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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 234, 2 October 1868, Page 2

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August 20. The Queen has reached Lucerne. Sixty-two persons have been killed through a colliery accident. Ads Isaacs Moaken, the actress and equestrienne, died at Paris, on the Uth August. Don Pablo Castro was elected Governor of Lower California. The whole district of Vera Cruz was in a state of rebellion. Captain Bridges, of the British war steamer, has raised the blockade. The Czar of Russia and the Kiug of Prussia have had an interview at Wiesbaden. A large fire occurred at Lisbon, when cotton and other property were destroyed, raked at £100,000 sterling. Armed insurgents have again made their appearance in Arragon, Spain, and troops were sent to disperse them. Lord Stanley and M. de Moustier have held a conference at Paris. While the present relations exist between England and France the future peace of Europe is guaranteed. Napoleon bas gone to Fontainebleau. It was the cousin of Judge Lushington, aud not the Judge himself, who died recently. A couoesaion for laying a submarine telegraph cable from the Spanish Autillas

to Mexico has been guaranteed to Seaor Jose Gaceres. The weekly statement of the Bank of England shows a decrease in bullion of £571,000. The weekly statement of the Bauk of Fraace show* an iucrease of 34,000-,000- fwwvcs. A CoDVentioar of auti- unionists in Nova Scotia have adopted a resolution 'that it is necessary to use every means to extricate the people of Nova Scotia from the coui federation that has been forced upon them without their consent,, and agaiust their : will." Mr Scully, a landlord near Tipperary, ' while serving notices upon his tenants} was shot and killed ; he was accompanied by a guard of policemen, two of the latter were shot dead ami four badly wounded. The Paris Moniteur says, in relation to the New French Loau, that 34: times the amount asked for has already beeu subscribed. The funeral rites of Thaddeus Stevens took place at Lancaster, U. S., on the 17th of August, and 15,000 peisons were in attendance. The Hon. C. L. Vallandigham has been nominated to Congress. Virginia University, at Flexingtoo, of which General Lee is President, has been damaged by fire. An iron railroad has.been completed at BurlingtoD, lowa. At a meeting of the Tory party held at the Crystal Palace, resolutions were adopted expressing a determination to support the Church, Throne, and Constitution. The Honorable Reverdy Johuson, the American Minister, has arrived in London. The American yacht Sappho has challenged the English yachts. The challenge has been accepted by the Aline, the Cambria, the Oimaka, and the Condor. The sail will be round the Isle of Wight. Representatives of France, England, Prussia, Belgium, and Holland, are now assembled at the Hague, to consider the equalization of duties on sugar. A most extensive fire has occurred ia Callao, originating, as is believed, in the Hotel Confianza, situated in the Calle de Constitucion. The fire extended along to the house of the Prefect, aad every housewas burnt up to the Roma Hotel. In the other direction every house was destroyed as far as the first opening in the street, three or four houses beyond the building formerly known as the Mercantile Club, Again, ou the other side of the street, the houses running from the Calle de Peligro were entirely burnt to the ground. Altogether, some 30,. houses were destroyed, aud 27 others seriously damaged. Property amounting to 1,000,000 dollars has been lost, and only some 10,000 dolllars were insured. FRIGHTFUL EARTHQUAKE. A frightful earthquake occurred on the 13th of August and following days, in Peru and Ecuador, thousands of lives lost. Many cities, villages, and towns in the interior and on the coast are in ruius. Three men-of-war aud numerous mercantile ships were lost; with enormous destruction of property. It was the most fearful earthquake ever recorded. At Iquique the town is completely swept away, nothing but a mass of ruins remaining. The loss of life is very great and at present cannot he estimated. The ports of Mexillones, Pisagua, Arica, Islay, and Chala have shared the fate of Iquique. Arequipa, second city in the Republic levelled to ihe ground. Hot one house left standing except a few wooden erections on outskirts of city. Moquegua, in the neighborhood of Arequipa is likewise overthrown. Taona has escaped with only a loss of 60 houses. Tarabo Valley, just beyond the new port of Mezia (near to Islay), a small town, was swept away ; out of 500 inhabitants, only 20 mauaged to escape. A correspondent of the Panama Herald writes thus: — Arica no longer exists. The walls of my house fell, or rather were blown out. At the same time the earth opened, probably two or three inches, and belched out dust accompanied by a terrible stench, as of powder; the air was darkened, and I could not see my wife, although she and the children were within two feet of where I was. If this had lasted any length of time we must must have been suffocated, but in a few minutes it cleared away* I then collected my household goods together and started for the hills. How we passed amongst falling houses, where we saw men struck down, . some stone dead, and others maimed, is to me a mystery; but a merciful Providence was over us. We wended our sad way as j

