Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

this th I learn,. is e'SP 6 "; rsitasioll rr ladies matt er, testifit - - been 4°,1 - , tIl ) sl y _A at the Ported 5 THE WAR QUESTION. PARIS, Jan. 20. One would suppose that the Ministerial press takes a pleasure in dissipating the hopes in the maintenance of peace which itself has raised; and that wh en the public believes the storm to have blown over, it speaks as if it saw another darken ing in the distance. The Constitutionnel, only a very few days ago, announced that the Austrian Government had given explanations of a satis factory character on the Servian question, as they - showed respect for the Treaty of Paris. The article of three days ago emanated from the Foreig n Office ; that of to-day, written, •it is affirmed, by a superior employe of the same do partment, who has been long known in the literary world, calls in question these explanations, and adds that the protests of the European Cabinets are maintained in spite of them. The following is an extract from the article : _ Unfortunately, late facts tend to shake the explanations given at present by Austria of her intentions. All the cabinets, : judging by her actions, had attributed to her but one intention —that of refusing to keep the engage ments imposed by the treaty of Paris. Hence proceeded all the protests excited by her conduct France had not alone sent in her protest, but also England and Russia. Even Prussia, whose German patriotism has at heart to prove that Germany is united on foreign questions, joined the other Powers in protesting. At this moment, all these protests are maintained, even in presence of the late step of the Vienna cabinet. And why are they maintained ? Because it is the opinion of all the Powers that the present attitude of Austria must not at some future period be interpreted as the consequence of the re-establishment of order in Servia. There was no cause for isolated intervention, since that step was prohibited by the Treaty of Paris. It must be made clearly known, in order that satisfaction shall be given to the legitimate and unani mous protests of Europe, that it is not to the re-establish ment of order in Servia, but to the cause of right and to the terms of the Treaty of Paris, that must be ascribed the solution of the matter. On the other hand, public opinion remains the same. The little pamphlet, of which I spoke yes terday, is to-day published. Here are a few more passages, not less strong than those I have already communicated. At page 20, the writer says : Now the idea of interfering in Italy, of declaring war against Austria, which does not insult us, appertain ing evidently to a plan which, when accomplished, would occasion a general war, everybody cries out against it, because (with the exception of a few dangerous fanatics) nobody wishes to incur an almost certain loss in order to raise up a new coalition against us for the deceptive satis faction of aiding the Italians who abandoned it, or rather betrayed us in 1813, and the Piedmontese who accepted Savoy as the price of their fidelity to the holy alliance of kings against people. Again, — France dreads the chances of this war, because our national interests do not require it; she repels it because she sees in it with reason the first rudiments of a coali tion. In the heroic periods of the first republic and of the Consulate, she sounded the toscin of deliverance; she marched her battalions for the independence of twenty various nations. The latter, it is true, followed and applauded her as long as victory remained faithful to her banners. Her principles were so fine, and so worthy the admiration of mankind ! But what took place on the day of our reverse ? All abandoned, betrayed, curtailed, and humiliated her by dragging among their waggons the car of the insulting Thersites mounted by the Marquis of Carabbas and the Marchioness of Pretint aille, and when the great conqueror withdrew from these battles of giants he left our country smaller than when he took possession of it. Let the calumniators of Napoleon 111. excite him to despise so many considerations favourable to the mainte nance of peace and to his personal security ; let them endeavour even to force him to commit the errors which led the First Empire to its destruction, it is still a manner of making war on him. But that he should lend an ear to these perfidious suggestions ; that he should disturb the people by reports of a rupture with States which do not insult us ; that he should spontaneously excite mistrust ; that he should increase the difficulties of a commercial situation already too precarious; that he himself should render doubtful what is certain ; that he should realise the anticipations of his enemies, who h av e always pretended that the promise made at Bordeaux, t h he empire is peace," would not be kept—that he sjould consent to repeat the fable of Bertrand and Raton for the benefit of Piedmont that he should suffer To Principles of nationality to be raised in Italy, a ques tion pregnant with a general war, and of a seventh coalition, directed by England, exceeds all belief, con founds, and overthrows all before it. One feels oneself, one looks at and interrogates himself, as if he had been attacked by a nightmare, and believes himself still under the effect of an hallucination. If we bear in mind the state of the press, we shall the better appreciate the dismay felt at the bare idea of war, and the spirit which inspired these passages. A second pamphlet, in 47 gages, has just made its app earance. Its t i t l e i s, " Est ce la Paix ? Est ce la Guerre ?" The author, whose name is not Oven, discusses the probabilities of either solution ; but from a very hurried glance over its concluding pages it appears as if he thinks a general Congress the most likely and the best mode of solvin ,, existing difficulties. He says : We kno w that certain Cabinets do not ask for better than to have to repress partial insurrections in order to justify political systems that are unjustifiable. and give occasion for more vigorous repression. But has not Europe a contrary interest ? If in 1856 it was not a question for the Congress either to adopt definite resolutions, or to accept engagements, or to intervene directly in the internal affairs of Govern ments represented or not represented in the Congress, the time is come when these resolutions, these engagements, these direct interventions ought to take place. Where could these grave interests be more fitly dis cussed than in a Congress ? Where could these general considerations relative to the peace of Europe be set forth with more calmness at d more authority ? Will it be said