The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE

BANKRUPTS.—JOHN EnwARDS, Southampton, watch-
maker and jeweller. ALFRED LANGFORD, Lewes,
brewer and maltster. DAVID ARTLETT, South-street,
Chelsea, bAer. JOSEPH SEVILLE, Salford, cotton cloth
manufacturer. GEORGE AUGUSTUS VOIGHT, Cheltenham,
dealer in piano fortes. WILLIAM WILTON, King-street,
Richmond, grocer. 11nomNs KENNARD, Brooksley-street,
Liverpool-road, Islington ; and Northampton-place, New
North-road, Middlesex, baker. CHARLES GAIGER,
Winchester, draper and grocer. WILLIAM CRATHORNE,
Bishopwearmcuth, grocer and corn factor. MALLARD
INGRAM, Rudgley, Staffordshire, ironmonger. WILLIAM
CRUSE, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, auctioneer, and land
and estate agent. JOSEPH SPOONER TAYLOR and JOSEPH
MARSDEN, Derby, ironfounders. JOHN GRIFFITH GOUL-
STONE, Knighton, Radnorshire, druggist, miller, and
carrier. BENJAMIN GEORGE HOLTON, Coventry, licensed
victualler and hop dealer.

RAPID PASSAGE —Yesterday the ship Morning Light
arrived at this port, from Mobile, after a very rapid passage
of only twenty-five days.
LORD JoHN RUSSELL'S Mrssoar.—The expenses of Lord
John Russell's special mission to Vienna last year
amounted to £2,332 16s 4d.- The sum allowed to Sir
Hamilton Seymour for his outfit, &c., on proceeding as
Minister to Vienna, was £1,250.
CRIMINAL EXECUTIONS.—In York, when a criminal
undergoes the last sentence of the law a cord is tied
round his legs beneath the knee ; it is done in a second or
two, and this simple precaution would have prevented
the harrowing scene witnessed at Newgate on Monday.
DEATH OF THE EX-CHAMPION OF THE THAMES.—
Robert Coombes, for many years connected with the
river Thames, and patronised by the various aquatic
clubs, expired on Thursday at his residence, Putney,
after a short illness. Coombes won and retained the
champion belt on several occasions, but was subsequently
beaten and deprived of his laurels by Cole, after a
fiercely contested race.
THE JAMES BAINES AND MR. J. H. WILTON.—It will be
recollected that about a month ago Mr. J. H. Wilton, by
landing from the James Baines in a fishing-boat on the
Irish coast, effected the promulgation of the safe arrival of
that vessel, and the leading features of the Australian rews
in Liverpool some days before they could have been made
known by the ship's entering the port. Mr. Wilton has
received some flattering acknowledgment from the owners
and captain of the vessel for the services which his tact
and energy rendered. Part of Mr. Wilton's business in
Europe was the organizing of an effective theatrical corps
for Australia, which we understand he has successfully
arranged. Among the artists in this profession who are at
once about to visit Australia under this arrangement are,
we understand, Miss Julia Harland, Mr. Hoskins, Mr. S.
Norman, Miss Fitzpatrick, and many others. Mr. Black,
proprietor and builder of the large theatre in Melbourne,
returns at the same time. Arrangements are still pending
with Miss Cushman, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallack, Mr.
Anderson, and other performers. We understand Mr.
Charles Matthews has declined the overtures made to him
for the present.
SMOKE NUISANCES AND SMOKE PREVENTION FURNACES.
—On Thursday, Mr. M'Gowan (on behalf of the health
committee), preferred two iuformations against the London
and North Western railway company, for suffering smoke to
issue from tile chimneys at the Edge Hill station, on Easter
Monday last. Mr. M'Gowan complained of the inattention
of the parties concerned to the requirements of the health
committee, and asked inspector Wignall if he had inspected
Mr. O'Regan's furnaces at the Waterloo station of the Lon-
don and North Western Railway. The inspector replied
that he Ind, and had seen thirty large shovels of coal thrown
on one turnace, and the door completely shut, and upon
going outside there was not the least appearance of smoke.
Mr. M'Gowan asked Mr. M'Donald if he bad also inspected
Mr. O'Regan's furnace, and he said that he had, and that
there was no smoke whatever. Mr. Berry, on behalf of the
company, said they had been most anxious to adopt every
improvement to effect the object desired. With regard to
these charges, there were several mitigating circumstances.
They had gone to great expanse in procuring smoke con-
suming apparatus, but all had been unavailing. They had
just spent £219 in having Prideaux'S apparatus put up ; but
they found it requisite to use tlc same as they had got at
the Waterloo station—Mr. O'Regan's. Besides, on E ,sfer
Monday they were much busier than usual, in providing
cheap excursions. It was notoi ions that these cheap trips
were not paying to the company. Mr. Mansfield : You
ought not to be philanthiopic at the expense of the share-
holders. Mr. Mansfield said af ae would perhaps stimulate
the company to increased watchfulness. Ha should impose
a penalty of £5 and costs in each case.

