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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1860.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

In the House of Lords yesterday afternoon
several bills were forwarded, but nothing requir-
ing special notice transpired.
In the House of Commons last night, after an
intimation by Mr. Ayrton that he should not pro-
ceed with his motion pledging the House to the
repeal of the paper duty, till after the report of

the dommittee on tax bills had been presented ;
and a promise from the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer that on an early day there would be sub-
mitted the probable estimates of the Chinese war,
the order of the day was moved, according to
anticipation, for going into committee on the
Reform Bill.

A somewhat important discussion took place
on the subject of bribery and corruption at elec-
tions. The Conservatives very properly urged,
that the question of purity was inseparable from
that of reform ; and, notwithstanding various
questionable attempts on the part of the Speaker
to stifle every proposition of instructions
on this subject to the committee, Mr.
Bentinck—determined not to be put down—
triumphantly and successfully insisted upon
and carried a motion to the effect, that it
be an instruction to the committee that they have
power to make provision for the better prevention
of bribery and corruption at elections. This motion
was carried in the face of a shameless opposition
on the part of the Radicals, who in their ex-
tremity were forced to resort to what we had
looked upon as a stale trick—the assertion of a
desire on the part of the Conservatives to offer
useless obstructions to the progress of the " little
Reform Bill."

On the motion for going into committee on the
Reform Bill, Lord John Russell explained the
course which the Government intended to take in
the matter. The Scotch and Irish bills are to be
dropped. Although pro for ma his lordship urged
the necessity of going on with the bill this ses-
sion, he did so feebly and in a manner which
showed that he had no expectation,—perhaps no
wish, that the plea should be recognised. Mr. Dis-
raeli ably, and in the most triumphant manner,
reviewed and vindicated the course pursued by

the Conservative party towards this miserable
bill. An amendment was moved by a Liberal—
Mr. Mackinnon—to the effect that the bill be
not proceeded with until the House had better
data to go upon, which was seconded by Sir
H. Stracey. The debate was ultimately adjourned
until Thursday.
A message from Naples' asserts that 4,000

insurgents were defeated at Catania on Friday
last by the royal troops, after a combat of eight
hours,—the insurgents losing three cannons and
two flags. The city, it is said, is in a state of
seige.

According to accounts received at Genoa from
Naples to the 3rd inst., the King is said to have
refused the condition of the capitulation, and
hostilities were to recommence at noon. The city
of Palermo is barricaded, and part of the royal
troops are surrounded by the insurgents. A
Neapolitan general is said to have gone over to
the insurgents.
Everybody in this country rejoices that the
insurrection in Sicily is fully, and it is, hoped
finally, victorious. It is probably stipulated that
the army which has capitulated shall not be
landed at any other point in Sicily ;' but, at all
events, Garibaldi, with the capital of the island
in his hands, and with a people at his back
flushed with victory, may now bid defiance to
any efforts of the Neapolitan Court. Perhaps
such a capitulation is the happiest mode of termi-
nating. the struggle. No doubt Garibaldi is
willing to hurt as little as possible the
feelings of the King's troops. Those who
were the enemies of yesterday may be the
friends to-day—of to-morrow. We may conclude
that, as far as regards Sicily, the contest is
nearly at an end. Messina must soon fall, and
then the island, placed under a provisional
government, with Garibaldi at its head, will be
an independent power in Europe., We may also
certainly look for some stirring events on the main-
land. Italy is in such a state that boldness is the
best, and i4deed the only, policy. Garibaldi's pre-
sence in Calabria now would be the signal of an
insurrection as fierce as that which has broken
out in Sicily. With 5,000 men such;as storm&l.
Palermo, he might march from the Straits to
Naples in a month.

Some commercial houses of Marseilles are said
to have received fresh news by supplementary mail
from Hong Kong to the 25th April, according to
which it was rumoured that the ultimatum has
not been absolutely rejected, and that the pleni-
potentiaries had remitted a second ultimatum
modified in its stipulations, to await the answer
of the Chinese Court.

From Portugal welearn,that the government
has received 20,000 Minie rifles, and has ordered
20,000 more. The Lisbon arseig

.)lied with machiiier.* for, lifting. cannon. It is
;aid that the goveinment .has decidedly deter-
mined to fortify
,the country, and will commence
by repairing the famous lines of Torres-Vedras.
The Niniiter of the Interior has brought in a bill
:for abolishing thn use Of 'passports throughout
Portugal. The vines as yet are looking very
well, but
.it would be premature to predict
respecting the coming vintage. r Many new
vines have been planted, and when there is a
cessation of the disease a large quantity of wine
•
must be made.

