The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-09 00:00:00

E V E!N FS ;E P BE'R 9, 1857

orchestras were placed in different parts of the gar-
den, in all the allies of which crowds of persons
were walking. At midnight a brilliant display of
fireworks closed the marriage fetes."
The same letter states that Riza Bey, the Turkish
Ambassador, has been accorded an audience by the
Emperor, at which he presented his letters of
credence.

A painful accident marked the reception of the
Emperor of Austria on the borders of the district
of Kaschau. While the burgomaster of that place
was haranguing his Majesty, Lieutenant-Colonel
Count Szirmay, an officer of groat merit, who was
close to his Majesty, was suddenly struck with
apoplexy, and dropped down dead from his horse.
The Emperor was much affected by the event, and
immediately sent one of his aides-de-camp to Be-
senyo to announce the melancholy intelligence to
the family of the deceased.

The Madrid journals of the 4th- contain no poli-
tical news. It has been decided that silk, woollen,
and cotton fabrics prepared with gum shall pay an
import duty of from 40 to 48 per cent. on their
value.

The Corriere Mercantile states from Florence
that the investigation into the late insurrection at
Leghorn is terminated, and that 27 prisoners are
to be tried for the murder or maiming of soldiers,
and the remainder for high treason.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

ARRIVAL OF THE ANGLO-SAXON.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

The Montreal. Ocean Steamship Company's
steamship Anglo-Saxon, M'Master, commander,
has arrived from Quebec, with advices to the 29th
ult., and 200 passengers.
The Royal Mail steamship America. hence, had
arrived at Boston.

On that day she passed off the lower end of the
Island of Orleans the bark Niagara and the ship
Transatlantic, bound down, and off Brandy Pcts
the ship Birkenhead, also bound down ; and the
Inkerwaun, with emigrants bound up. On the
30th, at 7.30 a m., off Point de Monts, she fell in
with the brig Louis Ferrier, having on board the
pas:engers of the screw steamer Clyde, from Quebec
to Glasgow, to the number of about seven cabin
and 60 steerage and intermediates, which vessel had
struck upon the low craggy rocks of the Para-
guettes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The follow-
ing are the particulars relative to the accident,
which, fortunately, was unaccompanied by any
loss of life :

At 10 a.m. on the morning of the 23d, the day
after the Clyde left Quebec, she was abreast of
Cape de Monts, distant upon seven miles, whence
she took a fresh departure, steering east fur the
west point of Anticosti. The weather was calm
and cloudy, but a fresh breeze from the eastward
sprang up in the course of the afternoon, and to-
wards night, and it rained pretty heavily, mostly
in a thick drizzle. Darkness set in without the
land being made ; but calculating the course steered
and the distance run, the position of the steamer
was, about midnight supposed to be near the en-
trance of the Canadian Channel, and on the Anti-
costi side of it. The ship's head was then
hauled up gradually to the south-east; but she
had only proceeded on that course a few
minutes when she struck heavily on a rock and
heeled over to the port side. Three bells, 1.30
a.m., had just struck, the look-out man had
reported "All's well !" and the captain was
watching on the bridge, when the concussion,
which was very severe, was felt. There was
not any fear felt of immediate danger, and the
general impression was that there would only be a
detention. In less than a quarter of an hour, how-
ever, after the vessel had heeled to port she was
making water fast abaft, and evidently sinking.
The captain immediately issued orders in the most
cool and praiseworthy manner for the preservation
of the lives of his passengers ; the boats were man-
ned and lowered as if nothing extraordinary had
occurred, and the passengers passed into them with-
out confusion or dismay, every one being placed in
temporary safety before he left the wreck. Within
twenty minutes after the vessel struck her stern was
entirely under and the cabin full of water, but so
slight was the feeling of alarm, especially among the
cabin passengers, that they were actually packing
up their clothes and getting out their money against
emergency, and it was not until she made a final
lurch to port, filling that side of the cabin, that they
began to consider their personal safety. All being
safely packed in the boats, a supply of provisions
and water were put on board of each, and they lay
off the wreck until daylight. When it was revealed,
through a still mist, the position of the vessel was at
once apparent, the low craggy rocks and islets of
Paraguettes being visible all round. The captain
at once headed the line of boats in the lifeboat, and
by keeping close order, and steering to the north, in
the course of two hours made the main land, but
the surf being too high to land he followed the coast
easterly until reaching the Hudson's Bay port at
Mingan, where the party were most hospitably re-
ceived and sheltered by Mr. Henderson, the agent
of the company, who threw open his house and
buildings, and placed every article he had at the
captain's disposal. A party, headed by the cap-
tain, afterwards returned to the wreck to save as
much property as possible. That which was stowed
forward, being above water, was saved to some
extent, but all the property aft was lost. The
Louis Ferrier, a small brigantine of about 70 tons,
the property of Mr. James Scott, of Quebec,
which happened fortunately to be in the offing, was
engaged to take the passengers and crew to Quebec,
and'a supply of water and provisions was put on
board of her ; but the weather proved unfavour-
able, and she was detained until the 28th ultimo,
on which morning she got under way with no less
than 120 people on board. On the morning of the
30th, about 7.30, the Anglo-Saxon having hove in
sight off Cape de Monts, Captain Meikleried im-
mediately put off iu his life boat to intercept her,
and, the brigantine showing a signal of distress at
the main, steered across her track. The comman-
der of the Anglo Saxon perceiving that something
was wrong, bore down on the life-boat, and shortly
after ran alongside the brigantine, from which he
took all the shipwrecked passengers, whom he
amply supplied with many comforts they much re-
quired. _

It 'is stated that the numerous wrecks annually
occurring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence might have
been obviated if proper lights had been established
along the coast ; and that it is a matter of regret to
all acquainted with th 3 navigation, that so impor-
tant a point as the west point of Anticosti, and
seve. al others of equal importance, where buildings
for the purpose have actually been erected for nearly
two years, should still be unprovided with lights.
A rumour, which gained currency in Kingston,
to the effect that the 9th Regiment, stationed in
that city, was to be despatched to India, created
much excitement among the men, and several of
them deserted to the United States. On the morn-
ing of the 24th ultimo the entire garrison guard,
consisting of a sergeant and eight men, deserted,
carrying five stand of arms and ammunition with
them. '1 hey got away by taking one of the officer's
boats, but before leaving they ecuttled all the other
boats so as to prevent a pursuit.
The Montreal Transcript, alluding to the ru-
moured departure of troops, says
" It is stated in well informed quarters that the
whole of the regular troops now in this province
will shortly be withdrawn for service in India, and
that orders from head quarters to that purport are
expected to arrive by next mail. Should this be
so, there is every probability that the active force
will be required to do permanent duty, or that,
failing this, immediate steps will be taken to
raise and equip one or more provincial regiments."
A St. John's (Now Brunswick) paper mentions
the failure of Mr. Joseph Fairweather, whose lia-
bilities were estimated at from 30,0001. to 70,0001.
Tlu railway between Shediao and Moncton had
been opened.
At Quebec the timber market was exceedingly
The quantity of timber in first hands for sale
was unusually large, but on the other hand the
stock in the hands of shippers was moderate. Busi.
ness in general produce was also dull.
At New York on the 28th ult. flour was dull and
declining. Prime wheat was scarce and firm.
Stocks were dull and heavy. Money was in good
demand at 7 per cent. on call. The New York
Courier and Inquirer of the 26th has the following
remarks of the state of commercial matters :

" Some few parties who had advanced largely upon
railroad securities-now depreciated have been compelled
to suspend payment in this city. Tneee failures are,
however, few, end may ba said to be wholly confined to
those who have gone out of the legitimate course of
bankere, and have taken too heavily of one species of
public securities. But the effect upon our city is small
Wall-street is not New York. Take all the assets of ail
the suspended parties and of all the railroad corpora-
tions whose paper they hold, and the aggregate is but as
a drop in the bucket.' The real effect so far is to create
serious inconvenience to a large class of bankers in the
West, who had entrusted their Now York funds to the
parties under protest. The amounts held by our city
banks and bankers (assuming it at 1,000,000 dole)
affect but in an extremely small degree the business of
Wall-street itself; and, as to other parts of the city, it
need not be thought of. We should not revert to the
great, the important, the ail-powerful interests of com-
merce, under such a money stringency as prevale at
the moment, and at the moment only. We find our
manufacturers closely engaged in filling or executing
orders from all parts of the country at large. Every
department of internal trade is active and remunera-
tive also. The country is abundantly prosperous
from the Atlantic to 'the Pacific. Labour is in
demand everywhere, from Maine to California ; and this
labour is well repaid. The planter at the S ruth and
the planter al; the West is reaping a rich harvest ; and
if Wall-atreet were blotted' out of existence to-day the
permanent interests of the country would scarcely fuel
the change. As to the ability of the mercantile classes
to sustain their credit, it is conceded that they have
never been stronger. Payments from the West and
South have been punctual this season, and those regions
are fast becoming creditors instead of debtors to the
commercial metropolis. We hear that liberal orders
have been received from England for breadstuffs from
this quarter. Lower prices will, it is true, be realised,
but it is well known that the grain producers of the
West can compete with the whole world as to quaiiiy,
quantity, and price of the cereal products. If our far-
mers cannot get 2 dole. or 1 dol. 75c. per bushel for
wheat, they will realise a profit at 1 dol. or 1 dol. 25e.
All the combined efforts of England to produce cotton
in India have failed, and the United States must for 20
years to come supply Western Europe with this great
staple. On the whole, there are no grounds for feer,
either financially or commercially. A few weak houses
will probably suspend during the week or month, but
the city at large is abundantly strong and rich."

SHOCKING CRUELTY TO AN OLD WOMAN.—At the
Leeds Court-house, on Saturday, a ,big, surly-looking
man, dreesed in a smock frock, named James Cooper,
was charged with a brutal a9sault upon his mother in-
law, a woman about 6 years, of age. It appeared from
the evidence that the brutal fellow kicked the poor of
woman until she becrme insensible. Mr. Ma3lea, ad.
dressing the prisoner„ said You are by far the most
brutal fellow I have ever board of It is impossible to
conceive a greater fiend. We shall give you the full
punishment the law allows, which is six months'
im-
prisonment with hard labour.