The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-24 00:00:00

CARLISLE ELECTION.

The select committee met to-day to determine
the question whether the last election and return
be declared null and void.- The case having been
opened, the examination of witnesses commenced.

1
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IRELAND.

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS..
DUBLIN, Feb. 23.

The Mtb/in Erening Post announces that the
Lord-Lieutenant has appOinted Mr. W. Mooney,,
of Ballvglass, 'Mullingar, and of Westmoreland-
street, Dublin, to the office of Cler.k of the Crown.
for the County Westmeath, vacant by the demise
of A. R. Green.

The same journal, under the head of legal
appointment, says it has authority for s,'ating that
Mr. Coffey goes to Westmeath, and not to Queen's
County as erroneously stated. Mr. Wet.t, Q C.,
has been assigned to the latter place.
•
OUTWARD AMERICAN MAILS.

QUEENSTOWN, Feb 23.
The screw-steamer Nova Scotian arrived here
at 1.30 p.m. to-day. Took mails, passengers, and
telegrams on board, and proceeded for Portland
at
.5. p.m.

The screw-steamer Glasgow, which arrived' here
at 3.30 p.m., after taking passengers and n tsi 1.3
on board, proceeded to New York immediately.

The estimate of the sum required to defray the-
expenses of the Chinese expedition during the•
year ending 31st March next, is X 850,000.
Mr. E. James has given-notice of his intention•
to ask if any battalions or regiments of rifle corps.
are to be ordered to the camp at Aldershott dur-
ing the summer.

The defendants, Mr. 11. Scott and others, on
behalf of the infant son of the:Duke of Norfolk,
do not intend any longer to contest the title of
the Earl of Shrewsbury to Alton Towers and the
estates, and his lordship will be put in possession.
in the course of a few days.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--YESTERDAY,

In the House of Lords the business was confined to
the forwarding of legal bills.
The LORD'CirANCELLOR moved the second reading of
one out of several bills for the Consolidation of the
Criminal Law. The bill in question makes conspiracy to
murder felony; it being now a mere misdemeanour. The
Indictable Offence and the Court of Chancery Bills
passed through committee. The report on the Endowed
Schools Bill was brought up and agreed to with amend-
ments.
Their lordships then adjourned at 6.45 p.m.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock..
Mr. T. BUNCOMBE gave notice that on that day fort
night he should call attention to the state of our diplo—
matic relations with Naples.
Mr. PARKE gave notice that in committee on the
customs act, he should move the omission of the 9th
resolution, repealing the prohibition of the importatiou
of foreign malt.
Mr. Basil, WOOD asked the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer whether, in the event of a further reduction in
wines taking place in 1861, the drawback would be
allowed on Portugal and French red wines in stock at
that date, pursuant, to the terms of the excise orders of
July 11th, 1843, and July 20th, 1852, and the excise
letter of July 24th, 1843.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a.
drawback would be allowed to those who had complied
with the treasury minute of 1343. No difference, so
far as he was aware, would be made between metropo-
litan and provincial wine merchants.
Mr. JONES asked the Secretary of State for India
whether the officers of the Queen's service who were
present at the defence of Lucknow, have been allowed
to count any extra service for their pension in conse—
quence thereof, and whether the same privilege is to be
extended to the officers of the late company's service, who,
also served at the defence of Lucknow ; and whether it is
the intention of Government to mark in any other way
their appreciation of their services ?
Sir C. WOOD said that Lucknow would count for one
year's service ; that a clasp would he given for it ; and
that all the officers had received brevet or other
promotions.

Sir JOSEPH PAXTON asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer if it is proposed by the new treaty to give
the French Government the power of increasing existing
duties on English silk goods imported into France, front
their present rates to 30 per cent. ad valorem ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that
there was no engagement in the treaty applicable to this
class of goods, but it was not the intention of the
French Government to raise the duty.
Major S. KNOX asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether, under the proposed change, foreign wines and
spirits will be .allowed to be bonded in inland towns,
and, if so, whether the duties will then be collected IT

the Excise.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExellnQuEa 'id that it
was vot intended to establish inlvacirnis:.:lrofbf.:),.n:hed
for this purpose beyond those now existfintg.e
Exchequer
bteo introduced
have
s olsoldiers
i for
salewarehouses
f oorfbweaenirny.e
Mr. WYLD asked the Chancellor
eating houses and
whether, in the event of the keep
refreshment-rooms receiving- IiCaIISC.
and beer by retail, any
ers
that purpose
billeted upon them, as licensed_ _ , now are ?
The CitAseoLLon of the ExcHEQUER said that upon
consideration
in
rrdtAt tcetEo:eittlawhsrGekeweonldivi(teirtrnneintneehissgealefisrtrvidueriteltlteiatoiawdulatti,lohlnoenol
eeenfor.ts license propose
changesir
With rev
y he reserved a
further explanation for a future occasion.
State for War
if it be the intention of the Government to equalise the
of
prices of the commissions.
infantry of the line; officerseo
mo fin
icaaavi
oanl ray,
aanndd
whether cavalry officers, having
paid a large sum as the
price of their
receiving only the sdaimffe pay
cream from the
swehlleitnigie,rroerceniovte, thewis hi as infantry officers, will, on
proportion to that ug
War-office ; and
to sell, they will receive pay in,extrasaid otuhtalaty.
ERBERTit w
as
Mr. S. H
intended to lower
the price of the cavalry to that
tion. of the infantry commis-

Mr. T. ptiNCOMBE asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer if he has as yet made up his mind as to
allowing a drawback on the amount of duty paid in the
manufacture of British wines.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was
not his intention to allow any such drawback.
Mr. li, B, hSHEIIIDAN asked the Chancellor of the

LOCAL INVELIIGENCE.

