REUTER'S EXPRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 162, 20 May 1864, Page 4

REUTER'S EXPRESS.

I iOndon, March '.id. --The A ust raliau .lantiarv mails were delivered at .Marseilles March Pith, Southampton 17th. The christening of the Uoyal infant look ]i!;ice March 1(1, in tlu; Chapel-lloyai. Palace. Spongers: Queen, Kinj* of thu Trine.-.John ot f (lor the Kinitof Denmark), Princess Helena, (proxy for the Cnnvn .l'rincess of Prussia), Prince Alfred, Grand Duchess Mccklenher£ for tlu? I Duchess of Schleswi-j-I (olstein (11 uckheri^; and the Duke of Cambridge for the J ; of Hesse. The infant wsi.s named Albert. Victor < 'hrislian Kdward. The ceremony was performed by tin* Archbishop of ( 'anterburv. The Bishop oi London issued a proposal to op'/ a committee of laymen and to rai.-e a fund of several millions, to he called the lli-lc-p >'f London's Fund, lor erecting churches ami suppix mir ch'lirymMj where deficient in |j,«» diet I'opo: is. The Uueeil bits written to the Ki-iiop, promising !o cut:! i ibute .Clmm annually for thf e years. Tin" Pi;m -■ id AVali.'tf also #ives ClOltO. 'J'iio (>xfonl (Convocation rtd'usei], hy to :.9"> votes, t<» iTierease the stipend of Professor dowctt, lYofessor of Cireek. ITc was one of tl.c writers of tho Kssays and lb-views. Sir .Rowland Hill resigned thu Kccretiirvship of pnst offico, owing to ill health. Jfc rctdivixl ;t Jiiiiklm'iiic letter from thrs Coinmishioiu-rs of tile Truasnrv, jn - lcnowloflfHiifr tho services r< tiaereil to tftu miintn , 1111(1 p-r.intiril? li full salsiry as supi'iiiiiiuiiition itllov,- ;■ iit-c. Ho is fucccciled liv !\lr. .lolm 'I'iUcv, Mi. .Frank ISrudnuHire being iipjioiiitril iißsiijliuit Hei-n.'tiim ,

