The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-28 00:00:00

EVENING,

LOSS OF THE AMAZON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN;
Sln,—Fox, Song, zind Co. pr sent their resiFeta to
the editor of The Suai, c.nd as their letter of this date
to Sir John Ommanney throws-new light on this
unfortunate affair, they enclose a copy of it.
Plymouth, Jan. 27, 1852.

[Copy.]
Plymouth, Jan. 27, 1852.
Sir,—ln our letter of the 19th inst. we stated in ex-
planation that our junior had seen your secretary, and
not yourself, when he applied at your office on the Bth
inst. (the word secretary having been accidentally
omitted in our letter to Captain Chappell). Notwith-
standing this explanation, your letter of the 21st inst.,
addressed to Captain Chappell, and published in the
Morning Herald, contains expressions most offensive and
unjustifiable; the responsibility now endeavoured to be
thrown by you on your eecie ts.ry, is of too grave a cha-
racter to be allowed to take place by implication; and we
now call on you to state, whether, before Septimus
Fox called at your office, and saw your secretary on the
Bth inst., you had. not, in a conversation with your secre-
tary, informed him to the effect that you considered " all
search for the Amazon was useless"—whether,
saw
hyobuer-
fore and after our S. Fox called on you, and
secretary, several persons—and amongst them at least
ono naval officer—had not particularly called your atten-
tion to the lamentable circumstances attending the loss
of the Amazon, and produced a statement, afterwards
published in the Skipping Gazette, and also suggested to
you the necessity of a steamer being sent out immedi-
ately; whether your secretary did or did not inform you
of tne number of persons who, as he states in his letter
to you of the 20th inst. in the Globe, were calling and
making inquiry about the Amazon; and if h e either in-
formed you of it, or if you otherwise knew it, why you,
the head of the.naval department here, and so specially
appointed to protect, succour, and aid the merchant
navy, took no steps to alleviate the anxiety so plainly
evinced, either by dispatching a vessel to seek for the
crew or passengers of the Amazon, or by directing in-
quiry to be made. We, the occasional correspondents at
this port for the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company,
sent one of our firm to your office, who saw your secre-
tary, his name was sent in as Mr. Fox, and during tho
interview he showed your secretary a letter which had
been received that morning from Captain Chappell.
We now gather from your letters that this application
from us as to whether a steamer had been sent out by
you was never communicated to you by your secretary,
nor was our junior ever asked by your secretary to see
you, but your secretary replied so plainly and positively
that you considered all search useless, that we received
that communication as yours through your official chan-
nel. We further ask you most emphatically, why should
any application to you be necessary to call your atten-
tion to a subject so notorious and heartrending as the
less of the Amazon; there were our fellow-creatures in
peril on the ocean, and in your power means to search,
perhaps to aid and save—why, we ask, did you delay for
a moment?—We are, Sir, yours, &c.,
(Signed) Fox, SONS, and Co.
To Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8.,
Port Admiral, IJevonport.