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NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF ROSE DOUGLAS.
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THE TWO FAMILIES;
An Episode in the History of Chapelton.
By the Author of " Rose Douglas."
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:Just published,
PICTURES OF LIFE IN MEXICO,
By R. IL MASON, Esq.
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in one thick vol., the Tenth Edition, enlarged, price 165.,
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their Medical Adviser.

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CAUTIO N.-MECHI'S MAGIC STROP.
" The Real Magic Strop," " The Double Magic Strop," " The
Magic Strop," are all base imitations of MECIII'S MAGIC STROP.
None arc genuine without Mechi's name, which imitators dare not
put on the spurious strop; yet, strange to say, many perfumers call-
ing themselves respectable, endeavour to palm this rubbish (they
cost from 3d. to sd. each in Sheffield) on the public as Mechi's genuine
strop, although they possess no sharpening properties whatever, but
the very reverse. The well-known Magic Paste is an invaluable anxl-
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COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.-
Commercial travellers are, of all men, the most social ; their
profession often places them within situations where they are obliged
to freely patronise the science of gastronomy, and to yield to the
seductive allurements of the " rosy god ;" no harm from these indul-
gences would ever be felt if they would take two or three of OLD
PARK'S fine stomachic PILLS at night, which would, without the
slightest disturbance or pain, clear off all acidities which would
otherwise remain in the stomach and bowels, and produce feverish
head-ache, and all other unpleasant symptoms. On account of their
mild and effective operation, they are now more used by all travel-
lers than any other medicines are. For sea voyages they are ac;
knowledged to be all that are required, preventing all scurvy, &c.
The sale of Parr's Life Pills amounts to upwards of 30,000 boxes
weekly, more than all other patent medicines put together. The
simple fact needs no further comment; it tells plainly that the Pills
of Old Parr are the best medicine in the world.
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OBRVAT I 0 N S.
It happened but lately, as I took a walk,
My ears were saluted by confident talk ;
The pith of what passed in a street conversation
I mean to deliver in faithful narration.
A tradesman stepped out and his ncigbour addressed,
His income last year bad improved, he confessed;
His business had yielded little more, he admitted,
But from long tailors' bills he was safely acquitted.
lie had visited MOSES and SON'S clothing mart—
, Had proved it was matchless for neatness and art ;
But the saving was such in the course of the year,
As left him in Pocket a fifty pound clear.
A mechanic who laboured from morning to night,
And planned and devised to his uttermost might,
Said his children were fed and better arrayed
Since Om. whale. or their eiotning by MOSEg wa,traaate.
But this was not all, be had sent them to school,
As learning was useful in handling a tool ;
Yet no poorer had been since that he projected,
The cost had been cleared in their dress, lie expected.,
A noldeinan's mansion stood out item my way,
Its sp!endour induced me ati en' ion to pay ;
The servants attending would form a great mass,
Yet each in new lively this morning did pass ;
Their master as courteous as old English days,
To every department his own notice pays.
When questioned on taxes and cost he replies,
31v dealiag with MOSES all that now defies :
The cost is discharged, the taxes defrayed
By the constant reductions he offers in trade,
While to every observer it must be quite plain,
That in point of appearance I every way gain.
Pleased with my ramble, my notes I was scanning,
Nor felt the cold winds on every side fanning ;
They could not affect me, from my knee to my throat
I was safely ensconced in a warm Witney coat.
For this coat I'm indebted to MOSES'S power,
To make it, to trim it, and sell it much lower
Than any one ever could think in these days,
Though inventions improve in a thousandfresh ways.
E. MOSES and SON,
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Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargato.
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THE ADORNMENT OF THE PERSON
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Y executed in design and finish.
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studied at
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St. James's.

The PRIZE QUADRILLE, awarded to Mr. J. R. Talton. of the
Royal Horse Guards (Blue), will be played every evening by
Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, 3,1,
Boulcourt.

Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and
terminate at half-past eleven.
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LRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy
of this medicine :

