The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-28 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. Captain W. Congreve having completed his five years' service on the Staff of Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., at Chatham , as Bri g at at that garrison, will be succeeded by Brev et-Ma j or W. W. Lynch, 2d Battalion 2d Queen's Royals, who has been appointed by the Duke of Cambridge, and will commence his duties on the lat of January. Major Lynch has acquired considerable experience as a regimental officer, and has seen more service than usually falls to the lot of officers of his stand ing. He was in Persia with the cavalry division in 1847, and for his services there was decorated with the medal and clasp. According to Hart, he sub sequently joined Gen. Havelock's farce on its first taking the field, being present in every action fought by that column. He subsequently served as second in command of the Volunteer Cavalry with the Oude field force, and was present in all the actions fought by it until the relief of Lucknow. Capt. J. L. Seton, 102 d Royal Madras Fusileers, has been ordered to embark for Madras, to join the service companies of that regiment, Major P. A. Brown taking the command of the depot companies at Chatham garrison. Lieut. E. G. St. John, 2d Battalion 2d Queen's Royals, has left the depot of that corps at Chatham, and embarked on board the Camden steamer, to join the headquarters of his regiment. In order to facilitate the construction of the new ironclad turret and other ships which will shortly be commenced at Chatham Dockyard, the Lords of the Admiralty have given directions for some of the most powerful machinery yet constructed to be erected in the factory at the dockyard, to be used in the preparation of the 9-inch and other armour plates with which it is intended that the new vessels shall be protected. Among the new machines or dered are two large shaping and planing machines, two punching and shea rin g machines, a plate-shear ing engine, and four of the most powerful kinds of drilling machines. It is also intended to fit up an additional 25-ton steam hammer, together with steam travellers and cranes for lifting plates of 12 tons weight. The order further directs several new machines to be erected in the ropery be used in the preparation of the hemp for ropemaking. The total cost of the additional machinery ordered to be erected at Chatham Dockyard up to the present time is between £9,000 and £lO,OOO, in addition to which there will be the charges connected with sink ing the foundations and otherwise preparing the buildings. The routine duties of the garrison at Woolwich, as well as the departments of the Royal Arsenal and Dockyard, having been suspended for the Christmas holidays, were yesterday resumed as usual. In consequence of the admirable arrange ments of the commissariat and the successful result of the new canteen system, the committee have been enabled to deal out a gratuitous and bountiful supply of good Christmas cheer to every man in the gar rison. The Dart, 5, screw gun vessel, 80-horse power Commander J. W. Richards, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon, last from. Plymouth Sound. The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Capt. R. Old field, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yester day morning on the completion of her outfit for foreign service, and anchored at Spithead to take in her powder and shell. To-morrow the ship will make her trial of speed over the measured mile course in Stokes Bay, and, if everything proves satisfactory, will then be reported as ready to pro ceed to her destination—the Pacific. The Minotaur screw iron frigate is ordered to make a second trial of her speed under steam, over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, on her return to Portsmouth from her forthcoming cruise off Port land with the competitive gun carriages. The screw of the Minotaur to be set at a finer pitch than on the last occasion, and to effect this the ship must be placed in dock. The Simoom iron screw troopship, 400 horse power (fitted with new engines by the steam factory department of Portsmouth dockyard), Capt. T. B. Lethbridge, fitting for service in the steam basin of Portsmouth yard, has tested preliminarily the working of her now machinery under steam. She now only awaits a little further advancement in the shipwrights' work to be taken out of the har bour, and put through her light-draught trial of speed over the measured mile. We have referred on a previous occasion to the excellency of the general arrangements on board this vessel for the accom modation and comfort of the troops during the pe riod of her forthcoming commission under the com mand of'Capt. Lethbridge; the nearer these arrange ments approach completion the more perfect they appear. On the upper deck of the ship are the usual poop and forecastle, both, however, somewhat larger than usual, and connected by decks, about seven feet in width each, on the starboard and port sides. The poop cabin contains the common mess table, 40 feet long, for the captain and officers of the ship and for the officers accompanying the troops. On each side are the ship's officers' cabins. Going now to the other end of the ship we reach the forecastle, and hero are messed and sleep the petty officers and seamen forming the ship's crew. There are also six cabins for the warrant officers, with cooking galleys for the troops and seamen, air shafts, &c. Under neath the two gangway decks which connect the poop and forecastlefore and aft the ship, and which form a capital parade space for the troops, are built up hammock houses—no hammocks being stowed in the ship's nettings—lamp rooms, butchers' shops, ice store rooms for meats, &c., and all other conve niences required in a troop-carrying steamship, to gether with padded stalls for six horses. The pre vailing idea in the arrangement of these stores and other rooms under these two gangway decks has been to place those on the starboard side solely at the service of those messed and berthed only on the same side of the ship, and the same with the port side. On the main deck, originally constructed as the gun deck of the ship, when she was intended for an iron frigate, and still retaining the gunports in their full size, are, abaft all and under the poop mess-cabin, cabins for military officers and their fa milies, including an admirable ladies' bath-room, ad joining a roomy "nursery." Amidships on the same deck are mess and sleeping berths for 500 soldiers, with quarters for staff -sergeants and non-commis