The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-20 00:00:00

Zitt St art Barka.

The Liverpool Share Market wore a firm tone
to-day, at the same time there was not much
activity, and prices generally showed no change ;
but in the case of Thames and Mersey Assurance
Shares a further fall 'has been submitted to, and
they closed heavily at 16s. 3d. prem. The trans-
actions included Great Western, 69*; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 105; London and North-Western,
1011, 2; ditto Eighth Shares, par, 1-16 p ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 41}; Midland,
1171, ; North Staffordshire, 3id ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 71; ditto Seven per Cent., 1872, cum
int., 681 ; Great Luxembourg Five per Cent.
Oblig., 3 7-16 ; Great Western of Canada, 11i ;
Preston and Wyre, No. 1,43 c.; Midland, Four-
and-a-Half per Cent., 103; South-Eastern, Four-
and-a-Half per Cent., 1021 ; Liverpool and London
Fire and Life Insurance, 61 p; Pacific Steam
Company, 63f.
The Share Market closed to-day at the following
prices :

Sales after Thre•
o'clock.

Railway..

Closing Prices.

_
Blackburn, —
Birkenhead BrCheshireJn. 7n - 741
Caledonian 916 —92
Chester and Holyhead
Eastern Counties
Great Northern ll4 --.116 --
Great Westerns
Lancashire & Yorkshire .
Loudon & North Westernloll 101/ 1011 f
Dittofshares
Manchester, Shef., & Lin 4l 411 41 1k
Midland Stock
North British 624 631
North Staffordshire
North_Eastera—Berariek .96 961
Do. York and N. Midland 81 —81 f
Do. Leeds Northern .. . 511 -- 52
Oxford, W. & Wolverhpiu 44; 451
South .H.:astem .. 25 9-16 26 11-16 251
Dutch Rhenish .. ,
Great Luxembourg
Grand Trunk of Canada. 7 9-16-- 7
Gt. W. of Canada
DAV) new shares ••• • • 9 aid
Buffalo. and Lake Huron.. 41 _ 44
Lombardo-Venetian •• - _
......
. .
........ 12/a0 13/0
Great Ship
Thames & Mersey M. CoLi• 4 —13-16 p

Zte Colonial robutt add,
The Liverpool Colonial Produce Market to-day
NCSI3 without change.
SUGAR.—There was only a limited demand,
the business being confined to 800 bags grainy
Demerara at 45s to 45s 3d, 70 Was. Porto Rico
at 42s to 435, and a small parcel of Havana, all
faults, at 36s 6d to 38s 9d per cwt.
MOLASSES, Rum, AND COFFEE.--Ni e have no

miles to notice.
RICE.—The market continued inactive, and

Pig Iron, Bars,
Rails, &e .. 1
Chemicals and
Fine Iron .
Salt ............. ..
Dry Gonda... ......
Hardwai e ........
Earthenware........ :
Passengers ....... .

9. d. s. d.
15 0... 0 0

O 0...17 6
nominal.2o .0... 0 0
20 0... 0 0
O 0... 8 0
S 5 0.
Nominal.

LONDON.

s. d. s. d.
15 0... 0 0

o 0...17 6
nominal.
0 0...25 0
0 0 ..25 0
9 0... 7 6
£5 Os.
Gross.

The LONDON MARKET
to-day was inactive, bui

• 931 a
• • • . • • 3 7 Pin
• • • ; 229 30
931 a
. - • •

s. d. s. d.

0 0...17 6

17 6_20 0

nominal.
20 0... 0 0
20 0... 0 0
7 0... 8 0
£5 10s. to £6
Gross.

