The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

THE LVAT'HER TRADE.

It is prObahle that, through the co-operation
'between the London and Liverpool creditors, the
terms of liquidation proposed by Mr. D. Lafoue
will.be accepted,
The affairs of Messrs. Hooper and Parkinson,
hide and bark factors, are likely to be wound up
in the Bankruptcy Unlit.' The accounts show a
defreienty of 18Z'OM.

Cardinal NViseman's health is steadily im-
proving.
ford Palmerston has subscribed £5O to the
!Rite Association.
The Times intimates that the loan for fottiWca-
tiims will be raised by terminable annniti.es.
The prospectus of the Algerian railways will
he issued to-day. Capital required £2,200,000,
in £2O shares. Mr. William Gladstone is one of
the English direetrots.

The Times remarks that the state of things in
deference t the manufacture of the Armstrong
'guns is . such as could not occur under really
.eificierit control.

the disturbances at St. George's-in the-Bast
were continued yesterday. The hetv-etrato has
not entered on his duties, bet the Rev. Bryan
King did not preach.

A 'collision is occurring between the Court of
Chancery and the Court of Session in Scotland,
respecting the custody of the Marquis of Butg, a
junior.

The evidence taken by the Committee on Mili-
• tary Organisation discloses the fact that there are
at this moment only two rifled cannon in the
• 'British navy, while there are 600 on board the
French fleet;

The announcement in the Daily News of the
'complete evacuation of Sicily by the royal troops,
is confirmed by the Vines. The Daily News
-remarks that Garibaldi leads an army too small
for conquest. His power depends on the welcome
he. receives. If at Naples he should be hailed
as a liberator, nothing can. save the reigning
dynasty. •
At a meeting of the Ceylon Railway Company,
yesterday, to consider a tender for• the construe-
tion of the, line, an amendment was carried post-
poning the question „till a report should be
_r eceived from the Ceylon government.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

-HOUSE OF LORDS.---YLsitatnAt.

• In reply to the Marquis of Breadalbane,
Earl DE Gary said that it was the inteUtian of her Mi.jesty to
veview the volunteer corps of Scotland at Edinburgh, on the
7th of August.

The Criminal Lunatic Asylum Bill was read a third time and
passed.

Lord STRATIIEDEN moved the second reading of the' News-
paper Bill, of which the object wits .to free proprietors from the
ObsOlete and vexatious restrictions of the present law.
:Lord CHELMSFORD obi,erved that the bill had passed the
Commons without receiving the attention of member's, and
that it would require considerable alteration. •
After a legal discuslion, in which the Lord Chancellor sup-
'ported the bill, and Earl Granville suggested that it should be
read a second time and referred to a,Select Committee,
Lord WYNNFORD moved that it be read a second time that
day six months. •

After some discussion, the House divided, when the motion
for the second reading was negatived by 36 to 10.
The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Bill, and
the Oxford University (No. 2) Bill, were read a second time.
Other bills were advanced a stage, and their lordships
adjourned at eight o'clock.

