The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
ROBBERY IN THE STREET.—Elizabeth Stewart, a
tall, masculine-looking woman, was brought up on the
charge of robbing David Taylor, engineer of the steam-
ship Hamburg, lying in Queen's Dock, of £9, It ap-
peared that the prosecutor went -to Allsop's wax-works
on Friday evening in company with a friend. On
coming out they went into a public-house close by and
had some liquor, at which time his money was all right.
They then
.proceeded on their way home, parting at
Blackstock-street, in which the prosecutor was accosted
by females, of whom the prisoner was one. They
asked him to " stand treat," and in the hope of getting
rid of them quietly, he promised to do so. One of
them shortly after went away, when, to his dismay, he
discovered that he was minas his purse, containing nine
.sovereigns. He detained the other woman, and gave
her in charge to the first officer he met. The prisoner
was remanded till Tuesday, for the purpose of getting
the evidence of the prosecutor's friend. •
STEALING CLOTHES.—A young woman, named Jane
Lee, was brought up on remand from last Saturday,
charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel
from her employer, Joseph Dickinson, sail-maker,
Chester-street. She was sent to prison for three months,
with hard labour.
A JUVENILE CRIMINAL.--John Smith, a lad of
about nine years of age, was brought up on remand,
charged with stealing a case of stuffed birds, value
£2, from his mother, and selling it to a :Icahn in Park-
lane. The magistrate. ordered him to be sent to a
Reformatory.
(Before Mr. HORNBY.)
THE SNOWBALLING Row.--Six young men, named
William Taylor, John Kelly, William Moore, Likud
Gruber, Richard Eyton, and Charles Hardy, were sum-
moned for throwing snowballs and annoying the police
in the quadrangle of the Exchange, on the morning of
Saturday week. Each pleaded guilty to the charge, but
urged that though they threw the snowballs, they did
not strike the -policemen. They were each mulcted in
the sum of 2s 6d., and 2s. 6d. chats.
(Before Messrs. HORNBY and BENx.)
CURIOUS AFFILIATION CASE.--.-LLICy Auu Hill, a young
woman- from London, summoned Bhienjee Mainckjee,
a Parsee in the service of Rbustamjee Jeejeebhoy,
Breck-road, for the support of her illegitimate child.
Mr. Parker appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Etty
conducted the ease on behalf of the defendant. The
applicant stated that she was in the service of a Mrs.
Elson, 25, Dalston-terrace, London, and became ac-
quainted
with the defendant while living in the house
with his master for some time. On one occasion in the
month of March, last year, he gave her a glass of wine,
which rendered her stupid, and in the course of the
following week she got a cup of tea from him, the drink-
ill. of which was followed by like results. She
intormed him of the condition she was in, and he
brought her some medicine and a box of pills, which,
however, she did not take. He subsequently offered
her £5 if she would not mention the circumstance to
her mistress, and disgrace him which when he left for
Liverpool, gave her:ss., he said AVI:8 for
waiting upon him. The defendant's master afterwards
came and interrogated her about the matter, gave her a
sovereign, and told her to get anything she stood in
need of. She came to Liverpool, and called at the
house in Breck-rotid, where she saw Bhicajee, who
ordered her to go away, or he would give her 14 years.
Mr. Etty cross-examined the applicant at considerable
length, hut she did not vary materially in betstatement.
Mr. Etty, at the conclusion, reminded the bench that
the act of .parliament provided that in all oases of affi-
liation the woman's evidence must be corroborated in
some material manner. The defendant was called, and
having been sworn on the Parsee Testament, deposed
that he knew nothing of the matter, and that the story
told by applicant was entirely false. Mr. Rhustamjee
Jeejecblioy was called, and stated that having received
a note from Mr. Bison complaining of the circumstance,
ha went to London for the purpose of enquiring into it.
He called upon the yonng woman, and having heard
her story, said he would endeavour to get at the truth
of the matter. When he left he gave her a sovereign,
but it was not on account of his servant. The persistent
denial given to the girl's statement by his man, deter-
mined lam to allow the p :rties to fight it out. Bhicajee had
been 30 years in the service of his family, and his conduct
was always most exemplary, The bench decided that
there was no corroborative evidence to support the young
I woman's statement, and they must accordingly dismiss
the application. The young woman said she had only

