The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-08 00:00:00

police, withlhe Chief Constable, Major Greig; Super-; intendents Ride and Quick, with sixteen inspeciors, • were in attendance. The funeral service was• read by the Rev. James 'M'Allister, and the Rev. Dyson Rytioft, curates of Dr. M‘Neile's Church, Toxteth-park, of which church the late Mr. Robertson was a member. There was a very large attendance on the occasion, all of whom testified the greatest• respect for the deceased gentleman. The arrangements for the funeral were carried out with great completeness by Messrs. Haigh and Gregory, of Bold-street. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE.' (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PAnts, Saturday, Oct. 6. Garibaldi has been victorious in a severe and bloody engagement with the Roylal tro6ps; bitt he was the assailed, lie the. assailant. He an nounces the victory hiniteif, very laconic despatch 'of the Ist tor October, which purports to be dated from his .head-quarters ; but another despatch from Naples subsequently received, ekplainS that the victory was won in repelling an attack of the Royal troops at Caserata, and that one of its results has been the capture of an entire brigade of 2,000 men, which, however, it is not improbable to suppose, passed over to the Gari baklians in the course of the fight. As I formerly mentioned, the project of deciding the issue of the campaign by the fate of a general action was discussed in a council of wary presided over by General Garibaldi, bit owing to the for midable nature of the position obetkpled by the enemy on the left bank of the Volturno., it was thought expedient to detay the attack. It is, therefore, not unlikely that the Neapolitans, encouraged by their success at tajazz% and by the inaction of the volnnteerg, 'decided Cott taking the offensive, and attentiiting t. 6 Tatty Caserata, with the ulterior idea, ir Adeessful, of making a coup de main i;tlion isTkples itself. They have, however, signally Miscalculated both their own etreiigth and. the bravery and resources of the Garibililiiihs, for according to the despatches to Whinti I have alluded, they have met with asignal defeat. It would be premature, however, to decide, upon the effect of this victory, or to hazard an ?pinion whether or not one of its con ,sequences will entail the fall of Caput), ; but the triumph has come just in time to rescue the prestige of the Dictator from the cloud which has been hovering over it of late. When he now abdicates his power to Victor Emmanuel, he will be able to surrender at the same time the glory of his arms unimpaired, nay, even brighter than ever.' How sad it is, nevertheless, to contem plate the fearful slaughter which has attended ench a consummation. the news of the actual entrance of the Pied montese upon Neapolitan soil has not .yet been .confirmed, but it is rumoured a tam that General Cialdini has already repelled. Aquila with his troops. In the prospect nt the perrhane'pt fall of Francis 11., which cannot long be delayed, andl of the annexation of his kingdoni to Piedrnont, along with the provinces reeently carried 'CT from the Holy Se% everybody is now hasp bpeculating on the new arrangeiietitr Weh are in course of being prepared for It*, and on the best mode of accomplishing the thion of the whole country Wider the tonstittitional sceptre of Victor Emma- nuel. The feeling is daily gaining. ground here, as it 4pears to be doing in England, that the Only Way to get ont of the difficulty, as regards Venetia, is tq purchase that province from Aus tria. N.(l doubt, the disinclination of Austria to pait with it cannot have been diminished by the consideration of the enormous and expensive preparations she has already made, and is still engaged in making, to retain and defend it; at the same time, the Austrian Government is not in a condition to refuse a fair pecuniary offer; and, if this , mode of dealing with the acknow ledged difficulties of the case be supported and recommended by Prussia, as it is stated to be by more than one of the German papers, I do not despair of seeing such an arrangement ulti mately carried 'ont. It has been suggested, I observe, that one of 'the best things the Sovereigns and their adyisers, who are to meet' at Warsaw on the 20th instant, can apply their minds to is this very subject. Considerable discontent is stated to have been caused at Mayence ,in consequence of German troops forming the Austrian contingent in that city having been replaced by Italian soldiers ; and the Cologne Gazette enquires "if these Ita lians, or rather these Venetians, are not in reality prisoners of war of Austria, whom the other federal troops are to be charged with the object of guarding?" Such incidents as these are very disagreeable ; and so long as they continue to happen, Austria never can be secure, either inter nally or externally. At Rastadt, I believe, the Austrian troops, who have been despatched to Italy, are replaced by a battalion of Poles, one of Hungarians, one of Italians (probably Modenese), and one of Bohemians. The following is an outline of the speech of the . Keeper of the Seals, M. Senator Cassinis, to the Upper Sardinian Chamber, on the 2nd inst. It nssigns the cause why the Parliament • was con voked, and is not such a lengthy document as M. Cavour's report : "Senators," said M. Cassinis, "with the concurrence of the whole nation, by a reciprocal confidence and excellent harmony, we shall succeed without fail in con stituting a kingdom, great and strong, which, by its strength and power, shall make itself respected by Europe, and shall be a guarantee of that peace which all desire. "In the grave circumstances in the midst of which we find ourselves, the Government felt that it was a necessity as well as a duty on their part to apply to Parliament. Disposed, as we are, to accept all the responsibility of our acts, we must he careful that our action be not inefficacious; and we hope to receive a fresh support from your confidence, of which you gave: so brilliant a proof some months ago—(the vote of 150 millions of francs). " Our revolution has been a glorious revolution, and all Europe has been filled with admiration for that Mils ' trions warrior General Garibaldi, whose exploits will always form one of the splendid glories of Italy. But the movement has taken a different direction,' and by that very fact, uneasiness, 'has taken possession of Europe; but were we on that account to abandon results which we had obtained ? Ought we not rather to con fine the movement within the limits which prudence advises, and save the country from anarchy ? Our enterprise has been inaugurated under the glorious name of Victor Emmanuel. The magnanimous 'King could not fail in his noble object, nor neglect the oppor tune means of obtaining it. Eleven millions of Italians demand to be interrogated : they 'ask to be made part of the great Italian kingdom. This is the reason the Government, has convoked the Parliament ; and for my having thus, simultaneously with my •colleague in the other house, introduced a project of law, by which we .seek -permission from the government of the Bing to accept and to ratify by royal decree the annexation of the Italian peoples who have recovered their liberty! You will examine our acts, you will discuss our policy and our projects, with that patriotism of which you given so many proofs. We shall be happy should it appear to you, that as Italians, as citizens, and as ministers of the King, we have not been unfaithful to ' the country, and to its glorious destinies." , . You will see, by the foregoing, that the two objects for •which the Chambers have been con voked are, Ist, to obtain a vote of confidence in the Ministry, and 2nd, to obtain authority for the Government to comply with the - wishes of eleven millions of Italians who have demanded to be allowed to form part of the great Kingdom of Italy. M. Bertani, since his arrival in Turin, has sent the following letter to the journals of that city, -which it is but. fair to him to assist in circu lating "Arrived yesterday at Turin, I find public opinion excited against me, owing to two accusations ; ist, that I sent a despatch to M. Tripoli at Tesino, to oppose by force the entrance of the Royal (Sardinian) troops into the Neapolitan territory; 2nd, that I advised theimme diate occupation of Rome at the risk of a conflict with France. " I oppose to these assertions a formal contradiction, and I declare,—that neither Garibaldi nor.. I have ever entertained a thought of promoting' hosti l ities against France, and that the statement of my having propose& that the entrance of the Royal troops should be resisted, is a calumny directed against me, and a most infamous one. Signed A. BERTANI." Behold another verification of the saying ,tha t everybody is " net so black as he is painte d.' • The price of Itentes yesterday, though sub jected to several fluctuations, closed with the same firmness, and at the same rate, as on the preceding , day. The highest price reached was 69 354 • SATURDAY EVENING. By a decision of the Emperor, dated the 3rd instant, Rear-Admiral Lacapelle has been named "Major-General" of the navy at Toulon, in place of Rear-Admiral Touchard, whose period of service has expired. General of Division Gerandon, and General of Brigade Michelor and De Chamberlae, embarked -at Toulon, on Wednesday, for Civita Vecchia, on board the frigate Gomer, and the embarkation of the troops commenced shortly afterwards. The portions of territory still remaining to Pius IX are,—lst, Rome and the Comarcha, with 326,504 inhabitants ; 'the province of Civita Vecchia, with 20,701 ; Velletri,.with 52,013.; , and. that of Trosinone, with 153,569; in all, 560,807. inhabitants. The arrival at Marseilles of the son of General Salzano, who 'commanded' the Royal troops at Capua, is reported, together with that of the General's mother, his wife, and his children. The revolutionarY committee, according to the Ami de la religion, having been desirous, in consequence of the defeats of the Garibaldians at Cajazzo, to • arrest the family, as hostages, M. Salzano's son deenied it „prudent to take refuge on board a French ship. Ile was received, as well as all his belongings, with all the respect that was due to .him, and he has since found his way with them safely into France. The Constantinople Journal of the 26th, states' that the favourable winds which prevailed towards" the end of last month, have facilitated the entrance' into the Dardanelles of a large number of mer chantmen of different nations, who are proceeding along the coast of the Black Sea into the D anube and Sea of Azoff, to take on board cargoes of grain for France and England. On the previous Sunday, 24 t s h h e lpshad already en tered the h ar b our ; on following day, they were followed, by 200 'others; and on the 2th, about 160 came and east anchor in thb, Bosphorus. This is an important fact for others beside corn dealers to know. - The Journal de Seine et Oise has the following melancholy ease of seduction, child murder, and suicide : Juliette D—,' the daughter of a farmer in this. neighbonrhood, had not succeeded; notwithstanding all the precautions Which she took; in concea lin g h".sittia tion from the neighbouts. -Suddenbi she restimed her ordinary appearance, and then public rumour originated Comments which came to the *Oki (kite police. The ruig polibentaii. Went -to her, and interrogated het•'on the subject of the reports of which she was the Subject. She at first denied the 'rumours in the most positive manner ; but when the district public prosecdtor acquainted her that he would be ,under the riebessity of referring the matter to . justice of 'the teat, who would give orders for her .lint etaiiiiited by a medical' man, the unforionate 'girl exclaimed, Eh, biers,!