The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1852.

(sere.) Bet ate time was gone by when working men
essuld be made slaves of. The in te Iligene• that was growing up
amongst men was teaching them, that when the master
CMS into the shop—no matter how crusty and surly ho
might look—that he was no longer a eresture to be regarded
with fear or dread. (Hear, and a laugh.) It the musters
would emus and reason with them, he believed they were
open to argument. Hitt one of them said -" You chaps
can talk too much for us •" Ile said in reply—. li's
very strange, if that is an, that we who have had no edu-
cation, having had to labour ten or twelve hours milay,
should be an over-match in talking, for you who have
hero reared in the lap of fortune, and taught in the
Iscsuschouls -the tree schools of the country, schools, by-
' the bye, which w./1) never intended for you, but for
us." (Cheers and laughter.) Now, as regsrdol the
struggle, they must prepare to meet it They were nut.
and having been turned out they would be traitors to
themselves if they did not stick out till they had justice
done them. The snudgamsteel society was prepared to sop-
' port its member.. They had a fund of 2.)009(. That
would do something ; but the trade throughout the rerun-
try had agreed to a levy of one day's pay per wet k, which
would he or 64. front each workman, crud possibly the, ,
might thus obtain support without touching the society •
fund at all. Ile tens-,.: " That in C.,ll,l,pcnce of htq,ral
! of the employers in the iron trade closing their estatili.h-
merits, aiolforeing worl.suen, unconnected with
! any merit ty, upon their own resources, we call upon the
public to extend that sympathy towards them whack their
prewort position dionamls."
Mr. WM. HEM )1, secretary to the society, seconded the
motion. It ass:: strange thing thst the employer., a lOW
deprecaliog union., Mould hove forced one of thew own.
They had thus, in Met, crested what they called on evil to
destroy an evil. II there all anything wrong in am-king
nu n esenhining to prstect th:•rowlvew, surely there was
much greater wrung in the employer. combining to bend
deputations from a orkshop to workshop, to prevail upon
the owners to close them. (Ilear.) Hut it was a fort.
Toe two great firms so long aortu.tumcd to undersell each
other—the one in Ancoats and the oth. r in that Ilridge-
water.drect —hail actually become friend., and put them-
selves into a cab to ureic' shout from one workshop to
another, to induce the owners to join in this crusade against
the workmen.

BEARDSALL, an operative stocking-frame
maker, though opposed to over hours, thought that tor the
purpose of conciliation they might reconsider the question
of piecework, if the employers would agree with them
upon a fair scale of prices. (lie was listened to with im-
patience.)
t 7Mr. lIEMM said the employers would agree to no
Ration, because they knew their cause was a bad one. They
said if the men wished to confer with them, they must emus
singly. The milt must not come in union, though the cm-
plo)ers mit them in union. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. TAYLOR (of Reelelale), moved a vote of thanks to
the chairman, sod the matting separated about eleven
o'clock.

the consideration of the public. The feeling between
the skilled and the unskilled labourer was never so cordial
as at the present time ; and the skilled labourers were de-
sirous to take the unskilled by the hand, to make them
members of the society, and to give them all the advan-
tages which the member' of the m wiety now possessed.
They were morally and legally justified in all they had done;
and if they went nu Mg moderately end as met Ily as hitherto,
success R4Oeertain. Mr. Newton concluded by ugain urging
the men to be patient, persevering, sober, and self-reliant.
If they did anything to bring themselves within the rrsch
of the law they would involve the whole faht is of the society
in ruin, destroy their best fris rids, owl throw themselves
into a position front which it would occupy them years to
rise again. The speaker resumed his seat amidst hearty
applause, having spoken mono than an hour and a quarter
Mr. J. HEATH proposed the third resolution, which
was as follows :—"'(hat, in the opinion of this meeting,
the misrepresentations of n gnat portion of the press, con-
cerning the dispute in questimi, had arisen from a wiltul
perversion of (Berson the pat of our "moments. We trust,
tin refore, that the explanations ;riven this evening will have
the elfeet of inducing the intelligent portion of the press to
retract such unfounded:stateents, and place our cause
but Ore the public in a cle: m
trer light than it hitherto has been.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Jona hemmers,
and carried unantinemly.
Mr. JOHN HAWLINSON moved the fourth mole-
Gun :—" That we pirilgo ourselves to support those who
have been turned nut by the employers, so long as they
continue out of employment, and trust that they will not
return to their work until there is an amicable settlement
of the dispute." lie wished to know if the 111111 had asked
Mr. Platt for his establishment? (Great laughter.) If
MOH sere to be turned out of work and into the streets, he
would rather that they should purchase the establishment
at once, and occupy the men in it honestly in working to
support their fannies.
The motion having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously.
Thanks were voted to the press for their attendance, nod
to the chairman ; and after thine cheers fur Newton, the
proceedings terminated, about twenty minutes beftwe eleven
o'clock.

