The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-28 00:00:00

REPEATED SWISS PROTEST.

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BERNE, March 27.
It is asserted that France ,has proposal to
vinbinit the stipulations in 'the treaties. -of . 181,5,
,relative to the. eutralised provinces, to a Con_ gress
of the Powers, to which,- according to these
treaties, Switzerland will be also admitted. The
_Federal Council, having.. in view the treaty con-
cerning the concession of Savoy -and Nide to
France, published in the ...Monitetii., has directed
i
Minister-Pleniliotentia.rieg'lof Switierland at
-Faris and Turin, to repeat the protest against any
.occupation orthe neutralised, provinces.

THE . KING OF, NAPLES.
k ,NA ES (via 'Marseilles), March 24J
The Tc •
„ remained 'three days at 'Greta in-
hascling the newly-enlisted troops. His Majesty
given. all the necessarY orders for their
4.l)!gn.nisation, but no movement of troops
.tgvirards,
tile frontier has been ordered. The King returned
liere 01—i—Thursday, and, has recalled his plenipo-
tentiary from Rome, who arri'Ved here yesterday.
Th
q rumour of an approaching occupation of
,_°rne by Neapolitan troops is no longer credited..
."'everal other assassinations of agents of the
Public adminstration have taken place in Sicily.
.gieftt.agitation:previls there, blit no demonstra-
tion of any decided character . has occurred..
'General Viglia has been sent into Calabria, ha
9rder to pursue certain bands ,of agitators_

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOT SE OF LOEDS.—YESTERDAY.
The Earl of CARICARTON asked if it was. true 'that
peace had been concluded between Spain and Morocco,
and asked if the papers in pOssession of the Government
ela.tiye to the contest could not be produced.
Lord WoDEHot‘s, said that the Government had
received information similar to that which' had appeared
in the public papers,—that the preliminaries of peace
had been signed between Spain and Morocco ; hos-
tilities, therefore, would immediately. cease. The Spanish
army had returned to Tetuan ; therefore the forward
march had been arrested., As for the correspondence, it
was not convenient to produce it at the present mOment.
The Marquis of XORMANBY postponed, till after
Easter, his resolution relative to Savoy.
Their lordships adjourned at 5.45.

ROUSE OF COMMONS .v.
.—..ESTERDAY,
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
In, reply to Mr. B. Cochrane,
Ur
• KIN GLAKE stated that the declaration of Lord
John Russell on the previous evening, as to tne present
and future .-idews of the Cabinet, tendered unnecessary
the motion•respecting the annexation of Nice and Savoy,
4t was not, therefore; his
.int.intion to press for the
Interposition of Parliament so lonc, as he believed her
aiesty'fa Government were faithfully endeavouring to
ea7Y oat the policy announced by the Foreign Secretary,
oltillehle-balieveli to-be in accordance with the opinions
_
'PaniaMent and of the cotintry.
„ STArFonn XxiiiiicocrE' asked the First Lord of
Weit'uti whetbek it is the intention of the Govern-
?tient to-propose any vote in the present year for raising,
by loan or otherwise, any sum for fortifications beyond
(401, awns proposed in the army.estimates now on .!the
414.:

Ord PALRERSTON said that the commission of military
otlleers appointed i last year to inquire ni o the subject of
heir report was as
national defenebs had reported, but t
k.under 'the consideration of the military.
and its final shape had not been decided authorities,
upon. It would,
a short time, and
howeverin be laid-before Parliament
found fully stated
the views of thaGovernment w•
!fuldi bed I
therein. 'I Jd 9 Hr/ 3 '..j.
,the
Ciiptain LEICESTER VERNON called
attention Contracts Com-
report of the Packet and Telegraphic .
• Souse, having considered
ft.nlitt.,, .331t1 moved thatthis
b , the Select
'Lie report and the evidence presented ) ,
efte" mittet on paCket and telegraphic t ,is of
contrasts,
°Pinion that the contract entered inti 3 on the 26th day
°I April;mni 1859, between the coissioners for executing
tle'oflice of Lord High Admiral of:th e tnit
ed 'Kingdom
Pf treat Britain and Ireland,
and Joseph George
contending that
Ohturelivrard ought to be fulfilled'. In'
the ,eoll.t.ract was not given to mrtild he an act of gross
Churchward solely.
An politico grqunds, and that
it
wo
iiiiistiee to' 4priye him of it, he amused the House
correspondence on
Di b3ll44°tations aid extracts
fromr had voted ifi accord
polities. . Mr. Churehwad
*nee with his his interest rather than politics_; but was
:
he ? If all
e to be punished And gibbeted for
political r;ezegoes wereto be punished, the category
deprive would be a large one. Let them Government
contractors' of their 'franchise for the time, and.. they
establish one
would act reasonably. But let them not
code of honesty ,forindi.
for Government, and another for
to
viduals. He denied the right of Parliament
interfere with a commercial transaction on political
Founds: •' _ . - - - ' * •
SiF f. BARING, as
chairman of the committee,
dis-
claimed 41 party considerations as having influenced
Pao'Feport. Aver vote had been ,carried in that, cora-
14ittee Iv" the assiatailce of. one MemLer, at least/ , belonging to the Conservative party. He contended
that the contract was neither a wise nor a good one,
Iliad cited in detail the evidenee adduced befqe she com-
mittee to prove his desertion. , The meinheo of the
committee v,-rho voted for rescinding the contract. were
sn of high standing, -and many
of them were members
suppOrters Of the late
,Government.He claimed for;
Parliament the privilege ofits sanction to any
refusing
act of the Govertunent or of the Crown.
Sir S. NoRTUCOTE defended the contract; and I the
Conduct of the late, Goternment in. making:
it.
The
ebject was to allow better boats to be
Placed on
that the
the Dover,station. The consequence had been
mail service' from Prance had been greatly accelerated.lle declared that lie should consider himself disgraced
if he allowed Mr. Churchward to bear all the blame of
the transaction; which was a mutual one bet Ween him-
self and the late Government. Mr. Churchward was,
he believed, perfectly innocent, and the liouse would,
establish a dangerousprecedent, and commit a gross act
of injustice if •
, they rescinded the contract. .•
Mr- LAING admitted that a mere change of ariews did
tot Warrant any Government in rescinding a contract
made by its predecessors. He believed that the renewal
of the contract had not been advantageous
to, the public,
and that , the contract Ought tohave been thrown open
to public' competition broader grounds, that ; but he took the question on
•Mr. Churchward attempted to
gain. his contract by corrupt influence, in having tendered
hiesupport at the election to ,Captain Carnegie inreturn
for tkie, granting,of the contract. , . • .
lir.:Malina and Lord Lovaine defended the conduct
of Mr. Churchward.
Thi- SOLICITOR-GENERAL adopted —the. view of the
committee. '
•
Lord C. PAGET. confirmed the, truth of th
against Mr. Chureliviard by a private state e allegations
went made to

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Philadelphia Steam Company's, vessels. will in
frittire call at Cork for. supplementary mails, as the
Cunard steamers do: -
THE BODY OF A CHILD. FOUND.—A box conWning
the body of a female child, .full grown, and apparently
nine or ten days old, was found yesterday morning,
about seven o'clock: by police-constable 417 in the
churchyard of St.. Patrick's -Chapel.
DEATH OF ANOTHER. INDIAN SOLDlER.—Alexander
Francis Stamit, 28 years of age, one of the unfortunate
men who arrived the Great Tearnania, died' on Mon-
day last, 4.7.7. Gerard-street,.from dysentery: of
.14 days'
duration. The deceased it appears was one of the
Russian soldiers, who went over to ithe British camp
during-the Crimean war. At the close of the war he
entered the Indian service.
EVERTON AND KIRKDALE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN.
ASSOCIATION.—On Monday- evening last, an address'
was delivered before the membe,r,s of the above ,associa-
tim? by The R-ev. O. E. =Tittetton 'of Waltonc (whose
remarks were listened to with great interest: They
contained counsel and advice eminently suited to the,
age, on the. enquiries after,,truth, the -duties of young,
men to theirisel+es,-and to the Church, and to, the world.,
These addresses, which are given in the'Evertom-valley
Schoels on the last' Monday in each month, are practical,
and designed especially, fov ye_ung men.
JUDAS M ACCA EMS. —This celebrated' oratorio was.
performed last night, in) the.Coneekt.hall, before a:large
and very respectable audience. The vocalists were Miss
Hiles, Miss Clara Hiles, Mr. Pinkess, and Mr. Cuzner,
and timrePiltation of these :established loeal favourites
was fully sustained by the able manner in which the
parts allotted to each was performed. The chorus,
consisting of WO members seleftedi from the Philhar-
monic, Choral, and' Vocal' Union SOcieties, gave general
satisfaction, many of the-pieces being encored. Mr.
Armstrong conducted, and Mr. Skeaf presided at the
harmonium,

COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(BefOre J. K. Blair,
Esq.)—Waddilow v. Pritchard.----The plaintiff in this
case was a brother, and executor, of the late Mr. Wad-
dilow, a cooper, who carried on business in Great,
Howatd-street.. The action was brought to recover the
sum of £9 18s., the price of a quantity of staves supplied
in the year-1855-to the- defendant, who is ats() a cooper.
Mr. Thornley; for the plaintiff, proved the delivery, of
the staves; and some buckets, which the plaintiff's had
applied to.the defeidants for, were not delivered. le.
Rime, for the defendant, pleaded, as a set-off, that
buckets had been deliVered to the_plaintiff_to the value
of £66ltis : the remaining £3 Bs. was paid in cash. His
Honour deferred his decision until Friday..
ST. PETER'S PARISH CHURCH.—The fifth of the
annual series of lectures was delivered last evening, by
the, Rey: Baylee, in the absence- of the Rev. •K'.
Pollock, prevented by, illness from attending. Subject :
" Resurrection, of the Body." He tompared his text,
Exodus xxxvi, 35, with Hebrews x, 20, and considered
the cherubim, worked-in scarlet, and blue, and purple,
and fine-twined linen, as -representing the risen; flesh of
Christ. .Having_Jleveloped this idia,,he proceeded to
consider objections to the. resurrection of a body, and
stated that a tract had, been sent to him to guide him in
his' lecture; but the doctrine of which'he felt it his diity
to refute. He- showed the impossibility of understanding.
the nature of organisation in natural things, and consi-
dered that this impossibility-should be allowed in spiri-
tual. He concluded with the promised glories and dis-
tinctions of a--general resurrection. There was a very
good attendance, The concluding lecture, -on next
Tuesday evening, will be- given by the Rev. W. H.
Denny, of. St. Peter's---subject: "Life Everlasting."
A GANG OF BITEO_A,A.III IifEKENHEAD.--Rose Ann
Quinn, Ellen Hirley Burke,:- were again
brought up
.0n" remand dria charge of burglary, at the
Birkenhead ,Police-eourt, yesterday.—Mr. BRetweri of
153,- Bridge-street, Birkenhead, stated, that early in
March some. one broke into his house, ascended to his
bed-room, 'tote a neck-tie, a gold-watch and chain, a
gold-brooch, .and several articles of wearing apparel.
Information was given to the police and the two females,
were apprehended. They Were proved to have pledged
some of the 'stolen property at Mr:Wilkini', Bevington-
bush, Liverpool, 'lie male prisoner, Burke, came to the
police-'office to inquire if the females were in custod',
and thpooliceman on duty 'saw that round kis neck was
the identical neck-tie referred tdabove. The magistrate.*
committed the prisoners for trial; and detective-officer
Hodson, stated that if- the. bench thoughkit necessary
he could proceed with four or five cases against them.—
Mr: Biyans said he thought the ends of justice would
be satisfied, by the committal of `the prisoners on the
one charge.
C, TURF OF A GANG OF PICKFOMETS.—DESFERATE
ENOOUNTERS.—Yesterday, -at the Birkenhead Police
Court, :(bbfOre Richard Biyans, Esq.;)' Henry, Corfield,
Jane Corfield, and Louisa, Jones, were charged .with
picking`pockets at the Monks' 'Ferry' raMvay'strition
and also with seriously' assaulting Mr, Andrews and
3fr. libward; the station master and assistant station
master. It appeared that on Monday evening the
prisoner Jane Corfield went into the railivay station And
asked when the train would leave for Manciester. She
was told that it would depart at 25 :minutes after nine.
Shortly after Wards , the other:prisoners came into the
station, where they remained. At half-past seven the
train from Wales arrived, when, as a Mrs.' Rddick' war
looking for her luggage, the male prisoner was seen to
be "feeling " about her dress. At that moment Mrs.
Rodick 'shifted .her .position, and the male prisoner
acted accordingly. The captain of the railway boat
saw him push
_his hand at that _ moment into _ Mrs.
Rodick's pocket. That Jady immediately grasped his
hand and asked, "What are, you doing, picking my
pocket i" Coles, the captain of the boat, and Howardi
the, deputy station master, seized him, and he was taken
into' a private room for a short 'time. The two females
were then apprehended, and.the three were subsequently ~
taken- to bridewell.-- On the- warthere- rnade ,
desperate attemptS to escape. Howard' was severely
bitten eabdrit'sthe hand by the male prisoner, and the
'two females kicked and struggled with PolicernAn
Keenan and Mr.-Andrews.' godson, a detective officer,'
stated that' Corfield was a ticket-of.leaye man, and that
about five-o'clock on' Monday evening 'he and Detective
Scott, of the Liverpool force, met the prisoner in Great
Crosshall-street.- They- asked him what he was doing,
and .he said ;that he was leading an honest life as a
hawker. The prisoners were sent to gaol for three
months. Anether of the gang was apprehended in
court, and will be brought up to-day.