Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

BEVERLE'r ELECTION PETITION

The &SAXER announced that the recognisances of the
Electron Petiticns, misting to the borough of Beverley
wai unobjectionable.

TIM NEW. BEBR BILL.

Mr. HARDY having, moved the second rasdlng of the
Sale of Beer Bill,

Mr KIER ►SEIatoUR opposed the motion, and proposed as
an amendment that the bill should be read a second time
that day six months. Looking upon the measure as an
extension of the magisterial licensing system, he quoted
evidence taken before the select committee of the House
of Commons in condemnation of that system, on the
ground of the monopoly which it created, and the bribery
to which it led. The system was based upon the principle
of monopoly ; but he contended that no one could deny that
no difficulty was placed in the way of drunkenness. By
it power was given to suspend or remove the licenses of
houses which became notorious as the resort of bad
characters, but the cases in which this p)wer
was really so exercised' were so very few, that that
which was talked of as the great safeguard of mc-
rality, could have little or no effect in that direction; -
In conclusion, he urged the Government not to fear the
Licensed Victuallers, though they were a powerful body
bat to give their attention to this question, and introduce a
measure upon it in the next session of Parliament.
Mr. Wintaat Baows explained that his name had been
placed on the back of the Bill under the impression that
it was a step in the right direction, but since he had be-
come acquainted with its provisions he had changel
opinion, and was now prepared to give it his strenuous
opposition. He seconded the amendment.
Mr. NEWDEGA.TIC deprecated too much responsibility
being placed upon the Government in regard to mea-
sures.

Mr. D. GRIFFITITs supported the second reading.

Sir GEORGE GREY concurred that the licensing system
had not been successful, and stated his opinion that, as a
whole, beer houses were worse regulated than public
houses, and that they were the nurseries of crime. He
opposed the bill as a rotrogade movement, prop ising a
return to the arbitrary state of the law before the passing
of the act of 1830; but, admitting some of the evils which
it was proposed to remedy, he would give his
attention to the subject during the recess. He Would
not pledge himself to preserve the provisions, but he
thought that any measure upon the subject should have
for its object to make it the interest of houses to be well
regulated, and to increase the power of the magistrates to
suspend licences not only from the person, but from the
property. _ _

Mr. HARDY defended his measure, denying that petitions
in its favour originated with an organised government of
the licensed victuallers, and stated his intention of divid-
ing the house upon the question.
Mr. C. P. VzrAncus, as chairman of the committee of
1854, defended its report to Parliament.
General TROSIPSON opposed the bill, believing that the
matter should be left in the hands of the Government.

After some remarks from Mr. Palsons, in support of the
bill, the house divided.
For second reading

Against

Majority against .
The bill was accordingly rai"4-1.
z-n.vriSliTY QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Mr. LOCKE KING moved the second reading, of the
Property Qualification Bill.
Sir GEORGE GREY and Lord PALMRRSFON opposed.-
The house divided—
For second reading
Against

. 14,5
294

Majority
ELECTION EXPENSES BILL.
The Election Expenses Bill, introduced -by Lord R.
Grosvenor, was withdrawn.
Mr. T. DcrscomßE obtained leave to introduce a Bill
to repeal the Compulsory Act of 1853.
The house adjourned at half-past five.

DESTRUCTION OF PICKFORD'S WAREROUSES
AT CAMDEN-TOWN.

A fire occurred on Tuesday night, at the CaMien-town
station of the London and North Western jail way, in the
range of warehouses leased from the camp,any, by Messrs.
Pickford. There was an unusual it.flux of .business; and
it was past ten o'clock before the Liverpool and Manches -
ter goods consigned to Messrs. Pickford were drawn out
of their warehouses. The invoices. for these goods were
still in course of preparation, when a sudden alarm of fire
went through the building. Almost before time had
elapsed to ascertain the real extent of the danger, the flames
had spread into the main warehouse. The clerks were ter-
rified, and fled precipitately, leaving their books and papers
on the desks. By the exertions of some- dozen carters,
more than 1,000 valuable horses .were set I dose and driven
out of the building. The outbreak ;occurred about a quar-
ter after ten o'clock, and in less than twenty minutes the
whole building was on fire. The premises are a total loss.
All the vast stores of goods intended for places south of
Manchester were destroyed as, they stood upon the trucks
and, in addition to these, many thousand pounds worth o

