The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-25 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE MALABAR.

POINT DE GALLE (via Trieste), May 28
The 'Peninsular and Oriental Compaq,
steamer Malabk. has. bpfia, to y wreeked,l in

Lord Elgin and Baron Gros are detained here.

CHINA., ,

SHANGHAI, April 28.
The allied: forces.occupied Chusan on the 21st
of April; without opposition from the Chinese.
The movements of the minis are becoming more
alarming. Trade is stagnant.

CANTON, May 6.
No answer has been. received from the Chinese
-government to the second communication from
the. British Minister. The Chinese are making
extensive preparations for resistance. The rebei
disturbances are over. Trade has improv/d.
The San Francisco papers furnish the follow-
ing- highly important news from China brought
by the schooier Reage, which left the Bay of
Jeddo, April 23rd, told the steamer Wangtoze,
from China, April 10th.

The Chinese had concluded to pay the English
- • .
:and. French. -Governments their expenses, and
acceded to all their demands. The ports and the
navigation of the rivers are to be free.

The Americans are charged by the China
Chronicle `'with having been engaged in the coolie
trade, and dpioclamatiou has been issued by dis-
tinguished Chinese officials, warning tbera against
the practice of kidnapping.
ASSASSINATION OF TILE JAPANESE
TYCOON.

The Emperor was assassinated Oil the i sth of
March, while on his way to the Palace, by thirteen
Japanese dressed as travellers: His retinue ha d
six killed and several Wohuded. One of the
assassins, who was wounded and could riot Mope,
had his head cutoff by his comrades and carried
off to prevent his being recognised. 'Five of the
assassins were Princes of high rank, and had the
privilege given them of cutting • open their
own abdomens with a sword, thereby prevent-
ing their proidrty being eonifseated, and sav-
ing their -families the disgrace . Which would
entail upon them had theyytken beheaded.
Thirty people were beheaded On the Ist of April,
having lieen interested in the affair. An insur-
rection is' eipected.

MAIL NEWS:

QuEENsfowN, June 24.

The Royal Elan steamer Persia-arrived off here
this morning, embarked mails, passengers, and
latest telegrame,_ and proceeded for New York at
half-past five p.M. all well.

GALWAY; Jule 23.

The Golden Fleeee ' sailed- for New York at
seven p.m. with 680 passengers, large cargo, and

mails. 'J

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GALWAY, June 24.

The. new screw steamer COnnAught, of the
Co.tagamy.,, arrived half-past
nine this wArgiug. 1

The Nord says the . Queen of England and
Prince Albeit will visit Belgium about the
middle of August,. ,o 4 their way to:Berlin to
attend the baptism -of' the royal' child to whom
Princess Frederick William, the Queen's &ugh-
.
ter, is about to give birth.
The China news, vice America, is not believed
in London, later dates having been received direct
without confirming the intelligence of peace.

The following appeared in our later editions of

Saturday :

NAPLES.

VIENNA, June 92.

The Austrian Gazette says Signor Petrullo has
tc, Naples in order to carry out
,the reforms, which existing circumstances have
rendered necessary. It is said that he has
declared himself ready to use all his efforts for
the realisation of this object, without, however,
occupying any particular post in the ministry.

IMPORTANT EXI)ERIIVIOIT WITH STEEL,:

PLATED SHIPS OF WAR.

Great preparations are being made at Toulon
for air experiment to be made with the steel-
'plated frigate Gloire. This vessel is to be impelled
by all .the power of steam to strike against a ship
of the line,- and endeaVour to cut her in two with
her bronze prow. The steam engines of the
Gloire are enveloped with mattresses, to protect
them from being too much shaken by the force of
the shock. Every precaution against accidents
his -been adopted by - skilful engineers. The
experiment is to be. tried against the ship of the
line Montebello which is now old. Should it_
succeed; several large steamships Will be built on
the plan of the Gloire.

BOMBAY MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
IVlttssilia, with the heavy portion of the above
.•
mails, has arrived.. She brings.Bo passengers, and

£4OO in. specie- "
__On the I.6th instant-the_ Massilia.spoke-H.M.S.
Doris, bound to Malta;, and on the 21st exchanged
signals with a steamer, standing southwest, sup-
posed to be the Ripon.
The schooner Anne Maria, bound to England,
was spoken off Malaga on Ihe 11th, all well; and
above Malaga, the brig. Sarah Jane, 29 days out,
all well.
11.M:8. Megeara, with invalids for England,
left Gibraltar on the 16th.
The Royal Victoria Yacht Club schooner Sylph
arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th, from a cruise in
the

Mediterranean..
Upwards 4 lady vessels were at anchor and
...
cruising about off the Rock of Gibraltar.
• . .
The late.st news from Tetuan states that the
Kabyles, in. the neighbourhood of that town,
continued to rob whenever an opportunity offered.
The desertions from the garrison of Serallo
continued : 25 men, fully armed, went over to,the
Moors

at one time..
,At Gibralter, on. thei 18th inst., exchange on
London (90 days) was quoted 50 to 50i ; on
Paris, 5 30; on Marseilles and Genoa, 5 31 ; on
Madrid (8 days' sight), k discount ; on Cadiz,
Malaga, and Valencia, par. Freights unaltered.

The Pope has created the Very Rev. Dr. Man-
ning piothonotary apostolic. The dignity confers
the privilege ofyiearing the mitre.
.The Queen_ gave .last evening a stateliali, to
which a party of 1,921 were invited. The Queen
wore a deep flounce of black Nottingham lacl.
The siiddeh improvement in the weathei4, in the
course'of busineso hours, checked the anticipated
:briskness in the corn -trade yesteiday, which was
quiet at. Monday's prices, buyers appearing indis-
paged to pay, former rates.
The Prince of Wales, attended by the Earl of
St. Germains, the Lord Steward of, the Queen's
Household, and a large retinue, will leave on the
10th proximo for Canada. The Piince goes' out
in the St. George, 20, steam screwahip, Captain
the Hon. Francis Egerton. - •
The colonial produce markets during the week
have been steady, although inanimate, and prices
of leading articles, are fully maintained at the
To-daY there was rather a better feeling,
partly attributable to the favourable change in
the weather.
The Indian Government have just completed
taking up vessels for the conveyance of 2,836
troops to India, the whole of which, are to sail in
the course of July.. The rates range between
£lO and £l2, including victualling,,&e. It is
thought about 3,000 more will be tendered for
-next- week, principally- foi Calcutta and Kurra-
-thee. - -

$.E.$. the Prince of Wales has promised to lay the
Arst-- stone Of a School of Art at Vauxhall 'On Wt anes-
day neitythe 27thlmtaut, at, four o'clock,

harbour. S4e, parted her hawser in a gale of
wind, bumped heavily against the rocks, and

went ashore on the sand. The passengers and
maili were saved, but nothing has been recovered
from the' wreck. The Malabar lies with her
stern deeply embedded in the sand. Divers are
endeavouring to recover the specie which was on
board. •