The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-27 00:00:00

SARDINIA;

The editor of a 'satirical journal of Turin has
been condemned to two months' imprisonment
and a fine for publishing disgraceful articles
against the Emperor of the French.

A committee, formed from among the clergy of
Turin, have drawn up an address to the Pope,
which, after receiving the signatures of the clergy
of the kingdom, is to be sent to the Vatican.
This document places before the eyes of His
Holiness the dangers attendant on the present

AL;StRIA.

V/13NgA; April 36.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH', April 26.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF L ORD S.-YESTERDA.Y,

The Eisldp of Lo..;•Tron moved the second reading of the
Union of Benefices *let was mainly confined to
the Metropoli, and was intended ec4npel wealthy parishes
with small, populations to contribute to, the.ecitiCaCcin Of the
poor in the neighbouring packlies with larger pCipitialiob?inl-.
less wealthy. It 'proposed. that churches now useless should
be taken down. This, he knew, wan dangerous ground; but
he trusted that he should so guard his proposals as to' avoid
alt desecration or injury to the reminiscences of the past.
Many of the churches had neither beauty, usefulness, nor
antiquity to reconiniend tam, and his predecessor had often
attempted to remove them, but 114 w uniformly met by the
cry of desecration. He had endeavoured. to meet ON by
requiring the consent of the Home Secretary, the Attlitishop
of Canterbury, and the bishop of the diocese before any build,
ing could be removed. Any change must further hate the
recomMendation of a commission consisting of three clergymen •
and two laymen.

The Earl of CARNARTO', while grptce4thig the motives
which had led to the introduction of the bill, hetitaled before
consenting to any measure which involved fie
important considerations and peculiar diftleulties existing in
the metropolis. A special bill might be introduced to remove
them without passing a general measure.
The Bishop of Oxford and Lord Redesdale concurred in
recommending that such a bill, if found absolutely necessary,
should he limited to the City.

Earl Gakrintt etpressed his decided approval of the bill,
as a most valuable measure.

After some further discussion the bill wag read a second tithe.
In committee on the Divorce, Court -- -
Lord ST. LEONARDS objected to permit the great poWer of
dissolution of marriage to a single judge, and announced his
intention of introducing a measure providing that- the judge
ordinary shall in such cues have the assistance of ohe other
judge.

The bill passed through committee, u did the EAclosure
Bill.

Lord Chelmsford hid on the table a bill, extending the
jurisdiction of the Divorce Court to Ireland.
The House adjourned at a quarter past eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COlibiONS:YtsttxDAY.
The Spiaket teek the chair at four o'clock.
Mr. D: B. SIMIXDA.N asked the Secretary of Statatar 'Foreign
Affairs, whether he had heard that complaints have been, made
of the insufficient protection afforded to British subjects in the
kingdoeti of-Naples, .and 'in the iihmediate neighbourhood of
the disturbances in Sicily, by the English representati4e and
British mien of war 7eri that VittiOn, anti 'l9 ether there is any
truth in these complaints, and-if-.he. will state which of her
Majesty's, vessels are on that station, and. whether the in.
strtictions have been to give assistance to- ilYpersons rightly
claiming die -protection of the -English flag, and whether to
his 'knowledge ii is true that Austrian troops have been
employed 'to aid in the suppression of the efforts df the
, Sicilian population to obtain a better form of Government. -
Lord 3. Jtussati. replied that the Government had 'heard
'nothing 'of insufficient protection to British subjects at Nhples.
Inetruetiens had been sent out that the safety of her Majesty's
subjects, and their property; shOuld he looked aftor, aid the
Calm had been despatched to Naples for that purpose. No
information had been received as to any Austrian troop? hav-
ing been employed in suppressing the efforts of the.Siellians to
obtain a better form of government; and it:was very impro-
bable that anything of the kind had occurred:
The adjourned debate on the Reform Bill was resumed by
Mr. Biacic, who admitted the political principle that the best
sytitem of government was one'eonferring the greatest benefit
on theygreatest number. He doubtect, however, wheth* this
end would be obtained by ,the. bill in its present state He
looked with apprehension on the reduction of the franchise,
which would eonfer votes on -a clasi of nezi iloldfng opinions
often unsound and dangerous: The bill had been characterised
as an instilment of reform, but if they were to commence a
graduated scale, they had better. go qn at once to universal
suffrage.. ,To stop; at an intermediate.ppint was inapolsible.
The bill would, haleared,, be 'made .tritarting point for fresh
demands,. and that the balance of the political machine would
beTesiroye-d. Tfititill ofll4ll gave p-Olitialio4i-erigaticlitsses,
.while polititalponer fry the present bill Wafreonferred c i one
class alone. He regretted that he differed in his views of the bill
from many eminent statesmen of his, party, but he considered
that great.alteration in committer would be required to make
the bill a sound and useful measure.
Sir E. B. LYTTON questioned the accuracy of the returns on
+which the bill was fortnded. Few workmen in the country
towns did .not pay a• weekly sum for their houses Which-
amounted to E 6 a year. Even supposing the, returns to
be correct, the class of Persons they would admit, would
seriously impair the character of the constituency. The con-f-
-seqitence would be a general system of corruption, for the
poor electors would be utterly unable to withstand temptition.
He amused the house by taking a suppositious voter, with a
debt hanging over him of £3, an 4 delineated the phases
through which his Conscience would pass until he; sue-
climbed: He admitted that, a much larger distritu-;
thin of A Seats was 'necessary; but to make the new and
large constituencies consist of the poorer classes of the com-
munity would be fratight with -infinite' danger to the public',
service. It was said that moderate .progress_ demanded an
extension of the suffrage. That we were to have: a£6
franchise, because we hatsteamers and railways. For himself,
he could not see the sequence. Modern, progress was due to
science and learning. Was that a reason for admitting to,
to power the unlearned and unscientific. He_ adverted to
historical arguments, and said that the fall of the :great
republics of antiquity were due to extension of the suffrage,'
and yet in those days the humble classes had greater facilities
of political education than they had' at present. As was,
antious that if i fresh constitution watt to be framed it should
be one which would last at least as long as the constitution of
1831, but this- could only be done by a: substantial and com-
prehensive measure, not by one which left the chances
of corruption greater than they were before, and the settle-
ment of the question as far off as ever. If they were to have
an election in December, under this bill, the chief cry would,
be for a new reform bill. Even Mr. Bright had told his hearer:
continually the passing of this measure would strengthen th
hands of the reforMers to demand a better. This was hisargu

