The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1853 LATEST FROM ABROAD. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. I:EI'LY OF THE TWO AMBASSADORS TO HESCRID PAOLA'S APPLICATION FOR 'IIIE l LEF.TS. our Constantinople correspondent writes : A week after the date of Reschid Pacha's note to the two Ambassadors (see Daily Netcs of Monday loth communicating the news from Sinope, and ask ing that the Fleets might enter the Black Sea, Lord Stratford de Itedeliffe and M. Baragnay d'Hilliers met at the French Palace, at Pera, aad after a con fort nee, NI hich lasted some hours, agreed upon the terms of their reply. This note I subjoin in sub stance from au authentic source: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your excel lency's note of December 4. I learned thereby that a division of the Russian fleet, which had been cruising for some days is the neighbourhood of Sinope, entered that port on the 30th ultimo, and attacked some Turkish ships of war anchored there. Since then I have been also apprised of the result of the combat, which I deeply deplore ; while, at the same time, all my praise is duo to the noble devotion and patriotism of those who tell in an unequal struggle. I am, however, in duty bound, as far as con cerns me, to disclaim all responsibility in reference to that disaster; and your excellency will do me the tustiee to acknowledge that whenever I was consulted by the Porte as to the expediency of the Ottoman fleets entering the Black Sea I invariably expressed my doubts and apprehensions' without reser% e. A defective materiel, crews under the contingent required in time of war, the ad verse chances of the Black Sea at this season, the possibility of encounter with an enemy of superior force—all these reasons were exposed to the govern raent of the Sultan, in support of an opinion in oppo sition to its own. " The presence of the Anglo-French fleet in the Bosphorus is an incontestable proof of the interest and sentiments which animate the Emperor of the French and her Majesty the Queen of Gnat Britain. Their presence has a political significa tion. It is a moral support, u long as there re mains a hope of effecting a reconciliation between the adverse powers. " SLould, however, Russia attempt to land a ' force on the Bosphorus, or at any other point of the Turkish coasts, the combined Beets will be then required to act, and enter immediately the Black Sea, if necessary, to protect the territory, as well as the integrity of the Ottoman empire. (Signed) "REDCLIFFE. " Doe. 12, 1853." " BARAOUAY FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAT EVENING. The ►loniteur announces that according to the last advices from Constantinople, the Divan was perfectly agreed with the representatives of France, England, Austria, and Prussia, as to the conditions upon which the Porte could honourably treat for the re-establish ment of peace. The Moniteur also notifies that the Emperor will receive the diplomatic corps on the morning of Sun day, January 1, 1854, but the general reception will not take place until Monday. At the Bourse to-day the rally of yesterday had been kat, and prices have fallen 25 and 35e. The Three per Cent. Rentes closed for money at 74, and the Four•and-a•lllalf per Cents. at 101. THE WAR. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A private letter from St. Petersburg, of the 19th inst., affirms that the exchange of the ratifications of an offensive and defensive treaty between the govern ment of the Shah of Persia and Russia took place on the evening of the 18th inst. A letter from Erzeroum, of the 2nd, states as posi tive that Russia has engaged to furnish Persia with arms, ammunition, and money, in case she declared war against Turkey. Several Russian officers had already arrived at Teheran to tierce in the Persian army. Our further correspondence from Constantinople confirms the letter from that capital which we pub lished yesterday, and shows that the Vienna propo sition of Dec. 5 would arrive there just as the four ambassadors hid devised and agreed upon a new project of accommodation. Our correspondent says: " On the 13th of December, at the French Palace, the representatives of the four great powers met in conference, which lasted during the greater part of the day, and drew up a project of settlement, which is said to he sufficiently favourable to the interests of the Porte. Oa the evening of the conference (13th inst., at 6 p.m.) a courier went off with de spatches era Belgrade, for London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin. Meantime warlike preparations are being continued with the utmost energy, and the Redifs in great numbers are pouring in daily from all parts ot the empire. We are without any fresh intelligence from the armies of Asia and the Danube. The winter has necessarily put a stop to all active operations, and the Turkish forces are all in high spirits, well clothed, well fed, and snag in winter quarters. Persia, as you are aware, - has been induced by Russian arguments to side with her against Tui key a circumstance which, with the rest, proves the forethought of her Majesty's coun cils and the comparative amount of British influ ence in the East. It is most painful to me, in chronicling for your information the incidents of the last few days, to notice the jeers, the scoffs, the scorn of the multitude in reference to the attitude of the two aliied powers. The combined fleets are the wonder and derision of the day—a political rareeshow. The pomp and circumstance. the prowess of these mighty armaments, the ' moral and material aid' Afforded by them to the Sultan in his exigency, is in everybody's mouth, and the general object of ridi- 1 cult and contempt. It is absolutely impossible to avoid these odious discussions, and in certain circles they ate interspersed abruptly with knotty queries and practical inferences, such as Ti Diarulo. How comes it? What are they about ? Do they want pluck ? I should never have thou?ht it— Ti Diar•olo —Pontns has no terrors for the Czar—. s' orms and temper's hurt not Heaven's design,' and so on." Another correspondent writes under the same date: The Ottoman government, proclaiming its resolu tiou to corneal ',wiling o n toe nation, has published the would of the affair at Sin'pc•. justly it eAtig that it need not be ashamed ot tee cnnduet ot It 4 stamen, " by fighting to the list drop of have given rich pr. efs of valour, devotion to their Sultan, I, And patriotic feeling of honour and fidelity, as have' never been seen or heard of, and of which the Most High Sultan may well be proud." It is indeed admitule on all hands that the Turks fought from noon till after sunset with incredible bravery and resolution. blaring the whole action, unfortunately, owing to the direction of the wind, the devoted squadron, it is said, was wrapped in dense masses of smoke. which impeded a:together the accurate point irg of 'heir guns. 