The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-30 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,

SUN, LONDON,

AMERICAN NEWS.

. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
By the Royal Mail steamship Niagara, Stone,
commander, we have advices from New York to the
17th, and Boston to the 18th inst. She has 150,000/.
dollars in specie on freight.
The Niagara passed the steamship Asia, hence for
New York, at 3.30 A.M. On the 22d.
The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Lang, com-
mander, which sailed from this port on the 7th,
arrived at Boston on the 18th inst. ; and the United
States' Mail steamship Franklin, Wootton, comman-
der, which sailed from Cowes on the 4th, arrived at
New York on the 16th inst.
The steamships Illinois and Northern Light had
arrived at New York with advices from San Fran-
cisco to the 16th ult. The former vessel had 1,918,437
dolls. in golddust, and the latter upwards of 150,000
dolls. on freight and in the hands of passengers.
The West India Mail steamship Dee was at San
Juan. Her Majesty's ship Calypso was off the port
of San Juan on the fkth ult., on a cruise. Her officers
and crew were all well. Sun Juan was healthy, and
the interior perfectly quiet. The market was dull
and well supplied with goods.
From the Society Islands we have accounts to the
26th of May. The long disputed question regarding
the sovereignty of those islands had at length been
settled by the recognition of the elder son of Queen
Pomare as King of Raiatea, her second son as King
of Huallina, and her daughter as Queen of Bolobolo.
A. matrimonial alliance was in contemplation between
the latter and Prince Kamebameha, of the Sandwich
Islands.

In the Senate of the 14th the proceedings were
unusually interesting, Senator Se ward having deli-
vered a somewhat novel, and, at the same time, im-
portant speech, in defence of the administration of the
fishery question. It was novel from the fact that it
was seemingly an attempt to smooth over the party
difficulty between himself and the President; and im-
portant from the fact that he had previously been in
consultation with Mr. Webster and Mr. Crampton,
and doubtless spoke under a full knowledge of all the
circumstances of the case. He showed that England,
so far from having increased her force in the vicinity,
of the North American provinces, had actually re-
duced it by 33 guns during the last twelve months.
Speaking cf the condition of the English power in
Canada and the British provinces, the Hon. Gentle-
man said—
" They have never, since the war of 1812, had so
small a military force in those provinces as now. The
Imperal Government has maintained heretofore some
show of naval defence upon our lakes; but within the
last six months it has broken up the whole naval force
there, and now none whatever exists. While thus show-
ing the supposed motives to peace on the part of Great
Britain, I confess that peace is no less the interest and
the instinct of our own country. The United States might
aggrandize themselves by war, but they are sure to be
aggrandized by peace. I thank God that the peace of
the world is largely subject to the control of these two
great Powers, and that while they have common dispo-
sitions towards harmony, neither has need of war to
establish its character for firmness or for courage. Each
has had enough of
" ' The camp, the host, the fight, the conqueror's career.' "
The news from California is interesting. One of
the largest pieces of gold ever brought to San Fran-
cisco had been found at Viacita, Calaveras County.
Its weight is upwards of 201 b., and it was valued at
5,400 dolls. It was found 60 feet below the surface.
