The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-24 00:00:00

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST "WEER.

From. Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam
Harlingen.
Hamburgh .. 382 .. 1,032 .. —..—.. 375
Bremen
Calais -- .. .. -- “A

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Ostend.

6 ..

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Amsterdam —. • 277 .. —..
Dordt .......

Antwerp... — •• •• -- .•
Tonning ...1061 .. 1,167 . • 128 ..
Medemblik

Nieu Diep ... . 3. ,

160 .. --- es

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50 ..

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Total 2,218 7,507 235 516 1,016
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs.
[859 2,255 .. 6,655 .. 390 .. 255 .. 338
.858 846 .. 4,734 .. 81 ;.. 491 .. 356
.857 1,448 .. 2,070 .. 29 .. 345 .. 430
.856 1 BO3 .. 5,196 .. 517 .. 361
855 1,840 .. 4,786 .. 118 •.. 296 .. 388
.854 2 (81 4,814 .. 388 .. 663

THE SINKING OF THE LADY ELGIN.

The Africa brings further details of the loss of
the Lake Superior steamer, Lady Elgin, which was
run down by the schooner Augusta, off Wankegan,
about two o'clock on the morning of the Bth inst.
The steamer left Chicago on the previous evening,
for Lake Superior, having on board about 380 per-
sons, including some 300 excursionists. The follow-
ing account of the catastrophe is given by the clerk
of the steamer :

" The Lady Elgin left the port of Chicago at half-
past eleven o'clock for Lake Superior. Among
the passengers were the Union Guard, of Milwau-
kee, composing a part of some 250 excursionists
from that city. At about half-past two o'clock
this morning the schooner Augusta, of Oswego,
came into collision with the Lady Elgin, when about
ten miles from shore. The vessel struck the steamer
at the midships gangway on the larboard side. The
two vessels separated instantly, and the Augusta
drifted by in the darkness. At the moment of the
collision there was music and dancing going on in
the forward cabin. In an instant after the crash all
was still, and in half an hour the steamer sunk.

I passed through the cabins. The ladies were pale
but silent. There was not a cry or a shriek—no
sound but the rush of the steam and the surge of
the heavy sea. Whether they were not fully aware
of the danger, or whether their appalling situation
made them speechless, I cannot tell. A boat was low-
ered at once, with the design of going round on the
larboard side to examine the leak. There were
two oars belonging to the boat, but just at that
moment some person possessed himself of one of
them, and we were powerless to manage the boat.
We succeeded once in reaching the wheel, but were
quickly drifted away and thrown upon the beach at
Winetka. Only two boats were left on the
steamer. One of them contained 13 persons, all of
whom were saved. The other bore eight persons,
but only four of them reached the shore alive,
the four others being drowned at the beach.
Beforo I left the steamer the engines had ceased
to work, the fires having been extinguished. The
force and direction of the wind were such that the
boats and fragments of the wreck were driven up
the lake, and would reach the shore in the vicinity
of Winetka. As I stood upon the beach hopelessly
looking back upon the route we had drifted, I
could see in the grey of the morning objects float-
ing upon the water, and sometimes I thought
human beings struggling with the waves.
Captain Malott, of the schooner Augusta, states,
that when he first discovered the steamer's lights,
both red and bright, he supposed her to be from a
quarter to half a mile distant, and steering N.B.
" It was raining very hard at the time ; we kept
our vessel on her course, east by south, until we
saw a collision was probable, when we put the
helm hard up, but struck the steamer two or three
minutes afterwards, just about the paddle box on
the port side. The steamer kept on her course, her
engine in full motion, and headed the Augusta
around north, alongside the steamer, but they got
separated in about a minute, when the Augusta
fell in the trough of the sea ; all the head gear, jib
boom, and staunches were carried away. We
took in sail and cleared away anchor, supposing
the vessel would fill. After clearing the wreck and
getting up the foresail, we succeeded in getting
before the wind, and stood for land. We lost
sight of the steamer in five minutes after the
collision. Mr. Beaman, second mate, states that at
half-past two a squall struck us; in five minutes
more saw the light of the vessel about one point
off the port bow. I sung out hard a port; the
vessel seemed to pay no attention, and struck us

just forward of the paddle box, larboard side,
tearing off the wheel, and cutting through the
guards, into the cabin and hull. After striking
us the vessel hung for a moment and then got
clear. I went below to see what damage was done
and when I got back the vessel was gole."

The steamer sunk in twenty minutes, in three
hundred feet of water. All perished with the
exception, it is estimated, of ninety-eight. Among
the lost is Mr. H. Ingram, M,P., proprietor of the
Illustrated London News. The honourable
gentleman's body is said to have been recovered.
Up to the morning of the 10th, twenty-seven
bodies had been recovered. All accounts repre-
sent the city of Milwaukee as shrouded in mourn-
ing, and business seems to be entirely sus-
pended. The owner of the Lady Elgin has
libelled the schooner Augusta, and the vessel has
been taken in charge by the United States Mar-
shal. This will cause a full investigation of the
affair. All the survivors unite in according to

Captain Jack Wilson, commander of the LadyEl-
gin, praise for his great bravery and daring through-
out. He was foremost in confronting the danger,
and earnest for the safety of the passengers. He
was drowned within a hundred feet of shore.
Noarly one hundred persons arrived within fifty
yards of the beach, but wero swept back by the
returning waves and lost.