Saturday 3 January 1852

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Monday the 22nd Dec by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
Mr. George WHITE to Miss Caroline EVANS.
Mr. John ARNOLD to Miss Susanna Elizabeth FISHER.
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Monday the 29th Dec 1851 by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
Mr. John SHAMROCK to Miss Sarah RYAN.
Mr. Daniel LAMOURY to Miss Rosa Frederica ENSELL.
On Tuesday the 30th Dec 1851 by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
Mr. Henry SHAKELL to Miss Wilhelmina M.M. PFISTER.
Mr. Francis Meall MAKER to Miss Caroline WOODMAN.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Friday the 19th Dec 1851 by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
A son of Thomas SMITH baptised James.
On Tuesday the 23rd Dec 1851 by the Rev. M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister.
A son of Mr. John FERRIES baptised James William Inglesby.
A daughter of Mr. Thomas VENN, baptised Sarah Jackson.
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 14th Dec by the Rev J Spyker VDM:
A son of Mr. Rene Julien CLEMINT, baptised Rene Julien.
On Friday the 26th Dec 1851 by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD:
A daughter of the Rev S.P. HEYNS DD, baptised Susanna Margaretha.
A daughter of Dr. Alexander BROWN, baptised Jane.
Sun the 28th Dec 1851 by the Rev A Faure BD:
A daughter of Mr. Frederick Russouw TESSELAAR, baptised Cornelia Sophia Blanckenberg.
A daughter of Mr. Fredrik Johannes SCHEUBLE, baptised Maria Christina.
A daughter of Mr. Jacob Stephanus DE VILLIERS, baptised Magdalena Jacoba.

DEATHS
Dec 19: Thomas SMITH, aged 38 years
Dec 21: John TOY, aged 69 years.
Dec 26: Kenneth Rivers, so of James Robert MACLEAY Esquire, aged 4 years and 7 weeks.
Dec 26: Amelia Jane ACRES, aged 5 months.
Dec 26: Mrs. Hannah Davies MELTON, relict of Thomas MELTON, aged 43 years.
Dec 27: Henry Wood GABB Esquire, Mauritius Emigration Agent, Madras, aged 38 years.
Dec 29: John HARRIS, aged 4 years and 11 months.

Wednesday 7 January 1852

DEATHS
Dec 14: Mr. Thomas GERSBACH, aged 66 years.
Dec 25: Clara EYSENS, widow of the late David JACOBSE, aged 55 years 2 months and 8 days.
Dec 27: An infant son of Mr. Willem Godfried LÖTTER.
Dec 27: Johannes, aged 3 years and 4 months, son of Jacoba ABRAHAMSE.

Wednesday 14 January 1852

(From Graham’s Town Journal)
Information has been received this morning, brought by Mr. S. CAWOOD, who left Somerset yesterday, of the death of two of the sons of Mr. W. TROLLIP of Daga Boers Neck. These two fine young men were remarkable, as all Mr. TROLLIP’s sons are, for their zeal, activity and intrepidity in the defence of the frontier, in which their family has a large stake. From letters which had reached Somerset just as Mr. CAWOOD was leaving, it appears that the deceased had been riding over the farm attended by a Hottentot, and were crossing a ravine when they found themselves in an ambuscade of the enemy. Both were first rate shots, as well as horsemen, and were armed with well-proved fire arms. But all was useless, as their death-wound was the first signal of an enemy. The Hottentot was shot through the hand, but escaped with his life. A party of the neighbours had gone out the day following (New Year’s Day) to bring in the dead bodies. The elder of these two victims has left a widow and three children to mourn his untimely fate.