The mines generally continued to yield well. The
waters throughout the country were rapidly falling,
Long canals were in progress of construction for con-
veying water to spots known to be auriferous, but uue
productive from the want of it. Multitudes of Chinese
continued to arrive at San Francisco, upwards of 4,000
having arrived within the fortnight ending the 16th,
They made their way at once to the mines, the hos-
tility of the miners towards them having, in a great
measure, abated. The 4th of July was celebrated in
San Francisco with great spirit by a long procession,
&c. Conspicuous in the procession was a long line of
Chinese, richly dressed, and bearing a huge national
banner of crimson silk, on which was emblazoned in
golden embroidery the royal dragon. They are said
to have expended 12,000 dolls. in getting up their
portion of the procession. The news of the nomina-
tion of Pierce and King had reached San Francisco,
and had created much surprise ; the democratic
party, however, were highly pleased with the nomina-
tions, and fired 150 guns from the plaza in honour of
the occasion. The parties who had left San Francisco
for Queen Charlotte's Island in search of gold have
returned without success. They were convinced,
however, that gold abounded on the island, as large
quantities were seen in the hands of the Indians. The
Hudson's Bay Company were working a vein on the
island with some success. In San Francisco the utmost
order and quiet prevailed; in the interior, however,
crime continued to:prevail, and numbers of execu-
tions by the people had taken place. The crops
throughout the whole of California were producing
au astonishing yield. A detachment of United
States' troops, who were in pursuit of some Indians
concerned in the murder of a party of miners on the
head waters of the Merced, succeeded in surprising
them, killing five, and taking twelve prisoners ; they
also destroyed their rancheria and provisions. Another
party of United States' troops had also come in con-
tact with the Indians on Cow Creek, for having
stolen 19 mules, and 15 of the Indians were
slain. Murders and robberies by the Indians
were of every-day occurrence in the vicinity of
Canon Creek ; 57 murders, and robberies to the
amount of 20,000 dolls., having been committed
within a very short time. A duel had taken place
between Mr. J. Nugent, the editor of the San Fran..
cisco Herald, and Mr. J. Cotter, alderman of the
city, which the former had received a compound
fracture
thigh, and it was feared amputation
would become necessary. Great excitement pre-
vailed at Mariposa, in consequence of a party of
foreigners, principally Mexicans, who had been
ac übrye
of the
settled for some time at a place called Mariposita,
and had found good diggings, having been ex-
pelled by a body of Americans, who denied the right
rmeetirriec,ans hay-
to the number of 300 or 400, and headed by a
few Frenchmen, resolved upon defending their
dose
possession of the Ameri-
leaving
their claims and property in
collected, an
theyo tpeproufd2en°°t toA
cans. Shortly after they had retired a meeting was
ie wed ct
held by the Americans, at which it was resolved to
expel all foreigners from the district; and the resolu-
tion was immediately carried into effect. One of the
expelled, a Mexican, who had been working a claim
for five months, and had erected machinery at a cost
of 1,300 dolls., had 'to abandon all to save his life.
Many of the gulches in Mariposa were abandoned for
want of water. An English company had purchased
the Mount Ophir vein, and were about to erect new
and extensive machinery upon it. The miners at
Carson's Creek, Angels, and San Andreas, were
averaging 12 dolls. per day. New and valuable dig-
gings had been discovered at Soldiers' Gulch, Cala-
veras County ; and exceedingly rich cayotte diggings
on the Middle Fork of the Yuba; shafts had been sunk
to the depth of 30 feet, and as much as 115 dolls. had
been taken out of a single panfull of the dirt. The
Bay State Company, at the Marmaduke-hill diggings,
were cutting a tunnel of 500 feet in length through
the solid quartz rock. There bad been great morta-
lity on board the steam-ships S. S. Lewis and Inde-
pendence, on their passages to San Francisco, 14
persons having died in the former, and 12 in the
latter vessel. Their deaths were attributed to their
having been tainted during a three weeks' stay at
San Juan del Sud, and in consequence of' being left
without shelter of any kind during the rainy season.
Of the passengers by the Northern Light, from New
York, 34 had died-20 from exposure at San Juan
del Sud, and 14 on the passage thence to San Fran-
cisco. It was reported in San Francisco that a fire
had broken out in George Town, El Dorado County,
and that the principal part of the town had been con-
sumed. The city of Sonora was fast recovering from
the ravages of the late fire. A French, a Spanish,
and a German newspaper, bad been established in San
Francisco. There was no change in the quotations
for money or exchange, the ruling rates having been
established previous to the departure of the last
steamers. Stocks were quite animated. There was
an increased demand for dry goods, particularly for
heavy domestics and choice goods.
