The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-04 00:00:00

RUSSIA

. •
We have already published despatches from St:
;Petersburg, received by telegraph, announcing that
Prince Menschikoff has been, by an Imperial order,
horninated Military Governor-General of Cronstadt,
With all the rights, .power, and honours due to the
Commander-in-Chief of .an army in. ' time of war.
All the land and sea forces.in Cronstadt are put
under his command, and he retainslalli his present
offices. The report has been current for time
past in St. Petersburg, that a military command on
the shores of .the Baltic would
,soon, be conferred
on the Prince, but everybody
Was of Opinion that
be would hot permit himself to be drawn again
from his retirement. _ '
In addition to the nomination of Menschikoff, we
find in the Russian papers a letter of thanks
addressed by the Emperor to General Mouravieff,
ati,foilows ;
The immovable firmness, the exemplary fortitude, and
the strategetical circumspection, which have characterised
all Youractions in Asiatic. Turkey, are now crowned with
perfect success. The proud keep of Asia Minor, the
fortress of Kars, has surrendered, with its whole gar-
rison, its artillery, and its extensive de-pors of arms. The
' Anatolian army, 30,000 men strong. exists no more; and
its Commvnder-in•Chief, . Mushir Vassif Pasha, is our
:prisoner. I thank you heartily for this glorious achieve-
went, which has covered the Russian flag with new fame.
I give it to you in commission to express my sincerest
thanks to the troops under your command, whose firm-
ries4 and courage have overcome the most obstinate
defence of the enemy. In recognition of your praise-
worthy.merits, I make you herewith Knight of the Grand
Cross of. St. George, second class, to which
earned an indisputable right, and I remain you have
, in all Imperial
favour;—Your welt-affected A UNDER.
The prices of saltpetre continue torise beyond
all calculation and control ; all restrictions have
been remolied from its production in Russia, and
the Government has offered., high prices to be
paid in ready money for almost unlimited- quanti
ties. The supply has remained,, however, totally
insufficient. ' ' '

'The committee that has been appointed. by the
Grand Duke . Constantine to sit: in Nicolaieff to
-assess the irideninification to be paid for injury to,
or loss of property. in, Sebastopol. finds it no easy
task, the•more so as the whole' business is required
to be finished within a.year. There have already
been various supplementary instructions issued on
the subject; as matters; stand at present all dis•
puted questions:of property' are suspended, and All
payments are postponed, until the points in con.
flirt have been arranged. -1,, . .

A USI

We have received. advices from Vienna to the
date of the-80th ultimo:- From them we learn that
Count Valentine Esterhazy reached St. -Petersburg
on WedneSday, the :28th.. and communicated! the
conditions of, pew,
on the folly •

e-,tp :tlle St. Petc

communicate.
which the Western Powers were willing to conclude

to Prince Gortsehakoff the t

itoyal
perity

I atta

i kind

Sovereiri

thci
a/AU-wishes- she forms' for then pros-4

ffiend trio `towardsc-rn-

1,1 am bqurict• t

sent to her Majesty my due
add that it is my heartfelt
awn more and
,more the bonds of
f subsisting between the two people,
tre by • interest, and above all by a
15. It is an end I "shall think it a
duty to keep in view, the more so as the past and present
of the two countries hold out such grounds' of encourage-

uni`ed as, t 1

similarity oflristitutioCi

_ .
The confidence which the Queen, your august Sovereign
has reposed in you, Monsieur le Ministre, in confidfng.to
yon the honourable minion of representing, her govern-
ment, cannot fail in' being a guarantee of my considera-
tion and countenance.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.). -^n7g
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3.
The Peninsular and. Oriental steam- navigation
Company's steamship Snlian, Captain Edward
Christian, arrived here this morning at: eight
o'clock.

Her dates are, Gibraltar, Dec. 20' Dec.
27; Lisbon, Dec. 30 ; and Vigo, Dec. 31. In eon-
sequencerof the heavy swell, she was unable to
have any communication from Oporto. . .
The:, Sultan, .brings six first-class, and three
second-class passengers, and her freights are
twelve packages of specie, (value 31301) and a cargo
conSistinc, of 261. cases of eggs; 1773 casesof oranges,
244. bags of chesnuts, 145 serons of almonds, 236
boxes of raisins, 52 boxes of dates, 80 boxes of
onions, and 136 packages of sundries.
The Sultan during her voyage experienced
heavy galeS, and Very rough weather, particularly
on the 21st, 27th, 28th, and 31St :On the
last-named day, off Cape Correbedo, she eichanged
coloUrs with the Peninsular and Oriedtal Com
pany's steamship Madrid, bound for Vigo. Official
notice had been given that the King would open
the Cortes on the 2nd January, by which time
the arrival of the Minister .of Finance WAS
expected. Heavy rains had prevailed, but the
Weather was fairer when the Sultan left the
Tagus..
Lisbon exchanges at three months are quoted
by this mail at on London ;' Paris, 521;
Amsterdam, 43i.; Hamburg,--44; 'Genoa, 518.
There was a scarcity of both bills and money on
LondOn; and consequently a variation of upon
, pap
thO quoted,rate; on other Places' few
transaction's
of
tdhteaki, rise ino46e London er being scarce in consequence.

