The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

ROOMS ABOUT SIR
TIONJ.
EXPEDI.

now resolket the nun, but he is sow with the sues skips s
either it Peetind er Weymouth, having gene there with a.
amp el Maids *Mee ea goventmest asessat Ar time
lesekwalar etaftreallas then at the a leheel.' and Wee. be
OM% might aweebonis the maim fasts el Ids own .dsts•
mat la em lamp whet Me. ftewey blows es thsje sob.
last. I beg M Nemek, ham whet I eaa indent, dd, sad
irsogueseicid.ebeenelin rempeetiat hhailratailir
tart
sea a preen 10114:=711 emlentk. st:g him:lr
ammeelestl that the wife est • Where Cs fesie Coward
des Intik" at /Mak I lira reser dal
sodsad
ca Mk Consul's' luteiligest pen penes, ,ea
my &akin Vohs hod nee heard bat basher A mete eaytides
about iambs ships beset is the Met 'as alei,umes::a
that oldie the lan two or these 11111Mra be
in the nuns d esnereatios with bet:, dim be bed
twoihips halmiisil la • very leaps Ise eberg, awe sea ether
-the sae apelbla la the ice, the othar wift • ORM Moll-
massy awl the gesewa of baift been •
maenads time these, am meek lemeranLadd
sot a Holm seal ea se awe Ohs farther
no that her boasbead OM ememembe the Momovatioa, sad
sailed from Miele bet Thweefay fietwiabe (the 11th most.)
foe Venice, sal Oaths had left his wideem, which I for-
ward, ' Captain B. Cowed, help Remenvaims, Marco Tre-
viinnate, Itsq., Vanes:
On my asking if any a the alms and crew of the
, Renovation, who were with him at the tine a ening the
ships in the ioe, were prisent in Shields, she replied that
the wile crew were with him now but that the mate, •
Mr. Robert Simpson, is now miser efts British Queen,
and that he sailed from Shields last for Limerick
; (the 22nd inst.) to take emigrant. to Aeneas, and where in
a few days he will probably arrive. I beg, therefore, per-
; mission to suggest that Mr. Simian may pewit be the
male spoken of in Captain Coward's memo of ships,
and he probably may be enabled to c.onlisee et oftorwhe tie
statement of his late captain, or, at all eyelets, he muM hwee
i heard of the circumstance, or known what was Mae& la
the ship's logbook on the occasion. His address I haw aloe
i ascertained, which I transmit Captain It. Blmpen,
British Queen, Mr. Civilly, Quay, Limerick.' flse brother
0 of Captain Coward, now residing at Shields, I did net see,
i as he was at Newcastle when I called. He is • norm in
r respectable practice. I have thus endeavoured to teen eat
connecting links which may lead to other chains anilines
respecting ships having been seen drifting on an Moberg of
0 the banks of Newfoundland in April lust year, wild& I
t hope may prove satisfactory.
" I have the honour to be sir, your very obedient toe eat,
" MINIM C. H•WILINS,
Inspecting Commander of Coast Guard.
_ _

