The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY,
The SPtA.HER took the chair at three o'clock.

CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS.
On the motion for going into committee on the Civil
Service Appointments.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he wished
before the Speaker left the chair, to make some observa-
tions, which he hoped would induce Lord Goderich to
withdraw his motion, with respect to the mode of making
Appointments in the Civil Service. He referred to the
resolutions to make more general the practice of examina-
tions for admission into the Civil Service by open corn.
petition, which had been carried, on the motion of the noble
lord ; and then'proceeded to state what Steps had been
taken by the Government in regard to appointments
recently made. The system was introduced in May, 1855,
and up to the 30th of June, 1856, the following was the
result. There were 2,309 candidates, and out of that
number there were examined 1,748. The total number of
certificates granted was 1,070, and the number of certifi-
cates refused was 556. This, he contended, showed that
the process was a test of worth and not a matter of form.
The noble lord, however, now promised to go further, and
make examination the only qualification. In the superior
departments, su h as the Secretary of State's offices,
the Treasury, or any of the principal departments,
the appointments were made by the head of the office,
the candidates having been subjected to the test of
examination, and here, he said, the interest of the ministers
rendered the selection efficient. At the opposite end of
the scale, there was the numerous class of persons
engaged in the customs' as tide-waiters, &c., and for those
appointments a competitive literary examination would
be unsuitable. There was an intermediate class, including
excise officers and other officials in public departments,
who were at present appointed on the nomination of the
Treasury, and in this case, Lord Goderich's principle had
great recommendations. He had communicated on the sub-
ject with the Civil Service Commissioners, and the result
of their experience showed that examinations by competi-
tions, where the number of candidates was not Consider-
able, on the whole led to a more satisfactory result than
aa.ny other class of examination, and he thought that their
experience was in favour of the gradual and cautious
extention of the principle of competitive examination.
The question was, how was the principle to be carried
out, and where were the examinations to take place. This
was the matter for consideration, and he hoped the House
would leave it in the hands of the government gradually
to carry out the principle.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE and Lord GODERICH expressed their
gratification at the statement of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and the latter withdrew his motion.
The order was then discharged.

TENANTS EIGHT (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. Moorm moved to withdraw the Tenants' Right
(Izeland) Bill, in consequence of the late period of the
session. Ile deprecated the course taken by the Govern-
'§ment in the matter, and called upon the Right Hon. the
ecretary for Ireland (Mr. Horsman) to introduce a bill
on the subject early next session.

Sir Jona.; WALSH said the House was taken by surprise
on the second reading of the bill, or that stage would
never have passA.

After some discussion, the bill was withdrawn, and
the order for going into committee discharged.

JUDGMENTS AND EXECUTIONS BILL.
Mr. CRAWFORD moved that the House should go into
committee on the Judgments and Executions Bill.
Col. Fntwca moved the postponement of the committee
for three months.
The House then divided, when the numbers were--
For going into committee ................ 74
Against it

Majority
Mr. VANCE then moved the adjournment of the deb-ate.
' Another division took place, which resulted in the
,rejection of the motion for adjournment by a majority
of 10.

A further conversation followed, which lasted till a
quarter to six o'clock, when, by the standing orders, the
debate was adjourned,
The other business was disposed of, and the House
adjourned shortly before six o'clock.