TUESDAY EVENING.
for ENGLISH STOCKS
moderately steady in

character, though there was no disposition to
improve, the being
general features
satisfactory than at the close of businessrath yerestleesrs-
day- Consols have been quoted 93i to 1, but
closed at 93i to for the July account. Bank
Stock was dealt in at 229 and 230 ; Reduced
Three per Cents and the New Threes,
93
andl
Thirty Year Annuities, 16k; India Debentures,l
961; Enfaced Rupee Paper, 971
and ;ditto,
Five-and-a-Hal per Cents, 1021 ; India Stock,
for account, 1041 ; and Exchequer Bills, 5s and
3s pm. ; ditto Small, 3s and 7s pm.
The Funds closed at the following prices :
Consols Account
f
Exchequer Bills
Bank Stock • • •
Three per Cents. . •
a
Next Account • • •
The followingppeared in our second edition
of yesterday :
The funds opened this morning with a dull appearance,
but towards the close a decided stimulus was given in
consequence of the Paris Bourse at last responding to
the pacific protestations volunteered by the Emperor
Napoleon at Baden. Consols closed with firmness at
an advance of 1 per cent., and the upward tendency
extended, in the afternoon, to most other classes of
securities, though there was no revival of business. The
from
demand for money was to a fair extent. Apart
exceptional cash, no business was done below 4 per
cent. At the Bank, however, the applications were on
a limited seale.—Daily News.
The English funds opened without recovery this
morning, but the market subsequently became strong,
chiefly in consequence of the improvement in the
weather and the receipt of better prices from Paris.
Exchequer bills were quoted at an advance of nearly 3s.
In the discount market there has been rathei a good
demand, and little or no business has been done below

June 18.
Jane Ann, Hughes

D. L. Chaote, M'Manus,

June 18.
Peerless, Davies Antwerp
Rosario (ss), Torloth ...Nantes
Ansa Agatha, Klengen
Archangel
Lady Matheson, Forbes,
Wardoe
Bedwelly, Tode Seville
S. Lawrence, Wheeler ...Aden
Canaatic, Devereux ...Havana
June 19.
Cossawattee, Minshull,
Savannah
Reine des Flots, Grovelle,
Toulon
...Pernau
FOREIGN PORTS

Hercules, Reitz

Glenmore, Petersen; and Durns, Cunningham; both hence
at Odessa.
Zigzag, Brooking, hence at Valencia.
Borgund, Olsvig, from Smyrna at Gibraltar, and cleared for
Liverpool.
Engelina, Smith, hence at Cronstadt.
Lydia, Horsman, hence at Riga.
City of Dublin, frora Clyde at Calcutta.
Osprey (ss), hence at Helvoet.
Lalla Rookh, hence at Calcutta.

SPOKEN.
Emprees, hence for Calcutta, April 13, 20 8., 35 W.
Zaunstrom, hence for Shanghai, April 18, 17 S., 85 W.
Kitty Corde, from Bombay, off Cape of Good ope.
Orient, New York for Liverpool, June 1, twelve miles north-
west of Nantucket South Shoals.
Fidelia, New York for Liverpool, June 1, 40 N., 70 W.
Milan, Galveston for Liverpool, May 25, 27 N., 80 W.
Sweep3takes, May 24 *
Typhoon (ship), June 12.
Harmony, Callao for Cork, April 22, 42 S., 27 W.
Regent, Bordeaux for Bourbon, May 5, 6 8., 27 W.
Venus, of Liverpool, bound out May 5, 6 S., 27 W.
Witch of the Teign, Moulmein for Falmouth, May 19, 10 N.,
28 W.
Privival, Arica for Bordeaux, May 31, 31 N., 38 W.
Jamaica, June 9,42 N., 24 W.
John Bonfield, Caldera for Swansea, June 9, 40 N., 23 W.
H.M.S. Queen, June 7, 38 N. 7 E.
Albanian (se), June 10, at Gibiro.:tar.
Arcadia, bound south-east, June 12, off Cape St Vincent.
Braganza (ss), bound south, June 13, off Cape Roca.
Juan, bound south, June 13, off Cape Roca.
James Pilkington, bound south-west, June 17, off Tuskar.

OUTPORTS.
Grace Peel, from Caldera at Swansea.
Vernon, from Bombay off Plymouth.
Anne Duncan, from Monte Video; and Robert Bruce, Wil-
mington ; both at Bristol.
Protege, from St. John, N. 8., at Drogheda.
Leander, hence at Cardiff for Maranham.
DEAL, June 19.—Arrived and passed : Conway, from London
to Liverpool; Ann Stanley, gull to Monte Video ; City of
Manchester, London to Glasgow; Juniette, Shields to Gib-
raltar.
GRAVESEND, June 19.—Arrived Melancthon, from Shang-
hai ; Maria Sophia, Stralsund; trim, P Rico ;
Jamaica ; Champion, and Catherine, Trinidad ; Bilbao , Shang-
hai.;ort Alma, Kurracbee ; Queen of India, Calcutta; Jean Tay-
lor, Porto Rico; Volunteer, St Lucia; prompt, Patras ; Fran-

ARRIVED.
Zufriedenhest, Danse. Danzic
I
Seville
OFF THE PORT.
Morning Light, from Callao.
SAILED.

