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

JANUA Y 17
N°.183509.] LONDON SATURDAY ''l77
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Loss or THE AMAZON.
SIXRSCRIPTIONS.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen £l5O '0 0
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester 20 0 0
The Duke of Somerset . . . . 30 0 0
The Du less of Somerset
20 0 0
The Alliance Marine Insurance Office (
by.
Cap•
lain Engledue)
The Mayor of Southampton . . .
Etn and Scottish Law Life Assurance So-
ciety (My J. Wiblin, Esq )
Arthur Bailey, Esq., Haretield . .
Mr. C. Passmore • • • • • • 5 5 0
Messrs. Crookes, Regent-street . - • 5 5 0
The Countess de 3l,rella
Sir J. J. 13. Mill, Bart.
Miss Robinson, Lowndes-square . .
Char!es Sawyer, Esq., East Cowes Castle
Messrs. W. and R. Stride, Re :bridge .
31rs. Rivett, Shirley
Mr. Adam Schoales
Henry tiallem, Esq. . . . .
11. It , Wolverhampton . • . .
Mr. i;hiskespear Phillips, Hertford-street
Mr. J. T. Waddington . . . .
Messrs. smith and Son, Strand . .
Mr. I3eavis, Oronoce . • • • • 5 0 0
Friends ..... . . 3 10 0
Collected by Mr. Nevill, West-end . . . 3 10 0
Edward hater, Esq. . . . . . 3 3 0
Fred. R. Crowder, Esq., Enfield . . . 3 0 0
Mr. T. P. Payne . • • 3 0 0
Mr. Mark Capper . . • • 2 2 0
Messrs. G. E. Baleras, Philpot-lane . . . 2 2 0
Dr. Hearne . • • 2 2 0
Mr. Thomas Brettell. Rupert-street . • 2 2 0
Mr. G. I. Leon, St. Michael's-alley • • 2 2 0
Colonel Reynardson 2 2 0
Mr. E. L. Gower
The Toung Men in the Establishment of Mr
B. Harvey, Knightsbridge . . •
General Ewert • • •
Mr. B. Harvey, Knightsbridge . •
Mr. J. Nichols . . . •
31. S. Davidson, Esq , Spring-gardens .
Mr. H. Brett, Holborn
Mr. Wm. Foy, Little Chelsea
Mr. David Davis • ,
Captain White, R.N.
Mr. T. Chamberlayne
Major-Generall Hewitt
Captain Lacey • •
A Widow • • •
- B. Ashley _ . .
Mr. R. Richardson
Mr. T. Simpson
Mrs. M. E. Fox
Miss H. E. Fox

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poor Relatives of the Si
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c Exchange for the Widows and
Liferers in the Amazon.

L. 11. H.

Henry Hayes .
W. Fuller .

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Henry Grisewood .

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Edward Lloyd . . 1 0 0
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John Ileseltine . . 1 0 0
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W. Morris

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J. Hutchinson
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J. W. Robins
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George Towgood . . 1 0 0
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Ivie Mac Rae

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F. White .
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W. Detmar
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W. Chaplin
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Henry Cohen . . . 1 0 0
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Joseph Barber • . 1 0 0
T. M. Mackay . . 1 0 0
T. Lloyd . . . 1 0 0
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W. Taylor
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Charles Telford .
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Henry Hopkins .
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Amount previously advertise
Published by order
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Total . . £417 12 0
ed . £1,156 9 7
• of the Committee,
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RAILWAY RETURNS

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
opened,
1851.

26
85%
189'
94A

171%
241 14
188
264

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Receipts.

1850.

X 1,26 I

153
1,059

63i
3,290
7,544
2,133

398
7,46
614
335
603

534
3,473
12,371
1,812
3,227
2,144

1851.

11,560

165
1,434

3,438
7,662
2,393
128
583
851
605

261
4,291
7,056
4,291
14,439

113
3,711
13,396

380
,28,064
784
7,682
8,226

638
4,157
13.411
1,924
3,049
2,128

409
2,437
9003
3,961
14,609

123
3,554
15,505

-886
286
38.389 rt

102
5,475

-810
7,775
8692
19

106
6,374

545
19,740
1,023

548
20,054
1,814

762
2,002
2,652
4,407

795
2,090
3,053
4,509

444
1,521

524
1,G09

581
1,416

575
1,586

358
1,530
11,684

261
93%

481
1,517
13,755
1,355
1,243
2,313
857
221

811
1,019
2,022
830
280

185
11,060
6,091

182
12,933
6,594

2,186
982

1,811

THE LOSS OF THE , AMAZON.
A summary of the following appeared in our paper
of yest,,rday:—

PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—We have the
gratification to
annouLea the safety of thirteen more of the sufferers
from the ill-fated steamship Amazon. They were
picked up from the port lifeboat, in the Bay of Biscay,
on the evening of
the confla ration, by the Dutch gat-
Hot Hellechina,
14 lin Gruppclaar, which vessel yes-
terday at noon, off the D .daasn, passed the II on. board
the revenue cuttyr Royal Charlotte, Lieutenant Lilburn,
which has, since the 12711 inst., been cruising at the en-
trance to the Channel, in the hope of rendering assist-
ance, by the instructions of C.aptain Kiumedy, Inspector
of Covet Guard for this district.. The names of the per-
sons lAn:led here are—Lientenant Grylls, R N.; the
Rev. IV. Blood; Mr. W. Kilk,lly;
Senhor Juan le
Cinsa; William Angus, second engineer; Isaac Roberts,
boiler-maker;
Angus llnunes, engineers' storekeeper;
Mier-set Fox, fireman; George Webbable, seaman;
ilvnry Wright, seaman; Charles Da wdney, stoker;
William Wall, stoker; and Richard Harris, doctor's boy.
Lieutenant Grylls, on landin'was imumliately taken gi
to the residence of Lieutenant Lilburn, at Buckingham-
place, Stonehousc, where be received a continuation of
the hospitality ho experienced eni board the cuttor. The
Rev. IV. Blood, Mr. 101 11
Elba Scnhor Juan de Cims,
aro under the care of Mr. W. E. Elliott. of the Royal
Hotel, where the last-named ivas speedily visited by
Mr. John Luscombe, the Spanish Consul. The engineers
and crew are at the Prince
George, in charge of the
honorary agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society,
who is efficiently assisted by Mr. Carkeet. The wounds
of Wright, Dewdney, and Wall, were promptly dressed
by Mr. Whipple, surgeon.
A effort has been made to
obtain from each individual additional intelligence re-
garding this awful cident, and articular inquiry was
instituted relative to the position and condition of the
remaining boats. Some difßc
n
ulty has been experienced
herein from the fact of the cremehaving been strangers
to
the boats by the engineers and Carers whose duty was
~ivian
co
nt
fih the
confined
itpo,
tahndl
e a ofr o m (
machinery.
e 1,9. wof knowledge about

