The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.:

INCREASE OF THE ARMY.—A minute of the
Defence Committee, at the Horse Guards, relative
to the report of the Royal Commissioneis for
National Defence, has been issued to-day. The
committee concur with the commission, both as
regards works for arsenals and dockyards, and
the number of men necessary to garrison them ;
but they declare
their opinion as to the insuffi-
ciency of the present strength of the regular
army, and express a hope that it may be placed
on a scale corresponding to that of the other
bof defence, for they add that it 'can never
brea
forgottenncie
the militia and volunteers may be, they can
only be treated as reserves and auxiliaries to meet
great emergencies which may arise.
VOLUNTEER CORPS.—A Parliamentary return,
issued yesterday, shows that in a radius of twenty
miles of the General Post-office, there are 234
companies of enrolled volunteer riflemen, with
main strength of 18,918. The volunteer artillery
in the counties of Kent, Devon, and Hants amount
to 33 companies, with main strength of 2,235. Of
rifles in the same counties the companies are 113,
and main strength 9,696. The return does not
give the actual numbers of any corps.

THE TRALEE POISONING CASES.

TRALEE, July 23.

No further deaths have taken place. The
coroner has held an open inquest on the bodies
of those who died on Saturday last. Six persons
are still considered in immediate danger. The
verdict of the coroner's jury adds nothing to that
already furnished. It was as follows :—We find
that the deaths of Twomey and others were
caused by their having eaten certain fish called
mussels, gathered from off the banks of the Tralee
Canal, and we are of opinion, from the medical
c%idence, that the said mussels were poisonous,
and the immediate cause of the death of the said
parties.

The following appeared in our later editions
of yesterday :
THE DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA.

The Paris correspondent of the Tinzes, writing
on Sunday, says the French_l)iTlO*l of frrochu,

from the camp of Chalons, embarks tO-day.
Marseilles for the Coast of 'Syria. Theliiresent
division, which, it.is said, will be followed at no
great interval by a second, consists of 8,000
infantry, exclusive of 3,000- or 4,000 marines,
engineers, artillery, and waggon train—in all,
about 13,000 men.

It, is reported at Paris that Abd-el-Rader is to
be entrusted with the Government 'of Syria,

The Post of this morning says it has reason to
believe that an important telegram has been
received, officially stating that a treaty of peace
..was signed on the 10th, between the Maronites
and "the Druses. The Post adds, "These events
will 44.gonrse obviate at once the necessity as. well
as the difficulties of any foreign,intervention.".

TOTAL EVACUATION o' SICILY 'AY THE
ROYAL TROOPS.

NAPLES, July 20.'
Melazzo has been attacked by Garibaldi. In
order to avoid a civil war, the King has ordered
the total evacuation of Sicily.

THE CHILD MURDER NEAR PRONIE.
On Miss Constance Kent -being removed to
Devizes Gaol, .she maintained a most dogged
silence, not speaking throughout the whole jour-
ney,' or on her arrival at the county gaol.
Her mother was for many years considered to be
of weak intellect: her grandmother was decidedly
of unsound mind. An uncle of the accused has
been twice confined in a lunatic asylum. If Con-
stance Kent were found guilty, the question of
hereditary insanity would be raised, as having
prompted the perpetration of such a fearful crime.
Mr. Kea married the present Mrs. Kent, the
mother of the murdered child, sixteen monthi
after the death of his first wife. She iiha lived
in the. family as governess for 'thirteen Years
during the lifetime of the first Mrs. Kent, and
had the entire charge-Of *this chil den.