The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

BIR J. M‘NEILL AND COLONEL TULLOCH.

L ord Castlerosse came to the bar of the house with a
message from her Majesty, to the cfrdct that her Majesty
had received the address of the house requesting Sir J.
M'Neill and Colonel Tullcch might receive sme mark
of special favour for their services in the Crimea, and
having taken the same into consideration her Majesty
had given directions for carrying the same into effect.

THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

Mr. Bowyer called the attention of the house to a case
which was decided on Monday in the House of Lords
of " Grey and others v. Pearson," and complained
that the judgment of Lord Justice Turner had been
reversed by the Lord Chancellor, the appeal being
made from him in the Court of Chancery to himself
in the House of Lords: The Lord Chancellor held the
same opinion in the House of Lords as he did in the
Court, but was opposed by Lord St. Leonard's, and the
casting vote was given by Lord Wensleydale, who was not
an equity judge, and who had no experience in equity. This
was a state of tho appellate jurisdiction that required
immediate attention, and he asked whether the government
would take any steps for placing the appellate jurisdiction of
this country on a more satisfactory foundation,

Sir G. Grey knew nothing of the case referred to ; but
the hon. gentleman hal given no sufficient reasons for
interfering with the appellate jurisdiction as it stood. The
case had been decided in the usual way by the majority of
the law lords, and he could tee no reason to find fault
with it.

PJOR LAW REMOVAL.

Mr, H. Herbert asked the President of the Poor Law
B ,ard, whether his attention had been called to the
circumstances of the removal of a female paaper named
Honora Bresnahan and her children from the Holborn
Union to Ireland ; whether he has reason to believe that
the said Honora• Brosnahan's husband was born in
Ergland, and whether any remedy exists by the present
law for the injustice billeted on the woman herself and on
the Tralee Union in Ireland, to which she ha; been
removed.

Mr. Bouverie said his attention had been called to
the subject. With regard to the Holborn Union, it
appeared that the guardians had no evidence that the
womau's husband had been settlei in this country, and
under the circumstances Bhp was conveyed to Ireland. The
guardians of the Ilunorn Union stated that ahe was removed
to Ireland by her own consent.

• WINE DI7TIES.
Mr. Oliveira postponed his motbn on the wine duties.

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS COMMITTEE.

Mr. T. Duncombe withdrew his proposal for the appoint.
ment of a committee on this subject.

THE SOUND DUES.

Mr. Bromley Moore called the attention of the house to
the question of the S-)und dues, and asked the Chancellor
of the Exchequer whether a treaty had been signed
to capitalise those dues, and indemnify Denmark for
giving up her reputed rights, and if it were the intention
of her Majesty's government that such treaty should be
acted upon befire parliament has voted the money for
such object ? Ho moved that the papers be laid on the
table.
Mr. Liddell seconded the motion.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the result of
the evidence and the report of the committee which sat
upon this subject showed that the Sound dnes were very
onerous to navigation, and detrimental to the trade of this
country, not only by the duties they levied, but also by the


delays they occasioned. Not only did it appear from the
report of the committee that the sound dues were detri'
mental to our trade, but it was also shown that if 11
equitable arrangement could be made, it would be beneflei"
to all parties. In consequence of certain qaestions raisedbf
the United States, negotiations were carried on for,tbe
redemption of those dues, and on the 14th inslint,
1:3
treaties were signed, one between the government
ammark on the one hand, and the governments of Potosi.'
France, Great Britain, and other States on the otber bane,
containing general stipulations which were necessarf (11;
those States. A separate convention was also signed bet/tee'
Great Britain and Denmark in reference to the st1p11!;
tions which were peculiar to those two countries.
td
present the government only knew of the signatures
these treaties by telegraphic communication; and fbel
not received the treaties as they were actually eigneaf,iAl
from a draft in the possession of the government, wi''et
he believed was almost identical with the treaty wbib
had been signe 1, he might state the nature afibelt
treaties, without, however, pledging hintself to .01
perfect accuracy. By the secoad article of fte gen April
treaty, the sound was to be open on the 2nd r
next, the compensation bAng fixed by the treatl,
7th Article made the execution of the treaty coulee;
upon the sanction and ratification of the treaty. 'l4
separate convention between Great Britain and pel"'"dog
it was stipulated that the British amount of con3Pe°ssn-01
namely, 1,125,2061., should be paid within three 5130-9
after the passing of the requisite act :of Parlistnept. 00
wished to say, that in what already had been don fet
-
faith of the nation was not in any way pledged'o/1
whatever change might take place in April, *Ow

