The southern press., 1851-09-27
Arrival Of the Washington.

BY the arrival of the u. =. mail steiner
Washington, Capt G. w. Floyd, at New York
on Tuesday, we are in possession Of dates from
Bremen to the 5th, Havre 10 the 9th, South
ampton and London TO the 10Th inst.
/ The steamship Euxine arrived at Southamp-
ton on the 9th inst. from the Levant, bringing
news that the United States frigate Mississippi
ran on shore during the night Of the 2lst Au-
gust, on the point of st. James Castle, Smyrna
bay, and would have TO tighten considerably be.
fore she could get off. The u s. frigate inde.
pendence arrived at Gibraltar on the 3lst An
gust.
The accounts brought by this steamer arc Of
four days later than those received by the Eu-
ropa at Boston.
The British and North American mail steamer
Africa, arrived out at Liverpool on the 9th inst.
after a run Of ten days, six hours, meantime
A frightful railway accident occurred on the
Balkinghamshire railway, portion of the train
having run off the line. Six or seven persons
were killed, and a large number severely
wounded.
| An ambassador from Prussia attended nv n
numerous retinue had landed at Southampton
en- route TO London.
Kossuih and his companions were expected
TO arrive Mt Southampton on the 9Th October
| from COnstantinople. in he peninsuar and ORR
entail Conpany's Steamship Tagus and the
| people Of Southampton were preparing tri
umpbant welcome for this illustrious patriot
The royal West India mail steamer Dee
| Captain Allen arrived at Southampton on the
9th inst. from the Spanish Main, Gulf of Mex.
leo and West Indies, having on board specie Ia
the value of $l,9i4,O0O, Of which S3l5,2l4
were from California.
Messrs. Mire d. Co, Of Blackwell, London
and Messrs. Penn, engineers Of Greenwich, had
received orders from tho Peninsular and Orien
tai Steam Navigation company, TO build q YES
sal that will be the largest steamship in the
world. She Is to be constructed Of iron, 325 II
in length, and propell d on the paddle vince
pr nciple by four engines, Of the colectiv,
power Of 300 horses, She will be 81 II. Longer
han the Great Britain, and upwards Of 5000
tons burthen.
This monster ship is TO be the first Of a serie,
of vessels about TO be built TO run between
Southampton and Egypt, with the East Indii
and China mails, and is guaranteed 10 perform
the voyage to Alexandra, distance Of 3iOt
miles from Southampton, in less than nine days
A letter from Captain Parker, Of the" True
dove" whale ship, giving an account Of Captair
| Austin's expedition up to the 18th September
1850, bad been received By ibe British admiralty
by the Tyne, Captain va, which vessel arrived
at Liverpool on the 9th 8eptember, from Davis
Straits. The statements contained in this let
ter fully confirmed the reports received by tn,
Prince Albert, of Sir John Frankin's expedition
having passed the winter Of lS45-46 in thu
neighhorhood Of Cape Riley. letter had also
been received from NJ. Kane, surgeon of tn,
United States expedition, whose testimony vii
be read with the deepest attention.
/ This important document together with tn,
views Of Spanish policy which it deveopes il
reference to Cuba, will be perused with th'
deepest attertion by all classes Of our comm
nifty II is published in the London Times o
the oh September.
I The Royal mail steamer, Severn, sailed from
Southampton on the 9th inst, with the monthly
Brazil mills.
The intelligence from this side relative 10 tn,
y Cuban invasion, had excited considerable anx