The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

porarily field by M. FoUld, -was very anxious to
be allowed to take a holiday id the commencement
of this month, but the Empei or was obliged to
refuse his application, M. ,Billaut cannot be
epared, his Majesty having, it is said, more need
than ever of his services itt the Th-esent moment.
There was an unusually pro tracted discus-
sion in the Corps LeyWatif the other day, on
the propoSal of the Government t,-) increase the
army by 100,000 men. The project was warmly
opposed by several of the ma tubers, but
ultimately carried by a large majoril.T, General
Allard, on the part of the Miti`sterialists,
declaring, that the additional vote ,had been
demanded_ because " the necessities of the defence
of the country in al! emntualities, requires l that
the army should be maintained on an efft ctive
strength of 600,000 ; and in order to secure this
object, it was necessary to have seven c,ontingen is
of 100,00) each." It will thus be seen thelt
henceforth, and until some "eventuality" occur,-
the standing army of France will amount to thee
enormous number of 700,000. What will the-
" peace-at-any-price" party in England say to.
this?

The Constitutionnel to-day contains a lengthened'
lucubration by N. Paul Nerrs. on the, subject of t
the joint occupation by the allied forces of
Chusan, and the general circumstances of the
expedition. In anticipation of the question, what
was the use of France taking a part in the
quarrel ? the writer remarks, that " one of the best
proofs of the utility of our intervention is that
England is riot to enjoy the exclusive occupation
of an -island so important by its military position
and its internal resources ;" but, as if he had
gone a little too far in thus speaking, he qualifies
the statement by the subsequent observation :
That it is by this display of union and of
strength between two Christian powers that the
ancient prestige of European civilisation can alone
he re-established." There is no little moaning in
the above. By the way, among the persons
present at the funeral of Prince Jerome, whose
names deserve mention, was the young "Capitaino
Buonaparte," his grandson, who hid a place
assigned to him in the gallery, set apart for the
family, at the Invalides ; a daughter of the Prince,
who has, for a long time, been attached to a reli-
gions order, was also- remarked as present on the
occasion 7 and- it is also said that M. Emile de
Girardin attended.

I :see it stated that the Company established in
the French " Botany Bay," for working the gold
mines in Guyenne, is about to appeal to French
capitalists, with a view to extend its operations in
that miserable locality. The financial-affairs of the
colony do not appear to be in a satisfactory state,
and a monetary crisis is expedted ; but the cause
of the derangement, which is said to occur
annually, is attributed to the total want of a
paper currency. There is also some talk of
transferring the penal settlement there, to New
Caledonia ; but, strange as it may appear to us
English, the planters of the former Settlement
are, very much averse to the proposal. I shall
reserve what I have 'to say on foreign politics to
my next.