GIBRALTAR DEC. 1

ING INTELLIGENCE.
6th.—Arrived steam ship Taurus,
Yalta, with cotton and wheat, for
amship Melita, 6 days from Liver-
for Gibraltar and Constantindple,
smship Milan; six days from Liver-
-vies, (cleared).
rpool, with bale
feared).' Steam-

(cleared),

sm. days from

Constantinople,

'W.' LittPale intlttifed i lift it wV tild en:,;t to lok4f
the.bill in Tobin-street, leadiog from the offices to tho
ferry, to.begin at the top of tlie street. , .

surveyor rep

'ram, £6OO to £7OO

Ale: Conlfmrn explained that the committee did nol
think it proper to recommend 'anerlicient improvenum
to the, road, as it would incur such a large expenditure

arveym

id that it'woold cost twice as Muclilo
improvement at a future period as it

--0..--.

represen-

soeiet+

unts of tlie

at occasion th6re
to the books:for

M., which, it was

by the
of th

officers of the

meeting, th
he'would nt

will mar*.

yoii call this a friend]

when his client p

d •him by the throat. At
yard; 6 respectal- le trader of the•town,
society; stepped' forward and said,
`.• do not kill the man,,7 and then there were loud cries to
hear Mr. ShepPar'cl. -the -meetinit called.on Mr. shep-
pard,to b"0, Quto the •platform; he had an amendment
to_make
to
the passing of the accounts, with reference to
thq,:alleged deficiency of the a,300/.. and that gentleman
proceeded to obey the call. of the- .meeting, but he was
hurled: from:the .platfortn and• nearly killed. The com-
plainant, Mr. Curran, seeing Mr. Sheppard in such dan-
ger, went to his assistance, but it seemed the president,
Mr. Ctii+an,' hid an old spleen against him, and he vented
it there; he seized alttg,nnd gunrit at-Curran s head,
,and
731ece of it struck him onthe' temple; and left a mark
there for Some days after. His worship would see that
the ease
,was. not- one' of an ordinary, assault, but arose
out of the illegal proceedings of the party. who tried to
pass an account defrauding the members of the society, as
alleged, out of over 2;3001. '

and a rdember of the

Roby : I have listened to this long wrangle, but' I
trust object to it now. The charge of assault is the only
one before the court, and I must, insist on its being
strictly adhered to. I have allowed, too much latitude
already,

The Complainant was then 'Oramined, and 'commenced
by stating that_he was one of tNe persOt6 who ()injected
to tbp:supiYosed fraud, committed. by the present officers
Of the society.

Mr. Roby : Ido not really object to this, but .I think
the catarCought to confine the witness to the assault, for
all he says about fraud is not true, and has nothing to dt,
with this case., (To the witneSs): Confine yourself to the
assault

- -The witness-thin- went on to state- that the defendant
promised to break his netic—(loud laughter)—but he did
uot_perforne the promise, fortunately for witness—(much
laughter)—but he nearly broke his temple with "a lick"
of a. jug. (Laughter.)
Mr. Roby: yls that the charge ? Witness : Yes,
that's it. '

Crbss-examined by Mr. Roby : I was at the right hand
side of the president,; I did not know that the platform
was for the committee alone ;. I am not a member of the
committee, nor oan I say VIM.. Sheppard is a member of
it. .He (Mr. Sheppard) was called ow by the meeting to
move the amendments ; I did not collar the president in
the chair, but I gave.him a kick, and that was the only
way Of " radicating " (the witness; repeated the word
" radicating " two or three times, amid shouts of
laughter) myself from him.
7-11 Ir. Roby : Why, so ? Witness : Recause two more of
them were fast in my neck, and they were pegging me
,like; mad in the ":lugs "—" all in the " lugs "—all the time.
(Roars of laughter.)

