Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 702, 13 February 1866, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF AUCKLAND. Weather.—February 12—Fine. 'Wind S.S.W. ARRIVALS. -Aguilia, cuttor, from Kaipara. Helen, schooner, from Tairua. DEPARTURES. Tasmanian Maid, p.a., for Coromandel. Sea Breeze, schooner, for Russell. Rose Ann, schooner, for Tairua. St. Kilda, cutter, for Wangapoa. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. ?'"on TtiK South. —Queen, s.s., this day. London".—Percy, and. Ballarat, early. Taukanoa.—llopo, early. Xrwcastle.—Froo Trader, this day. Pnrar be GaiXiE. —Gala, early. Adelaide. —Ayr, early. N.U'lEß.—Kauri, early. Nouvolk IsTjAnt*.—America, this day. Russell.—Goneral Cameron, this day. Mongonvi.—lvanhoe, and Rob Roy, this day. Svd.vbv.—Kato Waters, to-morrow. VESSELS IN" HARBOUR. H.M. s.s. Curacoa, from Sydney via Norfolk Mnn.U Ayr, b I'que, from the Mauritius via Adelaide. Bella Marina, coal hulk. Ballarat, barque, from London. Coral Queen, schooner, from SydneyFree Trader, barque, from .Newcastle, N.S.W. Gala, ship, from London. General Cameron, schooner, from Russell. Hope, schooner, from Tauranga. Ivfnhoe, schooner, from Wangarei. _Kauri, schooner, from Napier Tia tho Const. Xate Waters, barque, from G-ladstono, Qncsmland. Lark, schooner, froai Poverty Buy. . Marion, coal hulk. Porov, ship, from London. Queen, schooner, from Napier via Wangapon. Queen, s.s., from the South. Siuan, roal bulk. Southern Cross, schooner, from tho South Sen Islands via Sydney. St. Kild i, schooner, from Sydne . . Sra fiird, schooner, from Newctflle, N.P.W. Saucy Lass, schooner, from Napier via Mercury Bay. VESSELS KXPKCTEd. Alexandri, ship, from London, (lr-ading). A lie,' Cainoron, barque, l'roni Sydney. 'Cossiprov, ship, from London, 3 dp., 5917. Xiivarpcol, ship, from London, I d.p., 7206, sailed "Nov. 15. Monarch, chip, from London, (loading). Maori, ship,"from Adelaide, 2 d.p., 7523. Mary Shepherd, ship, from London, 2 d.p., 6091, sailed Nov. 1. Ofiley, barque, from Hobart Town. Queen of the North, ship, from London, (loading). Rangatira, s s., from the South, due 19th. -Sarah Ann, barque, from Hobart To-.vn, 2 d.p., 651, Bailed .fau. 14. Silver Eagle, ship, from London, (loading), 3 d.p., 7361. v ' Salamander, ship, f rom l> or t Curtis, Queensland. o}lph, from. Kaipara. Tawera, from Napier. Trieste, ba^q Uoj f rom g an Francisco, 2 d.p., 9847. ENTERED TiVWAKDS. 7SItRUIUT —Rob Roj*, 23 tons, 3f>Leod, from Mongonui and Wangapoa, with 1*2,000 feet junk timber, 1 ton potatoes, Ido kauri gum, 40 tierces beef—4 passengers.—Cruickghank, Smart & Co., agents. Cordelia, 20 ton?, Krotvn, for Mahurangi, with 120 bags corn flour, I tin butter, 5 boxes do., 1 do. e o£ s pas-engers.—Edmonds & Jakins, agents, 12—Morning Light, tons, Tiller, from the Barrier, with 40 tons firewooi—ll passengers. 12 Clyde, 1 4 tons, Lavr, from with 28 tons firewood. Aquila, 28 tons, Savage, from Kaipara, with 15,928 feet timber.—J", Roberton &Co , agents. 1" Comet, 17 tons, Deer, from Puhoi, with 65,000 shingles, 300 house blocks—i passenger. 12 Kilda, 14 tons, Hooper, from Mutakana, with 30 tons firewood—2 passengeis. 12- Curlew, 15 tons, Brown, from Piako, with 8 tons kauri gum, 2 casks pork, 3 cwt. flax—l passenger. 12 Four Sisters, 17 tony, Gomez, from Puhoi, with 30 tons firewood. 