The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-23 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE AVA.

POINT DE GALLS, CEYLON, Fan. 23.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ave, with mails from Calcutta and Madras for England,
went on shore en the evening of Tuesday, the 16th instant,
on Pigeon's Island, off Tencomalee, and has since gone
in halves amidships, and become a perfect wrack.
Btu was on her way to this port, but had to I
tench at Trincomalee to land money; how she owns In the
locality where she was lost remains to be explained; it was
within one mile and a half of the shore and ten miles from
the harbour of Trincomalee. No portion of the mails has
been saved; of the treasure which she was bringing for the
Bombay government 162 boxes out of 600 have
her recovered, containing 78,6001., out of 263,0001. ; 400
bales of silk, and 600 chests of indigo, and other valuable
merchandise to a large amount, have been lost. The Ad-
miralty agent, Lieutenant Percival, remained by the wreck
after the captain and officers had left, in the hope of saving
some boxes, but there appeared slight chance of his doing so.
Providentially no lives have been lost. The pas-
sengers include many ladies from the garrison of
Lucknow, and several wounded officers, 70 in all,
besides 19 children and many European female servants.
We have as yet no list ; we only know that among them are
Major-General Michel and Colonel Greathead for Bombay,
and Mn. Inglis (wife of the gallant commander at Lucknow),
and her three children. Unfortunately, Mrs. Inglis's jour-
nal of the siege, not the least valuable article among what
has perished, has not been saved.
AU the passengers arrived here this morning In the
Granada, a small Peninsular steamer, which happened to be
here for commercial purposes, and which was promptly
despatched to the scene of the wreck by our Master At-
tendant, Captain Twynam, within a few hours after the loss
of the Ave had been communicated to him by telegraph from
Colombo.

The Ave had on board a new shaft for the steamer Alma,
which remains at Aden, waiting for it, before she can resume
her work on the line. The loss of the Ave is a parallel to
that of the Erin, which took place about a twelvemonth ego,
and concerning which little inquiry appears to have been
made by the company.
The Granada will leave this with passengers and the
mails from Ceylon and China to-morrow, at daybreak. They
have been detained a week by this accident.— Time/ (Bsoond
Edition).

MR. ALLSOP.—It is stated that Mr. AIL* bag
for several data been concealed in this city, somewhere in
Anthony-street. Both Engliah and French detectives are
now in pursuit of him and it is not at all improbable that he
may be arrested within • day or two. Though the contem-
plated emeasination of which he is alleged to be one of the
conspirators wee not socomeful, he will be returnable under
the extradition treaty, if indicted for the murder ot the inno-
r.ost=a who were killed by the explosions in the Rue
.—New York Herald, March 8.
-71110 AL LEGIBLATORIL—The Maine Legislature
has instituted the novel and very pleasant feature of morning
concerts in legislative @amnions. The lermsbee Jootwal says:—
" The veteran merger of the house, Mr. Thomas, has
• tams for music, and he ham discovered an anneal amount
and variety of musical talent among the members. This
united talent has been brought out in • series of im-
promptu morning onmerts before the hour for calling
the home to order, until at length morning singing has be-
come • regular institution In the Represesta'ives' Hall for
the Meat minutes before the Smoker takes his Neut. At
times the spirit of harmony becomes pervading, when the
singing le vedally muted by simple malady, and grave
senators and members of the house in large numbers gather
around the mitre of the hall and join the singing of familiar
tame in true congregational style, and the music rises, and
dome, end echoes through the hall with fine effect."