,e , , t Hii _tl!, he' tern& thus provide the room for consumption, while Ina kept Joinin g to woe 4 '`-- prem" is not premise§ for the sale. The beerseller would to accommodate les cuato net,., . and next to that definSd in the resolution. Tottuded from ids tap b y es pio.titi3n Of spirits. The cook, 'confectioner. or party wall, might bi. his spirit shop, his room , the consuntntioll shell-fi.hlitetwe*, cigar merchant, .may suffer his Premises to be used by his customers, baying their gin next door. The hie' Et bleak for sale of 4 bottle of whitky over the emmter will moving off to next door which have never ni-a- i .4.... s-io, 4auty. The most vigilant officer would have no ti tie tA b but onll. - Iteed -' y indiViduals who tfiter--firetaises not requiring a license ft, sell, consume ; and if he did, how could- he tell that the drink on OA Who requires no the table was not that aolctisy the beer seller or eciok, at the counter of his lieeinteds,pint shop over the w mar vouch for a ny t his regula r permit, a_rfl whoi . • r cus tomcat,. e . hocise,lo say they purc has e d, Tke, provision of the Chaneellex oT the Ricoliequer for licensing is to . facilitate the sale and encou refreshment rooms tq sell wines is still more objectionable in principle, Its eto.Wed o. l stEst , rage the. 4ousuiriptiOn of dkkty tali n g wine ; in other wordi,, not . f or th e , regida,tion and reotn ti , but for the extenAn n o f drinking and the imicense of its temptationg. • A n d * ha , sort iof drink ? A 4 , renpshment room i /KIS ant' mon a bkers, i butcher's, tobacconist's, a cook's. or confeeioner's. 'Phev are, however, not to allow the brew r. the distiller, the eolonial planter to have an opportunit,t ot coMpetition against - the foreign wine grower. Thekt enstonaers will call in, vain Inr stout, homebrewed, NM , gi;rl , . or whisky. Route produce thee Claret,. burgund:e4 nod other foreign pro f to r. fuse tn seat) a n d s are ,dupc.to.be favoured at the ex liense of the industry Of British si,i,fijeo:. .Ts that tenable firal position ? To give. a wine 'Wrote to evert' subject who Pays for it, is to j legalise every . pl. e. of nubile resort, every club-6T diisipition, everYtialnee of assignation, every 'rendezvous. of viee or cr i me _ A hut, a stable, a coivahed, a travelling waggon will be covered by the definition. With wine to sell and spirits to smuggle under Mr. Seynier's provision, the number .of "refreshment rooms" will increase to hundreds of thousands. Ever t now mart' beer houses, especially in country places, are the haunts of:burglars, ICarnwaymen and harpers. What anapiint of constabulary, what bench of magistrates rnuld cope with or controls or perhaps half, a millien quarter. ,oinovly-opened places of res o rt? Would not such a gigantic syktem become wholly unmanage able ? If it were found to he injuriene and daueroua, eauld it be, suppressed after va s t, varied , 6 - -- new ' inteteses . bad been called lino being •by the . folly of Parliament ?. A - new reform bill, reducing franchise to Eln, and the borough suffrage the county to £6, will give every reirealonent room a qualification, make every place of resogit a rendezvous for political Agitation and a focus for too 'much poli electors. It is charged upon us that we liave tical influence now. What Parliament will be able : to eop e with the refreshment-room interest' indefinitely multiplied, when its advantage is OPPOsed t 4 tha„t of the public 1 what government will be able toNsillsstE4ut tEl e•illlPortunities. of such inous of enfranchlood PP. tittioneNs?.. Whatever, therefore, iti done now will he done irrevocably', Tentative legislation is impossible where vast new interests depend upon making what is etperimental Permtment, • • • Is drunkenness mat su ffi ciently prevalent now, that we shmild quadruple its opportunities and temptations! Women now are ashamed to be seen at the bar of 'beer or publialionses. They resort to the pastrycooks, the confectioners, the eating house. But if they can find wine where the. resort only for pastry, soup, or coffee, the question will be, not how many indulge in wine, but how few abstain 'P in Scotland, where licensing . was indiscriminate, the drunkenness of women became alarming. To bribe them, to buy his tea and sugar, the grocer treated servant girls to port or Whisky ; 'And under nretence of inakingptirehases Of neoessaries, the wives of the himalder._ ulasses treated themselves to a gossip and a - dram. The Prea,mble to the Ant reealling the right of indiscriminate licimaint-deklitrii*" , That- great evils have been found to wise from the granting certificates for spirits, wine, &c., to be - eon turned en the nremises, to dealers in provisions anti other such ectomoditip,o The heavy price paid by the publican far tits lease is a recog nisance to the law. The forfeiture of it would amount to an enormous penalty: He •nattst ‘t), order to conciliate the police ; he must protect the. reyenne to protect himself , from conviction. 