The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL OPERATIONS IN- CHINA.

The Gazette of this .eveninq publishes the
despatches received at the Admiralty froth Vice-
Admiral Hope, Commarider-inChief of .her Ma-
jesty's Naval Forces in China, with inclosure
from Lieut.-Colonel Gascoyne, Commander of the
battalion of Royal Marines: The Chinese Com-
mander-in-Chief was shot with a revolver by
Captain Prynne, of the Royal Marines. The
Admiral says the fire of the French gunboats
was remarkable for its precision. On the 28th
of August a force of English
.and French gun-
boats arrived at Tien-tsin. The authorities
were anxious to make their unconditional sub-
mission, and the Admiral ordered guards to be
placed in the forts and on the city gates, and the
allied flags to be hoisted in token of military
occupation.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
The Emu, with the Bombay mails, arrived at
Suez on October 28th.

THE DUTY ON HOPS.
The growth for 1860 is officially declared to be
£69,763 2s. 4-11 The old duty is £53,485 Is. lid.

COURT MOURNING.
The Gazette prescribes the court mourning for
the late Dowager Empress of Russia to commence
on Thursday, the Bth inst.

THE ARMY.
Colonel Egerton Herbert, 82nd Foot, is gazetted
Deputy Quartermaster-General at head quarters,
Colonel Gordon's period of service having expired.

EtEPRESENTATION Or NEWCASTLE-ON-

TVNV.
The Globe announces the appointment of Mr.
Ridley, M.P., as one of the Commissioners of
Copyhold Inclosures. This creates a vacancy at
Newcastle.

FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIA

MENT.

Parliament was further prorogued yesterday to
the 3rd ')fJanuary, but without adding the signi-
fkant words, " That it would then meet for
despatch of business."

THE BERWICK ELECTION COMMISSION.
Mr. Disraeli and General Peel were examined
yesterday morning before the Berwick Election
Commissioners. The latter denied that anything
was ever done in connection with promised repairs
of the Barracks, for the purpose of serving the
Conservative interest. Mr. Disraeli contradicted
most of the assertions made by Serjeant Itrodie.

CONSERVATISM IN THE ABERCROMBY
WARD.

The Conservative electors of this ward celebrated the
unopposed return of Mr. Hutchison on the Ist Nov.,
as their representative_ in the Town Council. The
return of this geotlerrian Was celebrated by a dinner,
Which took plaee Clarke's, Brownlow-hill,
Mount-pleasant. In the dbs'ende of Mr: Janies Hohne,
who unhappily was preyented from presiding, o*ing to
an accident be unfortunately met with on Bdiardayi
Mr. F. Elliott was called to the chair, and Mr.
(Treoige Webb .to the vice-chair. After an exceed-
ingly good, dinner the
.chairman proposed " The
health ofher, most graciodS Maiesty the- Queen,"
" Th 6 health of the ,Royal , eulogising the
lirinee Consort, as a father, as a husband,
to his adopted country, and 06 ",Pririce of Wales,-"
and also "The Army and the Naq," which ioeia,aoSt
enthusiastically responded to.„ .
• Mr.. Webb rose to propose " The ToWn and Trade of
Liverpool."
Mr; heir; who was received with toid applause,
responded to the

The Chairman then inot'esea the, h4nh., of their
friend Mr. Hutchison. (Loud cheers) tat', ItriChison
gave great attention to financial matters, and alsd to
benevolent institutions, and he might particularly men-
tion his important services to the Royal Infirmary. He
hoped, therefore, they would drink the health of their
re-elected member in a double bumper. (Drunk amidst
great cheering, with musical honours.)
Mr. Hirreffisco was received with the utmost enthu-

