Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-13 00:00:00

StTMIBER 13, 1859, We re compelled to withdraw with a severe loss. China mast of neMsity be called to account. for this. Their G "ernmeiit has evidently been guilty of a very violent \na nibst inexcusable outrage:, Ana must be taught 'by l 'lltEr severe experience that iriendly nations, seeking 4micable and mutually lavantageous intercourse with country, are not to be his barbarously treated with laPanity It has become of less moment that the conferences at trich are still affording no reliable intelligence of their Proc eedings, since we re-assured .., are of the acceptance b ~e Y Loui s Napoleon of the mediation of the King of n B elgians, B elgians,avpreparatory to his Majesty's approach t, 'ate • • • Zu r i i i , r ca'nv With the Emperor of Austria. At f or e ,7) 11 0 doubt, the way has now been payed atathe t ,.... •t. a ; " nmperors coming to a 'clearer under- T il L " n g as to the settlement of the Italian difficulty. eT have had it in their power, at the conferences, w k . tiltay much of what may be called the out ''' the question; and nov; , , let us hope, the two -- t' er cirt 'will meet and find the whole question reduced small a compass, as to preseat no further obstacle *. settlement of it as will restore them to pease, The ques- establish the tranquillity , of Europ( the. Italian Duchies wot.ld appear to be 'the only at it would be difficult to dispose of. .Should trig Persist in requiring that the suspendea -sove ties be reinstated, the only hope would SCettl to be the ioguence o f Louis • ; Napoleon over the niftement lie will not, he the Duchies. has declared, Mrvrrnat lothe G ran d Dukes to be forced upon thou at the thy. ~ the baronet. But he has just shot= a desire e People should-submit to some compromise with and to arrange such a compromist'is doubtless the objects oNhe interview that is'nbout to take *. , et length b Isfattarvtio find that Austria', the Reforms -which - the Emperor ,abjects. The iniperi-01 Government gun with - fix religious, grievances el . the Hunga- 76 to tarr promised y , 18ed to ba~sl his ' lee, is &meted to that object Hungary, C Ind Selavonia ; and when, in the other provinces licesiions are math s promised, there will inning in a 'course of reform, the l ig trat rims' become essential tor the stability of the ruble explosion on board the Great Eastezn _ _ P, I.tl llloug . h a most dOphorable:event, involvil I : o yet found to have beenNurely an accident, .anc ect in any degree tli bility of the vess€ 'elite of her engines, .-.3r the strength of her kt for this mishap, indeed, the trial-trip =©i far, would have bean in the highest 9• She encountered-storm enough to pro t4l, ' a- going qualities are of the very first order; no adequate test-of her speed was made, aff :rded e very reason tai believe in her ability' to c fro m eighteen to twenty knots an hour, with n o -acili tY• It is to be regretted that the acci si, o f . necessity detain her for a while from "Pon that further ixial in the ocean which is - to settle completely the success of her experi lier behaviour amid the surging roll of 'the 'eaves has yet to le ascertained; although, gin glzoni what she has done in her trip to Portland, am id a bato e !Y tiling weather, the can be no doubt , of her l 'ltY 13f ploughing through that great deepowith Qual nor ; A e4 +l, e,_ and in a manner• probably altogether-supe- at of any other sta.l3 -ship which has pn 7CET TO THE EARL • :OF DERBY —Bette than a ilgat ago, we were pr i v il ege d t o announce tlant the tight licaourable the Earlt-cf Derby had beenimited to a baiNnet in Liverpool, at which it was intended to P r esent le him the address•which had been so,narn, a t , " Its lY and so spontaneously signed in this town, expres t ,811-i? of ,- confidence in the wisdom of his lordshi p' s fi r n u e2 7 , domestic and foreign. We had also the pri oo fuege a announcing that his aordship had accepted the or 111 '41:alien, and that it was -expected that invitations Which had been forwarded to most of his distinguished b 4 Y colleagues in the late Ministr3-, would also consent - to be of Preset We have now the additional gratification of understanding that these invitations have been estenEively s been ake place on Saturday the 'hilharmonic Hall. 29th of October, in the THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. nit building . yards were opened this morning to such of the workmen as were willing to sign the document, but not more than 40 men altogether have signed it. EXPLOSION ON BOARD GREAT EASTERN. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. The inquest took place this morning, at the town of Weymouth, on the bodies of the unfor: men. y The solicitor of the company and several of the directors were present. The pro ceedings were confined to the identification of the bodies, it being understood that the enquiry would lbe adjourned for legal and scientific evidence. tuna's FolloWh* 7;eocl ia4kins, break open a -- -...101 , ...- THE GREAT EASTER, N , , as a lamb, and moving as easy as a Thames steamer kind, - -'' • with all questions of a similar. may safely be above bridge, tossed, and pitched, and rolled in the stances, to obtain much heed . or credence. m en T w h e e re ma c t a t r ei• , -- allowed to rest until all the evidence is produced at the : most awkward manner. - She had no steerage way, and tn knots through. the water, with Hastings on her FATAL AND ALARMING ACCIDENT. inquest. . ' 1 she was dashing . and plunging as she pleased at some All through the night the injured fully attended to in the dispensary by Messrs. Slater port 'side and a large ship running across her bows. s t t io ra ii nge o sl w ii i p ng In our yesterday's impression we were able to inti mate the fact that, after a successful run from the Nore and Watson, the ship's surgeons, and also by Dr. Mark- It was the a-vearance of this ship that led ,to the to Weymouth, a fatal and very alarming accident had ham, of St. Mary's. Hospital, who happened. to be on order to port her helm, and not with the view of wore round, and escaped inevitable occurred on board the Great Eastern. Up to the' point board. One died from exhaustion about midnight, and running the Great Eastern ashore.' Fortunately the last named, the voyage, although prosecuted under very to the extraordinary foresight and great highly. another dangerous sank t o towards