Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.]

THE EAST.

The Mail Stermer which left Constantinople
May 28th, has arrived at Marseilles, but does
not bring any fresh news of interest.

It is stated that the Consul of France, at
Tipliz, is at the head quarters of Bariatinski,
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army

operating against the Circassians.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

The Mail steamer, Asia, arrived in the river
this morning, at about three o'clock, but up to
the hour of going to press her mails had not
been landed. We shall bublish details of her
news in our second edition.

Mons. Roger, the celebrated French tenor, is now in
London, intending to make an early appearance berare the
musical public.
STRANRAER —RYE-Gaxss.—A heavy cart-load of Italian
rye-grass was offered for sale in the market on Friday. It
appeared of good quality, and attracted some attention

fir-m
its growth, which averaged fully 41feet in length.—
Galloway Advertiser.
Count de Morny, previous to his departure from St.
Petersburgh, which is to take place about the 25th of
the present month, will sign the treaty of commerce
between the French and Russian governments, of
which the clauses are all already arranged and agreed
upon.

We understand that one of the greatest artists of modern
times, M. Ary Scheffer, is now in EnglaLd, having come
hither to paint the portrait of rtarie Amelie, ex-Queen of
the French, lone time a pat•oness and friend of the artist,
• and who, we believe was the possessor of his " Christus
Consolator."—Athenceunt.
We are glad to announce that the Chiswick Gardens
will be thrown open to the general public free of charge
three days, perhaps six, of this we,211: The implements
will be retained ; the flowers which suffer no injury from
exposure will also be kept; above all, the gardens them-
selves are seen to advantage in early June. The Ame-
rican garden, new this year, will prove very attractive.—
Athenotan.

NITHSDALE AND HE CRIES PEERAGES.--We ❑nr?erstand
Lhat a case has been lodged in the House of Lords for Mr.

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Maxwell, of Carruchan, in support of his claim as heir
male of the family of Maxwell, to the earldom of Niths-
dale and the baronies of Maxwell and R-rries. The ease

states in detail the creation ;niidWceOi the several
titles, and also the documentary evidence to be adduced in

support of the elaim.—Dumfiies Herald.

M. Julhen is about to start on a provinci it tour, f r the
purpose of giving (at Manchester, Liverp )01, Hull, Leeds,
&c.) 'a series of open-air concerts. The arrangements this
year are to be on a more extensive scale than have ever

before been attempted ; and is one insta-ice—that of Leeds
—there will be the addition of Asley's Hippodrome and
Darbj,'s •fireworks to the other attractions; and the musical

part of the entertainment will have the assistance of the
Misses Brougham.

