The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1854.

WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR.—NOTICE TO PASSENGERS.
THE surviving Passengers, insured in the
M AULT 'ME PASSENGE 4.S,WRANCE COMPANY,
can have their policies endorsed, free of expense, authorising them
to sail in any other first-class ship, by application at the Chief Offices,
or to the A ge,it through whom the insurances were effected. The
legal representatives of paseeneers who were lost, should immedi-
ately give not,ce to the Resident Director, when they will be supplied
wills the usual form of claim.

JOHN GEARY, Resident Director,

4, Moorgate-street, London.

GENTS WANTED for an established LIFE
:AL and FIRE ASSURANCE CO \IPA NY Commission allowed.
25 percent. upon new Lite Premiums, and 5 per coat. renewal, also
15 per cent. Fire Premiums, new and renewal, with any necessary
charge; such as postage, &c. Address to C. Y., 4, Broadway, Lud-
gate-hill, London.

PRIVATE TUITION.,--A Married Clergyman,
without parochial duty, and whose time is wholly devoted
to the Education of Six Pupils, has a VACANCY for one, for whose
health and intellectual improvement the greatest care and attention
are essential. The highest references can be given.—Address,
Clericus, Clifford's Library, Tonbridge Wells.

GEOLOGY.—King's College, London.—Pro-
fessor TENNANT, F.G.S., will give a COURSE of LEC-
TURES on GEOLOGY. To commence on WEDNESDAY MORNING,
January 25th, at Nine o'clock, and to be continued on each succeed-
ing Friday and Wednesday, at the • ame hour.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal.

CONTRACT FOR WELSH COALS FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 20th Jan., 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
Use 7th February next, at One o'clock, they NVII be ready to treat
with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and
delivering into Store, at the undermentioned places, the following
quantities of

SOUTH WALES COALS,
fit for the service of her Majesty's steam-vessels :
Sierra Leone,..
Fernando Po ............. 500 „
St. Paul de Loando • • 1,500 „
Ascension ................ 1,000 „

A Form of the Tender may bo seen at the said Office. No Tender
will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will
any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly
authorised in writing-
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Coals,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by
a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering, in the sum of 4,0001. for the due perform-
ance of the Contract.

Useful Pamphlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers.
(if by letter enclosing, a postage stamp.)
ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR-
RENT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UPHOL-
STERY, LOOKING GLASSES, BEDDING, &c. Also, THE
LADIES' MANUAL, or Guide to the Extensive viercantile Estab-
lishment of ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK and
SHAWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIERS, and LACE-
MEN.

London : Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company,
69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth.

THOMAS SALT and CO.,
EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS,
BURTON-ON-TRENT.
STORES.
London •• .. 22, Hitngerford-wharf.
Liverpool .......... • • 52, Henry-street.
Manchester •• •• .... 37, Brown-street.
Birmingham ••• • .... 26%, Bull-street.
Bristol Back Hall, Baldwin-street.
Nottingham .. • • •••• .. 14, Milton street.
Dublin .. •... •• ••• .. 4, Crown-alley.
Edinburgh
Dundee .... 13, New Inn Entry, High-street.

CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS. The return of
Youth to their respective Boarding-Schools induces a solici-
tude from parents and guardians for their Personal Comfort and
Attraction, and ROWLANDS' MACAS.4AR OIL, for accelerating the
growth and improving and beautifying the hair, ROWLANDS'
KALYDOR, for improving the skin and complexion, and removing
cutaneous eruptions, and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Denti-
frice, for rendering the teeth beautifully white, and preserving the
gums, are considered indispensable accompaniments for the attairk-
ment of those Personal Advantages so universally sought for and
admired.

Beware of Spurious limitations. The only genuine of each bear i
the name of "RO WLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the
wrapper or label. _ _

Sol l by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London;
and by Chemists and Perfumers.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street.

TRUSTEES.
J. Campbell Renton, Esq. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
j
Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Rag.
........

William Wilberforce, Esq.

