Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY

The Hungary Protestant deputation has left
Vienna without obtaining an audience of the
Emperor.. His Majesty offered to admit to his
Presence two members of the deputation sepa-
rately, and as private individuals, but this was
declined. The Hungarians demanded the restora-
tion of all the rights and privileges of their
Church, and will accept nothing less. If the
Emperor complied, it would be tantamount to a
confession that the Austrian policy for the last
few years had completely failed. One side or the
'other must in the end give way, and a violent
struggle is feared.

THE CHINESE WAR.

CALCUTTA, Jan. 10

The following regiments have been ordered to
Proceed to China :—lnfantry: 3rd, 6th, Bth, 31st,
37th, 44th, 56th, 60th, 66th, 67th, 73rd, and eight
native regiments. Cavalry: Queen's Ist Dragoon
Guards.
The Staff of the China force is composed as
follows:—Sir Hope Grant, Commander-in-Chief;
Generals Napier and Michel, Generals of Divi-
I'l°11; Colonel Stephens, Deputy Adjutant-General;
Colonel Mackenzie, Quartermaster-General ;
colonel Bruce and Colonel Haythorne, Chiefs of
the staff.

THE BRAZILIAN MAIL.

LISBON, Feb. 1.

The Avon has arrived with the January Bra-
zilian mails, which contain no political news of

importance.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Rm.—Exchange on London, 24 to 25 ; on
Paris, 385, and on Hamburg, 730. Exportation
of coffee since the departure of the last mail—
for the United States, 115,529 ; for the Channel,
17235 ; for Ha ,-re, 7,128; for Marseilles, 5,791 ;
and for the Mediterranean, 18,188 bags. Stock,
130,000 bags. The price of good first was 6,100
to 6,300 reis.

INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

MARSEILLES, Feb. 2.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have received the following telegram.:—
The Vectis, with the above mails, arrived at
Marseilles at noon this day. Mails left for London
at two p.m., letters on Saturday morning.
The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mails,
left Malta at noon on the 30th Jan. and may be
expected at Southampton about the Bth instant.

AMERICAN MAILS.

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2.

The steamer Bohemian arrived at noon, and
after taking on board mails and passengers,
proceeded at 5 p.m.

The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer Kangaroo arrived shortly
before one o'clock, embarked a large number of
passengers, and proceeded.

THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE POST-

OFFICE.

There is no intention to exclUde newspapers
from transmission by the Irish morning mails,
when the mail shall be despatched at 7.30 a.m.
The Globe defends the Post-office authorities,
and say&that the great bulk of the newspapers
for Liverpool and Manchester are not transmitted
through the post, and that as to the small num-
ber sent by the northern mail, the newsagents
were informed that if they separated them from
those intended for other lines, they would be re-
ceived at as late an hour as before the acceleration.

BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT.

LONDON, Feb. 2.

The weekly court at the Bank of England
broke up without the announcement of any
further alteration in the rate of discount. The
demand for money at the establishment is
moderate to-day. In the general market a
calmer feeling likewist prevails, although the
ordinary facilities have not yet been resumed.

LONDON, Feb. 2.

At the London and County Bank meeting to-
day a dividend of six per cent. was declared.
£5,000 was carried to the reserve fund, and a
balance of £6,000 to the new account.

Major-General Sir Michael Creagh is to have
the colonelcy of the 73rd regiment.
A deputation of the diocese of Durham waited
on Lord Palmerston to-day to state objections to
the proposed intention of the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners to alienate a portion of the patronage
of the Bishopric of Durham in favour of the
Bishopric of Ripon.

The following appeared in a portion of cur
impression of yesterday :
OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
The Valetta left Malta for Alexandria at midnight of
the 30th January.
The China arrived at Malta on the Ist February, at
8 a.m., and was to sail for Alexandria at noon.

A TRIBUTE FOR THE POPE.

Dun ix, Feb. 2.

The Freeman of this morning, publishes a letter from
the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, calling for
a tribute for the Pope. The letter fills two and a half
columns.

The Cambria, which left Holyhead yesterday morn-
ing, put back with port wheel disabled, and in conse-
quence the express boat from Kingstown did not leave
this morning. The Cambria's passengers arrived safely.

THE WAR IN MOROCCO.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
MADRID, February 2.
Yesterday considerable Moorish forces attacked the
right wing of the Spanish encampment, but were re-
pulsed. The Spanish then made an attack on the
Moorish lines, threw the Moors into disorder, and took
their positions, which they maintained until the end of
the fight. The Spanish artillery caused enormous losses
to the enemy, estimated to amount to' 2,000. The
Spanish lost 200. The victory was complete. The
brother of the Emperor commands the Moors.

Mr. Cobden left Paris on Tuesday for the South of '
France.
Mr. Thomas Alexander, Director-General of the Army
Medical Department, died yesterday.
The Dublin and Meath Railway Bill passed the
examiners on standing orders yesterday.
The polling at Scarborough took place yesterday, and
closed as follows :—Dent, 472; Caulfield, 340.
The Times publishes a communication stating, that
owing to the augmented demand for oil seeds in India,
there is a constant tendency to a falling off in cotton, as
being less remunerative.
The Daily News has a leader, showing that the an-
nexation of Savoy to France, if it be accompanihouse
ed by
the establishment of an Italian State under the
of Savoy, is not a project likely to be injurious to Eu-
ropean interests.
The Lords of the Admiralty, having decided on em-
ploying the Hastings as a drilling ship in the Merseyw-hipr
for the Naval Coast Volunteers, H.M.
's reMajestic, 80 guns, is to be sent to Liverpool in order
that the officers and crew of the- Hastings may be
transferred to her.

