The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-19 00:00:00

TIE MARRIAOE OP VIE PRINCESS ROYAL

The Lard Chance lor brouglit up a msisage fro .n the crown,
ReqUa nting thcir lordships with the propose i marriage between the
Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and asking
concurrence with her M ,jesty on the subject.

Earl Granville moved a congratulatory address in answer to Her
1/,jesty's gracious message.
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The Earl of Derby seconded the motion in a brief spesch of corn-
pl ment and congratnlatidn to the Crown and the Prihcess Royal.

PROBATES, Ore.

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The Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of the Piobatras and
Letters of Administration Bill, and briefly recapitulated the principal
provititm.i. The on:y material d'ff rence between this bill and the
bill of last session was, that he now proposed that the Judge of ti.e
Cou:t of Probates should be the Judge of the new Court, at a salary
of £4,000 a year,
The Bishop of Bangor thought the present diocesian courts dis-
charged their duty in a very satisfactory manner, and that there was
Co need for the change, which would lead to confusion.

The MAW') of London supp zted the bill, which was read a second

irEANI COMbICINICATION WITII IRELAND.

Lord Dungannon asked the Postmaster-General whether the final
arrangement had been made by her Majesty's Government with the
Dublin Steam Packet Company relative to the postal and passenger
c mmunication between Holyhead and K ngston, what wer, the
nature of such arrangements, and how soon likely to be sarried into
effect.

The Diake of A^gyll stated that within 'the last few days an
amended proposal had been made to the company, with the view of
effecting such arrangements as would prove satisfactory to the
public, No answer had yet been received to that proposal, and he
was not therefore in a position to make any definite statement. The
object of the Government in the proposal just made, was to remove
some of the greatest difficulties which existed in the settlements of the
matter.

The Marquis of Clanricarde thought that the Government could
carry on the service better themselves than by contract with a

Company.
After some remarks from Ea.l Fitzwi liam and the Duke of Argyll,
who promised tlmt the correspondence should be laid on the table
whether the companies accepted the proposal of the Government or
not.

The subject dropped.
The house rose at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at ten m!nntas to bur o'clock.

MOW MAMBiRC

Sir D. Norreys, Mr. Maguire, Colonel Grerille, Sir W. Heath-ote,
Mr. M. Dunne, Mr. Egerton, Earl Bective, Mr. Calen% and Mr. W.
Brown, took the oaths and their seats.

1111VAT3 BILLS.

The following private bile were read a third time and passei :
Calcntt, a-id South Eastern P. dlway Company Bill, Chepstow Gas
Bill, Reversionary Interest Society Bill, and t °nth Devon Railway
Bill.

The following private bills severally p3siel a second reading :
The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill, the Great Northern
Railway Capital Bill, the Newsy and Enniskillen Railway Bill, the
Salford Borough No. 1 Bill, and the Salford Borough No. 2 Bill

ARMY ESTIMATES.
The Army Estimates were laid on the table by Sir John Ramaden.

In reply to Sir De Lacy Emig,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer sail that the Army Est mates
would be brought forward as soon es the Navy Estimates were com-
pleted.