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5 -JJUPJt iHwnwraiiimiHiiiiw iw mi min MBiiiBi ii iMin iirfc ii i niimaiTirin rwi i fANOTOB SDPPOSED DEATH Ap4 m. been done; ty '-!) done, towarits the BiAiedy) of S.i. VS JSrtXi. It London, Fbidat. has git fairly to wor Pa the said he, the private 'yard of my honourable hwnd oppoBite--then, looking aWStr! rWU8t0? Beat-witih the; of pointing; ltuphmm' the first tlmo missed thai SSkS'i Y1 comical adroitnesB, added-t whom I do not see in hw plaoe." A' roar of ntVTS 'S Mr.

laM'eaw! wut of Parliament, the. topio of. the week has ST yr boSt Xgnons Iter held W) soaBded: the alarm, the ericinaKtv Sfj-Se for its -want of afffir the Stonterd sneered at the whole crTnnhetHornolth6'hr ad for making Eu8si' and whether or not loused ry wuBes louse, and whether or not it creates the and edifyjng 'discussion for some time to oom Ihe alarm will not seriously -interfere with thn business of the chignon makers. WWlooW rtT thUe eo hooks about whiob! telk of fa ere little else to jaiicoi in the domam of literature. Bv-thft-h BtorVto All7hrvter contributed a eldelt danriJf 6 Mr- iokens8 eiaest daughter stumbledi on a blundor Th nill 1 fW "copy" the other day, whetr with much dubious lifting of the eyrtrowsna BhaJung of heads, theyhashsd up tfie weSS f8tf0y Arthur.

Stchley, formerly oUrgyZS Browm" latterly and ven-d the dramatic, authors, ana the preliminary blows are beine delivered moTsolff6 ri 8nd time tn JS68- Plights, have come td th6t they no lger leave on ineffective organisation fact? WW'S810 Sooiey- The dissSS taction which popular dramatists have long sup. pressed, has bmjt all bounds since MtfM JSfkiHff Toole brought out in the Ught of pubhoity the fact that many of them receive no more than 2s. or 3s. 6 night fo? the performatfoe of their meces. The public did not and o6ufi not the explanation is simple enough.

The society compounds with countp managers, who for a lump sum. per fear are flowed to play, when and as they pledge, any of the pieoes written by members of the society. 1U choow where they will, mag the changes upon the list; ihe popular author gets as much for each bS. Pces aa does the Unpopular author and in the end the result ia pretty much as It was Btated Laoy v. Toole.

in. addition to this, the rebellious few are dissatisfied with a system which aSorda them no opportunity of evea on this Urnited scale. They therefore prefer to deal with the managers for themselves, as the novelist aeals with his pubHsher, Mid make their own terms' for their own works. This is pure treason, and the society lsin armB. ffhe smaller dramatists, whose pieoes would never see the footlights but for the sooiety are indignant, and some of the more successful men have joined them.

This reminds me that Shadow Tree Shaft" is in spite of adverse critioism. the very opposite of a failure. I am one of those who think Mr. liObertson strong point is his dialogue. He can put into the.

mouths of his dramatic characters more nervous and sparkling talk than any living playwright, with, perhaps, one noble exception. But as a forger of plots! do not think he'has yet shown indications' of any surpassing ability In realistic comedy he has scarcely a worthy rival In melodrama he has many rivals. Now, "Shadow-Tree Shaft" has none of the peculiarities 1 which in "Society" and have made Mr. Robert-Bon a reputation. But, while this is evident, it is also obvious tiiat the author never intended or desired it to have them, and that they would bei very much out of place in such a piece.

He has evidently relied mainly upon situations and tableaux; and in these the piece is wealthy. The story is not without interest the incidents are of ten startling, and some of the characters strike audience as desirable acquaintances and the author baa given the painter, Mr. Lloyd, opportunities for the introduction of some marvellously clever scenes. You would have a sensation" of no mean proportions if Mr. Byron should' take iti: into hie head to transfer the piece and the soenery to the stage of the Boyal Amphitheatre by-and- bye.

Whether this or the romantic comedy whioh Mr. Kobertson has in rehearsal at another theatrej or an entirely distinct newpiece, is that which Mr. Byron has so long underflned," I cannot say. So far as I am able to prognosticate the future of the theatrical heavens, the hit of the season is likely to be Mr. Andrew Halliday's modern drama, now in preparation for production at Easter at Drury-lane.

I hear appetising rumours about streets and bridges set the stage; real dabs; drawn by real horses, driven along the.streetif and over the bridges railway station London bjr night reproduced with more than photographic faithfulness and the whole associated with a drama full of incident true to our every-day' existence, and full of-that romance of aotual which is so much Btranger and more abBorbingly interesting, than the rom'anoo of fiction. Mr. H.Bvu.vj mv uvi.v, jubd una long been a careful Btudent and able painter (in pen and ink) of men and manners and he ia one of the few who see poetry in the dullest and most commonplace and sacrificing truth to fanoy. His new piece is, I hear, to be a comedy-drama, written with all the charm of comedy-dialogue, and all the attraction of dramatic circumstance. Unless I mistake the author, EaBter at Old Drury will be- an epoch in the modern history of the stage.

A little cloud is rising over the Champ de Mars. The Parisians will have a narrow esoape if their great exhibition should by chance prove successful. The French papers say the Emperor has no faith in the prospect -hence hia ignoring the subject in his address to the chambers. The speoial who are already at work and the leader-writers of London are vainly trying to Bpur English manufacturers into generous The fact is, our people are tired of these exhibitions. Since 1862 they have been mere show rooms on a gigantic scale and the coat of showing in the room at Paris will probably, be.

very high; In all probability we shall suffer for this lukewarmness in reputation: and in money but I fear the point ia settled, and that we shall not present a very creditable appearance at the ooming world's show. ALLEGED CONFESSION OF THE MURDEB OF A LATE MAYOB. Mr. Superintendent Waters, of the Hartlepool borough police force, is engaged in instituting inquiries with regard to a startling report which is freely circulated about the town relative to the mysterious ouVcumstances attending the death of the late William John Vollum, mayor of Hartlepool, who was found, and regarded as having been accidentally drowned, in the Viotoria Dock, Hartlepool, on the 11th 61 January, 1849. The' new end startling light whioh has, been thrown upon the myBtery of the gentleman's death is the report that (an Australian newspaper, recently received, contains the confession of a condemned culprit, who is self-accused of three murders in addition to that for which he is about to undergo the extreme penalty of the law, and that the account states the criminal to have killing Mr.

William Vollum, at Hartlepool, on the date above-named, as one of his self-accused crimes. The deceased gentleman, whose death is at present causing renewed excitement in the town, was' a bank agenti and held the office of chief magistrate of theborough at the time of his melancholy death. It appears that on the night of the 11th of January, 1849, he had Borne friends dining with him at his residence, which was in the Market-place, and about nine o'clock he left hia company to have a stroll. As he did not return within a reasonable time his friends became anxiouB about his safety, as he was a little under the influence of liquor. A search was made for him, and the whole night was spent in fruitless quest, but about six o'clock on the following morning his hat was found floating in the lockentrance to the Victoria Dock.

His body was then dragged for, and during the day was recovered, being picked up near to the quay Bide, not far distant from the entrance look. There were some brniseB and abrasions about deceased's face, but as his watch and other property were found upon him, it was considered that he had accidentally fallen into the dock, and at the inquest which followed the jury returned a verdict accordingly. The police had not obtained possession of the paper containing the startling revelations of the confession of the murder up to Thursday night. Fesialb Emiobation. -Miaa Bye has received official notice of the arrival in Melbourne of the ship Bed Jacket, The ship was reported clean end in good order throughout.

The young people landed in good health, and have expressed themselves satisfied with the treatment they received during the voyage; On the arrival of the ship at Melbourne 20 of the single girls and. all the married people were sent to the depot at Geelong, ten to Warrambool, ten to Belfast, and ten to Portland. The immigration officer in charge of the Melbourne depot had intended sending-ten also to Port Albert, but at the end of the second day every girl had been hired at good wages, and there was not one left to send. Three only out of my 99 girls in this ship," writes Miss Bye, are reported as persons of bad character (and I have to thank Birmingham for two of these), as I find by looking over my books-that in all three oases I have had evidently false characters giveri me. I should like it to be distinctly understood that for the future I shall, in similar casea, publish the names of the girls and of all persons wilfully misleading me on this subject.

I do not surely ask too muoh when I ask for honest answers to plain questions. With fair play, and the. moral support of truthfulness In referees, this work may continue, prosper, and be blessing to thousands of struggling women but if employers will falsify facts to suit their own selfish purposeSj the eooner I end my labours the better. We have allowed female emi-: gration to drift into euch a hopeless condition that it will only be by a very severe struggle indeed we shall ever be able to recover our position, and I do. implore all persona, and especially all.

who believe in prevention being better than-dure; to give me all the moral support in their power while I am trying to solve this problem. My next ship is the Atalanta, and she will leave Ply for Melbourne on the 11th of April." THE 420LD FIELDS OFANADA; ui tne physical resources or this magnificent three months ago, to name gold. Illimit-for P1r' ad widely 'is if dlS fflnaoturmg-maohirierjr: BeUs ar? extent and 'generally had' seemingly of vegetable Wl and land was pronounoed barren-and in truth bv for0p' d90lared itaeH worn ot-better bffcW rearing the land to'oondiS 6f high productiveness. Wheat is not now ex JS to deetruotion by midge, and rust atXS; carend science have obviated midge ariff weeviL Springorops are more resorted to. climate full of the elements of life, brings gramwhlKy L.v0WnAm May the Bno Sea; to mature early in Barley.

the lat'thre9 yea'M. has lit 5 If propin tTpper Oanad. ft is not affepted, by disease or midge it meets a good market sown April and May. it iB har-Sested July. Sheep are hecoming to good farmmg.

