The News by the Mail.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 January 1867, Page 21

The News by the Mail.

<mmr.ji. Am) THE NORTH - OPENGLAN3D 'Ti \\ ifepODS.iwidbly destructivejo£ life and,' property hare recently occurred. Trent; tolhe/TWeed ; the. streams and:.riyer£ have all been swollen :by- the I incessant rainfall beyond all; remQtqbcredyprecedent, and- vasb/floods havey y and ruin wherever the nature] of.a, districl gave motive poWer/to the.immense bodies of v sfcwefcafrweeks- past' ’£he fall;'' especially *• oil" the 1 -l£drkshire, iJ Lancashire, . and ' Derbyshire hiiH; 1 has beer extraordinary • jbut up ; to .Thursday-night; 15th November, np partibular danger waj apprehended./ , In-the.dMk r.lK)urs4(;bpwever, the people/were roused; ihy all directicns by that-peculiar soundfsullen and hparse, w-hich indicates; the, gathering.oi the waters' andfrefore 4 "dawn' there was a vast spread of the broadest English' counties/" o The;TrweU,; the Irk, -v a Medlpck'. Burst/their bouuv daries, and ruh througli I .Manchester'as roaring torrents, / carrying; along then , course the huge bulksof uprooted trees,.cottage staircases, barrels of oil - and parafin. macHinerVj tbe roofs' of' houses, and an' indescribable melee \ of 'wreck. : The inundation swept over tolled intc 'cellars; •and' ’ ipyaded warehouses - and £ human habitations.“up. to the second storey, drowned Horses' and.; cattle, swataped the Peel-park, extinguished thA furnaces' in the,factories, stopped /trains; at, full speed, washed .the -ballast, from: the lines,7submerged immense sweeps of field and pasture so deeply'.that - the .hedges .disappeared from sight, choked tunnels, and swept a w®y : -raany|hu.mau.beings.:to;rtheiE'deatlifi © n ; qf : tiie' boats tiayigatiug . the; streets, of . Wakefield,/ and .waggons engaged, to rescue-the. people imprisoned in.their dwellings' by thfe/fatal ?Mhig®-» hundreds of mills are‘ stopped, aiid thousands of hands, as inevitable consequence, will be thrown, out of employment. In- Abraham, park only the .tops of the ..trees can; be . seen. ; Ships/rids . , u Pqn,fche very quays ; bridges have been shattered to their. foundations ; chimney stalks.,have been literally flung, bodily, from their • foundations, -and the yalley of; the Caldar for five miles; is ah lake The ManehesterGuardian, devoting -threi columns to recording the above and othei .stiya i—Wf’er. regret to:.have to : add that .several Jives r liaVe.,beeu dost. Ohs • m&n wak drowned, -in ’ Lowerßroughton *«§? Fere drowned’ at Wakefield, ;:; btie al 3radford,.,*ahd ; one in the neighborhood of titaylebridge. At Ripponden, near Hali fax, a'womeira.nd thijee r children • perished Through. -ithe 'washing away'/jot .a ihridgs which they were crossing. several narrow 'escapeß~are : recdrded. ? ’ y -- In addition to the abqyejinelaxicboly details, an ! -apalling . catastrophe is -reported to'; haye| occurredat ,J ;Leeds.' fit appears 'that a coai; barge : ysiß oyeriurned at:,'ljeedE •Bridge, and.obstructed the.,course/d| •current/ 1 Oh the north bank ia a palishds .terracej/ ' Mr;'. Cpnyears, leather merchant;’ and this.isiwaehed byTtbt flood. : jwhich; has to pasc(> -through'-antuffch-tOn, Saturday morning,. iiTth Noveniber/at ’ some 'jSO-hersoos had assembled jciUithis teiiace to .'wreck; vrheu al ationce i the earthworks, gaveway-and.3C jpersonsf were precipitated into the foaming etream/ Six females .'who;. Had in: despaii clustered together, fastening to each other 1 ! garments, were rescued,by o 5 means 'recovered.:; Onie yorpse,‘that of;a man re eemblmg'a'cbbamercial;traveller;-whßfishec .brave .'feUow' whp ; saw tlivj.lasj ‘convulsive ’'Struggles, -of/fthe"man anc : jhriiught]him Itiieii'dead • 'heeri’dbst-bytthis-sad.acCident./■ ; i„.: t- : :i;; j|^he ;rs characteristic 1 - of thii visitation.