The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-10 00:00:00

NARRATIVE OF A SURVIVOR.

Mr. Neilson, one of three paasengers picked up by
the brig Marsden, on the morning alter the burning
of the Amazon, has addressed tho following letter,
giving the fullest connected account of the calamity
yet published, to the editor of the Times:

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Sir,—Nothing could he more auspicious than the depar-
ture of the Amazon from Southampton waters on her first
voyage, on the afternoon of Friday, the 2nd of January,
1852. She was accompanied by the mail tender, crowned
with the friends of the ship, the passengers, and the cap
Lin, by whom they had just been hospitably entertained
on board, and who evinced by their hearty cheers at patt-
ing how sincerely they wished us a safe and prosperous
voyage.
The Amazon was a beautifully built ship of 2,250 tons
burden, with a Rush deck of nearly 300 feet in length, pro-
pelled by two splendid engines of 400-horse power each,
stored with a supply of 1,000 sacks of coal, awl 1,000 tons
in bulk. Sin had on board 166 in all, including seven
women and two children—viz., 60 passengers and 106 of
crew and attendants. . . .

The wind was right ahead, but she proceeded steadily
on till about 9 o'clock, when the bearings of the cranks of
the paddle-shaft became 110 hot that she was stopped, until
by pumping water 1111011 them fur an hour, she was enabled
to proceed. This operation was repeated during the night
and following morning, and on Saturday, at 12 o'clock, our
position was lat. 49.12' loeg. 4.57. Towards evening the
wind increased, still ahead—our course west and by south
half south. Between 8 and 9 o'clock I was walking the
deck with Mr. nest, of Iluirliadoeus, speaking of the state of
the engines, on which they were then pumping. " You
appear very anxious shout those engines," said he; "is
there any danger ? " None," said I, "as long as there is
plenty of sea-room; but, with our engines stopped, on a
lee shore, I would not give much for our chance of escape
in such a night as we are likely to have from the appearance
of the weather." I hope," said he, " there is no chance of
tire, as we should have two elements to contend with." " I
hope not," I replied, " for we should have three, as It is
evidently going to blow a gale, and we must then look to
the fourth for our refuge." " God forbid !" said he," three
to one are tearful odds," Good night," and he went below.
I then proceeded to the engine-room, and found the bear-
ings very hot. I mentioned to one of the engineers my ap-
preheusione for the eight, soul recommended to slacken
speed ; while we were yet speaking, the bearings became su
hot that the contents of the grease-cup burst off like so much
steam. Mr. Angus, the chief engineer, who had been most
constant iu his attentions, was immediately on the spot,
stopped the engines, slacked the caps, and applied the
pumps for two hours before we could proc,:ed. I had se-
veral times during the day conversed with Mr. Angus
out the state of the engines, which lie told me he did
not expect would get settled to their bearings tor at least
a week.

