The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNISIYAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, ISM.

that when the same request was made by the captious
he still refused compliance. " Him asses was that
" the constructor of the screw engines, Mr. BLaxe,
" had agreed with him that it was not wine to strain
" their engines on that oiression." This seareely
reads like the language of one who had eMcially
nothing whatever to do with the vemel. It
seems rather to deemibe " an °rarity trial trip,"
in which Mr. Roaartx says, " the ship is steered
" by the builder, there being generally an agree-
" meat as to speed." AU the leading whammies con-
firm the view which Mr. Rcassu. thus unwittingly
gives of the position he held during the voyage.
They all say that he was on the bridge directing the
engines. Mr. ROT-CAMPBELL, the Chairman of the
Directors, mays, " At the time of the accident, Mr.
" ficarr Runexu. gave all the directions respecting
the peddle-engines, and had done so throughout
" the whole of the trip, and had his own repro-
" sentatire attending to the engines." The com-
mander of the vessel, Captain HARRISON, says :
" Mr. Rrfoirit warn in charge of the paddle engines,
" and Mr. LANODON, of Warr and Co., in charge of
" the screw. I know that from my own °beer ea-
" tion. Mr. RUSSIILL passed down verbal inatruc-
" tions to those in charge of the paddles." The facts
proved with regard to the management of the engines
certainly confi,m this statement. Mr. Rusarii.'s
immediate agent and representative, Mr. DIXON, for
example, worked one of the engines during the whole
trip, and the other acting engineers were all appa-
rently taken from his yard. On the other hand,
so single fact was adduced to show that the Com-
pany's leading engineer, Mr. M.LEititax, took any
part in the management of the engines during the
trip. Mr. liar:sst. had expressly told him not to
do so before starting, and this injunction warn
repeated by the commander of the weal, Captain
HARRISON. "My instructions," he says, "to Mr.
M'l.Exmax, the chief engineer, were not to inter-
" fere with the working of the engines at all, but
" to band over his staff of 'militants to the con-
" tractors."

The fact seems to be that while the Contractors
really worked the vessel, partly by the Companre
staff, each party tried to evade am much as possible
the responsibility of the management ; and the ex-
plosion was the fatal result of this wretched
struggle. This terrible accident is directly traceable
to the want of system and organ:intim in the en-
gineering staff. Each man did what was right in hie
own eyes, without reference either to those
above or those below him. No regular instruci-
tions were issued from the leading engineers
to their dependents, and no reports were made
from the latter the former. Had this
been done the explosion never could have taken
place. We can trace it exactly to the point where
the want of communication between the Lading
engineer and his assistant directly produced the
tragic result. Mr. PATRICK, as assistant enema,
was the officer who about mid-day turned off the
water-feed from the casings, and he knew nothing
sheet the stop-sock on the stand-pipe. His superior
Mr. Annan., however, knew alt about thin cock, and
bad the turning off of the feed been reported to him,
would at once have directed it to be examined. But
PATRICK made no report, and Aariorr, of courser
gave no instroctioas. The man who know nothing
of the step cock turned off the fc d ; the man who
knew all about the ston-cuck knew nothing about
the Iced being turned oC; and 6o the explosion took
place. For want of a little system and order, of the
commonest rules observed in the working of a staff,
five lives are sacrificed, and this splendid reseed
threatened with destruction. The terrible lesson
must not be thrown away. If strict order and disci-
pline is necessary in the smallest liver steamer that
plies from bridge to bridge, it is, of course, pre-
eminently needful in a floating city of machinery
like the Great Eastern. And a wholly different
system of management mr•t be adopted before this
splendid vessel can secure the confidence of the
public.

tbt court.
BALMORAL, Barr. 19.

Her Majesty, the Prince Cxisort, the Princess
Alice, and the Pismo. of Wales, attended &mitre trek* yea-
leeday in the pariah church of Crathie, attended by the ladies
and gentlemen of the household. The Rev. A. Andaman
officiated.

Dr. Diagissad Mr. Victor Houle= had an Interview whit
the Doha of Narcaatle at tha Colonial-orka au Mork,
attarosaa.

TY Chasmlko of the Eschrquor let. Loofas yortorday
for Possozoaur, Coamay, Noel% Wales.

Ber o..Canionr;dl Iw,Y ttr ldt tows for Harptcw-coart.

Nowakbee he the Germs, of Cue& were meat plater
tley tram the Cokedel-ellee.

The Earl of Elgin hes left Natoli.' Hotel en }'e
telr•~to &a liad.

The Earl and Countess of Fugal have left the
Guess's Beta, Upper Norwood, for toss.

The Earl of l'Ortaiaouth lit. left Howchin's Hotel,
tor hi abet .% Hauptlore.
Lard and Lady Proby hare arrived at thei. resi-
dence fa Helkin-street West, frets the Ceetkeit.

