The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-29
PRICE TWO CENTS
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE

BY the arrival at New York of the steamship City
OF Washington, from Liverpool, we have advices tc
the l5th inst.-four days later than any previously
received.
SNGLAND
The ATLANTIC TELEGEAPH.-Mr. Saward, the sec
retary, writes from Valentia, to the editor of the
Times, as follows:
1.-The letter of Mr.. Wildman Whitehouse in YOUR
columns of the 7th instant, has Just been read with
much astonishment at this place. 1t will be fully
TeplIed to lnFhe course of a few days. so soon as
am able to return to London where it will he
necessary 10 refer to kilograms and other documents
at the chlet Office of the company will mean
while observe that the greatest part of that letter
Is grossly untrue, and that even the portion which
mas some loundatlon IN fact, is so disingenuOusly
SafDied as TO give an additional Justification if one
were needed, to the summary dismissal complained
ofby the electrician protector
"Iours truly, GEoRGE SAwApp"
Our accounts from Valentia, up to the night of
the l4th do not speak of any new results in fhe on
eratlons of the electricians on the Atlantic Gable
me electric current passes from end to end but the
indications are too faint to be Ineligible Profess
sof thompson, Mr.. Henley, the patentee of the
magnetic instruments now in use and other able
eectllclans, are in constant and anxious copsuIta
tloh; put whilst hope is not yet lost every dav that
passes without some progress to remedy diminish
eS the expectations of favorable result. The
snares OF the company, we are informed by the
1""es city articles, remain without fiuctuaton the
$500. ~ " " w
RAILWAY AccIDENrs.-A parliamentary paper has
ncen just issued giving particulars regarding the
INJURY to life and limb sustained on the railways of
the United Kingdom during the first half of the
year I65s. 1t appears that 143 persons were killed
ana l'3 injured. OF these, log were killed and 1873
INJURED IN England and Wales; q were killed and
injured in Scotland and 10 were killed and I3 in
lufed In Ireland. Of the total, 10 deaths and 81
injuries occurred to passengers from causes beyond
thelr control, while 10 deaths and II injuries were
Ine consequence OF their own misconduct or want
OF caution. This is much too large a sacrifice to
the accident system" and we may be permitted to
nope that such result for six months will awaken
the 9lsiature IN the coming session. to the ncces-
NY OF some stringent measure of prevention.
MOVEMENTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND FAMILY-The
Queen and the Prince Consort continue to epiov he
relaxation afforded by their residence in the Hi~h-
lands. The Prince Of Wales Joined his illustri0us
parents on Monday. The Earl of Derby remains in
attendance upon her Majesty.
Prince Albert, on his.return to the continent Wis
lted the Island Of Heligoland. His Roval Hiphness
landed from the Osborne, and was received bv the
Lieutenant-Governor, Captain Pattnson who CON
Quoted him over the Island and showed him the
bathing establishments the grottoes and the other
natural and artificial curosties of the place whilst
the numerous bathing guests turned out in great
numbers to welcome the first member of the Toyal
family who had ever landed at the picturesque lit
The Queen has declined to accede to tbc reoucst
OF the people of Canada. that she would give au
thority "tO the Prince of ales or some other mem
Ser OF the royal family, to proceed to Toronto to
represent her on the opening of crystal palace in
the most important dependency of her empire -
Inc official reply has been communicated by the
Colonial Secretary to Mr. Norris the bearer of the
petition to her Majesty. The Times in making this
announcement, says:
The proper course in such cases is to transmit
such document through the Governor of the colo
ny; bat Mr.. Norris was unearncd in the ordinary
usage on such occasions, and without intending any
dlSrespect to Sir Edmund Head, he brought the
petition to England himself, instead of scndinr it
through his EXcellency's hands. This circumstances
1t seems has rather detracted from the charac.
ter and effect OF Mr.. Norriss mission; but still the
memorial bore upon the face of it such strong cvi-
dcnce OF the extent and spontaneitv of the Dopuar
feeling in Canada on the subject to which it related
that its promoters might, perhaps, be excused for
overlooking some necessary tormaitv. and the Colo
MIA! Secretary himselfhas so regarded it,
Mr. Bnwer Lytton, in the letter he has just ad-
dressed to Mr.. Norris, is understood to have stated
after passing reference to the departure from the
ordinary custom in not transmitting the petition
through the Governor of the Province. that he had
deemed 1t his duty, considering the eminence of the
persons whose names were attached to it, to Law it
before the Queen, who had been pleased to receive
1t very graciousy though she was under the neces-
slty OF declining the request that his royal high
ness the Prince of Wales or some other member of
thc royal family should proceed to Canada, with
the view OF opening the Crystal Palace at Toronto
Her Majesty, 1t is also understood highly appreci-
ates the loyalty to the and the attachment to
her person and family which prompted the wishes
OF the petitioners, and expresses her sincere good
wishes for the success of the proposed exhibition
and hope that it will produce important and use
tul results to Canada.
