The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

TO 'PIE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES

• Sra,-=Will you kindly allow me to remind all who
are interested in maintaining Ate rights of the Church,
of securing to the poor the privilege of continuing to
worship in their parish churches, the great Importance
of sending up petitions to Parliament without delay:
Much has been done, but much remains to be done, to
bring the cause to a successful issue. The enemy, re-•
lying too much on their past triumphs, and' believing
that the apathy of the Church would continue, have
learned a lesson. But to retrieve their lost ground every
effort is now to be strained. "It is nose time to put forth
our strength," writes the Noncmformist. "We have
catefillly and advisedly husbanded it until now. We
are as fresh as a daisy. Let us show the pro-rate
minority how hopeless any prolungation of the conflict
must be ! From every separate congregation let two
petitions be sent up, within the next fortnight," Ste.
Fas est ab hoste doecri : let churchmen do the same.
Congregational petitions have not been sent in many
instances. Let us adopt the hint and send them. Let
trouble be taken to get thorn numerously signed not
signed, by a dozen or so, as has been the case in many
instances, where a little trouble might have secured
hundreds of signatures.
Let the ministers of district churches remember that
they are specially interested in the success of the opposi-
tion to the abolitionist bill. Any arrangement made
in connection with the Church-rate hereafter, will ap-
propriate to each district church the rate levied in the
district. Ministers, churchwardens, churchmen of every
degree ! the Church, and the Church's poor demand
your help. One prompt, united, vigorous effort; and
Sir J. Trelawney's bill will he "taken to the place from
whence it carne."—Yours faithfully,
Feb. 2.5, 1860. • AN INCUMBENT.

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P.S.—The Rev. Dr. Home, the indefatigable honorary
secretary of the Liverpool hurch Defence Association,
will give every information and assistance.

CONFUSION IN THE EXCHANGE NEWS-
ROOM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES

SlR,—Yott will Confer an obligation on the subscribers
to' the Exchange News-room, by calling the attention of
the committee to the indescribable nuisance which has
been practised this day in the rooms by calling out the
names, from the bar, of gentlemen who were wanted.
A more absurd proceeding could not possibly have been
hit upon, and has been universally condemned. It may
he all very well in Lloyd's room--either here or in
London, where the parties are chiefly occupied in
writing, and where everything is quiet, and where
the subscribers are limited, to call out " Mr.
SMith, Jones, or Robinson," you are wanted ; but,
to Apply such a mode in the lower room here, when the
'subscribers number some thousands, and who are chiefly
occupied in conversation on the produce markets and
shipping, or making. contracts, is indeed an error
in judgment, as it is impossible to hear the name, and
the effect is ludicrous. Is has been suggested that a
person at the bar, and there are plenty of them, though
chiefly juveniles (by-the-bye, the bar occasionally
reMinds one more of a rabbit warren than anything else
I can call to mind), should be appointed for the purpose,
and when any gentleman is wanted ring a hell, in the
shortest time possible, and immediately show the name
on a slate attached 'to a pole. This would be simple,
and, I think, would meet the case—at all events it might
be•• worth trying.
The object of to-day's proceedings, I am informed,
was with the view of preventing boys and others (non-
subscribers) entering the room.
This may be all very proper, and if some of those
behind the bar would occasionally take a look round,
particularly at the tables near the centre door, they
would find a little healthy employment, and prevent
numbers of parties from monopolising the papers on the
stands who have no business in the room. •

1 merely throw out these hints, and would further
stiggest that one of the many clerks should always be
present at the bar at the south end of the room, which,
I believe, was contemplated when it was placed there
some three years ago,vbert.which has never been carried
out.—l am, yours, &c., A SUBSCRIBER.
'Change, Feb. 27, 1860.

MEETING OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS

ON TILE BUDGET.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES.
Licensed Victuallers' Institution,
Monday, Feb. 27, 1860.
beg to inform you that a special meeting of
our committee took place this afternoon, at the above
institution ; Mr. H. Linub 'in the chair. •

The meeting WAS called to receive the report of the
dePutation which was appointed to wait upon the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer. on the subject of the proposed
new wine license to eating-houses, &c.
Two of the deputation"(MeSsrS. Atkinson and lamb)
explained to the committee the.result of their interview
with the Chancellor, which, though not so satisfactory
as could be desired, was nevertheless beneficial.
On the motion of Mr. Allinson, seconded by Mr.
Coward, an unanimous vote of thanks was passed to
Messrs. Danson, Atkinson, and Lumb, for the valuable
services rendered by them to the trade during their stay

in London. - .
After the interview wkich the deputations from the
various cities and towns in England had with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Monday last, the 20th
instant, a meeting was held, and, in accordance with a
suggestion made by the Chancellor, to the effect that a
1 few gentlemen should be chosen from their number to
confer together, and afterwards wait upon hint with any
suggestions they had to offer, it was decided that a sub-
committee, consisting of nine members, should be formed
for that object.
It was also decided that London should elect three
members of the sub-committee, and that the six follow-
ing towns should elect one each :—viz., Liverpool; Man-
chester, Birmingham, Bristol, Sheffield, and Leicester.
At the meeting held this afternoon, Mr. John Atkinson
was unanimously elected as the deputy from Liverpool,
Mr. H. Lumb to accompany him to London.—l am, sir,
yours very obediently,
J. T. CuossmA.N, Secretary.

