The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS:-FRIDAY

The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Colne Valley and 114-
stead Railway Bill were considered and agreed to.
The following bills were read a third time and
passed : Birkenhead Improvement Commissioner.!!
Denny Junction Railway, Forest of Dean Central Roil
sway,cott Invernesssh
Central
Railwayan d A, baenrdd e
Bournemouthen
ment and Pier.
The Rhosydd Railway bill was considered, and ordered
for third reading. Railwalt

TILE IRISH EDUCATION VOTE.
In answer to Lord NAAS,
Mr. C. FORTESCUE announced the terms of th
National
of which he had given notice on the subject of e has
Education in Ireland, as follows :—" That this rut the
observed with satisfaction the progress P14"43 h
Iris
instruction of the poorer classes of, her MajOuY,ioo of
subjects, and is of opinion that in the adrainistof its
that system or any modification or improverneM,„
rules, there should be maintained a strict and tlno'o,,,
adherence to the fundamental principle, securing Par`r ail
authority and the rights of conscience to PuPil3 ,°„
denominations, the House being convinced that no pa- iv
education can be carried into effectual operation, unless
t ea
be explicitly understood and clearly avowed tha
eii,
attempt be made to influence or disturb the Peculiar r'
gious tenets of any sect or denomination of Christians.
THE RETURN OF THE GUARDS FROM THE CRIMEA,
iOll

In answer to Mr. H. dARING, goard&
Lord PALMERSTON said that the entrance of the be scr
into London on their return from the Crimea wonl.dbot
arranged as to time of day and the line of march, them"
who wished might have an opportunity of greeting
THE ITALIAN ASSASSIN FOSCHINI. „. „ft till
On the motion that the House at its rising ao.l°"
Monday, 11001
Mr. BowyznArew attention to the escape of the A ,r,.
Foschini, who attempted to murder four of his couriraL e'd
infor
the
men in the Haymarket, London. He had been
that the assassin had escaped to America, andthef the
was so certain of his escape that he slept the night °clog)
occurrence at the house where he previously locigAerniek
did not leave till after breakfast on the following te—tions
The hon. member observed that there were two fee ore
of Italian refugees in London, the one of which, the more
violent, whose object was by desperate deeds to pick his
an apinesty being granted, and the other, to w"h .- an,
intended victims belonged, who were looking' "r try-
amtesty to be enabled to return to their native coun joy
Inee
Foschini was an associate the of Pianoni, of the
who made an attempt upon the life of the Emperor was.
French, and was connected with Mazzini. The minima
instigated by a secret society which was so forniloope
that those who could give information regarding the e" 'e
were deterred from doing so by fear of the esseeB.
knife. f the
Sir G. GREY declined entering upon the facts o
case, because he still hoped that they would form the. shed
ject of judicial investigation. Telegraphic messege'veet
been sent to the various ports of the kingdom to Prhae 0
the escape of the criminal, and measures had also w--,„
bett;_e:
taken for his identification in those countries
which and this country there were treaties of extract)
teui,:,
There was no doubt that the crime was proneditathe
and that means were taken for the concealment oheof
assassin, by which the efforts of the police to aPPre
him had been baffled.

REDUCTION OF THE ARMY. cide..
Lord HOTHAM asked for explanations as to the re
tion of officers in the army.
Mr. PEEL stated that the establishment of the,„l„:egid
ments had been increased, in consequence of the vr4 its
16 companies, with 26 lieutenants and 14 ensign_ns'anieet
now it was intended to reduce them to 12 ee'mr
with 14 lieutenants and 10 ensigns. _

• THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. icht
Mr. GLADSTONE asked at what time it r°--,t to
expected that the answer of the British Goverogo-,0 to
the recent despatches of Mr. Marcy with refer°ll-0-00
the dismissal of Mr. Crampton from Washington yr tier
be laid before the House. His object in putting the,..,cithe
tion was to learn when the ministerial explanation visut by
subject of the United States differences wig
expected. eted
Lord ParmzusxoN said the papers might be exPe
in
Sir th course of next week. f
Sire J. PABINGTON concurred in the expediency ° ctiner
poning discussion in relation to the American clot and
but remarked that he viewed with feelings of anxieiynited
shame the present state of our relations with the 'ern'
States, and deprecated the conduct of the British Gov
ment in reference to recruiting in America. e . e%-
Sir G. GREY censured Sir John Pakington Or,. or
eta
pressing so decided an opinion on the present e'''.
affairs.
Mr. Moonz postponed indefinately the motion' of whicill
can
he had given notice, in reference to the Amer
question.
The motion for adjournment was then agreed to.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL. ity rill
The ainendments to the Cambridge 'Univers .pa by
were taken into consideration. Two clauses proP°''' tetSot
Mr. Hadfield, the one removing from under gratioa
obligation of taking an oath, and the other givbielorne
Masters of Arts, being Dissenters, the right to f 42
members of the Senate, were carried by majorities °
and 24 respectively. hni VITO
The amendments were agreed to, and the w—
ordered for third reading.

LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL. tii atie
•
The House having gone into committee on the ----ti ,
Asylum Bill, Are,
Colonel Durar proposed an amendment to clause ado
providing that an appointment should in future be /the
by the lord-lieutenant in opposition to the decision 0
Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland.

eatived

After some discussion, the amendment was nega''
on a division, by 81 to 82. Wag
On the motion of Mr. DAVIDSON, an amendment „seal
~
inserted, vesting the management of asylums i"
in the e 0
authorities. Clause 7 was omitted, and the bill ''
passed through committee. A a thira
The Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill was read -
time and passed. - _

JOINT STOCK ' . Sidi
The debate on the second BANKS
reading ofBILL Sl
the Joint dis.
Banks' Bill was then resumed, and after some f?rtil.e:
bit
cussion, a division was taken, which resulted 111 ta
passing this stage, by a majority of 112 to 97 votes. for the
The Agricultural Statistics Bill was withdrawn

session.
The Sardinian Loan Bill was read a second time.
The House adjourned shortly after one o'clock.

