The Express. — London, England, 1861-09-20 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20. TO OUR ALDERS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A !ate of the Exprru is published every .venial; .hirin4 the racing season, containing the results of the day's rams. Mani N.. sueorods like moires, is a common and true saying, and failure has the same cumulative fares. The downward pace of what is called a "run of ill luck " defies calculation. How the success was achieved, or how the course of failure began, is another question ; but certain it is that to call • slop unlucky or a house haunted is much the same thing so far as public opinion is con cerned. There is no denying that the Oar.ar Ea:cream is an unlucky ship. " Born in bitterness " and nurtured in convulsions", is a poet's account of an ill-starred life. The misfortunes of the GREAT Eaar►.ar may be said to have begun "at the font," when the Lv.vi AAAA N stuck obstinately fast, and would not be drawn out with • hook. Changes of name, and we know not how many changes of sponsors, have not charmed away the evil auguries. Her first trip to sea was not unlikely to be the last, though the Directors were able to congratulate the terrified but surviving passengers on the prodi gious etreie,Oli of the ship's scantling, which had stood the shock of an explosion. Public confi dence WAS a little shaken by the accident, yet there was no disposition to condemn the ship ; rather the reverse. Then, when the ship was sound again, and people were looking forward to her first sea voyage, pour Captain Hamusoe, who was " a sort of father to her," was drowned in South ampton Water, and his gmlancholy end became associated somehow in the public mind with the fortunes of his ship. Her first voyage to Ame rico was made almost in ballast, and her perform awe at sea was reported to be satisfactory, but nothing uncommon. As an exhibition at New York she ovorstood her market, and by an ill managed excursion trip made a host of enemies. On her return home, to astonish the natives of South Wales, shored up high and dry at New Mli ford for the winter, her character became as ambi guous as her position. People gave her up in despair, as • show-ship, and if she was not forgot ten, she was under a cloud of ugly rumours and misgivings. And yet all this time the country was more than half disposed to be proud of the Big Ship ; though the national pride was wounded and dimatiafied. The energy and spirit of the Directors, it is simple justice to say, were equal to any fate, and worthy of • better fortune. Nor was their confidence deceived. With returning spring the public belief in the Big Ship revived, and her departure for America was again an ob ject of interest. If her speed was not all that her creators and designers had dreamed, and if the problem of sea-sickness was not quite solved by her " long and easy roll," ber passage out and home was quite creditable enough to justify the Government in taking her up to convey troops to Quebec. This was quite a fillip to the fortunes of the GSZAT Eesreaw, and was enough to give courage even to shareholders. As she lay in the Mersey with three thousand men on board, her extraordinary capabilities as a troop ship struck every visitor with surprise and admira tion. There was not only ample room for quar tering the soldiers, but more air and comfort than in a barrack, and almost as much space for drill and exercise. "We have • perfect troopship" was the general remark. She landed her freight at Quebec as fresh and serviceable as if they had just turned out for parade. Captain Kr-Nicene re ceived the thanks and congratulations of the Officers, and brought the ship back with all the honotiia All fernier shortcomings and accidents were forgotten. The GREAT EASTERN, i( not miracle, was a grand result, a proved fleeter, And the success of such • ship was felt to be • subject of national satisfaction. The result of her per as a troopship was that, when next she was advertised to sail with pamengen, all her berths were taken, and on the 10th inst. she left the Mersey • popular favourite. Indeed, it was re ported that her career as • troopship had only begun, and was destined to eclipse the services of the Himalaya. Alas f just when this splendid ship was supposed to be making short miles of it towards C►pe Race she comes in sight off the Old Head of Kinsale, making fur Cork Harbour, disabled mid iii diettese. To • ship of this aim everything that happens is on • colossal sale. It it a prodigious triumph or an immense calamity. She goes out and meets a "terrific gale" some 280 miles west of Cape Clear. This is the merest commonplace of Atlantic navigation. CUNARD'S steamer and a host of others are encountering " terrific gales" all the winter through, and as often as the " equi " metals " corns round. But the GREAT EASTRELN vindicates her majesty by • catastrophe without prcosdent or paralleL Both her paddles tee carried away ; her rudder-post, " a bar of " iron ten inches in diameter," is wrenched away ; and there she lies, " • huge " log in the trough of the sea." From Thursday evening to Sunday morning this vast, unwieldy, lifeless carer@ of iron rolls her bulwarks under water, smashing all her furniture, knocking her passengers about like ninepins, and hurling a couple of cows into the ladies' cabin. To read of the broken limbs and the cuts and bruises of these scared, bewildered passengers, one would think the ship bad met some iron-cased frigate working her heavy guns in the night, and had run the gauntlet of • broadside. Four hundred Pareengers, taking an everyday trip from Liver pool to New York in the biggest steamship ever built, and Buffering all the horrors of a naval en gagement and of shipwreck some 280 