New York
Sir A. M'Nab, Chapman,
Bahia

Shakspere, Graham, ---
Hong Kong
Annie Laurie, Morris, Quebec
Fanny Dullen, Barber, Danzic
Geaeral Wyndham,Halcrow,

Melbounie
Fernandez, Contenti ...Lisbon
Lady Elgin,Weale Demerara
Adriatic, Barron Cronstadt
Amor, Waver Copenhagen
Caminhen se, Jonga ...Alicante

The schooner Ann Walker, Henderson, from Runcorn
Cronstadt, went on the rocks at Bowmore, Islay, on the nil
of the 12th June, in a fog, and must discharge to be got off.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACAI
PRECENTOR6HIP.
Diocese of Ferns: Rev. H. P. Ellington, D.D.. dec.
RECTORY.
Templeshambe : dio. Ferns : val. £l,OOO : pat. Bisho
Ossory : Rev. Dr. Elrington, dec.
VICARAGES.
Aughton, w. Cottingwith C., co. and dio. York : val. £
pat. T. Mosley, Esq.: Rev. G. M. Webb, prom.
Ledbury, co. and dio. Hereford: val. £4ll with resides
pat. Bishop of Hereford : Rev. J. G. Watts, ',rola.
Llansantfraid-Glyn• Ceitiog, Denbighshire : dio. St. Asa,
val. £200: pat. Viscount Dungannon : Rev. S. Donne, pr.
Pyle and Kcnvig, Gloucestershire : dio. Llandaff : val. £
pat. Lord Chancellor : Rev. J. B. Price, prom.
Sandal', Great, Yorkshire : dio. Ripon : val. £157 w.
deuce : pat. Lord Chancellor : Rev. Isaac Clarkson, dec.
Turville, Bucks : dio. Oxford : val. £lO7 with resider
pats. Proprietors of Land : Rev. E. Scobell, dec.
PERPETUAL CURACIES.
Birkenhead, St. Anne, co. and dio. Chester : pat. Rev,
Knox : Rev. R. Wall, prom.
Cauldon, Staffordshire : dio. Lichfield : val. £BO : pat
Henniker, Esq.: Rev. J. W. liewley, prom.
Montrose, St. Peter's Episcopal Chapel : Rev. H.. 1. Mars

prom.
Seacroft, Yorkshire : dio. Ripon : val. Ll3l with reside:
pat. V. of Whitkirk : Rev. H. J. Longsdon, prom.
Stepney, St. Peter, Middlesex : dio. London : val. £350
residence : pat. Brasenose College, Oxford : Rev. J
Rowsell, prom.
Waterfall, Staffordshire : dio. Lichfield : val. £6O : pa'
Henniker, Esq. : Rev. J. W. Kewley, prom.
CURACIES.
Cheltenham, St. Paul, Co. and dio. Gloucester.
Chertsey, Surrey : dio. Winchester.
Child's-Email, Salop : dio. Lichfield : stipend £lOO.
Chicheley, Bucks : dio. Oxford.
Hoxton, St. John-the-Baptist : dio. London.
Kirton, co. and die. Lincoln.
Lowestoft, St. John's, Suffolk : dio. Norwich.
Oxford, St. Ebbe.
Romford, Essex : die. Rochester : Assist.: stipend £lOO.
Royle, Lancashire : dio. Manchester : stipend £llO.
Skegness, co. and dio. Lincoln.
St. Helen's, Lancashire : dio. Chester.
Stibbard, Norfolk : dio. Norwich.
Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire : dio. Lichfield.
Tintwistle, co. and dio. Chester.
Wath-upon-Dearne, co. and dio. York.
Wellington, Somerset : dio. Bath and Wells.
West Derby, Liverpool : dio. Chester : stipend £l2O.
Woodford, Northamptonshire : dio. Peterborough : std
£5O with title.
Wymering, Hants : dio. Winchester : stipend £l5O.