PRESENTATION TO MR• HINDLEY, M.P.—On /v eu'iOr
day evening a soiree was held at Ashton-under-Lyne, lea
the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Mr. C"r h
Hindley, M.P., who has now represented that
in parliament 22 years. The testimonial consisted °lel
portrait, a silver inkstand, and a gold pen andigne:dst
case. The portrait • Mrs j
was •presented to • r 0
daughter of Mr. Hindley, and wife of the map-
re
Wigan, and the inkstand, pen, and pencil eas,e'„vieee
presented to Mr. Hindley himself. Mr. N. Buckle." ton
Mayor, presided. Mr..Aitkin made the presentation of
behalf of upwards of 3,000 subscribers. The Bishopof
Manchester, Mr. Alderman Neild, Mr. Watts boroug
Well
Manchester, Mr. A. Prentice, and other gentlemen we..
prece7o
known in the neighbourhood, took part in the
ings, which were of a highly gratifying character to t
hon. member for Ashton, geld he•a the
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—On Thursday the coroner
following inquests :—On the
the
irkp
ern-
aged 72, a warehouseman, in Formb -street, in ,„ 0
w hboo dwy a
sof egsi
ployment of Messrs. Maclean, ManisYand Co, II"' lv:d
alleghe
killed by a sack of corn falling on him. It was out
that a man named Davis,
sacks of corn had been guilty of neglect, and that in el':
sequence the sack fell. It was stated that Davis was ignot
rant of the business of lowering sacks ; but it :nary'
shown that any wilful neglect had taken place. body
found a verdict of " accidental death.”—On the °9.
Elizabeth Kenny, 63 years of age, who resided at 14°111e
Belle-street, and who, it appeared, had been hurt, as ~
stated, on Monday last, by some boys who drove a doiu,'ol,
cart over her. From the evidence of Mr. Ackerley, surgle
it appeared that the cause of death was effusion on d
bain, consequent on external • " The jury fours
injury.
accordingly.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PER S. S. CANADIAN, FROM QtrEnrbe;
—Mr. Day and lady, Mr. Kennedy and Nephew, Pr' me
Wolfe and lady, Mr. Gilmour, Mr. M'lntyre,Rev' rke,
Barclay, Messrs. Stewart, Stephens, M‘Kay, Neild,
Ryan, Miss Ryan, Messrs. Brough, Baillie, Heinton, °te
mell, Mr. Forster and lady, Mr. Ashton, Hon. S. Igelemp
'c
Messrs. Burns, Stephens, Fay, Cumie, Mrs. ICirkpatllio
0.
Miss F. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Moodie and two children, Mr
e•
Mrs• Crookshanks, Miss Muckleton,
Lacasse, Miss Watson, Mr. Watson, Mr. Cusack, "`
Cusack, jun., Mrs. Stephens, Messrs. Olivier,
Harper, Ross, Williamson
, Bannerman, r
Mr. Beardmore and lid •and ladY,
y, Mr. M'Kenzie ak,
Nordheimer, lady, four children and servant, Mrailesarii'
*
Mr. Bland, lady and infant, Master T. Bland,
W re, Rantree, Loppatt, Sneddon, Clarke, Wade, Jac
Allan,
e
Allan, Captain Meik, and 63 steerage passengers-
Qweeos
TERRIBLE CONSTERNATION OF A. BARBER he
Bosco.—The following terrific (as it seemed) eatastroPot
took place yesterday, at a fashionable barbery establishned ;l!
in —street. Signor Bosco went in to get shav
pclite assistant prepared the finest lather, made of
line,
finest soap, and, having done the needful in that _
proceeded to whet the razor; he turned to the seated rat'
and, just as he was about to commence his operation,,.au_s°
started back with horror at beholding one side of the I_ cirli
exceedingly green, while the other was as yellow a d
lemon ! The soap was washed off—the man apoloo6,e, the
and produced a new soap; and, having gone through
the
same operation, the moment he turned his back to get
razor, the whole face of the person to be operated uPc'e
turned black as raven's wing ! The man essaYed i Poi
further—he called the master of the shop, and informed hr,
of whit had happened. The master prepared a new lathe%
and this seemed to do well enough ; but, the moment onr
site of the face was shaved, a terrible forest of black ha',
sprung up on it! The operated on, seemed to be alarroe%
and the operator was truly so for after several efforts
dislodge this hirsute harvest,,he flung down the roof. tici
despair, and flying in consternation out of the shop, bleat
out the devil was in the place ! It is needless to Bay t
signor 1305
5"0,°,3
his Majesty was not present—it was only
We can vouch for the truth of the above, which lies ca
quite a sensation in the locality.

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THE TOWN DUES.

EXCITING SCENE BETWEEN THE CHAIR

MAN AND THE TOWN-CLERK

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING

The dull monotony of the proceedings before the select
.tenamittee of the House of Commons on the Town Dues
question was somewhat agreeably relieved yesterday by
the " dead set " which was made upon the Town-clerk of
Liverpool by the chairman of the committee, and in
Which the Liverpool official proved himself much rAore
than a match for the "counsel" against Liverpool,
for by that name may the Vice-President of the Board of
Trade with great propriety be desindted.
It may incidentally be obserad, that from the com-
mencement of Mr. Shuttlewo;:th's evidence, and through-
out the whole of the thr`:.4 days during which he has been
llec.r examination, the chairman of the committee has
ce, and been unable to conceal
ation at the ability displayed by the Town-

ahowu a restb,,s im

Ki and the masterly exposition which he has given
oc'fore the committee of the undoubted legal right of the