Exchequer whether ttle income-tax proposed by him in
• . his budget is int;ended to be levied on the same plasm as ae,
that at 'itemers't in force, and, therefore, not uranintornes Ph, . LIVERPOOL
E ,AGAINST THE BUDGET.—
of less (ken £lOO per annum. NVe understand that 'this petition, very numerously
Ttie Cnaiseeeeon, of the EXCHEQUER replied that the i signed, was fornett-tled yesterday evening to Mr. Horsfall
for immediate presentation to the Douse of Pommons.
exemption of incomes atader £lOO would be continued
as heretofore. Llst of. PAsSENGERi per North Arterian, Captain
Thomas Alton, from .Portiand tO Liverpool :—Messrs.
The adjourned debate on Mr. Du Cane's resolution was
resumed-by •W. Morris, gamins F.. Orkney, I', Patterson, James
Geary, Taffies A. itl'Aesett, Thomas Iligginson, John
Mr; HuREA.E.D, who pointed nut the advantages Thomas, -X. M. Monro, Bishop Chart:mm.lnd, Rev. Com-
.
obtained by France in the treaty without a suffi- versa rfifilert, Captain J. 11. Eaglestou, Mrs. Morris,
cient equivalent on our side, and condemned the provis Ars. Dense, . Mrs. Brian, Mrs. Kirkland, Mrs, tt-eary
Sion that forbade our laying an export ditty ern. Coal. Mrs.-Brassett, Mrs. Nicholson and servant.
Ile congratulated the French nation on their adherence AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH At BIRREiiiitAD.-011
of
the night Mrs. Mar.V Yebihalis, the wife of one
to free-trade; .but he could not congratulate the English Of the band at the Itirkeilli6d Circus, died in- an aw-.
• nation on having to pay 2d. in the pound income-tai fully .sadden. Manlier. At nine o'clock, she was sitting
for giving a lesson in political economy to the Emperor to het chair at her lodgings in Leicester-street, the
of the French. As for the remissions of the budget, 1 landlady, Mrs. Purniyal, conversed with her, when she
however good they might be, we could not .at rtsoint. appeared, in perfect good health. At eleven o'clock
afford them. He objected to the im Mrs. Yeomans was found sitting in her chair, dead.
posta a the budget She had on her spectacles, and in her hand was
,a book
Upon trading transactions, as . impolitic,. 'vexatious, and which she had. evidently been reading, Whet). the shaft
involving much loss of time, lilt registration charge of death was levelled at; het
'Would be destructive to the etardler class of packages. Re Nom-masa 1104111.p.-2,A Ai:Wt.:lel meeting of the
then attacked theimerease, of the income-tax, saying that trustees of the Liv(rpool Northern Hospital was held
yesterday at that fastitutien, for the purpose of electing
the reason the peopletrore it hitherto Was that they believed
:lit hOtintlly physician: The chair was occupied by Mr.
the word of the ~se who undertook that the . Brown.—The Rev. Mr. Burton .having spoken in
tax was-nOt,se - statesmen wto last at its present rate. Ile eonsplained. warm terms of eulogy of Dr. Waters, proposed•that that
that par'y opposition stood in the wayef all amelioration gentleman be elected to the vacant office, and the motion
having beep seconded by Mr. 111,Vicear, there being no
tit Qt. income-tax against the leetattalities and injustice
of which he declaimed with much earnestness. He , other•candulate, Mr. Waters was declared to be elected.
—The proceedings occupied only a few minutes, and
declared that any income-tax beyond 7d. in; the pound concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.
would be a griesisons disappointment to the just expecte- Sisteross--,.About half-past eleven yesterday morning,
tions of the 'country, and protested against the many Marcus 'Wolfe, a man aged between fitly and sixty
Provisions of the budget which embarrassed those trans- years, lodging at 25, Brownlow-hill, committed suicide
,by taking a quantity of oil of almonds. He was fountstf6tiots of trade and commerce which had raised this
k3Otrntry to its present lying on his bedroom floor apparently in great pain and
prosperity. . foaming at the mouth. A surgeon was ininlediately
Mr. BAINES said that the chambers of commerce sent for, but before his arrival deceased had breathed his
of our great towns had expressed their approval of last. The deceased, whO had Weir in embarrassed cir-
the great, -proposals of the Chancellor of • the Ex- cumstarices, had of ;ate been very low spirited. A
chequer, and had ferther received general approval, bottle, contain'ing oil of almonds, was found upon time
ties+, and en the dressing-table was' a-letter addressed to
and which were; in his !opinion, as safe and
politic as • Mr. Samuel, 12 Canning Place.
they were hold. lie would not•have the treaty reeip- List of Patents, amongst others, which passed the
rocal as a matter of mere "peddling." end bargaining, Great Seal during the week ending ,Feb, 21, 1860 :
oAr.
elr.uGshaiinitio.: 8
to lles, "Improvementsminerdio in machines
t)bnearcslii
• I'M it was reciprocity in the best sense of .the word,iiinitilsa rteturrabtretliseff
each country making valeable concessions to the other.
