The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-15 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1866

THE war agitation has assumed a new com-
plexion since the American difficulty has been
settled. One day we are told, that there never
was such an army seen as that which sailed from
this country for the East, at the commencetnent
of the war, and that the army which has just
returned surpasses anything ever known ; and the
next day it is announced, at some " banquet" or
aristocratic gathering, that the efficiency of our

military service must be secured and maintained,
coute qui coute. Now, it so happens, that the army
which we lost in the Crimea was that which con-
stituted our peace establishment, and where was a
r body of men ever seen ? Had they been com-
manded by the " Great Duke," or by a General of
ordinary skill—if they had been properly provided
for, when thrown on the shores of the enemy's
country, what could have resisted them ? They
were all efficiency and all sufficient for the work
before them. This is proved by the havoc which
the Russian ranks in their first and
every subsequent battle. In a word, the army of a

made it

was perfection. We now come to

he latter days of the siege, when our ranks were
_ _

filled by recruits—men raised to meet the exigency
of war—and where have we seen better soldiers,
or more daring spirits ? What was the conduct of
our young soldiers in the trenches, and at the
Redan ? Could men have behaved better after
For further par- ten or twenty years service ?

opposite the Dee

Chen, becomes of the aspersions heaped
upon our peace army, or that raised in the heat of
war? They were both found equal to the task set
before them; and what more does Sir FENWICK
WILLIAMS of Kars, and the other agitators of hig
class, mean, by their out-cry about the inefficiency
of the British army ? We respect Sir FENWICK
WILLIAMS, as a soldier, as much as any of his
more noisy admirers, but we think the gallant
baronet is travelling too fast, and too far, into the
troubled waters of politics. The heroes who have
served with such honour in the East, are entitled
to all the praise that has been bestowed upon
them; and this is a sufficient answer to
those who are running about the world pro-
claiming the innefficiency of our army, and
endeavouring to make political stock in-trade
of a palpable paradox. Sir FENWICK Wu-
' may sec

What. t

our military affairs in
precisely the same light that the editor of the
London Times does, but neither the young general,
or the " leading journal," will succeed in persuad-
ing the people of these islands to incur the
expense—say 14,000,0001. annually—to keep up
what they would consider an effective force,
simply because we may require at army of two or
three hundred thousand men some years hence
Sir FENWICK WILLIAMS has recently told us,
however, that he was returned to Parliament, and
has taken his seat, as a military regenerator ! The
honourable baronet would have Woolwich, and th
ordnan(

ce estimates, as a matter of course, in the
sober days of peace, just what they were in the last
days of the greatest war in which we could pos-
The hero of Kars must have
rgotten that while he was talking in such a strain
that

bly be er

gaged

he was torturing a Premier, crushing his
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and making rebels of
fully two-thirds of the supporters of the Ministry in
the House of Commons. Sir FENWICK never dealt
Out heavier salvos against the Russian columns
before Kars, or used grape and canester with more
deadly effect. The dissemination of his new
doctrine will scatter the friends of the Cabinet,
whose especial favourite Sir FENWICK appears to
be, most effectually. But where is Sir JAMES
SimpsoN all this time ? He really did serve with
the British army in the Crimea. Sir FENWICK
LIAMS did not. And we should like to hear what
the old veterans, the silent and less applauded
heroes of the Eastern war, have to say on the
subject of our army's inefficiency. The public
would like to hear Sir CoLix CAMPBELL questioned

