The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

THE EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE

It is stated, on reliable authority, that there is
no truth in the rumours which have lately been
Current, to the effect that Admiral Sir Edmund
Lyons is about to replace Lord Stratford de Red-
cliffe as British Ambassador at Constantinople.

The gallant Admiral has returned to the Medi-
terranean to resume his naval command, and there
is no reason to doubt but that Lord Stratford will
continue at his post as British Minister.

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDINT.)

SOUTHAMPTON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
ship Euxine has just arrived with the heavy
portion of the India and China mails.

The Euxine brings forty-four passengers and a
full cargo.
Her dates are Alexandria, March 24; Malta,
March 28 ; Marseilles, April 1; and Gibraltar,
April 4.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING,

Can you believe it? There are actually people,
and in high official stations, too, who do not think
that peace will be ratified after all ! The difficul.
ties that have arisen about the organization of the
Danubian Principalities, the more arrogant tone
which Russia has thought fit to adopt since peace
was signed, and the diffiJulty of the Italian ques-
tion are, however, the only points on which, so far
as I can ascertain, this singular belief is based.
The Emperor this morning passed a review in
the court-yard of the Tuileries, of the division of
General Forey which fought at Sebastopol. Rain
poured down heavily all the time.

It is again reported that measures for woodify-
ing or.sileneing the French Academy will soon be
taken. The speech of the Duke de Broglie on his
reception the other day, has given great offence.
The expeditions which I told you, some time
back, were in contemplation against Madagascar
and Kabylia, may be considered as definitively
resolved on, and preparations are actively making
for them in the different government offices and
dockyards. For the former the government will,

it appears, demand permission to send troops
through Egypt. As to the Kabylian expedition, it
is said that the Emperor will not indeed com-
mand it in person, but make it a pretext for visiting
Algeria.

The Bourse has been good to-day, and there
has been another marked advance in railway
shares. The latter is owing to the excellent
dividends which the principal companies pay.
The choice of the personage who is to represent
France at St. Petersburg on the renewal
of diplomatic relations, is a good deal
spoken of. At this moment Marshal Vaillant,
Minister of War, is generally named, and
Marshal Canrobert, or Bosquet, is mentioned as
likely to be his successor. You will remember
that I told you some time ago that Marshal Vail-
lant is not friendly to the English alliance.

It is reported in governmental circles that the
Journal des Debats is very anxious to become a
government organ, If it should pass over to the
Emperor, the unfortunate Orleanists would have
good reason to exclaim, "And thou also, Brutus!"
A letter from Turin says that the reconciliation
between Sardinia and Russia, which have been on
bad terms since 1848, may be considered com-
plete, and that General La Marmora is spoken of
as likely to be sent to re-establish diplomatic
relations, and to represent the King at the corona-
tion of the Emperor Alexander. It was, it will be
remembered, the Russian Plenipotentiaries in
this city who made the first advanoes to the
Sardinians.

According to- Vienna letters the Austrian govern-
ment expects to ratify the treaty of peace by the
18th, and it means afterwards to promote its
Minister in this city to the dignity of Ambassa-
dor.

We learn from St. Petersburg, by telegraph,
that the maritime armistice was published there
on the 7th, and that on the same evening it was
announced that the Russian ports were once again
opened to foreign commerce. By telegraph also
we learn that the news of the signing of the treaty
of peace reached Constantinople on the 30th, and
that the French military authorities fired a salvo
of artillery. Also, that the English fleet were
expected at Malta, that the French were preparing
to give up the Russian embassy, which they had
occupied as an hospital, and that the health of
the troops was improving.

The London and County Bank have annonncad that
Messrs. Philip Patten Blyth, J. C. Ewart, M.P., and
William Lee, M.P., have been elected directors of that
establishment.