France gave more than W. did. We morel —P. Salmon : " Improvements in locomotives, and in
Y made an apparatus for warming trains of carriages connected
advance in our coneste, while France reversed the policy thereto."—George Biley ! ',‘ Improvements on helical
of 200 years, • . refrigerators, for -ceOling breWers' and distillers' worts."
Mr. BI,A:-.13ITEN said that we were spending enor-
•.
William Wheatstone : " Certain improvements in har-
limns stms, in moniums."—George Ilawksley : " Improvements in order to induce France to take the wares
pumps."—William Henry Hill: "An improvement in
'of the iron and coal masters, and the manufactures. of time manufacture of boxss and cases, and in fastenings
ki ittnitigham.
for the same."—Geo. Pearson : " Improved machinery
Mr. Masrtsn supported the blidg-et as promoting the - • • i . • •
for manufacturing hoots and s ioes.—Comanommeated from
P rogress of pew, arid checking that of war.ts
•
the .Patent-ofreB, 4, Clayton-square, Liverpool.
HOESFALE, after alluding to the hardships caused a GRAND ;HE FANCY BALL.—As the, time approaches
to many trades by tire actual Itgulations, and finding for this popular entertainment coming off, it appears to
_fault with various parts of the budget, regretted that
be rising in public estimation. The exertions of the
be could not support Om resolution.. Had it been an committee have been nor; in'tting and their labours seem
abstract resolution against the increased income-tax, he . •
Could have given it his.adhesion ; but he could not join. new certain to be . crownd muting. and
The services
- of Mr. Streather's fine quadrille band have been secured
In rrobating. the proposal for sweeping away'so many
duties for the great hall, and that of Mr. Martin for the imive-'
and restrictions which impeded the commerce and • '' . ' '' ' ' . s Wile ball up stairs. Another band has been appointed to
ttogres.e. of the country.
Ur. IIYSIG approved of the budget as one of the most play in the vestibule, which will be tastefully decorated
%IP.prehensive. and most honest .ever -subinitted to the with
covered evergreens and exotics. The stairs and corridors
'Country. will he with crimson cloth. The appointments
Mr.BEACH'supported the resolution, of the sapper-room will be even more splendid than they
Sir F. BARING defended the treaty against the charge were on Tuesday se'rinight • and, taking into account the
. s well as the general favour with which the
of being antagonistic to the principleg of free trade. novelty4l3. ball 1 • I •
Ile regretted, however, that the chance had been lost Juvenile a has been received, and the demand for
of concluding a similar treaty with Spain. He pro- tickets, there cannot be a doubt of the entire success of
the undertaking
e•esl-ed to examine the details of 'the agreement, main- AA
WORKHOUSE .COMMITTEF —The weekly meeting
taming that in many cases the wrong articles had been
board-room
committee of the' Select Vestr held in' the
'to 'chosen for reduction on our side. He called attention- at the Parish-offices,--hill, yester-
to the srnsatisfactory state in which the national finances day forenoon. MrS Overseer Ceit ey presided; and the
would be left if the budget were adopted. Was it ether members present were—Messrs Denton, Peck,
ogle source
leave ten millions of revenue dependent upon the Williams, E. Byford, A. Byford, and Broome. From the
i.'lll- source Of the income-lax ? Since that tax was weekly return submitted 'lrti the governor, it appeared
4'l__llttposed in 1842, , there ,bad been several occasions. that the number of paupers in the house this week was
eu its revenue had been obtained with great difficulty
OIL 'Various 2,250, being 53 less than last week, and 20 Less than the,
Single year!)retexte and for brief periods, often' of only. a corresponding week of last year. The medical officers
Anew lease of the tax was. now again reported that the number in the sick wards, per last re-
lations, for one year. only, while, upon the best calms
lations 'tport, was 713 ; new cases since, 171; .cured • and dis-
, appeared that the deficiency next year would .
sse, as large
.charged, 14 ,died, , , ,
cases. The
3 • 29. now remaining under treat-
as twelve and a huff millions. So far from
!'ernitting the impost this time twelve months they would memberlllt:l7lo2t,
destitutei cittdin g feverpersons relieved and
10.
sheds
. in the
:317e_ut„.2. augment it to a shilling, and even that might during the week wasp as :follows !---156 men, vagrant 44 women,
' 6 ttite. This was a most formidable position. It
isv. as. the duty oeand 16" children ; 'total, 216 : showing a decrease as corn-
Government to look' forward for, at ease, one year and not leave so serious a difficulty to be pared with the last week of 36persons, and as compares]
with he corresponding period of teat ear of 20 persons.
dtadt with next year, when there would probably be •a bew Parliament in the House, and possibly a new Con- COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before IV. A. Iful-
