The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-06 00:00:00

To Mr. O'Dowd—l was saved in the cutter. I
was not told by the captain to save myself. I jumped
into the boat from the mizen shrouds. I asked
King, Smith, and Daniels if I might come in. They
told me to jump in. I jumped in amongst them, a
fall of ten feet. The other midshipman was told to
jump in also, but he was afraid ; he remained be-
hind, and went down with the ship. Daniels was
my hammock man. There were a bag ship biscuits
weighing two cwt., and two bottles of brandy, and
two bottles of champagne, and some turnips and
carrots, placed in the boat. There was some water,
but it got mixed with salt water, and was thrown
overboard. I picked up three bottles and placed
them under my coat. Mr. Greenhill, and Daniels,
and Quin knew I had them. King and Quin each
placed a bottle of brandy in the boat. A little spray
came over the boat at the ridge of each wave. At
three in the morning a great sea broke over us,
and nearly half filled the boat. One of the passen-
gers baled continuously. Another sea came over us
as we came within about forty yards of the Italian
barque. We had to turn the stern of the boat to
every sea, and commence pulling again at the crest.
But when we neared the barque the men became
excited, and did not escape a sea.
By Capt. Harris—One of the stewards was saved.
When I last saw the captain be was on the poop. It
was about one o'cock. Mrs. Owen was going into
the boat with her little child; andl believe she would
have gone had not the captain dissuaded her. He
said there were several drunken seamen who would
get into the boat, and that she would only be chang-
ing from a sudden death to a lingering one. At 5
o'clock on the Thursday morning the captain came
into the saloon and said, " Ladies, I am afraid there
is no hope for us ; nothing short of a miracle can
save us." The passengers had their meals regularly
up to Wednesday evening ; but the captain was not
down to dinner either Tuesday or Wednesday. The
fire in the donkey engine was put out by the sea on
Wednesday, and the pumps were worked by hand
all that day. On Thursday morning the fire in the
donkey engine was again lighted, and the engine
continued to work till the ship went down. From
5 o'clock to 10 I was below in the saloon. The
passengers were praying and sobbing. There was
no screaming. After he told the passengers there
was no hope the captain came down once and took
something out of the cupboard. After the boat was
lowered many of the ship's company came round and
stood ready to jump in. Smith, King, and Daniels
told them to go to the other pinnace, and while they
were so engaged they entered the cutter and we
shoved off. The captain retained his self-possession
to the last. His feelings only overcame him once,
and that was when he told Mrs. Owen it was no use
for her to go into the boat. Mr. Harris, the sailing
master, behaved exceedingly well. Mr. Grant also
exerted himself to the utmost. Every one attended
to his duty.
Mr. O'Dowd--Did you recogniseMr. Brooke, the
actor ?
Witness—No.
Mr. Traill asked if he knew any of the passengers ?
Witness—No, except Mrs. Owen. Her cousin
was my schoolmaster.

Mr. Traill—l have received numerous applications
for details of the last moments of the passengers.
Witness—All on board expected immediate death.
And what were your own feelings ?—I felt sorrow
for my mother. I feared nothing for myself. On
Monday I felt some fear, but after that I became
accustomed to look death in the face.
To Captain Harris—On Wednesday afternoon a
ship crossed our stern and nearly ran into us. We
saw a ship two hours after we left in the boat.
There were no signals made by the London ; no
rockets or blue lights.
John King, of the George Hotel, Aldermanbury,
examined by Mr. O'Do wd—l was an able seaman
on board the London on her last voyage. I have
been at sea 13 years, always on foreign voyages.
The clay after we left Plymouth, on Sunday, the
7th, the wind freshened, and in the evening it was

very severe. The wind was blowing, I should say,
from the N.W. The ship was on the starboard-
tack. Our staysail sheets fore and aft were set on
the port side. We were also under steam. On the
Monday the wind increased till it blew a gale. On
that day I was employed in lashing cases on the
poop—plants and flowers that were going out to
Australia. On the Monday night, I think it was,
our spanker blew away. Captain Martin and my-
self tried to recover it and succeeded. The spanker
split as we were on a tack. On Tuesday our fore-
topmast staysail, and the main staysail blew away.
About nine o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the
jibboom was carried away. We lost the starboard
cutter and another boat the same day. On Wed-
nesday morning I fell off the poop`and hurt my
back. I could not move. I was not on deck all
night. About half-past eight on Thursday morn-
ing I went again on deck. I was not on deck when
the hatch was washed away. On Thursday morn-
ing I did not see the skylight, nor did I hear that it
was on deck. I heard that it had been washed
away, but did not see it. I noticed that the sky-
light was gone, but the combings were there. For
a quarter of an hour I attempted to. stretch some
sails over the engine-room hatch, but finding my