The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

TEE IVRECE OF TEE ROYAL CHARTER.

We are enabled to lay before our readers today
some further derail. of this heartrending occurrence.
It appears that the man who seem on shore with the
hawser was a Maltese, sad not a Portuguese, as stated- lie
lost everything he powered, and swooned away when he
reached land. William Hughes, the only apprentice saved,
states that when the Trawl parted he was in the 'valet, and
wee precipitated among the machinery, which was burled to
and fro by the action of the waves. tie had given himself
up for lost, when a w►ve lifted bite clear of the ship sad
landed him In an unconscious state.

The following particulars appear in a /mond edition of the
Liverpool Mercer, of yesterday:
" The following is the narrative of the boatswain's mate,
Jobe %akar, which ts given nearly in his own language
" • On Monday we left Queenstown in the afternoon, after
patting some pasesegers on bard the pilot boat Petrel who
desired to be landed. We proceeded on with calm weather
end water smooth. We made Ballycotton Light at balf.past
seven p.m., end Youglial Light, on the Irish coast, at half-
pest eight. Beached the Messy Light at nine, made the
Nook Light in half-an-hour, and sighted Tether at about
half-peat eleven. On Tuesday morning, saw Bardsey, at
which time the wind began to freshen. The wind heading, we
took in the pure ails ; and at tea CIA, the wind thawing,
took In all the foreland eft mails. I a the afternoon made Holy-
head at half put use, and at half-put four were right ahead
of Holyhead harbour. Could see the steam-ship Ores°
Masora. Og Bardsay the stam-tug United Kingdom mme
alongside, sad handed on board some newspapers, taking if
we would give • bee pewee to Maui riggers, as we were
going to Liverpool end the tag wee at gotne untiFthe keg
• tow. The riggers wen takes on bard. At a quarter to
eight on Tuesday ageing were same of the Sherries, dis-
tant about • mil* and • half. At this time the wind had in-
°reseed to a heavy gale, and the ship wee making little or no
progress through the water. Bbe was driving up with the
strength of the tide, and nearing the shore; the steam had no
effect, but we did all we could to keep the ship off. The
maintomail was tomcod, bur the still drifted. Clewed
up the maintopsail, and the hands wen sent up to
furl It. The wind had now increased °onside/ably,
almost blew the sail from the yard, and it became entangled
on the starboard side. It was difficult to get the sail stowed.
At this time Mr. Been, the third officer, with several seamen
sad myself, were trying to make the sail fast, but could not
encored in accomplishing it. Shortly afterwards orders were
eiven to cock bill the port anchor end let go. This was
Mao, ewers her 76 fathoms of chain. The mad was
alletendes the whole time. Finding she was dragging, we
la go the seaboard =cher. Still finding her dragging, we
paid out ell the port chain. The vessel was still steaming,
and the idnell had now Increased to a perfect hurricane.
We this Wait to get the stream anchor up, and while
doing so the starboard chain parted. I then felt the ship
eating over to port, and fended the wind had changed.
Orders were then given to cut awe, the mainmast, which
was dons, and In • few minutes afterwards she struck oa •
beak. The captain gave orders to the engineer to give her
as much steam as ha could, to harden her on the batik. It
was then about three-quarter ebb title. The plus where
she sauce was to the west of Mathes, eastward of Point
Lynes. Hard the captain give °edam to starboard the
hales, to keep bur on the shoes, so that the see would not
have so much power on her broadside, When she became
hardened on, the chief offfiar gave me aid the boatswain
ceders to cut the main end msintopmsat et4a, as they were
lying soma the boat, so that the boat weld be cleared in
case of need. We did se. The chief boatswain end myself
were efterwards sitting on • spar, on the deektiesse,
the sea at the time making • complete breach over the ship.
I then went forward to look out, and ascertain whether we
were on sand or rock, when I discovered the land distant
about thirty yards. I went back and told the chief officer
that it was laud ; and he said, "We will loose the foretop.
mast staysail, and when the tide makes rep run her up." I
said it would be as well to give her the fors ill. It was
then getting daylight. I volunteered to go ashore with a
line to get a hawser ashore, immediately after which I felt
the ship striking heavier than ever, supposing it was fit atm-
sequenoe of the tide making. The sea still broke over her
with even greater violence then ever. The captain was
at this time on deck, standing by the steam tele.
graph. I told the chief officer again I was willing
to go ashore with a line, red do everything in my
power to save life. Asked him if he would allow me a few
minutes to put my Ideal' on, and he said of course he would.
I afterwards told the boatswain I MY going to try and get
line on shore, and he said it was useless, the we was running
too high. Afterwards had a small line slung round my body,
and wished some one to volunteer to attend to it while I swam
whore. After some hesitation • man volunteered. Just as

