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London, England, 1858-11-22 00:00:00

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fleeted. with the rescue of the, r
•brig on the Irish coast, on liritlifegelirs
ssrlth
inst., by tholi,feboat -of the Natiotifil-f4thboal In-
stitution stationed at Skerries, as nand' by-A. !tr.-
.(sts
A. Hamilton, Esq., hon. secretary of the Skerries
branch of the society , be re 1, much 0 c
-interest:— .assst as:ssfrs ass. -isressesisse :•:•.essi' of
" The' brig was bound for- TrieSte 'from Troon
with a enrgo Off coal., registeredsiOnnage„3"33 Engs
lish Me4surementossslheanaffiris the owuer, with , -'°°ll
a crew Of--1-1-mensataatasEnglish_pilets_l4 Men in
Ou Sluid ilibliitikanst • 11/31 - • w
wind fronisthseast
.(-F*lloing a point or two Ito the
north at tiiiies),lhiis to an anchor clos; n'neleithe -
shelter of Wiii4iyArailand. On Monday morning,
the 15th inst., she had dragged her anchors nearly •
half-way across towards the rocks of Portrand. -
half-past 8 o'clock the Engltah: pilot cub awn
masts ; they came ashore-at ths-----rock-s-of-P-ertrand
a short tint idiot:. The lifeboat of the NratisnAl
Lifeboat Institution stationsel at Sherries WaS sent
by Mr. G. C. Jones, chief officor of coastguard at
Skerries, to the lientsmint senior of the coastguard
service, at Rush, at his request. - About 2 o'clock I
reached. the strand coming from. Dublin to the
south of the town -of Rnsn, aejseee_p_renarations
were making to launch the lifeboat off the carriage.
Sir Roster Palmer, Bart., his daughter, Mrs. Peel,
the -Hon. St. Jolut•Batler, the • Rev. Lewis Perrin,
Mr. Tighe, and Mr.. Gray, .were on the spot, ren-
dering every assistance in their power. The-life-
boat Was soon after launched, with her own crew,
Joseph Clarke, chief boatman, first coxswain, vi
the absence of her coxswain • H Alex. amiltor,
commissioned boatman, who his - not as yet' reco-
vered from the injuries he -received at the wreck of
the Mary on the-JIA-th October last; David Willson,
:boatman, second coxswain, both st•S:ering with the
sweeps. -Trici-e-Was -a-Whble gate-of easterly-wind,
and the sea.tuaning high on the flat strand, with
a strong ebb tide carrying us to the southward. In
about two hours c had pulled off into about two
fatb 0 OLS of-wet-els-through some of the heaviest seas
I have ever seen, many of us being, twice nearly
washed out of the boat, the green water at the s ;
times unbroken on the top of us. We had great diffi-
culty in getting clear of the masts of a schooner that
was sunk there five 3. ears ago, as they still show over
the water. Seeing that some of the men were
completely exhausted, and that there was no
chance of reaching the hull, and, above all, fearing -
that the strong elibtide would carry us up on the
rocks of Portland, I desired the lifeboat to bear up
for the entrance of Ragerstown stream. There was
great difficulty in preventing the life-boat broach-
ing and going in over the bar. At half-past five I
gbt her crew into the watch-house at Rogerstown
Strand, and had them provided with food, sending
to Skerries for their day clothes, not allowing them
to leave ths*Strand, and keeping,the lifeboat afloat,
in,hoPes of being able to get off to the hull at every
moment, but the night. passed over without any
change for the better in the weather. With great
zeal and-aetivity.Mr. A. Townsend, harbour-master,
Balbriggan, assisted by Mr. Hamlet and Mr. Carey,
brought up by land. the small life-boat belonging
to G. A. Hamilton; Esq., M.P., which, when
manned by James Calton and his family, had been
the means of saving the whole of the crew of the
Mary on the 19th Oetolocr. Carton and his sons
remained on the Rogerstown Strand, and prepared
to go off to the hull if a favourable moment arrived.
At daylight., on Tuesday morning, the 16th inst.,
we saw the hull still riding to an anchor in 4;1,-
fathoms of water, in the same spot. Just then a
large paddlewheel steamer bore down on her from
the eastward, the sea breaking over her several
times ; she kept ahead and then astern of her, and
about her, for more than an hour, but finding it im-
possible to render any assistance, she seemed to
bear away for Kingstown Harbour. ;Af >3 o'clock
Captain Boyd, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Ajax,
arrived by railway-, and immediately ordered the
rocket apparatus to be sent to the coastguard sta-
tion over the rocks of Portland, finding that -if the
hull parted from her anchtrs on an ebb tide she
must go ashore thece. He considered that we had
brought the lifeboat to the best point of the coast,
finding that in ease the hull broke away on the
flood tide she would come ashore on this strstul.
either north or south of the mouth of Rogerstowit
Stream. At 5 o'clock, Col. Taylor, M.P., came
dowh-to the watehleuse,and encouraged the crew
of the lifeboat to persevere in their undertaking.
As the night closed in, we cheered the men working
hard at the pumps ; but there was no change for
the better in the weather, and the sea broke more
heavily and with greater Violence than ever on the
shore. At three o'clOck on Wednesday morning,
17th inst., we found the wind began to •le ;sen, and.
at four o'clock we prepared to off again in the life-
boat. About five o'clock, accompanied by my
skipper, Peter Carlon, we got down the stream
towards the bar, and after a hard pull of two hours
and a half, we neared the hull, the sea breaking
over the lifeboat for the first hour with the same
violence' it had done on - Monday. On coming
alongside two oars were broken in trying to keep
off; in seeing that a rope. was not
.at. once thrown
aboard us, we dropped astern and hove our grappling
iron on board. Some of the crew seemed anxiona
to save their clothes, but the first coxswain called
out that we were there only to save life, and that .a
moment's delay would not be given. The mate
secured the ship's papers, and as an opportunity
offered we took the thirteen men off the ship's
quarter by twos and threes at a • time
without an accident. I ordered the line
to be cut instantly, leaving our -grappling iron
on board, and-bore up for-Rogerstown, the first of
the ebb now making strongly against us. As the
additional weight of the lifeboat caused the water
to rise through the valves to- the height of four
inches in the boat, the English pilot had some diffi-
culty in calming the fears of the Austrians. Some
of them became- much excited as we entered' the
broken water: We had only four oars of a side, RO
kept her hard on, allowing. the seas to kick her in
over the bar, the sea still breaking into her at
times. Knowing that there were a number of men
on the hull, Mr. G. A. Hamilton's small. lifeboat
(in-the absence of the Cartons) was launched. by
Thomas Jones, commission boatman, Rash station,
William Jones, William Furray, John Butler; and
Francis Cosgrove, Esq. With the utmost :daring
they crossed the -bar after the lifeboat, with the
praiseworthy objecf of rendering every assistance
in their power. A‘hey'._ would have reached the
hull, but as we were returning I hailed them to
make in again for the shore, thinking it safer net
to run the risk of putting any of the Austrians into -
the small lifeboat in such a heavy sea. In crossing
in over the bar one of their oars broke short, when
they were in the greatest danger of being swamped-
At half-past nine o'clock all were safely landed, the
master and owner apparently much hurt, and one
of his men had. his head bound rip, both being
severely injured in the cutting away of the masts.
The English pilot with the Austrians went on to
Dublin from the Rush Railway station at. 11 o'clock,
having in the mean time received every attention
from Mr. Carey. Ele had food prepared for them
on their landing on -board one of his own vessels
then lying in Rogerstown.
"Mr. Hamilton adds that the whole of the life-
boat's crew behaved admirably and to his entire)
satisfaction during the three days and two nights.
This lifeboat has proved herself in every way to be
well calculated for such a service: as that she per-
formed so nobly -to the poor shipwrecked foreigners
on this occasion. A more persevering and deter-
mined act- of gallantry on the part of the lifeboat's
crew has seldom been recorded. The greatest
credit is duo to Mr. Hamilton for his intrepidity in
accompanying •the lifeboat's crew in the boat, and
hiS determination not to -leave the spot until the
shipwrecked crew were rescued from their appa-
rently hopeless position. lie has on previous occa-
sions distinguished himself in saving life at the
imminent riskof his own."

