Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

PERSIA.

News has arrived at Constantinople to the
effect that the Persians were strengthening the
fortifications of Herat, although by the Treaty of
Peace they were bound shortly to evacuate the
place.

FRANCE.

The Paris Three Per Cents dosed yesterday
(Friday) at 66f. 80c., being a decline of 30c.

BANKRUPTS.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

Sir Edward Pack Barber, West-street, Smithfield, glass
merchant.
George Wythe, and Daniel Ha-ps, Woodford, Essex, hotel
and boarding-house keepers, and lunatic asylum keepers.
John Doherty, late of Liverpool, corn and provision
merchant.
Ebenezer Talbot and Samuel Grice, Mewarn, Sydney,
Gloucestershire, ironfounders and engineers.
Maurice Evans, and John William Hoare, Great St. Helen
and Trinity Wharfs, Rotherhithe, export wine and
bottle beer merchants.
William Blackman, North Fleet, licenced victualler.
John Borsley, Argyle-square, Kirg's Cross, builder.
Nathaniel Pimperley, Lucas, lifaccle:-field, victualler.
Thomas Nash, (the younger) Great Dover-street, brush-
maker.
John G-rimshaw, Guisely, cloth manufacturer.
John Lowndes, York-place, Vauxhall, Bridge-road,
watchmaker.
John Evans, Aberystwith, ship builder.
John Down Gordon, Eldon-street, Finsbury, piano-forte
manufacturer.
'William Clark, King's-lynn, dealer in china and glass.

