The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-09 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

The heavy portion of the India and China mails,
which were due at Southampton by the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steam ship Candia, on
December 5, arrived in London yesterday morning,
having been conveyed through France, in charge
of Lieutenant T. Tickell, R.N., Admiralty agent of
the Candia. The delay has arisen from an acci-
dent occurring to the machinery of the packet, the
paitieulars of which have come to hand. The
vessel made an excellent run out to Alexandria,
but the return voyage was attended with severe '
head gales, causing the loss of one of the seamen,
who was washed overboard from the bowsprit,
and lost his life. Another man was seriously
injured whilst steering. The jib boom .-was
carried away by the force of the sea, and finally
the vessel's safety was highly compromised by the
breaking of the main shaft. This latter event for-
tunately happened under circumstances which
enabled the vessel to get into the Bay of Tanis by
the aid of canvass—not, however, before a calm, in
conjunction with a powerful current, nearly
wrecked the vessel on an island at the entrance of
the bay. A breeze providentially rose in time to
save the packet from shipwreck, the soundings being
deep up to the island. The captain, Henry Powell,
had quietly and
,judiciously prepared for the event.
The next day, Nov. 27, the crew were highly tanta-
lised by seeing one of the French steamers of
the Messageries Ithperiales quit the port of
Tunis for MarseilleS (via Bonn, &e.) She passed
on without noticing the signal guns The admi.
ratty agent, Lieutenant Tickell, exerted himself.on
behalf of the passengers, and obtained through
the consular agency, a Tunisian .man-of-war
steamer, which the Bey most graciously placed at
their disposal, by means of which the mails and
passengers proceeded to 'Marseilles. Strong gales
prevented them from quitting Tunis before the
3rd instant. The next day found them at St. Pietro
(Sardinia). They were delayed twenty-four hours
by stress of weather ; and, finally, reached Mar-
seilles on the 6th, at 63) p.m. The Candia was
left cffocting a temporary refit of the engines,
with the hope of reaching Malta, if the engines
should prove available, probably to wait there for
another shaft from England. A small English
screw steamer was also lying at Tunis,- the
Sovereign, whose assistance might prove useful to
the Candia The cargo includes four boxes of
specie. The passengers, 51 in number, include
Commissary General Laidley, from the Island of
Mauritius; Lieutenant Bomford, her Majesty's
59th Regiment, from Ceylon; Captain Stewart,
Major and Mrs. Stather, Lieutenants Floyd,
DickensDn, Hunter, Lieut. Chimme, R.N. ; Dr.
Livingston (the African explorer), Mrs. Bound,
Mrs. Widdicombe, Mrs. Daniells, Mr. Nixon
Fleming, &c.; corn. Trigear (of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company), Mrs. Aix, and a child born on
board. Miss De Esterre remained on board the
Candia.

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB.—The first assembly will take
place on Thursday, 11th inst., at the above rooms.
THE STEAMER ADRIATIC —Mr. Horatio Allen, of the
Novelty Iron Works, New York, denies, over hi 4 own sig_
nature, the report that there has been any misconstruction
of the machinery of the Collins' steamship Adtiatie. lle
avers that the engines of the Adriatic have not had team
on, and that nothing whatever has occurred to create any ,
expectation that any change will be required.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. EUROPA.—Mr. and
Mrs. Power and child, Mr. 0. Bronson, jun., Mr. Blain,
Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Parker, Mr. Juoin, Mr. F. Hall, Mr,
A. Spufforth, Mr. E. Roger, Mr. E. Wilcox, Mr. L. Clark,
Mr. Altnea, Mr. W, J. Gilbert, Mr. J. L. Cobb, Mr. Wm.
M'Kean, Mr. Borthwiok, Mr. Wainwrigh• jun., Mr. II
Ottenheimer, Mr. If Dreyfus, Miss White, qr. Leebernool,
Mr. J. Van Horton, Mr. H. Allen, Mr. J. Kennedy, Mr.
and Mrs. Loughnan, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, Mr. Hardt,
Mr. Vogel, and Mr. Philips.
TESTIMONIAL TO MIL THOMAS CARTER.—We have been
favoured with the opportunity of inspecting a very elegant,
massive, and chaste silver salver, with a tea and coffee ser•
vice, which is about to be presented to Mr. Carter, the
indefatigable honorary secretary of the Liverporl Licensed
Victuallers Association, for the attention and ability he has
displayed in the conducting of the aff.irs of that association.
Besides the salver, there is a tea and coffee service, with
twelve handsome embossed silver tea spoons, and sugar
tongs to match. The above articles are all of solil silver,
aad are valued at upwards of £BO, and were manufactured
by Mr. Jacobs, silversmith, of Church street, and reflects
the greatest credit on that celebrated establishment, for the
neatness, taste, and care with which the workmanship is
executed. The salver bears the following inscription, very
neatly engraved :—" This salver, with the tea and coffee
service, presented to Mr. Therms Carter, by the committee,
subscribers, and friends of the Liverpool Licensed Victual-
lers Association, for the unremitting attention, zeal, and
ability displayed by him in the discharge of the mast
arduous duties as hon. sec., during the years 1853 and 1856.
—D,c. 11th, 1856." We understand that this well deserved
testimonial will be presented to Mr. Carter in the course of
a few days, on which occasion a very splendid dejeuner
will be given.
Loss OF THE BRIG EMMA. --FT. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,
Nov. 14.—The bug Emma, Captain White, thirty days
from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, was lost about midnight
on Saturday last, at Seal Cove, a small opening three miles
N. of Flat Rock, ten miles from St. John's, Newfoundland.
A heavy swell setting into the bight, the ship became
unmanageable and finally went on shore. The cook, an
Italian, jumped overboard with the intention of saving the
crew by means of a rope attache i to his person, but the surf
on the shore cost the noble fellow his life. The captain
and crew succeeded in getting on store, the vessel parting
shortly afterwards. Bere we must record oue of those
instances of sagacity peculiar to the dog, which are much
oftener read of than witnessed so near home. A fisherman
of the name of Mayo, living near the scene of the wreck,
with two sons, were aroused from sleep by the barking and
scratching of their dog outside the door, and supposing
some person! was lurking around the premises they got up,
when the movements of the animal attracted their attention,
and they followed him to the edge of a precipice, acme
seventy feet high, at the foot of which Captain White and
his men had landed. This circumstance saved their lives,
as it was found necessary to haul them up with ropes, the
surf beating so furiously around them as tl render their
position very precarious.—. Newfoundland Ledger.