-is 'cver-whichdtsuravageshaveibeen.carried rough ton, and Strangeway ; it has swept througl Bipchburn,j^uywqii,' ! ..and ; . t <-StQckpprt j ; il -has; broken Preston (It has flaid - waste. whoJe/districts r .in. anc - closi d the -roadi to Huddersfield from; 'north'i.andsfsouth ( low-^in^parts ,! the't!dwi 'cheK^ .tbbusandjpersons’halve he"dn/madetempbi . -rarilyuhQinplos,A7;„Ap;, binovolence will .of course ;be;BQadeypi 'tbeiTr /t'behlilf;. and: of.'i/course .< willT b j warfiily 'm'nßt:bebitrerindeed;^They/forthb : tiin - d "aro ii ‘' tiurbwn/h^t^hf/wOTk’j^4heir;-hdbitt;

fapnß j ,^e t^BW^^&WT(,yi 5 W damaged ;, thep injured 1 ;. their clothes 'arejenclere3 : wortb'We j mußt ’ add^to-thib*ftn'e i /generai sacrifice .of'the,great_manufaQturing,region whibh'this* deluge has'in vaded.*. ’' Happily, tlfew? Wes4 v crtiper : h6 l< itiitijr ambtmt/bf hakubden sweptout 6fth f rail ways are thef; complex; delicate sustained- serious if not irrbparpble injury; ’have been drowned oiit j shipsiliave; actually.' rid* den/ovprvthb.sides of ;the rivers/iptq.yyhicb it a/ problem, how,, f^iey., cap, ever.. Jbe lSunphed ( agpia;/ quays and" wharves'have bejen'fdpced the ldh waters, wsth* 7 ail a ihb T <'Btbre; bf Wealth upon thems. of iheePi.and,'oxen have,- perished; , Lijall; we. ahalhnqt ba far wjong ; m, puttingj(hef posj;" of *thw husipr/ tune at half a million iu’g; hbWever, 1 all 'the' cbcuibi'stahcbs,'' 'the ld‘Bs- : bf'property has not ' been 'very-; great. ; 5 ;. EENIANISM IN IRELANB; • • Fehianism; which, it was; hoped, was dead/.and .'buried,' ;has latterly 7,shqyyn signs ofjreyivalj ; which r .rise.to inthe * morb southern 1 ’dis^tibtis^bf‘lreland. The DUbiih' - Nation’ of ‘ 24th November says :—“ If bur last advicee from America beiCbrre'ct/StephenS iis now at rsea,.spgedingjhis way towards.the ehorps iof ,Ireland. And ’whhr him come a number .of' rifen skilled ,in the fratle of war, meii : whb have looked death in the face ere-now, and id- a cauwhich had less,of tfieir-hearts’; deyp-, tiop than this cause of; Mr Stephens has promised' and! pledged himself'to 'do this thing. Ho has proclaimed to’ f th’e wbrld his iesoiyeitb ibe omilrislTsoih directing ;an 1 armed, struggle for/ Irish, independence, within -,this,., year and if he ready" endeavor’to 1 fulfil, his f words, even partially:—if he of his : owh free will shall set foot on the shores of Ireland‘within the specified time—he certainly will prove himself-.possessed of .no ordinary, degree of . .courage. . Possibly ; he is so, bbld and daring a man. There is nothing in his character’ as it stabds before the pubiib; and nothing;in h'is';records,:to forbid the suppositiop. 4 j. Hia lack ’of pertainf good qualities .does.not prove that he,.cannot engage in desperate adventures,' take the . risks’ coolly ‘ aiid'' bbllectebiy/-with a subtle intellect and : undaunted/heart; It is aIBO we..think-.that .he rnay succeed in> landing, on some . point, of- thb Irish coast, and making his way to Dublin or such'.other place .a¥'he may select for iiis * head quarters.’ The task of "getting *out-of the couiitry, which he) accomplished,was;;we fancy; .a more; dillicult one. And* thus- we are .brought- lace, to face, with the.'important question : whether in a few weeks from his date, the' bldbd of Irish; men will flow in' another struggle '-against the power-of England;’!; ; ir . .In a.» previous column; a brief allusion is. made to the/seizure ofarms at Cork. It now appears that- on the morning of the 22nd November; two cases, brought by the Liverpool steamer the previous day to /that; city,i were i opened by the. police. Ojae, was.found to [contain 50 Enfield rifles perfectly new,»,with, bayonets, attached ; another, 30 rifles and,a number of bullet mbuldß. A person - named ’lracey, in tile employment of Daly and Co., ot Uork,:has been arrested.. 