Beef and. muttom and are the Canada farmer's WoriUen manufactures We extendmg -everywhere1 oh(i "the abouudiuff currentB iof water power. 1 Imports' from Britain do not decrease the, more wealth created in Canada out of native reflource's, the larger grows thft demand for imported goods. Copper ore in found ia quantities which yield liberal but it is ohiefly worked by American companieg. Canada gets the benefit of feeding and clothing the mineral and maohine maker.

Britain has the advantage of importing the ore, but the American capitalist takes the larger share of the "wealth liv peWoleum the' same of working iprevaila. Already the Amerioans are buying up -newly discovered gold helds. have the advantage of proximity, ana are within easier reach for inapeotidn and speculative inveatinent than are English 01-bcotoh oapitaJists. It is, not a loss to Canada that American moneyed men should oom'e and assist' develope the native resources of the country, yet for. many reasons, and reasons especially, it ia to be desired that British moneyeid men would also borne, and come soon, and oorue' in formidable I As for emigrants who oan put their hands to the plough, the spade, the axe, or the scientific tool tad implement, they could never do wrong in making Canada their hew home.

By Allan's line of Liverpool and Glasgow steamships they may be in panada in ton or twelve days at the end of their journey, westward, in two weeka from the time of leaving port instead of going on long voyages of three months to the antipodes, to Africa, to Australia, or New Zealand. Had no-gold mines been heard of in this province it offers1 advantages to working men desirous of living under the free and easy, safe, and sound institutions of Great Britain, whioh' no other country or q'olbhy on earth offers; If possessed of some capital, the newcomer could buy land at small ooBt, in any condition, from wild to highly cultivated. If he had only hia sturdy arms but with his head screwed on the right way, the sorew.shutting hia mouth against the whisky, whioh abounds in Canada-T-a very few yeara of labour done for hire would enable him to acquire a landed freehold. 1 shall be tempted-aome day to give a selection of personal and family memoirs of persona who came to this country as working' men and women, and who are now wealthy and enjoying In-Bociety all the advantages of wealth. Have the biographer of these Bort of people, flourished? Well.

no. My profession is eioep-' tionah Literature iia prooarieus any where it-is poorly paid in Canada. Everybody is educated Buffioiently to write, and no youth of 18 believes'' himself unfit for the leading columns or the editorial chair of the newspaper. In London or Liverpool, or Manchester, had a fair, share of employment among a fewhnndreds of profeBsional' literary men J' but in Canada I have compete, not with a few hundreds, but with thousands who ou newspaper columns, ana who only admit themselves to be less than' Charles Dickens because they nre in the: backwoods' and hot in No I have not achieved any great success in Canada; but have fine boys, who will have a better chance for industrial enterprise here than, starting from the same sooial level, they would have had in the old country. I do not bid people leave employment or moderately well-to-do positions to come to Canada.

But to such1 as rae'unsatiBfied withtheirpresent pr.who are seriously, looking for a new home, and possibly looking to voyages of half the circuit of the globe, say, and solemnly, before Heaven; feel all the; responsibility Baying itr-'( Pause; -think before taking, seU ajnuies. on that long passage! In' Canada' the climate is salubrious j. the skies, reaBoniof 'the delicious pure air, loftier than-any. skies you ever beheld. Food ia now.

about" one-half the price that it "is in Britain. It is, abundant. Wages rule higher than in Britain. Farmers' and manufacturers offer employment the-farmers especially. the, time you have become acquainted, with the ways" of the country you will "have saved some money and learned how to occupy and clear and cultivate land of your own.

If have capital, here are farms of every degreo to, be purchased." Such might have' been con-" scientiOuBly; said when no speoial interests had arisen to attract the migratory worker or capitalists; hither. But, special inducements have arisen in. copper iron smelting, petroleum well-Binking'atid refining; expansion of oitieBj aa in Montreal, to accommodate the wonderful growth. Of commerce finahoial operations. And, lastly THE GOLD FIELDS, In tte Low.er-Ranada districts of gold has been obtained during the laat two yeara.

The French are a seoretive people they gathered thp Bmallf gold ound.iu river drift. In half-way between Montreal and at an- Anirln nf a Aittonh linn .1 crushing have( been nmre reaently instituted, The success is unequivbcaL' 'The' American cdmpaiiiea ire employing all the labour ttoy ban obtain at good wages. I Shall pa oh the ot presently, and will TfiTioffc -foip -'tti'ft TAveiinfinl. Condition' of those Gilbert mines and miners. This ia oertain, that' within the last' two months-December, I866i; January'; 1867-a number of nuggets have been-gathered On December.

oh the 'Gilbert, river, four Sftntnlimfin wrirMnff in1 B. Macdonald, J. M'Leodj and J. M'Orae founi: nugget of pure gold which weighed 4B 02. i2 It is reported that the Hon.

Alexander Campboll, commissioner of crown lands, offered to' pur-' Chase it' for the Paris Exhibition, but that the owners held it for a fanoy The auriferous rooka of Lower Canada have no lmown Umit. To the Bouth they extend into Vermont and' New Hampshire States to the north they may extend to Hudson'a Bay to the; east' they crop up in Nova Scotia to' the wea't in all the region of Central Canada. I Commencing near the Ottawa river to proceed westerly (and taking no note for the present of tfurif eroua rooks on the Gatineau andtributajriea' logically inebned, observes the quartz rook, or its'; vwHVH)ivt wvuuuwuw jk luu ijj muva Shilo, going from south to north, no white man aa ever yet seen their furthest limit. I have' womvin rtt fnt- oil 1 a west, of which Madod, in the county of Hastiaza iL i i i- is ucii trua jivmvi uu can amrm Tnac ne XOOKS which crbpf to the Burface in are i not different from the rocks of -the couutiea of Prontenac, Leeda, Grenville, Laharkj Dundas, Stormoht, and Glengarry, lying to the eastward; or of the counties of Feterboro, Ontario, lymg to westward. I Now, this ia what has turned up in the town-' sfcip of Madoc, county of Hastings iIn; October, 1866, a farmer named Richardson waa quarrying offlTlAa ffll tllB MTTTTl anil nllnMnrnfl aTTU in loose earth found in the interstiaes of' the rooks.

He separated it by washing'; took some of it to a watchmaker in Belleville, the ooauty. pure gold; More of the dirt' waa washed. Other experts called it gold. News of the discovery went about. A speculator from BoBtori, United States, came, and ascertaining that gold was in that "dirt," pmrohased the mine, and certain limits of land, conditionally for $26,000.

He paid a deposit, which was to be forfeited if the whole money was not made good by a certain day about the middle of November. Meanwhile the mine waB roofedin. KnU. aiA 1nnl-A OH. a cpna obtained handfuls of Madoo dirt" and found r.r.TA Un.

Hill. TTUnl- i tive 'Council (House of Lords of Canada), got epecimenB of the quartz rock from different lands in the township, and, being an analytical chemist, obtained gold. i The first Boston man failed to come to time. He tried to form a company and did not succeed. Another man of Boston formed, a company and purchased the Richardson mine for $35,000 (E7O00 Six weeks earlier the whole farm of 200 acres have been purchased for a fractional part of that amount.

i The company began to quarry the rock and crush the quartz by new maohinery towards the end of January. In the first week of this present February, 1867, a powder blast in the quartz rook revealed yellow lustrous treasures whioh, on being crushed, extracted, and tested, yielded at the rate of $12,000 (2400 sterling) per ton weight of rook. In that blasting new interstices of the were disclosed, the dirt" in whioh, when washed, yielded at the rate of $60,000 to the ton weight of eetth (612,000 sterling). Thia intelligence reached Montreal the day be-fore 'yesterday, and is believed by gentlemen here Who know the parties circulating the report. I There is gold in Madoo beyond a doubt, If in small it may also be in large quantities.

For the present I incline to believe the report of thla marvellous gold-finding but I Bend it to England With this reservation that I have not been to the place to question and cross-question the miners. I am in communication with, gentlemen resident in the county of Hastings, from whom lettera will reach me in a few days; and if this amazing' report be confirmed, I will at once take wing for the west, locate myself in Madoc for a time, and send you reports of the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Alexander Sombbvilm. The WhiBtler at the Plough." i The Blair Colliery, Drurhpellex. is on fire.

'FeBIAN AtABM IS PeBTH. On Wedneadav af ternoon a telegram was received by Mr. George' .....1. ia. i chief constable of StLrliiiesbire.

Bettinnr. forth that. from information he had received, there was reason for supposing that the Fenianp Prth, and Dundee here to make a simultaneous rise on that evening, Mr. Gordon at onoa" took the advice of Sheriff Barolay and the-Lord Provoat. The superintendent of the city the officer' of huBMB in, barracks here, and Lord Charles Kerr, of the Perthshire militia, "were alflo oonmiiiiioated with.

staff of the militia were balled together the husBars, were held in readiness for Immediate action, and the police were specially instructed to jook out', ror tne expected 1 Jbenian-. outDrealr. Hapuilv. there was no need for these Tnncnntlrmo. aa the city retained its wonted tranquillity during the night.

