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If: " ....r N., .. 1 , 4. 143'''' sil 4 ' . . D lVt"' ' ':'1,0 5 1. ':,- VI P ' 11- ROI T ' ''\ ' . . 1 . GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY EASTER HOLIDAYS. CHEAP EXCURSIONS. _Notice is hereby given, that First and Second Class Ordinary Day, Tickets, issued to and from any of the Stations en this Railway, or to and from York, on Thursday, the Bth April, Good Friday, Satur day, the 10th, Easter Sunday, or Easter Monday, are available for return on any of these days, or on Tuesday, April 13, by any Train except Express. Express Day Tickets will also be issued on the same days, avail able for going and returning by any Train. sErmouß CLARKE, General Manager. King's-cross, April 5, 1852. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. EASTER HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS issued on Thursday, the Bth inst., and interven ing days,,will be available until Monday, the 12th inst. By order, MARK 'WISH. General Manager's Office, Eusten Station, April, 1852. THE LIBERTY MINING COMPANY, for Working the VAUCLUSE and GRYMES GOLD MINES• Incorporated by Charter from the Legislature of the State of . . Virginia. Capital, 100,0001., in 100,000 paid up Shares of 11. each, without further liability, of which 65,000 only will be issued to the public. Arrangements hare been made for the purchase of these Mines, In order to extend the workings of the Vancluse Mine, which is now in operation, and fully develope the Grymes Mine, which adjoins it. The plant and machinery for both purposes are in complete working 'order, the former Mine supplying Ingots of Gold to the Fredericks burg Bank at the present moment. BANKERS—Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co. Applications for prospectuses to be made at the office of Messrs. Crosse, the Solicitors to the Company, 3, Hattou-court, Thread needle-street; or to the Brokers, Messrs. A. and W. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. AUSTRALIAN CONSOLS GOLD & COPPER MINES. Notice is hereby given, that in eonsequence of the very numerous APPLICATIONS for SHARES in the above Company, none will be received after Saturday next, the 10th instant, immediately after which day the Allotment of Shares will take place. By order of the Bout, JAMES TOMLIN, Secretary. 09, King William-street, April 5, 1852. THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MI E.—The Committee of Management have the pleasure ofinforming their co-adventurers that, the remainder of their staff - sailed from Gravesend on the 6th instant, for Sydney, in the Gipsy 'Queen, to join their Engineer, Mr. Sherwood, who had previously left Bristol, with his selected artisansand miners, in the barque ,Sufrej, for the same destination; • "• • Their daly appointed Agents in the Colony have 'fall instructions to make all necessary arrangements, in order that, on the arrival of the two vessels, immediate mining operations may be commenced on the Company's Freehold Estate at Bathurst, which is mentioned In all the latest dispatches as abounding with the precious metal. Dated April 8, 1852 . WILLLLAL PULSFGBD, Secretary., Offices, 39, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. TO SOAP MANUFACTURERS.-WANTED, a PARTNER in a SOAP WORKS. A Young Man of energy and tact, Who • thoroughly understands the trade, would be liberally treated with. Capital is of much less importance than ta lent to the Advertiser. Address, " SOAP," care of Messrs. W. 11. Smith and Son, 13G, Strand, London. MONEY to any amount immediately AD VANCED upon Freehold and Leasehold Security. Money in the Funds, under Wills, Life Interests, Marriage Settlements, and Reversionary Interests. Noblemen, Gentlemen, Officers on fall-Pay, Clergymen, and Heirs to Entailed Estates can be accommodated with Money in their notes of hand only. References of the highest respectability can be given, and all communications deemed confi dential. Apply, in the first Instance by letter only, to A. C., No. 3, Oriel- College-street, Chelsea. " Divide about the broad bride cake, Round about the bride's stake."—Ben Anson. WEDDING BREAKFAST provided entire, in Town or Country, by Messrs. PIIRSSELL, 78, Cornhill, near the Exchange, including wines of the rarest vintages, and the hire of plate, china, servants, and carriages. Bills of fare, with terms, sent by post for any number required. A magnificent display Of Bride Cakes for selection. Ball Suppers furnished complete, in • cludinglights and music. Experienced cooks and table decorators sent to any part .of the country tor the management of entertain .ments. Soups, made dishes, ices, &c., carefully packed for country erdef s.—Messrs. Purssell's, 78, Cornhill. E NE R A L ELECTION. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, the well-known CAN ...V.A.SSER of the PUBLIC, respectfully solicits the attention of 'CANDIDATES to his depot of FLAGS and BANNERS, with de vices and mottos suitable for Electioneering purposes. Also Tents and Marquees of any size for Public Meetings, and at the shortest notice. Orders per poseaddressed No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark. N.B. A few secondhand Marauees of large dimensions at a rea sonable price. PATRON—II. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTiTUTION. Prevention of Forgery. A Lecture, by J. 11. Pepper. Esq., on Glynn paid Appel's Patent Paper for the Prevention of Piracy and • Forgery by the Anastatic Process, daily at Two o'clock, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine.—Lecture on • Astronomy, illustrated by beautiful diagrams, by Dr. Bachhoffner, , eve4y Evening, at Eight o'clock—During Passion Week, except Fri 'd f, and Saturday.—An Explanatory Description by Mr. Crispe, OT the 'various kinds of Muskets, Rifles, &c.—Lecture OA Voltaic F . , loetricity, by Dr. BAchhoffner.—Exhibition of the Microscope.— . Dissolving Views, &c., &C. • Admission, IS. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, llalf- A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. 'EMIGRANTS' PROSPECTS. The wide fields of the Earth's mighty surface are peopling 1: 1 4 1 English emigrants in search of employment and competency, ut the great distance between England's shores and emigrant sta tions renders a suitable OUTFIT the first subject of consideration every emigrant. It is impossible for the emigrant to anticipate vviv.tt he will most need on his passage, or what will be most useful to him on arriving at his destination ; he should, therefore, apply to MOSES and SON, who have for many years paid the strictest at ' tenth% to the Outfitting Department, and are fully acquainted with every article recinireel by the emigrant to any country or climate. The prospects of emigrants are therefore rendered cheering by the WA, that every useful article in clothing for any emigrant station in the world can be obtained at E. MOSES and SON'S on the shortest notice, ; •.Whatever country the emigrant may choose, he must have money for the journey: the economical charges for Outfits at E. MOSES and SON'S leave the emigrant in possession of a sum in many in ' Stances equal to the cost of his passage. The emigrant Should never entertain the idea of furnishing himself 'With necessary articles in a foreign country ; that is frequently im possible, and when he is so unfortunate as to make the attempt, the • articles are unsuitable, and charged enormous prices. Application to E. MOSES and SON obviates all these inconveniences, and fur , 'fishes the emigrant with the prospect of comfort at a small cost. Whatever may be the emigrant's propects in referent e to his future occ upation, E. MOES and SON can always supply him with suit -1 dress for any busi ness he may i n t en d to follow, at little more Jle than half the price he might pay for interior articles elsewhere. • E. MOSES and SON'S Establish men t s b e i ng unr ivalled i n every d e partment, afford the most magnificent prospects for emigrants, ''fabling them to procure eve ry necessary ar ti c l e o f use and comfort,, at the lowest rate. • OUTFITS for 3/. 15e., 6/. 155. , 111. Ils., and upwards. A &Italie:li list may be h a d on application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. IMPORTANT NOTICE.—E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments 'Rill be closed on Saturday Evening, April 10 - , resuming business at Soren o'clock on the Monday Morning following. E. MOSES AND SON. London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, kinories, 83, 84, 85 , And 86, Aidgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 'tendon West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, tuid 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fugate. Merciful . rallors, Clothiers, Hatters, Mosier', Furriers, Boat inn tiboe nakers,and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. • The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to anneal on ,Satcritss. when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. 