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

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, ire the /ndependance
Thursday, publishes the following sjngular address;
delivered by the Metropolitan Philarete .or Moscow°
"
the occasion of the thanksgiving for peace II: that eitY
After some of the usual expressions of religions
for the cessation of the evils of war, the Prelate re`ers o t
ratitude

the " grand and consoling recollections" of the war
When our seamen, who had commenced the war 1Y-b
destruction of the Turkish fleet, were obliged to yielurx,
the outnumbering forces of many empires, not only
they not abandon their vessels but they converted the—d:
into a submarine fortress, for the defence of the town 3°
port. Our soldiers and sailors united, resisted in Sebansi.:
topol for eleven consecutive months the united arms
four nations, and instruments of destruction unprecedente
.
in number and power. Finally, although the enernl: 6eo
the midst of the remains which we have abandoned
him, is inveterately wicked enough to destroy the rui°4o
there remains at Sebastopol, even to this day, a it3ssia

army.
Afaf
" Farther to the East, a little fortress, with a ban--
1 o
men, has repelled the attack, by sea and land, of suPers.",
forces, rather by prayer than by force, as reported "
those who took part in the combat.
exhausts
their " Tn the West, two most powerful fleets have exha—
their strength against one fortress, and made but a (lista"
attack on another. At the North there has been an otra"
ordinary combat ; :on the one side ships of war aad
ed
non, on the other servants of God, the monks who repair i
ss
to the walls with images, prayers, and some Oen t
feeble weapons—and the convent remained intact. Agpo
Russia fought the armies of four nations—amongst

the most powerful in the world.
to
" Of the number of powers which remained stranger- e
the war, some have remained entirely neuter, but some
their doubtful attitude have impeded our liberty of acti°it
to the advantage of our enemies. Notwithstanding :e:
this we have not been beaten in Europe, and in Asia

remain victors. Glory to the Russian army l the
"Re-entered into peace, we do notj wish to renewll
combat, even with the weapons of words. We will sial;§
call to mind that even during the armistice, when it,.„r.
not allowed to us to fight our enemies, some of our au'o.,-
saries continued the war against the stones of our Pea: 0,
ful buildings. The stones themselves, in their indigo of
buried under their ruins me of the heroes of that tic

destruction,

"Bul, notwithstanding the success which the War vt
promised to our arms, we did not wish to continue it' tho•
us render thanks to God for not having imposed on oro•
dos and:Christian Russia, the responsibility of
mencement of the war—that war she did not declare, rou t
being provoked, it was a duty to accept it. It is imPek`ted
to Russia not to incur the reproach of having coatri'u
to continue it." the r.

ng.
PEA.CE MOVEMENTs. —The measures necessary for pu-di.tb,
the Prussian army on a peace footing are going " wijor
the greatest rapidity. The surplus artillery and cav%."„
horses have already been sold, and fetched very bl

prices.
meet
THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM PALMER.—.WE are inior— 0
that Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Groves, Q. 0., Mr. Pha
Grey, and Mr. Kenealy, and not Sir Fitzroy Kelly the
Mr. Ballantine, will defend William Palmer at '

ensuing trial. t
Tim NAVAL REVIEW. —A number of persons go of
board her Majesty's steamer Himalaya, on the claY rs
the great naval review, with forged tickets. It aPPiellio,
that tickets to get on board the steamers were forged
London and regularly sold. act
WINE DUTIES.—In consequence of the desire e%Pres-00,
by --le' `lke 'd debate LlP:ra