The Tcrscveranza, of Milan, announces that Count
Cavour is about to sot out on a tour through the
provinces of Central Italy.
An English missionary, now in Sumatra, lately wrote
home " that he had had the melancholy satisfaction of
examining the oven in which his predecessor was
baked."

Why are ladies like churches ?-Ist. There is no
"living" without them. 2d. There's many aspire (a
spire) to them. 3d. TheyLare,..qhje9ts of adoration.
story."

The first Lord Lyttleton was ever absent in company,
and when he fell into the river by the' upsetting of a
boat, at Bagley, it is said of him that. "he had sunk
twice before he recollected that he could swim."
M. Emile Olivier has lodged notice of appeal to the
Court of Cassation against the decision of the Imperial
Court, which recently confirmed the sentence passed on
him by the Tribunal of Correctional Police.
NORTH AND Sourer-WPSTERN RAILWAY.—At the
usual half-yearly meeting, yesterday, a dividend of 4
per cent. per annum was declared, and the retiring
directors were re-elected.
Tit'E PAPER DUTY.—We understand that a meeting
of newspaper proprietors, metropolitan and provincial,
is arranged to be held at Peek's Coffee-house, to-morrow
(Wednesday), to concert measures in favour of the aboli-
tion of the paper duty, and of the estalilishment of
an equal and more minute scale of postage for printed
matter.

STEALING A MOUNTAIN.—A correspondence of the
P4rie, assumed to be dated from Savoy, gives it to be
understood that. France means to take possession of
Mont Blanc. It says :—" The highest mountain of the
Savoy Alps is Mont Blanc, which Switzerland had the
audacity to place in her geography ; hut once Savoy
annexed, and France will no longer tolerate this impu-
dent lareeay."
Guido Reni's " Madonna," says the Union. has been
restored to the church from which it was stolen in 1855.
The Pope has promised 12.000 crowns for its recovery.
The painting was found in London, where it was offered
fOr sale to Messrs. Merighi and Bassi by a stranger.
It was sent back to Bslogna, but not until after the
Pope had lost that city, so that the 12,000 crowns ought
to be paid by M. Farini, but a correspondent informs us
that he will refuse to do so.
INTERNAT ONAL EXHIBITION or 1862.—At the council
meeting of the Society of Arts, on Thursday, the guarantee
deed for. raising a sum of not less than £250,000 -on the
Exhibition of 1862 was approved, and the following
named us trustees of the fund :—The Earl Granville,
K.G , the Lord President of the Council ; the Marquis
of Chandos, chairman of the London and North-Western
Railway ; Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., and C. W. Dilke,
Esq., commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 ; and
Thomas Fairhairn, Esq., chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition.
VISIT OF THE PRINCE or WALES TO CANADA--
We believe we are warranted in positively asSerting that
his Royal Highness the t'rince of Wales will take his
departure•for Canada the latter end of May or the be-
ginning of June. Instructions will be scut out to the
authorities to make the necessary arrangements for the
reception of the young Prince. The -names of the
suite that will attend his Royal Highness, and the de-
tails of his visit, have not yet been settled, though we
bear the Renown, 91 gun vessel, has been fixed upon
for'the honour of conveying the Prince.—Cincrt Journal.
Demi or THE REV. CANON CANNING, OF WINDSOR.
—We regret to have to announce the sudden death of
the Rev. William Canning. It appears that the rev.
gentleman attended divine service on Friday morning,
and was returning home with his two nieces, when he
suddenly fell into the arms of one of the young ladies,
and expired almost immediately. Dr. Brown, who was
instantly'Sent for, pronounced that death was caused by
an affection of the heart.. The deceased was in his 83rd
year. He was appointed one of the canons of St.
George's in, 1828. Ile was brother to Lord Stratford de
Bedeliffe, and first cousin to the great statesman, George
sttlaigee
Canning.
• ABEIIDEEN BANK.—The celebrated case of the Aber-
deen Bank, which has been in litigation for nearly ten
years, the Scotch,
,Courts having hitherto denied the
right or inqiiirY into the malfeasance complained of by
the shareholders, was brouegdb
Friday by a. judgment of the House of Lords on appeal.
Their lordships have affirmed the
tthetorealelt,lanticilyiteo
of
alle-
gations, and the title of each individual shareholder
sue thereupon. Actions in common law will therefore,
it is• Presumed be instituted. T is decision will have a
• material bearing on the progress of the proceedings in
the analogous, but more recent, ease of the Western
Bank of Scotland,-4/4 riff*s (City Article.)