The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-02 00:00:00

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The Nora British Doi* Mail of yesterday
mays We have little t. add to the aomunt of this melan-
choly dilute( which appeared in Wedaseday's pahhostitio.
The eleamer was about a mile dissent from the Arm shorn
when the collision took pleas, sod was Amok as the Warned
side—not the starboard, as hislama Iseceready stated.
Guinn Euleshani, of the Bag* caused the onaimer's helm
to be ported, so that, by thns gran • little closer to the
laud be might get clear of the heaps Pladda, sad the aster
tropbe ia supposed to have originated from the Plaids having
refused to answer her helm ater the tug, afraid of being ran
down daring the squall, had parted from her. Oa Inquiry at
the office of the owners, it would appear that the numbers ea
board the Eagle have been overestimated, sod no mews
' than ten or %waive are oonaderal as lost or miesiag. As
already reported, the second mate, Hobert Campbell, is mid
to be drowned. He was upwards of forty years of age,
married, and leaves a widow and five &Writs. Among the
missing, and believed to be lost, are Mr. and Mrs. Hunter,
cabin . Mr. Hunter who had a large farm in
Done wen owner of the 200 sheep on board the steamer.
"A Melancholy story has been told Ira by Thomas Lappin,
a steerage passenger by the Eagle, at present residing at
46, Hain-street, Goebel'. It appears that Lappin., whole an
Liebman, bas been engaged in this country as a pitman for
the last twelve years. His wife, who for some time past
bad bean residing in Ireland, had by some means or other
heard that her husband had been killed near Airdrie while
following his young:to and she 'lmmediately laft that
country and came over here, arid on finding her husband
sound in body and mind, she forthwith expressed her deter-
mination that death only would hereafter separate than;
at the same time insisting on her husband to return home-
dandy to his fatherland. Mr. Lulu, however, demand,
' wishing rather to wait her. until tau beginning of Us new
yaw, at which time he was willing ;sough to actiompsny
her, but she entreated so earnestly that tie gestated, gave
up ns situation, and, gathering together his worldly poems-
lions, prepared to proceed to Ireland. They chose the
unfortunate Eagle as the ahlp in which to make the
La=thome, and sooordingly started with her on
y last. All went well with them, includiag
their family, numbering three, the eldest aged four
irzeiarsamed Thomas; the second, aged three years, named
et; sad the youngest, • babe only twelve months
old—till the moment of the accident, when, of owing, they
ware much confased. Immediately on the crash the children
inn awakened, and, after repeating a brief prayer, the dis-
tracted parents snatched up their offspring in their arms, Of
mother taking the youngest, and the father the two oldest,
and oohed on deck. Arrived there, Lappin laid Thames and
Margaret on the foreceals, and, taking his wife's hand, was
in the act of &mimic* her when a rush was made by the
other passengers, and she waa trampled under foot. Lappin,
of coarse, lost his hold of her, and he never saw bar more. He
Is of opinion that in the crush she and her babe had beta hur-
ried overboard, as he fancied he heard her votes on the water,
calling on him. By the time the unfortunate mac recovered
his senses, his other two children were also gOO% they hav-
ing most likely shared the fate of their mother. By this
time the steamer was sinking, and there being no time toles%
Wi rsaved himself by catching bold of a rope attached to
ladda. An may easily be cestjeatered, the bereaved men
is in a very distracted aide, arid the hope—ales I how taint—
lingers in his breast that possibly his wife or soma of the
children may have reached the shore. With that idea he
intends proceeding to Arran to-day. Lappin gives gnat
praise to Captain Eagieshana and the first mate for their eon-
duot during the catastrophe, although his opinion of dm.
behaviour of tha crew is not very entering. He states that
there was only one boat got down during the quarter of so
hour that elapsed from the collision to the asking of the
Eagle. According to Mr. Lappin, • great ntunbar of the
.14 passengers were asleep at the time of the amedent.
.17E vessel has sunk into deep water, not • vestige dime
being seen on the surface at low Lids, and, coosequally,
until the sea breaks her up, it cannot be expected that any
of the bodies which are believed to be on board will be cast
on shore. Opinions are divided as to who was to blares. It
le the custom of stamen proceeding to the north of Ireland
to keep as close se possible to the load, sad the Eagle was
purstung this course when the collision moaned. The wind
being W.N.W. the Pladda was on her proper track, sad the
lamentable suet took place through the indistinctness with
which the llguts of the two vessels were seen, owing to the
inclement chancier of the weather. It is aid, however,
that in the hurry of the moment, when the barque wee ..mo
bearing down upon the steamer, and when the alarm ems
given, that same hitch in regard to the coarse which the
vessels should hays taken happened; bat this will be fully
investigated when the official government examination Into
the estate feats takes place."