ny the government to take-the adjourne...
the capitulation of Kars on Tuesday last, Mr. O duties
postponed his motion for a reduction of the wine
till the first open day, Tuesday, 27th of May. tot,
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Friday next the 9th ins r
has been fixed for inaugurating the monument in ho°-,bia
of the Crimean heroes, and the Peace TrophY " the
Baron Marochetti, which are now being erected ill be
Crystal Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert wi
present on the occasion, with a guard of honour, c,
posed of soldiers who have served in the war. von
THE OPPOSITION AND THE PEELITES. The
Herald, of Friday morning, says :—Sir Jas. Grahaniseet
the three right honourables who sit beside hits, Tho
thank Heaven, little in common with the Opposition. ,re•
treacherous support of the leading Peelites is, for th_e
cnii-
sent, given to an administration which, it must bcotri,
fessedoneeds it, and receives thankfully the smalles+Loalli
bution. The sympathies of those gentlemen are na'+`,.ative
with these statesmen who are destitute of admims`" oast
capacity, especially in the conduct of the war, for we, wag
not forget that the magnificent bungling at the outs_eekelito
the peculiar work of Lord Aberdeen and his four r-,tent
colleagues. The Peelites have therefore been consx war`
of the 0
for once in supporting those whose management only- t
so nearly coincides with their own. We have rnagrU•
congratulate the ministry on their accession of st
and the source of it. se of
THE RAILWAY FORGERIES IN IRELAND.--The eraather
Mr. Montgomery Knighting, is beginning to assonlezega_
a formidable aspect, and if all, or even half, the,
be
tions of fraud, charged against him be substantiate late
must be regarded as a not unworthy disciple of ,t genet'
Mr. John Sadleir himself. In the court of Queen' Q•C''
Dublin, on Wednesday morning Mr. Fitzgibbon:o pro'
applied for and obtained a writ'o'f habeas. cor.l3Wl,'
o is at
cure the attendance of James M. Knighting,
pwraeys en t
transfersi neus custody on
eo n
headtwo
pcohlaoosffioefe a v ing'fergeitlaY
for the purpose of having preferred agOani-Ensrtidlaira'°ttler'
t aliegeat
charges of a similar nature. It is understood crest
forgeries by the prisoner of names of persons .o.,terpool.:
commercial eminence in Belfast, Manchester, 13:day..-4
&c., will form the subject of investigation on that t
wag
APPALLING DEATH.—Considerable EXCiteraeri by a
caused in the town of Lewis on Thursday Innrti,ingo',ll34
rumour that a young man, named Matthew Glautu;soter"
met with his death by falling into the soil of 'solythe,
closet, the evening before, on the premises of pit art-petairiee
High-street. It turned out to he too true. o
that the poor young fellow incautiously svencitoor 035
water-closet in the dark. He found that the
aloft Up
fastened with a rope, the boards having been t cloct
preparatory to the cesspit in connection with tbe
untied,
being cleaned out. That rope he appears to bave The
and to have tumbled at once into the soil belel;oisil
body, on being extricated, was wiped dry, and gairedic3
applied, hut in vain. It is the opinion of the. ,rogel3
attendant that asphyxia by the sulphuretted
gas caused instantaneous death.—Sussex -40°7.4 r rearet t°
DEATH OF MR GUTHRIE, i;
announce the death. of that distinguished surgenw at h
3• Guthrie, which took place on Thursday raornty_g, .
residence, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-square. Niry a-2e, n
tio
rie was born in 1785, and commenced at an ear d
hitn
the army of his country, a career which conductues perm
the highest places in his profession. His vario the jor‘o
vent contributions to the healing art, chiefly
°f lasso
of lectures, contemplate almost every form cd.
r atten" •
which the human body is liable; but his chic.
nolithalrol;
was directed to the eye and its diseases. The '-'nunded
Hospital in King William-street, Strand, was entirelf
Mr. Guthrie, and having been established advantage_the
by his exertions, received for forty years the c,y
of his steady support. Mr. Guthrie was for in rtii.geonl,
one of the examiners of the Royal College 0.t..e11t COrP;,
and several times became president of that eon', been Proa
ration. His death was not unexpected, havin% affecti.,,
ceded by several months' illness arising from S. Guthrie,
of the heart. He leaves one son, Mr. C. late
F. FATAL ~
AF a daughter. "
FARAY BETWEEN AMERICAN EDlff,°ollsn istoon3oc
number of the Ouachita (La.) Register says eof °fle earl
ca.
last, the town of Camden, Ark., was the thestr. b
those deplorable scenes which sicken and fili,t„ rola
with pain, sorrow, and consternation, and cast:ocular:s
choly gloom over the countenance of all. The P,„“j" are do
as far as we have been enabled to learn theill
follows :T. B. Carrington, Esq., editor of the welto
Union, • for the
Herald, and demanded of him satisfaction
called upon Mr. Jones, editor of the allege'
calumnies reflecting upon his character thrflTsteu
medium of the latter paper. Jones refused tu .1,, sore 4-
utterli d
Carrington, whereupon the latter left him, well 0a
abusive words as he retired to the street. P. n A
ingto-. aeu
Mr. Jones overheard the language of Carr. reflis
replied that he would fight him, since jones
to do so. This, it seems, was more than th
P
nature of young Carrington could bear, and e ,tints
theatel yi n adrewv id
uaa revolverl
without andeffe
cfitr.e d
Thethre eficr oe nws eacsu trievt_oueitit
elg
his antagonist, killing him instantly. Thee,‘
occasioned by this sad rencontre was intense.

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MONDAY, MAY 5, Nit