ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 52, 30 December 1867, Page 326

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA.

DREADFUL HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKE AT St THOMAS.— B2 WRECKS. —BOO LIVES LOST. TORTOLA: ISLANDS SUBMERGED.—IO,OOO LIVES LOST. TORNADO ON THE 810 GRANDE.— GREAT DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY AND LOSS OE LITE. BREAD RIOTS IN ENGLAND. GREAT EIRE AT DUNDEE.—£I6O,OOO DAMAGE. WOOL A PENNY LOWER, WITH A DECLINING TENDENCY. DEATH OE MR CROSBIE WARD. GARIBALDI DEFEATED AND TAKEN PRISONER, WITH A LOSS OE 3.000 MEN. ■ ERENCH TROOPS IN. OCCUPATION OE ■ ROME. LANDING OE THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION AT ZTJLA. By the Panama mail we receive intelligence of great disasters by hurricanes and earthquakes, principally affecting the Island of St. Thomas. On the. 29th October a fearful hurricane occurred at Thomas. At 11 a.m.,the barometer stood at 30'10, and in, twenty minutes it had fallen to 2790, when it commenced to blow fearfully 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 the S.E. with such force as to sweep everything before it, and continued with unparalleled-violence nntii 4 p.m., when,it moderated, but blew heavily until ajbout 7 p.m.y after which there was a perfect calm. Every house in the island was injured, and great numbers blown doWn. Over 360 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 tir;e broken up, : and the harbor is so eh'cuni* bered with wreck and otherwise damaged that.it is completely ruined/ 7 Owing to the; 'immense ' amount of ‘ animal matter lying among, the ruins putrifying under the tropical sun and being cast up by the sea, it is considered that an' epidemic Vis inevitable. Upwards of .$8,000,00.0 worth of property on shore alone has been, destroyed. Of the’ value l of "the - vessels (destroyed we have: no estimate./,j . ; . On Monday, the 18th November, at about a quarter‘ beforeß p.m, a vast rumbling was heard, followeadmm'ediatelyiby,aj.teri rifle earthquake, destroying many buiid* ings, ; and ‘striking : the; inhfibitants with panic:.- Thp the) sea.began rapidly to retire. " Al;quarter khbckfrwlien ithe alarm flad^rtlysubsided; t k serve;; extending.. across, the. Homdn, 7 ; and feet in/height.lt broke, at :.the/meiitfl

the harbor, overwhebning the town, into: which it- carried .eteamers, &e.,] in a mass of confusion., \IA schooner which had been sunk by.the hurricane was actually | lifted from the bottom Of the harbor, and cast into thetownl . Two smaller: waves foliowedj.and the water gradually subsided. The great (earthquake lasted one hundred and five seconds. The total loss of life is not/supposed to exceed thirty. The shock's -continued at short intervals till the 20th, .vfhen the'mail steamer left. VAn awful hurricane occurred on the Rio Grande, ‘Which-has partially dr totally stroyed all the steanjersih the.pbrt. Santa Cruz is almost totally destroyed, one house alone being left standing. Ten persons were and ‘ twenty wounddd. At Matamoras whole squares are in ruins, 1,500 houses destroyed, and' twenty-six persons*killed. ' . ; : ‘ ' r Serious bread riots occurred in Exeter on the 4th November. A mob sacked every meat and bread shop ih,'the city,.anid fired maiiy buildings. Troops were -sent to the rescue, and soon restored order. Lord Bosse the astronomer is dead. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, -October. 29. The Prince and Princess of Wales have returned from the Continent. The Princess.is much improved in health. Prince Arthur has recovered from a slight attack of small-pox. The newspapers are discussing how to get Australian beef here. The Australian Meat Company has sold 28,000 tons of preserved meat here. The Tailor’s seven month’s strike is at an end, the men having submitted. 1 Admiral Farragut has visited England, where he was well received. The Pan-Anglican Synod has met, hut has done little good for, colonial churches generally. Dr Gray, Bishop of Cape Town, was unable to sustain the position he assumed towards Bishop Colenso, andhas been invited to'resign by the solicitor.of Miss Burdett 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. That figure will be 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 business. Retail trade is especially suffering: heavily from greatly re •stricted 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 French troops landed at Civita Vicctria and occupied Rome. The Italian troops did not-support Garibaldi’s volunteers.- The Garibaldians were successful in three or four affairs with the Papal troops, but they were subsequently attacked three-miles from Rome by Papal and French troops combined, and were defeated with , the loss of three thousand killed • and wounded. . The French Chassepot rifle was found to be a very effective weapon../, ’ Menotti Garibaldi has retired from the contest, and his volunteers are disbanding j and the Frenoh will abandon Rome as soon aB the place is secured. “ The Pope has bestowed his blessing on France. The Italian troops have retired from the Papal territory. ' M. Magne succeeds M. Eould as Finance Minister of France. Tortola, the most, important,,of the Virgin Islands, in. the West Indies, has been submerged, . and 10,000 lives have been lost; - ; /' • ' The.leading London merchantshave.memorialised the Government to guarantee the Indian Telegraph' Company. ' McGuire, the 'Fenian, has been pardoned ; five others captured in Chichester have been ordered for execution on the 3rd Decern her."-. ; ... The Bank of England’s note reyenuehas increased £395,000 for the week. Crosbie Ward is dead. : Napoleon suggests a convocation orrEuro.pean 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-lo^er.. Money is easy. Discount'Ll per cent to 2 per cent. r Garibaldi is 'a prisoner at ,S - Mazzini criek for war., on - barricades I .*, YicJPr Emanuel has denouhced Garibaldi’s mtjVeinent. ■, /,- -/-■ ; /• v . Napoleon has denied the evacuation, of the Papal territciiy 'by'' r the‘Ttafiah'ttoopi. ly The first portion^'of the; i ek*. .pedition has landed at twenty miles froih Massaweh/''' J ; v f J ’/ - Two policemen have been shot in Dublin;; A reward of £IOOO has been offered for the discovery of the murderers. ’ *~ - ;i a ■ 1 The Democrats: have\ ; "Ohio, New York, j .and^^ew^Jeraey p * elections, while' the' Repubhcahs' ha've been ■ successful in Massachusetts,; Yirgihia, audj&borgia.