Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

THE PAPAL STATES.

The Times has received the following telegram
from its correspondent at Rome
ROME, May s.—Rome is most tra*quil. The French
troops are not to leave. 6,000 Austrians have arrived at
Ancona since the 30th of April, with provisions for sit
months.

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
By the arrival of the Royal Mail Steamer Arme-
nian, with- the mails from the West Coast of Africa,
with about 38 passengers, and 22 men of the crew
of the ship William Money, also four distressed
seamen., 'from the Gold Coast, we learn that the
Native Chiefs had been induced to embark in the,
culttvation in cotton, and the subject was seriously
engaging the attention of the people.
We have been kindly favoured by the Editor of'
the Albion, with the folloa,ving extract from a private'
letter from Lagos :
A mission to the King of Jaboo Ode was lately under-
taken by Messrs. M'Croskey, Legresley, and Davis. They
left this on the 14th March, and returned on the 19th;: but
I regret to say their mission was very unsuccessful, as the
King has most positively refused to allow palm oil to pass
through his country, alleging that the Ibbalins. had
annoyed him, and would not sell oil to his people. The
truth, I believe, is owing entirely to the French free emii-
gration scheme, as the chiefs and kings make more by this
traffic than by legitimate trade. The King of Jaboo Ode
made a very insolent remark, that the English might
blockade his town.flor twenty years, and at Cie expiration
of that time he would beg them to continue for
another twenty. Her Majesty's steamer Brune left this on
the 15th, for Badagry and Porto Novo, to survey and
ascertain how far vessels could proceed by lagoon• beyond
that place. All hands on board are well. In consequence
of the stoppage of the oil trade at Badagry. and Porto Novo,
by the King of the latter place, the consullwas.compelled to
get Lieut. Glover, R.N., in charge of the Rainbow, to convey
him, in order to meet.the Brune, and explain& to the King
that he had broken his treaty by stopping the trade, and to
request him to desist, and open it immediately. The consul
would not visit the King, nor receive the presents sent off ;
this displeased him very much. The latter was told that if
the trade was not opened, the consul. would consult with tha
Commodore about placing vessels. of war to prevent rum,
powder, guns, &c., from being landed. This the chiefs and
headmen begged him not to do, The consul left this on the
23rd March, and returned on the 30th, The King promised
to accede to the consul's request. It was ascertained that
the King, chiefs, headmen, and Xing's wives took one-half
the price for what the oil fetched from the owners, alleging
that they had never been used to do any work, and that the
manufacturers were but bush people. I have since heard
that oil is coming in plentifully. There is a little oil Doming
in from the surrounding small villages, between this and
Abbeokuta. Dr. Baikie, of the Niger Expedition, and his
party, left for Rabba on the 14th March, and we have
heard of their arrival at Oghomasho on the 27th March, all
well. There are fifteen vessels in the roadstead awaiting
cargoes, besides those that are expec4ed. I fear thequantity
of oil this year will be very low. I cannot attribute this
present state of things but to Mons. Regis's contract for the
supply of free emigrants at Whydah—we well know what
freedom these poor creatnroa will obtain in the French
colonies. The country around us is opposed to the
English interest ; and I was much surprised, the other
day, to learn that her Majesty's steamer Brune was
ordered away, and, but for the consul's timely inter-
ference with the senior officer, she woad have
left. I may safely say that, were she removed, all Europeans
would have to vik at once, as I am sure that Kosc4o•

tessigted by the. tgbas, attZark the Iliter;. art& dive
Ittin Docemu away, and teittstid himselr F hope- he
British government will no's withdraw the Brune from
Lagoa, as it would only be attended with a c,;.reat sacri-
fice. of valuable lives to re-take die place, if it Lilts into the
hand of Kosoko. I hope the government wet. forget
what happened at the capture of this place in 185 i, and
the- amount of lives lost. The. Bishop of Siert; Leone
raturned from Abbeokuta on the sth April, and embarked
iir her Majesty's steamer Sharpshooter on the 4tla for
Cape. Cbast—this vessel having been kindly placed' at
his disposal by the Commodore;, with the vim:- to
his lurdship paying a visit to Cape Ckst, and proceeding -by
this packet. The bar was uncommonly. good. lam gLI to
add that his lordship left this in health; and it is herd
that he may arrive at Sierra Leone wta, and much grat-i-H6cl
by his trip to this part of the coast. April 7th.—The Rain-
bow was, taken out this morning .by Lieut. Glover, R.N.,.
attached to the Niger Expedition, frornaoff the Consulate, to
the roadstead ; in less than an hour Lieut.. Glover was accora,-

