\ heavy head sea, which, however, lulled towards I midday, and the wind shifting shortly thereafter, \ we \vovq -enabled to,steer somewhat nearer our j coarse to the southward, but daring the whole U of tin remainder of the day and succeeding night ■Vis blow a very heavy gale, causing the .ship to 1 labour very heavily. At daylight on the morning „ of Wednesday tli3 gab broke, the wiu-d, howjver, during the entire day blowing a fresh breeze : -froiii tlio.S. Yf.; with heavy rollers setting from j; the N. W.\ At one o'clock we signalised a brig ;i,--, rigged screw steamer, under all sail, bound 11 north, bearing W., distant about five miles, supposed .to. be the'" Marathon," from the Medu terranea'h to Liverpool. ; About ten o'clock p.m. a large screw steamer :, '*pa33e'd us about half a mile distant, and the I brightness of ths mooa enabled us to see her ; very distinctly. '■'-Timwday, the 12th: During ■■;■. the w'.iole of the night the gale continued to t; blow freshly, with a high sea, and although the \ wind moderated greatly in the course of the day, ■.still the 'heavy sea caused the ship to roll aad ;.. pitch violently. The night was. most beautiful, and Fridayj the ISfcli June, pro red a most lovely day, with a light breeze from the N. W., and the ship's progress during the past twenty .-four hours yi.has been inpst satisfactory. At noon o;i Friday Rthe ship's position was lat. 38:1.0 N , tmcl Ibng. F\\ll/^0 W. During the remainder of this day the tfvv'ind, although light, still continued-fair, many Byessels'-beiag.in sight, all bound south, every oa'e ■ of which we rapidly overtook and passed, as we W-l have,done on every occasion, for in no instance ', ;.has any vessel,we have yet fallen in with been ;. able to compete in sailing with our good old ship. June 14. The wind during the past ''*' night proved highly favourable, with every ap pearance of a continuance. The heavy swell that we have encountered for many days past has entirely subsided; and about three o'clock a.m. •we got the studding sails set, adding considerably to the speed, so that we fondly anticipate having *a rajjid run to' the. Line, to make up for the heavy gales and contrary winds that have so long kept us back. The ship's position this day jat noon was in lat. 35:30 N., and long. 13:35 W."

General News.

lV AMus£MENTS.--^Our record of small events laymild be incomplete, did we not mention some Kf the games already instituted for the whiling ftiway of spare hours: the quiet folk have their fcliess, draughts arid dominoes, and the more ac pfcive quoits, pitch back and other g}^mnastic liexefcises, to say nothing of clambering1 up the '■'ship's ropes and\paying forfeits. Now that'we have fairly pvergot our first sea sorrows we understand that it is the intention of the amuse* :nient Committee to get up a Charade, at an i early period. :;' -The Daily D?ck-cleaning.—We have great in stating that this work is now in tegM^av operation, iifteen persons having been T ?r- ■;'/ . ■■-.■'.

tola otteaoli week since starting, tor tlio busi ness. (Xily oae yonnjman lias rendered himself amenable fco the law by refusing to act. . KeligioiisSerwces.^Tw-o Services have been held oa each of the past Sundays, June 1 and.S, \ in the morning at eleven on the poop, and in tho t evening at ssven on the main deck. This ar rangemDiit will be continued as far as practicable throughout the voyage. Considerable interest is manifested in the services both by the passen- I gerd and the ship's officers and crew. The weather ou each of the above .occasions was bright, but the strong wind prevailing last Sun day much interfered with the quiet and comfort of the services. The subjects on the 1 st, were " Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and He shall strengthen thine heart," and tlie Faith that "removes mountains;" aud on the Bth,' All thy works praise thee, 0 Lord," and," what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Sabbath school instructions have also been "conducted on each afternoon at half.past Two. To..morrow, June 15, a meeting will be held at four p.m. for the formation of a scripture class. The subject of the morning's discourse will be, " And there was a great calm." Mjsicac—lt is intended to give a series of weekly concerts on the poop—weather per mitting, on iNLmday evenings. The first of these amateur performances took place on Monday hut, and. considering the impromptu nature of this the first attempt, we may Jeasonably hope they will be of a nature to afford considerable gratification and amusement, as much satisfaction wasmanif sted, by all the passengers. We hope" to give a detailed account of the next meeting^. so we recommend to our friends to look out for" \ their sharps and flats, as the eyes of the Watten. bachers will be upon them/The undermentioned ! persons took part in.the last performance:;— Dr. Bellf Rev. S. Edgar, .Captain Gooch,' Messrs. ' '.' Jones [chief officer], Hayes, Constant, Collins, : and Littie ;. and oneof the sailors. j FiRE.-r-On Wednesday Afternoon last, we nar rowly escaped a serious conflagration upon the boathouse. It appears that some careless smo., j kers had allowed lighted ashes to fall among the j hay, sheets, &c. lying in one of the boats, and, as might be expected, ignition soon took place. Happily the circumstance was discovered in'full:' i day, but not until a sheet had been burnt, andY i the fire had begun to lay hold of the woodwork, y Henceforth smoking is prohibited in that quarter.

Birth.

Ixger.,—On the afternoon of the 7th instant Mrs. Ingcr was prematurely delivered of a ' daughter. i

Deaths.

I.vgek.—On the lOfch instant the infant daughter , ' of Tliomas and Mary Ann Ing-er. ■, , . Jlakck.—On the Ilth instant, of consumption";"^ Teresa Baker, daughter of Freiericlc and'S^li"-'. Baker, aged 11 months. ' " Jl , ""wT

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