sixpence to take her back to London; and, on hearing
this, Mr. Jeejeebhoy stepped forward and said, with their
worship's permission, he would give her a sovereign.
Such a spontaneous act of kindness is not often witnessed
even amongst those 'hound together by the ties of race
and religion.

THE bAILY PINES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1860.

Nux vomica.
Oilcloth.
Onions.
Opium.
Oranges and lemons.
Paper, as denominated in the tariff, after the Ist July,

1860.
Pasteboard, after the Ist July, 1860.
Pears, dried.
Pewter, manufacturers of, not otherwise enumerated.
Pimento.
Platting, as denominated in the tariff, after the 31st
March, 1861.
Perm atm.
Prints and drawings, as denominated in the tariff.
Quassia.
Salacine.
sauces, net otherwise enumerated.
Scaleboards.
Seeds, eardway,
of and from British possessions.
Ships, foreign built, broken up, or sold to be broken up
or abandoned by the owners, or sold as wreck, whether
afterwards recovered or repaired or not.
Soap, as denominated in the tariff.
Soy.
Spa ware.
Spelter or zinc, manufactures of not otherwise enumc-
_

rated.
Stearitte.
Tallow.

of and from British possessions.
Tin, foil.

manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated.
Veneers.
Washing balls.
"Wood, firewood.
Yarn, viz., woollen or worsted, as denominated in the
tariff.
7. Redlining the duty on platting (not under treaty).
Resolved,—That in lieu of the duties of customs now
chargeable on the undermentioned articles on their
importations into Great Britain and Ireland, the follow-
ing duties shall be charged until the 31st day of March,
1861, inclusive ; and that from and after that date the
duties shall cease and determine.
Platting, viz., of chip, not being of greater
value than 6d. per piece of 60 yards '
the lb. 0 3
or other manufactures of straw,
chip, or other materials, to be used in, or
proper for making or ornamenting hats
or bonnets, not, otnerwise enumerated or
charged with duty
cardonet single, and twist of straw
or other materials
willow squares . . .
8. General alterations of duty—wood, currants, figs,

&c. (not under treaty.)
Resolved,—That in lieu of the duties of customs now
chargeable on the articles undermentioned, imported
into the United Kingdom,. the following duties shall be
charged,—,
Plate of gold
Silver, gilt or ungilt
. the cwt. 0 4-1-,
. the cwt. 0 4
. the cwt. 0 4i

Powder, vii.—
Hair powder
Perfumed
Vermicelli and maccaroni
Wood and. Timber, viz.—
Timber or wood, not being deals, battens,
boards, staves, handspikes, oars, lathwood,
or other timber or wood sawn, split, or
otherwise dressed, except hewn, and not
being timber or wood otherwise charged
with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet. 1 0
• 'Of and from British possessions, the load
of 50 cubic feet. . . 1 0
Deals, battens, boards, or other timber or wood
sawn or split, and not otherwise charged
with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet. 2 0
Of and from British possessions the load
of 50 cubic feet. 2 0
•
Staves, exceeding 72 inches inches in length,
• 7 inches in breadth, or 3 inches in thick-
ness, the load of 50 cubic feet.
Of and from British possessions, the load
of 50 cubic feet 2 0
Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length
the 120 0 6
Of and from British possessions the 120 0 6
.--- exceeding 7 ft. in length the 120 1 0
Of and from British possessions the 120 1 0
Knees, under 5 inches square the 120 0 3
Of and from British possessions the 120 0 3
-- 5 and under 8 in. square the 120 1 0
Of and from British possessions the 120 1 0
Lathwood the fathom of 216 cubic feet 1 0
Of and from British possessions, the fathom
of 216 cubic feet 1 0
the 120 3 9

Of and from British possessions the 120 3 9
Spars or poles, under 22 feet in length, and
under 4 inches in diameter . . the 120 0 6
Of and from British possessions the 120 0 6
-- 22 feet in length and upwards,
and under 4 inches in diameter the 120 1 0
Of and from British possessions the 120 1 0
of all lengths, 4 and under 6 in.
in diameter . . . . the 120 2
Of and from British possessions the 120 2 0
Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in
length
Of and from British possessions the 1,000 1 0
--- exceeding 2 feet in length the 1,000 2 0
Of and from British possessions the 1,000 2 0
Planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared for
use, and not particularly enumerated or
otherwise charged with duty, for every
£lOO value
Of and from Bzitish possessions, for every
£lOO
Currants
Figs
Fig Cake
Hops
Raisins
9. Repealing the prohibition to the importation of malt,
and fixing a duty thereon.
Resolved,—That so much of Act 16th and 17th Vic.,
cap. 107, sec. 44, as prohibits the importation of malt,
be repealed, and that the following duty be charged
thereon, on importation into the United Kingdom,

. . . . per bushel 3 0
10. Tea and sugar duties.
Resolved,—That the duties and drawbacks of customs
now charged and allowed on the articles undermentioned
shall continue to be levied, charged, and allowed, on and
after the Ist of April, 1860, until the Ist of July, 1861,
on importation into the United Kingdom, or on expor-
tation therefrom to foreign parts, or on removal to the
Isle of Man for consumption therein, viz. :
Tea. .

Viz.:--
Malt

Sugar, as denominated in the tariff.
Molasses.

Cherries, dried.
Comfits, dry.
Confectionary.
Ginger, preserved.
Marmalade.

Plums, preserved in sugar.
Succades, including all fruits and vegetables preserved
in sugar not otherwise enumerated.
11. Import and export charge of ld. on goods in pack-
ages and in bulk.
Resolved,—That in aid of the charges of the customs
establishments incident to the importation and exporta-
tion of goods, and to the statistical accounts thereof,
there shall be charged (irrespective of anv duties of
customs or other rates or charges payable by 7 law) upon
the articles hereinafter mentioned, on the landing and
shipping thereof for importation into or exportation
from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the respective rates and charges following, viz.:—
Goods in packages or parcels . per package or parcel ld
Goods in bulk
By weight . . . . .

for every ton id,
j per quarter Id.
measure
number per 1,000 id.
Animals
The rates on goods in bulk to be charged by weight,
measure, or number, as such goods are required to be
returned to the officers of customs for the preparation of
the statistical accounts of trade and navigation of the
United Kingdom.
12. Charges to be levied on the removal of ware-
housed goods under bond.
Resolved,—That in aid of the charges of customs
establishments incident to the removal of goods under
Bond, there shall be charged (irrespective or any duties
of customs, or other charges payable by law) upon the
several articles hereinafter mentioned, and which are or
may be warehoused in any warehouse for the security
of duties of customs under the laws and regulations for
the warehousing of goads on removal of such goods
under bond from any such warehouse in any port or
place to any such warehouse in any other port or place,
respective rates or charges following, viz.:— s. d.
Tea . - ..... . . . -. -the 100 lbs. 1 4
Sugar .- . . the cwt. 0 4
Coffee •
Cocoa
Pepper
Tobacco
Wine th' 100 gallons 5 0
Spirits
Fruit, viz. figs 7 currants, raisins . the cwt. 0 4
Other goods the package 0 3
13. Charges on operations in warehouse.
Resolved,—That before any of the operations herein-
after mentioned are or shall be performed at the request
of the proprietor or his agent, in respect of goods depo-
sited in any warehouse or place for the security of duties
of customs under the laws and regulations in force for
the warehousing of goods, there shall be charged for everi'
such operation the respective rates or charges hereinafter
mentioned, irrespective of any duties of customs or other
rates or charges upon the importation into Great Britain
and Ireland, or otherwise, of the goods in respect of
which such operations are performed, viz.:— a. d.
Repacking
Reweighing
Filling up casks
Racking casks
Vatting casks
Bottling . . ..... the dozen bottles 0 2
Disgorgiog bottled wine .. . the case 0 6
Repacking bottled wine or spirits . the case 0 6
Regauging the cask 1 0
Other operations ..... . the package 0 6
Provided that when any such operation is required
for the purpose of removing goods from any such ware-
house, in any port or place, and in respect of which
the rates or charges payable on removal under bond
shall be paid, such operations shall be exempt from the
said rates or charges in respect thereof, and that de-
livery out of warehouse upon payment of duty or for
exportation be not held to be au operation within the
meaning of this resolution.

Liverpool Cough SpeCiao is an unfailing remedy. We con-
gratulate the inhabitants of Liverpool. that so simple and
effectual a means of relief is at last procurable. For yearn
this great boon has been needed in this exposed part; and it
being an uodoubted cure for the most harassing coughs, we
can recommend it—Advt. •

CANNON.—The new buildings in
ourse of construction in Woolwich Arsenal, although
rected on a site which, no longer than eight months
ago, was an unprofitable swamp, producing nothing but
rank grass and weeds, are already covered in. The
principal portion of the machinery has arrived, as well
as a. number of huge steam hammers. Some of the
forges are nearly complete, and the anvils belonging to
the steam hammers firmly fixed on a solid stratum of
concrete; and supported by enormous blocks of Portland
rock.' Next month it is proposed to commence the
manufacture of the 100-pound cannon on Sir William
mstrong's ordinary principle.

THE COUNCIL ON MILITARY EDUCATION.

The Council of Military Education, consisting of
Major-Generals Cameron and Portlock, Colonels Elwyn
and Addison, and Henry Moseley, Esq., appointed in
June, 1857, have sent in a report, published on Satur-
day in the form of a small blue book. The report, to
which is appended numerous documents with which the
council has been concerned during the progress of its
investigation, describes at some length former schemes
of military education and the system of examination
which have been carried out at the Staff College. This
report is too long to publish—too uniformly diffuse to
be easily condensed. The council, however, in conclu-
sion, reply to certain objections which have been
advanced against these innovations. They say :
"It has been said that the examinations for direct
commissions have been too severe, and have been the
means of excluding from the military profession gentle-
men in other respects highly qualified for performing its
duties. Vague as these assertions have been, and un-
supported by a reference to particular instances, it is
impossible to reply definitely to them ; but at least it
may be urged that an examination founded upon the
ordinary education of the country, requiring from all
candidates as obligatorT subjects nothing more than a
knowledge of English spelling, grammar, and com-
' position, and in mathematics, arithmetic, the first simple
rules of algebra, and the three first books of Euclid,
ought not to be considered a bar to the admission
of :lay gentleman of ordinary capacity and industry.
The marks, indeed, allotted to the obligatory section of
mathematics have been so proportioned that a candidate
may with ease obtain the minimum from arithmetic and
algebra, or from arithmetic and geometry, without
attempting the third subject at all, and it may be added
from arithmetic alone, should he have been thoroughly
well instructed in that subject. A calm consideration of
this 'plain statement ought to convince every one that
there is no analogy whatever between these examina-
tions and those for college honours ; the one being
framed as a test of a reasonable education and moderate
capacity; and the other as a test of the highest intellectual
powers which the country can produce. The allusion,
therefore, sometimes made by complainants to Cam-
bridge and to wranglers, as if the object of the exami-
nations had been to secure for the military service ab-
stract mathematicians, is altogether illusory, and calcu-
lated to give rise to an unnecessary and unfounded
alarm. That a small amount of industry is alone neces-
,,ary to enable any gentleman to pass the examination
may be deduced from the various statements already
made in this report ; and in further confirmation it may
be added, that out of 67 candidates who have already
come up for a second trial, 47 have passed, and of
the twenty who failed, two have come up for a third
trial, and both passed; so that the number of the unsuc-
cessful candidates of the last year is diminishing at every
examination, and this merely by the exercise of an in-
dustry which, if applied in the first instance, would have
secured the success of the candidates at their first trial.
"When, therefore," the Council say further on, " the
general result is considered, and it is found that out of
606, candidates examined up to December, 1858, only
100 failed, or about one in six, and that even this com-
paratively moderate number of failures has been since
diminished by nearly one-half, 47 of the candidates who
panic up for a second trial having passed, the Council
may fairly maintain the accuracy of its statement, that
the system of examination is not justly liable to the
charge of unnecessary difficulty."
•
OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET.

