The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

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I FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOND2NT.)
PARIS, TUESDAI

The list of the Spanish Ministry given Yesterday
was not exact, or it was stihseeluently modified.
To-day the telegraph compares it as follows :

General. Narvaez, President of the Council; M.
Pida, Foreign Affairs ; M. Nocedal, Interior M.
Seijas, Justice; M. Moyano, Public Works; Gen.
Lersundi, Marine ; Gen. tJrbstiincto, War : and
M. Bazanallana, Finance: There is also to be a
Minister of Marine. The French Government, I
am told, does not look on the change with a very
favourable eye. The Madrid letters reneiVed to-
day (they were, of course, written belbre the `change
of Ministry), give a.tl adeennt of a disgraceful
affair, in which I•Tarvaei figured. On making h call
at the house of General Alsesan, he met M
quel y Itente, who it noted for having run
with and Married one of the Queen's
With this gentleman he is on terms of
bitter hostility, in consequence of their having had
a violent altercation, and even, it is said, exchanged
blows in the Cortes, previous to the exile of
Narvaez. The General accordingly, although ladies
were present, eyed his adversary in a Most insolent
manner t M (

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gruel took oirenCe,high words ensued
—according to some accounts, Narvaez struck him
with his cane=and at last Narvaez left the house.
A duel was, of course, resolved on, but the Govern-
Ment, and even the Queen, made Narvaez pledge
his honour not to fight. No such pledge could,
however, be obtained from M Gruel y Rente, and
he was arrested. Fudge of the commotion this
scandalous affair has created at Madrid I

it is said, to-day, in well informed circles, that
Most likely the Week will not pass over withmit
the Moniteur speaking on the Neapolitan question.
It will, it is alleged, announce the presentation of
a note declaring to the King of Naples that if he
not make concessions, the English and French
embassies will be re-called, and their squadrons
will be sent to Naples.

The Emperor to-day passed a review at Saint
Maur, near Vincennes. The troops under arms
consisted of two divisions of the army of Paris.
His Majesty's departure, and that of the Empress,
for Compeigne is fixed foi. Sunday. On the
following day, sixth distinguished personages, who
have been inVited to attend the Imperial hunts,
are to be taken down by special train, and, on the
following day, another batch is to go. Austrian
and Prussian Ministers are in the first batch;
Lord Cowley, our ambassador, is comprised hi
the second.

Some papers say thht Count de Morny is ill, and
about to return home. This is not true—he is
well, and will remain in Russia to the end of
February.

am informed that the nirthan Ambassadors
have demanded an audience of the Emperor, and
that it will be granted.

The Impress has, I hear, taken the patronage of
a charitable association, for providing cheap lodg-
ings for workmen.

There has been another fall on the Bourse to-
day. The money market continues to be oppressed
by the mass of floating securities, and it is, besides,
painfully affected by the reports which are current;
to the effect that financial measures of great
gravity are contemplated by the GovernMent The
Bank of Frances it appears, does not in reality lend
20 per cent on railway shares, and 40 on eente, as it
announced that it would do, but is by no means
ready in making advances at all, and when it does,
gives less than those amounts. Nevertheless, it
appears that silver coin has become more
abundant.

The Moniteur gives reports recording three
engagements with Kabyle tribes, in each of which
the French were successful.

Vienna letters, from a good source, assert that
the dissensions between the Austrian and French
Ambassadors at Constantinople, relative to the
Danubian Principalities and the navigation of the
Danube, that those gentlemen have almost ceased
to communicate with each other.
Genoa letters mention that a small Sardinian
squadron, consisting of three frigates carrying
126 guns, and a transport, were about to leave to
join Admiral Dundas at Ajaccio.