Some intelligence has come in of an attack by a party of marauders on a waggon employed to convey supplies to Mr. PULLEN’s camp at the Zuurberg. In this affair, it is said, a Hottentot man with the wagon was killed, and a woman of the same class desperately wounded. A young Englishman, named YOUNG, was also left for dead, but crept into the bush, and was ultimately saved – though, we are told, he is in a very precarious state. The full particulars of this affair have not yet reached us, but enough is known to show the importance of unslumbering vigilance on the part of the frontier inhabitants. It is evident that bands of murdering ruffians are in the Colony, and that those lie in wait, watching for small or unguarded parties of Colonists. Without constant care valuable life will be sacrificed. Prowling vagabonds squat upon the public lands with impunity and assassins lurk in our kloofs, prepared to shoot down the passing traveller. Ibid.

MARRIAGE
On Monday the 12th January at No.1 Dixon-street by the Rev G. Morgan:
Mr. J. VAN MANEN to Mis H.J.B. BERNING.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Wednesday the 31st Dec by the Rev John Quinn, Officiating Minister:
A daughter of Mr. Thomas PEARCE, baptised Emma Letitia.
A daughter of Mr. Charles MERRITT, baptised Ann Eliza.
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Tuesday the 6th Jan by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
A daughter of Mr. Rudston C. VAWSER, baptised Charlotte Cornelia Johanna.

DEATHS
Dec 30 1851: Mrs. Elizabeth HARRISON, wife of Mr. Henry HARRISON, aged 52 years.
Dec 31 1851: John, son of Mr. James SMALL, aged 9 months.
Jan 2 1852: Mr. Edward MILLER, HM Customs, aged 61 years
Jan 2 1852: Emily Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. Thomas ALLDRIDGE, aged 1 year and 10 months

Saturday 17 January 1852

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in the City on Wednesday the 7th Jan by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
Mr. James GORMAN to Miss Cecillia E SWITZER
Mr. Matthew B. STEPHENS to Miss Harriet Mary SPENCE.
On Thursday the 8th January 1852 by the same:
Mr. George Johannes Jacobus SMITH to Miss Wilhelmina Margaretha LOTTER
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Jan 7 Pat SILVER to Mary SWEENY
Jan 8: Mr. Timothy F.S. DONOVAN to Miss Arabella Margaret DONOUGH.
Jan 12: Mr. Michael MONAGHAN to Miss Winifred CONDON

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Wednesday the 7th January by the Rev W.A. Newman MA, Dean of Cape Town:
A son of Mr. William CANNELL, baptised Robert Featherstone.
On Friday the 9th January 1852 by the same:
A daughter of Mr. John SOUTHGATE, baptised Jane.
A son of Mr. Henry LAMBERT, baptised Henry Isaac.
On Wednesday the 14th January by the same:
A son of Lawrence George PEACOCK Esq, baptised George.
A son of Mr. Joseph MASON, baptised John Frederick.
A daughter of Mr. Frans Joseph WALDEK, baptised Johanna Petronella.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Dec 27: A daughter of Mr. Charles SPIERS (Sergeant in the 12th Lancers) baptised Jane.
Dec 28: A son of Mr. Edwin WOLFREY, baptised Edwin Christopher.
Dec 28: A son of Mr. Michael Peter DELAHUNT, baptised John Jeremiah.
Dec 30: A daughter of Mr. John DREMAN, baptised Annie.
Jan 1: A daughter of Fulgencio BARTHOLOMEO, baptised Maria Joanna.
Jan 4: A son of Mr. Jno. WASSING, baptised Joannes.
Jan 8: A son of Mr. Francis RYE, baptised Stephen.
Jan 9: A son of Mr. Pat. KENNY, baptised Andrew Thomas.
Jan 11: A son of Mr. Jno. HALLORAN, baptised William Peter.
Jan 11: A son of Mr. Daniel NOONAN, baptised John.

DEATHS
Jan 2: John George KEENY, aged 6 years.
Jan 2: Robert Jacobs FORFORD, aged 1 years.
Jan 4: Hessie Eksteen OUDTSHOORN, aged 1 year.
Jan 5: Susanna CARNEY, aged 2 years and 6 months.
Jan 6: Fred. FLINN, aged 9 months.
Jan 6: George HARDING, aged 32 years.
Jan 7: Alexander John BEGLEY, aged 4 years and 22 days.
Jan 10: Catherine HURLEY, aged 5 weeks.
Jan 12: Sophia Hendriks BROWN, aged 23 years.
Jan 12: Eliza RYAN, aged 8 years and 2 months.
Jan 13: Mary MURPHY, aged 1 year and 4 months.
Jan 14: Maria HINDLOR, aged 1 month and 2 days.