Atlantic,airnbaunt—lllh •
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and to restore order. Witness saw him displaying great
theTheCbegeonneontobsoacrodthansdlabrygtehea
energy, and several times he was close to the fire.
steamer as this before?—No; I never before crossed
steamers.
The Chairman—I mention that, because in such ves-
sels the heat, where you describe it to have been, is
usually very great, and might alarm passengers who bad
never witnessed it before.—Yes; but the heat was very
much greater than I had ever witnessed before; and
impression also was that the flues were too short.
The Chairman—Do you understand machinery 2—Yes.
I have had a good deal to do with machinery. I have a
machine on my farm; and I seas going out to superin-
tend some machinery in the West Indies. I have paid
particular attention to the economy of fuel.
The Chairman—l wonder you did not speak to the
captain about the heated state of the timbers.—I will
tell you why I did not. For some hours we had stopped
on account of the bearings being over heated, and I saw
Mr. Allen and Mr. Angus repeatedly, night and day, at-
tending to the rnachin ,ry, their whole anxiety being
directed to the bearings of the engines. Witness was
most anxious to state how free from blame the engi-
neers were. He know what duty was, and he never saw
men more attentive to their duty, regardless of their own
rest, than were Mr. Allen and Mr. Angus. They were
constantly passing from one bearing to another;
and in conversation both of them told witness
that they did not expect the machinery to settle for
a week or ten days. When Mr. Allen was applying
the grease, witness said to him, surely the bearings are
uneven, as there would not be so much screaming
(alluding to the noise the engines made); and he added
that if the gale came on and one paddle-wheel was up in
the air while the other was immersed up to the axle,
they would have more music than they liked. It was
about this that Mr. Allen was anxious. He slackened
the caps, and the pumps were constantly going upon
them, while two men did little or nothing else than to
pass from one bearing to another to lubricate them. He
was convinced that the engines had nothing on earth to
do with the fire. He had been accustomed to see some
of the best engines in Liverpool, but he never saw better
made engines in his life than those that were on board.
He never saw greater liberality of metal—better worked
joints—or better arranged machinery; and but for the
heating of the bearings he was convinced they were ca-
pable of doing their work in a first-rate style. He
thought it was a combination of circumstances that ag-
gravated the fire, but that the fire itself was caused by an
accident—that he believed to be the dropping of melted
tar from the coal sacks upon the hot cinders in front
of the stoke-hole.
Chairman—ls there anything else you wish to state?
Mr. Neilson—l had a conversation with Captain Sy-
monds, about half-past twelve o'clock at night, about the
ship and the crew. Captain Symonds said that the ship
was doing her work well; but as to the crew, he had
only time to get one or two of his old hands with him,
and that he knew nothing as yet as to their competency,
or to make any arrangements among them. I thought
he was alluding to the arrangement of the men at their
different stations in the boats. I put the question to
one of the men afterwards, and he said that no boats'
crews had been arranged, and that there had been no
time to do so.
Captain Mangles here stated that the captain could
not make such arrangements until he knew the capaci-
ties of the different men; but he (Captain Mangles)
knew there was a fire-bll on board, appointing each
man to his several stations in case of fire.
Mr. Neilson continued—He was convinced in his own
mind that if the engines could have been stopped there
was ample boat room to save every soul on board. Bat
it was almost impossible to lower the boats while the
vessel was making such progress, and in such a gale.
He thought means should be employed to stop the en-
gines from the decks in case of emergency. He had re-
marked to the captain, when talking about the heated
bearings, that everything was in a heated state.
The Chairman—lt strikes me, Mr. Neilson, that tbo
unfortunate result has impressed upon your mind more
strongly afterwards than at first as to the heated tim-
bers, because if you had felt upon the subject then as
you do now, you would have spoken of it to the officers?
Witness—No, Ido not think so. I did not fear fire,
but I felt that if there was a fire it would materially
affect the result.
Colonel Short—Looking to the short time the vessel
had left Southampton, was the crew in good order and
subordination 2—Quite so.
Colonel Short—And under all the circumstances you
think the crew behaved well ?—I never saw a crew be-
have better. Captain Symonds never lost his control
over the men till the ship was obviously lost. I saw him
rushing aft and back again; I could not distinguish his
orders, but he seemed full of energy to the last.
Captain Mangles—You say the beam was hot; was
that beam below the main deck or below the spar deck?
—The beam below the spar deck was so hot that it in-
duced me to put my hand also to the beam below.
Captain Mangles—Do you recollect how for the deck
was from the funnel 2—About a yard off ; quite suffi-
agent to prevent the fire coming from there.
Captain Mangles—You say the coals were lying about
the stoke-hole. Aro you aware that the floor of the en-
gine-room was lined throughout with iron plate,?—Yes;
there was no danger in that circumstance, considered by
itself. My opinion is, that the fire was caused by an ac-
cident; but that the rapidity of the fire was occasioned
by the circumstances I have mentioned, none of which
alone would have given ground for apprehension. The
witness continued—ln consequence of so much having
been said upon the subject of the boat fastenings, I beg
to draw the attention of the directors to the circum-
stance, that there was such a number of things in ono of
the life-boats, and the davits were so arranged, that I
don't thick the boat's crew, in ordinary circumstances,
could have lowered one in less than ten minutes. A
great deal has been said about keel cranes; but I think
if the men bad been aware of their nature, there would
not have been the obstruction there was. The boat was
a heavy one, but a better boat never lived in the sea.
Though the sea was running so high that the men could
make but little way, yet she never shipped an ounce of
water after we left the wreck. After the wind went
down we had the prospect of five or six days' pulling,
without food or water. Now, I would suggest that gutta
percha casings might bo put under the benches of the
boats, and filled with bread, and that at the bottom of
the boat there might bo square bottles filled with
water. The boat would thus have been victualled for
three weeks, and the additional weight would not have
been more than 1,500 lbs.

