Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

1 4 " WTS' _I a, dvailee3 isTOL )OSED HEln e°6kY ,i., of the - 3eale , the sley, vOi ipton• IAYO . the PI, r , 3 ro) a asY f" i he 100 purpo se f the Ath ° Evenirg. ,t 11 o'clo werecollet - ~... _ of oran4 ° local polies the lio°sll icked eight sh was 6 14 iv f -Over till who s fer" re saw tilt° h em on tb' t very NO a c3ndllete6 Tation yr rigia of t ile which vilt 105 in 016' d the BO' were the° been in til° e never st &ide )(I that thy' !Eh of Jail eir father'. tomorrow POREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENIN G . out " 14 Was buried to day. The Government, of a nervous apprehension of a political de ,s44ol3stration, thought fit to prohibit the news. I,', ll Pe.ra from announcing the day and hour of 418 Intern:tent. Th s was b. very unnecessary pre 4:itti,h• The agitators of the faubourgs would have given the mot d'ordre to the masses to Th e out for the obsequies of a foreign patriot.. Ilame of Manin, although revered , by . en liZtrened liberals througlsout the world, is but dearl ea , e t known to the populace of Paris, or at known preelit has not the sort of stirring in .:;',l requisite to excite them. The police - , N - n i l e u t t , ti° h, doubtless, prevented some hundreds th e ;nding who would have come had the . time e 'hueral been made public, but it did not to 4 N, ti a. ll .Y alter the chars ,ter of the tribute paid 40 11.1110' s memory As it was, there were fully dre s u 11101Arners. These were almost all well the B h e d Persons. There was scarcely a blouse in vr "ession. Very many among the crowd We re lied Personal friends of the illustrious deceased, Polit ° • ther s Were sy mpat h et i c a d m i rers o f his noble laitictil:-eeareer.:Fhe liberal press of Paris was alto' Presented o'Pectateur expresses some surprise . the f /Viet Published by the Patrie on the isolation o erear l , ' , 4 a, ,and bears witness to the national feeling tf w . "" in German by the approaching interview B aysgu sovereigns on ° foreign Y German soil. It 4ttli ai de es el t he last few days the Patrie has published N et ', 01 3 the isolation of Austri t. which have . at !lisetie:.lll,4eh attention in Germany. We will not :"° toe bearing of th, s 3 articles, but we may q ti tur e w hether it is by mere chance or by inten 4sd ' mat , t hey appear, between the visit to Osborne itor e th ,? ullervlew at S:uttgardt, in a journal which, tsu k i i " Position in the pr.. Es is inspired with fort, re serve ? Th e F renc h J ourna l of Frank ,titider the head of "Ile Stuttgaidt e leit r r y '' admits that the said meeting has This mistrust in Gkrinany. It says : lermanterview of two foreign sovereigns on soil, on th 3 territory of a State which lthierd formerly to the Confederationf l A i , a ' t e°ll pled with the absence of the sover eigns niel.C'; itt and Prussia, has inspired a mistrust vreti s ,, : 4 scarcely di sgu i se d. I n G erman y, the atte bah 'ws in thi s meet i ng a fi rst step towards anha p c ,'"!l the u n ity o f th e f e d era l re l at i ons .' If are tyi P counts iu its editorial ranks writers who tse et - 7 sble t o j udge of what i s pass i ng in govern t ti le rp e ,: re les in Paris, the Frankfort Journal enjoys t h eC' utat ion of being very Lxtetly informed of O f opinion in Vienna. W e may add, on 4 tr e i he v It,tluthority , of private intelligence which has 1 a 4 '„ i sled us, that it is not only in Austria that Portion of the population views Af t ,: certain mistrust' the interview at ;4741as This This sentiment exists in Beilin as - ; 11 Vienna. The King of Prussia, who WE 8 ciritStuttgardt to meet the two emperors t `set s w e. :"'eosel . on the plea of age and ill health ‘, ° t .„",! d oubtless the real reason which led him Oil e e f ,; ; '• ezeursious in the forests and preserves 1 1 ",.ever t i e tl i to three or four days' fetes at Stuttgard. 1 6 r e ss many persons peisist in attributing s . al tO political motives, and they do not 11 jij u i r ltri • It is, moreover, to . be observed that t rit saia'r, r/ . 418 of Berlin, Keenigsberg, and other l '(1r ;',,towns openly declare that it is requisite N,,11R,144ttm . : e . ri e L?ser to . Austria, and we are assured that 18 actively engaged in encouraging this L I N 1.17 °f the two courts. We draw no conclusion the ro e i B facts and rumours ; we confine ourselves e spectator. M EETING OF THE EMPERORS. Th e 1r e t'or it-4?niteur of yesterday states that the Em il" \ \ T trlv " at Luneville at half-past five o'clock -9 qti,n4aday evening. His Majesty was received d. ,i, 111°41,e,t;laltle Gramont, commanding the lc. *lts r4ls of br A i tef e t o ni f the departments, and the On the same evening there Nr ea 4 ', R i titi ld display pl y in the park, illuminations,. ' 4 'eloa. s ''' and s fir a eworks. Yesterday, at nine 114 isi, : ;‘,; t he Emperor would review the cavalry kern ' ttitrding to • a telegraphic despatch from eve, a t .gardt, the Czar was expected there yesterday 111 ,0r t 1 . 1 % and the Emperor Napoleon- on Friday 4 (1, 11Y R. They would give a grand banquet to- NlPtart4 evening party at the Prince Royal's Ile vi'Y peat, near Cannstadt. To-morrow evening 1)N444,,,1,ti5ter of Foreign affairs would have an -m 8 u . 13 :„ of all the members of the diplomatic Yrtp -4-he festivities will terminate on Sunda,ye ht(ttlC,Rl,ll4 banquet at court, and a gala spectacle t l trt: `"eatre. The Emperors will take their de , N o „ n ' , i 4:1. gonday morning , r irei: 4 - -t from Stuttgardt of the 19th says that Ilteltdv-eria, especially French and Russians, were t " P e t e 4 r s . 11 c ' e k in g into 1, 4 i All the apartments in hotels had b2en Alt 4ad • impossible to satisfy • 9%. 1 vance and it was impo. t oT tl . In T ß h e ' ll t i p the ' demands made for r " " '' lng of 13Avarta and accommoda• the Grand Duke gust t i t ~vere expected. • .‘a ed tt titt ly • ii trom Vienna tha . t th . e Emperor of tittOa.rat. m eat the Czar at Wen - nal, after leaving lizi ~,, It . • I * * W . BETWEEN THE EMPERORS OF " k iJSTRIA AND RUSSIA. A k p i , : 1 '44 i -r 'S co r says : "An interview is b et t y ' 0 tal i , ' l 'esponden . t 1 11 4tl the pace at Weimar, on the Ist of 0 cdo'wr, ILP4or Fr E mperors_ of Russia and Austria. The itti'., catiC_ttlici3 Joseph will leave Pahrendorf— e "icl ql 3 / in anceuvres at which place are to b f high distinction a ,, N I fl u : 3' a nlitnb rof persons 0. that %it tt i ,--',32Bch inst e for Vienna, and from —`4l Proceed to Weimar. PRUSSIA. 1 1 1 . 11 tBig at BERLIN, SEPT 23. o qOl 4, t o C 4 Austria have determined, for the m at e t he Carry the affair of the Duchies I, ll ?Rni : t he• le t. These two powers have agreed to ;41tioti-ePregentations of Holstein. Separate thigh'tlii; c4e itof s Denmark have been broken cff. At d n ounces that the Prince of 4 E ta r y a n 5 h e s eeetved the order of the King to go qi aQii rt t Uttgarcle from Carlsiuhei in order to ° t he Emperor Napoleon. ROMAN STATES. bi . -.........- I)Cq h • th prig . ROME, SEPT. 19. lißimeY i h Pal benefit reitulting from the Pope's j sip of t o i o 114-...ri N . ' the provinces has been the relict of the burthen imposed 44 t . 411 f14 gna and Romagna from at least half tli l / 4 eßh t able posed upon them for the t kiD il nlin Year a by the Austrian military occupation o th`4ltip„„-ees's autograph letter from Bologna . , t N d ßktri a r of Austria requesting the reduction of to o 4 ,1)) . ! 