The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

A dispatch received from Hamburg, or

day's date, mentions that

in accordance

instructions
received from the Governor Crencl
of the Baltic provinces, the departure of the Cr°
destined for the row-boat flotilla is postponed.
The staff of the corps d'armee of the Baltic I
been transported to Riga.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRFSPONDENT,)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENIIIa

I am informed that at the Ministry of Foreirr
Affairs a circular to the diplomatists and co nsll.l°,
agents of France, in foreign countries, is thebel°
drawn up, to announce the suppression of f
blockade of the Russian forts, and the removal°

the prohibition to trade with Russia. u.
Some of the Continental papers, and partic hat
larly the Independance, of Brussels, assert t'
Prussia has not signed the treaty of peace,
properly, so called, but "an annex" -
the
This is a mistake, as I told you
AI
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other day she has signed the same treaty, an'tle
the same conditions, as the other powers. is
only difference between her position and theirs
that they discussed and decided on allt
clauses, whereas she was only allowed to treat °I/

some. in
It has been stated that the plenipotentiaries
the Congress had to give 364 signatures. Aecc7hl.o9
ing to a Brussels newspaper the number is
made up :-14 signatures for the treaty of Pe'ii, r
14 for a convention respecting the Straits, 14 °f
an additional article for the prompt evacuation va
the Turkish territory, 6 (Fran,m, Enginad' le
Russia) for a convention about the Aland Is"
and 4 (Turkey and. Russia) for a 00oventti°10
about the small vessels to be kept for f.-t-sri
police of the coasts of the Blask Sea—in all
two signatures, and these signatures had to
repeated to seven different sets of documents'
to
give one to each of the contracting povvers•
h the
Some sensation has been caused to-day Or r
telegraphic announcement that the EraPtn6o,9
Alexander, in a manifesto to his people, deeler`c
that Russia has attained the object for which 5.,0
went to war, since the emancipation of the Christian
of Turkey is accomplished,

rather wounds French vanity.
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In an article in the well-informed Debats, we
told something of the discussions of the Congress:
Thus, it appears. that in order not to diminish thy e
power of Turkey, the proposition to unite til
Danubian Principalities into a separate kingdol33;
under a German or Italian prince, was reiece"'
but it was left open for further cousidt.-
whether they should be united under a Prie°b,t
vassal of the Sultan, or maintain their Presctii
constitution. It was decided that the Turhi'd
territories should in no respect remain ocenPie,
by the Allies, and that consequently hnnledi'ttc?;
after the ratification of the treaty the
French and Sardinians will leave not only
Crimea but Constantinople, and the Austrie%
the Danubian Principalities. Some of the tre°Pso
are, however, to remain to take care of the inittleilly
materiel until it can be sent away. The tiara
cessions made by the Sultan to the Chris;A:cl
population are not to be incorporated in or au`4",..
to the treaty, so as not to encroach on the S°7l,
reign power, but they are to be sanctioned ill s 1zt
a way as to render it not easy for him to retig3';y
them. As to the Danube it is to be free, not °-
to German, but to all nations, and the entrance to
and issue from it are to be freed from all obstactio
The Congress took into consideration
nd
grave state of Italy, and the propriety of take of
measures for putting an end to, by inesll,o-
reforms, the constant conflict between the ge. -ate
ment and the people in that country, hilt tioo.
matter was postponed for further considers
On the demand of Lord Clarendonay
ration was inserted in the preamble to the tarisin•
of peace, that it was mainly owing to the, it of
terestedness, loyalty, and conciliatory 613J-iiittly
France, that the conclusion of peace was
efforts
owing, and it was determined to spare ne e . to
to remove all bad feeling left by the ss* lot
consider that there were neither conquerQrsber of
vanquished, and to act accordingly. The nurl34oo.
articles in the treaty is, it appears, thirty" the
I am informed that it is not expected th 3 ths.
allies can evacuate Turkey for at least ten o°ellthe
In consequence of the conclusion of peile-'estea
Russian paper Le Nord, of Brussels, has regiloce,
permission to be allowed to circulate ill Vi

1 eratioil

and it will most likely be accorded. pre"
Lord Cowley, our ambassador, yesterdt* of
sented to the Emperor the reply of the Quefe the
England to the notification of the birth °.
open
Imperial Prince. At Court, I hear, sore° meoce
had been entertained that, as a mark of defel
and friendship, the Duke of Cambridge 1"lild uaso
been sent over with it.

der
The Spanish Spanish Government has conferred the f 0,
the Golden Fleece on the Imperial Prince of frao
llcup bf
It is believed in Paris, that a month will be takenoor
the Plenipotentiaries in the settlement of different
points