THE AMAZON STEAMER.
Yesterday the inquiries instituted by the directors of
the West India Mall Steam-packet Company as to the
probable cause of the fire that destroyed this noble ves-
sel was resumed at the offices of the company, in
Moorgate-street, City. There were present—Cap-
tain Shepherd, the chairman, Captain Mangles,
Captain Nelson, Captain Whish, and Colonel Short,
forming a committee of directors to whom the inquiry
had been entrusted. There were also present—Captain
Chappell, the manager; Mr. Mills, the principal engi-
neer to the company
; Ur. Seaward, of Messrs. Seaward
and Capee.s, the makers of the Ames m's engines; and
other gentlemen interested in the fate of the passen-
gers, among whom was Captain Warburton, brother of
Mr. Eliot Warburton, &c.
The following letter was read from the Board of Ad-
miralty:—

" Gentlemen—With reference to your letter of the
12th inst. respecting the investigation which is taking
" Admiralty, January 14, 1852.
place regarding the loss of the Amazon contract steam-
packet, I am commanded by say Lords Commissionm
of the Admiralty to acquaint you that my Lords will be
very much obliged to you for the copy of the evidence
ceedings, their Lordships do not think it necessary to
when printed, but that,
interfere.—l am, &0., in the present state of the pro-

for TradeHJWan.. 14 1852.
,
The following correspondence between the directors
and the Board of Trade was also read:— MILTON."
" Office of the Committee of Privy Council
"Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade to request you to call the at-
tention of the directors of the West.lndia Mail Steam-
packet COultal3.Y to- Sim"lfivitation Act, sections
29 and 32, whieh-comboits to the Board of Trade the
duty of making investigations in case of accident, and the
eci,as
without making
powers necessary for that purpose.
" The destruction of the Amazon appears to my Lords
to be so important, both as regards the magnitude of the
loss of life and property, and the nature of the circum-
stances
i:llohw to passappeitn to render it im-
possible
inquiry. As, however, they are satisfied that it
underfor
th
em which
t o
is both the wish and interest of the directors to investi-
gate the cause as fully as possible, and as they under-
stand that those gentlemen are about to institute a
searching inquiry, my Lords wish to avoid the trouble
of a separate investigation, and desire me to suggest to
the directors that a member of this department should be
present at the inquiry about to be instituted, with power
to take a part, and to put any questions he may think
proper.
" This course will, my Lords believe, be satisfactory
to the public, and will enable them, in the discharge of
their duties under the Act above-mentioned, to avail
themselves of the experience to be derived from the case.
" My Lords direct me, however, to state that, in mak-
ling the above :proposal, they reserve to themselves the
' right of instituting an independent investigation should
circumstances render it necessary to do se.
" An immediate answer is requested.
o I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) "T. H. FARREL,'
" Januar 14, 1852.
"Sir,—With reference to your letter of this date, lam
instructed to remark that the directors of this company,
being under the impression that the vessels employed in
carrying mails or dispatches under contract with the
Admiralty, to or from places beyond the limits of the
river Elbe and Brest, are exempt from the operation of
the Steam Navigation Act, considered it would be irre-
gular to address the Board of Trade respecting the de-
struction by fire of the Royal Mail Steam-packet
Amazon.
" So anxious, however, were the directors that public
officers should either assist in the inquiry, or conduct it in-
dependently of the company, that an application with that
object was made to the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty; but, as their Lordships have declined to inter-
fere, lam to state that will afford much gratification
to the directors to be assisted at the inquiry, which will
be continued at this office tomorrow, 141 eleven, and at
Southampton on the following day, at two o'clock, by
any members of your department who may be deputed
to attend on that occasion.—l am, &c.,

[PRICE SD.

hauling forward some settles, and it occurred to
me that they were going to make a raft, the very thing
I should have done, and I think that two settees
fastened with a spar at each and, would make a very
fine raft. I assisted in dragging ono forward. I heard
the captain then order the larboard life-boat to be
lowered, and he was answered, " she is on fire." I
ran up to see, and found it was so. He then ordered
the starboard lifer boat to be lowered, and again was an-
swered " She is on fire." At that moment I saw a boat
lowered from the starboard side, and I thought this was
the last available chance, so instead of going to see the
tare of the starboard life-boat, I watched the lowering
of this boat, and told my friend Martin, z that this was
our only chance. I lowered myself over the side by a
rope, and watched my opportunity till I heard the boat's
crew cry "Cut away," when I dropped into the sta. The
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before I looked again, as we were getting a spar out for
seamen.
The Chairman—What is your opinion of the way the
men behaved themselves?—It was impossible to see who
were officers and who were men. I thought I recog-
nised one officer by his gold-laced cap. The captain
certainly did everything in his power to maintain order,
and it was impossible for man to do more.
The Chairman—Did your friend escape?-8e endea-
voured to follow me, but I do not know what became of
him. As I left the ship I saw Mr. Warburton walk
quickly to the starboard lifeboat, probabably to see if
other
Captain Mangles—Was Mr. Warburton dressed?—
errespiode.
repart of her burning was true, as I had gone to the

• Yes. -
Captain Mangles7And collected?—Quite collected.

