Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

THE COURT, &c.

OSBORNE, July 27.—The Queen and Prince, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and
Princess Helena, attended divine service at Osborne
yesterday morning. The Rev. J. Prothero performed the
service.

THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS.—The Queen of the
Netherlands, accompanied by her brother, Prince Peter of
Oldenburg, and attended by suite, visited on Monday
the Government School of Mines and Museum, in Jermyn-
s'eeet, where her Majesty was received by the director, Sir
Roderick Murchison, and some of the professors of the
establishment. The Queen next repaired to the Royal
College of Surgeons, and inspected the Hunterian Museum
of Comparative Anatomy ; the president, together with
Mr. Laurence and otlper gentlemen, were in attendance.
After which the Queen and royal party went over the
Soane Museum, where her Majesty remained nearly an
hour. Her Majesty thence returned to Claridge's Hotel,
and took luncheon. In the afternoon the Queen and his
Imperial Highness Prince Peter of Oldenburg took a
carriage drive, and subsequently visited the House of
Commons, to hear the opening of the debate--the Countess
of Jersey and other ladies being likewise present. In the
vening her Majesty dined with the Duke and Duchess of
Wellington at Apsley House, and remained until after
12 o'clock, a concert succeeding the bat quet. The Queen
dined yesterday evening with the Doke and Dachesi of
Hamilton. On Monday her Majesty and suite leave town
to visit the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood
Park, and will sleep there that night, returning to
Claridge's Hotel previoWl to gQill on a WV dri Sootland.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is expected
to accompany her Majesty teGood wood.
MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.—The mar-
riage of Princess Charlotte of Belgium with the Archduke
Ferdinand Maximilian was celebrated on Monday at
Brussels. At the termination of the civil part of the
ceremony the matrimonial deeds were signed by the august
couple, followed by the King of the Belgians, the Queen
Marie Amelie, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Prince
Consort of England; the reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha, Archduke Louis, governor of the Tyrol, and the
Archduchess Marguerite ; the Duke Augusta de Saxe Co-
bourg and the Duchess Clementine d'Orleans ; the Duke
and Duchess de Brabant, the Count of Flanders, Prince
de Linange, and the eight following witnesses :
For Princess Charlotte—Prince de Ligne, President of
the Belgian Senate; M. Delehaye, President of the Cham-
ber of Representatives ; M. Dadecker, Minister of the In-
terior ; and M. Nathomb, Minister of Justice. For the
Archduke—Count d'Arckinto, Prince Clary, Baron de
Vreintz de Truenfield, and Count de Pery Z.chy. Immedi-
ately after the civil marriage, the Court proceeded to the
Chapel, where the religious part of the ceremony was
performed. The spectacle that here presented itself was
magnificent, and the chapel was crowded to excess with
royal and distinguished personages. Brussels is very gay
with a series of fetes in commemoration of the marriage.
ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALBERT AT BRUSSELS. —His Royal
Highness Prince Albert landed at Antwerp at a very early
hour on Monday morning, and was received by the Duke
de Brabant, and the Count of Flanders, and their suite, all
of whom had left Lacken before six o'clock. His Royal
Highness reached Brussels at nine o'clock. He was
received by the groups at the station with loud cries of
" Vive le Prince Albert !"

INQUEST.—An inquest will be held to-day en the body
of a man named John Callaghan, who lived at 10 Court,
Grenville-street, and whose death was the result of injuries
sustained by the falling of a scaffold in a tan-yard at
Dingle-lane, Kirkdale, on the 15th inst. After the accident
he was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died
yesterday morning.
LIST 01' PASSENGERS PER COLUMBIA,—Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Yreis, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Emerson, servant and
child, Mrs. Dick, W. Wagner, Capt. E. Hoyt, A.
M‘Conochi?, C. M. M Kuban, Messrs. J. W. Smyth. J.
H. Kerr, L. Rosenblat, J. Shaw, Mrs. Silvio, Messrs.
H. Brady, T. K. Cullen, J. Brander, P. Duan, W,
Melte?, C. Melley, S. M. Powell, W. Dillon, W.
Ch tfield, J. Melley, Rob:rts' Souther, W. Tate, G.
Sordlet, Chatfield, Major and Mrs. D. Grumbie, Mr. and
Mrs. Bethel.
FIRE.—At a late hour on Tuesday night, one of the
upper apartments of the Salutation Inn, Mersey-street,
was discovered to be on fire, which caused eorni lerable
alarm, but which hapeily was speedily subdued, through
the activity of the dom.sties and some shipmasters, wbo
fortunately happened to be lodgers and in the house at the
time, ere it had time to communicate with other portions
of the building: not, however, we regret to say, before all
the furniture in the room in which the fire originated had
become a prey to the flames. The alarm was given first
to the inmates by two inland revenue officers, who
happened to be passing along the street, retiring from
duty, at the time. A few minutes longer, and the
entire building would have been one mass of devouring
flame. How the fire originated if not known.

