The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-21 00:00:00

THE COURT

The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday next
at Buckingham Palace. Tier Majesty and Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess
Alice, visited the Gallery of the New Society of Painters
in Water Colours, in Pall-mall, on Friday morning. Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palice
in the afternoon for the Camp at Aldershott. The royal
party quitted, the palace at three o'clock, and proceeded to
the private station at Vauxhall, and.left by a special train
for Farnborough, on the South Western Railway.

BUCKINGIIAM PALACE, Saturday.—After the review of
the troops: at Aldershott this morning, the Queei and
Prince*Albert partook of luncheon in the 'royal pavilion,
and afterwards droye to Farnborough, where a special
train of the London and South Western Railway was in
readiness, which conveyed, the Queen and the royal party
to Vauxhall, from whence they proceeded in their car-
riages, escorted by light dragoons, to Buckingham
Palace, which they reached at half-past six o'clock. Her
Majesty had a dinner party this evening. The distin-
guished party comprised her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, the Count Cavolr, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst,
Lord and Lady Granville, the Countess of Desart, Lady
Fjuirur Hoyu.rd, Earl efpuEliatn, and Colonel Munro. --

THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

(FROM Opt OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

SEBASTOPOL, APRIL

f Todfij the great news arrived, and," peace" was

ptonounced by -the 'cannon's louevoice .a fait
aceompli. Perhaps one of the most surprising,inci-
dents,that have markedthis, the strangest war in
the romance of history, his been the announce-
ment of its termination. How would the armies,
(that ages ago made this their battle field,) spring
-with-amaze-from-their-hidden _graves.,_ could they
know that the treaty of peace, signed in Paris on
the 30th of March, was formally proclaimed here
on the,nd-of But we live in times when the
lightning is our postman, steam( out coachfrian,
- and the sun our portrait-painter,, and, therefore,
npthing surprises us. At two o clock to-day
crowds might be seen asSembling on the hill, that
some call Coagbeare's, and others Telegraph. Hill,
to hear the official announcement of the news.
This hill is situated behind the Guard's camp,
and Oierrooks the 'plain 'of Balakla.ia, part
of the valley of the Tchernaya, taking in also the
IVlackenzie heights and the range of hills above
the Belbeek. It is the same ground as that on

which the grand review of the whole army was
held—and, as I have before said, commands a view

Balaklava harbour on the one ,hand, and
Sebastopol on the other, one Of the Most beautiful
in this,. part. of the Crimea. On this hill were
drawn up four batteries of the hOrse artillery, and
at two P.M. a salute. of
.101 `guns awoke the echoes
of the surrounding mountains, to the news of
pettee... The salute was taken up by the Sardinians,
and....the_Ereach.,. posted along 'the neighbouring
heights, and lastly by the Russians from their

grand, and there was moral in the spot itself,
that where within a month back an army was
Proudly received in readiness for another cam-
paign, __the cannon's roar should tell, not
of a new era of battle and .bloodshed, but
that for all those thousands " their occupation
was gone." The horse artillery looked in
remarkably good condition. This has been our
only excitement ofelate, and therefore that inex-
haustible subject—the weather—has suffered.
Since I last wrote, for a whole week we have had
cutting north-east winds, and colder weather than
at any time during the winter.
APRIL 3rtn.—:Never praise the Crimean climate.
On rising this. morni rrc [Ann& everything frozen
to the most disagreeable state of obduracy; a north-
east wind cruelly finding out your tenderest parts,
and snow and sleet coming down from the muddiest
and, dirtiest of skies. Now, a man without any
very strong poetic tendencies, might on the 3rd of
April reasonably expect to see some signs of spring;
he might' call to mind what he remembers to have
read about " genial spring," " April showers, soft
and beautiful," "warbling birds," &c., &c., and
begin to think about stowing away his winter
coats. Let that man come- to- the Crimea, and
he will consider all that Thompson ever wrote
a bitter satire on the credulity of mankind.
Gallant Crimean heroes looking, out on this
spring morning from between their many blankets,
decidedly, heard the wind say, " As you were," and
retained their positions, in happy ignorance of-the
burlesque on. the seasons acted outside. They
certainly.thoughtany "early worms" out such a
morning would not be worth the catching. Other
unfortunates, however, there were whOrn duty
summoned forth, and among them was the whole
of the unfortunate Third Division. It seems Sir
W. Eyre, commanding the Third Division, thought
the day 'a most desirable one for a grand divisional
pic-nic at Baidar, a march of about eighteen miles,
over a very hilly country. At 8.30 a.m., therefore,
the whole division marched out, with their tents,
&e., prepared' to bivouac at. Baidar for, the night.
But they did not get over half the distance, and
their return was a minature resemblance of the
retreat from Moscow. But the *results are too
serious for the ludicrous to have any place.
Until after dark the men came home by twos and
threes, dispirited, and almost dead with fatigue.
Several dropped on the road, and were taken to
various hospitals. Two men were taken into the
hospital of 13th Regiment, and died there during

APRIL 4TH.—Great indignation is expressed at
the voluntary exposure of the Third Division to such
hardships in the march of yesterday. One officer
and eighteen privates have died in different hospi-
tals during last night, of fatigue and exposure to
the cold. Had it been the opening of a new cam.
paign, such a march could only have been reckoned
among the stern necessities of war, hut it does
seem an unnecessary trifling with the lives of his
soldiers, for Sir William Eyre to take them out on
such a day, and for which he will doubtless be
called to account. The wintry weather still con-
tinues ; snow on the ground ; a nor'-easter pain-
fully reminding you of the existence of your nasal
organ: The French advertise a steeple-chase for
the 10th instant.