The Admiralty, yesterday, throithed to some of
it, L„,„ing r•Twrs a series of documents relative ton steer
10' t ~,,estly made by a merchant captain, to the Whet
the going of 1151, when off the coast of Meek
OA in
Awaits, he had seen, imbedded in an iceberg, which wee
&sibyl titpatently from Davies Straits, two ships, which
0 '
i all cm board his teasel believed to belong to Sir J.
Is
For'. m
r 's mioiug alpedition. In reference to this extra-
.oinin
story, & correspondent writes as follows:
.. It roan trod to allay game anxiety relative to the disco-
' wq 01 two ship. in April, 1851, supposed to be the miming
iur.,
under the command of Sir John Franklin, said to have
bk. a, a on the banks of Newfoundland, by parties on
j vos.l bound for Quebec, to state that there is ao
boat ..
-rulde re
difference between the sire of the Erebus and
rh
vn„r disco, ry ship. ; the Erebus being only 376 tons,
sal the Terror about 30 tons lea. It is morn than probable
the „jos" ,i, by three onboard the Renovation may have
kit the r, de, tam of that vessel from two different sue.
f,,, et the itrberg to which it is said they were attached,
.0 the &vas seen had been real ships, some other vessels
is,s;,l base seen them on a coast so touch frequented es
~.1 i.u.lland et by trading and flatting vessels."
the documenta referred to :
• It hone/lately been tated by a merchant captain at
mouth, in conversatison with an officer of one of her
T‘n,
1.4..„,)'. Aar,. that two three-masted vessels had been
- '&101. ~,hcrij off N, so foundland in April, 1851, by the
br6: licnoratien, iii North Shields, when on her passage to
&Noir. mid thi. statement being accompanied with a our-
. .k• to the poasii.dity ad then. hying Sir John Franklin's
'ma. the Lads 01 the Admiralts, notwithstanding the itn-
rdasitiy attachino to the circumstance of a litori of such
ist.n.t remaining .0 lan.: unrerealed, have thought proper
to mane,. ~the
most tilted inquiry, and the following is the
we& ot that impary, as tar se it has yet gone. Letten
bats written to the collectors of customs at all the
olio:id ports in Fugland and Ss-attend, in order to ewer-
ns it any whahni answering to the description here
Ara were unread in IMO or Itil. The master of the
tolosstiou will be slowly interrogated on his arrival at
%.sier.
" Ike Majesty's ship Sampson, Portsmouth,
March 20, IBSJ.
- I.r;.Slier mature deliberation. I am of opinion that it
t, me data to acquaint their lordship. with the following
panonlaro ut reterence to Sir J. Franklin's ships :—About
ts, bonnie,: of the present month I was in company with
attendant captain of the name of Storey, who is a native
al [eaten. uth. and at premed residing there; we were
'yin:: about ice. ere, when he made the following state-
s, at. whiel. I give in his own words :
-• . Is reference to icebergs, I know a eaptaiike:tteta
m Ss,. Ids lurliour, who told me that when p to
N•stli Am, vies en the spring of 1841, the map, vibehnd
th, ~,,mu: swatch, reported an iceberg in ahead of
the dup.
On a nearer approach to the Mender the
eater it could be observed shelving oat to a esasiderable
diamace at the lee side, thus acting like a Vase in
that port to leeward , on passing as close as madame=
;,,,,, ie,, thee-masted vessels were oheemed dies te the
dig, but out of the berg; they were regularly based,
sail their tapaail yard. sad topialkalmaste down. Ne
Lamm king. could be lOW
.. I isiturid why all ailed ma baiassitib...blied=
sue • ilk gave me to immillenglntii dad the
to had cacti otsd himself with egenklUff to his—Wals gad
it. hut NM now afraid of the abine which weal soul ha
riblicay after so !mg a tires bad elapsed. I me
quested hiss to reek an interview with Ids the tie
of mcertaining if I could be allowed to MitillbWil
OA
at.os in writing. Ou seeing Captain eininsit day.
indorsed me that the captain had sailed; t I an pea.
wetly of opinion that*, himithilai to Mt the en.po em which he Mead again YinYinalithiagh I told
thein
c gots Storey to ball II Oft I tram litho owe to ea-
pain same he, Ong Moth ea the esligest.
- I Lase the hommletet IM• Ike Jew ale 11.14
Medina servant, "Jamas M. exults, lather.
"The Ilan. the Secretary of the Admiralty.
" l'.S. Supposing them to be Si, J. frenlWe
tlo het a ao human Wags bibs seatharisWasly
b aseennted far. Tbasilasliegloof aa
away ham the path laths it bed termed. sa
is willeleth to Oa soma to rush on feet to the wino
ot oh petal; the .lirathg away with the berg la da
interval woad leave re meat et rejoining thew 1
"J. IL L
- r.r.s. The same ef the eaptais and ether
so doubt. via to Inggihd bfaria asge•Y,
Notthumberlaad, shusM ea letter he written le its
on the subject, provided be has eat salleiL"
" The Somme, Pertness* Mara 24, 1832.
" Sir,—l have herewith the hewer Of reausiag yea the
letter of Mr. Jams M. SKIM weed meter of her Ma-
pity's ship wader my remand, en the ..islet of the ships
Out with icebergs in Mush, 1861; sod, is eamplissee
with your memorsodemi it the 26th inst., 1 have 'othe-
r:wed to ethertaha the &Igoe of dependence to be placed
is the report in that letter; for which purpose the queries,
si fellow, were pet to Mr. Shore, and his answers sub-
I.
I How long has Mr. Shore been sequined with Mr.
Stacy, the merehanteeptain alluded to in his letter of the
loth mt. r—For five or six years.
2. Ilan they been in the habit of frequently reaming ?
—Not often, but generally spoke when they met.
- '3, Is Mr. Shure connected with the north of England?
—Below. to North Shields sod Tyne-mouth.
" ' 4. What age is Mr. Storey h—Abost 40.
." 5. Whose employ le be in ?—Don't know ; bat be sails
a ship belonging to North Shields.
'" 6. Is he owner or part-owner if any ship P—May par
less part of a ship ; but don't know.
~ Where did Mr. Shore meet Mr. Stony when the
oniveriation relative to the icebergs took place ?—ln a walk
between Tynemouth and North Shields.
"'S. Does Mr. Shore know to what part of America the
vessel was bound that fell in with the johns?—Thinks to
the St. Lawrence. _ . _ . . . .

