Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

on and dci, and North 1, 681, rk and r Cora r some n p o rts m ptive prices w hilst ,ffered EaD IC 1 gold r each LO the Asiet OR EIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE. PARIS, THLTESThir EVENING. .:C\That particula r ly s t r ik es t h ose w h o have p a id Vention to the internal state of the Danubian frinciealities is the material progress they have shade during the last thi r ty years, in spite of a il e ties of calamities s u c h a s few countries hav e bee n c exposed to within the same period, and the i tP n eurreat development of their political condi °ll. The privilege of being governed by their h P:inces dates only from 1821, and to this L er iod we may also refer the first formation 4 Rouman party with a view to complete emancipation. The Principalities were at the I tilo time, and in virtue of treaties between E 3 sia and Turkey, relieved from the monopolies blli L' 4l -ch the latter, by an eld and ranch-abused usage, •Litintained, from the obligation of furnishing each h ats a certain quantity of echeat, se many head of C4 itle, so many cargoes of building timber, fur the , 11 " Of Szemboul, the Imperial Serai, and the naval 'Penes. When the burdens wore removed, in rl4try and trade gave signs of life, and the bilaProvement of the country would unquestionably fi e greater, had the persons at the head of the overnment done what the people had a right to upset from thorn. B,ld as the admiuistration was, "Pste still less hurtful to the Principalities than - 7 4 t •r the Princes, or rather the farmers;-general easuch, in truth, is the name history has pre „ryed for ticm) which the Fanar of Constanti "ol)le infested them with. The progress would of c ours e be more rapid, had these Provinces bee n exnoeel to invasion and the lernethened pre - ellee of foreign troops. From 1828 to 1857, a 4 1 1 1)4 ce of less than thirty years, Moldo-Wallachia b a s hewn occupied for thirteen years by either a ptleuian, a Turkish, or an Austrian army—that is, (l t thirteen years the Meldo-Wallachian peasant 1, e . , e1(1. his crops of standing corn cut down as fo rme for the horses of Cossacks or Croats, his m agazines and stores pillaged, his hut burnt to the r Qlttrl, hie cattle taken off to transport the baggage c ; the in v ad er s, a n d himself houseless and sta rv i ng . f e t hardly had 'the foreign troops recrossed the ontier when the fields showed the vigour of th e i r f r ec andi,:y, and were again waving with corn. •Tp the constitution of territorial property may E lr ) be traced the slow advance of agricultural elenee .these countries The condition of the ve asant is such as to leave him without the slight est klpirie for einu!ation or anxiety for improve- Ne at. He never dreams of putting forth any 'pre tensionsi l ; with little exertion he obtains from soil, not all that the soil can give, but the eie . • 'le that suffices for his subsistence, and as this ltnh• • to the merest necessaries, two-thirds of 1 40 0 , available soil remain untouched, and none the other resources which nature has abun h Q d antly provided, suen as mines, forests, &c,, is " r ned to account. The absence of courage, p9eriotisrn, and of the other manly virtues i h i sta , which the Rouman peasant is more or less 4' 411 y chrrged, is attributable in a great measure, not entirely, to his social condition. In truth e has no country. The cabin in which he w as tbore', the spot of land on %ehiele ha and his vegetate, aY be tor e from him any day, and the produce of 8 field seized by the first military robber that 1 knees to march across the frontier. How can e ac h a wretch be expected to possess the spirit of or even the instinctive courage to defend 'a misereble roof which he dares not call his o /t a ? What interest has the Moldo-Wallachian r a sent to be an industrious and p r o v id en t I lb,eurer, a patriotic citizen, or a bravo soldier ? with all these impediments to m ora l an d a o rtal prosperity, an improvement has taken pl ace l ea ter to an extraordinary extent. The agricultu re entle has, I am assured, increased nearly three 0 ( 1 ; the value of land fourfold; and the farming land whose tenure has bean renewed during the er e Bent yea: shows an increase of nearly 100 per b 4n t• On an average over the heldings of aix years to a l . l rf In th e B essara bi an district s l a t e ly res t ore d f that l'wia land rose all at once in consequence ti r at annexation, nearly 400 percent. The price d„ mind dessatim (about 18,000 square feet) advanced T his the present year from 7 silver roubles to 30. of fact has been acquired from a rich landholder ;' Moldavia, the greater part of whose property is `rl Bessarabia, and whose own revenue was quad- , PLed on the termination of his old leases. A. proportionate advance is observable in trade. • 4 Wallachia the average for the last two years in Ports and exports gives 90,000,000 f. ; it was th e , 20,000,000 in 1837. 'At the latter period e , vessels that entered and cleared out of Ibraila, v t i l . Wallachia, and Galatz in Moldavia, were 950, 1 13 1 , t h a tonnage of 175,000 ; they were at the end of r, 2,708, with a tonnage of 246,000. th' t appears that the country which carries on zuost active commercial intercourse with thi °4 lO-Wall ac hi an ports is Engla n d. It i s i n c o r n , k d particularly Indian corn, that the trade has iteltlired an extension which would hardly be % ed ited, but for theetatistical returns which prove ti e feet. This is, no doubt, one of the consequences 1 4 'he repeal of the corn laws. It is affirmed that 1 11 18 46 England imported from Galatz 50,000 a,., 4l 'ters of Indian corn, and in 1852 not less than 5 e), 0. tt Tlte Principalities are essentially an agricultural prgtitry. The fertility of the soil, and the difficulty m:atablishing any other kind of industry of im th ance,. owing to the extreme backwardness of ti ll e ,,Population forces them to turn all their attention m e ' All their eff irts to the soil. Agriculture °cell taia4 about one-third of the whole population ; all M anufacturing branches of industry hardly one-tenth oie L anufacturing is at a very low ebb in the Prin oalities, tied machinery almost unknown. Coarse ov? l ,len cloths and linen fabrics, rude earthenware, ' f ', ll erS, and some other articles are made ; but it ta"ln England, Austria, end France, that the t kr 'Razines and shops are chiefly supplied. Salt and ‘,.. tsor rti a considerable portion of native products. tieYthing, then, has yet to be created in a mate -1P4411(1 political point of view in Moldo-Wal tr,, 4 teVer b 3 the solution of the question to be soon )4Zght before the Paris Congress, whether te'iavia and Wallachia are to be united or remain prarate—these have at last attracted the attention th e t he Western Powers, and cannot be left by eon in their present condition. There are in that kt i4 4 trY many interests