The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-16 00:00:00

Equerries in Waiting

of Wales and Prince Alfred. The
Queen has given sittings to Mr. Noble, for a colossal
bust for the Town-hall of Manchester. Her Majesty had

out with the 1

a dinner party

a the evening

The company included

the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Royal, the
Belgian Minister, Lnd Madame Van de Weyer, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Earl and Lady Con_
stance Grosvenor, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn,
Major-general the lion. Charles Grey, Sir George Couper,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Maude, Royal Artillery.

THE LEVEE.—Yesterday afternoon, her Majesty, accom-
panied by the Prince Consort, and attended by the usual
officers of the household, proceeded in state from
Buckingham Palace to St. James's Palace, where the
Queen held a levee, which was numerously and brilliantly
attended.

THE LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL.—A common
hall of the livery of the city of London, was held yesterday
aggrnoon in Guildhall, for the purpose of considering, and,
if‘pproved, adopting resolutions in opposition to the
government measure for the reform of the corporation.
The Lord Mayor presided, supported by the sheriffs,
aldermen, and other civic functionaries. After some dis-
cussion a resolution, condemnatory of the government
measure, was agreed to by a large majority. A petition
to Parliament was afterwards adopted against the bill,
and a resolution passed, declaring that the livery were
fully alive to the desirableness of reforming all abuses,
and would gladly accept any just and proper scheme for
that purpose. Another resolution was also carried, con-
firming the proceedings of the liverymen's committee, and
requested them to continue to act on behalf of the com-
mon hall, in endeavouring to secure the defeat of the bill.
The proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks
to the Lord Mayor.

THE MAYNOOTH GRANT.—Last night, in the House of
Commons, Mr. Spooner again brought forward the ques-
tion of the Maynooth grant, by moving that " the House
resolve i►self into a committee of the whole House for the
purp,,se of considering the acts for the endowment of the
college of Maynooth, with a view to the withdrawal of
any endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard
being had to vested rights and interests." On this the
recently elected member for the city of Edinburgh, Mr.
A.-, Black, moved, by way of amendment, to add to the
original motion the words following :.—"And at the same
4---ke into consideration the other parliamentary
sde to religious denominations in Ireland."
)ate, the House divided on Mr. Black's
1 there appeared in favour of the amend-
-253, so that the amendment was lost
A. division then ensued on the original

)y a majority of 2,

motion, which was carried by a majority of 26, the
numbers being—for the motion, 159; against it, 133. The
announcement of the numbers was received with loud
cheers, so says the report. After two futile attempts
made by Mr. Hutchins and Mr. D. O'Connell to bir the
further progress of Mr. Spooner's success, by moving
amendments which the forms of the House prevented, but
in which they were defeated by majorities of 22 and 17
respectively, Mr. Spooner triumphed and obtained leave
to bring in a bill for the abolition of the endowment of
Maynooth. Thi

Idds another to the defeats already
experenced by the Government since the commencement

of the present session of parliament

THE WEATHER for the last two days has been very
fine and dry, The wind has been rather sharp, with
chilly atmosphere, but sunny. Altogether, the weather
is favourable, and such as cannot fail to be welcome to
the agriculturist.