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THE LATE FATAL COLLISION WITH
THE VIVID MAIL STEAMER.

DOVER.—During Friday and Saturday last the bo-
rough coroner, Mr. G. Thompson, was occupied at the
Town-hall, inquiring into the circumstances of the
sion between the Vivid mail (Dover and Calais) steamer,
and the Henry, of Yarmouth, which resulted in the
foundering of the latter vessel, and the loss of Captain
High, the master, and two of his crew. The proceed-
ings excited more than ordinary interest, frpm the cir-
cumstance of its being alleged that the unfortunate
event arose from neglect and an indifferent look out on
the part of the steamer.. On the other hand it is averred
that the catastrophe resulted from the nun-observance
of the Admiralty regulations, which require all vessels
at anchor to exhibit a bright light, a 'precaution more
necessary when moored in the roadstead, where mail-
packets are so often crossing the Channel. It may be
remembered that on the evening of the 11th inst. the
Henry brought up cff the mouth of this harbour, some
three-quarters of a mile off, when she was run into by
the Vivid, Captain Watson, which was on her way
from Dover to Calais, with the mails and about eighty
passengers. At the moment the greatest alarm pre-
vailed amongst those on board, as, from the fearful cha-
racter of the shock it was apprehended that the steamer
was sinking. Mr. Churchward, with Mr. Stillwell, ap-
peared for the Royal Mail Continental Steam-Packtist
Company ; Mr. Payne (the mayor) said he attended to
watch the proceedings on the part of the owners of the
Henry ; and Mr. Irons represented the Marine Depart-
ment of the Board of Trade.

Robert Hastings and William Rudrum, two of the
Henry's crew, deposed that about il o'clock on the night
in question there was a lantern with a light in it banging
on the starboard- side of the span of the foreboom. A
large fire was burning as well in the galley. About half-
past eleven a steam-boat approached. front Dover, 04
when about 50 fathoms off she was bailed, but directly
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afterwards she ran into the'Henry, atrikin :the starboard
how with her larboard paddle-boa. -,,- aster, who
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had just came on deck, triecl to;,get4he t outykitiw
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Henry sank heforeit was launehe4.- . --
Mr. Daniel Nazer, hatter, of Dover, a passenger on
board the Vivid, deposed there were two men on the
bow of the vessel on the look out it being a dark night,
and that Captain Watson was on the bridge when the
steamer quitted the harbour. Hehad not seen the Henry
before the collision, nor any lights on hoard of her.
Alfred Lancy Baker, marine mail-officer in the service
of the Postmaster-General, was on board the Vivid at
the time of the collision. He saw no light on board the
Henry.

Captain Watson, who was an attentive officer, was on
the bridge at the time of the accident. There was a good
look-out kept on board the steamer.
Mr. W. J. Greenland gave similar testimony.
Robert Reynolds, boom-house (harbour) officer, said,
on the 11th iust. I went on duty on the South Pierhead
at 9 o'clock. Saw six or eight lights in the roads.
Shortly after I came on duty observed another one put
up by a vessel lying opposite the harbour, rather to the
southward. It was a bright light. Last saw it at half-
past 11, as the Vivid was leaving the harbour, when it
disappeared. The other lights were to the eastward.
She was lying in the usual place, but in the fairway of
the harbour.

By the Coroner.—Observed what seemed to be a fire
light on board the vessel ; at times it flared. I lost sight
of it with the other light. The sunken wreck off the
harbour lies in the direction I saw the light.
Mr. Churchward informed the coroner that Captain
Watson and others of the crew of the Vivid who were on
deck were in attendance, and ready to give evidence.
Re would add, that Captain Watson bore a high charac-
ter in his profession, and was considered a very able and
vigilant officer. lie would also inform the coroner that
several gentlemen, of high respectability, who were pas-
sengers on board, had made a statement in writing as to
the circumstances of the collision, but at present the
company were unable to call them, as they were away
on the continent.

The Coroner here proposed to adjourn the inquiry, in
order to procure the attendance of witnesses whom, he
was informed, could speak to some material facts.
Mr. Churchward said the company were anxious to
afford the fullest information. The Board of Marine De-
partment of the Trade had directed an inquiry, and per-
haps it would be advisable to examine Mr. Irons as to
some facts which had been elicited at that investigation.
The proceedings were accordingly adjourned.