-;--' Yes, I hoe kite iny' child ; a villain seduced and dis ' liCtiotred Me; he ha'S' abandOned me; - and I was desirous of removing all traces of my misfortune ; come with me, and I will show you where my child is:" and, followed by the policeman, she - set out towards the Ilyere, a small; but very deep stream, the waters of which were unruffled, with exceedingly steep banks, and which flowed, at a little distance from the farm occupied by her family. Arrived at certain point, she pointed at a poplar. "Po you see," said she, " this bark peeled off ? That is the mark which I made. There, opposite to this tree, I threw in my child, with a stone attached to it; it is there, at the bottom." Hardly had she finished these words, than' she precipitated herself into the, stream-.--am example which was immediately followed by the policeman ; but as she did not sink at first, being buoyed Up by her tiothet she tailed Out to Min "Don't come near me; I will stile hold of you, and drag you tinder : let me j diet" The policeman niade'sorte Attenipts tO sate her; but, enciutibered by 'his Aniteirri, he with, difficillty succeeded, ththigh he Was a ~,., ; :&ja swimmer, in getting safely to land. The tett day, the body of the young girl anti, Of her lnt'aht were fished out.' - A frightful accident occurred at the Hippo drome on Thursday evening. The rope on which M. Niemezik and his two sons were performing their astounding feats gave way, owing to the poles which supported the rope having been loosened by the recent , heavy rains. M. Hippo lyte Niemeczek, a fine young man, aged twenty , four, was killed on the spot. His brother Louis was severely injured in both legs, and the old man himself was much injured by the fall. The unfortunate men fell front a height of 25 metres, or about 60 feet A benefit has been announced for the family. . 1 ITALY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESI'OI4IiENT.) MILAN, Oct, 3. The press of this conntry is event' day becoming Worse and Worse, owing tó the effects. arising from its unceasing intoxication at the inintehse success .'that has crowned the exertions of the ii revoNtionary party, and the epiallg successful Ind brief :campaign of the Piedthontese army in the Papal States. It is mineh to be regretted that in the ,10,Tmq . , §fft of itt inebriation and joy that t slionla forget that principle of :morality and igtiity which ought to guide the language 4 tone of a' public journal. So, far from this being the case, we have often brought before our eyes the lowest epithets and most vulgar criti cisms against those who differ from them in their political creed, which, if used in the circles of respectable society, would compel the speaker to beat a speedy retreat, and stamp, him as a man only fit for the society of t h e . fishwomen of Bit= lingsgate. It is not my intention to defend the Pope, his cardinals, archbishops, bishops, clergy, or any other class belonging to the Church Rome; of but I Must confess that in a 'CatholiC country like Italy, and in a city Which vaunts so limit civilisation, edneation, and Morality?) as Milan, it is most disgusting to See the shameful and indecent caricatures of the above-named ecclesiastics exposed in erety printseller's windOw , and hawked about the city by a set of ragged urchins, bawling out the most indecent cries to attract the curiosity of the vulgar. Piedmont, at the present moment, seems to be at the zenith of her ambition and fondest aspira tions. The triumphant journey et Victor Em manuel amidst " the most frenetic joy " of the people of the liberated provinces—the deputies of the Parliament who met yesterday to :hear and applaud the declaration of the President Of . the. Ministry, Count Cavour, in reference to the StateS now in the hands of the revolutionary party and PiedmOntese troops, who also brought before the Chamber a royal order,for the institution of a new law for the immediate annexation of these States by means of the universal suffrage of the people — the loud cheers which greeted the entry of Admiral Count Persano the entry of the Piedmontese, into Naples—the wild joy of the inhabitants ,--the brilliant attack of the united forces of Cialdini and Garibaldi against Capua and Gaeta —the taking Francis 11. prisoner, or compelling him to abandon his last hope with the positive conviction that the present revolution has been commenced, pushed forward, protected and assisted by the Piedmontek Government, select ing Garibaldi as the fittest instrument to carry out the designs of Victor 'Emmanuel and Cavour, Which is placed beyond all question—the speed' of Count Cavour, on the opening of the Chamber, clearly endorsing every act of General. daribaldi I desire to see the Italians in fall possession of those blessings which are calmilated to secure the happiness and prosperity of a people, and which, I. firmly believe, world have been the result of the alliance that was proposed by Francis 11. to the Piedmontese Government, but that plan was pirposely delayed by Cavour until Garibaldi had time to push on his operations, and then entirely given up by the same astute minister as coming too late. The principle of non-intervention has, beyond all doubt, proved another of those mas terly moves of the Emperor of the French at Villafranca, but which I think has been abused, besides establishing a dangerous precedent, which may sooner or later turn against those who now so strenuously support this principle. We are told' every day that His Holiness is on the point of leaving the Eternal City, and then all the compli cations, which at present surround the Italian question, will immediately disappear ; but most certainly the Pope has not, up to our latest dates, left Rome. The late instructions sent to the French ambassador seem to have undergone a slight change, and that he is now deputed to impress on the Holy Father to remain at Rome. The policy of the Emperor of the French is so incomprehensible and embarrassing, that we are often unable to form the slightest conception of the real policy of that Nestor of diplomacy. At At the very moment that everyone is certain. of the Pope's departure, it seems almost inconceivable why the Emperor ofl the French should be so anxious to swell the few thousand French that now occupy Rome and Civitavecchia. to an important corps of 22,000 men. There are several reasons given for thi he L s st omep bardia on the part of the French Government. T asserts that this move has been made in ns coe quence of the intention of Spain to comply with the request of the Holy See for her a ssistance, but which has been most energetically opposed by France, and, to slnit up the mouth of Spain, has ordered this new reinforcement of the garrison. The Perseveranza declares that France is in pos session of evidence which proves that the repub lican partisans of Garibaldi contemplate an attack against the city of Reme. The OpiAi:one gives out -as its version that the great desire of France to strengthen her arms at. Rome is to silence all reproachei that the Pope was • o bliged to leave, strongfo not having a force sufficiently strong his pro tection. Another reason given by the same print is, that as there is now collected at Naples all the chiefs of the revolutionary movernentßer —na dmand ely, Mazzini, Ledru Rollin , Charras, nar, many others who are concocting schemes to carry out their principles, making Naples their starting point, France is determined to meet . them at all points. Of these three different opinions I am, inclined to believe that the Lombardia is nearer , the real intentions of the -French Emperor, who is most anxious to give Piedmont full scope for carrying out her intentions for the unity of Italy, and perhaps the Opinions is correct in asserting the precautionary steps adopted by France should the republican party attempt an y aggressive .movement While Piedmont is celebrating her triumphs, and making the most certain calcula tions for the future, Austria is working 'with a. diligence and ardour which clearly demonstrates the formidable preparations and gigantic difficul ties that Piedmont will have to surmount as soon as these two deadly foes will be brought into hostile action, as it also proves the fierce exterminating cha racter that this war will assume, as there now exists published at Verona calling the bitterest feelings on both sides. A decree has out 'the and which commenced on the Ist jcuosntscbriepetns born in the years 1840, 1839, 1838, i l n B s 3j a , n a t. n d has ordered. a levy of 100,000 men throughout the • empire, and which AlBu3o6tber deeiee is to be completed within three months. Every act on the part of Austria more clearly shows her determination of raising and organising such a force as not to leave Piedmont a leg to stand upon. • The news from Naples and Sicily describe the same arbitrary , insulting., and tyrannical con duct of the Republicans that surround the Dicta tor, and the despotism of the men selected by the general for the principal offices of the State. Mordini and his Ministry is described as being the most tyrannical that has been yet appointed, even surpassing that of which Crispi was the leader, having dismissed withi n the last week not leas than t wen ty of the principal employes of the Government, imprisoned several influential citi zens, and baniSlied Others under' the• pain of immediate arrest if their dared to remain in Sicily. The correspondent of the Lombardia (which is an official journal) states that the state of the country is such, since the nomination of Mordini as pro- Dictator, that a man rising from his bed in the morning is riot sure to sleep in it the same even ing, and that the despotism of t h e present Ministry is that of th e late Bourbonic Govern ment. These are the men who are sent to spread the blessings of liberty. These are the minor , eatellites of the Piedmontese Government who were sent to spread the flame of revolution in Sicily, Naples, and the- Papal States. Two battalions of the 'National Guard of Florence arrive here to-day It is to be hoped that the municipality will pre fo; thew Vinous a ba rra ck A somewhat cleaner than those that the two battalions of Milanese that left for Bollegna and Alessandria were thrown into, and to&l'remember that these men are respectable citizens - accustomed to the, comforts of life, and 'not surrounded in their houses by such filth, rats, mice, bugs, fleas, wretched food ; and other similar comforts that I atu-Asstired It ttlarly rtiy frietids hate been theit lot at Bplogliq. and Alessandria, they describing the barracks *here they are lodged as being worse than pig-sties. . LATEST NEWS. lIILITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ITALY. Bertani, /the late Secretary-general of the• Dictator, writes to contradict the statement that he had given orders to oppose by force the entry of the Piedmontese troops into the Neapolitan territory. He also states that neither himself nor Garibaldi ever thought of . connselling the immediate occupation of Rome at the risk of a conflict with France. TURIN, Oct. 6. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Signor 'Poerio made an interpretation on t he new s published by ,the Naples journals, that a con cession of all the lines of railway in the two Sidlies had been granted by the Dictator to the Arai Athadi; Legiorti. Cmint ttplied that goyeriltiktit hid AO officifil iiifOrttiatiod on 11bj ti e t c o t u , ii b d ti 6d. t theifeWA this en= 3, 6 4i. rl'ulits, Oct. 7. General Fanti has arrived here ; he will leave again on Tuesday next. The Sardinian troops have not yet crossed the Neapolitan frontier. LEGHORN, Oet. 7. Advices from Naples state that the Marquis Pallavicino had accepted the pro-dictatorship of Naples. The Conforti ministry was still incom plete; Crispi was very unpopular. ROME. ,A letter from Rome, in the Paris clerical journal the Monde, says the Piedmontese lancers come galloping close to the very gates of Rome in chase of the Pontifical gendarmes, SICILY A• brigade of itirantry and a battery of artillery have• been embarked at Anemia for PalerMo, Where the situation has beconie intolerable, as the, slightest suspicion is followed by expulsion or dismissal from office. ItUrdAßt In the Syncid recently held at Grun the Cardi nal Pritiiate declared that he saw no objection to the clergy wearing the national Hungarian costume. GERMANY. • FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, Oct. 5. The rate of discount has been raised from 2 to 3 per cent. THE WARSAW INTERVIEW. BliitLlN, Oct. 7 Official advices received front St.: Petersburg announce that the tniperdr ,Ale±ander, a'eConi"- panied by Prince dortsohalinit. v iil arrive ict WarsaiV On the 20th The •ot Austria and the.Prinee Re#ent ekpected there on the 22uct instant,. Tile RAlLe.cthi Ambassadors at Berlin, Vienna, atld Turin, have been summoned to Warsaw. In consequence of a formal invitation from the Rus sian Cabinet, Baron Schleinitz and Count Rech berg will also proceed to Warsaw. THE' AUSTRIAN 06VERNMENT AND LORD SOHN RUSSELL. VIENNA, Oct. The Austrian Government has no knowledge of the despatch which, according to an English journal, Lord John Russell addressed to Count Beehberg at the same time _that the despatch !of the 31st August was sent to Sir James Hudsum for communication to Count . °Wet?: • According to advites troth Bucharest, Prince, COuga has alipointed . a . diplomatic agent to Turin. Itis believed that the. Porte will protest against this appointment, because it has always claimed the exclusive right of representing the Danubian Principalities in foreign countries. FURTHER DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS BY AUSTRIA. 'I'RIESTE, Oct. 7. All the Austrian ships ,of war. which Were in the Syrian and Neapolitan. Waters have returned to Pola, where they are ethicentrated under tle contmand of the Archduke 4.4intiliair. The Austrian Ooverntheid hal3 ordered an lights on the coasts of Istria, and pahliatia to he extin guished. 'the iarrisons in these provinces are holt* eontid'etably reinforced. THE SYRIAN QUESTION. Paws, Oct. 7. • The period fixed by the Convention of the sth ultimo, relative to Syria, for the exchange of the ratification, expires on the 10th instant. - This formality will be delayed, as the Turkish Ambas sador has not received the ratifications of the Sultan. It is asserted. that on the termination of . the labours of the European Convention at Bey rout, which will occupy two Months, the expedi tion in Syria will return to France. FRANCE. , . . PARIS, Oct. 6t The Illoniteur says the affairs of Syria have entered a new phase: Military action will no* succeed the nidrat influence which has hitherto been biereised - by our troops: Some other chiefs of the Drtises have been arrested and tried at Beyrout. The Caimahan of the I)ruses is now among the prisoners. These measures have pro duced a kind of panic among . the ])ruses of the mountain, and their attitude is more undecided. Measures have been taken for the protection of the French twist manufatttli•ers. The wisdom and the energy of the chiefs of the Franco-Turkish army allo*: us to hope .that the moment approaches when. a solution, dearly bought, will be the reward of so many efforts. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Oct. 6, 3 'A p.m. The Bourse continuee dun, and few - trans actions have taker. place. All securities were offered. Renter dosed at 69f 10c, or 10c lower that srosterday. CHINA. ST. PETERSBURG, OCt. 7. Advices have been received here from. Pekin tO the commencement of July.' The irtsktireetion in China was gaining grotAncb especially in the eastern maritime provintes. The militia had been called out in. Pekin and its environs. Dis content prevalled everywhere. Provisions of all descriptions were exceedingly dear. Commerce . was stagnant. • The inhabitants or Pekin were favourably disposed towards the English, and desired their presence at•Pekin. This vas cattsed by reports that the English who dienibarked at Petcheli had not ill-treated the natives A corps of 6,000 men- had been despatched froM Pekin against the English; 10,006 soldiers lead been sent in another direction. A report eras Current at Pekin that the Emperor would pass the winter at Moukden. The Emperor's thirtieth birthday would be celebrated by festivals at Pekin. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 6. The steamer Illinois, with dates from New York to the 22nd ult., has arrived. Bhe brings $448,362 in specie for France. On the 25th ult. she exchanged signals with the steamers Persia and Edinburgh; on the 28th, with the Arago. News anticipated. The following appeared in our later editions of Saturday:— THE ROAD CHILD MURDER. The Post insists that it is amongst the inmates of the house, on the night of June 29th, that the murderer will ultimately be found. The last examination helps to narrow tke ground, and is a contribution towards the detection of the murderer. There aro only four persons who could be open to s uspicion—Constance Kent, and her brother William, both of whom had acted strangely before, and Mr.- Kent and the nurse, both of whom . have acted so unaccount a bly s i n ce. ce iT va h b e le T h b y n p es ot s h a e y s s is of as th t e o cthasee,gtuhialttythpearretyi, which is n o t s not a e on - met with almost insurmountable difficulties. BATTLE ON THE VOLTURNO. TURIN, Oct. 5. The journals and. the correspondence received here from Naples, contain details of the battle on the Volturno: The Garibaldians made 2,000 prisoners. The number of the enemy dead was very large. The loss of the Garibaldians was estimated at 600 killed and wounded. NAPLES (rid 'Marseilles), Oct. 2. The royal troops having arrived within a days reach of Naples, attacked, yesterday, the en trenched positions at Maddaloni, defended by Bixio, and the positions at Caserata, defended by Sistori. Garibaldi has announced a complete victory. The Garibaldians ' it is stated, captured a brigade of royal t roops. The losse's" , were con siderable on both sides. The Anglo-Sicilian battalion lost all its officers. The Neapolitans withdrew towards Capua and Gaeta. The King and his brothers intend to continue the fight. They have ordered the fortifying of the road leading to Rome. The King frequently visits Caput). INDIA. The Bombay overland mail has arrived, with advices to Sept. 11. No news of importance. The Bombay Times says India is perfectly quiet. In the export market a considerable advance has taken place in the price of both cotton and seeds, owing to the improved demand; but the firmness The market for imp or t s st ill cont i nue d isfactory state though a goo d am ount of holders, us operations.i n an unsatisfactory a who asked high prices, had checked of business had been effected in. piece goods, THE DAILY TIMES , MONDAY, OCTOBER 8,_1860. especially grey shirtings, but at reduced pions, owing to forced sales. There were symptoms, of improvements in yarns. Woollens unaltered. Iron in excellent demand, and higher rates established. Copper at good demand. 'ln freights a slight improvement had taken place. Seeds' to Liverpool, 45s to 47s 6d. Cotton, 505. the railway traffic receipts, for the 'Vnited Eingdom, for the week' • endings, Septembe r 2gth,, eiceeded! by £21,740 the corresponding week of last year: The .kei'aki says; that ye s te r day, the bills of .Messrs, Atibert, Powell and do., ship and insurance brokers, *ere retttrned; The firril ha't'e else some Co - nnection itith the wine tide. The parade . around of,the 19th StirreY Riffes wits illuminated during drill last night bit the limelight: Eight jets were used, equal to 400 fish-tail gas-lights: The brilliancy of the effect was very striking; The Ximes sa ys, , the . . OPerations of the Thames and Mersey Insuranee Company haie noW been carried on at, London, Liverpool, and Manchegter, fo'r tliree inonths without a single instance of loss. The Daily _Yews. says, the Great Ship Company have dispensed with the services of Captain Hall, Mr. M,Lellan, the chief engineer. and the manager. • The detention of the ship at Milford Haven during the winter, may haVe something to do with this decision. The Court Circular supplies details of the accident Which happened to' the Prince Consort at Coburg. It appears that the Prince ran considerable risk, haiing to choose between a collision with a waggon, which he saw was inevitable, and jumping out of the carriage. He decided upon the latter course, and was fortunate enough. to escape with only a few bruises. The coachman was ddslied to the , ground; and was gamely hurt, but 'he appears to be recovering. ~: AIViERICA; • ARRIVAL OF THF, ASIA, The royal mail steamer Asia, from llew York, arrived in the Mersey at five o'clock yesterday morning, bringing 66 passengers and $210,821 in specie. The Anglo-Saxon and Persia had arrived out. The Asia passed a screw steamer on the 28th, supposed to be the Edinburgh. The Prince of Wales and party are reported to be' enjoying themselves shooting. The Prince was to leave for St. Louis 'on the 26th. A tele gram from Washington announces that the Neapolitan Minister has taken formal leave of our CloVeriinierit, his diploinatin ftitiatidas hating terrninated oii the abditution of the Sovereign: I:tellable information has beets reteitect shOWitig that no difficulty eiists in the ConsiininiatiCii of the: cessiOn of Bay Republic .of Hondiiras, bfit thb tilinSfer Has beeil 461clyed by the filib~ . i;;tering attetlititg cif Cierlettll Ardiker. City or Mexico The fitter route of Miramon and his force are no longer denied by hiS Warmest partisans. The bictator escaped from the battle field of Silas, accompanied by four friends only. I)EnEitAIR ITAIL WAY COMPAY The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at the West India Association Rooms, Bruns wick-street. John Crosthwaite, Esq., chairman of the company, presided. The other gentlemen present were J. A. Tinne, D.C., Thomas J. Bennett, Charles Holland, Sarnuel_Martin, Thomas Garnett (from Demerara), W. Ciorei H. Harrison, J, Gorden, W. Bellamy, and Charles S. Parker, Esqrs, Mr: P. CiAlignit the see' retar . y, read the advertise ment calling the meeting: TheCasiasiAri said the nett birsiness Was to' affix the seal of the Company to' the list of shareholders,. Which fief m tig r. d ci on: R ", - ;s, li E e t.i ca t T .h led en: o r n ea t d he th e; cfl'oeltal.