sioned officers, while, forward of all, and entirely separated from all others, are the quarters forwomen and children, excellently fitted with baths, lavatories, and other conveniences, and having in one portion a room fitted for the accouchernent of the soldiers' -wives. In the seven available compartments of the ship, below the main deck, the arrangements are:- 1, Military storerooms ; 2, berths for 100 soldiers ; 3, ditto ;4, baggage-room ;5, coal bunkers ;6, engine-room ;7, engineers' and warrant officers' sleeping berths, baths, waslihouses, &c., wine store room, slop-room, provisions, &c. Everything, in deed, is rendered as perfect on board, both above and below, as can well be imagined or desired. General Sir Edward Charles Whinyates, K.C.8., and K.H., Colonel Commandant of B brigade Royal Horse Artillery, died at his residence, Dorset Villa, Cheltenham, on Monday, the 25th of December, 1865, in his 84th year. He was the third son of Major Thomas Whinyates, of Abbotsleigh, Devon (formerly of the 2d Dragoon Guards), by Catherine, sixth daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, fifth baronet, of Thirkleby-park, Yorkshire. Ile was born on May 6, 1782 ; married in 1827 Eliza beth, the only daughter of Mr. Samuel Crompton, of Woodend, Yorkshire ; entered the army on March 1, 1798, as second-lieut. in the Royal Artil lery ; was present at the landing at the Helder, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in 1799, and in the campaign in North llolland, under the Duke of York, in the same year; served in the West Indies from 1800 to 1805, including the expedition to Madeira, under Sir William Clinton, in 1801; at the siege and capture of Copenhagen, under Lord Cathcart, in 1807 ; in the Peninsula, from February, 1810, to July, 1813, including the battles of Busaco andl Albuera ; the brilliant affair at Usagre, May, 1811, and defeat of Latour Maubourg's division ; and at Aldea de Ponte, September, 1811, and San Munoz, at the ford of Geltes, 1812 ; attack and defeat of General Lallemand's cavalry at Ribera (mentioned in the public despatches), and many other affairs, being always on the advance and rear guards. He received the Peninsular medal with two clasps. He afterwards served in the Netherlands and France from April, 1814 to 18th of January, 1816, andwith the army of occupation from August, 1816, toNov., 1818 ; commanded the Rocket Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at Waterloo, and was severely wounded in the left arm (Brevet majority and medal for the battle). He was appointed to command the Royal Artillery in the northern district in 1840, and com manded the troops in the four northern counties during the disturbances among the manufacturing and mining classes; was appointed Director-Gene ral of Artillery, March 10, 1852 ; Commandant of the garrison of Woolwich, August 19, 1852 ; Major- General, June 20, 1854 ; Colonel-Commandant of a battalion, April 1, 1855 ; Lieut.-General, Junel, 1856 ; Colonel-Commandant of B Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, July 22, 1864, and General on Dec. 10, 1864 ; was appointed a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order for distinguished military services in 1823 ; a Knight Commander of the Bath, Sept. 26, 1831; and a Commander of the Bath, May 18, 1860. The Corporation of London and the Jamaica Commission. Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, a special meeting of the magistrates of the City of London, convened by the Lord Mayor, was held at Guildhall to hear and take into consideration a communication which had been addressed to his lordship by Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary. There was a large attendance of the aldermen on the occasion, some of them having come from the country to be present, it being under stood, though not so stated on the paper of business, that the cause of their being summoned at a time so unusual was the appointment of Mr. Russell Gurney, M.P., Recorder of London, as a member of the commission about to proceed to Jamaica, at the instance of the Government, to investigate the circumstances attending the recent revolt of the negro population. The Lord Mayor having assumed the chair, the Town Clerk (Mr. Woodthorpe), at his request, read the subjoined communication, which his Lord ship had received on Saturday from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the home Department : " Whitehall, Dec. 22. "My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit to your Lordshipthe inclosed copy of a letter from the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, inform ing me, by desire of Mr. Secretary Cardwell, that Her Majesty's Government desire to appoint Mr. Russell Gurney, Recorder of London, to act as a Commissioner for inquiring into the recent lament able occurrences in Jamaica. " I trust that your Lordship and the Corporation of the city of London will feel at liberty to sanc tion the arrangement there proposed as to the Re corder. In that case, I request that your Lordship will be so good as to inform me whether any steps are considered to be necessary to provide for the performance of the judicial or other duties of the officer, in his absence, for which the assistance of Her Majesty's Government is required. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lord. ship's obedient servant, " G. GREY. " The Right lion. the Lord Mayor." The following is a. copy of the inclosure from Mr. Elliot to Mr. Waddington in the foregoing letter, which the Town Clerk also read : "Downing-street, Dec. 21. " Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Secretary Cardwell to inform you that Her Majesty's Government de sire to secure the very valuable services of lilr. Russell Gurney, Recorder of London, to act as a Commissioner for inquiring into the recent lament able occurrences at Jamaica. _ _ _ " In order that Mr. Russell Gurney should pro ceed to Jamaica on this mission, the concurrence of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London will be necessary. It will also be requisite that arrange ments should be made for supplying his place as Recorder, and Her Majesty's Government would, of course, bear such expense as would be imposed on the Corporation of London by this necessity. " I am to request that you would move Secretary Sir George Grey to apply for the consent of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London to the acceptance of this mission by the Recorder, and to request that the Lord Mayor would have the good ness to communicate either with Sir George Grey or Mr. Cardwell as to the consequent pecuniary arrangements.