The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-20 00:00:00

OUTWARD MAILS.

The Nubia, with the London mails of the 20th
and 26th May, reached Point de Galle, en route
to Calcutta, on the 9th June, two days early.
The Panther, from Marseilles on the 12th,
arrived at Malta, and left for Alexandria on the
15th instant.

The follovting appeared in our later editions of
yesterday :
CHINA.

A private telegram has been received in anti-
cipation of the mail; the date is believed to be
Hong-Kong, June 7th. ~
Shipments of tea said to be 1,000,000 lbs. since
t4e previous mail. The Ellen Rodger had sailed
with some new season's tea, on board, and some
thirty thousand chests had arrived at the port.
• Foo-Chow (thought by some to mean Loo-Chow)
has fallen into the hands of the rebels.

Hostilities are on the eve of commencing on the
part of the allies.
Another telegram says that the exports of tea
show no increase, the figures being 78,000,000
lbs. The exports of silk amount to 67,000
bales.

Rates of exchange unaltered at Hong Kong.
At Shanghai an adverse movement of 4 per cent.
Trade at Shanghai is said to be suspended, and
the rebels are investing Souchow.

As regards the = War -with -England-and- France-,
it is added that the Chinese are resolved to fight.

THE EVENTS IN SYRIA.

LETTER FROM THE SULTAN TO THE

EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

PARIS, Thursday Morning.

The Moniteur says, the Sultan addressed the
following letter to the Emperor, the 16th July :
" I have at heart that your Majesty should
know with what grief I have learned the events
in Syria. Let your Majesty be convinced that I
shall employ all my powers for establishing secu-
rity.and order in Syria, and that I shall severely
punish the. guilty parties, whoever they may be,
and render justice to all. In order to leave no
doubt whatever on the intentions of my Govern-
ment, I have entrusted that important mission to
my Minister for Foreign Affairs, with whose
principles your Majesty is acquainted."

DINNER TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS.
Last night the Lord Mayor's dinner to her
Majesty's Ministers took place in the Mansion-
house. The following members of the Cabinet
were present :—Lord Palmerston, Sir 0. C.
Lewis, Mr. Milner Gibson, the Dukes of Argyll
and Somerset, Sir Charles Wood, and Mr. Card-
well.
Lord Palmerston praised the Volunteers, and
said they refuted the theory that commerce de-
stroys the manliness and hardihood of a nation.
He thought that already the volunteer move-
ment was the noblest spectacle that had
ever been exhibited by auy nation in the
world. It is said that the lion in the desert sniffs
the danger afar off, and prepares himself betimes
for whatever emergency may occur. It is so with
the youth of this country. They have an instinc-
tive feeling that circumstances may arise in which
the ordinary defences of the country may prove
inadequate to the occasion. Although their spirit
is prophetic I trust that its prophecy will
not be accomplished. It has been said, that if
you want peace you must prepare for war.
That is true, and it is untrue. It is untrue,
if it is meant, that a nation should arm itself
and place itself in an aggressive attitude, in-
creasing naval and military establishments more
than is necessary for defence. In that case, it
seems evident that aggression upon neighbours is
intended; the neighbours are necessarily filled
with distrust and alarm ; and, instead of being
desirous for peace, such preparations become
the strongest incentives to war. Far better
when a nation contents itself, as we are
doing, with defensive arming, and repudiates
all aggressive demonstrations, such preparations
are the best preservation of peace. In this way
he looked upon that great and noble body (the
volunteers of England) as the most active and
practical members of the Peace Society.
The other speeches were not of general interest.

ARRIVAL OF LORD CLYDE IN ENGLAND.
Lord Clyde landed yesterday at Dover, and has
arrived in town. The Corporation of Dover pre-
sented an address. In his reply, Lord Clyde
spoke of himself as a simple soldier returned
from the performance of his duty. At the con-
clusion Lord Clyde, who throughout was visibly
affected, shook hands with the gentlemen of the
Corporation near him, who then withdrew.
The Times has a leader noticing the chief
points in Lord Clyde's career. six years ago
there was every prospect of his continuing unat-
tached and subsiding into the military man of
private use. He has become Lord Clyde with all
the distinctions and honours Parliament and the
crown could bestow, and a fortune computed at
hundreds of thousands. In India his object has
been to do the work and not to catch at glory.
He has done the work which was to be done, and
done it effectually.

Her Majesty's wain-transport Assistance has
been lost in Deep
Bay, Hong Kong, and the
French Reine
des Clippers has been burnt at
Macao.
The Daily News says it is believed that ss. in
the pound is the very utmost that the estate of
Messrs. Streatfield, Lawrence, and Mortimore
will show.
H.M.S. Hero, with the Prince of Wales on
board, was spoken July 12th, in lat. 49 N., lon.
11 NV-, by the Parliament, Irvine, arrived at
Havre.
The Post is informed that a marriage is
arranged between Lady Arabella D. Sackville
West, daughter of the Earl and Countess Dela-
warr, and Sir Alexander Bannerman, Bart.

The Rev. Bryan King, rector of St. George's-
in-the-East, has obtained a year's leave of absence
from the Bishop of London. His place will be
taken by the Rev. Septimus Hansard, who has
been long employed as a hard-working curate in
one of the districts of Marylebone.
The application for an injunction against the
proposed payment of a dividend out of capital, by
the Union Bank of Landon, was argued yesterday
before Vice-Chancellor Xindersley, and adjourned.
A decision will be arrived at to-day, as the pre.
sent arrangement is, in the absence of an
injunction, to pay the dividend on Friday.