The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF PLYMOUTH.

it is stated that Mr. George Moffatt, formerly
M.P. for Ashburton and Dartmouth, will be
brought forward as a Liberal candidate on the
occasion of the next election for Plymouth.

The works at Cherbourg are being prosecuted
'with the greatest activity.
The statement by Lord John Russell, last even-
ing, that the British Government do not concur
in the attempt to gain admission for Spain to the
ranks of a first-rate Power, gave great satisfac-
tion in the city.
The decision, last night, on the Galway Mail
Subsidy, is in accordance with the general desire
to see the Government invariably take a stand on
the unequivocal fulfilment of every absolute or
implied bargain at any time entered into.
Trade assignees were chosen, yesterday, under
the bankruptcy of Messrs. Hooper and Parkin-
Son, hide factors, and of Messrs. Daunt and
,Wilson, bill brokers, whose liabilities were stated
at :C121,442.
Immezliately on the arrival of General
Goyon in Parik he received a telegram, command-
ing his presence at the camp at Chalons, where
he had an interview with the Emperor. It is
now rumoured that he will return to Rome by
the end of the month.

The prospectus of the Volunteers' Assurance
Friendly Society is in circulation. The object is
to raise a fund by &mations from the public, and
by contributions of 10s. 6d. per awl= each from
volunteers, to be devoted to giving compensation
to the relatives of volunteers vvho meet their death
while on duty. Compensation for accidents
incurred while on duty is also to enter into the
"rapany's programme. Reference is made in
,the prospectus to the serious aceidento which
'lave already taken place. The names of some
influential gentlemen, including the Duke of
Wellington, are put forward as patrons.

AFRICAN MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATHENIAN. - LOSS OF

THE STEAMER GANGES.
The ,royal mail steamer Athenian arrived in
the Mersey at 8.45 a.m. on Saturday last, with
forty passengers, 1,728 ounces of gold, and a
Jeneral cargo. Her dates are—Fernando Po,
une 28; Cameroons, ; Old Calabar, July 2;
Brap, 6; Bonny and New Calabar, 6; Benin, 8;
-Tun, 8; Lagos, 10; Accra, 1.2; Capp Coast Castle,
14; Cape Palmas, 16; Sierra Leone, 21; Bathurst,
Teneriffe, .31; and Madeira, August 2.
The Oriental Inland Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steamer Ganges, built by Mr. John Laird,
of Birkenhead, for the Indian rivers, foundered
at_ sea on the 29th July, in lat. 35 N., lon. 14 W.
The captain, .chief engineer, carpenter, steward,
and six seamen are missing. No apprehensions,
however, are entertained for their safety, as the
Weather was moderate, and they bad plenty of
provisions in the boat with them. Ile rest of the
,crew arrived at Madeira in boats:
Trade is improving at Fernando Po. The
'health of the island is good.
At Cameroons the trade is quiet.
The war at Lagos between the natives is not
ended. The palm oil season is dull ; 15,600
shipped from south coast during April and May.

Success has not attended the attempt to introduce
salmon ova into Australia. Owing to rough weather in
the Channel, and to a deficiency of ice, the ova perished ;
but, from the length of time they lived, th.ere is every
reason to be sanguine that another experiment will
succeed.
AN UNsoPHISTICATED ABIGAIL.—A notable lady
(of Edinbugh, I suppose) had long been annoyed and
fretted by her own town servants, and being no longer
able to bear their manifold tricks and malpractices, she
intimated to her friends her purpose of getting an un-
sophisticated girl from the country, who she could train
to her mind; and she was fortunate enough In securing
a Young woman from a remote corner in the land, and
thoroughly recommended for activity, honesty, and good
nature. How the process of training went on, you
having seen something very wonderful going on in the
ei.et, in a tone of " unsophisticated" familiarity, called
to
......,°,9?-.mistress, "Eh, woman ! come here and see this."
‘,4 Torun! Do you presume to call me woman ?”
spel.i.!, you are no a woman, what are Te Are ye a
• —Clasah's Dean Ramsey's RemiOeences,

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.

The Royal mail steamer Africa, Captain
Shannon, arrived in the Mersey last evening,
at six o'clock. All mails, with the exception of
Liverpool, were landed at Queenstown at mid-
night on Saturday. She brings $428,012 specie,
and dates to the Ist inst. The steamers Bohemia;
Saxonia, Prince Albert, and City of Washington
had arrived out. The sailing of the Atlantic
Company's steamer Connaught was postponed
till the ith inst., when the repairs to her machi-
nery will be thoroughly completed. The City of
Washington struck an iceberg off Cape of Good
Hope, but sustained no damage.
The Royal squadron conveying the Prince of
Wales arrived at Halifax on the morning of the
30th ult., and about noon the Prince and suite
entered amidst booming of cannon. The most
enthusiastic demonstration on the part of the
people was evinced. On the 31st ult. he reviewed
the troops in the morning, and after partaking of
a lunch at the Government House, his suite weht
to see the rustic sports that had been got up in
his honour. There was a general holiday in
Halifax during two days.
The Great Eastern went on her promised trip

to Cape May on the 30th ult., and took over
2,000 excursionists. She was to return to New
York on the evening of the 31st ult.
Washington despatches mention a rumour that
there is a well organised movement in several of
the Southern States, looking to a dissolution of
the Union on the plan promulgated by Mr. Keitt.
It is alleged that agents are already gone abroad
to ascertain what course England and France will
pursue in the event of the establishment of a
Southern Confederacy.