—l am, &c., " T. FnEDK. ELLIOT." The LORD MAY on, addressing the Court, said he thought it his duty to tell them that the first letter he received on the subject was from Mr. Cardwell, dated the 20th of December, and although it was marked " private," the substance of it was neither more nor less than what they had already heard read by the Town Clerk. The reply he sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies was to the effect that if lie would request Sir George Grey to write him (the Lord Mayor) an official communication on the subject, he should take the first opportunity of placing it before his brethren of the Court of Alder men. On Saturday he received the letter from Sir George Grey which had just been read to the Court, and availing himself of the opportunity afforded by a Committee of the Court of Aldermen sitting on that day at Guildhall, he saw and discussed the sub ject with them, and, acting on their advice, he had convened this Special Court—to the inconvenience, he feared, of some of its members at this festive season. He then wrote a letter to Sir G. Grey, stating that he had convened a Special Court on the subject, and in that letter he took the liberty to state that he felt great disappointment that he (the Lord Mayor) was without any communication from the learned Recorder himself on the matter. He would take that opportunity of saying that he knew no man in that great city or out of it for whom he had so sincere a regard as for the Recorder and for his distinguished qualities, and ho was satisfied that whatever public duty the learned gentleman might deem it his duty to undertake the result would be for the benefit of his fellow-citizens in some way or other. (Hear.) lie could not, how ever, refrain from expressing his disappointment— and he did so with the most unfeigned regret—that any negotiation by a public officer of the corpora tion should have been carried on with the Govern ment or with any otherbody, in reference to an ap pointment, without some communication being first made to the City of London. He (the Lord Mayor) had had a conversation on the matter that day with the learned gentleman, who would have an oppor tunity of entering into any explanation ho pleased to make ; but, notwithstanding that conversation, he was bound to say his sentiments on the subject were unchanged. He hoped the Court would con cur with him (the Lord Mayor) in what he had done, and having said that much he would leave the learned Recorder to answer for himself. The RECORDER said he was very sorry that any thing which had taken place in relation to this matter should have given umbrage to the Lord Mayor; but the course that he (the Recorder) had taken on the occasion had been perfectly plain. Not many daoyvse ago r ni en t, n e he t , received a communication from the G expressing a wish to appoint him a member of the Commission, but he at once refused, stating as a reason for declining that his duties in con nection with th e Corporation of London were so onerous that he could not devote the necessary time to the proposed inquiry. Having said so much he thought the matter was at an end. The Govern ment, however, seeme d to attachsormert o himself importance to the matter — he h ardl y liked to refer p er sonally in connection w ith it— and they stat e d that they would apply to the corporation to absolve him for a time from the discharge of his ordinary duties. His reply was that that was a course to which he could not give any assent —(cheers)—but if they could make any arrangement with the corporation which should be satisfactory to all par ties, he would accept the appointment. Upon that understanding he had accepted it, but most unwil lingly, seeing that it implied the discharge of a most anxious and painful duty. (Hear, hear.) He had done it, however, from no wish of his own, but simply from its having been placed before him as part of a public duty. (Hear, hear.) The Re corder added, in reply to Mr. Alderman Sidney as to how long he might absent from the country, that the voyage there and back would oc cupy about five weeks, and that his impression was that the inquiry would last about six weeks more, though that would depend upon the time they got to work, for there were some preliminary steps to be taken in the colony before they could begin. He thought, perhaps, he might be absent until about the middle of April, butthe Court was quite as com petent as he was to form an opinion on that point. 1 Dlr. Alderman COPELAND (the senior member of THE SUN, LONI)O the Court) thought the explanation which the learned Recorder had given must have been satisfactory to the whole Court. For himself, he must say the Go- • vernment had shown its wisdom in the selection they had made in this case. He would say in pass ing, at the same time, that he should have preferred the letter of Sir George Grey to have been addressed to the Court of Aldermen, as such, whose officer the Recorder was, rather than to the corporation at large, though the learned gentleman acted for the whole corporation. He said that because innova tions had been made on their privileges as magis trates of London, and he liked to stand by the old ways, and to see that nothing was done to detract from the dignity of their position. It was important for the Court to consider next how the judicial functions devolving upon the Recorder could best be discharged during his absence. The duties at taching to his office in connection with the Central Criminal Court might be performedfor a time with out extraneous aid ; but in the Mayor's Court, where great questions of compensation were con stantly arising, the Recorder had arduous duties to discharge, and he suggested that the matter should be referred to a committee for consideration, with a view to some arrangement being made with Govern ment for the temporary discharge of those duties. He concluded by moving a resolution embodying the sanction of the Court to the acceptance by the Re corder of the office of a commissioner for inquiring into the lamentable occurrences in Jamaica, granting him leave of absence for that purpose for six months, and referring it to their General Purpose Committee to consider and report as to the necessary steps to be taken for the performance of his judicial functions in the meantime. The motion was briefly seconded by Mr. Alder man WILSON, who availed himself of the opportunity to congratulate his brethren on the evidence the ap pointment of the Recorder by the Government on this important mission afforded of the wisdom the Court showed in electing him, years ago, to the office he now held. He also took occasion to con gratulate the citizens on having recently elected to represent them in Parliament a man who had already shown so much capacity to serve the State as Mr. Goschen had done. Sir JAMES DUKE, from long experience, also spoke in flattering terms of the Recorder's public services, and of his high judicial qualities ; adding that ho trusted his connexion with the corporation would long be maintained, honourable as it was alike to them and to himself. (Hear.