The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-27 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Paris correspondent of the -7Vmes
alluding
lo the attempt of Victor Emmanuel to obtain an
•armistice, says Garibaldi is not a man to retrace
his steps, and. it is- generally believed that the
King of Naples Will, before many weeks pass by,
haveincreased. the list of exiled Italian princes.
Now that -Messina is evacuated, it is not:likely.
that Garibaldi has taken expeditionary force to
that place.

NAPLES A' NI) GARIBALDL
The Poses Paris . telegram asserts, that the
Sardillian Government has consented to support,-
by its influence with Gitribaldi, the proposal for a
fix months' truce between Naples and him.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
A report to the Directors of the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company from. Mr. Varley, the electrician
of the expedition fOr attempting to raise the
cable, shows that the effort'has proved fruitless.
At different times, by hand.hauling—, pieces of
Cable were got on board: k sinall lengths,
amounting in all to seven miles ; but 'the cable
invariably broke again a few miles
,was
necessary, at last, to abandon !49. attempt. The
report says the iron wires many Places Often
appeared sound,. but on minute inaPectipa were
found eaten away and rotten.. The:sewing was
also decayed. The gutta percha and4Opper wire
are in as good condition as when- -laid- down.'
Those portions of the recovered cable-that were
wrapped with tarred yarn were sound, the tar
And hemp having preserved the iron wires bright
and free from rust. - .

Yesterday the Rev. Bryan King left his parish
for a twelve months' tour on the Continent.
The steamer sailing with the. Bombay mail
to-morrow will - take only. £7,000 -in gold and
:.-F-35,000 in silver..
Adricess-from Paris state that a firm at Gran-.
.ville, in the hide and leather trade, has failed,
with liabilities to-the-amount of L 120,000;
The Chronicle says that,:.aecording to a report
which is very generally Current, any difficulty
`which seemed-to interfere With Mr. Gladstone's
remaining in the Cabinet has been overruled.
Government has decided- upon despatching
complete sets of telegraph apparatus to China,
with the wires necessary for about 30 miles of
telegraph, Which will be laid down in the dLittricts
occupied by British forces.

The Ayre was lying in the floating harbour of Bristol,
laden with coal.' On Sunday night, two sons of the
Captain went into the cabin, and one struck a match to
to procure a light. Gaseous vapour from the coal, which
had accumulated in the cabin, exploded and blew up the
deck over the cabin. The boys were seriously hurt.
MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHB.--Arl inquest was held
et St. Thomas's, Exeter, on Tuesday, before Mr: It. R.
Crosse, coroner, on the bodies of William True, a mid-
, dle aged man, and George Western, a lad of tea years of
age. The facts adduced were of a most distressing eha-
'etor, • The deceased lad and his two brothers were
Playing on the banks of the Exeter canal, when one' of
them fell into the water; another, in endeavouring
to rescue him, also fell in, and the third was so fright-
. tied at seeing his two brothers struggling in the water
that
he did not know where he was going, and actually
'calked into the canal. True, the deceased, who had seen a
:°od deal of service as a soldier in India, had obtained
1511d1, and had since been six years a sergeant in the
on Militia, seeing the lads in the water, instantly
pain in .
plunged with his clothes on. One of the boys clung
to him, climbed
the
Si
on his back, and, reaching a plank by
de of the canal, managed to get on shore safely.
end fie' however, sunk in his efforts to save the other two,
although he was notunder h
Water wore an tthree
minutes before he was rescued, he died
two hours after-
Wards. One lads was also of the drowned. We regret
to state that Trn
Y t: has left a wife now enceinte, and five
oung children
Exeter are dawntally unprovided for. The citizens of
l a subscription for them,

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS. -YESTMRDA.Y.