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It was stated that, by the regulations of the com-
pany's Act, gunpowder, spirits, and other inflammable
substances were prohibited to be taken out in the com-
pany's vessels ; at the same time it appeared that a
quantity of gum, camphor, sulphur, and ammonia bad
gone out among the cargo in casks without the know•
ledge of the company.
The first witness examined was

bersd, was among the rescued passengers who were
Mr. Neilson, of Liverpool, who, it Mlly be romem-
lauded at Plymouth. In answer to qeestions from the
chairman, he stated that when ho made a public state-
ment on the subject of the fire he bad .abstained from
entering into the cause of }he fire, b ca see felt that
the board would _institute in • o"Tho subject,
and though his attention it line drawn to.varfons tire'
cumstances that occurred on the night of the fire, yet he
felt, as a landsman, that it would not be right to make
i
any statement of opinions which might be crude and ill-
fouuded, except under the sanction of a board like the
present. But there were several circumstances on the
night of that Saturday that caused him uneasiness, so
that after all the lights were put out, and most of the
passengers bad retired to rest, he went upon deck, and
met the captain, and had 80020 conversation with him.
The captain advised him to go to bed, but instead of that
he went down to the engine-room; and as he passed the
after funnel he noticed that it was excessively hot. He
did not think the fire originated there, but he noticed it
for this reason, that he felt, if an accident should occur,
the heated state of this part would
greatly aid it. He
put his hand upon the beam above
funnel, and which supported the s, par deck, and it was
so hot he could not bear it. Ile then put his hand upon
the main deck, and it was still hotter. Previous to this,
on the afternoon of the Saturday, he had been down in
the engine-rooms ho had repeated conversations
with the engineers, Mr. Angus and Mr. Allen.
The Chairman—Did you mention to them the heated
state of the funnel and the beams? Mr. Neilson—No,
I did not like to
to the opposite aide of the engine-room, where the grease-
store was, which was nothing, but wood, and it was ex-
the top of it. When he left the engine'
ex-
cessively hot. Oa the steam-chest to the left of the
aPPear officious. Witness then weal
gangway, looking forward, there were some new coal-
onbt he could not decidedly say
.that they were
he did at half-past twelve, ho said to himself—not ad-
dressing any one, but touching the beam—'• If a fire
occurs, it will conic at at a tremendous pace." No
fire had taken place then, but below, through the
grated foot-path c room, which
of the engine room gangway,
he saw a great deal of red-hot cinders
lying in front of the stoke-hole on the left; and it
struck him that the tar dropping from the new coal-
sacks had fallen upon y
ignited. There the red-hot cinders, which imme-
diatel was ti reat d of coal ng
scattered about in the place;g and heeal was convincelyid,
from what he knew of the state of the after funnel, that
the funnel forward must have been much hotter. At the
time he put his hand upon the after timbers they were
sufficiently hot to have ignited the instant they came into
contact with the smallest flame. There was a large
quantity of grease in the store-room ; and on the pre-
vious day a large vessel filled with it had been brought
to the door in order to afford the men easy access to it
when thoy required to lubricate the engines, which they
did very frequently. Before he went below he spoke to
the engineer on duty, and asked bins, putting his hand
at the same time to the engines, how they felt • and he
answered they were behaving beautifully. *hen he
went to his berth all the lights were out. There were
two men in the bulkheads between the engine-room
and the cabin, whom 'he
supposed belonged to the
above their heads. He n
watch; and there were a
aesed number of fire-buckets
eti, undressed, and
went to bed. Lie had not been is thetg, bed above three or
four minutes when he heard the cry of e Fire." The
cry was in a light shrill voice. se
jumped up at once,
and running forward saw sparks and bright points of
fire coming up from the engine-roons. He was then im-
pressed with the idea that the flames would soon be sub-
dued, and he went back to his cabin and dressed. While
he was dressing the screams increased, and as he could
not find all his clothes, be thought it
was better to
escape as be was. On the deck he saw Captain Symonds
and all the officers, who were doing all they could to
cheek the flames by carrying sacks forward, and throw-
ing overboard trusses of bay and other inflammable
materials. At that time the officers were not directing
their attention to the boats, but to the means of extin-
guishiug the fire. The passengers were i
aenost all nearly
naked, and were crowding aft. They 1
-owered one of the
after boats on the port side, which was nearly full. She
turned over. Saw a Mr. Burney with a life-buoy, and
as witness had a life-buoy in his cabin, he thought he
time the hat would go back for it. At that
.. chway of the
of brilliant flatne He could
engine-room was one sheet 0
and *
not find his life-buoy at first, while seeking for
tremendous it in his cabin he heard a crash, accom-
panied by the shrieks of the
opassengers, and he was
about to come without it when tafortunatelywh laid his
hand on it. He was then returning,: to each otheeril he
esaw
a
gentleman and a lady clinging
030 two other passengers
of the cabin. There were forward, but the smoke was
there. He urged them
they seemed afraid to venture.
coming alt so thick that
Witness, however, drew a long breath, rushed through
the smoke, and got out. Captain Symonds had urged
him before to got out the buckets, but ho said it was of
call to Mr. Roberts—
no use. He heard thecaptainbefore the wind." Mr. Ito-
" For God's Bette put her
Ro-
berts, who was in his shirt, did so. At this time the fire
hatchway. Witness had
intended to jump overboarti
was coming up the companionas h© thought there was no
low red in safety; but he saw
chance of the boats being lot
so well at on© of the boats
some sailors doing their
wo:
joined them. It was found,
that ho went forward and sol
eve back the boat—she
however, that they could not iel e _
d over the side, and
would not stir. Witness lookbe
nit
i supported by an
found that it was fastened by
iron crutch; and just then a sailor
seized his arm and told
him to jump out and hoist at the tackle. Witness did
so; and by that time he found that the deck was very
hot—indeed, the fire scorched one of the men. Up to
this time, Captain Symonds seemed bent on getting the
fire out; after that his attention Wits ogiven to the boats,