ment for a bill whicC[settlednothing and phlteafsoerdwanroab,oodnye.
Then as to the time when the bill
of her Majesty's Ministers had exby the House of Lords;
was ,brought
satisfaction at
the committee of .enquiry appointed • bv the Lords into that which
that is, he approved of enquiry by take for
they They were
the Commons were called
ant...
when they were plunged
asked to pass this bill at
difficulties, and thus, like many an imprudent
into financial .
hithgeitruzvnthdeyestwineierts. Affairs
last year
speculator commmitorseuitchidreeatomf
abroad were
ministry
of Lord Derby proposed • their measure
when the mini
of
reform. At present, danger and coMpllcations existed in
every quarter.
He passed a warm eulogiurn on the genius,
eaP deity, and determination 6f the Emperofof the 'French, and
dilated on the position of his nation, which made it formidihle
beyond precedent in the history of the .world, and rendered..
necessary the utmost vigilance Ott the part of the House of Com-.
mons. He called upon them not to discard a body whidh-had
shown itself so lit and capable, in order to replace it by a raw and
untried assembly, elected by persons who yissessed the minimum
of political prpdence, under circumstances which_ required the
maximum of political knowledge. There was at least a 'doubt
as to the character of the constituencies, and it was most
unsafe at the present juncture to make the experiment.
Replying to the taunt made by the Ministry against the oppo-
sition, who told them that they did not dare to divide, because
they were sure of a majority against them, he asked if the
Government could count on a majority of membets who voted
.in public in accordance with the opinion they expressed in
private. He once more warned the House not to trust the
power due to the long experience it had acquired to the hands
of men who had none of the experience, and who had never
need the power, and from whom, when they had once bestowed
it, they could never take it. He trusted that if the Ministry

policy of nate, and points out that the surest
means of warding them off consists in accepting
the proposition's' contained in the letter of ring
Victor EmthanUel.

The Morning Post of to=day says a post martem
examination, on the body of Baron Von Bruck,
showed that a cut had been made upon the neck
from the wind-pipe to the spinal column, but
only superficially. Neither the carotid artery
nor the larger vessels lying tes:de it had been
injured. The arteries at both wrists had also been
laid open by incisions, and from the consequent
loss of blood death had ensued.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARI6, April /6.
3 40 P.M.—The floiirse has-becti arthria,ted; and
closed firm at lighter prices, Rentes, 70f. 50c.,
being an improvement of since yesterday.

The Phoebe, Captain Strati, has arrived. Her
dates are Cape 23rd, Si. Helena 31st March, and
Ascension 4th inst. Trade was reviving. The
supreme had declared free-trade in money. The
banks had raised the interests on depositi from 4
to G per cent. Prices were well -maintained upon
all. imports, and business was generally very
sound. There was still plenty of room for emigra-
tion, all those now in the colony being employed
on contractor's work. Farin lahOurers were Much
Wanted. The winegrowers and dealers were greatly
alartii6d at the redUction of the &dies on French
wines and spirits. The Oommission for the in-.
quiry into the vine disease had advised the farmers
not to mix diseased with healthy grapes in Mann-
factiring wine: Parliament was to meet on the
27th of April, tii6 setgibri having been delayed a
fortnight in expectation of the 'arrival of Sir
George Orey. A rumour was current that the
Government of C;,,ztda had been offered to
him, and the colonists Were afraid that he
would abandon the Cape. Great etc;,...4ellient
prevailed in consequence of the landing of
thirty men from Western Australia, who had
received a conditional. pardon,, and a.: .deter-
Mination was expressed to pass an act etclud-
ing such per Sons. Plans had been invited for new
Houses of Parliament, the estimated cost of Which
Was £50,006. La Refine des Clippers had arrived
With French troops for China. Their condUct at the
Cape was very disorderly, and several were con-
victed of theft. The fund for the relief of the
Jews in Morocco amounted to £6OO, which was
remitted by the Phcebe. The Maine Liquor La*
had beet' applied in the Paarl district. A letter
had been received from Mr. John Moffatt, stating
that the mission to :the Zambesi territory met
with great difficulties. No news had been
received from Dr. Livingston.