The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

assume a style of address that can be construed

into wilful or studied evasion.
The West Derby

Guardians have concluded
their report respecting the charge of unfair distri-
bution of relief to the paupers of the Union. As
we said in yesterday's impression, Mr. Shaw has
failed to substantiate his charges. We observe
that the Inspector, Mr. Farnall, has emphatically
stated his impression that the present wirkhouse
is entirely unfit to answer the purposes for which
it is intended.

The Metropolitan and Provincial Law Associa-
tion continued their sittings yesterday, and
it will be perceived from the report of their
proceedings some interesting
ensued. The topics which engaged attention was

discussions

" the Reformatory and Industrial Schools' Act."
The remarks made by the gentlemen who took
part in the discussion, showed not only the
importance of the subject, but the vast advantage
of using a course of training which will produce
well-trained lads in seamanship.
Political gossip begins to be of a more interest.
ing, and even reliable character. It is now said,
and that too with an easy air of confidence, that
the Liberal party has made the discovery that
Lord Palmerston is among them, but not of them;
that they are led, they do not know whither, by an
astute Conservative in disguise, who is able to
bring into practice the doctrine to which Lord

Melbourne was secretly devoted, naively, that
it is the province of Whig chiefs in office
to correct the errors committed by their fol-

lowers when in opposition by a covert but
steady adherence to things as they are. A rumour
prevails that Lord Panmure is to be Prime Min-
ister, and that his friend, Lord John Russell, will
accept the office of President of the Council ;
furthermore, it is affirmed that his Grace the Duke

of Newcastle is a part of the new government
and, moreover, Manchester is to be represented—
at least to the extent of Mr. Milner Gibson—at the
Board of Trade. According to the statements of

some of our Irish metropolitan cotemporaries,
some gossip has prevailed during the last few

days on the subject of the appointment of the new
Judge cf the Court of Appeal in Ireland; and
they say that there is a genuine Irish Office
intrigue going on in the matter. The First
Minister, who, whatever may be his failings in
other respects, at least understands men and their
fitness for offices, is in coincidence with that public
opinion which would give the post to Mr. Black-
burne, but the turmoil that the notion
has created among Irish officials at the
bare idea of giving any berth to a political
opponent, merely because he is the best man,
has compelled the Premier to pause. He has
been absolutely startled by what we may be par

doned for calling the " hullabaloo" which has been

It is not, however, believed that he will
consent to give the second seat in the Court of
Appeal in Chancery to a common law judge, in the 1
face of an Act of Parliament which makes a corn-
mon law judge a constituent part of that court
when necessary. They say that if a recently
reported vacancy in the Court of Exchequer had
really occurred, the matter might have been
accommodated, and the judgeship in the Court of
Appeal offered to Mr. Blackburne. A seat on the

raised

bench, must, however, be found for some one
before he will consent to cease bothering Lord
Palmerston.

Yesterday there was issued the detailed account
of the receipts and expenditure for navy, army,
commissariat, and ordnance services in the
financial year 1854-5. From this document it
appears that the naval expenditure exceeded by
~-C204,000 the amount of £14,812,000 granted by
Parliament. The total, under the different items
of increase, was £659,000, which was, however,
reduced by savings in some of the departments to
the above net amount. The excess arose princi-
pally for victual-- for seamen and marines (,€144,000),
and naval stores for the building, of ships
(£435,000), the latter being attributable to increased
prices of hemp and Baltic masts and timber,
and the larger expenditure of naval stores in con-
sequence of the war. In the army accounts the
grant and expenditure meet very closely, the gross
excess being 318,0001, and the saving 286,0001,
leaving but 33,0001 net excess, which was at the
time provided for by a supplementary vote of
Parliament at the outbreak of the war. The prin-
cipal item of the increase is 39,0001 for staff
officers, and of the saving of 194,000/ for " Land
forces." Under the head of " Commissariat" the
expenditure exceeds the amount of ordinary grant
by 631,0001, IN hich excess was provided for by a
vote of the House of Commons. The ordnance
accounts show that the sum expended fell short of
that granted by the net amount of 340,000/.

We observe that yesterday, at the Mary•le-bone
Police Court, London, the case of Mr. J. W. Howell,
Secretary to the General Industrial Life Assurance
Society, already alluded to in the NORTHERN TIMES,
was brought before the presiding magistrate, Mr.
Herring, but as Mr. Howell did not choose to make
his appearance on the charge, a warrant for his
apprehension was immediately granted. This
case will, we have no doubt, when it
comes on for legal investigation, disclose some
singular and important manoeuvres on the part
of needy adventurers, who live more upon the
power of their intellect than that of honesty or
morality.

Among the most interesting portion of our
Continental news is that relating to the decline
and fall of the O'Donnell government in Spain.
According to our latest advices no one could be
more amiable in manner, kinder, or, apparently,
more determined to keep on her Ministers than the
Queen up to the last moment. At the levee, on the
10th, her Majesty's birth-day, she was particularly
gracious. General O'Donnell requested her to give
the Grand Cross of Isabella Cattolica to the outgoing
Minister Cantero ; she replied that she should
do so with the greatest pleasure, and not only
to him, but to the whole of the Ministers, and she
was pleased to add that she never hid Ministers
with whom she was mote satisfied. In short, she
was all grace and condescension. In two days
after they were all turned out. It is the history of
Ferdinand VII , and his practice of making some
present indicative of his special favour to the un.