, 1859-09-27
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Another War in China
TIE ENGLISH REPuLsrp,

Another War in China.
TEE ENGLISH REPu1szD.
Accident to the Steamer Great Eastern
ARRIVAL OF 1uE NORTH AMERICAN.
FAR7usR Po1S1, Sept. :5.-Tho steamship
North American, from Liverpool With dates to
Wednesday, 14sh inst, las passed he.e on her
way to Quebec. ="
Thc Asia IRON, New York, and the Hungarian
from QUEBEC, had arrived At Liverpool. t.
The ateamship Vanderbilt, IRON Yer York,
arrived at Southampton on the 1stb:
TnE GREAT EasrERx.--The explo1len on board
the Great Eastern occurred on the atu: instans,
when off Hastings. The funnel was blown into
tue air, tearing 10 pieces the grand saloon, anil
doing great damnge to the Internal fittings Of
the vessel. The guests on board had jhst qnit-
ted the saloon, and all fortunately escaped in
jarE. The explosion was terrific bus: fhe 1sbip
resisted the shock. Tie accident male so 'G,tfa
difference in the movements Of the sltip1hat tic
engines we're not stopped until SHE reached
Portland, England, her place Of destination.
The coroner's inquest on the fren,en killed,
showed that the supply. of water to ths boilers
throughout the water jacket was stupped be-
cause uf the failure Of the auxiliary pumping
power; secondly, that trap 10 the stnnd pipe,
which acts as safeiy valve, was turned appar-
emily Intentionally, 50 tint the pipe washscItss.
The injury to tue. fitting wall be repaired at IN
expense 0f about .5,u0t'.
Durin: the trip the Great Eastern was almost
without motion, when other vessels met with
were tossing on a stormy sea.
GREAT BcIrAtS.-TLe new reform movement
under the nssspices Of Dir. Cobdcn ard others,
was in progress.
s,ems ot .ls building firms Of London had
yielded to the demands oftlle 1ucu.
CH1SA.--Admiral Hope arrived off Pt:iho .irer
TN the 18th Of June. and found the entrance
barred. An uttempt was made on tie o5tb to
force q passage, when suddenly batteries
supported br forcc Of 2000J men we're
aun'askcd aud opened destructive fire. After
sersre, action, the squadron was compelled to
Withdraw with tie loss Of the gun boats Cornd-
rant, Lee and ployer. Four iuudted aud sixty
four were killed. Tie Frrncl had ;four1cen
killed out Of sixty. The Plenipotentiary had
returned to :shanghai. Sevrn officers we're
wouuded was the Admiral. Tie details say that
the mouth Of the river was raked bj The tire
Flom the newly constructed forts, amounting to
~ ar lou guns. At 1:3e i. 3f, the signal Tor nc.
ion was run up. The run boats Dpuasum and
PloyeT pushed in close to tile ti,st barrier. Tie
guns Of the forts then opened hre, and tue action
bec1me general. The t1c of The Chinese. in
fore been experienced. Every shot told, while
thnse Of the british did comparatively but little
dan,asc. Tue troops were ordctcd to land.
As the boats touched the ALore, tic forts
poured out perfect hurricane Of shell, balls,
and rockets, which moved down the men Us
they landed. The ships supported them as well
US possible. OF the thousand men ubo landed,
barely hundred reached the lrst Of tie vide
bitches, situated 800 ya1ds from the river. and
only 30 reached the third ditch. They wonld have
made attempt 10 scale the wails, hut the lad
ders were either broken by tile shut OF stuck in
tue mnd. With one of tic ladders tlat re-
u,uiued 10 Of the 1neu sprang forward. thrcc Of
whom were Killed ahd live severely injured Ur-
ders were at last given to retire, anl while in
retreat The men were shot down like birds
Many Of the bouts we're swamped by the bulls
and not enough were left 10 carry OF the sur
yivoss. Several boats full of wounded 1ru
were struck mud swampcd.