Mr. Ki

master of htr

panied by several merchants
Majesty's ship Brune, took the opportunity of ascertaining
the situation of the bar, and passage out. I must say that
gnat praise • is due to Lieutenant Giwer for this caring
undertaking ow his part, as now enterprising individual
see the practicability of the navigatiorpof a steamer over
the long-dreaded bar of Lagos. There. has been but one
life lost by the upsetting of boats orronnoes during this
season. The bar has been very good .fear this time of the

The

The islandjs very healthy

M Sierra Leone business was ver

.LIST OF PASEN6EitS. - First" Class:l3l- A. llewan,
Miss Bart.y, Captain Derecourt, Colonel 'Hill (Governor of
Sierre Leone), Captain Hill .and servant, Mrs. Hill and
infant, Mrs. Leggett and two children, 1%11...and Mrs. Dillon
and infant, Mr. 11. .Spilsbury, Rev. Mr: Taylor, Colonel
O'Connor (Governor of Bathurst), lady, and: servant, Capt.
Bravo, Captain Tunstall, Lieutenant 'Sullivan, Count de
Villoutrey'(French Consul, Sierra Leone),..Mr. F.,Spilsbury,
Mr. Y. Blair, Mr, and Mrs. Copeland, Dr. Sanders. Second
ClasS : Messrs. Ward, Wilson, Roberts, W. Hardinge.
Third - Class : Richard 'Tinker, Samuel Sparkes, Joseph
Shannon, John Battis'(four distressed seamen), and twenty-
two men of the crew of the ship William ..Mioney.

AUSTRALIA,..
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN,

The screw-steamer Great Britain arrived. here
yesterday morning from Melbourne. She sailed on
the 2nd March,.and has, therefore, mule . the run in
66 days. She brings a fortnight's later news, and.
gold valued.at about £3.30,000.
There is not much news of importance by this
arrival.. The Victorian Parliament had been pro-
rogued by his Excellency the Governor-General with
the following.speech :
Mr. President and. honourable. Gentlemen of the Leg
Council,

islative

Mr. Speaker, and= Gentlemen of the Legislatbie Assembly,—
When :I callelyou together in October last, I stated that
the principal object which I had in view in.requiring your
attendance in parliament at that season of the year was to

enable you to dispose of those measures of reforni which had
been introduced in a former session, and that it, would be the
duty of my advisers to bring forward only such other
measures as were absolutely required to meet the exigencies
of the public service. I then ventured. to express a hope
the session Dui ase before the ter-
mination of the year but fresh Auestions of more or less

that the session would be, brought to a el

..... ,
importance,. some of a public, some of a .private character,
have forced. themselves tip m the, attention Of parliaMent,
and the session has thereby been extended. to' a later period
than anticipated. The beneficial nature of most of the bills
which, have now become law compensates•for this increased
demand upon, your time and attention, and. the country will
recognise in, them renewed evidence of the 7.. cal and assiduity
witliwhich.youshave applied yourselves to your parliamentary
duties.
The bill to alter the Electoral Districts and increase the
number of members of the Assembly will come into opera-
tion on the Ist of May. It distributes the representation
more equally over the entire populational the country, and
provides for. such an increase in the number of members as
will, 'I trust, be found greatly to facilitate the dispatch of
business before parliament. The bill. for shortening the
duration of the Assembly has been reserved for the significa-
tion of. Etr Majesty's pleasure, as required by the
Constitution Act. I have no reason.tty doubt that it will
receive her Majesty's assent, and it will in all probability
become law. long before its operation can be required. It
has also been. thought advisable to reserve the bill to limit
the number of persons holding office under the Crown who
may sit and. vote in either House of Parliament, as it affects
the prerogative of the Crown, and as. doubts have arisen
whether it should not have been, passed by an absolute
majority of both Houses.
The bills which I announced as intended to be brought
forward at the commencement of the session hive been.
successfully carried through Parliament, with the exception
of three, namely—a bill to consolidate the road acts, a bill;
to regulate weights and measures, and a bill to give validity:
to certain, contracts for mining on, private property. The
two first have long since been prepared, and were ogly withn•
held in,order to give place to .such as appeared to be of.
more immediate importance; and. the third has failed to,
become law, in consequence of the want of concurrence of.
both houses in some of its provisions.
The bills severally to amend, the Audit Act, to amend.
the act authorising an assessment on stock, to consolidate.
the laws relating to the Chinese,. to establish a Board ,of
Agriculture, and to consolidate,the:laws respecting marriage,
are calculated either to improve.the previously existing laws,
to give security to our public -crodit, or to aid in developpig
our industry and resources. The several private railway
bills which have ripened into acts carry out the principle
enunciated by a former legislature —namely, that while-the
construction of the main lines should be kept in the hands
of the government, all other. lines, should be left to private

