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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-28 00:00:00

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1837.

THE DAYS NEWS•

Of local news, this morning, we have little or
none to relate. Saturday was " boxing day," and all
the Theatres, Concerts, and other places of amuse-
ment, were cramned, from the floor to the ceiling.
The various proprietors,rnust have reaped a rich
harvest.
We publish the report of the weekly meeting of
the Financial Reform Association, from which it
will be seen that the Bank Act has again occupied
the attention of the Council of the Association.
The monopoly of the Bank of England was
denounced, and the compulsory selling to it of
gold at £3 178. 91 per oz—no matter what was
the marketable value—come in for a full share
of disapprobation. The Hudson's Bay monopoly
was alluded to, and some remarks were made on
the recently published Government accounts, which
latter appeared to be far from, correct.
We regret to say that a fight in Blake-street, in
this town, oa Saturday night, has ended in the
death of one man. The accused has been
apprehended.
Mr. Glover, late M.P. for Beverley, has been
apprehended on a charge of perjury, but en Satur-
day was allowed out on bail, by the Bow street
magistrate, on his own recognizances in £5OO,
and two sureties in £250 each, to appear and
answer the charge at the Central Criminal Court.
The Buckinghamshire election has ended in the
return of Mr. Cavendish, Liberal, over Mr. Hamil-
ton, Tory. The numbers at the close of the poll
were—Cavendish, 1,617; Hamilton, 1,456. Majo-
rity, 161.
We, a day or two ago, announced that the
Government had come to a decision to deal with
the East India question. The Observer, of yester-
day, says that the difficulty, no doubt, will be mat
with in a bold and comprehensive manner. " The
difficulties and anomalies of a double Government
have long been notorious; but the present Indian
war has brought them out in a stronger light than
ever. Mr. Vernon Smith, in the House of
Commons, stated that he had not the power, per se,
to write even an official letter to India without its
first going to the East India Company ; and, he
further alleged, with respect to the conduct of the
East India Company, that it was like a horse, upon
whose neck he had thrown the reins, and had had
to plunge his spurs into its sides to urge it on to
increased exertion. To this not ♦ery dignified
simile,lColonel Sykes, on the part of the Company,
replied that when an investigation took place, it
would be found that it was Mr. Vernon Smith and
his department that required the spur, and that
the East India Company rather required to be
restrained than urged on. This statement
and counter-statement very aptly show the
necessity for one direct government, responsible
for everything. Tho bill of Lord Palmerston will,
therefore, in the first place abolish the East India
Company as a controlling body altogether, and
vest the power in a board especially to be formed
for that purpose, which will act directly under the
Crown, and be responsible to Parliament. There
will be a new Secretary of State for India, who will
be assisted by a board constituted somewhat
similarly to the Board of Admiralty. The great
difficulty, however, will be in finding a man of
sufficient high political standing to take the office
for the first time. That the bill will meet with

great opposition there can be but little doubt ; but
that it will eyeaturilly pass there can be no ques-
tion, although, perhaps, not this session. The
East India Company is a body of immense power
and influence. Many of the high aristocratic
families of this country are intimately mixed up
with it, and would deprecate any alteration of a
system which affords so convenient a provision for
the junior branches of their families. At the same
time those constituting what is called the Manches-
ter Schoul arc to a man in favour of a radical Indian
reform "

Four of the ringleaders of the rioters at Middle-
borough, were on Thursday committed for trial on
the charge of felony, having obtained property
from various parties by intimidation. The offence
is a transportable one. They were transferred to
York jail for trial at the Assizerii.
At Ashton-under-Lynn great distress prevails,
yet not more than could naturally be expected. At
Oldham a public meeting has been hold for the
relief of the unemployed, at which it was resolved
to memorialise the Mayor to hold a town's meeting
on the aubjeet. Another rate collector has disap-
peared from North Shields, with upwards of X2OO
of the rate-payers' money.
The man calling himself John Thompson, but
whose real name appears to be Peter Walker,
has been convicted,
at Glasgow, by the unani-
mous verdict of the jury, of the murder of Agnes
Montgomery, at Eaglesham, on the 13th Sept , by
administering to her prussic acid. The criminal
was sentenced to be hanged on the 14th of next
month.

Beale, the L'igh Woods murderer, whose exe-
cution is fixed for the 12th January, has, it is said,
confessed his guilt.
The annual meeting of the Commercial
TrayOlen' Association was held in London on

Saturday, when the usual banquet came off at the