ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA MAIL

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 367, 3 October 1868, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA MAIL

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)

Westpoet Times Office, Wellington, Oct. 1. ARRIVAL OF THE RUAHINE FROM PANAMA.

The Ruahine arrived in this harbor at 5 p.m. The Atrato from Southampton to Colon, broke down arid had to put back, hence the delay. She brings English papers to the 15th, and news via New York, to the 20th August. Passengers for Wellington Cap+. J. V. Hall, Capt. Blane, RN. Messrs Walker, Deßick, Darling, Russell, Foster, and West, Mr and Mrs Bennett, Capt. Handley, Mr and Mrs Harris and five children For Canterbury, Mr Karslake Couut G-ilden, Mr Murray. For Otago—Mr and Mrs W. C. Young, Mr Catalogs. For Nelson, Mr Allen. For Auckland, Messrs Webb, Bendon Edwards,- Morris, and Stephen, For Melbourne, Messrs Perry, Euriehkien, Mr and Mrs, and Miss Cardingam. For Sydney. Mr. Franklyn, Mr and Mrs Branston, Messrs, Cloete, Grulliek, and Mrs Mangan and infant.

GENERAL SUMMARY. ' Loudon, Aug 3. The Queen is in good health. The Emperor Alexander of Russia has signed a ukase to be in force in five years abolishing in a great measure compulsory military service. A terrible accident has occurred in the Music Hall, Manchester, at a performance. The gas escaped, aud a cry of fire was raised, causing a rush to the door. The staircase gave way, when 25 persons were killed and 11 injured. A public meeting has been held in Vienna condemning the exclusion «>f Austria from Germany and protesting against the solution of the German question. An insurrection is feared in Cadiz for the purpose of placing Don Juan, eldest son of General Cabiera on the throne of Spain. Six new Cardinals were appointed at a late Consistory at Roine, Merode, Chigi, Talbot, Randic, Terans, and Segrette. The number of French soldiers

arriving at Civita Vecehia exceeds that of those that have been removed. The Pope continues in good health. Dr John Eliot'son, the well-known mesmerist, is dead.

(By Atlantic Ticlegr.vpu.) August 20th. The Queen has reached Lucerne. Sixty-one persons have been killed in a colliery. Ada Isaacs Menken, the Actress and Equestrienne, died at Paris on the 11th. August. Don Pablo Castro was elected Governor of Lower California. The whole state of Vera Cruz is in a state of rebellion. Captain Bridges, of the British war steamer Chanticleer, has raised the blockade of Mazatlan. The Czar of Russia and the King of Prussia have had an interview at Wiesbaden. A fire has occurred at Lisbon when cotton and other property valued at £IOO,OOO was des"troyed. Armed insurgents have again made their appearance in Aragon, and troops were sent to disperse them. Lord Stanley and M. Moustier have had a conference at Paris from which it Avould appear that whilst the present relations exist between England and France the the future peace of Europa was guaranteed. Napoleon has gone to Fontainbleau. It was the cousin of Judge Lashiugtou, and not the Judge himself who died recently. Concession for laying the submarine Telegraph cable, from the Spanish Antilles to Mexico, has been granted to Senr. Jose Cascies. The Gear, and King of Prussia have had a friendly interview. The first private execution under ! the Amended Criminal Law of Englandtook place in London on the 13th August when Maidstone Wells was hanged for the murder of a Station-master of the Dover Eailway. Only the prison officials and reporters,, and three private citizens were witnssses to the execution. The weekly statement of the Bank of England shows a decrease in bullion of £751,000. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an increase in Bulliou of 34,000,000 francs. A convention of anti-unionists in Nova Scotia have adopted resolutions that it is necessary to use. Every means to extricate the people of Nova Scotia from the Confederation that has been forced upon them without their consent, and against their will. A Ministerial Crisis has taken place in Brazil LATEST BY THE CABLE. An outrage has occurred near Tipperary. Mr Scully, a landlord, while serving notices on his tenants was shot and killed. He was accom panied by a guard of policemen. Two of the latter were shot dead, and four badly wounded. The Paris " Moniteur" says in relation to the New French Loan, that thirty-four times the amount asked for has already been subscribed. A frightful Earthquake occurred on the 13th August and following days, in Peru and Ecuador. Thousands of lives were lost. Cities, villages and towns in the interior, and on the Coast are in ruins, men of war and numerous mercantile ships were lost, and an enormous destruction of property took place.