To the Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, Lades."
Weymouth, March 30, 1862.
" Sir,—l hare the honour to admowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 29th inst., directing me to communicate
with Mr. Clargh, relative to a conversation he had with a
Mr. Coward (not Howard), master of the brig Renovation,
about two vessels having Peen seen on an iceberg in the
spring of 1861. Mr. Cleugh states that at Quebec he bad
several meetings with Mr. Coward, master of the brig Re-
novation, of Shields, who, with a passenger (name an-
known), anted that they both saw the two weals in posi-
tion as stated in the report, distant about one mile, Said
in the ice, with as appearance of any one on board. Mr.
Coward was dm very ill, and called up from his bed to
see than. Mr. Claret feels convinced that Mr. Coward
is a person of strict integrity, and that he fully
relies upon his having made • truthful statement.
ll* thinks a record of the circumstances is in the log-
book of the Renovation. Mrs. Cleugh corroborates the
whole statement. It was generally spoken of at Quebec,
and when It was talked over, Mrs. Cleugh said to Mr.
Coward, If you had only boarded them and brought a
vestige of the vessels, you would hays made your fortune,
if it proved to have been part of the mining ships.' Mr.
Cleugh commands the barque Pearl, and will sail on Sa-
turday for Quebec, and prom•ses to make inquiries at the
Custowhouse, Quebec, for verification of the report. Mr.
Coward stated that the parents of the passenger were re-
spectable people in Limerick. I enclose Mr. Cleagh's
written report.—l have, Re.,
MONTAGUE PASCO,
" Inspecting Commander, Weymouth.
"To the Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, Lon-
don .'•

YR. curon's WIIITTLM REPORT.

7•7bWes the eneeedesate latitude or haentude inti-
mated '—to the shMithood of the banks of Newfound-
land.

"l A Did Mr. Shore hear the same of the master or of
the ship —Did not hew; Mt. Storey avoided ousolloolatt
St to has.

' 11. As I to salleretaad that the two thewelasatod
•ewl. were testily ea the iee, sad quite out of the water ?
—(irate out of the water, but pardealan of positive sot
sentused. _ _

7:7 It. irom wkse Mr. Shore knows of Mr. Stony.
weld be (Mr. Sera) *let it probable that Mr. Stony
world new these pertiselessl—Tbiak sot Us is s clear-
spokes, pink meta. T. Mr. Storey's earns is Thomas,
sad that he Bem I. Dadoonset, Tyeenoath.
13. Don Mr. Shoes think it that the' omen'
of say British ship ecashi have fa `with icebergs, sad
nips lifted as them, s seposied. withsst irdeave
tosenuaieste, awl seetehtia awes jesdealegly whit toy
wm ,—Yks, he Am think it perible, tram hie Itseseleip
of the laddieresee with which the' mews' sad news of
ranehaat vessels view things which do sot tatatediewly
tower's them.