'f h. y r. I:. generally, it is re ported. , Aer the mark. The Russians, however., elmt h:ve suffered necessarily, and all hands were, bum, erepl.l e d in repairing the vessels after the town had Wain into their possession. One ship is said to have been observed on tire after having quitted port. According to the report of the Retribution and Mogador, Sinope, on their arrival, was a scene of indescribable misery and desolation—the town de serted, a heap of ashes, their pert clogged with man gled bodies in a half•putrified state—the shore strewed with the dying and the dead, huddled tor- they under the ruins of some wretched hovels. '1 he moans and lamenting. of some poor sufferers, it is said, were heart-rending—exposed at once to the excruciating tortures of their wounds, and to all the rigours of a severe winter. And it was thus that those brave patriots were aban doned to their fate by the Russian Admiral. 1 subjoin his parting address to the Austrian consul, . . wiling is, you will admit, of a piece with some other remarkable documents lately issued , and another appalling specimen of Muscovite morals and Mosco vite hypocrisy. (Admiral Nakhimoff's letter to which our correspondent refers, was given in the Daily News of Wednesday last.) It is, perhaps, all " bonne guerre," for all I know; but that this frightful tragedy should have been enacted at the very moment when negotiations are being actively and un ceasingly pursued, and the most positive assu rances given that Russia will maintain a merely de fensive attitude, and all this too, within a hundred leagues of the combined fleets, is, it must be allowed, a deplorable circumstance and a deep humiliation to the British and French flag. But our government at least, it is confidently asserted, and anticipated, will submit to this and still more, as it has to many a slight and many an insult in the course of these lamentable transactions. I may mention to boot, that a British ship was sunk with the rest by the Russian's guns at Sinope, although, according to the report of the captain, a quondam " cicis romantic)," he had hoisted his colours beyond the possibility of any mistake. To what effect the memorable naval vic'ory of Sinope will have on the policy of the allied powers, it is really impossible to hazard a conjecture. Lord Red cliffe and M. Baraguay d'Hilliers are continually deli berating in close conference, but whether fur woe or weal, as regards the cause of Turkey and of all Eu rope, I am utterly unable to give an opinion. With regard to the joint proposal of the two represents byes, which, you are aware, is being actively urged on the Porte, and more especially within this last week, I am enabled to give it to you in substance as follows from undoubted authority : 1. The acceptance by Russia of the modified Vienna note. 2. The resuscitation of all the de funct Russian treaties with the Porte. 3. A new treaty with Russia. 4. The evacuation of the prin cipalities. 5. No demand for the expenses of the war, of which Russia has been, it is evident, the sole and unjust cause. Lord Redcliffe, if I am rightly informed, is not merely doing duty in the present instance, but has thrown into the scale the whole weight of his influence, amounting to a sort of dictatorship, to obtain the assent of the Porte, and conclude this negotiation. Had any hopes of accomplishing it before existed, the melancholy affair of Sinope will, I fancy, have completely de stroyed all prospects of a settlement on such terms. You will, of course, have anticipated, and I need immreely mention, that every possible assistance was corded to the wounded sufferers at Sinope by the medical staff (24) of the Retribution and Mogador. Several amputations and a variety of other opera tions were performed without delay, and these brave fellows, as above mentioned, reached our port on Friday last. On the 15th inst. the Prefect of the Police at Bucharest, who is now a Russian functionary, an seamed publicly to the inhabitants the displeasure he felt at receiving so many complaints about the citizen.. He considered their refusal to receive the soldiers billeted on them, or to supply them with wood and provisions, as not only very disgraceful and in burious to the old Wallachian fame for hospitality, tas being contrary to law. He therefore hoped that no one would forget his duty for the future, and that he should have no more complaints, because if he did, he should not only levy a distress upon the offender's goods, but should also put his name down on the Meek list for the inspection of the supreme government. The Vienna Gazette of the 27th inst. has miss from the Russian head-quarters on the Dam& as late as the lt;th. Mention is made of a cannonade heard from two Russian war-steamers and four sloops who were firing at Tultshu-Matjin near Hiram's. TM reason why this flotilla sailed up the Danube was to reconnoitre the recent fortifications on the Turkish bank of the river. Omer Pacha was with his staff at Rustchuk, where he inspected the works. He appears to apprehend the passage of a Russian army corps about two miles lower down from Giurgevo,where Russian pioneers and pontoneers are strongly entrenched. But according to intelligence that may be " relied on," the entire centre of the Balkan army is on the other side of the river in good order and strength. The Russians, therefore, would hardly be able to force a there with advan tage to themselves, especiarl a y ss a a s g d e rift ice alone would render it dangerous. The right wing of the Turkish centre extends along the line of the Danube to Rustchuk, the left to Nicopolis. The two main roads from Hastchak to Shamla, Karnabat, from Nicopolis to Gabroma, are strongly defended, not "so the road from Dobrutsha to Paravadi. Amording to reports from Crajova, in Lesser Wal- Lila, near Kalafat, down to the 9th inst., the Rus• etas env was expecting every day the order to march end attack the Turks in Kalafat. Their rein forcements had not arrived, however, on the 9th. Lieut.-General Fischbach was constantly sending out troops towards Kalafat, for the sake of learning what the Turks were doing there and how posted. No doubt exist, that sharp skirmishes have taken place, bat a pitched battle was out of the question, according to a correspondent from Cronstadt. The newspaper of the last-named place, dated the 17th, confirms this account, but says a fight came off at Giurgevo on the 14th inst., where the artillery played an important part. The Turks had crossed the Danube in imposing force, coming from Rue tchuk, and endeavoured to take the island Mokan, but, after a ?my hot affair, had re-crossed the river. The town of Giargevo now forms one large camp; the Russians hold themselves constantly in readiness to repel any attack made upon it. Bucharest is being strongly fortified. At Krajova an attack from the 'l' urks was hourly expected. Hot skirmishes had taken place between Kalafat and Krajova, towards which latter place a consider able Turkish force was approaching. The merchants and rich inhabitants were therefore sending away their money and valuables to Cronstadt. The death of Izzet Pacha. said to have occurred= the 12th inst., is not alluded to by the newspapers published at Belgrade on the 16th. They state that the Turkish forces on the Bosnian and Bervian fron tiers are merely for " observation ;" that the com mandant of the fortress at Belgrade (Izzet Pacha) had received strict orders from the Grand Vizier tocom municate to the prince and government of Servia the unswerving favourable disposition of the Porte. One of the Turkish ships destroyed at Sinope, the Fazli Illab, was formerly called the St. Michel. She was captured from the Rue ians during the last war, and struck without firing a single