Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-09 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP CLYDE

IN THE
GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.

At 10.15 a.m., on Saturday, 22nd August, the Clyde
1611 Quebec for Glasgow, loaded with a fail cargo, chiefly
of wheat and ashes, apd baying on board seven cabin, and
about sixty steerage and intermediate passengers. At a
'little after ten p.m of the same day she passed the screw
ateao-Ehip Anglo-Saxon, off Green Island, bound for
'Quebec.

At ten a.m., on Sunday morning, the Clyde was abreast
of Cape de Monte, distant about seven miles, from whence
elle took a fresh departure, and steered east for the west
Point of Anticosti. During the forenoon of Sunday the
Weather was calm and cloudy, but a fresh breeze from the
eastward sprang up in the course of the afternoon, and to-
wards night it rained sometimas pretty heavily, but mostly
. 311 a thick drizzle,. Darkness at length set in without
Ming the land; but aceozding to the course steered and
distance run, the position of the ship about midnight
Was supposed to be near the entrance cf the Canadian
'elle), and on the Anticosti side of it. The ship's head
'Was then hauled up gradually to S.F., and she had only
troceeed on that course a few minutes when she struck
eavila on a rock, and heeled over on her port side.
Three bells (1.:30 a.m ) had just struck. The look-out
fan reported "Ali's well," the captain watching the while
'on the bridge.
The consu n of course, was very severe, but not sb
great as to give any serious alarm as to immediate danger,
4111C1 the general impression at the moment probably was,
that the, vessel would be detained for some time, perhaps
event
Ua ly lost, but that property and cargo could, at all
fftents, be saved. Very fortunately, indeed, was it so ; for
a panic broken out among the passenger, there can be
ed
no doubt that many lives would have been lost.
0 Immediately after the vessel struck, she listed heavily
her port side, and in less than quarter of an hour she
Allismaking water fast abaft, and evidently sinking. At
a? trying moment the conduct of the captain was above
ate.,,P"a,ise• He gave his orders, which were obeyed as
""LY and regularly as if nothing extraordinary had
occurred.
, The boats were lowered and manned, the passengers
I:naced astern without confusion or dismay, and every soul
1,4 board were placed in temporary safely before the captain
(eft the wreck.
t, Twenty minutes after the ship struck, her stern was en-
theY under water, and her cabin fullslight was
feeling of alarm, especially among the cabin passengers,
that they were quietly packing up their clothes and gettin:
rit their money against emergency, when she made a final
tat over to port, fillin
theirforth personal safety. When all were
'eater
packed in the boats, a supply of provisions and
'eater was put on board of each, and they then la'd off
tuft wreck until daylight.
a A cold, drizzling rain was falling at the time, and day-
ilat revealed the low, craggy rocks and islets of the
Traaittes locming all around, through a thick mist.
tin 'e Captain then put himself at the head of the
fit.e cf boats, in the lifeboat, keeping close order, and
Ceti g to the north, and in the course of about two
oars
to made the mainland ; but the surf being too high
b
ea„eeeeeia he followed the coast easterly, and finally
p;'''oed tae Hudson's Bay Point at Mirgen. Here the
tielfertt,dY were most hospitably received and sheltered by Mr.
the agent of the company, who threw open
theneurse and buileirgs, and placed every article he had at
at disposal A par y was then formed, with the captain
pesterss head, who returned to the wreck, to save as much
pastier Y as possible—such as belonged to the steerage
ip tjea:gera, and was stored forward, being above water—
,cabin this they were to a certain extent successful, but the
too passengers, Pausengers, the cap ain and chief officers, whose
hear,: were aft, lost every article of property they had on
sone' The Louis Ferrier, a small brigantine of about 70
haps; the Property of Mr. James Scott, of Quebec, which
(altgrimlled fortunately to be in the offing during the day
and e,,aY, (Aug. 24), was engaged to take the passengers
Posab'iew to gaebee, and she was with as little delay as
aUpplied with the necessary provisions for the
sot 'e,,allti all the baggage saved put. on board, but it was
ateatr_to Friday morning, the 28th, that the wind and
favoured her departure.
tiealgot breeze sprung up from the east, and the brigan-
boa„trOwded to excess, having no less than 120 people on
On i'er, got under way from Mingan.
44(/ Bal 4nday morning, 30th August about 7 30, a m, the
altatain Eck hove in sight off Cape de
incht when
to bee. lereid immediately put off is life-boat
at the illeePt her, the brigantine showing a signal of distress
Ile Ate, and steering ac ass her track.
borelll claw glo-Saxon perceiving that something was wrong,
b ° on the lifeboat, ant shortly after ran alongside
oaed, e 4tlo,
ton , and took all the shipwrecked passengers on
ny cores ere most kindly cared for, and provided with
0rn,,,,'1111 they much required by Captain M'Master,
The 1,,:4 of the ship, and the cabin passengers.
list of ;178 Of this fine easel adds
.an other to the numerous
wrecks annually recurring. in the Gulf of St Law-
many, if not all of which, of late days, might have
Ce. obviated .
had lights been properly established along
coast; and is a matter of mingled surprise and
t"egret to all acquainted with the navigation that so im-
eltant a point as the west point of Anticosti, and several
others of equal importance, where buildings for the pur-
pose have ac ually been erected for nearly two years, are
°till unprovicled with lights.
rt List of Cabin Pas-engers per Clyde.—Mr. and Mrs.
tSY, Mrs. Warren and infant, Lieut. Robert Harley, 3rd
est India Regiment, Mr. A. Murray, Mr. A. Mackensie,
ai,ll" ark er, Mr. J. Bell, jut., and sixty interme-
g
s and Steerage passeners.