-loviYint°g•rreedpdoirltee:._report. The . directors have the 'saiisf'action to annodne that the - workig of the railway during increased efficiency in the staff of every department.‘ The local: manager ,reports.. already considerable improvenient, in the ,condition,of the permanent way, and there is every reason to believe that when, the. laying down of the heavier rails shall have been completed, the two light engines, now in course of construction, placed _on the line,.nd the other measures in progress for the amelioration of the railway perfected, the results will fully realise the expeetptions of the board, and that the nett revenue of the existing line will shortly be applicable to payment of interest on the hone: e: debt, instead of being absorbed, as hitherto, in repairs and' renew/11S. The cost of a large proportion of the expenditure nod' being incurred will be defrayed by means of the " sink ing fund," which - was generously surrendered to the com pany by the colony of British Guiana. Some difference: of opinion exists among the shareholders with reference to the best mode of carrying out the provisions of Ordinance No. 23 of 1859, which was immediately and cordially accepted by the board wile% proffered by the Colonial Legislature.' The direct-, ors, Ito*eyer, are unanimously of opinion:that the full advan- - tages of the erditatitt are much more likely to be secured to the proprietary, and all ellier parties interested, by prudently following the course indicated. in tli6 e'rdtrfanee itself, than by promoting a scheme pf titotally different. ollaritetet„ haVolving a decided change in the financial constitution of the Ontpany„ But as., this question forms the subject of a spegial tw'eting which has been convened for its discussion, the board refrain from dwelling further upon it, beyond ex presoing a hope that all parties may ultimately co-operate in carrying out such measures as shall be found most conducive to the interests of the company. She points which, by Ordinance No. 23 of 1859, are referred to the Governor apd Court of Policy, namely, the defining of the precise route of the extension line to Mahaica, and the fixing of the tariff of tolls, still itmain in abeyance, being under con- I sideratioa of the local Legislattle., ple traffic receipts of the railway for the half-year ending 3C:th June„last amount to £9,816 9 7d., (namely, £5.115 17s. 3d. for teoVds, and £4,700 12s. 2d. for passengers, &c.,) being £2ll is. 9d. lest than the receipts for the corresponding period.of 1859; but it is to 'be observed' that while the goods 'traffic has decreased to the extent• of £BO5 19s. Bd., there has been an increase of £594 17s. -11 d. in the revenue for passengers ; thus showing, on the one hand, that the falling off in the total receipts of the half-year is fully accounted for by the Withdrawal of the produce of certain estates, as men thitied its the last animal report ; and, on the other hand, that .edaSiderablo sdedeas lids attended the efforts made to secure the confidenee of the public generally Dy increaeed efficiency and re g ularity in the working of the railway. The directors have to announce; with deep regret, • the loss which the proprietors have sueidine iii the recent death of one of the audito. s, Mr. 3fatthely, titeele , ,wbosw Valuable services and experience were ak, all tirni4s , atafahle for the Conkany's benefit. In the absence. of the other au ito'r, Mr. J. Oy-exis John:ion; dc'emints of the Past half-Year nre necessarily rungs !resented to the *cling unaudited. It will be competent for the propketats at once • to supply the vacancy caused by Mr. Stele's lam'ented death. JOAN CROSTIIIiATTE, Chair Man, I'. F. GARNETT, Secretary. 15, Oldhall-street, Liverpool, Oct. 6, 1860. The CHAIRMAN then said—l had hoped and expected' to have a more numerous attendance of shareholders present to-day at the meeting, so that' we might have had the benefit of their advice and assistance on the subjects that were intended to be brought before; the meeting, and I re g ret there is not larger number present. However, I think the report which yeti have heard read goes so fully pinto the Matter, and explains all so, satisfactorily; that I d e not think anything Can be ridded td it (liedi, hear?, mid; 4lierefdte; D etas at pre sent confine myself to moving that the report and state:. merit of accounts, now read, be received and adopted by the meeting, and the same be printed and published for circulation amongst the shareholders. Mr. GORE seconded the motion. The CH.A.IRMA.N, before putting the question, said, if any gentleman has any observations to offer, or remark to make, I shall be glad to hear him, either on the refirt or an/ Otliei subject cormected with the conipany. „ , (I it, hbat:) I Ori . L; liOing Offered ;14 the resoiation was put, and carried -unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then said the next business was to elect an auditor, in the room of the late lamented Mr. Steele; and on the motion of Mr. Harrison, seconded by Mr. Bellamy, Samuel Sanba.ch Parker, Esq., was unanimously elected to the office of auditor. The Chairman, in continuation, said from the reasons stated, the' accounts of the company for the last six months had nut beet! Andittids.bat now thot geptleman had been selected to fill the Plaee 'cif tlielFldiTientbd'griend Mr. Steele, the accounts could be gone over. This would be satisfactory, and he hoped on the return of the other auditor all would be soon arranged. He was the more anxious for this as he intended leaving for Demerara in the course of next week, and when there he would have an opportunity of explaining to the local management all the affairs of the company at Home. (Hear.) He would also have an opportunity of looking at their affairs there, and he h'oped on his return to be enabled to.make a favourable report on the state and Ma nagement of the Company's affairs iii the ddlOuly, (Hear, hear.) He was not.prodee4irig nenierara do the Inisiness of the eamparry, brit was going th4re Orel* on his rhs it private affairs j yeti being thete; lie Niotild fe,el it 1115, ditty to devote as Ilittah of hiS time as he possibly eoilld Spare to the, business and well-being of the company's affairs. (Hear, hear.) Mr.TINNE, the Vice-Chairman, said it would be well to state to the meeting that the conduct of Mr W. Martin, the manager of the company at Demerara, was most satisfactory, and that the other officials of the company had given every satisfaction. He could refer for this assertion to 111 r, Thomas Garnett, - the local director at Demerara, Who was present in the room. (neat, hettr.) • \ tiien said,-,As one of (he board, • allord nie to td Yeu (the chairman) the deep .StitiSe Of the iililigAtidrig ititiclt the eerripany feel tinder to you for your unwearied eieftidils d$ aidirtnan of that board. Your unceasing anxiety for the welfare of the com pany is well known and remarkable, and it is in a great measure owine• to your exertions that the company has prospered. (Hear.) It is a source of regret to us that you are about to leave for Demerara, but we trust to see you safe hack in the best of health. Although eve regret Vitt aliseMo3, ate feel that your presence at. r) er liefafil will lac a Ai, fiential bertefit tp the interests of the company, and although you. *deed Wad olf Sour own private affairs, I am satisfied, from your neverceastng zeal for the welfare of the company, that you will give up as much of your valuable time as possible to the general interest of the body. (Rear, bear.) Thies it will be most important to have you there, for you will give attention to important subjects that have been Abeyance rot some as the regulation pt` the tolls; the. Atetisloti of the ihte, td Maiialca, And other matters originated bY . the. Wog, Hoard; and Witt httard strongly hope that Yon. will lie able tei see it Satisfactory arrangement made on all these important points. (Hear.) am sure the board will receive your report with satis faction,' as it will be of great vaiae because you will 6ir e , a u . dpriortiinitY of jihlging fol . yddrielf, and, as &Ail; fciria Rear cdtichislon front tiebOnfil dhserva lion: (Hear, hear.) I see' that we have not here at present a sufficient party to constitute the extraordinary general meeting that was advertised to be 'held at the termination of our ordinary half-yearly meeting, and therefore I do not think it would be fair on my part to anticipate a discussion that inight take place—lead we enough of shareholders present to form that meeting- 7 11. the subjects that 19 . u1d he . broitglit before it. :I xiisli liewee'r, iq ao forth ttia rio one *mild he More ntioiis ftisll4l diti - tfkb tii:evliArii 8f the late eiditfance than the difectors. taut, until the liolrits iii abeyance have been arranged, it would be impossible for the board, however desirous they might be to do so, to make further progress with regard to the extension of the line to Mahaica, which the directors consider will be best effected by pursuing the course indicated in the ordi nance, whereby also they arc convinced that, practically, the benefits of the qrdinance will he most fully obtained .hf the fideitlao, liai;e ridw (114 tigdiri, i;l.P.Preas our tlialiks to you; sir, for the 2eal arid the atillitY yeti have always shown in regard to the interests of this company. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he had to express his thanks for the kiiidneSs Amine him, and he could say that no one *di usage Aeihnis fdt the li;elfilre cif the company than his colleagues were. He regretted that he did not see a sufficient number of shareholders present to ethestittite the contemplated - extraordinary nuking as advertised, but he wilt Inform the nieeting that the board neither sought or obtained a single .proxy--:(hear)-- - -:for the e,itracirditiarY nieftirig vid-kiq lift! *ere for the ordinary meeting. his would explain time reasdn why the extraordinary meeting could not be held. Had they sought for proxies from London and elsewhere, they could have had a meeting, but they did not do so, leaving it to the parties themselves. There were only II g entlemen present, and it required 15 to constitute the'"nieetirig; So it &Mid riot be helfl. He again thanked the rieBting for &if kiti4 expreAsidu towards The business terminate With the dada votes of tliaiiks to the chairman, secretary, &c., and .the Meeting *as adjourned sine die: COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURT gATtRriAi: (Before Messrs. CAMPBELL and LAURENCE.) • THE ALLEGED ROBBERT OF £1,500 AT OLD SWAN..— Sohn Thomas Richardson, hawker in jewellery, charged ivith the tobhcry, of £i.,500 in bank notes from Mr. H. Mnote) vras dismissed) the bank authorities not being able to bring the case home td hint. CHARGE OF STEALtNG A IVA.TCH.--401111 gaCkli, a - labourer, charged with stealing a watch from the shop of Mr. Hallows, chemist, Old Swan, was discharged, the magistrates stating that he left the court Without a stain upon his tharamer: AsamharNo tAILIPFS.