The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—YES'IER4DA."4.
Several bills were advanced a stage. The Bleiding• and
Dyeing werk2, the Land Clatiees 'CiniEfolidiN.San Act Amend-
ment, the Queen's kritons;ihe ofttetites within hcr Majesty's
Possessions Abr and tl4cl`;insances Removal and Disease 4
Preventiob Bits Wz6l4t lead a third time and passed.
The Militia till and the Coroner,' Bill were read a.second
-4, itne,
T:teir lordships adjourned at seven o'clock,

HOUSE OF COMMONff.—YS'rtaDAY.
At the morning sitting, 'Laiidierd and Tenant (Ireland)
Bill onti the 'Militia Barth.dka Bitt passed through committee.
In the evettiligliiting, the Militia Barracks Bill was read a
third.tlimo -aikd pdssed.
Mr. trLti. asked the Secretary of State for Voreigia Affairs
chtther, in consequence of the recent alterations, of ear tariff,
the Spanish Gorman:telt is di4osed to alter its navigation
laws ?
Lerd Joss Ersstat, said that he had ca).'ed npon the Spanish
Government to reconsider As ht, as yet he had received

no answer.
Mr. Gt.thi‘riv:' asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether he has received accsunts that Abd-el-Kader
had greatly exerted himself to prevent, as far as possible, the
massacre at Damascus, and had sheltered many Christlant ;
and if so, whether it would -not be, at the sake time, a gene-
rous and prudent policy On the part df *ls country to express
their sense of those se-vices he conferring on Abd-el-Kader
some decoration or othtr mark of ditAincticin and approbation,
in atleacwledgment of that. .• _ • _ -

Lad d. litssitt Eault.hat no accdnnfs had Eeft received by
the 'Government ote the su'jcct. *e took the opportunity to
correct a statement rage 't r hitt on a previous evening respect-
ing the denaand 4 Naples on France and England. The
Neapolitan EnVoy had called upon him that morning, and
-stated that the request was to the effect that France and Eng-
land should use their pressure upon Garibaldi for the purpose
of obtaining a real truce for the purpose of making peat-2, but
he had not requested any direct intervention in Italian affairs.
Mr. LINDSAY asked the First Lori of the Treastry what
steps have taken to carry out the ntinirhouh 'Rsollition of
the house, in regard to a niaritiae Cresry with France, and
what measures, if any, had been *Dared to carry into effect
the resolutions of the haie respecting harbours of refuge. •
Lard S. RVs Nis foiled that her Majesty's government had
already taktu steps, by means of a commission, to bring about
Matatime treaty with France, and Lord Cowley had taken
Steps to that effect. But in consequence of the late treaty, and
the dread of the introduction of British manufacture, treat
excitement had been produced in French romniercial Circles ;
and Lord Cowley found so general an indispaition to alter the.
present state of things, that he Wits. totapelled to content him.-
self with representation. • • .
Mr. M. Ginsei:, iYt tcply to Mr. Lindsay, said that he only
took the resointitin *of the tionse as 'an 'indication that steps
ought to be taken; and in consequence die Goitintaent would.
submit a bill to the Reuse early nett Cession.
Mr. M. Mice-as astied'the Behtetary of State for the Home
Departtittent *hat tape have been taken to bring about a con-
vention WOll he Government of the United States, to remedy
the intininity with which crimes are committed on board vessels
trading between the United States and this country..
Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that her Majesty's GoVernment
entered into negotiations on dad abject with the American
Minister, and had prepared the draft of a convention which
they had stibMitezt to Mr. Dallas, but as yet no reply had
been reteitYed trona the American Government.
Mt. Liasce, in answer to Mr. Lefroy, replied that differences
OI opinion had hitherto prevented the erection of stone piers at
Holyhead, but temporary erections had been established in the
meanwhile. Some delay had taken plate in the ceepßtion of
the contract for the Ulster, but which woulik be ready iu a few
- -
days.
Mr. HUBBARD, pursuant to' notice, called attention 'to the
impolicy of raising money by loan, repayable. in terminable
arinuititz.
The CIIANCELLOR of the EI:CHEQUER submitted .that the
question was one of which it was most inappropriateitidifieuss
upon a mere c 'sual motion like the present, atnple"*Opportu-
nities, of -which he gave a detailed list, would be afforded for
challenging a debate Ibn the question on the various stages of
the China Loan Bill.
Mr. lIORSMAN called attention to the slate Of pabkie 'business,
especially with regard to Indian legislOoli. Much of the
financial business of the ses.sion, he Observed, remained to be
got through. Many litpdttant supply votes had to be pro-
po,:ed and &seamed, and, when supply was finished, ten days
mast stillthipse before the prorogation.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE LIVERPOOL REPOANI ASSOCIATION.