From Ecuador we have accounts to the 28th ult.,
being 22 days later. Flores bad been completely
defeated in consequence of the steamer Chili having
gone over to the enemy with a very considerable part
of his force. Having been thus betrayed, General
Flores was compelled to cut his way through the
enemy with the remnant of his force, and, with great
difficulty, reached Tombez, in the territory of Peru.
The account of his defeat is thus recorded in the
New York papers :
" At 11 o'clock on July the 17th the fleet hoisted
anchors and set sail for Santa Rosa. It arrived at the
mouth of the river at about one o'clock, and anchored
there. On the morning of the 18th, at three 0 clock,
when all were asleep except the sentries who belonged
to Colonel Castleo'a regiment of Lancers, the call to arms
was sounded. They all immediately jumped up and
armed. Upon mustering on the poop, the cause of
alarm could not be discovered, but in about half an
hour a sergeant of Colonel Caetleo's Chilians came on
deck with 50 men, and asked, Who bad dared to
arm themselves?' Captain Owen replied, The Ame-
ricans had, in obedienc,, to the call,' as they were
always ready for duty,
The sergeant then said that
the Chilians wanted to avoid any quarrel with the
Americana or English, but they were determined
to got free of the expedition, into which they had
been entrapped by false representations; that they had
bad no pay for five months,and now determined
to pay themselves by taking were
the steamer and going
back to Chili, and that any now on board might ac-
company them if they wished. They bad at this timo
secured all the officers, except Captain Owen, in the ca-
bin, and disarmed thirty-eight sailors in the forecastle,
and the bow-gun was turned aft, pointing at the Ame-
rican troops. Captain Owen saw that there was no use

in fifteen raea contending with them, more particularly
as he suspected the sailors to be in league with them,
and all co nmunication with General Wright and Ge-
neral Canier was cut Off. They kept gu:rd upon the
captain's cabin, and, forcing the engineer to get up
steam, they got away at daybreak, the other ships not
haeirg come up. Captain Owen stated his convictions
openly to Lieutenant Robbelo and Sergeant Bravo, who
had the command of the revolting party, stating that he
knew they were not going to Chili but to Guayaquil; and,
as they had not interfered with them, they demanded
their arms, liberty, and the schooner Mosquito, which
was then in tow, and they would take care of them-
selves. They acknowledged the truth of this, and they
said they would give the boat to them. Then Captain
Owes pleaded for the officers in the cabin, saying 'it
would be brutal to take them to Guayaquil to be mo-
de:ad.' This they said they would think about. When
about five miles out at sea the steamer was stopped,
the small boat astern was brought round to the
gateway, and all the officers in the cabin ordered up
end passed in one by one, the entire force of the armed
Chilians standing in line, with their pieces cocked, as
each officer appeared. Colonel Castle°, their old com-
mander, was the last to leave, and they said if he at-
tempted to remain they would shoot him on the spot.
The boat was then let go, and there were in it the of-
ficers, particularly Generals Wright and Crrier, without
clothing, a scrap of paper, or any comfort, but glad to
escape with life. Captain Owen,
during this scene, was
doubtful for the fate of himself and his men, as he did
not know if they intended to murder him, or take them
to Urliva. The officers again assured him they would
allow them to go to Paite, and give them provisions and
their arms. In about an hour the Mosquito was ordered
to the gangway, and they were putaboard. They steered , 1
for Yalta, where they arrived on the night of the 14th.
Ntxt day the port captain boarded the vessel, and, not
finding any paper., ordered all to remain on board, after
gime up their arms, until he sent word to the Governor
at a distance of fourteen leagues. They were
placed on
board a small brig called the Janienti, for better se-
curity. There was no news from the Governor on
the 26th, but the prisoners received an assurance that
they would be allowed to land on the following day.
