The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

TR. NORTHERN TIM.EB.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY'.

the publication in the Washington Union
or an article on the exising relations
between Great Britain and America. The
article in question, strongly denounces all partner-
ship or co-operation with Great Britain in relation
to Central America ; declares that the right of
England to interference in the affairs of those States
is based on sheer usurpation ; that the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty has been the source of all the accu-
mulating difficulties in that quarter, and under the
entanglements created by it, England ie pursuing
ttn insidionS policy, to the success of whieh Walker
is now almost the only obstacle ; that the
policy of Great Britain, though not amounting
to -actual war, is directly hostile to the in.
terests of the United States, and is more
insidious and insulting from being coupled with
professions of friendship; and that open war is
:better than this secret hostility, and. the duty of a
decisive stand upon our part is enforced. Mr.
Appleton being- in Washington it is surmised
that the article may foreshadow the policy
of the new administration. It Was not be
lieved by the more respectable of the
New York press that this article foreshadows the
policy of the coining Administration, or, in other
words, that the policy of that Admistration is to
be open, undisguised filibusterism, a pokey of
aggression, a war against conservatism to feed the
ra'lical proclivities of that party whose delight is
incendiary agitation, no matter what may be the
consequences to the prosperity of the country.
" chose rather to take the promises of
General Cass, who has been appointed Secretary
of State by Mr. Buchanan. It is asserted that he
has declared that he should not carry into the
administration which is to rule the country for the
next four years, the inevital3le war-policy With
Great Britain, but should favour peace, not only
with their foster mother, but with all the world."
The accounts from Nicaragua which we publish,
are to the effect that the steamer Texas, with
recruits for Walker, had arrive:t at Punta Arenas ;
that the recruits having there joined the forces
under the 'command of Colonel Loekridge, the
whole party went up ',lie San Juan to a point
nearly opposite Serapique, a fort occupied by the
Costa Ricans ; that they attempted to go higher, but
when abreast of Serapique, they got a shot from
the Costa.lticans, which compelled them to retire,
and that they were then wailing for reinforcements
torn New Orleans, to make a grand attack on
Serapique. The Yen, York Courier publishes a
letter, dated San Juan, February 12, in which the
position of General Walker is stated to be
anything but safe or secure. The letter, according
to this paper, shows more certainly than any other
accounts received; the desperate situation of
Walker. and seems to set the seal to his utter
defeat " Walker deserves any fate which may await
him. The cause in which he is engaged is one of
unmitigated deception, rapine, and murder ; in it
the sacred name of liberty has been prostituted,
and if failing in flight, he meets an ignominious
death, the just verdict of the world will be, that
his has been the robber's and the murderer's fitting
end."

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THIS DAY.

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MONDAY.- 111.41? CH 9, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS

According to a ministerial print the royal pro- THE approaching dissolution of Parliament
elimination for the dissolution of the present parlia- has already roused the country from one end
'Tient, and the calling of another, is expected to be to the other. Protestant and Catholic, Conser-
issued about the 2:sth of the present month, March,
‘6 unless the non-obstructive policy of Messrs. vative and Radical, are alike upon the alert.
Gladstone and Disraeli is to be continued.' The registration associations in all parts of the
Preparations for the general election have already United Kingdom are in secret conclave; and
commenced in various parts of the country, and
in this day's publication will be found the latest although no " election cry" has as yet gone forth,
rumours in relation thereto. From all appearances, enough is known to warrant the expectation of
there seems to be little doubt that Lord
numerous keen and determined contests. In
Pahnersemn's appeal to the country will result in a
large msiority in his favour. such a case the public journalist is called upon
The War Spirit, one of Messrs James Baines to exercise the influence of his position for the
and Company's Week Ball liue of Australian clipper
benefit of his country irrespective of mere per-
ships, took her departure for Melbourne on Satur-
day afternoon. Her regular day of sailing was the sonal considerations, politics, or the creeds of
isth, but Captain Schomberg, the Government contending religionists. It is his duty to examine
emigration agent at this port, look it into his head
to refuse her a clearance, on the ground that she the pretensions of candidates for seats in the
was too deeply laden. We give a statement of the House of Commons—to applaud that which is
affair by the owners of the War Spirit in another
straightforward, consistent, and in unison with
columns and cannot hell) thinking that Captain
Sebes:lt-mere would do well to be more courteous in the political necessities of the times—and hold
exercising his little brief authority, particularly up to condemnation the professions of ultra
when the alleged cause for his interference is
unfounded, It is too bad that a ship ready to sail bigots—that class whose principles of statesman-
on leer voyage with a large number of passengers ship are not only illiberal, but which are opposed
on board, should be detained for forty-eight hours to all reforms, and vindicate the perpetuity of
in the river, all to satisfy the whim of a government
official. The rffAir is another of the many instances every abuse in Churchand State. If ever there
of the deplorable effects arising from centralisation. was a time for the faithful and judicious exercise
Still more news from China. The Paris Moniteur
of Saturday publishes despatches from Hong Kong of this high, important, and influential power, it
to the 14th February. They feared an insurrection is now. Seeing that the election manifestoes
at Hong Kong itself. Sir J. Bowling had made already issued are varied and conflicting, the
arrangements with Admiral Guerin, the French
naval commander, and they took sufficient pre- discharge of this duty will enable electors to
cautions to enable them to put down, in ease of choose between rival aspirants—to select those,
need, any such movement. It seems that this and those only, who go to Parliament from pure,
attitude of the French is due to instructions re-
ceived by them by the very last mail. France and honourable, and unselfish motives —the desire of
England had concerted, before knowing the events lending a helping hand in the promotion of every
of Canton, to obtain from the Chinese government good work calculated to ensure the people's
a revision of the treaties which are about to
advancement as intellectual and social beings.
expire, and the English and French representa-
tives received despatches prescribing the joint and The Parliament now about to be dissolved has
identical conduct which they would observe to
been nearly five years in existence. No less
attain this object. They were authorised to lend
each other support and aid in all eventualities. than three Premiers have held the reins of office
The Russian General, Abdul-Nadir, has marched during that time, the last of whom— Lord PAL-
at the head of three thousand Russians towards
the Persian frontier, with the intention to occupy MERSTON—is still at the head of the Govern-
Tabriz. He has been favourably received by the ment. When the general election took place in
inhabitants These troops, it is said, were on their ,nr 0
leo-, the Whig party made great professions,
march to the Sonthern province of Fars, to oppose
the British. The Austrian papers report this and expressed strong determination to effect im-
movement as the march of an ordinary brigade of portant reforms, and when the present Ministry
national infantry. came into office, their political programme was
The latest news from Turkey contains an
announcement that the first and second intendants encouraging and pleasing to listen to. Royal
of the Sultan, as well as the treasurer of the Sultan. speeches and Ministerial declarations 'each Ses-
have been exiled, most probably for stealing some .
of the crown jewels entrusted to their care. The mon promised some species of legislation for
approval of the statutes of the National Bank by which the people longed. But, alas, these pro-
the Grand Council, first annouaced by a tele- miser were made like pie crusts—to be broken.
graphic.: despatch of the 2nd inst., has been given
under the following conditions :—The paper money And now, when members arc about to return to
now in circulation is to be called in within a delay their constituents, to seek re-election, and ask a
of fifteen months, ant the new bank will have the renewed lease of political confidence, how very
power of issuing fresh bills to the amount of five
millions sterling, to meet which it is always to few can asseverate that all his husting's pledges
keep a sum in its coffers equal to half the amount and promises have been fully and faithfully car-
issued. The parties having the concession also
tied
out. It is true that the war with Russia, in
renounce the collection of the taxes, and there will
be no directing office in London. some respects, marred the good intentions of
There is nothing new with respect to the Neuf- Lord PALMERSTON and many other equally
chatel affair. It, would appear that the province is
talented and honest statesmen. Animated by a
tranquil. Mr. Gordon, the English representative,
bad visited the canton of Neufchatel, and had been spirit akin to that which influenced FESTUS,
feasted by the Republican party at La Chouis de when he addressed ST. PAUL in those memor-
Fords.
A letter from Berlin of the 4th inst , states that able words, "Go thy way for this time, when I
M. de Bloome, the Danish Minister of Foreign " have a convenient season I will call for thee,"
Affairs, had arrived in that city to support B iron theyhave dismissed the eager petitions for an
de Bulow in the negotiations respecting the duchies.
The letter adds that it was considered likely that extension of the franchise, a reduction of taxa-
the question would be brought to a satisfactory tion, and the exercise of strict, but not parsimo-
conclusion.
The Montenegron Representative Prince Daniel() nious economy in the national expenditure. The
has arrived in France, and will immediately be in question of National Education has been left by
communication with the Emperor.
the Ministry to the fostering care of private mem-
Time Cross, Berlin newspaper, states, on authentic
information, that the ceremony of betrothal of her hers; and although the subject has been keenly
Royal Richness the Princess Royal to Prince debated, no practical legislation has ensued.
Frederick William will take place in London during No, retrenchment has been made in the national
the month of May, and that the Pm ince and Princess
their popular and expenditure, and the result is, that the people
of Prussia will accompany
are overburthened with taxes—direct and respected son to England for the purpose. The
in-
marriage, adds the C ross, is definitely fixed for the direct.
list of November, or as soon after as possible.
Such a state of timings suggests the inquiry—
The new married ecuple, it is believed, will remain
in England for a month or more and there pass the why is this ? Who is to blame for the
still policy of our rulers, and the absence of any
stand-
Christmas holidays, after which they will commence
their journey to the Prussian dominions, and make
their entry in state into Berlin immediately after , really efficient and useful legislation ? To these
New Year, by which time the palace now fitting up 1 questions the answer is obvious. It is the fact
for their residence will be fully completed and
, of party cries being encouraged, permitted, and
properly aired.
We have adviecs from the United States to the acted upon at elections, Like doctors, constitu-
26ih 11,t , by the arrival of the Europa at this port
envies disagree in the political ideas, and too
yesterday morning. Much excitement and com-
motion had been caused in the States by often personal motives and local considerations,
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instead of the national good, influence their
votes and decisions, Hence it is that in con-
joncticn with the fact of there being several
political leaders, the House of Commons, instead
of being divided into two sections, as in times
past—the " Ministerial," and " her Majesty's
opposition"—there is now a number of cliques,
each of which is watching with assiduity the
movements of the other, and concocting schemes
whereby it can obstruct its rival. Debate after
debate takes place, and every speech which is
delivered tells more forcibly .than another that
the mainspring of all senatorial exertion, whether
by speech or vote, or both combined, is for the
object of gaining place and power—if not for
the speakers individually; for their partisans and
ollowers. Can it be wondered then that the
legislative yield of every session is so meagre
and unfruitful--that year after year, towards the
end of the session, there is an unmerciful
"slaughter of the innocents"—that good and prac-
tical measures of reform are either overlooked or
postponed for further consideration. The political
chieftains enter the arena of argumentative con-
test, each striving for the mastery, whilst the
enactment of good and salutary laws is unat-
tended to

