The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

THE EARTHQUAKE IN CANDIA.

The almost total destruction, by an earthquake, of
the tows of Canes. the thief port of the Isle of Candi., on
the night of the llth of October, has already bean en
mounted, bet the details which have now reached us reef/-
mat that dreadful ealamity as having been eves greater
than was at first believed. It appears that the town,
a ceases of which was takers last year by Vely Pacha,
the governor, contained 3,620 dwelling-houses, of
which there are only 18 which sow remain erect
sad habitable. The above umber does not include
tie shops or storehouses, many of which were built
of wood, end have not been destroyed like the stone dwell-
ings. The umber of permits killed In that one night was
estimated immediately afterwards at 210, but so many dead
bodies have since beets deem/end in the ruins that the
whole number ii now calculated at not less than 730. The
earthquake wee not eonfl•iod to the devoted town of Canes,
bat mused immense damage and loss of life in other parts of
the island. Several villages in the eastern districts
were entirely raised; sad it is probable that the
total number of mamas !eines who perished throughost
the island mum be reekomed by thousands. There were
mem persona killed outright than were injured by the
fall of their booms; and this is attributed to the peculiar
isonetraetioa of the homes in Cendie, mist of which had
very 'massive roofs, and terraces on the top of them, formed
of 'slid messary, beneath the nicer:if which the inhabitasts
wore mashed in a moment. When the Paths, accompanied
by the Fresh Coeval, strived at the Kane of desolation, lie
found the earvivon of the population in the most h pile's
and miserable deipoodeney; testy one sat wailing, or we, ping
epee the heap of rabbiah which had covered hit borne,
without makiag an effort either to ensued a shelter for
himself ors to eatriests the remains of his friends who had
perished ; the maimed and the dying lay untended. and the
starving bad an relief. These wretched people were
gathered by the Paths into an extensive manioc belong-
jog to him at Rat's°, which, being constructed of timber,
bad escaped tam destroetios. Every sort of comfort and aid
was peorided for them by his benevolentassiduity ; and in
the meantime an English engineer, Mr. Woodward, was
employed toast up sane wooden hoe, in which they were
sabsequestly lodged. No description can give any idea of
the safaris, and distress which the islanders bate Gape-
&tooled.

Tux ZOLLVIIKEIN.—" The results of the custom; I
conference at Weimar (says the Lidepenac, nes of Brunei.)
I
have visited the dissatisfaction of the northern States of
Gormley. The nilveroie, which In 1845 comprised oily
28 minima of lababltsuts, now has 33 millions, and yet As
receipts have diminished to the entail' .1 four million the-
hr.. iriSllolll IL mingle ,eduction Inuit., been effected in the
buffs. The northern States protest agair et such a situation
et midrib ruins them in biome( the maibern States, '
whose intothings, rems predomioate is that associatoo."
HAtißurros.—Ws ars sorry to hear that Mr. W.
Smith, whelks. remedy 001110 to stein at this plasm for Id. rd
Leadesbereeph. whilst ea his return from Think minket,
lost week, was met by suns makes, who eassated bite from
his home. sad garrotted him, Marian him shout the head
until he woo quits iamosiblo. They rifled his pockets, bet,
w• believe, fetid a.thing to share. We sibeetely trust the
, iamb will Ire brought 101'1111m.— aid. Loje.