miles west i THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1861. of Cape Clear--surcly this is a monstrous prac- tical sarcasm. It is impossible, however, to regard such • catastrophe as a common and accountable inci dent. The shareholders in the t; RE VT EA:47IILN are, we believe, an utssuuaUy large and scattered body, but the passengers from England to America in steamships are a much larger portion of the public, and its due to both that the causes of this disas ter should be severely investigated. It is idle to talk about terrific gales ; Atlantic steamers are meant to meet and to conquer " terrific " gales." The Crex an and other steamships may perhaps be gifted with extraordinary good luck rather than with exceptional seagoing quali ties. Probably they seldom make a passage in the winter without "carrying away " something, but somehow or other they don't disable their passengers, and they get across what our Yankee cousins call the Pond. What, then, is it that distinguishes the I . ; 11.Y.AT EASTYAN in this disastrous , fashion from steamships of an ordinary size and I capacity Is it the size that " makes calamity of "so long life " ? Is it precisely that enormous length, which was supposed to have reduced an Atlantic voyage to the insignificance of a trip across the narrow seas —to have made seasickness • nightmare of the barbarous ages, and "rolling and pitching" • vague tradi tion of affrighted landsmen ? Our readers will remember the pleasant stories of ships so big that in the heaviest seas they could always ride across three waves as snug as the Ark on the slopes of Ararat. See what these "three waves" can do with a tlitenr EAMTERN ! One carries away both her paddles, another wrenches off her milder post, and the third washes the cow house into the ladies' cabin. One thing is clear to the merest Wickman. This disaster to the GUAM Esirraam is the result of defective steering. Let us not be misunderstood. We are far from imputing careless or incompetent seamanship. It is not to be imagined that with such • ship in charge in a "terrific gale," the steersmen would be allowed to go to sleep over the wheeL But it is certain that a single instant's inattention to the helm, or a single wrong turn of the wheel, or • turn too late, must put any ship in such a sea in imminent danger of broaching to, and then to bring her head round again before the sea has made a clean sweep of her decks is difficult enough in any came. How difficult with • ship as long as the GIIATEASTVIN, let this catastrophe bear witness ! This is a matter of most serious iniportance while we go on building ships longer and longer. Is it not time to pause and consider whether, beyond • certain point, size means safety, and not rather increasing danger, in proportion to increasing difficulty of seamanship? Doctors tell us that a child will survive a fracture or a fever when the prick of a pin would kill • giant. Draymen are not types of strength and health ; and it may be that colossal steamships are not exceptions to the natural order. Os froun. BALMORAL, SEPTICKBEI 18. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hone, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove yesterday morning to Loch Bolin, where the royal party partook al luncheon, sad then rode across the hills by Glee Cairo, returniog by Investauld in the afternoon. The Prince Consort aid Prince Alfred went out deer Walking. The Prineets of Hoheslobe, aeoonipanied by Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, drove in the afternoon, and honoured Lady Phipps, with a visit. flare was no addition to the royal dinner party. Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhi bition of 1562 held a meeting at their offices in the Strand yesterday. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial Offioe to the °overawe of Gibraltar, Malta, the Mauritius, Cep lon, How Knog, Lawn, the Australian Colonies, and Qua& The Duchesa of Cambridge and Princess Mary are expected to arrive at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, early in the timing month, from the Duchess's Chateau, Rum psnheim, near Frankfort. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton are enter taining a distiasaished circle at Hamilton Palmy Lanark shire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aberoorn are illiartaining a succession of visitors at Baron's Court, county Tynan Viscount Cranbourne has Mt town on a tour in illerieassland. The Countess of Dunmore and the Ladies Con stance sad Alcuisdrina Hurray have arrived at Dunmore Pork Falkirk, N. 8., from staying with Lady Herbert, at Wines Howe, near bialiabery. The Marquis of Tweed late, we are happy to learn, reetweriaa free his recent indispoiition. The Countess (dowager) Ashburnhatn, according be the melba! report yorterday, was rather better, &god herpes an now entertained of her recovery. The Countess of Jersey and family have left taw■ for Pau, is the south of Frame. The youthful Lord Jewry will joie the emotes'. Viscount Canterbury has left town for Doncaster MOIL The Countess• Dowager of Verolam has left town for Berths%Mire. Lady Anna Maria Cust and the Hon. Miss Cast hn ivt4 queen's notel, i.pper Norwood. The Marquis Arconati Visconti has arrived at Matuip's Heist, from Tans. Married yeeterday, at the Church of St. Mary Alhotta. Kensington", Xr. Augustus Wentworth Gen (Lt IM. Gusset, to laity Asse, third daughter of the Hoe. Edward sad Ms. Curzon. el essredale House, Kensiegtoo. His Excellency Mr. Motley and Mra. Maley have arrived ia town from visiting Lord and lady de Grey, in North Yorkshire. Sir George Wombwell, Bart., and the Lady Julia Wombwell are waists their honeymoon at their seat, Nowborough Park, is North Yorkshire. Beside; the two members of the royal