The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-28 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK.---Arrived, Nov. 12.---Saxony, from Bristol ;
Mariner, from Glasgow; (14), Baltic, (s.) from Liverpool ;
(15), American, Huron, from Liverpool; Centurion, from
ditto •' J. W. White, from Bristol; Mary E. Whittaker,
from Newport ; Scotia, and Kossuth, from Liverpool.
SAILED, Nov. 12.---American Eagle, for London; Sara-
toga, for Liverpool ; Golconda, for ditto ; (14), Charles
Sprague, for London ; Royalist, for ditto ; (15), Conqueror,
for Liverpool.
NEW ORLEANS.—AuurvED Nov. 5, Windermere, from
Liverpool ; Ocean Star, from Liverpool.
PHILADELPHIA.—AuurvEn Nov. 13, Jane Mont-
gomery, from Liverpool. SAILED Nov. 12, Oxenbridge, for
Liverpool; W. V. Kent, for St. Kitts.
RICHMOND, VA.—ARRIVED Nov. 9, N. Baynton, from
Cork.

SAVANNAH.—CLEARED Nov. 8, Noemti, for Liverpool.
BOSTON.—ARRIVED Nov. 12, Meridian, from Liverpool.
CLEARED Nov. 14, Parliament, for Liverpool.
ASTPORT, —ARRIVED Nov. 3, Levi Woodbury, from
Liverpool ; (4) Muscou,gus, from ditto.
ST. JOHN, N.B.—CLEARED Nov. 7, Middlesex, for Li-
verpool ; Charles Humberston, for ditto.
HALIFAX.—SAILED Nov. 3, S. L. Crowell, for Liver-
pool.

The "Indian Queen," from Melbourne, was telegraphed
off Holyhead at 30 past 12 p.m.

The ship Western World, which got ashore on Squaw
Beach, N. J. some two or three weeks since, went to pieces on
the 13th instant during a storm and blow from the east-
ward. Her decks drifted ashore, all broken to pieces, many
of which were wrapped with dry goods, which had composed
part of the cargo. Her bottom, with a considerable amount
of iron in it, is out of sight under water. It is not doubted
that the iron will be recovered, but there will not be suffi-
cient value saved to cover expenses, so that in effect, both
vessel and cargo are a total loss. The ship was valued at
$BO,OOO, on which there is insurance to the amount of
$70,000, in four offices in this city. Cargo valued at about
$lBO,OOO, which is nearly or quite all covered by insurance.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

(From our Second _Edition of Saturday.)

VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Russians attacked St. Nicholas, in Asia,
by land and sea, but were repulsed five times !
A Russian steamer, with 1,500 men on board, was
stranded, 25 of the crew were saved by the Turks,
and brought to Constantinople as prisoners.
General Baraguay d'Hilliers arrived at Constan
tinople on the 15th.

VIENNA, 21.
A few days ago an attach 6 of the Ottoman
Legation left Vienna for Constantinople with a
note which will, it is said, open the way to different
negociations between Turkey and Russia.
BUCHAREST, 7.
Yesterday, the Turks made an attempt to cross
the Danube, near "Nikopli and Sistow. They
were unsuccessful.

An armistice cannot be thought of as the winter
does not prevent the carrying out of military
operations.
The Morning Advertiser was informed that last
night government had just received a telegraphic
communication announcing the entrance of the
combined fleets into, the Black Sea.
_ADDITION:AL PARTICULARS.
VIENNA, Nov. 21.—The retreat of the Turks
across the Danube has produced a favourable im-
pression in the Austrian capital, because it favours
the hope of the resumption of negociations. A
few days ago an attache of the Ottoman Legation
left for Constantinople, with a note which will, it is
said, open the way to direct negociations between
Turkey and Russia.

It is stated that the Russians have placed bat-
teries on the heights which command the crossings
of the Danube at Oltenitza.

KRAJOVA, Nov. 14.—There are about 8,000 Rus
sian troops in Krajova and its environs. Their
outposts are at Delea and Radowa. Mention has
been made of the probability of a retrograde move-
ment upon Slatina. The Turks have advanced on
the one side to Pojan, and on the other to Rastaw.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 17.—Bucharest is perfectly
tranquil. The Russian army has taken up posi-
tions which effectually protect Bucharest against
all the accidents of war: On the 16th, the Turks
made an attempt to cross the Danube at Nikopoli
and Sistowa. They were not successful.

CON STANTINOPLE, Nov. 14.—The fleets of England
and France are in the Bay of Beikos.
the tiungarian General Klapka is in Constan-
tinople. . _ _

A-foreign legion, too, has been formed at Crass,
in Asia.

There were rumours of an armistice, but they
have been contradicted.

