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day morning for your port, returned as usual in the evening, but was unable to reach Macao in consequence of the bad state of the weather. She anchored therefore at the Niue Islands, and at 11 o'clock became a total wreck. Only sixteen people were saved. The master (Cap- tain Carroll the chief mate, the purser, the late captain of the Sancha, and the chief mate of the vessel, together with the large majority of the Chinese possengers were drowned or are missing. The guaboat Camoens was patched this afternoon, by order of the Go- vernor of Macao, to the scene of the catas- trophe. Most of the other boats are in anch bad condition as to be unavailable for immediate use, The survivors from the un- fortunate steamer arrived early this morning in Chinese fishing boats. The melancholy disaster has cast a gloom over this city, many of the lost ones being well known here, and some of the Portuguese having connections in the place.

A junk arrived in Hongkong yesterday, bring. ing on several of the Chinese survivors of the disaster. Those on board state that another junk is ou her way to Hongkong, having on board a European, supposed by some to bel Captain Carroll, We are afraid the sup- position is without any reasonable foundation; but as the junk bas lost one mast, it will be some time before she reaches Hongkong, and nothing definite will be known till then.

H.M.S. gunboat Ringdove left Hongkong at two o'clock yesterday afternoon for the scene of the wreck of the Poyang. The steam-tug Little Orphan also left at four o'clock, with the same object and for the same destination.

THE TYPHOON AT CANTON. The Canton steamer Kinehan, which arrived yesterday afternoon, brings further intelligence respecting the effects of the storm on the Can- ton River. Very large quantities of wreckage were observed floating in the river between Can- ton and Whampoa, amongst which were seen a great number of dead bodies.

ANOTHER TYPHOON,

The Chinese prophecy that on the 10th day of their sixth month-that is, 12th July-a much larger typhoon than that witnessed last your is to visit the Colony, and unless the wain force of it is spent outside, it will undoubtedly ruin Hongkong. We only trust that such a prognostication is considerably wile of the mark.

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