The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-23 00:00:00

Heartless Conduct of Bremen Pilots.

On Friday morning Captain Tully and the crew
of the brig Lady Stewart arrived in South Shields.
The Lady Stewart was, on the authority of a tele-
gram from Bremen, announced to have been lost
with all hands. The latter part of the statement,
however, was proved not to be correct by the re-
ceipt of a telegram on 'Tuesday last stating that
the crew were all at Nieu Dieppe. Captain Tally
has supplied us (Shields Gazette) with the follow-
ing narrative of the circumstances of the loss of the
ill-fated vessel :

"We left Shields on Sunday, the 9th inst., bound for
Hamburg with coals, and all went well till Tuesday, the-
7th, when wo experienced a strong breeze from the S.W.,
with a heavy sea, which compelled us to take in our top-
gallant sail. We also sounded the ship, and found that
she was making a little water. The wind and sea increased
till about six o'clock, when it was blowing in heavy squalls,
and we took in the foresail and jib. The ship was now
labouring heavily in the sea, and on again sounding the
pumps we found the water increasing. At nine o'clock the
same evening the ship was struck by a heavy squall which
carried away our foremast by the cheek, and our maintop-
mast went with it. We at once sot to work to get the wreck
cleared away, and by midnight had succeeded in doing so.
On then sounding the pumps wo found 24 inches water in
her, and all hands at.once set to work to pump her out.
The ship was still labouring very much, and notwith-
standing all our exertions, we found about 7 o'clock the
next morning that the water was gaining on us. About
2.25 a.m. that day (Wednesday) we saw a cutter which we
supposed to be the Bremen pilot cutter. We bore down,
and found that it was her. The captain asked if we wanted
any assistance, and we replied by asking if ho would take
us on board. He shook his head. We then urged the cap-
tain to take us in tow, but he would not, and went away and
left us, although at that time we were in a sinking state.
At three o'clock wo saw there was no possibility of saving
the vessel, as the crew were quite exhausted with pumping,
and we made up our minds to leave and take to the boat,
although it was at the risk of losing our lives from the
heavy sea) which was running so high that we dared not
attempt to launch the long boat for fear that it would be
holed against the lee stanchions. We therefore launched
the skiff, a very small boat, and the eight of us got into
her. Wo could not take any of our spare clothes, and
were obliged to throw off our jackets, caps, shoes, and
stockings to lighten her a bit. We were nearly naked,
having only on our shirts and trousers. Up to the
time the mast Went overboard the ship had been very
tight. The pumps never sucked from the time we
commenced pumping. We left the ship at 4 o'clock with-
out the slightest prospect of our being picked up. At that
time Heligoland was bearing about E. by S., distant 24
miles. At 5 o'clock we suddenly lost sight of the ship,
which must have then gone down, as we were only about a
mile from her. On leaving the ship we were obliged to pull
with the head of the boat to the sea till about 9 o'clock, and
to steady the boat we threw a bucket overboard, with a line
attached to IL We drifted all night at the rate of about
two knots an hour, a high sea running all the time. Not
having a compass on board, we could not tell exactly the
direction we were going in,'but we judged by the sun next
morning that our course was S.E. At 5 o'clock on Thurs-
day we saw a vessel, which afterwards proved to be the
Norsken4of Sundersberg, Captain Patterson, bearing in our
direction, and after watching her for some time, and mak-
ing signals, we were glad to find that she had made us out,
and she immediately altered her course and boro down on
us, and took us on board. They treated us well, and did
all they could for n; till we arrived at Niou Dieppe, on
stllio
13th, when we reported ourselves to the British consul.
We left there on the 15th by the steamer Diana,
rived in London yesterday morning. The names Oirthoarse-
of the crew who have returned aro—Captain Tully; mate,
T. Tully ; carpenter, Richard Swanston ; Henry Bondage,
A.S., George Dixon, A.S., Edward Simpson, .A.S., and
Conrad Goodwater, boy. Another boy, who belonged
to Hamburg, preferred to go home, and wag left at Nieu
Dieppe."