Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-06-27

admirable and the same may be said Of the crops
maize in Provence, Languedoc the Besrn and Gascony
The vines it is certain, have suffered but little from
the cold which prevailed in May. In the Maconnais,
Languedoc Bordelais Sanonge, and the 0rlenas every
agrees in saying that the vintage will be good It
is true that the oidum has again shown itself in
vineyards in the SOUTH but It's progress is checked by
the of sulphur the application of which is now very
easy In consequence ofthe invention of apparatus
for the purpose In word, the crops from their
great extent and their prosperous appearance promise
this year to France almost sufficient supply for her
consumption
telegraphc despatch from Madrid of the 9Th of June
says that the Ministers and Senior Lafragua the Mex
Envoy had not been able up to that date to effect
settlement of the Mexican difficulties The House of
Deputies had adopted bill providing for a levy of
1000 men.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT FLORENCE.
Two HUNDRED PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN A
THEArRE-The following all the particulars of the
distressing at Florence which had been re-
ceiyed by the English papers when the steamer sailed
.PARIs, FRIDAY, JUNE l2-At Florence last night
the scenery of the theatre caught fire during the per
formance of the Siege of Sebastopol, panic arose.
and forty-thre persons killed and one hundred
and thirty -four wounded"
The following is another account of the above ca
lamity
'LEGHoRK, JUNE Yesterday, at the Theatre des
Acquedotti during the performance of piece entitled
The Capture of the Malakof the fireworks gnited the
scenery, and the flames spread with q eat rapidity
panic ensued. and two hundred persons have been
wounded or killed. The Grand Duke came to Leghorn
this morning the news of the catastrophe
reached him, and directed that the persons injured
should be conveyed to the hospitals
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN SWITZERLAND.
The following details of the accident at the
Hauenstein Tunnel contained in letter from Basle of
the 4th:
."The Hauenstein Tunnel is on the centre railway
which unies Basle to Aarau Lucerne Berne and other
towns in the neighborhood and is FIVE kilometres (abou
three miles in length The cutting of the tunnel having
been commenced at both ends progressed satisfactorily
until only about three hundred metres remained to be
pierced In both sections several shafts for extract
ing earth and letting in air. and in the northern
of the shafts bearing the No. which is about eight
hundred metres from the spot where the works going
on, was supported by solid woodwork to prevent the
fall of earth and stones In the tunnel fire was con-
stantly kept up in order to increase the circulation of
air and at the very bottom of the shaft forge was
tablished The woodwork of the shaft became extreme
y dry, and at last, the 28th ulimo it caught fire.
The flames shot up with extraordinary rapdity and set
fire to all the woodwork in the shaft which was not less
than two hundred metres Deep column of flame rose
high above the shaft forming terrible spectacle After
awhile thick column of smoke succeeded the flames
and indicated that the bottom of the shaft had fallen
and that consequently the retreat of the laborers whom
it had been impossible to warn, off, To describe
the scene of anguish which ensued would be impossible
People rushed in crowds to the entrance of the tunnel
to render assistance to the victims aud they reached
the mass of earth which had fallen in but large guam
tity of coal which had been collected near suddenly
caught ire and it created such volumes of smoke and
gas that many were overcome and had to be dragged
away by the others seven were dead, and a hundred
others got out in pable state At length some
thing like order was established, the workmen being
formed into gangs who replaced each other every
minutes. Fire engines employed to throw chalk
and water into the tunnel to extnaush the fire and
neutraze the noxious gas and pipes conveying pure
air to the workmen were established. The cutting of
gallery in the mass of fallen earth has been commenced
though the ire not yet completely extinguished But
hopes whatever entertained that any of the men
buried will be got out alive for though they had open
space of about eight hundred metres and though in it
there is spring of water, and they had four horses
which they might kill for food it is certain that the
cus gas must have suffocated them. OF the ftyfour
men buried thirty-two Swiss. four English, and
eighteen Germans. The wives Of the English workmen
who have persisted have behaved in the most adirahle
manner not only constantly encouraging those who
endeavoring to reach the unfortunate men in the tunnel
but attending carefully to such suffered from their
exertions.
"Since the above account was written intelligence
has been received of the extrcaon of hirtytwo dead
bodies, but regret to learn that sixteen of the labor
ers employed to open the gallery have pershed by the
poisonous yapors which were collected there, making
the total mortality. with the fifty -four men buried in the
first instance, no less than seventy
MISCELLANEOUS
THE POPULATION OF CHINA-The accounts of the
population of the Chinese Empire given in school
Biographies and statistical hand books are usually
gathered rsm the of 1875 the eighteenth year of
KaKing. which gave China population of 81 900 000
of 1852 however showed of 396 600 600
Inhabitants; SO that at present. making all due allowance
for civil and emigration may safely down the
population of China at 400 900 000 Many of the pro-
vincia capitals have population ranging from
to 1 ,000, 600.
EMIGRATION FROM SwEDEN.-From the commencement
of the to tho 18th of May ten ships with 2432
emigrants left Swedish ports for the United Statss
DANISH FIsHERIEs.-The fisheries of Denmark have
been recently very much neglected those of Ice
land being utterly forsaken. Last IL vessels with
total measurement of g. 79S tons and 663 men, were
sent from France to the fishing grounds of Iceland Of
these vessels Ito returned six carried their cargo
foreign ports and one wrecked. The vessels which
returned brought 966575 fish, 365 900 pounds of ofa
for manure, and ,290, 600 pounds of fish OIL
MILITARY OPERATIONS CIRcAssIA.-The Russians
are sending all their available force and many of their
best officers to the Caucasus where tactics are
to be employed in the subugation of the mountaneers
The Crcassans, however none the less active and
under the guidance of their leader the Hungarian
refugee are preparing reception for the hosts of
the Muscovife Every province must furnish man
for each family house. The enrolment proceeds brisk
and at last accounts between forty and fifty thousand
men were under arms Provisions and draught horses
and oxen also cheerfuly supplied by the various
provinces and the province of Karabatr has furnished
in addition two cavalry regiments composed of the
of the best families, ready mounted and equipped In
all the engagements which have recently occurred the
Russians have been defeated and have been obliged
sue for an armistice in order to bury their dead
beth Cape Colony Mercury relates that the serpent
has actually been captured in Agoa bay by Mr. Capper
the proprietor Of the Sunday Island ferry assisted by
Mr. Newcome 1t was thrown ashore near Cape Padrone,