a t aallat ic it
iso
tin .
in a
starboard
o tjhoai
tn tst
hai
side
e sDh aft.
iep
It will be rememberedthatLieutenant Grylls was the
was made to the
and that his brother
son of a clergyman in South
being at the point of death,
y application
oun Wales,
his
with their duty to
young officer to remain until
after Admiralty
th the
mournfulto
e v o
nt ht.e
The Lords of the Admiralty
did not, however, deem it consistent
proitatendd Lieutenant
permit any delay in his return to
proceedGrylls
perleft his
A Amazon
ag brother
to h i
parents, to
maely fate also. The
day or two the
steamer sailed, his brother died; On the day the
passage
grave
unhappy parents mourned his tint'
intelligence we this day publishjoy; and has
and doubtless ere this
it mayinhtehothraettuthrae
turned their mourning into
less they have sustained will be forgotten,
of their other son as it were from a
the sinalogao
qoufired what was the
Lieutenant Grylls, R.N., on
vastation steam sloop, was in bed asleep
the upper part of the main deck, the 'el)
great
cabinat
two
con-
fusion. in
r
Hearing a noise he got out, and in
matter, seeing on the opposite side
three ladies, one with a child in her
On looking forward he perceivedarn3s' in
was filled with smoke, and knew she on fire; but,
not thinking it of any serious consequevasn' he put on a
few garments with the hope of being ablene to render as-
sistance in extinguishing it. He proceeded immediately
bursting on deck, and, seeing the flames burst out in great
quantities between the two funnels, ek
once that all attempts to put out the : concluded at
would be en-
tirely useless. The ship at the time Ras going ahead at
Tht, the rate of seven miles an hour. engineers were
d '
not able to stop her, as they were driven
ven out of the
engine. room by the intense smoke and heat. Captain
Symons was on deck using great exertions in attempting
to arrange things so as to save as
many people as
possible. The ship going ahead, Captain Symons
was most strenuous to prevent any boats from
being lowered till she could be stopped. The
first boat
attempted to be lowered was on the port
Lieut._besought
Grylls was himself lowering the after fall,whenarter.
Captain Symons seized him by the arm and
him to a esist, as he said every
body would be drowned.
Lieut. Grylls then called out to the person by the
fore-
mast fall, imploring him not to lower, as the ship
going so fast. The person at the foremast fall, by was
con-
stant and urgent request of the people in the boat,
the fall go. by which means that boat turned over, let
and
as nearly as could be seen, every one was washed out of
her.
Seeing this at the moment, Lieut. Grvlls
attempted
to let go the after fall, so as to save thei
i,butthe fall
being jammed and having fouled, and the boat thus not
being clear, her stern hung in the air for the moment
until cut adrift by some one, when sho turned over,
seeing the people washed away, Lieutenant d- andrll
aside from the appalling sight in Y 9
turned
horror.
Ho then met, lace to face, Captain Symons,
who called out for some ono to help him to
clear
away the port lifeboat, which was stowed on the spon-
s on, ab A the port p iddlebox, and at the same moment
leaped into the boat, using every endeavour to el -9. r her
away.t. Lieut, flout Grylls follows', and als exerted
.imielf, but the flames having reached- the °beat
Captainheed,
Symons' hair having been nearly burnt if and'
he was obliged to run aft, and Lieutenant o his
Grylls
was compelled tohim,
flames
. follow both rushing through the
and fire. Directly after this, seeing
sonic people
clearing away a lif, boat on the port side, next h
. , to the
last boat, Lieutenant Grylls
jumped into her. She was
resting on a pair of
of which they were cranes or crutches, in consequence
obliged to shove her off, although the
falls were pulled upher to two blocks. She was
canted over on side before she got clear,
and Lieutenant Grylls
side the
him to save he stewardess of the vessel, who implored
hands. At the r,lie seized hold of her with both
boat besoughtsame
moment one of the men in the
Lieutenant Grylls to help him to clear
away tho fall, or they would all be lost; and Lieutenant
next him to hole ence
ewar of this aeal, requested a man
boat she surged fast the at d In lowering the
clear pp
ess.
and Lieutenant of the cruches, and canted upright,
water with an Grylls saw the stewardess fall into the
drowned. The b awful
screem; and she no doubt was
Lieutenant Grylls
aht was
lowered safely into the water,
davit end; and, olding on by the falls up to the
him, let go the seeing the boat immediately under
fall, and slid down into her. By the help
of some of the sea
the foremost fall,
by
who were in the boat he unhooked
which the boat was got clear of tho
vessel, and they „
ahead. When on dr
sifted astern, the vessel still going
Captain'
-Puerta way giving orders he
was also inquiringsafety. for the ladies, and looking .to their
The general impression is that Captain Symons is lost.
fast filling with avin g the ship they, found the boat
her starboes ard bow, water, and discovered a large hole in
the crutch. Thos stove in by heaving her clear of
to keepe in her then used all their en-
deavours her
her out with boot clear of the water, by bailing
Fox used ver y
praiseworthy
shoes, while a stoker named
:eworthy endeavours to stop the
hole by taking offtls
drawers and placing them over
it. One handed hist cap, another his handkerchief,
others their socks,
their utmost stop the hole. They had to use
endeavours
for the whole night to bale
her out. They left
about three O'clock the ship about one o'clock, and at
and the burning wreck.
barque passed between the boat
off to the eastward c-b..
The wreck was three miles
a mile, almost within bail.
barque half way off, or about
bail They united all their
voices several times,
but to no Ewell, trying to attract her attention,
the whole nih and continued baling the boat
the barque in het,lh sanguine hope of seeing
paintment, neither she morning, but, to their sad disap-
The wild having ~,,,r,„n°r any other vessel was in sight.
away before it, and ' much abated, they kept the boat
where the vessel had passed down through the place
sunk, which occurred about half-
past six o'clock in the Ea
of wreck, chests, boxes "fling. They saw large pieces
her masts, with,
the ere:s pieces erf the ship, and ono of
space was covered with oil,
The water for a large
from breaking; the weatbehil, which prevented the son
wind which was passing over became calm, and the light
it; they could perceive no „ver the sea had no effect upon
part of the wreck had e'onarseon, living or dead, but one
round it. Just after shovinrthing like a lady's dress
saw one of the ship's boat's -e off from the ship they
it being so dark, they could note,`T full of people, but,
Hailed them frequently, askie 'lstinguish any women.
oars, having none themselves, gb them to spare some
than shouts in return. when n.t got no other reply
were driven along by the p became light they
and sea. About one o'clock Lieutenantorae of
the wind
a sail, and they then broke e Grylls descried
boards in pieces and converted) the boat's bottom
The stranger was in a N.E. direction,
into paddles.
twelve miles, and they could just den, distant about
They paddled away, Lieutenant Gryllssee her topsailyard.
of being able to cut her off. About half-past
steering, in hope
great horror, she tacked and stood a past two, to their
how-
ever, continued paddling, and soon after
They,
vessel almost in the same direction,
and by
saw another
by great exer-
tions they cut her off, and got alongside
about half-past
four o'clock in the afternoon, having been in the boat
fifteen hours, without bread, or ,
make use of. The stranger proved to or anything to
be
from Amsterdam, with sugar, for Leghorn.
a Dutch gatliot
She hove to
a week in a gale of wind in the Bay of it
On the
7th inst., saw a hoineward•bound steamer, ebaY•
catch her. All the crew in the boat behavedut could not
well, and the captain and crew of the Dutchman
most hospitable. The captain mado his
crew give
were
all their sleeping berth®, and took them with him giivento up
his
cabin.
Lieutenant Gry He objects to placing boats on crutches
hut for the crutches he says that many more would have;
been saved, and the stewardess was drowned entirely
through their use.
1 Lieutenant Grylls states that good order prevailed
from first to last on hoard the unfortunate Amez.m.
The Rev. W. Blood, passenger, occupied a bed near
the ladies cabin, on the starboard side. He retired
early, with a part of his clothes on, being somehow
impressed with the necessity of doing so, and was
lying awake,_ when he beard a confused noise. He
got out and put on his coat to see what was the
matter. He found that the , ship was in flames,
and had barely taken time to get on the bulwarks, where
a boat was being lowered. Mr. Blood, who is ad-
vanced :in years, acme time since broke his leg, and,
from weakness in consequence, was providentially not
able to get into this boat, which, having been improperly
lowered, was swamped, and moat of those hi her pefiahed,

