Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

TIig.:VRPTCII,4ItIVV
_ANA NAVY.

The knowing," are.someof.tbe.credits resvcetin.. the
•
airnyraml navy set deism in theli4Zgetof 1861 :—" The
effective of the army,'lilieihat of 1860; 'is daculated at
392,000 -men„-and-83,006'hbrses-4-5;600 of the men
A414'15,300 of the. horees,,being set down for Algeria:
theexpenses,however, are .6,699,000£, more than in
1800, owing to the ,angmentatiellorthe garde de Paris,
the dearness .of forage; theliiiereti"se'Oe's:ataries WOW
1,206 f. (there dm 650 perso" ni!*ith such,laries in the
central administration); the appointmentof three new-mar-
shale in thewarin Italy,:theassimilatimof generals com-
manding at ,Ly,:?Bs to those of parisas allowancesrk,,,-ards
for expenses ori-eceptiota,: &e., (9,000 f. to 'Onerals of
&Vision and 4,000 f. -to 'generals of brigade), and the-
establishment of artillery .schools at Versailles:: and'
Grenoble The total of the.budgpt,of War .Department
is 346,058,744-f, and the ,principal items composing- it
- are, in round figures : staff;20;000,000f. ; gendarmerie,
-70,900,000 f troops, 184,506,00 M. ;. forage, 29;500,000f.;
and engineering. material,l7,ooo;ooof.. The budget- of
the' navy is 1241351,884, which is 0n1y.148,700f. more
than in 1860: Tt.propose, among other things; to
provide far the:proteetiOn of the- coasts by the establish
meat of postS iii communication with lines of electric'
telegraph, the ' said posts "..lo be occupied .196
men,: and .
,to _improve the. (!oitzlition ,of the ,sailors
by adding to their rations on larrrVa hot. reakfast, and
by increasing the rations on hgard- by a larger' amount
of meat and vegetables. lio-change is made with
regard to the fleet, properly so called; and consequently,
the sum :465,000;000f. will, as hasbeen,the case every
year sum 1857, and.as it is to bg forten years to come;..,
be devoted to -the eTpense of transforming sailinc
Vessels ' screws,- &e. The "biraget "Sets down the-
number o vesseliirr'emninission 'ht and the num-
ber of men.onboardt. them,- as 26,306 The vessels are
to be---8 strew shipsof the line, 1 sailing ditto ; screw
r.frigates,,6, paddle-wheel,, and 2 sailing ditto ; 3 screw
cgrge,ttes, 6padclie-wheel, and ;•26 screw=
"adkriee boats, 37 paddle-wheel ditto, 6' brigs, 6 screw gnu-
`boats; 23: transports, 28, small, xesselef ,In addition to.
'these there are to be 9-vessels, 1 of thmta screw frigate,
. to replace othera whiCh-may-be damaged; 16 armed by
way of.experiinent, lof thent• a screw-ship of-thelineY
7 screw frigates, 31roWplated. frigates ; .7:Vessels dispos-
able (one a ship of theline) ; and 96:da reserve-7 The-
budget shows-that theoffieers to be employed at sea are
—1 vice-admiral, 8 rear_admirals (out of 20), 116 cap-
tains (out of" 340), 299 lieutenants (east of 650); 285'
'passed midshipmen- (erageiOaeg) • {out of 500). •,,The print
items in the - budget are—pay, 40,800,000 f ;
provisions, 12;000,00g.; .workmen;. 16,000,000 f ; ,
stores for the navy, 36,000,000 f ; and hydraulic works,.
i%0p0,000r.". rj

The Han. Mrs. Norton is so dangerOusly'ilCtlfat
very little bores- are entertaned of her recovery.
,ThE GOLD, COINAGE IN AUSTRAEIIts-By a returp fo
au addresi of the House of Commons, 'we learn that tli6
-value of gold coined in._Sydney in 1854 was :4514,810 ;z_
irk, 1856, £1,219,807 ; in 1857,
.£767,679; 1858,
£1,344,067 ; the total being £046;363.--

_ .
