The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-03 00:00:00

SINGULAR ANZAIR.-3RATING TO QUARTERS

AT QUII2iBIVW2I:

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CORK, Nowak: EVENING.

Last night, between 10 and 11, the whole neigh-
bourhood, including Monkstown, Passage, and Cork, were
aroused from their shimbwe by a heavy cannonade, coining
from, as it turned out, her Majesty's ship Hawke, 60, Comet-
gaud ship, Captain Crispin, which lies at anchor above the
guard ship, her Majesty's ship Nile, about midway between
Haulbowline Island and Whitepoint. This firing continued
for nearly three-quarters of an hour, some imegining that
the French had tried to force their way up the harbour,
other. that the Channel fleet had arrived, and others stain
that the Swaths, 61, Captain Tarlatan C. 8., with his
Royal Highness Prier* Alfred on board, had come in ; but
none guessed the right reason. Many of the inhabitants of
Queenstown thought the Hawke was on ha, end, troth hat
of the magazine blowing up, left the town. At Cork the
Ling was distinctly heard by many, and amongst others by
1114 for Stewart, staff officer of parlours, who reported
the oircumstanos to Major-General Wm, C. 8., the
Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-Colosel Smith, and
some other of the military authorities ; but, owing to the
griesgabortly ceasing, the general ordered no further steps to
be taken. At Queenstown the first lie tensest of the flag-
ship Nile, Lieutenant Fox, sent off a boat with Lieutenant
Boger (third lieutenant) on board, to the Hawke, to inquire
the muse of the firing, but on arrival he was warned off.
Oa returning to the Nile, Lieutenant Fox sent off the sum
officer to the Admiral, Sir Henry Chad', and to
Captain Chads. In the mean time the firing emend, orders
having come through the first lieutenant of the Hawke,
Lieutenant Pickard, who wee on shore at the time, to stop it.
On inquiry it appears that Captain Crispin is absent on duty
round the coast. The first and second lieutenants were ashore,
and a junior offioer, who, rumour says, had been dining out,
on finding himself in command, was so impressed with the
idea that for a naval port of such importanoe the ships
were never wafficiently on the alert, or (=pared for an
emergency, that he thought it would be • good opportunity
to beet to night quarters, and to see for himself if the
orew of the Hawke, about four hundred strong,
were on the alert. Of course a strict inquiry will be made.
No officer has a right to fire in harbour without the permis-
sion of the senior officers. Many of the sailors ashore thought
the firing wan in conseqttenee of the Hawke having received
its orders that morning to winter at Bantry; and several of
the Roman catholic.' thought it was to commemorate " All
Hallow Eve," Captain Crispin being a Roman catholic. It
may be wall to mention that some say the second lieutenant
was on board, and not ashore at the lion. If so, this would
exonerate the fakir °Now.

THE POISOIVII.OB 4T BILIDPORD.