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swtwHohahi eta::
etaahrihr.ofattniipes rwpaiwiiiinail-h,yasc;r4tnsd,:asr:sv:gheaoceodnudt.
rrio,irgyguimi over
hrrisrt
ei.teddahpne.eeti-nodattoooll
inhbd ia:Oshnroabe,ru.d. larboard
tews
icshtrihodi
betewcidlneublt
nvoyiahotoitshb boat,
low-passengers as having afforded much spiritual con-
passenger for Bar-
badoes, was in a berth off the saloon, below. On hear-
ing the alarm ho dressed himself completely, and pro-
ceeding immediately to the deck, and, going, to the lido
of the ve7lo.el, got into a boat, which elided down edge-
ways, and thus lost all her ears./Having - escaped
drowning, and the boat being righted, he got in a
second time. They had no oars, and, the ship having
considerable way on her, they drifted off. In less than
halt-an-hour they saw a barque running between
them and the burning ship ; they hailed her with
all their tiniTed voices, as loud as they could roar,
but without effect. They fully expected that the barque
would remain by the burning ship tilt morning, but
when daylight appeared there was no barque to be seen.
Their boat had a serious leak in her, and they were
compelled to ha constantly baling her; they putted up
the bottom boards of the beat, and raised two uprights,
on which they hoisted a shirt and handkerchief, as
signals. They paddled with the bottom boards until
half-past four on Sunday afternoon, when they 'got on
board the galliot Hellechina, about 120 tons, Captain
Gruppelaar, ae before described. Here they received
every kindness, and contended eight days,- beating
against adverse gales, intending to land at Gibraltar.
After some persuasion the captain agreed for 601. and
payment of port-charges to land them at Plymouth. One
bc persont
hleoef toy hsr
teelaes ttfweht oaet(nhisseuess
yfip:pr
thoughtontenee seamen
they say a
saw
they eayb
d the deck do etchke of
mailth the a
ge
nt) Amazon
anotherin a burn-
ingthrunning forward aft; four boats left
hang-
ing in the davits. One of the seamen said that, by the
about three thtrweoe sink. When
hang-
captain's orders, the chief officers were clearing a boat
from the davits, on the starboard side, but th.e flames
were so- violent that it is doubtful if any of the boats
would be available.