The period has arrived when this unreasonable
conflict of parties should be ended. If, then,
the electors would be true to themselves and
their country, they will stop this constant repe-
tition on the boards of the House of Commons
of the " game of speculation." Lord PALMERSTON
has determined to appeal to the country on his
policy towards China ; but it is to be hoped that
the electors of the United Kingdom will not be
misled by the shouts of Chinese atrocities.
Let them take a calm and deliberate
survey of the wants of the people
and their rights. Let them disregard the
clamour of preaching Reformers, wh3 say much,
but do little. Let them turn a deaf ear to
the polite and earnest solicitations of Tory
bigots—to all whose antecedents prove them t
be political laggards ; and send no man to Par-
liament who will hesitate to act independent of
party, and to urge the adoption of Reform, the
extension of trade, and the mental and moral
enlightenment of the people. When this is
done, we will have an upright Parliament, our
representative system will be somewhat purified,
a strong Government will be placed in power,
and good legislation be the ultimate result.

" Their mutual tie cannot be severed, except
" under very peculiar circumstances." An every
day experience demonstrates that such a state
of things ought not to exist. If there be any one
social grievance greater than another, it is that
of man and Wife being compelled to live together
when one or other have not only betrayed their
marriage vow, but acted towards the partner of
their life with harshness and cruelty refined.
The most learned members of the House oi
Lords, including not a few of the most distin-
guished prelates of the Church, have agreed that
the time has come for legislation thereon ; and
that as the present mode of procuring a divorce
is open to grave and serious objections, we should
substitute a more safe, just, and decent mode of
dealing with matters
,like the late TALBOT case,
and others of a similar kind and later date.
A few evenings ago the LORD CHANCELLOR
moved in the House of Lords the second reading
of his " Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill."
While approving of the noble lord's measure as
being good as far as it goes, we could have wished
to find it more determined and stringent in its
provisions. The bill only aims at transferring
the present jurisdiction to a very high and aris-
tocratic court, consisting of the Lord Chancellor;
the Chief Justices, and an ecclesiastical grandee,
to be termed the " Judge Ordinary." For ordi-
nary causes this latter functionary is to be clothed
with power to adjudicate by himself. The full
court, under the powers of the bill, are authorised
to grant divorces a vinculo matrimonii without
the threefold test now required A provision is
male for enabling the guilty parties to contract
marriage. In the bill of last year there was a
clause specially prohibiting such unions. Lord
CRAN*ORTH pointed out the probable effect of
such a prohibition, and showed that it would
encourage the adulterer when assured that he
could not be required to act as a man of honour
towards his unfortunate victim, whom he could
get rid of whenever the passing fancy had de-
parted from his mind: Separations between
husbands and wives are to be legalised without
the intervention of trustees. The wife will be
competent to contract with her lord and master,
and should she have any property afterwards it
will be her own, independent of any wish to the
contrary by the husband.

