The MARIANNE.- In addition to the wreck of the Thomas Chadwick on the Pratas, we have to report the loss of the Danish brig Hiram, Captain Schrader, which left Shanghae on 1st October, [1854], for Australia, with a full cargo of tea and silks, and was, fallen in with in the China Sea by the Lord Warriston and Good Success. Her mainmast was gone, and the cap of her foremast. The little raised poop seemed to have been torn from its fastenings by the force of the wind, and the wood of her bowsprit was twisted in a most extraordinary manner. Her boats were gone, and she seemed to be entirely deserted. Both vessels sailed round her two or three times.

A large barque is reported to be on shore about fifty miles down the West Coast.

The Eliza Anna, which left this for Amoy on the 25th September, put back last night ; and the Boyne, from Bombay, has suffered severely in spars, bulwarks, and rigging.

The Eliza has likewise arrived in the harbour dismasted, in tow of two China boats. She had been on the Pratas, but was fortunate enough to escape.

THE THOMAS CHADWICK.- The P. and O. Co.'s steamer Canton, returned from the Pratas Shoal on the 15th instant, with the passengers and remainder of the crew of the Thomas Chadwick, but nothing had been seen of the unfortunate captain and boat's crew of the Beliza.

THE HIRAM.-The Barque Marianne, of Melbourne, Captain Francis, which left Whampoa for Amoy on the 1st instant, with a cargo of cotton, was totally wrecked, during a severe typhoon on the 6th instant, on an island about seventy miles to the southwest of Macao. The captain, mate, and 11 Malays, reached Macao in a China boat, but ten Malays were unfortunately drowned. Captain Francis and the survivors of the crew arrived here yesterday from Macao in the Spark.

SG & SGTL Vol 12 ; Page 9 ; 8 Jan 1855

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