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THE PAssioxs• uwhat passions hurt the body—what trnp rova T r uths as_refined a 3 Athens ever heard:. " • StntizeT .—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old az o 'rent of the passions. Chastity and its Inltingernenta, ad. t les of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustratio n , ue. .caenal Wive and ediative. Advocacy of early marriAg es . 4r4 Palc, nar ' , • THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question... I'aeoIIAMILIS :--Lawst and obligations of nature, society, and reit . Kicn regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and !Pre , to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing th,i ni. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and i conversion, Calms. &c. M.R.C. By it j (1824) B. * CITLVERWELL, M.D. (1641), • (1827), L.S.A. s • Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Rece lilac i , A Ption hours daily till Five. Eings. ven Seven till "'"v 11 - 01 ace Recent-street. THE SILENT FRIEND. .ES SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDIT/ON. C°I TAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTIOIe OF DISEASE • l anatrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured EdgraTtag :PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE -- ' • P keITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. -4 Now zditt on, enlarged to 196 pages, price 25. Gd. by Po3t, from , . pr. * . the Establishment, 3s. id. in stamps. sji-D v o exh aut .7 o 4 T FRIEND, a Medical Work on ozeesar n , t n a„,_ and physical decay of the system, produced b) mercu r y, witime4t.the consequences of infection, or the abuse o lowed bitaervtiftf the use of the preventive lotion, fol prevent Illustrat e d 17 ata rrtage, itmi the disqualifications which PERRY and CO., ean,J,loo Coloured Engravings. By 11. and L. Burgeons. 19, Berners-street Oxford street, London. 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FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. trust published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author tor Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac quired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ei &utast the vital energies of Manhood ;with Practical Observations on l)n , certain Prevention and succassfhl Treatment of Nervous Debi - :ity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted by Lallemand. Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of, France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'SIERT. M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Mdraber of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Ilunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, Bcc., Sr.e. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. Ile, may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by-the excesses, of latcr years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered , a term of unceas ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may he had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater aoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; )r free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, "I , , r 0 IFlO`4 RAIL WAY SHARE MARKETS BRIST')L, APRIL 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share • market .opened well this morning, but became weak towards the :close of the day. The sales reported were—Great Westerns, 88 7 / 8 — Vale of Neath, dis. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to- day was very limited in amount, but prices generally were well sustained. The transactions were as follow :—Ambergate and East Junction, 2 1 4 dis.—Caledonian; 18 3 /—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71% —Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 20 lA—London, and North-Western, 124—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 p.-111anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 13—Midland, 64 3 / 8 — North British, B%—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), Pro- ference, guaranteed .5 per cept. and div., 151--South-Eastern and Dover, 21 7 / 8 . MANCHESTER, APRIL 7. ' STOCK EXCIRAI4GII.—A considerable amount of business , was transacted in our share market - to-day, but prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow:—Eastern CoUnties, 9 , 3-16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshirei, 34 Ditto, Preference, 13—North Stafford shire, 7 13- 16 —South-Eastern and Dover, 21.11-16--Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 7,1 1 / 3 —Ditto, 201. F, 114 die.— Blackburn, Preference, 17%—York and North rilidland, 24 3 4 —Midland,4 l per cent, 1 / 8 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 5 p.—Caledoriiin, Prefereriee, 9-16. BIRMINGBAM, 'APRIL 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was Effie or nothing done in the share market to-day. The only sale reported was — South Staffordshire, 1% dis. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return o Traffic for the week ending April 4:— Paasengers, parcels, mails, &c. £24,456 Merchandise ... 17,694 Cattle .. ... 1,094 16 1 16 8 19 0 Total ••• ... £43,246 11 9 Corresponding week last year ... ,43,027 11 10 • Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic 'of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire. Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. - • GREAT. WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending April 4 ... £16,784 7 7 Corresponding week last year... 15,523 15 2 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 mile 3 open.)—Traffic for week ending Apr. 4...£15,608 8 2 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ...L15,154 9 3 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.--(Miles in work, 2410 —Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 28, 1852: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, &IS, and mails ... £4,766 111 Merchandise and minerals ... 6,227 10 1 Cattle ... ... 321 1 1 Total .. ....£11,317 13 1 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles): — Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £4,013 12 2 Merchandise, Cattre,'&c. 3,80$ 4 0 £7,621 16 2 LONDON AND_ SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. — Amount 01 Traffic for the week ending April 4:— • Passengers Goods Total ... . ... £7,107 11 51 1 - ... 2,573 6 1 Total ... £9,680 17 6 i Corresponding week last year... 9,309 3 4 Roars STAFFoRDSITIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open,ll2.) Return of traffic for the week ending March 28 • Railway and canal ... £4,903 .0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,813 0 0 Note. ußtewrta _eThe above is exclusive of the receipts available CHESTE a it gr ene With the London and North-Western Company. week endin g . oLlams.l3 RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the A pr 4 :-- MAIN LINE. Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, .& c .„ Mails ... ... £9Bl 10 8 ... 74 11. 10 •••• ... 461 12 5 600 0 0 Total Passengers •• Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c, Total ••• STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ••• Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... THE LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER BIRKENHEAD. The following dispatches and enclosures were yes terday 'received by the Board of Admiralty, from Commodore Wyvill, containing the painfully inte resting details connected with the loss of the above named steamer. It appears that the total number of lives that have been lost on this sad occasion, amounts to 438. Melancholy, however, as this loss must be, it is gratifying to learn that 193 persons were saved from those who were on board at the time when the wreck took place : (No. 12.) Castor, Simon's Bay, March 3, 1852. Sir,-1. It is with much pain I have to report for ;he information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the disastrous wreck of her Majesty's steam troop-ship Birkenhead, on the morning of the 26th of February, at two o'clock, on the reef of rocks off Point Danger, about fifty miles from this anchor. age, by which catastrophe I lament to state that the lives o; .t , VBi officers (naval and military), seamen, soldiers, arid boys,, have , been lost, out of 630 who were on, briaid the ship at the time. The circum stances, cca far as I can collect, are as follow :- 2. The Birkenhead- reached Simon's Bay from Cork, on the 234 ult., in 47 days. She was imme diately prepared fir sea, received coals to 350 tons, some provisions, and the officers' horses, disembarked the women and children (except those taking a pas sage to Algoa Bay),. and was reported ready on the 25th. That afrernoo. , Mr. Silmond received the Go vernment dispatches for his Excellency Sir Harry Smith, my orders to proceed to AlgOa Bay and Buf falo Mouth to land the drafts of the different regi ments, and steamed on his passage at six ,'o'clock in the evening, which was fine and calm, with smooth water. 