The Pris.nr...s. (Scotland), the Tenure and Improvement of
Land (Ireland), the Postage, Army and Navy, the Party
Emblem (Ireland), and the Highways Rates Continuance,
Bills were read a second time.
The• Titles to Land (Scotland) Act Amendment, the Queen's
Prison, the Herring Fisheries (Scotland), and the Felony add
:Misdemeanour,-Bills were read a third tithe and passed. The
Census (Ireland), the Census (England), the Tithe Commuta-
tion, and the Oxford University Bills were read a third time
and passed. •
The Earl of CARNARNQN nailed attcntisn to the deplorable
state of the eohvicts at Bermuda, set forth in the statements
Of her Majesty's chaplain in the island, and trusted that a
sepiching imintry would be ordered by the Government.
Firl GRANVILLE said that an inquiry was now in progress,
and on its conclusion the Government would indicate the
course they proposed to adopt.
Replying to a question from Earl Fortescue,
Lord DE GREY earn Itiror stated that the Government had
it in consideration to grant an increased allowance to adjutants
in volunteer e-ips ; but did not propose to make any grants for
the payment of permanent sergeants, except in the care of
those corps of mounted volunteers whose numbers were not
sufficient to require the services of an adjutant. The present
number of volunteers enlisted was 130,000 men.
Lord VP-lAN feared that if the Government did„ not act more
liberally they would les2 before long tie -kreher part of.the
existing
volunteers. xis suggested that the volunteers should
belividedinte taro clashes, One Of wkich should be arnicd and
equipped at the expen,e of the country.
The Earl of Ih.rENao.aocou proposed that a rate of id. in
the pound should be levied at the discretion of the justices of
the peace upon the different districts, in order to pay for adju-
tants, and other training expenses for the volunteers. Private
subscriptions could not, be believed, be relied upon perma-
nently to make sufficient provision for this purpose.
After some remarks from Lord liardinge and Lord Melville,
Earl GRANVILLV maintained that it would be most destruc-
tive to the spirit of the volunteer movement to deprive it of its
voluntary character. •
The subj2et then dropped, and their Lordships acljotitied st
thirty-live minutes past eight.
. HOUSE OF CO.AMONS.—YESTERDAY.

1 An the mOrrfintaliting of the House of Commons the Militia
IBill Was read a third time and pas.cd.
The Gas (Metropolis) and Ecclesiastical Court Bills passed
through committee.
In the evening sitting the Gas (Metropolis) Bill was read a
third time and pawed.
Mr. Beioirr gave noticc'that, on Monday, when the question
of the national defence came before the House, be
niers as an amendment a resolution to the effect that, having
a regard to the £M,900,000, which suit the house has either
voted, or is prepared to yete, .fir our military and naval
expedition, and likewise to the sum of £3,890,000 to be voted
for the Chines-e expedition, having regard to the large
expendittre the House would postpone the consideration of
our Sational defence till a future period. - •
The CHANcELLon of the EXCHEQUER stated that he should
bring forward the Paper Duties Bill en Monday week.
In reply to Mr. Bright,
The right hon. gentleman stated that ite inereate of the
spirit duties, as proposed, was a P...riiiinent impost, and not
Subject to the annual revision Of Parliament.
Mr. Gxrgeer* asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs Whether any proposition had been made to her Ma-
jesty's 'government by the special envoy of the Neapolitan
government, lately arrived here, that the English government
should join with the other Towers in imposing and elifercing,
by the means at their command, an armistice for six months
between the Neapolitan government and the Sicilian govern-
ment under Garibaldi ; and whether her Majeati'Sio'VeAment,
have any intention of entertaining Any such Proposition.
Lord J. RUSELL said thats before answering the question,
he would complete his answer to a question en the Caine sub-
ject made en a previous occasion. The Aide-de-Camp to
Garibaldi front the King of Sardinia bore a message proposing
a truce with the Neapolitan force, and begging Garibaldi tot •
to /take any attack on the mainland. This niusagt teat is
perfect accordance with the views of ter !!4:etty's Govern-
ment. In reply to the immediate dilution, the Neapolitan
Government-had requested tls mediation of Great Britain for
the purpose of etepping the progress of Garibaldi, on the con-
dition that, if Garibaldi refused, the forces of France and
England should be used to compel him to that proposition
Her Majesty's Government had declined to mete.
Lord PALMERSTON amidst some arnutenient moved that on
all Tuesdays during the session, after the nex.t.Government,
orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion.
Mr. B. Ditaaata Would not throw any difficulty in the way
of the GoverstMent, but, in return,. thought that the Govern-
ment should chew itself more ready than it had done in facili-
tating the CIiSCUSEIOa of public measures. The delay 6f the
Paper Duty Bit!, especially, would cause scriciiitinconvenience.
He suggested that next Tuesday should be a Government night,
and the bill then introduced'.
Sir Mr To Fanti.t.th, Could only account for the delay in
bringing forward the bill either by serious dissensions in the
Cabinet, br grave complications with France.
Other speakers declared their inability to understand why a
bill of such importance was s'.elayed till the attendance of a WI
house was impossible.
Lord PALMERSTON said that in the face. of so many and each
conflicting opinions, he thaald adhere to hit orlenil propo-
sition.
Further discussion on the hilsiliesa of the House having
ensued,

Sir PAit,x,tiey protc,sted in his turn against the delay of
Paper Diity Bill, which looked as if the Government was wait-
ing till the-Conservatives had left town.
The CHA.!;CLLLOR. of the Excaz2.,...-tp said that an tinTrezen
evening ought to ho devoted to the diecusti-,n of. the bill ; and
that Could not be secured bofore the day proposed, until which
they could not be sure that the lib je.ct of fortifications would
be disposed cf.

