The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—YESTERDAY
Lord Brougham's motion on public business was agreed to.
Lord DUNGANNON called attention to Dr. find's case.
Earl GRANVILLE said it was under consideration.
Some deprecatory remarks were made by Lord Stanley of
Alderly and the Earl of Derby, ss to the case of the Dean of
York.
Some conversation took place as to the negotiations with

Turkey.
Various bills were advanced, and the House adjourned at
half-past eight.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.

_
Ti- e House met at twelve o'clock.
On the order of the day for going into committee of supply,
The O'DoNowavE called attention to the dismissal of the
Rev. C. P. Fox from the Chaplaincy of the South Dublin Union
by the Irish Poor Law Commissioners. It appeared that cer-
tain female paupers in theU,i ion referred to having improperly
taken possession of some clothing, the property of the Union,
were searched by the female searchers in presence of several
of the male officials. The Rev. Mr. Fox happened casually to
be a witness of what occurred, being in an adjoining room at
the time. The women were taken before the magistrate, when
the rev. gentlemen attended to give a version of the affair
which implicated the officials, describing their conduct as
scandalous, obscene, and abominable. Upon this an enquiry
took place before the Poor Law Commissioners, which resulted
in the dismissal of the Rev. Mr. Fox, not, as alleged, as a
punishment, but in order that the peace of the establishment
might be maintained. Hence the present appeal.
A debate arose, which occupied three hours, the speakers
being Mr. Brady, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Butt, Mr. Henley, Mr.
Cardwell, Sergeant Deasy, Colonel French, Mr. Vance, and
Mr. Monsell. At length Lord Fermoy brought things to an
issue by m wing as an amendment a resolution condemnatory
of the commissioners. Mr. Scully seconded the amendment,
and after some further debate Sir G. Grey admitted that the
case was one which called for further enquiry. Upon a divi-
sion the amendment was defeated by 8610 49, majority 37.
After which Mr. Cardwell promised that a fresh investigation
should be made.

The Mou=e then went into committee of supply, and several
votes were agreed to.

The House adjourned at four o'clock.
In the evening sitting,
Mr. Lowt stated that the report on education would be sub-
mitted within the year.
Lord Jonx RUSSELL said matters in reference to Syrian
intervention remained in suspense. The Powers had agreed
to a Commission of Inquiry. Protocols had been signed to the
effect that 1,200 troops should proceed to Syria, their stay not
to exceed six months, if the object could be attained in that
time.

Mr. BRIGHT praised the coursed pursued.
Lord PALMERSTON adkered to his former statement, tiat
'urkey was undergoing great improvements.

Some conversation ensued about military organisation, the
claims of the dockyard labourers, the Chinese treaty of
Tientsin, and other topics in the miscellaneous fashion custo-
mary on Friday evenings.
The motion for adjournment to Monday was at last accreed
to.

AN AMERICAN IN PALERMO.

OSSIP ABOUT GARIBALDI

At dinner we had quite a famous party. The cele-
brated Col. Turr sat at the head of the table, next to him
the correspondent of the London Times, then another of
Garibaldi's colonels, then theicorrespondent of the Lon-
don Illustrated News, then , I think, Col. Orsini, and so
on. Bixio is also in the same hotel, and a number of
other celebrities.
That same afternoon at 6 o'clock, I was taken to see
the Dictator. The party was five in all, officers and
civilians, and the visit was informal ; indeed, Garibaldi
seems to discourage all formality, and though he has
just now all the power of an Emperor, he will not even
adopt the state of a General. Europeans are fond of
calling him the Washington of Italy, principally be-
cause they know nothing about Washington. Catch
Washington invading a foreign kingdom on his own
hook, in a fireman's shirt! You might as well call Tom
Sayers Sir Charles Grandison.
We walked up the Toledo and found the little square
before the palace even rowdier than usual. A baud of
musicians had been raked together, and they were
marching about and making a great noise, and looking
very dirty and ragged, with a most varied collection of
instruments. Of course the louder they played, the
louder the people howled " Viva Italia," and the more
chaotic the crowd became. The effect was quite striking,
except that it was rather laughable.

We did not stop to look at this long, for the crowd
made way to the uniforms, and the sentries at the steps
presented arms as we passed. It was nearly the same
scene inside the palace as outside. One saw everywhere
the head-quarters of revolution pure and simple. On
the stair-case and in the ante-rooms there was a chaos
broken loose, of civilians, peasants, priests, servants,
Sentries, deserters from the royal array, red shirts, and
the blue shirts, too, of Orsini's artillery, and all
apparently perfectly at home. We had no time to look
carefully, however, but passed straight on, every one
showing us the greatest respect, until finally the third
door opened, and there we were, in the presence of a
hero.