The most fearful effects ever recorded happened at Iquiqui where the town was completely swept away and nothing but a mass of ruins remains. The loss of life has been very great, but at present no estimate can be formed of its extent. The ports of Mejillones, Pisaga, Arica, Flo, and Chala have shared the fate of Iquiqui. Arequipa, the second city of the Republic is levelled to the ground. Not one house is left standing, excepting inafewwooden erections on the outskirts of the city. Moquequor, in the neighbourhood of Arequipa is likewise overthrown. Tacna has escaped, with only the loss of sixty houses. Tambo - valley just beyond' A the new port of Mejia, near to Islay, a small town, was swept away ; out of 500 inhabitants, only 20 managed to escape. The correspondent of the " Panama Herald." writes as follows. " Arica no longer exists, the walls of my house fell; the worst is hardly known. Houses were blown up as if they were spit at me ; at the same time the earth opened probably two or three inches and belched out dust, accom panied by a terrific stench, as of powder. The air was dai'kened, and I

could not see my wife who was within two feet of me, with the children. If this had lasted any time. we must have heen suffocated, but in about a couple of minutes it cleared and collecting my household gods together, I (hen started for the hills. How we passed through the falling houses, when we saw men struek down, seme stone dead, others maimed, is to me a mystery, but a merciful providence was over us, We wended our sad way as well as we could towards the hills, the earth shaking under us, making us stagger as as drunken people, when a great cry went up to heaven " the sea has retired.

I had barelyarrived at the outposts of the town when I looked back and saw ah the vessels in the Bay carried out irresistibly to sea at a speed of probably t c n miles an hour. In a few minutes the great current stopped, and then arose a mighty wave, I. should judgo about 50 feet in height and came in with an awful rush carrying every thing before it in its awful majesty. The whole of the shipping came back with it, sometimes whirling id circles but all speeading on to an inevitable doom-. Meanwhile the wave had passed on, and struck the Mole into atoms, swallowed up my office at a great mouthful and roaring on swallowed up the Custom House then rushing down the same street, carrying everything before it in its irresistible course. The remains of my dwelling house disappeared faster than a change of scene in a Christmas pantomime. My launches hadjlong since disappeared, and my ruin was thus completed. I stood breathlessly looking at the awful sight, but thanking God life had been spared to me and my beloved ones, but each second's was to me a life-time. Looking seawards I saw the ships still hurrying on to their doom, and in a few minutes all was completed, every vessel was eitherashoreor bottom upwards. The Peruvian war steamer Americalostahouteightyfive hands. The United JStates steamer Waterer escaped with the loss of one life, having a small draught of water she was carried bodily on the top of the sea and landed about a quarter of a mile in-shore of the railroad track. The Fredonoa, United States Steamship was bottom upwards. Every soul on board of her perished excepting the captain, surgeon, and paymaster, whojwere on shore and were saved. The steamship Santiago reports the almost total destruction of the port of Chalca by an earthquake, which occurred on the 13th inst. at 4< p.m. the havoc continuing aboutforty fiveminutes. Atthe moment the steamer was about to anchor, after the shock which was sensibly felt on board, the sea receded, parting the chain of the vessel and of tbe Company's hulk at anchor in the roadstead, and then returned with a wave of about thirty feet in height covering the rocks about the anchorage, and in the harbor, and sweeping up into town for a distance of over one thousand feet.

The Custom House, Steam Ship Agency, Mole, and everything within range was swept away by three successive seas, preceeded and followed by as many as twelve shocks of earthquakes each lasting from three seconds, to two minutes in duration.

At Arreros they report the shock as having been felt very severely on the Pampas. The Corralon of the Tambo de la Joze in the midst of the desert was demolished. The Earthquake was from South to North, varied by repeated shocks, from East to West. The diiferance in time of the occurrence between Isley and Chalca a distance of one hundred and forty-five miles, was about ten minutes. The destruction was paused similarly at Chalca, by three successive seas. Molendo".—This is the depot of supplies for the Arequeila railway, provisions, houses, and property, of every description were swept away. Ilo.—Here not a vestige of habitations of any kind is left, either at the port or in'the town, which contained a population of five hundred or more inhabitants. What was not knocked down by the shock was swept away by the flood with the loss of twenty lives." The Minitea, English Sloop, belonging to Mr Wellington of Valparasio is a total wreck. The G-umbeta, belonging to Messrs G-umbeta Brothers, is also a total wreck as well as a schooner owned in Pistaga and the entire crew perished. Minakga, Province of Juan Cavilion—We learn that all the cities in that department have been destroyed. Cro de Pasco is in ruins. The losj> of life . and property in the mining regions is reported very large. The loss of property by the earth-

