Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) HOUSE OF LORDS. -FRIDAY. The house met at five o'clock. THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S ANNUITY. The Princess Royal's Annuity Bill was read a third time and passed. • RIBBONISif IN IRELAND. The Earl of LEITRIM ask e d h er M a j es ty's ministers why the protect ion of the police was to be removed from David Stuart, in the county Leitrim, and why the government should reqnire him to emigrate, or otherwise provide for his personal safety, and to what extent the persecution of protestants was to be permitted. He charged the Lord- Lieutenant with partizanship, and said he had never before known a Governor of Ireland who took such a part in the Justice of the country. Earl GuiNviux said the protection was not withdrawn from Mr. Stuart, nor was there any intention to do so. The charges against the Lord-Lieutenant, he thought, would be best answered by the general report of all politi cal persons for him. He could not understand the latter part of the question. Lord DUNGANNON complained that justice was not done to Protestants in Ireland, and stated that in Dublin ladies Were pelted going to the school, and the Roman Catholics not only refused to give them their assistance, but cheered on the offenders. After some further discussion the subject dropped. TRANSPORTATION. The Earl of Haaßownur moved the second reading of the Transportation and Penal Servitude Bill, and entered into an explanation of its provisions. Lord CAMPBELL condemned the measure upon the ground that it would lead to convicts being treated as favoured emigrants. Earl GREY reviewed the whole system of transportation, remarking that their object should be to give a convict habits of industry, He supported the bill. After some remarks from the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Dungannon, and the Earl of Derby, the bill then went through committee. DIVORCE BILL. On the report of amendments to the Divorce and Matri monial Causes Bill being brought up, Lord NELSON moved an amendment, to the effect that the marriage of persons divorced a vinculo, should be Confined to civil contract in a registrar's office. The amendment gave rise to a long discussion, and, on a division, was negatived by seventeen votes to twenty. The report was then agreed to. The Bzsiio of OXFORD gave notice that, on the third reading of this bill, he should move that it be read a third time that day six months. Lord NELSON gave notice that he should avail himself o that opportunity to re• ew his amendment. The Cinque Ports Bill was read a third time and passed• The house adjourned at half-past nine. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. ATHLONE ELECTION BILL. A report was announced from the Committee cf Recog nizance stating that the Recognizances of the Election Petition of Mr. John 111‘Donald, relating to the borough of Athlone were objectionable. The petition was accordingly discharged. DUCHY OF LANCASTER COMMITTEE. The Select Committee on the Duchy of Lancaster was aPPointed, consisting of Colonel S. Esteourt, Lord Goderiche, Mr. Bramston, Lord H. Vane, and Mr. J. H . Ramilton. Oa the motion of Mr. Cunningham, The petition of Mr. Bertolacci was ordered to be re ferred to the committee. R AILWAY TRAFFIC. b _ldr. D. GRIFFITHS gave notice of a bill to amend th e 414i1 WaY Traffic Act, 17 and 18 Vic., cap. 31. TROOPS FOR CHINA . In reply to questions urged by Mr. Laurie, Sir JCIIN RAMSDRN said that a portion of the troops for China were now on their way from the Mauritius to their destination. There was no intention to draw upon the force at the Mauritius to replace the Expeditions to China. The men would receive the same allowance as those now at Hong Kong, and the Govern ment saw no reason for making any alteration. THE REFORMATO RY RILL. In answer to Sir E. KERRISON, Sir GEORGE GRAY said he produced to introduce a clause in the Reformatory Schools Bill in Committee, to render more effectual the power of obtaining money from parents for the maintenance of their children in reforma tory schools. THE LAST "DRAWING ROOM." Mr. G. DUNDAS drew attention to the inconvenience to persons attending Her Majesty's Drawing-room, from the narrowness of the corridors. Sir B. liQ'ta - d - m - i - t . t - edtce grievance, and stated that he had reeeived instructions to prepare a plan for the en largement of the accommodation at St. James's Palace. In reply to Lord MANNERS, ohe right hon. baronet said no steps would be taken in tthe matter without consulting Parliamen•; COMMIT= OP . After some di scuss i on as to the SUPPLY expenses of works in St. James's Park, the house went into Committee of Supply, and WILSON rose, in accordance with the intimation of 1 118 intention given by him on the previous day. to present an explanation of the causes of the large increase in the Civil Service estimates of late years. He stated, from a increase in presented t o th e h ouse, t h at t h ere was an in these estimates , since 1838, of £2,393,000 in that year to £ 6 ,724,000 i n 18 56 ; that was suff i cient to g i ve rise to anxiety in the mind of persons who gave their attention to these matters ; but he should state that a large proportion of the amount was caused by transferencies from the Consolidated Fund to the annual votes. Esti mates had been increased between 1852 and 1856, by no less than £2,300,000. In 1852 the amount was £ 4 ,407,000; in 1853, £4,802,000; in 1854, £6,648,000; in 1855, £6,586,000 • and in 1856, £6,724,000 being an increase of £lOO,OOO over 1854 and £,2316,000 over 1852. This increase was owing, in a great measure, to the transference of charges to the annual votes from the consolidated fund by Mr. Gladstone, in 1854. Thirty four items were so transferred, amounting to £1,436,000, and this reduced the increase to £BBO,OOO. There had been an increase in the English Education vote of £291,000; in the Irish, of £63,000 ; in the Department of Science and Art of £25,000 ; in the National Gallery vote, of Xl5OOO —making a total of £396 000. In 1852 the Education vote, including England and Ireland, amounted to £461,000 ; in 1856, 759,000 ; and this year to £850,000. He remembered when the vote for Education was about £263,000, and objection was taken ; Lord John Russell expressed hope that it would increase to £500,000; and the sum asked for, f m England, this year, was £541,000. The next item of increase to which he would call attention was for Holyhead Harboer. An harbour of refuge, which amounted in 1856, as compared with 1852, to £lBO,OOO. This was attributable to the number of vessels availing thenvelves of the advantage afforded by the harbour at Holyhead, and the necessity for increasing the harbour accommodation along the coasts. Thq government had had to ask for increase upon increase for this purpose, till the last possible increase had been adopted, and the scheme now stood as originally proposed, and would cost £1,198,000. Upon printing and stationery there was an increase, since 1852, of £261,000, which was attributable to the transference to the stationery depart ment of paper, books, and documents of all departments, and the increased demand for printing in the country. Upon the printing of patents there was a gain, the cost b e i ng £40,000, and the fee s amount i ng to £lOO,OOO. The next item to which he referred was for prisons and convicts, upon which he showed en increase in 1856 over 1852, of £116,000: this amount was owing to the necessary maintenance of two system s; th e transportat i on system , f or convicts un d er s entence before th e a b an d onment o f th e system, and th e present System together there was an increase under the head of Convict Establishment abroad, which arose from an increase recently made in the salaries of officials. There was an increase of £Bl,OOO in the public building's vote in 1856 , as compared with 1852, which he explained in reference to the transferrence of charges—to the require ments of education science, and art, and the extension of official and national buildings. With these explanations he left it to the house to declare whether the system now followed should be continued; and concluded his remarks by moving the first vote of the estimates, £136,146, for Royal Palaces and Parks. Sir JOHN PAMINOTON objected to