The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-16 00:00:00

UNE 16, le4l.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

rA TEST NE WS FROM AMERICA

AND FORTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST.
(From the Quebec Mercury, ..f May 22.)
It again b:•comes cur duty to record a calamity involving de-
struction of
.human life to an awful extent. Four of the crew
and fuur 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 sAtie in Canada. The vessel had a to-
lerable passage up to Tuesday last. at four o'clock in the morn-
ing, when she struck on fled Island Heel. 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 1 p 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 numter 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; infant:, 10. Total pe-
rished, 147.

The
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from Li

passengers above mentioned as being saved left the
gton at Grose Isle, and came to Quebec in the Thetis,
.imerick.

DREADFUL DISASTER AT QCEBEC.
The Canada papers, we are sorry to see, furnish painful and
still more calamitous particular* of the disaster at Quebec.

(Flom the Quebec Gazette of May 1 9.)
The accident in Champlain-street, on Monday, the 17th
in.,tEnt, has proved more disastrous than we represented it to
be at the time. The fol!owing list of persons kno•an to he in
the houses at the tme of the calamity has been furnished by
the city clerk, and we fear it is yet incomplete :
Wiltiaros's House—Nlts. Williams and two children, dead;
Jane Crawford and Ellen Reid, dead; Nis Williams and
sister, uninjured.
Power's House—Mr. Power, Mrs. Power, and two - chil-
dren, uninjured ; Mrs. Hays, uninjured ; Patrick Hays,
(child), dead.

Considine's House—John Consedine, dead ; Joseph Conse-
dine, net found; Peter, Mary, and Michael Consedine,
children, injured ; Mary Ryall, injured.
Connors 's House— Mrs. Connors and daughter, dead ; Mrs.
Gallagher, dead ; Dominick Gualey, dead ; Patrick Doherty,
dead • Hobert M‘Kibbon, policeman, dead ; John Fisher, dead;
Eli 111•Gure, not found ; Mrs. Connor's niece not found.
Gaulin'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, do. ; Henri Cote, do.; Fran-
cois Chartier, do. ; Julie St. Laurent and her cousin, ulie St.
Laurent, not found.

Young's House—Miss Young, dead.
O'Sullivan's House—Ann Sullivan, injured ; Mrs. M'Clus-
kie, not found; Mrs. M'Clusl.ie's infant, uninjured.
Roy's House--All the family, five in number, uninjured.
Angele Guilmet, injured.

RECAPITULATION.

Dead, 26--Saved, 22—Not found, 6
A funeral procession of 17 bodies proceeded from the Lower
To►yn Church to the Roman Catholic Cathedral this morning,
preceded by a numerous body of the clergy, and followed by a
great concourse of people. A solemn funeral service was per-
formed for these lamented victims of the late accident.

STEAMBOAT BU RNED. —Steamer Maryland was burnt to
the water's edge last Sunday, at the mouth of Licking river,
opposite Cincinnati. The flames made such rapid progress, that
four men who slept on board narrowly escaped with their lives.
The boat is a total loss. Ste was built at Brownsville, Pa,
four years since, at an expense of ,5 17,000.
DREADFUL SUICIDE.—On Friday afternoon last, Joseph F.
Longshore, of the borough of Newtown, committed suicide, by
cutting open his stomach with a butcher's knife. The unfortu-
nate man, with his own hand, mangled himself dreadfully, and
actually cut out a portion of his bowels before he was disco-
vered. He lingered in a;ony until the evening of the same
du, when he expired The deceased has left a family. —Doyle-
doe, Pa. Intelligencer,..May 26.
EMIGRATION.—Two thousand' three hundred and twenty-
nine emigrants arrived at Montreal from Great Britain on the
18th, 20th, 21st, and 22d inst.'

t ( From the Halifax- Morning Pon of June a )
W RECK OF A NEW YORK LINER ON THE
COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA.
News arrived in town yesterday, by a schooner from Anti
gonish, that the packet ship Sampson, Smith, of and from
London for New York, struck a rock on the night of the 28th
I of May, near Whitehead, smith-west of the Gut of Canso. and
Ibecame so injured and leaky. that the crew and passengers
(180) had to abandon her. A brig, a total wreck, wos near
the. Sampson. Immediately on receipt of the intelligence
of the wreck, the Government schooner Vict,,ry, Capta n —,
sailed for the relief of the passenger 4, and it is expected will
I arrive with them at Halifax to-day or to-morrow.
(From the Savannah Republican, May 20.)
FROM FLORIDA.—AIORE INDIAN MURDERS.—We yes-
' terdav received intelligence by the steamer General Clinch,
that the Indians have again been at the work of death withii
our Own State. On the 12th instant, two men were murdered
at or near Trader's hill, in the vicinity of the Okefenokee.
There was also a report which needs confirmation, that one or
two more individuals met a like fate at the hands of the falth-
less Seminoles. One of the murdered men we learn was killed
in his own house, in which were two or three children who for-
tunately made their escape to their mother, she happening at
the moment tobe a short distance frOm the house in the woods,
where they erine,aled themselves till the departure of the
savages.