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AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Oct. 11.—Up to yesterday afternoon no
despatch had been received from General von
Martini, and his prolonged silence is considered
a bad sign, as hi would certainly have written
without delay had the King of Naples displayed any
inclination to follow the counsel given by Austria.
The advices from Naples which are contained in
the Austrian papers are favourable enough, but
they cannot find a place here, as they do not tally
with the private information which have been given
me. The King has now acquired the certain know-
ledge that Russia, Austria, and Prussia are opposed
to any extreme measures on the part of the Wes-
tern Powers, and it may, therefore, reasonably
be supposed that he will not be more inclined
to make concessions now than he was a month
ago. It is still very generally believed that
a more liberal Cabinet will be formed ; but a
person who returned from Naples a few days
since assures me that no person who is not an
" Absolutist " of the purest water can hope to find
favour in the eyes of the King. An impression
appears to prevail in influential Austrian circles
that the Western Powers would be satisfied if such
a man as Prince Satriano were placed at the head
of affairs ; but it appears to me that a change in
the Neapolitan Cabinet would be no satisfactory
guarantee that the King had resolved to change
his system. Those continental organs of the press
which are of the service of Russia affirm that the
Western Powers have entirely given up the idea of
sending their ships to the Bay of Naples, but the
sequel will probably show that they are mistaken.
As has before been said, the expedition to the Bay of
Naples has, at the urgent request of Austria, been
delayed, but the idea has certainly not been re-
linquished. Fuad Pasha's despatch of the 7th of
August, in which he claims for Turkey the islands
in the Lower Danube, is here considered a very
ingenious piece of political writing, but it is not
believed that the Porte will be able to carry its
point, as the islands formed by the different arms
of the Danube were ceded to Russia by the Porte
in 1829. When the St. Petersburg Government
agreed to the rectification of the Bessarabian fron-
tier, it consented to cede a certain portion of its
territory to Moldavia, and not to the Porte, as is
seen by the following sentence which forms the
first paragraph of article 21 of the treaty of March
30 :—" The territory ceded by Russia shall be
annexed to the Principality of Moldavia, under the
suzerainete of the Sublime Porte." The islands
of the Danube form a part of the territory ceded,
and, therefore, Fuad Effendi demands for the
Porte that to which he has no legitimate claim.

The question respecting the Delta of the
Danube will naturally be settled by the diplo-
matists, but it appears to me that the Turks
have as little chance of retaining possession
of it as the Russians have of settling the frontier
question without the cession of Bolgrad. To-
morrow, October 12, the armistice between the
Turks and Montenegrins is at an end, and it is
morally certain that the latter will not remain quiet
until the Paris Conference has settled what is gene-
rail called the Montenegrin Question. The Aus•
trians flatter themselves that they exercise sufficient
influence over Prince Daniel to keep him from at-
tacking his Turkish neighbours, but the fact is that
in Montenegro the Czar's will is law. When Prince
Daniel was here about two years and a half ago he
plainly showed that he was unable to comprehend
the meaning of the expression raison d'etat. After
a man of high rank had spent half an hour in ex-
plaining to him that, for " state reasons," this
Government did not approve of the policy of
Russia towards Turkey, the Prince, still believing
that Austria was in secret playing into the hands
of the Czar, announced his intention to render
Russia every assistance in his power. It is not
known to me how the communication was received,
but certain it is that from that time forward no
Court equipage was at the disposal of the Monte-
negrin Prince. Recently, however, Prince Daniel
has made his peace with Austria, and she has pro-
bably promised again to render him (underhand)
assistance, if the Turks should attempt to force their
way into Montenegro. There has been a slight mis-
understanding between Austria and France on the
subject of the exclusive privilege which was granted
by the ex-Hospodar of Moldavia to M Magnan—a
French subject—to navigate the Pruth. Baron
Prokesch, the Austrian internu cio called the
I attention of the Porte to the fact thatn the' concession

NORTHERN TIMES.-

was not in keeping with one of the stipulations of
the Treaty of March 30, and consequently Ali
Pasha declared it to be null and void. NOtice was
given to the Kaimaltan of Moldavia of what had
occurred; and that functionary, to the great annoy::
anct of Thouvenel, published the ordinance
which had been issued by the Grand Viiier. In
several of the foreign papers it haS been Stated
that the Austrian forCe in the Legation has been
oi-ea-di, reinforced, but the expletive ought to have
been omitted. There is one division under Gen.
Count Degenfeld in the Papal territories, and an
infantry regiment was not long since sent across
the frontier to make it compldte. The reinforce-
ment about three ittotiths since .Sent to the army in
the hornbardo;Venetian Kingdom consisted of two
infantry regithebtg, one rlf Which marched from
the Tyrol, and the other from Lower Styria and
Carinthia. It is credibly related that the future
Viceroy of the Lombardo.Venetian Kingdom is the
Archduke Charles Loins the Emperor's second
brother, who is now Stadtholder of the Tyrol. The
Austrian force on the Loilibtird PrOntier of the
Duchy ot Para has recently bdeti reinforced. Oh
the 6rd Count Cordnini, the commander of the
Austrian Corps in the Danubian Principalities, was
at Belgrade, btit it is not known w 1 at brought liirsi
so far up the river. The Pesti: Lloyd gives tin
account of the recent movements of the French
steamer Lyonnais. For some time past it has been
the question of sending by the Lyonnais a certain
number of guns from the fortress of Belgrade to
Constantinople, but the parties could not agree
about the price to be paid for the job. At last the
captain of the Lyonnfli6 loSt pitien&ucind left tell
grade, but on his arrival at Pancsova lie fotind a
telegraphic message from Strasburg containing an
order to convey the Turkish guns to Constanti-
nople free of expense. In obedience to the instruc-
tions received, the captain of the Lyonnaise
returned to Belgrade, and when lie was last heard
of—on the 4th inst.—he was taking in the Turkish
guns at the " water-gate "of Belgrade. It may be
remarked that the Austrian Danubian Steam
Company watches every movement of the Lyonnais.
At his own request, Baron von Walter, who for
a short time was Austrian Minister at Athens, has
been recalled. His successor is Baron Brenner,
the Secretary of the Austrian Legation at Frank-
fort. The official Gazzetta di Milano announces
that their Majesties will reach Milan in the first
week in January.