12 —Maid of tho Mill, 17 tons, Seymour, from Mahurangi, with 36 tons firewood— 2 pti3songer«J. — Edmonds und Jakins, agents. Sarah Alice, 15 tons, from Coromandel, in ballast—6 passengers—Thorna* Russell, agent. 12—-Shamrock, 22 tons, Stephens, from Port Charles, with 18,000 feet sawn timber—3 passengers. 12 America. 40 tons, McLiver, from .Kussell, in l?:il..laat —1\ W. Brown, agent. 12—General Cameron, 41 ions, Joyce, from Russell, "with 40 boxes apples, 15 empt> barrels, 3 pigs—o passengera.—Owen and Grahar". ;e;:ts. Kercti, 14- tons. Brown, fto • Thames, with

8 tons kaurit'gum, 25 bags maize, io ditto wheat, r ton apples, 4 kits onions—l passenger.—Edmonds and Jttkins, agents. 12 -Three winters, 27 tons, Kogers, from Tairua via the Great Barrier, with 16,180 feet Sfiwii timber, 12—Waterily, 25 tons, Allan, from Waiheki, with 48 tons firewood. i 12 Sea Breeze, 70 toii3, Norris, from Russell, with 1 6 tons gum, 1 box sundries—ls passengers.— Edmonds and Jakins, agents. 12—Kate Waters, barquo, 580 tons, Caldor, from Port Curtis, Queensland. —J. S. Macfarlane, agent. 12—Coral Queen, schooner, 93 tons, Trayte, from Sydney. Passengers — 2 natives.—Conibe3 and Daldy, agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. FEB lOTA RY 12—Oomet, 17 tons, Deer, for Pulioi, in ballast. 12—Four Sisters, 17 tons, Gomez, f,r the Wade in . ballast. ' 12—Clyde, 14 tons, T,aw, for Maburangi, in ballast 12—Maid of the Mill, 17 tons, Sovmour, for Mahurangi, with sundries—4 passengers.—Edmonds and Jakinp, agents. 12—Sea Breeze, 70 tons W. Norris. for Russell, with •sundry merchandize. Passengers—Rev. R. jiurrows, Mr. Hickton, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Brown Mr. Smith, Misses 3akor*(2,\ Mr. Duly, Messrs! . llaghan W, 6 in the steerage.—Edmonds ■and Jakins, agents. 12—Sarah Alice, 15 tons, Coromandel ■with sundries—l 2 passengers.— Thomas Russell,' agent. 12—Shamrock, 22 tons, Stephens, for Port Charles, with, sundries—l passenger. 12 Stag, 18 ton 3, for Omaha, with sundries—2 riassengers. 1 12—Rose Ann, 26 tons, Jones, for Tairua, in ballast. —J, salmon & Co., agents. 12_WaterliIy 25 tons, Allan, for Omaha, in ballast. 1- Kereti, 14 tons, Brown, for the Thames, with sund-ies—3 passengers.—Kdmonds and Jaldns agents. ' 12—Cordelia, 20 tons, Brown, for Won 2 aproa, with & tons corn flour—l passenger.—Edmonds and Jakms, agents. 12—America, cutter, 49 ton 9, McLiver, l? fforfolk Island, m , ballast. Passengers—Miss Doreas, J. Robinson, J. Benjamin,- and E. Quintal. —T. W. Brown, agent. St. Hilda, 14 tons, Hooper, for Wangapoa, in ballast. or--12—Curie w, ' 5 "tons, Brown, for Piako, with sundries. ENTERED OUTWARDS. FEBRUARY 12—Percy, ship, for Plymouth. Kato Waters, barquo, for Sydney. IMPORTS. Per Coral Queen, from Sydney:—7o tons coal, Combes Daldy ;17 hhd?. provisions, J. lioberton I and, Co ; and 10 pkgs. sundries, Rev. IJ. Boyle, South Sea Tsl tnds. Per. Kate Water?, from Port Curtis, Queens'and 208 ; Jbi^»d ; c8ttIe, J. S. Macfarlane, YiiZ t ■ • ; The: scliooncr T?oso Ann, for Tahui, and cuttc-r .St. Kilda, for Wangapoa, both left last night for cargoes ot sawn timber. The cut'--r Aquila, Savacre master, a-Tired in harbour on Pundar last, from Kaipire* wi:]i a full cargo of sawn tim! er. as also tho schooner. Htlen, from tha , ■Tairua Saw Mills.

