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London, England, 1870-10-22 00:00:00

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BALMORAL, OCT. 19.

The Queen and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Ely, paid a visit this morning to Dr. and Mrs.
TaylOr, at the manse, and afterwards inspected the parish
school at Crathie.

In the afternoon, her Majesty, attended by the Mar-
ch ioness of Ely, drove to Tillypronie, and honoured Sir
John and Lady Clark with a visit.

The Hon. Lady Biddulph had the honour of dining
with her Majesty.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by
Viscountess Walden.
Prince and !Princess Christian visited the Prince and
Princess of Wales, and remained to luncheon.

THE DEATH OF MICHAEL BALFE.

" Men of the Time" supplies the following particulars

—Michael William Balfe, musical composer, a native of
Dublin, was born in 1808. When very young he dis-
played great talent for music, and received instruction at
Wexford, from the bandmaster of a regiment stationed
there, afterwards having lessons from the well-known
composer, C. E. Horn, and also from his father. His pro-
gress during a short course of study as a violin player
was rapid. In 1824 he appeared in the opera of " Frei-
schutz, ' at the Norwich Theatre, and proceeded to Italy,
where he first came before the public as a composer.
Going to Paris in 1827, he met with great success under
the name of Balfi, as a bass singer, in company with
Malibran and Sontag. Having again visited Italy, where
he produced a series of operas for Milan, Paris, and Lon-
don, he became in 1845 director of the Italian Opera in
London. His earliest operas are " The Siege of Rochelle,"
the " Maid of Artois " (in which Malibran obtained such
celebrity), " Catherine Grey," "Joan of Arc," "Diadeste,"
" Falstaff," " Kiolanthe." " Le Puits d'Amour," " Quatre
Fils d'Aymon," all of which met with various degrees of
success. In 1839 Mr. Balfe became the lessee of the
English Opera House, but the speculation proved a failure.
The " Bohemian Girl " and the " Daughter of St. Mark "
were brought out at Drury Lane. The latter was per-
formed one hundred consecutive nights, and a piece of
plate was presented to the composer in commemoration
of its hundredth performance. Mr. Balfe's other pro-
ductions are " Enchantress," " L'Etoile de Seville," "The
Bondman," " The Maid of Honour," " The Sicilian
Bride," " The Rose of Castile," " Satanella," "Bianca,"
"The Puritan's Daughter," " The Armourer of Nantes,"
and " Blanche de Nevers." Besides assisting at most of
the leading concerts, he was appointed conductor of
music to Her Majesty's Theatre, and again visited
America. His second daughter, Victoria Balfe, born in
1837, after a most successful debut in the London season
of 1857, sang with great success in that and the two
following years in England, in Italy, and at St. Peters
burg. This lady was married to Sir John Crampton,
March 31, 1860. A divorce was obtained in 1863, and
soon after she was married to the Duke de Frias, grandee
of Spain.

An edition of "King Arthur," by Lord Lytton, is
announced for publication at half-a-guinea, on November
Ist.

Archbishop Manning and the Right Rev. Dr. Morris
officiated on Thursday at the opening of a new Catholic
church, which has just been erected by public subscription
at Erith.

The Marchioness of Caux, Adelina Patti, has
left Brussels for St. Petersburg, whither Madame Sass
has also gone.
Mr. Jefferson Davis contradicts the report that he
is engaged writing a novel.
MR. MORTON.—One of the most respectable and
impartial newspapers in the United States informs us that
Mr. Morton, the Senator for Indiana, who has been, or
had been selected to succeed Mr. Motley in the American
mission to this country, is totally unfitted for the post
which he ii intended to fill ; and that a worse selection
could not have been made. Meantime, the . journals of
Mr. Morton's own party state that Mr. Morton comes
prepared to press the Alabama claims on the
British Government with the utmost vigour, and that
he has directions to treat a certain form of refusal
as a cdsus Lea But from still later intelligence we
learn that the Democrats have carried the State of
Indiana ; and that Mr. Morton, who must vacate his seat
in the Senate if he comes to England, hesitates to accept
an appointment which will have the effect of giving an
additional vote to his political adversaries. From all of this
a number of conclusions highly flattering to this country
seem to follow inevitably. A thoroughly incompetent
person has been chosen to represent the United States in
England, and his instructions are—first, to bully
us ; and, next, . in a very probable event, to
threaten us with war. But this incompetent
person entrusted with this formidable mission
regards this undertaking with such disdain that he doubts
whether it is worth his prosecuting at the cost of giving a
petty advantage to his political opponents. A war with
England appears to strike him as of inferior importance to
a casualty in a domestic skirmish with the Democrats.
Pall Mall Gazette,