DIPLOMTi- Times, 'T- SQUABBLES TILE EAST.—There is, says the
noSF
that both
the nothing
to impede the settlement of affairs in
function tut the animosities of ambassadors, and sooner
the Anglish and French are re-called, and their
will sim-sicoluniitted to a couple of Charges d'Affaires who
do th ,PIY do what the governtnet at home tell them to
e be
THE A
AITL,INTIC CAB t.E.—SiF W. B. O'Shaughnessy,
iegtreertatendent of Telegraphs to India, has addressed a
rto the Times, which hag induced. the writer of the
da; article to re-consider the opinion expressed the other
th,;;;aPParently, prey there is no reason to believe
40 cable is atent injured, or that there would be
vey,asnecreiottTidnitaculty, in devising methods for its safe con-
veyance
late Comptroller of the State of New York, the
say., ,Lik C. Flagg, in his essay on internal communications,
4r„ '4e battle for the trade of the West must be fought
1111 —Takes. Still we have witnessed the diversion of
tradetotitatilietisfrom those waters, a icing from the superior
te,l'itY, intelligence and patriotism of our enterprising
the citizens of New York ; while the inhab-
ta 8 oi Canada rested content with the natural advan-
-1511 r.ffered by the water c )mmunieations they possessed,
the r to connect them by railways in time to retain
Tire rage to which they were entitled.
Iva 1:11111A.RY OF CONGRESS —Tile Library of Congress
at tfirat estaisliehad during the adinhistrati n of J: fferwm,
abuti3B,llgg,s ti on and by his efertior s. It at first contained
de At two thousand five hundred volumes, and was
38814.-3.eg by fire when the British burned the Capitol in
In the same year a resolution was introduced int,
anal.r t purchase Mr. Jefferson's priva'e library, which
d Passed; the books bought and brought to WashinVo:,,
'vain ,t the Library of Congress again organisee. Varicus
libr la additions being made from time to time, the
lyezi,rY emtained in 1831 55,000 volumes. During that
de t rsit t accidently ca-ght fl,e, and 35,000 volumes were
and the room very much injured. This ace] 'ent
•b„-"Y resulted inrcom beine. made perfectly fire-proof,
afteerftse'ructing the alcoves
.add s.hel.ves of
_ca.st-iron. Soon
this firs an appropriation of 70,000 dollars was made
i„.T.,mgr,ss for the purchase of new books. This fund was
I,„tilciuttsly laid out, and a most excellent c )lhc ion made
Ituilostatniard and rare works. The library now contains
sr) "lets,
volumes, exclusive of a large number of
sr) "ilets, and about 50,000 public documen's ; and the
itlins-cleal`l,anropriation to the library is 5,000 dollars for
fo "neoos and 2,000 dollars for law books.—Washing•
n Union.
Ai Tat,
—2ROUS OUTRAGE ON A GastalrEEPSß.—On Mon-
gi at the Wakefield petty sessoas, a man named Joseph
gardener at, Methley, was charrd with a meat
IA age assault on David Milner, a gamekeeper at that
tat The prosecutor's appearance indicated the fearful
rer :re of the injuries he had sustained. His head was
vt:Teded in several places, and covered with sticking
diwtstert and his face presented a snollen, black, and
thiel3nred mass. On the evening of the 4th of September
111 Prosecutor had been at a public-house kept by a into
pri;Ted Charlesworth, at Me hley. He there met the
th.,')ler; an I after partaking of a glass ey: two of ale,
hi S had Some words. Milner, atout ten o'clock, was on
EVS waY home, when, as he was cresting a field, he was
vertak,_ , y
o prisoner, who struck him over the bead
bi`" sorne.blunt instrument. He repeated the blows till
de felled him to the ground, when he left him insensible.
till recovering, he found himself streaming with blood.
at.a...lnanaged to crawl to the railway station, whici was
dressed The assistance of Dr. Ilorsfail was called in ; he
tlrle,:sttl the man's wounds, and stated in the court yesterday
zu;ht ne did not yet consider him out of danger. When
kireended, the prisoner said he was sorry he had not
bran ed
forkte gamekeeper, who bad threatened to summon
very oaching. The bench said, the case being one of a
treirYl agtavated nature, they should commit the prisoner for
4 *--Conilnitted accordingly to the October sessions.