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

HOUSE OF COMMONS. YESTERDAY.

The House met at twelve o'olotk and proceeded at and with
the Committee on the Itertian Catholic Charities Bill; resuming
its contiaeilltions at clause 5. •

objected to this clause, on the ground that it
would render valid superstitious Uses; and at his instance the
clause was postponed. Subsequently another clause was
brought up in substitution of it, Which was agreed to. The
remaining clauses having been agreed to,
Sir G. Powltß brought up a.riew clatiSe in place of Clause
which; on a fornier occasion, bad beat poStponecl. This clause
Wet also opposed,' and iva!, at length withdraWn, Sir G. C.
Leris.proposing, in hen of it, the second clause of his bill of
last sear, which was adopt: d. _ _

Mr. NEWDEGATE brought up a clause, ivaecordanceWith the
provisions of the'lOth of George TV., regulEitingthe possession
of property by religious orders in this country, which was
agreed to, and the bill as amended passed through tomrdittee.
The Industrial Schools Act, 1454 A.theneinient Bill went
thrdtgli and the gouse adjourned at twenty
minutet to foiti olclotk.

In the &ening sitting the order of the day for the third reading
of the European Forces (India) Bill,
Mr. Donsoy opposed the Bill on the ground of the danger
India would run of being denuded of troops altogether.
Mr. VANSITTART observed that the discussion of this Bill
out of doors had shewn the antagonism of the two forces,
which it would be very difficult to remove.
Mr. H. WILLOUGHBY reiterated his objection to the Bill,
which, although a small one, was fraught with important
consequences, Even those most anxious for ainiagardatiOn
did not know how to set about it. '

Sir S. Cora artookE cited *the Date of Wellington in favour
of the entire separation of the two services, and spoke at
length in favour of ihe na/al force as not onlybetter Atted for
Indian Warfare, bdt More healthy and better able to stand the
ctimate Ite disproVed the allegations brought against their
contlnct during the recent difficulties at' ending the transfer of
India to the crown, as condemning the whole ar the miscon-
duct of the few, for which, the *hole tlti ought not to be
punished.
Sir X. EY,tirinSUlinineved that the bill be read a third time
that day thren Months, alleging the differences of the Secretary
for India with his Council, the paper referring to which ought
,to have,been laid upon the table. He complained• with much
. bitterness of the conduct of Sir C. Wood in the affair.
Mr. J. 'B. SMITH seconded the amendment.
Mr. T. G. BARING submitted that the Mends of the Session,
which had been so recently altfided td Sy the opponents 'of the
Bill, was no valid argurnent against it. Ample opportunity
had, in Oct, been aitorcled for considering the measure, which
had undergone arnPle discussion. All objections, including
those 'offered by the members of the India Council, were
allowed free scope, and had received the most careful con-
sideration from the Government when framing the bill. He
proceeded to show the necessity for the measure, and to answer
various arguments that had been urged against it, upon dif-
ferent points of detail.
The bill was opposed by Sit de titoY :cant and Sir H.
Verney. It was supported by CM. fterbcri.
Mr. HoEsmax tepeatsd the airgutiients by which he had on
previous staget sought to persuade the Ilonte to rejeetthe hill.
He cited the authority. of many governors, and :tither high
officials and officers of great experienci ill Indian affairs, who
had expressed their dignnprAation of this proposition for
destroying the local ;AMY lti India.
After a few *marks by Sir M. Farquhar and Mr. Hadfield,
and some observations in reply from Sir C. Wood,
The amendment, as negatived without a division, and the
bill was read a third time and passed.
The report of the committee on Custcn:M thitleis hiving been
taken into consideration,
Sir F. KELLY 'noted that the resolution relating to malt
should be, recommitted, with the view of augmenting the
impOA duty on that article from 255. to 265. per quarter.
This higher duty was, he contended, the minimum rate, which
would place the native producer Of malt on a par with hit
foreign rival. •

Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the motion. The British malsters,
he had good reason to believe, feared no foreign rivalry, and
were perfectly sitislked with the arrangements of Government
respecting the import duty. No ease had, he maintained,
been made out for creating in favour of malt an exception to
the equality between customs and excise duties established by
the commercial treaty with France. ,
Major PARKED. supported the motion, believing that what-
ever might be the opinion of the malsters, the fahners were
highly interested in the question off-foreign cdnipetitioh,
After some observations by Mr. Bass,
The House divided, and the motion WO negatived by a
majority of 86 to 49.
The resoltitiun .waik tbeh agreed to.
The resointiOn of the- Committee on the Customs Duties
upon Paper and Wines were brought up and agreed to.
the. Titles to Land (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was read
a second time. . ,

. The order for the committal of Offences against, the Persons
Bill, and six companion measures, intended to consolidate the
criminal law of the country, and which had already passed the
House of Lords, was discharged, on the motion of the Solicitor-
General, who announced that the whole ceries of bills were
abandoned on the ground that no time remained for their chie
consideration this year. The Government; be *Atka, hoped to
reintroduce the bins, with improveMents, at on tarty poriod of
the ensuing session.
The orders. were Consequently discharged, after a brief
conversation.
The remaining business on the paper was disposed of, and
the House adjourned at twenty minutes past one.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
CAUTION TO SAILORS.
Two black sailors, named Joseph Charles and John William
Henry BreWin, were bronght tip by Mr. Murphy, the out-door
superintendent of the Local Marine Board, charged for having
deserted the ship Culloden at Quebec. It appeared that the
prisoners shipped to go to Quebec and back at £3 10s. per
month. When they arrived at Quebec, they, along with three
others, deserted the ship, putting the captain to great ineofi-
venience and loss, as he had to pay B 9 amnolith to hienin their
places, and the prisoners got SG a... Month in another ship
coming home. Mr. Murphy said captains were put about
sadly at Quebec, iii consequence of sailors deserting, as they
got £9 a...month coming back, and some severe example should
be made to deter them from deserting their vessels. Mr.
Baffles said it was quite intolerable the conduct of sailors in
this respect. He was resolved to deal as heavily as the law
allowed him, and he had already expressed his opinion upon
the subject, and his observations Were published in the papers:
It would be well if Mr. Murphy Would post tip all co/Mali:lns,
at the Sailors' Home, so that it might be a datition to the inch
in future. Mr. Murphy said he had already reported former
observations of his Worship, on this subject, to the board, but
there had been no meeting of the board since. A meeting
would be held nest (this) day, and he would report again to
the board, and he had no doubt his Worship's observations
would be attended to. Mr. Raffles asked what the prisoners
had to say, and they replied that the ship was leaky, but the
captain denied the statement, and said the ship Was AI. gr.
Raffles sent the prisoners to gaol fot tweNe weeks.
COMING FROM A CHRISTENING.
A powerful-looking•young fellow, named Andrew Meh:ibbon,
a carter, was charged by police officers 133 and 508, for having
assaulted them. It appeared that on Monday night the pri-
soner was in Carlton-street, and was beseeching some one to
oblige him with a turn or two at the fists with him. No one
appearing inclined to accept of this " reasonable " invitation,
the police advised him to go home, or if he wanted to exercievi
his pugnacious qualities, he might go and thrash a lartip-Post ;
but instead of adopting this course, he toiYitnenced thrashing
them, swearing he was able tO "do" for any half-dozen
" bobbies " that ever hunted a dog ; and thereon he gave 133
a kick in the knee, and nearly knocked the cap off it. In
answer to the Charge, the prisoner said, he was a teetotaller for
three years, and on Monday he was invited to a christening,
and in drinking the health of the " baby " he got " boozy,'
and that was all he could say about it. Mr. Raffles advised
him to keep sober at the next christening that he attended,
and fined him 10s. and costs, or a month's imprisonment.

FRIGHTFUL !
A desperate-looking female, named Emnla bre" was
charged with biting the ear off Kitty Horan, in Mason s-row ,
Albion-street. Mr. Bluck defended. Officer Russell 158 said
he took the prisoner into custody on the charge, but the pri-
soner denied it. The complainant said sae lived in a house of
ill fame, and was at work on Monday; when the prisoner came
in a state of intoxication and wanted her out to fight, and said
she would bite her nose off. She refused to go out, when the
prisoner broke some squares of glass in the window, and then
witness went out, when the prisoner seized her, and nearly
bit one of her ears off. A surgeon stated that the complain-
ant's ear was partly hanging off, and the other portion was
black
and bruised. Mr. Block Will it heal up ? I stitched it
up, and I think it
may heal. Mr. Bluck then addressed the
court, and called two witnesses to put a different construction
on the case, but his Worship said he would not decide the
case, and sent the prisoner for trial at the sessions.
STABBING A FEMALE.

