The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

litiTl h Y BILL.

Mr. Peel moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. Henley said he observed that the hill, es reprinted,
contained some important changes. Would the hon.
gentleman explain the nature of them ?
Air. Peel said some of the alterations were not of any
material importance ; but there was one he might men-
tion, and which had reference to billeting in Scotland
In the case of Scotland, private houses were liable to
have soldiers billeted upon them, and great objections
had been to -,de to that rystem, which was considered to
he a grievance and oppression which ought to be remedied.
A. resolution was pessed to that effect during the course of
last session, and the present law had been amended by
striking out the provisions with regard to Scotland, and
extending the provisions which now applied to England
to the whole of Great Britain. (Rear, tient.)
Mr. Ewart thon4ht it would be well if the military
department of the government wonid consider the pro
priety of Owing soldiers in barracks altoge:her—a system
which would conduce very much to the good order of
towns. He tvs much pleased with the provisions of the
hill which altered the system of billeting upon private
houses in Scotland.
Mr. Duncan offered his best thanks to the hon. gentle-
man (Nir. Peet) for the altered provisions of the bill
but he did not think that even now Scotland had been
placed upon a fair level with England. In Scotland the
public houses and hotels were on a far less extensive scale
than in England, and afforded very insufficient accommo-
dation. (Hear, hear.)
Sir W. Codrington thought that some provision should
be made for the permanent grarteting of the troops.
Mr. Packe said that the publicans throughout the
country were considerably aggrieved at the increase in
the number of hotels in which spirits were not sold, and
which were exempt from billeting. These temperance
hotels had increased to a great extent, and, with the
exception of selling spirits, were in all re,pnts public
houses, The publicans contended that both classes of
houses should be placed upon the same footing. (Hear,
hear.)
The bill was then road a second tiMe. and ordered to
be committed on Monday.

MARINE ➢IL'TINY

The hill was read a seeqnd time, and ordered to be
committed on Monday.

SAVINGS' BANKS BILL.

Mr. Sotheron Esteourt said he regretted that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had been oblisted to with-
draw his Savi.igs' Bank bill, the provisions of whiCh were
highly satisfactory, and which would h see conferred
very great benefit upon the country. He hoped the
Chancellor of the Exchequer would be enabled to bring
in the same bill early in the New Parliament, and that it
would be adlewed to pass without unnecessary delay.
Mr. H. Herbert concurred in the remarks which bad
been made by the hon gentleman who had just sat down.
He trusted they would have a pledge from the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, that if posSible he would proceed with
his bill during the next sessi -n of Parliament. Every
• Chancellor of the Exchequer during the last seven
• years had promised a bill upon this subject. Seine time
ago, in he county he represented (Kerry), there were
some most frightful scenes in censequence of the
failure of the Savings' Sank. He was personally
a witness to the misery which had been occasioned. It
was but natural, tinder the present system, that in
counties where these cases occurred, that men refused
to put their money into savings hacks. He believed that
in a modified state the tame thing existed in many parts
of the kingdom. per-icolarly in Ireland. He hoped that ,
the bill would he introduced early next session, in order
that it might undergo dtie consideration.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, the house was
well aware of the great zeal and assiduity which had
been displayed by the hon. member for Wiltshire (Mr.
Satheron Estcourt) on the subject of savings banks and
of the great authority with whrch he spoke on that •
question. He accepted, therefore, with great satisfaction
the testimony the hon. gentleman had given in favour of
the bill he had laid upon the table of the house. It was
his intention, if he had the honour of a seat in the new
Parliament, to ask the house to allow him to introduce
that bill as nearly es possible in the form in which it now
stood ; and he sincerely hoped that managers, secretaries,
and other persons interested in the subject of saving
hanks, would take the opportunity during the next four
months to make themselves acquainted with the details
and probable working of the bit!, more especially as the
time during the next session which would be available
for the discussion of such measures would in all pro-
bability he shorter than usual. Und-r thPse circumstances
lie theught he might reasonably express a hope that there
would be no unnece.ssare delay in the progress of the
measure through the house. He felt with the hon.
gentleman the member for Berry (Mr. Herbert) the
severe infliction which had been cast upon his country by
the failure of those savings banks, and he hoped his bill
would provide a sufficient protection against such cala-
mities in future.

