The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-15 00:00:00

were eventually picked up by the Dauntless about
daylight."
STATEMENT OF MR. R. A, ALLEN, THIRD OFFICER.

" Up to Saturday, April 25, we had experienced
fair westerly weather. At 8 o'clock that evening we
encountered ice about the outward edge of the
Banks, and the speed was reduced. At 10 p.m. we
fell in with heavier ice—the engines were stopped
altogether, only a light breeze forcing the ship
gently through. The fog was very thick. About 10
a.m. on Sunday the fog cleared up, and we set the
foretopsail and head sails in order to force through
faster. At 12 we could see clear water ahead. The
ice not being so thick, we now let the engines go
ahead slow, occasionally stopping as the ice got
thicker. At 2 p.m. we were clear of the ice alto-
gether ; the engines were turned a head fall speed,
and all plain sail set, the weather being fine and
clear. At daybreak on Monday morning it again
became very foggy. We took in all sail and slowed
the engines. We got an observation the day be-
fore (Sunday), the position of the ship being then
latitude 4654 N., and longitude 4724 W. At 10
minutes past 11 on Monday morning we saw the
breakers, and in a few minutes the ship struck.
According to our calculation, and judging from the
course steered since taking the observation yester-
day, we believed the ship to be 17 miles south of
Cape Race. I was on deck when she struck, and
was a good deal with the captain, assisting him and
taking orders. [Mr. Allen here confirms the ac-
count given by Mr. Little as regards the landing of
the passengers in the basket, and continues] :—The
captain went up the saloon deck, and I followed
hlm. The ship was lying over much, and the cap-
tain was patting on a little buoy. I tried to get
into the main rigging, but the ship went over so
fast that the captain and myself were precipitated
into the water, and went down together. While
under water I got hold of the captain's coat,
thinking it was one of the sails, and commenced
hauling myself up by it, and presently I got
hold of his whiskers. We came to the surface
together, and when I saw it was the captain I
let go of him, and got hold of a piece of wreck.
The captain said to me, Now, Mr. Allen, let's strike
out clear of the wreck as soon as we can.' A sea
washed me against the main rigging, and I got into
it, up under the maintop. The chief steward was
there, Captain Hyler, the ship's cook, and two
passengers, one a boy. When I got into the rigging
I looked to see where the captain was. I saw him
in the water, surrounded by small pieces of floating
wreck, and so hemmed in that he could make no
exertions to save himself. When I looked again he
was gone. He must have slipped through the
buoy, for that was floating. He was not seen after-
wards. We hailed a boat not far out, but they did
not care to come to us. Slain after that the main-
topmast was carried away, just above the topsail
yard. A portion of the saloon deck was floating
near the mizenmast, and sometimes came near us.
Captain Hyler succeeded in getting on it, and it
then floated way, so that the rest of us could not.
In a few minutes the mainmast was carried away
and I fell with it. When I got into the water I
struck out for the raft, and got on it, but the chief
steward was drowned before he could reach it.
Captain Hyler and myself hauled the ship's cook
and the boy on the raft. Three or four others were
on the raft before. We now cut the raft clear of
the wreck, and it floated away. Towards evening
the fog cleared, and we saw a man floating on the
after part of the saloon-deck. We soon got near
him, and, thinking our own raft might not hold
out, we took the other in tow, trying to row them
with a couple of oars we had picked up, but we
could not make any headway. We drifted about
all night, and soon after sunrise saw the steamer,
but thought she was standing away from us, and
despaired of being seen. I got a staff and hoisted
a woman's dress upon it. They saw the signal, and
came down and picked 'ls up."
The following is an official list of the passengers
saved from the Anglo-Saxon
CABIN PASSENGERS—J. Young, wife, seven children—
Miss Hope, Miss Bertram, Miss Englis, Miss Kerwood, Mr.
Caldwell, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Kirkwood, Mr. Christien, Mr.
Towers. Mr. Kirkness, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Martin, Mr, Tealy,
Mr Whites, Captain Reed, Captain Hyles, Captain Cassidy,
Lieutenant Simpson, Mrs Stoddard, Mrs Christien, Mrs
Wright, Mrs James, and Mrs Jackson snd child.