Lv.i.i.A.—This week 21 union men have been discharged
from work at the tstablisliment of Mr. Peter Fairhairn,
Leeds. They have not, however, heen discharged on the
ground of their belonging to the union, although the mru
entertain an opinion that this is the real e.tm'• of their di..
Mit,Md. Nu other Meal:011C, have as yet brio di ch:.rgtd.
lint few union men are employed at any of the machinery
establishments in this town.

llnisTot.—The factory of Messrs. Strrthert and Slaughter
at Bristol is still being continued as heretofore. Not a sin-
gle man hos left the employ ; indeed, the hest feeling ex-
ists hetrreen them and their employers.

TILE AMAZON.

TIIIRTEEN MORE LIVES sAVER

The following particulars are from our Plymouth
correspondent
The cutter Royal Charlotte arrived at Plymouth on
Thursday evening, bringing thirteen more peopic saved from
the Amason. These persons (the number was in the telegra-
phic summary given yo.terday as eleven) arrived here in great
distress, a, wilt b.! seen by the statement given below.
Atter floating about in an open boat fur Li hours they were
picked up on Sunday evening, the lth inst., by the Dutch
galliot Hillechina,Capt. S. P. Oruppellar, from Amsterdam,
bound for Leghorn. From the Dutch vc'sel they were re-
ceived by the Royal Charlotte, and brought into Plymouth.
The passengers, on landing, were conveyed to the Royal
Hotel ; and the seamen, firemen, 6.c., to Cole's Prince
George Hotel, Plymouth. The men will be forwarded to
their destinations by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Societr.
The following arc the names of the passengers and of the
men saved :

The Rev. Wm. Blood.
Mr. Kilkellv.
Lieut. WO% R.N.
Senor Juan de Cinut.
William Angus, second engineer.
Isaac Roberts, boiler maker.
Michael &cwt..
Angus Mclnnes, engineers' storekeeper.
C. Dewilney, maker.
W. Wall, stoker.
G. Webb. seaman.
Wright, ditto.
It. Ilarris, doctor's boy.

STATEMENT OF Till REV. WM. IltoOP.
The Rev. Mr. Blood states that he went to bed on the Sa-
torday night without taking off his clothe., and that about
half-past twelve he awoke. Soon after that he heard a cry
of " tire!" and he instantly got up, and going to the lar-
board side of the ship, walked into one of the life-bnats In
lowering the life-boat, a large hole was stove in the side,
' which required staunching, and one of the seamen's shirts
was used for that purpose, as well so the stockings belonging
to Mi. Kilkelly. Providentially there w. re two small kegs in
the boat, and with these they were able, by constant and per-
severing exertion,to bale out the water. There were no oars in
the boat, and they were left drifting during the whole of Sun-
day down to three o'clack in the afternoon, when a sail ap-
peared in sight, and then by tearing up the boards in the
bottom of the boat, and making paddles of them, they were
able to reach the chip, which proved to be the Dutch
galliut that afterwards brought them in. While in the
boat, the men had not a drop of water to drink or a bit
of food. Some of the party were without clothes, and
others only partly clothed, and the Spanish gentleman who
was saved escaped without any trousers or waistcoat, having
only his night clothier, on. They were drifting for fifteen hour.,
during which time the weather remained comparatively
calm, and the sun shone out brilliantly; but shortly after
they were taken .in the Dutch vessel a strong gale
' sprung up, and the sea became so rough that they could not
have lived had they nut been picked up. When Mr. Blood
came out from his cabin the lite-boat was being lowered aft.
He was first about to step into another boat, but that im-
mediately swamped, suit the passengers that were in that
must have perished. The other boat was being lowered
when he got into it, hut that instantly capsized and turned
completely ever, with hint and another man in it. It then
righted and was cut off, and they were saved. The other
passengers that were saved, and also the men, got
in by eliding down the ropes. As soon as the
boat had parted, as the steamer was in full
steam, they drifted off some distance from the
burning ship, out of danger. In a few hours after, they
saw her explode. During the night the passengers and
men in this boat heard the voicea of people in another
Twat at a distance, hut it being dark they could not see the
boat. They shouted out for assistance and for oars, but
had no response whatever.
The passengers speak very highly of the Dutch captain,
who treated them as well as lht means would enable him to
do, and was most civil and kind throughout.
After being out eight days, and encountering heavy gales
from the south-west, the captain consented to return on
bring promised payment of 604 and his port charges at the
lint English port that ho could make, and under that en-
gagement he returned, and put in at half-past six this
evening at Plymouth. The paasengen and men were most
miserably careworn, and their beards being of many days
growth, and their clothes much dilapidated, their appear-
*nee may be readily conjectured. Lieutenant Grylls has
relatives in the neighbourhood, and these he immediately
joined.

