The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-11 00:00:00

Shipwreck and Narrow Escape.

Intelligence has been received from Hong Kong
of the total loss of the ship Libelle, while on a
voyage to that port from San Francisco, having on
board a valuable cargo, specie to the extent of
£76,000 in dollars, and a number of passengers,
among whom were Madame Ann Bishop (the wife
of Sir Henry Bishop, the composer), Miss Phelan,
Mr. M. Schrutz, and Mr. Charles Lascelles, of the
English Opera Company, who, with other artistes,
were on a musical tour. The ship was cast away
on the night of the 4th of March on an uninhabited
and dangerous reef, called Wake Island in the
China seas. The passengers remained •on board dur-
ing the night, the sea breaking fearfully over the
wreck all the while: They were all landed with
difficulty, through the breakers, the following day.
After an ineffectual search over the island for water
for three weeks, and suffering much privation, it
became imperative to take the boats and endeavour
to reach the nearest habitable island friendly dis-
posed to defenceless shipwrecked people. Several
days were spent in finding a suitable and safe point
for departure, the breakers encircling the island,
which appeared to be some 20 miles in circumference.
Taking such provisions and water aswere saved from
the wreck, the passengers were transferred to the
ship's long-boat, in charge of the first mate, the
captain preferring another boat, and on the 27th of
March both boats sailed for the Ladrone or Mariana
island. To attempt a voyage 1,400 miles, subject
to equinoctial storms, calms, and a tropical sun,
with short rations, and an ocean studded with hidden
rocks and coral reefs, gave but poor hopes of arriv-
ing at a port with life. However, after encountering
great dangers, and enduring horrible sufferings for
13 days and nights, the long-boat arrived off the
town of Guan. An error in six degrees longitude
had brought them off that place. The lady passen-
gers, and in fact every one in the boat, were in a
pitiable and forlorn condition.
His Excellency Francisco Mosoosey Lara, Go-
vernor of the Mariana Islands, on being apprised of
their landing, directed every help and succour to be
afforded them. The poor creatures were loud in
their expressions of thanks for his hospitable con-
duct. Nothing had been heard of the other boat,
containing the master and the rest of the crew up to
the departure of the last mail. They parted com-
pany on the first night after their departure for the
island. Unless the boat was picked up by some
chance vessel, it was apprehended it must have been
swamped, as heavy cross seas were met with that
night.
His Excellency has sent a schooner in search of
the missing boat among the islands to the north-
ward, and then to proceed to the wreck and recover
the £76,000 in spece. It had been saved from the
wreck, and had for security been buried in the island
on the beach.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Mlles'Opened.

Receipt e
........"____

Hallways.

1866.

1865.

1866 /865
2.5' 7 2.288
820 742
2,338 2,752
1,39/ 1,1,8
8,04) 7,917
38.052 36,957
2,651 2,416
47► 484
283 301

Belfast and N. Counties
929}8
Betyl4tahstananadTCynoune ty Down lre
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter l2li 1214
Caledonian, Scottish Central 417/ 408
Cambrian ... l3O 130
Cork and Bandon 2O • • 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 221 27
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall • 651 651
Deeside .•• • .. 17 17
Do Extension -
Dublin & Beifast J unction-, , AI
.63 1,507 1.593
Dublin. and Drogheda 75 75 2,092 2.270
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 106 4,131 4.799
Furness,s,2 4.733
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 422 101 42,393 4 ,312
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,, 64 2,051
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) B2l 711 667 370
st.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 4191 387} 9,581 10,254
Great Western10 1270 82.128 75.990
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,023 1,913
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 48,866 45.360
Limerick and Ennis..
221, 2
24f
119 119 • 222
0
Limerick and Foynes 6} 6}
Llanelly 461 461 694 711
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast... 2911 267 ,32,234 2,1,3%6
London, Chatham, & Dover; j 135} 121} 1 14,700 14,634
all Metropolitan Extension 412 12 4 3,402 3.0:0
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield,& Lincoinsh .. 246 2i6 20,641 20,891
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham.. 9} 94 1,6.4 4.619
Slaryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 4l 81 3.917 2,6)34
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6771 663} 53,590 52,336
Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 2601 260} 5,072 4,794
North British, Edin., Pertn
and Dundee
Ni-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 1171}
North London ll 9
North Staffordshire 258 258
Rhymney 221 191
Scottish North-Eastern 143 138
Somerset and Dorset 66 66
South %Devon
South-Eastern 315 308
Taff Vale 63 61
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd .. 10 ~10
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31
Waterford and Limerick 77 77
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Belgian Eastern J unction 261 261
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306
Detroit and Milwaukic 169
1892
Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1081
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377
Great Central of Belgium 285 25
Great Indian Peninsula 7014 590
Great Luxembourg ls4 131
79
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 3 571
011
Madras 9l
01 7
Northern of Canaria . ... • • • • • •
Northern of France .........• 72! 4204
Norwegian Trunk ...... ,
Recife and San Francisco...um ia 105
' Sonde... . . .
.. 253 253
Do. l'Unja.b, ... ............
South Austrian, .te ............ ,_. 251
25
Welland Victoria ................................... 2351

2,124 2.077
402 647

31,709 80,2!7
73,801 72,, 04
4,543 3,601
8,040 8,530
1,153 1,116

1.4536 1,128
4,815 4,987
30,555 31,653
6,732 5,8' 3
2,6282 8
2,739
48 21
476 473
1,591 1,825

3'6 SOS
8,542 5.535
5,752 4.827
5 403 7.746
20,621 24''
6.463 7,0:,7
2.25 24,27
0
5,5 0 5.6'3
803 724
19.961 11.265
6,966 7,253
2,238 1,923
61,95 , 61,4 A
3,511 1,•`07
1,525 1,(142
1,9 7 1, 31

77.442 65,724
10,866 10,615
1,721 794

VON OF IRA ALDRIDGE.—Mr. Ira Ald-
ridge the victim of a very sweeping robbery at
has Sief, in Russia.
During his absence at the theatre for his
last representation at that town his lodgings were broken
open and the whole of his jewellery, including—as a re-
quest for a warning notice of the theft states—" two gold
watches, nine rings, four of them set with valuable bril-
liants, a brooch set with 25 brilliants, and all his other
presents and relics of his deceased wife, also bills of ex-
change, bankers' and other acknowledgments, contracts,
Sm." Mr. Aldridge's loss in cash alone was nearly 10,000
silver roubles.

A sum of £52,000 was taken to the bullion de
partruent of the Bank of England yesterday after
noon.;