The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-26 00:00:00

THE LEATHER TRADE.

The accounts from the provinces yesterday
were unfavourable. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Jonathan Priestman, tanner, has been com-
pelled to suspend payment. The resources of
this gentleman were, it is stated, diminished to
the extent of £40,000 some time since, to relieve
him from his liability in connection with the
Northumberland and Durham District Bank.
.Mr. James Muirhead, of Glasgow, a leather
factor, occupying some position, has also stopped ;
and it is feared the amount involved in this case
will be considerable. The affairs of Mr. Thomns
Butcher, of High Wycombe, Bucks, leather seller,
are undergoing investigation. At Leadenhall
market yesterday sales of leather were not pressed,
and although very little business was done, prices
remained steady. English raw hides were in
demand ; being short they made rather higher
prices.

The Post has a telegram from Paris which says
that everything leads to the belief that Garibaldi
is directing his expedition against the mainland,
but no confirmation of "the fact has yet been
received.

The commission, now sitting at Paris, to settle
the details of the duties in connection with the
Anglo-French Commercial Treaty will, on Friday
next, commence the consideration of the question
affecting cotton fabrics.

George Bull, a young man, a member of the
medical profession, was tried yesterday, at Lewes,
for manslaughter. He accidentally gave his
mother, to whom he was devotedly attached, an‘
over-dose of prussic acid, a drug which she was-
in the habit of taking as a remedy for a com-
plaint. The jury brought in a verdict of not-
guilty.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,.

HOUSE OF COMAiONS.-yESTXRDAY.

The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock.
The Coroners' Bill of the government was withdravz by Sir
G. C. Lewis.

The Gunpowder, &c. Bill passed through committee. -
On the order of the day for going into committee upon the
Ecclesiastical Commission Bill,
Sir G. C. Law's stated that he should not persevere with the
clause transferring the capitv.lar property to the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners.

Lord 3. MANNERS urged the further withdrawal of the clause
giving increased powers to the commissioners over episcop4l
property.

- Alderman CursLAND demanded that the bill should be with—
drawn altogether till the accounts of the commissioners were
examined, which it was stated were in a very confused state,.
and had not been audited for three years.
After some further debate, in which Mr. Walpole defended
the Commissioners, and declared that much good had resulted
from their labours. The House went into committee on the
bill.

On the sth clause,
Lord Joan MANIURS protested against further powers.heing
given to the commissioners, who had entailed great expanse
already on ecclesiastical property, and moved the omission of
the clause.

Lord Raul RIISSILL supported the clause, which could not:
be omitted without abandoning all further review of the
ecclesiastical property.

Sir J. GRAHAM recommended that the powers given to the
Commissioners be discretionary and not compulsory.
After a long debate, this suggestion was adopted, and the-
Clause passed.

The next clause, giving the management of eapitular prcperrt
.43 SU kl4:1 OUt.

Clauses up to 15 were agreed to.

On the 16th clause, entrusting the management of the epis—
copal property to the Commissioners, considerable discussion
arose. Ultimately the House divided, and the clause w&4
adopted by 159 to 41—majority, 118.

The rest of the sitting was occupied by the discussion of the
subsequent clauses.

The Rouse adjourned at six o'clock.

COURT AND TABLE TALK.

()swim, July 24.-
The queen and Prince Consort received by telegraph
this morning, the joyful intelligence of the confinement
of the Princess Royal, and the birth of a Princess..
The Duchess of Kent took leave of her Majesty to-day,-
on her return to Frogmore House. Her Royal High-
ness crossed over in the royal yacht Fairy, attended by
Lacy A. Bruce and Lord James Murray.