No. 90,

as to the changes required in the field movements,
internal economy, and general regulations of
the Highland l3rigade. Some old soldier might
tell us what reforms are wanted in the Guards.
Some experienced trooper could enumerate all the
defects which were observable in the " Heavies,"
and our dashing Light Cavalry corps. Those who
commanded the Engineers and Artillery in one of
the greatest sieges on record, can probably explain
all that was faulty in those important branches of
our military service. Should these fail us, one
and all, we have Prince MENSCHIKOFF and Prince
GORTSCHAKOFF to appeal to, and if we dare mention
OMAR PACHA, his opinion might be taken.
We need scarce ask General PELLISSIER and
the French army what they think of the
efficiency of our Crimean forces. If they
should all agree that so great an array of
arms required a great commander, and nothing
more, will Sir PENNI/UK WILLIAMS pretend again to
tell us that so incalculable and unaccountable a
deficiency will be supplied at a future day, by
keeping up a war establishment at Woolwich, and
camps all over the three kingdoms? Does the
worthy baronet mean to say that we are to pay
20,000,0001. a year in army and ordnance esti-
mates, to make a General worthy of the great trust
reposed in a Commander-in• Chief in distant war?
The youngest child of fortune, and the youngest
member of the House of Commons may, perhaps,
be excused for his selection of a theme whereon to
display his tact and zeal; but his friends must
deeply regret that he has not chosen some more
popular subject, and one which would bear a little
more commonsense discussion. And they really
ought to beg of Sir FENWICK to take the very grace-
ful hint thrown out by Lord JOHN RUSSELL at a
recent banquet at the Mansion House, when the
gallant baronet was the guest of the evening. The
noble lord endorsed all the army reformers recom-
mended, but he very inobtrusively observed that
he would support the wish expressed for the
greater efficiency of the military

service "on a

peace footing." Sir FENWICK WILLIAMS will pro-
bably understand the significance of Lord JOHN'S
words, and he would do well to consider them
seriously, as they will not be quickly forgotten by
the nublie.

THE mutiny at Nenagh is a matter' which can-
not be overlooked by the Minister of War, now
the refractory regiment have been bronriht into
subjection. The cause of the ontbrea
part of the militiamen appears to have be
trifling, affair. They simply asked for th
that was promised to them when th

on the

a very
jounty
listed.

and that they might be allowed to take their regi-
mental trowsers with them. Any requests of this
sort must have been made to their superiors, either
their officers orison-commissioned officers; and the
public will be anxious to learn, whether, when the
men first showed a spirit of discontent, if their

officers interposed, and endeavoured to keep their
men quiet until their complaints had been fairly
represented to the Government. A few friendly
words from the Colonel or Major of a regiment
goes a long way with their men in such cases ;
and we hope to hear that those officers did use
some persuasion in this instance. A few disorderly
recruits may sometimes cause a serious riot, but we
seldom, or indeed never, hear of whole regiments
turning out and committing such excesses as those
attributed to the Tipperary Militia.
Our military annals do not supply a parallel out-
rage to that committed in the town of Nenagh.
The men appear to have been left entirely to
themselves. Their officers, fearing probably to be
mistaken for mutineers, left them to themselves.
This was, to say the least of it, carrying an honour-
able scruple a little too far. If any officer had
stepped forward and told the men that their com-
plaints should be laid before the war authorities,
and that he would see the whole matter settled
peaceably, it is more than likely that all would
have passed off quietly. If this was done, and
failed, or if the men used threatening language
towards those placed over them, no blame whatever
would rest on the officers. But this is a point
which ought to be investigated most rigidly, as
few will believe, that if the officers, in a body
had first advised, and then cautioned their
violence, that

men of the consequences of

would have occurred. The in-
formation received from the scene of the tragedy
is most imperfect, and, in its present state, we
should be sorry to pronounce an opinion on
the conduct of either officers or men. If the
latter were to have been left without money
or clothes on the day they were to have been dis-
embodied, the utmost discontent must have been
apprehended; and the Government ought to have
taken steps to prevent the serious troubles which
have since taken place.
A militiaman who only gets one week's pay when
discharged, can have but very little to keep him
until he gets work, if he has to buy a suit of
clothes before he can leave his barracks. And
now that it is universally known that the men of
the Italian Legion receive 181., with their clothes,
when they are disbanded, the discontent is likely
to be much greater. Here, then, we are overtaken
by all those difficulties we foreshadowed when the
Foreign Enlistment Bill was first mooted. It was
most impolitic to offer foreigners terms which we
were not prepared to extend to our own country.
men. iNtever was there a more wild—nay, mad
scheme for raising an army. It has already done
irreparable mischief, and care must be taken that
it does not do more. The enquiry into the Nenagh
riot will probably convince the Government that
something ought to be done to guard against fur,
ther diMeulties of a similar character. When a
militia regiment is disbanded some experienced
officer ought to be present, as the authority of the
officers of a defunct corps ceases with the disembo-
diment. This was, no doubt, the impression of the
commanders of the Tipperary Militia. They may
have fancied that they had no right to interfere
after their period of service had been brought to a
close. Should this turn out to be so, the conduct
of those in question will be blameless. Still the
War Minister would have gladly sanctioned their
interference in a case of such extreme urgency,
and we sincerely hope, for the credit of the service,
that the gentlemen who have kept the wild blood
of Tipperary in such admirable suboraination for
so many months, will come out of the enquiry
without the slightest military or moral stain.