" Isms Mr. Shore conceive it possible that such en
treat to:currant on the voyage would not be reported on
&m um at the first port or the reason above, he thinks
I wen not be reported.
15 Would it Not be the subject of conversation, and
the. become public I—Perhaps not:
l hare the honour to be, air, your obedient resat,
Lewis T. Jeans, Captain.
Admiral Sir T. Briggs, 0.C., St. U, and 0., fit.,
rortesnosth."

(Cadlkeda)
" Admiralty, Muoh 26, 1862.
" sir,—l as esamaisul Ml ay Lords Camasisases of
the Admiralty sa simall Is yea saris of •
which has rhea ghee remeedig two ships boss
'tea drifting with es teas* eW bath " met to
deem that you will make =Yule imp iris ilea the subiest,
remaining fee your ems isimumedee the etwooserr of Mr.
(if dowels sash a perm), aid iambs
tato the truth of We seallementrrepoweies therein Iliallea&
lottlahips' tellermatioet. "1 any ae.,
"A. ferseroas.
Celesta H. C. H• I<l lespetisp
Canaries of Coast ,
" Mira W UAL
" Sir —ls reply to your letter of the ISM
test , &remiss an to arias mars harries
two 'hips hating bleu as. is the sari of lair=
w,th an iceberg ra likalb Anodes, wastladag as far r
p.ailate the eseilbility of NI. disoofsEitsioya the
n*et, sad to roma hems he their rheum.
tom, I br■ has a bans pa that I poll-
ard to iysamssA mai spur Mr. Storey, vbe ads that
he left Mato' fee Quits. as ;rater of the tat& Apia, on
Apnl I. 11a:01, erred alot iambs a New fordbalsbarat the
b,lh, arriving et Orlon ea & Hese he sat lir. ZS-
Ward (,reread, the mare of as bad lisassmaka._ sod, r
both their cellar Inkwell he Mems araga. as Tanis.
Nhiekla, and both remeireskat the rase thee kr voyage
home, they f==rast at lbs Corsa hoar, whop they
tat. r.l jets ask .sherd.
..rts, air was of oasis- thug had sassed tie
amt. about the seas lire—eamelp, tise 21Ith of Arad,
Me Storey thee promeded to state—
Ile v's min Cowed) also related a follows, es seer
as I ean ••
" ' When sear the met ohm of She lisidg, is lat. 45 deg.
7). out, N., wind N.h., *ea breams sad der weather, ss
I.orthaiLlnmeaddosesnish*******,. vary with SW la mu, hod to it is whisk them wane tin OMP•••••dell
hanag their EMS INN*
lart aria dews, and ell orb'
moir ; to all approha las abler
Pe is ar the Ms . All seee
Asa Aka Ibspoini
isondbiodsa
%that ace mile of Ihaybe swabs odbal as se as
A as=
TI; by limo bins pa op sad dam' sad at
ship was alma of alai tab graprisse and ears-
hall elateibed theta, le eee if taw as sa y
_Gas ea Woof
eauld set en my ow At as the I ad OM of
Fir 14% Feseldie's WNW ad" * =ails"
"14 the lelp, Me Weide' vs day Ibis.
I" talky /em it pat bears I arid nabs up ay oda&
tis•l4 me met to redeem mil sad rears rem are seem
lately. lon sass similes they aloha pad* hs the
44114.
• The arse as be dersalsd so as s Wahl septa of
lb Starers eleamment • Es of abet de be as his ssease-
bus Wrire. ha) Chysala Cosnal Wand Is laa ; sad, is
8"*" 10 a ray of alas. vhslase say sae ass assist
bilids Wes& whoa fib tassel is Isekvisa . he re-
Ye Ns. Omit Ow make of s amp,' 1 de ad