EXCHF(III ER BILLS.
The Chancellor of the 14Nchc4uer brouzht in a bill on
Etcheqtier bilk which wa,, read a first time, and ordered
for second reading on Monday.

THE APPR PILIATION BILL.
The Ch ine2llor of the Exchequer brought in this bill,
which was read a fist time.
The house a•iiourned at twenty minutes past one.

A circular has been this week issued by the solicitors to
the assignees of Mr. Edwin Baldwin, announcing that the
copyriebts of the ifornisi fierald, Standard, and St lames'e
Chronicle newspapers are for sale, acid that they are ready
to receive tenders tor their purchase, either together or
separately. —.Li teeary Gfazette.
MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER.—A
double murder and suieide have this week taken place at
the village of Sannybrow, near Willington. about eight
rotes from D irham. The murderess is a woman named
Jane Parkinson, the wife of a pitman working at Bowden
Close C tllie,ty, and the other two victinis are her Children,
the eldest, a boy aged two years and nine months, and the
youngest, au infant, aged about nine months. No explana-
tion is given of the cease of the crime.
Tile CA,,13 OF PRACTICAL JOKING AT BRENT-NI-031).—A
correspondent says :—" A memorial to Lord Palm -rston is
now in course of signature by earns of the jurors empan-
tiered in this case (who reside chiefly in this district),
recommending a remission of the sentence passed by Justice
Cresswell on Cooper and the Hoofs, and the substitution of
a fine. in the event of the spnlicatien succeeding, it is
understood the young men have promised to pace £5OO at
the di4posal of the widow."—Chelinsford Chronicle.
" MANSLAUGHTER BY MISTAKR."-At the Cavan ass7z-s,
D. Wiliiam Wright, a very old man, and nearly blind,
pleaded guilty of the manslaughter of an inmate of the
Union workhouse. He had been :,sang fdr Dr. Taylor, the
medical attendant of the Baillie b)rough p -,orhouse, and by
mistake gave strychnia for calomel. The label on the side
of the bottle at which he looked was nearly defaced,
although there was a distinct one on the other side. Tes•
timonv was given that the state of the prisoner's health
was such that he could not endure confinement. He had
previously held two dispensaries in the county. The judge
observed that those who allowed this old man to practice
were greatly to blame, and sentenced him to be confined for
one month—Medical Times acid Gazette,
THE RENTERS. Dt.vtfTE AT DRURY LANE THEATRE.—
Mr. Gye intended to open the season's campaign; running
to the end of August, at Drury lane, and accordingly
ei,tered into arrangements with Mr. Smith, the • lessee,
subject to such a compromise as could be made with the
renters. Mr. Gye accepted Mr. Smiin's proposal, namely,
that the renters should have twenty five stalls in the best
part of the pit, with free access to all parts of the house
except the dress circle, the first and second tier and the. pit
and gallery stalls A meeting of renters was held on
Thursday last, when thirty out of the thirty two renters
present agreed to it. It was necessary, however, that they
should bs unanimous, and another meeting was held
yesterday in the saloon of the theatre, when Mr. Kinsey,
the solicitor, detailed the above --facts. A large number
signed, but some four or five proposed an .arnentimalit- for
fifty reserved pit seats to he made to Mr. Gye as a suggestion.
One gentleman, however, refused to sign anything, and
expressed his determination to exercise his right to any
place before the cur ain. The result of this opposition will,
it is feared, be that there can he no Italian opera at Drury
lane this season.--. Morning Poe,