The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

happened. We brought the bark to Sandgate, and
anchored her in about seven fathoms of water, about
2 o'clock on Thursday morning. The bark subse-
quently sailed to Dover, after canvas had been
nailed over the hole made by the collision, and was
towed from the Admiralty-pier into the harbour. I
then went back to Rotterdam.

By Mr. Edwards—l was on the starboard tack
the whole ovening. Our yards were braced up sharp
about 9 o'clock. The bark was then abreast of the
Goodwin Sands. The proper course when some dis-
tance from land is west—south-west until we got to
Dungeness. The tide was settled to the eastward.
We steered ashore after the collision took took place,
because we wanted to come to anchor, as the vessel
was making so much water. If we had heaved the
vessel to, the effect would be that we should go
down altogether, and therefore we could not render
any assistance to the steamer. Our vessel was much
higher than the steamer. As soon as I saw the
steamer's lights I looked to see if ours were burning,
and saw the green light burning, and also the re-
flection of the red light. It was a fine night. About
10 minutes elapsed between the time of my seeing
the light at the masthead of the steamer and the
collision.

Cross-examined by Mr. Fox—The lamps were
lighted after the sun was set, about 4 o'clock. I don't
know who lit them, but it is the special duty of the
steward to attend to them. The steward is an Eng-
lishman. It is not my duty to look after the lamps,
and therefore after the lamps were put up I did not
see any oil put into them. I have never stated that
the steward put any oil into the lamps. I was exa-
mined before the coroner on Saturday week last.
Mr. Fox here read a portion of the witness's evi-
dence adduced at the coroner's inquest, and asked
him if he told the coroner and jury he would swear
he saw the lamps trimmed—first one, and then the
other.

Witness—l saw the lamps taken into the pantry
to be trimmed, but I did not go into the pantry.
Mr. Edwards said the witness, who spoke English
but imperfectly, did not understand the questions.
Continuation of examination by Mr. Fox—l have
sometimes seen oil put into the lamps. I saw the
steward running to the lamps on the night in ques-
tion, but I did not notice that oil was put into them.
I had only joined the vessel a couple of days. We
did not lower our boats after the collision took place.
We got our boats ready to put out in case 'the bark
should sink, to save our own lives. We heard the
cries for help but we did not lower our boats, but
looked out for saving ourselves. I did not know
what condition the steamer was in. I did not know
whether the steamer was sinking, because we went
astern so quickly. With the exception of shorten-
ing a little sail we did not attempt to heave to. If
we had tried we could have brought our vessel to in
a couple of minutes. After the vessels had parted
I did not see a boat follow us, nor hear any hailing
from the boats, but I did from the steamer. We
shortened sail' about 10 minutes or a quarter of an
hour after the collision took place to lessen the
pressure of the water. We had three boats. In that
weather the long boat would have been capable of
carrying all the crew of the bark.
Re-examined byMr. Edwards—A steamer in ordi-
nary cases passes astern of a sailing vessel, and
always has to give way to a sailing vessel. A boat
with a crew of four men came to our assistance.
After the collision occurred I believe we only had
12 men on board, the two having gone on board
the steamer. It would have taken a loxg time for
us to have lowered the boats to go to the assistance
of the steamer. We lowered a lantern to the
water's edge to see what mischief bad been done,
and we then discovered the injuries the bark had
received. The first time we tried the pumps we
found the vessel had made 18 inches of water.

Cross-examined by Captain Baker—After clear-
ing the steamer we laid up west to north-west, to
fetch in the seven fathoms of water. I saw the hull
and deck of the steamer about a couple of minutes
before the collision. When I first saw the hull it
was three or four points on the starboard bow. I
don't think we should have got clear if I had put
the helm either up or down. I think I was justi-
fied in standing on my course without making any
attempt to get out of the way, but leaving the
steamer to get out of the way. On such a night I
think the hull of our bark should have been seen
half a mile distant.

The inquiry was again adjourned until this day
at 2 o'clock.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.