The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-09 00:00:00

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LOSS OF 111-1:7. STIT P

We TIN CI- IN TELLI - •
TATTERSALL'S-SESTERDAY,
411.
We have been favoured with the following interesting
: 4,• not 'Leavy, was not ineffective on the odds. Thle_
particulars by a gentleman who was on board the Au-
. Business was confined to the Cesarewitch Stakes,
rera, previously to her being wrecked, on the 27th of ; obtained
been
taken a decidedinfiftie
slesandoorftlyFibtzerfoorye, asth elitbtelettainsgsctioosedht;47:
ntg:
April, near Kiapora, New Zealand : i 1 was offered in vain against the other, whose m_Paorna..ll
"We sailed from the West India Docks on the llth were neither
,so numerous nor ssfia Ma 'r
of September, 1839, and the Downs on the 23J, with :his backer would have
more had been taken to a pony, anti
emigrants, bound to Port Nicholson, New Zealand ; ;
Bloomsbury's outside price, at the
ants
was 7 to 1.
on. rely so was at about the same average as on ware
there were 150 on board, exclusive of the crew. Alter
gales and calms of several days' duration, during the e'ned at 12 to I—taken ; but receded to 15 to 1, !,
voyage, we arrived at Port Hardy, Derville's Island, in day and 'and FeatherP at 12 to 1, with backers. Larn.notlavV,3l:
I opened
minutes before we left. Constantia also declined.
Queen Charlotte Sound (which divides the two islands i
of New Zealand), on the 17th of January, 1840. We der , 14 to I. and
merely put in there for instructions, and laid there 1 'IIIE DERRY.—Offers to is to 1 about Coronation,n
and no one seemed willing to back Lord Jersey's tw
that night. The next afternoon we weighed anchor 25 to 1 each about S:r Hans, and brother to vlu g
and stood up the Sound, and made Port Ntehols3n i
CESARENVITCH STAKES:
on the 21st, lying outside the harbour two days, ; sto 1 agst The Ruler—taken
owing to contrary winds. The Cuba was lying there ; 7to 1 agst Fitzroy
she had brought out surveyors. The port is about 7to 1 agst Bloomsbury
fifteen miles round, and of considerable depth. Bto 1 apt C;ilypso (taken)
Having discharged our cargo, which consisted chiefly 12,n to sgst Feather (taken)
of provisions for the emigrants, and two ho.pitals 1:80
tt nag:y.ssti CBorontshtearntitao
(taken)cporltize(fltaokweenr)
in frame, with some bricks, we left, alter r mainnig ; 20 to 1 ag-si Bosphorus (ak,iii)
there about six weeks, during which period the Ori- 12 to 1 Agst Lord Jerse's tot and
BloomsberY
ental, the Bengal Merchant, and the Duke of Rox- ' 110 1 A I?
to on Fitzoy, Calypso.
burgh, had arrived ; and outside we passed the Ade- Feather agst the field (taken) majority
laide and Fury, both coming in. Having proceeded to The bet against Bosphorus ices laid after the
Hokianga, the Aurora was chartered by Mr. White, a of the subscribers had left.
merchant there, and we sailed for Kiapora, to take in
Cowry spars for the Sydney market. Kiapora lies be-
tween Hokianga and Port Nicholson. It is not a bar
harbour, as most of the others are upon the western
coast, but there are shifting sands, the channels little
known, and difficult to navigate, and we grounded
three times in going up. Having nearly filled the
hold, we weighed anchor on the 27th of April, and
proceeded down the River Wiroa towards the heads,
where we brought up to wait for the last quarter
flood, with the view of going through the North
Channel, the one we came in at. When we arrived
at the narrowest part, caused by two parallel sand-
banks, we hove the lead, and found a halt seven
fathom, and it fell a dead calm ; this was et sun down,
and a heavy swell set in from the south-west, and drove
the vessel broadside towards the shore, and having no
command of her we let go the anchor, and she swung
round ; she struck of , and a heavy sea at this moment
struck her ; she bumped forward, anti in a few minutes
after grounded amidships and broke tier back. We
immediately cut away the masts, as she was bumping
heavily and working much. la about half an hour after-
wards her bottom was washed away a hundred yards.
and she fed out seawards, every sea making a clean
breach over her. We all took refuge in the main
chains a starboard ; as every boat was stove in or dashed
to pieces, except one belonging to Mr. Woke, whico
was hoisted on board some time previous, as it would
not swim, having the starboard quarter stove in. A:
6 p.m. two men got out a plank ‘6tii a line attached
to it, and jumped overboard to try to swim ashore,
but we had not sufficient line to pay out, and b; ing
obliged to let go, the uttermost anxiety of those
on board was felt for their safety. Shortly after-
ward a small raft was made out of three spars,
and our second mate with three seamen got upon
it, with a line attached to pay out, and wh ch was
intended to be hauled back when they go ashore, but
crc they hail effeel.ed a laudeig they called to us to give
teem more line, but as we had it not they begged of us
to haul thein aboard again. The boys having let gu (the
fine having only taken one turn in the dead eyes) that
was impossible, and we heard them cry out—" We're
lost, we're loat." As a last resource we got Mr. White's
boat over the side, end put two hands into her to keep