MEETING 07 LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—On Friday I 4
afternoon, at four o'clock, a numerously attended meet-
ing of the licensed victuallers was held in the large room '
of the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering 1
the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to I
grant wine and beer licenses to coffee and eating-house 1
keepers. and to adopt measures to resist such a propo- •
sition. The large room and gallery were densely crowded.
Mr. George Adams, the chairman of the Licensed Vic-
tuallers' Protection Society, was called to the chair, and,
he having introduced the subject to the meeting. Mr.
Homer moved the first resolution, which Mr. Foster
seconded. Mr. Wadham, of Birmingham, and Mr.
Danson, from Liverpool, supported the resolution. Mr.
Winterbottom moved the second resolution, approving
of the steps taken by the society, seconded by Mr.
Walter. After some lengthened speeches the proceed-
ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. '
MEETINGS OF SIIIPOWNERS.—A meeting of the North
Shields and Tynemonth Chamber of Commerce was held
.on Thursday, to petition Parliament against the third
article of the treaty with France, as being unjust to the
merchant shipping of Great Britain. A similar meeting
of the Plymouth Shipowners' Society has also been held.
DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. —A. deputation
from the Liverpool Shipowners' Society, consisting of
Mr. James Smith, Mr. T. Harrison, and Mr. R. Clint,
accompanied by Mr. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P.,
and Mr. Baines, had an interview on Friday, with Lord
John Russell, at the Foreign-office, with respect to
the third article of the new treaty, which imposes
differential duties as between English and French
vessels entering French ports. The withdrawal
of Article 3 of the treaty, and the substitution of a
clause opening the French ports to British shipping
on terms of reciprocity having been urged, Lord John
Russell, after asking several questions, said that their
request appeared to be very reasonable, and from com-
munications that bad been received be was induced to
think that the French Government would consider the
question. He would suggest that they should see the
President of the Board of Trade on the subject. After
a somewhat lengthened interview, the deputation re-
tired, and proceeded to the Board of Trade. - -

