The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

LOSS of the TWEED CONFIRMED.
SOUTHAMPTON-, THURSDAY MORNING.
The Avon Royal mail stew:::-ship, Captain .Norton,
arrived in Cowes Roads last night at ten o'clock, and
it is lamentable to announce that she brings con-
firmatory intelligence of the total loss of the Tweed
on the reef of Alacranes, as previously announced in
The Sun.

It appears that there are seventy-two passengers
and crew lost, and seventy-nine saved, a list of both
of which will be found below.
After the vessel struck, which, it appears, was on
the 12th of February, at half-past three A.M., the
survivors, by various means, got on to the reef. They
remained there 'for some hours, and at five o'clock
P.M., on the first day, one of the boats having been
got ready, the first officer, Mr. Ellison, with eleven
of the survivors, got into it, with ti Intention of
reaching the Campeachy shore, if possil,!e. They
were, however, fortunate enough to fall in with the
Spanish brig Emilio, fifty-one miles from Sisal roads.
After landing them the brig again returned, and,
amidst much difficulty, succeeded in taking off several
others, with whom she departed for Perez. On the
following day the remainder left the reef in two
boats, brought by the Emilio, and got in safety to
Perez. The brig then put off to Sisal, and, after
remaining there seven days, she was chartered for
Ravannah, where she arrived on the 3d of March.
On the 11th the Avon, being at Havannah, left for
England, and, as previously stated, arrived in Cowes
Roads last night.
The ill-fated Tweed, after she struck on the Ala-
cranes, went to pieces in the course of half-an-hour.
The survivors, who had contrived to reach the reef,
soon managed to collect sufficient timber to construct
a raft, upon which they remained up to their middles
in water the first night, after the tide had made, in a
most painful state of anxiety.
Fortunately, sufficient provisions and wine were
saved to sustain the unfortunate creatures from perish-
ing by hunger ; they were, as a matter of course, used
in a very sparing manner.

The passengers saved speak in the highest terms
of admiration and praise of the conduct of Captain
Parsons throughout the whole of the trying scene.
He did everything it was possible to do to save those
unfortunates who have so untimely perished ; never
allowing his own share of the scanty provisions to
exceed that of his companions in wretchedness—
never flagging for one moment in his endeavour to
render his valuable services available.

It appears there were only three female passengers,
all of whom were drowned.

The last five men on the wreck lashed themselves
together on a spar, and ultimately three of them
reached the shore in safety. _

The Avon brings home seventy passengers, inde-
pendently of the survivors of the Tweed.
There was nothing stirring in particular in the
West Indies. The prospects of the crops are en-
couraging in the extreme.
The latest dates brought by the Avon are, Havan-
nab, March 11 ; Cbagres, Feb. 26 ; Honduras, Feb.
20 ; Carthagena, Feb. 28 ; Jamaica, March 11; St.
Jago de Cuba, March 8 ; Demerara, March 6 ; Bar-
badoes, March 12 ; Grenada, March 13 ; Porto Rico,
March 16 ; St. Thomas's, March 17 ; and Bermuda,
March 24.
The Avon has a quarter of million of dollars on
board from Parana. She has also 135 cases of cigars,
13 serons of indigo, 50 live turtles, &c.
Our usual papers have not come to hand.

LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW LOST FROM
THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET TWEED.
PASSENGERS.
Mr. Yurchanote Mr. Serbran
Mr. Fontnha Mr. Guxruga
General Chaulier Mr. Vivinga
..14..r. Escudeno Mr. Fox
ars. Escudeno, child, and Mr. Portillo
servant Mr. Santo
Mr. Barrimeria Mr. Cuvill
Mr. Robinson Mr. Gonzales
Mr. Meruende Mr. Ladira
Mr. Seidurbergh Mr. Cofer
Mr. Boom Mr. Mathias
Mr. Gartman Mr. Fuentes
Mr. Larado Mr. Topete
Dir. Rermante Mrs. Jones and son.
Mr. Maspule

CREW
/Ir. W. Croke, fourth officer T. Kenny
P. A. Spence, midshipman J. Glossop
R. Varndale, ditto J. Newman, coal-trimmer
S. Rogers, carpenter J. Alcock, ditto
_I. V. Shotter, carpenter's mate J. Moody, ditto
.r....,ll`Cullam, quartermaster H. Phillpot, engineer's boy
w. Turl, A.B. H. Bluett, waiter
J. Slade, ditto G. Adams, ditto
J. Furze, ditto T. Finlay, barman.
J. Cove, ditto H. Hawkins, boots
P. Moore, ditto Wm. Ellis, bed-room steward
R. Horrebow, ditto J. Payne, saloon cook
Egbert Moon, apprentice J. Benson, baker
F. Warren W. Lees, butcher
J. Eager Walter Dyne, Admiralty
S. Le Gallais, engineer's ap. agent's servant
J. Dixon, captain's servant D. Martin, A.B.
W. Hair, third engineer Henry Burton, cook's mate
W. Ambrose, fifth engineer Mrs. Grundy, stewardess
W. Wiltahead, boiler maker TOTAL LOST.
Thos. Stone, fireman Passengers ..... 3l
Wm. Bishop Crew
Wm. Hutchings
J. Haddon 73
LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED
FROM THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET
TWEED.
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CABIN PASSENGERS.
WM. Ellice, Esq., English J. F. Knox, English
L. R. Price, English J. M. Espano, Mexican
B. G. Farias, English S. Fernandez, Canary Isles
C. 0. Steward, English Juan Lobo, Spain
T. Jones, English Antonio Miranda, Spain
T. Probst, German Jose Bollet, Spain
F. M. Dimond, America. A. Palacio, Spain
F. Castro, Spanish M. Banuel, Spain
A. Pierrun, French

