The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-18 00:00:00

all efforts were useless, and at daybreak Capt. Mar-
tin, whose cool intrepidity had never for a moment
forsaken him, entered the cuddy where all classes of
the passengers had now taken refuge, a-id respond-
ing to an universal appeal, calmly announced the
cessation of all human hope. It is a remarkable
fact that this solemn admission was as solemnly
received—a resigned silence prevailing through-
out the assembly, broken only at brief intervals
by the well-timed and appropriate exhorta-
tions of the Rev. Mr. Draper, whose spiritual
services had been incessant during the previous 24
hours. At 10 o'clock, the ship rolling deeply, an
attempt was made to launch the starboard pinnace,
but a sea struck her just as she reached the water,
and she sunk, leaving a crew of five men :struggling
for their lives. As the ship was lying to three of
them managed to scramble up the sides of the ship,
and the other two were rescued by ropes being
thrown to them. After this the exhausted crew ap- '
peared indifferent to their fate, and no further
effort at launching the remaining boats was made
until 1 o'clock, when, the water having reached the

main chains and the ship evidently settling down

the port pinnace was got over the ship's side. Even
at this moment the sea was so heavy that those of
the passengers who were within reach of the boat
appeared to prefer the frail shelter of the sinking
vessel to the obvious dangers of a small boat in a
raging sea. At this crisis Capt. Martin, always at
hand, addressing Mr. Greenhill, chief engineer, un-
der whose command this particular boat was rated,
said, "There is not much chance for the boat, there
is none for the ship. Your duty is done; mine is to re-
main here. Get in and take command of the few

it will hold." Thus prompted, Mr. Greenhill, with
his fellow engineers and some few others, number-
ing only 19 souls, among whom were only three
second class passengers, quitted the ship, with only
a few biscuits in the shape of provisions, and not a
drop of water. The pinnace had scarcely cleared
the wake of the vessel, upon the poop of which up-
wards of 50 of the passengers were seen grouped,
when a tremendous sea was seen to break over the
doomed circle, who when the ship rose slowly again
were discovered to have been swept into the surg-
ing waters. Another moment and the vessel her-
self, settling down stern foremost, threw up her
bows into the air and sank beneath the waves.

