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ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA.

DREADFUL HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKE AT St THOM AS.—B2 WRECKS. —SOO LIVES LOST. TORTOLA ISLANDS SUBMERGED.—IO,OOO LIVES LOST. TORNADO ON THE RIO GRANDE.— GREAT DESTRUCTION OR PROPERTY AND LOSS OF LIFE. BREAD RIOTS IN ENGLAND. GREAT FIRE AT DUNDEE-.—£160,000 DAMAGE. WOOL A PENNY LOWER, WITH A DECLINING TENDENCY. DEATH OF MR CROSBIE WARD. GARIBALDI DEFEATED AND TAKEN PRISONER, WITH A LOSS OF 3.000 MEN. FRENCH TROOPS IN OCCUPATION OF ROME. LANDING OF THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION AT ZULA.

13 Y the Panama mail we receive intelligence i of great disasters by hurricanes and earth-! quakes, principally all acting the Island of St. Thomas. On the 29th October a fearful hurricane occurred at St. Thomas. At 11 n.m. the barometer stood at SOTO, and in twenty minutes it had fallen to 27 90, when it commenced to blowfearfully from the N W. till 0.30 p.m. A lull for a quarter of an hour then took place, during which time the mercury rose to 28-30. The wind then came from theS.E. with such force as to sweep everything before it, and continued with unparalleled violence until 4 p m., when it moderated, hut blew heavily until about 7 p.m after which there was a per feet calm. Every hou ein the island was

injured, and great numbers blown down. Over 3GO persons have been already buried, and it is estimated that 500 are drowned. Upwards of eighty vessels were sunk or dismantled, all the wharfs and piers are broken up, and the harbor is so encura ! bered with wreck and otherwise damaged j (hat it is completely ruined. Owing tol the immense amount of animal matter j lying among the ruins putrifying under i the tropical sun and being cast up by the: sea, it is considered that an epidemic isi inevitable. Upwards of $8,000,000 worth I of property on shore alone has been de-| stroyed. Of the value of the vessels destroyed we have no estimate. On Monday, the 18th November, at about a quarter before 3 p.m, a vast rumbling was heard, followed immediately by a terrific earthquake, destroying many buildings, and striking the inhabitants with panic. The waters of the sea began rapidly to retire. A quarter of an hour after the

shock, when the alarm had partly subsided, the inhabitants were again horrified to observe extending across the horizon, and rapidly advancing, a wave of the sea forty feet in height. It broke at the mouth of the harbor, overwhelming the town, into which it carried steamers, wharfs, <fcc., in a mass of confusion. A schooner which had been sunk by the hurricane was actually lifted from the bottom of the harbor, and cast into the town. Two smaller waves followed, and the water gradually subsided. The great earthquake lasted one hundred aud five seconds. The total loss of life is not supposed to exceed thirty. The shocks continued at short intervals till the 20th, when the mail steamer left. An awful hurricane occurred on the Rio Grande, which has partially or totally de stroyed all the steamers in the port. Santa Cruz is almost totally destroyed, one house ■ alone being left standing. Ten persons were killed there, and twenty wounded. , At. Matamoras whole squares are in ruins, . 1,500 houses destroyed, and twenty-sis . persons killed. ' , Serious bread riots occurred in Exeter ,on the 4th November. A mob sacked . everv meat and bread shop in the city, and [ fired many buildings. Troops were sent to the rescue, and soon restored order. 5 Lord Rosse the astronomer is dead. , GENERAL SUMMARY, i London, October 29. » The Prince and Princess of Wales have 3 returned from the Continent. The Prinr cess is much improved in health. Prince r Arthur has recovered from a slight attack s of small-pox. t The newspapers are discussing how to - get Australian beef here. The Australian • Meat Company has sold 28,000 tons of i preserved meat here, i The Tailor’s seven month's strike is e at an end, the men having submitted.

s Admiral Farragut has visited England, 0 where he was well received. ! 1 The Pan-Anglican Synod has met, but - has done little good for colonial churches f generally.

Or Gray, Bishop of Cape Town, was reable to sustain the position he assumed towards Bishop Colenso, and Las been invited to resign by the solicitor of Missßurdett Coutts, who endowed the Bishopric and appointed Dr Gray. He refuses to comply with the request. The Dundee ship-yards have been damaged by fire to the extent of £160,000. LONDON WOOL REPORT. Adding the inconsiderable quantity afloat and the wools held over, the total of first brand wools to be sold in November will probably reach 80,000 bales. Thai figure will bo further increased, by the second brand parcels usually offered for sale at this time of year The stagnation reported by the last mail continues unabated and extends over all branches of busine 58 . lletnil trade is especially sullering heavily from greatly re stneted consumption, which losses of last twelve months have brought about. They look for low prices, more especially as stocks are ample, and as wools to be sold will offer but indifferent selection. LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London Nov. 19. Parliament opened to-day. The disturbances in Papal States is over. The Wench troops landed at Civita Viccetiria and occupied Home. The Italian troops did not support Garibaldi’s volunteers. The Giiribaldhns were successful in three or four affairs with the Papal troops, but they were subsequently attacked three miles from Rom" by Papa! and French troops combined, .and wore defeated with the loss of three thousand killed and wounded. The French Chassopot rifle was foui.d to be a verv effective weapon. Menotti Garibaldi has retired from the contest, and his vohnuei vs are disbanding ; and the French will abandon Rome as soon as the place is secured.

The Pope has bestowed bis blessing on France.

T 1 ie Italian troops bare retired from tliel Papal territory. M. Magne succeeds M. Fould as Finance Minister of France. Tortola, the most important of the Virgin Islands, in the West Indies, habeen submerged, and 10,00(J lives have been lost. The leading London merchants have memorialised the Government to guarantee the Indian Telegraph Company. McGuire, the Fenian, has been par cloned ; five others captured in Chichester have been ordered for execution on the 3rd December. The Lank of England’s note revenue has increased £3t)5,000 for the week. Crosbie Ward is dead. Napoleon suggests a con vocation or European conference, its object and time and place of meeting are not stated, but it is supposed to relate to affairs in Italy. Wool is a penny lower. Money is easy. | Discount 1 V per cent to 2 per cent, i Garibaldi is a prisoner at Spezzia. Mnz|zini cries for war on barricades.l Victor I Emanuel has denounced Garibaldi’s moveIment.

Napoleon lias denied the evacuation of the Papal territory by the Italian troops. Tho first portion of the Abyssinian expedition lias landed at Zula, twenty miles from Massawab.

Two policemen have been shot in Dublin. A reward of £IOOO lias been offered for tho discovery of the murderers. The Democrats have carried tho Ohio, New York, and New Jersey elections, while tho Republicans have been successful in Massachusetts, Virginia, aud Georgia.

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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 538, 30 December 1867, Page 3

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ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 538, 30 December 1867, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 538, 30 December 1867, Page 3

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