STATEMENT OF TILE SECOND ENGINEER.
Wm. Angus, second engineer, said—l was on duty at the
time the fire broke out. 'f here was no smell, sign, orappear.
once of fire. I was at the time in the after stoke hole,
blowing off the two after boilers, and half way up
between the two platforms I heard a cry of fire. I ran
to the feed engine, to fill the water upon deck, and
getting there a cloud of smoke met me, which pre-
vented my going further. On getting there I found
all the lamps were out, owing to the density of the smoke,
and Mr. Stone, the fourth engineer, assisting, but owing to
the smoke we were obliged to leave the engine. I beard
the chief engineer giving orders in the engine room about
the water, but we could not obey his orders. On getting
to the main deck there was a quantity of smoke, and on
going aft I found a number of the passengers and crew
breaking open the cabin doors to get up the after compa-
nion to the spar deck. On reaching it, I found them in a
state of confusion, and the flames reached the deck. I gave
them every assistance in my power in dealing out oars to
the people on deck. The blades of the oars were GR fire as
I handed them out. After I had done with the oars, I saw
the foremast life boat on the starboard side leave the ship
all right, with a number of people in her, and was just
dipped in the water, but the people got her right, and
baled out the water. On going aft, and looking over the
taffrail, I saw the dingy go clear, with several peo-
ple in her. I heard Captain Symonds call to get the
ship to the wind. I went to render assistance ; the tiller
was lashed to the port side. Myself and the second officer
cut the castings, and got her before the wind. I remained
at the wheel for some time, till Captain Symonds gave
orders for a seaman to take charge of the wheel. I saw a
gentleman, I think a Spaniard, come up the companion in
flames, and run aft. I tore the burning clothes from him.
Going to the starboard aide, I saw a boat upset. But a few
persons rose. The boat remained by the vessel bottom up.
Another which was just lowered, full of people, slipped
the after tackle, throwing the people into the water. I saw
several go under, a few rue. I met Captain Symons, who
asked me if I could go below and stop the engines ; that
was impossible, as the flames prevented any communication
with the fore and aft. On going to the port side I found
the stewardess, who was hanging to the rattling,. I tried
to put her iu a boat, but lust her. I met Captain Sy-
mons with a fire bucket, this was the last I
saw, but I heard him give orders to Mr. Roberts
to lower a boat which was full of people on the starboard
' side. At the port aide I saw a boat, and making a spring
humped into her from a distance of about 2.i feet, and much
urt myself in doing so. I saw on deck a boy dreadfully
scorched; I saw a gentleman, supposed to be the mad
agent, fearfully burnt. After lauding in the boat I found
she was stove, and filling fast. One of the firemen, named
Fos, took his drawers off, and stuffed them into the hole,
and all hands took their shoes off, and with two breakers,
which we stove in, baled her out. At daylight we passed
over some portions of thu wreck. One boa. MIA full of
shoes ; we supplied ourselves, and east the rest adrift. We

I sew a lady's blue silk scarf round one loan of the
wreck, but no body, or any signs of one. When
I left the ship the second officer was still standing
by the wheel, and one semen. Heard several voices, hut
could render nn assistance. On being asked for his idea
of the cause of the fire, he expressed his utter inability to
account for it, saying the alarm was first given by the
stoiekeeper, who saw the fire raging about thirty feet
from the engine.room. With regard to the engines not being
stopped, Mr. Angus state', that had the rules of the ser-
viee permitted, the engines could have been stopped at
the outset, but after the fire had extended, there was not
the host possibility of such thing being done. This is
the third wreck which Mr. Angus has experienced in the
service of this company ; one unfoctunate vc.scl was the
Forth. The general appear:oleo of the men indicated the
hardships to which they have been exposed; several of
them eceined to have been wounded either by falling
spars,a,rir lif. lg
th;ine fire
lfects of the , and *Lime of them had
their

INVESTIGATION AT SOUTI [AM ETON.
1111tOM uvu IPA'N IMPOLLTEILI

The interest in the incidents which attended the
above melancholy catastrophe deepens as the inquiry pro-
ceeds. Yesterday was devoted to Cie examination of the
fortunate individuals who haul been picked up by the Ger-
truicla and canna into Brtet ; and the eviderce of one of
them (Attwowl the fireman) got. fur to clear up the mys-
tery as to where the fire originally broke out. It will be
area by his evidence , that he first aaw it breaking through
the grated dour of the sture•room, and also that the oil-
tanks in that store-room leaked, the oil running out under
the door, owl over the boiler. Ile was positite on this
point, us he had more than once wiped it up. Men passed
in and out with lights, so that everything but positive
proof of ignition is established as W the original
seat of the fire. A most anxious observer of the
inquiry has been and is Capt. Warburton, !wither
to Mr. Eliot Warburton, whose uncertain fate causes such
general anxiety. On the previous day'o investigation, act-
ing on an erroneous impression, he asked whether any agent
or ofiTier of the company had requested Admiral Oininanney
to send out a steamer to seek the miming boats, hut
finding afterwards that there was nu authority for his con-
jecture, he requested that his query might he withdrawn from
the pruceedinie, which request WAS hawked by the chairman,
and meeilef to by the representatives of theress. The
facts which transpired during yesterday's evidence, spc•
Melly that part On a MCII Captain Warburton himself ex-
amined the witnesses, go far to prove, that in a charge of so
grave a nature no Inure than a commendable caution had
been exercised. The enquiry was conducted by Mr.
Shepherd (chairman), Col. Short, Captains Whivh, Mangles,
Nelson, Corry (Admiralty Superintendent), Barton,
Chappell (secretary to the company). Captain Walker, of
the naval department of the Board of Trade, amended to
watch the proceeding,. and examine the witnesses if he
thought necessary. The first witness examined was—
Charles Lang, stoker on board the Amazon, examined—
Ile said it was his first watch on deck on the night of the
fire. Bring relieved at 12 o'clock lie went down the fore
stoke hole. Mr. Stone called him, and he oiled a crank
three or four Waco,. Then walked round the port side of
the after funnel, and SAW mile inilurs lying "thick" then.
Soon heard a cry of " lire." Called out "put the don-
key oo," meaning the small engine used in washing decks.
The awake, however, soon drove them away from the en-
gine. Ile then attempted hi get into three boats succes-
sively. The boat into which he first got overact in the
water, and they were ohliged to try another. The cranes
caused We greatest ilitlleulty in getting the boats clear id
the ship, and into the water. There trete:three coatings,
wood, telt, and leuil, betweeu the coal sick. and the boilers.
John Bement!, u water tauter, examined—Was in his
hammock when the fire broke out. Ilcard some one say
" Ship's on fire." Was between asleep and awake, and had
not got up. and to a man named Carter, What arc you
making such a noise about ?" Carter said " The ship's on
fire." Then rushed on deck, and saw the fire coming
through the fore sti,l.e. hole. Went to the side, and saw a
boat turned time., and the people all filling into the water.
Went to the other side, and saw a boat hung up at one end.
Witness then got into the gig, and afterwards
jumped into the Bewail cutter. At that time they got
a mile astern of the ve,cl, and the enables
stopped. There were 17 in the boat. Kep..the boat before
the wind until mat wing, when they got on board the Ocr-
triable. The neat morning, art 7 o'clock, he picked up the
other boat, a hieh had made Brest light, but could not get
in on account of the aim'. Witness then went into some
details as to the position of the stare. room and boiler, which
have already b. en fully explained. When lie got into the
boat, found the plug out. Ile stopped it with his thumb,
and Mr. Stone afterwards plugget it with " waste " There
were only three oars in the bout. Nu one took charge.
Captain Chappell—Was it nut by her being hung up by
one tackle that the oars fell oat ? Witness believed so.
Captain Mangles—What became of the boat which the
people fell out of? She was the boat in which Mrs.
M.Lensian was saved. When they went away there was
scarcely anyone on the deck. !herd the captain say at the
first commencement of the fire, "Don't lower the boats."
Never heard any other order. The second cutter, in which
ho (witness) was, was as excellent boat, and stood the sea
well. They put her hefure the wield at once. Saw the life
boats both on We before he left.

