The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-02 00:00:00

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THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA,

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AMP BEFORE SERASTOI'OL

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, 4111 18.—Now that' military operations are
Letnporarily abandoned, and, indeed, rendered
nearlximpossible by,the weather and the state
the ground,. there, is,no more intereting: itiicleration : s
than. the condition :, of '' :
su)
?hes condemned to .a. brief inaction
servation, and theevidenef'e etbf r--
both medical and non-m
•
;lllithout hesitation,' that there never was ai.
1 the,- field iir wintery s 0
,ell 'elo
''' 'thed, ft d
in dg3d, and so health, as thA °-'
the Crin'n- •

We_ trob

Mv. ow

al, enable rne'to

Disease, i

a9ori'advanceB,.9ripeat's to diniinish, and

It on excellentat
mon -'

id of inereasir

does tra
not exceed five per.cent., the army Without the land trans)
111°re than its
proportion of illnep
InOre than four nor- ocmt.'
ted. - • -

ne entire

number of sick

a the army

while

is a highly aati
ad will apiiear
ho liave been aecust

t_...,0t"
roportiontai of the alb t:-...
.
Itr, 6cposure, want of sufficient to,-
4,•, Togect
.of our proper sanitary preea.u,..
hn'__lnc.tu t being by. any means hard worked; the ny
4ve .enough to do to keep them healthy; an
))'3eettbl)37 time which many of them might otherwis
1%-rii°l;"abl.:,-- misspend. And they do their, tvoril
t-ingly and 'without grumbling. A drunken ma
his road is now comparatively a rarity, and the
• 1.
1p me of the army has manifestly gained
'argely by the amendment. Yesterday was a fine
taILIZY'I:IaY ; the hard ridges and furrows of frozen
---- Yielded to the foot of horse and man, and
Ilcion after breakfast the Light Division was seen
ttninarelli.ng briskly across the plateau in fine con i
t,•,,T.,arld well v.p to its work, with its regimental
in-", s; Sometimes they go. clown to Inkermann,t
~...,Slght of the Russians, who forthwith turn on , - 'vision to match, and as they- happened the
Wher -day to be joined* by 'another division, thed
foUskiies also produced second—all it is Stipose beyond
:07tile sake. of symmetry. The Highlanders,
:ond liftman,' have an •excellent ground,
I:,,'Thr they have overlaid with ' sand; so that
f',; '8 . always dry. I wish I could speak as
hivani•ably of the situation of their cam. The
t„„4/4e,.° they were in last autumn appeared to me
~,er.
There is a want here of some competent
Person or persons, whose duty it should be to
',elect sites for encampments, and Whose orders
.saoUld be obeyed—with due reference, of course,
.t.O strategical necessities. As regards the cleanli-
,.ess of the eaten, there is little fault to be'founcl.
eu-enerally speaking, it is as clean as can be
xpeeted, and very different indeed from what it
v_cts twelve months back. No dead animals,, offal,,
blood; manure, or unwholesomomatter of.any kiwi.
are allowed to lie about. ' Of the dead animals
that one sees in riding about- the country hardly
one belongs• to us. Tito .strict. standing order
for the burial of carrion is , rigidly and most
,I'.o.perly enforced; and it would be well if our
;Allies were eually particular in this respect. _The
Ibltportance of drainage
.4er -
e and. there is not lost sight of, and one
'llls hi sees some very excellent work of
tb. nd. For instance, the Royals, quartered on
e side of a hill near-Kaman, lm
made a catch
water drain at some; height above them, and, io
Ret rid
;L:er,.„ of the water which that drain does not
cept, a second.trench is cut immediately in
at of their huts. This, if I mistake not, is one
of th. ,
iZttn,i, - plans suggested lasts pring by the sanitary
aission, and in this and in other instances- it
li(gAratifYing to find that the labours of tnat.intel-
th4aV and practical body have borne more fruit
hat; el °4ld, perhaps,. under all the circumstances,
ueen
sent auticipated,. The sick ,and wounded
izonio, away from the Crimea have lately averaged
tt o',o a ‘l,--eeli., but just' noNV a' large..slajp..-,
tllll'n-,.:8 ttaliinef place.. :jhe, Great Tasmania
invalids sniP, the necOnamodation of which 4.
104 '''S
IS of the very best description, is!-'
ceed to E„i ;,. , •
!li)), d. ', and, with
Li.. isa.l-o—, -