PA.RLIAMMW_AIit. fertheoming Reform,
Bill will not, we- expeet,'Ao more than settle who shalt
vote: Who are to he Voted for, and bow-they shall vote;.-
must' remain for-th e -.present as, it: When .tho 'newly- :
reformed Parliament 8141 have been-elected,.it will be
seen whether the extension of the Tranchise WriSt'ne only
thing wanted to secure a "real representation of the real
people." The probability is that .for some years mem-
bers of the House of .COmmonS will be taken from the
Same ranks:that they .are now, and if so; there will be
fair .chance of the representation being real. 'But there
is danger that id time there will .6
a great deteriora-
tion, owing to the selection of,rnettnearei in Tank,:in
fluence, and knowledge to, the great, bulk,of, the consti-,
tuents'theMselVes ; and ih that ease' it may.beconie:the
duty of reformers to begin at the other end, andf
some new guarantee for the .character: of the real peon
pie's representatives. —3l6i4tikq' Po&t:
-TUE ,Expiatir LA.w.-or.!llosumut.,--i-Robert.lturfi, •
The man charged with ~having,administered•to William
`Naylor; a pudater, at GateSheiid,.the fronr
effects of whielt he 4ieda foi days ago, bag -beta biought •
before the: localniegiStrateo on a charge of manslaughter.
At the Conclusion °Nile cast, the Mayor said that,'with
the exception -of himself, the magistrates:Were agreed
that there was no case against Mr. Burn. The grounds
upon which he differed from the rest orthe:beneh was
not upon a questiOn of facts,•but upon ;a question of law.
The law of England was very tender of human life ;
Blackstone laid it doWn that when life was lost blame
was to be presumed. There was no doubt that Naylot
died from the effects of drink, and he was satisfied from.
the.evidence which -he had heard that it had been-the'
intentiOn'of Burit to make him drunk. The other-ma-
gistrateis,considered, that that did not come within the.
reach of English law, but he differed
.from thein. The
rase wig then dismissed. • . - •

PApIHAII• ST4IKE,7-In the :Court or Queen'-s .
Bench, on Thursclay, the case Cocks, (appellant)
Hinckley'(respondent), Wes again 197cniglit before: their:"
lordships... It, was an appeal from the conviction of
magistrates under the 4th Geo. IV. cap. 34, relative to
the validity Of a riotice:givitn •by A servant to leavie the
master's employment. Their lordships held on, a former
occasion __that
_the appellant w not liable to be con-
victed if thejustices were of opinion That th-Faiiint-
bona fide beliefed 'the' notice in'onestion was Eel*.
notice to deterrhine the-contract.—The LOrd Ghief as
tice ; The notice is bad cm-the face of-it-to-a legal mind-;
but it might -haver been.that the appellant; who :is an
illiterate Anani: -believed, that he -had - given_ a :.proper..
and legal notice, and consequently that- he was not
liable under the act, and,vie sent back; the case for the
justices to find that fact. Mr-Browne. said, when the
case went -back to the justices, the appellant was pre-
pared with the evidence. of. thirteen witnesses, on the
point, but the justices refUseinti:heie them. The Lord
.Chief-Justice : We have nothing to do with finding
questions of fact. The case was sent to the justices for
them to ascertain a certain fact; and they have done so:
The justices might have acted hastily, and probably
Some injustice mighthave been done in consequence ;. but
they having- fOund in a specific 'manner, we can only
decide that, under the , circumstances .as laid.befere us, ,
the conviction is good, the magistrates being of opinion
'that it is not a band fide notice to quit. The court
missed the appeal. • • •
THE DUTY ON Wool, IN FRANC.E.—The following
returns, copied from. the- Echo Agricolf, show. that the
abolition of the import duty on foreign wool will not
injure the French farmer :-- During the last ten years
the importation of, foreign wool has been en the_ increase ;.
in 1850, and in preceding years, it was 20,000,000 kilo.-
grammes, and since 1852 it has been, on an average,
35,00%000., How-is, it thsAvith stch an importation
the price of wool in France does not decline ? The
answer is-1. -Because the price of wool •in France'
Must be on a level with the -price _of wool abroad.
