Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

incompletely manned, and the !smaller vessels
overcrowded. The consequence was that the crew
of a sbp of the line kept a double watch, and half
the ere* of a smaller ♦essel slept en deck-. As the
Government pays for his clothing, a Russian senor is
not interested in taking care of it, and thence arises
the want of cleanliness with which they arejustly re-
pr o ache d. Each Russian ship-of-war leaves *portion •
of her crew on shore, who are artirans by profession.
These men work for the public, and are permitted
to retain half of their earninge ; the remainder
forms a fund, from which etch seaman, retiring after
20 years' eervice, receives about £5 in money, and
which enables him to return home to his family, if
any are living, after so long a period. The pay of
Russian naval officers is, likewise, very moderato,
but as they hare a liberal table allowance, and re-
ceive an equivalent for the rations of the servants
allowed to them, but wh©m they do not take to sea,
their financial condition is not so bad, After
twenty years' service a lins,3ian naval officer may
retire with an income equal to one-third of his
pay. After twenty-five years two-thirds, and after
thirty years his full pay. A captain of a Russian
ship-of-war has the entire manegerneut of his ship,
One of his offieere, appointed by the Government,
and named inspector, shares the respon-
sibility. Should the accounts of a captain be
found incorrect at the reizaler period for ren-
dering them, Lure-thirds of the deficiency are
debited to the captain, and one-third to the
inspector. When a ship of-war is in port, the
captain sends a return to the Admiral of the
number of his crew, and the Paymaster-General
eupplies him with the estimated amount of money,
which the captain dieaributes among the captains
of companies, who in turn pay the sailors. When
a captain quits port for a distant voyage he receives
on board extra funds for contingencies, and with
this money he pays for provisions and clothing for
his men, and sends the Government a duplicate of
the bills receipted and checked by the Russian
Consuls; another duplicate remains in his hands
as his own voucher.

turned into ridieble by the Liberal press--a sligb

suppressed titter ran round the Chamber Bu

neither in doors nor out, so far as I have been able
to ascertain, was the least demonstration made
against any individual. Everything passed with
porfeet order and tranquility.
The last word cf the speech, in which the King
expressed his hope that the deliberations of the
Chambers would tend to the welfare of Piedmont
and of the common Italian patria, were as I yes-
terday rnentioned,received with great applause, and
doubtless they gladdened the hearts of the many
Italians from all parts of Italy who have sought and
found in the Sardinian dominions that liberty to
which they have hitherto in vain aspired for their
native land. The day may still be fur distant when
the free institutions which thrive so well here shall
be extended east and south; but it is something
in the meantime that Italy contains one small
kingdom where freedom flourishes, and where
political refugees, not wild visionaries and reckless
plotters of the Mazzinian stamp, but men, many
of them, among the foremost in their own country
for talent and honour, can reckon on a friendly
welcome and a tranquil asylum.
To day's Armenia has an article on the King's
speech, of which it declares its approbation. It
picks out those passages and expressions which are
naturally the least pleasing to its party, and takes
pains to declare its gratification at them. It talks
of its Liberal principles, of its attachment to the
Constitution, and it expresses satisfactiou at the
symptoms it thinks it discerns that the Government
will cease to be a party, that Ministers will put
away party manoeuvres, arts, and tendendies, and act
upon broader anti more beneficial prieciples.l The
exact meaning of the clerical point is not easily
discovered. Probably itself would be puzzled to ex.
plain it. It deemed it necessary to say something
about the King's speech; it would have been im-
politic to censure it, so it tries to cover its feelings
of dissatisfaction with plausible generalities, As
for its declaration that it has never combatted
Liberal principles, and that it upholds the Statuto3
the Ultramontane Pantaloon if the Piedmontese
nress can surely riot imagine that it will impose
upon anybody. It is very well known what sort
of liberty the party which the Armenia represents
would give to the country, and that, whatever its
profcseions, its principles aro diametrically opposed
to those of civil and religious liberty.
A letter from Rome states that Mgr. Viteleschi,
the Papal Nuncio at Naples, will not proceed to his
post. He is replaced by the diplomatist who had
been sent to Florence to bring about modifications
in the Leopeldine laws, Mgr. Alexandre Franchi,
but who failed in his attempt.

