The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-21 00:00:00

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mR. H. THOMAS, having been effectually
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Mr. Disraeli introduced his motion on the
income tax, &c., into the House of Commons
last night. The right hon. gentleman stated that
in his opinion the government policy as expressed
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on that night
week, if carried into effect, would render im-
possible the removal of the income tax in 1860.
Mr. Disraeli proceeded to show that the expen-
diture as proposed by the government would,
even if there should be no war with Persia,
or with China, greatly exceed the income for the
next three years, and that there would be an actual
deficit of some £10,000,000 in the three years.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer defended his
course of action on the Income Tax, and the Tea
and Sugar Duties, and proceeded to demonstrate
that the income of the years 58-5960 would be in
excess of the expenditures, but did not state
whether the surplus would be large enough
to warrant the abolition of the Income Tax in
the last year. Mr. Gladstone supported the
motion, and took occasion to stigmatise the budget
of 1857 as a financial scheme which must end in
confusion, and cause a deficit of £8,000,000 in two
years, if carried into effect. Several other mem-
bers took part in the further discussion, and on
the motion of Mr. James M`Gregor, the debate
was adjourned till Monday. No public business
was before the Lords last night.
Lord Stanley is the only conservative member
of note who voted against Mr. Spooner's motion
on the Maynooth (3-rant. Mr. Disraeli, Sir John
Pakington, Messrs. Walpole, Atley, Sir J. Trollope,
Lord Naas, Lord J. Manners, and Sir F. Kelly
gid not vote. Sir E. B. Lytton is amongst the
byes•
The local intelligence this morning is unimpor
tant. Two captains of vessels were in trouble at
the Police Court, yesterday—one of them was fined
in £lO and all costs, for making a false entry in
the ship's articles, and the other was held to bail
in two sureties of £25 each, to stand his trial on a
,charge of fraudulently obtaining some £5O from a
mercantile firm in this town. A preliminary meet-
ing was held yesterday, at the office of the African
Association, for the purpose of taking steps towards
raising a suitable testimonial to Dr. Livingstone,
the African traveller. _

We are to-day called upon to record the particu-
lars of anotker fearful colliery accident. An awful
explosion occurred at the Lund Hill Colliery,
situated about half a mile from the Wombell
Station on the South Yorkshire Railway, on
Thursday. Some 150 colliers were in the pit at
Pie time of the explosion, and all those met with a
sudden} and melancholy death. The fire caused
1)y the explosion raged with intense fury, blazing
two hundred feet high. All the bodies will be con
sumed, as the fire cannot be extinguished for at
least a week.

The London and North Western Railway
dj!npany held their annual meeting yesterday in
Londori. A. dividend at the rate of 5 per cent
was declared.
Our foreign ne;;'s to day does not possess much
importance. From Paris we learn that the
negotiations between Lord Cowley and Ferruk
Khan have ended without any result. The cause
of the rupture is a claim made by the latter, amount-
ing to 300,000/., which Persia pretends to have on
England on account of the assistance given by the
armies of the Shah to the operations of the Eng-
lish in 1814. If this be true, it is a mere pretext
only. The real cause of this sudden obstinacy is
probably the outburst of popular enthusiasm in
Persia, which renders the position of the Shah
comparatively safe. This is only a repetition
of the old truth, that nothing strengthens a
government more than the attack of a foreign
state, in whatever sense it may take place.
The Paris Patrie, in the following cautiously
worded paragraph, infers the opinion that the
Persian difficulty is not serious : Several journals
nave announced that the Persian difference is in a
fair way of arrangement, We believe we know from
private information that the principal difficulties
are now got over, and that both parties have suc-
ceeded in coming to an understanding as to condi-
tions of peace. We must, then, hope that within
a few days the terms of the definitive arrangement
will be made public—an arrangement to the
conclusion of which the sojourn of Ferukh Khan
at Paris will not have been foreign. The Pays
says :—The latest accounts from the banks of the
Caspian Sea state, that the 13th division of Russian
Infantry, commanded by General Chruleff,
had taken up a position, on January 28, at
Djabat, at the confluence of the Araxis and
the Kour. The next day, the 29th, Abberad Khan,
aent by the governor of Farsistan on a special
mission, had a long conference with General
Chruleff at his head quarters. The Moniteur says
that 507 military prisoner s have been the object
of the clemency of the Emperor ; 329 have
obtained the remission of the unexpired term
of their punishment, and the other 178 a re-
duction of the period. Le Nord, of Brussels,
throws doubts upon the visit of the Emperor of
Russia to the Tuileries, but if we may believe the
latest court gossip in Paris the Empress is at this
moment personally superintending the arrange-
ments for the Czar's comfort in the apartments
destined for his reception at the Tuileries.
It is currently reported, notwithstanding the
assertion of Lord Palmerston to the contrary, that
the treaty by which Persia ceded to Russia the
district of Makoo, on the right bank of the river
Arras, between Bayazid, in Turkey, and Nakhshi-
van, in Russia, was concluded on the sth of
January last, and the ratifications exchanged on
the 18th. It is said to contain a secret arti-
cle, which probably relates to the military
assistance to be given by Russia. We do not
pledge ourselves to the authenticity of this

