The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-13 00:00:00

our rower]. Before the'American press and plstform again
throw our vstern conquests into the balance with
their piratic:A expeditions against neighbouring
states, they would do well to ponder over the causes
which led to the extension of our mighty eastern
empire; and, above all, the open, straightforward, and
manly manner in which we went to work—a careful
attention to: all which we are convinced, will lead to the
blotting out for ever of the term " filibuster," as applied to
those great eastern conflicts in which this country has
been from time to time engaged.—London paper.

Yesterday morning were issued copies of the sevaral
warrants issued for the apprehension of Mr. James Sadlier,
M.P., and of the reports from the Crown Solicitor and
officers of constabulary, of the steps taken for his arrest.
The Crown Solicitor concludes his report by saying :—" I
may add my own belief, and what I fancy that of most
if net all here, that Mr. James Sadlier, M.P., is not in
Ireland, and has not been In Ireland since the middle of
June; but when he went, or where he went, I have no
means of knowing."

PUBLIC PETITIONS TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The
following rules must be observed in the preparation end
presentation of petitions to the House of Commons :
Every member presenting a petition to the house must
affix his name at the beginning thereof. Every petition
must be written, and not printed or lithographed.
Every petition must contain a prayer. Every
petition must be signed by at least one person on the
skin or sheet on which it is written. Every petition '
must be written in the English language, or be accom-
panied by a translation certified by the member who
shall present it. Every petition must be signed by the
parties whose names are appended thereto bY their names
or marks, and by no. one else except in case of incapacity
by sickness. No letters, affidavits, or other documents,
may be attached to any petition. No erasures or inter-
lineations may be made in any petition. No reference
may be made to any debate in Parliament. No
application may be made for any grant of public
money, except with the consent of the crown. No
application may be made for a charge upon the revenues
of India, except with the consent of the crown. All peti-
tions, after they have been ordered to lie upon the table,
are referred to the Committee on Public Petitions, Without
any question being put ; but if any such petition relate to
any matter or subject with respect to which the member
presenting it has given notice of a motion, and the said
petition has not been ordered to be printed by the
committee, such member may, after notice given, move
that such petition be printed with the Votes.

SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. —The amendment proposed
by the Home Secretary. on secondary punishments, does
not go quite so far as seems to have been anticipated ; but
it is in the right direction, and was very generally approved
of in the house. Western Australia is, in the meantime,
to be the only—or at least the chief—destinaiion
of :convicts. The Government does not contem-
plate the establishment of any new penal colony.
Tickets of leave to wander at large in the
British islands are to be ab )fished, and when criminals,
whose terms are s3ven years or more, are to receive a mark
of favour, they are to have a choice of working out their
sentence in any colony willing to receive them. Criminals
sentenced to penal servitude are to be placed on the same
footing, with respect to deportation abroad, as those hitherto
sentenced to transportation,—Glasgow Daily Mail.

HIGH PRICES AND THE EMPEROR OP THE FRENCH.—
M. F'ould has, it seems, been entrusted with an important
mission. For some time past the Emperor has been troubled
by seeing the high price of food in some „of the markets of
the South West, particularly in that of Toulouse. Re
wishes to learn how this is ; and, believing that there is
nothing so good as information gathered on the spot, has
despatched M. Fould to make the necessary enquiries into
the cause of these high prices. M. Foold is to go to Tou-
louse as a sort of Imperial Commissioner, armed with autho.
ritv which will enable him to examine all official persona
likely to give him information. It is believed that he will
not confine ms-iavestigation so 101110US3, but will traverse
the whole neighbourhood in search of statistics, and come
back and make a report to the Emperor. The project seems
a good one, and, if M. Fould executes his work in a fair and
satisfactory manner, the French Emperor may plume him-
self upon having bit upon a very good expedient. Poor
people, to whom the price of food is such an object, will,
at least, feel grateful for this interest shown in their welfare,
if they do not feel mistrust, as they probably will, of any
assistance from such a quarter.

