The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-09 00:00:00

THE HEW STEAMER NEMESM.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new
stestorr Nemesia arrived at Bouthsmptce on Satur&y.
left G loagow at 1 p.m. on Thursday, and readied the Needles
in 17 hours. This ship was to have been called the Delhi,
but on account of the dreadful emaciation' with that name
the minds of Englishmen, It has been resolved to call the
Ain the Nemesis, which, wondering the fate of the doomed
Eastern city, is an appropriate substitute for the name unit
intended. The new steamer is above 300 foot long, 41 het
to beans, la • fan-rigged ship, built of iron, and preload by
a snow. Her builders Moss. Todd end
ship builders, of the Clyde. The Nemesis le said
Wronged Iwo eldp ever built in that river, and the iron
plains of her hull sea of gnat thickness. Her saloon is
Wal7 do:erste& the mahogany penile that eurrourid it
worared with beautiful paintings: the upholstery of the
Wain sod cabbie la suwppsrbb. Both the latter are Ivry roomy,
and the solace is pvlkulsrly convenient, from the compact-
ness of its furniture. The tables can be Owed in • very nor.
now ccospees, and numerous chandeliers are pendant over
thaw By very simple machinery the tables can be doubled
,Inli=bei mato slide out to surround them, and the
separate, and slide out, so as to shed light
over the whole, and in •• few minister ample accommodation
can be furnished to dine luxuriously 130 persons. The fol-
lowing are the particulars of the engine machinery, viz. :
Diameter of cylinder, 861 inche• ; length of stroke, 54
inches; diameter of trunk, 35 inches; diameter of sir-pump,
48 inches; stroke of sir-pump 24 inches diameter of cog
wheel, 15 feet 11l inches; diameter of pinion, 8 feet
inches ; pitch of pinion, 411 inches ; moltiple, 2 to I nearly ;
diameter of propeller, 17 feet ; pitch of propellor' 23 feet 6
inch°, ; toroth of propeller, 3 feet; diameter of crank shaft,
171 Inches ; diameter of screw shaft, 131 inches. The
'1 Nemesia will it is expected take out the next Indian mail to

Alexandria, lind will,rafter i short time, proceed to India to
convey the Indian mail to and from Suez. Her tentage Is
2,400, and bet bore power 600. She ranks the fourth is
point of tonnage in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
Beet, and, with the exception of the Simla, she has the
greatest horee-power of any of the company's steamers. She
will ram seven boats, two of which are lowered by patent
apparatus. Hex building was suporintemded by Captain K el-
leek, and Captain Black brought her round from the Clyde. On
her trial trip in the Clyde her performance woe after the
rate of nearly 14 knots. Her screw is e these-Waded one, and
it out be thrown out of gear fee the purpose of malting her
ailing. This, however, is rarely dims in the
mail service, and the only advantage of the screw
over the paddle-wheel is, that • ship con be
driven by the former with lam powerful seems, and con-
sequently lam feel than by the latter. The screw steamer is
better &misted by saila than the piddle-wheel vessel, and not
impeded by the paddle-boxes. The fleet of the Peninsula
and Oriental Company now consists of 42 steamers, the ag-
gregate tonnage of which la 64,678, and the horse-power
13,854. Five of these steamers are running with the Indian
mail between Southampton and Alexandria; mean between
Celcutta, Madre', Ceylon. Aden, and Suez; eight between
Bombay, Ceylos, Hong Kong, Aden, and Suez ; five between
Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Canton ; two between Hong
Kong and Manilla • two between Marseilles, Malta, and
Alexandria; fourbetireen Southampton, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon,
Cadiz, and Gibraltar • sad aims in the government trans-
port servies and abroad.

