The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

WRECK OF AN ABERDEEN STEAMER.

GRAIL, April 19.—The steamer Queen, of Aber-
deen, Capt. Murray, from Aberdeen to Granton,
struck on the Carr Rock this morning, at half-past 1
o'clock. Immediately afterwards she was found to
make water, and it increased so rapidly that by the
time she reached this her fires were extinguished ;
and finding that she could remain above water but
a few minutes longer, they made for the harbour,
and. by the aid of the leading lights recently erected
they succeeded in getting her into the fairway 10
minutes before 3 o'clock a.m. Unfortunately, it
being low water,- she lies on a sandbank about 400
yards from the harbour. The inhabitants being
aroused by the signal guns and ringing of the bells
assistance was promptly given, and the passengers
were all safely landed by 5 o'clock a.m. There
were 40 passengers on board. All the live stock,
consisting of 349 sheep, three cattle (one of which
died on coming ashore), and one horse, were all
landed, with the above exception, safely. They
have succeeded in saving a considerable quantity of
the cargo in good condition, but much of it must
be damaged, as she at present lies full of water.
The following letter, dated Crail, Sabbath morning,
from a lady in Crail to a friend iu Dundee, gives au
interesting account of the wreck of the steamer :
" We were roused this morning, when it was quite
dark, by a report of a gun and a loud ringing of a
bell. We first thought it was a fire but on look-
ing out, we saw the light came from the sea. We
ran to the south window, and saw a vessel close
into the shore, which was proved to be tilre Que .n
paddle-steamer, of Aberdeen, from Inverness tfi
' Granton. She had struck the Carr Rock, and the
passengers insisted on running for the neatest place
of safety. The lights guided them to this place ;
but as it was low water, and the vessel making
water fast, she was run in, and took the ground
about 200 yards from the pier. She lowered her
own boat, but it broke adrift and came in among the
rocks. A small boat tried to reach herfrom the shore,
but could not, far the sea wasrollieg in very heavily.
However, before 5 o'clock 40passengers were landed.
On the tide rising, a large boat was launched,
which is bringing on shore the sheep, and anything
that can be laid hold of. The sea is breaking
right over her quarter-deck. If there were
more of the large boats got ready they might save
a good part of the cargo, but it is only small fish-
ing yawls that are used here, except at the herring
season. There is a rope out to the shore assisting
the large boat's crew' to go andcome quicker. Some
of the passengers are not well pleased at all the at-
tention being directed to save the live cargo. We
spoke to a passenger who said he had 80/. worth of
fine-hosiery goods with him. There are on board
about 300 sheep, and some cattle and horses. I
have written this from what I have seen and heard
among the people. She is lying under our windows,
with a great list to the east, and the sea running
through the cabin windows. It is now 6 o'clock, and
thegweather is much quieter, so there is not so much
fear of her breaking up, but the water has already
risen over the lee side of the deck. She struck
about 1 o'clock, and it was about half-past 2 whenl
she grounded. A gig was sent to St. Andrew
about 4 o'clock to get a message telegraphed to
Aberdeen."—Dundee Advertiser.

DEPARTURE OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.

The Golden Fleece, the pioneer ship of the Eu-
ropean and American Company, left Southampton
yesterday for South Anierica. She took out 700
tons of cargo, 83,0001. in gold for the Rio Bank,
70 passengers, a heavy mail from Hamburg, and a
large ship mail from England. She is the finest
screw steamer, and has the best accommodation of
any ship that ever left the English shores for South
America. She will call at Lisbon, Bahia, and Per-
nambuco on her way to Rio de Janeiro. Amongst
her ship mails are bags for the River Plate and the
Falkland Islands. Since the Golden Fleece has
come into the possession of the European and
American Company, she Ms been refitted and re-
decorated. Her cabins and magnificent saloon are
warmed with a hot-water apparatus of American
invention ; this will prove a great luxury to South
American passengers coming from the warm climate
of Brazil to England. The Golden Fleece is com-
ananded by Captain Hall, who was the commodore
of the General Screw Company's fleet. The Queen
of the South will be the next of the European and
American Company's ships to cross the Atlantic.
She will be bound for New York. The Indiana
will follow her to the same place. After her the
Ilydaspes will be the next ship of this company's
fleet to leave Southampton on Wednesday for New
York ; she took out 70 passengers. The screw
steamer Leopold 1., t:elonging to the Belgian Royal
Mail Company, left Southampton also on Wednes-
day for New York. She took out 500 passengers,
a Belgian mail, and a very large cargo, chiefly from
Antwerp. The Duke of Brabant, another steamer
belonging to the Belgian Royal Mail Company,
will shortly be completed, and two others are
building, which will give the Belgian company a
fleet of six screw steamer:,

IRON SCREW VESSELS AND THE WHALE FISHING."...
On Tuesday afternoon Messrs. Palmer, Brothers,
Jarrow-on the-Tyne, launched a stoutly-built ironsorew
steamer of 500 tons, for Mr. A. G. Robinson, of Lon•
don, which will be employed in the whale trade.