The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-23 00:00:00

D4iin 6ima.

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, • 1860,

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House of Lords, last night, the Qualifi-
cation for Offices Abolition Bill was thrown out
by a majority of two to one.

-In the liguse of Commons, the adjourned
debate on the Reform Bill was resumed by Mr.
Stansfeld, the new Radical member for Halifax,
who made his maiden speech on the occasion. He
seems to have given birth "to a very fair specimen
of such special pleading as he may be accustomed
I to, from the pettifoggers of the County Court in
which he presides. The small amount of interest
felt in this uncalled-for and contemptible bill was
strikingly illustrated by the fact that at one stage
of the discussion there were only twenty-five
members present—a circumstance which led
to a motion for counting out the House ;
but, on the bell being rung for that
purpose, several members, Lord John Russell
among the number, rushed in and took
their seats—the measure having thus narrowly
missed being shelved for the time being. The
debate was resumed, and dragged its weary length
along till this morning. Nothing could be more
clear from the tenor of the speeches from both
sides of the House, than that the measure satisfies
nobody, and that all entertain hopes that it will
be modified and improved in committee. Above
all, the •determination of the Conservatives not to
oppose the second reading seems to have vexed
and disappointed those who have clamoured most
for such a bill ; and accordingly their taunts and
, challenges are made to assume all sorts of shapes
in order if possible to provoke some of that oppo-
sition upon which they seem to , have so fondly
calculated as a means, perchance, of saving
I themselves from themselves. The debate stands
adjourned till Monday. •
Our boasted free-.trade principles are not
deemed altogether applicable to British India, it
seems, by its new ChancellOr of-the Exchequer,
meet ainaompromioing free-trader though ho
was at home. His duty of 10 per cent. on twist
and yarn imported, is one that is based on pro-
trttion,—it is to operate as a bounty on native
production, And the result, we are told, will be,
that India will have 'a troble advantage in. com-
peting with Manchester, -namely, buying the
cotton_ 'at their own doors, saving the freight
from Europe of the .manufactured goods, and a
fiscal, bounty of 10 per cent. But Manchester, of
course, demurs to this. " If," it is argued, " the
condition of India is favourable to these mann-.
I factures, the first two might be considered to
present a sufficient stimulus without the 10 per
cent. protective duty." So, doubtless, it may in
all earnestness be thought at Manchester. But
:it is not thought so, it seems, in India,7-even by
a Chancellor who was himself of the Manchester
school of politics when he went' out, but who no'
doubt already finds that such politics won't do
everywhere, and under every circumstance.,
There must be something almost more° alarm-
ing- in our -Government's connection with Louis
Napoleon than we had thought there was, when
a journal so devoted to ministerial liberalism,
and international Cobdenism, as the Daily News,
canproclairn , that, in the City, and on 'Change,
there is "universal distrust of the grasping policy
of the' French EMperor,"—distrust intense,
well as universal, that the 'Public Securities are
shaken and depressed by it. -More' than' thiS, the
same authority declares, that " a similar feeling
of distrust prevails in ;financial and commercial
circled in France, as the langour of the Bourse
and the falling off in the discount business of the
French Bank tend to show." These are undoubt-
edly indications of a state of -things springing
up, for which the less that a British Ministry
can be made responsible the better. ,
The' Morning Herald examines, with much
satisfaction, the discussion in the House of Com-
mons, on Wednesday, on the Endowed Schools
Bill. " The utter want of Church principle," it
is observed, " which, in the name of the Reform-
ation, desires to defeat, all its results, was very
Candidly and fairly exhibited in the debate on
the subject' of trustees of endowed schools." It
was proposed—even, as was pretended, in the
interest of the Established Church—“to divert from
the hands of her ' members the governmentfor the
of
those schools which were establishedof
the Church
education. of youth in the doctrines
of England." • And the auti
contends, on
the ground 6‘. that the
of the bill—Mr.
Dillwyn—did so, our contemporary
Church of EnglaMl has no
right to adopt the doctrines of the
Reformation,
the:terms that: while it undertook
except upen
thenceforth to teach the people
'Protestant truth,
it should leave the endowment of schools in the
'miis of those who still taught the error from
which it had escaped,"—although, with strange
inconsistency, he " would now transfer those
endowments, not to Bomanists, as logic would
suggest, but to Protestant dissenters !" We quite
agree with the remark with which the article
referred to winds up—that there is anything but
cause • for regret in such discusSions. " Great
minorities there may be, 'but all argument

