THE SURAT INQUIRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3398, 12 January 1874, Page 2

THE SURAT INQUIRY.

:.v January Iflri V ‘ Dr. Tighe’s evidence was continued after we went to press, as fo luws :— ? >fter the steamer had passed, I Went to. the captain, and asked him about getting the passengers landed. When I asked him, he answered me *• Not to be foolish,” or something of that sore. I dq not know, who had charge of the deck. The steward, Kelly, was at the helm some time after the steamer passed. I asked the captain several times about getting the passengers landed, as the ship seemed in danger of sinking, and they.saidlhad charge of them, and was to look after them. I asked the mate to speak to him too. He did speak to him, but I got no answer -from the mate. I went forward, and looked down the fore hatch, and saw the water coming over the coals, so that there must have been a goodAdest! Of ’ w/rit&r in ! ’her. '• I thought I discovered the coals here, but the water was washing over them. I then went on the forecastle end, and found some attempts to-get otit'the lo'iig'bbatT; the passengers were helping. I was asked would I take charge of it, ha- from 'theT statement of some passengers who had s&uided the well, the vessel was not likely to float long. I helped to, launch the boa!/. * ■ The chief-mate first came up, andtold some of the sailors, if they wanted to get her hut, theywould have to cut away two of the lanyards of the rigging* which I believe a man bathed dboble lid. The mate afterwards to ; d them they would have to get skids to faunoh'her over the side. As the boat was getting out there was a hell on:the forecastle- and as ; 'thoyl were afraid qf'-stovihg the boat a man got a heavy iron 1 and khocked it awayi lehve'' The mate foarid fault with ‘(Sails” for ltiunch-: mg the launching the boat without the captain’s orders. The-mate then came with a hatchet alongside the boat outside the rigring;'and had: some talk With'some q{ the m>n about their launching' the boat. 'l,saw him raise it up in a 1 'threatening attitude asr ir 16 strike a man, and it v \vas takeli "froni him—by whom >T earinot say. 1 think'a ' Man named Phillips;: onv of the crew;: took it Che chief officer Was not sober. ' Aftor t'hat he disappeared. I did not see him until T returned iu the longboat. When the boat was lowered nearly into the water, I got in md Bridges, the engineer, ,got injto mend a hole in the boat. She was was then lowered down, manned, and fastened to the ship, by .a painter. We then got as many women and children as- thq- boat;.could;parry.r,,. Therq was so much confusion that I . could uot count them. One woman jumped on my shoulders < to- get in : When loaded we '4°t her away from the side of the ship. There were only two oars that would pul n, the boat, >as: the thole pins were not all there. We got astern of the ship.abou: hree-qnarfcers of a mile. Wo got part of he sail up in the boat, and: a blanket; so. as f o catch the breeze. ’! he,second mate passed us in .his, sail brought ua'along, and .we shipped the ■ars. We sailed up after the ship to look fop a landing place,: for where we had,drifted there was nothing but cliffs. ,;As we came up to the ship, which bad got round the corner of an island, I thought I Heard her as if she had got around again. It might have been her anchor let go. The. captain ordered us alongside the, ship, and we went alongside. I west on - board There was a revolver presented at the boat a ' the time, and;l, went on, board to see the iaptaia and send the passengers ashore. When the boat came alongside, the captain presented a revolver. I was near the bow of ope boat, and I thought, at the time it warp'esented at me., I cou;d nokwed tell who, it was presented at. When 1 went on board I exp-rienced the bumping of the ship