statement-. We merely give it as having obtained
publicity.
The Union of the Danubian Principalities
continues to pre-oceupy attention in European
capitals even more than the Persian war; and it is
doubtful now whether the Austrian troops will
evacuate at the date fixed. In the meantime
measures of intimidation are resorted to in the
Principalities against the unionist party, so as to
prevent it getting a majority in the Divans.
It would appear by a letter from Vienna that in
consequence of the various interpretations given
by the clergy to the articles of the new Concordat,
the power of the church will soon become exorbit-
ant in Austria The more liberal section of the
Cabinet is more than ever convinced of the fact,
especially since the Emperor has been away. It
would seem from letters from Milan, that the Em-
peror himself is not indifferent to this state of
things, and that M. Bach, the Minister of the
Interior, on his journey to Rome, is to represent
to the Pope the danger which might accrue to the
State from the extent of power the episcopacy
claim in matters especially pertaining to the civil
administration.

The Austrian amnesty in Lombardy has been
extended, by special decree, to persons guilty of
insults to the Imperial family.
Further arrests are reported from Madrid. The
Government was consulting about the budget.
No bidder has appeared for the contract of the
Government line of steamers to the Spanish
colonies.

From Stockholm we have advices stating that
the Norwegian Storthing, in Christiania, was
opened on the 9th inst., by a speech from the Crown
Prine. The material situation of the country is
described as flourishing. An augmentatation of
the budget has been proposed, to increase the
salaries of the public employes. The progress
which the political union of Sweden and Norway
has made is alluded tu. The commercial relations
between the countries are to be promoted. A
hope is expressed that the government will be able
to communicate to the Storthing the abolition of
the Sound Dues.

By the arrival of the Arago at Southampt"n, and
the screw steamer New York at Glasgow, yesterday,
we have New York dates to the 7th inst. The
news is unimportant. Congress were busily
engaged in passing private bills, and politicians
were taken up with the formation of the new
Cabinet. The rumours respecting the construction
of Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet are various and con-
flicting. Nicaragua dates inform us that Walker
is in anything but a flourishing condition.

THE banks of the Mersey are to he saturated
with Parliamentary bills during the present
Session. Hitherto the Liverpool side has led
the way, and Birkenhead has followed. But
this year they both step forward at the same
time, for very similar objects ; that is, to con-
found the public with an endless variety of pro
jects, and to spend as much of the Ratepayers'
money as possible. The Liverpool Corporation
are content with going to Parliament with a dock
bill, which they know cannot be passed—a sort.
of make-believe that they are really desirous of
pushing forward the completion of the Birken-
head Docks; and, while our profound horse-
sense diplomatists in the Council are thus sup-
plying the promoters of the Mersey Conservancy
Bill with " a strong case," the good people on
the Cheshire side have no less than three bills of
their own. They scorn the idea of being longer
dependant on Liverpool for Parliamentary em-
ployment. Dock management, and representa-
tion on marine affairs, and gas and water, in
profusion, are matters which have engrossed
their attention. With regard to the first two of
these enterprises, we wish them every success ;
but, with respect to the proposed gas and water
scheme, we would strongly advise them to look
this way, and remember what Liverpool has
suffered.