strengthens the Church; and whether the pro-
posal comes from weak members of her own body
or open and avowed enemies, any late proposal to
withdraw her inheritance on grounds of alleged
right has only brought before the mind of the
public more truhr her real and indefeasible
rights."
A speech recently del:l.vered by Mr. Seward, in
the Senate at Washington, is regarded by the
Times as promising, "witlu'ut plotting or bluster,
to roll back the tide of slavk holding aggression.
Mr. Seward is considered to b..'
the chosen candi-
date of the Republican party fo. the Presidency
of the United States, at the electi..,n next Novem-
ber;• and the programme which he has sketched
is to the effect, that' While carry. ing
on the
struggle between freedom and slavery openly and
by means of argument, they limit th.lir object
iu
simply to the defence of existing institp tions
the Free States, and to the assertion of th.
right
'n
of the territories to shut out slavery. -UPc
which the leading journal well remarks,
all who are interested in the deliverance of th..l
Western Republic from the curse of negro slaver,'
will see with pleasure the cause of freedom trans'
ferred to the guardianship of a: great and respon'
sible party, the policy of which will supcvsede
the impotent and irritating devices of agitators,"
since it has been found that." a principal cause oi
the continual success of the Southerners his been
the dread felt by the Conservative party of being
thought to adopt the views of the Abolitionists."

The French Emperor, it seems, told the deputa-
tion from Savoy, that everybody in Europe who'
did not yield to the spirit of antagonism which
belonged to another and less enlightened "epoch"'
than the present, considered his annexation of the
territory as both natural and equitable! If such, •
then, be really and sincerely his Majesty's belief, •
how ignorant doeS it not exhibit him to be of the
public feeling of Europe? Her Majesty's Govern-
ment do not consider it " natural and equitable ;"
so, of course they must be yielding to a 'sPiritof
antagonism !" But so, indeed, must all the other
Great Powers of Europe ; for there is not one of
them that so considers it. All Europe, in fact,.
is pervaded by a feeling of distrust .and uneasi-
ness at the contemplation of that act, of aggressiOn
and aggrandisement. M. Thouvenel, in his cir-
cular note to the Great Powers, says, " France.
does not pursue this annexation in the name of
nationalities, out only as a guara,ntee-for a. better
frontier." In the despatch of the same Minister,•
in reply to the protest of Switzerland, he says'
" that Switzerland, who has received so manY
proofs of the friendship of the Emperor; ought to
have placed her confidence in FranCe,"=that is,
in Louis Napoleon ; for he is now France. But
can any Power, minor or major, under- Preaent
circumstances, do so ? Even his acknowledgment
" that the Powers could examine the stipulations
of the treaties of 1815," while they have not been
asked or allowed to do so, only renders lass
excusable the arbitrary course that is Purstiea-
He adds, it is true, that " France is_dispesed
adopt any medium course suggested either for the'
general interest, or above all, for the interest of:
Switzerland." • But this is said too late. The'
thing is done. The annexation of Savoy. to
France is an accomplished fact.
The French troops are leaving Italy, and the
French Emperor seems to be very anxious that
their doing so should not be misunderstood: It
is declared to. be " a sign of an approaching Ran-
tion of the question of:ltaly, aad not a;signaird
complication, which the wisdom as well ail the',
interest of Piedmont will know how to 'prevent!'
A broad hint, no doubt, to Victor -Ealmitn.tieY;,
who appears to lose Lodis-Napoleon's favour`; Just'
in proportion as he declines in his subseryielleF
to him. In the present temper 'of the French.
Emperor, he would not be very likely to fight
again for Sardinia, should Austria 'attempt te•
re-conquer Lombardy—which is far from being;
improbable.

THE result of. the inquiry into the mortality on:
board the Great Tasmania has, to a great extent,•
verified the remark we took occasion tomake before •
it was well begun, that it would not improbably'"
turn out that the ex parte statements first pub—
lished were exaggerated ; and that, without;
exonerating the Government authorities at Cal-
cutta, the poor men might be found to have.
brought their sufferings very much upon them-
selves. Had they not, or most of them, been
already diseased, debilitated, and emaciated, by
their own immoral imprudence and vicious intem-
perance, they might have escaped the Painful
ordeal through which they have had 10
pa—
many of them to a dread eternity. But this'
their condition only serves, in, our humble °O-
nion, to increase the condemnation of those Who'
could be parties to sending a thousand poor fel-
lows on a long voyage in such a state, with loch'
utterly insufficient precaution against the very
evils which began so soon to arise. Think 'of e•
thousand men, all more or less ailing—all More'
or less demoralised—to be pent up for, months
in one ship—not only without proper air and
exercise, but with unsuitable and unwholesome
food; and their condition still further aggravated
by having no rational amusement; no reereatlq-
of almost any kind,—nothing to cheer, to eonir
fort, or to animate, but everything to depress,
and embitter their minds; if not also to' prove to,
many of thein, through their own 'sad experieneers
that amid all the lowest depths of 'suffering—as
they thought—through which they had. passed
before—on board the Great Tasmania, there was
" a lower still." Let us at least trust, that the
officers in India who signed the "General InSpee'"
tion Report," and whom therCoronees Jury hstra'
so properly, denounced as the- culpable parties,-
so far as the quality of the stores is concerned,"
will not escape some condign punishment for their
great offence. We would hope, moreoVer,, that.
the Government will not disregard' the present'
ment which the jury have *made; as to their duty"
in eases of men being sent home from foreign sq.!'
vice, as those in the Great tasmarria :were.
One thing in this painful affair cannot hat'
strike the thoughtful observer as most diairaeefta
to a Christian Government. No eire whatever
would appear to have been bestowed upon -obe,4*
the moral or religious condition of the', poclvaietir
—no provision.; at any rate, was made, thatthere:
, .
was the slightest evidence of,-for -bringing: ei.th°r;.
moral or religious influencew to..bear upon:them:4
And, where .could men .be, found- who, =to •
appearance; more urgently needed' stein :human"
ising, Such. regenerating, infinenees°:::,
there could scarcely .be expected. to be the one'
without the other. '" Morality withont
it has been but•too/ truly remaaia, `f is ;°1
a kind of dead-reckoning--e-an endeavour to fi d'
our place, on a cloudy, sea by Measuring ~the dis-
tance we have to run, but_ withoiit- any' observe-
tian of the 'heavenly bodies:" And :there being'
no religion at all, no wonder there was no mo'