3. At'lialf-piat twci on the afternoon of the 27th of February Mr. Culhane, assistant-surgeon of the Birkenhead, arrived at Simon's Town by land to re port to me the loss of his ship near to Point Danger, that two boats with, as he stated, the only survivors, were cruising about at a distance from the land ; vide his statement, annexure No. 1. I immediately dis patched Commander Bunce, of her Majesty's ship Castor, with 25 men (to form boats' crews) in the Rhadamanthus, the only steamer in port, to the scene of the wreck. That evening he fell in with the schooner Lioness, of Algoa Bay, Mr. Ramsden master, whose report is attached (No. 2). This vessel had on board the poisons • who were In the boats and forty ,others, whom they had succeeded in taking off the maintopsail yard of the ship, which was the only part of the wreck visible above water, altogether 116' in humber, as per lists. It being calm, and the schooner some distance from this an chorage, the Rhadamanthus towed her in, and pro ceeded afterkvards to - Point Danger in search of any people who might yet be clinging to the spars and pieces of wreck floating *about ; also for any who might have landed. - An examination of the coast having been made'for'upwards of twenty miles by land 'sea, and nu other persons being found, except those who bad leaded during the night and day of the wreck on Point Danger, the Rhadamanthus received them on board and returned to this port on the morning of the Ist instant. The persons so saved were 68 in number, of which six were officers (four military and two naval). They reached the land by swimming and on pieces* of wreck, &c. These, with nine other-, who escaped in the gig, and were rescued by the schooner, make the total saved 193. _ _ 4. It appears that her Majesty's ship Birkenhead was duly pricked off on the chart at eight o'clock on the night of the 25th, within False Bile by the mas ter, Mr. Brodie, and Officer of the watch, Mr. Spear, second master ' • that the course was shaped S S.E. andeCepe Hatagoliff giving a berth of about four miles. The man at the wheel, John Haynes, A. 13., feet ten_to twelve o'clock of the first watch, states that' he steered ; that course, with' directions not to go to the.eastward of it. A. leadsmen was on the paddle box, and lookout men were placed. The night was fine, starlight, and calm, but a long swell setting in on shore. The land was seen all the night from three to four points on the port bow. At about ten minutes before two o'clock, in the middle watch, the leadsman, Abel Stone, ordinary seaman, got soundings in twelve or thirteen fathoms, of which he gave notice to the officer of the watch, Mr. Davis, second master. The ship was going about eight knots. Before he could get another cast of the lead the ship struck, and he found seven fathoms alongside there were t`wo fa thoms water under the bows, and eleven by the stern. 5. It appears that Mr. Salmond, who was reused by the shock, went on deck; inquired the time (a few *metes to two o'clock) , and the course steered ; it was reported to be S.S.E. E., which he stated was quite correct. He immediately ordered the en gines to be stopped ; the small bower anchor to be let go ; the quarter boats to be lowered, and lie off along side the ship; the paddle-box boats to be got out, and a turn astern to -be given by the e ng i nes . H e ordered the military officers, who were all in attend ance (Major Seton, of the 74th Regiment, and Cap tain Wright, of the 91st), to send the troops to the chain pumps ' • the orders were implicitly obeyed, and perfect discipline maintained. So soon as Mr. Sal mond heard there was water in the ship, he directed the vier en and, children to be put into a cutter, in charge of Mr. Richards,. master's assistant, which was done. In ten Minutes after the first concussion, and whilst the engines were turning astern, the ship struck again under the ,engine-room, bulging the side in several feet, and tearing open the bottom ; the water rushed in, drowned the fires, and stopped the engines ; the - engineer, Mr. Renwick, and stakers, making their escape to the upper deck. In stantly the ship broke in two abaft the mainmast, and sank, leaving the rnaintopmast and topsailyard only visible above water. -Up to this awful- moment the resolution and coolness of all bands was remarkable. Mr. Salmond gave his orders with much presence of mind to the last., The three boats, which had stayed by the ship now left her to seek a landing or to save themselves, and at daylight they were out of sight from the wreck. The two cutters were picked up by the schooner Lioness, and the gig landed with eight men and Mr; Culhane, 'at Port d'Urban. 6. Having called upon the surviving officers for their statements of the circumstances attending the loss of this ill-fated ship; I have new the honour to lay them (thirteen inclosures) befOre their Lordships for their information, together with lists of the people saved ; but I regret that I cannot furnish the names of the unfortunate individuals who have been drowned on this most melancholy occasion, as the muster books and rolls have been lost, 7. There is no doubt but the course of the ship was shaped to hug the land too closely ; and as, it does not appear that either Mr. Sale:loud, or the master, had attended on deck froth ten o'cloCk in the first watch until the accident occurred,' it would infer much in attention and extreme neglect of duty on their parts; and when soundings were first struck, had the helm been put to port, the:ill-fated ship might have escaped the danger. It is much to be lamented that not an officer has been saved, who can give any satisfactory information upon these points. 8. It is also to be- deeply deplored that a young officer, Mr. Richards, master's-assistant, should have been the only executive in command of the bouts ; as from the circumstance of their leaving the scene of the wreck before daylight, the lauding place disco vered en Point Danger by those who reached the shore on rafts would have shown itself, and the hap less individuals who were clinging to pieces of wreck and spars might have been picked off and carried to the shore by the boats, and thus many more lives would have been saved. Also when the schooner visited the wreck, had the cutters examined the coast in the locality, it is probable they might have found a few others. I can only attribute this fatal error to "int of judgment, and to the excited state of the people in the boats under such appalling circumstances. 9. Captain Wright, of the 91st Regiment, who landed on a piece of the wreck, lost no time in pro curing and sending assistance to his fellow sufferers. He walked several miles along the coast, obtained the use of a whale boat, and returned again to give all relief in his power, taking charge of all who- landed. The civil commissioner, Mr. Mackay, anclet Captain Smales, residing near Stamford's Cove, were most too late ne kindness to t e 1,1 hospitable an d active in clothing and feeding the poor fellow s as th e y reac h e d that pl a ce. To Mr. Ramsden, the ma s t er , I h ave ex p r e sse d m y thanks for his hu nwdreeokxe,ratinodns saving i n proceeding ien whohi , were clin g i ng his schooneran sail iand. t C o om savemanlidfee, by Commander Bunco, with the Loath, activity pee v e suffer ers , andnted. a Tong and painful journey to the them to this Losrutcceeded in embarking and bringing 10. Frinu the in the Rhadamanthus. in which the wreck has and dangerous position hopes of recoverin g esn,suthn' do not entertain any tent Commander Dunce, thing' of value, but I have recover and dispose of "Jr the vnaona to the vicinity, to best, all account of whiah will as he may think I send to their lord ships by the next mail. wit 11. The soldiers will shortly join their respective regiments,and I purpose Bend" e . of the late IV -ee remaining officers EMU (lOW . like " e ad to England b y the fi rs t ep pertunt ty (fifer , Majest y ' s ship Amazon, which arrived here last web , and will sail about the 12th instant), to b e dealt with as their Lordships raw , .7 see fit. 10. I am glad to aide that subscriptions were im. mediately raised to relieve the distress of the unfor tunate widows and children of. the soldiers, who are comfortably housed in the barradics of this place.