From the necessity of keeping the bearings constantly
lubricated, a very lingo of grease stood at the door of
the store-room, which was under the galley. At about
half-pst 11 the engines were again put about, and I went
on deck and joined Captain Symons, who stated his appre-
i hensiou of a heavy gale before morning, when he expected
rain and a change of wind to the northward. We conversed
till midnight, when he went bylaw.
Being partially conversant with machinery, I felt anxious
about the state of the engines, and walked the desk until
half-post 12, when I again went to the engine-room, leaving
Mr. Vincent, midshipman of the watch, on deck.
The engines were then going at three-quarters speed, and
the engineer in attendance, 'inning his hand on the bear-
ings, told me all was going quite comfortable, and I accord-
ingly retired to rest.
About 10 minutes after I had left the dock Mr. Vincent
proceeded below to set the time by the captain's directions,
when he perceived smoke and fire coming up the fore-
hatchway past the ship's galley. He immediately gave the
alarm to the officer of the watch, and ran aft to inform
the captain, who instantly came on deck and directed his
whole enuirgh, to the suppression of the fire.
I had nut been in bed ter five minutes when I first heard
the alarm bell, and the erit sof " Fire," which were accom-
panied by the shrieks of several of the female cabin pas-
sengers, and rushing from my birth I saw the sparks and
dames ascending_the main hatchway above the engines,
and many of the passengers hurrying on deck in their
night-elothes.
1 retired to my. cabin and put on part of my clothes,
when the increasing confusion warned me to lose no time in
reaching the clerk.
The first person I saw on reaching the deck was Mr.
Burnet, of 1 rinidad, standing in his night-shirt, with a
life-buoy round him, which brought to my mind that I had
left a lifu.belt in my cabin, which I might perhaps recover
if I had yet time. I looked towards the Homes, which were
rising from the main and fore hatchways in so bright a mass
as to convey the impression that the fire had originated in
or near the oil store-room, and that there might be time to
regain my cabin, which I succeeded in doing, though the
windows were snapping right and left with the beat of the
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I could not at first lay my hand on the belt, it being dark ;
just u I had found it a tremendous crash of the glees panels
of the division at the end of the cabins announced the ap-
proach of the fire aft.
On leaving my cabin to regain the deck several of the
cabin passengers, appalled at the approach of tho tire, dared
not attempt the upproieli of the componion-stairs ; I urged
them forward in vain, and drawing a long breath I gained
the upper deck unhurt.
No description could convey any adequate impression of
the scene which there presented itself. With the exception
of the officers ants men of the night-watch, I was the only
lone even partially clothed.
Whatever human exertion could effect was attempted by
Captain 57111011% regunlless of himself, to induce the as-
sistance of other. to extinguish the flames ; but in vain, for
so rapid was their progress that all communication, fore and
aft, was already obstructed. The last order I heard him
I give was, " Fur Ood's sake, Mr. Roberts, put her before the
wind."

'Ph
is Mr. Roberts immediately attempted, and young Vin-
cent, who was lowering down the dingy, jumped to the
helm and put it hard up, until the ship paid off.
In the meantime the aftermost boat on the port side (I
think the mail hoot) was luwtred down, with probably 2.5
people in her; but the moment she touched the water she
swamped,*and all hands that were in her drifted astern, all
clinging together with dreadful shrieks.
The next boat forward (the pinnace) was also lowered
full, but by some accident tho alter tackle alone got un-
hooked, and she was dragged forward by the fore tackle
with such rapidity that the sea swept round her sides, and
washed every soul out of her.
The next boat on the same site was a No. 2 life-boat, at
which I observed several hands trying to get her into the
water while the fire was rapidly coming aft, and on the
platform of the paddle-box was a White's life-boat so Se-
