The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUPPOSED LOSS OP THE LIPEOUADD

STEAMER.

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Another day has psaaed away, and from
genies we have made made of persons whose opinion In
such matters can be relied on with confidence, we are com-
pelled most reluctantly to the conclusion that, from the
time which bas elapsed since the Lifeguard was last heard
of, all hopes of her being still afloat are at as sod. Cap-
tain Harty, of the Pioneer, one of the Steam Navi-
gation Company's vessels, engaged in the same trade
as the Lifeguard, reports that on Saturday evening,
about six o'clock, when off Scarborough, he saw the
missing steamer. This was on the same day she sailed
from the Tyne. There was then • tremendous sea
on, and the weather was very stormy, the wind blowing in
terrific squalls. Captain Harty, • veteran seaman, hasbeen
fourteen years in the Uncle and yet he declares the fury of
the storm was so great that it required all his nautical skill
and attention to keep his own vessel afloat. At one time
their peril was so imminent that they never expected the
Pioneer would weather the storm till the morning. Cap-
tain Harty declares that he never experienced
heavier weather in his life. Happily she lived
through it ; but not unscathed, for she shipped a
great many heavy seas, bad a boat washed away,
and sustained other damage. There was one feature
in the construction and fittings of the Pioneer which
was greatly in her favour when battling with such
• terrific gale as 010 then experienced. Her engines are
Placed amidships, by which means she was not exposed to
so much danger in the event of shipping • heavy sea, as if
they had been placed aft. The engines of the Lifeguard
were placed in the after part of the boat, and the general
supposition amongst seafaring men is that she had been
pooped by • heavy sea, which rushed into and filled her
engine-room, and of course immediately extinguished the
engine fires. She would then lose her way through the
water, and not being able to carry any canvass, would be-
come unmanageable. This being so she would broach to,
when the waves would make • complete sweep over her,
and she would speedily fill and go down, earning her uo-
happy living freight with her. John Barry, the captain of
the Lifeguard, is a married man, and has a wife sod six
children ; the mete, Frederick Clark, has also a wife and
three children, and his wife is near her confinement. The
crew consisted of twenty persona, including officers, men
before the mast, de., and there were upwards of thirty pas-
sengers on board. Amongst them are two men employed as
Stephenson 's engine works, who were on their way to Len-
don to spend Christmas with their friends. There wee
also a Miss Stephens, a governess, we believe, but no rela-
tion of the owners of the vessel. Should the Lifeguard
have unhappily foundered, andel] hopes her being afioat
are now totally extinguisliedt she will the first of the
steam passenger vessels running between the Tree and the
Thames that has come to so deplorable an end. She is
insured, but not to her full ialue.—Newasitle CAroxide.

THE CONDEMNED MURDERER EDWARDIL—From
inquiries made at Kirkdale Gaol yesterday, we learned that
no respiie has yet been received for Thomse Edwards, the
criminal condemned at the reoent Liverpool wises for the
murder of his paramour, Isabella Tongue. It wiU be re- ;
membered that the prisoner was recommended to mercy by
the jury no account of the provocation he received at the
bands of Sullivan, his rival. Since his condemnation
Edwards has manifested much penitence for his crime, and •
boa here devout in his religious duties, attending earnestly
to the exhortations of the prison chaplain. Unless a re- !
prier, should arrive, Edwards will be executed on Situ?.
day next.
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