The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-19 00:00:00

NAWAB OF SURAT TREATY.

t, Sir W. SOMMERVILLE moved that the consideration of
this bill be postponed.
Sir P. KELLY opposed the postponement, and urged
With great energy, all the arguments he advanced when
the question was under consideration last Wednesday.
Ile concluded by moving that the bill be now read a
third time. _ _

t Stan thought it would be very objectionable
° 4110wthe matter to come before the House in the form
()f a private bill. He called upon hon. members to bear
111 mind, that in this case they were acting judicially.
,
hR right hon. gentleman proceeded to show that the
£15,000 a year mentioned in the treaty was intended for
111,:' support of the dignity of the Nawabship, and not for
the successors of the individual Nawab, irrespective of
bis accession to the office. He did not think the Nawab's
successors had any legal claim to the amount named,
but at the same time he admitted that they had a very
strong claim upon the liberality of the Government. He
lhoutl propose that the petition on this measure, as a
Plivate bill, should be withdrawn, and he would under-
take that the whole pension should be divided amongst
those who had a claim to it, but only for the lives of
Muse who were now living, This was a proposal larger
than had ever yet been offered, and he thought it was
a most liberal undertaking on the part of the Indian
Government.

'Mr. V.

Sir F. KELLY said he could not accede to,the proposal.
lir. CARDWELL replied to the statement of the Presi-
dent of the Board of Control relative to this claim being
made the subject of a private bill instead of being divided
lilt° two parts—public and private—and said it was the
duty of that gentleman to hav,e interfered and prevented
tllis being made a private bill. He defended the conduct
°f the committee, who reported generally on the claim,
and specially as regarded the the public and private -
!ion of the claim. The right hon. gentle.
lilt° a detailed statement of the circu
alld the evidence that had been taken
I.Lequitted the East India Company of au

-'yen entered

lo resisting the claim, because, if established,. they
not have to pay the money, bat the Government ~
country. He was of opinion, after due consideration o
all the circumstances connected with the case, that the
11°°se should regard this as an hereditary pension. The
(Yestion of descent had been left open by the committee
!or investigation in India, according to the laws of that

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC

NOMINATION OF

MR. BUCHA.NAN FOR

PRESIDENT.

The United States Mail steam-ship, Baltic,
Capt. Comstock, arrived in the Mersey yesterday
afternoon, from New York, with dates to the 7th
inst., bringing 102,047 dollars in specie, and 203
passengers.
The steam-ship Niagara, ' from Liverpool, had
arrived out at Boston, and the Washington, from
Southampton, had arrived out at New York.
The most important announcement contained in
the papers is the fact that the Democratic National
Convention, at Cincinnatti, had concluded its
labours, and almost unanimously nominated James
Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, and until recently
the United States Minister in London, as
their candidate at the approaching presidential
election. John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, had
been chosen as the candidate for the vice-presi-
dency. The news of the selection of Mr. Buchanan
was received in New York with considerable
enthusiasm. The Herald says—
Guns were fired in the Park in half an hour after the result
was known, and during the day there were salvos of artillery
all over the city. The soft shells met at Tammany hall,
and concluded to hold a ratification meeting next Wednes-
day evening ; and the Young Men's Democratic Union
Club also met, and passed resolutions endorsing the nomi-
nation. Propositions for a union with the hards were made
in both bodies, but laid on the table for further c )nsidera-
tion. Tammany Hall was brilliantly illuminated in the
evening. In Brooklyn, also, there was cannon firing and
illuminations. The following is a brief sketch of Mr.
Buchanan's public life—Mr. Buchanan was born in Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, on the 19th of April, 1791. He was
elected to the Pennsylvania legislature iu 1814 and 1815.
In 1830 he was sent to congress, where he continued for
ten years. In 1831 he was sent as minister to Russia by
General Jackson. He returned home in 1834, and was
immediately elected to the United States senate, where he
remained until 1842. Afterwards he was appointed secre-
tary of state by President Polk, which he held for four
years ; and soon after the accession of Mr. Pierce to the
presidency, he was sent as minister to England, from
whence he returned a few weeks ago.
The papers contain scarcely anything additional
on the subject of Mr. Crampton's dismissal, or the
state of the relations between Er,,Jand and
America. The New York Yip;.wining the

departure of
.Mr. Cram

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