Wednesday 21 January 1852

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in the City on Monday the 19th Jan by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
Mr. Charles DOVEY to Miss Alida Rachel PETON.
Mr. Edwin William TERRY to Miss Sarah Johanna BOOTH

CHRISTENINGS
In Trinity Church on Thursday the 1st January by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB:
A son of Mr. James DIVINE, baptised James.
On Sunday the 18th January by the same:
Twin sons of Mr. Lewis William CROLE, baptised Alexander Watts and Alfred Patterson.
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 18th Jan 1852 by the Rev A Faure BD:
A daughter of Mr. Gabriel Jacobus VOS, baptised Gertruyda Johanna Maria.
A daughter of Mr. Michiel Hendrik COETZEE, baptised Dorothea Jacoba.

Wednesday 28 January 1852

MARRIED by special licence at Simon’s Town by the Rev Camilleri, Capt. James NOURSE, of the ship Token, to Margaret Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Wm ANDERSON Esq.
Jan 26 1851 [sic]

DIED on Sunday the 25th January at the Residence of Sir Andries STOCKENSTROM, Wynberg, Elizabeth Maria, widow of the late G.S. MAASDORP Esq, aged 72 years. Those who were acquainted with the deceased will appreciate the loss which the family has suffered.

Saturday 31 January 1852

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in the City on Saturday the 17th Jan by the Rev M.A. Camilleri DD, Officiating Minister:
A daughter of Mr. Thomas FAY, baptised Mary Ann.
On Wednesday the 21st January by the very Reverend W.A. Newman MA:
A son of Mr. Thomas WELCH, baptised Alfred Boucher.
A son of Mr. John HERBERT, baptised George William.
On Friday the 23rd January by the same:
A son of Mr. James Harwood KEMP, baptised George William Frederick.
In Trinity Church on Sunday the 25th January by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB:
A son of Mr. Richard WATTS, baptised Richard William.
A son of Mr. James RUTTER, baptised Alfred Thomas.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Jan 13: A son of Mr. John BEGLEY, baptised Joseph Christian.
Jan 17: A son of Mr. Jno. McALERY (Col. Sergeant of 2nd Queens) baptised John Michael.
Jan 18: A daughter of Mr. McCANN (12th lancers) baptised Eleanor.
Jan 25: A son of Mr. Brian KEARN, baptised John.

DEATHS
Jan 17: Thomas VAUGHAN, aged 21 years.
Jan 18: Anne FITZPATRICK, aged 14 years.
Jan 19: Peter Christian Berning, son of Mr. Thomas MASKEW, aged 1 year and 6 months.
Jan 19: Ellen, daughter of Mr. Henry HYLAND, aged 4 years and 6 months.
Jan 20: Sarah Anna, daughter of Mr. George BANWELL, aged 3 years and 6 months.
Jan 20: Annie, daughter of Mr. Thomas HANCOX, aged 3 years and 9 months.
Jan 20: Mr. William GROVES, aged 69 years.
Jan 20: Levi COLLINS, aged 20 months.
Jan 22: Anna Maria McCARTHY, aged 16 months.
Jan 23: Jessy, daughter of Major Richard WOLFE, aged 13 months and 10 days.
Jan 23: Fanny STEELE, aged 10 months.
Jan 24: Mary Ann WARDEN, aged 1 year 11 months and 6 days.
Jan 26: On board the ‘Nile’, Mrs. Mary LEDLIE, wife of Alexander H. LEDLIE Esq, Merchant of Calcutta, aged 33 years.
Jan 27: Pat. CARTY, aged 37 years.