the course taken by the Secretary of the Treasury, for deferring his explanation till they got into committee ; but with regard to the state ment he considered it remarkably lucid and satisfactory. Mr. BRISCOE joined in the recommendations of Mr. Wilson's speech. The discussions turned upon several items of the esti mates. and much confusion arose from the general discus sion turning upon the multitude of questions involved in the estimates ; this led to a motion to report progress, upon which, Mr. DISRABLI, pointing to the difficulties of the debate, attributing These to the coarse pursued by the government Ultimately, a suggestion, made by Sir B. Hall, to withdraw the vote, and bring it up in three items, was adopted. The next vote for parks and pleasure grounds gave rise to some discussion and the confusion again arising, The motion to report progress was agreed to and The House resumed— MISCELLANZOITS BILLS. The Joint Stock Companies Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Sound Dues Bill went through Committee. The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at half-past twelve. THE MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL. (FROM OUR OWN REPORT/MO HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. The Committee on the Mersey Conservancy and Docks Bill me t to-day, at twelve o'clock, Sir James Graham in the chair. Mr. anurnEworra's examination in chief was resumed. He read the petition of the Corporation against the bill for co stituting the Birkenhead Decks in 1144 ; also the petition of Vie Council to the House of Lords in 1845. against the Birkenhead Dock Company's Bill. At the time of the first dock act, in the reign of s;ueen Anne, Liver pool was an insiznificant place, but from that date its progress has been marked. The Corporation initiated th it bill, and gave the land for the construction of the dock, as well as borrowing 46,000 to carry out the works, and they gave out of their funds .€sao towards the completion of the dock The next dock act stated that the money raised under the preceding one was insufficient, and provided for more money being raised. The Corporation also gave .41,000 more towards the completion of the dock. and leased the lands adjoining on long leases, devoting the fines to dock purposes. They also made a land-mark, called toe Perch, on the Cheshire s:te of the entran e to the Mersey, and a similar mark at Formby. These were voluntary acts for the benefit of trade. They gave 41,00:i and land for the Salthonse Dock, but got from them powers to borrow money for the completion of that dock, and subsequently they loaned money, which was rep id towards tie completion of that dock. They constructed graving docks as dia. inct from the dock trust. In the act of 1762, for making the George's Dock, the Corporation gave the land, and the 21st section of the act provides for the construction of lighthouses at the entrance to the port and harbour of Liverpool. Toe preamble stated, that " whereas there is no fund provided for answering the good purposes aforesaid," and the clause provides that land should be bought for the erection of lighthouses then on, and that dues should be levied on shipping. The Corporation advanced the money, which was repaid; and under the act, 425,000 was authorised. Up to 1810 the docks were solely in the hands of the Corporati n, as Dock Trustees. Since then the trade of the ort has greatly increased. In 1752 the number of vessel's entering the port is not given, but the amount received for dock rates was only 41.776. The first year in which the number of vessels is given is in 1757, an they were then 1,371 vessels, and the dock dues received were 42,336 15s Up to June, 1856, the vessels in the year entering the port were 20,886, and the dues were £326,801 7s. 10d. The tonnage is first given in the dock accounts in the year 1800, when it was 450,060, inward and out ward. In 1856, the tonnage was 4,320,618 tons. The CHAIRM (N—Then these are dock dues only as distinguished from town du , ? Mr. HUTTLEWORTH —The dock dues are distinguished from the town dues. The dues recaivednp to 1811 by the dock trustees were only on Mail s, not on goods. in 1856 the dues were both on tonnage and go , ds, and it-e Irrespective of town does. The Dock Trust is unlike a..y great public company, where dividends are paid. There is no dividend or profit derided from them. The Dock Trust barrow money to carry out the acts of Parliament; we receive the dues towards the payfr.ent of interest of the money and the working expenses. There is no dividend whatever—no profit whatever—the benefit goes to the trade. The time and trouble of the managers of the docks are given gratuitously for the benefit of the trade. The Corporation also paid out of their funds grants for improving the com merce of the port. In 1719 they made a grant for improving the com merce of the port—that is, to the water committee of the river Weaver to open up the Cheshire salt fields. In .719 they took a similar course in reference to the river Douglas, paying a portion of the expenses of obtaining the bill. The CHAIR MAN - What was the amount contributed? Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH —About £2OO on each occas'on. The Corpora tion did not gain anything to themselves. hat they did was simply for the improvement of the p rt. In 1757 the Corporation avreed to pay the expenses of the survey of the river Weaver, in order to render it navigable up to Naatwich. In 1754 they contributed towards a survey which led to the formation of the S , inkey canal. I believe that was the first navigable canal constructed in England. The Corporation advanced .e3OO towards the expenses of obtaining the act, and t ey gave gratis from their own quarry the stone for the con struction of the works. 'n 1765 they contributed towards the Grand Trunk Canal, by giving £2.ia towards obtaining the act. In 1767-8 they made a grant towards the Liverpool and Leeds Canal of 0 towards the obtaining of the act. All these are works of great nstional importance. In 17 , 18 the revenue of the Corporation was £2,717, including Town Dues, but exclusive of Dock Dues. The Corporation have also from time to time assisted in improving the communication between the docks and the port to the interior by roads. In 1726 they subscribed to obtaining an act of parliament for making a road from Liverpool to Warrington c and in 1777 they also contributed for a road to Preston. Between 1786 and 1793 the Corporation expended iarze sums of money in improving tF e approaches and making direct roads to the docks. It was in 1786 that the first ae.t was procured for im prov,ng the streets. Mr. PHILLIPS—have the expenses of those improvements been paid out of the corporate purse ? Mr. Sao Tmgwoarn—Under all these acts of Parliament the corpora. tion borrowed money to effect the imp , ovements upon their own bonds, chargeable to their own estate, totally irrespective of and unconnected with any receipts from the docks. From 1786 up to the pras,rit time, the corporation ha , e expended I should say at least £1,000,000 ster ling in the e improvements. The corporation, to keep down their banded aebt, sold therevers , on of the property which they let on lease, to the extent of about £lBO,OOO. at the end of the last century. The CHA i RMAN—I that exclusive of the million ? Mr. Sit UTTLENOHTH —Yes. In 1765 the Corporation contributed half the expenses ..ttendinz an act for providing pilots for Liverpool. Liverpool was also, I believe, the first town in the kingdom that secured the passing of a sanitary act. In 1772 the Corporation erected, at their own expense, a landing place and a machine for weighing coals. In 1775 they were requested by the commercial bodies of the town to lengthen their gravinz dock, so as to enable them to receive three ships at a time. The sum spent in that improve ment was £B.OOO. In 1788 the Corporation expended .e 2,763 in erecting a fort for protectinr, the town during the American war. That fort was erected on the site of the present Prince's Dock. In the next year thy expended £1,523, and gave also a present of land to the Government towards another fort. Pt an expense of £3,0 0 they also raised a regiment of troops for the use of the country. In 1780 they built a tobacco warehouse which cost £ll, 00. That was at the request of the Commissioners of Cus toms, who paid rent for the accommodation. Since then the Corpora tion have expended £70,000 in erecting new tobacco warehouses. In 1789 they made provision for cranes and sheds to be used gratuitously by ships and fiats discharging their cargoes at Liverpool. In 1791 they built an oil house to accommodate the Greenland Fishery Trade at a cot of £5,163, the avenage income being £l6l. In 1793 there was a great commercial panic, and after the Corporation had failed in procuring a loan of £lOO.OOO from the Bank of England to alleviate the commercial distress of the town, they got an Act of Parliament enabl ng them to issue local negotiable notes on the credit of goods deposited. The act was limit dto three years, and during that time trade improved. The CHAIRMAN—What was the amount issued ? Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH—EI4O,OOO. The Oilman i , x—Can you t;11 the loss on that transaction? Mr. SnurnEwoirrn—l believe it was only a few hundreds of pounds —I think about £4OO Mr. PHILLIPS —Does that include the cost of the act ? Mr. SuurnswoaTit—No; there is no account of the cost of that. In 1797 r,the corporation expended £5,633 in putting the docks in a state of defence against the French, who had landed in Wales, and threatened the destruction of Liverpool and the docks. There was no return for that outlay, which was an expenditure out of their own corporate funds, to place the docks in a proper state of defence against a national enemy. Between the years 1775 and 1797 the Corporation lent money to the Local Board of Trade lor commercial purposes to the extant of £11,149, and during that period they paid as bounty to seamen entering the Royal Navy, £2,998 175. 6d, In 1800 the Cor poration passed a resolution, having for its purpose the diminishing of the cost of land to the Dock Trust for dock purposes thereafter. In the same year also they contributed half the expense of a railroad for bringing down stone from Quarry Hill to the Queen's Dock. They gave also, gratuitously, the stone for the construction of the King's, Queen's, George's, and Salthonse Docks. In 1803, at a tme of threatened invasion, the Corporation expended £5,0 1 0 in defences. In 1608 they constructed the Manchester quay and basin for vessels trading to that city, and the upper part of the Mersey. The cast of the work was £5,769 lOs 3d, and from part of the property an income was derived by rent paid by the carriers. In 1805 the cor poration bore half the expense of introducing the bonding and ware housingsystem into Liverpool. The sum of X 68,436 was expended by them on the construction of the King's dock tobacco warehouses, and they gave the land, which is valued at £72,000. We get a rental from Government for that property of £6,460. At this stage of the proceedings (two o'clock) the Town-clerk be came suddenly ill, and the Committee adjourned until Monday at noon. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURRDAY, JUNE 13, 1857. BANKRUPTS. James Bugbie, Westminster, contractor. John B usk er, New Bond-street, London, livery stable keeper. Eggart Griffi , hs, Fenchurch-street, London, wine merchant. Joan Elphinstone, Fatqua Hochee, otherwise John Elphin stone, Milton Nortens, Lingfield. Wallace Alfred Jones, Rose-terrace, West Brompton, tea dealer, grocer, and general warehouseman, Samuel Stonard and Lewis Joseph Stonard, High-street, Horton, oilmen. John Julian Jackson, Brighton, dyer. John Linnit, Berners-st eat, London, manufacturing jeweller. John Gregory, High-street, Southwark, London, oilman. Thomas Cuthbert M'Kay, and John MY 'Kay, the younger, Newcastle-on-Tyne, hosiers. Ch arles Stanley Bevan, and Charles Southers Bevan, Streets Buildings, Chapel street, Grosvenor-square, bookbinders and printers. John Palmer, Bir mingham, pen makers. Charles `Vin e, North End, Fulham, apothecary and dealer in mining shares. James Pearce, Birmingham, bookseller. Sampson Hackett, Cradley H eath. 8 affordshire (inner. George Milnes Hir s t, and William Frederick Batlev.strcet, man u f ieturers. t Willman. Daniel Ross, Rumford, E ssex , grocer. SUSPENSION OF A FIRM IN THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.— Yesterday, the suspenion of Messrs. Evans, Hoare, and Co., a firm lately engaged ia the Australian export trade, was announced. Their shipments which consisted of beer, w ines, and spirits, are believed to have been on a scale much beyond their available capital ; and the prospects of presumed, greatly d epen d on the creditors will, it is future advises as to the realisations effected. According to some accounts, the liabilities of the house amount to £200,000, but mast reliable estimates place t.bAM at about £150,000.: THE WEAVER NAVIGATION BILL (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JUNE 12. The case for the promoters having closed yesterday, the committee reassembled this morning, for the purpose of hearing tee case on behalf of the opponents. Lord Naas oocupied the hcair, and the other members of the committee present were—the Marquis of Blandford, Mr. Booker Blakemore, Mr. Wickham, and Mr. Handley. Mr. Catveite, Q C., applied at the commencement of the proceed ings for permission to examine Mr. Firth, who was absent yesterday when the case for the promoters closed. Mr. WELSBY, on behalf of the opponents, raised no objection, and Mr. FIRTH was accordingly examined ; and, in reply to Mr. Haley, said he was a banker in Northwich, and was also engaged in the manufacture of salt. In his own workings he had manufactured silt to a loss. and if he continued to work at a lose, he scarcely thought it likely that he shoed continue the manufacture permanently. The manufacturers had had numerous meetings at Northwich on the sub ject of these &lea, and the tee'ing at all of them was pretty much the same. Before the present bill was introduced, the Board of Trade were memorialized upon the subject, and it was afterwards resolved that the question should be brought before Mr. Lowe's committee on local dues upon shipping last year. The memorial was signed by the principal persons engaged in the trade, who entered into a subscrip tion, s that the question of the dues charged upon the Weaver should be brought before Mr. Lowe's committee. The large manufacturers subscribed about .e 5 each, and s-me lesser sums were contributed by the smaller manufacture's. Evidence upon the questionwas gir.;n before Mr. Lowe's committee, but the Board of Trade intimated that the proper remedy would be to introeuce a private bill. A deputation was then appointed to wait upon the trustees of the Weaver, and a meeting took place on the sth January. Witness formed one of the deputation, which asked in the fiat place for a reduction of the dues upon coal. The trustees promised to consider the subject. Other meets ings of the manufacturers took place, on the 16th and 23rd January, aad at one of those meetings a deputation of gentlemen was appointed to wait upon the trustees. Mr. Blackwell acted as spokesman for the deputation. At an interview with the trustees, early in February, the manufacturers were staked if they were promoting the present bill, and if they had any power to with draw it. They replied in the negative, and Mr. G. Jackson, who was examined yesterday. said that if the trustees did not grant a reduc tion, the trade would waist the Liverpool merchants in promoting the bill in every way they could. The manufacturer; generally did not concur in that expression, and the trustees slid they regarded it as a kind of threat. At a meeting on the 16. h March, the manufac turers entered into a subscription for the purpose of prot , cting their interests under the bills b -fore Parliament, unless the trustees con sented to make the redactions which were asked fur. Unfortunately, they found, on consulting Mr. Elia, solicitor, of Liverpool, that they were too late to petition to be heerd b counsel. On the 14th April, the trustees reduced the due upon coal from Is to 6d per 30 cwt. The due of is realised for the trustees a sum of between £ll,OOO and £12.000. The canal and railway borne coal, notwithstsnd.ing the reduction, had still a great advantage over the water bones coal. The price of the salt at the works was from 53 to 6s, but when it got to Liverpool