Senhor _Juan de Cima -slept in one of the maindeck
cabins, from which he escaped with very little clothing.
For some time after leaving the Amazon he lay in the
bottom of the boat, forward. He suffered so much from
cold that his companions in misfortune feared he would
have died.

William Angus, second engineer, was in the engine-
room, on duty, abcut one o'clock on Sunday morning,
when a report was brought to him of the ship being on
fire. He was in the act of blowing off the after boiler,
and, on coming up the lower platform ladder, when he
heard the cry of "Fire !" and ran to the feed-engine to
set her ageing. A gush or cloud of smoke stopped
him ; and when he recovered from this he attempted to
work her, but failed. All the lamps were out, owing to
the smoke. Mr. Stone, fourth engineer, came to his
assistance, but he also was obliged to leave.
Angus beard the chief engineer giving orders
to the engineers below ' • they told him it was impos-
sible to stay there any longer in consequence of the
smoke. When Angus reached the main deck he found the
passengers and the crew bursting open the saloon doors to
get from the main dock to the spar deck. In this they
succeeded ; and when Angus got there he found
the passengers and crew all in confusion. He assisted
in handing out oars to the boats. The ends or blades of
some of these oars were on fire as he dealt them out. On
looking over the starboard side he saw the first starboard
lifeboat lowered all right. The second boat which got
away from the starboard side was immediately swamped,
but she was baled out by those in her. Angus then
went aft, and looking over the taffrail, saw the dingy
lowered with a number of people in her; she got off all
safe. On walking forward again he heard Captain Sy-
mons calling out for a man at the wheel, and went im-
mediately there. Mr. Treweek, the second officer,
came to assist him, and they found the tiller lashed to
the larboard side, the ship being on the starboard tack.
Mr. Treweek cut the lashings and brought the ship
before the wind, according to the orders of Captain
Symons. While Angus stood at the wheel he
saw a gentleman, apparently a foreigner, come
up from th© after companion with his clothes
on fire. Angus tore off the burning garments
and put out the fire, which attention the gentleman ac-
knowledged by some such expression as " Much es gra-
des." Oa looking over the ship's side Angus found the
stewardess hanging by a rope; he pulled her in, and saw
no more of her. On going to the starboard side he saw
one boat upset full of people, none of whom appeared to
rise again. In attempting to lower another boat on the
starboard side, the first cutter, the sternfall was let go
too quickly, and on dipping into the water the boat was
drawn to the side of the ship, and the people thrown into
the sea; only three appeared to escape from her. That
boat was still hanging by the ship's side when they left.
On looking round saw another boat full of people; it
was on the starboard side, and Angus thinks it was the
captain's gig. Mr. Roberts, the chief officer, was
giving orders for 1-er to be lowered away. O; going to
the port side, Ceptein Sytnone asked Angus if he could
go below end stop the engines. This he declared to
be impossible; and, in answer to a second question from
Captain o
cystsSym
hour the
h statede e
ntghiante,
sin
woulda b oe
stopt te o
n minutes i tes
°r a
quarter themselvea.
He then went to the port bulwarks, and, leaping from
abaftthe
au dhloooiti sawn
perfectlylad y and
the rail, a height of 25 feet, dropped amidships into the
boa', which soon drifted past the ship. Before leaving
collected;gentl em
thestanding
gentleman right
stood before the lady, apparently to keep the heat from
her. Mr. Treweek, second officer, was at the wheel,
lor,
ass assistedinmddeo ktw heirs were ifwbl:no.
sowattehrbeesydaoi
boat
tthr oreforwardslafthwasat thb
lifeboat. agent was destroyed by the fire. All the boats on the port
exceptingiaf
Admiraltyce kbeontahet e.d
oo en yne
usefulnly nw,
emoseee
Angusbpo
the starboard side the captain's gig was being lowered,
hanging by the bow tackle, which
might possibly be
available after the ship's way was decreased. One boat
aft was towing keel up.
Isaac
Roberts, boiler-maker, was on duty in the
engine-room oiling the bearings of the side levers to
keep them cool. At a quarter before 1 o'clock on Sun-
day morning heard the storekeeper cry out " Fire;" he
ran up the ladder to the second
platform and reported
the fact to the second engineer, Mr. Angus, who went
to start the water-engine. Roberts
proceeded to the
main deck, intending to work the hose on the fire; the
water-engine, however, could not be started, in conse-
quence of the fire and smoke' which were coming from
between the boiler and the- bulkhead. When Ael'oend
no water could be got he gave an
alarm on the spar-
deck that the ship was in flames, and just then the fire-
bell rang. He called for those near to get buckets,
but by the time they were ready the fire was too great
for them to be of any service, as the flames were coming
up the hatchway from the engine-room. He instantly
gave up all idea of attempting to put the fire out, and ran
throueh the saloon up to the spar-deck, and whey there
the flames were raging between decks. On looking
round, Roberts saw the captain in his shirt and
drawers, and heard him give orders to Mr. Roberts,
chief officer (who was in his shirt only), to get the
boats over the quarter as quick as possible. Mr. Ro-
berts busied himself in getting off the second light boat,
or gig, on the larboard side, and succeeded in clearing
her off the grating, but, in lowering her down, he un-
fortunately let go the fore-tackle, and threw the people,
about eighteen or twenty, crew and passeugers, into the
water; Roberts was one and got up, however, into the
ship by the tackle, as did also ono or two others. Ho
then went to the starboard side to assis some of the
passengers and crew to lower the second light boat, or
gig; she also capsized in the same manner, and Roberta
preserved himself es before. At the same time some
people were lowering the starboard lifeboat, which got
away safe. He then went over to the larboard side again,
and saw Mr. Roberts, chief officer, and a few of the sea-
men, trying to got off the third lifeboat on the larboard
side. While this was doing, heard Captain Symons tell
Mr. Roberts to get his gig ready. Mr. Roberts left, and
went to the captain, and Isaac Roberts never saw either
after. Finding there were only a few people engaged
lowering this boat, in consequence of the flames, hejumped
over the side of the vessel on the rack, to heave the boat off;
the heat was so intense that he could not put his hands
against the side of the ship; he managed to get the boat
off the rack by pushing with his shoulders. Thirteen
got in and lowered her into the water. As soon as they
were down they discovered a hole in her bottom, and
sang out accordingly. One of the firemen (Fox) took
off his drawers and stopped the hole. All were in a
most pitiable condition, and had very little clothing.
They drifted from the hip about a mile (this was half-
past 2 o'clock), and at half-past 6 saw her blow up and
sink. They had no oars, sail, mast, or rudder, and at
daylight tore up the planking from her bottom, and
made paddles, with which they proceeded as near to the
mouth of the Channel as they could guess. At half-past
11 A re, saw a sail a great distance off, and got up to
her about half-past 4in the afternoon. She proved to
be a Dutch galliot, bound to Leghorn; her captain pro-
mised to land them at Gibraltar, but in consequence of
tempestuous weather put back and arrived at Plymouth
on Thursday evening.
Angus M'lnnes, engineer's storekeeper, at half-past
12 or a quarter to 1 o'clock on the Sunday morning
was in the forecastle, lying on a stool, but, feeling
cold, thought to warm himself by going to the engine-
room. On advancing from the forecastle to the forward
stokehole, and when he had descended about
three steps down the ladder, he beheld c, flame
rushing up between the starboard boiler and the bulls-
' head. He instantly gave information to Mr.
boiler-maker, and Mr. William Angus, vend engineer,
Roberts,-
After doing so he went below, and ran aft to the hose
and by the time the hose was brought forward th *
e L.
of fire were rushing up through the oil and tall
store-
room and the waste store-room, in which the brow otms and
other things were kept. The flames were piouring up
through to the spar-deck. Owing to these
obliged to give up the hose, sand to rush I('
hose
spar-
, deck, it being impossible to remain belowtoentheaasenere-
All hands were on the alert, pens • -
water on the fire; they endeavour dping and throwing
overboard, but were obliged toabandone to pitch some hay
Symonds, with the chief officer,
busy, giving orders. M'lnuewas on the spar-deck,
'D )n't lower that boat till I give 3 heard the) captain say,
to Dewdney. lat orders;" this was said
life-boat, but 0 went first into the starboard
e laSeplellee
of the fore tackle having
been lowered away too ••
quickly she fell into the water
land bung by the -
stern, Und about fifteen or more fell