cured as to render it almost impossible under such circum-
stances to get her loose. In the mean time Mr Vincent,
with three of the crew and one passenger, had got into the
dingy, which was hanging over the stern. A similar num-
ber of boats were on the starboard side. The aftermost
boat (which I think was the gig) was lowered only half
full, and got away A second cutter was lowering full of
people. In the next boat (a Green's life-boat) were about
12 of the crew, most of them dressed, trying to get her
launched, which, however, they could not effect, owing to
her keel bsdng socketed in the keel-crane, which projected
from the ship's side.
My first intention on coming on deck in my life-belt, and
seeing the confusion that prevailed, was to wait until a boat
had got clear and then pump overboard and swim to it ;
but, on observing the coolness with which the men in the
life-boat were working, 1 determined to share their fate,
and accon:ingly got into the boat to assist in launching her.
Our united efforts proved ineffectual; the fire bad reached
the companion, when one of the men, seizing my arm, said,
"Jump on deck, and haul away that tackle fall." We
both did so at the utter tackle, two other men being at the
fore tackle. We raised the boat, with the men in her, oat
of the gripe of the crane, and one of the men lousing the
bolt, I got over the ship's side and shoved the crane in,
and the boat began to lower.
At this time the second cutter had reached the water,
when a tea struck her bow, and as the ship nee from the
swell of the waves she lißed the boat perpendicularly by
the stern tackle and discharged all the unfortunate inmates
but two, who hung, shrieking, across the thwarts.
The' dames were now rushing up the companion with
such fury that they caught the two men who were
lowering the fore-tackle of our life-boat and burnt the hair
off the face of one of them, who immediately jumped iato
the boat, followed by the man at the after-tackle. I sprang
from the side, and slid down the tackle into the boat as she
reached the water, and as the other man at the fore tackle
did the same, I gave the word to but away. "Bald hard !"
said one of the sailors, who had far more presence of mind.
" Fend her off! If we drift under the cutter she'll stave
through us. Now cut away," said he, and we drifted char,
the doomed ship rushing madly forward, the Pport of the
combined fury of the three elements, so sadly alluded to in
my remark to Mr. Best. But far above the rotting clash
of wind and wave and tire rang the shrieks of the helpless
sufferers on board the ill-fated Aviator'.
From a moment of deep and heartfelt gratitude to Pro-
vidence we were roused by the cries of our drowning fel-
low creatures around us, to whom, alas! we could render
no instant assistance, for the oars were lashed midships,
and the rudder was stowed away. Of two loose oars that
hed been thrown into the boat, we pushed one to a poor
creature who was within five yards of us, but the shrill
bubbling cry which accompanit d his effort to reach it told
too sadly it was in vain.
We were now hailed by the dingy, which had left the
vessel about the same time as we, ourselves. She was fast
tilling with water, which Vincent was hailing out with his
boots, having cut the tope off. We called them to come
alongside, and took them into the life-boat, laying Mr.
Sisley, the passenger, who was more dead than alive, at the
bottom of the boat.
We took the dingy in tow, and got our rudder shipped,
threw the masts overheard (for we had no Rails), got the
oars out into their crutches, which we had not been able to
find till then, and pulled away for the burning ship, to try
to save some more lives. The fire gave us plenty of light,
though the moon was obscured by clouds. The wind, how-
ever, had now increased to a severe gale, and before we had
proceeded far on our mission, a heavy sea struck the dingy
and capsized her, drove her ou our stern, broke sive), our
rudder, and n• arly half filled us with water.
I was in the bow, and sang out to cut away the dingy,
and get her head to wind, which Mr. Vincent, who was in
the stern, had already commenced doing, and scarcely was
this aocomplishrd ere the approach of a tremendous sea

