The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

OUTPOSTS

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Laura, from Stettin • sawe, Miramichi; and Nebraska, St.
John's, NB., all at Belfast
The Canadian (as), Graham, from Quebec at Derry at mid-
night, and proceeded for Liverpool
Prince of Wales, Mewatt, from Quebec at Fleetwood
Yorkshire, from Melbourne off Portsmouth
Quannsrown, Auptst 28.—Arrived : Colima, from St John's,
N. 8.; Aghia Spirithbni, Ibraila; Intrepid, Sulina; George
Avery, Sulina; Del Ttacca, Taganrog; Dundalk, Newport for
St. John's, N.B. Sailed : William Steers, for Fiverpool; Pau-
lina, Yarmouth ; Mata, Cardiff
FALMOUTY, August 28.—Arrived : Parthenia, from Galatz ;
Cicero and Germanico, both from Taganrog

MARITIME EXTRACTS.
LIVERPOOL, August 27.
Tbe Sylph, from Clyde for Madras at Falmouth, leaky.
Virginia, Lambe, from Lisbon for Queenstown, leaky
The Camden, Tallman master, from Troon to New York
with iron, has put into Greenock, and it is expected she wil
have to discharge.

The Great Eastern (s), left New York 16th August, at 6.40
p.m., and Halifax on the 19th, at 10 a.m., and arrived at Mil-
ford Haven, August 26, at 6.10 p.m.
VALPARAISO, July 17 : From the 12th to the 16th instant this
port was visited with the heaviest storm experienced here for
many years. The Plumas parted chains, and drove foul of the
Mary Glover, Zephyr, Apurimac, Guiseppina, and others, doing
them much damage ; and after clearing, she drifted on shore,
where site remains disrnasted, but with hull little injured. The
Floating Bath filled and sank, and about fifty launches were
also stranded and lost. .

ANTIGUA, August 11 : The brig P. F. Kaye, Wragge, of
Oldenburg, from Newport to St. Thomas, ran on Bird Island
Reef this morning, and tilled ; crew saved. The Zemindar,
from Trinidad to London, which put in here, July 10, leaky,
will discharge the whole of her cargo, as several hogsheads in
the ground tier are washed.
NEW ORLEANS, August 16 : The Elizabeth Bibby on shore,
and not likely to be got off.
DEAL, August 26 : The Eweretta, Montgomery, from Manilla,
which arrived in the Downs yesterday, for Liverpool, while
working back through the Gull Stream mused stays, and was
compelled to let go an anchor to prevent going on the brake
sand, and slipped.
SHOREHAM, August 26 : The barque which was in collision
with the Emma, from Hambro to Liverpool, is supposed to be
au American.
PORTSMOUTH, August 26: The Emma, from Hambro to
Liverpool, has put in here with bowsprit and stem started,
loss of jibboom, foretopmast, cutwatcr, dcc., having been in
collision.

CALCUTTA, July 19 : The Rising Sun, Smith, arrived here on
the 24th June, from Akyab, was making six inches water per
hour, and has been docked and newly metalled. The A. B.
Coutts, which arrived on the 9th July, from Madras, was
leaky, having been ashore near Coringa.
The Malakoff, from Macao at Manilla, to replace mainmast,
bound to Singapore, &c.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT.

RECTORY.
Strensham, co. and dio. Worcester : val. £2OO with residence :
pat. J. A. Taylor, Esq. : Rev. A. S. Cave-Browne-Cave, pro.

VICARAGE,

Cambridge, St. Clement : dio. Ely : val. £56 : pats. Jesus Col
lege, Cambridge : Rev. 0. T. Thorpe, dec. - -

PERPETUAL CURACIES.
Eccleston, St. Thomas, Lancashire : dio. Cheshire . value £l7O
with residence : pats. Executors of the late P. Greenall, Esq. :
Rev. It. Greenall, resigned.
Hendon, All Saints', Child's-hill, Middlesex : dio. London :
pats. Reps. of the late Incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Shore,
dec.
Lambeth, Verulam Chapel : dio. Winchester : Rev. C. Green,

prom.
Penn-street, Bucks : dio_ Oxford : val. £143 with residence
pat. Earl Howe : Rev. A. S. Butler, prom.

CURACIES.
Auckland, St. Andrew, co. and dio. Durham,
Bristol, St. Mary Redcliffe.
Chester, St. Mary-on-the-Hill.
Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset : dio. Bath and Wells
Plyrostock, Devon : dio. Exeter.
Riddings, Derbyshire : dio. Lichfield.
Wimbledon, Surrey : dio. Winchester.
Woodbury, Devon : dic. Exeter : Assist.: with title.

MASTERSHIPS.
Batley Grammar School, Yorkshire : Rev. F. A. Vincent, pro.
Brounsgrove Grammar School. Worcestershire • Assistant : in
Orders : pat. Rev. J. D, Collis, D.D.
Kingsbridge Grammar School : Head Mastership : salary £5O
with house. &c. Testimonials before Sept. 8.

THE SHAKO DISCONTINUED.—The authorities at the
Horse Guards have decided on discontinuing the ugly
and cumbersome shako now worn in the army, and sub-
stituting in place of it a headdress of a much lighter
and somewhat more ornamental character, not unlike
the large-peaked forage caps worn by several of the
the Volunteer Rifle Corps, though the crown will be
somewhat higher. The materials will be felt and leather,
but the weight of this cap will be much less than that
of the present unwieldly shako.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of Charles Few,
Esq., of Streatham-hill, Surrey, formerly of Henrietta-
street, Covent-garden, solicitor, who died at his residence
at Streatham on the 2nd July last, at the age of eighty-
three, was proved in the principal registry of the Court
of Probate on the 31st of the same :month by his two
sons and son-in-law—namely Robert Few, Charles
Few, and Robert Brown, of Brixton-hill, surgeon,
who are nominated his executors under the will which
bears date the 24th of December, 1559. The per-
sonal property was sworn under £45,000. The de-
ceased possessed estates in Australia and New Zealand,
The testator gives to his daughter Catherine, who resided
with him, an immediate legacy of £lOO, and many
specific bequests, together with a sixth part of the
residue of his entire estate; and to this dispo-
sition he has also given a very peculiar direction
—namely, that his said daughter may occupy the
house in which he resided, and receive and entertain
company in the same manner as he himself had done,
during the interval of nine months after his decease, the
expense of which is to be defrayed out of the proceeds of
his estate. There are a variety of gifts to all members
of his family. A tribute of affection, consisting of plated
corner-dishes, &c., was presented to him on the occa-
sion of his birthday by his children, on his attaining
his 70th year. This token of regard he has bequeathed
to his son Charles. Mr. Few appears to have given his
attention to the study of a particular branch of natural
history ; this has been carried out by bequeathing to Dr.
James Renate, his son-in-law, physicia4
Infirmary, to the Derby
man', his cabinet of fossils, some specimens of which
he particularly valued as having been collected by the
Duke of Norfolk when a youth travelling in a foreign
land. The will then goes on to distribute, after the
payment of legacies, the remainder of his estate into six
equal portions, one-sixth to each of his children, and
concludes with some legacies to his servants,—Plitstrated
Lonflon ZrewB,

paikl Eimts.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,, 1860.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

One of the most protracted, but certainly not one of
the most satisfactory, sessions of Parliament, that has
been held of late years, was closed yesterday afternoon
by commission. "Her Majesty's Speech" on the occa-
sion, which was read by the Lord Chancellor, as Her
Majesty's representative, will be , found in another
column. The speech also appeared in our afternoon
editions of yesterday.