ards condition morning. Nvhen Five destruc disadvantageous circumstances, the weather having proved thick and squally, had been entirely satisfactory. the ship at Weymouth near twelve at noon on S,aturday, practical koowledge of Captain 'Harrison, chains had The North Foreland was due west at noon on Friday, and the other five, whose injuries by scalds and contu- . baen put, on board in order to provide against any casu and soon after the Great Eastern was in the Downs, . sions- were slight, will no doubt recover. The dispen- alty such as that which had Occurred. These were where it was blowing half a gale, which continued as .far sary is in a quiet but remote part of the ship, difficult of rove through the sheaves, and made good as quickly as as _ Portland. At one o'clock the ship was Makin.. access, and it was in no proper condition to receive a possible, and the ship was in a few minutes again under iNdlsewnielbearkleed fiinoma thirteen knots, and there was scarcely a. perceptible dozen dead and dying men. the most perfect command, and the l as t c ause of alarm motion, notwithstanding the fact that one of the Dover While the mattresses were bein.. i .thrown down and w as removed. • and Calais mail boats was obliged to put back into the the blankets prepared, the dust and shavings were being little town at the foot of the cliff. From the Foreland swept away, as the . ship's carpenter here—as in bath to Dover little could be seen as a thick haze covered the rooms, berths, and sitting-rooms—had. not half-finished sea for miles, and it was not till below Deal that the his work. The experimental trip, even if this disastrous mist clearel off ; the Goodwins, however, were distinctly and fatal accident had never occurred, must, by any defined by the breakers, although covered by the waves. honest and observing person, have been pronounced About the usual hour of four o'clock, the company premature. were summoned by bugle-'call to dinner, which was The suffering men were bathed with oil, and covered spread, as it was the day biore, in the principal dining- with white wool hastily torn from beds and mattresses ; saloon near the centre of the ship. and their moaning and calls for drink, and their re- Towards half-past five p.m., as we were passing Hast- peated attempts to rise in their agony from their rough Fags, the few ladies on board and most of the gentlemen couches, were truly heartrending. Those who were in began to move once more on deck, leaving a party of some the most dangerous condition, soon complained of cold, fifteen representatives 4 the press below, who had re- and some were at last got to rest by the administration salved to congratulate Mr. Herbert Ingrain upon the of powerftal opiates. Several of the visitors humanely prospects of this seafaring undertaking, with which he rendered assistance all night in this dreadful hospital, is connected. This gentleman had just listened to and Lord Alfred Paget.was amongst the number. his health beirig proposed in a short and . appropriat In all accidents of this kind th,-- speech, and had -men to return thanks, w, booming report was heard upon deck, accomparieu iy-aecoratei ..orio. of nraslips.--a distant rumbling Round , and fol - I-. .. v .. mie . bitlUoll, a nign:l . • - - lowed by a sharp shower of broken glass, which came like hailstones through the skylights above the dining saloon, falling upon the table at which the little party was sitting. As the cloth had been removal the clatter of the falling fragments was increased, 'and most of these gentlemen supposed the main boners had burst. and had blown the centre of the ship to pieces. This turnedout nis't to be the case, but it \vast]] e chief fore funnel thathadburst. My first impulse (says'tW correspondent .., , 1 • len a loud dential esca this explosion forme( any prom -....-.. ....01 , r — es l e n rt an t l o di A tio r n 'to the vast con coursegenerallyß sT. magnificent exhibition of wax-work, sculpture Allsop's musical promenade &c., Teutonic Hall TiiE C o A f slEisoitrorDsn. who Sm. Ent , Lime-street, galleries, pool, the numbers have been greatly augmented-tlfieset' Livcr the introduction of Dr. Smethurst to his alread's week by renowned establishment. The figure is a full-length one,v.orld wax, and is positively a perfect and faihtful likeness, modelled by by that renowned artist D. Bruccian, of London, from careful drawings taken during his trial, and is certainly the only model taken. So great has been the excitement caused by the case of Dr. Smethurst, that upwards of 5,000 persons have paid a visit .., ;,,i,rissting exhibition in three days. The ladies' saloon,' a highly-L. inner ( room attached to the chief saloon, had its flooring thrown up in the centre and torn to shreds, and its staircase, with the pavillion on deck that covered it in, blown utteily to pieces. The only lady in this room a I few minutes before the explosion was Mrs. Parry , the wife of Mr. Parry, the contractor for the ship's up , 1, 0 1 she had just left Or piano to go on de- nolstery, and The woodwork of the staircase and the pavilion followed close upon her, but without causing her any serious in jury. She was thrown forward, and received a slight _ !nts in the inv .on of t this lunian - stream, up into the not ana team above. I proceeded *towards the head . of ftie 'vessel, which was concmled.bs Idle mist, and, going :down:a:nailer staircase, which ;lea to the grand saloon ithe 'dtiminp, , room of the passengers), I found ro-s,3lf plosion and its results. The Chairman, Mr. uamp pet called in the - aid of Mr. J. E. M'Conuell, the engineer, ar prepared a report for the " gentlemen of the press which he could hardly expect would be adopte to this very gorgeous ana Open from ten a.m. to ten p.m. Admission 6d. d THE WAX-TREE.—In the nursery gardens established by:the French Government of Algeria a trial has lately been made, with perfect success, of a tree — new in Europe—the goingamadon, or the wax-tree of Cayen ne, which furnishes a species of wax exactly sim ilar to that in common use, and possessing all the properties of bee s ' - , a -4 14+10 ana it has Town stem will }• from twenty to twouty-five kilogr - ammes annual produce. A hectare is to be planted on the government lands.— The Builder: THE ROBBERY AT THE IRONWORKS, BILSTON.