--gamfiet Ilenmon, henry Tump, and lames Swift, brewers, were summoned fdt assaulting County-court Bailiffs, William Jervis, John Cavenagh, Thomas Mycock, and Willian Hall. The bailiffs served a distress warrant for 14s. 7d. on the 2nd of July at the house of Mr. Lunt, West Derby. Receiving no payment, they distressed upon the goods, carrying away a clock and 4 chest of drawers. • On the road to the town they met the defendants, who assaulted them and endeavoured to take away the goods. Through a deficiencrof evidence the case was not 'quite clear as to Bennion, and he was dismissed. The others were fined ls. ang costs each. Two FEMALE THlEVES.—Frances Regan and Ann Kegan, two profligate looking women, were brought up on charges of stealing a fender and a silver coffee pot. On Saturday they stole the fender from the public-house of James Pye, at the Old Swan ; and the silver pot from Mr. Harris, at the same place; They pleaded drunken ness and contrition, and were sent for trial. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—These concerts were resumed on Saturday evening, at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-sereet, when the first for the season was given. As usual at this popular place of amusement 'there was a large attendance, and everything went off with the greatest éclat. We understand that, during the season, the committee will introduce some great novelties, and some first-class artistes will make their appearance. ASSOCIATION Or EMPLOYERS AND MEN OP THE evening, a me e t_ TRADES.---011 Saturday ing of the members of the mechanical trades was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall, St. Anne-street, for the purpose of establishing an association for social converse and interchange of oPiriion on. subjects connected with their professions. Our reporter was in attendance, but he was informed that the proceedings were simply of a prelimi _ nary character. COMMERCIAL. NEW Youx, Sept. 25, six p.m.—The money market is without change. Foreign exchanges continue dull. The Stock Exchange was excited, and the volume of business transacted larger than for some time past. .New York shares continue to be the popular stocks, and advanced considerably ; Centrals, 891 to 901,-; Erie rose f'rom 39 to 43. Corn scarce;, and the amount offering light. Cotton market firm ; and the sales of the week embraced 2,500 bales, at 101 d for middling Uplands. prOsiois less, btilant. tli vts quiet 8 10 unchanged, ,Freig4s. &tiler tor Etiglish ports. Flour in )ittrrels to B indon, 3s 10d to 4s. • Na ORLEANS, Sept. 25.—The sales of cotton to-day amounted, to 4,200 bales, and the prices have been easier; rates:unchanged,. at 103 c. to, 101-c. ; for middling, 10c. Sales for three days, 750 bales ; receipts, 18,900 bales ; against 23,500 bales same time last year. Flour • declining. CHARLESTON, Sept. U.—Sales of cotton to-day; 1,200 bales • the market deArpsieck ales of Cotten' to-day 300 with a, better feeling in the market. P MIL XDELPIIIA, Sept. 24_—Flour dull, wheat firm. BAi:r.monz, Sept. 24.---4.10ur dull, wheat firm. CHICAGO, Sept. 25, 6 p.m.—•Flour quiet, and sc. to 10c. lower ; wheat steady. Oswuao, Sept. 25, 6 p.m.—Flour steady, at $3 sc. for extra; sales in good, milling and shipping demand, but the firmness of holder; tends to check transactions. tl!rol reriebti Cu.4w.) Air nikket Ceriailtie9 niodeiately active at steady pfides ;, the chief buyers have been our domestic con sumers, though since the receipt of the late accounts from England, with better harvest prospectS and im 7 , provement in cotton at Liverpool, there has been some disposition to bay for export. Some sales of the better qualities of Orleans have been made at quotations: Low grades are difficult to move, and sandy parcels entirely neglected and unsaleable. The week's business amounts to 19,000 bales. The tdeatatees hato beeti— for liiVerpool 3 'I6OP itore ) 012 Antwerp, 127 ; London, 13; total, 2671 bales: Sottthetn markets, as terkitted by Mail, show a decline in prite, *ilk bAisipeis for dr 4 at Britain, ttetAil i a re Bi teltss hi tie liaNe" a Areek'sltkt' adViees: .Pridee Wete not higher on the ni6r6 fadatabla news from Liverpool' to the 7th of September. There is great difficulty in procuring good stapled clean cotton in all the markets, but more parti.L eularly in Mobile and New Orleans.' After receipt of Adriatic's news the markets were more active at an im provement. Middling in New Orleans, 101, 1 c. ; good middling, 12c. PAS:AM:3EI4S rEn R.M.S. "Asft " YEDIA NEW YORK —Mrs. Gildemeister and two dadghtets, Mr. and Mrs. John Pratt, Mr. a nd Mts. Th. .T.:OdOk; Mr; A: K. AVoodtfVfo, Mr. *. , W. ti. Eflibli Mr. itobeit S. Lyon, M r . S. Nteyerheird, Mr. O. Von ' Hein, Mr. R. N. Ward, Mr. JaMes Shaw, Mr. "W. Cailman, Mr. J. Graham. Mr. D, R. Murindo, Mrs. Palmer, Miss Talbot, Mr. John Caldwell, Mr. David Graham, Mr. H. Fleitman. Mr. John Pilherich, Mr. Jos. A. Browne Mr. W. K. King, Mr. J. S. Lowry, Mr. George Rowe, Mr. W. Brecklin, Mr. John Smith, Mr. T. C. N. Paton, M r . William Haywa r d, M r . Robert Hamilton, Mr. do Steil, Secretary o French liega9o , :a AP"a l. 4., Mr. ,T.arnbs Rass l Mr. B. Mtratige, M. L. Mr. P. ,Rising, Mr. George Hamilton, Mr. Edward Kirkpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. W. Connah, Miss Connah, Mr. F. S. Edwards, Mr. C. Brasseuri Mr. E. K. Currie, Mr. P. B. Spring, Mr. F. E. Draper, Mr. L. B. Bernard and son, Mr. J. Carhirst, Mr. W. AV, Wilson, Mr. Carson, Mrs. "Western and two children, Mr. Thoma s Washbourne, Mr. J . F. Gibbs, Mr. M. Kiernan, Mr. John .Gorman, • Mr. Richard J. Mayne '. Eche rar ia di Mr, R, Dias', Mt- A. Mantit4 tiff Madfarlaill THE SIIIP ORIENT. TO TRE EDITOR OP THE DAILY TIMES. In reference to a statement which has ,apppareci in several of the papers this ntOrtl4, ilia °rick had ;tailed on the bank, 'opildsfee Victoria 'rower yesterdall,*d beg. to my that both the pilot an d mate ' OV the @tip deny it, and will therefore thank thee to contradict the statement.—We are very respectfully, C. Giumsnitw & 9, Goree Piazzas, loth month 6th, 1860, THE ROAD MYSTERY, large share of tiA attoun I§.ol4titil.hVeoctiiaryti. to' t h eMyst%Hails at Road, and tinteh ingennit e*ereised in. order, if possible, to accou nt f or . the o rence upon some plausible ground. The following attempt to weigh the probabilities of one theory „ Da the improbabilities of another, has been furnished' by a. correspondent: Probabilities in favour of the theory that the child died from a fit, or from .suffocation by' getting its Nee down upon the pillow Ist. The Chilli had l Piirgative administered to it hefrnit going, 0 bed, Probably b e rendered uneasy in the bo* . els, and turn itself oVei., With the f ace downwatd Upon the pillq*, *hien, owing to the nairot liesa o'f the Cot, Woitld most likely. N &Meal* thiii reudering snitodatide dificalt Itp ffdeielatdd, awcohltilltdi of its Cspetidliy Ai it Mks fat and heavy. ma The nurse, on finding the chi ld naturally be much alarmed ; be sure she 'Would b e charged with great neglect; he turned out of her place, and not be likely ever to get another in that capeeity, 3rd,, To avoid this, she resorts, tO, the eipedierit n trying to make it appear that the u has been carried off, and martleita, - ratting its.throat — after'death--with that View, Knowing she has inflicted no punishment upon the child, she is enabled to maintain her composure *Mkt the importation of murder. 4th. The improbability that she Would cult the throat of a dead child to avoid blanie, is not greatiai thali the improbability that she slionitt a liVe child to avoid sha.rne- - ,or bt decessory to its murder with this View, .improbabilities of the theory that the father suffocated the child, unintentionally or wilfully, while hi the nurse's room :- Ist:This assumes an improper intimacy, for Whieh there has' yet been no shadow of prod giren. 2nd. It assumes that the father left his wife's bed, and was absent some time, without her.knowledge of it. 3rd. It assumes that the child, which was in the cot; just awoke at the time the father—whom We mist sup pose would proceed stealthilV — was in the rooms • 4th. It assumes, whether 'dark or light, that tlic child saw him, to do which it mast have risen up to look over the side of the not. It assumes that the father, who had entered the ; room with no evil intention; towards the child, -could instantly become so unnatural a s ( to secure co ncealment) to stop its month so long as to end in suffocation. 6th.. It assumes that two persons should thus become guilty of a murder-4hich was not at all contemplated before—and both of them instantly become so hardened as to exhibit. no signs of remorse or confession. 7th. It assumes that he had nothing to do with the after-death throat-cutting, and the opening the sitting room window, although when the latter took place it would appear from the evidence of the wife that he was in bed, as she heard the window move,:and attributed it to " the servants being astir." • THE MUNICIPAL REVISION.—The revising barrister resumed hi s d ut i es at St. George's Hall on Saturday morning, and proceeded with the Liverpool list, from the.letter Pto Z, when the court rose. The following is the result of the revision : Conservative made objec tions, 227; struck off, 154, withdrawn, 30. Radicals made objectiens, 68 ; struck off, 46 ; withdrawn, 10. Conservative majority, 159.. The new steel gun (rifled) invented by Mr. Lynet Thomas, recently forwarded to Woolwich Arsenal, from the Mersey Steel Works, for experiments at Shoebury ness, has been ,fired in the long range, the result of which is as follows :—The gun, charged with 281 b. of powder and a shot weighing 1601 b., obtained a flight of 10.000 yards, o r 51 miles. Arrangements are being made to carry out a course of trials and experiments with the gun, in the presence of the Select Committee of Woolwich Arsenal. BALLINASLOE noun.. FAIR.—The supply of horses was large, but perhaps rather less than last year. First class hunters were in good demand at,high figures; but prices of second class rate of animals had a downward tendency, having been sold at from £lOO to £6O; chargers, £BO to - ; untrained colts, £6O to L3O; and horses for agricultural purposes, £3O and down wards. it 9 rseh for military purroses were not in demand. . VO L UNTEkit MOT EMENTS -T =,~-;~ COMMIRSIONER S - SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.-1 1 A - arefaster : of the'Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia-4 Pele'ival i gent, to be lieut. Bth Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps---W. Bartjett, gent,-to be sec.: lieut. 19th Lancashire Artillery' "I'eltniteer Corps—T. lleelisi gent, to be sec. lieut. 21st Lanca:c.*AiFe Vinery Volun teer CorpsT. Wilson, Esq., to be captaZ. 74th Lan cashire Rifle Volunteer Corps—Lieut. G. Turner,. f76', be captain ; Ensign J. Ashley; to be heat. ; It. F. Steble, gent., to be bent. ; J. G. Kitchen, gent, to be ensign ; S. White, gent. to .be ensign. Memoranda.