SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATBE—This nftornoon, 81; to-monow morning, 818 SUN SET-TU?, ovontag, 658 BUST EISE-To monow morp.ln?, 6 15 MOON'S AQ'K-Vhsi quarter, 2nd, 3.51 am

ARRIVALS.

'nuuuia, rm.lo 8 ss, ztwt tons snacirrora, trom ban Fratiri3no, Honolulu, and EaDd»vu (Englishand American mails) •Oolden Isle, schooner, from 'Russell "Omaha, brigantino, from Lyttelton, via Napier

DEPARTURES.

■Colima, ss, tnv the South via Napier Hawea. ss for the South U<swellyn. es, McGilllvray, for Fiji

IMPORTS.

Per Colfma from Tionolulu: 301 mats sugar, 200 ■cases salmon 6 cases brooms, 25 flasks quicksilver.— Henderson & Macfarlane.

ARRIVAL OF THE COLIMA, WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

The P.M. Co 's b.3. fnlimn, arrived in port this morning at 7 o'clock. She rrcotvefl the English anri .American mails from the Mikado at Kandavu, and brings 8 steorage pasienters for Auckland, two saloon for Wellington, and one for Dunedin. "W*o we in debted to Mr Brig;, tho pnvsur, for the following femoranda of the two steamers' passages. The ikado left Sin Francisco at 9 pm on the 29th February (corr«srordinft Few Zealand date Ist of March*), arrived off tho port of Honolulu at 3 am on the 9th Ma'rcl), and entered at daylight : left a'ftain at 3 p m of name day, a>»l arrived at the entrance of Numuka pßSungo at 11 pm on the 18;h March; -enterpd at 1 am on 19th, and arrived off Kandavu at midnight of mmo rlfiy, pnj.erine tho port at daylight, thus completing tho run in 19th days, inclusive of stoppages, and miking from Honolulu to Fiji, an average speed of 12 knots. The Collma left Sydney on Mar.-.h 12, at 3.55 a m, and arrive-i at Kandavu on March 21, at 12 50 pm. Mot in port the stoamers Gfcranadft and Mikarlo, Exchanged mails and passen gers, and left Kandavu on March 22, at 615 pm ; arrived at Auckland on 28t'h at 7 am. Experienced strong head winds and sea with fre-h gals;', without Change of wind from S. by E. or S. by W. during the voyage from Kanr'avn. Passengers : For Auckland— Steerage-Chns McGill W Longstoff, W Boley, A Nicholson, G- Glendiningf, J Holland, Roht Crozin, Geo Henderson For Wellington : Saloon—Montague Pym and wife. For Dunedin : Saloon—Mr Davidson. Messrs T and S Mori in shipped per Southern Cross —40 bundles h'onp iron, 2 restored grates 3 bundles, 10 bundles galvanised iron, 2 bullock yokes I caso ironmongery, 1 package ploughshare, 3 bundles brooms, 3 casks ironmongery. Tho s.s. Haweu left for the South tills afternoon. Passengers:—B. H Gubbins, Jones, FM;on, Williams, Chapman, Mr3 Hunt, Mrs Brasf-ncham aud three children Mr and Miss Taylor, Hives, M:c and Mrs Hane, Mts Hazlett, Higginson, CoWetfc, Caldwell, Craig, Mr and Mrs Ltisconano Maspll, Davies, Bonayne, H.S. Meyers. Engel, Jack-on, White, Smiih Corm>y, Jones i 2), Daftor, Fairclough, Mis Crump, Mi»s dnunp and four Children, Mrs Howard. The Southern Cross mission vessel fg to taVe her departure for a crnisa among the islands on the Ist April. Ciptun Jacobs havlne resigned, Captain Bonprard tho late chief officer takes comm ->nd of tho vessel. The following is a list of the passengers per Colima for Southern ports: Saloon to Dunedin—Hev. Pc Berdfc Hovel and wifo. G Richardson ; steerage to Dunedin—S Hewitt; saloon to Jiap'or—GOH Tur ner. N Harlter, Jas TTer.derson, Yon : ->r(;hdcacon Clarke, HBHussey, Miss Brewer, Mrs Stuart, Mis.s Stuart, Mt;s Tnrnor, B-.v "X O Rtuwt, Rev — Burrow; steerage to Lytteltou— Thos Dcnnstt, Chas Hannay.

TAIRUA GOLDMINING COMPANY.

AN" extraordinary general meeting of the Tairua Goldmining Company was held to-day at the offices of the Company to pass a series of resolutions rpquiring the wincling-up of the Tairua Goldmining Company, the appointment of liquidators, etc. The reso lutions were severally carried, and the fol lowing gentlemen were appointed liquidators of the company : Captain Button, Joseph Howard, G. S. Graham, and G. Winter. The liquidators were authorised to sell the property of the Company to a new Com pany entitled the Tairua Prospectors Gold mining Company. An amendment was proposed by Mr Ehrenfricd and seconded. An angry discussion took place, and some recrimations were exchanged. The amend ment was subsequently lost.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

I'd AIL H WII.Ii CIiOUS! AS FOIIOWS :— For Thames to-morrow at lpm mart f>2o pm For Coromandel on Friday next at 10 30 a m For 'Trypliena tbis day at i p rri For Valparaiso to morrow at 11 am For "Wangarei to morrow at 4 p m For Wiiiwera, Mahurangi. aud Te Aral, per Anne Milbank, on Thursday next, at 10 am For Chatham Islands on Friday, Slat instant, at 2 pra Fox Taranaki, Peuthorn provincos, and Australian eolonie-' on Saturday. Ist proximo (Signed) 3." B. KISS, Chief Postmaster.

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DEATH.