THE MI

MAW TZLEGRAPH.—" We a

pissed to sondes," err the Malta Times of the 27th tilt, i
• that Mr. defierneet the superintendent engineer of the
Ideditertanora llearnelin Telegraph Company, bee arrived
in this hind, nemmgmbil by a staff of dais, fender is '
form ills rentelite instoonaits for sea vice in 0110118 shout to
be established to a port of the old Boren. We ars given to I
understand thee the nee elf cable to join Malta to Corfu Is on
booed the 110, and that the laying down of It will be at 4,
gene paraded with. From the direction of Cannot the ;
mile will be plead in Malta at the &Oat of land called
the Dragenars Point, between George's Bay
end St James, and there the wires will be carried
1
across the country upon posts of from 18 to 21
fret high to Ss Matron, at the foot of the Mares.
=steno ilarbour. All this part of the work will be per-
formed by the contractors, Moe rs. whohave shipped
the requisite bends and material for the purpose on hood the
Elba. On laying down the cable. the voltameters will, no ,
doubt, in a OW gum of time fulfil their portion of ths work.
Meanwhile, the superintendent engineer is already busy let '
making preparations for the fulfilment of the company's en.
gagement—that to lay the wires from S. MAIMS shag
the kisromuscetto Bastions to the Jews' sally port, and
thence up Steads San Nicole to Strada flea Paulo, on pals
at distances of about 100 feet, to the oflises of the oo
In the building of the Old Exchange. The civil and
authorities have given every facility in their prwer 17;711
the completion of the work. Our
the Hon. Admiral Sir Montague St= glrailmaleAdsepatob
the steam frigate Desperate to Cagliari without loss of time,
to meist the Elba in laying out the limn"
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The proem of
winding this enormous length of cable from oat the holds of
the Agamemnon and the Megrim has been completed, and
the Athlete telegraph is about to hylornateke the whiter at
Plymouth, in the Keyhao2-yard. A large shed has hare
beta specially built for Its reception ; li is 120 feet by 50
wide, end divided into four water-tight rosparieneets; so
thetas perfect insulation of the whole Leith am be tested
nadir water whoever it may be deemed advisable. Barbi
the whet, Mr. Indleheass, the chief electrician of the mm-
ppeaeayy
wed be engaged tea variety of expeetments upon the
The sea
the will be probably made at the
end Jens sr the beginning of july, so thin
ares et say bitch occurring than may te
limo to mak tt, and still loos August open for moths
amt. TY new paying-out machines an being made under
the spedel dyke tad directions of Mr. Penn, Mr. Meld.
Mr, Llerilizhil Mr. Emelt, the chief essieste of the
Ii_LISIZir Zak. and Amos have ham %bests*
wen linesedhelme. A writer in the Teem etas that
Wird cf sabsnergbg the cable from this eMa of the
Leettekllt bee book ladled to commence operadem by
mailbe item& et the tve halm oat board the Nissan
thermenia le the mew et the *ma, sail seek mut
thm weekb. the tot of he vey to lend,

TILE OMNIBUSES OP LONDON.

At the present time there are upwards of 800
onneibemes naming along various route' in the instropolb,
end of this number 695 are the property of a single and
mostly foreign proprietary, the London Genesi Omnibus
Company. 600 omnibus", with hones and hums and good-
will, were purchased by the company for • sum of 400,00 W.,
ee for very nearly 7001. for oath vehkle. The 696 omnibases
of the compemy ran in London, in the weak ending 31st of
October, not ions than 222,779 MU'S, or nearly ten time. the
drcureferance of the globe, sad they canted not lees than
920,000 pamengers. Amtrak; that the remaining one-
fourth of the London Gorham., not belonging to the can-
=carried an equal proportion, we shall have as the tre-
portion of the population of London, 1,116,000
The population of London, at their census, was 2,365;07:
that &number "qualm nnnearlyone-half of the peopleof Lon-
de, ride one journey in en outran" in esch week. In a fort-
night the whole population of Loren would be erred in the
omnibuses now running to the sestropolls. Them vehicles
ars worked by 6,225 hones. The average met of each hone
k 801., rift a total value of nearly 200,0061 The tuner
car an r mena lb. for each horse, sad the rather
1201. each la building A week's allowance of bed for the
harem crisis of 4 266 potmds of chopped hay, clover, and
snow, equal to 242 lora, and 699263 pounds of oar barby
and bear et 376 quarters, and 176 loaded raw are re-
embed for the the honr. company have
estiblialted karma of
whale the movTheender
end prepared fee the hoer. Steam-mgrr of peat power
mit to ran sad work opplkinees for mixing the bed et
great weftd bbaor and money. The largest of them
depot is in Bell-lane. It has been In operation for the last
16 months, and has supplied daily rations for 1,840 horses,
and there have been cut rap, mixed, and distributed from this
establishment etch weak, 72 lords of hay clover, and straw,
713 quartets of bruised oats, barley, and ten and 60 toed
• straw have been forked as bedding or the horses.
Bach horse runs on an average twelve miles per day. The
day cost of the rations of each home is rather tome than
2e. Id., or for the horsed of esch omnibus, tan In number,
11. la. ; the other expense", such as bons-keepers, veteri-
nary woke, 'hoeing, and mhos, bring up the total expense
for Iles hones of each omnibus to 11. 6s. per week. The
✓oust of manual labour employed in connexion with them
onneibuses is very large. The number of men constantly
employed as drivers, conductors, and hone-keepers, is not
ter than 2300, of whom the driven receive from five to six
shallop, the conductors four shillings, and the bro-
=erather shallops per day. The " wear and tsar" of
csanibus amounts to 17e. 6d. per week, and of the bar-
ter bas. per week. The 595 °ribose* run over 66 different
roar. -The enrage weekly receipts from the whole of the
onsafbesse is 11,6001., but the elate of the weather materially
affects the rewipta—thus • very wet day reduces the amount
received by from three to four hundred pounds pm day. On
the 22nd of October, owing to the continuous nun, the re-
ceipta fell short of the real amount by 3801. Them omni-
buses contribute largely to the general TIMMS of the coun-
try ; the governresat duty and lbw= for the last year woe
33,0001., while a one. of 18,0001. was pfd be tolls on the
different roads run over by the consibusse.-01wormr.