2. 33ecause,the cputiun.a.ptiouof woollen fabrics in Fiance,
is constantly on
_the,mciease. ;3. Because' the eiPOrk
of French woollen fabrics abroad increases considerably
every year. On this subject the-customs returns present
some curious r&ults.: It is - known that the: French
manafacturers of woollen goods comet Compete ,with the
foreigners, except on the condition that ,the Custom-
house shall restore' to Vieth; on the export of 'their
fabrics,,the duties which.were paid ,on the import of the
raw material..: This is what is called drawback. For
so many kildgramMes 'of tissues exported the Custom-
house, reimburses the. duty-paid' On the imtiorf of so.
many ,kilogrammes of wool. Proportionate rates are
established 'for that 'purpose according to the sort- Of
tissues' exported. In . 1856 the . Board of -.Customs
thus .roimbursed as drawback 9,379,000 f. ,to French
exporterS, though lit that year it only received
on the import of wool 8,571,000 f. In i 1857
the duties levied on , the importation of -wool
were 7,900,000 f., and the draWback reimbursed was
6,183,000 f. In 1858, the duties levied on imports were
7,600,000 f., and the drawback reimbursed was 5,500,000 f.
It will be seen that in France very little foreign wool
remains in the form of tissues, since the E sport takes
away almost all that is brought in, and this explains why
at one period the exporting-"manufacturers of Elbeuf
supported a demand for the maintenance of the duty. of
33 per cent. on foreign wool. The higher this duty was.
the greater was the advantage derived by themlfrom the
premiums paid to' theta on the export of woven goods,
French agriculture would therefore gain nothing by the
maintenance of this customs machinery, which is entirely
to the advantage of the exporters. This machinery will
be suppressed at the same time as the duty on wool."

J.;sITy4.4.LIGESCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.—Tiiiinibkfttia,
(Before the Lostn-Pupicer.l4?iyaud the LoproarNaric ES. "
Tnoitsore., SnAxEsPnAu.---Thii -was an appeal fro m
a deCisioir.of :Vice-Chatieellor Wood. 'The suit was
instituted for ',the; purpose; of establishing a!hequest of • {5(l
4.509 and a rent-charge of L61:1 per annum, contain ed ale
in the WilretlOhn'ShalieSpears' in favonelif 'thee nem-
mittee for the preservation and-restoration of: the. p oeti(f 9'
Shakespeare's birthplace, at Stratrerd-on-Aven. It
~
appeared' ' in' the sear 1858 i Mr.' Shalespear'co t
Munßated ,to ,the, ,biObplace -cpmmittee his.willing
ness to assist in the. national object which they had
t,
in view "It may be mentirated-tliat in- 1848 Shake- 3 ,
sPeare's house ~..had beeuppurchaSed •a. a c oint:)-1411
mittee of subscribers, and had, been ,conveyed to four
trustees—the present Earl' of CiiiiSle; Mr.
Thenison, and Mr. • John :Parse Collier, Irsconsequen.oef, r.VA
of -:the communication made by Mr. Shakespear some= ,cqii
correspondence feek, which ended in the execution of a.
01
deed -by Mr, Shakespear, dated. the .18th of duly, 1858, ~!ff
"wlreteby,
,after reciting that he had. that day paid into f:isod
the Stouthridge and Kidderinister Bank the'-sum dro
£2, 3do, it wasdeclared that the 'aommittee. should apply;l.iff"
that KUM qr so. much thereof as. might be nececsary,!,
towards the purchasing and the ifelyinent 'Of the' citpenses ' ' t
incidental .to the. purchasing) an reasonable
_terms, *cs
and of the obtaining.the conveyance of the next adjoin- ;
ing hereditaments on, the- east' and north=west sides of IT
the poet's= birthplace, to the end. that the same promises
might for ever go ,al,ng and be enioyeoil with, and as 41
appigtenint to ShakeSPear'S birifiplaee ; 'and after -the
' -payment of the purchasemonnyand-expenses; and the cost -
:and: expense of pullling down the said premises to be pig- ,
chased, andencloSing the groUndriinadthe birthplace, and '
of restoring-the said birthplace. to; its original state,- thh. •
committee were to stand. possessed of the residue of the
upon such trusts' and to and Sr such purposes
as the said John Shakeapear shouldilipadeed: intended
to be prepared and executed by him, and the said parties ;i1:
thereto of the second-part; declare and psoVide concern-
ing the same :r The deed further provided thiat in case)
-default should be made by- Mr. J. Shakespear, in exe- Atti
outing the deed, or declaring the trusts of the resieliid 4
.the Said suin of £2,600 calendernionths from-. I.'.
date: thereof, the committee should appropriate and, f,
~aßply "'the residue of the- said suin -in or towards' the • .