The Flores' stereship Leon was seen off the harbour
at night, and anchored at four o'clock in the morn-
ing. She was boarded also by the port captain, and
80 stand of muskets taken from her, as she did not
communication,at ten o'clock at night,
made free to take a boat
wee permitted be-
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guard the ship, and boarded the Leon, unseen by any of
the Frenchmen on shore. Here they were surprised to
leant that from confusion, and laxity of discipline among
the troops with the fleet, no one would order, nor would
any one volunteer, a message to be carried to Flores,
and that the news had not reached him yet. They could,
however, learn that on the 19th the fleet had arrived at
Tombez, and that Flores feared the two steamers would
return from Guayaquil with the mutineers and fresh
troops and attack him. He, however, hoped that the
American and French men-of-war at Guayaquil would
not allow the stolen steamer to return, but take posses-
idol) of her for the owner. An order had been given for
the Flores fleet to return to Santa Rosa, and take off the
General and his forces thence on their returning to it.
The 27th brought no news from the Governor; but the
brig Admaranka Blanco came to anchor on the morning
of the 28th, and Capt. Owen boarded her and told the
officers bow the other vessels bad been treated, upon
which Captain Hose swore he would not give up a pin's
point to them. General Wright did not say much,
and Rosa warned him that if he agreed with the autho-
rities and ordered him to give up his arms, he would
not obey him or any man, except Flores. -Upon the
n Germans,o f
350 d e
of the enemy, which landed from the rebel steamer at
de-
mand being made he refused, and upon this all his
soldiers and most of his crew left him; however, he said
he would stay on board as long as he had two 18-
pounders, six 24-pound carronades, two 12-pounders,
and a model brig of war. Hosts left Flores at Tombez
on the 24th. He bad heard of the loss of his vessels
and the defalcation of the Chilians, and endeavoured to
conceal it from the remaining troops. They had heard
ou
it, however, and upon the General's ordering
a march
a n into,dt Peruvians.et hc accompanied omp
interior,
an ied
Thlhy2esy about
wereell i
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attacked cke refused
Americans,
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force
Ranchela, for it appears that the steamers, with one
brig and one brigantine, were ordered to return and
destroy his fleet. Under these circumstances, Flores
had to cross the Santa Rosa river, the banks of which
were lined with Urbina's men, who kept up a
heavy fire. 'The Americans were flanking the troops,
and, on arriving at the river, Flores ordered the
Germans to advance, lent they all faltered except
their captain. The Peruvians and remaining Chilians
also refused to enter the water, and, on his order-
ing the cannon to the front, the men disobeyd him.
Flores then ran himself, took hold of the cannon, and,
assisted by a few officers, brought it to the bank of the
river. He then fired it himself. and with effect, as the
enemy scattered a little. The General then took off his
cap, and placed it upon his sword point, shouting—. All i
who wish to follow me, come on(' He then ran into the
water, closely followed by the Americans. Generals 1
Valentin and the German captain were each shot in the
leg in fording the river. This battle took place on the
22d, and the contending armies fought to the line of
Peru—Flores refusing to enter the territory of the
Peruvians. The recusant troops came up in the rear,
Dud, tan the fire was heavy, they crossed into Peru. Time
General asked if twenty true men would stay by him,
whereupon Captain Tracey and twenty-five of the
American company volunteered, and remained by him on
the Ecuador side of the line. Some of the troops in their
flight had reached Tombez, and the authorities came out
to meet Flores, and advised him to cross the line, pile
his arms, and then he might enter the town. Flores
was forced to consent, and on reaching the hacienda
he gave up 140 stand of arms, the rest having been lost
by the killed, wounded, and deserting soldiery. Flores
had thus marched on foot 60 leagues in three days. On
the 29th of July Rosa was allowed to land at Faits, for
provisions and water. On the 30th Captain Owen had
dispatches from Flores, stating that he intended to re-
main at the hacienda for a few days, but he gave no in-
timation of his future plans or intentions. Upon that
evening, Major Bell and Captain Owen left by the
steamer for Panama, after many hardships and hair-
breadth escapes."
