FURTHER PARTICULARS,

The Newcastle correspondent of the Syd ney Morning Herald sends the following additional particulars concerning the loss in mid-ocean of the barque Africa :—The Africa, from New York to Amoy, left on 15th March, laden with kerosene oil iv cases; and met with very moderate weather until 3rd June ; after thab heavy storms. The captain gave orders to heave the ship to under main lower top3ail. The port watch went below, and were called on deck to pnmp the ship at 11 o'clock. At that hour water-barrels and spars were floating, and bhe vessel shipping heavy seas which marie the men leave the pumps and reach the poop. The water, reached the forecastle, broke the ventilators, and filled the hold full of water. The cabin rapidly filled,

The captain called all hands to bale the water out, then all bauds ou deck, and gave the order to get the ship before the wind ; bub tho men could not get forward to hoist the jib for the heavy seas, and the ship would not go off, Then gave orders to cub ay/ay the mainmast, which the mate and one seaman carried out, but when the mainmast went it carried away the mizen topmast and the fo'retopgallant yard. Then set; watches for the night, and next morn ing the captain gave orders to cub away the foremast, which was also carried out by two seamen. While attempting to cut away the topmast rigging the lowermasfc broke, sending one man on deck. On the nexb day (sth June), as the kero sene oil was nearly washed out of the vessel, the captain gave orders to launch the longboab and pub in provisions. The next boat was washed away, and the third not launched. The first bout was smashed under the ship's bows. The next day all hands weub to work and, lightening the ship, cleared the decks. At noon she sighted sail to windward, which proved to be the British barque Arethusa,, from Rio to Newcastle. The Africa was flying signals of distress, which the Arethusa saw, and she squared yards and bore down, At once went to wind ward and lowered both upper topsails; hauled up the foresail as the Arethusa hove to. At that moment the water was running out of the sides of the Africa. 