PASSENGERS FOR LIVERI'O,4, IN STEAM SIM' ATLANTIC.—
Mr. Oakford, Mr. E. Pritch, Mr. H. Hoppe, Mr. G.
Becker, Mr. John Britton, Mr. M. Moore, Mr. G=orge
Player, Mr. B. McGettrick, Mr. J. Ellis, Mr. R. Murphy,
Mr. Carl Hoch.

CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY.—Captain Smith, chief CCM-
stable for Cheshire, inspected the constabulary for the
district of Wallasey, in the Birkenhead Town-hall, yes-
yesterday.
Hone HALL LECTURE.—The usual Thursday evening
leerure of this course was delivered last night in Hops Hall,
by the Rev. J. A. Wylie, LL.D., Edinburgh. The subject
was, Intellect and conseience with reference to the present
state of European nations."
CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly meeting of
this Association was held in the Royal Institution, Co'quitt
street, at eight o'clock last evening. The chair was taken
by the President, John Abrahams, Esq. The principal
business of the evening was a lecture by Mr. T. C. Archer,
on the' Useful Products of the Natural Order Leguminoere."
ThE MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—The
narrow guage rails are now completed to Basingstoke, and
an uninterrupted communication is thus effected between
Birkenhead, Liverpool, and Southampton. The govern-
ment inspector has passed over the line, and certified to
its being in working order. Already several trains have
passed on to the South Western line, and there is every
possibility of an enormous through traffic in minerals.
Last week the South Western tested the utility of the
junction by removing in their own trucks the whole cargo
of a ship at Birkenhead, which was conveyed to Southamp-
ton.
THE LATE RECTOR BROOKS.—Having been permitted,
by the kindness of the artist, to a private examination of the
model statue to the memory of that great man, the late
Rector Brooks, I feel it due to the subscribers to the
memorial, is well as to the family of the deceased, to state,
that Mr. Spence has been most successful in the likeneos,
the features are so perfect in every point, that any one who
hasseen the original even once, must be forcibly impressed
by the strong resemblance ; seeing the rev. gentleman
constantly, during a period of more than twenty years, I
can vouch for the accuracy of the memorial in the most
minute details. Mr. Spence is a rising young artist, a
pupil of Gibson, and Liverpool should be proud of him,—
Rome, 3rd February, 1857.
LAUNCH.—There was launched yesterday, from the
building yard of Messrs. Hall and Sons, Footdee, a real
clipper ship, of 850 tons, named the Friar Tuck, of
Liverpool, having been lately purchased by Mr. James
Beazley, of that town, for whom the same parties built the
Robin Hood last year. Both vessels are for fast sailing,
and intended for the China trade. All the preparations
being completed, a young lady gave the name to the ship,
and broke a bottle of champagne on her' bow in the most
.graceful manner, and at the same time the vessel went off
like a railway train, amidst the cheers of the assembled
spectators. A large party was afterwards treated with cake
and wine by the builders. The general dimensions of the
Friar Tuck are : —Length, 205 feet ; breadth, 31 feet ;
depth, 171 feet, with a round house, and top gallant fore-
castle.--Aberdeen Journal, Feb. 11.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The adjourned monthly meet-
ina. of the council was held yesterday, at which John
Torr, Esq., was chosen president, Christopher Bushell, Esq.,
vice-president, and J. C. Corbally, Esq., treasurer for the
present year, after which the various standing and special
committees were appointed. The resolution of the annual
general meeting, on the subject of introducing free labour
into the colonies, was read and considered, and referred to
a special committee, as were also several communications
on the same question. It was resolved to print the report
of the council on the monetary system and the Bank Act,
and to circulate it among the members ; but the council
did not adopt the report. A report was brought up and
read from the deputation to the late Mercantile Conference
in London, for which the thanks of the council were voted
The resignation of Messrs. Tomlinson, Hyslop, and Robert-
son, three of the newly-elected directors, were read, and the
vacancies ordered to be filled up at the next meeting.
Several communications were submitted and referred to
various committees.