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DIIIIIING.
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On Thusaday oveninj Mr. Badger held an inquest
at Sheffield on the body Joseph Dodgeon, late of Leeds,
solicitor, who died on the previous day, under somewhat
strange cireumetanees. The deceased came to Sheffield on
Wednesday, from Nottingham, and by 90{111) means got to
the house of Ann Stead, a married woman, who lives apart
from her husband, and keep a small shop in Infirmary-road.
Her story is that he was an old sweetheart, and discovered
her residence by accident. They went out together during
the day, and at night having no accommodation herself, she
took him to sleep at the Grapes Inn. On Thursday e=
she took hire to lodge at the house of • widow
Wood, where he remained until his death. Stead
was almost conatently with him from Thursday night to
Saturday evening, and daring that time supplied him with
more than three pints of gin, nearly nest, and Mil a
pint of bra,cly. Daring Thursday night she took 061. 10a.
from under ha pillow, as she alleged, to take care of it; end
subrequently, though he was all the time in a state of in-
y, and several times said he wee dying, she refused
to call in • surgeon. On the very evening when she got '
poreersion of the money she expressed a hope that the man
would die before morning; and at another time she said
medicine was of no use, se he was dying. She also rid he
had " come to die with her, end she would see the last of
him." During Saturday, when the man was very ill, Stead
wanted to remove him to her house, bat Mrs. N% cod would
not allow this, and called in Mr. Lyon, surgeon. Ile forbade
the giving him any more spirits, on which Stead, who then,
se previously while in attendance upon the patient, was laws
self drunk, ordered the surgeon out of the house, sad
procured brandy, which she gave to the deemed. She
would have given him still more brandy, having procured a
pint for the purpose, had not the police interfered on Satur-
day night, and e'ected her front the house. After the drink
was withheld, Dodgsou recovered hie cenecicatsneee, and =-
grehis determination to prosecute Stead for "stealing"
eney. She was apprehended on that charge, and
remanded until be should be able to give evidence. On
Tuesday, however, he suffered a relapse, which ended
fatally. The deceased having told the surgeon that he had
been "drugged," and a report spreading that chloroform
had been administered to him, the coroner was called upon
to institute an inquiry. The medical men, however, after
a peet.mortem examination, were of opinion that death had
resulted from apoplexy, combined with diem= of the liver
and lunge. They attributed the apoplexy to drink, but the
coroner advised the jury that as the deceased had voluntarily
taken the spirits from Stead, and indeed frequently asked
for them, no criminal charge could be sustained against her
as to his death, and with the robbery they had nothing to do.
Some of the jury expemeed themselves strongly as to the
conduct of Stead in administering gin to an insensible man,
and were dispoeed to return a verdict of menslaughter mph=
her ; but, after • long oonsultatlon, a verdict was recorded
simply swing the cause of death, and censuring Stead far
imprudence is adminiatering the gin. The deceased was
about 70 years doge and a bsolasice.—Mmithesttr &maim.

