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London, England, 1859-10-08 00:00:00

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The Melbourne Herald of Andlet 17 contains the
following particulars inspsotleg the loss of the Adiosllw
which a few days since ws elated lo law bus reported by
teleran

Ole of the most frightful shipwrecks which OVIr wound
on tke Australian coast has taloa pike within the list few
days, Dear Cape Northumberland, shad thirty mike to the
west or the 'mochas:7 Has separating Victoria from
Boadt Australia. The sacrifice of Ufa, although large, up-
, wards of fifty pawns having been lost, is not the roost
horrible part of the astostrophs. TIM =Maus of the un-
fortunate survivals mead anything we ever reed of la the
history of shipwreck and diameter at sea. For sass days
they IMO on the wank, during flat of which they was with-
out food of any doswiptioc.
The Admits wee a Ilse steamer of about 600 tone bar
theft, and three-hundred home power, and has been regularly
&adios between Adelaide and Yelbournelor the last two
yeses. She left the former port on the sth August, and at
shout half-past four the following morning, while running at
fall speed, struck os carpenter's Reef.
The *Cowing is the statement of one of the survivors
_ _ _ . _ .

"James Hatidthon, chief mate of the Athlone, states :
thelorday moraine, 6th August, relieved the captain at
4 no., steering her usual course by compels; morning very
skid, with much lightning; a look-out on the bridge. Ship
sty et 4.30 a.m., and in leo than ten minutes she wsa in
thosi Pais; about 40 people condoned eSaging to the bow
Fordo for two days, when they wens needy al 'reed of
sod lost, with the excesdoe of about Ohs., who were
brought to the after part of the wed by moos of a rope.
Some very harrowing scenes of separation among the
families of the fon cabin possogers occurred at
this time. All the provisions that were saved In
the lint hoopoe wee one filter fall of water, •
rB beg of almonds, about 2016. of cheese, hell
• bon, 1016. of beef, 8 bottles of porter, and toe bot-
de of whiskey. Might have saved some beady, but no
toe desired to run the risk of drinking it. Pat eat case ON
IMO side, but this and all the small stock of provisions were
weehed away doting Sunday night • so that they tested
nothing since Mouthy morning; the surf breaking over
them night and day, yet all appeared composed sod collected.
Such night carried of Its victims—about twenty died on
Tuesday night from cold—lt wee a bitter night ; deaths were
so frequent as to lose ell toms to the =Moo who looked
callously on. Capin Rude" of the Wellereeta, did
all man weld do, diving he provisions; he soared so
mu& from the exertion that he died from ex-
kooks on board, close to Rochfort. Maguey
wee the most anxious if all to vesture going on
shore. He was continually wishing to make at-
tempts, bat en Wednesday fell overboard by oddest. Be
wee kept floating by a lifer boy fora time, and hay mak
about 300 yards horn the wreck. Threedos before, Mager/
generously gave a lop warm coat to Roohfort, which wee
the means of saving his and nausea life. The people had
no shelter whatever. They set on the top rail, with their
feet resting on a moulding fors and aft the ship. They con-
trived to place throe cabin seats from rail to mime rigging,
which gave resting nom for about twenty. Who the boat
from the Lady Bird was necessitated to reties the fret time
they all despaired of being saved; their anxiety was brought
to anent:entity when they saw their deliverers only about a
best's length from • tarp rock, which, had they struck, must
have launched all into eternity.
"The country near when the wreck took place le very
thinly populated, and it wee not till Monday morning that
the two sailors who had got ashore en a raft reported the ca-
lamitous accident to the lighthouse-keepers at Cape Northum-
bria/ad. Information wee Immediately mot to the merest'
telegraph etetios at Mount Gstabier, whence it was 03010811.
nicated to Melbourne sad Adelaide. It was at first supposed
that there ware no mote eureka* sad the South Australian
government contested doeneethres with sending the
Corio, the Revd& being eel of order at the
• . The Victoria government did nothing.
s Toothy, a number of people from Mount
Osman visited the scene of thewreck, and discovered that •
number of people were mill alive; but this foot wee not
known In Melbourne till Wednesday morning. The Messrs.
Henty immediately ordered the Lady Bird, then lying at
Belfast, to proceed at coos to the wreck, and made optics-
Oen to the Chief Secretary to posits* the increased
insurance, which wee refused.

