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ntlimiMU- UAo UALTlES.
ntlimiMU- UAo UALTlES. SHIPWRECK IN THE THAMES—A fine barque, called the Benlida, which has recently discharged a cargo from China in St. Katherine's Dock, was wrecked on Thursday while being towed down the river from those docks. On getting abreast of the Wappmg entrance of the London Docks, a sudden and heavy squall of wind from the southward and west- ward caught the ship, and being light, having not the least ballast in her, she took a list on the port side, and immediately went right over on her beam-ends. Fortunately her masts and yards, as they rested upon the water, gave a buoyancy to the ship, and prevented her at Once sinking. Captain Pain, the dockmaster of the London Docks, had warps led out to the capsized vessel, with a view of getting her out of the mid stream, and nearer in shore. After much exertion the ship was got to the Middlesex shore close in by Wapping Old Stairs, where she gradually filled with water. The barque now lies on her beam-ends, neces- sarily much damaged. DUBLIN.-The Prince Consort, iron-clad, from Ply- mouth to Liverpool, put into Kingstown Roads on Friday morning, greatly disabled from a gale in the Channel. Several of her crew are seriously injured, ind her guns, boats, &c., are in great confusion. All ;he pumps were working, as she was half full of water. Fhe Prince Consort is the new iron-plated vessel which ;he (Government dispatched to Birkenhead to keep vatch over the steam rams built by Mr. Laird.
THE REV. lL WARD BEECIIEWS…
THE REV. lL WARD BEECIIEWS FARE- WELL ADDRESS AT LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool members of the Emancipation Society entertained the Rev. H. Ward Beecher at a public breakfast prior to his embarkation to the United States. The breakfast took place at St. James's-hall. Mr. Beecher, after expressing the feelings of even romantic regret with which he left England, said that in spite of the few waves which had dashed over his ship he had nothing to regret in his intercodrse with the British people. He would return to his native land with the incitement of their kindness and good wishes to labour for better understanding and an abiding peace between two great nations. Some of his own countrymen might say that, while in England, he had conceded too much and not been so sturdy in speech as in his own land. But though he had spoken the words of truth he had done so in soberness- speaking the words of truth and peace first, and of peace and love next. He had not said everything he knew, but he should have been foolish if he had left untouched the things of peace and dug up those of offence. When among his own countrymen he would earnestly do his best to represent to his own people the cause of the alleged antagonism of Great Britain to the North in their great conflict with slavery. In the first place, he might venture to say that for a long period the voices of those who speak as the nation in England were at times like those of old—possessed by the Devil—(laughter), and not under their own control. These voices had long con- trolled England, but after all they did not repre-, sent the great and substantial heart of England. This must needs be, for England, like all other countries full of life and vitality, was ever undergoing gradual internal change. Such changes among a free' people were the operation of nature, and they always created doubt, hesitation, debate, and antagonism. Nothing was so fearful as to see dead men walking about as if alive, and not knowing they were dead. Changes were also going on in America, and, as they were begotten of revolution and war, they were more pronounced than those of England. At the outbreak of their conflict they only addressed England through her senses,, and then she was, if anything, in favour of the North, owmg, in a great measure, to her hereditary hatred of slavery, though it might only be torpid. It was said that this general vague sentiment in favour of the North changed at the time of the Trent affair. He would not say that this was altogether correct; but England then began seriously to consider what effect the war would have upon her own internal organisation. There were many who feared the re- action of American ideas upon the masses of the English people. Then, again, there was great ignorance and misrepresentation. England was cleverly acted upon by the unscrupulous and wonderfully active exertions of Southern emissaries, who compassed sea and land to make proselytes, and made the ignorant and careless even ten times more the children of the Devil than they were previously. Then, again, there was the constant suppression and distortion of the truth, which made easy converts 01 those who did not venture to sift the mass of false facts placed before them. The feeling of commercialmvalry also entered largely into-the matters which influenced the people of this country. Now in his opinion, commercial competition was a national blessing, but he thought that Old England, even in trade, need never fear her eldest son, and he hoped that all jarring jealousies on that score' would soon cease, and that all either country would ask for would! be a fair ficicl. As for men who fostered rancorous: rivalries for trade fears, out upon them, and letfthem be ever rebuked on both sides of the Atlantic" He knew that in good time commerce would increasfl 4 T4* energies oi DOTJI threat Britaia and. Amenca, and resurreotionise nations by carry in a* to them the blessings of liberty and civilisation (cheers).. There was in some English mnada a, feeling that the Free Church system of America might in- fluence Engiish thought and opinion. If England did fancy sucliasystem, he could only say that it was onlya question of time when she would possess it. After due consideration and reflection his visit to England had con- vinced him that the tide was at last turning. England admired and loved success, and only wanted one or two conclusive Federal victories to turn her sympathies once more round to the North. Such victories would expedite the change in English opinion, just as a sledge drives in a wedge and splits the log (cheers and laughter). To procure for the North genuine English good-will they must give the South a thorough good drubbing. Nothing was in the way of that but the doing of it (immense laughter). Speaking of the war he said it had evoked a rare spirit of devotion and patriotism, and the rev. gentleman said, "Let the war go on, until it has burnt out slavery to the very root." Slavery had attempted to lasso his countrymen, but the war had put them on their feet, and they were men again, even since the arm, as it were of Om nipotence had dragged them back from inhaling the sorcerer's breath. Wheat, farms, ships, houses and every material element of wealth, if onoe destroyed could be recreated, but a man, a corrupt citizen, is ever poor, and in the graves of the young heroes who had died for their country, ajad made so many houses he knew desolate and full of mourning, dwelt a moral power which would for ages bless their country so long as it should reverence self-devotion, love of country and love of God. As to the future of England and America, he hoped and believed it would indeed be a lasting and cordial union of the two peoples It had been said that he had tried too much of the soothing syrup" with the British Lion, and if that were an offence he must plead guilty to the charge of trying to influence him on the side of good nature. He was a man with strong con- viction, with generous impulses, and it would be his duty and wish, on meeting once more his own country- men, to be just and faithful both with the young folks" and the old folks." He hoped soon to see the day when England and America would be one in heart and purpose. In conclusion Mr. Beecher said:- I have sacrificed nothing, however, for the sake of your favour (cheers), and if you have permitted me to have any influence with you it was because I stood apparently a man of strong convictions, but with generous impulses as well; it was because you believed that I was honest in my belief, and because I was kind in my feelings towards you (applause). And now when I go back, I shall tell them something of what I have said to their ancestors on this side. I shall plead for union, for confidence (cheers), for the sake of civi. lisation for the sake of those glories of the Christian Church on earth which are dearer to me than all that [ know for the sake of Him whose blaorl T bom. Q hr. a perpetual cleansing, a perpetual cloud of strength and stimulation; for the sake of time and for the glories of eternity, I shall plead that' mother and daughter, England and America, be found one in heart and one m purpose, following the bright banner of salvation,^ as streaming abroad in the light of the morning, it goes round the earth carrying the prophecy and the fulfilment together, that "the earth shall be the Lord's, and that his glory shall fill it as the waters cover the sea" (loud and prolonged cheering).
THE WAR, IN AMERICA. --+--
THE WAR, IN AMERICA. --+-- The Royal mail ship Persia, Captain Lott, from New York, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday. She brought 175 passengers and £301,776 specie. The following extracts are taken from the various papers she brings :— T Removal of Rosecrans. The Wasnmgton correspondent of the Neiv Ycrlc Tribune thus speaks of this :— "The removal of General Rosecrans from the command of the department of the Cumberland nas been fully determined upon. General Thomas mil be his successor. The fact that General Rose- crans was, with Generals ::VI'Cook and Crittenden, asleep in Chattanooga, while General Thomas was fighting a brave and desperate fight alone, has been known to the Government for weeks. It is I also understood that General Rosecrans has failed, ever since the battle of Chickamanga, to exhibit in his dispatches a spirit equal to the cir- cumstances in which he found himself. It is now ascertained that General Bosecrans came very near losing his command in the siege of Vicksburg, in consequence of his refusal to assist General Grant, after repeated orders by the Government and re- ouests from General Grant himself, by attacking Bragg, so as to make a diversion in Grant's favour, and prevent the reinforcement of Johnston. The Government is satisfied that he was too cautious before crossing the Tennessee, and too rash after- wards-in the first case hesitating to obey orders