The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

centre of Helmshore station platform to the first

bridge towards which the runaway carriages receded
(and it will be remembered that the excursion train sepa-
rated exactly opposite to the centre of the station) is
143 2-3rd yards, to the second bridge 72 2-3rd yards
further, and to the third bridge 3021 yards from the
centre of the, station. FrQr4 this (tl4O third' bricfge, to
the point of collision is 13i3 2-3rd yards, and from the
point of collision to the fourth bridge is 43 yards. The
total distance from the centre of the station to the point
of collision is 6971 yards, but the end or tail
carriage of the excursion train was 119 yards nearer
towards Ramsbottom (towards which the carriages
ran) as cona.red with.the centre of the carriage which
separated at the Helmshore station. Several experi-
Monts Were made. First, the, weighted -train .was run
back by its own gravity, and by the time it had reached
the scene of the aceident it had attained a speed of
aboutlfteen Miles an' hour.. This train was stopped
by Newall's break in three-quarters of . a minute.
Next, the guard Was allowed to run from the
HelniShore flatfoiln, get Oil to his lrefik, and apply
it, and he suceeeded in stopping, the train before the
scene of accident. [But we shoilM here say that Colonel
Yolland said he could not have done this hid the rails
been wet,. as the
.speed would haire been in that case
about double.] It took 'ithotit ts 6 minutes to inn from
• • .
Helmshore Station to the scene of the aceicient. Several

other eXperiments were tried,,and they were Of such a
nature that Colonel Yolland stated his evidence (given
the day before), was, not -.in fault, and he wai perfectly
satisfied. The inquest terminated. last evening. The ,
jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and recom-
mended Colonel Yolland's suggestions to be carried out.
What an event among crinolinedom, says Fanny
Fern, to haie danced with the Prince of Wales ! lye
are afraid he, will have much to answer for. Young
men who were formerly considered paragons of per-
fection -by these same young ladies will doubtless
be snubbed incontinently. A hand that has been
grasped by a live Prince will not be bestowed on every
chance ,comer, depend upon that ! Have a care, girls!!
Don't:carry your heads too high, or at least not so high
that you may not have the pleasure of telling to your
children's children " all about the Prince." In short,
don't be so puffed up that one of these' days somebody
will point out a Withered old maid, and somebody else
will exclaim, ideredulously, in your hearing, "What !
the Prince dance with her ! well, truly,. there is no
accounting for tastes!" Not the consolatory " Oh, but
she was very pretty once," will take the, sting from the
rejoinder, " Is it possible ? "
The excursionists for Garibaldi from-Liverpool number
abdut 145, and we believe will take their departure from
London, under the command of Captain - Hampton.
On Thursday the second. list of exetirsionists was
,opened
at the office in Salisbury-square, London, and a great
number of names entered for the trip. The first division
of the excursionists were expected to take their departure
.from London yesterday, aid would number not less than.
600 nor more than 1,300, all fine young men. They pro-
ceed direct to Gaiihaldi's head-quarters,at Naples.. The
-seconkbatch of excursionists will not leave until: the
expiration of, a month or six- weeks. Many of those,
going out ate already trained' to the use of aims, being
volUnters from differnit rifle corps and soldiers,, die.
charged from the regular army. The ltotal suhscription
towards the Excursion Fund up to, Thutsday was
£3,996 Bs. 4d., of which amount £2,150 was raised in
Glasgow. Many of those going out defray the entire
cost of their please and outfit themselves, refusing to
receive any aid'from the EXctit:sicti Fund.
The expuritnents to test the relative efficiency of the
. Armstrong and .Whitworth guns, which. have,. been
delayed foi.varions reasons, will, it is stated, take place
during the preset month at Shoeburyness, in the pre-
sence of the. Ordnance select committee. Two experi-
mental guns have been turned out at it W. Armstrong's
factory on the muzzle-loading principle, which is con-
' sidered .by many experienced artillery officers to be
,preferable td the new syetem of breech-loading, especially
durinm a period of active warfare.
The advicei of -the harVest are- still satisfadtory.
- Disease in the potato crop, is, however, being developed,
which, it is feared, will ha* an unfavourable imittene6:

*.* This being the day fixed for' the annual
dinner to our employs, the office at Brunswick-
street will be closed at one o'clock this afternOon.
Advertisers, therefore, will please send—their
advertisements, after that hour, to the printing
office, 40, Leigh-street. ' -; ,

THE NEW ZEALAND INSURRECTION.

