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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS•

The domestic news to-day, though not very
extensive, is of a most interesting description. In
London, yesterday, the election of Common
Councilmen took place. Several of the new
councilmen took the opportunity of declaring un-
dying hostility to the London Corporation Reform
Bill, announced by Sir George Grey: The Lord
Mayor, however, rather cooled their ardour by
expressing an opinion that somo reform of the•
corporate body would be rather a desirable thing.
Our readers will perhaps remember Mr. Justice
Jackson, an out-and-out Tory, who gained his seat
on the Irish Bench by his extreme partisanship ,
towards the Orange faction. This gentleman,
although so bigoted in his opinions, was a most
profound lawyer, and did some service to his
country. He died on Sunday. We have also to
notice the death of the celebrated electioneering
agent, Mr. Coppock. FOr many years he bad
been, the right-hand-man of the Reform Club, but
unfortunately he speculated, and entered into the
"Surrey Gardens affair; this scheme proved far
from profitable, and it pressed upon his mind. His
death is the result.
On the opening of the late session of Parliament
it will be remembered, says a London cotemporary,
that in the speech from the Throne opening the
Session, all that was said tab. ut India was a recom-
mendation of the affairs of that part of the Empire
"to the serious consideration of Parliament "
Differences of opinion were known to exist in the
•Cabinet with regard to the measure to be proposed
affecting the scheme of Indian Government; and
!various ambiguous and discordant utterances in
the Ministerial organs did not tend to enlighten the
public mind on the subject, nor to allay the natural
anxiety that prevailed. Wu find it, however,
plainly affirmed this morning in th 7 most favoured
of the Treasury organs, and perhaps the best
informed, ,that "it is understood the East India
Company have received formal notice that it is

the intention of the Government to bring in a bill
for the abolition of the double government." If
this be not the.. result of a direct intiniatien from
the Government, We have at least no doubt that it
states a substantial-truth
Several serious collisions have recently occurred
on railways. On the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Road one train ran into another on
Friday night, and although no lives, wer6 lost
broken limbs, disfigured faces and bruised heads
were in plenty. A fog prevailed at the time and it
was evidently au unforeseen accident—i. e . one
that could not be prevented--as the engine of the
first train broke down.
The particulars of a most extraordinary case,
which has come before the Sheriff of Glasgow, will
be found elsewhere It exposes the folly of •the
present system of bill discounting.
Respecting the supposed murder and suicide in
London, there is not much more to add. The
inquest on the bodies was resumed yesterday, but
no evidence elucidating to what is obscure iu the
tragedy was forthcoming.
There is no local news this morning of the least
moment. A lull report of the proceedings of the
Liverpool Auxilliary of the Irish Society, for pro-
moting scriptural education and religious instruc-
tion among Irish Roman Catholics," which wee
held last night at the Collegiate Institution., will he
found in another portion of to-day's paper.
It will be seen by reference to another part of
to•day's impression, that the Shipowners' Associa-
tion have nominated a number of gentlemen as fit
and proper parsons to represent th 3 dock rate
payers in the New Trust. We consider that the
electors could not select better men.
Of foreign news there is a variety, but it is not
of much importance. The Jeufosse trial hts ter-
minated, as every one acquainted with the tem-
perament of a French jury expected, in a verdict
of acquittal.

The Paris Patrie gives a positive contradiction
to a statement that the Turkish Ambas3ador
at Vienna had made a communication to the
Austrian Government on the subject of the clos-
ing by Russia of the eastern ports of the Black
Sea. The same journal also contradicts an asser-
tion thlt the Emperor, in consequence of repro

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sentations made by England, has consented to
submit the question of the exportation of negroes
from Africa to the French colonies to a conference,
to be held in London.
The feeling of comparative confidence which has
been undoubtedlyrnanifested in French commercial
circles, within the last few days, is now spoken of
in ecstatic terms by the French Government jour-
nals. The "'ayes alludes to it with " joy." and
ascribes the impunity with which France has
traversed the crisis to the g' general policy of the
present government." If in France there have
been only the average number of failures, while
other nations have been wildly asking whether they
were not " about to perish," the reason is, that
" God has sent to France one of those great men
who take tottering nations by the arm, and guide
t hem in the ways of civilization and progress."
From Naples, we learn that on the 14th instant,