No one can, or will, dispute the proposition,
that marriage is, perhaps, the most impor-
tant, and should be the most solemn, con-
tract two human beings can enter into.
It affects, for life, two creatures in every
relation of existence, and not only them
but their children, and their children's children.
It should, therefore, be strictly guarded by every
security that wisdom can devise, and rendered a
perpetual connection by every possible means
which prudence and forethought can suggest.
Society profits by rendering the family one and
indivisable. To separation and dissension every
possible reasonable barrier should be erected.
The first object with a woman, in early years, is
a matrimonial union. On that she builds all her
prospects of future happiness. When she has
obtained the object of her choice, she surrenders
to him her person, her property, and all her'
hopes of future good. It, however, often happens
after this that she wakes up as it were from a
dream, and finds herself abandoned and deserted
by the object of her choice—he who had solemnly
vowed that he would love, comfort, keep, and
protect his wife, and, forsaking all other women,.
remain faithful only to her until death did them
part—having betrayed his professions, and dis-
regarded his matrimonial obligations. On the
other hand, it is notorious that a large pro-
portion of women, in the last state of female de-
gradation, are married, and that many of their
husbands are industrious and hard-working men
with children, and probably daughters, to sup-
port, and yet the law does not enable the help-
less husband to get rid of the brazen and
drunken harlot, who can, should she feel so
inclined, at any time force her way-into the vir-
tuous home, and exhibit to her offspring a dis-
grace which the afflicted father had studiously
concealed from them. Such cases are unfortu-
nately too common. The law lends no helping
hand to get rid of the living nuisance; on the
contrary, the outraged husband can be harassed
and perplexed with suits for the restoration of
conjugal rights, and actions for debts incurred by
his still lawful wife,
We have on more than one occasion called
attention to the present unsatisfactory state of
the law of divorce, and urged the adoption of
other, and less complicated, means for effecting,
in cases of proved adultery, or habitual ill treat-
ment and neglect on the part of either man or
wife, a legal dissolution of the matrimonial bcind,
That legislation upon this subject is necessary is
beyond any doubt or difficulty. As the law of
divorce now stands, it is applicable to the rich
only. An appeal to the House of Lords is too
costly a proceeding for the middle classes, and
totally beyond the reach of the humbler grades
of society. The existing law of husband and
wife is indefensible, and there are few, if any,
well-regulated minds who would attempt its
justification, much less advocate its perpetuation.
As a law, it is particularly unfair to females, and
in its practical results renders the wife more a
slave than a partner and an equal. For the
wrongs, bitter and cruel, alluded to, it gives no
redress. Often have young and virtuous
females been brought to the vortex of misery,
and actual starvation, all their property being
squandered by dissolute and.dissipated husbands ;
and even when, by their own industry, they
would have gladly earned a separate living, they
were debarred from so doing, as the iron grasp
which the law gives their husbands over their
persons and property, renders them subject to
their supreme will and pleasure. " According to
" the present state of the law," says Lord ST.
LEONARD:3, ". a man and his wife cannot separate.

In the debate which ensued on the second
reading of the bill we were sorry to observe that
Lord REDESDALE objected strongly to the measure
as unnecessary and uncalled for, and seemed
disposed to contend with might and main that
what God hath joined together no man should
put asunder. Lord WENSLEYDALE, although
opposed to the foregoing idea, thinks that mar-
riage separation should be effected only by and
with the sanction of the Church, This,
however, is a very debateable point, and
we mistake if the vast portion of the
community does not regard marriage more
of a civil contract than a religious ceremony.
At the present day, the Scotch regard matri-
mony as a simple contract, binding only in a
civil point of view. If this position is granted,
the legislature should take cognisance of the
question as a civil matter only. If they did so,
and allowed any one to add a religious ceremony
to it, as his faith might dictate, much of the
difficulty which now attaches itself to the ques-
tion would be got rid of. The religious scruples
of the Bishop of OXFORD would vanish, and that
Paragon of pure and perfect Protestantism, the
Bishop of EXETER, would not Ile required to
guide the conscience of the Earl of DERBY, and
mark out his course on matters of civil legisla-
tion.

