The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

ODESSA

Correspondence from Odessa, under date of
April 22d, mentions that there were then in the
roads, 23 vessels of various nationalities, viz.: one
American, one Neapolitan, one Dutch, two Sardinian
three Greek, and the rest Austrian. Two g nglish
steamers were also there on the 18th, and officers
from on board had visited the tomb of Captain
Gifford, of the Tiger. The letters represent the
accounts which have reached Europe of the epide-
mic as greatly exaggerated. At the close of
February 140 deaths per day took place in the
hospitals, but for the past month the average daily
number has not been more than twleve or fifteen.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIIIRSDAY

The Peers assembled this morning, and proceeded to
Buckingham Palace to present their Lordships' Address
upon the subject of the Treaty of Peace to her Majesty.
On their return at five o'clock,

Lord LYNDIIIIRST presented a petition from Thomas
Dunne, one of the men charged with the murder of Miss
Hindes, complaining of the refusal by the Attorney-general
for a writ of fiat to enable him to appeal against the ver-
dict against him.

Lord Campbell, the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leo.
nards, and Lord Brougham justified the conduct of the
Attorney-general.

on the.motion of the Lord Chancellor, the :Mercantile
Law Amendment Bill was ordered to be referred to a
select committee, in order that an opportunity might be
afforded for hearing the objections of certain mercantile
men to the measure.

The Earl of ELGIN postponed, till after the Whitsuntide
rbeess, his motion on the subject of the Army in the

North American Colonies

The Lord CHANCELLOR presented her Majesty's reply
to their lordships' address, which was similar in effect to
that read by the Speaker in the House of Commons.
Lord COLCHESTER gave notice, that on the 22d instant,
he should draw attention to the declaration presented to
Parliament with the treaty of peace, with respect to the
maratime law. His object being to elicit the opinion of
their lordships as to the expediency of abandoning the
ancient rights of the country in this respect.
The Lord CHANCELLOR announced that her Majesty,
being desirous to confer a signal mark of her favour on
Sir William Fenwick Williams, for his distinguished ser-
vices as her Majesty's commissioner in Asia Minor, and
especially for his defence of Kars, recommended their
lordships to concur with the House of Commons in
granting him a pension of £l,OOO a year. (Hear, hear.)

Earl GRANVILLE announced that Sir W. F. Williams
was to be created baronet by the title of Sir William F.
Williams, of Kars.
Lord PANMURE moved a vote of thanks to the army,
the navy, and the militia. The noble lord, in reference
to the navy, pointed out their services in the Baltic and
Black Seas, and remarked that its services had also been
employed during the continuance of the war in moving

435,000 men, 54,000 horses, and 340,000 tons.
The, Earl of DERBY seconded the motion, which, he
was convinced, was one on which they would be unani-
mous. He expressed his hope that the army and militia
would be kept in a state of efficiency in time of peace.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE spoke to the fortitude and
bravery of horses and men, and remarked that the vote
of thanks of that house would be received with the
greatest gratitude on the part of the survivors of the
army.

The Earl of CAnuroaN:spoke to the same effect, and
added a eulogium upon the late Lord Raglan.

After some remarks from Earl GREY, the vote was
unanimously agreed to.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE complained of the pen-
sion to Lord Dalhousie, and took the opportunity of
opening the whole subject of the Government of India,
and the employment of torture in the collection of the
revenue. After some remarks and explanations from
Earl Glanville, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of
Harrowby, and Lord Panmure, the subject dropped.
Their lordships rose at half-past nine o'clock.