shot. Her name, Fazli Blab, means " Bounty of God." The European journals are at the present moment evincing a friendly anxiety for the safety . of oar Indian possessions. The bets, a Polish journal, states that Russia has prepared a great expedition, the pretext of which is to chastise the Khan of Khivu, hut which is only a mask for vast projects. For fifteen years Russia has been working towards the pomemeion of Mongi lia and of the Kingisen ; she has organised their borde• protidiag them with officer., iu ur , , and money, end " rt this pres-dt nte mint en army of 24'0,009 1-asenirtn. con- Wing . of the 'latter and Mongolian miter of Central well armed, hardened t- , and ez-enatonstsl to tr..verse 'he greatest di-t • s. has taken the field under the e-drrs of !taw.::" At the same time, Russia M doing all she can to excite the Persians and the Affghans to a war aitakst England, and to join their armies to the Tartar hordes she is urging towards i%dia. If she succeeds—if the independent and hostile tribes to England beyond the Ganges are gained over—it is doubtful whether England will be able to main:ain her dominion in the East Incalculable changes may, therefore, be expected in India as well as in Central Asia. Perhaps the days of GI ngis Khan may be itnewid, and India once more become the prey of the Tartars. The writer ventures the opinion that tbe lot of tho Hindooe would not be rendered much worse by the change. For the credit of England, the writer sup- poses that tho British government knows all : about these preparations, and that at this moment a plan may be in preparation for sending an English army into the Russian Trans-Caucasian provinces, cutting off Russia from the Caspian Sea, raising in insurrection all the Tartar tribes in the vicinity of the Caucasus and on I the Caspian Sea, establishing British ascendancy among the Tartars, Kerghises, and Persians, and so destroying the Russian game in the East! REPORT OF DR. PIRAUD, OF THE MOGA DOR, TO HIS COMMANDING OFFICER. Mogador, Dec. 8, 1853. Owing to my incessant occupations I am only en abled to report summarily in regard to the mission confided to the medical officers of the Mogador at Sinope. After having received your instructions, and come accordingly to an understanding with my colleague of the English frigate, I went on shore on the 7th inst., at 7 a.m., with Messrs. Louvel (Mogador), Vincent (Valmy), Aiguier (Friedland), Ftuillet (Jena), and the medical staff of the Retribution were just in the set of quitting their ship to join us, and co-operate in our labours. M. Bertrand, meantime, one of the surgeon* of our ship, had been left on board, to make ell the necessary preparations for the recep tion of the wounded. Immediately on land ing, I proposed to the English surgeon-major to divide the coffee-house, sheds, and buts at our disposal, in order to allow each party to act with greater freedom, and thus facilitate and lighten our labours. The English surgeon accordingly took possession of the department nearest the landing place, and the French the two others. It was evi dent, generally speaking, that we had to deal with very severe cases—comminutive fractures of the limbs, and with wounds of serious extent. Penetrated with the object of our mission, after having examined and dressed the wounded, I regis tered, to be conveyed on board, all such as offered the smallest chance of recovery. Whoever could have beheld those poor fellows, huddled together in an infected atmosphere, and in utter destitution, must surely have felt and acted as I have, and shown great liberality in respect to the numbers to be transferred, to our ship. licnce, out of 21 sufferers contained in the lesser department confided to my care, 18 were registered to take with us ; the other three were dying, and in a state of frightful mutilation. After two hours' dressings,' and having performed a most urgent amputation of the right arm, I proceeded with my colleagues of the Mogador to the other more spacious compare. ment, containing wounds of every description, but especially very extensive burns, and some et which had mummified whole extremities. Burps are, in general, the predominating variety of wound; and the cause naturally arising from the issue of the combat, inasmuch se all the Turkish ships were either burnt or blown up. Here again, time permitting it, we were again enabled to amputate another arm, whereof the whole inferior portion had been pounded (broyee) by a projectile. Altogether from these two localities, comprising owe sufferers brought at the moment of our depar tine from the neighbouring villages, M dangerous wound-cases were conveyed to the Alogador, besides 33 others less important, which had been already sent in a boat of the country. Total, 87. From seven in the morning till bur p.m. dressings were continued with all the care and assiduity prac ticable under such circumstances. The generous sentiments of humanity which ani mated the medical staff under my orders are beyond all praise. In contemplating the ruins and complete desolation of this unfortunate town; to bring with us the greatest number possible of these poor suf ferers, was the common object of ull. On my arrival, and subsequently, I experienced heartfelt satisfaction in having taken with me some in a most precarious but not altogether hopeless state; and really, the courage of these poor fellows was admirable, and in. describable, and they soon rallied and cheered up se the bare idea of a prompt return to their foyers. The happy arrangements, moreover, made by the offlews for their reception, contributed no doubt to prod us these good effects, and I trust that the dictates all humanity may be fulfilled without compromisiog the hygiene of our ships. During all our melanccho ly labours on shore as on board, I teel the highest satis faction in declaring how much I am indebted to the generous real and assistance of our ship's crew. I furnished before quitting this port a provision of lint, linen, &c., to the surgeons destined to attend remaining sufferers, and who had escaped from the catastrophe to the neighbouring (Signed) PIRAUD, Surgeon-Major of the Mogador. BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. Yesterday a general meeting of the shareholders of this company, summoned by the committee appointed on the 10th inst. to investigate the accounts, was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the steps to be taken in consequence of the committee cf management having refused to give any information as to the pecuniary position of the company. Mr. WILLIAM iIaNDERBON presided. Mr. GUEDALLA (a member of the Shareholders' Com mittee) rose to propose the first resolution, which declared that the London committee of management having re peatedly declined to furnish any account of the money expended or invested, and not having called the share holders together in July, 1853, as promised in January in that year, their conduct was unjustifiable, and that the shareholders have no confidence in them. He observed, that all the information the shareholders could gather reached them from their friends at Sydney, or from the Sydney papers, instead of from their own directors. In some of those papers it had been stated that Mr. W. Faw cett produced letters to the directors in England, to show that he was authorised by his brother