" The Cork) did not teach the wreck until Wednesday
night. On the following morning she launched her lifeboat,
but the sea wee too heavy to permit her to approach the
wreck. One of the boats of the Adsziella, which bad been
washed on shore, was alert usable to cope with the seas.
" The Lady Bird was unable to find the wreck, and had
to return to Portland for information, so that it was Friday
at mid-day before she reached the spot. Equally unavailing
wore the efforts of her Crew, augmented by a number of
experienced whalers from Portland, to effect a communist-
non with the wreck. The seventh night closed upon the
wretched survivor., now reduced to twenty-seven, their
hopes of relief almost utterly extinguished. Four men died
during the night. Another Ilitls Mean= from Gulches Bey
—tbe Ant—but =provided with effective mean, for render-
ing &Metals= now reached the wreck.
" On Saturday morning the mamas calmer thatt:it had been
at any previous time, and the various boats' crews resumed
their attempts. Succees at lest rewardod theirefforte. Nineteen
were safely conveyed on board the Lady Bird, and feu,
reached the shore. No fife wee lost in the final operations.
The emu of all the survivors wee something between death
and life, but we are happy to odd that they ere all prevents.'
favourably, though not quite beyond danger.
" The excitement which prevailed in Melbourne
end Geelong from the Wednesday, when it was first
generally known that there were a number of persona still
alive on the wreck, up to the Saturday night, when it became
known that the Lady Bird had soccesded in
rescuing nineteen live., and that three had bees
taken on shore by the Colio, beggars description.
Telegrams arrived almost hourly from Mount Gambier.
and the most interim feeling pervaded every class of
society. Her Majesty's ship Niger, which arrived from
Ceylon on Wednesday, was sent to the scene of the wreck on
the Friday evening, with a number of experienced boatmen
selected from among the Sandridge watermen. A great deal
of feeling has been manifested against the government for
the apathy they evinced, and a liberal subscription
is being raised to remunerate the crew of the Lady Bird
and the boatmen employed in rescuing the =Berm. The
following IA a list of the peaseseers and crew, but we are

not quite aura of its correctness. It will be seen that
upwards of 60 prams have lost their lives:—Mr. J. Ma-
guey, Mr. Whittaker, Mr. H. Fisher (.•red). Mr. G.
Fieher, Mr. Holbrook, Mr. Junes MOW (saved), Dr. Vat*
of ship Norfolk, Miss Ledruth (saved), Captain Harrbes,
Mr. Woods, Mr. J. Roc:Wort (saved), David Peters (saved),
Robert Wright (saved), Charles Locks (saved), Mr. Thomas
O'Halloran (saved), Mr. Michael Forrester (raved), Mrs.
Goeld, Mrs. Cockson. Mr. and Mr.. Patrick Glyn, Mr. John
Hamrick, Mr. Hugh Minims (reed), Mr. and Mrs. Jobs
Watson, Mrs. Bowie, Mrs. Berth and three chtldrso, Mee
Ramsay, Mr. Portend° Bads, Mr. Sdwhe Chambers, Mr
Thomas Richardson (saved), Mr. and Mrs. George Forster'
George and Hester Watkins, Eliza Paul, Charlotte Shot'
end four children, Mw Nugent, John Tregeagle, Patrick
Arthur, John Carmichael, Allan Webb,— Underwood, jun.,
T. Meneforth, B. Baker, George Ward (eared), John Webb
(saved), J. kli'Drrniett (eared), Patrick Canis (saved),
Andrew Foist (saved), Thomas Davis (saved), Captain
M.Ewen (saved), Jam.. Hutchieen, chief officer (saved),
G. B. ll`Nalr, parser (saved) ; Simon Mourn, fret en-
gineer ; J. Johnson, sewed mats ; Welter Brown, second
engineer; Mies C. Cleadinning, stewardess; Mary Member,
aselerast ; James Hare, fret steward ; J. Ora, first cook ;
four fireman, names unknown.

"Two Sakti (the two who got ow shore os Satorda)),
woos wakoown, 'wood.

.. We we nimbi* to say racial, bow mass of the crew
N sawfasst tka *avid."

111 PISMO DlAteT[2.—An address wu pre-
sont.ed on Thursday morning to Captain Langley, of the
Royal Engineer., who has recently retuned to the residenoe
of his father, the Bishop of Dorham, after taking part in the
engagement seer Tive•Tain. The address origUsted with
the Bishop Auckland board el Health, bet received the
approval of the townspeople, sad wee rearmed by about
fifty gest/emeu and tradesmen. The gallant captain, In re-
teredng thank; la reported to tutu said that our condom in
the Chinese war was notjutifiable.—Normatle Chronicle.