The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-02

HALIFAX, sept. -.
The steamship Prince Albert, Capt. Wa
tiers, from Galway midnight Of the I6t,,
instant, arrived of Halifax harbor at 10
! O'Clock Saturday night, and reached her
dock at \. II. Sunday
Sae reports having met with a succession
Of heavy gales .or the first few DAYS Of her
passage. On tho 18th broke two of the
tanges Of her screw, and proceeded under
} canvass the remainder 81 the voyage On
the 22i encountered a terrific gale. but sus-
tanned no damage, except loss of sails and
iife-bost. On the 18th passed the Bremen
ship Johannes, bound east.
The political news by this arrival is gene
rally uuimportant.
The shipment of the shore end Of Atlantic
telegraph cable was in progress, on board
the steamer Il lboa, at Plymouth As tho
cuInbrous nature Of the fcable nece>s tateS
caution IN the work of slowing; it was not
expected TO be ali on board before tho night
OF the 10th, when the DlibOa would pl oceed
to the Thames The shares were steadil,
maintained at 300 pounds. The French and
English treaties with Caina had been re-
ccived. The steamship Arabia from y. y.
arrived nj Liverpool on the 10Th. The
British Government just received the con-
tract with the Pariiic steam navigation Co.
Of Liverpool for the period Of SIX years for
the conveyance of the se.nI-month'y mails
along the west coast Of South America frou:
Panama TO NaipiraZ'.
The Bark Lotus, from Liverpool arrived
, in Halifax harbor Sunday p. NJ, with Il of
the g. surviving passengers ofthe steamship.
Austria burned at sea Sep. 18Th, in lat. i5'
one See, long Al 30 taken frsm the Bark
Maurice, Ernest Remand on the liib. Az
little after , o'clock on the 18Th, dens,
volumes Of smoke burs: from the after Gu
trance Of the steerage. The ship was in
stantlv put at half spsel at which she cou-
,inued until the magazine exploded. Th.
cnrineers, it j. supposed were instantly suit
located. Ere was next seen breaking
through the lights amid ships and travelled
aftwith ftightful rapiIity. Some persons
let down a BOAT from the port side OF the
quarter deck and them was thought toi b,
crushed under the screw. An attempt was
made 10 launch a boat From the numbers
who rushed into it, all were lost; all tho
lSt cabin passengers were on The poop ex.
cept a few gentlemen who must have been
smotnered IN tue s,nOhin, room. Many 2I
cabin passengers were on the poop, hut "a
number Of them got -hnt into th-ir .ahin hy
fire, some oi them were pulled up tarOug,
the yeuti,latOr but the greater number could
not be eXtricated. The last woman drawn
NJ said there were 6 already sutfo-atcd.--
The ladies and gentleman on the poop jump
ed into the sea by twos AMI threes, some Of
the ladies' in flames; several hesitated but
were driven to it at the last moment. Ia
halfan hour not sou! was ~ b. seen Oh
the poon.
The French bark Maurice capt. Remand,
came along side the steamer At about D L.
N. and received 70 passengers chiefly ia
ken off the bow>pri'; few were picked up
floating around at about s o'clock; one OF
the metallic boats came up with about %
persons in it including the l>t and 81 oth-
GERS Afterwards three or four men were
picked M floating on a piece OF broken
boat. The "a officer picked mp after
swimming 6 hours. Il. and the 81 officer
were severely burned. One male pgssens r
was burnt fri-htfuly. There WAS but SIX
women saved, 3 OF which were burnt.
4 Norwegian bark came up with tho
steamer next morning. boat was observed
going round the burning ship. they may
have picked up few passengers. The list
of saved has i been received up 10 T. "
Should il coma to hand before business
hours closes. il viii be published.