DIRECTORS.
William Adams, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square.
John Atkins, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street.
Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-square.
John D ingertleld, Esq., Craven-street, Strand.
R. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall.
John Hamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurlow-square.
John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City.
C. Octavius Parnell, Esq., Norfolk-street, Park-lane.
William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street.
PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD.
24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road.
The Reg'. James Shergold iloone, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park
Captain Creed, Bedford-square. and St. Albans.
Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West, and Bedford-row.
Charles Pemberten, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin-

coin's-inn-fields.
George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New-

square, Lincoln's-inn.
W. H. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row.
SECRETARY—Chas. Hoghton, ESQ.
The policies of this Company being indisputable, form FAMILY
PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, for their validity
is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary policies, upon the import
of previous reports and other documents.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

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Omnibuses from Fenchureh-street Station to all parts of London
every quarter of an hour.
BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol-
lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station.

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Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d.
BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os. ; Six ]
Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be bad of the Collector
Packets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Nov. 17, 1853.

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Months, 3/. Os.;
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DISTRESSING SCENE IN ST. MARY'S CHURCH, LAM-
BETH.—A very painful sensation was caused during the
performance of divine service on Sunday forenoon last,
in the ancient church of St. Mary's, Lambeth. It ap-
pears that the Rev. W. D. James, the senior curate of
the parish, was in the desk reading the morning service,
when, on getting almost to the end of the litany, a sud-
den scream was heard, and in an instant afterwards the
reverend gentleman fell in his desk, apparently in a fit.
The Rev. Mr. Easom, his brother curate, ran to his as-
sistance, and succeded in carrying the unfortunate gen-
tleman into the vestry-room, where he was attended
upon by Messrs. Sewell, Wagstaff, and Collombell, sur-
geons, who were in the church at the time, and after
some time he recovered sufficiently to be removed to his
own residence. An apoplectic fit, it is presumed, was
the cause of the reverend gentleman's attack. The re-
mainder of the service was finished by the Rev. Mr.
Sparkes, who alluded, in most feeling terms, to the
melancholy scene the congregation had just witnessed.
REWARD TO THE GOLD DISCOVERERS IN AUSTRALIA.—
The Legislative Council of New South Wales has been
doing an act of justice, and they deserve great credit for
it. The sum of 6,0001. had been awarded to Mr. Har-
graves for his services in the discovery of gold. This
has been increased by the Legislature to 10,000/. ; and an
additional 1,0001. has been awarded to W. Tom, J.
Torn, and J. Lister, in equal portions, in consideration
of their instrumentality, in a subordinate degree, in as-
sisting Mr. Hargraves. A further sum of 1,0001. has
been awarded to the Rev. Mr. Clarke, on the completion
of his geological exploration. The latter ground is
remarkable. The sum is not given to Mr. Clarke for his
many years research after gold long before Mr Har-
graves discovered it, in consequence of Mr. Clarke's pre-
vious demonstrations of its existence, but on the com-
pletion of a service to which he was appointed by the
Government in common with others. The Council
should have gone a step farther, and should have
aEnNdvATELeivopEZse.cfarrnhdeGLazeawtte.
awarded a sum to Sir R. Murchison for reprophesying
Mr. Clarke's former prophecies respecting gold.—
Australian
OFFc u Courts and Govern-
ment Offices are now supplied with envelopes for the
r,pective place., in order that they be not used for
other than purposes connected with the particular de-
partment. The name of the court or office is denoted
i in a legible manner, on a large seal of the envelope.

CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION.

(From the Times.)
The investigation into the affairs of the London
Corporation is in slow but steady progress. The
'higher officers of the corporation have been for the
last few days under examination, and, as might
have been expected from their position, not very
much has been elicited from them which would be
likely to gratify public curiosity, or to throw much
light upon the matter in dispute. The great dif-
ference between the evidence given by them and
that offered by previous witnesses lies rather in
the manner of the delivery than in the substantive
facts to which they address themselves. It may
well be that they correct au exaggeration here, or
smooth down an awkward statement there. For
example—Mr. T. P. Rose had stated that Sir John
Key had informed him that the expenses of his
election to the office of Chamberlain had reached
the enormous sum of 7,0001. Sir John Key, who
was on Thursday examined before the Commis-
sioners, corrected Mr. Rose's statement by inform-
ing the Commissioners that his expenses had, in
reality, amounted only to 5,000/.—a sum. scarcely
less considerable, and well nigh equally preposter-
ous.

We take the point at random from reports which
cover the proceedings of an entire week, without
any wish or endeavour to select a fact which may
tell against the Corporation with peculiar force.
All we desire is to give to as many of our readers
as will not be at the pains of wading through a
mass of very voluminous evidence some notion of
the character of the proceedings at their present
stage. It should also W.-borne-in mind that ..the
statement of the Corporation witnesses are no more
to be unreservedly accepted without further in-
quiry than those of their opponents. Those who
are virtually the witnesses for the defence are un-
dergoing- their examination in chief—what may be
brought out on cross-examination remains yet to
be seen. Of course, in the present instance, the
process will not be conducted according to the
usual solemnities and practice of a court of law ;
but we hope to arrive at an equally satisfactory
result by the machinery of statement and coun-
ter-statement. Meanwhile the difference be-
tween the testimony of the Corporation wit-
nesses, when they endeavour at all to grapple
with the charges, and that of their opponents, is,
as we before said, much more one of tone than of
anything else. This is natural enough. It is not
easy to convince a man of the injustice of a system
under which he himself receives 2,0001. per annum
and fees. "I have dined succulently," said the Prince
in Voltaire's tale; "my subjects are happy," Add to
this the influence produced on the minds of the
members of a narrow coterie by inherited prejudices
and mutual approbation, and it will not be difficult
to understand that the chief officers of the Corpo-
ration take a different measure of the services they
render to the public and of their own emoluments
than persons not placed in so very peculiar a situa-
tion. Sir John Key, the chamberlain, thinks that,
with 2,5001. per annum, he is not overpaid ; ad-
verse witnesses think otherwise. The decision
lies with the commissioners, and with the public.

It is also to be remarked that some of the wit-
nesses who have been recently examined are really
men of high character and respectability, who have
always been separated in public estimation from
the general staff of the Corporation. The Recorder
of London, Mr. Stuart Wortley, is a most upright
and capable judge. He earns his salary,
.and earns
it well. With the 1,6001. per annum paid to the
Common Sergeant, Mr. Edward Bullock, few per-
sons would be disposed to quarrel. The duties
discharged by the Common Sergeant as a crimi-
nal judge are onerous and constant ; it is of the
highest importance to secure for the post the ser-
vices of a discreet and intelligent man. Mr. Rus-
sell Gurney, again as judge of the Sheriff's Court
and Small Debts Court, receives 1,2001. per annum.
He is a County Court judge the more, and does
his work admirably. The selection of such men as
these for such posts, and the manner in which they
discharge their duties, we have always held to be
among the best points connected with the corporate
administration of the city of London. The ques-
tion remains whether, under a total revision and
change of system, it would be for the public ad-
vantage that the power of appointing should be left
in the same hands. The whole subject of judicial
administration in the sity o London, from the
Central Criminal Court, 'hi ithich the Recorder
presides, to the Police-court, in which the Alder-
man is nominally the sitting magistrate, while the
clerk transacts the real business of the office, must
be considered together, and each portion of it as
part of a whole. Little as yet has been urged in
defence of the aldermen-magistrates which would
seem worthy of much regard. A few compliments,
of course, have been paid to them by their own law
officers. The highest of these would appear to be
the statement made by Mr. Wortley, that, although
present in his court during session time, they take
no share in the trial of cases.

