The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

Commons, and his elevation to the Upper Chamber of the 1
Imperial Parliament.
0,7 R GAIN AND OUR Loss BY BUCIIA.NAN'S ELECTION.—
The election of President of the United States-is a question
of much importance to the people 6f this country, and on
no former occasion has the interest and anxiety to know
the result been greater. Fremont was the favourite can-
didate in this country, ;because he stood <forward as the
champion and the advocate of liberty, whilst his rival, and
the chosen of the people, declared his policy to be favourable
to the extension of slavery in newly-acquired territory.
Should such be President Buchanan's game, it would, no
doubt, for a time effect our commercial relations with the
United States, particularly if be felt disposed to carry into
effect his (Mend manifesto, and force the annexation of
Cuba. But we see it publicly declared that Mr. Buchanan
is not indisposed to admit Kansas as a free State ;
and although we may regret the defeat 'of the aboli-
tionist candidate, we are correct in saying that, in Mr.
Buchanan, the citizens of the United States have a true
official—a President who is a down right democrat and who
will, it is believed, through good report and evil report,
support the honour and integrity of the stars and stripe; ;
and, if we mistake not, he will anxiously wish to cultivate
friendly relations with Great Britain. He has been a resi-
dent at her court, knows I, 'r power and influence in all
quarters of the globe, and the vast advantage which the
American Union derives from our commercial intercourse
with her people. Everything considered, our losses by the
Buchanan election are by no means equal to the gains which
must arise from an administration under his sway, that
will be animated by feelings of patriotism and good govern-
ment.

*The late General Guyon left two sons and one daugh,
ter. The Emperor of the French has already nominated
one of the boys to a vacancy in the Polytechnic School,
and has promised to provide, if possible, for the other.

VACANT DIPLOMATIC POSTS.-There are three principal
diplomatic posts at present vacant—that of Minister to
Hanover, salary £3,C00; that of Minister to Washington,
salary £4 500; and that of Minister to the Two Sicilies,
salary £4,000,
Active measures in favour of a bill for removing the
pressure of our present taxes from literary institutions
are being taken, so as to secure for it a better reception in
the coming session of parliament than the bill met with
in the last.

It is reported that a satisfactory arrangement has been
entered into by the promoters of the Dartmouth railWray,
by which Sir Morton Pete undertakes to construct the
line. and in consequence, application. will be. made to
parliament:this session to obtain the act.
A NEW RAILWAY PROJECT.—It is said that a committee
of English and French capitalists is in course of formation
to complete a direct railway communication from Paris,
through Bale and Trieste, to Constantinople; and that
the preliminary surveys have been made, and estimates
furnished by French engineers. The line, with branches
to Athens and Odessa, is almost of the gigantic character
of the Russian scheme, but it has the merit, wanting in
that ease; of passing through regions where the existing
traffic is great.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THE HON. MR. FORTEiCUE.—
Mr. George Grenville Fortescue, of Boconnoc, Cornwall,
who has during the present autumn been cruising with his
cousins, Lord and Lady Drogheda, in their yacht Fancy,
went into the rigging, when some 170 mites from Algiers,
on the homeward voyage, on Sunday, the 2nd inst., when
either from panic or giddiness, he fell on deck, from a
height of about 30 feet. Death was almost instantaneous.
The body was buried at Algiers, on Wednesday, the sth
inst. The news of Mr. Fortescue's death has caused very
general regret in the county of Cornwall, where the hon.
gentleman was heir to large landed estates.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Sunday, at noon, an extraor-
dinary accident, and which, it is anticipated, will be
attended with fatal results, occurred to a young woman,
named Ellen Markham, servant to a Mr. Redriff, of the
New Road, St. Pancras. It seems the young woman was
bringing a pie home from the oven, when descending the
area steps she slipped, and fell down the entire flight. The
dish breaking, the jagged portion came across her throat in
the descent, and inflicted a most frightful gash, dividing the
principal arteries, from which the blood gushed out in tor-
rents. Medical assistance was immediately obtained, but no
hopes are entertained of her recovery, the carotid artery
being nearly severed.
PALMERSTON AND THE CONSERVATIVES. -- Passing
occurrences strengthen an expectation that a section of the
Conservative party, the most liberal part of the Opposition
of last session, would effect a junction with Lord Palmer-
ston's Government. The total_ disruption of party, con_
fessed by the Quarterly Review, led to the belief that such
a junction might take place; the recent demonstration of.
Mr. Beresford, in Essex, strengthened the calculation.
Throughout last session the leader of the Opposition
betrayed an evident difficulty in keeping his men together
and it was only a special sally at last, accompanied, it
is understood, by some kind of threat, that he was able to
parade his forces with united ranks.
ANOTHER GREAT FRAUD BY A CLEAN.,—OR Saturday
night information was circulated throughout the metro-
politan police divisions of another extensive embezzlement
by a commercial clerk. The individual who has now gone
off is Arthur Fell, a confidential clerk in the extensive firm
of Moses, Levy, and Co., 2 and 3, Aldgate. The precise
amount of the delinquent's defalcations are not yet known.
Several hundred pounds have, however, already been ascer-
tained. There is no doubt his flight had been premeditated
for some time, as the delinquent has taken his wife and
child with him. A large reward is offered for his appre-
hension, and a full description of his person and wife
forwarded to the outposts, it being thought that he will tr
to get out to Australia or America.
ThE LATE CAPTAIN T. RUSSELL.—lntelligence reached
Southampton on Saturday of the death of Captain T.
Russell, late commander of the Australian mail packet
Simla, at Plymouth. Captain Russell was one of the
smartest sailors and most skilful commanders in the ser-
vice' of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Before the
Russian war broke out, he was more intimately acquainted
than most seamen with the navigation of the Black Sea,
and was employed throughout the war in the transport
service. He was singularly popular with every one with
whom he sailed, whether seamen, officers, or passengers.
The command of large and swift steamers, there can be
little doubt, is unfavourable to long life, involving as it
does a constant strain upon the mind, together with
exposure to rapid changes of climate. g
A Hum—As a difference of opinion has unluckily
arisen between the Allied Governments, Lord Palmerston
is quite right in remaining firm in substance; but it is to
be wished that his supporters in the press would display
some of that mildness of manner which is recommended
by the proverb. Although it is not pleasant to read the
dissertations of French journals on the character and
conduct of ,the English nation, foreign invectives seldom
exercise any serious influence on a policy which is inde
pendent of personal feelings ; but it is by no means
certain that attacks on the individuals who govern France
will be equally harmless. The gross imputations of
accepting Russian bribes whin have been brought against
Count Walewski and M. de Morny, are, from their very
nature, incapable of proof, and they are insults to the
Sovereign who is represented as the dupe of his most
confidential advisers.