the emeuti

Tres :LATE EARL DIGBY.—The probate of the will
of the late Right Hon. Edward Earl of Digby, has been
sworn to as of upper value, the personality exceeding one
million.

MISS FLORENCE NIGRTINGA.LE.-At the quarterly meet-
ing of the governors of the Royal Free Hospital, on Thurs-
day last, it was resolved, " That Miss Nightingale, in
testimony of her highly distinguished services in the cause
of suffering humanity during the late war, be elected an
honorary life governor of this hospital."

ROYAL DEMISE.—Her Royal Highness Pauline,
Duchess of Nassau, expired at her palace at Wiesbaden,
on Monday last. The deceased duchess was the second
wife and re'ict of William George, Duke of Nassau,
father of the reigning duke, and second daughter of the
late Prince Paul, brother of the present King of War-

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THE OFFICE OP COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.—We have
already announced the resignation of the high and im-
portant office of Commander-in-Chief by Viscount
Hardinge, so long the esteemed personal friend of the
late Duke of Wellington. We learn that, on Saturday
afternoon the Duke of Cambridge would be Lord
Hardinge's successor, and yesterday his Royal Highness
assumed the command of her Majesty's forces. The
promulgation of the fact to the army, as well as the pro-
motion of the Duke to the higher military rank which
the appointment involves, will in all probability be made
in the next Gazette. Major-General Sir Charles
Yorke, who has efficiently discharged the delicate
duties of military secretary to Lord Hardinge, will
continue to fill the same office under his Royal Highness.
In making this announcement, the Globe of last night
publishes the following commenta►y :—" The appoint-
ment of the Duke of Cambridge to be Comtnmander-in-
Chief will be received with general assent, both by the
army and the public. There is the first great requisite
for this general assent—that there are no rival claim-
ants for the post. There is no man who unites in his
person the needful military rank, distinguished services
in the field, and such a position in the State as ensures
for his administration the properweight. Excepting those
whose lengthened years place them out of the question,
the only man who unites these qualifications is the Duke
of Cambridge.

MORE GOVERNMENT DISCOMFITURES —lf total failure
and ill-success form an ingredient essential to Govern-
ment employment, then, most assuredly, the active
Vice-President of .he Board of Trade (Mr. Lowe) has a
right to claim first class honours. His spoliation of the
Town Dues having failed, even before a committee of his
own choic.2, he has essayed legislation in the question of
the laws affecting partnerships. His progeny, unlike its
predecessors, had arrived almost at adolescence—the
third reading of the bill having been assented to. Most
unhappily for Mr. Lowe, on the question that the
bill do pass, Mr. J. G. Phillimore moved the ad6tion
of a clause, for the honest purpose of divulging through
the Gazette, the names of those who advanced loans to
the coparcenery. On a division, Mr. Lowe again found
himself in such a minority, that even his casting
vote could not save him, and here we have—at the end
of a session which promised much of mercantile reform
—the mercantile minister so far defeated, that last night
he withdrew the last of his abortive efforts at legislation
We know not whether to offer, first, our commiseratioa.
to the Premier, for this failure of his mercantile minister
or to the further defeat his Cabinet experienced in the
House of Lords, on the Parochial Schools (Scotland)
Bill, on vs hich an amendment, proposed by the Duke of
Buccleuch, being carried by a majority almost amounting
to two to one, the Duke of Argyle withdrew it from
further consideration. We have not space to allude to
the discussions raised, in the House of Lords by Lord
Lyndhurst, and in the House of Commons by Lord John
Russell, on the affairs of Italy ; we are content to
draw attention to two positive defeats of the govern-
ment last night, and to wish the administeration much
eljoyment of their white-bait close of a session of
Parliament, which has been alike as destitute of legisla-
tion, as it 11,s been of benefit to the nation. The pro-
posed expulsion of Mr. James Sadleir, of which .I\lr.
Roebuck has Liven notice, forms a fitting sequel to the
exposures of the Tipperary Bank Frauds.

LITERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.
The Liverpool Cotton Market has been very
quiet to-day, and only a small business has been
done, the sales amounting to 5,000 hales, of
which 500 have been taken for speculation and
export Prices continuo steady.
The Liverpool Share Market opened with a good
tone, and further improved during the day, but
subsequently became dull, and closed easier at
the following quotations —Aberdeen, 141, 15.
Chester and Birkenhead, 17 171-. Caledonian, 30,1
301. Chester and Holyhead, 161 17. Eastern
Counties, 10 6-16 10 7-16. East Lancashire, 211
211 Great Northern, 232 24. Ditto A, 911, 01.

Great Western, 62! 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock, 974 98. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
181 19. London and North Western Stock, 108

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33

33',1i. Ditto Preference, 123 14. Ditto New 6 per
cent. Pref., Z-p. Midland Stock, 821,- 831. North
British, 9 3-16 9 5-16. North Staffordshire, 41
4ad. South Eastern and Dover, 228 22 3-16.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 22 221 York and
North Midland, 311 31a. Leeds Capital Stock, 188

14 Buffalo and Lake Huron, 1-Z -lip. Dutch
Rhenish, 2 15.16 3p. Great Western of Canada,
251 26. Ditto New Shares, 3 1-16 3,1-p. Great
Luxembourg, 81 81d.

The Canadian advices by the America, report
that on the 28th June, the bill founded on the
Inspector General's resolutions for aid to the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, passed the third
reading in the Rouse of Assembly by a large
majority. The division being 58 to 34.
Advices from Turkey mention that the Ottoman
Government is still paying great attention to the
various measures proposed for improving the
navigation of the Black Sea. it has established
on the Isle of Serpents a lighthouse, 60 metres
(about 166; feet) above the level of the sea. Several
other plans were contemplated for rendering the
navigation of this sea less intricate and dangerous
than hitherto A work of great importance has
been commenced on the Danube, viz., the construe-
tioa in the Salina mouth of that river a channel
resembling that formed by the Russians in the
Bong, which will have at all seasons en average
depth of 16 to 18 feet. This will allow vessels to
prcceed as far as Ismail and Reni, ports which have
been added to Moldavia by the Treaty of Paris.
These arrangements are of the greatest importance,
and will render much assistance to the grain trade
of the south of Europe.
Letters from St. Petersburg state that all the
accounts received there from the interior of Russia
report an almost incredible extension of commerce
on all the rivers, but especially on the Volga.
From Ribinsk to Astrahan the river is crowded by
the number of steamers and other vessels laden
with corn, general merchandise, and passengers.
Commercial advices from Paris and the manu-
facturing districts report a continuance of dull
trade during the past week, which is generally
expected at this season of the year. The only
foreign orders, for merchandise, of importance,
arrive from Great Britain and Russia. Business
with either European countries and the 'United
States is quite at a stand still, and the recent
troubles in Spain has entirely suspended the usual
commerce with that country. But al though busi-
ness generally is almost stationary, the silk trade
at Lyons continues to be very active. This is
caused by the dearness of raw silks, the small
quantity of silks on hand, and the increased
demand for export.