— Two letters, bearing the Plymouth postmark, and dated from that town, have been received by the father-in-law of Swatman, the clerk at the Millfield Ironworks, who absconded a few days ago with a bag containing £336, the moneys of his employer, Mr. B. Gibbons. In one of these letters he had enclosed £3O for his wife, and stated that he was about to set sail for Australia. Both these letters have been placed in the bands of police- lei.k of Ignoring the fact that titre sitting men were c the - totalwreck of the 'chief sand most emooratay orn'affietted apartment om 'board the ship. The -steam 'Was still ascending, :old •the fragments of ' , rich and"costly furniture, arabe4citte „ designs, enormous • sev era' was priSenied for public which admitted barely and the serious scalding newspapers looking-glasses, and disordered hangings,. pro duced a most meta ucholy , tand unexpected .picttire. Ca stain Harrison, Nth°, According to repott, was staticred on the paddle-boxes at the moment Of the exiilmion, was the .fist men , to descend into this deco- Timed •byt-iix of the 'crew; md Mr. late _apartment, f at the tilston police-court, on Friday, on gran in the shin The , vaptain's first stx was tc )re robbery :to see if Lniz, he was his iloyal Highness hours" posting woUldlbring him to Jiarmorai. the stay of 'his 'Royal Highness at Vinburgh, he ha gone throw& u . reptiliar course in stiiEfe:ent departments of study. -a-Aveek attended tit, rtra 'his 'three times chymical lectures tifrofessor Plzyfair at the tiniversit, His Royal UrighnesG has appeared _froluentlyin pair .. and has won " esteem •eni:l,ad imiration at Christie, whose - 'appoint; vent Minister•to - the 1:t en cert . Court of Brain Alas bee - alroArannouneed. 111T2INT 4a p Lnim;:.7:i'iiitares at Berliiia. partment Garrovi appointed charge afai. ►es to tion in succession to Mr Thornton. On the occasion of L ord fßroughenfs visit to Alp. as Presirdent of the '13 , 61-th-2,rn Aware - lotion of cast, Mechanics' Institutes, there .is ‘to -• be a co'vference of delegates in the Town- hall "Birildings, followe'd ' l ls . y . an evening:meeting - in the great Wall. An addreepWilne • L• ee,- et eiin furniture, .moutelings, iron *kirk, glass, -and :bedding, there was,one 'man present Who knew what' die iwas doing, and thismaz Hawkins, tie boatswarinlbefore;illuded to. It ista - this fact that r. Rawilinsou ,(.the , assistant to Mr. Graysof Liverpool, the superinakindeat.otthe compasses) , who Avts buried is '#:ris ruin, nuscloubtedly owes his life, for hadthe not been :dragged Ilay the .:boatswain from under tthe rubbish %fie would certainly have been smothered in a. few more :minutes. 'The masswwas already sufficiently welded (tegether, without ebeieg trampled al.pcua eby excited, finidirected, lundirectable men, who knew they were :standing sear .anotherzfunnel constxucted en the saner: lye inciple, eaidalso lign..4Kl to a dangerous, pitch, which , 'night burA andbini them to destrnetdon,at any moment. ,W,' - hen Mr. Itavainson.was dragged eaut he ;presented a si:l3kening apecta:3le,,of ::blood and bruises ; and many persons who law ,binicearried amass the ,deck towards the dispensary% wercameler the impression.--that he was • 41triously injured. .Thiscturned out not.to' se the case; -surxl after being ilaandgged and doetered!Almough the RECOLLECTIONS- or sun POLICE.—A man was brought sight he kit the ,vessel on its staxival -at'Weymouth , I ;.along with moat maf the eather pasc.Avers. up at the Polite-court yesterday charged with being drunk and disorderly.--Xlr. Preston to the record-keepev , .:The most setious part of the explosion bad spent. Is he known here'? Yes, sir, answered the recording itself amongst :the-stokers and fi re Men in there stoke- hole. One byline twelve helpless, fainting, :burnt, and ; official, he was up here -twelve years ago, and was fined ,s led men weem !brought up from b w elo, their faces in two shillings for throwing stones. . 4 . covered with patches. raw flesh, and their hack skins BANKRUP'TCT COURT, YESTERDAd. — (Before Ja r..; Commissioner Porry.) — ln re William E astwood This:, i The Dike araienehess of Maldkeffeembarked at Mae-, ha in rags tirom their finger mak :Some had torn bankrupt, who lately carried on busin ess at Fairfield, :as: 1,-.r.eilles, on Yiiilartnerning, for Alicante and Madrid. their burning clothes their bodies ix their.e . pny, and a joiner and builder, applied to pass hie-est examination. Prince Jerome iced his househa-nr , eto return .te -.so .. ate .. w .. ere carriatl e ;along Avith their saturateatearmente Mr. Almon, who appeared on thepart of the assignees, - the Palais Beyain Paris, at the .oild of the preemie . eliegua, to theta Ilikeplastiv. The eonehustionbad flown not opposing, the hankrupt passed. Certificate appoirded. aer eel. . downs -yards as weil.as iiimards and upwards, blowing for 11th October. Mr. Smith appeared for the bank.- Preparations.are4,eing made attheVneteau of Artega, , bOtfi3alll the h and blaming cectis in am weighing .e ht tons, ongst the men, and rupt. , in Biscay, for 'the-reception of .the Empress of the .seodirg uge :foreefaumel, ig, . CONCERT AT ST. (GEDR,GE's-HALL.--it will be seen, - French. This .ehatean which is the-private propertrof `front: root in the hold. of the ship, many:fed above by an advertisement, -theta grand convent is to be given' her Majesty, is4afg,red antiquity, inalthe works whieh'E the reek, to fall actress the ordinary promenading at St. George's-hall next ,Tresday eveniug, in whit& have been lately 'executed there makelt:a beautiful apo- promenading group- of the pagaeugers. By a most wonderful dis- Madame Clara Novelle: will -take a principal part, in ,L-ifit'll of anciesatarebiiecture. .pensatien, there war taceoueraear this engine of tlestruc conjunction with Madame 'Weiss, Herr Charles Halle, i tionwlen it fell, unapt XT. Francis Faller ,:Atha only ....—......._---4.--- Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Wilbye Cooper. ',The occasion , -sufferoda severe shou&,arid:who attributes his' preserva- J. scorr Reswees cannot fail to prove-exceedingly attractive- ECCLESIASTICAL INTEDIaGENCE. i :Con :from being smashed' o the fact that the ,lunnel J. E. 31`C€R;;41, 1 i „ R. P. BRETOZT. TOXTETIL-PA.RE. Auurr.