that the Con g ress will terminate nothing, will do:nothing, and that the Governments directly interested will reject every discussion, every counsel ? Bnt if it happened that these governments were alone of that . opinion, alone against all, would they not be obliged to yield to that moral ascendant which would have for sanction, if need be, formidable fleets and armies ? At all events a duty would at least be accomplished. The Governments of the Peninsula would have an oppor tunity offered them. Pacific means would be tried before having recourse to arms ; opinion would be enlightened, and responsibility satisfied. Finally, what ought to be done would be done, happen afterwards what might. If it be war which followed, it will be at once legitimate and inevitable, and in this double title it will be popular. The issue of it will not be doubtful. The idea of a general Congress sitting in Paris for the settlement of great European questions is not now for the first time entertained mooted years ago, and it is not impossible it may now be revived, and probably the Emperor supposes with success, as the best means of escape from the difficulties of the moment. There are some who think that it would not suit him to take the initiative in a continental struggle, but that he would not be sorry if it broke out somehow, that he might afterwards see whether it was opportune :and convenient for him to meddle in it—the idea , of his being the great moderator of Europe happening to be one which is uppermost in the Imperial mind. TURIN, Jan. 18 The belief in coming war is decidedly on the increase, and seems to have infected classes which until lately were incredulous. The commercial body seems to have taken the alarm, and to be dis posed to stand on its guard, and restrict its opera tions. It is not to be supposed that the wish for war is nearly so general here, where there is much to lose, as in Lombardy, where it is thought that there is everything to gain. War would probably not be unpopular in Piedmont ; many people would accept it willingly, because they believe the King wishes it; others cherish vindictive feelings towards the Austrains ; and others, again, sympathise with their brethren in Lombardo-Venetia, for whom they are ready - to encounter some risk and sacrifice. But assuredly there are many in this country who think that Piedmont would do well to go on steadily in the path of progress and improvement upon which she has entered, and not to risk her welfare in an uncalled-for contest. The war party has the advantage of making itself heard much more than the peace party . ; the greater part of the newspapers are in its interest, and it, of course; is supported, if not headed, interest, a n d whole body of emigrants, comprising some men of talent, and many active energetic agitators. Its hopes have been raised fc, the highest pitclt by the various recent incidents that have fixed the public attention, and it evidently considers itself on the ye of attaining its end. NICE, Jan. 14. The following proclamation was published here to -day Fellow Citizens,—The preparations of Austria in the Lombardo-Venetian Provinces impose upon our govern ment the duty of taking defensive measures against all possible eventualities. Rather than call out the new contingents, it is thought better in the interest of the people to ooncentrate in Piedmont the military force now scattered over Savoy, in the isle of Sardinia, and in Nice ; and our brave garrison will this day embark in war steamers for Genoa. The government has not hesi tated, nor ought it to hesitate, to leave Nice entirely denuded of troops, for it knows well that for safety, good order, and public security, it can depend upon the calm and pacific spirit of the inhabitants. Their traditional devotion to the dynasty of Savoy, and to the secret cause which it has defended for eight centuries, remains un changed, and it has also its National Guard, which in all late events has always been foremost in the mission of order and of liberty. Fellow Citizens, —The government explains to you its intentions with that courageous frankness which so conspicuously and honourably distinguishes it. Let us have full confidence in its loyalty. The calm and the prudence with which it prepares for the defence of our flag and the honour of our nation, penetrates our hearts, and will be for us a pledge of security and a guarantee that our hopes will not be deceived. Viva it Re! Viva lo Stated° ! The Syndic, MALAITSSENA. The Intendant-General, DE LA.. MARMORA, FRANCE AND SARDINIA. PARIS, Thursday Night, Jan. 20. It is asserted that an alliance offensive and defensive had been concluded between France and Sardinia. DEATH OF THE KING OF NAPLES. PARIS, Thursday, 11.40 p.m. A telegraphic despatch has just arrived from Vienna, announcing the death of the King of Naples, which took — place this morning Post. Morning TURKEY CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 15 The reports of approaching war have caused a panic on the Bourse. The Journal de Constanti nople publishes a tranquilising article. THE lONIAN ISLANDS COFRFU, Jan. 17 Sir John Young has summoned the lonian Parliament for the 25th. Mr. Gladstone will open it as provisional Lord High Commissioner. Hopes are expressed that of the 40 deputies 27 will be in favour of reform alone without union with Greece. MARSEILLES, Thursday, Jan. 20, According to advices from Corfu, Mr. Gladstone has called together the Deputies to a conference (Reuni deputes), the detailsof which the journals have published. All the Deputies demanded the revisal of the treaties of 1815, and the annexation of the lonian Islands to Greece. They likewise refused to examine the proposed reforms before a solution of the pending question. Five other French . brigs have been wrecked near Bona and Tunis between the 11th and 14th inst. PRINCE NAPOLEON AT TURIN. TURIN, Thursday, Jan 20 (via France.) Prince Napoleon has held a review of 1,000 veterans of the Grand Army. The veterans and the people present inouted— Viva it Re ! Viva it Imperatore ! Viva l' alleanza ! Viva Italia ! The King of Naples is seriously ill. THE ITALIAN QUESTION. The Revue des Deux 2lfondes has an article on the Italian question. It expresses sympathy with the Italians, and shows that free States on the French frontiers are best for the interests of France : The security and liberty of Piedmont's action is then in the highest degree a French interest. We must have the frankness to admit that we are equally interested in the good administration of the Italian States, and that we have received terrible splashes from this revolutionary volcano kept up by the system of compression which has