SUICIDE OF A Pumicasr.--About eight o'clock on the
evening of Tuesday, a woman named Catherine Jackson,
who kept a public-house at the corner of Walter-street,
Great Howard-street, committed suicide by jumping into
the river from the pier-head of the Bramley-Moore dock.
She Was seen by two men the moment she was about to
c momit the desperate act, and though promptly picked
up by Jvhn Gardiner, master of the steam-tug Despatch,
when brought to shore life was found to have fled. She
was 54 years of a ge, and has left a numerous family. A
short time since she bought out from the army one of her
sons, and it is thought that it was his subsequent irregu-
larities which drove her to the commission of this dreadful
deed. An inquest will be held on the body this day
(Thursday).
THE SOUTH CAROLINA.—This favourite ship, belonging
to Mr. Edmund Thompson's Mersey Line, sailed on
Tuesday for Melbourne, having on board a very large
cargo consisting of nearly 2200 tons of general merchan-
dise, besides a full compliment of chief cabin and 'tween
deck passengers, in all 220 souls. She will take steam to
Tuskar, and being in excellent trim, no doubt will make
a good passage. The magnificent clipper ship David G.
Fleming is his succeeding packet, on the 25th August.
She is 1450 tons resister, 3000 tons burthen ; was built
by Messrs. Wright of St. John's, the builders of the cele-
brated ships Morning Light, White Star, &c., and is a
remarkably fast ship, having on her passage round from
Antwerp to this port ran from the Land's End to Liver-
pool in 24 hours. Her accomodation for second cabin
passengers being in the poop and deck house are quite
ueexceptionable, and will no doubt command the pre-
ference of passengers.
LIST OF PASYNGERS PER S.S. ANGLO-SARnN FROM
QUEBEC AND MONTREAL.--Miss Bradshaw, Miss Ben-
jamin and daughter, Miss Knershaw, Miss Payne, Miss
Atchison, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Stuart and lady, Hon. J. A.
McDonald, Mr. Rose, Hon. H. Black, Mr. H. Torrance
and lady, Lieut. J. B. Taylor, lady, and two infants,
Messrs. Mack and lady, Angers and lady, Maddison and
son, Parkyn, lady, and two children, H. Benjamin and
son, F. McNab, W. McNab, Ball and lady, Colonel
Renwick, lady, nurse, and child. Messrs. Glover, Boswick,
Morgan, Prince, A. Chisholm, Lewis, McPherson, Howe,
Lyon, Lambert, Bryce Allan, and Master Allan, Ham-
mond, Benjamin, Benjamin, Belly, R. Burton, Jas. Dangles,
Powell, Bryson, James Gunn, Steple and lady, J. B.
Forych, Ilayard, Beanleare and lady, A. Thompson,
Leech, la ly, and two nephews, Mrs. McPherson, Miss
McPherson, Mr. Moodie, Mrs, Alexander, Miss Aiexander,
Mrs. Ferguson, Miss Gemmell, Messrs. J. Scott, Hanenx,