As may be supposed, the dreadful occurrence re-
corded in our columns yesterday, has thrown a gloom over
the whole town of Bradford mid its neighbourhood. It is
the all-eogrossing topic of discourse, and the most anxious
inquiries sre addressed from one parson to the other in all
direction'. tiaLetunately, the feet" we have already given
are not exaggerated. Indeed we have to record the deaths of
two more person', making, up to the latest latamattoa re-
ceived, 16 persons who have been the victims of this maim-
*holy accident, there being in some cams three or four per-
sons lying dead in one house. Hardakee, the vendor of the
fatal lozenges, Is himself so ill that his life is despaired of,
he having partaken of them. It is stated that
Neale, the confectioner and manufacturer of the
lozenges, and Hodgson, the druggist, are partionkr
friends, and that Goddard, the young man who
has been the cause of the calamity, has only been in the
employ of the latter a few weeks, having recently left school.
On information being conveyed to the police station on San-
de? morning of the sudden and unaccountable &ash, of two
children, the chief constable, Mr. Levitate, caused the in-
quiries to be made which led to the discovery apnoea being
contained In the lounges, as already detailed. In the mean-
time report spot report of other death' and inmesaing sick-
wise was given at the police-Ales, end surgeons ware every-
where in request, some of whom at first felt inclined to think
that the illness wee cholera, but sour It was ascertained, espe-
cially by Mr. J. N. Tarry. surgeon, who partook of one of the
kungen th it wee fell of 111111114 and that 1 ca. althea waa
sufficient bean the death of 12 pawns. What saddens
could then be applied were in all awe eves, where keown
ta time, administered, and the deaths of many persons averted.
At the same time, Mr. Leven= ordered the night police,
who were going on duty at Mae o'clock, to give warning te
all persona, in every street In their various beats, who might
have parehased any of the poisreoss sweet", to give them to
the police, or deliver them up at the police station. Thirty-
six pounds of them were also found on the premises of the
mewl dealer, Hardaker. Mr. Leveratt also took the judi-
cious precealon of wading two Whom through alt the
street, of the town, from eleven till five o'clock. warning
the inhabitants. A printer wee oho aroused at midnight, in
order to print a placard cautioning the public, who might
still posse's suc L h unges, wird using them, end poi
out their *heady fatal "Ikea. Thus every possible pena-
-1 lion to check the pogreea of the poison-phew wee pat la
gr. Among sksedy dead en two children of
ktrurratis, Jewett-street, Book-lass, aged two and six
pars; Joseph Scott, Bail way-street, egad 14 ; Elisabeth
Wright, Quota-street, aged 93 • Joseph Crabtree, Jacob-
street, Manchester-reed ; three' chilehm, sot named, at
Heaton Syke; Mark Green, Low Mark, aged 18; Luc
Shackleton, East Ardaley ; Jonathan Lorna Comma-
tine, Tyereffill, seed CO; Ann Schutt, Leirds-road, ads.
Later 11000 MIS Male that two persons have died at Click-
heaion, and that some from Halifax, who }sickened the
pinned materiels, are also ill ; and further aoooents affirm
that Mr. Henry Clarke, of Bradford, whoa gulag to Queen-
how, near Think, to see his parents, purchased a smell
quatity, which he gave to them, and, after his return, he
hatoodistely Wormed that they had been taken dan-
gerously 111. Besides the number now announced as dead,
there are about eighty laid up ill, many of them dangerously
so, hat the name. of whom we fled it at present impossible to
give wkh accuracy, scattered as they are through the borough
and the earreaading district, ea well as at &greater dame».

PEOPLE'S PARK FOR STOKE-grow-TRENT.-A
munificent am, made by M. D. Hollins, Req., to give
I,OOW. towards a park for the people, is °sedition that the
workpeople ?she 1,0001., la being takes up with spirit.
Shindy there are two provisional oocontitteas working in
omelet, wfolt a view to orgenl.e $ plan to be Lid before •
full meeting of the inhabitants. The oornialtrase coutats
representatives from Alderman Copeland'e, Maass. Miatca
end Co.'s, sod MOW& W. Adam. and Boa's meanie°.
'arias, sad are very saagolse of encores.— Woleerhariptes
CAromielc
WESTERN BANK...—CALL OF £lOO PER SHARE,-
Tine call was due yesterday Woodsy), sod tro were in-
informed in the evening that it lad boa paid to the extra
of 603,0001. The prompts's& of tido rupees nut be
highly gratifying to all who an &ekes' to see the hook's
attire speedily wooed up.-9,4111,010 Mail.

Ttili co rSTAIKE OF __SI. Mu; ISM OF DUIINFIRLD,--
Mr. imam bee add:mead, from Loada imam mry sent.
Me letter to the coal mineral of Monis be elates
his sorrow to Went that certain anailiem of the coal 110.011111
of Dakinlield have joined the tam.eate, and expresses hie
belief that they will sot derive any benett tem that warm.
If the miners are ancesedul, be thinks one of two
tenet happen—. Either the masters will be obliged to
_thi=
the telling price of coal to an extant which will d] kb the
sales so that it will be impomilile to end full work for the
miters, and consequently, at the end of oak torlatig, they
will have less to receive than at present; or, If the =eters
do not adopt this mane, they will have to straggle through
the winter with • luting trade, and will take the trot oppor-
tuaity which the kmened demand fur cool in eyeing ma
give them of wilts reducing wages to their present
In this haw case, it they set at the tom they will Misr front
one, and very possibly from two strikes (62 he supp?ses the
reduction will be the signal fur another strike) against the
iteremed wages fur the three or four winter months, they
will tot find the balance conch in their favour." The mat
of the letter is devoted to an explanation of the principles an
which alone the prim of lamer ma be estiefamorily adjusted,
ohici, it would be welt fur the men seriously to consider.— '
Afanehesier Guardian.