The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

CANADA

By the arrival of the Canada, we have advices
from Montreal, Quebec, and other Canadian ports
to the 24th ult. _ .

The Toronto Globe states that the steamer Fairy
Queen was lost on the night of the 7th ult., between
Picton Island and the land, Two passengers,
eight of the crew, and all the officers saved them-
selves, but left eleven passengers to their fate.
The captain and crew had been arrested, to await
the result of an investigation.

CANADIAN MAIL STEAMERS.—The Quebec Mevcury
—The following is an extract from a letter re-
ceived by Messrs. Gillespie and Co., from Messrs.
McKean, M`Larty and Co., dated at Liverpool, 30th

September.
"We have hitherto, notwithstanding every
'ort, been unable to secure a steamer from hence
Canada next month, although in our endeavors
procure a vessel, we have made large offers, not
.aking money an object, but the prejudice of
steamboat proprietors, against the navigation of the
St, Lawrence at this advanced season, is so great
that we cannot overcome it, and our only hope, at
present, is the possibility of the " Cleopatra's ' ar-
rival, sufficiently early to enable us to send her out
in October.

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'• The monthly service, however, to Portland, dur-
ing the winter will be regularly maintained."
It appears from a return -which had just been
published that the customs duties collected at the
port of Toronto, during the quarter just closed; ex-
ceeded, by £20,000, those of the corresponding
quarter last year. During the first three quarters
of the year, the increase had been about .R 34,000,
gild if, during the last quarter, the same ratio con-
tinues, the advance of the whole year will be about
50 per cent., showing an enormous enlargement of
imports.
The steamship Sarah Sands arrived in Mon-
treal on the 21st ult. The Montreal Herald of the
24th ult., says of her " She is a larger vessel than
we had expected to find her, and has four masts.
Her steam power is, evidently, altogether dispro-
portionate to her burden, and, unless supplied with
new engines, she is entirely unsuited for our mail
line of ocean steamers."

The Ottawa Citizen says that several gentlemen
have it in contemplation to establish a new bank at
Bytown. It is stated that the business of that
section of the country has so much increased of
late, that an establishment of the kind is absolutely
necessary- _

DISASTROUS ACCIDENT AT SEA.—The Quebec Mer-
cury of the 20 ult., says :—Captain Willis of the Sta-
dacona, just arrived at Quebec, reports that at
night, on the 14th Sept., in 24 deg. 30, he was
alarmed by hearing voices close alongside his ship,
in a heavy gale of wind. On looking put he saw
some sort of large vessel ; but shortly missed her.
He, however, hove to and hoisted lights. Next
morning he again saw the vessel, which turned out
to be the Brig Brown, of Sunderland, dismasted,
water logged, and with her boat disabled. Not-
withstanding the violence of the weather, Capt.
Willis sent his boat on board the Brown, from
which he thus succeeded in rescuing the master,
mate, and five men. They had eaten . nothing
since the 10th of September ; nor drank anything
but rain water. It appeared from the statement of
the master, (Captain Reid) that he was caught in a
hurricane on the 10th instant, and that at one -the
next morning his vessel capsized. The crew, how-
ever, succeeded in cutting away the main mast,
and so righting her. In this state, full of
water, she remained till-fallen in with by the Sta-
dacona. _ .

By the American steamship Atlantic we are this
morning in receipt of a file of a new and useful
paper entitled the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, pub-
lished at Liverpool, by Charles Willmer, which the
proprietor sends out to Canada and the States by
every steamship that may leave that port. It con-
tains the latest intelligence, besides a considerable
amount of shipping news, and is published at a
lower price than the European Times.—Quebeo Mer-
cury.