Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1859

THE DAY'S NEWS

In the House Of Lords, last night, Earl Grey
inquired whether the proposition reported to have
been made to the lonian Parliament by Mr.
Gladstone had received the sanction of the govern-
ment P The Earl of Carnarvon entered into
some explanations as to Mr. Gladstone's
mission, and said the proposition was
still under the consideration of the lonian Legis-
lature. Lord Derby said, as long as the proposi-
tion was under consideration he should oppose the
production of papers. The Law of Property and
Trustees Relief Bill was read a third time. In the
House of Commons, Mr. Salomons took his seat for
Greenwich. In reply to Colonal Sykes, Lord Stanley
stated that he had twice written to India for a list
of civilians who had distinguished themselves in
military capacity, and to whom it was right some
mark of distinction should be shown. The Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer stated that a convention
had been entered into between England and
Austria for the establishment of a line
of telegraph to Alexandria. Mr. Locke
King obtained leave to bring in a bill for
the better settling of the law as to real and per-
sonal estates. Mr. Ayrton obtained leave to bring
in a bill to repeal certain acts relating to newspa-
pers, pamphlets, and other publications. The
Marriage Law Amendment Bill passed through
committee.

Her Majesty's ship Orion, about whose safety
there were some fears, has arrived at Berehaven.
The annual dinner of the Ballot Society took
place on Wednesday, and the Morning Star, in.
noting the fact, says, "on this occasion it was
rendered more interesting by the growing success
which attends the movement. No society could
work harder or better than the Ballot Society, and
those who have worked in this cause are likely to
tee their efforts crowned with success. The
president, Mr. Berkeley, took the chair last
night, andrei
representative
was surrounded by a most influential
and a
more than a eztative company, which included
members of parliament. The
question of a P:retileissive Ballot, said to be likely to
be proposed by
Government, was alluded to,
and the chairman remd
that he would advise
its acceptance upon condition that the way
of ascertaining whether
the constituency wanted
the Ballot should be by Ballot itself. The
toast of " The Army and
General Thompson and Admral N-Ni;37,17 gave
gallant vie a
darnbiorua
lt
portunity of explaining their an op-
the defences of the country. The
acknowledged he was an alarmist, and uttered
language which left no doubt that his
tion of mind has certainly become rather condi-
tion
The meeting listened patiently, but did a atrm -''
his observations. A sprightly scene tookno chleer
before the meeting broke up, one of the speakers
having suggested that many members of-Par-lila's-
ment are not in earnest on this question.
The Piedmontese Loan, it is rumoured, will be
taken by two English houses, in connection with
M. Charles Lafatte, the Paris banker.
The French Senate is occupied in considering
the degrability of increasing the annual donation
of the Princes and Princesses of the Imperial
family from 1,500,000 francs to 2,200,000 francs,