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-but u soon overpowered us.

.HASZARD’S GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 29.

Loss or ‘run I-‘anion ITIAMIR LI l..\'0l\'- ruis.—-ovan on: HUNDRID reasons nnowsso.

The French iron steamship Le Lyonnais, which sailed from tljs port for Huvre on the 30th of October, with 38 passeiigers and a crew of 94 men, including ollicei-s, was run into, off Nantucket Shoals, during a fog on the night of Nov. ‘,2, by h lur-re ship, and so badly damaged, that she sahlt on the following day. By this czihiinity it is probable that over 100 lives were lost. The details of this disaster are embodied in the statement of Mr. Liiguierre, second niute of the steamer, which he has made to the Marquis de Montholon. Con.-'ii|-General of France, for transinission to the French Uiovernmeiit.

After being only sworn, dcpoiicnt decla- red that said ship, having been duly cleared at the Custom Hon.-e of New-York, and also at this Consulate-Geiiernl, sailed for lluvre on the 30th of October tit ‘.3 p. Ill . and got out to st-.1 about dank. After quitting the pilot, at 5 p. m., we made good

way, utid at uooti the llillowiiig day (inn- diiy) were I95 milu s froui l\'i-w-Yoik, with tine Wt.'Zllllt‘.l', good bi-it-ze, nnd iivertigiug, tin knots the hour. About ll p. m., tliel night dark, the ship running i-lo "cu knot-‘,', lltldt't' sail and, Sl(‘ltIll, and tll~‘pl:l)‘lllg llglllﬁl uceoriliiig to rt-giil.-ition, the nizin on the‘ lookout czilled, “ A ship to stiii-bo.'ii'il,. lit-;irii‘_-_{ dow.i on us lllltlt'i‘ full sail!" Tlivl whistle, which had been put on bo:ird at? New-York, and wliicli can be ll(‘lll".l ten: miles oil", was iniiiu-diziti-l_v souiiilcil. The} helin was put hard :1-poit on the in-'t:iiit,, but, llt3\'t'llllt'lt‘:‘S, ii llllt't‘lll1t>lI'tl \'t'.~’.~‘t‘l§ struck the l._voniiiii< .-ici'oss the c--iiipaiiioii-1’ tvay, aiiiiil~liips. 'l‘iu- bow.-'prit of the sliipl broke nitli the C.t)llt"2~.’.slItl|, and stove in the, side of our vcs.-‘cl irniii tiie Cltllllitllllttll-Wily‘ as far as the slim ids, .“_t'l'lli|.l.~.ly ilaaiiiagiiigi the tivo Flttl'l)t):tl".l boats, one of the in an; Eiigli.-'li life-boat. 'l'die collisi -n lIl"Jli('l, away the ison plates of the coal lllll!l\'t'l's,_ letting in the w:.ter. \'\'e contiiinrd on our course during about t--n iiiiiiiitrs; liutl the water nlmo.-t iiuiiit-«li.iti ly i-xtiiiuiiislit-tli the lll't‘.'1. The unkii on ii-.-2-i-l, in cit-tiring away ti-oui us, ll ft on the deck ofthi-1 Lyoiinuis part of her ll;;lll‘t‘-~llI'ittl, iivpn--_ seating is black dragon, with ;_-i't iuniitfi red eyes, open mouth with gilt dart in it.:

captain then lowered the boats and em- barked the passengers and crew. In order be prepared for the worst, it raft b.~ul been built during the day, of topiniists, spars, cabin doors, boarals, chicken coups, &c., and on it \\t'l‘e placed two barrels of wine, two piiiiclieoiis of water, and various kinds ol' eiitiilili-.4, sullicient to last the per- sons on it at lirttst a month. In the first cutter were some twenty-live person.-4, among whom were the lirst and second cngiiit-ers, the t~tlt‘Wt'tl'd, his nephew, all the cabin servpnts, (ten in nuiiilier); this boat wiis under this coinniantl ofthe chiefoﬂicer, Mr. Rousso-ll. This boat had on board compass, charts, clii-oaotiieters, it sextant, and provisions for two weeks, with a coiii- ete set of new sails. A secoiiil boat, same size of the forincr, took oil" twenty- live persons: sbclind the same amount of food, naiitical instrunients and III:\\' sails as the tirst cutter, and was under the coiii- iiiuml of the two sea captains. A life bo.-it coiitaiiiiiig aboitt twenty persons, and having, like the other, It complete set of sails, pi-ovisioiis and lllSll‘lllllt".I:lti, was plu- eod under the oidcrs of Mr. llublot, Third l.itutt-iiaiit. ;\tl(llltt:l‘ life-limit, coutniiiizig cigliti-en pt-rs.-iis, with pi'ovisi:-its liil'l\\'u weeks, was placed under coiuinaiid of ilopom-m, '|'lie varioiis bo:it.<, OIICC t-quip~ pi-il, were kept during lit‘ night in tlic lli‘l;:ltl)xVllIIitI(l ofthe \\‘reck, the Ciiptniii rt-iiiainiiig on board the latter \\itli the l“ir.-"t Lit.-iiteiiaiiit, four petty oliieci:-z, stew- .'ll'tll‘S\", and .\lv~.—-.-‘r.-3. (_'l.ii-‘iii an-l l‘ioiii-.-t:i(', the l)octoi' and l’tirser. 'l'ivo_v:ii\‘ls, which

port side, bearing down toward them. After three hours of fatigue and hard row- ing we reached her, uhd found her to be the bark Elise, of Breincn, Capt. NordIn- bolott, bound from Baltimore to Bremen. The Captain took us all on board, and seemed happy in giving all the care and attention required under the circumstances. Our boat, with all it contained, was lioist- ed on board. Ucponcnt asserts, that with the courage and energy displayed by his men, they could have kept at sea in iiicir bout four days longer, which fact leads him strongly to believe that the other boats will also be picked up.

tltth.-—At 7 a. m., the vessel on which they were, spoke to uiiotlier, of the same nanie ti-out llainburg, going to .\’cw York with I50 tx‘t'rinanemigrants. The Captain, in a most kindly manner, for which he cuti- iiot be too highly praised, atid regrudlcss of his great iiutiibcr of p:issetig(*i'.<, con- a‘(‘lIl('ll to take those of its on boaid who dc.-irt-d to return to .\'ew-York. Ali avail- ed lllL‘ltl.w‘(9l\'L'.H' of this olli-i‘, with the (.‘..\Cl‘y)- limit of .\lr. .“cli.'idell (lute llritisli Vitre- (‘on.siil\, and his wife, who pit.-ti-ri-cd going to Bt‘L‘lllt'll. After four il;i_\'~i' sail, the bark i'ili.~'t: lniiilcd us at .\ew-\'orlL the llth Not’. at .3 p. in.

l)L'lI'Iltt‘lli rt-quests that due iii‘.'-sriii ition: in-iy be given to the li\t\t'l'lllllI'lil oi his, .\l:iji'.~t_v the l'.uipcror, i:oiit'i'i'iiiiig the lltliiltll conilui-t of the. captain of the lluiiilnii-g buik lilise, as well as of his ttlll"\ i»;,' l0\\'i'll'tl ilvpoiit-tit and his ship vi'ccki-ti (' mi-,

iiii_-_,-ht c.ich hold .-‘ix pt:t’s()tl.~', tin tl't'tl to the \\'l't't‘l{. lliiring the night t e lili--limit: tonitii:intli~tl by .\li'. llublot. wliicli lliltl‘ Iii-eii il.i:iiag=-il at the inoint-nt of the t'iJlll- sion, was i-:irrii~d by the w:u'e.~s ngaiii : .' a raft and iiiiiiit-diatt-ly btlltli; those in her were rt-.-‘ciii-tl by the raft .-\t 7 o‘;-lock n.in. on Titc.-'tl.iy, the -llli, inst.. the (‘aptain pcrct-iviiig that the ship . could no long:--r llont. and was likely tof sink eii-ry iiioiiiriit, ortlei-etl tho.-i- on lioai‘tl' to eiiibzirk in the yawl.-'; lie liiuiself was the last to quit the ship. Hcfoie the ollii-i-rs took to the boats under thrir l't'>‘|)t'(:ll\'t' (:oiiiiii.ii:<l.s, llll‘. Captain called them intoi the tlt‘Cl(-lltillstt of the steamer and pointi-d I out to them on the cliurt the spot in which. they were, and t‘.\‘[)ltlltH'tl to lltt‘llI the (llI'('t'.-