moat THE PACIFIC. By the ship Natchez, Captain Hayes,
we hate 'Valparaiso Papers to the ltith of March.
We regret to announce the death of Commodore Alexander
Claxton, Commander of the American squadron in the Pacific.
div,.l at Talcahuano on the 7th of March, and his remains

PARIS, JUNE 14.
Our private adyices from Cons'antinople of the 26th ult.,
state that the Imperial firman regulating the questions of the
herediie' the tribute, and the military promotions, haul been
forwarded to Alexandria. The tribute was said to have been
fixed at 80,000 pur,es. According to letters from Be3rout of
the 14th ult., the plague continuedto rage in Syria.
News trom Crete up 'o the 22d of May have arrived by way
of Ancona. Tahir Pacha had landed on the 16th with 5,000
an n and a park of artillery. On the 18th he ismed a procla-
mation, in the name of the Grand Seignior, to the Christian
authorities to lay down their arms. The European Consuls
recommended them to submit.

The "Directoire" of Angokorona replied, that he was in-
clined to reject the proposals of the Sultan, but that he would
consult the Legislative bo:lies. They were preparing for de-
fence, and there existed great irritation against the Turks.
An order of the 20th calls upon the inhabitants of Crete for a
general armament.

According to accounts from Syria, the Drures and the Ma-
rouitcs still not acknowledge any Hatti-Scheriff, nor any de-
crees not already rtcognized by them. They have a craps of
observation at desico, and an advanced post at Ascalon.
51Anain, Jr.rtik: 7.—The Ministry has just experienced
another defeat on the vote relative to the heritoyes (slimes.
( Retrae:o.) The Commission for the Guardianship of the
young Queen and Ministers have had their last conference to •
clay. Th.s important question will be forthwith laid before the
Cortes. The weakness of the Mini.try checks any improve-
ment in stock, which remains at 264,
BERLIN, JUNE s.—The inhabitants of Breslau hive ad-
dressed a letter to the King ail Prussia, -renewing the
assurances of their devotion. It was known that the pro-
vinces of Silesia had refused to comply wish the de-
mand made by those inh bitants for the establishment
of a constitutien throughout the entire monarchy. The same
request marie by Prussia has met with similar opposition. The
Rhenish provinces have made the same application, the result
of which is not yet known.
STOCKHOLM. JUNE 3.—The close of the session will be an- i
nounced on the 24th inst.

By the an•ival of the Royal Mail stearmitr Caledonia, at two
o'clock on Monday at Liverpool, we have received New York
papers of the 31st ult., and Boston and Hairax papers of the Ist
and 3d inst. respectively. We has e also received a s econd edition of
the Liverpool Albion of yesterday, containing a summary of
the most important news brought by the Caledonia. This tine
vessel sailed from Boston on the Ist and Halif.ix 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 W 4 passengers, who are de-
lighted with their short and pleasant passage.
The arguments in the ease 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 hail, it was
stated, refu ed to undertake the responsibility of the custody
of the prisoner, who was very well treated in his peculiar eir-
carn•tances.
The Halifax l'apers arc loud in th, it condemnation of the
treatment which Mr. M‘Leod had received at the hands of the
Americans, and blames the supineness of the British Govern..
merit 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‘lead.
It denies positively the Loastings alleged to hese been made. by
him, that he was present atahe destruction of the .Carolke,
and charges heavy persecutions on the " patriots" of Buffalo,
Lockport, &c. tie 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 deliverel
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, lisd 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 bad not undergone any alteration in the
interval between the 20th and 31st ult. It was dull.
The news taken out by the Caled ,nia 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. re r lb. At this decline buyers came into the
market and took a large quantity.
The exchange for the Caledonia was quoted at 108 to 1051,
at which a fair business was transacted, and the market closed
firm. On France the rate was sf. 26ic. to M. 25c; on Am-
sterdam, 39i to
.40 ; on Harnhttrgh, pi to 36 ; on Bremen,
77 to 774.
The shares in the Bank of the United States, which were
quoted at 18i, at the date of the previous advices, had advanced
to 20/ at New York. and 20-''. to 24 at Philadelphia. The
bank had placed itself under the new revenue law.
The intelligence from Canada is not important. Lord Sv-
denham took his departure from Montreal to Kingstcn on the
26th ult., to preside at the opening cf the United Parliament.
Lieut. W. Wynniatt, of the 83d regiment, was drowned on
the 14th instant, at London, Upper Canada. The 34th regi-
ment bad left Toronto for Montreal and Quebec, en route for
Epglind.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK : ONE HUNDRED