I wee being lowered into the water some one celled ont that
there was a line en shore from forward. Upon hearing
that I did not go. A hawser was got on shore and made
feat to a rock, and with this myself and some of the other
seamen saved our lira. The hawser was made fast by
severid of the inhabitante on &eremite eams to render assist-
ance. After the ship struck all the peamegers were directed
• -

to go aft until the b;etese could begot properly out, eo that
as many as pc/alibis might be saved. Shortly after this the
vessel parted antidahlpe, and a large number of passengers,

standing on the deck where she itlifted, were swept into the
est and drowned. The boats were smashed to pieces by the

fury of the gale, and the others could not be lowered, so that
none of them could be made available. The passengers saved
were driven on chore by the force of the waves. Sixteen of
the crew got ashore by the hawser. An endeavour woo made
to get a second hawser ashore to rescue the female passengers,
but this could not be accomplished. Not a single female per
onager was saved. In three hones after the vessel struck she
began to go to pieces. Saw about 70 passengers on the port
bow, all anxiously awaiting some means of getting them on
shore, but a heavy sea which struck the starboard bow stove
it in, the ship gave a lurch, and the people were all driven
into the yea, sad drowned. Some of the passengers saved
ware thrown upon the rocks, and picked up by the crew and
others who came to render essistance:
" Mr. James Russell, a passenger, belonging to Scotland,
who had been seven years in Australia and acquired consider-
able wealth, wee below in his berth when the yowl first
struck. He had with him his wits and two young children,
one aged ten and the other two and a half years. lie 'was
aroused by hearing • commotion on deck and a fallow-pas-
tenger (Mr. Smith) saying, ' Oh, Mr. Russell, we ere all
gone; we are drifting on shore On getting to the deck his
worst fears were confirmed, es it appeared evident that little
if say hoes of rescue existed. The sea was breaking over
the ship with terrific fury, and the persons on bond
were running frantically about the dock, in a state
of despair. Having brought his family from below,
he held them together as they stood on deck, the
waves surging over them at every moment. Ina minute
or two a surging sea carried away his wife and two
children, and he never saw them mere. He himself
was then washed off the decks towards the chore, but a suc-
ceeding wave brought him back again. Another sea then
struck him, sad he was drama forward on the beech, and
as he binmelf described it, saved by the miraculous hood of
Providence. Mr. Russell had a considerable sum of money
on board, the produce of bit enterprise and skill in Austra-
lia, and is now, *imperatively speaking, penniless.
" The vessel did not, as was at first stated, strike the
ground in Red Wharf Bay, but a place between that point
and Amlwch. It is a small opening in the coast, the beach
being chiefly sand and stones. It is to the west of Point
Lynes, and known as Muelfra, a village in the immediate
locality being of that name. The coast is thinly iahabited,
and the land fiat and uncultivated. Very soon after the
fatal catastrophe which resulted in such an awful sacrifice
of human life the TWO broke up, end nothing remained but
pieces of the wreck, which were mimed to and fro by the
action of the tide. As one of the seamen described it, she
broke up like a bandbox.
" Those of the crew and passengers who reaped were
provided with temporary ►ccommodation in the neighbouring
cottages, where they received every mark of kindness from
the lahseitsnta. During the day moat of them left the place,
and wen conveyed to Liverpool in ream-tags rent out by
the owners of the ship. Last evening only one pasessiger
remened, Mr. Resell, the gentleman previously alluded to,
and the boatswain's mate and the carpenter of the ship.
Many persons visited the atone of the wreck yesterday, and
were making anxious iaquisies as to the fate of relatives sad
friends. Par this purpose every facility was afforded. Some
of the scenes arising out of these inquiries mousse than
deprived of their nearest relatives sod friends were &Sentra