Roby: And was the president pegging you in the
" lugs " too? Witness: Aye, just as well as the rest of
them.

Mr. Roby : And you were kicking him in the shins all
thd time.? Witness : Sure I told you before that was the
only way I had to " raditate " Myself from him. (Laugh-
ter.)
•Ntr. Rood

Well, what did the 'president say when you
were ‘f radicatett?" - Witness•rWhy, he said that-after
he passed the accounts.that he .yrould give five minutes to
every one to speak. (Laughter.) The witness went on
1-6 give a la-ughable account of the fight that, took place,
and hOW at last the police came when all was quiet. In
corroboration'of the complainant's statement,
l;;Gtorge Hoyle, a hair dresser, was called, and also John
Carroll, and their evidence Went to show that there was a
most disgraceful row; they differed as to the mode of
the alleged assault, but concurred in the fact that a pied()
of a jug struck the complainant.
Mr. Joseph Shepherd, of Scotland-road, was examined,
and said he heard a rumour that the meeting
,was to be
wp aie
n c
allegedlet
.tryh:seul
meeting
d:271, a
on.
ooradooirs.fr l ipt,h7a.mesioei
belonginglonmf fiagrbci
e.er:Rir,htit
toheoowbe
yatmbahcoioolce
auditors,
ioesiuteounocacn _trtnisetse.e,datn3,:taeHo;enf
amendment
sdhenernditddsh:t
etinhoneet
took place—that he saw the reporters
2,3001. was paid back to
officers who held it. lie
all parts of the room to
so he was seized by the

credit

tness)

ge on the platfo

I. in dc

lent, who att

dent then,

ent through the mockery, of passing the.
d electing himself

her officers

whilst the fight was going on. In 'reply to Mr. Roby, Mr.
Sheppacd said he had received a letter from the senior
addltAkiitating that he would not audit the accounts,. and
Mrc= Murphy afterwards called on him and told him the
amount- of the fraud. He (Mr, Sheppard) had always
opptishd frauds,'and would ever do so: In 1851 he eppcised
ti,lloyment ofs/ eah to the'eollectors under the name of
chrisfmag.
2box," c
and there were many other similar
payments that-he opposed.
Mr. Roby.; Did you see where the jug came from that
Curran says struck him ? Witness : I did not.
To -Mr.. Mansfic4d: It was the annual meeting of the
society, and all members had a right to be present. It
.was usual at all .othir meetings of the body for 'speakers
10 address the meeting from the platform. This closed
the case on the part of the complainant.
Mr. Roby at great length, contended that the com-
plainant had assaulted Mr. Cullen, and that he had acted
in the most outrageous manner: that he wanted to get
into the meeting without a card, contrary to rule, and
that he came with a gang of ruffians—one a notorious
thief, convicted twenty-four times—and other black-
guards, armed with knives, to upset the legal proceedings
of the meeting. He went on to show the outrage that had
been 'committed on Mr. Cullen, and at the close of his
address he prodneed as witnesses to disprove the charge
*Of assault, the following persons :—Messrs. James Waite,
Michael Melon, Mr. Balding, Jas. Jolliff, Peter Golightly,
William Jolliff, Edward. O'Hanlon, John. Cullen, and
Inspector 'Grace, all of whom, except the 'last-named,
negatived_ the statement of the assault, and swore
-Most distinctly 'that - Mr. Cullen did not throw .the
Jug at the complainant, but that the complainant assaulted
Mr. Cullen; and the inspector gave a very bad character
Of several persons who *ere at the meeting, which he said
was composed of very respectable-looking people, and
very great " roughs "—one of the latter being a thief con=
victed twenty-four times, and he was on the platform.
Mr. Walla-Mr.-Balding, the Messrs. Jolliffs, and Mr.
John Cullen were cross-examined by Mr. Bluck, and
they said they were collectors of the society, but they
iefused :to answer his questions as regards their
having defrauded the society, of certain sums of
money—they would answer anything connected with the
charge, but the question about money had nothing to do
with that. They were. however, prepared to answer such
questions-at a, proper time and place. Mr. Roby said that was very proper.' ,
~Mr-,Balding said several of Curran's party were armed
'With knives. ,

Mr. Blu* having replied on the part of the com-
plainant,_

Mr. Mansfield reviewed the whole affair, and dismissed
the' cbmplabit. on the weight of evidence, and on the
ground that order should be maintained by the president
of the body, who should be supported ; for if he were not,
no order could be kept in public meetings.
The'.ileolsion seemed to give great satisfaction.