stitution in the country. ton, Esq.)--CLAIM FOR Duarunassese.--This was an action
Mr. Baionr characterised this speech 'as full of the brought by W. Murdoch and James Drayman to recover
alarms and hobgoblins conjured up in speeches delivered the sum of £37 10s. from William Gibb:. -potato dealer,
twenty years ago, when certain persons regarded with of this town, tor a detention of the ship Anna, occa-
terror those measures of free-trade which experience )ed by the alleged neglect of time defendant in
movingre-
ever his cargo. It appears that in December last a'
temlever slate bad shown to be safe and salutary. The cargo of potatoes was consigned to the defendant by time
ution, he observed, was aimed against every arrange-
r ship Anna from Fort William. The vessel arrived in
4rebt of the Government—the budget, the treaty, the Liverpool early in December, but the cargo was not dis-
Atfil"dtictions; everything, in fact, but the scandalous expen- charged until the beginning of January. In consequence
ILttre. Its success would involve a change of Ministry, of tills,- the vessel could not take in a fresh cargo, and
.ninrltase of indireettaxation, and a rupture with France. the wages of the crew had, of course, to he continued.
:
ec-Xpressed in warm terms his satisfaction a tthe conclu-
'rah of the treaty with France—a treaty whieh equalled his ___ajr. Hinge,, who appeared for the defendant, con-
tended that as time bill of lading did not specify any
t'wu advises- given last year, and which, therefore, he day for thedischarge of the cargo, the plaintiffs could not
regarded with, peculiar agitatiou. The advantage of
sustain their action. He further showed that it was for
that treaty to both nations, it was, he said, impossible
---,---------- 1 the interest of the defendant to discharge the cargo as
ts° calculate: While it was said in England that we soon as possible, and that he was therefore not likely to
;ere humiliated by the treaty, there were those in injure his own interests by any unnecessary delay. A
4.,,rance who.regretted a transaction so humiliatory to their 'number of witnesses, who were called by Mr. Hine,
°-j ""try, and for which they made sacrifices so large. . etateti, alsat they layo consider the defendant had been
1,,,. Would be•shewn thAs(cencession fortoncessiou) dot g,„iity 4%1y del aietamtging the, ein.„., ~. s. •
did"'• Government gave up five times aserniich as we,
_Honour, in remarkity, upon the case, said it w ,
We sacrificed duties on three -important articles much better if parties would prevent the (mecum-116e of
alone wine, brandy, and silk, while France reduced dutiee
or abandoned prohibition on a multitude of articles, on cases of this kind by specifying in the bill of haling time
eleven of which alone the exports from this countrydate of discharge. lii determining whether the plaintiffs
amounted to £95,000,000. No one could foresee the had a ground of action, be considered that the evidence
amount of trade which would spring up in consequence, for the defence was sufficient to establish the existence
The tariff e
of France would b as liberal as that of the of a custom, by virtue of which the defendant. was not
United States; and it should be remembered that to the limited to a day or two in dischargires, his cargo when
United States we exported above twenty-two millions the bill of lading contained no specified time for such
diseharge. He must, therefore, return a verdict for the
and a half. Free-trade with France, which at present
:Was almost nil, would raise itself to something like the defendant.
R 'UK OF TILE BRIG ELIZ:t GRIEITES.--- B et/F.
tRi SC
level of the United States. He amused the House by
quoting a gun (s.s.) Noisier BRITON.—The papers received by •me
passage of one of Mr, Disraeli's novels in North American containN .hanßintterestiragt.iacco,uenvt off
ttifirie
which the writer lamented the absence of a comme'r,cial
treatyl between France and England, 'and regretted that rFeasiezlria,2e'vte' se it'h'si2hicaoprsti;ed,"Aeowa:l4lnedi'arii'd‘
,4`i,4l.i;ig.
deepeOuld not exchange our unrivalled porcelain for their
a heavy gale on the 24th January. The vessel capsized
tr MINIS wines. Nothing could show views more con- .at 11 p.m., so suddenly-that there was not even time to
it aeted than;tbe objections to the export of coal. Could call the watch. It was blowing hard from the E.N.E.,
be believed that, with the world before her, France with a heavy sea. The captain and steward were below,
blame the delays demanded by the' French Emperor for
deck, or were drowned in their cabins, as.they were not
e execution of the treaty, when he remembered the seen afterwards. The•chief mate (JoSeph Turner) rushed
delays which rendered 'it necessary to Sir .Bobert
.on deck, as (lid also some of the seamen forward, and
Dees to postpone the abolition of the Corn Laws
found the vessel on her beam ends. The rigging was