Captain Mangles here stated that the directors bad
received a great number of suggestions respecting tho
boats and their equipment, and that a committee was
about to bo appointed to consider them, when Mr. Neil-
son's suggestions would be considered as well as the
others. Ile asked what exertion the boat's crow had
made to save any of their fellow sufferers? Mr. Neilson
—I speak it with a pardonable pride, that in that hour
of danger, which was sufficient to appal the stoutest
heart, all our thoughts and efforts were directed at first
to save others. When Mr. Vine nt— and a braver lad
never lived—with bis boat's crew, came on board of us
there were twenty-one in the boat; one of them was
lying in the bottom useless. I ordered to pull back to
the burning ship, and every man aided me to the utmost
till we were struck by a sea, and nearly filled with water.
I never saw„such a set of gallant fellows. I have been
in various queer positions in the Spanish Main, and I
know what good pluck is, but I never saw better than
was exhibited by our boat's crew that night.
Captain Mangles—Did you get near enough to see
those on board?—We saw three or four on the bowsprit,
but after the dingy was capsized and our own boat half
swamped it was impossible to do anything more, though
we heard the screams of dying men all around us, though
we could not get near them. Even after the rain had
brought down the sea it was with difficulty I could per-
suade the men to pull alongside the Marsden, they were
so afraid of being swamped.
Captain Warburton—On your landing at Plymouth
were any steps taken to send out a steamer to look for
any other boats?—l am not aware that any such steps
were taken. The Mayor called upon us and offered us
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Colonel Short—Do you know if any application was
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my knowledge.
Colonel Short—Do you think there are any boats now
unaccounted for?—My impression is that there are
none. I should fear to encourage false hopes.
Captain Mangles—Well, I have a different impression.
I think we shall yet hear of some other boats.

are T
stillh e Chairman—Thensom eboats
to
boats get away; I saw none swamped.
The Chairman—You know that there are other two
e pickedyour impressionup—tis. islth saw that there
tthhereree
boats beside your own that have been picked up; do you
think it was any of these you saw?—No, I think not.
The Chairman—Did you see the boat hanging by her
tackle?—Yes, she was hanging when I went over.
The Chairman—Well, we have evidence that the boat
was afterwards lowered, and it was the boat in which
Mrs. M‘Lennan was saved.

Captain Warburton—Was it owing to the represen-
tation you made that tho French admiral sent a steamer
from Brest?—Yes; owing to the representations I made
to the vice-consul.
Captain Warburton—Do you think it possible that
the forward passengers suffered more than those aft?—
I imagine that very few of those forward escaped, as
there were no boats there, and none could come
aft, except one or two at first over the paddle-boxes, on
account of the fire.
Jacob Allen was the next witness called. He said—l
was sent out by Messrs. Seaward and Capel, the makers
of the ship's engines, to watch their working, and to
makes notes for their use afterwards. I was about the
whole of that day, sometime below, sometimes above. At•
ten o'clock that night, through the sickness of one of the
engineers, we happened to have a warm bearing on the
main shaft. I consulted with Mr. Angus, the engineer,
on the subject. The vessel was stopped—the bearings
slacked, and both the lubricators taken off the main
shaft bearings, and put in order again. This detained
us for about an hour and ten minutes. Near twelve
o'clock Mr. Angus and I left the engine-room to get a
few hours' sleep. Mr. Angus went into his cabin. I
went back to the engineer on duty to bid him good night,
but previous to doing so I took the oil can and went upon
the main deck and oiled the eccentric of the wheels.
After that I went on the paddle-boxes and oiled the main
bearings. This was not my duty, but I did it to save
the engineer leaving the engine-room. It was a very
rough night, so that I could scarcely hold on the paddle-
boxes. I came down again to the main-deck, where I
met William Stone, the engineer of the watch, and told
him I had oiled his bearings for him, so that he had no
occasion to go there for two hours to come. I then
took up my lamp to go forward. I looked into Mr.
Angus's cabin, but I did not speak to him, as I thought
he was asleep on the sofa, but I went to my own cabin
on the lower deck, where I undressed, and had been in
bed only five or ten minutes, or hardly so much, when I
heard the cry of fire twice. I jumped up, pulled on my
trousers, and saw flames issuing out of the fore stoke-
hole hatchway, as though they were comiug from the
fore store-room. I ran aft. and saw two men working
the pumps, end two or three more running to get th"e
fire buckets, which hung behind the after fennel. I also
want forward with some buckets., but the flames aLd
smoke were such that they drove every one from b,-
tweeu.decks. I then made nay way up to the spar-deck,
whete there-waat number of people running up, both
passen:(rs and crew. I then saw Willi4th Angus and
William S:one throwing overboard trusses of bay, &c.,
to be out of the way ct the fire.
The Chairman—Have you formed any opinion es to
the cause of the fire?—l was not in the starboard fore
store-room from the time we left Southampton, but I
consider it was there it came from.