BELL—On March 27, Thomas 8.11, bootmaher, aged 4>l yearir. Tho funoral will leavo his lato rpsitlence in New ton Road, at ?. o'clock to-iuorrow (Wednesday) afternoon.

KELLY- On Tuesday, Mtirch 23, at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Harrison, Hif-h-strG?r, Ellon, the beloved wife of Maurice Kelly, junior, AVado, aged 21 years.

WIXOE7—On March 25, Ifnryann Wixcey, aged 4 years, eldest daughter, of Thomas Wixcey, of Ono hunga.

BlSriOP—On tho Slat January, at Sh.inklln, Tfllc of Wifcht, dearly-loved and dooply-motirned, Captain Thomas Bishop, ajjed 45 yeara, lato Mas lOf of the NowKealand Passengers'' LiQB Ships Wild Duck, Halcioue, and Avalanche

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News and The Echo.

TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1876

Fnr the cauSe th?.t 1,-icl-s assistants, I-, r (lie v/.-oor; thr.t used!, resistance, lor the lulure in the distance,

lid the ifood (li.it v/e en:', do.

By preasuro ou our space wo are obliged to exclude our leading articles.

We shall tell a little tale of what passt'd bofore our own eyes to-day. The fine little steamer " Durham " started from the Queen street wharf at oleven o'clock for the Thames by way of Coromandel, and on her decks there were some fifty persons men, women, and children, recently arrived, immigrants, whose passages to tho Thames hstvo leen paid hj ike General Government. Our readers need uot to be informed of the late em broglio over the unemployed at the Thames, and the question of the cost of their removal to spheres of occupation. Dr Pollen felt that to ranove these old and. seasoned colonists to this city, or to Papakuro, or to any place where employment is awaiting them would be an waste of public money, and sooner than this he sought to reproclaim the stoiy of the mendi cancy of "poor bankrupt .Auckland by offmiug £5 of Lis private charity to pay the passages of the miners, Bub there are no scruples about the new chums. Old colo nists may drift away or starve or rot, but the new arrivals God bless themm ; nothing is too good for them. As an illustration of our bles3ed system of Government admin istration, we know of nothing to surpass this. And this Is not the Provincial but the Gene ral Government. To c >mmenfc on this wmlcl be to paint the ljly, or to pour " Jockey Club" on the new-blown rose.

Our London correspondent, under date February 13th, writes as follows :— Shipping business is fearfully dull, It is many years since it has been the same. The Shipping Company however cannot complain; they do fi fair share of the .New Zealand trade. The ship Lqgli Awe sailed on the 27th, with 28 passengers for Otago. The La Escocesa sailed on the Gth for Auckland, with three cabin and 28 second and third. Mr and Mrs Carlow and Family, old Auck land settlers were passengers by her. They came home in the Petnglen, which vessel sailed for Wellington on 23rd January, with 171 adults. The Eobina Dunlop is now loading for Auckland, but things being so dull 1 expeot it will be all the middle of next month before she gets away. T/ha captain remains at home to superintend the building of a new ship. The chief officer goes cut in command. Just now we are having dread ful weather. I spent a few hours yesterday with Mr Russell. I thought he looked remarkably well.

To the Editor : Sir, —I did not suppose that Mr Lusk would be a party to the hard ship inflicted in the case of William Billint; ham._ My object in bringing ifc before the public was to prevent aDy further pro ceedings being taken. Mr Lusk says that he does not think that Billingham appeared at the Courfc, but, I think that it is very unlikely, as he came into town in answer to tho summons, and called at cay house about ifc on the Sunday evening and early on Mon day morning, — I am, etc., Thomas B. Kenderdine.

To the Editor : Sir, —I notice the gas com mittee of our City Council have decided to order 50 lamp-posts from England, it being consideredmoje economical than having them made here. • 1 think the Mayor, councillors, and city servants should go to England for the rates and their salaries in a smoke con sumer. I -will stake £5 against the Mayor's £5, tho amount to be given to local charities, that if the Council "will advertise for local tenders for 50 lamp-posts, the price tendered shall be as low (pattern provided) as the home price, with 25% added for expenses. 1 am of opfnion that a large quantity of this class of work can bo made here, which will in the average be supplied at as little cost to the city as if obtained from England ; and when tenders are called for public works, whether for waterworks, docks, or anything else, two tenders should be asked for, from each contractor the one price to include material provided here and the other with material provided from home ; we should then be enabled to judge the difference, if any, in the prices. I do not pnrpose here going into the stock arguments of Protection v. Free Trade, leaving that to far abler hands ; but I must confess I should pay my rates, of some £50 a-year, with a much better grace if I did not see so much money sent away unnecessarily out of this province. In conclnsion, I would urge the working men in Auckland to look after their own interests in these matters. They form societies to look after their private in terests, but what about their public interests. Merchants say, " Times are hard "; shop keepers say, "Nothing at all doing, and no money"; workmen say, "No employment"; and I say, "No wonder."—"Yours, etc., SCRUTATOR..

An alarm of fire was rung out last evening about seven o'clock, which occasioned a rush towards .Ooburg-street, where a wooden house in the occupation of Mr Collis was on fire. The fire waa occasioned by the fat getting into the fire from a frying pan which was being used in cooking the evening meal. Superintendent Hughes, and tho active members of his brigade were quickly on the spot, and speedily extinguished the rising flames.

The happy coterie of literary and aspiring young men forming the Mutunl Improvement Association of St. James', held their usual meeting last evening, when two .essays were read and keenly criticised; the first on " Perseverance " and the second on "Human Follies."

Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning some rowdies threw large stones through tho window of a cottage at Ellerslie, occupied by Mr Hayward and family. One stone as large as a man's fist fell close to a child's head on the pillow. Mrs Hayward waa lying1' seriously ill at the time of the pcourrenoo.: The police have obtained a clue to the offenders, aud, should they succeed in bringing the rascala to justice, wo hopbthey Will be t well, pnnl»hed for their dastardly

A series of fifteen beautiful water-color views of New Zealand scenery, by Mr John Gully, the celebrated southern artist, may be seen at the Victoria Hotel, Victoria-street. The pictures are extremely delicate and possess the characteristics of the student of nature, Mr Gully's name is as well known in the south, as Mr Hoyte's is in the north, and these charming illustrations of his pencil will help Co widen his fame, and carry his natna beyoad the confines of his adopted country. These fine views are about to bo published by subscription, to be reproduced in chromo-lithograph from the oi'iginals. The letter-press descriptions which will accompany fchei!? publication, will be from the pea of that enimently picturesque writer, Dr Julias Yon Haast, and will be published by Messrs EL Wise and Co., of Princes-street, Dunedin, The set will form a household treasure for ladies and gentlemen who will have the good fortune to secure copies, which will be delivered to subscribers in the course of the present year. The size of each picture will be 15 by 12 inches, and handsomely bound, so as to be an interesting memento of. orna ment, beauty, and utility for the colonial aud home-drawing room. We notice that come of the leading men of New Zealand, such as His Excellency tho Governor, and many of the judges and statesmen of the-colony, have given their names ts subscribers, Mr IT. Seymour is the agon.fc for the colonies1, and is at present staving in Ahoklaudior tj'e pur pose of receiving the name's bi gentlemen who roiiy wish feH possess this elaborate work I in its The scenes selected for

the publication compiises some of the most beautiful scenery in the land, such as Mount Egrnont, Miiford Sound, Wuirau Gorge, aud similar scenes.

The anniversary public tea-meeting of the Parnell Wesleyan church will take place this evening. Tea will be served by tho young ladies of the church nt fi.HO. After tea a public meeting will bo held, when addresses will be delivered by several ministers and friends.

The member* of the Free Gardeners Society are requested io be in attendance this evening at 8 p m.

A man named Henry WalT, who was about to leave for Fiji by tho steamer Llewel lyn was yesterday afternoon apprehended by tho polici on board the vessel upon a charge of obtaining money under false preteuens. This case will bo found in todays Police news.

The committee of the Choral Society to comply with a very special request have selected "Gounod's solemn Mass" for the second part of the approaching concert. Members aye therefore requested to bring their copies of this as well as " MoHarts " Requiem Mass" to the practice this evening.

The members of Xo 3 Company AiPi.V, are informed that the weekly parade takes place on Thursday evening next.

The anniversary tea meeting of the Ponsouby Baptist Sunday school will be held this evening at Ponsonby School-room.

The annual inspection of the Scottish, Hobson, and A' ictoria Companies, will bo held at tho drill shed this evening.

Messrs Carly, Stokes, Jones, Reid and Shaw, residents of Eden Terrace, yesterday afternoon waited upon Mr S. B. Bis?, Chief Postmaster of this province, for the purpose of urging upon him the advisability of a postal delivery in that district. Mr Biss said that the number of letters received for the Eden Terrace district was too small to warrant a house to house delivery. He would, however, promise to lay the matter before the Postmaster General. The deputa tion thanked Mr Bias, and withdrew.

It will be seen from our advertising columns that Mr W. Woolf, late of Sydney, hf.s commenced business at Messrs Cousins and Atkia's as a wood turner and twister. Mr Wpolf is an experienced workman, and only recently rplinquished a similar business in N rew South Wales.

The Pioneer Juvenile Templars will hold their usual weekly meeting this (Tuesday) evening in the Young Men'a Christian Association Pvooms Wellesley-street at seven o'clock.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT ELLERSLIE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Str,—-Allow mo to make known through the medium of your columns a fa,ct pertain ing to the Management of tho Auckland railway that, I think, ought to be well commented upon ; I mean the platform and railway station at Elierslie Gardens. This platform which is well known to all holiday seekers, is placed on the opposite side of tho line to the Gardens, and two sets of lines, be sides the main line, for the purpose of shunting trains, are laid down between the station and the Gardens, thus compelling visitors to cross the rails and about half a chain of rough scoria ballast before reaching the garden gate. Now it is well-known that Mr Graham presented the Govern ment with a piece of land for a station on condition that a station-house was erected on the side next the Gardens, which if it had been doße according to his wishes, would have prevented the painful accident that I am about to relate. On Sunday last, wishing to spend the day at Eilerslie Gardens, on arrival of the train at Ellerslie station, I jumped out of the side nearest the Gardens, (being ignorant at the time that any platform existed on the other side), and my foot catching in the junction of tho two sets of rails before mentioned, I lost my balance and tappled over, crushing and lacerating my foot in a frightful manner, and causing me the most excruciating pain, and which will prevent me from pursuing my usual occupa tion for many weeks, at the present time being unable to walk. Why the platform should be placed on the opposite side of the line to the Gardens is beyondjmy comprehen. sioh ; at present it is endangering the lives of visitors to the Gardens, and might easily be moved to the proper side for at least £100, or at furthest £150. We all know the efforts that have been made to snuff out the Eller slie Gardens in the matter of high fares, &c, but I consider if Mr Graham opposes the present Government in politics, ho only acts according to the dictates of his conscience ; they have no right to vent their spleen at the expense of the public by endangering their lives at places of public resort. Hoping these few remarks will find a place in your journal, and trusting that you will use your pen in endeavouring to have this evil re moved, you will be conferring a favor on many, and earn the gratitude of

A Sufferer.

FIJI.