well as we could towards the* hills, tha earth shaking, and making us stagger lik& drunken meu, when a great cry acose, 'thesea has retired ! ' I hurried ohm, and I had barely got to the outskirts of the towa when I looked back aud saw all the vessels in the bay carried out irresistibly to sea, probably with a speed of 10 miles au hoar. In a few minutes the great outward current stopped, then arose a mighty wave I should judge about 50 feet high, and came in with a fearful rush* carrying everythiug before it ia its awful majesty*} the whole of the shipping came back witb it, sometimes turning in circles, but all speeding on to aa inevitable doom. Meanwhile the wave that had passed in struck ihe, mole to atoms, swallowed up< my office as a giant mouthful, and roaring ou swallowed up the Customhouse, and rushing down the same street carried everything before it in its irresistabl& course. The remains of dwelling-houses disappeared faster than the change of scene ia a pantomime, my launches had loug since* disappeaxed. and my rum was thus completed. I stood breathless, looking at the awful sight, but thanking God life had been spared to me and my loved* ones, but each second was a lifetime j; looking seawards I saw the ships still hurrying on to their doom-, and- in a few minutes ali was completed ; every vesselwas either ashore or bottom upwards. The Peruvian war steamer America lost, about 85 bauds; the Uuited States steamer' Wateru escaped with loss of oue life, witb a small draft of water she was carried bodily on the top of the sea and landed within a quarter mile of the railway track., The Frederica, Uuited States storeship* was bottom upwards ; every soul on board perished (excepting the captain, surgeon* aud paymaster, who were on shore and were saved). The steamship Santiago reports the almost total destruction of the pott of Chala by ao earthquake, which occurred on the 13th inst., at 5 p.m., the havoc continuing; for about 45 minutes. At the moment the steamer was about to anchor, after a shock which was felt very sensibly oa board, the sea receded, parting the chain of the Company's hulk, which- was lyingat auchor iu the roadstead; and then immediately returned at a height of about 50* feet, covering the rocks about the anchorage aud ia the harbor, and sweeping np into the town fbr the distance of over IOQO ft.; the Customhouse,. Steamship Agency, Mole, and everything vvlthiu range were entirely swept away by three successive seas, preceded aod followed by as many as 1.2 shocks of earthquake, each lasting from three seconds to two minutes iu duration. Arrieros report that the shock was felt very severely on the Pampas, The Coralon of the Santa de la Joy a iu the midst of the desert is demolished. The course of the earthquake was from. south to north, varied with repeated shocks* from west to east. "The difference im time of the occurrence between Islay and Chala, a distance of 145 miles, was about ten minutes. The destruction was caused similarly to that in Chala, by three successive seas. At Molleudo, the depot of supplies for the Aremane Railway, provisions, houses and property of every sort were completely swept away. At Islay, not a vestige of a habitation ot any kind' is left, either at the port or in the tcwn, which contained a population of 500> or more inhabitants. What waft not knocked down by the shock was swept away by the flood, attended by a loss of 20 lives. The Ninita, English sloop, belonging toMr Wellington of Valparaiso, is a total wreck ; the Gambeta, belonging to Messrs Gambeta Brothers, is also a total wreck*, as well as a schooner owned in Priadoa* aud the entire crews perished. From tbe mining province of Jam* Covelon, we learn that all the cities in that department have been destroyed. Cerro de Pasco is in ruins. The loss of life and property by tha earthquake is estiniated at 300^000,000-----dollars. The house of Gibbs alone is said to have lost one million. The Uuited States flagship Powhattan, with Admiral Turner on board* has sailed from Callao for Arica with supplies, and to reader all assistance possibl© to the sufferers. We have to lament the death at Arica of Mr Charles L. Worm, manager of tho Arica aud Tacua Railway; aud at Iquique* that of Mr W. E. BUlinghurst, wh(y with-.

half o£ his family, perished iu the ruins; some members of Mr Billinghurst's family made their escape in a boat, which was carried through the ruins of his dwelling by the sea. Dr Bokeuham also lost his life at Iquique. At Pisagua, the captain of the British ship Kamahatnaha was drowned whilst trying to board his vessel during the eruption; the British brigantine Dona Henrietta was wrecked on the rocks at Junin, all hands saved; and the American barque Con no wai was lost at Mexillones, all hands saved. WOOL. The third series of London colonial wool sales has been fixed to commence on Thursday, the 13th of August. The following Bre the quantities arrived up to date:— s9,92o bales, Port Philip; 54,714, Sydney; 39,058, New Zealand; 9,628, Adelaide.; 8,477, Van Diemen's Land; and 10,ai9, Cape: total, 190,011 bales. Further 20,000 bales may be expected to arrive in time, making the probable total 210.000 bales. There is not much spirit in business, but the trade is everywhere well employed, aud iu the face of a good harvest all over the world, consumption may, towards the fall of the year, be expected to receive a more powerful impetus than it has experienced for the last couple of years. The prices realised at the closing of last year's sales will, under these circumstances, be probably firmly maintained. COLONIAL SECURITIES. New Zealand and Australian securities generally have been stroDgly supported. New South Wales Government five per cents., 187.1 to 1876, 99 to 101; January and July, 99 to 301; ditto, five per cents, 1888 to 1896, January aud July, 99 to 100. New Zealand five per cents., 97 to 99; ditto, six per cents, 18.91, June and December, 109 to 111. Queensland, six per cents., 1891, January and July, 105 to 106 South Australian, six per cents., 1878 and 1892, 108 to 111 ; ditto, 1893 to 1900, 110 to 112. Tasmania, six per cent., 1895, January and July, 104 to 106. Victoria, six per cents., 1891, January to July, 113 to 115; ditto, April and October, 114 to 116. The July dividends are deducted in these quotations. IT . '