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY apprehended that they would never see the Recorder again, not that he was distrustful of the care of Providence over his learned friend, but this was so marked a selection by the Government from the legal talent of the whole country that he could not but think he was destined to fill a higher position. Adverting to the forth coming inquiry, he said it behoved the court, in that the only way which was in their power—namely, by sanctioning the appointment of the Recorder, to aid the Government in this emergency, and he trusted, as a matter of justice to all concerned, as well as of sound policy, that the investigation would be im partial and complete beyond all doubt or cavil, so as to satisfy the whole country. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, M.P., congratulated the Government on the selection they had made in this case, than which, he said, no appointment could have well been more satisfactory to the people of this country or more likely to afford satisfaction to the community of Jamaica. He felt that the high cha racter of the Recorder would be an ample guarantee that the inquiry would be full, free, and impartial, and would disarm every kind of attack that could possibly be made hereafter, from whatever quarter it might proceed. The resolution haVing been put to the meeting by the Town Clerk, and carried with complete unanimity, the Lord Mayor, turning to the Recorder and shaking him cordially by the hand, expressed his great gratification at the result. The RECORDER said it was impossible for him not to feel very deeply the kind expressions that had been used towards him on this occasion. His whole professional life had been more or less identified with the corporation of London ; he had always taken the deepest interest in its honour and welfare, and to be thought well of by those with whom he had been so closely connected was exceedingly gratifying to his feelings. With that the proceedings terminated, and the Court immediately afterwards formed themselves into a committee for giving practical effect to the resolution. Rewards to Lifeboats' Crews. With " revolving years" the seasons of storm again and again occur, and each season brings more and more prominently into view "the lifeboat and its work," whilst each seems to demand for that work a greater and greater amount of public sym pathy and support. All honour to those brave fellows who imperil their lives in its performance ! All honour to those whose philanthropy and libe rality provide them with the means and the en couragement that enable them to execute this good work ! That the bold spirit of our hardy seacoast men will always be ready to undertake their share of this noblo service, and that the warm blood of English men and women will ever stir their hearts to aid and encourage those generous men, are now settled points. As, however, the proudest and strongest barque may drift into danger if not controlled and navigated with consummate skill, so the best and bravest of human undertakings may fail to success fully effect its aim unless guided with judgment and care, as well as directed with energy and zeal. We, therefore, in these few remarks on the treat ment of our lifeboat men, propose to indicate two dangers which " lie ahead," or rather, to use per haps a more correct metaphor, which bound on either side the channel through which our noble barque must steer. The one of these dangers is palpable enough, but the other, lying beneath the surface, like the sunken rock, calls all the more for the watchful pilot's care. Each danger is of a double kind ; but, emerging from our metaphor, wo will at once plainly state the actual dangers to which we allude. They have aoie reference to the degrees of pecuniary r innuneration, and of the credit or blame that. Are bestowed on the crews of lifeboats, in re turn for the important services which, frequently at imminent risk to their own lives, they perform in the interest of their fellow-creatures. Now, at first thought, it may not unnaturally be felt that the danger can only here lie on one side, and that it would be impossible to over-estimate or over-remunerate such services ; for what higher act can a man perform than to risk his life to save that of another ? It is, however, precisely because we estimate at their highest value the splendid, the heroic services of many of our lifeboats' crews, that we desire to eliminate from them, so far as possible, the dross of mercenary motive, and to hold forth to the men, as far possible, the pure unalloyed gold of disinterestedness and self-devotion, that we include amongst the dangers to be avoided the bestowal of an indiscriminate or exaggerated amount of award, either of a pecuniary or laudatory nature. The subject, however, requires delicate handling. We will first consider the question of pecuniary payments. Before the National Lifeboat Institu tion seriously undertook the work of surrounding the inte c n o d a i n s t g s t o b f e i o r u f r u country la n w a i g thlifeboats, m en titw a n nd sup s aen e n r :- com mon complaint met with amongstno encouragement the o froma seacoast boatmen, other c 1 a t s h s a e s t to induce them to risk their lives in endeavouring to save those of shipwrecked sailors. A uniform scale of payment was, however, then established by the institution for its lifeboats' crews, viz., 10s. per man for each occasion of proceeding d to ilh th e e aeb aid of y a wrecked crew in the daytime, an night; double or even four-fold payments being given for extraordinary services. Without wishing these payments to be looked on as equivalents to serious risk of life, itwas considered, due regard being had to the safe qualities of the life boats, that they were sufficient to act as an encou ragement without being enough to establish a mer cenary motive, in lieu of the more honourable and more noble one of a desire to save the life of a fel- low-creature. As a general rule, therefore, we consider that this , THURSDAY: r EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1865 scale of payment should