By the Colima wo have Fiji news to 18th inst. There is nothing of sufficient impor tance to crowd out our English news. The Fiji Times concludes a long article on the disadvantages of the Government of Kandavu. Continuing to be used by the Mail steamers, with the following :—"As matters■ stand at present we are injured instead of being bene fited by the service. The fact that its steamers call at Fiji, prevents other com panies from turning their attention in this direction, but tho inconvenience which the colony suffers has become so abund antly manifest that one of two alter natives must be adopted. Either the service must be modified as suggested, or a direct Hue subsidised from New South Wales. If Fiji is to succeed in its struggle for existence, the settlement of matters so important to it cannot be longer delayed, and energetic action must be had in place of mere grumb ling and passive quiescence."—A disgraceful charge against ono of the principal citizens of Levnka,hns,f occupied •.'.public attention for.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S "COLIMA" with English and American Mails.

The Queen's Speech The Imperial Parliament way opened at Westminster by the Queen on February 8. The address in reply to the speech from the throne was moved and seconded in the House of I ords by Lords Ellesmere and Aberdeen, and in the House of Commons by Mr Padley snd Mr Mulholland. Ms' Lords and Gentlemen, — It is with much satisfaction that I again resort to the advice and assistance of my Parliament. My relations With all foreign Powers con tinue to be of a cordial character. The insurrectionary .movement which, during the last fix itionth's, has been main- j tamed in the Turkish provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and which the troops of the RnUan have, up to the present time,been unable to repress, lias excited the attention ar.d interest of the great European Powers. I have considered.it ray duty nflfc to stand aloof from the effdifcS 'now "being mado by allied sbfl friendly Governments to bring abou j a pacification of the disturbed districts, and I hava accordingly, while respecting the independence of the Port^, joined in urging on the Sultan the expediency of adopting such measures of administrative reform as may remove all reasonable cause of discon tent on the part of his Christian subjects.

I have agreed to purchase, subject to your sanction, the shares which belonged to the Khedive of Eaypt in the Suez: Canal ; and I rely with confidence on your,enabling me to complete a transaction in which the public interests are deeply involved. The representations which I addressed to the Chinese Government as to the attack made in the course of last year on the oxoedition sent from Burmah to the western provinces of China, have been received in a friendly spirit. The circumstances of that lamentable outrage are now the subject of an inquiry, in which I have thought it right to rpquesfc that a member of my Diplomatic Service should take part. I await the result of this inquiry in the firm conviction thaMt will be so conducted as to lead to the dis corny and punishment of the offenders. Papers on all the above subjects will be laid before you I am deeply thankful for the iminto-rupted health which mv dear son, the Prince of Wales, has enjoyed during his journey through India. The hearty affection with which he haR beta received by my Indian subjects of all classes and races, assures me that they are happy under my rule, and loyal to my throne.

At the time that the direct Government of my Indian Empire was transferred to the Crown, no formal addition w&s made to tho stylo and titles of tho Sovereign. I have deemed the present a fitting opportunity, and a Bill upon the subject will bo presented to yon. The humane and enlightened policy con sistently pursued by this country in putting an end to slavery within our own dependen cies, and in suppressing tho Slave Trade throughout tho world, makes it important that tho action of tho British national ships in the territorial waters of Foreign States should be in harmony with thpso great principles. I have, therefore, given directions for the issue of a'Royal Commission to inquire into all treaty angagementa and other inter national obligations b»aringupon this subject, and all instructions from time to time issued to my naval ofiioers, with a view to asccrtaiil whether any steps ought to be taken to secure for my ships and their commanders abroad, greafer power for the maintenance of the right of personal liberty. A bill will be laid before you for punishing slave traders who are- subjects of native Indian Princes.

The affairs of my Colonial Empire, the general prosperity of which has continued to advance, have received a large share of my attention.

Papera of importance and interest will soon he in your nand.s, showing'tho proceed ings with respect to a Conference of the South African Colonies and States.

The murder of a high officer of the Straits Settlement, whilst acting as Resident in a neighbouring Malay State, and the disorders ensuing on that outrage, have demanded tho interference of my troops. I trust that the operations, which have been ably and ener getically conducted, though not without the loss of some valuable lives, have restored order and, re-establiahed the just influence and authority of this country. Gentlemkn of the House of Commons,

1 have directed tho Estimates of the year to be prepared and presented to you without delay. My Lokbs asd Gbntltcmen,

Bills for regulating the ultimate Tribunal of Appeal for the United Kingdom, and for the amendment of the Merchant Shipping Laws, will be immediately submitted to you.

Legislation will be proposed relating to the Universities! and to primary education.

Your attention will be called also to the Acts relating lo the Enclosure of the Com mons, and to a measure for promoting econ omy and efficiency in the management of prisons, and at the same time of effecting a relief of local burthens.

Other important measures, as the time of the session permits, will be introduced to your notice ; and I pray that your delibera tions may, under the Divine blessing, result in the happiness and contentment of my people. The Queen then rose and bowed, the Royal procession was re-formed, and Her Majesty left the House, and the brilliant assemblage soon broke up. The Quean wore a black velvet dress with train, trimmed with miniver, a demi-crown of brilliants, and necklace, brooch, and bracelet of diamonds. A long tulle veil huHg from the crown, and the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter, and the Order of Victoria and Albert. Her Majesty wore black gloves.

The Princess Beatrice was on the right of the Throne, Princess Louise and the Duke of Cambridge on the left, and Princess Christian and Teck on the floor of the House. The Princess of Wales was seated right in front of the Queen, between the Princess Mary of Cambridge and the Duchess of Edinburgh.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-THIR TEEN PERSONS KILLED AND MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED.

