The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-16 00:00:00

•,7841ileasishen.,they had np opportunity of reply. It the pre-
sent difficulty; the firsTthing"done was to seitidicir troops from'
Australia.
_ !Cir. KINGLAIZE then withdrew hts question respecting the
-con3 'article of the Treaty of Paris. - • - - -
Lord Jonx-Ittsssi.r. stated tbatlong,er time had been granted
'to the Commissioners for the arrangement of the changes frorci
,ad valorem to specific duties. -
Msesis, referring to the 'question previously asked
zesneciing the removal of Irish paupers, earnestly enjoined
upon the t;overninent the necessity of bringing in without
delay some measure to remedy the present abominable state of
the law on this point.
Colonel DrvN inquired when the newlarge steamboats which
had been promised were to be put on the line between Ffoly-
_
head and Dublin. • •
Mr. LEvy Said the new boats were expected to be ready by
'the Ist of August.
Mr. DISRAELI regretted to find no hopes held out
,of any
immediate amendment of the law effecting the removal of
Trish paupers. Much cruelty was Practised toccatas those
'unfOrttinate persons, especially- by the authorities bf the
Ntelropelitan. parishes. •
In the course of a conversation which followed,
•, The HOME Ssensvairs promised to Institute some enquiries
respecting the treatment which, it was alleged that an Ifish
Pativer, named Parker, had received from the metropolitan . _
magistrates. --
The motion for adjournmeirt-till Monday Was agretel to.

Colonel LiNnsiv moved that an ho able address be presented
Fo lier-,vlajeStg, praying-that the will be graciously pinged to
reconsider the 11th chus3 of the army medical warrant of
• October; 1.618,- as'far'as relat,.7 to its retrospective application
to the medical officers at that time serving in *the riyiks:
affereted, having doe regard to the efficiency of the public ser-
vice. Tinder the operation of this warrant, the honourable and
*Omit member contended that many medical officers sus-,
tainedlaarsh and unjust treatment, especially in the matter of
'retirements.

Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT explai led • and • justified the warrant,
Inlpoking the Motion.
After. a kvi words, from Colonel Dickson, the motion was
•41‘ithdrawn.
Mr. BrTT moved for have to bring in a bill to amend ant
declare the law relating to votes to be given to a disqualified
.4ealididate parliamentary elections. _ _
'The motion was agreed to, and leave given.
The order of the tlay for the second reading of the Selling
Azd Hawking Goodson Sunday Bill ha-iirig beet. read,
Mr. D. Si:Y*ora interposed on a question or privilege. This
kill originated in the Lords, but contained a clause respecting
'.Penalties, which he maintained related to money, and the
measure ought 'therefore, in atcordance with the privilege of.
the House of Commons, to have originated inthat tiouse.
Mr. BRIGHT. suggested that the decision of a question .of
such nicety ought not to be 'precipitately pronounced. He
~Moved that the order should be adjourned. "
- After some conversation, and :a brief remonstrance from
lord R. Montagne, who hat the carriage of the measure, the`
?proposal was adopted, and the bill adjourned for a fortnight.
The Tithe Commutation Bill passed throUgh committee.
• The Law of Property Bill was considered as amended, and
ordered to stand over for the third reading.

On the motion for going into committee on the Tenure and
11,1Provement of Land (Ireland) Bill,
ILLES.UtD urged various objections to the details of the
measure, and the machinery by winch it was to be trsrkcd.
Colonel Gaavir.te approved of the bill on the Whele, though
'confessing that it did not go so far as he wished. He thanked
the Governmentrfor attempting to legislate on the subject of
tenant-right, and was willing to aid them in carrying this
ineasure.

Mr. Maguire and Mr. Butt also supported the bill. '
Mr. V. SCIILLY found no good in the'measure he compared
It to a bread pill, calculated to dO neither good nor harm.

The House went into committee on the bill.- Soms progress
having beta made with the clauses, the Chairman was ordered
to report progress. .
The remaining business was disposed of, and the House
Itottrned at one o'clock.

THE NATIONAL DEFENCES :
))ROPOSED ARSENAL AT BIRKENHEAD.

• The Commissioners, after approving of Cannock Chase
:As the central arsenal, proceed to say
As circumstances may occur which will render it
'expedient, in addition to this central depot, to have also
itn arsenal on the western seaboard, we availed ottrselves
`Of the opportunity afforded us by our visit to Runcorn
'to examine a spot near Birkenhead, the advantages of
'Vhicli as a site for an arsenal had been represented to us ;
d we are of opinion that should it be determined to
"41tdablish a second arsenal on the seaboard, it would be,
difftenit to find any spot combining so many advantages
as CAE."

