The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-25 00:00:00

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.
REMARKABLE PRESERVATION OF THE CREW
(From the Moreton Bay Courier.)
Last Tuesday night a boat, schooner-rigged, and
a smaller boat, rigged as a cutter, arrived in the
Brisbane River, having on board the master, officers,
passengers, and seamen of the barque Jenny'Lind,
which vessel had been wrecked on a coral reef, called
fiend's Reef, in latitude 21.15 13 5.,. longitude
165.49 E. (Nofie lays down Kenn's Reef in lati.
tude 51.9 0. The difference in calculation may be
easily accounted for. The longitude agrees.)
The particulars, as we have gathered them from
various sources, are as follows :—The Jenny Lind,,,
484 tons, Captain Joseph Taylor, left Melbourne fat
Singapore, on Tuesday, the 3d of September lest;;_i
being chartered to proceed from Singapore to Londoi
or Liverpool. The ship's company consisted of Cellar-11'
tam Taylor, Mr. Masters, chief mate ; Mr. Harpur.
second mate; and sixteen seamen and apprentices. Th
passengers were Mr. Beal, Mr. Noble, Acker-
man, Mrs. Herpur, and Mr. and Mrs. Somerset, and
three children. Mr. Beal, Mr. Noble, and Mrs.
Harpur, were passengers to London : the others had
taken their passage to Singapore.
The weather seems to have been v„ergy variable
until the 21st of September, no observation having
been taken for two days previously, in consequence of
the sun being obscured. The chief mate took charge
of the watch at ten minutes past four in the morn-
ing of the 21st, and enjoined the man an the fore.
castle to keep a sharp look-out, as the sun bad not
; and at the same time- be
been taken for two days
directed the man at the helm to keep the ship N. by
W. The wind at the time was W. by S., and the
:' •
ship going nine knots thrOugh the water. Ircdriee
diately afterwards the officer of the watch saw soali,'
thing black a-head, and asked the 100k-out, man whit
it was, and he answeredgthga..twiliy seemstwato h
the readveectsi:onwrof:
a heavy black cloud that was hanging over head. A -
quick glance over the an
the mate better, and he immediately had the helm put
hard up, and all hands called fore and aft. The vessel
wore off to the wind, but before the braces could be
touched she struck aft, and immediately afterwards
lay broadside on to the rE..7.-f, the Er.« intik-mg hreachea'
over her. The masts were cut away, but the vessel
continued to lurch heavily upon the reef, and it was
plain Abet she must soon break up. An attempt was
made to launch the pinnace, but this was unsuc-
cessful, and the master got his leg hurt iu the
attempt. After great difficulty the jolly-boat was
launched, and two hands being placed in het,
she was taken to a rock at a short. distance, inside
the reef, and there secured. The safety boat was
then launched, and the difficulty of this process
will be understood w'heniteiasinreemnedms,bearnedd
that
tt
thethe
vessel was nearly on her b
boats had to he hoisted to the davits on the upper •
quarter, and thence launched into the sea. IVbett
the second boat was launched, the women and children
were first taken off in her to the jolly boat, which
served as a temporary depot. In this Way all bands
were got cut in three trips, some of the seamen jump.
ing overboard from the jolly-boat when she WAS get-
ting overloaded, and bolding her on ; the water being
shoal near the rock. Van all had left the ship, „the
people were divided in the two boats, and made for a co-
ral bank, partly covered with sand, which lay about half
a mile away. This place they all reached in safety.
The islet on which they landed was about 150 yards
long, by 40 wide. In the course of the afternoon
souse provisions and about four gallons of water were
procured from the wreck, and about half a gill of
•water was served out to each person. Next day some
sails were procured, also some provisions, and a small
keg containing limejuice. The master had saved some
of his charts and nautical instruments, and got them
away when the boats left the wreck. A search was
made for the mail, but it could not be found,
as the vessel was completely bilged, and fast
breaking up. On Monday a copper boiler and
some lead piping, together with a cistern, having
been procured from the wreck at low water, Mr. Phi-
lip Beal (a son, we understand, of the Rev. W. Beal,'
of Exeter, and lately surgeon of the ship Rajah)
succeeded in distilling fresh water from the sea water,
and half a pint was served to each person that even-
ing, the fuel for the purpose being procured from the
wreck. On the next day, after consultation, it was
resolved to attempt the building of a boat large enough
to carry all hands in safety to some port, and, ac-
cordingly, three divisions were made of the men ; one
portion to assist in saving necessary articles from the
wreck, another to assist Mr. Beal in distilling water
for their sustenance, and the third in building the boat.
Some carpenters' tools were procured from the wreck,
and timber from time to time, and in this way the
judicious arrangements that bad been made were
effectively carried out. The men employed at the
wreck succeeded in saving many necessary articles, in-
cluding some clothing; the boat builders' department,
under the superintendence of the ship's carpenter, as-
sisted by some persons who had a slight knowledge
of :shipbuilding, were actively employed; and Mr.
Beal and his assistants were continually engaged in
sustaining the lives of the people by distilling sea
water. An attempt had been made to find fresh water
by digging, but the diggers only came on the coral,
which afforded to them no more relief than they
could get by sucking from it the fresh mois-
ture that had exuded through the sand.