. .
Those who are politically keen-sighted must
have observed, and " when found taken note of,"
I—as1—as Captain Cattle would say—the remarkable.
fact that, in numerous respects, that great financial
Ireformer, Mr. Bright, is found to be singularly
inconsistent in his conduct as compared with his
talk. By the way, every shrewd man must have,
observed, in the ordinary course of everycla3t life;
many illustrations of the growing belief that,
Radicals generally are so chargeable with prac-.,
tices which contrast grossly with their professions.'
The more liberal their pretended principles, the
more narrow-minded and tyrannical their actual
dealings with their fellow-men in matters affecting
themselves ! Mr. Bright, the self-asserted friend
of the people and of freedom, is an oppressor and,
tyrant to his own workpeople. They are atpre-:
sent up in arms against him. This, however, is
only of a piece with his notorious opposition to
.
the humane, and now universally approved of,
Ten Hours Bill. The latest remarkable defalca-
Ilion of this arch-demagogue, is his noted and
systematical absence from the House of Commons
when votes for the army and navy are being
...
taken. In the provinces he vehemently denounces'
the extravagance of Government in these very
votes. Enthroned on the topmost carbuncle of
his own midden-head, he crows defiantly—and
poltroons admire his lustiness. In the House of
Commons, "the reverend gentleman" knows
better his real worth, and despairing to produce
any practical impressions, he makes " discretion
the better part of valour," and sneaks out of the
arena at the moment when alone it is in his power
to attest the sincerity of his professed opinions by
recording his vote ! How is this ? Perhaps the
Liverpool Financial Reform Association -can tell !

We have to record another serious accident—
only too likely to be a fatal one—from that very
frequent cause of loss of life at collieries, the over-
winding of skips. We cannot believe that it is
impossible to avoid the occurrence of disasters
arising from such simple causes ; and colliery
owners should certainly devote more attention
than they appear to do to their prevention.

Another of those clever escapes from custody,
of which we have recently had not a few cases,
was made early on Sunday morning, from Hull
Gaol, by a notorious thief who was undergoing
sentence. The fellow was employed in making
cocoanut mats, and he seems to have taken the
opportunity of manufacturing a long rope out of
this material for his own use. With this and a
rude iron hook he managed, unaided, to lower .
himself from his cell, a distance of twenty-five
feet, and afterwards contrived to scale two for-
midable walls. He got clear off.
A very remarkable adaptation of a well-known
scientific principle is submitted to public attention
in London, by the " Pneumatic Despatch Com-
pany." The proposal is to establish in the metro-
polis lines of " Pneumatic Tube," for the speedy
circulation of despatches and parcels. The
locomotive power in this contrivance is merely
the pressure of the atmosphere applied to a
moveable apparatus at the one end of an exhausted
receiver—the tube. The air having been
' pumped out of the tube from the opposite end,
the matter to be communicated is rapidly shot
through its whole length with considerable velo-
city. The speed is easily capable of regulation.
The principle has already been practically arid suc-
cessfully tested by the Electric and International
Telegraph Company, who have for several years
past connected in this way two of their sub-
sidiary stations in the city—namely, those at
Cornhill and the Stock Exchange—with their
central station. The company now projected
proposes to undertake the transmissipn of the Post-
office mail bags between the chief office and the
railways, and between the several district offices,
as well as the conveyance and delivery of all kinds
of parcels, despatches, newspapers, periodicals, and
books. The first line is to be laid from St. Martin's-
le-Grand to one of the principal district post-
offices, and will require a capital of only £14,000.
It is mentioned that the plans received the special
approval of the late Mr. Robert Stephenson.
The company's capital is fixed at £250,000. All
the names attached to the undertaking are of the
highest respectability. The Marquis of Chandos
is chairman.

THE COMING CONTINENTAL CRISIS.

PITT the sorrows of Poor Italy ! Js England
deaf to the cry of help ? If so, NAPOLEON'S
groat yearning heart o'erflows with sympathy
for his future people —my people, (as his
ambition prompts him to say,) whom I shall yet
govern—my Rome—the holy city, the city of my
love, which I shall yet make the seat of the-empire
of the world.