be adhered to, and that it is only in cases of a very extraordinary character that it should be departed from. •We will illustrate our view by a case. Some years ago a very credit able and daring service was performed by - the crew of a lifeboat on the English coast by rescuing the crew of an American ship. A gentleman who hap pened to be on a visit to the place at the time wrote an enthusiastic letter to a leading journal, appeal ing to the public to subscribe for the reward of the lifeboat's crew, which appeal was so liberally re sponded to that a considerable amount was contri buted. The matter was then taken up by the Ame rican Consul, who, thinking that his own country men were bound in honour to contribute as much as the English public, appealed to them in the same cause, and the result was that the two appeals pro duced a very large sum, amounting to several hun dred pounds, and this money was divided amongst the few men who manned the boat. Now, we should be sorry to grudge any poor, hard-working man such a windfall ; but there are important interests involved in the issue. In the first place, as will be evident to most persons, so magnificent a reward would in similar cases, as it was in this case, be dependent on the accident of there being an enthusiastic correspondent on the spot ready to plead in behalf of the lifeboat's crew ; and therefore other lifeboat men, at other places, might at about the same time, as happened in this instance, perform equally meritorious services, yet receive only the ordinary scale of payment as above described. The result might therefore be to cause discontent, or at least disappointment and a sense of neglect, amongst less fortunate boatmen elsewhere, whilst it would probably also induce them to depreciate the payments made them on other occasions. But the worst result of all would, perhaps, in most cases be to increase the mercenary feeling. On the other hand, however, there are cases of so extraordinary a character that some special mark of approbation or admiration is called for in addi tion to that rewarded by the institution on its usual scale, and in such cases a local contribution may be appropriately and beneficially resorted to. We shall again illustrate this view with a case. At daylight on the morning of the 20th October last, the wind blowing strong from N.N.E., with a heavy ground sea, a vessel was observed on shore on the western spit of Hayle Bar, from three to four miles distant from St. Ives. The sea was making a complete breach over her, and the crew were sup posed to be in the rigging. The St. Ives lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was at once launched. In crossing the bar with the drogue or drag-bag in tow, which carried her safely over two heavy surfs, a tremendous sea broke over the stern, and the drogue-rope breaking from the im mense strain on it, she flew before the crest of the surf in almost a perpendicular position, and run ning her bow under water broached to and upset. She soon, however, righted, and all managed to get on board. Two oars, grapnel, anchor, and rope were lost, and two crutches broken. Rowing four oars only, the crew contrived to get her under the lee of the vessel, which was the French brig Provi dence, of Granville, 98 tons register, Captain Challit, from Cardiff for Dieppe, with 138 tons of coal. With a heavy sea and strong under current, however, they found it impossible to get alongside. Nearly an hour passed in signalling to the French crew to send a rope by means of a spar or raft; when this at last was done, the cox swain signalled to haul on board the life-buoy, in tending to take the men off through the water, but he could not make himself understood. Two of the crew now endeavoured to reach the lifeboat pay means of the connecting rope ; one was being drag ged on board and the other was within four or five yards, when a fearful sea broke on the broadside of the boat and upset her a second time. She righted instantly, but the poor fellow who was on the rope lost his hold, and was never seen again. The other held fast to the boat, and the crew once more got into her without accident. The communication with the vessel had not been broken, and the lifeboat again hauled up as near as possible to her. The captain and remaining two men then took to their boat, when the second wave capsized them. Through a fearful sea the lifeboat was hastily hauled ahead, and the three men were most fortunately picked up. The crew of the lifeboat landed at Ilayle thoroughly exhausted. A more heroic service has, perhaps, never been rendered by any boat. In admiration of it a local contribution was raised to present a suitable acknowledgment of their bravery and en durance to the lifeboat's crew, in addition to the fourfold reward of the Lifeboat Institution. The amount collected exceeded £lOO, giving to each man between £l2 and £l3, and we feel sure that none will be found to say that it was not well deserved. Apart, however, from the pecuniary question, is the ideal one—that of praise or blame; and unless they possess the most sordid minds, in whose eyes gold is the embodiment of all good, who is there amongst us that is uninfluenced by, or indifferent to, the good opinion of his fellow-men? But to the really valued, praise must not be exaggerated, or it will run risk of being despised, even by those who are the recipients of it, yet who know it to be more than they are entitled to. Excessive praise and admira tion, therefore, and the honorary awards of medals and votes of thanks, should also be reserved for cases of a striking and exceptional character, when great courage, determination, or endurance have been displayed. On the other hand, however, great mischief may be done, and much pain inflicted, by hastily attach ing blame to men who may have exerted themselves to the utmost of their power to save the lives of their fellow-creatures, yet who have been unsuccessful. For what can be more galling, or more likely to in duce a man to decline engaging in so hazardous a work as the going to a wreck through a raging surf, than upbraiding him with cowardice or inefficiency, when he may know himself to have done all that it was possible to do. When his services are again craved by the drowning men in the stranded or foundering ship, while the weeping wife and little ones are perhaps likewise appealing to him to remain at home,—if he be then reminded of the bitterness of spirit with which he heard his last brave but un successful efforts depreciated, and himself reviled by those who had safely watched them from the shore, can we, or ought we, to