The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-29 00:00:00

SHIPWRECK OiV A DESERT ISLAND,

Captain Bernard, commanding the France et Bresil,
lately returned from Rio Janeiro, gives the following
account of the delivery of four unhappy English
mariners who had been cast on a desert isle in
the midst of the ocean, a deliverance effected through
the courage of that worthy captain. On the 30th of
November, he reports, we saw Cape Prio and on the
Bth of December Trinity island, having been until
thee delayed by calm, or opposed by contrary winds.
On the 30th the weather was fine, a gentle breeze
was blowing from the east north -east, I passed as close
as I dared to the Isle of Trinity, in order to observe
whether any shipwrecked or lost persons were on that
shore. About ten o'clock we perceived a smoke on
the south-east point of the island, and concluded that
there must be sorae one there ; presently we saw
signals of distress. The first object which caught our
sight was a rag tied to the end of a broken piece
of mast, and waved in the air. Presently
we saw two men on the shore. Having brought
to I approached as near as possible to the coast. I
sent out the lung boat, having on board four sailors of
tried courage. I had placed some provisions in this
boat, and recommended the mate who accompanied
the expedition to use all possible precaution, in order
that no person might be too much exposed to danger,
the sea rolling heavily at the time, and threatening to

render communication with the unfortunate men im

possible. ------
I watched the boat and the men whom we
were attempting to succour. Immediately that the
Teter saw the b-odttihX it
signal dropped, and they ran
which to the point for tiwas making; but the coast,
which bordered by a reef on n the sea broke with force,
on
could not be approached that side, and the mate
was compelled to look about for a more convenient
- -lowed
,fouott
four in number, fol-
ly
access. The
the bo shipwreclowkeadlomnen
the o
get s
Arrived at
the south side of the aisle, the mate 1.4;1e
the embarkation where two rocks affordedvd to effect
an open-
ing. The boat remaining without the
breakers,
a sailor named Augustus leaped out ofrelikers,
boat with a long piece of sail cloth for the
the
purpose of forming a communication with the
shore. The
poor man was unable to swim ; be
was often covered and much beaten by the waves, but
shore
at last he gained the, and each man having laid
hold of the sail cloth
into the boat, but not without
unfortunate men were drawn
without great difficulty, as
they were so weak, from hunger
and exposure, that
they could make no
wele Englishmen. movement in the water. They
boat being provided The embarkation ended, and the
men threw tem elves With
on Provisions, the newly found
and would have eaten the the latter with eagerness,
whole had they
restrained by the mate, who
feared
sequences to be apprehendedtoththe injurious con-
ir health. They'P
were so weak that probably two more
days on the
island would have caused their death. He gave them
clothes, and his crew were eager to them all the
attention that their situation required.
d
Aa soon as
they had somewhat recovered the mate of
h
vessel made the following statement left:—,,tree Lon-
English
Il
don, Sept. 28, 1850, in the English ship Liath,
Captain
Robes ts, for Valparaiso. Nothing remarkable aceu
on our voyago until we came within view of ed
isles of Martin- V 37, at four in the morning of No-
vember 20th ; these isles were on the south-west of
33_3. I informed the captain that we were near the
lutorinity Island, he arose and ordered the boat to put
sea,to be
saying that there were pigs and goats
found there, and directed those who were setting out
totakeguns for the purpose of shotting some. The
carpenterthemate IVlgag also to take his axe and cut staves. I,
„ e 'rgreger by name, G. Challis, the carpen-
ter, asangues te
eeow et
passenger, David Rogerson,
and George Shipp ' a
sailors the latter of whom was
drowned, embarkedi
on shore
boat to go to the island. u
Immediately we got shdore, I set out to look for
fin
animals, but could not
one. I returned to the
boat, but the sea had become so rough that it was im-
possible for us to go out,
w
efforts. We then made a great fire
all our
whom we had left in the ship wouldre hoping that they
see
night, and thus be assured thatit during the
drowned. Unhappily during the ni ht we
were not
g the wind was
very violent ; it rained abundantly,
and the sea was