The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-20 00:00:00

EXCURSION STEAMER&

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Yesterday the holm steamer City of Loudon was de-
TO SUB IDITOR or TIM 1211111111. snatched from Liverpool for New York with mails for the
Sift,—The steamer Her Majesty was lost at the United States, tsether with about 80 passengers and a full
hack et the Wight on &guide,. end her 50 ezeettioeieto cargo. To-day (Thursday) the Montreal Ocean Steamship
were saved, but what would have been the 000sequeom Company's steamer Jura will sail for Quebec with the Cud-
think you if the had had 300 or 400 ercursiooista on board, din and United States mails. Letters, &e., will be re-
the same as I have seen on board the Isle of Wight excur- mired at the Post-office until 12.30 p.m., and for despatch
by way of Londooderry till 8.30 p.m., and with the usual
don boats Medina, Sapphire, and Emerald! Why scores of
lives would probably have been lost. There is always a panic late fee of one penny until 9.30 pm. On Saturday the
British aid North Atomic= Royal Mail steamer Atria
when • ship strikes, and hundreds of excurdociate would
will leave the Mersey for Basks with the United States
have been unmanageable ; besidest, with such numbers there
is not room to move about the deck. A commander is one mils' The box at the Liverpool Geeetel Peet-eillee will he
and what open for the receipt of letters, he., until 11 o'clock a. eo., and
of the above steamers Is above 70 years of age,Queetutow• till 8.30 pm. without, sod with lets fees of
could be do in nee of disaster? It has been said that Her
Majesty had no pilot on board, whereu the Cowes steamers "'• pony until9.3o p•ni
take pilots. Not many goooas ago the media., a Cowes BLONDIS IN DAllGYR.—TheSeville journals state
gamer with a pilot is board, ran dead minim near filmdom& i that during a performasee in that city a few day. since therniddleof the day. bled Wight excumion boat' always ' Moulin wee Dearly lowing hie life, ad oaly owed his escape
bug the shore for the purpose of showitg the people on board Ito his memos of naiad. While parformiog be had oo a
the land emmiery. Limiting the number of excursionists. is . head-drees, to which was attached a paws of firework in the
the only way to prevent lose of life. I underethod that it is daps of • wbeaL Whoa that was lighted it assumed a
the duty of the Custom-bones &dimities to see that rotatory motion so violent that Houdin was unable to resist
daemon do not carry more than they are housed to do, the momeaset, and hello( his danger let go the barrow be
yet some of the steamers above eseetioned have frequently had bees driving before him. as well eahis balsociptpole,
moistly passed right before the Custom-home hem with and wacharo°Bl4 to undo the 44%V," all'ich•d the
twice their authorised ambers on board. The law is blueing heed-dram to his seek. He pd from the rope,
nbringeut enough to prevent lose of life If the officials who keeping himself saspeuded from it by one leg, while he di-
ed' paid for patting the law in fares performed their duty.— armed himself of the apparatus, the ireworks still en.
Ma, ie., A YACHTSMAN. plotting. At length be suesseded, and came down in safety,
00wra, August 18. midst the this., of the apootMora,