as she bumped upon the rocks. While I was there, there was bumping now. and [then, and the sailmaker told me to stand on one side, as the masts might, come out, r J here .was someone at the wheel at the time. "When I left she was still bumping.. I should think the vessel is' pretty nearlyrihthesAme" position now as she was at the time, I left her. . When : t went 'on 1 hoard from the Ibnghdat, I did uot know who had charge of the ship, but I , suppose the captain had f:V ' (! *• To Mr. Stout:, After I, came put.of the long boat, r whited oh bHard’lthe SuraV Until the last boat load of. passengers lelt. I went ’ ashore in that.' I was on board from half to three-quarters of an hour,, lie .captain Jeffc about ah Hohr after I did; : IVheri'l-leftThe sh p, the captain was nob sober. He \yas hton hot quite s : > : had as be Lad been during the morning. His manner was different bef foie, arid his' movements'were'^ueipr/'’ 51 1’ manner was different to what' it had been previouslyon, the, voyage, 1 d noticed the manner in whl:h i! the captain 1 walked about with hit' hands in his porikets:' Vyhen I asked him to land the pat-aengers'he never gave nie a decided Answer' and 1 did hot: appeajr tq' tape ’aity* interest in ; the matter*. i;freard the ,captilih ! -give. an order coiintqrmahdihg ohejtife taaVq hadjurit given. .I,hen the. first matp .gaye same, order as,’ the laptaip;; If tbe.‘ captain had landed, and a strahiier saw him, the stranger would have' been able to see that; lie was in toxicated; , If a; stranger did mdf obsei-Vc it, it \ypqldnot iaffeqt my opinion on the snhjeritl I cahnot aay that I heard the captain give" any absurd order connected wqVk dp riht 1 consider thyself competent to judge, whether, ah order of this kind would, he absurd or hot, W hen 1; was oh the longboat the then, obeyed my orders.: There were, seamen in the boat, T don’t consider that. 1 know‘more about seafaring than they. I , sat just the same as any l of, the othyr A pailor named Mersey the steamer passed the Surat lt was about ap hojtr after dayI , cannot .fix , the, hour. I said that the captain was hot sober at itis’ time. He was’ walking to ; and fro oh the poop. Tim was at the time ttys ensign was Hbisted for the second time. The captain was doing nothing particular. While 1 was at, tea I often ;saw the, captain walking up and down the poop, , It was the captain's mode of giving commands that , made me consider bjjQJ intoxicated. Ho did hot give them ‘9 ,swuw as usual: His * man-’ ner was not AP%cs6d as before. 1 I also judged -from tys ge»e’ri*l appearance. V If the. capcam had sworn that hp" had takeri liquor, hut that: he perfectly underwood'ali i he was doing, f would cpmradict him; ‘ When the were pumping, they dame and asked me for some stimulants. I-thought S- fcq aak ( the captain first He had his m bis pockets, and his face fluahed and gave me to answer. Ho was on mam .deck at tbs time. J. iheu gave the men who had been pumping eomp Jiquor myself. I should consider myself the "best judge as to whether a man. required stimulants, being a doctor. I took notice of the « ay thg captain stood on the deck. I cannot. eive aiiy dth. er particular instance of hi*, comluct. I should cfjnrider a man drunk when he was uot capable of taking charge of himstlf; or when he has > taken' so 1 much stimulant that it acts detiimen’ally on his nervous centres, if I saw a man take two glasses of whisky } ' and then walk dbwn the. street without doing anything improper I could riot Say he was’ drunk ot not If | «»w a wajj-with,bi»,ffweftußbed, | wogltj