4, 11, 11 ,04 the removal of the gene . r . al h sta his 4 4 1 3 ( 41( 1 i; ?een promptly complied with \ * t i . ,! t3 - : a J e etY and the measure has been y pro k- i lti ,,nj - °( ) f ts ta L ving , of at least 210,000 seudi a year ‘ ll l ;!of i." "Qe Indebted and inap . overished corn tettiPnr oun.? northern provinces ; for the Austrian No ti `or s, uacets lived in clover in the su bject Nil k ," Or atliCl denied themselves no luxury which Be t ,:e, e4r° mu nicipalities could procure. The I jr.- 14 t4111 10 41 h u g e s• and personal maintenance of the i 1 4 " - : :l nti b , - ' e i Cost the city of Bologna 12,000 acu 1 4 ' 4 -.1 and al budgets - of hi s subordinates h rro e od ° N,., krtion to their rank, In Rome, there liCer Ett "R to b_ . present fiv i. e PV, u curtailed from the .44(' Oeen f vel lees of the French troops, who tivit;frthe Lena the beginning, far less exacting 'IV Priane. Whilst the provinces are c -1 dei tt f rotn this °lt " the State revenues will, it Is partial avacuation, the. ‘uGES ideal ful l ' 11 the 50 4 } ptember, at an anthorfr which gross ionary . 9, 0 the Sicilian eminent to y here, .1 18 „ and 18 45, It) won th e L , rd ll ., n e Acadegl 4 use. Joys wive rded to til t ity of ch .. ea t auth?: is loss volj llnntisgtO nst. S) bigrited to t h e Ist of of he fir st ; from the ,s's SOP' yard botl o4 r and w00!1. t. GOrla n 6 niladelphi a n and after Lice. Thel ra by con" lovr price tier near 1 Frrig 6 '. " FOP' boy abOtit mer, NO I Sattird 2 P tiler, Wil e° track led him 011 'ERsioN• -- ; Icovert' Mverstoot xtends th e ' of the 0 1 a loge o f tbii . It for shir board the r. Green 's r, )g eitra Ct 1604, de - Of Mont — idled it B ° . , that the give herr Dar acco 3 " . ne, 'as sewing twent9 ire chapel' Le council twrniciP rt and b 1 ag last, t h s am psoar g c i r cuta' ?on on the oper con' 18 eats a it. Sh e ter fellow td f‘r her, tg one 0 ; logs ac; eton, a arrive"' thatonce eked jue d to th e antity of 4 4. e Verdict' THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1857. hoped, be equalised by the advantage resulting; from the new loan, just ratified by Messrs. Roths child, to the Papal government. It appears that the exchequer will not suffer much fr im the expenses of the Pope's jourm y, which h vebeen much lighterthansomet rnes represented. Of course the towns through which he has passed, or in which he has sojourned, have incurred debts to meet the expenses cf his reception, but that has nothing to do with the State purse, which had only to defray the charges for past horses, escorts, & The maintenance of the Pontiff and his travelling suit 3 was reckoned at 500 scudi (.100) a day, which of course he paid for himself ; and even including the continual contributions to hospitals, churches, and public works on his journey, it is calculated that he cannot have spent more than 150,000 scudi, a good portion of which he had accumulated in bright golden gregorine betore setting oul. The expenses which fell to the share of the provincial municipalities were the heaviest of all. TUIIKE.Y. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 24. Under date of Constantinople, the 16th, we learn that Omer Paella is nominated Goverum- Genaral of Bagdad, a very lucrative post, the reve nues of which amount to 500,000 francs. He is charged with the duty of establishing a line of steamers upon the Tigris and upon the lower Euphrates, and with the protection of commerce against the Arabs The English have transported to th 3 Euphrates the necessary material for completing the line of telegraph. Tne journal La Presse says that the Arabs have tried to des,.roy the pests of tin telegraph, in order to show their sympathy with the Indian mutineers. • On the 10th of August the Persian Government had not, as represented, recalled tha garrison from Herat. Mr. Murray had addressed remonstrances ti the Government o❑ the subject. • There is a financial crisis at C..nstantinople, and the rate of exchange had advad,ced considerably The army of Asia is about twenty months in arrear of pay. . _ THE INDIAN MUTINIES the enemy renewed their attack four times, and were sue - eeeeively repulsed. Young Oxen, of the Ist highly die tinguiNhed himself, charging four times down the street with his company ; his gallantry was very conspicuous. The right wing in the meantime continued their advance under Dennis, and after driving away the mutineers, and killing a large number in a serai, they retired exhausted to Hind()) Rio's house. The big guns on the right flank fired occa rnnally, but owing to the nature of the ground the enemy could avoid them. All our , troops had now been engaged and the greater part had fallen back exhausted. The generel then directed me to the Mosque Battery, where applica tions were being constantly sent for reinforcements. I sent every available man. I was then directed to assume com mind at Hindoo Rao's. When I arrived there I faund every one exhausted rnd done up. There were the is Fusileers and some Rifles all dons up. I went on to the new advanced battery ; it was crowded with worn-out men ; the artillery-men, 1 kewise done up, had ceased firing ; another party of Rifles in a similer state, in another position; 120 mea of the 21 Fusileers, who had marched 23 miles that morning, and had had no breakfast, ware lying down exhau ted ; th• ea weak companies of Ghoorkas were out as skirmishers, but they too were exhausted, and the remainder were resting under a rock. The heat was terrific, and the thermometer must have been at leapt 140 degrees, wilt a hot wind blowing. and a fr i ghtful g'are. Well, the mutineers all this time from behind walls and rocks, were keeping up a brisk fire all along our front —i e., to the right of Hindoo Rao's house, as far as Subzee Muudee, and a battery of two guns from Kissen gur g was firing upon us without having it returned. I ordered up, when at Hindoo Rae's, 100 of the Ist Fusileers. After serving out grog to them, I threw them forward to the left front of the new battery. I got a reinforement of 200 of Rothoey's Sikhs, who also hed marched 23 miles, and had as 3et nothing to eat, and shortly afterwards a small party of 30 of the 2nd Fusileers, under Harris, a very gallant and determiaed fallow, and another under the serjeant major. The latter were sent with the let Fusileers. They beat back the mutinf ere at once, and took possession of a temp'.e on the left front of the bat eries, end which commanded it. I directed this to be held, as it moreover gave us the command of the skirmishing ground, hitherto infested by the mutineer?. On the right I threw forward Rottsney's eikhs, some guides, and a few of the 2nd Fusiteers. They advanced, and again tock possession of SO zee Mundee. Between this and the batteries our skirmishers had command of the whole ground. I ordered tee position I now held to be kept till sun-set, and then tLey were to retire to their camp. We were now masters of the field The mutineers were completely beaten, and when they found I intended to hold my position they fell back upon the town. Our loss was e , usidersVe, but that of the enemy was very severe, We suffered greatly from the sun; the let Fusileers alone had five officers out of ten struck down by coups de so'eil. The work for the