Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-27 00:00:00

LONDON MINING MARKET.-JAx. 26.

In the Stock Exchange to-day Grambler and St.
Aubyn shares have been rather more offered, and have
been dealt in at 55a and 561- ex div. Stray Park shares
are marked 25k, and Tin Croft, Q. The other transac-
tions have been principally in shares in Wheal Nelson,
Lewis, Kelly Bray, Herodsfoot, Tolvadden, and Tolcarne
mines. Business is.less active than yesterday. Foreign
and colonial mining shares are steady. St. John del
Rey have been dealt in at 21.1 • Mariquita, at 10s. ;-and
North Rhine Copper (South Australia), at par.

CORK CORN MARKET.--Lot. 26.
White wb,eat, 265. 6d. to 265. 9d.• ' red, 255. to 255.
6d. ; barley, 16s. to 195.; oats, 10s. 6d. to ns. Bd.

CORN AVERAGES.
The average of all sorts of Grain, imperial measure,
in England and Wales, for the week ending Jan. 21 :
Wheat, Vs. I ld. ; Barley, 345. 4d. ; Oats, 21s. Id. ;
Rye, 325. ; Beans, 38s. sd. ; Peas, 365. 2d.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-JAN. 26.

A healthy tone still continues to prevail in our
market. Compared with yesterday, we have no change
to notice in prices.

METROPOLITAN- CATTLE MARKET.—JAN. 26,
The supply of beasts was moderate, and the beef trade
ruled dull at, in some instances, a decline of 2d. per
8 lbs. Sheep and calves were in steady request at full
prices. In pigs no change took place.
Beef 3s 4d to 4s 10d Veal 4s 10d to 5s 10d
Mutton 3s 8d to 5s 6d Pork 3s 6d to 4s 10d
Lamb Os Od to Os Od 11 Blbs.
TOTAL SUPPLY.
Beasts
Cc.;. foreign
--- ~ foreign 54
„ foreign
Pigs 312
Sheep
3,462 „ foreign --

_—
MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET.—JAN. 28.
Dovers, 25 5-16 4 ; Midlands, 1091- 10 9-1, ; Stionields,

THE DAYS NEWS.

The House of Lords had a short afternoon
sitting yesterday, and no business of any import-
ance was transacted up to the time of their
adjournment—half-past five o'clock. In the
House of Commons Mr. D. Seymour introduced
the subject of the alleged innovations, in some
parishes, in the services of the Church of
England; and in reply the Honme• Secretary,
stated that the objections were more to
the manner in which the services were performed
than to the doctrines inculcated. He did not,
however, sec' how the nuttier could be dealt with,
but any suggestion would receive his attention.
Leave was given to introduce various bills ;
_and
the late election disclosures at Gloucester and
Wakefield formed subject of some discussion. On
the motion of the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer,
an amendment was authorised in the terms of the
debt due to the savings' banks from the Consoli-
dated Fund ; and the House adjourned a little
before nine o',clock.

The Constitationnel of yesterday publishes
several articles of the commercial treaty between
France and England, which are as follows :
On and after the Ist July, 1860, the import
duties on cotton and wool will be suppressed ;
English pit coal and coke will be subjected to' the
same duty as the Belgian tariff. After October,
1860, the duties on the importation of machinery
will be diminished. From January, 1861, the
duty on sugar will be reduced. From June, 1861,
the prohibitions on the importation of thread
tissues and hemp will be replaced by a duty not
exceeding 30 per cent. From October, 1861, all
remaining prohibitions will be abolished. The
advantages granted to France by the treaty will
be stated shortly.
The signing of the .treaty of commerce between
England and France having been accomplished, as
it is the first step to be got over, so it is considered
to have been the most difficult. Prince Napoleon is
said to have given the measure his sympathy and
co-operation throughout ; he is said even to have
very frankly remonstrated, with M. Magne as to
his opposition to it. M. Michel Chevalier is
especially considered worthy of mention, as
the consistent advocate of free trade doctrines for
the last fifteen years ; and we presume that this
is the explanation of his having been summoned
to witness the act of signing the treaty. Of
course the monopolists will try their strength
against it. They have attempted to get up a
manifestation at Lille, on its becoming known
that the treaty had been signed. The Sicle in
the meantime labours to prove that the prohibited
articles are much less numerous than is generally
supposed in France ; that they are confined to
articles which are not produced in that country
in any great perfection ; that the original inten-
tion of prohibition was of a temporary kind ; and
that the articles admitted into France duty free
are much more numerous than the manufac-
tured articles prohibited—almost all of them
being articles of first necessity either as food
or raw materials. Of course these last,
however, are subject to the levy of the
octroi at the: entrance into each town,
which raises the price enormously. There is a
third class of articles upon which a protecting
duty is levied, which is the most numerous- and
the most inextricably complicated. Other articles
again are prohibited from leaving France. From
this brief analysis, therefore, it will be inferred,
that the commercial revolution proposed by the
Emperor is of wide-spreading effect, and that the
task of adapting it, and of modifying the existing
state of the tariff must have been a herculean one.
E
The dignified position whichnglae.d has
attained through her strict adherence to the non-
intervention principle, receives' anothser proof in
the great joy and satisfaction in consequence of
the triumph of that pglicy martiffs!sted by various