family, ' the English nobility and army have beep represented at the Premien camp by the Doke of Manchester, Lord Clyde, the &H of Cardigan, Lend Paulet, Sir Charism Stmulierime, 0111141111 Francis Seymour, Generals Epe and Hamilton, Colonel Beetiuck, Lient..Colotiel Vie:oust Dungan, Majors Charles, Youog, and alum, Captdas Strangwajs, Berke ley, Harrison, and Lad Elcbo, mad Lisateamite Sburloe and Hosier. Of the French army have appeared thmerals Fora, LkhtPu, sad Raton de la Hitte, and Lieutenant. Colonels de Salirmae, Pension, sod Delmar. A similar array of edam by hem sent by Belgium, Sweden, North AZlOriek Bwitmerland, sad the Federal States of Germaoy. The Austrian representative, General Baumgarten, as the mama who at Montebello held • command against General Form. The Rev. Charles Edward Kenuaway, A.M., Aar of Chipping Camp.len, hu been appointed by the Lord 'Mop of Gloucester awl Bristol an honorary canon of the 'abed& chu►ch of Gloucester. On Wednesday last the Rev. Thomas Harrison, was licensed to the perpetual curacy of Adneton, in Norfolk, on the nomination cf the Rev. Thomas We Cuel lar. of Loon Stratton, an the same (wooly, clerk. Mr. Charles Reade's new novel is to be published by U. Truest and Co lo few days. Its title is "The Mister .ad the Hearth : a Stacy of the Middle hiss." .edit will ill tear volume■. Mr. Junes Stansfekl,M. P., has engaged to deliver two lectures on Italy, et the Philosophical loatitutien, Edinburgh, in November. The first Christmas book we hear of is • volume ea "The Abbeys sad Ceetles et Greet Britian," by William and Mary Hnwitt, illustrated by photograph. by the beet snide, including Bedford, Sedgefield, Wilson, and naiads. DISASTER TO TEE GREAT EASTERN. The unlooked for disaster which has befallen the Great Eastern has caused a lively feeling of regret among all classes in Liverpool. The accident, it appears, turns out to base been even inure serious than the telegrams led the public to believe. The great ship after leaving the Mersey, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th instant, proceeded all well until the afternoon of the following Thursday, by which time she had got about 280 miles west ward of Cape Clear, when she was met by a fresh breeze, which speedily swelled into a hurricane of most destructive violence, yet seemingly but partial in its range. On examining the lug of the Royal Mail steamer Canada, which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday morning, and must have been on Thursday somewhere in proximity to the position occupied by the Great Eastern, it appears that ou Thursday the Canada experienced , l a strung wind," and on Friday a " inning gale," but except these observations nothing special is noted in the log referred to. (MOM A PARAZNOIL) 4./UERNSTOWN HARBOUR, CORK, TUESDAY, SEPT. 17. To the great delight of ourselves and to the great sur prise of everybody else we and ourselves safely here, after Living been six days at sea, and having during that period encountered disasters which will be memorable in the history of the Great Eastern, although her name has been too much associated with disaster already. We sailed from the Mersey on the afternoon of the 10th inst., and steamed steadily down to the Channel, amid the cheers and good wishm of thousands of spectators, not one of whom could have imagined how small was the chance of their ever seeing her again. The fact of her having twice made the passage of the Atlantic in safety had opened up a brighter prospect for her ; but within 4$ hours of her commencing this presage to New York she was in greater peril than she had ever been previously, not omitting the fearful explosion on her fiat trial trip. We had nearly 4C3 passengers on board, including an unusual number of ladies and children. With the crew we made up a total of SC3 souls. We proceeded very satisfac torily during Tuesday night and Wednesday, our speed averaging from 12 to 14 knots per hour. We last sighted land soon after noon on Wedneeday,and biter in the day the stud changed from south-mat to north-west, blowing froth. can render the events of the next few days more distinct by adopting the form of a diary. THURSDAY. This morniug we have a fresh gale, with a good sea. Noou.—A heavy gale ; wind from north to west ; sea tre mendous. We roll very heavily, and ship many seas. 1 now begin to understand the true meaning of a gale iu the Atlantic. The captain looks anxious, but the passengers have faith in the "big ship." The " rolling" is fearful, and quite upset. all persons' notions of the steadiness of the Great Eastern. One of our cows has her leg broken ; in ■ short time they are both " rolled" to death. 2 o'clock.—Things look worse. The captain tries to put our bead to the wind. The port paddle gives way with a great crash in the attempt. The jib is set, I presume to aid in steering, but it is blown to ribanda in a few monrenti. The rolling increases ; the deck pre sents an angle of forty-five degrees, and none but ei purienced seamen can walk about. Attention is suddenly drawn to the boats; they are suspended on either side, but mostly on tined davits. The heavy rolling brings the boats iu violent contact with the waves. The tackling of the longboat, becomes deranged ; a man and a boy enter it to re medy the evil, but the wind strikes the boat, and gives the occupants forcible ejectment—happily upon deck, and in a moment, it is floating far away from us. Four other boats share a similar fate in rapid succession. Continued efforts are made to btiog the ship to the wind. I watch the men at the wheel—there is almost ea army of them. They are contending with an element whose power they are indeed familiar with, but cannot fully estimate. They still stand to their post, and we still have hope. 5.45.