The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

NEWS FR 01 THE WHALE FISHERY.

Further intelligence has this week been received
from the whaling grounds in Davis' Straits, by the
arrival of the Dundee Whale Fishing Company's
screw whaler, the Narwhal, Capt. George Deuchars,
which vessel arrived on Monday afternoon. She
left the fishing ground on the 23d September, and
Sirral Head on the 24th, and saw the Chieftain of
Kirkaldy and the St. Andrew of Aberdeen lying
there, at the bar. The number of whales seen'dur-
.

ing the present fishing season has not been very
great, although the number taken has been more
than usually large, compared with those of
recent years. The Narwhal caught thirteen
fish, and brings 120 tuns of oil and about eight
tons of whalebone. Captain Deuchars fur-
nishes the following report as to the state of the
other vessels at the fishing when he left, and the
number of fish taken by each at the date men
tioned

Fish. Tuns. Date.
Peterhead, Sir Colin Campbell 2 10th Sep
Aberdeen, Pacific -
- St. Andrew clean 14th
Dundee, Jumna 2 -28 11th
Tay, screw steamer
Dundee, screw steamer l5 75 4th
Kirkcaldy, Lord Gambier 3 38 21st
Abram 3 40 7th
Chieftain 1 14 7th
Hull, Emma -
- Diana, screw steamer 6 65 21st
Chase, screw st., left Sept. 7 15 120
True. Love, left Sept. 14 8 90
- -

The Narwhal also brings home news of the total
loss of the whaling ship Advice, of Dundee, Capt.
Walker, belonging to the Tay Whale Fishing Com-
pany, which happened about one o'clock in the
morning of 23d of July, in the ice, at which time
she had 110 tons of oil. The vessel had been com-
pletely squeezed by the pressure of two floes of ice,
between which she had been caught. She had
been sailing to the northward at the time the dis-
aster happened, and had entered an inlet in a
field of land ice, and had been hooked to the
field. While in this position the ice closed in
upon her so fast that it was found impossible to
get her out of her perilous position, or to make a
" dock" in the ice for her, and the consequence
was that as the ice closed upon her she was
crushed to pieces. The crew were compelled to
take refuge on the ice, and we believe have saved
a portion of their clothing and other property which
was on board. They remained 48 hours in this
desolate position, after which they were picked up
by the Emma of Hull. One man belonginc, to
Kirkaldy, whose name we have been unable to
learn, died on the ice ; and another seaman, named
Robert Mackenzie, belonging to Dundee, died a day
or two afterwards on board the vessel which relieved
them, both deaths being caused by the exposure of
the two days' residence on the ice. The crew of the
unfortunate vessel was afterwards disposed of
through various vessels fishing there, and the
Narwhal brings home nine of them. The Advice
was an old vessel, having been built in 1785, and had
she returned from her present voyage, she would
have made, it is said, 55 trips to these hyperborean
regions. The weather is reported to have been very
foggy at the time the vessel was lost ; and the ice
was very heavy, and is said to have been from 9 to
11 feet thick.—. Dundee _Advertiser.

TILE

LATE

MR. ROBERT
ON.

Yesterday afternoon workmen began their pre-
parations for the grave of the lamented and talented
engineer, Mr. Robert Stephenson, in Westminster
Abbey, under the superintendence of Mr. Knight,
clerk of works under the dean and chapter, vello,
by a singular coincidence, has been associated for
many years with Mr. Stephenson in the construc-
tion and execution of the principal railway works
in the kingdom.
The spot selected for the grave is very near the
centre of the nave, and it will lie between the bodies
of two men of eminence, both endowed with rare
qualities, and noted as benefactors to the human
race in their day and generation. On the left lies
the celebrated engineer Mr. George Telford, the
constructor of the suspension-bridge across the
Menai Straits, whose plan for crossing the straits at
Bangor was at the time looked upon as the produc-
tion of a master mind, but which, since then, has
been altogether eclipsed by the stupendous erection
in close proximity to it, known as the Britannia-
bridge, connecting Wales with the isle of Anglesey.
On the right hand side is deposited the body of Dr.
Bell, the founder of the Madras system of teaching,
and which is up to the present day the adopted sys-
tem of instruction in the national schools of the
Church of England. The grave is only four feet
from the level of the pavement, and the latter has
not been disturbed for a considerable distance since
the interment of Mr. George Telford, which took
place in February, 1834.
It is expected that all the most eminent engineers
of the day, members of Parliament, and private
friends, will attend the funeral, which will take
place to-morrow (Friday).
SOLEMNITIES AT NEWCASTLE.—Yesterday no-
tices were issued by the mayor of Newcastle-on-
Tyne, and by the mayor of Tynemouth, requesting
the inhabitants of those towns to close their shops
and places of business at noon on Friday, on the
occasion of the funeral of the late Mr. Robert Ste-
phenson. Similar marks of respect will be shown
by the towns of Gateshead, South Shields, and Sun-
derland. The mayor of Newcastle, the sheriff, town
clerk, Alderman Dodds, Alderman Bell, and other
gentlemen connected with the town and trade of
Newcastle, will attend the funeral of Mr. Stephen-
son ; and, at the request of the workpeople of Robt.
Stephenson and Co., the vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne
has intimated that Divine service will be held in
the venerable church of St. Nicholas, at noon on

