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

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This proves co at the estab!ishment must be in a very straitened it ion, and it is supposed that the balance clticl eet for the present week will be quite as un favourable as any presented in 1847. It is 1 7 14 c 4 ssible that this rate can be maintained, and t e i ! l sures will, no daubt, be concerted forthwith to Il e 'eve the raeratutile public ; otherwise they will linable to pass through the ordeal, already too ile „ te rn, without serious distress. Au impression rrevails that unless some arrangement can be i ln Ule to prevent it, the rate will soon be advanced ° IQ CrP cent. THE BOROUGH BANK. yesterday, the Borough Bank was open for the I:443Preent of deposits, under £2OO, in accordance th the arrangements entered into between the h sil teetors of the Bank, at their , meeting on • tsday. 1111 : 1 B MONETARY CRISIS AT &SGrOW. DEPUTATION TO GOVERNMENT. Y esterday (Thursday), a meeting of most cf A e influential Mill owners was held. and there tB aPPointed a deputation of six gentlemen to t 4 ' il r oneed to Loudon to wait upon Government to e r ge the necessity of immediate measures for °ll ltnercial relief. ANOTHER LARGE SUSPENSION. The Globe of last night, announces the failure of M essrs. Naylor, Vickers, arid Co., of Sheffield. u cir engagements are estimated at 1,000,0001 , an d it is said they can show assets that will p a y in f ull, and leave a considera b le balance. The Evening 4 fr om ° gad says the liabilities of the firm amounts to 1 750 , 0001 to 1,000,0001., and the assets , it is alleged, exhibits a surplus of 200,0001. The em barrassment is, it is stated, only temporary, but its Consequences in the neighbourhood will be lerk ilt'• It is understood that all the Sheffield B anks have provided themselves with notes for any ekergenc3... PARLIAMENT FURTHER PROROGUED. (P r°l3 a a supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday.) b i P : l the Court at Windsor, the 4th of November, Present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty `" 01 1ncil, it is this day ordered by her Majesty in r that the Parliament, which stands pro -I.,°glied to Fiidav, the 6th day of November ins t., be f arther prorogged to Thursday, the 17th day °f. December next. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. 'rho Vanderbilt has urrlrea rioul Tuih iyith tlatea to October 24. Par • " I ca unchanged. The financial excitement has ku b siied. Provisio ns I irhewslY:rk cotton market quiet. Flour firm dull. Coffee steady. Freights without chang e . Vanderbilt went ashore on the B ambles t his morning. She got off with the high tide, and , has proceeded to Havre. T he New Y o rk Herald of the 24th says :—" This c ofn - -rd).has b een a ver y blue day in Wall-street. So ia r in as the St oc k Ma r ket is concerned we see nothing fz i ; the immediate future but depreciation and n ' s aPpointruent ; as for speculation, it is out of the q u estion." Th e gen era lly declined in price at both boards. " panic was as widc-Bread and as intense as n 37 at any period of the present financial revoln tio€o.". The total number of failures reported f • 3 iallY since August is about 000. Several new allures were anneunced on the 23rd, T he Cotton Market quiet; stock light. Flour flamer, with f.ir sales, and prices closed at a bout 5 cents per barrel advauce for most descrip tions. Choi ce w h ea t w ith o ut change of moment, while e ° ' l laon and inferior grades were easier. Pork dull and lower. Coffee t steady. - creigh , s firm, with moderate engagements. the Atlantic steamer was to l eave New York on 'Le 20th ult. N 0 political news of im7ortance. T he Vanderbilt has no specie. e e shall publish full details in our next WRECK OF THE STEAMER ABUNDANCE A telegram from St. Petersburg announces the r eek ©f the Abundance steamer, from Havre to " Petersburg ; a great portion of the cargo saved NEW LEGAL APPOINTIVIENT3. I, Is announced that, Mr. Justice Creswell will be the " P Jadg,e of Probate and Divorce. but the appoin' ment soli not take effect immediately. Sir. H. S. Keating , the i eltor-General, is to he the new Common Law Judge , 4111 at present the new Solicitor-General has not been 4 e(l aPon. The salary of the judg of the new court is a r u " nn,„ a year at present. As common law judge t he 111, 41 ' 3 ' Was £5,000 , out of which his lordship had to p a y 0 -- circuit ,expenses. His new duties are not expected to eel lPy him above two or three days a week. 43, 4 CTION AGAINi3T BIN CAUNT TEM PRIZE-FIGHTER.— W ednesday, Ben Caunt, the well known prize-fighter, P; a led in the County Court held at Rochester, as N', 4 , 111 13t in an action brought against him lay a gentleman f ur "., e u nuekbursf, to recover the sum of £5 damsges o e 'it-try committed to plainfff's property on the recent ea e ; Lto ) ,,,`" el! the priz3 fight etween B-n Caunt and ktio l "E'• There was also a timillr action for the same - ,L a gninst Langham. The fighr, it appeared, toDk place as 22 , i September last, when about 800 of the greet-A le t I ns from the Metropolis attired at Burntwick Island, river Medway. where the plintiff resides, and having eotteled Pram the steamer, a ring was formed , and the fig h the 1 , 91- cei. A great deal of damage was com mi t ted b y eitte,, c) a, who destroyed the fences, drove the sheep and ,m *%i,T h a way, and also stole several bushelsbushelscf mushrooms grew there in considerable quantities, The plaintiff *la at te Peatedly warned the people off, but an a - tendon gretiever was paid to his orders, and during the summer his t lisß r nd was almost weekly the scene of one of t hose ialfr-rr. c efal exhibitions ; the police eat being able t o 'a Ur. " °wing to the almost unaeccs,ible and retired MI N the 'p a t whe r e the plaintiff resides. Caunt , Nei v - a , f '`ae showed the marks of punishment he ha d r-lt a l f , made an offer to the plaintiff's solicitor, on the .of himself and Ltnghtm during the trial and paid the x t : t d l atiff turn of money on uhith the trial was stopped. 14' t ge • awirtling full costs of the highest wale alloyed THE NORTIIER,N TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1857. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESD EYNNINO. M. Billanit, Minister of the Interior, has by Imperial decree been charged with the ad interim administration of the department of justice during the absence of M. Abbatucci. The Bourse has been very unsettled, and speculators still continue under apprehensions about the measures which the Banks of England and France may adopt in order to protect their bullion. It has been reported that 80 millions of francs in English bills, and 40 millions in French bills on the United States have been returned protested. A Paris letter in the Independence of Brnssells says— A Papal bull, giving a canonical institution to the Faculty of Theology of Paris, to the Sorbonne, and to eight other Faculties in France, will, it is said, be shortly promulgated. A non-official copy of this document has been sent to the French Government, in order that it may be aware of its contents. Among the conditions laid down for the institution of these Faculties of Theology is That of the renunciation by France of the four articles of 1882. I do not think that the French Government will ever consent to accept the bull with such a clanse. There must be a particular nego'iation on that point, or the Sovereign Pontiff will be requested , to suppress a con. ditioa which is humilating for the Church of France. The Amiens Chamber of Commerce has proposed to the government a droll remedy for the financial crisis. It recommends that the usury laws, which limit the rate of interest to 6 per cent. in commercial transactions and 5 per cent. in civil matters, should be maintained as a general ru'e, but that whenever the Bank of France avails itself of its privilege to raise its discount beyond the ordinary rates, commercial people may be allowed to charge # per cent. snore than the bank, and all other persons less. It appears to be seriously believed in Amiens that such a purely arbitrary measure as this, setting at nought the elementary principles of the laws of supply and demand, would prevent the wholesale discharge of workmen from the factories, which is considered to be a too probable consequence of the continuance of t'ie crisis• The Fatr•ie announces that M. de Thouvenel is so much offended with the new Grand V:zier, Reschid Pacha, for having allowed himself to be made a tool of by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, that he has resolved not to see him, and to transact official business exclusively through the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs. These childish quarrels between the French and English ambassadors at Constantinople really cannot be suffered to go on much longer. Although the organs of the French Foreign Office are instructed to pour vials of wrath upon the head of Lrrd Stratford de Redcliffe, and to represent that he dots just what he likes with the Sultan for his private amusement, and quite independently of tha present scandalous situation were to be put an end to by th e speedy recall of M. de Thouvenel• There is a report that ho is to be replaced by M• de Bourqaency, the present ambassador at Vienna, who, it may be remembered, was second plenipotentiary for France in the Paris Con ferences. The In 1 epenclance asserts that recruiting for the English service is going on secretly in France, and that 100 f bounty is giving to each recruit. To make the matter appear more certain, the correspondent who furnishes this news says that he saw I,ooof paid down on one occasion to 10 recruits. The men thus raised are, it is said, to be sent to India by way of Alexandria and Suez, as quietly as possib:e, and when arrived at their destination are to be commanded by French officers. It is reported that a draft of a complete literary code, forming a supplement to the Code Militaire, the Code Rural, &c., is now before the Council of State. it was occasioned by dissensions amongst the Ministers about questions of Finance. The Espana, a semi-official organ, .declares, however, that "for the the present the rumours possess no importance " and that "it only mentions them to satisfy the curiosity of its readers." The Clamor Politico had been seized. The Qieen, having entered the last month of her pregnancy, had commenced a series of visits to nine churches, her first being to Santa Maria, to worship the image of the Virgin of Almudena. The report drawn up by the advocates of Queen Christiana, in answer to the accu sations brought against her in the parlirmentary investi gation to which her acts were recently subjected, was about to he published. It was believed that the state of siege of Seville would be shortly raised. borrow any portion of the sum of £150,000 placed at my disposal to cover this d felt. It is not my intention at present to propose any alteration in the customs tariff, nor to increase the amount of revenue raised by indirect taxation. The estimates of expenditure are prepared, and will be immediately laid before you. The utmost economy, consistent with a desire to provide for the growing wants of this rising country, has been observed in their preparation. The collection and distributlon of the duties on goods entering the colony by way of the River Murray has been the subject of correspondence between the govern ment of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, which will be laid before you. It is hoped that this correspondence will lead to the completion of a temporary arrangement satisfactory to all parties, and ultimately to the adoption of one tariff of customs dues common to all the Australian co!onies. A bill will be submitted to you for the purpose of legalising the contemplated arrange ment. _ _ _ • _ The temporary and varied characfer of a considerable portion of the public debt, and the inconvenience which is felt in some instances from the want of a desirable mode of permanently investing trust and other moneys, has r:?n• dere(' it expedient to fund the debt of the colon) on certain conditions. A measure for this purpose has accordingly been prepared, and will be laid before you. It has been thought advisable to modify the present system of receipts and payments at the Treasury, by relieving the Minister of Finance and Trade from the anomalous position of combining a office with that of a public accountant, responsible for the custody and expenditure of the public money. A bill to give effect to this measure will be presented to you. A bill to establish the office and define the duties of the Auditor-General will bo re-submitted to you on an early day. HoNcURABLE GEMILFMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE CoIINCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVa ASSEMBLY. The great importance of making adequate arrangements for the management of the lighthouses and harbours on the coast, and the supervision and regulation of the pilot establishments, has suggested the propriety of appointing a board, whom it is proposed to incorporate and entrust with the performance of • these duties. The necessary measure has been prepared for this purpose. I shall lay before you important correspondence which has led to the establishment of banking and commercial agencies for New South Wales in London, upon terms advantageous to the colony. A provisional arrangement has been entered into with the loyal Steam Packet Company for a monthly postal communication between Southampton and Sydney, via Panama and New Z •aland. Should this scheme he carried into effect, it will give to these colonies the advantage of a steam communication with England every fortnight. The correspondence on the subject will be immediately lai:before you, and I earnestly I °commend the measure to your consideration and approval. The colony has been visi ed during the past few manths by severe and almost unprecedented fl , ods in various parts, but it is a subject of sincere gratitude to Provi dence, that these visitations have not been attended with any serious loss of life. The commercial and monetary state of the country is sound and satisfactory, .and I am most thankful to be able to state that prosperity attends all interests in the community. Various important measures, to which I need not specially allude, will also be presented to you, and will, I am sure, in common with those to which I have adverted, r , ctive your attentive consideration. I again assure you of my earnest desire to co-operate most z oalously and cordially wi'h the legislature to the best of my ability for the public good ; and I sincerely trust that the result of your deliberations may, under the blessing of Almighty God, conduce to the happiness and prosperity of the important community whose interests are committed to y• u • charge. The address having been concluded, his Excellency retired in the same order as he enterad• The Council then adj iurned until four o'clock in the afternoon. THE RIGHT HON. M T. BAINES AND THE LEEDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The members of the Council of the Leeds Chamber rf Commerce had an interview on Tuesday with the Right lion. M. T. Baines, M.P., at the offices, 4, Benson's hnildings, Park-row, for the purpose of conferring with that gentleman on various topics of commercial im portance. Mr. Baines, accompanied by his brother, Edw. Baines. Esq., met the members at the tim3 appointed (11 a.m.) and was very cordially received• P. Lupton, E-q., vice-president of the chamber, was called to the chair, and opened the proceedings by giving a general review of the su'ljects that had occupied the attention of the council since their last interview with Tho attention of the right hon. gentleman was then drawn to the opinions entertained by the chamber generally on the following criestions • • "1. The delay occasioned by the present post-office regulations in the trans - nissi )n of letters from this district to the continent. 2. The Stade Dues abolition. "3. Registration of partnership. "4. Bankruptcy and ins3lvenly aimiaistration reform "5. Provision to receive dividends on government stork at places where the Bank of England has estsblish• merits, and for transfer of stock at those places. "6. The probable a ivantages, in a commercial point of view, to be derived from Dr. Livingston's discoveries in Central Africa, if, by the assistance of government, a communication with that regioa eta b 3 opened by the river Z =best. "7. The attempted revival, on the part of Feance, of what is practically a species of slave trade, by encourag ing the immigration from Lagos to Abbeokut a, on the West Coast of Africa, of negroes into the French West Indian colonies. In addition to the earls likely to arise from such a plan, it was pointed out by Mr. Jewitt that it threatened to interfere seriously with the legitimate com_ merce which was hopqiully beginning in that part of Africa." Mr. Baines listened attentively to the remarks made on the above subjects, with most of which he perfectly coin cided, and promised to use his best effoes in the proper quarter to secure, as far as practicable, the alterations and reforms suggested. With regard to the last question, that of an attemp'el revival of the African slave trade, Mr. Baines considered it one of painful interest. It was one also of some difficufty, it being a delicate matter for the G wernment of this country to interfere with the free agency of a power like France ; he, nevertheless, thought much might be done by an expression of public opinion in Enzland, which he had little doubt would have a powerful ilitlience in the direction required. Mr. Baines the❑ requested the council would authorise Mr. Swan to furnish him with the necessary memoran la with regard to the action already taken by the chamber, on the questions to which they had just drawn his attention, and assured them he should be hippy at all times to communicate with them individually, or through the secretary, whenever occasion required. A. vote of thanks having been given to Mr. Baines for his kind offer and his attention to the intere.ts of the (.n mber, the meeting broke up. SACRILEGIOUS AND MALTCIOUS OUTRAGE. —0(1 Ftilav night, 30th tilt, some evil disposed persons committed a moot wanton outrage at Muckamore Church. Failing to break open the front and vestry doors—hoth of which beer deep marks of the force and violence used—'hey completely battered in one of the side windows, and thereby effected an entrance. In the vestry they foie ,d open a press, front which they to k away th 3 communion plate; an', breaking open a locked money hoz, they plundered its contents, which amonnted to £1 ls„8 4 . They also injured sev,ral Bibles and Prayer-hooks, which were dist ibuted thr.neh the pests ; and, without any apparent obj et, de'ib r ttely smashed several panes of glass in ocher windows besides that thr ugh which they entered. The melici nas de`erm - - nation of the thieves may be imagined, when we add that the window frame which they destroyed was made 0! strong metal, and that several large atones, weighing from 5 ba to 12 lbs., were found nen` morning inside the church.— , Northern Whig. PRoP3sED Br worm lan DELHI.—The High C')urch Party are making an effort to turn recent events in I t to acco ant for the immediate erection of a biskepric there, and if certain rum )urs which are afloat tu-n out to be correct, they are very likely to accomplish th tt object. A correspondont of the Guardian, writing upon the suhj ct says :—" It was in conternielatioe before the mutiny broke out to found a bishop's s°e at Agra for North West India. But for, our timidity, Delhi w uld pre!) tbly have been selected a; the most appropriate si`n. No such false licacy can now be pleaded. If Delhi is to stand, the Sing's pal ce, of con se, will be turned iato the 8 , 0 of Government.. Let the Janina Musjid, every red granite of which we have purchased with our blood, be converted into a cathedral church. Surely this woul I be at once art act of Christi n revenge, a heavy and I :sting bl )w to the accursed principles of the Mahometan and the Hindoo, and a noble memorial of our slaugbtertd countryman." MR. BERNAL OBBORNE, M.P , ON THE BALLOT. In the present state of silence, enforced or voluntary, of Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P , it will be