The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-19 00:00:00

FATALIES AT SEA.

The news of two painful disasters at sea has just been
received. Intelligence has reached Liverpool from
Queenstown of the total loss by fire of the ship Blue
Jacket off the Cape of Good Hope. The Blue Jacket
was homeward hound from Lyttelton, New Zealand, and
bad on board a very valuable cargo. Her crew and
passengers numbered 77 persons, of whom 35 are missing.
It is not known how the fire originated, but all attempts
to subdue it failed, and the master (Captain White),
the chief officer, six of the crew, and all
the passengers, 34 in number, took to the
boats. After enduring severe privations for a
week they were picked up on the 16th March by the ship
Pyrmont. One of the passengers died shortly after. The
other officers and 31 of the crew took to the two lifeboats,
but aro still missing. The ship and cargo were fortu-
nately fully insured, but the cargo was very valuable,
there being 15,7360 z. gold, value £63,390, besides
£65,000 worth of wool. £4,000 specie was saved
in the long boat, but there was £4,000 more in each of the
lifeboats, besides £53,000 lost in the ship. The Pyrmont
reached Queenstown on Monday afternoon with the news.
The other disaster is the lbss by fire of the Omar Pasha,
but, happily, in this case there was no loss of life. The
Omar Pasha was bound from Brisbane to London. Tier cargo
of wool, beef, tallow, &c., was valued at £BO,OOO, and' it
was said she had also 130,000 in specie. The telegram
announcing the disaster is dated from Gibraltar. The
ship was abandoned on the 27th of April, but where is
not stated. Another tragical story of older date has
just been told in this country. The barque Java
left Massachussetta on a whaling voyage to the
South Polar Sea so far back as December 1867. At Cape
Verde Islands nine Portuguese sailors were added to the
crew, one of whom was accidentally drowned. The
captain blamed one of the sailors for the accident, and
placed him in irons. The rest of the crew mutinied, mur-
dered the third mate, and severely injured the first mate.
The ringleaders then deserted the ship, and took to sea in
a small boat. They suffered greatly from want of pro-
visions, but at length reached Java. They were arrested
by order of the American Consul and put in prison, where
one of them died. They have since been removed to New
York, where they await their trial.

The resolution submitted to the Fenian meeting
held at Cork on Saturday, which we have already
described as a failure, was as follows :—" That we,
the citizens of Cork, in this meeting assembled, do
most emphatically condemn the conduct of Daniel O'Sulli-
van, Esq., our late mayor, who, after having boon
elected Ly the people as their representative, and after
having been supported by the force of public opinion, has
chosen to desert his post and betray the confidence placed
in him, thereby leading the English and Scotch Parliament
and people to believe that the Irish nation has any coati-
&nee in foreign legislation." Tho noise and confusion was
so great that it was not possible to carry it. ,

We Lave already briefly reported the death, under
very distressing circumstances, of Lady Firth. The inquest
was held on Monday, at Bolton Bridge, and tho evidence
showed that the unfortunate Jady left the hotel, where she
and her husband had been staying for the past few days,
apparently in good health and spirit, on Saturday morning.
She was not again seen until her body was discovered in
the River Wharfs, at a spot about 200 yards below the Ab-
bey, known as the Puke's Bathing-place. All her jewellery
was found upon the body, and there being no evidence to
account for the manner in which she got into the water, an
open verdict of " Found drowned" was returned. The sad
event has cast quite a gloom over the whole of the Riding.
In the afternoon tho Lody of Lady Firth was remorsl W tke
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