The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-11 00:00:00

which shows the following results as compared
with the**July return :—lncrease—Cash in hand,
24 5-Oths millions ; bills discounted, not' yet due;
10t- millions ; Treasury balance, 43 millions ;
private accounts, 263 millions. Decrease—Ad-
vanced, 434 millions; Bank notes, 27,1 millions.

APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH
LIFE.

We (Times) are authorised to announce that a
marriage has been arranged between Lady Emma
Stanley, only daughter of the Earl of Derby, and
Colonel Talbot, brother of the Earl of Shrewsbury.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO ARTILLERY
VOLUNTEERS.
DOVER, August 9.
When the Artillery Volunteer Corps .were
engaged in the gun practice at Archcliff Fort
one of the guns burst, scattering its fragments in
all directions. Mr. G. T. Thompson, solicitor,
one of the lieutenants, and a sergeant were killed
on the spot, and several other members of the
corps are seriously injured.

NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
The commander of the Fox has written a letter
from the Farao Islands on the operations of the
expedition at that point. He designates the
strong currents, of which so much has been said,
as " bugbears." Altogether the letter gives reason
to hope for a faVourable result to the survey.

The screw-steam coastguard ship Majestic
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday even-
ing, and after completing her stores will then
proceed to Liverpool.
The Emperor has ordered that foreigners
corning to Paris to witness the festivals on the
15th of August (the Emperor's fete day), shall
not be required to show passports.
The Council of State is discussing at Naples
the programme of. Litorio Romano. The Queen
Mother is to leave instantly, that is, if the pro-
gramme is accepted.
A meeting took place yesterday of the creditors
of Messrs. Smith, Patient, and Smith; tanners, of
Bermondsey,-- at which it was determined to
leave the question as to whether the winding-up
shall take place in the Bankruptcy Court or under
inspection in the hands of the principal creditors.
Letters from Palermo, dated the 2nd August,
report that a party had been attempting to create
troubles. Hitherto the Government had acted
with a certain generosity, but it has now arrested
a great number of all classes, and sent them off
with passports to any country out of Italy.
The Superior Council of Commerce of France
which has already held forty-one sittings, will
not •have 'Concluded its labours before another
month. After the report on the cotton trade is
Concluded the Council will commence the con-
sideration of the silk trade. .
The Daily News, speaking of affairs in Italy,
remarks, if Garibaldi carries his victorious army
to the mainland of the Neapolitan States, the
muttered curses of diplomatists will pursue him
like a blight. By his chivalrous reply to Victor
Emmanuel, he disengages the responsibility of
his chosen king, and liberates Count Cavour
from the pressure of warnings and remonstrances.
If he goes to Naples, it is not until the anarchy
of good intentions, struggling against the sullen
perfidy . and inert resistence of a doomed court,
demands the interposition of the strong and
faithful hand that has set •Sicily free. The Nea-
Pohtans are paralysed and helpless ; the Queen
another at Gaeta, organises a bloody reaction
under Austrian auspices ; the demented young
King prays to all his saints for succour, and
trusts to his foreign mercenaries for final ven-
geance ; one-half of the army is panting for
pillage and massacre, and the other half eager to
make common cause with the army of Italy.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY.

Lord ORANVILLE, in making a statement as to the state of
public business, stated that the intentions of the Government
to proceed with the Tenure of Land (Ireland) Bill.
The Poor Law Relief (Ireland) Bill was read a second time,
some clauses being omitted on the motion of Lord Redesdale,
and after a division.

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The Militia Ballot Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Duke of ARGYLL moved the second reading of the
European Forces (India) Bill. After stating the reason for con-
sidering the bill one of urgency, he observed that it had passed
the other house by au overwhelming majority_
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH protested against the measures,
'which he regarded as unnecessary and calamitous. It was
inspired by the jealousies which had lately arisen between the
local Indian foroes and the Queen's troops. These jealousies
did not exist in his time. So far from producing an amalga-
mation of the Indian army, its effect would be to give a wider
extension to the native lines, and establish a sharper distinc-
tion between the Sepoy and the European members of the
military system in India.
Lords DE GREY and RIPON defended the bill.

