The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-28 00:00:00

STARVATION OF A CAPTAIN AND CREW.

The following melancholy narrative is taken from
a private letter written February 26th, 1&32, at Valparaiso,
ea board H.M.S. Dido :
We arrived at Valparaiso au the 10th pros. ; we should
ham beau hies mash 11006413 had we not delayed so mach
time shoe Capt Gardiner a gentleman of fortune,
who had the Patagonian issionargonctiety, and had
gees le wee smell barren islands elf the to enlighten
the MIAOW% whit as they were. We remised int/th-
rees hem IP that we were to bolt ease Copt. Omaha at
&enthral bleeds, where we amibeerieg there
that • mei lad left provide= md Ise hire, it.
Miliehe mead call Mt them, we war semi he
lgthatee, a mall mdshabitsd eked; them we hued
=that maid lead to his dissemey, bat • large best
tea tree, awl it the hit mu a istelM4 with •
Mess bed-tirk tau a fog. Weed the nets elm mewl
or smell trees, sad get under weigh the nest assulag.
We sweated as Otherre Dove, about two or tires days'
sail ; there we mat be
we sad ant in a tree wee this
laseriptiou—' Dig deep, mar Oh eget you will lad a
bottle ; we dug, eat hued it, eel he IS • note aa follow
' Capt. Gardiner—Yee lei find us at Ilpenisher, at
adl se of 'best Oh mike hum Ole ghee: We puseseded
to that plat the seat 4: Is to* now
of stmago.leshieg Omen pie rhea; thvberoemi
painted, sod mimed sidle mama dem.
were steed ether asses et thie themPles of humanity dal
Its worst fr ; the, OM& Oh, awl Me them raw, and
subsisted it rehi blebs eel male aff tseea Hew they maid
boar the said I west elk he to niesele eat of twelve it
is iatemeW end. We huggemd Mpt there ia the lIIIMUINT.
We pre am a few artistes of iMideg, but they would
not weer them. We hft Ihem,. sad rammed our
MO* after Capitals Gaidiest. We arrived at Swish
Harbour the mom mesh& sad and bows it shore
as sopa ea we deep seder, sea they 1 beheld a sight, the
which I trust I gbh new Wiggle spia. BtrewW, ia lit
brat parte of the he& were Captain H. arid two of his
party. The lbst we saw was Captain G., in • date of do-
= Mom We supposed it to be him, by there ben a
his Mabee form ; sad soars distance
frees Is= to
was mother. We proceeded some disease
M my* with a teatimes; when we entered there wee a
=smell at the eel of the cave, when we found the
of the ethers. There was faralters sad Nokia(
utemils, as the this had lived them 03101 time. The
boas mew were Mewed to am the clothes, Mc.,
as they heed a hip shim eseitehave leeks sad clothing,
sad en the lid ef t was milled his win, *Wei that the first
ship that hued them Mesh ham the.. We buried them
WWI the hisses of war. had cat au the wall was this in-
eeripties :—Pressed on the Mash about a mile-and ;
Fos will fled SAO ; demi delay, for we are starving.
We made the best of hells, sad lard them dead. It ap-
peared they bed bees imeesel by the natives, and had
starved 03 arch. Ws led a mush& map from Rio to
here, as is generally the ease round the lent.

TIIE REPORT OP THE COMMISSION FOR INQUIRY
INTO sill ONITRROITT OF OXFORD was presented at half-
past one yesterday at the Home-office, for the purpose of
being ibrwarded to her Majesty.
CIVIL Sisamcas.—Tho estimates for the civil ser-
vice of the year ending 31st March, 1863, have been printed.
They exhibit an increase of 233,9841. r compared with
those of 1851, and of 118,4441. over those of 1860. The fol-
lowing are the departments in which an increase over the
sums granted in 1851 has taken place, with the amount of
each increase :—Publio works and buildings, 112,5781. ;
Aeries and public departments, 36,378/. ; law and justios,
196,7631. ; education, science, and art, 34,8121. • superan-
mations and charities, 23,2,56/. Under the head '
of "Colo-
nick, oonsular, and other foreign services; there is a de-
crease of 53,3151.; and in special and kinperary objects,
one of 116,5171.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY
(laniasn.) An extraordinary general meeting of the
proprietors of this company was held at their board-
room in Dublin, on Monday, " for the purpose of sub-
mitting for the approval of such proprietors a bill for
revising( and continuing the powers granted by the
Oreat Slathers end Western Railway (Ireland) Ex-
tension, Peeterlbston to Tullamore Act, 1847, for the
pneehese of land and completion of works,
: 47ainepilsris gregreed to be introduced into the Moose
of Levi in the prevent session of parliament." The
chair wee taken by John Penoefather, Esq. The Chairman
said it became sooromary to call that meeting in pursuance
of • Orie, of the (louse of Lords, which required
that MI MU, to he brougut before their lordships,
&ram be is the first instance, in the form in
whisk ft bed pried through the House of Commons, to a
l ineetleg ef the proprietors ; and the only business,
eifb re to botrannoted on that day was the formal step
of obtaining permission to proceed with the bill now before
parliament. He therefor. begged to move that the bill now
submitted to the shareholders, for revising and continuing
the powers granted by the Great Southern and Western
Railway Extension from Portarlington to Tullamore, for
the compulsory parehav of land and completion of works,
be approved of by the meeting. After some conversation
the resolution was then carried nem. dis , and the meeting
separated.