Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-10-29
Arrival Of the Caledonia.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Probable Loss af The STEAMER Great Britma-Pd

Probable Loss af the Steamer Great Britaa-PG'
sengers and Crep safe.
The steamship Caledonia, Capt Lett, arrived It
Boston at quarter past II O'Clock Tuesday .ngs
Of last week, from Liverpool the 4th inst. via h.
flax
She brought great number Of passengers ID
GLIDING many who originally took passage IN h
Great Britain.
The steamship Great Britain, Capt HOsEeA
left Liverpool on the 22d ult. for New York, vii
ls5 passengers, and on the same night she Wss
ashore at Rathmullin, in Dundrum Bay coast
Ireland. The passengers were all safely landed
At the latest accounts she had not been gotoH-
Her cargo had been discharged. The parlica'n
OF this disaster may be found below.
All kinds ofprovisions are high in price. 3D.
ter, Beef and Pork meet with an excellent dsnHi
aud have greatly enhanced in value oflate. WtsN
Flour, aud Indian Corn are now sold at exorbi's
rates, and from present appearances, there IS lllA
prospect Of their recedng in value.
One Of the most interesting items Of inielIlgens
by the Caledonia relates to the steamship Gi'A
Britain. We abridge from the account oil ID
European Times
1t is with extreme regret that we have to %
nounce that this noble vessel has met with anohs
disaster on her last outward passage from LivePS
to New York, and one which, we fear, may dl''''
her from ever again crossing the Atlantic.
She lelt this port on the morning Of the I'D ui
taking one hundred and eighty.fve passenger
about sixty tons of valuable fine goods as lreP'
md uh,,, A. nf
luggage. After clearing the Bell Buoy, she oo'
away for the Calf of Man. At four or hive ocVD
in the afternoon the island was distinctly visible %
The siarboard bow. Shortly after it SET in TO Iau
aud the wind increased, the ship making e1ceNsI
progress. Night then closed ill., dark and VEL ~.
the wind gradually freshened into half gale u
log was repeatedly taken. The weather was lnla
and foggy, and the ship passed the Cali lgns
fore dark without being able TO disIingurh y
lighthouse at that station. About half past nnsS
clock, the passengers we're started by an eIl''ou
nary noise on deck, and cry of stop heI'
aground, aground p-"lhe breakers, the ~'.
kers "-'we are wrecked r'--"oh, we are VIC.
ed" A general fear prevailed that the sap "
in collision with some other vessel but ii was ~.
lound that she had stranded The night was W
aud stormy, the ship beat necessarily upon Tue ~,
the breakers repeatedly breaking heavily o'e' 4.
and one Of the ife.boats was carried from ln .''t
Jennings on the quarter. Alarms and cries 'Is'.
Pervaded the ship, and apprehensions were g' S,
amongst the passengers that the ship wouIa ~,
up during the night beneath the force Of Ile r,
kers which constantly burst over her deeAs
add 10 that moment Of woe, the lightning Nh
the thunder beloved portentously IRON L.ru
curtain ofoverhanging cloud, and the ran la
to fall in torrents The scene was one iha D-A
description So far as the eye could pierce lSo.
the gloom, the sea was general cauldron o. I'M
and the white spray lashing the sides oil us a.
flew over all on board like snow flakes. lm
had outsailed her captains reckoning 'su b
light on "St. Johns Point" being mistaken ~ ~
Of the "Calf of Man." she went ashore .r,r
mnllip, in Dundrum Bay. Throughout ins
gency, Captain Hosken behaved with ao"'