r,,,rle three years after he. had .decided upon it. cut away,. but she would not right until site had filled
:M•,,.! re were those in Paris who regarded this treaty with water. The decks were swept of everything—
ladl the same feelings that extreme Protectionists once masts, boats, spars, &c.,' being all either emit or driven
the repeal of the • Corn Laws. No treaty of similar away. The men passed the remainder of the night in
mportance had ever been concluded in so short a a .wretched state, being immersed in water and half
time as had this of Mr. Cobden's, who had been
frozen. On Thurslay (the following day) they held on,
dome
as undecorated and unrewarded. It. was true
subsisting Upon a barrel of flour mixed with ice. Oa
bas was not decorated.hy those stars so often gained by
eas •
_Friday nqmght the wind increased, and it blew a perfect
ad•eness, hut he was rewarded by ,the symnpathv, the gale until Sunday, when the wreck. was quietly settling
.
nnration and the gratitude of his When in time water hour by hour. A large steamer passed them
ther ' deficit • - e was a in 1842, Sir Robert Peel reduced an
on Sunda.y,,but did not see them ; and on Monday they
immense number of duties, thereby inereasing the. deficit,
his trembling party an income-tax of 711. in the
rAir. Gladstone was now doin and then demanded sighted another vessel, but she also either did not see
ill o
them, or did not care to save. them. The bravest then
'''
- - began to despair, as the weather, which had somewhat
vus. and. The scheme susceeded, and the income-tax had
item • • modr•rated on _Monday morning, was again becoming
s that time to this enabled successive ministers to effect I
wm.,,c, -
amid the, most dismal apprelicesions prevailed.
Zatultitude of objects, bad and good. The Conservative
Fortunately, however; the steamer North Briton hove
:,',artY supported that policy in those days, and he called in sight, a boat was lowered in the charge of time first
1•1 them still to support a policy from which the country •
uad d •officer, Mr. Smith, and they were taken on board, where
~i 4 erived such supreme advantages. Could they deny,
they, received ,a warm 'welcome from Captain Borland, •
Oid.en on theirown,grounds, that the advance' n the con- hiS officers, and crew. They had drifted 60 miles south-
on of agricultural labour was greater than was ever
east of • Sable Island, and about 150 miles from where
b''°Ntal before, not, but that he was sensible-of the great they were cap Sized.
4' ef the budget—a blot, which would render the
Ileaern COMMITTEE.—Mr. Shell presided at the
I,4ate of office of the ministry a short one., That blot usual weekly meeting of the Health Committee yester-
-44,,s the frightful and scandalous -expenditure. It was
day, and time other members present were Messrs. Crellin.
F4,,_'d that thirty millions was not too much to pay Vernon, Avison, Beckwith, Stitt, Hodson, Crostliwaite,
ti'''', the security of the country, but the country was
Job, Ridley, Haydock, Bowring and Barton. The
tl°‘ One whit more secure with the . expenditure of ,
medical officer of health reported that the low tempera-
eelr!Y millions than with one of fifteen millions. Sue-
thBa-ive ministries uniformly found the preparation of true which prevailed from time 9th to the 7th of Feb.,
inclusive, caused a considerable increase of mortality in
vt,eit predecessors ' imperfect and insufficient. ' The the week ending last Saturday. The deaths which, ea.
"e le cry and panic of the war with France was a huge
PisasPesture, palmed upon the people of this country. the previous week were only 197; rose last week. to lth 3,
about the average mortality of the corresponding week
of the preceding ten years, and more than in any week
saitler reviewing and blaming the Crimean and Chinese
with he said that they at least shelved a close alliance since the severe weather, which prevailed in the latter.
that France, and now we conclude a treaty which binds half of Deceniber. Of the deaths last week, 170 were
rea';'' alliance far closer than ever. To increase the esti-
in the parish, and 83 in the ant townships. The deaths
from . t' diseases were 30; the corrected average
....-e under such circumstances was a great immorality
zynor lc ,
0 a base hyfiocrisy somewhere or other, - and if the
posed
had hit the blot. they had pro- being 58. Diseases of the lungs caused 102 deaths,
against 85 in the previous week. • Fifty-one persons
(14' a resolution denouncing this reckless expen-
died between the ages of 60 and 90 years; and of these
e ssrse, they would have deserved well of their
not less than 10 were ascribed to the infirmities of
estimates,
With this treaty, on the one hand,
ode these
age. The mean temperature for the last six weeks
It
unates, on the other, there must be divided pnions
had been considerably below the average.—The
at the Cabinet, which would be fatal to its existence. Borough . Engineer, Building Surveyor, and In-
coulwaas only by reducing the expenditure that they spector of Nuisences,reported various particulars of the