The following are the receipts of the principal
French Railways for the week ended the 30th June,
compared with the corresponding period of 1855 :-
1856. 1855.
Mediterranean 664,681 francs 423 946 francs.
Midland 114,010 „
Orleans 850,421 „ 1,089,270 „
Northern 923,4',6 ..g. „
Western 717.217 „
Eastern 819,729 ~
Lyons 920,272 „
In the above return it will be seen that there is
a diminution in all excepting the first two, which
1.......,....—a r— i,., .3,,, i..,,,L..,.40ca. &Tame last year,
on account of the Exposition, while the large
deficiency in Orleans is in consequence of a part of
the line being broken by the inundations.
Accounts from Berlin state that the monetary
conference at Vienna, for the purpose of consider-
ing the subject of establishing a uniform metallic
and paper currency throughout Germany, and
which has been for some time suspended, will
shortly resume their meetings.
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The demand for gold for the continent continues
active, and is expected to absorb all the imports
for some time to come. On Saturday the 15,9001.
ex the Catherine Adamson was taken for exporta-
tion. The sovereigns brought by this vessel were
of colonial coinage, and were bought for France.
The total value of the week's arrivals cannot be
stated at less than 678,000/. Considerable quanti-
ties of silver also continue to flow in from the Con-
tinent, for transshipment to India. The Ravens-
bourne has brought in this week 23 bags. The
Custom-house return also records the arrival of 1
box of specie and 1 case of silver per the Flora,
from St. Petersburg. The exports have likewise
been heavy. The London Custom-house weekly
statement includes 41,459 oz, of gold and 43,600 oz.
of silver, representing a total value of about
171,0001. The total ascertained shipments of the
week are thus raised to 303,4001. The chief
exports, however, have consisted of the remittances
of gold made privately to the Continent. These
are believed to have comprised nearly the whole of
the arrivals. except the 200 sovereigns ex the Ger-
truida, which were sent into the Bank, besides
some further amounts drawn from that institution.
The funds remain firm, and prices are even
quoted a shade better than they closed on Satur-
day. Consols opened at 951, and the closing quo-
tations were-95 11-16 95 13-16.

This being "name day" in the Foreign Stock
and Rsilway Share Markets, the attention of the
operators is principally absorbed by the prelimin
ary arrangements for the settlement of the fort-
night account in those transactions.

Foreign Stocks are in some measure affected by
the operations in connection with the settlement,
but the quotations are generally firmer.
The dealings in Railway Shares this morning
have been limited, but prices have improved in
some cases upon Saturday's rates. The follow
ing are the closing quotations of the clay:—
Caledonian, 611 62. Eastern Counties, 101
101. East Lancashire, 86 88. Great Northern,
96 961. Ditto A, 77 78. Great Western,
62% 621. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97. 98
London and North Western, 107/ 108. Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33i 34
Midland Stock, 821 83. North British, 38 39
South Eastern and Dover, 731 741. York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 87* 881. York and North
Midland, 63 64

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.—Yesterday the business
of this office chiefly consisted in disposing of the cases of
persons charged with being drunk and disorderly, none of
which presented any public interest.

Am aiimam MAlL.lLLetters and newspapers will be for-
warded in sealed mails to Philadelphia by the City of
Baltimore, which is appointed to sail to-morrow, the 16th
instant. Letters and newspapers to be forwarded by this
vessel must be specially addressed "by the City of Bal-
timore," and must be prepaid at the post-cffice on that
date, until 3 30 a.m., and on payment of the usual late fee
until 9 a.m.

DEMONSTRATION of ORANGEMEN.—OR Saturday last was
the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, but it being an
inconvenient day for celebration, the several orange lodges
belonging to Liverpool yesterday assembled in the township
of Wavertree, which, since processions have been stopped
from taking place, has been their annual rendezvous or
i
gathering place. From an early hour n the morning the
township was all astir, the various lodges, assembling in
goodly numbers, the members being equipped in their
h,liday clothes, and the officers of distinction, wearing large
orange scarfs, and other,emblems to show that they belonged
to the society. About noon the various lodges formed
themselves into procession, and, accompanied by flags and
banners, and an almost innumerabte number of spectators,
proceeded to march
.through Wavertree, and the principal
roads adjoining,
going as far Wootton and Childwell, the
bands playing a variety of party tunes. The Orangemen
themselves kept exceedingly good order, and the whole
affair passed off without the slightest disturbance.
Mr
Superintendent Ryde and a body of the Liverpool police'
were in attendance to prevent the main body from entering
the town, and thus, as on a previous occasion, cause a dis-
turbance. '1 he exertions and arratgements were happily
slice s;ful. Several pickpockets were apprehendedby detective
officers, while exercising their avocations, and were placed
in "durance vile." After perambulating the townships,
the Orangemen adjourned to their several lodge houses, to
plrtake of dinner, after which, in most cases, a ball con-
cluded the day's amusements. During the afternoon, the
road from Liverpool to Wavertree presented one mass of
drunkenness—men, women, and youths of both sexes, being
constantly seen rolling home in a most disgusting condition.

