The Daily Times. — 1860-05-31 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MAIL PACKET CONTRACTS.  The report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons was issued yesterday. It contains an account of the Cunard and Galway, and other contracts. Complaint is made of the absence of any provision for Parliamentary control, and the committee recommend, as a general rule, that new contracts should ho put up to Competition. Referring to Lord Derby's evidence, it is stated that it was given without having the necessary documents before him, for arriving at a correct conclusion on the Galway contract, and as a consequence, this country is now supporting a line in rivalry with one subsidied by Canada.  SHOCKING MURDER AND ATTEMPTED  SUICIDE.  A shocking murder took place at Washington, Sussex, on Monday evening, Mr. Samuel Rowland, landlord of the Star Inn, at Ashington, and who was well known and much resfietted in the surrounding locality, having been shot dead by Ater DUcteney, a man who rented a cottage and some land at Washington. Immediately after committing the horrid act, the murderer attempted to hang himself in a plantation which adjoins his house, but • he was discovered and cut down before life was extinct, and is now in the custody of the authorities at Steyning. Mr. Rowland must have used some expression to exasperate Dudeney, who shot him dead upon the spot.  THE VOLUNTEERS CALLED OUT.-THEIR  FIRST SERVICE.  A military riot has taken place at Hamilton, near Glasgow, owing to the refusal of the West York Rifles (who are station6l in that town) to permit the arrest of some of their comrades, by the police, upon a charge of a very serious nature. On 6 of the accused was forcibly rescued three times, and some of the constables were entirely disabled ; the officers in command appearing, for the time, to have no control over the men. Two companies of volunteer riflemen belonging to the town were ordered out under arms on Sunday, by Sheriff Alison, and remained on duty all night. The accused privates in the York Rifles, having been ultimately apprehended, have been sent to Glasgow. that a military inquiry will be instituted. It is stated  THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE ON THE VOLUNTEERS•  On Tuesday night, at the banquet of the Grocers' Company, in London, the Duke of Cambridge, speaking of the volunteer organisation, said :—That movement, if wisely and judiciously conducted, would prove of the utmost value. Ho trusted that that movement would not be an evanescent one; but that it would ba kept up, so that the great exertions and great expense to the people of this country would not he throwna w,-ay. lie had no doubt that if the services of the volunteers were ever required, they would prove most valuable auxiliaries to the regular force.lie trusted, however, that their services never would be required. In respect to his observations on the conduct of military affairs, he hoped they would sink into the mind not only of those who heard him, but that they might find an echo in every part of this great empire. (Hear.)  Pullinger, it appears, operated largely on the turf.  • The prevalence of Ribbonism is becoming again apparent in Ireland. PRICE OF PAPER.—The Irish paper makers have signified their intention of raising the price of paper from the Ist of June. They say they waited to the present iu the hope that the repeal of the duty would enable them to do so at less inconvenience to their customers. 

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