The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-12 00:00:00

l OREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I O ?ro,„ THE EXST. 1 44: 4 Ararseilles, under date of Tuesday last , 11 itor 4 ,l that the Mersey has arrived with advices Clit' c 'nstantinople of the 2nd inst., and from the of l e a of the 31st ult. She has brought 485 men koe Artillery. The 14th, 21st, 48th, and 57th 9oyi e tnta left the Crimea on the 31st ult., by the Illi e ,4_hames, Etna, and Robert Lowe. The army tio ei ; l Y. There is a daily ration of fresh meat itt et '0 the men. It is said that 70,000 masons httl,, l ' e b.ild Sebastopol after our departure. The 'r Is hot and stormy. FRANCE. oniteur of Tuesday states that his Imperial loy b tl esa Prince Napoleon projects a scientific IN b r i e to the North Seas. for which the Emperor `dip aced at his disposal the Imperial yacht the khr,Alortense and the steam aviso I e Cocyte. t t4 : l 4i i r t i l n e t o e nl i l n eare Paris on the 12th for Havre, person the preparations for the kris I°n• His Imperial Highness will return to a nd t o attend t h e bapti,m of the Prince Imperial , Irk eci P return to Havre to embark on the 15th. l i ritZ t6 n to the members of his household the tte e - ,;" takes with- him a commission of Staff lal; et ,,' B, engineers of the navy, and miners, man draughtsmen, This voyage, during last „ L the Prince will maintain an incognito , w ill N e l'2 o lit three months. The command of th e i lir i : 111 ° 11 is intrusted to Captain Baron de la 4 9 '-er e Le Noury, commander of the Reine tu ris e• C erA . ra t i a 'gnat P a t r i zz i, the Papal Legate, arrived i n W ay - at five o'clock on Monday ev enin g . A rail flow ear / i n fie, richly ornamented, had been sent of t l i l l to Lyons, expressly for the accommodation bite, The and of the persons who accompanied ttoth Q he Count de Vaulchier, MM. Gustave, de b i l any' e jld , and Chapron, directors of the corn ttl[,.;,,'"ere in waiting at the station to receive his or SR -nn e- The Cardinal, who appears about 57 kid Years of age, wore a close-fitting skull cap, ktri v ',Rearlet silk dress. His eminence, on his 'as received by the Duke de Cambaceres, ape d master of the ceremonies, accompanied by ' c „libiL, ll TY of the Emperor. The Minister of W orship the Archbishop of Bordeaux, and the Bishop of Paris were also present , a s were and the o f Ad r as, chaplain of his Majes t y . 4' the g chaplains of the Imperial chapel. Six of teare°Art carriages were in waiting. The cross -44 of the Legate, with the cross , ente red the 14.4 and the Legate and the other high personages Teent the others, and proceeded towards the lathe escorted by a squadron of the Guides . lathe following telegraphic despatch gives the Can a l : lt elligence from the extensive district of the , "c T r ßue, near the mouths , r 4 the Rhone : Lo l' o -t itsEtu.ns, June O.—The Rhone continues bad steadily, and has fallen within its banks. 'ad e l ' ) which was blowing here for two days Wat a) ,e effect of raising to a great height the fiev„ - ,.. ‘ 1, 0 f the river and of the inundated parts, and 411 - I T I embankments were forced to give way. 44 `L'e lower Camargue was again endangered, number of flocks of sheep which had taken terra °n the dykes were in peril. Se veral trees Wie,iOrn up by the roots, so violent w as the . ‘ the Yesterday the wind went down, and to-day ie ttu 'veatber is Magnificent. The flocks of she e p 'The escaped." t , follo w i ng p ar agraph appears in the Patrie: — th:P attitude of England in presence of the pre kti4-ions of th e United States appears to be more lie" 111 0re fi rm . Hitherto the industrial question the n ue en of a nature to exercise som e influence on llif o ' n nduct of Great Britain, but , acco rdin g to our i t t r t. t uation from London, the English Gove rnment 1 114 i ng measures to render its policy alto g ether 114 3 `,Pendent of its material interests by eneourag tiet'e cultivation of cotton in its India n posses tee:. Instructions with this view have , it i s said, ThdesPatched from London." th et c ;,. Pays is authorised to contradict a rumour )I [ l / 41 , 41 - de Moltke, the Danish Minister in Pa ris, "Qeu recalled. --......... k 1 TURKEY. too I R letter dated Constantinople, May 30, while S l it: Cling the news that M. Fonton , the Russian , 4 1 01 , - 1 :;er, protested against the admission of PaeNt (Prince Stourdza) as seco nd 41 : 4 Co mm i.ssioner for the settlement of the kiti'rabian f ron tier, states that at a council of 11 E'e t , ster s held in the Pvenin g of the 29th, it had hli r . resolved that the pretensions of the Russian l'o r - t ': t er were totally inadmiss ible, and that the ke at ; would maintain its r i g ht b y every its power. It is thoug ht, the letter att' that the re p re sentatives of Englan d, France, Au stria take the same view of t he matter as ' t "tiel l l : r te• Instructions have been sent to Dervich the Ottoman Cowmissioner at Galalz. tie ver 'tter from the Crimea, of May 25, states that tiii rt al storehouses, containing from twenty to Dro v i 3 ,: ; t heusand hectolitres of barley and other (1 1 tCns, had been burnt down The evacuation IN N ° Crime a had been checked by the want of ~°alla - „ / ), .° r, ts; but several vessels, returning in for t i; e " uadlately passed through the Golden Horn gMer Black Sea. - - , at t r i Majesty's birthday was celebrated at Con korr;,l°Ple on the 29th ultimo. Earl y in the tittr i V i g the guns of the shipping an d of Scutari th e ,:need it to the British residents of Pera. All ilk e . " 4 " - of-war and the English merchant vessels h wi se hoisted their flags. !sad T : Programme was — a levee at the ambas illiirh`:B at noon, a dinner in the e venin g , and liiii7 ln ation and fireworks at night, on the ship 44(Nand at the embassy. The S t. Jean d'Acre to 'let have come alongside the Q ueen 'y2 ll in the illumination. 11 1 , 5 "terday the order was given to the three screw 11 04 ° f battle s hips at present here, the Agamem , L tot a ith e St. Jean d'Acre, and th e Princess Royal, °lit their lower-deck guns, and leave them to the ordn ance depot at Scutari, and then proceed Th e Crim ea to take troops, to is Turks are coming down fast from Eupa ron,-„Several reffiments of cavalry have arrived 41 1 - 'uere, and there are now two Turkish liners 741 1 troops. A d PRUSSIA. ke iw esPateli from Berlin, dated the 9th instant t r y 1 . " 1° , 1 1 E 3 that Count de Nesselrode, accompanied ' l 'o4; "e Seebach, has arrived at Kissengen. Count I : l o A ,''' the Prussian Ambassador at Athens, but lh e en leave of absence, has also proceeied thither. Prince and Princess Charles Bonaparte hasrlelli have arrived here. e Bourse Gazette of Berlin states:—" The is ltert regulations which had been re-established "t sail, with all their severity , will shortly be l'eof t - ,' e(l. They had been re - e stablished only eo nt the new dispositions had excited a certain si °n, which it is wished to avoid for the pt6,'• f - ' - er in the Post Anipt Gazette, states; — for L e Prince and Princess of Pr ussia will leave eol:ndon in the commencemen t of July. The Ivith -41 , betrothal of Prince Fr ederick William Di ke ' the Princess Royal of En g land will take daduri n ,, T their stay in th at country. Prince Gra n d Admiral of Pru ssia, has selected keb t e p island of Rugcn a spo t for the establish• a military post." Westphalen, the Prgssian Minister of th e ktib t • ' it s.