The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-28 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OP THB SHIP DALRI4D4 Br

FIRE.

The total 100 by fire of the Dalriada, while on her
voyage from Bombay fur Liverpool, is Una reported by the
cat% Deified' sailed from Bombay Feb. 3 (seed, cotton,
sad oil) for Liverpool, having • crew of 36 men all told ; and
Copula Ewing having also his wife and child on board.
They had • pleasant voysge with light wind* up to March 1,
bibs in tat. 9.60 8., and long. 69E., when at 5 pen. an alarm
of fire wee raised, and smoke was found to be forcing its
way from under the covers of the chain pipes forward ;
these being taken off, the ship was found to be all in flames
on the port aide, as far as could be seen. All hands net to
work to pour water down through hole, cut in the deck, but
in apteof the moat stemmata. efforts, at midnight the fire was
'pealing very rapidly over to the starboard side, and work-
lag mare slowly alt • also the foremast commenced to burn,
although some basis been pouring water upon it fromlted
the time of the Masonry of the are. At this time there
were two feet of water in the well, which wee attributed
to the quantity of water poured down, as the ship previously
was making little or no water. The 'carpets were stoppel
ap, end the decks flooded to keep them scot, and water ran
dotes through ha holes that had been cut forward. At 1
A.M., on sounding the pumps, the ship was making no MOM
water than umiak About this time a crackling noise was
heard, close to the water's edge, a little shaft the fore-
rigging, and, on examination, they found the pitch boiling
out of the mama, the awoke oozing through, and the planks
scorching hot. Finding the fire to be increasing, mad week_
tog aft very rapidly, the decks, fore and aft, se fee as the
front of the poop, scorching hot, and the pitch in several
places mettles in the seam", although there were two or
three incites water on deck; and expecting every moment
to see the dames bunting up fore and aft, the longboat sad
lifebute were got out, Is preparation for abandoning the ship.
At 3 a.m. there were Si feet of water in the well, and the
flames wore bursting up forward as high ma the top-mast
step setting lire to the mile, the smoke sad AMIN driving
all Minds att. At 4 Lao. • heavy squall struck the ship,
cawing the names to bunt up with redoubled foxy, with
volumes of smoke tidied the poop and cabin. The ship was
put before the wind, which cleared the cabin of smoke, and
enabled them to get some proviaiots on deck to take in the
home. At tax o'clock there were 9 fast water in the well, the
tin having keeled through tie ship's side close to the water's
edge, and the flumes Laming up the port bilge pimp and
poop ventilator. All hope of saving the ship being lost, the
boats were got oloigrade. At 7 a.m., the ship gradually
selling down forward, and the foremast beginning Is totter,
all hand* got into the boats and pushed off from the ship.
In about 15 minutes the SimbS burst up fore and aft. At
8 a.m. and at 9 o'clock the main and Luken masts fell with •
tremendous crash, and the ship was enveloped in one mass
of Same. The crew, being divided into three boats, made
sail, and stood to the north-eastward, hoping to meet with •
ship, or to fetch some of the isles in the Chagos Archipelago.
Nast day, finding that the small boat could not sail so well
as the others the people were taken out of her, and she was
set adrift, and they proceeded on their way, the captain, his
wile, end child, and 21 men in the long boat, and eXief utile,
with 13 men is the lifeboat. Providentially they encountered
pity tine weather, and for five weary days and nights they
held anxiously on their course; and in the afternoon of the
sixth day trove leaving the Lasing wreck, all being well,
they reached the island of Diego Garde, where time an
three cocoa oil manufactories, by the managers of which
they were most kindly and hospitably received and cared for.
The captain describes their kinder.,, and especially that of
his entertainer, Mona. Damian, as beyond all exprearion.
Here, too, they wereeo fortunate auto 6nd the Fattet Salaam,
Captaln Croad, who had put in for water for the coolies on,
board. The captain received theta on board his ship, and
treated them with the greatest kindness on their p serge to
Calcutta, sad Captain Ewing desires to take the opportunity
publicly to expees the gratitude felt Ly Lim sal his crew,
both to Captain Croad and to their kind host' at Diego
Maxi 12,"

ABDUCTION OF Vcrreas.—At the Eery
meadow, Beaterday, a eti was preferred "genet Za=2
Heldman, agent; Joseph Booth, brickuuskte; Phloem'
Murphy, cab driver; John Ogden, labourer; and Wiliam
Swims, debit arm of fames Swim:nand bone, calico printers,
Botholt, near bury, for having unlawfully need
violence, or restraint iti compel James Constantine, stone
11111.11, to refroia from voting in the election of • mem-
ber of parliament, aad yak having @awaited him
without ant came. The proceedings wire taken under
the lith and 18th heard", cap. 102, rec. 5.
It wee 'tared that on the day bei.re the Lot election for
Bury Mr. F. Peel and Me. T. Barnes being the ceindidates,
the delendatts took no Coastatoine in broad daylight, fore, d
him into a cab, kept him there by main force, conveyed him
to a publie•hotue at Astley-bridge, near Bhiton, took him
np-stairs into a beck r,ora, beat him severely for making a
noise, refused his liberty, searched his pocket", to sk three
sovereign" from him, knibly peurcd spirim Into him,
and otherwise greenly abused Mee. He effected his
escape by daibing a bucket through the window of the
putlietheime, which had the effect of attracting the W testier'
of peen!' outside, sad he got to Bury in time to
vote for Mr. BMW. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Hires and Mr. Penney made application to
the bench for an adjournment of the ewe, on the ground that
the issuing el the sumreows a only horn date of the 24th
hut., and that there bad net been two to prepare n defence,
as they were net inernmed actit Thug:Way Lot. It was
ntrimately arrange:el that the ease should rand adjourned
until BMonlay, the 25:h of Jose. At Rlebrsond, Yorkehire,
al.", dune- the week, the magiatratie tare b en engaged in
ieventign4g: • a cue, alleged to have occurred at the
recital toe Methane:atom The Teter in this Lame also we.
en the !threat side. A poet-chaise driver, tented lease
Walker, and a man named Omtkr, were coramitti d ft r trial
the charge.

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wire in a sheathing of indierubber. ialpfle•iolll4 to Witter
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