The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

THE FRANCHISE

Mr. Roebuck gave notice that on that day fortnight he
should move a resolution to the effect that in the opinion
of the house the representation of the people was not in
a satisfactory condition, and that it was therefore the
duty of Parliament, on the earliest available opportunity,
to devote its attention to the subject.

MILITARY OCCUPATION OF FOREIGN C3UNTRTES.

Sir De Lacy Evans gave notice that on the 2ist instant
he should draw attention to the military occupation of
foreign countries, and to found resolutions thereon.

THE ADDEESS TO THE THRONE,

The Speaker having read the Royal Speecin
Mr. Dodson rose to move an humble address in reply to
Her Majesty's gracious Speech. In commencing, he threw
himself upon the forbearance' of the' house, as he had
never before addressed them. ,The Speech was, in all its
Paragraphs With one exception, a very satisfactory one.
The exception was that which related tti •Canton, bet" he
thought that both houses, and both sides of that house,
would concur in apprOVing of the course Whinh 'had
been. tipumued by Her Majesty's Government in
sending out on the one hand troops and vessels
of a class suited for warfare in the C:linese waters
and on the other hand .showing_ their wish . for
peace and their forbearance by sending out a plenipoten-
tiary of such eminence as Lord Elgin. But they had to
deal with a semi-civilised and exclusive nation, ,and
forbearance would be taken for timidity, and conoessions
for signs of weakness. He hoped that the result would
be to establish our relations with China on a more
satisfactory basis. The operations in the, Persian Gulf
showed that no country was inaccessible to England, and
he hoped that. the-recent proceediegs would lead to the
knowledge of onr, power, and improve our positioxiiti
Central Asia. The question of the Sound Dues, and.the
Neufchatel. question, had been satisfactorily adjusted. He
regretted that the Central American dispute h notbeen
amicably arranged; but he did hot anticipate that the evil
of hostilities, whin must be prejudicial alike to conqueror
and conquered, would ensue. Her Majesty had commanded
the estimate's to' be laid-before Parliament, and he hoped
the Chancellor of the Rachel:vier -would combine as far as
possible economy with ethcieny. (Hear, hear.) After some
remarks in regard to his-expectations Of the new Parlia-
ment, the hon. gentleman concluded by moving the formal
address. _ _

Mr. Buchanan seconded.the;63tiOn. He-referred to the
China affair, and concurred' in the verdict which had just
been passed by the country,
,observing that the unsophis-
ticated mind of the country could' not 'understand the
arguments of honourable gentlemen opposite. He tonched
upon the various points of the speech, expressing his
concurrence in' them, and urged, as questions' which the
new parliament most shonly consider—ExtenAon of the
F•anchise, concurrently with an Improved System of
Eclnbation. (Cheers.)
Mk'. P. Thompson concurred in the decision of the
late house upon the Canton question, and thought
that it was a matter of importance whr-th.'r
officials should be allowed to declare war, and ought to
be decided upon. by the parliament then assembled. -
Lard Robert Grosvenor suggested various questions of
reform for the consideration of government, 'ant drew
attention particularly to the expediency of voting by ballot,
a redaction of the expenses of elec ions by disallowing the
conveyance of voters to the poll by candidates, and an
equalization of poor rates.
Mr. W. Ewart thought that steps should be taken in
regard to the appointment of a minister of justice.
Lord Palrners'on hopad that in regard to the matters
to o.b.ri Tinny% hp WI :♦ •.►.l L.- t...
of the government, as the most competer.t to make a satis-
factory arrangement. With regard to reform of the
representation, in the present session no result could be
arrived at, and discussion, under the circumstances, would
only embarass those who hid charge of affairs. It would be
the duty of the Government la:Aween this session and the
next, and he was confident of being atile to. submit to
Parliament a scheme which would meet the general expec-
tation in amending the the faalts of the present R -form
Bill, and extending the franchise to those who were at pre-
sent excluded from its exercise. He congratulated the
parliament upon the favourable state of Europe to allow of
attention being paid to measures of domestic reform.
Mr. Roebuck ac3eptel, the pledge of the noble lord to
bring in a Reform Bill, and would not interfere to impede
the progress of the business.
The addross was then unanimously adopted, and the
house adjourned at half-past, six.