not say whether be was drunk or not. When a man is drunk ho is in a state of in toxication. m my opinion “intoxication” and “not sober” mean the same thing, and are synonymous terms. I decline to answer what I understand by the word “drunk,” when you use it. I will not, say whether Y-, draw any distinction betwemi rthe word “ drunk” and the words “ not spbor.” Mr Stout called on the 'Bench 1 ' to compel witness to answer the question^,; l ‘ £ Mr Strode : He has never hsijd.' the Wbrd “ drunk.” He may answer if ho likes.' ■>s' Mr Stout: I will ask that •this ruling of the Bench may appear in the depositions VI y reason for asking the question is evident. I he matter does not end here, and the depositions will have to go before the Board ot tirade Mr Strode : The ruling'of the Bench can go down if you like. I do not compel him to answer, as he has never used the word . “drunk.” . Witness : I am nob hero as an expert. Mr Stout; I can make you my expert if I .like. .... ■ . ... . • . .Cross-examination continued : I,considers, man not sober when he is in a state of, intoxication. ; ' 0 , | ! 1 Mr Stout'; Will .yon give me-the svrap»' !toms of,non-sobriety ? : . .. . : Witness : 1 .qm. not .an expert., . Must X' answet. your-Worship? '';V,-V ; Mr:Strode;.Yes.:T ii: j jtßxaminWtioff.,continued :., s ;The symptoms; ! vary, greatly, whethertho'Bubjeot is nped ,tp ! j liquor, j or : whether hb- .haa r [not,; had before. Not.having proper controroyec the j voluntary muscles, is one of the symptomsr of j non-sobriety. The spirits of ;tbe subject are excitekl or aroused,’ or - depressed,• according I to peouJiaVity of constitution and the liqubr she' has taken. -'Theseare one -or two* bf ; the staggering gait aPd peculiaHeelmgs.' | will; be a flushed, appearance of the -face and jni()re7osr ; .leßß >f cppgestipn,of^vthe.pyes, while , sometimestherp^will;be a ~rash pq ; thp. face. Sometimes there is a tremor of ihi? ! hands, and-a difference in ,manner, accprd- ; ihg 1 to this cbnsk* uti ohi -■*■ If ■ a ‘ man jiab taken the same quantity of liquor the,.bache change -almost J always' ’ takeS' 1 pK6e' 1 iff*Tiiis' : manner. r These are a good .many t of the : symptomV H heh there is' the* 6dbiir ’from i the breath, which is always a sign of drunkenness. This sign, miist he take;; in conjunction witff others before a man can bo pronounced 1 not' sober. Over-excitement might- cause a fliish, but it .Would not.repiain there.'. : If:a man.was excited first,-;and tobk a. ; small; quantity ,pf.;liquor after,; i.oaunot say whether the symptoms of intoxication) would develop more rapidly. It all depends" on the constitution!ofl the man., In spmv men. .the aympipma would sbpw : moroVa pidly. On the , night 'when , the ship'strtTcU! I showed no.sign of excitement except tb’go out to see what w'as the row. I Was perfectly calm at the moment. I never in a greatly excited'state all the time. If I bad- been pereolly calm I should have-gone to; sleep be* tween, the time the ship struck and we got Ashore atCalin’a RiVer.’; I cannot say; I was very , much excited; I may have bbeu alitt e excited; When I saw the water over the coil I cannot siiy what depth of Water th« re was in the hold,- ■ I was • never down there. .1 was, not most iwhen the eusign was hauled . down. I shpultl say ( ,l was most excited when t be; ship ' struck, ; lj do not want to certify myself. f Some oan do that for me. The longnoat was ; launched fi-bni one hour, tb one hour anfl half diftelr the .steamer passed, and' after ;, tht second mate bad left.. When 1 went to thf captain , to ask him to get the landed, I was quite calm. I. can’t Say bfft ; that 1 might have been 1 anxious,; ‘t thought very little about my life being 1 in dabgfer at the time. When I, left the ship the sailmaker was sober so far as I know! When he and the first mate had the; talk atrtht forecastle before '.I-;-left: the ship,; be was , sober. -When- !•' finally;left) the ship,, there ; was a change in the demeanor of the-sail* ; makes, Hp appeared , not. :to, be, J spoke of faring a grating nojae after ! iaute back. with the longboat, • I )ieard,,\hat tffe.cable was slipped atterwards. 