Chairman--Ilow long was it from the time you jumped
out of your hammock until you jumped into the boat?
About three quarters 14 an hour. Had run about a good
deal. Went once to assist Mr. Trew, eke at the wheel, but
he said, " never mind, I can man ate it."
Capt. Warburton—You heard the captain say, " Don't
lower the boats," did theobey bin,? I can't say.—Did
they appear to run to the boas? Co ald not ray, but the
tire got on so quickly there Ca, no tune to do anything.
George Deal, quart, r-imuder, examined —1 had turned in
before the tire. I had been the last two hours on th,•quarter
deck. At 10 minutes to 10 o'clock the ship stopped. At
half-past 10 a barque came alongside. I went and took tho
lantern out, and showed her a light. I hove the log at
10 minutes before 11, and she was vain; only 6.6. She
was then lifting a little. Took in sail. Then turned in.
That was at half-put 12. Did not hear the first cry of
"Fire!" When he heard it, jumped on deck, but the
people could not come up the same companion, the flames
got on so fast. We then threw the hay over. The cap-
tain said, " Foul the helm up," which was done. Saw
several people escaping aft. Tried to steer, but the
dingy's fall had got entangled, and the wheel would not
work. I saw Mr. Vincent and others in the dingy.
Then saw the boat that had been washed out tossing
extern. The quarter-master says that two crews were
washed out before we got into her. When I left, the cap-
tain was on deck in his shirt. Mr. Roberts I did not see.
Mr.Treweekewas at the wheel.

Chairman—llave you any idea bow the fire broke out ?
No, only I think it came from the storeroom.
Capt. Corry) Where did it come from? From the fore•
stoke-hole.—Thil you hear the captain give any orders?
Yes, he said, " Leave the boa's alone, and try to save the
ship." Afterwards said, '• It's all over." Never saw him
after.

Capt. Warburton —What time elapsed betvrem the fire
breaking out and the people taking to the boat ? About
three.quatters of an hour, but I cannot say exactly.—When
the captain ordered the men to delay going to the boats, did
any obey him ? Not all.

Ales. Ling, quartermaster, examined—l was on the
watch from 12 to 4. I was on deck 10 minutes put 12. It
was then " all right." I breked at the compass. She was
W. by S. 4. In my judgment she was going 71 knots
through t►e water. I then looked forward and saw a flame
coming up the fore-hatchway. 1 gave the alarm. I had
orders not to leave the quarter deck. I saw people rushing
aft, and then it wus, " Clear away the boat." I
saw the captain. lie was tolling for water. Ho
told us to put the ship hard a-starboard, which was
tried to be done, but the wheel was fouled by the dingy
rope. I looked over the side and saw a boat full of people.
In a momeat she took a sheer, and the people were washed
out. I saw another boat with twenty people in it to which
the same happened. Then I saw it was all over, and got
into the boat, and saw Miss Smith hanging by a rope. We
said " Lower away, ma'am," and she did, and we got her
into the boat. A sea came and providentially struck us
astern, and cleared her out of the tackle. Then we found
the oars missing. We saw a gentleman in the water. We
were then two miles from the vissel. lle was singing out
and we got to him and got him into the boat. He had •
mast and an oar. Ile was sitting on the mast. We got
him in. (This was Mr. Olennie.) We heard one "screech,"
but we could not get near the permo. We consulted, and
decided to go near the ship to see if any one was floating.
We did so, but as wo approached the nivasine blew up,
and the oilmen-mast went over the side. We passed a boat
going rapidly before tho wind.
Captain Corry.—When did the dingy fall foul the tiller ?
That was about half an hour after the first alarm.