interesting to the electors of Middlesex to recal the opinions of their former representative on the great question of the Ballot, while - - it may gratify the electors of Dover to know what their present member's opinions on that subject were when he could venture to expeess them. to the debate on Mr. Hume's motion for Reform in Parliament on the 6th of July, 1848, Mr. Osborne said : The house is bound, if it means to carry out its authority in respect to bribery, and is sincere in its horror of ethe practice, to take immediate steps for increasing the area of voting. Tne hon. member for Bucks has dwelt on the superiority of the county he represents. I once had the honour of sitting for a place in that county (Wycombe). and will tell the honourable gentleman who now represents that borough, that had the voters had the protection of the ballot, he • would not have been elected. There is only one borough out of four in Bucks which is not open :to undue influence, and it is sliding from its virtue; it has been wooed by a gay seducer, remarkable for the beauty of his Notes ! If the House wish to put an end to bribery and intimidation (those Gemini which were commonly borne at the time of a general election), members would consider the expediency of giving their constituents the protection of the ballot. All the arguments yet used in opposition to the ballot are founded more on sentiment than on reason. The noble Lord (J. Russell) had referred to America and said, that every man's vote was known there though they had the ballot. This was a proof that the ballot did away with intimidation and bribery, and hence a man was careless whether his vote was known or not. The noble Lord had also referred to the electors of the National Assembly in France, where the ballot was resorted to, and this he seemed to think a clinching argument which was to fright the Isle from its propriety. But under the former dynasty of France, nut of a population of 34 000.000 not 200,000 mea had voted for the election of Deputies, and it was owing to the ballot alone that any independent men bound their way into the chamber. The superiority of the ballot was proved in the recent elections in that country, for it was only by its protection that any men 'conservative principles could have been returned. The nsnal argument against the ballot is a sort of hustings declamation that it is ue-English, but is it not more un- Eaclish to traffic in votes and make a poor trader vote against h's conscience ? Probably many members are aware that the committee of four who sat on the Reform Bid in 1831, consisting of Lord Althorp, Lord J Russell, Lard Dancannon, and Lord Durham, recommended that the ballott should be introduced. This cannot be denied, and when the Chandos clause was introduced in this House Lori Althorp declared that it would be a great step towards Tendering the ballot necessary, and Lord Grey used the same argument in the other llotl3o. I will ask these twenty gentlemen who voted for the ballot in 1842, some of whom used very hard language towards the noble lord at the head of the government, whether any of them would be swayed for an instant by the argument with which the noble lord had opposed the ballot in 1843? Twenty supporters of the government and two Cabinet Ministers voted for the ballot. I hope they will be true to their convictions in 1812, and vote for it now. To this must be appendel from the same speech a prophecy, in which the hon. member, possessed by the spirit of prophecy, and knowing not what he said, drew by anticipation this correct portrait of himself. Look at the Treasury Bench in this House, it is occu pied by either the scions or at' aches of the great Whig families, chequered here and there with some man of the people, just to give a populir tone to the comp .sition, and if you find the representative of a large liberal cpn stituency in such company, you may be sure that his former principles have been-ne sickly, and that his present associates have treatei him as gipseys are reported to treat stolen children—disfigured him to make him pass for their own. After reading this animated argument for the ballot— and there is hardly a better one to be found in all the ab'e speeches on the question, and comparing it with Mr. Osborno's half-and-half feeble and apologetic doclara - tion on the same question to the electors of I) wen— Can Middlesex recognise her lost child P—Morning Star THE CRISIS IN BELGIUM. The Independence Edge of yesterday, says:— " The Ministerial crisis has undergone no change. M. Charles Rogier is expected this evening at Brussels from Paris. It appears that M. de Brouckere has actually undertaken the task of forming a Ministry. It is said this will be rurely a working Ministry,' and intended merely to carry on Government in the interval to the elections, which will take place in June, itibti. Lite names of trie future Cabinet are also given. They are—M. H. de Brouckcre, Foreign Affairs ; Liedts, Interior ; Fabler, Justice ; Quoilin, Finance ; Renard, War." GREECE. It has been announced by te'ehraph that King Otho had subscribed 10,0001. out of his privy purse to the Indian Relief Fund, and directed the various functionaries to follow his example. The followng is the text of the Royal decree issued on the occasion : The unheard-of misfortunes which have lately fallen upon the Christians of British India having come to our know'edge, and observing also the general sympathy which these misfortunes have produced among the inhabi tants of the kingdom, who are not only moved by a spit it of philanthropy and Christian charity, but also by that feeling of profound gratitude which they entertain towards England for the noble aid she gave them during the war of independence, we, at the proposition of our Minister of the Interior, have decided that the Nomarchs he ordered to open subscription lists throughout the country in favour of the victims of this barbarous mutiny, and after having collected the amount they forward the sum to ti e office of the Home Department. Our Minister of the Interior is charred with the execution and publication of the present ordinance. °TIN. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna affirms that a change has taken place in the views of the Prussian government relative to the question of the Danubian Principalities. The Zcit of Berlin, which is looked on as the organ of the government, publishes in its last number an article declaring that the only real requirements of the Principalities were a regulation of the conditions of landed property, and an improvement in the organic laws. According to the Pesth Loyd, there have been no fewer than 105 bankruptcies in Vienna during the last two months. Three or four firms of minor importance suspended their payments on the Ist inst. SWEDEN. The Evenska Tiding of Stockholm, the semi-cfficial organ of the Swedish Government, contains, in its number of the 28th nit., an article which warmly defends:the Danish Government the two great German Powers, and which declares that it is necessary to unite closely the efforts of the three Scandinav'an kingdoms, in order to resist ener getically the intervention of the Germanic Confederation in the internal affairs of a country which is subjected to the sceptre of an independent kingdom. " This article," says a letter from Stockholm, " has caused a great sensa tion, as the belief is that it has been approved of by the Government, and that it expresses the ♦iews of the Prince Regent with regard to the relations of the United Kingdoms with Germany." MONTENEGRO. The D n G.u:ette of Ragusa confirms the late accounts of the predatory disposition manifested by the Montenegrins, and asserts that serious representations have been made to the Austrian Government on tile subject. The Pacha of Trebigne, whose districts have lately been invaded by a band of Prince Danilo's followers, has applied to Constantinople for relief and instructions. Another band, 1,800 strong, which had marched on a village on Austrian territory, was dispersed by a single discharge of artillery. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. state that rumours of :Ministerial crisis had already begun to be circulated, and were credited in certain quarters. The crisis, according to some persons, was caused by the determination of M. Martinez de la Rosa and M. Bermudez de Castro to resign the portfolios of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior; according to others, by the refusal of the Queen to sign decrees nominating General Joaquin Armero Director. General of Cavalry, General Echague, Captain•Genrral of Granada; General Ros de ()lane, Director of Ar illery ; and General Mirasol, Director _of Infantry. Others, again, , that NEW SOUTH WALES. We hare received advices from Sydney, New Sou h Wees, to Aug. 12, being four days later than the date of previous advices. This intelligence reaches us by way Callao. On the 11th of August the second session of the first parliament of New South Wales was opened by his Excellency the Governor-General. We gather from the report of the Sybiey Empire that the opening was conductei with much ceremony, and that the traditions of Westminster are con scientiously observed in the capital of the -Aus tralian colony. The occasion was honoured, we are told, by the presence of a brilliant assemblage o! ladies, distinguished visitors, the foreign consuls, dignitaries of the church, and elliers of the army and navy. The Lower House was summoned by Black Rod, and the Speaker was greatly admired iu his " splendid new state robes." His Excellency, who was attended by an aide-de-camp, and received with a military salute, took his place on the vice-regal throne, and ,delivered the following speech HONOURABLE GI.N,LEMEV OF THE LEGIsLATiVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF TII3 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, I should have called you together at an earlier period, but had I done F o (owing to the unusual length of the last session, which was prolonged until the 17th March of the present year), a sufficient interval would not have been afforded to the government for the preparation of the business about to be brought before you, nether would a sufficient recess have been granted to those members who were withdrawn for so long a time from attending to their private affairs. The delay which has taken place will, I feel assured, be conducive to the ultimate despatch of public business, as it has enabled the government to mature many measures of great importance to the welfare of the country, which, together with the estimates for the year 1658, will be immediately brought un ler your con. sideration. To the following measures of reform and social progress I would more particularly invite your attention. Experience has already shown that the change in the system of government requires a corresponding change in the system of representation. A. bill will therefore' be immediately laid before you to increase the number of members of the Assembly, to remove the disabilities to vote arising from change of residence or qualification, to introduce the ballot, and to bring the electoral distribu tion in harmony with the changes among the population indicated by the late census. This bill will be accom panied by another for the purpose of regulating the pro. ccedings at elections, diminishing the expenses of candi . dates, and providing more effectually against the evils of bribery and corruption. A bill will be laid before you on an early day, to pro_ vide for the future management and disposal of the public lands, which, while preserving; the good faith of the crown, will render the acquisition of land in fee simple more easy to all who are likely . to bring it into profitable use, and thus facilitate the permanent settlement, and, at the same time, increase the pro ductiveness of the country. One of the most important objects of the measure will be to augment the means agailable tor pum.: iwproveßwut, auu mutt , cbpuuldtly ltn* those great works of internal communication which are now so much desired, without unduly pressing upon any class of the community. The Municipalities Bill of last session, modified and improved in some important particulars, will be immediately submitted for your consideration. A bill for the establishment of district courts will be again brought forward in an amended form. The object of this bill is to facilitate and expedite the adminlstra_ tion of justice Li the interior, and to relieve the Supreme Court fro:n the present excessive presure of business. The criminal law requires simplification and amendment, in order to make the punishment of crime more certain ; and, in connection with this subject, I propose to bring under your special notice, the important question of secondary punishment. The subject of education has received the most anxious consideration from the govornment ; and it is nay inten tion to lay before you a measure which, while it will not in any way interfere with the religious convictions of a single individual, will supply adequate means 4 instruction for the whole community. Regulations have been established to faciWate the Introduction from the United Kingdom of useful im migrant; under private engagennent. The opportunity thus afforded for the selection of immigrants by weans of private agency, and of pro% iding thcrn wilt passage in private ships, will, I trust, be productive of great public advantage. It is proposed also to grant remission certificwes in the purchase of land, to persons irrroclucing immigrants of the labouring classes, under such