rality whatever.. We presume_ there,ean 'two
been no religious influence ekerted.. upon them,
even before they embarked, and
.whilst under.
some sort of military, if not moral discipline ;
notwithstanding that it isiprOfesse d there are,
Chaplains in our regiments,: "Previous, to.:
barkation," it was testified in the Coroner's
Court, "they' were nearly a fortnight in depot at
Chinsurah, and, it was .01:r continued scene of
drunkenn "Op several .occasions the men were
so drank that they were unable to turn out on
parade in the morning, and they werg,
about on beds, tables, and benches, drinking
from morning till night. They sold their beds,
clothing, and, everything they,could lay hands one
to buy drink." There could scarcely be 'a lower
or more degraded state of morals than conduct
such as this was indicative of. And it bill
illustrates the 'saying of a great moral writer):,
that "if man is not rising upward to I.lif
angel, depend upon it he is sinking down Ward
be a devil. He cannot stop at the' beast. 711 a"
most savage of men are not beaSts: they are
worse--a great deal worse." Not but that the',"
was only too much that even "the most
of men" could scarcely have exceeded -efl
part of those who could do so barbarons:a ttling
as sending a legion of their already siekf and
suffering fellow-creatures on a four months
Voyage in a ship so shamefully provisioned, and

ill-provided, as the-Great Tasmania was for such a
purpose. 'The proceeding throughout, inaeed, is
one utterly at variance with the whole 'spiiit of
the Christian religion. " Even " the scrjeant-
-major," it was further testified, an officer *hoin
one would have thought might, under any proper
--diseipline, have been restrained in so -disgraceful
a course,—eVen " the sergeant-major, wh9 was
in charge of the canteen, made them take drink
wad charged exorbitant prices for. it. 'He made
an amazing profit out of them. It was impoSsible
to keep them sober ; there were upwards of 1,000
men there." The serjeant-major was evidently a
mueirmore important and influential person-age
than the regimental chaplain. Of the existence
,of the latter, indeed, we hear not a word from
beginning to end; and judging-from the evidence
with which the case abounds of the awful pre-
ponderance of those vices which most degrade
human nature, and for 14 hich religion is the
'only really restraining inflnence, one cannot but
conclude that a minister of religion had been
thought to be a totally needless ineumbtanee
•to their society. And in the same godless spirit
they appear to haVe embarked.. A thousand men,
—Christian Englishmen in name and reputation,
,yet infinitely more vicious and immoral, appa-
. rently, than the same number of he atheirm cn would.
be likely to be,—embarked upon a long voyage,
most of them sick, and many of them dying, wlith
even less provision for their perishing souls' health,
than that of their emaciated bodies ! There was
a doctor on board ; but where was the chaplain ?
"The number of men that died on the voyage
was MY-two." And how died ? There are cir-
Malstancese eve all know, in which the wretched 1.
'can meet Death with gladness, while to the
happy he is terrible,Leircunastance-s in which he
conies as
• "-- the true comforter, the friend of all

Who have no friend beside."
Would one might hope that Death vas to some
'at least, of those to whom he came, on board the
'Great Tasmania, such a comforter and friend.
The ease, viewed in this light, then, affords
4fiether grievous example of the little regard that
18 too generally shown to the highest interests of
those who are our countrymen, whether at home
lar abroad. , This very week, some of the most
IVacious public halls of our town have been
made to echo with exultations at the great things
lvbich,,,through English missionary efforts, Chris-
tianity is doing amongithe natives of various tribes
and nations in Africa and in Asia.,, Fifteen thou-
4and Christian converts here,' eighteen thousand
Viereolnd twenty thousand 'elsewhere, are boasted
'of as the recent results of 'these efforts,—all, we
assured, " regularly accredited members of
Christian Churches, • and admitted to the _Holy
Comnzunion." Now, if so much can be done
'among the heathen tribes of other lands, how is
it that nothing is' done for equally heatheniSh
"People in and belonging to our own country.?
Would a body of Pagans, of the same amount,
have been guilty of greater excesses—have
exhibited more degrading vices—than these thou-
'sand Englishmen of the Great Tasmania are repre-
-Seated to have been seen and suffered, to do—the
'soldiers and subjects of a' Christian Government ?'
Verily there is still only too great need, that our
eharity should at least begin at home !