A great blow will soon be, if, indeed, it has not
already been, struck by the allied forces in the neigh-
bourhood of Pekin, and the Imperial mandarins will
have what they have long wanted,—ocular demonstra-
tion of the irresistible might of England and France. The
Taku forts blown up, and those at Tien-tsin taken,
Sang-ko-lin-sin will hardly risk a battle in the plain
before Pekin. Should he do so, Probyn and Fane are
ready and willing to give the Tartars a lesson in horse-
manship. The next China mail is expected to bring us
intelligence of these operations on the Peiho, and the
telegram in anticipation, may be expected about the 10th
or 12th proximo. It is almost certain, however, that
the military authorities, on the occurrence of any impor-
tant events, would despatch a fast clipper steamer to
Calcutta, whence news might be telegraphed to Bombay
in time for the approaching homeward mail. In the
latter case telegraphic news may be expected here on
Monday next.

With respect to European intervention in Syria, a
correspondent in Beyrout says :—" Opinions are pretty
equally divided. By some it is believed the Moslems
will be cowed and reduced to a peaceful demeanour on
the landing of the troops, while others imagine they'will
be excited almost to madness by the presence-of foreign
soldiery. If the latter surmise should prove correct—
and the recent occurrences at Damascus do not contra-
dict it—the position of the various Christian commu-
nities scattered throughout Syria will be most cri-
tical. • Many lives, it is feared, will be sacrificed,
and some, long resident in the country, go so far
as to maintain that foreign intervention will produce the
most disastrous consequences, and be the cause of more
bloodshed than has yet occurred, for the Draws and
Moslems have declared, that, if compelled to retire, they
will leave a trail of blood behind, to mark 'their flight
into the Ileum. These is another danger to be guarded
against—the rising of the Maronites and other Chris-
tian sects against their enemies. Unless all parties
are disarmed, farther bloodshed is inevitable ; and I
presume Europe, or at all events England, will look
with equal horror and detestation upon the shedding
of blood, whether it be Christian or Mahomedan." A
few days ago the arrival of General de Beaufort d'Haut-
pod at Beyrout was announced ; and intelligence has
now been received of the disembarkation, in Syria, of
3,600 French soldiers. We are told that Fund Pacha
lost no time, after the appearance of the French troops,
in addressing a circular to all the governors of the pro-
vince, in which he explained to them the object of the
mission of the new comers, and called upon them to
second the work of pacification which they had come to
accomplish. The object of this circular was to prevent
misconception on the part of these functionaries, and to
bring about, if possible, a good understanding between
the expeditionary corps' and the Ottoman troops. But it
is more than doubtful whether it will have that effect;
particularly if there should be a few fresh arrivals of the
hated Franks, which there most certainly will be.
The Neapolitans have been as completely outma-
nceuvred by Garibaldi in Calabria, and there has
been as much treachery at work there, as in Sicily.
We are informed by a recent advice, that the Neapoli-
tans concentrated all their forces along the coast from
Reggio upwards by Punte di Pezzo, Torre Cavallo,
Scylla, Bagnara, Palmi, up to Monteleone, where they
made preparations for their real resistance. They sent
off 1,800 men in search of the 200 first landed, and left
the rest of the coast quite unguarded. They evidently did
not imagine that one can sail round the island without
passing the Straits. Of Reggio itself they were so sure
that they left not more than eight companies there—four
of the Line and four of Riflemen. As soon as the landing
of the Garibaldini became known, a deputation waited on
their Coinmander, asking him whether he intended to
fight; if so, they requested him to move out of their
town, as they did not care to have their houses destroyed.
In case he did not choose to go out, the people would
rise, and try to make him go out. The Commander
promised to take the field. The officers of the Neapoli-
tan forces it is said are prepared to make common cause
with the Garibaldini were they sure of keeping 'their
rank. It will probably require another good battle to
convince them that there is no risk, but, on the contrary,,
gain in joining the forces of the Liberator.
Later intelligence informs us that a second dictator-
ship has been conferred upon Garibaldi ; the govern-
ment and people of Potenza, the chief town of the
Basilicata, have united in throwing off the rule of
Francis 11., and have proclaimed the dictatorship of.
the deliverer of Sicily. Considerable reinforcements'
are said to have left Naples for the theatre of opera-
tions, but no one believes that they will be successful,
in arresting the progress of the victors. Defection and'
desertion are, as we have said, becoming more and more
general ; they will soon be universal.