through the surf, and over the top of which our boats gal.
hotly rode, gave us ground for hope that we snit might
lire through that awful night. It was, hovre%er, redo to
attempt the rescue of those who were drowning round us,
The slightest deviator, from tho wind's eye, in a au.
would have swami, .1 our boat. Behind us th•- burning
ship abed a light which illuraintil the sky end m a tor miles
round. Before un the sky and sea seemed to meet an one
dark undistinguishable mass, the immediate approach of
the waves being indicated by a nobler; sound as their
crests broke far above our heads in a long white line of
foam, glaringly reflecting the light of the burning chip be-
hind us. In this position, without food or water (ter we
staved our only small water-cask to bale the boat when
nearly swamped), without compass or rudder, and several
only half-clothed, we remained for about three hour,, Vin-
cent in the stern and 1 in the bow, watching the approach
of the waves and giving the orders to the in. n to pull
starboard or pull port, so as to keep her head dead to
windward.

During this time we were drifting towards the -hip, whisk
was burning broadside un to the wind. Her mainmast went
first, and then the foremast, and a considerable time elapsed
before her misenmsat went ; directly after which I noticed
a slight explosion of gunpowder.: Previous to this a berme
hove in night, and passed between the stern of our b lint and
the burning ship. We judged her to be outaiird-bound,
from her being under cline-reefed topsails. A.. 41,• passed,
between 300 and 404) yards distant, we several times
hailed her with our united voice., strengthened by all
the energy of despair. She answered us, and ',railed her
spanker, and we thought woo preparing to bear up to out
. _

I shall never forget the deep sob of hope with which
I noticed these preparations, or the bittern.' of fed-
ing with which I saw him spread his canvass t., the wind
and wear round Past the stern of the burning vessel u he
left us to our fate. _ . _

For some short time past I had noticed a boat a shod
distance from our starboard Imam, which I btheye was tho
gig, with apparently about half a dozen hands in lo r. Sho
now began to call for assistance, which also we could not 4-
tempt to offer, the tea was running so high.
This continued for some time, when the hailing suddi ely
ceased, and as I never saw her afterward., though I oft. a
looked most anxiously in that direction, I cante.t resist Ilia
sad conviction that she thared the thte or the otl.er boat<.
About 4 o'clock it began to rain hravily, %%Midi heat
down the sea, and no the wind, which had rto Ilia a
S.W., got round to the N., it blew more steadily :UK, With
less violence. . . . .

