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ROBERT MULLINER,
(Successor to Gonsr & Co.),
(Late with Home, London),
CARRIAGE AND HARNESS NI tNUFACTURER,
,9 and el. GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL,

MANUFACTURER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
FASEIIONABI.E CARRIAGES.
Sole Agent for the Patent Dioraples, for which a Prize Medal was

awarded at the Great Exhibithn.
A Great Variety of New and Fashionable CARRIAGES always on
view, whkeh are ready for immediate use. Estimates given for
repairs. ' _

CARRIAGES TAKEN IN EXCHANGE.

Good Standing on moderate terms
mission.
Merchants supplied with Carriages fOr exportation on libera
erms.

Carriages sold by Corn.

VENISON IN PERFECTION
ONE SHILLING.

WHITE MAN'S HOTEL,
CLAYTON SQUARE.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The debate on Mr. Disraeli's motion was
t'estimed in the House of Commons last night.
Lord John nuss.ell defended the principles of the
Budget as propounded by G. C. Lewis, and he
said he was of opinion
that the Government had
dealt with the variejus public outcries with perfect
.success. He, however, regretted that the Insu-
rance Paper Duties were not altered
or alwjtished, RES he considered the former
oly:eessive and the latter injurious to the spread of
• kAruvledge. He would recommend the Chancellor
the'Ex.Thequer to modify his views on the tea
duties, and impose a duty of is 4d per pound for the
next three years. The hon. member for London
compared the speech of Mr. Gladstone on
Friday to the " horror of a mother dreaming that a
favourite child had fallen over a precipice-" A
number of gentlemen followed on either side,
ir:cluding Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Milner Gibson,
who spoke strongly against the Budget. Ultimately
a division took place, when there were 286 for
going into committee, and 206 against—being
a majority of ei:Arty in favour of the Govern.
rnent—so for tire present Mr. Disraeli has
been defeated. A Pe w writ was ordered
.to issue for Glasgow, in the room of Mr. John
M'Gregor, who has accepted the office of Steward
Or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Manor of Northstead,
in the county of York. The motion was received
with loud cries of " hear, hear"—and so well it
might. Glasgow will now breathe freely, and
will doubtless take particular care that no
gentleman connected with banks or banking
'again represent, or rather misrepresent them
in Parliament, Mr. Labouchere stated, in reply
to Mr. Scott and Lord Naas, that the Caria Maria
Islands were ceded by the Imaurn of Muscat, by
an instrument of cession, dated July 14th, 1856.
The Emigration Commissioners, in granting the
monopoly to the Liverpool merchants, had acted as
agents of the colonial office, and the colonial office
was, therefore, solely responsible. In the agricul-
tural districts of the country it was feared that the
monopoly would interfere with the interests of the
farmer ; so the merchants had assented to sell
the guano in the open market, by a broker
in Liverpool, and had consented that other parties
should have the privilege of obtaining guano by
payment of a stipulated sum, not exceeding £2
per ton.
Locally there is nothing stirring. Tha annual
meeting of the Female Orphan Asylum took place
yesterday. The society for the Suppression of the
Liquor Tragic held a meeting last night in Birken-
head.

Our advices from Paris state that an emissary
from the King of Naples has arrived in that city
with the view of persuading the Emperor's govern-
ment to accept the recent (so called) amnesty, as a
full compliance with all the demands made by
France, in conjunction with England, previously to
the withdrawal of the ambassadors. The personage
in question is no other that the agent of the
Argentine Government, who signed the treaty with
the King in virtue of which the political prisoners
whose irons it is proposed to strike off are to be
transported to the territory of that republic. This
man is a notorious slave owner. Serious doubts
are entertained not only about the fate of the
prisoners, whenever they mpy reach their destina-
tion, but even as to whether the majority of them
will ever go there alive, A rumour is current that
the Emperor and Empress will be crowned at
Rheims in the month of August.
The difficulties between England and Persia
are in a fair way of being settled. It is said that
the treaty will be signed at Paris. •
From Constantinople wehave advices to the 17th
inst: A second disembarkation of troops is said
to have taken place at Belfruck on the Caspian
Sea. Ammunition had been sent by the Russians to
Teheran. Russia, in concert with Persia, proposes
to establish a railway between Tiflis and Teheran.
The Journal de Frankfort, an organ of the Austrian
Government alludes to certain rumours, while
affecting not to believe them, of an alliance between
Prussia, Russia, and France, for the remodelling
of the territories of the Austrian empire.
A. number of pamphlets have been put into cir-
culation at Naples against England. The Inde-
pendence asserts that tha alleged secret treaty,
signed in Dee ,1854, stipulated that if disturbances
in Italy had arisen during the war, Austria would
have had the right to demand the support of a
French army to re-establish order, even although
she had not marched a single man against Russia.
-Our advices from Spain state that the price of
wheat had risen to such an enormous height that
in one province the povlation became so much
excited as to render it necessary to declare it in a