[PRICE SD.

into the water. M'lnnes clung to the stern tackle, and,
getting again on board the Amazoj, crossed to her lar-
board side and secured a berth in her life-boat. Several
passengers were on deLk with litebuoys round them;
they perhaps would not join this boat, fearing that, like
others, sho might not get down safely. avin,,, thin"
he saw the Admiralty agent in flames.
V.ieh,el Fox, fireman, was in his hammock, slung for-
ward. The ship was taking in water through the hawse-
bole, end wetted his hammock. He took it down and
hid it on two forms, and then turned in eglin. Ile had
not bean lying in this position more than a quarter of an
hour b,l'ore he heard a cry of "Fire," end. getting up,
pr,eep,ied towards the after part of the ship, when ho
saw the fl ones asceodiug uw the stokehole, end return, ti
with the intention of getting his bag of clothes, but
could not obtain it, and therefore got up through the fire
with great difficulty to the spar-deck. He immediately
went eft to the port cleaner and assisted in low(riug a
bait. While doing so Mr. Roberts, the chief offieer,
placed a lady and baby in the stern of the beat. Fox
went forward and sung out to a man to clear away the
tackhefail and pass the end into the boat. Through
want of shill, or some other cause, instead of giving the
end the man let go altogether, and precipitated the bow
of the boat into the water. In the bout there were a
great many persons, nearly all of whom wore thrown
out. Fox held on to the single rope end of tho fall,
and, seeing a boat all clear nearly beneath him, he sang
out for . help; they attempted to assist him, but the
Amazon was passing too fast through the water, and
they could not take him, on which he ascended again by
the rope to the deck; in coming up he saw the same
lady with her infant holding on to the boat's stern, and
assisted her and the baby out. He left them on the
quarter-deck, and crossed over to the port-quarter, where
he helped to lower the after lifeboat; she Was stove in
at the side by one of the crutches, and took water fast.
Mr. Roberts, boiler-maker, sung out that there was a hole
in her, and that she was going down, en which Fox
groped about until he found tjae hole, and then taking
off his drawers he shoVed one part through, and lay
with his side on the other part in the water, in the bot-
tom of the boat for three or four hours, until seized with
violent cramps, when he was relieved by Dewdney and
Wall. They lay by the burning ship until she went
down at half-past six, by the watch belonging to the
Spanish gentleman.
George Webb, able seaman, relieved the man at the
wheel at twelve o'clock; noon after which a bell struck
out. Dove, a native of Yarmouth, who was at the wheel
with him, said, " What bell is that ringing? It is the
fire-bell! What is to be done now?" Webb said
"Look at the fire coming up the foremost funnel." It
was then issuing from this funnel in a flame as high as
the foreyard. Webb stepped to the port side and saw
the fire flying up the deck. The second officer, Mr.
Treweek, came running aft to the wheel, and ordered
the helm to be put hard astarboard, and the ship kept
before the wind. Webb put the helm hard astarboard
as soon as he heard the order. Some one then made it
fast. Dove and Webb jumped into the boat on the port
side. Some one let go the bow tackle and the boat filled.
A great many fell overboard. Thre© hung on and got
out again. Webb went to the starboard side. There
was no boat left but the captain's gig hanging to the
tackles. Looked over the bulwarks, . and saw one
.._

lifeboat alongside the ship, but could not get into
her. He then went over to the port side. The
chi©f officer and several others were clearing away the
aftermost life-boat. Webb jumped into the stern of her
and got hold of the tackle, and lowered her down. Some
one else lowered the bow. Before the boat touched the
water the after tackle fouled. Webb took out his knife
and cut it. The boat hung by the bow tackle, nearly up
and down. He jumped forward to cut the bow tackle,
but Lieutenant Grylls unhooked it. The steamer ran
away from the boat. _

