Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-28
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LATEK FROM EUROPE.
LATEK FROM EUROPE.
Arrival 81 the Prince Albert.
Dreadful Disaster.
Banning Of the steamer Austria.
FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

passage. On the 18th broke two Of the
| hanges of her screw. and proceeded under
canvass the remainder Of the voysge On
the 22d encountered q terrific gale. but
sustained no damage except loss OF sails and
life boat On the 18th passed the Bremen
ship. Jayuls, bound east.
Political news by this arrival is general
ly unimportant
| The shipment Of the shore end Of the At
lantic Telegraph was in progress on board
the steamer Billboa. 1t Plymoth. As the
| cumbrous nature Of the cable necessitste
caution in slowing on board before the
night Of the 10th. when the Billbca would
proceed to the Thames The shares we're
steadily maintsined Al about $500.
The French and English treaties with
China were received
The British government has Just renewed
the contract with the Pacific steam naviga-
ton Co. Of Liverpool. for the period Of six
years, for the conveyance semi mi-monthly
mail along the west coast Of South America
from Panama to Valpara 10.
The Literary Gasctte says, that q we'll
grounded hope is that Canada will be visit
ed west summer by some prominent men,
Der OF the Royal Family if not by the Queen
and Prince Consort
FRANCE.
The political news is unimportant.
The Lyons silk market continued TO i'm
prove and prices had further advanced
This favorable movement 10 in great meas
ure ascertained to be the arrival of orders
for the American spring trade
Two large cotton mills near Ruon had
been destroyed by fire with their valuable
contents.
Constantinople letters state that con
spiracy existed there to get rid Of the pres
ent Snltan and replace him with his brother
Abdel Azig. 1t is further stated that the
conspiracy had gone so far that the Foreign
Ambassadors had thought proper to infor IN
certain leading parties in the plot that II
Abdel Azig came to the throne by violent
means he would not tie recognized by Euro
pean powers.
Turkey and Prussia are said to have been
on the brink of complete rupture.
ITALY.
The Nepolitan government had received
notice that a quantity of Illuminating gran
AIDES in the form of fruit whence they were
to he introduced into the NapoIitan States.
France and England have notified Naples
the exact conditions upon which they would
resume diplomatic relations.
Reports of the discovery Of new Repub-
lican conspiracy were current.
The bank Of Valedolid had raised its
rate Of discount to per cent
The queen and the royal family had
reached Cornusia and were received with
great enthusiasm.
Lhe French and English treaties had been
received
The French Government propose to main
tain in China stronger naval force than in
times past. division Of the gun boats will
remain there until the conditions of the
treaty are carried out.
INDIA.
Further detail of the Indians news had
been telegraphed, but were no later, and ad-
ded nothing OF moment to the dispatcher
per Niagara.
The bark Lotus from Liverpool. arrived
in Halifax harbor on Sunday afternoon, with
twelve Of the surviving passengers Of the
steamship Austria. burned at sea Sept. 13,
in lat. 45 deg ! min, Ion. Al deg. 30 min
on The l4th.
At little after 3 o'clock on the 18th, q
dense volume OF smoke issued from the af-
ter entrance Of the steerage The chip was
Instantly put at half speed, At which she
continued until the magazine exploded. The
engineers, it is supposed, were instantly suf
focated.
Fire was next seen bursting through the
lights amidships, aud travelled aft with fear
ful rapidity
Some persons let down boat from the
port eide Of the quarter deck, but it is thot
was crushed under the screw
yn attempt was made to launch boat,
but from the numbers who rushed into it
all were lost
All the first cabin passengers were on the
poop, except few gentlemen who must
have been smotbered in tha smoking room.
Many second clsss passengers were also on
the poop. but a number Of them got shut
into their cabins, bnt some OF them we're
pulled up through the ventilator. but the
greater number could not be extricated.
The last woman drawn up said there
were six already suffocated.
The ladies and gentlemen on the poop,
jumped into the sea by twos and threes-
some of the ladies in fsmesI Some OF them
hesitated but were driven to it at the last
moment. In half an hour not q soul was
to be seen on the poop.
The bark Maurice, Capt Remand, came
along side Of the burning styamer, about 5
p. m, and received 40 passengers, chiefly
taken from the bowsprit. A few were pick
ed up floating around ct about 8 o'clock
One Of the metallic boats came up with about
% persons in it. including the first and sec
ond officers; afterwards 3 or 4 men were
picked up floating on piece Of broken
boat. The second officer was taken up. hsv
ing been swimming for six hours. He and
the third officer were severely burned. One
male passenger vas burned fFightfully, and
some others slightly.
There were but six women saved-three
Of whom were burned.
A Norwegian bark came mp with the
steamer next morning, and boat was seen
going around the burning wreck. They
may have picked up > few passenger. but
only few.
The Maurice had no communicates with
the Norwegian.
The list Of saved has not been yet Il o.
clock) received. Should it come 70 hand b.
fore the close Of business hours, IL will be
Published immediately.
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