The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE KESTREL STEAMER.

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The Kestrel left Halifax oa Thursday thl 19th ult.,
et 12 o'clock, P.M., hmlnt, Midas the crew, twelvepavan-
gen, three of whims ;ere. roe Solney, CB. °Arian to the
thick t.i cnoosstmcd iunt diet. ly Aft• r leaving the berhou.,
she did not reach the latter place until the afternoon of
Saturday, where, lavi.:g leaded her peafeagers and mtil fnr
the admiral's ship Ch.it in p at). end (then in coals, she
proceeded on bar way t. Newfoundland at 6, P.M,
Oa Satesd.ty eight the weather was very hi ay, the wind
blowing from the S.W. This coteinned all day on Sunday,
the La grtwing mare :nee.l a tau void negro! tha New-
isundlewl coast. Capt.,ia Meagher wa on the ck the
greater part of the time, exercising the utmost vigilance
and keeping up a go At lood-eat us the part of the crew.
the course *teem! was owe point inure off the shore than
he had ever allowt2 ie ant of his previous voyages, and
one which he ia.Air...l woul2 take him clear of every

&agar.
The ship, afar loaviag Sydney, avcragel about 01 knots
per h nu, and ev-ry one as beard fully expected to be in St
John's early on Hoaday saoralug. A'l went on well till
half past ten O'cicsk on Sunday it when without t
slightest prerioci iutimglon of danger, the captain at the
time being on dc. e, and a sharp lookout kept from the fere
er tle, the ship. g tee miles as hour, streak what the
rocky, which sishaNcentlr proved to be Male of the wagger'
bead of the mach der ailed bay of St. Shot**.
At first the shoe's w..s no:t violent. owing probably to the
ibboom and baervrit taking the cliff in SUCC,S9iOII as the
vessel ranged a-bead. The embus wee iastamly stopped an i
teased, and the engineer, to whom too muck praise cannot
be given, imosediat 4 teak all iseemseary steps for preventing
danger from the belies. by letting off the steam and drawing
the fires. N s effee• bens; produce!. i.y this. as the picket
was nailer all sail, the captain ordered mho foremast to be cut
away. The era at this tune was very heavy, sad breakers on
every side aimast praventci the hope of satin the lives of
liras on hoard.
Captain Meaglter ordered a boat to be lowered, and into
this fool p-aseneers jumped two of them being female.,
and with two of the crew paskc.i off .rum the wreck, with
the dead lice attached to (lightish a communication with the
vessel, sboold they be able to effect a landing. ibis, hew.
ever, was found impracticable, owing to a tremendous surf
running, and after a time they cast loose the line and made
out to sea, and next morning, at eight o'clock, ran the boat
on stove on the b ach of St. Slott', having suffered dread-
folly from cold and eahanstion during the night, the females
having left the wreck as they came tram their beds.
All this time the vessel was beating with terrific vielence
upon the rock., an I thITMIT•td MIT moment to gs to pieces.
At lentrelt • wny of ewer was made dear. The carpent r,
Mr. William Elapit, to wow. exertions the passengers thank
fully aurthate the preservetion of their lives, succeeded
in throwing a hen kink, into the dell of a perpendicular
roll, and by =tens of a rope attached climbed up to a plate
of safety. A hawser use then got on shire, and the pas-
sengers and crew drawn op from the wreck, which lame.
diately afterwards filled and fell over. At daylight the ber-
ms of the scene were more clearly revealed. The sea was
snaking a clear bleach over the vessel, sod several of the
been,nf which there were 14 ea board, beside a horse and
several sheep, were seen lying dead in the raging waters.
The eaSain all this time was doing everything in hie
power, sad was, with the mate, the lest to leave the wreck.
He eoeceielird, through the exertions of his crew, who by
the delay caused by the ant, lost everything save the clothes
they bed on, in steins the mail bag', which were hauled
up by another party at the ease moment as the gamengers.
'tie to behoved that this attention to their daty will not
be lost sight of by the authorities here, bat that 11711111 mark
of good-will may be shoats without delay to these poor ship.
wrecked men by the benevolent people of St. John's.
Having been very kindly received by the two families of
the Delays' living at St. Shotte, sere al of the passengen
crowedately des overland to
theTrepass anyeyo whence a boat was imme-
dipetehtel fur atee of the people and mail
to St. John's, where they arrived sato on Monday evening
last
We are happy to learn that the Kestrel was insured to the
amount of 10,01101. sterling; but the inconvenience and loss
to the eompsay west be considerable.
We letra hum sae of the passeagers in the Kestrel that a
large bargee was seenonstooroat Freshwater, Trepsisey Bay.
The wow of the wreck were eageeed erecting camps, and
" snake, all stag."—Otweoeh Adeertivr.

TEE FoiondEs AT MAPCUCATYB.—In the Ex-
preys of Tuesday we stated that two men, eased Robinson
sod klimulay, bed b:en charged at the Muchester B weingh
Court with sautes of forgeries MI the Manchester and Liver-
pool District Bank, and gave the particular of the Mat.
Yesterday the prisoners were again brought up for further
examination. Ur. Bunt, • cubit, in the District Busk,
spoke c..nfliestly to Macaulay as being the Nevus who ten-
dered on the 27th of July, a cheque for 3751. Ifts . purport-
ing to be drawn by Messrs. Collision and Simpson, brewers,
Newton-heath, near Manchester. Mr. Simpson was pre-
sent, and d that this cheque also was • forgery. Mr
limerick, of tte police, said that al papers had teen
found in the home of Rabinson, the ether prisoner,
which would in due .our be produced in evidence,
and that in the Muse of Macaulay 'mapper had been found
exactly eorreepoaditig s'he appearance, and quality, to
that on *thigh • note tad base written to Wlntpe sunbelt
person who had answered the aivertisement in the Liver-
imoi Mammy besides a (smithy of cards hearing the address
of S. ant T. Matthews, awn wevehastr, Dublin. The re-
mand for three weeks which Mr. Brand. Int !mud, he
stated t ester lay e/eld not be made, inasmuch as the act of
parliament allowed sight days es the longest period fur
end. ae,retangly, the prisoner* were remanded to
Theireday seat, win's the depaeitions will be taken so far, and
if necessary,•• farther monad will Mks place until the evi-
Maw is anigiete.