We regard the measure of the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR as a step in the right direction, but far
short of what the urgency of the case demands.
As it will, in all probability, be shelved until the
new Parliament meets, LORD CRANWORTH
will have time to reconsider the matter ; and,
when he next introduces it to the notice of their
Lordships, we hope to find it more extended in
its application, and more liberal in its prin
ciples. A measure of the kind, affecting, as it
does, the very humblest man or woman in the
community, should not require 4001. or 5001. to
put it into operation. The fault of its being so
renders it justly liable to the suspicion, that it is
another exemplification of the saying, that in
this country there is one law for the rich and
another for the poor. We desire to see marriage
recognised as the highest contract which the law
acknowledges, and its provisions such that com-
pensation can be had and obtained for time
wasted and opportunities lost, We wish to see
settled rights for all parties, which would be a
guarantee against capricious changes and un-
principled violations of the contract. We desire
to protect defenceless women, and to give the
opposite sex some security against the cruel and
_degrading conduct of faithless wives. We do
not wish to countenance marriage separations,
but would have recourse to them as a dernier
resort, for we feel that the law of God, as well as
man, speaks to us in unmistakeable terms, and
says emphatically, " Be ye not " unequally
yoked together."

PROSPECTS OF THE BRITISH BANK SILAREHOLD!RS.—
With respect to those creditors of the bank who may hold
out in the hope of getting this mythical 20s. in the pound,
it would be well if they would consider what is likely to
be their position hi the event of the arrangement being
carried out. The committee of depositors state that they
have every reason to believe that the government will give
its sanction to the passing of a bill which will compel the
minority to accept the compromise which may be agreed to
by the majority. There is nothing unreasonable in such a
course. The legislature has, on more than one occasion,
interposed to arrest proceedings which, taken under acts of
parliament, carelessly drawn, or long overlooked, threatened
widespread ruin as well as glaring injustice—for instance,
those qui tam actions in which the late Lord G. Bentinck
and others were so deeply interested. Parliament will
hardly allow it to be made a charge against them that they
departed from the usual course in order to protect the
wealthy and the titled, but declined to do so when the
interests of a large number of ruined and despoiled trades-
people and professional men are at stake, and whose
sufferings have been greatly increased by the disgraceful
state of the legislation, and the conflict of judicial autho-

rities. Mr. Wyid and some other members of the committee
have waited upon the Attorney-General, and the draft of a
bill has been prepared, to which he has given his assent,
and in favour of the passing of which petitions were
signed by almost every individual present at the meeting,
on Wednesday last. Bat if the majority accept the offered
compromise, and the shareholders in good faith subscribe the
£lBO,OOO or £200,000 necessary to keep its conditions, the
dissentient shareholders will not it is understood, receive in
the shape of dividend any portion of the sum so subscribed
and in the event of the bill not being passed, compelling
them to take the composition, they will have to look for the
20s. among an ethausted body of shareholders with whom
they must carry on, unaided and unsupported by the Court
of Bankruptcy, a costly and tedious course of litigation
For the sake of these poor but honest creditors of the bank;
not less than for the interests of the shareholders themselves,
we again urge the propriety of effecting, if possible, some
amicable settlement of the affairs of this most disastrous
and disgraceful of modern swindles.—L9ndon Paper.

L,RD PALYIERSTON.—HOW shall we account for this
great change in the fortunes of Lord Palmerston ? His
accession to power was hailed with general satisfaction.
While the war lastcd, the Commons treated him with
almost unlimited confidence ; and now, ere a year Lao
elapnd since the establishment of peace, the confidence
has departed. The !truth is his Government had never
a solid foundation to rest upon. It was always supported
by props. He was the clever general of a small army,
without any basis for his operations, without any cause to
fight for; without any principle to unite and animate his fol.
lowers but the lo'e of place. The ties of party were broken ;
there was no ground for political attachment—no field for
chivalrous devotion. A minister whom the emergencies of
war had Made a provisional dictator wished to impose his
will permanently ea the representatives of a free people.
The sole object of his policy seemed to be to create a
necessity for the continuance of his power. Hence the
unsettled and menacing aspect of affairs on the Continent,
hence the wars in the east. Hence his Parliamentary
tactique, playing off party against party, leaning for support
now on one side, and now on the other ; sowing distrust
and dissension among all sections of the Opposition
—dislocating, disorganizing, separating, reducing all
parties and combinations to one mass of political debris, a
state of things most favourable to the rule of a despotic
Minister. Lord Palmerston seems to have persuaded him-
self that the British people had abandoned the faith of
their fathers, that the nation had b.::come idolatrous, and

