Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-08 00:00:00

ENDOWED SCHOOLS.

In reply to Mr. Kirk,
Mr. ilerbert said the report of the Commissioners of
Endowed Schools in Ireland had been delayed in conse-
quence of the illness of one of the commissioners, and he
did not think it would be desirable that the evidence
should be produced before the report.

In answer to Mr. Vansittart, .•
Mr. V. Smith said:: Her Majesty's government had sent
one regiment to replace the regiments withdrawn from'
Madras during the Crimean war, and the three Betellions
of the 60th Wiles.. Fourteen regiments had been sent to
the Point de Galle to rendezvous there, to be sent at'the-
discretion of the Indian goveratiient either to Bombay or
Madras ; besides, the East India Company had made a
requisition for two regiments of foot for Madras, and two
for Bombay ; and there would also be sent two companies
of foot artillery, and two battalions of foot guards. ;
CONSOLIDATION BILLS.
Replying to Mr. Hardy. . .
Sir George Grey said: The government thonght it
expedient that the seven Consolidation Bills that came
down from the L'rds, should be referred to a select coin-
mittee ; there was not time in the present session to take
that course, and, therefore,' proposed to withdraw the
bills, and to NI-introduce them early next session.
Sir E. Perry presented a •petition from the Royal
Family of Oude similar to that presented on the previous
day to the upper house.
It was ordered-that the houe, at its rising, should
adjourn till Monday next.
DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES 2ILL. -
The consideration in committee:of the Divorce and
Matrimonl,ll Causes 13111-was then resumed.

Clause 16 was agreed to. •
Clauses 17 and 16, giving to magistrates power to pre-
vent a husband from taking his wife's earnings and pro-
perty, were withdrawn, in order to enable the Attorney-
General to substitute other clauses for them on a future
day.
On clause 19,
Mr. Butt moved words giving jurisdiction locally to the
County Courts, but withdrew them in favour of a sug-
gestion of Lord John Manners to insert instead, the words
" or any other court to be authorised by this act."
• Sir G. Grey, the Attorney- General and others opposed.
Mr. Disraeli, Lord J. Russell, and Mr. Henley sup-
, ported.
The Committee divided. The numbers were—
Fdr the amendment ......... . ... 93
Against it a

Majority against Government
Clause 24 was, after a discussion, struck uut,

On clause 25,
Mr. Drunimond moved an amendment, with a view of
placing a woman upon a perfect equality v ith a man in
regard to the remedy for adultery.
The amendment was supported by Mr. Gladstone, Mr
Napier, and Sir William Heathcote, and opposed by Mr.
Westhead, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Buxton, and Mr. Walpole,
Upon a division, there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it

Majority
The Chairman then reported progress.
The Deer, Game, and Rabbit-Bill, the Offences against
the Person Bill, the 'Malicious Injury to . Property Bill,
the'Forgery Bill, the; Coinage Offences Bill, the Acces-
sories and Abettors Bill, the Larceny, tic. Bill, and the
Libel Bill, which stood. for second reading, wero with-
drawn.
The Insurance Companies Bill was also withdrawn.
The housh•adjounted at two o'clock.

THE

MURDER OF MR. LITTLE.

The commission was opened on Wednesday, before the
two Chief Justices, and—what happens in Dublin only on
special occasions—the court was Crowded the moment the
doors were opened, and long before the judges took their
seats upon the bench• Two hours previously James
Spollen was eonveyed in a covered car from Richmond
Bridewell to the prison in Green-street. under an escort
of four mounted policemen. Lord Chief Justice Lefroy
charged the grand jury, and in the course of a clear and
able address thus directed their attention to the bills
about to be sent up to them in the Broadstone murder