The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

PROGRESS OF EVENTS.
(From our Second Edition of Yesterday.)-
PARTS, THIIRSVAY,— A private letter from St.
vetersburg, of the 19th, affirms that the exchange
of the ratifications of an offensive and defensive
treaty between the governments of the Shah of
Persia and Russia, took place on the evening of
the 18th inst.

At Constantinople it was expected that in the
Meeting of the Divan on the 22nd, the question of
all armistice would be negatived.
The refusal to renew the old treaties in any way
Whatever is not positive, and hopes of negoci-
iltions are consequently entertained at Vienna.

It is stated that the Ulemas had refused to sup-
Ply the Turkish Government with the amount of
Money they require, if a loan cannot be raised
abroad.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
All military operations on the Danube have
stopped. Omar Pacha and his army are at their
winter quarters of Schumla. Ismail Pacha, how-
ever, still occupies Kalafat, on the Wallachian side
of the Danube. He has there well entrenched him-
self and his army of 25,000 men. It. is thought
the Russians will attack him there before spring.
This will not so much depend upon them as upon
the weather. The country round renders the trans-
Port of artillery at this season very difficult.
The rumoured attempt to burn the combined
fleets in the Bosphorus is stated in two ways, nei-
ther of which sustain the original report. First it
said that a schooner was detected entering the Bos-
phorus; having divers on board, whose business it
Was to attach combustible matter to the ships then
anchored, which would blow them up. Another
story, and perhaps the more probable, that a Bus-,
Sian schooner has this v ery evening been
driven by stress of weather to take refuge in the
Bosphorus. The captain took the precaution to
throw his guns overboard, thinking to make_ the.
the sCnooner was a trading ves-
sel. The Turks have taken provisional possession

of it, placing forty men on board.
The general opinion in Paris seems to be that
Russia will not take any course which shall prevent

a general war.
A letter from Erzeroum in the Patrie states that
at the instigation of the Russian charge craffaires,
all English, French, German, and Italian officers
serving in the Persian army have been dismissed.
According to the Presse, the excitement for war was
as strong as ever in the Turkish capital.
The Pays gives the letter of the Russian admiral
Nachimoff, to the Austrian consul at Sinope, in
which he professes tolia.ve had no hostile intentions
against the city. The Pays remarks--" We ask our-
selves, in reading this strange dispatch, what serious
Man Admiral Nachimoff hopes to deceive ? To say
that he had no hostile intention against a town
which he had just reduced to ashes, and against a
Port which he leaves devastated, is in truth the
height of derision."
From the Turkish official account of the affair of
Sinope, we extract the following :
" In the midst of this battle there chanced to be
an English merchant-ship laden with copper, and
although they hoisted the British flag, the Russians
did not pay any attention to it, but sunk her by
firing at her. One of the men belonging to this
ship was killed ; the rest, together with the captain,
Were brought here by the Retribution. "
The Constantinople correspondent of the Chron-
icle notices ministerial changes, more or less
alluded to in all communications from the Turkish
Capital. " Rumours of changes of ministry," I only
allude to as not improbable, but Jiy no means
certain. Reschid Pacha, the actual Reis Effendi,
(minister of foreign affairs) is to be elevated to the
rank of grand vizier ; Ali Pacha, (late governor,of
Smyrna) to be minister of foreign affairs ; and
Riza Pacha, minister of war, in the place of
Mehemet Ali Paella, (brother-in-law of the Sultan.)
This would be the most important change im-
aginable—it would signify peace. Mehemet Ali
is, perhaps, the most belligerent man in the
Sultan's dominions.
Dost Mahommed has sent a.demand to Persia,
that that power should restore Herat to his
Protege Hussein. The , Imaum of Muscat re-
fuses to pay tribute to Persia, for his Salt
taines.
nli'44.ey has accepted the propositions of the
us) 4:4
believe that anything certain is known—certainly
not by the French Government. The only power
that is believed to be deep in the confidence of the
Czar, and to be cognizant of the manner in which
he will receive these advances, is Austria—and
Austria is silent. The Austrian Minister gives no
indication, makes no sign, and effects—for no one
believes that it is anything but affectation—to be
ignorant 'of the designs of the friend and protector
of his Imperial master. This sinister silence gives
rise to misgivings that even at this eleventh hour
Austria is playing the game she is so well accus-
tomed to, and that her policy, as of old, is one of
duplicity..
A letter dated Constantinople, the 15th Decem-
ber, says :
" The expedition of General Prim is for the present ter-
rainated, and the General himself embarks for France on the
25th but with the intention of returning here in the spring
tt. Witness the important events which will undoubtedly take
Place The flames of war are such as can only be extin-
guishe'l with powder."
The :Ottoman Government has published its
account . f the disaster of Sinope, which does not
Much diVar from• details already given. The
blogador and Retribution had brought to Constan-
tinople 110 wounded Turkish 'seamen and soldiers,
the survivors of the massacre. 1,000 men had been
found on land at Sinope, 120 were made prisoners
by the Russians, and about 3,000 men were slaugh-
tered. Of the Turkish squadron, seven went to the
bottom under the Russian fire, with the dead and
Wounded on hoard ; two ships blew up, and one
was saved. Of their commanders, four survived,
four died on the decks of their respective ships, or
Went living to the bottom with them, and two were
taken alive. An English merchant vessel which
happened to be at Sinope was fired into and sunk
by the Russians, though she had hoisted the flag
of her nation, and one.of her crew was killed. The
others, with the captain, were saved and taken on
board the Retribution—an ominous name, it may
be, for Russia. Among the commanders killed was
Ali Bey, of the Nevik frigate, who having seen the
impossibility of resisting the Russians, embarked
the few survivors of his ship's crew on board the
Pinnace. They were fired into by the Russians,
and the boat blew up side by side with the .frigate
t° which shvbelonged. It was the same Ali Bey
wiln formerly commanded the- Fagli-Illah when she
conveyed to Sardinia the Italian Legion of Hungary.
The Divan
_has,. ordered 16 points, of the coast of
Anatolia, in the Black Sea, to be fortified.

