The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-06 00:00:00

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desolate. If the cataclysm had been confined to
one or two towns or limited districts, there would
have been less need to call on foreign countries
to aid- the sufferers, but the mischief done to
the population of the inundated provinces amqunts
to a national calamity, for which France was not
piepared, and hence the necessity of foreign
assistance. The EMPEROR has done all that
humanity and liberality could suggest, still there
must be a vast deal more required to place so large

a number of people in anything like the position
they were in before the lamentable event
took place. The rivers Rhone and Saone,
with their several tributaries, appear to
have been the greatest devdstators. They
broke over their respective valleys with uniform
violence, and it is quite impossible to say
_ _ _

what influence such wide spread destruction may
have on the produce markets of France. The
quantity of growing corn, and other necessaries of
life which have been destroyed, must be very great,
and if those losses should be followed by a short

harvest in other localities, the inundations will
have added much to the general scarcity, and em-
barrassment.

A moment then should not be lost in endeavour-
ing to relieve the sufferers. The present hour of

misfortune presents a fitting opportunity to those

who wish to pay a lasting tribute of respect to the
devotion and bravery shown by the French nation
throughout the late war, and to perpetuate those
feelings of mutual confidence and friendship which
happily exist between the two countries at the

present time. Generous and noble acts will
outlive the stories of war, and the friendships
formed by Allies on the battle-field. And
now the moment has arrived, when we can, with a

peculiar good grace, show that we are sincere in
our often repeated professions of friendship, and
r those ties of mutual good-

desire to draw close

will, that ought at

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neighbouring Stat

By the last accounts from Lyons and

is environs

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING

There has been no change in the Cotton Market
to-day, but a moderate busines has been done,
the sales amounting to 8,000 bales, of which 2,000
have been taken for speculation and export.

The Liverpool Share Market opened this
morning with considerable firmness, but became
easier during the day, and closed weak
at the following quotations :—Aberdeen, 13
134. Chester and Birkenhead, 15f 16. Cale-
donian. 30k 30,1. Chester and Holy-
head, 16 161 Eastern Counties, 10 l 16 10 3 16. East
Lancashire, 104 198 Great Northern. 23124 Ditto
A, 9k 10k. Great Western, 604 601. Lancashire and
Yorkshire Stock, 82?-, 821. Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport, 171 171. London and North Western
Stock, 1011 102. Manchester Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, 291 29k Ditto Pref., 14 111. Ditto New 6
per cent. Pref., 2 Ip. Midland Stock, 784 78k.
North British, 88 9. North Staffordshire, 6 50.
South Eastern and Dover; 211 21 9-16. York, New-

castle, and Berwick, 20 3-16 20 5-16. York and North
Midland, 291- 24 Leeds Capital Stock, 17! 17g.
Buffalo and Lake Huron, 14 lip. Dutch Rhenish,
1 3.16. lip. Great Western of Canada, 25 25g.
211-16 p. Great Luxembourg,

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THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE RETURN OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR

PARIS, THURSDAY NIGHT,

His Majesty the Emperor returned from the
provinces to the capital to-day. His Majesty will,
early to-morrow, set out for Orleans and the -valley
of the Loire, which is also inundated. The rain
has fallen heavily all over France for the last
twenty-three hours.
A new credit of 10,000,000 francs for the relief of
the flooded districts was proposed to-day at the
Council of Ministers.

General Sir W. F. Williams, the hero of Kars
arrived here today en route to London.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING

The inundations are, happily, everywhere sub-
of damage they have done

The amoun

actly ascertained, but it is stupen-

ptions for the sufferers have been
11 newspaper offices, at the Bourse,

art—a I arg

in various

M. Mire

ha 3 given X

e individual

in these parts ; and it is expected that Messrs.
Rothschild, Periere, and other great men on the
Exchange, will give more, in order not to be out.

s expected back to Paris to-day,
extended his journey from Lyons to
ignon and Arles, he will not be able to return

Li(
Stanton,

to aid th

I to-morrow. I hear that some of the authorities,

aided by the police, are trying to persuade the
workmen of the Faubourg St. Antonie, to give him
an ovation on his arrival.