EXTENSION or THE REDPATH SCANDAL.—The state of
the Audit-office was last session the subject of some
animated discussion in the House of Commons, and the
true safeguard against any possible malversation was
shown, with irresistible strength of argument, to consist
in bringing the accounts of that office under the super-
vision of the House of C6mmons. We do not know how
much longer this eminently safe and practical reform may
be resisted- by the 'Government, but until it is accom-
plished there can be no efficient security against possible
mistakes or malpractices, The cases of Robson and Red-
path also, men filling the most:responsible stations, and
having hundreds of thousands passing through their
hands, yet remunerated only with trifling salaries, show
the expediency, even as a matter of commercial policy, of
raising the status of Government officers, and of animat-
ing them by
,the prospect of distinetions and rewards
proportioned tolthe reponsibilities of their duties.

DESPERATE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE;.—Much consternation
and alarm were created in Kentish Town, on Sunday, owing
to its becoming knOwn that another of those tragical
occurrences, which have lately produced such painful
sensation, had taken place at No. 25, Duke's terrace, Malden
road, Kentish Town. It appears that at the above address
resides Mrs. E iza Chalk, aged 28 years' who has lately
been in a very melancholy state of mind. Shortly after the
inmates had retired to rest, the fall of a heavy body was
heard, and on their going to her bedroom, the unfortunate
woman was found on the floor, weltering in a pool of blood,
which proceeded from a terrible gash in the throat, that
nearly severed the windpipe and carotid arteries, and a
razor was lying by her side. She was at once conveyed to the
London University Hospital, when Mr. Erichsen. surgeon,
rendered every surgical assistance, but from the severe
nature of the wound, not the slightest hopes are entertained
of her recovery.

THE Swenisti R kILWAY COMPANY.—Messrs. Chaplin
and Tottie have addressed a report to the Swedish
Railway Company, on the results of their recent visit to
Sweden on behalf of that undertaking. They presented
'two suggestions to the Finance Minister—the first bing
that the government should make a grant of the line in
perpetuity, instead of only for forty years, as at present,
together with a renewal of all the privileges originally
enjoyed, and a guarantee of 4 per cent for the first
twenty-five years ; while the second was that, instead of
any guarantee, the government should furnish a loan of
£133,333. A subsequent interview with the King and
communications with the Finance Minister, lead them
to hope that some measure of the kind will be recom-
mended to the Diet now in session. According to a
resolution of that body in their last session, all trunk
lines are henceforth to be made by the government, and
the extent of construction contemplated is 780 English
miles in 14 years. It is hoped that it may be found
desirable to incorporate the Swedish Railway in these
main lines, and Messrs. Chaplin and Tottie recommend
that the board of directors should be empowered by the
shareholders to negociate for that object, either by sale
or otherwise.