The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-27 00:00:00

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SESSIONS.

when she stench on the Newsome. Ile corroborated the
statement of the last witoess us to the comfort or the soot
nod the life boat.
Cross-examined.—Captain Ryder helped the woman into
the plot, and she sung tin to the brig a leo minutes after
lout. might he Ike minutes,
By tin Coml.—There a as a lienir) shell at the time, and
the pro I 55116 tun fat off fur the hi ig's crew to get aboard
the yeti!.
Robert Clarke, the cabin-boy, was next calli d, and gave
nearly the same account tile former witnesses.
By tile Loto I.—lie got over the stern of the briti into the
yawl. She hung on about a go:titer of au hour arter he got
aboard, but the woman was tsut in. Tale crew of the yawl
did not cull to the, to ig's crew to come aboard, or to retake
Mote, or else they must leave them, or any thing of that
kind. The 'awl was nut stove that he sae,.
Robert TIIOIIIIIS Curter so orm—lle commanded the life.
boat that went off to the West ttttt reland.—W lien she got 44
to the brig, Die assistunce yawl got alongside.—
Witness 11W It man go up halo the 'mint rilging, :aid cut
trolly the signal of distress, and the same souk; mail aft ee.
wards tut the rope by which the life-boat was made fast to
the brig, the yawl's crew calling out " cut the li—rs adi itt,
they have no Innine.s lacer. Before the rope was rut, Ilie
young mints culled out to Mi' Minus, who was in the life-
boat, to let it go, but he would not. The crew did not make
any attempt to get on board the brig, hot a man stood ready
to heave out it coil of rope to make fret to her. W ben the
rope wail cut the life-hoot drifted to tress tad, and she c 01.141
nut come up with the brig again. Mr. Dormer called out
to Moto If they should come olougsille again. but could not
lacer. the matter. The brig, at the Mille time got into deep
oak', had her foresail, jin, and fore topmstast stay-soil set.
When the life limit wits cut adrift the greatest distance she
got from the brig Iva. 40 or 50 yards. The life boat could
have e,iveni addit• 1 assistance, if they had gone ithoard ;
They could have taken out oil anchor, or assisted in lowering,
or in steering the brig before the wind, so as to pies eat her
going on the Midfield Flats, and gut her on their own
beach. lie saw the yawl leave the brig abort tell minutes
alter she got into deep water. The life boat it as about a
tawnier of a mile astern at that time. The yawl was huuled
close to the brig far about ten minutes before Moe left tier.—
The life boat did nut go near the b 1 ig after the yawl left
It was the opinion of all the life boat's crew th it the yew I
had saved the brig's people, und so they bore up towards
lionie• The yawl had two or three streaks stove in on the
starboard bow, but it did not appear to disable her, nor did
they make ony signal of distr.?. s. 'file cargo might have
been saved ; but not the brig if she had been rot upon the
beach. Very little of the cargo was saved. Witne-a is of
opinion that she might have been got upon the bench if the
WC boat might have been sutlered to board her. Ile saw
her 'udder was tioshipped, and he did nut think lit the time
the yawl alone could stave her. Ilad be been the Captain
of the brig he should have preferred having the too boats.
Lieutenant SaillUL I Healy [homer, R.N. sworn. On the
Ito of December 1 saw a signal of distress flying from
from a brig off Low estiod, and too boats went oft to her, but
one only reached tier. Soon after that the life boat w..s
launched, nod went etli 17 or lb hued:, ; she was com-
manded by Lieut. Curler, and I went as a volunteer. When
we reared the brig we low ered the mast, got our oats out
aid pulled altings.de• I was forward, and l caught the rope
from the brig, and ovule the life !HMI fast. Tile yawl called
the sellinllll.ll assistance was then alongside, find 1 saw a man.
cut away the signet, idol soon afterwards Our rope was caught
bold of by one of the crew of the yawl, who called oat
" your ryes, let gal ; take that thing home, y.. 11 hare
no busintao lieut.," I Mid hold of the rope, and I refused to let
go, mid he (Stebbings) cut it, exclaiming '• d—rn your e:st
-,
go ashore wit h that thing, you have nu business bete."
then 8:1W the signal dog cut away. Wbrn the rope was flit
we drifted to the leeward ; we could have boarded her again.
bat did not, because she drifted over the sands. and got into
deep water. It we had been permitted to remaiu nt first I
think the two boats could have steeled her, but not after she
toil of w titer, became a vessel, when she fills, Moo),
teems round to the wind. One boat l think could not have
steered her, even °elute she filled, but two (mild. We could
not have been of ally use to her if we had remained while
elm n 111 on the sand. The crew would out have bees jte-
tilied ill leaving the brig.
Whets the yawl It ft her, it was the opinion of all in our
boat that she It taken °tit the crew, and so we did not
go near her. It did out appear to me that any body
had the command of the yawl—they seemed to be all
hail fellows recut mt. I dill not know nut I the night
that all the crew were nut taken out, and 1 learned
that by meeting all the prisoners but Butcher, who wine
hauling a boat along the beach wills horsea. This wait
about 14 o'clock. I requested to join them, and did bit,
aud we hauled her along within the breakers, end put elf
to the Wig. 1 jumped aboard, and while I was In
rule
1111.411tigging a serte4llll., and the boat's eicw were obliged
to slip the lope mill put off. I kept in the loath rigging
snail another boat came, and we saved the two men oil
board. Our object was only to save the crew, and we
should out have claimed any salvage mut.ey if we had
succeeded. We wet e all vultuitrers.
Cross examitted.—W lien we went off at night to the
hi ig, we were all at the t isk of our lives and in itt no lit
hazard. The boat was drawn by Dentry's own looses.—
'llse prisoners, who went off with, us at night, did all that
brave men cuuld do to save the men's lives.
Lord Stowell (511r.11arnier has hie finished bia evidence.)
—Lient. Harmer, your conduct, as well as that el your
Mother officer, on this occasion, has been most highly
meritorious, atilt the Grand Jut y yesterday expressed a
desire that it should be repre:esitett to the Admiralty. I
shall hike care that it shall be so irprementeil.
John Fowli I soot-m-11e aas a volinitter in the lite
Mat. He saw the signal Bag stuck, autl heard voices
from the yawl call out—cut the llag--eut the Bag." The
yarrl'il people also Call/ 11 ullt—' go lisbute you
you have no business here." lie saw ale tulle ant. The
lift boat, it tie rope had out 1,4 ell cat, would have sated
the been. .1
limy neVet would Bute kit lilt until they had
gut them *heard the Me boat.
Wino,. dues nut think that iu milting the rope the
yawl's area had any inteittiMl tUts.,llls Inv 111 crew, Mit
that they did it fruits ata idea that the people in the life
boat out.lit claim part of the salvage Hmy.
'floe Dee. B. Richton swuru.—l le LIIUWS !)cony. After
the occurrence of the 7th of December, wiiticas
rcurnr-
'traded with Mtn upon having cut mil ift the lite boat, 401
lie replied that he did nut 11111Ik 110 had those any thing
mot 4, than was the custom and usage of boats going off to
vessels is that. sittudium Witness did not learn from
Denny at what hoar he made it kuuou that part of tile
brig's crew were left on board.
J. Humphries, out of the uslitels of the Wcamotiland,

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