APPOINTMENTS.-,—The TMIdOII Gazette of Tues"
day contains the following announcement : 6th Regiment
of. Royal Lancashire Militia ;T. A. Ogle; late Ensign-in the
7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Ensign.
'THE TEtAGRIPII IN EGYI.T.--Mr. Gisborne is now in
Egypt to Make arrangements for laying the , submarine
electric telegraph from Constantinople to Alexandria, to
ernes Egypt, and to be hereafter extended froin Suez to
Iri la.

RAILWAY.. TO PA_RAMATTA.—Sydney q.dvices of the 27th
of September give the particulars,of the opening of the
r4o4w.aY:te Paramatta on the preceding day by Sir W.
-Lvetkison, the ,Governor-general. The event was celebrated
by argentral, holiday, and everything passed off satisfactorily,
the• first train having "reached the terminus at Paramstta,
a distance of fifteen Miles, in three•quarters of an hour.
The Board of Customs; with the view of having a daily
account of the duties performed by the officers of; the
Waterside, department, have• formed an office, by which
returns can be presented -a6 one view of the
lutiable goods under their several denomi-
Its super Vision is with the Surveyor-gefieral,
John, assisted
„by,',lllr.' :Sheldrick, clerk to the

lauding of all.(';

Inspector-general. .
. The ladies .of Launceston (Tasmania) having trans-,
initte4 to her Majesty the. sum of. £1:13E14, to be applied

benefit Of the sick•and wounded soldiers

and marines, in hospitals abroad," her Majestyhas-been'
pleased to direct that the above sum shall be placed at
the disposal of Miss Nightingale, as the most effectual
and satisfactory mode of carrying out the wishes of the
ladies of Launceston.

iiireasonof the,faila re or bis.present expedition. It was
known that he Lad abauctimed the design of marching
tin lititais', and wai'fif ftill.retreat upon Suchtim-Kaleh.
1 gm() .61' his trolps,,with Others who were despatched,
are to be sent to Trebiziond cover to Erzeroutn, which
Place, it is apprehended, will be attacked, by General
IVloucravieff. The command will be given to Ismail

oxen. and 200 sheep, was driven into the Bar (
pel, When. Fort Constantine opened firc..upon her, ani
continued its fire during the whole of one day, when she

a prey to the flames

The intellige

THE BALTIC

by !Fleg!aph,-of the block

amieiniced'in the liontj9n G

of rejoicing_ to neat

of tUe R

ive►i great

at this and neigh

hooting ports in the Baltic, and- the arrangements whieh
had • previously been commenced- for the removal of
gotids to Russia have-been greatly e.7itended.
The navigation 'Continues to be perfectly-open.
There is nothing whatever to prevent the trade in
articles contraband of war being freely carried on with
the.ports of the Baltic. • .

. .
"Tile weather is mild; no ice to be seen here; and the
thermometer stands. at 33. Fahrenheit.

THE WEST INDIA.

The West India royal mail steamer, Tyne, arrived
at Southampton this morningt, with the mails from the
West Indies. • Her dates are—Havanna, Dee, 10,
Jamaica, 11th ; Demerara, 10th ;' Trinidad, 10th ;
Barbadoes, 12th ; and St. Thomas, 18th. She brings
3,100,000 dollars in specie. -

Cholera had appeared at Portp Rico, and yellow fever
at Martinique.
In Trinidad we learn that an nnnsually good crop of
sugar was expected.

At_ Antigda Her Majesty's ship., Medea, which
conveys the admirals' letters tb Bermuda from St.
Thomas,,_was detained some days, in consequence of
meeting .the United ‘States: sloop-of-war; Cyane, which
refused' to salute the British flag, alleging that an Ame-'
ri6n subject (a 'grave), had there been 'taken out of an
American vessel.

At Demerara business was not so brisk, and provi-,
sions were at double their usual price. The sugar crop
was nearly gathered in. There was but little shipping
in theyort, and freight ruled high.
At Grenada the legislative business had been inter-
rupted, in consequence of a wished-for adjournment, on
the Money Bill not being granted by his Excellency. It
waa expeCted the dispute would lead to a dissolution.

The weather was f'avourable to the plantations.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer
New Grenada, had arrived at Panama with 180,000
dollars in treasure, and dates from Valparaiso, Nov.
15th • Callao, 25th; Payta, 29th.
A large quantity of gold had been discovered in
Southern Chili.

All the revolutionary movements in the republic of
Bolivia had been quelled.
Later news had been•received from Australia. The
gold market was without animation, and the prices
were 765. to 765. 3d.

The produce of the week was large