received

SPAIN,

From Madrid under the date of the 13th inst.,
we learn that a ministerial crisis has been declared,
but with what result the despatch is silent.

The public funds, however, continue to fall, and
the utmost anxiety as to results prevails.

ROYAL MARRIAGE.

A despatch from Carlsruhe, of yesterday's date,
announces that the affiancing of the Grand Duke
with the Princess Cecelia, youngest sister of the
Regent of Baden, had just taken place at Weldbad.

THE FRENCH FUNDS

'JAMS, ATONDAV ENENING,

The transactions on the Bourse to-day, closed
with the funds at the following quotations :—Four
and a half per cents, 94f ; three per cents, 71f 10c.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN

CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING

The reply of the King of Naples to the remon-
strances of France and England on his system of
government has, it appears, not been officially
presented, and I have heard doubts expressed in
a high political quarter, whether, on account of
the extreme insolence of its tone, it will be

Some of the newspapers say that the Greek
General Kalergi has been to Plombieres to
have an interview with the Emperor, and they
suppose that this indicates a design on the
part of the French government to take some im-
portant measures with respect to that unfortunate
country But the fact, lam aesured, is that the
General has not been to Plombieres at all. Still
it is not improbable, as indeed I told you some
time back, that if brigandage in Greece continues,
the French government will think itself called on
to, as the phiwe is " do something."
The sales of cotton at Havre during the week
amounted to 8053 bales, and the importations to
11,458. Business was brisk, and prices advanced.
The Session of the Senate was closed yesterday,
after the passing some bills previously adopted by
the Legislative Body, and amongst them that for
placing restrictions on the formation of commercial
companies on the limited liability principle (en
commandite). The Senators dispersed with cries
of " Vive l'Empereur."
Some of the papers allege to-day that the reason
why the Emperor of Russia has so long refrained
from nominating an Ambassador to this country is
that he is anxious to have all the great personages
of his Empire about him at his coronation—and
that consequently he has not been animated by any
ill-feeling to France. But this explanation comes
rather late in the day, and is by no means a satis-
factory one.
An official paper shows that the number of
bankruptcies in Paris, in the year ending 30th of
June last, was 795, and that the capital of new
companies formed, amounted to the enormous sum
of 1,994,294,000 f—very nearly £80,000,000 sterling,
or upwards of £40,000,000 more than in the pre-
ceding year. These figures show how terrible the
rage for speculation has been

Trade, during the past week, has been very dull ;
no orders have been received from the United
States or Spain, or any conntry in Europe, except
England and Russia, and very few from them.
The silk trade at Lyons, however, is remarkably
brisk, and a good deal has lately been done in
wool. Indeed, it is to transactions in silk and
wool, that the great increase of discounts of the
Bank of France, which have taken place lately, is
ascribed.

A. piece of grave news has arrived from Turin.
Tho Cardinian Government has decreed that a
million francs (40,0001). shall be immediately spent
in increasing the fortifications round Alessandria.
The reason assigned is, that the frontier is weakly
defended, and that Austria is fortifying Placentia.
The matter is represented to be of such urgent
importance, that the meeting of the Chambers
cannot be waited for,

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna says, that
in consequence of the birth of a daughter, the
Emperor of Austria has awarded a large amnesty
to political offenders, and that the confiscated
property of some Hungarian and Transylvanian
nobles is to be restored.