EtTSSIA

Mostew, Sept. 28.—0 n Thursday night the
Melancholy intelligence of Lord Hardinge's
decease was communicated by electric telegraph
to Lord Granville. Colonel Hardinge started for
St. Petersburg on Friday morning by the 11 o'clock
train, and proceeded direct to London. Lord and
Lady Stafford left by the same train, and will sail
in the Duke of Sutherland's steam yacht from St.
Petersburg to Dunrobin Castle, which they will
reach probably ere this letter arrives in London.

The Marquis- is accompanied by his pier— the
eame who caused such " an ekcitement " at Lady
Grtinville's ball—and it is to be hoped that
his strains will not produce such an agitat-
ing effect upon the waves as they did upon
the Russian ladies ; rather let us Wish for the
fair Lady Stafford's sake, that the; renew
the halcyon days once more, if such a heavenly
season was ever kown to the Baltic and his rude brother
of the German Ocean, and that Eolus will not be
irritated by his humble imitator, who carries his wind in
a bag also, to freaks of overwhelming competition. Lord
Granville and Colonel Maude came to the station to see
the late members of his Embassy off on their journey.
Lord Wodehouse, our resident Minister Plenipotentiary,
also went by this train to return no more to the fetes at
Moscow. If the English ball was the larger and more
profuse, so to speak, in all the elements of such
an entertainment, there can be no question that there
has as yet been ne such " elegant " ball during the
fetes as that given by Prince Paul Esterhazy last night.
The invitations were not too numerous, and I doubt if
more than 450 persons were present, but they certainly
included every one in Moscow who is distinguished by
rank, or who is known in the political world. The
Prince is, as English readers need not be told, one of
the most popular of statesmen, and even through the
stormy and cloudy atmosphere of Austrian politics, his
honour has ever shone brightly, and his personal
character. untarnished by any suspicion, has always
been regarded with respect by the bitterest enemies of
the country, he so nobly and faithfully serves. here in
this Court, which of all others has most reason to complain
of Austria, he has by unfailing gentleness and firmness,
and by the bearing and conduct of a " gentleman "
in the best sense of the word, achieved results
which the most subtle diplomatists might have
essayed to accomplish in vain. Austria did well in
sending such a representative, the type of the chivalrous,
polished, kindly, and accomplished " Seignior,"—grand,
if you like, but still a gallant cavalier, who is passing
away from among us, and leaves no one to take his place.
The chilling cold of th first receptions at Peterhof have
melted away before the irresistible sincerity and honesty
of Prince Esterhazy, and now there is sunshine and fine
weather in the halls of the Imperial Palace when His
Highness presents himself before the Czar. It would
be unjust not to add that the tact, prudence, good sense,
and straightforwardness of Lord Granville have been
rewarded with a similar success, if not so great in
degree, at least as difficult of attainment, and that the
English Ambassador will depart with matters put on a
much better footing than they were when he came and
during the earlier part of his stay in Russia. The
Austrian Embassy is situate wi h one side abutting on
the street in which are the two houses of the English
embassy, and the ball room was, as with us, a temporary
building of wood and canvass. It was decorated with
great taste, and was beautifully lighted. Whether it
appertrined to the garden in which the room was built I
cannot say, but there was a fountain at one end of the
salle, in which water plants were floating, and the plash
of the water was deliciously refreshing in the crowded
and heated atmosphere of the assembly. There was an
air of comfort and luxury about the room, which put
one in mind of a drawing room in some fine old English
mansion, turned, for a time to the uses of dancing. Out-
side the house was covered with variegated lamps, and
large artificial trees laden with glowing fruit, of the
same sort, were planted at the door and in a line
along the pave. The approaches were kept by
Cos acks and gendarmerie, and a great number of
persons assembled to see 'the company arrive, and
were as quiet as a Russian crowd always is till the
appearauce of the Czar excited them to utter a shrill cry,
repeated again and again. It is seldom that it falls to
one's lot to behold a more brilliant and stately spectacle
