The Sun. — 1849-05-02 (London, England)

MAY 2, 1849.  of pligilhotuoTnat,heA4Pthß,lLto 37.—Her draughtmajesty C anodca consequence sooefrciduAeernfer:iecua Africa, I Regiment for Halifax. Favourite, 14, Commander Alexander Murray, emi vno eoa dzr northern preparatoryee rr en hostilitiesy e s t e yesterday d to being wm aosrn thei pnagi last, 00 rray, from the 'sofslothoep .97thfrom Portsmouth. She scaled guns to-day in the &mod, Among other vessels which took shelter here last week Hathrra Holstein brig Zamps, Captain Groot, which brought passenger from Laguna Captain Wortermann, late of the brig Fortuna. The circumstances connected with the loss of this vessel must prove interesting to masters of ships bound to Mexico and California, for which coasts so many charters are now taking up. The following is translated from an authentic account published in Al Monitor, at Mexico, Feb. 3:— " On the 20th of October last the German brigantine Fortuna was wrecked on the coast of the island of Santa Maria, between the rivers of El Fuerte and Sinaloa. Through the efforts of the supercargo, captain, and crew a great part of the cargo was saved; but the vessel was entirely lost. The cargo was bound to Guyamas, the nearest port whence assistance could be obtained; and at. the instance of the supercargo the Government of Guyamas immediately sent away the captain of the brigatine Hawavan Carlota with his vessel and a few large boats, which returned with a portion of the cargo on the 28th of November. They started again on the 2d of December, and collected the greater part of the remainder. On the 31st of December, at eight in the evening, the mate received a communication ashore from the Administrator of Revenues of El Fuerte, Don Francisco Chavez; and at half-past eight, before the mate could deliver the message on board to the captain, or that they could consult together on the subject, a party of cavalry and infantry, consisting of forty men, armed with carbines and lances, fell upon the people ashore when quietly taking their supper, fired at and ptirsued them into the sea, which offered the only refuge from this murderous attack. Three men were killed, viz., the principal stevador of the port. Thomas() Deano; the carpenter of the Fortuna, Frederica Trimpf ; and one of her crew, Juan Cartel's; and two wounded—an Indian named Capeto and Manuel Jellerias. The assassins then took possession of the few things that remained ashore, and the vessel set sail the next day, the 14th of December, for Guyamas, where a protest was drawn up at the request of Senor Don Juan A. Robinson, United States' Consul, and certified copies thereof delivered to the Government of Sinaloa and to the General of Division, Don Juan Pablo Anoka, who, it is hoped, for the honour of the Mexican nation, will speedily discover and bring to justice the perpetrators of these atrocious acts." The Fortune's cargo, with which she left Valparaiso on the 26th August, consisted of wine, brandy, cocoa, and dry goods. The wind was S.S.W. when she went ashore, and Captain Wortermann attributes her loss to the incorrectness of his chart, an English publication. After the protest was noticed the Captain went to Maashen, thence to San Bloc, where he crossed the contitinent to Vera Cruz, and then took passage in a ship to Laguna. The Nautilus three-masted iron steamer, Captain Parson, came in here this morning for water. She has been hired by the German Government, through the Prussian Consul-General in London, to lie off this port and give warning to all German merchants vessels entering the Channel of the renewal of hostilities by the Danish Government. Wind southerly, light breeze, and fine weather.