The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SAT UR DAY.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

It has been stated that the French Government
were about to send an expedition of 20,006 men to
China, being a portion of an Anglo-French force,
which the conduct of the Chinese authorities ren.
ders absolutely necessary. These assertions are
false. The French Government will not send any
number of men to China, excepting those which
form the naval complement of men belonging to
the squadron destined to operate in the Chinese
waters, under the command of Admiral Rigault
Genonilly. An exchange of notes has taken place
on the China difficulty between the Governments
of England and France, and the best Understand-
ing exists with reference to joint operations.
The Prussian Minister has received no instruc-
tions from Berlin since Saturday last, when he
transmitted the conditions communicated by
the Conference for the settlement of the Neuf-
chatel question. This delay is felt to be very
annoying, and the Emperor, who treated the
Swiss in so unceremonious a manner to please
the King of Prussia, and with the prospect of a
visit from his Royal brother, now finds what
sort of a friend he has paid court to, and how little
worth while it was to wound the fe,elings of old
and tried friends to flatter those whose goodwill
he can never expect to gain. The Emperor
is said to be irritated at the manner in which the
Prussian government is acting. He imprudently
engaged himself with the Swiss, and his engage-
ment is now as far from fulfilment as ever. But
for that engagement the prisoners would not have
been liberated, and the French Government is
in reality responsible for the dilatoriness if not
bad faith of their friend, who, I dare say, laughs
at the simplicity of those. who trusted him. So
far as the Swiss are concerned it matters not much
to them. The sovereignty of the King of Prussia
in Neufchatel is at an end ; that the King will
" mobilise" another army against Switzerland is
not probable, and it is still more improbable that
even if it wore mobilised his Majesty would make
use of it. No day is yet fixed for the resumption of
the Conference."

The Patrie of this evening states that accounts
from the frontiers of China received at St. Peters-
burg, and published by the Journal de r Academie,
announce that the Government of Pekin is in a
state of dissolution, that the Emperor has no cash,
and is forced to issue iron coin) that all the
moneyed men had left the fAty, and that the
Chinese and Mantehous are
in open hostility.
The Pays, ri
---n-''rrarial papN
er, contains the fol-
lowing

A privP..',..e letter from Vienna, of the f3th, mentions a
thought to be well foundedb which has been for
some days in circulation in that city. It is to the eff3ct that
the policy of Austria is about to enter 4,0 a new phase,
and that the Emperor intends giving to his provinces of
ttouman origin a Constitution comprising advantages of a
nature similar to those which he has recently accorded to
the Lombsrd Provinces.

By grarting such a concession Austria would have no
longer anything to fear from the union of the Danubian
Provinces, and from the advantages that the Roumans of
Wallachia and Moldavia would derive from it,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

[By the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph•"'

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FLTDAY.
The house met at five o'clock,
THE TURNER COLLECTION OE PAINTINGS.

Lord St. Leonards gave notice that he should move his
resolution respecting the Turnei Collection of Paintings, on
Monday next.

THE PRIVILEGE OF REPORTERR.

Lord Campbell slated that, on account of the approach-
ing dissolution of Parliament, it was not his intention to
proceed further with the select committee recently ap-
pointed to enquire how far the privil,ge of publishing
reports of proceedings of the courts of law might be
extended to those of Parliament and other assemblies ;
but, immediately upon the meeting of the new Parliament,
it was his intention to move the reappointment of the
committee.

A short discussion took place on this subject, but it led
to no result.

THE INCOME TAX BILL AND THE APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY.
The Earl of Derby said he had learned that the second
reading of the Income-tai Thu was fixed for Monday next ;
he therefore appealed to Lord Albemarle to postpone a
notice of his which had precedence, to some other day, in
order that he (the Earl of Derby) might be able to make
his intended observations on the subject of the appeal
about to be made to the country.
The Earl of Albemarle assented, postponing his motion.

THE PERSIAN TREATY.

The Marquis of Clanricarde moved for copies of cor-
respondence that might have taken place between the
Court of Directors and the Board of Control, or between
the Board of Control and the Treasury, respecting the
proposition of the cost of the war with Persia, to be
charged upon the Indian revenue, or relating to the
ways and means by which provision for such etpenditnre
was to be made in India. The noble Marquis enforced
his motion by remarks upon the absence of information
respecting the war with Persia, or the peace that had
been recently signed. The Earl ofMalm-sbary spoke to
a similar purpose.