state of seine.
News has been received at Toulon that the steam
frigates which were sent to bring back the French
corps of occupation in Greece, left the Pir:cus on
the 11th instant. They are expected in the Toulon
roads from one moment to another.
some information now oozes out about the pro-

,jested new loan to Austria. It is to amount to not
less than fifteen millions of pounds, at the interest
of 5 per cent., and to he repaid by a system of
amortization, extending over fifty years.
We have Melbourne advises to the tad of
December, by the arrival of the Ocean Chief. The
principal topic was the opening of the new Parlia-
ment, which took place in the latter end or Novem-
ber. The choice cf President of the Legislative
Council fell upon Dr. Palmer. 'I he speech of
the acting Governor is of great length.
Altogether, it leads to the supposition
that there will be a lengthened Session
of Parliament. The Business transacted in
both branches had been of a mere formal
character, A Committee of Enquiry into the
management of the Penal Department had been
appointed in the Upper House, and a bill had been
introduced by the Government to enlarge the
franchise to the extent of "manhood suffrage :"
every male person being a natural born subject of
the Queen, of 21 years of age, and not under legal
disabilities, to have a vote. Persons naturalized,
who shall have resided for a year in the colony are
to be decreed natural born subjects. The House of
Assembly had decided by a large majority that the
commencement of each day's business should not
be by prayer. The House of Assembly was pretty
well balanced, some 27 in the opposition, 10 in the
neutral, and the remainder in the ministerial
benches. The house consists of 02 members. The
acting governor's speech sets out by congratulating
the colonial parliament in having obtained, after a
lengthened and determined struggle, a constitu-
tion, the fundamental principle of which was sole
government. But as all systems of government
had more or less of defect, it woul I be one of their
principal duties to promote the reform and main-
tain the efficiency of the public administration
in all its branches, rfe recommended to their
consideration the question of a reform in the civil
service, so that admission to the junior grade shall
be, as in the United Kingdom, by competitive ex-
amination, open to all persons. Measures for
regulating the receipts and disbursement of the
revenue, and audit of public accounts, are to be
submitted. The repeal of the laws regulating the
sale of the Crown lands was recommen led. He
also suggested the encouragement of the construc-
tion of railways, and advised that steps should be
taken to promote agriculture throughout the
colony ; and also invited consideration to the
question of making provision for the exami-
nation of masters and mates in the colonial marine
and for the better protection and management
of seamen. The question of excessive restraints
put upon certain trades especially the sale of
fermented liquors was next alluded to and
remedies suggested. A measure to amend the
banking law of the colony is to be brought forward,
and also a bill to establish, under local and govern-
ment sanction and control, a system of national
education. The Governor also proposes to have
introduced bills for amending the Bankruptcy
Laws, and the better regulation of the gold fields.
An amendment of that section of the constitution
which devotes a portion of the public revenue to
the promotion of religion. The speech also
recommends that large sums be appropriated to the
purpose of immigration. Such is the programme
drawn up for the first Parliament of Victoria under
its new Constitution. It is not like the " Royal
Speech" delivered in the Palace of Westminster
on the 3rd inst., full of barrenness. We may add
that addresses, in answer to the speech, were
agreed to. They are said to be cautious echoes, so
framed as studiously to mean nothing, and to
ensure acceptance by all parties in the House as a
mere matter of course.

