Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-01 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M

THE REFORM BILL.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS

•
allure The delusion is so obnoxious that it will deceive
_ one, and it asks, why is a Reform Bill imperatively
Tie.quired except to supply the great defect of the Bill Of
'32 ? What is of real and pressing moment is, that the
Political rights of the working classes should be fairly
0.
efe°gllised without delay. Yet, instead of any attempt
. this kind being made, the Government Bill studiously
ta
to rnecmhiasin
veids the whole
e disfranchised. question. Not a single borough is to
re ed,. The manufactories of mock members
while numerous large towns that have
111) since 1832, or have outgrown the measure of
they
then accorded to them, are to remain as
the "Nr are, destitute of political weight or influence in
__e councils of the empire. Ministers promised a bill to
anud the representation of the people in Parliament,
xt they bring in a measure that does not refer to the
ople at all.
thehe Times thinks that the bill does not seem to deserve
e_ on lavished upon it. There would, per-
;Ps, be something like fairness in the objection that the
~g4l, Was
even
a development of the Reform Act ; that it
net profess to bring that act up to the present
r).; that it left immense anomalies not only unamended
ld'oeut even exaggerated ; bat whatever it leaves undone, it
8 a good deal. As an extension of the suffrage, it
sit
,rPasses the act of 1832. By the bill almost anybody
ght get a vote, if they thought it worth while. On
if we cannot undertake to press the measure
111_ Parliament, wesmay ask for it a fair trial on its own
eritti, and its rejection only for the sake of a better and
The likely to be carried.
Herald says the bill contains what most impartial
ell Will be inclined to regard as a settlement of a long.
Pead,„• 0
controversy.
ei,_?Le Advertiser speaks of the measure as an erroneous
•
morning Star remarks that the bill proclaims the
toilLY of the Reform Act, in respect to that which was
,ene great defeat. The courage that ventures to dis-
If 1') 'without re-settling to make trifling innovations and
leave untouched enormons evils, will scarcely venture to
defeat,
the storm crossed. The certainty of a Government,
teat, and a dissolution of Parliament, is visibly created
certain quarters.

„ :Tut MINISTRY.-it is stated that the Lord Lovaine,
'aY Lord of the Admiralty, will re-place Lord Donough-
''ore. Mr. F. Lygon, M.P. for Tewkesbury, will succeed
Lord Lovaine at the Admiralty.
theour.iGN AFFAIRS.—The Daily Netva says that, from
u_ admissions elicited by the Earl of Clarendon, on
--"nuay night, we now see why last week's ministerial
Moran about France and Austria being about to
leave France. the Papal State s were received with iucrednlity in
There had compact been no common consultation, no
to justi , nothing like diplomatic transaction or event,
the cheers fy the awhich last Friday evoked
of the Rouse.

COMMERCIAL.
galbred animation shown in the Stock Exchange on
di_ has disappeared under the influence of the
_sosrensions in the Cabinet, which are rumoured to be
_Ore extensive than is generally believed. A discourag-
ti.;;,:fect has likewise been produced by the continued
exhibit
on the Continental Bourses. The English Funds
n, an unfavourable reaction of per cent., and in
Fo,:st of the other departments of the Stock Exchange
xr quotations were established. In the Discount
444 e
na ket to-day, a fair business was done. No gold was
that into or drawn' from the Bank. At St. Petersburgh
NT into
on London is quoted at 36 1-16.—Daily
iff:CritY Article, Monday Evening.
mke recent animation in the English Funds seems
oelyto be of short duration. They opened heavily this
and subsequently experienced a further decline.
Prey..,,e,was no important foreign news, but the suspicion
tak "s that whatever turn Lord Cowley's mission may
e, there is no real intention on the part of .the
Per°/ Napoleon to diminish his armaments or to allow
in the return it.turn to a state of repose. The
.disagreements
re/I,w -',llglish Cabinet have likewise contributed to the
21 p„:' depression. The range in Consols, which was
during ,e,ent• in January, has been only It per cent.
oPeratt; 'e Month just entered, and the result of the
,one
of the month has been a rise of a quarter per
'll'llallts ill railway shares the fluctuations have been
towards moderate, but the general tendency has been
.tvnctiiiii:Psjatt.iisnporitsavernent...._Time, City Article, Monday
t.nry
14.68 t -"neB says : --According to the letters to-day from
the Continent, the feeling c f distrust in
'tialer:ecial circles has experienced no mitigation—indeed
busiti i 8 at every point an increased desire to 'bring all
Thess transactions within the narrowest possible limits.
from eJ°sePh Fletcher and West Derby have arrived
2,3 China, the formers43,6ootea
• h
of silk, and the latter with 1,196,000 lbs. of
ac
The .
tirighton Railway traffic return shows, this week,
rease of £1,597.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

