The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-04 00:00:00

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PLYMOUTH, Mow r.

The Athens, Royal Mail steamer, Captain Wm.
Btrutt, arrived at Plymouth this morning, with the
mails since the sailing of the Indiana from
the Cape, and the monthly mails from
St. Helena and Ascension. Her homeward
dates see Table Bay, August 24th; St. He-
lens, Slat ; Ascension, September 4th ; Madeira,
21st. She brings a full general cargo and 26 pas-
sengers ; her cargo consists principally of wine,
ivory, horns, wool, whale oil, and bone, cop-
per, cotton, arrowroot and cowrie shells. Among
her passengers are Lieutenant Brous, Dutch
Navy, and lady, Lieutenants Newsome and
Ash, and Captain Davis, Royal Arthur, (condemned),
and Sims, W. E. Malcolm (sunk), from the Cape; and
Lieats Baillie and Ratfray, 8.N., from Ascension.
. _ _ . _

Trade was dull at the Cape. Bad weather had pre-
vailed for the last fortnight, and interfered with the
transport of produce. Freights lower. The governor
was en route for the free state to adjudicate between
the Boers and Moshesh, but had not yet crowed the
Frontier boundary. Union with the Cape colony
has become a very favourite idea with the people
of the free state of the Banda. The
preparations for the elections were going on briskly
in the colony. Candidates are numerous, but differ
but little in the political measures they advocate.
Her Majesty's ship Magera, and the East India
Company's steamer Prince Arthur, were preparing
to take horses for India, and are expected to take
also with them the 2nd Queen's Regiment and the
2nd battalion of the 60th Rifles. Her Majesty's
ship Hermes was refitting in Simon's Bay.
The Marian Moore arrived August 12, with her
captain confined to his cabin by the crew, on
account of his alleged drunken habits. The case
was investigated by the Simons' Town magistrate,
and he considered the crew had fairly justified
themselves for their conduct.

Table Bay had been visited with strong gales,
but little damage was done.
The Carpentiara, of Liverpool, arrived from
Bombay, August 18, leaky, and with the Scotia,
would have to discharge. The W. E. Malcolm, which
sank while being hove down, was fast filling with
sand, and will prove a wreck.
Her Majesty's skip Hecla arrived at Ascersion
from St. Helena, on September 3.
Madeira had been visited by a succession of gales
from the south-west and west.

The Athens passed, on Oct. 1, in lat. 45 N. and
long. 10 W., her Majesty's ship Terrible, with
Growler and Quail in tow, standing to the south•
west. The Athens was detained one day at the
Cape by the Governor ; had light winds to Ma-
deira, where she coaled, and gales from the S.W.
and W. to Plymouth.

BURNING OF THE STEAM SHIP AUSTRIA,

AT SEA..
FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN PERSONS
ON BOARD.-GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
FEARED.

SOUTHAMPTON, Surrnar.
Last night a telegram was received here from
Bristol, announcing that the ship P. Pemberton, of
Virginia, had arrived at Bristol and reported the de-
struction, by fire, on the 13th of September, of the
steam ship Austria, from Southampton to New York,
accompanied, it was feared, with great loss of life.
The P. Pemberton fell in with the Lotus, bound for
'Halifax, which had on board eighteen of the pas-
sengers of the Austria, and it war stated on board
the Lotus that there were fifty others in a French
barque.
Tee Austria was a fine screw steam ship, of
2,500 tons and 600-horse power. She was built
last year at Greenock, and had made three or four
voyages to New York. She belonged to the Ham-
burg and American Company, and was commanded
by Captain Heydtman. She left Hamburg on her
last voyage on the lit of September, and Southamp-
ton on the 4th for New York, with 613 passengers,
principally German emigrants. She was nine days
oat, and usually makes the voyage in twelve days.
It is feared that with the exoeption of the pas-
sengers picked up as above stated, the remainder have
perished. Captain Heydtman jumped overboard
and was drowned.

