Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-08 00:00:00

cruelties

taken from the reports of our local hos-

June 1857
to, June 1858 there were no less than 135 sufferers ;
while from June to January 1859 the number
has been 80. In • the workhouse, from June
:1858, tor March, 1859,-no:less than 23 were admitted.
The report of the Society of Friends! of Foreigners

in Distress corroborates the foregoing statement. A
pamphlet was addressed by a gentleman of Liverpool

BitIGHT) on the subject, to the Honourable
member for Bedford, Mr. NVIIITBREAD, but from the
circumstance of his :having taken office under the

present Government, he could not undertake matters

out of his own departmental jurisdiction. We hope
that the inhabitants and merchants of this town will

giire their best efforts and talents to adjust the pre-

outtLe ut me law. This is 110 party
question, but one which the voice of our common
huManity. summons us to accomplish.

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NOTES :O.F THE DAY

The incidental and brief discussion on the subject of the
Shipping Interest, which arose in the House of Commons
on Friday night, upon the question asked by Mr. Lindsay,
respecting the recommendations of the late Select- Com-
mittee, has thrown some little light, perhaps, upon the
intentions of the Government. - Mr. Lindsay's object was
to ascertain, if, in conformity with those recommendations,
any measures were, to be adopted to relieve shipowners from
thepayment of light dues, passing tolls, and local charges,
and generally to remove the burdens and restrictions which
so grievously fetter maritime enterprise. The reply of the
President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Milner Gibson) was
not without encouragement to that important interest. It
is intended, he said, to deal with the questions of the, pass-
ing tolls and light dues ; though it is evident that there are
difficulties in the way, which a Liberal Government, wedded
miOterably to the free trade policy, may not care to•
overcome. It is quite true, as was observed, that
these are questions not to be approached in an arbitrary or
summary manner, on account of local circumstances; and
we are inclined to believe, with Mr. Gibson, that " any
meisure to be successful must be of a flexible character, so
as to be capable of being applied with due regard to
municipal and other local rights." Such a measure, it is
proinised, shall have the consideration of the Government
during the recess, with a view to its introduction next
session. Let us hope that the President of the Board of
Trade will see that faith is kept wfth the Shipping Interest

AUMIST'.:IB:.:IBS9

THE LATEST NEWS.
THE ZURICH CONFERENCE,

ZURICH, Sunday, August 7.
A deputation of the Government of Zurich,
attended by their. Ushers, paid a visit this morning
after mass to the Representative 3. of Franee, Pied-
mont, and Austria. On Thursday next the Govern-
ment will give a dinner to the Ambassadors.

PARIS, Sunday.
The Moniteur of to-day contains the following :
" The Plenipotentiaries charged with the mission of
concluding, from the preliminaries signed at Villa-
franca,
_a definitive _treaty, were to have arrived on
the 6th of August at Zurich.

BERNE, August 6.
Letters from Zurich state that a guard of honour
has been placed before the Hotel Baur, where the
Conferences are to take place.
M. de Desambrois has arrived, and has been- wet-_
corned-by the members of the Government.

The first sitting of ,the Conferences will take place
on Monday next.

THE FRENCH IN'THE ADRIATIC,

The Moniteur of Sunday contains also a report of
Admiral Main Desfosses on the late operations of the
French fleet in the Adriatic.