The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-01 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA,

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY Moslems.
A pilot, landed here this moruing, reports that
the ,Lip Stratheden, Captain George H. Pile, from Sydney,
Pawed up Channel yesterday for London. She was 10
mike oti the Bill of Portland at 2 p.m. yesterday, under
all sail, with a light, easterly wind.
The Stratheden left Sydney July Ai, rounded Cape Born
September 3, and crossed the line October 4. She has 21
passeagen, 30,0001. in gold duet, 1,406 bale, wool, 12,000
hides, 400 tow tallow, and sundries.
In lat. 49.20 N., long. 6.6 W., pared a ship showing
Prudent No. 8,139, bound west. Saw ice on three dif-
(treat occasions in lat. 55 S.

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OP A SHIPWRECKED
CREW.

The Royal Mail steamer Solent, from Colon,
brought here on Sunday morning last, as passengers, pro-
ceeihng to Europe, the captain and owner of the ltalhol
Lob Mia Madre, that foundered in the Pacific. The Mia
Madre, Captain G. Opium, and belonging to Mr. Alp igloo
Pedemoste, who was ImPcreargo. and • brother-in.law to
the Messrs. Costa here. left Callao on the 27th July last
with a full cargo of guano, bound to Valencia, Spain. After
being • few days out the vessel was found to be making water,
which increased so rapidly that on the 15th August it became
necessary to abandon her, when about one thousand miles
from the port she had left. The ship had three boats ;
the second mate took command of one, the first mate of an-
ether, and the captain of the last. The boat of the second
mate after some hours disappeared, and • few of her men
were saved by the boat of which the captain had chugs,
in which was the owner. The boat of the first mate
and the men in her were entirely lost sight of. In the
lad of the captain, after many days lingering, five men
died, of whom the second mate was one. The first three
Focuses were thrown overboard, and the remain-
ing two were reserved for the most horrifying
purpose that the mind can well conceive. On
the nineteenth day after abandoning the ship those who
Were yet in the boat were picked up by an American whaling
teasel, whose name we omitted to ascertain. This vowel
rhanged her course io order to land them at the port of
Nu, as theme most likely to give them an opportunity to
reach Panama, and thenc,l to Europe. The owner and
captain express themselves in the most grateful terms of the
captain of the whaler for the extreme kinds. extended to
them whilst on board, be having in the first days of their
excessive debility personally fed them with a spoonful at
a time cf well cooked tea-broth, thus gradually restoring to
them their long lost strength.--.tir. Thomas's Tide's*.

The Sultan of Turkey has decided upon order-
-1a; four iron-cased iron screw steam-ships of the Valiant
clam to be built in this country, excepting that they will
be fifteen feet longer, and will mount two more guns. The
Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company have received an order
for one ship, and the other three am to be constructed by
some equally experienced builders.
C.EITON IN SAN DOMlNGo.—Accounts from San
lanaingo state that cotton planting is carried on actively,
and next year that country is expected to rank among
tottoo producers. The cotton trees are stated to grow
spontaneously on all the south side of the island, and to
flourish in the poorest soil. That which is growing in the
eieioity is of short staple, but strong and fine, and would
improve wi',6 care in miring. On the extreme eastern end
of the island, in the dement of Ifigoey, the staple is
described ea looter and tioer.—Jamaira paptr.