enterprise.
I avail myself of the opportunity to congratulate you
upon, and at the same time• to. express my own satisfaction
with, the progress which:has-, been made in the great rail-
*ay undertakings already. authorised by parliament. This
rapidity of execution hasalot been purchased at the expense
of interiority. lam assured, indeed, that the character of
the work is equal to that of the best lines of railway in
Great Britain. I am happy to think that the stae of the
London Money Market,justitaes a confident expf
our railway bonds will. almost immediately.
favourable position which. has been anticipated..
The opinions which. have been expressed i .P,arliament
respecting the necessity of placing every branch, of the
public service on a. more permanent and settled footing,
though not expressed, in. any formal resolution, wi4 not be
disregarded by my.advisers. Means will beadoptnd during
the recess to institnte•a full and comprehensive inquiry intc
the state of the public sstablishments, partly with, a view t,
economy, and partly fcr the purpose of p14:..7
officers in the public- service in a position.. of progressive
advancement aud,fuLere security.
Gentlemen,of tbke Legislative Assembly--
I thank you, in, her Majesty's name for the liberality
with which you, have provided for the exigencies of the
-public service, as. well as for the necessary sapenditure on
roads, bridges, aad other public improvements. The large
sums whiActi,3rou have found yourselvcsjastified in appro-
priating for various public works beau- witness to the
abundant, resoearces of the countay, Thr. early period at
which they aee voted, as coroparou:with fiariner years, will
enable them tro be expended with mucla greater economy.

ation that

occupy th€

luentonous

and efficacy,.
The resolutions' which your, Hoe adopted for the
purchase of the line of railway canstruted by the Melbou=
ancl,Geeloug Railway Compemy, walk. I trust, allay the 4is
content which had arisen in, the minds of some person
connected with that undertaking, owing to a misconception
as to the duty of this Gournment to interfere with v.gerd
to the appropriation of the gitexanteecj, interest. I, need
scarcely assure you that the engagements of the colony, have
invariably been faithfully, and punctually fulfilled. If the
proposals which these iesolutions embody should be accepted
by the company, a measure will be submitted to I;arliamnt
early in the hnsuing session to carry thorn into elect.
Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and
Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—
I now dismiss you to your homes. The arrangernents
preliminary to a dissolution, which the recent change in the
electoral law hos rendered necessary, will be, made with a
view to calling the new Parliament together at an earlier
and more convenient period than has hitherto been found
practicable.
I now, in her Majesty's name, declare this Parliament
to be prorogued to Thursday the alat day of March next,
and it is hereby prorogued accordingly.
There was a most destructive fire at North Mel-
bourne on the 25th of February, the number of
houses destroyed being about forty. No lives were
lost, but several people were seriously hurt in
,
snaking their escape from, the burning houses.
A fire at Ballarat has destroyed property to the
extent of £15,000.
From Sydney, we learn that several Ministerial
4kN
changes were contemplation. Mt. old would
take the nvw department of Work
the Uppr. tkoWke. Thor '54
with a seat in
e woe,
I?A‘AIIY runAOAl:4

tie' Vpointraintit; Were not to
be Allied Win..
The, half-yearly general nPleting of the nharehol-
ders atV the-Melbourne and Stelattrban Railway had
been held, at the Melbourne station. The
report of the directors speaks confidently of the
present state of the portion. of the line in operation,
and of the passenger traffic, and recommends the
immediatwoompletion of the entire length. For this
purpose, am issue of 3;000 shares will be necessary.
The total expenditure, up to the present dater has
been £34,000t. The receipts for the fli-sts fortnight
amounted tcr X 440,1%- 10d. The report-was unani-
mously adopted, .and power was given to the board
to raise the necessary funds for the continuation or
the line by the•issu* of shares. The shares.on which
11-te deposits only: had been paid were drolared for-
feited.