Tub Katk Watees.— Tho cattle. barque Kato Waters, Captain Caldcr, which art'i-ed on Sunday last from Queensland, commenced discharging her cargo of C.ittlo > Osterday, nil of which have arrivod in splendid condition. She entered ontwards at the Customs yesterday for Sydney, and will sail tomorrow, the reason for her not going back to Queensland being no doubt in consequence of the repo r. '.hat pleuro pneumonia had broken out in that district among tho cattle. Tub Percy.—This fino ship, Cnpt. Weatherbuvn, is fast filling up for London, and will sail at the end .of the month with the TTea 1 Quarters of tho 68th Regiment. She ontero.l outwards at tho Customs yesterday, and all claim? against her are to be sent, in to her agent, Mr. J'. N nth.m, by noon this day, other-wi-o they will not bo recognised. Tn'■ VI:KI' Tii.vDi::; —This fine barque, Captain Robinson, will sail for Newcastle this day, forwarding passengers on to Sydney. . She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. 'J HE Alice. -In our yesterday's issue wo inadvertently omitted to mention the departure of the American schooner Alice, Captain Winding, for Sydney. Tho ."lice sailed on Saturday last, with Messrs. Cooke, Zoynrra, and Wilson's great World Oircns on board. 'Xhk Gleam.—Tho cutter Gleam, lately purchased for regular trodo t*> the "Wade by Messrs. Stoney, arrived on Friday night with a cargo of gum, butter, and fruit, and the following passengers :—Mrs. A. Thoburn, Major Stonev, Jl'. Trover LI syd, Messrs. Whitaker, Jon.-?, Oldvidge, Sc. Tho Gleam left, this port for the Wade on Saturday evening but had to put back, owing to the very threatening state''of tho weather; slio left, however, again this morning with a general cargo of stores, anil tho following passengers Mrs. A. 'J hoburn. Major Money, Sir. Trevor Lloyd, Misses Fisher (4), Whitaker, Jones, Oldridge. i (The Queen.—Th-s N.Z.S.X, Company's s.s. Queen, Captain Gr. F. Thompson, siilsatnoo i this day for tho Southern Provinces ria The next Company's steamer due here from the South is tho s.s. on the lilih instant, leaving again on the 23rd. Tub TiSMAX r AN - Maii>.—The p.s. Tasmaniau Maul, Captain Jiicksnn, left yesterd iy morning lor Coromandel, and wiU return again to-night.- The Maid Miils for AVangarci at •') p m. to-morrow. Tiik !jALI.iU v'V—This line barquo. which will leave for Knglurul about the tieginniiu: of next month, with the bnlniiee of (»Bth Ke(;iment, is fast fillin:; up with car ; ;o. Wo pere .'ive by advertisement that all claims her aro to bo sent in to tho agents by lK.on this day, or they will not be recognised. A barque (supposed to bo tho Sarah Ann 29 days out from Jtohart Town, with piles for the wharf exto sioti) was signalled throughout yesterday, buthad not reached the harbour at a late hour last night. Tho regular traders Ivanhoo and Hob Hoy both leave for Mongonui this day. Tho schooner Meteor, at prcsont lying in the Manukau, is announced as open for freight or charter. —Butt and Ander on, agents. The seliooncr and Julia, Capt. F. Martin, will positively s til for Kaipara this day. The regulfr trading schooner Sea lireezo, Captain W. Morris, Bailed last night for liuss-ll with a full cargo and several passenger-i. She will be followe d to-day by tho schooner General Cameron, Captain Joyce. The cutter America cloarod again at tho Cnßtoms yesterday for Norfolk Islandi, in command of Captain M'liiver, and will sail at noon this day. Tlio Sea Bird, Captain Abbott, came alongside -. 1! 1 wharf yest-rday to comploto the dia-~ chavgo of her cargo of coals. PORT OP ONEHUNGKA. ARRIVALS. Excelsior, from Grey River. VESSKI.S EXI'ECI'ED. ry, fron\ River. Storm Bird, fiom S>uithein Ports. Dart, from Groy Biver. V.'ellmgtvn, s.s., frnn Southern Ports. Almrir;, from Taranaki and Wanganui. PRU.TKOTED I>E PARTURES. PVjk Wanoan'i i.—Liltle Fred, early. WanoaxUX and Takanaki.—.ilbatroeH, early. Newcasii-e.—Bengal, early. VKSSELS IN T HARBOUR. Bengal, from Newcastle, via Taranaki. Albatross, from Wanganui. Favorite, from Waikato. Meteor, from ! I okitiltLi. Moa, coal hulk. Ringdove from Hoki'ika. Volunteer, coal hulk. W. I.!. V\ em worth, coal hulk. Miranda, from Grey Kiver. Littlo Kre I, from Wanganui. Progress, from Vr'aikato. Prince Alfred, p 3., from N v aikato. E NTH RED INWARDS. PKDKUARY 12—Excelsio*, 52 tons, I worsen, from Grey River, in baUast. Fa'-seni^ers —Mr. P. Clark, A. leighton, J. Stackey, P. liiintori.—D. Klrkwood, agent.

