The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER did viitually admit this to be his duty

by appropriating • two. Millions arid a half
:_fox these expenses. We ate driven; therefore; to ,
the conclusion,,that4he sum of two millions and
a• half, originally provided, ought to have been
sufficient; and, consequently, that the . new vote
of nearly four= millions is a piece of superfluous
extravagance ;H--or, that . the former sum was
knowingly and intentionally insufficient, and that
the latter .• Wks' deliberately • ommitted from the
GLADSTONE'S budgetary statement of expendi-
.ture. Will pit be pretended that this new, and
merely conjectural estimate, unaccompanied, as
it is, by any details, could not have been as easily
foreseen to be. neoessarY, and as nearly conjec7
'cured itt amehint, sottie nienths back, as at the
moment When Mr; -GtLtristortE• at last made up.
his mind to tell the whole truth ? Nap, More, as
regards the sum now obtained,' let us ask, if it be
.
really a just:aii&necesiary- vote; ho-iv .ninth More
_ would it likely have amounted to had the,million.
and a-half Of paper' .clety been loSt tCtthe.'nationat.
exchequer? This question may ije....casily avoided; ,
but we cannot help thinking that it is.qiiite•Pe-
:. tinent to the !natter. Then, .again, Whit are
we to think of the vigilance... of a Chancellor
of the Exchequer
.who acknowledges, having
overlooked, hi his calculations, the fact that a
balance of above four lintidted thousand
.pounds
remained unsettled of the expensei .df the last
__war with China? •We sincerely wish, for the
sake of rcharity,,and- in behalf of the honOurable
reputation of *our public men, that we could put
:af fairer Coristruction upon theSe transactions.
That Mr. GLADSTDNEhas been guilty of unpa-
ralleled , blundering
.and wati,t... of foresight is
truth; butt we 'fear, 'it is short of the
whole truth—and that . that which remains un-
written of :the verdict against him is imrdeasurably
more fatal to his high personal and administrative
pretentsions. ,
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The audacious conduct of the coalition ministry
in remitting taxes and tampering with the whole
finances of the :country, viewed in :_the light of
such revelations of palpable dishonesty, assumes
the .Character of a treasonable conspiracy jar_
more heinous than some of those for which, in
days now gone by, servants of- the Crown have
been impeached; and have forfeited their heads.
If the process of impeachment has justly
fallen into desuetude, there is still a higher
bunal before which ministers must be arraigned—
nay, have already been arraigned and condemned;
we mean, of course, the tribunal of public opinion,
whore irreversible judgment mast sooner or later
be executed,. by the ignominious expulsion from
the councils of the nation of men who have dis-
covered their utter want of public honesty, and
-sought to sacrifice. the welfare 'of their country to
serve:the most paltry personal and party purposes.
What a spectacle does Mr., Cq.ADSTONE., present
His reputation_ for great abilities, refined taste,
sound principles, and unapproachable integrity,
now wrecked, and himself stripped of all those
reputed charms,•cast off like a weed upon the
ocean! Verily, the beginning of evil is like the
letting out of water. When, from unworthy
motives, he left the Conservative camp, he com-
menced a doWnward course, the deplorable end
of which he could scarcely have foreseen. When,
froth being a Peelite, he gave himself
up to the embraces of the Whigs, he
made another •false step towards the fulfilment
of his evil destiny. We now behold the
quondam high Conservative and Churchman
rushing ,upon his fate, and, in Concert with
those who have neS,-er*. known better, not only
talking revolutionary sentiments, but following
the most treacherous 'and treasonable courses.
"How has the mighty fallen, fallen, fallen, from
his high estate I' Once admired and esteemed,
he is now sunk so low that his recovery seems
impossible. We cannot contemplate such a
miserable catastrophe without emotion.

0, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown :
The courtier's, scholar's, soldier 's
—eye, tongue, sword,
The rose and expectancy of the fair state,

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,The glass of fashion, and the mould ofform, '
The observed of. ail observers—quite, quite down!

Two transports have sailed from Toulon for
.13eyrout with marines.. • •-_
The Paris Pettrie states that the siege of
Messina is decided on ; but that the great heat,
so terrible-in-Sicily during July and August, will
render tho.operation extrentiely difficult.
The Herald says that the rumour was currentl!
yesterday_of a suspension for a heavy sum in the.
West of England, and details
.concerning which
if they shall prove correct, will be of 7. a.very dis-
couraging nature.
FONDNESS FOR FELINE FAVOURITES.—A Cat -Mania
is a singular thing ; yet it existed in Mrs. Grigg, of
Southampton...row, Avho.„died on the 16th. of January,
1792. Her executors found in her house eighty-six
living and tlventy7eight dead cats ! Their owner, who;
• died worth £30,200, left her black servant £l5O per
annum for!'the:'maintenance of the surviving cats
and. himself. Pope records an instance of a famous
Dualess of ---, who bequeathed considerable ,
legacies and annuities to her cats. In the MSroure Galante
there may be found
,a record of a famous lawsuit relating
to a eat of Madame de Puis, a celebrated performer on
the harp. This lady's will, in favour of her- cat; made a
great noise at the time. It settled a large;pension upon
her, and directed that so many visits should be paid her
every week. In the suit -carried on to set the will aside,
MM. Weinrier
,and" Vautier, celebiated lawyers, were
engaged to sustain it,' whilst M. de Ferreire, equally
famous, was retained °tithe opposite interest. But if, of
the gentler sex, there are those "who cradle the blind
offsprin& of their Selimas, and adorn the pensive mother's
neck with coral beads ;" some also of the remarkable
among our sterner race have shown an extraordinary
fondness among these luxurious quadrupeds. Moham-
.lned, for instance, had a cat. to which he.was so much
attached, that he preferred cutting off the sleeve of his
garment to disturbing her repose when she had fallen
asleep upon it.' Tetfiirch was so fond of his cat that he
had it embalmed after death, and placed in a niche in his
apartment. Dr. Johnson- had a feline favourite, and
when it was ill, declining its usual food, but greedily
seizing an oyster Wheni.it" was offered, he was accustomed
to bring home for her daily some' of theSe tempting mol-
luses: Mr. Peter King who- died at Islington in 1806,
had two Toni cats, that used to be set up at table with
him at his meals; and as he was a great admirer of fine
clothes richly laced, he thought his cats might like
them too. The grimalkins were accordingly measured,
and ivore rich liveiiei lntih adath.--Casselrr .Popular
History.