We accordingly put the boat's bead down the unlit and
pulled away astern of the burning ship. ller chimneys
were red hot, and as we crossed her stern at the distinct of
about half a mile, her magazine exploded, discharging a
considerable number of rockets, and in about half us hour
after her funnels went over her side she sank le multi the
waves, and the red lurid light which for the Let five hours
had illumined the dreary expanse of oem an, and formed the
strong ground or hope tin the attruction of succour, was
eueccede.l by a gloomy darkness.
Remembering Captain Symons's observation as to the
change of wind in the event of rain, and having frequently
noted our course by the compass during the visions day, /
was enabled to form some notion, though a ensue one, of
the position of the coast of France and the British Channel,
sod we pulled away in that direction during the remainder
of the night.
The morning broke bright and clear, and never was a
rising sun hailed by an eastern devotee with more fervent
gratitude than that with which we blessed Almighty Pro-
vidence fur having preserved us front the complicated dan-
gers of suck a night. And, though our p.-Ilion and
prospects were by no means those which wou:d have been
selected from choice, the buoyancy of hope induced us to
think only of the chance of being picked up by a passing
vessel.

joineel Vincent in the stern, and we proceeded to elm
over our probable distance from land, and RA we knew that
unless picked up we could not make it for five or six days,
even with a favourable wind, we arranged for a dirisiun of
the men into watches, taking one each.
The wind considerably abated, and we pulled steadily on
for about three hours longer, when the man ou the look-oat
forward cried out that he saw a sail. At leant a quarter of
an hour elapsed before it could be again sighted, and still
longer ere at showed, by its increased siee, that it was out-
ward.bound. We immediately altered our course, and
commcncedpulling dead to windward, so as to intercept her,
which, with a couple of hours' hard pulling, we managed to
accomplish, and hailed her before the was aware of our ap-
proach. She was an outward-bound brig, and from her
white sails and green caboose we took her for a foreigner,
and one of our men bailed her in the Dutch lungs e.
As we bad been approaching her, thinking of the barque
that had leR us during the night, we were speculating on
our chance of obtaining assistance, but we little expected
that our first hail would lw followed by every exertion to
get away from us. The wind had, however, completely
lulled ; I saw that we had the speed of her, and I donated
to the men to give way, and we would board her by force.
This was unnecessary, for the captain, whom the gala had
kept on deck all the previous night, and had b. en asleep in
his berth when we first hail, d, now came on deck, backed
his mainsail and maintopsuil, and, calling us to come sp
alongside, cast a rope to make fast to our boat. Thouatt
the wind was down, there was so much tea on as to render
it a difficult matter to board the brig. Several ropes were
thrown over, one of which I seized, but from its only being
partially secured 1 fell overboard, but wan immediately
picked up, not • bit the worse, and we all succeeded in
getting on board the brig Marsden from London, bound to
Carolina. Nothing could exceed the kindness with which
Capt. Evans treated us all, giving up his beds and pro-
viding the best resources his vessel could afford. Ile lint
tried to land us on the coast of France, but the wind shift-
ing, he was obliged to stand out to sea in the hope of fall-
ing in with an inward hound ship. This not occurring, ho
determined to land us on the coast of England, and tried
for Falmouth. The weather became hazy, the wind be-
gan to blow, and as he had not been able to get a tight of
the sun at noon on Tinsels", and the weather thickening
in the direction of the English coast, towards evening
lie stood up Channel, made the Eddystone Lighthouse
about 11, and anchored in Plymouth Harbour between 12
and 1 o'clock. _ _ .

