The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

The following are additional extracts from the American
papers brought by the Acadia:—
SHIPWRECKS.
(From the New York Herald.)
BOsTON, Nor. 24.—The ship Alabama, of Boston,
\Vise, from Liverpool 19th Oct., for Boston, with a gene-
ral
south,
din
weatherrunning t
inhtiockt,heatbaiyialf-past two this Ain., wind a gale from the
struck on Minot's Lodge; the ship swung round,
head to the wind, and backed off; found her to be in st,
sinking condition, and attempted to run her on again.
She was entirely unmanageable ; got out three of the
boats, and took in the crew and two cabin passengers
(Rev. 13. O'Connor, of Miltown, Ireland, and John H.
Connor, of Liverpool). At four a.m., got on board ship
Bombay, from Manilla for Boston. Captain Wise came
to the city in a pilot boat. The ship now lays one mile
and a halt N.E. of Minot's Lodge, in sixteen fathoms of
water, sith her foremast gone. Nothing can be saved
but the main and mien topsails.
TERRIBLE
G STEAM
-B
SSOATOF LlF.ust reached here,
E DISASTER, AND
PITTSBURGH, Nor. 26.—News has j LO.
by way of the lakes, of a sad catastrophe which hap-
pened on Lake Michigan, by which nearly two hundred
human beings have been hurried into an untimely grave.
On Sunday morning last, the propeller Phoenix, bound
up to the lakes, was discovered to be on fire, when
within nineteen miles of Sheboygan. The fire broke
out under the deck, and a fresh wind prevailing, spread
with fearful rapidity. The utmost consternation pre-
vailed among the passengers, and it was impossible,
amidst the excitement, which followed, to make the
proper effirts to stay the flames and save the boat.
There were upwards of two hundred passengers on
board, and the scene' was heartrending in the extreme.
Mothers crying in frantic madness for their children,
wives clinging to their husbands, and crying aloud for
mercy from above. Some, in desperation, plunged into
the lake ; others, in their wild delirium, rushed head-
long into the flumes. It was a harrowing spectacle, and
humanity shudders at the recital of it. Some of the
passengers succeeded in escaping in the boats, and the
rest either perished in the flames, or were drowned.
Those who so miraculously escaped in the boats were
shortly after picked up by the steamer Delaware, which
hove in sight just in time to see the dreadful fate of
those on board the ill-starred Phoenix, but too late to
render them any earthly assistance. Every attention
was paid to the survivors by the saficers and crew of the
Delaware. One hundred and fifty of the passengers
were German immigrants.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23, r.x.
Cotton—The cotton-market yesterday and to-day was
animated, the sales amounting to eight thousand bales,
at an advanco of an eighth to three-eighth of a cent.
per lb.
Flour—Sales of choice Ohio were made at 5 dolls. 25
cents. per barrel ; of Illinois, at 5 dolls. 50 cents., and of
St. Louis, at 6 dolls.
Tobacco—Sales were made at 2i.
Freights—We note engagements for Liverpool at id.
for cotton.
Exchange—Sixty days bills on New York were done
at 21- to 3 per cent. discount ; sight draughts at i to
Bills on London, 1041 to 106. Treasury-notes, 100.
Az rived—Ships Pacific, Statesman, and Chaos, and
schooner Mediator, from New York ; ship Indepen-
dence, from Boston ; barque C. Wright, from Balti-
more. Cleared—Ships Arkansas and Quebec, for New
York ; and Cheshire, for Boston.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., Maidenhead Station;
Fri.. Iver Heath-11.
The Essex Union hds., Wed., Moor Gardens; Fri.,
Mayland Bill.
The East Essex hds., Tues., Finehinfield Town; Fri.,
Notley Gate-104.
The South Essex hds., Tues., Corringham•street; Fri.,
Oisett Heath-10*.
Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Elsington ; Tues.,
Dole's Ash; Wed., Hook Park.
Mr. Drake's lids., Mon., Meumarsh Guide Post; Tues.,
Stratton Audley; Thurs., Chesterton Village-104.
The Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race
Course; Fri., tho Dyke.
The Badswurth lids., Mon., Red House; Wed., Hems-
worth Land End; Fri., Pollington Bridge-10f.

Mr. Cowell had an interview witk Earl Grey yes
terday, at the Colonial-office,