Saturday 7 February 1852

CHRISTENINGS
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 25th January 1852 by the Rev S.P. Heyns DD:
A son of Mr. Bernardus Adrianus Esthony GAUM, baptised Willem Lambertus Theodurus Lochner.
A son of Mr. Johan SebastiaanLEIBBRANDT As, baptised Johannes.
On Sunday the 1st Nov 1851 by the Rev A Faure BD:
A son of Mr. Gabriel Jacobus LUYT, baptised Johan Godfried.
A son of Mr. Petrus Solomon WOUDBERG, baptised Hein van Burmond Homborg.
In Trinity Church on Friday the 5th February by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB:
A daughter of Mr. Edward THOMPSON, baptised Emma.

DEATHS
Jan 28: Johan Georg Steytler, son of Mr. Petrus Johannes BRINK, aged 3 years 5 months and 8 days.
Jan 30: Maria Wilhelmina, daughter of Mr. Johannes Franciscus CLEENWERCK, aged 2 years 11 months and 13 days.

Wednesday 11 February 1852

CHRISTENINGS
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 8th Feb by the Rev J Spyker VDM:
A son of Gilles Johannes DE KORTE Esquire, baptised Ryno Johannes.
A son of Mr. Edeward Adriaan Pieter SOLOMON, baptised Carlos Benjamin Johan.

Saturday 21 February 1852

MARRIED on Tuesday February 10th 1852 at Beaufort West by the Revd J Maynard, John MASTO Esq to Miss Mary Anne SOULBY of Tatterhall, Lincolnshire.

DIED suddenly of apoplexy at her residence in Cape Town, on 17t February 1852, Catherine FAUNSIC, relict of the late Captain FIELDING, 98th Regiment, aged 53 years, regretted and beloved by all who knew her.
Cape Town, 21st February 1852.

CHRISTENINGS
In the Cathedral Church, City of Cape Town on Wednesday the 11th Feb by the Rev W.A. Newman MA:
Two children of Mr. Jacobus J.W.B. VON WALLENDORFF, baptised Gertrude Sophia Sarah and Jacobus Frederick John Falkus.
In Trinity Church on Sunday the 15th February by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB:
A son of Mr. William BOYCE, baptised Thomas.

Wednesday 3 March 1852

DIED on Sunday 29th ultimo, Emma, the beloved daughter of Mr. S. SAVAGE, aged 4½ years.

MARRIAGES
In the Roman Catholic Church
Feb 24: Mr. James FITZGERALD to Miss Margaret BOURKE.
Feb 24: Mr. Thomas MULVAHILLE to Miss Anne HACKETT.

CHRISTENINGS
In the Cathedral Church, City of Cape Town on Friday the 13th Feb by the very Revd. W.A. Newman MA:
A daughter of Mr. Thomas Chapman ISEMONGER, baptised Sarah Ann.
A son of Mr. Robert Thomas CLOTHIER, baptised Robert Frederick.
On Wednesday the 18th February by the same:
A daughter of Mr. William CORRIGAN, baptised Margaret Susanna.
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Feb 12: A son of Mr. Thos. HICKEY, baptised Thomas.
Feb 16: A daughter of Mr. Jno. LYNCH, baptised Maria.
Feb 21: A daughter of Mr. Hugh FLANNERY, baptised Margaret.
Feb 22: A son of Mr. James NELSON, baptised Robert James.

DEATHS
Feb 15: Mrs. Mary Ann SOUTHGATE, wife of Mr. John SOUTHGATE, aged 30 years.
Feb 17: Mrs. Kate FIELDING, relict of the late Captain F.B. FIELDING, aged 53 years.
Feb 17: Samuel LOURY, native of Port Herry, County Down, Ireland, aged 20 years.
Feb 17: Adam BREDAU, aged 58 years.
Feb 18: Edward Armstrong, son of the widow Mrs. Amelia HANNA, aged 7 months.
Feb 18: William Frederick, son of Mr. William EVEREST, aged 14 years and 11 months.
Feb 18: Maria LYNCH, aged 10 days.
Feb 20: Lewis William Henry, son of Mr. Lewis William CROLE, aged 1 year and 9 months.
Feb 21: James Robert, son of Mr. Robert INGLESBY, aged 11 months and 5 days.
Feb 21: Michael LYNCH, aged 4 years.

Saturday 6 March 1852

LOSS OF BIRKENHEAD

Lieut-Col INGLEBY, R.A.
Commandant of Cape Town
Simon’s Bay, 1 March, 1852
“Sir, - It is with feelings of the deepest regret that I have to announce to you the loss of Her Majesty’s Steamer Birkenhead, which took place on a rock about 2½ or 3 miles off Point Danger, at 1.a.m., 26th February.
“The sea was smooth at the time, and the vessel was steaming at the rate of 8½ knots an hour. She struck the rock, and it penetrated through her bottom, just aft of the foremast. The rush of water was so great that there is no doubt that most of the men in the lower troop deck were drowned in their hammocks. The rest of the men and all the officers appeared on deck, when Major SETON called all the officers about him, and impressed on them the necessity of preserving order and silence amongst the men. He directed me to take, and have executed, whatever orders the Commander might give me. 60 men were immediately put on to the chain pumps, on the lower after deck, and told off in three reliefs. 60 men were put on to the tackles of the paddle-box boats; and the remainder of the men were brought on to the poop, so as to ease the fore part of the ship. She was at this time rolling heavily. The Commander ordered the horses to be pitched out of the port gangway, and the cutter to be got ready for the women and children, who had all been collected under the poop awning. As soon as the horses were got over the side, the women and children were passed into the cutter, and under charge of Mr. RICHARDS, master’s assistant, boat then stood off about 150 yards. Just after they were out of the ship the entire bow broke off at the foremast, the bowsprit going up in the air towards the fore top-mast, and the funnel went over the side, carrying away the starboard paddle-box and boat, the other paddle-box boat capsized when being lowered. The large boat in the centre of the ship could not be got at.
“It was about 12 or 15 minutes after she struck that the bow broke off. The men then all went up on the poop, and in about five minutes more the vessel broke in two, crosswise, just abaft the engine-room, and the stern part immediately filled and went down. A few men jumped off just before she did son, but the greater number remained to the last, and so did every officer belonging to the troops. All the men I put on to the tackles, I fear, were crushed when the funnel fell; and the men and officers below at the pumps could not, I think, have reached the deck before the vessel broke up and went down. The survivors clung, some to the rigging of the mainmast, part of which was out of the water; and the others got hold of floating pieces of wood. I think there must have been about 200 on the drift wood. I was on a large piece along with five others, and we picked up nine or ten more. The swell carried the wood in the direction of Point Danger. As soon as it got to the weeds and breakers, finding that it would not support all that were on it I jumped off and swam on shore; and when the others, and also those that were on the other pieces of wood, reached the shore, we proceeded into the country, to try and find a habitation of any sort, where we could obtain shelter. Many of the men were naked, and almost all without shoes. Owing to the country being covered with thick, thorny bushes, our progress was slow, but after waling till about 3 p.m., having reached land about 12, we came to where a wagon was outspanned, and the driver of it directed us to a small bay, where there is a hut of a fisherman. The bay is called Stanford’s Cove. We arrived there about sunset, and as the men had nothing to eat, I went on to the farm-house, about 8 or 9 miles from the Cove, and sent back provisions for that day. The next morning I sent another day’s provisions, and the men were removed up to a farm of Capt. SMALES, about 12 to 14 miles up the country. Lieut. GIRARDOT, of the 43rd, and Cornet BOND, of the 12th Lancers, accompanied this party, which amounted to 68 men, including 18 sailors.
“I then went down to the coast, and during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I examined the rocks for more than 20 miles, in the hope of finding some men who might have drifted in. I fortunately fell in with the crew of a whale-boat that is employed sealing on Dyer’s Island. I got them to take the boat outside the sea-weed, whilst I went along the shore. The sea-weed on the coast is very thick, and of immense length, so that it would have caught most of the drift wood. Happily, the boat picked up two men, and I also found two. Although they were all much exhausted, two of them having been in the water 38 hours, they were all right the next day, except a few bruises. It was 85 hours, on Sunday afternoon when I left the coast, since the wreck had taken place; and as I had carefully examined every part of the rocks, and also sent the whale-boat over to Dyer’s Island, I can safely assert, that when I left, there was not a living soul on the coast of those that had been on board the ill-fated Birkenhead.