It ia said that, the information oa whioh the Stirlincr authorities acted was oontaiiiiwl in a letter which was iound. at the, -railway there, and we have no doubt the whole affair will turnout to-De a hoax, wsgw awnmi IMPORTANT 'MEETING GW THE inirir-, 1 Vfi BIBSlENBDAB COMMISSIONERS PTITION AGAINST THE EiRSES" DOCKS AND HARBOtTR' BILL. 1 dayforenoon ii. peraai this board was ield yester- which had committee against the MerSey Docks and Harbour now before Parliament. The chair was occupied.

by Mr. W. Hind, and the other! members present were Messrs. Mocatta," M'Gill', Evans. Aspinall, Glover, Bretherton, Motfc Bingham ovat, W.

Laird, and Brattan. Uhe Chaiiiman said that 'i'n uohsequehoe of numerously and' respei: Vablyi' Sighed memorial to: board, parlinuientary committee had prepared a petition against the Metsey 'Dboks arid-' Barbour Bill," and he would call upon the I law-; clerk to read it. Mr.WAIiK, the law-qletk, then read the petition-, the Whole of whioh in rnnlwuHa in t.l waB pVeiicnted to the board by'the'1 parUamentary committee at a meetingiheld oh the 1 Xth'inof Qtl4- doohs were originally proposed In I826, and plans and-reports made upon.theai by-the, eminent engineers Telford of Dflmmo publin, and Stevenson of Edinburgh. The 'Liverpool corporation purohased all the property on the south; Side of WallaBey Pool, to prevent the establishment of a rival port, and held It without barrylng'out the orgin'al Intention of devoting it to commercial purposes, until 1848 they then deolded to sell the property, abd disposed of a large nuantlty to various parties, with per ralsoion to make docks. The Birkenhead Commissioners, feeling the Importance of: making Birkenhead a plaoe of wade, decided to apply to Parliament for an aot to construct docks in Wallasey Pool, In The oorporatleh, alter having sold their land with permission to make apoks, vigorously opposed the bill la' Parliament, and ilia all they could to: prevent the act being obtained.

The Liverpool dock ooinmlttae of that day also strongly opposed the bill. In suite of thin onnonlMnn thn Mil- was carried, and recelved the Boyal assent In, July. 1814. The Morpeth Look a's opened' in 1847, prlnbipaily vi uuuuuimouanug uie saio ana ooarsraaesj The Liverpool dock oomipittee, about the. same time, reduced tMtr-rate on' these artioles very materially, Many financial, and other, difficulties then arose to pro-vent thn AtlMm nnmnTaflnn nf th'a mrxTlra An Vas made ih'1863 to alter the plans and 'do away wlth 'i 110 xne uiu was opposea, among, others, by the Liverpool dock committee.

Ia 1855 the Liverpool dock committee brought in a bill to raise and -expend 3,600,008 on works and land on the Liverpool- Sde. The Birkenhead Dock Trust and the Birkenhead 00k Company also brought in, bills for various purposes connected with the docks at Birkenhead. The blHs were, referred to: the same Parliamentary committee. Lord Taunton (then, the Bight Hon, Henry Labouohere) was the ohalrrnon. committee decided to out down the tapendlture on Liverpool to 860,000, and recommended that an arrangement should be made to amalgamate the docks on both sides of the water, arid place them under One trust.

The corporation ef Liverpool then oame oiv Ward to purchase the Birkonhea dooks, undertaking to complete them by 1858, in order, aswasststedin thorepbrt wo jutuu ui j.ras, 10 save iae town aues, as it had been intimated to them that the question was to Be made a matter of parliamentary inquiry; The Blrken- head commissioners hod At that tima fnnv PAnrAnanf tives oh the dodk trust, whioh right they gave up on the' corporation undertaking to complete the Satis-' factory arrangements not being made by the Corporation to carry out their engagements, a bill was brought in in 1867 lor' consolidating dooks in Liverpool and Birkenhead into one. estate, and for vesting'the control and' management of them in one public trust. At the same tima the town dues (now produolng per ariniiml were taken from the' ri6rnoratioii: and transferred to the new trust, called the. Mersey; xuujuh uuu uaruour unav noara i paying to the corporation for the town dues This! arrangement virtually yields a nett annual; sum, of. 106,000 per annum (after providing-lor the interest oh the amount of compensation paid to the corporation), equivalent to a oapltal ol about 2,500,000, Parliament at the same time cave to this new trust nhllmltbd borrowing powers, in order, to expedite and seoure the compieuen 01 mo niraenneasi aocxa.

cut, iortueim-. prudent and unnecessary expenditure on' the Eiverpobl side since 1866, the. town dues might by (his, time havet been materially reduced, and In a fafr. way of being' abolished and. as- they are levlod on cfoo'ds orilvi'Bnd: not on ships, they press heavily on shippers of goods and-.

In 1868 a bill: was brought forward to consolidate the various acta relating to the dooks, and another act. oalled the, Works Aot, in reference to the completion of the -Birkenhead Previous dock committee consisted of twelve members of the Liverpool Town Counoil and'twelve who were eleoted by the dock ratepayers in that year the constitution of the board was changed by Parliament, in order that if might represent more fully national rather than looal interests. By the aot of 1867 the docks were vested, as before Btated, in the Mersey Docks and Harbeur Board, composed of three nominated by the Mersey Conservancy Board and, 18 elected by dock ratepayers, Resident or nott-resldeht in Liverpool, fand'pawrsiwa're: given for the latter, to vqta by In 1858 the number of nominee members was inoreased- to four, and the elective, members ito thejilause as to voting byt proxy was repealed.t By tlie abolition of the proxy clause -the trust is-virtually the same-body (exdept as'td the' (our nominee: members) as.it wasi under ithe old dook committee, and' Liverpool interests and feeling exist to as great' an extent as they formerly did, hhd' operate most injuriously. vagainstj the attainmeut of the object contemplated by'Parliamerit. i The conduct of the board in not.

fulfilling its ment with Parliament and the. publld again raises the qnestioti of a new triiBt, not bo much influenced by local' prejudices and interests. The Works' Aqt provided that -the whole of the Birkenhead works should be bv 1st October: 1888. 1 These works aro'iint vet Completed, nor. are they likely to be before the year Application was made by.

the dock 'board Iu l858 for permission to raise Liverpool This waB cut down bv the committee tn Sftn.0no. the inten. ton in altering tho amount being, to secure the com? pieuon 01 me uiraenneaa aocKS ia accoraanoe witn tne acts of Parliament and the 'agreements with various publio Slno'e 1868, the board has applied to Parliament for various sums of money for expenditure on the Liverpool In 1869, for the sum ot 300,000 lb 1808, lor in 1864, for 875,000 i In 1887, for a tuiai amuuni, exptmueu, ana proposed to be expended, lor Liverpool works; since the oi ids jiirKenneaa.aooKam 01, inoludiiitr the 860.000 muted by the act' of 1855 and 266,000 grautedby theaot oj 1868, uuitt amuuuc oi surplus revenue. i The foliowina olauae was inserted in the aot of 1804 to secure the completion of the Bh-kenhead works to be' raieed nrtder theTiewers of this act inlthsi aTann. 1 ton of auy worka at Liverpool until the whole-of the.

Works thlrdly mentioned and aasoribed in the sixth1 utxuou 01 sue meraoy wocks ana HarDour vvorits; 1868. shall have been oomnleted-to the raasanahla.nntlR. faction' 61 an orHceBito' be appolntedr by-th'ei Boatfd bf 1 Trade, arid opened for public uoe.v In deftauce of that act, and without the. certificates from the. Board ol' Trade above referred' to.

the nnm 'o 38t.oan hsahnon already spent on works the -Liverpool side nbt- uuuuwigou uy UUUV UVV, IUU ILUbUOl. BU1U UL UUUUu fs- now In- course of being expended; isuoh ejrpendlture being, clearly illegal; and the board are going to Parliament this session 'for an hot to legalise sucu uiegai espenauure, ana to raise, au aatutionai sum nf fil.lftn.flflO xvnrlia riri Mtn TJvfipTtnftViilrlA i The worksrequlred 1 ua completed Dytneanove oiauso. aro not yet ready lor opening, and' It Is' uncertain' when they will Lbe. TJntil these works are, open are not entrauoss spffloicnt size and number to work the Birkenhead acros. system emciemiy.