and Mr. Hargreaves to negotiate the company in London, and upon the strength of thorc letters he got his 25,000 free shares ; but that when he arrived in Australia, both hie brother and Mr. Her g denied having given him any authority what ever ; so that the inference was that the letters were forged. It appeared also, from the samo source, that the London Committee of Management, when they heard of this, sent out another agent, and called upon Mr. Fawcett to ehe back the shares, but he had refused, and when legal proceedings were taken against him he appealed against the decision, and carried the case into another court. He looked upon these gold mining schemes as artfully got up lottery tickets of a pound each—in fact, they were no better than the betting shops which got people's money, and when the time came to look for the return the shutters were put up and all was found out. (A laugh.) If the directors had been deceived, which was the most charitable view to take of the came, they ought to have coma forward and stated the whole truth, and the shareholders would have been (as shareholders almost always were) disposed to give them credit for good intentions, and have made the best they could of the matter. But to expect they would allow them to go on spending all the money that had been subscribed without rendering any account was not common sense. It turned out that all the statements upon which the company had been formed were untrue, and that there was neither a company in existence at Sydney at the time, nor had the land been secured on lease as stated. He was not in favour of Chancery proceedings, for the reasons Mr. Henderson had given, but the time had arrived when some decided step must be token. (Hear.) Mr. BURNAM) wished to know the number of shares subscribed for by the gentlemen who signed the application to the directors ? The CHAIkMAN-It was sinned by the five members of the committe, but I cannot say how many shares they hold. Id,. BuirwAnn—Was it more than 400 ? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly. Very many more—some thousands of shares were reiwesented by the committee. Mr. CHARNOCI, a member of the Shareholders' Com mittee, seconded the resolution. . . . Mr..BURNARD suggested kia an amendment that a requi sitien should be sent to the directors, in accordance with the bye-laws, to call a public meeting of the shareholders, and he had reason to knew that if that were done they would comply. The CHAIRMAN considered that, under the circumstances, they were not bound by the bye-laws. Mr. ASHIJEST, a solicitor, said he represented more than 1,000 shares, and believed there was a rule requiring that any requisition to the directors should be signed by 30 shareholders, representing one-fourth of the whole number of shares. As they had accepted their shares subject to the rules and bye-laws, he recommended that in any step they took they should comply with them as far as they knew them. At present there was no proof, nor even any reason to oppose that the directors were in any way connected with the fraud which had been said to have been committed by Mr. Fawcett. Re thought if the directors were determined to set the share holders at defiance, it would be difficult to take proceedings successfully against them either in law or equity, and he, therefore, would suggest that they should endeavour to ob tain the information they required by friendly means, and if they should refuse to call a meeting he would advise even that they should wait until March, when the directors had promised to call a meeting, rather than that ,any hostile proceedings should be taken. (Oh, oh.) Mr. KENNEDY moved the amendment as suggested by Mr. Barnard, that a requisition be sent to the directors to call a meeting within 21 days. The CHAIRMAN thought no argument bad been brought forward to justify the amendment, but he was willing to give up his own private feelings and vote for it, provided it was understood that if the directors did not call the meeting within the time stated, or afford the information re quired, they should then pus a vote of want of confidence in them. Mr. GVEDALLA would also oa that understanding support the amendment, and withdraw his motion. The original motion was then withdrawn, and the amend ment was put and carried. Mr. Gauze thought it would give the committee of sbaralioldees additional power, and enlist the committee of the Stock Ezehange in their favour, if they pared a reso lution whieh he would now move, via. that the time had arrived when the attention of the com mittee of the Stock Exchange should be called to the manner and circum stances under which the various gold mining shares have been placed upon the Stock Exchange list, with the view of expunging from the list the shares of all schemes of a fraudulent character. Mr. Busuraan and Mr. Mannar thought the resolution went somewhat further than was included in the duties of the present meeting; and the Chairman also being of opinion that it would be better for the meeting to confine themselves to the business of their own company, declined to put it. . Mr. ORRIN insisted that it should be left to the meeting whether it should be put or not. Mr. POULTON seconded the resolution, and insisted upon its being put. It was also supported by Mr. Cliansocg ; and Mr. GOEDALLA having spoken in favour of it, adding that it was only justice to the Stock Blehenge to say that they were now, it the eleventh hour, ready to give all the in• formation in their power, but they knew no more of the British Australian Gold Company than the shareholders themselves, The CHAIRMAN took a show of hands upon the question whether the resolution should be put or not; and the deci sion being in the afHrm►tive, it was put and carried by a large majority. The proceedings then terminated. GRAIN-LADEN VESSELS IN THE BOSPHORUS. The Newcastle and Gateshead Commercial Asso ciation has received the following communication respecting the towing of grain-laden British vessels through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and also through the straits of Gibraltar, by her Majesty's steamers not otherwise engaged: Whitehall, 19th December, 1853. Oentlemen,—l am directed by the Lords of the Commit tee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th inst., requesting that olden should be given to her Majesty's steamers to mist in the transit of grain-laden vessels by towing them through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and also through the straits of Gibraltar ; aud, in reply, I am to state to you, fur the information of the Commercial Association, that having communicated with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my lords are ia- formed that her Majesty's steamers in the Bosphorus are otherwise fully engaged, and that at Gibraltar there are not any steamers available for the purpose. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, T. H. Immix. Messrs. Potts and Mather, Newcastle. THE MATILDA WATTENBACII.