It seemed as if every vestige of the unfortunate Amazon
was destined to destruction, for the life.hoat in which ws
had been saved—and a better boat never was built—after
being towed to with 30 miles of the British co ist, wore
through the rope and went adrift. We all her
loos fur the moment, like that of a tried friend.
We landed ut Plymouth, and found our way to the
Globe Hotel, where we were received by Mr. Radmore,
notwithstanding our very quoidionable amourunce, with
the most hospitable attention. Supper, btrtx, suit money
were at once offered to us, and the following morning be
received our 18 fellow-travellers with the same kindness.

The Mayor of Plymouth also called the following morn-
ing with offers of every assistance, and I take the oppor-
tuuity through your columns ut acknowledging the grateful
ten-c I entertain of the kindness we have received. But a
far deeper debt of gratitude than can be thus acknowledged
is due to that Almighty l'owcr, she by Ilia mercy has mum
preserved us from the perils which that awful night saw so
fearfully combined against us.
I cannot close my narrative of this event without advert-
ing in the strongest terms of praise and admiration to the
conduct of young Vincent. Throughout the whole of the
dreadful scenes through which we paned, he never showed
the slightest symptom of fear or hesitation, or uttered a
single murmur or complaint.
Bits whole care seemed for the men, of whom he took the
command with the calmness of an old officer, and, having
on him, as one of the officers of the watch, when he escape
the lull complement of cloth, 5, he g.,ve his pea-Picket to
one of the men who had only a shirt on, a flannel shirt to
another, and handkerchief to a third.
I have been in scenes which have tried the nerves of har-
dened men, but never in any more calculated to try them
than those through which this young otficer passed mantled.
I must speak also in the highest terms of the steadiness,
tirmni FS, and unwearied exertion. of our boat's crew, who,
notwithstanding the heavy sea, and the crowded state of the
boat, with 2l in her, were most eager to brave every danger
for the chance of offering still further aid to their druwning
comrades, while the possibility of a chance still remained.
There are two or three points to which I wish to call &time
thin, in connexion with all steam vessels.
Them ought to be some means available on the tippet
deck of opening the feed-cock of the boilers (the 1/3411 who
did it on board the Amazon gave me a fearful account of
his marrow escape), and also of working the tire-hose from
the upper deck, but still more the means of being able to
stop the engines. Had this last been done, and half the
energy displayed by the gallant commander in lowering
the boats that was ineffectually expended in .:ittemptmli
to cheek the progress of the tire, there was ample host
accommodation, and of first-rate quality, to have saved all
bands. .

There were two of White's life-boats on the platforms
behind the paddle.boses capable of holding 3.5 men euh,
but they were so stowed away as to render it difficult tut
any ship's company to have lowered them under 10 minutes
each, even in broad daylight; two other ay-boats, in .'se
of which we were saved, which would rainy sately 2.1 tut.°
each, a mail-boat, pinnace, and cutter 20 mean each. alnß
16 men, and the dit.gy. Seven of these at least, and per-
haps the gig if weilmanaged, would have lived through
that night if proper crews hail been appropriated to each,
so as to lower and take charge of them; yet of all ?Ace', ad
far as I can judge, only one survived the wreck.
Though I know little or nothing of natiti, al .dfaies,l can-
not help thinking that the two best life-bouts might haw
been sufficiently secured and more available when .shl4
Of the Origin t f the tire I can say but little. Tl, re was
a number of new coal sucks very murl, tarred lying 1^.14'.
the steam chest and the nil store, above the grated pathway
lover the coals; but at half-past 12 c'elock I stood upposiu
to this, and all was safe, and at that time the engines acre
quite cool.
No blame can attach to the engineers, who were Partin'
lowly attentive, and Mr. Angus, the chief engineer. sss
almost constantly on duty. All the lights abaft the etielse,
room were out when 1 retired to rest, and I had bid goon
night to the officers of the watch and several of the alien os
deck when I went below, at half-past 12.
The fire first appeared coming up the fore luttchw..e, sad
within two minutes of the first cry, before the 1,11 ms
sounded (for I was wide awake), I saw the tire ru-i.ing up
the main engine hatchway.
When on deck the second time I had intended to leg
overboard and swim to the first hoot that got clear of the
ship, and 1 stood there for a short time before wren); to
the life-boat in which I camped, mid bad therefore an or
portunity of watching the heroic conduct of ('apt. Sygoes
and several of his officers and men in attempting to supplum
the flames, in which, if human exertions could has.. avuhd
anythinl, he would have succeeded.
Fate, however, had decreed otherwise, and wil,ss eke
other life-boat was got away, or the gig escaped, 1 h."
much reason to fear that our party of 21, who were loaded
at Plymouth on Tuesday morning, are all that are kilo

,utt d from England en Friday afternoon, In tM
I I .4
am, Sir, gnat oirodient servant,
, & Husain Nati-sox.

