The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-15 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA

By the arrival of the Royal Mail stearmer Caledonia, at two
o'clock yesterday at Liverpool, we have received New York
papers of the 31st ult., and Boston and Halifax papers of the Ist
, and 3d inst. respectively. We have also received a second edition of
the Liverpool Albion of yesterday, containing a summary of
' the most important news brought by the Caledonia. This fine
r vessel sailed from Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 3d in-
, stant, and, including a stoppage of ten hours at the latter port
for the Canada mails, has made the voyage in the remarkably
short space of 12 days and 14 hours, the shortest, with but one
exception, made since the establishment of the Cunard line of
steamers. She has brought 104 passengers, who are de-
lighted with their short and pleasant passage.
The arguments in the case of Mr. M'Leod having been con-
cluded, the Supreme Court took time to consider its judgment.
It afterwards made an order, which was, " that, inasmuch as
it is impossible that any decision will be made this term,
M'Leod shall be committed to the custody of the Sheriff of
New York, and that the Sheriff of Niagara be discharged
from responsibility." The Sheriff of New York had, it was
stated, refu'ed to undertake the responsibility of the custody
of the prisoner, who was very well treated in his peculiar cir-
cumstances.
The Halifax Papers are loud in their condemnation of the
treatment which Mr. M'Leod had received at the hands of the
Americans, and blames the supineness of the British Govern-
ment on his behalf. The New York Papers, friendly to Eng-
land, seem to fear that the tone assumed respecting the case of
the prisoner may lead to a serious dispute between the two
countries.
The New York Papers contain a letter from Mr. M'Leod.
•It denies positively the boastings alleged to have been made by
him, that he was present at the destruction of the Caroline,
and charges heavy persecutions on the " patriots" of Buffalo,
Lockport, &c. He ascribes his arrest and indictment wholly
to the vengeance of the said "patriots," and says that they have
punished him more than the public are aware.
The Extra Session Of Congress was to commence on the
31st ult. The Message from the President would be delivered
on the Ist instant. The Journals are filled with speculations
as to the leading business which was likely to engage the atten-
tion of the Legislature.
The National Theatre, at New York, had been destroyed by
fire on the morning of the 29th ult. The event was supposed
to have been caused by incendiaries. A girl was burnt to death
during the fire.
The state of trade had not undergone any alteration in the
interval between the 20th and 31st ult. It was dull.
The news taken out by the Caledonia had a very depressing
effect upon the New York Cotton Market. Holders of Cot-
ton submitted to a reduction of !full 1-2 c., and, in some in-
stances, 3-4 c. per lb. At this decline buyers came into the
market and took a large quantity.
The exchange for the Caledonia was quoted at 108 to 108 i,
at which a fair business was transacted, and the market closed
firm. On France the rate was sf. 26ic. to sf. 25c ; on Am-
sterdam, 39?,- to 40 ;on Hamburgh, to 36 ;on Bremen,
77 to 77k.
The shares in the Bank of the United States, which were
quoted at 184, at the date of the previous advices, had advanced
to 20i at New York, and 204 to 20i at Philadelphia. The
bank had placed itself under the new revenue law.
The intelligence from Canada is not important. Lord Sy_
denham took his departure from Montreal to Kingston on the
26th ult., to preside at the opening of the United Parliament.
Lieut. W. Wynniatt, of the 83d regiment, was drowned on
the 14th instant, at London, Upper Canada. The 34th regi-
ment had left Toronto for Montreal and Quebec, en route for
England.

