The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-26 00:00:00

ivlS#',Viairekviat the disposal of the Sultan to puni!
the Drrlses,; ano letters from Beyrout announ
the arrival, of Egyptian frigate from Alexandii
hating on boarda supply of provisions and othei-artiel
of :all kinds which might be useful for. the'Clrristii
refugees?'" Two Sardinian war vessels have also bei
sent to Syria, We have no intimation:. as yet of tl
intentions of Russia, but a letter from St. Petersbw
says'that great excitement prevails against the. Turks.
account of the news of the massacres. The Times
yesterday vindicates the policy of European iritervel
tion, even calling for vengeance on the Druses and tl
question, altogether, is full of danger.
The Paris correspondent of the' Globe hints at a ne
solution of the difficulty, and says a project for erectir
a separate Caliph in Syria for Abd7el7Kadef is aflo
there in regions susceptible to Government inspiratio
The successful separation of Egypt under Mohammed
from the centralised weakness of the Sublime Porte, t:
practical independence of. Tunis, the utter severance
Algiers, and thelate autonomy won by the Danubian pr
vinces, offer encouraging precedent's for a local sovereign'
in Palestine. It so happens that every member th.
lopped off the Turkish trunk has had renewed vita
infused into it (not excepting the Morea and Attica;
and setting aside for the no" la haute politique al
the grand mystery of balancing power, it is a cryi;
shame that Christendom cannot come to some comma
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arrangement by which the cradle of Christianity and to
tomb of the Redeemer should cease to be the chose
haunt of barbarism, massacre, and human degradatio.
Le Monde, on the Ultramontane side, taunts Vietr
Emmanuel with his title of "King of Cyprus and Jeri-
Belem," and asks why he does not devote his energies to
reconquering his dominions,.instead of taking those that
offer themselves spontaneously_ to his sceptre.

Garibaldi has not been heard from. But a Vienna
letter says the queen-Dowager of 'Naples is expected
soon to arrive there from Gaeta; and that at the chateau
of Weilmrg, in anticipation of eventualities; prepara-
tions are in progress for the reception of the Ifleapplite.p.
Court.

The Vienna journals are occupied with discussions
of the increased powers accorded to the Reichsrath,
or Council of the Empire ; these concessions are hailed
as an important- step towards the establishment of
a freer politiCal* syStetn. The great advance in this
direction is that, Pie Conn9il will now have a veto on
measures proposed by the government ; it bad. previously
only the power of advising.

As a proof of the entente cordiale now subsisting
amongst the different German powers, it may be worthy
of mention that the Prussian goyernment has directed
that in future all its military establishments are to 34e
-open to the inspection of any military officers of the
other German States. In consequence of this order,
artillery officers in the service of Baden, Wurtemberg,
Saxony, Hanover, and Hesse, are now in Berlin examin-
ing the royal cannon foundries, and attending the
practio9 of the Prussian field artillery.

Accoqnts haye been received from 5114i4 of some
extraordinary phenomena which attended the late
solar eclipse. At Santander, just before its totality, the
colours in the sky and on the hills were magul4eßt
beyond all description ; the clear sky in N. assumed

