Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-06 00:00:00

THE COURT, &c.

OSBORNE, AUGUST 4.—The Qaeen and Prince Consort,
accompanied by several of the royal children, embarked on
boarl the Fairy yesterday, and steamed up the Southampton
water. The royal party returned to Osborne at a quarter
before eight o'clock. The dinner party included the
Prince of Leiningen and Countess Blucher, who has
arrived on a visit to her Majesty.
VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF TIM FRENCEL
—The visit of the E nperor and Empress of the French to
her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Osborne will not, it
is said, extend over this week. It is understood that,
during the imperial visit, there will b a grand review at
Aldershott, t 3 which her Majesty will accompany her
illustrious visitors. It is not the intention of the Emperor
to visit London during his stay in this country. The
Countess Walewski is to accompany the Minister of
Foreign Affairs to Osborne, on the occasion of their Ma-
jesties' visit, the countess having received the hunQur of a
special invitation.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.—At a meeting of the Town
Council, a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect
that the Council, having heard that the Emperor and
the Empress of France, during their approaching visit to
the Queen of England, were liaely to visit the Exhibition
of-Art Treasures at Manchester, their Majesties should be
respectfully requested, if they passed through Southampton,
on their way from Osborne fo Manchester, to receive a
congratulatory address from the Mayor and Oorporation of
Southampton on the happy and auspicious alliance that
binds Great Britain and France in.tbe'bonds of peace and
friendship, to the great advantage of both countries, and of
commerce and civilisation throughout the world.

THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND IN LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday,
the Queen of Holland. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Sandbach,
.Mr. J. A. Tinne, and her suite, visited St.
George's Hall. Her Majesty was shown over the building
by Mr. Mdienzie, and expressed the highest admiration
of the magnificent hall. She also visited the new concert
room, where the council were assembled, and who all
rose on the entrance of her Majesty. On leaving St.
George's Hall, she visited 11-r. 'Hatisburg's establishment,
and drove thence to the Town Had, where she was enter_
tained at luncheon by his Worship the Mayor. In the
afternoon her Majesty left by train- for Scotland to visit
his Grace the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, at their
princely residence in Lanarkshire
THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.—She is as sweet and gentle e
lady as ever it was our fortune to look upon. Nme of her
portraits do her justice, a point greatly- in tier favour, for
we rem- inbsr hearing Sir Henry Rieburn say, "Nu
woman's fare is worth anything if it can he put upon
canvas," meaning that variety and trans:to•iaess of ex-
pression were the finest parts of fetuile beauty. Even in
feature she is statuesqie and regular ; " but 'twas na her
bonny blue e'e was my ruin ;" it was the soft feminine
graciousness of look and motion, the retiring and yet self
possessed manner with which she acknowledged the sin-
cere and hearty ierieptioa of the spectators—and to us—
" Land of my sir, s! what mortal band,
Shall e'er untie the filial band,
That binds me to thy rugged strand ?"

she had an indefinable charm—powerle3s, perhaps, on the
hearts of French, or even English Sae was the Ex;et
representative of " the yellow-haired lassie" we read of
in Burns's slnqs-1. r,fine I Sir,rttish expression about her
mouth, winn"ng and humorous, complete the effect.—
Llackwood.

Mn. 111.7GH HORNBY.—Mr. Ilorr,by took his Peat at the
Council yesterday, for the first time, after an absence or
nearly twelve months. TiL•. Hereby appears very much
renovated in he.,lth by his residence abrowl.

DEVrli FROM ACCIDENT,—SOTtIe time in May laq, a
man named William Parkinson, was hurt by a fall from
a 'Adder in Bold-street. He has been confined in the
Royal Infirmary ever since, and died there yesterday.
THE DOCK COMMlTTEE.—Yesterday wris tho day for the
annual election of mem'oers of the Dick Commit'ee, in the
room of members returned by the dock ratepayErs going
out by rotation. The outgoing members were re-elected
by the rat( p tyers.