—0ur position is becoming indeed critical. A tremendous sea has just struck our stern. It has broken her rudder-bead and clone serious damage to her etern-post. Still, we are not quite at the mercy of the waves ; we have our screw, and we have our starboard paddle. The wind is now get ting to the south-west. faow leave the deck, where I have been studying the peat lesson of the deep, and feel anxious to know how matters are progressing below. As I descend the stains*. I hear a crashing which even deadens the roaring of the wind and waves. I pass the storeroom ; its shelves are empty, and the crockery which filled them fighting a fierce battle on the floor below. I pass into the grand saloon, but a change Las come over the scene. Everyone who ►as visited this ship must have been struck with the gorgeous magnificence of her saloons, her easy lounges, her brilliant chandelier, her numerous and extensive mirrors, the regard to comfort and ele gance in every shape. But the lounges are now overturned, the tables are thrown down and broken, the chairs are fran tically chasing those who but a few moments before had been their fair occupants. The stove from the centre of the room is adrift ; it has wreaked its vengeance upon a large mirror, but has mischief in it yet. Books leave their shelves without the slightest solicitation, and present themselves to the mental development in a manner not calculated to aid reflection. But the ladies and children !—where can they seek protection ? Some have, indeed, sought their cabins ; but the ma jority are huddled in corners on the floor, and terror is strongly marked on their faces. The stewards are capturing the various articles of furniture, and binding themdown as they would so many wild sod savage beasts. I venture in to assist, and am rewarded for my indiscretion by being hurled violently against the mirror, which had been "starred' by the stove. It falls into a thousand pieces, and indicts injury upon many. 1 am, perhaps, the greatest sufferer. I have my head cut, my little finger ilk. located, and a tooth knocked out. Every fresh lurch adds to the destruction nod the damage. I leave the grand saloon a more complete wreck in apposition than it was the day after the explosion on the first trial trip. There is much more to see below, but I am anxious to know how all is iioing on deck The ship, I now learn con. lidentially, is considered unmanage,ble. The snapping of the redder-heas is a double misfortune. Lt allows the rudder to swing round upon the screw, and entirely pre yenta it from being worked. The ship has begun to drift into the trough of the sea. Another effort is made with the remaining paddle to turn its Laid. The effort is too much—this paddle now gives way, and at last we are (10 p.m.) at the entire mercy of the waves. Happily, but ens or two on board know of the full extent of ou• misfortunes, or there would be very few beds occupied. May the great Ruler of the waves have mercy upon us this night ! The trysail just set is blowing in ribands before the wind. FRIDAY, 6 A.R. I rise from a feeble attempt to sleep. The gale is still furious. We are drifting before the wind at the rate of three or four knots an hour. We have never been more than :100 miles from land. We are drifting eastward now ; but, even if the wind does not change, it will be many days before we CIA reach land in this manner. The pumps are all going. 1 do not like the sound, but am assured that they hove complete mastery over the water. The water has got in through the ports and by way of the deck. The captain is a brave fellow, and keeps his spirits up wonderfully. He is ever keeping the men steadily at the wheel, although the rudder has been gone for many boon. He knows the alarm a knowledge of this would create. I overhear a con sultation between the captain and some of the officers. Something must be clone to try and turn the ship's head, and then, if the wind abates, mil will be set, and we may reach a port in safety. How is it to be done? A large spar, marked as weighing four tons, is to be heavily loaded with iron, then fastened to an rlOllOllll9O hawser, and thrown over board. This method has been succerifully employed on similar occaidoin with great success. It is being prepared, and I go down in the meantime to have another investiga tion below. Luncheon is set in the dining saloon. Some cannot eat, but still many seats are occupied. The rolling —or now, more properly speaking, "rocking," for the move ment is violently from side to side—coma on again with re newed force. The passengers catch hold of the tables to support themselves. The tables are not fastened, for who ever supposed the big ship would become so rampant ? The tibles give way, and the scene of the grand saloon is enacted again with fearful violence. The stewards rush in to the rescue, but in two minutes every piece of crockery on the table is inevitably smashed, knives and forks By about in reckless confusion, and the scene closes by a gene ral accumulation of tables, chairs, crockery, passengers. and stewards in the middle of the saloon. The destine tice of property by this one casualty may be counted by hundreds. I return to the deck. The spar is being thrown over, and it certainly steadies our movements. But we an still in the trough of the sea—still at the mercy of the winds. It is now evening. It is the second day of our misfortunes, and we do not see the end of them. A . meeting of the passengers is held. They Gee the difficul ties tuaufully. We are out of the track of vessels. It may be some days before we meet with aid. lo the meantime we, must be careful of our resources. A committee is appointed to confer with the captain, and a working committee to watch and protect the in terest+ of the passengers. The captain and officers e , ‘ ,„t, save the ship—we must aid in preserving discipline. I tau appointed chairman of the working committee, and go through the ship by virtue of my office. I thus learn much more of the destruction of property and of the con dition of the passengers than I knew before. The noise produced by the continued rocking of the vessel is dreadfiiL Bottles, broken crockery, knives, forks, and plated articles oonstautly dashed violently from side to side of an nest ship, produce the very agony of discord ; and the chorus is brought up by a tallow cask wei,;:iing many hundredweight, and a chain cable weighing many tons, which have got loose in a largo compartment of the vessel, and spread consternation and terror throughout the ship. We get these matters remedied, and we take very stringent precautions against fire, which is the only clement required to make our misery complete. There are more aching hearts than sleeping eyes to-night. SATURDAY, 5.30 A.M. - - A friend comes to tell my cabin companion that the water is making fast on the pumps, that all hopes of safety are now over, and that it is only a question of time when the boats shall be knvered. I dress quickly, and take, as I consider, a farewell view of my cabin. On getting to deck I find the alarm a false one. lie had only learnt what I already knew as to the steerage, and the water was not gaining upon the pumps ; but the batches were open, and the noise of the water rushing from side to side, with the rocking of the ship, is really alarming. The gale has in a great measure subsided, but there is still a strong swell. We are drifting steadily along, whither we hardly know. A little later I find our course has been much as follows. Yesterday we were going nearly due north, to-day we are going south-west. Our chief hope now hes in sighting some vessel ; but we are still miles from the line of ships. Many anxious eyes span the horizon, and many learn, almost for the first time, of the dreary loneliness of the great ocean, except in the beaten tracks of A uew subject of interest arises. There is scarcely a cabin in the ship to which the water has not found its way. Many require a change of clothes, and the hatchways of the baggage stores are opened. The scene that presents itself detlee all desorption. l'he water has got in, and in suffi cient force to float even many of the larger articles. The rocking of the ship has set the whole mass in motion. It has the free range of a compartment some 60ft. square, and twenty.four hours of such friction has reduced portmanteaus, hatboxes, dressing-cases, and all the personal chattels inci dent to 400 passengers into a mass of pulp such as could not be rivalled by one of the most powerful shoddy mills in the West Riding of Yorkshire. I go down, for I have • personal interest in this mass of ruin. Identity is out of the question. Here are the spangles of the dress of an actress ; and there the sleeves of an officer's coat. On this aide the rim of • hat, on that the leg of a dress boot. There ham been most gross negligence in this matter, and the misery which will be occasioned to some portion of the passengers I need not dwell upon, because words cannot adequately express it. Later, I see men feeling cautiously with their bare feet for jewels and money, in which this desolation is said to be rich. flow they will identify their own, and re sist the temptation of taking that which is not theirs, is be. yond my philosophy. The sea is getting more quiet, and a new hope springs up. An American gentleman, • Mr. Towle, a civil engineer, and a passenger, suggests a means of repairing our rudder. The captain places the engineer department at his disposal. To• morrow will decide. We still look oat for a friendly sail, and rockets go up, and blue lights burn as darkness coma on. 9.3o.—There is • cry, " A sail!" "A sail !" I look. It is close upon us. A small brig. She speaks us. She is the Magnet of Halifax, and has men our distress signals. Now for the first time during three days there are signs of re joicing on board. Husbands embrace their wives—fathers and mothers their children—she agrees to lie by us far the night, and we rethro with renewed hopes. SOYI)►T. The sea is calm by comparison. We have drifted about 100 miles in two days ; at first in the wrong direction, but are now getting right again, and are going south-wed. I ask the doctor how many casualties have come under his charge. He says 27, but adds that there are many others. He has only dealt with the word. We have had no loaf bread for two days. This ischiety oocasiened by • severe accident to the baker, who was thrown across the bake house during the raging of the storm and has • compound fracture of the leg. Barrels of biscuits are lashed in ratio= conspicuous places, and we help ourselves. An American service is read by the Rev. W. Patton, 11. D., of New York. The steering arrangements are going on well, and hope is expressed on all sides—it is written upon all faoes. There is a joy which does not bud its expression in words or cheers. The ship moves not by the drifting of the sea, of which we have grown so tired during the last few dam but by meausof her screw, and herhead is being brought round; but her direction is home. Neither the temporary expedient which is now steering us nor the general condition of the ship justify the captain in remaining in the Atlantic. We are 280 miles from Cape Clear. We may hope the screw will take us eight knots per hour, and we shall see land in 36 hours. Au English service, conducted by the Rev. W. B. Banister, of Liverpool, was held as soon as we were well cet our way. The moon shines brightly ; the sea has mums& almost • dead calm ; the deck, ° ere gay, and we