LATEST-NEWS.

BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]

Rechberg, in which. the, Federal Council l'S.rotest,
to the powers who transacted treAtiet of Vienna
against any meastrek-I*.laVing• for its object the
incorporattion;n Cliablais and ,Faueiggly with
the Trent hmpire. • - Count Reehberg replied,
that Austria reserves her definite reply until she
has learned the disposition of Europe; but he
reminded -M. Steiger that last year, when the
French troops were conveyed by rail from'Curzog
to Chanibery, the Austrian dtbinet in vain re-
presented to Switzerland., as Well as to the ()Teat
Powers. that the neutrality of that part of Savoy
should be •respeetel. Ry the passage of the-
French troops) that neutrality, was openly vio,
lasted, contrary to the treaties of 1815;

SARDINIAN.EVACUATION OF SAVOY.
PAnts, March 11..
The Patric of this evening says the Sardinian
troops have commenced-the evacuation of Savoy.
The trot detachment of the French troops are
returning from Lombardy, and will arrive is ,‘SAVOY
On the 25th instant.

: •

RECEPTION OF IIARON RICASOLI
f BY: "TIE' KING.
'l-T. ' " lurch , ,

, , , • •
Baron ticasoli arri,Vea here to.-dAY, and was
received' by the liitkg; kkt roar o'clock. His
Majesty, in reply: to h, congratulatory speech of
tapn Ricasoli, said—l accept the vote of
Tuscally, which, "having ,been expresscd,- the
Na4onal Assembly, now, confirmed by, the
,unanimity 'of the, popular suffrages. Tuscitn3).•
•in associating her destinies. 'with thOgo of
Piedmont, far from renbOnnetng,• 'continues her
glorious traditions, and augments their im-
.portarrce. .by 'uniting them to those of the
other parties of the State. The Parliament
in which the representatives of Tuscany- will take:
their seats beside those of Piedmont, Lombardy,
and the'YEMelia, will bring the laws of the:coun-
try, into -conformity with the fruitful 'principle of
liberty.' Thus Tuscany will enjoy the bleSsin7s
of administrative autonomy without breaking the
union of power and the national will upon which
the prosperity and independence of the country,
are principally depHidant.—The Icing • then
signed the decree annexing Tuscany, to Sardinia
ANOMALY IN THE NEW INDIAN TARIFF.

The Times remark's on the anomaly of imposing
a duty. of 10 per cent. on the initiormtion of t*is
and yarn into India, at the morneitt *hen the
last vestige of a protective system has been
abolished in this country. The result is tocon-
felt:a bounty on native productions. There *ill
be a tieblo .advantage enjoyed by India in com-
peting--with Manchester, namely, -buying the
cotton at their own doors, saving the freight from
Etirope of the 'manufactured .goods, , and a fiscal
hoinity of 10 per cent. If condition of India
is, favourable to-these manufactures, the first two
might be considered to present a sufficient stimu-
lus without the 10 per cent. protective duty.
A. thity had previously been impos:ed of 10 per
cent: on shirtings, and.the.system therefore takes
an important range.

-MEETING OF THE LONDON TEA TRADE.
The l.ond,on Tea Trade met yesterday, to take
into consideratioh the prObable effect or the neW
financial arrangeMents on their business. A
tesolution: was passed, to the effect 'tint the
•proposed half per cent., on all customs Chines will
-beo. With. pecuniary hardships .on the retail
dealers, while the Merchant and wholesale dealer
would escape free. The impost will amount' to
7„id. or Bd. per. chest, and • a dealer who sold
twenty chests. per week would be' subject to a tax
exceeding £32 a year. A resolution was passed,
pledging the meeting to use every exertion to
preVent so grievous an injury.
. .

News has been received of, the death of the
Shah of Persia:

A St. Petersburg despatch states
,;that' appear-
are not. in favour df an early opening of the
navigation.
A small quantity of tea, from Japan, is shortly
expected to arrive. The quality is described as
very common.

General Sir G. Brown, the new. commandfT of
the forces in Ireland, .has selected as his aides de
camp Capt. EdWard Blackett and Capt.
Kingseole. Both officers are in, the Rifle Brigade.

IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT.