The pinnace having no sails on board could only
keep afloat before the wind, and was repeatedly in
danger of swamping. They had not been afloat
two hours before they saw a full-rigged ship sail
past them, but at too great a distance to
hail. At 3 a.m. on Friday they sighted
the sails of a brig, the crew of which overheard their
shouts and bore towards them; but, failing to get
into the track of the boat, after making several
fruitless tacks, she bore away. At daybreak a full-
rigged cutter was observed at some distance, and,
hoisting a shirt upon an oar, they endeavoured, but
in vain, to attract attention. Shortly afterwards the
Italian bark Adrianople, Capt. Cavassa, bound
with a cargo of wheat from Constantinople for Cork
hove in sight, and the captain having observed the
pinnace, immediately shortened sail, and lay to, pre-
paring to take them on board. On reaching the
ship, notwithstanding the stress of weather and
straitened means for the support of :so large an in-
crease to his crew, Capt. Cavassa received the Eng-
lishmen with unbounded kindness and hospitality,
supplying them with all that was necessary in their
destitute condition. The exigencies of the gale had
obliged Capt. Cavassa to sacrifice more than half
his cargo, and during the four days' run into Fal-
mouth the weather carried away his rudder, and
brought into useful requisition the services of his
English passengers.
The foregoing details having been furnished to
the reporter by Mr. Greenhill, may be relied upon
as strictly authentic, and the same remark applies
to the annexed list of the passengers and crew of
the ship :
LIST OF THE CREW.—Commander, Mr. J. B.
Martin ; Mr. Robt. Harris, first officer ; Mr. Arthur
Treehurst, second officer ; Mr. A. C. Angel, third
officer ; Mr. J. V. Faule, surgeon ; George Bates,
carpenter ; Richard Morley, sailmaker; F. S.lluck-
stepp, captain's steward ; Francis Huckstepp, stew-
ard ; Grace Logan, stewardess ; John Mackenzie,
chief cuddy "servant ; John Lyall, second class
steward ; W. Fowler, second cuddy servant ; Jas.
Bennett, third cuddy servant ; Johns Lehbond,
captain's servant ; T. Ham, captain's cook ; Henry
Appleton, passengers' cook ; Jas. Murphy, baker ;
Robt. Gannon, butcher ; Mr. J. Greenhill, chief
engineer ; Mr. John Jones, second do. ; Mr. John
Armour, third do. ; John Staden, boatswain ; D. T.
Smith, boatswain's mate. Able seamen : W. Daniels,
A. Campbell, Jas. Butcher, R. Merritt, John King,
Joseph Surgeon, Karl Scoval, Robert Thompson,
Johannes Barnecker, Julius Mathews, Harman Hen-
sturkeg, Karl Brown, John Brown, Samuel Brown,
Ben. Shields, Samuel Effingham, Hans Herman,
Edward Quim, Reubin Troubridge, Martin Arnold,
Auguste Dittmer, Otto Olsen, Andrew Wilson, Jas.
Gough, Heinrich Butcher, Richard Lewis, H. La-
berg, and Andrew Andersen. Henry Jones, winch
driver. Ordinary seamen—Geo. Case, R. Littlepage,
Pat Short, and Win. Curries. Boys—Alfred White
and Edward Logan. Firemen—John Morley, Hy.
Jenkins, Thos. Purkis, Fred. Harlford, Th DS. Brown,
Jas. Bramble, and Geo. Cracroft. Trimmers--Geo.
Holmes, Chas. Fairbrother, Geo. Robson, and W.
M. Clark, John F. Hale, fourth cuddy servant ; Al-
fred W. Smith, fifth cuddy servant; Morris M'Ken-
zie, sixth cuddy servant; and John Funnell, ordi-
nary servant: The following who had signed articles
deserted before the ship left Gravesend:—Antonio
Manzanilla,Walter Fortune, Martin Brooks, Anthony
Dougherty, Edward Allan, and Wm. Johnson; and
the following were shipped at Plymouth :—Edward
Thomas, Charles Ausell, John Mulloney, and Robt.
G. Stephens.
LIST OF PASSENGE RS.—First Class. —Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Owen and child, Mr. and
Mrs. George F. Urquhart, Mr. and Mrs. John
Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. G. Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs.
James Alderson, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Benson, Mr.
and Mrs. Fenton, Mr. A. and T. It. Fenton, Mr.
G. M. Smith, Mr., Mrs., Master, and Miss Chap-
man ; Mr. and Mrs. Clark and son, Mr. F. Lewis,
Mr. and Mrs. Bevan, Dr. John Woolley, Mr. and
Mrs. Debeuham, Miss Laura Maunder, Mr. James
Robertson, Mr. T. M. Tennant, Miss Dovey, Mr.
G. H. Palmer, Mr. T. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Amos, Miss Catharine M'Lachlan, Mr. E. Brooks,
Mr. J. Ruskin Richardson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
James Kerr, Miss Mary Cutting, Mrs. and Miss
King, Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas and two children,
Mr. A. Sandilands, Mr. E. Youngman, M. H. J.
Dennis, Mr. E. A. Marks, Mr. D. F. De Pass,
Master W. D. Burrell, Dr. Hunter.
Second Class.—Kaye Eastwood, Frederic Stone,
H. J. White, Annie White, Helen Price, J. L. Wil-
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, B. G. Rowell, J. E.
Wilson, Helen Morling, Georgiana Graham, James
Dothie, Charles Gough, Allan Brace, James Wood-
house, George Cross, William Day, D. W. Lemon,
Mr. and Mrs. Giffett, George Chennells, W. A.
Wood, Elizabeth Wood, William Clayson, Mary
Clayson, Thomas Wood, Elizabeh Wood, Godfrey
Wood, Bennett Beran, Susan Brooker, Henry Davis,
Thomas V. Hagen, H. W. Hardinge, Francis Fryer,
John Munro, D. C. Main, Charles Johnstone, Peter
Fenwick, Ellen and Mary Ann Meggs, G. H. Camp-
bell, Elizabeth Marks, E. Glynn, John, Jane, Eliza-
beth,`Harry, Alfred, and Emily Hickman, Archibald
M'Lean.