are all comparatively happy. MONDAY. We are progressing steadily in a dead calm. At 10 a.m. we sight the Persia. We meet her with mingled feelings of joy and disappointment. She left her port four days after na, and will carry obscure tidings of our misfortunes to New York, for we cannot stop our engines without imperil ling our tempoiary steering arrangements. She sees we are distressed, and °onus round us. She clearly does not under stand why we do not stay our course ; and she proceeds on her way, for she carries the mails. She has important do 'patches for many here, myself among the number. It adds another link to the chain of our misfortunes. Nooo. All goes well. We are putting our house in order u far as possible. This evening we have had a meeting of passeir gen convened to consider the incidents of this most =for. tunate voyage. It is well attended, and the resolutions will be given i• detail hereafter. They draw attention to many points of grave importance, which I hope will receive proper weight in the management sod form an appropriate conclusion to this narrative. Tummy. We are in sight of land, and there is great rejoicing. 10 a.m.—We are off Queenstown, and beets are coming to us. The destination of the ship is Milford. We have lost DO 1 i yen, and the baker is the only person at all in danger. The damage to the ship and its fittings must be eitiratted by thousands. The paddlewheels are doubled up like phone of iron hoop, and have now disappeared down to the shaft. The rudder post was composed of solid iron, sense six or eight inches square. The stern poet wia still more massive. The boats can be replaces' readily. The destruction to the fittings is more serious and implies no entire renovation. The crockery and glass is en entire loss, nod the stores have been destroyed in the most wholesale manner. Captain Walker was formerly a commander in the Cunard line. Ile left to join the Galway Company, and was ap. pointed to the command of the Groat Eastern only ten days before we sailed this time. The following resolutions were passed at a general meet. log of the passengers of the Great Eastern, held on her re. turn to port, 17th of September, 1861 : " 1. That we recognise with gratitude the kind care of Almighty God in protecting us during the peril of the storm and bringing us at last safely out of our danger. " 2. That we feel it to be our imperative duty to state that the Great Eastern wee sent to sea thoroughly unpre pared to fate the storms which every one must expect to meet in crossing the Atlantic ; and that, if it had not been for the extraordinary strength of the bull, and the skill which was manifested le the construction of the vessel and its engines, in all human probability every soul on board would have perished. We call particular attention to the ballasting of the Great Eastern, the state of her paddle- wheels, the position of the boats, the insecure and most perilous character of her internal fittings, and the careless way in which die was stowed, owing to which carelessness. in fact, a large portion of our luggage has been most reek lately and utterly destroyed. "3. That we desire to express our satisfaction with the conduct of the captain, especially since the occurrence of the disaster which overt ook! the ship, which has been marked by a high degree of courage, fertility of resources. entree. untiring peiaeveranee, aud nautical skill, to which the eafety of the ship and passeogars is in • great measure ate tribotable. . 7 41iiet we would &leo acknowledge with deep thank• fulness the sense we entertain of the valuable scientific snip potions of one of the cabin paaseoprs, HamSoo E. Towle, of Boston, U.S., civil engineer. made in order to repair the injuries sustained by the steering apparatus of the vessel LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE KING OF ITALY AT FLORENCE. A letter from Florence cf the 16th, in the Debate of to-day, says :—" In a free and semi-confi dential conversation with the Municipality of Florence, Victor Emmanuel did not conceal the difficulties of the Neapolitan question, but lie said he hoped to solve them by firmness and honesty. As to Rome (be said), there are people who wish us to cut the Gordian knot, but we prefer to untie it. Venice can only be obtained by war. The first thing to du is to organise a strong army. After that, and when we are ready, reasons for attacking Austria will not be wanting. This language may be considered as pacific as possible, in spite of the last phrase, which in my opinion is only belli cose in appearance. Yesterday evening the King drove in an open carriage, and unattended, through the streets of Florence, which were brilliantly illuminated. He was greeted everywhere with the utmost enthusiasm." On the arrival of the King at Florence, the celebrated Piceolomini (now Marchioness Della Panda) sang a cantata composed for the occasion. The following stanza, the first four lines of which were sung in a plaintive tune, and the last with an energy altogether warlike, produced an indescri ble sensation, the King listening with evident pleasure all the time : E Veoesia—in viva al mare, diode guards a al ciel si duole, E couforto aver non vuole, Perche figli pin non ha ! Oh ! qu'd Parmis, a a fulminate, Toroo o Re eel tuo sootier°, Dove regoo lo straniero, Va ti mostmos fuggira. (And Vadoe—mated on the ma coast, looks up to heaven with grief and will not ho comforted, because she has not her children. Oh! if in thy career, oh King! thou wart to take op arms against tho stranger who reigns! (:o! show thyself and he will fly). The crowd caught up the sentiment, and rent the air with shouts ot, "To Venice!" "To Venice!" THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN TREATY. We learn that