FRENCH FUNDS.
• • PARis,,Marck 22.
The
- •
Bourse remains. inactive.: Rentes close, at
7f. 90c., or 10c. higher than yesterday.
• The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the
interests of
,the Bons de Tresor at 2 and 2 per

.H6ITSEi OF 'LORD&—YESTEROAr.
In reply to the Earl of Ellenborough, .•
The Duke of SOMERSET stated that there was at
1i00,r.; Kong an ample store of provisions for the troops
id China.
In reply to the Earl of Derby,.
•• The Duke of NEWCAST LE said that the house would
adjourn for the Easter holidays, from the 3rd of April
to the 17th:
Lord TEYNHAM moved the second reading of the
Qualification` for Officer's Abolition Bill, the' object of
which was to relieve 'dissenters from` the necessity of
taking oaths on their appointment to municipal offices.
Lord .CdEr.AdAtono opposed the bill, as 'disturbing
existing arrangements, because thbre was at present no
Practical frrievanceto' be removed, and because it would
authorise attacks on the Established Church.
The Duke Of NEWCASTLE supported 'it, as removing
unnecessary prohibitions and restrictions. . •
The Earl 'of DERBY said that the declaration now
taken by. Dissenters implied a recognition of the Estab-
lished Church, which ought not to be abolished.
After some further discussion the House divided, and
the hill was negatived by 44 to 22.
The Medical Acts Amendment and the Packet 'Ber-
vice (Transfer: of Contracts) Bills were read a: giird time
THOUVEICEL'S 'CIRCULAR NOTE. and pa.s`sed.
The Xoniteur also contains the circular note of Their lordships adjourned at qUarterpast seven.
314,: Thouvenel, 'of the 13th March, explaining to
the Powers who signed the 'Treaties of Vienna,
that the aggrandisement of Sardinia renders it
neeessary for Trance to obtain more important
(serzeuses) frontiers: France, he says, does not
Pursue this annexation in the name ofnationali-
"es,hut only as, a guarantee for a better frontier.

COUNT CAVOUR MINISTER OF MARINE.

TURIN. March 2L
'lt is asserted that Count Cavour will take the
portfolio ofithe Marine.

PRINCE CARIGNAN.
The Opinions states that Prince Carignan w:ll
leave for Florence cia the 26th inst.

•
THE EMPEROR'S OPINION ON
EX
, A
The .4.lfonzteur oN N f
this TlON.morning contains the
'peeeh which the Emperor addressed yesterday •
to the deputation from Savoy, the tenor of Avhich
tigrees' with' that of the niessfl.ge sent last nights
-His Majesty said; ',besides everybody in Europe
-who does. not yield to the spirit of antagonism 9f
another ePoeh, .considers this anneation,of terri,
tory as. natural and equitable.

; •
FRENCH REPLY TO SWISS PROTEST.
The llintitettr alSo contains a despatch of M.
Thouvenel addressed to M. De Turgot, and reply-
ing to the proteSt of Switzerland. M. Thouvenel
05Epresses his astonishment 'at the steps taktii by
Switzerland, and says, that Switzetqand, who haS
received 'so many proofS of the friendship of the
Emperor, ought to have placedher conficleace:in,
France.,.' M.'Thouvenel then ,examines the,ques-
ton of right, denies the validity of the treaty,
and says, that the neutralisation of chub:-
154 and Faucigny was made in.favour of Savoy.
The .Federal Council interferes without auy legi
th.eate reasons in the arrangenients which France
and Sardinia are about to conclUde. M. Thou-
venel-acknowledges. that the Powers could exa-
hie the Stipulations of the treaties' of 181.5, .and
eeea not hesitate to say that Fiance-is-dispose" d
tt?:adopt any medium :course 'suggeited either for
the general interest or above all for :theinterest
of Switzerland.

HOUSE OP COMMONS.---YEsrEurhtY.
The•eSPwc.En. took the chair at four o'clock.
A discussionarose on a motion made by Mr. Paull,
that Government, prciers of, the day should take prece-
dence of notices of motions on Thursdays, instead of
• Fridays. Tile.object, was p get rid of the interference
of the discussions on
.the notice, for adjournment till
Mondays now., taken on Fridays with public business.
Various Private members protested against this measure,
as obstrUcting their proceedings, and ultimately the
motion was negatived without a division.
Mr,' iNdiJAlea, in reference tO.the public' interests,
and not, he said,. with any reference to the reform dis-
ieu&ibil.; (postponed his':motion' tespecting Savoy 'and
Nice till Monday.
i\tvpmtp:TL, after a vain attempt to obtain a
imorningi,sitting xi Tuesday, for the consideration of his
'bill- to amend the law relating to the tenure and improve-
ment of land in Ireland, fixed its introduction for Thurs-
.

Mr. HORSFALt- obtained to introduce a bill to
amend the :pct for better regulating the business of
pawnbrokers. . ,

The adjourned debate on the Aleform Bill was resumed

DISSOLUTION OF, THE FRENCH LEG,C
TIQN AT FLORENCE..
•,..Ek§ soon as the annexation of Tuscany to
t
71edmont shall have 'been pieroulgated, the
Ftreueh legation at Florence will be dissolved;and
horsenloyes will in the meantime, retire td Leg=
i, aceorda'nce with the last inkructions
received from Paris. .P• •
isna T .