"restoration 'an&preservation.althe said birthplace as they-
:,id their and judge sent should. think necessary
and proper."'"No deed was O'er executed for declaring
'the trusts, .of7the residue- of the_ C.2,51)0,: but .works •
were carried on- from time
,to, time in accomlance with
_the objeCts of the committee, and Mr. 'Shakespear was
-from ante 'to.,•:time• made acquainted with and.aPproied,
vit.. hawas . going . on, and the. residue of the £2,600
was thus expended.. On the' 9th 'd); Of lithe 1858,
Mr. Shakespear died, having'. by. his dated the'
', 17th ,of November, 1856,_ madothe following bequest,:- •
I give "to my 'said trustees and executors Out of My
personal- estate, and before any-other legacies; the sum
of 02,800, to be laid out by. thein,as,they.think.fit, with
the concurrence of the trusteesof ShakeSpeare'S' house, ;
'already sanctioned by iue, iii forming a. in useum at Shake-
opeare's honse in:. Stratford, and for sued other pur-
poses as my sai&tiaitees in theirdiscretiori shall think
fit and desirable for. the purpose of giving egOet. to my ,
,wishes, I direct, moreover, that out of therents .of
the, Langley Priory. estate-the aim of 't3o, lialfVearly
lierapplied t 6 the wages of keeper or guafflian„ :Whose
`duty' it Shall .be to • re'side at Stratford-on-Avon, near
•1r • • '
.Shakespeare's- reputed' birthpkiee,-,.attend- -the visitants,
and-Offer, them a bound-up volume, ,with Ten; and ink, to
inscribe, on certain, conditions,. such :lines in verse or
prose as the' ?alloy. •Of each .visitant may inditte -to .
write ; and will ,that this laalf,yearly .payinehtd)e a •
rent-charge for ever, upon the Langley' Priory domain,
consisting of the mairsion=heuie- and -..558 •aeres,- or
thereabauts, of land adjoining." It :was; this legacy.
of £2,500 and rent-charge of £6O of which the. pre-
lent ;nit asked • payment.' The- tiiistees- of Mr: Shake-
spear's will Objeeted..to acting upon. the;, terms -of the
lieqiitst, conceiving that it was void, bth under the
statute of 3fortniain'and as tending to 'create - a per-
petuity. . _ The Viee-Ohancellor held. both thelegacy.azid
the rent-charge tohe void, ancl.dismissed the bill. Hence
the appeal: - - - , - •
Mr. Daniel -an dIML.S Martindaba :were:for the plaintiffs,
the ,appellants; Bolt, Sir H.' Cairns, and
_l ir. Roche,
were for' the defendant.
The case is not concluded. .: I:: To L.l ,

ijy
LY J~~" , _

At a meeting of the Glasgow Volunteer Piind Conl'r• ••-• ,n 10.,
inittee; held on Wednesday,. it was stated that the sub-"' ,',l
O a •
,scripion&• amottnted to; £2,239. ' : ' • .