" Weymouth, Muth 30, 1852.
" Being requested by Caplets Paseo to give an amount
of what I heard Mr. Coward state at Queles ammerning
two vessels be pared on an iceberg, to the NM of say
recolleetise, it was r follows :—Widle ma* with
sledding midis set about the edge at sonmileas they
pared a large iceberg, in whisk were tare mods, the
ewe a ship sitting upright, the other with a lid. He mil
set say whether a ship or barque, her minsemsot bake
. He eke stated to me that h. moatiened Ise the
Ere Custer-hear upon arrival at Quebec, sad esposseed
Ns
Eto me at not being able to attempt to heed am.
ill at the time, but there were otherness* In his
but net in sight at the time. I lei fadeMO 8,
1861; arrived at Quebec May 18, and lee Jane
00Nesoi Cerro;
"Muter, barque Pearl."
Para.lead, Maroh 31, 1862.
" Bir,—Relative to your telegraphic, message of this
morning, directing me to peocood to Mr. Young, at
Shields, and sseernun if the eirenastaness of the ships and
Whew are meted in the logbook of the Renevation a/April
last,'
" I beg leave to inform you that I immediate goiesimied
thither, sad bed en interview with Mr. Teremes fie sub-
Jest, bat Bad there is no logbook of re ammedis Mr.
Taoist of a late, date than Apll,llll..teci-
q that thee logbook of 186 i is MIR domed mid.
I dials ram& that, on la** OW tie
times of plosions yearn it is megilimall.
Mr. liamma. Wet mate,' the ems psimallel4.
horsetails& In totter of the 98th init. Mat premed man
ter of the ilfp &huh Queen, and who (se In sailed has
Bbields as thellied inst. for Limerick) is either sow at that
part. or es Ids Nome there. I beg, thunders. to NANA
then is be prehoesthenedi to keep the limbo& et Me
FAMOVeties matt he lift be. be is likely to knew the
weeds catered ow the oemales ; wed„ moreover, es be is
probably the male wintimasd who bad shame of the watch
white drat the Wimp and eldwa wen men, mem have tad
a mel as mereet, Mum their mate aml
cads Mr. Coward, Ik of the Parawradra.
" I farther beg to state that Mr. Yowl& the WOK of
the Hemovedsa, Worms me that Mr. Coved nova mat
tined to his the tinewatenee basin meth, but
the bee**, et the meter (a as Male), 1
ham men to-day, Oda that the hat Mrs swathe his
brother bed amwdesed to Ma Met he had met • ships
drifting with en Moberg on his mope to Quebec last
year,' but did net tater Into farther details.
I have, he.,
" Hanav C. Howitxs.
InspectlarCessmander of Coast Guard.
" To the Secretary of the thelty."
C4corit=ittptet) mime go. All.
" beg to acknowledge the of year lagrer of
the Nth *Om, immediate eml emillastil. with 88088.8(
paparstS two ships harlegbeme Ina to the webs,
1111, with aa Whew teem meet of Nevins&
lend, by the ReaerMlea, and hi tiogailat yea that I
have then to Commander Tamer, tbe
