The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

MAIL NEWS.

The Pera, with the heavy portion of the Cal-
cutta and China mails, arrived at Southampton
yesterday morning. Gibraltar exchanges on the
3rd inst. quoted at 501 to a on London. Freights
unaltered.

The Ellora, with the heaVy portion of the
Bombay mails, is expected to arrive at South-
ampton on Tuesday, the 13th instant. •
The Nepaul, with the Mauritius mails, reached
Suez on the 31st October, having fallen short of

THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF

CANADA.

' The conclusions to be dra*n from the latest articles
,in the Canadian papers are similar to those previously
suggested. The Toronto Leader, an organ of the Pro 7
vincial Government,' admits that a "tremendous catas-
trophe" is impending; and describes the probable closing
of the road as likely to involve a crisis for the commer-
cial interests of Canada which it would be "frightful
to contemplate." At the same time, it admits that a
further advance of money by the government is not to
be thought of for a moment. The .Opposition jour-
nals, on the other hand, assert that the government
are only deterred by terror from entering into fresh
commitments, and that the threat to stop all traffic on the
road is but a device to induce Parliament to sanction some
de* schen-ie.' the attenipt, lid*ever, it is added, will
"utterly fail," "the line is paying something. more
than running expensed, and the proprietors,' soleng as it
does that, will not injure themselves by closing it up;
It is not'so easy a thing to open a road After it is Once
closed, that £12,000,000 should be risked on so absurd
'a proceeding." The crY for an expose of the whole
coarse of the undertaking seems Universal, but whenever
the discussion comes on in the tegislature it will pro-
bably be found that, owing to the number of persons im-
plicated among each political party, there will be a general
desire, like that exhibited after Mr. Hudson's break-up
•England, to make compromises and check revela-
tions. Nevertheless, nothing could 'be stronger than
the present expressions of a determination to 'have`tbe
whole affair sifted. Theseintimations, however, would
be serious, if thily *ere less violent. " Swindlers,"
" knaves," and " desperadoes," are "ePithets.hurled at all
concerned, and the circumstances connected with the
recent legal proceedings .erdered' .frona this side are
denounced by the Hamilton Times as having "an
appeaknce of rascality." Apart from this vituperation,
the graver statements will to be----first, that the amount
and nature of the advanees obtained from the Bank of
Tlpper Canada, and the circumstances attending them
require to be fully made known ; secondly, that the
members of the Ministry mast be forced to give.a clear
account of all their recent and prospective measures on
the subject; and, lastly, that there is a general impres-
sion among the Canadian public that if an inquiry is
prOperly pushed it will result in disclosures that might
compel many prominent political. mid other personages
to. retire immediately .from public life. • On the whole,
it would be a happy conclusion if
.it should appear that
justice could be satisfied by a clean sweep of all the par-
ties-responsible, and that the interests of the innocent
investors could then be considered with calmness and
generosity.—Times City Article.

. .
The good service peristoni vacant by the death. of the
Earl of Dandottaid, has teen bestowed tpon Admiral.
Sir E. sing. A captain's good service pension has
.been-bestowed: upon Captain Denham, now commanding
H.M.S. Harold.

SALE OF THE DATtNHALL ESTATE, CHESHIRE.
This estate, comprising 1,700 statute acres of land,
land, has been Sold by auction-at the Royal Crewe Arms
Hotel, Crewe, by Afessrs Churton. The total amount
realised•by the sale was £102,000. Haigh, Esq., of
Daglish, purchased to: the amount of,
£60,000, the mansion of Darnhill-hall being inehided
in the purchdse. Blake- Esq., of Northwich,
also purchased to- the amount of £30,000, on behalf of
•-='• Wood, Esq., of TorqUay. •
lIIE CAUCASUS.—The _Hamburg News states, from
St, Petersburg, that numerous skirmishes have taken
place during the months of August and September in
the country of ,the Chapsougs and other districts of .the
Caucasus. The Russians have, in general, been
victorious, and a great•nuniber. Of Sotils have been de,
stroyed httt no deiinite result has been achieVed, and
that part of the ,mountains cannot, therefore, be con-
sidered as a conquered ccuntry.

Tun STATE OF RusslA.—We read in a Vienna
letter : —Not long age an Austrian of my, acquaintanCe
went to Russia to.visit some relatives, .urld While in the
dominions of the Czar he was greatly struck by the
miserable condition of his. Majesty's troops of the line.
"Thee imperial Guard," said he, "is perfectly well
dressed and tolerably well fed, but the troops of the line
are out at elbows, and look as if they were half starved.
Every one in Russia complains Of the badness of the
times, and of the great dearth of hard ugh." The
gentleman to whom I am :indebted for the foregoing
information is of opinion that linsSia. 'riot lid iiinosition to z war„ With _Virnpetan Pnwnr t‘ fcm
many a year 'o Come."
EMIGRATION TO NEW BRTJICSWICK.—It is scarcely
necessary to repeat that it is now universally conceded
that New Brunswick, as a field for emigration, stands
unexcelled. Viewing the climate as extremely healthy
and conducive to long life regarding the soil as rich and
superior in quality, Considering the cheapness of land,
the few liabilities, and the abundance of out resources
and the overflow of our natural facilities, we cannot but
ask the intending settler to cast a wishful and longing eye
at our noble country, and freely invite hint to oiir shdtes.
Not only should our extensive fisheries, our mines, our
wild lands, and our agricultural growth, present
.unfailing
sources 'of inducement; but the general, prosperity And
happiness which can everywhere be discovered, the ap=
parent change which has taken place in the circum,
stances of hundreds who came to the province years ago,
possessed of little or nothing, and WhO now occupy cre-
ditable and respectable positions, together, with the
various means of improvement and education which have
been bountifully provided, should dispel every doubt and
remove every fear existing in the minds of individuals
in the mother country who are seriously disposed to
-emigrate. The correspondents of the English press give
the preference to New Brunswick of all the colonies ;
and if favourable impressions can be produced from the
opinions freely uttered by them, their visit across the
Atlantic will be accompanied by much lasting g00d.....L
Canadizin Hews.

TIIE EARIIIVAKE IN CANADA.—On the morning of
the 17th October, about a quarter to six o'clock, an
earthquake alarmed the fears of many. ersons in Lower
Canada; it was felt in the upper province as far west as
Hamilton. The shock, however, was very slight up
here. I myself felt it distinctly, as I happened to be
awake at the time, though I did not then connect it
with the idea of an earthquake; but when the accounts
from Lower Canada reached us, I found the time at
which I had felt a shaking of the house to correspond
exactly with that at which the earthquake had
occurred. In Montreal, Quebec, Three River's; and as
far; down the St. Lawrence as Father Point, the
shocks were distinctly felt. No serious damage was
done anywhere, but the nearest approach to it was on
the. river Ouelle, in the county of Kamouraska ; the
chimneys of about a dozen houses were thrown down, as
also the cross from a church. At Quebec some windows
were broken, and although houses were shaken there
was only one instance in which a few stones were dis-
placed from a chimney. In that city, as well as further
down the St. Lawrence, the shocks were more sensibly
felt on low grounds than on higher elevations. Most
persons were sufficiently frightened to deprive Ahem of
the ability.of taking any accurate note of time, but the
general opinion seems to be that the shocks, which were
divided into two or three, occupied about from three.to
five minutes. The direction of the movement does not
appear to be entirely settled—some thinking that it was
from north to south, others that it was from west to..
east. In more than one instance the phenomena were
sufficiently alarming to frighten the cattle in the fields,
and to set them running about in a regular stamped°.
The shocks were more severe than any that have been
felt in the province during the lifetime of the present
generation. In 1660, if we are to believe the old Jesuit
narratives, one of the most terrific earthquakes that ever
visited any country changed almost the entire flee of
Lower Canada. Mountains disappeared, leaving huge
chasms behind them ; the courses of rivers were
changed, and in some cases interrupted; lakes were
formed where high lands had previously stood. This
earthquake, the accounts of which—although there is no
doubt it actually occurred--are evidently exaggerated,
is. said to have continued at intervals over six mouths,
having commenced in February and lasted till August.
About forty years ago, shocks of an earthquake, accom-
panied by a noise resembling the discharge of large
artillery, took place north of Oakville, some forty miles
west of this city, on what are called the Ridges, a rocky
mountainous ridge extending easterly in the direction of
Caledon. And the surveyor who surveyed the township
of Mulmer marked on his map, indications of extinct
volcanoes," but good judges of such things, who after-
wards visited the spot, could see no trace of volcanic
eruptions in the hypothetic crater, that was supposed to
have burnt its last.--Canadian News.