I" hope to reduce the income-tax; they would never
recur •
again to cuitome and excise. The income-tax operations in their several departments during the week,
from which it appeared that 275 nuisances complained
make
the expenditure were inseparable. Let the House of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken
npf its mind to this. The scheme of the Chan-
celloer
had noto beenthe Exchequer was a great scheme. If le
boerenthat £30,000,000 what a scheme' to remedy them. 1,166 houses in the unhealthiest
districts, containing 3,760 apartments and 650 cellars,
it would have had been put under 'examination, with the view of
It. relieved industry—it ' ex-
tended. the hand.. of friendship to . a great conel- improving their sanitary condition.—A deputation from
tr '
cress
it was a bright spot amid the general •dare- the. Liverpool Land . and House-owners' Association
of Europe--it was an act of justice waited on the committee to protest against the adoption
tr, England,
and, by its influence, on the amities of of the amended bye.-laws ;. and, after some general
nations would be found hereafter entitled to the grati- discussion, the committee adjourned.
annual
tads of the world,
meeting of the subscribers and friends of this society
LIVERPOOL FEMALE PENITENTIARY.--The
tt, AIL WHITESIDE said that the last speaker had declared
t;tart he supported the ministry.- The contrary was the RS held in the Charitable Institution House, Slater- ,'
Isvtreet, at noon,• yesterday. The Rev. H. J. }Lindley heed Mr.
was 'the ministry who supported hint. He
theed Mr. Bright, who denounced onr expenditure en presided on the occasion, in the unavoidable absence of
Mr. Cropper. Mr. Abraham, the secretary, read the bybole, why he did not attend when the estimates
report, which detailed the operations of the society
thQlqated, and undertake the glorious task of reduclieg
during the past year. The report alluded, in congratu-
theim• Why did ho support a ministry, now engage( irt
latory terms, to the altered lives•of those who had been
ISta,Chinese war which he so severely condemned?.
inmates, and who had been restored to that position in
aiid' did he support a ministry which had a peace policy
society which they had once forfeited. The number of
a boi‘,lar estimates. He characterised the budget ast
inmates in the house was seventy, and time health of all
kr -,," experiment upon the country. Quoting against
continued to be satisfactory. The earnings of the past
inco„,`"ladstone. his declaration that the effect of the
ear, year, compared with those of the preceding one, only
got '''estax waTinjurions and demoralising ; lie coal(
varied in a decrease of a few ouds, this decrease being
opit47), usent to permit it to he doubted; and, with tha,
in the sewing department. Then subscriptions slionied a
.len, could consent neither to the nor treaty.
trifling diminution, which the donations, however, had
the'tt. CARDWELL congratulated the country on the fact
seet'e_Whatever. succeeded, our military• and naval
institution this year was considerably . less than
re-. more than counterbalanced. The balance due to the
ceemes were placed on a footing- satisfactory to the
in 1858 hut that was chiefly owing . .
lies count
and not fettered by financial considerations, ' • • • •
the e they were not, on this account, to be hindered in
the house Nineteen of those who completed
-s th - • • •extra expenditure in connection with repairs in
the tmltse of financial progress. ' Approving strongly of
histsreaty, he said it would mark an epoch in French
left during 1858
ere . 4. theire full time during the pest. year were known to be
are J as Impprtau. as the downfall of - protection doing well in service, and of nine who ,
nag ourselvee. they had continued good accounts. Those who had. gone
air 4 the motion of MT. NEWDEGATE, the debate was back to their old pursuits were few.—On the motion of
.11111'ned, • - Mr. Abraham, seconded by D. Gee, the report was.
Pae,c'e, Valuation of Rateable Property (Ireland) Bill unanimously adopted.—A vote of thanks was. cordially.
passed to the ministers of' religion who had given then
Thu through Committee. -
services to the inmates of the institution, and who had
Thu Souse adjourned at five minutes to one.
made collections in its behalf. Thank's were also voted
the officers and committees of the institution, and the
committee for the ensuing year was constituted.—Dr.
Gee alluded to the nightly _meetings in London, and
suggested whether the various institutions in the town
should not meet and consider whether anything should
be done in Liverpool in the same direction. He advised
that the Secretary should communicate with the other
societies, and ascertain what could be done.—Mr.
Abraham thought it would be well .to wait until
they saw the result of the meetings in London before
they took any action in Liverpool.—A vote of thanks to
the Chairman terminated the proceedings. -