SPAIN.

The following private telegram has been re•
ceived

MADRID, DEc. 16.

The meeting of the Cortes is postponed to the 10th of
January, whea the Qtteen will open the session in person.

THE HEAVY INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRID.b,Y,

The Nemesis has arrived with the heavy portion
of the India and China mails. Her dates are—
Alexandria, December 5 ; Malta, 9 ; Gibraltir, 13
Amongst her cargo are 1,250 bales of silk, and
specie to the value of £11,339. sterling. The
Nemesis has brought home fifty-six passengers,
amongst them ar© Rajah Sir James Brooke, Colonel
Hark Haly, and founeen children.
The Nemesis spoke the Australian steamer
Teviot on the 15th inst.

Her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Hibernia,
Conqueror, Princess Royal, Centurion, Vulture,
Desperate, Vigilant, Coquette, Harpy, and
Caradoc, were at Malta. The troop steamer Sultan
was to leave Alexandria on the 6th instant•

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

PROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDir.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Parana,
Captain T. A. Bevis, arrived this morning at ten
o'clock, with the above mails.

Her latest dates are—Nassau, Nov 13. h, Grey
Town, 19th, Santa Martha, 23rd, CJloix, 23rd
Carthagena, 24th, Demerara, 26th, Trinidad, 26th,
Jamaica, 27th, Grenada, 27th, Barbadoes, 28th,
Jacmel, 28th, Nevis, 28th, Mon tserat, 28th, Antigua,
29th, St. Kitt's, 29th, St. Thomas, Dec. lA, Porto
Rico, 2nd.
In consequence of the Conway's machinery hav-
ing been deranged, the Parana was compelled to
go to Porto Rica for the mails, after leaving St.
Thomas.

The Parana brings forty-one passengers, and on
freight specie as follows:-126,133 dots. on mer-
chants' account, 460,048, dots. in gold dust and
bars ; and a large general cargo.
The United States frigate Wabash was at Colon ;
Saratoga, at Grey Town ; and Fulton, in Chinque
Lagoon.
Particulars of wrecks from the log of the
R.M.S.P. La Plata, Captain Weller, arrived at St.
Thomas from Southampton :

"On November 23, at 1 p.m., lat 34 50 N , long.
27.10 W., observed two vessels, one apparently
abandoned ; stood towards them; At 2 pm.
stopped and asked by signal if assistance was
required ; an4wered yes, by the ship Lady Louisa,
of Liverpool ; sent cutter on board her ; the
commander, Mr. Griffith, reported that be saw the
American ship Lone Star, of Portland, U.S , fram
Moulmein, for London, the day before in a sinking
state ; that she had then twenty feet of water in
her hold ; that he had taken the crew out of her,
and should stay by her until she went down, an
he required some provisions, which were supplied
The company's ships were stationed as follows :
Tham,:s, Captain Gillies, at St. Thomas, from
Spanish Main ; Trent, Captain Leeds, at St.
Thomas, for Spanish Main; Deo, Captain Wool-
cott, Spanish Main; Clyde, Captain Reeks, at St
Thomas ; Conway, Captain Lewis, at Jamaica .
Eagle, Captain Hole, at Honduras ; La Plata'
Captain Weller, arrived at St. Thomas on Dee. 1
from Southampton; Solent, Captain Wootward, on
Gulf of Mexico route.

JAMAICA.

From the Packet Summary in the Kingston
Journal we extract the following interesting par
ticulars:—

The panic in the Money Market in America has exer-
cised a pernicious influence on the Provision Market of
this island. Several articles of ordinary consumption are
not to be had, whilst others are extremely high in price.
It is feared there will be no immediate relief hither, owing
to the absence of any speedy means of communication to
the United States. Our merchants cannot send on
money to purchase . what, they require. In con-
nection with this subject, we may sta.° that
a petition, very numerously signe I by the inhabitants
of Kingston and several of the ether parishes, has been
presented to the House of Assemby, praying for an annual
grant to the owners of the American steamers as an
inducement for them to make Kinston a point of contact
for their steamers on the route between Aspinwall and
New York. The weather on the south side has been
va'iable for the last fortnight for some days raining
incessantly, and others characterised by almost intolerable
heat. In the agricultural districts the want of rain is still
felt. The health of the island, we are sorry to say, is not
in a vary gratifying condition, in consequence of much
fever still prevailing. On the day proceeding the sailing
of the last packet, the first Session of the Legislature
under the administration of his Excellency Charles
Henry Darling, Esq., and the fourth since the establish-
ment of Responsible Government, was inaugurated. We
are happy to say, that the deliberations of both branches
have been tempered by moderation, and as far as they
have advanced, their proceedings hive been characterised
by a determination to secure a speedy despatch of the
public business, made manifest by the cordial manner in
which members have ea-operated with the Executive
Committee. The speech of the governor, one of the most
matter of fact and satisfactory documents that have for a
long time issued from King's House, has already been
transmitted to England.
Amongst the Bill.. introduced into the House
has been the following:—
By the Attorney. General: For abolishing the future

punishment of crime by transportation ; and substituting
penal labour within the colony in lieu thereof.
The Hon. Mr. Jordan. a member of the Executive
Committee, has presented several Messages from the
Governor in Privy Council,
1 Relating to a circular despatch front the Colonial
Secretary, in reference to the transference of the Post-office
frJm the Imperial to the local government.
2. Relating to Light Houses in this Island.
3. To enable Solicitors of Courts of this Island to
pmctica in the Courts in England.
4. Relating to the Encumbered Estates (West Indies)
Act.

5. List of Acts specially confirmed, and those left to
t`teir operation by her Majesty.
John Nunes, Esq., senior merabsr for the parish of st.
David, gave notice on Tuesday evening 14-4 t, that he will
move when the House is in committee on the state of the
island, the following resolution :

Resolved—That this House having learned with deep
regret the heartrending and fearful cruelties that have bona
perpetrated upon the helpless ferns,les and children in
India, and of the wretched and destitute condition of
those whose lives have been preserved ; and, in order
to testify our warm sympathy azd feelings of humanity--
an address be sent to his Excellency the Gsvernor, praying
that his Excellency will be pleased to sanction a grant of
two hundred g,uinlas, to be placed at hie disposal for the
purpose of being transtaittod to the proper authorities in
England, to aid in relieving the unfortunate sufferers
So great is the sympathy felt here for the unfortunate
sufferer✓ by the mutinies in India that we are certain the
House will grant even a larger amount than that suggested
by Mr Nunes.

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVE RPOOL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER l9, 1857.

TURN-OUT OF THE C )LLIERS IN NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE,

COLLISION WITH TIIE POLICE.

On Wetinc.etlay morning lac, the colliers in the employ
of Earl Granville, at Henley, refuud to go to werk, and
indeed " turned ow," in ettisequenc•.! Of hsvi.;g had notice
of a "drop" of 6,1. per day. On Thurs'ay morn-
ing, a celliderable aumbsr assembled in the Mi.rket
Pines, Han!ey, where Inspector Cole requested them to
diaperke. BLitequently they left for Lougtea, with the
intention of " turning.out," the mon wit" were at work in the
OA in that neigilloYazhe.A. They proeoeded to the colliery
et W. ff. Sparrow, Esq , and the pits belonging to other
masters on the line of road from 3.oire to L)7gtor, in-
cluding the Fenton Park and the Dividy Lane Collieries.
It was subsequently to the callirs Latina tuned out that
the collision with the police tick piece. From what we can
learn, the colliers ware return iovvards Hanley, when
earns of the ringleaders were seized. Their companions
came to the resat-, and Inspector Gurialatm, of Longton,
was struck with a stoat.) or piece of brick on the back of the
heed, and felled to the ground ;. and while lying there was
kicked in a dreadful insurer. Inspector Stuart,.of Penton,
was struck in the abdomen with some missile,. which,
proiaced a woand of a most serious character, bsaideg-other
bruises. Three of the ringleaders were captured and- were
brought to the police station at Stoke•upon-Trent, about
half-past five o'clock raterdsy (Thursday) afternoon. o.'e
of them had received severe: cuts on the head, bat not of
a serious character. They will be taken before the magis-
trates this day (Saturday), trit will in all probability be
remanded. Oae branch of the potters—the throw-vis—
ion the Lentil] side of the Potteries, are on " strike" for
an advance of wages. There VMS a meeting of the
Chamb:r of Commerce, en Tuarsdey, at the Railway- Rotel,
;,take, and these is a strong probability that the maztte-
fae,,avira will resist the demand.