310Adeecnoau,natnsdfromItaly represent the the Dui chies of -11,:telliol
:,,,, s..
being in an a armix•e,
fermentation. Tuscany,
el plis
COPENHAGEN, Thursday.—The supreme until
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adopted, and read a first time, the proPosl" tioo
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the Ambassadors of other owers attendedMtiaidarid' - 1)'
sung there for the birth oft he Imperial' Prince. d iii
tbeltmisonsittaetuerd in a letter from Cronstadt, Publiesb.e ‘C:11.
steamers has bdeeenlaonle9treeed ttobabteap;eqpuLc-leir for°t'seriavbvivat°ll'
middle of May ; and the idea is, that the EloPr°o ill'
sotnreucotriohniss bbroatvheerbseiesninrteeenediivnegd to visit France' Nell
engage pilots
acquainted with the coasts of England and Frallceo'babie
The correspondent of the Times thinks it rArpratio°
that the Italian question will be taken into coll9"Theell'
ny the Paris Congress. The French and Austria° Tile
oved io
pation is a grievance which ou ht to be rem. ci
policy pursued at Naples, in the Roman Statesf Ilillthoot
Tuscany, cannot be continued much longer W.`ei the
causing a convulsion. The Congress will 111 r stra-
rulers of these states to reform their internal adolectioa
tion, as the Porte engages to do, and thus the llisatiooting
which prevails in Italy may be removed. rl be,
displeasing t°
of these questions would, however, be disp
Austria.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAME INT r

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
The T.
'44°ltn-CRANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at Eve o'clock.
On the motion for going into committee on the Agricul-
tural Statistics Bill,
Ille Earl of DERBY commented upon the provisions of
thel Measure, in reference to the inquisitorial machinery to
adopted for obtaining inform
st"k Produce.
i He urn
tilinvestigation
of this kind wit}
tielacY, and sugg
thee agency of the t.iag
agency
Board.
Its
STANLEY, of Alderley, defended the measufruenien.
bons,
aollexisting form, arguing that from their ordinary
8' Poor-law officers were ere admirably qualified for the
Perform.,
"flee of the duty in collecting agricultural sta-
tlstlo3 which Was assigned to them by the bill.
Bouse having gone into Committee,
The Earl of DERBY moved

:r7,7, which he I

ion as to agricultural

'ged the necessity for conducting an

1 that i

strates' cl

.t forbearance and

should be done through
erks, rather than through

3endment, carrying out

expressed as to the machinery to

--'vloyd for the coup(
The amn'idroent was n.

Jon

n of agricultural statistic

ived on a division, by 18 to

agreed to,

aC
several clauses in the but wc. _
"e'r Lordships rose at a quarter-past eight o'clock

°IJSE OF COMMONS

-FRIDAY

me and pass,

and to which the hon. and gallant officer had taken
exception, were—first, that the attack on Acre was made
by Sir Robert Stopford, contrary to the advice of Sir C.
Napier. The next was, that the hon. and gallant officer
refused to take up a position pointed out by Sir
Robert Stopford, on the ground that if he did his
ship would be sunk in half an hour. The third allegation
was, that by refusing to carry into execution the orders
of the commanding officer, and by/I:placing himself in a
less exposed position, the whole expedition was thrown
into confusion. The fourth allegation was, that the cap-
ture of Acre did not take place as an immediate conse-
quence of the bombardment, but that the fortress was
taken by landing at some distance, in which the hon. and
gallant gentleman took no part. The fifth and last alle-
gation was, that on the morning after the'eapture of the
place, Sir C. Napier made an appeal to Sir Robert Stop-
ford, expressing a hope' that he was satisfied with his
conduct on / the previous day, and that Sir Robert
Stopford told him that he was anything but satisfied.
The hon. and gallant officer had pledged his honour that
there was neither truth, nor the shadow of truth,ln these
allegations. He (Sir Jas. Graham) would join issue with
him, and show that he iwas in a position to prove his
statements. Unfortunately Sir R. Stopford himself was
dead, and from various causes his papers could not be
obtained, and others, who would have been important
witnesses in this case, including Admiral Fanshawe,
Admiral Boxer, and Sir R. Stopford's secretary, were
also deceased. Therefore he had to rely upon secondary
evidence, but he thought that it would be sufficient to
convince the House of the truth of the statements he had
advanced. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to
read extracts from the journal of a Syrian gentleman, who
was present on the attack at Acre, and the evidence of Sir
B. Walker, Admiral Stewart, Sir C. F. SmithACaptain
Codrington, and others, conveyed to him in most of the
cases by letter in corroboration of the allegations referred
to. The right hon. gentleman said he hoped that the
expressions contained in the letter, which had appeared
in the Times, were ill considered, and that the hon. and
gallant officer would agree to retract them.
Sir C. NAPIER referred to the difficulty which a person
in his position had of obtaining evidence as to a transac-
tion sixteen years back, the principal actors being dead,
but expressed confidence that he could prove that all the
charges against him were utterly and entirely false. In
defence of his conduct at Acre he drew the attention of
the House to the facts that he had never advised that the
fortress should not be attacked, and that his plan of
attack had been adopted in preference to that of Sir
Robert Stopford. With regard to the charge of
disobeying orders while -at Acre, he said that
he had only fulfilled the orders of Admiral Stopford
in changing his position, and ?as to the alleged censure
passed upon him by the admiral, he had a letter of
apology from Sir R. Stopford,'freeing him from all censure,
and describing the difference as a mere question of
opinion. Iff.the Admiralty were of opinion that he (Sir
Charles Napier) had disobeyed orders at Acre, his being
appointed to the command of the Baltic fleet was unjus-
tifiable, but he had defied any one to find ground for
blame in his conductthefore Acre, or in the Baltic, though
in the latter casl he had been dispirited, and almost heart
broken by the unjust complaints of the Admiralty. He
characterised the attacks that had been made upon him
as a conspiracy, got up to injure him to prepare the
House for the charges which was expected he would
make against the Admiralty, as soon as he had an
opportunity.