A letter from Chamouni, quoted by Gallignanes M'es-
sever, says that the gof 28th a young
Frenchman, whoseon namemornin is not given,the set outult. to ascend
Mont Blanc, and in the afternoon of the 29,h succeedel in
reaching the summit of the mountain ; he afterwards
dese 11,1(31 in safety. Bath the ascent and descent were
difficult, owing to the quantity of snow on the mount ,in,
and to the blowing of a high wind. This ascent is the
first ever made in -the month of June; the earlier: on record
hitherto having been the Bth July.
The administration of the Assemblee Nationale has sent
round to the subscribers of that journal a copy of the decree
Which suspends its publication for two months. Subjoined
is the following note :-Notice was at the same time
given verbally to our printer, M. Chats, that the decree of
suspension was to be carried into execution forthwith, and
that the journal was not to appear the next day. Our
tfirsk duty evidently is to inform our subscribers of what has
happened. A circular will, at a later moment, inform
them of the line of conduct which the administration of the
Journal considers it tecessery to adopt respecting them, in
conseqnence of this measure of the government."
PREVENTION OF ILLICIT DISTILLATION.-A bill has been
introduced, bearing the names of Mr. Wilson and Sir
Cornew all Lewis, but in reality prepared by the Irish
Attorney-General, intended to "continue and amend" the
17th and 18th Vic., c. 89; also the laws for the suppression
and prevention of illicit distillation in Ireland. The main
feature of the new measure-which, I am happy to inform
you (in reply to your question addressed to me), does not
specifically trench upon the status of that useful body, the
revenue police of Ireland-is found in a clause empowering
the inspector-general of constabulary to exercise the same
Powers for ordering informations as are possessed by the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue. The only clause which
appears to me, at the first glance, to be of an insidious
nature, is one in which the Lord-Lieutenant is given the
Power of " appointing constables for the prev,:ntion of
illicit distillation," the expenses of this special corps to be
paid out of the inland revenue, "or in such other manner
as the Commissioners of her ltijes!y's Treasury may
direct." It is obvious that this clause gives his Excellency
bPower of ioterference with the revenue police which may
e unwisely employed. Constables may be appointed to
discharge the duties which belong to the body especially
organised for suppressing unlawful spirit manufacture, and
thus a new police may be set up merely at the fiat of the
Lord-Lieutenant, which in certain places shall suppress, or
at least damage, the character of the revenue officers. To
supplement the useful efforts of the Inland Revenue Depart-
haent by the vigilance of the constabulary may be proper
enough ; but it appears to me to be very improper-in
fact, an insane course--to injure in any manner or degree
the efficiency of a body admitted to he so necessary and
vigilant as the Irish revenue police. I speak cautiously of
the bill now brought before the House of Comtnoes, for
the effect of its provisions cannot yet be very clearly per-
ceived ; but I refer to it for the purpose of calling upon
the revenue police to watch their interests closely, and
with the object of directing the attention of Irish repre-
sentatives to this movement of the ministry. I must in
jus ice add, that so far as I ca-i at present judge, the bill
is intended to obviate the necessity of recruiting the
revenue force by throwing its duties upon the constabulary.
--Correspondent of the Evening Packet,
PAUPERISM AND THE Poem. LAW.-The ninth annual
report of the Poor-law Board (for the year 1856) has been
printed in the form of a blue-book of 100 pages, with
appendices, &c. In the year ended Lady-day, 1856, the
sum of £6,004,214 was expended for the relief of the poor,
being equivalent to an increase of £114,203 as compared
with the sum expended in the preceding year, or 1.9 per
._eat. The rate per head on the population was 6s 3d.
The increase was distributed over the counties as follows-
viz., in Staffordshire, 9 7 per cent. ; in Nottinghamshire,
9'5 ; in Chester, 8.5 ; in Leicestershire, 5.8
inSalop,
5'7 ; in Bedfordshire, 5.6 ; in Middlesex, 54 ; in
Aeglesea, 5.1 ; in Lancashire, 4.8 ; in Yorkshire
(West Riding), 4.5 ; in Pembrokeshire, 4.4 ; in Itteleor-
shire, 4.4 ; in Derbyshire, 4'2 ;in Yorkshire (East)
4.0 ;in Herefordshire, 3.9 ;in Durham, in
Flintshire, 3.5; in Worcestershire, 3.5 • in Buckingham-
shire, 3.4 ; in Carnarvonshire, 3.4 ; in Monmouth, 3.1 ; in
Carmarthen, 2'B ; in Merioneth, 2.8 ; in Cardigan, 2.1 ; in
*Somerset. 2•I ; in Rutland, 1.7 ; in Devon, P 5 • in Gle-
-lorgan, 1.4 ;in Cornwall, 1.2; in Northumberland, ;
!n Alontgomery, 1.0 ; in Gloucester, 0 9 ; in Barks, 0 8;
to Southampton, 0.8 ; in Oxford, 0.5 ; in Herts, 0•4; in Wilts,
; in Northampton, 0.1 ; and in Surrey, 0.1 per cent.
cent The decrease was as follows ; viz.:-in Brecon, WI per
;in Suffolk, 0.6 ; in Denbigh 0.8 • in Essex, 0.9 ; in
Westmoreland, o'9 ; in Warwick, 1.3% in Huntingdon,
1.4 L • in Cambridge, 1.5 ; in Bent, 1.5 ; in Cumberland, 1.6 ;
111 Sunsicoin, 1.6 ; in Dorset, 20 ; in York (North), 2.6 ;
sex, 3.3 : and in Norfolk, 3.6 per cent. The in-
-crease is mainly at ributable to the high price of provi-
'skills. An increase is also noticeable in the number of
persons receiving relief. Subsequent returns, however,
indicate a progressive decrease in the number of paupers,
and the commissioners see grounds for expecting that both
the number of paupers and the amount of expenditure will
have a tendency to diminish. The average expenditure of
the 23 years occurring between 1834 and 1856 was 6s. 2d.
per head on the estimated population ; that in the year I
1855-56 having been •
slightly above the average. The
03MOILSSiOner8 report that they have endeavoured to avail
themselves of every Practicable
oriogiportunity
,to promote
the education of children in views have been shared and acted upon Boa-ds
nes,b and that. their
of Guardians. The average number of children
attending workhouse schools sin number
half-year ended at
Lady-day, 185(,', was 17,666 boys, and 17,416 girls,
and the average lumber of children attending district
schools. 1,488 boys and 1,284 girls, £26,616 was the
arnou'at paid to boards of guardians out of the Parlia-
laWntary grant in respect of the salaries of workhouse and
district school teachers in the year ended Lady-day, 1856 ;
only 211 persons were assisted to emigrate daring the
pearYer The number of insane paupers chargeable to the
Poor
om 1 rates on the Ist of January, 1857, was 27,643, of
1Twn7,192 were lunatics and 10,501 idiots. The total
of
80,280.
Maintaining these pauper lunatics appears to be
vaccinators in
The number of persons vaccinated by public
435,012, and ofEngland and Wales during the yeas was
thou) 422,281 were successful,

IMPE KIAL PARLIAMENT.

(By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
The House met at five o'clock.
ADMISSION OF THE JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT.