'corporation to levy Town Dues. This feeling on the
Part of the chairman was shared in by those with
ws_hcol he is more particularly acting, I mean Mr.
ilner Gibson, the member for Manchester, and his
instructors, Mr. Alderman Bancroft, and Mr. Heron, the
Manchester Town-clerk. Mr. Milner Gibson sits imme-
diately on the chairman's left, Mr. Bouverie occupying
the seat on his right, and continuously, whilst Mr. Shuttle-
Worth's evidence was proceeding, notes and documents
Were constantly passing between Air. Gibson and Mr.
Alderman Bancroft and Mr. Heron, such notes and
documents being as constantly laid before the chairman
by Mr. Gibson. This was not all. Mr. Gibson could
scarcely retain his seat for five minutes together, in conse-
'Pence of his repeated interviews and private conversa_
4tl/1 with Mr. Bancroft and Mr. Heron. His earnest
conversations with the chairman followed successively the
conversations with the Manchester officials, rendering it
apparent to every one in the committee-room that they
"-t'e all acting in concert to filch the Town Dues from
iverpool at all hazards, and that they would rather have
had
all unmentionable individual giving evidence before
'4t.era than have heard the crushing statements against
their case, which were made in rapid succession by the
,:t:ble Town-clerk of Liverpool. No independent or impar-
tial Person who heard Mr. Shuttleworth's evidence enter-
ic:lllW any doubt that he had made out a clear and
Present
case, and it was remarked by several
lesent that parliament would never sanction the abolition
he Town Dues without fair and ample compensation.
k may state, as an additional proof, that the chairman of
rue committee and the Manchester party have " one inte-
theBt,,'' that each day, on the breaking up of the committee,
iebiaroaY all be seen, arm in arm, walking throug te
lea and aveaues of the house. This was more especially
the
eta "le on Monday afternoon last, and it was remarked by
4.- a
9 who saw it as an indecent manifestation of partisan-
IA on the part of the chairman, pending the enquiry of the
Coen •tai
ttee over which he is presiding.
The examination of the Town Clerk of Liverpool was
terday undertaken by Mr. Watson, the member for
4011,1111 the absence of Mr. Horsfall, from a domestic
fiction,e and shortly after two o'clock Mr. Watson's
gyavoination closed, and it was understood that Mr.
kittlevvorth had gone through his testimony, when the
iegairman commenced interrogating him on a number of
lOints referred to in his evidence in chief. Mr. Watson, at
tatie time, was temporarily absent. A very few minutes
~,tiflßeed to displace the chairman as the advocate "on the
eer side." it became at once clear that he felt the strong
I,le of Mr. Shuttleworth's evidence—that it was testimony
tiftch he could not meet on its merits, and hence he adopted
tied line of defence, peculiar to an unscrupulous advocate, of
co4,47°Uriag to damage, by a side wind, testimony which he
gonot directly answer. But, as it will be seen from
at follows he failed ; and it will, doubtless, be a
irsiderable time before the Vice-Presicent of the =card of
Liade forgets his Quixotic encounter with the Town-clerk of
verPool.
6finple word had been selected by the chairman of the
tore_ •
unittee on which he had flattered himself that he could
"toolish all Mr. Shuttleworth's evidence. In the documents
aVcl h3' the town clerk, showing the title to Town Dues,
!Or Word 4, lordship" of Liverpool, constantly occurred, and
'r niore than one mortal hour did the chairman put every
c0,,,,,v
thth-'el able form and shape in question, in order to elicit
e exact meaning and extent implied in the term. During
the time this was going forward, Mr. Watson re-entered
lltte te°ol, and, having come to the rescue, insisted on the
irregularity of the chairman's question, as involving ha
'wetiaatter of law ; and, moreover, contended that use and
elaitwx would give the legal right which the corporation
toittlaed, and he added that every judge in the land would
4, he chairmanso, if he was ignorant of it. The chair-
irreali mill followed up the question, when Mr. Watson
te3ed on the room being cleared. When strangers were
Ch:lotnitted, the most ludicrous part of the whole affair came
'the It appeared that, during the discussion amongst
Alpoitilaembers of the committee, the chairmanprevailed
al,rk them to allow him to put a question to the town
114 ,as to the meaning of the term " lordship." The ques-
aqitegad been taken down by the government short hand
laihar' and was read by him to Mr. Shuttleworth, on the
TO 'a'tet being readmitted, amidst the laughter of all present.
Which e.,te,. Pt a description of this extraordinary question,
be ratkalr• Shuttleworth was at once asked to answer, would
mottle ',Lev difficult. I may say, however, that it consisted of
toilf‘r!w,o or three hundred words, and was about the most
rel,bislal conglomerated, meaningless, senseless, string of
Zhiatti ever mortal man, pot together. It required Mr.
Vaa v. worth to answer whether g"
the lordship of Liverpool
town' whole lordship, a part of the lordship, whether the
lurclsh•and Port of Liverpool was co-extensive with the
lordship' appurtenant to the lordship, incident to the
its
_the lordship in its entirety, or not the lordship in
&C, &c ~,
" Can you," said the Chairman
aaia hglY, "answer that question ?" Mr. Shuttleworth,
44easti" '",,°) I cannot;" and, with a smile, rather
an ea"). added, " I don't know who could,"
The °pillion.
4, generally concurred in by all present.
htlt C'airrnan, on this remarked, that he supposed Mr.
1". tieworth had `qv. Siting no idea' of what the " lordship" meant.
tech eworth quietly relied that he newr gave any
had 411.,3vrer, and referreel top the documents anal charters he
Pasjliau, and use and custom. Mr. Watson again inter-
,kand appealed to the Chairman how he could go
dagete7 face of use and custom. The Chairman, nothing
ge ilychnn this, said to Mr. Shuttleworth " Then modern
And th-r this' said
to these Dues ?" Mr. Shuttleworth
on th a documents I have read to you." Still harping
th word ,s . .
e To_ ordship," the Chairman went on interrogating
eade_ wll-clerk, like a badgering Old Bailey special
laske 'a With the view of gutting Mr. Shuttleworth to
Pu "le admission prejudicial to himself, but all to no
!gotPcttie wag
, h,
ruse the words of a Liverpool paper some time
dig 8e like Talleyrand and Metternich rolled into
TO the
appealed to his documents, which cannot be
the ch: Preference to answering the leading questions
tt,j,Yro•elerrtaart, until the latter gave up in desp. the
Joarned came off triumphant, and the committee
to Monday next.

THE RAILWAY STRIKE

_ 1
Parp, contemplated meeting of the clerks and men on
to 411
sty Pields, did not take place yesterday,etin owing
held
ill I;3ostate of the weather, but there was a meeting
deter Pe Rall, which was fully attended. gsre
tnine,
*4B '4 spirit that prevailed at previous meetings
The tnanifest.
..t following
resolution was moved by Mr. Small :
oldbaat it is the opinion of this meeting, that such of the
enNii-e11,,48 as have been at work in our absence, and are
faeter--ed before this that the work cannot be
s-
" Itiel,,Y,tleile until we are re-instated,
any of rived, therefore, that we are preparedtorrrnenceive
ith openhse Men who have hitherto kept aloof us,
has atisfactory
Itti s • arels, having their presence here amongst us
°e doom, proof that they are sorry for what they
This ,
mousey, as seconded by Mr. Sollon, and carried unani-
or,
tit ..'e of the
atiOng a . clerks or men on strike, went near the
they Iv utiring the day, although it was rumoured that
the stattld de so. There are about 300 men at work at
aliYtbi-Is, but we
lab hind, "Ilse u t
understand that they can hardly do
r
°lit' to b qen on their inexperience. in the sort o
441 not e Performed. A vast' quantity of goods that
te 13i,k4trived during the week, were yesterday brought
eheh:rillead, by the Birkenhead, Lancashire and
over
I e. junction trains, and, we hear, will be brought
4 lighters, and delivered during the day.