The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-14 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House of Commons, yesterday, a long
debate took place on the Judgments Executiob
Bill. Mr. Crawford, in a short speech, moved the
second reading of it ; he had unfortunately had
the bill in hands for four years, and it was
n,:cessary to remedy the present state of the
law. A most determined opposition was

made against the motion, the Irish members
stigrnatisingthe measure as a most opprobrious one;
but, notwithstanding this, the bill was read a
second time by a majority of 38—the numbers
heing, for the second reading 137, against it 99.
Lord Robert Grosvenor, by a v ite of 151 to 58, got
leave to bring in a bill to alter the law in reference
to the conveyance of voters to the poll and the hust-
- jogs expenses by the candidates at elections, Leave
was given to Mr. Whiteside to bring in a bill to make
provision for the appointment of registrars to the
Masters of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, &c
and Mr. Heacilam introduced the bill of last
session for the amendment of the laws re ating to
tho medical profession.
The other home news of the day, with one
exception, is not of much importance. This
exception is in relation to the revenue returns.
Y !sterday the balance sheet of the nation for
the year ended 31st of March last, was
issued. The figures, debtor and creditor,
will be found elsewhere. At present we have only
to observe that although a total sum waslevied by
taxes upon the industry and property of the
country of upwards of R 72,000 000 sterling, yet the
Government found means to spend seventy-five'
millions and a-half, or an excess of thre6 millions
and a quarter sterling. The gross public income
for the year ending the 31st of March, 1857, was
£72,334,000, which fell short by £3,251,000 of the
expenditure, the latter amounting in the same
period to £75,588,000. The customs, excise, and
property tax were the great sources of reven-te,
centributing, respectively £23,321,000, £18,165,000,
and £16,089,000 to the national resources; while
the charges under the head of expenditure include
£28,681,000 on account of debt, 1,773,000 charges
on consolidated fund, and £15,133,000 for supply
services. The last named item comprises an
expenditure of X 20,811,000 for the army, £13,439,000
for the navy, £6,626,000 for miscellaneous civil
services, and £1,236,000 for the state revenue
department. The balances in the Exchequer were,
on the 31st of March, 1856, £5,600,000, and on the
same day of 1857, £8 668,000.
Yesterday Bacon and his wife were placed on
their trial for the murder of their son and daughter.
The evidence for the prosecution was taken, and
this day that for the defence will be given.
No news of importance, of a local character, can
be reported to-day.
In another column will be found the particulars
of the loss of the ship Cathedral, belonging to
Messrs. Enoch, Train, and CJ. The ship was on
her way from New York to San Francisco, and
when off Cape Horn was struck by a sea, sent on
her beam ends, and in forty minutes disappeared.
Unfortunately the captain was lost. The officers
and crew were saved.
We have one day's later news from the United
States by the arrival of the steamer City of
Washington, yesterday. The Illinois steamer, from
California, arrived at Now York on the 29th ult.,
with the usual mail and advises. The mining in-
telligence reported is favourable; the other news

was anticipated by the Arabia. Intelligence from
Rivas, Walker's head-quarters, speak of very great
distress and privation amongst the Fillibusters,
who are hemmed in on all sides by the C.,sta
Ricans. Their capitulation. or destruction seemed
inevitable, and orders have been issued refusing
quarter to either Walker or Henningsen. Our
Mexican advices .report that gold has been dis-
covered in the island of Anacupa. Havannah dates
are to the 25th ult., and report trade active, and
prices of sugar advanced.
We have later news from the Brazils, a full
account of which will be found in another column.
At Rio the want of gold was severely felt. The
news taken out to Rio by the Genoa steamer had
caused 80,000 bags of c'off.?e to be sold. Exchange
on London at Rio 271 to 27k. The accounts taken
out by the Avon were not so good as were antici-
pated. Coffee was likely to decline in price when
the Avon left. The sugar market was active,
but with no change in price. The elections had
taken place at Buenos Ayres without any dis .
turbance. Riestra is likely to be elected governor
A successful Indian invasion has been made on
the western frontier of Buenos Ayres. Another
attempt at revolution had been rnadu at Savita Fe
At Monte, Video trade was bad. Yellow fever had
broken cut. At Paragnay, Lopez had been elected
President. The Paraguay Congress had approved
of the treaty made with Brazil. At Bahia, yellow
fever was on the decrease. The sugar Market was
buoyant; freights were looking up. From Lisbon
we learn that the tobacco monopoly is no longer to
be worked by the government, but it is to he put
up at auction. The Lisbon Fishery Company is
dissolved. No one will undertake to be Minister
of Ecclesiastical affairs, on account of the question
about the Eastern bishopricks being unsettled.
The accounts of the old contractors of the Eastern
Railway are still unsettled, but an arrangement is
likely soon to be made. Mr. Carruthers, the head
of the British merchants in Lisbon, is dead. The
Neleus, With officers, men, and guns, for China,
has put into Lisbon damaged
By the arrival of the Ethiope steamer at Ply-
mouth, we have later news from the West
coast of Afriea. A difference had arisen at
Fernando Po between the governor and the in-
habitants. The aspect of affairs had been
threatening, but it was hoped that the gaod offices
of Commodore Adams and the consul would restore
amity. A. disturbance having taken place at
Bathurst between two native tribes, some British
troopi from Sierra Leone were called into action
to guard the territory. The death of the bishop.
Dr. Weeks, was reported. The general condition
of the coast was quiet, and in business there was
nothing particular to report.