COPPER MINING COMPANY.—At the annual meeting
of the Company of Copper Miners of England, held
yesterday, the dividends declared were at the rate of 7i
per cent on the preference shares, and at the rate of two
per cent on the original stock.
APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN RIGS( LIFE.—We under-
stand a matrimonial alliance is arranged, and will shortly
be celebrated, between the Lord Forester and Adela
Viscountess Melbourne, widow of the third and last
Viscount Melbourne. A matrimonial alliance will also
shortly take place between the Hon. G. F. Boyle, brother
of the Earl of Glasgow, and the Hon. Montagu Aber-
cromby, daughter of the late Lord Abercromby.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times alludes to some
notable changes in the state of public opinion in that
capital. The Austrians have ceased to flatter the Em-
peror Napoleon, and left off abusing England. The
apparent desire of the Emperor of the French to ingrati-
ate himself with Russia, has excited their jealousy and
their fears. They are aggrieved also at Sardinia being
allowed to take so prominent a part in the Conferences.
It is believed that the Austrian Government does not
consider a Russo• French alliance beyond the bounds of
probability.

THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE.-The- first7stonCof this
institution, founded in honour of the illustrious duke
whose name it bears, for the education of orphan sons
of officers of the army and the East India Company's
Service, will be laid early in the ensuing month of May ;
and we understand her Majesty, desirous of further
evincing the deep interest she takes in its success, and her
sympathy with those whom it is intended to benefit, has
signified her pleasure to take part in the ceremony. It
may be desirable to some of our readers to know that the
site of the intended building is about two miles from the
Military College of Sandhurst, on the Reading and Reigate
Railway.
FRENCH JUDGES.-It will be remembered that some

time ago a mysterious government commission was sent
to Tonnerre, to enquire into the conduct of two judges of
the court, of first instance there, who were accused of
habitually writing anonymous letters, calumniating their
neighbours. One of these judges committed suicide while
the enquiry was going on. The other, aM. Bresse, was
brought to trial on Monday before the Imperial Court of
Paris. The trial was conducted with closed doors. No
details of the case are therefore known, beyond the judg-
ment which was given this morning. Judge Bresse is
convicted of having falsely and calumniously libelled two
of his brother judges, and sentenced to six months'
imprisonment, a tine of 500 f, and the costs of the trial.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY,
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water Bill, and Southport
Water Bill, as amended, were read and passed.
Numerous petitions were presented in favour and against
the Oath of Abjuration Bill.
Mr. KIRK presented a petition from proprietors of works
on the River Barrow, complaining of the manner in which
petitions were got up against the Bleaching Bill.:
Several other petitions were presented against the bill.
Several petitions were presented for and against the
Medical Profession Bill.

Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from Nottingham.
praying to be exempted from the operation of the Bleach•
ing Works Bill.

Mr. MILNER GrnsoN presented a petition from certain
firms in Manchester against the bill.
Mr. HADFIELD presented petitions from various Dis-
senting chapels in Manchester, praying that no further
grants should be made in Parliament for the purpose of
religious teaching in Ireland.

Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition against the May.
nooth Grant.

Mr. APSLEY PELLtTT presented a petition from the
Congregational Union of England and Wales in favour of
the Dissenters' Marriage Bill.

Several petitions were presented for and against the
Abolition of Church•rates Bill.

ROCHESTER ELECTION,

The following members were chosen to serve on the
committee to enquire into the late election for Rochester,
viz., Mr. Floyer, Sir H. F. Davy, Mr. J. Smyth, Mr. R.
Ingham, and Mr. Byng.

RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE AND NAVIGATION.

In answer to a question from Mr. Thornely,
Mr. WILSON said, in explanation of what fell from him
on Monday, in answer to a question of the hon. member,
he was enabled to say that an Order in Council would
be issued this day, removing all restrictions on trade and
navigation.

BLEACHING BILL.
On the 'motion of Mr. I. BUTT, the second reading of
this bill was postponed until the Bth of May.