Kussiun features were distinctly visible among
tic snen manning the Chinese batteries
The Americans towetf uF several bouts to tue
scene Of action, mud afterwards took u number
Of men to s!.e'r respective ships. I
Be1G1rx.--The King Of Belgium lad souc
to sce tue Emperor. it is supposed in reter~
ence to the difficulty between France aud
Austria.
teur cat.ic direct from tile Emperor. II is ru.
mored that France and Enslaud tad agreed 10
au European Con.rcss Oh 1t4!iau u1aita, mud #
necessary, the Zurich plcuipotentiaries will
have occasional meetings
1rALr.-Thc National Assembly Of Parma had
yoted the expusiou af the House OF Bourbon.
and the annexation Of l'urtuu to Sardinia
1t is said that Visor Emanuel is Outstanding
his army, hui that the lnen arc futTfshcd with
passports to Tuscany aud Sfo1en7;12here they
will ssell the army af Central Italy,.
CsRcAssrA.-Scl,anyl. the uotcA ,Circas>ian
leader, j. Is sh'd. s'as been made rf'souer aua
sent tu o. fetefsnafSh.
Aes1a!4@-7;Ausat.a ~ t'aA'nS 1sea' eoaees-
slons 10 inc frotestants; q :,
a., lSn1a--o'sns ol 9,sahect'on eohtinac IN lie
Aau'as co"h1 " "etoa. :,
Ats7HAL'A ne .'usslet',i i'l@,ts % 10 tae nlu.
o'c o! Ju!5 'au oeeu teeeheo' A"e suPp'y .!
goa IL lncfeaS'oE;
IT .uG cs; asu r!sasa Seeie
.ss'ss o. sae hes'oss ~ et'a se'otneo ooa'e 10
tue hatt steamer. new; ~ course, created
inuch seasa'lon' anu Tue s'oia'1oM Q! tue treaty:
'a suen treaehc1ons manner, ea'eo 'ofth 1oud
DEMAND 1of fcFr1o'e 'euse'mSe.
1he Lohaon fmf* says neHce'orth neGo-
1fat'ohs must Ge CARRIED on ~ leA1o' "Lefc no
one can donos Europeans waIi soon oe ~ much
~ nol,e aug Us ~, S'e f,as, ~ Goneaoss
the !ettcr Win the Iollo"1ne uncomphmeh1ary
reueStioa M On tAs Atoe1'eaa IN 1haoa:sauos;
Ihe AmsI'can u'uoassaanl; Mnnou; 1Gtee ol
arms Is sasu 10 nase oeen uolltseo III ftkfh-
VI COURSE ae hao peeuhar ela,t1 10 tats e1-
ccpuonal lr'sMeee' on aee.ao. " 4ae ASSISTANCE
gwen ~ INC on.aese tlannas'ns, 10 aspf'sc Us
o. ths luss 'ruts u 's's 'a's suese'ut ~ "af.
neauet "ls' VI spt!!e u.s." e'a - t1e sine
caarac.es, feaoe4Sa i''A nto's auHissI1'e than
! those "ho opgneo '.e W ~ nu', aoes nut
~ aFPe4t; , ~ .uc -" ~. st.. ~ ot'en lima
| y reaceIal me1aoas, IT, .nen ~ oo1 'h's
| taf lucy seem netef ao!e ~ ns!l 'aemse!se*,
thah 10 10 anyl1'oG lot tne "of4a u "a ,afsc
| ta1Es7.-tonacn, MeuhesaaS:-lhe China
| mail has a1r.sed, hr!nE1ns complete accounts of
the fe'ho asa'E which resulted III the total de-
teat OF The Er'tlsh forces VAN no less than tive
gun boats ami about ons'thlra Of the whole force
engaged. Tue tnouth ct ahe river w9s el!,ctua'!y
| barred by iron STAKES and beams This bar Was
rakcsby ti!e tie ne"ty constructed fort. On
tue other side ot tile river containing lr"n ninety
to one hundred guns. Admlrat uopcs appear
ances in tue irst instance, were Enthusiastically
pacific. A solitary ni2,f-ot'"ar boat, Carried in
h's tirst mes.age, .,'e Fury ana tTo gun boats
beng ielt outside tue 9af "t'se 'fts rest OF llc
squadron WAS lying thirty miles oil. Tie Am
hassad9rs 1,nains no pIones onaceFs to receive
taem, decided 10 remove t1e paf anu pass upthe
river; SIX or se'en hours. ao*eref, were spent
tn rain endea'oFing 10 eneet thl*, and during
that time not gun "aS nfeu from Inc 1o1ts. al
though The gun boats were IL Distance Of 5e1
10 '0o yards only, and some ot them had got
! around ut 3:tt,V l.. u.