The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

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4-Dl-DATES FOR SPEAR ER OF THE HOUSE

OF COMMONS.

The
Times contradicts the report that the Right Hon.
tor'rY Fitzroy has declined to offer himself as a candidate
Speakership in the nest Parliament.
t?
-'Advertiser adduces very strong grounds for the
le it'Llnation of Mr. M. T. Baines to the office of Speaker,
" Ministerial Candidate.

11AN
Rm. Toy OF MESSRS. FOx AND lIENDERSoN.
nday was fixed in the Birmingham District Court of
ecZkruptcy for the last examination of this firm ; but in
the equenee of the noncompletion of the balance sheet, upon
application of Mr. Beal, the solicitor to the assignees, it
has
,Postponed for a month.
, the nAns WITH MOROCCO.--A convention was printed, in
11%, of a parliamentary paper, on Monday, between
'ua.lesty and the Sultan of Morocco. The Sultan of
th-r°oo engages to abolish all monopolies or prohibitions
for imported goods, except tobacco, pipes of all kinds used
altokin • sul hur powd, saltpetre, lead, arms
'rail • g' °plum' P. '
11 kinds, and ammunition of ware; and further, to abolish
4,rillotiopolies of agricultural produce, or of any other
et,lehte Whatsoever in the dominions of the Sultan, except
piWes, bark, tobacco, and other herbs used for smoking in
4 -''OTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO THE ISLAND OF
;4NBION.—On and from the Ist April next, the postage
14;u letters conveyed either by packet or by private ship
d'aLwe
~en the United Kingdom and Ascension, will be re_
1144t1 to an uniform rate of—For a letter not exceeding
Drips an ounce in weight, 0d ; ditto, ,exceeding half an
one e, and not exceeding one ounce, 1s1; ditto, exceeding
anode, and not exceeding two ounces, 2s, and so on,
of as
one shilling for every additional ounce, or fraction
411 4 ounce. The postage of letters to Ascension must, in
Zt,S4,l, be paid in advance.
orib, InFFicuLTY" IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.—It is
a short time since we chronicled an emphatic knock
`logiin one of the houses of the Missouri Legislature,
I"eQ Was followed by the drawing of a bowie knife.
Elmsam now a similar instance to relate. A f w days
Aitl, just before the vote on the Bank Bill was taken, Mr
harsh, of (sentry, in a personal explanation, made some
th StriotureB on Mr Singleton, of Andrew ; the rest of
elllt4rY Is thus told in the Inquirer's legislative report
ad,„e Mr. Singleton, of Andrew, rose from his seat, and
N'ol)e--„"ejd to the side of his desk towards the left centre aisle,
right he arrived at the front edge there of he with his
hand grappled for his inkbottle ; a second clutch
at iTeu ;t. Drawing back, he threw it with much force
alon‘r• Albin. -The bottle, scattering its contents all
of Gig route, struck the desk of Mr. Albin in front
itisf."l:, and bounced off, carrying with it a handkerchief,
4'at alteing over the face of Mr. Darnes, of Scott, whose
Ns is about in a line with the seat of Mr. Albin. Upon
4,1_ and quicker than we can pen the act, Mr. Albin drew
poirl,liis breast a seven inch Colt's revolver, which he
I'votld'ed with unerring certainty, and which he held with a
steadiness, directly at Mr. Singleton. Gentle-
-1.44,4:urr0an surrounding al
either pe-son rushed towards them, not
ktie„,ver, until Mr. Singleton had stooped down, in the
Of s'L.Pt, as it would appear, to raise a spittoon. Mr. Clover,
111 r. Albin,
who happened to be near, caught the arm of
tits h; bin, and at the same time, with his left hand, forced
eullerttit,°l up to the _ceiling. y this time the Speaker
-Mr. -,,eu himself, and ordered the two peruns under arrest.
tlxlbin made some resistance by words, but on the
ofetln,ernendation of his friends, he left the hall in custody
Ire ent Sergeatit at Arms. Mr. Singleton was not for the
tnelested.—NewYork Afirror.