The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

Anwnucw.

Offieera
Soldiers
Women
Children

;,. 126

13
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151
Of whom seventeen soldiers
Naval Hospital. were left sick at the

TOTAL NIIIIEER. SAVED FROM. WRECK.
Naval persons 59
••• •••
Military persona . 134
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C. WYVILL, ommodox ,
TENT

STATEMEN _ OF Dt"---------_
GEONI SAVED • BO WEN,. STAFF-SUR-
Erre', 13Y. THE CUTTER.
neann No. 4 •
Sir,—ln obediencesr
eoutri s
commandTosen, .Mla r ehha
vle, ItBh6:h. 0 :
Sin, ,
to
nour to state that I V/ AS on
shortly after she struck, about the deck of. the Birkenhead
February. I remained in the two A M., on the 26Vn of
two, just before the ruidi e vessel till she parted in
and then, seeing no hope of ,boxes, as it seemed to. in
Salmond saying that those who
ship floating, and, Mr.
try and save their lives, I lowered could swim had better
and swam- The ship went dowered myself from the poor
after I left her, as far as I can •4 in three or four nib lutes
the first cutter. • Judge- Iwas picked vet) by
During the time I was on deck
officers and men, both naval and the conduct at the
greatest coolness and the perfection Military, displayed: the
Salmond's orders were 'given,lina of discipline. Mr
effect With as much quietness as
it:ered, and carriud into
ordinary occasion. I spoke to Mr, it had been onty an
before tho ship parted, and ho was as cool and self- pos-
After I got into the cutter we took in as many mien as
she could with safety carry, and the
the greatest courage and propriety' cre
Ylithw
the behaexeevrtied wion
th
of one marine, whose conduct was d
Renwick, and who appeared to Isrespectful to, Mr.
grumble rather than
assist.
The first and second cutters and
1 -
pany for Cape Hangeliff, under the gig palled in (corn-
chards. As, when we neared , theshore,orders of Mr. Ri-
surf breaking heavily, at daylight we el we foitnd. the
for a sail which was in sight, but after pulled seaward
there seemed no chance of reaching her, a long pull , as
for "Tangent?. A north-westerly breeze' we
again palled
and freshened, with a se thaneas rather now sprurs,g up
our deeply-laden boat, a er ham,
thetoo mac] i for
was ahead of us, and
waving hats for some
being able to attract the attention of th time, wit bout
the boat before the wind, and pulled fore crew, w e put
which appeared to be standing in. This proved t o be
the schooner Lioness, and she took us up about .half-
past 11 A.M.
The master of this schooner then stood •
the second cutter, with Mr. Richards
the in shors3 for
children, and borne soldiers; we
then sea
ewomen,, and
were like ourselves, pulling for the Shhoeten na up; they
first made them out they appeared to beer;w6s: awe
which proved to be a woman's Shawl spread under
sail,
hook. We could see nothing of the gig, but on a 'boat-1
a picked crow from the first cutter for
theas sh..e had
purp ase of
chasing the schooner in the morning, we were i act in
much appreheesion on her account.
The schooner then visiwd the wreck, and took .
itiiv
men from it. This was done by Mr- Renwi,, •m"-4
ar id Mr.
Richards. and the cutters' crews; these two--
displayed the greatest ecUrage, determitiati gent 3 omen
displayed
in-
telligence in petting, the Inc° from the wre ,locpn, ai it'
during the 'Whole arair, Their. conduct` ' as 4' ell as
brave men. • '., . I. 'WU ti NA of
•
Mr. Ittchards's dutyin the bdat, with the
wore
childre,
WO Arduous the extreme,
Mon and
104 we' 0, per-
formed.n , . ~ pia_