The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

DISASTERS AT SEA.

Two melancholy catastrophes have occurred in Devon-
shire. Four fishermen of Toptbam went out to sea in a
fishing boat, to follow their usual occupation, on Saturday
last. They had not been out long before a stiff breeze
sprung up, and the boat was capsized near Warren, on the
south coast. Three of the poor fellows were drowned, and
the other contrived, by the aid of one of the oars which he
secured, to get safely on shore. The body of one' of the
men was washed ashore the same evening, and was removed
to the Mount Pleasant Inn. The bodies of the other two
have not yet been discovered. Oa the same day a similar
accident occurred at Appledore, in the north of Devon. A
vessel was lying in the bay off Barnstaple bar, which sig-
nalled for a pilot. Two boats, each manned by seven men,
put oft to her assistance. The weather was rough, and there
was a heavy sea. On nearing the bar buoy, a breaker struck
one of the boats and upset it. Four of the crew, three of
whom were married men with large famil'es, were drowned,
and the remainder were rescued by the other boat.
MALTA, DEC. o.—The brig Mary, Captain Howell, of
Exeter, from Cardiff for Alexandria, with a cargo of coals,
foundered at sea off the coast of Barbary, in lat. 37.20, lon.
4.55 E. She had experienced very severe weather for
several days. in which, from heavy straining and lurching,
the brig sprung a leak. This increased so much from a
continuance of strong gales, accompanied with a heavy sea
running, that it was found to be utterly impossible to relieve
her with the pumps. Capt. Howell, on the morning of the
Ist of December, observed a barque nearing him, and made
a signal of distress, to which the barque paid no attention
whatever, but pas,ed on. Shortly atter a second barque
hove in sight, which proved to be the Sir Alexander, Capt.
Hill,of Shields,who, observing the brig's ensign flying, union
down, immeJiately made the best of his way to her. Night
being advanced, and a hope being entertained that the brig
would hold up till daylight, it was deemed most prudent by
Captain Hill to lay by the brig till then, as it would have
been a most hazardous and perilous attempt to risk saving
the crew in a dark night, with such a sea running, and all
his boats stove. On the following morning, after much
exertion, Captain Howell and the whole of the crew were
rescued from their perilous situation, and they had scarcely
left the Mary half an hour when she sunk, with an explo-
sion, and throwing up a dense volume of smoke as she
disappeared from the water's edge, from which circumstance
there is no doubt the coal had ignited, and the internal heat
had most likely opened the vessel, and increased the leak.
The master and crew arrived here on the 7th inst.

GENow, Dec. 9.—The steamer Virgilio, which arrived
here on the 7th December, replrts that an American brig,
which had left Cagliari for the United States, with salt, had
foundered at sea, and that all lives had been lost. From
comparing date of sailing, and from the fact of the captain
having his wife and two daughters on board, fears are
entertained that it is the Prince de Joinville, Captain
Chamly.rlain, which left this port on the 24. h October, to
load salt at Cagliari, for Boston.

ADMIRALTY COURT.—.Dec. 18.

BEFORE DR. DUSHINGTON.

THE GEORGINA.—The vessel in this case was a brig, and
she was found by the barque Carib in a derelict condition
on the 7th of June last. The Carib immediately took her
in tow, and by the 13th she had brought her safe to
Funchal Roads, Madeira. As the cholera was then raging
in the island, and as it would have been impossible to
obtain seamen or artificers, the master of the barque con-
tinued his voyage, which was to Beypoor, with a valuable
cargo of iron ; and as soon as he arrived in India he pro-
cured a crew, whom he sent to Madeira to refit the derelict
and take her to England. She proved to be the property of
Mr. Tureen, of Kincardine, and the value of the property
salved was admitted to be about £7,000. Dr. Lushington
considered that the services rendered by the salvors were of
a very important character, and allotted them £2,200, in
addition to a sum of nearly £l,OOO which had been
expended in refitting the brig, and bringing her to England.
The court felt it necessary, however, to disallow the cost
which had been incurred in bringing in and printing a large
number of unnecessary exhibits.
THE BLACK SEA.—The Black Sea was an Iron steamer,
of 424 tons, bound to the Crimea, with a cargo of iron
intended for the railway. On the 3rd of November, 1855,
she left Malta, and two days afterwards she encountered
very severe gales off Cape Matapan, by which her fires were
put out, and she was placed in considerable peril. On the
6th she was taken in tow by the French man of war Jena,
90 guns, but on the evening of the same day the Jena fell
back upon her, and made her a perfect wreck. She was
immediately abandoned by her crew ; but, on the 8:h, the
Jena again found her, and she was boarded, and pumped
dry. On the 9th, the vessel proceeding, the steamer Lady
Eglinton, which was also bound to the Crimea with stores
and specie, came up, and taking the Black Sea in tow,
brought her in on the 15th to the Bosphorus. On behalf
of the owners, it was alleged that the Lady Eglinton was
bound to tow any vessel in the service of the government
which they might find in need of her services. This, how-
ever, was denied. Dr. Lushington said the case was undoubt-
edly a somewhat peculiar one; but it was clear that the service
had been performed at the risk of the Lady Eglinton. He
should, therefore, award the sum of £7OO.

The Bath Chronicle says, the electors of Stroud have
issued an address, pledging themselves not to vote for any
candidate at the next election, unless he is prepared to
support every measure having the repeal of the incema tax
for its object. The address is already signed by about 500
electors.