to pe

runca

s which arose chi

about to

vu troni various causes. -
-.4k-while •
wound ease* 'Most of the men who go by.her,a,rt
trtore ill 8. It is possible that she will take
Ore not aci,vl4°?; but, up to this time, the numher
the ~,,,,,, -4°N.V known. For the -last three 'daye.
invaii:;i""q") hospitals have been sending (town
It will solte in cuts, some en eacolet on mules.,
v e
sue .' !Je-gratifying to the friends of those 9,-eere,rs to know that nothing can exceecletclle bfc:.d`tormO
411 hlnclness with which 1-11Qver° conveyed
des. eam►, to Scutari, RenVof, or England, as their

thilNttn
io hg of t

lnYthir

let,

11lif
eadcult ---to ascertain
Ilpo . ..._ .
9-ctu' Our gallant Allies are very reserve
„
j w, le il
' the subject; nri 01'10 is reduced l'-
'.,
o
s founded on What one see with ' °wig; I greatly fear that they are neither .
- '-' ---..--- Qtrnv. Making —fin

well
alio off nor so • healthy .ag our at iL. .
atidwanee for the ' difference of race anti. aspect
asn f°r the naturally- Bellew. complexion and
,r? frame. of ,the.nativeS of some of the, Fre.neli
:°i'dv'nees, I cannot say that Marshal Pelissi!rs
till:ie." ha,ve generally the appearance of
_being
611,1 feu. and cared for as our men. Certainly
wb,-"„l.tavo not that. robust look of rude health
tin ',4- onr fellow.s present. Theyl may, however,
• h - ‘ll
g"d working condition. But I fear theird
,e__BPitals are fuller than they ought to be,- an
0-t
fain !lEiBllrea by
, Persons who are more in the way
are seethg
l'-en'll funerals than I am,
,o.,very..nunierou,,.. that these
' As to the Sardinians they
10.1.- a little thin' and inched (the Crimean cold
~_ el Het must be
tgo3iestuart to Italy's children), l
d.ed ' soltd?eirul-PYY. as ' ever; their healtl-'
fteirettlY
,00d, and their , sick. are well taken
lii) - Yl' Scurvy had appeared among them,
bbut.
ahiYeet not wantY great extent. It is •atti-i
diet t;.° the of a due proportion of vegetableu
Atte, also tO hard work and exposure...
that' *exhibiting some of the great improvements
and Pave been made in the provisioning, clothing,
ie •eclßing of our army, it‘may be per
to
Mann
1.,. Whether .they are effected in a provideen
theri„,,—,r, and without waste' and iquandering?..,N 7
het"' .1-3 strong reason to 'believe, that the thing is
cill'algtiot;erdone in... some respects, and that. a vast
whim or' Stores has come, or is coming out,
1 will •
'certainly not 'be of the slightest use,
until
~ next winter. Before next winter peace may
,11- elade, this army, or a large portion of it;
TrtY be hundreds of miles away from Balaclava.
ra,
ii, risPott is expensive, and there are such. things
, ntht.li and worin in the Crimea. However
Clic— transnort pia be provided, the cry will still
..,e for more'.
obliged to Mut, although officers may be
reduce themselves to light marching
;,,,'cler. government...stores cannot be abandoned.
~,'° ntysteries of quartermaster-generals' depart.
`kients, . pureyors' -'stores, and the like re-.
ceptaoles of: army, rieeessiiries, are not to be
rashly.. or . ea.aily. .ponetrated by profane eyes,
and I, limit ' 111y8 Of for the present, to a few
Inquiries : Is it 'tine that :the superabundance of
Warnr clothing at Balaklava, is as ' great as its
Bear •' last year NViIS fatal ? Is it true that,
although 'every man has had ' twO Pairs of warm
„"oekinas served out to Ithn, there are still CO,OOO
'Sirs in° store, and that others are still., arriving,
While some, ,which were ,here alVlast tinter, but
iettld not be found, are being shipped and sent-away?
it a fact or a fie tiim that watercasks, are being
se
put 'together by the
lit out here in staves, to ba , . .
(4,....
, "Pers of the Army Works Corps., while. here in
t-4111P casks and barrels of all sizes and kinds (por-
;el., rem, sugar, &e.) are used to make co i!ttlepens, ami: broken up by hundreds for
commissariat
fuel?
_,
(7 it true, that 1,200 pairs of' cherry-colOurebd
(7
it
have eolUe' out for the use of tIL., llt
t;,:sul's, who muster . ;100 or 350 men? It is
(.4'e that some thousand pounds' worth
-', fur hoots have just :arrived here to be
t,0,“1, to the army, which is extremely unlikely
- 'IIY them? To descend to smaller things.
the Its of stories' All
8.
.are current' Concerting.;
Wattthe extraordinary delicacies that are sent out for
‘vili '4BO of the sielt in hospital—champagne, .soda
eau (le Cologne, rose water, kte. And there
Ge .urne 300 tons of crystal ice housed in the old'
"(Inge castle lit Balahlava, which is not Of much
Iltility just now, seeing that we have plenty of ice
tl:ea',l(l'lntean manufacture. But.of the ice let us not
lt lightly, for it has alleviated human suffering.
)earlwas already here before winter began, and has
fonnd useful in the treatment of wounds,
iota'
around which it causes a numbness of the
.10"' Which greatly lessens the pain opera-
),2 poor fellow whe was lying asleepp on his
cIC When the French siege train blew up, and

