The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-24 00:00:00

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' Capt. Halstead., lately 'conitharidirig
,the steam
reserve fleet in the Medway, has addressed the
rinks on the 4uestion of the .success Cr failure of
the new scheme otirorikaSed ships of war. He
states dot only that a ship's side has been found
practically ithperietrable when battered at short
range by the most powerful rifled ordnance, but
that the discovery was made twelve months ago.
The target was the floating battery Trusty, which
Was cased in the strongest armour that could be
manufactured in 1837, though probably stronger
sheathing could be manufactured now, and yet
it repelled 80-pounds shot from Armstrong and
Whitworth guns. Twice only, in seventeen shots,,
could the new artillery ponetrato! The Times
has heard that a 68-pound ball, fired froth one
of•the long 95-cwt. guns, will, at a rang say of
200 yards, produce more effect on an iron plate
target 'than the elongated bolt of an Armstrong
or 'Whitworth cannon. This Poirit Sh6Uld tae
settled by experiniental trii3.it. It appears that'.
if the side of an iron cased frigate was once
smashed all on board were doomed. The Times
concludes that though this marine armour may
not be impenetrable to the last, it is impenetrable
for a. good while, and at certain distances alto-
gether so, and asks, is not this an advantage
worth securing. A frigate invulnerable at 600
yards, and proof against at least one broadside at
a third of that distance, would surely overcome
an antagonist possessed of no such protection.
The Mates hopes that in this need of tate
oonstrOdtion *e Shia riot U beford be in atitar
of our neighbours.

RUMOURED DISTRUST IN CHINA.
The report that unfavourable intelligence had
been received from China, was again current
yesterday, but it could not be traced to any
respectable source, and it would fail to attract
attention, but for the remembrance that owing.to
the Russian overland communication, the disaster
on the Peiho was whispered in a similar manner
a fortnight
,previatialy to it itinothicenient
thraiigh the ordinary channels.

BRAZIL.
The advices from Brazil by the French steamer
just in, are dated Rio, August 25th. The
exchange had improved to 26k, at which it
closed with firmness. The arrivals of coffee had.
reached an average ,of 10j000 bags a daysiind
adtlite litislnelis had been transacted at previous
prices, the sales since the last date having
amounted to 144,000 bags, of which 90,000 were
for the United States. The stock was 50,000 bags.

NAPLES.
NAPLES (Via Genoa); Sept. 18.
It is said that Garibaldians have disembarked
at the mouth of the Garigliano; and intercepted
the conitridnicatiotis of the koytil troops, lietWeen
'Capitaand Gaeta. It is expected that Garibaldi
on his return will operate against Capna. He
has been to Palermo, and on the 17th inst., pub_
lished a fresh proclamation to the Palermitans,
repeating.that he will only proclaim at Rome the
Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy, and that
he will not accomplish the annexation at present.
No ministerial change has taken place at Naples.
The Paris correspondent of the Post says that
the latest official de§paches frdni the Ilornan
gtatgs tePresent Ancona as.. blockaded -by the
:Piedtuontese fleet. Garibaldi's forces are rapidly
:pushing on to Gaeta. .

Her Majesty and the Court arrived at Buckingham
Palace yesterday evening.
Her %jesty and the Prince Consort will embark at
Gravesend for Antwerp between five and six o'clock this
afternoon.
The Pinte3drai'S ttentinti to die ftct that tlB thiid
anniversary Of the taking of Delhi has passed and not a
shilling of prize money has yet been received by its
conquerors.
In the Central Criminal Court, yesterday, Frederick
Daviss, the city merchant, pleaded guilty to charges of
forgery on the Bank of England, and was sentenced to
six years' penal servitude.