baling out, and as we cuutd find only one oar, pieces of
plank were broken up for the purposes of paddles, and the
third mate with eight hands got ashore ; the boat then
returned and brought us the happy tidings of the men on
the p!ank and the raft arriving site ashore. The remain-
d_ee of the crew having found terra firma by the same
means, we proceeded along the shore ten miles,and found
water and shelter under S 0111:!: trees. I then with the third
mate and Mr. White stated off to walk along shore until we
came up to time ship Samuel Cunnard, which was lying
45 miles up the Wiroa, at which place we arrived at
noon on the 28th of April ; and her people sent their
launch and two whale boats down to the wreck, aid we
got some provision ashore, viz.—tons of biscuits, cases
of wine, pickles and preserves, some casks of beer, &c.,
and pieced them above high water mark. We did this
two days running, but on the second night it blew very
heavy from the westward, and the Aurora went to pieces,
and the tide having risen higher than usual the articles
we had taken from the wreck were swept away,
" The Aurora was a teak-built ship, copper fast-
ened, and in my opinion, no other ship could have with-
stood the tremendous sea she had upon her so long.
" On the next evening (Friday) the Cunnard's boat
fetched us all on board, where we remained until Sun-
day, and were treated by her captain and crew with the
greatest kindness. On that day, with the exception of
the Captain, the cuddy servants, and steward of the
Aurora, in the Cunnard's launch, we proceeded up the
river, which is about six miles across, to the set-
tlement of a Mr. Hughes, who is the only Euro-
pean settler in that quarter. He treated us very
kindly. From thence we proceeded to the place
of a Mr. Stevenson, at whose residence we ar-
rived at two o'clock on Tuesday morning ; he im-
mediately cooked some meat for us, and made us very
comfortable. This gentleman purchases spars for the
proprietors of the Samuel Cunnard, and floats them
down the river, a distance of 200 miles. Ott the follow.
ing morning we pushed off again up the river, intend-
ing to make a missionary station about forty miles from
where we were to debark, for the purpose of crossing
the country to get to the Bay of Islands, at which place
we arrived at about five o'clock the same day. Mr.
Buller, the missionary, acted with the greatest possible
kindness towards us, and when the people had satisfied
their hunger, he, after a hymn had been sung, read
prayers, and gave us a most excellent extemporaneous
discourse, well calculated to render us thankful for the
merciful deliverance we had from shipwreck, and to
take away all discontent from our hearts. It had such
an effect upon the people generally, coupled with the
very kind attention that on the next afternoon (Wed-
nesday) before we left, with one second the chief mate
was deputed to return him thanks for his kindness.
He lent us a large canoe, and we proceeded up the
river, and at nightfall arrived at the place whet e we
were to proceed by land across the country to the Bay
of Islands ; we found Teneraw, a Moury Chief, with
some of his people, encamped at the landing-place, and.
they promised to accompany us at daylight the next
morning, when we started through the bush. After
walking about a quarter of an hour, we got through the
skirt of it, and came upon a swamp, which was up to
our hips, with tall grass thereon, five or six feet, high ;
we had to wade five miles through this, and then up a
continuous line of hills, and down again into the valleys,
where we always found swamps, but none of them so
deep as the first. About noon Teneraw had some
potatoes, which he shared with us ; we had only three
baskets of boomeras (a kind of sweet potatoe).
told us we did not get on fast enough for him, and
he must leave us, but promised to leave a broken
stick across the path, or a bundle of flax, to indicate
the road they were to take. We soon after
lost sight of them in the bush, and we proceeded
until it was getting dark ; and as we h.id come on
a spring, determined to remain until the fodowtng
morning, and accordingly set to work to build ourselves
a covering from the night dew. On the following Mom
ing (Thursday) we started at day-light, and at seven
o'clock came upon the spot where Teneraw's camp had
been pitched ; there were the remains of their meal, and
a number of pigeons' feathers, which was very tantaliz-
ing to people with empty stomachs. We con tinned our
journey through a beautiful undulating country, which is
well-watered, and abounding in timber. The climate so
soft, and the air so elastic and exhilirating, that we bore
our calamities much better than we otherwise should
have done. We proceeded on in this manner until Sa-
turday about noon, when we were delighted to find we
were in sight of the Bay of Islands, which we reachod at
four o'clock, after a three days' journey across the coun-
try of 80 miles from the place of debarking on the Wiroa,
and 230 miles from where we were wrecked. With the
exception of myself, my fellow-sufferers obtained berths
on board whalers, at a rate of wages superior to what
we sailed from London with, and I worked passage
home in a South-sea man."