'TUe cases were, consigned to the address of -this firm. On the ioilowing morning 10 persons were arrested in Limerick ciry bn a charge of i'enianism. A large number of pikes and,a hogshead of bullets have been discovered., line prisoners are, of tbelaboring.class.. Great, citemeht prevailed in the city. 'At‘.noon the same day a man who had been ferahsacting business in the iliberniah' Baiik, Dublin,'was arrested on leaving,the bank.by the detective.: In the possession,olthe prisoner, who gave the name of. J.ohn M'Pheraon M'Gilvray, was found a small" a cheque on the Commercial: Bank of Glasgbw‘ for - £930, and about £3O cashv ‘There werno documents to criminate; him; but it would appear landed in Dublin on the 6th November from America, his, movements excitqd the suspicion of the police, ‘ ahd‘ hb - was '-watched. - - -He -declined to give ; aUy'account' of himself. ;c It is supposed that he had been-gn officer in the s American army,, and ■ ,he. had come oyer to this bo untryih. furtherance'of Fenian iutetests'.' ‘•; U! ' 1 ‘- A i! from' -Diiblin ; this ! iobrmn'g states that the suburbs of ; that Scity were patrolled by cavalry, last night, aud during yesterday thej ,hiuJ' .worn* arms. * No.further arrests'had beeii made 1 . Twelve hnhdred and fifty -brbav‘iijioading : rifles' foivtlite use of the/constabUlary arriv-' ed in Dublin.oniSaturday,24thNoy. u , j >;b THE: POPE; AND* MB, GLADSTONE.;... 3; 'An Ltaliah journal-gives .the ■following very, Interesting accoujiDjpi an interview, between iheso celebrat'eApersqns ( . ,: s “ Mr Gladstone found; the. Pope, as - calm as: possible..,: Politics not. mentioned until tbe/end- of ? the' conversation, and it was who; took the Initiative.; The Bbpe‘ I .complaihed ; of , n the'-Austrian; Gbvernment,;;while fully i admitting: that .the thjb Holy^See,,andjahi&pst justified MrGladstbne ? con’gratuiatbdfthAT'bpeoh the arrival at-Ebihelof the Atibes JDe^ionl huyejthev Aefect of qften faihngjgf.tlip-fnol theydeßirato attaih/Mbreover/whatmat/V.?..;. OA Uv ■ ViV-. i’tf cksV >,

i_. in*’'• sjaipTbsT terodt to.-ma^what,shalLhappen ? Best as-5 fhat-thelegionk ihatJdbferidtlieGhhrchnevehfail.: Insayihg a::th_eßopb tr.aised3his.eyea to} Heaven: Glaf Jp what j truth. there, might be ih|bhe‘'p^li&ih^^B' ; cif;negpyktip^s' :i!: witH iti thb: jdtumabl. l ' Thikisthelßope’sireplji:!**! dplnotf read the jpurnala ;; 1 ain ignorant.-.of .every: all I ( shafl : hotiebye Phtire’tb^Qysuccessor tlre'sacreS and* 1 inviolable ; inheritance of St...Peter.” ! Theponyersatiouion Italy. Raving ceased,: the .Church in .Ireland .was spoken: of, .and the. Pope/warmly , cbpamendeA to Mr Gladstone'his _'weil-belbvbd : '’flock.' - THeh, smiling; he added,oriel' of these days I should : haive/ 'tb leave Borne, although : . from, the centre; of Christianity,;!, should, not : ohjeet, iperhaps, to qh'opse it for my'domicile/ Malta, a place almost entirely merckhtile,lhbw ; that the: revolutionaries accusemy pobr 'priests of simony, .would not have my :sympathies.” He said ,in conclusion,,that. he woifid. go wherp,. Providence ~,mighty" and' never failing to judge meh .wiib die; not eternal —r-hoiild wish. In: saying these words the P'-po.Weemed much moved.’