Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-20
LATEST NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF NORTH AMERICAN.
Disasters at Sea.

FARTHER POINT, Aug. 13.
The steamer North American has passed
this point on her way to Quebec.
She left Liverpool on Wednesday, the Sd
inst, and her advices are the same as furnish
ed by the steamer City of Baltimore, inter-
cepted off Cape Race by the yacht of the As
sociated Press.
The dispatches received by the North Amer
lean embrace the details of the numerous dis
asters to American shipping. 80
The ship Glance, from New York, bound to
Bremen, took fire July 3Oth, and was run
ashore near Bremen Haven. The vessel was
burned to the waters edge.
The ship Abby Blanchard, for New Or
leans, took fire at Bordeaux on the 29th ult.
The amount OF damages was not ascertained.
The ship Vancouver, from New York, has
been totally wrecked on the South Bank, near
Shanghai. The crew were saved, and had
arrived at Shanghai.
The ship Saxonville, from Boston, for Hong
Kong, put into Mauritius, Ju ne Goth, leaking.
| Part of her cargo had been thrown overheard
The ship Robert, supposed r. NJ. Sloan,
from Galloway, bound to Boston, sprang a
leak near Skagen, and was run ashore near
Jutland, on the 25th July. About fifty per-
sons landed from her at Hyerling.
The ship Alexander Wise, from Marseilles
| for New York, has been stranded off Point
Correns, near Gibraltar.
The compensation obtained by the Ameri-
can Minister at Rome, for Mr.. Perkins, was
4OS scudi, not pounds, which is equal to about
5000.
GREAT BRIrAIN-In the House of Lords on
the 1st inst, the Earl of Granville said it was,
as yet, impossible to fix the day beyond which
important measures would not be read Sec
ond time.
Lord Elgin said, in reply to an inquiry that
he had impressed upon the Chinese govern
ment while negotiating the treaty of Shanghai,
the Importance of sanctioning the introduce
| ton of British salt, but had failed, though he
believed different result might be arrived at
if the Chinese authorities could be convinced
that their revenue would not suffer for the
change.
In the House of Commons the increased
income tax bill was ordered to a third read
| ing Sir G. Wood made financial statement
in respect to the government of India.
He estimated the expenditure of the war
at GAG, 600, 900, whilst the estimated revenue
was only $35, 800, 900, leaving deficiency OF
910,2OO,OOO. In addition to this there are
So, 900 to be raised by England towards
the expenditure of India, making the total
deficiency tl2,2OO,O0O. This has already
been partially provided for, but there are
95, OOO,O 900 still needed, and he proposed to
raise this by further loan. He thought there
was no likelihood of any improvement in the
financial affairs of India for two or three years
to come. No great reduction could be made
in the expenditure, while the revenue could
only be slightly increased by an additional tax
or salt Eeense, &c.
Mr.. Bright advocated decent reduction OF
the expenses Of the government; a reduced
army, and curtailment in the civil service sal
aries as the most efficient way of bringing
about an Improvement
A resolution was adopted in favor of an adj.
ditional 95, OOO, 900 loan.
Monkton Milne moved an address TO Her Mai
esty, praying her to enter into negotiations
with the United States for the purpose of pre-.
venting assaults and cruelties upon seamcn
engaged in the traffic between the two coun-
tries and of bringing to justice the perpetra.
tors of such offences.
The Attorney General said the government
had directed its attention to the subject. lie
would never assent to giving the jurisdiction
to foreign cOnsuls. The only method would
either be to facilitate the eXtradition act, to
have recourse to the ordinary tribunals, or to
deal with the matter in the same manner as
with seamen's contracts. The address was
agreed to.
Ex-President Pierce had passed through
Liverpool en- route for the lake districts. He
was expected to sail for New York in about a
fortnight.
The Earl of Mimic, father-in-l law of Lord
John Russell, is dead.
Mr.. Labouchere had been created peer.
Some serious strikes were occurring in Lon
don. The carpenters were demanding re-
ducton in their hours Of labor, and the en-
ployees of the gas companies were demanding
increased wages, and for some time London
was in danger of being left in darkness.