THU: I'ASSF:NISIF.RB LANDED AT fiREST.
1••• • tier, dated Brest, Jun. gives the par-
-
th.- circumstances attending the rescue of the
e:Espreas, and other haterestlas
..Th.. Dutch yew), Gertruida, Capt. Tonteler, entered
d.„ naals he n• to-day, with VI shipwrecked persons, who
a.m.,' front A terrible catastrophe, of which it is a miracle
that they are not the The 'Loyal Mail Steam-
pt to the West Indies, with a mew of
iis";,,gi 110 men, and al passengers, caught fire at the entry
wbe Ilay of Biscay, during the night of the 3d of Jenn-
y,• and di, r u viry short time the vessel was nothing but
aaraing In the midst of the confusion mess
sua .1 by the lthrts of the passengers to launch the boats,
a great number of people hot their lives. Two
only reached the Dutch ship, which has
en,..1 h, cc. She picked up the first boat yesterday
(mgal,y. the Ith of January), at halt-past six o'clock in
the vv. ring. and the second this morning at seven o'clock.
It t• unhappily to he fearvil that thy captain and ofilce ,rs
shod -,wed first though UlLiiailing courage, have perished
go!. damn. r "inn she blew up.
• la the pr.., lice ut such • catastrophe, the British Vice-
(' rood on the al.. nee of Sir Anthony Perrier, the (AM.
, ;‘ • I. ,It t .::fed in l'aris by his duties as a member
,: lot• ruatioual Sanitary Commission) loot no time
g, iseurae: to save the lives tat those who, according
tae acuotiote gives by the pa: mowers who have •
or. w. .11,4 in the frier or Live other boats which
e5.e...1 limn the wreck, and which, from all arprITILTICC,
oust 4111 II: .intaglio?: against the wave.. The 112.1 f L
Lis pref. ut was. immediately applied to, and he at once
azii..l to give vv. ry amietanee, and the Souttl, Ur ,termer,
%tilt h wa. in the hintuar. was intmediatu ly matered out.
thiharet. the worthy captain of the Suufileur,
r, ;anall for sea with • promptitude which does him great
tr. Alt Ile will, however, have gnat ilithrralty in discover-
ers:. the pet cite position in *hash the nielaucholy accident
,pp. Led, for the information Risen by the crew and pas-
. 141,i1 reamed by the tlertrubla is vague and smartie.
t atory that he mutt he guided • good deal by his own Ins
teliig, oce and etreumstanc, 'ftw Souffleur, notwith-
rnandom the .-tl'ort. made to 11.14,4101 her, was not able to
LAW the hamlet till nightfall ; but as there i. moonlight. it
at be abbe to be of raciest service, and the seal of the
c odain Se such as in.pire• great contioleme.
• 1 he whole of the shipwrecked passengers and crew, who
array, .1 by the Uertraida, have been brought ashore in
boat., awl a more melancholy spectacle than they pre-
Itlit.4l Maki not hr pictured. Among them are two ladies
said at-bald; and their inafferimrs may be conceived from
the tact that, besides all the other honor, they have gone
thnoigh, they were eepoe.l to all tlw inclemency of the
weather during nearly Iv hours. Anima in estate of nudity ;
for a. the lire woke out after the passenger hail retired fur
4, night, and the raging element spread through the dc-
verest with do...haunt rapidity, they haul not time to
aoyming, or 1.%1.".1 to tin... Iniuicikately on the new 4 of
the it arrival here, see.) al 1.05. s hastened to .coil them the
elerhin, which obey si more wanted. 'l'lse family of
tar Anthony Perrier also hurried to the aasistance of their
canutrewomen, and, with their ordinary lions*.
ad? . had the two Lights and their child removed to their
E .1.. . wh, re the, are how receiving the care and attention
ate,is thee so noueli require. brae of the ladies, Mrs.
Er,„,nait r eau nuan, t. severely burnt, 'but not to
Cue astir..r of her life. During the whole of the period
eft the alarm of fire and the time she left the ship,
•,lung with maternal devotion to her child (a boy
• r.".:-. n month. u 1.1), and, when so many others perished
eraitrivi.l to the lift, of both. Iler husband, wht;
•e• in the employment of the government at
14 in, a. who on board. She is still ipso-
too it hi. death, believing that he has ocaped in
one cif the other hoots; but her companions in misfor
tune declare that they think he was blown up in the
rt. r win-n the magazine blew up. The other lady
pas-eagle who hap et:rived here—Visa Anna Maria Smith—
/one. Inou Dublin, and, I understand, was on her way to
l'erm ltico. to joist a family in which she was to be
govern... The male passengers are all comfortably lodged
at an 11/1t,•1 here, by directions of the vice-consul. They
air aho completely destitute, both of money and clothing.
but have been amply provided with shoes, bats, and wear-
int apparel, by the vicaseonsul, who has also *reared anemia
to nutty them with the least possible delay to Morlaia,
whore they will be shipped for Lagland.
I have only to .4.1, that the captain of the Genial&
hr. acted with the most praiseworthy humanity. Ile not
eft y plaars,l ft rythiog an board his Ltlllti at the disposal of
our shipwrecked countram. n. hut had gone out of his track
!, tarry them to the nears it harbour.-