troops is very hard, never getting a whole night's rest; bus the wing of the Gist and one of the Bth, betides some Si'_hs, are expected, when they will be relieved somewhat; but it is very up• hill work against such fearful odds and at this time of the year, bat the men are game and will never give in." ARRIVAt. OF PASSEzIGERS FROM INDIA, SOU riliklIPTON, TnuRsDAY. The following is a list of passengers who arrived by the Colombo : Captain Frazer, Dr. Gees, Captain liazlewoed, Mr. • t. Leger, Mr. D. Campbell, Mrs. Write°, infant, and eon, Mrs. T)lter and four children. Major and Mrs. Price, Mrs. Speard, Mrs. Impey, Miss Douglas, Mrs. Mayne, Mrs Stirling, Mrs Stillman and three children, Captain and Mrs. Elliott and child, Hon. Captain Forrester. Mr. and Mrs. Lovegrove, R. Kyle, and W. Brenton, from Bombay ; Mrs Stewart aed three children, Mrs. Gill and infant, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. R wlings, Lieut. Stephenson, Mr. aid Mrs. Perakote, infant, and servant, and Mr Shearb. from Madras ; Mrs Lay, Mrs. Swinhoe, Mr. Mailers and son, Colonel, M's., and Miss Lennox, Mr. John Howard, Mrs. Jeolets and two children, Ms Tucker and infant. two Misses W lkins, Mrs. &eke., Mrs. Chivers, Mrs. and Miss Victor and two children, Mrs Dowlans and child, Mrs Watkins and two children. Mr. Velletios, Mrs. Corbyn and it fent, Mrs. Steal and infant, Mrs. Mead, child and son, Mrs Barrow and two children, Mrs Amesbury and infant, Mr. and Berry, Mrs. Grant, child, and son, Mrs Ingram, infant, and son, Mrs. Goldney and three children, Mrs. G. Edmondstone, R. Turner, and Mrs. Ottley, from Calcutta; Captain Read, from Singapore • Mr. Blanchard, Captain Pewsdale, Mr. Woodhead, aid Mr. Savage, from Point de Galle; aid Mrs. Brown, infant, and sun, Mr and Mrs. Fasson, Mr. A. Brace, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Lipman, Mr. Mine, Captain Newlands, Captain-Chapman, Mr. Rose, Dr. Burke, Cap tain Reed, Mr. Cantley. Mr. E. Christian, Mr. Lamberr, G. Donaldson, and Mr. J. Perry, from Alexandria. The Lady Mayoress arrived at Radley's Hotel, in this town, from London, to await the arrival of the Colombo, in order to reader any assistance to the fugitives from India that they might require lutelligance of the approach of the Colombo off the Needles was communi cated to her ladyship, and she remained up all night in consequence. Early this morning the Lady Mayoress, aceompeeied by Mr. Under-Sheriff Anderton, of London, proceeded down Southampton Water to the Colombo in a small steamer that had brought the Indian mail ashore. Her !airship was dressed in deep mourning, for the loss of her brother, Cal. Finnis, who was killed by the mutinous sepeys at Meerut. Dr Symes, a esident of Southampton, wso has fitted up aeartments in his house for any of the destitute Indian refugees, was else early on board the Indian mail packet. Tne Mayor of Southatnpeon proceeded to the Colombo in another small steamer, accompanied by Capt. Engledue, the superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, aid other genilemee The Lady Mayoress, as soon as she was on board the Colombo was conducted t, Ceptadn Field's cabin, and her object in visiting the ship was communicated with the utmost delicacy to the passengers. Numerous relatives and friends of the passengers also went on board, and their meeting with their friends from India was an affecting sight. Tney embraced each other in seeming unconscious nest of the presence of strangers, and paced the iierk with their arms encircling each otter's waists. A great number of the passengers went ashore in one of the small steamers. A cro vd of persons w.s i• 1 the dock, and here a'so affec tionate greetings took place between long absent friends and relatives, which drew tears from m try a bystander. There were about sixty children on beard the Indian mail packet, a large p irtion of whom were infants in arms, all of them hurried out of India on account of the fearful atrocities committed there The scene on board the Colombo was veie d,ffereiv. from that whice usually takes place on board homeward Indian packets Tee usual female passengers ou board these ships are ladies in the g yest spirits and dre-sed in the gorgeous silks and shawls of the East ; but many of the lady passengers of the Colombo bore marks of great sufferings and anxieties, and their dresses betoke tied their losses, and the rapidity of their flight from the mutinous districts. Many of these passengers escaped from Delhi, Lu 'know, and other parts of Oude. Fortunately they started from these p'aces at the com mencement of the mutinies. Tne language of their hus bands was, " Get out of the couetry with the children as soon as you can, and never mind us." Many of them have never heard anything of their husband since. Some of the ladies escaped nearly naked, lived in the jungle for days with their infant children, starving, and rarely able to get a handful of rice, to satisfy the cravings of hunger. Few villagers were willing to assist them, and many of those who were willing ware afraid to do so. Not the least interesting refuges on board the Colombo was a little deg. It had cheeped from Delhi by faithfully following its mistress and her children. It had nearly paid a heavy penalty for its fi 'elity. Its back had been literally burnt by the sun, and is not h !alai yet. Some of the passengers give a frightful picture of the state of Calcutta and the interior provinces of India. Many a tine all the persons in the employ of the Peninsular and Oriental Company sought shelter on board the company's steamers, the gans of which we e shotted, and on board which armed watches were kept night and day. Tne news of the mutinies at Meerut and Delhi came upon the inhabitants of Calcutta like a thunder clap. At Cey'on all the European troops had left for the Bengal Presidency, and none bu Sepoy and Malay soldiers are left at Point de Galle and Colombo. The Malay soldiers are eager to fight the Sepoy mutineers, whom they cordially have. About .S:1,000 is likely to be raised in Southampton for the Indian suffer era. A letter has been received here from the East India Company, stating that no olcial list of the persons massacred in Cawnpore has been received in England. Mr. Delafosse and Mr. Bruce, who escaped from Cawnpore, are connected with Southampton. THE SULTAN'S coNrßißurioN FOR THE RELIEF Committee your Excellency's letter, dated the 23rd Septem bt,r, stating that his Imperial Majesty the Sulta❑ has been p'eased to order the sum of £l,OOO to be paid to me as his subscription to the fund for the rJlief of the sufferers by the mutiny in India. The Committee have received with great satisfaction the proof which this munifilent donation affords of the sympathy of the Sultan. Per,ols of every religio❑ in India are left to wirship God according to their o.vn persuasion, without any interference, and the govirntneit is considered as a trust from Almighty God with a view to th t benefit of the people. Th re fundamental maxims will never be departed from, and with God's blessing upon them India will attain to a degree of prosperity which she has never yet enjiyed. The Committee request that your Excellency will Convey to •he Sultan their respeclul nod grata. fat acknowledgements for his contribution, and that you will infirm his Imperial Majesty how highly it has been anpreciaed —I have the honour to be, sir, your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, TROMiS Q. FINN'S, Mayor. TRANSPORT OF TROOPS VIA SUEZ. The following is a copy of the letter addressed to Mes3rs. Crosaey and Co , of Southampton, by the East India Company, declining to engage the European and American Cornpau)'s steamers as troop- ships . East India House, Sept. 17, 1857 Gentlemen—l am desired to ackno.vledge the receipt of your lette ,- s, with enclosures, addressed ta the cha'rman and directors of the East India Company, dated the ft7th of August and 7th of Seitember, 1857, proposing a llrn for a semi-monthly overland transport service between England and Brmbay, by means of the fleet of eight powerful screw steamers of the E iropean and American `tears Shipping Company, all similarly fi , ted up, and each capable of carrying for a voyage of twenty to twenty-five days, from 1,000 to 1,200 troops, in which letters era Ex plainei very fatly your terms for und qtiking this service, besides the transport of the troops across the Isthmus, and thilr vicutaling throughout the voyage, the East India C , maany either finding all coals or mikirg you an extra al'ow nee for the same, likewise pa)ing all port cha gee, and the engagement proposed by you to be for six months certain for each ship, conmeucirg from the date they may respectively be at Sa. z, or at a port in England ready to rceive troops, and terminatieg at the final discharge of each ship at a port in England, or at a port in India, a`ter six months fmm tha elate of its having been at the company's di&posal at Baez. In reply I am desired to inform you that, as it is not at present the intention cf her AI tjesty's g verninent to se •d any cansile , able body of troops through E;vpt, the Court rye unable to avail themselves of your offer, which might otherwise have IPea accepted with advantage to the Pubic service.—l am, gentlemen, your wort obedient and humble servant, Jades C. MCLVILL. M ssra. Cr..-,skey and Co. A DEFINITION.—The Cincinnati Gazelle speaks of a bigagi - st as one who loves not wisely but too well. It is said that the Hon Mr. FilmJre, late Pr4dent of ,he United Stites, is ab.)at to marry a lady of Montreal. The oronto Colonist says, the iivestments in unproduc- . . tive r,al estates in Upper Canada, during the last" four years, have absorbed seven mi'fions of pounds. NEw-rarsas rx KANSAS —There are ei4hteen weekly j , uruals now published in the Territory of Kars is, thirteen of which are 'ree soil in sentiment, and five are ,leniocr itic. TIM CONlET.—Prentice of the Lou' soille Journal iiyi t• The (;.m t is a gay deccite - ! he promised to jistie the ear h, bat h, has only j:1 ed her. The rogue has told a tale, in4tead of showing one." A. return of the number of immigrants arrivad at the port of Quebec t) the 11th of September, 1856 and 1357, has been published, from which it appears that 8,914 more immigrants arrived at Quebec in 1857 than in 1856. Mown,' 6d. Tarr TO LoND)N, on MONDAY and WEDNESDAY next, is to leave the Lime-street Statiorl at 7 o'clock, a.m., giving. the pts enters the option of re t inning ei her on the Wednesday or Friday fol'owin;:'. The — Bafh, Chronicle says :—" The news received on Tuesday from Berkeley Castle was that. Earl Fi zhardinge w , s to ally insensible, and rapidly sinking. The Rev. Dr. Brown was is attendance, but his lordship did not recognise hien." From a parliameatlry return issue] yesterday morning it appears chat the number of young men sent from this country with a , pointruents in the Coyenantel Sdryi3e of Inlia, between Ist Jumary, 1817, and Ist Janurry, 1856, was 320. DROUGHT IN lowa.—lt is ststel that a severe droug'at prevails in so:ne pins of fo va, no rain, with the exception of two slight showers, having fallen since the 20 h of garch last. This is singular, in view of the fact tha' the whola cauntry, for months, has been nearly fi.o4ed with r. ins. A balloonist," attempted to make an ascension at Albany, la!elt —but it was no go. lie got up high enough to clear one or two Mocks—elms down n a private harder, breakirg the shrubbery--lo , t his pccket book—was arrested for damagea. and pu' in the vra+ch•heuse. That's what may be called " bal , oaning extra." PUBLIC DINNER. TO J. M. COBB TT, DQ., M.P.—On Wednesday evening Mr. C, bb.tt, the representative of Oldham, was entertained at dinner in the Town-hill. Th 9 chair was occupied by Mr. John Sell fv!d, chairmrai of Mr. Cobbett's committee, and amongst the meets, in nto the member, were Mr. U. 88. C0.1_1) o' Manchest , r, Mr. Jonagan Mello-, of Gnat Bank, and others. The p-ceeedir , gs wese of a very interesting Oiaractfr. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—WhiIst there is so much con sternation among sportsmen about the comparative Felt - city or plenty of grou.e, there is but one account, and tba' fuv uruble, of partridg.s. Not only are the birds numerouß, 'Jut the arty harvest has lefc the fields clear of grain some we.lis earlier than usual. September is, therefore, Ibis par really a shoo ing month de facto as well a 3 de jure. Pheasants are also p'e.itiful. and promise goof sport i❑ russ,t October.—North British Mail. AN Ex FRAORDINARX APRICOT TREE.—An apricott belonging to Mrs. Allez o• Iflauteville, has for m my years past given a produce which w. uld he incredible if the fact were not ro tot boas. In the year 18.55 this tree fielded no less than 16,000 apricots, and this year the produce has been at least 10,010 ful!-sized and perfectly-ripened apricots. Th- tree, which ir, we believe, upwards of forty years old, meisures twenty feet iu height, and has a span of sixt; fee*, thus cove ing a surFaea of twelve hundred fe.nt— Guer'nsty Star. telegraph despatch was rece i ved at this offiu, a few days since, announ, iv, the failure of tho Reciprocity Bank. A genii -man in this of ice was cille.l up)n to write out a co s acuons copy of the despatch for the bulletin boar'. He did the job up brown, posted it it, drew the attention of persoas couiig into the coun'ing-romn to it, and wound up his forencon's work, by taking without d.unur frarn a custornur, a V on that same Reciprocity ins itition, He don't like to hear at out it.—Detroit Advertiser. Loss OF LIFT BY FlRE.—Yesterday morning Mr. Will am Payne, the coroner for the ei•y of London, re ceived information of the death of Miss Harriet lee, of Deptford She was standing 9fi , h her back to the fire when the wind from the door wafted her dress against ft , e bars of the gate. It 10 - came igni ed, and she was soon enveloped in one body of fire. Her screams brought as sistance, when the flames were extin:zulshed, and without lies of time she was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where every assistancr was renie*e 1 that en ‘dical skill could suzg-st, hut she died shor,ly }die , admission. PECULIAR COINCIDENCE —ln Rochdale, inglests have this week been held on the h.d'es of three persons named Ashworth, who died respectively on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The M inday's death was that of Henry Ashworth, who, going unaccompanied to the Baptist Chap I to wind up the clock, was seized with a fit (.s it, supp , sed), and was found dead. The Tuesday's fatality had for it; victim James Ashworth, who fell under a waggon whe,l, and died soon after; and the death on Wednesday was that of Mary Ashworth, who, tallinz, aster p wh le smoking a p pe, a t fire to h3r chthee, sand was much burnt, It appears, from a parliamentary return issued yester -dly morning, that there are 469 868 registered voters for counties in Englan 1, 36.120 in Wales, and 50 403 in Sew land : making- a total ( f 556,391. Includin.: the univer sities the total number r f registered borough v rters in England is 426 377 ; in Wales, 12,669 . ; and in Sco la d, 5'1,069: making a tot lof 489 113. The total 'limber of registered vo'ers in Groat Britain, therefore, is 1,045.506 According to the census of 1851, the total population of Grett 13,i'ain was 21,000,000. There a-e 88,475 county electors in Eogl tnd and %Vales registered for property situated within the limits of boroughs. GOVERNMENT Pit . TECTION TO rMIGRANTE Fog CANADA AND THE UNITED ,STATES.