THE WRECK <>F THE DUNCAN DUNBAR. (From the K>//Jhe>/ Herald, Jan. 22.). The wreck of thi* favourite vessel will bo heart] of with deep regret in Sydney. She was the last ship built for a very old favourite in the Australian trade, Ciptain Neatby ; and since his death has been commanded by another old friend, Captain Swanson. Deep sympathy will bo felt for the passengers, nearly all A ustialians returning home, for the sufferings they undeiwent on the reef Las Rocas. Mercifully ail lives w.-ro saved, and we have heard of no eorious results, personally, to anyone on board. Tho passengers and crew reached Southampton on the 4th of November, on board tho Brazil mail Bteamer Oneida, which arrived there at midnight. The following is a list of the narnos of the passengers : —Mr and Mrs ilohisjn, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, child, and servant; Mrs. Mort and family ; M>s. and Miss Hudson; Mr. and Mrs. Davis, infant, and female servant; .Sirs. Davis, I\l r. and M™. Thornton, son, an! daughter; Miss Young, Mr. and Mrs. William Christian, Mr. and Mrs K. Uiristian, Mr. WilkiiiFon, Mis. and Miss Beet, Mrs. Dudgeon, Mrs. Keigh, Mr. PurLury, Mr. Galloway, "Mr. Tomkine, Mr! Craa*. Mr. Dewlii,<r, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Sundiland*, Mr. Geddes. thirteen sccond-cliiss passengers, and tho ollicers and c"c\v (fifty-nine in number). The owners of the Duncan I/unbar wero Messrs. Gcrrately. Ilaakey, and Jewell, Captain Williams, Messrs. Dnvitt and Morre, and Captain viwanson Unfortunately, none of tho passengers had insured their passage money or baggage, and legally they had no claim upon tho owners, hut tho latter have tome forward generously in regard to Ihe loss h of the passengers. ihe Binn paid for cabin pas-ages was £21(/7 ■ of this, urn-half has been returned ; ami the oxpense of taking the passengers and 1-I''".V from the reef Tjas Roc£B by fin royal mail nteamiihip Oneida (£1150) was also pi.i Iby tho owners. This arrangement was cheerfully agreed to bv the unfortunate passengers. - ll! following gratifying _adtlreea, for his untiring exeitions m the dis'.res.'ing circumstances in which ho and his fell jw-passengera wero - laced, lias been presented to our reflpoetid citizen, Mr. George ThornAt Sea, November 3rd, 1865. To George Thornton, .K-q. Sir,—We, your fellow sufferers at the wreck of tho Duncan Dunbar, wish beforo wo separate to express to you our very warm thanks for your untiring exertions on our behalf while on the reef Las Rocas. In our condition on tho reef, without water or provisions, excepting; audi as could be recovej-ed lioni tho reeked vessel, it Wna absolutely necessary that, there should bo adopted a regular system for tho J reservation and economical application of our lim.ted re.-ources. In this emergency you came forward, and despite tho many difficulties' whio.li beset tho task, introduced syst.-m, and changed confusion into order. We bo ir in mind that this facrilice of your t me was not made without damage to your private interests, and that it prevented you from looking after the preservation of j our oirn personal effects. It is impossible to over-estimate tho vuluo of such service. fc'or what you undertook and did for us on tho reef Las Rocas, occrpt, Sir, our sincorest thanks nnd believe that you -will ever retain our lasting gratitude. We remain, Sir, yours very gratefully, William B.' Christian Eliza S. Morfc ' mma Christian Maria Mort Sarah Beit _ M. *. L. Dudgeon Jeannette Beit Maria Uouisa Hudson A. M. T. Davis Eliza Hudson

Hugh Robison F. Parbury O. B. liobison G. F. Dansey Edward IC. Craco Annio O. Toung ,Tohn James Galloway Katie Mort James Wilkinson B. Hudson Jf. S. Christian 31. U. Haigh G. O. Davis Jamos Arthur Bowling K. G. Davis Krneot Tomkins John P. H. Goorge. Francis Jones (From the T.ond"n Daily Telegraph, Nov. 7.) It is a trite but sad reflection that every minute of every day there is misery, sull'eriug, danger, death, sotnewhero or other. Somewhere, in the hour that seems quietest an l happiest to ourselves, there is ever preparing a story of human anguish and struggle which will bye nnd bye reach our ears, and muke some of us wonder, how we could havebeenignorantof the peril of thoso dear to us, and all among us feci 'iow necessary is th" belief that there i.i a Power which sees all, supervises nil, and brings iiito some vast and comprehensive thaugh uncomprehendod plan of pity and loyo tho various