Mr. LOCKE KING'S Bill for the extension ofl
the franchise, though a very puny measure of
relief to the non-electoral masses, would have
been gladly accepted, as an instalment, by the
country at large. It was the opinion of 179
members that some concession ought to be made
to the growing intelligence and good sense of the
community ; while there were 192 gentlemen
who thought the time had not arrived for the
passing of a Reform Bill of any kind. The Bill
was rejected, therefore, by the slight majority of
thirteen. The opponent of the Bill was Viscount
PALMERSTON, who, although he could not deny
that taxation and representation were most
unevenly balanced, could not think of allowing
the county franchise to be assimilated to that of
boroughs. Whether the Premier sees that the
spirit of the times is too Conservative for Whig
or individual purposes, and that an increase in
the electoral roll would rob any particular clique
of place and power, we cannot pretend to say ;
but we feel quite convinced that, if the question
of Parliamentary Reform be left until the people
are infuriated by results, such as we witnessed in
1831, or the next general election may produce,
there will be but very little time allowed to
discuss what the Ministry may consider " safe,"
and the Opposition may deem expedient,
Foreigners chide us with the fact that we
cannot carry the most contemptible Reform with-
out a gigantic agitation, and that when we lose
our temper we forget all that is worth fighting
about. This is quite true. The Reform Bill
was a bold measure for 1832 ; but it would be
scouted if it were brought forward in 1857. The
public are waiting for something comprehensive;
and until a boon worth accepting is offered to
them, they will remain perfectly indifferent, as
they are at present, to the trifling they see going
on. The people feel that, by a Constitutional
use of the national voice, they can, and do,
govern the realm. They can, by a few meetings,
defeat an unjust impost, save an army from
destruction, and make their rulers do their duty.
The intelligence of this free country can always
do this. When Parliament propose " unsafe"
measures, they can defeat them without the
franchise ; and many think we lose nothing by
leaving the Parliamentary constitutency wholly
in the hands of rival parties, seeking place and
emolument. Little mischief can be done where
a large power can be brought into play to control
the weak ; and, relying on these broad truths,
the community barely bestow a thought on the
subject.

Lord PALMERSTON feels the extraordinary ad-
vantage of the happy state of popular feeling,
and he would willingly carry it to the hustings
with himself and his party. He would not have
the House of Commons more Conservative than
it is just now, and he will, therefore, exclude the
small trading and working classes from all partici-
pation in the Parliamentary franchise, as long as
place and patronage will admit of his doing so.
The Premier is not, however, totally cpposed to
an extension of the suffrage. He would take in all
that is intelligent, and exclude all that is indus-
trious, in a Ministerial measure of Reform. The
noble lord would willingly give to householders
in counties the same electoral privileges enjoyed
by their brethren in our boroughs, but for the
novel discovery that boroughs and counties
have separate functions to perform. What these
duties are, the reader
.of the noble Viscount's

speech is left to imagine. Parliament, certainly,
bas its two parties, and its independent and cor-
rupt sides, and probably the Premier has found
that the present qualifications favour the exist-
ence of both, and that while the boroughs return
obedient servants, the counties do the rest.

We may be quite wrong in these speculations,
still the singularity of the new doctrine pro-
pounded from the Ministerial benches is a suffi-
cient excuse for our having directed attention
to it. If Mr. LOCKE KING'S Bill was only
meant to sound the House of Commons
on the subject of Parliamentary Reform,
or to produce a strong expression of popular
feeling' in the agricultural districts, it will do its
work admirably ; but if the Ministry encouraged
the author of the trifle to bring his bantling for-
ward, in order to give the PALMERSTON Cabinet
an opportunity of displaying their entire Reform
strength, a majority of thirteen must be con-
sidered a most remarkable failure, Such a result
can scarcely be called " a defeat of the Reform
" party ;" and it ought not to deter other earnest
Reformers from renewing the movement which
Mr. L. KING originated, and which met such a
premature end. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE and ROE-
BUCK were evidently ashamed of the little urchin
they were called on to support. For Reformers,
those gentlemen's speeches were perfeetly
incomprehensible. They had nothing to say,
when the debate came on, which could
induce the public to believe that they
really understood the question before the
country. These are matters which may be
explained on some future day. Meanwhile, the
universal impression is that the Commons' dis-
cussion on Mr. L. KING'S Bill is a correct reflex
of the contempt with which the majority of the
House look on the subject of Parliamentary
Reform, and the utter disgust in which the
inhabitants of both counties and boroughs hold
half measures of Constitutional relief.