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down-trodden, but still aspiring nationalities
and especially by the Hungarians. They believe
that the day Is near at hand,, when they will he.
afforded a fitting opportunity of "getting back
their own again" by the unaided strength of their
own stout arms and brave hearts. This
they do
.not dread but , they do dread
the armed intervention of, other powers to
tramPleout the liberty they Might conquer.
Their hope, however, is that in England's trium-
phant assertion of the right of pebples to arrange
'their own internal policy, they have a :guarantee
that
.no extraneous despot shall dare again to
Meddle bet Ween them and their Austrian oppres-
sors Above all things they-.desire to see the
triumph of the principle embodied in the new
commercial treaty with France, becatme if Hungarywere once freed from the incubus of Austria,.
whose policy has been to check the commercial
capabilities -of Hungary, they believe their com-
merce with England woold.reeeire a development
which would astonish the world.

Various- disturbing manifestations in Sardinia
are attributed to the iil effects of the late Minis-
try, and are not expected to be long continued,
now that the Cavour Ministry-is installed so satis-
factorily. The resignatiOn of Depretis, the Go-
vernor of Brescia, is not considered astonishing,
owing to his well-known extreme views. It
seems that it is expected COunt Cavour will pay a
Married visit tb London and. Paris, according to
rumour, for the .purpose of taking measures for
tile convocation of the nevrParliament, althengli
it difficult to-see what necessity there can be"
be•for such a preliminary step.
rt is worthy of remark that various decrees
just published in.the official gazette or MOdena,
are prefaced with the words " During the reign
of his Majesty Victor Emmanuel, the Governor
of the Royal' Provinces of the /Emilia ;"
and the first of these decrees the promul-
gation of the electoral law of Sardinia.
The second orders a new coinage, which to
bear the effigy of King Victor:Einmanuel on one
side, and the royal arms of Savoy -on the reverse.
The Emperor of-Austria has appointed The Tuscan
Grand Dukes to be colonels of Austrian regiments.
If these appointments have any significance under
present' circumstances, they may be looked- upon
in the light of an indemnification.
The annual meeting-Of a very nseful and- ei-
ceedingly popular local society—the Society for the
relief-of Distressed Needlewomen—was held;yes-
terday_ afternoon, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese
occupying the chair. The report; which will be
found' in another column, gives a very encourag-
ing account of the society's usefulness ; and shows
that its .benefits have been partaken of by 'a large
number of deserving needlewomen,, who are
afflicted by sickness or any other adversity.
At the meeting of the Health Committee yes-
terday, some valuable information was imparted
by Mr. Rishton, the buildipg surveyor, who sub-
mitted his annual report with respect to building
operations in this town airing the past year.
The number of dwelling -.houses annually
erected in Liverpool appears to be steadily on
the increase, the number (1758) constructed last
year being considerably- more than in any similar
period during the last twelve years ; and_ it is
satisfactory to notice that the class of property
erected is much superior in value to that which
has hitherto been most popular in Liverpool: 'At
the same meeting a very instructive report was
read from the inspector of nuisances. This docu-
ment represents the sanitary condition of the
town as having been much improved of late years.
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board were,
at ;their weekly meeting yesterday, engage' for
a considerable length of time in discussing the
question as! to the best means of keeping- the
track of the Woodside ferry steamers free from
obstructions. The matter was introduced by Mr.
Shand,Avho proposed a motion inflicting a petialty
upon any vessel which should anchor 'in the
defined track-in the interval between the months
of October and March in each year. t' Some
doubts were expressed as to the power of the
board to prohibit the anchoring of vessels in the
track ; and ultimately the consideration of, the
questien was deferred for a month, the solicitor
in the meantime being instructed toreport on the
Ilegal bearings of the case.

EARL GREY seems to have taken up, of late, a
new and not unuseful position in the ranks of
Parliamentary combatants. In a popular Go-
vernment of all others, there is great room and
great need for the function of independent criti-
cism ; and that man cannot fail to be a most
useful ally to the legislature who discharges it
with conscientiousness and perseverance. To be
a member of Parliament, and :belong neither to
the right nor to the- left, to be a politician and
not a partisan, maybe a difficult part to play ;
but it is not more difficult than expedient and
healthful. The path of independent criticism,
uncontrolled by personal consideration maybe,
as a rule, indeed, impossible ; and in the end
suicidal, if it were possible. But as an individual
to contend-
ing fwcaol
ask se alongie n ee
this
has in
al
case,
phaaent dhhhspri steadily,
vi and
ege instances,
iy
oaf symbolilightsinwhog
ing factions the suporeminent claims of right, of
reason, and of justice. He serves to embody that
severe ideal which all men, not entirely perverted
by the selfishness and bitterness of partisanship,
must, at last, turn to is the basis and the refuge
of their better consciousness, and to which, at
some points of their career, they must do, and
incite others to do, public and atoning
homage. To those struggling and fighting,
and pushing for precedence, and forgetting
everything in the meanest personal com-
petitions and claims, amid a confused sea of poli-
tics, it ought to be a not ungrateful sight to see
tho calm form and aspect of the even-minded