regulations as may be found desirable. The latter object can only be effected by legislative enactment, and the necessary measure for the purpose will, accordingly, be brought forward at an early day. Arrangements have been made by which it is believed the efficiency of the railway department will be materially increased. The officer for whom, at the request of the legislature, I applied in 1855, has lately arrived in the colony; and I trust to be at'lo to lay before you, shortly, sach a report :from him upon the general question of railway construction and management as will greatly tacititate the determination of the measures necessary :or tl:e extension of railways into tl:e interior. Tne unprecedented c.mtinuance of heavy rains has made commuication by the ordinary roads of the colony almost imoracticabe, and has hitherto unfortunately impeded the beneficial expendi ore of the sums voted for their repair. It is intended to apply to the liberality of Parliament for a much larger amount than usual for the mai.tenance and repair of the leading thoroughfares of the colony, and to place them under a more satisfactory system of management. Contracts have been entered into for the construction of a line of electric telegraph from Sydney to Albu,y. The progress of this work, and of those und.r-aken for a similar purpose by the sister colonies, justifies the expectation that the galvanic circuit between all the chief cities of Australia will soon be completed. I have to congratulate you upon the successful opera• tion of the act of last session for the amendment of the laws relating to the management of the gold fields, and upon the orderly condcct and gradually increasing pros perity of the population at the mines. The important questions of an inter-colonial character which are constantly arising suggests the establishment of a federal legislature, possessing power and authority for their discussion and determination in the interests of the, Australian colonies generally. I recommend this important subject to your early consideration. The Legislative Assembly having asserted the principle that; all legislative bodies should be elective, it will be necessary_at the earliest period consistent with its delibe rate determination that the subject of the constitution of the Legisla'ive Council should be taken into considera tion of the Legislature, and it appears to me that a fittin4 opportunity for this purpose will be afforded, when, by the intended revision of the electoral systrm, the opinion of the country upon this fundamental question can be clearly ascertained. It is desirable to separate the political duties of the Attorney General from his office of Grand Jury, and in order to carry out this reform, a bill will be introduced to authorise the appointment of a public prosecutor. Tee recent proclamation of the coinage of the Sydney Mint in Victoria will, I believe, be of great advantage to the colony and to New South Wales. And I venture to hope that her Majesty's Government may be induced to make current the colonial coin iu all parts of the British Empire. , tit GENTLEMEN OF THE LIGTSLATIVE AS SEMBL Y, The financial condition of the country has. during the recess, received my most anxious attention. It is a subject of congratuiatio:i, th it tha deficit in the revenue existing at the commencement of 1856, has been dimin'shed by economy and the improved state of the public income, and that, up to the present time, I have not been compelle4 to avail myself of the authority to THE ESSEX MURDER. COWIE ENQAINE, Wednesday.e-The inquest upon the body of the unfortunate man, Mr. Isaac Butcher, of this piece, was held yesterdiy, before Mr. W. Wood, County Coroner. Henry Hubhard, labourer, said he met de ceased about 30 rods from where the body was found when he was walking quickly, and wished witness good night. About a rod and a ha:f behind him wis another man, who al- o bade witness good night. and who appeared to be a tall man, an 1 hie dress of a light colour. A little way behind him was a second man, rather shorter. dressed in something dark, which appeared to fit close. and a wide-a-wake hat. Tee last man was not more iliau T ut 0 tuab beLii.Q ,1u Cir,v.a,sl. and b , th strangers to witness. Mr. T. Teylor, farmer, of Earl's Collie, said he overtook deceased (whom he knew to be a perfectly steady sober min), and kept with him till he turned into the C the- ale:tine R gad. Thomas Butler, under gardner to Mr. R Hill, said—ol Saturday last, soon after six o'clock, I was within fily or sixty yards of the lodge gate, when 1 heard a scuffling noise in the road, and some one called oat, " Oh ! dear l" which was followed by several groans and then a noise of some one choking. I ran on towards the spot, pulling th 3 gate rather sharply behind tne. and then stopped to listen, when I heard footstees in the direction from me. L ran in that direction, and on turning a corner I found a hat. and a piece of cheese lying on the road, an .I a yard or two fur ther the deceased, who was lying on his back with his clothes disordered. I ran on a little further ; but thinking it was hardly prudent to go alone, returned and found deceased's brother with him, and Mr. Mayhew. Mr. M iyhew said he was driving along the roal with his mother and Thomas Butche r,brother of the deceased, when his horse shied at the body, and on getting out they, with difficulty, tecoznised deceased, whose face was smeared with blood and dirt. Mr. J,tin Taylor, surgeon, said he had made a post mortem examination of the deceased After describing the external and internal appearances of the body he said that he felt perfectly satisfied that violence had b, e ► used, and that the men died from asphyxia (suffocation) ; and as far as be could form an opinion, asphyxia was caused either by a hand placed upon the mouth and holding the nose, or by pressure upon the neck by means of the neckerchief, which, being of woollen, would not necessarily leave a mark ; it cool I not have arisen from natural causes. Tee evidenee having been completed, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Nluriler against some person or perseni unknown."—Just before the conclusion of the inq'iirv, Superintendent Andrews, of E ist H N,rfolk, arrived to consult with the E4sex police respecting a highway robbery near thet place upon a Mr Palmer, a farmer, while on his way home on the evening of the 24th ult., which there is strong reason to suspect was committed by the same parties, of whom the following description is given in the Police Gazette :—Oae about 25 or 26 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches, dark complexion, small whiskers and earring, dressed in a blue guernsey, cord trousers, black cloth cap with peak, and strong navvy boots. The other, 28 or 29 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, much pock pitted, light complexion, little or no whiskers, dressed in a velvet sleeved vest, light fustain trousers, low crowned hat—both apparently railway labourers. Tas Swtss Eurc ions.