After seine fikither debate the notice of Lord Palmerston's
was agreed to.
1n thn
European Force
oti,tir, that thr into 1,1,11,11i.mta f.ga ei•••
(India) Bill,
Mr. HENNESSY moved that it ba an instruction to the com-
mittee that the half of all vacancies to he filled up in the
ranks of the European commissioned officers of her Majesty's
line or local troops, serving in India, be allotted to the sons or
orphans of officers, line or lout, ot• the hen& or orphans of her
Majesty's civil service of India, Who have served in India, and
who shall hare passed the prescribed examination; and that
the remaining vacancies be filled up by open competition---the
successful competitor to pass through one of the royal military
colleges.
The motion was seconded by Sir J. Elphinstone.
Mr. S. HERBERT submitted that the proposition of the hon.
member would neither benefit to any extent the persons whom
he wished tofavour, nor the Indian army itstlf. A proportion
of commissions without purchase was already alidtted, as a
matter of right, to the orphans of officeiS and civil servants
who had served in India. It was rlO advantage to any but the
rich to give them the priVilege of purchasing commissions.
He objected to liMit the grant of commissions to any particular
class bn any pretext, upon the principle that the officers were
made for the army, and not the army for the officers.
Colonel Sykes, Sir De Laey Evans, and Sir E. Colbroolte,
supported the resolution.

After a few words from Sir C. Wood, tha Donee divided, and
the resolution negatived by a majority of 73 to 15.
Sir JAmes ELPHINSTONE moved that it be an instruction to
the committee that they have power to make pYOvision for the
futaire regulation, discipline, and iiatmnage of the European
forces serving in firlia. th'e ton. Member entered at much
length. into details respecting the management and discipline
of the Indian artay, citing passages from the minutes of Sir J.
Willotighby inA Sir James Anderson, and opposing the pro-
poaals for amalgamating the two armies.
Sir De LACY EvANs seconded the motion, and commented
upon the loose and reckless manner in which Indian questions
were discussed in the House, and settled by the Government.
Sir SIINTO FArieunAn defended the conduct of the Company's
English soldiers, who bad demanded re.Lenlistment on being
transferred to the' Queen's service. It was absurd and mon-
strous to term their proceedings mutiny, or rite them as justi-
refg the introductio4 of the bill before the House. He
ended the resolution.
Mr. ROEBUCK moved the adjournment of the debate.
Lord PALMERSTON assented, observing that the 'Ministry
attached great importance to the bill, and hinted that their
patience was inexhaustible, and that they were ready to sit till
Christmas. •

Mr. HORSMAN inquired why the present bill was considered
more important than those the Government had already ah
doned. Whom *as it to please Whatinterest w£ls it intended
to serve '!

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Mr. M. .IILNES belieVed that the hon. members did not
understand the subject on which they were called upon to
decide. Long study would he required to enable them to arrive
at any clear comprehension, and the more they.knew of the
proposed measure, the less he thought they wantedit.
Mr. J. B. B,irrn, concurring in this opinion, recommended
the postponement of the bill to another session.
After a few words from Colonel Sykes and }lr. Yewdegate,
the debate was adjourned until this (Friday) evening.
The East India Stock Transfer Bill 'was read a second time
and committed pro forma, in order to its being reprinted with
amendments. The Senior Members of Council Bill was also
read a second time, as was the Superanuation Act Amendment
The order for the committal of the Theatre and Public•
houses Bill was discharged, and• the bill withdrawn.
Other bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned
at ;s quarter past two.

_ .
EXHIBITION OF MR. BAXTER'S OIL-.
PRINTS, AT THE QUEEN'S HALL, WAD-
STREtT.