—Yesterday, thecnnual audit` 1 Orkaturday the 'Rev. James Atlec3 RD the new ' :glaneed.rilown a trasevevse metal rope over 3his head. The followiug• statement is from the medical depart - BttERETON, of the accounts of the Texteth-par Local Betted of Health -Yiearrof Leeds, was formally'i ducteiti ' irk; his office. ruidtlinkreached the deel sine distance in fron.t of him. was held in Mr. Avison's office, Cook-street,:i before Mr. :fit half-past three •J'elotk in the n aftersoon'he proceeded 'When it was ascertainell that no passenger was to the,vest -door of the meat on board the ship , .--- of the medical Eastern stem-ship, n a.m. . . tees, auditor. The Chairman ot-the board was present, : aceonrnTireidnibty **red, aeßd that the whaled the unfortunate.sufferers had beeneheought up from the stoke-hole, an investiga- The annexed copy e g r l et i p t r i l o y alr t it s j ell u ro r mw eil si , s, s iwneg ' regret .and stated that he did-not know -of any objlction that garish urch 'of t s o t 0 a k d e a r s , t s h e ri a t o tw sl o y tt i r n e i EXpe, - e'rED MEETING OF nix EMPEROR , Chureb, and some other . clergymen as well as by a y the 'Rev. vestry-door Cook , incumbent t e.ch tin t theuttook place kite tbe,oause of the accideatalad , a r o e . d e o a n d e , o s i ii i was to be made. The ;basinesewai purely of a routine , -W ITH Tat KING OF BELGIUM. character.the oftenteof damage done to the ship. It was Mind ua nr e el `MITSICO- COMIC ENTFATAINMEXT.—Mr. Zida Mrs. nutribertsf the patrons all h ' . that the ekstier-charnber of the fore-funnel had inert The following are the names of the men injured in n-c urchwardeas,of.the parish • ' PAS s, Sep. 12. •c0- Howard Paul,. so popular in London for their 11111 - I t - way amder,:oxtreme heat and gaaerated steam, and.bad the engine depai men ,-- church. Mr. Cookson then presented the may of the T he coniie entertainment ,of -"Patchwoik," appeax*:4 lastburst *sva.y.in all directions from top to bottom. To John Boyd, fireman, 3, Elizabeth-cottages, Millwall, Poplar. It T • -Pays of this even'nstatesthat . i g else). h as .night at Clayton Hall, inthe first of a series of :twelve .explaia this .ae popularly . and clearly as possible, says i Dead. Joeluedtheedoor, and tolled one of the bells invoe;thre alone, as serts „ armed in. Paris. The eame journal performances ; and, as might have .been expected, were . time 'Yesterday Mr. Atloy " read himself ili,°' and the same coucitondent (in the nLzence of that sciefatific bo n , h t e i lZl p T o r l a . y, fireman, near Mr. Hughes's publie-house l'lth iir ulat 031.114 ;alTalewski will leave on the I received with enthusiastic Applause. Their entmtain- preatled at-the parish elearrehzin the morning and "in the evidence which -.will have to be .produced at the forth , William Bristoe, engineer. Slightly. view "tant for Biarritz, and also that an inter- anent :has been well described as being." full of interest even=" (Cellections were R 4,1 in f h . coming icquefitittd government aiivestiga e supporte 1 eAoir • • : tion), I must Michael Mahon, fireman, 4, vine-street, 'Liverpool. Dead. len b et ween the Emperor Napoleon and King and dreekti asst ." d it was least night preyed , d .• eneia .ng .gy,au so run . .. ~ explain the strut' of this funnel, and also of the : Robertßichard Edwards. firemaa, 79, Hopwood-street . , Liverpool. Adams, fireman, Plough-roach notherhithe. r u Will take place on the 14th inutant. to be. Those who wish to enjoy en hour or two's It wag ,elreeely a subject of 'coneratulatlon •d, an •ROW, other fore funael,ef the main engine, which still remains : William Sparks, fireman, 20, Globe-road, Mile-end. ...----- hilarious recreation, may have it at q,a,yton Hall to during the. summer months, -there is a sermon -each perfect. William Tait, trimmer, Peebles. '' • • THE FB,EN,CI - 1 FUNDS. their hearts' content. 1.5 'l*(eire supplied from their base in the , 7 ~ . e P. • Edward Gorman, trimmer, 8, Inglenn-terrace, Millwau, 2, p v . ~,,_ Bruieee.•erzen.---INouEses..—Testerdax, before Mr. e _ There, as at Excreer, the seats are all "fr " ' ee —teen and, , , hold of the ship, io4teir point of contact with the deck,- ' Poplar. '. de c ii i * - - ---- 1 Re French Funds open at aftactional Henry Churton, coroner, an inquest was held on tree sitting 'd I;side with a water chambee or a space of about ten inches ; Waiter Woodward, fireman, 1, Phillip's-Cottage, Blyth-lane, poor el e. 7 on benches which oeoupy a! 7 l e• R body of -a : man named John Sweeney, of:e, Oak-street, of 12 15 Rent's, 68..50. • great portionrue nave. Congregational psalmody is • breadth running d qi furnace fund,and awn. e an outer Minton-smith. teeed ed P •INL—AII securities offering. Rentes f a who was killed on Saturday last, by the fazing in o , - also encouraged, and "Luther's Hymn" and the " old ; easing or " jacket." Tlie space was AwaYs kept filled In correcting this list, as far as possible, I may state. to 68.40. portion of okay at the dock works, where a process of -, that Edward Gorman is dead, and that there may 330 frundredth" are -rendered by very '• hy a pumping-engine With. about seven tons of cold large congregations, ; It un dermining , ye , undermining was going on. A eerdict of accidental led b the cathedral choir, with fine and 1 ' water, which water, when faceted to a certain degree, Probably he some inaccuracies arising from the short .entea, 68.3, day s market onitinues ~., flat. death wag returned.—An inquest was held on the body yp easing coi ee e _ e ___ 0, showing a fall of nearly a qui:lifter even i n ,, service is held =ha the choir the - effect. The e of was made to pass through a stop-cock iuto the boiler time the 'men had been on board, and their conse of a child named Henry - who died on Sunday _ Dowdy, beneath. This cock, accor 'ding to general report, was quent strangeness to the chief engineer and superin - swarday, cathedral and at its dose the comgregaseee proceeds to morning, and whose death was brought about by eating 7 -nave, which is generally found hatf filled by those eked, thus converting this water-chamber into a tank- ; e - chief right-hard tendents. Ur. Briscoeßrsoe was t 4: ,. . man, a piece of card, which choked it. The verdict rurned the not joined ' the service. • of steam without a vent. The natural result was .an ex- , and faithful follower, for many years of Mr. Brunel, OUTBRE Ali IN ALGERIA. was in accordance with the evidence. . who have in me eminent e rreaelhers, including the Bishop- of (Word, have ploeiors all down the casing, and the only wonder amongst • 'he may and it is sineerely hoped by all that speedily TREAT TO SCHOOL CHILDREN.