-As soon as an emigrant ship reaches the emigrant station in the St. LaiVrelce, nt Grosse Lde, a few miles la_ilow Qu bee, sae is b arded by the G vernment Medical Otlic:r. It there are any sick on board they ere lande I and remain at the hospital, at the expense of the Government, until they are cured. Imm, di rtely on the ship's arrival at Quebec, Mr. Buchanan, the Government Emigration Agent, gces on board. He in quires into all complaints, aLd sees that all the conditions of the Act of Parliament for protecting emigrants have been s'rictly complied with. This he is able to do in a most eff•-•c ivc manner, as, whenever an emigrant ship leaves a British port for Q rebee, the Guverument Emigre ticn Officer at the port forwards to him, by mail steamer, a list of ev,ry vssenger, with their names, awl, sex, trade, &e. This list is alw iys received by Mr. Buchanan a fortnight before the shio's arrival. He thus pcss sacs every particular tint may be useful to him in protecting the emigrants, and directing them to where they can at once get suitable empl. yment. If there be any just cause of complaint against the ciVain of a ship, justice is afforded by a very summary law passed for the purpose, and Mr. Buchanan himself superintends the proseculi tn. The Government of Canda has issued a pamphlet upon the resources of the cou•ttry and the prospects in s'o e for the industrious of all classes who desire to make it the land of their adoption. Tais panaphlet, as well as full par ticulars of the through Bunking system, by which emi grants are protected from the time of their landing until they reach their destination, together with maps of the Canadian Railways, showing their eonnec,ion with those of the United S ates, ,continue to be issued gratuitously to all who apply, for them, personally or by letter, at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 2 1 , Old Broad-street, Lond.r, B.O.; or herr to Sabel and Cuttisi Allan and Gillespie ; or Weir, Cuchran and Co. 'ATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. THE SUFFERERS AT CAWNPAIE The followinq letter has been addressed to the editor ot . the Englishman : Sir,—l am desired by Genlral Neill to request you will have the goodness t make it as public as possible that the priperty cf the unfortunate people who lost their lives here his been collected in one spot, and that any which can be recognized, will be ha/ied over to the owners, or put up to auction for the benefit of deceased estates, and the res sold There is a rod deal cf property belonging to the different mercantile firms here as well as to the heirs of deceased officers, &c , but when I mention that every house was gutted, and the p operty scattered over sixty or seventy square miles of country, it wdl be apparent how impossible it was to take care of ind.vidual interests. I would recommend any one connected with Ca,Anpore to appoint an agent upon the spot who can recognise the property, and he should be armed with authority to receive charge of it. Almost all of the former European residents bete having been murdere3 by the miscreant Nena Sahib, and no one being forthcoming to recognise or give any information cancerning the property that has been saved, it would aid us very much were some European to return who may be acquain , ed with the former residents, o. be able to point out the property of the different owners. I am desired to acid that, as far as can be ascertained, the only Europeans who escaped are two officers and two soldiers, who fled across the rive-, and one pensioner of the 3rd Light Dragoons, who was concealed by a troqaer of the 4th Light Cavalry in the city of Cawnpore. There arena males three females, and three children, with a petty rajah (of Kalpee) across the Jamna, and every possible means are being taken to recover them. The Rajah of Kalpee teats these unfortunate people with kindness, and is disposed to restore them. Tne p assure of work is so great that it is impassible to send copies of this letter to the different presses in India, but General Neill trusts all will aid him in making public the information now conve3 ed. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, lIKRBRRT BRUCE Captain, Cawnpore, July 31. Superintendent Police. TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —Perhaps the following extracts may not have come to- your notice; and, as all authentic information is valuable to many, you may think it right to copy them. There is no donbt that the first of the two journa!s was written by Miss Caroline Lindsay, eldest daughter of Mrs. George Lindsay, in all probability on the day of the final massacre, in the hope that it might reach the hands of her distressed relations, as by God's good providence it has done. No mention being made Of the death of her younger sister Fanny, it is to he feared that she was also still alive; and that they perished together on the 16th of Ja!y Dandee. Sept. 23. B. (Extracted from 71ce Phenix, Calcutta newspaper, of August 8.) The writer of the painfully interesting (lawn pore letter chi(•s we published yesterday, stated that he had picked up scraps of paper among the clothes of the unfortunate women who ralt their death in Nena Sahib's slaughter-house. The mournful in , ,:mori t!s referred to ale spotted with blood, and contain the following ihs.rib)e/1 upon them in pencil in fem di handwriting. Both the scraps seem to be leaves from the private journals of two different persons, as the writing is not the same. One of these pieces of paper. runs., us follows: Mamma died, Jaly 12, Mr.. G Lindsay ; Al . ce died, July 9, daughter of Mrs. G Lindsay ; George died, June 27, Son of Airs. G. Lindsay, Ensign 10,,h Native Infantry ; entered the barracks, May 21 ; cavalry left, June 3; first shot fired, June G ; u cle Willy died, June 18, Major W. Lindsay ; Aunt Lilly, June 17, Mrs. W. Lindsay ; left barracks, June 27. Made Fieoners as soon as we were at the river. The other is in the loilowina words : We went into the barracks on the 21st of 11113 y. the 2ad Cavalry broke out at two o'clock on the morning of the sth of June, and the other regiments went off during the day. The next morning, while we were all sitting out in front of the barrack', a 24-pounder came flying along and hit the intrenchment, and from that day the fi ing went on till the 25th of June; then the enemy rent a treaty which the General agreed to, and on the 27th we all left the B. to go down to A.. in boats. When we got to