The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

AMERICA.

6,01 HAMPTON, July 6.
The United States steamship Arago, Captain
Lines, with dates rrom New York to thu 23rd
'At., has arrived. She brings 219 passengers,
and $818,410 in specie, of which $150,000 are
for England, and the remainder-for France.
The ..krago spoke the following ships on the
23rd June in New York- say, bound in :—The
American ship J. M. Bogurton, and Italian
barque rI, Posero; on the same date exchanged
signals with the American ship Eliza, bound east.
On July 4th, in, lat. 49.42, long. 14.5, exchanged
signals with the American ship Corramus, bound
west; at. the same time exchanged signals with
the brig Carmina, bound east. On July sth, in
lat. 49.52, long. 7.50, exchanged signals with the
American steamer Vanderbuilt, from Havre and
Southampton, for New York. On July 6th, off
the Start, passed the French ship Sourabaya, of
Havre, bound west.

AUSTRALIAN, BOMBAY, AND MAURITUS
MAILS.
The Panther, with the above mails, arrived at
Marseilles at 4 p.m. Mails left for London at
5 p.m.

'THE LEATHER TRADE.
Several more small failures in the leather trade
were reported yesterday from the provinces. The
market for English hides was firmer. Few English
-ilaughteied hides offered, but the rates obtained
were 20- to 30 per cent. above the low prices
accepted on Tuesday.

PRIVILEGES OF THE COMMONS.
The Times remarks that if Mr. Bright really
fears the growing power of the Lords, he and his
friends have the remedy in their own hands.
They have only two estates of the realm ; and
to arrest the dangerous predominance of the
third. It has already put down Reform ; it has
sanded over to the Lords the taxes and supplies,
and the privilege of chastising its Chancellor of
the Exchequer; it has tossed an empire to the
Horse Guards.

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
Two series of prizes, seven in all, were open
and decided yesterday. They were the Prince
Consort's prize of £lOO ; the silver cup given by
the London. Rifle Brigade, value 50 guineas ; and
rifle given by Mr. Smith, value £35.
.. The competition for these three prizes was
. testrtcted to the winners of the " All corners"
.series, who are twenty-eight in number, and to
the twenty second-best shpts made in that contest.
There:. were, therefore, forty-eight competitors to
fire--ten rounds each, at the three longest ranges
—soo,.noo, and 1,000 yards. There were 1,440
• shots tired for this series alone, with the following
- • . result Prince Albert's prize of £lOO
- • - was gained by Capt. R. Lacy, 33rd Infantry, and
.of the school of musketry, at Hythe ; Capt. Lacy
..made twenty-tWo. points at the three ranges.
The second prize of. this contest, the silver cup
given by the London Rifle Brigade, was gained
by Lawley, sergeant of the 2nd Derbyshire Volun-
teers and one of Lord Vernon's" gamekeepers : he
made eighteen points. The third prize, the rifle
-
given by Mr. Smith, value .£35, was won by Mr.
w Peter, one of 'the Swiss Champions, ith eighteen
• points.. In the shooting for the tie, Lawley won.
The next series of prizes were four in number,
open to all corners, for breech-loading rifles
oniv
-Ave rounds, the ion ranges of 800 and 1 000
The first prize, the Dute of Cambri4e,PlA
was gained by M. Knecht, a Swiss, who at all
the ranges made ten points. The second. prize,
£3O, was won by Captain Lacy, the winner in
the preceding match. He made nine points again
with the Wesley Richards' rifle. The third prize
£2O, was won by Turner, Ist Berkshire:
eight
points; the fourth, eleven guineas, by Edwards,
4th West York :. eight points. Peter, in this
contest also, made eight points, but, on the
shooting for the tics, Turner and Edwards won.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
At 8 a.m. the Duke of Wellington's prize of £5O
will be shot for. At 9 a.m. the competition for her
Majesty's prize and the medal of the association,
will commence, and will probably continue until
a late hour in the afternoon. During the day the
rifle presented by the riflemen of Switzerland
will be shot for by volunteers, excluding the
-winners of the Whitworth rifles. Miss Burdett
Coutts' prize has been withdrawn, owing to the
large number of entries and the consequent diffi-
culty of concluding the competition before the
termination of the meeting. The prizes will be
presented to the winners by Mr. S. Herbert, the
President of the association, on Monday, at the
Crystal Palace.

The Corn Market was extremely heavy.to-day,
and sales could not be effected except at a further
decline of is or more.
Reports were circulated this afternoon of one
or two suspensions at Liverpool in connection with
the Cotton Market.
The Produce Markets have been steady this
week, but rather quiet, and prices showed few
changes at the close.
The subsidy promised by the. French Govern-
down a submarine telegraphic
ment for laying
line from France to the United States, is an
interest of 7 per cent. during fifty years, on a
capital of 15,000,000 francs.
The Times speaks highly of the Bishop of
London's speech last night, referring to the case
of St. George's-in-the-East, and hopes there is
still time to take measures for removing the cause
of the disturbances by curtailing the liberty
which the Rev. Bryan filing so much abuses.
The Herald says reports were current, in the
course of yesterday, with respect to failures in
the provinces through the condition of business
in the leather and cotton departments. Names
were mentioned of firms being in difficulty, and
who have been compelled to suspend, both at
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle.