The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-26 00:00:00

HAY MARKZTS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover,
£4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8a to £1 16s per load.
Trade firm.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s ; clover,
£4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, 11 8s to £1 16s per load.
A Mir demand.

WHITECHA.PEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s • clover
£4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 I6s per load.
Supply on the increase.

Two STRINGS TO THE Bow.—ln a debate last
month in the Parliament of Canada, a member, Mr. Can-
chon, having determined to speak against time to prevent
a division that day, spoke first in .English and then in
French.
Miss EMILY FAITHFULL has just issued two
tracts, entitled, " How shall I Educate my Daughter ?" and
Shall my Daughter Learn a Business ?'' which treat the
important question of the Extension of female employment.

Intelligence has been received in Hull of the total loss of
the screw steamer Zealand, a fine vessel of 700 tons re-
gister, the property of Messrs. Bailey and Leetham, ship-
owners, Hull, with seven of her crew, during a storm in the
Baltic, on the 11th of September. The ill-fated vessel was
on her passage from Konigsberg to London with a cargo of
oats, and had on board, in addition to a crew of 14 men, 12
passengers. During the progress of the voyage, on the 11th
inst , and when distant about 40 miles from the Horne reefs,
the Zealand was caught by a heavy gale of wind from the
W.N.W, There was also a very heavy sea, and the vessel,
owing to the light nature of her cargo, rolled very much. One
of her engines broke down, when all sails were set, and the
remaining engine was kept in motion, but, of course, the
progress of the steamer was seriously impeded. The second
engine soon broke down, and the vessel becoming unman-
ageable, she was left to the mercy of the raging seas. This
latter mishap was accompanied with one of more serious
consequ,nces, for the engine in its fall started one of the
iron plates in the ship's hull; and caused a considerable
leakage. Water was fast gaining on the vessel, the fires
were quenched, and the position of the Zealand appeared
hopeless, The boats were then lowered, and the mate (Mr.
Walker), the chief engineer (J. Spiby), carpenter (J. And-
sell), and four of the crew, named J. Brenton, E. Morris,
W. Page, and W. Andsell, and 12 passengers, left the
steamer, and were received safely on board the Norwegian
barque Christina, which vessel was luckily in sight about
three-quarters of a mile distant from the Zealand. Captain
Lewis and seven of the crew of the Zealand remaine d on
board that vessel in order to save some valuables and await
the return of the boats. The mate, as soon as ho had placed
the passengers on board the Christina, endeavoured to re-
turn to the Zealand, but owing to the violence of the gale,
it was found to be impracticable. The barque attempted
to approach the Zealand, but as she was lightly laden,
she was driven considerably off to the leeward, and as
the night set in she lost sight of the steamer. During
the night, however, the mon on board the Christina ob-
served that rockets and blue lights were being fired peri-
odically as signals of distress from the Zealand, but at
length they suddenly ceased, and nothing more was seen
or heard of her. The barque waited about during the
night, and when morning broke not a vestige was to be
seen of the ill-fated steamer, The Christina made sail for
Laurvig, in Jutland, where she landed the crew and pas-
sengers that were saved. From that port they lett in the
steamer Scandinavian for Hull, where theyarrived yesterday
morning. Nothing has as yet been heard of Captain Lewis
and the remainder of the crew, and it is supposed they have
met with the same melancholy fate as attended the vessel to
which they belonged. The following telegram from Thisted,
dated Sept. 17, has been received :—" Yesterday a vessel
was observed from Steenberg Strand, distant from the coast
one English mile, sunk in 10 fathoms water. She was exa-
mined, and found to be a ship with three masts, one of which
was broken, and according to the distance between the masts
supposed to be a steamer. Some yards were driving by the
wreck, but nothing else was seen of it. "W eather very bad,"