The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-09-30
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European Affairs.

Liverpool with dates to Wednesday,
the 18th instant, has passed here on
her way to Quebec. The steamship
Asia. from New York, and Hunga-
rian from Quebec, had arrived at
Liverpool.
The overland mail brings impor.
tant news from China. The war
with the English and French forces
having been renewed, the Allied
having attempted to enter
Periho with the English and French
Ambassadors, the Chinese assem-.
bled in great strength and defeated
the attempt. Nearly five hundred
British are reported killed and
wounded, five OF their gunboats being
lost. The Allies were finally forced
to retreat. 1t is reported that the
American Minister has reached
Pekin unmolested.
An accident has occurred on board
the steamer Great Eastern, which
will prevent her from starting on her
trip to Portland for about three
weeks, The feed pipe casing in one
Of her tunnels exploded during tho
trial trip with terrific force. Five
of the Firemen we're injured 80 as to
cause death, aud there are others
wounded. The damage to the fit.
tings are serious, but the ship and
machinery received no harm.
The steamship Vanderbilt, from
New York, arrived at Southampton
on the 18th instant.
The explosion on board the Great
Eastern occurred on tho ninth in
stant, when off Hastings. The fun
mel was blown into the air, tearing
to pieces the grand saloon and do
ing great damage to the internal fit-
ting Of the vessel. The guests on
board had just quilted the saloon and
all fortunately escaped injury. The
explosion was terrific, but the ship
stood the shock-the frame sustain.
ing no injury. The accident made
so little difference in the movements
Of the ship that her engines were not
stopped till che reached her place of
The Coroner's inquest on the Fire
men killed showed that the supply
OF water to the boilers through the
water jacket WAS stopped becanse Of
the failure Of the auxiliary power;
secondly, that a stop in the stand
pipe, which acts as @ safety valve,
--e ..'"oL appa,ou.iy Intentionally
so that the pipe was useless. The
injury to the fittings will he repaired
at an expense OF about f5 000.-
During the trip the Great Eastern
was almost without motion, when
other vessels that were met with
were tossing on a stormy sea.
GREAT BRIrAIN.-Tho new reform
movement under the auspices Of M r
Cobden and others was in progress.
Some of the building firms Of Lon
don had yielded to the demands Of
the men.
CH,NA.-Admiral Hope arrived
off Priho River on the 18th OF June
and found the entrapce barred. An
attempt was made on the 25th to
force passage, when suddenly bat
teries, supported by force OF about
20, 900 men, were unmasked and
opened a destructive fire. After a
severe action the squadron was COM
PEELED to withdraw with the loss OF
the gunboats Cormorant, Lee, and
Plover. -Four hundred and sixty
four men were killed and wounded.
The French had fourteen killed
out OF sixty. The Plenipotentiary
had returned to Shanghai. Seven
officers were killed and seventeen
Amongthe wounded was
the Admiral. The details say that
the mouth of the river was raked by
the fire from the newly constructed
forts. amounting to ninety or one
guns. AT halfpast one, p. m.
the signal Tor actio was run up -
The gun-boats Oppossum and Pover
pushed in close to the first barrier.
The guns Of the ior.s then opened
lire and the action became general.
The fire OF the Chinese in weight and
precision was such as had never be-
lore been experienced; every shot
told. while those of the British did
comparatively but little damage.
The troops were ordered to land. -
As the first boat touched the shore
he forts poured out perfect hurri.
zane of shell, balls, and rocket, which
moved down the men as they land.
I'd. The ships supported them rs
we'll IS possible. OF the thousand
men who landed, barely a hundred
cached the first of the bitches stu
.ted FIVE hundred yards from tho
liver, and fifty reached the third
ditch. They would have made an
attempt to scale the walls, but the
adders were either broken or stuck
n the mud. With one of the lad.
lers that remained, ten Of the men
,prang forward, Of whom five were
killed and five severely injured. =
Orders we're at last given to retire,
md while in retreat the men were
'rot down like birds. Many OF the
boats were swamped by the balls,
and not enough remained to carry
,ff the survivors. Several full OF
wounded men we're struck and
swamped. Russian features were
visible among the men
manning the Chinese batteries
The Americans towed up several
boats to the scene of action and af.
took a number Of men to
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