Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-02 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
The screw steam-ship City of Washington arrived
off Queenstown about ten o'clock last night, with
439 passengers, being a portion of those having
taken passage in the Edinburgh, which latter vessel,
it will be remembered, was struck by an iceberg,
and is at present at St. John's, Newfoundland.
The City of Washington also brings $501,398 in
specie, and dates from New York to the 18th ult.,
and Boston to the 23rd.

'AUSTRALIA,
PLYMOUTH, Friday.—The ship Francis Henty has
arrived here to-day, in 87 days from Melbourne.

'Tan non-electors of South Essex have determined on
inviting Mr. It. B. Baker, the late member, to a public
dinner. The gathering is to take place in August.
The falling off in the stamp duties during the past
quarter is attributed to the general election, which compel
attorneys to put off their ordinary tax paying business.
THE Archbishop of Vienna has prohibited in that city the
performance of a play called The Monk and the Soldier, on
the ground that it is improper for any ecclesiastical costume
to be exhibited on the stage.

IMPERIAL PARLIA.MEN T.

DOUSE OF LORDS_-. FRIDAY

On the question of the third reading of the Red Sea and
India Telegraph Bill,
Lord Stanley of Alderley explained the circnmstanceEr
under which a Government guarantee should bd given• to a
private company.
Some remarks were made on the same subject by Earl
Granville and the Earl of Derby; after which the Bill was
read a third time and.passed.
The Lord Chancellor introduced a Bill, diminishing by
two years the period during which articled attorneys were
compelled to serve, When they had previously graduated at
either University.

Lord Lyndhurst defended the appointment of Mr. John
Blackburn to, the vacant Judgeship. He bore testimony to
legalthe great knowledge and ability of that gentleman,
and his eminent qualifieations for the office.
Lord Campbell said he had not been influenced in making
the appointment by any consideration but that of the fitness
of Mr. Blackburn.

The appointment was further justified by Lords Wensley-
dale and Cranworth.

.Lord Vivian having inquired what were the intentions of
the Government in reference to the Volunteer Rifle Corps,
The Earl'of Ripon gave an explanation similar to that
made by Mr. S. Herbert in the House of Commons.

The Duke of, Newcastle having. made some observations
to the same effect, and after a brief discussion, the subject
dropped.
Lord Brougham inquired whether the report was true
that the Ministry intended to reduce our naval expenditure,
and took occasion to introduce a series of remarks touching
the present war in Italy.

The Duke of Somerset declared that no exertions would
be spared to place our navy on. a proper footing. He
entered at some length into the details of the subject,

declaring that it was

mont still furt

.er to extend the eff

both in the building of ships, and

still more in taking.

.overn-

for. manning them:
The Earl of Hardwick -declared_ the country could not
be considered safe without -three fleets—one in the Chan-
nel, another in the Mediterrancnn, and a third in the
German Ocean. '

The Earl of Ellenborough reprobated the ambitiOUS
designs of the Emperor of the French; who would not rest
till he had carried out the projects of the first Napoleon,

and from whom an invasion of this country must be ex-
pected when he had exhausted the power of Austria.
Their: Lordships adjourned at 7.30 p,m..

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-

FRIDAY

Mr. Cobden took the oaths and his seat for Rochdale, as
did Lord Bury, and Mr. Gibson, after their respective re-
elections.

Sir J. Shelly asked the Secretary of State for War,
whether Her Majesty's Government would adopt the views
of the late adinintstration, with respect to volunteer corps,
or whether they will be disposed to supply a sufficient
quantity of arms for practice.

Mr. S. ,Herbert said,
the present Government intended
to carry out the views of their predecessors, with regard to
the Rifle Corps. Arms will be furnished to 25 per cent. of
• • •

the volu
locality

were a sa

y inspection

In reply to a far
Mr. S. Herbert

wlication bad been made for

e preient act only referred

to England, and an alteration would be necessary for Ireland.
Mr. Kinnaird asked the Secretary of State for India
whether the proclamation confiscating: the soil of Oude to
the Crown is being acted upon, so that 'the right of the
.Talookdars have been restored, while in many instances
those of the peasants are considered to be forfeited.
Sir, C. Wood said that no further confiscation was in

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progress, the Talookdars having sent in'their submission.'
In reply to Mr. T. Duncombe,
Russell' said there would at present be strong
objection to the production of the: reports made by the
military commissioners sent to. the .head-quarters of the
French, Austrian, and Sarniniat armies. •
.On the triodon of 'adjournment till Monday, •
Mr. Stanley called the attention of the house to a state-
ment made by Mr: Denni;i at a public meeting at North-
ampton, that an offer had been made to Mr. Gilpin, by the
agents of the late Government, to influence his vote in
Parliament, and to call upon the secretary of the Poor-Law
Board to cornniunieathlettefs referred 'to by him, with the
name of the pets -n froni'whom they originated, to the house.
Mr. Dennis had complained 9 that the offer Was not a
pecuniary one, but ,relited to an appointtnent. That
offer was Said to have come from a lady, and held out the
prospect of a colonial governorship if Mr. Gilpin gave his
.vote far Lord Derby. As Mr. Gilpin had made political
capital, out of:the affair, it became necessary that further
inquiry should be instituted, and that the house should be
enabled to judge whether the charge was true.or.false.
Mr. Gilpin could only repeat what he had already said—
that an offaibad 'been made to him, tending to bias his
political conduct; that he could not trace them to an agent
of the Conservative party; and that he had not intended to
pursue the matter further ; and was surprised that a gentle-
man, in the position of Mr. Stanley, should require him to
give 10 the name of alady under such circumstances, which.
he, without hesitation, declined to do.
Mr. Palk, in reference to. the charge made by Mr.
Stanley, that the late election had been improperly influenced
by the Conservatives, called upon him for a proof of the
chargé:, . • . .