/7 . f '‘ , w“-. L «'/ >l: ;; r:. : . IBENCH' CBIMINAL LAl^i.. . /Th'e/EveninglStahdai'd '(London); says: -~The Frenchvnature: is unique in Europe. ] bold, it.itf dramatic. Our ojra, oprrespphdent has' supplied us within , the* last few day’s with, some/startling ex- j ampltea- to - illustrate the workings - of: its ! when; enkgaged in ;deeds of wrong, j just appiopriat^j.ths,.savings ~pf ,many bishops^/after ! yearsfbf 'confident^hommunication. 1 He is’polite'^'-sent to ’ Mazas for flve years, i Theßead J clerk and ' confidentiali agent. :of ! a;great, Parisian ’banker rob% his,-employer . and-gets twelve-months’, incar-; ' ceratieri.j A ...rascal cheats ’a racing,, club A Bbrse'under a false name. ( Helm - acqiiftted. Twelve hags are .tried , -lor kidnapping young: girls* enticing them , into luxury and shame, and the .extreme : sentence is. twelve months’ imprisonment. . We shall,Have to mark a curious Inconsis- . tbbcy' ,l in'the French code presently/ A ] Pontifical mercenary and his brother, both : Sx-Zouaves,, concoct, a speculation. -They ' ‘combine and produce a Great'"Western • Coal Company. They rent splendid , Officesthey-’ enchange ‘shares in -their asßoci‘i.-tion ! for chateaux and’ lands more \ solid ; they ;buy,, with similar paper, houses , iij paris and castles in Spain.; they obtain, . represeutatibn, property to , more.' This' i heinous. So] the ‘.French; Court sentence the swindlers j to two.years’ detention, and a fine of forty ; shillings./eaelii , VVe are getting on with our catalogue. Last week two priests were i indicted, in the Department of the Asine, j for monstrous offences. One escaped upon , a technicality ; the other was convicted and condemned to hard labor for. life. Then, ; we have the case of a marauding rogue, charged with having murdered a forester 1 fifteen years ago. Four witnesses swear , to his identity, -but the jury, are not satis- ; fled, and he.is .acquitted,, with a warning, j perhaps, not ,to.do it again, Next, there ; is one, Asye by name, whom we commend • tb the particular consideration and artistic 1 delineation -of ’M.- Victor Hugo. He < killed a woman at; Toulon, cut' her head ] oil/and flung it to the pigs, and threw her ; body. into the water. There , was “ ex- 1 tenuatmg circumstances,” anA instead of , dying on the scaffold he"is sent in chains to New Caledonia/ Possibly a new-French ; dictionary: may explain what the word; “ extenuating” signifies.. .Two youngfel- \ lo ws haying barbarously slain a woman in , ’ the Bue'de Cliciiy, Paris, are also certifi- 1 ’ bated' for mercy, and’become l new Gali- ■ domans, 1 with -' ■- For they, are j ‘ told; that after .some .years of; probation ■ they,shall select ftimi among the prettiest" 1 conyicts. upon the station .ihefr" wives," on 1 ' condition of cultivating certain farms. The "original New Caledonians, however,; being addicted to man'and woman eating, ' the ladies ; may be otherwise disposed of * ’ before the.young murderers are of an age : 1 to claim their titles. . '' We must not linger; however, over one ; ; particular, instance, because the catalogue of the week for.; the French; tribunals is elaborate. VVe have M. Alexis Cheyrief, ; who dwelt with the Bondin family,'near : ; Ly ons, ' He lo ved the wife, and'the'result was shame to her and misery' to her bus- 1 1 band. - Madame Bdndin was penitent, and : ; would have asked;for pardon. M. Alexis 1 Chevrier’Sj, yanity. being kindled, he first: .tried lady, and, not .succeed* ing,' caught .her 'in his arms, and' whirled 1 hbrlntb’the wide and swift Bbod of *he ; Bhqn.e.; She- not .drowning soon enough he’ plunged in to hold Tier head under the > water ; but somebody interfered! and the ; poor/creature's life-whs l , saved. 1 What was , j verdict ?. ,/*: Guilty," 'with> extenuating efr* 1 cumstopces? There, was only one suggested ; —that Be. gentleman was jealous of the i lady’s husband. " There is somethiug sublimely French in this. The’ French deal i' with:actual ;murder upon a principal/the t most be . j i We.,pe f hwaireXhat, .m {per ;.owh- couhtry;. when the : law'iiad' fioil/bhdn mitigated,' and heW^g'!wlis^iife/,Athy4ivtwsiph'.ot : j'uitibbß! juries -cbhktoiiy /fork wore • Ihemselves;: by .hi,: order],to dpseryo /the gallows/ //Ir-apf; 'tfiatif /Ciapitißd^pumdlumynt’is ifi': - Sfr.!'; ;- I'}/!