Friday, which will be attended by all the men in
the employ of the well-known firm. The banks will

be closed, and, in fact, there will be an entire cessa-
tion of business in the northern district during the
funeral of Mr. Stephenson.

'VRECK OF THE SIIIP HEROINE,A?TD

LOSS OF LIFE.

Particulars have been received respecting the loss
of the Heroine on a reef about two miles from
Ronne, while on her passage from Greenock to
Cronstadt. Captain Brown states that he came
round Fakerbo Lightship on the afternoon of the
33th September with a fresh breeze from W.S.W.
He set studding sails, and steered an E.S.E. course,
until shortly before the ship struck. The night was
dark and cloudy when he went below at midnight,
after leaving instructions with the mate. When he
came on deck at 4 o'clock next morning the weather
was rainy and hazy. 'The mate called his attention
to what he supposed to be two vessels' lights on the
lee bow. The wind was, then S.W. by S., and had
been the same since eight o'clock on the preceding
evening. After being on deck for some time, Cap- -
tain Brown states that the lights appeared more
distinct, and he began to fear they were on the
land. A good look-out was kept by him and the
watch, and about forty minutes to 5 o'clock, he being
himself forward looking over the bows, he thought
he saw the loom of the land close by the lights, and
in this he was confirmed by the opinion of one of the
men: The helm was immediately ordered to be put
up, and the ship was kept away N.E. by N. until the
chart was examined. On this being done, Captain
Brown altered the course to N.N.E., and then went
forward and looked over the starboard bow. At this
time he supposed, judging from the appearance of
the land through the haze and darkness, that they
were about two miles off, but at this point the
ship struck slightly. The captain immediately ran
aft and hove the helm hard. a-starboard, but it was
too late, for she stuck fast. All hands were imme-
diately called, the yards braced, and the fore and
aft canvas set to try and lay her over, but she never
moved. The sails having been clewed up, they'
were boarded by a number of boats from the shore,
with the crews of which the captain made an agree'
ment to take the ship off; but the wind freshening
and the sea rising, they could not carry an anchor
out. The pumps were sounded, but it was found
the ship was making little or no water, there only
being 20 inches when the boats left. The crews of
the boats requested .the captain and crew to go ell
shore, but the captain declared his intention of net
leaving the ship, at least till she began to make.
water. The ship, having strusk several times on'
the stones, began to make water, and then ordere
were given to let go the anchor and to prepare for
leaving the ship. By this time it was blowing
hard, and the sea running pretty heavy, but as the
ship lay broadside on, the crew had a good oppnr:
tunity of getting into the boats. The longbow,
was therefore got into the water and some-elothet
are., put on board. At this juncture the ship canted
head to wind, and the sea began to break heavily
over the longboat. The jollyboat was launched
out at the gangway, and two men got into her,
while one man remained in the longboat to keep
her clear of the side ; the remainder of the ere %
were on the point of getting into the boats when $
heavy sea broke over them, stove the longboat,
leaving the man barely time to get out of her before
she sank. One of the two in the jollyboat having
the painter the boat fell broadside on to the sea, an
was swamped. Of the two men who were washed out
one got hold of two of the oars, while the other re'
tamed his hold of the boat, which turned on her
bottom again. In this way both nearly reached
the shore, and every endeavour was made to save
them, but of no avail. The body of one of theeb
Neil Bell, of Islay, was found shortly afterwards'
.
but the other, named Alex. Adamson, a native
Ayr, has not yet been found, although a number 01'
boats have since been on the look out for the body'
The captain further states that the ship lies about
two miles N.N.W. from Ronne, and one mile frent!
the land, and on the Vetra Uda Reef. "No such
reef," says he, "was laid down in my chart, which
was a new one I had bought in Greenock. It. is
lost along with all the rest of my charts, w 11.1%
were in the longboat. I have saved the sb'Pt
papers. They were washed ashore in my 01,e5,.:
which was also in the longboat." The ship Tr.
since been surveyed, and it being found impossiT
to get her off, she has been declared to be a wreck'
—North British Daily Mail.