Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-27 00:00:00

THE CORN TRADE.
In the Times City Article it is stated there was a recovery
at Mark Lane yesterday of ls. The Daily News says the
advance was Is. to 2s.
The herald reports the Wheat market firmer, but an ad-
vance Of is- to 2s. per qr. over the rates of Monday, the 18th
nst• being asked, checked business.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The novelty presented to visitors
this week, at this very beautiful place of resort, has, so far,
been successful in attracting the attention of the public.
Yesterday evening, there were perhaps more people on the
grounds than on any day during the present season. We
observe that, to-day, the vegetable show will supersede the
floral and horticultural exhibition which, for the past two
dais, has been so much admired.

rit°BPECTS OP THE MONEY MARKET.—In the Herald it
atetated that an increased demand for money is becoming
that
be apparant, although the terms have not advanced
' Ili' 24 per cent.,—the Bank minimum. , Still, the re-
i,,nl of the applications show that first-class paper can only
Inore t
°ecasional cases be negotiated below that figure. The
rise Ileseason now advances the greater the prospect of a
, particularly after the close of August.

A LADY CHARGED WITH FORGERY.—OR Monday, be-
fore the magistrates of ,Warrington, Miss Annie Bentley
(daughter of Mr. Bentley, late ironmonger, of Warrington,
who stands committed to Chester assizes on a charge of
forgery, and uttering forged bills to the amount of £1,100)
was charged with the same offence, and was remanded until
Thursday. It appears that Miss Bentley was apprehended
in Dumfries by Superintendent Galt, of. the Kilmarnock
police ; and on Mr. Mac Michael, chief-constable of War-
rington, being informed of her apprehension, be went to-
Kilmarnock, and received her in custody on Sunday.— War-
rington Standard and Times.
RECREATIVE ENTERTAINMENT TO THE CHILDREN OP ST.
PAUL'S SCHOOLS, EDMUND-STREET.—Aresterday, the annual

gos%'-er Irtjesty has caused a tablet to be erected...9l Chelsea
on-rtal, In memory of the officers and crew who perished
been oard the troop-ship Birkenhead. -A tablet has also
Lief erected by command of her Majesty'to the memory of
Ilt-Colonel Willoughby Moore, who perished on board
he Europa:

THE CONFERENCE. schools, and came Off at the beautiful locality of -Eastham.
POI34IINE, JULY 25th. The Conference of the three The day was extremely fine ; and, at eleven o'clock, 296
tak rB---France, Austria, and Piedmont, will most likely children, under the guidance and control of their two4y-
probeabpilyace at Zurich, at the end of July, and will be five teachers, left the landing-stage to recreate and enjoy
of short duration. themselves. Arrived at Eastham, they marched in proces-
ion to the place selected for enjoying themselves, carrying

-Nizab".„.`"aday, July 25.---The Imperial war-steamer
,
',,"aving on board Count Colloredo and Baron
ner
eaated, 'hilas arrived here from Ancona. Lussin is eva7
- e Freneb fiaat bovine" egilc4l

singing, as they went along, Britannia: Rules the Waves,','
Sic. The whole_party was under the control and direction

Lnons 111

FIRE AT THE LONDON DOCKS
trts
13 bock ATI 11 A.m.—Tl
s caught fire, and i
g'°lnent.

ngy fiercely at the preent

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BY' BRITISH AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]

110TTSE OF. LORDS.—YESTERDAY.
(Brit., üblic Flealth Bill and the North-Western Territories
America) Bill were read a third time and passed.
Longo Bishop of Lor:Kw presented a petition, from the
to Diocesan Church Building Society, calling attention
factilyne.R3iritual destitution now existing in the large mann-
bacti;% towns of the kingdom, and especially in the
out ie s, and fearing lest no steps should be taken to carry
select
cPmmie o mmhe sutions contained in the report of the
en n
tbj
"-rcineE,lrl of Chichester, Lord Ebury, the Bishop of Oxford,
thee
R 9`44ale, and Earl Granville, made some remarks on'
Tb
subject.
31°use then adjourned at 7.30 P.m.
40 -
'IOU-SE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY.

)4041•TING BITTING
On the order of the day for going into committee on the
tr.

.-THE CHURCH RATES BILL

onse • moved,
Will 'resolve itself it

ment, i nat tm
to a committee to consider th

as an. amenc

fortiritoi) of establishing, in-lieu of chUrch rates, thenc,
°f the abolished, a carge on all hereditament in respect
occupancy of which church rates have been paid
within the last seven years, such charge to be levied with
bipe,coi,°,l4y rate, at an uniform rate of poundage, the mu-
"eing in all cases entitled to deduct from his rent the
amount of the charge levied on his • occupation." He was
rwillin should g to accept " the decision
of the House, that church
ates
P_

o - auousned when they had ceased to be paid
iwr seven . years. This would affect the great towns, but
euld leave the country districts
as they 'were, where
church rates had been collected without
opposition, and
Which formed eighty per cent. of the whole. They would in
phis way abstain from interfering with what was emphati-
cy calfpd the poor man's church; rates, as he proposed,
would be no more than 2d. in the pound, would be
collected in the same way, at the same time, and 'by the
maintenance of the Hroll
re machinery, as the county rate, and handed over to
t„Pvertiors of Queen Anne's bounty; and would be applied
all ~,
cis_
,ite • - 2 VP TlPrTtliCCum fn

