Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

GERMANY.

In the Sitting of the Di, M. Hanse
brought before the Chamberet onto-d behayalf of the !e-
-n
presentatives of Central Schleswig, his motion
with reference to the language to be used m
official documents. The royal commission there-
upon read the decision of the King, that the said
proposal of the members of the Diet was not to be

taken into consideration. M. Hp,nsen,however,
declared that he would not withdraw his motion.
Count Baubissin then moved that as the, question
was of an urgent and serious character, it be
referred to a select committee of eleven members.
This motion was agreed to by 27 to 14 votes.

RUMOURED RISE IN THE RATE OF

DISCOUNT.

A rumour has been circulated that a Special
Court has been summoned at the Bank to discuss
the propriety of raising the rate of discount.
The power of raising the rate is always vested in
the Governor, and the Committee is always
sitting. The demand for money at the Bank
yesterday was very active, but the minimum has
not yet been raised beyond three per cent.

My. Lindsay will bring forward a motion
this day on the burdens and restrictions upon
shipping.
The report of the Gloucester Election Commis-
sioners have been issued to-day,—it establishes
proofs of extensive electoral corruption. Sir IL
Carden, with difficulty, escapes implication.
In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday the rule
applied for against Mr. Pratt, the solicitor, for the
prosecution against the Rev. Mr. Hatch, was
discharged.
The Sussex has arrived in the Downs from
Melbourne, with 15,000 ounces of gold, valued at
£60,000.

The following appeared in a portion of tur
impression of yesterday :
INDIA AND CHINA.

The Marseilles portion of the mails has arrived. The
Calcutta dates are December 23rd, and Hong Kong
December 15th.

INDIA.
The Calcutta correspondent of the Times says general
orders have been received upon the China expedition.
The details have not yet transpired, but eleven Euro-
pean regiments are to be despatched, with a strong force
of Sikhs-6,000 it is said. Tonnage is being taken very
rapidly up in Calcutta, and thirty transports have been
already secured. No staff has yet been organised.
The event of the preceding fortnight had been the
final extinction of the relics of the rebel • force on the
Nepaulese frontiers,
The death of the Nana now appears to be fully cer-
tain. He died of fever, and his chief adviser in the
Cawnpore massacre survived him only a few days.
The Calcutta papers say the Begum is now the only
leader of note remaining, and she cannot have more
than 1,500 followers, half armed, half fed, and without
artillery.
Commercial circulars represent both export and
import markets at Calcutta as very dull. A fair
improvement had taken place.

CHINA.
Nothing new in political affairs except the intended
establishment at Swattow of British and American
Consuls.
The London mail, of October 26th, reached Hong
Kong, December 14th.
English advices, of September 27th, caused consider-
able excitement in the tea market at Foo-Chow. Prices
have advanced 1 to 3 tails in the different qualities of
Congo u.
At Shanghai, on October 6th, supplies of tea de-
creasing, and prices very firm.
The ship Chieftain, with a cargo of tea and silk, for
London, from Shanghai, has been lost on the Prata
Shoal. Captain and crew saved.

FRANCE.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
PARIS, Monday, Jan. 30.—The Moniteur of to-day
contains a decree of the Emperor suppressing the Univers,
and stating, as reasons for the measure, " the irritating
controversy of this journal, by which the religious opin-
ion was disconcerted, the country agitated, and the fun-
damental bases on which the relations between the church
and civil society are established, undermined." This
journal having further published doctrines tending to
resuscitate pretensions which the- ancient French' monar-
chy had always struggled against, in the ministerial report
which precedes the decree in the Moniteur, it is said the
Emperor will show himself no less 'careful than his pre-
decessors to make national traditions respected.

NAPLES AND THE WESTERN POWERS.

The Post announces that the Hon. Henry George
Elliott, our Minister Plenipotentiary at Naples, in con-
junction with Baron Brother, who represents France at
the same court, have each received instructions to draw
the attention of the King and his advisers to the politi-
cal changes which have lately taken place in the Italian
Peninsula, and which changes must eventually affect the
kingdom over which Francis 11. has commenced a very
unpopular reign. The Post does not anticipate that the
friendly advice of France and England will be adopted,
and adds, whether the kingdom of Naples be destined to
be convulsed by revolution, or invaded by a national
Italian army, or both, unless Austria could come to the
rescue, the fate of the King eventually must be igno-
minious flight from his dominions. He has nothing
really to depend upon but a foreign legion of some 3,000
or 4,000 men, mad.e up of the remains of his old Swiss.

CENTRAL ITALY.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
• TURIN, San. 29.

On the 27th January the Minister for Foreign Affairs
forwarded a circular to the Foreign Ambassadors
abroad on the question of Central Italy. In this circu-
lar Count Cavour observes, that the inhabitants of Cen-
tral Italy had accepted the Congress with donfldence, but
important events followed which caused its adjournment.
The pamphlet Le Pape et le Congres, of which, without
seeking its authority, no one can contest the importance
—the letter of Napoleon 111. to the Pope—the speech
of the Queen of England—and the speech of Lord Pal-
merston in the House of Commons, are facts which
show the impossibility of the restoration of the ancient
rule in Central Italy. It is certain that the Congress
will not be assembled for the present. The Govern-
ment, of Central Italy have, under these -circumstances,
the important duty of giving satisfaction to the legiti-
mate requirements of the people, whose dignity and
conduct have so much astonished Europe. The Govern-
ment of Central Italy, being .satisfied on their part,
wishes also to satisfy these provinces by proclaiming the
law of Sardinia for political elections. Poi the present,
only announcing these facts, Count Cavour concludes by
recalling that he will never fail in his responsibility for
the tranquillity of Europe and the pacification of Italy.

ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.
Yesterday evening there was a frightful riot, resulting
in the destruction of much of the church property, in the
Parish Church of St. George's-in-the-East. -Everything
which has previously occurred sinks into insignificance
when compared with the terrible scene which was wit-
nessed there last night.
The church was densely packed, there being at least
3,000 persons present, of whom about 1,000 were boys,
who had come with the determination of making a row,
and who took possession of the galleries. No theatre on
boxing night ever contained such an audience as that
which assembled in St. George's last night.
A cry was raised for the demolition of the altar, but
the altar gate was defended successfully. Another ob-
ject of attack was the large cross over -the altar, at
which hassocks and cushions were thrOwn from the
gallery. All this while there was fighting, shoutinF,'
and singing in all parts of the
_church, with no one in
authority to repress it.
The reporters confess their inability to convey an idea
of the disgusting character of the proceedings.

The second battalion of the 24th Regiment, now at
Cork, is ordered to the Mauritius.
The Protectionist ferment in the manufacturing towns
of France is subsiding.
Prussia is said to have protested againstthe annexa-
tion of Savoy and Nice to France.

HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND BrtLs.---Shortness of Breath,
Colds, Coughs.---Thousands of testimonials can be produced to
prove the powers possessed by these corrective remedies in
asthma, incipient consumption, and all disorders of the chests
and lungs. The Ointment well rubbed upon the chest and
back, penetrating the skin, is absorbed and carried directly to
the lungs, where, in immediate contact with the whole mass of
circulating blood, it neutralises or expels any impurities which
are the foundation of consumption, asthma, bronchitis,
pneumonia, &c. All pulmonary complaints are thus easily
cured. The asthmatic chest, tightened to suffocation in foggy,
damp weather, is liberated by Holloway's Ointment and Pills,
which alike cure the short, dry, consumptive cough, and the
heavy expectoration attending bronchitis. 10

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

1101JSE OF LORDS.--Y_EsmitnAy.

The LoaD CHANCELLOR brought in a number of bills
for the consolidation and amendment of the statute and
criminal law, which were read a first time.

no RELIGIOUS. DISTURBANCES IN ST. GEORGE'S-

IN-THE~EAST:

The BISHOP of LONDON directed attention to the dis-
graceful proceedings reported to have taken place.in the
church of St. George's=in-the-East on the pre-
vious evening„ and asked
_what steps the Government
had taken to preserve the peace, and to secure the pro-
per performance of Divine Service. He expressed no
opinion as to the original cause of these disturbances,
which did not appear to him to have anything' to do,
with the question.
Earl GRANVILLE said that for several Sundays to-
wards the close of last year police had been stationed
within the church, and order preserved. Within the
beginning of the year. that had been discontinued, in the
hope that some alterations might be made in the:ser-
vices which would restore peace to the parish. But this
not having been the case, it would be necessary to adopt
some more efficient measures for the future.

The Law of Property Bill was read a second time
c ounCII-RATES.

Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition on the
subject of Church-ratas, from the clergy and laity of the
rural deanery of Wrexham, in the diocese of St. Asaph.
•
. .

On the motion of tke Duke of MARLBOROUGH, the Select
Committee on the operation of the law and practice re—
specting the assessment and the levy of church-rates
was re-appointed,
The House adjourned at a quarter to six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY,
INVESTMENTS IN EAST INDIA STOCK.
Mr. A. MILES asked the Attorney-General whether
any measure would be introduced in the present session
to amend the act of last session, as relative to invest-
ments in trustees in East India stock.
The ATTORNEY .GENERAL, who was scarcely audible,
was understood to say that the decision of the Court of.
Chancery had made the act a dead letter ; that decision
would, however, he believed be' brought in some form
under the notice of the house.

PAIRS AND MARKETS IN IRELAND.

Mr. DAWSON asked whether it was the intention of
the Government to introduce a measure during the pre-
sent session for the regulation of fairs and markets in
Ireland, and whether it would be introduced at an early
day. .
Mr. CARDWELL said that it was the intention of the.
Government to introduce a bill for that purpose, but he
could not then state the time.

ANNEXATION OF SAVOY AND NICE TO FRANCE..
Mr. DISRAELI asked a question respecting the rumoured
proposal for annexing Savoy and Nice to France. It
had been stated in another place that communications
had taken place between our Government and that of
France on the subject. He wished to know if such com-
munications would form part of the papers to be laid
upon the table.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the circumstances
alluded to by his noble friend in the House of Lords,
had taken place in July last. They - had been made
between our Ambassador at Paris and the French
Minister. With regard to the production of the papers,
he must take a day or two to consider. •

CHIEF COMMISSIONERSHIP OF WORKS.

In, reply to Mr. E. Loos,
Lord PA_LMERSTON stated that the office of Chief
Commissioner, now vacant, would shortly be filled up.
Meanwhile, steps should be taken to prevent any in-
convenience arising from the vacancy.