Passing from the judicial hierarchy of the city
and its functions, we would first call attention
to a statement which fell unawares on Thurs-
day from the mouth of the Chamberlain. Sir
John Key was on that day endeavouring to explain
to the Commissioners the onerous nature of his
functions, and the return he made in service for
his salary. The great point was the enormous
amount of the fund which passed annually through
his hands, for the safe custody of which, and for
its general management, he was accountable. Mr.
Travers had stated that the office of Chamberlain
was a sinecure, and so the Chamberlain was piqued
into loquacity. " I am responsible for the whole
management of the city funds. During the last
year the receipts, for which I was responsible,
amounted to 1,219,5111., and the payments to
1,229,2421., making the gross total of money pass-
ing through my office in one year 2,448,7531."
Thus the truth has oozed out at last, and the state-
ment of their own Chamberlain may be accepted
as the most complete answer to the allegations
of the earlier Corporation witnesses, who endea-
voured to explain down the city income to a
mere paltry provision for the cherishing, foster-
ing, and maintenance of a dozen aldermen or so.
We care not what or 11,,w many portions of
this stupendous income may be allocated to this or
that particular purpose ; but will any person of un-
prejudiced mind affirm that, inclusive of lighting,
paving, watching, and sewerage, the Corporation
of London give the citizens annually a fair return
for their million and a quarter of sterling pounds ?
The truth is—allowance being made for exaggera-
tion on the one side and self-interest on the other
—that some of the duties of the Corporation (the
sewerage, for example) are well-conducted, and
others (as the conservancy of the river) most mise-
rably discharged. The truth is, that the salaries
paid to officers are excessive in amount, and the
officers themselves, in far too many cases, wholly
unnecessary for the public service. The truth is,
that, in order to meet these unnecessary charges,
the Corporation have been forced to retain and
exact many imposts of a most vexatious kind,
which might have been well enough in the days of
the Plantagenets, but are now wholly out of date,
and a mere inteference with the trade of the metro-
polis. The truth is, that their charters and
muniments of title—let the town-clerk say what
he will—have, in practice, been so studiously
kept out of the public sight, that no one could tell
what the revenue derived from their estates really
was, or whether the Corporation of London were
dealing fairly or foully with the property of which
they were trustees. All the complaints about tam-
pering with their vested rights pass by like the
idle wind. The citizens of London are not the
Corporation of London, and have little or nothing
to do with the proceedings of that body. The
government of the City has passed into the hands
of a small minority, who are now summoned to
render up an account of their stewardship. To
w
whomsoever the property which they now adminis-
ter in the twilight of their own offices may belong,
most assuredly it cannot with propriety be said to
belong to them. Again, it may be urged that, if
the Monarch in despotic times granted, the Parlia-
ment in more constitutional days may surely revise
the grant. There is no idea of confiscation present
to the mind of any man. The simple desire is to
make the Corporation of London what it is in
theory, but not in fact—a fair representation of the
citizens—or, if it should seem more desirable, to
consider if further changes might not with advan-
tage be introduced for the benefit of all Londoners,
without prejudice to the citizens.

IRISH ELECTIONS.-Mr. Butt, M.P., has the follow-
ing notice of motion on the order-book of the House of
Commons, which he is to move on the meeting of Par-
liament :—" To call attention to the special reports
made during the session by the committees who tried
the election petitions from the counties of Clare and
Mayo, the city of Cork, and the borough of Sligo, and
to the facts of intimidation and clerical interference to
which these reports referred ; and to move for a select
committee to inquire how far similar evils prevailed at
the last creneral election in Ireland ; and to consider the
present state of the law relative to intimidation and un
due influence, and the necessity and expediency o
adopting any new provisions to secure freedom of elec-
tion."

DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS.

LOSS OF THE SHIP TAYLETJR.