Henry Wright, of Gospost, seaman, was on duty at the
time of the accident. According to orders he was on
the main deck, abaft the engine-room, where he
was lying down folded in his oilskin coat. He had not
been twn minutes in this pisition before he hoard the
cry of " Fire." When in the boat preventing her from
being swamped, by trying to clear the foretackle
the block caught his lett hand, and took off the top of
his two middle fingers, and smashed his little finger.
Charles Dowdney, stoker, had his leg burnt round the
shin when getting into the boat.
William Wall, stoker, injured his shin in the boat.
Richard Harris, doctor's boy, was in bed in the fore-
castle, on the starboard side of the main deck, with the
sailors. Heard a cry of " Fire," jumped out of bed, put
on his trousers' and wont up the tore-ladder. Saw the
fire between the paddle-boxes. Crawled with hand and
knees over the starboard paddle-box. When aft saw
some men trying to get the starboard lifeboat out of the
crutches. Harris lent a hand. They could not get her
out. They then hove two blocks together, and one of
the men got under her and shoved her off the crunches.
Harris got in with the others, When :she was lowered
down he lmd hold of the ufterehain, and held on until
they let g) the foretackle, and all were lowered down
together.

SOUTHAMPTON.

The inquiry instituted by the directors of the Royal
Med Steiie -packet Company as to the cause of thiß
drsae:fell ctestropbe was resumed here yesterday, and
a number of witnesses were examined, whose evidence
was mainly a recapitulation in cifferent forms of the
main facts already before the public. The first appear-
ance of the fire at the starbaard fore stokehole—the ra-
pidity with which it spread—the impossibility of stop-
ping the engines, or even of using the pumps—the mad-
ness of launching the boats while the vessel was making
such way—the want of discipline in a new ship, the
crew of which had not learnt their separate duties,
under such an emergency—the anxiety of the captain
and chief officers to extinguish the fire, when, in the cir-
cumstances, that was hopeless—the unhappy coincidence
of a gale of wind and a heavy sea, added to the horrors
of a conflagration—the jumbling together of sailors and
passengers where the most difficult and nicest manage-
ment and the greatest coolness were indispensable;
all these points were brought out with a force
for which the public are by the information already
given only too well prepared. The great loss of life, it
now clearly appears, took place in lowering the boats.
The first efforts in this way were followed by the most
disastrous effects. In some instances it was the con-
struction and method of dealing with the keel cranes
which were misunderstood, and they either stove in the
timbers or tilted the-boate over, so that their miserable
occupants fell into the sea; or had no chance to escape
from the certainty of leakage. Again, in lowering the
falls the ropes got entangled, or one side held on while
the other let go. Last of all, when a boat was safely
launched, it surged and was swept cff by th© waves as
the burning vessel dashed madly forward. The survivors
were chiefly those who waited till the last moment that
the progress of the flames rendered the quarter-deck, to
which they had retreated, at all tenable. The engines
appear by that time to have suspend :d their action
under the fury of the flame, and with the abatement of
speed that followed the difficulties of launching the
boats were not so great. The several crews had been
swept or tumbled out of them; they were for the moat
part still available, and in those of them that were not
burnt the rescued people escaped. As to the origin
of the fire itself, as will be seen from the evidence of
Attwood, some approach to a satisfactory solution
is made. He positively states that ho
_saw
flames issuing from the door of the fore storeroom, where
the oil tied tallow were kept; but as the keeper of this
store, Angus Melones, hae been saved, he wilt probably
be able to give some further information on this point.
All the witnesses agree in the marvellous rapidity wit''-1
which the coellagration spread. The pile of tarred
sacks, the quantity of coal in the vessel, the trusses of
hay on deck, the newness of the pinewood, and the fresh
pitch, all contributed to this. For more minute particu-
lars we refer the reader to the evidence subjoined, Which,
we regret to say, partakes in some degree of the
whichpe
ich characterised the actual csAastre h confu-
sionvritness gave his own version of the facts thuse.ketchacedh
in general terms, but it is impossible
in a written -
_ describin a
g
narra-
tive to do justice to the manner of each
scene so appalling. One thieg
cannot
fail to strike the
reader as possessing a melancholy interest,
characteristic of the devotion of English sailors intrusted
as highly
with command, and as honourable
sbrave men who, there is every to the memory of
ashed with the ill-fated Atja reason to fear, have pe-
only one has escaped, and, zon. Of all her officers
left by the survivors to when the burning vessel was
lected in a group close by her fate, they were seen col-
execution of their duty, the helm—to the close in the
effort. The directors of end sacrificing their lives in the
were:—Captain the company and others present
Captain Mangles Shepperd (chairman), Colonel Short,
, Captain Nelson, Captain Chappell (se-
cretary), Captain Corry, Admiralty
Superintendent of
Packets at South
Southampton; Captain Walker, from the Board
of Trade • Captain Barton, the company's
superintendent
at Southern
Captain pton; Mr. G. Mills, the Engineer-in-Chief;
Chapman, commander of the Tay; and Captain
Abbott, commander of the Thames. The first witness
called was—