Third Class.—Wm. Passmore, Hugh Millan, C.
J. Chandler, Benjamin Hay, Ellen Jones, Selena and
Alice Simpson, John and Elizabeth Henson, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Graham, George, Ann, and Maggie
Graham, George Rolwigan, John, Elizabeth, Helen,
George, and Henry Sarcombe, D avid M‘Vitt ie, David
Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Flack and four children ;
Richard.Trevarrow, D. Block, J. Serken Zabee Morris
and Zabee Barnett, S. Bolton, Thos. Skeggs, David
and Elizabeth Smith, A. Umpway, Samuel Spring
(boy), A. Hogan, James Walls, Wm. Barrow ;
Susan, Caroline, and Mary Lampes ; A. S. Oster,
John Little, and Henry M'Covey.
The Dr. Woolley mentioned in the above list is,
we understand, Bishop Woolley, on his way to
Sydney. Mr. G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, is said
to be among the passengers lost.

(From the Western News)

It was 10 o'clock on the morning of that fatal
Thursday that Capt, Martin had the terrible task

1 of making known to the 200 passengers that the
1 ship was sinking, and that they must prepare for the
1
worst. She was then as low in the water as the
main chains. The whole of the passengers and crew
gathered,
as with one consent, in the chief saloon,

and having been calmly told by Capt. Martin that
there was no hope left, a remarkable and unanimous
spirit of resignation came over them at once. There
was no screaming or shrieking by women or men,
no rushing on deck, or frantic cries. All calmly re-
sorted to the saloon, where the Rev. Mr. Draper, one
of the passengers, prayed aloud, and exhorted the
unhappy creatures by whom he was surrounded.
Dismay was present to every heart, but disorder to
none. Mothers were weeping sadly over the little
ones about with them to be engulphed, and the
children, ignorant of their coming death, were piti-
fully inquiring the cause of so much woe. Friends
were taking leave of friends, as if preparing for a
long journey ; others were crouched down with
Bibles in their hands, endeavouring to snatch con-
solation from passages long known or long neglected.
Incredible, we are told, was the composure which,
under such circumstances, reigned around. Capt.
Martin stationed himself in the poop, going occa-
sionally forward or into the saloon ; but to none
could he offer a word of comfort by telling them
that their safety was even probable. He joined now
and then for a few moments in the public devotions,
but his place to the last was on the deck. AbOut 2
o'clock in the afternoon, the water gaining fast on
the ship and no signs of the storm subsiding being
apparent, a small band of men determined to
trust themselves to the mercy of the waves in a
boat rather than go down without a struggle. Leav-
ing the saloon, therefore, they got out and lowered
away the port cutter, into which 16 of the crew and
three of the passengers succeeded in getting and in
launching her clear of the ship. These 19 men
shouted for the captain to come with them, but with
that heroic courage which was his chief characteristic
he declined to go with them, saying, " No, I will go
down with the passengers; but I wish you God speed
and safe to land." The boat then pulled away, toss-
ing about helplessly on the crests of the gigantic
waves. Scarcely had they gone 80 yards, or been
five minutes off the deck, when the fine steamer
went down stern foremost with her crowd of human
beings, from whom one confused cry of helpless ter-
ror arose, and all was silent for ever.
After the pinnace had gone away from the Lon-
don, and in the brief interval before she foundered,
a rush was seen to be made to the two remaining
boats, but the efforts to launch them were in-
effectual, and the suddenness of the foundering
at last—the London being an iron ship—prevented
what might have been a successful second attempt
to save a few more lives.

Some hairbreadth escapes in connexion with this
disaster are already known. A lady who was de-
sirous of proceeding from Plymouth with her family
to Melbourne by the London had made repeated press-
ing applications to the owners' agents at Plymouth,
and the captain had been consulted, but, fortunately
for the applicant, had declared that his cabins were so
full that he could not possibly accommodate her, a
result that, at that time, caused her much disappoint-
ment. A second-class male passenger was so alarmed
at the rough weather which the London encountered
on her way down to Plymouth, that immediately on
her arrival at that port he came ashore, resigned his
passage, and went back to his home, thus unwit-
tingly saving his life. A young man, as the result
of some family quarrel, left home and took a pas-
sage by the London. He was advertised for in the
papers, and importuned to return, his friends being
unaware of his whereabouts. Messengers were sent
down to Plymouth, and an influential shipbroker in
the town was employed to intercept him should he
attempt to sail thence. Fortunately he was detected
among the passengers of the London, and his family
communicated with by the broker, the result of
which was that a brother of the young man came
down to Plymouth and persuaded the would-be
emigrant to forego his voyage.
The following is the list of those saved :
John Greenhill, engineer ; John Jones, 2d ditto ;
John Armour, 3d ditto ; Thos. Brown, fireman ; W.
M. Edwards, midshipman ; D. T. Smith, boatswain's
mate ; Wrn. Daniels, quartermaster ; John King
A. 8., Benjamin Shield, A. 8., Richard Lewis, A. 8.,
James Gough, A. 8., E. Quin, A. 8., Wm. Crimes,
U.S., A. G. White, boatswain's boy ; William
Hart, carpenter's mate ; E. Gardner, second class
steward ; D. G. Main, passenger ; John Munro, do. ;
J. E. Wilson, do.

