The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS

In the House of Lords last night, Lord Campbell
moved for a select committee to consider whether
tne privileges of reporting in courts of law might
not be extended to the reports of Parliament and
other assemblies. Lord Cardigan, in alluding to
the attacks upon General Ashburnham, the newly-.
appointed Commander of the Forces in China,
intimated that it was his his opinion that they
emanated from junior officers, and said
that when their names should become
known that it would be the duty of the Com-
mander-in-Chief to call them to account. No other
topic of interest was alluded to, and the House
adjourned.
In the House of Commons soma new mein..
"hers were aworn in. Mr. Spooner gave notice
that. on the 21st of May, he should move for a
select committee of the House to enquire into the
Maynooth Grant, with a view to its withdraWal
No new bill respecting the regulation of public-
houses and beer shops is to be introduced this
session, alth-ugh Sir George Grey admitted the
very unsatisfactory state of the law respecting
these licensed houses, as it now stands. The
recent attempt of the British Government to
force upon the Newfoundlanders the provisions of
an obnoxious treaty with France, regarding the fish-
ies on the coasts of that Island, will shortly be
brought before the House. Sir J. Pakington gave
notice that on an early day he hoped to be enabled
to lay before the House a petition from Newfound-
land on this particular subject. Sir George Grey
obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the
Act substituting in certain cases other punish.
ments in •lieu of transportation, and Mr. Labou-
ohere moved for a select committee to consider the
state of those British possessions in North
America, which are under the administraii )n of
the Hudson Bay Company.
There are various rumours at present current in
political circles. It is stated that the Secretaryship
for Ireland has been offered to Lord Fermoy, and
waits his acceptance ; a seat in the House of Cern-
nions—au Englikli borough—is in readiness for
bim. It is also stated with equal confidence that
Mr. Fagan wilt have the vacant Lordship of the
Treasury,- and that a new writ will be moved f
the city of Cork on Thursday next The rumour
which has been afloat of Mr. Isaac Butt's joining
the Ministry, to accept the under Secretaryship for
the Colonies, is still very prevalent ; but,
nevertheless, there are counter•rutnours of
equal positiveness that Mr. Labouchere is
unwilling to part with Mr. John Ball, and that,
as the actual presence of the Under-Secretary
is not indispensable, at least for a short
time, Mr. Ball will retain his office, and trust to the
chance of, getting one of the seats which are sure
t 3 be declared vacant by the decision of election
o n-nmittees within the next few weeks. But should
toe plan fail report• points to Lord Dufferin as
likely to have the offer of the vacancy which will
Veen ensue. The statements with regard to changes
in the legal -Officers in the Government, both in
England and Ireland. gains ground. It is posi-
tively said that the Lord Chancellor of England
will not meet the courts in his present office on
the first day of Trinity term. . The Solicitor
Generalship will be vacated before that time by Mr
Stuart Wortley, and it is said to be equally certain
that Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald will have ceased to be
Attorney-General for Ireland, by his being placed
oe the bench before the Ist of June. The general
conversation relates much more to these personal
matters than to any programme of Ministerial
measures. The new members of Parliament, they
sly, are found to be rather an uncouth and doubt
inl-to-be-managed body, and the Cabinet is stated
to be in the agonies of doubt 'as to what particular