Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-16 00:00:00

Mansell was again brought up in custody from
Maidstone Gaol, upon habeas for the purpose of
assigning errors against the judgment of the Court
pronounced in the last term, affirming the convic-
tion, and sentence of death passed for the murder of
Corporal Burney, of the 44th Regiment Mr. F.
Russell on behalf, and in the name of the prisoner,
prayed that the errors tendered might be
filed. The Court at once granted the order. Mr.
Weleby said, on the part of the Crown, he would
consent to join in error instanter. The joinder was
accordingly filed. The Court, after some discus-
sion, appointed Tuesday, the 23rd instant, to hear
the arguments. The prisoner was removed in
custody, and will be taken back to Maidstone, and
brought up again on the 23rd, as the arguments
must be in his presence. It .will, therefore, be
necessary to further respite the sentence, which was

fixed for the 22nd.
A grand banquet was given at the Carlton Club
on Saturday evening, at which all the leading
members of the Tory party assembled. The
entertainment was served up in the magnificent
coffee-room, and covers were laid for upwards of
two hundred noblemen and gentlemen. The Earl of
Derby presided, the vice chair being filled by the
Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P. The Earl of
Derby, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Colonel
Taylor, Sir William Joliffe, Sir John Pakington, c.,
were among those on whom the duty of replying
to toasts devolved. The banquet was of a most
sumptuous description, and served up in a style of
remarkable elegance. The party broke up just

before twelve o'elock.
Mr. Humphrey Brown was removed to the
Queen's Bench Prison, on Saturday last, in default
of having perfected bail for £B,OOO, the amount
ordered td be given by him. The attorneys for the
prosecution have consented to accept eight sureties
at £l,OOO each, instead of four at £2,000 each, as
originally ordered. Mr. Hugh Hill, QC , and Mr,
Lush have been retained by Mr. Brown for his

defence.
The local news this morning does not call for
the least possible modicum of comment.
From the Continent we have not much intelli-
gence of either interest or importance to-day. We
are informed of the publication of a decree closing
the Belgian Chambers. Wi=h it is a report from
the ministers, and a letter of the Kin.., addressed
to the country, through the medium of the Minister
of the Interior.
The indication of some work between the dif-
ferent Sovereigns of Italy, follow each other rapidly.
Already rumours are current that a matrimonal
alliance is in contemplation between the Courts of

Sardinia and Naples. -
Unanimity between the Great Powers of Europe
in the way of settling the future of the Danubian
Principalities appears to be as distant as -ever.
We just now hear of a circular addresed by the
Austrian government to the States of the German
Confederation, complaining bitterly that Prussia,
by supporting the projects of a united and
independent Roumania, is prejudging the in-
terests of the German nation. It is to be hoped
that the German nation will not believe her own
interests are different from those of the people
which Europe is about to recognise as a indepen-

dent nation.
The final act of the Neufchatel affair has just
been enacted at Berne. The Council of State has
followed the example of the National Council, and
has unanimously voted the ratification.
The King of Portugal says he is going to get mar-
ried. He has communicated this intention to the
President of the Legislature; but he does not
appear to have informed him of the name of the
lady so fortunate as to be made a' Queen The
reason the King made the President acquainted
with his intention was, as the world may suppose,
in order to move the dowry question. Accordingly
the Cortes have already been asked to grant money
for this purpose, and the matter has been referred
to a finance committee. England shows the ex-
ample of granting a dowry, and we may anticipate
that other countries will have to follow the leader.
The Moniteur contains another letter from
Jassy, condemning the interference of the Cai-
macan, Prince Vogorides, in the elections, as
also the encouragement he grants to the enemies
of the union. Now, to be candid, the publica-
tion of these letters by the official organ of the
French government, is a more decided interven-
tion in the matter of the elections, than any of
the measures attributed, but not carried home, to
Prince Vogorides: These articles in the Moniteur
are evidently intended less for the Paris reader,
than as an encouragement to the party which is
intriguing, under French and Russian colours in
the Principalities, for the cause of the union. The
tact which has led to their publication may how-
ever be questioned.
The campaign in Algeria does not appear to be
at an end, for intelligence from that colony of the
10th announces that two important tribes, the
Beni-Renguillet and Beni-Yensi, have commenced
throwing up earthworks, with the view of opposing
the advance of the French into the interior.
Marshal Bandon has the intention of marching
against the" rebels"—as they are pleasantly called,
as soon as the military road, on which the whole
army is at work, shall have been terminated. In
two days the troops constructed 121 miles of road,
and it was expected that operations would com-
mence on Thursday or Friday next.
The Belgian Cabinet has considered it advisable
to draw up a diplomatic circular, referring to recent
events in Brussels, in order to place the real state
of the matter, free from the exaggerations of the
French press, before the governments of Europe.
This circular has already been received here and in
Vienna
Very contrary to general expectation, the Weaver
Navigation Bill is lost. Yesterday, Lord Naas,
chairman, announced that the committee were
were unanimously of opinion that the preamble of
the bill was not proved.

THE question of an adequate supply of Cotton
is certainly one of the deepest importance to the
nation at large. There cannot be a doubt as to
the fearful consequences which must ensue,
should circumstances occur which would render
it a matter of certainty that the mills of Lanca-
shire should be stopped for want of the " raw
material," Two questions were mooted by us
on Saturday--" Can we go on as we have been
doing ? And are the schemes which were pro-
pounded at Friday's meeting calculated to effect
any good result ?"
As to the first of these inquiries, we fear that
the originators of this movement are more
influenced by the schemes of Brother JONATHAN,
of raising a cry of •` Short supplies," for the
purpose of bolstering up the price of yarns and
cloth, than anything'. else. Population, we
admit, is increasing, and, as a necessary conse-
quence, consumption is on the advance.

In addition to this, there is an increased want
on the part of our home population. It there-
fore follows that, if we would desire to retain our

pre-eminence in cotton manufactures, we must
take special care that the plant is cultivated to
an extent necessary to meet the requirements of
the age. How t.tands the fact at the present
moment ? We have a stock of 638,960 bales
against 724,660 at the same date in 1856.
There is, therefore, when compared with the
stock on hand at this time last year, a deficiency
of 35,700 bales. An investigation into the
quantity of the several descriptions of cotton
in Liverpool, shows that nearly double the
foregoing deficiency is observable in the
stocks of East India, Brazil, and West India