the freight and dues were added. The reduction of the dues would great's' increase the trade. Had not contributed to the expenses of the till, hnt intended to do so. Mr. HOPE SCOTT—Even if this bill is thrown oat? WITNESS —That would require cons'deration, (A langh.)9 Cross-examined by Mr. Hope Scott—The railway conapiiiiy have not lowered their Wes on coal since the trustees have reduced the dues. The wish of the manufacturers was, that the dues on coa's should be taken off altogether, ani those upon salt remain untouched. _ _ . By th- Committee—The Droitwichsalt comes into competition with Our salt in the Irish, London and horny markets generally. I canrot speak of the American trade, Our trade with Ireland has increased, while teat of Droitwich with Ireland has increased ten fold. If the dues were taken off altogether I do net think that the manufacturers upon the river would be in a•• favourable a position as the manufacturers whose works are near the railway and canal. By Mr. 131akemore—The largest field of consumption is America. Mr. BLAKEMORE—Geologists tell us that the coal beds will not b 3 exhausted for 3,000 years; can you say when the silt is likely to be exhausted? WITNESS—I cannot. Lord NAAS—We have lead it stated in evidence already that the supply is inexhaustible. This closed the case. Mr. HOPE SCOTT said he appeared on behalf of the justices of the peace of the county of Chester. who opposed the present bill, and were supported by a petition from the ratepayers. He thought it would not be surpr sing that the Inhabitants of Chestire should t ,ke so great an interest in the question, when it was known that the measure, if sanctioned by Par is rent, w led affect the property of the county to the extent 0f.W16,000, the sum received from the Weaver in the year 1854-55, having been £15,500. The history of the Weaver was very peculiar, inasmuch as it differed from the history of other rivers in the same 1 cality, wherethe navigation of the river had been improved by private individuals or public companies. Previous to the passing of the act of 1720, which authorised the construction of works upon the Weaver, the river was navigable at certain seasons from Frodsham bridge, to a place called eickerine's boat. The act therefere provided that such part of the river as was navigable previous to the pasting of the act. should be ex meted from the payment of tolls, unless in cases where it was impossible to conduct the navigation without the aid of locks or other artificial means. In the sameyear another act was passed for the improvement of the navigation of the Irwell and Mersey between Manchester and Liverpool, known as the Mersey and Irweli Navigation Act, and in that act does were authorised te be taken for the benefit of the persons who undertook to improve the navigation. and who were technically termed "the undertakers." The c,se of the Weaver was, however, very different, because instead of the works being contemplated for the benefit of the persons who applied for the bill, it was applied for in ore er to open the navigation for other persons, but care was taken in the bill that, as the county were the undertakers, all the profit derived from the undertaking should be applied to the benefit of the ratepayers. In point of fact, all that could be gathered from the Act of 1720 was that, at that time, 'a cer tain number of the gentlemen connected with the county were will ing to contribute money for the improvement of the navigation of the Weaver, and that they proposed to effect the improvements on the same principle as the undertakers of the Mersey and Irwill naviga tion, but, instead of seeking any benefit for themselves and families, they entered upon the n dertaking with the express object of giving any benefit accruing from the improvement of the navigation to the ratepayers of the county. Mr, Calvert, in opening the case for the promoters, had argued that the main object of the undertakers, under the Act of 172 1 , was to improve the navigation of the Weaver, in order to develope the trade of the district, and that the advantage which had accrued to the county was an incidental and collateral matter, which had never been contemplated by the undertakers. He (Mr. Hope Scott), denied that his learned friend had put a proper con structionupou the peovisions of the actv, bemuse, if the legislature had intended to restrict the undertakers from applying the proceeds of the dues, to other purposes than the improvement of the navleation, they would never have inserted three clauses in the act to provide that all surplus accruing should be employed in repairing the county bridges and highways. Having commented, at some lengtheemon the provi sions of the Act of 1720, and the subsequent acts appointing trustees and defining their powers, Mr. Hope Scott proceeded to contend that it would be most unfair to look upon the trust in any other light than as a proprietary concern, and as a private company, so far as property was concerned. The recipients were no doubt numerous, but they were not upon that account to be treated otherwise than as individuals having special rights of property. He thought he had proved to the committee, that the navigation was un• der taken, by private individuals, for the benefit of the county, and he would confine any further remarks he might have to make to the objects sought to be attained by the promoters of the present bill. The promoters were not the sa t manufacture a, who might b. , supposed to have an interest in the improvement of the , navigation, but a handful of merchants in Liverpool enraged in the salt trade. He thought a more miserable case had never been submitted to the consideration of Parliament. The bill proposed to take away rights, not for the benefit of either the producer or c nsnmer, but in order to promote the speculation of a number of Liverpool merchants and to benefit middlemen who sought to at ain for themselves a personal and private advantage. And this was asked at the expense of sub verting every principle of property in the county, and of creating equality where there must always be inequality. The Board of rade appeared to be affected with a monomania for the abolishing of Town Dues; and such was the insanity they displayed upon the subject, that they introduced it into every report. On this occasion they had attempted to ride their hobby against the Weaver ; but t'e whole of their report, which had been quoted at considerable length by his learned friend, was based upon error, or ignorance, or misconception of the various acts under which the trust was constitn ed. If the Bridgewater family had chosen to make a present to the county' of Lancaster of the annual dividend derived from the Bridgewater Canal, it could null be contended for a moment th it Parliament would have had a right to interfere, and yet that would have been a case precisely similar to the present. The bill was promoted by strangers for the purpose of altering the constitution of a county, establiehee by Act of Parliament; and there had r ever been but one case in which s•ich a bill had been promoted withsuccevs, but that was a case which was never quoted except for the purpose of being rejected as an authority. He based his arguments upon the fact, that the trust was a private trust, and that, as such, a parliamentary committee ought not to sanction any interference with it. The CnAsstatAN asked if the learned counsel proposed to call any evidence on behalf of the county magistrates ? Mr. HOPE SCOTT said he did not. _ _ The Committee then adjourned the proceedings until Monday, when Mr. Serjeant Wrangham will be heard on behalf of the trustees. THE TREATY WITH PERSIA. The text of the Treaty of Peace with Persia (signed in the English and Persian languages at Paris, March 4, 1867) has just been published. It consis's of fifteen articles, the principal provisions of which are the evacua tion of the Persian territory by the British troops ; the withdrawl of the Persian troops from Herat and every other part of Affghanistan within three months from the date of the ratification of the treaty ; the relintrishment by the Shah of all claims to sovereignty over Herat and the countries of Affghanistan, and of any marks of obedience, such as coinage or tribute ; The Shah engages to