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, C. WrviLL, Commodore. I have deemed it advisable to entrust this dispatch to Mr. Fresbfield, the late clerk of lOr Majesty's steam ship Birkenhead, who, from his k wledge of the cir cumstances, though no t present ' the wreck, having been left behind at my r es id ence , ick, will be able to 1 give their Lordships every i n f orms n , an d particularly , as to the names of the d rowne d o ffi cers &c. It will also enable the account s o f t hi s un f or t una te , ship to be closed. . C. Wyvnx, Commodore. J. Parker, Esq., Secretary to the Admiralty, &0., &c., London. ENCLOSURE No. 1. This enclosure is the statement 'of Dr, Cuthane, assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's late steam -ship Birkenhead, dated Feb. 27, which was printed in yes terday's Sun. REPORT OP THE MASTER OF THE SCHOONER LIONESS. Enctostinz No. 2. Schooner Lioness, Simon's BaY, Feb. 27, 1852 . Sir,—l beg to report to you that when the Lioness was off Walker's Bay I observed a boat in shore pull ing towards me on the morning oflhe 26th_inst., at about ten o'clock, which I pick e d kip, and found her to contain 37 survivors from thei wreck of the Birken head. On hearing that there wire. two other boat s I proceeded in * Ar search of them, A iu _ three- %nat ters of an hour afterwards I succeeded in picking up the 'other cutter,-with the women and children ; but, after cruis ing about for the third boat, I made for the wreck, which Ireached about two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and sent the cutters away to pick up the men hanging to tbe spare, by which we rescue d 35 soldiers and sailers in a nearly naked state. The wreck had disappeared all but a piece of the maintopmast and topsailyard, to which the men were clinging. Nothing else could be saved. I observed that some had suc ceeded in landing on the point, but only to thenumber of about ten. Finding that I could do no snore at the wreck, I made for the anchorage, and was towed by her Majesty's steam-vessel Radamanthus when ge. I was glad to r t a he sufferers of this on board me about about unfortunate m ys i h l e pi s po , w from ewrh totoh were relieve e a r n e cho thirty-six hours. The women and children were providedthat I and my ship's company could spare were sup plied to the men. with suitable clothing by my wife, and all my voyage to the I beg you will be Africasi r o ti so w f i p th ro ou se t c d u e ti l n ay g , we A st a c l oa a s m t o d ; pleased to order the provisions to be replaced, and the defects of the ship ma d e good—my boat and gunwale being injured by getting in the cutters. The unfor tunate people have been put on board the Castor at nine o'clock. I have the honour to be, Sir, &e. (Signed) THOMAS E. RAMSDEN, Master and owner of the Lionesy. Commodore Wyvill, Conomanding-in-Chief, &c. LIST OF PERSONS SAVED. ENCLOSURE No. 3. - This enclosure contains the list of officers, ship's company, &c. , saved from the Birkenhead, w hi c h w as printed in The Sun of yesterday, which included 7 officers, 42 seamen, 5 boys, and 6 marines, making a total of 60 persons. Mr. Freshfield had been left at Simon's Bay, on sick leave. This enclosure likewise contains the following LIST OF OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S LATE STEAM-SHIT' BIRKENHEAD. Officers. Wright, Ciptain, 91st Regiment; Gererdot, Lieute nant, 431 Foot; Lucas, Lieutenant, 73d Foot; Bond, Cornet, 12th Lancers; Bowen, Staff Surgeon. Soldiers. 2(1 Regiment—Private John Moore, Michael Malay, P. Peters, John Peters, Thomas Chadwick, Robert Page, Henry Double, Henry Vernon, James Gildea, Benjamin Worill, Patrick M'Crery, A. Anthers. W. Badd, G. White, John Bauden, John Smith, T. Glee son, S. Halos. 6th Regiment.—Sergeant Teile; Privates 'W. Bushe, William Clark. Thomas Coa, James Goldin, John Her rich, James Wade, William Welch, John Kitchen, R. Hunt, Thomas Hortby P. Gleeson, E. Walshe. • 12th Regiment—Privates Daniel Walters, Thomas Sangan, John Irvin, James Johnson, Robert Dolan, John Yale, John Simon, Patrick Ward, C. Kerrigan, Michael Hearty, George Brid ges , G eorg e Wells, Smith, Thomas Higgins, John M•Donald, G. Walker. 43d Regiment—Privates John Herin, Edward Am brose, James West, Harrison, Thomas Ginn, George Peters, George Lyons, Geo. Brackley, Michael Hornet, Peter Allen, James Woodward, W. Sharp, D. Bunker, M. Healey. 45th Regiment—Privato Adam Keating. 60th Rifles—Sergeant D. Andrews; Privates William Burlon, Thomas Nutall, Thomas Smith, William Sooter, A. Lackie, Henry Foss, J. Hanlon, Henry M at h e r, J. Stanfield, M Laffey, 73d Regiment -- Sergeant Kilberry ; Privates William Bushe, Thomas Cash, James Fitzpatrick, William Half penny, Patrick May, Mi c h ae l O'B r i en , Patrick Lynch, John Sullivan, William W oo d, D. Sullivan, J. O'Reilly , W. Dobson, Patrick Taylor, D. Malony, J. Malony; Green. 74th Regiment—Sergeant Harold ; Privates W illiam Boyce, Charles Fergus on , James Henderson, D. Kirk" ford, Walter Taylor John Thomas MsCullin , ,R ichard John Smith, Charles Walker , Daniel Shaw, George T Hartley, John Keiff-2 ° D. Munro, James M‘Grigor, Jo hn M'Kee. A. Nathaniel, J. Sharp. • 91st Regiment—P r i vates John Stan l ey , David Carey, Patrick MullinsePatrick Cunningham, John Congham, John • Holden, Pittick Flinri John Cordie, Allen ApKay, Mark Hudson,- John Lancey, John Haggart, J. Robinson, John Lo m b , John wooden, F re d er i c k Winterbottorc. 12th Lancers—Privates John Dodd, M. Schofield. Ladies and W eme _ u _ Mrs. Darkins, Mrs: Nesbitt, Mrs. Mullins, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Guichar , Mrs: Sp r u ce , Mrs. Hud son . 13 children. - Lieutenant Faitle u tngb, 12 is Re g iment, sick) at Simen'e Bay. Anwnucw. Offieera Soldiers Women Children ;,. 126 13 ••• 151 Of whom seventeen soldiers Naval Hospital. were left sick at the TOTAL NIIIIEER. SAVED FROM. WR ECK. Naval persons 59 ••• ••• Military persona . 134 •••• ••• C. WYVILL, ommodox , TENT STATEMEN _ OF Dt " -- -------_ GEONI SAVED • BO WEN,. STAFF - SUR - Err e' , 13Y. THE CUTTER. nea nn No. 4 • Sir,—ln obediencesr e o u t r i s command Tosen, .M l a r e h h a v l e , I t B h 6: h . 0 : Sin, , to nour to state that I V/ AS on shortly after she struck, about the deck of. the Birkenhead February. I remained in the two A M. , on the 26Vn of two, just before the ruidi e vessel till she parted in and then, seeing no hope of , boxes, as it seemed to. in Salmond saying that those wh o ship floating, and, Mr. try and save their lives, I lowered could swim had better and swam- The ship went dow ered myself from the poor after I left her, as far as I can • 4 in three or four nib lutes the first cutter. • Judge- Iwas picked vet) by During the time I was on deck officers and men, both naval and the c on duct at the greatest coolness and the perfection Military, displayed: the Salmond's orders were 'given,lina of discipline. Mr effect With as much quietness as it:ered, and carriud into ordinary occasion. I spoke to Mr, it had been onty an before tho ship parted, and ho was as cool and self- pos- After I got into the cutter we took in as many mien as she could with safety carr y , an d the the greatest courage an d propriety' cre Ylith w the beha exee v rti ed wi on th of one marine, whose conduct was d Renwick, and who appeared to Isrespectful to , Mr. grumble rather than assist. The first and second cutters and 1 - pany for Cape Hangeliff, under the gig palled in (corn chards. As, when we neared , theshore,orders of Mr. Ri surf breaking heavily, at daylight we el we foitnd. the for a sail which was in sight, but after pulled seaward there seemed no chance of reaching her, a long pull , as for "Tangent?. A north-westerly breeze' we again palled and freshened, with a se thaneas rather now sprurs,g up our deeply-laden boat, a er ham, thetoo mac] i for was ahead of us, and waving hats for some being able to attract the attention of th time, wit bout the boat before the wind, and pulled fore crew, w e put which appeared to be standing in. This proved t o be the schooner Lioness, and she took us up about .half past 11 A.M. The master of this schooner then stood • the second cutter, with Mr. Richards the in shors3 for children, and borne soldiers; we the n se a e women,, and were like ourselves, pulling for the Shhoe t e n na up; they first made them out they appeared to beer;w6s: awe which proved to be a woman's Shawl spread under sail, hook. We could see nothing of the gig, but on a 'boat-1 a picked crow from the first cutter for theas sh..e had purp ase of chasing the schooner in the morning, we were i act in much appreheesion on her account. The schooner then visiwd the wreck, and took . itiiv men from it. This was done by Mr- Renwi,, •m"-4 ar id Mr. Richards. and the cutters' crews; these t wo -- displayed the greatest ecUrage, determi tiat i g ent 3 omen displayed in telligence i n petting, the Inc ° from the wre ,l o c pn, ai it' during the 'Whole arair, Their . condu c t ` ' as 4' ell as brave m en. • '., . I . 'WU ti NA of • Mr. Ittchards's dutyin the bdat, with the wore childre, WO Arduous the extreme, Mon and 104 we' 0, per formed.n , . ~ pia_ Mot.••))• . ... £2 117 14 11 •.. • ••• ••• .F. 41 17 4 1 12 1 103 . 11' '2 41C - f . 7 - 7 . ••. £142 6 8 ••• 25 0 0 ~. Total ... £167 6 8 CALIDONIAN RAILWAY.-- (139 i miles opcned,),..Ret,rn of traffic for the week ending March 23 : P a s s engers, &c. ... £2,835293 6 14 2 11 Goods, &c. ... 5, Total „„ £8,129 031 Corresponding week last year ... 7,498 0 21- [ADVERTISEMENT.] --Holloway's Oin tm ent and Pills have cured a Cancerous Tumour on the head of a person seventy-three years old.—Extract from a certificate made by Mr. Ales. Ayson, dated Markland, N. 8., Nov. 15, 1851. " I hereby certify that I was afflicted with a tumour on my head, which the faculty termed cancerous, and that I was in th e Perth Infirmary for some time under most eminent medi cal men, but deriving no benefit by their treatment, I left, and was induced to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and after using them for a short period the tumour began to disperse, and it is now perfectly cured, although I am seventy-three oars of, age ."Seld by all Druggists, and at Professor Rollo ' y's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. • TH E ESTATE OF REID, IRVING, AND CO.--A f UT • Cher dividend of 61, making altogether 2s. 6d. in the pound, has been declared under the estate of Messrs. Reid, Irving, NAd CO. There are atilt Some Atataas remaining to be realized. : ._~~ .1i..; ~I APRIL 8, 1852. S • Mr. firs, who was on the wreck about thirteen hours, displayed the greatest courage and coolness. Mr. Renwick was nearly exhausted, and much bruised, when we in the first cutter took him out of the gig for the purpose of lightening her to chase the schooner, but Lifter sunrise he soon rallied and behaved nobly. Nothing could exceed the kindness and attention of Mr. Ramsden and his wife on board the Lioness; nothing was too good for us, and he made every effort to save as many souls as possible. Ile deserves the highest praise.—l have the honour to be, Sir, So., (Signed) ROBERT BOWEN, Second Staff Surgeon. STATEMENT OF MR. RICHARDS, [PRICE SD. merit, and nine or ten men; they assisted me on the raft' floating towards the shore. We picked up Mr. Barber, assistant-engineer, and a boatswain's mate (Lacey James). We arrived on shore about one or two o'clock. Previous to lending on shore, I observed a sail in the offing, distant about two miles. After landing, I saw the schooner making for the wreck. We then proceeded on to Sandford Bay, at which place Captain Wright left Us, and procured some refreshments. Next morning proceeded to Captain Smales', where we were clothed and fed until sent on board her Majesty's steamer Rha damanthus. emorandum.—ln respect to the boats, I saw none but the port paddle-box boat, bottom up, with some seven or eight hands on her, drifting towards the shore. I heard several voices calling loudly, and in that strain of voice that I fancied some boat or boats very near at hand; and if there had been any boat or boats present to have taken the men from the floating pieces of wreck, they might, with good management, have,been safely landed in the same cove where Captain Wright and my self were landed, and could have made several trips to and fro to the shore, and saved a large number of men, as they were some time kept upon the surface of the water by the floating pieces of wreck. My opinion upon the boat that had the women and children in saved time and lives by getting the assistance of the schooner, there being a great number on and about the-wreck.!). (Signed) JOHN ARCHIBALD, Gunned, late Birkenhead. To Commodore Wyvill, Simon's Bay. ECOND STATEMENT • OF. lat GULHANE, ASSISTANT-SURGEON, AS TO LEAVING THE WEECK INI THE GIG , ALSO LEAVING THE nor Ts. • - • z . . ; , :-.ENCLOSiRE No. , Naval Hospital, Simon's , Town, March 1, 1852. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that '1 was the last person who left the wreck of her Majesty's steam:- vessel Birkenhead when she got on the rocks off Danger Point. The poop was on a level with the sea when I swam from her, and at that time r could not see tiny of the boats. I succeeded, after swimming about a mile or more, in= reaching the second gig, and when I got into her we mustered ten. I remained there for some time; could not see the wreck, being dark, and did not see any men near. The two cutters were near, and they left, and we followed, thinking to make the shore, but at daylight Mr. Richards saw a sail, and we all determined to pull for it, but after chasing the schooner at least twenty miles in the gig, as I had eight men who vo lunteered from the cutter to pull for the schooner, she got ahead of us, and we did not get up until she was out of sight, and then thought it the most expeditions way to reach you, in order to let you know the melan choly loss of the men and officers who were on board, except those who were on the - mast. When I left the wreck we pulled for. ten hours before we reached the shore, and were six miles ahead of the cutter, when we gave up all hopes of reaching the schooner. The people in the cotter say that they made signals to u 9, but the eight men and myself can assure you that we did not see any signal to us. I reached Port 'd'Urban about three o'clock, P.M. The day after the wreck rode on horseback from there to Cape Town, and arrived at Simon's Bay in about twenty-four hours from the time I started, and after pulling a s h are o f a b out fif ty miles, and riding about 110 miles across the country, I am sorry to hear that it has been said that I left the boate. We saw the schooner tack and come in the direction of where we last saw the cutters, and she hove to, an if to take them on board, and afterwards to steer towards the wreck. We should be very glad to be there at the time, as we dreaded that we could not get a land ing-place. I assure you that I tried ever y ef f ort to reach you, in order that you may be able to sen d a steamer to the wreck, and that was the object of the other eight of the boat's crew. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) WM. CULHANE, 39sistant-Surgeon. C. Wyvill, Esq., Commodore, Commanding in-Chief, Simon's Bay. - Algoa Bay, to land the drafts of the 12th, 91st, and 74th, 1 and then to proceed to the Buff a lo t o la n d th e re mainder of the drafts, viz., 12th Lanc e r s , 2d, 43d, 73d, 6th, atel 60th Riflss. About half-past ten I was on deck, and the officer on watch, Mr. Spear, observed to me that he had passed the light, at the same time pointing Out . to me a light on the port aide of the veeael. I made the remark at the time, " Surely that is not L'Agulhas light, f or if so t h e C a p e , mus t h ave move d nearer the Cap e ( me a n i ng Cape Point) than it was.when I was here five yeara ago ." From the appearance of the light. I was satisfied that it was from a lighthouse, bnd not from a fire on the hills, many of which were burning, and therefore I concluded that another lighthouse had been built since I was here insla47..._ I then went to bed. About two A. 31. on Thursday I was awoke , by a severe shock, and on getting up found that, the vessel had struck. I came up on deck and found the commander, Mr. Salmond, and Mr. Davis, second master, on the poop. I was standing alongside them. The com mander asked Mr. Davis how the light was bearing when he last saw it. Mr. Davis. replied by naming some point of the compass. When the commander turned away Mr. Davis remarked to me that it was odd where that light was, and he gave me distinctly to un derstand that he alluded to a lighthouse light, and not a fire on the hills. I have now every reason to sup pose that the light which was seen was a fire lighted of dry wood on Cape Mudge, to act as a signal fire to the fishing boats which go out from that point. I saw the light for a long time myself, and certainly considered it a lighthouse light, as I have before stated. After the vessel struck the commander remained on the poop, and gave his orders to Major Seton and myself. The utmost order was observed by all on board, and until the vessel totally disappeared there was not. a cry pr murmur from soldiers or sailors. It struck me. as being • one of the most perfect instances of what discipline essueffect, and almost led me to believe thet not a man on board knew the vessel was likely to go down: - Abistit ten minutes after the vessel struck, the aommander .sent me to Mr. Brodie, 'who was on the bridge,. to know what assistance he required to-get the-paddleehos beats'oit; he .told me to get thirty men put on to each triekle,,S9 .as to get the boats off: I did to, f and.then went to the commander eri this poop to see if he' had any more (Tilers; he told me to get twenty.more'reen •to Itte',6bain - pithapS;' I die reoted .Lieutenant Girardot,. 