The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-14 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE AMERICAN SHIP CATHEDRAL,

In our second edition of 3 esterday we mentioned
the fact of the.loss of this firfe-vessel. The follow-
inure the full particulars which we have received
vespectiir;..7, the catastrophe, as taken from the
Patnat4a§tar, anti Herald of the 19th April :
"The 'following interesting account of the losif
of the American ship Cathedral, belonging to
Messrs. Enoch, Train, and off Cape Horn,
on her way front the United States' to San Fran-
ciscoe has been, kindly fUrnished to us for publica-
tion by Mr. A. R Clarke, late chief officer of the
ill-fated vessel, who, together .with the second,
third, and fourth officers and cook, are- at present
in this city, from whence they will be passed home
by the United States Consul at the expense of the
government :
Messrs Enoch Train and Co.
rGentiernen,r-It is with sincere ant heartfelt sorrow
that to announce to 3,0 u the Vital loss ef your'noble
ship Cathedretl. and fict gallant teal ill fated -cowrnander,
H. Howard, tOtik. placecif Cape fiere,-on
he afternoon of Wednesday, February,- 18th,
,1837,,whi1e
in laitude -59 deg. 14 mitt. S,,and longitude6garg. 38 thin.
W. The lull particelars of this-inshnehely das-er I
Istiall now proceed to detail. -About 3 4Q p m, whilst lying
to under else reijed topetiis, tore storm sail, and sper,cee,
to- the south Bardi and westw irtl, wind
about N.N.We a treniendous Eta stritek tie' at fled a
eekyy equal' p.;:eing a.. the same mornect, she felt imm
,14i4ely, over oo her i),:tro enis. The captain bci::g unable
to !:run=e his berth oi att.e.t.t.t of iilu, ss (he ha, ing Leen
very unwell for a we„k pretions, so much io theitet ccc
time I gave him opfoeadying roan) T p,:oeiretle:Jl at once
to inform.hira of, tikestate of (Ile Eliip, nod. to rig:test' his
-widths. He direcWd me to ast every means-in fay pa veer
to right the vessi_l, and not to cut away-- the masts
kluehrt as4slast'reseurce.2,-; Lfound,--however,. that no
other means would avail. and accordingly -gave
the order to cut away theinizeninist,, which was dose
.but' withot any good effect. The mainmast was next
cut away, and, as it went over the side, it carried away;
with it thegailsows, upen WM6E-were lashed the two lift-
boats, the capitain's gig, anl a -whale-h at. As I then
perceived theta-he ship did not:pay off, but lay dead in the
:trough of the sea; settling 'more every moment, and as the
carpenter repented that water was rushing into the 'tween
decks: through the forward sco'tle, I directeCtlae second
.officerto go forward and clear away theineg-bOat, WiliCh
Was lashed onitife weather side of the forward house, while
'1 welt beloirand informed the captiiin of'whati had done.
I tnld,him `that iu my. opinion tans. vessel would go .down
in a very short time, and requested him to allow me to have
him carried out and placed on board tee boat. This,
howeiere",lie -reftised, declaring that he • would never
leavertheTship, and that t he- boateould not lire five minutes
in such a sea. I then_ went again on deck, whenfthe third
ine that the topsides' w le open, the c.al
falling out, and the Water rilefiingjn. I again went below
to the eaßtiO, to inform him that the s; lip was rapidly
settling, as u p3g him to go with me, bat he refnsed, an .t
as I was eiideaviCuring to prevail upon him, the ship fell
over foil upon. _1 and the- water immediately half
filled the cohin.e 'ne captain then cried-out to me, For
God's sake, save yoursllf," and as I perceived that the
vessel must gO-41oWu in a very f.w minutes, aud,that
no time was to, be lost; I broke the window out on the
weathei slide of the.cabine-aud first pushing thte doctor
(who had ieinained by the.os.ptain till then) through the
window, I followed hime,myself, -and ran, along' (el the
bilge of the vessel outside herehannels, and leaped down
upon thertsile,of-theTerviard' house, breaking it-through,
and fildag up to my shoulthrs. I immediately got out,
and leaping iat2dhexe.ater. was picked up arid placed in
the boar jelllaTetiitadt t4en Laced off the house by the sea,
trfi sr'liefirtgirliPetak gone diWn in the water. Having
picked up all whom we could, elthoug'i, owing to. our
having no oars, we were obliged to leave the actor and
one than oa the wreck, as they would Dot jump overboard,
and cogld nut get neat them. We sioved off,
-and
had hardly got aftee., yarns treat the vasael when a:tre-
meudous sea strut's her, lifted as ope swept us round
her stern and covered her at once from out sight. We
;...saw nothing of: her atterwarM, except a le v pieces of
board and one spare spar. It was just forty minutes from
the time the shio was thrown upon her beam ends until
she disappeared forever from our sight. Wuen the main-
mast carried the fenr after beats over the side, all the
oars which were on deck, being lashed ieside them, of
course went also, and the sp Ira oars were below, and of
course inacce,sible to us. We therefore found ourselves
thirty-six in number, .on board en open :1)14 with
neither oars nor sails. Oue -half mar number—the

