THE DAY'S NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 477, 30 May 1857, Page 5

THE DAY'S NEWS.

i { From the " Northerri'Tikfes," Feb. 11.)' | Thero is ; little news of moment this piiorning. | The ele ? QtipnS;,fQV.Soutliamptoi\ and. Greenwich ■ took placei yesterday,, the returned ■ being Mr. .^egueliu' fpf tliei'forraei^anQ Gene--1 ral DodringtoV for the latter.." The'»<pbntest in Southampton' was very keen, the majority being ; only;' 34* out/x>? nearly^..OOO5 "•jrotes. ;.!:ThiUof Greenwich is hardly entitled^to,the! term content, j as .it.will-be seenj by'tlie'teturii's' published:■■; in another column, that the' Governirierifr catvdidate/'General:'Codnngtori;:d'efeated his antagonist, as was' to be expected''frc-in 'the character of the latter, by"alarge majority—£b at'majority being ,ec[ual to; the number:; of Votes polled by the gallant Colonel Sleigh': We'are in .possession, of the return's of voting'at Newport, Isle of Wijj*!)t,"up' to noon; yesterday; from which we learn that' Mr. Ivennaii Wasife1 tlie ascendant. Sit- El Bethe'll took' his 'Mat in the Hdtise last night, on liis re-election ib^-Aylesbury, andMr; Larigworthy also took "his:>;s&fc ';for Salford. There are to be 'five elections sih -Ireland, nearly a'll'iof which" will -take place ■ this"Aveeki' The vacantI'seats-%i'e Dowripatrickp Bandon, Limerick Country, Clonmel, avid Tjpperary. In cash constituency '.there-\vill:be a •contest."with the exception of the Conaty Liiherick. Mr.Monsell wilt'lfave'^'walk'ovei 1. As a zealous convert," a man of property, a Minister of the Crown, and an active dispensel' of patrthiage, tie has-^PTid'ered ■ himself Ver3 r populai* with ' the Ildnian Catholic' clergy inul.pi'ople: The polling in Downpatrick' is fixedI'for tb-daj', the candidates 'being Mr;' Ker an'cl'Ml-. Johnstone. ■' The . former will, in all likelihood, be "returned. iPor ' Clonmel the candidate^ s are Mr. Bngwell and : Mr. Patrick Murray, .the former a Protestant, , the latter a Eom«n Catholic-, tW Mr./Bagwell ; is supported by the parish' priest. - Bandon is , to-be contested by Captain Bernsu'd'and a Mr. • Shaw. "'For Tipperar'y,'-there -is yet-: no' candidatein the- field,- Previous to the writ being ; issued for that city, the -Attorney^ General will : move for the expulsion of: Mr. James Sadleir ; from the House. He seems to have ' shrunk ! as'lbng'as possible front this gainful proceeding : "towards 'an old and intimate friend. But there : was "no getting over the duty, and Tipperary . wi(l soon be'free to choose jthoth^r'member. :

Botli Houses of Parliament'resin»ed business last evening. It, will 'lie seen that the Lord , Chane'elldr introduced three bills on the subject: of the \Ecdesiastical Courts, and on the law, relating 'W Mh'rria^e and Divorcee .They' are similar' to 'those' introduced- last session, ■and after some conversation t.hoy were read' a: first J time. 'ThV1 Lords apfioihted a committee to j consider so jnv.rli of-the second • report of the I Statute Law Commissioners as- rekted to" the,

Buperjfla£us.worjjjng<>;f : ,the Asijba of Parliament. In theJCpinrncin's ,the- jniosst importantjproceedihgs ; were those in, correction with ,thje debate on ,th«rad(Jres«;!On;'l]uesday we£k, 'Mr.'. Disraeli complained* .m; very severe, termsj that JiQvdk'<\Rk\iiie,vhtoli: .had denied that j a secret keaty,/existed; bet ween FraMce, and iAustri.a respedtihg!j[tHl|y!..',He reiterated; the statefnent of Hisibelfdf that such a,treaty did exist, and.>vasso confident of tile correctness, ,of that, statement, that iheev^iv named, the day, on which the said tiieaty-Avaa. alleged to .be signed,, namely, the 22nd December, 1854... ;Lord, : Palmerston, in .answer, again denied. :in,thej : #iost-; positive manner tliat<« such a treaty was in «xistenoe—if there;;was> he^nid, not, the slightest knowledge ot/liflea ;oft;-it. :So the .matter rests. Several notices of motions occurred; „ Mr. Hardy dbtained)le3.ve/jto tjringin a billj having for its object: the regulation . «£; beeivhotujes and coffee shops. Mr. Hardy wishes to have houses of this ' description 6peiv ;aftgr nine o'clock, under the same regulations. .';. as public, houses; (aud to inflict^nnes oa. drinkers in public houses at illegal hours-—so that, if this bill passes, both" the giver and-r.eceiyeiTiof. beer, and coffee, alter illegal hours; will <be mulcted in a pena'ty, be it moreorJesSw .Lord,Paluierston, last night, acknowledged ,the , of the r.eppvt of Col. Tullocli and Sir John M'Neill, on the army in the Crimea, but stated that those gentlemen had done nothirigjtb warrant feheir promotion in the army. - -