It has occurred to the government whether, in
consequence of the inundations, it would not be
advisable to curtail the fetes of the baptism of the
Imperial Prince of much of their splendour, and
to give the money they would cost to the subscrip
tion for the sufferers from the inundations:Z. But,
on reflection, it has been determined not to do this,
in order not to deprive the smaller class of traders
of Paris of the profits which any public festivity
gives them.
Aali Pasha, the Turkish Grand Vizer, is ex-
pected in Paris this evening, from London.
The Empress visited the cattle show again
yesterday, and a Tyrolian gallantly offered her
Majesty two cows. The Empress having accepted
them, the honest fellow took her by the hand and
shook it heartily sans facon.
The solemn blessing, or, as it is called,
" baptism," of four new bells, for the cathedral of
Notre Dame, took place this day, with a good
deal of pomp, at the cathedral. The archbishop
officiated.

The French Journal of Frankfort, a semi-official
organ of the Austrian government, contains, in its
number received today, an important declaration,
namely, that the signing of the treaty of the 15th
April, by France, Austria, and England, has led to
their " coming to an understanding on all the great
questions which occupy Europe."
The Paris papers contain nothing worthy of
notice on the American affair. I speak of the
papers which count for something.
The Bourse has again been bad to-day.

THE BIRKENHEAD
DOCKS' BILL.

THE BILL DEFEATED

PREAMBLE NOT PROVED

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY,

The select committee on the Birkenhead Docks' Bill
re-assembled to-day, Sir William Clay in the chair.
The other members of the committee present were—Sir
Edward Dering, Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. J. C. Ewart,
and Mr. Esmonde. The room was much crowded with
parties interested, from Liverpool. Amongit others
present, we noticed the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Alder-
man S. Holum, Mr. C. Turner, Mr. James Rolme, Mr.
Harold Littledale, Mr. T. F. Bennett, &c., &c.
The counsel present were—Mr Hope Scott, Mr.
Sergeant Merewether, and Mr. Lush, on the part of the
promoters; and Mr. Calvert, Mr. Webster, and Mr.
Burke on beh di of the opponents.
Ir. Webster put in a table of reference to the esti-
lendell's and Mr. Hartley's plans, as
endell in his examination of Monday

Mr. Wagstaff, solicitor, addressing the committee
said that before they proceeded to the legitimate busi•
ness of the day, they would perhaps permit him, as
Mr. M'Cormack's solicitor, to explain some matters
referred to by Mr. Rendell in his evidence, affecting the
character of Mr. M'Cormack. In Mr. Rendell's evi-
dence, on the 2nd of June, he imputed to Mr. M'Cormack
certain motives which were not very agreeable to that
gentleman. It had been insinuated that he gave evi-
dence before the committee in the hope of deriving
some benefit from the Liverpool corporation ; and
prejudicial observations had also been made in connec-
tion with the contract between Mr. M'Cormack and Mr.
Brasse.y. Now, Mr. M'Cormack was desirous of 'setting
himself right in that proceeding. The reason why
Messrs. Brassey and M'Cormack declined to continue
their contract, in carrying out Mr. Rendell's plans at the
Birkenhead docks was, that they discovered that there
was not sufficient security on the works themselves,
which, according to the contract, was to be their
guarantee for payment for completing the works hav-
ing agreed to be paid in bonds, on the decks, and they
saw that there was not sufficient quay space, according
to Mr. Rendell's plan, to pay the interest on their out-
ay. Mr. Rendell had stated in his evidence, that they
had abandoned the contract, in the hope of getting some-
thing from the Liverpool dock committee. That was
altogether untrue, and Mr. M'Cormack was present to
give the most emphatic denial to such a statement, by
being called, or otherwise, and to ask the committee to
strike that portion of Mr. Rendell's evidence out of the
short-band writing notes.
Mr. Webster said this WAS the most extraordinary
proceeding that he. ever heard of in his life. What
Mr. Wagstaff complained of, simply arose out of cross-
examination, in which it was proved that Messrs.
Brassey and M'Cormack were under a contract to com-
plete the docks according to Mr. Rendell's plan, which
they afterwards abandoned. He denied that any impu-
tation was intended to be cast upon Mr. M'Cormack's
hon our.

