The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

LBy British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph]

HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY.
The Lord Chaneqlor took his seat on the Woolsack at
five o'clock.

CHINA .
The earl of Carnarvon wished to ask a question of the
noble earl, the President of the Council. He had seen
flailleft China,
it stated in the daily papers that at the time the last
t Admiral Seymour was throwing red-hot
nio Canton. He wished to know whether the
Lievernment had received shy such intelligence.
thEar Granville said there was not reason to suppose
at
the Admiral commanding in China had proceeded to
4 such extremities.
t,,Lord Derby gave notice that on Tuesday he should
_aye the resolution of which he had given notice.
forms of the resolution, but it would contain depressions
C~reret at the hostile steps which had been taken in
Ina
the ease,
, and which were not justified by the circumstances
of

CONSOLIDATION OF TETE LAW.
Lord Chancellor said he intended, next week, to
r4.Y seven hills for the consolidation of the criminal la*
the table Similar bills were prepared before • thtir
to
broke up last year, and were laid upcn
ne table, but as they referred only to parts of England
,n 4 Ireland, it had been determined to send them
°l-ez. to Ireland. On the return of the bills it was
Tfound extremely difficult to include in one bill clauses to
et the whole of the different offences. When persons
w•
jnd
sherl fault tith the Statute La* Commission he only
k
Nvi, could One-tenth part of the difficulties
lu,ll Which they were beset. It bad been found ahsl-
ill'elY neeesSary by the Commissioners, who Were unani-
tz.7!stY agreed upon the point, to begin their labours by,
..! t'ne very last year, and to proceed tectiOn by
4:etton through the statute Mink, to discover what
qtutcs remained in Tome in Order to consolidate them.
Lok.a Brougham defended the Statute Law Commis.
winiteis from the attacks that had made upon them, It
has
not the fault of the Commissioners that this digest
of the hut prepared before. He was afraid it was the fault
the constitution itself. The noble and learned lord
the n bore testimony to the extraordinary effJrts and
rb4eat
erestedness of Mr% Beliendon Kerr to further
objects of the Commisaion.
CETTBF CONSTABLES.
jiscount Dungannon asked the President of the
10°Ilocil if it was intended by the Home Department per-
anentiy to rescind the rules relative to the qualifications
of persons to be chosen as chief constables in the several
I)(l4,nties of England and Wales, as respects their age
,I°.` exeeeding. 45 years. and their not having been de-
-I",,4red bankrUpts, or never having passsd through the
i4olvenH t Court.
I,_Lsord arrowbv was understood to say that a bill
already been introduced in the other house on the
iogetet by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-

tRivATE .
INesdale rose to moVe theliutrirEst following resolution:
pri "at this house will not receive any petitio for a
,01;jateMach after Monday the 231 of next,n unless
private bill shall have 'ueen approved by the Court
b hlatl,°erY, nor a"-3. petition for a private bill approved
I,tY-Le '09.'.1. of Chancery, after Tuesday, the 19th of
repot["ixt; also that this house will not receive any
h,from the udges upon petitions presented to this
)488 for Private bills, after Tuesday, the 19th of May
pxt.
The resolution was agreed to.
he house adjourned at a quarter to seven.

•
rri ITOUSE OF COMNIONS—ThESDAY.
le Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Li • Rone took the oaths and his Irufriess opehirJohnst s seat for

The - PaivATE BUSINESS.
rl foilowing -hills were read a second time and
Ito red to he commi;ted : —Bury Gas : East Somerset
; Lowestoft and Burgh St. Peter Ferry and
Zot; ltiansfield and Worksop Road; Reversionary
erest Society Worksop and Attercliffe Road; Wy-
°lllbe Railway ;: andoChester Water.
INLAY WRIT.
tf4 Mrn. C. ew writ was ordered for East Sussex in the room
Frewen, resignel.