1830 an act was-toassed. the' nreamble of-which states that" Great inconvenienoo is experienced in the passage of oarrloges, and' vehloles1 between Liverpool' and' Birkenhead," authorising the board t'a uuiiBmuuiraiutiuuvti bums iauuiuj Buagwruu. UUbltBlUtia" ot the water, in-order to remedy. that inconvenience. These approaches on the 'Birkenhead' side, at a cost to BtepB whatever- have, been taken' towards coristruot- aeoiarea -necessary py tne, resolution .01 too bbat'd dated 17th of April, 1859, as follows the 1 opinion of the.

bbard it Is of the' highest deetilv rihvnl ved in the' nro'm-fl'fl's klirf liilflfiSH head, that- every pbssbile facility h.OjOb tallied for too passage Of the river, as rogarda produce, abd passerigers and 'It waB also oommucee snouia iacoTcain jme, and canimiinicate'wlth the resrisottva'boa'es Interested therein. as to the nrotiorHon of bv: The; committee referred fiojuthat.resolutlon,. was appointed, arid, alter Blx moriths'ebnraderation; they made a report, of which followlntiBan ex-' ttaot Your committee must observe that the present, vi'iuKes targe lanaing singe, usoxosa lur -oarrinces, oaris, or, heavy. traffic, lor (hgrogteri portion ol each tide, renders necessary the'a'dootion of tne'Dlah' proposed by the englneor. Your committee; therefore, strongly.

advise, that the proposed approaohes to both, landinz stairea: should be cbriStru'cteai BS thbv consider bv the board. Uiidar one niatexs or another the ooh- sldoration of thfifm nnrroaohaa i on th 'LiVerrooli''side baa been deforred from time to time, and. there is the on -the Liverpool side are ibompletedi. those at. Birkenhead, whioh oost 29,000,, will bevlrtnally useless.1 1,1 A memorial, most numerously and respectably, signed uy aocu ratepayers, persons uaviui; pioueu ux xu Liverpool and' resident in- OheshlrehasibSen sent in to the Birkenhead Improvement Oommissioners, praying, them to take every means in their power to opmose lur-' ther dock extension in Liverpool until tho various aota ol Parliament lor completing the Birkenhead docks and the approaches have been, carried out, and the Birkenhead, docks made, properly available lor trade, as.oon-.

templated by the acts of 1857 and 1868. The trading community generally, including BhipOwners, shippers 01 goods, ana tne manufacturing interests mine opuuuy, are deeply interested in opposing the' bill Introduced by the Mersey Dooks and Harbour Board, for the following reasons 1st. An amount of upwards of flye millions sterling has been expended upon the Birkenhead dooko, wnicn can produce no auenuaie reiiuru uuwi iubsb dpoks are completed and brought into active use. 2nd. The Birkenhead docks are admittedly the nnost In the world; they oomprise 187 acres of water space and a large amount of quay and wharfage space, whioh will, as soon as the northern entrances are completed, provide ample accommodation lortheinoreaolng tra.de 01 mb pore, 11 lurnisnea witn proper budud, wiwu, and the other appliances contemplated by the various afcts of Parliament.

8rd. Until the docks at Birkenhead are fully developed, any further expendltureat Liverpool must tend unnecessarily to tax the trade ol the port, not only by precluding a reduction of the present charges, but probably by oausinn an increase of the rates, 4th. The unequal and oppressive charge lor town dues, which presses bo' heavily oii goods, and is not levied on ships, cannot be reduced or abolished unless all useless expenditure is stopped, and the present dooks at Liverpool and Birkenhead- properly utilised. 5th. The completion of the Birkenhead dooks will prevent all delay of ships in the river see statement annexeal, and will enable the manufacturers lor time to Bend their goods alongside the ship without change of conveyance, and uninjured by the rough'iusaBe incident to the present cartage system at.

Liverpool, and lree; lrom the expenses whioh that system Involves. Statement ol the Number of Days In the Year that Ships iol 20, 21, 22, 28,. and 24 laet draught of water could 'Dock in Liverpool, compared with tho Number 61 Daya that the same Bhlps oonld Dock In Birkenhead, il the Great Northern and Morpeth Dook, Entrances were ooinpleted BWp Drawing ,20 feet. ,21 22 23 Tj'riool deaPBBt Avor ofUvor- lineal when pool Dooks. 'Bat.

compttl Only 194 days. Every day. 884 daya. 1 97 Dook (Canada). Only270 186 160.

65 SO 24 nn fh'n't BYlnwBd 'iitidar'the'shins' keels In all oases: Total water.aTea 01 the Liverpool, dooks arid i Ibaslns 245 acres. Ditto ditto -Birkenhead 167 iThe Chaiemah said that, in. asking the board to give their support to the petition, he would refer to the year 1864. and call to their feoollsotlon what took place on t.oX Wavaav lEnnlta And Harbone Board nvnni'nCaA ia Mil In hn nanslon of 1864. Which the corar' miBBlonerB thought'tlt thelrvduty -to 1 oppose; lor the? on tho 'Hrarpoq' Bid? ol the.

water, xne commiasiumsio uppuocu CommonBj.arid on-the toiuiailaithe records ol the proceedings, ol the, board the Ipjlowlng resolution; brought up-by tha parUamoutaiT committee fhin nntnmlttee.do not ohnslder it desirable. to. nroceedltirther wlt5i the opposition' to the Mersey Dooks made the lollowing remarks: "I will, first i state i the 'reaioBBwhywe came to the conclusion that you have just hoard. It was a matter very carefully considered hy the committee, and they believed mature ffiiita vt-nnr'a'a-fiav attt.halpnntvlloadBn. From; theiateopposftlon in the Commonsthey qbnsldered tuac greac gooa mueb xaoj- xxuu, nvivt entered their protest against the extension oh the other side ql the river, which they had always considered, and 1 whioh they' still considered, as contrary to the arrange-'raent made between the two governing bodies on either slde'of thewator.

Theyhadlt now on.re.cord, Irom.the 'evidence ol the ohairmari ol the dock bbard, and that ol the engiueer, that ovorythlug tUafj BWU and money. wm oe greatly promoted, oy any looiuueSrWQipn tena to connect moreicloBely the large property held by the trust oh both sideaof the Mersey." This approved i r. ihfp? never cculd have sanctioned, end if it ba! iedoniO law it' woiild hayo injured the class it. wm; iniilAiV to benefit, The Ban1 of defended the bill of late Governa'ent which' was intended to meet thai just aesirea of 8w hi see tbat its was adopted bytbeiipresent Government. He denied that the bill interfered with: the rights of 6s.

"nerchip, and costende4 that it was an honest ftttem'Pt to deal equitably with stated of- things 1'whicis- parties now greed required ft prbmpt and eiTAtmUremedy. The bill of the noble marquis would V1? PO the necessity of the case'or the of the peoplo iii i' Ddnbamt feared that it onld, beimpo-erble: by any legislation that- the house could 1. int. 1 shuduuu uv xueob txHsures OI sue At-. owi kwlq.

rWhat -at present they-wanted 'the rights of the bwner, but he tarasteu tK this discussion would help to satisfy them of thCi.im-possibility of Parliament legisiating on eucK a principle; Earl Gbst said that the speech of 1 the late Lowf Lieutenant of Ireland gave the strongest emiTrma-tion of the viewB of the Marquis of Olanriearde arid Lord Mere'dytb. It amounted to an admissiom that the agitation in Ireland could only be settled by the bill of last-year, which conferred ther righto of ownership ori the tenant. Thoir object ought to be-to promote the granting of leases. After some remarks from the Duke of Argyle and Lord Lifford, bill was read a first time, THE CONFEDERATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROVINCES. On the motion for going into committee on thisv Earl of Shaftesbury presented a petioa.

frjom EBglish Protestants in Lower Catiiidai boa-plaining that their interests were being awamped in the arrangements for tho oonfederation of tha: Nfrth American provinces. iThe Earl of Caehabvon said that he "w-bultl: oarefu' inquire into the case, bat the amehdmsnt of which the noble earl had given notice to meet it WiOtUdbe brejudicial to the passing of the bill. The bill then passed through oommittee; SMALL ARMS.1 i Lord LlFFOBD asked if it was a fact that certain officers, having had the advantage of the small arms experiments conducted at tho expense of the had afterwards taken out patents email arms. The Earl of LoNUfobd said there had been nov case, of the kind recently with respect to small arms. Captain Boxer had improved, the Snider' cartridge.

The War Office had always discouraged anything of the kind, and General Peel would have prohibited departmental officers from taking out patents on matters which officially cams under, their notice, if he could have induced tho Admiralty to do the same. THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. The Earl of Debbi hoped their lordships would meet to-morrow to reaffirm Habeas Corona (Im- land) Act Suspension Bill a first time, with the view oi passing it tcrougn au its stages on Monday, as the act expired 'on Tuesday. Their' lordships adjourned at 7 HOSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, iiBRUARY 22.

The Speaker' took the chair at four o'clock. NEW WRIT. Oa the motion of Colonel Tatloe, a new writ waB ordered for the North Riding of Yorkshire, ia room of the E. Dtincombe, now Lord Faversham. CARDINAL Mr.

Newdkhatk notice that on Monday next he should put a question to the Ohancellor of the. Exchequer in reference to the recent appearance of Cardinal, Cullen at the Lord Mayor'a dinner at Dublin. He intended to ask if it waa consistent with the law of this country or tnter- natmnai law tnat a cardinal-delegate or a foreign oqurt, not accredited to this country, should hava a right to interfere in or give aid vice in regard to affairs, connected with tho government' of Great Britain. SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS IN WALES. iln reply to Sir T.

Lloyd, Mr. Cobb? said his had been called to the report of the Registrar-General on the defective condition of Wales, but it rested with the local' authorities tb remedy the complained of. TELEGRAPHIC LINES. Mr. W.

Foesthb tasked if it was the intsn tion of- the Government to bring: in a bill for placing the telegraph lines in the kingdom under the superintendence of the State. jSir S.lNoBTHCOTBsajd the' subjeot was under consideration. POSTAL SERVICE WITH AMERICA. In reply to Mr. Baxter, Mr.

W. Hdht said there was no obieetion to lay upon the table the correspondence between tho fpsemaster-kreneral ot ureat iintain and tne United StateB with reference to the postal servioa between the two countries; and, in any new arrangemexus consequent on tne termination oc contract, care would, be taken to givo the- public the benefit of the competition now existing by the various steamship, companies having vessels on the North Atlantic. THE SUGAR DUTIES. In reply to Mr. Crum-Ewing, Mr.

Hurt said that steps were beinor taken tn' put the convention with respect to the drawback on sugar in force in France, Belgium, and thia country at the same time. At present an answer had only been received from Belgium, which stated that that country would be ready to do so on March 1. If that cculd not-be arranged, tke bill would be delayed, so as to enable another dat -to be fixed Bimultaneottsly. TELEGRAPH LINES. In reply to a Question from Mr.