During their stay at this solitary place some re-
lics of former wrecks were found. A rusty chain
was discovered on the reef, and some boat boards
and other pieces of timber in other places, also some
cinders, as if a fire had been made on one of the
banks. By the 25th of September, Mr. Beal had so
far improved his machinery, by means of articles pro-
cured from the wreck, that he was enabled to main-
tain twenty•five gallons of fresh water that day, and
thenceforth the supply to the people was more liberal.
The provisions, however, began to get short, and the
allowance was reduced to half a pound of flour a day,
which had to be made into pudding, with salt water.
The little biscuit they had was preserved for a sea
stock, as was also all the water that could be put by.
At length, on the Dttli of October, the boat upian
which all their hopes depended was launched success-
fully. It was found that she sat well on the orator,
but leaked considerably, and two days more were oc-
cupied in repairing that defect, and getting her rigged
and stowed. These operations being completed, the
adventurers got under weigh on the 29th of October,
22 persons being in the craft that had been built, and
six in the safety boat. They made for Moreton Bay,
and the wind was favourable until Saturday last,at
when it blew from the southward, and they
of
to cast anchor in a small bay to the "I"bcuart cin„tt
Wide Bay, Viliere they saw some natives, but,
them on
liking their manner, they refused' to
board. When the wind again shifted.nthey'
13riabane,
an- after some difficudtyini
reaching within
dianc'oavdeeristaigil the
r
mouth of the river, succeeded d
Tuesday night, and ar-
riveda few nines of the town
ing women and children,having
preservation
been thirty-seven days on a
in Brisbane nextitioOrnbeininag;
caollraopfatrhaettinv,eliynelluvedli
and hearty, after
ihreenrimarckifiabel.e.
of these people is most
persons
ay.
desolate coral haul: in
remedy their condition. ; but there can be
ap-
pear to have exerted themselves in an extraordinary
to Mr. Beal is due the credit of every
life that has been saved, for if he had not brought
nuonadnoluerbttothat
science to bear upon their difficulties, and supplied
them with water when there was scarcely a hope of it,
the hot sun of that latitude, and the burning sand on
which they were encamped, would have made short
work with them. Captain Wickham, on behalf of the
Government, supplied the shipwrecked mariners with
lodgings and rations ; the females and children have
been quartered with the matron of the immigration
depot, and we believe 'that the inhabitants generally
have exerted themselves to assist the sufferers. Mr.
Smith, of the Victoria Hotel, supplied provisions to
the men while their rations were being prepared. We
are informed:-that the reef on which the Jenny Lind
struck was not laid down on the chart of the Australian
coast (dated 1849) with which the ship was provide,d•
The cargo of the Jenny Lind consisted only c'f...l
small quantity of flour and beef. We understand that
she was partly insured.

' - WEVIESDA.Y.--A.
COURT-MARTIAL.—DEVONEORT!,
day.
on board the
Thcormick, members • Mx.
court-martial assembled at 9, e..31.0%tb_ ',jay, C. 8., president;
Impregnable, Commander Lordgiirnn
Thomas Maitland, C.R.,
on board the Retribution
Captains Lord George Pawlett!er
;..lerytrT James Neal and Edward
and Josh. Nias, with Commantoo ee
the former with robbing an
d.es,erting ; the latter with
Eastlake, Judge-Advocate to
Penton of the Marine Artillery,
the ship a boat and deserting-
steam-frigate, Captain
end
officer of wearing apparel_,..g
leaving his post andt,:,,i: , __
insisnhei pal thilaerlid to
l labour; wnen the Court sentenced Neal to
They both pleaded board "L,
receive 50 lashestatto.tExeter
gaol fur 18 months,
h to be •
wont s discharged the service with
iration of the IS
p Iwo), six months' hard labour, and then to re-
00thetirsht
disgrace.
tern to duty.
MARRIAGE OF LoRD WARD.--Yesterday forenotix3,
the .
marriage of Lord Ward, so well known as being one of
the largest proprietors in the empire, with Miss Selina Con-
stance De Burgh, eldest daughter of Hubert De Burgh, Esq..
was celebrated at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in
the presence of a select circle of the friends of both parties.
The ceremony was conducted in a comparaive private man-
ner, owing to the recent demise of a member of
.the De
Burgh family. The Rev. Mr. Legh Cloughton, Vicar of
Kidderminster, and brother-in-law to Lord War''t officiated.
Shortly Shortly after nine o'clock the bridal party entered
tViireallscourt'
Mr. Da Bergh gave his daughter away. , ads'llllrs Hawke,
the lion. M. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, I%ll'. itT,lve,
1 and other
the lion. Mrs. Blake, the Dowager Lady %1
A d, an
of
friends of the families, were present.
' the ceremony the bridal party
repaired to the residence of
and there partook cf
Mr. Do Burgh, in Grosvenor- crescenv
left town for Sand-
breakfast. The happy pair subsequently
gate, to pass the honeymoon.
The Medina, bound fur
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.
the centre of the river, on Sa-
Quebec, baying hauled out to
g five men, passengers, were
turda'., preparatory to
wiling,
t-in order to go on board, when,
proceeding across in
gess of the two boatmen, who were
owing to the
capsizedawkwardn
and all were precipitated into the
drunk, the boat
ilfortunately picked up by other boats.,
river. They were all
t a quantity of provision; and
°
bat the poor emigrantsother necessaries, the greater rertien of their sea z,tock.,
Waterford Ardis