The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-23 00:00:00

kindness and sympathy their thoroughly destitute
situation required.
Saved—Charles Chessell, captain; George Lane,
Henry Finnis, Henry Kimber, mate, Henry Pussey,
Hobert Bartley, seamen, all of the county of Sussex,
England.
Lost—Harriet Chessell, captain's wife ; George
Knowles, George Burgess, Henry Ede, boatswain,
John Dunbro, George Mitchell, seamen, all of the
county of Sussex ; Phillip M'Gee, Ireland; Bar-
nard Sheepy, Ireland.

SUPPOSED FATAL LOSS OF THE CUBA
SCREW S7'EAIFISHIP.

Considerable anxiety was evinced yesterday along
the river regarding the fate of a new iron screw
steamship called the Cuba 1,500 tons burden, trad-
ing from the Thames, which was reported to have
foundered off the Land's-end during the recent
heavy easterly gale, and it was feared that many
of the crew had gone down with her. She belonged
to Messrs. Robinson, of Mark-lane, the agents of
the St. Petersburg Steamship Company, and we
understand was on a passage from Waterford and
Cardiff to London. She had taken in part of a cargo
of coals at Cardiff, and was making round the
Land's-end to pursue her coursa up the English
Channel, when she encountered the heavy easterly
winds. She laboured fearfully for some time, and at
length sprang a leak, which entirely baffled all
efforts. the chief mate, Mr. Thos. E. Marsh, per-
ceiving there was no chance of sawing the ship, with
the steward and 11 hands took to one of the boats,
and abandoned the vessel, leaving Capt. Appleton,
the master, and the rest of the crew, 15 in number,
on board in the act of leaving in another boat to
follow them, but whether they succeeded in getting
away the mate is unable to state, the darkness of
the night and fearful weather that prevailed pre-
venting them seeing the unfortunate steamer a few
minutes after they had left her. The sea had ex-
tinguished her fires, the ship was quite unmanage-
able, and the water was two feet above the chief
cabin (saloon) deck. As near as the mate could
make out, the ship was abandoned between 40 and
60 miles north-west of Scilly. Theboat which took
off the mate and 10 hands was buffeted about the
ocean for 13 hours, and the poor fellows suffered
much from exposure and cold. They were at length
seen by the schooner Annie Grant, Capt. Heath, of
Dartmouth, which was on a voyage from Zante to
Plymouth, who at once bore down to them, and
after some difficulty succeeded in picking them up.
On hearing of the condition of the steamer, and
the likelihood of Capt. Appleton and the other
hands having managed to leave the ship, Capt.
Heath bore up for five hours, in the hope of hearing
or seeing something of them. No tidings, how-
ever, could be gleaned, and the schooner bore up
for Kinsale, and arrived there on Saturday. So
long a time having elapsed since the steamer was
abandoned without any intelligence being received
of the master and the remainder, has led to a belief
that they must have perished, but it is possible
they may have been picked up by some outward-
bound ship. The Cuba was 300-horse power. She
is reported not to have been insured at Lloyd's.
The names of those in the missing boat are Captain
Richard Thos. Appleton, master ; Mr. Wm. M'Grath,
second mate ; James Cassells, carpenter ; William
Richardson, third mate ; Frederick Purkiss, cook ;
Robert Nichol, Thomas Penn, James Bass, Thomas
Hall, and James Quon, seamen ; Wm. Jeffries, chief
engineer ; Edward. Locker and Daniel Gordon, fire-
men ; Wm. Arroigne, Thos. Hawkins, and James
Mahoney, boys.