Private letters from Paita, under date the 31St of
July, state that when intelligence reached that city
containing the information that vessels had left the
United States for the Lobos Islands to collect guano,
the prefect of the department of Del Norte, resi-
ding in Piurn, ordered the garrison at the islands
to be reinforced, and opposition made to all attempts
to take guano without the consent of Peru.
Advices from Costa Rica to the 17th ult. announce
that Mr. Walsh, American diplomatic agent, and
Mr. Wyke, British Consul-General in Central Ame-
rica, had left San Joseph for Nicaragua, having
completed their mission in Costa Rica. The mis-
sion was to procure the assent of to the
Costa Rica
treaty recently made at Washington between Messrs'
Webster and Crampton, and has, probably, Proved
successful.
From Panama we have advices to the Ist instant.
The cholera was fast disappearing from the Isthmus.
The existence of extensive and rich gold mines on the
Isthmus has been placed beyond doubt, large quanti-
ties
ties have been sent from Choco to Panama and j'a-
rope. On the Rio Andagada, a branch of the Atrato,
about two days' journey from Quibdo, rich mines are
said to have been discovered.
From Valparaiso we have advices to the alt'
The u •
The silver mines continued generally in
a satisfactory
condition. A new and very rich vein has been
dis-
covered near Huasco copper mines. The steamero
Quito arrived at Valparaiso on the 13th, with 20v,uss_
dollars in specie on freight. There was an increase
ue,
in business for home consumption at Valparaiso,, hnet.
for export there has been little or nothing "
Stocks were still heavy, but there was every reason
to ,Iquarters,
anticipate an improved demand from a.. was
as moderate supplies only were exected. There
a good demand for Liverpool coal; the consumption
was large,d +' the
and there was but little stock on bah
cargo per Black Prince had been sold at '2 -5 - dolls.
17,000
Gold was selling at li per cent above ley.
marks of silverat an average
per Quito, had been sold
a par with
of 10 dolls. Hl' s• • per mark, being almost 00
don 46 to
exchange on London. Exchange on L°ll .
461, 60 days. Freights to London er 001,
and
ljtvl2sP 6d.
with guano from the Chincha Islands,
21.
nel, and
per ton ; and calling for orders in the Chl°
dischar • sing at a safe port, 31. per ton.
state that
Advises ult.
from Jamaica to the 28th d h hit
, t oug
the smallpox still
remained on the
iliallTbe weather
did not appear to increase in virulence•
some places
Was generally unsatisfactory, and in
A fields. La-
drought was beginning to affect the can'. t
and rent
boor was month, growing scarcer every to emigrate
despondency was felt. The disposition
to Australia still remained, though it no longer spreads
with the rapidity it commenced with.
interesting. A
Our • miscellaneous accounts arE)
ta e 15th
hurricane had passed over part or
.. Abeeso..- 0
illbuildings
ult., the
heaviest ever experience • The crops of
were blown down and others unroofed.
both cotton and 'corn in Mississippi promising are a
had very abundant yield. The cotton-worm
fa of South Carolina.
com-
menced its ravages in some parts of
'd
Mrs. General Taylor, relict of the late President, ent, died
report had
at East Pascagoula. on the 14th inst. A
the clipper sbip
reached New York of the loss of
Staffordshire, late one ' of the packet ships between
Liverpool and Boston, near Talcahuano. The ac-
count was, however discredited. She was bound
from Boston for San 'Francisco, and had upwards of
160 passengers on board. Intelligence had reached
the War Department at Washington whichhis command
Company,
strength-
ened the belief that Captain MtircY and
are safe. The Magnetic Telegraph own-
ing the line extending from Washington to New
York, during the year ending on the Ist of last
July, transmitted over their wires 253,857 messages,
the tolls received on which amounted to 103,232
dollars 37 cents. The shock of an earthquake bad
been felt at Miramichi. A vessel bad sailed from St.