the river the enemy began firing on us, killed all the gentlemen and some of the ladies, and set fire to the boats ; some were drowned, and we were taken prisoners and taken to a house, put all in one room. The above sad relics speak for themselves Hard twist be the heart of the reader that can peruse them without the strongest emotion. THE SIEGE OF DELHI To give the public an idea of what the fi 41iting before Delhi consists of, and to show that the " pltylk" of the Brhish soldier is as brilliant in the heat of India as in the biting cold of the Crimea, we publish the following extract of a letter from an officer in high command with our force there. It should he remembered that the action he describes is but one of a series that has ex tended over a month, and that scarcely a day has been allowed to pass without the enemy issuing in swarms to harass our overworked troops : The day commenced with firing on the Ghotorka posts. Jackson, cf the 2nd Fusileers, No 1 company, very weak, attacked and drove back the mutineers from Subzee Mundee, but, not being reinforced, he was obliged to retire, and in retiring the pliant fellow was killed. Skirmishing went on on the hill to the right of Ilindoo Rao's house the whole day. The Ghoorkas and Rifles were engaged, and drove back the mutineers fiur times. After each attack our men fell back into their positions ; when the mutineers, relieved by their numbers, again came on, our men became exbau-ted by heat and exertion, and supports after each attack were necessary, until at last all the available force was - engaged. Wahl - man, with the left wing of the Ist Fusileers. after Jackson's death, had advanced and had taken possession of Sobsee Mandee again, when he was sevaely wounded tuid bad to leave the field ; the wing cleared the weer, but ESCAPE OF LAY-NUNS AT MEERUT. The Courrier de Lyon gives the following account of the dangers incurred by several French lay-nuns in India during the late disturbances :—The religious establishment of Jesus-et-Marie de Fourviere had several of its sister hood imperilled at Meerut, Delhi, Sealcote, acd Agra by the Indian insurrection. It is only by the last mail that intelligence has been received respecting them in letters written to their superior, and which show that a portion of them at least have escaped. All these holy woman were at the heat of schools for young girls, English and native. Those who were at Meerut succeeded in escaping through the conflict, murderers, and conflag .ation with a part ot their pupils, some English ladies, and about fifty males, officers and civilians, tea valley in the mountains of Thibet, where they are, it app are, in tolerable security, for the party, being well armed, is strong enough to defend against the insurgents the defile leading to their asylum. The flight from Sealkote was marked by m st dramatic incidents The evening before the rising, some of the natives, through gratitu le for she attention and kindness which the sisters had always shown to their children, came secretly to inform them they would do well to leave the place as promptly as possible with their pupils. as the insurrection was to commence the next morning at break of day, and the insurgent, had resolved to k.ll every European. The sisters at once procurcd cars, and loafed them with their properly and with their youngest pupils, whose weakness would have retarded their precipitate flight. Then profiting by the shades of n;ght . , they left the town for a firt so-ne begues distant, where they hoped to find refege. Unfortunately whether it was that the warning given them was too late, or that the fugitives had not harried on with sufficient rapidity, or that the natives had advanced the moment of the insurrecdon, the sisters were overtsken, when about half way, by a troop of the insurgents, who on finding their convent abandoned had pursued them The poor sisters, on seeing this horde of miscreants approaching, abandoned their cars and baggage in the middle of the road to be pillaged, and hurried away t m take refuge in an isolated house which stood near. But their pursuers soon surrounded the building, and bursting in murdered, in presence of the poor sisters and the children, several English persons, women and men, who had also hurried to the house for safety. They then rushed at the sisters, and with horri: le imprecations threatened to make them and their pupils share the same fate, if they did not at once declare where their property was to be found. The unfortunate women protested that they had nothing in the world but what they, had left in the cars on the high road, and that they willingly gave up that property. As, however, other pillagers 'had already carried off whatever was prec ous feem the cars the insurgents in the h - tuse were about to execute their threat of killing every human being in 'the building, when a voice cried out that the public treasures had been found. They then rushed from the house to obtain their share in the booty, and the sisters, without loosing a moment, placed the youngest children on their shoulders, and taking the where by the hand, proceeded as rapidly as they could towards the fort, which they at last reached and obtained a shelter in the midst of other fugitives of every age and condition. It is impossible to praise too highly the devotedness of these poor women, who risked without hesitation their own lives to save those of the children confided to their care. GUNBOATS ON THE GANGES Is it not s'range that ow government and the autho rities in India st.em to neglect the most obvieus means for strengthening our fences? A few men-of-war stationed before Calcutta would do more to prevent a rising in that cty than all the tro , ps and volunteers in it. The men of war wou'd have the town, especially the native portion of it, completely at their mercy ; and part of their crews night he farmed into naval bri g ades to do duty on shor , . The crew of the Shannon, which has just arrived at Cal cutta, seems to have been rite a goiseni to the autho rities there. Our innumerable gunboats, built during the last war, are almost everywhere lying idle: they would be of incalculable use on the Ganges during the four rainy months of July, August, September, and October. "1 luirynsesaye a corkesuogdent, " had some experience in the n evigati in of the Glnges, end I can safely as , ert that in these mor.ths the Ganges would, in the rainy se;son, be navigable for gunboats up t, Allehahad, and in July and August they might ascend even to Agra and Cawnpore. Their presence on the river would have kept the entire line of communication open, and we should have heard nothing of the outbreaks and dis,sters at Dinapere, Alla hab ad, Benares, &c." There are several reaches in the Gages, where for many miles the river is deep enoneh to float gunboats drawing from five to twelve feet of water at the driest season of the year. This is the case at Benares, and generally opposi e most of the large towns ; and the gunboats could be stationed at such places, if recessary, all the year round. The steamers at present nil the Ganges ore entirely unsuited for warlike operations. They ate nearly all tags of a very light build. The pas sengei s and cargo are placed in a light barge towed by the • steamer, called an acco.nolation boat. They would be quite ineipahle of