—This clipper ship, which sailed from the Mersey with the November mails for Australia, under the command of Captain Clare, on the 4th instant was seen by the Gannet (s.s.) from Lisbon at anchor in the Tagus, with fore and main masts gone to the rigging, on the 19th instant. It will be remembered that the American paddle-wheel steamship Golden Age, Porter, left Liverpool a few days atter the Matilda Wattenbach, and much interest is attached to both voyages, many bets being laid upon the superior sailing qaalities of each vessel. ----- COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Yesterday morning an accident happened to the 9.50 ' Great Northern mixed express, due in London at four p.m., a snort distance south of the Doncaster Station, which has resulted in the demolition of some of the company's rolling stock, while the paisengen had a very narrow escape. The train arrived in Doncaster within a few minutes of the time ' at which it was due, and after it han proceeded about 4 00 or 500 yards *oath of the station, it came into violent colli ai 111 l a its a mineral train, which was cm,sing Irons the rn I into a sidiag t., :AL , . the ...stir , Itt p ttts. The amines train Tea into the thud Judith waggons of th, mineral train, end they er, smash( dLu firees and thrown on :11.4 side. 'Vie fifth waggon 1r . m the engine was n, and the buffer planks of the exprias engine were Otivertt , l to pit cis. The passeng ers were very much t , Trifled with the shock which they had received by being thrown from their seats, but we dud not observe any that were in jured. Mr. Johnson, the locomotive superintendent, Mr. Mullen', the station master, Mr. Middlemen, the mineral agent, and several other officials, were immediately upon the spit with an efficient staff of labourers, and the line was Po thciently clear in about half an hour to allow the express to proceed on its destination. The down line was cleared in about an hour afterwards so that the ordinary passenger traffic was not further interrupted. A RAILWAY WANTED.—A Bayonne journal says: Notwithstanding the extreme abusdiance of the harvest in Spain, corn turn tiro country, whttn importt.,l into France, comes to a much higher price than that brought from the Black Ses. This is caused by the want of the : means of transport—a tact which shows the necessity for the construction of railway communication in that country." BELGIUM. The law on lei decrees altmentaires was voted on the 28th by the Senate. M. Cassiers declared his adhesion to the absolute freedom of commerce in corn, and observed that all the measures which have hitherto been taken to restrain it have terminated in results diametrically opposite to those intended. M. Anethan, who spoke on the other side, endeavoured to demonstrate that the prohibition of free exporta tion did not necessarily diminish importation. The Senate and Chamber have a decided baia towards free trade. The law was finally voted without amendment. SPAIN. The HeraWo of Madrid of the 22nd states that a deputation of senators and deputies of the liberal party had waited on the Minister of Justice, to re quest that a certain degree of liberty should be al lowed to the periodical press. and that the newspapers should be protected from sudden seizures and editors from arrest by the local authorities. The minister said that it was impossible for the cabinet to take the matter into consideration, until the President of the Council should be better. A letter says that the President was getting better, and that he had been able to transact business. PERSIA AND AFFGHANISTAN. Dolt Mahomed, who is well known to be no friend to Russia, has sent two ambassadors to the Shah of Persia, in the persons of Mirdat Khan and Cohen debit Khan, to demand that the 16,000 men, the Persian garrison at Herat, be withdrawn; and that the Sheik Heidar, governor of Herat, and son of the Persian Sheik of Jitsehet, be dismissed, and the government given back to Hussein, son of the late Viceroy of Herat, Ytu. Mahomed, who died poisoned two years ago. The ambassadors from Affghanistan further stated, on making these demands, that their powerful sovereign had the intention of firmly supporting tee ill-acknowledged rights of Prince Yar Hussein. The Imaum of Muscat has refused to pay tribute to Persia for the salt mines of Senderabasaiz. The following appeared in the Official Journal of Persia, No. 134 :—" His Majesty the Shah of Persia has intimated the order to the chary; d'affaires and personnel of the British legation at Teheran to pro ceed with him to Solkan, Kertch, and to Talkan, and from thence to the military camp at Soultanie." This is assigned as the cau-c of difference between the British representative and the Shalt. MONTEN EGRO. The Agram paper of the Tlril iiivt., reports that th• iavestigation respecting the fu,i.iviis from M•intenearo was at let gtlt cl std. Peter Petruvie, uncle of the reignii.t prince, and Martin vie and K .vi re toil!7 of high tressoo against the pri. , h.uisb• tl, ml uu'awtd• Tneir property," so runs the protlamation, " will oe e••a fiseated to the state, unless the owners return ou or before the 12th of January, ISM, to their country, but soy one giving them aid, advice, or assistance, will be shot." The prince confirmed the sentence, and read it himself to the people. The out'aws are at Critmen, rata give out that the prince is the victim of his own m suspicion, and that the whole still of the conspiracy has been invented by one of his servants, a worthless fellow. SWINEY Pius•..—The Council of the Society of Aits announce that, on the 20th of January next, in accord ance with the will of the late Dr. Swiney, "a silver goblet, of the value of 1001 . , containing gold coin to the same amount," will be awarded "to the author of the best pub lished work on Jarispradolos." THE ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. the signal -post. The guard of the Oldham train says, iiTst mediately after the collision, fearing a second collision, he van back with fog signals to protect his own train from the next, and when he arrived at the signal-pest the 'liana' wee on. This statement confirms that of tho station master, because unless he had put on the signal at the time steed, there would be no opportunity afterwards for him to do it. I As we stated yesterday, this does not necessarily impugn the veracity of the driver of the 011.111101 train, because the signals being 400 yards nearer Mane:tester than the station, he might have been so ciose on the rear or the Yorkshire train as to have passed the signal post before the station keeper, owing to the fog, could have peen the approach of the first train and have turned on the signal. The York shire train consisted of four, and the Oldham train of eight carriages. Mrs. Lord and her itrand.daugh!er, it appears, were going to Preston, and not from it. They had left Elland. near Huddersfield, in the morning, nod come to Miles Platting, near Manchester, insiead or getting out at Blue Pits anal going by the Liverpool and Bury train. They were on their way back to Blue Pits when the collision occurred, to take the next Liverpool and Bury train. The guard of the Yorkshire train, and Mrs. Lord, at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, were still alive yes terday afternoon, but continued in a very dangerous state. The father of Miss Sykes arrived in 31anchester on 1 hurs day evening, much distressed at the fate of the unfortu nate girl, but the body could not he removed es the inques: does not take place until this day. The following is a more complete list of the wounded passengers than we were able to give yesterday : 1. Mrs. Ellen Lord, wife of Mr. Richard Lord, tailor and draper, Preston, aged 69 years; lies at the Manchester Infirmary ; cuntusions of the head and body, with iuternal injury. In a very precarious condition. 