13qt tthatbail'still refreshment rooms give to the excise or the carstoma? What guarantee need they tender fo r deeelley and order 1,, Their lieenae is of no value ; to forfeit it la to kiae.nothing worth preserving. And all this stimulus to secret feinale.tippling, this avowed incitement by Government itself to wine-lilbbing ; for what' Will it increase the consumption of duty-paying wine ;+ Then it will be at the expense of duty-paying home-made beer and spirits. . If it will not affect the consumption of these ,then it will only not do so by en l arg i ng th e area ".of drinkLig. The people can consuro,e no more than they can pay far-- If they grieved more on taxed wine, the less will remain for tea, yielding aa.ax, of tour hundred per cent., sugar, of two hundred per pent, or tobaoeo, of twelve hundred per cent. ?Wait tiontrol can revenue °teen' have overhucha system? What st a ff or customs or excise could supervise a quarter of a Million of sine shops? It is notoriotts now that spirits. are sold Ander a beer license extensively. ' It 14 throngh the beer houses, whose leases are of no value, that amoggling la risked, ' and facilities given for "moving off" , illicit spirits. Mr. Gladstone proposes to permit the sale of wine. as such,. con taining 40 per cent of aloobalie strenoh.. NVlio ix to distin guikh between strong wine and-weak rum sr-brandy ? Narho is to test it in thowontia of houses in the 'United Kingdom ? How is the tobacconist ar PaStryt3(x* to know when he ex cee d s the law 1' 'H smuggled much sggled gin, whisky, rum, and brandy will be. "moved off" ,by the smuggle' themselv e s, un d er the disguise of other Hayes, when they , may an extemporise houses in their own tenancy fo r the sate o f w i ne s? How many disreputable houses will be stint, against the authorities and informers, but opened to known customers to whom they may supply contraband liquors?: This is no the oaly way in which the revenue would suffer. sluff-shop, ea ting-house, pastry-00a, provisio n ware h ouse, b ,ker's, and grocer's wine scold be manufactured at home. Champagne from rhuh,ar4 gooseberries, or cider already has a place in the marksl. The "13,ritjsh wine -maker" would exert his chemical ingenuity to supply " foreign acin ea .a nne , onsokm , of IL. Customs. Licensed wine•anerelmats are a substantial and respectable body of men. Biit make nine-chinking a taste and habit of the poor, by caffernin encouragement to cheapness and the use of the lowest qualities of vinous produce, and the new houses to be o.Perke4 by the Chancellor of the Exehequer o will find w i ne for the million." on the m ost patriotic prin -044,,,, without troubling either France or , Spain. Most assuredly the Exchequer will not get what certainly the dis twet an d th e brewer will lose. The premiutnegnupaor na th e e as tu ur a r oi facture of wine 'being greater than upon an beer, it is obvious that to turn the taste of the masses in the direction of claret or cheap sherry is to give a stimulus to the consumption of a totally unprodoctive British imitation, from which the revenue must materially suffer. Is the budget not anfficiently experime n t a l alieadv, without adding to its hazards by such a social and f iscal revolution as au thies sive and xten and substantial an orde ing to strike- at the WIG% of to e prosperity of j r a society as ours 1 . ,Are the. • representations of the police, the almost unanimous on viction of the magistrates, th,e evidence of the g h Au' -man or the Board or Excise; is all Oils overarlieliniiia: —-' t irls,3' authority Against inchscrin t i na te li cens i ng to be totally ignoredf merely that the conschription or British liquors may b e s(‘(ted in favour of foreign w i nes ? Is the _whole 3PastsluePgiset lotion on the subject of licensing', extending over hundreds of year s , and uniformly recognising the necisitv'of nagisterial limitation and control to be summarily explod ed u as an anti foreignd, teeforee on our masses an at far commodit , es at the expense of