The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-19 00:00:00

was another ; I sad a lot more woe oa • pies of the star.
board quarter, abreast of the minus chains. It was washed
by the waves ea the rock, and wejamped off of it. There were
at 20 of Is on it, end 18 were saved. There was nobody
waved but thine that were on the starboard quarter. The way
we were saved was this :—A very heavy Ma washed us on the
reek, and we jumped off, many of us without getting oar feet
wet. The next sea swept the timber to ,rftwe. We then
crept up the rock till we felt the grew our feet, and
then sat down. There was • trance in the ground with
water in it—we tested that end found it fresh. We thought
to remain there all night, and hallooodes loud u we could, so
that if any more Were Sava they might hear us, but there
wee no answer. We then went further ahead till we mute
to a heap of stones. (The heap of stones here alluded to is
one erected by the engineer of the ordnance survey to mark
the highest eminence on the land.) When we came to this
we thought there must he some inhabitants on the Wand. We
want further on. laid I thought I saw • fence. The mate
said .• Yea, and there's a house." We saw the house and
made to it; we called up the people and they let us in;
they made • fire for ue end we remained all night.
There were three houses, and we divided ourselves;
among them. Next morning we went down to there,
but we could see nothing but pieces of clothing all tern to
bits. On the night of the wreck we did not see Cape Clear
light at all. If we had seen it lam sure we would have
been saved. When we first saw the light at Crookhaven the
mate said, " That is Cspe Clear light." No," said the
captain, " Cape Clear light is a revolving light, and it is very
high, so that must be the Old Heed of Kinsale." If we had
seen the Cape light after we had seen that at Crookhaven we
would have been Safe, for we had plenty of room to go round
it with the wind we had. I have been 17 years at sea, and I
have never seen a finer sea-boat than the Stephen Whitney,
nor one better found or manned. Iler rigging was in first-
rate order. She had all new sails. I think every sail that was
bent in her was new. I only belonged to her this voyage. On
Thursday, about 2 o'clock, we were brought off by the coast
guards. There was no one much hurt except the steward,
though several complained of being bruised about the feet,
We have been in Crookhaven since Thursday. The people
of the house where we stopped on the islend were as kind to
us as if we had all been brothers. They had, I thought,v
little to eat themselves, but whatever they had they shared
with us. I had nothing but my shirt on me, and the man of
the house where I stopped toot off his awn clothes to cover
me. They made us some bread, and, I believe, used all their
own food to make it; we can never feel too grateful for their
kindness. They had not any turf or wood, and they kept
burning their straw all night to keep us warm, till next
, morning we went down and picked up some pieces of the
, wreck or them. In the house where I was there was a man,
his wife, and his two children—they all looked half•starved,
especially the children. I don't think there was one half-
. penny saved out of the vessel, for there was no time to do it.