The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

SPOKEN.

In lat. Lon.
Mar. 15.. Nimrod, Sydney to London ...... 08 N.. 40 W.
rec. 20.. Conveyor, hence to Bombay . 3 8.. 67 E.
Oct. 18.. Oliver Lang, hence to New Zealand
Der. 7.. Anna Mary,lomee to Calcutta....... .
Dec. 16.. Crest of the Wave, hence to Hong Kong 34 S.. 21 W.
Dec. 3.. Amathea, Calcutta to Liverpool 18 N.. 89 E.
Jan. 12.. Palatine, Calcutta to Liverpool ..
Dec. 17.. Telemache. Calcutta to ..... 2 N.. 86 E.
Feb. 2.. Josephine, off Cape of Good Hope.
Mar. 3.. Otillia

April 1.. Falcon, off the Sa'tea.
April 2.. Prospero, hence to Newfoundland, off Holyhead.
VESSELS' REPORTS.

Report of Captain- Peter George Mitchell, roaster of
the barque Emperor, 368 tons, of and from Liverpool for
Bahia, which struck on the Blackwater Bank on the 29th
ult.. and afterwards went down in deep water :—Left
Liverpool on the 28th ult., at 1 p.m., wind S E.. and light.
Sighted the land about Bardsey at 11 a.m. of the 29th;
wind had changed to &S. W., fresh ; at 3 3u p.m. fog, and
wind increasing; ordered sail to be shortened. Whilst
the crew were double reefing maintopsail, the ship struck
on Blackwater Point, without any warning, and imme-
diately carried away her wheel and rudder head; ordered
the carpenter to sound the pumps, who reported three feet
of water in the hold ; ship rolling and striking heavily,
momentarily expected the masts to go by the board ;
ordered boats to be got ready—got two over the side.
when some of the crew got into them. Finding nothing
could be done to save the ship, determined, after consult.
ing with the officers, that it was useless to risk the lives
of the men by stopping by the ship in such an exposed
position, and night coming on, got the two lady passengers
in the long boat, and all hands abandoned the ship to her
fate. They landed safely at Morris Castle Coast guard
Station. From the course ship was steered after sighting
Bardsey, she should have been well down in mid channel
when she struck on Blackwater Bank. Attributes the
ship being so far out of her course to the incorrectness of
her compasses, which the master conceives were, and
strongly, acted on by the large quantity of iron machinery
on board, stowed fore and aft, and under cabin. On the
23th he remarked all the compasses to be quite sluggish,
mid to differ materially. The binnacle compass, by which
the ship was steered, was the one they had most confi-
dence in ;it was constantly stirred. A Polloroas compass
he had placed on the cabin table, and compared it with the
tell tale all night. Previously to leaving the ship she was
nearly on her beam ends, and he was the last to leave,
the boats being previously cut away.

Report of Captain Alexander Henderson, master of the
Harriet Stewart, from Liverpool for Sines, which was
driven on the rocks in Wigtown Bay, about the 14th ult.: ,
—Sailed from Liverpool at noon of the 12th. 6 p.m.,
increasing breeze, shortened sail. 8 p.m., strong breeze,
heavy dead sea, double reefed the sails. 10 p.m., strong
gale with heavy sea, ship labouring heavy, furled all sails,
and hove head to N.W. Midnight, increasing gale, with
tremendous sea ; shifted the cargo, washed away the
starboard gangway bulwarks. 1 a.m., wore to S.E., wind
S.W. 4 a.m., cargo shifted again, and washed away port
bulwarks. 8 a.m., increasing gale, still lying to under a
close reefed mainsail. 13th, Peel Head distant about
four miles, wore ship to N.W. 5 p.m., heavy gale with
cross sea, cargo shifted again ; ship lying very low, bore
up for a harbour; set the close reefed topsail and foresail,
wind veering from S.W. to W.S.W., ship labouring
heavily. About 11 p.m., stood in for the Isle of Whithorn,
but could not make the harbour with safety; stood down
for Port Chyrock Bay. 1 a.m., made the bay, and stood
in, but finding too much sea for letting go an anchor, wore
to S.E. 4 a.m., wore again to N.W. 7 a.m., heavy gale,
with tremendous sea, split the foresail and foretopmast
staysail; wore round to the S.E., thinking to fetch Ross.
About 10 a.m., increasing gale, cargo shifted, laid the ship
down until the water was up to the hatches ; being afraid
she was going to founder, wore to N.W., thinking to fetch
Garlieston, but finding she would not weather the Isle of
Fleet, as she was falling fast on the lee shore, they were
obliged to run in among the islands to try and save lives
and property. 11 a.m., let go the best bower anchor with
35 to 40 fathoms of chain. The ship came head to wind,
and lay.for several minutes, when the anchor gave way ;

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