. .
difficult of arrangement, especially when the weaker Power
had a free Constitution and a free press. For the sake, there-
fore, of mate, they must beware hew they liVed fOr-
bearance. The dangers to which they .cerpOlied Would
be three. The first of these Wodlcl be,tlle hope of a conqaest ;
another the hope of otaining DoaSesdion of the metropolis, and
then lerYing hitge centribtitions- and dictating an Ignoetimous
peace; the list, and the Most Probable, was by a sudden move-
Meat to seize Our Arsenals, the cradle of our Power., The drat was
a hope Whichoodld never be seriously entertained; theiteond
was an operation of great aitileditY, involving the held'ng of a
, place so large.aid Dotal lode. as London; the third was far the most
' PiactiCable. Our dockyards might be seized; and all our naval
elements destroyed .at a blow. He debated on the various
causes which made the country dependent, not only for its
power, but for its existence on our fleet. Let them re iliac the
ruin to the industry and wealth of the country, if our ports
were once in the power of a foreign force. He argued
that the fortifications of the coast would be. the beat
defences in London, es then large toree souifl
be set free for operation id the field. the great corn.-
Mercial towns Were in the a ante position. They must depend
for defences upon the land ferces. Further, no inv,iding force
Would waste itself in occupying such places. Such places were
at present protected from sudden attacks _by batteries and
outworks. He therefore considered the plan of the commis-
sioners-the only one safe and efficient. The one proposed by the
commissioners was no doubt a large one ; but other countries,
had spent more for the same purposes. Some of the plans of the
commissioners might fall under the estimates of the teparate
years. He, therefore, -considered that 139,000,000 *mild te
sufficient for the direct defences of the country. 'Of this sum
between £1,000,000 and k 2,666,660 would go to the purchase of
land. lioireyo, the works would not cost much above
£7,066,60. Now France had spent £5,000,001 on the fortifica-
tions at Paris, and £8,000,000 at Cherbourg. The Netherlands
had spent on their frontier fortresses £6,500,000; Germany spent
£3,000,000 on their:fortresses, and was about to spend £3,000,000
more, Russia had expended £7,200,000, with what effect the late
war had shown, and she was now expending further sums. In
the face of all this, it would be criminal for the people of this
country to neglect their defences, which would, if completed—
as he hoped they would be in a short tinie--epla ce the country
in a position of comparative safety. He had that confi-
dence in the nation that it woul4 meet, with courage
and sitecvs, any danger. But any. Government which
slithild neglect. to provide- them with the proper means
of 'defence would be guilty of a high crime, and
misdemeanour, and would deserve nothing shoit of impeach-
ment. The resolution he should prdpdse was to the effect that
it was the opinion of the committee that it was bound to
provide for the Construction- of works and defences in the
royal doctiata arsenal, and the ports of Dover and Holyhead,
and for the erection of a central arsenal, a sum not exc.tesling
A 2,000,000 to be charged on the Consolidated !lid& and that
the Commissioners of the Treasury ttQa be authorised to
raise such sum on terminable adiinities, not exceeding a Period
of thirty years, 'to he charged on the coneolidated,..fund.
He would fibt ask the House to vote all the nine millions at
one. thn Completion of the work must be spread over three
or four years, and the suns he had named would be as much as
they would expend in the year. He reserved to filnUelf and
his successor the power of applying th the House annually for
a similar sum. The aceodfit of the money would be kept sepa-
rately, and anntillY submitted to Parliament; and he proposed
to bring id ail Appropriatibn Bill for this purpose. Ha con-
tinted by declaring his belief that these proposals would be
sufficient on the one hand, and on the other hand would involve
ae small an outlay as was posshle to meet the great object in
view. '

Mr. HUBBARD objected to the proposal of raising the money
by terminable annuities, which stunk. In the nostrils of every
capitalist in Europe, and which would involve a great sacrifice.
Mr. Butour said that in his Parliamentary experiente he had
never known a proposal of so Much importance as that which
they were asked to decide do the same evening when it was
propounded the eiperiSe' if War began would reach
£2,4,000,00 before It was hnished.— He protested against the
indecent haste with which they were called upon to vote these
resolutions. He moved that the Chairman report progress,
declaring his intention to divide the ,Houso more than once
before the resolutions passed.
Mr. S. Hziteear admitted that some explanation was due,
and entered into details as to the plans they first proposed to
carry oat at Portsmouth, Gosport, Spithead, and the Isle of
Wight, finishing in the present year the works at the former
place. Works would likewise at once be undertaken for the
defenoe of the Thanies and Medway. The harbotir df Cork
would likewise it once be placed in a state of defence. The
works they should comthence This year would cost abOut
£5,000,000 to coMplete. Upon the general question, he con-
tended Asat in the defences of these outportis lay the real
actence of London.

Slt It. PEzi. declared his intention to support any proposition
for the defence of the country, and begged. private and blest
ponsible.members to forego their own opinion in faVoir of the
opinions of responsible and professional men, who had stu-
diously examined the subjee4 He could see no reason for the
postponement of the vote.
Mr. Ossoays said that the speech of the noble lord opened
such neat and alarming considerations, whichrendered irnpos-
Bible friendly relations with France, that it would•not be right
to legiilate under what he must call the pressure of a sudden
panic, he trusted that they were not to be forced into a vote
till they had a little time to look into the matter. They would
forego the respect of the world if they rushed by an impetuous
vote into measures of which none could foresee the issue. The
Budget had been produced after the report of thetomMissioners
had been in possession of the Government, and yet they were
now called upon without consideration to pais a vote vitally
affecting the finance of the country. •
Lord PaLmEnsrox protested against the allegation that the
House was called upon to act in a panic. and that our friendly
relatlOns with Prance were imperriled. Still believing that the
More the• house thought of the proposal the more it. would
like it ; he would consent- to the adjournment of the debate
to that day week. •
Mr. NEWDEGATE applauded the Government for acting upon
the recommendation of the commissioners.