On the night of January 21, a terrible and fatal accident occurred on the Great North ern Railway, at Abbott's Ripton Station, a few miles north o£ Huntington. The cause of the disaster was the shunting o£ a long coal train at the very time when the Scotch express train was due at the same place. It appears that a loaded up coal train arrived at the Abbott's Ripton Station about a quarter to seven o'clock p.m. on the night mentioned, consisting of the average number of thirty trucks. Ib was here signalled to cross into a siding to allow an up express train, then nearly due, to pass. The greater portion of the trucks had passed into the siding, when the Scotch express came up at full speed and struck the coal train about three or four trucks in rear of the coal train engine. The effect was most destructive. The engine of. the Scotch express was thrown over on to its side and completely disabled, and several of the carriages composing the train were crushed together and broken up. Almost before the rear guards of both trains could collect themselves and take any pre caution to avoid further accident, the Leeds down train came running on and ran Into the debris. . The effect of the second collision jga^lmiißJLdiflaaliriHia-aiid^tgrrific,

The weather between York and the Home Counties was exceedingly boisterous and stormy duriug the early part of the day, and towards evening snow fell in large flakes over the district of country between Peterborough and Hatfield. The snow was peculiarly dense; and is said to have seriously obscured the look-out of the guards, several of whom have since declared they never before witnessed a storm of e'cju&l severity. There was, how ever, nothing in the weather calculated to interfere with the traffic, which proceeded as usual. At a few minutes before six o'clock an up coal train, consisting of thirty-three wagons, drawn by a powerful six-wheel coupled engine, left the New England coal sliding, noith of the Peterborough Station, for Huntingdon, eu route for London. It was known that the up Scotch express, due at King'a-cros3 at 8 10 p.m., would, in the ordinary course oE its running, leave Peter borough at G. 28 p.m. ; but as the Great Northern Railway is worked throughout on the absolute block system, and as it was known there were several sidings between Peterborough and Huntingdon, into which the coal train might be shunted to allow the Scotch express to pass, no anxiety was felfc on this account. The driver of the coal train states that he relied entirely uppn the block signalman to shunt hia train it needful at whatever point of the railway they thought fit. It was 0.5 p.m. as the coal train passed the Orescent signals just outside Pcsterbovough station. The (storm was then at its height, and the guard of the train declares that he observed the signals at the block actions they passed with considerable difficulty, and only by continually wiping the snow off the windows of his brake-van. They had ntn about eleven and a-hnlf miles, and had reached the summit of a rather high gradient on this .part of the railway, known as the Abbot's Ttipton block signal station, when the driver found the signals against his train, and on running a few jards over the points he was desired by the pointsman to shunt in order to allow the Scotch express to pass. There Was no hurry or excitement ap parent in the signalman's manner at this time, and the driver of the coal train, having his train well together and his engine in good order, bad no difficulty in shunting back into the siding. Already twenty-seven of his trucks had passed ofF the main line, and hia train was s^ill in motion, when the roar of the up Scotch express was heard, approaching with too dangerous rapidity on the same lino While three or four of the coal trucks still remained upon the m;.irj up line, the engine of the Scotch train struck into their midst, and, glancing off from the obstruction, actually bounded over the down lino of rails, and fell on to its broad side upon the slightly rising em bankment which marks this point of the railway. The Scotch engine dragged with it a six-wheeled tender, the Board's brake-

van, and several carriages. The tender foil over on to its broadside across the down line of rails, and, forming a block, the carriages

following were thrown over and upon each other, and much broken up, tlie passengers suffering severely. Abbot's Ripton is a desolate spot, the only cottage in the neigbourhood being occupied by platelayers, employed in the district. The guard of the coal train was the first to bestir himself after the accident. Ho went immediately to the signal-box and asked the signalman whether he had blocked the up and down lines to prevent other trains running into the wreck. Ho found this man in a state of great nervous excitement, and the reply he received from him was that he had blocked the line, and that ho was at that moment telegraphing to Huntingdon for assistance. The guard, not quite satisfied with the man's manner, himself took a quantity of fog signals from his box and ordered a fore man platelayer to run up the line in the direction of Huntingdon, and fix them upon the down line of rails. This was done at a distance of about 800 yards from Abbot's Ripton and just within the southern distance signal. A similar precaution to block the up line of rails was also taken by the guard. The following is a list of the persons killed by this terrible accident:—Mr James San derson, land surveyor, and agent to the Marquis of Exeter, resident in Camden-town, London, with offices in Pall Mall East. Mr Sanderson was fifty-four years of age, and besides the Exeter agency held other luora-

tive appointments. Mr Ben Jolliffe, of Yafford House, near Shorwell, in the Isle of Wight. Mr Jolliffe met his death under peculiarly distressing circumstances. He was returning with a friend from Edinburgh, and, although the carriage in which they were travelling was thrown ovor oil its side by the collision with the coal wagons, neither

Mr Jolliffe nor his friend suffered except by the shock, from which they speedily re covered, and applied themselves with great

activity to assisting other passengers not so fortunate as themselves. In this way they had already readered valuable aid to several ladies, when Mr Jolliffe appears to have gone

