The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

brio. town, situated on the Gulf of kphemia, about four
Miles west of Monteledtc,,, tilso een taken possession
of by the victois.
The it will be seen from at telegraphi:
'it Making a stout, but apparently fiel, unsuccessful
struggle for independent adc.l;ii. _ll the Powers have
agreed upon rclg t to be done, an, the Sultan is

therefoirt, 'imlpless, as well as poweitss, -
The future of Ilimgary, au
the ftitttre
destinies of the Austr;an Empire, area the balance at this
moment. The la
augarian party ant the German party
has each its programme for the settlement of the Attu-
garian question, and the Cottritil of he Empire is about
to be called ttpOn finally to decide bet Ween the two.

cODlDrorlse see me to loom in the listanee, and will
probably be eA'neted; unless interktpteci, by dream-

stances front Witlitut, of which Garilalcli is at present
et:6 representative.
We are building four iron-easel frigates. The
French are building ten. These vesels in armour will
constitute henceforth the poWerful tature of Maritime
supremacy. Line of battle ships are voted obsolete, and
Louis Napoleon has ceased building any. We are still
laying down the keels of wooden ships which 'can never
be opposed to the iron-cased frigates Without certain
destruction. We have already allowed our neighbours
to get the start of us, and instead of attempting to regain
lost ground, we go on spending enormous sums of
money on structures which we know to be inadequate.
Let the Admiralty look to this.
It seems only too probable that the bill which Mr.
Gladstone will have to present to Parliament next year
on account of the Chinese war will be more than ten
times in excess of the amount for which he took credit
last February. The accounts that reach us of the
expenditure are almost incredible. Although India is
not to pay one shilling of these costs, the Indian 'treasury
has agreed to honour bills to the amount of fifty thou-
sand pounds per month for eight months —the same to
be repaid by England. Those apparently competent to
judge express their astonishment at the smallness of
the amount officially announced, for it has been stated
on credible authority that in the month of May last the
commissariat alone dispersed four hundred thousand
pounds : and considering that the Indian commissariat
pay for everything required by our forces in China, the
amount seems not improbable. ,
It sounds oddly now-a-days to hear admonitions
addressed to a British statesman, urging the fatuity of
pursuing a trade protection policy in any part of our
dominions. But so it is. We find that the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce have addressed a memorial to
Sir Charles 'Wood, expressing their "surprise and
regret" at his recent statements respecting the feeling
with which the establishment of protective duties is
regarded in that country, and also pointing out what
they consider to be the inaccuracy of his view as to the
sources whence 'the capital is derived for the numerous
spinning and weaving companies now in course of
formation. It also avows "astonishment" at his
endeavour to create an impression that there has actually
been a reduction, instead of a heavy extension in the
duties on "the principal articles of British manufacture
imported into India," the fact being that the only
reduction relates to certain goods " used by the handful
of Europeans scattered over the country, and which are
rarely, if ever, touched by the natives."
The effect of the apprehensions regarding the harvest
become more and more apparent. Trade suffers and
Stocks have shown a tendency to depression. A further
rise in the price of provisions, especially of bread, bas
already taken place in several places, and the spread of
the upward movement is imminent, Unless indeed it
receives a check by the continuance of the improvement
in the weather we have experienced these two days back.
Mr. Spooner will this day present a petition, very
numerously signed by the clergy, praying for an address
of the House of Commons, that her Majesty may be
graciously pleased to issue a proclamation for a day of
humiliation and prayer to Almighty God for such
weather as may enable the harvest to he secured. We
observe, also, that the Bishop of Oxford has requested the
archdeacons of his diocese to inform the clergy of their
respective archdeaconries that it is his lordship's desire
"that they will say in the service of the church the
appointed prayer for fine Weather."
Let traders bete and elsewhere beware of a class of
Metropolitan sharpers, who ate lio* actively pursuing
their nefarious occupation. Of late years it has been a
common trick for swindling firms to hire a small office
in the city, and, under a name closely resembling that
of sonde Well-known firm, to order produce or manu-
factured goods from dealers in the country or on the
Continent. A few weeks back the name of Messrs.
Schuster and Co. was used in this way, and the scheme
having been checked by publicity, that of another house
has now been chosen—namely, Messrs. Smith, Barry,
and Co. Most of the city firms will, doubtless, in turn
be selected ; but if, after the warnings repeatedly given,
traders in the provinces continue to fall into the shard,
they must submit without complaint to the consequences
of their folly.
The barbarous murders at Stepney, Road, and Edin-
burgh continue as profoundly mysterious as ever. The
Walworth murderer stoutly protests his innocence, and
hopes for alree pardon.
The strike of the OPeratie riband weavers of
Coventry and its neighbourhood is giving signs of
approaching to a close, after being maintained over a
period of six weeks, during which the men out of
employ and their families, amounting in the aggregate
to not less than 18,000 souls, have suffered the severest
privations with an endurance that would confer honour
on any body of martyrs. In the course of the past
week a number of the hands have returned to work in
some of the Metories; dud a 5611 larger number of out-
door weavers are engaged. The 'struggle which has
existed at Nottingham between the master and operative
lacemakers in the mechlin trade, however, still con-
tinues, without any prospect of an arrangement having
been made. In the hosiery trade, also, a lock-out has
taken place. A large number of the unemployed have
applied for parish aid.
The General Quarter Se,ssions for this borough were
commenced yesterday. The calendar contains th iigmel
of fifty-six prisoners, not one of whom possesses a good
education, and only one can read and write well !