LECTURESHIP.
London, St. Mary, Aldermanbury : Rev. J. Cohen, prom

CHAPLAINCIES.
London, City Prison, Holloway : Rev. J. Cohen, prom.
Sevenoaks Union : dio. Canterbury : Rev. C. Wimbe,
prom.

PROFESSORSHIPS.

Belfast, Queen's College : Mathematical : testimoniato
Dublin Castle on or before July 10.
Oxford, Savilian of Geometry: pats. certain Electors :v.
Baden Powell, dee.

MASTERSHIPS.
Lowther Grammar School, Westmoreland : Rev. R. Town
prom.
Wymering School, Hants : stipend £150: pat. the Vicar

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1860.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

After a long and able debate in the Lords last
night, on the Church-rate Abolition Bill, it was
rejected, by the triumphant majority of above
four to one. Only 31 out of 159 votes were for
abolition. The speech of the Earl of Derby was
especially clear, logically and emphatically con-
clusive. The substance of his lordship's speech
was, that as all prospect of compromise had
been extinguished, the question they were
called upon to decide involved either the,
maintenance or the total abolition of the
Church-rates. The supporters of the rate
had been willing to settle the question on
amicable terms, and would have accepted any
fair proposal for an equivalent. As the issue had,
however, been narrowed to a mere affirmative or
negative, they were obliged to meet the challenge
of their opponents by a direct vote for rejecting
the bill.

The principal topic of discussion in the House
of Commons yesterday was the formation of
Harboursjof Refuge. After much discussion it
was resolved, on Mr. Lindsay's motion, by a
majority of 145 to 128 against Ministers, that it
is the duty of her Majesty's Government to adopt,
at the earliest possible period, the necessary
measures to carry into effect the recommenda-
tions of the Commissioners appointed in 1858, to
inquire' into the formation of harbours of refuge
on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.
The morning sitting of the House was devoted to
the consideration in committee of the Irish Tenure
and Improvement of Land Bill of the Govern-
ment. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said
that the supplementary estimates for China were

cis, Tobago • Tynemouth, Columbia ; Jabez Snow, Calcutta till under consideration, and the Secretary-at-
,Cicill,
,Oporto Eleaner, St Vincent ; Fites, Petersburg ; Inc
Guernsey; Meda, Trinidad; Daniel Wheeler, CronStadWar had stated that a further vote would
Espero, Monte Video. Sailed: Sleepner, for Christiana.-
IFALMOUTII, June 19.—Arrived . Andreas, from Santos ; Anne asked for fortifications. No determination had
obsart, Odessa; Kron Prins Oscar, Prosgrund ; Anne Adam
son, Moulmein; Ellemondo, 'bran ; Juliana, Havannah ; Adoeen arrived at with regard to the amount of that
anus Johannes, Rio Grande ; Dante, Ibrail ; Erna Hagemeiste
Constantinople ; Isis, Thrall ; Theresa, Rio Janeiro; Teverastimate. He could not, therefore, as yet state
Havannah ; Leopard, Porto Rico ; Anna, Galatz ; Frey, Ibrai
Orilla, Sulina ; Adler, Galatz. off: Speedy, Bombay; Lauthe means whereby he proposed to meet these
and Louisa, Iquique.
BELFAST, June 19.---Arrived: Esperance, from nordeauadditional expenses; but the Government would
Sailed : Maria, for Liverpool.
QuEENsrowx, June 19.—Arrived : Star of the East, frolnse no time in framing the estimates, and it
'Liverpool. for St. John's, N .F., with loss of foretopm
(Would be his duty forthwith to make the conse-
gibboom, and making water. Sailed : King Eyo Honesty
Africa ; Tartar, and Avele Ivana, Limerick ; Bartel, Tra e
nent financial statement. Several other less-
Griffin (ss), Kingstown; Teazer (tug), Liverpool; alonsagiA
Caminha ; Deux Sveurs, Nantes; Europa (d), Liverpool 1,"11010 tant matters were disposed of.
New York ; Windermere, Demerara; Grace and Jane, r
Nil Desperandum, Callao.
DuBLIN, June 19.—Arrived : Emily, from Charente. It is reported in the Continental correspondence
GREENOCK, June 19.---Arrived : Celestine, from Pomerc that the interview of Baden-Baden has not cor-
Sailed : San Enrique (s), for Cadiz.
MARITIME EXTRACTS. responded to the desires of the Emperor of the
LIVERPOOL, June 19 French. The phrase in the semi-official Prussian
The Young Mechanic, from Akyab at Falmouth, with p,
cargo thrown overboard. Gazette, that Prussia had no new object in view,

is regarded as conclusive on this point, the
general belief being that the Emperor's intention
was to propose to the Prince Regent a course of
policy not merely new, but widely different from

that which he, as a German Prince, has hitherto
followed.