—Tne Bond of B. me states (hat the eonrervative party hive gained a few as ire v'tes in the electi ins of the new NatLinil Assembly, but that they still rand in an immense minority, siz , 30 Conservativ , s to 90 Liber.ls. In the last assembly the respective strength of the parties was 95 Liberals to 25 C A TUAKISII WAR. VrSSEL DISABLED —MUVtNY AND DEbER.TIoN or Tu.: CREW. —A nalssage received at L 1 ,1,14 ann'iunces that the 13:thie ( rurkish AL), from Cin3tantiqop'P, Nand t, Lon lon, after ex,3e:i nein4 a ye y heavy trOrrO off Cape Finisterre, in which she lost her rudder ani a mast, was tewei near the coas', and there anchored by boats from Figueras Means for taking i.e to the Ferrel ate inal were being p•epared. It was sai I that, in c inseq:e .C 3 of a mtEir.y,on b ard, 210 (I the crew had deserted. ENERGY or C GARiCTER —I lately happened to notice, with some surprise, an ivy, which, being prevented from attaching itself to the r tck bey°, d a certain pint, had shot off int* a bold el .stic stem, with au air of as much iteeper.dence as any branch of 0: kin the vicinity. So a linm to b i'tg thrown, whe h r by c , uelty, jaqi e, or accident, from all social su)port and Vnlness, if he h a any vigour of spirit, and is not in the bodily deblity of either caildho d or age, will instantly begin to act for bins-If, wi h a resolution which will appear like a new farnity.Fster. MURDER OF A POtICEM IN AT STkVEN T lie qnkt little village has been thrown into excitemeat bv the c.,mmision of one of the foillet mniebrs recorded for a long time. A. policemen, who has only b.en in the n ighboatheod, a f:w wetks, was noted for his `anti had, it appears, open stop ed men with stolen property, was missed on F iday night last. He was seen 0-oing his rounds about five o'clock, and was ne ver seen after t ' till M mday morning, when he was foun l i t a pond abort halta-mi'e from the vi'ltge, with his threat cat so frightfully that his bead was nearly severed from his body. Neu- the pen] was found some 10 - se grain, and the gto Ind bore evi lent marks of a severe struggle having taken place, and at a distance of above ninety yards some more loose c ra and some b ood, so that it aware he tried to apprehend so-ne ose, or more, with stolen corn, and tba one or more committ d the mweer. His c tat was hicked ob. ut a great deal about the teek. Th e coroner held an inqu a' on the lycly, and adj urned till Mond iv. yea.) br.,the s named Carpen'er have been taken up, an I there set ms strong susp'cion agaiest their. Th murdered man was about 25 years of age, and came from St. Alban's. MOTHER AND SON. The great lady of whom we have had now and then oe casion to entertain our readers, as presenting to out' astonished eyesm most perfectly preserved souvenir of the Regency—with her diamonds, her carved and inlaid car riages, and her fantastical staircase of rose-coloured alabaster has been the subject of our conversations during the week. A most unpleasant element has been aided to her hitherto enchanted existence, by the dis zovery of a tall sor, whom she has been keeping concealed with the greatest care, and who suddenly makes his ap pearance, to stand betwixt her and the admiring gaze o 7 the most extraordinary nature. The history reminds ns somewhat of that of Emile Girardin. and the more so as the youth seems to pal take of much of the same nature. It appears that on the death of the lady's first husband (a few years after she had been 'married to her second, and while she was contemplating marriage with her third), the French Consul of the place where the husband (a Frenchman by birth, and a tailor by trade) bad died, immediately despatched the son, issue of the marriage, to the mother, then living in splendour with her second husband in Paris. The mother, forced by law to accept the sacred deposit, made all haste to hide it from prorane eyes, by burying the child in one of the Paris colleges, with the strictest injunctions that he was never to be allowed to visit any one, or be seen by any stranger. The lady passed an his benerne tress, and. expressed a desire that the boy should be brought up in the most perfect simplicity .and privation. as the best befitting his future state and the rank to which he belonged. Not wishing. moreover, to have any personal communication with the child, ehe named a correspondent to whom all claims were to be addressed, and, having accomplished all this she went en her way rejoicing. Years, however, flew on for the bay as well as the lady • the ono rern sieieg e westing his sad youth—Summer and Winter, Spring and Autumn—tspots the dusty forms of the college, without interval, without, hope, and without change, looking Wistfully through the iron bars of the college windows as his comrades departed one by one at holid Ay Unice to their happy homes the lady starting forth in her carved .and painted brachia, (.he wonder of the world) to the south, where she, far the third time, played for a rich man's heart, and won it, with rank, youth, and consideration into the bargain- Fee ten long years had the boy led this life, when a comrade,. who had taken great pity on his forlorn state, besought his own mother to invite tie poor deserted Ltd to their chateau during the last summer. The Princess Y—, who had nothing to refuse her own darling boy, on being urged, went to the correspondent, who, hoe ing neither heard of nor seen the prectectress of Ids charge for so many years, saw no g reat harm is the co mpliar c 3 with the request, and the dlighted lad, for the first time in ten years, heard the great iron gates of the college shut behind him, with what feelings you can best imagine. By some extraordinary coincidence. into which we have no right to fathom, it endears that Prime Y-, having mounted the rot e-coloured alabaster staircase one day, found nothing mare curious and interesting to tell the lady to whom it belongs, than ttat story of the nag mistakes and ignorant wonder of the poor foel student, who ha been kept a close oritatter in the college where his own son was studying, and whoa his wife had invited to spend the summer with them is the country. Furious as a hyena, the lady rushei to the correspondent, reproaching him bitterly wi:b his want of faith. The correspon lent, indignant, spired not the lady in his turn, and the eetarrel ended in a cow's:snail, de po!ice being despatched to bring the to riled lad to Paris. Meanwhile the lady, true to her character to the very last, had waited on the chef tie surcte to know whst could be done with a b )3 , of whose we fare she had taken. charge, hut not adopted, and whose