The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-21 00:00:00

THE WRECK OF THE ORION.

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this melsashely meat hertresegked then tawyeemsdaph
ger What es mem :
Oiseire. L9As dam, use liffeeksedsge, g r.r.).—Deso
he it Rend ealkd el Port Patrick as three
&lenses's.. stepped till lude-pas: feemelkeekkinges bead
all Me preemen saved from the them ihm mem are te
tryst (treat 60), some kid some yea Pemba yosesolley,
Mel miry named. Tbe Primer Royal lionshod
Greeneek at *levee, sad bete at half-past 2 pm. Mar
hers sew aseertaised by Captain Crawford is the aim at
Mario' from Limper weref7.,
Cabin passengers
!Peerage 46
ChM la all (serreedi, be) eg
, . . .
Numbers asonernith ervally shied (1604,161) l‘o
Number perished • 60
The bodies of 19—othm sey the" soarer 20—iere rear
weed, The Tatter will be so darks the sight with all the
bodies of theme recovered. What a Mei an Mao we 4WD
lad.—You,, truly, Mart. LathilraDa.—Robert Lamest,
lA., Limped."
Tke subjoined letter, and lick of puregen booked at la-
, appeared is the Shipping end Mercantile GUMS..
It ivrlllated Portpatrick. Juno 18 :—" At me &cloak this
monsiag the Deka (a). Wrens power, Headroom, rester,
ea perm* /Mb Levespost Air Olessreir, re toe the reeks
about • quarter of a mita trees ibis harrier, red beano off
with tho Ato i tido, bemediasely sank Is seven fathers
water. Tke Orion leR Liverp et 4 PAW; es KO•day;
with • light brass at 14. W. ; 4 midniskt she pored
the Hall et (folkway Light, whoa Mr. Headroom use
ea deck He remained es desk meth the wheel
\ad passed the Drimaa's Iliad, about bur miles Rem the
Mull and ti: Item Portparick. He thou west below sad
tell asleep on the ails. &rutin the ether is erne of the
work the sewe to be stererd. At the hoar rend he wee
agenesd by the vessel means on Ike seeks s the urines
were attempted te be bet to work, bat the rusk of water
ire the vels:l had extieguishati the Area, and the seems
were useless. Orden were then gives to get the boats
alkat, of whist the vowel had her, bat the nob of Pit-
semen on deck serbeasly Impeded Mk aperient. The two
Seat beets that were get afloat were swamped alompide by
the rusk of passengers fete throe; the other two boats were
dispatched with prewar ra, and, learn safely, retuned to
the vessel. la the rasa time tits resel emir doer for
ward as she lied, sad. niter a long time, the mak oft, the
crew sad what remained of the presagers taking to the *-
gni, or clinging to the wreck and whatever was adios& By
Mistier the people at Portpatrick were aroused, and boar
from the nem west off to the ream of the unterterate
people ea bred. At preset it is impossible to
-limbo the sombre lost or saved, se the sum
bar of those es board rases be sosorately mosnalued.
Astoordiag to Mr. thettLenelli, there wen on board,
ebbs passeegere, 117 ' reerre presager, 42; crew, 39;
total, 197. But saverel of the aria pro agars state that
their somber wee Pet ire than frra 140 to 146; and
some estimme the steerage :passengers at 70. This word
masa. leer amber as beard shoot 260; and tbs opinion
is, that 160 have bra area alive sines the wreck, theladiag
36 of the crow. Two names and ibie steward are krona to
have porkked. Tat lose of the latter prevents soy near sp-
proximetio• to the masher of cabin perengen on board.
Up to 4 e'elsok this Ammo 24 bodies have been picked
up, omeapt whom ie Dr. Brow Olesepow. Ammer tare
knows to lave perished are, esp:ste M'Neol, Colliery,
Mrs. th'lisil, and two daughter ; of this family. two sone,
aged about 16 and 18, are sale at Portmtriek. Tomorrow,
prober', semethiag mere semen may be known es to
the Imo of his, the *sass of arse dawned, saved, be., of
whisk 1 will rad yes all partimisee."