isg esammader within the pert_ et Alatespin with
time make the meet Waft, trgsft agreeably to year
feeeest•—li soh Sc., N Baum* OlOtAnner.
" Cbgtoia Hamilton, Elf, Admiralty."
_ 70.)
" =um Ommly of CI" 4,1862.
" Bir,—lmmedireb ea the reeeipt of "Mr Wor marked
• Ceaddootial:of Ste Mde of Monk MS, leen the Britt&
flaezr n 'Rived yet 'ved Mal Ist t
us Maaara. -Merreeded to
Gni ailed en Mr.Hemlity, to wheat the British
Qom be Medved. He Mem( so OMR Ili
want oat be the Reirmatim la lad lad yeee, so
to Quasi. amil SIM ite
i=vests to
Chem_Mothan
word the datimant
o pula Slima
two admen Om d
iem,eat eft...water, of the
Newhendlend. an Ms powege to Quebec Ildo
bin L
,aZog it. irre lat hs eda af the owrie I
abed tour
ee ionsott*
e. 4 ralinpe•
awe me a paper la irble So eases* wee, but I hem aid
yet roseivid it. Mr. Cray bee whim to a nisi
whom be afterwards seat Me biter to Ms MM
will them forward it to me. Directly ith4 atok
arrives I will famed the pie% with
statement.— I 11314 411, -"JOHN UMW Ma"
o:6=g Otannawilar,
" The Contoollsr4seard.
Ceilerhowee. Leadea."
(CoPY.)
" Likes, Areg, 111 l
" The Witte QUIN'S baling Just entered tie -'mom, I
beg to emilian the emi
of the mmi of lir. amen, maw of
ben hrwar* mete lierievalks. mit to M. Chows,
chief Ater at Tarbert, sad I bops lerwird the letter
Mori
sitlo:Lby Mr. Lynch, aspire et Kr. Creilly,
whoa wee a pewenger an bard) ia saw two.
I wield mot esmse liep sespia It be de-
sizable to presume the log Ms liememilea, I have
so doubt the swam, lir. Rammed Young, of North
Weir* ie Ia paramioa of.
" Joan Jill= roman,
cive%liChannindeo."
(Confidential end
" Coast 7, UHL
" Sir,—Ailvveting easy latintsf ante
deatia3 70, I beg to swam a revert this
ekm re
el ceived hum Commembr ; eke a espy of the
• MatM of Mr. ilimpesa Moeda eluded to. Amy
Imam lahnistlea OM meg ho sent beme ea the subject
shall be duly Artmeded to you dant iday.
"I arm, air, year met eindent servant,
"A. Ewes.
" Captain Memilton, he."
(C• 4974
" 8.30 p.m., April 4, 1889.
" Abeat the 90th of April, 1861, Mr. Simpson, them
mate of the ilearmaks. mw tae fall rigged chip (about I
a. m.,401 kagee dm the eau* was Werra &beat 10 er
II AM blab. ADM dm miles hag. The largest rowel was
• hog beemsede, bead to Mm westward ; the anoller ore
head metle, sad pat^ withlsgareM es al awl me mg-
gellaatmam. The Rememaiss wae Men ahem( SO miles
mot it Cape Rom, and Me Maim abets
lea mike meth-
Itost. tik. molder was wry et Me than mid the Este
seld not Mks itymea Moultdilt
• lint up hr the ititBlBll.
• Mr. aloe caw remels, Wile ell Me
mien SamerAlea at that IS.. wee soder &die
reeded he and melon Image ad hoemeolon WNW vat
Tbe immeig woo wry dean eel the _
e=osit
any Aram perlission and manot
the kg Mes bawd the lesevatice, or whither the emelt

