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

Syrian coast. The Times congratulates the French
empire on the honourable mission which has devolved
upon her army, and hopes that the Emperor's soldiers
will duly execute their task of restraining violence and
wrong in those neglected provinces of the Turkish
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empire.

An almost incredible loss of life and amount of suffer-
ng which Christendom has hardly yet realised to the
full are not the only losses which have followed from
the Syrian outrages. Letters from Constantinople, just
received, acquaint us that numerous trading establish-
ments at Beyrout, engaged in the culture and spinning
of silk, and also a great many similar establishments in
the Lebanon, which had attained a high degree of pros-
perity within the last few years, have been irretrievably
ruined beyond all hope of recovery.
Judging from the energetic manner in which the newly-
arrived Turkish functionaries are punishing the guilty,
and doing their best to recover the property belonging to
the Christians, carried off by them, the expedition,
on its arrival, will find its labours considerably lightened,
so far as Damascus is concerned.

The letter of our Paris correspondent, to .which we
direct attention, contains copious and interesting details
respecting the departure of the first portion of the
French expedition to Syria.
Recent accounts from Belgrade do not lessen the
gravity of the intelligence which has reached us of the
disturbances which have broken out in that frontier
town, between the Christian inhabitants and the Turks.
Prince Milosch has been recalled to his capital, but
the European, consuls assisted by the Turkish Pasha
and the Servian police have in the meantime succeeded
in arresting the progress of the disturbances. The later
despatches from Candia announce that the situation of
affairs in that island was somewhat ameliorated. The
murderers of Mavroyenni, who were arrested at Betimo,
are about to be tried, and the family of the deceased
will be indemnified. The Zenobia was still in the
roads, and on the 28th lilt. the governor had received
reinforcements, which had been despatched to his aid
from Constantinople. The same account mentions the
death of the English Consul, Mr. Barbour.

The preface to M. Clarigny's pamphlet, just pub-
lished at Paris, states, that it was originally written by
order of the Government, and not for publication ; but
that, in consequence of misstatements on our side of the
Channel, it has been thought advisable to give it pub-
licity. The following is the statement it makes of the
strength of the French and English navies. The
strength of the English fleet, says the author, is taken
from the Navy List of the Ist of July, 1860. The
effective strength of the French fleet on the Ist of
August, 1860, is given. Only the ships afloat are put
down; those on the stocks are not- mentioned. The
comparison would have been complete and to the pur-
pose if these last had been enumerated :

Ships afloat.
Steam fleet : French. English
Steam liners . . . . . . . 35 .. 63
Steam frigates . . . . . . 38 . . 41
Smaller vessels, including transports, • •
which are riot dghting ships . . 195 . . 388