48d, tea° this, and it was done. Almost immediately the ve'ssel's bows snapped OM — W. li - dst Vert going up in :the arr - tafiarflestbe - fe,- mast; the Whew fell over le the; at#rbriard'at-de Ames time, almost careyinglevear • 'pi`i.dcile-ok and bditoil the sterboard side; the other paddle•box boat was being canted over just at this. time; and Mr. Brodie disap appeared • from the, bridge, having been 'knacked over somehow or other. Just before_ the vessel broke at the bows, the com mander had ordered the horses to be pushed overboard, and directed Mr. Richards to get into the cutter to re ceive the women and children. All this was done with the utmost regularity, and the boats stood off about 100 yards from the ship; the commander also ordered out the large boat in the centre of the ship, but it could not be moved as the ship was breaking up at the bows. . Just before the vessel broke a second time, which was in about twenty minutes from first striking, the com mander called out for all officers and men who could swim to jump overboard and make for theboats; Lieut. Girardot was standing alongside of me, by the poop-rail, at the time. We called out to themen not to go over board to. the boats, as we feared their. being swamped, they being full of women and children (et.least one of them we knew was). Very few men went, and the rest remained on the poop till that part sank, and then down we all went together. Every officer wni oh board the vessel when she sank, except Mr. Richards,:who was on board the cutter, and Dr. Culharie of the _ship, who got into one of the rigs; and then made the best of his way to =Bat River, some fifteen or. twenty miles from the weeele, rowed there by eight of the ; crew.. I cannot ex press how much the loss of this. boat wue felt, as, had it 'returned after landing Dr. Calhane, I have no hesitation in saying that nearly every man cf the two hundred (about) who were on the drift-wood between the wreck and the shore must have been saved, as they could have been picked off the spars and weed on which they were when they were outside the seaweed, which prevented them from coming in to shore. Tho boat could have made 4o or 50 trips to shore between daylight and dark, and landed the persons in the beilein a cove just to the eastward of Danger Point. As soon as I got on shore the party I was with (on the driftwood) and myself pro ceeded to Stanford's Cove, where there is a fishing station, about six or seven miles from Danger Point. As there was nothing to be had to eat .there, left the men and, went to a lam-home about eight miles from thence, and sent provisions for the men. I nine did the same next day, and then had the men removed to C a p t. Sniale s ' e f arm , a bout 15 miles further up the country, sending Lieutenant Girardot and Cornet Bond with them. I then went down to the coast and put up in a hut, and was occupied during Friday, Saturday, and. Sunday, in examining every part of the rocks for at least 20 miles. I fell in with the crew of a whale-boat, who wore employed sealing at Dyer's Island. ,I got them to take the outside of the seaweed, about a quarter of a mile from shore, whilst .the purser's steward of the Birkenhead and myself examined the rocks: The boat 'got two men, and we also two, who had been 3S hours 'in the water; they were eseily exhanated, but a night's rest in the hut made them ell right, except a few bruises. On the second and third day that I was on the coast, I was joined by Field Cornet Villiers and Mr. Mackay, Civil Commissioner of Caledon, and they had 'with them a number of men to assist in burying the ,dead, and collecting what things were washed up on Very few bodies were found. On Sunday, at 6 P.M, ;having perfectly satisfied myself that no living soul 'could be along the shore, and the men who were at Cap tain Smales's having been ordered down to the cove, to ,embark on board the Rhadamaathus. I left along with 'them, and arrived in charge of 46 soldiers and two officers at Simon's Bay, at 3 A.M. this morning. En 'sign Lucas, of the 73d, being unable to travel, I had to 'leave him at Captain Smales's farm. I cannot conclude 'this memorandum without alluding to Mr. Archbold, the master gunner. who was on the same raft with me ,for some time. Whilst there be was as usual, active to and encouraged the other i 5 men who wereust a o degree, ulns s but this was no more than his daily board the ship, for there he was per petuallyand to some purpose too. The ship's c e h t o e n w s t e ward, James Jeffre y 's, althou g h much exhausted, a ft e r having bea n in the water so long a time, accom panied me in my search round the rockson the coast, and did his be st to give me all the assistance in his t. me are anything tho say that hardly a man of those e worse, ex cp saved e o p w t e a r . of ef wt l h aebmrpaahi party e w y n E. C. WRIGHT, Capt. 91st. (Signed) STATEMENTS OF THE LOOK-OUT MAN. : MA N AT THE WHEEL vr. I N THE lIRST WATCH, T HE SER.. GEAN T OF MARINE S WHO CARRIED TH E ORDERS OE THE CO MMANDE Bt AND OF THE ST ORERS IN THE ! ENGINE $00l[: ENCLOSURE No. 13. Castor, Simon's Bay, Feb. 28, 1852. John able seaman of h er M a j esty ' s steam ship states that on th e n i g h t of t h e 25t h February, 1852, he had the first w a t c h, an d t oo k t h e i i oh ß n irk fl in ay te n a o ci s: 'wheel at ten o'cloc& ; it was a starlight night, smooth water, with a long rolling swell. Mr. Speer, second /ti pster, was officer of the watch, keeping it on the poop and latterly on the paddle-box, looking out for a light (L'Agulhas). The course he was steering was S.S.E. i E.) That the officer of the watch frequently looked at the compass, and gave orders not to steer to the east ward of the course, but a quarter of a point to windward of it. He was relieved by Francis Holditch, A.B. There was a leadsman in the chains all the watch, but no soundings given. The course was the same for two hours previously. A particular look-out was kept. On being relieved he turned in. The first intelligence of the ship striking which he got was by the hands being turned up to save the ship. He thought she Struck twice. On the first cutter being Called away (to which boat he belonged) he turned out and welt into Lcz, and remained by the ibiPt as or s.stant, &red by the captain. Mr. Richards, musters the was officer of the boat, but afterwards we c n ildres, by 's t i cutter, to take charge of the women and the captain's directions. _ The cutter The ship h afterwards pielrod up b y th e s chooner Lioness. T the rocks about two o'clock his struck (Si gne d) J ow; pq HA.YNES. —...6 Witness—C. A. PRITCHARD, Secretary. Thomas Daley, Ordinary seaman, -states that ho was look-out man on starboard bow ethen the ship struck; he had been on since one o'clock; the water, :smooth and it starlight night. Ile saw the land abou,t three points cu the port bow. The ship struck about ten minutes to two o'clock, and there was no appmarce of breakers. On the cutter being called away, to which lenat he be longed, he went into her end rEuatLincd by-the ship. Mr. Davis, ..lecubd master, was officer of .the _watch. The cutter was attes4ards picked up by the schooner Lioness. his THOMAS P.l DALE?. mark. Witness--C. A. PRITCHARD, Secretary. (Signet's) Abel Stone, ordinary seaman, states that g o t woo' ISadsman in the chains at one o'clock, but _n t. soundings. At about twenty minutes before two o'cloc k he got soundings in twelve fathoms, but lththogmusb another cast the ship Davis and he got alongside. Ur. Davis was officer of the hold was seen nigh,: was fine, with smooth water. The Oa the boats' en the port ' bow about four P - °l t il o ts ihe gig, to B watch .el The which Crews being called away he hi .. as or d ere d . w eli boat ho belonged, and lay by the s 9 his ABEL STONE. mark. (Signed) Witness—C. A. PIIITCEIARD, Secretary. arter before ° t r w e o . ._---- Dr , he , 8.M., ststes that ciu Sergeant he was on they castle when the ship struck, about