fortunes of humanity. Whit wore wb doing on the night of 7th of lust pionth P A foolish question to ask with a million fire-sides to be catechisod ; yet which of them all woidd net have been moved, if the picture of the Duncan Dunbar, merchantman and paseengor-slrip, enuld suddenly have been projected before them, or seen, let us say, in tho coai-lire, as we sometimes fancy forms and figures amidst the cheerful blaze ? >'ome thera aro to whom the happy return of hor passengers —they landed by the Oneida on Friday— will ro illy bring theso thoughts, and recall the hours of that evening and night in October, when they so little suspected that it turned upon a few feet of tide, a few acres of dry reef, a chancelifowardthisway, deathward that, whetkor the dear ones they thought of as safely pursuing th>-ir voyage to Australia should survive, or be drowned in the Brazilian surf. It is just 11 io same at this moment—at nil moments. On tho .sea somewhero this mornirg—perhaps in many a desolate spot, like the reef of Lin Rocas - there aro crews fighting for thoir lives, whom we think of as safe ; ships, of whoso progress outwards wa have just read, that will novcr be sighted again ; freights of human life—vuluablo beyond price to the children at this breakfast table, to the woman at that—to some one certainly, from tho tenants of tho state-room to tho captain's cabin boy—who are in tho same position of deadly peril as the people of tho Duncan Dunbar were on the night and morning in October, when she lay upon the Lis Votas roef. Wo say again the-c remarks are trite, leading to no manageable moral; and yst they rise almost spontaneously to tho mind, at the announcement that the whole ship's comp my have safely arrived in England ; while this tali of shipwreck reminds us how many calamities there have Veen and must be which will not end so happily. Tho story itself is picturesqun eren among the long and varied storios of disasters at sea. Ihe ship, after making a prosperous start towards Sydney, had been thirty-five diiys out, and was close to Pornambue.o on tho Hr.r/.i'U m cou-t, on the 7th G?tober. At eight p m. on that dav there was a cry of " Breakers ahead!" and bolorc tho vessel cntildanswer her helm, sho struck upon tho fringe of the reef. It was high tide when she took the rock, an ', though cargo and gear were instantly thrown overboard, and the spard aloft cut away to ease tho (ship, tho water fell fa-tor I than sho could bo lightened, and then she lay on tho crags. As the tido recodcd the waves rollod her backwards and f>: wards upon them, grinding her bottom ; but there -was no hopeleps leak till 1 he afterpart of the ship settled, and broke away the sternpoft; tliou site was all opun abaft, and tho Duncan Dunbar wag a wreck Let a-iyhody who does remember n particularly snug night on the 7th of October, picture this one. Black, wild, desolate water; tho ship tlnng to and fro like a groaning, writhing creature ; the sea birds screaming in the darkness ; and no choice for the people on board but to wait till dawn should reveal whether there was a patch of the fatal rei'f above water to land upon, if the vessel could hold together till daylight b r oke-such v.-a5 the position of the passengers and crew of the Duncan Dunbar. Nobody could bo sure whether oven a chance of safety remained. Hul if the spot. <-n -which they 11:1 1 struck should turn out to be that marked on tho Syren lie icon, the ollicers knew th re ought to bo dry rock or sand ; and phould the vessel staud the night out, this barrior remained between death and the crowd of women, children, and men who passed all thoso hours rolling backward and forwards on tho reef, while every wave that broko over tho decks seemed to he tho last that tho battcrod ship would stand. Descriptions and contrasts will not revive the terrors and the (ruths of a night like that; and yet the old, old storv is 1 '>11: —"Tile conduct of tho Englishwomen was beyond praise." "It is impossible," s iys the report, " to speak too highly of the conduct of tho ladies at the time the tosscl struck and during tho wholo of that roo«t fearful nisht. Not a scream was heard, and with perfect resignation and quietness they awaited tho termination of that trying slate of things, whether it sh 'uld result in their preservation or their being swopt into the dark and horrid water around us." After that there is no need, and thero ought to bo no need, to say how tin' men behaved.

