The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

The re-election of the vice-president and officers was
:hen proceeded with.

THE LATE CATASTROPHE AT KINGSTOWN-
SRARCif FOR CAPTAIN BOYD'S BOGY.

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The search for the body of this lamented officer
was continued on Wednesday. 'Saunders says •
" Yesterday from au early hour a diver, brought
specially from Holyhead for the purpose, was en•
gaged in searching for the remains of the late
lamented Capt. Boyd, but it is to be regretted that
the evening closed without the desired object being
attained. A crew of twenty-one men from the Ajax
manned the boat in which the necessary apparatus
was placed, and patiently awaited and acted upon
the signals of the diver, guiding the boat according
to his directions. The search commenced at a
point in front of the Adelaide-steps, and was
slowly but carefully carried on towards the
direction of the point whence Captain Boyd
and his men were swept into the sea. Early in the
forenoon the diver dikovered the body of Alexander
Forsythe, one of the sailors of the Ajax, in deep
water, near one of the sunken wrecks ; a spar, or
portion of the wreck, was lying across his breast,
and the body was almost quite unmutilated. It was
conveyed to the stores where the other bodies had
been laid. Intimation was sent to Mr, Harty, county
coroner, but that gentleman wrote to say that he
did not think it necessary to hold an inquest on
view of the body of Forsythe. Hundreds of spec-
tators were to be seen all day yesterday on the
pier and breakwater anxiously awaiting the result
of the diver's operations. It is now thought pro-
bable that the body of Captain Boyd may have
become entangled in the debris of the wreck near
which the body of Forsythe was found, as when
last seen Forsythe was standing quite close to his
commander. A gunboat was sent out early yester-
day, and some shots were fired in hopes that the
concussion might possibly have the effect of
loosening the timbers of the wreck. This, how-
ever, was a vain endeavour ; but it is not un-
likely that if a galvanic battery were applied,
with a sufficient quantity of gunpowder, or some
other exploding machine capable of acting under
Rater, the debris might be sufficiently broken up to
enable the diver to ascertain whether or not the
object of his search is retained beneath its pres-
sure. The depth of the water is believed to be
about five or six fathoms. His Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant and the Commander of the Forces
have written in the kindest terms, intimat-
ing their readiness to do everything that in
them lies to show honour to the memory
of the respected dead in the event of
the recovery of the body. It is stated also that
the Lords of the Admiralty have written a letter
of sympathy and condolence, to be read to Mrs.
Boyd when her state of mind shall enable her to
receive it, and have promoted her son, who is on his
voyage home from China on board the Inflexible.
At half-past one o'clock the remains of five sailors
were conveyed to Monkstown churchyard. Three
of these had been of the crew of the Ajax, and
two belonged to the unfortunate Neptune. All
the men from on board the Ajax joined the pro-
cession, and hundreds of the townspeople attended
also. The band of the 26th Cameronians performed
the pieces usual on such occasions, and, in short,
the remains of the poor fellows were interred with
military honours. Three out of the five men were
Roman Catholics, whose clergy had pe!•formed the
formularies of the Roman Catholic Church prior
to the funeral Procession, in which they joined, but
had no service in the churchyard. The burial ser-
vice of the Church of England was read by the
chaplain of the Ajax."
A requisition lies for signature at the Mansion
House, requesting the Lord Mayor to convene a
public meeting in order that the inhabitants of
Dublin may express their sympathy in the fate of
the late Captain Boyd and his brave crew, who
perished in the storm on Saturday, the 9th inst.,
in their efforts to save the lives of the crews of the
ships wrecked at Kingstown that day, and to take
means for erecting a suitable memorial of it. Capt.
Boyd's body has not yet been recovered. The sea
was so rough yesterday that the diver could not
continue his search.

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The Eastern Counties Railway dividend was
officially announced yesterday at the rate of only 2a per
cent. per annum, with a surplus of about £5,000, against
31 per cent. per annum at the corresponding period of last
year ; and the South Devon Railway dividend at the rate
of 2 per cent. per annum,
num last year. against 13s. per cent. per an
aid a visit of two
-
General Benedek has jest p
days to Trieste, to inspect the garrison and fortifications.
Re gave a grand banquet there, at which half of the
Austria guests
were private soldiers. A toast to the Emperor of
was drunk with enthusiasm.