John'q" New Brunswick, for Australia, with up-
wardspassengers The
of 100 on board. Board of
Health reported seventeen cases of cholera at
.t hours
Ro-
chester and ten deaths during the fourty-eigu
ending the 16th instant.
The transactions at the New York Stock Exchange
were to a fair extent, without any material alteration
in prices. The Money-market was without altera-
tion. Foreign exchange was firm, with but moderate
sales. Bills on London, 1101 to 1101; Paris, 5,121

to 5.15. Amsterdam, 401 to 411; Hamburgb, 361
to 36i ; Frankfort, -401 to 41 ; and Bremen, 79 to
The sales of cotton for the two days amount
to 4,000 bales, at very firm prices. There was an
active demand for fresh ground flour, and late rates
were readily obtained. Good sound wheat for ship-
ment was extremely scarce, and high prices could be
obtained for good parcels. The market was over-
stocked with unsound wheat, which could not be dis-
posed of without submitting to a reduction in price.
Indian corn not much inquired for. 100 tons Scotch
pig-iron had changed hands at 21 dolls. Provisions
dull, and unaltered. Freights to London—Tobacco,
225. 6d. to 255. per hhd. ; flour, Is. 6cl. per barrel ;
turpentine, 2s. per 2801 b.; measurement goods, 20s.
to 303. per ton.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrivals Our—Thu Keder, from
Boston,
at Provi-
dence ; Lucy L. Hale, Crum Liverpool, at-Baltimore ;
T f
rimountaiu end William Jervis, Liverpool, at
Boston; Forest State, from Liverpool, at
LA Philadelphia;idveept,Eiiaz
Fides, from Liverpool, at Charleston ;
Walker, Eliza Ann, and Euxine, from
Quebec ; Underwriter, Continent, Philadel Ptloolti; n-
at
quaky, Andrew Foster, Metoka, America, Adriatic,
bells Stewart, Henry Grinnell, and Winfield Scott, from.3-
Liverpool, at New York; Charlotte, Jessie Amelia,
at Halifax; the Bart-
lett,Car and Nereid, from Liverpool,
rickfergus, from Liverpool, and Priscilla, from Val a--
Praiso, at Panama ; her Majesty's schooner Cockatrice,
from San Blabx, at Valparaiso, with 400,000 dollars for
England ; the Robert Finnie, from Caldera, at Valpa-
raiso, and sailed for Swansea, 4th ult.; the Anus, from
Newcastle, at Valparaiso, and sailed for Tungoy; the
Bombay cleared at San Francisco, for Batavia, 30th
June; the Tepic, for Mazatlan, 7th ult.; and the.Guay-
mat and British Merchant, the 9th, for Valparaiso ;
the Eliza Morrison, Sarah Hooper, Viceroy Corn-
wall, and Augusta, from China, and the Salem, from
San Juan, at San Francisco; the Countess of Sefton,
William Fisher, and Eleanor Dixon, from Liverpool, the
Norma, from Mazatlan, the Rosendale, from Coquimbo,
and the Circassion and Emperor, from San Francisco, at
Valparaiso; the Salads, sailed from Valparaiso for
Iquique on the 29th of June; the Flora, for Honduras,
on the 4th ult
; the Harbinger, or Caldera, on the 4th ;
the Buenos AYTCO.I3, for Caldera,f on the 6th; the Black
Price:, for Panama, the 6th, the Mandarin, for Callao,
on the 10th; the Moultan, for Talcahuano, the Irene, for
Iqaique, the Countess of Durham, for Colcura, the 10th,
and the Douro, for Liverpool, 4th ult.
BOSTON, An*. 18.
Stella, of and for St. John's, New Brunswick,
The
from Savannah, sprung a leak on the 30th ult., and
waa abandoned on the 6th instant,rr inived at Philade Iplonghia.