Captain Warburton.—Did you hear the captain give
orders to the men to go to the boats ? Nes; when he found
that all was over he said, "Clear away the hoats."—lid not
he before give orders to desist at the boats ? Yes.—Did the
people obey him ? Some got into the boats, but I cannot
tell who they were,—You saw people collecting settees, who
were they ? I don't know; they were crew and passengers.
—How long was it from the commencement of the fire be•
fore the helm was put hard up ? About three-quarters of
an hour. There was a delay from the fouling of the clingy.
—Then the dingy must have been let down very early ? -It
was very early.
Captain Chappell.—flow long do you think it was from
the commencement of the fire when the dingy was lowered?
I do not know; but it was the clingy fill that fouled the
helm and prevented my putting it hard up.
Daniel Brown, examined.— When I came on deck
I saw the fire coming out of the engine-room. I
ran down on the main ;deck to the pump but
was almost suffocated by the smoke. I gut on deck,
and saw the whole midships on fire. 1 heard the
captain say, " Don't lower the boats ;" but I, seeing all,
passengers and crew, lowering boats, lowered one, but when
she touched the water, the people were washed out. I thin
went to lower the opposite one, and she shared the same
fate. A third was lowered with the same consequences. I I
then went to the quarter-deck, and saw Mr. Roberts and
about twenty people, passenger. and crew. I then got into
one of the remaining boats in which Miss Smith was. The
boat sheered in and out. At last I got in, and we baled her
with our boots. While we were baling, I heard voices in
the water. We picked up one Mr. Evans, I believe, and
the other was Peter Kelly, my mount-fie. I suggested to
the quarter-master to drop down in the ship's wake to pee
if we could pick up any more penple. Uot near the ship.
and saw life lines hanging from the bowsprit, as if people
had lowered them down. I advised the quartermaster to
steer for Ushant. We sighted a schooner, and chased her
until we were tired. We chased her fur to miles; then we
gave up, and the next land we made was Brest lights. W.!,
kept rowing till we found ourselves in the breakers. W e
WSW there was nothing for it but to go to sea again. We them

shire.

, got tired and gave up rowing. We dosed away for some
time, but there was no sleep in our eyes. We then tried
again, made Ushant light, and shortly after we were picked
up by the Dutch galliot. I believe -I was nearly the last
man out of the ship. Messrs. Symons, Roberts, and Tr.-
wrecks were standing by the wheel when I left. One poor
man who was half burned to death " looked amazed ;" who
he wan I could not tell. (Supposed to be Mr. Goodriche,
4th officer.)
Colunel Short asked what WAS the smell of the fire o It
had the smell of tallow smoke. I have been in !iia West
Indies, and know the smell of tallow. I saw round
the settees. They were principally firemen. 1 saw Mr.
Roberts take a lite buoy from round the neck of a very tall
gentleman, and give it to a lady. Mr. Roberta said the
ladies should have the life buoys.
Gee. Harding examined- -lam a fireman. I scrambled
across the paddle-box, and gut to the quarter deck, wheru
I assisted the second officer in putting the ship round.
Then I saw a boat lowered, and the moment she touched
the water all the people. 2.1 in number, were washed out.
I saw a very tall gentleman, all in tunes, rush alms;) the
dart, and dance round Mr. %V. Angus in agony. Mr. Angus
endeavoured to put the fire out on tau. I
also saw a little child coi tire. I got into the gie, but got out
again. I believe she was strive by the erai.e. I away
in the boat with him hl'Lensian and the child.

Thomas Attwund, firemam, csamined--I was is the
middle watch. I was firing the after atoke-hole. I *sent
down to the larlemid tire boiler, and lay on a grating. If
the rod bap hail taken tire I must have seen it. I put
them there myself. There were twenty-five, and they were
partly on the ateam-chi et and partly on the iron t,san.
first li4W the fire coming through the grating of the attire-
room door. There is half the door solid, and half a getting,
to admit the air. The tire came out. the re, nail het fire to
the figs. I am coufi•lent the tire came out of the ature-
room.

Chairman—Had any one been in the store•room that
night? Oh, yes; there were people coming in and out all
night with and for oil and y.ei see Dl•Luu•s,
the storc-keem r, come out Vet, at A out etas to 12, with
a light ir, his hand, and the holler-make, aro with him,
and the fire broke out nt 111 minutes to one. Both stepped
over me, and I saw that noes had a light in hi, hand.
I am quite certain the fire came out of the store-room.—
Bow was the tallow stowed? It was %tow, din tanks.
Th,re wan also soft soap and oil in tank•.—Then what wits
there about to create tire > The tanks -ike4.—llow do
you know ? 1 saw them, and wiped away the kakage.
Captain Curry—What wan the store-reem floor ni.ale o(?
Two-inch boards.—And the oil got on the boards? Yes.
There was very li•tle oil. I did nut sae it in the store-room,
but on the toll of the boiler, when it had run out of Ow
store-room.

Capt. Chappell—Hid you report it ? No, several of the
men saw it.—llow long have you been in steamers? Ten
ycam.—Does your experience lead you to think thi re was
any danger from oil being on the boiler ? Oh, certainly
not.

The Chairman called upon the wanes, to state again
whether the fire had come out of the store-room, as his was
by far the most important evidenee they had yet rev-ived.
The short-hand writer her, read hir note., and the wit-
ness repeated hie evidence, repeating that he positively 1.3 W
the fire coming through die grating of the store-room door.
Capt. Mangles—llow did you bear the alarm first?
brother fireman cried out, There's a fire on the boiler."
Capt. Warburton—What boat did you ereape is? The
alter boat on the larboard side. Heard no orders given by
the officers. Capt. nyinour was running utruut frantic with
a bucket in his hand., I saw people about the settees.
They could not AZ constructing a raft. It would be impos-
sible, so rapid was the fire.
Captain Whish—hare you given this information to any
one else ? No ; when I left the vessel was stopped ; she
was only drifting. When I came on deck there were
several at the wheel. She was then paying oil.
Captain Nelson—Are you sure you saw the fire coming
from the store-room ? 1 through the grating.
Henry Carter, coal-trimmer, examined—l had been for
ward when I heard the cry of fire. I NOW my comrade
Rotten. I clung round him, and said let us Jump over-
board. I looked over the side awl saw Mr. floodriclie look-
ing out of his cabin. Ile was on fire. We threw him a
rope, and dragged him up on deck. lie WWI all on fire.
Ile rushed away, and we never saw him atter. I and Ro-
gers and a little hey got over the paddler, and got aft, all
three. I heard Captain Spoons give orders not to lower
the boats. Ile had a bucket in his hand, but could get no
water. I saw men obeying the captain's carders, clearing
the hay away. It war after that they went to the beats.
Captain Mangles—Did you pull Mr. Goodriche, the fourth
officer, out of his cabin by the outside of the visor 1 ? Yes ;
he was looking out of the window with hir face up. Was
all on fire and crying out for help. We threw Min a rope
and hauled him up, when he rushed away, and we did nut
ace him after.

I William Geadman, another coal-trimmer, examined. This
uitness's evidence was principally a repetition of previous
statements. The only new fart was that he saw the
stewardess clingiest to the foremost boat on the starboard
side. All the rest of the people had been swept out. They
bad hauled too quick on the blocks without raising her out
of the crane and she turned ever.
Mr. Vincent re-examined—l have been three years in the
company's service.
lelsamined by Captain Warburton—The life-boat would
hold you take any steps to save the people in the
water ? We kept in the wake of the ship until the waves
came in and nearly swamped her, then we put her before
the wind.—As the ordinary boats lived, might nut the life
boats have lived ? I do not know.—Might there not be
people floating about ? Yes.
Captain Warburton—Yesterday I asked whether the
agents of the company at Plymouth had applied to the
naval authorities there for a steamer to search fur the
missing boats. I subsequently withdrew that query, but
now I beg to repeat it. As if the agents of the company
did not apply, then the responsibility rests on the company.
Captain Chappell—l believe I can best answer that
question. At the time of the calamity Mr. Fox was not
our agent at Plymouth, but acted occasionally. Ile had
done a few little jobs, and therefore thought himself au-
thorised to wait on the Port Admiral, and ask him if he in-
tended to send a vessel. Admiral Ommanney said no, it
would be of no use. Mr. Fox wrote to the company to say
that he bad so waited on Admiral Ornmanney, and that
that was his answer.