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the rag nations of the commissions held by Ensign J. Jervis, in the Ist Manchester or 6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, and of lion. Chaplain the Rev. W. F. Taylor; in the Olst Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. TIE Ltif.ggPtiOt PRESS CORPS OF VOLUNTtERS, The formation of a corps of ifolunteers in Liverpo o l, to be composed principally of gentlemen connected with the press add printing profession is now art accontypshed fact ; fliV inoiethen't, which was so auspiciously inaugurated at the meeting last week, reached a trium phant consummation on gatttrday evening, by the formal enrolment and swearing-in of neatly 50 / ineinbtrs, under circumstances of unusual sclat. The proceedings connected with the interesting etient fotrk /dace in the magnificent drill-room of the Lyceum Company, r/Veve the premises of Messrs. Bradley Bro thers, Bold-street; ittd the guard of honour was com posed of about 70 men o? fl .15th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, under the command of empt,. Tucker, the Everton Company, under command of Captair Eaton, mustering in consideraMe force. There was illso present a detachment of about 30 men of the 68th Rifles, under Capt. Bradley. We noticed besides a number of the 71st Highlanders, under Captain Scott, tq'gether with several of of the new Highland corps. NW* NViid Went a dark uniform, were drawn up in line at the liá . &l of the', robin, While the 15th formed, in double rank, twoNes' of schtlet down ; the centre, the Highlanders, in tile daib' of did Gfairi, pic turesquely grouping themselves in a cOlriel: fientlenien connected with nearly every other local corps lfefe also in attendance; and the profession may well feel proud of the unusual extent of encouragement and patronage thus accorded to them by their brother volunteers. Seral ladies also graced the meeting with their presenCe: Shortly afteiseien, fite' door of the Hall was beset by parties anxious to gain adnilitanN and the inconvenience was found so great that Messrs. BradtCy's chief clerk let them through the private office till the kvechld be obtained. When the doors were opened, the r6oni gradually filled, and Mr. Morrison, the honorary secre... tarp, was kept busily engaged in filling up forms of application for enrolment. Mr. W. H. Peat shortly afterwards entered, and announced that Mr. J. R. Jeffery, who had promised to preside over the ceremony of swearing fit would, from unforeseen circumstances, be Unable to attend. This was much to his disappoint- Meta, as it Was no doubt to that of all ; but Mr. Jeftert feritte•gted Mr.' Corbally to act as his sub stitute. Mr. Corbally shortly ditefvfatis appeared, and was received with applause. The business of enrolment over, J. C. CORBALLY, Esq., was called to the chair. lie. said those present would, no doubt, be much disap pointed at seeing him take the chair instead of the gen tleman Whont they had expected to preside. He parti cipated in that disappctintment, as he knew his own inadeqtiaty to fill the office. As they knew, Mr. Jeffery seldont all Owed his pfivate arrangements to interfere 'With the digharge of his public duty; but having friends jtist arrived from the smith of England at his house. he had been obliged to attend to them. He (Mr. Corbally) was now about to administer td seferal young men the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty. That math, he believed, they would devoutly and religiously observe ; nay, he would go further, and say, that so wide was the feeling of loyalty that without that ceremony the feel ings of all would be strong, 'true, and faithful. There Was now a large body of men who had taken that oath of allegiance, and whom the first men of the country had toiigfatitiatect upon their military bearing, none, nide so thati the 144dd-shire Yolunteers whom he saw around him. Should ail entefgericy arise calling for their services to repel a foreigii itiVesicht--Ctod forbid that they should be called upon for Such - aft oCeasioti--- - but he had no doubt, if such en emergency arose, they would do credit to the British name, and act with that, full discipline and courage which had ever been the characteristic of the 'British soldier, be he : English, Scotch, or Irish. (Loud applause.) The interesting ceremony of the swearing-in was then prodeeded viithi the members presenting themselves for the purpose insoftiacts or eight or ten, .Forty-SIX were enrolled. This proceeding ofef, Mr. PEAT rose to move a vote Or tilaties to Mr. Corbally. He was sure they had witnessed with plea:mire the number of gentlemen who had stepped forward to form Company No. lof the Press Volunteers. Ile had expected Mr. A. Whitty to be present, as arrangements had been made that they should all - amalgamate together and form one Press Corps—(loud cheers)--and he had no doubt that they would all brigade with the' Fifteenth. However, the meeting of the Second Company would be heldndt Saturday. He concluded by proposing . a vote (if thanks .to Mr. Corhally for his kindness in atteilditio• diM his doiutil f ti the el - uor: Mr. Monav,o seconded the Mo(ien. . Mr. CORBALLY , in response, said, that *hick he had been called' upon to perform was a most satisfacidy and pleasing duty to him. It was the first act of his ma gisterial life—(hear, hear)—the first public act which he had performed since he had the honour of receiving her Majesty's commission. (Applause.) He hoped that the Press Corps, composed of those who were so ready and skilful in recording every thins favourable and unfavour able of their fellow men. might never have anything unfavourably repotted of them during the whole time of their incorporation; (Applause') All business ariaageMentsbefng cOntpleted, the pro ceedings; which throtigluitit had been of the most ettfhti. siaslid glitirader; shic shortfy afterwards liYoti'ght to a close. DINNER TO THE 42ND tJANOASHIRE VOLUNTEER RIFLES. On Friday evening the 42nd, or Childwall fl e e Corps, was entertained at dinner by Mr. Higgins, one of its niernbers; who 15 leaving the neighbourhood. The eidi-A eold,or feat ecl a t, in the hall of the Mechanics' Instittite„' el . lCrooltir; the chair being taken by Captain S.' R. GraVeA, ring ', t he Viee=ebair by Mr. Higgins. About 120 volunteers eat dovhi eicel lent dinner, which was from the'excellent °alma of tbe Woolton Hotel,. and amongst the guests were tietit - Colonel Bousfield, Ist Battalion L.R.V. ; Lieut.-Colonel Gladstone, 2nd Battalion L.R.V..; Captain Goldfinch, R.N:•:, Captain Writtlev, 4th L.A.V. ; Capt. Campbell, 4th t:A:V: Captain Dadenach, 15th ; Captain Drifileid c 4Stli Litt eaptirifi *Bride, 72nd L.R.V. , ; Captain •GraYsOff. fi.h.V:; Captain J.-31. Dowie, 19th ; .Lienteriant !lean, Ithij.A. - V..; the Rey Mi.. Chambers, chaplain 42nd Lk*. and the' Rev. Mr.,Wester, rector of Woolton: - - • ..• :the C i ria'iroitiN, ,after the Cloth had' been wiffidedthy, proposed it'd ldtal tOistg, Which .Were received with the utmost •enthusiasni. Sitlpecitientl he said. it had been always the custom a very high place to the • ministers of I-e11... 6 on,i the present occasion be had pleasure. in. attaching the toast of "The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese" to the loyal ones which had • preceded it. We 'were fortunate in this. , diocese . An having, .clergy who fliithfully and fulf~lled~ the Atitot,eimilwitted to their charge. (Hoeft 116,0 giVe this toltst in the narrow sense a in which lie Had gaVe it in broad - Sense, for Christianity and foliginif ii 'd tin distinct rights; they were o p en t o a ll Ch r i s ti an clitlfdies add in this diocese we had, as was well known, a hard working and a painstaking clergy. (Hear, hear.) They - had that night the honour of seeing at their table their worthy incumbent, Mr. Leicester, wh o li ad for thir tv four years ministered to their spiritual and to their feriiiidi42 wants Rithin their parish=-(hear, hear) —and who, When the I Toliinteer rnoi . ernent was first OrganiSed, thought it not indoliststee; hts.lifgli Calling, to be almost the first to come forward nfid hjetsing to, and to assist. in perfecting, this patriotic'ddd movement. (Hear, hear.) The toast was most ectivilitillf received. The Rev. Mr. LEICESTER responded, and observed that .he -Wianitist .hertrtily rejoiced to see what a state of per fection the Voltinteo itioltement had - attained. There . Were people who said the frier:Yenta - It had done •but little goed„ and ..who Would *airily, pttf g isttip ,to it. He theibilit if those people could enter fhat rocifo that night, diet Wad lie inditted to alter their Oplition, for that meeting testified, aindlig. Otter things, What ;good resulted from the movement, by etfccairagi,ing ti tiadly feeling between man and man. (Loud'applatise.) They there saw a goodly company of gentleman and persons of considerable rank and station mixing together with the watlxing, men in a most friendly manner-- . --(hear, olieers)`—grid that was one of the things that had tfeert for some tirrie W"anqvg---(hear, hear)----the missing' liiik lie niight Call it. 'Via lie saw, also, other • good effects arising irciril tile MoVeitient ; • he saw many working men from his °Wit piffih Who had joined it, and conducted themselves in Wirery beeciming to tier-- heary--and who, he thought, were ggirting dad , aiderable iMproveMent, morally and intellectually, the folfinteer trinfernerit. (Cheers.) The reverend gentleman coneliided lip expressing a fervent hope that health and happiness wonld &restored to Mr. Higgins's household by his removal from Wooltc.-4 . .. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said the next toast Was' cite Which required. from him very few remarks indeed, for etety page of history was filled with the heroic deeds of the army and nets , of this country. Never more'so perhaps than, within the lasO,ltulf century had those deeds become more conspicuous, and never' mare than at the present moment, he believed, had the army and navy' been in a more likely position to deseryc tlie approbation of the country. So long as national pluck continued to.he a large and important elem e nt in our national character. so long; .did he believe would the concentration and the personification orthat pluck exist in the army and navy of England. (Cheers.) It was the great boast of the late Duke of Wellington that, during his hundred fights, he never lost a gu n ,: and it was also a proud boast Of a great body of men in this country 'that no British admiral, whilst in active command, had been captured by an enemy. (Cheers.) He gave "The Army and the Nay and L - 3 7 .' 1- 7-The toa4 was drunk amidst l end a pp lause. Captain Goldfi n ch reponded for the navy,.Lieu tenant-Colonel' tenantolonel . Bousfield for the army. I his conviction that the volnnteers the army we're .nonee essential to each other,. and that in field The CHAnnixs, in g iving th e next toast, expre ssed to the army what earthwork w• when the volunteers of ,hoped that if ever the day should come them could do without the oth er: The T the v g. o u ' u nn ; te a e u r d w l a ie s • .which, after all. must ever t h h ee m t s h e e ly g eT el t t ,h t at sti t n .h p e or ;7 l n n y d , mild I) • 't - t e p ace o n.. with in hmaadinttoenmaankcee e o m f thlrilisiscnornesntr w became upheaved • a short o• naval armaments, and , a creasing armies, increasing abroad honourhold the n and d E t it h r e o ; e l ory n i g . la h n d. It , w but defences oc P c r u c il c i l ed a sonic. in .England. r our colonies, in India and in Chilli, scattered ove • attention, and we found that our small but choice army was and that forty ,years of peace had led the administrators of our n into a false feeling of security ;so that, instead d eg ree n. o l f au 7tless o n u e r ss of a channel fleet afloat and ready for any einer vrk.e found the ships lying in the Medway, and "7,000 of our best seamen had ben sent adrift into the merchant service. - At that moment the-volunteer move ment sprang into existence, and in a very short time 120,000 men rushed to the standard that was raised, and with what et*iency those !pen had been trained t o • the-use of-armsf and 'to the discipline - of an army, he need not say, for he would point to ICnowsley, and to, all places Where reviews had been held. (Cheers.) He, rias proud to see that in this movereerrt the county of :Feincaihire was not behind-hand; but was, lir fact, fore nuinber'S at she was in quality of her volettteers. '(Oheers.j 'The slioeting j of the, Lancashire Volunteers at Southport exceedcti that at the Wimbledon meeting, and, until some other co - deity took the place from Lan cashire; he 'believed they would fa*ly libid what they had won. (Cheers.) He gave "Success to the Volunteer Movement," coupling with it the name of Lieut.