Some anxiety was felt as to the P. & O. steamer Clyde, which left' Marseilles a.m, on the 4th inst., bound for Ins Alexandria, and which was due to arrive Malta on the 6th inst., but had not been reported up to the 8th inst. In consequence, the Admiral Commanding at Malta sent the Government tug Storm Cock in search of the steamer. The Clyde arrived, however at Multa at 6a.m.on the 9th inst., having encountered a terrific hurricane in the Gulf of Lyons, with most dangerous seas. Her storm sails were blown to pieces, but the ship behave magnificently, pulling through without damage, although she was foreed to be have-to for 48 hours. A handsome testimonial has been presented by the passengers to the captain, officers, and crew.
A Reuter telegram dated Malta, 9th Dec., says:—The P. and O. steamer Clyde, which was three days overdue, has arrived. Captain Gordon, her commander, reports, that the vessel encountered a terrific huéri-Saturday while off the island of There was a tremendous and confused sea, surpassing anything in his experience." While the vessel was lying-to in the height of the storm the steam ing-rod was earn After culty she was fitted with hand.zear, but this was almost immediately smashed, and tad to be repaired four times before it finally held: Beyond this mishap and the loss of one boat the Clyde suffered no damage. She behaved magnificently in the trough of the sea, but it was a trying time for the officers and crew, who were on continuous is imps in, elficers, and crew.
Mr. H. S, 4 cool and the chief officer, determined at his work, was conspicuous lo is among the older of the vessels which form the spi _ndid fleet of the P. and O. Company. She was built 1881 by Denny Bros., Dumbarton, and is a steel three-masted screw ste mer of and 2,198 tons nob his 390 ft., breadth 42 and depth 24 ft. Her engines are pable of driving her at a speed of about fifteen knots por hour.—London and China Express.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.