AURORA,

WREXHAM RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Bryn..)-pys Stakes of 25 sous. each ; for three yr 0.1c1..
coin,Eta Ilb ; and fillies, 7st 131 b. Once round Pa'
distance (4 subs )
'Cartwright) 1

Mr. Price's c Tully (Cat
Lord WcstalinstET's Daphne .............. ••• •• ...........
The Goi Cup of I 00/ Thrice round and a distance.
l{
Mr. Coilini's Isaac, aped, 9si lib ............ (Darling) '1
Mr. Price's Lady Abbess,' 4 yrs, Bst llb .................. ;
Mr. Mostyn's Bedalian, 3 yrs, 7st ..................... •••
Mr. Walter's Goldhurst, 6 yrs, ...................
e..a..9.
'rho Wynnstay Plate of 50/., for all ages. Mile h
Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b...( Stag) 3 g
Mr. Ogden's St. Leonard, 5 yrs, Bst 81b ............ 2 dr
Mr. Thompson's Miss Fitz, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib .... .. di'
Mr. Graydon's Miss Heathcote, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b •••

Miss Burdett Coutts' dinner parties at Lord De
Ros's house, adjoining Boyle Farm, Kingston, have ben
postponed in consequence of the demise of her uncle, Mr.
Jones Burdett.

The spacious mansion in Pall-mall, where the
business of the Ordnance is transacted, is undergoine a
thorough repair and improvement throughout, and is fiiled
with workmen tOr that purpose. It was fo•encrly the r..-
sidence of the late Duke of Cumberland, une:e to the pre-
sent Duke.

•
The Countess of Durham, on her return from
the Continent, which will be, according to present ar
rangements, about May next, will reside almost %boil) at
Lambtott Castle, near Ctiester-le-sreet. The sulecrip-
tion for a testimonial to the mouton.' of the I,te Lord
amounts to 7501

RICHMOND RACES —Tuxsoay.
The Dundak Stakes of 10 soya, each, and 20 added by th:
Earl of &thud ; for two yrs* old, Est Sib; 10d tre•i
Bst 10lb ; fillies allowed 3113. Grey Sum, !Benson)61"" g.i
NEI ar r. I
lovt 0 Zrme t It
jadn,sd 'es ci‘Lfi
Mill.
~i adveo,l2i n
yrsa, 2 !.r.s. ,
....... ~ L..
..
.........
.:,
Lord Eg inton's f Terrace, 2 yrs ...................... • 4
Colonel Cradock's c Gallipot, 3 3:1:s. ................. ...lei
Mr. Hogg's f Clementine, 2 yis, an.d. Mr. Gill's I'd'
moloo, o, 2 yrs, were not placed.
The Gold Cup, by subs of logs. each, PT- 1 .ages;
three.yrs. old, Est 121 b; fours 310'
yrs, Bst for sill
el° Yveril
g
' Bst 101 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st • mares, Ste•' °a) tbretr
3a)s. Winners of a cap 31bs of two, slbs; ,' ; dig,.
71hs ; and of four, 91bs, e' ;
extra. Once round and
-
k 7 Sub:.) in I
..,westbere,
Mr. Vansittart's Smollett, 5 yrs .
Coloi;el Cradock's Gallipot, 3 yrs .••••••• •.... ......
...
Mr PAW Ada, 3 yrs 3 .........................
oa
The Memb,rs' Plate of 701, for maiden horses, no,rehsfi' ca•
geldings that never won 501. before the day of
t'''
trance. Heats, two miles 1 1
.1t•.
Farmer's
c Ba.nquo, 3 miles,
7st...(LYn) '9 2
Mr.*-
.‘.lr. li 'scfPOnlaivrn"l.34'ra32:rus,'37Yrts. ..
..........
° 0 0 of
ost nib 1 0- 0 dr
Mr. Peck's I Sister to Clints, 4 yrs, Sit 111 b 0
Mr. Hnitchinson's f Marta Monk, 3 Yrs' dr
6st Illh .......................................... 2