feel surprised if that reflection should throw its weight into the scale, and ho should leave to others the task which his manhood would otherwise have prompted him to perform. Yet such injudicious and unfeeling conduct is not uncommon on the part of, it may be, well-meaning persons ; but who never having had their foot in a lifeboat in a heavy surf, and being quite ignorant of the terrific force with which it will often break over and overwhelm both boat and crew, expect impossibilities, and make themselves judges in the case. We beg to remind all such, that under some cir cumstances of wind and sea combined human strength is not sufficient to force any boat ahead, whilst never has a boat been built, and probably never will be, that would not also be liable, under some circumstances, to upset. We will relate one case amongst others which during the present winter have given rise to animad version on lifeboats' crews because their gallant ef forts have not been crowned with success, and which case will not only serve to illustrate our subject, but will, we trust, induce anyone who may read it to withhold a hasty judgment in any such case should they have the pain to witness one. At about half-past seven p.m., on the 23rd of November last, a vessel was seen in distress at the north side of Blackpool. The lifeboat of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution was conveyed with all expedition opposite the scene of danger, and in a few minutes was launched into a raging sea. So strong a surf had the crew to encounter, that the lifeboat filled three times in succession, and was with difficulty forced ahead against the wind and waves. After hard pulling she was got within a hundred and fifty yards of the perishing ship, but at this point so complete a gale set in for half an hour, that three races of sea broke over the men and smashed four of their oars. The lifeboat was then backed into shallow water, and rowed up to windward, in order to make a second attempt, but they could not get so near as before. Driven back again, they by-and-by made a third noble effort, and now saw a light held forth from the im- perilled ship, but found it utterly impossible to make advance against the heavy head ma that was rolling, and which for two hours and a half had been filling their boat as they boldly fought with the waves. The crew being then exhausted, and seeing all their efforts to be futile, came ashore. No sooner had they done so than the vessel capsized and broke to pieces ; one side of her was washed up, and the cries of struggling sailors were distinctly heard. The lifeboat was again put to sea in the hope of picking up men that might be on rafts, or other wise trying to escape, but nothing living could be found. It was now nearly midnight, and the life boat had become locked between two cliffs on the beach, from which position she was unable to get away without damage until six o'clock on the fol lowing morning. All the crew of the ill-fated ship were lost. The vessel was the brig Favourite, of Liverpool. She was loaded with palm-oil and seeds, and had a crew of 10 men. The wreck was about a mile from shore. In expression of approval of their exertions, although unsuccessful, the institu tion paid the crew of the lifeboat, 13 in number, a double reward of £26, or £2 each. Loss of the Brig Weannouth. OFFICIAL REPORT. To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade. My Lords,—ln accordance with your instructions, we, the undersigned two magistrates for the county of Cornwall, have held an inquiry into the loss of the brig Wearmouth, on the Par Sands, on Satur day, Nov. 25, assisted by Capts. Baker and Alston, the nautical assessors appointed by your Board. The brig Wearmouth was a wooden vessel, built at Sunderland, in the county of Durham, in March, 1862, and registered the same year at the same port, and was of the burthen of 270 tons. She had a crew of nine hands all told, but no passengers on board. She was commanded by Mr. T. J. Churn side, who held a certificate of competency. The Wearmouth left Taganrog, in the sea of Azoff, on the 15th Sept. last, with a cargo of linseed in bulk, bound to Falmouth for orders. The vessel appears to have been in good condition on leaving that port. All seems to have gone well until she arrived at Buyukdere, in the Bosphorus, where she took the ground, but was hove off again without sustaining (apparently) any damage. The brig proceeded on her voyage, and when off the Spanish coast she ex perienced bad weather, losing some sails. On Nov. 24 the English coast was made, somewhere near the Deadman headland. During the night of the 24th the vessel appears to have been working to windward, and on the morning of the 25th she was close to the Gribben, the weather being, as • described, squally, with a strong breeze at the S. to S.S.E. At about 9.30 the vessel was hove to and she jack hoisted for a pilot. At about 10 a.m. Mr. Richd. Johns, a Trinity-house pilot for the port of Fowey and to the eastward as far as Looe, came alongside in the pilot-cutter, and asked if they re quired a pilot and where they were bound. The master of the brig said, " Come on board," but, as appears by the evidence, the brig was wore round to the westward and sail made on her. The wind having hauled more to the eastward, there appeared a good chance of weathering the Deadman, which bare about W. 6.8. from the brig, her course being shaped to pass that headland with a leading wind, intending to proceed on to Falmouth. The pilot had in the meantime got his small boat out, intend ing to board the Wearmouth, but, seeing her ma nceuvres,gave up the attempt and ran into harbour. As the brig approached the Ileadman, the wind suddenly veered more to the S. and S.W., coming in hard squalls, increasing in strength. The vessel broke off, bringing the headland on her port or weather bow. The helm was put up, and the ves sel kept before the wind, with double-reefed topsails set, lowered on the-cap. No attempt was made to haul her up on the starboard tack to get off shore. The Wearmouth had been making some water since the bad weather on the Spanish coast, and had pumped up a good deal of linseed, a part of her cargo, but it does not appear that she was alarm ingly leaky. She had also a considerable list to port, but this did not affect her steering or sailing materially. The cause of this list to port was not sa tisfactorily accounted for. After running before the wind some time the Gribben was again approached, the brig hove to, and the signal rehoisted for a pilot. Just before this a barque was observed standing towards them