PRINCE EDWARD ISEAN D.

Edward L. Lydiard, of Charlottetown, and Martin Wilkins, of Pictou, two Misses De Wolfe; from the Hon. Charles Young’s, Charlottetown, and two other ladies whose names I do not know, and Henry G. Pineo, Jr., of Pugwash. I thought the boat safe; she has been a little leaky but has gone through a great deal heavier weather this season than this, she stood out all the east- ern gale lately when so many vessels drove on shore. The engines were in pretty good order; she would have weathered were it not for the leak, and I have no idea where that took place. The wheel ropes were new this summer. I consider the breaking of the wheel ropes the cause of the disaster. She never made as much as two feet of water at a time—To a question put by the Rev. Dr. Evans, the Captain said that they were obliged to detach the pump rods from the working beam of the engine, because she was pumping too slow. I do not know that the water was over the cabin floor, or that a certain time lately the firemen were shovel- ling the coals in water half-knee deep. The mails were saved. When the first boat was lowered I put the mail in myself, and jammed it in so that if we were lost, and the boat turned up, they would be found and give some account of us. I did not consider all the crew competent; the engineers were so; the deficiency was in the deck men, I had two good ones, the wheelmen were good; those that were with me were never drunk that I know of. All the crew were sober when I left Charlottetown. When we were drifting ofl? from the steamer some of the passengers cried out ‘you are not going to leave us ?’ I said ‘no, if I can get back.’ We used every exertion, we had only two oars, if we had had four oars I don’t think we could have breasted the sea so as to get up

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to the steamer. The two boats that we had on board were not sufficient to have saved the passengers and crew. I kept the second boat at the davits as long as I did as an in- ducement to the crew to exert themselves. (Signed) W. R. BULYEA,” “Pictou, Oct. 8th, 1803.”

The following evidence, taken before the magistrates of Pictou, after Captain Bul- yea’s examination, is of interest. The testi- mony of Trainor, the mate, most assuredly convicts him of the criminal act of letting go the painter of the boat and thereby leav- ing the passengers on the wreck to their melancholy fate.

“Patrick Trainor, called, said he was act- ing as mate of the steamer. Had been in her twelve or thirteen days. Thinks he is some- thing of a sailor. He was shipped as the mate‘s substitute who had gone to see his sick wife. They left Charlottetown about 12 o’clock. He was at the wheel. Does not know whether she made any water before the wheel-ropes broke. But after they cast anchor they had to bail with buckets. He worked some time at this and then went on deck and began to lower away one of the boats. When- the boat was down he and one of the clerks jumped in. After they were in the mail bags were thrown in, he thinks by the captain. Did not see them. But he heard them fall down by him, and stooped down and put them away. The boat was dropped astern and he remained in her. When she was hauled up again and the Cap- tain fell into her he, Trainor, had hold of the painter. The captain took it, and Train- or feared he would have her staved to pieces. He told the captain to go aft and he would hold on. When the captain got aft, he, Trainor, lost hold of the painter, and the