that its idol was Success. He had convinced the country
that it was able to conquer Russia, and so appeased the
national pride. He wished next to subjugate China, to
ope❑ another India, and so gratify the national covetous-
ness. The end, he believed, would justify the means. Suc-
cess would atone for every crime. Palmerston would take the
place of Wellington in the nation's homage. He would have
been right if his maxim were true, that selfishness rules the
world. lie judged of society from the scorn upon the
stagnant surface. He had no faith in the principles that
run pure and clear in its migi ty undercurrents. Not so
the public press, the organ of opinion before whose sove-
reign tribunal even despots must bow, because it is the
exponent of truth, justice, and humanity. Obedient to the
dictates of national virtue baptized in the spirit of Clads-
tianity, the press teaches that the right course is the best
policy—that nations are neighbours, and that unchristian
aggression will, sooner or later, be folliwed by providential
retribution.—Dublin Daily Express,

riariAiiimaramrappme
prejudices once broken through by legislation, it woula
be easy to complete the work of reform hereafter. AS
it is. hope mud still be deferred, with the additional
bitterness that the boon required has been so nod/
attained. It can hardly be expected that the Partl,
fights inevitable at the opening of the new 7,.7atiikatuen,
will leave sufficient opportunity for carrying throngs
important measures, like this oae relating to divorce, wb14,1/
will occupy much time in the discussion ; bat whether tat
the first session or not, it is a matter that cannot be let
slumber. One omission in the Lord Chancellor's bill ongilS
to be supplied in any new measure. The national reproach
sad disgrace of the action for damages in crim. con ,unnoticv"
in the present bill, should be wiped away. The only elanse
for seeking money compensation for wounded honour 04
outraged feelings has been the necessity of a prelim r/
appeal to a court of law before redress could be got fr°6l,
Parliament. An act of Parliament being no longer
f
required for a divorce, the action at law and pursuit of
money damages become equaLy needless and discreditable'
and should be altogether abolished.—Observer.

THE MINUTES AND JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE or LOTS:.
A report from the Select Committee of the House of fords;
on the possibility of effecting improvements in the priene°
of the minutes'and journals of the House has been publisbeu;
The committee have agreed to recommend that on divist
the House shall be cleared of strangers (including the spec
by the bar and near the Throne, but excepting the 0181'11
and the space within the Throne rails); that 111,1';
Lord, ill, or infirm may have his vote told in
seat ; that the " contents" shall go forth through t- ho
door on the right side of the House, 1ina1...„1-a
Throne, which leads to the right lobby, and prZ-no
through the right lobby, and re-enter the Peig,—
through the door on the right of the bar. That the "13;
contents" shall go forth through the door on the left of t'it
bar, leading to the left lobby, and proceed through the ireit
lobby, and re-enter the House through the door on
side of the House near the Throne. That the tellers ;
appointed for each division, and that two clerks be
attendance at each division. That the names of those ntbot
vote personally or by proxy shall be printed and circela
with the minutes of the day,

EAST INDIA MAIL'

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

(By Special Express]