W. Foratar- with respect to the Governmont assuming control over the electrio, telegraph lines, Mr. Huht said that a question' of. this magtiitada would require very mature cbnsideratioh, and he was not now in a. position to say what course th brovermnent mignt auopt.

i F.ENIAN Maior Stoast Knox said that aa the hononrihl, member for BinainKham had lait nieht chosen to put an erroneous interpretation upon what he had -stated, he wished to put a question with respect to the, treatment of the Fenian prisoners. xvaas repuea tbat -tne renians undee arrest were treated exactlv the same as nntriul prisoners as regarded diet; clothing, exercise, and' au oiraer masters. i THE BIRTH OF A PRINCESS. On the motion of the OfTANnnr.r.oR nf tha Exchequeb, seconded by Mr. GixADSTOKa, aa address of congratulation' to her Majesty on tha -Princess of Wales having happily iveu birth to princess was unanimously agreed to.

THE NEW LAW COURTS. On the motion for going into committee of xxfrfBBsriKaK called attention to the estimatest for the new law. and' moved' a reBolutioa. xV xl xx'x'l: t- viiliii ixtu oxxeuigcuiouut uugxii, us -oameu obf, under the sole responsibility of tha Government. After some' bjlscueaibin, Sir R.

that the Government mentB that were carried out. 1 The was withdrawh. THE MAHARAJAH OF Sir H. Rawmmboh asked the Secretary fc India if the Government had come to any.decisiea on the recent appeal of the Maharajah of Mysore with regard to the succession of his adopted soiic and, if so. whether he was prepared to lay on tks table of the house any correspondence that might have passed on the' subject.

He expressed a strong opinion in favour of. the claims of.theMaharajaxS on behalf of hia adopted son, and urged that as India was, rapidly coming in competition for tha first time with the great European Powers, it waa our interest to rule the country through the affeo tibns rather than the fears' of, the people. If ws led, rather thari attempted to drive, the nativeu, ana governed India, Indians, then that great would become the most loyal and prosperous, it was at present the most feriala, province of the British empire. Sir E. Coubbbook.

supported the yiow of Sir H. Kawliixson, and thought that the rejection of tho appeal of the Maharajah would shake the confidence of the natives in the justice of the Imperial Government. Lord Cbahbocrnb, in reply, said there could ba no doubt that Lord Canning, who- rejected ths claim of the Maharajah, was justified in the course he took, as the treaty under which the Maharajah claimed conferred no right upon- him with regard to adoption. The whole of the title of the Maharajah depended upon the partition treaty of Mysore, and the question was whether the Maharajah received a. full title to the territory he obtained under that treaty or only a life grant.

In point of fact, the question waa Had t4a Maharajah any right to hand down, even to a lineal son, the territory which had been granted to him As he (Lord Cranbourne) read the treaty, it was plain that the territory was granted to the Maharajah for his life alone, and it was distinctly reserved: for subsequent decision what should ultimately be done with it. In all Indian treaties dealing with territories, except in this single ease, the "in perpetuity" wereoarefully inserted, but the Maharajah derived his rights wholly from us, and must look to us or any further extension of privileges. the opinion of the Government, the rights conferred upon the Maharajah of Mysore by the partition treaty terminated with his life. Her Majesty's Government believed that a well governed state in India was conducive to the-stability of the Empire, and it was not their intention, whenever the Maharajah died, to annex tho Btate of Mysore, might not be found consistent with their duty to hand it over to nativegovernmentaltogetherunoheoked. Ho could give no pledge asto whatwouldbe done in reference to the adopted son of the Maharajah.

Perhaps, by the time he became of age it would be seen whether he was fitted for taking a share in the government of the country, or whether his carees was likely to be marred by prodigality and favouritism, which were, the besetting Bins of nalive rulers, -The question, however, of what. waB to be done with this voune. man, would fan luft to the discretion of future Governments, and no, statement which he might make now was to be regarded as lettering tnat discretion. India was now in a state of rapid and violent transition, and no one could tell what the. necessities and needs of the.

people might -be ten cr twelve years hence. x.xierexujre, wuawvtu; opinions migus De expressed now, when the time came for action the welfare of the people of India must override all other COURTS OF APPEAL. Sir R. called attention to the unsatisfactory state, of the different appellate jurisdictions in this, country as exercised in, the House of Lords, the Privy Couaoil, the Opurt of ExohequeB Chamber, and the Court oi Appeal in Chancery, and to other, defects in our judioial system, by which the adminlHtratioiiiOf justice in the superior courts of law was now impeded. He proposed to do away with the exclusive and especial jurisdiction of tho Court of Exchequer, and' to make tho 'of Queen's Bench, Common.

Pleas, and Exchequer three branches of one great court, three JudgeB constituting a court. He proposed further to ojumehse with the judges in chambers, and to take minor Jjuainess in ohambers befora the chief, cleiks or masters and when, oae sourt p-wiuoh are on" thla iade 'ot -inter, in many respects, for caasing a derelo-pmeutof the trade of tWBsJde. also trut, of course, to publio opinion UBra up so.wnat wif(7 nayo proreaaeu, 7 iw MjintqnwnK. fSf Well, that opinion was hofeaUbgethOT 'the ot the but it was adopted by a larue majority of the commissioners. The other opponents to, thebUlof 188twe'renot8b'ere'auloua asthecommlSBtoners had provedittieraselves to be, but pursued the opposition uito thoXords, and got ari lmportaiit" and stringent clause which was ralerred to In the report prepared by the flnanbB'ommihfcAn.

anil whl'nli Tin 'wnniA: read. He then quoted the claiise'ih iueaaoa, wliioh set spite of. that clearly understood arrangement as between the commissioners arid the dbok board, arid in spite ol a more strinaent clause inserted in Mm net thA im.vs had, as they very adroitly stated in the bill noyf belbro ixmuiuuBiiii, lompuxBiiij- uivoriea irom tne purposes' mentioned the. sum of J834.918, but which they (the' in blear aud imrnistakable nwniuuiM wuQxiuix xxxduxij uiverbuu irum iae purposes further than that, in thia bill now before Parxlaiuerit the dpok board was goinglorpowerato extend the'water space at the north end of Liverpool; whioh. they (the oommls- sloners) always contended was unnocBaaarv fnr.thn of the port.

Thera wan 'amftln a. fi.a- i Birkenhead side, whioh only requirtfil development. It fsnlllMax iL .1. wtwiiB. it did axiuxtviu iw Kiiutu.

aiuu-. Buna as a proper system 61 Bheds, hydraulic branes, thstrade o(l the port would be. more lully at present. -(Hear, hear.) They therefore looked on, thla attempt aa most unfair on the part of the Mersey Dooks and Harbour Board, and as tending to brings tax on tUo trade the port whioh might welland' properly be He need' not go; into any lengthened the petition, lor it' 'was BOi olearly'drawkup, and, contained: the whole history 61 tho matter, that it Required lew remarks. Ho woul however, notice-one or two points.

Eelerringto th'e question of the hesaid the arrangementmade seven years ago hodnot been carried out, arid if this bill was obtained it was likely to be deferred for a considerable length of time. It was a re-xtiarkable fact that the notices for this bill contained the question of the approaches on the Liverpool side, but in, fouha Under these circumstances, held it beoame duty ol tho aommlsslcriers, to use 61 its pbsltibn, 'arid all its Influence, to oppose strenuously the bill riovri promoted by the dock board, not in a narrow-minded view for ha should be ashamed if they aoted In that eplrllr-neithor simply In the interests of in the interests of the port of Birkenhead, arid iii the great national lhtereate of j.lt.waSa questlpn that affected not only tho prosperity the port, ol tho whole, country, and it was their, duty to oppose thia bill most strenuously. With thlB view ho that the seal of the board hs-ainxed to the petition, and that the parliamentary committee be instructed tPka the necessary steps to carry it iritb operation, (Applause. Mr. Mooaiia said I beg to second the adoption of this retltlOD.

If I had' yielded to iriv own leeUnlra I. should not have been, preserit'at the board to-day, 'and' 1 anouiu nave oeen-Bure tnat tne cause oi my aosenoe would bave been kindly considered but as the business before the board -is of euoh vast importance, I shall endeavour to offera lew remarks in the best way I oan. In chairmau of the dook.board, at the weekly meetlnct of board, oxnlained. other reasona for applying to Parliameut for, additional borrowine: powers'and for lurthbr' d66k exteh'slori In Liveniool, that the wprks at Birkenhead would be com-' pmceu wiwlq iwo ana-a nan years iromtnac ume, ana that the pressing demand for spaoe from tho steam trade made it necessary to prepare themselves with more powers. This assurance was also given to the committee of the House of Commons; and It was further stated there that no new works In Liverpool were contemplated to be commenced for upwards' ol twelve months.