M. de Kisseleff, whc;liaa returned from Fontain-
bleau delighted with his reception by the Emperor,
speaks in very confident terms of a pacific arrange-
ment, and declares that there is no truth in the
statement of the Patrie, that the Emperor of Russia
has ordered his armies to cross the Danube, and
attack the Turkish frontiers. According to M. de
Kisseleff, the Emperor will wait the result of the
pending negociations.
A Trieste dispatch announces the formation in
Turkey of a regiment of cavalry, formed of Chris-
tians, and commanded by a renegade; and the for-
mation of a regiment of infantry at Kars, in Asia,
composed of Hungarians and Poles, and to be com-
manded by General Chrzanowski, who served in
the campaign of 1828, on the staff of General de
Diebitch, and who afterwards was the director of
instruction in the Turkish army.
From the Ost Deutsche Post we gather intelligence
from the seat of war, reaching to the 17th inst. :
A telegraphic despatch of that day, which has
reached us . from Bucharest, mentions that the
Turks had on the 16th made a fresh attempt to
cross from Nicopoli and Hirsova, and gain posses-
sion of the Wallachian bank of the Danube. The
attempt was vain. At Giurgevo also, where they
had maintained possession of the island close to
Rutschuk, and belonging to the Turkish dominion,
their attempt to regain possession of an island ad-
joining the Wallachian side, on the 14th and 15th,
had been unattended with any success. As regards
the position of Nicopoli, just mentioned, we may re-
mind our readers that, according to the last dispatch
of the Oesterreichische Correspondenz respecting it,
the Turks had established themselves on the left
bank of the Danube at Turnu, and that up to this
time no intelligence has reached us • announcing
their retreat to the right bank. Reports from Bu-
charest of the 15th inst. mention that the Russians

after the withdrawal of the Turks from Oltenitza,
formed two camps of 5,000 men each ; one at
Irateachi, in the neighbourhood of Giurgevo ; the
other Sokaritschi, close to Kalarasch ; that they
had strengthened the positions at 01 tenitza with
two batteries, four squadrons of Uhlaiis, and 1,000
Cossacks ; whilst upon the heights which command
the passage of the river, at the villages of Dobreny
and Negojeschti, close to Oltenitza, they have
placed strong batteries: The Turks, after razing
their fortifications at Oltenitza, withdrew only
to the island in the Danube, situate behind the
junction of the Argisch, This island forms no
part of the Wallachian territory. Letters which
have arrived here, direct from Krajova, of the
12th instant,leave no doubt as to the state of things
in Lesser Wallachia. They inform us that Krajova
is completely filled with Russians, who have re-
ceived orders to advance immediately upon the '
Danube, and to march on the 14th. On the 13th,
quarters were demanded for a new corps, who were
to enter and replace tho troops ordered to march.
The impression was that General Gortschakoff
would arrive at Krajova in person, and that it was
the intention.of the Russians to purge the Walla-
chian bank of the Danube, in a battle at Kalafat,
entirely of the Turks. In Lesser Wallachia there
is no sympathy felt for the Russians ; this circum-
stance has been notorious since 1828. In every oc-
currence the utmost caution and foresight are shown
by the generals; the state of siege is most rigorously
enforced, and the local authorities are closely
watched."

A Marseilles journal has the following from Con-
stantinople :—" The English Admiral Slade, called
Mushawer Pacha (the foreign Paella), has left to
cruise in the Black Sea. He has taken with him
the ship of the line the Medjidieh, five frigates,
and a steamer. His object is to drive the Russian
cruisers from before Anopa, the only port of the
Uaucasus rur a ajnaee of eighty milo-o.
panied by Seffer Bey, the Circassian chief, who
was so long detained at Arianople ; and he is to
supply ammunition and arms to the Lesghians, the
Lages, and the Tcherkesses. The expedition is of
the highest importance. If the Turks succeed in
taking the fortresses which defend the passage into
the Caucasus, they will put an end to all commu-
nication by land between Russia and the Trans-
caucasian provinces acquired by the treaty of Gu-
listan. Numerous Russian and Polish deserters
from the army of Woronzoff have reached the
Turkish advanced posts in Asia. Aides-de camp of
Bern and Dembinski have undertaken to organise
them. . 2,000 men have, it is stated, already been
collected, but the number is probably exaggerated,
Desertions, however, are very probable, as the army
of the Caucasus has received all the soldiers con-
demned, and the officers and even the generals who
were dismissed and ordered to serve in the
ranks."

Private letters from Vienna of the 21st inst.,
announce positively the appointment of General
Baron Budberg to the command-in chief of the
Danubian provinces. It appears that the Baron
distinguished himself on former occasions in the
wars of the Caucasus.

A letter from Constantinople of the 10th instant
states, that a captain of a merchant ship, who
arrived there from the Black Sea, met the Russian
fleet three days before, not very far from the
Bosphorus. The. Turkish fleet was proceeding
nearly in the same direction ; and the captain was
of opinion that the fleets could not continue their
course long without coming into contact. The
letter adds that the cholera had broken out at
Galatz.