An arrival from Constantinople makes known
thAt Seger Pacha, the Circassian, had received
peremptory orders from the Ottoman Porte to put
an end to the war against Russia; also, that the
Turkish authorities had arrested the Cadi and 150
inhabitants of Marasch, for the murder of the
English Consular agent and his family, some time
ago. Russia, it appears, had re installed three of
her Consuls in Turkey.

PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING

The funeral of M. Fortoul, Minister of Public
Instruction, has taken place to-day with a good
deal of pomp. The funeral service was celebrated
in the church of St. Thomas d'Aquina, and the body
was interred in the cemetery of Mont Parnasse.
Speeches were delivered over the grave by Marshal
Vaillant, Minister of War; M. Dumas, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Superior Council of Public Instruction ;
and M. Renaisson, of the Institute. As the funeral
took place at the public expense, a large body of
troops were under arms, and cannon was
fired from the Invalides. The Moniteur has
published details of the last moments of the unfor-
tunate Minister. It seems that he knew perfectly
well that he was going to die, or, to use his own
words, that he was " a lost man :" but he earnestly
entreated to be bled, and when this had been done,
without success, he sent for a priest and made a
confession. He then named his wife and family
one by one, and expressed a hope that the
Emperor, whom he had faithfully served, would
provide for them, took leave of the people about
him, and then with a slight sigh expired.
In addition to the 277,000 soldiers lost by Russia
in the war, she lost, either in killed or death from
sickness, 30,000 sailors.

Count de Alontalembert has published in a
Review an article, in which he abuses Lord Palmer-
ston and the English people for their conduct with
respect to the Pope and Italy. Yet it is not long
since that the same Count published a book in
which he lauded the English people to the skies.

CANADA.—ne Grand Trunk Railway Aid Bill was
passed by the Upper House, by a large majority. The
House of Assembly had also voted the money for public
buildings at Quebec. It was threatened with an opposition
in the Legislative Council, which may prolong the session
a few days longer. According to telegraph, via Halifax,
the Quebec letter-bag missed the Boston steamer.
THE WA'VERTREE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH;—Last
evenino, a meeting of the commissioners composing this
local board, was held at the public offices, Wavertree. The
Rev. Mr. Badnall presided. The other commissioners pie
sent were—Messrs. Chaffers, Gore, Davis, Anderson, and
Rishton. The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed. The only other business under the consider-
ation of the board was a plan submitted by Mr. Newlands
for the sewerage and drainage of the district, which was
read, but, for obvious reasons, the several items as to the
expense were omitted. A brief conversation followed as to
the practicability of carrying out certain portions of the
plans, for instance, the drainago of Lance-lane, and Bishop-
street, but eventually the plan was adopted, and the clerk
was directed to forward a copy thereof to the general board
in London, requesting them to give their sanction to the
board carrying the plan into effect. The board then
adjourned.

PACKET-SHIP ISAAC WEBB.—The following is a copy of
a letter presented to Captain J. M. Dryer, of that ship, by
his cabin passengers :—" Liverpool, 11th Ju1y,1856. Dear
Sir,—We think it our duty, before leaving Liverpool, thus
t) express our thanks for your kindness to us, as well as to
every passenger on board your ship; at the same time to
convey the high esteem in which we hold your seamanlike
qualities, clearly evinced by your coolness, intrepidity, and
judgment, all combined, when surrounded by danger and
difficulty of no ordinary description. We witnessed
your unceasing attention to your ship from the moment she
left the d .ck until driven by that terrific gale of last Mon-
day night on such a fearful rockbound coast. We and all
the passengers feel that, under Almighty
Providence, we are
indebted to your conduct, and that of your chief mate, your
brave officers and crew, for our safety on that awful occa-
sion. We regret on your account the misfortune to your
fine chip; had she not been of unusual strength, we can well
understand she must have bona to pieces that dreadful
night. We hope soon to hear of your ship being afloat
once more, and may, possibly, on some future occasion,
have the pleasure of a voyage under your command. Believe
us, dear sir, yours respectfully."