abstain hereafter from all interference with the internal affiirs of Affghanistan, whose indepentlenee, together with that of Herat, he agrees to recognise. In case of any difference arising between Persia and those territories, the Shah engages to refer them for - adjustment to the friendly offices of the British Government, and not t,) take up arms till such offices fail. In case of any violation to the Persian frond( r by the States referred to, the Shah may undertake military operations for the repression or puni4neet of the offenders, but the forces are to retire within their own territory as soon as the object is accomplished, and not permanently to occupy or annex to the Persian dominions, any portion of the said States. The consuls, consular agents, subjects, and cons• merce of England and Persia are to be mutually rec dyed in each country on the footing of the most favoured nation. By Article 19, the British mission is to return to Teheran, immediately after the ratifications of the treaty have been exchanged, when the Persian Gjvern meat is to receive it with the apologies and ceremonies specified in a separate note. A commissioner on eaeli side is to be appointed within three months after the return of the mission, in order to decide on the pecuniary claims of British and other subjects on the Government of Persia, and the amount of such claims as may be pronounced jur, is to be paid within one year from he date of the award. The agreement for the suppression of the slave-trade, which would have expired in August, 1862, is continued for the further space of ten years from that date, and I afterwards until formally annulled. The W . /ie:92lmq/ Muniteur announces the ratification at Rome of an ecclesiastical convention, concluded between Wurtemburg and the Holy See. - ECONOMICAL ON THE WRONG SID .F.—The Calcutta Eilyl isknan informs us that the Couri; of Directors have requested the English government to forward a Gt.:item:lt of the stipends paid to take the native prinoes and chiefs of the three oreiidencies. The object of this inquiry is 82 1'1 )0 104 to be a reduction of tlrir allowances, POLICE INTELLLIGENCE.—Yzsr ZRD AY. LIVERPOOL. A SAvenz.—A boatman, named William Beck, was charged with having committed the following outrage. The step-daughter of the prisoner, whose name is Jane Laggett, said he was in the habit of coming home drunk at night, and on Wednesday night he came home as usual drunk. Herself and mother were in bed; he broke open the door by kicking it in, and then he commenced smath ing the furniture, and when she interfered to prevent him, he siezed her by the hair of the head, and dragged her about in a brutal way, beating her all the time, caught her thumb in his mouth and nearly bit it off. He cut her fingers with a knife. He broke her mother's jaw about 12 months ago, but she forgave him. She said the prisoner hardly contributed anything to support the house, and her mother and self had to work for that purpose. She had been at service but came home in order to get married, bat as the young man who was to tmery her got out of work, the marriage was postponed to Monday next. Mr. Arnott, one of the surgeons of the Northern Hospital, stated that he dressed the wounds of the complainant, and she would not be able to do anything for seven or eight days. Mr. Mansfield—She will not then be able to put on her wed ding gloves. The prisoner was sent to jail for three months. A GOOD INTENTION FRUSTRATED. —A fellow, named Thomas Birchley, was charged yvith having stolen a horse and cart, the property of Patrick Deardon, of 15, Rich mond-row. The cart and horse were standing at the bottom of James-street, and at twelve o'clock the driver went to his dinner, leaving the animal on the stand. When he came back, the beast and vehicle were gone. A search was commenced, and in the evening a son of the owner found the "articles" in custody of the prisoner, a t W es t Derby, where he was given into custody. The prisoner saiddie " done" the trick out of the purest and most philan trophic intention. lie saw the horse ant cart standing there, "doing nothing at all, at all," and a gentleman's servant coming to him said he had a job for him to carry a dead horse from Duke-street, for which he was to get 55., and he took the job. When the prisoner's son came to him at West Derby he gave him the 53. The prose cator's son said, when he found the prisoner he gave him into custody. He did give him the ss. He was dis charged, and cautioned not to do such tricks again. FRAUD.—A sailor, named Thomas Hughes, was charged for having obtained goods from several outfitters, by representing that he was sent from the Sailors' Home, to get the things until he could get p yid " off." '1 he case was clearly proved, and he was paid " off" by being sent for trial. THE END OF A " FAST YOUNG MAN." —.NIG F. Wil liams, who appeared about twenty years of age, dressed like a " very last young man," with a peculiarly stiff " round collar," and all the appurtenances a ice mode adopted by that confraternity, was brought up by detective Loyeock on a charge of haviog robbed both Mr. Robert Muras, a publican living in Eiliott-street, and also some of his lodgers ; and Jane Oxley, the daughter of a clothes broker, living in Fontenoy-street, was charged with having received a pair of boots, which the prisoner stole from Mr. Muras, with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Block defended the young woman. [Aycock said for the last month, the young man lodged in the house of Mr. :Maras, and almost every day something was missed, either helstfg ing to the house or some one of its inmates. Money, jewellery, boots and other property had been stolen. The police were made aware of the facts, and he suspected the prisoner. He went to the house on Wednesday night and advised some one to mark some money, which was done. A. two shilling and a shilling piece were so marked by oue of the lodgers. He (Laycock) waited until the prisoner was going out in the morning, when he arrested him, and on him he found the marked money, together with a gold eye-glass that had been stolen from the bed-room of Mr. Mures. Near the prisoner's bed was found concealed a gold chain, and a silver broach, that had been stolen also. He found in the house of the female prisoner a, pair of boots that she purchased for 48. from the prisoner, and these boots had been stolen out of Mr. :auras' room, and were qoite new, having cot las. The male prisoner also stole a pair of trousers and vest, value about It, and these things he sold for 3s. to a broker also. Mr. Mansfield asked Mr. Muras what the prisoner was ? and he replied he did not know. He went out in the morning, and came back at night, and that was all he knew about him. Layeock said the prisoner was formerly a clerk in the office of Mr. Aspinall Tobin, merchant, but latterly he lived by robbing public.houses, hotels, lodging-houses, and the like, being a "very fast young man." Mr. Buck made au able defence for the young woman, and Mr. Man-field in discharging her said, she had acted with great impropriety, but not such as would warrant him in sending her for trial. She was then discharged, and the male prisoner was fully cem mitted fer trial. AN ITALIAN IN Tnounax.—A respectable-looking It ilia'', named Juan Beriuo, was charged by a master of a Wood. side boat, with attempting to pick a lady's pocket. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Block, and spoke through Sivas Tomasso. The evidence not being sufficient to send him for trial, he was discharged. EFAIE AIESiRS. R GLADSTONE AND R. SHEILL. WHO Is. THE BEST JUDGE ?—A case that caused somo " speculation" came before the above magistrates. It was a prosecution on behalf of the crown—and Mr. Tyndall appeared to support it—against a sailor for attempting to smuggle a worked muslin dress, the duty on which would have been 6s. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Bluck. The allegation was that the dress was wordi £3, and the penalty under the act was three times the amount, namely, £9. Mr. Black raised an ingenious objection to the value, and contended that revenue officers were not judges of drapery, like the young men at Crompton House, Frisby and Dykes, and Carmichaels. The magistrates allowed the ohjectim, and set the value at £l, and fined the defendant £3, according to the act. PRESTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION. RESIGNATION OF THE REP. JOHN CLAY. The following letter from the Rev. John Clay, chaplain to the prison, was laid befcre the visiting justices, at their meeting on the 6'h inst.:--- County House of Correction, Preston. 