to move, and in the second disregarding orders not to move too rapidly—that, in a word, the Chat- tanooga campaign was really a failure." England and the Confederacy. A; New York paper says :—" Richmond papers contain a correspondence between the rebel Secre- taryof State, Mr. J. P. Benjamin, and Mr. Fullarton, the British consul at Savannah. Mr. Benjamin states that the consular agents of the British Government have been instructed not to confine themselves to an appeal for redress, either to courts Oi. justice or to this (Confederate) Govern- ment but that they assume the power of deter- mining- themselves whether British subjects who are regularly enlisted soldiers of the Confederacy are properly bound to its service; that they even arrogate the right to interfere directly with the execution of Confederate laws, and to advise sol- diers of the Confederacy to throw clown arms in the face of the enemy. 'This assumption of jurisdiction, continues Mr. Benjamin, 'by foreign officials within the territory of the Confederacy, and tiiib encroachment upon its sovereignty, can- not be tolerated for a moment • and the President has no hesitation in directing that all consuls and consular agents of the British Government be notified that they can no longer. be permitted to exercise^their functions, oy even to reside within ohe limits oi the Confederacy.' Dir. Benjamin concludes by ordering Mr. Fullarton to promptly depart from the Confederacy.' The Southern Dress generally comments favourably upon the action of j the Confederate Government in this matter, and the Richmond Enquirer predicts the speedy advent of a British minister at Richmond." President Lincoln's Call for Volunteers. The following is President Lincoln's proclama- bion, calling upon the people for 300,000 volun- teers "Whereas, the term of service of part of the volunteer forces of the United States will expire during the coming year, and whereas, in addition to the men raised by the present draft, it'is deemed expedient to raise 300,000 volunteers to serve for uhree years of the war, not, however, exceeding three years. Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, sident of tlio TJnited States, and Commander- in-Chief of the army and navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service, do issue this my proclamation, calling upon the governors of the different States to raise and have enlisted into the service of the United States, for the various regiments in the field from their respective States their quotas of 300,000 men. I further proclaim that all the volunteers thus called out, and duly enlisted, shall receive advance pay, premium, and bounty, as heretofore communicated to the governors of States by the War Department, through the Provost Marshal- General's office, by special letters. I further pro- claim that all volunteers received under this call, as well as all others not heretofore credited, shall be duly credited and deducted from the quotas established for the next draft. I further proclaim that if any State shall fail to raise the quota as- signed to it by the War Department under this call, then a draft for the deficiency in said quota shall be made in said State, or on the districts of said State, for their due proportion of the said quQta, and the said draft shall commence on the 5th day of January, 1864. And I further proclaim that nothing in this proclamation shall interfere with existing orders, or with those which may be issued for the present draft in the States where it is now in progress, or where it has not yet com- menced. The quotas of the States and districts will be assigned by the War Department, through the Provost Marshal-General's office, due regard being had for the men heretofore furnished, whether by volunteering or drafting; and the recruiting will be conducted in accordance with such instructions as have been or may be issued by that department. In issuing this proclamation, ] I address myself, not only to the governors of the several States, but also to the good and loyal people thereof, invoking them to lend their cheer- < ful, willing, and effective aid to the measures thus < adopted, with a view to reinforce our victorious] armies now in the field, and bring our needful military operations to a prosperous end, thus closing for ever the fountains of sedition and civil war.-In witness," &c. < Governor Seymour's Proclamation. The following has been issued by the Governor of New York State, in response to the President's call far troops:— Executive Chamber, Albany, Oct. 20, 1860. The President of the United States has called upon me, as Governor of the State of New York, to furnish its quota of 300,000 men to recruit the volunteer forces of the United States, which will be largely reduced during the coming year by the expiration of the terms of enlistment. At this time the defenders of the national capital are menaced by a superior force the army of the Cumberland is in an imperilled condition, and the military operations of the Government are delayed and hindered by the want of adequate military power, and are threatened with serious disaster. In this emergency it is the duty of all the citizens to listen to the appeal put forth by the President and to give efficient and cheerful