Wroes.—The will of the Right Hon. Francis Egerton,
Eirl of Ellesmere, K.G., F.S A., has been proved
in London, under £160,000 personalty within the pro-
vince of Canterbury. Also the wills of Sir Crompton
Domvile, Bart., of Santry House, Dnblin, and Grosvenor-
square,.£3s,ooo within the province ; the Hon. and Rev.
Charles Douglas, of Tyrone, £2,000 personalty ; and
Robert Lawe, of Preston, £40,000 within the province.
Alexander Stewart, Esq., of Winchester House, £120,000.
A regular service of screw-steamers is now established
between the ports of Kiel (Holstein) and St. 1 etersbnrg,
the departures from either port takinz, place every Satur-
day morning. The fare, board included is 40 Prussian
thale-s (150 f.) for first class cabin passengers, and 26
thalers for those of the second. Each passenger has a
right to 1001bs weight of luggage. Passports must be
signed by the Ruesien Consul at Kiel- The charge for
conveying gold is 3-piths per cent. ad valorem. and 1-4th
per cent for silver,
From a return, we learn the state of the various loans
advanced from time to time for public works in Ireland at
the end of the last financial year. The total amount
authorised to be issued is £3,654,000, of which £3.197,000
has been issued. Of this amount £435,000 has been
remitted : £1,022,009 has been repayed as principal, and
£466,000 as interest, leaving balances of £1,739,000
principal, and £247,000 interest. The advances during
the year amounted to £125,000, and the repayments to
£26,000.
A Parliamentary, return published at the instance of
Mr. Bouverie, President of the Poor Law Board, shows
that in England end Wales the sum expended for the relief
of the poor in the half-year ending Lady-day, 1857, was
£1,979,000, of which £1,486,000 was for out-relief, and
£493,000 for in-maintenance, being a decreasa.of £llB,OOO,
or 5.7 per cent. on the amount expended in the correspond-
ing half-year of 1856. In only one county, Durham, is
there an increase, and that amouts to but £299, OI 1.0
per cent. The, largest decrease occurs in Norfolk (14.4
per cent.), Rutland (11.8 per cent.), and Suffolk 11.5 per
cent.)
A parliamentary paper, moved for by Mr. Spooner, shows-
the sums expended on the national art collections since
1846. In 154,7-8 it was £134.000; in 1848-9, £122,000;
in 1849-50, £96,000; in 1850-51, £103,000; in 1851-2,
£122,000; in 1852-3, £111,000; in 1853-4 £114,000.; in.
1854-5, £163,000 ; in 1855-6, £228,000 ; and in 1856-7,
£202,000. The same return shows the sums expended
each year, from 1851 to the present time, on the Kensing-
ton Gore estate. The first expenditure appears to have
taken place in 1852, when £75,000 was I out ; in. 1853
the sum was £150,000; in 1854, £9,000; in 1856,
£11,000; and in 1856, £29,000; making a total expendi-
ture of £277,005.
Imrstovourars IN Loernox.—All manufacturing trades,
such as potteries, glass houses, talkw melters, bone boilers,
and varnish ti akers, and, in fact, all objectionable trades
not actually required in London, should be removed at
least twenty-five miles from the metropolis. This plan
would scatter the working classes over a large ssace of
country, and prevent the necessity of retaining so many
small houses for the poor in London, and it would allow
of the worst portion of small dwellings to be cleared
away altogether, and make mem for the co Itemplated,
improvements, in forming new streets of a superior
grade, on the same plan as in Paris. —Correspondent of
the Builder.
PUBLIC WORKS IN IREL AND. —A blue book of 100
pages contains the 25th report of the Board of Public
Works, Ireland, with copious appendices. It refers to
loans and grants for public works in the year 1856, to
the improvement of land, to public buildings, post
roads, arterial drainage, piers and harbours, and inland
navigation. It appears that up to the 31st of December
last the amount issued for public works was altogether
£9,690,061, of which £4,731,335 has been remitted, and
£4,958,725 is the amount of principal to be repaid.
The total repayments of principle and interest to the
Exchequer up to the said 31st of December, 1856,
amounted to the sum of £2,834,406. As regards piers
and harbours, the public will be interested to hear that
the works of the new packet pier in Kingstown Harbour
have so far advanced as to afford a berth alongside for
very large steamers, and that a junction line from the
station of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the
stew pier is in course of construction, which will admit,
when the works are completed, the moving of the rail-
eonnage, 203,880.
Wer iof Lieutenant General
Sir death
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road carriages close to the packet. 1,766 vessels entered
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K.C.H. Sir William
Berries
CBoColonel Herries, and
youngest Right Hon. J. C. Herries.
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joined
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He served as a brigade-
major in the expedition against Buenos Ayres. In 1809
he was aide-de-eamp to Sir Eyre Co,,te in the Walcheren
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army
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expedition, and was actively employed in the siege of
Flushing. He served on the Quarter-master General's
staff in the Peninsula, and was present at the battle of
Vittoria, the siege of San Sebastian, and the passage of the
Bilassoa. Ore the 4th of April, 1814, in the famous
sortie from Bayonne, Sir John Hope had his horse shot
under him, and lay, &gabled by his great weight, exposed
to a heavy fire. Sir William an: his brother aide-de-camp.
now Major-General Moore, rushed forward to his rescue ;
but before they could move the enormous weight that they
had to deal with, a ball [truck Sir William on the knee
and his companion on the arm. All three were taken
prisoners, and Sir William had his leg amputateJ the next
morning, This event closed his military career, at least
his career in active service. Subsequently he served as
Quartermaster-General in the lonian Islands, as Comp-
troller of Army Accounts, and as Commissioner of the
Board of Audit, from which he retired in 1854. The
Colonelcy of the 68th Regiment is vacant by his death.