The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

'RECK. I SPORTING I

A letter from Bombay, dated July 22, gives the
following details of the loss of the ship Tirzah, off
Henery Island and lighthouse :
The monsoon, after holding back for a long time,
and being at least a month over-due, has at length
burst upon us with great force, and the violence of
the wind and of the waves has resulted in the total
loss of the ship Tirzah, on the night of the 17th inst.
under the following circumstances :---The captain of
the vessel, which sailed from Newcastle, New South
Wales, bound for Bombay, it appears had not
heard of the erection of the Henery lighthouse,
and observing a bright light fixed before him
mistook it for the light of Colaba lighthouse (which
by-the-by, is a revolving light). The result was
obvious. He was soon among the rocks, in a
very heavy sea and terrific wind, and his ship soon
became a total wreck. Mr. Allen F. Shuttleworth,
deputy conservator of forests, has stationed him-
self this monsoon at the collector's bungalow
at Alibaugh, and from the beach adjacent early
on the morning of the 18th he noticed that a
ship was in distress off Henery Island. He im-
mediately collected a crew from among the
native fishermen of the village of Alibaugh, and
started off with them in the lifeboat to the rescue.
The surf was heavy and the breakers high, and
they were soon drenched with spray. Eventually
they came to the vessel, and succeeded in throwing
a line on board. Several lines were thrown from
the ship, but the tide was running so strong that
they were swept away. All on board the Tirzah
who could swim jumped overboard and swam to the
boat, and were hauled on board, with the exception
of a boy, who, although a good swimmer, could not
reach the boat, so strong was the tide. He, how-
ever, managed to swim to the island of Henery,
or Oondari, and, next morning, having recruited
his strength, swain across to the mainland. A
man who never swam before in his life jumped
overboard from the Tirzah and paddled. while the
tide drifted him down to the boat, when he was
pulled in. Another, not so fortunate, lashed him-
self to a plank, and, when near-the boat, a heavy
breaker swept him away. A lifebuoy was thrown
out to him, but he would not leave his hold of the
plank to seize the buoy, and so was lost. The
captain was the last of the swimmers who left
the ship. As soon as he got on board the
boat he told Mr. Shuttleworth that none of
those remaining on board could swim, and so he
had ordered them to tie themselves to the line
which made the lifeboat fast to the ship and jump
overboard. The men tied themselves as directed ;
but some jumped inside the chains and others jumped ,
outside—the sea rolled them round and round. Two
were thus drowned, their bodies hanging on the
back ropes, and two went down like stones. As
the tide made the sea rose until round the ship it be-
came a mass of broken water. The boat was knocked
about like a cork, and the people inside tumbled
about as if tossed in a blanket. Considering the
crowded state of the boat, the inmates stood immi-
nent risk of being capsized. As there was no chance
of rendering further held to the men on the wreck,
and as by staying there longer they jeopardised the
lives of the 27 men who were in the boat, the last
steering oar being smashed, and the sea increasing
in fury, they were reluctantly compelled to cut the
line holding them to the wreck and run into Thull
Creek. On reaching the shore a consultation was
held, and Mr Shuttleworth was very anxious to go
off again to the wreck with a crew composed of but
ten men of the survivors to rescue the remainder ;
but as, meanwhile, not a vestige of the wreck
of
remained, as both the steering oars and four
the pulling oars were gone, and as there
seemed to be no hope of doing any good
when they got there, with every probability of
the men landing on pieces of wreck which covered
the water, the proposal was abandoned as a useless
ri,k. The result was as they anticipated—the chief
officer and seven men floated in on pieces of plank-
ing, &c. ; the captain and 13 men were brought on
shore by Mr. Shuttleworth in the Alibaugh life-
boat, and the boy who drifted on to Henery (or
Oondarf) Island brings the total number of saved
up to 23, the crew all told amounting to 31.
Eight are therefore missing, of whom four wed
re
seen to drown alongside the ship ; one floate
away on a plank, and, being an old man, no
hopes are entertained of finding him alive; it is
feared that the other three have also met with
a watery grave. The lifeboat is not a self-
relieving one, and it took three men with buck ets,
baling as fast as they could, to keep
the
water from swamping her. Several of the men, in-
cluding the captain, reached the shore in a state of
nudity. The fishermen who manned the lifeboat
showed the utmost consideration for the unfortunate
men, and threw off their own clothing to
officers and seamen as soon as they were taken into
the boat. The coast is now strewn for miles with
?ebris of the wreck.

