The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-12 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE NORTHERN BELLE.

Several cheques and sums of money were trans-
mitted to Mr. Lang, of Broadstairs, for the boatmen who
saved the crew of the Northorn Belle from a watery
grave ; and Mr. B. B. Campbell, American consul in
London, invites American residents in London to give
similar expression to their gratitude. Mr. Croskey, the
United States consul at Southampton, subscribes 501.
The names of the brave fellows are published, and are
as follows :--

Crew of the Mary White : John Castle, Geo. Castle,
Win. Hiller, jun., Robt. Miller, Jas. Rowe, Geo. Empt-
age, Edward Emptage. This boat saved seven hands.
Crew of the Culiner White on her first trip to the wreck.
John Cowell, Win. Wales, Jethrow Miller, John Sand-
well, Geo. Emptage, Thos. Holborn, Wm. Ralph, Robt,
Gilbert, Robt. Parker. Saved 14 hands. Crew of the
Culmer White on her second trip to save the captain and
pilot—John Cowell, Wm. Wales, Jethrow Miller, Jerry
Walker, Fred. Lawrence, Thomas Sandwell, Robert
Simpson, James Bere, Robert Parker, Geo Emptage,
Alfred Emptage.
"These men," writes Mr. Lang, " were notlabouring
under any species of excitement when they engaged in
the perilous duty which they performed so nobly and
so well. Under the impression that these men would
never return—the impression of all who witnessed their
departure from the shore—l watched their countenances
closely. There was nothing approaching bravado in
their demeanour—nothing to give a spectator an idea
that they were about to engage in a matter of life or
death to themselves and the crew of the ship clinging
to the fore rigging of the Northern Belle. They had no
hope of a decoration,' or of pecuniary reward when,
with the coolness of manner and a calmness of mind
which contrasted strongly with the energy of their
movements, they 'stripped to their shirts' and bounded
into the Mary White and the Culmer White to storm
batteries of billows far more appalling to the human
mind than batteries surmounted by cannon and bristling
with bayonets. There could be no question about the
heroism of these men."

One of the subscribers is a lady " whose husband
crossed the Channel on the night of the sth inst., and
when off the outer edge of the Goodwin at daybreak
next morning was within so short a distance of the
Northern Belle as to hear cries from those still clinging
to the wreck, himself expecting each moment that the
steamer in which he crossed .ould not outlive the
violence of the storm."

THE Loss OF THE VIOLET MAIL PACKET.—
LIST OP THE SOPFERERS.—The following is an offioial
list of the names of the unhappy crew of the Violet,
which was wrecked :—Captain Edmund Lyne, corn
mander, left a wife, no family ; Mr. James Paul, chief
officer, wife, one child ; Mr. Henry Putman, second
officer, wife, two children ; Mr. George Dike, engineer,
wife, seven children ; Alexander Smart, carpenter,
wile, two children ; George Freeman, boatswain, wife,
sever, children ; Henry Fox seamen, wife, three chit-
dren ; James White, seaman, wife, one child ; Samuel
Laslatt, seamen, wife, no family ; Jamei Harber, sea-
man, wife, •ue child ; Nathaniel Harmer, stoker, wife,
two children ; Samuel Sharpe, stoker, wife, no family ;
Joh❑ Shillatoe, stoker, wife, two children ; William
Patrick, stoker, wife, two Ulildren ; Stephen Penny,
steward, wife, two children ; Penny, cabin boy ; Win.
Crofts, ship boy ; Mr. Mortleman, Post-office guard,
wife, and ten children. In all, 16 widows and 42
children have been left unprovided for by this sad
caL;mity. The name of the only passenger has not
ye 4 been ascertained. The company estimate their loss
at 14,0001. The violet was only insured for 4,0001.