The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-03 00:00:00

Another petition was presented that he should be
deported to Formosa, and a third that he should be
• detained in custody as a person too dangerous to
he allowed to communicate with the Mandarins.
it was understood that the prayer of the last
petition would be listened to. Advices from
Shanghae are to the 7th inst. Our relations with
the Chinese, authorities theraoentinued amicable.
Trade had not been renewed since the Chinese_
holydays, 20th of January. Twelve chops of new-
Ning Chow tea had been settled, after considera-
ble competition, at about 3 taels advance on last
months prices. From Foo Choo we have advices
to the 4th Feb. Quietness had prevailed
there, and a further advance had taken
place in the price of 'tea. Advices 'from
Amoy are to the 4th Feb. Business had been
resumed, and the price of cotton yarn was higher.
The Sampson was at Amoy, and nothing had been
seen of the pirate fleet, of which she was- sent in
search.
Whilst on the subject of. the Chinese difficulty,
we may mention _that, there has' been some question..
as to whether Lord Elgin has been sent out to
supersede Sir John Bowring. Lord Palmet sten at
' Tiverton declared that he was not; that he merely,
went with fuller and more direct powers. But
although in form, and expressly, Sir John may not
be superseded, it-is obvious that in substance he
is. However, we find ••Mr.. Hutt stating to his '
constituents at Gateshead, that Lord Palmerston
had told him, through Mr. Hayter, while the
debate on Mr. Cobden's motion was proceeding,
that " it was his intention to adopt in this emer-
gency the same course that was adopted on the
occasion of the first Chinese war, when Commis—
sioner Elliott, net having given satisfaction, was
superseded in • his -functions by the superior
authority of Sir Henry Pottinger, sent outexpressly
for that purpose."' If that statement disposes of
the boast of Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone, that.
it was the hostile vote of •the house. which pro-
cured the removal of Sir John Bowring—it also
effectually disposes of the subsequent bold asser-
tion of Lord Palmerston himself, that Sir John
was not superseded.

The news from the Continent to-day is not im-
portant. From Paris we learn that it is confidently
stated that the Neufchatel Conference has
had another sitting. The first protocol was
paraphed on this occasion ; but no inference can
be drawn from that fact that the difficulties
recently alluded to have been got over. There
has been a considerable amount of grumbling in
the bureaux of the Corps Legislatif against the
new_ tax on railway shares and other
,negotiable
securities ; but, according to present symptoms the
opposition, when the debate comes on, will not be
formidable.- Some members made bold to say that,
although the budget was so made out as to repre.
sent a diminution in the expenditure, there is in
fact an augmentation of very many millions, and
that if tllinggeon,atthe presentrate,.the. budget
will soon be more than two milliards. The Bin
peror's mot about killing the goose that lays the
golden egg has been repeatedly quoted, and it is
roundly averred that the measure devised expressly
to steer clear of this improvident §acrifice has missed
its mark. The-majority. of one of the bureax, in-
cluding MM. Albufuera, Mortemart, and Latour
Dumoulin, pronounced against. the measure. By.
way of Cadiz, we have Mexican dates to the 25th
February, stating that on the 22nd a smart can-
nonade took place between the Spanish frigate
Ferrolana and one of the forts of Vera Cruz, which
had for the third time fired' upon the frigate's
boats while they were going ashore for water. The
state of Mexico was still very serious. Fresh
demonstrations against Spanish subjects had
occurred in the east, where the authorities, not-
withstanding the positive orders of the central

government,-were unable to repress the ebullition
of public feeling.

From Spain Onr advices are to the effect, that as far
as the result of the elections is authentically k nowt",
seven progressitas and five absolutists only have
hitherto been elected. The remainder is altogether
composed of moderados, among whom are not less
than fifty members of the Castillian nobility. Of
the journalists who personally play a very important
political part in Spain, four have been elected.
We have Constantinople intelligence, of a late
date. They state that Neriman Khan, the second
councillor of the Persian embassy, who left Paris
with the treaty signed by Ferukh Khan and Lord
Cowley for the ratification o► the Shah of Persia,

had arrived at Constantinople, and had sailed for
Trebizond in an English steamer, placed at his
disposition by Admiral Lyons. The Persian
diplomatist intended, to proceed .to Teheran, by
way of Redou.t Kaleh and Tiflis. It is calculated
that he may be at Constantinople, on his return,
from the 10:h to the 15th of of May, and at Paris
by the end of that month. •

Payment of Sound Dues was formerly considered
by the Russian authorities as equivalent to a
quarantine certificate, but these dues being now
abolished, the Imperial government has issued a
notice to the effect that all foreign vessels, bound
to the Russian ports of the Baltic, are to be
provided with bills of health from the port of
departure. ,Those vessels which on their way have
put into French, British, Dutch, or Norwegian
ports, must provide themselves with quarantine
certificates from these ports, and cause them to be
attested by the Russian Consul.

