The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-26 00:00:00

THE DNY'S NEWS

U. In the House of Commons last night, the Princes
of Oude, and a number of their retinue attended
in the gallery, to see Sir F. Kelly present a petition
from the Royal Family of Oude, praying for the
re-establishment of their rights. Sir Fitzroy gave
notice, that on an early day he should call the
attention of the House to the subject. The Go-
vernment intend to bring in a bill next Session on
the subject of Legal Education. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer, in answer to a question from
Mr. W. Ewart, said, that the government would
have nu objection to abolish the numerous Customs'
Dues producing from £5 to £2OO per annum. On
the report of the committee on the Princess Royal's
Dowry being brought up, Mr. Cunningham took
occasion to speak strongly against it, both on
account of the amount and on principle, and he
moved that the annuity be reduced' to £6,000.
Lord Palmerston, of course, took up the cause of
the Royal maiden, and a division being pressed
for, there appeared for the amendment 14;
against it, 328. The original motion was
therefore carried, and the report was agreed
to. On the report of the Committee of Supply
being brought up, another amendment was pro-
posed that the Princess Royal's dowry should be
expunged from the list, but there only appeared 18
for, whilst there were 361 against. These gentle-
men who made themselves so ridiculous last night
ought to have attended to their duties on Friday
night, and there and then proposed some amend-
ment of a sensible character on the original motion
of the government, and insisted on a division, they
might then have had a chance of defeating the
the squandering propensities of those now in
power. Now it is too late. They surely did not
think that the House, after voting the sum
proposed, would stultify themselves, both in the
eyes of their constituents, and in the eyes of
Europe. That gentleman upon whom the mouth
of Joe Hume seems to have descended—Mr. W.
Williams—on the motion for going into committee
of supply, complained of extravagant expenditure,
under the army estimates, and moved that a select
committee should be appointed to investigate the
subject—but, alas ! there was no seconder, and it fell
to the ground—the House accordingly went into
committee, and Lord Palmerston proceeded to
present the estimates: He depreciated the main-
tenance of a large military force in the time of
peace, but at the same time urged the expediency
of keeping up a force adequate for to maintenance
of our Colonial possessions. He acknowledged
that the forces were much larger this year than in
1853 or 1854, but promised that next year
it should be reduced. The various items
were ultimately agreed to. Lord Palmerston
is certainly a very politic if not a plucky Premier.
Now that the Ministers' Money Bill has passed the
house bra large majority, he thinks he may safely
undertake the responsibility of its passage through
the house ; but if he does this he will endea-
vour to squelch any Church Rates Bill which
may be brought in this session. According to
Lord Palmerston's organ, the Morning Post, the
ehnrch rates must not be abolished, the fabric of
the churches must be maintained, and dissenters
must contiuue to pay their share. Can ye gather
grapes from thistles, ye foolish ones, who think
Lord Palmerston has become a Reformer? Verily
we think not.

The House of Lords sat for eight hours last
night, discussing the Divorce and Matrimonial
Causes Bill. On the motion of the Duke of
Norfolk the house went into committee on the bill,
and an amendment, proposed by Lord St. Lenords,
to secure to a wife her earnings and property, after
desertion by her husband for one year, was carried
by a vote of t 2 to 44.
Another murder was perpetrated at the north end
of the town yesterday. A tailor found his wife in
bed with a sailor, the latter a relation of the hus-
band. He left the house, returned in a short time,
and stabbed the man with his shears, and he died
ere he was admitted into the hospital.
Two attempts at murder were made on Sunday
—one in London, and the other in the county of

Essex.
Mr. Bright, at present in Switzerland, in reply
to the Harwich resolutions of sympathy, has ad-
dressed a letter to Mr. Laing of that place. Mr.
Bright says that the question of Free Trade has
made little progress for some years past ; as to
retrenchment, the word has become almost obsc-
lete, and themilitary expenditure of f the country is
now nearly double the amount which the Duke of
Wellington and Sir Robert Peel thought necessary
in 1835, although we have no more territory to
defend, and although a large army is no longer
necessary to maintain tranquillity in upland. As
to reform, while almost everybody professes to be
in favour of it in some shapd, the preparation of
the particular bill to be brought forward next
is left in the bands of a Minister I.7la°se hostility
o every proposition for reform since the year
1832 44 notorious and undeniable. With regari4

to the promised reform, says Mr. Bright, " Let me
warn you to look not more to the question of fran-
chise t.kat to the other arrangements of the mea-
sure. It would be easy to double the number of
elrectors, and at the same time to increase the aris-
tocratic influence in Parliament. To give votes
w thout giving representatives in some fair degree,
proportion to the votes, is but to cheat the
people ; and to give a large increase of votes
without the security of the ballot will subject
increased numbers of our countrymen to the de-
grading influence which wealth and power now
exercise so unscrupulously upon the existing
electoral body. A moderate measure, and an
honest 'one, so far as it goes, is far more to be de-
sired than one of great pretensions with some
fraudulent scheme for defeating the wishes of the
nation. A dishonest apportionment of members
may effectually destroy a representation , and any
trick to obstruct the free action of majorities, such
as that proposed in Lord John Russell's last bill,
should be strenuously resisted, as calculated to
undermine the very basis of representative institu-
tions, and designed only to cheat the people of
that increased power which the bill would profess
to confer upon them."
The continental news this morning is interesting.
From France we learn that it is reported in Paris
that Prince Napoleon will shortly pay a visit to
the King of Sardinia, and in pursuance of the
Emperor's desire to reestablish peace and concord
throughout Europe. The Prince will endeavour
to effect a reconciliation between the courts of
Sardinia and Austria.

