The Press.
London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

The latest New York dates are of the 26th ult.,
brought by the Atlantic steamer.
Preparations were making for the assembling of
Congress, and the various departments showed
symptoms of activity. The Postmaster General's
report will speak more favourably of the working of
the cheap postage system than any since IHSI. The
report of the Secretary of the Treasury will include
the statistics of commerce and navigation, which are
not usually furnished until the month of January.
The rumoured changes in the American Cabinet are
now contradicted.
Thomas P. Hope, the originator of Hope's line of
Liverpool packets, and who for half a century occu-
pied high positions, has died at his residence in
Baltimore, aged seventy-eight.
A terrible collision had occurred ou the Harlem
Railroad between a passenger-train from White
Plains and a freight-train from New Haven, the
former staving in the rear cars of the freight-train,
and breaking the legs or otherwise severely injuring
about twenty passengers in the train from White
Plains.
The steam-ship Canada came into collision on
the 24th ult. with another steamer, the Ocean, bound
from New York to Hollewall, Maine. The latter
vessel was struck amidships and severely injured.
Several stores were overturned by the shock, the
steamer caught fire, and one of her boilers shortly
exploded, and she became a complete wreck. Many
lives were lost among the passengers, the survivors
being rescued by two passing steamers which came
to their aid.
The ship Conqueror arrived at New York on the
15th, from Liverpool, lost forty of her passengers
during the voyage from illness.
The whole number of souls on boa.rd the unfortu-
nate New Era at the time she struck was about 400,
of whom only 155, including the officers and crew,
were saved.
M. de Cueto, the Spanish Minister at Washington,
had been thrown from his carriage and received
severe injuries, which were likely to terminate
fatally.
The Varieties Theatre at New Orleans was totally
destroyed by fire on the morning of the 21st ult.
The loss is estimated at over 00,000 dollars.

CANADA.

The third reading of the Clergy Reserves Secula-
risation 13111 wax carried in the Legislative Assembly,
Quebec, on the 23rd ult.

REVOLUTION IN LIMA.

On the evening of Oct. 25 an attempt was made
in Lima to overthrow the Government. The first
intimation they had of it, was the turning over of
two battalions in favour of Castilla, which resulted
in the shooting of the colonel heading the
battalion.

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One of the officers in passing down the street,
cried out " Viva Echinique," which no sooner came
out of his mouth than he was knocked down, and
his brains beat out in the street. Then the cry was
"Viva Castilla," the mob taking possession of Lima
immediately, as it was expected that Castilla would
arrive in the city that evening.
The news from Lima arrived at Callao the same
evening, and it raised a mob there, which increased
rapidly, until they were strong enough to parade the
streets, which brought out the police, who fired into
the crowd to disperse them. The mob seemed to
diminish, but they soon returned armed to the teeth.
About nine o'clock in the evening they made an
attack on Guadalupi, a place where they intended to
supply themselves with arms and ammunition, but
were repulsed with a loss of seven or eight killed,
and a number wounded.
The next day the Intendente of Callao caused to
be arrested some twenty of the leaders, who were put
on board one of their men-of-war. About two o'clock
in the afternoon Echinique arrived with 500 cavalry.
Soon after, twelve pieces of artillery arrived, belonging
to the Government party.

The Ocean Chief, one of the Black Ball line of
Australian packets, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday,
from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 7th of
September. She has brought, besides 104 passen-
gers, upwards of 42,000 ounces of gold, and 14,000
sovereigns on freight. Her news have bean already
anticipated.
The steam•ship Indus, of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, with the usual
Indian mail, in charge of Lieut. Fuge, Admiralty
agent, arrived at Southampton on Monday. Among
her 122 passengers is Brigadier-General Torrens,
from the seat of war. Her freight consists of 49
packages of specie, in value 119,6051.; 62 packages
of elephants' teeth, 7 casks of wine, 31 serons drugs,
11 tierces beeswax, 2 boxes oranges, 516 bales silk,
49 cases ditto, 36 boxes dates, and 200 packages
sundries.

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