aid in filling up the thinned ranks of our armies. It is due to our brethren in the field, who have battled so heroically for the flag of our country, the union of the States, and to uphold the constitution, that prompt and voluntary assistance should be sent to them in this moment of their peril. They went forth in the full confidence that they would at all times receive from their fellow-citizens at home a generous and efficient support. Every emotion of pride and patriotism should impel us to give this by voluntary and cheerful contribution of men and money, and not by a forced conscription or coercive action on the part of the Government. The President also advises the citizens of the several States that, in the event of the failure to raise the quotas assigned to them, a draft shall be made for the deficiency, to commence on the 5th day of January next. "Not only does our duty to our soldiers in the field and the honour of the nation demand that we shall continue to fill our armies by voluntary enlistments, but the interests of all classes in society will be promoted by the success of that system. The unequal burthens which conscrip- tions unavoidingly inflict on a portion of society, not only cause great distress and injury to individuals, but are more hurtful to the whole community than the equalised distribution of the cost and sacrifices of volunteering which more perfectly adjusts itself to the condition of all classes. The bounties which will be paid by the general Government, and in this State by the Government of New York, are extremely liberal, and much larger than those heretofore given. They will aid the volunteers who shall enter the service to make immediate and ample provision for those dependent upon them. I expect all classes of our citizens to assist in recruiting volunteers called for from this State, by their influence and by liberal contributions; and I call upon all State officials to give every assistance in their power to promote enlistments into our armies, and thus save our citizens from the inequalities, irritations, and sufferings of the draft, and, at the same time, animate our soldiers by an exhibition of sympathy and patriotic devotion, and give strength to our armies in their battles for the preservation of the Union. HORATIO SEYMOUR." General Burnside's Advance. The following is from a New York paper:- Official advices from General Burnside have been received at the War Department, and convey intelligence of his successful advance towards Lynchburg. The force opposed to him was not large. Rebel accounts state that Burnside, with twenty-seven regiments of cavalry and mounted infantry, estimated at 14,000 men, passed Green- ville, Tennessee, bound eastward, to make a raid on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The Confederates fell back to Zollicoffer, and subse- quently to Bristol. In three days' skirmishing the Confederate loss was 300 killed and wounded, the latter falling into the hands of the Federals. On the 14th of October, Burnside reached Bristol, and was reported to have advanced towards Abingdon, Virginia, with a force estimated at 10,000 men. It is stated that three regiments of East Tennessee Unionists had been organised, and that large numbers of recruits were daily coming in. Confederate papers predict the capture of Burnside's entire force, ac* soon as they are drawn far enough into the net." The Situation. The New York Herald, of the 21st ult., gives the following as the situation of affairs at that date -The retreat of General Lee's army is now ac- counted for by the fact that startling intelligence was telegrapned to the rebel chief, that General Burnside, with a large force, had worked his way from the west through the mountains of East Tennessee and the^South-western part of Virginia, and was moving on Lynchburg, the base of supplies for the rebel army. He was reported to be near Abingdon, Virginia, 175 miles from Lynchburg, and to have destroyed the railroad for a distance of over forty miles. The news reached General Lee by courier on the 16th, and on the following day his retrograde movement towards Lynchburg com- menced. The troops in advance under General Hill were carried by an immense train of cars from Culpepper southward on Wednesday, the rest of the. main army following by way of Warrenton and Greenwich. This movement of General Burnside is confirmed by a dispatch from Lynchburg to Richmond, on the 16th, which says that 27 regiments of Union cavalry and mounted infantry, estimated at 14,000 men, passed Greenville, Tennessee, around eastward to make a raid, on the Virginia and Tennessee Hail- road, and attacked the rebel forces at Bible Ridge, six miles west of Greenville, on Saturday the 10th. The rebels withdrew to Henderson's Gap, ten miles east of Greenville. The Union troops having suc- ceeded in reaching the enemy'srear, they fell back to Zollicoffer, and finally retreated to Bristol, with a loss of 300 men. The' fight at Thoroughfare Gap, on Sunday, was between Stuart's and Buford's cavalry "^and their respective batteries. It lasted four hours, and was almost exclusively confined.to the artillery on both sides. The action ended by a spirited charge of General Buford's savalry, who drove -the rebels back