3rd J une , 1857. Gentlemen,—l beg, with great respect, hereby to place in your hands my resignation of the chaplaincy to this House of Correction. It is with no little regret that I feel myself com pelled, by loss of health, to cease any further attempt to per form the duties of an office to which, for nearly thirty-six years, I have gladly devoted, though not without a consciousness of insufficiency for the work, all the attention and ability I could command. While submitting to the necessity of this step, I have great satisfaction in knowing that, periling the appointment of my successor, the chaplain's ditties will be most faithfully and efficiently discharged by the gentleman whom, in your great kindness, you selected nearly a year ago to act as my coadjutor. Be pleased gentlemen, to accept my grateful thanks for the constant support and encouragement which I have received from you in my official capacity, and also for the personal kindness which I have so long experienced. I beg to lay before you the requisite medical certificate as to my state of health.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your faithful and humble servant, To tho Visiting Justices of the County House of Correction, Preston. .TORN CLAY; MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATION. TO THE VICE-CH iNCELLOR AND THE COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. THE MEMORIAL OF THE REV. T. S. HOWSON, M.A., PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, LIVERPOOL, Sheweth, That— • Your Memorialist has been informed that a proposal has been made to extend the action of the Universities by the appointment of a Board of Examiners, " to test the attainments" of some of those who are not destined for a University, and after examination "to distinguish the most deserving." Your Memorialist is aware that a system of Examina tions has been organised, and with useful results, by the Society of Arts. Those Examinations, however, are intended for the lower classes of society, and have reference mainly to Industrial Instruction. The plan proposed for your consideration has regard to the Middle Classes, and to the general ends of Education. Your Memorialist has under his immediate superin tendence, in this town of 400,000 inhabitants, a group of Schools contaioing about 800 boys from various ranks of life. Of these boys, perhaps more than 100 are directly and steadily acted on by the Universities, while probably less than 100 are likely to receive any impulse from the Examinations of the Society of Arts. The remainder, about GOO in number, are destined for various kinds of business. Your Memorialist has thus had fall opportunities for forming a deliberate judgment concerning the present position of Middle Class Education. He feels justified in respectfully expressing his persuasion that the proposed plan, if wisely matured, is likely to confer on that large intermediate class, which lies between the richest and the poorest, the same kind of benefit which the lower classes of society now derive from the Committee of Council of Education, and which the higher classes have always derived from the Universities themselves. And, without pledging himself to any opinion respecting details, your Memorialist earnestly hopes that the proposed plan may receive the favourable attention of the University of Cambridge. J. S.. HowsoN. Liverpool, May 30th, 1857. FRANCE.—The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an Impe eat decree closing the sitting of the Senate. Also a decree promulgating the new law for the continw T9 o f the privilege of the sank of France, PUBLICANS AND BEERLIOUSE CASES. BEFORE ROBERTSON GL ADSTONE, ESQ. Maria F,x, Batchelor-street, was summoned for having p?rmitted persons to as=emlale and drink in her house opt the 2nd inst., contrary to the act of Parliament. Police-constab:e 702, state I —at a coiner past ten o'clock on Sundry last, I visited the hou4e kept by the defendant, in which I found ten men and four women drinking whiskey and rum. Smie of them were drunk. PJlice - constable 584: I witnessed the same. Mr. Gladston e . Were you in plain clothes at the time. Constable: We were. Mrs. F, , x: I was not at home et the time, and did not know anything about it. Mr. Gladstone : I have a great dislike to this system of constables visiting houses either of publicans or any other persons, in plain clothes. I dislike it very much. It is not an E iglish system. It not fair play, as ever man has a righ; to know when justice in an official capaeil goes to his door. L is against my sense of what is right. I shall fine you ' however, Is. and ls. costs, but you had better be cared in future as it is against the law; and obey it,.aa lung as it is the law ; but it is not a law aceor.ling to my taste. I must say, however, that I do not blame the officer in the matter, it the system. Constable 702 : wo should be very glad if we could get out of it. BEFORE MR. GLADSTONE AND MR. SIiFILS Mr Walter Slater, hotel keeper, of Lime-street, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on hi premises. In this case Mr. Aspinall (barrister) appeared for ihe de fendant. Police-constable 118 stated that he visited the hotel kept by the deferidant on the sth instant, at half -east three o'clock in the morning, and.at the bar of the hetrae he found nine men, and eight womra, five of the former, and four of the latter, of vii on were drunk. Mr. G;al - : Where you in uniform. Officer : Yes. By Mr. Aspinall Ire were in the house about five minutes. There were two glasses of ale on the counter. The tee mises are near the London arid North-Western Radway station. There is a number of railway porters and carmen closely opposite the hotel. Ido not know whether they get their breakfasts at the place, because I have never seen them. He believed that there were early trains come in at that time, although he had never seen them. Mr. Aspinall addressed the bench on behalf of the defendant, and admitted that a great parti )n of the statement made by the police-constable was tree, but he heprd he should be enabled to prove that there was no foundaLiori for this charge, as he should be able to prove that no drink had been supplied to the parties who were fount in toe premises at the time the °dicers entered. It was true that the house was open, bat whit was it open for? F,r the purpose of providing breakfasts for the p isserigers. io arrived by the early trains, and to the cabmen aid rail way porters who were engiged in the district. Ile called John Sadler, the bar-man to the defendant, who keeps tae Rail way Hotel in Q teen-street : We always close our premises at twelve o'ciock, ani open again at four in the morning ; we have a great number of persons who regularly breakfast at our hotel ; indeed we sell upwards or three gallons of coffee every morning to the passengers by the early trains, the cabmen. and the railway porters. On the morning in question there were several—six or seven— persons entered the premises, some ce' whom were drank when th-y came ia. Mr. Gladstone: Did you supply those who came in with drink. Witness : I did nor. I do swear, that I did not, nor dal any other person serve those who came in drunk with any drink. Police-constable 118: Did not a girl drink a glass at the eininimr while I was there ? Witness: No, she die riot, nor any oth e r person, because I had not time to supply them. Mr. John Harrison Wickham, the keeper of a publir.