LATEST INTELLICkENCE,

PARIS, MONIIAL
It L snorted that the result of the visit of the
Log of the Belgians to Biarrits yrs neeessfol.
Messieurs Blasqui and Boishot have arrived at
Marseilles,stating their intention to avail themselves
of the general 'snooty.

THE CONFERENCES.

BIIRNE, SEPT. 21.

M. Desambrois had a consul'ition yesterday is:th
the French Ambarsador, aftzr wbich a COVillt we,
immediately despatched to Turin.

HOLLAND.

On the 19th inst. the Xing of Holland opened the
Legislative Station of the Chambers of his kingdom.
The royal speech, after stating that the govern-
ment of his Majesty entertain, the meet fiendly
relations with all countries, is exclusively occupied
with internal questiorn of improvement Among
the projects announced the most important is the
construction of a fine of railways through-
out the country, and of a new mall from Amster-
dam to the sea. The execution of these great
works would render it necessev to observe pru-
dence in employing the coaniderable ext we over
the expenses of the stets, and would not admit of
any reduction of t-xes. The sinking fund would
continue to act. The project of law for the emanci-
pation of the slaves in the Duch Wc:t Indian
colonies not having bola adopted brit session, a
modified project would be presented to the Chamber..

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

CPILOX 0173 ORX

PARIS, TUESDAY BYEERMO.
A Vienna letter of Sept. 17, addmeoed to the
Ham agency, mays :
It is hollered that the sovereigneof Prance and Austria in
now speed upon two emends' points to prevent by all the
moans is the power the proclamation of a collative re-
' public in the Duchies, or of a separate republic in any one at
there, and to oppoce their rnuezation to the kingdom 01
Piedmont. Both these eventualities may be oonsidered as
positively out of the question, 'n consign/m.l of the nodes-
standing to which we have anode& Austria cannot but be
moat grateful foe the Important service which Frame has
rendered her in this grave affair.

The Opinion Nationale, commenting upon the
above sinister intelligence, says :
The, orreepoodeat b eight; Austria would ladled have
twos to be g. if Byrne, het made any such cower
'ken to bee, but we Meet that the undentaading between
the two powers does not involve asp such omalusion.

The Pays, which at a very narly period after the
pesos of Villafmnes was instructed to support anti-
Italian views, mays to-night that all the efforts of the
'teen journals to change the real state of things are
in vain. "The reesl of the princes was stipulated
ls the preliminaries of Villafranca; it forms part of;
ejnallagmatic contract. And this article of the pre-
lim:sr ties cannot be annulled without the Emperor
of Austria's consent." Whether Austria is likely to
give her consent, the Pays hrs no means of
knowing, but it is ceihin that the annexation
to Piedmont will be opposed not only by
Austria, but by other powers, and that "it
has no chance whatever of encases." It will be
observed that the Plon•Plon scheme is not exoluded
either by the Vienna correspondence or by the Pays.
I shall be much surprised if that conspiracy for
making Italy a French province, which was long
sines hatched in darkness, and has been vehemently
denied, be not soon unblushingly avowed.
The Arojsbourg Gazette says it is in a position
to state positively that the Emperor of Austria
will pay a v'sit to the Emperor Napoleon at the
Chilean of Compiegne er-ly in October.

The Boone hr; been firmer. The Rent* ro:1 6c.
for cub and 153. for account, closing at 68fr. 750.
and 'Mfr. 900. Mobilier advanced 16fr. The
Eastern nitwit/ rose 6fr., end the other lines from
25c. to 2fr. 50c.

Madame Lengle, the wife of the Prefect of the
Meurthe, was billet to death the other day at Nancy.
A spark flew out of the drawing-room fire and ig-
nited hsr dress wHe she was sitting at a table,
writing a letter. The prefect was absent at the
time of the sad accident. lie was sant for by tele-
graph, but only arrived in time to on his wife a
corpse•

No news has berm learned of M. Haa's stolen
child. The police have thought right to arrest the
aurae, who, notwithstanding her story, may possibly
be an accomplice. The unfortunate mother is alarm-
ingly ill, end the grief of the father is beyond de-
scription.

MALTA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.

CYZOX MI ORA

MALTA, Bun. 16.

In consequence of the vast importation of Neapo-
litan rid ArSri= coin, and the pulsing of these coins at •
rate above their vette, sovereigns en now at • premium,
end melees ems government measure le adopted the English
co;nege wiU be woe exported out of the Island.
As soon es the news came of Admiral Hope's repulse by
the Chines, nearly every officer of the vessels to port be-
longing to the Mediterranean fleet applied to the admiral to
volunteer for China If the Admiralty would permit Ir.

