The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--YESTERDAY..

The morning sitting of the Commons was devetect tu‘' the
discussion in committee of the Mining Regulation and Inspec..
tion Bill. An amendment was moved by Mr. iiianaird,
img to ten the hours of boys' labour. After a, dis cuas i u, the
motion was negatived by 79 to 61. Clauses laud 3 were agreeCk
to before the sitting was suspended.
At the evening sitting,

Mr. GRIFFITII asked the Secretary of State for Poreigni
Affairs whether any account had been received that a Neapo7
Titan frigate had captured two vessels, presumed to be carry—
ing reinforcements to Garibaldi, by hoisting English colours.
and of eriag to tow them into Palermo ; and, that having got
them in tow, she then hoisted Neapolitan colours and. steered,
for Gaeta ; and, whether if so, such use of the British flag
would be permitted to the Neapolitan Government.

Sir R. Pr.ar. accused the Foreign Secretary of unwillingness
to afford information, and of weakness and vacillation in hls:
policy, and of utter incompetency in the management of his-
office. That management had led to results equalty shameful
and humilliating. The late despatch of M. Thouvenel was
couched in terms which could not be regarded as other than
insult;ng, and yet the noble lord bore it in silence, He himself
felt bound to protest against the occupation by the French.
troops of the neutralised provinces of Savoy down to the very
margin of the Lake of Geneta.

Mr. V. SCULLY made one of his peculiar attacks. on thiliorie.
of Lord J. Russell th 4 he had broken the in subscribing
to the Greek revolt; and asked the A/ton:Ley-General v.:batlike
intended to introduce his bill for the Transfer of ltecti Estates.
Mr. B. COCIIp.A.NE asked the noble Lord whether he was pre-
pared to carry out his declared assurances on th 4 Savoy
question ?

Lord J.. ItvssELL replied that information had been reeeixed
to the effect that two ships, laden with stores for the Sy ilian
insurgents, had been taken by the Nenpolitan vessels,laut hie
knew nothing farther. If the Neapolitans had made.use of the
British flag, the proceeding would be most uawarrantable.
He defended his conduct against the attacks of Air ROA.
stating that he was constantly in his place for the purpose of
giving all theinformation he felt warrantedto give. As for tla,e:
nute of M. Thouvenel, it had that day been placed, in his hands.
by the French ambassador. It said nothing of any determlnatin, -
of France to keep possession of the neutralised, provinaes;-
on the contrary, it declared, the intentlon,cd, Fry.n.ew to, consult
the other Powers. It further stated that the object of Franco
was to reconcile the second article of the treaty
of Turin :ith
the ninety-second of the treaty of Vienna. ThiS night be
w
done in three ways. Either the Powers might meet in can,.
Terence with the Foreign Ministers of France, or identical
notes might he exchanged, in which France would declare
her readiness to take Savoy with all the obligations. -
under which it was held by Sardinia ; Lknd, lastly,
France and Switzerland might be left to- arrange their
own terms. The note expressed the opinion of -France, that if
a congress was to be formed, it ought to be Ixeld at Paris. The
Government had not yet decided upon their answer. to the.
note. No doubt the transfer of Savoy from a small power like.
Sardinia, to a great power like France, made a great change in
circumstances. Our Government had often. argued this point,'
and recommended that some equivalent should be found for the "
neutralised provinces. To this proposal France would not. ,
listen, and therefore the Government could not look cm.
the late treaty as a satisfactory one. It was net true
that France had offered to cede the neutralised- pravinees
return for the acknowledgment of her tits to Savoy- Last
February she had offered give up these provinces, but the.
people protested agair4st the dismemberment, and she retracted
her promise.

Mr. 13nAkv, called the attention of the chief seeretprirorv.
Ireland ;o the fact that, since the appointment of High Sheriffs
for cities and boroughs in Ireland became vested it Government
in 1i342, the Roman Catholics of the city of Waterford have
been excluded from that office, and to ask whether be is pret
Para to take the nice:3sMT steps for remedying a grieVia,nge
Nrbich hat hitherto been remonstrated against without success,..,
Colonel DICKSON called the attention of the Secretary of •
State for War to the present state of the army hi the United,.
Kingdom. He complained of the great disproportton of tho
expenses to the maintenance of the army, and cieclared, that at,
present it was neither sufficient for our s ifety or our dignity..
Mr. S. IIII:1213ERT defended the organisation and arrangement*.
of the army, which must bp adapt:4 to the exigencies of the,
time.