- house in Lime-street, was summoned f,,r permitting drunkenness on his premises, on the morning of the 2nd inst. In this case, Mr I Don ald, barrisier, iestructeel by Mr. Grolere, row eired for the defendants. Inspector Wilson stated that at twenty minutes pct four o'cleee, was passing the defendant's house, when I saw a num ber of persons turned out, several of whom were drank. I and constable 591 afterwards visited the house, ia which we found seven men and six women ; four of the former and two of the latter were drunk. There were glasses of ale and spirits on the counter. By Mr. M'Donald : I did not r-pert two peraons who, I thought, were ex airsianists, who were asleep in another room. The landlord ordered all the parties out of the house. By Mr. Geadstene : I was in uniform. Mr. MtDenald : Did you do anything while you were looking round the room? Constable ; No. Mr. M'Donald : What, nothing ? Canetable : 1 tasted of the glasses, and while I was there, Miss Harrison said, you had better have something better than that, you had better have something that is good. I did taste some wine. I will swear that Miss Har rison did not give me - . a glass of wine, and what she did give me I did not drink, but tasted it and put it out of my mouth. Constable 591 was then callea, and he repeated verbatim the same charges as had been preferred by the inspector. Mr. 111‘Donald thee adlressed the bench on behalf of the defendant, and in the course of which he argued that it was se ircely likciy that his client, who hid recently g'aren £3,000 for tLe premises, would reader himself liable to be brought before the magistrates intentionally. Mr. %Vyberrie : Has the defendant been cammitted before ? Inspector W 11.6911 : Yo._; twice before for the same offence. lie was fined 1 , 5 last week, and again in February fast. Mr. Wyberg read the clause in the act of parliament, front which it appeared that, after a second conviction, it was reqiiirtd of the bench to adjourn the case to the next annual sessions, or to a special sessions, and when the third offence was proved before either of the tribunals, the defendant was liable to a penalty of £5O. There being no alternative the further hearing of the case was adjoornerl until the next general sessions. The followinia keepers of beer-houses were also sum monel for traditg on the Sabbath, or of infringing of their licenses, and in cases where the police-constables hail visited the places in plain clothes, and the parties attended, a fine of only is. and ls. costs was imposed ; where parties had refused to attend the fine was doubled; and wee , e the act hod been systematically disobeyed, a fine of 2s. 61. and 2s. 6.1. costs was imposed ; and in one case, that of James Roche, of Hatten-garden, who had been twelve time; fined, and that the house was a receptacle for stolen property, a second fine of .Z. 5 was imposed. The following were the parties summoned .—Robert Rirnmer, Severs street, off Hynes-street; James Hodgso a, Duncan-street; William Christian, Upper Mann street ; Pater Grey, Rupert-street ; Eliz tboth Harrison, Wolfe-street, Park ; Margaret Thornton, Vrolle-street ; Mary Walsh, Maguire street ; Martin Griffie, Hartley-street; Richard Spruce, Wright-street; Julia O'Donnell, Gorden-lane; Philip O'Donnell, Oircas-street ; Themes Webster, Hatten garden ; Jane Fairfield, Steward-street; Michael Corn field, Mithall-street ; Mary Debitt, Storkdalf -street ; Charles Seam in, West Derby-road. La:slosh:al Gardens ; Mary Roberts, Hatten-garden ; James RoAar, Iletten garden ; and Ellen D erten, Tavistock-street, Park. Some of the cas,'s summoned the constables failed to prove, and were, therefore, dismissed. ARREST OF MR. HUMPHREY BROWN, EX M.P. FOR TEWKESBURY. Mr. Humphrey Brown, ex-M.P., is now in custody upon two warrants, by each of which he is required to put in bail for £4,000, with two sureties of £2,000 each. Sureties for £B,OOO, besides his own recognisances for 8,000, will therefore be required before he is released. The Hon. John Stapleton, M.P. for Berwick, and the others who have been arrested, have already given bail to a similar amount. Within a short time it is believed that all the parties implicated will be secured. It is not ex • pected that the trials will take place until next November. CONVICTION OF AN OMNIBUS DRIVER FOR OVERLOADING. Manchester, on Thursday,. Isaac Sheath, driver of the Flixton omnibus, was charged by Mr. Carrington with overloading his vecbecle. The def , ndant pleaded guilty to the charge, and urged in extenuation that two or three passengers presisted in getttng upon the omnibus, though he warned them that it was full. The case ap peared to excite considerable interest, most of the gentle men who travel by the omuibns being present, and appearing to sympathise with the driver. A gentleman named Warren stated that he did not consider the driver was to blame in the matter, and no passenger was put to any incenveaience. A gentleman in court thought it was hard to refuse passengers, so long :.s the other passengerewere willing to accommodate them. Mr. Trafford observed that if this were to be allowed, proprietors of omnibasea must obtain an act of parliament allowing them to carry an unlimited number of passengers. Mr. Carrington had laid the information because of dangers likely to result from overloading. As gentlemen present felt so strongly on the platter, they should pay the fine which he should be com pelled to inflict. Several gentlemen said they should do so, and they should feel obliged if Mr. Carrington would with draw from the omnibus altogether. Mr. Carrington observed that be did not desire to press for a convicion. He had mearly brought the matter forward as a caution. M. Wood (ene of the magistrates) thought the public ought to be obliged to Mr. C arr i ngton f or th e step he had taken, as it was a di sagreea bl e d uty, w hi c h few persons liked to perform. M r . T ra ff or d w i s h e d it to be clearly understood, by omnibus drivers, that they, and not the proprietors of th e o b n ib u s e s, wer e liable for the penalty. A gentleman asked how parties could be ejected who per sisted in entering an omnibus which was full; in reply to which Mr. Trafford said, "By the collar." In reply to another inquiry, Mr. Trafford said the conductor could not refuse to take a passenger when the 'bus was not fall. The magistrates said defendant was liable to a penalty of 45 and costs, but they should this time only inflict the mitigated prnalty of 25s and 10s costs. The money was immediately paid by a gentleman in court. [Might not the Liverpool authorities try and put a stop. fo the over- loaling of mpuihesee io notoriously praetised in this tQwfut) THE SMOKE NUISANCES AGAIN. Yesterday, two large firms of this town were summoned before the magistrates for infringements of the Smoke Naisances Prevention Act,.by the direction of the Health Committee, before whom the complaints had been daly heard and considered ; and the present proceedings deter mined upon. The only magistrates on the bench were Messrs. R. Gladstone and Shtel ; bat as they were etch of them members of the Health Committee, who might be considered as the presecutorts, they declined to adjudicate on the eases, but as each of the parties summoned, expressed a desire that they should hear the cases, they raluctaptly consented. Mr. Mao wan, the deputy town clerk, appeared to represent the Health Com mittee, and was assisted by Mr. Wigaall, the inspector of nuisances, who was in attendance to sup port the summonses. In opening the case, Mr. M'Gowan said he WAS instructed to appear there on that occasion to make a complaint against two firms for permitting dense volumes cf smoke to issue from their chimneys, to the annoyance of the public, and contrary to the act of par liament. Toe first complaint was against Messrs. Bann and Bedford, the large and important glass bottle malufac turers, who have an extensive- establishment in Kirkdele. With regard to this establishment, he was compelled to say that there had been many complaints made against it; indeed, the works were a great nuisance to the public waen such dense volumes of smoke were allowed to escape. Some time since there was a most scientific investigation in this court as to whether it was really possible to suppress the smoke nuisances, in such establishm-nts as that belonging to the defendants ; on that occasion a number of scientific witnesses were called and examined, and the result of it was, that it was clearly proved to the stioendary magistrate of ;his town that there was no more difficulty in suppres sing the nuisance in these manufactories than there was in an; other. There was no doubt, but that Messrs. Bedford had themselves d ,ne all they could to prevent the nuisance, but it eppeared teat the men were determined not to act with