`°r; Published an ordinance on the 7th, pro.. _ th e I ng tZte editors of all the political journals of 4elibe:Pital from publishing any account of the s-rations And resolutions of cab inet councils, "v ueb in ; accounts, he declares, must e ither be pure e or obtained by the guilty i ndiscretion of 49)/oye. _,.--.4b,—.—.—,---- SARDINIA th at e latest i n t e lligence from Turin informs u s a the Sardinian Minister of War had addressed th e 'reala r to the officers of the army, informing Ple a rli „ t hat her Britannic Majesty ha vin g been 4 iaja e ' to award a number of med als to t h e Sar kte tr oops that served in the East during the of W ar, it is necessary they should send in . list d s 1, 4 t I l i T u ,l'cler their command who may be entitled ht distinction. None are to be recommended 4 ,opt - ,,l () ; I e who. were in the Crimea before the 9th ql, st i r 7loer last, stayed there all the time, d t he f ," 4 P i stled themselves by good behaviour and lro u '''ers, all the Royal Carbineers, and all the th e engaged on the 16th August (the battle of elltit f fj l ernaya), or on the Bth September, are eert''' to a medal ; for the other troops only a di f a t ,„" ' - .1 1 nunaber of medals is prescribed, to be o uted according to merit. A list is annexed ot: 1 ; ' cl` ,re ;# 1 Ma THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. facture of such arms without a license shall be punished with the third degree of imprisonment and a fine. The same punishment is prescribed for those having prohibited arms in their posses sion. In all cases such arms are to be confiscated. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. SEBASToPOL, May 27.—The proces of disintegra tion is going on rapidly with our army. More than 1,000 horses and about 20,000 men have already embarked, and each day witnesses the departure of a regiment. The health of the army continues to be excellent ; indeed it would be somewhat surprising if there was any unusual amount of sickness among the men, considering that they are placed under conditions most favourable to health, with the sole exception of their being soldiers. They have fresh and good meat five times a week, good bread _ every day, plenty of exercise, fresh air, and proper clothing. SATURDAY, May 24.—The anniversary of Her Majesty's birthday was observed with great cere mony to-day, and was further rendered remarkable by the distribution of the French war medals to the English army. At 2.30 all the idlers in camp set off for the plains of Balaklava, where the troops had already taken up ground in a line upwards of two miles in length, from the scene of the heavy cavalry charge on the right to the rising ground near Cauroberes-hill on the left. The Commander-in-Chief and the French Chief arrived with tolerable punctuality. Mar:dial Pelissier, in the full uniform of a Marshal of France, his breast glittering with orders, rode a large and showy jet black charger, richly capari soned, and his appearance suggested a comparison with that of Sir William drington, who was attired in the undress of a general officer, and was mounted on a small grey horse, scarcely to be distinguished from a pony. The Marshal seemed tired ere the march past was finished, which is by no means to be c wondered at, considering the frequency of sights of the kind at which he has attended for the last three months. His Excel lency's Staff was not large, but he had his usual escort of Hussars and Chasseurs d'Afrique. Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Rose was present with the French Head Quarter Staff. General Codrington was attended by the small detach ment of the 11th Hussars. who act as his escort on such occasions, and by a few Staff officers. An unusual number of travelling gentlemen were present ; and now that the siege is over, and that there is little to be seen, visitors begin to flock into the camp from England and the overland route, to the great horror and misery of the baggagers and ponies. The line was formed of contiguous columns, at quarter distance. At the first gun, which was fired at about 2.40, the divi sional Generals proceeded to distribute the medals to the select few, the mode of doing so being left to each, so that some distributed the medals by the division and others by the regiments. The divisions were formed in a square, inside which were the Generals and staff officers of eaeh, dis mounted and attended by the regimental staff officers. Marshal Pelissier, and the French Staff, and Sir W. Codrington, entered the square of the Guards and assisted at the ceremony, and the Marshal said a few words on the occasion to the officers around him. Lord W. Paulet, in distributing the medals to the Light Division, made a little speech which did not please some of his officers, for he was supposed to have said the men ought to prize the war medal more than that which they had received from their country. Lord Rokeby and General Barnard distributed the medals in like manner to their men, the reason for the bestowal of the decorations being read out as each man stepped up to receive it, and the presenta tion being generally accompanied by two or three kind words or some brief eulogy. The 50th Regi ment received the medal for valour and discipline in the trenches, from the 29th August to Bth September. The 82nd did not receive the medal, as they came after the siege was over. The High landers had anticipated the ceremony, for they had balloted for their share of their medals, and they had been presented with them by their Brigadier at Kamera the previous Saturday. It is a very pretty decoration of blue enamel and silver, the medal hanging from an eagle's claws, and the eagle itself being attached to the breast riband. On the front of the medal there is a well struck effigy of the Emperor; and on the reverse are inscribed, within a wreath of laurel, the words " Pour valeur et discipline." The proportion in which it was given to the men is about one per cent., or seven to each regiment, and the officers here had great difficulty in deciding on the merits of the many candidates. The ceremony