SOUTHAMPTON, Stitt'Ntlioe
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stela
ship Ripon arrived this day with the India 1:0100,
Her dales are as follows :
Feb 22nd ; Malta, Feb. 27th ; and Gibraltar,
3rd of March. ; te
The cargo brought by the Ripon cons.eilere
upwards of 70 box i s of oranges, 22 bozos jevie.' 104
2 casks wine, 1,200 bales silk, and aboUS
packages of general merchandise. agiA
In addition to the above, the Ripen 109—
nearly 100 passengers
Dieting the run home, she spoke the follovele
steamers, of the same company :—Colombo,
28th ; Tagus, March 4th ; Alhambra, March 8t"0,4
The screw steamer Etna, with the olitlitite
Australian mail. arrived at Gibraltar early 00
morning of the 28th February. OS
The following were the rate of Exchaogitbe
Gibraltar immediately prior to the sailing 0' fit;
steamer :—On London, ninety days' date, 580,;
Paris, sf. 35c. ; Marseilles, sf. 34c ; Genus, bt.'
Madrid, eight days dig.
foils
BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL —A letter ,000
Berlin says that it has been definitely arranged that rilio
Frederic William shall go to London in May to be far° sr
betrothed to the Princess Royal of England. The illeiet
riege of the youthful couple remains fixed for ithe
November, the anniversary of the birth of the prince~'
boa/
S
SUPP,SED FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday evening' bipt
five o'clock, a person supposed to be the mate of ante. of
whose name at present is not known, was in a stlod
intoxication at the canal wharf, and despite the &lisle
remonstrances of several persons, he climbed oP ark
crane, and commenced to dance en the top of 0600
which was fifteen feet high. He feil, during one heads
turns, and was dreadfully injured in the spine an" t 501
and at present lies at the Northern Hospital,
Ara
hope of his recovery. MeV
CHILD DEsERTION.—A young woman, named -I: befor.
Edgecentbe, alias Elizabeth Morgan, was brongb!'„,ert'
the county magistrates on Saturday, charged w th Toed
ing her infant child. It appeared that the woman 13„ft,t10,
confined in the Liverpool workhouse, and that she,_'`-vfer
child soon after she came out, in a passage near tee, it re
withou
Derby workhouse, where it might harelperished havertiO
mained longer undiscovered. Mr. Gough, governor "0000
West Derby workhouse, stated, it was becoming a ne13.011
practice with women to leave their illegitimate ei,u!idrelt
near that building, and that there %ere fourteett ftife"l redi
there at present whose mothers bad not been &ay-fa,'
He also stated that considerable difficulty had been A
in tracing this woman. The magistrates sentence"
woman to six weeks' imprisonment. earl
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning at ate
hour a man, named Hughes, who resided °iol(
Mall, was found on the footway with his skull an:aititfi.,
fractured, and a pool of blood about him. lie in bort
dead. It was at first supposed that foul play I.: let
used, but this was abandoned for the 0 1
version of the case It appears that the deceaseujto b';
the habit of climbing up by a spout and a window Oft
room, when the lower door was locked, e,si.
frequently the case, when he stopped out late at nib 4sl
was supposed that he was tipsy on Saturday oiga itIP;
whilst attempting to get in by the usual way, he,,-„ 0 to
was killed. The body was taken to the dead u-11
await the inquest.
Mess LANDON.— By advertisement, to be foon":err,,
first page, we observe that this favourite of the 10-00;
public is about to take her first benefit on Fridel leasiEirt
a hen, we doubt not, in return for many P,0004,
reminiscences, she will be feted with a "
ono
"turdll
One of her greatest triumphs was, perhaps, on Senflei
evening last, when she appeared in the character -040.;
Giovanni, which, throughout, was well enacted, Le
l'
singing of that peculiar archness and racy hilworeie;
necessary to a true representation of the libertines of tied
On Friday next, for her benefit, she appears in (41e -0 sa;
happiest efforts, viz , Sate O'Brien, in " Perfecti°l4om
upon the same occasion Mr. H. Vandenhoff will P"
Don Caesar de Ba!an. deetp‘s
THE BILLETING SYSTEM On Thurshy last a nfiti.,
tion consisting of Messrs. H. Damson, J. Atkin.elt'freL
T Carter, from Liverpool, J Stinton and T. 13""?
Birmingham, introduced by T. B. Horsfall, Esq.. Mid,te
Liverpool, waited upon Lord Pentium at the v olio"
attecoio
Office, for the purpose of calling his Lordship's
to the system of billettiog recruiting officers and recto'
tiles
upon licensed victuallers, and more particularlY erpeet
inconvenience and annoyance experienced by the iiiiinoler.,o°.
trade, in consequence of that town being a Per "WO,
recruiting station, in addition to the great number elf tee
continually passing through to the head quarters beard
ments in Ireland and Scotland. His Lordship, afteroffl
the statements of the deputation, expressed a desire tbat
all the relief possible under the circumstances, se,
subject was under consideration by the governroeiejty
that he hoped some change would be made, Parti°l. fettl;
in the case of the militia regiments, he thought t
ilti°,o Ce-
ment would be able to provide special accornoan" A
them. of '74
THE NEW SHIP NORTHERN EMPIRE.—If a r-°,4d,
required that our port is the finest in the wnigi Pn.#o
that all nations are attracted to it for conemereto ,1/01
poses, the following would bear ample testimony opid
fact. A short time ago, a company, with a Paid :1/10W,
of three million dollars, was formed in the Graeure feifro,
Oldenburgb, for the purpose of purchasing shies 1,-eetore
pool, and to trade from our port to all portions of t.," fort 10
On Saturday, we saw the second vessel purchase" eotl 't
company by J. J, Clancy and Co., who are their Ond cosa
Liverpool. She is called the Northern BroPire' eaty• etio
over £15,000. She is a semi-clipper of great berialiso) Jd
after the present voyage (tinder charter to u 3 Stets
0
destined for the Australian trade from Liverpool. Of
about one of the most substantially built vessels °b°oltiege
seen, having all the recent improvements in knees, arid
&c. She is 215 feet long, 40 feet breadth of bea'-' iota 0
feet from the ceiling to the lower floor; her reel. ,00181
1,615 tons. but her carrying capacity is 2,100• eill'er ekbe,
decks are 9 feet, very lightsome and airy, arl,ltoeetvfo
cabin is a model of comfort and convenience. 410 io
she is a fine, sightly vessel, and will be another 00110
addition to our matchless fleet. Her command fllO
Lange, is an experienced and esteemed master,
doubt
the qualities of the ship, under his guidance, Po
will fulfil the expectations entertained of her.