-
Mr. STANFIELD, 'who protested against the conduct
of Mr. Disraeli in objecting so vehemently 'to the bill;
'arid_yet taking,no open steps againstit. The bill fah:
filled the pledges of the Government ; it answered the.
expectations, if not the desires of the country, and went
as far as Parliament under any circumstances would, at
present, permit any measure to go. He examined the
clause of the bill relating to the extension of the borough
franchise, denying that it would have any revoliitionary
tendency, or seriously interfere with the present charac-
ter Of the legislature.:" Holding advanced opinions on
the subject, he yet'approyed of the bill as a prudent
step for opening the right of admission to the franchise
of the working classes. He regarded this measure in no,
way as a final one, but as a commencement of a new
order of things. He 'denied that the supposed apathy
On,,the subject' had any reality. Let the' majority of
the House, .oppose reform, and the people would soon
awake from the present calm attitude. But the people
had confidence in Parliament. They had a more efficient
press and greater calmness than heretofore. Tliey had
assurance of improvement in ptiblic affairs, and there-.
fore 'they no longer matife>ted the same excitement.'
He might wait for a. more extended measure, but he
would not, as he had 'no wish to , see popular. demands
extorted from the fears. of those who rule... He had full
belief in the progress of opinion; and "believed that the
I success of the provisions of this' bill would in a few
Years make them ,a,ll reformers.. The hon. member con-
cluded this his Maiden speech amid much applause.
• Sir J. PAIPNGTON quoted the opinions; uttered during
the debate, to " sbew that the bill was regarded by
Reformers as only a step in the right direction—a
temporary measure till they get something
.better. His ,
own opinion was that it was a miserable bill, and he
could only account for so meagre a production by sup-
posing either, that it was a compromise between divided
opinions in' the' Cabinet, or the 'result' of their being
distracted between home and foreign questions. It was
only'redeemed froth contempt, inasmuch as while it was
powerless for good it was potent for harm. He had
hoped that a large, comprehensive, and statesmanlike
measure would have been produced,
_which would have
settled the qUestion. He looked at the bill as
really of importance in one of its 'propositions (the
extension of the borough franchise), and that extension
. would, he 'believed, overwheltn'..the 'influenee of tee
property. and intelligence of the country. lie. questioned
. the returns, which Lord John Rtissell had taken as the
basis of his calculations, and contended that a. much
larger number than was stated'by the noble lord would
be added to the constituencies. He 'urged the House to'
consider the disaiisfaeiion of the educated classes,.
if they. found the single'working class 'everywhere predo-
minating and monopolising power. He protested against
proposal which was likely to draw them into
the .objectionable system. of government of the United
- States. He .protested against a proposal, Meagre in all
respects expect one---a proposal which overwhelmed
property and intelligence by the force of numbers. He,
denounced the follyolgiving;the monopoly of political
Power to the working classes, 'or to any single -claS's
whatever. lie quoted Mr. Bright against the pre-

LIS,BON 'NEWS.. rf ,;:
SOUTHAMPTON,' March 2g.
,TheLEuxine has arrived. Her ,dates, are Lis-
-0.011, :March 17th; Vigo, 18th • and Oporto, 18th.
Lisbon exchange, 531 to 531:
At Lisbon were her Majesty's Ships Reral
-Albert, Edgar, Aboukir, Queen, "Donegal, Mars,
slid Algiers, her Majesty's frigale Melpomene;
and two Dutch frigates.

DAMAGE TO A STEAMER. • '
The Milford Haven steamer Brazil, from Rio,,
hen thirty miles from Cape' Vincent, • was
obliged- to make for Lagos Bay-on the I,4th
instant, owing to damaged
of fuel.machinery and want

LOSS OF THE MENDP,OO.—FORTY-FOUR
LIVES LOST.
The Mendego was lost in the Indian Ocean.
She left Singapore on the .20th Dedember, and
foundered on the 22d of January, with forty-four
hands. . Sixty-six were saved by the .American
813.4 Ariel,, which took them to the Mauritius.

111 E WITHDRAWAL OF THE. FRENCH
TROOPS FROM ITALt
PAUis, March 22.
T▪ he Constitutionnel publishes an article signed
Grandguillot, of which the following is a
"ninlary withdraWal of the French troops
't°lll' ItaV; most net be considered a sign of
Coolness between France and Sardinia.• France
l▪
eaves .Lombardy because the independende is
irtevocably assured. Austria only intends to
get iu defence of ,the frontier of Venetia., The
loyalty of the .French policy. could not „occasion
,e
r,auv embarrassmenton the subject. The with-.
draw
„ of her army from Italy is, therefore,
Of '3,1 an approaching solution of the question
3. and not a of complication, which
thel
wisdom as' Well as the interest of PiedniOnt
Will know how to prevent.