Pity the sorrows of Poor Italy ! for the cloven
foot of the EMPEROR of the French may be traced
in this Sicilian outbreak. His bold, decisive, and
independent despotism .has in a great measure
influenced GARIBALDI in his movements-and his
conscience-9, heavens! is it not pliable to every
touch of interest. Jealous of VICTOR EMMANUEL,
with his new territorial accessions, he is ambitious
of territorial accessions for himself—
" Aye,. there's the rub." -
The question will again arise how much weight
will the voice of England have in the councils of
Europe? Shall England submit to the disgrace
of witnessing a further accession of territory to
France, without demanding by what right she
arrogates to herself the disposal of the fate of any
nation ? Shall England, the home of the refugee
and the exile, with her mighty leviathans which
ride on every sea, and are driven by every breeze
—shall England with her mighty, commerce,
which links every nation of the earth in bonds of
interest and peace—with her free press, the
omnipotent voice of public opinion—with her
liberties and her hospitalities, standing like a
beacon amongst the nations of the earth—shall
England, with her :matchless strength and inex-
haustible resources—shall this country, whose
interest it is to consolidate the peace and pro-
mote the prosperity of all peoples, calmly submit
to any fnrther annexation of territory to France,
without demanding the why and the wherefore ?
We have no faith in NAPOLEON'S protestations
of peace, and England will never openly recog-
nise despotism. She knows full well that despo-
tism may exist for a time, but assuredly—as in
the instance of this Italian insurrection—the
suppressed discontent of nations shall some day
roar with a voice of thunder. Revolutionary
storms are again apparent on the continent.
Ancient dynasties may yet be overthrown, and
fresh monarchies be newborn.

We say to England—Beware of France !
NAPOLEON, once the secure ally of Austria and
Russia; may yet work out his long-cherished
scheme of founding a new Roman Empire,
adorning his brow with the diadem of the G2ESARS :
and with powerful allies he may yet turn the
attention of his • impatient soldiery. towards the
happy homes of our peaceful ana industrious.
countrymen. With such a gloomy ptospect
before us, our prayer is that we maybe prepared
fox the attack. The Italian insurrection may
bring things to, a.speedy crisis.
: GtauzAuji haB been VictOriOns .why

Because the love of country is enthroned in the
heart of every Italian, whose country is encircled
by the Alps and the sea,---"boundaries marked
out by. the finger of the CREATOR for a people of
giants?' Tlie people of Italy have been trodden
upon.:. They have been oppressed. 0 cruel son
of BONBA:
" Thoui,hadst trampled upon the worm; it turned and
stung thee."
Is it astonishing that the people of Italy should
at last turn upon their oppressor, and justly
rid theinselves of a Government which has
proved to be tyrannical and despotic ? We
deeply sympathise with the Italians, when
we remember it is the country where their
fathers sleep, and the land where the chosen.
of their heart first whispered the fond word
of love. Should .we therefore deprecate their
desire to make their country great, beautiful,
and free, and the envy of the nations of Europe ?
Most assuredly not.
Justice marches slowly onward in some
corners of the universe. " Nations are not
born in a day--.-oak trees do not grow up in a
night; but nations do grow, and oak trees do
tower towards 'the skies :" and Italy grows and
the name of GARIBALDI is enshrined in the hearts
of the Italian people, and his efforts are so far
successful, and may ultimately realise the free-
dom, the unity, and the greatness; of
,an Italian
empire ; for

"Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just."

The Italians also have great faith in him ; they
have joined him in this movement, and have given
a pledge of moral progress to the European world
by so doing. They were oppresiied. Liberty,
perishing in the south, "War .sprung from the
Alps with the bound of a lion, dragging itself
along with the slow uncertain motion Of the seer-.
_
pion surrounded by a circle of fire.
GARIBALDI has been successful, and his party
numbers among its adherents the best and purest,
as well as many of the noblest, of the inhabitants
of every Italian province. The struggle for
freedom has been victorious in Sfeily, and the
means of its success makes it a matter of sure
and certain faith that they will succeed and
deserve the sympathy and co-operation of all
those who believe in the divine import of the
word Nation. The Italians have arisen ; they have
made themselves masters of part of their territory.
One victory has been gained; GARIBALDI has'
triumphed, and he is ready again to fight the holy
fight of independence, of nationality, and of liberty.
Millions of minds in England cherish the strongest
faith that his further efforts will also be success-
ful. The English people admire his courage and
his boldness ; they give their sympathy, and are
contributing their money to the leading star of
that young Italy which they trust will be the
mature Italy of the future. They are dazzled,
with the brilliancy of his determination to build