into the moun- bains. General Kilpatrick, with a force of his savalry, got into a scrape with some three brigades 3f the enemy, near New Baltimore, on Monday 3veniiig. He made a spirited attack on the rebels, hut soon found that they were cutting in on his Sank and rear, and had to turn and fight his way back towards Haymarket, hotly pursued by the rebels, but was fortunately sustained by the arrival of the first army corps under General Sutler, upon whose appearance the enemy fell aack. At nine o'clock last night everything was quiet on the front. ° uenerai arrant lias been ordered to supersede General Rosecrans. The change has not occurred because of any fault with General Bosecrans's^con- duct of the war in the south-west; but it is said that the fact of his moving beyond Chattanooga without orders from Washington has given offence to the high military authorities there, and the circumstance cf General Grant's ranking him is pretext sufficient for the substitution of the latter for the gallant and cautious chief of the Cumber- land army, in command of the men he has so often led to victory. General Grant is put in command of the departments of Ohio, Kentucky, and the Cumberland, while General Thomas takes direct command of the army of the Cumberland. General Bosecrans is ordered to report at Cincinnatti. The Retreat of General tee. A dispatch from the head-quarters of the army of the Potomac to the semi-official organ of the Government says:- Deserters from the rebel lines bring us most cheering news to-day, which is understood to be confirmed by official dispatches received by Gen. Meade from Washington, and which fully accounts for the hasty withdrawal of Lee from the front. It appears that Burnside has forced his. way through the mountains of East Tennessee and South-west Virginia, and has actually got posses- sion of the main line of rebel intercommunication -the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. The information places Burnside in the vicinity of Abingdon, about 175 miles south-west of Lynch- burg, the great rebel base of supplies. He is said to be in possession of the railroad for a distance of 40 or 50 miles, and has utterly destroyed it. He is working along the railroad towards Lynchburg. Lee, in his recent advance against Meade, with- drew all the available men he could gather from this line of road, supposing it perfectly secure so long as Meade was in his front. It now appears plain—what was before incomprehensible—why Meade was not allowed to fight the rebels m the Bappahannock, as he desired to do, out was not permitted to do by the authorities at Washington. By falling back towards Washington, ie drew the enemy at least two days' march iarther away from Burnside's field of operations. Lee, utterly ignorant of Burnside's movement, followed him. The discovery of Burnside's ope- :ations was made on the 15th, and was telegraphed ;o Gordonsville, and thence dispatched by special courier to Lee, reaching him on the 16th, coupled vith imperative orders- to fall back immediately md with all haste to Gordonsville, and to reinforce he garrison at Lynchburg. His retrograde move- nent was commenced on Friday night, when the roopsintendedfor Lynchburgwere first withdrawn. Chese I understand to be the corps of D. H. Hill, which was at that time operating in our-left, and was, therefore, nearest to Culpepper. They arrived at Culpepper on Wednesday, where im- mense trains of cars were waiting for them, by which they were transported southward. The rest of the rebel army followed more leisurely, though with all reasonable expedition, taking the Warrenton turnpike and the dirt road wA Green- wich. Stuart's cavalry retained their position in our front until Sunday, when they fell back. The destruction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad by the rebels in their retreat was almost complete. Not only were the rails torn up and piled upon heaps of ties, which were burned, thus warping and bending the iron, but all the bridges were destroyed, even the abutments being blown down, culverts blown up, water stations destroyed, timber felled across the track, and every con- ceivable device resorted to to make the destruc- tion complete. Of course we have not seen the full extent of damage done to the road, but estimating it by what is seen at Bristol station and in the vicinity, it will require a week or two, with the strongest possible force of workmen, to put it in order. This work has already been commenced, and will be prosecuted with all the vigour that has ever characterised the operations of Colonels M'Callum and Devereux, the managers of the line. But the destruction of the railroad will not retard the operations of the army. Already they are fully supplied with rations, and such arrangements have been made that they will not lack for sup- plies in the future. They are pressing on towards the point where they are needed, full of spirit, and strong in their confidence in their able commander. Let it suffice for the present that they are not idle, and though startling events may not be recorded daily, the time is not far distant when the old army of the Potomac will strike another blow influential for the restoration of the Union."
EXECUTION OF A NORTHERN SPY.
