The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

the late faikreS in the 'leather trade, itttiicted
a large attendance of both foreign and home
buyers. The chief article offeYea were East India
hides: 71,000. were brought to sale, and 61,000
sold. Previous prices were nearly supported.
The light qualities, suited to the home consulters,
were rather lower, but the hea.veit weights met
with considerable competition, and in some
instances sold higher draft at the sale on the
28th ult. •

The Duke of Cambridge, as Commauder-in-Chief,
has declined to allow,,any portion of. the Royal
,Artillery from Woolwich to assist iri ihe 'Volun-
teer spectacle at Bromley, on Satarday.
The French Chamber of Deputies and the
Ccuncil of State, that is the government, are at
variance. on the rag question. As the session is
so near its dose the question will most likely be
adjourned for the present year.
A despatch from the governor of New Zealand,
dated April 6th, states that the town and district
of Auckland was perfectly secure against any
attack which could be made by the ihrgegt force
the Maoris could bring into the field.

The French. Goverdineht 'has refused to dena-
tionalise the two French vessels lately purchased
for 'Garibaldi. The obvious conclusion is, that
France meansto support the Neapolitan Govern-
ment in the •efornis and concessions it offers to
`its people.
The •French Consul at Damascus has returned
'tohis post. lie is directed to concert measures
NMI the naval. officer commanding the ships-of-
.war on the coast of Syria, to repress by force, if
necessary, the attacks made by the .I.ltrrlis 'oh the
Christians. .
The Times remarks That The Chinese vote
passed quietly enough last Might. This sum of
53,800,000 is 'beyond he ordinary grants for the
naval and military services. The vote is for ex-
penses now coming due, or to be contracted,
before Parliament meets again.
The Tunes says that since the discovery of the
Vullinger frauds three of the principal clerks in
"the Union Bank have been dismissed. One case
'of especial. hardship is mentioned*; and a fear is
expressed that while the ditiectora are accepting
mercy they are showing hone.

IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT.

HOUSFi OF LORDS. -YESTERDAY.
MarqU!,6 of NORMANBY gave notice that, on an
early day, lie should move for additionai papers 'relative
to the administration of the Roman States.
a •
.efearly two laoars were vent intiteusgingtWbtitivate
-hills.

The 'Scottish Drainage Improveitent Bill and the
Galway ilarbour Bill were reita. N. third time and passed:
The "Lahouieri' 'Cottages (Scotland) Bill was read a
-second time. The 'Ciittl'inal Lunatic Asylum Bill, the
lonian Island Marriage, the Phcenix-park, and the Local
Government Bits-were read a third time and passea.
The HORS% adjourned at twenty niindes to eight.

11013 SE .OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY.
At the morning sitting of the House of Commons
iurther progress was made with the consideration of the
•amendments to the Tenure-and Improvement of Land
(Ireland) WI

Colonel FRENCH gave notice that, on Tuesday, he
should move for leave to bring in a bill to authorise the
‘enrcfment of volunteers in Ireland. ." _ _ _

Mr. KINGLAKE asked the 'Secretary .of State for
Foreign Affairs whether all the great Powers, as well as
Switzerland and Sardinia, have Consented to take .part
in theproposed•conference on the subjeet of the 92nd
article of the definitive act of Vienna, and whether
there is any preliminary understanding between the
rowers- as to the basis on which 'the conference will
take place ?

• Sir B. PEEL, declared that it was not from France htt
from Switzerland that the .proposal for a conference had
come. He. warned the House that the test 'of universal
suffrage, as applied to the annexation of. Savoy, was most
fallacious. -

Air. OSBORNS said that, after reading the
,despatches; he *as quite willing to leaver the Manage-
inent:of our foreign affairs in the hinds of the Treble
lord. •He 'wished to . knoW whether the ..staitenient Mi.
:Einglake-made on-the preceding evening, as to the:pro-
posals of the Empetor at Villafranca, to the Emperor of
the French; were correct ?
Lord J. RUSSELL recapitulated the three -modes pro-
posed ythe French Government for adjusting-the tetual
difficulties. Of :these three; her Majesty's ttovexpment
had chosen. a Conference; but a direct answer had not:
been received from other Powers, so that at present
nothing liad beet' decided:. The basks of the Conferelite
- would be the reconcilement
.of the treaties .of France
-and-Turin. As to what passed at the interview at Villa-
franca, no one ,Was. present besides the two Emperors,
end hb had no definite information on the subject.
Mr. BRADY called the attention of the House
.to the
answer given: by. the First. Lord of •the Treasury to a
• question put on Friday last,. the 6th instant, relative. to
the enrolment of volunteers in Ireland. He urged .in
• strong terms the policy of establishing .a 'volunteer force