—A meeting of tue occasions. s Adyi MARSEILLEA Sept. 12. beached on these On Sunda week the the enginering authorities on board was, that the boiler had recover from his accident. He lost his thumb at the t ce s recei • , clergy, presided over by Rector Campbell, was held at preac _ r f ' l ea from M em , Algeria state that a the Savings Bank yesterday (Monday), to take into cou- Bishop of Hereford was the preacher, and lee delivereddevotion to the vessel induced escaped uninjured. The object in adopting this form of launch, and yet his 4 French co cavalry had attacked two eideration a generous proposal on the pert of the Messrs, an excellent discourse from John iv., v. 10 19 Last construction was twofold. The first may be called him to cling t© it. He was the lax to elaim any with - outposts °II the re • Canon Stowell, of '' ' Sunday, the Rev. Manchester, was engineering —the desire to supply warm instead of cold attention .at the heads of the surgeons, although he a repulse. frontiers, and had met Coulburn, proprietors of the New Brighton Ferry, to the preacher. The special services will close with the water to the boilers ; the second had the comfort of the much needed it. take over the children and teachers of the church ' of the presentmonth. , saloon passengers in view, by preserving them from' the A subscription was raised amongst the passengers at ARRIVAL OP ----- schools of Liverpool, gratuitously, to and from that end At a meeting held in Armagh a few days ago, the ' heat of the two huge main funnels that passed through breakfast on Saturday morning to make some email pro - THE se place. during the present month. A resolution wasthe roof and 'vision for the wives and families of -mING OF THEBishop of British Columbia complained of the ignorance of flooring of their sitting-room. The casing . . the deceased men, B ELGIANS, accepting the offer, and passed unanimously, „ of the people with regard to the geogeaph; of thatwater cert • did this forand to reward certain ascertained # _ certainly The gi ne , 4 , ,•. . to those entlemen. the thanks of the meeting g We s'"-colony. He said that he had been told by children between them and the two furnace chimnies; but at whatamongst the . Although the passengers were not at 2 45 p ar 7 o': the BelgiaTou Lo "yes of about 3 000 chit teE, Sept. 12. derstand that the representata . in a school he lately visited, that Columbia was in a sacrifice on the night of the third ! With regard to it reached ' numerous, £l23. T9-m eerew ,us arrived here to-day dreg have already expressed their intention of making South Ameiica. It appeared that they had been taught the engineering part of this arrangement, it is not ---, - Bordeaux, and is lux N l view to the excursion on various for me to ex - the fll • oo w m ex•Peeted . ajesty proceeds to arrangements, with a that it was in South, instead of North America. Comstock - Press any . decided opinion; but Captain kFTER THE EXPLOSION: g day (w ee to reach Biarritz d cl. - the ensuing week. Another, a gentleman, expressed his belief that Columbia 44 , the distinguished commodore of the Collins "caday), on ays ming SAILING OF THE SHALIMAR FOR NEW ZEALAND.— was in the north of Australia, and another asked if he 1 ine of steamers, and several well-known engineers on --------*--- The "White Star" celebrated clippper Shalimar, was right in supposing it was some place in China. A b oard, felt no hesitation in stating that these water s SWITZERT Captain Brown, belongin . ' o to Messrs. H. and T. lady declared herself chambers were so delighted to see the Bishop of , ere expensive, dangerous, and uncertain. -Le AND Wilson and Chambers' " Vhite Star" line of ex- Columbia, as she had taken the greatest interest in read- e . y are no noveltculiar' to the Great Eestern, • royal mail clippers, sailed yesterday for New Zealand. .. , ing his voyages—evidently taking the bishop for no having been tried in American steamers, and they were The BERME, s The Shalimar, which is in all respects a " c a r ck shi tp ,' other than Columbus himself. tl e cause of t Ie 1 ince of the destruction of the 1 1 .1alakeff vessel. The Grand Duke of Baden, optember 12. took out 245 passengers, of whom twelve were saloon . practical opinion is certainly against them; and arrive here i s e it would at four o'clock to-dais petted ;t o or first-class. She had also on beard between I,2oohave been well for the Great Ship Company if they have from A, • and 1,300 tons of valuable goods as cargo. strong ecimen of had taken The LOCITSTS IN YORKSHIRE.—A fine sp and acted upon this opinion. Many persons apartments been engaged fh' ' lenmeeeo on the responsibly c locust was found a few days a, , t .. 1 ..1ae Hotel Du Lac. °I" is re • Shalimar ception will be succeeded on the 10th of October the migratory connected with the vessel were anxious to insect im ress -No additional by the Phcenix, which will take out passengers and wall of . the parish church-Teri., Bradford. The . , 13 upon most of the newspaper correspondents that Zuri c h onal news has been r • in ength, and was quite active tney had protested f''- -- ecen - ed f ro goods for Auckland, Nelson. and Wellington. The was about three inches up in ^ . g the Conferences. r n celebrated Blue Jacket will be Messrs. H. T. Wilson and when caught.. A similar visitant was taken i Chambers' New Zealand clipper of the 10th November. eerufield near Harrogate a d --a7 or two previously. presented to his lordshir ► oy the association. His Excellency the Comit ;'de Fersigny has 'sett' the French embassy on a N risit 'lliscount and Vicouttess Palmerston at "Broadlar cls, near ItorLsey. It is stated that the ( :mint 'cle'ialandre will gihettly go to Scotland, and probably visit the kneen of Englund , at Balmoral. His-royal 1 iighness afterwards , ralike a tour in Hollarld before returning to Belgium. This will be the firstiiwte sir Le 1830.tf prince of ilve , royal family of lidlgitnn ng that errantry. His Royal 'Highness the Ditke of , Cambridge in London on 'Friday n' fight irom”France. The nieetintl the British 'Ascot- iation at Aberdeen ' the p Q re a p e a e r n a a ti ll o d ne P fto il ' le be e this week - Will be - more than -milky interesting, 4 11Lom t c h o e n c so irc rt u lr msta rme n ni c c e - t d ha li t b h ei eT .all M y ti en, je d st e y rtki . made for MD Of 'fhe most distingnished visitorstto- the meeting tiling' hiffiday on Deeside ,at the elose•of-the proceedings, mict lanchil% at