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

GAZETTE NEWS.

WHITEHALL, August 4.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint John• Hawksley, Esq., to be
her Majesty's Commissioner, for the purpose of
enquiring into the state of the present supply of
water to the city of Dublin, and also as to the
best source from whence such improved supply
could be abtained.

WAR-OFFICE, PAII-MALL, August 6.—George
Lloyd, Bodges; tsq., C. 8., late her Majesty's
tharge*-d'Affaires to the Free Hanseatic Cities, to
be 'an *ordinary member of tllte. Civil Division of
the Second Class or Knights Commanders of the
IVfost Hon. Order of the Bath.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, August 7. —l7th
Regiment of Foot: Major• General Sir Richard
Airey, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
tietterel Thomas J. Wemyss, C. 8., deceased; duly
2b.—William Daly, Esq., M.D., is appointed to
be a member of the General. Council of Medical
Education and Registration of the United King-
dom.—The Queen has conferred the decoration of
the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned soldier
of her Majesty's army, on account of an act of
bravery performed by him in India—Second Bat-
talion Military Train : No. 201 Private Samuel
Morley.

The following appeared in our later editions of
yesterday :

VOLUNTEERS FOR SICILY.

TURIN, August 2.

One thousand volunteers left to-day for Sicily,
and 5,000 more were to leave on the 4th. The
number of men conveyed by sea amounts, to
25,000.

CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE DANES AND
SCHLESWIG-HOLS/I'EINERS.
Quarrels between the officers of the Danish
service and German citizens, have taken place at
P.endsborg.

HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY NORTH-
WARDS.

YORK, Aug. 7, 2 a.m.—The journey from the
metropolis to this place, over the Great Northern
Railway, has been performed with unerring
accuracy. Her Majesty's journey northwards
was resunxed at 20 miuutes after 2 o'clock.

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.
The weather of the past week, though below
the usual temperature, and cloudy, with some
reain, has further improved the appearance of the
crops, and has been more calculated to produce a
better sample than a very hot sun. Even with
fine weather there _cannot be any serious decline
till the 'new crop appears in quantity.

The Osprey and Dominion have arrived from
China with 1;083,100 lbs. of tea.
At the general meeting of the City of London
Preivery Company, yesterday, a dividend of 6 per
tent. per annum, both on the preference and ordi-
nary shares, was declared.

The bills of Mr. John Croft, provision merchant,
of PhilpOt-lane, and of Mr. John Croft, jun., of
Knightsbridge, have been returned. The amount
of the liabilities is believed to be moderate.
It was announced yesterday that Mr. E. M.
Abbott, of the Bow Brewery, has been obliged to
suspend payment. The liabilities are estimated
at £lOO,OOO. The estate is not expected to pay
in MI

The Daily News in alluding to the discussion
,ort the paper duties, remarks the lists were too
linequal, and the issue of the battle too well
ascertained beforehand to make the contest
exciting ; but as probably one of the last of its
kind that our generation will witness, it was not
uninstructive, and it closes the session with eclat.
The Superior Council of Commerce of France
has lately held four sittings, devoted to the
inquiry into the eotton trade. It has heard a
great number of French, English, and Belgian
manufacturers. The sittings were sometimes
prolonged till nearly seven o'clock in the evening,
and all were presided over by M. Rouher, Minister
of Commerce.

THE NEW POLICE Comrs.—To-day the New Police
Courts, in Dale-street, will be opened for the first time,
for public business. These courts have been often des-
cribed, so it needs not any remark on that point at pre-
sent. Compared to the old courts they are very limited
in space, but we must wait for a little experience, before
We can say what accommodation they are capable of
affording to the public.

GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.—LIVER-
}OOL DISTRICT.—This numerous and respectable body
intend to have a procession and grand dinner and balls,
at their several club-rooms, on the 20th instant. The
several lodges that intend joining in the procession, will
meet on the morning of that day at Wavertree-bridge,
and will proceed then, as arranged, and after the pro-
cession the lodges will adjourn to their own rooms,
Where they will dine, and have their balls in the even-
ing: This is the first procession of this body for the
last fourteen years, and will be a grand affair, devoid of
party or politics.
SHOT-PROOF SHIPS.—Some very interesting, and, it
is said, successful experiments were made at Portsrnout‘h
on Saturday, with the view of testing the system of
shot-proof ships invented by Mr. Jones, of Liverpool.
The Times, in its account of the experiments, says
NIL Jones's invention has for its object the construction
of ships of war which are required to be shot-proof. To
attain this object he proposes the sides of the ship should
incline outwards from below the water-line until
they rise to the water-line, and that from thence
they should incline inwards at an angle of about
45°. The target face measured 13 feet by nearly
9 feet," and was covered with four armour plates placed
side by side. No. 1 plate was of 41 inch soft steel ;
No. 2 was of the same material, but of 31 inches;
No. 3 and No. 4 plates were of 44-inch iron, of two
different manufactures. The sectional portion of the
target which supported the plates in their position was
of great strength, but is stated to be of only half the
actual strength which would be given in constructing a
vessel on this plan, or as compared with the support
given to her plates by the teak sides of the Warrior.
The old arctic brig Griper was cut down to her main
deck, and on it the target was secured. The Stock's
aftermost 8-inch smooth-bore gun was the one used, with
solid 68-pound shot and a charge of 16 lb. of powder,
calculated to penetrate, under the same circumstances
of range, &c., 12 feet of oak. The first shot fired struck
the midship iron plate about two-thirds of the way
down. The second struck the same plate near its
centre. The third struck the junction of the two iron
plates in a line with the first shot. The fourth was a
miss, as far as the iron plates were concerned, it sriking
the heavy balks of timber at the foot of the target, and
tending up a shower of splinters. The fifth shot struck
the upper portion of the midship iron plate, the shot
being shattered, and portions of its fragments'earrying
away the frigate's rail immediately over it. No. 6,7,
8, and 9, all struck parts of the same plate which had
been hit by former shots. There was an evident
intention to test the principle of the target to the
very utmost, sev& out of the nine shots fired having
been directed upon one plate, and four out of the
Beven being a repetition of blows on the same spot. The
plates have been indented to a certain extent, but in no
Place have they been pierced or fractured by the shot.
This is the true principle of the target, and what is pro-
fessed by the patentee,—to cause the shot to glance off
Without piercing or fracturing seriously the protecting
Plate. Saturday's trial is as yet the most successful
instance of the resistance of iron plates to solid 68-pound
rasttat so short a range, and affords a remarkable con-
t
thoarget": the other trials during the past week on the
affixed to the broadside of the Sirius, which were
easily pierced
this tar from the same gun that has been used on
get, 411c1 at the same range.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
MOUSE OF LORDS.—YESTEILDA.Y
The Game Certificate, the Natal Discipline; the Senior Mem:
bers of Council (India), the Admiralty Jurisdiction (India),
and the Superannuation Act of 1859 Amendment Bills 'were
read a third time and passed.
Earl de GREY ANn Ittrox moved the second reading of the
Regal Volunteers Corr., Bill, alleging as a reason for urgency
that it was necessary to the pro Pei training eif the vuitinteeri
in the use of the rite.

The motion *as agreed tat
iii reply to the Earl of Derby, said that the
ovt-rntielit IntenAed to proceed with the Poor Law (Scotland)
Continuance Bill, the EeclesiistiCal Commissioners Bill, the
Friendly Societies Bill, the Eitsi• india Transfer of Stock Bill,
the Fortifications Bill, the Indian Artily Bill, the Land Improve..
ment (Ireland) Bill, thn Roman Catholic Charities Bill, and the
Industrial Schools Bill.
The lordships adjourned at ten minutes to Seven.