• ITALIAN SYMPATHY. WITH NICE.
TURIN, Marchsl22.l.' •
A deputation of the Society of the Unione
Liberale has paid aorisit to the deputation from,
Nice. Cheyalier, Buoncompagni, as president of
the, society, expressed the sympathies of .Italy in
the cause of Nice, and encouraged the deputies in
their efforts, wishing also the inhabitants of Nice
a-Pol,llplete success. Signors Beroni and IVlasuin
returned their thanks.
•
SWISS PROTEST AGAINST ANNEXATION:,
VIENNA, Mardi 21'.
M. Steiger, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires at this
court, has presented a circular note to Count

dominance of classes, and Mr. Cobden cg,dr st cumulative
.seats. •He thought that a plan adopted -on- the Acts
of , Frankfort was a good one ; that if a .borough, 'for
I instance, had three members,- one should be elected by
freeholders of ;10 and do w n ward, another by hoiiseltoldett
between LlO-, and £25,-and the third ty.
above_£2s.•
monopoly to He urged the
11-',te, rather thug p_ts's a hasty measure, to refer, the
whole question to a committee- of the Privy Council,
who should.utalie inquiries aml propare ti bill aLteptable
L-to all, parties. Ile' urged- the policy of ttrum-dger
franchise of the bill of last year-, which Nyould have
added a large ntimbcr of persons-to the ionstitliency;nOt
of one' and 'Omiticittly fitted for the franchise. ,He
etkeWise advocated the-adoption of a cating, rath'er than
a rental, franehise, which, Wthild.pnt a. MO to manly
inequalities and irreguklariißt Btill he could not refuse,
.t 6 theto ','",•o to a second reading, admitling
• •
ls le 'did the expediency,- of extending the franchise.
He therefor& waited the disinssien Of the hill in com
mi4ee, ;trilsting rto tliti 4onimon • fiene of tlie,goiise to
come to the rescue, ie Was most anxious for a broad
•
and tficia,l- extrusion of the'franchise, but one which
could be. adopted with prudence and safety, _
Sir G. Gney'observed that-the two right hondurable
gentlemen on the other side had characterised,the bill as
mischievous, uncalled-for, miserable, and contemptible,
and. yet. they abstained trent opposing the second read-
ing. Was this a dignified at Proper 6`4Se 114
felt that if they aPpoted the: 'hill they would be defeated
by all immense majority. He ridiculed the nation of
referring the subject to a committee of the Privy Council.
'What 'a pity this had not 'been' thought of by the
Government of Lord- Derby before their bill. Hej
defended the propoSitions of the-present bill as adopting
and extending theprinciples of- the- existing law. He
contended that the present was the most opportune time
for passing a Reform' Act. '1
Mr. ADDEaLEY said' that there could be no doubt as
to the source from whence this bill was derived: It was
the hon. member for Manchester-=.. •

•Here an attempt was made to 'Coda out tile itoilse,
there being only tWerityllve members present. On the
bell being- rung several members rushed in, Lord J.
Russell among the number, who was loudly cheered—
more than forty members being present a,t the count,'
Mr. AtSDERi.EY continued. He said that what hid
occurred showed how little intereA was' felt by the
country in the bill; and. he believed that the bill was the
refleX of the pantry: He'proceeded to argue against the,
bill, which exteMiled ,the.franchise on unsafe -principles,
reducing it to those 'claSses' open to improper influence,'
anti who: not give an independent vote. 1k was
himself anxious to spread the roots. of the Constitution
among the working clasiet. He would give it to those
sufficiently careful to invest money, but he could not
consent to give it to mere tools of demagogUes:,. He
trusted that the right principle of representation *mild
act be introduced in corninittet-ail
- ltir. MASSEY, admittin,4 the apathy. in respect ot the
bill throughout the country, said that it was none the
less one of great importance. It would not impair the
Constitution) While it would settle the question
for as long a time as reasotiible 'men could expect.
• Ile trusted tinit the arrangement which should, 'be'-eim-
'claded.on the 'present occasion, would set the question
at- rest for years to. come. ll?, higbly apprsved
of the enfranchisement clause as ample 'and liberal,
• admitting a large portion of the working Classes., of
,whein, judging from his experience, he was in no way
. afraid. -But the arringement for the distribution of
seats was a mere colourable- pretext. , He instanced
• Salford;the boiagh he reptesrm!ed, *Mai with a popu-
lation of 100,000 returned 'but a single member.' How
could he go to his constituents and Say that a hilt which
left them in that condition- was a settlement of the
question ? ,Admitting that it, was
_,impossible to -give
direct representation to ,minorities, he, thought tirlt it
would be better tociivide the large boroughs into electoral
wards, This would obviate the inconvenience of iminetise
constituencies, would tend-to bring nierubersinto direct
intercourse with their constituencies, and •give the
elector an interest the exercise of his franchise
This plan had the sanction of the high authority of
.Mr. Cobden. :He further• advecdted the introduction
of the lodger franchise, and strongly recommended the
noble lord to con-ides theso'suggestions, so as to make
his bill a worthy supplement to the great measure
of 1832.

Mr. A. STEWART said 'that the bill. would have a
most pernicious effect upon the.borough constituencies.
He defended at some. length what had been. called
the fancy franchises ,of the bill .of last year: He
wished that a resointion had been proposed .condemn-
ing ' the 'bill unless its omissions were supplied.
lie r should move an instruction to the committee that
clauses be introduced giving the franchise to persons
having invested in saving banks, occupying, lodgings pf
a certain rent, and others of a similar nature. If the
bill passed, it would greatly strengthen. the Democrac
party in that Home, and constitute Mr. Gladstone, backed
by 11ir Bright, as its leader.

