The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-16 00:00:00

Fatal Shipwreck.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 15.
For several days
past heavy gales have blown at
intervals from the north-west. On Saturday night
the wind increased in force to a heavy gale, and the
River Mersey was exceedingly rough. At noon on
Saturday the new blockade-runner Lelia, which
only made her trial trip a few days ago, left the
Mersey on a voyage to Nassau. a was, we be..
lieve, commanded by Captain Skinner, and had a
crew of about 30 hands. She was built by Messrs.
Miller, of Liverpool, and her engines were by Messrs.
Fawcett, Preston, and Co. She was of 1,100 tons
burden, of very light draught, and was probably
the finest blockade-runner that has left this port.
She appears, from the slender particulars we have
been enabled to glean, to have proceeded safely
until she arrived in the vicinity of the North-West
Lightship, when a heavy sea struck her, and, pro-
bably owing to her necessarily slight build, she
sprung a leak and almost immediately foundered.
Twelve of her men succeeded in getting on board
the lightship—who they are is not yet known—and
the other 18 were drowned.

The news of this melancholy disaster was brought
to Liverpool shortly before noon by Captain Perry,
of the steam-tug Blazer, which, while passing the
lightship early in the morning, was hailed by the
master to take the 12 men off the lightship, but was
unable to do so in consequence of the heavy sea.
The captain, however, made all haste to the Prince's
landing-stage, and communicated with Captain
Thorpe. The No. 1 Liverpool lifeboat was at once
launched, manned by 11 men, and proceeded in tow
of the Blazer for the purpose of bringing off the men
of the lost ship. All went right until they were
halfway between the Fairway buoy and the light-
ship, when a heavy sea struck the lifeboat and cap-
sized it. The 11 men were instantly thrown into
the water. The, tug reversed engines, threw out
ropes to the drowning men, and succeeded in
rescuing four of them, including the master. Two
of the poor fellows seized ropes and were drawn to
the side of the tug, but were so exhausted that they
let go their hold and sank ; the others were swept
away and also lost. Those saved are Thomas Hud-
son, master ; G. Thomas, H. Hamill, and Henry
Collins, of the crew. Those lost are R. Clark, B.
Murphy, H. Green, John Hanson, James and Peter
Martindale, and Miller.
After this dreadful accident the tug proceeded to

the lightship, but the sea was still so rough that
she could not approach with safety, and, after lying
by her for over an hour, she gave up the attempt,
and returned to the Prince's stage with her melan-
choly tale. During the morning three of the Lelia's
boats were picked up at the mouth of the river by
tugs, and deposited at the wreck-house, Canning-

Pier-head. We understand that one of the sons
of the builder was on board the Iz3lia, having gone
out to see how-she worked, and that there was also
a Confederate officer as passenger on board. The
only other vessel which left the Mersey on Saturday
was the royal mail steamer Cuba, for New York.
The men of the lifeboat did not, as prescribed by
the regulations, wear lifebelts.
In 1847, on the 6th of December, at 10 a.m., the

lowest point of the barometer. (uncorrected) at the
Liverpool Observatory, was 28.1.54 in., the lowest
point on record. The lowest point recorded in the
Underwriters'-rooms, on the 14th of January, 1865,
at 9.20 a.m., was 28.372 in. From this point it
rapidly rose to 28.470 in. by 11.13 a.m.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

(From the Illustrated London News.)
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The will of Vice-Admiral Henry Francis Greville, C. 8.,
of Chesham-place, Belgmve-square, was proved in London
by the executors and trustees, Edward Howley Palmer,
Esq., the son-in-law, and Captain Henry Lambert Fulke
Greville, the son. The personalty wassworn under 14,0001.
This gallant admiral had received many badges of distinc-
rion as well as foreign orders for meritorious services. His
will bears date 1863, and he died, in October last, at Bray,
in Berkshire. He has left his property to his two unmarried
daughters for their lives, which upon their decease will
revert to his said son, Capt. H. L. F. Greville, R.A., but
charged with a legacy of 1,0001. for his grandson and god-
son, Henry Loftus, son of Lord Augustus Loftus.
The will of Lieut.-Col. Charles Andrew Girardot (Cold-
stream Guards, retired), lately residing at Wellesley-ter-
race, Dover, was proved in the London Court by the exe-
cutors and trustees, the Rev. William L. Girardot, M.A.,
of Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset (the testator's brother),
and George Newcome, Esq., of Aldershot Manor, Hants.
The personalty was sworn under 30,0001. The gallant
colonel died on the 16th of November last, having executed
his will in June, 1855. After leaving legacies to his execu-
tors, and making provision for his wife, in which there is
an annuity of 4001. a year, he has bequeathed the residue of
his property equally amongst his three daughters.
The will of Joshua Bates, Esq., formerly of Boston, in
the United States, afterwards of Bishopgate-street, of Port-
land-place, and of Arlington-street, was proved in-London
on the 16th ult.—the executors nominated being Thomas

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Baring, Charles Baring Young, and John Baring, Esc's. The
personalty in this country was sworn under 600,0001. The,
testator died, in September last, at New Lodge, Windsor,
having executed his will in August, 1863. The principal
legatee is his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of his Excellency
Sylvain Van de Weyer, Ambassador at London for the
kingdom of Belgium. To her he has left an immediate
legacy of 10,0001., and all his pictures, books, articles of
virtu, and his residences, East Sheen and Arlington-street,
and a life interest in the whole of the residue of his pro-
perty, real and personal, and, after her decease, to her
husband and her children. There is a legacy to Dr. Booth,
of Gower-street, and fo several of the testator's friends in
ge
America. To the testator's sister, Mrs. Cowing, 5,000/. ;
and a like legacy to the children of the late Samuel Sturgis.
All legacies to be
tfareteewofasleegsacttymdateutdy
The late Jacob Stiebe Esq., of Pembridge-terrace,Bays-
bequeathed to University Cone
haasnd to theJews' Free School, Bell-la s • Hospital
Bell-lane, pitalfields,
25:00 00 water,cloi; . :
'at 4"
0,000/.
The late Miss Francis Mainwaring, of
has left the following charitable b
His penonalPseids
g, Highfield, Derby,
Missionary Society, 500/. ; British equests :—To the Church
So-
ciety, 2001. ; Church Pastoral Aid and Foreign Bible ,
to Promote Christianity a Society, 200/. ; Society
the Old Age Society,• amongst the Jews, 1001. ; and to,
Leicester, 100.

AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL
THIS WEEK.—There are three steamers due at Liverpool
this week with the American and Canadian mails, viz.,
the City of Manchester, North American, and Australasian.
The North American, with dates from Portland to the ith
instant, will no doubt reach Greencastle in the course of
to-morrow or early on Wednesday morning ; and the Kan-
garoo, with corresponding dates from New York, will
possibly reach Crookhaven or Queenstown on Thursday
next night. The Australasian, from New York on, the
11th, may be expected to arrive off Crookhaven or Queens-
town on Friday night or early on Saturday morning next.
LAMENTABLE EVENT. A melancholy &Ric-
tion," says the Gazette des Etrangers, "has just fallen on M.
Louis Boyer, a dramatic author, who was for a time direc-
tor of the Vaudeville. He was in bed, when his son en-
tered his room, and said, Are you not going to get up to-
day, father ?' ' What for ?' was the reply, 'it is not yet
daylight.' It was then 10 in the morning. During the night
M. Boyer had become blind."