CAPTURE OF BRIGANDS AT SHY.RNA.

far an Armoni ' ho is to said to have been ' •
`,lnlter, and to-bold his share of the 500/. p ' r. t" ,IVSPAP
"Craith's ransom. I tell you all this as a specimen of ~-• .. 1.„.
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to of 2ocial affairs in this part of Turkey. /
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LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. •
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-ne Asia, Captain Lott, has arrived with advicer ha a 4
from New York to the 14th inst., and $825,179 on. *1
!•,t
freight.
The America had arrived out at Boston.
The steam-ship Empire City had arrived at New Al
York with $904,480 worth of Californian golddust. ,-:,
The John L. Stephens had sailed from San Fran- ....
cisco with upward of $1,000,000 in specie on
freight.
Intelligence has been received of the loss of the
ship Erimmesia on a reef west of New Caledonia.
She had on board 650 coolies from China, and it
crew of 50 men, all of whom perishdd except seven, '
who were saved in a boat.
Five men had been drowned in Niagara Falls.
They were rowing a boat, when one of the oars
snapped, leaving them helpless. The boat was
carried down the stream into the whirlpool and
broken to pieces.
Respecting the affairs of Mexico the New York
Herald says :
"General Wheat, a passenger by Saturday's steamer
from the Isthmus, reports that the insurgents in Mexico
were carrying everything before them. We have hoard
as much from other sources ; but the General, who has
filled a station of responsibility in the revolutionary
party, bears a testimony of new and convincing weight.
According to his accounts, the reports we have received
of the successes of the insurgents in the north have ra-
ther been less than the truth than beyond it ; the whole
of the northern States have fallen into their hands, and
in all the country north of the mountains Santa Anna
has not a single adherent. From the north they have
spread to the west, and overrun Zacatecas and Guanax-
uato as well as Jalicco and Michoacan. The roads
through these States are so completely under their con-
trol that the news of the capture of Monterey by the
rebels of the north was brought straight through to
Acapulco by a courier in the ordinary course of post.
The only places which still hold out for Santa Anna ars
the capital and a few towns in the eastern and southern
States."

AMERICA.

The advices from the city of Mexico are to the
sth of August. It was rumoured that the Con-
clude, for Vera Cruz, which left this city on the
18th of July, with $1,500,000, had been seized by
the partizana of Alvarez. Forty of the Government
troops were killed, and of the remainder 300 had
joined the revolutionists. It was also reported that
the revolutionists were within four miles of Vera
Cruz, and that Guaxnauato was in their hands.
Another account states that General Blanco had
been in pursuit of the rebels, and had returned in
triumph to the capital. It is also stated that
Blanco had gone to meet Comonfort, the revolu-
tionist ; but a further account represents that
Comonfort was routed by General Masgues near
Tarnazeula. Michoacan was represented as being
quiet. A band of revolutionists is said to have
been attacked and routed near Morilla. Severe

damage had been occasioned at Tampico by a
" norther." In the city of Mexico numerous ar-
rests were made daily. A conspiracy had been
discovered, in which some priests were concerned.
The town of Saltello had been captured by Colonel
Vidauri, after an engagement of two days. The
Government force was 2,000 strong, with five
pieces of artillery ; of the force, two-thirds
were killed. The revolutionists lost 38—killed,
wounded and prisoners. At the last accounts the
victors were in pursuit of the retreating force:
General Woll had reinforced Matamoras by troops
from Tampico. He had demolished the suburbs.
Accounts from Porto Rico, received in Havannah
reported the deaths of 15,000 (?) persons.
Advices from Havannah to the Bth mention that
all Creoles who had become citizens of the United
States had received a notice to quit the island.
At New York exchange on Europe had a down-
ward tendency, brought about by the foreign de-
mand for breadstuffs and cotton, and a more libe-
ral supply of bills from New Orleans, Mobile, Sa-
vannah, and Charleston. The quotation on Lon-
don was 100 to 1091. 60 days' sight ; Paris, 60
512' to 5114. In the stock market there was a
marked change, with a tendency to greater specu-
lation for deliveries at 30 to GO days. Cotton was
firm at previous rates, but the transactions had
been only to a moderate extent. Holders declined
selling at current rates. The demand for flour
was moderate, without any material change in
price. Freights to Liverpool for cotton were
quoted at 5.32 to 3.16 ; flour per barrel ls.
(LATEST VIA HALIFAX.)
BOSTON, Avo. 15.—The screw steamer Lebanon,
from Liverpool, arrived at New York this morn-
ing at 7 o'clock.

