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A letter dated Canton, June II, lc9I' r.,
seIved per the steamer Atlantic, by TIE oseli-I
India mail. contains the following ineres ins ~s
count, furnished US by the gentleman VINO 80
II. IA resic en' Of Bro0s lyn.) and appears IN ~
UNI the first count published IN ths ni'eo -
The 4. 5. sloOp OF var Marion. "hns Oh Ne -,
turn rom Shanghae, bound 70 SIa.a "a. t,oss
the northwest part Of the Island OF rOriiio,a' a, -
accident occurred Al A. 81, az when '.n u .
very cark. Tie ship Vas steering " ~. 90 -.
gong Al the rate Of knots an h9er' ~ -. -
the act Of lacking. the len nal Jis' -. -.
ard bs,dalee called ont b. the Oiicer " ihc leN'
when she struck As soon IS u became ~ si- ~
SHIN was discovered 10 be on snofe' c4ose - "a"
beach within 800 yards As soon - u De1e, - Z ~
-, d. ns,ives could be seen running down the
hesch from across the hills by hundreds About
O'clock m the morning ihere were iull S'VD st'dsts
IN the heach They brought down men wagons
- be ,nules ali ready 70 carry OF me piun1er
,b,nsIng The case was hopeless. The WORK ifnuscI
aiIv commenced to tighten the snip. l"eNe yum
of water were started, 10 tnry,"o pound sholsNelo
,b,own oyerboard al the same time Hedges 90; out
stream anchor and finally the lover anchor ana
after deal of anxiety and hard work, the snip gfth-
ually sEd off INTO deep water and the oId pa Oo@'
=. We hear the sailors call her, vas herself again
Most fortunately the WIND, Just as she got on slq
denly shifted 20 the eastward-so maj she couiu
make sail and stand of shore, wnlcn she dll Dut
after she had gained an oling OF ten miles, "hlcn
was only an hour after getting Of. tne vino Veeieu
and bleS strong gale on shore. Hal the snip been
one hour longer in getting of, She would inevitably
have gone TO pieces. She went ashore al A NJ,
and got of at GA NJ, being SIX hours on shore
Hon. Peter Parker, al interim American MINIS
ter at Canton, has made known that ne INTENDS 70
call Ola the Marion 70 chastse the savages ana re-
cover aIy Europeans whO may be IN the mountains,
as undoubtedly there many. -Four days after 1ne
Marion ran on SHORE the English man-ol-wdr steam
er Reynard Capt Cracroii, went on shore on Pfolds
shoal China sea- loo miles from Macao
The REWARD was lost under the iouowing cI-
,unstances An English ship called tnc Fel0cipe1e
vas wrecked on Protas sAoal about the = IN Way
The CAPTAIN Of the VelOcpede started 10 ms long
boat for Hong Kong TO Obtain assstan' q, ana upon
his arrival there inch attended WITH great
CANCER and dincuity-he represented 20 the Cover
nor Of Hong OHg thai, with the exec pt0n OF ms
boats crew, AL ms hands were on shore without
provisions and without water on PTOtls Island.
Under these circumstances me Governor Dispatch
the Reward and brig PHO the former was Just
about sailing for home. having completed her cruise.
The Reward arrived IN the neighOornOod OF Proias
Sboa on the seth May IN the evening, on which ac-
count the Captain deemed II prudent 10 lay of and
on until daylight.
The next morning. al u. NJ, while standing IN
for the Island IN company with IL. NJ 3rg Pilot ~
REWARD struck heavily on reef and commenced
filling rapidly all was done that could De done, Dut
TO no purpose she completely broken IN two,
and the crew had Just crowded INTO the boats along
SIDE when she filed and sunk 10 rise no more. Inc
loss Of the RoyDard was very unfortunate Tor All
concerned, and to the service, for she was an eX-
eellent vessel and cruiscd all parts OF the China
seas among rocks and shoals, weatherlng out ty-
ph0Ons gales, &c, but her cruise is ended and the
Reward