When Woolwich arsenal was established, London
was the great port of shipments for the United King-
dom, and its proximity to the capital, and consequent
facility of communication with the administrative de-
-IPartments of the Government, rendered it peculiarly
Veil adapted-for-the purposes for which it was designed.
'Since that time circumstances have materially altered,
and Liverpool competes with London not only as to the
'extent of its shipping, but also with regard to the cheap-
Ines s of freights, while the facilities for communicating:
with the capital have been immensely improved by the
antroduotion of railways and the electric electraph.
Besides the duplication of our resources of production,
'annther advantage which it is assumed would be gained
`4SY the establishment of an arsenal on the Mersey would
be the facility of ingress and egress to our colonies and
-stations abroad with comparatively little danger of
interruption by an enemy's cruisers. In this respect
Wciolwich is very unfavourably situated ; the difficulty
that was experienced during the last war with France,
in passing vessels in safety down the Channel, will be
Winch increased in-future wars, owing to the introduc-
tion of steam as. a n3otive power. . .
The dangers-would, in a great degree, be avoided at
Liverpool. It is so situated that it could hardly be
blockaded; and as vessels once at sea can either shape
tueir course round rue norm of Ireland
George's Channel, the danger of capture would be con-
eiderably diminished. The advantages of having an
arsenal on the western coast, as well as at Woolwich,
are too obvious to require being insisted upon ; while,
-on the other hand, there is every reason to believe,
looking at the vast amount of skilled labour available,
and the manufacturing resources in the neighbourhood
of Birkenhead, that it would equal Woolwich in cheap-
atais of production.

THE GLRIRALDI FllND.—Abort £3OO have been
remitted to Garibaldi from Edinburgh through the
raeclium prescribed by the gallant liberator.
Mr. Prince, the head of the Agapemone, was once a
boy in the surgery of a professional gentleman at Wells.
tfe afterwards contrived to get into the church.

Two more screw steamers have been built at Chat-
ham dockyard, viz. the Orpheus, 21, which is ordered to
lbe launched on Saturday, 23rd inst., and the Atlas, 91,
'which will be ready to be launched in the course of a
Ityv weeks

PRCfPOSED RAILWAY BETWEEN BEATTOCK AND
liorrwr.—Mr. Miller, C.E., Edinburgh, visited Moffat
en Monday last, and surveyed the proposed line of rail-
'Way /between Beattock and Moffat. Mr. Miller coll-
./016n that such a line would be very easy of formation,
4liatat• the estimated cost of £7,000. Moffat Times.

A man named Strange, suspected of burglary in
`Gloucestershire, being sought for by the police, took
-refuge in the chimney of his sister's house. When the
`chimney pot was removed, his head was seen six feet
from the top. The threat of a cold shower bath did not
stove him, but the ignition of some brown paper at the
Itottom soon brought him down.
VALUE or ZINC.—A Belgian named' Stip-heen, of
Ghent, has made a discovery which may be of some
utility ; it is that the rusting of nails employed to fasten
the branches of fruit trees to walls, can be prevented by
'knocking into the wall at the same time as the nail a
small piece of zinc. In giving a few days ago an account
.of his discovery to the Agricultural Society of Ghent, M.
litipheen produced nails which had been eight days in,
-walls in contact with a pieCe of zinc, and which were
not at all rusty.

At the last monthly meeting of the Propagation
ISocietijr, two intelligent-looking boys, `sons of the late
Bev. M. 'Haycock, who was the society's missionary
at Ca,wnpore, who was murdered in the mutiny, were
'introduced to the board by the secretary, the Rev.
Z. Hawkins. They had just arrived from India, and
'Were brought to-Mr. Hawkins' house. They are consi-
dered as the adopted 'children of the society. The sum
sum of £5O was voted for immediate expenses on their'
behalf.'
AN. ACCOMPLISHED FEMALE SWINDLER. THE
EERRWDEST TRICK ON RECORD. Lately, a well-
'dressed female alighted from a carriage in front of one.
'43f the largest and most fashionable dry goods houses on
Vourth-street, and, entering the establishment, asked to
be shown 'some shawls. After looking over the stock
she selected one worth $4O, handing the salesman in
Payment $lOO bill, of the genuineness of which the
'cashier expressed some doubt, and submitted it to
U expert in such matters, who pronounced it
perfectly good. The change was then handed to
'the customer, when she pointed out some blemish in the
shawl, which had not previously been observed, and
declined to take it, demanding the return of her money,
"Ishich was done, and the bill once more placed in her
teat little portemonnaie, from which it had but a
*lints before been extracted. The attentive attache,
somewhat • disappointed at missing the sale, politely
Insisted upon her again looking over the stock, telling
ler he did not doubt she could be suited, and.regrettiug
that had not a duplicate of the one she had first
:choisen. She readily consented, seeming desirous of,
taking a purchase, but after once more examining the
-assortment, concluded that none would answer her pur-
Nee. When about to leave she offered the salesmean
thirty-three dollars for her first selection, which, owing
le the blemish, he thought best to accept, notwithstand-
ing a rule of the house that no goods should be marked
down. The shawl was then neatly enveloped, the $lOO
bill again brought forth, and the change carefully put
away, - when the lady'stepped into the carriage and was,
rapidiy driven away. A few hours later, when the cashier
Went to the bank, he was surprised to learn that ,the
hundred-dollar bill was a counterfeit. The truth flashed
upon him in an instant. The lady had given the sales-
man a genuine bill the first time, and afterwards substi-
tuted for it the counterfeit. She is an entire stranger,
has not been seen since, and probably never will be again,
at least in that establishment —Cincinnati Enquirer.,

Rettoway's Prt.i.s.—General debility, low spirits, and
bervous irritation are the consequences of dyspepsia or indi-
erestion. The pills soon give tone to the stomach, renovate
the digestive powers, purify the blood, and give strength to.
the whole system. Sluggishness of the body and depression
cf the mind are succeeded by a cheerful activity of the physical
',lnd mental functions. Indigestion is the parent of so many
and is so common, so almost universal a complaint, that
" is a great blessing that• such a remedy as this invaluable
Illsdicine should have been discovered. No one need long
SUfter from indigntion with Woe pills at hand. -