th e' C;tstle of . Balmord ., The It:ie.:it'll-on. Benjamin 'Bisratid , p Manchester -during - the last week of 4 October. Be has promised to -address the mentbers.,:nd friends of • the: Institutional Association of Lancashire and Che4hire, embracing 110' Sicchanics' Institaiens, and to ,distTi bute the *ass fitid certificates to the successful tandi-' dates at the 'late 'examination 'held 'Ft the Mattelesttr :and Blackburn-centres of the Association. Linters, mattress this Inomint a dead -si .ence preval .queetions wrere even asked of the passengers as they 'Wen taken on-shore in - the expectant pleasure-boats. lI he •directors -speak •of allowing the Nireymouth , pithEc and visitors to go over the vessel as a show wessel, and ttf deferring: their three days' " trial trip" aloaonger than the let October. The persons who ,avail theinselves?Of this permiskon to purchase tickets Will be diseppointed if they expect to see the traces of the .acaidentatily as -I have described them. During the ,horersuf threw and six a.i. on Saturday morning, as we were -sailing into pert to "secure the commercial success uf:the undertakin,•7 s ," as the directors phrased a mass .of labour •stvas performed in clearing the '.heaps of :rsibbish and throwing them , ovaboard, xteatil little • else is left but yawning ,ehasms and ,:the solid or ',immovable results of the ex vAsrthe ship was-.lnt a legal sailing vessel, de livened:by the contractor - to the company and captain, -until her arrival at Portland, the loss will fall upon Mr. €cott Russell. THE LATEST NEWS. At the time of the accident there were nearly 600 hersons (men •and passengers) on board—a serious uman mass to deal with if fire, as reported, had followed the,explosion. The. regular crew had not come aboard, the !nen ,weretrearly all riggers, supplied by Mr. West rop, the eub-contractor. I.Shail , contipne here . (IVeywouth) to watch the pro gress,of the inwiry 'and inquest, and report as occasion INDIA AND CHINA. The light portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails will be delivered in London To - morrow (Wednesday) morning. According to advices received at Lloyd's to-day, t he number of vessels wrecked on the Hooghley 111 the cyclone of July 26th, is very much smaller t han was .at first reported. The Glok anticipates that the cowardly blow puck ..the Chinese, probably echo rebel s i n Nepaul , th rough the E as t— w ill come t o th e ear o f th e and produce some effect 'upon ditett°, Japanese. We shall therefore have to be ,P l :v on xrur guard in all oar Eastern postes ions, and keep a vigilant eye upon known and ' li sPeeted foes. inn require. The followirigiis -the director' report, to which I have tfludeti Great iFzstern Steam-ship, Portland harbour, September 10, 1859 Testeraly., p.m., an - accident occurred on board the Great Eastern. feedwater casipg of the foremost chimney collapsed, owing to ,some neglect. Several stokers are seri ously scalded; Ahree : since dead. No -passengers injured. The ship and faxchinou are uninjnred exqept main-cabin fittings, which are damaged. _The working of the engines continued, and the ship Proeetlid uninterrupted Portland. . - F. R..6111TH, W. r S3I:TH, W. WOLLASTON BLAKE FRANCE. The good ship kept on in her course as though nothing , had happened ; the massive engine continued to make about six revolutions, the giant wheels reVolved as heretofore, and the screw kept steadily working at 32 — about two-thirds her speed. The rumours that the ship was on fire, or that she the stentorian shouts from the Pilot of " hard a port," repeated rapidly and vehemently. Orders, it was stated, had bCen confidently given to run the ship ashore near Hastings, or beach her at the first fitting favourable spot that could be found. The awn at the • . ---A win to bring the enterprise against their introduction 3 but the cry was t 49 familiar, and too much expeotedi wider the cncum- e grot saip, h had before b as docil LIIVu. rapidly rou I ropes —tali graceful and - unassuming manners. Earl GraafVilleibas not left for laltnoral to relieve" , 4i...' Zo ' tl;;;; " fter — dinne; : . l ' utu ' it —"- --- -------- -- Right Hen- Sir ..-: George Grey:Of--,ttendance on 'her Ncoperson was found texcept a little girl, 'nbout seven speed for twelve or fifteen hours, from Hastings to Port e ' - i a l . l t;y B-I ' .ll of all th l e a pas ssage sen s ge; v s ed h e a d.“;w:e'tirel Majesty, owing ‘^to the indisposit*r. of the Congtess •y et e rs o f are, who hadtAled in dismay into - .a berth and with sea-:tight -sides required no land, without t-tny signs of distress in her machinery, u h ch e c n iou tl s ie s y up l p ve o r r e t Those horses marked * have arrived. THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 50 sow. each, h. ft., for two Granville. •Th'e'aimouncementithate had done strwas -up on h e irm" g the rnoise, . - .,nnd who turned , tiut to be years old colts Bst. ilb. and fillies Bst. 51. ;the winner of a launched from Milawall, • • ' • • o as inj w therefore premature. . the captain's , own danghttr. She was passed on to that , could be , given by the press nt the sacrifice of truth, stake amounting to XOO sore.—Red House in. Despatches -were from tire COlonial-office , onFfiat- *Predictor, by Augur • Francatelli, Sweetmeat in the face of. a vnding examination, which would be .Sweetsauce, by Sweetmeat The Prophet, by by Annandale llTilay, to the , Governors of the Atistralian colonies, 'the search was transferred teo another part of the vessel. The sure to expos-et - the:fraud. Mr. Campbell and those who ; Bentinck, by Flying Dutchman *King of Diamonds, by King Mauritius, Gibraltar, and Malta. ' the deck in the ,owe, one of the men, , and the acted with him must have had a - very poor opinion of ch cby Surplice—Concertina Tom Mousey, by Stockwell Roeeia, by Volt' Mr. Edward'Thornton,. chatty Tit 'sires to the ,Itsen- -was raised that anany.persons were buried beneath the the discernment and. honesty of the " fourth estate," ' , The Gentle, by Teddington Ithuriel tine Confederation, is api - iointed:;ber 'Majesty's Minster , captain had scarcely :14ft the saloon, when: an alarm - -- raihish in the ',berths kolow, many of which. had been The :Lying Dutchman—Miss Tiraillieur, by Voltin•eur and it is 'to 'be hoped that'the lesson he received will The Grand .laste• " -- - - --- - • Monte Video, in su eces.sion 'to Mr. 