At the moint-iit of collision, (Iaptuin l)e- . lltll: they must follow in order to reach the viinlx rushed to the wheel; the lii'~t llt‘ttlt‘° nearest land. At 8 o'clock n. in. the three nant, Mr. Giist.-ive .\lnttliien, \v.is on lii.~s,boats inade headway toivardtlie nortli-west,

watch, and drpoiient was at his post out

in coinpany. Un quitting the wreck, the

deck. As soon as the eiigiiies stoppt‘(l,.t'ttptuitl was seen with his turn in one Mr. Gigiicux, the chief engineer, came upiyawl, and the first olliccr with the pnrscr

from below and declared that water was pouring in at the coal bonkers and the. ship was sinking. The pumps were immedi- ately set going, but ﬂoating ciiiders choked up the valves, and they become useless. \\'e then had recourse to buckets and formed and formed a chniii, while part of the crew and sotne of the passengers went below to shift the cargo from starboard to poi-:, but as the water continued to rise, the captain ordered the cargo to be thrown overboard. During this time some of the passeiigers—-amoiig them two old son cap- tains—a few of the others and a number of sziilors were busy covering the side of the ship with a large studdiiig sail, while the carpenters from the inside were endeavor- ing to stop the leak with iiiattrcsses, quilts, Ste. The opening in the side of the ship was at the water line, and appeared to be two feet square. Our exertions were all of no avail, asthe sea was growing rough and we were unable to carecn the stcainei-. Although over a dozen mattresses and similar articles were propped against the hole, it became impossible to withstand the pressure of water. . We commenced sheath- ing the ship outside with large awning, which seemed to stop the leak tor a time. During all this the bnling never ceased, but as we found the water incresed rapidly, the conviction was forced upon us that ii second hole existed beneath the water line. Notwithstanding throwing overboard the cargo, and the continued bailing out, the ship was sinking rapidly by the stern. Two large cuslts were then used to bale the gygtgr, the captain and utliccrs loading it helping hand with the tackle. For a mo- ment we thought the water was decreasing, The bailing had lasted from 8 a. m. to 3 . m., and the

man avers exhausted with fatigue. The i

in the other, near the raft. The Captain‘ declared his lltlmllltltl of rcniaiiiing by the wreck until the ls)'t)lll|ﬂlS sunk. The raft was moored to the hull with n ten-t'athoni hawscr, and a man stood ready with an ax to cut loose when she sunk.

The three boats kept cotiipany until 5 p. In., when a thick fog set in, and deponent being to leeward ofthe other two, lo.-;t sight of them He put about to rijoin them, but not linding them, he continui d hi.- course toward the north-west without compass or instruments. At 9p. m., the wind com- mcnccd blowing from the north, and during the three following days he ran before the wind, it blowing a gale. Passing over the llarks two men were frozen to death; one u lircinaii, the othcra pin-seriger about sixty years of age, name unknown. Throw the bodies ovci-boai‘d. The survivors, dc- pono t included, ,siifl'cri‘.d horribly from cold, snow and Mil falling incessantly, while the sea breaking over tlicui had spoiled nearly all their l)l‘t.'.t(.l and pro- visions.

6th.—At 0 p m., saw a schooner to windward, but the state of the sea would not allow us to reach her.

7th.—Heavy swell, tempestuous sea, bin i-iitlier moderating. Ilnd little rest during the day. Evening, a calm.