forward with a view of inspecting more closely the wreck of the engine and front

coaches of the train, the first three or four of which were broken up. While thus en gaged, the Leeds down express was rapidly approaching Abbot's Ripton, although un observed by Mr Jolliffe, probably owing to the noise arising from the steam blowing off the Scotch engine, then lying broadside on the slightly rising embankment on the down side of the railway. Mr Jolliffe stood here unconscious of danger up to the mo ment when the Leeds express dashed through the broken fragments of the Scotch train, and then itself rolling over on to the downside embankment, crushed Mr Jolliffe beneath its ponderous weight. Ho died in a very few moments. This gentleman was thirty-four years of age, aad farmed an estate at Yarford belonging to his widowed mother who survives him. Miss Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, aged twenty seven years, daughter of Mr Burdon-Sander son, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This young lady was travelling with her father, mother, sister, and only brother in the Scotch ex press. She had not suffered severely froaa the first collision, and her brother, who is a law student in the Temple, was endeavour ing to assist her out of the wrecked carriage .in which the family wGre riding, when the Leeds expresß arrived, and crushing over the spot where the broken carriages lay, ran through the compartment in which this lady was fixed by some portion of a broken carriage, killing her instantly. Her body was afterwards found beneath' one of the carriages on the down lino. Miss Margaret Burdon - Sander son, aged twenty-four years, sister of the preceding. This lady was also compara tively uninjured until after the Leeds express had immolated the Scotch train. She was then found entangled among the iron frame work of one of the carriages, where her brother found her. She complained that she had lost all sensation below the waist, and died in a few moments after giving utterance to this expression. MrsFosbery was travelling as a first-class passenger in a Glascow carriage, and was accompanied by two grown-up daughters. They were seated facing the engine, and, as far ns appearances can be trusted, they must all have been killed at the same moment by one-of the Leeds ex« press coaches, which, mounting the Glasgow carriage, crushed in its roof. A bottle of champagne, unbroken, and with its label un soiled, was taken out of the net rack of the carriage in which these three ladies were killed. Mr Dion William Bouci cault, aged twenty-one years, eldest son of Mr Boucicault, the dramatic author and actor. This young man had been on a visit to some friends iv Lincolnshire, whence he was returning to London by tha Scotch ex press. His remains were recognised by his visiting cards and other documents found on his person. Mr Herbert Westerman Noble, aged nineteen years, son of Mr Matthew Noble, the sculptor, of Berkley-square.! Mrs Allgood, wife of the Rev. James Allgood, M. A., rector of. Ingram, near Abvwick, in

Northumberland. This lady was travelling with her two sons, who at Peterborough lett their mother in order to get into a smoking carriage, in which Lord Colville was travel ling. Both youth 3 were killed, as well as their mother, from which it will be under stood how marvellous was the escape of Lord Oolville. Mr Thomas M. Mure, of Perreton, Ayrshire, aged thirty-four years, a member of the Scotch Bar. This gentleman s left leg was smashed, he had a severe contusion ot the left eye, and suffered a great shock to the system. He was conveyed to the Huntingdon County Hospital, with very small hope of recovery, and he died in that institution at an early hour the next morn ing. . . There were twenty passengers in the up and down trains who suffered more or less from the two collisions. Those who are most seriously injured are the following : — Mr Richard Burdon-Sandersori, aged fifty seven years, of Nevvcastle-on-Tyne, broken leg, with fractured right arm and collar bone ; Mrs Burdon-Siudorson, wife of the above, terrible shock to the system and severe bruises ; Mr A. Tawcus, aged fifty seven years, of Seaton Carew, Durham, leg fractured 5 Mr Foster, Town Clerk of Hali fax, severe injury of the right lea; Mr Philip Lalich, valet in the service of Count SchouvalotT, the Russian Ambassador, com pound fracture of the left leg. _ The following incideuts in connection with this terrible disaster are supplied by some of the passengers. Mr David Turnbull, W.S., and Mrs Turnbull, of Edinburgh, were in the Scotch train, and both were severely shaken They returned to Edinburgh the next night, but were both confined to their room, their medical attendant having enjoined absolute rest arid quietness. A young lad who had a most miraculous escape was Master Charles Sinclair, son of Mrs George Sinclair, of Edinburgh, who was on his way to Dartmouth to join tho training ship Britannia. The car riage in which he was seated appears to have been greatly damaged, for he states that when he came to himself he was lying on his bis back on a pile of broken timber some where between the two rails—his face and body half covered with the snow, which was falling heavily. • He was very much CDnfased from the shock ha had received, but the hissing of the locomotive and the groans and shrieks of his fellow-passengers gave him an idea that something dreadful had happened As he gradually recovered his senses, he heard some one calling loudly •to him to get up if he could and iua ; and on rising to his feet be saw through the gloom the down train drawing near. He scrambled down from the top of the ruined carriage, and make a sharp bolt for the bank; aad he had scarcely done so when the second Collision occurred. Lord Colville appears to have had a marvellous escape. He felt tbe carriage in which he was seated rapidly sink to the ground after the shock, which was tremendous, and when the train came to a halt he found himself standing in the snow. Two young gentlemen who were ia the same compartment; with him, and were playing with each other at the moment of the col lision, were found dead under the carriage. Two women who were in one of the carriages of the up express, had just been rescued from it and got across the line when the carriage in which they had been seated was dashed to pieces.

THE "STRATHELYDE" OF GLASGOW SUNK IN DOVE R BAY-FIFTY-TWO PASSENGERS DROWNED.