At dawn, surely enough, two banks of sand wore to be seen through gnps in tlio breakers ; miserable patches < f soil, which hardly merited tho description of dry land ; yet 'hoy were lifo to look at. By so von a.m. overybody wn transported to tho inhospitable resting placo : and the tiny inlets being covered with pip weed, largo earwigs, and land crabs, it was clear that the tido seldom or never washed over the entire surface. A lieutenant onco saved the lives of his crow by keeping them from leaving a rock which ihey had reiched at night, by feeling; in the dark that samphiro grew upon it. The passengers and crow of the Duncan Dunbar felt that they had now a little respite, if thoy could get provisions from tho wrock, and tho attempt to obtain tlio necessary food was successfully made; water, biscuits, beer, vrino, and ship's beef were rowed and rafted to the sandbanks. Thevo wero besides upon them innumerable birds, which were too unaccustomed to men to move out of tho way on their approach. Death, therefore, was no longer imminent; but tho ladies dined on nearly raw meat and biscuit, and tho men had to sloop in the open air among tho land crabs and iarite earwigs. On tho 11th Captain Swanson, who seems to have behaved likoasailorthroughout, started in one of tho lifeboats, to which they had fitted a mast and sails on the reef, with the purposo of reaching Parnambueo, taking with him one passenger nnd six seamen —tho*e left on tlio reef working in their absence t,j iret nil they could out of the ship before sho broke to pieces. During the interval fivo vessels pas-i.(l in view, but failed to make out the forlorn party on tlio low sandbank. On tlio 17th. aflor nine days of this wholesale Hohinson Crusoe like Jifj, a .steamer was seen approaching, which turned out to be the Oneida C'aptuin Swanson had been picked up, after heavy weather, by a vessel, uml taken into P.Tiiiimhueo. ' 1 was found to bo 269 miles dis- | tant. 'I'he rest, can be guessed. Tho good steamship soon picked olf ihe castaways. Tho three lilt'.o pulm trees, the land crabs, (lie largo earwigs, were again left, with tho sea-birds, to tho winds and waves. Safe in life and limb, not a soul lost, tho passengers and crew of tho Duncan Dunbar have been brought baek again to England, which they left more than sixty days ago. Tho ofllcers think that at spring tides, with a northerly wind, the sea would wash clear over the islets. If that had been so, or if Capt. Swanson's lif dioat had been swamped, tho story of tho Duncan Dunbar, instead of being this gallant tale of seamanship, ondurance, and Haxon self-holp, would have been comprised in tho brief please, "and has not been heard of sinco." In addition to tho ahovc. wo liavo boon favoured by Captain Swanson with the fo.lovving : — "An account of the loss of tie ship Duncan Dunbar, of London, 1374 tons register, bound to Sydney with passengers und cargo: — " Sho loft the East India Docks on the ovenino' of the 23111 August, 18*5,5, and (-Sravesend next morning, arriving at Plymouth on tho morning of tho 1 Hfc September. "We embarked passengers flier.?, and sailed on tlio 2nd September, from which time wo a continuation of light, vamblo winds and \ery fine weather. On tho 17th September passed Madeira. In latitude 30-N. met, with tho lv.!C. trades. In 9N. lost the trade winds: after which we experienced light variable winds and squally weather, with a good deal of rain- The wind* wero principally from S. to S.S.E. Oil the sth Octobor, at 2 a m., tho weather chared up, and tho winds sot iu steady from S.S.E. Wo were then in latitude 2' 20- N., and longitudo 27' 20' W\ On tho morning of tho 6th October wo crossed the Equator, in longitude 30' 4U" W. I was very woll aware that we wore very far to the westward, but determined to stand on, as I still expected to weather Oape St. Eoque, and I knew I could more easily make my easting there than in the .variable, on the other side of tho liqu itar. On the 7th October, at noon, we were in latitude 2' 67", and longitude 33* 12- W,, the Las Rocas bearing on