Mr. Wagstaff: Well, then, if the imputation is with-
drawn, I shall be satisfied, but I will read the question
and answer, as put to Mr. Rendell, from the short-hand
writers' notes

Mr. Webster : I object to this proceeding, as most
irregular. No imputation was intended, and I am
quite sure that Mr. Rendell will withdraw any, if it is
considered that there was one.

Mr. Wagstaff: Very well, if the imputation is with-
drawn, and it does not appear on the face of the notes,
I have nothing further to say.
Mr: Webster: Certainly, there was no imputation
intended, and I hope the corporation of Liverpool have
not printed it (Laughter.)
Mr. Hope Scott, for the promoters, rose and said : On
behalf of the corporation of Liverpool having duly
weighed what fell from the committee at their last meet-
ing, and having considered how far it would serve their in-
terests to proceed with;this enquiry, it has been decided
that you shall not be addressed by counsel on behalf of the
promoters. The matter, then, will stand as it did on
Monday last. We leave the decision in your own
breasts, not feeling disposed to interfere with it at all.
The Chairman repeated his statement of Monday--
that the committee considered they had sufficient evi7
dence before them in reference to the two sys.ems for
completing the docks, and did not wish to hear further
evidence, but were still ready to hear counsel on either
side. If, however, the promoters of the bill, acting
ander the advice of the learned counsel, did not feel
disposed to address the committee, he presumed that the
room must be cleared for the committee to deliberate.
Mr. Hope Scott : Any speech I might make would
simply further prove the advantages of the plan pro-
posed by the"prornoters.
The Chairman: Then perhaps the room had better be
cleared.

vs.• •
The room was accordingly cleared, and on our
re-admission,
The Chairman said : The decision of the committee
is that the preamble of the bill is not proved..

OPEN-AIR PREACHING.-Oa Sunday next, at half-past
two in the afternoon, on the vacant ground, between the
Two Foundry's, Windsor, when the Rev..V. M.. White and
other miniiit ra' will address the meeting. The services will
be continued every Sunday during the summer months.

FOREIGN IN I'ELLIGENCE,

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THE EAST

Despatches from Marseilles, dated the 4th inst.,
announce that the Lycurgue has arrived, with
advices from Constantinople of the 22nd, and from
the Crimea of the 20th. She brought 389 soldiers.
The war steamers Coligny, Sane, and Megere have
arrived with troops from Kinbourn. The steamers
Lady Jocelyn, Glasgow, and New York have arrived
nith troops from Kamiesh.

THE ARMY IN THE EAST,

Intelligence from the late seat of war has been
received, up to the date of the 21st ultimo. From
it we gather that 56,000 men of the French army
has already embarked, and nearly the whole of
the Sardinians have left the Crimea. Our own
movement seems like a gigantic railway train,
slow to start, hut will doubtless rattle away

presently at a great pace. The Corfu regiments
are now gone, and those of Gibraltar

are to

be the next to follow. Guns, shot, Ste., are
being embarked in the SebastOpol harbour, but
the troops will all go on board ship at Balaklava.
enant-Colonel James, R. E., Lieutenant Col.
R E , and Captain Gordon, R E., have
1 for Bessarabia to survey the line of the

new boundary

between R

commission

advice and exp

The strangest, but t
and best attested fact

foldavia, and

is this

heir professional

[he most universally asserted
learned from our late ene-

That, had t

fire continued, they

add have blown up t

and evacuated

the south side of the town on the tenth, or at
farthest on the 12111 of September, that is, either
two or four days after the assault. The fire was
too tremendous and all-searching to be withstood.
The officer of one regiment, which garrisoned the
Malakhoff from the evening of the 6th till the
evening of the 7th, said they marched in 3,400 men
with 70 officers, and when they were relieved 2,800
men and 51 officers had been killed or wounded by
shell and shot.
General Codrington has written a flattering

after•order on the occasion of the Sardinian

Commander-in-chiefs departure, and has ordered
a guard of honour to be in readiness to attend him
on embarking.