philosopher standing upon the shore, offering, fd
point out the path of safety and union We
they are all missing, and where lies the preclo
jewel which they all profess to be in search 4
but are all in-danger of losing alike, amid their
noisy contentions. Government b.,/ party, ice
know to be,- if an evil,:a.necessarYone. 'Without
it the machine could not :go on, nor that triumph
of truth and virtue which the independentthinker
pinfesses to desire be ultimately' achieved- It'
conditions, therefore, we must accept with 'Oll
their, defects, their inconsistencies, andteven their
frequently unbalanced evils. Y.et we coin
scarcely devise a more efficient corrective of flies'
inevitable imperfections thantheconstantpresene6
of a small and faithful bard of Guerilla war:
farers; sworn in the service of truth, and backed,'
not by imposing combinations, but by high ideals'
It may be often theirs to temper the rage of. file'
tion, 'and win o .en: the obstinacy of personaloppositi rions; and sometimes lead the hard-minded
competitor& for place and:power, as well as that'
selves, to take from party and restore, much of'
that Which was meant for Mankind. If Earl-Gite
is sanctifying. the declining years of a life n°t"
wholly free from the taint of partisanship, hi
the voluntary assumption of this high part, het
us for the interest of alb parties, let us for the
interests of truth and of otTr country, hid him,
the common behalf, all gracious salutation 0°
taking his useful and magnanimous office. We
want at critic and a scourge.. All honour to hit°
who discharges so thankless a work, whoever -10
be. W. should wish to sea' Conservatives less
than others shrink from his lash, despise-his cot'
rection, or dread his out-spoken truths, If he
will deal out honest and equal: measurer we will
'promise to bear with. his worst spleen, and
receive: even his petulance with eqUanistiq
submission 4.
It cannot but be a favourable. anticipatien
impartiality. and a willingness to learn the
lessons of experience, that Eau GREY,- Wll°Se
name is a sort of hereditary symbol of refor°
has- discernment enough- to see, and candour
enough to acknowledge, that we. have now or'
rived at a stage from whence the further Wei.
opement of- our political system.: is a matter o'.
great delicacy and greater danger. With till'
conviction, we cannot wonder that he should be
disposed to. think the vessel of the. State to he i°
safer hands,. when guided amid the rocks °"a
quieksands. of. this question, by :Censer/laic°
than when.trusted to the more rcekless handling
of the 'Whigs. Of the old. Whigs, it
is only in: the mouths of. Earl G°l'
and of such as • him,. tliat. the ' old l'lrhig
Constitutionalism sounds consistent or sincere'
It is= only by disjoining. himself from Part!
ties,, that any Whig can challenge c"'"
dance or belief for those wordy Prae"sf
sions which., he can :indulge in as matters °
philosophy or of fancy,. and forget, under the
aetual pressure of party exigencies, or the
.grosser aspirations for 'official power. We I.ol°'c
from. the.tristory of this country, that the WO
ought to be high Constitutionalists,; but lye 81'°
know frornAhe same unerring record of fo°t6'
and their inferences, that they are Constitution,
alists only as philosophers, or when it suits their
political and parliamentary character and exPect-
ations. They are,. therefore, in reality, Olt'
dangerdus foes to the Constitution than the 10
intemperate of Radicals. If' our present syst°
is ever destroyed, we think it not too mueV
say, that Whig hands will be the ministers of It'4,
destruction. Democracy will find its Lord .10°J.
RUSSELL ; and the last Whig, instalment 'IP
barter away, for party triumph, the poor 1':
nant that had not much more than marl hAt%
much had been already sacrificed. Yet,, on
711
other hand, were Lord JOHN RUSSELL tosinerr°
set' free from the trammels of party, which I'l
him inexorably in one groove, and clip,the 'WI"
of his better' mind, we believe he would,. bil°°;
be an .Earl GREY, and show some intention °
acting, in independence, the doctrines- he talked'
We desired to notice this not unimportant
..
aspect which Earl GREY assumed' more Pr°
nently on the first introduction e the Conserv'''.
tive Reform Bill, and whiCh he strengthened °.
his own on the first night .of the present sessil:"
We think his position a comment on a long
,e
tory; and on the character- of those who 1:11's
unfortunately now in their hands the destitties
et
this country. With many of the sentiments to
which Earl GREY.gave expression in his speech
Of Tuesday, we are disposed very largely to
sympathise, while we cannot entirely second all
his. censures upon the conduct of the present
Government. But,, setting out as we began, `re
‘
view with satisfaction the line of independent
criticism which theson of the distinguished Whig
has so valorously adopted as his own. When
even a great Whig here and there is found eal)°"a
MO of tearing himself away from the vulgar an
tyrannio. bonds Of an exclusive and small minded
seet,'and actirg as a drag-weight tipini the wheel!.
-gal.* hi 4 old associates are running the risk
precipitating on to the downward course, there
Ploy be some encouragement to patriotism, 'n
some hope for the future.