the master, and to throw every difficulty in his way. Therefore as it was through their neg igence, the only way that c uld be adopted was to inflict the full penalty which would fall upon the men eventually, and thus show them that they must be more careful in future. I shall merely prove the case, and then leave it to the magistrates to inflict what penalty they please, but at the same time,. I do hope that, in order to prevent any further complaints, they will inflict the full penalty. Mr. Wigeall, the Inspector of Smoke, was then called, and he stated that on the 6 h of Jule, he visited the works, and saw deans volumes of black smoke issuing from the cone, which was a very large one. The smoke of wsic'n he had to complain, issued from six minutes past three until eleven minutes past three, and again from seventeen minutes past three, until fourteen minutes past th tee ; again from forty minutes psst three until forty-four minutes past the same hour; and again from forty-nine minutes past three until fify-two minutes past the same hour ; when he entered the works, and the smoke was immediately abated. It Was very black emoke, and it C. 31110 out in masses. The Inspector then went on to say that a similar case had been bef lee the magistrates on the 25 h cf February last, on which occasion Mr. Wye Wiiliem and others ha .l proved that there was no neces sity, with proper care for such smoke to escape. He also proved that notices of the complaint had been served on the defendants on the 19th of llarch, the 16th of April, the 29th of April, the 11th of May, and on the present occasion ; also that after the latter date the Deputy Town Clark had written a letter to the defendants, informing them that unless the nuisance was abated that he should be compelled to bring them again before the Court. Mr. Belford said that the firm had made several improvements in their furnaces, and they thought that they had mitigated the smoke a great deal. He denied that there was any smoke on the 19th of March, for at that time they were making bcs ties, and no smoke could escape at that time, and that he could prove by witnesses. He understood that there was grey smoke, but that he said could not be helped. Mr. M.G twan then read over the rules and regulations issued by the Messrs. Carrington, who were engaged in similar works, in which they admitted that, with proper care and attention on the p art of the men, the nuisance could be abolished. Mr. Gladstone : Hive they b3en fined before this ? Mr. Wignall : They have, four times. On the 25th of February they were fined £5. The Bench then imposed a penalty of £5 and costs, being the utmost they could The next case proceeded with was that of Mr. Charles Robert Simpson, the proprietor of the rice mills, in Burlington-street, who was charged with having permitted a similar nuisance on the 6:h of June. Mr. 51•Gowtn said there was soe,e difference between this case and the last, for this was the first time the defendant had been summoned before the bench, although it was not the first time that notices of complaints had been served upon him. Bet in this mete there was no difficulty of suppressing the nuisance, as it was merely moving a rotatory engine, although it might be said that there was some difficul in doing so in glass work!. Mr. Wignall was then cello !, and he stater). that on the ti!h. of June he saw dense volumes of black smoke issuing from the defen, dent's cone, from two minutes past one until fifty-six minutes past the same hour, a period of fourteen. minutes. He had been in the works, and there wa3 no occasion for such a nuisance if the stoker was careful, and that he had proved to the employes on several occasions. He also stated that notices of complaints had been served on the defendants in November, 1855, and in November. 1856. Mr. M‘Gowan : Thus shoring tint the nuisance can be prevented. The Inspector : And in June, 1856, and on the present occasion. Mr. Simpson said that he believed that the issuing of black smoke could be prevent ed; but as he Was not on the works at the time the infor mation was laid, he was not is a position to admit or deny the charge. Th'y had employed a most experi enced engineer, in whom they had groat con fidence, but they had also the son of the foreman who was much younger, and perhaps not so ca-eful, and therefore he must leave the ease in the hands of the magistrates. The Bench,. in adjudicating upon the case, said there was every , :pe t a4 that the defendant hal used every exertion in his lover; therefore they would only fine him in the mitigateWettalty of 20s. and costs. . In each of the above caps . Mr. Wignall proved that the furnaces were in good Order, and that, therefore,' the nuisance could be prevented by proper care and attention on the part of the persons employed in the feeding of the farnaces. - - -- GERMANY AND DENM&E.K.—A Berlin letter of the 4tli instant, in the Nuremberg Correspondent, states that the Copenhagen Cabinet has again addressed a circnlar to the various foreign powers, declaring that the concession' called for by Austria and Prussia in their last notes are ineompatiable with the unity of the Danish monarchy. GLASGOW CATHEDRAL.—PAINTED IVINDDWS.—A. meet ing of the subscribers to the scheme for filling in the windows of Glasgow Cathedril with painted gloss, was held on Friday aftergoon. The Lard Prevost narrated the proceeding's of the committee, and state:l that they had come to the conclusion that the Munich artists were immeasurably superior to all others in the department of glass-painting. Mr. Stirling, of Rein, M.P., m oved the adoption of the committee's report. Lord Belhaven and others advocated delay, that the other subscribers might have time to give their opinion upon the report ; but it was ultimately agreed that the committee be appointed a working committee to carry out the aCtem?. On the sug, gastion of Mr. G. Crawford, ao represeutieg the Trades. House, the committee was instructed to introduce &ob jects illustrative of the Reformation, so as to give the• cathedral more decidedly the character of a Protestant church. TEN MANCHESTER ARTS EXHIBITI ,N.—CALITIIa TO LIVERpooL LADIES_—" A Victim" makes the following complaint to a Manchester contemporary :—"Sir,—lt may prevent considerable annoyance to visitors (especially ladies) from Liverpool to the Exhibition if they are put on their guard as to the evening arrangemeets of the passenger train frem Manchester to Liverpool, on the above line of railway. Upon reference to a railway , guide, it will be seen that there is a train to Liver pool at a quorter to five p.m. if a p a ssenger inquires at the station what class of train this ' ia, he will be told " express." Now, the fact is; that this train is express to Southport, and not to Liverpool. Passengers for the latter place are carried at express speed to Bol ton, and hare to alight there and wait the arrival of a slow train from Yorkshire, to take them to their destination. This Yorkshire train is due at Bolton twenty-five minutes after the nnival of the expresi at that place, bat (of course on this line) is scarcely ever punc tual. But in the almost improbable event of punctuality, passengers must change carriages, and wait twenty-five minutes at the least. Last evening, however, the Liver-. pool passengers by the 4.45. train were detained at Belton 60 minutes before the train arrived by which they were to proceed to Liverpool, If the waiting rooms at Bolton were all that could be desired this detention would be g annoyance enough ; but when the extreme discomfort of the station is considered, I think yoa will aree with me, that the Liverpool visitors to the Exhibition should be informed of the inconvenience they mast be prepared to encounter if they return home by the , train above alluded to. The least the company's servants at Victoria Station can do, is to inform passengers not only that they must " change at Bolton," hut that they must wait there for an indefinite period of time. This absurd arrangement of ) trains has only been in farce since the Ist a May, and haft I caused great inconvenience and many complaints. It is. t I presume, ore of the liberal, arrangements of the con3pan9 promised on the opening of the E x hibiti on . tour ;peer whet] I tom of PTCvnt Others becoming I Is.