.1t the time of the poet leaving Brest on the tith.
the Soub.•ur had not returned. The Courier chat/farm of
the Bth ebearres that among the pa.•cagrn lost was M. de
rsabcr, the legitimist who received the Dueht as of Berry
.t the time of the insurrection in La VeroWe. Anotht r
Trench gentleman, M. Fahvrier, is al.o among the miming,

Oar Southampton correspondent writes as follow.
Ihe line of the Amazon iv the all.absorhing topic here.
Nothing else is scarcely spoken or thought of, nor is this
rurprising, considering the dreadful nature of the caw-
The. awl the anxiety and suffering it has caused amongst
tle• numerous friends and relative* of the crew of the
all-
fat. A telegraphic message was received yesterday
set. Corms, of the names of the additionat persons whb were
saved by a Dutch vessel and landed at Brest. The menage
was sent to Mr. Rayner, the news-agent in this town. In •
very short :pace of time the intelligence spread °vie the
town, and Mr. itayner's shop was regularly besieged by
p twin, eager to purchase a printed copy of the message.
%hen the frightful news was communicated toMrs. Symons,
the wife of the unfortunate captain of the Amami, the
shock to her was must dreadful.
•• Miss Brady. the sister of Lieutenant Brady, the Ad-
miralty 'runt. to whom the latter had always acted as a
parent, has been almost insensible ever since the news was
r,inintinicatril to her. I have spoken to the most eminent
it.s..l no II iu the town, and they one and all declare that
they Are by no means couvinced that all the boats went
Sewn, AT/II that every one has perished Meade.. the 46 that
hire already been found. Some others might have been
ricked up. they think, by outward-going vessels, and that
their esid. nee might nut come to light for some time yet.
••.% v.ry large crowd of persons eeiembled in the South-
areptint dock. this morning to witness the arrival of the
'levee ati.oner, in the hope tl. at she would have brought
the craw and pasrengers of the Amazon who were landed
a! bred.
The following circular has been issued at Southampton :
'lnes of the Amazon.—Southampton, Jaeuary 9, 1102.
e 7,—We are riatutsted by the mayor to solicit your
att, i..lsore at a public meeting, to be held at the Guildhall,
on Monday melt, at 12 o'clock, fur the purpose of adopting
sash immures as may be deemed expedient for the relief of
tile eider. and fatherlem children of the unfortunate 'af-
ire to by that awful calamity. Subscriptions will he most
thinkfuliv received by the mayor and hon. secretaries, and
tat bosky in the town.—We are, sir, your mast
nt •-evant*, Joust Hs easy Coogsair, JOHN Lave,
. cretariss."
lee Royal West India Mail Packet Company have
hewed the sulaceiption list with 100 guineas. Thomas
Eisele. Eel., M.P., the deputy chairman of the company,
has de, given 1119 guinea.. Captain Mangle., a managieg
doctor of the company, and his Worship the Mayor of
eoutleimptori„ have ale, subscribed liberally. Altogether,
apw 4,1, of 100 f. have already been subeerilsed in South-
menet towards the relief of the sufferer' by the lose of the
.tm,e,r.
A I. tier +steel Plymouth, Friday, says The improper
stew we of some tallow on board the unfortunate Amazon
acw even as the came of the d-struction of that ill-fated
r',p. The tallow was in casks, placed on bags on the coal,
sail it is a.evroal that the tallow was so much heated by the
esinne bres that it melted through the casks. on the bags
modem], and thus modeled the whole easily ignitable. Ono
of the ps.. Men, Mr. Allen, of the West Indies, was of>
served peeing the deck with his hands in prayer, patiently
waiting that irievjtalile fate tom which he knew there was
So name A gentleman and lady, In
their night demises
only, both on tire, came on deck, and with
their arms mend each other, walked over to one
51 tie• ship'. hatches, and fell together into the Manes.
II strange barque, sera after leaving the Amazon,
hid Imre,. down towards the life-boat, she could not have
talon out the men, so tempirstams was the sea, sad the
Pr ',Astiry is. that when the crew of the life-boat thought
the .ssolue answered them she was replying In the gig, the
e. 00l which it now seems she hat saved. When the life-
r tiro mete mat the brig Marsden, she was thought pro.
booly Irons her name, tubes Dutch ship, and Nerenk, one
et die Am 0t.61,.s crew, hailed her in that language. Capt.
las WI this ilt•OtatCd t* th, in, thinking they
t'. .ht be towel, whereon Mr. Nrilann addremed him in
sod in. Sliding they were shipwrecked mariners he
an-randy received them on board, and tecatel them with
',cry huisanity.“
Tier fdiegaw North British Mail says
The ilestreetien of the Amazon has masted a painful
(eche/ in this city, and great anxiety is manifested to
the mutes of pameageer me hoard the ill-marred ship.
It is leered that several parties connected with Gloagew
bore loos doitroyed in this sad catastrophe. We have
been able hurriedly to collect the names of the fol-
lowing individuals known or supposed to be on hoard:
14r. Ilavei Hamilton, cotton-yarn agent, 62, Ingrint-
stuct, and son of Mr. Hamilton, of Hamilton and Jack,
Riontrnse-street, was one of the wronger', whom: name is
let yet in the list of the saved. Mr. Hamilton was pro-
ti,ehnit to the West Indies on family busineel. Mr. and
Mrs Winton were also passenger Me. Winton is Mbar
t, rof the U. P. Church, Stirling, Jamaica, and is well
known in filaruciw, where he labourtal for many years as a
teeter in emnezion with Dr. King's congregation. lie is
a naive of Greenock, and has been settled for 'I or 4 years
111 Jamaica as a Missionary. He returned on a visit to this
t"aatry shout eight months ago, and was married
shoot the beginning of November to Mr.. Winton, who,
we learn, is a native of Dundee, but has resided for some
tine. in Edinburgh. She was a member of Kr. Robertson's
Newington, Edinburgh. Mr. Hick, of the
this of Hick, Jones, and merchants, Demerara, is also
L ii' vid to have been ■ passenger. Ile wrote to his corm-
" Pond, et. an this city on the lot that he was shout to !wo-
oed on heard the Amazon, This is the last account of
line. Mr. Ikani It, of Trinidad, who was in this city •
Mort time on, was also, we hear, on board the steamer;
but we hag. been unable to gather any particulars respect-
ing SO. gentlemen."

AMERICAN FIA EARMS.—Colonel Colt has received
a ,peci.ara of • model riAc and pistols, whi^h are an Mi.
pr9rrosent on his original arms, and for which improve-
ments he is about to take oat patents In this coaatry.