Mr. F. CROSSLEY traced the immense progtess of
society under, all its aspects daring the last thirty-years,
and said that the altered condition of the country
demanded a change in, the representative system. The
proposed reductions in the franchise were satisfactory,
and would settle the 'question , for some time to conic,
though he did not expect that it would settle it for ever.
He advocated the admission'of forty Shilling copyholders
and: other extensions or the franchise, and eulogised from
his own experience the conduct of the working classes,
declaring, them perfectly-' competent'-to exercise the
franchise.
Mr. IZER,SEYMOUR said that it did not follow because
the Reform Bill 0f,1832 had turned out Well, therefore all
reform bills would turn out well. He instanced the last
strikes to show the follies and impradeue.s to Which the
working classes were subject. They must be careful in
committee to provide against the undue preponderance
of any one class. He took up the argument of fitness,
and not numbers, declaring that he did not care how
many were admitted if they were fit, or excluded if they
were unfit. He asserted the independence of the county
constituency,' iMptigned by Mr. 'Bright;. and'said that
there -was-an independency in the yeomanry ;opposed to
the Liberals, which was the reason of their dislike. •

Mr:RAINES contended that the bill would only admit
the working class, in the proportion to the other classes,
of one-fourth, whild they formed three-tenths of the
population. Was such a bill one to be alarmed at?
He entered at considerable length into the proof of the
great improvement of the social condition of the' nation.

WHITEstop nr,ed that the bill would be used a-
s
a tool 'by agitators to demand greater' and more eaten,
sive changes. ,The country had, no doubt, improved in'
steamboats and railroads ; but he donbtect whether they
had improved on the wisdom of their ancestors. At no
time in ,the history of the Constitution did they take
numbers as the basis of the franchise. Independence'
and free:will' had alwayS been the qualities to which
they confined the trust of political power. Had any
proof been—ottered that the working classes possessed
political capacity? It did not follow that because
man produced an excellent fabric, that he was therefore
a judge
.of. the qualities necessary for a member ,of
Parliament: They had shown great capacity
for organisation ;' but it was not 'probable, from their
past conduct, that they would use that organisation
to a good end. In proof, he- went at some length,into
the history, of the lite strike, and contended. that
would be dangerous to entrust the working classes with
political power in their present state of knowledge and
feeling. Let them reflect whether a new parliamentary
system would maintains the high position to which the
preent,parliatneiAary system had ,raised thecountry,(
..The.debate was then.adjourned till Monday...
The. Endowed. Schools, Bill, from the Lords, .was
passed through committee, and 'the house adjourned at
half-past twelve delook.

THE LIVERPOOL TRADESME
VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. . •

This corps mustered at their drill-station, Gill-street
Market, qn.Tuesday,night. Considering that they have:
been only a fortnight recruiting, the muster was very,
respectable, there being nearly 100 members present—
strong, athletic men. One of the members appeared in
the full dress of the corps, which was much admired,
and was acknowledged by all present to be the handsomest
uniform that.-has yet, been seen anyvvhete in this neigh-
bourhood. The Exchange -COMpanyi under . the COM-
TrlZldely, marched Captains
of
Bright and Parr, and Lieutenant
MOlin to, fraternise, and after expressing
the satisfaction' they felt in the handsome dress a; the
tradesmen's corps. and the martial bearing of- its mem-
bers, stated their desire to be united with them as one
corps, and then withdrew with' their .company.. The
members were afterwards addresSed by two of their
number,haepir p y
Messrs. Mayer. and Dansou, their usual
effective style, and complimented on
state •of drill. They then unani-
mouslyhtforward
and
agreed to alter their present title to that
of "The Liverpool Borough Guard, " so that,
after the lapse of more than half a century, the old
Borough Guard is again revived ; and it is to be hoped
the movement, on this occasion so well begun, .may go.
on increasing to such an extent as to make it worthy
of its name- and the great commercial interests' of the
port, to defend which it has' been created. This 'corps',
being composed of the master tradesmen and their
assistants, who clothe and 'equip themselves, it is only
fair and reasonable that those of this important body•
who 'cannot give their personal service should be liberal
in contributing .to its funds---annually to assist in
defraying. various expenses absolutely required to make
its members thoroughly efficient as a'Borough Guard,'
and to insure its permanency as the most Important
local defence institution of, the day. Three times three
for the Borough Gaud; .and success attend them

Orders have been forwarded to all the naval yards to
cease working extra hours after the 24th of the present
month.

The Globe states that the Rev. Joseph Cotton Nwill in all probability succeed
ter ; and that the Rev. Thos.
-------
V igram,
Guider will be the new Dean of Lincoln.
oi cfhlei soteeiri ,es
'A
western, editor apologises to his readers somewhat
to
vacant o I'
seeC h
after this fashion :—" We expected to have a death and
a marriage to publish this week, but a violent 'storm
prevented the wedding, and the doctor being taken sick
himself, the patient recovered) and we are accordingly
cheated out of both,"