2. Ilenry Tidy, aged 22, guard of the Yorkshire train; at his own residence, Lamb-lane, Miles flatting ; concus siou of the brain ; very doubtful if he will recover. 3. Mr. Maurice Michaels, llalliweU-street, Manchester, travelling jeweller; contusion of the right side and spine injured; in a dangerous condition. • 4. Mr. Cremes, Marshall -street, Manchester; wounded by a blow on the spine, which has disabled him. I SIIIPWRECK IN TILE IBM' CHANNEL. 6. Mr. John Morton, 94, Foundry street, Manchester ; I internal injuries. Denete, Dee. 30. 6. Mr. John Syddall, 19, Morton-stree:, Strangeways ; I Au inquest was held yesterday at iiingsend, near bruised on the shoulder and fee*. 7. Mr. Rose (or Rbodes), traveller for Messrs. Sydney Dab in, on the body of John Carmichael, one of the crew of the ill-fated Scotch steamer, the Eva, which foundered aad B. Horseman,mr \V 8j . Byron,Manchester7 i, E ,- 8. bruisedard Edward-street, t the le f t i s t i o d n e . . o p 8 8 . morning. some miles off the entrance to Dublin-bay on Wednesday From the circumstances detailed in the - evidence Medlock ; contusion on the head, but not serious. Was in appearedthat the Eva had been paddle-steamer a on the riding in the Oldham train. Clyde, not more than nine months built, dui Lad been 9. Mr. James Illingworth i 119, London-road, Manche,- l ate l y fitted out fora sailing voyage to Mt lbaurne, by wa ter, bread dealer ; severe injury to the spine. shipping h er paddles and making some alteration in her 10. Mr. Joe. Turner 2, Cron-street, Everton-read, Men- rigging. She was an iron boat, of 82 tons harden, and of cheater; ankle severely sprained and nearly dislocated. great length ; and en leaving the Clyde had her place. She engine and The heels of both his boots were torn off, stud his feet b o il er on b oar d, i u t h e usual received a twist productive of acute pain. severe weather and heavy seas on Wednesday morning , 11. Mr. Faker, Lawrence-street, Blanchester; cut on the an d t h e we i g h t amidships is b forehead. saved to have occasioned a breaking of ti.e vessel in 12. Mr. John Rowland, Richmond•grove, Longsight ; the centre, and her consequent sinking. Th ere then severe were then severe triangular cat on the forehead. on board 14 men and a buy, including the capta in, named The abase are under the care of Messrs. Harrison and Robert Fisher • and also ' • • , Cooke, surgeons to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway the latter, making 17 in all. Of these seven wore rescued Company ; and a young lady who went forward to Rochdale alive through the heroic exertions of the captain and crew after a severe cut on the head, has also been professionally of the trawler Emerald Isle, visited by one of these gentlemen. The following is an in. danger:us sea in their small boa: at the imminent risk of retesting account of the occurrence from a passenger, who their lives ; but one of the seven, John Carmichael, the adds some curious details respecting the sufferings of some engineer of the Era, died shortly after he was taken oa of the passengers who at first supposed they had escaped board the trawler. The remaining six, us has been already without irijury. mentioned, were brought to Rlngsend, and hospitably Mr. G. V. Eyder, agent of the Royal Assurance Company, treated by the inhabitants; after winch they were brought 100, King street, has given us the following particulars :—I to the Sailors' Dom, and taken care of there. The 'mires was in the second or third carriage from the rear end of the of the survivors are William Alexander Gordon, leack express Oldham train, and was sitting with my back to the smith; Dlishe De Avila (a l'urtueuese), Alexander Grant. engine, three other gentlemen being in the same compart- moat, Walter Scett, and John M•Kenzie, the eiewarit. The ment of the second-class carriage, and the first thing of name of the sixth could not be ascertained. which I was conscious was a tremendous blow on the crown John APE ' was the first witness examined. He of the head, which partially stunned me, and which I alter- se / " ' lle id— live in Rues-shire, Isle of Bute. I was steward wards found must have arisen from the concussion, which on board the Eva, of Greenock. Sac had been a paddle pitched me against the wooden division of the compartment. steamer on the Clyde, and was fitted out for Melbourne. When I recovered consciousness, I found myself d an the Her paddles were taken out, but the enaMte were a kept on other occupants thrown down on the floor of the carriage; board, • and the boiler I. It full of water. We sal td , from Ma gentleman groaning a good deal, and apparently much the Clyde at 1 o clock on Tuesday afternoon. On Wed hurt, and two others bleeding profusely from the temples. needs; morning the captain came down and called the One of these sat next the window, and his temple must mate, saying, "The beat is fast going"—meaning that she have been cut by striking against the window frame. I B uff' was filling. I saw water up to the cabin floor, and pumped grated that we should all get out, as something was wrong, t he pomp unt il pump would work no longer. The engine-house and another train might be coming up behind us. I gut then beg an to fill. The captain called for the Itte.boat out, but for some little time very few passengers alighted: to be got in order. There were faurteen men end a boy molt of them seemed to be either steeped, or to think it on board ; also the wile and sister-in-law of the captain. best to remain quiet. Seeing something like a smash for- I came on deck and just then a sea Struck the ward, I walked en towards the head of the train, till I came v esse l , an d she rent • • in the to the dibria of the last carriage in the Yorkshire train,he rent a little the in. a waterpoured She began to sink. A fl ig was which bad bees run into by our engine, and completely hoisted on the wizen peak as a signal of distress, and the smashed. I saw one female beneath, and entangled amongst matt held up a light. The trawler was then making for the fragments of this carriage, and • large portion of the as and I saw ' asteamer a long way off. The captain or • roof, with other pieces of timber, lying upon her. For some ' - dared the life-boat to be put out, and immediately some of tetra time 1 ran about begging the passengers generally to the men jumped into her, when she overact, and all were, I assist in extricating the sufferers from the wreck, but at think, drowned. The mate and I, and a young man, first every one seemed so stunned and confused as to be really unable rather than unwilling to give e4-stirs help. the only other boat we had, and got into her. etive help. The se cond-mate jumped in, and she also upset. The At length the carriage roof was raised at one side, and second mate and 1 got a hold of her keel. She tumbled propped ; and at last, being near the edge of the embank- over several times. The second-mate kept a hold of her went, it was raised so far as to slide down, and then the for half an Li an d unfortunate persen (Mrs. Lord) was drawn out, evidently then droaped off. There was a very unfortunate , , heavy sea. kept my hold of the boat, and was