The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-01 00:00:00

WICK OF THE EAST INDIAN BRIGANTINE
PRINCESS OF WALES.

As inquiry into the circumstances attending the
ion of the East Indian brigantine Princes of Wales,
which got ashore at Seagate, near Folkestone, during the
fah on Friday night last. was instituted on behalf of the
Nam of Trade on Saturday moroing. The court own-
mind G. B. Ithemett, Esq., Superintendent of Mercantile
Igurine at Folkestone Harbour, and Captain Hanks w,R.N.,
ant officer of coastguard. The only witness examined
was Captain Campbell, who gave the following evidence :
—Ny name is Allan Madams Campbell, and I
bag a certificate, number 71,824, as • master ma-
riner. lam ranter of the Friona' of Wales, from the
pare of Loan. Her registered tonnage is 197 ;
official number, 47,390; the owner ia Mr. George Stanfield
=Aof Riohmoad, Surrey. The vessel was built at
ward's hind in 1863 ; her timbers are pins and
oak; she Is rigged as • brigantine, and is chased in Lloyd's
list as A 1, 7 yeses. The crew consisted of ten
men, ineluding myself. The cargo was ram and
sad was shipped by John Jones and others,
of Georgetown, Demsr•ra ; it was consigned to
Mr. George Reynolds, of Feantustlintreet, Loudon.
I had one passenger on board. The ship left Georges-
town about 8 o'clock on the morning of October 26,
with fine weather and • north-east Made wind. At the
time of sailing the ship was in good condition in every
Wed. Nothing Intioular occurred during the voyage, sad
we righted the Lizard about midnight of December 27,
which was about 21 miles distant, bearing N.E. by N. I
ordered • course E.S.E. to be taken, and we reached Bewohy
Head about 9 &clock on Friday morning, December 29, and
sighted Dungeness Lighthouse at 4 o'clock on the same day,
loserbag W. by S., about five miles distant. A heavy gale from
the S.S.W. was then blowing, and I ordered the ship to
be put well is shore, and signalled for • pilot, but the ma
was running se heavy, being flood tide, that the pilot could
not COON on board. Believing it to be unsafe in such • gale
to rasa for the Downs, hauled the ship to windward,
fit LE., under cloos-reefed topsail, main, and foretop stay-
ed], altering the name at 6 o'clock to avoid the Ridge
Bank. As the gale increased ordered the foretop staysail to
be stowed, end whilst in the an of furling it, an ordinary
gasman named Nathaniel Coomrall, • nave of Essex, fell
overboard. The mate,Chen Burford, jumped overboard after
him, and held him up in the water for half an hour, but as
the ship rolled so mush it was impossible to get him on
board, the mate had to let go his hold to save his own
life, sad was got on board again with great difficulty. The
sails were all blown away except • close-reefed boom male-
mil, and the ship, being unmanageable, drifted in among
the breakers in Hythe Bay. As • last resource, we endea-
voured to let go the anchors, and while doing this the ship
struck, with • heavy sea rolling over her, on the beach.
The time was about 8 o'clock at night. Some person on
shore succeeded in throwing • grapnel on board,
and by this means life-lines, with • cork jacket
attached, were also got on board, and by means
at these appliances the passenger, crew, and myself, with
the instance of the coastguard, got on shore through •
bony surf with great difficulty ; the foremast want over.
board before the last man left the shim The crew were
taken to Ward's Fatally Hotel at floodgate, and supplied
with all necessaries. At low tide the bottom of the vessel
was found to be much damaged, and water was running
through. After securing the vessel in her position with
anchors, gangs of men were set to work to unload the
cargo, and as • heavy gale, which threatened to last, came
oa during Saturday night, to save the cargo a hole was cut
In her side on Sunday morning, and the cargo will be saved,
although the venal itself is now a total wreck.

a4z.ruurr LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

PADSTOW, CORNWALL, Der. 29.

During a very strong gale from IV. S. W. this
morning (says the Rev. R. Tucks) a vessel anchored at
the entrance of this harbour, near Hell Bay, with an ensign
flying half mast high. The Albert Edward lifeboat, pro-
moted by the City of Bristol to the N►tional Lifeboat
Institution, was at once launched, and prooeeded to the
vessel, which was found rolling heavily. After much diffi-
culty and danger the lifeboat succeeded in rescuing the crew
of 17 men of the ship, and landed them in safety. The wind
wu blowing so heavily out of the harbour, and the sea was
running so high that it was with great difficulty the crew of
the lifeboat, assisted by the shipwrecked men, were ►ble
to retrain the shore, and at one time it was doubtful whether
the lifeboat would not have had to proceed to sea and
make for Port Isaac. The Teasel was the barque Juliet, of
Ckeenock, bound from Demerara to London with rum and
sugar. The muter of the vessel says, " Had the lifeboat
sot come to our assistance all hands must certainly hay.
perished, and I cannot speak in terms too strong to express
my MOW of the conduct of the boat's crow in risking their
lives in such a gale."

RAMSGATE, Dec. 30.
This morning, in a fresh breeze from S.W. to W. (reports
Captain Shaw), signal guns and rockets were fired from the
Gull Light Ship, and afterwards from the North Band
Head Light vesseL The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution was at once taken out in tow of the steam tug
Aid, and proceeded to the Light ships, and on speaking
them was told that a blazing light was being shown in •
direction S. E. by S. After passing the Swatch Buoy •
large vessel was observed high and dry on the South Calliper
Sands, and on nearing her she showed a large
bright light, which wee answered by a flare-up-
light from the tug. The lifeboat was grounded on
the sands as near the vessel as possible and two of
the crew with lines round them walked up to their
waists in water towards the vessel, and a warp from the ship
was then hauled into the lifeboat. Strenuous exertions
were made by the lifeboat and steam tug, assisted by another
tag and a lugger, to save the vessel, the two s•esmers taking
her in tow, but the wind and sea greatly increasing. the
hawsers were forced to be let go from the ship and hauled
en board the tug.
The ship had now II feet of water in her hold. The life-
boat was then taken by the tug to windward of the wreck,
and with very great difficulty succeeded in crossing the
sands and in getting alongside the vesael. At this time the
sea was so exceedingly heavy that there was great peril in
getting theshipwrecked men into the lifeboats/ the boat struck
heavily against the vessel. The crew of 16 men were at
last got into the lifeboat and taken on board the tug, which
then returned with the lifeboat to Ramsgate Harbour.
The vassal proved to be the bargne Norma, of Braman, 63-I
tons, from Richmond, United States, to London, with a
cargo of tobacco.

BALLYCOTTON, IRELAND. DEC. 29.
Another shipwreck, with melancholy loess( life, occurred
today, four miles from this place (states the Rev. D. 0.
Sullivan). The ship Eugenie. 1,130 tons register, which
sailed from Liverpool for St. John's, New Brunswick, on
the 9th inst., with a general cargo,wu driven hack from the
banks of Newfoundland, with loss of mainmast, and was
driven on the rocks in a furious gale this morning.
and became a complete wreck in less than an hoar. On
receiving intelligence of the disaster the Ballycotton life-
boat of the National Lifeboat Institution was conveyed on
her transporting carriage to the scene of the wreck, but
the vessel held together so short a time that all was un-
happily over when the lifeboat arrived. Eleven of the us•
forturisti crew were saved and twelve were lost, the total
number on board the ill-fated ship being 23.

WRATH= REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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