The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-14 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA

The mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Ryrie, from Boston
and Halifax, was signalled as being off Holyhead at half-past
six o'clock yesterday evening, and arrived opposite the Rock
(in this port) at about one o'clock this morning. The news
caterers were on the qui vive to obtain their files of papers,
and took advantage of a Rock Ferry steam-boat, provided by
Messrs. M`lver, the agents of the company, and which was
lying in waiting at George's Pier, to put off and bring the
mails on shore. A few minutes after one o'clock the ex-
pected steam-ship came up the river in gallant style, firing
guns when she got opposite to Seacombe, and as she pro-
ceeded past Wallasey Pool. She kept well on the Cheshire
shore, and the small steamer having put off to her, was
soon within hail of her—all on board anxious to get on
board. The commander of the Acadia, however, as soon as
he saw her hailed her to go stern to the assistance
of a steamer, which he conceived was in a sinking state, and
his request was immediately complied with. There was a
good deal of fog on the water at the Cheshire side at the
time, and it appeared that the Acadia had, in taking a wide
berth, clear of the vessels on this side the river, run foul of a
Woodside steamer, the Cleveland, lying at anchor a little
to the south of Woodside Ferry, and done her some damage,
—and hence the alarm of Captain Ryrie. The small steamer,
on reaching the damaged vessel, found that her condition was
by no means so perilous as had been supposed, she being all
afloat, having had only some of her bulwarks forward carried
away by the concussion, and the crew (some in their shirts)
roused from their berths, and in considerable alarm from the
concussion. No one was hurt ; and another river steamer
having come up, the vessel was left to be towed by her
into a place of safety, should that have happened to be
necessary. The Rock Ferry boat then steamed along
side the Acadia, and the passengers getting on board,
the usual scramble for abstracts of the log, &c. and
newspapers took place, and the mails were transferred
to the small steamer. Very few papers were, however, ob-
tained on board, the greater part being sent on shore, to-
gether with the mail bags. We are indebted to Mr. Thomp-
son, a gentleman belonging to Messrs. M'lvor's office for
an early delivery of our own files, and several additional
papers, of which we had more of the same date.
The Acadia sailed from Boston at 5 p.m. on the Ist, and
arrived off the Floating Light at a quarter before 12 o'clock
last night, thus making the passage to this port in about 12
days and 8 hours—she having arrived opposite the town at
1 this morning. She left Halifax on the evening of the 3d,
accomplishing the passage thence in 10 days 7i hours—a rate
of steaming fully maintaining the previous speed and cer-
tainty of the fine ships of this line. She met the Columbia
at midnight, on the Ist, off Boston, and the latter vessel
would probably reach that port by two o'clock next morning.
It was reported at the time of her sailing from Halifax that a
large steamer (supposed to be the Great Western) was seen
passing of that place on the 2d, on her way to New York.
The general news brought by the Acadia appear to be of a
better character, although they present nothing of a very
striking character. The progress of Lord Ashburton's mis-
sion appears enveloped in strict diplomatio secrecy, but it is
fully to be calculated upon from the little that has transpired,
as being of a favourable description. The principal news
11 bp couna 'inapt- the several heads. The following is an
ABSTRACT Or IHE LOS.
5 p.m., started from Boston.
;.E. Running along the coast ; moderate

ne I.—.
—Wind

,nd fine weather

3.-10 a.m. arrived in Ilalifax ; 5 15 p.m. left Halifax ; 7
p.m. Sambro Light bore W.N.W.
4.—Wind S. ; distance 170 miles ; lat. 44 42, long. 59 51.
Moderate breeze and fine weather.
s.—Wind S.W. ; distance 228 miles ; lat. 45 4, long. 5423.
Steady breeze and foggy weather.
6.—Wind S.W. ; distance, 225 miles ; lat. 46 8, long.
49 16. Steady breeze and foggy weather.
7.—Wind S. ; distance 249 miles ; lat. 46 31, long. 4315.
Steady breeze, and foggy weather ; saw several icebergs.
B.—Wind S.S.W. ; distance 264 miles; lat. 47 40, long.
36 38. Steady breeze, and foggy weather.
9.—Wind S. ; distance 270 miles ; lat. 49 16, long. 30 22.
Fresh breeze, and cloudy. Passed American ship Neva.
10.—Wind S.S.E. ; distance 230 miles ; lat. 49 59, long.
24 47. Fresh breeze, and clear.
11.—Wind S.E. ; distance 235 miles ; lat. 50 40, long.
18 37. Fresh breeze, and cloudy. Passed B. brig Lady
Alice Lambton.

12.—Wind S.E. ; distance 250 miles; lat. 50 50, long.
11 50. Moderate breeze, and cloudy. Passed the William
and Jane, 44 days from Gibraltar. 930 p.m. Cape Clear
bore N.E.
13.—Wind East. Moderate winds and fine weather ;
passed the Coeur de Lion. At 630 p.m., off Holyhead ; and
off the Floating Light at 11 45 p.m.

LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE ACADIA.
FROM BosTox.—Rev, H. Gasset, Geo. W. Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. Sampson, J. Lawton, E. F. Newhall, L. J. Wyeth,
James Gibsean, Hermon Hagedon, Fred. Browne, Charles
F. Will, J. M`Marich, Alex. Wood, Mrs. Davidson, F. W.
Coolidge, E. Lyman, W. S. Jones, —. Scotland, Mrs. M•
Smith, Alex. Crawford, Chas. Barnes, Robt. Morris, Jas.
Robertson, Wm. Whitewright, J. F. Bigge, Alfred Cossel,
Julian Varques, Viscount Cranbourne, J. B. Hyde, Mr.
Faithful and servant, Captain Galt.
FROM H ALIVAX.—Mrs. Smith and child, Capt. Thorns,
J. Fraser.