Mr. DISRAELI expressed his doubts as to the wisdom of the
way in which it was proposed to raise the money.
Sir Gi C. Lewis defended the plan of raising the money -by
terminable annuities. The house by adopting this plan at pre-
sent did not commit itself asto the future.

Various questions relating, to the details of the proposed
scheme of fortification wore asked and answered.
The Chairman was then ordered to report progress, and the
house resumed.

On t4U motion for going into committee of supply,

Mr. A. D. SEYMOUR moved as an amendment that, in the
opinion of this House, the stats of the ecclesiastical law in
England and Ireland, and of the courts in which it is ad-
miniatcred, nrid tne act commonly cation cue utcrgy
Discipline Act, require to be amended and reformed, and that
it is incumbent on the Government to direct measures to be
prepared for that purpose.
The amendment was seconded by Lord Fermoy.

fir G. Gully observed that the question was brought forward
in a most impertant manner as an amendment upon the motion
for supply, which had already been delayed to a very late
period of the session. He refused to pledge the government as
to what they should do in that or any other subject next year.
After some further disaussion the amendment was negatived
without a division.
The House then went into Committee of Supply, and passed
several votes belonging to the miscellaneous Civil Service
Estimates amidst a desultory discussion.
The House resumed, and, having disposed of the remaining
business on the paper, adjourned at a quarter past three.

To those interested in Continental news, a map of the
kingdom of Naples is a most opportune desideratum at
the present time. Messrs. Webb & Hunt, of Castle-
street, are now selling a beautiful and well executed map
of the kingdom of the " Two Sicilies," the positions of
the various towns of which can be seen at a glance-,
in fact, it is a perfect bird's-eye view of the Neapolitan
kingdom as it was. •
Captain MOrton Price, the gentleman amateur who
left this country some fourteen months ago, has returned
by the City:of . Washington, after a most successful.tour
through Canada -and the United' States. The large
wager which indueed- him to exhibit his dramatic powers
.in the new country he *on in eight months ; and we
understand 'he parposes to give a series of entertain-
ments in the principal towns in England, in order to
introduce to an English audience the young lady, Miss
Catharine Lucette, to whom he attributes his success.
WATER Commit-mt.—At the usual weekly meeting
of the Water Committee, held yesterday in the council
chamber at the TOwn-hall, Mr. Duncan, the water
engineer, reported the amount of water received from
Rivington into Kensington to be 37,132,002 gallons ;
into Audley-street, 22,399,842 ; into Park-hill, 15,120 ;
making a . total of 74,651,844 gallons. Well water
pumped at Bootle, 4 388,050 gallons ; at Green-lane,
13,783,916 ; at - Windsor, 24,390,216. Stock on
'July 14th, 17;297,493 ; on July '2lst, 16,617,276.
Used in street watering, 1,387,900 ; in washing out,
.2,500,000. Total quantity delivered at Bootle,
95,835,077 gallons. Proportion of Rivington to well
as 19 to 12. The fall in the depths of water in the
several reservoirs was as follows : •

July 21. July 14. Rise. Fall.
ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in.
RocHlesworth 3.10 2 .5 ... 0 0 ... 1 3
Rake
Anglezark
Rivington
Frescot
One half of the filters will be cleaned during the week ;
the other.lailf are in fair working order. The engineer
Frnmsed +rimming the mini) nounds around t} c.
reservoir, ready for planting in the autumn.
SCbTCR CORPS FOR EVERION. —Last evening a
meeting of persons residing in Everton, was held at the
schoolroom attached to St. Peter's Church, Sackville-
street, for the purpose of establishing an auxiliary sec-
tion of the 71st Corps (Highland). Captain Scott, who
occupied the chair, read the rules and regulations of the
corps ; and Private Pileher, who, we understand, was
instrumental in getting up the meeting, addressed it
briefly, remarking that it would not be compulsory
on parties joining, to wear the kilt ; whereupon
considerable dissension was shown by the detach-
and nothing but the kilt, suggesting
ment in attendance, some of whom said they would
have the kilt,
that Mr. Pilcher and his friends, if they were not ready
to wear the national emblem of the Scotch, should form
a corps of their own. Captain Scott expressed a similar
wish ; and the meeting terminated without accomplish-
ing any business.
FORGED BANK or ENGLAND NOTES.---MF. Samuel
Thompson, of Halifax) forwards us the following num-
bers and dates of forged Bank of England notes :—The
following are £5 each :