io" be got rid l pf It should direiii and aVowediprocessi ’ * Hereis' a whol slaughter l sßisi bprpse,:fliiig^a/part,-infcp the andj tincoywthh reat.mto fthe ...riyep.:/ .He.is pumahed exactly , on' the sckle'oF an unhappy young;!wretch/ who/inaddened' by desertion' and' -treachery, ’ 1 casts -'from :> her bosomrtbhehpffspring.of herrgailt, "and*ls unable, although' 1 anxious, to ;fescue..,it aftprivprds.,.;||t ,is inevitahle, we. suppose,' that_ kll justice will Be incbnsisteht ih ! One with 1 examples before us theicontrasfc l ' Appears too' start? ling. The‘ whole subject of Fyench. criminal jurisprudence ... is-: interesting, . and worthy attention,, in ho respect more than in the light from which Frenbh juries regard the guilt of’a murderer;' We can comprehend- an American/“ .serve him righ,t,” ,or,an English “recommendation to mercy.” “Extenuating,” however, when a man assassinatesa woman because he is jealous' of; her husband, seems a mystery. ' 1 : . , MISCELLANEOUS. :. ; • ,-J The. Home News of the 26th November, quotes New Zealand 6 pep cent, debehtures at 98 to 100,-and the 5 per cent, di/84 to 85: • . ' - A r deputation of Australian colonists at present resident;in.England.waited on the Earl •of on f the 6th November, to recommend the'construction' o£ a telegmphiine with. 'Australia! by way of India; Singapore/and d aval / • - .' i ' The .Hprae.News of the 26th-November says:—;The-great ; success of the Victoria and the NewZealdnd Loans.has, it is stated induced parties to. airange- preliminaries for otherfinaAcial engagements; With the grailudllyt increasing., ease in ‘the -money market it is expeeted' there will be further new, loans pmd projects introduced, but it may,he' understood that the public will; exercise great discriminatipui in. ’selecting Securities to which they will subscribe/'4'/ - The Homq News of the 26th November saysßelative. to the proposed, prosecution of "ex-Goveriior, Eyre, th‘e ; AttorneyGeneral is reportod to have decided that a retainer which the Jamaica Committee offered to: Mr Coleridge, - Q.C.. and - which Was accepted by. that gentleman, is - infoi - - mal, and., that a retainer,subsequently of fered by' Mr 'Eyre' is consequently good. The Jamaica Committee "state that, having been advised that the facts di-closed in,the report of the royal commissioners afford, a proper ground for an indictment for murder to.be preferred against',Mr Eyre and the other persons concerned in 'the trial and executiomcvf Mr Gordon, and that no other mode of vindicating theiaw in referfacts - is Open to them, they have instructed - their solicitors forthwith to proceed with an indictment against Mr Eyre. - • - ■ . During Friday, 16th November, and the preceding evening, a circumstancial statement was current in London and in many places in the country, that the Prince of Wales had met with a serious accident in Russia, and-some persons'even affirmed that hie Royal-Highness had been killed. The report was that it had occurred during a, boar hunt, one version being that his Royal Highness was; accidentally shot, another that.he was thrown from his horse. It: ’is stated that the origin "of* the report arose: from the wording of a telegram being misunderstood. The telegram stated, “ The prince’s , skill in riding during the hunt was much admired.” Those who heard the telegram read out understood it to * mean, .