The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

THE COURT

WINDSOR, FED. 4.—The Queen and Prince, accom-
panied by the Royal Family, walked in the grounds
adjoining the castle this morning. Viscount Drum-
lanrig, Comptroller of the Household, had an audience
of the Queen to present the address from the House of
Commons, in answer to her Majesty's speech from the
throne.

THE BANK CHARTER Act —ln the House of Commons
last night, Mr. Glyn inquired whether any steps had
been taken for giving the statutory notice to the Bark of
England, preparatory to the revision of its charter ; and
whether it was the intention of the Government to in.
stitu te an inquiry before a committee of the House, or other.
wise into the working of the existing Bank Charter Act
The Chancellor of the Exchequer speaking for the govern-
ment, replied to the effect that a time of war when the
bank was paying away extraordinary sums of money,
was not a fitting period to institute any such enquiry,
and that government had no intention of taking any
steps for the purpose. This is a tolerably distinct in-
timation that the existing state of things is not to be
interfered with ; at least so far as the present government
is concerned.

The Lord Chancellor last night introduced into the
House of Lards a bill which has more importance than
would, on the first view, be supposed, and which is
evidently intended to meet a difficulty which otherwise
might arise in a matter which has lately so much
engaged public attention. We allude to the Rugeley
poisoning cases. Already our readers are aware that
steps have been taken to remove the trial of the accused
from the Stafford assizes, and on the returns
of the writs of certiorari, the court of Queen's Bench
will have to determine the court to which the indict-
ments shall be remitted. It seems that doubts have
arisen as to the authority of the Court of Queen's Bench
to order the removal of trials under criminal indictments
from the assizes to the Central Criminal Courts, and to
remove those doubts is the scope and object of the Bill
No doubt can now be entertained that the trial of Wm.
Palmer will take place, as we originally stated, at the
Central Criminal Court.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF LISTOWEL._%Ve regret to
announce the death of the Earl of Listowel, which sad
event took place at half-past two o'clock on Monday
afternoon, at hlorison's hotel, Dublin. His lordship
was struck with paralysis on the 2Gth ultimo, and,
though he rallied for a few days, he began to sink
rapidly on the morning of his decease, and from that
time no hopes were entertained of his recovery. The
late earl, who was in the fifty-sixth year of his age, was
a Knight of St. Patrick, Vice-Admiral of the province of
Munster, and a Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen. His
lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his
eldest son, Viscount Ennismore, (now Earl of Listowel,)
a young officer in the Scots Fusilier Guards, who was
wounded at the battle of the Alma, and is at present
serving on the staff of the army in the Crimea, as aid-de-
camp to his uncle, General Windham.

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BLIND Awrucw.—A pro forms meeting of the trustees of
the Blind Asylum was held at ten o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, for the purpose of correcting the list of vice-presi-
dents.
LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY CoURT—YESTERDAS—(Before
Mr. Commissioner Perry) :—ln re Thomas Parker.—The
bankrupt was the proprietor of the Claremont Hotel,
Southport. This was a dividend sitting. Mr. Frodshaw
appeared for the as.,ignees, and said that, as the present
sitting would close the proceedings under this bankruptcy,
he thought be might take the opportunity of congratulating
the creditors that, through the instrumentality of the court,
they would now receive such a further dividend as would,
with the previous ones, pay them their debts in full, with
interest. Mr. Commissioner Perry said he concurred in
the congratulation to the creditors, and said that, though
not to the same extent, there were many instances in which
creditors had received larger dividends through that court,
than they would otherwise have obtained.

SUNDAY SCHOOL AND LITERARY INSTITUTE. ••••••• The
weekly lecture connected with this institute was delivered
in the Concert Hall, last night, by the Rev. J. Makepeace,
missiona-y from India. The chair was taken by the Rev.
C. AL Birrell, at half-past seven o'clock. There was
rather a thin attendance. .44er a hymn had been sung
and prayer said, the chairman briefly introduced the sub-
ject of the evening, observing that he knew the meeting
had not come to hear a speech from him, but to listen to
the lecture of the Rev. Mr. Makepeace. He expressed
some regret that arrangements made that year should have
caused two courses of lectures to be delivered almost
simultaneously, which he feared had the effect of causing
many of the public to feel almost a satiety. He then in-
troduced the lecturer, who he observed from his long re-
sidence in India brought an Oriental mind to deal with
an Oriental subject, and might therefore be considered
" the right man in the right place." The Rev. Mr. Make-
peace then proceeded to deliver his lecture, the subject of
which was " St. Francis Xavier." The lecturer traced
the history of Indian missions from the first expedition
sent out by the Portuguese, and blended with it a biogra-
phicalnag
narrative of the life and career of Francis Xavier,
of whom he observed, tharatthough there were many cir-
cumstances connected with his mission which must be
applauded.
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