Co'onel Short—Was the machinery near enough to
heat it?—No; the bottom of tho store-room was three
feet from the top of the boiler, one cad of it being sup-
ported by one of the main iron beams that passed across
the ship, and the other rested on a coal bulkhead.
Colonel abort—Did you observe any particular heat
about the beams, for one gentleman has said they were
so hot he could not put his hand upon them P—l Qb-
served nothing of that.
Captain Mangles. ow far was the funnel from the
wood of the deck?—About twelve or fourteen inches;
but then there was a casing of sheet iron between the
deck and the funnel, so that in fact there was a funnel
within a funnel.

Captain Mangles—Do you know that in the voyage
round to Southampton the men slept in that store-room?
—Yes; I sometimes lay down there myself. Some
fourteen men slept there for two or three nights, when
the steamer came to anchor on account of the fog. It
was warm enough, but nothing disagreeable.
Colonel Short—Why do you think the fire began
there?—Becauso I saw the flames coming in that direc-
tion. The witness added that he never saw the store-
room door open after they left Southampton, but he was
given to underzitand that the tallow and the oil were
stowed away there in iron tanks. Ile did not think he
had seen any coal sacks, and ho did not think that tar
dropping from them would have set fire to tho ship. In
answer to Captain Whish, ho said that he had not told
anybody at Southampton that he saw two men go into
the store-room that night.
At this stage of the inquiry, Captain Beechey, R.N.,
was introduced, as having come from the Board of Trade,
in consequence of tho correspondence given above, to
assist at the inquiry.
Examination continued—lie could not tell what smell
the fire had, but if it had been from the wipings or from
felt, he would have known it at once. [Pieces of the
felt which covered the boiler were here snovp, And an
ineffectual attempt was made to set fire to it, but the
smell of the charring was peculiarly strong]..
Captain Warburton—Can you form any idea of the
time between the first alarm and the craw lowering the

boats?—l think about ten minutes.
well The witness further stated that the fire was in no
sense owing to the overheating of the bearings, which
engineers knew to be of no consequence. The engines
were inevetroy
takerespect.g
lare vesselsllehad round, never
after being fitted with their engines.
been to sea in a regular way, but ho had often been en.
trusted working
hisemployers
by
Mr. Seaward here stated that ho had every confidence
in witness. onfidenee

nit_cheelocrathbt
The witness then withdrew.
Mr. Glennie was the next witness called. Ile said—
As to any information on the cause of the fire I can give
none. I was asleep in my bed when it commenced, and
in.
I should imagine I was the last toisnagweeotnosseuevtgeourfea
I immediately ran aft, and then turned round to take a
general view of the ship. It appeared to me that thp
confusion I observed was even more appalling than the
e
fire, and that I must depend more upon my own exertion
than upon any combined efforts. I
his
I jumped into a boat and endeavoured to lower her, but
not und-rstauding the way in which. she was tied up I was
unable to do so. A friend of mini•, M. Mortimer de
Rea, followed me into the same boat, but I told him I
tthought t isa• eg
a should
ie.
e flowerleft the
elyt
obpuoraowtpeerrealbyti ino andher
that it would be capsized in the sea; we therefore left
boat forward was let down filled with passenger's,ll
Mr.was emayehntnbayn odnreopepnedd—inlttohitnhke
stheae. bow—and
ion,t
raeraeoxnacheeprt
thactapatnayibbo:itasbwgelerae—swEaemsipdeeds.
three—got off clear from the vessel.
the one
Yes.

Captain Mangles—From the starboard or larboard ?
They were starboard when I saw them, but I don't
know where they had been lowered from. I taw one in
particular get of! in fine order, and I wished myself on
board. At that time I thought there was little proba-
bility of the boats being lowered in good order ; and I
approached the captain to see if I could discover from
his, orders or his actions if he had any particular plan,
and to second it if I could, At tikat time they were

attudethhieng remainingthem, in
400
So conversation here took place respecting the
stowage of the coals, from which it appeared, on the
statement of Mr. Mills, that 600 tons of coal were put
tons about twenty-four hours before the vessel
the vessel
n leftnear
ar London,
but
not
to
started. Those were all stowed in slues of the vess( 1,
fore and d
f such a way that the coals first put aboard must be first
used. There were also 100 tons of coal put in the cargo
Imey had calculated st
on; but these were not to be used
till the last. The bags, so often referred to, seem to
on boarabetfo the re
boilers,
have been put there to receive the cinders.
William Stone, the fourth engineer, was next called.
He stated that he came on watch about twelve o'clock,
and was on the top of the entablature, tending the bear-
ings with oil. About half-past twelve Mr. Neilson
asked him how things were, and he said, all very com-
fortable. About one o'clock ho was standing aft on the
starboard part of the entablature, and he saw fire on the
starboard fore boiler. When he saw the flames, he ran
forward to work the water-engine, but the smoke and
When the fire were so thick that he could not, and they
he he
were
n
all obliged to get away as fast as they could. 1
too.
got to the spar-deck the flames had reached there
lie began, with William Angus, to throw over the
hay.
He saw Captain Symonds in his shirt singing
was on
out for
buckets. B,me men tried to use the pumpnhe thatwent to lower
deck, but no water would come. Then
the bows. We got one clear of the crlmes, and began
and fell down.
to lower her, but one part unhookedone
of
tho
firemen,
tie held on,
and got on dec k a
'''ilill
the tackle of the
then named Lang, assisted i
him n. clearing
en the
boat and lowering it again;
Choy
found the fall was
boat lowered
the fall and thevr as
fast, but witness cut