THE PARDON OE THE AMERICAN FENIANS.—From
Washington the announcement is made that President
Grant has decided to pardon all the Fenians convicted in
the United States' courts of violations of the neutrality
laws by making the recent raids upon Canada, and now
imprisoned in New York and Vermont. General O'Neill
is to be pardoned among the rest, and the President takes
this course because he thinks they have been sufficiently
punished, and because they have promised to respect the
laws in future. There has been a great pressure brought
to bear by men of all parties to secure these pardons, and
the announcement of clemency is judiciously made in time
to bear upon the autumn elections.

A letter written by Mr. A. S. Herring, of London,
gives a very encouraging account of the condition
of emigrants from the mother country to Canada.
A journey undertaken for the purpose of ascertain-
ing their actual circumstances has satisfied him that
their present and future prospects are exceedingly
good. An industrious, sober, and persevering per-
son, Mr. Herring says, after seven years' work,
generally acquires a good position, and has money
in the savings' bank. He bears testimony to the
good results accruing from the system under which
married people receive free 200 acres of land and all
persons over 18 years of age 100 acres. In the
writer's opinion the Canadian Government is not
fully alive to the benefits of emigration, or they would
be more ready to promote it.
THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA.

His Excellency Edward James Roye, President of
Liberia, has been entertained at a complimentary
banquet in London. In the course of the formal
part of the proceedings Mr. T. Cave, M.P., remarked
that Liberia had made great progress in civilisation'
and although it could not be said to be a great
country, it had all the elements of greatness. With
regard to its commercial position it might
learn much from England. The hon. gen-
tleman at the conclusion of his remarks
presented his ExceLency with an illuminated address,
congratulating him upon the unity and happiness
which had accompanied the advance of the people of
Liberia in the paths of civil and religious liberty, and
expressing satisfaction at the determination of the
Government to suppress the trade in slaves through-
out its dominions. His Excellency, in acknowleding
the compliment paid him, sketched the rise and pro-
gress of Liberia. He had great confidence in her
future, but admitted that until the wealth of the
country was developed by the introduction of modern
improvements in matters of trade and commerce, and
the institution of a compulsory system of education,
she would remain comparatively weak and poor.

THE WRECK OF THE CAMBRIA.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY LIVES LOST.
We regret to state that the announcement of the
wreck of the steamer Cambria, of the Anchor line,
off the coast of Derry is too well founded; although
the Echo yesterday thought fit to publish a
statement to the effect that no confirmation of
the rumour had reached the London office of the Anchor
Line of Packets during the morning. The Liverpool cor-
respondent of the " Central Press," at a late hour in the
afternoon forwarded the following telegram :
LIVERPOOL, Friday.

Lloyd's London despatch as to the wreck of the
Cambria is confirmed by a telegram received here
by the agents of the Anchor Line from Londonderry,
which is to the effect that the steamer Cambria, which
left New York on Saturday week, was totally wrecked on
Iniehtrahull Island, near Londonderry, on Wednesday
night. Out of a total of 170 ,people on board, only one
man, Mr. Gartlan, of Omagh, Ireland, has been saved.
He is now at Londonderry.
Later in the evening the following full particulars of
the calamity were furnished also, through the instru-
mentality of the " Central Press "

DZRRY, Friday.