than this ball room presented on the entrance of the
Emperor. When the shouting of the populace was
audible, Prince Esterhazy, attended by the members of
his mission, proceeded to the porch, and stood ready to
welcome the Czar within his threshold. He was dressed
with all that wonderful and yet tasteful magnificence
which has made his name famous —the dark sable-
trimmed pelisse, with streams and lakes of diamonds and
pearls studding every fold and filtering through every
crevice, the colour of which, whether puce, black, or deep
blue, I cannot determine ; the tunic covered from throat
to waist with orders in diamonds, crosses and badges of
knighthood, ribands, and stars, and precious stones ; the
purple or maroon•coloured boots crusted with pearls and
diamonds, and the sword with its hilt a very mirror of
light. And yet, with all this glitter and blaze, there is a
sombreness in this bravery of apparel which enhances its
richness, and the greatest attraction after all is the fine '
old gentleman who wears it. The personal friend of our
own (great Duke, the intimate of the great statesmen
of Europe, and the councillor of emperors, the Prince
Paul Esterhazy would be an historical character if he
wore the clothes of Mr. Cobbett or of Lord Panmure, or
indulged in the ostentatious simplicity of clothing which
delights the Society of Friends. The Czar was dressed
in the uniform of the Hussars of the Guard. The
Empress was attired, as she always is (and, indeed, why
should she not be), with much splendour, but she was
almost eclipsed by the Grand Duchess Constantine, who
would be considered beautiful among the beautiful, and
whose parures arc wonderfully tine. As the Emperor
and Empress entered, they shook hands with the Prince,
who led them, followed by the miler members of the
imperial family, through a line of Chasseurs and Austrian
japers into the ball room, the orchestra the while playing
the Russian National Anthem. The whole of the
company were drawn up across the room to receive their
Majesties, and the effect of the uniforms of every
European state and of many Asiatic kingdoms and prin-
cipalities, mingled with court and diplomatic dresses,
and the gay or rich robes of the grand dames and
demoiselles, was very striking, although one cannot say,
after so many balls and fetes, that it was very novel.
Then commenced the polonaise, in which Lord and
Lady Granville, M. de Morny, the Prince, the
.Grand
Dukes, the Emperor and Empress took part, and imme-
diately after that state procession the actual severity of
dancing began, and was continued without mercy for
some time uninterruptedly. All the great officers of State
were present, and many other officers and statesmen,
with their wives and daughter, of whom it is but just to
say, that either our standard of beauty is becoming lower
and less difficult, or that they are becoming prettier and
more charming on each successive occasion. Of the
distinguished strangers within the gates of Moscow there
was no lack. The Persians, who for some reason or
another, did not honour Lady Granville's ball, as far as
I could see, were here with their lofty conical black
sheepskin caps men of Gondol, Mingrelia, Georgia,

Circassia, Tartary, and Thibet walked about amid the
crowd of European statesmen with an air of ease and
indifterence which was highly amusing. It is something
new to see the deputy of the Grand LAtia discussing a
4iandle ice, and to behold in the flesh a gentleman
erotu Eiokhara engaged in the - mysteries of eating
Ncie Sonie arrahgerhent aboht the Holy
Planes is talked hi', in order to ureveni the disgraceful

and outrageous exhibitions which are renewed every
year lit Jerusalem, to the scandal of Christianity and
the disgrace of religion. It is said that our missionaries
in Arabia have been met with the taunt by the natives
whom they attempted to convert—" Have we not been
at Jerusalem and seen your Christians together ?" The
tompaey generally was very distinguished. The
Emperor and the Empress retired after supper,
but many of the guests returned to the ball-room, and
it was not very early this morning when the last carriage
rattled along the Precbistenka from the Prince's door.
The hunt on Friday was, I am told, very successful.
It was the last of these entertainments. Some of the
English----Lord Lincoln and Lord Ward—have had some
cock shooting in the neighbourhood of the city, and a
little later the shooting will be very good all around us.
The solitary of double snipe is very plentiful, and so are
all the plover tribe, scolopidm, curlews, spoonbills, little
bustards, hares, Ike.