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15. 1852

hays it. The owner is Estaausi Young, s largo shipowner
is North Shiolls—Noethninboriand-square.

"P.B.—Mr. Joseph Lynch, sephei to Mr. Creilly, at
Limerick, a ship-chandler.
P.B.—Sir,-1 send this frost the British Queen to save
time, not being able to get any more particulars.-1 am, sir,
your obedient servant,
" P. CHOWN, Chief Officer, Tarbert.-
.107
" Kakis auPnty.) of Clare, April 7, 1852.
" Sir,-1 beg to forwardt you a true copy of an extract,
written by a passenger on board the Renovation, on her
to Quebec last year, and which was published in
• cried Chronic:* of the 28th of May, Is3l. The
editor having only one paper remaining, is unsealing to part
with it.

" Mr. Creilly hopes to have the original letter in a few
days.—l am,
"Jolts Jewels PALMIR, Inspecting Commander.
"The Controller•Ueaersl Coast Guard,
"Custom.house, London."
" Linecriet Chronicle, May 2s, Iftal.
• Eztraet from a letter from a passenger who sailed from
this port to Quebec in the Renovation on the Gth of April
Last :

" ' Quebec, May 9, ISSI.
" We arrived here yesterday after a passage which, for
the lint 13 days, promised to be owe of the speediest almost
as reseed, haring been two miles to the west of the Bird
Island is the Oulf at the time we met the ice, and having
hoes for 16days otrastlfig sloop it, with a fair wild ever since;
it has been very rough and a number of ships hare suffered
severely; indeed, to attempt to give any description of the
ice would be melees. We have sailed for GO miles of a
stretch, seeking an opening without being able to effect
one, which was most vexatious, as had we not met with it
we should have made the passage In 16i dap. The icebergs
we met with were (rightful in sloe, as the base* of some of
them would cover three times over the area of Limerick,
sad I do not at all exaggerate when I say that the steeple
lof the cathedral would have appeared but a small pinnacle
compared to the spires ou some of them ; end most to be
I regretted is that we met, or rather saw at a distance, one
with two ships on it, which I am almost sure belonged to
Franklin's exploring squadron, as, from the latitude sad
longitude we met them in, they were drifting from the
direction of Davis's Straits. Ras there but a single one, it
might have bees • deserted whaler, but two so near each
lodatwithag nowt hove hum consorts. They were to wind-
ward of as, and a Man ma running at the time with thick
woman coming on.** that we could not board them."
Crnine's Hotel, Limerick, April 10, 1852.
" Sir,—l last night. hrwardlod to the Controller-General
of the Coast Guordllr. 'a statement to me, and I
also examined a ease on the British Queen, who
was on board the Himossitiom at the sumo time ; be entirely
corroborates the statement de Mr. tilinposs. I put to them
every question I could think of with ritspot to the vessels,
and I have sent ell the direct replies I mall obtain. Mr.
Simpson is a most respectable yonag man, and mid that he
had often thought they ought to haws boarded the vessels,
for every ono on board considered them to be Sir J. result.
WI ships; but the captain of the Renovation being ill,
when Mr. Simpson reported to him the vessels in sight, he
replied 'Never mind ; which prevented him from taking
the responsibility on himself. I think it would be very
advisable for Mr. Simpson to proceed to the Admiralty. I
have enclosed a sketch of his, with the other papers, of the
position of the two vessels. I have likewise obtained a
Limerick Chronicle, with the letter published in it, of Mr
Lynch ; but the original letter, Mr. Cnilly tells me, is lost.
" I am, Ite. JOHN JIIIII/18 PALMER.
"To Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., Admiralty."
(Cop
" Coast Guard-office,
April 12, 1852.
" reference to my letter of the 7th inst. I
have now the honour to transmit fur the information of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a copy of the further
report of the Inspecting Commander at Kiirush, forward.
hill the statement made to him by Mr. Simpson, of the
British Queen, respecLag the two ships seen in the spring
of 1851 with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland, and
I transmit a sketch of the position of the vessels as fur-
nished by Mr. Simpson, as also the copy of the Limerick
Chronicle alluded to.-1 have, lc.,
" A. Rumex, Controller-General.
" The Secretary, &c., Admiralty."
teoPl.2
" Limerick, April 9, 1852.
" The instant I received your letter this morning I pro.
seeded to Limerick, and went on beard the B ' • h Queen,
where I found Mr. Simpson, late mate of the Renovation.
He states as Wham _

7" On the SllthOlApril, 18.51, at 6 a.m., I saw two full-
rigged Edge (see about 600 tons, the other 3.50), on an lee-
bmg, high end dry, the larger ono on her beenbands, head
, is fee weetweed, the.. skips' lower masts may standing
with bewegeit, awls painted white, apparently not housed
over; the asualler ewe was about 3.50 tons, head te the south,
I with lowa, sod tepailyards across, sails unbent, topmast
on end, yards Toy equate and back, not housed over,
timereyvaLrlght ; bath weals apparently abandoned. The
wee then about 30 miles to the eastward of
Cape lam, sad the %sling about Ivo minas northwest The
soar weed* hs bed, astwhes Me. limas GAM Ida lad
shied that tow verde were In eight en an habit& be was
We unwell se lake any notice, and answered, 'Very well ;
Me. Shape= therefore did not like to take the responsi-
bility of bearing up to examine the vessels. The leg on
bend the anise e. was kept by the mete (Mr. &wee),
esA these eheennteseas were mewed W Min in the leg ;he
Mike II is dill Le ppmeeten el 311 e. Emanuel Yang (the
owen), at Math tlMlda. I beg se enclose a sketelt made
by Ter. lhapeaa of the gadelea of the two vends, both al
pedaled Meek. I have also examined
Themen%ll7l M be pedaled
seer a semen en board the British Queen,
end elm was at the wheel en beard the Renovation when
the meek were eleseved. who salsody corroborates, word
We weed, the stetenesal made by Mr. Simpson ; but with
regard to the other geode= In year letter, both are unable
to !answer thine, I dem this in great haste to save this
evening's poet, with a Limerick Chronicle, with an extract
of Mr. Lynch's letter to Mr. Creilly in it ; the original
letter, I fear, is lon.
"loan Jewels Paimut, Inspecting Commander."