THE SILK MARKET. —The Salut Public of Lyons
reports the state of the silk market as follows :—" The
past week only
differs from the preceding ones by the in-
creasing quietness in silk transactions. The fetes cer-
tainly have had something to do with this, but the princi-
pal cause lies in the sluggish state of the manufacture and
in the condition of the various markets, which excludes
all desire to speculate. Prices are understood to be
maintained only in consequence of the rarity of
as soon as
wrought silks, and the belief is that,
the great manufactories of Piedmont shall have a supply
ofd water, the position will change, land holders show
themselves more easy. This scarcity of wrought fabrics
is, besides, not such that the markets could support any
considerable arrivals- there would soon be more than
enough. With floss silk it is different ; it is more
and more offered, especially in Asiatic silk, which is
now being replaced by good European for several articles.
Although the English holders continue firm, we cannot
doubt that they will at length comprehend the difficulties
of their position in the present state of things; and the pre-
sumption is, that if they do not decide to regulate their
Prices by the condition of European silks, they will not
for a long time be able to get rid of their stocks."CONSTI-
Mr. W. MonsisoN, M.P., AND
HIS
TUENTS.—On Tuesday evening Mr. W. Morrison attended
a public meeting at the Mechanics' Institution, Plymouth,
and explained at great length his conduct during the Re-
form debates in the recent session of Parliament, justify-
ing his support of the Government amended proposal as
being the course best calculated to insure the passing of
any measure. After stating the reasons which induced
him to take part in the tea-room meeting, the hon. gentle-
man proceeded to vindicate his votes in favour of abolish-
ing the compound householder and for the representation
of minorities, in respect of which votes dissatisfaction had
been expressed by some among his constituents. Mr.
Williamson, secretary to the. Plymouth branch of the Re-
form League, moved a resolution condemning Mr. Morri-
son's action in respect of Mr. Ribberd's amendment, and
in support of the representation of minorities ; but, after a
generally approving the
coursewarm dwishciuchs silso nr,.
maorrriessoolnuthioand
pursued was agreed to by
a large majority.
THE LATE MR. RARETS WILL.—A correspondent
has favoured us with a copy of the
will of the famous Ame-
rican horse-tamer. The document is truly characteristic
of the deceafed, inasmuch as special bequests are made of
several horses, whom he mentions by name and
he celebrated horse
Cruiser, by the taming of whom he mainly made his reputa-
tion, he leaves to his otherterickßay ; but Cruiser
is not to be used for any purpose than as a stallion,
nor for any purposes of exhibition, but he is to be kept and
remain on the farm where he now is, and within the stable
and enclosure now, occupied by him, or similar ones, as
long as he lives. The will proceeds :—" The said stallion
Cruiser must be well taken care of by the said Frederick
Rarey and his heirs, and must never be sold by either my
said brother or any of his heirs. And I hereby make it
a
special charge and incumbrance on all that part of my
hocstea,d farm lying east of the canal, so long a
in as
my said stallion Cruiser shall live, that the said
enclosure and stable now occupied and to be occu-
pied by him on the said part of the said farm
shall be kept in good repair and comfortabie and
safe condition, and that the said Cruiser shall, as long as
he lives, be furnished with suitable and sufficient food and
other provisions for his comfort." Ile then provides that
his brother, and any successor of his in the ownership of
Cruiser, shall have free access to Cruiser for the purpose of
using him as a stallion. It appears that Mr. Rarey left a
large property in America, and his remembrance of a large
number of relatives shows that his heart was in the right

place.
FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT ST. HELEN'S.
On Tuesday a terrible colliery explosion occurred at the
Little Deli Mine, Ashton, belonging to Moses Brotnilow
and Co.; by which 14 lives were lost. The pit is that in
which a similar fatality occurred in May, 1866. It is 460
yards deep, and the workings are upwards of 1,000 yards
in extent. The accident is said to have been brought about
by firing a shot iu the " Po" of one of the deceased,
Glaulen9rth.