These statements; coming as they; did' from- sources entitled to our respect and confidence, had their, influence upon some ot our minds and- although wo were not at all satisfied with the partial 'consideration; we had received from the committee, we ultimately decided to withdraw from further opposition in the Lords. But the House of Lords did not.apiiear to place that reliance upon the assurances of the Dock Board that we had done, and onhrrPassed the. bill with a clause declar ing that no shpiildibe, expritjed Iri.Llvrpobl uxtbxx biio uuaa were uumpiebtju aua reaay for pubUc' The loresight ol'tlie House 61. Lords' has been realised by the result. Instead of 2 years, it-is now nearly) 8 years, and-' yet the matter seems to creep on; and the language and spirit whioh are shawn at: the Dock Board lead ua to fear that; two or three more years may elapse before they are.completed,-to be followed -by a.

lengtliened-period boforethey are flnished lor shipping arid commercial piinicses. But it would appear, that the Dock Board have cared nothing lor: their, acts; 61 and hive even spent contrary to the powers they It seems to me that in the face: of all this it requires gome courage on their part to go and ask Parliament to' loreive them for this, dellnanencv (which in noliihad language In their bill is oalled temporary diversion of uu, aim, xcinuu vuexx. oxixxabiuu xux upwiuua ol a million more money; "We hopo, 16 meet the: Dock' Board In the House of and, if necessary, iri' the House ol Lords. We' have made greatana-valiiable with regard-to 'oivr lbrry rlghts arid other to the Dock Board, and the time has. now arrived when we should arouse ourselves to theim- portance of this matter, and- no.

longer allow ouraelves to be trifled (Cheers, No-" one.Joan aupposa that-we made these, concessions in lavour.61 a- hatiorial'troit unless It waj with the, hope of having these works' cbiri, pleted within' the' time, apbolfle'd Parliament; 'and' to derive Bote' advantage' lor' our' terests. A question- 'arises' in my mind aa 'Ut-whether we are bound bythese concessions 11 the-uock board are not boniid by-their- engagement, But perhaps this ia riot the'tlme to dWell' upon this. II Hhe Mersey board were a limited 'liability compariy; deperid upon it the shareholders would Insist upon their, directors com- pletlng that portion of their property whioh by Iwing incomplete-was unproduofSvo, and affectod, their dends. it is nos wonder that Parliament, -has jealously watched an estate promotedtor lute-: rests by borrowed-capital, and that: it.BhoiucLview the question. as one shall not.

depend' upon. local interests, -nor interests which may. be antagonistic, or, otherwise between the two shores ol the river, but.whioh shall' promote the Interests: of trade by, -hastening on adequate returnfor.the money that'ihag been expided, so as to relieve the7 charges levied upon' the obmriierooi Snd, shipping the port ol Liverpool, It may be rged'that' we; 'do not' take a disinterested view Of 1 the' prdceedirigB 61 the'ddck board, but, at any fate; it is as disinterested as anv that nrooaadS' 'fitinsV Ijody that' will only crueping policy and uiuiuue in me aucnarge oi tneir mnotions hut whether it-be a disinterested view on one sidb or-thb: other, it is our duty appeal to so umpire, and thatB a mattor olregre.tthat!i this course has been thrust upon ub by the Introduction, of this bill but I hope and believe that the policy of the uw xjwnxu. nu.ix' uuo xixbuxbl 'UCDXX lUXTUXbUli, SJjlUXIQU by the.Bbard ol by Parliament, tyxix wuwj xuuxa xisucivo sixuiitu- vttraicc, ana give us some return lor omtrngrodging, expenditure at our ferry arid otherwise fri nrovidlriff aamforfc anri ftannrnmnrltifinn ts public. at a oost.

which. will probably snaii upon. wux.j.oraxinj,oxB.Uix.uuuiVXUUUi XUbLUK.UX IU VHO UOUlia. The Dock Board may find before long that their polioy will recoil upon themselves, hyaSectlng Iri; the same way the bharges'upon the trade of the In 1868 it Was expcoteovthat theMersey debt would reaoh 13,600,000 aecks were oompletedrit has, however, already reached 14,000,009, and I presuinb It will: require at least another milllbn to complete them, which, with the million now sought Iroin Parliameiit, raise the debt to 16,000,000. It is to ba hoped that the Mersey Board will listen to a word of caution, although it be wafted to them from theshore's ol Birkenhead.

(Applause.) Mow Baid that if he thought for one moment that the opposition whioh they had now. commenced against the Mersey. Dooks and Harbour. Bill was based on. the self-interest ol Birkenhead aloriell they sought to' prosper the town ol Birkenhead at the sacrifice ol the general xhterests 61 the country no one would' be more than himsell to withdraw from that opposition.

He then, at some length; contended that the oommts-, theateps they were taking, were laotuated by -ajwish to benefit th6 trade 61 the whole country, and not. With. tha -viaW otlhanafitlnff nnv nnnnfal -jinterest. The commissioners were there as the: repre- Col Parliament and the Dobk; Board that they: should'. not toe taxed with avast amount ol uriremuneratiy a iute-i rest IXL Order, to.

aittiflf V. hft AaalratuVhu oc- Art 1 tlyarpool He pompared the 'thoroughly 'furnished beloro it, could be oooupleii. atftationrmtll the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1 xX-nT11k 5S ft" iuuoluwr national auty the-Blrkenhead docks.1 jm. AspnrAH, alsospote warmly in support ol the Petition. -He urged that it was of national' Importanoo that tna HfPfrRnhRfUl AnnVa DlfnnlH ha 1.1 i ifibrqught into lull operation.

He spoke highly In lavour used to push on this opposition, and Irom the enlightened iii vub xuemoers oi x-aruament wno would alt on the question he lelt that the interests of the aiuii try he would not say looal Interesta-would ba icirelully, Juaiolously, and properly studied, 'W BKBmBETOB next advocated action the Parliamentary committee, arid iri Bpealdiig bt the on the Liverpool aide said that 11 aH tlie was'oippelled to go down one bridge and up the-ether hall the' aanifer would He' that the. Interests ol, Birkenhead would he always Ignored so long asthey unrepresented at the Mersey Docka and Harbour Board; end he urgeCthat i they ought to seek to ba reproBented at. that board; r'- motion was theni carried unanimously and the seal ol the commissioners having been attached to the the Aboard adjourned. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY.

2i BBSOEH MB. AssArMiNa A Vkmt Ofmohb. William Jebons, a' man about 26 years of: residing to Devonshire-place, was brought up in oustody charged with having: assaulted Inspaotor Davenport, of Woodslde Ferry. It appeared that tho prisoner orosaed Irom Liverpool to Woodslde in the brie o'clock boat that morning, and on presenting himsell at the pay-gate he, asked for the usual toll ol fld. He.

refused to pay, and an altercation having taken place Inspector Davenport went up to sec what the matter, i-uexi uoutuut vvx-y auusive, ami on saying ne uaa no money the inspector told him ho might pass through. buu HVO 1IXIV XOXb (XIX XUUUUXUXb IU1' WUS uuKUUy. U1C1- mr.toly the prisoner was taketa back tb the boat, but he re-oroBsed the river at two o'clock, and again wished to pass through the gate without paying. He gave as a reference the stipendiary magistrate, and said that Mr. Barker, the ferry manager, and Mr.

the lorry treasurer, were bis Davenport told him he wits telling a lie; upon whioh the prisoner Btruok him ori the mouth with his fist. He was then taken into custo dy. An being questioned by magistrate the prisoner said he had been out late dining with ft friend in. Liverpool, and he knew nothing about the affair. Mr.

Preston Baid it was a great pity-to see a person like the prisoner, who appeared to be a respectable man, in such a position. To mark his sense of the prisoner's conduct he (the magistrate) would-lnfllct the heaviest penalty In his which was 40s. and costs. It is stated tbat during tbe Universal Exhibition a Grand Chens Congress is to be held in 'Paris. under the auspices ot murat.

Jfrlnoe de YiUafrarioa, Count de Casablanca, and M. Deviuck. The principal celebrities 6f the game: are expected.1 America will be represented by Morphy, Prussia by Anderssen, Austria by Stemitz, England by Boden. I'rance by Biviere, and Hungary by KoliBch. "Thbiib's Many a Slip," The old adage received a very amuaini; confirmation at the Railway Station on Tuesday, to the no email gratification of the frequenters ot the railway on that dav.

Everv cranaration had been made for the marriage of a member of tho East Biding Volunteers, resident in one of the Yorkshire coast watering places, to a young lady, resident at a village near Malton, the' wedding morn being Tuesday. The lady, however, began to regret the rauid armroach of her nuDtlals, and on Saturdav suddenly left home for. friend's house, at l-' -j xuLUbua, resuivvu uui. bu mo uian-xvu, uuu Tima resolution was' conveyed' to -her husband 'eleet. He, however, did not view -the refusal in a serious but duly arrived at Malton with two ladies who' Were to 'Vie arid frirthwifch t.nrilr 'the Think Wain to the village whore bis wavering uriae resiuuu, xuiu mib iuy gone.

However, 'jjne license ne.naa oDcamoa, ana marrlea he was resolved fo be. ftnd liaving''f6und the lady, had started' for Malton he traced' out her In the diBguise of an elderly female tho lady eluded her lover, and took refuge at the railway station, where syinnathiBinp; frlendg'-weM fonnnl i who provided: fresh apparel, arid it is said that an. a very juvenile young lady she watohad the depar-ttvre of the evening train whioh carried aw ay the disappointed bridegroom aad. hia itoniaaa Uoeiwti, Jis ,3 of the session much earlier than Vbtever tke Government may intend at question, it is determined, however L-th sce may be, to leave its mark upon it3 book, or at least upon the pages of in soveral m5nor bnt important AlreJ' railway management, poor- EtJi" Irish wna tenure, anq tne consolida- Lef 8. discussion, in accordance with the KdjW in the Queen's speech.