Admiral BERKELEY in the course of some remarks on
the question, justified the appointment of Sir C. Napier
in the command of the Baltic Fleet,.remarking, that he
did not think one error of judgment would justify the
refusal to give the command to a distinguished officer.
The conduct of Sir C. Napier in the Baltic, was softened
down by the admiralty, and if he had not re-opened the
question, his character would not have been damaged by
the reading of private letters or by the explanations of
the admiralty.

Mr. W. S. LimpsAy:and Mr. MALINs, joined in the
defence of Sir C. Napier, who, in their opinion, had
proved beyond question, that the charges against him
were without foundation.

Mr. ROEBUCK said, up to that time he had been under
the impression, that Sir C. Napier had not a good case,
but the occurrences of that evening had shown the prac-
tised advocate foiled by the simple statement of truth,
He did not, however, think that the expressions made
use of by the gallant admiral in his letter to the Times, in
reference to Sir J. Graham, were at all justifiable. As
regarded the attack of Acre, he was of opinion that if
blame was attachable to any one, it was to Admiral
Berkeley, who had not placed his ship according to
order.

Mr. COWPER defended Admiral Berkeley.
After some remarks from Admiral WALcoTT, the matter
dropped, and the House went into Committee of

SUPPLY.

The following- votes were agreed to :—.16,723 for
government inspectors of prisons ; £415,906 for govern-
ment prisons and convict establishments at home ;
.4161,595 for the maintainance of prisons and county jails;
£25,485 for the transport of convicts; £256,605 for convict
establishments in the colonies; £300,000 on account for
public education ; £64,625 for the schools of science, and
not in connection with the geological survey.
The vote of £227,241 for national education in Ireland
gave rise to some discussion as to the propriety of teach-
fng agriculture in the national schools, in the course of
which Mr. Williams argued against it, and moved the
reduction of the vote by £33,905.
Mr. DISRAELI objected to the principle of teaching
trades at the expense of the Government.
After some discussion, a division was taken upon an
amendment to reduce the vote by £14,905. The numbers

were—
For the amendment
Against it

Majority

A division took place shortly afterwards, upon an
amendment moved by Mr. Mowbray, to reduce the vote by
£7OOO, which was rejected by a majority of 126 to 41.
The original vote was then agreed to, as was also a vote
of £20,182,700 to pay off exchequer bills.
The House having resumed.
The Public Works Bill, and the Public Works (Ireland
Bill were read a second time.

ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.

Mr. DEASY moved for certain returns, relating to En-
cumbered Estates Court in Ireland, his object being to
ascertain whether undue advantages were given to Mr.
Sadletr, in the purchase of estates. The returns were
ordered.

The House adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock

The Debats, referring to the collision of the Austrian
and Piedmontese interests in the conferences, says :
" It is understood th it Piedmont is, at this moment, the
object of very friendly demonstration on the part of
Russia."

KONIGSBERG, April I.—The Imperial Russian guard
has received instructions to quit Poland, and retire to its
usual quarters. The investigation into the conduct of
the officers of the Russian army is proceeding with great
severity.

The Afoniteur, of Wednesday, contains no striking
announcements. In an account of the review, the
previous day, it records conspicuously that the Emperor
only wore one foreign decoration, that of the Order of
the Garter.

BERLIN, April 2.—The French, English, Sardinian,
and Turkish diplomatic agents yesterday visited the
Russian Ambassador. On Saturday, a grand fete will be
given at the Russian embassy, on the occasion of the
conclusion of peace. All the diplomatic corps have
been invited.