of presentation lasted about twenty minutes. and at three o'clock two gnus were fired from the signal station, This was to announce that divisions were to re-form line, and get into urteinal position. The movement of the heavy squares, as they unfolded and extended into line over the plain, was exceedingly grand and pic turesque. As soon as they had formed in a line of contiguous colums, the guns on each flank of the line fired a Royal salute, and as soon as the eke had cleared off, and the echoes had died weer in the valleys of the Tchernaya, the third signal—a single gull—was heard, and Marshal Pelissier and General Codrington, with their staff, proceeded to move down the line in front, from right to left, and at the same time the troops presented arms, the bands played " God save the Queen," and the colours of the regiments were let fly out in the gentle breeze. The effect of this sudden flash and glitter of 25,000 bayonets, and of the bright-coloured banners at marked intervals along the line, was very fine, but the display was somewhat marred for mere spectators by the distance they were kept from the troops by the line of the 11th Hussars on the ground. As the staff returned towards the right to take up their position for the march past, the fourth signal (two guns) was fired. This was "to take off hats, and give three cheers for the Queen." No doubt there was a surprising volume of sound from those 25,000 throats, opened all tegether, but the wind was adverse, and carried the acclamations away from us towards Mackenzie. where perhaps it put the Russians in mind of something they had heard once or twice before. The men did not shout all at once, and their cheering, however vigorous, was rather straggling. All the spectators took off their hats and cheered also. The Gene rals returned to the right of the line, and took up their ground for the march past, which began from the right in the order of their formation in lino. As the divisions marched past they proceed home wards, and the vast plain of Balaklava was covered with patches of steel and red, as the regiments in picturesque disorder of march proceeded on their different routes to camp. In the evening General Codrington entertained all the generals, brigadiers, and heads of departments, Medical Commissariat, and Land Transport, to dinner, and Sir Houston Stewart had an entertainment on board the flag ship at Kamiesch. TUESDAY.--It began to rain soon after midnight, and it is now a deluge. The sky black and over cast, and the camp is already muddy and sticky. The four companies of the gallant 21st Fusiliers have just passed on their way to take ship at Balaklava. The 47th will embark in the Irnpe7 ratrix, for Malta, in the course of the daY, under the command of Colonel O'Grady Hely, and thus the old Brigade of " the Fours" as it was called, or Adams' Brigade of the Second Divison, is broken up, after meritorious and trying services. just before they left, a corporal naniect Howland, who was bn duty in Sebastopol, distinguished him self by plungiug into the sea, all accoutred as he was, and saving the life of a soldier of the 28th regiment, named Townson, who had a ccidentally fallen over the dock wall ; and the letter of the Commandant of Sebastopol, detailing the circum stance, was put in regimented orders by the Colonel —but this was all that could be done to signify the sense entertained by the authorities of conduct which the time and locality rendered very prase worthy. The Royal Humane Society could not better bestow one of its medals; and, indeed, in addition to that claim upon them, there are the cases of Major Robertson, who saved a man from drowning at the races, and of Mr. Donald Campbell , . the engineer of the railroad, v:ho w ith g reat din culty saved a Sardinian soldier who had dis appeared when bathing in one of the deep pools of the Tchernaya. 12 o'Ceocx.—The 47th regiment are just march ing from their deserted camping ground amid tremendous cheering from their old comrades of the brigade and the strains of Auld Lang . Syne. They will have their reminiscences of Crimean mud. revived ere they reach Balaklava,—Times Correspondent. to the circular, showing the number allotted to each corps of the latter class. The Piedmontes government has decided to offer 2,000 medals to the French troops who have been in the Crimea. A letter from Turin states that they are to be divided proportionally between the army and navy, the Sardinian Generals having had full occasion to witness the admirable conduct of both branches of the service at Sebastopol during the war. General Olfonso La Marmora had an audience of the King of Sardinia on the 2nd at the Chateau of Pollenzo, where he passed the rest of the day with Count de Cavour. AUSTRIA A letter dated Vienna, Jure 7, states that for a long time men in office represented the relations between Russia and Austria as being much better than they really were, but no attempt is now made to deny that the breach between the two govern. ments is a very wide one. The Ost Deutsche Post has a leader on Italian affairs. The writer's patriotism has induced him to say things which had better have been left unsaid. When Europe is assured that Austria is the first of German Powers, Europe is willing erion ,, h to acknowledge the truth of the assertion, but few non-Austrians will be inclined to recognise her claim to be considered " the first of Italian States." The recognition of the buccaneer Walker by the government of the United States has excited more indignation here than might have been expected, and such epithets as " lawless freebooters," " rob bers." &c., are freely applied to our transatlantic relatives. The foreign holders of Austrian railroad shares have no reason to fear that the founders of the other lines will imitate the example of the men to whom the Austro-French (State) Railroads were ceded. The statutes of the company in question were drawn up and sanctioned before Baron Bruck was at the Finance Department, and it is the expressed opinion of that Minister that the founders of railroad companies have no just claim to any " tantieme." In short, the dangerous and unjusti fiable measure of Messrs. Pereire, Arnstein, and Eskeles, Sina, &c , will not be permitted, to serve as a precedent for other speculators in Austrian railroads, who may be equally greedy of gain. Another Austrian Archbishop is about to receive a cardinal's hat. The report that the Minister- Cardinal Antonelli was about to quit office proves to be unfounded. Antonelli is a declared enemy to all innovation, and as long as he is in office there will be no real reform in the Administration. His Eminence M. Viale Prela, the Nuncio at this Court, was spoken of as the successor of Cardinal Anto nelli, but the political principle