OATH OF ABJURATION BILL,

Mr. M. GussoN moved the second reading of the
Oath Abjuration Bill. He thought the time: had now
arrived when this question might be fairly considered,
and he urged that lapse of time, and change of circum-
stances, had put an end to the necessity of the oath. All
oaths should be suited to the time in which they were
taken, and all unnecessary oaths were injurious to legis-
lation. The bill which he now submitted to the conside-
ration of the House, was in every respect similar to that
introduced by Lord Lyndhurst, which had met with the
approval of the other House. It was a great anomally,
that because oaths could nut be enforced, Parliament was
to go on year after year, to pass an act of indemnity, to
protect from penalties those who could not take the oaths.
In the case of members of Parliament, the oath] was
tendered before a member could take his seat, and there-
fore he could not claim the protection of the act of
indemnity, and he would ask the house how it was, that of
all persons to whom the oath was administered, members
of Parliament alone were subject to its penalties ?
All admitted that there must be an alteration in the form
of the oaths. The Oath of Abjuration had been altered
after the death of the Pretender to the successors
of the Pretender, and now that the successors
were dead, what necessity existed for the oath at all;
or, at all events, that part of the oath might be omitted.
The words in the oath "on the true faith of a Christian,"
were not, in his opinion, intended for a religious test, but
to prevent equivocati 3n or reservation, and they ought
not, therefore, to be used for the purpose of excluding
Jews from Parliament, which ought to be done by Act of
Parliament, if it were thought necessary. He considered
it unjust to exclude Jews from Parliament, but at all
events, it ought not to be effected through the agency of
an absolete statute. The right hon. gentleman concluded
by moving the second reading of the bill.

Sir;F. THESIGER said
,it was a great mistake to suppose
that, because the Pretender and his successors were dead,
the oath' was absolete. The hon. member who brought
in the bill, had omitted to mention that important part of
the oath, which had reference to the Protestant succes-
sion to the Crown, in the person of the Princess Sophia.
He (Sir F. Thesiger) had strong objections to the oath,
and he regretted that at the time of the death of the Pre-
tender it was not altered, but it was the only oath they
now had to exclude a Jew from Parliament. There were
many objections to the oath. Many objected to all
promissary oaths, The Roman Catholics wished to get
rid of all oaths acknowledging the Protestant faith,
and the advocates of civil and religious liberty,
as they called themselves, objected to the
oath of abjuration, knowing it was the only oath that pre-
vented a Jew from sitting in that House. He believed the
right hon. gentleman had been in communication with
the Lord Mayor on the subject, and that the object of the
measure was merely to allow Jews to sit in Parliament.
The noble Lord, the member for the city of London, had
taken up the subject, but in a different manner to Mr. M.
Gibson, for the noble Lord had always openly-avowed his
object to be to allow Jews to sit in Parliament. The
oath of objuration was the only protection for the Pro-
testant succession to the throne, and he warned the House
against making any alteration in it. The hon. and learned
gentleman concluded by moving that the bill be read a
second time this day six months.

The LORD ADVOCATE was in favour of the second
reading of the bill, because the right hon. gentleman, the
mover, did not object to that part of the oath which
referred to the Protestant succession, but only to the
words, "on the true faith of a Jhristian," and it was
never intended that those words should constitute a
religious test. Lord Lyndhurst had proposed the omission
of the latter part of the oath, as to the succession, and
he did not see why that could not, be now done.

Mr. NAPIER supported the amendment, remarking that
the measure of Lord J. Russell, in 1849, expressly applied
to the Jews, but if the measure of Mr. M. Gibson were to
pass, it would equally admit infidels into Parliament.

Lord J. RUSSELL supported the bill, because there was

now no reason to maintain that portion of the oath with
regard to the succession of the person calling himself
James 111. He understood that the right hon. member
was willing to alter the bill, and when they went into
committee he (Lord J. Russell) would propose words to
the same effect as those which he introduced in his bill of
1854, with regard to the Protestant succession. He
referred to the circumstance of there now being a Jew
Lord Mayor of London, and urged that there was no
ground for excluding Jews from Parliament. The Jew
was now prohibited or prevented from the exercise of his
civil rights by the operation of a measure never intended
to apply to him. He supported the bill of the right hon.
gentleman (the member for Manchester), and hoped that
it would strengthen the civil and religious liberty and wipe
away the last remnant of religious prosecution.
Mr. WALPOLE said he should only oppose the bill
because it tended to destroy the recognition of the
Protestant character of the Legislature.