. 70;
crew saved by the A. S. a

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT ON THE
NORTH KEIVT RAILWAY.
On Saturday a casualty of an alarming character oc-
curred on the North Kent line, between ravesend and
persons are aware that some years
Rochester.
ago a project Manyewdaws
acarried into effect for uniting the
y by a canal leading from Rochester
tlo.hGamraeaseasieled:landin order to accomplish this object it
necessary to cut a tunnel, two miles and a
was found through the immense chalk hills ex-
quarter in h.
tending from Frindsbury to Iligham. Between Stroud
and Ilightuni at about cne mile and a half from the Strood
'atiou a shaft of great depth was sunk from. above, and
" that barges proceeding in onedirec-
tionat this spot it was
side in order to allow
cal in
in
drew on one
an opposite course topass, the bargemen ca ling this the
" lay-by." Since the subterranean passage has been con-
verted into a line -
i;,,. of railway this portion of the canal has
been filled in, but the shaft still remains open,
and supplies gleam'
of light to persona passing
through the tunnel.
It is at this point that the oc-
currence to be described took place. On Saturday
about noon masses
of heavy clouds were ob-
served collecting over thev environs of Rochester and
y storm. Shortly, some large
Strood, portending a hea
dr,,ps of rain fell, followed soon afterwards by a heavy
shower; but towards theou per part of Strood the rain
fell in torrents, and at the same time a heavy cloud was
adjacent hills, so low as a-
observed hanging over the
ap-
parently to reach the gro.undb,joyand so dense was its
ond was completely hid
peaeance that every object _
id to nave been a water-
from view. This cloud
spout, fell upon the spot w'hlere the shaft above-named is
situated, and formed a torrent, which
and sweeping with it
which carried with it
chalk, some stubble from the field
everything that came within reach. The force of the
masses, which broke the
stream carried with it
heavy
wires of the electric telegraph% and led to the apprehen-
sion that some serious accident bad occurred. The mid-
day train from London, having about four hundred pas-
sengers, sengers, hat proceeded as fa
when the tickets having beenr collected the Higham station,
it proceeded on
its course towards Strood. On nearing the lay-by, at
a distance of about three-quarters of a mile from the
Higham station, the engine-driver became alarmed
et hearing a rush of water down the shaft,
which he could only compare to the torrent of a
mill-stream. Providentially he had time to stop the
engine, for had the train continued its course the result
it is fearful to contemplate, the flood having swept down
not only a very considerable quantity of chalk, but a
large portion of the brickwork of the tunnel also, thus
entirely blocking up both lines. The alarm of the pas-
sengers may be imagined when they observed the rash of
water—the electric telegraph wires torn down, together
with the continued falling of the chalk, and still un-
abated flood which was passing them. No time was lost
in reversing the engine, and having by this means re-
gained the Higham station, the train was shunted on to
the up line, and so returned to Gravesend, where convey-
ances were placed at the disposal of the passengers to
convoy them to Rochester. When the train became over-
due at Strood, the station master, Mr. Small, finding the
telegraph communication stopped, of course apprehended
that some casualty had happened, and at once dispatched
one of the servants with a signal-lamp, to ascertain,
if possible, what had occurred, and he soon returned
and expressed an opinion that the train was in the
tunnel. Plate-layers are at all times in the tunnel,
and a party of them, on hearing the rush of water,
attempted to cross the lay-by, and thus make their
way to Higham; but the torrent was such that they
found that to be impossible, and were driven to the al-
ternative of pushing for the Strood terminus, which they
fortunately reached in safety. Two platelayers at the
High= end of the tunnel narrowly escaped with their
lives. Whilst engaged in cutting a dyke to effect a di-
vergence of the current, one of them observed some
loose chalk giving way from the cliff above them, and had
but just time to communicate the danger to his compa-
nion when an immense mass fell on the very spot where
but a moment before they were both at work. The in-
spector of the line having arrived attempted to make his
way through the tunnel,in order to ascertain the extent of
