Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE DUNBAR, AND GREAT LOSS

OF LIFE.

The report of the lose of the Dunbar, as announced

above, was reported in several telegraphic despatches
received yesterday from Marseilles. The ship was on her
voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales, with
about 140 passengers, all of, whom are lost, Ogetber :with
her crew, exceptiug only one seaman, named Johns m.

.
The Dunbar was comparatively a new vessel, having
been built at Sunderland in 1854, and was classed in that
year A 1 for thirteen years at Lloyds. She belonged to th 6
port of London, was owned by Mr. Duncan Dunbar, and
regist, rod 1,167 tons. Her cargo, it is stated, was insured
for about £80,(1)0. The following is a list of her
passeng s:—
Cihin.-11r K. Waller and family, Mrs Egan, eon,
and daughter, Mr and Mrs Peek, Mr Dir--.'ney, Mr and
Mrs M'Quoid, Mr James, two Misses Hunt, Mr Simmons,
Mr F. Sever n, Mr A. Mylne and party, Captain Steane,
R.N., Miss I.4.)via and two Masters Logan, Mr Cuthbert,
Mr Troughtoa.
Intermed!ate.—Mrs. Daball, John Barry, Miss Grlham,
Wm. Eynon, John Holt, Mr and Mrs Clark and two
children, Mr. and Mrs Saint, Mrs Brown and child, Mrs
Annan and three children, W. Wiesner, Ed. 1111 and
Win. Beach, Mr and Mrs Healing an.! three children
Mr and Mrs Strange.
The Australian and New Zealand Gazette publishes a
list, as below, differing somewhat from the foregoing :

Caief c)bin.—Mr and M:s A. Meyer and six children,
Misr J. Wake Mr and Mrs K. Waller and six children,
Mi.,s S. Futbergill, Miss E. King, Mr C. Troughton, Mr
and Mrs Mylne, Mr A. D. James, Mr F. 'Firicial, Mr
C. Davidson, Mr and Mrs Colman, Mrs Egan, son and
daughter, Mr Simmons, Mr MiQuoid, Mr and Mrs Peek,.
Mr .Downey, Misses Hunt (2), Mr. Lsveiu, Miss Logan
and two Masters L-gitn, and M. Cuthbert. IWertnediate:
Mrs Debell, Mrs J. Berry, Miss Graham, Messrs .
Byron,..T. Holl, Wisemer, E. Hill, W. Beach; Mr an.l
and Mrs Clark and two childreni Mr and Mrs Saint, Mrs
Brown and child, Mrs Anuan and three children, Mr and
Mrs Healing and three children, and Mr and Mrs Strange.

We feel— cer!ain that Messrs Devitt and illobre, the
hrokers !-0 this fide vessel, will give every information that
lies in their power to the relatives or friends of any of her
unfortunate passengers.

FITE WEST INDIA. & PACIFIC
MAILS.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY Ev Immo.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato,
Captain Wooley, arrivel here today from the West
Indies, with the usual mails. On her homeward
voyage, the Atrato experienced fine weather to the
Western Islands, and same strong Easterly winds
and a heavy sea.

The latest dates brought by the Atrato are—
Santa Martha, October 23rd ; Grey Town, 17th;
Nassau, ; Colon, 26:h; Demerara, 25th; Tri-
nidad, 25th; Carthagena, 27th; Jamaica, 27th;
Granada, 26th ; Barbadoes, 27th; • Ja-etnel, 28th ;
Antigua, 2917; St. Mitt's, 29th; Nevis, 29th ;
Montserrat, 29th; Porto Rica, 30th; S. Thopals,
31st.

.Tha Atrato brings 777,936 dollars in specie, and
63 passengers.. viz.:—

Mr. Walker, Assistant Military storekeeper ; Ensign
Smyth, 3rd West India Regiment; Mrs: Hinds, Mrs.
DsJzell, Rev. D. Hynes, (Catholic Bishop,) Rev. T.
Fitzgerald, Rev. T. Hayden, from Darnerara. Captain'P.
Scott Thomson, Messrs. St, Ours, O'Connor, Mellor, and
Merino, from Panama. Mrs. Savary, and Mr. Mrs. James,
from Jamaica. Mr. D 3 Castro, from Porto Rico 48
adults Ist class, and '2) children tad class. Also four
distressed British subjects.
Her Majesty's ship Brunswick was at Colon, the
Tartar and Arachne were at St. Domingo, the
Irnaum.was at Jamaica,
On the 28. h ult. the mail steamer Trent commu-.
ca.ted with the Basilisk, from St. DoLningo to
Jamaica ; she reports the Tartar at St. Domingo on
the 27th. Fighting was going on with only five
days' provisions in the town. The Devastation
sailed on the 17th from Bermuda for Halifax. The
Jassem left, Bermuda on the 18:11 ult. for Jamaica;
the Terror, floating battery, was at Bermuda on
the 18:h.

At Jilm:ica, the weather, which had been very
wet, has changed. A frightful catastrophe had
happened in Kingston ; the railway had been much
damaged in conseq lance. There hid been much
sickness of a serious type in Jamaica. Yellow fever
has again appeared at Port Royal. The Jamaica
mining reports are encouraging, business is active,
principally in American provisions and breioSfuffs,
owing par:ly to the monetary crisis in the United
States: Sugar is steady. Pimento is not . active,
though firm. Coffee of the new crop has not yet
been placed in market. Corn is alinos sold out, and
dyewoods remain at las: quotations. The JalliliC3
Standard, in its Packet summary, dated 2Utli Oct ,
says :

the events of the lest fortnig'it have been few and
ueimportaut. The weather, whice had been very vet for
an nausea' leagth of time, has given way to w arm sun-
shine, with every appearanee of its coetinuance. Prior to
the break up, Kin stow and its neighbeu-Imoi were Visited,
on the night of Sunday, the 1 let inet , with one of the
most violent storms of rain and thunder that we remember
to have ever witnessed. The rain began to tall in
torrents between nine and ten o'clock, and continued with-
out intermission until past three on Monday morning.
Frightful thunder claps, accompanied with awful
lightning, broke over the city for upwards of an
hour, aed on the whole a more terrific night has not
been experienced since the memorable one in October,
1850, which immediately preceded the eruption of cholera
in this island. The effect of so heavy a fall of water was
to damage the railway to such att extent that the trains
were obliged to be discontinued for some days. The rains,
however, which have been so bountiful all along the south
side of the ieland, have been extremely partial in
their influences. In Vere, Clarendon, Sr. Elizabeth,
and Westmoreland, they have been extremely abut—
dant, and we learn that the young canes never looked
better. In S. James and Hanover also the rains have
been eensiderable ; bat in Trelawny, St. Ann, Sr. Mary,
and other Northside parishes, they have almost weoliy
failed; so much so indeed, as to have unieunted almost to
a drought. There has been a great deal of sickness, come
of it of a very serious type. In Kingston and the neigh-
bourhood fever prevails to a very great extent, principally
of the intermittent kind, and very teiv families have escaped
one or more cases. Yellow fever has, we regret to say,
appeared at Pert Rlyal, which town hitherto has been very
healthy.