T KNUTSFORD RACES.--WEntlpsv"Y' dded;
wcAoobl.
tyusur, st
Boiltd
half' S3awlbe e;
mile.pasn idtk(e3fis i el
sifeusl6,os
.sB)osyt 1.
we ai Vat : Saira•
1 1
garlOW/ q
Mr. Skerratt's f Lydia .... (
Mr. Bower's f Collina ************************************************ * 5
Air. Skerratt's Rachel **************************************** :I ******
2 to 1 on Collins, who was beaten by half a Ilea- °lila
The Knutsford Cup of 70 sous., added to a handic,.Bl))
sovs. each. I'wo miles and a dis. (13 Su's'', 1
Sir C. Monk's Garland, 5 yrs, 7:t 9lb ......... (Noble/ a.
Mr. Flintoff's Plover, 3 yrs,)
fist 'lolb ..... ,e..rw.5.'ith3.......... ;
Mr. Walters's Chantilly, 4 yrs, Bst ..............
7t04 on Chantilly. Won by a neck.
add.
Thc Whip, with a sweepstakes of b sous. eachoroi,
one mile and a half, was won by Mr. ConollYs 00.•
beating five others; and the Cavalry Cup by Mr'
sun's 1, tour years.
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GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—Sir James Granam
Trill retire from the Lord R 'ctor:hip of the University
n,-xt month, when, it is said, the Nl,rquis of Brcettalbime,
Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir Astley C,oper,
will be norm-
rimed for tiw choice of the electors.

STONE RACES—WEDNESDAY. Was
A Purse, added to a subs-ription of 3 sovs• eaCho
s
won in two heats by Mr. Drake's g h Saul., five lei"
103 t 101bs.
The Hurdle Stakes of 3 soya. each, with a purge °dal
ttchiehrrree.eewFwoartoehdneei
Wallow's
two beats by Mr. Eccles's Lotnof bead°
,aBnticlimcapmoafry2 swoovso.d,ea6eybr,s w.i.t.h.. a 1)211:2 la..ded.
T
Mr.
ninninHwesatAs,dta:raigceedreu.
... 3. . and.. a distance_ 1 ,
Jri
Mr. Eccles's Etiedenleosi'cs 2 dr
by Mr. B ,otahLF:siolll:2beslolav,s. each, &c., . was won .103 S •
; tau hest
beating two others

AY
ROWING MATCH BETWEEN CONo„j"nw
AND CURTIS.
The long-announced scullera' wager between e°,l1n °sl'
and Curtis for 101. a side took place on Thursday' 011
was a sharp race throughout. Both men are well '-‘,/sl.
as scatters bf some note, more particularly Copli°oog-
and both distinguished themselves in the contest fl2f
gett's coat and badge this last season. The apP°to
of
of a match at so late a period as this of the 0%00
course prevented anything like a numerous atteou II or
nor was the distance that which is generally cb°geter
such wagers, it being, instead of from Westmi_nsd vim(
Putney, from London-bridge to Chelsea.bridge; mad
the material difference of being rowed against, i" tiowaff
with, the tide. Bi?tting was 6 to 4 in favour of C°,ne other
who is much the bigger man ; but the friends of t"freell•
man were full of confidence, and took the odds ,cry 1,64
At twelve o'clock the men started, Connor:ow rylt:,
seated in the beautiful wl.erry built by Hunt_
Ailen, a well-known and distinguished patron
_of
07;
and his adversary in a very fine wherry of Noul to_ ft volt
tide had jut left its mark as they went off, th( sst,ern sts;
not half a length between them ;
taken very evenly. In the shoot to Banksid etu gallaro.
but Coonc4/1
slightly and went first through Blackfriars.bii4V jive ';
ahead. The rowing was very hard from
wa e thi'
al erneghtlilsolh.ebarid
Milbank ; but C ,noway contrived to increas f
sir
bos:r
tage slightly, and off the Penitentiary s
Won'the waft It
and
ed. Dot
by ten lengths, his adversary being much distressed'
eflemwene.nt on in advance,