London, February 17th. The steamer Franconi ran into the steamer Strathclyde of Glasgow this afternoon. The boilei'3 of the Strathclyiie burst, and she sank immediately. Fifty-two of her passengers were drowned. Five have been landed at Dovnr, and four others are reported to have been saved. Smith, Sundius & Co., steamer agents, report that the Franconi has put into Dover. She had her bow stove at the water line. The following additional particulars are received: Tne steamer Strathclyde, which sailed from London for Bombay, had been in Dover Bay to land her pilot, and as she was shearing out again, abouc a mile from Admiralty Pier, she was caught by the tide, ■which turned her bow toward the southeast, when the steamer Franconi, which was coming down the channel, ran into her -with gre3t force on her part quarter. The collision occurred at '4. 30 p.m. Two minutes afterward the boilers of the Sirathclyde exploded and the steamer went to the bottom. The Franeoni wa3 badly damagad, but kept afloat. It is thought all her four compartment plate 3 are carried away. Two tuga immediately took her in tow, The weather was clear and the sea calm at the time of the disaster. The Dover life-beat was launched, but was unable to reach the scene in time to rescue any of the Strathclyde's passengers or crew. February 18th.—6 a.m.—The Times reports that the Captain of tbe Strathclyde, and twenty-eight more survivors of the disaster have landed at Deal. February 18th.—Of the twenty-nine per sons landed at Deal from the steamer Strath clyde, sunk by the collision, many were |graatly exhausted and three have since died. 'The crew numbered thirty, and there were ; twenty-six passengers on board, of whom > eleven are saved and are at Dover. The ; total number lost is put at sixteen, in addition to the three before mentioned. The steamer Franconia, which, ran down the steamer Strathclyde, belongs to the Hamburg and West Indian Line, and was outward bound. She anchored in the Downs off Deal iast night and steamed eastward at daylight, coming to London to repair. The Strathclyde lies in • the pieiway, about two miles off Dover, her •masts standing about twenty feet above the water. Two ladies and three gentlemen are reported picked up by a passing vessel bound for London. The lists published by the papers show that the Strathclyde had twenty three passengers and a crew numbering forty seven. Another person haa died at Dover. Of the forty known to be rescued, but six were- passengers, one of whom is among the four who have since died.

February 23rd.—Mrs Green, who lost her life in the steamer Strathclyde disaster, was niece of Boucicault, not daughter.

The Board of Trade Inquiry into the Strath clyde disaster has been fixed for nexb Tuesday. The steamship Eaanconia has consequently been detained here by the authorities.

THE ALLEGED RITUALISTIC CONSPIRACY WITH ROME.

[From the Times,]

It is now about four weeks since a certain " Presbyter Anglicanus" published, in the form of a pamphlet, a letter to " His Eminence Cardinal Manning," in which, amid compli ments to " that grand and venerable Church of which his eminence is a prince," he described himself and " others within the elastic borders of the Anglican Communion" as being disposed to "seek for comfort and encouragement" within the Roman Communion. Some slight conces sions, in point of form, he said, "would do much to dispose the minds of many Anglicans towards the acceptance of the dogma of Papal Infallibility," and he assured his eminence that he would find "in the rank and file of the Anglican Ritualists a body of persons upon whom concessions or favours will not be thrown away." Very shortly after this letter was pub lished, a bishop intimated some knowledge of an intrigue with Rome, and rumours were afloat which have acquired sufficient consistency to be telegraphed back from Rome itself, as we noticed yesterday, in the form of an alleged consideratian by Cardinal Manning and the Pope of the advances made to them. Most people were incredulous, and we shared their incredulity. We have never had a high opinion of the wisdom of the' Ritualists, but we were unwilling to believe they could be fairly repre sented as ready to go cap in- hand before the Pope and humbly represent that they would become his very obedient servants and believe devoutly in his Infallibility if he would only be so kind as to excuse them from the necessity of saying theirprayera in latin; & But we know

•what is the customary Fate of sensitive persofts with a guilty conscience, and it vapidly over took the hundred " representative men" whose' ' \ signatures we were asked to publish yesterday,'. ;i They betrayed at once a disturbed conscious iiess that if there are any persons in the Church of England who are likely to be accessory to this intrigue, it must be themselves. They assume that all eyes will be at once upon them and that the force of circumstantial evidence must point to them irresistibly. The matter is scarcely disclosed before they "fit the cap." They ai'c thrown into a simultaneous flutter and "in three days " more than a hundred of them rush into print, under the leadership of Mr. Mackonochie, protesting, with the most * indignant virtue, that not so. "much as a basis of negotiation is possible " until the Vatican Decrees have beeri repealed, and that they "disavow and repudiate" all share and sym< pathy iii the letter of " ffesbyter ArigHcariiis.'l It, is very admirable, arid rib dotebt Very c6ri soling. . We shall, all, probably, sleep the more' comfortably for this assurance. But it is none : the less curious that Mr. Mackonochie and his friends should (bus have thought it necessary to advertise the fact that they, and they alone among the clergy of the Church of England' ; are open to the suspicion of a readiness to oome to a compromise with the Pope. It is they who have accused themselves, not we. They conduct is commendable ; but it is possible to. ; protest too significantly.

COUNT ANDRASSY'S NOTE.

[From the Times.]

After having been communicated to the Ottoman Government at Constantinople, the note of Count Andrassy is made public It is a document of great iengtli, written in a somywhat popular style, 'as if intended to lie read and understood by the whole world, and its expressions have a frankness and directness not generally associated with diplomatic composition. The Porte is invited to co-operate in a work from which it will reap the chief benefit, and to recognise the friendli ness of the powers who have associated themselyes as peacemakers. Yet, with all this decprnm of principle and address, something peremptory shows itself in the composition, which can hardly _ escape the general general reader, and" will certainly not escape the Government to which it is addressed.