shout a in great agony, but apparently retaining her conscious. milefrom the sinking w het alias. About the same time • girl of seventeen or eighteen the I time got out of t he vessel until I was picked up by was taken from beneath other fragments of the wreck* the smack's boat was from three to four hours. She seemed much crushed, and quite insensible, if not dead. I assisted to carry both into the little wooden shed Captain Thomas Dearl examined-1 am captain of the temporarily used as a station. A gentleman then staggered Prince steamer. We discerned the Eva in distress about nine up, scarcely able to stand. He got his arm over my ennui- o'clock on Wednesday morning. The Prince was then on her der, aad two or three of us assisted him into the station- way from Liverpool to Dublin. We instantly bore down house. He was lame, and also complained of his back for her. She was about 18 miles west by north of the being hurt. I begged of the station-master to keep Bailey light. Just after bearing away I observed the every one else out of the station-house ' as it was very small, smack pretty close under her lee. In exactly five minutes and the shires sufferers nearly filled it. In passing along to after we bore away for her she sank. She was then about 3 the help of the passengers I saw a guard of the Yorkshire miles from us, and in ten minutes we ran down to the trait by the side of the line, apparently very much hurt. He spot. 1 saw three perms on a spar, and immeaiately stop was quite pale, and the blood was running down his face ped the engine. While we had been running towards the from some wound. There was some one with him, giving distressed vessel our lite-boat had been getting ready, also him help, and! therefore passed him. When it was generally l owere d and cork jacket*. Atter stopping the engines we known that a collision had occurred, all the remaining pas- a life-boat teem its usual place abaft the paddles. sees tee alighted from both trains, and I saw scarcely any The steamer unfortunately roiled and dashed against the one Irma either train who was not more sr less bruised, boat, in consequence of which the wooden ends parted wounded, or internally hart. Most of the passengers even- from the stern posts. There were three men in tually returned to Manchester. I should think about half the boat at the time. Two of them, alarmed by her an hour elapsed before Mr. Pegge arrived and examined the being stove in, got hack ile.o the steamer by the tackle falls, females and gentlemen in the shed. One of the former was and she broke adrift with the other man. I then hail steam dead, and the elder one was evidently se seriously injured put on to get the steamer's bead round, in order to that Mr. Pegge recommended she should be at once conveyed lower another boat [ o leeward, for it would have been to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, and this wasdone. As dangerous to attempt to lower it trout the windward side. to the cause of the accident I can say little. It was very This occupied us about a quarter of an hour. As this other foggy at the time. I had some talk with our engine driver, boat was being lowered a sea struck her and carried her who was quite sober, and seemed a steady, intelligent man, stern away, and also took one of the stern rings, to which • and who says he did not see the train in front until he was one of the tackle falls was attached, anti she was lost. • close up to it, and that as he panted the signal post there Two men who had been lowered with her got back info the steamer by the tackles. We could have lowered an ; was no danger signal shown. 1 remained on the spot for , about two beam and at the end of that time I saw our en- other large boat intended for seeing our ship's company pine fast-locked upon the wheels of the last carriage of the in five minutes, pr a gig, but the men belonging to the Yorkshire train. What I regarded as a proof of tee force smack had been so smart with their boat in the meantime of the concussion is, that the hinder part of the tender of that all who could be saved were rescued. The the Yorkshire train was quite smashed or stove in. I saw steamer was to windward of the wreck, and the that not only had the engine broken from its couplings to the smack to leeward, and there was a very bad tender, but the tender had also become detached from the sea running. The steamer rolled so much that 1 could first carriage behind it, which was thrown across the line. not go too near for fear of destroying the people who There were two shocks or concussions, and it is remarkable were floating. We remained there from about a quarter that our engine driver and stoker did not at all feel the past nine until ten minutes prat eleven. Atter we saw that first ; but the second, when the engine became entangled the smack had done everything we picked up our brat with amidst the wreck of the carriage it had smashed, threw the man in it, which had gone adrift, sad then bore away. them down. Neither of them was seriously hurt. Oa A Juror—How was it that the smack', boat lived in the walking past them, it seemed to me that there was sea ? scarcely a carr i age i n t h e Y or k s hi re tra i n that was not Witness—Our boats would have lived very well if we could have got them clear of the steamer, but it is very more or less splintered or otherwise damaged. The station difficult to get them clear when a heavy sea is running, and master showed great alacrity, and made great exertions, in rendering every assistance in his power to the sufferers and the difficulty partly arises from the overhanging side of the the passengers generally. A superintendent of the police steamer. We cannot keep • boat alongside wneu a heavy of the railway company also arrived, and was active. A sea la e a nnie q , railway porter belonging to the station, was standing by John Dunne examined—l am muter of the trawler W side of the line when the collision occurred, indeed Emerald Isle. We lett Dublin to fish on Tuesday morn within about a yard of the spot, and so instantaneous log. We were three men and a bey on board. About 7 was the shock, that he seemed paralysed, and was unable o'clock yesterday morning we saw the wreck. Her flag to get out of the way. It is remarkable that the first con- was flying at her mizen peak, which signified distil ss, or eussion drove out one of theaddes of the carriage, and it fell it might indicate that she wanted a pilot. We hauled up upon the side of the line. The train ran afterwards a die- our nets and made towards her. We were about 40 fathoms tance equal to the length of 12 or 16 carriages, before the from her, as near as I can guess, when she went down. total smash of the carrisge and the dead lock of the Oldham She appeared to break in two amidships, and sunk bodily, engine. Several persons who did not feel much hurt at her head and stern disappearing last. It was then about first, became ill afterwards,—myself among the number, half-pave nine o'clock, and we had been two hours going At fleet I felt only the blow on the head, which raised up to her. There was a heavy sea running. We hove-to • considerable swelling. I subsequently proceeded by amidst several people who were floating in the water, and train to the Middleton station, and walked thence to got our little boat out. William Carroll and Peter Oldham; but I then suffered so much pain in the Collins, both of Ringsend, were the men who gat into it. calves, which I bad scarcely felt at first, and the pain in They saved all they could, while I and my son, a my head became so much worse, that I could do no busi- boy, made sail on the smack, and saved one. 