The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-16 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORE, June 5, (Evening).—Stocks heavy,
and lower. York Central, 811 to 82. State
Stocks and Pacific Mail Steamships were firm.
Money cheaper on short discounts, and at call.
Exchange steady ; 109,3- on London.
The sales of Cotton yesterday embraced about
1,200 to 1,500 bales. The market closed tamely;
on the basis of 111 to 111 c. for middling Uptatids'i
the latter being the outside figure. Flour was'
heavy, and about &e. per barrel lower for super-.
fine grades of State and Western common brands
of Southern, while sales were fair. Wheat steady,
and in fair milling and export demand, with s
fair amount of sales: Corn. was in increased
stock, and the market heavy with considerable
sales, including some cargoes for export.. Sugatis
and coffee steady. Pork dull. Freights opened
in the forenoon dull and lower, but rallied in the.
afternoon, and closed at higher figures for grain,'
while about 80,000 bushels of corn and wheat
were engaged for Liverpool.

NEW ORLEANS, June s.—Cotton dull, sales
to-day, 2,000 bales ; prices irregular ; sales Of
three days, 6,500 bales ; receipts of three days,
2,000 bales, against 7,000 bales same time last
year ; receipts a-head of last year, 460,000 bales;
receipts of all southern ports a-head of last year,
722,000 bales. Sugar buoyant, at 7,1 e to Bc.
Freights and Exchange unchanged.
HAVANNAH, June 2.—Sugar was unchanged,
moderate demand ; the stock was 300,000, against
390,000 boxes at the same time last year.
Exchange on London, 121 to 13 pm.

The prospectus of the Labuan Coal Company is;
issued. The object is to work the coal mines in.
the British possessions of Labuan.
Tenders aro required at the Indian Office for
the conveyance of upwards of 3,000 troops front
the United Kingdom for India.
The Times complains that the defence of Lou-'
den is not embodied in the report of the commis-
sion on national defences, and argues that, while
the loss of the dockyards will not necessarily
involve the loss of the metropolis, the loss of the
latter will involve the loss of everything else.
The estimate for the packet service for the.
present financial year is £1,009,778; this is'
exclusive of £30,000 for the Galway line. Tho
contracts have all been privately arranged by
the Admiralty and Treasury, with the slightest•
super vision of Parliament. For the present year?
there is an increase of L 500,000 for the acceleration.
of the Irish mails.
The Times remarks that while an unteacheble'
Bourbon is on the throne of Naples, there ie
nothing with which diplomacy can deal. Gari-
baldi has not yet done all his work. Sicily by
itself would be only an embarrassment. An
island in the Mediterranean, half tNa size at
Ireland, as an independent State, is an absurdity
in terms : of course it would be seized upon b 9
some great power at the first outbreak of a war.
To unite it to Sardinia, while Sardinia is what,
she now is, would be no less dangerous. Sicily
and Naples must go together. They have been
united in bondage—in liberty they should not be.
separate.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY.

The Union of Benefices and the Bank of Ireland Bill were'
read a third time and passed.
Earl DE GREY, in answer to a question, said that some of
our vessels had been supplied with rifled cannon, but it was-
not desirable to state the number.

In reply to the Earl of Carnarvon,
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that the Government did not
think right to contribute to the expenses of acclimatising:
animals in Australia.
The House adjourned at twenty minutes to eight.

