Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday, March 17.---Advices
have been received from the Caucasus. On the
19th February, General Jeff do Rimoff, with his
corps de armee, laid siege to the town of Weden,
Schamyl's capital. The place is fortified, and the
besieged appear determined to make a stubborn
resistance. An account of the particulars of the
siege is expected, The tribe of Pshok, in Alasia,
made its submission to the Russians on the 28th of
January.

THE FRENCH FUNDS

PARIS, Thursday, 1 15 p.m.—The Bourse opens
very inanimate. Rentes, 67.50.

325 p.m.—An improvement has taken place in
all securities. Rentes close 67.75 for Money, and
67.75 for Account.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.
On the motion for the third reading of the Debtor
and Creditor Bill,
Lord Cranworth moved an amendment for expunging
the clause relating to the appointment of official assignees
in bankruptcy.
The Lord Chancellor opposed the amendment.
Some discussion ensued, in which Lord Overstone, the
Earl of Donoughmore, and Earl Grey took part,
After which the house divided on the amendment, which
was lost by 38 to 23.
The bill was then read a third tirtie and passed.
CONVICT PRISONERS.
The Convict Prisoners Bill was read a second time.

ENCLOSURE BILL.
The Enclosure Bill passed through committee.
BOSNIA AND MONTENEGRO.
The Earl of Clarendon put a question to the Foreign
Secretary respecting the alleged appointment of two
English engineer officers to survey and define the limits
between Bosnia and Montenegro. He wished to know the
views of the government on the question raised between
Prince Danielo and the Porte, on the subject of the inde-
pendence and the boundaries of Montenegro.
The Earl of Malmesbury stated that a committee had been
appointed to draw the limits between Bosnia and Monte-
negro. Its efforts to settle the question had unfortunately
failed hitherto, chiefly owing to the pertinacity of Prince
Danielo. The British government was still using its en-
deavour to adjust the quarrel, without compromising either
the just claims of Montenegro, or the integrity of the
Turkish empire.
The subject then dropped, and
The house adjourned at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY
THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

Mr. Labouchere asked the Secretary _of State for the
Colonies, whether it was the intention of the Government
to present the report of Mr. Gladstone on the state of the
lonian Islands to Parliament, and whether the report was
true that Sir H. Storks had prorogued the Legislature of
those islands.

Sir E. B. Lytton replied that there were several reports,
but it was the opinion of the Government, and of Mr.
Gladstone, that they would not now be produced without
injury to the public service. Information had been received
by telegraph that Sir H. Storks had prorogued the legisla-
ture, but the Government had no official information on the
subject.

HA.RBOURS OF REFUGE

Mr. Baxter asked the Secretary to the Treasury if the
attention of the Government has been directed to the
report of the commissioners on the subject of harbours of
refuge, recommending grants of public money amounting to
£2,365,000 to ten harbours, and if the Government intended to
propose on the estimates for 1859 to take a vote on account,
by agreeing to which the house would be committed to
this expenditure, and if any further sum is to be asked
this year for the works at Alderney and Dover.
Mr. S. Northcote replied, that the grant for Harbour and
Refuge was seriously under consideration; it was intended
to propose a further grant for Alderney.