The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-24

she was laden with that grain A few casks Of small
wines were driven ashore. These may have been
for the use Of the crew. ,saesre
rHx EXPLOSION OFF THE ISLE OF MAN. al
The Manr SIM gives the following account of the
statement made by James Kelly. Of Port st. Mary;
the only survivor Of the thirty persons who en-
ployed about the wreck Of the Lily when the explo
sion took place on Monday, the 9th ult.:-"When
smelled smoke lit was about halfpast six o'clock at
this time) this soon proved to be fact but as they
knew the powder was in the fore and aftermost
parts Of the vessel, and the smoke about mdshps,
they did not apprehend danger. although several
spoke of leaving the wreck However, some be-
gan to clear the cabin and sacase, and others to
try to discover the cause Of the smoke by cutting
hole in the deck; and he thinks that as as they
cut the hole in the deck current Of air created,
which led to the exploding Of the powder The origin
of the fire is mystery. The Mana Sun also states
that the miners who were working in Baacorksh
mine at the time distance of three miles from Kit
terland felt the shock much that they fastened to
sthe surface Their candles were extnguished and
one man was knock down. An inquest has been
held on the bodies found and the verdict returned
to the effect that the men lost their lives by the
exploding of gunpowder on board the brig Lily, of
Liverpool OF those who persisted, rs belonged to
Port st. Mary, two to the Howe, and two to Castle
town. leaving to lament their loss % widows and "
| fatherless children.
Service.
lsouthampton Letter Dec q, in London Times
The Pennsula1 and Oriental Companys steam
| ship Euxine Captain F. Meehan, took her departure
| this afternoon for Malta and Marseilles, between
which ports she is, in conjunction with the steamer
Sultan, about to take up her station in conveying
the mails, under terms of the new contract concluded
between the Admiralty and the Pennsular and
| Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which comes
| into operation next MONTH
| The general features of the new scheme have
already been made known to the public through the
columns Of this journal. The difference between the
new and the old arrangements consists mainly in the
acceleraton of speed that to be introduced into the
whole Of the operations of the company, as well as
that double instead Of single trunk line of steam
communication, semi-monthly in place OF monthly, is
to be maintained between southampton, India and
! China, and branch packet, in correspondence
| with the main line, IS to run every two months
between Singapore and Australia, thus affording,
| between England and the Australian colonies.
Besides this the Malta and Mareiles portion Of the
mail service, heretofore performed by government
steamers, will be accomplished By vessels OF the
Pennsular and Oriental Company.
The details connected with the extended service,
which have recently been published are very volu-
minous. According to the arrangements therein
made the India and China mails to be despatched
from Southampton the 4th and Goth OF every
month, but there will be no outward mail on the 18th
of January, the scheme only taking effect from the
goth proximo inclusive. The first homeward India
and China mail, under the contract will be due
at Southampton the 10th February. The schedules
of routes and distances published by the Peninsular
and Oriental Company snbdivide the intended ope-
iatons into four distinct lines and one branch line,
viz
No. l. Southampton to Gibraltar, Malta, and Alex
andria.
No. 2. Suez to Alden, Ceylon Madras, and Calcutta.
Nos. Bombay to Ceylon and China, via Singapore.
No. 4. Singapore to Sydney.
The branch line is from Marseilles to Malta.
The first mail for England under the new contract
will leave Hong Kong on the 28th of December, and
Cc1a, nT T1,of 20 o
cuped to the various ports from the date Of departure
from Southampton, including all stoppages, is esti-
mated as follows Gibraltar, five days; Malta 10:
Alexandria, a. Suez, II; Alden, 90 Ceylon, "a;
AZ; Hong Kong, so; Batavia, As: King Georges
Sound, 5s Adelaide, Ga Port Phillip, 81; and sgd
ney, 20 days.
There will be no alteration in regard to the dates
Of despatch Of the Marseles portion OF the mails
from London but by the mail of the Sth of every
month there will be direct communication with
Calcutta, and also with the Straits and China, thus
affording by way Of Marselles fortnightly postal
service between England and the whole Of the ports
embraced in the scheme in place of monthly one.
The first mail under this contract for the Austria
liam ports, Walking Georges Sound, Adelaide.
Port Phillip, and Sydney-w be despatched from
Southampton on the 4th of March (from London via
Marseilles on the sth) and will be forwarded from
Singapore by steamer leaving that port on the 10th
OF April. The subsequent mails for Australia, by
means Of this companys steamers, will be despatch
ed on the 4th Of every alternate month thereafter;
and AZ the departure of the Royal Australian Mail
teamcrs via the Cape arranged for the interven
NC months, there will be by the agency OF the joint
eryces monthly steam communication to and from
England and the several Australian ports. The first
homeward contract mail will leave Sydney on the
Goth Of January, to catch the China steamer at Sin
gapore the mails by which will be due at Southamp
ton on the 9th Of April next.
Besides these widely extended operations Of the con-
tract mail service the company proposes to establish
Immediately line Of steamers between Calcutta and
China for commercial purposes, and not under con-
tract for the conveyance Of the mails. These vessels
after arriving at Hong Kong. will proceed to Shang-
hal and the northern ports OF China, making two
trips between Hong Kong and those ports every
month.
In combination with the large increase of the pro-
posed operations OF this enterprising company and
the increased facilities for travelling by the overland
route, understand that considerable reduction is
to be made in the tariffs OF freight and passage
ney, commencing with The ensuing year. the passage
money hereafter being fixed follows:-To Alden.
go; Bombay EOS; Ceylon eos; Madras, slOO; Cal
cntta, fl05; Penang fl05; Singapore, Ell0; Bata-
via. fl20; Hong Kong, fl30.
The new service will be opened on the goth of
January, by the departure of the Indus, which
sci has been greatly accelerated in speed, to be fol-
lowed on the 4th of February by the new screw
steamship Bengal, of 2,400 tons and 60Ohorse pow
er, and by the Ripon on the goth of February. The
EuXne and the Sultan are to occupy the Marseilles
and Malta branch till two very powerful paddle
wheel steamers the Vectis and Valetta, of 900 tons
and 00horse power, now building especially for this
service completed
The company for the performance Of their addi-
tonal duties in the Eastern Seas, have recently re-
nforoed their feet by despaching to India the steam
ships Bentnck, the Madras the Bombay, the Chusan,
the Shanghai, and the Formosa, for the Bombay and
China and Singapore and Australian services. These
vessels WILL it is expected, be in time to commence
at the appointed dates that there il every
to believe that the admirable and efficient arrange
monts made by the company will this vast and
comprehensive network of steam communication to
90 into prompt and punctua operation precisely at
the stipulated time and date, at all the several ports
The practical monopoly of the overland comInuni-