FROM THE WHOLESALE TEA AND SUGAR MEE..
CHANTS.—A deputation from this body of gentlemen
waited on the Chancellor 'of the ExchNuer in reference
to certain changes in the shape of stamps that were to
be imposed upon tea and sugar, tobacco, &c., imported
into this country, and which was bonded upon its
arrival here. The deputation consisted of Mr. Horsfall,
M.P. ; Mr. J. C. Ewart, .M.P. ; Mr. Blackburn, M.P. ;
Mr. Soames, M.P. ; Mr. Baxter, 'M.P. ; Mr. Vance,
iM.P.; Mr. Dunlop, M.P.; Mr. Dawson, M.P.; Mr.
Dalglisb, M.P. ; Mr. Miller, M.P.; Mr. Gore Lang-
! ton, M.P. ; Sir M. S. Stewart, M.P. ; Sir H. Cairns,
3f.P.; the Hon. F. H. Barker, M.P.; Sir E. Grsogan,
M.P. ; Colonel Sykes, M.P. ; Sir J. Ogilvie, M.P. ;
Sir J. Ferguson, M.P. ; Mr. Redmond, M.P., and
several of the wholesale tea and sugar merchants from
Dublin, Liverpool, Hull, Edinburgh, Greenock, Leith,
Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol, Cork, and other towns.—
Mr. Clay, M.P. for Hull, introduced the deputation.
—Mr. Steams,_ of Liverpool, addressed the right hon.
gentleman, and said that he had attended a large meet-
ing of the tea trade in Liverpool, and with one excep-
tion .the feeling of the meeting was favourable to the
principle upon which the right hon. gentleman's
budget was based. They only took exception to some ,
details as set forth in the alteration proposed to be made
upon transferring tea iu bond from one place to
another. The alterations objected to were inserted in
clauses 11, 12, and 13 of the resolutions laid upon the
tible in the Committee of Ways and Means. The ob-
jection, however, to the 11th clause, was got rid of by
the right hon. gentleman's explanation in his letter to
Mr. Glyn, which had been published in the various
journals. The 12th and 13th clauses were strongly ob-
jected to on the ground that no tea or other goods that
had been bonded could be transferred without extra pay-
ment for each removal. All the tea imported into this
country is necessarily placed in bond, and there
it is kept under the care of the Customs watch dog.—
The Chancellor of the Exchequer : And who is
to pay the watch dog afterward ? laugh.)—Mr.
Steams then went 'on to object to the proposed
charges on the removal of tea out of bond, because these
removals were frequent as regarded each package of tea.
—The Chancellor of the Exchequer : Are the removals
of one package of tea frequent ?—Several Voices : Oh,
very. Sometimes the one package is removed twenty
times.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer: What pro-
portion of tea imported into this country undergoes
removal in bond ?—Mr. Steains More than three-fourths.
—The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was afraid that
they could not go through the details of the question.
He suggested that they should embody their objections
in a memorial, laying down some plan by which the •
principle they maintained ought to be carried out. He
felt sure that any suggestion coming in a proper spirit
from them would receive every consideration from the
Government. —Mr. Steains said the trade which he repre-
sented would much rather that an additional Id. per lb.
should be charged to the present is. sd. duty on tea
than that their trade should be crippled by these
various complicated charges.—The Chancellor of the
Exchequer : What I propose will only create £15,000
or £20,000 per aanum, while by your suggestion
VOu propose to give me something like £350,000.—Mr.
Bteams said they bad no wish to throw the burdens off
their shoulders, for they knew that the Government
must have a revenue,_ and ought to have a surplus; but
the revenue should not be raised in a manner that
would hinder, harass, and fetter trade. In fact, the 12th
and 15th clauses would render the trade impracticable.
—Mr. Gladstone : -Is that additional penny made to me-
as a suggestion from all the gentlemen present.? (Cries
of No, no.)—Mr. Steans said that he• stated that this
. was the feeling of the trade which be represented.—Mr:
Patrick O'Brien, M.P., on the part of the consumers,
strongly protested against this proposed increase of
a penny additional duty on tea. (Rear, hear.)
Some conversation then ensued, in which it was shown
that the same objections urged in respect to tea would
apply to sugar, pepper, coffee, rice, soap, and tobacco.—
The Chancellor of the Exchequersaid that it was impos-
sible fur any memory to retain so ninny subjects, and
again suggested that the several objections should be
embodied in a memorial, to which he would pay every
attention.—The deputation, having thanked the right
hon. gentleman, then withdrew.
THE RIBBON TRADE.—A silk manufacturer, writing
to the Morning Star points out how the treaty will
affect that trade. • He says :—The ribbon trade, especi-
ally has had to contend with French goods for some
years at an import duty of 15 per cent. This is at once
to cease, and-French goods are to be admitted free of
duty, while the English ribbon is not allowed to enter
France for fourteen months, and then at a duty of 30
per cent. Is this equal justice to those engaged in this
trade. The difference iu the time alone is a great and
serious consideration, as by that time the French may
have obtained our customers. It is very evident that
the silk manufacture of this country is to be sacrificed
to meet the French.