FRANCE.
(From our 8?•oond Edition of Yesterday.)
The restrictions imposed on the importations of
raw Cotton from Great Britain are abolished.
With respect to :Yarn, no change will be made at
Present.
The intelligence thus given is more explicitly
conveyed in the following :—The Moniteur pub-
lishes a decree abolishing the restrictions imposed
by the rescript of the Bth February, 1826, on raw
Cotton imported into France from Great Britain
and the British possessions in Europe. According
to the said rescript the produce of Asia, Africa,
and America, sent from England and her Euro
pears possessions into French ports, was to be ad-
tnitted for re-exportation only.
THE BOURSE dull at the opening; closed with a
rise. There was a rumour of the Sultan having
authorised Redschid Paella to negotiate for peace
Threes closed at 74f. 30c. ; Four-and-a-half per
Cents., 101 t.

THE Ruv. RECTOR CAMPBELL'S LECTURE. —Oll last even
1g the Rev. Rector Campbell delivered a second lecture on the
Iliaracteristies of church music, in the Philharmonic Hall.
„the body of the hall was well filled. The reverend gen-
g, einan briefly referred to the leading features of his first
4ttnre, and in an equally brief, but dear, manner pointed.
°tit the difference between the parochial and choral or ca-
Iliedral services.' 'For the proper intonation of the prayers
be observed three qualities were requisite : a good voice, a
YOrrect air, and assiduous practice—qualities very seldom,
indeed found in one clergyman. He then traced the develop:
meat of cathedral music, through all its phases, from its
''at introduction into the Christian church, up to the pre-
%it time, and at intervals he paused, in order that the choir,
(.Izposed of some sixty members of the society, might
illustrate his propositions by their performance. For this
Purpose they sung the " Gregorian" chant, the double and
hiugle chant, a Te Detim; &c., which called forth from the
4b.clience warm and deserved applause, and from the Rev:
entlednan himself a flattering compliment, on the correct-
-441 with which they executed the various pieces.

COUNTY COURT. V - _FSTERDiT.

Before JosEPH POLLOCK, Esq., Judge.