1 X saw. the vessel turn a, .point. JL then came, ; up witff her, and heard a jgrating noise! The vessel got round tbie. point,-and; vanished for, a” short time, and, then we her in the: boat ' The vesselmusb i.beei; ,making some Slight progress^'wbefft Went bo i!oanX 'AfterTgoT' board' bumping. Before I got off 'board I heard the gating ; but whether it was. the cable or,: tnh shipph thh rocks Xvnll'Ubtisavi, ' * * v IP I Surat: Wben tfie TCisel isay soon after nine, 1 abohti half-past—l was • pa«Bj»ngeira* . galley talking to ; the cook. ( I f went,'aft,'f’aud met the captaifi coming but of his cabin. .He was then per-, i fecfc ]y sober. After the' main yards had been squared, about ten minutes after, she struck, I he sent me to sound the 'pumps with the sounding rods, ' l aid so, found haff-am inch of water, the vessel laying over' dri her at lime. : thei assistance of a passenger named Robertson a sounded 1 the pumps five >ihimuiet for threequariers of an hour, during which time there lyas nqincrease pt wpteit <ff'jtoi , three-quarters of au houv there..WAS, an ineff and from that time the water increased : rapidly .until an hopr after sffifftriilfe, ; ■ i|j gob tp five in'6bes,“ when I re- ; ported ft to thg who asked mp .if the , pumps,rtwere.iu worHiug order/ : tims.,4 rppprted, j a (of' :i3our later, /there.;wejpe 7^iH.t, a ’jhej second* ; mataJJien -timed-4ne,_and-tke.-next time I sounded, five ininutes,after, there were 84in. Four minutes afterwards there were 9Ain,, and< the captain ordered the pum,pa to; bo -started. By the time we got the port pufep in proper working order, there were 11 or 12 ; inches. Between twelve and.one,! was down between decks With the chief mate; ' I then .sounded, and. found between .five and six fe*t—this would be one “and ff 1 half to two hours after she began to leak. The next re- ; WfP made by me tb the was between ;« aad>lf;.jttbea: six,;feet of water ;in the hold. Robertson, Whq had been i sounding while -I was looking after the pumps, reported to the captain in the interi val. VVhen I reported six feet the captain, who was then by the pumps, toktime tb try , again to get the starboard pump to work. 'T' got a new box, .and we stopped the port pump while I shipped the box; but it would not draw then. At this tinib (2 or 3), ; with the pump working,’ the water was ffainmg on us at the rate- of 13 inches an hour. The next time I tried the between 3 and 4, fifipre were, I should think, seven feet, which 1. reported fco tffb captain; Hefthen seemed rather excited.. ~.Bre'yihus 'i|q that he ; had seemed rather excited j he seemed to have perfect ’command ? over -LiniSelf. :. He told me not to allow the port ppmps ,to bp- ; stopped oa anjr account. was .®?,this time. I cafftsay how much jyater there was in her when she was put before the ' I recollect a.steamer passes about’the time 1 reported seven feet; I u* hear an y° ne spiak- to’;tbe captain about signalling ho-; I was about the pumps theu. I had uo conversation with the captain when she passed. He was a little excited, about that time ; .there was a little dif-, in, his, manner, to what,, I usually, : noticed. I could pot swear, the man'"was. drunk, but,he waa not r|^ht,sober. I saw! thp easigh fijrjng ouce alt the, aft, end ; but I 1 ‘don’t know'anything about 1 it, r X asslsted ih, • fc»wefihg the port quarter boat/, iffth «

