The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-24 00:00:00

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX.

NEW YORK, Juxe 13.
General Butler reports the Federal losses at
Great Bethel at 14 killed and 45 wounded.

General McClelland's forces are rapidly moving
towards Harper's Ferry from the West.
Five hundred secessionists have been routed at
Romney, Va., by an Indiana regiment.
Troops are advancing from the eastward by three
routes on Harper's Ferry.

QUEENSTOWN, Jews 23.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship America,
from Boston on the 12th and Halifax on the 14th
inst., arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day, with 101 pas-
sengers. She lauded all mails except those for
Liverpool and Scotland, and proceeded at 1.15 p.m.
All well.

GALWAY, JUNE ZL
The Atlantic Royal Mail Company's steamship
Prince Albert, from New York on the 11th and St.
John's on the 16th inst., has arrived here with 27
cabin and 100 steerage passengers, the Canadian's
mails, and a heavy cargo.
The Adriatic arrived at St. John's In 5 days and
2 hours from Galway.

QUEENSTOWN, Joss 23.

The Royal Mail steam ship Persia arrived here at
9 a.m. to-day, embarked the mails, passengers, and
latest telegrams, and proceeded at 4 p.m. ; all well.

THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER CANADIAN.

ratan PARTICULARS.

On Saturday we announced, in brief terms, the
total loss of the Canadian, royal mail screw steamer, in the
Straits of Belle Isle, a channel about 50 miles long and 12
broad, which separates Newfoundland from Labrador and
the American continent. The channel is deep, and affords
a safe passage (in summer) to the Oulf of St. Lawrence, but
it is seldom frequented. The coast on both sides is bleak,
and the harbours, such as they are, ale not considered safe.
On the north-west side of the island of Belle Isle is a har-
bour used by the French fishing fleet about the "Banin,"&c.
It will thus be seen from the above particulars of the
Crafts in which the ill-fated Canadian foundered that in
summer the Belle Isle route is considered safe, but there
are instances where a very severe winter may cause the
strait. to be impassable, owing to the enormous quantity of
drift and stationary ice, until late is June or early in July.
We have received the following particulars of the wreck
fro Montreal s
mnhlesars AllNavigationaßroth the Navigation Company
Liverpool agents of the
m
The Canadian was bet about noon on the 4th instant,
about five miles off Belle Isle. The weather at the time
was thick, and a abort eta on. The ship -was going • dead
slow' when she struck a large piece of sunken ice, the top
of which was flash with the water, and which appears to
have ripped up the bottom of the vessel to a large extent
" For some time the fore comportment of the vessel kept
perfectly free, until the water bradcome up over the steer
ago deck, having forced up the hatches, end then dewed
through into the forebole and tilled it. When the captain
(Graham) found that hie slop WAS no seriously tlaimwd ho
turned her hood to the westward, and steamed full ;peed
towards the Load, with the double intention of lauding the
passengers and crew as near the shore as possible, and abo
of beaching the steamer. At this juncture of the sad ca-
tastrophe laud was 11 miles a-head, When Capt. Graham
flood that the ship was settling fast, he stopped the engines
dad got the boats reedy as fee: as possible, the prusiengers
all the time remaining cool amid collected, with the excep-
tion of some of the gentler sex, who were in a state of much
anxiety and grief. Everything being ready, the pas-engee,
and crew gut into the boats, all of which were lowered
Neely, with this awl exception—one of the boats, fitted
with Clifford's patent lowering apparatus, capsized when
being let loose from the davits. and all on hoard perished.
"There was plenty of actuannialation in the boats for all
onboard; and to show that everything was done iii the
least possible time, cociableting that the vessel mak in ..I,out
half-an-hour after she struck, we may Mate that a !schen
of the mails was WWI. The beide were afterwards picked
up by three French flailing vessels which fortunatclv were
in the immediate neighbourhood, and touvey.ed to
Qnirpon Bay.
" Captain Oniham then cliaitcre4lie largest of those
vessel■ to be put in proper condition to miry the ship-
wrecked people to St. John's, Newfoundland, for which
place they sailed on the Bth inst. In order that news might
reach England as soon as possible of the dos. of the Canadiao,
Captain Graham mused two officers, first and fourth, to be
left behind, with one of the lifeboats, to intercept the .orth
Briton, in order that she Plead,' follow the 'marque to St.
John's, for the purpo,o of Winging the crew and passengers
home. The officers mid season sailed it to l'oiut Amour,
in the Straits of Belle bile, and succeeded in boarding do
North Briton. The latter attempted to force her way down
to St. Jollies, but owing to dense fogs and impenetrable
toe she was compelled to abandon the attempt, and steer
away for England, after a detention of 70 hours.
" It was expected that the Lenore would reach 5t..140.t
intine to telegraph to Montre.d for Hibernian, tracing
Quebec on the Irrith June, to mill at Ste John's and pick the
survivors up.

" As no correct list of the Canadian's passengers has 0r..0
to hand, Mews. Allan Brothels are unaldo to &tate p..i-
tivelv who and how many were drowned, but from all th,t
can he learned probably Zi of the passengers and 10.4 iLa
crew perished. We have, however, been furnished Mit a
list of the ...whin passengers on board at the time the rum
dian left Quebec, whores names do not appear in the 114 oi
those saved :—Mrs. Cre.ivor, Captain W ek ma n , sal Mr..
M'Kay, Quebec : Mr. Gault, Montreal ; Mrs. It. 11'4
and Mr. Brown, Toronto ; Mr. Thompson, Hamilton Mr.
S. H. Mayhew and Mr. A. Henthcote, Chicago ; and Mr.
John Hershey , Now York.
"TheCanadiiin was built by Messrs. Robert Steele sod Co.
of Greenock, and sailed from Liverpool on her tint vovi-9
to America in March, 1860. She was nominally of '1.1"0
tons burden, and 400 horse power. Her value was about
00,0001., and at the time of her foundering she had Afa
cargo which may be valued at from 15,000/. to 20.030/.
"daptain Graham was the last man to leave the ship. Sra
to show how desperate was the state of affairs before ho
would relinquish his trust, we may state that he 'ter,'"
from the bridge of the sinking steamer on to the gusaal,
of the host, which was alongside.
" Among those who perished are the woad officer
sod
the officer in charge
of the t'anadian mails. The La
gentleman wan connected with the Canadian Post-otBoo"tta

Mr. Denim Leahy has been appointed Surveyor.
General of Trinidad, in the plane of his brother. dece°24