The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

DISASTROLS SHIPWRECK.

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The following is an account of the foundering at
sea, in lat. 38 N., loan. 36 W., oa the 13th of September, of
the barque Henry norbeek, Captain Tree, from Cardiff fur
New York, laden with railroad iron. Ten men, iecluding
the captain, and a woman and child were saved. On the
Bth of September, at 12 p.m., it mine oa to blow hard from
the southward, when the ship was bele to wader a close-
reefed maintopsail. At I. 30 it blew • hurricane, during
which the foretop' rearmost and miseatopmest, and ell the
with the ••• of foresail sad speaker,
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sails, , toe eleeptinnt were
lost. At 2 o'clock a terrific sea struck the ship
ou the port bow and swept the decks of both
boats, together with the deck-house, at the same time
tearing open and carrying away the waterways, and wash-
ing two men overboard besides breaking the legs of
two others, and seriously braising the arm of another. At
daylight the weather was more moderate, and the crew
were enabled to pump the ship dry. On Sunday, the 11th,
at 2 a.m., the gale came on again from the N.W., with a
heavy sea, and the ship laboured heavily is the trough of
it. In wearing the ship, the wind coming westward, •
heavy sea struck her under the counter, and must have
started some of the butt-ends of the planks, for it was in-
stantly perceived that she leaked fearfully. All hands were
kept at the pumps until Tuesday morning, the 13tb, when,
being worn out with labour and want of rest and food,
a raft was made of some spars and planks, and the
remainder of the officers and crew, with the woman and
infant above mentioned, were launched forth on it with only
a five-gallon keg of water and part of • ham to sustain life.
On this fragile and miserable refuge, on a quarter of an
ounce of raw ham and one gill of water, the party continued
to Boot until the 17th (the ill-fated craft having sunk three
hours after leaving her), when a steamer was observed
coming towards teem, and they hoisted the remains of an
ensign on a boat's mast, but for a time were unobserved, and
were beginning to despair, when they saw, to their inea-
possible joy, the steamer shorten sail, lower • boat and
come towards them. The steamer proved to be the Velum,
apandsh mail packet, from Havannah, with much yellow
Mew on board, g'ing to ride out her quarantine at Vign,
whom ou their snivel, all were put into the lazaretto—a
horrible hole for any one—and one of the sailors bad
lis broken leg amputated below the knee, and the others
bed medical rare. They were Sour days on the raft, sad
die woman and child suffered dreadfully, as well us the
Waxed men. Those of the Henry Iforbeek's crew whet
mere Americans (viz in number) the American consul seat
%Cadiz in the Valet% and the remaining portion ease
lame in the Pieria, by the consul's order. The whole of
them—tbe woman and infest pacicularly—euffee meek

from their injuries and privation; soil arir.truly objects of
commiseration and relief for the Shipwrecked Fishermen
and Mariners' Society, as they have only the tattered
clothes they es:apt d in to shelter them from the approach-
ing cold weather, and have no means of returning to their
native homes, Bristol and Cardiff.

THE ALLEGED VIOLENCE BY A SCHOOL TEACHER
IN C WELL Yesterday Mr. Wakley resumed the
adjourned inquiry toachiog the death of Tl2Ollll Carle,
aged 11 years. It will be reco!li eted that the deceased was
an attendant at the North Britielt Schools, Calthorpe-street,
Gray'.-inn-road, and that on the let September, she came
home ill, and complained of pain in the head, which had
been produced by the teacher striking her with a book. The
jury, after hearing a quantity of aidi!ionakevidence,r‘turned
a verdict of Neur4l death," clearly exonerating any
person from blame, as had been suspected and charged.