Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-02 00:00:00

AMERICA.

,QuEENSTOWN, Feb. 1.
The Canadian mail steamer Hungarian, from Port-
land on 21st, arrived here at 4 30 a.m., landed English
and Scotch mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at 5 30
a.m. She brings 63 cabin and 24 steerage passengers.
On Sunday and, Monday. encountered a terrific gale,
lasting thirty' hours, during which she had to lay to
five hours.
The Anglo-Saxon arrived out at Portiand, noon i9th,
and Circassian, Newfoundland, morning of 20th.
The monstre concert was held at Portland on 23rd,
for the benefit of young Moodie, in prison in England
for causing'the" death of a sailor.
The Viceroy of Egypt had concluded a large contract
for Sharpe's rifles.
The inquest at Lawrence had not terminated. , Con-
tributions .for the sufferers are daily receivedirom all
quarters.
MEXICO.
It is rumoured that General Ogawon had posted him-
self at the barricades-of Atenquique, with 6,000 men
thoroughly equipped, and designed to dispute the ad-
vance of Miramon.
General Pesquiera, with 3,000 men, was in the vi-
cinity of Tepeco.
• MONTREAL Jan. 21.
S. Morin, Esq., is appointed Solicitor-General .for
Granada, East, and member of the Executive, Council.
Cowan, Crossmills, Mattice, & Co., wholesale grocers,
have stopped payment.
Business dull.
Galt's financial scheme meets favour from the Minis-
terial press, and a portion of the Opposition.
Stocks dull and heavy ; money easy. . •
Taw Yonx, Jan. 20.
Cotton active, and ic better. Sales .8,000 bales:
Breadstaffs drooping: Provisions steady. Coffee firm.
Tallow steady. Freights to Liverpool unchanged.
SAVANNAH, Jan: 19.

Sales of Cotton to-day 2,550. ^Market buoyant.. The
Anglo-Saxon's news caused great firmness. Sales of
the week 9,250. Receipts at all southern ports 'ahead
of last year 412,500 bales. 'Exchange on London dull,
at 71 to 8 premiuni.
MOBILE, Jan. 19.
Cotton sales 1,100 bales, at an advance of ic. Mar-
ket buoyant.
HAVANNAR, Jan. 18.
Business and freights dull. Crops larger than last
year. Exchange on London 10 to 15.
2

PENINSULAR MAILS.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
SorrnAmProw, Wednesday.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Nepaul, Captain Vincent, with' the Peninsular mails,
from Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto, has arrived. She
brings 19 passengers, £3,864 in specie, and 900 pack-
ages of cargo, consisting of eggs, oranges, &c.
During the voyage the Nepaul experienced heavy
gales from the north-west, with mountainous seas.
H.M. steamers Brunswick and Neptune, the Dutch
frigate Esertsen, and the usual Portuguese squadron
were in the Tagus.
The Portuguese Parliament was convened at Lisbon
on the 26th ult.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF. COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.

APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES BILL.

Mr. WMAitort moved the second reading of the
Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill. He thought that there
was no reason why the appeal should be allowed in civil
and not in criminal cases. Appeal in such cases was
practically permitted in France, Belgium, the
United States, and other countries. He did not believe
that the result if permitted would be abused, while it
would often serve as a corrective to , serious injustice
occasioned,by improper verdicts and convictions.
Mr. EWART seconded the motion. He was in favour
of the principle, without pledging himself to' details,
and wished the bill to be referred to a select committee.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that if he consulted his own
private feeling and convenience he should not oppose
the motion,
,but on public grounds he could not consent
to it. In the first place the balance of authorities was
against it, then the great number of countries did not
admit it. France and Belgium only permitted it .in
very: exceptional oases and under strong restrictions ;
he could not find any proof of its existence in the
United States; he cited numerous authorities against
it. In civil cases there was an antagonism of interests,
and the parties were willing to go on; but in criminal
cases the prosecutor and witnesses could not .a second
time be compelled to attend. He denied that
improper convictions often occurred, quoting judicial
authorities to prove that very often the guilty escaped,
but it was very seldom that the innocent were
convicted, but in very strong cases the Home Secretary
would interfere. However, he contended that a case
of practical grievances had not been made - out. • He
could not see any argument in favour of criminal appeal
in the case of Dr. Smethurst. Had an application for
a new trial been made immediately after the trial, it
would certainly have been refused. The grounds on
which he had recommended a pardon were exclusively
medical ones. What he asked would have been
in this case the functions of the Crown, if a
second jury had affirmed the decision of the first.
The introduction of this principle would introduce delay
and uncertainty into what, above all things, ought to be
speedy and certain. As a secondary consideration, the
expense of trials would be greatly increased. It would
be nugatory to permit an appeal without giving the
accused the means of making it. If the criminal law
were assimilated to the civil, a right of appeal might be
given to both sides, whereas, by this bill, an appeal was
only given to one. He (Sir G. C. Lewis) should
strongly oppose any alteration" in that principle, that
a man should not be tried twice for the same offence,
but unless this was done there would be no assimilation