kerning open the communication, if the rebels took up a fortified position anywhere oa the banks of the river. England is strongest in her navy ; bat to judge froth the way in which G.avernment is conducting ' hr war one would think that we had not a single frig etc or gunboat to aid our scanty land force. It is fhe intention of the inhabitants of Chipper, in Somersashire, to rake 100 recruits for her Mjesty's service, and present sine gentlemai of the neighbour hood wi;h a commission. EYIGItATI N TO AU,TRAIIIA. gentleman from the Australian colonies has visited the eastern coun,ics during the last few days for the purpose of incluc;ng emigrants to proe - ed to the son'hern continen , . The Worcester Chronicle says: —" Lost week as the Worcester end Hereford coach was proceeding, halfway bst , veen Malvern aml this city, a s:m:ts-nan in a fi adjoining the road shot at a a>vev of birds, and one of the sh its 1 edged in the cheek of a lady on the coach." Ira ths pub!ic room of the Caledonian Hotel, ()ban, there is an anrique oak chair, wilt the following inse iption n a silver pliate :—Tnis chair was sEnt by Lochiel to Prince Charles Stuart, on the occasion when the 11,1a1 Standard was unfurld to claim the Crown cf his ancestors at Wet.fianin, on the 19 h August, 1745." ANOTHER RUSSIAN roWNIFS4.—A letter from Sim ferop rl in the Crimea, in the Austrian Gazette, sta`es that a large fortress is be'ng construat-d by the Russian government on the bill of Mithridattf s at Kitrtel, in order to command the strai's of Jenikale, which go into the Sea of Az W The expeas.?, the letter says, is estimatei at 12,000,000 silver roubles (4fr. e , ich); and it is added that engineers have b'en sent from St. Petersburgh to superin tend the construction. R P )RTED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO NADU° HOUSE.— The R al of Aberdeen posed across the country on Morday from 1-laddo House, on his way to visit her Maj sty at Balmoral. It is rumoured that there is a probability of the Quart and Court removing fir a short titn3 from the llghlands to Haddo House, and that the noble lord (Haddo), the member fur the counts', and family, will during her Majesty's stay, take up their residence at Mel drum House. Haddols between 50 and 60 miles distant from B daloral, and abut 20 miles north of Aberdeen.— Banffshire Journal 13.1:sxmo Iv GERMANY.—The Deutschland of Vienna .ays:—We learn from good authority that the directors of banks in Oen.tral Germany will shortly held a canference in Frankfurt, in order to Came to an unlerstanding nspecting the reprisals to be adopted against Prussia for her prohibition of the circulation of their bank notes within her terra ory. Up b the present moment, these batiks have d, tided that ac long as the decree of the Prusaian Minister of Commerce is in force, they will not advance any moley for transac ions in the kingdom of Prussia, and will even close the credits now open. THE SILEvT SYSTEA.— M dile. Rachel has installed herself in the house which has been prepared fur her near Canner, and in which sbe is to pass the winter. A cele brated physic'an, whom she consulted at Paris before her departure, has prescribed a: 'Omen for her which be declares will infa libly restore her to health. One of the rules laid down by him is that she is not to speak during The Whole time of her treatment, and the patient is state I to have accepted this condition, writing her questions atd answers on a slate. In a letter which Mdlle. Rachel has written to one of her friends, she declares b-r int.r ntion of conforming to the preecription, and of not uttering a word until the month of May next.--.-.Le Pays. OF THE SUFFERERS IN INDIA. The following is a copy of the correspondence which has taken place between the Turkish Ambassador and the Lord Mayor with reference to the relief of those who are suffering in India : Eryans.own-square, Sept. 23. My Lord Mayor,—l have the honour to inform you that His Imperial Jll:k.sty the Sultan, my august Sovereign, has been pleased to order the sum of £l,OOO to be sent to me for transmiss'on to you as his tubectiption to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny. Enclosing here with ac.•otdingly a check for the above awoun', I have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your very obedient servant, C. Piltravaus. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. iSir p —l have had 613 v hoqeur to receive and lay befere she FOUR PERSONS KILLED. In the telegraphic news of our first edition, yesterday morning, we anounced the fact cf an accident having omrred on this line , and in a subsequent edition, supplied the following particulars An accident attended with fatal consequences to 4 persons, and considerable injuries to several others, occurred on the Great Northern Railway, about noon on Thursday, to the express train, from Manchester to London. It appears that, in running over the viaduct, which crosses the Ne wark and Tt.xford road, some hing tiave way, it is supposed an axle, the engine became detached from the carriages and hounded forward, white the vehielei seperated into two divisions, the first of which, comprising a second class and composite carriages, heeled over the embankment on the south side of the viaduct, while the latter portion of the train, after striking against the buttress of the bridge, on the north side, and breaking off the stone cap and upper brickwork, fell down with a tremendous crash on to the turf pike road below. The first two vehicles made a com plete somersault, and alighted with the right side up in a co tager's gareen ; one or two of the passengers were much injured, but the majority escaped, and the carriages were very little dama. el. The other three vehicles, including the break van, were li . eraliy sma• lied to pieces. The folio sing is a list of casualties : Killed : The II m, W. M. Windsor Clive, brother to the Hen Robert Clive, M.P., who WWI also in the train ; Miss Le , itia Paget, Gorton Lodge, Garston, Liverpool; Mrs. Heaton, 18, Queen's-square, Lancaster; Mrs. PAtman w,te one of the Great Northern Company's officers, whc; sa-, next to her when in the train. Wounded : Captain Marshall, Glossop-road, Sheffield, one eye knocked out—his wife and child itcaped with bruises; Mr. Jchn Dansfield, one of the Town Counlil, of Oldham, fractured ribs and internal injuries—bad case; Mr. J. J. Bourn, sear., Cambridge, compound fracture of right arm, and internal injuries—not expected to recover; Mr W. Dyson. the guard of the train, fractured skull, aid internal injuries -not expected to recover; Mr. Sworder, Hartford, fracture of ankle; Mr. C. Sworder and Miss Sworder, slightly injured; Sir. and Mrs Peace, Sheffield, contused w mild on the head; Mr. Joseph Ha: gus, Castle street, Sheffield, cut and bruised —returned hone; Mr. Braithwaite Rayner, commercial traveller, internally in jured ; Mr. James Smith, traveller, head hurt, but not seriously ; Miss Marr, Queen square, Lancaster, sightly injured —she was travelling will Miss Paget and M.o. Heaton, one of whom was her aunt, and both of whom were killed. The head of one of the ladiei 47,1 S crushed quite flat. The face of anther was cut in two from top to bottom. A gentleman's boot, wet with blood, was seen on the road as it had been cut off. It is stated that this is the first fatal passenger accident