in the Wrens,. Shortly after the wreck several of the
bodice of the unfortunate sufferers by the calamity floated
upon the beach; subsequently others were Inched up, sad
the number amounted at a late hour teat evening to 26. Of
there, eve were females and two of them young children•
The bodies were conveyed to Llanalgo Church, and carefully
laid out on straw, so ae to afford an opportunity for identifi-
cation. Some had on their clothing, while others ware only
partially dressed, as though when the vessel struck tee, had
been In their berths, and rushed suddenly to the deck in a
state of alarm oa belog made acquainted with the perilous
manioc of the ill-fated ship. Many of the bodies bore evi-
dence of injuries, probably sustained from being dashed
spinet the rode, or comics into violent contact with por-
tions of the wreck. One man had nearly all his limbs
broken, and the body bad, sa it were, to be gathered up.
Another was without the head, and several were much
braised on various parte of the body. The Rev. Mr. Hughes,
the minister of the church, showed every attention to those
who desired to see the bodies for the purpose of identifica-
tion. Ttoit the utmost time shall be allow d, the interments
will be delayed as long as poseible.
" Some small books and papers were picked up yesterday
on the beach. One of the papers appeared to b a diary
kept by a peasenger on board, "apposed to be a clergy-
man, of Nottingham. The various iseidents of the
voyage, from the time of leaving Melbourne until the
arrival at Queenstown, were carefully recorded by the
writer.

" The riggers previously referred to so being on board the
Royal Charter when she grounded have lost sin of their
umber, namely, James O'Neill, Richard Morris, William
Thomas, Peter Topping...Mumma Qom, auk Hersey
Naito. noes rood are :sines Wfilte; 'PRIiIh Devine
Pritridirgiellbellbothiehm, sod Mikan Berton.
Some of them swam mimes, and abets Issassentiturrlng
theme/vas by the aid of the hawser.
"So for none of the pamengere' luggage or articles of a
similar kind have been washed on shore. A few articles of
male and female uttire bare been oollinied, sad Stream taken
sari of by the officers of police sad cosstgnard now on duty.
The services of the Angleeea militia bare also been called
Into requisition, to sestet in the protection of any property
reeedved, and also is the tetnond of the bodies washed op
on the shore.

" The position of the vessel at the time of the catastrophe,
and whether or not blame attaches to the captain or hie
officers, was subject of comment amongst many of those who
visited the spot yesterday. At present it would be Qatar to
give currency to these remarks, seeing that the matter will
undergo a strict investigation at tho coroner's Inquest.
" The number of persons saved is now stated to be 39 ; of
these, 21 are passengers, and the remainder belong to the
mew.

_ _
" Only very tewof the bodies recovered have yet been iden-
tified. A gentleman encoded yesterday, to make inquiry as
to his wife, whom be supposed to be on board the Royal
Charter. The body of hie partner use not amongst those
lying In the church, but on a closer investigation his eye fell
es the corpse of a faithful servant, who, he felt sure, would
seeompany hie wife on the voyage. Thla Get too truly tot&
the mournful result. _

A auraber of persons from the more immediate some of the
wreck, sad also from a dietetics, have already visited the spot,
and many more will no doubt do so am the drcumf Linen Of
the disaster become more generally known."
Oar correspondent at Lleerikol says: .It 1a stitsd tbat the
Boys! Charter was not worth more than food 30,0001. to
40,0001., hard of 70,0001., um previously st►ted.'
The bullion amt. which wee sabeMatSally built of iron
and moored to the framing or the ship, is sepposed to bays
been shattered, from the foot oft gold boa having been
picked up with the address of a leading banking firm upon it.
About 230 eovereigis sad a quantity of notes have been
picked op among the rocks.