The following are the fullest particulars which have
been yet gathered with respect to the melancholy loss
of the magnificent new iron emigrant ship Tayleur. The
Freanan's Journal says :

" Our city was startled yesterday by the intelligence
of one of the most lamentable shipwrecks which we have
ever had to record. The vessel to which this awful
calamity occurred was the Tayleur, or John Tayleur,
Captain Noble, bound to Melbourne with emigrants.
Owing to the severe weather which has prevailed for
some days, intimation of this sad event did not reach
the city until an advanced hour yesterday, so that we
have been able to obtai❑ but few particulars of it. But,
from all we can learn, it appears that the ill-fated vessel
left Liverpool on Thursday, having on board 460 pas-
sengers, besides the officers and crew. Having been
driven by stress of weather out of her course, she was
on Saturday night on a long tack for the purpose of
avoiding the land, when it was discovered that she was
close upon it. This alarm proved to be too true, for in
a few moments she struck with frightful force upon the
shore of Lambay Island. It is impossible to describe
the dreadful scene of terror, confusion, and despair that
ensued. The passengers rushed on deck, and, as it
was evident that the vessel must soon go to pieces,
desperate efforts were made to reach the land. We are
are unable to say whether the boats were used for the
purpose, or with what effect ; but it is stated that a
rope was run from the vessel to the shore, and made
fast there. To this a large number of the unfortunate
passengers clung with the hope of reaching land, but
.while they were endeavouring to do so the vessel gave
a sudden lurch, by which they were almost every one
precipitated into the sea, then fearfully beating upon
the rocks, and deprived of the means and the hope
of escape. The greater part of them thus perished.
Out of the entire number on board' it is stated that about
250 succeeded in making the island ; so that, according
to this estimate, more than 200 of the wretched sufferers
perished within sight, and almost within reach, of land.
Intelligence of the dreadful calamity having been con-
veyed to Mr. Walsh, the agent for Lloyd's here, he com-
municated with Mr. Howell, secretary to the City of
Dublin Steam-packet Company, who immediately
ordered the Prince steamer, Captain Dearl, to be got
ready as quickly as possible and proceed to Lambay, to
take off the survivors, who were without food, and ex-
posed to the danger of perishing from cold, hunger, and
exhaustion. The Prince proceeded from the quay shortly
after 4 o'clock, and it was expected that she would be
able to take off the unfortunate passengers and land them
at Kingstown at 10 or 11 last night ; but, owing to the
severe gale blowing, it must have been impossible to
effect this humane task within that time. A reporter
from this office, who went in the Prince to the scene of
the wreck, has not yet returned, that vessel having
doubtless encountered the difficulties and delay alluded
to. We are, consequently, left without the details of
this most deplorable occurrence. We may indulge the
hope that the loss of life has not been so great as is re-
ported, but, to judge from what we have heard, we fear
the sad reality will prove fearful indeed. We may add
that the vessel has become a total wreck and gone to
pieces."

The Express report of the disaster adds some addi-
tional information :

"At noon on Thursday the Tayleur, Capt. Noble, a map
nificent vessel, of the White Star line of Pilkington and
Wilson, left the Mersey for Melbourne, without a solitary
berth disengaged. Her adult passengers numbered 496,
and her crew, it is stated, 80 men. Including children,
there were probably 620 souls on board. On Saturday
morning she approached the Irish coast, and was off
Lambay, a few miles to the northward of Malahide, at
half-past 11 o'clock. At 12 o'clock, just 48 hours after
leaving the Mersey, she struck, and commenced rapidly
to fill—so rapidly that, melancholy to relate, in half an
hour she went completely down, in seven fathoms of
water, only a few feet of her upper spars appearing above
the surface. Fortunately the disaster occurred at only a
short distance from the shore, and lines were heaved and
fastened to the rocks, and by these many escaped. So
far as can be ascertained, the number saved is about
250. Among them are included the captain, the first
and third mates, and, it is said, 10 of the crew ; but,
even taking this as the aggregate of the saved, the fearful
number of 400 persons have met an untimely and me-
lancholy doom. At least 100 of these would, in all
human probability, have escaped, as they were on the
lines in the act of going ashore, when the vessel gave a
sudden lurch, and they were every soul shaken into the
surge. Yesterday forenoon three of the passengers who
were conveyed to the mainland in a fishing boat arrived
in town by the Drogheda Railway, and gave information
to the proper parties. Steps were immediately taken to
have assistance rendered to those who fortunately got
to land, and the Prince steamer, Captain Dearl, had
steam immediately put up, and left her moorings for
the scene of the disaster shortly after 3 o'clock, having
Mr. Allen, the Dublin agent of the ill-fated vessel,
Mr. Walsh, the humane and active agent of
Lloyd's, and other gentlemen on board. The news
began rapidly to spread in town, and those who had
friends in the Tayleur, and whom the intelligence
reached, were in a state of anxiety not easily to be de-
picted. Mr. Allen had preparations made both at Dublin
and Kingstown for the accommodation of the passen-
gers who were saved. The Prince was expected at about
11 o'clock, and many persons crowded the quay, awaiting
her arrival, eager to know the fate of those of their circle
who were on board. Up to five o'clock this morning the
steamer had not returned, nor was she visible at Kings-
town when our last accounts left there, at half-past two
o'clock. We are, therefore, without any list of the
saved, or even a reliable estimate of their number. The
vessel went down stern foremost, it is said ; and, by an-
other account, only two ladies have been saved. The
wretched plight of the passengers at Lambay is described
as truly distressing. The coast-guard men were unceas-
ing in their exertions to alleviate as much as possible
the misery of the situation of those who most needed
their good offices. One man, we understand, when the
vessel struck, mounted to the topmast for security, and
lashed himself there in a sail, where he was some hours
afterwards picked off, being at the moment, strange to
say, asleep. Further intelligence of this deplorable acci-
dent will be awaited with anxiety."