'lnc boat nets, and found it necessary to return home. When I picked up five. I saw one or two men go down. I saw two first alighted after the accident, I found a lady on the line, women on a raft, but they appeared to be dead. 1 sailed who then said she was not hurt, only a little alarmed and by the steamer and called to the captain, who was stand shaken, aad I took her to a place of safety. An hour after ing on the paddle-box, to lower the boat that was hanging she became quite ill. A gentleman, who it first ssel he was from the starboard tackles, but he did nut seem to near not hurt, I raunci on my return to the place quite unable to me. The steamer had come up when we were lowering walk, from intense pain in the calves; and several others our boat. I saw a boat in the water before speaking to complained of the same thing—a pain resembling cramp. the steamer. The beat I desired the captain to lower was After the sufferers had been removed, and must of the suspended from the starboard tackle, and if it had been passengers had gone away, four hats were found, fur which lowered I think more lives would have he en saved. The no owners could be seen ;so they were taken to the station steamer's life-boats were not lowered at all. They h use. One had the owner's name, " Orimshaw" written seemed to be alarmed 'ha the deck of the steamer. within it. A lady's fur victorine and boa, both supposed I was on the weather side of the steamer. There to belong to the girl who was killed, were also conveyed were persons floating in tee water ahead of her. Alter five thither. men had been picked up we ran under the stern of the We stated yesterday that the Yorkshire train starts, ac. steamer sad saw a suekcu boat attached to her. We looked cording to the time table, at 9.40 a.m., and the 0 dham about to see if we could save any more. We saw Brother s epees& at 9.45 am., and that thus an express train without man on a sunken boat and saved him ; he was the steward. stoppages would follow a Yorkshire train for six miles on Mr. William Tomliuson examined.—l ant a surgeon. I the main line, which had two stoppages to make—the first live at 181, Great Brunswick-street. I saw the deceased stoppage being at Miles Platting station, and the second at man yesterday evening on board the smack. lle then ap- Newton Heath station, where the collision occurred. The peered to have been dead about two hours. railway officials say that this time table was not strictly ad- Mr. George Brandon examined-1 live at 126, Great hued to. The Newton Heath station was only opened at Brunswick-street. I was a passenger by the Prince from the beginning of the month, and it was discovered Liverpool on Wednesday morning, and was on deck about soon after the first time table for it had been issued, that seven o'clock. The merriest the captain saw the flag of it would be better to let the Oldham cm rev, go out first distress flying from the Eva he instantly bore down to her. every morning. Upon a determination to this effect being In about tin minutes aftereards she sunk ; sad in five come to, it was agreed to let the change be entered in the minutes after that we were up to where she had been. time-tables for January, and in the meantime an instruction I saw people floating in the water. When the captain was given at the Manchester station to keep the Yorkshire saw the people in the wan r he ordered the boats to be train back every morning in December until the Oldham lowered. Three boats were ordered tube got ready for lower express bad started, unless some unexpecti ii detention of ing, and also life buoys, cork jackets, and ropes, were pre the Oldham train should enable the Yorkshire train to get pared. The captain exerted himself to the utmost, and did et feat ten minutia' start of it from the Manchester station, . everything he cooed. The men xeconled his exertions to On Thursday wonder they state that the Y ''k , hiee tralo ; the beat of their ability, and did just what they ought to do w. nt first, at its proper time sal' 9.40, ben ' 0 " the ' with one exception. The life-boat wagon deck and was not Otaliam train ha,: tart arrived itone 01 , :hi1U1 when The easing lowered at all. That was the boat which is iuteuded for the proper time for starting the tinnier arrived. basing all the crew of the steamer. I am pcai•ive that no Ir-dirt:are train, it is stated, was half a mile oat of at in - man untold have exerted himself' more than the • aptein did. ie•se. i , when it latt tht ()%11 , 011 train cortlng taw ir .s 'f he .:a was running very heavy at the liaa., and all was 'i -c:. - , (r. Al: -r th it the oiittiata traits would ii ,se • d ma that mi l d 1, - , 4 „.„ . 1 aai ' , e a, ia e haa t - e s—ion tbat *a. •a a r lie Man heater t.:a t lOU litil to t down tt , puevet..s tr, : it the boats had b en in bet et tit.,er more 'night have lieu ...d tests up title r-, knit, it followed the Y..tkettire Lain. , done. Three boats were tower. il. Lt :rapport of I' '` 0 ' • 1 ; 14 ' h-el"r'''' h" -4 " all - -'" l lte` i . hi 1 Thejury were then r'-it to theraselv. e, se I afar deist*. %hien the Y ades'ar a 'tutu is Ent. eel as It wing at 9.40, rating t e r a b out a q ~:„. rot .„ I ',our , f , .. 1 „, i t;,. 1,,,,,,,,,n3 - rid the Oldham exprea. as leaving at 10 •.'clock. In the I verdict:—" We tied t• .t Joi• .. Carmichael came by his tint book of the guava of the Oldham express, his time of I d eat h t h roag h th e ship Eva, of which he was engineer, departure was entered as taking .dare at 9.59. According • ; foundering in the channel on the night of the 28'h inst.; to these ezplanatinita, the Yorkshire train left 19 or .0 s and the jury cannot separate without brisegiug under the minutes before the other, and the question arises, " How notice of the public and the authoritiee, the gallant and c ;nie the mama , to overtake the other train at Newton humane conduct of John Dunue, William Carlo'', Peter Heath, only fouewnil el from Manchester?" According to Collins, and }Aloud Duntie, :he crew of the trawler Eme the time-milts of the company, the Yorkshire train was raid Isle, who, by their great fXi Moos, and at the very due at -Newton Reedit station at 951, or eight to nine great risk of their own Eves, succeeded iu riving six persons minutes before the ether is alleged to have gritted. This is from the sunken vessel." a point to be cleared up owl; '.'y an examination of the ser eanis cif the company. An official inquiry for that purpose was te b• made y..-Irrany. Anotrer roint to be cleared Up Will be, " wheeler the danger signal was 011 /at Newton Heath when the engine of the Oldham express peeled the signal poet? " The station-master says he put on the signal directly he saw the Yorkshire trait coming in, and the driver of the,Oldhametrain says it was not on when he passed Low TEMPERATURES IN MANCIIESTER.—On Wed nesday night salt-registering thamomettr. at Manchester, showed A temperature a lox as 12 acct., and at Bury as low as 7 deg. At a late hour on Thursday morning it was 1! deg. at Manchester. u