that has ever occurred on the Great Northern Line. FUR rimiz, PARTICULARS The Poileasfer Gazele of yesterday gives the following account of the aecideut : --Yesterday (Thursday) one of thoss fatal and distressing accidents which no human foresight or care can prevent, occurred on the Great Northern Railway, about three miles south of Tuxford. It appears that the 2 55 a m first and second class express from 111 ncheeter passed the new curve at Retford at the usual time, viz , 11 40 a.m., and consisted of five carriages. including the breek•van, together wi h the engine and tender. Acout twelve oVock, when approaching the bridge which caries the line over the turnpike road between Weston and Tuxford and when within a few hundred yards of the former place, the b-oak-van and twe carratge which formed the hinder part of the trait), from some cause or other, which in all probability will ever remain a mystery, ran off the 1 ne, by which they were forced againet the pier of the b-idge, and thrown down th em bankment on to the road below—the whole of the carriages being literally smashed almost to atoms. One of the car riegas was a composite, and the other a first-class ; and four of the passengers were killed on the spot; several others received severe fractures and w >mid, ; and it is feared that in some cases recovery is hopeless. Dyson, the gua-d, who belongs to the Mulch -ester, Sheffield, and len colnshire line, had one of his arms almost completely torn away from his body; and, although alive at the time when our report was despatched, it is to be feared that his inju ries will prove of a fatal character, and that death will be the result of his sufferings. The engine proceeded forward with the two other carriages, the first of which was a second class empty "dam ny." The second was a composite, in which was one passenger. Having run two or three yards beyond the bridge, these also broke from their coupling to the te.ider, turning completely over, and into the garden of a cottager, adjoining the line, and fell within three yards of the house. Singular enough, the passenger escaped un hurt, and the greater portion of the glass of the windows of the carriages was unbroken. In failing, these carriages turned a complete suineaersault, and alighted in the garden in their proper position. The telegrapa wires were com pletely cut asunder, and the engine at once) proceeded to Newark for assistance. and to gave information by telegraph to Peterb rough and Doncaster. In consequence of the message to D measter having to be sent round by the loop line some delay was occasioned in the receipt of the painful intelligence. But immediately on its areival bath at Doncaster and Peterborough, special trains were despatched to the scene of this awful ca'amity. That front Doncaster contained A. Sturrock, Esq ; Mr. Williams, inspector ; Mr. Coffin, cf the locomotive department ; and an efficient staff of assistants. The ens from Peterborough arrived first at the pl-tee ; but the injury to the line itself not being of a serious nature, it was at once placed in working order, and no hindrance occurred with regard to the subsequent trains Immediately after the accident the inhabitants on the spot rendered every assistance in their power to relieve the d stress of the suflerers. The bodies of those who had been killed were at once removed to the house of Mr. Chambers, the Blue Bell Inn, Weston, and afterwards conveyed in a wageon to Tuxford. Medical assistance was promptly rendered, Mr. Whittington, of Tuxford, Mr. Beevors, of Newark, and Mr. Davis, of Retford, being amongst those who were speedy in attendance to relieve the requirements t f the sufferers. Dyson, the guard, was removed in a light cart by Mr. P. Volkers, auctioneer, to Tuxford, where he new lies, as before stated, with little hope of recovery. Some brandy and cellar restoratives were supplied to the wounded Some of the wounded passengers proceeded forward, whilst others were taken to Tuxford and Retford. Oa an examination afterwards of the ci , bris, it was found that all the axles of the carriages were entire, and the tires of the wheels were quite perfect. " Tne mere parting of carriages from the engine," says the Afanchesi.er Guardian " would not necessalUy have led to the carriages going off the line. It is clear that owing to some cause, in all probability the speed and the state of the rails at that spot—the van and two carriages got off the rail., and then, plunging along, the coupling chains attaching them to the engine were snapped, and the carriages dashing against the low parapet of a bridge, which there carries the late over a road, were pitched over this parapet into the road below." Pr;vate lat , er4 sta'e that 500 French tronp3 have arrived from Coioa to defan , l_Frenc in:eres sat Coandernagore. THE LEIGO WOOD Iffunnett -John William BeAle', the suppsed murderer of Chsrlotte Pugsley, has been appre hended at aiventry. FOR ARLENT YouNG MEN.—Young men who would prosper in love should woo geptly. It is not fashionable for e o lag ladies to !aka ardent spiri S. COOKING TIP?. MATE —"Are you mate or till ship?" asked an eurit_frant of the e whO was an Ir'shinan. c 4 No, sir, I'm the m4n that c oloAhe nude." FOOD FoR TIIF. SQUIRRELS. —Among the i eels of expen diture of 'h. , city of B ,srou, f*,4- the year endleg Aril 30, 1357. is the fo'lowing :—" Food for squirrels, $33 27c." THE MURDE", AT NotTINGEIAM FOR4:sT.—rwo men h ive b as ar sted on suspicion of rnurderin4 the boy found deal in N tingliain Forest on Fealty last, anl rk..le bing hie► of his hoots. A Cum( ui METHOD OF PREiFRVING FRUIT.—Mr. N. Lyman, type-fo liner of Buildhas sent the Commercial , Advertiser, Of that ciy, a sdeciaten of fruit, preserved i t a novel manner. The fruit is a pear, which has been covered will a c)at of copper by the electr.:-type p ocese. Not only the sum face of the plat - , but the stem and the bud are covered with a Stn -, oth, even, and' i npervious surface of cop; e-. It ~ eera: improbable that any decomposition can take place beneath this herme ical covering, and it is expested that the fruit will be pr ii,rved for at indefinite period. DVe should suppose; h)w,ver, that the juices of the per would become s) imoregaaed with the copper a Mutton in which it must. hang. during th process, as tubs spoiled for the purpose of eating.—En. N. 'l' ] A RETURNED CALIposNiAN.-7- vi r. Philip Clark, f innerly of lowa C iy, returned to that place a short time since, from California, after an abtence of eight Ie trs. He left a wife, chldrcn, and a vs uable farm, wh.n he went to o difornia. He finds, on his returi, !hit his wife has long since married, havi: l fir t secured a divorce and a decree giving her the farm for her Stople. Tne fartn has been sold, and is now in othtr hands, and his former wile is in some other part of the co miry. LoVII AT FIIIST SIGRT.—The Buffleo Courier is respon sib'e for the following statement. One of the most remarkable instances of love at 117 st sight on record occurred in this city a day or t wo since. A lady from the country had ',winces to transact at a lawyer's office, in which a somewhat diffident at-orney had his desk. In the con se of tht business the a es cf the parties met—the attoney was smitten; he declared his passion, and was accap ed. The couple were married in the afternoon.