Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

. A telegraph from Hamburgh of the 16th states,
. that on ihe previous day the Diet of the Duchy
-of ITolstein was opened by a very conciliatory
e'ell of the King of Denmark's Commissioner,
wool Levetzau. The Diet then immediately pro-
ceeded to the election of its president and vice
, maßresident. Scheel Plessen, the leader of the
urern
, opposition party in the duchy, was unani
-
flick°lllY elected president, and Reinecke, of the
earne party, vice. resident.

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURGH, Ace. 15
The extremely hot weather we have experienced
'uring the last few days has done much for the
harvest in the surrounding districts, and, excepting
some cases of sudden illness, has been productive
of great benefits to all classes of the community.
A. striking proof of the power of the sun's rays was
observed on Thursday forenoon at the laboratory
01 the Civic Artillery Ammunition Store, in which
Likvie pyrotechnic artisans carry on their labour.
,1111 e Bargholst and his two sons were ern-
PLoYed in their vocation, and using every possible
Precaution to shield their operations, the rays of
the sun fell on a round piece of glass through the
small windo v exlosed to its effects, and set
Lilee to
".'" Paper close at hand, and burnt a hole
't Iron Oa the boardt on the upper floor of the
121„i.ldincg, throuf.4.ll which it reached some arnmu-
Zu"011 below' which immediately exploded. For-
nately t,113 stoek of ammunition was not large, a
portion having been previously removed to tho
Powder magazine close by, and the prompt applies"
tion of water stopped the progress of the burninj,
embers. The pyrotechnist and his two sons had
just time to escape, and the only personal injury
sustained was by ono of the workmen, who was
slightly burnt. The alarm-, however, was for some
some time considerable for the safety of the adjoin-
ing powder store.
Accounts have been received that the town of
Bejanuvo, in the province of Posen, in the district
of Kroben, situate between Nawietz and Lisea,
and through which place the Breslau and Posen
Railway runs, a very large fire happened in a
similar way on the 13Lh instant, on whiChocce-
sion 300 out of 420 houses were burned down,
thereby causing 2,000 persons to be entirely
houseless.
Telegraphic accounts from Stockholm of the
13th inst. state that the Swedish Reichstag had
decided that the railway between Stockholm and
Gottenburg should pass to the south of the
tilalarsee.
The latest bulletin on the state of the King's
health was not so satisfactory as expected, and had
gitren, rise to much alarm.

LRrd Lovaine would vote for the amendment if it was
pressed to a division, though he thought it would inflict
great hardship on the innocent divoreed persons.
Mr. Briscoe hoped there would be no division on the
clause, because it was undesirable either party should
claim a triumph on this important point. He considered
the conscientious scruples of the clergy should be
respected, an I he would rather that the suggestion of the
Attorney-General should be adopted.
Ultimately Sir W. Heathcote consented to withdraw his
propositon, and to allow the question whether or not a
clergyman should be compelled to celebrate the mar-
riage of divorced persons to be raised up )n amendments.
Major Warburton afterwards moved the addition of the
following proviso to the clause—" Provided always and be
it enacted that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any
penalty fur refnsing or consenting to solemnize the mar-
r:agn of any person who shall be divorced by virtue of
this Act."
Mr. Wigram supported the amendment as an act of
justice to the clergy who, he contended, should not be
placed in the difficult position of being compelled to disobey
either the law of God or th 3 law of the land.

Lord Ebrington obtained the right of Parliament to make
laws binding upon the clergy as wall as the laity, but
everything that was lawful was not expedient, and he had
a great dislike to create martyrs. He gave his supl ort to
the amendment, and expressed a hope that they would
assent to it.

Mr. Ayrton put it to the committee whether clergyme❑
Rho in their hearts were Romanibts should be allowed to
maintain their own opinions against the consciences of

their parishioners

Mr. Walpole supported the amendment.

The Attorney-General, seeing that the opinion of the
House was in favour of the amendment, was authorised by
the noble lord at the head of the Government to
offer a suggestion which he thought would meet
the general approbation of the House —to pro-
p3se that the words of th 3 proviso should run
thus—`` Provided always and be it enacte i that no priest
or deacon shall be liable to any suit, penalty, or censure,
for refusing to solemnise the marriage of tiny person who se
adultery or crime has been the ground for the dissolution

of any marriage."
After some farther discussion the debate was adjourned
till the evenir g

The sitting was then suspended.

EVENING SITTING.

TIIII TROOPS FOR INDIA.

In reply to Mr. Stafford,
S.r John Ramsden said, that by. the regulation now in
force, troops going to foreign places received three months
pay, a portion of which WAS applied to the purchase of
sea necessaries. There was provision made for the
clothing of the troops during the voyage to India.
The vessels would also be fil.ed with an awning
to keep off the heat from the men daring the
vt.yage, and he was instructed to say that the medical
comforts would go in the same ships with the troops.

In answer to Mr. Disraeli,
Mr. V. smith said there was tpiw under the considera-
tion of the Court of Directors a scheme for compensating
the sufferers by the insurrection in India.

T U FIK ISH CONFE R.EN CZ

Replying to Mr. Hadfield,
Lord Palmerston said it was true that under an
agreement made in Paris there was to be a mutual
conference of the representatives of the different pwers
of Europe, for the purpose of placing the commerce of
Turkey in a more favourable position. There were,
however, various points in the Paris treaty upon which
differences of opinion arose, the whole of which had
not yet been settled, bnt as soon as they were fully settled
the deliberations upon the question of commerce with
Turkey would take place, in the meantime commercial
communications with Turkey would rest upon the Treaty
of 1838.

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, .18547.