unfortuatte propensities rendered it indisp msable that ho should be lost sight of, and sent out of Paris. The chef, mach interested in her benevolence, suggested the lure admission into the Foreign Legion, recruiting for Algeria—an offer which was eagerly se'z upon by the kind protectress—and the - next day belield the lad in the private room of the Act, listening to the latter's nrgent'counsel to sien his engage ment, and reform his life. But the lad, not wanting in wit, absolutely refuse to sign; whereupon, he was told that he must choose between departure for Algeria and imprisonment in the Reformatory of La Rovette. We chose the latter, without hesitation ; and, during the tiest night of.his incarceration, calling reflection to his aid, he discovered that either this powerful protectress mast be his mother (and, consequently, he had a right to share her state and splendour) or that shs was nothing whatever to him, and had, therefore, no right to deviva him of liberty. On his examination the next day, he boldly taxed the authorities with overstepping the limits of their power, and so intimidated them with the natue the Princess Y—. that the affair has ended itt. the proces-verbal of the affair—the condemnation of the protec ress'' to payment of an annual stipend, from h huge income, for the due and prop!' maintenance of her son, aid the utter astonishment of all honest men that such things can be, even in this place, where It ia acknowledged that alt things hap2en.—Court Journs: THE CHIRGE OF CON3PIRACY AGAIN?.T LOEB CLINTON AND MR. JEFFREE. In this case, in whieh an indictment has been Dreferre& by Mr. T. J. S übbs, on bob ilf of Mr. F. Stockwell, mining: agent, against Lord Ch ar'e; Pe ham C inton at l Mr., Jeff:•ee, for conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences, arising out of transactions in the Wheal Z ea g shares, Lord Clinton has been admitted to bait, him , elf in £l.ooo, and twi sureties in £5OO each; Fir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart . R.N., and Dr. Ayerst, of Cavendish -A tare. Mr. Jff ee entered into his arc recoguisancea of £IOJ to meet the charge when called. upon. and furthtr bail, to the amount of £lOO, was accepted—viz., Mr. Smith, of the Court. of Bankruptcy. £5O; and Mr. Goslett, painter, Mary!e')one, in the same sum. The case continues to excite great interest in circles. IHE LATE MURDER IN 'I IPPERARY. According to the testimony of private letters, the state of Tipperary—at least, the North Riding—is not satisfac tory. There is no positive clue yet to the assassins asC Mr. John Ellis, and it is to be feared, from the ilt concealed sympathy of the people with the authors of the crime, that the murder, like too many others originating in the same fruitful source—the possession of land—wall remain a mystery, so far as the ends of justice are concerned. The local agitators—lay and clerical—art endeavouring to make it appear that the untimely death of Mr. El:is should no be classed under the old head at agrarian outrage, awl hints are freely thrown cut that to other influences, quite foreign to the one generally supposed, must be ascribed the motive• which hurried the (alleged) victim of dom^s'ie revenge to a bloody grave.. It is hardly worth mentioning that there mi;erahlt tat e* do net obtain any crcdcre ; the object in circulating them is too tt ansparent to deceive any 0n , .. Their tratta or falsehood will probably be brought to a test at the for , heoming meeting of the magistrates convened by Lard Lismo-e, as Lieutenant of the coun:y of Tip perary. Although described as " steward" to Mr_ Trant, of Dovea, the deceased was in reality the holder of extensive farms, ant was in fair cirenna stances ; but having been originally in the employ. ncent of M.. Trant, he continued after he left his service to exercise a general supervision over the pro perty of Isis former employer. Since the murder of Mr Ellis there have been several minor outrages of the old character committed in the North Riding, hut matters have not gone so tar but that the incipient revival of agrarianism can he readily crushed out by a prompt d splay of executive vigour. The time chosen for a general reduction of the Irish constabu'ary—now that whole towns and vidaees are denuded of military—Ras not happy. A little more attention to the ciriumstances oI particu'ar localities would not have belp misplaced. M , an while the Northern Whig, although published atthe opposite end of the kingdom, seems to b familiar with the story which attributes the death of N r. Ellis to other causes than those of disputes couneat,d with the possession of land : .‘ We have reasons for supposing (says the WV') regard to the case of the unfortunate Mr. Eli!, that land, and in its traditional disputes, may have had nothing te do with she horrible murder. It mly be as reasonahy referred to for other c loses. Why is it sapposed in this country, when a murder takes phce, and the unfor'unals victim is a landed proprietor, that reveitg for harsh acts as a landlord has been the indict men ? We have heard, of landlords shot by outraged husbands; and there certainly are immoral men who are not bad landlords. It the neighbourhood where this last atrocity wts committed. public opinion doss not altogether prononnes in favour of the then-y of agrarian outrage." The Lords Justices have offered a re vard:of £l ll O for the discovery of the murderer or murderers. DEATH of COUNT SICA ;DI —TURIN, OCT. 3). —C ,art formerly Minister of J died yes erday e'en— H I was the o ig nator of several mean es of Ism reform now in operatio 1. REPORTED ( d oNFE slot.; C 1! A MIIRDZILER.- Daring the m o nth of Jute, 1856, Mrs M'Knight, of Barblochan:S3 o6 - land, was found lying dead in a l one l y part o f the rikler cow pastnre!, unde r c i c ums ' ances w h i c h at first led to the impressi in that sh e h a d come t o h-r den bby foodp l ay, piAy, but which were subsequently exp'ained to the satis faction . of a great po,ti n o f t h e sc i e ut 63 men, &"., Tbe were camel up in the case The jury which sat upon _the body were so p e h o tly conv i nc d that death had armee from congestion of the train, that they unhesit totted a verd . ct to that eff.ct. But v r'ous rumours have reserved us to th‘l effect that Mrs. M'K light had not only been. murdered, bit that the murderer bad just confes.ed Lit guilt on his death-bed, and is at last lain! to be the in& vidnal who was then s:spected. and who was Si Deady allied to the d,ceaSed. This irifortnet?n—s artling at at is—is said to to be founded upon a c rtais letter which Las h-en received at Otley, fr,:m the far . north a few days ago. Blt neither the letter n r any af fi d oat worthy of credit it forthcoming, so we must b• pardoned for !apressitt 3 41 . entire diA:klief in the whole story. —. Leeds Times.