too long weighed Italy down. Lastly, the prolonged occupation of Rome by our troops places us in a false position that is not tenable. What a part does this occupation compel us to play before Italy and the world. Of two things f one—either we are impotent advisers of the Pop, if we demand of him reforms that may permit his subjects to live in peace with. him ; or, if we hold our tongues, we are the tacit fos terers of a bad government, and look as if we were Austria's seconds in this system of repression that irri tates Italy. The alternative will end, we think, by becoming either ridiculous or odious. We should not, therefore, be astonished, for our part, at seeing France in her turn, resume the Italian question, as propounded by Piedmont ever since the year 1856. The Revue thinks that the Italian cause would not in all likelihood be served by a war. Would not Italian interests be exposed to the risk of soon disappearing in an armed conflict between France and Austria, making way for other questions, still more vast and formidable ? It seems to protest, in conclusion, against France rushing into war without cause : When Casimir Perier said, with common but eloquent sense, " The gold and blood of France belong to France alone," he did not clothe in a fine sounding phrase any cowardly sentiments of narrow-minded egotism ; he doubtless meant, that in those hazardous enterprises that are sometimes forced upon a nation, and that exact from her the cruel sacrifices of war, it is the nation that ought to remain the judge as to the opportune nature of those sacrifices, and the extent it desires to give to them. We hope the Italian question will not lead France to this serious extremity ; but, should we be disappointed in this hope, we venture to think we have a right to expect, in the liberties gained by our country, a com pensation for the sacrifices that would be required of us in favour of Italia's liberties. TUSCANY. General Count Giulay,athe Austrian Commander in-Chief at Milan, has arrived in Florence on a mission, the object of which is supposed to be to induce the Grand Duke definitively to abandon a neutral attitude, and support Austria. AUSTRIA The Gazette de Cologne announces that after a lengthened deliberation held lately under the pre sidency of the Emperor, the Austrian Government came to the resolution of sending Marshal Count de Leiningen on a special mission to Paris. According to the same journal great importance is attached to this mission at Vienna in its effect as to the re-establishing of friendly relations between the two governments. The news is also given in the Gazette de la Bourse. PRUSSIA A communication from Berlin of the 18th says —" The Upper Chamber of Prussia, which has been all along dissatisfied with the late change of ministry, has begun to manifest its discontent by acts, Its first blow has been directed against a man held in general estimation, M. de Zander, Chancellor of the Kingdom and First ?resident of the Tribunal of the Province of Prussia. At the late elections, he had voted at Kcenigsber& for M. Sunson, a partisan of the new Ministry, and it was through his influ ence that that candidate was elected. The Upper Chamber has, in consequence, excluded M. de Zander from all the commissions of which he had previously formed. mrt, and it even endeavoured to name him See-,et'ary to the Chamber, doubtless by way of dP:iision, for he is an old man, and such functions 'usually devolve on the youngest mem, berg of parliamentary assemblies," THE NORTHERN TIMES, SAr. INDIA. ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL, By the arrival of the Overland Mail, we have Bombay dates to the 25th December. The Times correspondent writes as follows The rumour that the Nana had succeeded in escaping from Oude, and crossed the Ganges, came upon the public of this Presidency like a clap of thunder. To those who had followed with anxiety the complex movements of our troops in Oude, there was nothing improbable in the announcement. Lord Clyde had concentrated the principal corps of his army at various points east of Lucknow. His own head quarters were in the capital. Hope Grant, Taylor, Fischer were at Fyzabad, while north and west of Lucknow, the only forces at the disposal of Lord Clyde were Troup's brigade, advancing across the Goomtee, towards Khyra bad, and Brigadier Barker's still lingering at Benigunge, and waiting for the completion of a bridge. There was no corps of reserve in rear or the line of the Goomtee, and Sundeela, which appeared a strategic point of the greatest importance, was under civil administration, but without a garrison. The line of the Goomtee for 70 miles between Lucknow and Benigunge was completely unguarded. The few, however, who were experienced enough to feel anxiety for Lord Clyde's strategical movements appeared to share in a belief that the rebels north and east of the Goomtee were too dispirited to venture a final throw in the game of rebellion, or to retrieve their position by changing the scene of opera tions from Oude to Central India. The very nature of Lord Clyde's movements, however, sug gested such an effort to those at least among the disaffected in Oude who had no ties of home or country binding them to the soil. The corps operating between Lueknow and the GOointee were necessarily driving the most resolute rebels westward, and a gathering of these at an un guarded point of our line seemed absolutely to foreshadow the event which ensued. The most fanatic of the Mussulmans in the rebel cause assembled together under the leadership of Feroze Shah, and retired from Oude, leaving the Nana to vegetate, as he had done for months, in the fort of Churda, near Baraitch. It was not, however, till some days after the passage of the Ganges by Feroze ' Shah, that the Nana was ascertained to have taken no part in the movements, which I now proceed to narrate. You have not failed to notice that while on the south of Oude, especially in the Baiswarra districts, the rebellion has been kept alive by the talookdars, or great land owners, in the north .