The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-25 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

SEBaSTOPOL, March 10th, 1856.—1 t seems as if th:
armistice were likely to expire before its terms are
settled. The first difficulty arose upon the demand -
the Allies to embark things from the south side of thed
harbour, the object being to ship the cannon captured
in Sebastopol. But to this the Russians donna' j
agree
saying, that the port was not ours. The Allies
to waive the stipulations, and the delay now arises frog'
questions relating to the blockade of the Black Sea ar
the Sea of Azoff. Meanwhile the suspension of fire, the
main point, continues.
We are not quite so intimate with our Muscovite
friends; our enthusiasm or curiosity has a little
subsided, and, moreover, General Orders fl.a
sentries are there to check it ; but we may be sale
to be on terms of distant civility. It is probab,
that there will be another meeting of Generals tills
week at Traktir Bridge.
There is no truth in a report that was lately
spread here that the Third and Fourth Divisi°,,gs
were to go down to Inkerman and the Tcherna•';-
,
to relieve the French. No changes —l3f
contemplated in the present position
our troops until the result of the C°l,ll,-
ferences at Paris be known, or the armistiu°
over. The war-party still cherishes hopes that ti s
negociations may break. down. If anything lensg
than the full conditions, including the dismantling
Nicolaieff, be accepted, there will be a pretty
-
y
outcry amongst the martially disposed, and
y
it will hardly have been worth while going to Isqlt,
It may suit the French. to make concessions,
it ought not to suit us. Their army, however
numerous they may show it to be upon pave.? -4
dwindling sadly. Scurvy and fever are playing
havoc in its ranks. I can no* tell you positive.o
that the French admit the present mortalitl slys
their army to be 120 a day, and on some "9time
considerably more. The right of the army, in ,d
Baidar valley suffers the most. lam assure
t.
that the . deaths there have reached 100 perll'M
I do not hesitate to say that' the„ French_arl3l/by
being expended at least as rapidly as- it wl.. the
shell and shot during the severest part the
seige. A sanitary commission's investigation 01, of
French camp would reveal a startling arneun'nd
suffering. Insufficient shelter and covering? 8-iit
a deficiency of vegetable food, readily aee°,,uge,
for the sickness that prevails. Of •e°ll,:a;ir
every thing we can spare is freely placed :at the
disposal. Our army,. abundantly -fed and carlt
for at an immense expense, may be well..conte
with its present quarters, but assuredly it will be
joyful day for our allies when they tnrn their back on
this inhospitable peninsula and sail for la elear ancth
From the Ist to the 9th of the present ni°,lll,_
the thermometer at the Castle .Hospital at .133'3
lava, where a register is kept, has ranged from 11
deg,. to 49 deg. Here, where we are several 4uilr,
dred feet higher, the temperature is lower. Yes,p`-d
day was a beautiful day. The sun was hot, an
melted ice and snow*wherever its rays fell, .exeelF;
upon very high ground. Notwithstanding t
changes of weather, the increase of admissions to
the camp hospitals during the past week has been
very small. Catarrhs have, of course, been rather
more numerous, but there does not a diseases
to have
been an increase worth naming in diseases of a
serious character.

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THE EASTER HOLIDAYS-

The holidays commenced yesterday, when all the world
'
of he
went Out of town, and when half the inhabi-
41s of Lancashire flocked into town to supply the
tolacaneies. There were special trains from all quarters into
kial74) and from town special trains flew out in all directions
„ There was a sort of interchange of inhabitants of
Lae districts for the day. The
getieran TOWN,
11108 Yt wore a holiday appearance, and drapery, fancy
gayest and other establishments, were decked out in the
Cand
.most attractive attire. The leading streets were
tee7ei with strangers, whose faces at once proclaimed
aZ.denizens of rural and manufacturing districts—health
41,4,' 71goar painted in the one, whilst smoke and confine-
Were written in the other.

Were LANDING STAGE AND DOCKS' boe
r 4. .of attraction to hundreds, who had evidently
tictilaartv
•;•`ll a monster ship before. The stage was IT-
,.
aary ,e.rowded all day, and the ferry boats had a rich
to the Passengers, many thousands of whom passed over
at,t,e".‘Aleshire side. Some withthe view of catching an
Pro,tite for tanner, and others with the laudable notion of
urilring a dinner for their appetite. A great number
Persons visited

and as the ST. GEORGE'S HALL,
rich treat Plendid structure was open, it being assize time,
tile building w afforded to our country friends, who admired
sithe rn dip.ginas unlimited terms. The day was fine, with a
'ug breeze from S.E , which gave a zest to cr-
tan oljfe local omnibuses we; e crammed with people who
°J. the an hour or two to shake off the dust and smoke

THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS
tool; -1 quantity" of visiiors, particularly in the aft -
111411in14n the sun, as it were, had thrown away his
attlsse-r4sog"vn and appeared in full dress. All sorts of
°Jthe isnta Were in these localities for the especial benefit
Inuli:a Of course), at the most moderate charges(?).
;11q °ltl,-„l'eal Gardens were crowded throughout the day,
seemed fllgh the " Bush people" are well known, they
gisny ,-,,(3 Possess still some magnetism. The conductors of
I),qpil.-'°°l9., private and public, gave a holiday to their
0t!,,m5t1 different localities were visited, both at this and
451 h"„er side of the river. An amusing and curious inci-
sed Hell
I
ase
'l'PPetted in the Crescent, shortly before eleven o'clock,
be fors a part of the day's proceedings, it may as
y Mentimoned here. It regards a

tds hc• MONSTER MORTAR,
tcast ait t foundry of Mr. Forrester, Vauxhall-road. At
on g sitateci, this formidable machine was being conveyed
1044(tle,_1ri drawn by some half dozen horses, from the
church +4°, the Xing's.doek, and, when just opposite the
'r 6" truck was stopped to allow the men to fasten
tile a °„,?he ropes, with which the mortar was tied. At
„time,l3,,eoPlae—` a crowd of two or three hundred country
,1,0; 40had just arrived by train, were on their way
4 „Ea d-street, and as none of these had ever beheld such
itttlazemP°o before, they gazed on it with open mouthed
~etlotok—„,,lts and no wonder, for it is as ugly looking a
'ottsi,,,;,',as could be viewed. One of the "
,country
4.rad the temerity to ask " what she was ? ' when
fee 10,44 -Liverpudlian replied, " it's the new play-toy for
llow'xice f Watts !" "Eh dear," replied the poor
d COs t;l:l,he turned to explaintoy" to his corn-
,lee'eribed"tu a shout of laugtter. This great mortar was
Ills yesterda 's paper ; it is calculated to carry
°l'er thr -1
ee mi es.

Abell
ON 'CHANGE,
laid there " most do congrezate," it could not be
t
looked ere Was
any "congregation" at all yesterday, I
4,0 reason deserted, both flags and newsroom, and there is
'43"8 :.111/133'' merchants should not allow themselves a
-e;axation at this festive season, like other people—
eO
be~ to -131 the evening, the neighbourhoods of the railway
Were animated,
as the crowds kept pouring in like
411,
mau !I_,
ent doing hive on summer's evening. We' did not hear of
ng the day.