watch which was be At the time of the accident

—bin in the e othei they left their berths and
with nothing but three or four piecea 'of baAen, a
piece of the loom of an oar, and a E,rn bit of a Gard
which we broke from the b;ttutn ceiling of the buat, to
keep her head to wiud. Dnritic the whole time of the

disaster a bargee and ship were in sight of us to leeward, the
barque, at the time the sniin went dow,, being distant about
three miles, bearing:about S. E. Towards her ail our hopes
'am directed, but we soon found that she driliei to lee-
ward fas.er than we did, and that oar only chance would
be to put the bo,st before- the wind, and run down to
her. This, :after wuch trouble, we succeeded iri doing
tey ' mekidg some of the men stand up in the' bows of
the boat, and spread out their oil jackets, aid after several
hours of h trl lanoiir, in hthling eel keeping the boat 13?-
fore the windo,we rounied to un,!er the sari of the barque
Ann Pitcairn, Sharo, of Nhrypo:t, E .gland, Capt. R ;bt-
Glai,ter Sam, to whom, undor Providence, is due
oar lives. AO hid hove-`o on seeing our: disaster,
OtrMitiell to wait till daylight, and then run.. over the
spot to see if any one c,Juld-be picked u?, as neither he nir
his of-Deers expewed for a moment that any boat could live
in such a sea, arid owing to the sqaatls which were con-
stantly pas ing, it was iinpo,sible for him to see us so far
to windwar3, ttiott2h he had a look--iut at the main-top-
most head. Wan the 'very highest respect, your obedient
tervaLt, . ANDREW RICHARD CLARK,

Late Chief Officer of the Ship Cathedral.
P.S. We ifift at about 3.'20, p.m., and arrived on buard
the barque at 11.35; n.m.

" We learn," say the Beal, Courier, April 22,. "iron)
a gentleman who came front Concord yesterday, that many
cattle arc dying from starvation in thAt town. The hay is
entirely coestionedeand none can be percliased in the vicit ity
at any price. erneS of the farmers bare comp into the
city for corn to keep their stock alive. Ie several towns in
Cattarragus county, COWS are said to be dying for want of
food. Tne snow still lies up n the ground, the roads are
alm.:st imp iss ible, and as the hay, straw, and grain are
exhausted, thri is no alternative for the farmers hat to
suffer their. cattle to die. This is a sad state of things for
this season of the year."
Mn. BRIGHT AT TURIN.—AI Turin correspondent of the
Daily News writes (May 7) :—We have had Mr. Bright
here for the last few days, and have not failed to'render
him due honour as a renowned orator and a philanthropist
of high conscientiousness a,-td the purest zeal. Nor could
we have expected such an event, in the hottest of
e'ectiooeering contests, as that he should be left stricken
down and beaten on the field.. It he has now been killed
as a public man, he is but one of those dead men who are
destined some day or other to rise up again like Lazarus
in the:Miracle,--aiid strike terror into all opposed to him.
Itis said that lie did not much care to make the acquaint-
ance of Count Cavour personally, regarding, Count Cavour
rather as a- man o; extreme ideas, and as one who had
small .faith inenniversal and perpetual peace. But after
an interview with that distinguished person, Mr. Bright
admired him, finding in him a more gentle and pacific
disposition than he hal presumed or hoped for.
TIT id SERI:AI • AGAIN RT THE DAVY LIMP —On Monday
afternoon, a meeting of the men on strike at the Wharn-
cliffs le Biletone Colliery, was held at the Cross Keys Inn,
Floylani Common, near Barnsley ; Potts in the chair.
There was a goal attendance. The chairman stated that
the depuiati el had had an interview with tha masters,
when the latter agreed to allow the nen to blast with
powder as before, but they were fully determined not to
allow the use of canolee. One of the-men, named Ward,
warned the meeting against coming into antagonism with
the masters without p yiseesing the means of carrying out
their strAke w a successful issue. His own experience o(
strikes, and ha had been in several, was that they nearly
always failed. The safest course would by to give the
lamp a fair trial, befo:e making a breach between their
employers and themselies. A resolution was agreed to
that the mall should return to their work, so as to give die
lamp a fair trial. The meeting terminated by the formation
of a club to provide for the relief of sufferers by ae.lidents
and other matters.

RELIGIOUS BRAWLS.—A case arising out of the summons
recently heard at the Manchester Police Court, in which a
Roman Catholic priest was charged with assaulting and
threatenii,g a Scripture reader, came on for hearing on
Tuesday. Mary Dalton and Ann Goodwin were summoned,
but only God wiu appeared, by Wiliamßei I, who keeps
a mangle, and who was one of the .witnesses •against the
priest on the occasion referred to. They were charged
with annoying tutu, threAening him, and threatening and
annoying his customers.; and to such an exteat li4d this
ill fteling been ,manifested that Superiatendent Leary said
he had ben under the necessity of proteeting Reid and his
house by night sta.l by day, constantly for the first week
atter the trial, and v.:7ry frequently since. The Rev. Mr.
Davis, the incumbent of the diitr,et, detailed a number of
annoyances to which he was subjected the same parties.
Mr. Maude raid to the prisoner that if she supposed that
in Manchest4 the law was not strong enough to suppress
such lawkes conduct she. was very much mistaken. She
must find two sureties in'Llo to keep the peace: A war;
rant was issued for the apprehension of Dalton.