- •••.••••,,1.L1,}1,11.
re;re ratelDaYera to deduct the sum from the amount of
gen, ra.Yable to the landlord. In this .way all' religious
bp es Would be done away with,. and a substitute . would
epbrovided, to which he believed there would be no insu-
objections. He shonld only move the first part of
ee able
rle esolution, which he had placed on the paper, so as to
°"ne himself strictly to the principle be had just
enumerated,
Mr. Donsoic opposed the amendment. •
Mr• HENLEY said that the remedy, as proppsed, was worse
than the disease, and would lead to more injustice and dis -

ter than ever_
Sir J• TnELAwNiy said that the amendment would not
-t rid of the excitement which it was his object to t'emoye,

Sir MINTO ;THAR Urged the withdrawal of the bill
till next session. It would be right to wait till the Mil-
kittee appointed by the Lords had made its report.
On a aivision, the amendment was negatived by 191 to 99.

The House then went into a committee on the bill ; but
to progress was made till. the House •compelled the
sus-
Pensionof_thebitting. Some -complaints were made that

3tice Was not

Le division in t

The SPEA-RER promised inquiry in the affair
the "

was rem

the sitting was then adjourned

. EVENING SITTING.
The Rowe met at 6 o'clock ; but forty members not being
Present, naediately adjourned.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

HORTICULTURAL AND FLORICULTIJAA.L FETE.—We are
te9uested to state that. Mr. Charles Rylanee'tOok the first
Prize for the best six pelargoniums, and also the fourth
• also in iinbl;no*, p• • -

Our

--LO-4 very line specimen. NenETs.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body
of Johns apper, aged 33 years; who was employed by Mr.
Timewell, tea merchant Robert-street North. It appeared
that the deceased had
come by his death from a fall from
onen-lane. of his employer's horses, Which he was riding, in Lime-
kil • The jury returned a verdict accordingly.---On
the body of a child; seven weeks old, named Mary Gibbons,
Who had been suffocated in bed.
, allows :—Yesterda evening, while taking a walk unon the
Great T —2! Y

deii;b tancimg-stage, my attention was arrested by the
of a quantity of guns, from 4lbs. to Blbs. calibre,
Itlst_s_truerYck me at first that, as they bore the royal impress they • .

'ere in

to, be pit

in requisition on the

vg. 11,1r,t, vl
enterprising shi

ich it, is rumoured tht

?builder

ILUMIL
tire. However, upon more minute inquiry, I discovered
there wag no truth in this surmise. I was informed
they had been east at the works of Mr. Scott.

'es, await

IME FVNERAL OF THE REV, THOMAS R 0
LD.--TILE
remains of 'the Rev-. Thomas- Bold,'whose lamented death,
at the patriarchal age of ninety-five years,. we recorded a
few days since, took place yesterday morning, in the, family
vault, at the east Corner of St. James's Cemetery.
At the
express desire of the family, the funeral was strictly private ;
otherwise, we understand, a great many old and attached
friends of the venerable gentlemanxere desirous of testifying
their respect, by being present on the occasion.

arrival of the - funeral cortege at the cemetery 2 several
gentlemen joined the procession, and attended the burial,at
tk,gyave. The fimeral service was
.performed by the Rev.
•W. Lawrence; incuinbent of St. Luke's., The arrange-
gold- were entrusted to Messrs. Pugh and Lewis, of
n-street, by whim' they were efficiently carried out. Mr.
ti,on„T has thus-descended to the 'tomb, at an age far beyond

.tlat of the ordinary-span of life ; and we believe he was one
uthe oldest, as he was one of the most respected, inhabitants
f Liverpool.
of1:11 ATLiNTIC TELEGRAPH.--It had been the intention
'ne friends and supporters of the Atlantic Telegraph:
holsnlPallY to hold a meeting yesterday, in the Sessions-
-1„,'18e, under tho auspices of his Worship the, Mayor, for the
Sessions-
-1 of eliciting an expression of public opinion in' favour
can 1s undeitaking, the importance: of which, to the nier-
oveLue and 'slipping interests of this country., c,annot be
colarrated. The Hon, Stuart Worilley,,the chairman of the
pro,,lnb was in town, for the nuruos© of explaining the

rue, means for submerging,a second line
e;inerication. Owing to some mistake or informality, ht v-
tho ' the giving of the notices for the meeting, it was
111?ngiit advisable -to postpone it ; and accordingly, at the
enited time, it was announced by Mr. W. Brown, of
n„,"°l, Shipley and. Co., that the meeting -Would be post-
ett till 'Wednesday, the 1 ath of August, at two o'clock.
po:ptre infornied that a committee of merchants, in Liver-
the ;have taken pp" the ,subject in the interiin, with a view to
ih "I.ganization of the necessary arrangements for consider--
41 and bringing properly before the public the most advis-
tine P'opositions for the financial restitution of this import-
ork.