boo4hb "--1 -MAJESTY'S SECOND LEVEE.—Yesterday after-
-I'o,le c 'er Majesty held a second levee at St. James's
_k • It was numerously attended.
appj°ed story is told by the Chicago Times about the
414i/bent of.. a post master in the same state. One
son sets appointee was compelled to decline for the rea
ledge forth below :—" Dear sir.—Although I acknow-
that re honour of my appointment, I regret to say
in tb "Ye yet an unexpired term of five years to serve
letteringt? enitentiary, which compels me to decline your
Suer."

RIFLE CORPS PRESENTATION a WEDNESnA.7.7-We
omitted to mention in oily repOrt, that forty men Of tlin
14th Liverpool Rifle Volunteers--the Edge,, Dill Corn-
poty---finder the oopirittild of Captain Tyndall Bright,
Were piemtit bit the above occasion.
tnitaiwAti, RIFLES. —The Queer has been graciously
pleased to approve and accept the services of a company
of Rifle Volunteers in the parish- of Chil69ll: The
corps is to be numbered it; the 42nd Laticashire,And its
ffiaximum establishment will Consist of one c.tritelli;
lieutenant, and ensign, and 100 men of 1 rankS:
AcemENTs.-eE,dward a labourer, residing
lrl Stockdale4itet, sustained a fracture of the ribs and
Hue, from a truck which fell upon him yesterday
In Little Howard-street. Lawrence Hornby, a labourer,
residing in Ford, received a severe compound fracture
on hoard the ship Demerara, in St. George's Deck, by a
log of timber fatlirg on him.
CANNING DEBATING SOCIETY.—This society held a
public debate on Tuesday evening, at St. John's school-
rooms, Birkenhead. The attendance was very good.
The subject of debate was: " Has the French alliance
tended to the hottodi; aiid :interests of England." Upon
the votes being taken .there, appeared a large majority
in 'favour of the negative side of the question.
TOXTETH BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meet-
ing of this board was held yesterday, at .the Public--
offices, Park-road. Mr. H. S. Alpass presided ; and
the other members present were—Messrs. Leyland,
Carter, Ogden, Siddeley, Wilson, Harrison. J.
Wilson, and Leyland.; 'The governor of the workhouse
having presented his- report. the proCeedings of the
Building Committee were read and confirmed. This
Concluded the business.
BANKRUPTCY COURT —ha re Elijah Parry.—Yester-
day Mr. Commissioner Perry- gave his decision, upon
the petition of Thomas and Charles Whalley, on the
question whether a steam engine and machinert in the
possession of the bankrupt at the timtlof the harlkrdptcy,
and over which the petitioners held a bill of sale, were
Or Were not to he considered the property of the
assignees: Ills Honour, after reviewing the whole of
the evidence in the case,- decided that Charles Whalley
bad no title to ask that the assignees In removed from
the possession of the premises. le. therefore dismissed
the petition with costs.
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.—
His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange arrived in Li-
verpool yesterday alterneon, and proceeded to thc Adelphi
Hotel, He was accompanied by the following gentle-.
men as escort His Exeellency Baron Bentinek, the
Netherlands. Minister; Count L. de Bvlandt, Count de
Recliteren, Colonel Seymour (equerry to the Queen),
and Cul. Von den Bosch. Yesterday evening his royal
highness dined with 'Mr. Sandbach, when some of the
leading gentlemen of the town were present. We
understand that the Prince will visit Birkenhead this
morning, and it is believed that he will leave Liverpool
by this evening's London
WILJALBA FRIKELL AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
That prince of conjurors., Herr Frikell, continues to
attract crowded and fashionable'audiences to the Theatre
Royal, where his astounding and incomprehensible per-
formances hold all his audiences spell-bound. The great
"hit" of the performances is the famous coup de main
in which the professor,' standing in the centre of an
unfurnished stage, and without any assistants visible,
produces from under a cloth two immense globes tilled
with pellucid water, in which gold fish are swimming.
The feat is certainly sui gencris. At the morning per-
formance on Saturday, . the children of the Orphan
Asylums and the Blue Coat School, who have been
liberally invited by Herr Frikell, will be admitted
gratuitously.
The principle of Marine Insurance has taken a per-
manent hold on the public mind, and, during the past
few years, has been considerably developed. Some eight
or nine associations of this kind have been ushered into
existence, mid their shareholders have realised handsome
dividends, as the astounding advance -in the value of
their shares testify. There is yet abundant room for the
establishment of new marine insurance companies, even
to eight or ten fold their present number, if :they are
organised on a suitable foundation, and with every pros-
pect of achieving satisfactory and remunerative results.
The London and 'Provincial Marine Insurance Company.
from the eminence, reputation, and practical experience
of its directors, and the reception it has already met with
in the market, bids fair speedily to rival the most pros-
perous and successful of its predecessors. The present
capital is fixed at £1,000,000, in .50,000 £2O shares, with
power to increase to £2,000,000. .This company, we
cannot but think it, will commend itself to the attention
and patronage of our readers.
SWEARING IN OF THE TOXTETTI-P ‘ltli RIFLE COM-
PANY.—ThE Tradesmen's Rifle Corps, which has lately
been formed in Toxteth-park, was sworn in last night
by Mr. Hutchinson, in the schools of St. Matthew's
Church, Hill-street. The school was gaily decorated
with banners bearing appropriate inscriptions, and the
occasion was honoured with the presence of a great
number of the influential tradesmen of the district.
James Robertson, Esq., occupied the chair, and among
the other gentlemen present were Messrs. 11. S. Alpass,
John Wilson, J. D. Carter, J. B. Hughes, H. Harrison.
James Winsor, the Rev. T. W. Moeran (incumbent of
the church), Rev. Mr. Hartley, Rev. I'. C. Pizey, &c.,
&c.—The Rev. •T. W. Moeran addressed the volun-
teers in an impressive and very appropriate. speech.
He remarked upon the rifle movement, and the good
it was likely to produce throughout the country.
The Rev. T. C. Pizey, having briefly addressed the corps,
the oath of alleigance was administered by Mr. Hutchin-
son ; alter which, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Hughes, Mr. H.
S. Alpass, and other gentlemen spoke in favour of the
movement, and expressed their ft pproha tion of the effi-
cient state to which the corps had been brought, by the
exertions of its officers. The captain of the corps, Mr.
J. Winn, then moved the first resolution, which was a
vote of thanks to the chairman for his kindness in pre-
siding. 'Yhe resolution was carried by acclamation. the
Welsh volunteers who, under EM•ign Gibson, attended
rta►- a guard busivr, wer , • h threellWarty
ehoers. from the Totteth-pi . Pa , and a similar
compliment having been made to the Wellington Rifles,
under Captain Paget, the interesting proceedings were
brought to- a close. We regret exceedingly that a want
of space prevent us from giving a more ample report of
the proceedings, and we can only add that, from the
appearance of the corps last night and the taste they
have displayed in the selection of a uniform, the Tox-
teth park Company will probably be second to none in
Liverpool

