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London, England, 1855-05-29 00:00:00

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Jane 6 and July 9, at half-past ten, at Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Sutton, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
William Butcher, coachbuilder, Lichfield, June 11 and
July 4, at half-past ten, at Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and
Knight, Birmingham.
Henry Cox, grocer, Reading, June 7, at eleven, and
July 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Howard and Dollman,
Fenchurch-street.
Peregrine Joyce, commission agent, Worcester, June
8, and July 7, at o'clock, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bart-
leet, Birmingham.
John M'Carthy, publican, Aston, near Birmingham,
June 13, and July 4, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
Samuel Warren, licensed victualler, Gloucester, June
12, and July 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Smallridge, Glou-
cester.

DREADFUL STIIPWRECK AND
INHUMAN CONDUCT.

SHARE 111A.RKETS

(THIS DAY.)

RAILW A YS.

MELBOURNE, March B.—The barque Rio Grande
arrived here last evening with Captain Penny and
Ave of the crew of the wrecked Peruvian ship
Grimeneza, which was totally lost with nearly
640 Chinese emigrants, who were passengers on I
t.
board for Callao, on the 3d of last July, on a shoal
lying in the mid•cbannel between New Caledonia and
Bampton Shoal, lat. 10.15 S., long. 16110 E. The
second officer and 18 men saved themselves by taking i:srs,
to one of the boats, and were picked up some days
afterwards, and landed at Shanghae. Captain Penny, :31
surgeon, chief officer, and four men, took to another
of the boats, and, after sailing near 2,000 miles, suc-
ceeded in landing at New Ireland 25 days after the
wreck, and suffering intensely from the effect of laun- 22
ger, thirst, and disease ; they were six days and nights 25
without food or water. The chief officer was murdered st
by the natives two or three days after they landed on the
island. They remained there tit the sth day of Sep- to
tember, when news reached them that an English ship
had put into Gower's Harbour for wood and water. 50
Captain Penny writes as follows on the treatment he 50
met with from the master of this vessel, which proved 20
to he the Sydney whaling Larque Australian, Captain 20
Lewin Wilds : 0
"On arriving at Gower's Harbour I found the car- tg
penter and cooper of the Australian. I male myself
known to them, and inquired as to where the vessel
was lying. They told me, but at the same time gave
me to understand that I must not expect any assistance
from the captain, no matter whether I was a shipmaster
or not. However, I was determined to try. I
could not believe it possible that he would refuse me
and my companions a passage to some civilised place, so
I made the best of my way to the vessel, and after
going some considerable distance she hove in sight. I
got as near to her as I possibly could, and hailed her ;
hut though seen from the vessel no attention was paid
to me whatever. Finally, after waiting about an hour
standing up to my middle in water, a boat put off from
the vessel and pulled in the direction of where I was
standing. I then hailed the boat two or three times
before she stopped, when, after making my unf a•tunate
position and circumstances known, the officer in the boat
informed me that he had received positive instructions
to take no person on board the ship unless known to
him ; but,' he said, 'llB you are a ship master I will
take you on board, and I don't care whether the captain
likes it or not; he can only put you on shore again.' The
boat, accordingly, pulled in for me. I was unable to get
into the boat, so the crew lifted me in. I told Captain
Wilds, the master, all the particulars of my disaster, and
begged him to take us on board, and place us in the first
vessel he fell in with. He replied that he was notbound to
take us on board, and asked, 'Where do you suppose that
lam going to get food from to feed you with ? Do you
think that I am bound to take everybody on board of
my vessel because they say that they are shipwrecked ?
The laws of nations can't make me do it ; and as for the
laws of humanity, as you call it, I don't care about them.
I am a cosmopolite, and I ask no man's friendship ; and
as to the Queen, if I wanted a meal, I am sure she would
not give me one ; so I belong to no country at all, and
owe allegiance to none.' He got an old pair of trousers
and threw them to where I was standing, and then
asked the steward if he had an old shirt to give me. The
steward got one, and gave it to me. After a great deal
of difficulty he finally consented to take the rest of my
shipmates on board, and I sent the natives back, with a
note for them to come with all despatch, as the vessel
would sail the next day at twelve noon ; and that if ' I
they were not there in time the captain would not wait
for them. They received my note about one o'clock
in the morning, and immediately started, and arrived at
the vessel about ten. The doctor told me that the
men begged frequently to be left to die on the road,
they were so reduced by sickness ; and they would
have been left if the doctor had not succeeded in in-
ducing some of the natives to carry them over. A boat
chanced to be on shore when they arrived, and brought
them on board ; and a more pitiable sight than they pre-
sented I never beheld. They were so exhausted that
they had to be supported on either side to keep them
from falling. I was standing at the gangway as they
were passed on board, when C.ipfain Wilds came up to
me, and asked me what he was to do with them ? He
eaid, " Why, they are nearly dead now, and it will take
two or three months to feed then up to make men of
them ; and I don't know yet if I shall take you or not.
I have a good mind to land you again ; I don't see why
I should take you off more than anyhody else, so don't
make too sure about your getting off yet.' I refrain
from using the language Captain Wilds expressed him-
self in, and at the same time from making any comments
upon his conduct. Let no one suppose that this com-
munication is written in malice—l freely forgive him.
Should it be his misfortune to be similarly placed as I
was, it is my sincere wish that he will not fall into the
hands of his counterpart, if such another could be

Closing Prices
this &ay.

Thomas Hake, furrier, Exeter, June 8 and July 5, at
one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street,
City ; Stogdon, Exeter.
Benjamin Gregory, builder, Sheffield, June 9 and 30, at
ten, at the Leeds Thstriet court. Brewin, official assignee,
Sheffield ; Fernell, Sht ffield.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Ltird and Ritchie, grain merchants, Glasgow—Creditors
meet in the CI ow otel, George-square, Glasgow, June 4,
at two.

James Hood, ship carpenter, Dunbar—Creditors meet
in the George Inn, Haddington, June 5, at twelve.
Wm. Riddell, carter and contractor, Glasgow—Credi-
tors meet in Brown and Macindoe's Rooms, St. Vincent-
street, Glasgow, 11th June, one o'clock.
Forrester and Milwain, plasterers, Pitt-street, Glasgow
—Creditors meet in Brown and Macindoe's Rooms, St.
Vincent-street, Glasgow, 9th June, twelve o'clock.
David Douglas and John Baird, merchants, Edinburgh
—Preditors meet in Dowell's and Lyon's Rooms, George-
street, Edinburgh, Bth June, twelve o'clock.
Angus Macdonell, Keppoch, in the parish of Kilmoni-
vaig, now deceased—Creditors meet in the George Hotel,
Fort-William, Bth June, one o'clock.

"M. H. PENNY,
late Commander of the Grimeneza."

In the course of a tnonth after Captain Penny and his
men were put on board the barque Maria, and subse-
quently on board the Rio Grande, bound for Melbourne.