to preserve and to develope, Vin v cllich for a long time will require constant tcanee, if not intervention ; industry and to b n aerce are to be encouraged, communications tt A opened, railroads constructed, the resources ttl e ' L le soil to be developed, and the finances and o r Whole o f th e public service to be thoroughly q a ,aized. As soon as the pending question is t o l. ad emigrants from varieus countries of the k,q,, b ' t inent will probably flock to the valleys of the t'o l ' e r Danube, and not without reason, for a rY more susceptible of improvement, a krilation more docile, and elements of wealth ; e abundant can hardly be found any where. Ilkp ( *counts from Cherbourg state that the Russian 41 * ( livision, under the command of Commodore tol'lNtetzoff consisting of a screw corvettes Vaya- Ao t re Itoyarin, and Navieb, with the steam trans %to Dydge, Plastun, and Strotk, have ;left for the ,¢C . This squadron. which carries 48 guns and go ve lll en, has been at Cherbourg, since the sth of , l 'alber last. !It.e'opos of this squadron, it may not be unin `l ti 4 l ti ag to mention a few more particulars relative !If th e Russian navy, and especially as to the pay e ,? seamen. The fixed pay of a Russian sailor k0,, - "renaely low. For an able seaman it is not lit iti e than 245. a year. They are clothed by the . 4 t i' a e and their rations while at sea belong to them. k 'ilea'aid that the ration of a Russian seaman was dep t h on by Peter the Great after a trial of a NC' on his own appetite, and few modern sea revaro able to consume more than half of the it A ls ions allowed them. The remainder produces 4 11 0 " ; an average £1 month. Each Russian 4 114 moreover, allowed a measure of brandy 4 , 0 h „,, kl f st measure of wine daily. The pay of a ; te;i 4 " ll rnissioned officer is not greater than that of eeeiarl• Tke only advantage he has is that he mtop e 'ea half a ration more, which is equivalent in tTeetTat° £l h a month. They have the privilege of th e g t e place for their hammocks. Previous 44 te war the Russian ships of the line were incompletely manned, and the !smaller vessels overcrowded. The consequence was that the crew of a sbp of the line kept a double watch, and half the ere* of a smaller ♦essel slept en deck - . As the Government pays for his clothing, a Russian senor is not interested in taking care of it, and thence arises the want of cleanliness with which they arejustly re pr o ache d. Each Russian ship-of-war leaves *portion • of her crew on shore, who are artirans by profession. These men work for the public, and are permitted to retain half of their earninge ; the remainder forms a fund, from which etch seaman, retiring after 20 years' eervice, receives about £5 in money, and which enables him to return home to his family, if any are living, after so long a period. The pay of Russian naval officers is, likewise, very moderato, but as they hare a liberal table allowance, and re ceive an equivalent for the rations of the servants allowed to them, but wh©m they do not take to sea, their financial condition is not so bad, After twenty years' service a lins,3ian naval officer may retire with an income equal to one-third of his pay. After twenty-five years two-thirds, and after thirty years his full pay. A captain of a Russian ship-of-war has the entire manegerneut of his ship, One of his offieere, appointed by the Government, and named inspector, shares the respon sibility. Should the accounts of a captain be found incorrect at the reizaler period for ren dering them, Lure-thirds of the deficiency are debited to the captain, and one-third to the inspector. When a ship of-war is in port, the captain sends a return to the Admiral of the number of his crew, and the Paymaster-General eupplies him with the estimated amount of money, which the captain dieaributes among the captains of companies, who in turn pay the sailors. When a captain quits port for a distant voyage he receives on board extra funds for contingencies, and with this money he pays for provisions and clothing for his men, and sends the Government a duplicate of the bills receipted and checked by the Russian Consuls; another duplicate remains in his hands as his own voucher. turned into ridieble by the Liberal press--a sligb suppressed titter ran round the Chamber Bu neither in doors nor out, so far as I have been able to ascertain, was the least demonstration made against any individual. Everything passed with porfeet order and tranquility. The last word cf the speech, in which the King expressed his hope that the deliberations of the Chambers would tend to the welfare of Piedmont and of the common Italian patria, were as I yes terday rnentioned,received with great applause, and doubtless they gladdened the hearts of the many Italians from all parts of Italy who have sought and found in the Sardinian dominions that liberty to which they have hitherto in vain aspired for their native land. The day may still be fur distant when the free institutions which thrive so well here shall be extended east and south; but it is something in the meantime that Italy contains one small kingdom where freedom flourishes, and where political refugees, not wild visionarie s a n d rec kl ess plotters of the Mazzinian stamp, but men, many of them, among the foremost in their own country for talent and honour, can reckon on a friendly welcome and a tranquil asylum. To day's Armenia has an article on the King's speech, of which it declares its approbation. It picks out those passages and expressions which are naturally the least pleasing to its party, and takes pains to declare its gratification at them. It talks of its Liberal principles, of its attachment to the Constitution, and it expresses satisfactiou at the symptoms it thinks it discerns that the Government will cease to be a party, that Ministers will put away party manoeuvres, arts, and tendendies, and act upon broader anti more beneficial prieciples.l The exact meaning of the clerical point is not easily discovered. Probably itself would be puzzled to ex. plain it. It deemed it necessary to say something about the King's speech; it would have been im politic to censure it, so it tries to cover its feelings of dissatisfaction with plausible generalities, As for its declaration that it has never combatted Liberal principles, and that it upholds the Statuto3 the Ultramontane Pantaloon if the Piedmontese nress can surely riot imagine that it will impose upon anybody. It is very well known what sort of liberty the party which the Armenia represents would give to the country, and that, whatever its profcseions, its principles aro diametrically opposed to those of civil and religious liberty. A letter from Rome states that Mgr. Viteleschi, the Papal Nuncio at Naples, will not proceed to his post. He is replaced by the diplomatist who had been sent to Florence to bring about modifications in the Leopeldine laws, Mgr. Alexandre Franchi, but who failed in his attempt. SPAIN. The following private telegram has been re• ceived MADRID, DEc. 16. The meeting of the Cortes is postponed to the 10th of January, whea the Qtteen will open the session in person. THE HEAVY INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRID.b,Y, The Nemesis has arrived with the heavy portion of the India and China mails. Her dates are— Alexandria, December 5 ; Malta, 9 ; Gibraltir, 13 Amongst her cargo are 1,250 bales of silk, and specie to the value of £11,339 . sterling. The Nemesis has brought home fifty-six passengers, amongst them ar© Rajah Sir James Brooke, Colonel Hark Haly, and founeen children. The Nemesis spoke the Australian steamer Teviot on the 15th inst. Her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Hibernia, Conqueror, Princess Royal, Centurion, Vulture, Desperate, Vigilant, Coquette, Harpy, and Caradoc, were at Malta. The troop steamer Sultan was to leave Alexandria on the 6th instant• WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDir. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Parana, Captain T. A. Bevis, arrived this morning at ten o'clock, with the above mails. Her latest dates are—Nassau, Nov 13. h, Grey Town, 19th, Santa Martha, 23rd, CJloix, 23rd Carthagena, 24th, Demerara, 26th, Trinidad, 26th, Jamaica, 27th, Grenada, 27th, Barbadoes, 28th, Jacmel, 28th, Nevis, 28th, Mon tserat, 28th, Antigua, 29th, St. Kitt's, 29th, St. Thomas, Dec. lA, Porto Rico, 2nd. In consequence of the Conway's machinery hav ing been deranged, the Parana was compelled to go to Porto Rica for the mails, after leaving St. Thomas. The Parana brings forty-one passengers, and on freight specie as follows:-126,133 dots. on mer chants' account, 460,048, dots. in gold dust and bars ; and a large general cargo. The United States frigate Wabash was at Colon ; Saratoga, at Grey Town ; and Fulton, in Chinque Lagoon. Particulars of wrecks from the log of the R.M.S.P. La Plata, Captain Weller, arrived at St. Thomas from Southampton : "On November 23, at 1 p.m., lat 34 50 N , long. 27.10 W., observed two vessels, one apparently abandoned ; stood towards them; At 2 pm. stopped and asked by signal if assistance was required ; an4wered yes, by the ship Lady Louisa, of Liverpool ; sent cutter on board her ; the commander, Mr. Griffith, reported that be saw the American ship Lone Star, of Portland, U.S , fram Moulmein, for London, the day before in a sinking state ; that she had then twenty feet of water in her hold ; that he had taken the crew out of her, and should stay by her until she went down, an he required some provisions, which were supplied The company's ships were stationed as follows : Tham , :s, Captain Gillies, at St. Thomas, from Spanish Main ; Trent, Captain Leeds, at St. Thomas, for Spanish Main; Deo, Captain Wool cott, Spanish Main; Clyde, Captain Reeks, at St Thomas ; Conway, Captain Lewis, at Jamaica . Eagle, Captain Hole, at Honduras ; La Plata' Captain Weller, arrived at St. Thomas on Dee. 1 from Southampton; Solent, Captain Wootward, on Gulf of Mexico route. JAMAICA. From the Packet Summary in the Kingston Journal we extract the following interesting par ticulars:— The panic in the Money Market in America has exer cised a pernicious influence on the Provision Market of this island. Several articles of ordinary consumption are not to be had, whilst others are extremely high in price. It is feared there will be no immediate relief hither, owing to the absence of any speedy means of communication to the United States. Our merchants cannot send on money to purchase . what, they require. In con nection with this subject, we may sta.° that a petition, very numerously signe I by the inhabitants of Kingston and several of the ether parishes, has been presented to the House of Assemby, praying for an annual grant to the owners of the American steamers as an inducement for them to make Kinston a point of contact for their steamers on the route between Aspinwall and New York. The weather on the south side has been va'iable for the last fortnight for some days raining incessantly, and others characterised by almost intolerable heat. In the agricultural districts the want of rain is still felt. The health of the island, we are sorry to say, is not in a vary gratifying condition, in consequence of much fever still prevailing. On the day proceeding the sailing of the last packet, the first Session of the Legislature under the administration of his Excellency Charles Henry Darling, Esq., and the fourth since the establish ment of Responsible Government, was inaugurated. We are happy to say, that the deliberations of both branches have been tempered by moderation, and as far as they have advanced, their proceedings hive been characterised by a determination to secure a speedy despatch of the public business, made manifest by the cordial manner in which members have ea-operated with the Executive Committee. The speech of the governor, one of the most matter of fact and satisfactory documents that have for a long time issued from King's House, has already been transmitted to England. Amongst the Bill.. introduced into the House has been the following:— By the Attorney. General: For abolishing the future punishment of crime by transportation ; and substituting penal labour within the colony in lieu thereof. The Hon. Mr. Jordan. a member of the Executive Committee, has presented several Messages from the Governor in Privy Council, 1 Relating to a circular despatch front the Colonial Secretary, in reference to the transference of the Post-office frJm the Imperial to the local government. 2. Relating to Light Houses in this Island. 3. To enable Solicitors of Courts of this Island to pmctica in the Courts in England. 4. Relating to the Encumbered Estates (West Indies) Act. 5. List of Acts specially confirmed, and those left to t`teir operation by her Majesty. John Nunes, Esq., senior merabsr for the parish of st. David, gave notice on Tuesday evening 14-4 t, that he will move when the House is in committee on the state of the island, the following resolution : Resolved—That this House having learned with deep regret the heartrending and fearful cruelties that have bona perpetrated upon the helpless ferns,les and children in India, and of the wretched and destitute condition of those whose lives have been preserved ; and, in order to testify our warm sympathy azd feelings of humanity-- an address be sent to his Excellency the Gsvernor, praying that his Excellency will be pleased to sanction a grant of two hundred g,uinlas, to be placed at hie disposal for the purpose of being transtaittod to the proper authorities in England, to aid in relieving the unfortunate sufferers So great is the sympathy felt here for the unfortunate sufferer✓ by the mutinies in India that we are certain the House will grant even a larger amount than that suggested by Mr Nunes. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVE RPOOL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER l9, 1857. TURN-OUT OF THE C )LLIERS IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE, COLLISION WITH TIIE POLICE. On Wetinc.etlay morning lac, the colliers in the employ of Earl Granville, at Henley, refuud to go to werk, and indeed " turned ow," in ettisequenc•.! Of hsvi.;g had notice of a "drop" of 6,1. per day. On Thurs'ay morn ing, a celliderable aumbsr assembled in the Mi.rket Pines, Han!ey, where Inspector Cole requested them to diaperke. BLitequently they left for Lougtea, with the intention of " turning.out," the mon wit" were at work in the OA in that neigilloYazhe.A. They proeoeded to the colliery et W. ff. Sparrow, Esq , and the pits belonging to other masters on the line of road from 3.oire to L)7gtor, in cluding the Fenton Park and the Dividy Lane Collieries. It was subsequently to the callirs Latina tuned out that the collision with the police tick piece. From what we can learn, the colliers ware return iovvards Hanley, when earns of the ringleaders were seized. Their companions came to the resat-, and Inspector Gurialatm, of Longton, was struck with a stoat.) or piece of brick on the back of the heed, and felled to the ground ;. and while lying there was kicked in a dreadful insurer. Inspector Stuart,.of Penton, was struck in the abdomen with some missile,. which, proiaced a woand of a most serious character, bsaideg - other bruises. Three of the ringleaders were captured and - were brought to the police station at Stoke•upon-Trent, about half-past five o'clock raterdsy (Thursday) afternoon. o.'e of them had received severe: cuts on the head, bat not of a serious character. They will be taken before the magis trates this day (Saturday), trit will in all probability be remanded. Oae branch of the potters—the throw-vis— ion the Lentil] side of the Potteries, are on " strike" for an advance of wages. There VMS a meeting of the Chamb:r of Commerce, en Tuarsdey, at the Railway- Rotel, ;,take, and these is a strong probability that the maztte fae,,avira will resist the demand. ADMIRALTY COURT—Wicovusotr, DEC. lG BEFORE On. LU-lIINGTON. TITS LlNDA—CowsioN.—Tnis was a suit for damage promoted by the owners of the brig Georgina, 18') tons, against those of the ship Lin la, 1,077 tons. The Georgina was on her way from Leghorn to London with a general cargo, when, about 1 a.m. on the sth of June, 1858, she was tun into by the Linda, a vessel carrying railway iron from Gravesend to Calcutta. The brig alleged that at the time of the collision she was standing E.S.E., under do fhle-reefed topsails, close hauled ou the port tack, making about two knots an hour; that she saw the Linda at a distance of three miles coming towards her under all sail at the rate of ten or eleven knots an hour ; that she immediately showed a light, and thing it up in the main rirging; that she ported her helm, and, on coming near the Linda, hailed her to do the same, but that the Linda, instead of porting, starboardA her ht lm, came stem en, and struck the Georgina in the after part of the rigging. The man at the wheel was knocked overboard by the blow and drowned, and the Georgina was se much injured that the master and one of the crew, expecting she would founder, went on board the Linda, and at daylight she was abandoned as unseaworthy by the mate and the rest of the crew. ilhe 'sea afterwards found by the barque Carib, taken to Madeira and repaired, and. thence hrouglit to England, when a large amount of salvage was paid by the owners The ease ot . the Linda was, that the brig, being a sm.ill vessel, lying low in the wateri and not showing a light, could not be seen in the hazy date of the weather at the time, until too late to avoid the collision, and that immediately she was seen the Linda ported her helm, and kept it h ird a-port non( the collision occurred. It was therefore elateuded that the accident was caused by the neglect of th- Georgina to show a light, and by her dels:iing to part her bairn until to.; late. The Linda also alleged that the Georgina was insufficiently manned, and that there was no necessity for abandoning her after the accident. Dr. Addams and Di-. Teeiss were counsel for the Georgina; the Admiralty Advocate and Dr. Spicks for the Linda. The Trimly Brethren were of opinion that there was not sufficient light shown in time on beard the Gew . gina, and also that, looking at the rate at which the lanita was sailing, she was not carrying sufficient light. The result was that both the vessels were to hame. SAVAGE ATTACK BY A BIRMINGUCIf POLICE MAN UPON A LICENSED VICTUALLER. Mr. William Wildgoose keeps the White Swan, in Moseley-street, Birmingham, ant is generally respected. Oa Monday afreraoon last he had been out in company with three friends, one of whom lives in Lombard-street, wilich is only a few yards from Mr. Wildgoose's house. The party, after spending some time at the White Swan, separated about one o'c'ock, and the landlord, knowing that a friend of his hid been a few days previously garotred in Suffolk-atreat, although he had at the time a pistol an dirk in his hand, went wide his friends to the corner of Lombard-street, where they separated. As one of these friends was not far from his house in this street, Mr. Wiltigoese stood at the corner, potting a handkerchief over his cloth cap, as the night was cold, and stool "to hear his friend enter his house, and shut the door." At this juncture up came Police-constable Smith, and called cut, " What are Tai doing here Mr. \Vildgoose said he was waiting to see a gentleman go into his house. Satith, who appeared to be tipsy, replied, " Oh, that won't do fur me ;" and, without m,re word!, seizing Mr. IVildgeose by the collar, he drew his staff, and at the same time dropped his lantern. To the landlord's riqiiest to ueleAnd him, Smith roplit d by strikine . him with hi staff two blows on the head. At this Mr. Wildg »EC attempted to got away, and calling out Murder," nts friends who had not got out of hearing, his daughter, and his wife, came up to where he was. Just before this the assailed had managed to get bold of the policeman's staff, and held it, notwithstanding Smith's efforts to 'WIWI it from him. When this help, as be thought, came, the landlord left hold of the staff, when Smith ferociously struck him another blow on the back ,f the head, which felled him to the ground, and from the wound inflicted blood flowed c )piousty. This done, Smith sprung his rattle, and Police constabla Walker corning tap, rudely laid hold of Mist. Wildgoose, and the pair then told their victims they must go to the station. It was in vain that Mr. Wiligeose said he was a licensed victualler living - near, and equally in vain the rcqlest that his daughter might be permitted to go as he wis'ied for a surgeon to bind up the wound in his head. To the station they must go. But no sooner had Mr. Wildgcose add his finds turned to go in that direction, than a change occurred, and Smith and Walker walked away. However, the landlord and his friends went to the station, but it was not until a party of constables were sent out after the two abventees, that they came. Tiae inspector on duty at or.ce advised Mr. Wildzonss to take out a warrant against Smith. He intends, we understand, to do so.