Northern Times. — 1857-12-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1857.  THE DAY'S NEWS•  The domestic news to-day, though not very extensive, is of a most interesting description. In London, yesterday, the election of Common Councilmen took place. Several of the new councilmen took the opportunity of declaring undying hostility to the London Corporation Reform Bill, announced by Sir George Grey: The Lord Mayor, however, rather cooled their ardour by expressing an opinion that somo reform of the• corporate body would be rather a desirable thing. Our readers will perhaps remember Mr. Justice Jackson, an out-and-out Tory, who gained his seat on the Irish Bench by his extreme partisanship , towards the Orange faction. This gentleman, although so bigoted in his opinions, was a most profound lawyer, and did some service to his country. He died on Sunday. We have also to notice the death of the celebrated electioneering agent, Mr. Coppock. FOr many years he bad been, the right-hand-man of the Reform Club, but unfortunately he speculated, and entered into the "Surrey Gardens affair; this scheme proved far from profitable, and it pressed upon his mind. His death is the result. On the opening of the late session of Parliament it will be remembered, says a London cotemporary, that in the speech from the Throne opening the Session, all that was said tab. ut India was a recommendation of the affairs of that part of the Empire "to the serious consideration of Parliament " Differences of opinion were known to exist in the •Cabinet with regard to the measure to be proposed affecting the scheme of Indian Government; and !various ambiguous and discordant utterances in the Ministerial organs did not tend to enlighten the public mind on the subject, nor to allay the natural anxiety that prevailed. Wu find it, however, plainly affirmed this morning in th 7 most favoured of the Treasury organs, and perhaps the best informed, ,that "it is understood the East India Company have received formal notice that it is  the intention of the Government to bring in a bill for the abolition of the double government." If this be not the.. result of a direct intiniatien from the Government, We have at least no doubt that it states a substantial-truth Several serious collisions have recently occurred on railways. On the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Road one train ran into another on Friday night, and although no lives, wer6 lost broken limbs, disfigured faces and bruised heads were in plenty. A fog prevailed at the time and it was evidently au unforeseen accident—i. e . one that could not be prevented--as the engine of the first train broke down. The particulars of a most extraordinary case, which has come before the Sheriff of Glasgow, will be found elsewhere It exposes the folly of •the present system of bill discounting. Respecting the supposed murder and suicide in London, there is not much more to add. The inquest on the bodies was resumed yesterday, but no evidence elucidating to what is obscure iu the tragedy was forthcoming. There is no local news this morning of the least moment. A lull report of the proceedings of the Liverpool Auxilliary of the Irish Society, for promoting scriptural education and religious instruction among Irish Roman Catholics," which wee held last night at the Collegiate Institution., will he found in another portion of to-day's paper. It will be seen by reference to another part of to•day's impression, that the Shipowners' Association have nominated a number of gentlemen as fit and proper parsons to represent th 3 dock rate payers in the New Trust. We consider that the electors could not select better men. Of foreign news there is a variety, but it is not of much importance. The Jeufosse trial hts terminated, as every one acquainted with the temperament of a French jury expected, in a verdict of acquittal.  The Paris Patrie gives a positive contradiction to a statement that the Turkish Ambas3ador at Vienna had made a communication to the Austrian Government on the subject of the closing by Russia of the eastern ports of the Black Sea. The same journal also contradicts an assertion thlt the Emperor, in consequence of repro  • sentations made by England, has consented to submit the question of the exportation of negroes from Africa to the French colonies to a conference, to be held in London. The feeling of comparative confidence which has been undoubtedlyrnanifested in French commercial circles, within the last few days, is now spoken of in ecstatic terms by the French Government journals. The "'ayes alludes to it with " joy." and ascribes the impunity with which France has traversed the crisis to the g' general policy of the present government." If in France there have been only the average number of failures, while other nations have been wildly asking whether they were not " about to perish," the reason is, that " God has sent to France one of those great men who take tottering nations by the arm, and guide t hem in the ways of civilization and progress." From Naples, we learn that on the 14th instant,