NEW FIELD-MARSHALS.—We understand that it is,
intended to confer the dignity of Field-Marshal' on:
Lord Clyde and Lord Gough.
WELLINGTON AS AN ART-CRITIC.— When I had.
sketched his figure, I asked him to look at it. lie said,.
"You have made my head too large, and this is what-
all the painters have done to whom I have sat. Painters
are not aware how very small a part of the• human
figure the head is. Titian was the only paißter who un-
derstood this, and by making his heads. small ha aid
wonders."—Leslie.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—QE, Tuesday morning:
the marriage of the Hon. Misa Bulteel, niece to Zvi.
Giey, and daughter of Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, of 1". o.
1, Eaton-place West, with Mr. Bingb.am Mildmay.
cousin of Sir H. St. John Mildmay, Bart., was, solem-,
nized at St. Paul's Church. Knightsbridge. The fair
bride, accompanied by her mother, arrived at, the church,
shortly after eleven o'clock, and the bridal
party soon,after proceeded to the communion4able. The bride
was most magnificently attired. Her head-dress con-
sisted of a wreath of white roses, white lilies, myrtle,.
and orange flowers, and a large square veil of rich.
Brussels lace was thrown over her head, She was--
attended to the altar by a bevy of youthful ladies. At
the termination of the ceremony the parties retired to.
the vestry-room, where the usual register was signed
in the presence of a number of the nobility and gentry,.
and immediately afterwards repaired to Lady Elizabeth
&keel's, Eaton-place West, where a grand dejeuner
was given. The newly-wedded couple subsequently
left town en route for the Continent,

Tau DuNmow Fixrcu. The ammuncement that
there was only one couple who had come forward to,
claim the flitch, has been the means of bringing forward:another loving pair
as claimants for the distinguishing
honours connected with the same. 'The first claimants
are Mr. Edward Townshend and Clara his fife, wiz&
has been married six years, arta never had a dispute Or
an angry word pass between them.; both are under
thirty yof age. The husband it a house decorator,
ears
and resides in London. Last year he went to Hull with.
his wife, and competed for a flitch on, the same terms sa
the prize is granted in our ancient town,, which he
obtained ; also, in addition, a lurge well bozutd
with gilt edges, having a testimonial, written 'in the
inside. The second, claimants are IVlr. Henry -T...10yd and
Mary Anne his wife ; they, reside near Ltriidon; their
ages respectively forty-tyw,ancl ; the gentle-_
man is a merchant,'a. clerk, and has 'oeen married two,
years, was horn; iq Kiddlesex; h;,3" amiable wy is it
native of gent. These parties came forward in the
hope, that, it may induce aneother couple to make a,
similar application, and not be so diffdent about the
reward held out for happy couples by W. Harrison
Ainsworth, Esq.—lpswich Ewen.
How .SEA-BIRDS ORTAAIi FBESH WATER.--:The
question is often usktd, where sea-birds obtain. fresh
water to slake their thirst, but we have never seen it
satisfactorily answered till a few days ago. An old skip-
per says that he had frequently seen these birds at sea
far from any land that could furnish water, hovering
round and round under a storm-cloud, clattering lika
ducks on a hot day at a pond, and drinking in the drops.
of rain as they fell. They will smell a rain-squall a
hundred miles or even further off, and send for it with
almost Inconceivable swiftness. How long- sea-birds.
can exist without water is only a matter of conjecture,
but probably their powers of enduring thirst'are iner.eased
by habit, and possibly thay- can, go without it for many
days, if not for several weeks.

A case was heard on Saturday,, in the Edinburgh
Cou,rt cl Sessions, in which Mr. S, D, Morrison, surgeon-
dentist in that city, sued Mr, J. Churchill, publisher of
the British Journal of JAntol Science, for damages, laid
at £l,OOO, on twCount of certain alleged offensive
expressions t ark article published in that journal,
entitled "-Dental puffing." The plaintiff was not
actually named in the article ; but its reference- was not

denied, and this it was urged, was intended and dict

effect great injury to him. Professor Simpson and others
bore testimony to the efficacy of Mr. Morrison's process
for a painless extraction of teeth, which has been exten-

sively advertised. For the defendant it was contended,
that the article did not exceed the bounds of legitimate
criticism. Verdict for the plaintiff, with £lOO damages.