—Birininghaln Daily Post. GALLANT CONDUCT.—Some documents have been sent to us with a view to show the gillaut and humane con duct of Captain Percy, of the British brig Jessie, in rescuing the crew and passengers of the American packet ship Northumberland, Captain Spencer. The Northum berland left New York for England on the 15th of November with a crew of f 23 men and 35 passengers, but met with bad weather on the Ist of December. A. fearful night was passed, and the next morning the vessel was disabled during a heavy gale about 2,000 miles from New York, aml became a wreck. All on hoard would have been lost had it not been for Captain Percy, of the brig Jessie, bound to St. John's, No xfoundland. Captain Percy, on observing the condition of the Northumberland, altered the course of the brig, and b y hi s exert i ons succeeded in saving every person on board, 63 in number. The passengers of the Northumberl :lid all express their gratitude to the captain (Captain Spencer) for his core, skid, and promptitude in euperinten ling the operation of lowering those on board into the boats.. TEsTIAIONIAL TO A. ROMAN CATilowc CLICROYMAN,— On Monday evening last, the late hall of the A . thenmtim et West Hartlepo o l w as the scene pf a very interesting gathering, the occasion being the presentation of a testi monial, accompaniod by appropriate addresses, to the key. William Knight, of Hartlepo , 1, who for a period of upwar2s of twenty years has ainciated as the pastor of the Roman Catholic community in the town TIF, procendir za partook of the nature of a tea party and soiree, and Were participated in by a large number of the most respectable inhabitants of _both towns, embracing mem b ers of all religious denominations. The chair was teiten punctually, at even o'clock, by Sir William Lawson, B art., of Brough :lad letters were read from Lord and Lady S!ourtan,, Lord and Lady Aruadell, Major Stapylten, and no Marr of Stockton, expressive of their regret at being unable to attend the meeting, and full of good wishes and friendly feeling towards the rev. ge n tlem a n in whose honour ..t had been called. A l etter to the cha i rman was a l so rea d f rom Ralph Ward Jackson, Esq., who was unavoidably prevented. through indisposition, f rom joining in the exxession of esteem for one " whom, through a long and uninterrupted friendship, he had ever regarded as an honourable, con sistent, and kind-hearted man, and one who was always ready to do a generous and liberal act whenever and where ever the opportunity occurred." The aidresses, together with a weighty purse of sovereigns (the purse, by the way, being a beaatlfol specimen of gold embroidery off purple velvet, contributed by the ladies) were presented by the chairman, and appropriately acknowledged by Mr. Knight, who intimated, am id much applauie, his intention of devoting the caatents of the parse to the relic( of the' poor in thQ lipproachind titne t:g ;OW, AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 15. The Journal de Frankfort, of the 13th inst., contains an article on the Suez Canal, which cannot fail to attract attention in Paris, inasmuch as it is a semi-offi3ial announcement of the opinions entertained by the Austri;ta Government on the subject. After stating that the Leipziger Allgenteine, and other GrTman papers, have told the public that Baron Prokcsch has been instructed by the Imperial Government to give his support to M. de Lesseps, on his arrival at Constantinople, the Vienna Publicist says:— We aro boater informed on this subi-et than the corres pondent of the Leipsig Allgemeine Zeinou and his co'. leagues, and as assnfe those gentlemen that Aastria, instead of trying to bring about a hasty and premature solution of the Suez Canal qnz , .stion, has recently reminded the Porte of the heavy reipoasibility it would incur, if it, by means of a simple firman, should settle a matter of such extreme importance to itself, and to the world at large. The Stvz Cassel—sari even if its constraction should be delayed for 10 years—rust not be the work of a party, bat of all the great European Powers. As the article in the Frankfort paper is from the same source as that which was extracted from the Oat.-Deutsche Post, and forwarded to you two or three days ago, it does not appear necessary to make any further quotations from if. The Ultramontane Volksfreund does not consider advisable to take any notice of the discomfiture or its friends in Belgium, but all the independent organs of the Vienna press openly express their satisfaction at the decisive victory which the liberal party has obtained. The Presse has an excellent leader on the subject, which correctly expresses ttie opinions and sentiments of the great majority of the Roman Catholic inhabitants cf this city, who see with intense disgust that their pastors and masters would fain make ignorant bondslaves of them. The Vienna Publicist says : On the 10th of December progres3 and retrogression bought a pitched battle in Belgium, and, as must always tee the case when the weapons are equal and there is no undue advantage on either side, the former was victorious. The Belgian Government looked on during the electoral conflict with truly Olympian composure. Tha authorities did not inform the electors that the State religion, and society at large would be placed in jeopardy it they did not vote as one man for the Government candidates. According to all the rermrts received from Belgium the elections were very differently managed from what they have recently been in France. In Bdgium there was no interference en the part of Givernment, no artificially produced majority. Public opinion lei to the election of the libbrel candidates—public opiniov, which, in Be!gium is not yet so corrupt and dastardly that it has not, in decisive moments, the courage opnly - to say what it likes and what it abhors. For reasons which it is not necessary to mention, the Vienna writers for the press are in the habit of weighing every word before they put it to paper, but the satisfaction felt at the defeat of the Ultramontane party in Belgium is so great that almost all of them have to-lay expressed themselves with infinitely greater freedom than usual. Any ground which Rome may lose in Belgium she is pretty sure to gain in poor priest-ridden Austria. At the new year, the Volksfreund will be the of f icial organ of the Jesuits, who carry all before them. The non-official part of the Wiener Zeitung has long been at the service of Rome, but after the new year it will be "even more Catholic" than it is at present. The information just given was received from one of the members of the " Severinus " Associa tion, and consequently deserves implicit credit On Nicholas day—Sunday, the 6th inst.