Let them studiously avoid anything like a
Newington monopoly and a Pike deluge. Never
were the gaseous products of fire, or the mecha-
nical and chemical impurities of water, more
fully or warmly discussed, than they have been
in this Borough within the last three years.
Earth and air must feel somewhat jealous of the
attention we have devoted to their sister ele-
ments. We have ?persecuted fire—hunted it
through the wasteful and treacherous retort—
watched it into the smoke prevention furnace—
and never abandoned the chase, until it was found
to have ended in perfect combustion. Water, in
like manner, was watched as it fell from the
clouds—followed from the tops of mountains
and hills, down rugged ravines, through peat
swamps, over clay soils seasoned with guano—
traced through all its percolations and meander-
ings--until it reached the Lakes of Rivington,
and was brought from thence to Liverpool, to
test the skill of chemists and the stomachs of
the Ratepayers. Never, we repeat, were two
elements so thoroughly thrashed ; and, if we
have not the best and cheapest light that can be
obtained from fire, and if we should be poisoned
by Pike water, we have the satisfaction of know-
ing that we are not ignorant of the cause. The
good people of Birkenhead, then, have no right
to complain, if they suffer themselves to be
trapped into gas monopolies and Pike schemes.
Associating these two commodities, and
placing both in the hands of one company, is a
very anomalous and objectionable course to
pursue; and why the price of gas in Liverpool
—which is at all times, and despite large
reductions in the price, exceedingly, and indeed
unwarrantably, high—should be fixed upon as
the standard for Birkenhead, appears perfectly
inexplicable. The way in which it is proposed
to raise the additional capital the company ask
for, is also most objectionable. But these, as
well as fixing high maximum dividends in joint
stock enterprises, are subjects with which the
Legislature must be called upon to deal in some
rational way ; and the very considerate spirit in
which Parliament sanction the accumulation of
large reserve funds to make good ten per cent.
dividends cannot be exploded too soon. In the
meantime Birkenhead need not be left dependent
on the price of gas in Liverpool for a sufficient
supply of good light. She can obtain any
quantity of the best cannel coal gas at 3s. per
1,000 feet, and pay ten per cent. on the capital.
And why should Parliament tie her inhabitants to
a joint-stock company, who are to charge 4s. per
1,000, with a prospect of an early advance of 25
per cent., instead of the progressive reduction
increased consumption ought to secure to the
consumer P The gas burners and Ratepayers of
Birkenhead should have nothing whatever to do
with the Liverpool prices. If they or any other
large town in the kingdom want cheap light,

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

they have only to advertise for it, and guarantee
a competent gas manufacturer or contractor a
certain consumption, and they will get all they
ask, without going to Parliament at all.
Every information required on this subject has
been given in the columns of the NORTHERN
TIMES, and we are ready now to answer any
enquiries which may be necessary. The entire
Birkenhead gas scheme appears, as far as we
have been able to consider it, to be a very
adroitly concocted extension of the monopoly
existing on this side of the water, and we
would offer a solemn warning to the inhabi-
tants of Birkhenhead against the consequences of
placing their supply of light on the footing
proposed. In London gas is manufactured by
contractors for Is. 81d. per 1,000 feet. In
Dublin, where coals are 19s. 6d. per ton, it can
be supplied at 3s. 9d. Why, then, should
Birkenhead pay the Liverpool price ? But the
Company will say, we must leave a margin on
gas to make up any loss we may sustain on our
water speculation ! This is what is in store for
our Cheshire neighbours, and it behoves them to
take heed of what they are about. If they place
themselves between fire and water, if they are
not burnt they are sure to be drenched. Parlia-
ment will pass the Birkenhead Bill if it is not
opposed, as a matter of course, and we despair of
seeing a just and formal system of dealing with
Gas Companies laid down until the public pro-
test, with one voice, against the present extor-
tionate prices demanded by monopolists for light
supplied through false measures.