and opinions of the two statesmen are known to be almost the same. It is said that when the Episcopal Conferences are at an end, which will be the case in about ten days, the Archbishop of Vienna will go to Rome. M. Bakunin has been pardoned by the Emperor of Russia, at the intercession of General Moura vieff. Bakunin was delivered up to Russia by this Government in 1850, and it was then generally reported that he was an agent of the Russo- Panslavist party. Austria would have put him to death, but Russia insisted on his extradition." There is a mystery about the man which requires clearing up ♦ RUSSIA. The Journal des Debuts published a letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 31st ult., from which we extract the following :—" According to what is generally said on the Bourse, nothing is definitely known here on the subject of tho loan, more or less considerable, which the Russian Government proposes to contract abroad, nor on the subject of establishing in some of the great commercial towns of the empire privileged banks, in shares, or financial institutions of Credit Mobilier. As it is usual with us to proceed prudently and deliberately in all matters, it is not probable that any important financial decision will be come to before the return of the Emperor here from Riga and Revel. Nevertheless, the Minister of Finance receives daily from a number of foreign companies the most favourable propositions for the establishment of banks under denominations hitherto unknown in Russia. At ;111 events, it is thought that if the Emperor consents to grant bank charters to foreign capitalists, it will be on the condition of a simultaneous establishment of banks at St. Petersburg. Moscow, and Odessa, which are regarded as the great centres of the commerce and industry of the empire. Hitherto our capitalists and rich landed proprietors have displayed no eagerness to interest themselves in these institu tions of public credit; it is possible that, once the impulse given by foreigners, it will spread rapidly from one extremity to the other of this vast empire, as experience has shown us in other matters." Accounts from Stockholm report that the Swed ish Cabinet is engaged in selecting an Ambassador to our Court in place of General Fordin, who has left Russia. It is expected that another military man, Major-General Peyron, will be chosen, and this selection will be approved of here, where he is much respected, as likewise in his own country. The loss sustained by private individuals at Sebastopol and Kertch has been valued at no less than three million roubles, which is the sum de manded as an indemnity by the inhabitants. The indemnity granted will not exceed a third of that sum. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 30th ult, states that the Emperor Alexander, before his de parture for Germany, ordered the ship of the line, the Bosphorous, now in course of construction at Nicolaieff, to be called the Sinope, and the line of battle ship ordered in the United States, the Em press Marie, The same letter says :—The Russian Government is endeavouring to promote commer cial relations with foreign states. The firm of Rafalowitch, of Odessa, has lately received per mission to establish a house at Berlin ; and M. Schwebe, of Revel, has been authorised to found a firm at Antwerp, the permission to exist until the 31st of December, 1860. SPAIN A despatch from 111adrid announces that the new Portuguese Cabinet has been formed as follows :—Marquis de Loule, Minister of the In terior and President ; Sada Bandeira, Marine and Foreign Affairs ; Loureiro, War; Silva Sanchez, Finances ; Souza, Justice. The Cortes have voted, in a secret sitting, that the session shalt be prorogued from the begin ning of July to October. There was, according to general report, a con siderable difference of opinion between Marshals Espartero and O'Donnell in reference to some recent military changes. The difference, however, supposing it to have existed, has been arranged. General Itos de Olano assumes the command of the Artillery, and General Serrano, whom he suc ceeds in that office, is appointed Captain General at Madrid. General Hoyos is named Comrn9.nder in-Chief of the Infantry. The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains a report from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Queen, recommending that the minister plenipotentiary of Spain at Paris shall ho raised to the dignity of Ambassador, in order to place him on a footing with the , major part of the representatives of Bump?, on the occasion of the baptism of the Imperial Prince, " whose august mother was Spanish by her family and her birth," and in order also to mark the friendly relations which exist between the two countries, and to recognise the great services -which France has rendered to her Majesty. The report is followed by a decree of the Queen, promoting M Olozaga, minister, to the dignity of ambassador, but enacting that his salary shall not be increased. The journals contain nothing new about the alleged conspiracy to assassinate the Queen, but they state that several persons had been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in it, and that one of them is a well known writer, the other manager of a newspaper. A deplorable duel has been fought a t V alencia between the Vice Consul of England and an officer of the Staff. The former was run through the body with a small sword, and little hope remained of saving his life. The officer was likewise wounded but slightly. - - - NAPLES. The King of the Two Sicilies has issued a decree in seven articles, enacting that persons carrying prohibited arms, without a license from the police, shall be punished with imprisonment in irons of the first degree (the lightest), and that the mann. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Maybole and Girvan Riilsvay, Metropolitan Railway, and the Morayshire Railway. The following bills were ordered to be read a third time :—B igenalstown and Wexford Railway, Dorset Central Railway, Glastonbury and Bruton Railway, Severn Valley Railway, and the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway. NAWAB OF SURAT TREATY BILL Mr. V. SMITH moved the postponement of the consider ation of the report on this bill for a week, on the ground that there era; not at present sufficient evidence before the house on which to proceed further with the bill. Sir F. KELLY said that the honour and good faith of this country were involved in this question. The measure referred to an annuity which the East India Company solemnly engaged to pay the Indian prince and his descend ants, in consideration of his having surrendered to them his territory and revenues of Surat. The annuity amounted to £15,000 sterling per annum, and was regularly paid to the Nawab and his son during their lives, but the East India Company refused to pay it to the present next of kin, on the ground that the office of Nawab was extinct, but who was nude so by virtue of this agreement. The learned gentleman iidiculed the absurdity of such an objection to the fulfilment cf the treaty, and said it was necessary to introduce this measure to compel the East India Company to fulfil their part of the agreement. The president of the board of control having refused to affirm the principle of the bill, he (Sir F. Kelly) pressed the House to take the report into consideration this day. The committee appointed to investigate this measure had reported unanimously in its favour. Sir J. W. Hoag said the greatest delusion prevailed with regard to this case, and he denied that the Nawab of Surat had transferred his territories and revenues to the East India Company. The company had commercial rela tions with Surat by a firman of the Emperor so early as 1667, and political relations in 1759, after which a treaty was entered into personally with the Nawabs, and it was under that that the East India Company exercised their authority in that province, and the question was, whether by that treaty the Nawabship was a hereditary office, and whether the agreement had reference to his heirs, descen dants, or his successors to the office. He contended that it was the latter, and reminded the house that the office was not hereditary till 1800, and that the Nawab, with whom the treaty way made, died in 1769, and he rested his oppo sition to the question now put forth mainly on the fact that in 1800 the Nawabship was not hereditary but nomi national, and that it was under the treaty of 1659 at the disposal of the East India Company. Mr. CARDWELL suggested that the discussion on the merits of the case should be postponed till the Bill Iv as in the hands of members. Ile expressed a hope that Government did not intend by delay to defeat the measure• Mr. V. SMITH repudiated any such intention. Sir E. PERRY defended the claimant of the annuity. Mr. WAouiot thought delay was necessary for the consi deration of the measure. Alter some further conversation, with regard to the expe— diency of postponing the further discussion of the measure, in which Sir J. GRAHAM, Mr. V. SMITH, Sir F. KELLY, Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE, Sir JOHN FITZGERALD, Mr. SPOONER, Mr. OTWAY, Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR, and Sir CHARLES WOOD took part, the debate was postponed till Wednesday next. THE EARL or PERTH'S CLAIMS Sir F. KELLY, on the bringing up of the report upon the subject of the Earl of Perth and Melport compensation, explained, in reply to Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Mr. W. WIL LIAMS, and Colonel PATTEN, that the object of the above measure was to give compensation to the Earl of Perth and Melfort, whose estates had been seized, and, as it since appeared, illegally seized, in the reign of James H. The SPEAKER, in reply to Sir H. VANE, said that the Bill, after having been referred to a select committee, would be committed to a committee of the whole House, and would thou proceed as a public bill. After some further discussion, Monday was fixed for the consideration of the question in a committee of the whole House. Sir F. KELLY stated that if he then found it too late in the session for the measure to pass, he should N%ithdraw SALE OF SPIRITS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. BRADY then moved the second reading of the Spirits (Ireland) Bill, which le said had for its object the relief of the vintters of Dublin. The ATTORNEY GENERAL (for Ireland) said the object of the bill would be gained by the introduction of a clause into the Dubli❑ Police Bill. In the course of a discussion that arose, The SPEAKER stated that as the bill applied to a par ticular locality it could only be introduced as a private measure. The bill was accordingly withdrawn. The Aldershott Camp Bill went through committee. The Insurance on Lives Abatement of Income-tax Bill was read a third time and passed. The Oxford University Bill went through committee. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a bill to abolish certain unnecessary forms in the framing of deeds in Scotland. Mr. HORSEMAN brought in a bill for the better regula tion of the Houses of Industry Hospitals, and other hospi tals in Dublin supported wholly or in part by parliamentary grants. The House adjourned at six o'clock. RIFF OR MOORISH PIRATES AGAIN. We regret extremely having to record another case of piracy within so short a distance of England, and where it might reasonably have been supposed, from the frequency of such atrocities, some of her Majesty's cruisers would be found. But is there, it may be asked, such a thing as one of her Majesty's cruisers in existence, and has the govern ment no idea of what is duo to so great a country as this, that piracy and murder is so frequently committed, and yet nothing done either to repress such fearful crimes, or punish the guilty. It appears that the Hymet Smith, of and from Liverpool for Ancon), was attacked and boarded in the waters of Botoya, on the Riff coast by Moorish pirates, who plan• dered and partially destroyed the barque, leaving total wreck on the beach, about three leagues east of Cape Quilate, carrying into captivity all the crew except four, wile were rescued. A guard had been furnished for the protection of the strandard prop-rty, and under the superia tendance of the Governor of Melilla, MR. CRAMPTON A private letter, dated New York, May 27, con tains the following : The dismissal of Mr. Crampton has not yet taken place, and whilst it is positively affirmed by the government organs that he will be dismissed, the delay causes in many the belief that the excitement is simply kept open for election eering purposes. The Express of last night says:— Jis the Washington mail was closing, on the 27th ult., Mr. Crampton wrote to Lord Clarendon that up to the last moment, ho had received no intimation of his dismissal. It is oonedently stated, by persons who ought to be well informed, that Mr. Maroy's reply to Lord Clarendon will be, in effect, that the Cabinet at Washington regards the explanations and statements in his lordship's last despatch as sufficient to induce them to withdraw their demand for. Mr. Orampton's recall. The American secretary, however, will add, that his a)vernment are of opinion that, after what has passed, Mr. Crampton's power of usefulness at W;,shington has been exllaust9d. From, the same source we learn that it is understood Mr. Crampton will himself bring this despatch home, and tender his resignation. These statements appear to us to have an air of probtbilitv about them ; nevertheless we repeat them, as the phrase is," with reserve," STATE O E THE A MERICAN QUESTION. —Lord Clarendon will have it that Crampton is Crampton; Mr. Pierce insists that he is Crimpton —Punch. THE MINERS' STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.