THE CRIMEA.

(PROM OUR OWN. CORRESPONDENT.)

SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 22

Since last Thursday week we have had a greater
experience of what the Crimean winter can be,
than at any time since the army first landed here.

On the 13th ult. the weather (which up to that
time had been exceedingly variable, burying us in
the depths of winter one day, and ushering us into
balmy spring the next) started with a piercing
north-easterly wind, and up to the time of my
writing has never ceased for a moment, pouring on
our devoted heads all the unpleasant accompani-
ments which an east wind proverbially possesses.
Hard frosts, snow, sleet, and a degree of cold
greater than I ever felt in this climate, have now,
for more than a week, characterised a month
which old Crimean heroes had been lauding
as the mild forerunner of spring. On rising in
a morning you found your tub one solid piece of
ice, your sponge a bit of granite, and your towels
like boards; if the sun (which for the last day or
two has been shining brightly, as if in cruel
mockery of the scene,) tempts you out of doors,
you are in the greatest danger of losing your nose
and ears from the nipping blast, and are glad to
get under any shelter, with the solemn conviction
of the wisdom of him who said, that
" When the wind was in the east,
It was fit for neither man nor beast."

Such a persevering, pitiless, piercing, north easter,
never tried the temper, or stirred the bile of Eng•
lishmen. It cuts through the contract-built sides
of government huts as if they were made of paper ;
makes the stoves smoke, and puts everybody in an
ill humour. Like the famed cork leg, it seems
never inclined to stop. In spite, however, of this
most inclement weather, the English spirit has
been giving itself vent in all kinds of outdoor ebul-
litions; reviews, races, and Rooski-lionizing have
been endeavouring to counteract the chilling
influences of father Jupiter. On Sunday last
three divisions of the army and the artillery were
marched out at 8 a,m., with a day's rations, in the
direction of the monastery. They were halted for
about an hour. The men had their dinner dejeuner
ala fourchette, and were then marched home. The
first, second, and third divisions, with the whole
of the Artillery, were the victims of this military
picnic, which the east wind, blowing steadily and
strongly all the time, made rather too cool to be
pleasant. They got back to camp about 3 p.m.
By this review all church services throughout the
camp were stopped, and the only proof that we,
Protestants give to the many phases of religious
belief around us, that we possess any religion, or
pay any outward worship to God is en tirelydone away
for the sake of doing what might equally as well be
done on any other day, marshalling our troops in
all the pomp and circumstance of war. In this
time of peaceful inactivity, and in the abundance
of leisure-time enjoyed by the army, there can be
found no reason for choosing as a day for a general
review the only day allotted to any religious
service, and thus depriving the soldier of (what
he has a right to as much as other Christians) his day
of rest, and the army of the only opportunity of
publicly offering to God the sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving. It is a grievance which every creed,
and every grade feels alike—a grievance which is
in sarcastic contrast to the measures which (the
papers tell us) those at home are so strenously
adopting for the observance of the Sabbath—
a grievance which our gracious Sovereign
(did she but know how bitterly her soldiers
feel it) would never countenance. There is
a rumour the reviews are to be held on every
Sunday morning. Having devoted the Sunday
to reviewing and working the troops, the spare
time during the remainder of the week, has been
taken up with foot races. On Monday, each
division had races in their own camps, to find out
the best men, preparatory to the great races on
Wednesday. On Wednesday at 12 a.m., a great
concourse was to be seen on the ground behind
the Guards' camp ; Highlanders from Kamara,