quakeis estimate'd at three hundred millions of dollars' The house of 03 ibbs, alone is said to have lost one million:. The United Slates flag ship Pew hat tan with AdmiralMureron board has sailed from Callao for Arica with supplies, and to render all assistance possible to the sufferers.

Mr Charles L. Worm, Manager i f the Arica and Tacua railroad, and at [quiqui, that of Mr William E. Billinghurstj with half of his family perished in tlie ruins. Sonic members of Mr Bdlinghursts family, made their escape in a boat, which was carried through the ruins of his dwelling by the sea. Dr Bokenham also lost his wife at Iquiqui. In Pisagana, the captain of the British ship Sumatra was drowned while tryin™ to board his' vessel during the eruption. The British barque Dona Henrietta was wrecked on the rocks at Juni, all hands saved. The American barque Condor, was lost at Mijilloncs, crew saved.

Most extensive fire at Callao. Originated it is believed in hotel Confiahza situated in the Cade (.e Constitutioner. The fire extended along the house of the prefect, and every house was burnt up to the lioma Hotel. In other directions every house was destroyed. Propertyamounting toonemillion dollars has been lust, and only some eighty thousand dollars were insured. The funeral rites of Thaddeus Stevens took place at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Fifteen thousand persons were in attendance.

The Honorable C. L. vallandigKaria lias been nominated to Congress,

An iron railroad bridge across the Mississippi, has been completed at Burlington Jowa. Virginia University, at Lexington, of which General Lee is president, is damaged by fire. The Honorable Reverdy Johnson has arrived in London.

At a meeting of the Tory party in the Crystal Palace, resolutions were adopted expressing their determination to support Church, Throne, and Constitution.

The American yacht Sappo has challenged English Yachts. Challenge accepted by the Alma, Cambria, Virniera, and Condor. The race takes plaee on the 21st. —Course round the Isle of Wight. Representatives of France, England, Prussia, Belgium, and Holland, are now assembled at the Hague, to consider the realisation of duty on sugar.

COMMERCIAL. The third series of London Colonial Wool Stiles, has been fixed to commence on Thursday the 13th August. The following are the quantities arrived up to date:—s9,l2o bales, Port Philip ; 54,714, Sydney ; 39,058, New Zealand; 90,228," Adelaide ; 8477, Van Diemaii3 Land, and 14,319 Cape ; in all 190,116 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 trade is everywhere well employed and in the face of good harvests all over the world, consumption towards the fallof theyearmaybeexpected t to receive a new and more powerful impetus than it has experienced for the last couple of years. Last sales closing prices will under these circumstances be probably firmly maintained. New Zealand and Australian Securities generally have been strongly supported. New South "Wales Government, 5 per cent., 1871 to 1876, 99 to 101 ; January and July, 99 to 101 ; Ditto, 5 per" cent., 1888 to 1896; January and July, 99 to 100. New Zealand, 5 per cent., 96 to 99. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1891; March and September, 103 to 113. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1891; June and December, 109 to 111; Queenslaud, 6 per cent., 1891; January and July, 105 to 106. South Australian Government, 6 per cent., 1888 and 1892 ; 108 to 111; Ditto, 1893 to 1908 ; 110 to 112. Tasmanian 104 to 106; Victorian Grovernment, 6 per cent., 1891; January and July, 113 to 115. Ditto, April and October, 114 to 116. The July dividends are deducted in these quotations.

SHIPPING. (Corrected to August 1.) At London for Auckland, N.Z.—ld a Ziegler, Countess of Kintore. For Canterbury.—Blue Jacket, Lady Jocelyn, Glenrnark. For Nelson, and New Plymouth.— John Bunyaiij- Malay. For Otago.—Ela, Timaru, Lady Egidin, Chile. For Wellington. "Wild Duck, Melita At Liverpool for Otago and Wellington.—Ada Harvest Home. At Glasgow for Port Chalmers.— William Davie.