The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-19 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE HELENA SLOMAN SCREW

This vessel, u stated in yesterday's Express. we.
lost en her passage from Southampton to New York.
She was a new iron boat, built two years since by
Pim, of Hull. She had already made two saseessful
trips between Hamburg and New York. She left
Southampton on the Ist ult. with a valuable cargo and 180
souls on board. The punengers and crew were principally
Germans. She was discovered by the American packet
Devonshire, Captain Hovey, after having been beating
about in great distrew for eight days. In the attempt
to rescue the persons on board the steamer, four
of the crew of the Devonshire, and five of the
passengers of the Helena Sloman were lost. Frogs the
time of the Helena Sloman'e departure from Sonth'.pMm,
on the let of November, until the 10th, a of
note occurred. On the evening of the 19th5te enesr
tired a fearful gale, which she braved gallantly salt
eleven pm when a heavy. sea struck her on the etma
and starboard quarter,"causurg her to quiver from stem to
stern. The rudder was then found to have parted fres
the ship. The steam was then blown off. Considerable
uneasiness now prevailed—rudder lost, stern•post gone,
ship leakiag propeller not able to be worked by her sails,
owing to her gnat length (225 feet). Oa the 21st and
Had the gale wee most violent, and the pumps were
waked without Intermisint by means of the engine.
On the 22nd a distress rudder was tried end
found to be wholly ineflldent. At ten a.m. on
that day a barque was seen about tan miles distant, with
all sails set, end steering west. Distress signals were hoisted
on board the Helena Sloman without sucess. About three
pa. the crew cams aft, and begged permission to lower
beats and pull for the barque. The captain, Waldo, it
=and their ability to reach the barque impracticable
After much discundon amongst the crew, whist:
we. likely to end in a mutiny, the crew aequisseed. At
omen the twain and crew of the Helena Bloom succeeded
la 'Meg bar head round, but all to no pupae. On Than
day, the Mb, all was jey en board, at the an-
nosammeat of a sail in were made
whisk were happily observed ea tinsel tralimil, and which
sell timed out to be the Aniline pedal Devonshire. A.
aeon es the Devonehire some seer the lieleas Illemea she
commenced nohow melelemse, and samesiai la loin all
the prompts eml sew, with the assegilen el in, but in
her sable eadeareaz the lam fear of bra own mew. The
mplein ri this Ileimm Bloom remained on beard until the
lost, end he wished hie moo who were aleaside la the boats
wetting for him to some ea board, ee that they might be
melded to netify that the ship was elaWarr, but they
refused, sad be then saved .11 the pa=keeniel, sad then
kilt to bee One. She sunk soon
UM of perms dowsed : —The names of the four of the
mew el the Newlin who were lost in the noble ea-
delieeer to we the mew and paeemgere of the Helena
Mamas were se fellows Mr. Johnson, third mate of the
Demuth, ; Ida Ham" of Londcarlarry ; Gawp Riley,
et Ha; and Daniel Msearthur, of Montreal, seamen. The
111111111111 the 118111111110111 01 the Helena Blooms who wen
hog vigs.-I{r: Mama of Mecklenburg; Dr. Lute, of
Zellbreaimt=glaweabsek, of Mecklenburg; John
; end Henry Otterbarg, of Hanover.
Plelk a
eiglaa pessingen who jellied the Helena Woman
at thenthemcloa were—Mr. Madden and hie John
Yams Ms. J. P. Geary, Mr. Ettehilen, and Mr. Bihar.

A FIERY linzow wu °bowed from Waterloo
Bridri this easealag. about halfleet oas, la a north-
easterly direction; and at the same time a bright star wee
seen in the sans direction, which disappeared a minute or
attorwarda.