WOLFE V. SHARTB.--Inlhis case Louis Wolfe, the plain-
tiff, a chronometer-maker, living in South Castle-street,
claimed £5O from Captain William Sharpe, Old Church-
yard, shipowner. The claim was for a chronometer, ordered
by the defendant of plaintiff, and for money paid by the
plaintiff on defendant's account.
Mr. AsPINALL appeared for the plaintiff.
Before the case had been fully stated, a consent was given
on the part of defendant, that a verdict should be entered for
the plaintiff for £35 and costs.
WIENER v. Donnu.s.--The plaintiff in this case, Conrad
Wisner, a beerseller living at No. 2, Bank-street, sum-
monad Daniel Dobelis publican, 1, Boundary-place, Lon-
don-road, for £2l. The claim was for the good-will and
fixtures of the house occupied by the defendant in Boun-
dary-street. Mr. Hughes appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Simon, barrister, represented the defendant. It appeared
that in the month of October last, plaintiff instructed a
commission agent, named Williams, to obtain a tenant for
his house in Boundary-street. Mr. Williams had an inter-
view with the defendant, and gays him the key of the house,
in order that he might look at it, informing him at the same
time, that if he did not return the key, he would have to pay
£2l for the rod-will and fixtures of the house. The de-
fendant remained in possession of the house, but refused to
pay for the good-will. Mr. Williams corroborated the evi-
dence of plaintiff. Mr. Simon cross-examined the witness,
to show that Wisner was not the tenant of the house, and
that Dobells had taken it from Mr. Summers.
His HoNon said it was a case in which he had no juris-
diction, and gave a non-suit.
WELCH v. WCAFFREY.—This was an action brought by
Arthur Welch and his wife, to • recover £l5 from Michael
M'Caffrey and his wife, as damages for false impri-
`sonment. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiffs, and
Mr. Brotherton for the defendants. The claim for
damages was upon the around that the female defendant had
given the female plaintiff into custody on the charge of steal-
ing a dress on the 18th of November last. On that day
oliceman entered the plaintiff's house, and searched Mrs.
Welch and the house, and not finding the dress, took her
into custody and carried her to bridewell, where she was ex-
amined by Mr. Clough, and, as there appeared no foundation
for -the charge, ultitnately discharged. Mrs. Welch, Mr.
M'Namara, a relative, and -the detective officer who arrested
the former, were examined; and the latter deposed that Mrs.
M'Caffrey accompanied him, but took no part in the search,
and after he took the plaintif to the police-office she refused
to charge her. It was from Mr. Clough he received instruc-
tions to go Mrs. Welch's.—A verdict was given for the de-

fendants.
MANSFELDT v. FAZACKERLEY.—In this ease the plaintiff,
Peter Mansfeldt, was a sailor from Schleswig-Holstein, and
the defendant, George Fazackeley, licensed victualler, Nor-
folk-street. The action was brought to recover 131. 4s. 6d.
Mr. Hime appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Grocott for
the defendant. From the evidence of the plaintiff, who
spoke English very imperfectly, it appeared that in the year
1849, he came to Liverpool with a sum of 251., and an ad-
vance note for 251., and lodged in the house of defendant,
who then lived in Mason-street. Having stopped there some
time, the plaintiff went on a voyage ; but before leaving he
got 141. from the defendant, braving a balanc<, of 131. 4s. 6d.
in his hands. After being six months absent, the plaintiff
returned to London, and came thence to Liverpool, and
applied to defendant for the money. He did not then receive
it, and he went on a voyage to Panama. After his return,
he lodged with defendant for three weeks, during which time
his box was broken open in the house, and 161. stolen from
it. He again applied for the balance of his money, but did
not receive it, and he went away for two or three years, after
which he returned to Liverpool in the beginning of this
month. He then applied for the money, and was
told that he had been paid the money, and
that he was in Fazackerley's debt for board and lodging.
The plaintiff was cross-examined by Mr. Grocott, but posi-
tively denied that he had ever received the money. A paper,
purporting to be a receipt for the money, and bearing the
plaintiff's name and mark, and the names of two persons,
Smith and Craig, as witnesses, was put into the plaintiff's
hand, but he distinctly denied that he had ever signed it or
received the money. Mr. Fazackerley, a person named
Smith, and a bar-maid in the service of defendant, were ex-
amined, and each deposed to having seen the plaintiff receive
the money in July, 1850, at the Liverpool races. All the
witnesses admitted that the plaintiff was a very sober man,
and stated that they never saw him in drink. The witnesses,
when cross-examined, contradicted each other's evidence in
the most remarkable manner with regard to the paying of
the money.
His HONOR, in giving judgment, commented very strongly
upon the nature of the defence, which he described as being
one of the most disgraceful he had ever known in a court of
justice, and which was supported by the most evident and
manifest perjury. It was evident that the whole case was a
conspiracy to defraud the plaintiff, who appeared a very
sober and creditable specimen of his class, of his money.
Fortunately, however, for the ends of justice, the three wit-
nesses for the defence were examined separately, and not
being able to hear the evidence of each other, they contra-
;r. fhp matariaL partienlorq Ifis
Honour said he felt it his duty to declare open].) his opinion
as to the nature of the defence, and. the character of the
evidence given by these witnesses. He gave judgment for
the plaintiff, with immediate execution, and said that if the
plaintiff could speak English sufficiently well to make his
statement clearly intelligible to a jury, he would have felt it
his duty to send these witnesses to be tried for perjury. His
Honour added that he thought it right to separate distinctly
'the case from the advocate, whose misfortune it was to
have had such a case, and expressed his approval of
the manner in which Mr. Grocott had conducted the defence,
he having evidently given the parties no temptation to
depart from the truth.
FAIRCLOUGH 1). BOND.—This was an action brought by
Mews. Fairclough, as owners o! the vessel Vixen, against
the defendant, a pilot, to recover £l5 for the cost of
repairing damage done to that vessel, owing to alleged
negligence upon the part of the pilot. Mr. Aspinall, with
Mr. Almond, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Bremner
for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence of
Captain Nicoll, master of the 'Vixen, that he left this port
for Glasgow, upon the 19th of last November, with the
defendant as pilot. The pilot required a steam-tug
although other vessels went out the same day without one.
The Vixen came into collision with a vessel lying moored
in the river, and it was contended that the collision arose
altogether through the default of the pilot. Mr. Fairclough,
one of the owners deposed, to the cost of the repairs, and
stated that he had made the bill a very low one, as he did
did not wish to press heavily upon the pilot, believing that
he would have come in end made some arrangement in the
matter. Mr. Fairclough also stated that he saw the vessel
leaving the docks and it was his impression that she kept
too far over to 'the Cheshire side. The pilot afterwards
stated that the accident was caused by his being pressed
too much to the westward by the pilot of another vessel, the
Sir Charles Napier, which was going out at the same time.
Witness replied that if he had kept mid-channel, the
accident would not have happened. Mr. Bremner ha,-ing
spoken at some length f 2/ the defence, the pilot was
examined and deposed tharthe Vixen was pressed close to
the shore by the Sir Charles Napier, which had come out of
dock at the same time, and that he, waved his hand to her
to keep off, but his signal was not attended to. -If the signal
had been attended to, or if the steam-tug which was
towing the Vixen had acted properly, the collision with
the brig would net have occurred. The pilot stated
that he made every exertion in his power to prevent
the collision.
In answer to Mr. ASPINALL, the witness stated that he
had never heard it was against the orders of the pilot regu-'
Wiens to take a vessel, with a fair wind, outward bound, to
the westward, and that he was keeping the vessel in mid-
channel as much as passible until the Sir Charles Napier
pressed upon her. As soon as he saw the brig he called out
to the steamer to slow.
William Friag, master of the Duke of Sussex steamer, by
which the Vixen was towed, was also examined, and de-
posed that he could not stop the steamer, as ho was afraid
the Vixen would run into him, for the wind was freshening.
Saw the pilot several times wave his hand to the Sir Charles
Napier to keep off, and witness had made a similar signal
•before. In the course which the Vixen originally took be-
danhs was,caahi
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be-
fore the Sir Charles Napier pressed on her, they were quite
p
clear of the vessels lying at anchor.
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be considered
slieyeTseasssTewhl at was the first question. doing The second question
was, was that the duty of any one else as well as the pilot ?
He asked if any other evidence was to be produced ?
Mr. BREMNER said they had the mate of the steamer and
another man who was on board.
His HONOR : What can they prove ?
Mr. BREM?rER : The same thing.
His Horton : Ido not think there is any occasion. You
appear, indeed, to agree upon the facts of the case. I take
the tale of the master to be a correct one.
Mr. ASPINALL then addressed the court upon the ques-
tion, arguing that the liability of the pilot had been clearly
established.
His HoNOR said he should take some time to consider his
judgment, as the point appeared to be different from what
he had heard before, nor did he know that any of the autho-
rities exactly bore on it.
Mr. BREMNER said he had carefully looked through the
reports, and he could not find any case where the point
at issue was exactly parallel to that on which this case
rested.
His Holson ; I may tell you at once what I consider the
facts to be. I find the facts to be these. The pilot was in
charge of this vessel ; he was pressed upon by the Sir
Charles Napier. He endeavoured to warn the Sir Charles
Napier not to press upon him. He must, for this purpose,
be taken to have known that there were vessels in such a
position that if he was compelled to continue starboarding,
he must at least run in danger of a collision with one of
these vessels, Notwithstandmg his remonstrance the Sir
Charles Napier did press upon him. He pursued his coarse,
under the impression that the Sir Charles Napier would
That
way before it became too late to avoid a collision.
That vessel did not give way, and then finding at ,the last