Wreck of the Caristia.na.

The Christiana, an American vessel of 800 tons,
which set sail on Ist December from London, bound
for New York, Capt. J. H. llammond, commander,
became a total wreck on Dec. 20th, about midway
between London and New York. She had previously
lost all her sails in a gale which commenced on the
3d December, off the Isle of Wight. Such sails as
could be repaired were replaced in about ten days,
and all went on well with a fair wind till about two
o'clock on Dec. 19, when a hurricane commenced,
which lasted five days. About 12 30 p.m. on Dec.
20 the storm raged with fearful violence. The sky-
light of the cabin was firstknocked in by the falling
of the spars. In about ten minutes after the main-
mast fell, breaking the bulwarks, and for a mo-
ment paralysing all on board. Soon after the fall
of the mainmast the foretopmast fell, and in a
few minutes more the mizentepmast. In the
meantime the sails were torn to shreds. At break
of day a spar fell, which broke the steward's leg.
He was trying at the time to cover the hole with
canvas, caused by the fallen skylight. The carpenter
and one of the sailors were washed overboard and
lost by the breaking of the bowsprit. A rope was
thrown to try to save them, but in vain. The boat
on the verandah was torn from its fastenings and
blown overboard. The boat on the portside got a
hole knocked in its side, and that on the forecastle
was blown-overboard and lost. The lifeboat on the
starboard side was only a little injured. It was after-
wards repaired. Both the spare spars got from their
fastenings and rolled about the deck breakin g the bul-
warks on each side. The bowsprit was hanging by
chains, and beating with destructive violence against
the ship, all on boar9l expecting it to knock a hole in
its bottom. This painful state of suspense lasted
several hours, everyone fearing that thenext moment
might be the last. At length a heavy sea dashed
over the ship and tore away the bowsprit from the
chains. The ship was now a helpless wreck. All the
officers and crew were obliged to sleep in the ver-
andah, the other parts of the interior of the ship 11
being flooded with water or in ruins. Quantities of
provisions had got destroyed or damaged. Several
casks of water were lost, and it was found necessary
to put every one on short allowance. The cook had
got wounded and disabled. On the 26th December
the Catherine Boyd, an American vessel, came in
sight ; spoke with the Christiana, and promised to
wait till the sea moderated, and take all hands off
her. She was in sight next morning, but towards
night was lost sight of and seen no more. An
anxious look-out was kept from then till January
the 7th, but no sign of another sail appeared until
9 o'clock p.m., when the first mate shouted the
long hoped-for intelligence that the light of a ship
was to be seen to windward. Rockets were sent
up and a blue light burnt on board the Christiana,
and in a short time the gratifying sight of a reply
was observed from the strange vessel. At daybreak
on December 8 the flag of distress was hoisted and
the signals, " Send me a boat," hung out. Soon
after 8 o'clock a lifeboat came alongside the Chris-
tiana, which bore the name of the Varuna, a very
fine vessel, belonging to Smith, Fleming, and Co.,
1,350 tons, Capt. Shepherd commander. At this
time it blew a gale of wind, and the sea rolled
heavily ; but Mrs. Cross, of Manchester, and her
three daughters ; Mrs. Nelson, of Liverpool, and
the wounded steward were successfully lowered over
the side of the boat and got safely away. It was
11 o'clock before the lifeboat reached the Christiana
on its second journey, and the swell of the sea had
become so great that it was found impossible to get
the boat alongside. It became necessary, therefore,
that in order to get off the Christiana those on
board should jump overboard with the lifebuoy.
Captain Hammond went first, then Mr. Nelson, of
Liverpool, and in that way all were got safely
away by 4 o'clock p.m. The gallant little boat