Bave
colour, h for
books mr. attey,
imitation of pictures, by rinting in oil,
lishment of borns
Prints have I:)antty years been 'lli attractive embel-
rnamental boxes, &c. and latterly
large
be ramed and linter produced by the same process, to
Baxter is retiring froniupb as decorations for walls. Mr.
getting rid of the remainnsiness ; and, with the view of
disposdeeff of his stock, has sent them
dowr. lam, to be
ensuing week. There Was aof by auction during the
The will be morning
and another in the ev,ning. silo yesterday morning,
sales, beginning at two o'clock
purchasers—historical
mencing at seven, every day tin nextvetiAg talts com-
Dogs of St. rnard, from Sir E.
uThursday. There
are works of all sorts, to suit all
and fancy subjects,
Landsoer, Fruit and Flowers, too
numerous to mention,
and with most of which the public are familiar, and
generally approve.

open for the*horcligious
THE RELIGION OF THE Ditr6Lay-- PIO hoMes Or
temples of the Druses are
meting every Thursday 'evening!, tie "t
business
Akkals night's business,
sunset, At the commencement of t
s are discussed
Akkals and Djakills both e.ssemble together, when the
news of the day and the prices of Crop_oB._iioa
At this period et chapter or two of the 3!..,ralieTereEberi. shoran
is read, and no objection is made even to .t t,
rule by any
present. This, however, is not a general the Druseys
means ; and it is only Eti-opeans,
worship;
particularly wish to hohour, that they would
.admit even
thus far to the outside, as it were, of their
advanced,
apii
When the evening is a little further
Diahils are obliged to withdraw, and the hewle
with an
like a Freemasons' lodge, closely tiled, or shut,
armed guard near the door to prevent all intrusions.er
becomes
At these meetings no one save the initiated are ev
present, and they often stretch far into the night,_
so much so, that I have sometimes seen the Akkals
going home from their howl& long after midnight.
Sometimes, when very important matters have to be
discussed, a second selection . takes place in the
bowies, and the younger Akkals being obliged to with-
draw, the elders— the creme de la creme, or those
initiated into the highest mysteries of the sect—remain
alone to deliberate and determine upon the future
proceedings of their fellow-religionists, or to discuss such
more advanced doctrines of their creed as are only
known to the select few. Singular to say, no form of
worship, nothing which at all cones near our ideas of
prayer, is known to be practised by the Druses. In the
large towns of Syria they will often go to the Moslem
mosques, and profess to call themselves followers of the
Prophet. But they hardly
impose, nay, they don't seem
to wish to impose, on any one by this temporary adhe-
rence to the dominant religion ; for, in order to avoid
the Sultans conscription, they have been known to '
make the sign of the cross, profess themselves Christians,
and even ask for, nay, sometimes receive the rite of
baptism ; and they acknowledge, that, according to their
creed, it is lawful to profess for a time whatever may be
the creed of the most powerful body amongst whom they
live. Moreover, they hold concealment and secrecy the
greatest virtues which a man can practice, and scruple
not to assert that a crime only becomes such on being
found out.—Once a Wet*.

DOCK BOARD.