up' and strengthen the free government of Italy—
great and beautiful, as foretold by the Italian
martyrs of old. The spirit of the martyrs of
Italy exists in the bosom of the heroic GARIBALDI.
As there is but one sun in heaven for all the
earth, so there is but one hero in the world for
the ItaIians,—GARIBALDI ! A hero he most
assuredly is, and a victorious one—a bold initiator
of a new era of Italian independence, surely not
the tool of this cunning NAPOLEON, this sympa-
thising Emperor. The Neapolitans have been
defeated : let England, therefore, be . careful in
watching who shall reap the fruits.

SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER IN CHORLTON

UPON-MEDLOCK.

A woman,. named Ann Billington, who for four months
has been lodging in the house of Mr. Archibald Erskine,
3, Carver-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, is in custody
on a charge of murdering her newly-born male child.
There is evidence that the prisoner had been confined
some time during the night of Friday, and on Saturday
morning, about eleven o'clock, the body of a child was
found underneath the steps leading from the kitchen to
the cellar of the house. The body was wrapped up in a
coarse towel, and the throat was cut.

EXTRAORDINARY CARELESSNESS.

THREE CHILDREN POISONED.

Much consternation was aroused in Mahon, on Friday
last, by a report of a third case of child-poisoning,
owing to poisonous compounds being left carelessly about.
The child's name is Rollison ; he is the son of a mer-
chant, and had drank off a solution of oxalic acid and
sugar of lead, carelessly left in its way. From the
effects of this draught he is now likely to recover. The
other case was the son of a straw-bonnet manufacturer,
named Brown, who also drank off a solution of sugar of
lead, but is not dead, medical aid in both cases having
been obtained in time. The third case was fatal. A
little girl, the daughter of a blacksmith, named Smith,
drank off a preparation of mercury, and died in an hour.
A verdict of "Accidental poisoning" was returned, with
caution to parents in general.

A COASTGUARD MAN KILLED BY THE

BURSTING OF A SHELL.

A fatal accident has occurred at the village of Sholding,
about a mile and-a-half to the west of Deal, through
the bursting of a shell fired from Sandown Castle. The
name of the deceased (who was in the coastguard ser-
vice) is John Oxford. A jury was empanelled under the
direction of Mr. Delasaux, coroner. It was proved that
some of the Royal Artillery were practising with shell
firing, when one of the shells fell and burst near some
coastguard-men who were engaged in piling shot near
No. 1 Battery; and one of them (Oxford) was struck
by a piece of the shell, and killed on the spot. The other
men were fortunately uninjured. All the evidence
having been gone through, the jury, after a brief con-
sultation, found the following verdict that the de-
ceased was accidentally killed ; but the jury are of
opinion that shell should not be fired except in the
direction of the sea."

ANOTHER SHOCKING PIT ACCIDENT IN
STAFFORDSHIRE.

An accident of a fearful nature, which will probably
terminate with the loss of life, took place at the colliery
of Mr. Matthew Frost, near the village of Bilston, and,
about two miles from Wolverhampton, on Saturday last.
At twelve o'clock (noon), four men, all colliers, were
drawn up in a skip to the surface by the ordinary appli-
ance. Through some neglect, they omitted to give the
signal to the engine-man to stop when they arrived at
the top of the shaft, and in consequence, the skip was
drawn over the pulley, precipitating one man to the
ground with such force as to, fracture his head in a
frightful manner. The other men leaped out, and
though they barely cleared the shaft, escaped with only
a few sharp bruises. The wounded man, whose name is
John Tonks, was fastened with a cord to the skip, in
order to ensure his safety whilst coming up, he being
extremely nervous and subject to fits. Being thus made
fast, he fell, together with the heavy skip, to the
ground, a height of some 34 feet. This casualty, follow-
ing so closely on the fatal pit accident at Dudley Port,
on Whit-Monday, has caused considerable excitement in
this neighbourhood. The sufferer was at once removed
to his home, where prompt surgical aid was rendered,
but we hear that his recovery is doubtful. :