ITALY.

The Genoa Cortivi liteccintite, of the 10th insfant,
announces that in the course of the week the following
ships of war were to put to sea ;—The Carlo Alberto,
60-gun screw frigate ' • the steam frigate Governolo, of
)6 guns ; the sailing frigate Eurydice, of 4lguns ; and
the steaot *ar transport Tariard. When the order to arm
these ships leached dencia, it was generally belieted
Wait it *cis- in eddiplinierit to the lioyager EMpress df
Russia; whom they %Vete to esddrt td Nice. 'their arma-
ment on the war footing and their proitiniate departure,
however, haie since given rise to the report that they
were proceeding to the rendezvous of the English and
French squadrons at Ajaccio. The Empress was shortly
expected, and the steamer Constituzione remained at her
disposal in the port if Genoa.
Lord John Russell arrived at Pisa on the Bth inst.

Negoeiations are at present going on between the
Governments of Au ltria and Piedmont for the construction
of a railway from Milan to Tdrin, by Bluitalora, for th e
establishment of a telegraph line, and for the naiigation
of Lake Maggiore.
Letters from Rome, of the 9th, state, that on that day
the commencement of the works on the railway to Civita
Vecchia took place with great ceremony at Santa Passera,
a place two miles from Rome. Mgr. Tizzani, Archbishop
of Nisibe (the largest see in pdrtibus in the world),
performed the religions ceremony of blessing the line, in
the presence of the diplomatic body, a number of
Carainaii, prelates; add other distinguished personages.

GREAT CROSBY GOOSE FEAST

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This ancient and honoured feast—so old that hardly
any history of its origin remains—was held yesterday at
Great Crosby. As usual, the annual banquet was given ats
Mr. Belshaw's Ship Inn, and from the well-known character
of that house---not only throughout the locality, but even
in Liverpool—little more need be said than to state that the
entertainment Was " first rate." The taste and judgment
always shown by Mr. Belshaw are duly appreciated, and we
cati say that the eicellence of the entertainments of the last
few years was fully maintained yesterday, if, indeed, the
latter did not exceed the former. It was quite a gala day
at Great Crosby ; and it was cheering to see so many happy
faces around the annual festive board. The company was,
as usual; highly respectable,, and comprised gentlemen of
the locality; and also from Liverpool. The dinner was not
only excellent in quality and quantity, but was served up in
the worthy host's best style. The wines were of the best
quality, and consisted of champagne, old port, prime sherry,
&c. The chair was ably filled by the respected proprietor
of the " Alton Brewery," who discharged his duties to the
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never seen a more splendid banquet laid out to meet them.
(Cheers.) There would have been many more present but
for unavoidable circumstances, and it would be a source of
regret to many when he had told them the splendid dinner
they had lost. (Cheers and laughter.)
A gentleman remarked, parenthetically, that the absentees
had a great loss, and he said the only way the absent gen-
tlemen could make up for the loss Would be to drive out to
Mr. Belahaw's this day, and have one of the finest lunches
on record. (Laughter and cheers.)
The Chairman continued to pass a well-merited compli-
ment on the host and Mrs. Belshaw, and said as long as
tiley-lived to rule the roast at the Great Crosby goose feast,
so long would the old renown of the fimst itself, and the
good cheer of the Ship Inn prevail. (Cheers.) " Mr. and
Mrs. Baishaw. and prosperity to the Great Crosby Goose
Feast." Drunk with all the honours. ,
'

Mr. 13,:lshaw returned shanks is his usual happy style, and
assured the company, first of all, that he was very glad to
see them. (Cheers.) He had al ways done his best to main-
tain the ancient c lebrity of the feasr, and to please his
numerous and respectable visitors. (Hear, hear.) He
trusted ho had been successful, and, indeed, the great patron-
age bestowed on him, fully convinced him that he had met
their approbation. (Cheers.) It would always afford him
great satisfaction to meet his friends, and if he had done
them justice he considered it his best reward. Having
thanked the company on his own and Mrs. Belshaw's
behalf, he sat down amid loud applause.
Several other toasts were given and responded to, and the
evening was spent in a happy and pleasant manner, the
company separating with a hearty bumper " to or.r next
merry meeting."

LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURAL AND
ARCH,EOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

The members of this society held their second meeting of
the present sessions last evening, at the Royal Institution,
Co'cilitt street—Mr. S. Hugging, the president of the
society, took the chair. The following gentlemen were
elected members of the society :—Mr. James Jump, Bootle ;
Edward Thornley, Blackburn terrace J. H. Mellor,
Walton road ; Joseph Sawyer, Waterloo ; and Charles Z.
Herrman, Bedford street North The Secretary announced
the receipt of several donations, amongst which were the
lAnd and Building Society, the Irish Reporter, the
Building Chronicle, Transactions of the Liverpool Ohs.
mists' Association, and the Transactions of the Historic
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

Mr. Joseph Boult then brought forward the motion of
which he had previously given notice, to the effect " That
this society memoralise the Liverpool Town Council to
amend the Building Act." In doing so, he said that all
practical members of the society were so alive to the sub-
ject, and were so unanimous in their opinion as to the
necessity of amending that act, that he would not detain
them with any observations, but would read the draft of a
memorial he proposed should be forwarded to the Town
Council. Mr. James M. Hay seconded the motion.
Mr. Picton thought the subject had been brought before the
society so unexpectedly, that he did not think it could be
gone into. He thought they should not rush into such an
important subject, until they knew what the New Building
Act was, and therefore would suggest that the subject
should be postponed until after Mr. Boult had read the
paper he had promised on the Building Act, which would
be at the next meeting. Mr. Weightman, the Secretary,
concurred in Mr. Picton's suggestion. After a few observa-
tions from Mr. Boult, in reply, he stated that in the paper
he was about to read, he would go into the whole motion in
detail. Mr. Verelst moved, as an amendment. that the
presentation of the memorial be postponed until the next
meeting. Mr. Frodsham seconded the amendment, which
was carried unanimously. Mr. Picton then exhibited some
photographic drawings, for a new suborder in capitals, of
colours. These ornaments consisted of devices from our
native flowers. I'h e idea was his own, and had been c irried
out by his son. The specimens were very beautiful, and
much admired. Mr. Verelst thought they were rather too
much of a vegetarian character, beautiful as they were,
and were not equally applicable. Mr. Picton partially
concurred in the observations that had been made by
the practical men present. The paper of the evening
was on Farm Buildings, by Mr. G. Verelst. This paper
had been read before our agricultural society, and was in
some degree altered to be applicable to the present society.
The paper was listened to with great interest, being
illustrated by several plans, explanatoey of what he conceived
should be the plan of the fam building and its appurtenances.
An interesting conversation followed the reading of the
paper, after which the meeting separated.

To Mrs. A' I3eckett, widow of the late gifted magistrate,
has been considerately granted by the Premier a pension of
£lOO per annum. Lard Palmerston's liberality has been
further shown in the gift of £lOO towards the maintenance
of Mr. Angus B. Reach.
The London Committee for affording relief to the
sufferers from the cholera in Madeira have sustained a severe
loss, by the death of Dr. 13.15 q, at Madeira. Dr. Ross had
been in England only a short time when the intelligence
that the island had been invaded by cholera reached him.
In two days afterwards he was in the steam,packet on his
way back, and he landed at Madeira on the 30th August.
His humane labours at once commenced. On the very
first day, amidst the welcome acclamations of high and low,
and before even seeing his own family, he prescribed for
upwards of seventy cholera patients. Each succeeding
day gave ample scope for the exercising of his untiring
exertions and usefulness. He had just completed a
cholera hospital,
his own eye ; bat his benevolent mind had already drawn
too heavily where the patients could.be treated under
upon his physical powers, and within a week
he had succumbed to that malady which he had so nobly
volunteered to combat.

