Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-02-02
Foreign News by the America.

tOFtiSu NEWS Wy tEo hutEICd.
Burning Of the Steamer Amazon Ouer
100 hres iost-Loss Of the ship Coiuna- |
bia aoith IL Psrsoms-Intsrssting from
England Contradictory Runsors aUath
Regard to the Cabinet-Defeat Of the
English Troops tn Africa-Amother
Conspiracy in France and arrest Of
Ofsnders-Pro CATION of Constitu,
tion postponed - Treaty bet,ueen Ger
many and France.
HALIFAX, Jan. 25, 1852.
The America arrived at her dock short.
ly after midnight, and sailed for Boston at
2 l-2 this morning.
She reports a continuation of heavy
gales for 10 days. She brings 20 passen.
gers, 18 Of whom are for Boston.
The news of the destruction by fire of
the West India Steamer Amazon, brief
announcement of which was received by
steamer Arctic, is fully confirmed. The
Amazon was under command Of Capt.
Simmons. She sailea from Southampton
with mail and passengers. On the I'd
inst, when days out and ITO miles south
Of West Sicily Islands, was discovered 10
be on fire. The flames burst out at an
early hour on the morning of the 4th, and
in twenty minutes after, SO rapidly did the
flames shroud the ship, that she was en-.
tirely gutted. She subsequently, burned 10
The waters edge, when her boilers explod.
ed, and the hull Immediately sunk.
By this terrible catastrophe, Al passen-
gers and SO of the officers and crew are
known to have perished. Gapt. stnWsess-
and his four chief officers, surgeon and
Elliott Warburton, celebrated author of
the Crescent and the Cross, were among
the sufferers. Many Of the passengers.
from the appalling rapidity with which the
| flames spread, were either burned or suE-
| iocated in their births. As soon as every
effort to subdue the flames had failed, the
boats were attempted TO be launched, but
owing 10 the CONSERVATION which prevailed
on all sides, desperate rush was made
for them, and before they could be got well
into the water, ,.they were swamped along
side of the steamer, and every soul in them
| lost. Two other boats were successfully
launched, and thus passengers and 81
seamen succeeded in escaping from the
| burning wrock, which wore picked up
partly by all English and others by q
Dutch vessel, and safely landed at Ply
mouth and Brest. "
She was new and magnificent boat,
and very richly freighted. Her loss. there
fore, was immense. The origin Of the fire
remains mystery.
The day previous TO the departure of the
steamer America, intelligence had reached
Liverpool of the total loss Of the N. York
ship Columbia, Capt. Kerran, on the 7.h
inst, off the Irish coast, near Waterford.
Two cabin and three steerage passengers,
together with Of the crew, persisted, and
Capt. Kerran and the remainder Of the
passengers and crew succeeded in reach.
ing the shore.
Observation-Disclosures from the Cape
Of Good Hope, announce that severe
skirmish had taken place en- the 1ith OF
November, between large bodies OF rebel
Hol,entots and Caffrees. aud detachment
of British troops, in which the latter had
been Obliged to retire, with the loss Of ons
colonel aud three other officers, and seven
men.
Reinforcenents bad sailed Erem Ensiane
I before the receipt of the news.
Another severe reverse had been sus.
tanned by the English troops a, the Lagos
on the coast of Africa, in an attempt te
chas,ise he native king for slave stealing
The force, consisting OF 26o officers anc
men, were repused with considerable loss
The dissolution of the English cabinet
appeared inevitable. A cabinet council
was held on the 9Th, after which, Lord
John Russell proceeded to Windsor,lo con.
fer with The Queen.
1t was admitted on oil hands that the
Wing Government could not hold together
much longer, and many believed it would
fall before the period Of opening Parlia
menI had arrived.
The Duke of Newcastle, and Sir James
Graham, the great free .rader, had arrived
in town and the former had made visit 10
her Mnjesty.
The Custom Reforms Committee from
Liverpool, had an audience with Lord John
Russell, who promised that the subject OF
their complaint would receive the imme.
diate attention Of the government At the
same time, q deputation of Spanish bond
holders. opposed to coercion, had an audi.
encs with the Foreign Society.
Baron Kenny, one of the Hungarian
Commi,tee, died in London of broken
heart, caused by some remarks Of cor
respondent in the Daily Times
The London Times, speaking Of re
port relative TO a change of the ministry,
says we may state the TACT Us we believe j