The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-30

nephew ofMr. Creilly, Of Limerick. who was q pas
senger on board) In day or two. would most
respectfully beg to suggest it would be desirable to
procure the log Of the Renovation, which have no
doubt the owner, Mr.. Emanuel Young, Of North
Shields, is in possession OF.
JonN JERvIs PALMER, Inspector Commander.
Confidential and Immediately
COAST GUARD OFFICE, April 7, 1852.
SiR-Adyerting to my letter Of yesterdays date
confidential 10, ibcg to enclose copy Of . further
report this day, received from Commander Palmer ;
also copy Of the Statement of Mr.. Simpson "
therein alluded to. Any further information that
nav be sent here on the subject shall be duly for
warded to you without delay. / am, sir, your most
obedent servant, A. ELLIcE
Captain HAMILTON, r. NJ, Sc.
Copy
$50 p. NJ, April 4, 1852.
About tho 10th of April, 1851. Mr.. Simpson, then
mate Of the Renovation, saw two full rugged ships
(about 6 A. NJ, one larger than the other) on an
iceberg about 10 or IL feet high, about five miles
long. The largest vessel was on her beamends,
and upright with topmast on end and no topgaliant
mast. The Renovation was then about 80 miles
west Of Cape Race and the iceberg about five miles
northwest. The master was very sick ut the time,
and the mate could not take ii upon himself to bear
up for the iceberg Mr. Joseph Lynch also saw
the vessels besides all the mates. Tho Renovation
at that time was under double reefed fore and main
topsals and forecoursc, blowing very strong. The
morning was very clear, and the mate cannot recol-
ect any further particulars, and cannot tell whether
the log is on board the Renovation, or whether the
owners have it. The owner is Emanue, Young,
a large shipowncr in North Shields-Northumber
land-souare.
+. S.-Mr. Joseph Lynch, nephew to Mr.. Crelly,
at Limerick, a ship chandler.
P.S.-Sir,--i sendth from the British Queen to
save time, not being ablo to get any particu-
lars ! am, 81. your obedient servant,
L. CHowN, Chief Officer, Tarbert
KyLKIE, county Of Glare, April Z, 1852
SRI beg to forward you true copy of an ex-
tract, written by passenger on board the RenOva-
tion on her passage to Quebec last year. and which
was published in the limerick Chronicle of the 2Sth
OF May. 1851 The editor having only one paper
remaining. is unwilling to part with it.
Mir. Creilly hopes to have the original letter, in
few days. am,
JonS JERvIs PALMER, Inspecting Commander
The Controller General, Coast Guard
Custom House, London.
Limerick Chronicle, May 2S, 1851.
Extract from letter from passenger who sailed
from this port TO Quebec in the Renovation on the
9th of April last
QUEBEC, May 9, 1851
We arrived here yesterday. after passage which,
for the first IL days, promised to be one of the
to the west of tho Bird Island in the Gulf at the
time we met the ice, and having been for l6 days
coasting along it, with fair wind ever since. 1t
has been very rough, and number Of ships have
suffered severely; indeed, to attempt to give, any
description of the ice would be useless. We have
sailed for 60 miles Of a stretch, seeking an opening
without being able to effect one, which was most
yexatious, as had We not met with it we should
have made the passage in l5h days The icebergs
we met with were frghtful in size, the bases of
some Of them would rec times over the area
Of Limerick; and do not at all exaggeratc when |
say that the steepie Of the cathedral would have ap
peared but n small pinnacle compared to the spires
some Of them; and most to be regretted is, that
We n n
ships on it, which | am almost sure belonged to
Franklin s exploring squadron, as from the latitude
and longitude we met them in, they were drifting
from the direction Of Daviss Straits Was there
but a single one, it might have been . deserted
whaler; but two so near each other, they must have
been consorts. They were to windward of us, and
heavy sea running at the time, with thick weather
coming on, so that we could not board them.
CRUISES HOTEL, LIMERICK. April 10, 1852.
SIR last night forwarded to the Comptroller
General of the Coast Guard Mr.. Simpsons state
ment to me. and also examined a sailor on board
the British Queen, who was on board the Removal
ton at the same time; he entirely corroborates the
statement Of Mr.. Simpson. ] put to them every
question / could think of with respect tc the
yessels and have sent all the direct replies could
obtain. Mr.. Simpson is most respectable young
man. and said that he had often thought they ought
to have boarded the vessels, for every on board
considered them TO be Sir John Franklins ships; but
the captain Of the Renovation being ill. when Mr.
Simpson reported to him tho vessels in sight he
replied 'Never mnd'' which prevented him from
taking the responsibility upon himself. think it
would be very advisable for Mr.. Simpson to proceed
to the Admiralty have enclosed a sketch Of his,
with the other papers, of the position Of the two
vessels have likewise obtained Limerick
Chronicle, with the letter published in it, of MIR.
Lynch but the original letter, Mr. Creilly tells me,
islost-I am, &C.. JOHN JERvIs PALMER.
TO Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, II. N, Admiralty.
Copy)
COAST GuARD-oFFicE, April II, 1872.
Sr-Wi,h reference to my letter Of the It'll inst,
have the honor to transmit for the information
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, u
copy Of the further report Of the Inspecting Com
mander at Kilrush. forwarding the statement made
to him by Mr. Simpson, of the British Queen, re-
specting the two ships seen in the spring Of 1851
with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland. and
transmit sketch of the position of the vessels as
furnished by Mr.. Simpson. as also the copy OF the
Limerick Cluonicle alluded to.-l have, Sc,
A. ELLIcE, Comptroller-General.
The Secretary, Sc, Admiralty.