The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

STRANDING OF A LARGE AMERICAN VESSEL.

ILFRACOMBE, SUNDAY NIGHT.

About 2 o'clock on Elaturday.afternoon (writes
N. Vye, Eaq.) a ship of 1,000 tons, the Nor' Wester, ti
Boston, with a crew of twenty-four men, bound free
Cardiff to Monte Video, with a cargo of coals, was pealing
this place in tow of the Iron Duke, a powerful steam tug,
when the wind suddenly shifting from S.S.W. to NAV., a
heavy sea quickly rose, and the ship went on a lee shore,
quito beyond control of the tug. Her two anchors brought
her up about a cable's length from the rocks in a very
dangerous position. Two other tugs came to her assis-
tance, but they were as powerless to help her as the
Iron Duke had been. Under these circumstances both
ship and tug hoisted signals of distress. The lifeboat
Broadwater, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution,
was at once launched, and made for the ship through a
very heavy sea. The tug, seeing her approach, steamed to
meet her, and towed her ahead of the ship. The boat
then let go her anchor, veered down to the port side of the
ship, and at the captain's earnest request took out of her
the captain's wife, three children, and a servant girL This
appears to have been a moat difficult operation, one of the
children being of • very tender age, and all having to be
lowered in • basket. The master himself refused
to leave the ship, and would not permit his crew
to do so. The lifeboat landed the women and
children about 8 p.m., and as the captain of the vessel
had expressed a strong desirethat the lifeboat should stay
by him during the night, sad as the master of the tug was
equally anxious for her co-operation, she left the harbour
again at 9 p.m. in tow of the latter, which had been
obliged to run in to get rid of the water with which she
was half filled, and remained by the ship until 8 o'clock
this morning. The wind having then shifted, the ship
slipped her anchors, and returned to Cardiff to replace
her chains and anchor and her two boats which had
been swamped under her stern. She took with her two
of the lifeboat's crew in the capacity of pilots.
The conduct of the crew was very good, and although
they were mach fatigued after their first trip, they
were all ready and willing to go off again in the lifeboat to
stand by the ship during the night. The boat, too, behaved
admirably, and her popularity is, if possible, greater
than ever. The necessity of • lifeboat at Ilfracombe has
thus been clearly shown, as no ordinary boat could have
gone out in such • sea. The steam tug was quite unable
to take off any of the ship's crew, and, indeed, bad diffi-
cult work to keep herself from foundering. All depended
on the lifeboat, for bad the wind shifted to the north, the
ship would in all probability have drifted on to the rocks,
and not a soul on board could have escaped. The cost of
this lifeboat was presented to the National Lifeboat
Institution by Robert Broadwater, Esq.. of Homey Rise,
and some of his friends, in commemoration of his fiftieth
birthday.

NEWCASTLE, COUNTY DOWN, SATCRDAY.
Captain Ladder, R.N., reports : —" Yesterday the barque
Charlotte. Harrison, of Cardiff, from Liverpool, was oh.
served from TyreUs station running towanls the shore, it
being a thick fog and blowing a gale from the south; the
land was observed by the master, and the barque was hauled
to the wird, and stood for St. John's Point, but could not
weather the point. After standing towards Dundrum•bar,
the master again tried for the point, with no better MC.
cess. Seeing that he was close to a lee shore he let go both
anchors and brought the vessel up about half a mile from
Tyrella watch-house, inside the Cow and Calf Rocks, and
close to the Plady Rocks, where a very heavy sea was
running. Mr. Boyd, seeing the dangerous position of the
barque, launched the lifeboat and soon reached the ship,
but its services were not required. The gale moder,ded
during the night, but the lifeboat was kept on the beach
in case the vessel parted her cables. This morning the
barque was taken in tow by a steamer.

DEATH OF SIR ROBERT SHIRICE. —This dis-
tinguished architect expired on Thursday evening, the
18th instant, at his residence, 20, Suffolk-square, at the
advanced age of 87, having been born in the year 17t8.
His father was an eminent artist who, in his day, enjoyed
a considerable reputation as an historical painter, and he
two sons, Robert and Sydney, inheriting his love of *it,
achieved for themselves yet higher distinctions as architects.
Robert, the subject of the present notice, studied for seta
time in the office of Sir John Sainte, and subsequent'?
spent several years in Italy, Sicily, and Greece, visiting, it
intervals, the principal cities in Ramie. Steadily advancing
in his profession he was elected a Royal Academician in 1,413,
and in 1823 was entrusted with the building of the British
Museum, and shortly after with the new Post-office ; these
and the restoration of York Minster after its destruction
by fire in 1829 being among the best known of hi. public
works ; while Lowther and Esstnor Castles may be pointed
to as noble examples of his genius and ability in the coo-
atruction of private mansions. Having been for iniay
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years architect to the old Board of orks, he was knighted
in recognition of his valuable services, when, in hal, that
board was reconstituted. For a long time he held the
office of treasurer to the Royal Academy, but rslinquided
this appointment on coming to reside in Cheltenham
18.10, and a few years ago, finding his declining health
materially interfering with the efficient discharge of the
duties of a Royal Academician, he resigned its honors.
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driven to pay a visit to Mrs. Harfonl, of Down•place, nor
Windsor, on Thursday morning, and on his attempting
get into his carriage to return home at a quarter pWI
was seized with an apoplectic lit. He was at once assmard
woh'coloceriredTheonilFeceri'sisnY decease) had
into tee house, and his medical attendant, Dr. Ellison. yet
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for ; but all his skill and attention proved useless. at Jedh
"t:oplactnuntr Elagaungceluearterfitehlde.dgLet:th of
Captain F. SeYnannr.
occurred in the course of about 24 hours. Captain
was son of Lord William Seymour, and cousin of Geosol
F. H. our. He was born on the 29th of Novembers
1802, and consequently was in the firith year of his ag,
He was educated at Harrow and at I 'twist Church. Otfit•
To Captain Seymour the racing public are largely illarbt`"
for the prosperity of Ascot races. He was the chief ply
looter in the erection of the Grand Stand at Ascot. at OW
time Lord Erroll was Master of her Majesty's Ruckhoomda
and all the later improvements in and about the stand sts
the result of his ideas. Captain Seymour was unanunou4
elected an honorary member of the Jockey Club some tan
or three years since—a compliment which be fully "I
dated. The deceased had an exceedingly large
friends and acquaintances by whom as well as his f
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his death will be ainoereli reiretted, as it will be. by
who had any transactions or intimacy with him. —nits.
GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALIIIONIAN-10A
ISLINGTON. Number of patients for the week ending
April 20, 674, of which 228 Win NM OWL