'W. 7 Dciagal 'lifhted be slrit..ights ,(new blown awat) ., Placed 1-?- neither be logrupon him - nor the company and its The Yan, by Vanderdeeken tii,eur .m.Anmp Efflentine. by Cowl h " . !geur, dam by ,an ornaments' rails and the 7. aitills of this offiajos. -mauanie ..: 5 ....•. Thormanby (51b extirah 1 d rt ide en d a and litt t l h e e , d __.. 43 : 1 , our al.iictl at Portland,; about ten a.m. on Satur we !hadl to ;encounter the most melancholy part of bf by Longbow, out of Venus _...aviag;Wh,enef:tin.whe ; 2 -d y in fee of t b ex ad cited etb . s insh below..listress 7 lf s d fif is ty tin m et e l n y , our journey. 'The oldtownof Weymouth was prepared gr car an otef ee to r R o a u in t b o o f w un. the sapposk sufferers, it s ~.-fl Aver to receive uswith all honour, and many messengers of Madrid, by Birdeatcher im irea d rd in b :u e a nil n ili lireee er ieri .ii: t p lu o . ,. 4 ) . e ti nla, r tr u: e b a b te i good , will name- off in excursion boats to give us a instead of ton,:therez,cuuld not 'have ken' more noise cordial ..:I , e o ra a , n b t K ; s i - z s ock. b A v velT est ar: us ii . =AI confmiion, -so.-ocmpletely disorganised:an:a unnerved greeting - . Their , 011eers were given and not returned.; - thfir bands played inspiriting tunes, and we Y mere the urem :by `'the scene that surrounded them.. Tirtimairav for:the man who was wec*:d up under - maile no -Sign, until at last the intelligence oozed ,out that some Trroat eniamitv had occurred on board. From by Vol- V Pr( Viran ,sion, b`• Orlando, out of Bowbearer, by Barnton-- Nelly Hill Amethyst, by Touchstone West Austr anquisher, by V ,untn—Gossamer Lanihester, by No' Homeward Bound, by West Oxford, by Bird' k The a, by Wes' THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP of 25 sots. each, 15 ft., and only sif declared, &c., with 100 added. St. Leger Course. _ (91 subs., 55 of whom having declared, pay 5 says. each st. lb. st lb 8 12 Starke, 4 yrs *6 1 Souvenir, 3 yrs *•8 10 Lord Nelson, 5 yrs *5 13 Grarchus, 3 yrs 8 10 Prioress, 6 yrs * 5 12 Newstead, 3 yrs 8 8 Blue Jacket, 5 yrs *5 11 The Squire, 3 yrs 8 4 East Langton, 4 yrs *5 10 Paul, 3 yrs *7 12 Royal Sovereign, 4 yrs 510 Cincinnati, 3 yrs *7 11 Newcastle, 3 yrs 5 10 Harraton, 3 yrs *7 7 King-at-Arms, 3 yrs 510 Harleston, 3 yrs *7 3 Defender, 3 yrs *5 8 Beethoven, 3 yrs *6 13 Pensioner, 4 yrs *5 7 Uralian, 3 yrs 6 7 Mazzini, 3 yrs *5 5 Queen Charlotte, 3 yrs *6 7 Gorsehill, 4 yrs *5 5 Timandra, 3 yrs *6 6 Dispute, 4 yrs 5 5 Widgeon, 3 yrs *6 6 Magnum, 3 yrs 5 4 Yellow Rose, 3 yrs *6 6 Gallus, 3 yrs *5 1 Mutineer, 3 yrs *6 3 Nucleus, 3 yrs *4 13 br f byWest Australian *6 3 The Grand Secret, 4yrs out of Miss Whip, 3ys *6 3 Coroner, 3 yrs 4 13 Greystock, 3 yrs .6 2 Julia, 1 yrs THE FILLY STAKES of 30 EON'S. each, 20 ft., for two-years old fillies Sst. 7 lb. each. Red-house in. by Stockwell—Gar- *Emily, by Stockwell—Mee 11.11CC Vesta land bourne :,:- r:1 Tousle, by Touchstone Polyanthus, by W.Australian fby The Flying 13.:::_•hman— Lady Falconer, by Bird- Dilbar eaten . ei . ." , ..f 'ch fby Barbatus, dam Phyr- Contadina, by Newmarket rhus the First, out of Ratlagoom, by Sweetmeat Miss Whip Florette, by The Flying LadyTrespass,by Birdcatcher Dutchman THE GLASGOW STAKES of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two- years olti colts Bst Red-house in Stanley, by Teddington—Mary ch. c. Thormanby, by Mel th. •c. by Alarm, out of The bonnie or Windhound Rescued , St. John (dead), by Professor *High Treason, by Mildew Back gr. C. (brother to Rainbow) by br. c. Bivouac, by Yoltigeur _ Chanticleer, out of Sunflo'wei The REVIVAL PLATE, of 100 sovs. in specie, for two years old 7st., three Bst. 101 b., four 9st. 41b. ; five and upwards ilst. 61b.; m. an , 1 g. allowed 41b.; a winner of any stake in 1859 amounting to 100 sovs. to carry 51b, of two of that value or one of 200 sovs. 71b., of any stake amounting to 500 sovs. 101 b. extra; maiden two-years old at starting, if they have run thrice allowed 51b. ; maiden three-year olds ditto 71b. ; maiden four-years old ditto 101 b. (matches not reckoned as winnings or losings.) Entrance 2 EON'S., to go to the fund, and to be paid at the time of entrance. Any number of horses the propel ty of the same owner way start for this race. Red house in. 0 0rehehill, 4 yrs .Stanley, 2 yrs •Black Eagle, 3 yrs Ripon, by Burgundy—Ces ch c by Surplice—Concertina q vrc 'trea, 2 - yrs Be Quick, 2 yrs Buttercup, 2 yrs Hepatica, 4 yrs Edwin, 2 yrs Ardour, 3 yrs Birmingham, 3 yrs •Tom King, 3 yrs. Belia Donna, 2 yrs •Mentraore, 4 yrs Amaryllis; 4 yrs •Lady Peel 3 yrs Queen of the Vale, 2 yrs The Wren, 2 yrs *Woodburn, 3 yrs Harraton, 3 yrs Contadina, 2 Yrs *Pandora, 3 yrs Harridan, 2 yrs *Sallus, 3.yrs *Lord Nelson, 5 Sunbeam, 4 yrs Tro vatore, a 'Lance, 6 Yrs - Twilight, 3 yrs THE DONCASTER PLATE (Handicap) of 70 sons, for three years old and upwards ; the winner of any handi ca p a ft er the publication of the weights to carry 51b extra. One soy entrance to go to the fund. Any number of horses the pro perty of the same owner may start for this plate. One mile. st. lb. st. lb. .8 12 Kestrel, 6 yrs 6 13 Cynthia, 3 yrs 8 4 Des Chiles, 4 yrs '6 12 Greenwich Fair, 4 yrs *8 0 The Rover, 3 yrs 6 12 "Vigo, 3 yrs 7 10 Trabuco, 4 yrs 6 12 Broadlands, 4 yrs 7 10 . Romeo, aged 6 11 Eltham Beauty, 3 yrs 7 7 Glenbuck, 3 yrs '6 10 Black Eagle, 3 yrs 7 7 Hyder Ali, by Sweet- 610 Maid of the Mist, 3 yrs • meat; 3 yrs 6 10 Just in Time, 3 yrs 7 .6 Willie Wnght, 3 yrs 6 10. Bilberry, 3 yrs 7. 6 . Cincinatti, 3 yrs *6 9 Uralian, 3 yrs 7 4 Meadowdale, 4 yrs '6 9 Orchiltree, 3 yrs 7 3 Little Agnes, 3 yrs 6 7 Magnet, 5 yrs 7 2 ErowA Hol.Axd, 3 yrs 6 0 Don Cossack, 3 yrs '7 2 Bastion, 3 yes 6 0 Flash in the Pan, 3 Y'' '7 2 Bankrupt, 3 yrs '6 0 Rough Bob, 4 yrs 7 2 Hop Merchant, 3 yrs 6 0 Antidote, 3 yr.: 7 0 Nereus, 5 yrs 6 0 Why-not, 3 yrs .„ '6 13 Raspberry, 3 yrs .4 10 Mary S tuart, 2)r LATEST BETTING• ST. LEGER• 7 to 4 on Promised Land. 16 5 • in — her rae -10 to I on the Field. 14 to 1 against Nucleus. CIIA3IPAGNE STAKI. Fglantir e 6 to 4 on Madame • 4 to 1 against Thormanby. 5 to 1 against Gupellus. Champagne Stakes I cannot believe in anything For the ChatuP , The Venus filly, with Gupellus for a coekboat. except Th t Yorksiure Stakes, although difficult to select Theme rea st have a favourite, and I shall take Mazzine, G from, ttooylonaagKgainasiiiiiissy,- juie_Anfrividicecrr.sk.iid,oe• chus for my second. The Filly Stakes should be won be Contadina ; - • ab anything may run for me. The Revival Plate looks well for one of Sir Joseph Hawley's, or in their absence Orchchill.