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      concludes as follows : — " The Holy Father said to rae -yesterday at St . Paul's , 'My dear General , the Emperor lias said " The empire is peace . " I atn happy to say that the presence of the two armies in Rome is the guarantee of peace ! ' These words of the Sovereign Pontiff are a testimony of confidence ; it is our duty to justify it ; we must all co-operate towards this object , and I am sonvinced we shall . "

      SWEDEN . A Pan-Scandinavian meeting , consisting of several thousand Danes , Swedes , and Norwegians ( the lastaamed , however , being in a very small minority ) , has been held at llamlosa , near Helsinborg , on the Swedish coast of the Sound . Some attacks were made on Germany , and a Lieutenant of the SAvedish army highly praised the King of Denmark for resisting the unjust aggressions of that Federation .

      SPAIX . Fifteen civil governors have been superseded . The floating debt has increased thirty-three millions . The Cortes are shortly to be dissolved , and the new Parliament is to meet oa the 19 th of November .

      MONTENEGSOMontenegro ( saj-s a letter from Cattaro of the 28 th nit ., in the Augsbui' y Gazette ) fears a serious attack from the Turks , who are concentrated in considerable force in the Pachalic of Scutari . In consequence of this feeling of alarm , all the inhabitants of La Cernica have been placed on a war footing , all agricultural operations are interrupted , movable columns have been stationed along the banks of the Lake of Scutari , and depots of arms and ammunition liave been formed in . ' different places . Positive orders have been given that in case of attack no one shall think of defending his own property , but that on the first alarm every oiie shall assemble at the fortified positions of Dupilo and Gredjani , when Prince Danilo -will go himself and take part in ttie combat .

      DENMARK . _ The island of Heligoland is to b & surrounded by a sea wall . ¦ ¦ . . ' '¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ . •¦ ' . ¦ ¦ . BELGIUM . The Archduke John of Austria and his eldest son arrived at Brussels last Saturday afternoon , and were received at the railway station with great pomp . . The visitors proceeded to the palace in a court carriage , and the King gave a state dinner in the evening in-their honour .

      RUSSIA . " . Fresh and harrowing details , " says a St . Petersburg letter of July 5 , "have just been published of the casualties suffered by the Russian army during the war in the Crimea . It appears that in the affair of the Tchernaya alone , on August 1 G , 1855 , there were 504 l 8 wounded , among whom were 24 G officers and 7 generals . At Fort Nicholas , -where the first hospital-for the wounded was organized , as many as 20 0 amputations were performed on a single day , and one surgeon had often 500 patients to attend to . Most of the men who evacuated- Shnpheropol hospital died on the march homewards . These revelations , proving how defective the Russian military administration is , have made a great sensation in St . Petersburg . "

      TURKEY " . The conduct of the Mahomotan population of the port of Suez towards the Christiana has been so threatening that the Pasha of Egypt has found it necessary to send troops there to prevent bloodshed . A terrible reaction of the jMussuln-uins against the Christians ( sny the accounts from Athens ) hna taken place in Cnudia . A young Greek of Canea killed a Turk in self-defence . The bodyoftlie Mussulman w / ia

      conveyed to the mosque , and n general rising soon after took place . The l'Vench flag was fired on . The Greek was strangled by order of the Admiral , ami his body was given up to the populace , and was dragged by them before the houses of the Consuls . The Turks at Kutimo have devastated the churches in that town , wounded several of the clergy , and taken possession of the citadel . Disturbances have broken out in the province of Bagdad In consequence of the recruiting for tho army . In several villages the authorities liavo been driven out .

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      680 THE OAjjB ^ [ No . 43 j ., July 17 , 1858 .

      Explosion Of Tirewoiik Factories. It Is ...

      EXPLOSION OF TIREWOIiK FACTORIES . It is long since so dreadful a catastrophe has occurred in London as that which Btartled the whole of Lambeth and Southwurlc on Monday evening . Two firework factories blew up , and caused tho death of many persons , besides injury to several otliers . At tho corner of Charlcs-strcet and Elizabeth-plnc <> , near tho Waterloo and Westminster-roads , stood tho establishment of Madame Coton , successor to tho luto Aludamo Hengler , who perished somoyears ago in a similar catastrophe ; nud at tho opposite nnglo of tho street was tlio factory of Mr . Gibson . About half past six o'clock , n boy named Bray , ¦ who -was wo ) king in the back kitchen , suddenly rushed out , exclaiming , " Oh , the red firo is alightl" A brother of this youth endeavoured to follo > w ; but , before h e could got to the top of the stairs ( for lie was on ono of tho upper floors ) , he waa surrounded by name , and ,