EXECUTION OF A NORTHERN SPY. The Richmond Examiner relates an extraordinary case of a man being condemned and hung as a spy 7- the following are the partiaulars extracted from the above Confederate organ :— Spencer Kellogg, the spy, has just been executed in the presence of a vast crowd of people. While seated in tne "hack" waiting the perfecting of the arrange- ments he conversed with the utmost nonchalance with Dr. Burrows, frequently smiling at some remark made either by himself or the minister. Arrivimg under the gallows, the condemned man, unaccompanied, mounted the scaffold. In a few moments Detective Capehart followed, and commenced io adjust the rope over the neck of the criminal, in which he assisted, all the while talking with the officer. On taking off his hat to admit the noose over his head, he threw it on one side, and, falling off the scaffpld, it struck a gentleman beneath, when the prisoner turned quickly, aid bowing said: Excuse me, sir." A negro cam-- on the scaffold with a ladder and proceeded to fasten the rope to the upper beam, the prisoner meanwhile regarding him with the greatest composure. The rope being fastened, the negro was in the act of coming down, when the prisoner, lookingupab the rope, remarked:- This won't break my neck; 'tisn't more than a foot fall. Doctor, I wish you would come up and arrange this thing. I don't want to have a botch job of it!°" The rope was then rearranged to his satisfaction, and the cloth cap placed over his head. The condemned man then bowed his head and engaged a few seconds in prayer, at the conclusion of which he raised himself, and standing perfectly erect, pronounced in a clear voice, "All Teady The drop fell, and the condemned man was launched into eternity. He straggled violently for about a second, the rope swaying to and fro like the pendulum of a clock. He had confessed his guilt. He had hired himself in the Confederate Engineer Corps at Island No. 10 for the purpose of gaining information for the benefit of the Federal Government, and he died with the conviction that he had furnished more valuable information, in the sharacter of a spy, to that Government, than any other ten men in the United States' Service.
--MR. FEBBAND, M.P., AND HIS…
MR. FEBBAND, M.P., AND HIS CON- STITUENTS. Mr. W. F'errand, M.P. for Devonport, has just ad- dressed a very large body of his constituents in the Guildhall of that town. He first noticed some personal matters connected with his election, when he was op- posed 1Yy Sir Fred. Grey, Naval Lord of the Admiralty, who was the nominee of the Dtake of Somerset. In proceeding to show how diligent he had been in pro- moting the interests of his constituents, Mr. Ferrand cited his speeches in favour of the employment of Lancashire operatives in agriculture, and in favour of granting pensions to hired artificers in the dockyards. Against the restriction of railway compensation' to .£100, against the grant for an architect to reside in the Minister's house, at Constantinople, against the abolition of church rates, against the purchase of the land and building of the South Kensington Exhibition, and against the ballot he had voted, and the majority of the House had gone with him. He had opposed Mr. Reed's appointment as chief ship-eonstructor, for he had neither built a ship nor held a responsible post in the navy yards. The question of superannuation of hired artificers would have been brought forward by him had he not been away from England; Mr. Hennessy did it for him. These and other matters were' touched 'V upon discursively, and Mr. Ferrand's assertion that he had been to the Devonport electors a first-class repre- sentative was received with loud applause. Sir Arthur Buller had called him a Tory; but he said, Judge me by my votes" (hear, hear). If those votes were Toryism, then he was & Tory (cheers). If serving them faithfully and looking after their interests was Toryism then he was a Tory (renewed cheers). If making solemn pledges to them and breaking them in Parliament was Liberalism, he was no Liberal (loud cheers). He would now say a word or two as to the Ministry, whom he considered a disgrace to the country, and he had no hesitation in giving his opinion upon their conduct since they had jockeyed Lord Derby out of office. They had promised a Re- form Bill, a far more sweeping measure than Lord Derby's, and he asked—Where was it? (A voice: "Dead; "and laughter). He said Lord Palmerston had proved himself the greatest political gambler of the present age (hear, hear), and Lord Russell, who had jockeyed them out of the Reform Bill, the greatest political juggler (cheers, and laughter). Now fancying their position secured, Lord Russell told them Lord Palmerston was as good a Conservative as Lord Derby, and that they must "rest and be thankful (loud laughter). The Whigs had told them that Lord Derby's Government would be dangerous to the peace of Europe, but what did we see at the present time under the Ministry of Lords Palmerston and Russell ? England was either engaged in or drifting into seven wars-in America, Affghanistan, China, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and Prussia. Lord Palmerston's trickery was fully seen through by the majority of the people, and they did not now hear him spoken of as the ablest Minister of, the day." He was thoroughly convinced the time had arrived when Lord Palmerston's Government should be removed; and if a vote of want of confidence were moved when Parliament met, he, as the member for Devonport, would most decidedly give it his hearty support (cheers). A resolution, approving of Mr. Ferrand's parhamentarv conduct nn.^qprl
RUSSIAN RULE IN POLAND.