• the leaders were mere adventurers,—Khan Ali Khan, late sub andar in the East India Company's service : Ferose Shah, the last Prince of the house of Delhi; Fuzl Hug, the Moulvie of Delhi ; and a host of minor fanatics, sycees, and subalterns in the ser vice of the late Court of Lucknow. Feroze Shah, whose head-quarters were Seetapore for many months, had also rallied to his standard Sukkur Shah, a district officer in the pay of the Begum, who incurred the displeasure of the Princess of Oude by rapacious exactions in the district of Sundeela, and by withholding_ contributions due to the exhausted exchequer of Bowree. On the Ist of December, Brigadier Troup, who had already beaten Feroze Shah on the 19th of November, met him again in the neighbourhood of Biswa, where he occupied an advantageous posi tion. The rebels endeavoured, as usual, to out flank us with their numerous cavalry, but a vigorous charge from our horse, and the crushing effect of the artillery, produced the usual result, and Feroze Shah retired. Rallying the whole of the Mussulman chiefs of those parts, he then conceived and executed the bold movement of retiring to the Ganges. A direct road lay open to him southivards through Sundeela. He had to ford two small rivers, to cross the Goomtee, avoid the column under Barker north of him, pass by Sundeela, and cross the Ganges. All this he did successfully in six days, and on the evening of the Gth of December he encamped on the Doab, within 12 miles of Kiinnonj: From the North, as was proved by the event, he had little to fear. Brigadier Showers, who pursued him from: Agra, was too late ; but Brigadier Herbert from Cawn pore, was more successful. There was also a small detachment at Etawah, commanded •by a most indefatigable magistrate, Mr. Hume. That gentle man, having under his orders about 400 Etawah Horse, started on the Gth in the direction of Bela. On the 7th he learnt that Bela had been plundered, and that Feroze Shah was beseiging Hurchundpore, the fort of a friendly zemindar, situate near the banks of the Aimee, a tributary of the Urrund Nuddee. He advanced towards Hurchundpore on the morning of the Bth, and attacked Feroze Shah with great vigour. - It was a bold enterprise. Audaces fortuna juvat. The motto nnhappily was not realised. Lieutenant Doyle and several Sowars were killed, and Mr. Hume retired into Hurchundpore, while Feroze Shah pursued his march towards Puhpoond and Ooriyah. Already Brigadier Percy Herbert was advancing towards the latter point from Cawn pore. H entered Ooriyah on the 10th inst., just after the rebels had left it. Lieutenant Angelo, thrown forward in pursuit, caught up their rear 11 miles distant, killed some men, and took the only small gun (zumbooruk) that Feroze Shah could boast of. On the 11th, the pursuit continued from Ooriyah northward along the left bank of the Jumna, but the main body of the rebels had crossed the river before Lieutenant Angelo, with the Towana Horse, came up. A few men, • however, were killed, and several horses, camels, and some baggage captured. The quick sands, which render the Jumna below Etawah particularly dangerous, prevented Brigadier Her bert from attempting the passage. The rebels accordingly proceeded across the tongue of land formed above the junction of the Jumna and Chum bul, crossed the latter river at Palee, the Sind at Labor, and made their' way across country due west towards Dutteah and Runnode. The nearest force at our command was that of Sir It. Napier, at Gwalior. That officer received intelligence of Feroze Shah's approach on the 13th. Some excitement was created by it in Gwalior, and a small detachment of troops was thrown into the city. Sir Robert in person assembled the remainder, and with a column of 300 men, including portions of the 14th Light Dragoons and 71st Highlanders, marched almost due south 140 miles to ltunnode, where he arrived before the enemy on the morning of the 17th. A little after dawn Feroze Shah was seen advancing from the eastward towards Runnode, and his force was completely surprised by a charge from the 14th Dragoons, who issued unexpectedly from an orchard, and dispersed them. Feroze Shah, however, soon rallied - his men, and advanced towards the Mhow and Goona roads. Avoiding Colonel Seudamore's brigade, moving from Seepree ... . to Amora to cut him off, he crossed the road and is now on his way to Kotah, where he hopes to • meet Tantia Topee. Our knowledge of his inten tion to reach that point is derived from the, reports of spies captured after the action of Biswa in Oude. Whether he will ever join Tantia. Topee is doubtful. That chief, it is true, has shown a determination to enter Rajpootana again, butlie will require more than his usual energy to evade the numerous detachments sent out against him from Baroda, Nusseerabad, Neemuch, and dhow. In my last letter, after describing the action of Chota Oodeypore, I informed you that Tantia Topee had gone to the north-east of Baroda. It was then made evident that he had no intention of trying his fortune in Gu7.erat. On the sth of December he was past Dohud, at Simree, and on the road to Bans.warra. The Bheels, who are out in this quarter, instead of aiding him, seem to have been anxious to secure some of his wealth. They broke up the roads before him, thinking to impede his progress, but with cavalry, elephants, and comets only, Tantia does not care for roads, and the only result produced by the Bheels was to retard the movements of our columns , Ort the 10th,aiis waTantiarra,where Topee,ee he took a d still a; , res flying nortk, entered B_4 t, and on the Colonel Somerset, from., AIAIMP .., he proceeded, to of P_.. brigade under 11th, frightened by the approach CUR DAY, JANUARY 22, 1859. Soloomber, an isolated place encircled by tills in the heart of the Aravulli range. Fears were . en tertained-at one moment for the safety of Ooodey pore, and measures weie taken to make it safe. On the 12th, a brigade marched from Neemuch to the westward. On the 14th, another brigade left Nus seerabad,. and General Michel, who had taken some rest at Mhow, advanced thence with his force,Tapp's force was also thrown forward from the Taptee to wards Oodeypore. Upwards of 1,500 camel's were ordered to be placed at the disposal of these bri gades, for use in sharp pursuits. During:this time, Capt. Morter, with some cavalry, hung on Tantia's rear, but marched so fast that, when last I heard of him, he was (Dec. 17) at Korade, east of Oodey pore. As for Tantia, the latest news I have obtained, places him at Duriabad, 18 miles west of Pertaubghur, on the 18th. Captain Hutchinson has telegraphed from Pertaubghur that there are three roads from Duiriabad—one to Muggara, one to Chota Sadree, the third to Pertaubghur. It was expected that Tantia would choose the latter, on which he will be run into the open from the Neemuch direction. The attempts hitherto fruitlessly made to communicate the Royal Pro clamation to the men in his camp have at last been successful, and good results are expected in consequence. There is now little fear of what our neighbours call en retortr offensif from Tantia Topee towards the Taptee, but if such an event were to happen there are ample forces at hand to put it down. The Ahmednuggur brigade is at Seerpore, and the Joul nah