DEAFNESS.—It will be seen by our advertising
columns that Mr. Rackbam, of Norwich, one of the
post eminent audits of the day, and whose treatment of
the various forms of deafness has been so successful, is
about to visit Liverpool for a week. 6f7
EXPENSIVE FOLLY.—On the platform at Portsmouth
are piles of ten-inch shells. These shells have hitherto
had the service holes stopped with cork, but an order
has just been issued to withdraw the cork and substitute
screw plugs with metal tops; the consequence will be
that should the shelf guns be required at a short notice,
the plugs could not be unscrewed, because of the action
of the salt water rusting the screws in their chambers.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF
LORDS.-YESTERDAY.

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The business-of the House of Lords was confined to
the presentation of petitions, the passing of standing
orders, and the passing of the Law and Property Bill
through committee with verbal amendments.
Their lordships adjourned at a few minutes before six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.

The house met at four o'clock.
Mr. Baillie Cochrane gave notice that he should bring
under the consideration of the Irousesthe subject of our
relations with China ; and Sir C. Napier that of manning
the navy.
ANNEXATION OF SAVOY TO FRANCE.

Mr. DisitAELl said that the Italian relations were so
peculiar; that he might be excused for asking if the
papers relating to the proposition of annexation of Savoy
to France would be laid before the house ?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, after due consideration,
the Government had come to the resolution that the
paper ought not to be produced. He would, however,
state the substance of what had taken place. Our
ambassador (Lord Cowley) had had two interviews with
Count Walewski, in which this subject had been intro-
duced. The first statements of Count Walewski were
not definite ; but, in the second, Count Walewski declared
expressly that the Emperor had no longer any intention
of attempting the annexation in question. Our Govern-
ment, when informed of this, had made known to France
their satisfaction at the determination.

.MISCELLANEOUS AND CIVIL SERVICE EXPENDITURE.
Mr. WISE moved a resolution, to the effect that it
would be desirable to appoint, every year, a select
committee to inquire into the miscellaneous civil service
expenditure of the preceding year, and the payments
made out of the Consolidated Fund, and into those
on account of the Woods and Forests and Land Revenue.
He called attention to many abuses in the Civil Service
Department, and more especially to the mismanagement
of the Woods and Forests, of which he added several
striking instances. lie urged especially that many
charges should be removed from the Consolidated Fund
to the estimates of the year. He contended that the
whole subject of our expenditure ought annually to be
considered by a committee, and thus prepared and put
in order for consideration by the house.
Mr. A. Smarr seconded the motion.
Mr. LAING said that the appointmentrof the standing
committee for the purpose of putting the estimates
in order would, no doubt, be very convenient to tie
Government, and - would thus be relieved both of
trouble and responsibility ; but the allegations against
the Civil Expenditure were ..more apparent than
real ; no doubt the Civil Expenditure from 1852
to 1859 had increased by a sum of three millions ;
but half of this was due to the transfer of various
items from the Consolidated Fund to the Civil Ser-
vice. Of the remainder, the greater part was due to
increase on the department of education, science, and
art, and of law, police, and justice. All of these objects
were of just public interest, so subject to parliamentary
control, and others necessary to the actual' system of
society. To these matters reference to a committee
commonly had an opposite effect to the one intended.
Of this he gave several instances, and said that the
action of the many committees which had been appointed
of late years, however useful to the country, had uni-
formly been prejudicial to the interests of economy.
There were many matters which might require
inquiry, but a standing committee would only relieve
from responsibility those really responsible. He
assured., the house that the Government had,
during- the recess, taken vast pains to introduce economy
into every branch of our expenditure, and he trusted
the House would be satisfied with the result ; if not, a
committee of enquiry might be appointed, but not a
standing committee.
Mr. BAXTER urged that. something ought to be done
to check the increasing expenditure of the country.
He admitted the objections to a standing committee,
but was disappointed that the Government had provided
no substitute.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that
the miscellaneous estimates for the coming year would
show that the Government had paid, during the recess,
great attention to the subject of economy.
Mr. BRIGHT asked if there were no means of putting
an end to the improvidence of the present system ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—One after the
other complained that neither the house nor the country
were economical; and yet nothing was done to
strengthen the hands of those whose duty it was to
check extravagance. Committees made economical
recommendations ; but none of these, excepting here
and there one of small import, were ever attended to.
Without the aid and countenance of Ministers nothing
could be done. There was the education vote, for
example ; no one knew how the money was distributed.
A committee—not taken front ministers or ex-ministers,
but from the independent portion of the house—would
assist them in controlling these votes. The present
prosperity would not always last ; should adverse times
arrive, and the system not be changed, the result would
be signal disaster and ruin.
Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY denied that the appointment of
a standing committee would shift from the Gsvernment
is proper responsibility.
On a division the resolution was carried by 121 to 93.