There is nothing in the election news calling
for particular notice this morning. A ministerial
print of last night claims a gain of thirty seats for
Lord Palmerston, twenty three boroughs, and
seven counties. A Cabinet Council was held yes-
terday afternoon. '

THE long promised and anxiously expected
Report of the Water Engineer, as to the practi-
cability of supplying the town with spring
water, in addition to the surface water from Riv-
ington, has not as yet been laid before the Coun-
cil. The Water Committee have surely, ere
this, exhausted their large stock of subterfuges,
and it must have been a tort of God-send to them
that the election ha,ppened to be fixed for Satur-
day, as that circumstance was • urged in the
Council as the reason for the non production of
of Mr. DUNCAN'S Report.on Wednesday. Like
an attorney defending a bad cause, they know
full well that they can do nothing but abuse- the
plaintiff'S:counsel; but if they suppose, that by
such displays of vulgarintemperance and idiotic
I ignorance, as some, at all events, of the members
displayed in the Council Chamber on Wednes-
day, when 'the' subject was mooted, they can
bias the minds of the people of Liverpool in favour
of their filthy peat bog wash, they will, they may
depend upon it, find themselves grossly deceived.
As yet we are,, to a certain extent, left in the
dark as to the nature of the Report, or of the
value to he attached to it.

The important and long looked-for document,
whichlas taken some months to concoct, might
have easily been furnished within a week at the
furthest. The Council and the public did not
require any elaborate essay, setting forth the
cost of re piping the whole town. What they
required was simply an answer to the following
queries. Is it practicable to supply the town
with spring as well as with Itivington water
If this cannot be done with the present arrange-
ments of piping, what would be the probable cost
of a separate set of mains—mark, for the R4ving-
ton, water. For this no nice calculations were
necessary, nor could any such be made ; but so
satisfied are the inhabitants of Liverpool as to
the utter. unfitness of that water for dietetic
purpose% that they .would willinglY sanction any
reasonable expenditure sooner than, have their

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health and comforts imperilled by being com-
pelled to use the abominable filth from the peat
bogs. We infer from the remarks of Mr. EARLE
that the great cat of a second 'Set of mains
will be urged as the reason for not complying
with the prayer of the memorialists. The sum
stated is certainly large. 200,000/. or 300,0001.
is, as most people will say, a very formidable
amount; but, in file estimation of ihe pro;
Pikeists, it would only be a mere bagatelle. The
men who could sanction the expenditure of
a million and a half of money, a large portion 'of
which was shamefully. Equanderedr -now- become
excessive economists, and glibly prate about a
few hundreds, when the public humbly implore
them not to garotte them altogether by means
of the chains which they have so securely and
unfeelingly riveted about their- necks. Sooner
than be poisoned with your disgusting water,
say the people of Liverpool, we will go to any
expense that may be necessary, No, say the
Pikeists, we will it ; you shall swallow what
water we wish to give you, and you
shall have none_
.Other,_ and
__as we have
no scheming adventurers to patronise, you shall
not spend your money for any such foolish pur-
pose aAlhat of securing to, yourselves'a, supply of
the pure water you h-ave hitherto possessed.
Such is, in fact, the treatment which the inha-
bitants of Liverpool are to receive from the hands
of their rulers, Talk of despotism, forsooth !
Why, the acts of King Bomba, or Commissioner
Yeh, are liberal when compared-with-those of our
water magnates, who insist on 400,000 people
swallowing slow poison. How longlwill the rate-1
'sayers submit to such insolent dictation ?

We have already shown that the well water
and the Rivington water can be suppliedlo the
town through the same lines of pipes, without
the slightest difficulty, and at no expense. What
have the Pike advoeates--to urge against -that
plan ? But no ! There would be no chance of
hocussing here. The water would be pure and
unmixed, and could be judged accordingly, which
would not suit by any means. The'fcetid
waters from the Rivington lagoons, would at
once give the lie to all the statements as to- its
purity. If this water is so excellent as some of
members of the Council allege, why not
let the people have it in its entirety ? Why
doctor and drug it with any admixture of the
well water ? Why-all the' secrecy, sophistry, and
deception which has hitherto been practised in
regard to this subject ? Everything connected
with it has been redolent of rottenness.

HON.-W.RI(,HT
E.- GtkDSTONV, M: P.; IN LIVERPOOL.
Ameeting of electors of Fiint;hire will b 3 held, at two
o'clock this day, in the Clarendon Rooms, South John
stmet. Mr. W. E. Gladstone, 111. P , will be present, and
will address the meeting.

LIVERPOOL BANE.RUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY. (BEFORE
MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON.) In re JOHN GLADSTONE,
Jumon.—The bankrupt, chain cable manufacturer, of
Liverpool, applied this day for his certificate. His Honour
considered that the bankruptcy had arisen from unavoidable
losses, and granted a certificate of the first class.