Ministers 38 dicing the recess, and are it i0 nf much honour on account of their 'sir Stafford Northcote has hard times Hi He has to fight the railway interest, fiX l.m A M1 bore tlie ot mortote it ixa succeed in of Vice-President of the Board of a the substitution of a Secretary with a p1 parfomont in tae tace oi tne composite S3 olrfWlY iuw1" xx juuu xxteulj i9. MiMrt difficulty, if he will onfiA tlie jimple change in the nature of the jSpu. ti he cannot De induced to abandon the pljvithwhicn the suggested prmoiple allied-that is, the prinoiple whioh tin member of Parliament to accept the "jrtiout the necessity of going baokto his tor ujLJxwa 50 au office" in the Ixovernment the bill will out, and it will be left to some more President of the Board of Trade to effeot alteration. i'tthe apostles of Liberalism arebeooming S'th excesses, there must have been a 9 1 loader 8B0OT 01 uxuxuxjix imuimc opposition til aa from its orsans in the press on 0TT That a Tory Ministry should ever It(iA in an act of Parliament the sentiment (Wjthe dutv of Government to proteot the tt'1 Ireland against their landlords would entered into the wildest dreams of thn JJvatives of 1S4i, who first oaught the lathing and rftn awy witn t5leir clothes." take it all with a ereat deal of stoicism aloeit with a great deal of 06 merriment. The clothes are very good bat they sit very awkwardly on the eallt Pf' Vy would legislate, "were not 'there thev were measured for them," The bill "Eh lord Ifaas, trtsn rrom the expedition bich he was so hastily despatched last "Lv brought in on Monday, will pass into law it cm 6howa that the maohinery upon -h its operation will entirely depend is prac-Sle A Present' til0 mechanism looks clumsy Shards likely to find a thousand echoes in But the bill will go into committee.

It Ses Bfl now, if we are ever to do any good Ireland, to show that at length we know how I emem its unhappy people. The Liberals feel misjwe. The leaders will work like Titans convert the clumsy, rough-hewn mass into a Ifc instrument of Irish reform, when once they live it in the forgo of committee. There is hope Iaat that the question will be fairly and wisely 'ultnith and the amelioration of the condition itha tenantry will do more for the restoration of tenooillity in that part of the United Kingdom Jul all the troops that can be poured into the -anntain passes of Kerry. Here have been all this week ominous tokens of is coming battle of reform.

Her Majesty's Opposition has been, up to this point, ilidueronsly enjoying itself after the fashion in sste amongst cunning old mousers, when they trefaca the capture and destruction of their prey 1 entertaining games of hide-and-seek. Last ttek the prey was poor Mr. Walpole but since Jloiday the Home Secretary has been allowed to and smooth his fur, for the Opposition has fiand in Mr. Disraeli "metal more attractive." Oa Monday the notice paper was studded with 1 mzeestions, which must have kerit tha Ctacellor of the Exchequer in a condition liielj expeciauon uui-iug uie inu 01 oaturaay Sunday. Mr.

Sclater-iJooth wished to put two Jur. ji3inii jjux. xtaines sougaTj tne lie pleasure, with an. encore and Mr. Ayrton iiaind to make an inquiry in the same regard, EulEtissell had eiveu notice of an onslaught on the Government, with Bimilar benevolent intentions, in the House of Lords but the prospect in He loser house was too tempting, pig lordship fmtponed his own engagement, and came down to as the baiting of the Chancellor.

The peers' jallerjFas crowded. Amongst others, thelJuke Granville, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Lord Lytton, Earl Stanhope, Lord Houghton, lord Cardigan, and other heroes famous for deeds if aroiB done on political, literary, and military alfe.SeJds, joined the throng. The house was sell filled on both sides. Mr. Disraeli was early ii his place, and sat in the attitude in which he noma go down to posterity with mshat over his trows, his head-drooping, his arms tightly folded Opposite, satMr.

Gladstone, who has not yet trot into his accustomed sffiional aspect of fag," or lost the liveliness of nanierne Drougnt Home the other day from the continent. There is something about the ex-tacellor just now which strikes me as being new in him. Something of jauntiness though it is tat slight is observable about him. Evidently Ms mind is more atea3e than last session. The cloud is off his brow and the sting out of Ma voice.

I cannot rid myself of the impression that he has jot to the top of the political Pisgah, and sees the promised land of Premiership and a more perfect uiusiauam oeiore mm, ana not iar away. wno i-Jk to the height on which be stands, believe that, and no ia the prospect on the other side. On Monday night, atting opposite the Duly fencer on the ministerial tach wliok worthy to cross swords with him, his upectand manner suggested all this. The contrast between the two chiefs waa nnvnr mnr Disraeli in ounosition Wna svor me, and when in repose gloomy in office he wears a look of uneasy triumph. Gladstone in office was enveloped in care.

The burden of hard mrk and anxiety was evident in hia countenance, inhis speech, in his demeanour. He suffered from a disease that does not seem to' torment Disraeli more than is common to men a disease yclept untslmis. Gladstone, in opposition, manifests tat little anxiety about the return to the Treasury bench, He sits and chats with his late colleagues easily as tnougri politics were a game at statues tons over his papers and dallies with them, as though they were so many invitations to pleasant parties, or bo many eulogistic criticisms upon his pahlic performances and when he gets up to jpsak, utters sentiments so full of consideration tor the embarrassment of the right honourable gentfcmari on' the other side of the table, in words BellifiuouB, that one wonders what can have oetonia of the passionate orator who smote the rhitoianee hip and thigh, and was tripped up by ueiiscontented refugees of the Cave of Adullam session. Since the benediction he pronounced on that i memorable occasion, he has been heaping coals of fire on the heads of his enemies in the true orthodox way. His amiability is comparable in penechon to nothing in Parliamentary experience, oniess it be the enjoyment of hia supporters and fnenaeaamess of his opponents.

Neither side of we house can doubt that, after so much caressing the leader of the house, Mr. Gladstone will presently proceed in a strictly Parliamentary Me-to swallow him. At present the mouse ly peeps out of his hole and all the persons of the Opposition tabby induce him to do no wore than promise that on Monday he will a run for his life. tmfi, jjsht keePB his seat. He will say nothing the Government come out into the open." ati 1 28 a eood deal to sayi1" will say it amiguigiy as soon as the proper moment arrives, of determined self-restraint sufficiently Sb a is likely be some smalt fi8ht" on the Opposition benches below the gangway ng; and it will be none the less exciting 1 very clo3e neighbourship of Messrs.

li0We aDd Mill, and Earl Grosvenor, in iPf of tne cose. Mr. MiU's motion, of tiT CS notice on Tuesday, was received by Ministerialists with that kind of dubious 3 generally greets the propounding an enigma. It puzzled moBt people. The wj Jdewaph, in its summary of Parliament hazarded the conjecture that the wmber for Westminster intended to provide for 1 'mentation of minorities But we must of bear the honourable gentleman's'expoBitlon "i own idea before we attempt to unravel the notice wrappetJnI) hia charmingly ambiguous Kier'e is very little, if any, doubt about the 10 the camp of the AduUamites.

That comL and the majority of the "dis-fief aDxJus to have a settlement of the Weill clue8tin upon the basis of compromise is ik n0WD and it is now roundly asserted that in wio i8 Preserving an ominous silence i determined to stand out against of the sufirage at least, and that he Befmted vby 0 aeotion the party. The gsff MB nothing to lose and everything to 6 dissension; but it is far otherwise ibs i "fvative party. With the Adullam-chani; Phalanx, resolutely opposing all the aPy of vacillation would be easy and boa he party might for a while be severed tie ffltn ifo mi. side and oia supporters on the other 5 dlracillt.ioo n(H. WcpIt A be interesting to note, next li4e nn of gneruws will break up and -w positions.

"wiy aiming at omce was the: prevalent on Tuesdav niht and 8mber mninS- I don't know whether the j-iuicoln nurtures in his bosom the Cromoii faU Wolsey so eloquently bids i.tbinl,r way out it he be ambitious, ffliraittaar.oomiDa'id a seat at the Board of 111 the next Liberal Government. Hia dookyard system on Tuesday cf words ll of 2 fiomuaU Sotts of men'" oi ev61? "fcfchha 7lm houae- The attention with 4 i AU11 "wubw munTj nave dqqu IKWbb to oy oanovelty but it was Party for better reasons. The shite much fun out of a debate whlFf'' but m- Seel7 "mused it on emphatio references tte ZkHF" seoretary had com. T'-SeX a collected the faots; and altv againBt the officials of he rerdnrCiadi cahed Sir John Paking-SeitW hSitllelatterthat, as Mr. Seely hd ahissnw1' a.

Sur Jonn dependent ofthe vl -natea- But Mr- Otway made the Member exPen8 of had been on attentive Ka lenet? the debate for some hoars. S1I.Ot.i,about elevea o'clock, unpercoived ft- QtWa 8 7 out to supper. I7p iundped wd Ef esently asked the houBe where 169 SstS httI.a vessela the Wyvern and were built. were nini: tv 1 im UUUb, BELIEYING- OJTJTIOEB. iYesterda-p.

JoBeph Devev. deDutv-ooronar. ti? 28 yeare of age, the wife of William Newbrook, a boatman, who resided at NoV 46, Byrom-terrace, Byroiri-streetMandi whoBs death was to resulted from natural accelerated by iiwant of food. The case "Wag brought under tho notice of the court, we nt.tae instigation oi Mr. Edwin Shufilebotham, curate of Christ Church, Hunter-street, and 'Mr.

