The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Earl Grenville in the Lords, and Lord Palmerston
In the Commons, last night, denied that the Bti
tish admiral on the China station had fired red
hot shot into Canton. He had merely shelled
mobs of Chinese round buildings which they had
set fire to.. The noble lord, the head of her Ma-
iesty's ministry, stated that he would lay on
the table the instructions sent out to Sir John
owring. On the Naples question ho stated that
the correspondence published did not include all
the despatchas of Lord Clarendon, but those
oMitted, r dated to continuenOck which
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what terms diplomatic relations would be
renewed with Naples. Leave was given to
Lord Palmerston to bring in a bill to amend and
consolidate the laws relating to bribery, and
treating, and undue influence at elections for mean
hers of Parliament. Mr. Moore is, on the 7th of
March to make his annual motion on Tenant Right
in Ireland. Captvin Scobell moved for a select
committee to ir.quire into the naval administration
and relating to the list of officers. Government
opposed the motion, which was ultimately nega-
tived—the votes being 76 for and 97 against;
majority for the Government, :13.

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Several matters of interest will be found
fully reported in our columns of this morn-
ing. Last night a very important meeting
of the inhabitants of the township of Wallasey was
held, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the present ferry accommodation, and the
various bills affecting the township, now before
Parliament. The meeting was principally devoted
to discussing the former question. M. H. Little,
dale, in a powerful speech, minutely described
the state of the present boats, showing that being
unsafe, they were perfectly inadequate to meet
the requirements of the inhabitants on that side
of the water. Mr. CotilbCrn, ha reply produced a
number of certificates, showing that the boats were
in good condition, and expressed his vtiilingness
to meet the Commissioners, if they had a wish to
take the:ferries out of his hands, by paying him
'a sufficient compensation, he would be perfectly
satisfied, but if not he would offer the most
uncompromising opposition to any measure of
_spoliation; The result was that - the
concluded to give to the commissioners ample
powers to remedy the evil as far as practically
possible. The annual meeting of the Liverpool
Female Penitentiary, was held yesterday,. Mr. J.
Cropper in the chair. From the proceedings, we
are glad to find that the funds of the institution
are in a very satisfactory state. The half yearly
meeting of the Liverpool Gas Company was also
held yesterday. A. dividend of 5 per cent. less income
tix, was declared for the half year. The new
-works at Wavertree are completed, and the chair-
man congratulated the meeting upon the great
service these works were rendering the company.
The fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry
was held at the Parish Offices, -yesterdayi
but ,"no matters of importance were dis-
cussed. A short conversation occurred regarding
a woman who was in one of the lunatic cells.
One of the doctors alleges that she is insane,
another that she is sane. Ihe vestry took the
more charitable opinion of the two, and ordered
the woman to be removed into another part of the
ward. •

A. coroner's jury yesterday returned a verdict of
4. justifiable homicide" against tleasteamen who had
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caused the death of the chief the J L.
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Bogart, wbo died in the Northerne )Hospital on
Sunday, from tble'effects of wounds he had received
in the conflict on board that ship, when lying in
the Mersey.
The domestic news of the day is varied and
interesting. Last night a meeting was hell in Glas-
gow; of the late'voters for Mr. M'Gregor, M.P. for
that eity,for the purpose of inducing, Mr. M`Grecior
t,) resign his seat• in the House' of Commons, or
make a suitable and -honorable'explanation of his
share in the Brltiih. (Bank spoliation scheme.
:Resolutions having this object in view were enthu-
:siastically carried.. His ".brother. chip," Mr
Humphrey Brown, M.P. for Tewkesbury, is to be
presented with a handsome piece of plate. What
. for is not stated. He promises to make a satis-
factory explanation with regard to his " loan" of
£7O 000 from the coffers of the defunct bank. A
petition is being numerously signed in Glasgow,
in favour-of Mr. Spooner's motion of the grant
to Maynooth. An adjourned meeting of the
importers and. dealers in tea was held in
London yesterday. It was, stated by Mr.
'Moffatt, M.P., that tho deputation had been
courteously received by. the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, but • there seemed no hope of
their inducing him to remove the present
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war tax on tea. ThEy thought, in that
case, it would be bacer to get a fixed duty
to save thAt disturbance to contracts which was

