Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-22

/ l,h instant, On the Black Sea- about ~ mics
East OF the Bosphorus, most dreadful catas-
lrophc took place. Two Turkish steamers INC
one coming from, ard The other going 10 Iiebi,
Zond, came into sudden collision, and one ol
them went down with the greater pat 81 The crew
and passengers.
The vessels were The Scntari, commanded by
MIR. Dubbins, and the Medicinal Tdjahfe COM
manded by Mr.. Lambert.
The vessels parted; the Medjehra Tidjahret
dropped abou, mile aslern, and in the coulse OF
less than quarter of an hour il was found size
was sinking rapidly. The Scu,ari, which had
got bu slight damage. then went 10 her help; but
i. was 100 late Very few, comparatively, coa.d
be saved.
About se"eniy, however ~ swimming and
cIips;ug 10 The spar., reached The Scutari, where
they clustered round ire padde-boxes until they
were taken in. Capt. Lambert and an engineer
were picked mp by boat of the Scntari. All
the rest one hundred and thiry-five souls, Pc
rished. Their agony was short one, bul II was
terrific.
AS the Scutari approached the wreck, she hee!
ed over Che people on the deck, like wild mani
acs, were visible in moonlight and as The sea
sucked her down-as The vortex OF Na::cc.s she
formed in sinking almost made the Scutari spin
round with the molion-there arose scream O!
utter horror-a last scream which those who
heard will never forget.
Bu. mere impressive still was the passive re-
sionation of he Turks they sal mo,;onless. nut.
,crins their PRAYERS: neither hy cry nor gesture did
thew manitc,i am conservation In passive 81
lcncc, amid the shreks Of despair OF Christians,
the iaialisls met their rish!iul doom From Tie
first shock 10 the sEkin. oi the vessel not more
Than half an hour elapsed.
The captains Of The Two vessels, You will see
by their names, were English; the engineers were
also English.
INDIA AND CHINA.
The Overland Mail from India and China
reached London on the Both ult. They were
brought 10 Malta BY he iberia, and the dates are
respectively, from Bombay 10 the 10Th June
Calcutta oh Iune, Madras lth June, ard from
China 10 the 9Th May.
Tic cholera has lcen very prevalent III Pom
bay ard Poonah, and has ragged in Lahore fear
fully.
!!.' ,"'''''"ai :":::': = ~; oi importance
The Governor General remained Al Calcutta, but
wa> expected 10 move in October 10 The north
west provinces, 10 reducc The Sikhs 10 ORDER
From China We learn that not had la.cn place
al Ficoi;a--it had been suppressed without
difficulty. The troops had been Withdrawn from
kulunSson, i'll accordance with terms oi our
treaty, and the Chinese had taken possession
The mate and gunner ollhc ARIEL, ha"lng 100000
dollars On board, had attempted to seize The YES
sci, hul were dcieaied-ln The coniic, The mate
was kille: and the gunner wounded The Bom-
bag market had favorable appearance Tor i'm
ports.
MARKETS.
LONDON MoSGy MARKET, Aug. 1.--Thc Con
sol market has been almost neglected, and The
English Funds have suffered under s'"at tep'cs-
sion Stree our la, publications. TINS : o"lns pant
" 10 The threatening aspect oI shc weather, anu
consequen, uniavoraba a":.';;.s'':c;:- = cltny
ne harvest, bnt chiefly BECAUSE the way ma
MIA which now prevails has diverted all tie spare
capital in the country inio is channel, and thus
lett the more stold securities Of The country neg
lccted-Consuls being down tn IS! to- s3, ana for
the Account g9i 10 :: EXcheqrcr bills 81 Ia J.i