We insert in another column the farewell
address just received by telegraph, of the Prince
Regent of Prussia, delivered on Monday afternoon
in the Castle, to the German Sovereigns at Baden,
to thank them for having been present at his
meeting with the Emperor of the French, in
order to receive together the peaceful assurances
given by his Imperial Majesty. It is remarked
in the Paris correspondence of the Inde-
pendence Beige that the interview at Baden more
and more assumes the character of a sort of Con-
gress of courtesy, sufficiently flattering indeed to
the Emperor Napoleon by the consideration shown
towards him by the German Sovereigns, but by
no means calculated to lead to any of those
eventual complications which public opinion,
right or wrong, would have been determined to
anticipate From an isolated and confidential con-
ference between the Emperor of the French and
the Prince Regent of Prussia.
In the present state of European relations,
it is perhaps not unworthy of note that the
Dowager Empress of Russia has resolved upon
celebrating the next anniversary of her birthday,
13th July, with the royal family of Prussia.
The Archbishop of Palermo has paid a personal
visit to Garibaldi. A decree of Garibaldi fixes
the 18th inst. for the levy of men furnished
by the conscription, and the 20th inst. for the
departure of the conscripts for Palermo and
Catania. Another decree orders the collecting
of horses and military stores. Some cannon
have been cast. Thousands of pikes have been
distributed among the population. The Council
of Defence at Palermo has ordered the barracks
to be kept up.
The news published by some French journals,
that the Holy See would invite the Court of St.
James to accredit an official representative at
Rome, is entirely without foundation.

• A pamphlet .on " the Irish Question" has just
appeared in Paris. According to Bullier's Cor-
respondence, the author is supposed to be M. H.
Marie Martin, of the Constitutionnel. The ani-
mus of this very ridiculous pamphlet is disclosed
by the concluding lines, which are as follows :
" We do not yet ask for an intervention of Europe
to restore to Ireland her national institutions.
Europe cannot attend to everything at once.
But we think that in uo case would friendly re-
monstrances and counsels be better justified than
in favour of this country, so unjustly treated,
and which, in spite of its prolonged misfortunes,
still possesses such a powerful vitality. The
cause of Ireland, more than any other, deserves
that Europe should apply to her those noble
words of the Emperor, France has an interest
wherever there is a just and civilising cause to
be served.' It may be that the present political
situation is not favourable to the hopes of Ire-
land ; but the moment may come. Ireland has
faith, and Ireland waits. It is enough for us to
ha re shown that, vvLenever Europe likes to take
it up, there is an Irish questhni

Accounts from France state that the growing
wheat is so slow in coming to maturity that a
consumption of from fifteen to twenty days more
than in ordinary years, previous to gathering in
the next harvest, must be expected.