MR. ERNEST JONES is one of those seditious brawlers
who is indebted for his life to the mercy of British law,
and is doubly indebted for his liberty to the gracious
clemency of her Majesty. He was a convict for life, and
obtained a pardon. On his return to England, the use he
makes of his liberty is, to manifest by his conduct how ex-
ceedingly misapplied, in his case, was the clemency of the
Crown. At present, in London, among the working classes,
there is a good deal of distress. When work was full,
and wages high, of course contentment reigned ; but,
during the last six weeks, a good deal of severe distress
has been experienced. Such a condition of things always
brings to the surface those who seek to make capital out of
the misfortunes of others. Meetings have been held, and
violent speeches made by men whose desire is to get up
"combinations," organise " unions," and set on foot a
political agitation aA the most likely means by which to
elevate themselves into imporance, and turn the tempo-
rary distress of the working classes to substantial
account. Among the principal firebrands who have
figured at such meetings is this Ernest Jones, and as
a specimen of the man, we quote the following :
"He avowed his belief that he was the only man in
the kingdom who could, on his own invitation, calltogether
so large a meeting as the one before him ; and he wished
the government to know that in every manufacturing town
in the kingdom he could, in proportion to its size, collect
as important a one. He would, while keeping within the
law, organise a union between the employed and unemployed
in one town with the employed and unemployed in another ;
mould them into a great army, that would act with the prc-
cisiou of a machine and the influence of a host ; and he
would make them shake hands over the grave of Despotism.
He would call on them to rally round such an organization'
demanding universal suffrage and the People's Cnarter.
(Great cheers.) He would not again convene them, but if
they wanted him, he would come to them and lend them
every assistance in his powor, and he would show them
what a million or two of men could achieve, with a deter-
mined mind at their head." Such is the style in which
Mr. Ernest Jones manifests his sense of the clemency of the
Crown. There is one thing pretty certain, however, tha t
he will bave a much greater chance of paying a second visit
to a penal colony, than in reviving the agitation on the
basis of the People's Charter. That sham, with many
others, is gone " to the tomb of all the Capulets."—Belfast
Mercury.

LAW REFORM.-If there is any reason for regretting
that the dissolution of the present parliament must take
plaice fist at the threshold of the session, it is to be found
in the further postponement of the measures of law reform
which have been introduced. The grievous injustice and
ineq eality of the law of divorce especially, has long received
its condemnation in public opinion. The public mind is
not only ripe for a "change, but impatient for it, and it is
especially to be regretted that a longer, and an uncertain
period of delay, msut now be endured before any amelioras
tion can be effected. There are two mai❑ points to be
considered and provided for in whatever remedial
measures may be adopted. That complicated and
expensive process which now operates as a bar against
redress being obtained by any man who cannot
expend many hundreds of pounds in its pursuit, in cases of
conjugal infidelity, has to be altogether superseded. An
action at law, a suit in the ecclesiastical courts, and an act
of Parliament, make up in the total a luxury of litigation
which can only be enjoyed by the wealthy. It is a galling
injustice, that the unfortunates who are not consoled by the
possession of large means, are refused redress for the most
extreme wrong, All this is to be altered, and men of all
conditions placed upon terms of equality in such
circumstances as these. The remedy is, of course,
in the establishment of a tribunal for the trial of
matrimonial causes, having power to pass sentence
of separation, instead of the ecclesiastical courts,
and also of granting divorces a vincuto, and so
superseding the present Parliamentary process. The other
branch of the question concerns those flagrant wrongs
which women, in the present defective state of the law,
have to suffer without remedy. No measure of reform
will be satisfactory that does not protect au abandoned
wife in the enjoyment of her independent earnings. It is
a very moderate innovation that will go this extent, at
least. The measure proposed by the Lord Chancellor,
though not all that could be desired, would have cleared
away the worst obstructions in the way of making justice
accessible to all alike ; and the old usages and old