The .Duke of CAMBR.IDGE contended that the measure was
but a fit, and indeed inevitable complement to the changes that
hid been lately effected in the Indian administrative system.
The maintainierice of the old distinction between the local and
The British European regiments were now impossible, and the
boor had come when amalgamation could no longer be post-
poned. He proceeded to examine the measure in detail,
controverting many of the objections urged by Lord
lEllenborough and ..other opponents respecting promotion,
'?•ff appointments and other pain: s of patronage and discipline .
The Earl of DEttsr, without intending to vote against the
measure, expressed much anxiety and apprehension as to its
effect. These doubts were, he observed, much enhanced by
the vagueness of the information offered by the Government
touching the nature of the new arrangements which they
'Purposed to base upon the present bill.
Lord CLYDE, who addressed the Peers for the first time,
%Poke in support of the bill. From personal observations, he
knew that discipline was dangerously loose in the local corps,
had he considered the establishment of an united army highly
advisable.
Earl GRANVILLE having added coma remarks in defending
'the proposed change in the Indian e.rwy, the bill: was read a
second time.
Replying to a question from the Earl of Ellenborough,
The Dille of SOMERSET stated that the cost incurred for the
'transport of troops to China amounted to £164,000 per month,.
Some bilis on the table were advanced a stage, and their lord-
`'lliPs adjourned at twelve o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS Y _ ESTERDAY.
The Speaker look the chair at twelve o'clock, but there was
not a sufficient number of members in attendance to form a
house till nearly half-past twelve.
Mr. LAING moved that a sum, not exceeding £1,000,000
sterling, be expended to pay off and discharge Exchequer
bonds.
A short conversation ensued, which resulted in the post-
ponement of the motion.
The House then went into Committee of Supply; and the
discussion on votes four, live, six, ard seven of the Civil
Service Estimates occupied the remainder of the sitting.
In the evening sitting,
Mr. linrour called attention to the present state of the
excise duty upon paper, and to the effect which the recent
action of the House of Lords bad produced on the rights and
Privileges of the House of Commons. lie urged Lord Fermoy
~‘.‘" to press the matter of which he had given notice for the
repeal of the paper duty, feeling that the success of the motion
was, at :he present moment, impossible. On the general
question he ol,lerved that the result of
subject to
of the House
of Lords was to leave the papermakers bjectbto the grievance
of the excise, at the same time that they
notd only on ha een deprthived
sole '
of
all protection, and this had been done e
opposition to the opinion of the
authority of the Lords, but in oPP • •
oard of Inland Revenue, and the repeated decision of the
Rouse of Commons. They might have restored the authority
f Lord
of that House, even during the present session.
Palmerston had had the spint of the great statesmen ofenf od Cher
times, he might have called upon She House to susp
nownowstanding orders, and have introduced a second bill.
Even
a clause might be introduced into the appropyiationbill, or a
bill be passed suspending the collection of the excise upon
Paper until April next, or they might adjourn until the ti ue
When the six months postponement of the bill by the Lords
had expired. As the case stood, he felt that they had not done
their duty towards the nation. He believed that if the noble
lord had appealed to the country on the subject of the paper
duty, he would have bad an unprecedented majority in favour
of the privileges of the 11,OUSD of Commons. They were bound
by all the ties of duty to the present and traditions of the past,
if they asserted the rights bequeathed to them by their fore-
fathers, and felt sure that if the ministers had taken more
active steps to maintain the House in the position it occupied
at the beginning of the session, he would have bad the unani-
mous support of iris own party and the support of many of
those commonly opposed to him.
Lord PALMERSTON had hoped that they heard the last of
this question during the present session. If the hon. member
felt BO strongly, why did he not act when the House
Was (full and the affair recent. For himself, he felt
that he had done his duty in taking such steps
as the circumstances permitted. If there was one thing less
dignified than another, either to an assembly or an individual,
it was to utter feeling lamentations and useless complaints
when action was impossible. He felt assured that the course
pursued by the Government had the sanction of the country,
as it had already that of the House of Commons, and he.denied
that the country would support an appeal made to them on
such an occasion. As for the suggestions of Mr. Bright, not
one of them could be practically entertained for a moment.
Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether, with reference to the interference of the great
Powers in Syria, it is the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to limit the aid rendered by England to the appearance

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at a naval squadron off the coast ; and whether or not, in the
event of the horrible massacres being continued, and the
troubles in Syria extending to fresh places, it is the intention
of her Majesty's Government to send aid in troops, or to permit
France to obtain all the houo.ur and credit which must result
from an active military support of the Christians against the
terrible proceedings of the Mahomedam.
Lord Jour; RUSSELL said that the steps which had been tak,
were simply to authorise the slarines to land for the purpose
4)f Preventing further massacres. He had just heard from the
Turkish Embassy that Fuad Pasha had arrested 400 of those
supposed to be guilty during the late massacres ; that many of
them had been executed ; that the troops of Damascus had
• n"vil great loyalty, and the authorities afforded every assist-
ance towards restoring order. He had reason to believe that
consequence of the energetic conduct of Fuad Pasha the
'Sturbances would, before long, be at an end.
Lord Fsmxor, after a few remarks, declared his intention of
'lthdrawing the motion of which he had given notice.
Mr. CoNiNaliA.M protested against the present management
of the National Gallery, and the intrigues at work in reference
to the Management of our collections and museums.
M. rangScutr..-sr called attention to the conduct of Irish business.
asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Rev,