The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-30 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

Tll9 Invalid Rune publishes the following Impe_
rial rescript, addressed by the Czar to Prince
Menschikoff, on the occasion of his jubilee of fifty
years passed in the service of the state :
" Prince Alexander Sergoviteh,—The completion
of the fiftieth year that you have passed in the
service of the state, furnishes me with the most
agreeable opportunity of recalling the eminent
services, both military and administrative, that
rendered conspicuous your indefatigable, zealous,
and loyal devotedness during the reign of the
Emperor Alexander I. of blessed memory, and
during the reign of my late father, the Emperor
Nicholas.

"In the memorable period of the years 1813,
1814, and 1815, you took part, in the capacity of
aide-de-camp, and in the functions entrusted to
you by your Sovereign, in many actions within
sight of the enemy, and everywhere you gave. proof
of much personal bravery and great self-denial.
" In the course of the war in 1828 against the
Ottoman Porte, which was so honourable for you
in every sense, the capture of the fortress of Anapa
covered you with glory, as likewise the army that
fought under your orders. On that occasion you
hoisted for the first time, to use the words of your
own report, the flag of commander-in-chief of the
naval staff, functions with which you had just been
invested by the confidence of the monarch. Your
labours and the disposition you made at the siege
of Varna, in which you were severely wounded by
a gun-shot, are no less worth of eulogium. Your
name will remain for ever connected with the
history of the incomparable defence of Sebastopol,
that you maintained for eleven months.
" It is to you that belong the first brilliant pages
of the annals that will relate to posterity the his•
tory of an obstinate defence against the immense
forces of the enemies.

"In enumerating your military merits, I am
happy at being able to mention your civil career.
During the 26 years of your administration of the
naval jurisdiction, and during your equally long
administration of the great principality of Finland,
you constantly enjoyed the unalterable good
wishes of my father, of imperishable memory, who
esteemed you, as he expressed to me before the
supreme hour of death, as his companion and
friend.

" Moreover, your merits and high capacities have
caused other functions iu other branches of the
government to be confided to you, and in every
instance you distinguished yourself by indefati
gable and great sacrifice of self. In fully appre
ciating the eminent, services you have not ceased
to render for half a century, I consider it my duty
to express to you my cordial and sincere gratitude,
and 1 hope that, amid the labours that await me, I
shall obtain your valued assistance and your old
devotion, for the welfare of,our beloved Russia.

" I remain for ever yours affectionately,
(Signed). "ALEXANDER."

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may purchase his return at the expense of her
honour. But finding even this would not do,
under the pretext of heresy, the poor creature was
taken from her parents and thrown into prison.
The parents went immediately to the Austrian
Generel Degedfeld. Cardinal Grassellini pre-
tended to know nothing about it, but the general
knew his man, and threatened force. The girl
was set at liberty and given over to her parents.
The treatment she had received in prison was SD
horrible, that what between shame and suffering
the poor girl expired in a few days."

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SPAIN

The Madrid papers received yesterday are sin-
gularly barren of interest, and there is a total
absence of news from Saragossa, an absence the
more remarkable because we were told that Gen.
Echagne had re-established telegraphic communi-
cation between the outskirts of Saragossa and
St. Sebastian. It appears by a Madrid letter, of
the 24th, that M. Escosura (the brother of ti
ex-Minister), who it was reported had been
during the insurrection, has been arrested in a
cafe.

The Correspondanee Generale, of the same date,
says that General Falcon was making " formidable
preparations" for the defence of Saragossa.
The .3iessager de Bayonne, of the 25th, says
is at Saragossa and in Arrtigon that the resistance
of the rebels is concentrated. Communication
with this province continues to be cut off, and all
the details that reach us come from the few
travellers who arrive at Bayonne. The insurgents
have adopted for their cry, " Vive Espartero, Vive
Liberte." They never mention the name of the
Queen. It is pretended that the rebel forces
consist of 15,000 more or less, well armed. Con-
fident in their numbers the insurgents propose to
occupy positions in front of the town, and to attack
the troops sent against them in detail. It is
greatly to be hoped that they will act upon this
project, for the regular troops will beat these un-
disciplined hands easily in the open field, and the
struggle will terminate with mnch less effusion of
blood than it would do in the streets of Saragossa.
Despatches have been received from Bayonne of
the date of the 28th, which, without adding any-
thing of a positive nature to the facts already known,
continue to represent the situation of Spain in a
favourable light, and leave room to hope that
tranquility will soon be completely re-established
throughout the Peninsula.

A bull fighter was gored to death before the eyes
of the public at Beaucaire on the 24th. Two men
armed with their triple spears entered the circus
and began to provoke the bull in the usual manner.
The animal rushed at them with such fury that bee
was not stopped by the prick of the spear adroitly
pointed to his nostrils, which is generally the case.
His horns entered deeply into the body of one of
the men, who was carried off, and breathed his last
in a few hours.