The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-30 00:00:00

sengers ; two of them were women, and another a
child. It has been conjectured that some of the
other unfortunate creatures on board might have
taken to another of the boats ; but it is stated that
there is little hope of such turning out to be the
fact. The event has created a painful sensation in
Rotterdam, where the late master, Mr. Crow, was
much respected. The Camerton is understood to
have been insured.
At the entrance of the Scheldt, off the coast of
Flushing, many trying and distressing scenes oc-
curred. The gale continued with but little mode-
ration up to Tuesday. On the night of Sunday
the London and Antwerp steamers Baron Osy and
Antwerpen brought up in Flushing roads, both of
which were driven from their anchors. The latter
steam-ship witnessed a deplorable wreck between
Flushing and Terveuse. A brig went on the shoal
known as the Suiter Plael, and speedily became a
loss. Those of the Antwerpen endeavoured to save
the crew ; but the formidable weather and sea
which prevailed defied all attempts, and the poor
creatures are reported to have perished. Two other
losses are announced to have occurred in the same
vicinity of coast. Higher up to the northward, a
number of vessels were wrecked during the storm.
The City of Rochester, Green, master, belonging
to Rochester, on a voyage from Dantzic, was thrown
on the island of Anholt. The captain and five men
were safely landed, but the remainder of the crew
have not been seen or heard of since. Another
English vessel, the Thomas and Maria, of Blythe
from Dantzic, struck on the same island, and be-
came a loss.
Little additional has been gleaned of the catas-
trophe which is reported to have happened to one
of the inland steamers from Amsterdam. The
wind is said to have blown with the force of almost
a hurricane. _ _

The later accounts from the Norfolk, Lincoln..
shire, and Yorkshire coasts continue to furnish sad
instances of the fury of the recent storm. Two
Yarmouth luggers, named the Dairymaid and
Ocean Star, were nearly overwhelmed by the gale
of Sunday night. They each lost part of their
crew. The Dairymaid lost three poor fellows over-
board, named William Lincoln, James Burrell, and
Lewis Powells ; and the Ocean Star two, James
Lamer and Charles Rodds.

LOSS OF THE FUTELL KURREEM, WITH THE
ENGLISH MAIL OF MNE 24.

The bimonthly mail of the 24th June is totally lost,
the vessel which left Aden with it on the 13th July
having foundered. Mr. Hankins,'acting master I.N„
in charge of the mail, the mate of an American ship (a
passenger), and 175 nativFs, crew and passengers,
pe-
rished in her ; only ten individuals, natives, having been
drifted on shore in the long boat.
The following is the official account of the foundering
of the vessel
The barque Futell Kurreem, teak-built, copper-fast-
ened, four years old, was taken up, after being surveyed,
to convey the mid-monthly mail of the 24th June from
Aden.

The mail was brought by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamship Hindostan, and transferred on the
12th July under charge of Mr. Hankins, acting master
I.N. ; but, owing to the unfavourable state of the
weather the Futell Kurreem did not clear the harbour
the following evening (the 13th).
The vessel ran all night under her topsails and foresail,
and at early morning the pumps showed no leak ; never-
theless, by seven o'clock (that is, two hours subse-
quently), in the words of one of the survivors, the water
in the hold was above a man's head.

On the natives becoming frightened, Mr. Hankins
appears to have acted with much energy. He first went
and examined the leak, and evidently concluding that
the vessel could be kept afloat, directed her head for
the Arabian coast, the steering being undertaken by the
second mate of an American ship, who was on board as a
passenger. He next employed both passengers and crew
in baling, and at the pumps, working at the latter him-
self. But their exertions were unavailing ; the water in
the hold continued to increase ; by two o'clock in the
afternoon it was up to the hatchway, and shortly after
the ship foundered.
Mr. Hankins is stated to have previously cut away
with his sword the lashings of the boats, and the long-
boat having floated, appears to have been clung to by
several of the crew, but of these only eight men and two
women survived to reach the Arabian coast, on which
they were cast 105 miles to the eastward of Aden, near
the village of Howls, in the Ourlyhi territory ; after
drifting in the swamped boat for three days and a half
without food or water.

The Arabs at first plundered them of their rings, &c.,
but subsequently fed them, and forwarded them towards
Aden.

On the 26th July four of them (three men and one
woman) reached that place in the last state of exhaustion,
the remainder having stopped at the town of Shugra.
Captain Haines, the political agent, immediately sent
expresses to the various chiefs along the coast to treat
with kindness these, and any other, survivors.
Besides Mr. Hankins and the American, 175 natives,
crew and passengers, perished with the vessel.
The cargo consisted of salt from Judda, and coffee
and tobacco from Aden, of the value of Rs. 65,000.
The Fetch Kurreetn was to all appearance a good,
well-handled ship, and the only surmise that can be
hazarded as to the cause of the catastrophe is, that she
suddenly started one of the butt ends in the bows.
The survivors speak gratefully of the exertions of,
and example set by, the mail officer, Mr. Hankins, in
working till he fell exhausted on the deck as the vessel
sank ; and it was through his forethought in cutting
away the ropes, which otherwise would have held clown
the long-boat, that any survived to tell the tale.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 29.

An order was received yesterday to proceed with the
previously resolved on alterations of her Majesty's
yacht Victoria and Albert.
Mr. Woodcock, Chief Engineer, R.N., 'late of her
Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouta, awaits his trial on
board the Victory, for desertion.
The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander P. Welling.
ton, sailed from Spithead this morning, for Woolwich
and Deptford to discharge stores.
The Ceres cutter, tender to the Dasher steam-cruiser,
Master-Commander Burney, sailed to-day, after a. refit,
for the Channel Islands, to resume her protection of
those fisheries.

The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting Master-Com-
mander Allen, sailed for Plymouth this evening with.
supernumeraries and 80 marines, who came from Chat-
ham, paid off from her Majesty's ship Cleopatra.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 29.
APPOINTMENTS.
Masters.—George James Hodges (1841) to the Coast.
guard ; Robert Wallis to the Apollo troopship, at Sheer.
ness.

Chief Engineer Friend Stow, at present in charge of
the Rosamond, at Woolwich, to the Encounter, 14,
screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Second Masters.—John Hutchings (1852), from the
Fisgard flagship at Woolwich, to the Coastguard ; E. A.
Carey to the Apollo, at Sheerness.
Mates.—Arthur K. Forde (1851), from the Vulcan
screw steam troopship, to the Stromboli steam sloop ;
William H. Wright (1850) to the Tribune, 30, screw
steam frigate.
Gunner Thomas Westfoot to the Porcupine steam.
vessel, employed on particular service.
The order for the Hebe receiving-ship at Woolwich to
be taken up to Greenwich as an auxiliary hospital-ship
to the Dreadnought having been countermanded, and
the Devonshire, third-rate, at Chatham, being substi.
tuted in place of the Hebe, the Devonshire passed Wool-
wich this morning from Chatham, on her way to Green:,
with, towed by steam-vessels.

ODESSA.—The advices from Odessa to-day state that
the demand for wheat had been renewed, owing to the
last accounts from London. Shipping was still very
scarce. From St. Petersburg, also, the same complaint
is repeated. At that port, however, the short supply
was in some measure consequent upon the prevalence of
adverse winds. Upon the arrival of vessels a large
quantity of wheat would be shipped.
MELBOURNE.---A correspondent in Melbourne inform*
us of the establishment of the Immigrants' Aid Society.
recently formed in Melbourne, for which object 10,000 t.
has been raised by voluntary contributions, and 40,000/.
contributed by Government. A large building is erecting.
The object briefly is to welcome newly-arrived immi.
grants on their coming on shore in cases of necessity.
to afford accommodation of lodging for females and
children, to take charge of their luggage (at a small
charge) in the store, to advise them as to their future
movements, to aid them by lending small sums of
money, to afford medical relief and advice, to keep
a registry of various kinds of employment, to keep
lists of respectable boarding and lodging-houses, and
by every means in their power to alleviate the
difficulties and anxieties always experienced by new
settlers. Mr. Joseph Low, formerly of Essex, has
been selected, out of nearly 100 candidates, as super.
intendent, to work out this benevolent and interesting

object.
THE HERRING FISHERY IN THE NORTH.—The herring
fishery is now over for the season, and the average re-
turns show that the take has been good. It is calculated
that the total number of barrels cured on the whole of
the coast of Scotland, from Dunbar to .John O'Groat's,
is 500,000, which, at an average price of 1/. each, give
total of 500,000/. as the product of two months fishing
of the deep. The curers and fishermen are both gainers
by the present year's catch.
WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—We hear that a
series of Wednesday evening concerts are about to be
given at Exeter Hall on a popular and attractive scale,
while at the same time the arrangements will have spe•
cial reference to the improvement which has taken place
of late years in the musical taste of the public. It is
sufficient for the present to state that they will be under
the able and judicious direction of M. Benedict, and the
lovers of good music may therefore anticipate during
the ensuing winter a series of excellent vocal and in.
strumental performances.
SANITARY PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE FACTORY ,ACT.--.
On the information of Mr. Baker, Sub-inspector of Fact.
tories, Mr. Thomas Lister, woollen-manufacturer,
Hunslet, was charged before the presiding magistrates
at the Court-house, Leeds, on Tuesday last, with having
neglected during the preceding 14 months to whitewash
the interior of his factory. The offence was proved, ai4
the defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of