INTENDED MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS MARY OF
CAMBRIDGE.—Paris, Friday Night.—A. despatch from
Stockholm announces that Prince Oscar, the second son
of the King of Sweden, ;leaves Stockholm for London, in

the middle of May, for his betrothal] with the Princess
Mary of Cambridge.

CABINET COUNCIL.—The Cabinet Ministers met in Coun-
cil on Saturday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, at
the Foreign Office, Downing-street. The Duke of Argyle,
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Palmerston, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Lord Panmure, Lord Stanley
of Alderley, Mr. Baines, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and Lord Harrowby, attended.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.
—The meeting of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway Company on the Ist of May will be only held
pro forma, and will be immediately adjourned to the fol-
lowing day.
NEW MODE OE LEVYING A CHURCH-RAM—A vestry
meeting was held at Lancaster last week for the purpose of
levying a church-rate, amounting to £l,OOO, for the repairs
of the church. The rate was made and agreed to by the
Dissenters present, on the express agreement that the
rate should be levied upon and paid by the church-going
people.
ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU-
TION, 9, ROSE-HlLL.—Week ending April 19,—New
patients entered on the books last week, viz—Relieved at
the institution, 161 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 66 ;
cases of prevailing epidemic, 0 ; total, 227. Visitors, Mr.
E. Watts, Mr. T. Kirk. Hon. Sec. and treasurer, Joseph
Kitchen, E-q.
A small but elegant monument, by Stephens of Worcester,
has lately been erected in the chancel of Feckenham
Church, to the memory of Russell Haywood, Esq., by the
officers of "his regiment (the 82nd), as a token of their
regard. Lieut. Haywood died, after a very short illness,
last year, at Liverpool, where his regiment had arrived,
previously to embarkation for the Crimea. He was the
younger, son of Francis Haywood, Esq., of this town.
THE Loss OF THE BOOMERANG. Two sailors were
brought up on Saturday before Mr. Mansfield on the fol-
lowing charge :—lt 'appeared that when the Boomerang
was lost, the vessel that relieved the crew had taken as
much luggage as could be got from the sinking ship.
Amongst this was a trunk containing some valuable pro-
perty belonging to one 'of the officers of the ill-fated vessel.
The owner of the property returned to the ship, when the
vessel that had the rest of the crew on board parted from
the wreck, and it was supposed the people who stood by the
Boomerang had been lost, and the two prisoners, acting on
this supposition, when they went ashore made free with
the conents of the trunk. The owner was fortunately
saved, and he. now came forward to prosecute the prisoners
for stealing his property. The prisoners were remanded
to this day.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. CANADA, FROM BOS-
TON, via HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL :—Dr. G. C. Shattuck,
lady, and daughter, Mrs. Brune, Mrs. H. Dove and
daughter, Miss H. G. Smith, Miss E. H. Smith, Professor
Pancoasti, lady, and two sons, Mr. A. E. Bochelder and
lady, Messrs. Bruckner, G. Hamilton, R. G. Corning, and
E. Bohu, Lieut. Williams, Mr. F. Ferris, Mr. DeViles,
lady, and two children, Mr. A. Johnson, lady, and child,
Messrs. J. Smith, G. B. Grealorax, and S. Bradford,
Capt. D. Knight, Messrs. J. A. Lane, J. M‘Donald, E.
Gooderham, and W. Gooderham, Rev. W. Butler, lady,
two children, and servant, Messrs. R. Crossley, J. Bes-
sett, and W. Williams, Mrs. Burgh and child, Mrs. F.
Pearson, Messrs. Heatherington, T. Murray. J. Ronalds,
S. H. Budd, J. M. Grant, and F. Crampton and lady,
Mrs. J Geelan, Messrs. Jonas, R. Barlow, S. A. Howes,
and G. W. Brown, Mrs. Parks and daughter, Miss Aiken-
head, Mrs. Moore and infant, Messrs. C. Hepplehall, S.
Agazzi, and T. K. Matterson, Mrs. R. Harenden and
child, Mrs. B. Olson, Mr. R. Gowenlock and lady. Messrs.
J. Pierri, D. Davidson, T. Seugram, T. Brown, T. Smith,
and G. A. Lewis, Mrs. N. Winslow and child, Messrs. W.
Stevens and H. Dean, Dr. Craske, Messrs. H. Crookcs,
C. G. Swift, and A. Veallon, Captain Hardy and lady,
Lieutenants Wells and Bland, Messrs. Morrissey, J.
Pengelly, and J. Farms.
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