Ottney, W. W. Turnbull, Rev. Mr. Vincent, Rev. Mr
Mahoney, Messrs. C. F. Smith, Coulson, Rev. Mr. Millar
Messrs. Davis, Gemmell, G. N. Grisel, R. Bowker, L. D
Bowker.
THE Thew &ream Tun REsoeurz.—We have already
(in Tues,lay's paper) given a description of this fine new
s earner, and her successful trip from the Clyde to this port.
Yesterday, at three o'clock, she started from the north-end
of the Princes pier, on a short excursion on the River.
There were about forty gentlemen on board, including
some of the finest shippers of the port, together with
several shareholders of the company, and others interested
in the shipping of Liverpool. She was in beautiful trim
and looked admirably, although deeply laden, having taken
in a very large quantity of coal for her present voyage, on
which she starts this morning. She will take the'magni-
ficent ship, James Baines, round to Portsmouth, where she
will embark troops with all despatch for India, and then
proceed with her to sea, but how far is not at present
known. Yesterday, the Resolute went down the river,
and called at the James Baines and Champion of the
Seas, both lying opposite the new fort and ready for sea,
both on the same busjness—the conveyance of troops to
the East. Having visited both ships, she again went up
the river to the Sloyne. and sailed round the Hastings
man-of-war; and, as she rounded that fine ship, she
saluted the Resolute, dipping her flag in the most
graceful manner—a compliment not often granted. The
Resolute returned the salute, and had the well known
Black Ball flying at her mast head. Her speed was great,
Lied she was much admired by all on board • and the boats
in the river paid her every respect—in fact slenppeared to
be the observed of all observers, and every one breathed
a benezon on her. She goes out this morning under the
best auspices, and the indefatigable manager, Mr. J din
Taylor, accompanies her as far as Plymouth. In our
report of her trial trip, the name of the chief officer should
have been printed Brewster. bon voyage.
THE RESTORATION OF THE ARCTIC SHIP RESOLUTE.—
The circumstances attending the restoration of the A'ctic
ship Resolute by the people of the United States to her
Majesty the Quen, as representing the British nation,
are still fresh in the minds of the people of this country.
In all probability they will never be allowed to fade from
the national memory, but will be preserved as a gratef al
recollection of one of the most pleasing incidents in the
intercourse of ;he two nations. We believe it is the inten-
tion of her most gracious Majesty to give to the American
people a substantial proof of her deep sense of this token
of friendship towards hert elf and nation, and that with that
view she has purchased Mr. Simpson's picture, coca-
mementive of the event, for presentation to the American
Government. The picture i 3 now on view at Philadelphia-
chambers, Haskins-hey, and Messrs. Paul and Dominic
Colneghi and Co., 13 and 14, Pall-mall East, London,
will shortly publish an engraving of it. Her Majesty
graciously granted every facility towards the painting of
the picture, and it includes portraits of her Majesty,
H.R.H. Prince Albert, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Athol),
the Honourable Emily Cathcart, Captain the Honourable
D. De Ros, Major-General Bouverie, Colonel the Honour-
able C. B. Phipps, Sir James Clark, Dr. Backer, F, Gibbs,
E=q., Admiral Sir George Seymour, Captain Hartstene,
U.S. Navy, J. Re Croskey, Esq., U.S. Consul, Chevalier
Pappalardo, U.S. Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, T. Harling,
Esq., U.S. Vice-Consul at Cowes, Lieutenants C. H. Wells,
E. E. Stone, and Davidson, Dr. Macoon, Dr, Otis, of the
IT S. Navy, C. Grinnell, Esq., of New York, and Captain
Higgins, of the U.S. mail steam-ship Hermann. The
picture represents the scene on board the deck of the
Resolute, at that precise moment when Captain Hartstene
is presenting her, in the name of America, to the Queen.
Every detail in the painting is an exact representation of
the Resolate, and the various portraits have all been
taken from life. Such a picture, representing so unique
and interesting an episode in the history of the two
nations, must prove acceptable to the people of both,
countries.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

FURTHER FROM INDIA.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

GREAT BATTLE.

BRILLIANT VICTORY.

In addition to the intelligence published in
yesterday's paper, we have since received the

subjoined, coming from another source, and
containing important additional particulars, espe-
cially with regard to the proceedings on the Canton
River.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 23.

The India mails leave to-day, with dates from
Hong Kong, June 10 ; Calcutta, 21 ; Madras, 28 ;
Ceylon and Bombay, July 1.
There had been brilliant and successful opera-
tions on the Canton River. On May 27, thirteen
junks, and on the 28th, twenty-seven heavily-armed
junks, were captured. On June 8, 2,000 of our
naval force engaged and captured a fort, and took
or destroyed 127 junk 3, mounting over 900 guns
ancl 0,000 men. We lost three officers and eight
men, and had fifty-six men wounded, some

mortally.
Mohoraiah Gorlab, King of Cashmere, is dead

On the 28Th of June, the fall of Delhi was
reported at Madras.
CALCUTTA.--Markets very dull. Very little
business done. Interest raised 2 per cent.
Frieghts in demand for China. Exchange, 2s.
21,d to 2s 27,-d.
MADRAS. --Markets continue brisk. Money mar-
ket tighter. Freights lower. Exchange, 2s
2 3-16 d.