MAYOR'S BANQUET.—On Wednesday night his Worship the
Mayor entertained at a banquet at the Town Hall, a number of
gentlemen, and among them,' William Brown, Esq., M P.,
T. B Hersfall, ,Esq.,. M.P., J. C. Ewart, Esq , M.P., and
John Bramley-Moore, Esq., M.P. The dinner was intended
as a harmonising one, and it certainly accomplished its purpose,
for all parties were represented at the table, and all were
delighted. The after-dinner speeches were numerods, eloquent,
and appropriate.

THE WRITE STAR LINE OF AUSTRALIAN PACKETS.— In
our paper of yesterday we stated that the packet ship
White Star, had made the passage here in eighty days,
calculating her run from the date of the Melbourne papers
received by her. She, however, did not leave until the
13th January, and, consequently, made the rul from port to
port in seventy-seven days. By the White Star, we hear
of the arrival out at Melbourne of the favourite and well
known clipper ship Star of the East, the property of James
Beazley, E-q., and despatched as the White Star packet of
the 20th October, after a fine run of seventy•nine days,
having beaten all her competitors, and added to her already
established reputation. Amangst the many ships she has
beaten are the Morrie England, sailed the day before her ;
the Sussex, from London, 15th October ; and the Walmer
Castle, from Gravesend, 22nd October. None of which
noted clippers had arrived out.

STANLEY VILLAGE FREE LECTURES.—On Tuesday
evening this interesting course of weekly lectures was
brought to a close by the chairman, the Rev. T. Gardner,
who selected for his subject " Prospect and Retrospect."
The opening remarks were devoted to Retrospect generally,
embracing the successes and misfortunes, the joys and
regrets, all had to look back upon in their journey of life.
After some very appropriate observatiOns on these points,
the rev. lecturer remarked that, as regards the village
lectures, certainly a retrospective, view was highly-satis-
factory, as they were believed to have been the means of
much good to the neighbourhood, and had also been marked
by great success. At this portion of his address, the Rev.
Mr. Gardner intimated that the thanks of the attendants
at the lectures were due to the committee generally, includ-
ing all gentlemen who had taken any part in the
arrangements, of which suggestion the audience tes-
tified their approval by loud applause. A report and
resume of the lectures drawn, up by. the Secretary;
next occupied attention, the rev. lecturer reading
extracts from the whole of the past course, and
directing observations to points of special interest. In
conclusion, Mr. Gardner expressed regret that the approach
of summer would prevent m-etings of a s,railar nature for
the present, but sincerely hoped the spirit of unanimity
prevailing would be continued throughout that season by
other forms of innocent recreation and instruction, until
the fall of the year called for in-door meetings of a like
character to those now brought to a olose. A vote of
thanks was proposed to the Rev, Mr, Gardner, not only
for his lecture, but also for his regular attendance as
chairman at previous meetings, and the cordial-support
afforded by him to the committee in, theinefferts. The
proceedings were concluded by a vote of thanks to T.
Birchwood, Esq., the deputy chairman, who made a few
remarks, after which the numerous audience retiree.

A report has been for some days current in King
William's Town, that the prophet believers among the
:followers of the• Chief Rama 'have been ordered" Out of the
tribe by the:gOVeinnient. - This ig "lint partially true, the
order having been issued uponi the responsibility of 'Kama
himself, and not in 'conneCtion'with the 'Chief commis-,
sioner's cflicers. The address to the Queen, thanking her
Majesty for the timely succour afforded to, this frontier,
by which, in all human probability, has been averted
from the colony the greet misfortune of another Kaffir
War, has been subscribed by 1,033 inhabitants.—Cape of
GoOrl Hope Paper,

THE LATEST MAINE LAW ABSURDITY,—The latest is a
bill before the Albany legislature establishing a system of
licenses for the consumer, instead of the seller; people are
to take out a license to drink, like a license to kill game or
a permissions to carry arms. There is a nicely graduated
scale of fees for liberty to imbibe the various kinds of fluids.
2s a year makes a man free of small beer and "currant
wine," or wines of " domestic menufacture ; the courage
that can venture on the last named liquids deserves to be
let off cheaply. Strong beer, porter, and ale require a
payment of 3s. Whiskey and spirits of home distillation
are allowed for 1 dollar annually; brandy and foreign
'Spirits are accessible by a fee of lidols. The sliding scale,
stops there. The next fee is high and exclusive, 5 dols.
annually purchases a licence to drink beer, spirits, and
wine, or anything from squafortois to champagne. The
payment of 5 dols elevates the payer above all restrictions
on his beverage. Aldermen and justices of the peace are
the grantors of the licenses, and no person can sell or even
give anything in the shape of drink unless the applicant
produces his license to swallow it, and then only the special
kinds specified in the document, such sale or gift to the
unlicensed being a misdemeanour. No license whatever,
net- even for currant wine, is to be granted to a married
woman without the previous written consent of her husband.
Leper from New York. •,

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