L 59935, February 16, 1846.
L 5093, February 16,1846.

ti,"'4438 .august 28, 1847
D '

P
304,9 September 21, 1859.
S
H 38109, February 15, 1860.
T 83165, February 15, 1860.

E 0216.2 January 16, 1855.

97105, March 21, 1860.
R

c 79339, August 16, 1836.

We
F 01-103, March 21, 1860.

M 10756, January 15, 1858.

M 91463, April 28, 1860.
D 70383, May 4, 1860.

H3870®, January 15, 1858.

156015, January 15, 1839.

* This is wanting in number, as will be obvious to strict
observers of bank notes.

The following are £lO each :
K 56043, October 4,1848. I ,1v83997, June 13, 1838.
1
91654 April 8, 1831. r 74036, June 13, 1859.
D 68936, August 13, 1837. 1 31109, June 13, 1859.
Mr. Thompson says that he has met with 105 tradesmen
who have had the rnisfOrtune to receive forged £5 and
£lO notes. He also states that he will be glad to com-
municate with all desirous of having advice how to pre-
vent the circulation of false notes, the applicant enclos-
ing a directed and stamped envelope.

CHARGE OF MVRDER BY POISON IN
VAUXHALL-ROAD.

Thomas Winslow, who stand's chi:tied with the
murder of Anne James, by poison,. in Vatlihall-road,
was brought before, Mr. Raffles, at., the Police-court,
yesterday, on i6milnd: Mr. lisphiall appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner: ,

Mr. Aspinall, addressing the magistrate, said, I have
again to ask for a remand of the prisoner for seven dayti,
and I do so on the statement contained in this letter,
which I will hand up to you.. Mr. Cobb has seen it,
but I will not read it now, as I do not think it desirable
at present to have the contents made public. I under-
stand that Mr. Cobb has been insiftietecl by the friends
of the prisoner, to oppose, the application for a
remand, and if he does so, it will' be 'of more
injustice •to the • prisoner than otherwise, for we are
anxious that the prisoner should be fully aware of the
extent of the depositions and the charge preferred against
him. If the remand was refused, the prisoner could
be sent for trial on the Cordner's depositions, which
were.very imperfect; and it is our wish, for the ends of
justice, to give the prisoner is mdch information as
Possible of the charge against him. Under any circum-
stance he must remain is gaol until the assizes, and it
would be an injustice to him and to the public to send
bim before a jury, without all parties being properly
prepared.
Mr. Cobb said he was instructed by the prisoner to
oppose the application. The assizes here would com-
mence on the Bth of August, and it would be a great
hardship to the prisoner, if he were innocent, to be kept
over till the -December assizes. If the prosecution went
oh asking for a remand front Week to week, it would be
impossible for hint to be ready to meet the charge at the
August assizes; and then the prisoner must stand over
-to December, and that was the hardship he -com-
plained of.
Mr. Raffies---:-In a case of Such importance as this, I
am justified in granting a remand, and I hope you will
be ready before the assizes.
Cobb—if Mr. Aspinall will say, that he will be
ready to proceed on the next day of hearing, I will not
object.

Mr. Aspinall—l will not pledge myself to anything
Id way.

Mr. Cobb—The prisoner is quite ready now, to meet
any cliaige.that may be preferred against him. It will
be a great injustice to keep him any longer. They may
go on this way, from week to week, and then send the
prisoner to the assizes, on the Coroner's inquisition, and
then bring whatever supplemental- evidence they may
collect, so that I may know nothing about that, and
therefore cannot meet it then.

Mr. Rallies—All I can say, is that, I will remand the
prisoner for seven days. The prisoner was then removed,
and a crowd of people who had come into court to see
hint rctiiea. the prisoner looked quite cool and col-
leCied, hut seemed very anxious, and looked at the people
with apparent interest.