The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday
at the Dock-offices, Canning-place ; Mr. Chas. Turner
presiding. The other members present were Messrs.
Bushell,. Rankin, Inman, Boult, Derbyshire, Ilubback,
Laird, Arnold, Shand, Rounthwaite, Smith, Segar,
Brocklebank, Mondell. For Wood, and Langton.
WORKS COM3IITI,ZE.
The proceedings of this thn4ittee included a recom-
mendation to let the laud adjoining the Canada Dock,
appropriated for casual storage of timber, at the rate of
three-eighths and three-sixteenths of a penny per square
yard per month; and that appropriated for permanent
storage at 6d. and Is. per square yard per annum—the
rates to be revised at the expiration of twelve months.
The proceedings also included a recommendation to pay
£l2O claimed by Mr. Rimmer, and awarded by the
arbitrators for damage sustained by him in consequence
of the breaking of the Leasowe culvert.
Mr. Bout thought the rates to bs charged to the
timber trade were much too low. He did not know the
value of the ground, beet it scorned to hiri that ed. per
senare yard SFr was otty making h the value of
about lUs. d yard ; and he thought there was no land
adjoining any of the docks which was not worth more
than that. They had got 10d. per yard per annum
for the land adjoining that which they were offering for
6d., and for casual occupation at a great deal less money.
Mr. Luny said that in the committee he was one of
the two who objected to the terms. He believed that
in that neighbourhood the extreme rent was something
like 45., and when the railway company applied, 2s. per
yard was demanded of theni. They objet,thd t^ ray
per yard while the timber trade Gniy paid 10d., but
after a lodg discussion it was decided that they should
not have the laud for a lower rent. He found that
Messrs. John Naylor & Co., who were bringing to the
Birkenhead Docks a valuable business, wore charged on
an average Is. per square yard per annum for land at
the extreme point. of tho ntricCnhcad estate. lie kllBl7
that the argument had been used that the timber trede,
brought a large trade to the feet 'hy whieh the dock
rates were increased, htit the timber trade had got the
land at led. and he could not see why they should favour
t&iii by allowing them to have the remainder of the land
at is per square yard, when they asked the railway com-
pany 2s, which also benefited the trade of the port. lie
opposed the recommendation oil these, grounds at the
committee, and he certainly Should vote ateast it Ch
that occasion. He bhlieved they 1;-,-ere sacrificing their
property there fn a. evay Which they ought not to do.
They lied already sacrificed it to the timber trade, for
he believed they should get their price if
.they chose to
maintain it, instead of giving way to the clamour for
further accommodation for the trade there. He should
request that the board be divided upon the matter.
Mr. DARRYSHIRE perfectly agreed with that
Boult had said upon the subject, and theeilght the timber
trade must have Softie inAdei:ce, which he had thought
they cotAd possibly have. They wanted land for
warehouses, and the land thus appropriated would be
most valuable for the purpose. He was desirous of
knowing how this land could be let for so small a sum,
and unless he received a full explanation, should vote
against the recommendation:
Mr. Br:settee else agreed with Mr. Boult, Mr.
Darbyshite, and Mr. Laird, and thought that they had
not only let this land at a low rate, but that they had
let all their land to the timber trade at a low ratb. lie
was not in the minority whet tn., ';zieL before the com-
mittee, for the simple reason that it was urged that when
they *lie allotting land to the timber trade they had
occasion to reduce the quantity in order to meet the
convenience of the Dock Board. There were 60,000
yards of land, of whieh 20,000 had been allotted et .the
former rate, but the remaining 46,60, being in a bad
condition, Was proposed to Le let at a low rate. It was
urged thlt It would be necessary at the end of twelve
months to revise the rates, so that the present was only
a temporary arrangement; and he had a full conviction
that at the expiration of the year a higher rate must be
paid, in justice, for that land,
The CHAIRMAN thought that in leohing at the
tion respecting the thither trade sonic of the members of
the Board had forgotten the difetinqthees under which
the timber trick haa gone to the north end, and the
circumstances in which the land was placed. The
timber trade paid to the port a large amount of rates,
and it was absolutely necessary that they should have a
large quantity of storage ground. Before the timber
trade went there they had a large quantity of land
at the north end which they Were not likely
to make.much use of fel- some years. They had also a
large iaaitity of water space; and by the location of
the timber trade there he, for one, expected that that
estate would derive very great advantage while the land
at the south end was released, and might be employed for
other purposes. When they had led a trade of that kind
to go to the north end of the town, under the =cote-
ram that the land would bo let to them on such terms
as they had previously paid, he did not think it Woad
be acting fairly to take portions of that land which was
necessary for their purpose, but for which they could get
an increased rental. Taking the whole of the ground
together, he did not think they could do better than
encourage the timber trade to locate themselves at that
part of the town ; for if they did anything which would
have the effect of driving the timber trade from that
place, and perhaps from the port altogether, they would
very seriously injure that estate. They Were well awake
that this was not the Only port in Great Britain, for
there were Gloucester and Hull, and other ports in the
country where the timber trade could be accommodated.
Mr. Laird had alluded to the railway company. The
railway company would not have gone there at all but
for the timber trade, and they had only gone there
because they had brought a very large trade to the
port, out of which the railway company expected to
derive an advantage; arid in which it was only right the
board Should perticipate. lie might state that the two
gentlenien (Mr. Smith and Mr. Laird) who voted in
the minority at the committee did so for very different
reasons. Mr. Laird thought the rate was too low, Mr. Smith
considered it too high. That being so, ho thought,
these two gentlemen, representing, very probably,
extreme views on the question, the cominitte had decided
rightly. Mr. Bushell had very rationally and very pro-
perly suggested that if they sledded upon these rates,
they must be revised at the end of twelve Months ; and
the majority of the committee assented to hate that
appended to the recomniendatiou. If these rates were
to be revised in twelve months, they treidd then have an I
opportunity of taying whether the circumstances were
such as would justify them in increasing or diminishing
them. He begged they would consider whether they
would let ten or fifteen thousand yards at a high rate and
whether they would do that which might have the
effect of driving the timber trade from the port. The
steam trade would not occupy the whole of that space,
and it would be scarcely keeping faith with the timber
trade if they tried to get, for a small portion of the land,
an increased rent. He therefore recommended them,
at all events, to try the matter for twelve months.
Mr. Everts protested against the constant use of the
argument that the high rents beim *Mild drive the
timber trade away from the port. He maintained that
if they doubled, or even trebled the rents Teel the
timber trade, it Would not in the slightee,, degree inter-
fere with the trade of the rrt: Ire protested against
this stalkin&-11911t being constantly iOrodliced.
If they gave the timber trade illy advantages,
they Were doing it at tee expense of the other trades.
That board.*as literally under subjection to the timber
trite, and the most fallacious arguments were constantly
held out to justify the continual aggressions. If the
railway company got the timber did they not confer an
obligation upon the timber trade by giving them the
facilities. The question was Whether they Were to
money into the timber therChants' pockets, e'r whether
they were to take it away frOM the rails. y. The timber
trade was as well title to teal it as the railway company.
He had knoMi the trade of Liverpool longer than any
of them, and knew that the Dock Board had never pre-
tended to find land for the timber trade ; but that trade
was now getting obligations assumed that were not in
existence, throwing the onus upon the trade of Liver-
pool, and getting land at one-third or ntie-fotlrlh the
value which they ought to pay for it.
Mr. roik.*O6 thoight that if they were about to let
this land or a Permanency, there would be some force
in the arguments Of 111 r. Evans, but they. ive" Cniy
letting it for twelve months and ten, if. they had
made it wrong sten, they'could put the matter on such a
footing as Itedild be satisfactory.
Z. SMITH said the question of the timber trade, as
the members of that board knew, had been a vexed
question for a long time. There *ere gentleilied it that
board who ought to know the histky of that question,
Perfectly evident that there were very few,
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the
of some twelve or fourteen years ago, in their wisdom
and foresight decided that the timber trade could not re-
main much longer at the south end of the town ; they saw
that the property at that end must be brought into play
for some other purpose, and the question was, how a
trade of such importance, then paying to the dock estate
something like £40,000, was to be provided for. They
saw that the trade had been driven from the King's
to the Queen's Dock, and from the Queen's to the Bruns-
wick Dock, and they then looked to the north end of the
town. Mr. Bramlcy-Moore was at that time chair-
man, and he, and those who acted with him, saw that
in the interest of the dock estate, it was desirable that
permanent accommodation should be provided, and that
storage-ground, as well as dock accommodation, should
be provided, for storage-ground was just as necessary to
the timber-trade as, warehouse to general produce. He,
at the same time, said that a heavy article like
timber of immense bulk could not pay enormously
extravagant rents. They went into a calculation and
declared that they could provide etronger ground at the
rate of 4d per sqiiare yard per annum. When Mr. Bram-
Icy-Moore, then chairman of the board, went down to
the Brunswick Dock to introduce Mr. Cardwell when
he was a candidate for Liverpool, on the first occasion
he made that statement. The timber trade, when they
heard that, were perfectly ituaramo'

