The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

DERBY SPRII,
Weights for the
Age at lb
Early Bird
Mary
Stork 4 7 13
Weathercock
Katherine Logie
Jack Sheppard 5 7 9
Little Torn a 7 8
Questionable 5 7 7
Cossey
Blight
A ffgh a.n 5 7 3
Caliph
Westminster 5 7 0
Maid of Cadiz 5 7 0
British Remedy
Victory a 6 13
Knight of Avon 4 6 13
Prince's Mixture 4 6 12
I.Tly=ses
Diligent 6 6 11
Emulator
Tom Thumb 4 6 10

Age st lb
Mil la
Nicholas
Sluggard
b m by la.!, dam by
Johuny Boy (la b) 5 6 8
Old Stringhalts
Queen of the South 4 6 6
Old Fashion ...... 3 6 6
Ada
Vaulter
The Dupe
Huntington
Gulfina
Profile
Viola, by Ravens.
bourne
Fiction
Sir Humphrey 3 5 4
b c by Burgundy
out of Peggy 3 5 4
ch g by Stultz out
of Gentle Kitty 3 5 4

THE ACCIDENT TO THE TAMAR.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
We have been favoured with the following graphic
narrative of the accident to the Brazilian mail steam-
ship Tamar, which was forced to put into Vigo, on
her outward passage, addressed by one of the pas-
sengers on board to a relative in Liverpool :

" Vigo Bay, Coast of Spain, Jan. 22, 1257.
"My dear * * * * *,—l take advantage of the
Alhambra calling in here to drop you a few lines.
Of course you will already have seen by the news-
papers that the Tamar had to put into this port disabled.
I never saw anything nearer a case of sew-up than we were
in from the 10th till the 13th inst. We had the most ter-
rific weather I ever witnessed ; every thump the sea gave
us I thought would have carried away our wheels and even
the spar deck. The worst of all was, that in that dreadful
sea the crank pin of our engine broke, and the helm got
split into a complete bundle of laths, so much so that the
wheel had no power on it, as the stock of the rudder
twisted round like a wet towel. At the risk of his life a
man was let down over the stern and passed a, chain round
the stock. Cables were then attached to rings in the lower
part of the rudder, near the water, and wore reived on by
pulleys to a large spar laid across the ship. There were as
many as 11 men at the helm, and she was literally steered
by their main force. After the broken piece of the engine
was cleared away, and one wheel detached, we had to lay
to, as' the captain would not risk letting her go free with
such a terrific sea running. We lay nearly two days in this
helßless condition, expecting to hear every moment that we
had sprung a leak. Our upper deck is quite shaky now from
the fearful shocks, and every timber creaked as if it would
tear to pieces. Fortunately afterwards the sea went down
and the wind blew from the north-east, and we accordingly
got our sail set, and with one paddle working we went
along like a lame duck till we fortunately made this bay,
into which we were all extremely glad to have got I cau
assure you. A telegraph wasdespatched immediately by the
captain, and would likely reach Englaad on Monday last.
We bad hopes that they would have sent immediately
another steamer to take us on, but as we have heard by an
English steamer that touched here that the Tyne, from the
Brazils, was lost near the Bill of Portland, we fear the
company will not have one disposable ; in consequence the
captain has set to work to cooper up the rudder with iron
bars the best way he can, and the second engineer has
been despatched overland to Ferrol, a Spanish arsenal near
Corunna, to see and get a crank pin made. We require
one of about nine inches diameter; how it broke I cannot
imagine. Here there is no way of doing anything, as it is
a very poor place. The captain has hopes of getting off
by the beginning of next week, if a crank pin can be ob-
tained at Ferrol. Vigo is one of the most lovely and pic-
turesque places you can imagine, and we are all rather
pleased than otherwise at our detention here. If we get
off soon we shall be in Monte Video within a week after
the time we are due, as you will remember, had we gone
on all right we would have had to wait 10 or 'l2 days in
Rio. This we will now not have to do, as the River Plate
steamer will be waiting us, and will start immediately on
our arrival. We had a moat impressive service on board
the Sunday after our arrival. Many were in tears as we
thanked God for oar safe delivery from the dangers of the
deep. * * *,l