The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

rr,RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
THE LATE TURKISH DISASTER.

vix(Pr ont Our Second Edition of Yesterday,) 1
1% El'll4l THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—TWO French and '
m
kill3' nglish frigates have gone to Sinope, nomi- '•
os
, Th„ medical assistance for the wounded.
Itir,' Chronicle mentions that the English steam
i.o..Le
' retribution and the French steamer,
I°Nor l
The „, -eft Constantinople for Sinope on the 4th.
two 'sritish minister at Teheran has broken off
c‘4l, atic relations with Persia.
the b'SIANTINOPLE, Bth.—On Wednesday, Nov. 30th
I Russians entered the harbour of Sinope with
k4(l,:e deckers, 4 five-and a-half deckers, 6 frigates,
Ilhic, "'earners, and attacked the Turkish sqadron,
14t;consisted of 6 frigates, 3 corvettes, 2 steamers.
glirlat34l,ll7 3-decker and all the Turkish ships were
till , With the exception of the Taif, which brought
A libews• The combat lasted four hours.
!heo-"ussian bulletin, posted on the Odessa ex
4etge on December sth, states that the Russian
let met in the Black Sea a Turkish and Egyptian
11.,,,,e,elzposed of 18 ships—two-deckers, frigates,
,I.'",.`tetii, with two steamers, of 500 horse power.
, two others of 300 horse power, After a long
e'Agement, the following Turkish ships have
eillkdeStroyed or captured; 1 of 64 guns, 1 of 60,
'l2, 1 of 50, 1 of 46, 1 of 22, two steamers of 20
ke' each, 2 transports, 1 ditto British transport.
W4:Llgagement took place near Sinope, 5000 Turks
'Reg filed and many taken prisoners. Osman Pasha
txuwounded and taken prisoner. Several officers,
Nl,, English and French, were on board the
i4sh fleet.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
lzp. e
,Russian consulate at Jassy has been broken
Ate The Consul-general, M. de Giers, has accom-
c 'd Baron Budburg to Bucharest.
1.,_°,10n.el Zuchowski, the newly•appointed vice-
'iliclent of Moldavia, is expected at Jassy.
la, Russian general Sala will take the command
i"4e Moldo-Wallachian militia.
ItinPPeare that previous to the disastrous affair
ope, the Turkish, English, and French naval
i t4l,anders had been exchanging civilities, and
44 `-'4pitan Pacha, having given a fete to the offi-
iO both navies on board his flag ship, he pro-
. , qth 4in a very complimentary speech the healths
i pe„e Queen of England and the Emperor of the
1 ren• In the course of his speech, be said :
0111,
presence, admirals, at Constantinople,
Ides
and a support to us : and if destiny
Vea that we are to march side by side, all
Ai etrorts will tend to merit your esteem and
T"'"
'‘ii‘.-e Sultan's health was then drunk by the
ell and French admirals.
1511•11„ its continue to arrive, says a letter from
tte,4"antinople. The Adria, an Austrian Lloyd's
area or, arrived here on Monday, with five hun-
i,c4l board, coming from Smyrna. These men
dl se(' here in a very raw and ragged state; an
Virban, tattered jacket, and sash, wide coarse
ti trowsers to the knee, leggings or no leggings,
.e .case may be, no stockings, and very ill-
tioned shoes, a bundle on the back, and a
ti Complete their costume. Immediately on
N,,l'-g here they are marched off to the barracks,
‘te a regular transformation at once takes place.
Nk( fez, with a brass plate on the top and black
11:4 tassel, takes the place of the turban, a coarse
%t
ocloth jacket is endossed, and legs unaccustom-
low close confinement are thrust into close-fitting
N•iel's of the same material. A picturesque
~,ki 's thus metamorphosed into a very awkward
k 4 semi-European.
:IghtrlNinient of Christians (Cossacks) is being
l'', hitred• This is a proof of progress and reform,
L'lciie erto no christians have ever become regular
‘4,(le,r the
of the Sultan ; neither have they marched
th --Le banner of the Crescent.
iy e Caradoc arrived at Constantinople on Sun-
th kite
t e 40rnoon, bringing news from London up to
Ylle,l'u• Mr. Purdie, Queen's messenger, came
441,0,k2 bearer of very lath dispatches, and of a very
li'tial'etai. 'lt character.
:lisli. ey, is a great movement amongst the
awn i
tQungarian, and Italian emigration at atteCilt_
I'l, 14:Ple. A gyeaatrrrirlvainnY:
g especially
none have,
°lie' coivall
found employment under the Turkish
'en 111 f 74011;1 Some Polish officers, who had already
qlA,°r several years in Turkey, having come here
,Ic end of the war in Hungary, have been sent
