The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

SU i'LEIRENT TO TEIE The Chronicle believes that Parliamentary Reform is the only point of difference between Lord Palmerston and his Colleugues. WEST INDIES. (From our own Correspondent.) The La Plata arrived at Southampton last night at 11 45, by her we have advices from Trinidad to 25th Jamaica 27th ult., St. Thomas Dec. 1. She brings fifty Passengers and Six hundred and Twenty-nine Thousand nine hundred and forty two dollars in Specie, the Jamaica House of Assembly have passed the Import Duty Bill. The island is healthy. Exchanges, Colonial Bank ninety days one per cent premium. Jamaica Bank ninety days half per cent premium. The war between Bolivia and Peru has com menced in earnest. But beyond this the Times is satisfied that the course which the government are prepared to adopt in the East will suffer no change or abate ment from Lord Palmerston's withdrawal. The meeting of parliament can alone terminate the the period of excitement and uncertainty which will be caused by this event, but the Times has no doubt it will fully confirm the Statement it has made, NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1853. SECOND EDITION. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] Northern Daily Times Office, Eight O'clock, a.m. THE MINISTRY. RESIGNATION OF LORD PALMERSTON ! The Times says that, Lord Palmerston has ten dered his resignation of the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department, and has there fore ceased, within the last forty-eight hours, to form a part of her Majesty's government, if that resignation has been accepted by the Crown. Upon the receipt of a communication from Lord Palmerston, announcing the resolution he had been led to form, the Prime Minister left town for Osborne House immediately, for the purpose of laying the resignation of the Right Hon. Secretary before the Queen. The Times may confidently state that Lord Palmerston's withdrawal is unconnected with the foreign policy of the government. It has not arisen out of the difficulties of the eastern question, nor is it true that differences of opinion on that sub ject have manifested themselves with such force as to lead to the resignation of any member of the ad ministration. The ground on which he is said to rest, his inability to remain in the present cabinet is distinctly and exclusively a decided opposition to the Reform Bill, prepared under the direction of Lord John Russell, and agrred to by the other members of the government. The measure was referred to a committee of five , members of the cabinet, and as Lord Palmerston's opposition to the schemes of parliamentary reform was no secret, he w as placed on it, in order th a t h e m i g h t consider its provisions and state his objections; he gave his usual able and vigorous assistance and attention, but it seems from the result that his objections to the principle of the measure, were not to be diminish e d or overcome. He stated them to his colleagues, but it appeared that no measure of parliamentary reform, such as would meet the expectations of the country, was likely to meet his support. His objection is, not that the provisions `of the bill are too restricted, or the amount of the reform insufficient, but he is not a parliamentary reformer. The Times repeats that it is upon the above grounds that he has retired from the cabinet, and not upon any question of foreign policy. It ex presses regret at his retirement, and praises his ad ministration of the home department, and his adhe rence to the foreign policy of the government was unquestionably an additional pledge to the country that the policy of the government in the east was firm and honorable ; but it would be a great and mischievous error to suppose that his voluntary retirement would in any degree lower the tone or relax the energy of the cabinet on foreign affairs. It does unfortunately tend to impair the influence which this country may exercise in Europe, that a ministry is exposed to a secession of this kind at the very moment when it would be most essential for us to be acting as one man to avert or to prosecute a war, and such an occurrence is the more strange when it is attributable to a cause distinctly foreseen at the formation of the cabinet. EASTERN WAR. VIENNA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—Two French and two English frigates have gone to Sinope, nomi nally with medical assistance for the wounded. The Chronicle mentions that the English steam frigate, Retribution, and the French steamer, Mogador, left Constantinople for Sinope on the 4th. The British minister at Teheran has broken off diplomatic relations with Persia. CONSTANTINOPLE, Bth.—On Wednesday, Nov. 30th the Russians entered the harbour of Sinope with 3 three deckers, 4 five-and a-half deckers, 6 frigates, and 4 steamers, and attacked the Turkish sqadron, which consisted of 6 frigates, 3 corvettes, 2 steamers. 1 Russian, 3-decker and all the Turkish ships were burnt, with the exception of the Taff, which brought this news. The combat lasted four hour's. A Russian bulletin, posted on the Odessa ex change on December sth, states that the Russian fleet met in the Black Sea a Turkish and Egyptian fleet composed of 18 ships—two-deckers, frigates, corvettes, with two steamers, of 500 horse power. and two others of 300 horse power, After a long engagement, the following Turkish ships have been destroyed or captured; 1 of 64 guns, 1 of 60, 1 of 52, 1 of 50, 1 of 46, 1 of 22, two steamers of 20 guns each, 2 transports, 1 ditto British transport. The engagement took place near Sinope, 5000 Turks were killed and many taken prisoners. Osman Pasha was wounded and taken prisoner. Several officers, both English and French, were on board the Turkish fleet. PARIS BOURSI, THURSDAY. — Fourand-a-Half per Cents closed at 101 f. Three per Cents at 74f. 80c. Printed and Published by CHARLES WILLMER, of 21, Oxford Street, at his General Printing and Stationery Establishment, 19, South John Street, Liverpool. FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 16, 1853.