John Brady, a resident of Stewart-street,ara was brought up
on a charge of having stabbed
Sarah
man living in the same street. Mr.
oßlronard, the wife of a
cu e k defended.
words that
i,) th e
night From
the evidence of the prosecutrix, it appeareds
wr about dealing
of the 23rd of
July, the parties had m
with the defendant's mother, who keeps
a o
shop, underneath
which the complainant lives. S
he then alleged
that the defen-
dant struck and knocked her into the cellar. She then came
up and broke some of his windows, when he took a knife and
inflicted a serious wound in her arm, under which she
remained in hospital since; there was one of the arteries cut,
and she had erysipelas since, but is now recovering. Mr. Block
cross-examined the prosecutrix a some length and tried to
show that the wound was inflicted by the woman putting her
arm through, the glass. The husband of complainant was
examined, and on cross-examination by Mr. Block, he admit-
ted having said that his wife was as bad as the defendant,
and deserved what she got. After an address, Mr. Black
called a witness who said he saw the woman put her arm
through the glass and cut herself, and she was the worse of
drink. Another witness gave similar evdence, and his Worship
said he had great doubt about the case, and would give the
benefit of it to the prisoner and discharge him'
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NEW MAGISTRATES.—Rumou the following
r
names of the new magistrates to be appointed :—Messrs.
Clint, Stitt, Job, Corbally, Steains, and Mozley.
gives
GARSTON' BOARD OF HEALTH.--Mr. Cooper presided
at the monthly meeting of this board yesterday, and the
other members present were Messrs. Tinne, Sinclair,
Chaloner, and Watts. There was no business of any
interest.

REPEAL Or THE UNION.—Last evening, a meeting of
the Irish working classes of Birkenhead and the locality,
favourable to a repeal of the union between this country
and Ireland, was held at the Argyle-rooms, Birkenhead.
The attendance was not very large. Mr. Edward
Brennan was called to the chair ; and, having read the
notice calling the meeting, proceeded to address
the audience, disclaiming the notion that the leaders of
the movement required anything but their rights, to which
Irishmen were entitled by the admission of the govern-
ment. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Black and
other speakers, who urged the necessity of petitioning
for a repeal of the union. They denied that they ever
intended to use anything but peaceable and constitu-
tional means to accomplish their object. The speakers
were liiudly applauded, and the meeting passed off very
quietly, winding up with a resolution calling on the
people to petition for their national and natural rights.

THE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC
600tEtt • i•

Last night the sixth subscription concert of. this sea-
son of the'LiverpOoi-Philharmonie Society, introduced
Mademoiselle. Csillag„-one of the new Prime Donne
who have been exciting great interest in the opera
houses of Lonf_lor during the spring. Mademoiselle
Csillig has been playing the 'clia.raeter Le PropAete, in
whieh Madarite Viatdot arcio attained id high a reptt;.
tatioii ; arid' it is said that she is equally great as
an actress as her distinguished , predecessor. Her
voice is of great-pe;Vir'and 'compass., bat as she sang last
night, was deficient in sweetness of tone, and her execu-
tion could not be considered finished in style, thoiigh
I occasionally, es in the "Miserere," from " Tf-ovatore,"
it was expressive. Altogether, we must confess to some
disappointment: Signor Nbri Bafaldi .saiig very sweetly,
and Signor Tagliafice, with his accustomed vivacity
and energy--but from the overpress of other (natter
we are prevented going into details. The band -and
-chorus did their part. very well, but the accompaniments
to the solos were occasionally too loud. The hall was
most fashionably attended, but the audienei'were gene-
rally very Cold. The 211,8rero was encored, as is always
the _ ease. Signor Neri Bareldi was encored in the
popular air from " Martha," and Signor Tagiiafico
derived a similar demand for the repetition of Largo al
faatohiiit, from the "Barber of Seville."