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

Shiywrec's and Narrow E cape.

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 ah 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 as were 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 pert 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.

Receipt s.
..,.._
...- •- -•-•%
. 18C6 1865
£ £
Belfast and N. Counties
31
BeliastandTCynouelity Down 949 994cj 2,5 7
2.28
82074 !
Blyth and
• 20 20 2,338 2,752
Brecon and Merthyr .. „ .... 64 So 1,197 41•/5
Bristol and Exeter 121) 1214 8,04 , 7,917
Caledonian, Scottish Central 417/ 408 38,052 36,957
Cambrian ...
Gendk,on&
passage 132320°4 12230; 2'4675,1 21113:
285 301
ughal - -
654 654 2,124 2.077
17 17 402 C 47
CornwallG°CaCorkoeeridaallnn le
dda eYBk
1:
Do Extension -
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,507 1.593
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,092 2.270
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 4,131 4.709
Furness, Ilx B5 85 6,252 4 733
Glasgow &
NSouth-Western
Gt.ll:astern,rik.,&E .Union
i.ireat Northern 422 105 42,393 4 ,3, 2
Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,, 64 2,051
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) B2l 714 667 370
itt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 871 9,581 10,254
Great Western1280 12370 82 1.•z8 75,990
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,023 1,913
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 48.866 15,360
Limerick and Ennis...
Limerick and Foynes
[,lauelly 461 461 604 711
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2911 2671 32,234 2 ~3 6
London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 1354 12,1 1 14,709 14.034
all Metropolitan Extension 112 12 1 3,402 3.0.0
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
lian.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh .. 246 246 20,611 2. ,891
blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham.. 94 94 1,6 4 1,619
Karyport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6634 53,590 52,336
Midland Gt.Westn. of irind 2601 2601 5,072 4,794
North British, Edin., Penn
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 11714 73,8)1 72,, 04
North London ll 9 4,548 3,507
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,940 8.53)
Rhymney 221 191 1,153 1.116
Scottish North-Eastern 143 138 - -
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.486 1,28
South .11evon 9B 98 4,815 4,987
South-Eastern 315 308 30,5 c 5 31.653
Taff Vale 63 61 6,732 5,90 3
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
281
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 81 476
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,591 1,625
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Allies Opened.

Gailways.

1863.

1865.

Belgian EastemJunetion 2l
Bombay, Baroda, do e'en. India 300
Detroit and MI lwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish .lOBl
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Central of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 7oli
Great Luxembourg
Great Southefn of India ..• • 7?.
Great Western of Canada..•. 34'
oil
31adras .........
Northern of Canada ..... ••
Northern of France ..........gI
Norwegian Trunk ......
Recife and San l'
........
.... /27(:_j
South Austrian, . 251
Victoria .................
25
We11and............

308
26b 3"- A 6.535
806 8,A2 4.8.27
189 5'752
247.57:,
24,b-
-1251507 265..46(203.1 2574,,
62730
134 Bu 3 726
79 p,p6i 11,265
315
571 6.966 7,253
94724 6!,92538 611,942.'03
14 1,511 J,'o7
77.; J,525 1,, 92
105 1,9 7 1, 34
253
1646 77,142 55,724
251 10,568 10,815
25 1,721 794

SPOLIATION OF IRA ALDRIDGE.--Mr. Ira Ald-
ridge has been the victim of a very sweeping robbery at
Kief, 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,
&c." Mr. Aldridge's loss in cash alone was nearly 10,000
silver roubles.

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