Charles Laing, stoker, who said that it was his watch
after twelve o'clock on the night of the fire. Mr. Stone,
tho fore engineer, came to him and said he wanted him
to oil the cranks. He then went on deck at a quarter to
one o'clock, end heard tho cry of " Fire!" on which he
said, " For God's sake put the donkey on! He de-
scribed the difficulty of getting the pinnace clear from
the keel-eraues. Soverat boats left the ship before th,A
in which he was. Ito knew little about the origin of the
fire. White and Thurlo were the two stokers along
with him at the after funnel, but the fire came from near
the fore funnel. The store-room he described as fitted
up with iron tanks, in which the tallow and oil were
placed. There were also there oils, paints, turpentine
cans, and linseed oil. Ho had not been in that room
after going to sea. The men who slept in it c:-.ming
round to Southampton found it rather hot. Angus
M'lnnes W. 19 the comke-per, and witness asshted him
there before the ship left. He could form no idea what-
ever as to the origin of the fire. Ho could not sec that
the bags placed on the lead casing of the boiler could
have been the cause of what bad happened. Three
coatings encircled the boiler, of felt, canvas, and lead.
John Lamont, a water-tender on board, bad haw 91
years in the Dee, and left her to join the Amazon. lie
was in his hammock when the fire broke out, and heard
the cry of "Fire, fire!" He did not get up at first, but
when some one said, "The ship is on fire, Jack. he ran
uP 1111t1 ociw the fore stokehole on are. lie "W tho

4w3rls3 with I‘.--b)nntt and a handl 'n her hand.
heard the captain say, " Mr. Itober , put the tiro
us." He had a bucket in his hand at the time. The
w;tneis then described the launching of the boat in'
ti Inch he escaped in terms closely resembling that already
ed.
Captain Sheppard—Can't you tell us any more about
the fire? Witne,,F—Ne. It was corniee. oat of the fore
stokehole, close to the storeroom. Ile had helped to put
the oil in the tanks there, but hr.d not been in since the
ship left. There were oil cans and measures there also.
When they got into the boat they found it impossible to
give any assistance to others, for they shipped two or
three seas. The plug was out when she was launched.
It tr.: stopped imperfectly with waste, and they had
only three oars. No person took the lead or conmend
of the boat. One oar was need to steer, and the
other two to row. The rest of the oars must have fallen
out when she was sespended in lowering her. He saw
a boat on the larbcnrd side over on her side in the
water before leaving, end the people being washed out
of her one by one. Tne captain looked over and said,
Poor souk, they are all lost," or something to that
offcct. At the commencement of the fire he heard the

captain say, aet lower away the boats." When
they left they could not stay nfar the ship, bring afraid
she would se-amp them, but she was not going last, and
left them only half a mile astern. When he quitted her
the remaining life-boats were both on fire. About half
an hour elapsed between when he gut up and when he
left. He did not knew rvhat to do, and stood close to
the wheel for COMP time. Mr. Treweek, the officer of
the watch, had hold of it,
and witness offered to assist
him, but he said Neer mind, I can manage it." Mr.
Angus served in the a,e while he was there, and was a
very careful man u;,;ainst fire fie had not " broken"
his bed from the time they left Southampton ; ter wit-
ness made it for him then, and it had not been dis-
turbed.
By Captain Warburton—There was no rush at the
outset to the boats, and none were lowered till the life-
boats took tire on the paddle-box.
George Deal, quartermaster, said that he had turned
in before the fire broke out. He had the last two hours
on the quarter-deck, and at ten minutes to ten o'clock
the ship stopped, and at half-past ten a barque came
alongside. At four minutes past eleven they turned
ahead again. At ten minutes to twelve heaved the log, and
they were going 6.6. At nearly half-past twelve he
turned in, and was asleep, he believed; for he did not
hear the first cry of " Fire." He rushed up, and those
who followed him could not come up the same compa-
nion. The captain called, "Put up the helm," and she
payed off. The paddle-box was then catching,
Wit-
ness stood by the helm, and while there helped the
lowering of the dingy. The cutter was the boat he es-
caped in after the first crew had been capsized out of her.
Another witness said two crews were so capsized. The
captain was then walking the deck half naked. with a
bucket in his hand. The flames apparently came from
the starboard storeroom. There were eight in the cutter
when she left. They heard voices of people drifting past
them, and they picked up Mr. Evans, but could save none
of the rest.

By Captain Whish—The place where he first saw it
was full of smoke, and his only thought was of getting
it under. He heard the captain say—" Keep fast the
boats for a while, and try to save the ship." After a
time ho put down a bucket ho had in his hand, and said
—" It's all over with her." These were the last words
witness heard him say. Where he went afterward wit-
ness knew not.

By Captain Warburton—He could not say how long it
was between his first seeing the fire and taking to the
boats. -The men stood by the pumps as long as possible.
They followed the ship as near as they could, but he was
unable to see any one on board.
Alexander Lang, quartermaster on the watch from
twelve till four, said he was called on deck at twelve,
and Deal, whom he relieved, said all was right then.
The ship was going about 7-1- knots. About a quar-
ter to one he saw a flame coming through the fore
hatch. He ran to the companion and shouted " Fire."
Captain Symons had ordered him on no account to
leave the deck, and therefore he did not go below.
He went to the wheel, but it was fouled by the fall
tackle of the dingy. He did not see Captain
Symons from that time. He described the capsizing
of the pinnace, and his own escape in the
boat with Miss Smith. They were without oars, and
his boots were used to bale out the water. There was
a gentleman named Evans, whom they heard " singing
out." He was floating with two oars under his arm, and
a mast, and they took him in. They heard a shriek
afterwards, and listened, bat it ceased, and they could
hear nothing. The ship was then far to leeward, and
at last her magazine blew up, her masts went by the
board, and she went down.