“On Saturday, I met Mr. MACKAY, the Civil Commissioner of Caledon, and also Field-cornet VILLIER. The former told me that he had ordered the men who had been at Capt. SMALE’S to be clothed by him, he having a store at his farm. 40 soldiers received clothing there. Mr. MACKAY, the field-cornet, and myself, accompanied by a party of men brought down by Mr. VILLIERS, went along the coast, as far as the point that runs out to Dyer’s Island, and all the bodies that were met with were interred. There were not many, however, and I regret to say, it could be easily accounted for. Five of the horses got to the shore, and were caught and brought to me. One belonged to myself, one to Mr. BOND, of the 12th Lancers, and the other three to Major SETON, of the 74th, Dr. LAING, and Lt. BOOTH of the 73rd. I handed the horses over to Mr. MACKAY, and he is to send them on to me here, so that they may be sold, and that I may account for the proceeds.
“On the 28th February, Her Majesty’s ship Rhadamanthus was seen off Sanford’s Cove; so I went down there, and found that Capt. BUNCE, the commander of the Castor frigate, had landed, and gone up to Capt. SMALES, to order the men down to the Cove, so as to embark in the steamer to be conveyed to Simon’s Bay. On Sunday, when I was down on the coast, the field-cornet told me that a part where he and his men had been, a few bodies were washed up and buried; also a few boxes, which were broken in pieces, and the contents strewed about the rocks. I then ceased to hope that any more were living, and came down to the Cove to join the other men. We arrived there at about 6 p.m.
“The order and regularity that prevailed on board, from the time the ship struck till she totally disappeared, far exceeded anything that I thought could be effected by the best discipline; and it is the more to be wondered at, seeing that most of the soldiers were but a short time in the service. Every one did as he was directed, and there was not a murmur or a cry amongst them, until the vessel made her plunge. I could not name any individual officer who did more than another. All received their orders, and had them carried out, as if the men were embarking, instead of going to the bottom; there was only this difference, that I never saw any embarkation conducted with so little noise or confusion.
“I enclose a list of those embarked, distinguishing those saved. I think it is correct, except one man of the 91st, whose name I cannot find out. The only means I had of ascertaining the names of the men of the different drafts, was by getting them from their comrades, who are saved. You will see by the list enclosed, that the loss amounts to 9 officers and 349 men, besides those of the crew; the total number embarked being 15 officers and 476 men (one officer and 18 men were disembarked in Simon’s Bay.)
“I am happy to say that all the women and children were put safely on board a schooner, that was about 7 miles off when the steamer was wrecked. This vessel returned to the wreck at about 3 p.m., and took off 40 or 50 men that were clinging to the rigging, and then proceeded to Simon’s Bay. One of the ship’s boats, with the assistant surgeon of the vessel and eight men, went off, and landed about 15 miles from the wreck. Had the boat remained about the wreck, or returned after landing the assistant surgeon off Danger Point, about which there was no difficulty, I am quite confident that nearly every man of the 200 who were on the drift wood might have been saved, for they might have been picked up here and there, where they had got in amongst the weeds, and landed as soon as eight or nine had got into the boat. Where most of the drift wood stuck in the weeds, the distance to the shore was not more than 400 yards; and as by taking a somewhat serpentine course, I managed to swim in, without getting foul of the rock or being tumbled over by a breaker, there is no doubt the boat might have done so also.
“One fact I cannot omit mentioning. When the vessel was just bout going down, the Commander called out, “All those that can swim, jump overboard, and make for the boats.” Lieut. GIRARDOT and myself were standing on the stern part of the poop. We begged the men not to do as the Commander said, as the boat with the women must be swamped. Not more than three made the attempt.
“On Sunday evening, at 6 p.m., all the men who were at Capt. SMALES’, and the four I had with myself on the coast, were embarked in boats and taken on board the Rhadamanthus, and we arrived in Simon’s Bay at 3 a.m. on Monday, the 1st of March. 18 of the men are bruised and burnt by the sea, and the Commodore has ordered them into the Naval Hospital. The rest are all right; and 70 required to be clothed. I need scarcely say that everything belonging to the men was lost.
I have, &c.
“Edward W.C. WRIGHT,
Capt. 91st Regt.
P.S. – I must not omit to mention the extreme kindness and attention shown by Capt. SMALES to the men at his house, - and by Capt. RAMSDEN of the Lioness, schooner, and his wife, to those taken on board his vessel.