TIE GREAT EASTERN.-The secretary to the East
ern Steam Navigation company, writes to the Shin
ping Gazette, "that the directors have no KNOWLEDGE
OF new company advertised to finish and work the
Great Eastern, but that a scheme has received the
assent OF majority of the directors and several of
the largest shareholders, and will shortly be sub
mitted to the propretors."
W hilst steps being taken in Ilyernool for the
holding of public meeting to consider the means
to be adopted for the completion of the Great East
erg steamship, it is announced in London that an
arrangement has been made which affords pros
pect of this great national project being ultimately
carried to successful ISSUE though by other par
ties than the present proprietors. According to a
statement in the Morning Star, company has been
formed IN the city to purchase and finish the YES
sci, and work her between Liverpool and America.
This association is called the British and American
Great Eastern Steam Navigation Company. 1t has
been got up by number OF commercial gentlemen,
one of whom is Mr.. Hughes the late superntcnd-
ent of Messrs. Scott, Russell & COmpanv's yard
and, in fact, of the building of the Leviathan
throughout.
After a series of negotiations with the original
company arrangements have been made for the
purchase OF the vessel for G250,000, being less thar
one-thIrd of the amount she cost viz: $500 600 and
less than the material would fetch if the vessel were
broken up and sold by auction in "lots" The
company has been registered under the Jont-Stocb
companies Acts, 1861. The capital is fixed al
to0O,OOO, in shares of los each OF which Is Cd !.
to be paid on application, Is. Cd. on allotment and
the remaining 5s. in nstallments, at intervals OF
two months. 1t is intended to finish the vessel be
tween this and the spring, and if there is any time
to spare she will be used for the purpose of exhib
ton. 1t is then proposed to place her on the route
between Liverpool and Portland, United States
the port to which the Canadian mails are at present
carried and thence bv rail to Toronto, Ottawa,
Quebec and the other British settlements in North
America.
FEARFUL ScENE.-In consequence of the malicious
firing of pistol in the gallery of the Surrey Music
Hall, Sheffield and a subsequent alarm of fire. on
Monday night, the 18th inst. the audience franti-
caily rushed for the outlets, and many jumped over
the gallery into the pit. In the struggle five per-
sons were crushed to death, and many others seri-
oUsly injured.
BANK, ETC., FOR BRITISH CoLuMB1A-Sir E. Lyt-
ton has made arrangements for opening bank at
NancOuvers Island, and ultimately in British Co.
lumba. lie has also suggested plan for uniting a
iortnightly postal communication to New Zealand
and South Australia, via Panama, with postal
service by the same route to Vancouver. Mr..
Brew, of the Irish constabulary, who served with
great distinction in the Crimca, has been appointed
to organize constabulary police in British Column
bia. Two chaplains are sent to the colony by the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
CARDINAL WTSEMAN IN IRELAND.-Cardinal Wise
man, on his way to Carlow, was met at Sallins and
Athy by dense crowds and we are told that ''it
was touching sight to witness the eagerness with
which warm-hearted and devoted people pressed
forward to the carriage in which his emnence was
seated to receive his benediction and kiss his
hand" On quitting the railway at Maganey, he
surrounded by crowds of country folks, bearing
garlands of flowers and branches of evergreens and
before the carriage had proceeded far on the Castle
dermott road, the multitude insisted upon unyoking
the horses and drawing the vehicle themselves
On they went, accompanied by an immense con-
course of persons who, having dispensed with the
horses, drew the carriage themselves. After ser
mon and high mass the cardinal was entertained by
the president and vce-presdent of the college at a
grand dejeuner. An address was then presented to
his eminence from the clergy and laitv In his re.
ply the cardinal said, he 'beeved that the noble
body of clergy who occupied that diocese formed
only part OF glorious whole and that, when every
other consideration thrown aside by the people
but that of attending to their spiritual welfare and
advancing religion, the trump Oh of Ireland would
be accomplished" In reply to an address of the
holidays to-the boys. The cardinal will leave Ire
land for England on Friday next.
The Times, in noticing the progress Of Cardina
Wiseman, in ireland, says:
Some persons were rather scandalised when the
Idbtd inserted in its narrative that "the crowds
instead of silken and gilded ensgns, improvised
banners from the hedges, and waved their greer
boughs in triumph as the people did at Jerusalem
on the day annually commemorate as Palm Sun
day." but our apathy was shaken only by the bias
phemy, not by the Irish procession.
We all remember that the procession thus de
scribed consisted of very stout gentleman in ;
car, dragged along by happy mob of cheering
lrshmcn, many of whom enlivened the scene by
carrying lit torches; and of us felt that if i
were necessary tos search for parallel it would b,
| better to go back to pagan times and note thu
points of similarity and difference between thi
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