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY MARKET

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Winchester.,,l _ _ _64 -.6 .- -. 58 -
tre.ovil 156 68 36 40 30 36 '' - „ • 190 g
LEEDS CORN MARKET.-00L ' 625. 0/34. r
Wheat, Norfolk and Sufliilk, 60Ib. .................... "
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This celebrated construction (the mwoistth
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inents I. C. the detached escapement, jewelleddliaj,aoabot is
capped, hand to mark the seconds, bard enamel at tbe
taming power to continue going snhile winding ul'' h 00
price
A printed warranty is given, with fixed terms' ti Abie
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great variety of other articles are made,
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tbe oiffy
BIRTHS.
On the sth inst., at Beaufoy-terrace, Mof v`aida.vsle'
of ald C
F. W. well, Esq., of a son.
On the 6th iust„ in High Holborn, Mrs. giSliogburl'
our'
daughter. Esq.'
On the 61h inst , the lady of Nicholas 11PCann,
geon, of Parliament-street, of a daughter.
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MARRIED. .„, t,tlthde
On the Bth inst., at Whitwell Church, Isle of "„ 11//itnn• ari,,-f'
Her. Itieharil Dixon, M.A.. Rector of Whitwe" Fsq., '''
Ganshill, Jain-es, second son of Henry Cooper.
0;do, t 0
('hitton Lodge, Berkshire, and 9, York-place' Lit Ego** ef
Atlsel%rgyiaLnoadgt:•r,d.NY t()lialuhgahint;ctoroisfliGiree7agnedtinrvgl"n°.". Lallr
only ranachila olti
Arnold, of Mirablei, Isle of Wight. vi.,letl'"
On the 29th tilt WS. n ',1....V.- ,ioi'l• the
. , .
Herefordshire. and Christ College, Cambridge, to C' -o.store•
eldest daughter of S. Keot, F.,q- . of the, 1101, Worce't worth.
to Niary A on, eldest d4u.,,hter of G. On the 4th inst., 'leery Woo;niati, Esq., 01 Rick,ma"s3l. P' '
rlr•
of the :,aloe !dace. „i one,
Ork the sth inst. , at Irina\ Church, St Aja'-ebE q
A. M. Silvis, to Fanny, third 6'itgliter of W. Y."att' ----.5-. -
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---- A. AluFk-e.tt, .stl.,

TETE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NEW POEM,
'1 D;;EAM.—Wt• hay p!casure in observing than
Quarterly Review dono jus'ice to this work, in re cot
in it as " a very beautiful poem." " This lady " adds
the Reviewer, "is the Byron of our modern poetesses.
She has very much of that intense personal passion by
which Byron's poetry is distinguished from the larger grasp
and deeper communion with mai) and nature of Worth:-
worth. She has :Iseßyron's beautiful intervals of tcm.
derness,
his strong practical thought, and his forceful ex_
pressioo. Eis not art artificial imitation, but a nVural
parallel, and we may add that it is this, her httest production,
wldeh eso,cially induces, and scenic to us to justify, our
criticism." As it 153 loog since any poem so recommended
has appeared, ac have no doubt that the sale will be very
extc.nsive.

DIED. son or
Ozi the 4th inst., at Guernsey, J. P. Stuart, eldest
Dr. G. Hamilton Roe, of flanover-sluare,
'
On the Eth inst.. Sarah, wife f the late J. tiolbY, P
o
Grea ' t Surrey-street. Blacktriars-rod. • Bertri°lB(l'
Ott the 7th inst., Air. .1. Austin, of Ilussell-street,
soy, arid Old Kent-road, aged 74. at V. c,4,, iif

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