The United States mail steamer Arago, at Southampton
from New York, brings intelligence of the Cunard Com-
pany's screw steamer Alps at New York, on the 7th instant,
after a passage of thirteen days from Havre. The Alps
sailed from Havre on the 25th January. The Baltic, which
left Liverpool on the 21st of January, arrived at New York
on the sth February. The Africa arrived at New York on
the 6th February, the day after the Baltic.
We understand that several gentlemen have undertaken
to solicit and receive subscriptions for relieving Mr.
Augustus Harding, u Liverpool artist, whose works have
been universally admired, but whom ill health has reduced
to a state of the greatest destitution. We shall be glad,
conjointly with Mr. William
.Groom, of Lord street, to
receive any sums which the charitable and benevolent may
feel disposed to contribute, and to afford any information
required. The character of the party is certified by recom-
mendations from well known and- influential gentlemen.—
Courier.

MR. GIDDEN'S BaLL.—On Thursday evening, Mr. Gid.
dens gave his annual grand ball, on the interesting occasion
of opening his ample and handsomely fitted up new rooms in
Hardman street. Upwards of 220 persons attended; and,
when it is stated that Mr. Martin's band filled the position
which it occupies on such occasions, it is enough to intimate
that there was plenty of good music. The refreshment
department was under the superintendance of Mrs.
Johnston, 10, Berry street, who has been so successful in
catering for public companies, and with such deserved
applause. The festivities, dancing, &c., were kept up with
unwonted spirit until early yesterday morning ; and all who
participated in the evening's amnsement fe't much indebted
to Mr. Gidden for affording them such a treat.
THE NONCONFORMIST'S BATTLE.—We hope that the key
note struck by the speakers at the London Tavern, on
Thursday evening, will be taken up both within and with-
out the walls of Parliament. With respect to one or two
questions, and especially that of church rates, it should be
understood that there must be an end to forbearance, as
regards both the government and some of their supporters.
Sir William Clay, Mr. Cheetham, and Mr. Barnes, while
not unfriendly to the ministry, spoke with an impatience of
ministerial hollowness and treachery, justified by the events
of last session, which ought to stimulate the abolition party
to more determined action than has hitherto been deemed
needful or justifiable. With a government which has to
meet a crisis almost every week, and with the probability
that every member will soon have to face his constituents
on the hustings, it ought to be easy to compel the settlement
of a question, which has teo long been a bone of contention
in the parishes, and an occasion of perplexity in Parliament.
—Nonconformist.

