The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-26 00:00:00

SAD STORY OF THE SEA.

The brig Day Star arrived off Gravesend on Fri-
day, in charge of the chief mate and a portion of
the crew of the ship Golden Dream, now on her
voyage to Japan, having picked her up at sea with
a portion of her crew dead under shocking circum-
stances. The report made by the chief mate of the
Golden Dream is as follows :—" At 5.30 a.m. on
the 15th July, St. Nicholas, one of the Cape de
Verde Islands, bearing N.E., distant about forty-
five miles, saw a sail two points on our star-
board bow. As we approached saw that she
had a signal of distress flying in her main rigging,
and her sails all aback. On getting within hail,
asked her what was the matter. A very feeble voice
answered, The ship is half full of water, and all
our crew are dying with fever.' Our captain ordered
a boat to be lowered, and I put off to the vessel,
our captain giving strict orders to be careful in
boarding. On getting alongside we found her to be
the brig Day Star, from Bathurst, Rio Grande, bound
to London in ballast. On boarding her, found the
crew in the last stage of exhaustion. They were lying
on the deck, some evidently dying. The chief mate
of her could just manage to crawl about, and he
referred me to the ship's log-book for information.
In it I found that the day after thu ship's Bailin°.
from Bathurst a fever broke out, which in a few
days completely prostrated the entire crew, two only
being able to navigate the ship, and these were
subsequently stricken down and the ship laid
helpless. On the 19th of July, one able seaman
named H. Nichols was the first to perish from
the effects of the fever. He was found dead in his
berth. His corpse was at once committed to the
deep. The next victim was the master, Captain
Lever, then a cabin boy, and so went on till only
five remained alive, and these were considered in
a dying condition when I went on board the vessel.
The vessel, when off Mayo, sent a fisherman to
ask permission to anchor the brig Day Star off the
island. The Portuguese boat came off with a letter
from her Britannic Majesty's Consul stating that,
as the ship had sickness on board, it would not be
permitted, and directed her to proceed to St.
Vincent; and it was while she was thus proceeding
that she was fallen in with by the Golden Dream.
On attempting to leave, the survivors implored to
be taken into my boat, as they knew they should
all die. I told them not to think I intended to
abandon them, but I must report the condition of
the vessel to my captain, and that I would soon
return. I then had the steward lowered into the
boat, and took him with me to the Golden Dream.
Captain Wise, on hearing the condition of the ship,
determined to remove the survivors to his ship,
which was directly done, and they received every
comfort and attention. Five of our crew volun-
teered with me to return to England and take to
the pumps, and succeeded in pumping the water
out. They then well washed and fumigated the
cabins, and made sail for London. The crew of
the Day Star went on in the Golden Dream to
Japan."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—ThIs Day.

LONDON, Aug. 26.--Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived— Scotsman,
from Monte Video.

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind. W.N.W.—Arrived—
Sarnian, from Rio Grande.
YARMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Spruce
Bud, from Labrador.
CLYDE, Aug. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sailed—Jane,
for St. John's, Newfoundland.
CARDIFF, Aug. 24.—Wind LN.W.—Arrivod—Francour,
from Bilboa. Sailed—Queen Mario, for Algiers; Raf-
falina, for Monte Video.

BRISTOL, Aug. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Anne, from
Rio Graudo.

(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, August 25.—Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk ;
Mjoson, from Dram ; Wilholmine, from Hernosand ;
Memorandum, and Fredrick, from Wyborg ; Emma and
Sarpsborg, from Sodorham ; Ernestine Catharine, Friend-
ship, and Autkjon, from St. Petersburg ; Amanda, from
Gefle ; Pax, from St. Petersburg; Alcides, from 'Vyborg;
Alpha, from Riga ; William and Mary, from Guernsey ;
James M'Queen, from Helsingfors ; Maria, from Riga;
Dorothie, from Mom; Karl Kohan, from Taganrog; Earl
of Aberdeen, steamer, from Hamburg; Mary Eliza, from
Colombo ; Souvenir, steamer, from Caen ; Scotia, steamer,
from Patras; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rottordam ; Orion,
steamer, from Antwerp ; Cervantes, steamer, from
Valencia.

Arrived, August 28.—Imperatrice Mario Teresa, from
Smyrna ; Oliva (otoamor), from Dantsic : Bolingbroke,
from Madras; Titania and Rifleman, from Guernsey ; Al-
beralda, from Croastadt; Mahratta, from Rangoon; Acacia
from Whampoa ; Rugenwalde, horn Memel.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed Dover, -lug. 24.—Tbekla, from Soderharn, for
Bordeaux.

Passed.—Don Antonio, scrow steamer, from Hull, for
Lisbon.

Passed, Aug. 2&.—Natolia, from Akyab, for London.
Passed, Aug. 26.—Amersham, from 6t. Helena, for Lon-
don ; Baraza, froLa Tarragona, for London; Norwood, of
Sunderland, from the west, for the north.
Anchored—Habana and Victory, from London for
Newport.

The trial of John Smith, who was charged with
the murder of Ada m Mather, at \Vindle, near St. Helen's,
was brought to a ct melusioa on Saturday, at the Liverpool
Assizes. It was a. remarkable case of circumstantial evi-
dence, and the leQ,rued judge summed up stronglyin favour
of the prisoner. •Who verdict w3:5 0110 of acquittal.