SMYRNA, August 16.—Last Sunday morning an un.
usual sight was presented at the entrance gate of the
large building here, which serves as police office, prison,
and Paella's house. A man's head was suspended about
seven feet from the ground, and it soon appeared that it
was the head of Simon, the chief of the gang of brigands
who lately carried off Dr. M'Craith to the mountains,
burnt the French model farm, robbed the mails, and
murdered unoffending country people. The constant
iefluence exerted upon the Paella by Col. Storks, our
military commandant (who by the way, is about to re-
place Lord William Paulet at Scutari), and by the
French Consul—our own consul being far too old and
feeble to he active, either for good cr evil—has had the
good effect of keeping up a tolerably active system of
rural police. The direct pursuit under Hamid Bey
proved a complete failure, so that it was determined to
scatter the forces, to offer rewards for the robbers either
alive or dead, and to imprison all persons suspected of
harbouring or sheltering them, or supplying them with
food or ammunition. Accordingly rural police stations
are established about the various roads and passes, some
200 picked men being employed on this duty. A reward
of 1001. was offered for Simon or his head, and 201. for
any of his baud. Nearly 100 people known to have had
communications with the robbers were brought in from
different villages. Some were imprisoned, others fines'.,
and about 15 sent to the Bagnio at Constantinople.
Tnese measures at once made it difficult for the band to
procure food and shelter, and had the good effect of con-
vincing the poor country people that they would be pro-
tected from the menaces of the robbers. Among those
arrested on suspicion were seven members of former
gangs, under Yanni Katergi, who after his imprison-
ment had retired from the profession. The information
derived from them proved of great use to the police.
One of Simon's band, named Kiriako, was taken with
him, and from his sta;emente it appears that Simon was
fully informed of all the Proceedings against him, and
that he had accordingly determined to leave the country
for a time with this Kiriako, and go to Greece, or some
of the islands, to organise a band of at least 80 members,
which he calculated would be quite large enough to
defy the police. The two brigands first intended to
embark at Smyrna. They accordingly went to the
vineyard of an accomplice, about four miles from the
town, where Simon procured a Europeon dress and a
donkey, and, accompanied by the son of the farmer,
came into town. He first went in search of a gardener
named Thodori, who has for some time past kept out
of the way of the police. Not finding him, he found a
brother of Thodori's and hieo wn brother, to whom he gs.ve
about 1001. in money, his arms, &c. Then finding it
would be unsafe to attempt to get away by sea, deter-
mined to rejoin Kiriako, and make towards the en-
trance
of the hay by land, arranging with his brother
to meet him at a certain rendezvous.
Having returned to the vineyard he changed his
European costume for his mountain dress, and the
two brigands made for the mountains on the north side
of the bay, armed with a small knife only. On Satur-
day morning they were on their way from the high
lands to the coast, near a farm called Ali•Aga, when
two guards hired to defend the farm saw and stopped
them. They said they wereanasons going to the farm,
and, of being asked for the tesktre or passport, said
they had none. They were accordingly taken to the
nearest station of rural police, following the two guards
without resistance, where they were recognised. They
were tied with cords preparatory to bringing them into THE TRANSPORT COTTINGHAIL—The following is an
Smyrna. Simon submitted to this with apparent will- extract of a private letter received in town from a gel,"
ingness, but on the road he suddenly threw himself on tleman, a native of Cork, belonging to her Majesty :
one of the guards, and attempted to seize his arms. ship Belleisle. It is dated August the Bth :—" I.,w_t_
Another guard, who was following, immediately shot ordered from the Belleisle to go on board the CO7 legl
him. He was not killed, and begged his captors not to ham transport, to assist Dr. Wallace, in cbarg2r
take him living to Smyrna, but to take iu his head. sick and invalided. We left Faro Sennd on Tuesday
• We
This they did.
Saturday
it blew
Kiriako was brought in, and underwent a long exa- got in there on Friday evening ; on Stl
evening at 7 o'clock, having been three days coaling.