Cobb now appeared on bahoU of 'the husbandofthe daceaaed. iifc statedij-that, dvceased. His was, directed to her iii, January laet, sjudi she stated that she had applied x-- i f. xtfx- xeiivL auu no promiaea vo oau upon hr on the following day and' inquire into her case, as she represented that; she was -in a destitute state, Witness did not oall on the folio wins? dav he.wa: pressed with so- many similar but Ui Aix 11 3 i 1 1 VllV VX Xixo BBDxeuaxiTO cauea, jn TiUQ lOUOWxUg njsht (23rd) witness sawthe deceased hisassistant in the meantime having called upon her and reported that the family wer6'in'a st'ftte of starvation. Witness then gave herian order for bread and soup, and he again oaPedi tc see her on the 2pth, when she told him that from the morning of the 22nd until the night of the 22rd, when witness gave 'her the order for bread, she had not tasted food-.

At that time she expected her flVArv. i She said 'ahe had applied to the officer, but that Witnafln AiA nnt- Anil, XinvX YtJXy UUOijr UXOXXIHSOCIX XXOX. 11 wuuuu vnixx- Wmself upon the relievjng. offlcer or take any seps towards that at the'time, Because he thought 'itj was a case where the was in a very pitiable condition, and he thought it was a case calling for active syiirpathyi so-j he supplied her with food from that day and up to her ooniinement, aid saw that she did not want. On the 13fch instant witness's wife-reported that the deceased Wbb seriouBly ill, and he called'upoc her and found that she was very ilL Witness at once went to I)r.

Games, and he promised, on his own-responsibility, to see, in what state she was, but he said he would require a note from the relieving officer before he could attend to her case. Witness him-Belf wrote to the relieving officer on the afternoon of the Basne day, requesting, that the deceased might be' attended to, Witness requested his immediate attendance to the case. He addressed the "following letter to Mr. Mouladale, of No. 9, Wilton-street: "Christ Church, February 13.

jir, May I ask if you will ba good enough to-visit, as soon as possible, a poor woman residing a. 46, Byrom-terrace. She was confined yesterday, and now- very ilL. Gamea has visited her at my request. He requires a note from y.ou (as I understand) before he can present such medicines and nourishment as she requires.

Yours fkithfully, E. 8hufflebotham." Witness was not at the deceased's residence when the relieving officer called. He subsequently saw her when she was in a dying state. He put several questions to 3er in. the presence of witness's wife and other ersons.

She said, I went to see the relieving oificer, andeaw Mr; Mozley (she always called' Mr. Moulsdale, Mozley). He asked me what I wanted. Ijeaid I wanted relief. He said, What? a good-: looking young woman like you applying for relief yoit 'to be ashamed, of yourselfii is your husband I said, a fisherman.

Well, hje send him, and I'll give him an order to break stones. Witness had a strong feeling, that-the poor woman's death bad been aocelerated, at any rate, by want of proper nourishment, whioh the parish ought to Jiave supplied. She had made this statement before, on.the evening of 22ad January. She died on' the morning of the 20th of lfebruary. Thomas Newbrook, the husband of the deceased, deposed that his wif waB generally in good health, but of late it had failed.

Witness-had been out of employment for seven weeks previous to the 22nd January, and he had known the deceased once to be without food from nine o'olock in the morning until eight o'olock in the evening of the following day. It did not strike him to apply to the parish until his wife suggested it. On.the 22nd January ehe went dut 'for the purpose of applying for relief. She returned-in the afternoon. She was very poorly clad.

Lately, she had a cough. Up to the afternoon of Wednesday, week she appeared to be in good health; Then she' had a difficulty in -breathing. Witness sent Kis son to the relieving officer, and he and three loaves oj The' deceased died oh Tuesday morning last. She had made a similar statement to witness in reference to what transpired when she rt-ent to see the relieving officer as that repeated bVMr. Shufflebotham.

Elizabeth SKufflebotham, the wife: of the first witness, said she attended to the deceased during her confinement. 'she first saw her she was lying with her tody on the floor. There' 'was nothing to cover herself or the nor a bed to lie upon, until withess supplied her with them. Witness attended to them until the mother died. She had some one to aBsiot her, however, during the laat few days.

There was a midwife, butBhe' never did anything to tbe mother or child. nbss had to waih them both and arrange their On the day that the; deceased was confined witness left some arrowroot for the mother, 24 hours afterwards she found that it had riotbeen'touohod. Witness also heard her make the' statement in rfeferenoe to the conduct of the relieving officer. I Harriet Lunti certificated midwife, residing at; No. 32, Gerard-street, deposed to delivering tbe deceased of a child'on the 11th of February.

Her breathing became very bad. Witness saw. her- on the 12tb, 16th, and 16th instant. She stopped about a quarter of an hour each, day With her. It was not h6r duty to nurse.

Mrs. Shuffle-bpthivm attended to her unceasingly, aha was so kind that witness did not think that she. would be needed. John Mouladale, relieving officer- for the parish, said -on Wednesday evening, the 14th instant, his attention was called to' this casp. Witness visited the case on' the following morning, and told the boy to, come down for relief.

The deceased did ehe had made any application to witneB3. Witneas did not remember woman, ever having come to him for relief, and hud n6t the slightest re wUeotion of making use -of the language referred to. He ordered is. and three loaves to be given to hor. Witness and another clerk had been engaged in receiving applicationn, and they entered all names on a piece of paper.

The other olerk wasiii the country recovering from fever. He did not find the. deceased's name on his own slip or the other clerk's (Mr. Davis's) aBp for the 22nd January. The Deputyi'Coroner Is it possible if that application was made by the -woman on tha morning in whether it would not be entered, in the book? Witness I think not.

The Deputy-Coroner Are you. pre- rea to swear that you have examined: the. books ir the S2nd January -and have-nnf-. fnnnd iii'nlfVinr Mr. Davis'a or your, own the name of Newbrook Witness am.

Dr. Games said he was called to this case on the 13th instant. The deceased was lying upon the floor, and there waa no furniture) in the room except a chair. The deceased had been recently delivered of a child, and' she was very weak. He advised her.

toV apply to 'relievingi officer for. assurance, un sne xytn instant ne again visited her and found her Buffering from bronchitis. He prescribed, for her. He had made a post-mortm etamiiiation of the' body', aiid' found the lungs diseased; Death resulted from broncho-pneumonia. The bronchitis waa recent, but: she- had had a cough There waB.no inattention on the part of the midwife in the delivery of the child.

In answer to further questions Dr. Games said he told the family tro get a certificate. Mr Shufflebotham Mr. Mouladale on his own responsibility declined to' give you the order Games replied that Mr; Mouls-dale, when he met him and asked him for tho certificate; Baid it was a case merely oi destitution, and' did not require medical assistance. Deputy-Coroner having summed up4 the jury returned a verdiot of Died from natural cduses," with the following presentment i The jury, in rotrirninK a' verdict of died from bronaho.

greatly acceleirated of proper xuvix wm. niiboiixuu, nieu cousiuer, tixiaif nere was great neglect on the part ot the relieving officer, and are of opinion that the relieving officer to whom the woman applied was Mr. Moulsdale, whom we' consider, totally unfit for a relieving The jury also expressed their opinion that Mr. and Mrs. Shufflebotham had acted admirably, and most benevolently in the matter.

Mr. Shufflebotham said he never conaidA'rnrl Dr. Games was (responsible in the matter, but it was neoesBaiy. to Dnng ma name He had heard the poor speak most highly of Dr. Be thought, ft.

his 4nty to make this statement, as his conduct, might appear to the thinking world tp.be somewhat invidious. IMPEBIAL PARLIAMENT. BT MirxBOBAPH. HOUSE OF LORDS. UKIDAY, iFEBBTJAEY 22.

Their lordships met at five o'clock. THE BIETH OF A PRINCESS. The Earl of Debby moved an addroBs of congratulation to her Majesty on the Princess of vnles having happily given birth to a princess, and to assure her Majesty of the deep interest felt by the House of Lords in all' that concerns the domestic happiness of her Majesty and her family. iEarl Kbsselt, seconded the motion, which was agreed to. i LAND TENURE (IRELAND) BILL.

The Marquis of Clakbioabde called attention to the question of tenure of land in Ireland, and laid on the table a bill unon the subiect. whioh. he said, was identical in its provisions with the bill introduced Dy mm last year, 'lnere were already four bills upon the question before the House of Commons, three of which had been introduced by the Government, but the present bill entered into verv little comuetition with the measures of the Government. The Government bills related almost exclusively to the question of compensating tenants for improvements, whereas his went into the more difficult rmestion of tenure of land srenerallv. He contended that, notwithstanding the Fenian riBing.and the vehement oratory which waB ocoa-sinnnllv heard in Ireland, there was nothing in relations between landlord and tenant in -Ireland which was a matter of reasonable complaint.

Agrarian outrages had ceaBed, and the country was now in a more prosperous! condition than it had enioved for mahv veara. All that tb: lea most simple' contract Detweon tne landlord and the That being the case, he strongly deprecated agitation, which wiw. baaed, iipoa'tSe mbt theories, and encouraged delusive hopes -of a redistribution, of propiBrty amongst an Impulsive people. Tfise thebries.T he examined and 'exposed ati considerable length, expressing his rigret that they should have received so much enopuragetoeiit, from theCbill. of tho late Government, arid his astonishment 'that any Ministers could have ever 'decided -to carry them into, law; sin conolasibni he laid on the table a bill for! facili- tatmg voluntary contracts.

i Lord' Mbbedtth said that in: nll'its in deal with the subjebt Parliament had ebmmiffcod a iw. .1 uiea uxinnaxvn. xix ujjiuniug irum tne sound principle of leavbjg landlords and th i tenants to make their own The bill of the" late Gbferai mentwtw biwed lipbto ptinbiplaa whXoh' their lojd.4.