The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-06 00:00:00

NEWS OF THE DAY.

At Naples the arrival. of Garibaldi continues to be
calmly, but anxiously, awaited. It seems determined
by the revolutionary committee, who are established
"en permanence" under the eyes of the Neapolitan
Government, that, until his arrival, no movement is to
take place in the capital. One telegram announces the
resignation of the Ministry—but without being accepted
by the King—and the march of Garibaldi upon Salerno.
There remaininominally faithful to the:King some 25,000
troops, distributed between Gaeta, Naples, and Salerno,
and on them the destiny of the Neapolitan Bourbons
now depends. General Bosco, " amongst the faithful
only," is at the head of the forlorn hope, and, whatever
may be the result of the encounter, the European public-
will not fail to do 'honour to the one, amongst the thou-
sands of Neapoliton officers, who has dared to be loyal.
We are assured in various quarters that the King has
received advice both from Vienna and Rome to hold out
to the last extremity, and that he has resolved to act
upon it ; but It is devoutly to be hoped that he will
likewise aktere to the resolution which he formerly
expressed, not to expose his capital to the horrors of
a bombardment. From the position of the various
insurgent camps, should a pitched battle come off, the'
locality of the final collision with the Royal army is
already fixed at or in the neighbourhood of Prestum ;
but while these these strategetic plans for covering
Naples from Garibaldi's approach are under discussion,
a courier is said to have come from Rome with Lamo-
rieiere's scheme of warfare. The ex-Algerine general
advises a stand to be made at Capua (which is a strong-
hold and arsenal), having Gaeta to fall back on, and
a junction of his forces with the King's might form a
formidable array, against which the rebellion would
dash its brains out. The only objection to this plan
is the' urgency of the case and the rapidity of Gari-
baldi's movements, without counting on the instant
advance of a North Italian liberating army into Ombria
and the Marches.

It is stated that in consequence of the refusal of the
Prussian Government to permit the Palish language to
be used officially, and in schools and churches amongst
the Polish population, 'a
considerable agitation has
become visible in the duchy of.Posen. Count Schwerin
has, within the last few days, left 'Berlin for that pro-
vince, with the view of personally ascertaining the real
feeling of the people, and taking the necessary measures
to prevent the growth of any serious•disaffection.
On Tuesday the. act of parliament which received the
royal assent at the close of the session, for facilitating
the acquisition by rifle volunteer corps of grounds for
rifle pract,ide was firinted. The act, which is not to
apply to Ireland, empoieers rifle volunteer corps to pur-
chase land for practice and accommodation with the
assent of the-. Secretary at War. Landlords are 'em-
powered to convey lands to be used as rifle grounds, and
the Chief • Commissioner of Public Works may grant
any portion, of the royal parks, &c., for the
purposes of the- act ; also may the Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forests. The officers of the
duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall may likewise grant
land to rifle corps.* Further, the act provides that cor-
porations, ju4tices, &c., may grant land, and power is
given by the statute to stop up footpaths for the purpose
of the act. The Secretary at War, with a view to the
service, safety, and convenience of the public, may make
bye-laws for the regulation of rifle shooting on grounds
acquired or used by any volunteer rifle corps under the
provisions of the act, which act is to extend to any rifle
corps of vihich her Majesty has accepted the offer of
service.

The Ludlow election took place on Tuesday, on
occasionof the appointment of Colonel Percy Herbert to
the Deputy Quartermaster General of the Army. The
Hon, G. Wiadsor Clive was elected without opposition.
From a return issued yesterday it appears that the
correct total population of the 201 parliamentary
boreughs of England and Wales in 1851 was 7,438,587.
The total number of electors on the register (including
freeinen) is 451,686, or deducting 8,478 for the univer.
sities, 443,208. The number of male occupiers of
houses of a gross estimated rental of 410 and upwards,
was 575,889 ; of a and under £lO, 46,426 ; of £8
and under £9, 53,140 ; of £7 and under £B,
£6
82,808; ofand under L7,wl
a 06,515 ; total male
occupiers of Voiles; the gross estimated rental of which
is £6 .4124. upwards, 864,778. In the cases of Maryle-
bone, Finsbury, Lambeth, Westminster, London, Green-
wich, Hull, Brighton, Bath, and Salisbury, the returns
comprise the number of teements from which a deduc-
tion of 20 per cent. has been made for female occupiers
and unoccupied tenements, The returns for Islington
and St. Luke's (which was formerly part of Finsbury)
do not contain the number of persons occupying tene-
ments rated to the owners. In the case of Norwich
there are 12,162 tenements rated to the owners not
included in the return, the rate-books not affording the
means of distributing them under the several heads.
In Bull there are 11,021 tenements in the same pre-
dicament. The general result arrived at by the Poor-
law Board is, that the reduction of the franchise to £6
Would ,mitise a total addition to the number of electors
now on the xegister. of 210,022. The total addition
shown in the return, No. 124, of last session Was
197,068.

The new act on the sale of gas has just been issued.
The delays in preparing the models of measures are
mentioned, anti-it is declared expedient to defer some of
the provisions, and also to amend the act, except as to
things done before the passing of this act. Under the
authority of the recited statute the time is to be calcu-
lated as if the nth of October, 1860, had been the date
of the passing of the said act. The recited act is not to
come into force in any county of England until the
magistrates in quarter sessions, or in Ireland until the
grand jury, or in Sco,tkand until the commissioners of
supply have resolved to bring such county under its
operation. The only other provision points out the
manner in which forfeitures and penalties are to be
recovered. The recited and the present act are to be

construed as one.
At Shoreditch yesterday morning, a shocking and
fatal accident happened to a little girl, named Smith,
aged three years, whose parents reside at No. 2, Prince's-
square, tang-alley, Worship-street, Shoreditch. It ap- •
peari that t,he,dece!ised and another child were amusing
themselves upon a tfible placed in front of an open win-
dow, osi the second floor. While they were swinging
to a clothes flue, it suddenly broke, Avid the deceased
rolled out of the window ea 4 foremost into the street,
a distance of thirty feet, on to the pa.y.9ment. The other
child was fortunately saved by the mother seizing its
frock. A medical gentleman was called, but his services
were of no avail. The deceased must have been killed
on the spot where she had fallen; the skull having been
extensivel,y fractured and forced into the brain.
The General Shipowners' Society of London held
their annual meeting on. Tuesday afternoon, when the
report of the committee in
.reference to the late Parlia-
mentary inquiry was approved. A resolution was also
passed, expressing the dissatisfaction with which the
meeting regarded the departure of Mr. Lindsay for
the 1-Thited States 44 with some vague and undefined

authority to communicate with the Government of
that country on, subjects of • the highest importance
to -British navigation and the interests of British
shipowners." The resolution further states that
" Mr. Lindsay does not possess the confidence of the
British shipping interests, and is consequently peculiarly
disqualified for so delicate and important a mission."
After this; Mr. Lindsay had better defer his visit to the
States. The Yankees will not look with any great
favour on an amateur diplomatist coming out with such
doubtful letters of recommendation.