The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-16 00:00:00

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE. I

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THE EAST

Advices from Marseilles, of Monday's date,
announces that the Sinai has arrived with advices
from Constantinople of the 7th, and from the
Crimea of the sth instant. The English steam
frigate Valorous, which left Kamiesh on the 2nd,
has arrived with General Windham, his staff, and
140 English military passengers. The frigate
Canada has also come in from the Crimea.

Despatches from Vienna dated yesterday an-
nounce that advices received from Constantinople
via Bucharest bearing the date of the 9th instant,
mention that Marshal Pelissier had landed on his
way from the Crimea.

The same despatch also stated that immediately
after the disembarkation of the French and Eng-
lish troops, the German Legion will form its en
campment.

We regret to add that the news thus received
informs us that the Constantinople Bourse is
falling.

A grand banquet is to be given at Constantinople
to Marshal Pelissier and Gen. Sir W. Codrington,
at which the Grand Vizier is to preside.

SPAIN.

Despatches of Monday's date, from Madrid, state
that Espartero has tendered his resignation, and
was about to leave for Logrono. Gen. O'Donnell
is appointed President of the Council ; Rio Rosas,
Minister of the Interior ; Rosde Olano, Marine ;
Pastor Diaz,Foreign Affairs ; and Cantero, Finance.
It was thought that General O'Donnell would dis-
arm the National Guard. The Gazette publishes
a new law on the doing away with the sinking
fund. In several towns of Badajoz and Estrama-
dura, disorders have broken out and been put
down. The cholera still continues to prevail in
Seville, but has not appeared at Cadiz, as was
reported.

THE OVERLAND MAIL

MARSEILLES, TUESDAY.—The Vectis arrived here
at seven o'clock this morning, with the mails from
India, and a mail from China.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OW4,,CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING

I have just learned that an important piece of
news has reached the government, by telegraph,
from Madrid, namely, that Espartero has resigned
and that O'Donnell has been appointed first
minister in his place. This is, unquestionably, the
gravest event that has occurred in Spain since the
last revolution, and in the present disturbed state
of that country it will have consequences that none
can foresee. At the moment at which I write the
news is known to very few people, indeed even in

circles which are ordinarily well informed ; but
the quarter from which I receive it is so high that
I entertain no doubt cf its authenticity.
The government has, too, I am told, received
to day, by telegraph, a piece of news from Con-
stantinople, which is not without interest. It is,
that the Turkish government has caused to be
seized a libellous pamphlet on Sir W. Williams, of
Ears, published by a Polish officer, who took part
with him in the defence of that place, and that it
has, besides, caused the name of the officer to be
struck from the army list.

The Russian Government has, I understand,
summoned the secretary of its legation in Athens
to St. Petersburg, in order to obtain from him
authentic details respecting the state of Greece.
It is said that the late Emperor Nicholas has
left a manuscript work on the political and other
events of his reign, and that, by his direction, it is
to be published five years after his death.

The Grand Duke Michael of Russia, has just
been affianced to the Princess Cecilia of Baden,
sister of the Prince Regent.

Berlin letters say, that the Queen of England is
decidedly expected to visit that city in September
next, on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess
Louise of Prussia with the Prince Regent of Baden ;
but nothing bad been officially settled on the
subject

The first railway in the Roman States, which
goes from Rome to Frascati, was opened on the
7th.

WRECK OF THE STEAM TRANSPORT

SPARTAN.

Yesterday the subjoined despatches were received at
the Admiralty, and by the courtesy of the Secretary to the
Board we are enabled to give them publicity.
The first communication is from Admiral Sir M. Stop-
ford, who is in command of the Malta Station, and it is
thus worded :

Hibernia, at Malta, July 8, 1856.

Sir,—l beg to enolose herewith, for the information of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a
letter I have received from the first officer commanding the
troops embarked on board the steam transport Edina, No.
199, reporting the loss, by shipwreck, of the steam trans-
port Spartan, No. 18, on the south-west end of the Cana
Rocks on the coast of Barbary.

I immediately despatched her Majesty's steam vessels
Triton and Shearwater, and the steam transport City of
London, No. 9, to the assistance of the Spartan, with
orders to bring all the troops, baggage, &c., to Malta,
where conveyance will be provided to forward them to
England.

The master of the Edina has reported that he does not
consider there is the slightest chance of the vessel being
saved.—l have, &c.,

(Signed)

M. STOPFORD, Rear Admiral.

The enclosure, to which the preceding letter refers, and
which gives the short details of the painful and melancholy
catastrophe, is couched:—

On board Edina transport, July 7, 1856.

Sir, —I have the honour to report the return of the
Edina transport, Captain Salter, to Malta, in consequence
of haling fallen in with the Spartan transport, a complete
wreck, on the south-west end of the Cane Rocks.
She had fortunately succeeded in landing the whole of
her troops, consisting of 10 officers, 793 non-commissioned
officers and men, one lady and child of the Land Tran-
sport Corps, besides her crew, without loss, on an
adjacent very small island of rock, where they aro well
supplied with provisions from the ship, but in imminent
danger from want of water, that of the ship being damaged
with salt water.

The Spartan lies on the rocks with her bottom stove in,
and, according to report, with fifteen feet of water in her
hold.

The state of her troops and ber crew is so very precari-
ous from their present exposed state, and very short
supply of water, as to have compelled our returning with
the Edina to Malta, under the conviction of such being the
most advisable course to pursue (considering the small
size and crowded state of the Edina) to render them with
the least delay the most effectual and speedy assistance.
In conclusion, sir, I beg to state that Captain Hunt, of
the Land Transport Gaps, Captain Salter, of the Edina,
Mr. Leee , second mate of the Spartan. as well as myself,
are now in attendance to give you any further information
on the subject.—l have, &c.,

(Signed) J. W. GORDON, Bt. Lt. Colonel,
93rd Highlanders, commanding troops on board Edina,

TriAmus IMPROVEMENTS.— The new Suspension Bridge,
over the 'flumes, which is intended to form the communica-
tion between Chelsea and BatLrsea, is now in an
.advanced
state, the supporting abutments on each side of the river
being nearly ready to receive the suspensory chains and
intervening roadway.