field force 14 miles from Khull, on the Ner budda. Sir Hugh Rose, who was lately at Bourhan pore is at present at Mhow. He has entrusted the command of the Taptee, from Bourhanpore 150 west to Colonel Warre, of the 57th, whose regiment is at present divided, part at Seerpore, part at Doolia, and part at Malligaum. Sir Hugh Rose Was called to Mhow by the mutterings of a political storm at Indore, which was weathered without bloodshed by the energy of Sir Robert Hamilton. This distinguished " Political," I am sorry to say, leaves us early next year. To him we owe much of the quiet which has reigned undisturbed so long in the states of Holkar and Bhopal. Gwalior and the surrounding country are still disquieted by rebels. General Whitelock has been forced to concentrate his troops towards Nagode, to destroy a gathering of rebels, the offscourings of the band lately separated from the Nawab of Banda. Another force is to be assembled at Gwalior to put down a gang of insurgents at no great distance, who hold a fort not to be attacked without breaching artillery. The Nagpore districts and Berar are disturbed by the rebels whom I described as endeavouring to force the passage of the Ner budda above Hosungabad. In spite of all efforts, 2,500 of these got over into the Ellichpore dis tricts, where they are only kept in order, not put down, by Brigadier Hill's Hyderabad Con tingent, 4,000 strong, at Hewerkair, detachments under Captain Shakespeare at Mooltye, and under Captain Prescott at Shawulmaida. The rebels of those parts, in conjunction with the Rohillas of the Nizam's frontier, are yet likely to give considerable trouble. I have learnt nothing of the column which lately marched from Secunderabad, but it is stated that Brigadier Spottiswoode's column has safely arrived at the Niiam's capital from Bellary. The natural order of my narrative has taken me far away from Oude. I now revert to the events in that portion of our empire, especially with reference to those events which cannot have come under the view of your own correspondent, or which are of so recent a date as not to be within your reach by means of his letters. After the action at Biswah, the brigades of Troup and Barber united on the 3rd of December, and proceeded to assist Lord Clyde's combined movement for the reduction of the British district. At the latest dates the joint column was on the banks of the Chowka, above Goorbux Sing's fort of Bhitowlee, and only separated from it by the stream. Lord Clyde, with the headquarters, proceeded from Luck now to Beyram Ghaut, on the Gogra, just below the fork- of the Chowka, and Sir Hope Grant held Gonda, 20 miles to the eastward, after an action in which Dabee Buksh was worsted and deprived of all his guns. I have no direct intelli gence of the reduction of Bhitowlee, but I presume that it has been reduced from the fact that on the 21st of December Lord Clyde, with the head-quarter camp, was at Baraitch. •He had completely surrounded the Begum's force. The Begum herself had sent in to sue for terms. Numbers of Sepoys flying from our columns had crossed the frontier into Nepaul, where they were surrounded by the troops of Jung Bahadoor. Nana Sahib, forced to a precipitate flight from Churda, 30 miles north of Baraitch, had fled to a jungle fort north-west of that place. Such in substance is the news from Oude, which shows that the work of pacification there is well nigh complete. In Behar, though Ummur Sing, Seedha Sing, and HurkiSsen Sing are still at large, their followers have all abandoned them. _ Lord Elphinstone is at Bombay ; Sir Henry Somerset still at Poona ; Lord Harris has returned to Madras. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday The Fulton steamer, en route from New York to Havre, arrived in Cowes-roads this morning. She left New York Jan 8, and brings four days later news than that hitherto received Congress assembled on the 4th inst., after a recess of ten days, and commenced work in real earnest. The bill to appropriate five million dollars to liquidate 'claims for French spoliations was taken up, and speeches made in its support. A resolution was adopted, calling for recent cor respondence between the British government and the American minister at London, relative to the African slave trade. It is said this correspondence will develope some startling facts, implicating the American flag with slave trade operations. The annual report of the New York State Comptroller, was published on the 7th instant, and showed the finances to be in a very satisfactory state. During the financial year, ending the 30th September last, the revenue from all sources was $4,806,418, and the payments, including $84,702 deficient on 30th Sept., 1857, were $4,497,879, leaving a balance of $300,539, and showing a difference in favour of the last over the preceeding year, of $393,241. Missouri had called out a volunteer force to sup press the revolt in Kansas. New York Stock market improved; share list also advanced from I to 1 per cent.; Exchange on London, 1091. Cotton market quiet, without change. Fork dull ; Sugars firm ; Coffee , quiet ; Freight engage ments limited. Mr. John Colville, fanner, Bridge of Cam, Raillery, had a horse which died the other day, having reached the singular age of almost 40 years. Mr. Colville had ridden upon him 24 years. CHILDREN AMISSING. -- OR Monday morning, two little girls, belonging to the village of Renton, lc - ft their father's home for the purpose of going to school at Bon hill, a distance of about one mile and a-half, and have not since been heard of. Glasgow Mail. Mr. Gough, in the course of a lecture in Dundee, said. —lt was not teetotalism but the inconsistency of profess ing Christians that was the cause of much infidelity. In proof of this he gave an illustration that came under his own observation, and which was the finest among the many gems of which his lecture was composed. It consisted of an exceedingly humourous and inimitable delineation of an excited Frenchman in an omnibus, denouncing as " von big monstrous heepocreete" a portly gentleman who had denonunced Frenchmen as Sabbath-breakers, while he himself "kept 12 mon work ing all day on Sundays in his distillery," destroying the grain that God had provided fur the food of man, and turning it into a substance that burned 9 men's bodies, and 8014 LECTURE BY MADAME LOLA MONTEZ, Madame Lola Montez, sometimes yclept Countess of Lansfeldt, delivered her third lecture in Liverpool last evening, at the Concert-hair, LOrd Nelson-street. The body of the hall was pretty well filled, but there was a good deal of spare room in the gallery, and the lady had , on this occasion, the extensive platf orm i