under the consideration of the new Parliament.
Mr
.11 Eprius
ritaLetici Astra
iidN
IsiTerrwviTs oeNd s
to IN
tsaokneT
'the ri no
plpTo4::itypod
asking a question about some papers that were loid %of
the table early this session, connected with coraninuiloyi
with the Court of the Two Sicilies. An bon'
asked asked at the time whether those papers containea
communications and correspondence which had toile° fool
and the noble lord replied that it contained an tbs.di.
material. He saw by he foreign papers, and by '7oe
the London papers that morning, that they bad Pub
those portions of the correspondence which bad be ,tit
back, One of the portions of the correspondence" t5l
that her Majesty's government had made a propositilitte
foreign Rower, that in case there was an a"til
establish republican institutions in Southern bl
British government
would put it down, if necessol,
,in
force of arms.
Lord Palmerston said that no such offer had b--
by the government.

MR. SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT BIX
This bill went through committee.

EXCEITQUOR BILLS (£21,00 700) sta.
This bill went through committee. •
C)NSOLTDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) 011 j"
This bill went into committee.
MUTINY BILL
ifsfefi
Some discussion took place on the billetting
Scotland, after which this bill was ordered for thir'
ing to morrow.

MARINE MUTINY BILL.
,fOl6
This bill was ordered for third reading to 100-444"
The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes be

EQUITY COURTS.

(Before the Lords Justices of ApPea" lifere,6,
STOURTON V. STOURTON.=—Their lordships
their judgment upon this appeal motion, heard potea
towards the end of February last. The appeal, per of
by Lord Stourton, was from an order of the Mastear -rdio
Rolls, appointing the Hon. Caroline Stourton sell; l 5
of her infant son, the posthumous and only elidi°stoort°ora:
Hon. J. Stourton, a younger son of the late Tag, a inel7lo)
It appeared that the father died in the year t'Ll lived',
of the Roman Catholic church, in which he L"--
that the respondent, the mother, up to that titn'r ofts
three or four years afterwards, was also a IneffibeitegliLTol
church. In 1352 she became a convert to the pee
interfeii-„o 0t 144
church, and she had all along, without any br
the part of her deceased husbands' relations,
quesi°oo 1,1
the child in the Anglican faith. the
Aonb
whether under these circumstances the c',Tied,
direct a Rowan Catholic guardian to be aPlingu-07301,te,
a view to restoring the child to, and bringin:, to" lib.
the 'faith of his father, or whether' it was nu"
bierie
having regard to any religious impression Of cbtlr.•
child's mind might have received, to direct stichneiV/4
to be made. Upon the argument for the aPnare° 61,1
13.igshawe. sea., and Mr. Bagshawe, jun., 3131 e Isll.'hie
the appellant, and Mr. R. Palmer an- iorPitelt
M. GitTard for the respondent. Their, 11,;r1,i
dismissed the appeal, being of OninfiebtA
their interview with the child on the 28th :)`,.,hsor
last, that it would be dangerous to attempt te•';-gbiP,htiri
religious impressions which under the guarel_Aie"toll;to
care of his mother, the child had received; au",„ardis.di.
could not sow make an order for a catholic rthelte.,o
be appointed, with a view to having the child 110
the faith of its father, though such a direction 'IA: 1!)! 131,
been of course, had the application been Ins"
relatives of the father immediately or sbortli
death. rf