SUDDEN DEATII IN ♦ PLACE or WORSHIP.—
On Thursday J. P. Wood, Esq., held an Inquest in this
city upon the body of William Haste, awed 68 yeah, who
was in receipt of a military pension. On Wednesday even-
ing the deceased attended a devotional meeting held by the
members of the United Methodist Free Church in a room in
St. Bas:ourgate, apparently in his usual state of health.
During the progress of the service, however, he was observed
token back in his seat, to stretch out his bands, which were
closely clenched, and to present other indications of a pee-
son suffering from muse sudden indisposition. Medical
areistance was immediately seat for, end Mr. Moore strived
very ehortly, but too late to be of any service. as the man
expired a few moments afterwards. Mr. Moore wee of
opinion that death had resulted from disease of the haul,
and a verdict to that effect wee recorded. The dsceusd,
who wee blind, resided in Victoria-street, Fishergate.—Terk-
shireesee. - - -

FUNERAL OF MR. MACKAY, 11 BAILIE NICOL JAIL
vin."—The funnel of this respected gentlemen took place
from hie house yesterday at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The large attendance of friends bore testimony to the esteem
in which the deceased was so deservedly held, and many a
kindly memory mingled with their regrets for the good old
men as they laid him down to his rest in the Calton Bury-
leg —not very far from the scenes where as the actor
he bad passed the brightest hours of hie life's day. There is
often something peculiarly sad to the death of • great eater,
en
little have we been accustomed to emaciate with him, or
with such a life as hie, any thoughts of the gram and its
earn milder. But in thin instanoe there is only
• feeling of natural regret, for our friend had
long ago put off his motley, and at peace with
Heaven and with all men, passed calmly away. He was en
mete the like of whom we may never hope 'gen to see—a
delightfal composite, • just friend, a sincere Christint.—
Mfialstrgh Erpross.
QUARRY ACCIDENT.—SIX LINT., LOST. —On
Fridey afternoon • dreadful accident occurred at the Moddfar
Quarries, about nine miles from Caernarvon. Owing to an
accident to the phton-rod of the engine the men had left of
work, and fourteen of them were talking together at the
bottom of the pit, when • cry of danger woe raised, and they
rushed towards the cabin coastnected for refuge in mach came;
but Mere they could reach it a huge rock, which had been
gradually dislodged from the month of the quarry by the
rains, fell, breaking into pieces by collision with the Wes of
the , and killed three of the men on the spot. A teeth
died in a few minute.; • fifth as he was being tarried home;
and a Oath within eight boars. &Tend When were much
wined. On the Sags of one poor Mime was a fragment of
state ea heavy that it had to be lifted by a steam-engine be-
ton le could be extricated.
TIM ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE PATRIOTIC
PUNEI.—A lengthy correepoodemos has taken place between
Sty John Paid:elan and Mr. Acton, a Roman catholic gen-
theme of Wolverton, relative to the administration of the
Patriotic Fund. It will be remembered that charges cf
gross partiality towards protestant claimant, and a studious
neglect or refmal of the requirements of Roma catholics
were positively asserted by Are.hilebop Cullen against those
who have undertaken the distribution of the sabseripeker.
To them allegations Sir John Pakington return, a strenuous
denial, giving the &newer., wine:ow, of the Royal Commis-
sion to Dr. Callen's various amertions. Mr. Aden ob-
serves, in reply, that he "cannot suppose that Dr. Cullen
will do otherwiee than either maintain or withdraw the albs-
gatleasbehmunde; sad that twin cocamossiwith assay others
is wegablag the course he willtske. 'The answers' already
segatlve sone of Dr. Cullea'a facts, and of cams he will
sot allow natters to remain in ouch a position."
lineman' COMMONS.—It is understood that a
hens, application has been made to the authorities that the
ova Court of Fediedsorhich is to be opened at the cora-
-1 mensement ell Hilary Tenn, isas, should be bald at Docket'
Gammas.