ODESSA, Nov. 13.—A division of the Russian
fleet, consisting of three line of-battle ships, five
frigates, and several steamers, went out from
Sebastopol as soon as the Turkish men-of-war
appeared in the Black Sea.

FRANCE.
THE FRENCH ARMY.—The Moniteur this (Satur-
day) morning publishes a decree of the emperor,
ordering the formation of 10 new battalions of
chasseurs de Vincennes, with 19 companies a
piece. Also the addition to the existing battalion
of two new companies. An order for the with-
drawal of a sufficient number of men for these pur-
poses from the regiments of the line is given, so
that the general effective strength of the army may
not be added to, though the efficiency of this parti-
cular arm is so largely increased. Each battalion
of Chasseurs will contain 1,288 men. The increase
of the force consists, therefore, of upwards of 13,000
men.

Another account from Paris states that several
steam-frigates which were laid up in ordinary at
Toulon, have been ordered into commission as
quickly as possible. It is rumoured to-day that
General Canrobert will possibly proceed to St.
Petersburgh on a special mission. The accounts
from the French departments are far from satisfac-
tory. The dearness of provision has caused a
great deal of agitation ; and several fires have
taken place in the north, and especially in the de-
partment of the Ardennes, which are attributed to
incendiarism.

Letters from Frohsdorff state that, on the 21st
instant, the Duke de Nemours presented the
Duchess, together with his children and the
Princess Clementine, to the Count de Chambord.
The introduction took place at Vienna. On Tues-
day, the 22d, the Comte de Chambord and the
Duke de Nemours dined with the Emperor of
Austria, at the palace of Schonbrunn, Generals
Changarnier, de Lamoriciere, and Bedeau, having
been specially informed, by orders of the Duke
de Nemours, of the " fusion," have written letters
approving highly of the step taken by his royal
highness, and declaring their entire satisfaction
and adhesion.

THE SUPERANNUATION OF CIVIL

OFFICERS.

For the last twenty years an increasing amount of dissatis-
faction has been expressed by the civil servants of the
crown, at the manner in which their services have been re-
garded by the legislature, and the amount of remuneration
awarded them. Whilst the service of the country has ma-
terially benefited by the increase of intelligence, and by the
augmented duties of its servants, it is a matter of notoriety
that the remuneration and position of government officers
have decreased in a reversed ratio to their increased-labours.
That this is so, is easily shewn by various returns that have
been made at different times to parliament. From these it
appears that the total number of the civil officers of the
crown amounts in round numbers to 16,500, and that the
average income of each, taking them altogether, is not more
than £l4l per annum; that 8,700 of these have incomes
that do not exceed £lOO per annnm, or on an average of
£B6, whilst 5,800 only have salaries exceeding £lOO per
annum, or on average .C 241. In many offices it is not at all
nvl linligliql thing for A TART After +Ns cr.4.7 or
years' service not to obtain more than an income of £l3O.
Previous to 1829 every person employed under government
was entitled to superanuation, according to length of ser-
vice, on the following scale :—rising, after 10 years' service,
from four-twelfths, one-twelth every five years of service, to
the full salary, and without any deduction being made
from the salary. It was thon considered that it was as just
and reasonable to provide for the civil as well as the mili-
tary officer of the crown. In the year 1829 it was, how-
ever, determined that the two services should be placed on
a separate footing, the military man paying nothing towards
-his retiring pension, whilst the civil servant, out of his
small pittance, was to have deducted from it from 21 to 5
per cent., out of which his pension was to be paid. This
system has now been in operation nearly 24 years, and now
let us see how it has operated.
The entire sum abated from the civil officers of the crown
in the above period up to December, 1352, amounted to
£621,000, and the total amount actually paid in pensions,
&c., has not exceeded £40,000. The government have,
therefore, actually taxed the government officers more than
half a million without the parties so taxed deriving in any
way the slightest benefit from it. How this surplus fund
has been appropriated is not known.
The hardship does not, however, end here. Owing to the
smallness of the income, it is almost impossible for a go-
vernment clerk to provide for his family in the case of death.
And this difficulty is materially increased from the state de-
ducting five per cent, from his gross earnings for the for-
mation of the fund in question. If, however, this amount,
instead of being allowed to accumulate, was applied as an
assurance for the benefit of his wife and children, a real
good would be effected. It is true, that the amount to be re-
ceived by the widow would not be large, but still it would
be better than her being left in utter destitution, which is
now but too frequently the case.
This question has now for the last seven years been mooted
by a large class of the civil servants of the crown, and after
some time a committee was formed to see what could be
done. We are happy in being enabled to state that after
much discouragement their efforts are likely to be attended
with success. A bill, embracing most of the points we have
touched on, has been prepared by Sir Charles Trevelyan,
secretary to the treasury, and Mr. Bramby, the secretary
to the audit board, and is now under the consideration of
the cabinet. Most sincerely do we hope that the object de-
sired will be effected, and the cruel injustice under which
the government officers have suffered for the last twenty
years be rectified.