A respectable mechanic, just returned from
Cherbourg, has waited upon Mr. Selfe, at the
Thames Police Court, to state that there was
no employment at that port for English ship-
wrights. There were no ships building there.
The English Vice-Consul had already relieved
two destitute shipwrights from England. There
was not an English shipwright in the place.
A generally accredited and well informed
London correspondent of a Liberal journal writes
on Monday :—The Precedents Committee, at
their last meeting, adjourned till to-day, when
I believe they will have all their materials
before them, and may make some way in framing
their report. Of course there has been a very
full expression of opinion already in the course
of discussions on the various precedents. I am
told that it has been the wish of one leading
member of the committee—no less a person
than Mr. Disraeli—simply to report the precedents
to the House with no expression of the committee's
upon them, and no recommendation. There is no
probability, however, that this course will be taken.
I am glad to learn that Mr. Bright, who began by
being exceedingly dictatorial and overbearing,
has changed his tone completely, and is now doing
very good service in the committee. lam led to
hope, from all I heart that the committee will be
enabled to agree in the recommendation of a
resolution likely to be agreeable to the moderate
majority of the House. It will probably amount
to the conclusion that the action of the Lords in
this matter has been contrary to usage, though the
committee is not prepared to say'that there has been
any violation of a strict legal right, and they will
add words which will prevent the act of the Lords
from being drawn into a precedent. I believe that
there is no very wide disagreement on the subject
among the most sensible and cool-headed members
of all parties. There seems a general disposition
to regard the Lords' right to negative a bill of
supply of the year in the same light as the Crown's ,
right of veto. The right exists with regard to
every bill, but only the most stringent and pecu-
liar circumstances can justify the exercise of it.
Any unjustifiable resort to the power would
threaten the most serious consequences to the
Sovereign's authority. So the question, in every
case of the Lords exercising their veto on a money
bill, is whether the circumstances justify the act
as one of political wisdom. Though there is no
doubt that the million and a half of revenue
which the Lords' vote has saved for the country,
is every farthing of it long ago bespoke, still it is
argued by moderate men--even on the Conserva-
tive side of the House—that the Lords are not
supposed to know anything of the financial exi-
gencies of the year, and that, in a Constitutional
principle, it is the House of Commons alone which
has to concern itself in providing the ways and
means. The fear seems to be that Mr. Gladstone
will not be
content with
ahasduocwh
eadreosuotl.utiiotn
is said
the
committeethat he
there are
a9I have
indications of a wish, on his part,

t° bringia new money bill in lieu of that cut,
short
e bye the
Lords, and so, formally, to undo,
their
do not think that the Cabinet is,
r a ini
likely to agree to this ; and, perhaps, Mr. Glad-
stone may not push the intention, even if he have
entertained it."

The all-important subject of our national de-

fences continues to engross considerable attention.
Colonel Jebb says there are six or eight roads by •
which an enemy must advance on London, and it is
to the particular points where these roads intersect
the defensive line, and have to ascend a steep
hill, or pass through a narrow gorge or defile,

that attention is directed. It is urged by an in-
fluential journal that it is imperative on Lord Pal-
merston to submit to Parliament for adoption the
report of the Commissioners on National Defences.
The decision and the responsibility, however,
must rest with the House of Commons and the
country. It is added that all we are now asked
to consider is, whether we shall fortify our
dockyards and arsenals that lie exposed to
sudden attack. If the dockyards can protect
themselves, the fleets will be set at liberty to
extend their protection along the coast, and
to do damage to the enemy. Another says
the scheme of the commissioners is unde-
niably one that involves a very great aug-
mentation of the land forces of this country,
and would be not only valueless, but dan-
gerous without that increase. The question
to be considered is, whether when the men with-
out whom the fortifications would be useless, have
been provided, the fortifications could not be dis-
pensed with. It is by making it certain that
foreign aggression will be unprofitable and dis-
astrous to the aggressor, that we shall most surely
' prevent invasion. No accumulation of bricks
and stones will do, so the rifle and artillery
volunteer movement has already done great ser-
vice in this respect, and it is capable of still
further development ; but it must either become
more popular in its elements, or some cognate
organisation, adapted to the necessities, con-
venience, and even the taste of the great body of
the community, must supply its place. It is,
above all, necessary, just now, to beware of sup-
posing, that in the hour of need, we can safely
trust in anything but the courage of the nation,
and the skill and spirit of its leaders.
In Liverpool we have what is called A gg
Library. some of the ratepayers want to know
the reasonableness of calling that " Free" which
will very soon have cost them about a million of
money. The ratepayers of Marylebone have had
a similar difficulty; and at a public meeting of
the parish, pursuant to a requisition according to
the provisions of the Public Libraries Act of
1855, to determine whether the said act should
be adopted in the parish of St. Marylebone, a
vestryman moved the following resolution :
" That this meeting repudiates the present
attempt to introduce the Public Free Library Act
—because it is a misnomer to call that free which
must be supported by taxation ;" and the resolu-
tion was carried unanimously amidst loud and
prolonged cheering. The Liverpool Library rate
has now reached three-halfpence in the pound,
and it. is not seeming to remain long even at
that figure.