into the water.
In answer to questions from the Chairman,` he stated
that ho had never been in the storeroom; that they had
all the tallow they needed mixed up in a largo cask,
h Ading about 2 cwt., before they left Southampton,
which was placeii on the entablature of the engine-rooni.
That had lasted them all the time, though it was nearly
used when the fire broke cut. As to the oil, they had it
supplied to them in tin cans holding half a gallon at a
time. Ile bad never brought any oil up himself; if it
was want ad ono of the stokers went to the store-
keeper, 100 gave it. The storekeeper left out all the
atom?, but at night when he turned in the engineer on
duty had the keys of the room left with him. He saw 1
po oil brought out. The cans were full when he came
on wntch. He did not know how the WI Rae wig4llY

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service. lie saw no
ight. The lamps used
of strong thick glass
Id in which the flame
_th any sub-
stance, unless the glass had been broken]• exterior
lie heard no
order given to stop the engines, but if he had it was im-
possible to go into the engine-room to stop them. When
he saw the fire burst out he could not see the store-room.
but the fire was close to it.

Martin Rogers, the foreman of Mr. Green. who had
fitted up the store-room, and Thomas Atherton, who
put up the joiner work inside it, were then examined as
to the position and the fittings of the store-room, but
their evidence added nothing to that which bad been al-
ready elicited.

The inquiry was then adjourned till to-morrow (this
day), to be resumed at Southampton.

At the elope of the proceediogs the following deeply
ntereiting letter from Mrs. M'Lennan to the directors
was read by Captain 51-angles:--
"9, Howard street ~trans, Jan, 14, 1852.
"Gentlemen
,—Having been moved on to Landon im-
mediately on landine at Southampton yesterday after-
DOM). I was noce,
. Sit" ) prevented from answering any
questions respecting the Amazon which the agents of
your e',n2p ny might le,ee been desirous of putting to
mr. I ehall now, Low ever, enenevour to supply yon
with a short narrative of what fell under my own ebe
servetion.
"On Friday night (2d inst.), while in my berth, I
overheard various remarks respecting the stoppage of
the engine, made by some of the passengers wbo were
standing in the eerridor. You hear how she whistles,
said one—and, I am sorry I ever put my foot on board
the Amazon.' De you !Link we are safe?'- said another.
"On Saturday, at mid-day, as the captain was taking
the sun, he spoke to my h. tle boy, end asked me how I
f It. I told him of the fears entertained about the en-
gine, but he said it was the case with all new engines—
they required cooling, but that in a few days we should
bo all right, and go better after the vessel had been
lightened of a portion of her stock of coals. He then
added, Are you satisfied?' I replied, ho was, I
ought to be.'
" After this an elderly gentleman (name unknown)
came to me, and said, The engine is not safe, and the
best thing the captain can do is to return to Southamp-
ton.' But at this moment my husband came up, and
took me forward to show me the engine was well attended
to, and that there was no cause for alarm. I observed
Mr. Angus, the chief engineer, feeling all about the en-
gine, while several hands were at the pumps pouring
water on the iron work.
" Towards the afternoon the wind got right ahead of us,
and caused great sickness on board. About nine o'clock
in the evening the whistling of the engine became very
loud, bat having gone to rest and fallen fast asleep, I do
not remember anything until awoke up by a gentleman
screaming is broken English, Capitane, me go a bot-
tom.' I caught up my child, and ran across the corridor
to my husband's berth. All the while I new not what
was the matter, but the passengers in their night clothes
were running distractedly about. The door of my hue_
band's berth was locked, and I had some difficulty in
knocking him up. When we got on deck, Mr. htliferr.
nen exclaimed, 0 God! the ship is on fire.' He then
urged me to go down and get some clothes for myself
and child, as he was afraid we should take cold. He said
he thought that he would have time to go down for his
trousers. I however remained on deck, and when Mr.
M‘Lennan was gone, an officer of the vessel (the doctor.
I believe), in his night-shirt, seized hold of me, calling
hoarsely, Give me your child, I will save him.' He took
the boy and handed him to a seaman in the pinnace, and
then lifted me up. I endeavoured to push past him and
get to my husband, but he pulled me into the pinnace,
saying, You will then bo all lost--be of good courage—
it is to save your life.' Ile then placed himself in the
boat beside me, and called to the men to cut the lashings.
This was immediately done, the boat dropped at one
end, but owing to a knot or tangling of the block-tackle
it remained fixed at the other. Many fell into the sea,
and amongst them, I fear, my brave preserver, but I held
on to the seat by one hand whilst grasping my child
firmly by the other. Some clung to the boat, and after-
wards climbed back into the burning wreck, and I begged
of them to help me up also, but they could not. At
this moment a boat passed us full of people, and I called
to them for a rope, but I had no answer. One of the
men who had got out of the boat again descended from
the burning vessel, saying, The woman is still here;
she deserves to be saved—for I expected she would have
been, by this time, at the bottom.
" The tackle being now loosened, several men jumped
into the host; but, before getting clear away, the gig
was lowered, and would have been let down upon us
had not the men in our boat cried out to take care, as
there was a woman in the pinnace. By this time the
engine had stopped, but the sea was running high,
Having nothing to guide us, we found ourselves going
round the steamer, and were greatly afraid lest we
should be blown up by the magazine. Getting clear off,
we shipped a heavy sea, and the handle of the boat's
rudder was broken; but this was quickly repaired by
cutting off the splinter and using the remainder of the
stick for the rudder handle.
" About five o'clock (as I suppose) the moon went
down, and we were in total darkness, with a drizzling
rain falling. The day, however, set in fine, and by 401-
lowing the sun's course, and using for a sail a plaid
shawl which had been placed under my pillow by my
husband to raise my head during an attack of sickness
the previous evening, and which I brought away with
me on the first alarm, we made our way with three men
at each of our three oars. The poor seamen worked
bard and without a murmur, although necessarily much
tired, hungry, and wet,
" When Uffl Dutch vessel came in sight tins -wind had,
through God's great mercy, gone down, and by timing
the men, so as to shout when We boat rose on the toe
of a, ware, the attention of the Gertruida'A crew was
at last drawn to us. And, oh! what feelings of deep
and unutterable thankfulnets filled our hearts when we
observed the shout from our boat replied to by the
taking down the sails and laying to the Gertruida to
pick us up.
Of the kind attention to our pressing wants by the
captain of the Gertruida you have already heard, and
how warmly we were welcomed by the inhabitants of
Brest. From the public-house in which ee were first
placed by the acting vice-consul, we wore removed to
the hospitable residence of the Consul, Sir Anthony
Perrier, whose daughter, Madame Pastoreaux, applied
herself with unremitting kindness and a sisterly care to
Miss Smith's and my own comfort. Of Madame Paste-
rcaux's kindness enough cannot be maid, whilst to M.
and Madame Bontin, and the ladies of Brest, we were
also much indebted.
"At Havre, where we arrived by the Finisterro
steamer from
h, o
who
ae , vve were received by Mr. Fea.
therstonhaudid all that Christian benevolence
e M
and gentlemanly feeling could suggest for our comfort
and encouragement. /Lee whilst thanks are due to all
whom we met on our journey to Southamp ton end from
thence to London, I feel that a testing debt o f
gratitude
is owing to our peor
fell energy ow-sufferers of the crew of the
e
Amazon, for their untiring and devotion to our
cause. "
I still fondly cling to the hope that my husband
has been saved, and that through Goa'a providence
over him, heshortly restored may be to me and to my
children.
e Nothing else occurs to me that appears worthy of
particular notice, but I shall be most happy to furnish
replies to
questions which you may be desirous of ad-
dressing to me at Dr. Merry's, Comely Bank, Edin-
burgh, where I hope to be able to remove en Friday or
seturday next.--I am, gentlemen, your obedient and
bumble servant,
ELENOR M. M'LENNAN.
" The Directors of the South American and West India
Stearn-paeket Company, Moorgate-street.”

