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

THE LATE ROBERT B. BROUGH.

We understand that the people of Liverpool
will shortly have an opportunity of joining in the
tribute of respect which is being paid in the
Metropolis and other parts of the country to the
memory of the late lamented and highly gifted
author, R. B. Brough, whose great literary merits
are universally recognised. Many of our readers
will probably recollect Mr. Brough's connecti on
with a highly humorous and satirical weekly
paper, published in this town, entitled the Liver-
pool Liaia. The lamented gentleman's forte lay
in this kind of humorous narrative, in light
essay, in pure joke-weaving and persiflage, in
satire, and sometimes pathetic, not sentimental,
poetry. As a writer of burlesques, with many of the
most popular of which his name is identified, he
was almost unequalled. His last literary undertak-
ing was the " Welcome Guest," of which he was the
conductor and a contributor. The deceased's death
took place at the house of his brother-in-law, at
Manchester, on the 26th of June last. He has
left a wife and three young children to
mourn his untimely loss, with but unfor-
tunately scanty means of support. It is
with a view to raise a small fund for the
benefit of the widow and her young children,
that the members of the Savage Club are about to
give an additional amateur dramatic performance
in Liverpool. The committee of the club boasts
amongst its members the names of Mr. C. Dickens,
Tom Taylor, Wilkie Collins, Francis Talfourd, E. L.
Blanchard, Henry Mayhew, and a host of other
celebrated literati. It is expected that Mr.
George Cruikelank, Mr. G. A. Sala, Mr. F.
Talfourd, Mr. J. Hollingshead, Mr. Leicester
Buckingham, and several other authors of cele-
brity will take part in the proposed representa-
tion, which is to be under the direction of Mr. C.
Millward, of this town, a member of the
club, and a friend of the late Mr. Brough.
The performance, which we believe will take
place at the Amphitheatre, will include "The Forty
Thieves." Miss Fanny Stirling, the daughter
of the celebrated Mrs. Stirling, who has recently
made such a distinguished debict on the London
stage, has also most kindly assented to give her
valuable services. Full particulars of this in-
teresting dramatic performance will shortly be
announced.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Friday, August 2, 1860.