      though he managed ultimately to escape , he was fearfully injured . It was not long before engines arrived ; but , while the turncock was opening the supply of water , a frightful ' , explosion , took place . The whole building , except a portion of the external walls , was blown high into the air , and across the wide road ; the large stock of fireworks burst into simultaneous action ; and the bricks and timber were dashed about so violently that the firemen , and some two hundred men , women , and children , were knocked down . The flames laid hold of the turncock , and severely injured him ; and at the same moment the rockets shot into the house of Mr . Gibson , and caused that also to explode . This second catastrophe was attended with serious injuries to Mrs . Gibson . The house next door to Madame Coton ' s was

      set on-lire ; the - windows of St . Paul s Church , close by , were shuttered , and various neighbouring houses suffered more or less from the concussion . Minor explosions continued to follow for some time ; but the firemen and police speedily got to work with great courage , and poured a flood of water on the ruins . In less than half an hour after the outbreak , sixty sufferers had been removed from the scene of the explosions to a neighbouring surgery . Some of the cases were peculiar . A Mr . Boriham , a livery , bait , and commission stable-keeper , ran to the front of one of the blazing houses , and rescued a little girl ; but , the next moment , a rocket struck him on the head , and blew the

      child out of his arms . IBoth were seriously injured . At the same time , a Mr . Barnard was passing along the road in a cart with four oilier persons , all of whom were struck down by the force of the explosion and by the shower of rockets and nieces of brick , & c . Mr . Barnard was much hurt , anil his companions were a good deal shaken . A licensed victualler , who was standing in a timber yard opposite , became surrounded-with burning rockets , and his l « gs were in consequence much burned . A policeman was blown underneath a cart and horse , and the animal trod on his knee-cap . Several persons , also , were damaged by the frightened horses in passing vehicles ; and two girls have been , burnt to death at Mr . Gibson's .

      Accidents And Sudden . ' Deaths. A Youxg...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN . ' DEATHS . A youxg married lady has been fearfully burnt at Moukwearmouth- Mrs . JVC . Welford , residing in North Bridge-street , was ironing in the kitchen , when a muslin dress she wore caught fire at the grate . She was alone in . the house at the time , and ran out on to the grass plot in front ,-with her clothes blazing . As no one was passing-at the moment , slie rushed back again ; again went out ia the open air ^ and again returned into the house . Her screams at length attracted several people , who threw a rug about her , and extinguished the flames . She was of course terribly injured , and no hopes are entertained of her recovery . —A young woman named Fariny Humphrey ? , a servant , has met with a similar

      accident m the gardens of the Crystal Palace . Her muslin dress came in contact with a smouldering fusee , and caught fire . The flames mounted high above her head as she ran about the grounds . A gentleman at length succeeded in extinguishing them , and the girl was conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , Southwark , where she died . The recldessncss with which-gentlemen throw about fusees after lighting their cigars , and the smouldering ends of the cigars themselves , is deserving of great censure . Perhaps this shocking ; case may act as' a caution . The inquest on the body of one of the persons killed in the Into accident on tlie South-Eastem line , near the ChUham station , came to a conclusion on Monday

      morning . Mr . Duncan George Forbes Macdonald , ' a civil engineer unconnected witli any railway , in giving evidence , said : — " Taking into consideration tho radius of tho curve , the declivity and its length , particularly the condition of tho permanent wuy , the . sleepers and ballasting , the appearance of the carriages after tlie accident , and the aspect of the site of tho catastrophe , I am decidedly of opinion that the accident was caused by excessive speed . Under tlie circumstances I have stated , I should consider that a greater speed than twenty live miles an hour would have been sufficient to throw the carriages oft' the lino ; and my conviction is , from the appearance * , that tho speed must have exceeded thir , ty miles . " Captain Tyler , of tho ttoyal Artillery , Government Inspector of Railways , said : — "I have examined tho curve , and , as far as the cant of

      the rail is concerned , I do not think there would bo any danger in travelling at thirty miles an hour round tho curve ; but , in coiiHequenco of the way iu which tho chairs are fastened to the sleepers , I do not think that a safe speed . As far as the sharpness of tho curve in concerned , tha speed of thirty or forty miles an hour ought to bo perfectly safe upon it . I bolievo the failure of the trenails to havo been the cause of tho train leaving th « line . " Captain . Tyler hero showed tho jury ono of the trenails which hud been cut through . With respect to tho crank nxle , ho said it broke from wear and tear , as crank axles will break . Mr . Seymour Clark , tuo manager of tho Great Northern Railway , said he considered there was no danger in going round tho curve- at tho rate of thirty , forty , or even fifty milea an hour . u With

