Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS,

The War News still continues very meagre. Full
details, so far as we have received, will be found in
another portion of to-day's paper. Great sensation
has been caused in Paris by the news of the resigna-
tion of M. de Buol. People wonder what it means.
His successor, M. de Rechberg, is reported to incline
to French ideas. A good deal of uneasiness prevails
in Paris, in consequence of reports of the French
having already severely suffered from disease
very probable they are exaggerated, but the govern-
ment have the means of checking them in their own
hands, by permitting the publication of genuine
reports from the seat of war. The attitude of
Germany is also a source of anxiety. -A
letter from Cologne, dated the 11th, says :
" Things are assuming a very warlike aspect here•
Every day troops of the landwehr and the reserve
arrive, and the conveyance of cannon and ammuni-
tion is taking place uninterruptedly. All the reserve
has been called out; so also has the artillery of the
landwehr. Cannon for arming the fortress are being
prepared, and enormous quantities of gunpowder are
being accumulated in the magazines. Commerce has
already begun to suffer by the approach of war; and
manufacturers, not being able to sell their produc-
tions, have had to dismiss part of their workmen.
None of the buildings projected in this town have
been undertaken. The works of the railway on the
left bank of the Rhine are continuing, but the fate
of the Rhine-Nahe line is doubtful, the Chamber of
Nobles having refused to sanction the loan voted by
the Chamber of Deputies."
The Daily News says the seeds of compromise are
rapidly ripening. According to a report, which has
gained much acceptance, Lord Derby has offered the
leadership of the House of Commons to Lord Palmer-
ston, with four seats in the Cabinet. It is generally
understood that, before the meeting of Parliament,
Sir E. Lytton will resign the Colonial-office.
We are in receipt of a fortnight's later news from
Australia, full details of which will be found reported
in our columns of to-day. From Melbourne, we
learn that some changes had taken place in the
Ministry. Mr. Duffy had resigned his office of
Commissioner of Lands and Survey. This unex-
pected, and, for the general public, rather surprising
result, has been produced, we believe, by an uncDn-
genial state of official relations having sprung up
between Mr. Duffy and another member of the Cabinet.
The uncongeniality had reached a length which
rendered the resignation of one or the other Minister
imperative, and Mr. Duffy appears to have felt that
he it was who, under all the circumstances, was
bound to give way. He aecordingly tendered his
resignation, which was accepted by his colleagues.
Mr. Duffy, therefore, has ceased to be a Minister of
the Crown in Victoria. The Mining intelligence is

satisfactory. A number of gold fields
had been discovered, and the rush to the new
Eldorados was immense. The escort returns pub-
lished at Melbourne were favourable, and everything
betokened a prosperous summer. We regret to say
that the labour market was restricted, large numbers
being out of employ, and rates of wages were not so
steady. Commercial matters were quiet, hardly any
change having taken place during the month. Our
advices from Sydney, state that, in the Assembly,
resolutions for re-organising the system of respon-
sible government had passed by a majority of
one. By these resolutions the Attorney-General and
Solicitor-General will not have seats in the Cabinet
and two new departments are erected, one of
Public Works and another of Trade and Customs.
The Sydney Morning Herald says, that the reso-
lutions are so unfavourably looked upon, that the
necessary estimates to give them effect would not
be brought down that session.

The details of the news from India and China will
be found in our columns of this morning, They do
not add much to our previous intelligence as received
by the telegraph.
Of home news there is but little worthy of. notice.
Yesterday morning it having been announced that

her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, her Royal Highness the Princess
Alice Helena, and his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, would review the various troops at the
camp at Aldershot, the trains of the South
Western and Brighton and South Coast Railways
conveyed some thousands of persons to the spot.
Her Majesty on her arrival was received with a
royal salute, the bands of the various regiments
playing " God Save the Queen." The whole of the
military presented arms, and a number of military
field operations were gone through, exhibiting all
the practical minutiae of actual warfare.
Later news is to hand by the arrival of the screw-
steamer Jura from New York, but it does not possess
any- general interest.

The annual.meeting of the Church Missionary

Society, was held in the Collegiate Institution last
night, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., presided, and
Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, Rev. Hugh
M'Neile, Rev. Mr. Pettitt, and Rev. Mr. Leunolt,
were among the speakers.