The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-05 00:00:00

The Prince of Wales's Visit to Ireland•

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His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by his suite, it is understood, will leave Marlborough
House at an early hour on Monday morning, for
Ireland, in order to be present at the opening of
the Dublin International Exhibition on Tuesday
next. His royal highness will proceed from the
Euston-square terminus of the London and North-
Western Railway, and travel by way of Rugby'
Stafford, and Chester to Holyhead, which it ,
expected will be reached during the early part of the
afternoon. At Holyhead his royal highness will
embark on board the royal steam yacht, the Victoria
and Albert, Commander his Serene Highness Prince,
Leiningen (which has been placed at the disposal
of the Prince of Wales by her Majesty for the trip
across the Irish Sea), and sail for Dublin, at which
city his royal highness will arrive about six o'clock
on Monday evening. The Prince, after assisting
at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, will pro-
bably return to London towards the close of nest
week.

•
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, Major Teesdale, Dr. Barnard, and suite
honoured the performances at the Adelphi Theatre W.
evening.

Thy Loss of the Eclipse.

OFFICIAL REPORT.
Greenwich Police Court, April 29, 1865.
This was an inquiry under the provisions of thee
Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, into the wreck of
Eclipse at Dartmouth, on the sth April instant, on
her passage from London to Swansea, to take °lle
board a cargo of coals for Ceylon. The EelillAsn
was a sailing ship, barque-rigged, of 404 70-luv
register tonnage, built at Salcombe, in Devonshire'
in January, 1857, the property of several perslsi:
four shares belonging to the Master. She bathe
crew of 12 persons, all told. Two females/ 'll
wives of the master and chief mate, were als° °to
board. She was commanded by Josiah Harris, ws3
holds a Board of Trade certificate of competenel
master, dated August 2, 1855, and had one Plate,'
also holding a master's certificate of competeneli;
Before leaving London the master shipped a Per, °as
of the name of Thomas Walter Scott, enterea
second mate on the articles, but calling himself fast
pilot, but without certificate either as mate or pd°t.
He was shipped for the run to Swansea, and was Prte.
bably engaged on the supposition of his being aA
quainted with the navigation of the Bristol Cha33l3:t
He designates himself on his card as "Thomas Se°"ci
master mariner, North Sea, South Channel, all
Baltic pilot," and states that he formerly held s
certificate of competency as master, which
cancelled in 1863 by the Board of Trade, in e°115.,,0
quence of his not appearing before the Local Mar'd
Board when summoned to answer a charge et
drunkenness preferred against him. He has -131,
applied for the renewal of his certificate, but iseeto
ployed, as on this occasion, in the capacity ni
ard
unqualified pilot. He describes his duties ont°.,o
the Eclipse as follows :—" To keep the esPlhe
watch, and remain on deck when required." 0
Eclipse left London on the 30th of March last'
ballast, and was off the Land's End on Tnes`;:e's
the 4th of April ; and at 4 a.m. of the sth St. 'se
Light bore S.W. by W., and the light on Traver
Head E., the wind being S.S.W., and the watch 4
hazy. The second mate had the watch fr°rshief
to 8 a.m., the master remaining below. The c the
mate took the watch again at 8 a.m., reCeiVing to
course E.N.E. from the second mate, who went lie_
bed, but desired to be called if the weather ,_,•ek
came very thick. The weather became w'of,
about 9 30, when the land was lost sight
,13d,
and at 10 30 a.m. the chief mate went below 'liter
called the second mate, who ordered him t° tot
the course to N.E. by E., which course was
for a quarter of an hour, and then altered to ante
E. by the captain's directions. The second .n3:11
was not then on deck, and did not come up t.Te to
a.m.,. when he gave directions to the chief mate
.11
shorten sail, but did not tell him his reason to the
doing. The explanation now given by him f the
effect, that the master wished to get a sight ° tor
land ; that he (the second mate) considered it ill
safe to haul the ship in, but the master persis
dted
his wish, and took him into the cabin and polite,
out on the chart where he supposed the ship tote)
near Morte Point, Whereas he (the second ply
believed they were off Hartland point ; that ill co ea
pliance with the master's directions he sh°rtroab
sail, and laid the ship to the eastward for sd
seven minutes, then gave the course E.S.E., °ast
aboutthree minutes afterwards the ship was aino
the breakers, and went ashore about a quarter. the
mile south of Hartland quay. This 1° itted
second mate's account, but it is not adi3/ the
d
by the master, who denies having desire iea
ship to be kept to the land, or the course siteoflla
to E.S.E., but that, on the contrary, he
nee)
to the chief mate (as appears in the evilis 0,0
that he thought "it was rather near." Be his
-
it may, no doubt the more easterly course, bYblev sbiP
soever given, was the proximate cause of t." 10-
going on the rocks. The real cause of the loss, fshiP
ever, was the gross neglect of the lead. Tiahora
had been steering a course for at least threedias
that brought her within easy hand-lead soun 111 A
yet not a word is said about the lead till 10 the
few minutes before the ship goes ashore, hoW-
deep-sea lead is ordered to-be got up, too la either
ever, to be used ; and this, too, when the
arable
was so thick that, according to the most favarteu r of
account, they could not see more than a quuse the
a mile. For this default in neglecting . the
lead, and thereby causing the loss of the sb!r:ibeen
master is to be held responsible. It would ha been
peen
a default in the master if the second madserionsiol
a duly qualified pilot, and this default la
aggravated by his having committed the naloole
of his ship to art uncertificated and irreePu_
person. The certificate of the masterhas2b6te_hes ets.t.,
the
pended for six calendar months from the cr
and is transmitted herewith. In landing one °l'
from the wreck, on the morning of the stPeci:
them, the cook, was unfortunately dr°wit tae°,
ship, after having such of her stores aasL'-oid
taken out of her as could be saved, Iv istrate•
wreck.—JAMES TRAILL, Stipendiary Magis, and It.
We concur in this report.—Hv. HABB
B. BAKER, Nautical Assessors.

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managersthe of the refreshment department• r. r°s,r-eas' ill
the
chair
Gazette, the president of the societl, ' oa
mt hair • Mr. Baxter, of the Sussex Express, hon. sec;ioo-•
br©s
Swinnerton, of the Maccle,sfield Courier, the sol'i°r, ro'
president, occupied the vice-chairs. The aiter-dil'ne' f die
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ceedings were most convivial. Mr. JaineS BOD.OrbYt
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of
Exeter Flying Post, was elected to succeedd to OW Qin
president for the next year,