Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

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ZUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1860.

THE DAN!S NEWS._

In the Muse of Peers, yesterday, thee attention
of their lordships was chiefly occupied by matters
having an-ecclesiastical import. The subject of the
proceedings on Sunday
.last which disgraced the
Church orSft. George-us-the-East, awl: inflicted
pain on all who are well affected towards
the Church;.` was brought, before the,. House
by the Right. Rev. the Lord Bishop, of
London, who, . after alluding to the disreputable
nature of the proceedinge,-.and without-offering
an opinion concerning the- cause of thema desired
to know what steps hadheen taken to,preserve•
the peace and to secure-the proper performance
of Divine service. Earl Granville said it had
been hoped.i that some steps might have been
taken to restore peace, but as that had not occured,
it would be necessary to adopt some more efficient
measures for'the future. The subject of.ChurFh.
Rates was introduced Tar-Viscount Dungannon;
and after a brief conversation, on the motion of
the Duke of.llarlborougliv the Select Committee
on the operation of the law and practice respect-
ing the assessment and levying of Chureh.Rates
was re-appointed.
The House of Commons had ,a protraaterUsit-
ting, in the. course of which several subjects-
of general interest were introduced. Among
others, the-, disturbances at the Church- of
St.,---George-in-the-East elicited from. Sir _G._
C. Lewis the statement that it is not the
intention of Government to introduce, a bill
upon the subject. The rumour of unintended
annexation of Savoy and Nice to France induced
Mr. Disraeli to put a question as to the.accuracy
of the rumour, and to• inquire as to whether any
communications which may have passed between
the British and French Governments, would form,
part of the-papers to be laid before the House?
Lord John Russell. said he would take a day or
two to consider the production of the papers. A
lengthened.. and somewhat painful discussion arose
on the subject-of the-Government contracts for the
conveyance -of mails„and also for the conveyance
of telegraphic. despatches. The debate.-arose out
of a motion by the- Chancellor of tha Exchequer
for the re-appointment of a select committee to
inquire into the nature of such contracts. Pursu-
ant to notice, Sir John Pakington called the at-
tention of,. the House to the manner in. which
the inquiry intrusted to the committee last
session had been conducted. H.b.- urged the
necessity of strictly defining the duties, of such
a committee, and of limiting their.• inquiries to
the matters.referred to them by the. House. He
complained of the party acrimony which had
been introduced into the proceedings _of, that com-
mittee. The committee, he maintained, had no
right to try issues of political- corruption.
Lord, John Manners, as one of the committee
stated his conviction that the proceedings
had been carried too far.. The committee
and its proceedings were defended. by Sir F.
Baring.. Several other honourable members took
part in the debate, at the conclusion of which the
motion for the re-appointment of the committee
was agreed to. The other business broUght
under notice was net of very-general interest, And
the house adjourned at a, quarter before ten
o'clock.
The press of St. Petersburgh. takes the side of
the Chinese as against the English Government,
and endeavours to prove- that we have been unjust
to the " Celestials.' It is urged that Europeans
ought to be content with security and liberty in
the Chinese seaports;. and that our arrangements
ought to be made with the local and not the
imperial authorities.. The English are recom-
mended to accept an apology for the Peiho
disaster, and thereupon to give up the idea of, a,
campaign in the interior. At all events," says
the Abeille du Nerd, "after having obtained
satisfaction in one way or another, it will become
necessary to revise the treaty of Tien-tsin.. and
substitute clauses favourable to commerce,ia place
of those which are insulting to the Chinese,, and
cannot be executed.. Any other arrangement will
lead to permanent collisions most injurious to
trade." The Russians certainly ought to know
the best way of dealing with John Chinaman ; and
STAFFORDSHIRE- IRON TRADE. if they were altogether disinterested, their advice
.
Mr. Samuel Griffiths, in his weekly circular, lays might be valuable.
The market for all kinds of native pig iron is very , The San hall " difficulty," as, most of our
firm, with a stiffening tendency, particularly for best readers are probably aware, has arisen from a
AU Mine brands. The definite settlement of the diplomatic
.oversight in defining boundary
French treaty has created a more cheerful feeling in
the trade, and, although the transactions during the ins between our possessions in North Amerada
week have not been large, the prospects of the The
and those of the United States. The 49th degree
iron trade have rather improved than otherwise. he of north latitude, which was adopted as the boun-
sales this week have been principally in haematite chary line, traverses part of Vancouver's Mend ;
Pigs, several lots of Barrow Haematite (Schneider, and to avoid the dismemberment of that British
Hannay and Co.), Cleater Moor and Workington territory, it was agreed that the imaginary line
Haematite having changed hands at the late rates. In should not pass through that island, but be
Finished Iron -a fair business has been done by all the diverted at mid-channels, between it and the con-
leading houses, in boilerplates, sheets, best bars and tinent, and thence be drawn 'round its southern
hoops. On the other hand, the • Makers of seconcl.class coast. This arrangement proceeded on the over-
iron are not so actively employed, and some of these sight that between Vancouver's Island and the'
makers are getting short of orders, particularly for nail mainland there is but one free and -undivided
hoops and nail sheets, Liverpool houses. Ma demand
strait of the sea; whereas, two chan-
there are
for common rods - continues active. The North
nels, separated by a group of islands, of which
'Staffordshire Works are fully occupied, Stanier
and Heath having very large orders on hand San Juan is the most westerl and therefore the y,
for best plates and other kinds of iron nearest opposite the coast of ear undisputed
for the Indian bridges; and all the other works here are territory of Vancouver's Island,---the only fact
well off for orders for bars, boat plates, and other kinds. that seems to give any importance to the
The great activity reported throe weeks since still con- question of its possession. The two channels
tinues in the Middlesboro' and Newcastle-on-Tyne dis- referred to are now known as .the Rosario
tricts. The state of the pig market, both in Stafford- and the Haro Straits, and the question at issue is,
shire, the Middlesboro', and Glasgow districts, clearly through which channel is the boundary line to be
indicates the improved prospects of the trade generally ;
and the firmness of the pig market is more remarkable in held as passing . The treat,not answer
does
face of no perceptible change in the same direction in the the question, because, when it was drawn out,
market for finisbediron. A Liverpool house basgiven out the existence of two channels was either not
an order in the district for a little under. LON tons of best known, or overlooked. If the boundary lies in
best Staffordshire Iron, NO tons of plates being in Hare Charnel, San Juan and, the ether islands

LIVERPOOL CATTLE.
The supply of Cattle at market was less than on last
Monday ; of Sheep about the same. The demand slow
for each, at lower prices for -Cattle; Sheep much lower.
Beef, 54d. to 6:41d. ; Mutton, 6d. to 71d. Numbers at
Market :—Cattle, 1,998; Sheep, 8,171.