us, and were delisyhtiA

THE DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1860.

From the proceedings of the special committee
appointed to confer with the War-office, with reference
to the defences of the port, it appeared that a letter had
been received from the War-office as to the sites to be
.surrendered, and that the committee had resolved that,
as the wall to the north of the Bootle landmarks was

now completed, the site required should be at once sur-
rendered to the mar-office; that the site of the Salis-
bui:y Dock pier be siirmidcred for it fort., iti accordance
witli the ijlati of 1658 ; that is to the SeacOmbe site
required to be given up, as it was not quite the property
of the board, it was desirable to obtain further informa-

tion with regard to the requirements of the War-office
on that proposal; and that the engineer be requested to
prepare plans in accordance with the requirements of
the War-office, as regarded tie Prince's and Harrington

piere. • •
Mr. Hubback having nioyed the coandation of the
proceedings,
• Mr. ARNOLD said it would have been as well if the
*Defenem Committee had confined themselves to resisting
the attacks of the War-office, and asked what would be
the use of the fort at the north end of the Birkenhead
Dock, where, before any vessel got within the range of
the guns, the whole town might be destroyed. All the
*MI6 on the Mersey hitherto had been gross blunders,
if licit iobg.
• ,
litr:MorruEL thought that every soldier' irlio,airde to
this• port was an injury to its commerce. He didn't