By Captain Corry—The lowering of the dingy was
at least half-an-hour after the fire was discovered.
By Captain Warburton—He heard the captain order
the men, when he saw there was no hope, to " clear
away the boats." All attention was paid to the
captain, but there were some who stuck to the boats,
but " God knovrs who they were." He only saw one
boat on fire, and it was the one he hoped to escape
in. He saw some of the crow and passengers col-
lecting the settees aft, as if to form a raft. Al rushed
to .the pumps at Ent. The dingy went early, but ho
did not observe her go. It was her fall tackle that
fouled the tiller rope.
Daniel Brown had just turned in when he heard the
cry of " Fire," He was dressed, and when he got up he
saw the flAmes coming cut of the engine-room to the
starboar.f sic. He made for Davnton's pump, but wee
nc3rly smoihered t:y tie i'mcke, lle found the caisage
fore and aft v.-;:q cut off, sod immediately he r.udet
the quartet-d,,ok. The capt?.itt said, " I);_sc't lower the
boat'," but tho passengers and crew wero crowding to
veal. lie lowered three beats, one after the other, the
crews of all ~f which were swept away. Ho then de-
scribed his escape in one of the boats that had previ-
on,ly been upset. They picked up Mr. Evans, and
dropped down in the ship's wake to try ttnd save any
pour fellows. They then p:”.scci her, and after lying by
for some tide they made in the direction of Ushant, as
near as they could judge, Brest light was first sighted
by them, but they got into the breakers, and wero
obliged to make to sea again. T'ney were then all next
night at sea, and cams towards Ushant, when they
were picked up by the Dutch galliot they saw the
night before. He Was nearly, or quite, the last man
out of the ship. Captain Symons, Mr. Roberts, and
Mr. Tree% eek remained, and be saw them stand-
icg close to the wheel when he left. ; and one
poor fellow near them, who was more than
half-burnt. He could say nothing about the
causesuppose that from the
heat e
furnaceslltehecohualgd only
bags
oannd waste took fire. He
heard Captain Symons say, three or four time, " Don't
lower the boats. When all hands were so engaged, Mr.
of
f theth e
fire.
Roberts also was engaged in putting the fire out. All
others were thinking of nothing but their lives; they had
no heart for anything else.
By Captain Warburton—It was not long before the
ship Was put before the wind; but he could not say who
did it. Within eight minutes from the first alarm the
men were clearing away the boats..
By Captain Mangles—Both life-boats were on fire at
It was all momentarily
the time. done, and when he
went down to the pump he could not have remained if
he had Ind a fortune offered him. His impression, from a
s experince in the Fast
previoulndies, wAc that the smoke
smelt of tallow. The settees were drawn aft about the
close to the evt,tht. „
wheel,trey„ were several eo
dressed there, and he saw Mr. Roberts take a ship's life-
buoy off a tall gentleman's noel.
to give it to a lady,
saying that there were lath( s in the ship, and they should
have elle life-buoys before the'gentlemen.
George Harding went to bed
9 o'clock, and was
awakened on Saturday evening at
He assisted one of theof leers,
by the cry Fire!"
ers, Mr. Treweek, to put the
ship Wore the wind, lb was there till the engines
were stepped, He saw three or four boats leave the
chip- 0-le, when lowered, capsized, with twenty cr
twenty-feur persons
in her. He could not say whether
they Were the crew or Mr. Wil-
passengers. He saw
liatia Angus on deck,and one tall gentleman with his
shirt all on fire. William Angus put his hand up to try
and put the flames out. He also saw a child burning.
He got into the captain's gig, and the crutches she was
retrog on stove in her bottom. Ho then jumped into
the boat underneath, in w lnch Mrs. M'Lennan was.
By evtain Warburton—There were settees on the
quarter deck, and Captain Symons wag there with a fire-
bucket in his hand. The men did not appear to be as-
sisting him.

Captain Warburton—Did the mon come away from
the beats when ho ordered them? Witness could not
say. Tho tall tackle of the dingy had entangled the
rudder, but when the ship was put before the wind ho
heard Mr. Treweek say the ship was unmanageable.
He saw Mr. Roberts in the boat with Mrs. M'Lennan,
but he could not say whether he was assisting her or not.
Thomas Attwood, fireman, had the first watch from
twelve to four on the eight of the fire. He was" firing"
aft the stokehole, and was lying on the grating on the
larboard fore stokehole, and must have scan if the fire
originated from the empty coal ba;s. Ho s,w them on
fire after the flames showed. It commenced in the star-
board store-room, for he saw it rushing through the
grating from the door.
Captain Shepperd—Are you certain of that fact?
Witness—Yee, quite certain. People were in there
very often for different things that night- He saw
M'lnnes come out about ten minutes before twelve
o'clock with a light in his hand; but witness could not
say what sort of light it was.
Captain Shepperd—Our
great object is to know how
the fire originated.
Witness—The tallow in the storeroom was in tanks,
and above it soft soap and oil. The oil-tanks had been
leaking, and a rake there which he was using was so
greasy that he had to wipe it. He was sure the tanks
leaked, because he saw them dripping. The oil had got
upon the boards; but there was very little. It was not
in the store-room he caw it, but on the top of the boiler
from the store-room door.
Captain Chappell—Was there any danger from the
oil running on the boiler? Witness—Not the least, fur
there was felt and casing, and then lead over that.
By Captain Mangles—Tyrrell, who was near him,
first saw the fire, and sung out "There is something
coming from the boiler..' The lights generally used
on such occasions were globe lamps.
By Captain Warburton—lle escaped in the after boat
en the larboard side after she was capsized. Captain
Symons vt as then rushing about the deck almost frantic,
with a bucket in his baed. It was impossible to con-
struct a raft, from the way the fire flew aft. Not more
than 25 minutes elapsed from his coming on deck till he
left the ship.
By Captain Mangles—There was no unusual heat
whore he was lying when the alarm was given. The
vessel was paying off when he came on deck.
Henry Carter, coal-trimmer, had just turned in whoa
the alarm was given, He was forward, and could not
get aft, end on looking over the side he saw Mr. Good-
rick half out of ono of the portholes and on fire. Wit-
ness and another threw him a rope and dragged him up.
Ohirt was then in dames, and witness did not know