Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-27
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.
Isee one days istsFnev.s ON our third n.ce1

), FARTHER PoMT, Sept. 25.-The steamship
North American, from Liverpool, with dates toll
"Wednesday the 18th inst, has passed here on
hersway5to Quebec. The steamship Asia from
New York and5the Hungarian from Quebec hadd
arriVedtatL Liverpool;
The overland mail brings important news
from China. The WARMTH English and French
, forces having been renewed, the allied squadron
having attempted to enter Pehio with the Eng>
fish and French ambassadors, the Chinese as:
tsembled intgreat strength and defeated the ntll
tempt; nearly 500 British are reported killed.
woundedS five of their gunboats being lost,
the allies were forced to retreat
tits reported that the Observation-Disclosures has
reached Pekin unmolested.
An accident has occurred on board the steam
er Great Eastern, which will prevent. her start
ting on her trip to Portland for about three
weeks The feed pipe casing in one of her
ttnnnels expoded'dnring her trial trip, with ter
rite force; five of the firemcn were injured SO
las to cause death, and there arc others wound
ed, The damage to the fittings are serious, but
the ship and machinery received no HARM
LONDON MONEY MARKET, Sept. 19.-Consols
quoted at the close of the market to day at 955
fa95+. Money market generally unchanged.
The steamship Vanderbilt from New York,
arrived at Southampton on the 18th.
The explosion on the Great Eastern occurred
on the 9th, when off Hastings. The funnel was
blown-l into the air, tearing.to pieces the grand
saloon, and doing great danage to the internal
fittings of the vessel. The accident made so
/ little difference in the movements Of the ship
Lhat ner engines were notstopped till she reached
FoFtland, her place OF destination A coroncrs
ing on inc ilrenen Killed showed that the
supply of water to the boilers though the water
jacketwas stopped, hecauSeof the failure of the
IauXlliary pumping powers; I'd, that topin the
/ stand pipe, which acts as safety valve, was
turned, apparently intentionally, so that the
pipe was useless The injury to tho fittings
VIII De repaired at an expense OF 8900O. Do.
ring the trip the Great Eastern was almost
without motion, when other vessels met with
were tossing on stormy sea.
GIREAT #BNITAIS.-Ihe new Reform movement
under inc auspices OF AIR. Golden and others,
was IN progress
some OF the building firms of London had
Yielded TO the demands OF the men.
Admiral Hope arrived. off Pehio river on the
/ lith OF June and found the entrance barred
An attempt was made on the 25th to force
passage, when suddenly the batteries, supported
i oy n force OF 10000 men, unmQsked, and
opened destructive Tires Atterka severe ac..
| t'on inc squadron was compelled to withdraw,
4 Win !he loss oil the gun boats. tEonr hundred
1 ana slXty-iours men were killed and wounded.
Inc french had Il killed out OF CO. The Plcn-
lpotennarieS had returned TO Shanghai. Seven
olncerS were Killed and seventeen wounded -.
Among the wounded was the Admiral. The
details say that the mouth of the river was
~ " III. u Z lt2iil tilc hCMly cohslFucteu
tort, amounting to 10 or 100 guns. Atl.S0 p.
IN. the signal for action was run up The gun
boats opPossum and Plover pushed in close e to
the first barrier. The guns of the fort then
opened fire and the action became general.
The fire of The Chinese, in weight and prccis-
ion, wus such as had never before been expert
enced; evrey shot told, while those of the British
/ did comparatively but little damage The
troops were ordered to land; as the first boats
touched the shore the forts poured out a perfect
i hurricane OF shell balls and rockets, which
moved down the men as they landed. The
ships supported them as well as possible OF
the 1000 men who landed barely 100 reached
the first of the wine bitches, situated 500 yards
from the river and only 90 reached the Sd ditch.
They would have made an attempt to scale
the walls, but the ladders were either broken
by the shot or stuck in tho mnd. With one of
the ladders thatsremained, ten Of the men
lsprang forward, three Of whom were killed, and
five severely injured. Orders were at last given
to retire. and while in retreat, the men were
shot down like birds. Many of the boats were
swamped by the balls, and not enough remained
dcdsmen were struck and swarnped. Russian
fasio.e among The men
towcd IN several bonts tothe scene Of oe li
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