siaa'in on rising to respond to the toast, and said, on
hehalf of the Mayor arid Cotpotation of Liverpool, with
Whorri hinaniehad been Identified; he begged to return
Oiena his sincere thanks for, the manner . ir, which they
had received the•toast, As to big' indiVidual part iii
the toast, lie„ thanked them equally for ,the .manner
in which they had received, him, and fer the very
handsome manner in Which the :mention; ;of •his name
had been acknowledged. He had great pfectide, in
the opportunity. of meeting them again on his tie,:elet-
tion, having been chosen by the ward as its *represen-
tative three years ago. Since he was first elected
many important questions had come before the Town Coun-
cil, in the settlement of which he had taken a part, and
he hoped the votes he had given met the approval of
the electors of Abereroiriby Ward. (Hear, hear.) It Was
not his intention to go at at/ letigth into the discussion
Of those questions Which were at resent lido& the
They were aiOW mall in present
number, it was trite,
bid they. Were very important ones. He mentioned the
proposed imnriiVerntilta the town, Which were causing*
a great deal of dismission, as, they were well aware; and
there was the still greater question for the parithidners;
viz., that of rating, the docks to the poOr-rate. (gear,
hear.) These important questions must be decided in
very short, time. With regard to the improvements
of the to-tiff; ha tlimight they should be' undertaken
upon such a scale as was Proportionate to the import-
ance of Liverpool, and to the positien ft oceupied
in the eyes of every city in this country and in
the world at large. Liverpool had become one of the
greatest commercial emporiums in the world. Mr. Jack
had mentioned one or two facts illustrative of this.
t
During the past year (1559} the exports from the entire
ea-unity ,amounted to 118 millions, of which Liverpool
exported 6/anillions:,a little more than half of the entire
value, and of coarse, eceskoof all the other ports of the
.) . 16 alap mention
country put together. (Etear
tonnage comparatively, and although London pesseesetta
larger number of vessels than Liverpool; it was made up hi
great measure of coasters and vessels of small tonnage,
this port exceeding London in tonnage by almost a
quarter of a million tons. The houses in Liverpool
were increasing year by year, and so was the population
in an eqUal ratios and persons were coming here, attracted
from all.parts; to eater Into trade: It therefore became
them to.eonsidet the iniptirtaliee of local improvements.
A great deal had,beeti,Sai,d abpiit,the increase of local
rates. This opinion he thought More ideal than any.:
thing • else. For the last fifteen 6r elyttea.:ll feara' the
sanitary rates had been about the same. The /icier rate
had decreased during' the last few years, and this rate
included the fire police and the museum rates; so that
really the rates in the borough were not largel now than
for a series ,of years past, and not near so large as in some
towns in the manufacturing districts. The ratepayers must
therefore be congratulated on the position in which they
stand in regard to taxation. (Hear.) They would have
noticed that A Prolksal had been made in the Town.
Council to lay out a large suns of nforiey do the ap-
proaches to the Own. Tile position of that ijnestion
was this. The Improvement Committee had sketched
out certain alterations which they conceived were best
to be carried out, and the most called for, and they had
got estimates'of the cost, but it would be the work of
years to accomplish these improVements. They would
perceive that an application was to be made to Parlia-
ment to raise £50,000 or £60,000 to open out the lead-
ing approaches to the town, which he thought was a very
moderate amount indeed: NOthing, however, had been
decided upon. The Town Council Were Merely going to
take powers to carry out the improvements Shilind they
be decided upon, but they were not yet committed td
the improvements if they should hereafter be con-
sidered undesirable. It was necessary at the last
Town Council t 6 take the resolUtion so as to get their
status in the House of Commons. He alluded to the
question because it was interesting to the ratepayers,
and exciting their attention. (Hear, hear.) It was
open to consideration how the funds were to be raised,
so that they should fall as lightly al possible upon the
ratepayers, There was no doubt the rate of taxation
would he much reduced if the docks Were rated to the
poor. Upon that question there had been a great differ-
ence of opinion for some time past. Mr. Jack need not
fear that on that point he would look to the interest of.
the ratepayers in the Council: (Hear and laughter.)
He might tell them as a secret, that he was almost the
only black sheep in the Dock Committee on this ques-
tion,. and in opposition to his colleagues. He could
never conceive upon what principle of justice warehouses
should be taxed, and that docks which yielded the same
kind Of revenue should be exempt. He believed a record
had been kept iii the Parish-offices for years, which
made up a. return ttpon property paying rates, and upon
that which paid no rates, and this in round numbers, at
£200,900, would reduce the rates about sd. in the
pound. These questions, however, would be decided by
an action entered against the Dock Committee, which
was coming on
.next term. He had to thank them for
the first instance of his unopposed return for the ward.
Mr. Tinne, he believed; was so returned some years ago.
He conceived they were coming to such a state of
parties by a gradual fusion, so that elections were not
carried on in that spirit of bitterness and rancour which
characterised them in days gone by. The result of the
election for that ward proved the opinion. The muni-
cipal election just concluded, he belieVed was unparal-
leled in the small number of wards contested; the same
thing had happened in other towns: The questions of
improvement might now be set at rest. It seemed as
though the political feeling had gone. Still there would
be a difference. But it became them now to devote their
attention to social questions and to education. He
believed the sanitary measures which had been adopted
in Liverpool, which were the pride of the town, had had
an effect in bringing about similar improvements in other
teit+iis. nut in sanitary matters Liverpool stood pre-
eminent—(hear, hear)—and he believed that to this, in
a great measure, was to be attributed the improled
moral character of the people. The statistics presented
to the magistrates on Thursday last showed that for the
last 16 years there had been a gradual diminution of
crime in the borough. Much of this was to be attri-
buted to sanitary and other improvements, and to the
spread of education by different denominations of
Christians. Onca more he begged to thank them for
the manner in which his name hadtbeen received by the
electors of Abercromby Ward. (foud applause.)
gcnol4ntli p,roposed "The Volunteers, a force
which induced patriotism and enthttsiastti on behalf of
the Sem of England. They had every reason to be
proud of the volunteers, who would never fail the country
in time of need. Oli! -good luck to them, and God
speed them !
Private Dixos, of the Engineers, replied to this toast.
As a volunteer, he spoke the sentiments of all, that if
called upon, the volunteers would never be found want-
ing in support of the Queen and country. (Applause.)
Sergeant-Major SAINSBURY was also called upon to
respond to the toast, which he did in a few appropriate
words.
Mr. HUTCHISON proposed "The Lancashire Witches."
Why he had been selected-to propose that toast he could
not tell, but Robert Burns had said-
Dame Nature save the lovely dears,
.Her noblest works surpasses 0,
Her 'prentice hand she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses 0.
The toast ought to find a response from every Lanca-
shire man, for the beauty of Lancashire women had
risen into a proverb applied to no other women. (Hear.)
He might be told, "Prophet, heed thyself," as he Was
'in single blessedness. Direct negotiations with the
ladies were the best—they preferred them—and if they
asked why he did not get married, he could only quote
the words of another Scotch poet, Dr. Mackay,—
There's a good time coming, boys,
Wait a little longer.
(Laughter.)
A most delightful evening was spent.