Saturday 13 March 1852

MARRIED at Claremont on March 11th 1852, by the Rev P.E.Faure, Charles William HUTTON Esq of Stockdale, Somerset East, second son of the Rev Henry HUTTON. Rector of Felleigh, Devonshire, to Elizabeth Maria Henrietta, eldest daughter of Sir Andries STOCKENSTROM, Bart.

Wednesday 17 March 1852

DIED at Cape Town on Thursday the 11th instant, after a long and painful illness, Robert CROZIER Esq, late Postmaster-General of this Colony, deeply lamented by his relatives and friends.
Cape Town, March 16th 1852.

Departed this Life on the 14th instant, Lieutenant John HUMPHREYS of Her majesty’s 72nd Regiment of Foot, HP, aged 58 years 11 months and 9 days.
Cape Town 15th March 1852.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Thursday the 11th March 1852 by the very Rev W.A. Newman MA, Dean of Cape Town and Senior Colonial Chaplain:
A daughter of James SEARIGHT Esquire, baptised Ada Henrietta Owen.
In St.Andrew’s Church on Sunday the 14th March by the Rev G. Morgan:
A daughter of Capt. SIMPSON, baptised Louisa Ann.

DEATHS
March 7: Mary BARTOLS, aged 14 years.
March 8: Mr. John BARRY, aged 18 years and 7 months.
March 11: Robert CROZIER Esquire, Post Master General, Cape of Good Hope, aged 64 years.
March 11: Robert Featherstone, son of Mr. William CANNELL, aged 3 months and 8 days.
March 11: William John, son of Mr. Henry JOHNSON, aged 1 year 2 months and 12 days.
March 13: Mr. Henry WESTON, Native of England, aged 23 years.
March 14: John HUMPHREYS Esquire, , Lieutenant, late of HM 72nd Regt (half pay) aged 58 years 11 months and 9 days.

Saturday 20 March 1852

DIED at Cape Town on the 18th instant, after a long and painful illness, Diederick Leendert, aged 1 year and about 3 months, the beloved son of J.M. VAN BLOMMESTEIN.
18th March 1852.

Wednesday 24 March 1852

MARRIED at Trinity Church cape Town on Tuesday the 23rd inst, Henry Wilson REEVES Esq, of the Bombay Civil Service, to Mary Lydia, eldest daughter of H.E. RUTHERFOORD Esq, of Green Point.

DIED on board the Rosebud, on the 6th instant, Philip Jacob JUNG Esq of the Firm of P.J. JUNG & Co, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Cape Town, 22nd March 1852.

