The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-05 00:00:00

DEFEAT OF THE MINISTERS.

The late hourof the morning at which the division took
place precluded the morning papers adverting to the
event, excepting in very brief terms. Three opposite
parties—three parties who have been four years directly
and strongly opposed in politics, in character, in personal
speech, have joined against the minister who saved the
country when the direction of affairs Was. abandoned by
Lord Aberdeen, in dismay, when it was shrunk from with
terror by the very members who, at the first moment of
peace, join to beat the man whom they could tolerate so
long as they needed in war.* The country will judge the
combination.
The Times adverts to some of the leading points in the
debate. Tile advice tendered to ministers by the triple
opposition is, that they ought to have superseded all Her
Majesty's servants at Hong Kong and Canton, sent a
humble apology to Yeti, and perform whatever ceremonial
penance his barbaric invention might devise, but, as we
have said before, we must send out the best men and give
the best instructions.

In the case of Beamish v. Beamish, an appeal to the
House of Lords has been decided upon.—Cork Examiner.
DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS.—S Thomas, Wigan, cabi-
netmaker, Ist div. Of bid, G. Ledward, Ist div. of 2s 61d,
Manchester.
The question of the Sound Dues is at length settled.
Denmark is to receive 45,000,000 of thalers in forty pay-
ments, bearing interest.
RAD BUTTERMILK —A milkman has been fined lOs and
costs by the Belfast magistrates for selling buttermilk with
a " fraudulent' amount of water in it."
DISASTER AT THE FEFJEE ISLANDS •—Captain Denham,
of her Majesty's ship Harold, reports, that on the 21st
October, 1856, one of the boats sunk amongst the Fesjee
Islands, and Mr. A. Nugent, midshipman, and five seamen
were drowned.
RUSSIA IN THE CASPlAN.—According to a return recently
published by the Russian government, the merchant
shipping of Russia in the Caspian Sea consists of 132
vessels of different dimensions, which carry crews
amounting to 1,980 men.
SWITZERLAND —ln several communes of the canton of
Solothurn, all the persons who are capable of filling admin_
istrative functions have declined to do so; the Council of
State has in consequence submitted to the Grand Council
a bill tending to compel citizens to accept such functions
when appointed to them.
REDUCTION IN THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.—A. meeting
of the magistrates of the county Limerick was held, in
'Limerick city, en Saturday, and over 100 of the justices
and deputy lieutenants were in attendance, including the
Earl of Dunroven and L,rd Ularina. They decided that
the Constabulary force of the county should be reduced by
100 men, which would result in a saving of upwards of
£2,000 per annum.
THE LATE MR. J. JACKSON.—We regret to find that the
late Mr... Jackson, "Terry 0' Driscoll," died under such
circumstances of pecuniary difficulty that i, has become
necessary to appeal to the public on behalf- of his
widow and child. We beg to suggest that the widow
bas some claim on the Literary Fund, and that
if the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick were appealed
' to, the application • would meet with a satisfactory
response, but independently of these the public will, no
doubt, be found generous in this, which is, undoubtedly,
one of the most charitable cities in the world.—Saunders's
News Leiter.
MONUMENT TO LORD LONDONDERRY.—The foundation
stone of the monument to the memory of the late Marquis
of Londonderry, was laid on Saturday last, by Sir Robert
Bateson, Bart. The site selected for the monument is,
perhaps, one of the finest to be found in Ireland. About
half a mile to the seutli.west of the flourishing land of
Newtonards, is the Scrabo mountain, which rises at one
part to an elevation of 535 feet above the iivel of the see,
and above the topmost peak of the mountain is situated
the green level space on which the monument will be
raised. The view from this plateau is strikingly beautiful,
and exceedingly picturesque and wild. The monument is

to be 130 feet in'height from its base.
PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Captain Mitford, of the 98th
Regiment, at present quartered in Fermoy, undertook, some
days ago, to walk—for a bet of £3o—from Fermoy to the
Imperial hotel in this city, in sixteen hours, the distance
being about twenty Irish miles. The gallant captain
accordingly started from the barracks in Fermoy, at four
o'clock on Friday morning, and arrived here at twenty
minutes cast ten, having pursued an even, steady, and
constant pace while on the journey, lie partook of some
refreshment at the hotel, and at twelve o'clock, noon,
resumed his walk back to Fermoy, and- as he came into
Cork in six hours and twenty minutes, there can be no
doubt but he returned iu much less thin the eight hours
which he allowed himself by starting from here at twelve
o'clock. The matter, we understand, seemed to create
some interest among the officers in Fermoy, and many of
them bad made bets on both sides ; which of course will be
well as the £3O, by those who placed their
dependence in Captain Mitford's pedestrian powers.—Cork
Reporter.