The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-10-12

: to be that the increased quantity
sown will make up for this. Ii
Willmer's Times Of the 10Th, Cana
y da flour is quoted at 2Ss Cd 3Os
, u. States sweet at 30s Cd 32s, anc
sour at 27s a 29s.
The steamer Hibernia, which left
Boston on the LIST inst. arrived al
Liverpool on Wednesday the 18TH
f The Great Western which left here
E August 81, arrived on the 14th.-
The packet ship Sheffield arrived out
on the 10th; the Liverpool on the
18th; the New York on the 14th,
and the Siddons on the 18th.
THE ROYAL PROGRESS.
} Queen Victoria and her lord took
their departure from the French
Kings chateau on the 9TH OF Sep
TENDER, and in a few hours landed
at Brighton. On the 18th they en-
barked again on board the royal
steam Yacht for Ostend, on a visit to
the King of the Belgians, and arriv-
ed there on the 18th, being received
with great pomp and joy by the King
and Queen. The Queen and Prince
Albert intended to visit Bruges,
Brussels, Client and Antwerp, be-
fore they returned TO England.
Loss OF ANOTHER 1ND1AMAN.
The Regular, East 1ndiaman,
bound for Bombay and China, was
lost off the Cape of Good Hope on
the 18th of May, after having strug-
gled since the Sth against a tremend-
Gus storm. The passengers and
crew, 81 in all, abandoned the ship
in three boats, being then 900 miles
from land, and after twenty-four
hours of extreme suffering and dan
ger, were rescued by the French
tiigate Cleopatra and sloop of war
Alcmene. which providentially fell
in with them. The Regular had a
valuable cargo of specie, iron and
copper.
Another.
The Queen Victoria, East India
man, was lost on the 9TH of April,
while on her voyage from Bombay
to Liverpool. The mate, passen-
ger and nine seamen were drowned.
Another.
The brig Thomas Dickinson, from
Mauriti1s for London, was lost on
the 9th of May. All on board saw
ed, but vessels and cargo a total
loss.
And Another.
The Amelia Thompson, Of Lon
don, was lost on the 23d Of May,
about so miles from Madras. The
first aud third mates, carpenter,
cook, steward and two seamen were
drowned.
LOSS OF THE STEAM-FRIGATE
MISSOURI.
We regret to announce the total
destruction, by fire, of the splendid
American stean-frigate the Missou-
ri, while at anchor in this bay, on
Saturday week. She had the Hon.
Mr.. Gushing on board, proceeding
to Alexandria, en- r1ute for China, as
minister.
The alarm was first given at eight
O'Clock precisely, and was imme-
diately followed by such a bust of
flame from the engineers store-room
as to lead to the belief that it origin
ated among the oil and spirts.-I
Every exertion was made to subdue
it, and the large pumps were Instant
ly put into operation but the pro-
gress of the flames was so rapid, that
it became necessary to flood the two
magazines, which was done so effect
uaIIy, that it was not until twenty
minutes after 3 a. m. that any ex-
plosion took place, and then not to
an extent to endanger the shipping in
the bay, the nearest of which had al
ready been removed by the exer-
tons Of the acting captain of the
port. Assistance was promptly sent
! from the Malabar, under the person.
al superintendent of Sir George
Sartorius !; and the Locust got up her
steam and ran alongside the Missou-
ri, with the view of towing her into
deeper water, or rendering any 9th
err aid; but, unfortunately, she had
already grounded, which rendered
it impossible to scuttle her.
AS soon as the fire broke out, the
governor ordered the waterproof gate
to be opened, and proceeded him
self to the wharf, from whence he
despatched two engines under charge