—The strike is now over, and all who can find employment have begun to work at 4s per day. The masters are, however, not taking all into employment indiscriminately, but are picking and making selections. It is, indeed, pitiable to what a state of destitution these colliers and miners have reduced themselves by their foolish proceedings ; but when it is considered that their sufferings have been self-inticted, the less sympathy is felt for them,—North British 2(44. Nimen=lanii.samm=.ur THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL His Imperial Majesty Dom Pedro 11. opened the Brazilian Chambers on the 3rd of May last in the following speech from the throne : August and worthy representatives of the nation, — I congratulate myself with you on our present re-union. The epidemic which in the course of last year prevailed in some of the provinces of the empire and in the capital has further extended itself. The sufferings caused by this affliction have profoundly afflicted me, but I trust that Almighty God in his infinite mercy will listen to our fer vent prayers for the speedy removal of the sad affliction from our country. My government has neither spared, nor will cease to spare, every effort to assist the popula tion attacked by this calamity. In general my people have given proofs of resignation and courage, and their numberless acts of charity are worthy both of my special love and of the public recommendation. Our agriculture has suffered considerable loss in its labour, and every day it becomes more urgent for us to acquire industrious colonists to cultivate our fertile land and to extend its productiveness. Immigration, however, does not depend solely on the powers of the government, it also requires the spontaneous assistance of our landed iroprietors, and I depend on your patriotic exertions to coavince my subjects of this truth. I watch with solicitude the progress of the national interests, and I am confident that you will give my government the means that may be required on their part, to promote so great an object as a large addition to the free population of this empire. The public revenue, notwithstanding the unfavourable circumstances of the last two years, is superior to the anticipations of the government. The increase of our revenue has indeed been so large that were it net for the great public expenses consequent on a great rise in price of materials of all kinds, we should have a very large surplus of income over expenditure. Being about to make considerable reductions in cur tariff of import duties, it will be prudent for you to put my government in a position to sustain the equilibrium in our receipts and expenses, which there is reason to apprehend may for a short time be disturbed by those reductions. In contravention of the measures taken for the repres sion of the abominable slave trade, some desperadoes have dared to venture on new speculations, but the vigi lance of my government, supported by public opinion, has completely frustrated them, as I hope it always will. The African slave trade is completely done away with throughout the whole empire. The administration of justice, army, and navy requires still further attention' such as I have before recommended to you. Our friendship with other powers, the incessant object of my zeal, remains unaltered. In accordance with arrangements with the government of the republic of Uruguay, I have withdrawn the assistance of our army from that state. I saw with pleasure that the conduct of our troops while there deserved all the congratulations they received, not only from the government of that republic, but also from the nation itself. The stipulations which for a long time have joined us to the Argentine republic have been confirmed by a friendly treaty of commerce and navigation, negociated on a sound basis. Between my government and that of the republic of Uruguay a treaty has also been made, by which the questions of trade, navigation, and fluvial intercourse have been settled, the question of boundaries being kept for a better opportunity, within, however, the time specified in the same treaty. August and worthy representatives of the nation,— Our internal order and tranquility become every day more consolidated, in consequence of the calmness of our political discussions and also of the desire of my people for the improvement of the country. Teis result is due in great part to the policy my government has pursued—a policy which justifies the continuance of the frank and decided support that it has always deserved. I hope, therefore, that having in view the necessities indicated by my government, you will accede to the measures proposed by them, in order that thereby the increasing prosperity, and the welfare of the country may be still further advanced. The session is now opened COTTON SUPPLY TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—l coincide in the main with the views contained in your paper to-day. Now, I see Stewart & Co.'s New York estimate of the cotton crop and export to England, under the bias of recent large receipts, appear much over the mark, as receipts must now immediately fall off, ter trnating in a crop of a littlo over 3,500,000 bales, and of this it is but fair to estimate the American consumption as in 1853 Continental consumption Leaving for England...... 1,000,000 - 1,830,000 - .3,550,000 bales. It is but fair to contemplate the 'present increased mill power on the continent and the replenishment of the drained-out stocks of the staple there last year, certainly 1,000,000 bales not too much. _ _ In 1833, the continent took 800,000 _bales ; therefore, to talk of England, receiving 2,000,000 is quite absurd, although less than 2,000,000 will not restore our stocks to:an average, nor to a proportion to our consumption ; there consequently continues considerable confidence in cotton per se. iNow, the money market must this year have a consider ableinfluence also ; therefore a prospective advance in the article is to be expected, independant of the result of the receipts and the present condition of our manufacturing .interests. It may now be considered, if this cotton crop is not going to:turn out as large as these sanguine people anticipate' say—if it prove only 3,500,000 bales, or less, as these features may develope themselves (although the market at this moment may be dull) the markets must receive a stimulous from without, and that will come in the shape of a rapid falling off in receipts and rising prices in America; then