The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-16 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. - The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Montrose, Captain S.
Lewis, arrived this evening at seven o'clock, with the usual
mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo.
in charge of Lieut. Langton, Admiralty agent.
The Montrose has brought home about twenty first
and second class passengers, and eighteen distressed
British seamen.

Her freight consists of 588 half chests of oranges, 50
boxes of onions, 17 packages of specie, 33 baskets of
potatoes, 11 casks of leeches, and 27 packages of sundries.
The Montrose left at Gibraltar her Majesty's steamer
Janus, and American store-ship Supply. At Lisbon, her
Majesty's brig Harlequin, United States frigate St. Law-
rence, and the usual Portuguese squadron.
The quarantine regulations are still in force at all the
ports, and there appears no prospect of their being re-
moved.

LOSS OF THE BARQUE TYNWALD, OF LIVER-

POOL, BY FIRE.

By the arrival of the Montrose we are put in posses-
sion of the facts relative to the total destruction of the
barque Tynwald, 203 tons, Captain Mills, of Liverpool,
in lat. 50 7 N., long. 8 31 W., bound to the Cape of
Good Hope, with a general cargo. It appears that the
ill-fated barque sailed from Liverpool on the 16th of
March, and that on the 24th the fire was discovered, and
from the rapidity with which the flames spread, and the
hold it had on the barque, attempts to 'subdue it were
rendered impossible, and the captain and crew were
compelled at once to abandon her to her fate and proceed
to the barque O'Ferrall, bound to Malta, which ship
they reached in safety, at the time steering towards the
burning ship, having observed the flames, and being anx-
ious to render assistance. Having taken the captain
and crew on board, they proceeded on their course, it
being found impossible to near the Tynwald, as at this
time i•he was in a complete blaze, and there was not the
least hope of saving anything out of her. The follow-
ing is the account of the destruction of the barque by the
chief mate, Michael Ryan :
" Saturday, March 24.—Steady northerly winds and
fine clear weather, all sail set. 30 min. past 6 rar.,
going forward to trim the sails, the watch (below getting
supper) came on deck and told me there was smoke
issuing from the main hatch. I immediately went down,
and finding the smoke coming very rapidly from the
main hold, I came on deck and took off the after-batch,
and, with one of the crew, John Jones, went into the
hold as far as the main hatchway, but (lid not perceive
any signs of smoke. We had no sooner returned on
deck than a cloud of smoke rushed from the after hatch,
and I immediately reported the same to the captain, and
orders were given to get water. From the first dis.
covering the smoke the time had not exceeded five
minutes before the ship was full of smoke fore and aft,
And it was found impossible to get below in any part of
the vessel to discover where or how the fire originated.
All attempts were made to extinguish the fire, but
of no avail. A vessel was seen N.H. about four
miles ; hoisted signals of distress, and orders were
given by the captain to clear away the boats,
and before they were over the side a cracking was
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be the barque O'Ferrall, of and bound to Malta from
Cardiff, Captain Paolo Decandia, 534 tons register. It
appeared they had seen the flames and were steering
towards us in order to render every assistance. After
hoisting in our long boat, they bore away on their
course. Our vessel was at this time in a complete
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List of crew of the late barque, Tynwald:—John