The rumour of a landing of Sardinian Bersaglieri
from the. steamers in the neighbourhood of Naples, is
repeated, and apparently confirmed, with the addition,
that.a considerable number of the invaders have been
killed by the Neapolitan Guard. It is also stated that
the Sardinian amimsador accuses the Neapolitans of
being the aggressors, and has demanded satisfaction;
while, to add to the embarrassment of the Government
.of Francis 11., Baron Brenier has chosen the present as a
suitable opportunity for demanding a fitting apologyifor
the assault made upon some months ago in the
streets of Naples. One is not surprised to learn that
disturbances in that city are at last imminent.
A highly characteristic episode in the career of the
Pontifical troops is narrated. There has always been
more or less of a difficulty in accounting for the attitude
of neutrality which the Governments of Naples and
of Rome have observed towards each other, since the

If Free Trade really is the accepted and irresistible
policy of England, how comes it that we
,have pro-
claimed among five-sixths of the people under British
sway, namely, our fellow subjects in the Indian Empire,
that protection is the true system for raising state
revenue ? Rival nations who have refused to listen to
the call for deference to our impeccable example at
home, may now be supposed to triumph grandly over
our backslidings. How can we expect France or'
America to listen to our appeals for Free-trade reci-
procity, when by our example in India we declare that
Free-trade is not a principle which should be main-
tained under all circumstances. Protection in India
already attracts British funds to that quarter. Since
the establishment of the protective system, the last
advices from India furnish a list of eleven new or
extended companies for the erection of cotton and
weaving mills. The factories previously at work were
four. These had a capital of £265,000, the number
of spindles being 82,566, and of looms 240. The new
companies will have, in the aggregate, a subscribed
capital of £878,750, and will have 249,276 spindles
and 3,785 looms.

The experiments now being carried on as to the com-
parative strength of iron plates in resisting shot continue ;
and doubtless the subject is one of the greatest im-
portance., seeing that iron-cased frigates must soon
supersede our line of battle ships. Three more iron
plates have been received in Portsmouth Dockyard for
experiments. Two of them are similar in size and
appearance to those lately experimented upon belonging
to the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company,
with the exception that these plates are not fitted with
tongue and grove. The third is a 41-inch plate, 3 feet
4 inches in breadth, and 6 feet 8 inches in length.
The outer face of the plate has an extra quantity
of metal upon it, turned down on the ridge
and furrow principle, standing out from the main
body of the plate in a series of short angles running
longitudinally, and having much of the appearance of
an adaptation of the principle of our townsman .Mr.
Jones's angulated system. The thickness of the Main
body of the plate is, as already stated, 41 inches, but
from the apex of the ridge or angle it measures 71
inches; base of the angle, 11 inches. The angular
coating of ships' sides, so as to make the sides present
an incline, and to protect the ship against shot, is said
to be very old, and to have been re-invented by many
Persons. In proof of this, reference is made to a
description of this mode of defending a ship at page
655, vol. 2, of " Herbert's Encyclopaedia," which it is
said would make the invention about !I, quarter of a
century old. What says Mr. Jones to this ?

There appears reason to believe that Captain Daniel
O'Connell, the youngest son of the great Agitator, is
about to be appointed to a Commissionership of the
Police. In this event there would be a vacancy in the
representation of the borough of Tralee. All Irishmen,
are, doubtless, of opinion that Captain O'Connell's claims
to any office the Government might bestow on him,
are indisputable.
The state of the crops is more than usually important.
There seems to have been a general improvement in the
weather all over the country, and hopes begin to revive
that we are about to have a tract of suitably fine
weather. The weather here, yesterday, was beautiful
and mild. Already the effect of the change has told
favourably upon the Stock Exchange and the Corn
Market. The accounts from Poland state, that the
harvest in that country is this year a total failure. The
news of the harvest from all parts of France, within the
last three or four days, are gratifying, and there is every
prospect of nearly all the wheat crops being saved.