The annual meeting of the Liverpool branch of this
society was held at half-past six Ockick, last night, in
the Philharmonic Hall. The attendance Was numerous.
The chair was taken by Mr. E. Heath; and among the
other gentlemen on the platform were—Rev. D. T.
Barry, Ref. Mr. Lundie, Rev. Mr. Kelly, Rev. C. Law-
renee, fled'. Dr. Hamlin, Rev. Mr. liirkus, Rev. Dr.
Blackwood (late chaplain to the forces at Scu aril, Rev.
Mr. Dawson, Mr. R. A. Made, Mr. Sands, Mr. W.
Crosfield, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Laing, Mr. A. King, Mr.
R Smith, Mr. A. Steains, &c. After prayer had been
offered tip by the Rev. Mr. Kelly,
The Chair man proceeded to open the business of the
Meeting. He said that the society for which they were
met together td proffer their stipport, was the Turkish
Mission Aid Bociety. They were met, nOt for the
purpose of instituting a new mission, but rather, as the
programme which he held in his hand specified, for the
purpose of availing themselves of existing missions fn
the East for promoting and forwarding Christianity in
that region, and especially among the Mahomedans.
The leadinc, feature of the society was its Catholicity.
It donciptehended and embraced most of the Christian
churches of this Protestant land, and in stating that he
would take the opportunity 6'f referring to the great error
that prevailed among some other Churches of Christianity
with regard to the stipposed divisions nod dissentions
among Christian tbdrches. Nova, however varied they
might be in external forint, the evangelical churches of
Christendom were conspicuous for the unity of their
practice, and for the union of the spirit in which they
conducted add for Warded their religious views. Meat',

hear.) That fact Was ethillited in the support which
the Turkish Mission Aid Society feepired ; for, While
its president in London was the Earl of Sottaftesbury,
end its viee-presidents, Lord Robert Grosvedot, Sir
Edward North Buxton, and Sir Culling Ridley, here, in

LiVerpOol, they %mild have represented that night the
Chtirch of England, the Presbyterian church, th
Baptists, the Independents, and he kt
friends and s owners attidrig niany other denominational
churches in Liverpool. (Hear, hear) there %vat
another very peculiar and interesting feature in tl e
working of the society, and that was that they atailed
themselves of the services of the different missions
that now existed in the East, and particularly so
in the case of the Missionaries ment from the
Ametiean churches, and who had beers in that
field of labdur (hiring the last five and thirty years.
He would, with their permisdion, read a sheet paragraph
from the programme to vrhitili lie haid alluded in expla-
nation of that point :—" Of missions in operation, those
established by the American Board of Commissioners fur
Foreign Missions appear entitled to the largest share of
support, being extended over a much wider field, and
having been successfully prosecuted where no other
Protestant Missions exist. British missionaries have
hithertO been directed only to the Jews hi Egypt and
PaleStifie and, with the exception of the important
Anglican Mission of the eXcellent Bishop Gobat, of the
Church Mi•sionary, the Free Of Scotland, and the
London Societies' faithful labourers for the salivation of
the House of Israel—the American Missionaries are the
only Evangelists of European Turkey and Asia Minor,
Mesopotamia and Syria, Armenia, Kurdistan,
even to Ooroomlah in Northern Persia." While
he claimed thus for the society the fact of its
Catholicity here at home, and of its being supported
by most of the evangelical churches, he would also direct
their attention to .what was the characteristic of the
evangelical missions over all parts of the world, and
that Was, the absolute fraternity and co-operation, and
mutual sympathy, on the part of all missions, from