The Earl of Clarendon staled the arrangement with
the East India Company, with regard to the defraying
of the expenses of the Persian war and said there would
be no objection to the production of the papers moved for
With regard to the treaty recently signed, it provided
that Persia should wi[hdraw her troops from before
Herat ; that the independence of Herat should be re-
cognised ; that in cake of differences before Herat with
Arrghanistan, Persia should resort to England,
that the British protection of Persian subjects should
cease; that the treaty in regard to the slave trade in
Persia, which wiltild expire in 1862, should be extended
for sixteen years from that date ; and that there should
be a general amnesty in regard to the proceedings in the
Persian Gulf.

After a brief discussion tile motion was agreed to.
The Lighting of Towns Act Amendment Bill went
through committee.

The Commissioners of Supply (Scotland) Act, 1858,
Amendment Bill was read a second time.
Their lordships rose at half-past Six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
THE SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.

The Speaker announced a communication from the
petitioners against the return of Mr. Weguelin, for S)uth-
ampton, on the ground of bribery and corruption, stating
their intention of withdrawing the petition.

The order for the select committee was accordingly
discharged.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLM.

The order for the committee on the Industrial Schools
Bill was discharged on the motion of Sir G. Northcote.

THE JJANISH TRANSIT DUES.

In reply to Mr. G. Dandas,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the question
of the transit dues had been very carefully con-
sidered by onr Minister at Copenhagen and by the
Ministers of the other powers interested in the ques-
tion. lie understood that the settlement embodied
in the treaty about to be signed, had given satisfaction not
only to our Minister but also to the Ministers of the other
powers directly interested in the transit across Danmark.

THE PERSIAN TREATV.
Sir A. Campbell moved that the House at its rising
adjourn till Monday, that he might ha►e an opportunity or
drawing attention to the article of the treaty with
Persia, whereby England abandoned the protectorate of
Persian subjects for the ftiture. He urged that this
renouncement should not be acceded to without a similar
movement on the part of other Powers.
Lord Palmerston opposed the motion, on the ground
that it would be necessary to sit to-morrow at
one o'clock. lle referred to the icdonvettience
of discussing a treaty before ratification, but expressed his
own opinion in regard to the renunciation of the protecto-
rate of Persian subjects in accordance with the views of
Sir A. Campbell.
Mr. Layard expressed his gratification at the speech of
the noble lord. He wished to ask whether the terms
granted by Persia at Paris were not offered at Constantinople
and not only offered, but the Persian Ambassador there
was willing to give us more than at Paris.
Lord Palmerston said it would be found that the treaty
concluded at Paris was more advantageous than anything
likely to be concluded at Constantinople. It was also
to be remembered that the negotiations at Constantinople
were broken off not by the British Ministers, but by Perouk
than himself.

STATE OF CtIINA..

In answer to Sir H. Willoughby,—
Mr. Labouchere slid that, from the most recent informs..
tion, it appeared that the northern ports of China were
perfectly tranquil.
The motion was then withdrawn.
THE SPEAKER.

The house having gone into committee,
A res)lutiou conferring an annuity of £4,000 upon the
Right Hon. Chart-s Shaw Lefevre was agreed to.
The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up,
and agreed to.

In Committee of Ways and Means, a vote of £13,000,000
out of the Coasolidated Fund, to meet supplies voted, was
agreed to.

The Customs Duties Bill, the Race Horse Duty Act
Amendment Bill, the Cinque Ports Act Amendment Bill,
and the Pauper Maintenance Bill were severally read a
third time, and passed.
The House rose at a quarter to six o'clock.

A Douran BLESSING.—The Bishop of Worcester, after
holding an ordination at the cathedral in the morning,
attended divine service at the same place in the afternoon,
occupying the episcopal throne, and, if not prominently
useful—looking, to the youths and maidens who flock to
hear the music—very stately and ornamental. All went on
smoothly until the end of the third collect. II• re, in choirs
and places where they sing, the anthem is introduced. Every
one is aware that the sudden cessation of a coutinuons
sound, such as reading, is as good a receipt for arousing
a slumberer as bawling in his ear. Far be it from us to
hint that his lordship was asleep during divine service,
a piece of irreverence into which we are sure his right
reverence could not be betrayed, even after a hearty
lunch—during the sermon it does not so much matter.
If Pagan Homer is alloyed sometimes to nod, such
weakness is unworthy a Christian prelate. Oh no, his
lordship did not slumber, his eyes might be closed, but
the mental eye was es wide awake as ever it was when he
was climbing the ladder of preferment. Absent he was, no
doubt, absorbed in the vat ri‘oand of thought; cogitating,
perhaps, Oh Lord Derby's appeal to the right rev. bench
to discountenance slaughter and bloodshed, or over his
reproof to the prelates who did not attend to advse the
peer on the delicate questions of matrimony and divorce,
or he would never, at the close of the third collect, have
suddenly interposed the benediction, cutting the service
short in the middle. The congregation were taken aback—
some congregations in the country might have taken it
more easily—and knew not whether to depart or remain.
An awkward pause ensued; some were inclined to laugh,
some to look grave. At last the bishop was recalled
from the abyss of thought to the proprieties of his situ-
ation, the choir proceeded with the anthem, the remainder
of the service was intoned, and a second benediction—this
time in the right place—dismissed ministers and people, and
released the prelate (rem his onerous dutim---Forees6®r
Clroniolai