8th.—Early in the morning saw a three- inastod vessel about ﬁve miles o‘l'. _l’-.illed toward her, but taking no notice of the signals made by us, she kept on her course toward the north. We followed in the same direction until

9th.--Sunilay.—About 8 a. m., saw a sail near horizon. Rowed toward her, but a breeze springing up, and the ship

pauioiis iluriiag‘ the titiic they \\t'tl: on] bonitl his vi‘.-sel. i

Tiii-ie iii-re tio sit-ei':igc p:t~‘.-‘twig:-i’.-‘, hull two three lIlt'll nlio woihul tor ‘iii-.ii' oii.-:.<:igo aie t't‘L'liHllL'tl \\l!l) llii: t'l4'\\ iiiukiiig the wh-tic lI|lllll)(‘l' on ll-I.ll‘l one liii .tlied utnl tliirl_i-iuo >‘-tllls‘, of \\'l..illl only 8l.\lCCl| are known to be living.

St-L.\l2( ll l'Ul‘. Till‘. .‘rl|$.‘l.V(: BOAIE‘. n

The sit-‘iiiisliip .\l:it'ioii. Capt. Putt:-r, of the (.‘l.:xi'li~stoii lino, w;-..~i ch.i:-tcrcd to go in‘ tcallcll, and st:ii-ted on Siiinlay llliwizilig at 9 o'clock. The .\lIit'iutI was pro\:.<ioiit-tl for a ten days’ ciiii.-e, and well pxovitled‘, \\itli ten-inch li:iw.<ers, nnd evt-i-y otlici rcquisiti: to too the \\'t't'Cl\' of the l.yonnais‘ into poit, if it should lie ili.~'covei't-l all-int. Uiie ofthe partners of the Me.-'srs. l’oii-ier, together with the rescued §t‘Ct)lltl inat'e,i and one of the ollieeis of the stetiiiisliip' Vi-go, of the same line, went out in the! . urion. l

News of the other boats and the raft is‘ anxiously cxpccted. 'l‘licre were two months’ pt‘o\'isions on board the raft, and} if it has not gone to plcfvs, those upon it‘ may have been saved. Captain Sharpe of the steamer Vigo states that his vessel must have been in the vicinity on the night] of the collision,‘ tiud that he i-xprriciiced :1‘ very rough sea, with strong gates froin tliel northwest. The oliices ofthe l"reneli Cun- sul and Messrs. Em. and Ed. I’oirer& (‘o.,l agents ofthe line, were thronged on.Satui-- day morning with the friends ofthe passen- gers, anxious to obtain some tidings of their fate. The survivors ofthe crew are still on board the bark Elise, which lies in the North River. They are generally doing well though still much exhausted, an their feet badly swollen.

CARGO 01-‘ Till‘! BTEAMER.

The Lyonnais took out an assorted cargo, valued at $~l6,‘.26'l, and $20,000 in specie. The following is a list of the cargo of Lo Lyonnais, which was consigned to various patties, and is insured in \Vall-street for 540,000.

The Lyonnais was one ol six iron screw stcainships built during the past nml present years by Mr. John Caird of Liver- pool, for Messrs. Gautliit-r, Frercs dz. Co. l‘i'.l(:lt ship is constructed with water-tight coinpartiiicnts, and built in the strongest manner, according to the regulations of the English Board of Trade and each is well lined and found in every respect. The Lyonnais was launched last Spring and had made two voyages to Rio Janeiro previous to her trip to New York.

going in tiio same direction as oai-sclw-s, we could not reach her. It was at this time that dcponent saw another sail on the

She had three compartments, and two of illtcst: scented to have been broken in the

\Vitliin a what: more than one hundred vessels have arrived at Gloucester from the Bay of St. Laurence, wit fares from ten to three hundred barrels. Many of these vessels came horns Vwith from fifty to one hundred barrels after an absence of three months. The season at one time promising to terminate so favorably, will wind up in many cases in a most disastrous manner, and the crews have but little mo. uoy coming to them to carry theta through a hard winter; vessels will have to lit out iminedintely for George's and ursue that hazardous business as long as t ie weather will pcrinit.- —'l‘be larger part ofthe ﬂeet have now arrived, atid such is the small catch of mackarel, that the prices must greatly advance, as the sup ly cannot meet the usual consumption. Fhe prices of iuackiirel from some cause have been much depressed, aml have made even trips much less than last year in value.