DECK PA.kiNGERS.
A. Gutuerrez, Spain J. M. Ortez

J. T. Piria, Spain J. Bursa°
J. Luengas, Spain M. M. Echavurni
J. Blanco, Spain, N. B%rraza
V. G. Rendueles, Spain D. Dyr.rrabal
F. L. Peria

CREW.
Captain G. Parsons G. Lowe
E. Ellison, Ist officer J. Wallace
C. H. Onslow, 2d ditto J. Cox, fireman
E. Knott, 3d ditto S. Harris, ditto
T. Rowlett, midshipman T. Hannay, ditto
S. B. Rowland, surgeon L. Moyes, ditto
T. Bullard, purser 0. Hill, ditto
T. B. Cameron D. Wallace. ditto
T. Broad, boatswain G. Allan], ditto
T. Smith, quartermaster T. Gurnett, ditto
G. Flemings, do. C. Parker, ditto
W. York, A.B. T. Merton, ditto
W. Bunday, do. C. Stewart, storekeeper
T. Briscoe, do. G. Looney, apprentice
J. Marcy, do. C. P. M•Cabe, captain's
W. Green, do. steward
G. Turl, do. C. Hancock, servant
J. Laver, do. G. Marlow, waiter
T. Harris, do. J. Dawson, storekeeper
T. Barwick, do. T. Ivatts, cook
T. Sully, do. M. Cushman, officers' boy*
T. Phillips, do. W. Cooper, surgeon's boy*
M. Muckrell, do. J. Davis, Lieutenant R.N.,
G. Deal, do. Admiralty Agent
A. M•Kenzie, Ist Engineer TOTAL SAVED.
T. Morrison, 2d do. Passengers 29
D. Blair, 4th do. Crew
S. Forster, fireman
R. Johnston, do. 81
A. Burt
* These two not on board the ship when she was wrecked,
having been left behind at Jamaica.

n7TOR Pr-1F SUN.
Six,—lt is indeed too true that the rumoured loss of
this fine steam-ship has now been confirmed. I have
this moment (ten o'clock, Thursday) rt-ceived from my
brother, who was to have come home by the Tweed, and
for whose safety since the intelligence was received great
fears were apprehended, a letter written yesterday, of
which the follovirig is an extract:—
" Royal Mail Steamer Avon, off Plymouth,
2 P.M., 7th April, 1047."
"I left Barbadoes 0.1 the 13th ult., on board the man-
of-war Persian, and piled the steamer at Antigua, on
the 16th ult., since whichT have been on passage. After
a most pleasant run throu
Zki. the West India islands, and
stopping one day at St. Thwas', and two at Bermuda, we
are now approaching the lestinatien of the ship, and
shall, some time to-night, beon shore at Southampton.
We are ignorant whether tt melancholy loss of the
Royal Mail steatoer Tweed, tilt ship which should have
brought us from Bermuda, is yt known in England or
not. She was wrecked on the aacarnes reef; in the
ry.
ssengers.Seventy-The
Gulf of Mexico, on the 12th Feb, four
apa
lives were lost, thirty of whom wer,
survivors, seventy-six in number, are 's board of us."
aauthentic, and I
This informatiorr may be relied on 'uthentic,
transmit it for early publication to relies in some mea.
sure, the great anxiety existing as to ti fate of this
unfortunate vessel, and, as first rumoured, t,
loss
e e o fs
alle
on board, the latter portion of which will icy b
not to be correct.—l am your obedient servant,
J. C. WHITEFILD.
23, Upper North-place,
.Gray's Inn,
Thursday, Bth April, 1847.

PANAMA, FEBRUARY 21.—The Pacific Stearl,
Navigation Company's steam-ship New Grenada, from
Callao, arrived here February 21st, bringing i
, n addition
t? her usual passengers and cargo, the mails in continua-
tion with the Company 's steamer Chili, which left Val-
paraiso 28th January, from the undermentioned ports in
Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and New Grenada, of the
respective dates as undernoted:—Valparaiso, Jan. 28;
Coquimbo, Jan. 29; Huasco, Jan. 30; Copiapo, Jan. 30;
Bobija, Feb. 1; Iquique, Feb. 2; Arica, Feb. 3; Islay,
Feb. 4; Pisco, Feb. 6; Callao, Feb. 7; Payta, Feb. 14;
Guayaquil, Feb. 16; Buenaventura, Feb. 19.