The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-16 00:00:00

se, . is tho present

English otticers. The position of the laL,- tv
however, been an awkward one since'the deP3rip
of General Williams 'from Armenia; bute tl
Stratford has ordered Colonel 'Geales, tilig
Madras Artillery, to join. them, armed with a,,eci?'
powers bfith- from the English and TurliisLolt):
vernments. This mode of meeting the dil';l3,
is the very best.that conld. be devised.. Ev‘-'l•Joofr
hopes to see General Williams back at his old 505
by next spring. The main body of the 13,05ssciilj,
have retired from Kars, taking all the gunshoiß
them. The road to Gumri is represented as "
quite open; despite the snow.

RAILWAY BILLS 'IN PARLIAMENTA—The 10.41
the House of Commons, Messrs. Smith and. 1il81:40314
with the exception of some postponed cases, cohl;, Dv.„
their inquiries into the 189 bills before parliamerwitir
none of them, it is understood, will go into coul°3
before the Easter recess.
It appears.from a Parliamentaly return printed Yes`:(l, r
that the total number of wrecks and casualties rePoriejoildoi
having occurred to vessels on the coasts of the ep
Kingdom, in 1855, was 1,141, representing a burr; Col"
176, 544 tons. Orthese vessels 963 Were British,
vial, and 116 foreign

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ABBA ci,
TR OBSERVANCE.--A deputation, consisting
Rei. J. Keeling, president, and other members of the -t,
vted
leyan Conference, had an interview with Viscount
rod
ston on Thursday, to represent the effects to be *Price rile
to the Wesleyan congregations and schools front t'i
sure proposed by Sir Joshua Wahnsley. eve(
Accounts from the Crimea to the 21st ult. renreroll
Lieut. Denham Massy, 19th Regiment, the young -011 pt
the Redan, as sitting up, and likely to be able '1409
move about on crutches. This young officer is sr:'
c,
about resigning his commission in the British setvl,,,riete
to enter that of the Emperor of the French as a pare bl
in a regiment of Zouaves, a rank which we veil, Prt.
prophesy will not be long held by the young h.er;'o,„4
gets an opportunity of active service. His relative
Godfrey Massy, of the same regiment, is also,
the service.--Limerick Chronicle. stet

011
PRUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCES.—A clipionl-.10t9
patch has been published, dated the 7th i'resero,
and signed by the Prime Minister, which l'efroO'v
the views entertained by the court of :;00fea
Prussia accepts the five prepositions, and is read) „10",,,o
part in the Paris conferences if invited. Prussi3rlc-eoti,t,
to procure the acceptance of the Germanic contrelle„'r'
provided she is specially represented at the col: di` e,
so as to permit her to follow and appreciate th-,,,00fii
views which may be entertained by the different,roo4`et
This is thought to refer to the fifth point, thouga vo•
ro
not stated. It is believed at Berlin that Austria 11,41 De
a middle course, and will be satisfied if the (I'd t
Diet accepts the propositions with the omissi°l;
fifth point, but there is no official confirmation cf.
THE ENGLISH MINISTERS AT THE CONFila relief
The Times remarks that those who are about, if 11,111
th
sent Great Britain at Paris, may be excused „itli#
enter upon their task with any anxiety and net'rcaet,
some misgivings. The course they have
not so difficult. The Times says :—" Let 15101,11116
to P° letyy
tentaries bring us home. good terms and the?, shs',A
applauded. Let them reject bad ones and they 50 50 1,10
supported. Above all, let them fear nothinbaro4
as they maintain with suitable dignity the IP3veryti` o'7
the position of the, country. We will forgive and Olt
to the man who shall err in asserting too bolt": but to
loudly the rights and honour of England ;0101104
ambassador who should commit at Paris the
ti be oor
Vienna, and humble the nation in the d",sbiclif,ec,i
foreign potentates, would commit an offence `cif.refi`
sensibility could never forget, and our °
could never forgive."