The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-15 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.

The Speaker t ook the chair at four o'clock.
Mr. KINULAK E gave notice that on the motion for adjourn*
went to-morro,,v (this day) he should call attention to the,
ratification, by France, of the treaty, and should inquire jt
any informatio'n had been received as to the manner in NOW'
the French Government proposed to carry out the World

article.
Mr. Alderman SALOMONs asked whether despatches bad
been received. from New Zealand, asking for additional forces
to quell the Tising of the natives, and whether it was intended
to comply with the request.
Mr. C. FoRTEscuE said that despatches had been received
from the governor of the colony, describing the state of Wei"
there, but it was not intended to send out reinforcement.'
There wa. already a considerable force in New Zealand, and
still larger in Australia; and there was reason to believe that
reinforcements had been sent out both from Sydney and 3Lel-
bourne, and that the naval force on the station had lately been

increased.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Mr. LINDSAY moved that, with a view to greater efficienei
in war and less expenditure in peace, it is the opinion of this
House that more prompt and effective measures should be
adopted to complete the reserves of marines and seamen for
her Majesty's navy. He called attention, on the one hand, t°
the unsatisfactory state of the reserve, far below its standard;
and, on the other, to the enormous expense attending it. The
Government had no doubt used strenuous efforts, but they had
not adopted the right means.
Mr. LIDDELL advocated the establishment of school ships,
as the only means of obtaining a due supply of men.
Lord C. PAGET said the system of school ships had been Par."
tially tried, and he thought that they should proceed no further
until the result had been seen. Neither the Admiralty nor the
Board of Trade had lost sight of the subject. With regard V°
the Reserve, the excellence of the force was shown by the
desire of the shipowners to obtain the service of seamen of til°
Reserve. He denied the statement of Mr. Lindsay as to $1
increased number which would have been obtained if the
Government had adopted a different course of procedure.
The Government was earnest in its endeavours to increase the
numbers of the men, and the First Lord would, before long,
lay on the table of the Lords a bill for the improvement of the
recruiting service. At present the total Reserve of all kinds
number 23,831. The St. George and the Bacchante had Pit
been put into commission, and was already half manned:-
Admiral WALCOTT urged the necessity of improving the treat'
ment both of men and officers. ' .

Sir C. NAPIER said that whatever specious statement might
be made by our Government, our force was far below its pro"
per amount, and it was right that the country should kilo°
exactly how the matter stood. They were at this mouteo
8,000 men below the vote of the House of Commons. Till these
men were obtained, the Government should adopt the tonal
given by their predecessors. They should likewise increase
the pay, and raise the position of the petty officers. The map'
would have an object of just ambition in return for good
service. He pointed out, in his own way, what he considered
other deficiencies in our naval administration. He called upon
the Government to supply our navy with boys, out stf web
men might be made, rather than spend their money in fortlAw
cations, which invaders would take good care to avoid. The
only security of Britain lay in the British navy, and while oh'
had that no one would be rash enough to attack her.
Mr. BENTINCX did not believe that proper energy had been
shewn by Government, but admitted that the blame lay in the
indifference of the House of Commons. He, too, declared that
vast sums spent in fortifications would be so much owner
thrown into the sea.
Mr. WHITBREAD observed that many of the means sugge,46l
for filling up the reserve would end by manning the fleet.
Admiral DUNCOMBE said that the merchant service could IA;
always obtain seaman, and even the Great Eastern was short °I
its complement. He urged the policy of promoting by
possible means the entry of boys into the service.
Mr. A. SMITH called attention to the late time of the session
to which the highly important miscellaneous and civil service
estimates had been put off.
The amendment of Mr. Lindsay was then put, and negatilred
without a division.
Mr. WHALLEY called attention to the inequalities in tbe-Pre-
sent mode of assessing the Income-tax, and urged the adoptiO
of a more equitable mode of adjustment.
Mr. Pollard Urquhart and Sir P. Goldsmid made sale
remarks on the same subject.
Mr. WESTHEAD likewise protested against the present mode
of imposing the tax.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the relief
one class involved additional burdens on another. Admittint
the faults and inequalities of the Income-tax, he remarked
that they were more prominent on the Income-tax from Or
very nature of its arrangements, and many of the proposl.°
its re-arrangement would cause more injustiee than it woula
remedy. It must be remembered that persons under Schedule
A paid practically far more than their income, while thaee
assessed under other schedules paid commonly much lea°;
He believed that the public, impressed with the difficulty °'
remodelling the tax, were now more willing to acquiesce lu lt:
inequalities. He could not, therefore, indulge any sanilltie:
expectations of Reform, though he would gladly listen to any
proposals to that end.
Sir H. Witi.otronny regretted to find that it was impossible
to reform the tax, and therefore hoped that the House would
sanction as little of it as possible.
The House then went into Committee of Supply.
Mr. LAING moved a vote of £654,000 on account of the oft.°
service, declaring that the Government did not mean to i11°74:
a precedent of taking votes on account, but it would be to°r;
convenient that the army and navy estimates should be, lire

discussed.
the
Mr. WILLIAMS inquired how far the vote would carry -
Go vernment ?
Mr. LAING replied that it would carry them over the full
salaries.
After some discussion the vote was agreed to, an assurauee
having been given by Lord Palmerston that ample opportuultY
would be given in a short time for the discussion of tbe
estimates.
Lord C. PAGFT then moved a series of votes on the 2104
estimates, the discussion of which occupied the rest of the

evening.
The other business was then disposed of, and
The House adjourned at 1 45 a.m.

GREAT FRENCH MUSICAL FESTIVA,II
OF THE ORPHEONISTES, AT OP
CRYSTAL PALACE.

The arrangements for the Great French gnsic3d
Festival of the Orpheonistes rapidly approach completion'
Mons. Delaporte, and his little army of inspectors, bnfe,
returned from their tours through the provinces of
France, and the numbers from each society Who 1111-
take part in the Festival, are now exactly reported.
Special arrangements by the various lines of conunw
nication between London and Paris have been entered
into for the conveyance of the performers, Who mill6ll,
reach London by Sunday the 24th inst A rehearsel
take place at the Crystal Palace very early on the follow'
ing morning (Monday, the 25th June), after which (nt
twelve o'clock) the doors of the Palace will be opened
to the public and the performance of the first day of WI
Festival commence at three o'clock.
Included in the selection of music for the first day,
will be found the choruses of the Enfants de Paris, hi
Adolphe Adam, the Veni Creator of Besozzi, the Retraito
of Laurent de Rille, the Depart du Chasseur of Mendel-
ssohn, &c., &c., (popularly known in England as the
hunter's farewell) concluding the first part with the
celebrated Septuor in the duel scene of Meyerbed.
Huguenots, which sung by thousands of voices ana
accomanied by military music produced the most tnarlad
enthusiasm when performed in Paris at the Palais
da
l'lndustrie in March last year, and it is expected will he
equally succesful on the present occasion.
In addition to the preceding choruses, selections ef
military music will be interspersed with them,M and "cif
choruses expressly written for this festival by
authn,v to which music has been respecuvely coniPse`'
by MM. Halevy and Ambroise Thomas, the celebrated
French composers, will be performed for the first time.
These are entitled " France ! France !" and " La Nou-

velle Alliance."
In compliment to this unprecedented assemblagp. Pt
foreign visitors the Great Orchestra will be appropriately
decked with groups of French flags and appifiVi.ge
emblems, and during the stay of the Orpheonistet
.i 0
England, the tricolour will wave from the*.lcifty,
staffs in the front of the palace and the grounds.
The tickets for this interesting international fesfiial
are issued in sets for the three days, at 12s. 6d: the Set,
or by single day ticket, which must be purchased before-
hand, five shillings. The price of admission will after-
wards be raised. The reserved seats, at the same price,
will be arranged in blocks, as at the Handel Festival,
and the same arrangement for the comfort of visitors be
carried out by stewards, as in 1857 and 1859.
Invitations have been issued to the provincial press Iv
report this great festival, which have been responded to
in the heartiest spirit, nearly 300 country journals
having already expressed their intention to send specie
reporters to Bydenham for the °cession.
The leading Northern Railway Companies hot°
agreed to consider periodical tickets as available, frota
the 23rd to 29th of June ; and on the Southern as
excursion, other lines, within a day's .3
special excursion.
trains will be run.

FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.-At Cadiz, six days ago, 4
frightful affair occurred. One of the Moorish pri96ller°„'
e
who, having been ill, was placed in the hospital,
he was exceedingly well treated, aot u in the nigh"
when seized with delirium, and arniinmPhimself with $
knife, attacked the patients right and left, killing 8(3°1
and wounding others. The patients whom he did 0°
reach ran out of doors screaming for help, and the Moot
rushed after them and stabbed several. At last a b°e
of watchmen, armed with long lances, came up, but tho
Moor stabbed three of them, and the others were lid
terrified at the appearance he presented—his hands Tl,
clothes being stained with blood and his eyes flashaj;
tire—that they took to flight. Shortly after, howe/Yt
a picket of soldiers arrived, and, as the man would I.lu,
surrender, a sergeant fired, and he fell dead. Hear,b
of the affair, the local authorities hurried to the hospice'
e:,
and there they learned that four men had been
and (including the watchmen) sixteen wounded, seve
of them mortally.