The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-08 00:00:00

in. Africa, speakd:* a ;fteh,.. revolt among the
Arabs, :which doff' not !air ‘l.. to 15.,_-ite been
allowed ib...tranigh.....4hroftii ',tb,c‘ Paris press.
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The 'Araks 'ar:Paii-10,t6 44 fir,- from having
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be lit it awed to submisision pr to have lost conti-
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slence,,for they have assumed, the offensive. The
Campaign, it is 'hoped,will be terminated before
-the intinth of August.
Intelligence has been received of the safe
arrival, at Singapore, of all the gunboats which
sailed from England in the beginning of last
November.

The mail steamer Fulton arrived at South-
ampton With New York advices to-the 26th ult.
The particulars of her'news will be found else-
where.

Accounts from Newfoundland state that Cap-
tain hell was .about. to commence the raising of
the American end of the Atlantic cable, in order
that a complete examination of its condition may
he made. Mr. U. F. Varley, the well-known
electrician, will superintend the investigation.

The Advertiser says that in. the event:of Mr.
Mackinnon's amendment being carried, the effect
of which amendment would be to postpone the
Reform Bill indefinitely, Lord J. Russell and
Mr. Gladstone will resign. In the assumed con-
tingency, it is understood that Lora Clarendon
would return to the Foreign Office, and Sif doine-
wall Lewis to the office .of Chancellor of the
Exchequer.' *-' • • , ,

A Cork correspondent says :—" The enlist-
ment for the : Papal army is increasing very
much in this locality: On .TucSdaY evening no
fewer than 350 persons were enrolled at the
North Chapel, and it is known that many more
are about to offer theniselves. The enlistmeiit in
this county has gone on more successfully
.than
was expected, and more men have joined than
accommodation can be found for. A telegram
has, in consequence, been received from England,
directing the agents in this country to stop
recruiting for the present, as there were no means
of transport, and the places of rendezvous in
London were quite full." .
The report, was issued yesterday of the select
committee appointed td. inquire into the opera-
tion and effect of the Corrupt Practices Preven-

tion Act, 1834. They recommend its renewal for
five years, subject to a great number of additions
and alterations, which are enumerated in the
report. • • -
Mr. Cobdela has written a letter on the question'
of privilege raised by the Lords' rejection of the
bill for the repeal of the paper duty The hon.
gentleman, of course, strongly condemns the step
taken by the Veers,

In the year 1859, 939 vessels, of 185,970 tons,
Were built and registered in the United Kingdom.
This is above the average of the years 1815-54,
but less than in any year since 1854 ; less than in
1858 by 61 vessels, and the tonnage by 22,110
tons; but the fact is that in 1855, a very great
increase of shipbuilding began, and that extraor-
dinary increase is not now maintained.
A public meeting in furtherance of the
objects of the Early-closing Association, and
as specially tending thereby to the extension
of the Rifle Volunteer movement, has been
held at Saint James's-hall, London. Lord
Elcho, in rising to introduce the business of
the meeting, expressed a wish before doing so
that he should be.. allowed to tender an apology
for occupying such a position. His only apology
was the connection between the early-closing
movement and the Rifle Volunteer Movement.
The necessity of relaxation from labour and of
occasional half-holidays had been so frequently
urged by the association, that it did not require
to be proved or to be dilated on at any length.
Alluding to the restriction of the hours a labouk,
he remembered, about the year 1811, Wlin first
he entered Parliament, Sir James Graham, the
then Home Secretary, was making the greatest,
exertions in opposition to the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, to prevent such a restriction, and pre-
saging the worst consequences. Since then,
however, on the passing of the Bleaching Bill,
the former gentleman 'stated that the opinions
which he had previously expressed with reference
to the ten hours' movement had been unfounded,
and that the amount of labour had not decreased
thereby. Mr. Roebuck also expressed ii similar
change of opinion. The speaker next read ex-
tracts of correspondence froth Edinburgh, where
the movement of the Saturday half-holiday had
been generally adopted, testifying that no incon-
venience or loss accrued to the masters by the
plan. He intimated, also, that Mr. Locke, of
Regent-street, and other representatives of West-
end houses were favourable to the movement,

.believing that its results. would be beneficial to
employer and employed.
Lord Brougham proposes to alter the law, so
that any person accused of certain crimes shall be
allowed, if he thinks fit to give evidence on his
own behalf; that the wife of any man shall be at
liberty to give evidence on behalf of her husband,
and the husband on behalf of his wife ; and that
no person, either in civil or criminal cases, shall
be protected from answering as to matters which
would tend to degrade him or render' him
to punishment. , But his lordship's bill 'provides
that no evidence so given shall be used on any
i •
proceedings against the person giving it, except
in proceedings against him for peijury upon the
very answer. We are glad, however, to see that
he does not propose that a husband or a wife
should, in criminal matters, give evidence the one
against the Other.
Notwithstanding the appeals recently made in
the House of Commons, in behalf of the persons
implicated in the corrupt proceedings at the late
Wakefield election, criminal informations have
been filed against Mr. W. I-L-Leatham 'ancl7,Mr.
Charlesworth, the two candidates, and six of their
leading supporters or agents. Writs were served
upon them on Tuesday. f
Lieutenant-General Sit William Chalmers,C.B.
and died on' Saturday last, at his 'Seat,
near Dundee. The deceased general was born in
1787. Soon after completing hissixteenth year
he entered the army. During his 'services in
Portugal and Spain he had six horses killed or
wounded under him in action. During the period
he was engaged in active service, he was present
in 17 engagements, six of them general actions,
exclusive of sieges. The- gallant deceased .was
present at 'Waterloo:. At. that batth) he had
three horses shot under him. Ho was also at the
capture of Paris. The deceased veteran had
received the silver war medal and eight clasps
for Barrosa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajbz, Salamanca,
Vittoria, Pyrenees, St: Sebastian, and Nivelle.*
A feW days ago, at an early hour
.in the morn-
ing, two desperate burglars, named Stuart and
Williams, confined in Cardigan Gaol, endeavoured
to strangle the turnkey, preparatory, no doubt,
to effecting their escape. ' The turnkey's cries,
however, aroused the governor and his wife, who
gallantly came to his rescue, the one armed with
a sword, and the other with a revolver. After a
show of resistance, the burglars resigned them-
selves to their fate. It should be stated that
Williams, under the name of Jack Grant, once
fought Tom Sayers, and was vanquished by him.
The Stock Exchange Committee's report on
Pullinger's case leaves• £152,840 to be accounted
for,_a great part of which, probably, went upon
the turf, and which it would be difficult to trace,
since the amount embezzled included .63,100 in

h is announced that tip grand review of the
Volunteers by her Majesty is fixed for the 30th
instant. The commanding officers of the Metro-
politaTipnr2s appear 'fo be 'mating great efforts
to prepare their men for the august occasion.