—a Jesuit preacher gave the following account of the question able saint of that name, who, being the bugbear of children, is sometimes represented as " Oid Nick," with a rod in his hand :—" St Nicholaus (said the reverend gentleman), who was the model of a priest, had a very strongly pronounced antipathy to all persons who did not belong to the Church of Christ. He went to preach to the heathens, and after he had converted them to Christianity, and had been ' elected' their Bishop, he caused them to expell all the Jews who resided in the same place with them." After the Jesuit had made the foregoing communication to his hear ers h e d ec l are d St Nicholas to be a personage of remarkable wisdom, and a man after God's own heart. The Frankfort Post Zeitung states that in an autograph letter the Emt,er.,r Francis Joseph " lirecteci" the National Bank to lend 10,000,000 marks banco to the city of Hamburgh, but the state ment must be incorrect. As the Bank was allowed by the Emperor to suspend its cash paymi n s, no part of the metallic reserve could be sent abroad without his authorisation, but his Majesty neither could nor would order the Bank to give assistance to the Hamburgh merchants. The establishment, with everything which it possesses, belongs to share holders, and consequently is private property. In the statutes of the Bank it is said that the State shall watch over the administration of the institution, but it is nowhere stipulated that it shall be at liberty to dispose of its funds. The Credit Bank has., at the urgent desire of the Minister of Finances, rendered very great assistance to more than one Hamburgh firm, and singular rumours there are in report in consequence. Baron Bruck has managed to make a great many powerfu enemies, and they allow no opportunity of malign ing him to escape them. On Sunday, the 13. h inst., twenty-seven waggons, which were escorted by gendarmes, were driven out to the Northern Railroad. Each waggon contained sixty cwt. of silver in ingots, which were about half as broad and thick as a common brick, and a foot and a-balf long, The treasure, when on its way to Hamburgh, was stopped by the employes on the Prussian frontier. Those gentlemen declared that precious metals could not be forwarded in Prussia by post, but the Minister of Commerce, who was informed by electric telegraph of the difficulty which had arisen, gave orders that the silver should be left in the hands of the persons who had brought it fram Vienna. Apprehensions were entertained, or feigned, by sonic persons here that when the list of the Depu ties was called over, for the oath to be taken, certain names would provoke marks of dislike from the public. If anybody really expected this, he did less tha i t.. justice to the sense of propriety which distinguishes the Piedmontese. Not a single im probatory manifestation was made. At one name only—that of Margotti, a priest, who is often DEMR:RARA. The Georgetown Colonist, in its packet summary says:-- Since the departure of the last packet several subjects of deep importance to the colony have been been brought before the Colonial Legislature. The Demerara Railway Company hive srbeeitted to the Government a series of article; embodying certain propositions res2ecting a loan which they propose to raise on the guarantee of the colony for the payment of the interest. The propo sition is substantially this—they undertake to raise on preferent bonds, they propose that the sum of 4200,000, otiet.ftich amount the Colonial Legislature shall guarantee interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the term of ninety years, and that the colonial revenues shall be pledged for the payment of the interest, amounting to £12,000 a-year, in London. With the money thus raised, they pre pose to pay off the debt due to the colony. amount.. ing is about £46.000, to expend the sum of £17,000 on the repair of the railway, and in adding to and improving the premises, plant, and rolling stock ; and also to devote a further sum of £30,000, for the completion of the line to Mahaica, and for the purchase of the additional plant which will be thereby rendered necessary. The rest of the money they propose to apply to the liquidation of the other debts and liabilities of the Com pany. An, ther important subject to be brought before the Cembined Court during its extraordinary session, is the proposed introduction of Sepoy exiles from the East Indies into this colony. The proposition has been favourably received out of doors. Mr. Clementeon, in the Ceu-t of Policy, gave notice of a series of resolutions on the subject, which he intendoi to move; but, finding, subsequently, that the resolutions were not generally approve I of by the public, and that the number which he proposed to ask fur. viz , 10,000, was cons id ere d to b e far too small, he withliew them at the next meeting of the Court, with the view of substituting others for them at the opening of the Combined Court. MEXICO. From INleico we have dates from Maruanillo, to Nov. 11. th, and Acapulco to the 13th. A small remittance from the former place, amounting to 19,8.50 dols. on merchant's account, has come to hand. Advice 3 from the city of Mexico state, that owing to the unsettled sate of the country on the Vera Cruz route, a large amount has been sent to Acapulco. A steamer has been sent from Panama to meet it, but having got on shore no intelligence had been received of its arrival. It will doubtless arrive by the next mail. The state of affairs in the republic is very unsettled, and much dissatisfaction is stirred up by the priesthood, who are opposed to the Comonfort Government. At St. Thomas's, the Royal Mail Company have obtained a new coaling wharf, more open to the sea breeze, aud, consequently, a much more healthy situation. At Honduras, and the neighbouring Republics, cholera is raging to that ex :eat as in some places to cause a complato suspension of business. There is little news of interest from the Wind ward Islands. The young crop is coming up well. The commercial distress at New York has acted on the provision market. At Vera Cruz the yellow fever is making fearful ravages among every class. The of f icial paper of Grenada publishes a de claration of war against Costa Rica, for the purpose of pressing its rights to the whole line of transit from San Juan del Norte to San Juan del Sul, as well as the district of Juanacosta. The same paper names the Provisional Government during the time that General Maratinez and Xeres take charge of the army. The commercial distress at New York was being felt at Colon. and Panama. ' The United States. steamers Wabash at Colon, and Saratoga at Greytown. At Callao the National Convention had been dis solved by actual