The shipwrecked were in a most benumbed and perishing state, but the master of the barque, Captain Cavasa, treated them with the greatest kindness. The generous Italian could speak but little English, but his deeds have spoken so forcibly that Englishmen will be long before they forget his kind-heartedness. By his orders the men were stripped and rubbed, and clad in fresh warm garments. The good captain killed a turkey for them, besides providing tea and soup, and setting apart for them warm beds. After treating them with every kindness, he landed them at Falmouth, from which port the story of their marvellous escape, and the loss of so many precious lives in the _London_, flashed with the speed of the telegraph throughout the length and breadth of the land, producing everywhere grief and consternation unspeakable. The following is the list of those saved:-- John Greenhill, engineer; John Jones, second engineer; John Armour, third engineer; Thomas Brown, fireman; W. M. Edwards, midshipman; D. T. Smith, boatswain’s mate; Wm. Daniell, quartermaster; John King, Benjamin Shield, Richard Lewis, James Gough, Edwin Quin, William Grimes, seamen; A. G. White, boatswain’s boy; William Hart, Carpenter’s mate; Edward Gardner, second-class steward; D. G. Main, passenger; John Munro, passenger; J. E. Wilson, passenger. It is a remarkable fact, moreover, that the _London_ is the first ship belonging to the famous house of Money Wigram and Sons to which any serious casualty has occurred. In a century’s experience, Messrs. Wigram have enjoyed a perfect immunity from loss, with the single exception of the _True Briton_, which belonged to a former generation of the firm, and foundered early in the present century in the same fatal bay. But in a chapter treating of those who escaped from the wreck of the _London_, those must not be forgotten who narrowly escaped the doom which fell upon so many in the Bay of Biscay.