Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-14 00:00:00

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quotation officially made was 68.50, but a rise is
said to have taken place yesterday, after business
hours. There was a rumour afloat on Wednesday
in Paris, that Count Buol, Austrian Minister of
Foreign Affairs, had tendered his resignation,
to be made use of by his Sovereign as a pledge

of Peace with France-. This rumour is altogether
unsupported by anything which reaches us from
Vienna, and is probably . a fabrication of the
speculators. One of the. Incidents which contri-
buted to bring the price of the Rentes down to its
lowest point seems to have been the now con-
firmed marriage project' between Prince' Napoleon
and the Princess Clotilde of Sardinia. Without
pretending to any knowledge of what really

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passes in Louis Napoleon's mind,
we may remar
that it is, at. least, not impossible that this mar-
riage project may as well tell the other way-. It
depends upon 'this question—whether it is the
marriage or the war that is considered at Paris as
the essential object. _

We have, by telegraph, an outline of the speech
made by the Prince Regent on the opening of the
Prussian Legislative Chambers. It is, certainly,

a very different and more satisfactory Composition
than the speech of Victor Emmanuel, of Piedmont.
The first part of it is occupied with matters refer-
ring to home affairs, for such matters appear to
be regarded in Prussia as of primary import-
ance. The Prince Regent proceeds to say, that
no change has taken place in the peaceful
relations of Prussia towards foreign countries,
and that all friendly connections with the Great
Powers remain undisturbed. These are most
pacific words, and they pretty clearly intimate that
Prussia is not goini, to quarrel with anybody if
she can help it. Butb the Prince Regent, as might
have been expected, asks for increased votes of
money, not only to support the Royal dignity, but
also to augment the efficiency- of the, naval and
military services. The Prince Regent concluded
with some inspiriting remarks about the Deputes
helping him to carry high that banner upon which
are written suth phrases as the observance of the
law, the fidelity of the people, and the fear of
God.

On Tuesday Lord Panmure delivered a speech
at the banquet given in honour of the Provost of
Brechin. He extolled the old Reform Bill, and
gave to it the credit of all the great measures of
progress which have been proposed during the
lasi twenty-five years. He avowed himself to be
a Whig, and explained what he meant by that
phrase.
Fifteen lives have been lost by the sinking of
the Marianne, off Danzic, while in tow of a steamer.
We believe that nearly the whole of those drowned
were natives or residents of Liverpool.
The weekly meeting of the Workhouse Commit-
tee was held yesterday. The charges against Miss
Gillow, the Roman Catholic lady visitor, were
again under conversation. No communication was
received by the committee from Miss Gillow, in
relation to the affair ; but Mr. Whitt, a member
of the Select Vestry, attended ostensibly for the
purpose of defending her. He denied most
emphatically that Miss Gillow had used the words,
" damned to all eternity." Ultimately, a commit-
tee was appointed to investigate the matter.
Mr. Thomas Bazley, M.F. for Manchester, has
been presented with a piece of silver plate, valued
at £4OO, for his services as chairman of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, until the
recent amalgamation of that body with the
Commercial Association. _ . _

Nugent,, the Dublin printer, charged with
publishing a seditious almanack, has been bound
over to keep the peace for seven years.
Yesterday being the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of the Blue Coat
School, a sermon was preached in St. Peter's
Church, on the occasion, by the Bishop of Chester,
after which a substantial dinner of roast beef,
plum-pudding, and all the etcetras, was supplied
to the children in the school. The Mayor also
invited a large party to a champagne dejeuner, at
the Town Hall.

At the meeting of the Health Committee yester-
day, it was stated by the medical officer, that the
deaths last week were 260, being 46 less than in
the previous week, but 8 more than the average
of the same week in the preceding ten years.
Yesterday, the inquest on the bodies of the five
persons killed by the falling of a holise in Great
George-street was held, and the jury, after hearinc,
a mass of evidence, returned a. verdict—" that the
deceased had come to their deaths through mis-
adventure, and that great blame was attached to
Mr. Lewis for. not having employed competent
workmen."

About nine o'clock, yesterday morning, the top
floor in the house of .Mr. Lumb, publican,
Tithebarn-street, gave way and fell with a
fearful crash through several storeys. Several
workmen were employed in removing the floor
at the time, and we regret to say one man was
killed, and another severly wounded.
At the meeting of the Toxteth Guardians
yesterday, another ridiculous scene occurred
between the Chairman and Messrs. Moss, Wilson,
&c., &e., in relation to some remarks which
the former gentleman made concerning the
NORTHERN TIMES, and his correspondence with
the Poor-law-board. Several of the members
threatened to leave the room, but they ultimately
" pocketed" the affront of the Chairman (for they
evidently thought it was an affront), and the
routine business of the parish was proceeded
with.

THE TOXTETR GUARDIANS.—It will be observed from

a report in our impression, that these gentlemen met
yesterday, and performed some pranks, upon which we
shall have a few words to say to-morrow. The pressure
of local news prevents our offering any comments to-
day.

MR. WILLIAM BROWN'S APPROACHING RESIGNATION
OF THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE.-At
the defamer bven in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon,
in honour of the 150th anniversary of the Blue Coat
Hospital, Mr. William Brown, M.P., in replying to the
toast of the members for the county, took occasion to
announce that he has resolved not, after the dissolution
of the present Parliament, to hold a seat as a representa-
tive in the House of Commons.

MR. BRIGHT, AND THE REFORMERS OF LIVERPOOI

Mr. Bright has declined an invitation, which has been
sent to him, to attend a meeting at Liverpool, previous
to the opening of the next session, on the subject of
Parliamentary Reform. It appears that his time is so
fully occupied, that he dare not add to the number of his
engagements, and that he has been compelled to decline

invitations, from nearly twenty towns, for a similar
object, within the last
.few weeks. Deeply as the loss
will be felt by the Liberal party (that is, by those
who have a real title to this appellation), of an
opportunity of hearing, from the very highest source,
the best information on such a subject, there is still
some consol'ation in the reflection, that as the battle
of Parliamentary Reform will have to be fought in the
House of Commons, under the talented guidance and
tutelage of this unequalled protector of the rights and
privileges of the masses of the people, every availa-
ble economy, in the shape of exertion and effort,
effected now, will be likely to tell, ultimately, so much
the more powerfully in the great arena of debate ; for
it is obvious that some prescribed limit must be ob-
served in the drain on an intellect rich in abundance
and ready in performance, and where the bodily
framework has proved itself to be scarcely sufficient
for the wear and tear of a huge mind. Already, single-
handed, Mr. Bright has, on the subject of Parliamentary
Reform, enlightened the people of England and Scotland;
and, as he cannot come to Liverpool, the next best step
to be pursued, is for the people to meet amongst them-
selves to discuss the subject, and to have petitions
prepared, ready for presentation on the opening of
Parliament. Tho representatives of the town ought
also to be made well acquainted with the Views of their
constituents, in order that their votes way be rig fitly
directed.—Communicated.