likely to arise. They therefore proposed a fixed
duty of Is 4.1 per lb. for the next three years. The
loss on this would not be more than £130,000,
which would bo more than made up by the in-
creased consumption through the trade being more
regular than it would be by a fluctuating duty A
resolution to this effect was propoaed and was
passed unanimously, and Wags as such to be con-
veyed to the Chancellor as the views of the trade.
At the London Court of Bankruptcy yesterday,
the case of W. J Robson was before the
Commissioner. The Crystal Palace made a
claim of £17.893, and proof was tendered. The
proof was supported by the affidavit of Mr. George
Grove, the secretary to the company, and accom-
panied by the account made out by Messrs Quilter,
Ball, & Co., showing in detail, the amount of loss
sustained by the company in respect of each of the
fraudulent transactions of the bankrupt. As the
bankrupt had surreptitiously male use of the seal
of the company, they .vere bound, as between
themselves and the public, to make good the
amount represented by the fictitious shares and
transfers. His Honour said there were so many
doubtful points in the matter, that it Would be
better for the dividerai meeting to stand over fer a
month. In the meantime these questions might
be investigated.
The news from the Continent this morning is
net of any importance. The Emperor of France's
speech at the opening of the Legislature is more
satisfaetmy than was anticipated, as it was feared
that some new financial operation would be neces
sitated by the impoverished state of the treasury
The only hint at anything of the kind in reference
to the new tax proposed on moveable:property, but
at present it is not known how this will be levied
.lt is expected that runways Wlll ho inoludcdt but
as the war tax is to be remitted the effect of the new
measure will not be so severely felt. A rumour has
been in circulation in Paris to the effect that the
French troops Were about to quit the Roman
states; but it is since denied. Marshal Randon,
Governor-General of Algeria, who is in Paris on
leave of absence, is spoken of 03 likely to succeed
Marshall Valliant as Minister of War. A bill for
the revision of the present law on the French
press, and the printing and haokselling trades,
will soon be presented' to the Council of State.
Ferule Khan is expected to leave for London in a
few days, The French Government is most anxious
that the affair should be settled between England
and Persia, and to facilitate it would, it is
said, abandon whatever claims it may have to the
Isle of Karrack. It is thought that the Neapo-
litan affair is in way of settlement, through the
(non official) instrumentality of M. Hat zfeld, the
Prussian Ambassador in Paris •
Reports from Berlin state that the ministry are
still resolved to stand by their budget. The
contest in the Landtag is a very close one, and
must be considered as the first actual experience of
7 I constitutional warfare in Prussia, The debate is
adjourned.

It appears by an article in the semiofficial
journal of Berlin that the French Imperial cabinet
has, through its agents at Berlin, London, St. Pe-
tersburg, and Vienna, issued invitations to a Con-
fen nee for the definite settlement of the question
of Noufehatel—the other cabinets having admitted
that, although the protocol of the Bth of May, 1832,
was signed at Loudon, the city of Paris, on account
of its geographical position, and the negociations
held there during the late phases of the question,
ought to be considered as the fittest place for the
meeting. The Powers interested are invited to
send their representatives to Paris as soon as
possible with the necessary instructions. Other
accounts state that at the opening of the Confer.
ence Prussia will bring forward a proposition for
the settlement of the dispute.
We have advices from Madrid to the 11th inst.
It was rumoured that the government intended to
nominate between thirty and forty new senators.
Some of the journals express a hope that England
and France will join in the expedition which Spain
is about to send against Mexico ; and they say
that the intervention of these two Powers would
have the effect of preventing the United States
from increasing the divisions between the native
,flu ftlet,N, wuien amstons they labour to
foment in order to facilitate their eventual conquest
of Mexico.

By way of Marseilles, we have Constantinople
advices to the 9th inst. The Commission for
marking out the BeSsarabian frontier will conclude
its labours in the last week of February. Thirty
thousand Russians are concentrated on the frontier
of Armenia. The Russians are disembarking
troops on the Circassian coast with the
view of resuming operations in the spring.
Eight ships, with munitions of war, have left
Astrakhan (mouths of the Volga), and arrived at
Woczenderan; on the coast of the Caspian. Teheran
advices to the 7th inst. are to band. The prods
mation of the holy war excites much enthusiasm.
Thousands are offering themselves for enlistment.
Generals and troops are daily marching against
the English and Affghans. 7,000 English have
embarked from Bombay for the Persian Gulf. 4,000
English and 1,000 Sepoys have entered Cabul.
The shareholders of the Great Western Railway
have passed a vote of censure on the directors of
the company, by a vote of 25 626 against 2,339,
showing a majority of 23,287. The directors will of
course resign.

THE precise policy of the Irish Encumbered
Estates Court was not generally known until the
Marquis of CLANRICARDE undertook to disclose
it to the House of Lords as recently as Friday
last. "It was a notorious fact," said the noble
lord, " that people procured. a better title than
‘‘ original owners could show, borrowing money
" to effect purchases through the Court." From
this it would appear that the object of the
Legislature was to confer upon persons who had
no real or valid title to lands the power to possess
themselves of what belonged to otheri ! There
can be no title superior in law or more perfect in
morals than that .of the "original owner." But
the singularity which marks the whole measure
does not end here. The same high authority
assures us that " It was notorious that estates had
" been brought into court for the purpose of
" facilitating the raising of loans, which were
more easily procurable upon Parliamentary
" titles." Hence it seems that the Encumbered
Estates. Court was launched as a sort of life-boat
for the rescue of a crew of property swindlers of
whom the SADLEIR gang were not the most
unpardonable. To recognise men who had no
titles to estates but that which an Act of Parlia-
ment could confer upon them, was not what the
country had a right to expect from either the
Lords or Commons.

Lord CLANRICARDE reasons with great force,
however, and his assertions are no less instructive
than his facts. The noble lord tells us that in
some cases the estates have-becomemore 'encum-
bered than they were before the sale, and he asks
—" If the court was a popular one, why did the
" Government delay for one moment to bring in
" a bill Placing the whole of the landed property
" in Ireland in the same condition as these
" encumbered estates ? Was it-just or equitable
" that a man who chose to call his estate encum-
" bered, or who created an encumbrance in order
" to bring it within the operation of the act,
" should get an indefeasible title, whereas a
man was denied any such privilege unless
4, he sued, as it were, in . forma pauperis."