MIDDLESEX SESSIC,NS.---These sessions commenced on
Monday. The only rose of interest that occurred was that
of Hannah Knocks, 'charged with cruelly beating and id-
treating an infant of tender age. She was sentenced to
eight months' imprlsonment with hard labour.
Lord John Rc.ssell's notice of motion is in the follow-
ing terms :—`4 Italy : Address for copies or extracts of
any recent communications which have taken place
between beer Majesty's government and the governments
of Auatria, Rome, and the kingdom of the Two Sicilies,
rele:cing to the affairs of Italy."
rHE COLLIERS' &TIRE AT BARNSLEY.—The strike of
I.lle miners employed at the Oaks Colliery, Barnsley,
still continues. During the week the turnouts have
paraded the streets of Barnsley, aid held several meet-
ings at the Baltic Inn, which have been well attended.
Subscriptions have been made at the neighbouring
collieries in behalf of the men out of work. Mr. Morton,
the Government Inspector, has examined the pit, and
reported that the fears of the men as to its unsafe con-
dition to work in are groundless. The men, however,
now insist on the removal of Mr. Minto, the resident
manager, alleging that he had made alterations in the
pit dangerous to the men. The proprietors refuse to
comply with this demand.
ROYAL SAILORS. —His Prussian Majesty's steam corvette
Danzig, 12, Captain-Commander Prince William of
Jesse, having on board the Lord High-Admiral of
:Prussia, Prince Adalbert, put into Plymouth Sound on
Teiday evening to repair her engines and coal, prepara-
tory to a cruize with the squadron now at Falmouth.
The Lord High-Admiral, the Captain, and officers of the
Danzig, accompanied by Rear-Admiral-Superintendent
Sir James H. Plumridge, K.C.8., and, the principal
officers of Devonport dockyard, inspected the ships
building at that port on Saturday.
DISTRESSING FATALITY.—A melancholy accident oc-
curred about 8 o'clock on Sunday evening on the river
Tyne, at Elswick, Newcastle. A steamboat was proceed-
ing up the river when it passed a small boat very heavily
laden. There was no less than fourteen persons in the
boat. , The swell caused by the action of the paddles of
the steamboat broke over the bows of the sailing boat to
suck an extent that the women of the party became
alarmed, and rising quickly, they upset the boat, and the
whole party were instantly submerged. Seven of the
party sank to rise no more.
CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.—The following is a list of all
pensions granted between the 20th day of June, 1855, and
the 20th day of June, 1856, and charged upon the Civil
List (pursuant to act 1, Victoria, c. 2) :—July 21, 1855,
Thomas Dick, D.C.L., £5O, in consideration of the eminent
services he rendered to literature and science. Decem-
ber 27, Joseph Haydn, 425, in consideration of his useful
and valuable additions to standard literature. March 4,
1856, Mrs. Pauline Du Platt (widow of the late Brigadier-
General Du Platt, Royal Engineers), .t'loo, in consideration
of the distinguished services of her husband, and the strait-
ened circumstances in which she is placed by his decease.
In trust to Captain C. Taylor Du Plat, R.A., and Mr. A.
S. Green. March 4, Psyche Rose Elizabeth Hoste
(daughter of the late Admiral Sir William Hoste), 4'50, in
consideration of the naval services of her father, and her
own destitute and infirm condition. In trust to the Mar-
quis Townshend and the Rev. J. W. Ayre. March 4, Mrs.
Fanny Drummond Lloyd (widow of the late Lieutenant-
Colonel Lloyd), •floo, in consideration of the long civil,
diplomatic, and military services of her husband, his active
exertions in the East during the present war, up to the
period when he fell a victim to disease, and the state of
destitution in which she is placed by his decease. In
trust to Mr. F. B. Alston and Mr. J. Laurie. March 4,
°,4_n'tiel Lover, .elOO, in consideration of his eminent ser-
reces to literature. March 4, Francis Petit Smith, £2OO,
consideration of his great and (for a long period) gratui-
atnousonesziedrtions connected with the introduction of the
screw propeller into her Majesty's service. March 4,
Jane, az
eldest daug
—railYhters Sarah, and Louisa Cathcart, the three
of the late Lieutenant-General Sir
George Cathcart, pensions of 4'loo a year each, in con-
sideration of the distin ugieslhdedorservices of their. father,
and his death on theg
ma
.est tat'le,
mind of a division of her ',whenlnltaruestorato.
the Earl of Warwick and Lord Gryeenecx. forces.
March 4, John
D'Alton, £5O, in consideration of his literary merits, and
his numerous contributions to the history, topography,
and
statistics of Ireland. March 4, Mrs. Maria Long,
General of the late Frederick Ban ford Long Inspector'
Genral of Prisons in Ireland), an additional:pension of
£5O a year, in consideration of the services of her husband,
in consequence of whose death, from illnees contracted in
the execution of his duty, she has been left, with a large
family, in oircurnstaaces of great distress. March 4, Catherine
and Emily Bally, and Mrs. Mary Ward
in of the
late Mr. Baily, of the War-office) L,50, consideration of
the long and meritorious services of their father, and their
own destitute condition. In trust to Mr. N. Grant, M.D.,
March 4, Thomasine Ross, £5O, in consideration ef her
liter-ill, merits. In trust to Major-General Maclean and
Mr. Edward de Grex. (widow to the late March 4, Mrs. Mary Haydn
Mr. Haydn), £25, in consideration of
the numerous useful works contributed to standard literature
by her late husband, and the destitute condition in which
she is placed by his decease. In trust to Mr. John Barrow
and Mr. Alaric Watts. June 5, John O'Donovan, £5O, in
consideration of his valuable contributions to ancient Irish
history and literature.--Total, £1,200,