LIST OF PA4sENowns PER. CITY OF WASHING rOY.—Mrs.
Little, Mr. E. Perkins, lady, two chiidrtu and srvant,
Miss M'Owen. Mr. G. E. Acret and daughter, -Mrs.
11 Bing, Messrs. R. J. Canghers, R. G. Unona, Mrs.
Douglas, four children and nurs,), Messrs. M. Kernesy,
P. 0. Farrel, J. Wake and lady, M. Casiwoif, lady and
infant, Messrs. Charles Bell, M. Fredsburg, J. B.
Shorthouse. C. Fogarty. C. M. Samson, lady and infant,
J. Moir, Rev. G. Field, Messrs. J. Barton, W. M'Cannon,
Croffs, J. P. Hendy, Mr. U. Anderson, lady and child,
Miss Busteed, Mr. R. Stewart. wife and daughter, Miss
Boulton, S. Boniton and child, Mr. W. Bliss and lady,
Miss Bliss, Dr. J. C. Draper, 13. Draper, W. M. Grottia,
Messrs. Chapman, G. Joel, F. Reid, E. Smith, J.
E. Owens, J. J. •Salur and scn, Wiongomery and
brother, J. H. Tribue, two sistas and brother, R,
Ballantine, Dulsten, Jos. Whittaker, John Whit.
taker, Rev, M. E. Ellison, F. Conway and lady, S. M,
P!arY! R. J. WPAittvil, J. Watt, and M, liarretts

IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT•

(By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph:)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY.
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The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock.

PRIVATB BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the Oldham, AAton-under-
LynA, and Guide Bridge Junction Railways Bill were con-
sidered and agreed to.
The Duke of Bridgewater's Estate and GiustinianP,
Naturalisation Bitls were read a second time, and ordered
to be comn:ftted.

Mr. W. Martin presented sixteen petitions from Hop
proprietors in Kent, praying that no alteration may be
made in the customs' duties on hops.

SALE OF OR CENE BOOKS PREVENTION BILL.

Sir E. Perry, in moving the second reading of this bill,
explained that he proposed to go into committee, pro
forma, to-morrow, for the purpose of introducing certain
amendments which had been suggested by the government,
and to which Lord Campbell, the author of the bill, had no
S:r G. Grey thought the course proposed by the bon.
and learned member was a very proper one. The govern-
ment certainly could not support the bill in this present
form, but the amendment to be inTerted to-morrow would
remove /be objections of the government, and render the
bill more effective in its operations.
The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be
committed to-morrow.

ECCLE lASTICAL COMMISSIONS, &C., BILL.
The committee on this bill was r slimed, and the remain-
ing clduses having been agreed to, the bill was ordered to
be reported with amendments.

SUPPLY.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Colonel North asked the Under-Secretary for War the
reason of sending only 140 men to the E ist Indies as the
complement of a troop of horse artillery, when the war
complement of such a troop is 253 men.
Sir J. Rams 'en said the artillery force under orders for
India had been selected in tile same way as all the other
troops going out. The troops were sent out in compliance
with a requisition from the East India Company to the
home government. The requisition specified the number
of the forces to be sent, and the number of each artillery
,;ompany had been so arranged as to bring it within the
number mentioned in the requisition.
Mr. Spooner objected to go into► committee until some of
the other orders were disposed of. Hitherto it had been
the understanding that the bills of private members should
take precedence on Wednesdays, and, as there were several
important bills on the paper to-day, he should move that
the eommittee of supply be postponed until after order 12
—the Elections Petitions Bill.

Mr. W. Williams seconded the motion, and observed
that the Government appeared to think that the house
had no other business to dispatch but disposing of their
measures.

Sir G Grey reminded the house of the late period of
the session, and said that was why it was pr posed to
depart from the ordinary rules. However, he had no ob-
jFction to poituona the committee of supply until after the
other orders.

The motion for going into supply was accordingly post-
poned.
The petition of Charles Woolfen, the witness committed
to Ntwgate by the Great Yarmouth election crnnsittee,
was taken into consideration, and the prisoner ordered to
be released from custody.
The Burial Acts Amendment Bill was read a third time
and passed. _ _ _

Thie Summary Proceedings before Ju3tices of the Peace
Bill, the Metropolitan Police Stations, &c., Bill, and the
Boundaries of Burghs Extension (Scotland) Bill, were
considered and ordered to be read a third time.

The Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Bill was read a third
time and passed.

FLECTION PETITIONS BILL,

Mr. Spooner moved the third reading of this bill.
Sir G. Grey could not allow the bill to pass in its pre-
sent form ; and he had, therefore, no alternative but to
move as an amendment that it be read a third time this
day three months.
Mr. Malins recommended the hoir. member for North
Warwickshire to rest contented with having affirmed the
principle of the bill; it was quite hopeless to think of
perfecting its details this session, and it would be better to
defer it till next year.
After a few words from Mr. Henley, who condemned the
machinery of the bill, and Mr. Newdegate, the amend-
ment was agreed to without a division.

LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED E,TATES ACT AMENDMENT

Mr. Malins moved the second reading of this bill.
Lord It. Grosvenor explained that the bill would have
the effeet of repealing an act passed last session, whereby
Sir T. M. Wilson, the lord of the manor, was precluded
from inclosing and building on Hampstead-heath. He
moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time
this day three months.

Mr. Spooner declared that the idea of Sir T. M. Wilson
intending to enclose. Hampstead-heath arose out of an
entire misapprehension, and great injustice had thereby
been done to that gentleman. The heath could not be en-
closed without the express authority of an act of parlia-
ment ; neither the Court of Chancery, nor any other
tribunal but the imperial legislature could confer such a
power upon Sir Thomas Wilson or any one else. The
simple effect of this bill was to afford relief in a case of
injustice where justice could not be obtained withoit it,
and none of its provisions had the remotest reference to
Hampstead-heath.

Mr. I. Butt, on the other hand, contended that this was
a public bill for,the private relief of Sir Thomas Wilson ;
it disturbed a settlement deliberately male last session,
after the most mature consideration, and ought on that ac-
count alone to be thrown out. The case of injustice, if
there was any, should be disposed of by a private bill.
Mr. Henley opposed the bill upon its merits, irrespective
of the case of Sir Thomas Wilson.

Mr. Napier considered the rights of property should be
made as free as possible. It was necessary that it should
be so, for the interest of seciety at lore ; and as such
would be the effect of this bill,: he felt bound to sup-
port it. _ _ _

Sir D. Norreys sail, had it not been for the Hampstead-
heath delusion,- Sir Thomas Wilson never could hive been
debarred from his just rights.
Mr. Williams observed, that the MetrOpolifan Board of
Works were anxious to come to some arrangement with
Sir Toomas Wifsm, in reference to Hampstead-heath; but
if this bill passed there would be an end of the negotiations.
(LI-ar, hear )
Mr. Halins and Mr. Whiteside supported the bill at some
length, and insisiel that the land in reference to which it
would afford Sir Thomas Wilson relief, was far away from
Hampstead-heath, ore the Finchley-road. It was Sir
Thomas Wilson's interest an wish that Hampstead-heath
should be kept open.
Upon division Piero appeared—
For the bill, . • •

Azainst, .. .. . .

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Majority,
On the second reading of the Dunbar Harbour Lean
Bill,

Sir James G.rabam aimitted the expedielcy of Harbour
of Refu;;? b.;ing constructed berWeea the Humber and the
Forth, buy, thoug-ht.that.liartlepo4l possessed greater ad-
vintages than arnbar for.the purpose.
Mr.. Wilson explained that the object of the bill was to
enable the trustees of the arnbar harbour to borrow
-.Z20,000 from the Excheqier Leal Commission, and
stated Olt the security was In rates and tolls.

Mr. II nlev apprehended th,..t the eff,ct of this security
being given for the loan would be to perpetuate the rates
without the consent of the ratepayers.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not think that the
bill would have that (,ff,ct.

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Sir 11. Willougt,by observed that the trade of Dunbar
was but small, and be should like to learn the amount of
the security.
Mr. Cardwell believed that the effect of the loan wouh]
be to over-ride prior mortgages, and thought the bill ought
not to be proceeded with without notice being given to
the mortgagees.
Mr. Wilson had been led to believe that there were no
mortgages upon the security, and, if he found he had been
deceived on this point, he would abandon the measure.
Tae bill was then read a second time.