The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ONEIDA.

SOUTHAMPTON, W EDN

The European and Australian steamer
Oneida, which =need such anxiety for her fate some
months since, has arrived here. She left Sydney on
the 6th of May last, and has been 117 days on her
passage. She came round Cape Horn, and has ex-
pelienced the most fearful weather ; she wiled prin-
cipally during the voyage, and steamed during calms.
The Oneida has brought home 30 passengers and
150 bales of wool. She called at St. Helena and at
St. Vincent. She spoke the James Baines, with
troops for India, about eight days since, off the West-
ern Islands: all well on board.

When the Oneida broke down in the Indian
Ocean, on her way to Suez, she was going 11 knots
an hour. She had passed Cape Lewin two days be-
fore her time, and would have made a splendid
voyage to Suez but for the mishap by which her sole
, plate was broken in two places, and a new sole plate
could not be made for her in Australia. There can

be no doubt that when she is put in proper repair
she will be a splendid mail steamer. Captain Hyde,
her commander, is in good health, but has suffered
much from the anxiety he has undergone on ace3unt
of the misfortunes which hare happened to his ship.

During a thunder-storm which took piece a few
days ego et Vial-en-Salsa, in Savoy, the lightning struck
severs) houses in that village and set fire to there. As the
wind was blowing rather high at the time, the Ames spread
PO rapidly that their pew could net be checked, sad
thirty-two home., with eL they contained, were destroyed.
The for is esti:sated at anal 209,000 f.

TEE LATE ACC lb ENT ON THE BRIG liToly
RA I LW eft'.

A correspondent of tho Globe thus corrects our
(Times) report of the conduct of the Bishop of Oxford on
Tuesday last
"A feeling of justice toward, on eminent individual ie.
duces me to addras you there few lines.
"The cotrespondent of the Times who notices the 1.6.•
dent yesterday on the Brighton Railway takes ottation to
speak of the Bishop of Oxford as ' being very active in
rendering assistance to bin fellow-paseengers.'
" Now, as this paragraph might not unnaturally give rice
to the idea that this orheitatle prelate orenpird himaelf la
going among the wounded and alarmed (most of then
women), and behaving himself as a mere ordinary clew.
lean taught du under the tarcumstencea, I take the eubaut
opportunity of contradicting la easement every traveller by
the train in question Maas to he inamurate.
" The Bishop of Oxfonl did IV) auvh thieg—not fora we
ment did lie lose Fight of the far higher importance to society
and use ehiatai or out own moiety, mid, I may {llO
very of his portnnureau, than the soothing, the terrified, 4r
comforting the wounded. And while the telegraph bore In.
Mani witness to the Mx* ermttion in the good bi.hog'e=
I am happy to be able to state that by the aid of one
and two porters the second object of pastoral ewe was se-
cured, and that tate bishop arrived on foot at the Reign.
'talon, bag and baggage, tound in wind and fiat, and
ready for the legislatorial labours of the evening.
"No one who waineseed the incomparable presence of
mind of this father of our church will easily forget it. It was.
it still IN the gene theme of respectful remark ea(
admiration, and not oven the ' rather forcible demand' for
compiamition (spoken of by the limes) for beset he Ltd not
undergone, and the slight ruffling of • beating so recently
serene and undisturbed, mold edam the impresaion produced
by this memorable scene."