WRECK OF THE SCOTLAND.
DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.

On Friday morning the ship Scotland, of 600 tons,
James Finnegan, master, while being towed towards
Kingstown Harbour in a disabled state, broke adrift, and
went ashore on the North Bull, where she is now aground.
The Scotland had left Liverpool on the 16th inst. on a
trading voyage to the Bonny River, in Africa, with a
cargo of rum, tobacco, salt, and 1,400 barrels of gun-
powder. About half-past twelve o'clock on the night of
Thursday, the 19th, the weather being very stormy, she
drove over the Kish Bank, and, after carrying away
her rudder, came to an anchor. She parted from her
anchor, and drove again ; and trawlers stood towards
her for the purpose of rendering assistance. The follow.
ing statement of what occurred was supplied by Denis
Mooney, master of the pilot cutter Alert :
JANUARY 21, 1854.—0 n Thursday morning the 19th
instant, at nine a.m., when blowing strong from south,
hazy, thick weather, saw a large vessel outside of the
Kish Bank, stood towards her, but ship's head being to
the eastward, did not get to her until near noon ; found
her to be the barque Scotland, of Liverpool, with gene-
ral cargo, for Africa. She had unshipped her rudder,
and was very leaky, having been aground on the Kish
Bank four hours ; the Scotia steamer, on the way to
Holyhead, had taken the Scotland in tow. The master
of the pilot-boat went in his yawl with four men, and
offered his services ; the master of the ship referred him
to the master of the Scotia, who would not receive or
permit their assistance or advice. The Scotia having
carried away her hawsers, and not having succeeded in
getting the ship's head towards Howth, abandoned the
Scotland, at half-past twelve. The master of the pilot-
boat got the charge of the ship, and placed his cutter
astern to steer her ; made sail on the ship, put men to
the pumps, and a trawler a-head towing ; succeeded in
getting her head to the westward, and at 4 p.m, came
to an anchor in Ireland's-eye Roads ; the Prince steamer
seeing the state of things, offered her assistance, and
anchored near all night. On the 20th, at noon, she took
her in tow, the pilot-boat still acting on her steerage,
and all hands from trawlers, &c., at the pumps, by
which means she was barely kept afloat. The ship was
got into Dublin Bay, but had to anchor at 5 p.m. last
evening, one mile west of the Bailey Light, in conse-
quence of the violence of the wind, and tow hawsers and
aiming breaking. The ship parted her chain cable in
two hours, and drifted out of the bay, the Prince and
pilot cutter still attending, and towing, At 8 a►.m,, this