Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

he labours is paralysis. The Crown Prince of
Naples is still at Vienna.
Of rumours of war between France and Austria
there is no abatement. Great uneasiness was
created on the Paris Bourse, on Saturday, in con-
sequence of a rumour of an alliance, offensive and
defensive, between France and Sardinia, and
also an account of the open preparations for war
in the southern ports of France. The Paris
correspondent of the Times says, that a letter
received from a personage officially resident at
Vienna, asserts that war between the two powers is a
mere question of time, and all but inevitable sooner
or later. He says that such is the opinion of the
Vienna Cabinet ; that Austria has made up her
mind and is preparing seriously for it ; as she will
not begin ; but that she will not allow herself to be
intimidated by the threats and demonstrations of
France. The Economist states that information
has been received from Paris, on which it places
implicit reliance, that the peace party in the
Emperor's Government have obtained a complete
success for their views, and that a circular from
Mr. Walewski is actually in preparation, assuring
the various Continental Governments that war is
not contemplated.

The Augsburg Gazette learns from Lemberg, the
capital of the Austrian province of Galicia, that
robbery and murder are " the order of the day."
At night, no one cam venture to go out alone, and
not long ago, M. Ballaban, a Commissary of Police,
was murdered by two canoneers. In the town of
Tarnopol, a whole band of Hussars were arrested
for highway robbery. " Two of them were shot,
and the other 28 sentenced to 20 and 30 years'
imprisonment in a fortress."

The French government has received despatches
from the commander of the forces in Cochin-China
to the Bth of December, through Manilla.
Military operations are not to be recommenced
until the end of this month, the weather not per-
mitting the troops to march into the interior.
The heavy rain of winter still continued to fall
with great violence. The position of the allied
French and Spanish forces was satisfactory, and
the sickness among the men did not far exceed a
fair average. The hospitals, which were estab-
lished on a good footing, were quite sufficient for
the wants of the troops, and a. contract had been
concluded at Manilla for the supply of fresh provi-
sions. Cattle, fish, and rice were found in the
country. The expeditionary corps was well sup-
plied with ammunition. The artillery required
had arrived from Manilla. Everything was
ready to commence operations when the weather
became favourable. The spirit of the troops was
excellent.

The Times publishes the particulars of a new
Reform Bill, with which it had been furnished by
a correspondent. According to this bill boroughs
wholly or partially disfranchised would give 98
seats. Bradford. Bristol, Hull, Leicester, New-
castle, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Sheffield receive
three members each ; Birmingham, Finsbury,
Lambeth, Leeds, Southwark, and ll'estminster,
four each ; and the great populations of Liverpool,
Manchester, Marylebone, and the Tower Hamlets
are allotted six, each. But, while doing justice to
these, it is not forgotten that there are county
populations of equal size, and supporting equally
the revenue of the country ; and that, moreover,
the total disfranchisement of a number of bo-
roughs will add considerably to these constituen-
cies. The table gives four members to the West
Riding and six to Lancashire, as Mr. Bright would,
no doubt, approve; but it also gives four each to
Berks, Bucks, Cambridgeshire, and Oxfordshire,
each of which has over 160,000 inhabitants. It
gives five to Durham with its 390,000 inhabitants,
and six each to Cheshire, Cornwall, Devonshire,
Essex, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lincolnshire,Norfolk,
and other counties with populations varying from
350,000 to about three quarters of a million.
A great Reform meeting was held in Norwich
on Friday night. Lord Bury, one of the members
for the city, Mr. Samuel Morley, and Mr. White-
hurst were among the principal speakers. Reso-
lutions were passed in favour of the enfranchise-
ment of the working classes, the vote by ballot,
and a re-distribution of seats. It was further
resolved that copies of the resolutions should be
forwarded to Lord Derby and Mr. Bright, with
an expression of thanks to the latter gentleman
for his efforts on behalf of Reform. The mention
of Mr. Bright's name evoked great enthusiasm.
Successful Reform meetings have also been held
at Cardiff, Port Glasgow, Pudsey, and Whitworth.
At a banquet given to Sir James Anderson, M.P.
for the Stirlingshire burghs, that gentleman de-
livered a speech strongly in favour of Parliamen-
tary Reform. He said that as far as he had
examined Mr. Bright's schedules they met with
his approval.

Professor Thompson, so distinguished by his
connection with the laying of the Atlantic Tele-
graph Cable, has been entertained to a banquet at
Glagow. We publish a report of the proceedings.
In the course of an able address, he detailed most
graphically the mishaps ana anxieties which
attended the execution of the noblest enterprise
of modern times—the attempt to bring still closer
together the two great branches of the Anglo-
Saxon race.

There was issued on Saturday morning an
account of the public income and expenditure on
the years ending March 31, 1857 and 1858. The
total income from Customs and Excise was in
1857, 41,782,302/. ; in 1858, 41,186,357/. ; from
stamps, in 1857, 7,396,6851. ; in 1858, 7,470,6271 ;
from assessed and laud taxes in 1857, 3,114,4451;
in 1858, 3,150,762/. ; from property and income
tax in 1857, 16,050,670/. ; in 1858, 11,396,435/. ;
from the Post-office in 1857, 2,909,1311. ; in 1858,
3,038,113/. ; from crown lands in 1857, 443,478/. ;
in 1858, 417,909/. ; from other ordinary revenue
and other resources in 1857, 1,098,174/. ; in 1858,
1,596,887/. The total income in 1857 was 72,794,8851.
and the total "ordinary expenditure 76,042,7501.,
the excess of expenditure over income being
3,247,8651. The total income in. 1858 was
68,257,0901., and the total ordinary expenditure
70,612,5531., the excess of expenditure being
2,355,4631.

An address from the Bar of Ireland to Baron
Pennefather, on his retiring from the Bench, was
deposited at the library of the Four Courts, Dublin,
on Saturday, where it will lie for the signature of
the members of the Bar.

According to Iferapath's Journal, the dividend
on the London and North Western Railway is ex-
pected to be at the rate of 41 per cent. The Mid-
land, it is said, will show a disposable balance
equal to 51 per cent. per annum, with a respectable
balance over. It is, however, doubtful whether
they will divide to this extent, as there are
some old out-standing debts still to be settled.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire dividend will be at
the rate of 4 per cent. The Caledonian will show
a good 41- per cent., but it is not certain such will
be recommended, as the expenses of the Hawick
Bill of last session have not yet been settled. The
Berwick dividend is spoken of as not being less
than 41 per cent. Well-informed parties say the
dividend on the North British will be 31 per cent.
The South Western dividend will be at the rate
of 51 per cent. The Eastern Counties will admit
of a 7s. 6d. dividend.
The Gazette announces a dividend of 20s. in the
pound on the estate of Fox, Henderson, and Co.,
engineers.
At the Police Court, on Saturday, Edmund
Thompson, described as a surgeon and ,a scripture
reader, in the employ of the Church of England
Scripture Readers' Society, was brought before
Mr. Mansfield, on a charge of receiving various
sums of money from his son, James Thompson, a
lad thirteen years of age, an office boy to Mr.
Firth, fruit broker, knowing the same to have been
stolen ; and the younger prisoner, charged with
robbing his employer of various sums of money,
by breaking open money letters, and appropriating
their contents. The prisoners were remanded.