Everything which has transpired on the sub-
ject, within the last day or two, tends to streng-
then the impression that an alliance is on the eve
of being formally concluded between the Great
Northern Powers—Prussia and Russia on the
one part, and Prussia and Austria on the other ;
and that England does not view such a combina-
tion unfavourably. The same thing happened in
1840, when there was also a Syrian question on
the tapis, and when also the Cabinets of London,
of Berlin, of Vienna, and of St. Petersburg, were
leagued against that of Paris. What more natu-
ral, therefore, than for Napoleon 111. to fancy,
particularly in presence of Lord Palmerston's
speech, such a complication as again possible;
and to endeavour, through the medium of a letter
for the consideration of the English Prime Mi-
nister, to neutralise, as far as possible, its effects,
I feel quite satisfied that overtures, with the above
view, have been exchanged between the Powers
concerned ; and that these have come to the
knowledge of the Emperor Napoleon in the course
of the discussions to which his proposed Syrian
question has given birth.
As for the decision of the Conference on this tatter
question, it is as far off as ever. The statu quo still
continues. No date has yet been fixed for the third
sitting, and as for the departure of the troops, it
is contingent on orders expected from St. Cloud,
In fact, the despatch of the first part of the expe-
dition, consisting. of 5,000 men, remains fixed for
either to-day or to-morrow. Of these, 2,000 will
embark from Toulon, and 3,600 from Marseilles.
The Government organs, while persisting in
stating that the representatives of the Powers
differ only on some points of detail, say they feel
confident that "whatever happens, France will
not abandon the Christians of Syria, who have
placed in her all their whole trust." It is added,
that the intelligence received from the war ports
announces that the preparations for the embarka-
tion of the expedition are actively continued,
' There is news from Damascus from Marseilles
yesterday, down to the 19th ultimo, The lournal
de Constantinople confesses to the massacre of
2,000 Christians at Damascus. It contradicts the
accounts Of the disturbances at Aleppo, and adds,
that the Turkish forces in Syria are to be augmented
to 26,0,00 men, It is also mentioned that an
eineute of Armenian schismatics has broken out in
the capital. Several thousands of them have
combined to prevent the interment of a Protestant
in their cemetery. The English Ambassador has
called for help from the Government, &Ad thirty
or forty of the rioters have been killed by the
Turkish soldiers. Whet a time for such a specta-
cle of want og Christian charity to be exhibited ;
From ijeyrout, there is a statement that the majo-
rity of the Mussulmans there had not participated
in the massacres; but it is asserted that the con-
sulates of Russia, France, Belgium,
Gieece, and
Austria have been burnt—those. of England an d
Prussia, alone being t.e,sp,eeted,
The churches and
convents ,avie tibia been burnt.
A letter from Messina, to one of the papers
here, dated the 30th, says that the truce between
Garibaldi and General Clary was signed only the
day before, and that it stipulates kr the handing
over to Garibaldi of the forts situate in the envi-
rons of Messina ; the
all the Undisturbed embarkation of
personnel and materiel of the Nea-
politan army ; the reciprocal engagement,
in case of hostilities recommencing between the
'the citadel, which remains in the power of the
Neapolitans and the City, to proclaim the termi-
nation of the armistice forty-eight hourshours at least,
in advance. Alre4dY. it is remarked by the
write , of this account, Messina has resumed its
has
animated aspect; everybody recovered confi-
dence since the foreign ships of war have returned
to their former anchorage in the port. The
inhabitants believe any hostility on the part of
the citadel to be impossible, now that these ships
have 003*Y
General Garibaldi and his staff have gone to
Faro, at the entrance of the Straits of Messina,
where a garrison was placed forthwith. It is
said that the Calabrians on the opposite coast are
greatly agitated. But it is given out as quite
certain, that a numerous deputation arrived on
the 29th from Reggio, and that the members of it
declared to Garibaldi that the Ca,lahrians only
waited for his prese4eq among them, to pronounce
in favour 04 the national movement." It is
evident in these circumstances, that the truce had
been agreed to, merely to save further effusion of
blood, and that Garibaldi is employing the
interval in arranging his expedition fox the
mainland of Sicily, where the troops, as well as
the people, are ready to receive him with open
arms. Meanwhile, according to intelligence
which has been received through a most trust-

worthy channel, it is intimated that the present
desideratum of the Sicilians themselves is, to
be annexed to the kingdom of Piedmont, but as
a separate province, and as much as possible with
a Viceroy ; to have a Sicilian Parliament, enjoying
a real importance; and, finally, not to be subjected
to the regime of the conscription. There is
certainly nothing out of the way in this pro-
gramme. It has surely been already won for
them by Garibaldi.

I observe it is explained, with reference to the
opposition which the Garibaldians encountered at
Milazzo, that this town contains, within it a cer-
tain proportion of fatuities whose members are
engaged in important employments under the
Bourbon Government. These families and their
adherents naturally did not share the hatred of
the Sicilians for the Dynasty of Naples : on the con-
trary : and accordingly this fraction of the inhabi-
tants made common cause with the Royal troops;
but it is by no means to be inferred from this that
the population of Milazzo, as a body, was hostile
to Garibaldi.