SUSPECTED POISONING IN NORFOLK

Some excitement has been occasioned in the remote
port of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, by the disinter-
ment. during the last few days of the corpse of Mr.
Tower Silvers, who died suddenly towards the close of
November. It appears that ever since Mr. Silver's
death sinister rumours have prevailed in Wells, and of
late the talk on the subject has assumed such a tone
that the local coroner considered it advisable to order
the remains of the deceased to be disinterred, with a,
view to a full and searching inquiry. It is asserted-
that Mr. Silver's features, in his last moments, bore the
peculiar expression noticed in persons who have died'
from certain poisons. The inquest has at present:
reached only a preliminary stage, but the stomach, Icc-fi
of the deceased has been forwarded to Professor Taylor,.
in order that an • examination may' be made by theati.
eminent analyst, and the proceedings will be resumed;
when the professor's report DI
r. r•
Silvers
was clerk to the Welli Harbour CommisSioli' local. andi
also discharged the duties of several other small
appointments. He left a widow and threeortime
four little.of his
children, and was quite a young man at the
death. '

The Corresponciance Haves states that it has reason
to know that the Spanish Infantas, the Count de
Montemolin, and his two brothers, will shortly publish
a manifesto containing their acknowledgment of Queen
Isabella, after which these princes will return to Spain,
and recover all the rights of members of the Royal
family,

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND.IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.
Prince Jerome Bonaparte lies in a hopeless

state.

Mr. Buchanan, British Minister at Madrid,
has arrived in Paris en route for London.

The Prussian Gazette, semi-official organ of the
Cabinet of Berlin, calls in question a recent
expression of 1 French journal as to the legiti-
mate preponderance claimed' for France, and
asserts that the European equilibrium consti-
tutes the very antithesis of preponderance, and
that French preponderance has always been
followed by a European coalition in favour of the
principle of equilibrium.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

PARIS, June 4.

3 25 p.m.—The Bourse has been very animated,
and closed firm. The final quotation of Rentes
were 70f.15c., or 40 centimes higher than onSatur-
day. ti .

BOM 13 ARDMENT OF PALERMO.

PARIS, Slane 4.

A rumour is current here that the bombard-
ment of Palermo re-commenced yesterday.
Letters state that the first bombardment caused
enormous damage to the town.

THE POPE'S IRISH BRIGADE. .1
LIMERICK, June 4.
About sixty reeritits ha re just left by the
11.30 train en route to join the army of the Pope.
The greatest enthusiasm was manifested.

BOMBAY, MAURITIUS, CALCUTTA AND
CHINA MAILS.
The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived at
Marseilles at 8 a.m. yesterday. The mails leave
for London at 10 a.m.
The Nubia, with Calcutta and China mails,
arrived at Suez on the 28th of May.
The Emeu; from Australia, had not arrived at
Suez on the 29th. ult.
The Salsette, from Bombay, and the Norma,
from Mauritius, arrived at Suez on the 26th and
27th of May tesPectively.
The Indus, with the heavy portion of the mails,
was expected at Malta, eit route to Southampton,
on the 3rd instant.
The Pera, from Southampton on the 20th Mayi
arrived at Malta on the 28th at 3 p.m., and
sailed on the 29th at noon.
The Panther, from Marseilles on the 28th May,
reached Malta on the 30th at midnight.
The Ottawa, with the London mail of 12th to
18th April, reached Bombay on the 11th May.
The Jeddo, with the outward Australian mail
of same day, put into Bombay on the 13th May,
with loss of two blades of screw. The Qttawa
would take down her mails on the 14th.

The following appeared in our later editions
of yesterday :

THE TWO HOUSES.

The Daily News states that the report of the Com-
mittee of Privileges is not likely to be presented for ten
days to come.

THE PEERS AND REFORM.

The Times believes that the report of the Select Com-
mittee of the Lords, appointed .on the motion of Earl
Grey, shows that the basis on which certain Parliamen—
tary returns relative to rating, &c., were framed, is in
the highest degree untrustworthy, and that the addition
to the franchise is far greater than Ministers themselves
had supposed.

MILITARY FORCE IN' THE UNITED
KINGDOM.

The Timm says that, independently of the - 30,000
troops already at home, we shall either have some 17,000
embodied Militia or an equivalent addition of troops
returned from abroad; that, including the guards, the
infantry will be upwards of 50,000 strong'. We shall
also have 25,000 more in cavalry and artillery, the
latter furnished with the Armstrong guu ; anci as we
have now 120,000 volunteers, animated by an excellent
spirit, we are not altogether defenceless.

