The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-25
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ENGLAND.
Parliament had adjourned for the Whitsuntide
holidays
The number of visitors 10 the Exhibition
averaged near 10000 daily, the price Of tickets
being one shilling.
The Dublin and Galway railroad will be
opened on the LIST of August
The crops in England and Ireland promise
an abundant yield, but the season is rather back
ward
DINNER TO ARCHBISHOP HUGnEs.-=-On the
10th inst a public dinner, which was attended
by large number of gentlemen, was given at
Liverpool, by the Catholics, to Archbishop
Hughes, of New York. The FIRST toast was to
the Pope, and the second to the Queen. The
chairman read letter from Mr.. Crittenden, U.
y. consul at Liverpool, acknowledging an In
vitation to be resent The chairman, ~ giving
the toast to Archbishop Hughes, alluded In
glowing terms to the United States ana ms an
nouncement that the United States were freerr
and happier country than England, was received
with terrific applause. The archbishop made an
eloquent speech in reply, in which he alluded 10
his Irish birth, and the honors conferred on him
since his emigration to America. Among the
toasts was the following -" The United States
and their institutions, founded as they are upon
the true principles of religious freedom"
STEAM FROM GLASGOW TO New York Dr.
REcr.-The noble vessel now on the stocks in
Messrs. Tod g. McGregor's building, and nten-
ded to follow up the late successful experiment
of direct communication between the Clyde and
New York. is now fast approaching completion.
Three or four weeks more will, we are informed,
see her launched; and some time in the month
of August she will start on her first voyage
across the Atlantic, under the command Capt
NJ Stewart, recently fthe Cunard line of steam
ers At a meeting of the owners, on Thursday
last, the name Albion, previously agreed upon
was changed and the ship will now be christen-
cd the Glasgow Greenock ADDER
IRELAND.
Emigration is still going on at rapid rate
The brother and sister go out this spring; next
spring they send home passage money for the
rest of the family. Mr.. Lamb, who has just re-
turned from business journey, says that in
some districts of the south and west more than
half his payments were in American drafts on
Liverpool sent home by emgrants. Galway
shopkeeper had recently RENTED to house in
Manchester E230 of these bills of exchange
from FL to fl0 each. The crops ofevery kind
look remarkably well, and promise an abun-
dant harvest. Except in Donegal, the potato
crop is as extensive as ever. Flax is very little
sown in the south, but there is great breadth
of it in Cavau, Monaghan, and some other north.
ern districts.
PYRAMIDS IN ENGLAND SINGULAR ScHE ME
The Builder notices. among the curiosites OF
the Industrial Exhibition, "a model of the
Great Victoria Pyramid connected with q
projected national cemetery on Working Com
e. o;, fine
and when completed to be 100 feet higher than
the great pyramid of Egypt. section exhibits
"a stages of eatacombs on the base of Is acres
which multiplied by the several stages will
realize nearly 1000 acres, to be redeemed from
the coud-land over head.
LIVERPOOL IN 1841 AND IN 185l.-The popu-
lation of Liverpool, as shown by the census OF
ls4I, was as follows: Liverpool Parish, l89
242; Everton, Kirkdale, Toxteth- park and West
Derby, 7l,l74 Total population of borough
26O, IO6. The census of this year shows the
following result Liverpool Parish, males
l25, 20O do females, $4,000; out townships
3O,O63. Total population of borough, souls
334,263 Being an increase, in round numbers
of l32, 900 souls, or nearly so per cent.
RAILWAY AccIDENTs.-The late lamentablt
tragedy enacted in the Cheshire Junction TUNE
has been repeated twice subsequently on Other
lines and the sum total of human life swellet
to greater magnitude than has occurred in sc
short period since the introduction of rail
ways.
In the case of the first, coroner's jury re
turned verdict of accidental death, and in the
two latter manslaughter, against the signal mar
and engine driver. The trains are now running
as rapidly as if nothing of the kind had evel
happened and the matter ming days wonder
will soon cease to interest any except the sur
viving sufferers.
| FRIGHrFUL Loss OF LlFE ON THE BRIGHTor
RAILwAY.-On Friday frightfu accident oc
Cured on the Brighton line. A short train
which left Brighton for Lewes at five minutes
| past twelve ran off the line at about two mile
from Lewis, dragged two carriages with j
through the side of bridge wall, and fell dowI
IN embankment on to a turnpike road. Mrs
Chatfeld, an aged lady, her daughter, thirty
| three years Of age, young man named Lang
horne, with the stoker of the train, were killet
on the spot, and the driver was taken to tn,
hospital in such state that amputation Of botl
legs was rendered necessary, and he subsequent
| ly died On Saturday an inquiry was held, a
Lewes, before Mr.. Gale, coroner, Captain Laf
ton, the government inspector, and jury
Numerous witnesses were summoned, including
several plate-layers, the guard of the train, ant
some of the passengers, and from the deposi
tons it appeared evident that the disaster hac
originated from sleeper having been on th'
line. 1t appeared, Also that the train was driver
with the tender first, there not having been time
at the starting station to turn it on the turn tn
bles into its proper position on the moment o.
departure
Some fears were at first entertained that Tho
sleeper had been placed on the line purposely
by some malicious person, but nothing to indi
cate that such had been the case resulted ane
the inquiry closed with the examination of la
borer's wife, whose cottage adjoined the railway
near the spot, and whose children, it was sup
poses, might have placed the sleeper in its dan
gerous position.
TOTAL DEsTRUcTNN OF THE MARY WHITE
SYDNEY PACKET SHrP, BY FiRE.-The inteli
gence of this deplorabe loss was received or
Monday at Loyd's. The Mary White was {
fine barque rugged vessel, nearly 400 tons bur
then, commanded by Capt. T. II. Walker. She
was from Sydney, New South Wales, with
general cargo, and several passengers for Lon
don, small mail being also on board. From
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