the obstinacy of Saxony is not to be allowed to delay any longer the signature of the Franco-Prussian treaty, which will be concluded with those German states which elect to aosept it. TIM; is equivalent to a disruption of the Zollverein. SPAIN. The Espana of Madrid of the 15th says : "The squadron destined to demand satisfaction from Mexico is to be composed of six magnificent screw frigates, two steamers, each of 500 horse power, and a number of transports and smaller vessels. As to the effective of the troops which will be sent out, it is not prudent to name it for the present." The King had arrived at Barcelona. General Atmeller had resigned the Captaincy-General of the Balearic Isles. The Corraponduncia says :—" We affirm, for the second time, that it is completely false that any sort of commercial treaty is now being negotiated with France." A decision of Marshal O'Donnell, Minister of War and the Colonies, published by the Madrid Gazette, and addressed to the Captain-General of Porto Rico, declares, in principle, that a slave who has touched the soil of Spain must be con sidered as emancipated, even without the consent of his former master. usurgi's nualuta.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Sim 6, Evixntel. (Par " Cllssiew" yik Quesagows.) The applications from the people to subscribe to the Fedural Loan continue numerous. Further seizures of Southern property have taken place on an extensive scale in the Northern States. The New York Democratic State Convention bee passed resolutions recommending the vigorous pro secution of the war. Despatches from Maryland estimate the aggre gate Confederate force opposite Washington at 125,000 men. The same despatches state that they are well provisioned, and that an immediate attack is intended. The ship Gondar, from Liverpool, has arrived at Beaufort. The commercial news has been anticipated, rid Farther Point. VIA CAPE RACE. NEW YORK, Su?. 10. The Emperor of Russia has addressed a letter to the American government in favour of the Union, and recommending peace. This letter has created a great sensation in diplomatic circles. The report of the death of President Davis is still unconfirmed. Military matters remain unchanged. Preparations for fresh naval expeditions are being made. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Stocks steady. Illinois, 67f ; New York Central, 732 ; Erie, 26 ; Exchange on Liam, igg. c o tt on arm, tut quiet ; Hour and wheat firm ; provisions dull. ITALY. TURIN, Stn. 20. The news repeatedly published by the Turin papers of the approaching departure of Garibaldi for America has again to-day been positively denied. ROME, Bm. 19. The marriage of the Prince of Tuscany with one of the sisters of Francis 11. took place to-day. The Pope pronounced the nuptial benediction in the Vatican, and afterwards addressed an eloquent discourse to the bride and bridegroom. Francis 11., the ex-Queen of Naples, and the whole of the royal family were present at the ceremony. TRI FATE. Sin. 20. Six persons who had been nominated members of the Istriati Diet have declined to be elected. Five Turkish war-ateamera, with troops, are on the way to Albania. POLAND. CRACOW, Ron. 19. Ou Tuesday last thu Polish mob continued to eommit acts of violence towards the German resi dents in Warsaw. Several shops were demolished. The situation of the Germans is full of danger, No measures for their protection are taken by the authorities. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's °Moe from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Sept. 20 : BOMBAY MAIL. The Vectis, with the above mail, left Malta at 10 p.m. on the 17th, and may therefore be ex pected hourly at Marseilles. The Burins, with the heavy portion of the mail, was expected at Malta on the 18th, and may be looked for at Southampton about the 27th. The Jeddo brought the mail to Suez, arriving there on the 13th. OUTWARD MAILS. The China, with the Loudon mail of 27th July to 3rd August, reached Bombay ou the 26th August (one day early). Thu Malta, with London dates to the 3nl of Auguet, left Ceylon for Calcutta ou the eveuiug of t 1 ,13 26th. The Northam sailed at the same time I'm. Australia. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PION 0111 t owl onanronarr.) PARIS, TRUMDAY Ev1¢411“). All the evening papers now say it is certain that the King of Prussia will be at Compiegne on the tith of October. The Temps, with curious em phasis, says that the news is "manifestly " According to the Opinion, Nationale, the King will only stay 24 hours. This news is rather incon sistent with tilt., idea of the congress of sovereigns in Paris, which was spoken of yesterday. Never theism, the lithographed correspondence gives out that the King of Holland and the King of the Belgians may shortly be expected on a visit to the Emperor. Count de Bernstorf, the new Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is in Paris, on his way from London to Berlin, and had an interview with M. Thouvenel yesterday. A Paris letter in a Lyons journal mentions that M. Victor Sijour's new drama L' Invasion was prohibited by the censorship principally on account of a scene representing an interview between Gun. Blucher and Marshal Ney, after the Battle of Liguy, in which •scene the marshal speaks of Prus sia and her policy in very unmeasured terms. Although the above drama war, composed under the patronage of M. Mucquard, it was obvious that it would not do to have it played while the King of Prussia was in France. It is hard to get at the truth about the recent invasion of the Cslabrias by a band which was at first said to be led by Cabrera. A journal yester day objected to the contradiction of Cabrera's landing for the rather Irish reason that, although it was not him, but