Terrible disaster, causing gront lossoflifr, occurred Oil March 11, bv the bursting of a great rcsorvoir belonging' to the tiheflield "Water Company, at Bradfield. Tt covered seventv-six acres and contained 111,000,000 cubic fort of water. Tt suddonlv burst tho embankment shortly after midnight, and swept down a goriro between the locality and Stannington TTills, into Shellit-ld. Numbers of people were swept fiwav from their beds nnd drowned. Tho late.-t reports state that -me mis. l int r . Undies of 17S have been r<vovored and identified. Many houses have beL-n earned away, and a larire thriving district I entirely devastate!. It is conjectured the damaire 1 done to property is half a million. SubseWntrms have been opened headed bv the Prince and ulrri'dy exeeud £*'20,000. 1/nidon < Wporatinn voted €.-,00. Mr. Ihiwlinson, Government Ijujuiree, was sent down to report on tho cause of the calamity. He jruve evidence at the that-ho considered tho accident, amen from tin; imperfeet, manner in which the pipes carrviim* off the wi»«di of reservoir were laid. The jurv returned a verdiet that the worlcs were n>n.-rrn."ted without proper engineering and recommended that there should be more frequent Gnvernm'-nt inspection of similar works. The ITniversitv Moat liaee was won by Oxford easily by twentv lensrth*. The course, as tt.sn-tl, was from I'utney to M«»rtlik'e. A number of spectators than were ever previou.«!v known assembled. The Prince of Wales witnessed the race, and cheered the crew. IMPER!AL PAUT,TAMKNT. March I.—ln the Lords, "!virl Kussell stated, attempts to enlist recruits for Amerien in Ireland would be a. hreaeh of n"utralitv. ITe had frequently complained to the American that such enlistments were iroiny; on, but the practice was always denied. Government must wait for further evidence. March 11.—Karl Granville slated that Kmrland had not entered into anv combination for the di..play of tbe slip-htot hostile feeling Inwards "Fr-niee -with whom tlie Government was most, anx:ous to act in comvrt. On all Kuropean question- personal attacks occupied much of the time of the House during the nn>nth. In the Commons, Mr. Gladstone's statement brinf*;ini>* in his Government Annuities Hill, brouirbt, up Mr. Sheridan, between whom, Gladstone, and Jiawley. a passage of arms ensu"d. Jhii'iriy the trial of the prisoners for eonspiniey to assassinate tin* of the French, the statement bv the Proeureur Imperial that a member of the Knirlish Government had cognizance of the plot against the Kmperor formed the occasion of fierce attacks by the conservatives. Tho subject was brought forward three difiercnt niirht's fud on a division the ( 2< wa> vii-tori«Mis by 10. Mr. Stanfield r; understood to have tendered his resignation, but Lord Palmerston would not accept it. OTiIT rTATJV. Dr. Gillies, "Roman Oalholie P/tshop, TCdindureh ; Sir William l>rown, founder of the Liverpool Free Library and Museum; Mr. Puller. M.P. for Hertfordshire ; (ieneral Douglas. Major-' Jeneral Porlloek, Or. Hide, the art i>t ; Mr. II unt, water-colour painter: Karl of Aberdeen, Lord Ashburton. Mr. Leonard Hummer, F.ILS. AMERICA. Vow York, March 12. — After a lon<: period of inaction the news is a«_ r ain exeitinu, almost uniformly disastrous to the Federals. The army of the Potomac under Mcnde failed lo intercept Lee. Communications with 'Kiehmond to release Federals prisoner in that city. Papers found on a Federal oiUeer killed were addressed to the soldiers, with instructions, when Kiehmond was taken, the city must be dc>troyed, and JcU'ei'son .Davis and his Cabinet killed.' It is rumoured the Federals, under Sherman, were defeated near Meridon, with a loss of 1000, tbe remnant retreating to Vieksbuivh. pursued and harassed by a lal'LTe Confederate eavalrv force. Admiral l-'arrauut a'taeked Mobile at daylight on S.'ird February, b;;I hite>: u 1 vices state t hat lie had but little success. A buttle fought in Florida on February 20; tbe C 'onfederate defeating Federals with !o>s. The bombardment of Cliarie-teii continuing without dan.aixinLi the city or inhabitants. Kloekadc running is aetivelv resume.l, on an average two vessels weekly reach the city. Grant has been invested with the supreme direction of the militarv, with the rank of Lieut.-General. After visiting the arntv of the Potomac, he suddenly left W:i-diiiiflon fur Viek-hur«r, to ax-ertain the exact position of Sherman's force. The House of Representatives has passed the Loan Bill. Tin* senate amended a Gold Pill authorising Sccretnrv Chase to ?ell the surplus gold in the Treasury. The .1 udu;e of (he Pourt of Appeal at St. John's delivered his judgment, releasing the Chesapeake pirates. Mr. Secretarv Chase has formally withdrawn his name ih a candidate for the PrcMdeuey. Gold, Gli. DKNM AJM\. Tho war -with 1 Denmark continues. Hostilities during the month mainly consist of the siege of the fortress of Fiederieia by the Austrians, ami storming the works at Duppel by the Prus>ians. The bombardment f -f Fredericia is now stopped. Latest advices state besiegers had withdrawn from before Platz. Duppoil is still energetically attacked, and from its isolated position was carried by the Prussians, but no impression bad been made on the main -works. Tho I Vanish Piirsraad ohwe»l on the '21th by a speech front the Throne. The King said he was still alone, and did not know how 1< ng Kurope would look on inditlerantly at acts ol violence perpetrated against Denmark, and would submit to such humiliation. The Fit < 'ojienha-r-'n with the Miui.-'o-r of War to join the army. The flection to tin' new had taken place. The members chosen belong almost universally to the National parly. Latest intelligence from Vienna states that the Conference accepted Austria without- details of U.G basis of peace or an armistice, tho two Powers agreeing to maintain the territorial integrity of the banish monarchy under the present dynasty. Tin* Archduke Maximilian will receive the Mexican deputation foruu rly tendering the ( "rown on Faster Sunday. It is expected he will leave for Mexico at the end of tile liP'tith. Garibaldi left Cap!era, en the 'Jlst.on a visit to Fngiaml. Kxpectcd to arrive ,-nthe 'Ji'th. Altera short stay at the Isle of Wight In- will e--iue on to London, where the woiking cla-scs intend giving him a public ieeeption. The liussiau Government issued a ukase, emnlipatinv; all the peasants in Poland, granting possession of land at small rent. Government lvconipensin g landowners.