The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-11-09
Foreign News BY the Atlantic.

erset will succeed Earl Dalhousie as General of
India. In the meantime, Lord Fitzroy is APP
pointed, Master General of the Ordnance.
IL is stated that Baron Rothschiid intends to
take his seat and vote in the House of Com
mons on the occasion Of electing a speaker.
The cabinet ministers are expected to assem-
bic in London about the l4th of the present
month for the purpose of settling the period
for the meeting of the New Parliament.
Captain West and the officers and crew Of
the steamship Atlantic have handed $3.50 to
the widow and infant of Thomas Searchwell,
shipright who was accidentally killed on board
on the 18th ult. ao5 l5 g1 i'lnr
Kossuth is living in privacy at Kensington
Terrace, Brompton, London. M. A. Lomny,
his late secretary, has just been expelled from
Malta, by order of Governor Read, who assigns
no reason for this act of policy.
Madame Celeste reappeared on Monday
evening before her old friends, at the Adelphi
Theatre, London. Tho play was Screen
Bushes" and her reception was cordial in tho
extreme. - i1
On Tuesday last, the new screw steamer
Alps, of the Cunard line. between Liverpool,
Now York and Chagres, was launched, as bo-
fore mentioned in the New York Herald, from
the yard of w. Deny g. Brother. Dumbarton,
Clyde Tn, Alps, like other ships of This
length of keel and forefake 232 feet, breadth
Of beam 81 feet, tonnage 1000, new measur-
ment, with two beam engines of 300 horse
power. geared TO fourteen feet screw. Tho
Andos, of the same line, 1000 tons, 800 horse
power, is receiving her machinery. The Cau-
casus, 200 tons, ,.l80 horse power, aud Tarus
1900 tons, $50 horse power, besides the Fer
sia, 8 1000 tons, and 900 horse power, are be-
ing busily proceeded with. af
The GALWAY Nail OF Oct 5th says: The
last few days have witnessed the most extra
ordinary arrivals of goods from Austria. The
close of last week brought four or five ships
into tho Thames, with cargoes of gold dust Of
various amounts up to 100000 But all these
vessels were out stripped by the Midway,
which arrived on Saturday, with cargo OF
gold dust valued at upwards OF 29o,ooo'-
This does not appear to include the guam
tty of the precious metal in the possession OF
the passengers on board. The whole store OF
Australian produce brought into port by this
ship is estimated at halfa million sterling
There seems no reason to doubt the accuracy
of the reports received lately from the Aus
tralian diggings which are more like the ia
bulous wonders of romance than sober reaIi.
ties.
IRELASp.--F. iday last several reports on
the state of the potato crop woro presented to
tho Poor Law Guardians by tho relieving Of
flicers of the Galway Unions. From the re-
port, it would appear, that taken in tho oggre-
gate a very fair crop will be secured, and that
the prices of this staple food of the people,
will BIO materially underthoso of last year.
TOTAL Loss or THE AMERICAN SHIP MOBILE AND
sEvENTYTwo LIVES
We regret to have to record tho total loss of
the ship Mobile Captain Tarboz, of Bath, Me.
p n - 7 4 ~. A. Il.
Vifh n crsio of t,n"ntV three honds and sirtg
passengers. all Of tchom lcith the exception o.
nine persisted. Tho Mobile sailed from the
Mersey, Tuesday morning, with fair wind,
and made good progress throughout The day.
At midnight. the captain won't below, leaving
the second mate in charge, with orders TO
steer west southwest, and 10 call him, 1.-THE
captain,) at two o'clock, or sooner, If the
weather became threatening. At midnight
the wind was blowing a fresh breeze from cast
northeast, with a heavy sea; which soon in
increased to a violent gale. Vg
On the captains coming on deck nt twp o.
clock, he found the ship on a lee shore, from
which il was imoossib!e to extricate her. the
second mate having, it is said mistaken his or
ders. and kept the ship in u west-north-west
course. AT halfpast two shc struck heavily
Oh Arklow bank and shortly afterwards COM
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launch the boats, but, in consequence Of the
high sea, they were frutlcss,
Captain Tarboz and all hands exerted them
selves to the utmost to save the'ship, until one
after another were washed away and pcrshed.
The Mobile was 900 tons burlhen, and near
ly new.
ERANcE.--A great sensation has boon made
i'm Yaris by the assassination OF MIR. Mortons
correspondent of the London Daily .Neics, by
Mr.. Bower, correspondent of tho London Nor
ming .3duertiser. II would seem that Bower
had suspicion of criminal intimacy existing
between his wife and Morton; and the latter
coming into his apartment at moment when
these suspicious had received confirmation,
Bower struck him on the neck with dinner
knife he had in his hand, and killed him on
the spot. Bower has as yet oludei arrest
On the night of she goth ult, NJ Charconac
a pupil at the Observatory of Marsellers, dis
covered another now plannet in the constella-
ton Pisee. At midnight its right accession
was degrees 4S minutes and its northern
6ccination degree 46 minutes. On the 2lst,
at 10 hours 40 minutes. its right assession was
2 degrees SO minutes. and its dcclimation do
gree AZ minutes. II appeared like star of
tho ninth magnitude. The Director or the OBJ
servatory proposes to call il Mlssillia, and to
designate it by the symble (20) h
IrALY.-Letters from Bologna, Of tho Gath
ult.. state the several assassinatons for politc-
al causes had taken place at Lugo, in tho Ro-
man States. nq
A letter from Milan, 25th ult., states that tho
property of the Jesuits in Lombardy is about
to be restored to them.
M. Jourdan and M. Sougcre, editors ofthc
Steele. have been sevorally sentenced to one
years Imprisonment, and fine of 900 francs,
for having written and published an article en-
titled "two sorts of Debtors" which is consider
cd libelous on tho government" G.i-t
A number Of placards, particularly offensive
to the Prince President, have been posted at
Lille tho authors of which are, of course being
diligently sought after by tho police. Hero is
a specimen of the most attrocous:
MEASURE OF GENERAL SAFETY-DE-
gs ii CREE OF THE PRESIDENT. au