Phe arrival of the Bourayne (March 30th) from Napo Iden, Shimada Bay, and Tage, whither she proceeded on Thursday (26h March) to the scene, of the wreck of the Nil, puts us in possession of additional information concerning this untoward event. She reports that the wreck lies in about forly metres depth of water, in Yoshida Bay, about 200 yards length from the shore, and some four or five iiles from Tro-o'saki lighthouse. The spat is called Midzu Ishi. The tops of the main and fore masts are ible. Lhe ship struck at about bult-pnst eleven o'e on the night ofthe 20th-lst, before sighting the light on Rock Island, for which, it ig said, she was making, ime of the accident the sen was heavy, andthe weather thick and misty, the in ing these on board frum see-either the light on Rock Island or ston the Ira-o saki, It is supposed also that the strong currents prevalent. in these parts, the divetions and strength of which are' but imperfectly known, have not a little contributed to the catastrophe. Only four persons, as surmised, have been saved, consisting of M. Muraoie (a passenger), the baker, and two sailors, As well ax can be ascertained, there were down sume ninety-two persons altogether, consisting of the crew of sixty Eurnpeans, and twenty five Chinamen, seven passengers, and the postal nent, uring the doy of the 20th the land had been seen but very indistinctly, and the night was excessively dark panied with fog jad rain, Those on board were trying to make out the lights above indicated, known to be abu great distance, when, at about half-past eleven, the ship
appears, roused most of: the passengers, touchied the ground' sightly. "his, who immediately one up on' the deck. She was ut once turned astern. As fate would have it, one of the pistons broke. Sail was next got up, but whilst trying to weather a point she again struck, this time heavily, on some outlying rocks, about a quarter of an hour after first touching the Dottom. She was immediately anchored to prevent her drifting ashore, whilst the boats were being got out. Lhese, however, it appears, with the exception of one, had been rigged inboard, on account of heavy weather, What was the precise interval between the ship's striking and her consequent sinking is difficult to ascertain, but it is said to have been about ten minutes, and therefore the crew were unable to get out the above-mentioned boats, lashed inboard, ere she sank. 'This may account for the extraordinary loss of life we have unfortunately to record. Others, on the contrary, attribute the excessive' loss of life, so near to the shore, to the fact that the coast there is bordered with upright and hidden rocks, against which those who jumped from the vessel (which all momen-arily expected to sink), were dashed to pieces, or 0 seriously injured that they efforts to gain the shore. However two of the sailors, aa the yersel was going down, cut the falls of the only boat at liberty hanging outside, jumped into her, and pushed off. M. Muraour had, on deck, laid hold of a life-preserver, but sank with the vessel. On regaining the surface laid hold of two pieces of the "wreck lying near him, and made as well as he could for the shore, when he was happily picked up pi by the men in the boat. They all rowed about the locality until about seven o'clock the next morning, but could see no one else, The baker, the fourth one saved, after jumping overboard like many others before him, fortunately managed to reach the land ina spot where it was possible to class rocks.
On the 2ist inst, two bodies were washed ashore—one that of M. Luccioni, with his forehead cut open, and a second one that of a Chinaman, with the top of his head gone, evidently through being dashed against the rocks, On the 27th inst, another body, that was also recovered.
Oscar Collean, "Esq. the Consul for Branco, after landing from the Bouraye, proceeded to have the body of M. Luccioni interred, ina provisional cemetery newly pre jared for the purpose of burying the jadies as they may come ashore. The bodies of the two Chinamen were also interred, It is to be noted that the Japanese in the bourhood of the wreck treated the survivors well; considerable praise is also due to Mr. Johnson, the pilot, for hi disinterested conduct' in supplying them with many creature comforts not possessed by the natives.—Jupan Herald.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.