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THE LATE MELANCHOLY ACCI-
DENT AT SPITHEAD.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The inquiry into the
circumstances attending the drowning of the persons
whose bodies were picked up at Spithead on Mon-
day afternoon by the Royal barge and the Gipsy
Custom-house cutter, was re-opened this afternoon
by Mr. W. J. Cooper, the coroner of this borough, at
the Isle of Wight Tavern, Bath-square.
Mr. Rolph, the surgeon in charge of the case, hav-
ing certified that Margaret Moore was well enough
to give evidence, she was called and deposed as fol-
lows :—I am a single woman, and reside at Elm-lane,
Kingston, Portsea. On Monday afternoon, about 2
o'clock, I went from the Hard in a boat, in company
with Jane Beddel, my sister, and three other women,
with a view of going on board the Grampus frigate,
then lying out at Spithead, which arrived that morn-
ing from the Pacific. The names of the other women
who accompanied me in the boat from the Common
Hard, were Mrs. Waller (whose husband she ex-
pected to find on board the Grampus), Miss
Burridge (who was engaged to be married ito
a young man on board the Grampus), of South
View, Portsea, Mrs. Beddel, my sister (whose
husband was on board the Grampus), Mrs. Warren
(who was going to see her on board the
Grampus), and myself, who had a brother-in-law in
the Grampus. We had two boatmen, whom Ido
not know. They hoisted sail directly we were in the
boat. We agreed to pay the rough weather fare, 10s.,
for our hire of the boat. I told the watermen before
we got out of harbour I thought we were in great
danger. The gale was blowing very hard, and the
waves were very heavy. They ridiculed the idea of
there being danger, and said there was none. I had
not been much accustomed to the water. All the
other women partook of my fear, and thought they
should not return to harbour any more if they pro-
ceeded. We made no particular request to the water-
men to return, but proceeded towards Spithead.
When about half-way there one of the men got up
to loosen the sail, when a very heavy sea rolled over
the boat. He told us to sit still, and we did so. 'We
heard the salute firing from the ships at Spithead, on
the approach of the Queen in the Fairy. Before the
boatman could shift the sail from the side where it
had been made fast to the other side of the boat, she
capsized in a squall of wind, and we were suddenly
precipitated into the sea. I lost all consciousness,
and I know nothing more.
By the Foreman—Two of the women were seated
in the upper seat, two on one side and one on the
other, and one waterman on each side ; or, in other
terms, four to windward and four to leeward. As
we went out to Spithead we felt more and more alarm
as the danger became more apparent. Our positions
were not altered in the boat from the time when we
left the Common Hard.
By the Jury—l did not observe whether the water-
man who was not steering held the sheet by his band
or not. I expressed a wish to put back, but not to
the waterman. I never heard either waterman say
to the other " We'll go about," but I heard one say
to the other " There's danger." We applied to one
waterman before the two in question to take us out,
but he refused. I was quite sensible all the time I
was in the water, as I had a plank belonging to the
boat which I supported myself by. The boat did not
go to pieces. I think I was in the water about three-
quarters of an hour. I saw once the bonnet of one
of my companions, and grasped it, but a wave came
and dashed it out of my hand.
Mr. Thomas Whitty, tide surveyor of Customs,
Portsmouth, was next called and deposed to the par-
ticulars, fully described in The Sun of Tuesday, in
which that gentleman so nobly distinguished himself.
The CORONER expressed his feelings and the senti-
ments of the jury upon the conduct of Mr. Whitty,
and hoped he might be spared long to exercise those
noble efforts which he had so spontaneously exercised
in the cause of humanity.
Samuel Underhill, coxswain of her Majesty's
royal yacht Fairy's barge, deposed as follows :
About three o'clock on Monday afternoon last, whilst
the Fairy was proceeding through ;Spithead from
Osborne, with her Majesty on board, when rounding
the Spit-buoy we perceived a Custom-house cutter in
our way (the Gipsy). We hailed as loud as we could
for the cutter to get out of our way, when we per-
ceived the cutter was steering towards the man whom
we then for the first time saw in the water. All our
men were on the port side, when Prince Albert came
from the cupola on deck, and said, " Stop her ! Stop
her I see six persons overboard ! Lower the boat !"
The boat was then lowered, by his Royal Highness's
order, by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Com-
mander Crispin, and myself and ten men
jumped into her. The women seen by the Prince
were then just under our starboard quarter. We
steered immediately for the man, but he was picked up
by the Customs' officer before we could near him. I
then just caught sight of a woman's held above
water, and made towards her, and found a woman
supported by a plank and an oar. We got her into
the boat instantly. Two other women lay in the
water apparently dead, but after we got them into
the boat, they exhibited some signs of life, ard
brought up a great deal of water. We were taken in
tow by the Gipsy cutter, and cast off at the Quebec
Hotel, where. 1 told the men who came to help to
take the bodies, it being the nearest house. They
were taken into that house, but they did not stop
there, and were taken to another house, the Isle of
Wight Tavern. I remained until Dr. Rolph came,
when I gave up the charge of the bodies to him, and
he used every means possible for the restoration of
life. I was anxious to get back, as her Majesty
would not proceed until more particulars had been
gathered. After her Majesty got into the barge for
the Clarence-yard her Majesty ordered the Fairy to
go back to Spithead to see if any more could be
saved, and to render any other assistance in sarching
for the other people.-
The inquiry was proceeding when our report left.