entirely to herself. The audience included, as far as we could see, about a dozen females, and amongst the oth er sex there appeared to be a considerable number of the genus " swell." There was none of the rushing that attended the previous lectures, in consequence, probably, of a large number of the curious having become satisfied bv:a sight of the " Countess." Some section of the English public is always ready to run ma d when anything vio lently extreme in its way is offered to their notice— Bull enjoys being gulled, even though it be at the expense of his credit as a man of brains—his fancy is tickled, and his curiosity excited, by announcements of the most startling and monstrous character. We need not be surprised, therefore, that among a certain portion of the public, the appearance, as a lecturer, of a lady whose deeds are famous in Europe, Asia, and America and whose career has excited more astonishment than admiration—should have produced a certain degree of excitation. After the first two lectures by Lola, those who had " expected more," set abroad a rumour that she was not the " real" Lola, but-a substitute or an impos ture ; there is not, however, we are assured, a word of truth in this, but that the lady we have heard lecture, is th 3 original Lola. The lady has been represented by some of the much abused newspaper editors as a beauty, whilst others has represented her as a termageut fearful to encounter. At the risk of being called upon to exercise our pugilistic abilities - which, thank goodness, are not to be despised—we venture to say, that both these informants may have been right; we have not seen sufficient in either respect to enable us to decide the point. At eight o'clock the lecturer made her appear ance, and was greeted with some applause. She was dressed with much good taste; her black velvet dress, which was only ornamented by a small white collar, neither being distended to the shape of a hogshead nor a /a draggle-tail. Her hair was arranged in the best fashion, and her face—which we afterwards found could look rather fierce —when she bowed to the audience wore a most winning smile —a smile calculated to fascinate any enthusiastic person. Madame Montez then commenced to read her lecture from a M.S. book ; and the various points which elicited applause, were, without exception, " made" by the exercise of her charming and finished manners. The lecture itself, which was on " Strong minded Women," consisted of a mere chronological string of celebratad females, ancient and modern, whom the lecturer triumphantly compared with what she called —it almost sounded like slang—" the harder sex," " the coarser sex," " abandoned rends," " Bengal tigers," the bearded gender," &c. Having established the fact )f the existence of female heroism, as proved by the 111 - M7IIIIC nncl nthpr. - 4_ she went on to show how women had excelled in statesmanship, qualities of commana, intellect, and fame; mentioning, as illustrations, Cleopatra of Egypt, the Countess of Belmont, Madame de Gen Lady Mary Montague, Joan of Arc, and many others ; but, she observed, there was hardly a heroic woman in history who had not been scandalised, whilst the great " men" of history were allowed to pass unscathed. The greatest writer of Prance now wa She then directed her lively ague to Sir -Edward Bulwer Lytton, who, she alleged, had ill-treated and attacked his wife's good fame, because he was jealous of her intellectual abilities, which were as good as his own. It had been alleged against Cleopatra that she yielded to pleasure ; but she (Lola) demanded to have great women judged by the same rule as great men. If the lords of creation were justified in of nloasurn and .dissination. were not women a career then referred to woman's connections, as in America, but did not recommend the adoption in this country of the system of getting up such gatherings, although she con tended for the ability of women to understand politics as well as men. She then " characterised" men who ill-use their wives, and proceeded to speak on the questions of " home," " wife," &c. ; but as this would pro- bably not be useful to many of our female readers who are wives and have homes, we do not reproduce the observations. But, observed the lecturer, there were some women of beauty and intellect who were unfitted for the quiet walks of domestic life, and who, from a necessity of their nature, were forced into a sphere of life not usually alloted to women. She generally censured the male sex for the readiness with winch they scandalise and traduce such women. The lecture lasted an hour, and did not pass off with any particular brilliancy, the only light part of it being some very slender jokes at the expense of the "lords of creation." At the conclusion, the lecturer was loudly applauded; and when she had left the platform, the applause was. continued until she reappeared ; then came what seemed really better than the lecture, the graceful curtesies and bewitching smiles of the lecturer, whose pleasin g ; manners mint for some writers having described her as an extraordinary beauty. We would find "Lancashire witches" by the score in Bold-street, any day, who are handsomer than Lola Montez ; but we could not, perhaps, find one so celebrated ; and certainly there would be great difficulty in finding any so reasonably, so tastefully, and so sensibly dressed. may a Notice has been given, that £16,946 has been appro priated to the redemption of Peruvian Four-and-a-half per Cent. Arica and Tacna Railway Bowls The sum of £50,178 10s has also been applied in the case of the external debt of that country. LAUNCH.—On Tuesday Messrs. W. Simmons and Co launched a very handsome iron screw-steamer_from their buildinz-yard at Whiteinch, near Glas )W, of 350 tons She is the property of a 'house in the Mediterranean trade, and has engines of 60 horse-power, by Messrs. Inglis, and has accommodation for fifty passengers. When entering the. water, the- vessel was named the Murillo by Miss Denniston The Daily News is the first of the old priced standard London morning papers which has given way to the new law of a cheap press This influential journal has announced a reduction of 40 per cent. on its subscription prices, and no doubt the high position it has attained, and the ability and conscientiousness with which it has treated all public subjects, will have a powerful influence in determining thezonduct of its rivals in making a fiscal change. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-0a Wednesday last, a boat, with a crew of five men, was capsiSed opposite Malin Well, as they were putting out to sea to take up their nets. Three of the unfortunate men perished, and the remaining two succeeded in gaining the shore, having received assi3tance from a gallant fellow who obrerved the catastrophe. The boat was dashed to pieces on the rocks from the violence of the waves. Those drowned were young men, two of them brothers; the third has left a wife and five children. The bodies have not yet been recovered.—Derry, Sentinel. _ _ _ _ A MELANCHOLY MEETING.—On Monday morning last, when the prisoners sentenced to penal servitude (and who were in confinement in the House of Correction here) were about to be removed, an extraordinary ease of re cognition occurred. The omnibus being at the gaol door, the prisoners were brought down, and on getting into the 'bus, one of the woman saw, in the person of her fellow-priSoner, her mother, neither of whom had seen each otnet...for some time, or were aware that the other was in prison. The shock to the woman's feelings appeared to be intense—she fainted, and it required Same short time to bring her into a state to be taken to the station; thence by rail to Milbank prison.— Pkesto** Pilot. EX.TRAORDINAILT AND MIEPTJ.I. INVENTION. —There is. nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth fulness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot. be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an extraordidary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshcad; of Derby Pottery, near Derby .It is a, cement that may be said to heal, in a perfect manner, all cracks and breaks in the articles spoken of ; and not onl,?T in these, but in, mar ble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article , need not be dwelt on. We have seen sane of its effects at Mr. Hall's, our neighbours, and the glass that has been cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other. The article is very cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for themselves, by looking in at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles, Is. each, or sent free on receipt of xtesien postage stamps. PERSONATING A POLICEMAN.—A man has been goi ng from the effects about Hollinwood representing himself as a detective officer from Manchester, sent to inq into n i, : t e b c i u r t c a l lo m oN - vf ascertaivnedub.lic-Tiitvo men to. stances connected, with the death of . James Robinson, 01 . Oldham, who died on Fridsty morning a stab in his neck, received on Thursday Oven has not yet been Ilollinwood on Saturday night, and, taking man cam, to death himself as a detee. assist him, he went to all the Investigations ouses at Rollin wood, Hollins, and Sott, ti r to op t re he se at theh of James Robinson, tive engaged in in i et ti n N i , r o y sti Ile concluded his about twenty minutes to one Britannia, Hollins, after vainly atteli to o'clock on Sunday morning, h . g get the landlady to. serve. him with some ale, eis between 25 and CO, years of age, five feet two or three inches high, d ark complexion, and dark hair. He gave the __ two men a note. for 3s each, and told them to g o to Newton Heath on Sunday w morning, and to call at a certain house,be when they would p, id, On Sunday m orn i ng they wont,. but they did no t .1 . ' paid, nor couj4 they ascertain who or where the no- note paid, •• , •• • • ` - - . ALI was A. CURIOUS CASE IN CHANCERY The Court of Chancery has been occupied since Mon day with an appeal from a decision of the Vice-Chancellor in the case, of Haviland v. Mortiboy, and the evidence discloses some very singUlar cireumstances,_.:7. It appears that'a young woman, Mary Wall by name, was left, upon the death of her parents, some forty or fifty years ago, in somewhat reduced circumstances. A nobleman took a fancy to her, and they lived together for several years as Mr. and Mrs. Jones, until the man of title married, in 1819. Ilis mistress was not left unprovided for. The lease of a house in Normin,gton place was purchased, the house was furnished, and Miss Wall received lodgers. In Decembc or very jewellei y in 1824. I°lin Sheppard, a working' went to live then earning £2 a we at her house. After an acquaintance of a month or two Sheppard married his landlady on the 18th._ flf M 1824, and they lived comfortably together f Then quarrels arose, Mrs. Sheppardd-charged with unfaithfulness, and they agreed to part. pration was drawn up, and they left each other. 1 a fortune of 'or"-.18 years. hu - sband A deed of Sheppard prospered in business, 000, and died without a will, about three years Sheppard . took stration, and received £6,000 of her 'ter his separation from his jai it letters of admi late husband's property, the remainder going to his three sisters. In January, 1857, the widow died, leaving the bulk of her property to the daughters of a Mr. Morti boy, who was a working jeweller, and a companion of her husband's at the time of his marriage. r.M Morti- boy sent some of Mrs Nio — , Mrs Haviland, all( that among them she found a bundle of papers, containing love letters forty years old, and a cer tificate of a marriage between James Masters and Mary Jones, widow, dated February 26, 1824, ten days before the marriage of Mary Wall with John Sheppard. The registries were referred to, and a . striking similarity i'as observed between th of " Mary Jones," and " Mary Wall." In the witnesses swears that the form the handwriting of Mrs. Sheppard. theory is set up by Mr. Sheppard's sisters Thereupon the hat the woman going bj the name of Mary Sheppard was not never having been legally his Leir br - other's r widoc wife, but that she was the wife of one James Masters. They make inquiries, and learn from a woman who had been in Mrs. Sheppard's service, that .her mistress had told her she was married to Masters, and liked him; but that she did not like Sheppard. ] succeeded to the _ place of Jones, the di Masters isguised one day nobleman, and visited the lady frequently servant Sheppard said she was - on marry Masters, but he would not have h she wished. She even went to church witl for the purpose of getting married, but they arrived there too late in the day, and she returned home vexed. Thr servants say that Sheppard and Masters were not at all alike, and that the latter called at her house a week after her marriage with Sheppard, and when he had ascertained with certainty that she was married, he went away and never returned. Masters was a piano forte maker. The sisters, following this clue, find tee of him at the Messrs. Collards', where they that he is in Australia. Another hint thrown out that Mortiboy and Masters are one and deceas( John Shep- trengtt r. Mor rt. who. daughter"s, holds the moiety of which Mrs. Sheppard became possessed on the death of John Sheppard. The Vice-Chancellor decided