THE defeat of the British arms in any part of
the world, at so critical a juncture as the present,
when there seems
.a tendency to cast suspicion
upon our military organisation and genius is an
event that cannot fail -to, startle every. English
ear and rivet our -attention to the details of so
inopportune a calamity, even when it happens to
occur at the Antipodes. As our readers are
already aware, such a disa9ter has taken place in
our colony of New Zealand. We shall, however,
better understand what has recently transpired
after refreshing our memories by a passing glance
at the history of our connection. with this

interesting colony.
New Zealand, as everybody ought to know, is
the zia.e given to a group of three principal
islands in the Pacific Ocean, lying to the east of
Van Dieman's Land. The group was first par 7
tially discovered by TASMAN, in 1642, and cir-
cumnavigated by Captain COOK, in 1770. In the
year 1814, several missionary stations . were
established. A great quantity of land was
purchased or procured from the native chiefs
from time to time by various adventurers chiefly
interested in the South .Sea whale fishing, who
established themselves among the numerous har-
bours and fine rivers, with which these islands
' abound. In January, 1840, New Zealand was colo-
nised, a company having been formed in London
for the purchase and cultivation of land; and the
number. of emigrants was thereupon greatly in •
crease 6 This colony, however, was unauthorised
by the Britieh Government. To remedy certain
evils and. dissensions consequent on this state of
matters it was thought expedient to commission
a lieutenant-governor, under New South Wales ;
and, accordingly, on the 23rd of May, 1840;
Lieutenant-Governor HOBSON proclaimed the
sovereignty of Queen VICTORIA over the whole
territory, and immediately procured the unani-
mous submission of the native chiefs. These
islands were established into a separate and
independent colony by a - Royal charter dated
• the 16th of 'November, 1843, and Lieutenant-
Governor HOBSON then received the assistance
of a legislative council. By the same charter it
was directed that the most northern island
should be called New Ulster; the middle island
New Munster; and. the south, or Stewart island,
New Leinster• JNew .Ulster—or Eaheinomauwe,
or North Islandt-wgs .
, • and, perhaps, is still, the
most populous; popu.. 41s it •-is •probably the most
fertile, .and best adapted for colonisation.
The first colony
was .founded on the north
island, at Welling
tenE;in Port Nicholson, a
splendid harbour iii Cook -Strait: The future
capital was ultiMately.'fixed at Auckland, Waite-
mata harbour, in the Shouraki Gulf, or Firth of
ThaTes, in the north. The new settlement of
t. Otago, which was founded .in 1848, lies on an
'extensive : the southeast side of New
Munster, Tavai Poenammoo, or the middle island.
Here also, on Bank's Peninsula,
on the eastern
Coast, is .the -thriving church colony, called Can-
terbury.settlement ; and on the northern rivers of
this Middle island are several other prosperous
settlements. Stewart Island, or New Leinster,
is much smaller than the two others, and boasts
of the fine harbour of Port Pegasus. In 1842, a
Bishop
of New Zealand was appointed and conse-
crated. Of late years the whole of the settle-
mats in this colony have made vast strides in
every department of progress. The natives, even,
when the English first went amongst them, were
by• no means mere nomadic barbarians, but a
people among whom the arts of government had
made some progress. They had a regular divi-
sion and appropriation of the soil, and had a cer-
tain subordination of ranks. We have, moreover,
had repeated proofs of their skill in warfare; and
we have just seen them repulse a skilfully devised