The distressed^condition of the needlewomen of London has been the subject of a public ' meeting in Exeter 'Hall.' We rejoice to find •tfiat'tras/soeial question is taken up in an earI rieit and philanthropic manner by men and wo- : men of high station and great influence. The |. ■gjp'&ecH delivered by the Bishop of London was : of-a vevy interesting character, i The movement i must surely comuienc^ itself to the warm sym- ■ paiiby and active'support of our fair countrywomen. ;''y' '': ■' ' ■■ - ' ' j2jbfcal]v'there is nothing- stirring. A meeting ; oFHhfc'-gjentJerneTr intei-ested in ifche tobacco I trade of' Liverpool, was held at tlie Clarendon i Booms, yesterday and the proceedings seem to ■ be''mpst' uproarious. ' The meeting separated gaining the object for ivhich it met — the' appointment of a master-cooper to superintend the delivery of tobacco. ' y' Holmes," the. most notorious tieket-of-leare man, who boasts that he has been in every prison in England, has been apprehended and caged at Bradiocd. .:Itrs= time he was sent out of the country. ... •rQax -intelligeijee frpin the Continent is unimpprtaitt this .moving. We have news from Tehier.-an to",^he; 10th instant-. It confirms the news of the ',prpciamatiqn.,of a holy war bjr the Shah. He had issued a proclamation promising to his people ..that he would not yield, to the threats of England.; In fact there is to be com-> plete;, K3-V; |tp,the knife.;-, go that the opening of negotiations between Lord Cowley and Feroukh. Khan at Paris comes ve.ry.opportunely for the British Goyernm'eht,. It would appear that the Ilussiaii' protest, against the demands of England on 'Persia, is aii established fact, It has been followed, as we learn from St. Petersburg, bjr instructions to the Ixussian Commanders in'the Caucasus, on the Caspian, and in Western Siberia, how toact should it be necessary to*' march Russian troops into Persia—whether to'-assist the Shah or to secure part of the bdoty. "■ r" ■'/■■■ The :■Ai-ticle in the ' Moniteur ' a few days ago;'in favour of the. uuion of the Danuhian Principalities, has elicited a storm of attacks from-the Austrian press. It seems that it was written four weeks'ago, and communicated to Lord: Cowley, who. .insisted upon its not being published before the closing of the conference at Constantinople. This demand, being just in form,' was complied,with, though after all. the article does not contain anything but what Lord Clarendon himself took a part in expressing, the wish of Europe at the time of the Paris Congress.

We have Constantinople dates to January 30. They stated .that Admiral Lyons h.ad g'iren orders to all the ships in the Black Sea to join him before the 10th.at. Const.aiUinoj'le. Some of thejn^had already arrived in liv Bo ph< rus. When the whoU; squadron xhvM have. a^M-iiihled it. was-stated, to. be: Lord Stvr.tli.rd's desivp. tliat it should, he op.cc more par-clsd <H ronnd the coH?.ts: of the Black vSea. iiviitfJinfeiv I'-efore taking leave, and,as dose to thf ;-.OSU iliireh as possible. But it was eonsidut'i.' Ci-vibti'ui wUe-

ther Admiral Lyons would lendhimself to« ho foolish a di S play\n the face of the n™™s? «ales. The relations between Lord Stratford Ind Sir H. Bulwer had not improved, although no further collision had taken place, »»' ' Balwer does not avail himself of the holidays which the Principalities Commission enjoy»,until the 23rd March, t»y which date the Aastrt*nß shall have withdrawn their troops. He, and the French commissioner, M. de lalleyrand, remain at Constantinople; Ail the other Commissioners are off for their respective homes. The Porte has at length resolved vigorously to execute its share of the treaty with Greece tor the suppression of brigandage on-the lurko Greek frontier. A battalion of infantrjrand a regiment of cavalry bad been despatched: tot this purpose to the Greek frontier. •<■ _ ■;■■ The intelligence from the West Coast of Africa, published to-day, is of a satisfactory The Peninsular mails arrived in the Colombo. at Southampton, yesterday. She was due at that port on the 11th instant, and a steamer had been sent in search of her. Her detention war caused by a break-down in the machinery. Dp to the honr of going to pres* there was nothing of the steamer America, which w%s to leave Boston on the 28th ultimately. ' :