Lord PALMERSTON concurred in the second reading of

,he measure.

Mr. DISRAELI wished the decision of the House to be
taken on the question, as to whether or not the Jews
should be admitted to Parliament. He should vote for
the second reading of the bill, and in committee would
movo a form of oath, retaining the words " on the true
faith of a Christian.;'' and subsequently he should propose
a clause to meet the case of a Jew.
Mr. NEWDEG ATE opposed the bill.

The House divided, when the numbers appeared—
For the motion . .. 232
For the amendment . 197

Majority

.. 35

WAYS AND MEANS,

The House having resolved itself into a committee of
Ways and Means, a vote of £21,182,700 to make good the
supply to her Majesty, to be raised on exchequer bills,
was agreed to.
The House adjourned at six o'clock.

ALARMING FIRE IN LONDON.—Yesterday morning,
shortly before seven o'clock, a fire broke out on the pre-
mises of Mr. Ellis, pie house, No. 491, Strand. Mr.
Charles Ball, musician, and Mrs. Sarah Hall, were
rescued by Mr. Hancock, the inspector of St. Martin's
parish, most frightfully burnt, and conveyed to Charing-
cross Hospital, where they remain in a most precarious
state. The fire was not subdued until the' house litself,
and the adjoining houses were seriously damaged.

LOSS OF THE LIVERPOOL SHIPS BOONE

RANG AND REINDEER.

Accounts were received here yesterday of the loss of two
well known clipper ships belonging to Liverpool. The first
is the Boomerang, one of Messrs. James Baines and Co s.
She was sent to Mobile a short time ago to bring home cotton,
and, on her homeward voyage, she has been lost, with five
hands, and a cargo of 4,600 bales on board. The only par:
ticulars, at present known, are contained in the followinr,
despatch, received from Falmouth yesterday morning
The Boomerang, from Mobile to Liverpool, with cotton, was
abandoned 27th March. Five seamen lost. The remaind2r
were picked up by the Helen K. Cooper, arrived from
New Orleans. Captain, captain's wife, and seventeen ,_
the crew landed here." The value of the Boomerang, all.'
her freight money, would be about £22,000, which is
understood to be nearly covered by insurance. Iler cargo
would be worth about £35,000. The other vessel reported
to be lost is the China clipper, Reindeer, belonging
to Messrs. Taylor, Potter, and Co., of this town. Fron, a
letter forwarded by Captain Storey (the late corninanchrktL
dated Port Curtis, Australia, December sth, it appears that
the vessel was wrecked on a sunken reef in latitude 11 b'
156 E. whilst on her passage from Australia to China. lb:
crew managed to get on to the reef by means cf the longt
boat, but the ship went to pieces without their being enabled
to save anything, except a very small portion of provision!.
These were soon expended, and the crew had nothing let
but the chance of picking shell fish off the reef.
For nine
days the survivors remained on the reef in toe hope that
same passing vessel would rescue them, but no slch
relief
came. On the 6th of October they left the reef in the long
boat, in the hope of reaching the Australian coast. frill
threaded their perilous way among the adjacent islauus
which lay in their route, living on shell fish and Water
procured occasionally from the islands. At length, on the
16th of November, they reached Port Curtis, having
existed for twenty-eight days on the precarious means
subsistence we have mentioned. On landing at Port Cart.-
they were so much exhausted with the severe privations
which they had undergone, that they were scarcely able privations
which
crawl along the beach. The Reindeer was one of t—
celebrated clippers built by Messrs. Hall, of Aberdeeia.