Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-27
Further ard Interesting from Europe.

North American, from Liverpool, with dates "a
the 18th, passed here to-day going up to Que
bee, and the summary of her alviceS has been
received:
The steamers North America and Asia ar.
rived out on the | It'll instant, and The steamer
Hungarian on the 18TH. and tile VANDERBILT! and
Sayoria on the 18th.
An explosion occurred on board the steamer
Great Eastern. on the 9th instant off Hastings.
The funnel was blown into the air, tearing II!
nic,es tine grand saloon and doing great dam
zoe TO the internal outliltings. The guests had
ir,s, Quilted the saloon and escaped injury
The force Of the explosion WAS terrific, but
the ship resisted the shock, her frame sustain
inr no injury. The accident made so little dii'
ference in the movements Of the ship that the
t: ..nes never stopped till she reached Portland.
where an inlucs; was held, which showed that
the supply Of the boilers through the water
Jacket was STOPPED, because Of the failure OF
an auxiliary pumping power. Secondly. tap
n q stand pipe which acts Is safety valve,
VA, turned, apparently Intentionally, so that
H.. pipe was useless. The ship was almost
without motion during the "trip. when large
SHIPS were tossing in the stormy sea. The IN
iurv would he repaired in i've days.
Anew reform increment, under the auspices
o: r!cn and Others. WAS III progress.
Some Of the builders vf London ilad Yielded
+. the demands q! their worhmcn.
TRNScg.
Tin. kim of Belgium has gone to see Nap0-
leon. =, is supposed. in reference to the diii-
Guilty between France and Austria.
Tie late article in the Monitcur 1t was stated,
,.:ac direct from the Emperor.
/, was rumorc'l that France and England had
a.recd that . European congress Oh Tie Italian
question was necessary.
The pien:potcntiaric> 4, Zurich wc:c having
OCCASIONAL meetings.
i:AiY.
The National Assembly Of Parma hal voted
for the expulsion Of the House Of BenSlon, and
the Annexation Of that State TO Sardinia
II was said that King Victor Emanuel was
,i;,banding his army, but the men were furn-
i>hed with passports to Tuscany and Modena,
where tiry will swell the army Of Central Italy.
ASIA.
Sclanvi * SAID to have lrcn made prisoner
by the l:ii, >iall> and sent to II. Petersburg.
Ar,!i:I,.
The government Of Austria is making great
conccs>.omS TO Pro,cStan;>.
Iho,ew were signs of di>aiIcction III ;hc Madras
cavalry at lydrabd
The Australian mails TO the middle Of .Iuly
hal been received. The supply Of COLL was in
crcas!ug.
admiral Hope arrived oil Pciho river on the
,th of June, but found the entrance barred
IN attempt Was made on the 18th To force n
passage. when suddenly batteries, supported by
Il force oil 3n0o0 men, were unmasl,cd and
opened Il destructive fire. After 4 severe ac-
ton. the squadron was compelled to Withdraw,
with the loss Of gln-boatS CormOrant. Lee and
Ploycr. AMI four hundred and sixteen were
killed and ,youndcd. The French had fourteen
men killed out OF SIXTY.
\, |. 30 =. W.. The signal ior action was run
up. The :uD-hVatS Opos>uIn and Iioycr push
ell in close To the first barrier, when the guns
Of tie forts opened fire and the action became
general The fire Of the Chinese in weight
and precision was such ~ never before cXpe-
ricncrd. Every shot told, while those Of the
British did comparatively little damage. The
troops were ordered to land, but a. the first
boat touched the shore the forts poured Il per-
feet hurricane OF shell, balls and rocket, which
moved down the men ~ they landed. The
ship supported them as well as possible
The mud on the shore was deep, and Of the
thousand landing barely one hundred reached
the first Of the wide bitches, live hundred
yards froni the river. Only fifty reached the
third ditch, and these would have made an al
tempt To scale the walls but the ladders were
broken by the shot, or stuc!; fast in the mud.
With the one remaining ten men Sprang for
ward three OF whom were killed and five Sc
yercly injured. Orders were at last given to
retire. and in Tie retreat the men were shot
Gown like birds. Many boats were swamped
bv the balls and there were not enough to take
oil the survivors. Several boats full Of wound
cd were struck and >wainpcd. Rus. ian fca-
lures were distinctly visible at the batteries.
Seven British officers were killed and seven.
teen woundcd, the latter including the Admiral
The plcnipo;cntiaiic> had returned 10 Shans
hal
The details say the mouth of the river was
rakcd by the fire of newly constructed forts,
nine hundred guns.
The Americans towcd up several boats to the
scene Of action. and afterwards tool, number
OF men to their respective ships.