The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-24 00:00:00

4 HESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

Our readers may have observed recently,
amongst oar maritime extracta, the copy of the contents of
a slip of paper found in a bottle some weeks ago, on the
western coast of IJiet, in the Hebrides, and forwarded to us
by our agent at Stornoway. The paper in question, appa.
really the leaf of a pocket book, used in the hurry of the
moment, was covered on both sides with pencil marks, from
which the following was with difficulty deciphered:—" On
board the PacUle, from L'pool to N. York. Ship going
down. (Great) confusion on board. Icebergs around us
on every side. I know I cannot escape. I write the
asamof oar lora, that triads may not live is suspense. The
Seder of this will phew get it published. Wm. Graham."
If we ere right in our conjecture, the ship here named is
the Pacific, one of the Collins line of steamers, which vessel
left Liverpool on Jan. 23, 1856, three days before the
Persia, and bas not since been heard of ; end this slip of
paper, three inches by two, is probably the only record of
the fate of that mists( ship. The writer was evidently
some person accustomed to the perils of the sea, for it w
difficult to understand how any person whose nerves had
not bcea hardened by the presence of frequent and ap.
pillion dangers could have written with such manifest
coolness in the immediate presence of death. This self-
possession at once negatives the idea that the penal who
could exhibit it in a moment of such supreme peril, could
possibly have mistaken the name of the vessel whose lam
ha has recorded. Theo, again, we Sod from the records of
the lost Pacific, that a person named Graham sailed in her
from Liverpool on her ill•fated voyage, and in all human
=balky was on board at the time she um lost with all
This is the strongest point in the entire chain of
evidence, for it connects the writer of the memorandum

direetliirith the lost ship, and the shin with the writer.
Lastly, since the memorandum hos been given to the world
—now some weeks—we have had no intimation that any
ship named the PI4Ci fiC, sailing from Liverpool recently, has
been leek or is even misaing.—Skipping and Meroantita
Gazette.

The students of Leipsio have sent an address to
UN Bing of Prairie, expressing their regret that soy one
capable of attempting his life should have been foend
ainooq them, sad mooring his Majesty of their eatire
devotedness.

A letter in the Delhi Gazette describes a remote
and almost unknown settlement of Moravian missionaries in
a valley called Le Howl, about seventeen marches from
Sinile, end surrounded by snowy mountains more than
20,000 feet in height. Four years ago the Moravian took
up their abode among the inhabitants of this secluded spot,
end the only communication they maintain with the
civilked world is to send one of their number onoe a year to
Simla, to lay in provisions for a twelvemonth. Theyy have
derived their knowledge of the language from a vocabnLey
and a grammar published by a German, who has never been
neer Ls Howl, sad who lives in St. Petersburg. It is mid
that the chiefs of those parts are invited to the Russian
capital, and that mintt:e inquiries are made regardin; their
Lemma" and country. These materials are sufficient for a
German to roanufnoture a learned treatise on the subject.
PASSPORTS RIVIVED IN BitLaium.—" An English
Totu:st" writes to the ladependance Edge to complain of
the revival of the pesport system in Belgium, under another
form. He states that having suffered in the course of his
travels much annoyance from this system, he was mainly
induced by the notification of it. abolition in Belgium to
make a tour in that country this summer. There was no
asking for passports on his arrival at Ostend, it is true, but
he had no sooner got to Brussels and taken up his quarters
at the Hotel de Belle-Yoe, than the police came to him
with the socustorned annoying demand. He was also in-
formed the., the police visiaed the hotel every morning
on the same errand. It was added, that it was in the in.
tend of travellers themselves that this was done, that they
might, in case of their coming into collision with the police
authorities, he able to establish their identity. This, the
tourist observes, is a superfluous precaution, and is
moreover the business of travellers themselves—riot of the
police. The Indepcmdnnee fully coincides with the tourist's
remarks, sod admits that if the practice complained of is
not put an end to, the . pretended abolition of passport. is
a mere juggle and myshfiation.
AUSTRALIAN GIFT TO GARIBALDI. —A magnifi-
mat sword, value 3001., brought by the Pere as a gift from
the inhabitant. of Melbourne, Australis, to Garibaldi, was
forwarded by the last Italy steamer to Sir James Hudson,
at Turin, to be sent to Ceprera.
BRANS BAND CONTINT AT THE CRYSTAL PALAct.--•
The Great National Baas Band Contest • as held yester-
day at the Crystal Wm". There were more than twelve
thousand peewee moment, the greater number of whom con-
sisted of excursionists from all parts of the country. After
playing separately from eleven o clock in the grounds the
bands united in the Handel orchestra, and under the leader-
ship of Mr. Enderby Jackson performed the Hallelujah
Chorus, the Amin:can Schottische, the National Atathnm
km, the ',trot of which was grand. The prizes a
were as follows The Ist prize to the 3rd West York
Vetunteen ; the 2nd to the Chesterfield Volunteers ; the
3rd to Messrs. Mariner's, of Keighley; the 4th to the 15th
Durham Volunteers (the comet-playing of which was ex-
ceedingly good) ; the sth to the Stanhope band. The con-
tent will be continued to-morrow at the same time, and et
its conclusion the prizes for both days' contests will be pre-
sented to the successful competitors.

THZ SUBEDITED lIIVILDER AT CAMERIDOZ.--.-TllO
inquiry into U. circumstances attendant upon the death of
the youth Harvey Rumbalow, whose body was lately found
in the river, bearing marks of violence, and that after his
having boeu in bad company on the night of his disappear-
awn, under the circumstances reported in our oolwees on
Wednesday last, was resumed yesterday. The prisoner
Pilo'sLn demeanour was as before calm and collected. A
great deal of evidence was taken, the bearing of which MN
entirely opporAxl to that given by the woman Chapman on
the previous ocataion. tieveral witnesses stated they were
close to the spot when she declared she had seen an affray
between the prisoner lied the deceased on the night of his
death. at the time deposed to, but they beard and saw
nothing of such an occurrence, which they must have done
had it taken place. The prisoner was again formally re-
manded to Tumelay next, the understanding being that no
evidence will be taken on that day, but oar the Friday fol-
' lowing.
A CANDIDATE FOR A WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINCY.
The guardians of the Durham Union have within the last
few days advertised for a chaplain, offering the extremely
liberal salary of W. a year. One gentleman, who did not
spurn the appointment even upon such conditions, made his
application to the following terms :—" Sir. —I beg leave to
make application for the appointment of chaplancy for the
Durham Union. The eatery offend is indeed very small.
Yon do not say if the chaplan boords in the union, or if he
has to find hoard aed lodgings out of the eatery. I enclose
copy testimonials, which I hope will be approved of. I
may state that I have had a good deal of private practice,
but not peblick. —I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
JOHN SHART." II turned out that the applicant, who
dated from Edinburgh, had been footman to a clergymsa,
in which port be thought he had sufficiently qualified hint•
self for the duties ho proposed to undertake in the Durham
Union.