The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-30 00:00:00

NEW WRIT.

0 the innicyri cf lair. dayter, a new writ wag ordered
,o issue for Leeds in the room of Mr. R. Han, deceased.

LIVE4POOI, TOWN DIES.

Sir James Graham uuv f returms relating to the
tariff of town cittei of Liverpool, and other tuAtte -04 eon-
noel ei there h.

The motion was Figrei-cl to.

ADJOURNMStir OF THC HOUSE.
Lord P4lmerst,,n moved that the house at its rising do
adjourn WI Thursday next.

HULL SHIPPING DUBS.

Mr. Hudson inqu,red whether it was the intention of the
g .vernment to in troduce a bill in the present beesion
ftr 'he removal of Shi,ping T )114 levied at Whiib ,
Bu^lit gton, and Hull, and whe her it was intended ro deal
with 'he question of 1 teal charges on Shipping, and also
of Pilorsge.
The Chancellor of the Excheque:. replied that he di I
not think there was any prlspecr, consider ng the state of
pubic business, of the question being speeoily d alt
bat the Vice-p estdent of the B ,ard of 1 rade would state
after the Whitsuntide recess, what course it was the inten-
tion of she government to pursue.
narirti,Prcy AND INSOLVRNeY BILL, (IRELAND)
The Attorney-general fa. Ireland, in reply to Mr.
Vance, consented to the p• sTonemen' f the Bankruptcy
and Insolvenc), Ireland }lli, till after Whitsuntide.
The motion for adjournment was then agreed to.
GOVERNMENT -P RIMED ENCE •
On the motion of Lord Palmerston, it was ordered that
after the 18th of June, givernment orders of the day
should have precedence of notices of motions on Thursdays.

THE DTTCAY OF LANCASTER,

Mr Coninghaoga;e notice, that oo the 11h of June he
shou d move for a teiect cuntuittre to iovegigate the case
of Mr. Bertolacchi who was dismissed from an office in the
Duchy of Lauca•ter.

ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL RELIEF IN IRELAND.
Mr. Fagtn gave notice that on Tuesday, the Nth of
Jane, he 8 ould move f,r a relect committee to inquire
into the administration of medical relief in Ireland.

TIIC CIVIL SERVICE.

Mr. Bass asked the Chat.celler of the Exchequer what
was the course porsued when esndi iaies for employment
in the civil servtee were nominated by members of paTlia.
ment ; whether a candidate so nominated was necessarily
admitted to examination; whether there was any com-
petition for employment in the civil set-vice ; whether, in
fact, with the exception of a simple examination as to the
ordinary quit!ifi.-..aiii Ms for offit;st, the old system of patronage
and f utitism did of still remain in force.
The Chancellor of the Extihequer seid thht the im-
pression which the honorable gentleman described as
existing was entirely erroneous. Members of Parlia-
ment had no right to nominate the candidates for
public situations, which was not possessed by
any other millibar of the community. There was an
order in council f May 1, 1854, regulating the examina-
tion of candtda.es. and by cont,ulting the two reports of
the Civil Service Cartimi-siouers, the hon. nie'nber would
find the manner in which the regulations had been carried
into effect.
Lord Goderich gave notice, that on the motion for going
into committee on the Civil Service Estimates, he should
draw attention to the subject of the hon. member's
question.

POLTCE FORCE IN SCOTLAND.

In reply to Mr. Mackie,
The Lord Advocate stated, that it was the intention of
the Government to introduce a Police Bill for Scotland in
the present session.
LAW OF FLICCTIONS,

In answer to Mr. Cross,
Sir George Grey said, it was not intended at prevent to
prop ue the ext-ension of the Corrupt Pr4.ctices Prevention
Act of 1856. The evi,ience before the Deed .11 Committee
about to be appointed, would afford information as to its
operation.

THE DILLAS-CLARENDON TREATY.

