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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XIV, Issue 627, 5 November 1868, Page 3

I lite Sturt.— The vessel kfc Wellington i on the 25th October for Wanganui, taking with her Captain Daw-son, Lieuts. Pearson! and Butts, (heir military servants, and the inanied men, with their wives and children, of the two companies of tho Itsth Koval Irish recently stationed here.— " Wellington Independent. Tin: Govmotou’s Prorogation Speech. The Lyttelton Times, Oct. 22, says ; The scWion is gone with all its evils, the last of which is the prorogation speech. The cloven houf peeps out in the words put into the mouth of the representative of Loyally. Wr St afford makes the Governor !i xpreis opinio;.s at variance with the decision of the people’s representatives. In ;spite of a large, servile body of depenidaius, pied red to support the will of the Goverum -til, the limi-e virtually decided that ‘ a wide-soreal feeling of dissit isfae I I ion did ,uA exi-i with tin- working of local institutions as at present existing. 1 ” Wki.ck uk Tttr. Ki-nvu Gklst, x:;ar Araroa.—Two Liars i, sr.—The Lyttelton Times of the ;i tit October gives the following del ails of t be wr ek of this vessel, the eircum-ta’ie-es nttendng which were most ni-ln-ssing Air W. Till is was her master; .1. Barker and E L'unnimrhaoi. seann n, ami air . ileleiter c<f ivaiapoi, a 'passenger. She Inul a cargo of telegraph coles, for 1-Taxh.mrne. At 5a m. on the 27th inti, the captain was ill ciai’ge, all t'ne rest being below. ( 5 -i her Mi-iking, all rushed, on Peck. Barker - Led the dingy and got a wav, leaving the rest on the wreck. In two hours he reached Plea Bay, and hurried on to Akaroa, wlmre a vrnunteer crew was soon raised, and proceeded i to the wreck to readier assistance. Mean-1 while Guiniinglviin had been rescued, file vess el drifted hOo a cove, and he swam fur his life, dir Belcher was unable to -■aim, and Ellis (the mister) refused to leave him. On the boat, manned by volunteers, arriving at the scene of the [disaster, they found that the wreck was | driven into a cave in the face of a precipitous el ill. They saw the two survivors in the cave, but were unable to reach them [owing to a reef on which tho sea was con-

t inuaily breaking, and the quantity of kelp, which frustrated every em leaver to reach. I the shipwrecked men. Two of the crow lot' tlu* boat, .Messrs Sleheukel and Holt, narrowly iscaped drowning, the dingv : cup-izing with them. The crew described the cri s of iho poor men as heart-rending, es; ceudiV when they saw that all endeavors to extricate them were fruitless. Alter the* upset of the dingy, liilis was seen waving | his hands as if to warn others that it was; : hopeless trying :o reach them. ihc boat' !returned to Akaroa about 1 p.m., and imimediately ropes, life-buoys, provisions,! land blankets were obtained, whilst willing, volunteers proffered their services to go! ana do their utmost to save the sufferers. { Two whaleboats and a dingy started, taking with them an extra man wiio is weil known! as an expirl and daring swimmer. Tutor- 1 linnately none of the appliances taken, or means used, availed to save the men. A quantity of scantling was lashed together,' by means of which the boat’s crew managed to get. a line to the men, but unfortuuateiyj the action of the sea caused it to get foul,! so tiiat although the poor fellows got hold of the rope, it was useless i.O them. T)ireetly in trout of the cave are fearful rocks, widen at low water are partially dry, but :at high w-ter are covered. The situation/ i<>f the cave is such that there is a con-! rimed heavy break around it. The nienj had managed to sling some ropes from the roof of the cave, and fastened some wood to them, on which they sat, to prevent! themselves from being washed away. The! feelings of the crews on hading ail their endeavors to save the men fruitless can be imagined, knowing as we do that they tried every means in their power, and everything they could devise for that purpose. This lamentable and heart-rending Accident has cast a gloom over Akaroa, , both the men being well known and greatly 'respected,