'l6 'Eta; tbITOR OF THE TIMES.
Stf-,-'--That men with two grains of common-sense
within them should make such asses of themse as do

the members of the redoubtable V " Liverpolarefertit
Association" is sickening, snbversive taf,respect,

and destructive of all Wally 'ken*, Alas, to what
absurdity will individnats ftaute themselves who yield
to that imptilsiVe appetite, inspired by vanity, the
carne ka IVaritti. Such lamentable exhibitions as the
last two Cable-street ones are humiliating in the ex-.
treme, so much so that their great gun, the brother M
the hero of our greatly-abused national elf:l64ller and
worse-abused national prosperity., WLI too much ashamed
either of their company 'dr 'off their chosen subject for,
an hour's talk, to Sofa the ridiculous party and support,
them in their childish display. Why don these
blaring patriots, these frothy spouters •of nonsense,
these mouthing utterers of vulgar tretints,. take the
unanswerable speech of Mr. normal' in hand, Age it as
a text, analyse its matter, dissect arguments, and
overturn its Constitutional priiYeiples ?—I will tell yo

why. Such is the legal accuracy, the power, and the
Constitutiorial principles enunciated in that great
speech, and such the overwhelming arguments and the
patriotic eloquence by which they 'are sustained,
eloquence equal to the best days of Pitt and Canting,
that' they not only cannot, but they dare nit attempt to
grapple with it. That speeth has terrified not only the
Liverpool Reform Assoitiatkon, but even the newspaper
press of the kingiltha, not one of which presumes to
meddle or 'data hazard a throw with it, arid it stands on
record in Hansard to confound all future John Brights,
Lord Fermoys, and Chancellor Gladstones, in their search
after those' ignes fatui yclept "Parliamentary Prece-
dents," the bugbears of-Radicals, who, if they could,
would sweep all previous Parliamentary. Precedents
out of existence, and establish new revolritiOnary ones,
that should end in the anriihilationaif the Upper Reuse,
and leave the Lower alone Mast& of the field. So
important is that speech 'of Mr. Horsman, that it ought
to be placed on the statute-book as . the lex seripta to
settle all Ware differences between demagogues who
dispute any, and real patriots who contend for paramount
rights of the House of Lords to joint participation in,
and joint surveillance over the imperial legislation of
the country.
But Mr. Horsman 'stands not alone in the 'vindication
of the act of the House of Lords. 'that Rouse numbers
among its members one Whonit‘he Radical revolutionists
of our earlier days tete wont to honour with their.
idolatry, and to bedaub with their expectorated praise,
that any otstlest recipient of it would have been
rubric with blushes at its fulsomeness, • a fulsome-
ness that knew no bounds when he • ails Pain
Henry Brougham, whose head was stippetia to contain
more constitutional legal lore ttgii that of any other
and yet this great legal ithninary is as dead against
them as the Right non.. Edward Horsman. Why do
they not grapple with him ? Why do they pass over
suck a flagrant delinquent as their pet Harry? Surely
he is mark enough to challenge their notice hotveVer
much beneath it Mr. H. may be. All Melt hopes of
political regeneration were once so firmly ~iced on their
idol Harry, that to have impeached their fidelity and
endurance would have been to hazard something Mere
than a verbal expression of their indignation ; and yet
even that patriot's dicta are in the teeth of the " Liver-
pool Reform Associatiori's " assumption of the Lords
infraction of the Conatitntion.
But let us hear Mr. Jeffery.' This gentlenian has the
egotistical boldness to proclaim that the Liverpool
Reform Association on/if is acquainted with " financial
proceedings," and the audacious impudence to assert
that the House of Lords "knows nothing abeirit thern."
Does Mr. Jeffery know, that if not to a &ail, certainly
to an overwhelming majority, our nobility are University
educated men, with specialties and opportunities in their
education for making statesmen. And yet they arc not
to " know anything of financial proceedings." Does
he not know that many members of the aristocracy
haysuch,e becomeof an
and have
ave been transferred froth the
the Lower to the Upper House in very consequence of
theirve knowledgeproceedings, associated—
some with great legal, and all with great political abili-
ties and qualifications for legislation.
Away, then, with this twaddle of the twenty 'rooky-
street twaddlers. It draws only on our contempt. The
question has been already settled, and they. know it.
These meetings are got up for spouting purposes only,
which is as necessary to their existence as the air they
breathe. They can have very little respect for the
Ato
twenty,
before the public
contemptibletheir ,' ' o
r
meeting
of ty,
and the want of
unanimity and agreement on the subject discussed.
They cannot get the steam up with all their vasty
spirit-calling. Their exchequer coat is out at elbows.
They had better fold their togas and die like Romans.—
Yours, &e., BROOKVALE.

STREET RAILWAYS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
§IE,—Observing you are greatly in favour of the
introduction of street railways in Liverpool, I beg to
say a word on the subject through the mechwunsillobe
of your
valuable and widely-circulated paper. It
re-
membered that .Mr. G. F. Train and Messrs. Busby of
this town some time since made application to the
Corporation for the introduction of horse railways
through the principal streets here; hut however, since,
little has been said on the subject; and as the engineer's
report is favourable, why are not some steps taken for
their being introduced here. In a town like Liverpool,
where there is so much traffic, they would be invaluable,
and a more convenient and expeditious street conveyance
there could not be. Birkenhead, it appears, has got the
start of us in that respect; but what by that, it will not
answer so well there as it would here, because there is
not half the traffic in Birkenhead that there is here, and
I don't see why the application is not granted without
any further delay, as applications for horse railways are
being made in other towns in England, and why should
Liverpool be so backward on so impOrtant a subject,
when the application for borne railways was first made
here of any town this side the Atlantic ?

Hoping to see the Liverpool area railway in opera:
tion soon, I remain
ONE IN FAVOUR, OF THE STREET RAILWAY.