ORGAN BLOWING BY WATER POWER.—AR apparatus of
great value and importance in connection with the perfor
mance of large organs has been affixed to the organ in East
Parade Chapel, Leeds. The invention, (which has been
patented in England and France by Dr. D. Joy, -engineer,
and Mr. W. Holt, organ builder, Leeds) is called the
" Hydro-pneumatic Engine," and can be affixed to any
organ. I's object is to supersede manual labour and the
more expensive steam power in blowing large organs in
churches, chapels, and public edifices; and its usefulness
and economy are not more apparent than its compactness
and simplicity. The apparatus in East Parade Chapel is
affixed to an ordinary one inch pipe, conveying the town's
water, brought into the vestry beneath the chapel. The
whole apparatus does not occupy a space exceeding four
feet, and it is found fully equal to blowing the bellows of
the above organ, which is an instrument of forty-four stops,
including pedal-pipes of twenty-four feet to G G G. The
apparatus is capable of being supplied to the largest organs ;
indeed, Mr. Holt's workmen are at present engaged in
attaching it to one of the largest in London, manufactured
by Hill. Three such cylinders as are used in Mr. Holt's
workshop would blow the Liverpool organ, which at
present costs £2OO per annum ; whereas, by the hydro-
pneumatic engine, the cost would not exceed £2O a year.—
Leeds Mercury.
LITERARY GOSSIP.—Mr. Charles Dickens has been
superintending the publication of a translation of his works
in Paris —works that are perhaps as difficult of translation
as any that ever have been written. The Parisians who
are unable to read English have a very indefinite notion of
the modern Fielding, and even some translations have misled
them. There was recently, for instance, published in Paris
a little book called " Dauze Coates Nouvelles, par Charles
Dickins." This was supposed to be a selection of a dozen
t t'es from Household Trords, all from the pen of the great
novelist. Those, however, who were in the secret of the
authorship knew that out of these twelve tales no less than
eight were from other pens. It is curious to notice how,
in private circles, and frequently in the papers, all the best
papers are 'set down as a matter of course to be Mr.
Dickens's. A glance at the names which I will just jot
down for your readers will, however, show that possibly
some of the contributors might occasionally be able to pro-
duce an article worthy of being thought to be Dickens's.
Mr. S. A. Sala (who has lately sold his book of Russian
experiences for £400), Mr. Charles Knight, Mr. Henry
Moreley, Mr. Leigh Hunt, Mr. Horne, Mr. James Hannay,
Mrs. Gaskell, and Miss Harriet Martineau. Mr. Thackeray,
whose lecturing has been stayed for a time by an illness
which it is to be hoped is but casual, has been gaining
"golden opinions from all sorts of people," in all sorts of
places. I can give you, on good authority, the terms of
remuneration which he now has for his popular lectures on
the "Four Georges." The worthy lecturer is reading his
disquisition on a system which may be allied high farming,
the farmers being Messrs. Beale and Co., and the terms
being one guinea per minute for the time actually occupied
in delivering the lecture. Not bad pay this.
IMPORTANT WILL CASE.-The case of Lovett v. Lovett is
an issue directed by Vice-Chancellor Wood to be tried at
the next assizes for the county, of Buckingham. The order
was made in a suit in which Capt. Philip Cosby Lovett, of
Liscombe House, Soulbury, is the plaintiff, and the Rev.
Robert Lovett and others are defendants. The questions
to be submitted to the jury are three—whether certain
testamentary papers executed by the late Mrs. Elizabeth
Lovett, bearing date respectively the 16th of May and
18th of October, 1853, and some time in the month of
June, 1855, were in fact her testamentary papers and
desires by her. The plaintiff seeks to establish these
papers as the will of Miss Lovett. The defendant, to
whom and to whose elder brother successively, as her
heirs male, Miss Lovett had for many years prior to 1853
devised her estates, resists the prayer of the plaintiff's
bill, on the ground that in and after the year 1853 Miss
Lovett, by reason of severe illhess and the decay incident
to advanced age, ha I become mentally incapable of making
a will ; and, also, that the execution of the alleged testa-
mentary papers of 1853 and 1855 had been procured by
undue influence, in the nature of coercion and misrepre.
sentation, exercised on the mind of Miss Lovett by other
relatives. Both plaintiff and defendant stand in the same
degree of relationship to the testatrix—that of first cousin
twice removed. The estate has been in the family of the
Lovetts for five centuries, and it is said to be worth about
.£3,500 to .e 4,000 per annum. The members of the family
claim to be descended from Robert de Louvet, one of the
companions of the Conquerer, to whom he was master of
the hounds. The family had at one time large possessions
in Devonshire, and also in Ireland, where some of its
members held high office. The will of the deceased lady
disposes of estates in Tipperary as well as in Bucks. Mr.
Sergeant Byles has been retained for the plaintiff. Sir F.
'Thesiger, Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. D. Keane, are
retained for the defendant. It is expected that the trial
of the cause will occupy a week.—Bucks Herald.),

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