we first bow, it p apßed n MP wa * O’clock, at a fiance miles. S^Tf W K re * n ° r to lower U e-b°at. I Baw l to a nd.weat ,to h«lp|&,Wt I did nptsSee her Jet into the w&tejb ! The fourth mate asked md bit while I S* a T haWm #^ e °fAe seamen ' {Hm*) d,A but I can’t say by to longboat, when ‘ xt was m The ptrtnpi wore kept going until the vessel-wais beached. When \ a S aia sounded, nearly two hoars after the seven feet had been reported, 1 found nine feet, and so reported to the captain. He seemed rather the worse for Jiquor-’jrtrthat time.—Then you noticed that he was getting worse each time you rcpbrtfid.ti) him?—He was decidedly worse then; He said we ■ ■ could. do no, better .than -to -keep—.the. pain ns going constantly^,aod that we -would drop anchor in Jack’s Bay. I again sounded, just ,/ or , e v; we - beach ed her, ' about %wp hours, afterwards, as nearly as. I can hetweeh;iOft., and llft..\Ai tLjMjffiMmdiag ZwhatiM ’ ; of water! Kayffffn the yewel s s|de..w*s frps|3u,' 0 tdid. nofcsounjl' ;he'Ves4l'after she wm bwwh’eS ■i nothing to be pttended to in my . department- aSetutJb'B_Lveßst3..wa]B„ JaeachetL. ‘ Whcn the steamer was pretty ,wpUab;-east of i Uß .— at about' six' ih •the; mbrdihg- c the o»p----i pie to i get;the shackles ready dot' ; bending to the cablp/ .bat;! the sailmnCel • actually bent them tojhe anchor. The ship , . P^®d’aeyei^.timear r m- beaohinif’ her.-atp I 'At-lms niver. 1 saw the mate several i times, 1 b®l?an J to.flsak ,t,Baw‘ [hinf . aaii the captain locking, at the chart,jonjbie,jis)in table., Ihe mate was perfectly sober then. Bewas not spbfer when the beittl 1 got | . f > : *.“« an altercation with Phillips,: -on the parT i r .ail,: ,ip[h and.phillipe wdreijhaying a,,.few . e 6 when I : siw them. Phillips t-lokthfliaxe away.from ■ the ,mate, /ahd>l got'it frdto ; the mate had attempted .to strike him with • **• I 'judged . from- the .'mate’s, manner. -and i appearance, and the way he w.JkeOhat he ; vyas mot sober. The captain was in charge • of the vessel and Mor nai at the heloi’wheiii ■ | she was .beached.; >. The Captain seemed more - . ■* coel and i collected s than hehadbeeu; previ. ; ously. ...None of the pOrts in the passengers* : chmpartments were op6n| so far as I know. , t clbsod- them i.at higliti'; but would soineH r ; rimes find* them “Opened by the passengers'.^ I went round and saw'them closed on the night of December 31. Tbo'ship'did not ;roll a great deal ,with i the, iWater in her. ;or she considerably dojwn ontWfide ■ she wasJhove-tb when hove-to. „ '’ " ~ ! , [ depth pf the hold was j! the r watpr was J^n. I the: ftweehdeoks.'wfaeti Bhe. was 1 ; beachtid.< The oider' tfaei.captsoi ''gavef, ihe i iboiit'the shackles was i proper ihne. ; Moß^ ; of I the phssßngersiwere (out of theishipi Whem she was beaehedir ; At one th»> cai.le was bent—the sailmakerisfiid ttot j ! appear 'ta ba pferfectly sober. 1 don’t know i i oho-depth of the coils in the fore-hateb. I j tid-not -hear—the—doctor-*sk-tho^wptain.-to» ■ lower a boat. The caiitain’s order to slip' . ; the cable was a proper one. The words -he , Hed wercj . “ As 1 the < vessels. • seems; tf> [hff : ; ffdaf down, morej .rapidly, it is , advisabfe , to slip the cable and beacli! her.’.Vv Thi. proper preparations were made, for.beaching ;hfe r . By “proper preparations a ''l iniahlKib f.resail being set and the vaMi trimnied: ; and tbithe best pf the^ptdm' : gave these brdfersV•n-f ox who ; By iMr Strode j t At the time, 1 iintaediathly oeforo or < after lettibggothh anchor in Ja6k?s | Bay v > did dhe ship touch tbe igthnud ? -iNo. f : Old she,touch in Jack’s. -ay J*o_l bslicra nplw' \re you quite sure; will you swear ahedid : not?—l ean do so., I dou’o knowthe.depth i ! »f water in Bay.; , Yon haU skid • the sailmaker hot sbber at ohe time.' Do ; you khdiy where He gbt the liquor l froffi' can t answer that: • iW«i thefe ; aby bgihs served out?— The captain gavi mh three* s quarters .of a bottle.,of gin - toj Berye outfc'tp .. che, passengers at .the! pumps, and L ntfi : to them.. f ; - By] : .you, examine' jthe pumps at anytime during the i l .