RUSSIAN RULE IN POLAND. The Government of Augustow has now been defi- nitively united to Lithuania, and General Mouravieff has begun to style himself Chief of the countries of Lithuania and Augustow." Preparations are being made for the incorporation of the remainder of the kingdom of Poland with the Russian Empire, by dis- missing all the Polish employes in the kingdom, and replacing them with Russians. One hundred and thirty-six custom-house employes have already been dismissed, and even the railway employes are being su- perseded by Germans. In Warsawthe perpetual search- ings of people walking in the street are conducted in the most provoking manner. Even ladies of every age and class are not exempt from these revisions, and their clothes are searched without the slightest regard to decency by Russian officers. These searches take place even at the railway station, where the officers of the Russian gendarmerie, among whom one Kobierski has particularly distinguished himself by his brutality, subject young and modest women to the strictest revision, outraging, both by word and action, the most sacred feelings of their sex.
THE HURRICANE IN THE METROPOLIS.
THE HURRICANE IN THE METROPOLIS. Serious Disasters and Loss of Life. On Friday afternoon the neighbourhood of London was visited by a terrific storm, thus verifying the prediction of Admiral Fitzroy, who had sent warnings to the various outports that a hurricane might be expected. The whole of the outskirts seem to have suffered more or less, but the most serious accident which occurred during the day took place at the New- cross station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and .which resulted in the instan- taneous death of one man, three others being so seri- ously injured as to leave little hope of their recovery, and a number of others slightly injured. The accident occurred at the engine depot of the company. As every one who has occasion to travel on any of the lines from London-bridge must be aware, there are several large engine sheds in the neighbourhood of Hatcham-park. In one of these sheds about a dozen men were working, principally engine fitters, stokers, and drivers. There were also four or five engines getting up steam, two of them being ready to go out, when, without the slightest warning, the wind rushed in at the open end of the shed with terrific force, and there being no vent for it, it first blew off the roof notwithstanding it was braced with heavy iron girders, and then one side of the building, which might per- haps be fifty or sixty yards in length. The side which was blown out fell across the rails of the Croydon line, completely blocking them with a mass of bricks and rubbish. The other side of the building, against which some hundreds of tons of coke were piled, fell inwards on the space occupied by the build- ing, which was immediately covered by a mass of bricks, heavy iron girders, and broken beams of timber. In point of fact, the building was as completely demolished as if it had been a card house blown down by a breath of wind. The men engaged in the building fled for their lives at the first alarm, but before they could get out several of them were completely buried in the rums. One man, named Henry Woodrow, was killed on the spot by the falling of an engine upon him. He was found completely doubled up, his back being broken and both thighs smashed. His head was also frightfully wounded by the falling of iron rods. He was an engine-fitter, and leaves a wife and family. Three other men, named George Cutts, William Smith, and Charles Privett, were also so injured by the falling girders that but little hopes are entertained of their recovery. Cutts had his back broken, and his right leg broken in two places. Smith has both legs broken, and Privett his legs and arms broken. All the unfortunate men were I;, removed as soon as they could be dug out of the ruins to Guy's Hospital. They are covered with bruises in different parts of the body, caussd by the falling bricks and coke, which completely covered them. The other men, about a dozen in number, who were engaged in the shed at the time, fortunately escaped with no greater injury than cuts and bruises. On the fir»S alarm some hundreds of men from the neighbouring sheds rushed to the spot where the accident had occurred. Upwards of an hour elapsed before the three men could be extricated from the ruins. After a. portion of the rubbish had been re- moved it was found that the rails had been completely destroyed in every direction. Four or five engines were either I y on their sides or prone en the ground with their wheels off. The value of the property destroyed muat be several thousand pounds, and it is stated that it was all the work of about five minutes. It is a singular fact that while this shed was thus instantaneously destroyed, another and mush larger one in the immediate vicinity bad a most remarkable escape. The sane blast of wind which levelled the one lifted the vast roof of the other completely off, but the wind finding sufficient vent the roof settled into its former. position without any other injury than the smashing of a lew panes of glass.. rJrhe same blast of wind which levelled the