believe that a public arsenal and a private shipbuilding
yard could co-exist, for one would assuredly absorb
the.otb.er. He believed that the War7office, having the
coinmand of the public purse, the work would be with-

drawn from the dockyard. He viewed these inroads
Upon, this, estate with a great deal of suspicion. He
thought that the fort di nit Salightry. Pier would be an
impediment to the commerce. And all the forts it feints
higher up the river would be a serious detriment to the
port.

Mr. BROCKLEBINIC sapplsed that they must give up
their opinion to military men, and that, willing or not

frilitug, they mast surrender the sites.

Air. Boma thought that it would have been better to
improve the grnianients of the Rock Battery, and
rem:Axil thdt rid inentionhad been made of that.

Mr. LAIRD had no sucli feat as Mr. Arnold had
expressed with regard to a public arsenal. the Niages
of men employed in those yards were lower than of men
employed in private yards. With regard to the Sea-
combe fort, it would command the river a, long way
down ; and, besides, the War-office had decided that a

fort ahould be placed there ; and, unless very good

reasons could be shown why that place should not be
giVen iip, .they would bo compelled to surrender it, and
they bad better do so with gooii giad:
The CHAIRMAN said that there was no cinestioli of
their power to refuse to give up the sites if they liked;
but they applied to Government to assist them in the
defence bf the port. After mature deliberation, the
Government had fixed upon these sites, and it would not

do for them, as unprofessional men, to tell the Govern-
ment they did not understand their business.
Thi iiiOCcedingd 4eiii then c6nArmel
THE WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE.
Mr. BOULT then moved the motion of which he had
given notice: "That the Works Committee and the
Warehouse Committee he instructed to prepare plans

and estimates for the extension of the warehouse accom-

modation, and to report at an early date." It would,

_ -
be said, be Unnecessary for him to take up the time of
the beard by enlarging upon ilk great iieeetsit; hieh

existed for increased warehouse accommodation in Liver-

pool• The qurition was, whether it was to be provided
by that board, or by private parties? He had been
informed that private individuals would do nothing,

because they Hid been told thg tliat board intended to
increase their warehouses, on the flat 4/iortddity ; and
therefore the trade was likely to be left in its preseni

state for a long time to come.

It had been said that

they had recently had an exceptional import of cotton,
and that they were not likely to require the same amount

of accommodation for some time; hut it was reported
that the crops upon the ground were even beyond it, and
the had Stated, that they fOight look for a crop of
tire or five and a half millions dt WO.
)Lr. Hubback seconded the motion, which, after some
further discussion, was carried by ten to three, the voting

being As followAl f•—•
For.—Messrs. Arnold, Boult, Evans, Darbrshire,
Forwood, Hubback, Mondel, Rankin, Segar, and the
viirri an. joi„,/,ll.tessra, Broekkbank, Laird, and
smith.
. •
This terminated the general business of the board.

A. BOY IMPALED AT BlRKENHEAth—Yesterday a boy
of fourteen years of age, while playing about the iron
railings of Hamilton-square, accidentally got himself
impaled under the chin on the point of one of the
railings, which perforated the part so deeply that he
hung there Rif Serfs iire in drat, pdin; AO pliable to
extricate himself. having been observed and resealed,
he was taken to the hospital and bad the wound dressed,
after which he was able to walk home. The injury sus-
tained is nut considered dangerous.
WpixtiouszCOMMlTTEE.--Mr. Churchwarden Crupper
presided at the weekly meeting'of this committee yester-
day ; the ether members present were—Messrs. Peck;
Smith, Denton, Owen, and Broome. The number of
pauTierg lid* tinder niediCal treatment is 484, Against
478 hist week, having died, 148 haling been atiniitted,
and 140 cured and discharged. The total number of
paupers in the workhouse last week was 1,774 ; this
I.SIO, showing an incremo of 108 over the same
• ••
week lasi, year. The number of vagran_ rell_oVe during
the week was 172 men, 120 women, and 04 children
Tntikinta total.of. 30. This is an indicate of 18 per-
sons; as cor4pared w tali :therlastoteek..s return ; and a
decrease of s 4, as eoniparad With tli6 coireiponding:Week
last year.—The greater portion of the thriller delivired
by Mr. Kilshaw, the contractor, was of a very inferior
quality, and was rejected in consequence.-11r. Hunt,
the sehoOlmaster, was requested to send in his resigua-
tion.—There was no.pther business of importance.

