Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

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MONDA Y, I ,EOEMBER 14, 1857.

THE DAYS NEWS.

Both -Houses of P arliarnent adjourned on. Satu-
rday to theAtit of Fc:bruary next.
In the House of Lords, the Commons having been
summoned, the Royal assent was given by commis-
-sion to the Bonk Issue Indemnity Bill. LorciEtninure
referred to a letter from Sir Colin Campbell to the
Duke of Cambridge, which showed that there had
been no dfference of opinion between that officer
and Lord Caunin g. In the House of Commons,
Mr. Spooner ma(ie some explanations in reference
to some remarks made by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer during the discussion on the Bank In-
demnity-Till. His (Mr. Spooner's) view of the
question was that there should be two sorts of
currency, one for domestic circulation, and the
other for foreign exchange. Lord Palmerston
stated that the Ministry hoped, in the course of
the present session, to introduce a bill on the sub-
ject of church rates, and it was also the intention
of the Government to appoint a committee on the
subject of corrupt practices at elections. Mr.
liewdegate drew the attention of the Reuse to
the distress prevailing amongst the working
classes., and he wished to intimate to the Govern-
ment that, during the recess, Parliament would
look to them for measures of relief. Earl Grey
said that, on the 4th of February, he should move
for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation
of the Corporation of the City of London. Lord
Palmerston will state his views on the propriety or
impropriety of further legislation on India as soon '
as the House re-assembles.

Mr. Milner Gibson was, on Saturday, elected
member for Ashton-under-Lyne, by a large
majority over his opponent, Mr. Mason. The votes
stood as follows :—Gibson, 522; Mason, 390--
majority, 02.
The Liverpool Financial Reform Association
have issued a very important address to the con-
stituencies of the United Kingdom, in which
occasion is taken to urge upon the people the
paramount necessity of reform in taxation, coin-
.mercial inaLerc, India, &c. The Queen's last speech
is condemned. " For dealth of meaning and dom-
. siness of exprocaion, it may bear away the palm
from most of its predecessors " The present Bark:
Act is condemned, and the association say—" The
necessity of a searching and thoroughly impartial
Investigation of .a subject so important, on which
there is such cr,.. conflict of opinion, must be obvious
7-to all, It is also clear that this investigation ought.
to be coadueteil by an adequate tribuna, composed
. of men capable of weighing all the information
, already on record, and taking additional evidence—
. men from whom nil suspicion of interested bias,
and above sinister ininence of any kind, who would
examine cieliberatel3o and decide conscientiously
. according to the facts. From, a committee so con-
•-stittited as to ivarrant,the belief that its object was
;the ,cotablishnaent of a foregone conclusion—a
„committee sitting in secret, and brow-beating
witnesses whose evidence may be unacceptable to
the majority—no satisfactory results can be
;anticipated." The Eastandia Company's Charter
as also condemned, and •the necessity of it being
.abolished, in addition to that of the Hudson's
.13 ay Company, is lucidly pointed out. The address
well'worthy a careful perusal.
Thomas Wells, who was charged at the York
lasisizes with attempting to murder Mary Ann Doh-
iso.p., at Scarborough, has been found guilty of the
yiner offence, to do some grievous bodily harm,
acl•sentenced to be imneisonectfor 12 months.
ovst. is stated, and said to be on good authority,
that' the .Great Northern Railway Company have
et4e.r.P,d into working arrangements with the
Midi. Ind Company.—The igidland to give the
Great Northern a minimmTa .9f 20;00/. a year for
the use'• of the Great 2,,Tortherta line from Hitchen
to Loud on or the pascage of the Midland traffio
over it, lint that minimum of 20,0001.. a year is not
to comramice until the Ist o Januau, 1859, in
order, we ilrecunao., to allow sufficsent time to bring
all the ma,•:hinery for transmission of the traffic
into full play. When all things Live completed, it
is estimated that the Midland traffic:. thrown upon
the Great Noohern over the Ifitchen part of their
line, will not be less than from 80,000/. to 00,000/
a year, one•third of which the Midland will be
allowed for haulage of the traffic, the other two
thirds going to the Great Northern,
A rather serious collision occurred in the
Stour Valley Tunnel, on Thursday afternoon. A
train for Liverpool, while in the tunnel, was. over
Laken by an engine and Water, and the c onse
4a:once was, that a collision oceurre-I, and sixteen
or eighteen persons were more or less severaly
injured. A. gentleman from Liverpool was bedly
bruised on the head. The fault of the acciden
apparently lies with
.the signal man, as he gave
authority to the driver of the engine and tender, to
enter the tunnel before the Liverpool train had
emerged therefrom.
There are some curious phases of high-life
revealed now and again in our bankruptcy and
insolvency courts. We have now to notice the
case of Lord .George Townsend, who applied for
protection at the Insolvency Debtors' Court,
London, on Friday. Lord George was opposed by
,a number of creditors, including tailors, boot-
anakers, &c., &c, who averred that 112 fraudulently
incurred the debts without having any reasonable
expectation of payment. The chief commissioner
said it was quite clear that he had lived
beyond his income, and he adjourned the case sine
At the York County Court, a gentleman, named
Breary, a solicitor, has obtained a verdict of is
damages apinst the North Ea§tgrn AEbilwAy