Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-21
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DETAILS ny THE ASIA.

The steamer franklin arrived at Cowes on the
9th The ship Annie Jane, of and for Quebec
with valuable cargo and 400 souls on board in
Guiding passengers and crew, was wrecked on the
9th Of September, off the Hebrides. Three hun
dred of those on board persisted
This really fine ship left the Mersey on the oh
September, and about thirty hours after her de
parture was spoken off the northwest coast OF
Ireland. During the prevailing violent gales. how
ever, she was dismasted, and was totally lost on
the night of the 2sth September, the Barra
Island. Sad TO relate. upwards OF three hundred
of the passengers and crew have persisted From
a letter received by the owners from the captain
we learn that, during the succession of heavy
gales he was drifted far north as latitude 60
and that on the above night, with strong west
erly gale he was not able TO clear the land on
either tack. In Eve minutes after she struck, the
ship was dashed To atoms and only 1O2 of the
whole complement OF crew and passengers saved
The captain had sent by another conveyance a
list of those rescued, which has not YET come 10
hand. About six hours after the melancholy ca
tastrophe the captain was washed ashore on part
Of the poop deck, very much bruised but, iortu-
natey, he is AT present, 10 "A great extent rccov-
cred and has made arrangements for sending the
survivors 10 the main land. The islanders have
been exceedingly kind 10 them all, aud are doing
their best TO save what portion of the wreck and
cargo was washed ashore. We find that this YES
sci was on her first voyage having been built al
Quebec during the present year. She was of ,29i
tons register had Just been classed at lAoyds for
the highest grade Of colonial ships, and was, IN
every respect very superior vessel She had
on board an exceedingly valuable cargo.
Messrs Whtework ~ Co.'S extensive mills al
Dee Bridge, Yorkshire, have been burnt, involving
a loss of fl50000 Fourteen, hundred hands are
thrown out of employment by the Disaster
DISASTROUS FRE.-Accounts from Constantine
Pile state that, the night of the 2Gh of August,
disastrous fire broke out at AskZasra, Il Hour
ishi fpJrn nj he n Philharmonic,
burned for seven hours without interruption In all,
1000 shops, 80 houses, 10 oil magazines, ) khans,
3 public ovens, a mosque. schools, the excise
office, and several other public buildings were CON
sumed. .r-, ".. ..'. .n
M. Soule, the new American minister, had ar
rived at Madrid, and was expected TO be admitted
to the queen in a day or two 10 present his Gre
dentials. ~. 's.
A difference has been stated 10 exist between
the courts of Vienna and Piedmont, in conse-
quence of the refusal of the Turin cabinet to de-
liver up some Italian refugees. suspension OF
relations and another frontier blockade has been
threatened. ..@. III.
Britain.-A cabinet council was TO be held on
Friday, the It'll, TO take into consideration the
alarming condition of Turkish affairs There was
also rumor that Parliament would be summoned
Immediately but this doubtful
A meeting Of the holders of Florida bonds IS
particularly requested" by advertisement, TO meet
in London on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
Robert Whitworth Il Co.'S woolen manufac-
tory, at Lee Bridge, near Halifax, was accidentally
burned 4th damage t60D0O t.
public meeting had been held at Leicester IN
favor of the Turks.
The Cholera.-C Cholera has broken out with
great violence on board the packet ship Isaac
Wright which struck on rock on the 2sth nit,
when off Cape Clear, and had TO put back to l4tv-
erpool. Before the ship reached the Mersey forty
seven passengers were thrown overheard, and
several others died in the harbor, and were carried
ashore. The remainder of the sick We're carried
in carts to the hospitals where large number III
was impossible to ascertain the exact nnmber) had
died n....#@.,.
The unfortunate survivors are loud in their
complaints of the insuficiency of food, and say
they We're cruelty treated on board; but as these
complaints will doubtless meet with proper nves-
,gation BY the owners of the ship, we torbear re-
peating the tales that in circulation at Liver
pool ON the subject. The Sas Greenman had p
fatal cases on board. .'..,. ..e