the spinners, who were never so bare of stock, will be compelled to buy very largely to accept renewed contracts for future deliveries of yarns and goods ; then follows, again, the rise of prices in America, which tendency may continue. --I am, sir, yours, &c., Liverpool, May 6, 1856 THE REV. DR. BLAKENEY'S SERMO`" THE SABBATH. -A ON TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. SIR,—In yo”" abl.;‘, impression of this day a most unwarrant ttack has been made upon . the Rev. Dr. Blakeney's sermon of last Sabbath evening. A sermon which so clearly proved the obligation of that sacred day, and ex posed the semi-papal, semi-infidel attack on its divine obligations. I asked Dr. Blakoney if he intended to pub lish any reply—he said that he made it a rule never to notice anonymous communications of any descriptio❑ I then asked him what he thought of the letter upon which he told me that it was gross misrepresentation, and entirely unworthy of notice. I inquired of others who heard the sermon, and they made the same reply. The Doctor's statement was to the following effect : When the notice of motion was given for the opening of the Crystal Palace and the British Museum on the Sabbath day, a general move ment was made throughout the oountry in defence of the holy sabba th ; from north to south, from east to west, peti tions poured in, and the result was, that an overwhelming majority in the British senate rejected the unrighteous proposition. Notwithstanding this, a member of the administration presumed to establish bands in the public places of resort. On this becoming thoroughly known, another movement was being set on foot, in de fence of the holy sabbath, when the Archbishop of Canterbury remonstrated with the first minister of the clown, and the obnoxious practice was suppressed. Thank God that we have such an Archbishop. 7he Rev. Doctor then referred to the agitation that is now being gut up by Sir B. Ball against the Sabbath ; he said that, not withstanding the crowds that assemble in the park, the intelligence of England was against the desecration of the Sabbath. - — fills nameless scribe concludes his letter by expressing his regret that any minister, in this century, can be found who enunci rtes ideas from the pulpit " that would compel us to believe that anything un.ler the old or Mosaic dispensation (whether j udicial, ts pical, or MORAL) is in the slightest degree obligatory on the btliever in the new one." There is in the above paragraph an unwitting confession of the legitimate consequence of the anti-Sabbatarian contro versy. Dr. Blakeney's calumniator, whoever he may be, would not only abolish the fourth commandment, but com pletely demolish the whole decalogue. I give him credit fur consistency.—Yours, faithfully, C. P. 31'0. Birkenhead, June 11th, 1856, 11110121111, 411fflaefflalaS 5.4,8=11111913.11 COUNTY COURT.-YESTE&DAY, (BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ JUDGE.) THE EASt LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY V. BOWES. —This was an action brought by the Railway Company against Mr. Joseph Bowes, wholesale druggist. Henry_ street, Liverpool, to recover one shilling. The action was brought for the purpose of deciding a point of considerable importance both to railway companies and to the public. Mr. Almond, who appeared for the railway company, stated the circumstances under which . the action was brought. In February last, owing to a competition between the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Companies, the passenger fares were very much red ced between Liverpool and Southport. The third class fare between Liverpool and Southport was 6d by the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, on the one hand, and the East Lancashire railway, via Ormskirk, on the other. On the 12th of February Mr. Bowes applied for a ticket issued as a government third-class ticket from Liverpool to Southport, for which he paid Gd. The face of the ticket stated that it was issued on the conditions men tioned in the company's time tattle, and on the back of the ticket there appears a distinct notice that it was only available for the places named, and that any party alighting at, or deparling from, an intermediate station, would have to pay the full fare. Mr. Bowes alighted at Ormskirk, the ordinary fare for which was is 6d. When he presented the ticket at Ormskirk, the full fare was demanded, which Mr. Bowes refused to pay. He gave his card, in order that the company might know with whom they had to deal, and the action was accordingly brought to recover the difference in the fare, for the purpose of deciding the question. Mr. Almond stated that a case of a similar character had already been decided in that court. The facts of the case being agreed on by all parties, no evidence was called. Mr. Bowes stated as his reason for defending the action, that lie did not think the company had any tight to make him travel further than he intended, or to charge him a larger rate for the shorter distance. His Honcur said, upon a former occasion, he gave this question a very careful considera tion, and since that period had had an opportunity of consulting with others of a higher position than himself, who expressed a distinct approval of the decision at which he had arrived. He had only hesitated at all in this case, because the former decision was given before the passing of the last act of parliament. The last act, supposing it to press against the company to the extent to which it might possibly be held to press, prevented a railway company from making any condition which the court might think unreasonable. Be therefore paused to consider 'whether if the construction of the last act would prevent a company from making any condition, even by special contract, which the court should not consider reasonable, ought to affect the present case. Ile did not think it ought, because if he were aske3, in the capacity of a jury, whether the conditions in this case were reasmablo or not, he should say that they were reasonable, and that the company charging for any intermediate distances, not more than by the act of parliament they were entitled to do, might reasonably say, as a matter of convenience to them, that passengers might travel the whole way to Southport for a less sum than they were entitled to charge, but that passengers stopping at any intermediate station, must pay • the _ ordinary fare. There were many reasons inde- pendent of competition, which would render such a course convenient. For instance, parties stopping in a certain train at an intermediate station, at a certain given time might be inconvenient to the general traffic, and the company might, therefore, take then the whole distance for a lower rate than they were entitled to charge. There were a great many reasons why the company might think fit to forego their legal fare, and charge a smaller amount for any given distance. The mistake into which Mr. Bowes and many of the public fell, was what Mr. Bowes himself stated, that the company had no power to interfere with his individual liberty, and make him travel to Southport when he wished to get out at Ormskirk. It was perfectly true that they could have no such power, but that was not what they claimed. They said "we will take you to Ormskirk by this train, on your paying what the law per, mits us to charge, the ordinary fare, hut if you chocso to go on to Southport, which we are desirous you should do, then we will only charge you a smaller sum. The company did not in fact charge any increased fare to Ormskirk, but merely consented to forego a certain amount to which they were entitled on the full Journey to Southport. They had, therefore, a fair and reasonable right to charge the ordinary fare to Ormskirk, while charging a reduced fore to Southport. The general mistake was to suppose that any increased rate was charged at all. His opinion, therefore, was that the claim was well founded, and that the company were entitled to a verdict with costs Re trusted the time would sooa come when, in a ease like that which really involved hundreds of pounds, nut merely one shilling, he should be able to have the oplaioa of the court abov‘:, upon his decision. A ROMANCE FROM THE DIGGINGS Yesterday, at the morning sittings, before Mr. Mansfield at the police court, the following bit of Ballarat romance turned up. Police constable 387 put forward a young man named Peter Larke, on a charge of having assaulted a young woman named Mary Campbell. The prisoner was well-dressed, and sported a brilliant moustache and imperial, with glossy long black hair, a - d had a free-and-easy devil may-carish sort of swagger. The constable said the prisoner was given in charge to him in Abercrombie Square, for having assaulted the complainant, and as he saw the assault committed, be took him into custody. The young woman, whose manner and appearance was respectable, said the prisoner and his wife (whom she pointed out standing by her side) had only just come from Australia, and that the prisoner had ahandoncd his wife and had gone to live with another young lady. On Tuesday the complainant went with Mrs. Larke and another lady to look for the prisoner. They were in a cab, and on a:riving in Abercrombie Squat e they saw the p:;soner walking with the young lady with whom be had taken up. The three females alighted from_ the cab, and the witness went up to the prisoner and said, " Perhaps this young lady is not aware that you are a married man," whereon he struck her a blow in the face. Here the lady pointed out as the wife of the prisoner stepped forward, but Mr. Mansfield said as she was the wife of the prisoner be would not now examine her. The prisoner said the lady pointed out was not his wife at all ; she lived with him for about sixteen months, as house-keeper, at Ballarat, and he paid her the same as he paid any other woman for her services. Mr. Mansfield asked the lady where she was married to the prisoner ? She said at Ballarat, in April last, and her marriage certificate was on board the ship, from which she had not yet got out her luggage. The moment they came on shore the prisoner left her, and took up company with the other young lady. The prisoner said it was all a conspiracy against him by three or four ladies. He would admit the lady now before the court, did live with him for some sixteer, months, although she was keeper, but as her family and frien' order to save her from shame ' was his wife, but she was marry her. The 1 false man; thi, The pris WEST DERBY UNION .atit eiS wife confirmed ~nly his house were respec'able, in . , Lie allowed her to say she slot, nor was it likely he would 4y burst into tears and said he was a .y were married, and she had the certificate. _.,,ter said, he would by no means adroit that he was and to her, and she cried, and asked him why he would 'not admit it ? Ile replied that she was not a person of good character, as she had been the mother of four children in Liverpool before she went to Australia, and that a Mr. Walker was the father, and it was not, therefore, likely he would be so foolish as to marry her. She had continually annoyed and teased him in Australia, where he had kept a Restaurant, but so much did she annoy him, that he resolved to come to England, and agreed to pay her passage in order to get rid of her. This she had agreed to, and when he came on shore he had nothing more to say to her. As for the complainant, he alleged that she struck him twice across the face with a parasol, and he merely . pushed her out of his way. The alleged wife told a very long story, which his worship listened to with great patience. It was a perfect romance, and consisted of the adventures of the pair in Australia. If her story be correct, she had suffered a great deal from the hands of the prisoner, whom, she stated, to have followed her all over the Colony, persecuting her in the most annoying manner, and getting money from her by hook and crook, Mr. Mansfield asked her how it was that she married him after such continued persecutions ? She replied ha made her, and she did it to get rid of his persecutions. The prisoner asked the police officer if he did not see the complainant strike him i❑ the face with her parasol, before he pushed her? The officer said he did certainly. Mr. Mansfield therefore dismissed the charge of assault, and the prisoner was set at liberty. The usual weekly meeting. 0( this board was held yesterday. Mr. J. Harrison in the chair. The other guardians present were Messrs. H. Edwards, Al,raharns, Wilson, Richmond, Siddeley. Leyland, Elias, Lunt, Baynes, Johns, W h itby cdetllf, Hayes, Pitts, Canis, Shaw, Wensley,' Whalkiuson, bagar, and Mawdeslv. The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting. There was a balance due to the board iu the treasurer's hands of upwards of £72. The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books kept by the several officers con nected with the union, and found them all correct. Cheques to the amount of £244 were voted for the relief of the out-door poor, in the several districts within the union. The reports of the several committees Were read and THE PARTS CATTLE SHOW.—A great many of the bulls and cows in the Paris Universal Exhibition are ill, and some have died. Notwithstanding the apparent excellence of the arrangements, and although the stalls are roomy and occupy but a small part of the whole arena of the building, it is evident that the animals suffer for want of air. Some of the owners feel very uneasy about their property. ,