After experiencing a good deal of rough weather, tho vebscl was being steered for the Oldina entrance by the chief officer, the captain being confined to his bed tlnough illness. Tho chief officer states that only an old general chart of Australia was given him by the captain, although ho believed better charts were on board. Early on the morning of the 3rd of July, tho Adelaide was found to be clo^o to Home reefs, on which sho ultimately struck, and became almost instantly a wreck. The sea broke ho heavily over the vessel, that it was with difficulty a boat wn» launched, into which all hands got^ save the captain, without piovisions or water. Tho chief officer made an attempt to save Captain Whitwell, but the latter lay in liin berth, and would make no effort on his own behalf, and the vessel filled so fast that no time could be spared to get him away. After landing on some islands, and .getting a few birds' eggs, the crew of the Adelaide, on the evening of the following day, landed in Oxford Bay, but without knowing on what part of the coast they wero. Tho object of tho shipwrecked meu was to reach the settlement of Somerset, but they were uncertain whe- Jther they had landed to the north or south of it. They started in tho first instance for tho southward, and after walking fifteen miles, the chief officer, and all the crew save two men, who persisted in following the same course, returned to their boat which thoy launched the following morning, and proceeded norfchwnids, readied Somerset the same evening. A party was despatched fi oin Somerset to look after the two seamen who had gone soiithwaid, but tho search was unsuccessful. The Adelaide wa» insured in tho Sydney Marine Office for JL2990, and in the New Zealand Insurance Office for L950. The third vessel wrecked was the ship Conque ror, of Guernsey, bound fiom Newcastle to Bombay with a cargo of coal. On the 29th July when tho vessel was going about eleven knots, Capt. Noel felt her touch very lightly upon something, and oshIio began to tiikoin water, lie endeavoied to run her ashore, but before he could do ho sho sank, just an hour after touching. Tho captain and crew succeeded in getting the boat out, but saved no tiling. 