ADMIRALTY COURT—Wicovusotr, DEC. lG

BEFORE On. LU-lIINGTON.
TITS LlNDA—CowsioN.—Tnis was a suit for damage
promoted by the owners of the brig Georgina, 18') tons,
against those of the ship Lin la, 1,077 tons. The Georgina
was on her way from Leghorn to London with a general
cargo, when, about 1 a.m. on the sth of June, 1858, she
was tun into by the Linda, a vessel carrying railway iron
from Gravesend to Calcutta. The brig alleged that at the
time of the collision she was standing E.S.E., under
do fhle-reefed topsails, close hauled ou the port tack,
making about two knots an hour; that she saw the
Linda at a distance of three miles coming towards her
under all sail at the rate of ten or eleven knots
an hour ; that she immediately showed a light, and
thing it up in the main rirging; that she ported her helm,
and, on coming near the Linda, hailed her to do the same,
but that the Linda, instead of porting, starboardA her
ht lm, came stem en, and struck the Georgina in the after
part of the rigging. The man at the wheel was knocked
overboard by the blow and drowned, and the Georgina
was se much injured that the master and one of the crew,
expecting she would founder, went on board the Linda,
and at daylight she was abandoned as unseaworthy by the
mate and the rest of the crew. ilhe 'sea afterwards found
by the barque Carib, taken to Madeira and repaired, and.
thence hrouglit to England, when a large amount of salvage
was paid by the owners The ease ot. the Linda was, that
the brig, being a sm.ill vessel, lying low in the wateri and
not showing a light, could not be seen in the hazy
date of the weather at the time, until too late to avoid
the collision, and that immediately she was seen the
Linda ported her helm, and kept it h ird a-port non( the
collision occurred. It was therefore elateuded that the
accident was caused by the neglect of th- Georgina to show
a light, and by her dels:iing to part her bairn until to.; late.
The Linda also alleged that the Georgina was insufficiently
manned, and that there was no necessity for abandoning
her after the accident. Dr. Addams and Di-. Teeiss were
counsel for the Georgina; the Admiralty Advocate and
Dr. Spicks for the Linda. The Trimly Brethren were of
opinion that there was not sufficient light shown in time
on beard the Gew.gina, and also that, looking at the rate
at which the lanita was sailing, she was not carrying
sufficient light. The result was that both the vessels were
to hame.

SAVAGE ATTACK BY A BIRMINGUCIf POLICE-
MAN UPON A LICENSED VICTUALLER.

Mr. William Wildgoose keeps the White Swan, in
Moseley-street, Birmingham, ant is generally respected.
Oa Monday afreraoon last he had been out in company
with three friends, one of whom lives in Lombard-street,
wilich is only a few yards from Mr. Wildgoose's house.
The party, after spending some time at the White Swan,
separated about one o'c'ock, and the landlord, knowing
that a friend of his hid been a few days previously
garotred in Suffolk-atreat, although he had at the time a
pistol an dirk in his hand, went wide his friends to the
corner of Lombard-street, where they separated. As one
of these friends was not far from his house in this street,
Mr. Wiltigoese stood at the corner, potting a handkerchief
over his cloth cap, as the night was cold, and stool "to
hear his friend enter his house, and shut the door." At
this juncture up came Police-constable Smith, and called
cut, " What are Tai doing here Mr. \Vildgoose said
he was waiting to see a gentleman go into his house.
Satith, who appeared to be tipsy, replied, " Oh, that
won't do fur me ;" and, without m,re word!, seizing Mr.
IVildgeose by the collar, he drew his staff, and at the same
time dropped his lantern. To the landlord's riqiiest to
ueleAnd him, Smith roplit d by strikine. him with hi staff
two blows on the head. At this Mr. Wildg »EC attempted
to got away, and calling out Murder," nts friends who
had not got out of hearing, his daughter, and his wife,
came up to where he was. Just before this the assailed
had managed to get bold of the policeman's staff, and held