HOUSZ OF COMMONS.— XESTEtwAY.
The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock.
The morning .itting was occupied with the consideration in
committee of the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill. The remain-
ing clauses were agreed to, seal, some amendments ordered to
be brought up on the report.
At the evening sitting,
Mr. GARRETT asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether
it is the intention of the Government to take any steps in
accordance with the recommendation, of the Astronomer Royal
and Comptroller-General, contained in the letter of the latter
of the 9th Feb., 1859, ani the report of the former gentlenian-
on the subject of the better administration of the law with
regard to weights and measures, and the organ isation of s
separate office for that department.
Mr. LAING replied that the connection of the Treasury With
the subject was but small. The Government had considered
the matter, but were not prepared with a bill.
MR. Gairvirrts asked the First Lord of thel Treasury
whether it is expected that on the completion of the Treat,' of
24th day of March, the French Government will ad dress ti
communication to the Great Powers, asking for a reco6.litlell
of the annexation of Savoy, and whether in such case' 11`.
Majesty's Government will take any part whatever in ent'er.
taming the question of any such recognition, particuleull,as
regards the neutralised provinces.
Lord J. Itrssina, said that a communication of the kind'
referred to was expected to be received next month, but Wl'
could not state its purport.
Mr. BAINES asked the President of the Board of Trade questions'
relative to the treaty of commerce with France, namely : Firer
it having been stated that applications aro pressed upon oat
leading commercial men to proceed to Paris, under the auspices'
of the Board of Trade, to convince the French Commissioner'
that liberality is the true policy, whether it is true that leading
commercial men have been pressed to proceed to Paris, and, if
so, for what purpose ? And secondly, it'having been publicly'
alleged that the treaty is an universally admitted failure,•
whether the President of the Board of Trade can state if for
thing has occurred in the progress of the negotiations 0
cause the Government, or their negotiators to believe that the
supplementary convention will fail to carry out the original'
design of the treaty'
Mr. M. GIBBON said that no commercial gentleman had been
sent to Paris with the object of impressing on the French com-
missioners that liberality is the true policy. What had heell
done was this : when it was decided that the ad valorem duties
of the treaty were to be turned into specific duties, it was
thought necessary to obtain the best information from the
Chambers of Commerce--those chambers were invited,' to
supply the Board of Trade with facts. It was likewise thought
that delegates should proceed to Paris to obtain information-
Unless that had been done, the commissioners would not have
been able to proceed properly with their labours. It was with
no object of recommending a particular policy, but simply with_r_
the view of getting information, that these delegates were
requested to proceed to Paris. The statement that the treat,'
was a failure was entirely new to him, on the contrary, he
believed that its commercial value had been greatly under.
rated, and he was assured that the result would be, by mew
of the sudplementary arrangements, fully to carry out the
original design and intention of the treaty.
Mr. LANIGAN asked the President of the Poor-law Board:
if any inquiry had been made into the conduct of those Poet;
law officials, and others, who caused or who were concerned
in the arrest and forcible removal of Mary Carter from the'
hospital of St. Pancras, in January last; whether the deporta
tion or sending of this person out of the country, against her
consent, was not a direct violation of the law, and a gross out-
rage on the liberty of the subject; and if any, and what. steps
had been taken by her Majesty's Government to have justice
done to this poor woman, by releasing her from the unhaPPY
position she is in, and enabling her to return to the protection
of her children.
Mr. HENNEesv observed that the matter was exciting great
attention.
Mr. M'CANN said that a direct charge had been made against
two magistrates of granting an illegal warrant, and that stated
meat ought to be elucidated.
Mr. ViLtrEas said that the authorities of St. Pancras had
denied that they had committed any act of illegality in the.
matter. By law all allegations against the parochial authori-
ties could be brought before the commissioners by appeal.
Till that was done they had no power of proceeding eily,
at
morning
Itrhi
sittingas
thit uiLhtaee nhuoßdila::Tr du
e
further.
asdnadyT. Tenant
In reply to a question,
ediffoordrmmno,Btaiblluel
valuation
wßiaSislisrpwGroe.pualCdr.ebedL taken
1.1
necessary,
s C la 11 said
the th
now
withdrawn,
of lands and tenements in
Chance of passing at this late period.
that it would have mu
to iniag in a
ibnillEtnogelasnMdblis;
Mr. ALFRED Cliraca ILL asked the Under Secretary of State
disturbances in New Zealand, h by
rfoersptelicetiCnoglotniheersectoensttate to the House. the information received
her Majesty's ferces have been brought into collision wwitherethe
a complicatedintendedchief-
wouldt
wonheic,haintdnasenoneeseeqssuaerny to consequence the difficultiestoarm
haed:
reached.vas
He
had ,
H
hope, however, that the appeal
ld got
extend further, and the Government saw no necessity wtyof' taking further measures.
Mr. ADDERLEY said that the late occurrence had proved the
policy of leaving the colonists to defend themselves. The
troops had not only been of no us?, but they were positively
mischievous, and the volunteers had shewn what could bs
done by the resources of the colony itself.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in explanation, declared that the safety
of the colony depended upon the troops. The volunteers were
a mere handful.
Ia reply to Mr. E. James,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the committee on tax bills had
been unremitting in its investigations, being greatly assisted
by the officers of that House. The Chairman hoped that the
report would be issued next week.
Captain JERVIS defended the conduct of the troops in the
New Zealand affair.

Mr. CRILDERs
likewise highly praised the conduct of the
roops. The volunteers were mainly raised by means of the
soldiers.

Mr. B. HERBERT forgo; reprobated the attache upon t"