a o'clock. Ile ssw the land about four points o bovr, the water perfectly Smooth. On striking n tie per ) ing he went to the quarter-deck, and was directed by the captain to Carry his orders to Mr. Brodie, ma str-T. The engines had been stopped, end crdered to t ake a back turn. He Carr i e d orders to Mr, Brodi e to let go the small bower guechor, to get out the po r t t le women and children F paddle bow boat, and to get into the boats. He states mat t at the paddle-box b j mm i ng; that about oatcould not be got over by a p'n step broke into two, twenty minutes after striking the the ship began to s o . , the bow and stern cocking up; that and the captain 7, mit; he found himself in the water, for a plank ; 'lr. Salmond, close to Lim, swimming that something struck Mr. Salmond, and b e went down. in ttio water of he observed the mainmast and maintopsail outl.4t the water. Ile swam to it and got on it w ith thirty, or arty othQre. The bull of the ship wa s under MASTER ASSISTANT OFFICER IN COMMAND OF TUE ENCLOSURE m o n I; B A BO a T No. March 5 e sty's vesselstruck t w str steam-vessel ad asleep ama in thus, s my 1, 1852. At the litiemr Maj esty ' s ethe d full hea o r f d hammock in the fore cockpit I immediately ran on deck in my shirt, and on looking down the fore hatch waywtha t e e r c . a p t l a t i n g rising ive orders to rig the chainpumps. I went below in the after eockpit, and with the pursers steward and carpenter shipped the pump handles. I than went on deck, and assisted in clearing away the first cutter, and starboard fibeoe settling Qe a dmfta t et falls. ttlrae i hennredgn ctd hr dews soldiers ledbytiTheeh rte shn v eo e c s nha s elet called' aed wpmiaoeesor, poop, then rolling fast.o err which was w i r g d. y nn . , tat. B :a yo :Il e moun d me to get the women and children in the second cutter, alsod and j n u e ra a r p l e y d s i w u a o m ff p t e h d e a I; an sng g: and save them if possible. The boat was lowered with i s n old h i e e r r ' s side. The women and children were then passed into way, in all thirty-five persons. I then got clear of the vessel, which immediately parted in two just before the paddle-boxes. I then heard the captain calling for a boat to save Mr. Brodie, the master. I pulled to the wreck, but could not see him. I was obliged to get 'clear of the wreck again immediately, as the boat was nearly swamping, and a great num ber of men swimming towards her. I then saw the first cutter and second gig astern of the wreck. I hailed and asked if they were full, and told them to take in as many as they could carry in safety. They then pulled up towards me. I then heard Mr. Renwick call to me to pick him U. I told him we were nearly sinking, and full of people, and to go on a little farther to the gig, which picked him up shortly after wards. We stayed by the wreck about an hour after she parted in two, and having as many in as the boats could carry, I stood in towards the shore to see if I could land those that were in the boats. We got in as far as the breakers, and I found the surf *as running too high to land without staving the boats and endan gering the lives of those that were already saved, es pecially. those of the women and children. I then hailed the boats to keep further out, as I was nearly in the breakers, and should bo swamped; we, however, suc ceeded in getting out of them, and then proceeded along the shore to the N.W. six or seven miles, but could not see any place we could land. At daylight we observed a schooner in the offing, five or six miles off. I consulted with the other o ffi cers, and we considered the best way to try and come up with the schooner. After chasing her between two and three hours a breeze sprung up from the westward, and she stood off the land; the first cutter and gig were then very nearly out of sight a head of me, 52 we could not keep up to them, only being able to null six . oars. I found it was useless my proceeding any further in chase, so I stood in towards the land; we were then in sight of the wreck, but could not distin guish any men on it; we made very little way towards the land, and the breeze freshening we were obliged to keep the boat before it to prevent her sinking; we were within two or three miles of the land whe awed again saw the schooner standing towards us; we pll the boat round, and with a woman's shawl for a sail, succeeded in making a little way towards her. She hove to, and picked us up at about two P.M., when I found the first cutter on board, with Mr. Renwick, Dr. Bowen, and thirty-four men. We could not see the gig, and there fore made all sail towards the wreck, which wo hove to off at half-past three; Mr. Renwick ,and myself then proceeded to th e cutters, and succeeded in saving forty five melt off the topmast and topsail yard; we could not see anything between the wreck and the shore, and thinking all that were saved had reached the shbre, we proceeded in ,the schooner to Simon's Bay, having on board 116 people. (Signed) R. B. RICHARDS , Master's Assistant. haadevhP aeoeaciprradn,yutveda zaia f ast , liiensa htel ecno kp t went ws aft,a half a n STATEMENT OF MR. HIRE, CLERK. WHO WAS TWELVE HOURS ON THE WRECK. ENCLOSURE No. 6. H.M.S.V. Rhadamanthus, Simou's Bay, March 1, 1852. I slept in the fora cockpit, and between two and three A.m. on the morning .of the 26th of February, 1852, I was awoke by the ship striking against something. I got on deck and went aft to the commander, who told me - to get the books ready to go in the boat, as he did not think there was any immediate danger. I did so, and went again on the poop. I had hardly got there when she went in halves amidships. I stopped by the commander, and Mr. Spear, second master, at the wheel, until the poop went down, taking us with it. I came up again close to the mainyard, and from there to the topsail yard as she settled down, where rremained. I did not see any officer or the boats; there were I think about fifty men on the yard with me, some of whom dropped off during the rest of the night, and at daylight some went on shore on parts of the wreck. We saw a vessel about five or six miles to windward, which after wards proved to be the schooner Lioness. I tried to get one of the gigs which appeared above water, but could not. At about half-past three r.sr. the next day the schooner came down close to us, and the two cutters with Mr. Richards, master's assistant, and Mr. Renwick, engineer, came and took us off to the schooner, where we received the greatest kindness both from the master in their power to assis' andand i a s k we, i u f ea(, (Signed) og h n in o ef od d r) i t d a neverything G. W. S. HIRE, Clerk, H.M,S.V. Birkenhead. STATEMENT OF MR. RENWICK, CHIEF ' ASSISTANT ENGINEER, • AS TO THE STOPPING AND BACKING THE ENGINES. ENCLOSURE NO. 7. 11.M.5.V. Rhadamanthus, Simon's Bay' March 1, 1852, I was awoke by the vessel going ashore, and water rushing from the main deck into the fere cockpit; I ran into the ongins-roem in my shirt only, and found there Mr. Whyham, Mr. Kitchingman, and Mr. Barber; the engines were stopped, and water pouring from the main dock through the door, over the starboard cylinder. I shut the door, and about a minute afterwards orders were given to go astern, The engines, after making from 16 to 20 revolutions ' stopped, the water rising so high as to extinguish the fires. While opening the starboard injection-oink I observed a large portion of the starboard bilge buckled upwards, plates and ribs both started, and water rushing in. Mr. Whyham having reported to the commander that the water had risen above the level of, the air-pump lids, ordered all hands out of the engine-room. I then went aft and remained on the poop until she broke in two. On rising in the water I swam towards the shore for tibout 'fifteen minutes, but observing what appeared to be two boats, about a hundred yards to my left, I proceeded in that direction. On nearing the first one I hailed, and was answered by Mr. Richards, who told nie to go ahead 0 the other boat, as his was full. At this time I was seized by a boy, who took me down; after.struggling I rose, and was picked up insensible by the second gig; on recovering I found Dr. Culhane, and six or seven others in the boat. The three boats being full,_,9lo9DA and pulled in towards the 5h0re....1-1 , -;* k t-nIC 6 landing place, time surf Druakiug very heavily as far as we,coula see. At break of day we saw a sail standing towards us, distant about five miles, we being then about four or five miles from the wreck, and three or four from the shore. We consulted together, and decided to pull to wards her, as we were unsuccessful in finding a place to land without