The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

safely arrived at Quebec, and I am left without a penny
in the world, to help myself with, or anything but sincere
gratitude to repay those from whom I have received such
unbounded kindness since I have been so providentially
thrown among them, and with whom I am now about to
separate to go to my home of sorrow. I learnt from the
doctor,at Quarantine, lastevening, that the Vesta had reached
St. John's with some personage from the Arctic, but
could not learn the particulars. As soon as I can get on
shore I shall make arrangements to leave for New York
with the least possible delay, and expect to take the
steamer for Montreal this afternoon.—l am, sir, very re-
spectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES C. LUCE.
Quebec, 14th Oct.. 1854.
Captain Russell, of the ship Cambria, of Greenock,
arrived at Quebec on the 13th, and reports :
" About fifty miles east of Cape Race, on the 29th of
September, about eight a.m., the weather for some days
previous having been very thick, the chief mate observed
some floating object right ahead ; he immediately informed
me of the circumstance, and I went aloft and saw a human
being standing on a piece of wreck, he being so near, had
no time to put out our boat, but ran the ship up to him,
and throwing lines over the bow, sent some of the men
down to assist him, who with some difficulty caught hold
of him, and got him on board the vessel much exhausted.
He turned out to be a Frenchman ; but, not knowing his
language, found it difficult to understand him; however,
I was made to understand, by signs, and by a lady pas-
senger on board, who could talk a little English, that
there were some others floating about in the distance. I
immediately went aloft with my glass, and distinctly saw
five separate pieces of wreck, and on four of them there
were human beings. I immediately hove the ship in stays,
and stood to the north, so that we might reach them
on the opposite tack, they being about two miles to
windward; got my boat put out, and all ready for
lowering, with some Water, and provisions on board.
At about one p.m., came towards one raft, with three per-
sons on it ; hove the ship to, and sent my boat to their
assistance ; got them off the wreck, and took them on
board, much exhausted. They proved to be Capt. Luce,
of the Collins' Line-of-Steamer Arctic ; a cabin passenger,
named G. F. Allan, of the Novelty Works, New York ;
the other a young German lad, named Ferdinand Beyer.
Proceeded on towards the other raft; sent my boat again
to a raft, with two persons on it, who proved to be two of
the firemen; the other two rafts being at a short distance,
the boats proceeded on towards them, being anxious to
get them all on board previous to the weather coming
thick, as there was every appearance of it at the time.
The last raft, with one single person on it, who proved to
be a Mr. Smith, belonging to the United States, was
reached. I then mado inquiries whether any other rafts
were floating about ; but they having stated that they
were under the impression that there was no other, the
boat returned to the ship with the parties pieked up.
They were all much exhausted. In the meantime, I sent
a man to each mast-head, to look out if anything else
could be seen ; but night coming on, we saw nothing fur-
ther ; and then the wind increasing to a gale from E.S.E.,
I concluded that, if there were any rafts or boats floating
about, they could not have resisted the storm. I then
proceeded on my voyage. Captain Luce suffered severely
from contusions on several parts of his body, but princi-
pally on the head; and also Mr. Allan and Mr. Smith,
two of the passengers saved.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.

By the United States steam-ship Atlantic, Captain
West, which reached the Mersey early on Thursday with
195 passengers and about $BOO,OOO in specie, we have
intelligence from New York to the 14th instant.
Full particulars of the loss of the Arctic have been re-
ceived. The loss of the President, the loss of the City of
Glasgow, and now the sinking of the Arctic, form the
melancholy epochs in the history of Atlantic steam-ships.
The steam-ship Europa, from Liverpool, had arrived at
Boston, havinc, conveyed sixteen of the passengers of the
Arctic from Quebec, being a portion of those previously
reported as having arrived at Newfoundland. The papers
are filled with details of the loss of this vessel, but they
are simply more elaborate statements, without embody-
ing any additional facts.
A correspondent at New York, writing on the 14th
instant, communicates the important and agreeable news
that Captain Luce and about forty passengers had reached
Montreal, having been picked up by the Cambria. He says :
"By the arrival at Montreal of the ship Cambria, we are
advised of the safety of Captain Luce, Mr. Allan, of New
York, and Mr. James Smith, of Edinburgh, who were
picked up by that vessel, together with about forty others,
whose names had not yet reached us."

The New York Herald states that Mr. Perky has suc-
ceeded in inducing the American Government to agree to
propose to congress a remission of duties on colonial-
caught fish imported into the country pending the accept-
ance of the reciprocity treaty by the provisional authorities.
There had been a severe storm on Lake Superior. About
400 feet of the pier was carried away.
The steamer Princess, with a cargo of 3,000 bales o
cotton on board, caught fire when near Natchez, on the
Mississippi river, on the Bth instant, and several persons,
including two ladies, perished in the flames. The vessel
and her valuable cargo will prove a total loss.
The interior counties of Mississippi have recently been
visited by a continuous fall of rain for six days, which has
destroyed the crops, caused heavy floods that swept away
buildings and bridges, broke up the roads, and drowned
many valuable cattle.
The Morning Post makes the following communica-
tion in a leading article :—We believe we may state, with-
, out fear of contradiction, that the series of negotiations
between the Government of the United States and that of
St. Domingo, has resulted in the establishment of a Pro-
tectorate on the part of the United States, amounting
virtually, if not absolutely, to the annexation of that
portion of the Island of St. Domingo, which belongs to
the republic of that name. The acquisition of so impor-
tant a position in the West Indies by the Government of
the United States—a position threatening, on either hand,
the Spanish islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and so
directly affecting our own West Indian empire—cannot be
received with indifference."