The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-26
The Austrians Exulting over Lord
ralmerston's Withdrawal.
RUSSIiN SUCCESSES OYER THE CIRCASSIANS
PYMs FRANKLIN SEARCHING EXPEDITION
ABANDONED.
Partial Decline in Cotton.
IMPROVE NEHT nv THE CORN MARKET,
&c. &c. Sc.

MpROTtNEnT nv THE CORN MARhET,
&c. &c. Sc.
rrLEeRAPs OVER NEW BRUNSWICK AND
MANI LINES TO PORTLAND, AND THENCE OVER BAEs MER
cHAN1s' LINE, 2s WALL STREET
HALIFAX TELEGRAPH 0rrIcE, I
BrSDAY MORNING, January 70, l852.
The royai mail steamer America, Capt Lang, fro n
Liverpool Saturday, January loth with eighteen pas
,ngers for Boston and eight for Halifax arrived at her
wharf in this city shortly after midnight and sailed for
Boston at half past two O'Clock this morning.
The America reports q continued succession Of very
severe gales for the last ten days.
intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope announces
that skrmish had taken place the 9th ef No
vember between large bodies Of rebel Hottentos and
Cafrs and detachment of Brtish troops in which the
latter had obliged retire, with the loss of
colonel, three officers and Reinforcem ents
had sailed from England before the receipt Of the news
The British had also met with bloody repulse at the
Lagos
Wreck OF the New York Ship Columbus
Twelve Lives Loss.
The day previous the departure of the America in
tgence reached Liverpool Of the loss Of the New
York chip Columbus Captain McCeiren the 7th inst,
of the lr,h coast Waterford Two lady and two
seersge passengers together with eight of the
perished but Captain McCerrer his officers and the
ander of the passengers and succeeded in reach
ing the shore
THE G. bo1nd to Liverpool from New Orleans.
She left the latter pert about the 4th Dec
Partic uiars OF the Burning of the Steamer
Amazon One Hundred and Ten Lives
Lost.
The OF the destruction by FIRE Of the West India
royal mail steamer Amazon "a brief announcement Of
which received by the Arctic) is fully
hrped
The Amazon under the command OF Captain Smons
ailed from Southampton with mails and passengers
I'd inst when two days out and about hundred
and ten mes southwest of Scnly Islands, dis
covered 10 be FIRE The flames burst out at early
hour the morning Of the 4th inst, and in twenty
minutes after so rapidly did they spread the ship
completely gutted She subsequently burned to the
waters edge when her boilers exploded and the hull i'm
nedia.eiy sunk.
BY this terrible disaster forty rasen gers and sixty
of the officers and crew of the steamer known
to have perished
Captain Sinons his four chief officers the Surgeon
and Elliott Warburton, the celebrated author of the
Crescent and the Cross among the sufferers
Many Of the passengers, from the appalling rapidty
with which, the mes spread, either burnt suf-
iocat,d in their berths.
As every effort to subdue the flames hal failed
the boats were attempted to be launched but owing
the conformation which prevailed s sides de.pe-
rate despsiiug rush made fer them aud before
they could be got well into the water two Of the boats
were ped alongside of the steamer and every
in them was lost
Two other boats succe,efuly launched thus
nine passengers and Thirty scamen succeeded in
ercapng from the burning wreck. They were, shortly
after picked upone party by English and the other
bya Dutch vesselsud safely landed respectively
al Plymouth and Brest.
The Amazon a new and magnificent bost, and very
richly frcishted The osr therefore, is immense The
oIiyn Of the ire remains mystery
Affairs Ia England - Cabinet Dissolution
Anticipated, Sc.
dissolution of the English Cabinet appears neyita.
BE Cabinet Council held the Sth after which
loSd John Russell proceeded to Windsor to confer with
tie Queen II admitted all hands that the whig
government could holl together much longer and
many believed that 1t would fan before the period for
opening Parliament had arrived
eiegrsphic despatch state, that the London Times
Of the 10th inst says the attenpt to strengthen the
Ministry by alliance with the Peelites had signaly
failed and that the Prime Minister would meet Parlia
ncnt without seeking any further addition to his
strength provided be was not compelled to retire in the
aleaDtime.
The Marquis ef Lausdowne hal rendered his resgna.
ton Lord President Of the Council and holds office
only TIL a successor is appointed
The Duke OF Newcastle and Sir James Graham the
great tree trade leaders bad arrived in town and the
former had made writ TO Her Majesty.
The Uus, oms Reform Committee, from Liverpool, bad
had an audience with Lord John Russell who promised
that the subject Of their complaint would receive the
Immediate attention Of tho government, At the same
time deputstion Of Spanish land holders opposed to
crcon, had interview with the Foreign Secretary.
Baron kirnery, one OF the hungarian committee in
london had died of broken heart caused it Is said
by some remarks Of correspondent Of the Doy Nsns.
Lieutenant Pymeon, by the advice Of the Russian gao
grsphers has abandoned his project OF crossing Siberia
Ia search OF Sir Jof n Franklin.
sanguInary Defeat or the British Troops
ttt a Gsua
There Is from ths Cape TO the 2d Of December
Nv The screw Hsrbpger Bad as were the pre-
you, accounts from the seo Of those by the liar.
binger are stiu led on by the Hottentots the
cremy continues to make predatory ncursions the
coouists stealing their cattle, burning their ,rmsteais
and numbering the inhabitants whenever they
tke them a. yet no check wiiateyer has been given
n tbe,e marnuders by Sir Harry smith and troops
must he sent out before any eecual stop can be put
T. their irroads.
After the affair nt Wsterkloof an atempt -as made
TO expsi number OF the enemy who supposed to
!; lurking about This mot by desperaierc'ist-