'The note begins by recapitulating the chief incidents of the mediation up to the present time. The three Courts of Austro-Hungary, Russia, and Germany, after having exchanged views, have united to employ in common their efForrS of pacification. _ The other Governments readily rcspondhd to the invitation of the three Powers to act in the same .sense. The Powers used their influence to localise the conflict, and tolessen its dangers and calamities by preventing Servia and Montenegro from participating in the movement. Furthermore, the Cabinets Ikivc offered the Turkish Government the good offices of their Consular agents to aid in pacifying the insurrection. Tn doing this'they took care to respect the dignity, rights, and authority of the Sovereign. The delegates were commissioned to take away from the insurgents every illusion as to assistance from without, and to exhort them to disperse after making known their wishes and complaint*. The Powers reserved to themselves only the right to urge on the Turkish Government those demands of the insurgents which seemed to them legitimate. The Cabinets restricted themselves to counselling tae Porte that it should make use of moral as well as military^ means. Such, according to the note, were the inten. tions and position of the Powers, but these have been altered by the course of events. The most important events, according to this view, seem to have been the publication of an unsuitable scheme of reform ibyii the Porte, amid the persistence of the insurrection. "Unhappily." says the note, "there hopes have been deceived. On the one side, the reforms published by the Porte do not seem to have had in view the pacifica tion of the populations of the insurgent provinces, nor to be sufficient to attain that essential end. On the other, the Turkish arms have not succeeded inputting an end to the insurrection."_ This is plain speaking, and gives its tone to the remainder of the note. The Port is said to have promulgated general principles wkich'might be made the basis of reforms throughout tlie empire, but which had no special relation to the grievances of Christians in Herzegovina and Bosnia. It becomes necessary, therefore, for the Powers is| point out what will be practically cflective, and will make possible that pacification which the Turkish arms Lave been unable to produce. Then comes the exposi tion of the reforms which the three Governments have, agreed to dehiarld, and to which they have obtained the assent of the 'Western Powers. The reforms are full religious liberty; the abolition of the farming of the taxes ; a law which shall guarantee that the pro duct of the direct contributions of Bosnia and Herze govina shall be employed in the interests of the pro-_ vines itself; the institution of a special commission,' comprised of an equal number of Mussulmans and Christians, to supervise the execution of the reforms; and, finally, an improvement of the position of the rural population. These recommendations, or rathet, these demands, are supported by arguments which Would be convincing, even if the conclusion had not already been" for the- most part admitted by the Porte. The agrarian system, however, has been less considered than any other special grievance of the province, .and it deserves a notice, since it is probably the.moft ■ powerful of all the causes that have produced the.UK surrection. The most unfortunate feature of Irish society is found in an exaggerated form in the revolted province. The owners of land are of one religion, those who cultivate it are of another. Almost all the lands which do not belong to the State or tome Mosques are in the hands of Mussulmans, while UK. iabouring class are Christians. The agrarian question is complicated with antagonism. The ablest part ot, the note is that in which the justice, the reasonable ness, raid the necessity of the reforms proposed by tne Powers are ex-plained to the Porte. The tenour.of the argument might almost have been anticipated from tne numerous discussions of which these unhappy provinces have been the subject. The wrongs are too palpawe and notorious to give much scope for novelty.

London, February sth.—On Thursday lasfc; Queen Victoria eutered the boudoir of her unmarried daughter, the Princess Beatrice,, and said : "Beatrice, my dear, you want to get married, don't you ?" "0, don 11 just, replied the fair girl enthusiastically, ana it's leap year, too. Hooray! But say, ma. f who's the him ?" " Prince Louis of Batten burg," replied Her Majesty. "That'll be awful jolly," said the princess; "LomfttS such a sweet name," and she began scrawl ing on the blotting-pad, " Beatrice ;Batten«> burg," and wonderinsr how she wonw look in white. Yesterday morning, wfien her august mother again entered^ .na■■■■-■. Royal Highness' apartment she found fler daughter in tears, tears of indignation ratter than of grief. " Why drat the child, what ails her?" said Her Majesty. ";0, :my cries the princess, "look at this," and sue pointed to the fellowing item in the Times,: "Calcutta, February 4.-Prince l*W*;m Battenburg, while pig-sticking to-day^K£ and broke his collar bone. The sad event n», cast a gloom over the community. .^"'J said the Queen, » what of that?"^'» of that?" echoed the daughter; "wnaUt that ? With all due deference to you, maam, I will have no Prince Louis m 1 thought we had come down low enougn when poor Louise married into a grocers family, but when a butcher, a m?n™» ■ make's his living by sticking horrid pig?-"°i much, Alexandria Victoria," and kicking on her mother's crown, with the remark t^ that was the sort of a hair pin she was, n« ; royal highness betook herself to her bedroom and gave way to tears. —N. Y. Ron London, February 19.-Edward WJ and Co., chemists, of Manchester, ft** yesterday. Liabilities estimated at m«J London, February 17.- The.bullion«J*J Bank of England increased £370,000 the past week; the proportion of reverse to liaomy 13 S^venTn^papers publish the following <i General Schenck's resignation has beenie dered and accepted. He intends to fern w in London to answer »ny charge that may brought against him respecting the affaire v the Emma mine. f D [ London, February 21..^The »mourt^ . bullion withdrawn from the Bank of W» v to-day was £20,000. ml m . c )v«fa London, February 16th.-The dispatch says a strange rumour IS cu^ that some Carlista recently entered.,J!j« Territory, mistook French soldiers tor a» ists and fired upon them. The F^ plied .and the engagement lasted ten mm y. : One of the French soldiers waskilled. said that in consequence of thls' ocX a tion, and the possibility of a similar compjipa^ Senor Molino, the Spanish Ambassaaor, abandoned the intention of going w , to take his seat in the Senate. , .t^ London, February 17th.-It^ as S e« that Granville, Harlington, Gladstone,^ other Liberal leaders, have agree^;° t neX t a severe attack upon t«e Govemmen* n Monday, for its purchase ot.the W.^ shares and oppose a /^^U c^" bargain, on the ground that it.«" serious fereign complications. ~i;U, r^man A sensational story was newspaper. An officer in the German "P^ lt W' Guards was said to have reeved adu f^ bi m ■ Paris in which thirty officers of h«s «S£^ r en , Th« ~, to do battle with an equal number ff™^ bsck is the'duello on heroic principles. »nrt «■ ■ . to the day of the Horatu l? »ftArfne WW -^ n - £ ] thing of "fhe famous fight between the - ,|

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