The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-13 00:00:00

of tea to the same date were 78,000,0001b5., and
and of silk, 65,000 bales. In tea there was
nothing doing, and the season was late.
The British force had left for the Peiho, and a
collision was considered inevitable.

THE FROME MURDER.
All Mr. Kent's family have been privately
examined, and on Tuesday Elizabeth Gough, the
nurse, was taken into custody.

WRECK OF THE SAPPHIRE.
The Colonial-office has supplied the papers
with the following list of the persons wrecked
last October, in the Sapphire, in Torres Straits,
and who have reached Port Curtis in safety
Western, captain of Madras Native Infantry,
England; Beveridge, mate, Scotland; Walker,
Dublin ; Sampson, New South Wales; Clarke,
Birmingham; Reid, Scotland; Crawford, Ireland;
Mitchell, Corfu ; Molenmole, Liverpool ; LW?
American, picked up from life-boat. The crew
left the Sapphire in two boats, and both were
attacked by natives; there can be no doubt that
all in one boat, eighteen in number, were mur-
dered, except Law, who was picked up by the
boat that escaped. The names of the missing
persons are now published.

The accounts from the provinces intimate a
decided improvement in the appearance of the
-wheat crop.
Sir Moses Montefiore has written to the Times,
,suggesting a subscription for the Syrian Christians,
~and sending himself a cheque for £2OO.
Lord Robert Montague, M.P., presided last
night at a public meeting of the building trade in
furtherance of the nine hours' movement.
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The suspension of Messrs. Robert Freeland
Brothers, Manchester, shippers to India, is
announced. The liabilities are reputed at £60,000.
A lady named Feltham, charged with robbery
at a fancy fair, at the Crystal Palace, was yester-
day tried at the Central Criminal Court, and sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment in Newgate.
A bill has been brought into Parliament by the
Board of Trade, entitled, "The Clearance Inwards
and Lien for Freight Bill," the object of'which is
to make general provision for continuing the
shipowners' lien for freight after the goods have
been removed from the ship.
A notice from the War Office has been issued,
containing instructions respecting the brigade
field-day for Volunteers, at Bromley,: on Satur-
.day. Major-General Eyre, commanding at
.Chatham, will act as inspecting officer. In order
to give greater effect to. the .sham fight, ..a corps.
.of the Royal Artillery will be present.
The Times says that when Mr. Gladstone brings
forward• the vote for the Chinese war to-night;
Sir John Pakington, who was the first to give
voice to the general indignation when the news
of the Peiho treachery arrived, will make . a
motion which has all the superficial appearance
of hostility to the war for which Mr. Gladstone
is providing the sinews.
At a conference of gentlemen from all parts of
the country, held yesterday, on the course to be
pursued in order to defeat the step taken by the
Lords, on the paper duty,„a resolution was passed
alleing upon members of the House of Commons
to use any means that the forms of the House
allow to prevent the passing of supplies until the
act of the Peers has been set aside.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.