that the so-called Mrs. Shep pard was, in reality, the wife of James Masters, and that she was in no way entitled to the £6,000 which she had received and bequeathed. Mr. Mortiboy appeals against that decision, and his appeal is the case now tieing heard. He contends that Masters and Sheppard wee the same man. Mrs. Sheppard was a Roman Catholic at the time of her marriage, and having been cohabiting with a man named Masters, she persuaded Sheppard to assume that name. This is the argument of Mr. Morti boy's counsel. But a few days after the Ivedding, having some notion that it would not be binding. as the names were untruly . given, they went throng again in their real names, and this time a marriage settlement was prepared. It is incredible, it is urged, that in the midst of the courtship with Sheppard, the woman could have married another man without S h eppard's knowing anything . about it. Mr. Mortiboy and his servan't declare their belief that there were no papers in the clothes- .sent to Mrs. Haviland. A Mrs. Hayes, who was on visiting terms with Mrs. Sheppard, states that Mr. Sheppard once told her that she was engaged for a long time to Mr. Masters, and when a family came to her house; shortly before her intended marriage with him, she gave her name as Mrs. Masters. She also said that she and. Masters went to be married; and when she arrived at the church it was beyond the hour. He- went into a violent passion, and said she had purposely done it in order not to be married. His violence was so great that she swore that she never would have him, but would marry the first man who offered himself. She said she went back home to Mornington Place r when Shepherd said to her, " Miss Wall, you said you would not have Mr. Masters, and would have the first man that asked you. Will yon have me ?" She immediately accepted him. Some time in 1842, Mrs. Sheppard told her friend, Mrs. Hayes, that she had met Mr.. Masters on horseback in the Park. Soon after that occurrence, Mrs. Hayes showed Mrs. Sheppard a notice in a newspaper of the death of a man named Masters, and Mrs. Sheppard said that was the man. she was to have married. r the ceremony The above are all the principal facts that have been deposed to. The defendants's case (Mr. Mortiboy's) was concluded on Wednesday evening ; and the decision of the learned Judges, who have repeatedly remarked upon the intricacy of the case, will be shortly given. IRISH COURT OF CHANCERY OnANTHAM AND 0 MEM T. REDNIOND.—This was petition praying that the respondent might be compelled to a specific performance of an agreement entered into on. the 11th of March, 1852, and be restrained from sailing a certain vessel called the Troubadour, between Wexford and Liverpool, or from assisting any other persons in so doing. It appeared that the petitioners were the owners of the Montague steamer, and carried ow business between Wexford and Liverpool, under the came of the Wexford. Steam Navigation Company. The 'respondents, prior to 1852, had been carrying on business-in the same line. In 1852, the petitioners, being desirous of employing their vessel in that line, entereA into a treaty with the respondent for the purchase of the- business, and the withdrawal of his vessel and. accordingly, on the 11th March, 1852, an agreement was entered into between the owners of the Emerald: and. the. respondent, and signed by the petitioners and the respondent, whereby the petitioners were te. pay to the respondent one-sixth of the net profits of their iessel,. the tinerald, so long as she; or • any other vessel that might supply her place, would'ply upon the station ; that the respondent should be at liberty, within twelve months, to purchase a sixth share in the vessel; that he should. not, (Erectly or indi rectly, assist any other person in carrying on any such business ; that the petitioners were • not to withdraw the vessel without three months' notice• to the respondent ; that the vessels should come to his :wharf, and the peti tioners should pay him the it sum for wharfage. The Emerald was accordingly put upon the- station, and the respondent withdrew his vessel. In the year 1855, Mr. Brownrigg, who was one of the owners of the Eme ra ld, re tired from the company , and sold his share in the business, and other parties (who were- joined as petitioners) became partners. 1856- the Emerald was withdrawn, and another ve.o.zol put upon the station 4 and this. change was notified to the respondent by a letter of the- 10th of March, 1856, to which charge he assented, and the Montague steamer i:IM Firefl y, essrs. Allen ana joinedeont continued was accordingly put upouthe.station. In October, 1856, an opposition was commeneed I.w: the Messrs. All en , or A u V n e t x il for d December,, Ntlla I v B e s s sill when called o th w company, and became their agents; and thi s w in 1858, became ~.. n- - J os u v n n e er ilt ef th t a h t e ye T a r r r wheitdhoouurt at n t o lta ti m ee er t , o a t na notified to the , respondent,. who, p on eti t t h io e ne l r B s, th an o a f station, and preve n t e d the while the agreement was in, fitArce, put that -essel on the wharf. The caso , for•the,r Petitionasfro l m using his woondent was that hi never had,any notic e of th M e - ' e , tssrs Allen having been, brought into .the co ncern, and. that he was a partner himself, and therefore should. have. got notice of it ; that- he never 1L reed to sea the station, but that the agreement was, Lbat he should keephisvessel off the statiou,so low- as he should co-operate with the petitioners - that the .petition ers had•broken the agreement, and that,, when there was a, change of parties+. the station was to revert to him. The Solicitor-Gmeral, Mr. Laws" Q.C., and Mr. Gibbon, were counsel for the petitioners. Messrs. Brewster + Q.C., J. E. Walsh, QC-., and E. Lawless. were counsel forthe respondent. The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, stated that the contract oiltered into was a, personal contract, entered into by c‘ the owners of the. Emerald;" that a party who aogalre , a h right, also subjects himself to a cortespoltding I .iability ; that o'3 word "owners" not the persons tin nits '', + '--- 1-4- s ucceed them ; th at the meaSkt the them_ existing owners, and •f contract was iy•,,t i n t o p s , ' aed to give their successors a binding rich as ap ,ainst the respondent, b ut was applica ble. only t o 43 iie orioinal parties; and therefore the 11*tith: ' 1-1- Il l '..Ould be dismissed, with costs. s also late Miss Mary Thompson, St. Peter's-street, Dundee, has left bequests of .000 each to Free Church S us tentation Fund, Fre e Church Foreign Missions, and Decayed Gentlemen's Fund.