wes;

rge of the.divisional roads .as aSsistnut-engineer
was superintending the blastina of some rock
n he imprudently approached a fuse which ha(

s fun

but wtnen 'he believed; from tilt
had elapsed, to have gone out
Ie powder over it when the mit
tif.,* him on thaspot,-and leidly IV
The amiahl

tie w

. . .
I whose jatt, was frightfully smashed by the fall. of
1 ri. projectile, had the injured ' bones taken' out •, i____
in this manner, with eomparatiVely little Suffering.
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NewYorli
The weather has been' very variable since I last h ' -- ---
'papers contain accounts of numerous
ii)wreeks attended with loss of lives, the'itoSt 'serious
wrote. We have had frost, snow, . thaw, rain, and 's ' fine Sunny days, and little wind: There was snow aPtiong these_ disasters being the foundering of the Havre
lust night; , to-day -the' ground • was soft and packit•ship St Denis, a ,dOuble;decked vessel of 997
ir avy ; tai-night,itfreees. Dr.'Doyne's road 'stands tons burthen, whith has made several trips between
st of this, changeable and trying Weather very ..tiavre -aliA New York during 'thepast eight' years.
indeed-. The traffic on it is enormous, and, it he v;:as built in 1848, and fitted up in handsome
•es some ,care to get along without accident. Style as a first-class ship. The clew, ineln4ing...the
deplorable accident occurred on Tuesday last, '
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in front of the commissariat of the-Fourth DiviSion: captain, numbeted thirtvlthree smils, and Oct
Lieutenant_ A- . ' ' - ' '

LOSS OF THE PACKET-SHIP ST.

Was a full one, and the, vessel
,was separately valued at
63 000 dollars, 26,000 of which were covered by. insu-

rears from the statements of the first mate

I other survivors that the ship encountered a terrible

hurric

when two days out of the port--of New -York,-

by ivliich she foundered 130 miles miles from Sandy ilool

Great exertions were made by the captain to

save the.

passepgers and ship, but without success, I I or the 4G souls

were picke

bound.to New

the captain

',.steward, &c., weredrowned.

1104,, an

foLind on t

on the oa

NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1866

POLICE. COURT-YESTERDAY

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BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN j. H. TtlitNFIL)

CHARGE AGAINST A BioitEß.—Patrick Mira, a
_licensed broker, residing in Greetham-street; was
brought up; by detective Povey, who said he was passing
the houseof the defendant the previous evening, ;when
he sate a fieri-linotin-thief leaVc the place, and, suspect-
ing all was not right, he enteiddi afidroti leaching, along
with ;licculloch, they found a variety of property, for
the possession of which, no account could be given ty
the defendant. Among.the property was about ten lbs.
veiglit of hutter,'which,formed part of:twenty-four lbs.

had been stolen. troth the 814 of Mrs. Anne Lang,

, otackstone-street, Saturday night at ten o'clock.
Mr. Chilton waifor,the prisoner, 'and stated that his
client was a s'aoemaker, and was engaged out Ett wont )
his- wile kept the,shop, and was near her confinement,
and, in ordet'to preparefor the event, she had purchased
the butter frotn a woman. Mr. Clough said there were
three; shops in the street that acted as-pawnbrokers, and
astOlii4bing the quantity of property collected