Sardinians, French, and even two Russians were
there to see the sport. The ground is admirably
adapted for the purpose, being the same as that
on which the first review was held. Though the
wind was bitterly cold, the dryness underfoot was
very favourable to the running. Each division
first had a trial of their best men, the winners
to run for the champion's belt, open to the whole
British army. There was then a second race open
to the whole of the Allied armies. Both the
prizes in these races were awarded to a
private of the 34th regiment. In the race
for officers open to the whole army
Major Astley of the Scots Fusileer Guards came
in first; Major Astley also ran in the two other
races (the soldier's race open to the whole army,
and the race open to the whole of the allies), and
won each time, beating the 34th man easily, to
whom, however, he, of course, resigned the
prize. The shouts of applause at Major Astley's
success were tremendous, and it is rather an argu-
ment against the abuse of our degenerate aris-
tocracy to find an officer in the most crack corps
of our English army excelling in feats of strength
the whole of the allied armies, and bearing the
palm away from so many thousands. These races
were followed by hurdle races, and the sports
ended with the farcical exhibition of a sack race.
The officers hurdle race, open to the whole army,
was won by Lieut. Pallisser of the Rifle Brigade,
Major Astley unfortunately fell at the first hurdle.
In the race open to the allied armies several Sar-
dinians ran, but only one Frenchman; their wind,
however, had no chance against British lungs, and
they only got over half the distance. The ride
along the Tchernaya is still the favourite one ; at
first the Russians used to cross the river, and I
saw several the other day in the camp of the Light
Division, who were evidently determined " not to
go home till morning;" but now a French picquet
is posted on the banks of the river, and prevents to
a great degree the fraternization which had been
going on. The Russians are fine, strong, well-
made men ; they have most of them a medal for
the defence of Sebastopol, which is exceedingly
well executed. It seems strange to see one of our
soldiers explaining his clasps to a Russian, and
shouting (as he points to them) the words Alma,
Inkerman, Sebastopol ; and still stranger to see
men making great friendships with those, whom a
short time back they would have shot down like
dogs.
The weather has continued severely cold, and occa-
sionally very stormy. On the 17th a fire occurred at
Balaklava, in an encampment of the army works corps ;
seventeen bodies have been taken out of the ruins dread-
fully burned and charred, but twenty—two men alto•
gether are reported to be missing. From the position in
which some of the bodies were found to be lying, it was
evident that the men had not moved after they had fallen
asleep. The fire may have smouldered some time, until
the apartment had become filled with smoke and suffo-
cating vapours, and the men had thus been stupified and
killed before the flames appeared. There must have
been some very careless neglect on the part of the inmates
of the hut where the fire first occurred, and taking place
as it did, on St. Patrick's night, when there was a good
deal of drinking, intoxication may have been one of the
causes of this neglect. On Wednesday, the 19th, the
Crimean games took place, which had been deferred on
account of the severity of the weather. There is to be
a Highland gathering at Kamara, on the 27th instant,
when none but the usual Highland games and exercises
will be introduced. The spring races are to take place
in the Tchernaya valley. On this occasion the Russians
are to be asked across to join in the meeting.

essinesesc,

LtTEST INTELLIGENCS.

THE CONGRESS.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING

The plenipotentiaries met again iii Congr
to-day, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

PARMA.

A despatch, dated Parma, the 21 ins"
announces that arrests for political offences 5

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