ruination before the Pacha and Colonel Storks. He is too hard for any vessel to come alongside,e about half-past 1
a bold, determined villain—son of a mason named Va- day the people would not work.
struck. I happened
pill, in a neighbouring village, a very honest man, o'clock on Wednesday morning we
i turned in on the
and on Sun-
who has long been sadly affected by the conduct of to be dressed at the time,hall
e stuck. I`o describe the
his son, and gives assistance to the police. It is not cushions, and was woke by
the
; cabin is amusing—all the
long since that Kiriake, in revenge, set fire to his fa- scene that took place in night shirts out of their
ther's house. When Dr. M'Craith was • brought to the passengers rushing in
deckt eve could see land quite close
with a lighthouse a little further
havet occurred,a
bit
o if
fog,
police office to identify him, he made no denial, and the cabins. On going.cen
Doctor gave evidence that he was the man who killed on our starboard sad e.
and perfectly calm. In fact, I cannot ima-
an inoffensive old Turk in his pre ence.- A Smyrniat, to the right,
who was taken with Dr. M'Craith, was also brought up gine how such anacegidueintet cpolauilnd—iao
_ or we
to identify him. This miserable cowardly creature, pro- could see everythingh half mile distant. N
d about a a le of the least blame
and
bably afraid of being visited by the vengeance of others the lan
. way be attached to the
of the band, swore that he never saw the robber before can in
anyc;xtious man I never s captain (a more care-
in his life. " You lie, dog," said Kiriako ; " I was the ful and
imust have gone to sle a. 4). The fellow at the
first man that took yeti." He was placed for some days
wheel
in the morningfound ep• for, on going round the
vessel we One of the fans of the
in the black hole of the English hospital, where drunken
screw broken off, and •it could not be seen in any direc-
English soldiers are confined, as the Turkish prison was
n
d tion ; therefore it must have with a rock
not thought safe enough. He was then removed,? to
some
time before.
come in contact
many think and say that " an accident has happened
and missed it. He
u She struck on the reef and he never
him ;" in other words, that he was tied up in a sack awake. Th. certainly should have felt the shock if
drowned at night. Others say he is kept forana began- water is confinedt th being divided into compartmen s,
h. e
example, and will be hanged if the Sultan
very seldom only to one of them. She is quite anew s ip
duced to sign a death warrant, which he one year old, about 500 tons, and very quick • we
were goingstruck, which
will. about 11 miles an hour when we
heavy blow and great was on the - 4- Immediately
These extremity of Cothland.
These arrests must prove "a
discouragement "to brigandage Smyrna, but
d that Yamir Katergi
still remains to be done. It is said as smooth as glass, and not a breath of air, and it was
Constantinople,told as I you last
has escaped from very fortunate that this was the case ; I went on shore
Lave seen him at Boteejah
week, and some pretend to hay
den it, and " , with the first boat load, and w-e had scarcely moved on
some five miles from hence ; others
There is
that he is still at Constantinople.t i s that
• .at the truth. Certain
cond. band thoroughly wet. Another source of danger was the tre-
ofarriving
certain Luca, have
robbers, under a .
is appeared this mendous rocks, which came nearly to the surface of the
Bondjali, but it expected they week about that will water, and on which we used occasienallyto bump ; but,
d
be obliged to give up for want of food. - Letters were thank God, we got all the sick safely on shore, an we
found on Simon from another bandit chief to the south- are engaged now in erecting tents for dem. I expect
ward, offering to join his forces ; and it is clear that the we shall stay here three or four days, until a steamer
system is widely. extended over Asia Minor. There are comes, either to take us to Yarmouth, where we were
accomplices in this town, who act as bankers, and allow going, or back to Faro Sound, to the hospital which is
interest for the money. The Olt are on the look-out erected there."

NEW YORK, AUG. 16.—The European news, per
America, at Halifax, was published here this fore-
noon.
Exchange on London has advanced 1 to U.
Corn and wheat tare dearer. Cotton is dull ;
sales of the last three days, 3,000 bales ; the
money-market to-day is easy ; fancy stocks lively;
NEW ORLEANS, AEG. 15.—The Lebanon's ad-
vices have been received. Cotton is unchanged ;
sales to-day 500 bales.