MARRIAGES
In St.George’s Cathedral in this City on Monday the 22nd March 1852 by the Hon’ble and Rev Henry Douglas MA, Officiating Minister.
Mr. James AKERY to Miss Mary Ann Collins PATTEN
[By Special Licence]
In Trinity Church on Tuesday the 23rd March 1852 by the Rev R.G. Lamb AB:
Henry Wilson REEVES Esq to Miss Mary Lydia RUTHERFOORD.
In St.Andrew’s Church on Monday 22nd March by the Rev G. Morgan:
Mr. Henry HARRISON to Agnes WALKER.

CHRISTENINGS
In St.Andrew’s Church on Sunday the 21st March by the Rev G. Morgan:
A daughter of John McMURPHY (Royal Engineers), baptised Mary owen.
A daughter of Alexander MORTIMER, baptised Margaret Gow Bartie.
In the New Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday the 22nd Feb 1852 by the Rev A Faure BD:
A son of Jurgen Jacobs VAN WINKEL, baptised Willem Fredrik.
On Sunday the 21st March 1852 by the Rev S,P. Heyns:
A son of Jacobus Petrus DE WET Esq, baptised Johannes Carolus.
A son of Thomas BENNET, baptised George Hendrik.

DEATHS
Feb 12: Mrs. Johanna Sophia STEYTLER, widow of the late Mr. Abraham Pieter DE VILLIERS, aged 76 years and 9 months.
Feb 22: Mrs. Dorothea Maria STYL, widow of the late Mr. Johan Hendrik UNGERER, aged 67 years 11 months and 22 days.
Feb 29: Daniel Johannes Leewendaal, son of Andries Hendrik POZYN, aged 13 years 5 months and 15 days.
March 3: James Fredrik Christiaan, son of James CURRE, aged 1 year 5 months and 12 days.
March 7: Johanna Magdalena, daughter of Mr. Christiaan Ludolph BRINK, aged 1 year 2 months and 28 days.
March 15: Johanna Maria LAUBSCHER, aged 36 years 6 moths and 9 days.
March 16: An infant daughter of Mr. Michael de KOCK, S son.
March 20: William Henry, son of Mr. Edwin WILLIAMS, aged 1 year and 8 months.
March 21: Robert, son of Mr. Robert HOWARTH, aged 3 months.

ARRIVAL OF HM STEAMER MEGAERA
All fears for the safety of the Megaera have been happily put at rest by her safe arrival in Simon’s bay yesterday, with the Rifle Brigade. She had experienced very bad weather between England and Madeira, at which place she arrived on the 24th January, left again on the 27th; reached Sierra Leone on the 6th February, and left the next day at 11pm, from which time until within the last few days they had a succession of calms, and expended all their coals, with the exception of a small quantity which they kept to bring her into port. Her passengers are Lady Alexander RUSSELL, Col. BULLER CB; Major HORSFORD; Captains ROPER, H. SOMERSET, M.P., Lord Alexander RUSSELL (a brother of the Premier) HARDINGE. WOODFORD and GLYN; 1st Lieuts. the Hon’ble. L. CURZON, GODFREY and the Hon’ble H. CLIFFORD; 2nd Lieuts. C. BULLER, LINDSAY, BRAMSTONE, BOURCHIER, the Hon’ble G. LEGGE and HALE; Adjt. BREWSTER, Quarter-Master PEACOCKE, Surgeon LLOYD, Assistant-Surgeon SCOTT, and 650 rank and file, 18 women and 29 children 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. After landing the women and children the Megaera will proceed with the troops to the Buffalo on Saturday.

Wednesday 31 March 1852

BIRTH at Mermaid Cottage, Green Point, on the 30th March 1852, Mrs. Selkirk STUART of a son.

Departed this Life on the 27th March, Hanna Henrietta Margery YATES, aged 18 years 4 months and 4 days; deeply lamented and much respected. Her bereaved parent begs to offer her grateful tanks to the friends who visited her during her protracted illness.

DIED at Constantia on the morning of the 27th instant, aged 64 years, Alida Dorothea, relict of the late Major Abr. BRUNT, HM 83rd Regiment, and 4th Ceylon Rifles – sincerely regretted.
J.W. BRUNT
A. BRUNT
28th March 1852.