-Mr. WiykLLETcalled the attention of the House to
thnencire duty on paper; and, in -reference thereto, to
ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether -it is his
intetition to
,enforce the payment of that duty.
_.
Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
if he has been, informed that the stained-glass-window
of the "Roriian Catholic church of Cokestown, county
Tyrone, was maliciously broken on the morning of Sun-
day, the Ist day of July; and what practical steps have
been • taken: by the Irish government to maintain the
peace and•preserve•the persons and property of Catholics
from: outrage, in this and other counties in Ulster. •He
• declared that the Roman Catholics, on the occasion
referred to, had given no provocation whatever to justify
the brutal outrages committed won them.
Mr. CORRY denied that those ontrages.could be attri-
buted to the orangemen.
BLACK complained of. the treatment of certain'
men in the preventive service in Scotland. -
Sir S. NORTHCOTE, in :reference, to the Galway packet
f,-ectntrect question, begged the, Government not to act
- hastily in the matter, but to leave the. Rouse free and
‘untramelled• The question was between the Galway
Company and the Canadian Government. The arrange-
ment had originated with Mr. Cobden as' chairman of
-the PacketCominittee, and had long since been brought
under the cognizance of the administration.
• After a few words from Mr. Baxter,
Sir F. 13-IRING hoped that the Government would
-enter into no fresh engagements until the House had
formally discussed and, decided the vote for the' Galway
packet contract.
. Mr:L. KING said that the proposed purchase of the
Galway contract by the Canadian Government had only
very recently assumed a definite shape: The assent of
the' Home -Government and the Parliament was still
-required. The subject was under consideration by her
Majesty's ministers ; if the negotiation went forward,
the qUestion would be duly submitted to the Rouse.
Mr. Haliburton and Mr. P. Hennessy having spoken,
the subject dropped. •
-Other topics were afterwares brought forward :
Military Knapsack, by Colonel Dunne; The Conduct of
Irish Business, by Mr. V. Scully.
The motion for adjournment until Monday Was then
-agreed to.

On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Mr. B. COCHRANE moved, by wayOf amendtne,nt, that
in order to remove one great obstacle to peace with
China, the plenipotentiary be instructed not to insist on
the fulfilment of the third article of the treaty of Tien.
Tsin, by which his Majesty the Emperor of 'china
agrees that the Ambassador or Minister, or any other
diplomatic agent appointed by her Majesty the 'Queen
of Great Britain may reside: with his family and'istab-
lishment permanently at the Capital, or may Visit' it
occasionally at the option of the BritA Government.

• Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected to the form of the
motion. - The :instructions to ambassiders emanated
from the•SovereiEn, and. could not with propriety be,
altered by the House of Commons. The proper Mode_
of proCeeding would have been by an address to. the_
Crown. He proceeded to combat the policy advocated
by the honourable member, insisting upon the exile-
pediency of secaring for. the British envoy the game pri-
vilege •of residence. a•t Pekin alriady enjoyed by the
itussiiin Ambassador.

The'amendment wsts then negatiredwithdut - a divi-
sion.

SWARMING oiBEEs.----An unusual and extraordinary
occurence took place on Sunday last at the camp on the
Curragh of Kildare. A private of the 20th Regiment,-
named Martin Ryan, about twelve • o'clock, took a can
and a piece of iron, with which lie commenced beating
the can for the purpose of causing some bees flying about
the camp to swarm: This he succeeded in more
effectually than he desired, for shortly after he com-
menced the rattling noise the bees gathered'upon one
side of his face, ex.tending in a thick clusteranimbering
thousands, fram the top of his bead to half ,down his
arm,. between the shoulder and elbow. In this dilemma
he called for assistance, and lie was shortly.afterwards
placed sitting in a chair, when a hive was obtained,
which was ,held, over his head, covered, with a sheet,
with a view of_endeavOuring to.get them to enter 'the
hive, but up to the hour of three o'clock, when our cor-
respondent saw *him, there was little prospect of their
removing, and, the day being extremely hot, it was
conjectured the little but busy tribe would not take to
the quarters which were provided for them sooner than.
six or seven o'clock:in the evening. The soldier was
removed to the guard-room, out of the air, for the pur-
pose of , preventing any other assailants gathering about
him, soldto_give him shelter from the overpoweringray a of
,the sun, 'from which he was suffering greatly in cons queue of he weak state' to "which'the sudden and
dangerous assemblage upon him had reduced
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