, d i4k the army in Asia.
! „of peace by no means prevails here; in-
11' the contrary is universal ; the state of affairs
,;411cheery black. The Turks were in the beginning
, id ``inclined to conciliation; now they are elated,
li4tl
J 4'lll not hear of any terms which are not
k
1,.•` ted o upon the renunciation of all the pretensions
'"4 orvard by Russia, and the immediate evacua-
the Principalities.
1111 ft
'cl: following also appeared in our Second
n'l of yesterday.
lit THE MINISTRY.
qtr,
s-"-NATION OF LORD PALMERSTON !
tlq he r.
„„ted , Times says that, Lord Palmerston has ten-
? t,44415 resignation of the office of Secretary
tr'N o"e for the Home Department, and has there-
tN eased, within the last forty-eight hours, to
p 41,44 Part of her Majesty's government, if that
q,',, 'flion has been accepted by the Crown.
itti the receipt of a communication from Lord
(.(1 terston, announcing the resolution he had been
j'„4l4 ~form, the Prime Minister left town for
OitletklMouse immediately, for the purpose of
°for "c resignation of the Right Hon. Secretary
The the
A e , Queen.
ti,khaler.44.4nes may confidently state that Lord
,-teiE,,,„-"‘on's withdrawal is unconnected with. the
tlt '' Policy of the government. It has not arisen
A Of the
it tr,, difficulties of the eastern question, nor
Mlar, ~e that differences of opinion on that sub-
,o Icive
le Manifested themselves with such force as
N- to the resignation of any member of the ad-
h.ration. The ground on which he is said to
t; (14s inability to remain in the present cabinet
'4l Inctly and exclusively a decided opposition
tif e
~ to Reform Bill, prepared under the direction
;Sr rd John Russell, and agrred to by the
~k r members of the government. The measure
illbite,erred to a committee of five members of the
14 and as Lord Palmerston's opposition to
'tr'eheines of parliamentary reform was no
ttl et, h
Ok,ia e was placed on it, in order that. he might
° bay er its provisions and state his
.objections ;
‘4! ,e his usual able and vigorous assistance
4 t attention, but it seems from the result
4kVis objections to the principle of the
0 ti`re, were not to be diminished or overcome.
~,`'et kted them to his colleagues, but it appeared
111,°111,111° measure of parliamentary reform, such as
t.°%, ,Ineet the expectations of the country, was
t44rtill'o meet his support. His objection is, not
k h4le provisions of the bill are too restricted, or
kr 'cunt of the reform insufficient, but he is not
16
b.(l4e'inentary reformer.
:',litith,Tinies repeats that it is upon the above
4-, th,- that he has retired from the cabinet, and
tttetfurt any question of foreign policy. I exs•
1 .ws
'Attit regret at his retirement, and praises his ad-
-4 ratio
11114 to nof the home department, and his adhe-
Ottew the foreign policy of the government was
4_'tt th L'onably an additional pledge to the country
tre`e, 4r,e, Policy of the government in the east wasd
tt't4chi`tt honorable ; but it would be a great an
kiirus error to suppose that his voluntary
kk ent would in any degree lower the tone or
It the
Wii.do,, energy of the cabinet on foreign affairs.
VII lunfortunately tend to impair the influence
‘olt, .....t -is country may exercise in Europe, that a
the'Y i
hte 8 exposed to a secession of this kind
t 4 qati very
b al f moment when it would be most
tliccl'il for us to be acting as one man to avert or
di erne a war, and such an occurrence is the
llttlitieurange when it is attributable to a cause
ttit' bbbY foreseen at the formation of the cabinet.
klotse 'aid this the Times is satisfied that the
ttletk itt"uieh the goverpment are prepared to
til t fr the East will snffer no change or abate-
the'ti4,°'ll Lord Palmerston's withdrawal. The
Gill I)4i 1 parliament can alone terminate the
kEtti be °', of excitement and uncertainty which
Itl Ile , caused by this event, but the Times
mkti '°l-Ibt it will full confirm the Statement
i 111 ll'ad
y
e ee, e, .
AttLtile noro,nte/e believes that Parliamentary Reform
'ger4
t 'IIY
and point of difference between Lord
• his Colleugues.
t ,rt
ed,.

tiTREOLOGY OF TABLE TURNING."-021 Thursday
%4 )
e Rev. N. T. Godfrey, incumbent of Wortley,
te vered a lecture on this subject at the Hanover-
Ylldtl th °
4°tnis, London. The rev. gentleman stoutly con-
llotls, table-turning, spirit-rapping, and clairvoyance,
less than a direct communication with the evil
raeating broke up in great confusion.