Garibaldi had apparently just finished his dinner, 41,11(1
was sitting at a corner window talking with four or five
visitors, gentlemen and ladies of Palermo. He rose
as we came in, and came forward, shaking hands with
each of the party as we were introduced. He had his
plain red shirt on, precisely like a fireman, and no mark
of authority. His manner is, as you know, of course
very kind and off-hand, without being vulgar or dema-
gogic. He talked with each of us, and talked perfectly
naturally ; no stump oratory and no sham. Just as an
instance of his manner, there was one little action of
his that struck me. I was seated next him, and as the
head of our party remarked that I had come all the way
from Naples in order to see him, he turned round and
took my hand, thanking me as if I had done him a
favour. This is the way he draws people. He talks
mostly in French, for his English is not very good. As
for what he said, it is of no particular interest to any
one, at least so far as it was said to me. The others
can report the conversation if they think worth while
to report what was not meant to be reported.
But this was only half the scene. At a round table
in the middle of the room, a party of six, or eight
men were taking dinner. These were real heroes of
Two or three had the zed shirts on ; others
were in civil costume ; one had a dirty, faded, hussar
jacket on; one was a priest in his black robes. They
were eating and drinking without regard to us, and
as if they were hungry. Especially the priest was
punishing his dinner. He is a fine fellow, this priest,
a slave to Garibaldi and a glorious specimen of the
Church militant. I have met him several times, rash-
ing about the streets with a great black cross in his
hands. He has a strange, restless face, all passion
and impulse. The others were Garibaldi's famous
captains—a fine set of heads, full of energy and action.
Here I was at last, then, face to face with one of the
great events of our day. It was all perfect; there was
Palermo, the insurgent Sicilian city, with its barricades
and its ruined streets, with all the marks of war. There
was that armed and howling mob in the square below,
and the music of the national hymn, and the five revo-
lutionary cannon. There were the guerilla captains
who had risked their lives and fortunes for some-
thing that the worst envy could not call selfish. And
there was the great Dictator, who, when you and
my little hopes and ambitions shall have laic in our
graves a few centuries with us, will still be honoured
as a hero, and perhaps half-worshipped—who knows—
for a god
And yet Heaven knows why he, of all men, has been
selected for immortality. I, for one, think that Cavour
is much the greater man of the two; but practically the
future Italy will probably adore Garibaldi's memory,
and only respect Cavour's.
As he sat there laughing and chattering and wagging
his red gray beard, and puffing away at his cigar, it
seemed to me that one might. feel for him all the respect
and admiration that his best friends ask, and yet at the
same time enter a protest against fate.
As we came away he shook hands with us again, and
took leave of us with the greatest kindness. As we
made
our way through the crowd across the square we
stopped a minute to take a last look of him. He was
leaning on the railing of the balcony before his window,
quietly smoking his cigar, and watching the restless,
yelling crowd below. He seemed hardly to be conscious
of the noise and confusion, and looked, in his red shirt,
like the very essence and genius of revolution, as he is.
We walked up to the Toledo to see the part which
I had been refused admittance to in the morning. The
uniforms opened the way for us everywhere, so that we
examined the whole ground at our leisure. I suppose
you know all about it, so I shall not waste my time in
describing it. Only take care of believing all that the
English reporters say ; not that they tell lies, but they
are artistic in their work ; in other words, they throw
a glare of light on their own point of view, and leave
the rest of the picture ell the darker. The Neapolitans
are about the most contemptible nation I ever happened
on, and this bombardment was of a piece with their
character—but as for a fight between Neapolitans and
Sicilians, it seems to me that it is just about nip and
tuck between the two. Putting principles out of the
question, the only sympathy I can feel with any party
is with the Piedmontese. The Sicilian common people
are famous ever since the Sicilian Vespers, and especially
in the cholera troubles of 1837, for being the most
brutal and savage crowd known in moiern Europe.

romance.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—The coroner held an inquestr
yesterday on the body of William McNulty, a labeure '
i
aged 43. He died in the Northern Hospital, n. con-
sequence of injuries received by a fall from a ship in one
of of the docks, and as it was accidental, the jury found
verdict accordingly.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.--THE BALLOON ASCENT.'-
Last night, about eight o'clock, the balloon " Maw
.
left the gardens in a southerly direction, carrying its
occupants some three miles beyond Garston. Mr'
Coxwell intends making his second ascent from these
gardens on Monday, the 13th instant.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A. LIVERPOOL INSURANCE AGENT'
—Mr. John Anderson, a gentleman well known in Liver-
pool as the agent for the Norwich Union Fire Office,
was running on Wednesday night to the acme of the
fire at the Stanley Dock Warehouse, when he accidentally
fell into a " well" of one of the dock bridges and
fractured was conveyed to the Northern
Hospital,
h h
erehe died
yesterday
morning.
wis skull. He

QUARTER SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.

(Before G. HENDERSON, Esq., Recorder.)

CRIME PROMOTED.—Dennis Sweeny, bootmaker, was
indicted for having obtained a pair of boots from Charles
Devitt, by means of false pretences. The grand jury,
after hearing the evidence, sent the following present-
ment to the recorder :—" Police-constable Joseph Stock,
witness on indictment No. 2—Dennis S-veeny for mis-
demeanour,—having stated that the pawnbrokers Brown
and Ellis, 76, Parliament-street, with whom the pro-
perty was pledged, denied having it in their possession,
the grand jury think some notice ought to be taken of
the denial, since it tends to obstruct justice and promote
crime."

The constable, 755, deposed that when the assistant
of Messrs. Brown and Ellis was asked whether they
had received the boots into pawn, answered that they
had not.

The Recorder—Did he refer to his books

"Witness—l cannot say, sir.
Mr. Devitt—l heard the constable make the enquiry
for the boots. The assistant denied having them in his
possession even before the description was given.
Robert Dalglish, assistant to Messrs. Brown and
Ellis, admitted having received the boots, but alleged
that when the constable called he was not aware of the
fact.
The Recorder—Why did you not refer to your books?
Witness—l had no suspicion of the prisoner, because
he was not a regular customer.
The Recorder—You had no suspicion, sir. How
came you to say, without making reference t? the books,
that you did not have them. I think, sir, it is a very
suspicious transaction. You may go home now without
costs, .and leaving the boots in court. Tell your master
to attend more carefully to his business, and that he and
you may hear again about this case; at all events, a
strict watch will be made on your proceedings.