The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

THE PRINCIPALITIES,

A letter from Jassy of the 14th, in the t*t
np,,tophd Pest, givo porno ClOraila concerning the
entry of the Moldavian troops into the new territory
ceded by Russia, the bare fact of which has been
already mentioned by telegraph :
" The detachments of Moldavian troops (says
the letter) were put in movement yesterday, at 11
o'clock, with the bands playing and colours flying•
to take pogsession of their new quarters. At
three commenced the passage of the Pruth, and
in less than an hour the whole of the troops had
arrived on the opposite bank. This operation was
effected' in the presence of the principal Russian
functionaries, in grand uniform. The posts on the
frontier, as well as the minor functionaries, had all
been withdrawn in the course of the morning. At
Rene the clergy came out in possession, and
chanted a Te Deem in the rimiltet place, as the
troops marched into the tc-Arn in the presence of a
vast concourse of people The troops were well
received, and the population seemed much pleased
at the change of masters."

Last week, at Berkswell, Warwickshire. Mr. Ad kins, a
farmer, who for the lengthened period of 76 years had led a
life of single blessedness, was married to Miss Amos, aged
25. Fifty years previous to the nuptials the Berkswell
farmer had wooed, but not won, the mother of his present
wife,

Miss Nightingale, accompanied by Sir John Liddell,
paid a visit on Wednesday to the hospitals at Chatham.
She was attended through the Military Hospital by Deputy
Inspector General J. R. Taylor, and Dr. Tyce ; and
through the Naval Hospital by Deputy Inspector General
Dr. Drummond. The visit last several hours, and Miss
Nightingale expressed much gratification with the various
arrangements.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Thursday last or early on the
following morning, the residence of E. Thompson, Esq.,
Dromenagh, Iver heath, Bucks, was burglariously entered,
and numerous articles, in gold and silver, stolen, including
10 guinea, 10 half guineas, eight gold seven shilling pieces,
silver snuff boxes, silver table spoons, silver cups, silver
articles for the breakfast and dinner table gold box, &c.
A New SECT.—A new sect has sprung up' at Geneva,
which
,founds its creed on the revelations of "speaking
tables," and from the name of its founder, a Mr. Bort, goes
by the name of Bortism. The sect pretends to revelation
from various angels, and from the Saviour himself, speaking
by the table and by the mouth of Mr. Bort. The account
of these revelations has been published at Lausanne.
SINECURE RECTORY.—The Western Flying Post con-
tains an account of the induction of the Rev. J. Langdon
into the sinecure rectory of Pitney, which took place on a
Sunday, the new rector reading prayers without surplice
or other ecclesiastical vestment, on the spot where the old
church, long since dilapidated, is said to have stood.
The following anecdote is from an interesting paper on
Bolivia, by M. Fevre Clavaoroz, Consul General of
France, which appears in the Revue Contemporaine :—" A
parish priest, in one of the villages of the State, has bad
the bright idea of dividing his church into three sec-
tions, each painted of a different colour. That nearest
the altar is called Paradise, the next Purgatory, and the
third a place it would not be proper to name. When-
ever a death occurs in his parish, he desires the
family to inquire where they wish the soul of the deceased
to go ? If to paradise, it is so much ; purgatory, some-.
what less; and the last place is dog chap.' Of course
the Indi in will not hear of his dear relations going to
Gehenna, so he parleys with the honest Padre, and, after
a severe struggle between his conscience and his purse,
generally comes down handsomely, and the revered de-
funct is duly installed in Paradise
THE VICTORIA CROS9 —The Medical Times and Gazette,
commenting oil the fact that no medical officer has received
this decoration, says—" One surgeon went out of the
advanced trench before the Redan, and carried in the
body of the Colonel of the 3rd Buffs, under a tremendous
fire. Another assisted wounded officers of the Light
Cavalry Brigade at Balaklava, far in front of the advanced
picquets of the -French Cha4seurs, and at the most
imminent personal risk. A third saved the life of the
Duke of Cambridge at Inkerrnan, in a hand to hand
conflict. A fourth assisted Captain Cust, at the Alma,
when severely wounded in the very thickest of the fight.
And these were no isolated examples. No danger kept
back the medical officers from the performance of their
duty; and surely, to say the very least, there was as
much valour shown in assisting a wounded man under a
heavy fire as in joining in the conflict. One rea,oa we
have heard assigned for not giving the Cross, to medical
officers is remarkable, and we may add that it was given
us by a gentleman in a high official position z—," It is not
considered advisable to encourage medical officers to dis-
tinguish themselves for valour. They are qeite ready
enough as it is to volunteer for dangerous duty, and if
we were to reward them as we do others, they would all
be killed, and we should have no doctors left for the
troops." This may be complimentary, but it 14 net
encouraging.