Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-20 00:00:00

House the petition
July, and moved t

m.
comittee on packet and
to inquire into the mail p
of mails between Dover a
Ostend, until the petition
return for the borough of

;ts not to

Dtween
;11 against
disposed o

of the

proceed

Sir S. NORTHCaE said that the accusations preferred
against the late Government, in respect of the Dover
election, were utterly unfounded, and demanded that they
should be examined without the delay this motion would
cause. He explained at length the circumstances and
conditions of the Dover contract, declaring that the late

service in making that contract.
Mr. COWPER supported the motion in justice to Sir 11
Russell.
Mr. WHITESIDE asked how the evidence before an electic
committee could be prejudiced by an enquiry before a sele,

committee.
Mr. HENLEY said it had not been altogether to show how
the case of Sir W. Russell could be prejudiced by enquiry
before a select committee.
Mr. COBDEN said the only fair trial would be by means

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER was
restrict the enquiry of the select committee, a
that the petition of Sir W. Russell be referred
mittee, and moved an amendment to that effect

Sir F. BARING, on the part of the committee
the assent of Sir W. Russell had been already befl
Mr. B. DISRAELI said the election committee woul
sit this session, and demanded immediate enquiry befor
select committee.

Lord PALMERSTON, under the circumstances, o
both to the motion and the amendment.
The house divided on the original .motion, which
gatived by 223 against 61.

- -
The remaining business was disposed of, and th

THE LATE KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY

The Stockholm journals just received brit4

he took no part in the -affairs of g
three-quarters before his death.

not immediately expected, and inn

This event, howew

in the early

the month there was an apparent improve

Mon; but in the night succeeding-his

tion. , His sufferings increased until the mornin
instant, when he expired while lying, on a sofa i
ber, and surrounded by the members of the r
A similitude of this mournful scene was preservi
of a photograph. His successor, immediate'
death of the King, caused a manifesto to be re

he proclaimed the change in the occupation to the Throne,
and promised to govern in the interests of the people. He
also made the. solemn vow to the Swedish Council that he
would maintain intact the Constitution of 1809. • The
Princes and Ministers have since taken the oath of allegiance,
after which the oath' was taken by the garrison: of Stock-

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mediately sent to the.' King of benjinark, announcing the
death of the King-and the accession of his son, now Charles
XV. ; by eleven o'clock a.m. a reply was received by the
same means, and placed in the hands of the
The answer from the King of Del

"I -hear' with great sorrow of the death
father. - You •know' how much I am thereby: co„
May God give you strength and health to bear
sorrow that has fallen on you. Greet .your dear family, and
signify to them my sympathy,—l remain, your Majesty's
dear friend and brother, FREDERIC R." •

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICI

The following men

TO THE RIGHT norrouitAßLE. LORD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON

E.G., FIRST LORD OF TIIE TREASURY, &C., &C
The memorial of the undersigned Bankers, =

Sheweth : That your memorialists, being deeply inter-
L_ • AI • .•• ••• .• • .

estea in tne Australian Uolonies, view with alarm and
regret the reply given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
in his place in parliament, to 'the question put to him in
reference to the tenders for the proposed postal 'route to
Anafrnlin ms May. n n • •

That your memorialists have been looking forward with
much satisfaction to the establishment of the line of com-
munication, inasmuch as, if other reasons were wanting,
the irregularities of the' present Mail Service, even under
the contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company,
clearly prove that a second and independent line is absolutely
necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Commercial
communities 'of both the Colonies and the mother country.
But it is not solely upon this ground that the organisation
of the second service has been viewed with favour. Your
memorialists cannot overlook the fact that by its establish-
ment the postal communication would be less liable to inter-
ruption from European complications ; the risks and chances
of a single service would be avoided ; a direct intercourse
would be established between the mnfb—

and both tides of the vast
portance of which cannot be
That, while every allowat
necessarily attending the con
the inconveniences resulting f
less severely felt.

That the expediency • of es
having been recognised by ti

raise to co-operato in the soh
complied with having been m

&ustr
contin
too hi
nce is

tent of America, the
ighly estimated.
; made for the difficulties
cement of a new service,

that arrangement would be t

dablisl
ae late
Leme if
lade, ai

occasion grievous disappoin

create delay, and may result
ders now before the governor

hing the second servia

tunity of carryin

rliat your memorialist

amount of the tend'
will, with the posta
Imperial Treasury
That this amoun

immense advanta

important countries embrae
not only Her Majesty's pos:
West India Islands, and th

States of America
That for

;hese reasons yol

that Her Majesty's o•overnm
favourable consideration,b anc

now before them

;overnrcient; and a pro-

certain conditions wer

ny delay in carr`•inz o

with the coloni

rvice c

Le of which your id(

,ur mein(
Lent will

s witl

DEATH FROM LIGILTNIN(
Nyman, named Marian Daley, was st
ning on Blackfriars' bridge, between

with th€