CAPITULATION OF THE NEAPOLI FAN

ARMY.

The Daily News points out that by granting terms to
the Bourbon General Garibaldi gains time to organise
the insurrection, and at the same time encourages in the
Neapolitan army the disposition to treat w►th rather
than fight their adversary. He, moreover, secures
25,000 missionaries, who will tell wherever they go of
the irresistible might of the insurrection. He also
acquires for himself and the Sicilians the rights of
regular war, which cannot be refused him by those who
in the negotiation have recognised his authority.

THE REFORM BILL.
The Daily News says this is the crisis of the present
session, and without Ministers show a firmness equal to
that of the Government which carried the bill of 1832,
the House of Commons will not carry the present
measure. Ministers are bound either to dissolve Par-
liament or to resign in case of defeat.
The. Times says the bill cannot bo withdrawn, except
under circumstances which clearly show that it is com-
pulsory, and no man and no party has yet been kind
enough to come forward to supply the necessary com-
pulsion. The Government will therefore allow the
measure to proceed for the three days open to it in the
present week, and trust to the chapter of accidents to
deliver them from an untenable position from which
they are unable to extricate themselves.

The departure of the Great Eastern for New York is
deferred until the 23rd inst.

The Meniteur de la Arnse'e says that hostilities with
China probably commenced on May 20.
Eugenia Plummer has received a pardon, the condition
being that the child is to be placed in the care of a lady
selected by her friends.
Another violent gale raged yesterday and Saturday,
in London and caused considerable damage to the vessels
in the Pool, greenhouses, trees, &c.
The new Bishop of Carlisle is the Hon. and Rev. S.
Waldegrave. The Times says his views are those of
a sound Churchman, without leaning to the Tractarian
party.

The Pest's Paiis correspondent is convinced, from a
variety of data, the Chinese war is the only hostile move
in which France will be engaged for some time.
Complications in Italy need not be feared, because, on
all questions touching that peninsula, the French and
English Governments are agreed.

WRECKS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

A communication from Brighton, of the date of
Sunday last, says :
As night closed in, two brigs were seen struggling to
keep before the wind, which was now blowing from the
S.W., when one of them was suddenly observed to put
about and ruu for the shore to the eastward of the
Chain Pier. The lifeboat, under the management of
John Wright and his crew, was at once carried along
the cliff, but the brig came ashore very high up the
beach, it being nearly at the top of the tide, and the
services of the lifeboat were not required; but those of
the Coastguard were, and they, under the direction of
Captain Willoughby, fired ropes from the cliffs to form
a communication with the vessel. With the second
rocket they succeeded, and everyone of the crew, who
were distinctly seen, by the light of the moon, clingingo
to the rigging, was safely landed, but two or three of
to
them in an exhausted state. The brig, ivliehpr
bound with
be the Transit, of Shoreham, homeward
minutes, and the
coal, was knocked to 'pieces in
beach east and west of her
fndrthais morning hundreds
strewn with timber and coal, a few
wlong distance was
g pantho latter, some of them
of poor were seen
pickginijeatirly a quarter of a ton.
getting heap
efl to get out of the difficulty she
The othersberni:tailapPienar-
bef9re, dnight she was observed to
was in. , but a and she came in opposite the
be driving ashoretlevory fast,
Albion Hotel, carrying aw_ay half of the Albion groyne.
She turne
d out to be a French vessel,
the Atl an ique,
of Nantes,, laden with corn, and, with one exception,,
the
of her crew were got safely to land, the
v:holo
exception being in the case of the first mate, named
Prallot, who imprudently jumped over as soon as the
vessel struck and was drowned. This is the only
casualty by sea to report here, but a man was killed in
getting the lifeboat ready. He was pulling in front,
and, missing his footing, fell, when the wheel of the
boat carriage passed over his head, which was com-
pletely crushed. •

A French vessel has gone ashore at Shoreham, and
one hand been lost ; and it is reported that there are
something like a dozen veszels ashore on the eastern
part of this coast. There is a brig now off here, the
property of the Messrs. Catt, of this town, but at pre-
sent she is riding safely at anchor, and has refused the
services of the harbour steam-tug, which has been out
to her,