THE CRUSADE AGAINST COCHIN CHINA.—A
letter from an offscio. in the Philippine Islande states that
everythiag is ready for the expedition to Cochin China, and
that the Spanish soldiers, excited by the sermons of Father
Gaines, who has described to them with every detail all the
tonneau inflicted on the missiouary priests, are eager to be
led againat their barbarous enemies. The Regiment of Per.
dinand VII. has had the imsge of the Virgin of the Polkr
embmidered omits standard and bland with great religions
Pai „
IN ANA mum:l.—The Nana is said to be about
eighteen miles from Dhorghures, in Onde, in his jungle of
bamboos. His companions are oared to be Bak, Rabe
Shut, Oodgir, Abbe Dhanwoh Dheree, Rannoo Towle,
Oingadltur Tuttle, Baboo Khan Kuttsy, Shah Alley, Ah-
melons, and Mahound Ishaqof Shabjetumpore. The num-
ber of his own adherents hes much damned sines the de-
ist of the inenrgeafs et Yareegunxe, but it is stated that he
has about 2,200 bashcs hanging about him.—Botabey
Theo, Sept. 7.
THE New CAMEL CORPS.—The new Camel
is thus (Waited by an Allahabad correspondent of the
Delhi Gana; Last evening the governor-general, cons-
meniseds-ehlef and waite, were onion the maidens reviewing
the Camel Corp, about 400 of these ungainly beasts, going
through military evolutions. It was a novel and curious
spectacle to see then animals performing almost all
the movements of cavalry. Besides the native driver
(who is of owes armed) there la es every camel a
hardy Briton who occupies the beck seat, and is quite
tea position to use kis Ade. The eassele ere well trained
so the word of command. On a recognised tench of the
guiding-airing down would they drop on their knees the
rifleman would be off in a second and go into skirmis
artier till the word of recall was limed, when they wilt
shoot back to their places, remount, and almost 'lmola-
' nectualy, like a brown rases growing out of the ground,
would the camels again their fest (so to speak) in their own
i awkward mode—that s first their hinder parts and then
' their long stretching necks! Yon am fancy what a rare
1 owes the wbote was."
. . .

COAT 11; iii—.:-The report of the inspectors of
ceel mines states that during the year 1866 there were about
233,000 persona employed in and shoot the collieries of
Great Britain, and about 66,600,000 toes of coal were rased.'
The total number of lives loot by accidents in the year wee
1,027, being at the rota of one pence killed In eaoh 224
employed and one killed for each 84,751 tone of opal robed.
In 1857 the tool prodeetlon of cosi was about 68,000,900
tom, and the total lose of life 1,119, being about one person
killed for each 60,760 tons prodoosd. The inspeotors
acknowledge the inceemel attention which has bees
paid towards improving the management of mines slime the
passieg of the present inspectieg sot ; bat accidents cure in
moms districts from defective gosnegennot. sad they, them-
I for, urge the necessitof sliver eetpk,ying viewers who
also combine preotioal knowledge with scientific attainments.
The impectors wool* their general report by stadog tkot
groat efforts are being bade be Tarim" parts of the country
▪ setabliehing mining schools, and they believe that wok
Whets are welt deserving of esconragement.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TOR THE PROMO-
TION OP SOCIAL 6CILPCI.-81001 our la 4 impression, the
subjects on which a number of papers will be read in the
various sections have been made known. There will be
papers front Mr. Ruskin on the inflame of Art Unions, a
subject upon which be la entitled to speak with authority;
from the Rev. T. Carter, chaplain of the borough pal,
giving some facts in connexion with his experience on 'Crime
in Liverpnoi;" from Mr. Rowlands, the borough engineer,
on a subject of local and general interest; from Mr.
Blaney M.P., on "Public Path and Playgrounds;" front
Mr. Nathaniel Caine, of Liverpool, on " the Social Red."
It is a matter of regret that, owing to the demand spa his
time and attention in connexion with his insporreat state
duties, the Right Eon. Lord Stanley will be unable to be
present daring the meetings of the sesmistius ; bat persons
of every shade of opinion and of ell *redone of society will
rejoice to hear that then to reason to hope that the proceed_
fop will he honoured sod graced M the presence of Miss
Florence Nitlitiorale.—Lieweret
INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, 00T. 2.—Mr. CA3ra-
'skidoos, Murphy bee concluded the present sitting*, and
Yr. Commissioner Phillips will sit as Tuesday week, the
19th took, to kw bell own sod motions.