force. No favourable alteration had occurred in the money market at Cilili Provisions were dear and scarce, and the labouring population in great dis tress. The affair of the Sportsman, captured in the port of Santa Maria, loa iing copper ore without a Chilian permission, still remained in abeyance. The American Minister and the French Consul had demanded . satisfaction. The master claims 100 dols. per day as damages and losses. The steamer Maria Isabella, bought from the English governors, had arrived, making the voyage in 102 days. She experienced bad weather, and was out of fuel. The barque Sarah Ann, bound for the Island of Oceania, with passengers, &e , was wrecked on one inhabited by savages, who devoured every person on board. Details were not yet published. The steamer La Plata, from Southampton, arrived at St. Thomas on the Ist inst., at 7 a.m. CRUELTY AT SEA BY A CAPTAIN AND MAUL—At the Magistrates' Court, Sunderland, on Monday, Mr. Cooper applied, on behalf of a seaman named Henry Pompey, for a warrant against Captain Board, of the ship Indus, which arrived at that port on Friday week. The complainant was one of several seamen en board that vessel, who had been maltrea`ed by the captain and mate on their voyage to and from Cartkagena. Two other seamen (Dutch) also applied for summonses against the captain' and his mate, John Milne. The captain had ill-treated these latter very badly, having frequently knocked them down without sny offence, and on one occasion be struck one of them over the face with a trullion, and knocked him down, and the mark of the wound still appears. On another occasion he struck him with such force that be drove him over the poop, to a distance of eight feet. Scarcely a day passed over but the most brutal conduct was exhibited. Toe summonses were granted against the captain and mate. Another seaman of the same vessel, who laid similar information last week (the hearing of which should have taken place on Thurs day), it is supposed had been induced by the captain to go away to Bristol that morning. THE AGRI ULTURAL STATISTICS OF SCOTLAND.—That portion of the agricultural statistics of Sc )tland which relates to the actual produce of this year has been pub lished. The table show Fife to be the county producing the greatest quantity of wheat; the counties next in order standing thus—Perth, Forfar, Ayr, Haddington, Berwick, Lanark, the celebrated Mid-Lothian conning in only eighth, Fife producing nearly three times more of the principal grain. In barley, Fife is again at the head—then Forfar, Perth, Berwick, It)xburgh, Haddington, Edinburgh being seventh. In oats, Aberdeen exi..e-ds any other county by more than double (the produce of that county being nearly 54 million bushe p)—then Ayr, Perth, Lanark, Forfar, Dumfries, Banff, Berwick. One notable feature in the retains is the very small quantity of barley grown in the great county of Ayr—only 29 567 bushels, against nearly halt a million of bushels of wheat, and 21 millions of barley. In turnips, Aberdeen shows 1,155,514 tons, being three times greater than the weight shown by any other county, - and about a sixth of the whole produce of that crop in Scotland ; the second county for turnips is Forfar, the third Haddington, the fourth Perth. In potatoes, Perth is first, and Fife second; bat the quantities are remarkably small,--Scotsman, BILL DISCOUNTING EXTRAORDINARY. At the London Insolvent Debtor's Court, off Thursday, t in the case of rs Frederick George 'Nutley, a young man of twenty-three, wise had been an ensign in the Royal Antrim Rifles, was opposed by Mr. Reed, for Mr. Smith, a surgeon, and Mr. Barton, an aceoactant, as tee f or a Mr. Stansfield, reeidi IT at Belfast. Mr. Bargo;d supported. The case, which commenced on Wednesday, occapeel the court till nearly six o'clock yesterday, and disclosed so extreorclierry reeking of bills of exebasge between the insolvent and another young man named Jonathan Wor rell Hied.; who was also a prisoner on the same transac tions. Tile debts en the schedule, with the liaeili•ies. were .E 2,101, of which no consideration was received for .. 4 21,749. The bill trausections, which extsnded except one, from May, till October, were set forth on the schedule, and among the holders was Mr. Humphrey Brown, and his assignee was inserted as a creditor. It appeared that the inselvent and young Hinds (who lived with his father in Portland-place, who was stated to be a person of property) crommenced to make bills in May. One drew and the other accepted. The fist transaction was to get Hinds oat of prison jest before "The Derby," and aho another prisoner named Jennings (lately heard before Mr: Com missioner Murphy). Bills were placed in the bands of parties, and nothing obtained. From some money, cigars, and jewellery were procured, and the parties emplorell wore agents between the borrewers and leaders. The opposing creditors, Mr. amith and Mr. Barton, had given money through a Mr. Ceerles Ellieton Wilson, who was now a schoolmaster at Grays, end a Mr. Rowland had iatrodaeed the ioaolceut, who said he bad beta obliged to give up his commission in coneeqaence of his arrest, had an allowance from his mother of £4OO a-year, wag a member of a club in Leicester-place, where he met Mr. Hinds. Bills were soon concocted, and now appeared in the schedule, Untel within a few days of the arrest the insolvent was negociating to get bills discounter. He was arrested ou a carets., hut denied that he had any intention to leave the country. Mr. Hinds, who was brought up from prison, said he had lived with his father in Portland-place, and he had bad an allewance.. Ike was it prison on Lill transactions, and had not petitioned the court, as he expected to settle, a'thongh ha admiled that his bill transactions were about ee'3,ooo. Ha said ke got acqaaiated with a person named Smith (not the opposing creditor) through qmati aboall town, named Plowman. The Chief Commissioner asked the meaning of a " man about town." Mr. Hinds said he was a person who could get bills discounted, but had no property of his owe. The learned Commissioner 'sent for several schedules of parties who lied taken the benefit of the Act, who held some of the bills for.which the insolvent alleged no value had been obtained, and to whom they were siren to get discounted. He remarked that the icsolvent seemed to have had more persons from whom he had get nothing than most men who had engaged in similar trenssctiene. Ultimately, the CA!O was adjoarned to the 10 h January for an account of the bill transeraioas, and with rise proceeds of the same. It was also said that Mr. Wilson wauld be required to attend by the opposing creditor, Mr. Smith, who had lost abou £BO. Beth the insolvent and his friend Mr. Hinds wen back to pdson. DEPLORABLE CASE OF DESTITUTION. Alm° of the London Police-courts, on Thursday, Mary Bncktaud, a woman about forty years of age, of careworn and most dejected