LIVERPOOL PEACE SOCIETY.--The annual meeting
. of the members and friends of the Liverpool Peace
Society was held last evening at Hope-ball, the chair
being occupied by the president of the 'association, Mr.
James Mulleneux.—The report for the past year, which
detailed the various measures adopted to carry out the
objects of the association, having been adopted, the
Rev. W. H. ()banning moved the re-appointment of the
committee, and in doing so expressed his own views
upon the objects which the society had in view. He
urged that each nation should first be prepared internally
to adopt the views advocated by the society, and to unite •
for the purpose of carrying them out; and though
England had done more than any other nation to give
every man his full rights, vet she had not attained per-
fection
in this respect, and many nations bad not even
begun to follow her example. It. was no use, he con-
tended, to preach peace doettines to despotic powers ; but
if his hearers were prepared to adopt the peace doctrines
• in their entirety, they should take positive measures, and
go forth prepared to do all which the adoption of those
doctrines rendered incumbent upon them.—Dr. 'nine
in advocating the establishment of the principle of
arbitration in settling disputes between nations delivered
an exceedingly ingenious and argumentative speech in
support. of his motion ; and having shown, by comparing
present and past times, how small nationalities were
being absorbed into large and united confederations, and
how many dispute-; which previously occurred were thus
avoided, he urged that, though appeals were often made
to arms,, disputes were nearly always settled by con-
gresses. . Sometimes these congresses had been held
with effect before hostilities had broken out, and on one
or two 'occasions which he enumerated European wars
'had been avoided. The Rev. Professor Griffiths, the
Rev. Mr. Peters, and Mr. J. T. Danson also addressed
the meeting, and the resolutions proposed by the various
speakers were unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks
to the chairman concluded the proceedings.
Loom. BILLS.--The following proceedings with regard
to local hills before Parliament have taken place since our
last --Blackburn Gas Bill, reported; report to lie upon the
table. London and North-Western Railway (so. 2)
Rill: read a second time and committed. Liverpool
Corporation Water Bill: ordered, that the bill be
taken into consideration on Monday, the 27th of
February. Petitions have been presented against the
following bills, the petitioners praying to be heard by
counsel : —Birkenhead Railway Bill (No. 1)-1, from
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Company • 2, from the Great Western' Railway Com-
pany. Birkenhead Railway Bill (No. 2)—Froni the
Oxford,' Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Com-
pany. Bolton and St. • Helen's-road Bill-1, from
Baron Lilford and others; 2, from John Shaw Leigh;
3, from the surveyors of highways and others in Parr,
Barton Wood, and St. Helen's. London and Notth-
western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire- Railway • Companies' 'Bill—lst, from
the St. Helen's Canal and Railway Company; 2nd,
from the Midland Railway Company; 3rd, from the
itdhlearnnei
Manchester,
Bradford, 'Wakefield, and Leeds Railway Company ; 4th,
from the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway
C ont pa ny. sheffiLondon Neld, a
nodr t
ilnirceositnesrhnir Great r eaantdNmo r
Railway Companies-1, from the St. Helen's Canal and
;e Bradford, Wakefield,
on Railway Company.
3, front the Leeds,
Railwayßradford, and Lee ds Companyl
and Hll 2:Cxof rojimu,annetytih
London and North-Western Railway (No. 3)-1,
;Whittle and John Shaw
from the Corporation of Warri4n,gtforonm; 21,1rf.roimioDrtainnlieerl
Willis. Manchester Corporation Water Bill.-1, from
Thomas Dalton; 2, from ratepayers of Droylesden ; 3,
kDsit°aourgbidearillit arbour Board Bill—from
from,a I a t
eSri
TaitD drsa, nfirEme‘
Purchase, and Conservancy from the Shropshire
tChleayßtoirikLenhAlc.aeir Mersey
Company. Upper Mersey Dues,
Union Railways and Canal Company ; 2, from the
Birkenhead Railway Company.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday. The
precautions to prevent the admission of any but quali-
fied shareholders were so rigid, that even the reporters
were required to sign their names and give their address.
Mr.. Love, the chairman, was received by one party with
cheers, and by another with hisses. The malcontents
are stated to have been in a minority. The chairman
having moved the adoption of the report, M. Wad-
dington contended that it was utterly fallacious. The
report was agreed to, after considerable discussion.—The
election of directors, the most exciting part of a very
excited meeting, was proceeded with. After a long
personal discussion—in which the claims of Mr. Love
band
and Mr. Goodson, the retiring 'directors, and of Mr.
Waddington and Mr. Gam'le, the new candidates, were
very freely discussed,—for Mr. Love nearly everyappeared to be kept up, and lie was declared by the
secretary, who put the motion, to' be . unani-
mously.eleetediands held
Against
i
111ei meeting Mr. Goodson
er3
theresovn; were eight or ten
emphatically
declared
against Mr. Waddington and Mr. Gamble, neither of
whom demanded a poll, notwithstanding the immense
exertions they had made to secure their return.

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A DISTINCTION.—A person, tried for high treason, as
the jury were about to leave the bar, requested them to
consider a statute, which he thought made very much
for him. " Sirral," cried out one of the judges, ,c I
know that statute better than you do." The prisoner
coolly replied, " I make no doubt, sir, that you do know
it better than I do. lam only anxious that the jury
should know it as well."—Soward.