BOMBAY.—In imports no business done. Ex-
ports have risen in price. Money market tighter,
with an increased interest of 1 per cent. Freights
firmer. Exchange, 2s 2J-,d to 2s 21d.
SINGAPORE.—A good business done in imports at
maintained prices. Produce in good demand, but
supplies are scanty. Exchange, is 10d to ss.

SHANGHAI.—A limited business done both in im-
ports and exports. Freights unaltered. Exchange,
7s 3d to 7s sd.

HONG KONG.—Opium, new Patna 492 to 495
dols ; Malwa, 510 to 515 do's. In cotton nothin g
doing. Exchange, 4s lid to 5s 21d. Export of tea
from Ist July, 1856, to 10th June, 61,468,400 lbs.,
and 72,569 bales of silk.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY.

The Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
started by steamer, to-day, on a tour of inspection
of the different steamers now in harbour—the
Leopard, Cyclops, Susquehanna, and Niagara. On
board the Cyclops Lieutenant Dayman laid before
the directors the various charts and soundings
taken by them, which confirmed those of Captain
Berryman in a most satisfactory manner. The
Mayor and a deputation from Cork invited them to
a dinner, which they were unable to accept, but
hope to do so after completing their arrangements.
The machinery on board the Niagara was set in
motion, and worked perfectly. The Agamemnon
•had not yet arrived.

EXECUTION OF CIIARLES FINCH, AT
CHELMSFORD.

By British and Irish. Magnetic Telegraph.

This convict suffered the last penalty of the law yester-
day morning, upon the scaffold erected on the Essex
County Gaol, at Springfield, a short distance from
Chelmsford. The culprit, it will be remembered, was
convicted before the Lord Chief Baron, at Chelmsford, on
the 15th instant, fur the murder of llarriet Freeborn, in
the parish of Rivenhall, on the 24th of May. The culprit
made no secret of his crime, but since his condemnation
he has frequently expressed his deep regret, and has listened
attentively to the endeavours of the rev. chaplain (Mr.
Hamilton) to administer religious consolation. On Tues-
day the unhappy man had a farawell interview with his
friends, which was of a most painful character. Yester-
day morning, shortly after nine o'clock, the various
officials of the gaol, with Calcraft, the hangman, entered
the condemned cell, and at half-past nine the procession
moved to the scaffold. In five minutes afterwards the
execution was over. Death seemed to take place in three
minutes after the bolt was withdrawn. The execution
caused very little excitement, less than a thousand persons
being pment. The body after hanging the usual time was
cut down ; . but by that time the crowd had nearly
dispersed. The deceased is stated to have died very
penitent.

We see by a notice in our advertisin g columns that the
Bishop of Kentucky is announced to speak at a meeting to
be held in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, this
evening, in connexion with St. Matthias' Schools and
Working Men's Association.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT—YESTKRDAY.—Before
Mr. Wmmissioner Steveason.—ln re George Ward.—The
bankrupt carried on the business of a publican and window
blind manufacturer in Liverpool. His Honour gave judg-
ment on the certificate this day. He granted a certificate
of the second class, with four months' suspensi)n, but with
protection.

my thirty-six BRAJIMINICAL PROPHECY CONCCRNING BRITISH RULE IN
INDIA,—The following extract from an interesting letter
(Published in the British Banner newspaper, July 16),
addressed to the rev. secretary of the London Missionary
Society, from the Rev. A. F. Lecroix, one of the society's
( l' ri
11 eg ve !Il
missionaries in India, is worth inserting in Notes and
Queries: The letter is dated Cilcutta, June 3, 1857
We :
ilei thr?ugh a most critical period, such as
seenhl
I be
thatit should happen just a century after the
be been witnessed
r esidence in
before.
It,
t havei
I lndia,
strange
ranevere niipassing
which
taking of Thngal by the Baitish under Lord Clive; the
battle of Phssy, which decided the fate of the country,
having been fought oa the 23rd June, 1757. There has
been for many years, a BrahaninLal prediction current
among the natives, and which I have often heard referred
to, namely, that the British rule in India would last just
one hundred years ; and I t.hould not be surprised that
his pariclo prophecy may have had some influence in in-
ducing the SepoTs to revolt at the present time." I have
seen, L think, all the Indian news which have appeared
1?..f.e1v in the Times and other papers, but do not remem-
ber having previously met with any reference to such 14
prophecy.—MaßCATOß, A.B.—Notes and Queries,

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.