The German journals contiuue to allude to an
approaching congress of European sovereigns, but
the Paris correspondence of the Independence points
out the improbility of such a meeting. There is not
at present a unity of interests between the different
States. Russia is anxious to weaken the Anglo-
French alliance. Austria has views of her own.
Prussia leans towards Russia, relative to the
balance of power. On one point only are Austria
and Russia united, and this is for the repression of
" nationality,'' and this separates them still more
from England and France.
Respecting the Swiss question, we are given to
understand that it is the general impression in
Paris that the Conference would meet yesterday,
when the terms of the treaty of mediation would be
formally- brought under and copies made, leaving
another sitting to take place for signing the treaty
of Protocol. •

The campaign in Algeria is about to commence
in earnest. Marshal Randon, the Governor-
General, has addressed a proclamation to the
Kabyles on the eve of undertaking the great
military expedition against them. He offers an
amnesty to the rebel tribes, and promises to
uphold their institutions, which, he tells them, are
the same as those of the French. He uses threats
towards the tribe of Beni Raten, as the promoters
of the insurrection.

We learn by telegraph from Constantinople, that
the Shah of Persia has unconditionally ratified
.the treaty of peace:
The Constantinople despatches speak of im
portant communications between the French Com-
missioner in the Principalities and the Divan, of
the growing movement in favour of union at Jassy
and Bucharest, and of rival attempts of Austria
and Russia to secure friends there. The Constan-
stantinople bankers and merchants had held
another meeting to try to found a new bank.
From Spain we learn that at a recent sitting of
the Senate Marshal O'Donnell adduced proof that
Narvaez was present at the meeting of the Vical-
vanist generals preparatory to the overthrow of the
Sartorius Cabinet in 1854. Narvaez admitted that
considering the reactionary system pursued by
that government, he was the first to declare that a
recourse to arms was necessary for the welfare of
the country. He then defended the right of pro-
nunciamento, and said that all the statesmen in
Spain had successively conspired, but strongly
urged upon all parties oblivion of the past. This
apolegy of nronunciamento proclaimed in the
Senate by the chief of the present cabinet has pro-
duced a great sensation. We shall see strange
times in Spain by-and by. _ _

The Mon iteurd'Flotee announces that the East
India Company had taken possession of the islan
of Perini, situated at the entrance of the Red Sea.
A few ships at this point could hermetrically close
the Red Sea, and it is a much superior position to
Aden, which does not command the strait.

THE Members of the Council who visited
Rivington on Wednesday last, and witnessed the
filth which was in process of removal from the
trout pond of 'Squire ANDREWS, can have no
hesitation in declaring that the water passing
through such a channel must of necessity be
wholly unfit to enter the human stomach in any
shape. We have, however, no desire to render
the Pike water more distasteful to the people of
Liverpool than it is already. The Corporation
must be thoroughly satisfied of the danger of
continuing to enforce it upon an unwilling
people. The Ratepayers demand—yes, de-
mand—the restoration of the well-water
supply, as it existed before the 2nd of January
last; and any of our Municipal representatives
who venture to despise that demand would
exhibit more pugnacity than discretion. But
we believe it will be found, on Wednesday,
that a majority of the Council are now
thoroughly satisfied that the Pike water can
never be rendered fit for dietetic purposes—that
the utmost that can be done with it will be to
render it available for manufacturing and
trading purposes. The question, therefore, is,
how such is to be accomplished at the smallest
cost.

The Water Engineer, Mr. DUNCAN, acting
under the instructions of the Water Committee,
recommends that the Rivington water shall be
supplied to the inhabitants through the mains,
service pipes, and cisterns at present in
existence, and that a second set of pipes shall
he laid fir the purpose of supplying the well-
water; and we are told, in addition, that the
adoption of the scheme will be in compliance
with the ratepayers memorial. To this we demur.
Let it not be supposed that the inhabitants ever
petitioned the Council for any thing of the
sort.

What the people did petition for was the
immediate restoration of the red sandstone
water, through the pipes, &c., as it was
supplied previous to January last ; and then,
if necessary, that a second set of pipes should be
laid, to distribute such a quantity of the Pike
water as might be necessary to make up any
deficiency in the yield of the wells, and that
such supply should be made available for
manufacturing and steam purposes.
We will put the question in a practical shape.
Assuming that Liverpool requires a supply of
water, for all purposes, to the extent of
60,000,000 gallons per week, and that the yield
of the wells is 46,000,000 gallons, it follows that
.3-e quantity of Rivington wash required to make
up tut- defficiency is 14,000,000_ gallons per