ne.pris,-)ner *as reManded:
citing women, named Ellen
Jcittee and Ellen Murphy, were ehargekl with stealing a
quantity of kit If from theshopnf .51r. Maes; Scotland-
also- a jacket,i'rom the shop of Mr. Levy. Park
-
hie first article was pledged, and the tickets
the prisoners, and the jacket was found on the
persdn of one Of the prisoners. The stuff was worth
355, and was pleged for 3s ; the jacket was worth 255.
''he prlspners were committed fur three months.
" 0-41" 'OUT YOU MoNiczy ! "—Thomas Price, a fine
athletic young fellow, that would do credit to the Guards,
was brought np on a charge of having stolen a Valua
"ring-tailed monkey," or " whistler of the woodS,'' from
the public-house of Hr. John AtkinSon, Hurst-street.
" The little darling ". was held in the most affectionate
manner in the brawney arms of officer 111, amid con-
siderable•latighter. The monkey did not seem to relish
the merriment it caused, and apparently, for the purpose
of avoiding public gaze, crud:ed under the coat of his
Protector, and this caused a renewal of the laughter,
which was singularly augmented, when a very beautiful
Young lady 'entered the box, in order to' sustain the
charge.
.The lady was evidently affected with a portion
orthe laiighing-gas, for she laughed most heartily, and
all the people in the court joined in the chorus, although-
after; the fit was over, several persons wondered' why they
had acted so foolishly; for sure, said a person present,
monkies are not such rare sights, as we see plenty in the
streets daily. „After .some time, the officer said the
prisoner was handed over to him the previous night by
theyoung lady, fdr stealing the monkey. The young
lad,- said the prisoner entered the house the previous
evening, and bad-a glass of-ale at the counter. Jocko
was on the counter enjoying himself. The prisoner
cast an " evil eye" on the " duekey," and, after asking a
word or ttvo about Its pedigree, he snapped it up and
ran'aWay with it. The policeman was called, and went
" hot foot " atter the prisoner, whom he found offering
the " hanimal" for sale in; neighbouring public-house.
He immediately arrested .the prisoner, and, as if by
instinct, the monkey knew hii deliverer—he clung won-
derfully to officer 111. In reply to the charge, the
prisoner scratched his head, and pulled up his shirt-
sleeyes, '(he had-no coat on,) twisted his body into many
forms, and then said, " it's . a mistake altogether. I
went to have_a gill of ale, and I had a drop of drink in
Me at the time, and the d-1 an atom of harm I had in it
more than a child unborn. I only wanted a' bit of a
lark; and just ran out with Jack." He was cautioned,
and discharged, and the young lady received back the
" Whistler " with great satisfaction.
RAISING THE WIND.•--A young fellow named John
'Fisher; was charged with having stolen a bundle, con-
taining half-a-dozenbellows from the shop of Mr. Simon
Frater, St. Anne-Street- - The windy instruments were
inside the door; and the pfiSOfier, no doubt for the
purpose of " raising the wind" in another way, ran off
with them, Ile .was, sent to gaol for three months.
13AD CuituAcrEns.7---William Stanway and Robert
Parry, two persons described by the police as bad charac-
terS, and reported house-breakers, w ere sent to gaol for
one'inonth•each, for lurking about Shaw7strept, at: two
o'clock in the morning.

(nEniliE MR. MANSFIELD
" Thomas Mackerel, a publican of West 'Derby-road,
was'suminoned for permitting a police-constableto be in
his hoUse while on duty. Mr. Aspinall appeared for
the defendant, and raised a, technical Objection to the
wording:of,the, summons, which the magistrates ruled
was correct, and the defendant was dismissed.
The follOiving beerhouse-keepers were summoned for
trading during the proscribed boUrs',on Stinday :—Thos.
Dutton, Presea-street; Richard Owens,, Finch-street
Thomas Brethwaite, Tarlton-street; John
,Williams,
Naylor-street; Elizabeth Hughes, Potteries ; Samuel
Peat and. John Smart, Park; each of whom-were fined
in trifling amounts.

EMIGRATION-FROM LIVERPOOL DURING-
' THE PAST MONTH.