ADULTERATION OF GUANO.—The revelations elicited at
the meeting of the Chemico-Agricultural Society of Belfast,
at their meeting on Friday, are of a very important
character. A charge of a most serious nature was brought
forward—that of gross adulteration of guano, As the
society thought it prudent, for obvious reasons, to withhold
the name of the vendor, neither do we desire to drag it to
light in this stage of the matter. That some one committed
a fraud is certain. The importer at Liverpool may have
got one sample of guano analysed, and shipped quite a
different article to Baths; with the analysis of that which
was submitted to the chemical teat ; and though appear-
ances are certainly against the party here who sold it—
especially if there be no mistake in the statement with
reTect to quantities of sand being carted to his store
—the commercial reputation of our merchants and traders
has attained too higi a position in the mercantile world to
induce us to come to a conclusion that an adulterated
article, intrinsically worth £4 per ton, should be inten-
tionally sold as genuine, at £l4. -

Ma. SPEAKER re JEOPARDY. —Among the numerous
incidents that have occurred during the few days the House
of Commons ' has been swearing in the members, one
happened yesterday that was very near resulting in an
unpleasant detention of the Speaker in his chair for an
definite period. The swearing-in of the members was
pretty brisk in the early part of the day; but as it drew
near foar o'clock, the groups that came up to take the
oaths, and subscribe the parliamentary roll, became '° small
by degrees and beantifully less," until the last one only
numbered three. As they were introduced to M•. Speaker
they passed round by the back of his chair and left the
house. The lest one who was presented was Mr. W. H.
Hume, the member for Wicklow, and after the formal
introduction was over, he stayed chatting with the
Speaker for about three minute. and was about leaving
the house ,when Sir Denis Le: Merchant called the
Speaker's attention to the fact, that there was not another
member present to move the adjournment of the house.
Hr. Hume was accordingly requested to return and do that
kind office for the Speaker, or he would have been unable
to leave the chair until some honourable member could
be procured to release him. Mr. Hume at once returned,
and, taking his stand at the treasury benches, said, " Mr.
Speaker, I move that this house do now adjourn."
There being no member present to move an amendment on
this motion, it was carried, and the mover and the Speaker
retired.

tomMITTAL OF A MERCHANT AND OTHERS FOR RIOT.
—At the Huddersfield Guildhall, on Tuesday, Mr. John
Fhg4 Brigg, merchant, John Marsden. John Stewart,
Charles Arnold, Frederick Partridge, Edwin Schofield,
and John .)or, were charged with riotously assembling at
Sheepridge, on the 23rd ult., breaking the public peace,
and unlawfully assaulting John Mitchell, of that place.
Mr. Blanshard, barrister, appeared for the prosecution;
and Mr. Ovens, barrister, of Manchester, with Mr. Len.-
royd, for the defendants air. Brigg, who is the sole agent
for the sale of a descripti.n of tnoliair cloth finished in a
peculiar manner 17 a patent process, invented by Mr. J.
Beard Sell. Mr. Brigg discovered that goods, being finished
in the like manner were being sold in America, and found
that they were manufactured or finished by Mr. John
Mitchell, of Sheepridge.
.Suspecting that the patent had
been infringed, he went with
i Mr. Beardsell to Mitchell's
house with the intention of inspecting the machines, but
was refused admittance, and was told that the machines
were preliminarily registered. Determined to have an
inspection, Mr. Briggs again went on the night of the 23rd
ult., with seven or eight other persons. Shortly after one
in the night, one of' the party rapped at Mitchell's door.
Mitchell got out of bed, opened the door, and the party
then walked into the house. opened the machine room
door, turned a machine, and as Mitchell says, cut off the
end of one ot his pieces-of mohair cloth, which they took
with them. No violence was offered to Mitchell, but he
said a man was left to guard him whilst the others went
into the machine room. Stewart, Partridge, and Schofield
were discharged, not being identified by the witnesses.
The four other defendants were committed to the sessions
for trial, bail being accepted for their appearance.'