The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-29 00:00:00

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CLOSE OF THE VISIT OF THE BRITISH
ARMY TO THE CRIMEA.

SEBASTOPOL, July Ist. —The post-office depart-
ment at head-quarters was broken up to day, and
Mr. Angell and his assistants moved down to
Balaklava. Notwithstanding a few " dodges," and
many disappointments at the beginning of the
war, for none of which were the post-office officers
answerable, this department, one of the most
difficult and ungracious in the world, has been
worked with much success, to the satisfaction of the
army. The head-quarters house will be deserted to-
morrow, but the lawful proprietors are represented
as being very anxious to take possession as soon
as possible. Colonel M`Murdo has left for Con-
stantinople to wind up the affairs of the Land
Transport Corps ; and Colonel Evans, a very active
and intelligent officer has succeeded to the com-
mand of the corps in the Crimea.
"WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 2.—The scene of
desiraetiou is as complete as the desolation in the
camp. Four huge piles of timber, shattered huts,'
furniture, stools, benches, tables, stabling., and
planks of all sorts are blazing fiercely in the Fourth
Division ground, throwing columns of light into
the eir, which illuminated the deserted plateau
”far
and One of these, by the by, consists of a
somewhat more valuable material than the rest.
It is formed of about 500,000 lbs of charcoal, which
was left on the ground near the central depot,
and it is now a grand pyramid of oranee coloured
flame, which' must have cost in one way or
the other a very considerable sum of money. The
calculations respecting the evacuation have been
very faulty, or they have been falsified by changes
in the principles and mode on which it was con-
ducted. The Commissariat officers are consequently
left large quantities of stores which they are
endeavouring to sell in the East wherever they
can. The prices at which they propose to dis-
pose of these stores to all comers are moderate
enough—e. g., per 100 lbs biscuit, 22s 10d; rice,
18s 10d ; sugar, 19s 11d; coffee, 668 8d ; tea,
95s 10d ; cocoa, 58s 4d; pepper, 87s 6d; rum, per
gallon, 3s 2d ; spermaceti candles, per 100 lbs,
116 s 8d ; moulds, 655; compressed vegetables,
166 s 8,1 ; barley, with sacks, 14s ; hay, 14s 3d ;
straw, 8s 9d; salt beef, per 304 lbs, 196 s 2d ; salt
pork, per 320 lb., 2225. 11d. The quantity of stores
which will be abandoned on the ground is neces-
sarily very considerable. The live stock and
animals of the army will not cause any very great
loss, the mules, for example, having been sold in
most instances at prices very nearly approaching
the original cost. The camels have turned out
badly. Out of 2,000 fine-haired camels collected at
Sinope only a few hundred survived the severity of
last winter. There are about 2,000 bullocks in
the Crimea beyond those required for the troops
up to their departure, and the money represented
by these animals is at least 16,000/. The Commis-
sary-General will be obliged to find transport for
them if he cannot sell them to the Russians, and
according to all accounts the Crimea is so full of
cattle, there is little chance of doing so. As
they cannot be left behind, they must he sent
down to some market for sale, arid the result
will be that the evacuation will not be completed
so soon as was expected, should we be obliged to
keep some one to see after their shipment. Major-
General Garrett will hand over l3alaklava and this
portion of the Crimea to the Russians, after which
he will proceed to Gibraltar to command a brigade
of the troops assembled there Already the Rus
sians send in their guards with prisoners to the
Provost Marshal of Balaklava. Once more the
gray coats, flat caps, and long, polished, brass-
bound musket. barrels may be seen on the
heights of Inkermann. The offences for which
prisoners are made are generally trifling, and
for the most part consist in having made
attempts to cross the lines to Simpheropol or
Ilakshi-serai without proper passes. On this point
the Russians are very strict, and they have had it
notified, moreover, at Constantinople that they will
not permit any person to land in the Crimea hence-
forth except those who have formerly lived there,
and are about to return permanently. The Empe-
ror sailed to-day with some of the Head-quarters
Staff.

FRIDAY, July 4.—The Calcutta steam transport
cleared out of Balaklava with a full live cargo of
Hussars and horses. As the Calcutta cleared out
of the harbour the crews of the Leander and Sans
pareil gave the gallant ship and her cargo three
cheers spontaneously—an unusual compliment from
men-of-war's men. TheHussarsreturned the cheers,
and in a few moments the shores of the Crimea
were fading from the view with the last rays of the
setting sun lighting the frowning cliffs of Cape
Aya, and burnishing up the copper-coloured rocks
which lined the lugged coast. The men relapsed
into silence. " How happy should I he, only I'm
thinking of the poor fellows we leave behind."
said a soldier, after a pause. " Yes! but they did
their work, and we have no cause to be ashamed
of them, thank God !" was the reply of his. neigh-
bour; "and so good bye to the Crimea l'—Times
Correspondent.