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK : ONE HUNDRED
AND FORTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST.
(From the Quebec Mercury, a May 22.)
It again becomes our duty to record a calamity involving de-
struction of human life to an awful extent. Four of the crew
and four of the passengers of the brig Minstrel, Captain Outer-
bridge, arrived here yesterday, bringing the disastrous intel-
ligence, of which the following is an accurate summary.
The Minstrel left Limerick, Ireland, on the 21st April last,
for Quebec, with one hundred and forty-one passengers, emi-
grants, intending to settle in Canada. The vessel had a to-
lerable passage up to Tuesday last, at four o'elock in the morn-
ing, when she struck on Red Island Reef. There was a
heavy sea running at the time, but the boats. were launched
and made fast to the fore chains. Upwards of one hundred
passengers embarked in their boats, but their doom was
quickly sealed; the vessel "heeled off" into deep water and
went down stern foremost, so suddenly that the " painters" of
the boats could not be cast off, and the people who had em-
barked in the boats perished, with their equally unfortunate
companions on board the ship, except four of the crew and
four passengers, who alone, of upwards of 150 souls, remained
to tell the sad tale. These eight persons had embarked in the
gig, which was towing astern, and fortunately for them, the
rope which attached it to the vessel broke when she went down.
They succeeded in pulling to White Island, where they re-
mained until the following day, when they were taken off by
the ship Wellington, Mclntyre, and brought to Grose Isle.
Captain Outerbridge, of the unfortunate Minstrel, behaved
most gallantly during the awful scene, until he perished with
the rest. He declared that he would not leave the vessel un-
til his passengers were saved, and he was the last person seen
by those who were in the gig,

Following are the names of the survivors :—Crew—Patrick
O'Loghlin, steward ; James Grady and Thomas Enwright,
seamen ; and John Donoghue, apprentice. Passengers--
Flaherty, shoemaker, and wife, Honoria Ringrose, and --
Collins.

Following is a statement of the numEer of the crew and
passengers who perished : Crew Captain Outerbridge,
mate, and 9 others. Passengers—Male adults, 47 ; female
ditto, 41; males under. fourteen, 10; female ditto, 9; males
under seven, 9; females ditto, 12; infants, 10. Total pe-
rished, 147.

The passengers above mentioned as being saved left the
Wellington at Grose Isle, and came to Quebec in the Thetis,
from Limerick.

DREADFUL DISASTER AT QUEBEC. •
The Canada papers, w•e are sorry to see, furnish painful and
still more calamitous particulars of the disaster at Quebec.

(From the Quebec Gazette of May 19.)
The accident in Champlain-street, on Monday, the 17th
instant, has proved more disastrous than we represented it to
be at the time. The following list of persons known to be in
the houses at the time of the calamity has been furnished by
the city clerk, and we fear it is yet incomplete :
Williams's House—Mrs. Williams and two children, dead;
Jane Crawford and Ellen Reid, dead; Miss Williams and
sister, uninjured.
Power's House—Mr. Power, Mrs. Power, and two chil-
dren, uninjured ; Mrs. Hays, uninjured ; Patrick Hays,
(child), dead. _ .

Corisidine's House—John Consedine, dead ; Joseph Conse-
dine, net found ; Peter, Mary, and Michael Consedine,
children, injured ; Mary Hyatt, injured.
Connors's House—Mrs. Connors and daughter, dead ; Mrs.
Gallagher, dead; Dominick Gualey, dead ; Patrick Doherty,
dead ; Robert M'Kibbun, policeman, dead ; John Fisher, dead;
Eli M‘Guire, not found ; Mrs. Connor's niece not found.

Gaulih's House—Mr. .Gaulin, dead; Mrs. Gaulin, injured;
Miss "Gaulin, dead; Mr. Gaulin's child, do. ; George Jones,
do. Mrs. Jones and child, do. ; Lucie Labadi, do. ; Leon
Leonnais, do. ; D. Fitzpatrick, de. ; Henri Cote, do.; Fran-
cois Chartier, do. ; Julie St. Laurent and her cousin, Julie St.
Laurent, not found.

Young's House—Miss Young, dead.
O'Sullivan's House—Ann Sullivan, injured ; Mrs. M'Clus
Lie, not found; Mrs. M'Cluskie's infant, uninjured.
Roy's House—All the family, fire in number, uninjured.
Angele Guilmet, injured.