^ av s rcßeatcdly looked at the boxes to see:thit tried the* puttps/beesnse there IJ w»s‘niver ;snffioienfeliirater:ih; theiinH;Thfc»e: Was- lAift when:wp ; lefb : JLondon,iand, never; any md&a ; °d t"® passage.: ;. r How. vlihg ‘betbHHdie iatiitt) : struck did you examine the phmpsli-'AboUt) la/I a / tlj'hk JcJjlfiDg.go the anchor i to'^Ve'fftdek 1 i°ut.—X sliould think ‘not. X)b vou hhoVr the height of the ’tween deckk 1 ?—l donbt , know their* Cxact height, but I helieve SeT i tween; 6lt. and 7ft.' i!Do you’ fchow'the height the obala• Werh l from the lower deok Could man stand hprlgbt>betweeh'the coils ; and,. the :’t weenl decks * vln7!ttie way-of the forehatbh he could. ; the vessel rolllfm , during; the time! she .lay to ,?—Ndt tp the best; ;of myikhowledgei. Was there any jeeaopek It ; close to the condenseriorward porfcrside,' bpc I cannot jiive -thh exhedi ; j?f- ik. ; ; it with oii jfoktaioe ofplim 'watertight bulkhead. If the Ipanmeot had bien fulh .ends'have'kept the tl® [would not,’ as they ‘tferh;>o:iiAak«lHth»' , ! 8 ip al tesu“»? ..hit, Jin* ssttw » inpprapeek started . after thp vessel /waar beachedh 0.. Can you .form any opinion •arte vfhrffe the vessel inhst haie ittuok&h ' what ' part'of the ahid do Wu think .she struck?—The r 1 first hump • was' somewhat abreast of wthe! mainmast,' the second.further aft, and the; thirds which \rak | the heaviest of all, somewhere between tbh t®v a ?d ( , the afterhatch. There were j three distinfct butnps.', r Do you cohsiderihb 'cattse of the stkfboard pump hdt' wommr was oWmg to the bumpmg of the’ship The bumping must have brokenVthe'pfpA/ ¥ . ' r ;(t am a bn bbard the ‘Wanganui. IJ saw 1 the Saint .bid -the morning of January lj just after Ith'ad corn*', from bfaei was thun hearlyi three miles off,rand nghtabrCaat! of cub, ; ,We were, tween her and the shore. I noticed, nothing;; particular, except .that she had her small' sails doWn—the top-gollant sails aid- roW Lbbset'ved no boats in the Water. 1 ; T did ndt soe an ensign hoisted. ■ 1 1 looked specially for celbrs,; thinking sh® might \yant to speak nap' I then went to. ,aork . about the. ■ lopked afc her np -more,. Our .vessel W** •off ,ahd,;a,b6,utt Tpifes soutkot GApiiti’a rivpr. w... . . I=’ By- Mfrj xtbut: 1 ’I don't' remember thepasaerigerscallingfchemaii’e’kttention te an ensign,'THert Was some tefetenbe' ’-tb I “ah > ensign, but it wasMtcr tue Wreck.' i The’chpJ' tain;, aud mate,, were , not! on >•: deck, t the captain, having gone into the t oabin.< I dtfnjt know Mr Begg, a oabin ; name.;, I remember; ,a ! i passenger with B P?®¥ c !® B speaking to moabout . the ship. I looked at four -oo s nd minutes. 1 know the tiinef bhc&ttse 1 fr^ tllß Y! ie ‘; 1 at B pv went b'olbw aPd figd’ and had coniy on deck on deck again. By d Thonaspn; There is no second" roate on the Wangauuu t The cahtki» not, so far as I aip aware./ipye orpem toiny t hnsas^i

James RohertiSn’^-ijvdpa&en ger by the; Surat: *1 am a shipwright by trade, afidh.Vve: ■beett utofeet'/ ygarS. at, ‘sea/ bed I Wbfttjithe, I rushed ton deck and called who cahfe The captain askeffvme ; to assist the carpenter .in attending to fto jibmpg, [The Witness’corroborated the Carpenter's testimony; about sounding the pumds ] I noticed the‘second mate fftata m* ft the pump, we 11.,, He appealed to be drunk hit that 'time. He wa» standing with against the pump that was working well,' 'Sim 'tbd lamp shone in his face, from the look of which I judged bis condition. The first mate also went to the pnmp well some time, afterwards, hut he appeared to bo sober. I did not take any notice’ of him 1 from . this until the steamer came into sight. He then appeared to-be drunk. I saw.the Captain at the satire time; he too appeared to be drunk. Before the Stenmer came in sight land somepfcher passengers asked tke captain to run the ship ashore, as there beach] then in sight, : which I believe