a M. Borges, who had onct. been his lieutenant, there was " some truth in the report." The Pattie, however, now denies positively that there are any Spaniards in the expedition, which, it says, consists entirely of Neapolitan volunteers— meaning, I suppose, that they were fitted out in Rome by Francis H. and the Pope under the shel ter of the French flag. Notwithstanding the scurvy usage which the Patric has lately met with at the hands of government, its information must not al together be disregarded. M. de la Ponterie, the new redaetear who signed the unfortunate article about material guarantees to be required from Italy, was secretary to M. do la Guerrouniere, and certainly had good reason to think himself authorised to say what he did, al though on reflection the government found it neces sary to throw him over. The Bourse was decidedly buoyant, although the Rente did not sustain the highest quotations of the day. It fell 5c., both for cash and account, closing at 69fr. 10c. and 691 r. 20c., after having been quoted at G9fr. 30c. Mobilier rose lfr. 23c. In railways there was little change. An anti-papal pamphlet, called L'Ennemi, was seized to-day, the author having pitched his key note a little higher than suits the delicate ear of authority. The Temps gives a positive contradiction to the statement that K Victor Hugo was about to take advantage of the amnesty to come to France. It appears that he has returned to Guernsey, after having passed two months in Belgium for the pur pow of studying the history of the battle of Water loo on the field itself. Mr. Biglow, the newly-appointed American con sul, bits arrived in Paris, and remains at the Hotel Liverpool, Rue Castiglione, while looking out for a house. ARRIVAL OF THE WARRIOR AT PORTS MOUT11.—(11118 DAY.) -•--- (sy swarm rusoitsew.) (fox ous ow, oosassrosnm) Her Majesty's ship Warrior, which left her moorings at Greenhithe yesterday morning, arrived safoly at Portsmouth MO o'clock this morning. Count de Christen, formerly aide-de-camp of General de Lamoriciere, who, during the last few months, had come seven times to Naples, and who was president of the Committee de Prise, was arrested on the eve of the anniversary of the 7th, under the false name of Lumley. He had constantly denied his real name, but the produc• tins of a photographic portrait vecuted at Home, and signed De Christen, forced him to confess it. He has been handed over to the judicial authentic". The Emperor Napoleon, on his return from Biarritz, will, it is expected, remain a few days at fit.Clond, and !be court will not go to Compiegne till the beginnieg of October. During the Emperor's stay at this latter residence there will be grand hunting parties and fetes, as there were last year, but they will of noun be mare brilliant, owing to the premium of the King of Prussia. The ladipersdance statea that the future husband of the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel is sot the King of Portugal, but the Duke of Oporto, the king's younger brother. et-Queen of Naples hal reoelved from ilia hands of Count de Briancourt the splendid testimonial of admiratiou offered to her Majesty by the legitimist ladies of France, in the form of a diadem of brillianta, encloaod in an elaborately chiselled silver casket, valued altogether at 600,000 fr. • Thu Nationalites of Turin, of the 15th, states that the Bishop of MBA* in %labels has been convicted of conspiracy with the tripods, and condemned to six mouths' imprisonment, and a fine of I,ooolr. Thu Boman Journal of the 11th lust. gives the following account of a change of creed on the part of one of our fair countrywomen :—" A very consoling ceremony took place on the 9th inet, at Wsuscati, in the private chapel of the religious institution of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart. Mies Mari► Emma Clements, a young Eng lish lady born at Sutton Valence, near Maidstone, Kent, abjured, in the presence of the most Rev. and Eminent Cardinal Cagiano, Penitentiary Major, and Bishop of Tus column, the errors of the Anglican sect, in which she was born and °duetted, thus entering into the Wien, of the holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church. The Roman pontifical rite designated for such an ant being fulfilled, the young lady received the sacrament of confirms tin, insisted by the noble Marchese Celabrini as her god mother, and finally she was admitted to participate at the I eucharistical table. The function was most touching, and the distinguished persons who attended in considerable numbers united, after the mass celebrated by the most eminent bishop, to sing with him the hymn of thanksgiving to the Loral, the God of Mercies, who cries not to make shine the light of his truth to the erring, so that they may return to the way of justice, and reenter that fold out of which there is no salvation." The Marchese Calabsiui, above alluded to, is also an English lady, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ogle Hunt, and iraa a protestant before her marriage. A painful instance of the effects of overwrought religions feeling on the mind but just recurred at Roma. Mr. Henry Bathurst, residing in a villa on Monte Mario, belonging to his cousin, Lady Cutle.Stuart, was seised with sudden insanity on Monday evening, and became so violent that a strait•waistcoat was found necessary. Re was afterwards brought into Rome to the home of his friend, Mr. Kolbe, banker, and Consul for Warrensburg, to await the necemary formalities to be gone through by the British Causal, Mr. Severn, previous to his removal to the insane hospital at Perugia. These haying been com pleted, the unfortunate gentlemen set out for Perugia, accompanied by two hospital attendants and lady Omar Stout's home steward.