Tao following is • list of pagewure booked fur peerage is
the Orkin, sad the number of berths Ulm. A large number
of proms were baked me h eard, ronseqeently. there Is no
complete list *raiser' :—Elpktt, F. T., 6 berths; Peres, 2
births ; Orem, 1 berth ; Tirreepose, 2 Metes • rerrilke, 2
be Nichol, 4 berths; Grar.isen. 2 bent:. ; M'C.l.l, 1
berth , Darragh and tutor Dr. Bras and ger rant ; Mr. sad
Mrs. Laureate °tables. sad family, 4 berths; Andorra,
3 berths ; R.ky, 3 berths; Miee Mavis, 1 berth; Capers
111" Niel sod ismsly, 6 bertha ; Brett and family, 6 bertha;
Ramie, 1 bank; isnot, 2 berths; P,skea, 1 berth;
Wether, 1 bank; Marshall, 1 berth • Mrs. Whitehead, 4
berths; Xeloo„ 1 hark ; Fleabag, 2 births; Tait, ibtartb ;
Cake, 1 berth; Micron, 1 herbs; Hunt, 1 herb; Martin,
1 berth ; roes, 2 berths ; Jones, 2 berths ; r e, 1
beeth ; Campbell, 1 berth; Lyle, 2 berths; Arebibeld, 2
berths; Home, 1 berth.
The ilteepere Dail, Mail of Wednesday says: "The
mare of the vessel, who arrived is tows yesterday earners
with the first tidier of the disaster, empresses his cenvietion
that 44 the pamearre rentreed oa board the oriel, the
proborlity is they 'meld have bra all saved. instead of
this, however, and deeper every abort and entreaty on the
pen of the grew, the pareopers lurched two of the ship's
bore, and crowded into them, both of which immediately
seemeped—:heir settlers, crews, without • roe., exceptioe,
urns, • watery pave. Oa the other hand, the boats unde r
the ineasgesteat of the new passed to end from the str re
sorer times without the occurrence of the slighter
Met. The excireent Sato w hick the fe ware
throes by the dreadful position in which as found them-
selves placed, rendered all restrike or attootion to orbits
unavailing and raga" ory. The steroid, it ie further stated,
lest Ms owe life while endeavoring to provide for the
refry of other, having disorder serer times Teti the
are for rather, bleaker, and other covering Is the
female presager..
We eaderstri.l that every berth and sofa were engaged ;
and that ea tow previous occasions, since :he Orion was
laughed, has Ms had so full • crept,. scent of psteespiw.
She eke bed • heavy ergo.
It is usedentood that the Princess Royal has been ordered,
by • telegraphic weessege, to sell at Portpatrick on her way
from Liverpool ibis inorrag, to bring the rem.ioder of the
pesseugere to Ole pow; and in order that no metes say be
neglected for severing the tooth.rt and speedy transit of
these whu have e•espeo, the Tartar sailed yesterday eyrie"
shortly after eight rat ek, for Portpstriek. The Tarter bad
, • number of gentlemen .nested with the company en
board, and their Milt efforts, we understand, after ends.-
mare/ to rue aver the bodies of those who perished, will be
to save the vessel if at all possible. This, however, will be a
work both of time and labour, although in the hands to
Mom Its scromposhosinet is rousted, we are convinced of
all bolos don. tart engin. *ring skill can achieve.
The Orion err 'arrived to sail from Liverpool at 3
p.m., on Moaday, and ail owing 44 minutes to get clear of
the dock., she had 101 boors for the ran to Portpetrick,
where she struck. Soo is comparatively • now yes!, baying
been only from three to four years ea the station, and was
reckoned cost of the hart beats that sailed from the Clyde.
Abe was remarkably swift, frequently 'elicitor the passage
from Liverpool to Greenock In II to 16 hours. Being as iron
repel. of 519 tons register, balk In Greenock, in the most
setheteetiel manner, and divided Into eomportmeats, we ma
only meriat for her sudden dirpoorree after worm, by
the tromendoes coneuesine which her speed occesimed. Tag,
and we should say this only, forced the bulkheads from their
proper poe Pion ; sad being struck bilge-wise, she shelved
forward, and mak irretrievably in 15 sissies.
The only ether Mums of an accident *beaded with on •
sequeeres so ails moms worrier is the vicinity of the
Clyde. is that of the Comet, which was ran down by the Ayr
new 24 mistime, when &boot 80 person were loot.
By the ar ival of lb. Apr mail at two o'clock this mont-
hs we leans that mongol the 'this poseur:re saved were
twe young geetkaase, was of Jews hither, X q., of Ayr
Foundry, and ambers of the present Proust of Ayr. They
Mete that the first boat lunched, which was filled with
ladies, immediately sank with all on board. They came
ashore in the first bust launched by the row, and saw but
few swimming. One very tosehiag seers they withered
was that of • Goo young b iy, who, whir sr eggdog he the
water, resisted any attempt to save Lola, but ormated his
tutor, who our to his assistance, "to go and save the
ladies." Ulintately, it is believed •the noble-be little
fellow nicked the sloe in gaiety.
The Mews. Miller believe that the mak" of perengen
lost is hem 120 to 130.