By the Kokonoye Maru, from Hakodate, arrived the shipwrecked crow of the British Darque Ella Beatrice, which was wrecked on the northern const of Japan on the 7th of February Inst. From the chief officer we have obtained the following particulars of the disaster The Eula Beatrice, Captain Thompson, loft Shanghai on the 22nd January last, in ballast for Hakodate, having been eliartored.to load seaweed back to Shanghai. Everything went well until the 28th January, the vessel making good headway 4 being every prospect of a quick necessful passage. After that some very heavy snow.storms were experienced from 8.E, to W.N.W. On the 30th, as the vessel was proceeding under the lower topsails, reefed fore and fore-topmast staysails, the wind suddenly veered from 8.E. to W.N.W., and brought with it a heavy fall of snow. It carried away the main-topsail and foresail, and to save the vessel from capsizing the sails had to be let go. Assoon as were clewed up and the ship have-to on the port tack. On the Sist, the gale still continued with great violence, and the cold was so intense that every sea shipped froze in five minutes on the deck, and several of the men were frost-bitten. On Monday morning, at daylight, the weather moderated somewhat, and the lower main topsail was bent, and fore-topmast staysail were set, and th 's head put on her course. Moderately fine weather was experienced till the fourth of February, when the weather became thick and a heavy snow-storm was experienced, with strong variable winds and heavy 1d. cross se: which, though the vessel's draught was light, swept her decks, and she had to be have-to again and remained have-to till the Gth, when it was found 1 was drifting near the Iand, and was nothing to do but to put on sail and run before the wind to the At pam, the island of Kokoshii was sighted about five miles N.N.W. The weather was so thick that the Innd could only be discerned at times, and then only the mountain tops: At five o'clock, land was discerned on the starboard bow, and here the ship's troubles commenced in earnest, 'The vessel's head w turned to the S.W., and at 8 p.m. land was aeon right ahead, "Wore ship to the north and 'Violent squalls were blowing at the time, and at, 10.30 p.m. was dia-covered again right ahead,' distant about two miles. The ship was again wore round to the south-west, and remained on that tack till 11.80 p.m., when land appeared in front. Once more an attempt was made to extricate the vessel from the labyrinth of difficulties which encircled her on all sides, and her head was turned to the north t. Being so close to the land on all sides the sen was very lumpy and a was run few moments all was darkness one on bourd felt that their fives were not worth purchasing, expecting every moment the final crash, They had not long to wait. At 1.30 a.m, on the 7th, the barque brought her wanderings to a termination by running on a andy bench on the maivland about forty or fifty miles from Hakodate. The foremast was ent away to ease the ship, but, unfortunately for those on board, she gave a lurch which turned hor deck so that it received the full force of the sea, and it was not long until a hole knocked right through her deck and side. An attempt was made to get a boat out, but prevented this; and asa break in the dismal gloom enabled the crew to seo the land close by, it was resolved to remain on the wreck till day-ight, if she held together; and, if she went, to get ashore aa best they could. As the chief officer, Mr. Kennedy, remarked, "It was only death stared them in the face, anyhow." vessel did hold together, and at day! about three hundred natives were seen on the shore, two of whom bravely away through the cold surf with a small rope and climbed up the ship's side. One end of a heavy rope was then de fast to the ship and the other end given to the two Japanese, who swam ashore with it, and the natives assisted the worn-out mariners to land, all getting ashore in safety, but having lost all their earthly possessions except what they had on their backs. The Japanese, as soon as the wrecked barque was discovered, mediately made a large shed of mats, n which was lighted an i ire, and as exch of the ship-wrecked mariners were hauled through the surf, they were carried to the fire, where they were only too glad to be able to warm their almost frozen frames, thoroughly appreciating the thoughtful kindness of a people whose language and customs they wore totally unacquainted with. As soon as the shipwrecked crew were well warmed, they were conducted by an officer to a Japanese house, where repast of fish and rice awaited the almost famished men, who had not had a full meal for @ couple of days and were glad to behold the good things provided.
The local government immediately sent word to Hakodate, and on the sixth day after the wreck Mr. Thomeon, shipbuilder at Hakodate, who had been despatched by Mr, Consul Quin to the scene of the wreck, arrived, accompanied by two Japanesd officials; and a couple of days afterwards the captain and crew of the ill-fated Jlta Beatrice took their leave of the hospitable people whom fate had cast them among, thankful for all the kindness they had received, and proceeded to Hakodate; there they remained a week or 20 until the departure of the Kokonoye Maru, which brought all but the captain to Yokohama. The chief officer having reported himself to H.B.M.'s Consul, was ordered to take the men to Mr, McKenzie's hotel and wait there till further orders.—Japan Gazette.
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