appearance, was brought before Mr. Broughton, on remand, charged with having stolen some soap, the property cf Mr. Wheeler, .58, Crawford-street, Bryanstone.square. The prisoner, when charged on the previous day, pleaded guilty to the cherge, alleging that extreme destitution was the cause of her committing the offence. Her husband for some time obtained a livelihood by watering the streets, but since the parish had taken the contract into their own hand*, she and her family had been in an almost starving condition The worthy magistrate then ordered that the prisoner should be conveyed to the House of Detention, in order to afford an opportunity for Slocembe, 144 1), to institute an inquiry in o the truth or falsehood of the allegation of misery' and want which had been made,. The officer alluded to now stated that he had been to the house No. 33, Edgware-road, and in a back kitchen inha bited by the family, a most heartrending sight presented itself. Oa a paliasse upon the floor was a young woman (the eldest daughter) apparently in an almost dying state, with scarcely any covering to elieleer her from the cold. There were three other children in the kitchen, of the re spective ages of two, five, and six years, one of whom was eagerly dorouring the peel of an orange of which the eldest sister had just fore partaken ; the whole of the said children were nearly naked, and the room had neither fire in it nor furniture, with the exception of three ricketty and almost useless chairs. The constable, after leaving the house, met a gentleman named Verev, to whom he related what he had witnessed, when ho (Mr. Verey) returned to the house with the officer, and kindly gave come money to one of the prisoner's sons, a lad about 16 years, who was then standing at the door, and he was directed to purchase some food therewith for his brothers and sisters. Mr. Broughton : Is the owner of the soap here ? Conetable : No, sir. I told him all that I had seen, and he said he certainly could not think of prosecuting. Mr. Broughton sent for Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer of Marylebone, and on the facts being stated to him ho expressed his willinkness to receive the distressed family at once into the workhcuse. No application had previously been made to him on their behalf for assistance. YORKSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE EXHIBITION OF FAT STOCK. An exhibition of fat stock, including cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry (which it is intended to repeat annuall3,), was he'd. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last, in two of the buildings at the York aty Cattle Market, which were fitted up for the occasion in a very convenient manner. The slow-yard thus arranged, affording every convenience for visitors, was brilliantly illuminated with gas, and in the evenings was flooded with light, so as to enable even the most minute inspection to be made. Toe show, which was under the patronage of Lord Fey ersham and Lord We lock, on the whole, was a most successful one, notwith standing that it was the initiatory exhibition of the society; and while this satisfactory result may be in some measure attributed to the indefatigable exertions of the committee and officers, it may also be psr ly accounted for by the fact of York lying in the very centre of a large agricultural district, celebrated for its breeds of cattle The amount offered in priz-s by the society was £21.9 153., with a sliver cup, for the nest anise 11 in the cattle classes. The entries, on the whole, were very encouraging although same classes were rot very numerously patronised, the total number being 149. Toe snort horns included some very superb animals, some of whose hacks were as broad and level as a table, and in the other cattle classes there were some very superior specimens. The sheep were both numerous and excellent in qualty, and many of them were highly creditable to their owners. Of the porcine tribe there were some monster animals, weighing from 60 to 6S stones, and others, though of smaller dimensions, were equally worthy of commendation. The poultry was slen very good, more attention being evidently devoted to their condition for the table than to ,their appearance in plumage. Large num bers of visitors inspected the show, the rate of admission (following the example of Baker-street and Birmingham) being reduced on Wednesday, so as to bring it within the means of the multitude. The annual meeting of the members was held on Wednesday, when the officers were re-elected and arranvments made for the exhibition of the corning year. The society has every reason for con gretalation on the success of its first show, end, as h.s been remarked, it bids fair to rival either Birmingham or Baker-street iu excellence. A DETECTIVE'S " LITTLE BILL."—The other day we beard of the solicitor employed in prosecuting a back note for gery discovered is Birmingham some time hack sending to the foreign government interested therein, a bill of charges amounting to £9OO, and not only was the money paid, but a gold snuff box or two arc rreparded the cheque on the Bank of E igland. In our Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, we had shown to us a hill of equally startling dimensions, which was in proms of taxation by Mr. Registrar Wa or field. In June last a Nottingham trader, named Baxter, absconded to the United States, carrying with him, as was supposed, cousiderable property. A pursuit was resolved ups' by his creditors, and the eminent City firm of Daniel and John Forrester having been consulted, a junior mem ber of the house, Mr. Henry Forrester, was despatched to New York by Ow first steam-ship. On the 10th of August he returned with his man and .E 360 in cash. His bill for the job amounts to £622. The chief itsm was the fol lowing :—" To 144 days engaged at Birminghim, Liver pool, New York, New Jersey, Stattea Island, Cuney Island, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Claremont, Philadelphia, Newport, Tarrytown, Albany, Troy, Saratoga, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara, and various other places, at £2 12s di per day on laud, and £1 Ils 6i per day at sea,as per agreement, £317 12s 61." Besides this there was ten rr cent. on money recovered, £36 ; paid to officer assisting him in America, £2O ; refreshment for assistant in America, £39 ; 'solicitor's bill, £72; paid for passage to New York and back, £49 12s fit; and so on. Mr. Waterfield's acuteuesri as a taxing master is appreciated by all but those whose bills come under his supervision ; but we question if i n such a case as this he will be able to protect the interests of the creditors to any great extent. The charge is cer, tainly an enormous one. If detectives ere Usually paid on such a sesle, the profession profitable. oue,--, Birmingham Daily Pose, e s on don wss ring the and up rich the 300 50 , ' rots off v k' NV. age ere taa