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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-23 00:00:00

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SATURDAY. MAY 23, 1857

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Forty thousand pounds down, and eight thou-
sand a veer for life, was asked by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer last !delft in the House of Com-
mons, as the marriage portion for the Princess
Royal. That tight honourable gentleman in
a most lengthy, and if we are to judge
from the report received by telegraph, very
prosy speerth, enumerated . all the cases
of a similar nature, where a dowry was
asked for the Princess Royal in former reigns. An
amendment was offered by Mr. Roebuck to the
effect that a sum should at once be paid
down, and do away with any annuity. Mr. W.
Williams seconded the amendment. Lord John
Russell was in favour of the Govern-
ment proposition-, and instead of its being un-
reasonable, thought quite the contrary The
amendment was not pressed, as the humour of the
house was evidently favourable to the motion
The shipowners and master mariners. of Liver-
pool are following up their crusade against the
arbitrary powers possessed by the Board of Trade.
Last night Mr. Horsfall presented a petition to
the Commons, signed by masters, officers, and
engineers, now. or lately, in Liverpool. praying for
a revision of the Merchants' shipping Act.
Mr. Thomas Baring has been appointed one of
the lords of the Admiralty, and a new writ was
moved for last night for Penryn and Falmouth in
consequence. There will, in all likelihood, be no
opposition to the hon. gentleman. Mr. Berkley
intends to bring forward hie annual motion on the
ballot, shortly after the Whitsuntide holidays.
The number of etc tion petitions received by
the House of Commons amounts to sixty, and on
Thursday night the S .reeant-atArrne announced
that no further petitions had been received. This
statement was followed by loud and general cheer-
ing, and evidently with peculiar satisfaction by
those members who apprehended an assault upon
their seats and found their apprehensions dissi-
pated, as Thursday was the last day for lodging
such petitions.
The Cotton Supply Association at Manchester
are acting with much energy in the important
matter which it has taken in heed. On Thursday,
a meeting was held for the purpose of conferring
with deputations from the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce and the Liverp,ol Cotton Broliere' As
sociation. From the fertiter of these bodies there
were present, Mr George Booker. Mr John Torr,
represented the Chamber of Commerce accom-
panied by Messrs J. B Cook, and T B. Forwoud ;
whilst the Cotton Br ker's Association seas re-
presented by Messrs. J. B. Cook, James Wrighy,
and James Bower. All the above gentlemen made
several very appropiiate remarks, and promised a
zealous co-operation in the matter tak,?ri up by
the Cotton Supply Association
In Paisley, the other day, a meeting was held
for the purpose, as announced, of promoting non-
intervention in the affairs of Italy. The meeting
was addressed by gentlemen of influence and
standing. The first resolution affirmed the
impolicy of ietervention in the affairs of other
States, but the second contradicted the first by
calling upon our government to interfere. Never-
theless, both were adopted But before the last
was put, a voice from a bank seat exclaimed—" It
is no use, gentlemen, asking France to give up
Italy so long as England goes to China and Persia."
None of the orators appear to have to have taken
any notice of that remark
The freedoms of the Cities of London and
Edinburgh have been presented to Dr. Livingston,
the African traveller This honour certainly could
not have been conferred linen a man more worthy
to receive it. The Doctor returned a practical,
common-sense speech on each occasion.
In our paper of to-day will be found the
greater portion of the text of the bill introduced
by Lord Robert Grosvenor with a view to make the
constituences defray their own expenses in the
election of members of Parliament. This measure,
if pressed into law as it stands, would enact that
all legal cost connected with an election shall fall
upon those who elect, while it would be illegal for
candidates to convey any electors to the poll.
We have later news from America by the arrival
of the Ericsson last evening, but it is not of the
least importance. It appears that the American
Cabinet had had the .Dallas-Clarendon Treaty again
under discussion. but were not disposed to retract
any of their demands. Affairs in Kansas were
tranquil. The evidence for and against Mrs.
Cunningham and Eckel, for the murder in New
York, had been given in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer, and nothing but the speeches of counsel
were to be heard before the case went to the jury
to decide upon. The prisoners were very confi-
dent of an acquittal.
From Naples we have advices to the effect that
it is reported in various quarters that the King of
Bavaria, at present the guest of the Emperor
Napoleon, is endeavouring to effect a reconciliation
between the King of Naples and the Western
Powers. The King of Bavaria came direct from
Naples to France.
There is not much political news from Austria.
The crops in Hungary, Moravia, and Beheeeia are
- ()coking remarkably well, but they tire less promi-
sing in Upper Austria. A letter from Vienna states