Admiral Hope is long and favourably known among the
Akers se one of the very best and most wit:stifle officers in
the se;vioe; end, notwithstanding the very unfavourable
result, all who know him feel certain of his having dono the
best that could be dose valor the circumstances.

The fleet, under Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, proceeded to sea
thin morning. Report stares that a portion of the Beet is to
proceed to Gibraltar, In consequence of the diattubance in
Morocco, and the Ppenish expedition against the Moors.
Two courts martial were about to take place in the 15th,
second battalion, but arrangements are being made to avoid
them. It is said that Captain Smith will exchange from the
15th, sad Mr. Gibson will be permitted to retire from the
service by the sale of his C0MM11461013.

Mr. Newell pared through Mats for Alorends:a bat
erasing, to lay a telegraph cable from Egypt to Turkey, and
another arson the month al the Adriatic, thus connecting
Turkey and Greece with Italy ; and, when flashed, this line
will camect the Red eas telegraph with England.
The Derwlck Is bendy expected with the cable to lay down
hos Malta to Caps l'aseare. _ _ _

Her Majesty's ibip Cadmus retained from Genoa sad
Leghorn Last evening. I Imre tbat the officers had en wee-
Welty of &ling a good clod with the TWIZIUM, and they
state that the desire of annexation to Piedmont Is unanimons
among all clause; end it the Dread Dike in broaght back. it
aril only be at the point of the bayonet.

INDIA.

The Bombay Standard of the 20th ult. states that
the Nana, Mummoo Khan, and the Begum, are still
in Nepaul—where, no one can say with any oer-
tainty. It is very confidently said that the Nana
hes two or three Englishwomen with him—as has
been hinted over and over again. The Begnm and
her paramour are said to meditate an escape into
Tirhoot and the Santhal Pargannahs. "The feel-
ing of the Nepaulese," says the Bombay Standard,
"is decidedly hostile to the British, if they have not
made common cause with the rebels against es. An
intelligent native dilate has affirmed that upwards of
10,000 aepoys have been quietly absorbad into the
Nepaul army, for the present being kept oat of sight,
on the Thibetsa frontier. Sir Jong Bahadoor is said to
be very inseer-e in his position at Latmandoo. A
large meeting of Mahomedans had been held at the
Prime Minister's, Saler Jug, ostensibly for prayer,
bat the circumstances were suspicious."
A little before the festival of the Mohnrrnm,
the Punjaub was in a state of excitement in
consequence of some Tumours more or leas
exaggerated regarding disaffection among the
Mahomcdans of Sealkote, Ibriritsur, Lahore, and
hillundur. A Fakeer, a religious beggar, was
first muted in the Sealkote district with some
treasonable papers is his pocession. As this
men appcsred to be acting for others, the police
were ordered to keep a sharp look-out in all
the towns where the Mahomedans mustered strong.
It seems that those at Lahore are full of some nun.
genes about the birth of a new prophet, and expected
that a revolution was at hand. This silly story was
eagerly credited and canveser 2 by the religions sec-
tions: of ,the Lahore Mahomedans, and the mermens
preached at the mosques referred to the advent of
the prophet, and were calculated to unsettle men's
minds. Begin that mischief might be done by these
mad fellows, it wee considered advisable to make an
example of some of the foolish talkers. Four per-
sons were put on their trial, and they were punished
by fines and imprisonment for a few months.
It is said that the 6th Madras Cavalry, chiefly
composed of Mahomedans, threatened te create mili-
tary disturbances at Hyderabad, similar to those
that took place in the north-west provinces, if the
government did not take from them the greased
cartridges which were lately served out to them by
mistake. Placards were put up in the public streets
which showed that a movement was on foot for
drawing the sword in defence of their religion, and
killing all the Christians in the place. " These
facts," observes the Bombay Gazette, "gives us a
glimpse under the surface of Mahomedan political
society. Their festival of the Moharrum pawed off
very quietly here; but in the Deccan and elsewhere
great discontent at the position they hold under the
British government has been openly expressed."
The commercial reports say :

Oommetamm fizeremss hove changed hands to some
reheat. Fives adventxl to 87f, but declined again on slug.
quantity offering fcr sale. For-2 have rime, and mainta'ned
themselves. The Mosier rates last evening WOW —Fount
761, Five', 87 ; rod Five•and-a- Half, 94 per cent.
Farmers are stall wretehcily low, but the animation in
cotton has seat the Liverpool rate up. We quote now
12.. 6d. to 17s. Id. for London, and 17e. 6d. to 255. 6,r Liver-
pool. Veen% have been taken for trove at from 161. 10e.
to 231, per heed from Bombey, Coe, and Ketrachee. China
freights are very doll, at Rs. 4 to ti per candy.
ESC HANOIL—Not much business done, and but slight
variation fu rates. Fist-clans paper, 24. Old., and document
20. Red.