-Colonel Glaileeove, the Battalion Commander of the 4211 d- The toast wailcecivpd amidst rapturous applause. Lieutenant-toles GLADSTONE, in responding, passed r a very high encomiunA:et,on the 42nd for their attention to drill, and stated that Getitt'al Wetherell had said to him that he could not tell the eitent of his admiration for. the volunteers, who were admirable at drill, and only required to he well practised in the Ilse' of the rifle to make,them'daneerous foes. He concluded 6s, Airing " Success to the 42nd Lancashire Volunteer Rifles." The toast was most cordially received. The CHALRMAN replied. lie observed that in the Childwall lilies there were greater extremes of rank than would be found in any corps in or about Liverpool. There were the first merchants of Liverpool and the artisans of Liverpool standing side by side, and he would venture to say that those men respected each other more than ever they did before they came in con tact. (Loud cheers.) And this he looked up on to be the seconda r y goo d that the great volunteer movement was likely to effect ;'titid he thought they might point to the 42nd Corps, when others said it was impracticable to work where there were so many classes and so many prejudices, as proof to the contrary. But he would emphatically say it was not impracticable--(chcers)—nay, he would sa y i t was the true secret of the volunteer movement, and he would ietvt declare that he had not had occasion—h e had never observed the slightest disrespect, or th e slightest want of knowledge of the proper position of the various men formin g the eatrs when they came in c on t act . They treated each other* with that mutual esteem and respect which had made them, he believed, endeared to each other. (Loud cheers.) In speaking of the mutual esteem in which the members of the Childwall Corps held each other, he should have expressed a home that the seine good feeling might exist in all the fotifnteer Uorps in the district, without which no perfect disciplide or organisation could exist ; he should have expressed a hope that the suggestion thrown out by Colonel Gladstone, of rural battalions, might be carried out, and that the Childwall Corps would be delighted to co-operate with any rural corps to effect that object. He then went on to complain that the Government ought now to relieve private individuals of the expense and responsibility they had incurred in furthering the m'o'vement, and furnish all necessary ammunition free of ttatge—i(hear, hear) —and a suitable practice ground for those corps which could not, without great incon venience, attend at the practice grounds, miles away from their headquarters. The Vice-CnAiesrerr gave the health of Mr. Walter F. Macgregor, who had kindly allowed the corps to drill on his land.—The toast was well received, and responded by Mr. Macgregor. The CHAIRMAN, in feeling terms, proposed the health of the Vice-Chairman, which was received with marked enthusiasm by the comp Y.—The Vice-Chairman responded. Lieutenant CUNNINGHAM proposed the healths of the effective and non-effective volunteers of the various corps who were guests that evening.—Captain Barton Wrigley, 4th L.A.V., responded for the effectives, and Mr. Sutton for non-effectives._ _ _ _ Mr. SLEIGH . proposed, and Captain GRA.ysoN, 4th L.A.V., responded to, the toast of "The Ladies." Captain CAMPBELL, 4th L.A.V., proposed the health of "The Chairman," which was drunk with musical honours. _ _ _ _ . —..—.-. The CHATRMAN, having acknowledged the compli ment, proposed " The Press," which was responded to by Lieutenant BEAN, of the 4th L.A.V. Three cheers having been given for the Queen, the proceedingo terminated. CHESHIRE RIFLE PRIZE MEETING. DISTRIBUTION or PRIZES. A meeting for the distribution of the prizes obtained in the late shooting contest at Leasowe, was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, Detachments from the various Cheshire Rifle Corpawere present, under the command of Lieutenant-dolonel King, and the hall was crowded with a large and fashionable audience, At three o'clock, the chair was taken by Mr. John Laird; and aniong those on the platform were— Colonel Wilbraham, a - E. ;. Lieutenant-Colonel King, G. F. Train, Rev. Mr. Fielding, J. B. Case;. William Hadfield, S. Ledwurd, and other gentlemen. Mr. JOHN LAIRD, in opening the proceedings, said that, as chair Man of the committee, and also as chair man of the meeting held in May last, when the move ment was first organised in that part of the'country, he had been requested to preside on the present occasion. Ike *:es happy to say that there were some gentlemen now present wile spoke at the previous meeting ;he alluded more phttleular/Y to Colonel King, Captain Chambers, Mr. Ratenscroft, and another gentleman. Those individuals took part in the meeting then, when the movement was not a very fashionable one, and when there were great difficulties to contend with. But they had stuck to it, and the cause in that neighbourhood was very much indebted to them. Many persons were disputing as to who first established this movement, His own opinion was that they were indebted for that to a gentleman across the water. After the crisis in May ; 1859, it was found necessary to protect ourselves, and to be in a position to send back—quicker than they came-41_0e er attempted to visit the country for hostile purposes, tie then referred to the progress which the movement had made in the neighbourhood of Birkenhead, and stated that there were about 800 Men in the district properly organized and drilled, and now ready to go on with their position drill and shooting, as was proved by the. meeting. Great diffi culties must have been encountered by the corps in,going through the preliminary drill, and it was creditable to them that they kept to it so closely as they did. Something more: seas wanting to make the movement a permanent one,-thatt waa, the formation of a National Association in November lest, He was proud of having attended that meeting, and of mewing one of the resolutions, for he believed that that association would do more to make , the movement permanent than anything that could have fietti devised. They had been very ably misted by his friend Co/a ei Wilbraham. (Applause.) When he applied to hint for assistance, lie said that, not only in his official capacity Weald he do all he could, but that as a Che Shire man he xvotiM be especially glad to assist anything connected with Cheshire. Referring to the , Artillery Corps, he (Mr. Laird) said that the department been originated in that district by Mr. Jackson. It was eivecletable to Birkenhead that the first companies in the disttltte bath Of Rifle and Artillery,. lyre Birkenhead cottipViiiies. • In arranging the Meeting for rifle shooting which took place a week or two ago, and the prizes for which. they Were about to distribute, it was felt that'the• whole country sltottld be at liberty to contend. Lord Westminster, the LA-Lieutenant of the county, highly approved of what had been done, and had intimated that in November next he will call a meeting for the purpose Of forming a permanent associa tion for the county of Cheshire. Lord Westminster bad done all he could to promote their views; he had con tributed liberally in money, and had it not been for previous ,engagementu he would have been present at Wl' shooting meeting. With regard to next year, they, woifitl probably have a shooting association for the county, arid he was sure that, he already saw his way to . "Llso or £2OO far prizes. If all would strive to do their• best he believed that the meeting .next year would be one of the best in the country. They were number eight in the list of counties who had been enrolled, and he hoped the people of the county would not allow others to take precedence of them either in drill or in s&toting, He concluded by calling upon Colonel Wil braharittO address the volunteers previous to the pre sentation of the prizes. Colonel WILBILAtiAtit then rose and was greeted with loud applause. He was very ,3lad to have been able to attend at the distribution of prizes, and to take any part in the day's proceedings. He had a right to take an especial interest in the volunteers of the district, because he had watched their growth from the very commence rant: The first time be had the pleasure of seeing Olean Was at their .Birkenhead review, when they were to sliMildet their rifles, - he saw them afterwards at Chester, When they were able to take part •in brigade movements ; and ttle last time he saw them was at Lea sowe, where they handfed their arms beautifully. It had been a great pleasure to him, while holding a staff appointment in that district, to keep np a connection with the volunteers of the county. , When his appoint ment ceased, as it would do shOrtly, he was in hopes that his connection with the volunteers would be more close than it had been. After thirty-three years of active service, he was sure he would find it difficult to subside . down into civil life, and he would be glad if his ell - to/lei/66 Would be of any serivce to the volunteers. He began his career as a rifleman, and although he had now worn the red coat for a long time, he should be very glad to come back to Ms first love and put on a green one. He had felt all along that this rifle move ment had owed its rise, under Providence, to a small hand of earnest and spirited men, scattered through different parts of England, generally' working quietly and energetically, each in his own separate sphere, and trif endued with zeal for the common cause. He thought that of this small band they in the Hundred of Wirral had more than their fair proportion. He knew that, speaking of Birkenhead, it was quite unnecessary for him to name the gentlemen to whom he was alluding, bitt lie could not resist the pleasure of naming some two or three with whom he had the privilege of being person ally acquainted. First and foremost, he would name their excellent Chairman—(applause)--than whom he. did not believe that any man in England had done more for the cause, than Ms. Laird had. e had not only shown the utmost . zeal arid energy in H the cause, but by had thrown into it great practical ability and that administrative 'talent which characterises all that he undertakes ; and it was owing to this that he attributed the fact that the volunteer movement is thriving m ore in that district th an perhaps in' any other ,of the same area in England. Next to the Chairman, he" must allude to his friend •Colonel King, (Applause.) He; had enthusiasm enough to infect a whole county, - and tie (the speaker). heartily