Mt. R...A...Stephens„.chief superintendent of the police -.1 r•cr
force at BirminghaM, resigned on Tuesday on account 1,01
of ill-health.. . "
The Duke of Northumberland And his suite occur, .f..lflic9
'the: whole of the lOwer apartments of the Braganza
...„01191
Hotel, in Lisbon The arrivaPof the Dukein Lisboin-
Ca-used quite ,a sensation in consequence of his prineerlF.7,9l°
style of living. His di'ace purpoe visiting Spain before- ,-y,,,yi
his return to England. ' ' '
JOINED. air .DE.A.Tu.---.An old couple, John. Kemp 4101 .r 4
his wife, of the respective ages of 74 and 72, were ,11.1
.buried together last week at 11fiddleshro% • They had en-
joyed good health for many -years. .The 91d ?nan met :',14
With an accident a week or two ago, which terminated
,r,
in death." After 'one day's' his 'wife, the day after l''';
' her linsl)un,d'A death,, joined_ • him in the spirit. land.— . go
-Netac-itsile Chronicle. .. ,)3-io°
. GovERNM]iIa'rEMTGRATION.—Her Majestrs'Emigia- •
tiOn' Conamisdomm, chartered, :on, Thursday.afternuon, ,'y'
:the'26th inst.; the Chance, 972 tons,belonging to Mr. of
1 Joseph Ooltart;'of Liverpool, to sail 'from 'FOUthaniptan, -
for Sydney, New South Wales, at
.40, 195..... sd. per. IV'
statute adult ; to be ready for the reception of passengers
on such day as the Courmissionerr mu-rap/mint between
the 21st and 31st of March. , ._
-Votrui ItischikrliE AT ' 'f• , f
trnsir.--At the Bradford
if
West Riding Court, on- Thursday; a case of affiliation ..,,''''
Was heard, in which there were twelve or thirteen wig '
-nesses, male-and female ; but out' of the- *hole not • one ,
was found-who could eitheeread. or write, or who could
tell:. what season of the . year Easter or .Christmas ,'•
occurred in, or 'anything concerning the month, or the
year. iOne ffemale - -specimen 'of Pudser. civiligation
naively, declared that she knew nothing of either week, •
month, Or. year,' because she had no clock.
. , SCOTTISH • •PROTESTANT . REFORMATION.—The tri-
centenary of the Scottish Protestant Reformation is to
be celebrated in Edinburgh by a greatmeeting, or series ,
Of meetings;: in Augu.st. next. , A . Committee for making
arrangements is at present sitting in. Edinburgh, and it '
is expected that deputations,- not' only from the various
parts of Scotland, but also from England, Ireland, the ,
Continent,, and America, will be present. Although the
great denionstration will take place in Edinburgh, the
tri,centeuary will, no doubt, be celebrated in numerous
places throughout the country. _ .
DIOCESE OF 'BstisnANE..—On Thursday evening a
meeting :was held inthe.Egyptiau Hall, Mansion House, •
for the purpose of forwarding the fund for the endow-
ment, of the new bishoPric of 'Brifsbane, Queensland, ', i
Australia., The 'Bishop of London presided; and there -" ,
were also present the Bishops of Oxford, salisbury,, and '
Brisbane, Mr. L. Jellicue Hubbard, and Lord Forbes. •;1
The nOvt diocese was stated to extendAWer an area of I''',(l
60,000. square , miles, and was, to :be divided into
ten ecclesiastical districts. The sole endownient of ~,,,1
the see'was £5;000,-and the-bishop would' have to look „
to the eolonists. themselves for provision for a , mainten-;; I 'o'
ante and a. hOuie ; he would have to proyide clergymen,_ iico,
, for seven of -these' districts, while additional'distiictif',,;
„
were to be formed, ,and. a mission to. the native tribes
opened. The bishop, therefore, appealed for assistance
to the chfirch at home for temporary support for addi-
tional clergy, outfits, and passages of missionaries and
candidates for the ministry, and for other needful laur-
poses conneetawith the new See.' The right rev. chair-
man, after a few prefatory•remarks, said, as members of
the Church of England, and knowing its advantages, they
were naturally anxious to see it spread over the whole' ex-
lent of the .Dritish colonies, so that they might in
spiritual matters enjoy the bTessings which they possessed
at home. . He concluded 'by -strongly recommending
. those present, as good Protestants, to do all in their
power to strengthen the hands of their own church.
The Bishop Of Salisbury moved the first resolution, to
:the effect that the meeting, whilst it acknowledged the
unwearied labours of the Bishop of Newcastle, desired
to express its satisfaction at the sub-division of his vast
diocese by the erection of the see of Brisbane. The
Bishop of Brisbane, in seconding ihe resolUtion, entered
into some details respecting the people who dwelt in his
diocese, and the extent of spiritual aid afforded them.
The resolution was then agreed to.--The Bishop of
' Oxford moved a resolution to the effect that the sparse ,
'and scattered population of the diocese formed a strong
claim upon the Church at home for temporary assistance. ;•
This resolution was unanimously agreed to, and after
addresses from Archdeacon Mackenzie and Mr. B.
Hamilton in support of the objects of the meeting, and
• a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for the use of the
l Egyptian Hall, the proceedings terminated in the usual
' manner,