the mischief, but in this he failed, the water still flow-
ing throughout the entire length of the tunnel
eke a small rivulet. Telegraphic communication
between Strood and London having thus been cut off,
messenger was dispatched to Gravesend, where
the circumstances connected with the casualty
were forwarded to head-quarters, and a large body
of labourers being mustered, accompanied by the super-
intendent of the line, together with the deputy locomo-
tive superintendent, proceeded by special train to the
Isy-by, and, between five and six o'clock, commenced
clearing away the obstruction. The engineer of the line
also came down with a view to inspect the works, when
it was at onee decided that the running of trains between
Strood and Higham should be discontinued, and the
business of the Strood station has accordingly been, for
the present, transferred to Higham. The labourers con-
tinued their work throughout the whole of the night on
Saturday, and no time will be lost in order that the line
may be opened again as speedily as possible. The one
o'clock up-train from Strood must have had a very
narrow escape. and could not have reached Gravesend
when the casualty occurred. In the neighbourhood of
Llighana the fields were flooded to a considerable extent,
and a doubt has been expressed to an eye-witness
whether any man could have maintained his atandiug
during the fall of water had he been exposed to it.

THE THREE POACHERS of WORKINGTON.
Odious in themselves, the Game-laws are rendered
doubly so by any harsh administration; and ono would
suppose that magistrates would be especially cautious in
applying those laws to very young people. On these
grounds we can hardly believe a story which has been
sent to us by a correspondent; not because it comes to
us without the tokens of an honest narrative, but be-
cause the fact stated seems to be nearly impossible.
One evening, but while it was still daylight, during
the late warm weather, Joseph Nichol, Richard Sander-
son, and Richard Hetherington, were seen in a mill-race
near Carlisle, dabbling in the water, turning the stones,
and endeavouring to catch fish; boyishly trespassing.
On the following day they were summoned before the
Workington magistrates, and charged with breaking the
Game-laws. They told no lie, but admitted the facts
alleged, and pleaded "guilty." Our correspoadent says,
" they were too honest to tell a lie, as they would have
been to steal a farthing." Those formidable statutes,
the Game-laws, were not explained to the lads, with a re-
primand, and a remand home; but the culprits were
sentenced to one months' imprisonment in the county
goal.
Now what are the ages of these dreadful offenders?
Hetherington is thirteen years old, Sanderson twelve,
and Nichol eleven! " These same magistrates," says
our correspondent, " are parents—talk of the veins of
Sunday schools and ragged schools, and have abundance
of opportunities of witnessing the progress of juvenile
offenders when they have once entered the great semi-
nary of vice." By what right then did they consign
these young boys to ruin?
It would not have been so if the lads had been young
gentlemen :* they would thenhave been " pulled through."
The game-laws are odious; not so much because they
are logically inconsistent with the principles of law, but
because, from the nature of things they must always
operate as class laws, oppressing the poor. Plebeian',
writes our correspondent, with a just expression of thet
general feeling, " must be taught that fishes that Wife
wildly in God's water—the fleet hare that skims the
moors—and the wild bird that owns no domain
;secure
air—are for aristocratic palates only.
these to themselves, and the land,
to
the
aen family
of the commons, is it not mercy to
the
hemtbe air for
that they can devise no statute to bottle
even When °enclosure
ep feeling
their exclusive use?" Such
is
the
general
them enforced
against the laws; but when fathers
ssee breach men pro-
against their young sons—when eya
tected by the Game-laws revenging
e of their
ised dangerous, even
privileg© by consigning mere chiiidergen to the school
a life's ruin, are not the feelings ra-
to
more of this case.—The
Th.society, as it is ruled by such magistrates!
We shall no doubt hear
Leader.

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The Hon. C. A. Murray, the British Consul-
General in Egypt, has, we understand, resigned that post,
and LI on the eye of leaving Qua country for America,