COMMERCIAI

scorts of gold.for t

fortnight were abut' 65,000

711 e general imports markets
Business at Sydney was-dull.
ed, but were less

were quiet at st ,
Priees of wool had not materially cban

de at A

tian of fd. ivrlb7 in wools.

ciiittion

LIST OF SALOON PACSENGERS —Mrs. A. Mooney, Mt J.
Mooney, M. Mooney, John Mooney, jnn., Mr. andiMrs.
°Oen, Wm. G. Barker,. Rev. P. Dunne, Mr. and. Mrs..
Mtnelin, two Mises Mattlin4 Mr. Thomas Malin, A. Maelin,
Mr. and Mrs. Lister, Mis. M'Adam, Mr. Thomas Lister,
Elizabeth Lister, Mary LiAer,. Mr. David Leighton, 11. Box,
Miss Box, Mrs. Maelear, Eliza M
Mk: and Mrs. Young avi: family
Ann Simpson, Miss .W. Teimant,
lsl Goeben, Alexander Goebet
Mrs Phifer,' Mrs. Laing, Mrs

, •
.-lean. 'Mr. C. Greville,
irs. W. Tennant, Miss
Fr. A. Murray, Mr. and

Decker, Mr. and

Elizabeth Jacobs, Mr. M

Joshua Jaco ;yard

Jacoi
pa enger

276.- second and third-clas

INDIA.

THE BOMB.VY MAIL.

CAPTURE OFTANTIA TOPEE
We have received the Bombay papers of the 11th.
of April, which furnish the details of the capture 'of
fantia Topee. This fortunate event took place on
-th of April, and was preceded by two important
_ ts—a complete defeat of the rebels under the
Rao. and Feroze Shah in the•Seronge jungles on the
sth;-of April, and the surrender on the 2nd of the
same month of the rebels under the Gwalior chief
Mann Singh. It is difficult. at present to determine
the localities in which these successes were gained.
We;. therefore, merely give the news as we find it in
the following Government telegrams :---

Lord Elphinstone,

Dallas on the 51
Shah at Barot
>t less than 1,20.

the rebels under Rao

miles north of Mibool-
lemv killed.

Fkom Seron

,onah, April 7, to Lord.

Elpliic

Rajah Mann Sing surreukred' to Major Meade's column
at MahOodra on the 2nd of April. The columns under
Colonel de Salis and Colonerßich in combined movement
in the Seronge jungles has Overtaken the rebels of the Rao
Sahib, Feroze Shah, and Tantitit.ropee, and have killed 500.
Neither of the leaders of the rebelS known to be killed, but.
some native officers, many Ira/Maces, one of the first Bom-
bay Lancers, and some of the GAvalior Body Guard. These
men have had the proclamation amongst them and have
well known the clemency di§played towards those who have
surrendered, but they have rejected mercy and have mur-
dered all our people who fell'into their hands.

Loss on oui side not futlyzeturned, but three of the 71st
killed, band-master of the 16th•Bontbay N.I. killed. Three
iepoys.and one sower wounded; one sepoy killed.
From 14fahoOdra, via Seepree, April 8, 6.30 p.m., from

)1. Medde,to Lord illphin9tone

Tantia Topee captured 'by thiS detachment with Mann
ngh's assistance last niglt Tie is now a prisoner in.

ainp, awaiting orders for iiii.diSposal

Previous to this firral`catastrophe in Central India;
Adil Mahotned of Bhopal had surrendered, finding,
no doubt, the cause he hadlespoused desperate. The
.:I:Nlaun Singh referred to is not our old acquaintance
3,f that name in Oude, but. Mann Singh of Powrie,
;a4 fortress in the neighbourhood of Shansi, reduced
:by General Napier -in, the month of August last.
The reader may possilAy remember the subsequent
,pursuit and defeat ofthis'.leader by Colonel Roberts!
a surprise, in which, the rebels were destroyed
almost to a man, Mau' Singh himself escaping half
naked to the jungles. The war may now fairly be
considered terminated in ,alkparts of India, excepting
upon the borders of Isrepauk