“ The prince is killed in riding quring the hunt.” : **_ The subject for discussion at the "Oxford University Union a few days says the Home News, was, “That, in the 'opinion of this House, Mr'Brightis a reproach to the country, .which gave , him ;birth.” An amendment was moved, “ That while .admiring Air Bright’s talent" this liouse" regrets thatit should. be : given;to to the support of a mischievous party.” ' .This was negatived, an'd, another, amendment moved, “That Mr*.Bright’s political career for many years past lias been such as to render him a most serious liuisarice tb the coUutry.” This was also negatived,''and the original motion was .then carried; 63 voting for it and 26 against—majority 37. The writer of. Home ’Talk, in the Home News, saysi-More than once I have had to make allusion to the bdok called “ hcce Homo,” which excited so much'interest i>i what is called the religious.world, though its: doctrines; have been sternly repudiated by that, section 1 of the community.. The secrecy which was observed as'to the authorship had - something ’to do with . the success of what is undeniably a clever and sentimental:"history- of the Founder oi Christianity. , The origin of the book was assigned, to a great number of persons, ol kinds of opinions, and when I*say tliat tho guesses ran'ged from Lord Broughham to the author:'of “ Adam Bede,”: I shall give-a good idea of their/wildness. -, Tue Spectator now. states,. as.,from authority, that. the book is by Prbfc ssor Seeley, and that accomplished theologian fiab not contradicted the statement.' ! , Now; if we could Only .be/quite sure who wrote: Junius;" we could live, happily till the end of.,our uves. : • ' * ’ The Paris journals anuoun’ce the death'. ofrM/Legot,: the .tailor whg.it is said, -ti,®l signed, apd. executed the famous grey coal redingote , giyse— whicE N apoleph al-; ways wore, iti' which the 4 cbkniuou 'pboplb ajlwayk pieturetheherointheirmiud’q'eyei his .hands, /.tob,;/ f went'for th'fthe junij form.^^in.lwhich^.Njapoiconwak] Buried at Sti i|Heleiia; :

] *»« , ’/A f JcHaTge bf Archbishbp Trehcti ©pence io a portion-of the Dublin /Who, lost, no time, in ,raising *.the cry. of /‘ Traotarianism.” This- feeling] led to a “ demonstration ” : pit Sunday, ilth c Nbvbmber. - His grace wah announced to preach in St. Mark’s Church; and circulars; were distributed Calling, upon the :people tb f attend mark their, disapproval of by quietly his grace’s!* semoni * ‘The 'a'ppeajbwhs ifot in Vain ; the church'was cro.wded,' and just aa the arefrbishop was,, about to.give out his text a considerable number rose and walked'"oiit! His grace was Hissed'a!s he. left the'.church 1 at the close* of %he servioel - ' 1 " *■ 1 ; ; Theterrible conflagration, whichiecently. occurred at - Quebeo, is' said to have, originated in*.a,,drinking saloon, where!some men quarrelling over a card/table" upset the' ‘ lamp;' 4 and the oil running oyer the floor,? set- fire 5 to l the house; "the? flames spreading with geeah'celerity . among .thO woo,den housesdn.thq neighborhood.. The great extent of surface hurnit over-is" attributed.,to the "neglect 1 of the' authorities 'iii not providing an’adequate supply of water, or in any way?attempting to relieve their exposed condition.