Captain Warburton (to Mr. Vinrent)—Did any of you
who arrived at Plymouth suggest the propriety of sending
out a steamer? I believe it was suggested, but we agreed
it would be of no use. 1 thought that my first duty, after
providing for the crew, was to come up to London and re-
port myself to the company.
Captain Warburton (to Captain Chappell).—When the
Teasel reached London, was there any application made to
the Admiralty ?
Captain Chappell.—l should say not. The Admiralty
were made aware that the Port Admiral of Plymouth had
not scat out a steamer. That was, not by the directors,
but I mentioned it in a private letter to the secretary.
Captain Mangles.—You did not hear of the avei.lint till
Tuesday, when I was forty miles from London, andno
steps could he taken until Wednesday.
Captain Warburton.—But the unexpected appetrance of
the boat this morning shows what might have been
done.

George Tricker, another fireman, was examined, hut
nothing of importance was elicited.
Jos. Wiladon, A. 8., described his getting into the pin-
nace.

Chairmen.—Can you, as a seaman, account for the cir-
cumstance that not one of the officers, except one midship-
man, has been saved ?—I cannot.
CaptainChappell.—You cannot account for it, although
ladies and children have escaped ?—No.
Win. Lucas, a coal trimmer, gave evidence, but no new

J. W. Rogers, A. 8., examined—Said when he came on
deck ho saw the third officer, who said, " Don't be
frightened, this is not a merchantman, we have got plenty
of water." Witness said he feared there was too much tire.
Saw Mr. Goodrich almost burned to death. Got into the
boat with the lady and child. The lady hail only her night
gown on. Witness took off his jacket and gave it to her.
The little child began to cry for food, when one of the men
found a crab's claw in his pocket, which he broke and gave
to it, when it became quiet. In answer to Captain War.
burtoa witness said that Captain Symons' last words were,
"Don't get into the boats."
James Hellman stated that he lashed the helm hard up.
Saw Captain Symons running aft encouraging the people to
do what they could to save life. Ile and the captain order-
ingithe starboad life-boat to be got off thqsponsons. Witness
thought that if the vessel had been stopped sooner, and the
keel cranes were out of the way, everyone might have been
saved. In answer to Captain Warburton—Saw one :gentle-
man throw a deck seat over and jump after it. Never saw
any barque.
Michael Gould, the head waiter, gave evidence—The
only new fact was, that he saw the stewatilese clinging to
one of the boats, and afterwards drop into the water. Saw
no efforts made to put the fire out, after he came on deck.
In answer to Capt. Warburton, when the lo,at in which
witness was drifted back towards the vessel, saw two or
three people standing close to the taffrail.
The last examined was the little boy who had escaped
over the paddle-boxes with Rogers and Carttr. Ile had
nothing to state of importance. His messmate, who reused
him up to save himself, was lost.
The inquiry was then adjourned to 10 o'clock this day.

We learn that the Lords of the Admiralty yesterday
directed two Rummers, the Pont-lance and the Sprightly, to
sail immediately in search of possible survivuis from the
wreck of the Amazon. The director+ of the West India
Mail Steam packet Company provided n IT. cud train to
convey the order to Plymouth, which started from Pad-
dington about three p.m. yesterday. l'ity that this wasnot
done earlier!—Monsiof

AroTHECARIF.S.HALL.—Nutnes of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the science and malice of
medicine, and received certificates to !each..., on Thurs-
day, January 14:—Ilorace Fuleher Howard, New Huck-
enham, Norfolk ; Samuel I'artridge, Larla.ton, Stafford-

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LIGHTING WESTMINsTER lIXLI. WITH GAS.-
11,..r .mite days Nix workmen have Levu hu.ily employed
laying down go. pipes untie the atone flouring of West-
minster Hall. The pipes run along the aides of the build-
ing, and temporary wooden lamp posts, about • doyen in
number, are being placed at different 'mints. The lamp-
posts ore constructed alter the antique style, and will lie
surmount.' by lamps of a very elegant form. They uro
erected in consequence of the hall being the principal en-
trane, ru the two houses of parliament, and are expetted
when lighted to present a very pleasing effect, showing the
proNrtions and admirable intetual rind-work of this mag-
nificent hall.

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