—For the Doncaster Plate, I shall FISHERMAN. take Vigo CRICKET ~ on the ,an 11P - , e f t" a „ iip°!cg NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. CORRESPONDENCE [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the epin!:ons of • our correspondents:] TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF HEALTH The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday . INDIA The Red Sea and India Telegraph Company has received the following. telegrams : ADEN 1 departure of-tile:Pr TO THE EDITOR or THE NORTHERN TIMES. SIR,—My attention having been called to your report of the late monthly meeting of the above Board— assuming your report to be correct, I beg leave to state, in my own justification, that the statement as far as relates to myself is entirely erroneous.. In fairness, I trust you will insert this, my c ontradiction, in an early number of your paper.—Yours respectfully J. CL WORTH. Toxteth Park, 10th Sept., 1859. FREE TRADE IN SHIPPING TO THE EDITOR OE 'THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SlR,—Your remark to-day that British ship owners cannot stand more than another year or so of such Free Trade as they now enjoy, reminds me that I have seen no notice taken of 'the feeling notoriously prevailing among certain colonial shipowners, to - transfer themselves and their pro perty to the Northern ports of the United States. They will then have all the benefits of the Ame rican registry - , (including the of coasting trade roma 'Cape Horn, immunity from the inter ference of war-vessels with their crews, &c.,) and that without forfeiting any , aacontage they Inow ,nlv a few have possess Surety our soi-disant Fret 'Traders must see - the necessity of doing something, and that-soon. ~~'Let'tErem give us Free 'TtirclAy all means, but not 'protection of foreign :hipping agabst our own. Yours , &c., FAIR .PLAY. Liverpool, 12th Sept., '1%59. WERT AND OFFICIAL INTELVIGENCE The intelligence from Amoral is of mitch the sau n•Aort as usual. Met ►lnjesty and the Loyal fami] ft Holyriiod Edinburgh After a sojourn flfnoirly two months his Royal Highmss - theZ'rinee of Wakes Palace at a qua eix started from Wavtilq-bridge S mail train for the nortlhz; his Royal Rithiess and suit on Saturday morning, and at governor, and tigitail rev, equerry, , ocetipied the saloon earriaate with I. is ''Royal Highness. lir. Sheriff Gordon would reach ;igb ertlett CALCUTTA AND CHINA NAILS. EGRAPIL OFFICE, Augu.st 28.—The Simla from Calciata, arrived to-day. Lord Clyde, in general orders, w=s Europeans o the disci atage of taking discharg withdra , nt their names it frontiers have had two suc- The Sikhs on the Nef cessfilengagements with rebels The 3 per cent. Loan b. to Londtm, first-class paper, gix months The English and French Secretari unt. Exchange 011 91 Cbilta are on board the Simla B1311&1' WAIT )EN TELEGR. I.—The Ottcanth o the:2'2lst, has arrived,. from Bombay, with dates Punjaub, The sth and sth_ltegiments. S Madras Cavalry have at Hyderabad. ta - Lown symptoms of (US-affection The telegraph from Kurachel The import market hadimprc ) LAore is completed is in cteman( Fr( *her pr Lo - naon, 15 Exchange 'ive-and-: CALCUTTA, ghts to Liveiool, ' - 17s 6d to 22s London, six -months' Bank 13M, 2-s ND AUSTRALIAN MINA MAILS The Panther, with the mails from Calcutta, Chinn, and Australia, strived at Marseilles at three etlock-this morning. The m s leave for London at tf FRAISCE. The Paris correspondent of the Times gtates 'Mkt a naval officer has been -neh Govern- ,ed by the 1r( ment to Pefin; Nether th being convert Ito a 6itddel, or is availed of simply as a pedestal for , an useful lantern pers announce unit a Spmin, the 'French Government on a-secret ented a report to M. Walewiki, giving a very glowing picture of the situation of India. The correspondent of the Times remarks that the ob ject of the Governmentiii-seeking information by - means of a secret agent is not:very clear and must remain a who was sent b 5 mission to India, baf, pros, matter of con) King Leopold is expected at Biarritz on next, and will, it is 86kt-emu - in there at least three d The effective force of the infantry regiments of"the Imperial Guard is to be' increased to 3,600 men, wfikh Tuefiday will raise the number of -troops in the division to 14,400 men. About 1;000 men of each re(iiment of the Guard, have been sent home, their period of feriice having been about to .expire ; but they have heen re placed by 1,500 men in eachmgiment who have already oined. WAR 'WITH CHINA Daily China, a war of Ne w t h s ie s h a n s ei w th e e -a r r t e h The e m j l u e s e ti m cc or n e or a t t he v; ii ft e r ce tit t h y is doubtful. A solemn treaty-has been deliberately iio lated in that very provision which was framed in order - to close a source of misunderstanding and strife, by esta blishing direct intercourse with the seat of Government_ It is always with regret that-Nye. contemplate the pms pect of collision with•the-races of the East, since, com pared with European races, they appear to be incapable of learning the lesson of defeat, and war succeeds with , fearful rapidity; but,in the present case, our course;:is so clear that we can on l y ho p e, for humanity's •s , ake, '° this war may be prosec uted with vi g our and complete success LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Ln the auything but a simple accident of a few stokers. The indignani and unanimous refusal of the special corresponaents to ------- r receive and adopt this as Their report, I am happy to say west lElonea lla e cntree produced better councils; and another statement, slightly D over altered, together with a medical report, were handed to Tenby, us just as we left the vessel at Weymouth. I publish BO' them, with other matter, at the foot of my letter. A ship that could bear an explosion 'which every dis- Interested engineer on board declared to be the severest .....col +VI WCIC ever on with undiminished Swatman's, was suspicion of having *'atting 3ntelli3nytt. .CING FIXTURES FOR SEPTEMBER, ewater and West nerset 13 I Leiceste ket F.O. Brecon 19 Whitehavc 19 Walsall ... DONCASTER RACES 13 I Monmouth 15 Manchester Autumn el 4 tl l eedfr o 111 ' 9 )f °ll ci•a it thQ hir'' r the - , 0 tOill Cl i 10 f 0 o f that.„te