from the westward; this vessel proved to be the Drydens. She passed the Wearmouth, and kept standing towards the shore. This led the mas ter to suppose that. those on board the barque were acquainted with this part of the coast, and he deter mined to stand in after her, which was done, and it appears in evidence that a man was sent into the chains of the brig with orders from the master to keep the land lead going. After running some short time they got five fathoms, when the barque was ob served to take the ground, and in seven or eight minutes after the Wearmouth also struck heavily, the second bump carrying away her rudder. Previous to this one anchor had been got clear with 40 fathoms of chain. No attempt was made to bring the ship up by anchoring, but she was run on the beach, and sub sequently abandoned as a total wreck. By the evi dence of the pilot the weather was so very furious that it would have, in his opinion, been impossible for the Wearmouth to have weathered the Gribben, even had she made the attempt by bracing up on the star board tack after she put back from the Deadman, and he said that no sails would have stood the fury of the wind on this occasion, and that he considered the master fully justified in beaching his vessel to save the lives of those on board. Some evidence was adduced as to the master being drunk at the time of the stranding, but this was not satisfactorily proved to the court. The Wearmouth struck *be tween 12 and 1 o'clock on Saturday, Nov. 25, on Par Sands. At about half-past 3 the Fowey life boat, from Polkerris, boarded both vessels, and took all hands safely to land, one man having been taken out of a boat that had broken adrift from the brig Nothing whatever appears to have been saved from the brig, but, most fortunately, no lives were lost. This is a brief narrative of the facts as adduced by the evidence. In commenting upon this case, it ap pears to the court that the evidence of the pilot, Mr. Johns, and many other nautical gentlemen (among them a commander in the royal navy), tends to exonerate the master, they describing the weather as unusually severe on the day of the wreck, and that, in their opinion, the master was justified in not at tempting to haul off the shore on the starboard tack when the wind veered to S.S.W. or S.W., as in all probability, had he done so with spritsails and a strong list to port, the brig would have been dis abled, and rendered incapable of reaching any place where the crew could have been saved. In this opi nion we concur. This being the opinion of the court, the next point was as to the judiciousness of running down with the intention of getting a pilot if possible. We consider the master acted properly, as he was justified in expecting to get one, having left the pilot-cutter about an hour before. We believe that the master thought the barque was running into some safe harbour. We concur in the opinion of the witnesses that he was justified in following the barque, from the position in which he then was. Having decided to follow the barque, we are of opi nion that had he let go his anchors when he saw her take the ground, it would have been too late to save the vessel. The Court cannot close this report with out remarking upon this vessel being allowed to go to sea without a marine barometer, as, in this case, had such a valuable instrument been on board, it would have indicated the approach 'of the violent gale, and have induced the master to accept the ser vices of the pilot in the first instance, whereby this unfortunate accident might have been avoided. Having decided to follow the barque, and made pre parations for anchoring, we are of opinion that had I he let go his anchors when he saw her take the ground, it would have been too late to save the ves sel. As to the accusation of drunkenness, the Court fully exonerate the master. We have, therefore, with the concurrence of one assessor, acquitted the master of blame for the loss of the brig Wearmouth, and have informed Mr. T. J. Churnside that he is at liberty to apply to your lordships' board for a renewal of his certificate • and have the honour to remain, your lordships' obedient servants, NEVIL NORWAY,/ JOHNW. PEARD, Magistrates. I concur in the above report. R. B. BAKER. 'HE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The present Session of the American Congress will undoubtedly furnish a most important chapter in the history of the Great Republic. It was, perhaps, almost easier to finish the Civil War itself than to determine its results. Until the South is actually received again into the Union, the object of the war, which was the reconstruction of the Union, will not have been attained ; and yet it is obvious that the terms of readmission will suggest much debate, and provoke probably many violent conflicts of opinion. Already two parties are de clared in Congress, and already the dispute is hot between them. President Johnson has recognised the reconstruction of the Union as his first and most important duty, and the conditions of reconciliation which he, acting for himself, imposed ou the States lately in rebellion were certainly neither hard nor unreasonable. He demanded that every State be fore readmission to its political rights should pass and adopt three solemn acts—one repealing the Act of Secession, a second accepting the abolition of slavery, and a third repudiating the Confederate debt. To the second of these conditions there were attached also certain supplementary requisitions in favour of the enfranchised negro, designed to secure the reality of his freedom, and to guarantee him against a revival of bondage under any disguise. It would certainly seem difficult to object to these terms. Of the first demand there can be no need to speak; the second represented the great fruit of the whole war, nor did the third express any unreasonable imposition. Yet these terms, at the meeting of Congress, had not been satisfactorily accepted, and now, if the majority in Congress can have its way, they will be seriously enhanced. The Republicans require that the Southern States shall provide not only for the liberty, but for the poli tical equality of the blacks • they are supposed to desire the punishment of the rebellious States by confiscation and outlawry, and they have actually proposed to exclude the Southern members from Congress for some time to come. At these proceed ings we are not surprised. The policy of the Presi dent might not unnaturally have been regarded in the North as based rather upon the expediency of conciliation than the dictates of justice, and as in trusting too much