I had not time yesterday to send you the par-
ticulars
of the grand review of the First Corps
d'Armee, under the command of General Magnani
which was held in the evening, of the previous
day, on the racecourse of Longchamp. It was
indeed a magnificent spectacle, and nowhere else,
probably, but in Paris, could such a sight be wit-
nessed at the present moment. The three divi-
sions of infantry arrived on the ground in succes-
sion, and formed on the ground in three lines, by
battalions, en masse. These troops were placed
under the orders of three generals of division,
de Ladmirault, Bazaine, and Baron Fririon. The
Sappers and the Paris Guard, forming three
battalions, were under the orders of General
Souman, general of division. Behind them were
drawn up the three brigades composing the
cavalry division, commanded by General d'Allon-
ville, and a numerous artillery, belonging to the
2nd and 18th Regiments, under the orders of
General Guiod. These different corps formed an
effective of 29 battalions, 27 squadrons, and 1t
batteries of mounted artillery. At four o'clock the
Emperor, accompanied by a brilliant staff, in which
several foreign officers were conspicuous, arrived on
the race-course, and passed down in front of the
troops to the cries, a thousand times repeated, of
" `rive L'Empereur !" after which his Majesty,
placing himself in the centre, distributed crosses
and military medals to the officers and soldiers
who had been recommended for rewards. The
whole of the troops defiled in battalions and
squadrons. The various regiments, in passing
before his Majesty in succession, saluted him with
the most enthusiastic acclamations. At seven
o'clock, the Emperor returned to the Palace of
St. Cloud. The review had the advantage of a
magnificent sun, and attracted to the Bois de
Bollogne a large concourse of spectators, who •
manifested the most eager anxiety to obtain a
view of the Emperor.

His Majesty has also reviewed the pupils of the
military school of St. Cyr, by whom he was of
course received with every sign of youthful mili-
tary demonstrativeness, and he has permitted
the Prince Imperial to gratify the pupils of
'the Lyceum at Versailles by paying them
a visit at their establishment. The youthful
Prince went to the chapel to hear the pupils sing
a Dwane salcum ; and the devout manner in
which he conducted himself was remarked by alt
the persons present. On leaving the sacred
building the Prince asked to see the head master,
and with a charming grace bid him make his.
adieus to his young friends, charging him to
thank them for the way in which they had re-
ceived him. Of course the visit would have been
incomplete without the introduction into the pro-
ceedings of the military element ; and accordingly,
before finally leaving the building, the Prince
was treated with a march, chanted by the choir-
Two more royal meetings are announced. The
Queen of Spain, desiring to thank the Emperor
for his recent attempt to have Spain recognised
as a first rate Power, has requested His Imperial
Majesty and the Empress to pay her a visit at
Barcelona, on their way to Algiers ; and the
Turin journals announce that Victor Emmanuel
is to meet the Imperial party at Nice, o n the-
occasion of their going to inspect their new-
acquisition.

The Council of Ministers convened by the Em.--
peror for Wednesday last remained an unusally
long time in deliberation, and did not separate
till a very late hour.

I had hoped to have given you to-day ail
account of the competitive trial of the mowing
machines held this week at St. Cloud, and of
the distribution of the prizes, and also of an
invention by a manufacturer of Lyons, of some
new machinery for cotton spinning by which
a saving to the extent of 75 per cent. is to be
effeeted in the cost of manufacture, but I must
delay this till my next. I may mention, however,
that the first prize and the gold medal for the
best mowing machine were awarded to Messrs.
Burgess and Key, who brought forward one worked
by two horses which performed wonders, con-
sidering the nature of the ground and the state of
the crops on which it had to operate. The first
prize for the French machines (there were two
classes, one for foreign exhibitors and the other
for French) was awarded to a French gentleman
for an excellent machine which required one horse
only to work it.

I shall give you in my next an account of the
first representation of M. Ponsard's new comets„
which was a thorough and marked sitcc.s.
There has again been a fall in RenteA, The,
offers to sell are greatly in excess of the. demand.
The market for transactions in private stocks is.
comparatively better than that of the public funds..
The monthly liquidation was. accomplished with,
facility, and at prices which present no materiel.
difference between those of the corresponding
previous closing.
The IrWatea yesterday fell 25c.

VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

•
THE CAMP AT CROSBY.
A detachment of the Ist battalion of Ake Liver-
pool Volunteer Rifles is encamped( among the
sandhills on the shore at Crosby,, within a short
distance of the town. The landbelongs to Major
Blundell. The tents, supplied by a gentleman
from London, were used in the Crimea by the
English army ; 35 have been already pitched, and.
are occupied by eighty or a hundred men, exclusive
of °facets, among whom are Col. Bousfield (in
command), Captains Bright, Martin, Power,
Robertson ; Lieuts. Howard, Moseley, Burktti,
Skirving (of the Lancashire Artillery Milk*,
Deely, Henshaw ; Ensigns Cotton, Lister, Cook-
son, and Wesley. The tents are all named after
some peculiar place or object. One is. facetiously
termed ‘k The Hermitage ;" another is called
"Donnybrook," which, like the fair of that name,
will probably be the scene of jollity; a third has
been christened the "Weasel's Cot ;" a fourth,
" Furnace Abbey." Then there are " The Pirate's
Den," or " The jolly Thieves' Hollow; " "The
Squirrel's Roost ;" "The Bungalow," and "St.
George's-hall." One of the most prominent
is the " Pandemonium," on which are repre-•
sented the little devils stirring up the fire..
" Bacon Castle" does not smell of pig; and,
although " The Mossy Cell" is not quite so-
green as moss, it and all the others are pretty,
and a sketch of them would look extremely
well. The men turn in after parade in the•
evening, except the sentries ; and are called up
again at five a.m. Parade takes place at half-
past six, breakfast comes next, and then the
volunteers go by train to business. A canteen
is at hand: the owner, Mr. Wilson, of the
Litherland Hotel, Crosby, supplies the volunteers
with breakfast and tea. The guard mounts at
seven ; the sentries are posted and relieved every
two hours. Discipline is rigorously carried out.
On Sunday the company will march to Crosby
Church. It is intended to have a sham fight in
a short time ; and before the camp is broken up,.
an amateur dramatic representation will take
place, probably in Furnace Abbey. To-night,
dill, including skirmishing, will take place.
The camp is visited by a large number of ladies.
and gentlemen.

SHAM FIGHT THIS EVENING AT
HIGHTOWN.

This evening a sham fight will take place at
Hightown. The volunteers who will engage in
the battle are the members of the 2nd Battalion
Liverpool Rifles. There is no doubt the affair
will go off with eclat ; it has created considerable
interest, and we are not far wrong in stating that
Hightctwn sands will be crowded on the occasion.
A special train, containing the volunteers and
their friends, will leave Liverpool about half-past
four o'clock.

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. 3,

The Monitcur publishes the text of the con-
vention signed at Messina between General Clary
and Colonel Medici, which is merely a military
convention for the evacuation of Sicily from
motives of humanity.

The convention which was agreed upon at the
sitting of Monday last, contains six articles
determining the common co-operation of all the
Great Powers. The following is a summary of
its contents :—The intervention will last only as
long as the Porte shall deem it advisable. A
previous agreement is necessary for the regula-
tion of all the military operations, and in order
to determine the effective strength of the expedi-
tionary forces, which are to be maintained at the
charge of the respective Powers. A separate
article stipulates that the French troops already
on the point of embarkation shall start without
waiting for the contingents of the other powers.
unless the representative of the Sultan should
receive information from Syria which would
render all intervention unnecessary. As soon as
all the Great Powers have adhered to the plan of
the convention as modified in their second
sitting, their representatives will re-assemble in
order to sign the convention, and the additional
protocol which has been drawn up at the request
of the Turkish Ambassador. The representatives
of the Powers will then combine the two docu-
ments, in order that they mar receive in a fourth
sitting the signatures of the Plenipotentiaries.
It is said that Prussia, which till now has only
been represented at the conference by a Charge
d'Affaires, will, when the definitive signature of
the convention takes place, be represented by its
Minister, Count Portalis, now absent from Paris
.on leave.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, August 3.

3.30 P.Nl.—The Bourse opened flat, but im-
proved in consequence of the notice posted up
there. Rentes closed firm at 68f. 30c., or 15c.
higher than yesterday.