41
The Emperor of the French, wishing to f01T,,b,41
example the precepts contained in his last 5p.,051#
regard to the cultivation of waste lands, hall ghoe wifltS
to the Prefect of the Hautes Pyreni.es to Ptir°l7olo
account. a large quantity of virgin soil in the mo fel
the view of clearing it and making &model far ofito
PERILOUS MERCITANDISE.—Three packagSs„ocrot!
ceived at Southampton last week from rr:the
shipped on board the Magdalena, which leave l!
place with the West India mails. The Pacitoodo't
declared by the shippers to consist of woolles_A4. 10'4
of them were shipped underneath other go,
other was by accident separated from thew., ofj...fr
this package caught fire, and it was then 11040
three of them consisted of Inciter matches. 41,
dent had not happened on Sunday, it is not s'
bable that the ship might have been set on fire,s
the tragedy of the Amazon have been repeateu• 060,
NEW INDIAN BISHOPRICS.—Lord Palmer
OP.
non Smith, the President of the Board of
hare
the Chairman of the East India CoEopanf. ,5 theo:ls
from the Archbishops of Canterbury and Yor..oseo
of London, and the other ecclesiastics 11,1r0
form the governing body of the Society for the
of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a inemorl",o 01:1
pressing the creation, without delay, of threefneooo
bishoprics—one at Agra, for the northiern Pr°, ; 011:4
formed out of the present diocese of Calcillbels
Lahore, for the Punjaub, to be formed out °t
diocese of Calcutta; and one for the missitif
~h 1"
of Tinnevelly, to be formed out of the Pres— Ono
Madras. As t
let fp
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FIRES AND LOSS OF PROPERTY.—ThIring Ste rik ca
and Monday morning four tires took Pirigsto,l
metropolis. One htppened in the premises t/cteto_.""Ordi
Daulton and Company, stone drain Maut,TroTivTii
High street,'Lambeih, extending as far back,,Pol7(l,,roP-
near the water side. The machine and PlP:ado
destroyed, the roof of the room adjoining" ter, 3, 1
the floors much damaged by fire and viete;;Wiee' 06,
was insured in the Scottish Union Fir! ,r tileSteavt
business will not be entirely suspended 1:17.- sr. 0;i
Awantoetrhperroflorre
coat
tkme
aonuutraientutrieler,p2r7ises 0 AO 0, ip
Little*, joagredive
Goodman's Fields. Considerable damage 'l,O illg 10,...,6,
part of the roof burned oil'. The proper Z, oereliroi
the West of England Office. A fire br„"; T. ;be ' )
Kentish Arms Tavern, the property of -"-`'i _,'" illeop
coNoft
Offices.
hurnt.eme9 se,
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cAlilnd,ahs bueil
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the
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Monarch
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bar
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poi fel c 170,%0:
but the damage done was inconsiderable. , Of' )
Alts
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GALE IN TH3 CH ANNEL.—FOITH AlteetotiCoollo'.
weather was extremely rough and b°—„ci aco.
Channel during the latter part o f last
swueffeekrte,a;:sitofsee_-erotivioji;
wsoasonthFerirdeasyulzighTt,hewhuennfothrtenmnaetl:ncholi 1°: WePO9 d
crew of the Martha, of Colchester, whi,..ci! was °CA"
about 50 miles off in the Channel, when sued 0:4 0,
by the gale, and the poor fellows were was 31 littssii
and lost, The only one of the crew left ,og o°ll6o
18 years of age, and who succeeded in briegirpooe'etil;o
safe to Shoreham harbour on Sa,turdaY efhtYng trie rot d,
laboured for several hours in accornelLehi'lrehsfogttio
ohnmfuoettwe beentwimeet,
we did
nipdi
and extraordinary task. On reaching o,,"°for s ~' , 0 iso
much exhausted, having been without foeu ifeinito DO
THE GREAT STORM IN D11111.1N.---TI/C. a., PlitiO° DO
mortill darstderSoti
that on Friday night and Saturday
visited a storm, which for violence !I:1'A 00_8'0 doh
amount of damage of a miscellaneous eha „. AkierrtV
disas.te. A .; ono
ham gaol a distressing accident occurreo•overpordtbrO?
rdoqonsuteoartlialmeht
edemdasertinnhosceefe
an
actnhhariesms marine winter
ic
ko fw1:::
ear
oct ee
sr :1 0.9
the time, suffered the most serious iojerl_e, „id tPv
tplersr.oAolfislound,
the
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wife
ertoof ttlhleenogebfoylirloerfronotomhre,escp.rpetiosabicelsbe:;::ooo
and Cusack are at present in attendanc_re Filo 0., .
of Mrs. Alison is stated to be very Prev.'

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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[By British and Irish72llagnetie Telegraph.]

Osntelligence from Batavia states that a dispute
it arisen between the British and the Japanese.
Nagasaki,
English steamers had forced the port of
'l4agasaki.