Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT_

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.
THE ADMICSION OF SALT FROM INDIA INTO CHINA.

Lord Stanley, of Alderly, asked whether any measures
had been taken by the Government to procure the admlssion.
of salt from India into the Chinese Empire.
The Earl of Malmesbury replied that no instructions had
been given to Lord Elgin on that subject. It had been left
to his discretion. Finding, however, that salt still:con-
tinued a contraband article in China, recent instructions
had been sent out for the purpose of obtaining some
remission of the existing restrictions.
THE DIVISION ON THE REFORM BILL.

The Earl of Derby, in rising to move the adjournment of
the House, said that he trusted their lordships would not
construe his silence as to the important division which took
place in the House of Commons on the preceding evening
into indifference ; on the contrary, he regarded it as a most.
serious occurrence. It had rendered it necessary for him to
meet his colleagues at an early hour that morning, and he
had afterwards had an audience with Her Majesty. He had
not received the sanction of Her Majesty to any course ho
might advise. The present state of affairs was so critical,
that he should best consult the convenience of their Lord-
ships, and the gravity of the occasion, if he postponed till
Monday all further statements on the subject. On that day
he hoped to lay before the house what advice in a crisis of
such importance he and his colleagues had felt it their duty
to lay before Her Majesty, and the course which, with Her
Majesty's sanction, they proposed to adopt.
The House then adjourned at 5.20 p.m.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning the Chaneellor
of the Exchequer left Grosvenor-gate, and proceeded to the
residence of the Earl of Derby, in St. James's-sq3are. The
right hon. gentleman remained in consultation until tea
minutes to twelve, when they left together, and walked
across the Park to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's official
residence, in Downing-street. At twelve o'clock a Cabinet
Council was held, at which were present the Earl of Derby,
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
General Peel, Lord Stanley, Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Sir
Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lord John Mannerm, the Lord
Chancellor, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Malmesbnry,
Sir John Pakington, and Lord Donoughmore.
Sir William Jolliffe had an interview with the First Lord
of the Treasury at half-past nine yesterday morning, and
afterwards called uoon several of the leading supporters of
the Government.

During the whole of the morning the clubs were crowded
with members of both Houses of Parliament, and other
gentlemen who take an interest in political affairs. It is
confidentially stated by all parties that the noble earl will
not venture upon a dissolution of Parliament, but that
after the Cabinet has closed its sittings, he will proceed
at once to Buckingham Palace, and announce to Her
Majesty the resignation of his Administration. It is con-
fidently stated that Lord John Russell will be sent
for, and that he will at once consent to form an
Administration, havino. Lord Palmerston as Foreign
Secretary, Sir Richard' Bethel as Lord Chancellor, Sir
James Graham as Home Secretary, Mr. Milner Gibson as
President of the Board of Trade, and Sir G. C. Lewis as
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Headlam, Q. C., as
Attorney-General, and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., as Solicitor-
General. In the event of this" arrangement being carried
out, there will a double election for the borough of Maryle-
bone, as Sir Benjamin Hall will doubtless be the First
Commissioner of Works under any Liberal administra-
tration that may be formed.
Six baronetcies, it is currently stated, are to be created-
distinction:
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Taylor, Colonel Forresier, and Mr. William Deeder.
These prophecies of the clubs are most likely
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out pretty nearly correct. In some quarters it is stated
that the Earl of Derby will nominate Mr. Henley for
one of the baronetcies, notwithstanding his recent defection
from the ministerial ranks.

The greatest excitement prevailed, and peers were
inundated during the whole of the morning by applications
for tickets of admission to the House of Lords for last
night, there being an expectation that the Earl of Derby
would make a statement.