The American mail-steamer Columbia, Captain
terry, arrived in the Mersey yesterday, from New
York, with 41 passengers and 100,000 dollars in

specie.
By her we have dates from New York to the 18th
hast , being three days later than those previously
to hand.
The New York Thrall announces the receipt of
most important news from Kansas The Presi-
dent had received a telegraphic despatch Iron
'Governor Walker, stating tat a serious insurrec-
tion had broken out at St. Lawrence, and that he
had summoned the United States' troops to sup-
press it. The cause of the outbreak was not
positively known, but it was supposed to have
originated in an attempt to collect the taxes
imposed by the territorial laws, which the Free
State settlers resolved not to pay.
The Coroner's jury in the case of the steamer
Montreal, which was destroyed by fire in the St.
Lawrence river recently, and by which disaster two
hundred and forty-nine persons perished, have
reneered a verdict of manslaughter against the
owner, pilot, captain, and mate of the vessel.
They are to be put on trial without delay.
An important decision has just been rendered
-in the United States District Court at Chicago,
affecting the legal rights of negroes, and bearing
Upon the late opinion of the Supreme Court in the
Dre.l Scott case. The facts, in brief, are that a
coloured man named Mitchell sued a white man
named Lamer. The latter entered the plea
that a negro was not a citizen of the United States,
and could not, therefore, bring a suit in the United
Sta:•es court. The question was argued before
Judges McLean and Drummond. The court, after
a week's deliberation, decided that the plea was
not a valid one, but that Mitchell had a right to
bring the suit.
The trial of Captain Conway, of the ship Swit-
zerland, who is charged wtth violating a young
woman named Jane Haggard, a steerage passenger,
While on the voyage from Liverpool to New York,
in. April last, was commenced on the 17th instant,
before United States Commissioner Bridgham
We give elswhere a full report of Miss Hageard's
testimony, detailing the incidents of the alleged
outrage, together with a couple of letters written
by her to the captain, who, it appears from the
evidence, promised to marry her upon arriving at
New Yotk. It appears, also, that a cabin passen-
ger named Peachy, was a witness of the promise
of the captain ; and it is one of the singular cir-
cumstances of the case, that Peachy took sick and
died at sea very suuddenly.
The new Constitution of lowa, which the people
are to ratify or reject in August, permanently fixes
the seat of Government at Des Moines. Under
this Constitution, if adopted, the State will not be
allowed to contract a debt greater than $250,000.
And no city or town can do the same thing to a
greater extent than 5 per cent. of its valuation.
The Legislature can pass a general banking law,
and also establish a State bank with branches, but
such a law or laws must be approved by a popular
vote A State Board of Education is provided
for, and the three Judges of the Supreme Court
are to be elected biennially, for six years. There
is a question outside of this, which excites much
interest, and that is, whether, in the qualifications
for citizenship, the word " white" shall remain.
The democrats in the Convention succeeded in
malting this a separate issue, and in prescribing
that, a majority of all the votes cast must be given
affirmatively, in order to adopt it.
W., have received our files of Mexican papers to
the 28,h of June from the city of Mexico. The
Echo Nacional, of the 27th, has the folowing in
relation to the trials of the assassins of the Spanish
subjects at San Vicente :—`` The trials relative to
the bloody affair of San Vicente are concluded, and
among the culprits apprehended were four whose
guilt had been fully proved, and who would soon
suffer the highest penalty." In regard to the
English claims the Vera Cruz Progreso says :
"It is currently stated that all the demands
pressed by the British Leg,ation against
Mexico have found a pacific solution. To this
arrangement is attributed the fact that the last
British steamer that arrived at Sacrificios saluted
thecity, and the departure of one of the frigates
Which preceded that event. It is said the other
-naval forces will soon depart. A party of the
insurgent's in the south had surprised a natural son
of General Bravo, and taken him to Chilappa to be
their leader. He is said to resemble this popular
• •General very closely, and this caused him to be
very much respected among the native population
of that region. The vomite had prevailed to some