Intelligence reached Derry late on Thursday night that
the vessel Cambria, belonging to the Anchor line, wag
wrecked off the coast of Donegal at a place called
Inistrahul on Wednesday night. The information was
brought by the only surviving passenger, a man named
M'Gartland, whose story was discredited at first, but
which has since been fully confirmed. It le
simply this :—The vessel left New York on the 9th
inst. and everything went on well until Wed-
nesday night, when, between ten and eleven
o'clock the Cambria, which was under sail and steam,
and proceeding at a rapid pace, struck on Inistrahul, a
dangerous island guarded with lighthouses, about
ten miles from the coast of Donegal, and about
thirty-five miles from the city of Derry. The
vessel immediately commenced to fill, a tremendous hole
having been made in her bottom. The fires well;
speedily put out. Every attempt was made
then to save the passengers, who rushed on
the deck, and crowded the boats, four in number.
These had been launched in a very rapid and successful
manner. The surviving passenger, M'Gartland, got into
one of these, and they were quickly drifted from the wreck,
and M'Gartland cannot say what became ofthose from whom
he parted. The boat in which he secured a seat was almost
immediately capsized, and after regaining consciousness
he found himself grasping the gunwale of the boat, which
by this time had righted. He succeeded in getting
into the craft again, and he then diicovered
the body of a lady dressed in a black
silk dress under the seat. He tried whether any con-
sciousness still remained, but soon discovered that life had
fled. The lady had no doubt been drowned during
the time the boat was upset. M'Gartland spent
the night from between ten and eleven o'clock
in the open boat, tossed about by the waves, and he was
not rescued until half-past two yesterday morning, when
he was fortunately picked up by the Enterprise.
Captain Gillespie put about his vessel : and
sailed round the scene of the disaster fo
some time and his mate at great personal risk succeeded
in dragging the survivor from the boat. At the time the
casualty occurred the passengers and crew were con-
gratulating themselves on the speedy voyage,
fully expecting that in an hour or so they
would bo off Moville. As nearly as can be
estimated there were above 180 souls, including the
crew in the vessel at the time. Many of the passengers be-
long to Derry, and among them was Mr. Clark, a merchant.
The sufferings of M'Gartland, who belongs to the town of
Omagh, are almost incredible. It is not known whether
any of the other boats are safe, and efforts are being made
along the coast to discover them.

The following is a list of passengers as received from
the owners. The names of places refer to the destination
of the passengers :
Cabin : Mr. James Hague, Liverpool, Mrs.
Hague, Liverpool ; Mr. Joseph Clerk, London-
derry ; Colonel Hayden, Liverpool ; General Davis,
Glasgow ; Mr. George Whitton, Glasgow ; Mr. James
Purse, Glasgow ; Mrs. Purse and two children,
Glasgow ; Mr. Joseph Smith, Liverpool ; Miss Rebecca
Smith, Liverpool; Miss A. Steers, Liverpool ; Miss Elsie
Kattie, Liverpool; Mrs. George Hill, Liverpool; Mrs.
M'Nair and two children, Liverpool; Mr. George T.
Emery, London; Mrs. George T. Emery, London ; MiS9
Agnes Notman, Glasgow; Mrs. Peoples, Londonderry'; Mr.
L. Heusmann, Glasgow; Mr. A. L. Holland, Liverpool;
MissJessiGreenleaf, Glasgow; Miss E. H. Pusey, Liver-
pool; Mr. W. Bingham, jun., Glasgow ; Mrs. W. Bingham
and two children, Glasgow ; Mr. John Hobson, Mrs.
John Hobson, Liverpool ; Mrs. C. Hayden, Miss L.
Hayden, Liverpool ; Mr. Heinrich Zimmermann, Ant-
werp ; Mr. George Wildfang, Liverpool ; Mr. R. Rawson,
Liverpool ; Mrs. A. L. Pall, Liverpool; Miss Ellen Pall,
Liverpool.

Intermediate.—Mr. William Hill, Glasgow; Miss
Theresa Hill, Glasgow; Mr. Henry Waltman, London ;
Miss Harriet M'Creedy, Londonderry ; Miss Mary
Adams, Glasgow ; Miss Agnes Burr, Glasgow ; Mr.
James Baird, Glasgow ; Mr. S. D. Granay,
Liverpool ; Mrs. Granay, Liverpool; Mr. Matthew
Mowat, Glasgow; Mr. Robert Patton, Glasgow; Mr. L.
Gilmour, Glasgow ; Mrs. Asdale, Glasgow ; Mrs. Young,
Glasgow; Mr. James Kesch, Glasgow; Mrs. J. Rust-
rom, Glasgow.