-r ,The Condition of- the sufferers: —over. 20,000 people having been made.homeless—jispiliful in the extreme; a'nd, ! owing to ; thb ’Stagnation of business; and'the near approach of winter, many of them;arelin despairi - 1 • I , ; Tbe Austrian Government has decided upop adopting the English Bennington rifle,' which, like the needle-gun, loads 'at the breech. The result'bf ; the experiments has been that sixty shfets'per minute can, be fired;with this rifle..; , . * By the:feai*ful. hurricane Tat Nassau,..New: Providence; pn.the Ist and 2'nd of October, EM - . Nimble' (Commander A. J. : Ghatfield) has/been literally ‘‘blown out of the water ”on to;the shore] of-the harbor, but without loss, of-life. The scene .on shore was terrible ; .the town in ruins, not a single vessel (of somelhundreds the day before)- ' remained. ' barracks; hospital,] and officers’ quarters were .Unroofed and partially blown- down.; all the stores. on t the beach destroyed ; wharves and cpmmissariat and dockyard piers down; 'alTtlie sheds and outbuildings in both places l destroyed; the dockyard wall blown down in two places,, and nearly ah - the houses in town-partially or. wholly unrooted.; public buildings unroofed, and fo.ur chapels blown down (one a new ttone one) • 1 All the trees are either- blown down or 1 stripped: of their 7 leaves aud branches. The salt.has'blown over the island, and nil the wells are salt as far as the Blue-hills, four miles inland. The ,top of the lighthouse ik blown in"; and the’light destroyed ; a temporary light is slio]wn.- : The accounts from i§land^are. very dreadful. Most of . them, being-.low, the. sea made a clear breach over the settiements and completely destroyed them, and the inhabitants are'suffering from want of provisions; indeed the sufferings’ <f the poorer classes must be dreadful. Their gardens and provision grounds and huts are all destroyed, and hundreds have no shelter. " Providentially, the loss of life at Nassau has not been very great—only'three, although numerous accidents have taken place. The number drowned in the harbor, is not known. The lights on Abaco ate damaged, and temporary ones (about the brightness of a ships light) shown; Stirrup Bay is most damaged ; ■ Great Isaac’s; and Gua Bay light’s iiav.e not suffered.. • . The Daily News says.: —Some disgraceful disclosures have been made in Oxford of the practice of sending new-born children to dry nurses, where they die of inanition; and debility from being deprived of the natural support,r. of their mothers. A nurse named Chard having applied for certificates and registers of deaths more frequently than usual, the case •was brought under the notice ‘of .Mr W. Brunner, cortmer, and an enquiry waa instituted into the death of a female child, committed by its mother to her-care. • The inquest was opened/, on Tuesday, and adjourned 1 for further evidence. The adjourned inquiry was held "yesterday when, the registrar of births andrdeaths stated that kis attention had lor some time been • directed to the mystery surrounding the birth of childreu in Hie care of Mrs Chard, as also to their frequent death and disappearance. ' It'appearCd that tlie deceased was the. illegitiinute daughter of a respectable: person, ; the father was unknown, and tlie baby was registered tinder an assumed name in'order to conceal its parentage. The coroner’s offi: cer described the condition of the house' to be filthy in the extreme, and the children there were so emaciated]and dirty as to, be scarcely, recognisable as human beiiuo. The jury Returned a, verdict'to the' etllot that deceased was found in a’house tetchy unfit for habitation ;; that it died from de-. bility,; that the practice of;,medical- meq recommending children to be sent tp. suck a place was censurable in the highest degree.- /- •' ’’' 5i :