Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-26
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LATER PROM EUROPE.
Arrival Of the North Americas

fARrHsR PuIxr. Sept 2S.-The steame, yo,,h
ALnei,can from Liverpool with dates 20 the ism
oSsna Dere to-day going TO Quebec, and the fol.
ceived: - AN eu'i0es nave oeen re-
al, An Sespiosion oecnrred board the steamer
fn.nsl u.s. lion on me 9th inst OF Hastings. The
.unneI ~ss oioWn Into the air-tearfng In pieces
.ne grand saloon and doing great damage 10 the
Internal fittings The guests had iust o,sit,s5 a..
saloon ana escaped injury. The force Of the en-
STOCK, her frame sustaining no injury The 49,
dent made 80 little di ference in the noxeIsnt. -,
The ship that the engines never stopped tiIi she
reached Portland, where an inquest was held
which showed that the supply OF the boSlsr.
through the water jacket was stopped, because or
the failure Of an auxiliary pumping power Sec
ondly, tap In stand pipe, which acts as a safe
that the pipe was useless. The ship was almost
without motion during the trip, when large ships
We tossing In the stormy sea The injury would
Ne repaired In i've DAYS.
ENGLAND.
M "A new new reform movement under the auspices Of
ar. Golden and others was in progress
,hs dsr % ,ne builders Of London had yielded 10
'ne demands OF their workmen
FRANCE
!. The King Of Belgium has gone n ..e N,n,,.o,
s1asn go IN reference 70 the diniculties be-
The late article in the Noniteu, a, l. ...a
came direct from the Emperor
/. IL was rumored that France and England had
oS,.'s, 'nat European Congress on the italian
me PleniPotentiaries at Zurich Were having
occasional meetings.
CHINA
Admiral Hope arrived of the psfbo ,,,,., 49, A.
i'th OF June, but found the entrance haired An
attempt was made ON the 18th 10 force a nasx,1-a
Mhth suddenly batteries. supported by a force Of
a destructive fire fN
After severe action. the squadron Was com
Pelled n withdraw, with the loss Of gun-boats
Cormorant, Lee, Plover, and four HUNDRED snd
sixty-four men killed and wounded The Fr-nch
had fourteen men killed out Of sixty
seven British officers Were killed and seventeen
wounded, the latter including the Ad niral
The plen poientlaries had returned 10 Shanghai
The details say the mouth Of the river was raked
Wy the IRE Of newly constructed forts mounting
nine hundred guns
At 100 p. m, the signal for action Wa. run nm
The gunboats Opossum and Plover pushed In
close To the first barrier when the gums az the fts
opened hre and the action became general The
IRE OF the Chinese, in weight and precision. wa.
such as never before experienced Every shot
told while those Of the British did comparstively
iit,le damage The troops were ordered to land,
bQt az the hrSt boat touched the shore the forts
poured perfect hurricane Of shells balIs and
roc ketS which moved down the men as they
landed. The shin supported them n. u,ell :. -.
sible. -
The mud on the shore was deem. and of the ,hou-
SAND landing barely one hundred reached the lrxt
wloe bitches, i've hundred yards from the river
Only hfty reached the third ditch, and these
would have made am attempt To scale the walls
but the ladders were broken by the shot or stuck
fast in the mud; with the one remaining ten men
sprang forward, three OF whom Were killed and
live severely injured. Orders were at last given
10 retire; and in the retreat the men were shot
down like birds. Many boats were swamped by
toe balls. and there were not enough 20 take OF
the survivors. Several boats full Of wounded were
struck and swamped
Russian features acre distinctly visible at the
batteries.
The Americans lowed up several bouts 10 the
scene of action and afterwards took number of
men to their respective ships.
ITALY.
The National Assembly Of Parma had voted for
the expulsion Of the House of Bourbon and The A.
neNation of that state to sardnia
IL was said that King Victor Emmanu.l was
diSbanding his army; but the men were furnished
with passports TO Tuscany and Modena where they
Will swell the army of Central Italy.
ASIA.
Schmyl is said to have been made prisoner nv
the Russians, and sent to St. Petersburg
AUSTRIA
The Government Of A ustr a is making great con
cessions TO Protestants
INDIA.
There was signs of dsaffection I'm the N,d,,s
cavalry al II ydrabad.
The Australian mail to the middle OF Julv lad
arrived The supply Of gold was increasing.