224 SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE BARQUE PACIFIC. 



the Swan River colony. On the morning after the 

 Simla's arrival her mails were opened, and hardly 

 an idea can be formed of our surprise on seeing the 

 following announcement in a copy of the Melbourne 

 Weekly Herald: — 



" Supposed Loss of the Whaling Barque Pacific, 

 of New Bedford, U. S. 



" The following letter appeared in the Nelson Ex- 

 aminer of the 16th ult. : 



" ' To the Editor of the NeJson Examiner. 



" ' Sir : — I regret to inform you, that there is too 

 much reason to believe that the M'haling barque 

 Pacific, of JSTew Bedford, U. S., foundered on the 

 western coast of this Island, on the night of the 21st 

 of May last. As the readiest means of communi- 

 cating the new^s to those who are interested in the 

 fate of the vessel and crew, I send you a copy of the 

 deposition of one of the know^n survivors, which is 

 fully corroborated b}^ the statements of the rest. I 

 have ascertained that the Pacific belonged to the 

 firm of Swift & Perry, of New Bedford; that she 

 liad on board three hundred and fifty barrels of oil 

 when she was supposed to have foundered. The 

 names of her oflicers were : John W. Sherman, mas- 

 ter; John Hood, chief mate; John Dexter, second 

 mate ; Clarke Allen, third mate. The names of the 

 men who landed on the western coast were :• Theo- 

 dore Jerome, David Jones, "William Charles Bay lis, 

 Joseph Piley, William Anderson, William Owen, 

 Harvey William Miller, David Ling. 



" ' Yours, etc. 



"'H. G. GOULAND, Resident Magistrate. 

 " ' CoLLiNGWooD, September 10th, 1857. 



