A.B.'s Drowned.

The weather moderated towards midnight of September 9, only to set in again with renewed fury on the following morning, when the ship was in latitude 42S, longitude 60E. The gale came on from the westward, with heavy hail squalls, the ship at the time running very dry. At noon of the same day, during a heavy hail squall, the vessel shipped a sea over the stern, which carried away two A.B.'s at the wheel, smashed the wheel, bulwarks and companionway, washing away the standard compass, and also the reflecting compass. The ship was immediately brought to the wind, but nothing could be seen of the two seamen washed from the wheel. At about 2 p.m. the same day the tiller carried away about two feet from the rudder, and had to be at once secured by tackles. Two hours later she took a heavy sea over the fore part of the poop, which swept two boats and the binnacle stand overboard, carried away the skylights and hen coops, and washed overboard three seamen, McFarlane, Woods, and Murray, and also an apprentice named Weaving, and broke both of the captain's legs, besides injuring several of the crew.

As soon as it possibly could be done, Captain Wood, who was of course rendered completely helpless, was conveyed to his cabin. Here his injuries were attended to by Mr. I. C. Sheppard, the steward, who succeeded in setting the Captain's fractured limbs and did everything in his power to give relief under the severe injuries he had received. So great was the violence of the gale that nothing could be done to aid the poor fellows washed overboard—nor were they ever seen again.