wished that every county in England had one or two like him. When he saw Colonel King in .that very soldi er -lik e dress, and his 'walking aboUt Wimbledon Common with his rifle like a man who knew how to use it, he thought lie was equal to ever so many pressed men. He won dered why Capt. Styles didn't take him up for a Gari baldian ; but we could not spare men like him, and he 'hoped that it would be a long time before such men were required to defend our homes. The only other name he would mention was that of Captain Ceded, Who had also done much fir the cluse in that neigh bourhood.. There was just one other subject which he had very much at heart, and upon which he wished to speak. He dare say that many of them had read, in the account of the Volunteer review. at York, the speech of 'the Under Secretary of War, Earl de Grey and Ripon. They all knew him to be one of the warmest advocatesm of this t'olunteer movement; and the bur den of his speech upon that occasion was to, enforce upon som thee, vo l un t e ers the necessity of economy.. From conversations Which he (Colonel Wilbraham) g atan)rlciel VietVietwith their chairman , h e knew that e g Earl de Grey upon th t suhj eet, and Earl De Grey appeared' to think that linen economy depended the question, not mere ly of the efficiency, but also of the permanency of movement. Every well-wisher of the cause saw with regret the expenses into which some cops have allowed th em selves to he harried, and if it was to be continued we would probably be deprived of some of the best men. He knew that some of the reviews we Lave had have - been expensive, but they had , also had a goo& effect. They had excited the members to activity,. which was necessary at first; but he hoped' they wouldi not now need such excitement. In Birkenhead, where• they had set such an excellent example in other respects: he hoped they would set an example in econotnralso.. He quite agreed with Mr. Laird in thinking that these , rifle matches were the most likely means of mating the inbirement apermanent one. Hebelieved that rifle shooting would become a favourite national pastime like cricket, lotily that inasmuch as besides besides being in itself a most interesting amusement, it combines with this the great advantage of being a means of defence. But even here he would be very sorry to think that it was neces sary for us to have costly prizes to shoot for. He thought that such a feeling would do harm rather than good, for in some parts of England many people would gladly give their £5 or £lO, but they are deterred by the £5O and Lip° which are given by others. If the money value of the , prize was to be considered before the honour of getting it, it might do harm even to themselves. For his own part he felt sure that to gain a really good prize-rifle to shoot with, and to wear a distinctive medal, ought to be enou gh to satisfy the ambition of any volunteer who d ileserved that name. He hoped that in future meetings7hey would be able to devise some mode of effecting the object they had in view, namely, that of increasing the general efficiency of the shooters, and not merely finding out the best shot. He would only add that in distributing these prizes, although he should sincerely congratulate the successful candidates on the very handsome prizes they had so fairly and so skilfully won, he hoped they would not be offended by his expressing a wish that next year they would have a larger number of competitors, and that the prizes of next year would reward the persever ing efforts of those volunteers whose names are still unknown to fame. The prizes were then distributed. The following list shows the nature of the gifts, the givers, and receivers : 300 500 600 yds. VOLUNTEERS' PRIZES, AT RANGES A, B, C. Prize. Given by. Won by. 1. Lancaster Rifle, J. Laird, Private Watson , Ist CRV. 2. Westley Richards' Rifle, J. Laird, Private Frost, 14th CIIN 3. Whitwor t h Rifle, J. Laird, Sergeant Gregory, llth CRT. 4. Cup, value £lO, R. Vvner, Sergeant Farrar, 6th CRT. 5. Plate, value £l5. R. tyncr, lieutenant Horner, 2nd CRT. 6. Wallasey prize, L2O, 3rd Cheshire BY, Sergt. Worthington, 26th CRY. 7. £25, Captain V. A. King, Private Frost, 14 CRY. 300 500 Po ALI , COMERs' PROM CHESHIRE PRIZES, AT RANGES A, B, C. 8. Field gl ass, value £5, Committee 10. 9. Cup,Cnp v v a al l u u e e £ Ls lo , , C c o o n E. R. Goulbourn. 1121.. Colt's Cup, valu e Re,. £ l, l e o r , J. m im mi itte tte e e', C E . B . C l . l' B l u st xt C on i 7j . un. £l5, G . F a .T e r , a : P s . J. e , rgt C . o il lli oli nge et4 l 3 4 r t d h C C A RT. . 13. Whitworth Rifle, J. Laird, E. C. Buxton, jun 14. Plate, value £25, S. L e d ward, E. R. Coalbourn. VoLtxrxr.ns' PRIZES, AT RANGES / B , 7 ir, F. Yds. 15. Cup, value £lO, Sir P. M. de G. Egerton, MP, Private E. Wakefield, 6th CRY. 16. £lO, Captain H. M. Edwards, Private J. Brierle y, Ist CRY. 17. 25 guineas, J. R. Shaw, Private C. R. wap Co , 6th CRY. 18. Magistrates prize of £5O and ornament, value £lO 10s. Magistrates of Wirral and Hon. Lady (lust, Private G. Frost, 14th CRY. Mr. G. F. TRAIN presented the prize mentioned in the above list. He was very enthusiastically received by the audience. He said that the other day, when speaking on the subject, he jocularly remarked that he never gave any thing to this sort of thing unless it was going to be published in all the papers that he had done so. Shortly afterwards he received a note from Mr. Laird stating that, if he would give a prize, the fact of his doing so should have the fullest publicity. (Laughter.) He decided, accordingly, to give a Colt's revolver. He expressed his belief in the greatness of the volunteer movement, and though that nothing we had done in the present century was equal to it. After the presentation, Mr. John Laird entertained the successful competitors with a luncheon, provided at the Monk's Ferry Hotel. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--SATURDAT. (Before Messrs. BOOTH and CasTELLAnc.) AN AWFUL RUFFIAN. William Shone, a labourer, residing in Pall Mall, was charged with having committed a murderous assault upon a boy named William Sappo, aged about ten years. The lad had his head bound up. and was all besmeared with blood, and appeared to be much injured. He stat e d that he was in Sir Thomas's buildings, going of a message for his mother, when the pri soner came up to him, and without any provocation, caught him by the legs and dashed his head against the flags, flung him down, and kicked him in the side. Another boy stated that he.saw the outrage committed. Surgeon Sheppard said the boy was dangerously injured; he h d a contused wound on the :forehead, 4 inches long down to the bone, and taco nation of the membranes; it was about the worst contusion he had seen. The prisoner, in reply to the court, said that the boy was throwing stones at him, but this was denied, and the prisoner was remanded until the result of the wound could be ascertained, PLUNDER OF LARD. William Unsworth, a person employed in the lard refining establishment of Messrs. Irving and Sons, Duke-street, was lfriiiiilit — iiTbrfietective - officers Laycock and Patrick on is charge of having stolen a quantity of lard belonging to the firm; and Daniel Duffey, described as a "waste-dealer," in Stockdale-street, was charged with having received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The officers received infor mation that Unsworth was in the habit of taking out lard, and selling It to Duffy. They kept an eye on the place ; and on Friday, at dinner time, they watched Unsworth from the stores into a passage in Seel-street, where they saw Duffy waiting for him with a bag. Unsworth took a quantity of bladdered lard from about his person, and put it into a bag that Duffy held, and then they went into the passage and arrested both prisoners. Unsworth then said that Duffy induced him to steal the lard from his employers, and that he had been receiv- The lard is orth 9d. a p oun d, an d D a ff y ing lard from him in this w ay twice a week for the last five months Past. bought it for 2d. a pound from Unsworth ; there were 231bs. in the present instance, and, besides what was put into Duffy's bag, five bladders were found on Unsworth, inside his stop. In Duffes house, in Stockdale-street, the officers got a quantity of lard, sugar, bacon, cheese, and coffee, for which he could not account. It was stated that he used to send things or this sort to Ireland. A gentleman from Messrs. Irvings' said Uns worth was in their employment nearly twelve years, off and on, and 'they had never any suspicion of hie honesty until lately, waen they had received private information. The pri soners were sent for trial at the sessions. Mr. Parker, for Duffy, asked would bail be taken for him, but it was declined. THE PRANKS OF A DOCTOR. A large man, with a great quantity of hair about his face, who gave the name of Edward Thompson, but whose real name was said to be Himes, a doctor, lodging at the Brunswick Hotel, was, charged with having assaulted a girl named Margaret Goulding,. It appeased that about half-past six the previous evening lie was in Bold-street, and he evidently had taken too much beer, and was observed by police-officer 846 playing cer tain gambols about the footway; he tvas told that he had in sulted two ladies, and, on watching him, he saw him strike the complainant on the bonnet with his cane. The girl said the prisoner used an improper expression towards her, and then struck her on the bonnet, but did not hust her. Mr. Bluck, for the prisoner, pleaded " dining out, and too much -wine." The prisoner was tined 5s and costs. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, William Itarrowsmith, a labourer, residing in Edge-lane, was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, his leg having been broken by a bale of cotton falling on him from a warehouse in Dickson-street. NARROW _, ESCAPE.—On Saturday, a female lunatic, brought by her husband to the County Magistrates' court for conveyance to a lunatic asylum, attempted to jump over the railings on the steps leading to the court, but was prevented by P. C. Mooney. But for his inter ference, death would have been certain. VOUBDEN.—Vousden maintains his popularity in the face of great operatic and histrionic attractions. Clayton hall is nightly, crowded. All things, however, have a termination; and Vousden's engagements compel him to leave Liverpool two weeks hence. In a fortnight he enters on a season at Manchester. A MAN KILLED ON IRE BLACKWALL RAILWAY.— A little after three o'clock last Friday afternoon, a car penter, named Heavingham, who was crossing the line between the Shadweli and Stepney stations, wasinocked dowti by a train, and so injured that he died in a few hours. TILE LITERARY ARATEURS.—Our readers should be made aware that the new volume of the Welcome Guest (price 5s 6d. ready October 1), contains contributions from all the literary celebrities who are so generonsly performing in aid of the Brough Memmial Fund. Robert Brough (for whose family the fund is being raised) was editor of the • Welcome Guest, front the pages of which his exquisite romance of "Miss Brown," and other charming tales, stories, and essays, in prose and in verse, have just been reprinted. Price 2s. Our readers have only to send their address to D. 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