RANCE.
that , Feb. 28. Flt is undoubtedly the case
PoweLue eonimunication of the Pope to the two
has
ersp requesting the evacuation of his dominions,

pr,ss.ansed great dissatisfaction here. The im-
-14141(111 of the public is that the French Govern-
frOti foes not intend the withdrawal of its. troops
e p :`°llle. The get ,
eral hope in the man, onance
beli„ie,e is not shared by all persons here, and the
will 18 very strong that the Austrian Government
Qowreline negotiations of any kind with Lord
AsY, respecting Italian affairs. belit, to the Moldo-Wallachian principalities, I
(loe;'e myself justified in stating, that Austria
11 • lint intend to object to their union under one
POb
4tEIGN INTELLIGENCE.

t CHINA.
of ch. lake the following from the Overland Friend
4,?'" of 15th of January
inte,r ,
intelligence from China this mail is very
El :e4ing. First, we have to report the Earl of

b;,,s,l'efurn tc,§hanghai, from as it transpires,
'as 1.1:711s voyage up the Yang-tse-kiang as far
1)311;114'w ; and next, we have to tell of a
.battle
teeEls,•,,4l„ the vicinity of Canton, our troops on this
" 0-7,-Ituriving everything before them.
eit~„- „Lae 4th inst , '7OO English soldiers left thel
110 "11,u marched inst.,
the north about 3_o
the
niihiral'es). Many people observed them, and
the of each enrolment, when they saw that
ph soldiers carried their muskets andre
going tinniediately concluded that they we
1)4 theirl3llleNvhere to fight their people •, so they put
and beat Militia clothes, took their flags and at
they gongs for all to come out. Finally
and --‘cu. on the English, who returned the fire,
48everal were wounded.
on the Bth instant, more than 3,0
-44zish soldiers went towards Kong-chune and__
the ilia and at the latter place they burnt all
_.ge and the camps of the militia. Not one
beeath
' villagers dared to fight with the English,
Fill Pi-kwei had issued a proclamation to the
uloligers, and had prohibited them from offering
~Is,ta.tion or creating disturbance.
Ri,eyv Ith the native story of the Canton fight
re 11 above, our reporter also gives the following
Proavricling the progress of th-e rebellion in this
nee :
the" c, Ch
an--tsurn-kong, who has taken the title of
e
ex southern Ring, is making great success in his
lirvn,si°lls, and has over-run the districts of
lai—e"aP and Hoey-kin, bending the people to his
opposed, an exercising great severity on all who
a"
him. Riding in an imperial chariot his
the
-fs'Y and p hisower are truly becoming great, tr8 name is spreading everywhere.

CAFE OF GOOD HOPE.
e Athenian (mail steamer), Capt. Strutt,
h lved at Plymouth on Sunday, from the Cape. 3
r dates are—the Cape, Jan. 21st). St. Helena,
e.eut; Ascension, Feb. 3rd. She brought 36 pas-
, irrs, £l,OOO in specie, and a full general cargo.
an.re Cape colony was in a very flourishing state,
,_the natives wcre all quiet.
_olhe 59th regiment had arrived from China, with
V. re than 150 on the sick list; twenty died on
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