The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

DALHOUSIE.

S. LAING.

COLLISION IN THE IRISH CHAN-
NEL, AND LAMENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.-IVe deeply regret to state
that this morning, shortly after two o'clock, the Dublin
mail iron steam- ship Iron Duke (600 tons burden) came
into collision with the brig Parana (200 tons), outward-
bound from this port for Montreal, about three leagues
to the eastward of Point Lynas Light, by which the
the latter vessel was nearly cut in two, and so sudden
was the accident, that six of her crew, includiag her
commander) (out of eleven on board in all), were
thrown into the water, and perished. The brig, it ap-
pears, had a light on her poop, and her mate also ele-
vated the binnacle-light in his hand, and shouted to-
wards the steamer when he saw her coming rapidly into
dangerous proximity; but, as he conjectures, he was not
heard, owing, probably, to the noise of the engines, and
the steamer, before the brig could effectually alter her
course, ran into her abreast of the fore hatch. The
night was thick, or what seamen term " dirty," and it
were improper to attribute blame to either party, from
the information we have yet received, though it is de-
rived from both parties.
The following is a copy of a report from Lieutenant
Parsons, RN., with which we have been kindly
favoured :—" At 2 15 A.M. on the 10th September, struck
the Parana, a brig of about 250 tons, with general cargo,
from Liverpool to Montreal, out one day. Her captain
and five of her people went down, three jumped on
board the Iron Duke, and two were saved by the boats,
which were launched for that purpose. Captain Wilson,
who perished, is stated to be the principal owner, and
has left a wife and family. Lynas Light bearing W.
three leagues when the collision took place.
" GEORGE PARSONS."
From the mate, an exceedingly intelligent seaman,
and three of the crew, we learn the following particu-
lars :—Tke brig Parana, Captain Wilson, a vessel of
200 tons burthen, sailed from Liverpool yesterday, with
a general cargo, for Montreal. About two o'clock this
morning, when about six miles to the eastward of Point
Lynas Ligbt, made a vessel, that proved to be
the Dublin mail steam ship the Iron Duke. Saw her
bearing down upon them, but was no way alarmed.
The brig had no light forward, but a poop or high quar-
ter deck, and no bulwarks on the quarter (merely a rail),
and a towering skylight about three feet above the deck,
in which a light was fixed. As the steamer neared the
mate hailed her (but the noise of the engines was so
great that he conjectures he was not heard), and imme-
diately took the light from the binnacle and held it up,
but without effect. The brig was on the starboard tack,
steering about S.W. half W. when she was struck by the
steamer a little abaft the fore rigging, between that and
the fore rigging and the foretopmast backstays, and
went through the starboard coomings of the fore hatch,
and reach the larboard ones, thus nearly cutting her in
two. In th's a.tt. ai in four of the crew managed to
get on aboard the Iron Duke by the bowsprit, and the
mate, who ran aft to call the captain, who was lying
on the lockers, got entangled with some of the
wreck, and was severely though not dangerously hurt.
He was eventually saved by the boats of the steamer,
but how he has not the least recollection. The mate, as
well as all the seamen we have seen, positively state that
the engines were not stopped until after the collision took
place— but that the night was exceedingly " nasty."
The names of those saved from the brig were—William
niche% mate (badly hurt) ; William Cover and John
Martin, seamen; John Craig, cook and steward. An-
other man, whose name we could not learn, was also
saved.
Those drowned were—Wilson, the captain; Alexander
Stewart, second mate; George Coates, seaman; also the
carpenter and an ordinary seaman. The captain was, it
is stated, a married man, and has left his wife and Eve
children in this town to deplore his loss.
A subscription was immediately entered into on board
the steamer, on behalf of the survivors, and, we learn,
very soon amounted to 401.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN ARTISTS.—It iS surprising
how partial every nation, except the English, is to their
own artists ; a Dutchman will prefer the high finish of
his Mieris and Gerard Dow, his Ostade and Berghem ;
the Fleming will celebrate his Rubens and Vandyke,
Teniers, and Rembrandt ; the Frenchman will boast of
his Le Brun, Le Sueur, Bourdon, and dispute the merit
of his Pouiasin even with Raphael ; while the Italian
looks on them all with contempt. And even in Italy,
every province contends for the precedence of its own
school against that of all the others ; whilst the English-
man is pleased with everything that is not the production
of England.-IVorthcote's Life of Titian.
SEA SICKNESS A REMEDY FOR JAUNDICE.—Mr.
Percy narrates a case of jaundice which had existed for
three or four months, and was cured by a violent attack
of sea sickness. followed up by brisk aperients. Within
twenty four hours, several small gall stones and a quan-
tity of inspissated bile were discharged, and the patient
soon recovered.-31edicul Times.
POLICE VIGILANCE.—On Friday night, Sergeant
John Gunn observed a female hurriedly leaving a noto-
rious house in West Register-street, and suspecting all
was not right, followed at a distance, until he got the
assistance of one of his men, and apprehended her in St.
Andrew's-square. lle found in her hand notes and
sovereigns to the amount of 401., and on being ques •
tioned as to how she got possession of it, she said she
" didna ken" where she got it. After lodging her in the
police-office, he proceeded to the house in ques-
tion, and apprehended other three women on suspicion,
but could get no trace of the person who had lost the
money. However, about nine o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing, M'Levie, the officer, was sent for by a gentleman,
who stated that he had been robbed of a considerable
sum of money the night previous in West Register-
street, and described the money. The officer invited him
to the police-office, where, to his astonishment, Lieute-
nant Di'Lellan produced the cash, which was imme-
diately identified. The whole of the prisoners were re-
mitted to a higher court.—Caledonian Mercury.
FIFE RAILWAY.—We have received the last issued
prospectus of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Company. The proposal now made is, that the crossing
of the Tay be made immediately above Newburgh, by a
swing bridge from the north shore to the island of Mug-
drum, where the navigable channel is only about 400
yards wide at high-water, and 150 at low-water of spring
tides. By this bridge the trains will be carried
over without the least interruption to the navigation
of the river. " The remaining part of the channel of the
river (says the prospectus) between Mugdrum and the
north shore, being dry at low-water, will be passed by a
causeway or road formed on piles placed so far apart as
not to interfere with the salmon fishings." By the pro-
posed changes a reduction of 300,0001., is calculated on
the cost of the railway. We certainly would have wished
that the line had been carried from Cupar to Dundee ;
but on the completion of the scheme as now agreed to
by the Provisional Committee, we think there can hardly
be a doubt that a branch from Cupar to Craig head will
be immediately contemplated and carried into effect.—
Fifeshire Journal.
DISTRESSING DEPRIVATION.—A daughter of Mr.
Stephen Stephens, smith, of Llandilo-fawr town, named I
Anne, aged ten years, died after a few hours' illness on
Sundry, the Ist instant, at ten o'clock, also Thomas, a
son, aged three years, at three o'clock of the same day ;
and on Tuesday, the 3d inst., David, another son, aged
six years. On Wednesday the three were buried in the
same grave in Llandilo Churchyard. Thus, suddenly
Mr. Stephens was deprived of all his children, who, a few
hours previous were pictures of innocence and health.—
Cambrian.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE SIFT. 9.—The crops here
are good ; the price of wheat is falling. Potatoes are
plentiful, and selling in the market by the farmers at
2id. to 3d. per stone of 141 b. Herrings, at Shields, are
selling at ten to twenty for a penny. In this town they
are six for a penny. All this abundance is, doubtless,
the result of the patriotic exertions of the Anti-Cora-
law League.