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During the month of January, the number of pas-
senger vessels corning under the emigration act, des-
pateled from Liverpool to the United States, was 10
4hips, or f 3,219 tons, carrying 1065 passengers; to Aus-
tralia_2 .hip.. ~P n'n

-- • 1.1(10,,OLI JJII/8
A total of 13 ships, 18,298. -tons,• rand 1426 passengers.
however, there were 23 "short ships"
.hich do not, from their number of
....igers,-corneunder the operation of the emigrant act)
of 23,224 fans, "Which carried out. 734 passengers, viz, :
14fships to the United States, of 21,072 tons, carrying
603 passengers, 3to South Atuerica, of. 913.6 tons, carry-
ing 7 passengers ; one to Australia (Adelaide), carrying
111 assengers ; • one to the West Indies, of 667 tons
carryinA-'ll passengers; one to the West Indies, of 667
tons; carrying-6 passengers, and one to the East Indies,
carrying,w passengers. This shows a grand total during
January-of 37 ships, of 41,522 tons, carrying 2,150 pas-
sengers. This exhibits a great falling off, for during the
same month last year, while the number of strictly emi-
grant vessels despatched to all parts was only 11, the
passengers. they carried amounted to 6,612. The following
table shews the date of sailing &c, of the. Australian
vessels i ft-January
Date 'Name tons Pas Destination Owners
5 Oliver Ling 1216 115 Alelhourne James Baines Co.
17 Royal Charter 2719 250 do. • Gibbs Bright & Co.
22 Sardinian 1124 82 do. Pilkington & Wilson
22 Elltm Misters-498 •• 14 Adelaide' - Edwnnd Thompson

passengers, or

that is IcsselS

TIM ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY,

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, TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—The committee of investigation, referring to aletter
in the Post, and feeling that the members of the society are
moreintefeited in the honesty of their officers than in that
,of their' intellectual capacity, refrain from making any 'com-
ment ii"pini the grammatical construction of the letter, fur-
ther than this, that they think the united intelligence of a
.body cifinen who have thrust themselves into the position
.of managers of the funds of the poor to theeitentlof upwards
of ten thousand pounds of annual income, should enable
them to write a few sentenv,s, if not of good • English, at
least of common sense. The committee beg' distinctly to
disclaim all knowledge of the committeeman mentioned
therein, and also to state that being perfectly acquainted
with the unclean character of thegentletnen with whom they
had to-alit in this, matter, and bearing in mind the saying,
before you:wrestle with a sweep put on a sooty jacket,"
they have purposely refrained from mentioning by name any
individual collector or officer except uhen compelled by
necessity to do so. They, however, regret that his state.
meat was not true, and that instead of four of the collectors
being, as he stated, honest, it appears there is Lot even one
clean, as stated by Mr, Ellis. Who Mr. Ellis is
they are.
at a es to., discover, as his name does not appear on the
list,of committeemen for last year, Oil, as the pnblic are
.aware, there Was no committee, elected this year, unless it
may have been at the mock. meeting in the cellar, Baying-
ton-hill. This committee. feel it unnecessary to do more
tjjAn allude to the paltry insinuations regarding Mr.
Shepherd: That gentleman is too well know.' as-the
friend'Of the working-man in 11,iierpool to need a! y defence
at their.hands from the clumsy attempt. at wit of a gentle-
wan of-such doubtful entity, as Mr. Ellis. In conclusion
tlxy 'hes toniay to the public that the inquiry is progressing
xOpitllr, and that these gentlemen may possibly be started
v" the: denouement which awaits them.
•.; On behalf of the Committee.
• F. MTHI'LLIPS, Hon. Sec. 1

VIENNA, TRURSDAY.—The Turkish Ambassador in this
city has been empowered to sign the protocol if neces-
sary.

The Ipading articles of the London papers, on the
opening of Parliament, do not contain'any very striking
reflections:
The Times, alludin?; to the congress of Paris, remarks
that it is a rare, indeed unexampled, thing for parliament
to ineet, oVeishadowed by the far greater interest of o her
tieJiberations. The debate,
Le was,
rfe'ii; peculiarities, and, in truth, very little h
interesting. it says, presented very

THE LINDON AND SOUTIT-WESTERN RAILWAY.--
taiie Directors have resolved to recommend at a
general meeting, on the 14th February; that the
divideni for the-half-year, ending 31st December, 185.5,
be at the, rate of £5 12s. Gd. per cent. per annum
vanital, making with the previous dividend X 6
per cent., for the year.
The Taurnai des Debats states; that the peace protocol
had not been signed at Vienna on the 27th. The Dehats
Say,thitt'the following-formalities will be observed on
the'oecasion :—Count Buol will convoke the plenipo-
teritiarieSl,'a&l., in the piesence of Prince' Gortsehakoff,
he will read to them the note which contains the condi-
tions proposed by Austria. Prince Gortschakoff, on his
part, will read the despatch of M. de Nesseirode, and a
protocol of those two readings will be drarni up, Which
will be signed by the five plenipotentaries,