_ -et .
n property stored in the warehouses, aedtwaiting orders for
°must re ens EAST INDIES.—It appears from a retur removal, are irrecoverably lost. Aconaiderable quantity of
to the House of Commons, priotel on Saturday last, that
the amount of all expenses incurred in the growth and live stock perished in .the wreck. At half-past eleven the
manufacture of opium at the Benares opium agency in massive north wall fell into the canal, burying beneath it
the year 1854-55 was 3,23,27,490 rupees; the amount two barques, and, almost blocking the current up:
realised by the sale was 10,52,74,279 rupees ; and the
FURTHER PAIITXU.LARO.
amount of profit, exclusive of presidency charges, was,
7,29,46,790 rupees. In the Behar agency the total As the news of this tire "spread throughout the • metro-
amount of expenses appears to have been 90,24,183 polls, hundreds of 'persons hastened to the scene.' Ex-
rupees. ~ cellent arrangements were muds by the police to prevent
FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN THE POTTERIES.—On
accidents. A strict investigation, has been made by Mr.
Monday afternoon, a sudden inundation of a colt mine
took place on the estate of the Misses Adams, at Onbridge. Braidwood, Mr. Howell, the suave or of the Norwich
The workings of the mine are carried under a fishpond, Union, .and also by the officials of Messrs. Pickford, to
and, having been takrn too near the. bottom of it, the ascertain how the fire occurred, but nothing eatisittetory
water burst through and the pond emptied itself into the
mine. Eleven people were engaged at work in it at the has been elicited. A. similar fire occurred about thirty -
time, and were all got out safe excepting one man; named three years•ago on the.premises of tho same firm in the
William Tinsley, the manager, whose life has fallen a City-road. The Ere office on that occasion was the loser
sacrifice to a want of due calculation and precaution.— of £15,000 after the sale of the salvage ; it is estimated
From our Correspondent. the loss this time will exceed X 30,000. Large bodies of
THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE.—By the 18th of this
month Miss Smith must be served with her indictment, as, fire are still to be seen, and the firemen, though wearied
having •‘ run her letters," as the phrase goes, the forty days keep to their posts. It will be some hours before the are
allowed to the crown will by that time have expired. is utterly extinguished.
After this indictment is served, however, the crown may
see reason subsequently to withdraw it, and within, we Thefollowing is Mr. Braidwood's official report e—Called
believe, other twenty days, may serve a second indictment, at half-past ten o'clock, p.m., to Messrs: Pickford's, Lon-
on which the crown officiels must go to trial, if there is,to don and North Western Railway Goods nation, Ovel-road,
be a trial at all. Th re is uo &toying that is this case the
Camden. Town, by police in cab.; Hampstead water
public prosecutor has experienced much difficulty in obtain- . . _
ing sufficient ciiienc-, whit which to go into court with mains short, number of engines, 1A,48, 3 C, West of
any chance of obtaining a convic ion. The servant girl Begland, and Railway's, Insured in the. Union, Norwich
who admitted the unfortunate M. L'Angellier into the Union, and others. Building and contents of warehouses
house in Blythsw)od-square, on the night of Sunday, the
and storer__ la
oo s, about 350 feet long by about 250 feet all
22nd of March last, i 3 out of the way, and supposing she
were really placed in the witness box, there is an hou- , but destroyed, one horse and some, pigs burnt to death•
unaccounted for betwixt the time when L'Angellier left : Stabling and vaults underneath„ very seriously damaged
Miss Smith's 'company and his arrival at his lodgings in .by fire ; two barges in tang burnt and sunk by wall
Franklin-plaee, Great Wester -real, That Miss .Sruith's ~,, Messrs.Lalung. Collard's plar.oforte manufactory :
state of health has also something to do with the protracted
delay in bringing the case to trial is very freely stated and side front of the workslaops keorched. ii:of damaged by
credited in quarters which we should suppose likely to be breakage and contents.dextged hy wster. Insured in the
well informed. On a former eeeasion, we stated the.. M. Royal Exchange.
L'Angellier had a diary in which was chronicled the Mr. Henry *lmlay,
salt Nivarebonse, contents not in-
varied incidents in the eomewl:at eventful ,life, and we sured. 4101114 inqUerun the Sun.
believe that when the day of trial comes, such en, ene y as,
the following will he oftener than once disclosed :—" Be- zl4J.ilcbA
diti
nTVI° 11;amden flour-mills, contents. unkuown.
isnred in the Sun. Roof damaged bTfire and
came ill shortly after seeingmy day Madeleire." Th- ''t In'ortk'''''oe; front scorched ;' slightly damaged by wetter.
the poison purehesed in ditferept plebes by Miss Smith 'Upper Jatnes-street.—George Freeborn, licensed vic-
, was coloured with some .other ingredient, and that s:n&- Mailer, Stanhope Arms Tavern ; contents insured' in the
t Pelson detected its the body of L'Angellier was
simi .:
Phoenix, building in the Sun ; front scorched and contents
',- Ludy coloured, will, we believe, also he tsar:
,:ded to in damaged by water.
the witness-box. Miss Smith is e,,i1l in GP
Asgow.— —Alba
All No. 2.—William Brown, coffee and dining rooms ; con_
Advertiser. tents insured In the Westminster ; front scorched.