ordered '
sprnyrs.
()r
motion of Mr.
Moffat the following returns were
sni •• Showing the total number of gallons of proof
ris A;
r ti disc Showing
in England Scotland, and Ireland re-
distinguishing the quantities produced from malt,
4 _tore
to,:n a mixture of malt and unmaltel grain, .and from a.
t,ziair,sor from molagsis •
°I sugar or molasses with unmalted grain, or from
showing also the total quantity of
ort in the lUnite'd Kingdom, for the year ending
of 3"t day of Dec., 1856 ;of the number of gallons
N,,,Pruor spirits (listinguishing_ the sorts) on which duty
din Paid for borne consumption in each of the three
aQ,„461.113, with the rate per gallon and the amount
' f ';'4°ll duty; also, the total number .of gallons and duty
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 31st dry
1.141 teenaber, 1856. Showing, under separate. beads, the
ttolluer of gallons of proof spirits, distinguishing the
ri7edcall whltli made, imported into each king-
%el' 'rout each of the others respectively ;. statiag alsa
'ea,h rate Der gallon, and the total amount thereof (in
reN,,e;se), and what portion of such duty was paid on
.Prtivi of the spirits from bond, and what after their
arp;'` in England ; also .. what portion was actually
kN,i'cinsed under Licise lock, distinguishing malt from
1) spirits in England, for the year ending the 31st
spii,'"er, 1856; of the total number of gall Ons of proof
the t`e Permitted out of distillers' stocks in England, and
EririVtai number of proof gallons of British brandy and
fq -0 of Wine permitted out of rectifiers' stocks in England
anc,'Dlinle consumption ; also, the total, quantity of proof
ltl of cum received into rectifiers' stocks for rectification
lo.',lngland, Scotland, and Ireland, for the year ending the
iinE(73r of D. c., 1856; of the total number of proof gal-
-111,,u;' sPirits distilled in England, Scotland, and Ireland ;
Nia:guishiug the quantifies in each country delivered, duty
j4to
,direct from distillers' stocks, from the quantities put
tf th°4o.l, for the year ending the 31st December, 1856;
° total number of proof gallons of British compounds
floi6Pitits of wine permitted front rectifiers' stocks in
t4i„alid) Scotland, and Ireland, for exportation to
bth Ports under drawback, for the years ending the
of the 4 January, 1855, and 31st of December, 1856 ;
i,l e total number of gallons of spirits in bonded stores
;31m, r.,)glan,l, Scotland, and Ireland respectively on the
l;a1111;143' of December, 1866 ; of the total number t f
I,ertili,s, °I proof soirits (distinguishing gr.tin from malt)
larla,, out from distillers' stock in England, Scot=
tot th and Ireland for exportation to foreign parts,
iritcn,: Year ending ;he 31st of day December, 1855 ;
account for the year ending the 31st day of Decerx-
41cola.G. And of the total number of gallons of methylic
tr ')]. sold by the Excise, and the total number of gallons
siki,ethYlated spirits sent nut by persons licensed to sell the
Oay'o'f'lLcier the Act of 18 and 19 Vic, c. 33, from the Ist
(Ir, Cktober, 1855, to the 31st day of December, 1856
•1856"tiuttation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 214, of session

ittr. SCHOOLS OP DESIGN.
1141,11
~HlCardo moved for the following return of the
18.4,T94. granted for Schools of Design in the years 1853,
Paiti ,1-855, and 1656, respectively ; specifying the amount
tch
0o each school, and to the master of each or any
vp,;,(llstieguishing whether the payment to such master
vtlin for salary, or on account of scholarship et
.1,6,. •
". Granted.
, ,F, THE TENANT LEAGUE (IRELAND) BILL.
:e(111,1 4°sro gave notice that, on 3rd March next,. he
'llar,:,,lneve to bring in a bill to award compensation to
'arc:tiers.
h d THE METROPOLITAN "WORKHOUSES.
;e a°lll.o-„•-._,IYaharn gave notice that on this day fortnight
f,`,llu move for a select committee to enquire into the
4t4te the poor in the metropolitan workhouses, and the
I the poor generally in the metropolis.
%t. '4
V4'er ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
C'
to a queston from Sir D. L• Evans,
„Nee is:: Wood stated thati as soon as the Government had
Wieldtb_7;an'i;'a determination whether or not they would send
1114.:Tr expedition in search of Sir J. Franklin, he
betaken house, and if in the affirmative a vote
nlrn the new estimates.
bitEeISTRATION OF VOTERS BILL (SCOTLAND).
ril)l•l'aXter asked the Lord Advocate, if he intended to
',lOB 6:4 a this session extending to the Scotch conn-
ihse Provisions of the Registration of Voters
-14fleti last Year for the Burghs ; and also, if it was his
h:409,4 to introduce a Police Bill for Scotland. _
-qttecit;',;°_,rd Advocate said that bills would shortly be
t• en both subjects.
ca THE DIEG2RRA TROOP-SHIP.
t wh"U eakington asked the First Lord of the Admi.
, ;!t was the cause of the detention of the Meg
rea
at Portsmouth' after the time fixed for
as
°l' the Mauritius with troops ;, whether it w
that shortly after she sailed, she sprung a dangerous
hallee,h would probably have caused the loss of the
11;1'1. accident occurred at a greater distance from
AN,ta:lll"ri'lleether. the repairs which the Megesra is now
t 5 "14.44 rgoing at Plymouth are such. as will. enable the
egiiv,tY to feel confident that she will be in a fit state
thrt 'Y 400 or 500 of her Majesty's troops to so distant
heir I:l,ttb.he world.
h 1 Nlrk,"eed said that the cause of the detention of
b;,l ttifsr,re, arose from the officer commanding her hay -
I,;4er fin4'eulated the time it would take to get her in
,the troops It was not true that she sprang a
be he
-3 appeared that two small screws at the bottom
ell, 4418e1i. were not fastened as they ought to have
consequence was the water came in, but