By latest intelligence received' from Oude (says the Bom-
bay Times), we learn that the rebels in much for:,e-crossed
the -Oude frontier, •and attacked the Ist Sikh Infantry.,
posted at the edge-of the jungle close to the hills; to pre-
vent their passing,-westwards. Guns and cavalry -followed'
by wings ; her Nittjesty's- sad Foot supported; enemy
repulsed with loss, : and • driven? eastward. Cavalry sent in
pursuit. Casualties Lieutenant Grant, Ist Sikh Infantry,.
killed ;- Lieutenant?, BiOcer, Ist Sikh Infantry wounded
•
severely. Colonel liellyr&lorce attacked the rebels again

on the 28th, near • Bootwal; with success, capturing six
elephants, thirty. camels, three hundred horses md, ponies. A
great deal of baggage, many.prisoners, and a great quantity
of arms thrown away by the rebels. About four hundred.
rebels killed. The mass of the rebels driver_ .over the first
hills, others fled vestward; Tbs Beg-um and Ballo Ran and
Nana supposed .to have gone to the secondliith. Mirm.
Nadir and fi followers- surrendered after the action ; and
several chiefs wrote in, wishing to surrendm,BVitisli loss—
five killed and nine wounded. It is a,serted that the
Ghoorka troops. sympathise se fully with the rebels, that.
they cannot be relied upon to act tonins':..thezi ; and that,
the latter meanwhile-. remain unmolested. anal in very easy.
quarters, treated kindiy•by the hill men, and in no danger
whatever from, Jung- Babadoor. Our
,troops upon the:
' to the influence- of a most deadly
vv. and fever have zdteenly commenced

frontier acre • exposed
do

their ravages in the- viriou camps.
The Blinbay 6lnzette has the fall Awing,
Gat April, B:a.m.
Colonel Dallas, omfbe sth, surprised. the rebels made];
Rao and Foroze, Shah at 11troda, twelve miles mirth of
Mhooliingrah. Rot less than three linadred of the engulf

killed.
With ,regattaltx), the fate of Tautia Topee raid him
companions, the Bomiwy Gra,ette supposes_ they.
"'e ill not Cc •dealt with as severely as though thes
were .of the. stamp
.of the Ne,na Sahab, though. a
severe punishment is due to those who liiive kept
the country in a state of disturbance when, even as
rebels they could hope for no advantage from draing
50.,. The. Bombay Standard remarks, that the
capture, is. °me of the most fortunate eireunisanees.
that cool& lefal us.
Bombay has been enliliened by an entertainment
givew by the European ,residents to. her Majesty's
a,Tlhse.,to finial--
64th, and 78th regiments on their return from the
wilts,. lord Harris hadleft Madras for Calcutta, and
Sir C.. Trevelyan had arrived. Ho had signalised
his. entrance into office, by appointing a native officer
dall:roeclerusxeilleittin:g%cetinritci
s..s. aide-de-camp, and:expressino• irt,a speech his great
sympathy for the- Angwle,o-Indians.
eial and commercial crisis in., which India ha'
of late, been inyolved,
cicinotnsitno
siderable attention. Retrenchment Was the "
by order
:ire
of the day. Bombay,
its civil and military expenditure
Orders have been receive
in future the.regiments are
1,000 strong. This reduction has
be but 700, instead of
car-
ried out in the Pm4aüb,
Madras. The total Sum it is now extended to.
native army thus providedin the reduction of the
per annum,
this but
will not reach X 150,000.
to swell a salaries are to be reduced in order
mount Sir it Hamilton, who has
refused the offer •..
of a 'in the.coune-,1 at Calcutta,
wa at Bombay, seat
ture for and on the eve of taking his
England.depar-
Lord Clyde, when last heard of,
was at Delhi, on his way to Simla.
At Calcutta, i B ;
-n isto
Mr, Wibe promoted to
Foreign Secretary, ailr!, willil be succeeded in his old
t
appointment by ..• •r. '
Grey. The Commercial Bank
of India has. a
'Lared a dividend for the last six
months of 18,59 at the rate of 8 per cent per annum
The report '
4..3 extremely satisfactory.. The import
market 11P.a, notwithstanding the serious alterations
in the texriff. been active during the fortnight ; money
:_4fasl'oecoming plentiful ; and the rates of freights
. ei
ac'..d. varied but little.