The New York herald., 1851-12-04
The Partic ulars OF the Loss OF the British
ship Unicorn.

ship Unicorn.
The following, fiom Capt. O'Neil, details the
particulars Of the loss of the British ship Unicorn
On her voyage from Liverpool to st. John, N. B. :,
brief account of which we have already pub
lished-
Left Liverpool on the morning of October Is,
with two hundred and eighty-two emigrants, three
cabin passengers, and a crew Of twenty. four per-
sons, including officers The afternoon after leaving.
1t commenced owing heavily from west sou Invest,
and veered round to west northwest, the fhip un-
der close'reefed topsail and foresai Moderate on
the following morning, with the wind at soush west
Tried the North ch annel; but when abreast of Bel
fast Tough encountered q heavy squall, and shift
Of wind to the north ward Bore up again, with
squally, unsettled weather-the wind from all points
of the compass and got clear of the land on the
25th inst after which nothing particular occurred
till the morning of the 7th November, in latitude
~ degrees % m nutes north, longitude So degrees
IL minutes west, when it commenced bio wing hea-
vily from south-southwest. We furlsd topgallant
sails and double reefed the topsals The gale con-
tiDued increasing, and the wind veered to south
southeast; furled mansa, jb, and spsnker, and
close reefed fore and mizen topsails. The baro.
meter was now falling fast, and we made every
preparation for bad weather; secured all the
matches, and close. reefed maintopsal. The sea at
this time was running at a prodigious height aud
in every direction, causing the ship to roll and LABOR
tremendously. Tbeship making water, the pumps
were kept constantly going The wind now became
quite unsteady ard squslly, and blowing with fear
ul vio!ence-not remaining steady more than few
minutes, ard veering to sll points Of the compass.
Clewed up fore and mzsn topeails. The ship, from
the terrific sea which now broke over her, became
perfectly unmanageable, having her decks entirely
swept, save Of tho long boat: The pumps were
Kept constantly going. Az abou. II A.. NJ a
furled sails from the yards The fore topgalant .st
was carried away, taking with it the head Of the
foretopmast-the mizen went soon after, and in q
few minutes the fore and fore topsail yards went:
the cross jack and mizen yards went soon after tho
main topsail. Another heavy squall striking the
ship, carried away the main and mzen masts By
the board, the latter taking away the whole star
SO, leaving the ships perfect wreck. We Get to
Immediately and cut away the main and mi zen rig
ging; nothing could now be done bu. to keep the
pumps going as fast ss possible, as the water was
throughout the night, BY great exertion, the water
was kept under. AT midnight the weather began
to moderate; at daylight it became much finer, but
still heavy sea, the ship rolling with fearful vio
lencc. AT 30 A. M, sail was observed bear
ing down on us,which proved to DO the brig Harriet
Capt. Marston, of Portland, for New York. tho
captain Of whish kindly proaered his assistance.
On lowering boat to board her, found the whole
stern frame Of the ship started, and as she was
making great quantities of water, considered the
only step to be taken was to abandon her, the
captain Of the brig, in the most hab dsome lnner
consentipg to ieman by US, and offering every
sistance. Shortly after, another sail deserted
be airing down, which proved TO be the A nerican
ship Daniel Webster, from Boston for Liverpool,
tie commander Of which also offered his assist
snce, as he could accom- N odate about one hunired
and seventy OF the passengers. We then got all
the available beats afoat, as did the other vessels
and commenced transferring the passengers on
board both ships, which could be done but slowly,
owing to the state Of the wreck. We got them
clear Of the fast sinking ship at abou. 30 p. NJ.
We then, with the assistance of the briggs boat,
continued getting water and provisions, which could
be but slowly transhPped, owing to the diff ,ulty
Of laying alorgside. We, however, succeeded in
getting q scant supply, having labored till about
20, when, deeming IL unsafe to rem ain longer, We
lett the ship, which shortly after went down, at
one hundred of the passengers, with the entire OF
my crew, preceded on her course.
nay oihctrs and cabin passengers, with NY
sell, desire to return our most sincere skn1ks to
captain Marston for the kindness aud humanity
SHOWN 10 AL givirg M his own cabin and afording
every possible relief, placing himself officers end
crew on short allowance Of provisions aud declaring
he would share the last with all. Fortunately.
however, VIC fell in with the packet sbio star Of
the West Capt Bovine, on the I7th Cant. E.
nun anelJ received about seventy Of the passengers
ahu me oi me crew, ani kindly offered pas
ago IN bisship. We arrived safe in New York on
the afternoon Of the 2sth.
cannot conclude vi bout returning thanks IN
ny caoin passengers, Mr.. Riches ana Mr. Fraz
VINO behaved nobly, using every means in their
rover TO rescue the passengers, and but for whose
iIei::.'"ri many would have suffered severely.
Late Comm nder shin Trnicoyp