T
came
O THE EDITOR of THE TIMES.
up to London, at the request of the
Court ofea uDsiereocctotrhs, tofi be examined respecting the pro-
bable
beard
board the Amazon; and,h
since my arrival, lehavree
fi several
t dreports,
men belonging to the ship 4;
utmost thatto
b_avu the lives of others." To this I can
give the most
distinct denial, as regards the crew of the boat in which
I escaped.
I was perfectly cool during the whole scene, and dis-
tinctly remember everything which occurred, and ; a
braver set of fellows than that boat's crew were never
thrown together. From the moment we left the ship,
even before we got our oars unlashed, we used our ut-
most efforts to save those who were drowning near us,
though, unhappily, without success.
After wo had picked up the five men from the dingy,
some one said, " Let her go!" I cried out, " No! make
her fast, and we'll save some more lives.. " A voice re-
plied, "We can't hold any more!" I said, We can,
and the dingy will hold at least half-a-dozen; so pull
away for the burning ship!"
This was instantly done, with a hearty good will, and
though the increasing gale and rising sea shortly Gap-
sized the dingy, broke away our rudder, and, nearly
filling us with water, compelled us to desist and bring
the boat's head to the wind, the only and constant regret
expressed by the men during the end of that awful
night was that we had been prevented saving any more
lives.
It is, I trust, a pardonable pride with which I reflect
that, under such a combination of appalling circum-
stances, the united feelings, the united efforts of the
whole crew, were directed to the hope of saving others
from that fate from which we bad been so providentially
preserved.
In this hopo we remained in the vicinity of the burning
ship till she sank, a short time before day-break.
I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
RoIiERT NEILSON.
Fenton's Hotel, Thursday, Jan. 15.

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walked abeut the town on his business, and smoked his cigar
with evident gusto. One of his peculiarities, for the last
fifty years, has been never to sleep in a bed, but merely to
stretch himself in his clothes on the shavings of his work-
shop. His son, who followed the same calling. that of a
carpenter, was never able to induce him to change that
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