The debate on the Oaths Bill being expected, there was
a very large attendance of peers, and the galleries appro-
priated to members of the House of Commons, ladies, and

strangers were filled.
Before the commencement of the discussion, on the
motion of Earl Granville, the oaths, as proposed to be
amended by the bill, were read by the Clerk at the Table.
Earl Granville then opened the debate by moving that
the bill be read a second time. He feared he might be
considered presumptuous in calling upon their lordships
to re-consider a question upon which they had before
pronounced an opinion; but he trusted to be able to bring
fo:ward grounds why they should change that opinion.
The—oaths at present taken by their lordships
had created disgust in the country that the name of God
should be taken in vain. Cicrro once asked what two
Augurs could meet in the streets of Rome without laughing
in each others faces, and what would be the opinion of that
great man if he saw members of Parliament calling upon
the Deity to witness their declaration that a family that
did not exist had no right to the throne. With regard to
the question of admitting Jews to Parliament. he denied
that the oath which had the effect of excluding Jews was
proposed for that purpose, and contended that it would be
persecution to maintain their disabilities. The introduc-
tion of Jews could not unchristianise an assembly which
was open to all other religious opinions, and he challenged
the opponents of the bill to point out any instance of dis-
advantage to the country from the steps that had been
taken already in the removal of Jewish disabilities.
He stitted that several of our colonies had treated the
Jews in a more liberal spirit than they were treated in
the mother country, and appealed to the peers, and espe-
cially to those of the Roman Catholic religion, not to
oppose this act of justice to an influential and intelligent
portion of the community.

The Earl of Derby admitted that, in point of ability
and talent, the Jews stood as high as any people in the
world ; but he looked upon them as a separate nation,
retaining faith in the restoration of their national rights,
even though they were scattered over the face of the
earth. No doubt they submitted in this country to the
laws, and discharged faithfully the duties of citizens—
that they were admitted to the highest places, and in-
trusted with the administration' of the laws ; but they
were justly and properly excluded:lrom participating
in the making of laws for a Christian people.
The Jews retained their laws and customs ; they did not
associate as a rule with their fellow-subjects ; their views
were alien and foreign ; and between them and all other
subjects of the Queen there was an impassable gulf. It
was said that the continued exclusion would be a perse.
cution of the Jews—that it would be depriving them of a
right. But, though they had a right to security for person
and property, and the free observance of their religious
rites, he held that they had no right to be entrusted with
the power to legislate for the community at large. Ad-
verting to the successive attempts to repeal the oath
excluding Jews from seats` in the legislature, he re-
marked that their exclusion had always been
looked upon as a constitutional principle, and that
all such attempts had been defeated by their
Lordships. He urged them on that occasion not to
reverse the decision which they had formerly given,
observing that, though in some cases, such as the Catholic
Emancipation, and the Reform Bills, they had, in conse-
quence of popular agitation, altered their course. There
was no similar plea for inconsistency in the present case.

In conclusion, the noble earl moved that the bill be read a
second time that day three months.

Lord Lyndhurst reviewed the oaths by which persons
had been excluded from parliament, showing that an
improved and more liberal spirit had led to their abolition.
With regard to the question before the house, he con-
tended that the arguments against the bill were totally
untenable.

The Earl of Winchelsea supported the' amendment,
because he would not consent to the admission into the
legislature of men who looked upon the Christian religion
as an empty pageant.

The Duke of Somerset supported the bill, and said he
hoped that the Duke of Norfolk, now that he had
obtained admission into Parliament, would not put his
shoulder to the door to exclude the Jews.

The Doke of Norfolk, considering that no religion was
a disqualification for the exercise of the franchise, could
not consistently oppose the removal of the disabilities of
the Jews to sit in Parliament.

Lord Dungannon opposed the bill on account of the
moral effect it would have on the country.
Earl Camoys, Lord Dufferin, and Lord St. Vincent
having spoken,
The Bishop of London supported the bill. He denied
that its effect would be to destroy the protestant
character of Parliament any more than the admission of
Roman Catholics, and he did not apprehend that its
christian character would suffer, for now that Jews were
admitted to many offices in the State, christianity in the
country had advanced. As an act of justice he demanded
that Jews no longer be excluded.
The Archbishop of Canterbury opposed the bill.
The Earl of Albemarle, Lord Shaftesbury, and Lord
Brougham supported the bill; and the Bishop of Oxford
opposed it.
The Earl of Shaftesbury said he objected so strongly
to the present oath that he gave his support to the bill,
thinking the alteration in the oaths should be made irre-
spective of the consequences, though he retained his
objections to admitting Jews to Parliament.
Their Lordships then divided. The numbers were—
Contents present, 91 ; proxies, 41. Total, 139
Non-contents present, 109; proxies, 64. Total, 173

Majority against the bill
The House adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

The Speaker took the char at four o'clock.
On the motion of Mr. Waldron, a return was ordered of
the sums received by the sale of maps of the Ordnance
Survey of Ireland, on the one and six inch scales.