the vessel would have ; fetched. I don’t think he gave any answer, j I don’t say ,jt was done on our suggestion, but sometime f afterwards' vessel was headed for the land, but was afterwards turned but Before, - ho* Head wd's turned out *Je then asked theCaptairito hoist the signal of distress, by which time the.flag had been get, hui^bt% T 'bla owfrrs «'•Tlie sailffiakers thc j3ag was, andithq captain said he man who * hoisted. ''lt was noistedj but I aon|t know by' Whom;' »Ks^asafter^fttys i hahled'^6wi^ but^-I^don’t'kObw l by : Wiiosfer ordeira.' f The' ncxt>'time !• BdW'it ,it f M**igarn Hoiked? Altfeft> thfe’ ‘Steadier way’ seen’; iflw' vessel’* tercept het; r Was put but to, Sea; T hat wffifld btfU'JftfeVeMtbej tohiigd 1 . was hbisted"; ,i biit I‘-‘hm'‘ J: nbt '-quiit© :I 'certiiihr :: Thdre W 'were • • bit; deck. * : I l &lleiT : the! captamfs' I Mfcehtioß'' l tb' 'them when ; the SWUtoetwas i two or three then.- He told me to be quiet and he would i rn.Q'PU)rigb.tiit Ho>iwda • then drunkl 1 Tie* ; did).ho|r.fire]ithevgnn;'oiDuring tbeitime the | steamer was nearest to-us;i ; Kelly*‘-{the ' sjSWWdfedyAsaabdA 6 :' 'whceL-iclfiimedidtely 1 after the captaiitirefused - to .fire the gun 1 | mnddufoc ;;ammdnittofi. I i spokemyself to Mit Job dißooth kna Mr Isitt | mitout jit^-,! ‘Bpoth said he did hotlcnoWwher- i it was, but Isitt said be knewmnd would get i l&ii.sW“dM <) liolstalfc about 'the ! in the captain’s presence. After the s earner j passed.) the npaSscngbrsH kept tat; the i pdfaps, > nnt sqnfe Ktbcm;'assisted, by. crew. • attempted, to launch the longboat, three 1 other boats having been launched already. The , dQctoj Msipted; ;ppd; £h epaate ■ came ;forwardi. ; andmade. drutiki ’ I did not hear what ■hy ;him; but , trying to I take a reyolver from him. yj.tr.about the ' same time, or a rattle before thi?, ; he ; had i tned to Stop tbe ptjmps. - He.i tpok- hold of ! the handles, sud,Hifdlntake the. ropeq.off I The pump might hay.e beebastopped ifpr a i minute. He went qway himself., X j i launched the long-boat, which; left .the, ship i After the long-boat .^e-^T.mean a i good many passengers—spoke,, to -the.; sail- ! maker, and begge.djiim to take charge of . the i ship. They did so, because.the.captaini land I mate were incapable,Land-.the;second;. officer ’ had left the ship. The thirioffiperwaij-very inerted,;i-j the .fourth officer was doing all (hb; cqul4 ..but;:the ! sailmaker was considered ; .the best man Me Had} j»id. li^.rt -F<puld,r fay, j; and daiul I us: but a ~few/Thigh j wards which 1 did bet ween,him? isndithe captain. After that ti the yessej was hapled up for Jack’s Bay. jDidi ftpUioft.theari go below toge%r„ 0 A fto; .that, .thejan'chor.sisas I slipped, and the vessel beached tin .CJatlin’s ! Kay. The captain was in charge I was beached, hut, knpw.»who.,.was at j the helm, because I.was in a boat at the ' /.T thep f 24ft 'I fijqm |he little, sea, and it was calm when the steamer’ j passed. There was majfe tOsßave ' the passengers’ luggage, j day‘ two • gome | of the passenger®’ luggage—a boatdoad of clothes. I he third officer.lost ,his .self-con-trol -I did not ,gay :hißb.eadj hhhaa his bead , yet (laughter^.byt;.-,whether trough ! drunkenness ar not J r cannot say... J scarcely ; think it was,,,.jrb3 fourth., was sobg?.ail the time, and' (s‘what |e o yhe doqtor 1 was quite sober Jill the 'time,,and aq. k .ed ] the safety of the passengers itq the begt of^ls jwtty cqoL He | 4. j nc tespned to the captain,and „inate,i h?ipg > dnmh after the J, Heladdedithat when he told he. was going tq. do the best he could to save'‘if.ljbqsq pqprsouls,’’ I fe|l ng tHf Passengeralrth^./latter.repUed, * • ?lf§y vw all go A In orpssexamination, he said aboat, a ; c^nartep ; o|*aa* <ship 1 * tr »« ;.officer j ‘Mand on the port J n. ia ~t , T "/1 .t / ■