The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND ROME..

The Pays says the Austrian Council of Minis-
ters at Vienna has decided on demanding from
the Pope the complete abolition of the Corrcordat.
Negotiations to that effect have been opened. with
Rome.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, Dee. 26, 3.25 p.m.

Little business has been done on the Bourse,
but funds were rather firmer. Rentes closed at
68f. 35c., or 5 centimes higher than on Monday.

CESSION OF VENETIA.

The Paris correspondent of the Herald says it
is currently reported that England and France
have come to an understanding with regard to
Venetia, and that a joint commission will shortl7
be sent to Vienna, urging the cession of Venetia*
without any territorial recompense.

THE RESIGNATION OF COUNT RECHBERG.

The Vienna correspondent of the Times says
that Count Rechberg is likely to retain his post
for some time longer, as the Count is desirous of
avoiding the appearance of having yklidati to the
pressure of public opinion,

HUNGARY,
The accounts from Hungary wee exceedingly
unfavourable. No taxes are now pkid.

SERIOUS RIOT IN DERRY.
DERRY, Wednesday.
About eleven o'clock last night a drunken row
took place a short distance from this city, which
resulted in the almost instantaneous death of a
young man named Bernard Hagan, from a gun-
shot wound. Six persons are in custody, await-
ing examination at the inquest, which takes place
at ten a.m., to-morrow.

THE COURT.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 25.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the
Prince and Princess of Lciningen visited her Majesty'
yesterday, from Frogmore.
In the evening the royal dinner party included the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Prince
Louis of Hesse, Baron von Westerweller, Lieutenant-
Colonel Keppel, Major Cowell, R.E., and Major-General
the. Hon. It. and Mrs. Bruce, who arrived from Oxford
in the afternoon.

'The band of the' Scots Fusilier Guards playe:l during
dinner.

Her Majesty's private band afterwards performe,i in
the drawing-room.
The Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince
Leopold, Princess Helena, Princess Louise and Prince
Louis of Hesse, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court,
and the domestic household, attended Divine serviec this
morning in the private chapel.
The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor per
formed the service, and administered the Holy Sacra-.
meat.

The Duchess of Kent, and the Prince and Princess
of Leiningen, visited the Queen to-day, and took
luncheon.

CORONER'S CounT.—Yesterday the coroner held' ffie
following inquests :—On the body,of 'James Owens,
shoemaker, who lived at 50, Greenland-street : he diced
suddenly on Saturday night. Surgeon Ayrton,_ whti,
made a post mortem examination of the body, stated that
death was the result of bronchitis, from natural causes.
Verdict accordingly.—On the body of Francis Gill, 42
years of age, who lived at 46, Northumberland-street.
The deceased was in very low spirits, being very dis-
tressed, and he died suddenly on Sunday. aurgeoss
Bennett, who made a post mortem examination of the!
body, said death was the result of disease of the hear&
from natural causes. Verdict accordingly.—On the
body of Grace Ward, the woman who (lied in Charters-
street. This case was reported in our paper of yester-
day, and will be found in our police reports to-day.
Verdiet—" Died from hemorrhage; but how inflictedi
there was no evidence to show."

SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting of
the Select Vestry was held yesterday morning in the
board-room of the parish offices, Brownlow-hill. The
chair was occupied by the Rev. Rector Campbell. The
other members present were—Messrs. Chnrchwarde#
Smith, Owen, Jones, Denton, Bairstow, Whitty, gook,.
Setaell, Williams, and Collins. The proceedings. of
the Workhouse Committee were read, and confirmed 611'
the motion of Mr. Owen. Mr. Bairstow, in moving tbe
'confirmation of the Industrial Schools' Committee, said
he and his brother committee men were very much
obliged to Messrs. Cropper for the treat which they had
given the children on Wednesday last. There were, Ile
said, about 100 children present, and they looked very
well. He drew attention, however, to the clothing
worn by the children. He was present on Tuesday at
the Workhouse; it was very cold, and the children were
fairly perishing. He thought that warmer clothes
should -be provided. After some conversation' 511 was
determined to keep the schools at a greater heat baring
the frost. The proceedings of the Finance Committee.
were read, and confirmed on the motion of Mr. Church-
warden Smith.—Mr. Denton moved that at the next.
meeting he would propose a member in the room of
Mr. Lightbound. There being no other business the
meeting adjourned.
THE LATE CAPTAIN BRABAZON.—The death of Cap-
tain,Brabazon, which the telegram from China unfortu-
nately makes no longer a matter of doubt, will he read
with deep regret. It is not too much to say that he was
one of the most promising officers of the British army,
and one of the most accomplished members of the distill-,
guished corps to which he belonged. Of both the theory
and practice of his profession he was a master, and 'use'
before his departure for China he brought out a little'
volume, "Soldiers and their Science," which combined
a most admirah:e epitome of the art of war, with the
expression of military views that showed the author
to have brought, not merely great research, but a vigo-
rous intellect, to bear upon the subject. 'When the
China expedition was being organised, it was felt that the
artillery staff should be so selected that the scientific
results expected from the Armstrong gun should
manifested under the observation of able and accom-
plished men. Accordingly Brigadier Crofton, command-
ing the Artillery, selected Captain Brabazon for the pest.
of Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General ; and up to.
the day on which he gallantly volunteered to accompany'
Mr. Loch back to the Chinese lines, he was looked to by
the heads of the exnedition, both French and English,
as one of the most valuable officers of a staff in itself
singularly efficient. Captain Brabazon was the eldest
son of Major Brabazon, late of the 15th Hussars, and of
Brabazon-park, county of Mayo, and a near relative of
Colonel Ouscley Higgins, who for several years repre-
sented that county in Parliament. It may, perliape,
assuage the grief of his relatives to know that his loss is
looked upon as a public one, and is deplored sincerely
by the many who were acquainted with his great abilities
and worth.—Globe.
THE NEW COLONY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.—Miss
Burdett Coutts has received an interesting letter from
Dr. Hills, Bishop of Columbia. The right rev, prelate
dates from Cayoosh, on the River Fraser, a place up
in the mountains, about 500 miles from the capital,
Victoria. His mode of travel so far had been princi-
pally on foot. and his letter was penned in a humble bat.
He says The whole way has been the scene of gold-
mining operations. The river appears to have carried
down and deposited gold all along its banks. In former
times it flowed at a higher level, and upon the flats
or terraces now dry, as well as by its immediate bed,
the gold is found. I have conversed on the spot with
many miners and with all descriptions of persons, and
there is now but one sentiment as to the inexhaustible
resources of this country. Owing to the extreme diffi-
culty of communication, many who first came from Cali-
fornia went back disheartened, but all who remained
are doing well, and there will be a steady increase in
the population. Roads are being made, and access to
the mines will every day become easier. The miners
are a fine hardy race of men ; they are of all nations—
Germans, Americans, French, Italians, Swedes, Norwe-
gian, Chinese, as well as English. The latter are the
fewest of all. There is an utter absence of religion, and
much awful vice and profanity abounds. Whenever I have
had services the miners have attended, and several here
have told me that they have not for 10 or 14 years attended
a religious service. The Church of England is alone in the
field. Not a representative of any other religious body is
yet among the miners. At two places, Hope and Yale,
there was a Methodist minister, but he has been with-
drawn. We have two clergymen in those towns, both
of whom are working well. I was present at a meeting
in the latter on my way, when an address was presented
to me, and the chairman, an American and Presbyterian,
called upon all present in this new land to forget the
past differences and adort the Church of England for
their religion, as a church in which they could have
confidence, which had a broad basis, and which was at
work among them." The great drawback to the
wholesome progress of society in the colony, says
his lordship, is the dearth of female population, the
proportion of sexes being about one woman to every
200 men. The Chinese, he states, are flowing into
the colony by thousands. " They are funny people,, and
are full of good humour and very friendly. They respect
the English much. At one place I came to :t pretty bridge
over a river. It had been built by a Chinaman named
Ah-Soo. He takes the tolls. On our approach he ran
forward with cool waters to drink, and told us we were
free of the bridge. No Englishee pay over de bridge,
and no poor Chinaman. * * Me makee no
cliargee to de English. Me charge Boston man (Ameri-
can). Boston man cbargee Chinaman very high in Cali-
forny; Chinaman now
.charge Boston man—ha! ha!' "
The Indians, he says, are very friendly, and he was
adopting measures for the religious instruction of both
them and the European and other settlers.

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