native produce t l ste i not necessary to the completion of the treata' ; it is not --t en ts tial to:the scheme of the budget; it Will hazard, but canno; increase the relienne. ' • ' As to the motion '.of Sir:. Josenb, Paxton, that the wine license to refreshment rooms,_ " shall include the,_ p ow e r , lif . selling. beer in bottles," we. w ould hope that it , is unneces sary to elaborate the exposition of the absurdity - which lies on its:krtace, A wine license to sell beer. is a practical bull-4 sell beer "in bottles," while nothing , ,is said about qurgity or conditiom is ,merely to prokribe jugs and quart pots, and to make legislation .ridiculous. Already in Paris, because the tariff restricts cabarets in the; sale pf .... nitliell ate. in draft, the law is evaded by drainingit,4orn the cask into a bottle in place of running it into a tumbler or spot. In conclusion, we would respectfully ask if public opinion is to go fornothing with Caavennuetit? ' We are not aware of a single meeting being held ,of petition: presented to throw the wine and spirit trade open, while hundreds of both hive appeared to, increase the restrictions won and circumscribe tke munber of places for the consumption of intoxicatin g drinks. The clergy of all denominations, with their congre gations, philanthropie , and educational bodies, the judges from the bench, recorders bebre the grand jun:, base all denounced the increase Of tempfailons — " to the con sumption of beverages which stimulate to crime. Are these protests againit a headlong policy to be ignored by ministers ? We cannot' afford to violate the law, to defraud the revenue, to incur penalties. How 'can we compete with those wh o have nothing to lose—to whom the risk of detection is without hazard, and whom the amercement of fines wo u ld l eave no poorer than before'" Deprive us of our profits, and whe re w ill be .safety for trAvelling strang i srs, or our waarmg public—what Rill become the character o our waysi de houses, and decent country inns? ' ' We entreat for these suggestions the candid consideration of the Government. We had certainly understood that Sir C. tion to. the Maraschino Act, Wood, in deprecating our ciPP"i had applied something like an assurance that we were not to be further disturbed. We urgently solicit now that a final period may be put to the course of meddling legislation, which keeps Ai in sit :penile and bur trade in uncertainty. - . (dy order) ClC?enrge Adams; Chairman, Thomas Smith, Secretary : Lon don Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, 90, Parringdon , street. ' ..E.d. witr a Harcourt, Chairman, -Thomas Harri son, , Secretarr-. Birinyi* gham United Towns' Association and- National Detence League, 11, Moore-ttreet, 'Birmingham. Andrew. Bobbie, Chairman, George Candelet, Secretary Manchester Licensed 'Victuallers' Association, 25, Brazennosea street, Manchester. Matthew Warriner, Chairman, 4: If. Crossna,an, Secretary Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Association,'West Derby -road: H. E. Allen, Chairman, Henry Morrish, Secretary s Bristol Licensed Victuallet a' Association, Higlasstreet„ John Bland, Chairman, George Skinner, Secretary : Sheffield Licensed Victuallers' Association,-Nia,- Westfield-lib:re, West street. . M. Brown, Chairman, Samuel Clearer, s ecretary 1 Leicester Lice; sed Vichialleas! Asaogiation, No rthanipton-iguare. •-- 9Q, rarringdon,street, March 10, Woo. Mr. DANSON next add,ressetl the meeting, Re said, As a member of the deputation that waited upau -the Ohancellor of the. Exchequer, he could fully agree with th e chairman's , remarks up on the promis e th a t - M r , Qitidstone Olen made to place the g rant i ng of ' the " . 'licenses wider - the. surveillance of the magistrates, In the bill,*s...it alskar.stood,-b.orase, hothiott-ef—the-eort had been introduced. -It Was true it did contain some slight restrictions, , liiit theylwere of no more effect than the -prestur,--reskietiQUS_oll beef.-houses, :In the ewe of beer-.bou t les r ,it was a - riOtoriousftrot it-sue.t the magistrates were in many instance even unable to exercise the slight amount of powei, they possessed,' 'Now by this' bill they , I were going to give the ,privileges of licensed victuallers tu all t , sorts. of houses, without placing them under any further .yestraint than that which had been found so inefgeient in th ease of beer-houses. As the deputation erpthitiod to-tire Chancellor of the - Exelialtief, Thririr ,would virtu a lly extend the beer ho use system, in its j ..