The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

The
willingness of men to place themselves under com-
mand at such a trying occasion, instead of abandoning
themselves to despair, and to an utter defiance of authority,
is • commendable trait in the character of the crew
of the Amazon. But who can estimate the mental
suffering of the unhappy officers of the Amazon?
If through want of skill in navigation they had placed the
lives of the crew and passengers in jeopardy, mortification
might have steeled them against life. But when through
no fault of theirs their ship was doomed to destruction—
when all their exertions had been unavailing and that
they were unable to assist those who were looking up to
them for the preservation of their lives, their sufferings
seem the extreme of human anguish. The unfortunate
commander tearing his hair, and exclaiming, "There is no
hope, my men ;" the poor chief officer turning away from
his imploring crew in mute despair—are scenes of human
suffering that are rare in this world.
Lansford states that immediately he got into the boat
he assured his companions that they would be sure to meet
with plenty of ships, as it was just at the entrance of the
Channel. lie was afraid to ask any one in the boat
whether he was hungry or thirsty, for fear of exciting
uneasiness, and he believes that every one in the boat
abstained from alluding to refreshment or sustenance for
fear of exciting dreadful thoughts of hunger and starvation
in case they could not make land or get picked up.
The two cagineers, Jacob Allen and V. illiam Stone, who
are amongst the people saved by the Gertruida' were the
last persons wholeft the ship, just as the fire had mastered
her.
The circumstances connected with Mrs. M'Clenan's

escape are most interesting. Upon the alarm being given
she wrapped her infant in a shawl, and rushed upon deck:
she was put into a boat without any garments but her night
clothes. Into this boat 15 or 20 persons placed themselves,
but being unable to free the stern tackle, the bow went
almost perpendicularly down ; sonic fell into the sea, others
scrambled up into the ship again. Mrs. M'Clenan was
partly thrown into the sea, but her strong maternal feelings
enabled her to save both herself sad the child. She
clung with her arm to one of the seats of the
heat that was fast, sod holding the child with the
other, remained in a nearly vertical position for half an
hour. Just when she became aware that she could
not hold on much longer, the two engineers and othen—tlie
hot to leave the ship—rushed to the boat, freed it from the
tackle, and jumped into the boat before it could get away.
Mrs. M'Clenan was very much bruised, and ia this trying
situation remained 17 hours, almost the whole time up to
her waist in water, from the sea breaking over the boat,
without food and without clothes. Even the infant's shawl
they were obliged to make a sail of, in order to keep the
boat before the wind. Seveutten hours after she escaped
from her berth, she was lifted, almost insensible, but still
clinging to her child, on board the vessel that rescued the
Port/T.
The directon of the Royal West India Mail Company have
generously granted a donation of one month's pay to the
survivors of the crew of the ill-fated steam-ship Amazon,
besides an allowance to nab rasa 421. 10e. as compensation
for the lees of his kit. The • :aboalwalaw sleeted in the City
on behalf of the widows awil diabill Si the unfortunate
sufferers progresses with =di gip% nod already 'Lomats
to nearly 1,0001. . _

THE TWENTIETH PARTY OP THMALE EMIGRANTS,
despethed under the auspices sail NI the ripener of the
committee, presided over ,by l St/lit Hon. Sidney Her-
bert, M P., assembled yesterlymming at the Feuchurth
Station of the Blackwell Iteibmg, sad were conveyed by
the ten o'clock train to Blackwell, where ono of
the Star Company's etcase-buats was in waiting to
take them to the Euphrates, a tine ship, of 8.50 tons
regisocr, bound for Sydney, which lay off Gravesend
pier. The party consisted of 66 young women, of ages
mailing between 16 and 30; their oempatious being chiefly
dinwmaking and domeetle service.
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