Mr. Clay thought such a matter, ought not to be treated
seriously; if such an offer had been meant in earnest, it
would not have been made to Mr. Gilpin.
After some remarks from Mr. Brady, the matter dropped,
Mr. Crawford asked the late _Secretary . for India
if he was aware, when he proceeded, on Thursday,
the 21st of April:last,' to 'receive and adjudicate
upon the tenders invited to be sent in for the.
spared. True, two of the boats were washed from the davits
Indian loan, of the fact, that the Austrian ultimatum, to Sar-
dinia had been made known to her Majesty's Government
on the previous evening by .a telegram from Vienna, and
also by a written communication from his Excellency the
French Ambassador to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
as the market was greatly -influenced by the last news, it
ought not to be withheld at such a time.
Lord Stanley said that neither himself nor any one else
engaged in the negotiations of the loan nor in the Indian
department, were aware of the intelligence respecting the
Austrian ultimatum, until the tenders of the loan were
finally adjudicated. This was done at one in the afternoon.
The ultimatum was communicated for the first time at a
-Cabinet Council held at four on the same evening.
Mr. Henessey asked Sir J. Pakington what steps the late
Board of Admiralty had taken, with reference to the com-
plaints which had been submitted to the Board, respecting
the treatment of Roman ,Catholic Sailors in the Royal
Navy.

Sir J. Pakington replied that he had written to Lord
Derby on the subject, of the late memorial addressed to
him, admitting that Roman Catholic Sailors were not upon
the same footing with soldiers of the same religion, and that
they ought to _be so placed. He further said that the
majority of the complaints were well fcrunded, the impend-
ing change of the Government only prevented his conced-
ing such points as could fairly be allowed.
Mr. Newdegate warned the House that this was but the
first of a series of combined attacks upon the Established
Church, against which it behoved them to be on their gUard.
Mr. E. James asked the Attorney-General if it is the
intention of Her Majesty's Government to bring in any
measure to remedy the' delay which now exists in the trial
of causes in the Matrimonial and Divorce Court, and to
direct his attention to the- arrear of causes now existing in

that-court.
The Attorney-General said the actual business now before
the court was not to be taken as a proof' of what it was
to be hereafter, as many of the causes now under trial
referred to circumstances which occurred many years ago.
It was, however, in contemplation to give additional sttength
to the court.
The motion for adjournment till Monday was then
agreed to. '
On the motion for the second reading of Newspapers
Bill,

Sir G. C. Lewis said that he should not oppose the'
mution, reserving his opinion on several points, especially
that doing away with the registration of newspaper
proprietors.
The bill was then read a second time.
The Jury Trial (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was also
read a secund time.

Mr. John Locke obtained leave to bring in a bill
amending the law relative to weights and meaures,
The House then adjourned at 6.15 p.m.

MAIL NEWS.--There is still no news of the over-due
Calcutta and China mails.

On Thursday, a deputation of the Catholic Clergy and
Laity had an interview with Lord Palmerston on the
subject of prisons and workhouses.
LORD EGLINTON.—DUBLIN, Friday.—The Daily Express
has been requested to state that, although his Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant has been recently created anakEnglidt
earl, under the title of Winton, he has no inter Rion
relinquishing: the morn ancient one of Eglinton,

SECOND EDITION.

ISI °FULLER:4 TIMES ()FFICE, SATITILD/LY, 9 A. 31

MR. COBDEN AND THE. CABINET

Mr. Cobden has declined' to accept the seat in the Cabinet
which was reserved 'for hint at the formation of the present
Administration.

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The Post says that Mr. Cobden came to the conclusion
that the consistent purposes of his 'public life will be best
promoted by. his remaining an independent member of
Parliament; in which capacity, however, there is reason to
expect that he will give a friendly support to the present
Administration.

The Times remarks that the Liberal party will hear of
Mr. Cobden's decision with great regret ; and asks how
are the middle classes to be represented, if such
opportunities are thrown away ? Mr. Cobden's
presence, and that of Mr. Gibson, in the Cabinet, would
have represented the substantial defeat of the old Whig
monopoly of office. The man who could unite in his own
person the free qualities of parliamentary orator, popular
leader, and cabinet minister, would be no insignificant
personage at a time like the present.. Aa a member of the
Cabinet, Mr. Cobden's opinions would carry with them
great weight. Even though he might be outvoted
by his colleagues in the long run, it is in the
cabinet that the incubation of measures takes place, there
it is that the leading idea is originally started, amplified,
modified, or denied. •

The laming Post announces that the• vacant office of
President of the Board of Trade will be filled by the
appointment of Mr. Milner Gibson. The cabinet will thus
remain composed of fifteen members.