engine- shed at New-cross to the ground, also unroofed three houses at the end of the Old Kent-road. I'wo of them were shops occupied respectively by small tradesmen of the names of Sutton and Adams, but fortunately in these cases the inhabitants of the houses escaped. One or two.passengers.sA the streets, however, just avoided being buried under about a couple of toas of bricks, which fell on to the pavement. In the. other case, however, they were not so fortunate. Om the opposite side of the roadJ to those occupied by Sutton and AdaiBQS is a small house, occupied by a" man named MaAoney, carrying on the business of at&dor, who was sitting with four other men working, wfern the whole of the upper part of the house was blows away, and a pile of chimneys falling smashed the raftsrs, which fell upon one of the men, and inflicted such severe injuries as to. render his recovery doubtful. At the same time every bit of furniture in the room was destroyed. Mahoney himself escaped in the most marvellous way. He was sitting by the side of the man who is nearly killed, but happening to look out-, of the window, and^ observing the slates from the roof flying very freely, he left the room to warn his wife to take the children into. the house, when at that moment the stack of chimneys fell. The other men in the room were fortunately sitting under another rafter, which resisted the force of the wind and the falling bricks, and they escaped with a few bruises. The roof of the room adjoining also fell in with a frightful crash, de- stroying everything in the room. The unfortunate people inhabiting the house, who appeared to be very poor in their circumstances, were driven into the street, and momentarily expected the fall of the whole build- lrl8'' Two or three suits of new clothes and a quantity t«- Were eniirely destroyed by the fall of the roof. Numerous other casualties have occurred in this district by the fall of tiles and bricks, and a good deal of glass was broken, but the above were the only serious accidents reported at the varsous police-stations that night. The storm passed over the Crystal Palace without inflicting any injury, not a single pane of glass having been broken. Some of the telegraph wires were blown down, and several minor casualties were reported from the East- snd and other parts of the town. Most of the houses [njured are reported by the police to have been in a oad condition.
FALL OF A WINDMILL.
FALL OF A WINDMILL. On Thursday a heavy gale blew at Preston; in the afternoon there was a complete hurricane. When the storm was at the highest, a windmill in the North- road, belonging to Mr. Thomas Hayes, was blown down. The men belonging to the mill had just furled sails when the accident occurred. The roof and the sails of the mill were blown off with terrific force. One of the sails fell upon a house adjoining. It cut the roof in two, smashed in all the floors, and completely filled the kitchen with debris. There were several children in the house, but fortunately none were hurt. Another large piece of the sails fell upon the next house. It crushed in the front ceiling, displaced the brickwork, and hurled the coping-stones' into the street. One of the sails, together with the driving wheel and its shaft, was thrown into the mill yard. It was about three tons weight, and, in its descent smashed a wall, went through the roof qf an office, and did very great damage. A large portion of the last sail which fell was carried about one hundred yards. It struck one of the windows of the Roman Catholic school in St. Ignatius-square. The window, with its heavy stone mullions, was driven in and broken to atoms. In the school and immediately in front of the window that was broken in, there were thirty-two little boys sitting at the desk. Several large pieces of stone struck the desks, but none of the boys were hurt. One large piece of stone was driven right through the school. It passed amongst large numbers of girls, caught and smashed a desk, and then buried itself in the floor. A little girl was struck on the head with a piece of stone. She was the only one injured. Con- sidering the densely populated nature of the district in which the accident happened, it is marvellous that many lives were not lost.
A LIVELY IDEA.
A LIVELY IDEA. The following letter was addressed to the editor of In J* T j" ^'7° met with an announce- ment which absolutely horrifies me. My pen, although f 'prembl?.s as I write to put you and the Society liue—nv M1 °f 9ruelty to Allimals on the qui ZoLi ■\ lr mmsection. Some dreadful secict society has, for some time past—it is too evident -been torturing some unhappy living creature which has for many weeks, to judge from the advertisement, lingered under torture. I refer to the advertisement which has been repeated over and over again in the daily papers:- N OT DEAD YET.—SEE THE QUIVER. I protest, sir, in the name of humanity against the barbarous sang froid which draws attention to the tremulous muscular action of the victim as a proof of its continued existence. X am, sir your dis°*usted admirer, Q^DNUNC." Our correspondent may soothe his agitated feelings. The notice refers to a perfectly harmless story in an innocuous weekly paper.