Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

strong resolutions have been passed agthist the
Government bill.
In the House of Lords, last night, the Debtor and
Creditor Bill passed a third readin,,, although 'op-
posed by an amendment, moved by Lord Cranworth.
The Convict Prisoners' Bill was read a second time.
In reply to -the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of
Malmesbury stated that a committee had been
appointed to draw the limits between Bosnia and.
Montenegro, but its efforts to settle the question
hall unfortunately failed. The Government was
still endeavouring to effect a settlement. In the
House of Commons, in reply to Mr. Labouchere,
Sir E. B. Lytton stated that there were grave
objections to lay upon the table of the House
the papers, and Mr. Gladstone's report, in reference
to the lonian Islands. Mr. S. Northcote, in reply to
Mr. Baxter, stated that grants for Harbours of Refuge
were seriously under the consideration of the Govern-
ment. In reference to the Reform Bill, and in reply
to Mr. Hutt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said
Ithat, in all probability, several clauses would be
proposed by the "Government, in committee, which
he hoped would be received with favour by the

House. The nature of the clauses was not stated.
In reply to a question, Mr. Fitzgerald stated that
Commissioner Yeh was still at Calcutta, but would
be released as soon as the new treaty was signed.
In reply to Mr. Ridley, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer stated that the right of the existing
Borough 'Freeholders would be respected, and that
they would have the option of voting either in the
Borough or the County. The pressure on our space
necessitates us to omit summarising further the
proceedings of last night. The remaining business
'transacted was, however, •sufficiently interesting to

repay a perusal.
A telegraphic aunouncement has been received
from Cork which states that the trials of the

Phoenix prisoners have been postponed until the
,sizes. Mr. O'llagan applied to have the
prisoners admitted to 'bail, which was

next as:

judge intimating
in Queen's Bend

that an application should be made

On Wednesday afternoon, one of the Neapolitan
exiles lately landed et Cork, arrived at Bristol.
Flags inscribed with the motto ‘‘ Welcome," were
held aloft as the steamer approached, and the cheers
that burst forth as she neared the landing-place
were deafening. 134,it little disappointment seemed
to be felt when it =was announced that only one of
aped exiles/was on board. Signor Barassioli
was cheered enthusiastically as he stepped on shore,
and thousands pressed round him trying to shake
his hand, and express to him the warmth of their
welcome. Signor Barassioli, then, in a few well-
chosen words of Italian, expressed his gratification
at the demonstration made that day by the people of
Bristol in favocr of the cause of liberty, rendered
more grateful to himself by ten years
under one of ,the greatest tyrants by which the
world had ever been cursed.
The Continental news is not important to-day :
The Vienna correspondent of the Times sums up
the result ,of :Lord Cowley's mission, by saying that
it amounts -to no more than that the relations
between the British and Austrian Governments
are now more intimate than they were on the day
the British mediator arrived.
The artillery on the Austrian maritime coast has
been placed on a war footing.
A Turin correspondent alludes to a secret conven-
tion between King Victor Emmanuel and the
Emperor Napoleon, which is said to have the
following basis :—The Emperor promises assistance,
offensive., as well as defensive, to the King of
Sardinia, against Austria; and guarantees to 'the
King whatever territorial advantages may ulti-
mately be 'obtained in Lombardy, on condition
that Savoy and Nice be transferred to France.
Various rumours are afloat. It is said that
the Lyons Railway Company has received orders
to keep • its line in readiness for the transport of
75,000 men. It is also asserted that the squadron
which lately left Toulon, is to proceed to Algiers
for the purpose of embarking troops at that place.
The Emperor will receive the Prussian Ambas-
sador, Count Pourtales, in a private audience to-day.
It is .further asserted that the conferences for
examining the election of Prince Couza, have been
adjourned to an indefinite period.
The correspondent of the Herald says that the
ominous silence preserved respecting Lord Cowley's
mission tends to increase the apprehensions of war.
The Times Paris correspondent points out contra-
dictions in the recent article of the Moniteur, and
expresses an opinion that Germany has really good
reason to dread a French army returning victorious
from Italy.

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Le Icror'd in its enmity towards Austria is unwilling
to admit that Russia has announced an intention
favourable to peace. The Paris correspondent of the
Daily N4WS, in his dispatch dated Wednesday night,
says, that there is great talk of the immediate
formation of an army of observation near the
Alps. The Minister of War has prohibited leave
of absence to officers and soldiers till further orders.
A dividend of four per cent. was declared to-day,
at the usual half-yearly court of the proprietors of
the Bank of England.
Mr. Humphrey has to-day been elected Coroner
for East Middlesex.
The steamer City of Manchester arrived here
yesterday from New York, with one day's later
news. An abstract of the news will be found in
another column.
The Dock Board meeting, yesterday, was short and
not important. Mr. R. P. X. Simpson, of the Royal
Navy, was appointed superintendent of the pilots.
St. Patrick's Day in Liverpool was celebrated
last night, by a dinner tf the Irish Catholic club, at
the Adelphi Hotel. There was also a soiree at the
Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, at which Mr. John
Francis Maguire, member for Dungarvon, made a
speech,. Both affairs will be found reported in our
columns.

HE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH

IT is satisfactory to see the subject of Electric
Telegraphs so frequently noticed in both Houses of
Parliament, because it shows the anxious interest
there is with regard to them. But, at the same time,
it is evident, that there are such conflicting opinions
on one or two very material practical points, touch-
ing the connection of Government with certain of

them, that ministers must be under the necessity, we
rather think, of trusting very much, if not altogether,
to their own judgment in what they may have to
decide upon. doing, in support of any undertakings
of the kind, which are calculated to promote the
publio interests, although at some risk, in the outset,
to the private Company that may enter upon it.
In the House of Lords, the other night, Lord
STANLEY of Alderley expressed his hope that, in any
contract entered into by the Government for the con-
veyance of messages by Telegraph, care would be
taken to provide clauses similar to that which was
agreed to in all contracts with existing Telegraph
Companies —namely, a clause authorising the Secre-
tary of State, by his warrant, to take possession
of the telegraph and keep it for a public service as
long as that service might require it. And he
thought that if such a power were important
in the case of telegraphs in England, how much more
so was it in the case of the Electric Telegraphs going
through nations on the. Continent, that such a power
Another suggestion from the same
quarter was, that if at any time the Government
should deem it expedient to purchase the Electric
Telegraphs, whether submarineor others, they should
be able to do so on terms to be settled, if necessary,
by arbitration. These are not wtreasonable condi-
tions, by any means, to be required where applica-
tion is made to the Government for assistance. But
they indicate, at the same time, that it is very
important such assistance should not be withheld ;
for if it is of so great consequence that Government
should have the power of such means of rapid com-
munication in their hands, it stands to reason that it
is of considerable importance those means shoula be
promoted.

should exist

There was still Another suggesti9n from Lord