- , *worst and m os t o bj ect i onable form 'The provisions which I 'heSl_43teßintr_oiluoecl fet-the_proteetion-of thefair.trader 1 I were simply a subterfuge ,and a 4.allacy. This point I of the Ilon-protection of the fair trader was pressed upon Me, Gladstones notice, „but, it appeared, without any ffeet. 'On re a di ng the memorial for the first time, he hought the language was rather strong ; but there was nothing in it inconsistent with the facts of the case. It Tin expectation that the habits of society be improved bN substituting a taste for wine in the room of beer or spirits, is POrely chimerital. In.. the countries, such as. Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, America, where the duties are are less than those prop,osfd by the budge. win e is wry little used among communities remarkable for addiction to drinking. In France itsen beer is preferred by the working classes wherever its, price does not greatly exceed.that W wine. Th€ , Onotint of ' the intoxicating element in beer of aterage strength does , not , exceed 12 per cent., while the_msnuatto alcoholic strength contemplated in the wine of the refreshment rooms is 18 per cent., rising ta three times the strength of beer, or to 40 per cent. in inebriating capacity. In Spain wine con tains 33i per cent. of alcohol, which can be had cheaper, and in greater quantity, than that of France. Should a license be granted. intoxication will be as easy at the refreshment room as at the beer house. ' could not be s iid that•the interests of the licensed vic -tnallers were brought forward too prominently in it ; ()Ai the contrary it . consulted the interests of society at large equally with those of, the licensed victuallers. He thought that the importance of the question required ,that a general' meeting of the trade . should be held, at which they might express their opinion of the measure. Previous to doing this, it was essential that the present committee should express a decided opinion on the subject. He had, therefore, great pleasure in moving the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That this committee, having considered the provisions of the bill introduced by Government, and entitled the Refresh ment Houses and Wine Licenses Bill,' is of opinion that, so far as relates to the granting of wine licenses, the same is calculated to destroy the interests of the licensed victuallers, without benetitting any class of her Majesty's subjects; we are further of opinion that its operation will prove most injurious to society at large, by affording easy facilities for the opening of houses of very doubtful character as refreshment and eating houses for the sale of wines —thereby tending to increase disorder in the streets ; entailing additional police duty, an augmented police staff, and higher borough rates. We are, there fore, resolved to use all legitimate means in order to prevent the passing of the bill." The motion was Fe !onded and carried unanimously. A discu,sion here ensued as to the meaning of the 4th section of the bill. The SECRETARY stated that he had written a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking if it was contemplated to allow ' beer-houses to take out a wine license. To that letter he had not yet received an answer; but the same question was put to Mr. Glad stone on Friday night by Mr. Edwin James, when a very evasive answer was returned. Mr. DANSON said the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made great professions, and he did not see why he should now be so double-dealing towards them. He agreed with the chairman in saying that the Chancellor, seeing his firm footing in the House, h a d now resolved to throw them overboard. It was proposed by Mr. Curwin, and seconded by Mr. Coward, that a deputation consisting of three of their members should wait upon the Mayor and the chairman of the Watch Committee to represent the case to them, Mr. DAVSCIN proposed that their solicitor be requested to draw up an abstract of the bill, and that the same should be printed and circulated to the trade, in order that all might know the real question at issue, and be prepared to give an opinion at the meeting on Thursday. The proceedings then terminated. WILLIAM pAYLIFF, BILLIARD TABL MAKER, 15, HOUGHTON-STREET, LIVERPOOL. 119au27 MERICAN SOLACE!! Smokers who want A REALLY GOOD PIPE OF TOBACCO, Are recommended to try the above. NINE GENUINE EXCEPT BOLD BY C. 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