a deep indigo colour, while in W. the horizon was
pitch black, like night. In the E. the , clear sky
was very pale blue, with orange and redlike sunrise, and
the hill's in S. veFe very red ; on the shadow sweepin
across, the deep blue in 1;s1-. cianged like magic to
pale sunrise tints of orange and red, while the sunrise
appearance in E. had changed to indigo. The colours
increased in brilliancy near the horizon, overhead
the sky was leaden. Some white houses at a little
distance were brought nearer, and assumed a warm
yellov,, tint ; the darkness was great ; thermometers could
not be read. The cou3itenauCes of men were of a livid
pink. The Spaniards lay 'Own, and their children
screamed with fear ; fowls hastened to roost, ducks
clustered together, pigeons dashed against the sides
of the houses, flowers closed (Hibiscus Africanus as early
as 2h. 5m.) ; at 2h. 52m. cocks began to crow (ceasing
at 2h. 67m., and recommencing at 3h. 6m.) As dark-
ness came on, many butterflies which were seen about
flew as if drunk, and at last disappe4red; the air became
very humid, so much so that the grass felt to one of the
observers as if recently rained upon. At sb. 65m. a
mock sun was formed 22 deg. below the true sun, having
the ordinary circular form.
Our '`readers will be interested by the perusal of the
letters which have
President Buchanan relative to the Prince of Wales'
visit to the United States. The correspondence is brief,
cordial, and unaffected. Mr. Buchanan is felicitous in
the personal compliment which he pays to the Queen,
while her Majesty, who addresses the President as her
"good friend," gracefully alludes to him as the "chief
magistrate of a great and friendly State and kindred
nation!? We are full of hope that the friendship sub-
sisting between the two nations will be strengthened by
a Royal, visit which has been so happily 4rragged.
One of the greatest impediments to the further deve-
lopment of the volunteer movement consists in the
difficulty of "securing, in the neighbourhood of large
cities, suitable ground fdr 'ride ranges and other neces-
sary practice ; and we therefore watch with some interest
the progress of a bill now before Parliament, with the
view
,of removing 4.4 east the legal difficulties in the
way. The clauses are few and simple. The powers
contained in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act are to
be put in force for the taking of land otherwise than by
agreement, the provisional order of the Secretary for
War sanctioning the proceeding to be confirmed by Act
of Parliament. It is proposed, also, to authorise grants
to the extent of four acres (the ground to revert to the
donor on its ceasing to be used for practice) by corpora-
tions, justices, P44liP tFuitees, or commissioners. Ground,
whether thus obtained under the Lands Clauses Act or
by one of these gifts, is to vest in the commanding
officer and his successors ; but the assent of the Secre-
tary of War is to be obtained, and he is to send an
inspector to see that the ground may be taken with due
regard to the safety and convenience of the public.
The celebrated Agapemone cace, Nottidge v. Prince
was again bef2re the Court of Chancery, yesterday ; and
our readers will not be sorry to learn that the yiee
Chancellor bas pronounced judgment• against the defen-
dant in the .suit. The transfer of the stock has been
declared void ; and that gentleman will have to account
for thel dividSnds since the .death of Miss Nottidge,
besides having to pay the costs of.the suit.

Some of the Feiideuts of the Isle of Alan are, says the
Cumber/gra :Parquet, endeavoring 0 get 41) a fepjing
in favour of Sir John Bowing as the new governor, the
Hon. C. Hope, the preient governor, having resigned.

The_ two. electors_ of _Beverley, Messrs. Boyes and
Taylor, who were tried at the York assizes for
" unlawful practices" at the last election, appear to be
regatded in their native niece as aomethin. ; « -.-r-
-of_martpris. The .bells rang when they got back to
Beverley, " thoueands upou thousands" of people went
to meet them, and the heroes, one of them the victim
of Tory spite and Whig imbecility," were actually
drawn-round the town in triumph.

Among the Parliamentary papers of yesterday we
have the usual summary of the public income and
expenditure for the year ending the 30th of June. The
total- income was 71,415,586, derived from the
following sources :=Customs, £24,985,260 ; Excise,
520,530,000 ; Stang*, 4141,287 ; Taxes (land sue
asseased), £3,237,000 ; Property Tax, £9,902,816 ; Pos;
(Mee, £3,350,000; Crown Lands, £285,979; and Mist-
cellaneons, £1,871,272. The other eidl of the account
shows that for the interest, management, 40., of the
National Debt was spent a sum of £27,784,314. The
charges on the Consolidated Fund, which amounted alto-
gether. to, £2,135,712, were as follows :—Civil List,
£403,422; annuities and pensions, £351,009 ; salaries
and allowances, £156,508; diplomatic salaries and pen-
r4oxts, £167,363; courts of justioe, £704,215 ;,miscella-
neous eitargeo qrr the Consolidated Fund, £179;192 ;
and drawback allowances on wine (per Act 23 Vic. c.
22), £174,000. The supply services, amounting in all to
£40,584,390, were .:as-, follows :—Army, £14,744,176;
navy, - £12,816,668 ;' miscellaneous civil services,
£7,689,9150 ;' salaries, &c., of avenue departments,
Z 4,475,539; and operations in China, £868,067. The
total expenditure of the ykr therefore was £70,504,418,
showing an mess of income o'er expenditiire of £912,168,

4ANKRUPT REFORM- ASSOCIATION.'

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" licqE skrilizgg ,t,prplA in the kiman breast," and
its soft and cheetring rays penetrate the darkest
and dreariest MO, and light up with smiles the
livid features of the most abject wretches, even
when quivering on the portals of ff that bourne
from which no travellers returns." Nor is its
benign influence denied to-the extretnest forms of