Mr. Disraeli inquired of her Majesty's government as to
the reasons for the non-ratification of the treaty between
her Majesty's and the government of the United States,
about Honduras; as to the present state of the negociations,
and whether papers would be laid before parliament.
Lord Palmerston said, in answer to the questions of the
right hon. gentleman, he had to state that in the course of
la t year two treaties were concluded by her Majesty's
government—the one with Honduras, and the other with
the United States. The one having reference to Honduras
contained the cession to Honduras of the territory of the
Bay Islands, under certain restrictions, one of which was
that it should continue au inoffensive and not a military
station. The treaty with the United States containing the
articles of a treaty between Great Britain and the
United States by which it was egreed to prop se to
Nicaragua and Costa Rica to settle the affairs
of the Spanish American States, and to regilete the con-
ditien of the Mosquito Indians, and of Grey tewn. It also
contained conditions for negotiation between England and
the United States ; and one of the articles stated that
Great Britain and the United States acknowledged, under
the conditions recited, the Bay Island, as the territory of
Honduras The treaties were signed by Mr Dallas and
and Lord Clarendon, and were sent respectively to Wash-
ington and Honduras for ratification He had not yet
received any official notice from Honduras whether the
treaty had or hed not been ra,ified, but, privately he had
heard tLat some doubts had arisen upon it. The treaty
with the United States was necessarily submitted to the
senate, and the senate amended it, and sent it back with
their ratification. The senate cf the United States had
an undoubted rig' t to modify the terms of the treaty, but
the treaty then would form the se bjecal furthernegotiationr,
stud would have again to he ratified by the government of
Great Britain, even though the alterations might be agreed
to. None of the chaog,s were imp wtaut ; but never-
theless her Majesty's government were not desirous of
raising unnecessary difficulties, and waved their objection
to ell the changes except one. That one was a change
made, not in the part of the treaty relating to Costa Rica
and Nicaragua, but in the part relating to Honduras.
The article relating to the Bay Islands was altereil by the
United States, by 'he omission of all reference to the con-
vention between Great Britain and Honduras, so that the
treaty would read ite if the territory of the Bay Islands
was uncenditeenally ceded. It was thought neces-
sary, for the protection of the interests of • our
colonists at Honduras, that this change should
be resisted, and the deci ion of her Majesty's
government was communicated to the United States
and the treaties were still under their consideration.
unfortunatily the negotiations shou:d not be successful, it
would be the duty of the Government to lay on the table,
for the informatton f the house, all the papers on the
subject ; but if, on the other bend, they should be success-
ful, perhaps the house would he content with having the
treaties laid before them. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Disraeli asked the noble Lord wbe,h.r the alteration
was not communicated by our minister at Washington, and
the answer received before the treaty w-s sent over here
for ratification by the Government of her Majesty.
Lord Palmer towsaid no doubt the probability of such
alterations sating made by the Senate was conimmnicated
by her Majesty', minister: but the answer of her Majesty's
Government was founded upon the result of the delibera-
tions of the United Stater Senate.

PRINCESS noYAn's ANNUITY BILL.
The houtte then went into committee on the Princess
Royal's Annuity, Bill.
Me. Bowyer proposed as an amendment that the An-
nuity to Her Royal Highness should be • suspended
during the time that she might be Queen Consort of
The Chancellor of the Exchequer deprecated the
Prussia .
hiagling and paltry amendment proposed to the measure.
He did not think such an arrangement would redound to
the credit or honou* of the country, and rather than it
1 should be adopted, he would abandon the arrangement
altogether.
Mr. Walter sng tested that iho annuity should be
increased to £12,000, till the Princess became' Queen of
Prussia, and that then it should cease altogether.
Mr. Disraeli justified the arrangement, on the ground
that the Queen had given up crown property to the value
of £260,000 a year.
Mr. Roebuck observed that though her Majesty had
given up £260,000, she received in its place £385,000.
After a brief discussion, the amendment was wildrawn,
and the bill went throlzgh committee.

LUNATICS IN SCOTLAND.
On the motion ftor going into committee of supply,
3fr, E, nice drew attention tai the report of tbe Com