GEORGE Hanson, 't‘llE lt.ui.w1iv KlNG.- To show how low tho Railway King has I’-i|le,n, we copy froin it late London paper the li)llt)\'u'lllg account of ii scene in the ll:inkrupic_v Court, In-fore Coniinissioner (Joulliuin, on the 7th October la. :—

“ Mr. Jolinson. for tt.~‘.-‘t_{t:(!C.~l, applied for the sziiictiou of the '.,'our: to ii coinproniise \\'lllt‘l| the iissigiiecs piopvsetl to Iiinke with i'cli-i'i'iiee to ti bill of cxcliaiigc for £1000, brai-ii.-_r the naines of .\lr. George Hudson and ;\li'. .‘loiilil, riiilw:iy contractor, and for which they linil been ollierctl .1'l5ll.—Tlie (.7oiiiii:is-ioiii-i-:—lluilwn! lliids-iii! \\'biit lluil-oii is it .’——.\lr. Jolinson:—'l'lic cele- b-‘:itt'd ticoi-go lllltl~‘Ull, the late llailway lLiiig.——-Tue (‘tllllllll.<.~llt|ltt.'I‘ looked incre- dsiiou<.—.‘vlr. Joliii.-on iissiireil the court that it u':i.< ri,~_-litly ini'oi-iiied.——Tlie (Joni- iiii-'~‘i~~iir-t':-—l.~' it come to this, that his ac- i-:~pi:iiii-e for J.'l0it0 is to he coinproniised fir £|.7t).--)li- .loiiiisoii:-—'l‘lio nssignecs i-oii.-‘iili»i' tliciiisi-lvrs \'t'l'_y’ forliiiinlc in get- tin-: that sum. llis Ilonor:—\Vell, if the olliciul iissigiiee and the trade assigncc con- cur in tliiukiiig it lt bcnclicial coiiiproinise, let it be s.i.—.\lr. .lolnisou:—-'l‘liait is really the opinion.”

lt thus seem that .€l5tl is coiisidcred a good st-ttlenieiit of ti debt of £1000 front tieoi-go llndsou, the millionaire! He to whom lttt‘l] and wonieii of the ltlghest rank in l‘ilI;_!lillItl a few years since bowed obse- quiou.-ly, is now totally insolvent. The wealth to which homage was thus paid, was not acquired by honoiirziblc tncuiis, and like all ill-gottcii gains, it has tied from the guilty possessor. Can any body still doubt —“ That honesty is the best policy?"

A letter fruiu lionstantinoplc ofthe 0th of Oct. in the S('mﬂ}Ifl0I‘€ of Marseilles, s:iys:—Ye-sierilay .\lr. Gislmne, who is soliciting (min the govern- mt tit the coiicessiun of ti sub inanne tclegriipli freni Sin-7. to India, bv the llcd Sea, hail ti delinitd ilimiissioii of his plans in presence of the Council of the Tauziniat. It is said that the report made to the goverinneut bv a committee which had i,..i'...-.3 px,|m‘||e(l the plttjtfﬂl. is flV0lIl‘4l)lO to the iiiiivrt-ikiiig ; and it it said that the Council also :ippn.ve-s of it with some slight mzulitications.

Ax .-\ltABl.tN VVinow.—\Vben an Arab woinaii intends to marry again after the death of her tirst husbniid, she comes in the night before her second marriage, to the grave of her dead liusbxind. Here she kneels, prays to him, and entrenls him "not to be olli-ndcd—iiot to be jealous.” As, however, she fears he will b jealous and angry, the wid_o\v brings with her a donkey laden with two goat-skins of water. Her prayers antl cntrcalics being done, she pro- cecds to pour on the grave the water to keep the ﬁrst liusiiaiid cool under the irri- tntiug circumstances about to take place, and having well saturated him she departs.

The following is from tho \Vnshington correspondent ofthe N. Y. Herald:—

The topic here in the White House, in the private parlors, in the public bar rooms is the election of Buchanan. The‘ -

for Fremont, surprises everybody.

The news from India status that in tho Puujaub inuridations following tho.cholor§~ had caused much suffering and cost. I Agra in one month, no less than ﬂ,ﬂDpIl~ sons had been carried oil‘ by tho -~

l collision.

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ness of the election and the iinmsnsQ~'Yoto y