FUNERAL OF THE tA.TE MR. PETER* STUBBS.—The
remains of the late Mi. Stubbs, an eminent local musi-
cian, were interred yesterday morning in St. James's .
Cemetery; at eleven o'clock, 'tThe funeral was attended
by a large number of the personal friends cif deceased,
and also others, who, though not, intimately acquainted
with Mr. Stubbs, wished to show' the respect.in which
they held his memory. Several bands accom-
panied the mournful procession, and -played appropriate
airs. Among the bands were two—the Harmonie. Band
(establiihed by Mr. Stubbs), and the Derby .Bootle
Juvenile Bind (of which Mr. Stubbs Was bandmaster
and instructor). This tribute on the part':of those 'who
have themselves been so closely conneet4l with the
deceased must have been some, though pooroconsolation
to his ffiends under the deep loss they have sustained.
When the Queen first visited Balnioral, in 1848,
there was a beautiful arch thrown over the turnpike
road at Invercanny. about two stiles from Banchory.,
On the top of each of the two pillars from which tbo-
arch,sprang was a pretty little, boy in picturesque atti.-
'tude and in Highland garb. Both were sons of Mr.
Horatio Ross, and they greeted the Queen as•she passed
through, attracted her -attention, and were afterwards
presented to her Majesty. One of these, if we mistake
not, was this Edward, the successful rifleman who has
won her Majesty's prize, and is the first rifle shooter in
•-% • . •

disaster.—We are, sir, respectfully, 'your most olndient
*Winter- !" JOHN BIBBY, Sosi, le Co.
Liverpecl. ifth MT, 1800; ; •
The committee had replied ghat until the,Gyeat Float at
Birkenhead was opened no material change emild.lle
made in the docks at Liverpool, but that when that
float was opened it would be seen what amount of
accommodation could be given. If Messrs. Bibby, Sons,
& Co. could, in the meantime, use the Great Float for
ttle,accenimoclatiort of their steam trade, the committee
wen: Makeiatraingements fdr that purpose.
Mr. PARIiI4SIIIRE, the confirmation of the
proceedings, said that portion which
Sons, and Campany required would not be a very good
one, but really they had no room, and would be at a
loss to know what to do with the vessels in the Bramley-
Moore Dock.
Mr. INstArt- asked whether the present entrance to
the Birkenhead Docks would take in steamers of 350
feet in length, and 50 feet in beam.
The ENDINEED—Nn.
Mr. fkiNi.i/4--:rben ,the fact, ist the Great Float will
not be able to teke those s'hips I i tilt the tow.watet
basin is gnishcd, flied feats hence ?
: The-ENGINEER— I think that for large ships it would
be exceedingly difficult.
Mr. INMAN—Then I think that answer to Messrs.
Bibby is hardly applicable.
Mr. FORWOOD alluded to the great increase of the
steam trade of the port, and expressed a fear that no
hope could be held out of any advantage being derived
from Birkenhead.. They were continually asked for
rood' and eiilee ; the tinottrxi all the space they
possibly could; and until they found some other
.nieiris
of relieving the demands, it was utterly impdssible to
comply with tbem. Messrs. Bibby were drawing trade
from Hull, and they nivat take good Care that the trade
would not go back.
Mr. LA.ran said that vesaele of 300 torii could elite;
the tirkenhead docks. *hen the Birkenhead 'docks
were opened they would take a certain amount of trade.
They might not take in such vessels as the Messrs.
Bibby were building ;- but the present Morpetb
Dock entrance would take in vessels of 300 feet long and
50 feet beam, and he believed, excepting the Great
Britain, there was no screw steamer exceeding five or
slx and forty feet in beam. It would, therefore, be
fiVailaffic fertill Vessels excepting jots few that had
been built lately. Opening the float, however, would
not be a test of the capability of Birkenhead ; but the
test ought to be applied when the deep water entrance
is opened.
Mr. RANKIN observed that no allusion was made to
the opening of the Huskisson Dock, and be suggested
that that also should be mentioned to Messrs. Bibby.
The, proceedings, were then confirmed, the addition
ii4gested by Mr. Rankin being Triode to the reply.
THE DEFENCES OF THE PORT.