The news from the Continent is not of much
importance. One of those lulls in political matters,
so grateful to diplomacy, but so unwelcome to
,journalism, at present overhangs Europe. In
France the cares of the State are forgotten in the
glorious glades of Fontainebleau. Diplomatists, in
the absence of protocols, . examine their trades-
men's accounts, while politicians dream of the
charms of Baden-Baden or of the virtues of
Vichy. The Senate is alone occupied, and in its last
sitting a highly important petition was submitted
to its wisdom. This was nothing less than a re
quest, proceeding from a NI. le Pore, that he and
other persons inflicted with similar unsatisfactory
names should be allowed to change them, free of
expense. The Senate decided .that the petition
was unworthy of attention, and it passed to the
order of the day. Let us hope that this example
will net cross the Channel, for any agitation on
the part of the numerous litters—families of Hogs
or Hoggs, would be a serious social matter.
A Paris correspondent asserts that the feeling
between the Emperor and his Russian guest is not
of the warmest description. The prudence of the
Emperor is admired in sending Prince Napoleon
away.. Had he remained a collision was inevitable,
as, of all men, he was least likely to pass unnoticed
the superciliousness of the Grand Duke.
With respect to the Neufchatel question, we learn
that the answer of the King of Prussia to the
Emperor Napoleon is described as favourable, but
it is not known, A frigate and a corvette are, it is
said, fitting out at Cronstadt, for the Cirina Seas.
It is reported that a Russian Envoy extraordinary
is to go out in the frigate.
The Paris Ministerial journal La Press, in con-
tradicting the Dresden journals, regards the
ratification of the Anglo-Persian Treaty by the Shah
as certain.

SIR GEORGE GREY iS carrying-through, with
considerable celerity, his 8111 for the better regu-
lation of Transportation and Penal Servitude.
The Right llon. Baronet, has been compelled to
ask the earnest and early attention of the new
Parliament, to this subject, seeing the enormous
and growing evils which have grown up under
the " Ticket of Leave " system. We are all
familiar with the results of that system, and most
of our readers will remember the strong and
emphatic opinion which the late Baron ALDERSON
expressed, when last in Liverpool, against its con-
tinuance, The long list of burglaries and garrote
robberies ' which figured on almost every assize
calendar, began to arouse feelings of alarm among
the people, and the question has been for some
time past, a general one—What shall we do
with our criminal population ? No one, there-
fore, can fail ;to regard the subject of Sir
GEORGE GREY'S bill, as one of the utmost import-
ance to the well-being of Society. Under the
present system, transportation under fourteen
years was abolished, and terms of penal servitude
substituted. To this penal servitude, there has
been attached, the " ticket-of-leave " system.
Any adept in crime, by assuming a mild and
repentent air, could win upon the good graces of
the chaplain, and thereby soon regain his liberty,
without undergoing a tithe of the punishment to
which, by his past crimes, he was justly entitled.
The instances in which these " tickets-of-leave "
were issued, have been exceedingly numerous,
so that at no very distant time, it was a bye
word, that the .country was inundated with
" ticket-of-leave" men. Obtaining theirliberty,
as many, in fact the great majority, of them did,
without one single remorse for the dishonest and
nefarious practices of which they were convicted,
and having gained their restoration to freedom
by means of false pretences—assuming a pious
and sanctimonious air, they again entered society
unreformed, and still better qualified to do the
wicked deeds of the scoundrel and the villain.
No wonder, then, that week after week, and day
after days the newspapers teemed with a recapit-
ulation of the burglarious deeds and garrote
exploits of these missionaries of iniquity—that
houses without number were robbed, the inmates
of several wounded, and, in some instances,
actually murdered ; that peaceable, respectable,
and unoffending citizens were knocked down in
the streets, maltreated, and their pockets rifled ;
in a ward, that life and property became entirely
and totally insecure.

Police vigilance, tread-mill labour, and model
prison discipline, were each and All alike unable
to cope with the growing evil of this monstrosity.
As far, then, as the ticket-of-leave system has
been tested, it has been found wanting, and
unsuitable to the present criminal population.
It Was originated when the plan of penal servi-