Steerage.—Patrick Mund, Londonderry ; Susan
M`Cambridge, Londonderry; John Lynch, Glasgow;
Bridget Thornton, Glasgow ; Albert Hudson, Liverpool ;
Mary Gunn, Londonderry ; Margaret Boyle, Belfast ;
Arthur M'Coy, Belfast ; Annie E wart, Glasgow ; Mr.
Gregory Shiel, Londonderry ; Mrs. Shiel, Londonderry ;
Lizzie Shiel, Londonderry; Gesine Mayer, Glasgow ;
Robert Allen, Glasgow; Mrs. Allen, Glasgow; Anna
Allen, Glasgow; William Allen, Glasgow; Robert Allen,
Glasgow; Janet Allen, Glasgow; Isabella Allen, Glasgow;
Robert M'Laren, Glasgow ; H. M'Ginty, Glasgow;
Alexander Cuming, Glasgow; Herbert Coker, Liver-
pool; Felix Cassidy, Londonderry; Daniel M'Allister,
Londonderry ; Robert Elliott, Londonderry ; William
Elliott, Londonderry; Michael Filerty, Galway; John
M`Geralen, Londonderry ; Michael Tiffany, Glasgow ; C.
Pederson, Copenhagen ; Archibald Band, Glasgow ; Carl
A. Fahlbach, Gothenbutg ; Con O'Connor, Liverpool; Jor-
gen Gulliksen, Christiania ; Hans Hansen, Christiania; A.
Janson, Christiania; John Fleming, Londonderry; Catha-
rine M'Leighlin, Londonderry; John Gibben, London-
derry ; Elizabeth Callaghan, Londonderry; Anne O'Neill,
Londonderry ; Ellen Lemon, Londonderry; John Martin-
son, Londonderry; James Montgomery, Londonderry; Win.
Mills, Londonderry ; P. Doherty, Londonderry : Miss
Doherty, Londonderry ; James CrOssen, Londonderry;
Wancel Coblert, Rotterdam ; Hugh Lockhart, Glasgow;
Thomas Hansen, Christiansand ; J. G. Brutzchin,
Glasgow.

The principal members of the crew were J. Carnahan,
commander ; William Johnson, chief officer ; Joseph
Read, second officer ; Richard M. Williams, third officer ;
J. W. Flemington, M.D., surgeon; Alexander C. Brown,
purser; John Douglas, carpenter ; Thomas Birney,
Joiner* John Coughill, boatswain.

The Times, in the second edition of that journal, was
requested by Messrs. Allan, Brothers, and Co., of Liver-
pool, to mention that the Cambria steamer was not one
of their line. The Messrs. Allan are agents
for the " Allan " line of packets, and, no doubt, they
feared that the similarity between the titles " Anchor
Line " and " Allan Line " might create anxiety. Hence
their request to the Tin-es.

Messrs. Handyside and Henderson are the Glasgow
agents for the Anchor Line, and they are in the habit of
despatching vessels from Glasgow, via Lough Foyle and
Moville, to New York, twice a week. Sister ships of the
Cambria are the well-known vessels Alexandria, Assyria,
Caledonia, Australia, and Europa. Passengers by the
line, which is mostly used by Scotch and Irish emigrants
bound for Canada, are in the habit in all cases of booking
through from Glasgow and Derry to Canadian ports,
from Messrs. Handyside and Henderson's offices.

A telegram received by the Pall Mall Gazette, says :
As nearly as can be estimated there were 180 souls on
board. Many of the passengers belonged to Derry. Cap-
tain Carrigan was commander of the Cambria. There is
still a possibility of the safety of the other boats, though
nothing has been heard of them."

The Shipping Gazette has received the following tele-
gram from its correspondent at Londonderry :—" The
Enterprise (s.s.), Gillespie of this port, from Liverpool,
reports that about 2 p.m. on the 20th he passed a large
quantity of wreck, consisting chiefly of cabin fittings and
deck-houses, also two hatches ; and shortly after picked up
a boat with one man and the deady body of a female. The
man is named M`Gartland, and states that he was a
steerage passenger on board the screw-steamer Cambria,
one of the Anchor Line, from New York bound to Glas-
gow, calling at Moville, and between ten and eleven p-m.
on the 19th inst., she struck on a rock on the west coast
of Ireland, but he being a stranger to the coast could not
tell the name of the place.

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