Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 565, 3 April 1858, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. March 30th, schooner Ocean Queen, 30 tons, j Martin, from Wellington. SAILED. April 1, schooner James Daly, 45 tons, Nicol, - for Auckland. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Sydney,,via Wellington, brig Dart, with despatch. For London, ship Glentanner, with despatch. For London, barque Oriental, April 10.

Wreck of the Whaler Alexander.—We have before briefly noticed the fact of the loss of the Alexander at Cape Campbell. The following particulars are given in the Nelson 'Examiner': — "On Thursday morning, Feburary 18th, the whaling ship Alexander, of New Bedford, struck upon the reef off Cape Campbell, and (Carried away her rudder and sternpost—she began to fill, and fears were entertained that she would go down; the crew, with the exception of the captain, mate, and one of the hands, took to the boats, but afterwards returned. Sail was made upon her, and she was run ashore on the Boulder Bank, near the Bluffs, where she now lies a total wreck. She has been out about 2 years aud a half, and lias on hoard 1,300 bar- , rels. Should the weather remain fine, hopes are i entertained of getting the oil out of her, but ■ should south-easterly weather set in, of which •there appears great probability, it is feared that '. iier decks will burst up, and the oil be scattered. She-is a-flne-yesscl of between 400 aiid 500 tons, 1 -and has a crew.of 30 hand.?, all told. The reason assigoed.for her running upon,the reef is, that :/it was not laid down in the chart that they had , .on hoard,'and-tint the. current, set them in closer ,-than they thou'gr. Jt was quite clear at the ' 'time, and the captain had just given orders to 1 'isqujire away, to run forthe . Straits, when she

struck. She now lies about 120 yards from high water mark, with a line carried from her and secured ashore. Her masts are lying on the Boulder Bank. On Friday, as one of her boats containing 8 or 9 hands was coming from the wreck to the shore, it was upset in the surf and all hands thrown into the water; all were rescued but one, a Portuguese named Jose de Sosia, who after clinging to the line from the ship for several minutes, sunk and was seen no more until his body was washed ashore the next morn-" ing a few hundred yards from the spot where he sank. He was a good swimmer, and it is supposed he must have been stunned, probably by the boat striking, as when he was found he had a cut across his nose, and his forehead was much bruised. An inquest was held Upon the body on Monday; the body winch had been buried, being exhumed, when a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned."