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-THIS DAY

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

THE DAY'S NEWS,

19, 1859,

In the House of Lords, last night, the Earl
of Derby, in reply to the Earl of Airlie, said that
no bill had yet been prepared for the furtherance
of education in Sco'land, but that measures were
being adopted with that view. In the House of
Commons. Mr. Whiteside took his seat for
the Dublin University. Mr. Baxter
notice ,he should move a resolution

the effect that the Reform of the Representation
of England, Ireland, and Scotland, should be con-
solidated together, and not taken as separate
measures. Mr. Rich gave notice of a resolution
for Monday, against the compulsory prepayment
of letters. Mr. Headlarn gave notice of a motion
that no arrangement for the future administration
of the 'lonian Islands should be' sanctioned
by Government without the authority of the
Mr. Caird called attention to the state of
the guano trade with Peru. Mr. Hutt called at-
tention to a communication from Lord Malmesbury
to the Greenock Chamber of Commerce, which
appeared to be an attempt to revive the old navi-
ration. laws. General Peel expressed the anxiety
of the Government to present, as speedily as possi-
ble, a report upon the inquiry as to the Weedon
stores, On the question that the House should go
into committee on the Indian Loan Bill, Lord
Stanley entered into explanations. The House
then went into committee on the bill. The resolu-
tion necessary for the introduction of the bill
sanctioning
s,initehae. loan was agreed to, and the
House e

The Continental news continues adyerse to the
prospects of peace. The Vienna correspondent of
the Times says, it would not be surprising to learn
that the Austrian army is to be put on a war
. footinThe military organisation is so complete
footing.
that 40,000 men can be fully prepared for action
within a month or six weeks. The corespondent of the
same journal says, on reliable authority that troops
are marching from Taganrog to the Moldavian
frontier, and adds : " It is evident that a tremendous
storm is brewing,. and that the aim of Russia and
France is to reduce Austria to the same level as
`Turkey." _

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The usual army estimates have beend i
There is to be a *dilution of the home an
establishment of about 7,500 of all ranks, and°
increase to the Indian establishment of aboutan
14,000 men. As the former is only provided for
by Parliament, there is a decrease of the sum to
be voted, but the nett decrease amounts only to
£9,965. The total amount required for the ensuing
financial year is £11,568,000. The whole imperial
force, for the defence of the United Kingdom
:and the Colonies, and for the occupation of
Indiaiiwill be 229,000 men, as compared with
222,000 men in last year. The army constituting
the Home and Colonial Establishment, exclusive
of India, will amount to 122,000 men. The total
strength of the Imperial troops to he maintained
on the Indian establishinent is 106,000 men of

Home, and 15,000 men from the regimental depots
at Home, leaving in the garrison of India 91,000
men, or about 12,000 more than was fixed last
year. The Royal Artillery in India is to be
increased from 4,700 to 7,800 men. The Infantry
will be 10,000 men in excess of the number fixed
a year ago.
The Etna has arrived at Southampton, with
advices from New York to the 6th inst. The
news is not important. An abstract will be found
in another column.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the London
and North Western Railway Company, was held
yesterday. Admiral Moorsom presiding, in the
absence of the Marquis of Chandos. The report,
of which an abstract has bean already published,
was adopted. A long discussion took place upon a
vote for new works, and an amendment was pro-
posed that the vote be not granted, which was
carried by a show of hands. A poll was; however,
demanded on behalf of the directors, which will
be kept open for a week, and in which, of course,
the directors will use proxies. A motion to ap-
point a committee of shareholders, to whom all
propositions for new lines, &c., should be submitted,
was rejected. The remaining business was merely
routine.

At Ormskirk sessions, yesterday, a curious case
was heard before the magistrates, when a father
and son, named Moran, were charged by a man
named Fairclough, with doing him grievous bodily
harm, by stabbing him, A full report of the case
will be found in our Columns.

A meeting. of the friends of the Governesses'
Institution was held yesterday, in the Savings
Bank, and many very proper observations were
made by those present with regard to the treat-
ment of governesses. The friends of the institu-
tion have great faith in its success, and we do not
see any reason why they should not. We give a
full report of the proceedings.