SUDDEN DE ATllS.—Yes!erday morning, Captain Jenkins,
of the schooner Jane, was found dead in his berth on board
his vessel. A girl named Mary M ugh went home from
school on Friday fait, and complained that some one had
beaten her on the head. She died of inflamation of the
braii yesterday. Inquests will be held in the above cases
this day.

TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.--Y sterday, the members
of the several temperance societies held their usual pia day
at the Z )ological Gardens. In consequence of the
unfavourable state of the weather for the prece3ing two
Mon lay's, the festival had been postponed. Yesterday the
weather was all that could be desired, and a large number
of the brotherhood enjoyed the various amusements pre-
pared for the occasiott, by Mr. Atkins, the spirited and
enterprising proprietor of these gardens.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR YORK.-011 Satur-
day morning, at an early hour, a fearful collision occurred
at the Church Fenton station on the North Eastern railway,
near York, A passenger train was standing at the station,
on its return from an agricultural show, when it was run
into by a luggage train, by which a great number of carriages
were smashed. Two persons were killed on the spot, two
more were mortally bruised, and some 14 others were more
or less injur ,d. The engine of the luggage train was
smashed to PiPeeF•

THE " WALL-STREET GAZETTE."—We received by the
Canada a file of a new American paper, published at New
York, under the above imposing title. And we have
seldom seen a more perfect specimen of the typographical
art, or a better selection of monetary, banking, and general
commercial intelligence. Its commentaries on the present
condition and future prospects of the money, stock, and
produce markets, exhibit sound practical knowledge, com-
bined with no ordinary amount of experience, while its
tabular returns are reduced to the most concise 'form. As
an able and well arranged commercial newspaper, we wish
our young Transatlantic cotemporary the success it so
justly merits, and feel fully justified in recommending it to
the notice of our mercantile readers, more particularly
those who are directly interested in the trade of the States.
THE ATLANTIC STEAM ti RS. Mr. Vanderbilt, the Amer-
ican shipowner, states, in an application to Congress that,
after six months trial of running steamers between Europe
and America without a mail contract, be has found it
impos.ible to compete with the Collins' line, who receive a
Subsidy of £200,000 a year for conveying mails. He states
that the rate of ocean postage is about 9d a letter, and he
fully expected, when he started his line, to be allowed that
amount on such letters as the interest and convenience of
parties might induce them to place on board his steamers.
lie, however, found that he was only allowed one penny a
• He says that he is constructing an ocean steamer of
5,000 tons burden, which will cost nearly £200,000, that
he has a capital of nearly £400,000 embarked in shipping,
end he offers to carry the mails to pod from Europe once a
fortnight at about £3,400 the round, which is one half of
the amount the United States government pays to Ceiling
line for the same service, and he offers to relinquish such
compensation wbenever Congress shall adopt the policy of
withholding government patronage in all its forms from
Etepniships traversing the Atlantic Ocean.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening last,
an accident occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire rail-
way, to a man who has been employed as a goods guard by
e‘o?to
the railway company. A goods train, chiefly laden with
n,
left Liverpool on Saturday, and as there were not
sheets sufficient to cover the cotton, a man was appointed to
the cotton, and
_neany the train, in order that he might give timely
"C"utlee of any spark that might fall upon
vral its firing. The man above referred to was chiefly
ehester ; a
its at Liverpool, but his family were living in Man-
,. i.ea and as one of his children was dead, he made an
etenent to take the place of the person appointed to
eeetch the trainuin order that he might have the opportunity
t
Cl' tendine
leippened thlthefu on Sunday in Manchester.o It
So other, while there trh!) was passing
teeengled with a ro from one
train was in motion, his foot became
le. ell down and was Per that was attached to the cotton,
mangled,
over by the succeeding truck to
was dreadfully waggons.
"I, and was conveyed to the Hilton
ev• 1 5. Pilswo. th, whet,
it Was of no avail, asebemedical assistance was procured,
Sealay mornine. his wife had
a lit.le alter eight o'clock on
her eir-band was injured, and
received information that
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fortunate man expired before her rivel.the spot, but the