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LARGE MEETING OF THE TYNE
SHIPOWNERS.

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A great meeting of the Tyne shipowners was
held on -Friday evening, the Mayor presiding.
A resolution was adopted to the effect that the
time had arrived when the British Government
should appeal to other nations to put us on an
equality with thein If they should persist or re-
fuse fair play to our shipping, the Government
should. put in force the provisions in the statute of
the 15th and 16th Viet.,• giving the Government
p ever to put -the same •restrietions. on foreign ships
as they placed-on. the British vessels. in their ports.
The lion; HENRY G. LIDDELL, member for South
Northumberlarid,:said that to ask Parliament to re-
trace its steps in free trade were wise than-use-
less. No Government, 'whether 'Whig or Toil-,
would dare to take the responsibility of imposing
differential duties on foreign shipping. Ile thought
that.Government.should not be asked to do it;` but
that the House of Commons should be asked to ap-
point a committee to inquire into the navigation
laws. .He imputed tho depression in the shipping
interest to the reaction of the Russian war, and our
late overtrading and monetary panic.
The meeting was apparently disappciutea with
iegard 'to "the.; aid they had looked for from Covern-
ment, and.by the opinion expresSed by Mr. Liddell.
The: promoters of the meeting refuSed to read the
lett& of Mr. Lindsay, in which he avowed hiinself
write to restrictions en foreign

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