The Sun. — 1853-03-18 (London, England)

SHIP BERENICE, AND BURNING OF THE VESSEL.  A most painful event was made known at Lloyd's on Tuesday, as having unhappily befallen the master, his lady, and officers of the English ship Berenice, in the Straits of Gasper, while on a voyage to 'Sydney, who were horribly murdered on board, and their ship afterwards destroyed by fire. A previous mail had given rise to some fears of a vessel having been burnt in the straits, and an impression was entertained that the ill-fated ship was the Berenice, which was missing, and the fact of some of the fragments of the wreck having been picked Up bearing the Berenice's initials, little doubt was felt in the matter. Much anxiety then arose as to the fate of these on board, who comprised Captain Candy, his wife, first and second mate, a Frenchman (a passenger for Australia), two servants of Mrs. Candy, and about thirtyfive hands ; with the exception of the officers, there were but few Europeans among the crew, who for the most were Java and Manilla men. The ship sailed on the 6th of June from Singapore for Shahghai, and then from that port to Sidney, on the 4th of November, with the intention of calling at Java. Several of the crew evinced a strong desire to leave the vessel on her reaching that island, but the captain holding out an increase of wages and additional rations to take the ship on to Sidney, they were induced to remain, and the vessel proceeded. Nothing was heard of her until, about the lath of December, when a report reached Marabaya (the residency of Tagel) of the remains of a burned wreck having been discovered in the Straits. A day or so 'previously a boat, containg 15 persons, arrived at Marabaya, who on landing dispersed themselves inland before the authorities had time to institute inquiries' about them, and on the clay following another boat came in with a similar number and character of men, a mixture ofJava and Manilla men. When interrogated, they stated that they were the crew of a prahu belonging to Rio, laden • with gambrie, which they represented had capsized, and that a boy had been drowned. The whole of them adhering to that one statement, they were believed, their story at the time being thought to be true. The police, however, had their suspicion aroused by the conduct of some of the men, as they displayed much anxiety to -part from each other's company, and to leave the place, and it was not until they had been subjected to a most searching inquiry that the truth was revealed. Some of them at length confessed to having belonged to the Berenice, and to the horrible fate which the captain and his officers met with. According to their representations, it seems that on the 2d of Dec. a mutiny broke out amongst several of the Manillamen, on account as alleged of the master not having allowed them the additional rations which he had previously promised. About midnight they got Mr. Candy on the quarter-deck, where they horribly mur dered him. His wife, hearing his cries, rushed on deck with two of the officers, when they almost immediately fell a sacrifice. The third mate and the French passenger, who witnessed the tragedy, leaped overboard to escape the vengeance of the wretches, and perished. Mrs. Candy's servants shared a similar fate as their unhappy mistress. The whole of the bodies, with weights attached to them, were hurled into the sea. The ringleaders then took to plunder the ship of everything that was portable, and after some two or three. days' luxurious living on board, they commenced.de• stroying her. Having lowered the boats, they kindled a fire in several parts of her, and when she had got completely alight, they abandoned her. By the last accounts the authorities were using every effort to bring the principal actors in the barbarous acts of murder and piracy to justice, and as many as nine had been lodged in the gaol of Tagel. The Berenice was freighted with a valuable cargo of tea, and her loss is therefore considerable.  ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL ie a delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preset res and b2autilles the Teeth, stren7thens the Gums, and renders the Brt.ath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, Londoi ; and by Chemists and Perfumers.  .