The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE SCHOMBERG

L ths Sydney H Herald.)
The &hombur(
gFrom sighted at noon on WednesclaY, et.
light Head. The wind" was blowing strongthleva
Stood out to the south and east, close hauled, reCflag boat
topsail, and taking in royals and topgallant sails.
three o'clock mainsail was split, and a new one set,
the ship made sail for .51 hours, a strong breeze blowiesFe
and then stood in on the opposite tack, till, as the esP`o
thought, he was within three miles' of land. About 'the
past ten p.m.; as the ship approached land',,icee
wind fell. About a quarter to eleven orders were ve3Lit
to put the ship about, -but there was only brrrent
of wind off the land, and she missed stays, the eTfour
drifting the whole time to the westward at the rate of r,„g,
miles an hour._ At this time the breakers were seen 3 to
' way off to the westward.. The captain then atteniPte",
Wear the ship, and she had almost passed the line of bre3:6iiro
When she ran upon a sandpit eastward of the reef.„..ely'
captain was perfectly cool and collected. He immen'",;3s-
sent out a boat to ascertain where they could land the reaa
sengers, and began to get out the ship's boats. la the rjo.lera
time all sail was taken in, and rockets and blue ligh', be in
let off and guns fired, in case any sail might tueeo
sight. Generally the passengers behaved well. The ° no!.'
and crew behaved admirably, obeying all orders Prnwor for
The captain was still proceeding with arraagemenho dis-
landing the passengers, when smoke was seen in t eccud
tan Ce. The captain then'ordered Mr. Laurie, the
mate, to pick out the best crew on board, and anterchaerseo
steamer. Captain Doran of the steamer Queen, sit'l
the blue lights, and stood out in the direction woe per
saw-them, and immediately offered to take the witalaerutiaej.
passengers to Melbourne, although on her way to r oree•
He accordingly brought them all-up. Great and
i:igotio.
to Captain Doran for his extreme kindneas and atwef the
to the passengers, and it is Very' much to the credit they
passengers, twenty in number, on board his vessel, th'ivitbia
willingly' consented to go back to MelbOurne, when
a few miles of the termination of 'their voyage. ag
The captain is reported as having conducted hint" whoa
thorough seaman, and was always up, night and day ay ba
in the neighbourhood of land. The catastrophe le`C ta $
said to have arisen from an anxiety to bring his veBst beieg
reasonable time to port, and Captain Forbes u°,,dirs:
'acquainted with the strength of the current on the J'a ntotb
ban coastoand from the breeze suddenly failing t?t,iag' the
critical-moment. There seems no possibility of ge‘_.,e were
, vessel off. When the last of the passengers left
twelve feet of water in her, but she is very StrOnV if 0$
on the diagonal principle, and she will hold togeti,hermenths
southwest gales come on, and even then it will be the
before she's broken np. It appears. that the Pa'
coast on which the Sehomberg was drifted (about ficte- spat
east of the mouth of the Gellibrand river), is the bas t,„
in the neighbOurhood free from sunken rocks, an"eeast t',
catastrophe occurred on any other part of .that ,20, 311,1
ship would have, inevitably been broken UP.
(„efs ,
great danger would have accrued to the Passe," she
. .Nearly the whole of the assert ers. together aileeet
crew. . • .
with
European mails, were transferred to the steamer 101)0;
p g
and landed at Melbourne, without loss of life
►
indeed it is due to the chief officer, Henry COOP: sills,'
and to one of the chief cabin passengers, Aid 0 state
architect and civil engineer, of Belfast, Relit' '„seoce:
that it has been chiefly owing to the great Pi; dorleg
naind, and cool undaunted oouraqe displayed by the
s„s
the trying scene that no loss of life occurred. s 04(1
„ From another gentleman we learn that Sae
tir. #Olll-6
left, in the Champion, about eleven "ThuradaY
Were I-0
Many sailors had left the ahlp. There '.1,„ wea-e.t
men of the officers and crew. Of these forty rjj
on shore, 'headed by the boatswain, hain,ebou taxi% d
These took their claeBts. and other property. brandy 30,
casks,' containing biscuit, bottled ;porter, .0,
,d
other stores, were sent on shore by the purser, wlretus'
we mast
panied them. The men erected a hat on share, an
na
to return on board when requested to do so. ‘ferioa e
KeTechae toag
tehtletsseehave o despatchedfthe disas
disaster
rt, haendsteamers it tV,6
return for further particulars. Captain Mathews' co
agent, has gone down in one of these steamers.
~oteilizelito
The Champion (steamer) brins the latest,„l,4„tuan',
from the scene of the' -wreak, .and captain I:;rerssed
whose experience great 'weight-is due, has e„`-‘,. this
Bas
opinion that no' chance whatever exists of ea!'"
ship, from which snmuch was expected.

SATT)OI3
ATTEMPT AT MURDER BY A

On Tuesday a frightful attempt at murder 3'
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Tsabop:npeaeysatstrrahseieetl sailor
nzrawpt ihrsnooecrarDeeeeutditsletaeodiynl
o-thrsoast ree t . The facts
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dmDt
haeuatdt
ttii osntilnwua- ,idn-laiorotivisefoiliti:creocie;
the
irej
was resumed. It seemsmen, 1114.eilf
Moses Doyle and Daniel ISlTarthy, were ilif,:ejilstie
engaged in the row than any others, being s'n""
knife, and madea
to each other. After fighting some time, it se'
sottPer'oueafebnti
thewhere
Doyle was gettingfetahrefuwi oprlsutagoef
oift,it
at
ivi,
when he drew ,i,
carthYt in
blade entered his side, and ran along the abd°llisei%ea
flitting a desperate wound. Doyle was at 00°0 t-0 the
by two of his comrades, and was handed ece,r -,theril
the his ease'
to
police; and M'Carthy was conveyed cas
to his . • g
Hos •
pita', where prompt attention was paid who
the Pre. 0 of
Yesterday Doyle was brought before
magistrate (Mr. Aiken,) when a certificate frog' °l3d ph
the surgeons of the Northern Hospital was liandet end'
stating that the wounded man was quite unable t° 3 tad t
The prisoner was then remanded till this daY oise,
in the meantime, if the wounded man should gel DO
and
depositions, magistrate will proceed to the hospital ad "ke
depositions,

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