that it also I

whatever church they entatited. (Hear, hear.) ft Was
impassible to read the reports of the Church Missionary
Society, the London Society, and the flible Society,
which they knew was also perfectly Catholic with regard
to its stipporters, xtithout being struck with this fact,
that whatever differerice in their extern-II forms of
worship the Protestant churches mlglit present at home,
yet to the eye of the heathen and MahOmedan, 'they
presented one uniform spirit, and one uniform front In
their spiritual Christianity. (Hear, hear.) In addition
to the fact that the funds of this society were, to a large
extent, appreprirted to the support and to the promotion
of the American missions. which originated in Boston,
acid were supported by at least five different denomina-
tions of churches, there was also this great fact, that
these Missions came ftom a land which was their sister
land, and from a people wild, in fact, had sprung from
themselves. (Hear, bear.) It was beautifully said,
upon another platform, a few evenings ago,
by that great statesman who considered it as
one of the honours of his private life, to be able to sup.
port the claims of missionary societies, be alluded to Mr.
William E wart Gladstone, their townsman—(applause)
—it was said by him, that it appeared to be the design
bf Providence in its wisdom, that the Anglo Saxon race,
including the American Anglo-Saxon race, which was
sprung from alert], *as destined to civilise and
evangelise distant heathen lands. This very mission
which they were now met to support, was a beautiful
illustration of that; for here they found England and
America going hand in hand—England contributing her
money, and America sending out her missionaries to
Convert the heathen and Mahomedan. (Hear, hear.)
The very name of the Turkish Mission Aid Society was
highly suggestive. lie did not know of any other
missionary work that was so suggestive, for, independent
of the recent events which had so directed their atten—
tion to the East, they should remember that it was from
Asia that Europe received the Gospel. and that it had
therefore peculiar claims on Europe, to undertake the
restoration to it of true Christianity. (Hear, hear )
They knew that this was not the first time that European
Christianity had endeavoured to gain an ascendancy
over the Mahomedan religion, and to put it down.
Seven hundred years ago Western Europe raised itself
against Mahomedanism, but did not succeed. And
why did it not succeed ? Because they went with
martial weapons—with the pomp and power of the
sword, and therefore utterly failed, and left behind them
only a greater odium and a greater prejudice against
the Christian name. It was well for them now to
consider why it was that Christianity should have been
so many centuries in the presence of Mahomedanism,
and have effected so little towards its destruction. The
reason might be considered as twofo!d. In the first
place, Mahomedanism contained a great truth. The
Khoran contained the great truth upon which all true
religion was based—it declared God was one God.
That was a truth, and in respect of it l%lahomedanism
presented itself in a favourabie light to the grosser
religions with which it was surrounded. They found
it was always the tendency for the grosser religion
to fall before the purer religion, and, therefore, it was
that Mahomedauism had so successfully extended itself
into the territories of the Budhist and Brahmin. It
seemed astonishing then that Christianity should not
have made more victories over Islamism ; but the sad
truth was this, that for 700 years Islamism had known
no Christianity only in its forms of the corrupt Christian
churches. (Hear, hear.) When they considered that
with the Jews and Mahomedans the oneness of God
was a living doctrine—that both were spiritual wor-
shippers—they could conceive what a shock it must have
been to their feelings to find Christianity presented
in a form which appeared to them to be idolatrous.
He did not wish to charge any church or society of men,
who called themselves Christians, with being idolators.
They knew that the Greek End Roman Churches repudiated
the accusation with the greatest indignation ; but still they
knew that the Mahomedan did not regard th metaphysical
distinctions which members of these churches drew in their
own minds, between the intercessions which they paid to
the Saints and those which they offered to the real
God, but that he looked upon such practices as idola-
trous. The Chairman, in conclusion, pointed out how
Protestant Christianity presented itself to the Turkish
mind, and how beneficially it operated in elevating the
degraded and fallen women of that land.

The Rev. Mr. Barry, and the Rev. Mr. Hamlin, American
missionary, then addressed the meeting, the latter gentleman
declaring that unless England enforced it, the late
firman,
granting civil liberty to the Christians in Turkey, would be
utterly inoperative.
The Rev. Mr. Blackwood, in the course of his address,
referred to the scenes which, as chaplain b the army of the
East, he had witnessed in the hospital at Scutari. He
buried, he said, fifty men a day in the graves at Scutari,
and that was the average number for many successive weeks,
though sometimes it amounted to as many as sixty and
seventy-five. He had frequently walked through the hos-
pitals late in the afternoon, and had seen men brought in
in scores ; and next morning when he went hack, he would
find that half of those whom he had visited the night before
were dead, and buried in their graves. Oa one occasion,
when the number of chaplains was greatly reduced, it was
necessary for one of them, in addition to his day labours. to
sit up at the hospital every third night ; and going the
round of the hoepitals on these occasions he used to meet
that person—(Hiss Nightingale)—whose name was held in
honourable memory in England. (Applause.) He found
that service, though but every third night, a great pull on
them in
alla a
the fearful
month state
round of
his physical and mental powers; but every night she was
there. (Applaus•.) How she managed to stand it he
could not tell, and could attribute her preservation to
nothing but the abundant grace of God ; for, assuredly, no
human means that they could have taken, could have
p
things. He had found one night in them a very serious
thing to undertake and undergo, but yet she was there on
every
yctd night
supported
in
tseven,hem in such
t h
and fo
(Applause) And, as for the noble men who lay in those
.
hospitals, he could truthfully say that he had
never heard
one murmur, one groan, or one regret in alltheir sufferings,from a single lip of these dying' noble
(Ap-
plause.) They laid down their creatures.
lives on their hospital beds
with the same magnanimity and calmness that they exposed
themselves to the bullets
enemies. (Applause.) andln bayonets_ of their couneatrkye'rs
conclusion, the rev.t„ speaker
called on the meeting, in honour supports
of these men,
the Turkish Mission Aid Society, to the zeal of whose
Missionarie
she bore the most generous testimony. A col-
lection was made, and after some other addresses the
' meeting separated.