mashing the boat. We pulled two hours or so after her, but made very little progress in nearing her. Dr. Culhane then proposed to close tho fir 4 cutter, select eight good men, and continue to chase, the s econd cutter, at this time, distant about a mile astern. did so, and no officer being in the first cutter, I took °barge of her, and continued to -follow , the 148o'; breeze sprung up, when the vessel quickly t () !1 .. . ed to run before the sea to prevent the boat swampincge, set gig and first cutter pulled in towards' land, At 12 standing towards us on the port tack to le b e e the schooner was picked up by her, which turned out so den. being in her 36 men. About 11 A.N. observed the Tv' Lioness, of Cape Town, Captain Bares si supposed, of w ren , in charge of I pointed oat to him the position's d s ail in that diree the other boats; he immediately ma ioking op the second women, an mast-head being unable Mr. Richards. A man at the il towards the wreck, and ig, to the main topmast and cutter,tt i o o ns see: e t hdwe with m o we p en, . r m sutteede all l sail s e dr i n 1r; . arrived off the reef about •bi to the wreck, and succeeded closely examined the whole coast lai to sail "aving other persons afloat, and 3 n 6 made sail without perceiving any having on board in all 116 persons. for Simon's 8ay.. 115 c Richards m en viho and w.er e m'y (Signed) HAS. K. RENWICK, First Class Assistant-Engineer. leldenegt:ingn the rescuingt w o cutters, Mr. clerk,edreed SBETOLA:TTIEthMeEmNoT ruin: , GUNNER sp(shomouardryzitofs:Pticw;eirire9t: vs TO GETTING OUT THE PADDLE-BOZ BOATS. was ordered by tho captain to fire OF MR. ARCHIBALD ENCLOSURE No. 8. of February I was aroused, froth my bed by a severe shock. I instantly ran on deok, found the ship had struck on a - rock, and was b en ox t r oa r . e port sponson to clear away the of the 26th, rapidly sinking, which I did; after water, I hold t a h h e ilpy rockets wont henata and craen tw 0 down; washed s u aht i t . eh n de t t h h o by e () oe b ars lights,l bat i m e aerd. ly when the fore part of the time I and Mr. Brodie the orator , Mr. Brodie. Finding it iraDossiblo on to leaving the piece of wreck, I swam towards a truss of part of r iving the ißg wreck. tO to hold on w ith the str aw any longer, I • snado for part of the ivrecic, *here I found C a pt a i n Wright, 91st Rogi- STATEMENT .OF MR. IsAR3ER, ASSISTANT - ------- - - - ENGINEER, AS TO THE ENGINE TURNING ASTERN, &c: ENCLOSURE, No. 10. Her Majesty's steam-vessel, Rhadamanthus. Simon's Ray, March 1. About two A.M. on the morning of the 26th February, 1852, I was awoke by the ship striking, and ran into the engine-room, where I found Mr. Kitchingman, who was on watch, standing by the starting, gear. He . informed me he had just stopped the engines. We re - mained there until Mr. Whyham ordered the safety valves of the three boilers to be opened, which I did. Shortly after the order was given to turn astern, which was done. The fires were sitmvards extinguished by the water rising rapidly in the engine-room. We then went on deck. Soon after the ship parted. I went to the dingy's fall, and lowered myself into the water, but the weight of the soldiers who clung on me forced me to let go and take to some of the main rigging, where I remained until the ship went down, taking me with her. I came up again, and held on to some of the wreck until picked up by Captain Wright and soma more men on a part of the fore sponson, on which we succeeded in reaching the shore about one P.n. (Signed) BENJAMIN BARBER, Assistant-Engineer. REPORT OF COMMANDER BUNCE, SENT IN RHADAMANTHUS TO THE SCENE OF THE WRECK; TO AFFORD RELIEF. ENCLOSURE No. 1 1 . H.M.S. Castor, Simon's Bay, Feb. 29, 1852. ' Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that I proceeded, in obe- I thence to your order, in her Majesty's steam vessel Rha damanthus to Danger Point, arriving off there on the morning of the 28th, and after examining the wreck with her maintopmast alone above water, I proceeded in the boats to Stanford's Cove, where I found four of the men who had reached the shore from the wreck, and from whom I received information that many more were at a farm called Klyne River, about fifteen miles distant. I rode out to the farm and found 60 more, all of whom had been clothed, fed, and housed most hospitably by Cap- , tain Smales, the proprietor, with whom I made arrange ments for sending them down to Stanford Cove in the morning, to embark, them in the Rhadamanthus—the sick to come in waggons. The next morning I proceeded with Captain Wright, 91st Regiment (the senior surviving military officer), and Mr. Mackay, the civil commissioner of the Csledon district, to the neighbourhood of the wreck, and, trate.,l - the beach for some distance, found it strewed with small spars, pieces of deck, Stc., and the paddle-box boats, both of which were rendered unserviceable when the vessel broke in two pieces; numbers of dead bodies had been found and buried, and great numbers must have perished by getting entangled in the larg e kelp weed which fringes the Oast about Danger Point. From the information I have been enabled to collect, it would appear that the Birkenhead roundeda9ar. Hanglip at about 9.30 p.m., on the 25th ultinl? , lu:' , i. E. course, distance of four or five miles, that aS. " n . the 26th she by compass, w as . steered, and at 2 A i o 'ir ' Elanger Point, struck on a pinnacle rock on the ree the rock went right a short two miles from the shore; nd, the engines being through her into the engine- room , and in twenty or immediately reversed„rent herhbe water first struck she broke thirty minutes from the time 6 gO o in . g rd.OWn into deep in nridehips, the bow part -,, The two cutters and one w ay, and the stern theanil manned and ordered to one gig had been lowered d children were lie off: All the women a put into one Nt r . Richards , master's assist cutter, under the charge el n aval officer. the senior surviving . Some thirt or ant, to the main topmast and rigging, forty of the men chins , and, ....,,:__ , ~ soma swam to Lilo boat., the 6g newvily laden, the I boats pulled out cle ar e an d K o f went d wreck; many were below when the vessel nro ,own in her, and the f ha y, spars, stools ' rest on bundles 9 p (loon, tables, and ts, bottom the paddle -box b ald the wreckil.p, were drifting about be tween the shore and brou at down The sixty-eight o ffi cers and m e n sur vivors out of th in the Rhadamanthus are the oidY ,r t i s i l e r -13 .x boats, eae who were on these rafts and P B l -- ' . &3. Many must have been tofrom exnaustion, and man h been to piec •es on the ledges of rock s y have knocked kin.% 13 - the - • over which the sea was brew i , , 1 exertions of CY 'ain Wright and Cho civil cammissionae of the cal . districtp, t 10 a whale boat *as Mon (Mr. Mackay), procured the day after , the wreck to search about, arid five men were landed by her from bits of woe d drifting about, one soldier after being 38 I hours in the water. - - In communicating to you this disastrous occurrence, I eit:mot but expre ss m y op i n i on t h a t if t h e b oats h a d k e pt by the wreck until good daylight, landed the extra hands in one of the small creeks about, and then given their attention and assistance to the poor fellows float ing and struggling in the water, a great many more might have been saved, for the weather was fine, the sea quite smooth, and not a breath of wind. Mr. Culhane, the assistant-surgeon of the Birkenhead, was in the gig, and went in pursuit of a small schooner, which was seen at daylight, but as he could neither reach hor nor succeed in drawinc , her attention, he bore up for Port d'Urban, about twelve or fifteen miles from Danger Point, whence he communicated to you the loss of the Birkenhead. The two cutters succeeded in getting to the English schooner Lioness, which vessel came up to the wreck, and took off all those who were hanging to the mast and yard; masking, in all on board her saved from the wreck, 117, which, with the 9 landed in the gig, and the 68 in the Rhadamanthus, makes a total of 194 of all de nominations saved out of the 630 she left Simon's Bay with on board. I enclose to you a list of the officers, soldiers, sailors, women, and children who have been saved. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) B. H. Boxer:, Commander. To Commodore Christopher Wyvill, Commanding in-Chief, Ste. STATEUENT OF CAPTAIN ViTRIGIIT, 91st REGIMENT, OF THE CIRCUMSTANCO CONNECTED WITH THE VirRECS AND SAVING OF LIVEs ST RAIPTS, SiC. ENCLOSURE NO. 12. Simon's lisyr, March 1, 1852. About 81X P ri. of th e 25th February, 11. M. chip Bk. konhead sailed fromSimon ,o Es t' on her passage to 1