STEERAGE PASSENGERS--Mr Parker, Mr Parsons, Mr
St Marie, Mr Collogan, Mr Dania, Mr Wilpolm, Mr Geo.
Wood, Mr Stanley, Mr Naglies, Mr Lahn, Mr Barbour,
Mr Coulter, Mr Finley, Mr yl organ, Mr Rooke, Mr Lloyd,
Me Turre, Mr Gones, Mr Griffiths, Mr Churchchard, Mr
Wiz...kett, Mr Burrow, Mr Nance, Mr Black, Mr Jones and
wife, Mr Cooth, Mr Fleck, Mr Fergusson, Mr Callaghan,
Mr Pantrie, Mr Barclay, Mr Jamieson, Mr Small, Mr
Bishop, Mr Gormley, Mr Corder, Mr M‘Killary, Mr John-
ston, Mr Dinsmore, Mr Reid, Mr Honnell, Mr M'Kay, Mr
Mustagh, Mr Garretty, Mr Christiansen, Mr Davies, Mr
Tapper, Mr M'Nally, Mr Atkinson, Mr Fideles, Mr Jones,
Mr Wood, Mr Dance, Mr Hall, Mr Harrison, Mr Walter,
Mr Bruce, Mr Loubrier, Mr Jones, Elizabeth Waunby,
Mary Ann Thomas, Mary Ann Adams, Mina Christian,
Jesse E. Christian, Mary Waldron, Mary Senwick, Martha
Senwick, Maggie Senwick, Ann Gormley, Jane Colton,
Mary Ralston, Ann Stevens, Mr Rees and child, Mr Towns •
end, Mr Damsel, Mr Cross, Mr Cronen, Mr Berry, Mr
Crawford, Mrs Gauley and child, Christiana Brown, Mary
Callan, Mary Callaghan, Alice Stewart, Mary Kenny, Mary
M•Kenzie, Mary Reed, Jane Walker, Ellen Rijah, Sarah
Smith, Kate Early, Margaret Evans, Sophia Davis and
child, Eliza Gritty and two children, and two children un-
known.

SHIP'S COMPANY—John Hoare, Ist officer—Robert
Allen, 3d officer—George Scott, 4th officer—Edmund
Newell, boatswain—Hugh Jones, boatswain's mate—
John Allen, carpenter—William Reid, joiner—A.
Gibbie, seaman—Robert Cain, seaman—W. Cape,
seaman—T. Pritchard, seaman—J. Heasley, seaman—J.
Redmond, seaman—J. Ellis, seaman—T. Quayle, sea-
man—T. Lloyd, seaman—P. Patterson, seaman—W. Ben-
nett, seaman—F. Hunter, seaman—T. Hannebal, seaman—
T. Chapman, seaman—James Wilson, seaman—W.
Edmondson, seaman—John Larkin, seaman—Thomas
Phelom, seaman—John Johnston, seaman— George Taylor,
seaman—James Halloran,seaman—J. Martin, seaman—W.
M‘Master, first engineer—Alexander Mackie, second engi-
neer—James Henderson, 4th engineer—Chas. Cardell, 6th
engineer—John Daw, fireman—John Williams, fireman—
George Robertson, fireman—Thomas Murphy, fireman—
John Murphy, fireman—John Reilly, fireman—John
lavidson, fireman— Henry Norton, fireman—Thos.White,
trimmer—Berry Bridge, trimmer—James Baxter, trimmer
John M'Cartney, trimmer—Patrick Purcell, trimmer-
-John Howard, trimmer—Alfred Patton, surgeon—Wm.
Jenkit s, purser—Gilbert Little, assistant-purser—Charles
Barlow, s eward—John Davidson, steward—Jan Reeve,
steward—George Woolam, steward—John Leah, steward—
Robert Corbett, steward—W. M'Stay, steward—Ed.
Emans, steward—John Huggup, steward—J. J. Carr,
steward—Mrs. Parry, stewardess—Henry Weston, cook—
Alfred Costello, cook—W. Hodgson, cook—John M'Der-
mott, cook—William Jones, butcher—William Carroll,
baker—Alfred Kennedy, baker.
Total saved-33 cabin, 103 steerage passengers, and 71
of the crew.
The mails are all lost.
The vessel is in 14 fathoms water, and is broken up.
None of the cargo has been saved.

The following letter has been addressed to Mr.
Thomas Court, secretary to the Association of Un-
derwriters at Liverpool, by the owners of the ill-
tated ship : _ _

"Liverpool, May 13.
" Dear Sir,—ln reply to your inquiry relative to
the report in this day's papers that the Anglo-Saxon
was ordered to call at Cape Race, we beg to give
you the following explanation :—having received
information from Canada shortly before her sailing
to the effect that the ice in the St. Lawrence was
likely to be rather late in breaking up, we deemed
it prudent, although the direct sailings were not
commenced this year any earlier than usual, to have
full information as to the state of the ice, waiting
for Captain Burgess at the various telegraphic sta-
tions between Cape Race and Quebec, so that he
might learn whether it was safer to proceed to
Quebec or to steer for Portland, and we have since
heard that such information was sent down by our
agents in Canada. Cape Race being the nearest
station, and being in the direct track for the St.
Lawrence, Captain Burgess was informed that if he
found no ice in the way and could approach the
Cape without running any risk, it would be desi-
rable to do so ; but if he could not safely do so he
should proceed to some other station on the route to
receive information. An erroneous idea having ap-
parently entered the public mind that owners of
steamers in general order their captains to endea-
vour to make rapid passages, at all hazards, we can
safely assert that such is quite contrary to fact.
Enclosed you will find for your perusal an extract
from the original instructions given to Captain Bur-
gess on his appointment as commander, which are
similar to those given to all our captains, from
which you will observe that the utmost care and