ray new chart S.B.W. i W., distance 05 miles; and by tho course we wore making, namely, from l f ®*> to S.W. by 8., I expected to pass eight or ten miics to the westward, witliotit allowing fotf the current. From tho strong W.NW. current wo .had experienced the last twenty-four hours namaly, two miles per hour—l expected to pass from twenty-four to thirty milea to tho westward of the T.as Rocas. At G p.m. got all ready for tacking shij., in cuae I should havo f;und it ne?eß:ary to do ao, and sent tlio second mate and one A.B. on tho foretopsail-j'ard to look out- At about a quarter after 8 p.m. they called from aloft ' breakers ahov.l,' and on the weather bow. lat once ordered the holm hard ft-port and let go tho leo main and weather cross jack bricca.. She immediately payed off, but struck on an outlying rock. We then throw all aback, ex pecting she would tail off, but she stuck fast, and the sea and curront seemed to be forcing her further n «T C the , rucks visible we could see that to tide was falling. Immediately soundod rouud the ship and found from 15 fo 20 feet. At II p.m. commenced throwing cargo overboard to lighten her, as I expccted that by keeping all aback she would tail off when the tide began to rise. I had all the pumps, manned, and the ship did not make any water of consequence. At 2 p.in. I got into tho ter with four men and pulled along the r oef, to see if wo could find any passage through the surf, as tho passengers wero very anxious to get out of tho ship, but we coaid soo no passage through ;I at tho same took soundings round the ship, and found from IS to 15 foot j at 4 a.m. when tho tide began to make, she struck very heavily, and tho rudder and stern post | soon gavo way, and she filled almost immediately; at daybreak, J again got into the boat and wont along the surf, and fortunately found a landing place on a low islofc, with a Bandy beach, about ten fe« t above the sea, the place was covered with birds and large quantities of wood, evidently the remains offhips that had been wrecked on the roof; I immediately returned to tho ship* and commenced landing tho lady pvsengers mid children in the two life boats and cutter, getting ail the pas-s-ngers safely on shoro by 8 u.m, having to lower them over the stern into tho boats, as tho heavy sea would not admit of the boats being placed alongside tho ship to take in passengers. Wc then landed saily and spars for tents, and afterwards provisions and water. I tried to get the water casks on shore off the deck, but three of them were stove aiong-idc in attempting to do so ; on JNlonday morning wo got one full water cask on fchore, and a great many stores of various kinds, such as hams, cheG3o, preserved meats, fish, and a quantity of live poultry At noon, got an empty tank on shore and gat it filled- On Tuesday, got another empty tank on shore, and filled it; also landed a quantity of baggage. On Wednesday morning, I sent tho cJiicf and second mates on board tii get another tnnk on shore. Having first taken an account of stores and water landed, which I found would bo sufficient to victual us all for thirty days, and appointing a committee of five, consisting of four of tho chief cabin passengers and tho chief mate, to act in my absence, I made preparations to start in one of the bouts for Pernambuco to obtain assistance. At 10 a.in , I started in on<j of tho lifeboats, accompanied by Mr. Galloway (a passenger), and six of tho crew, for Pernambuco. We had strong S.l'j, winds and a rough sea, tho boat shipping a great deal of water. At 5.30 am. of the 12th October, wo sighted a vessel astern, standing towards us. Wo hoisted tho ensign, union down, ihey flaw us, and hove-to. On getting alongside, we found it, to bo the American barque Hazard, from boston, bound to fiatavia. The captain very kindly took us and the boat on board, and said he would drop us ofl Pernambuco, which hejdid on ft-he morning of the 15th October. Wc got on shore at Pernambuco about 0.30 a.m. When we were taken on board (he Hazard we wero about 100 miles S.S.W. of the Jiocas. On landing at Pcrnambuco, I irnrnemcdiatoly called on tho British Consul, Capt. Poylo, aid Mr. vYitson, the mail agent, and finding we could got no vessel in tho port that would go to I-as l.ocas to rescue the passengers and crew, X, by their ad viewent on buard the R.M.S. Oneida, when she arrived the following morning, and saw the captain and mail agent, both of whom immediately agreed to call at the and take tho passengers and crew irom there on to Southampton, which 1 am happy to pay \va< s-ifelv done. " London, 2Gth November, 186-3."