it, notwithstanding Smith's efforts to 'WIWI it from him.
When this help, as be thought, came, the landlord left
hold of the staff, when Smith ferociously struck him
another blow on the back ,f the head, which felled him
to the ground, and from the wound inflicted blood flowed
c )piousty. This done, Smith sprung his rattle, and Police-
constabla Walker corning tap, rudely laid hold of Mist.
Wildgoose, and the pair then told their victims they must
go to the station. It was in vain that Mr. Wiligeose said
he was a licensed victualler living- near, and equally in
vain the rcqlest that his daughter might be permitted to
go as he wis'ied for a surgeon to bind up the wound in his
head. To the station they must go. But no sooner had
Mr. Wildgcose add his finds turned to go in that direction,
than a change occurred, and Smith and Walker walked
away. However, the landlord and his friends went to the
station, but it was not until a party of constables were
sent out after the two abventees, that they came. Tiae
inspector on duty at or.ce advised Mr. Wildzonss to take
out a warrant against Smith. He intends, we understand,
to do so.—Birininghaln Daily Post.

GALLANT CONDUCT.—Some documents have been sent
to us with a view to show the gillaut and humane con-
duct of Captain Percy, of the British brig Jessie, in
rescuing the crew and passengers of the American packet
ship Northumberland, Captain Spencer. The Northum-
berland left New York for England on the 15th of
November with a crew of f 23 men and 35 passengers, but
met with bad weather on the Ist of December. A. fearful
night was passed, and the next morning the vessel was
disabled during a heavy gale about 2,000 miles from New
York, aml became a wreck. All on hoard would have
been lost had it not been for Captain Percy, of the brig
Jessie, bound to St. John's, No xfoundland. Captain
Percy, on observing the condition of the Northumberland,
altered the course of the brig, and by his exertions
succeeded in saving every person on board, 63 in number.
The passengers of the Northumberl :lid all express their
gratitude to the captain (Captain Spencer) for his core,
skid, and promptitude in euperinten ling the operation of
lowering those on board into the boats..
TEsTIAIONIAL TO A. ROMAN CATilowc CLICROYMAN,—
On Monday evening last, the late hall of the A. thenmtim
et West Hartlepool was the scene pf a very interesting
gathering, the occasion being the presentation of a testi-
monial, accompaniod by appropriate addresses, to the key.
William Knight, of Hartlepo ,1, who for a period of
upwar2s of twenty years has ainciated as the pastor of the
Roman Catholic community in the town TIF, procendirza
partook of the nature of a tea party and soiree, and Were
participated in by a large number of the most respectable
inhabitants of
_both towns, embracing members of all
religious denominations. The chair was teiten punctually,
at even o'clock, by Sir William Lawson, B art., of Brough
:lad letters were read from Lord and Lady S!ourtan,,
Lord and Lady Aruadell, Major Stapylten, and no Marr
of Stockton, expressive of their regret at being unable to
attend the meeting, and full of good wishes and friendly
feeling towards the rev.
gentleman in whose honour ..t had
been called. A letter to the chairman was also read from
Ralph Ward Jackson, Esq., who was unavoidably prevented.
through indisposition, from joining in the exxession of
esteem for one " whom, through a long and uninterrupted
friendship, he had ever regarded as an honourable, con-
sistent, and kind-hearted man, and one who was always
ready to do a generous and liberal act whenever and where-
ever the opportunity occurred." The aidresses, together
with a weighty purse of sovereigns (the purse, by the
way, being a beaatlfol specimen of gold embroidery off
purple velvet, contributed by the ladies) were presented
by the chairman, and appropriately acknowledged by Mr.
Knight, who intimated, amid much applauie, his intention
of devoting the caatents of the parse to the relic( of the'
poor in thQ lipproachind titne t:g ;OW,