extent at Vera Cruz, but had not assumed an epi-
demic form No sickness at all existed among the
shipping. The steamer Texas arrived from New
Orleans on the 4th, being her first trip under the
new contract made by the Post Office Department
With Garrison, Morgan & Co. Hereafter it is ex-
pected this route will not be subjected to the dis-
graceful irregularities which have heretofore so
'much interfered with correspondence. But two
war vessels were at Vera Cruz —a Spanish
steamer, some time in port, and an English brig.
Much activity prevailed in making preparations for
a warm reception of the long talked of " Spanish
fleet." Extensive earthworks, ala Sebastopol, are
being thrown up on each side of the town, and the
forts and castle of San Juan are being placed in a
thorough state of defence. Considerable bodies
of troops have left Mexico for the coast, hut will
probably proceed no further than the declivity of
the table land, until the near approach of the
Valiant Spaniards shall render their presence ne-
cessary at Vera Cruz In the interior as well as at
Vera Cruz, all parties are invited to resist the bold
pretensions of Spain, and the result promises to
-show that there is one question which can arouse
a thorough national feeling. The elections for
Presidential electors and for state officers have
mostly taken place, and sufficient was known to ren-
der certain the election of Gen. Comonfort. Don
Miguel Lendo de Tejada, the distinguished author
of the church property law, and late Minister of
Treasury, has addressed a spirited and patriotic
appeal to his friends, in which, while irrevocably
• withdrawing his own name as a candidate for the
Presidency, he urges all to rally to the continued
support of an administration which has consis-
tently and perseveringly shown its adherence to
the plan of Ayntla, and which has yet a great work
• -to do in completing and establishing those reforms
'which any change of men or division among the
liberal party would only tend to retard. The stand
he has taken has had a powerful influence in re-
'storing a feeling of unity among the liberalists.
Doti Diego Alvarez has been elected Go-
vernor of the State Guerrero. Senor
Ramon, late Governor of the State of
Vera Cruz, has been re-elected. Generally the
results of the elections had been to place men of
thoroughly liberal views in office. The entire re-
public is at this moment, for a wonder, in a state
of tranquility—free from outbreak or revolution of
any kind. Mejia, a noted revolutionary partisan,
and who has been constantly opposed to the pre-
sent government, has just been taken prisoner by
Gen. Rosas Linda, and his forces completely dis-
banded. Gen. Alvarez has also succeeded in dis-
persing the revolted Indians at Chilapa, and that
affair may be considered ES terminated. In every
direction- good fortune still seems to attend the
• star of Comonfort ; though so long-continued and
invariable success argues something more
than good fortune, it proves great ability
and sagacious management. Railroad en-
terprises are attracting great attention. The
• road to Guadalupe has been finished, and its
opening celebration was to take place on the 4th
'af July—a day, by the way, becoming quite popu-
lar with the Mexicans, ,judging from its frequent
selection for public celebrations. The engineer of
this road, Robert S. Gorsuch, Esq., is an American,
and has the honour of.completing the first railroad
in Mexico.. The Tacubaya road is being
pushed forward rapidly by its energetic projector,
George L. Hammeken, Esq., and will probably be
opened for operation in August. Attention is
being turned to a new route for the Vera Cruz
Railroad, viz.: to effect a connection with the City

of Mexico by a branch leading from near the
middle of the Vera Cruz and Acapulco road
and thus save the building of about one
half of either road, as well as by this road reaching
the City of Mexico by a lower grade than is possible
by any other line. From the latter city to Mara-
moris—the point where this connection would be
effec'ed—recent surveys show a route possessing
wonderful natural facilities, and permitting the
building of the road at a comparatively very low
rate. Don Manual Escardon, the richest banker
in Mexico, has recenrly taken a large interest in one
of the railroads now building, and it is expected
will embark very heavily in the Vera Cruz road.
Generally, a disposition to' embark in the great
industrial enterprises and improvements of the age
seems to be manifestly taking the place of that
feverish desire for political change which has so
long proved a curse to Mexico, and has been the
great bar to her progress.