      respect to the cause of the accident , " he added "I * it - t the crank axl « broke first , and that if it had not broken there would have been no accident . That caused swoh a relative position of the wheel on the side it broke anl the engine it liad previously sustained , that it digniacefl a metal . Being on a curve , the carriages went off the line , the tendency of all metals being to go str ti ^ ht The line being broken , the carriages went into the b \ l last , and fell over ; and hence the accident . " The iurv returned a verdict of Accidental Death , vith a stroiur recommendation that no train should pass the curve be

      tween the whistle-board and the Chilham station a . t a rate exceeding twenty-five miles an hour , and that the roatl should be carefully attended and kept in ROod running order and repair , especiall y the curve . The Countess of Essex was thrown from her iorse on entering Hyde-park on Monday afternoon . She M-as assisted to a carriage by a park-keeper , and conveved to lier rerideuce , Chesham-street , Bchjrave-square . The diameter of the injuries she received could not be ascertained .

      During a thunderstorm which passed over Birmingham and South Staffordshire on the afternoon of Thursday week , a railway train from the former plate to Wolverhainpton was struck by the lightning at Deepfields . Tlie engine-driver and stoker were both injured , especially the latter , ' who received a blow on the back of Iris , head which rendered him insensible for a time . All the passengers in the train were more or less affected by the shock ; and a gentleman in one of the fivst-class carriages was thrown to the opposite side . His right arm was likewise struck with such force that it was

      completely paralyzed . The person , however , who appears to have ' suffered most from the effects of the lightning , was the guard , who was standing up in the train applying the break . His whole system was for a time paralyzed . AYhcu tfte train arrived at the Deepfields station , he staggered out of the van , with the intention of pursuing his duties ; but he could scarcely stand , amd had not the station-master held him up , he would have fallen oil' the platform oa to the line . He was put back into tlie van , anil a porter was sent with him to take charge of the train .

      The Atlantic Telegraph. Somk Interesting...

      THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH . Somk interesting additional particulars rela . ti . ve to the catastrophe with the Atlantic cable are given by the Times correspondent-, who went out with the expedition , and who , writing on Monday , says ;—" The Agamemnon arrived here ( Queenstowa ) this morning 7 at 12 . 30 , having left the rendezvous in the centre of tlie Atlantic on the 6 th iri ' st . On the voyage out with the other vessels of the squadron , a succession of tremendous south-westerly gales was encountered , which scattered all the ships for some days . ' During the time , the very heavy and unequal load onboard the Agamemnon made her condition one of danger . At one time , indeed , the stortn was so violent that the chances were stronyly in favour of her going to the bottom with all on board . The worst storm was during the 2 (> th and 21 st of June , when the Agamemnon rolled so heavily and dangerously as in Jier then trim to lead to serious fears that the musts would go overboard , or that she would capsize completely and founder . In these heavy lurches the coals wich ' wero stowed in the main and lower docks broke away , and seriously injured several of the crew . " The electric instruments were all injured . Tlie main coal in the bottom of the hold shifted . The deck boats got adrift . The iron screw guard was -wrenched in two , and tho waste steam-pipe between tlie boilers liroken , all by the heavy rolling . Twice , after every etFort had been made to ease the ship , which was much hampered by the upper deck coil of two huii < lrcd and thirty-six tcma forward , it -was found necessary to run before the wind , ho that it was only on tho 25 th of June that tho rendezvous was made , and the other vessels of tho squadron sighted . " Tho first splice was made on the 2 Gth , nnd wna broken an hour afterwards on board the Niagara , after three milea had been paid out from each vessel . The second splice wns also made on the 2 Gth , and broke nl four a . m . on the morning of Thursday , the 27 tli , parting apparently at the bottom of the sea , after some milos had been made from each ship . Tho third and last splice parted at 10 . 30 p . m . on tho night of tho 29 th , about six fathoms below tho stern of the Agamemnon , after ono hundred and forty-six miles had been paid out of that vessel . Tlio cause of the lust fracture is not known , « s the strain of the wire was only 2200 lb . " After this , the Agamomnon returned to tho rendezvous , and cruised for live dnys , during which sho met with sufficient bad weather to prove that tho removal of tlio upper deck coil had almost restored her to her trim , and certainly rendered her buoyant on a sen-Unfortunately , the Niagara did not return to tho rendezvous ; so that the only lino weather which tho expedition ha « l was totally lost , and tho Agamemnon had to proceed to Quccnutown . 41 There are still 2500 miles of wire on hoard the two ships . It is intended to fill up with coal and fresh provisions and start for a filial attempt next Saturday ( this day ) .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 17, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17071858/page/8/