COTTON B.ROKING EXTBAORDIY dB Y.

At the Manchester Bankruptcy Court, the case in to
Wright, bankrupt, was proceeded with, on► Thursday.
The examination of Mr. John Nunn, of Liverpool, wa
resumed. The witness said : I am not prepared with a
statement of account with the bankrupt, from which the
fictitious sales to Joseph Leach and Co., and all charges
in any way connected with the fictitious invoices sent to
Samuel Lees and Co., are excluded. By a careful exa-
mination of the books and accounts, I can point out the
items which relate to such sales and invoices. In the
first instance, the invoices sent to Lees and Co. were real,
but all after a certain date were fictitious. As far as I
can trace, the first fictitious one was in or about Feb.,
1854. That invoice was prepared at the req'iest of the
bankrupt, to Save any loss on the buying of cotton and
the re-sale. The bankrupt said a simple invoice would
do as well as buying or selling cotton, and would answer
the same purpose as an actual purchase, as he did not
wish the cotton for consumption. There were a few boars
di e purchases at first ; but for the six months preced-
ing the bankruptcy. there was no- cotton actually
bought with respect to the invoices sent to Lees
and Co. The cotton comprised in the purchase
debited in my account against the bankrupt, under
date October 4, 1854, was re sold to Josh Leach and Co.
The total amount it was sold for was £9lB 2s, from which
would have to he deducted my charges, leaving a net
proceed of £B9B 17s 2d. That account was paid to me
in cash on the 7th October. The amount I then received
was £B3O. This went into the open market to pay for
previous purchases of cotton. The balance of £75 5s 4d
was paid to me on the 25th of October. I have not
credited the bankrupt's account with £B3O on the Ns of
October, 1854, but I credited him with the net proceeds
of the sale of cotton when they were due in cash. It is the
custom of the Liverpool trade to credit the parties for
whom the cotton has been sold, when it become due in
cash, viz., at the end of three months and 10 days. The
cotton was sold below the market price in consideration
of the cash payment. The only loss Wright sustained
Was the three days' loss of interest between the day the
cotton was purchased and the day on which it was sold.
The purchase in question was made on the 4th day of
October, and was paid for as follows :—S2OO on the Ist
October. and £765 Os 8d on the 25th October, snaking,
with £ll 4s 4d for interest, the total amount of the
invoice, the bankrupt being credited with that interest in
the interest account. It is correct that I sold the same
cotton on the 7th of Otober for £9lB 2s , fr-nn which I
allowed £l2 16s 8d for interest, receiving in cash the
beore-mentioned sums of £B3O and £75 5s 4ci. !!'l all
£905 5s 4d, from which I deducted my charges of
£lO 4s 10d, making the amount of net proceeds £S9B
17s 2d, the bankrupt being debited with the difference
of interest in the accoUnt. My cash-book contaias an
account of all the cash I received, with the dates and the
parties' names from whom I received it, also the dates
and the names of the parties to whom I paid it ; but
it does not state who were the owners of the cotton
for which I received the payments, nor on whose
account the cotton was bought for which I
paid. I have materials from which I can prepare
a cash account with correct dates and amounts against
the bankrupt. I can state by reference to my books
(though not to a single penny) how I disposed of the
£B3O, and the £75 5s 4d which I received in October,
1854, on account of the bankrupt. I shall be prepared
at the next examination to furnish an account com-
mencing with the Ist of October, 1854, and carried up to
the bankruptcy, containing particulars of every purchase
and every sale made by me on account of the bankrupt,
with the date of each such sale and purchase, the names
of the parties from whom such purchases and sales
respectively were made. the actual sums paid and received
on the bankrupt's account and when, with particulars of
all cotton tomer led by me for the bankrupt's own con-
sumption, whether to Stockport or to Caton, and when so
forwarded. The examination was then adjourned until
the 20th of April.