We have been favored with the followin, further particulars of the loss of the Nawort Castle, Captain Wepnor. This ill-fated vessel left Swatow on the 13th February, and had fresh N.E. to N.N.E. winds with cloudy weather until the accident occurred. She made an average speed of 7knota, At mid-to 16th February, the vessel was making a good 8 knots an hour and was steering 8.8.W. The deck was relieved at about 10 "minutes past 12 by the second officer (Mr. Geo. E. Jenkins), and at 4 past 22 she struck heavily on the' Paracels, The hands were employed at the time hauling down the fore and aft sails, Immediately she struck the second mate ran aft and found no one at the wheel. He at once acquain ted the Captain with what had ocourred, and he {the Captain) instantly ran on deck accompanied by the chief elficer (Mr. Schult) and the helmsman, who it appears had taken rofage in the saloon as the sea made @ clean breach over the stern, When the Captain orders to shorten sail, done, The vessel soon after this got broadside on to the sea and was ying on her side, the sea meanwhile breaking heavily over The unfortunate Captain was washed to leeward, but managed to re his feet and creep up to windward, but whilst a very heavy sea "the second officer nearly sharing fate, The Captain was never seen after this, the crew were anxious to launch the boats, but the officers pedient to wait for daylight, and welter in the forecastle aa her saloon was more exposed to the weather. At daylight it was found impracticable to launch the Loots, there being an insufficiency of water, Tong boat was got over during the fore-but capsized almost immediately; fortunately, there was no one in her, the men having been called out of her by the officers, as they were doubtful whether or 16 would float. They lost the greater Part of their clotness and sundry pro-Visions in this venture. The same after-concluding to 0 that the they succeeded id four men to effect a of the crew The jank remained by the wreck about days, and reaped a rich harvest by the aster. Their greed cost them the lo boat and one of their number. A. be: laden that she sunk, and one of the mon in her was drowned, the other two uarcowly escaping with their lives. 'The Chinese gave the foreign devils to-understand that death lay at their door, and they had seri intentions wreaking vengean Their treatment of the unfor. 3. they the poor fellows deliver up all the clothes they had' on, leaving them nothin, but their abirrs and trousers, and some o them amused themselves by cutting the buttons off these scanty garments. The men naturally shewed some resistance to such treatment, but they were threatened with choppers if they demurred. The officers report that thor were several junks round about the shoals, which they assert were there for the purpose of wrecking. Tt high time something was done to a danger, as disasters must be pretty numerous to make it worth th while of a number of junks to lie in wai to plunder lo wrecks men were landed half on the land of Hainan, about 9 miles west of in Sen, where they remained their original intention being to a Hongkong junk, the master of which had offered to take them for $9 a head. The Mandarins, however, sent them across [island to Hoihow and provided them with
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