to exasperated if not implacable adversaries. Allowing for the exigencies of an epi gram, we may accept as a description of the case a saying of one of the leading Radicals, that the Pre sident was making himself three-quarters rebel in order to make the South one-quarter Union. He was going more than half-way - to meet conquered enemies. The South, according to his policy, was to pay nothing in [purse, nothing in political privi lege for its insurrection against the State, and was to be reinducted into the possession not only of its old rights, but of its old prerogatives besides. Once admitted to Congress and combined with its ancient allies, the Democrats, it might possibly put the Re publicans in a minority, so that the party which had been foremost in the prosecution of the war would find itself discomfited by its own victory. We may presume that this domestic view of the question has been influential in producing the effects now witnessed, but principles of a broader character were also involved. The negro is at the bottom of the difficulty still. The Radicals, or extreme sec tion of the Republican party, represent the old Abolitionists of New England who for many years past have consistently advocated the emancipation of the blacks. They now wish to see the complete and final triumph of their principles. They have probably some sincere misgivings about the future lot of the negro if abandoned without protection to the legislation of his former masters ; but they also consider that their work would be imperfect if the . . blacks were not raised at this crisis of their desti- nies to an absolute equality with the whites. Negro suffrage is therefore their cry. The suffrage will carry with it all other political rights, and with these rights in possession the emancipated slaves may defy any attacks upon their liberties. These speculations have perhaps the chief place in the views of the Ra dicals, though it is obvious to surmise that other considerations may have entered into their policy. The establishment of negro suffrage would, in all probability, reverse the traditional votes of the Southern States. The blacks might be expected to vote with their patrons, the Republicans, and thus strengthen that party in a section of the Union where Democratic principles had formerly prepon derated. Nor was this all, for the very sight of this spectacle and the sensation of this defeat would be at once the best and bitterest punishment of the South for its long rebellion. To those accustomed to watch the course of political warfare these consi derations will explain, if not justify, the present rigour of the Republicans in Congress, and yet it will be probably concluded in this country that Pre sident Johnson was right and that the Radicals are wrong. Their complaint of the favour apparently shown to the South is less reasonable than it seems. Such indulgence must always be practised if hostile parties are to be united and the wounds of war are to be healed. At the Restoration of the Stuarts one of our own cavaliers made a remark exactly analo gous to that of Mr. Wendell Phillips. He said that the Act of Oblivion and Amnesty meant amnesty to the King's enemies and oblivion to his friends. Throughout England it was observed with great bitterness that the Royalists seemed to be worse off than the Republicans, nor was it easy for the party at length triumphant to remember that tris..nphs must cease altogether if peace is to be substantially restored. Perhaps the chief justification of the American Radicals is to be found in the fact that the Southern States had not frankly accepted even the easy terms offered them by the President, and there is something in the argument that after the recent experience of what these States could do it would be inexcusable to leave them with the power of repeating their conduct. But to this the President and his supporters out of doors could give a decisive answer. If the Union is not to be restored, the great object of the war has been lost ; if it is to be restored, it must be by conciliation and compromise. The Radicals are willing to close with the former alternative, and leave the Union for the present without reconstruction. They are satisfied, as we see, with a Congress representing only a por tion of the United States. They are content to know that there is no hostile Confederacy, without requir ing the restoration of the Union. They would, in deed, prefer to see the States recently in rebellion degraded from their rank and reduced to the posi tion of territories till such time as their political re generation may be considered complete. But these views, as we are assured and can readily believe, are not the views of the American people. The people as a body do not share these opinions of the Republicans in any respect.. They have no vindic tive feeling towards the South ; they have no active sympathy with the negro ; and they are so naturally impatient for the restoration of the Union that they will tolerate no obstacles in the way. Such is the present position of American politics. In this coun try we can only trust that a difficulty which, after all, represents no very formidable sequel of four years' civil war may ultimately disappear before the prudence and moderation of the contending parties. POST.—The International Conference, which is to deliver us from plague and pestilence in future, whenever at least it arises in the east of Europe, is, it appears, about to assemble at Constantinople. Now that the cholera is over we are all anxious to provide against its recurrence. Never, perhaps, was any epidemic so clearly traced before to the mari time cities of the Levant. It spread_ westward from Alexandria, Beyrout, Smyrna, Constantinople, and other ports along the angle of the Levant, until it had at length extended along the whole basin of the Mediterranean, attacking Toulon, Marseiles, Va lencia, Barcelona, Gibraltar, and the African ports en the southern shore of that sea. From thence it spread to Madrid and Paris ; but not until ample time had elapsed to carry it thither respectively from Barbadoes and Marseilles. Its appearance in this country, slight as it happily was, was almost confined to Southampton, which happens to be the port in chief communication•with the cities of the Levant. The epidemic, therefore, may be said to have had its origin, in a manner remarkably clear, in Turkish and Syrian ports ; and indeed Constan tinople was for a considerable period the focus of it, as well as one of the principal ports that transmitted the infection westwards. Whatever may be the value of medical theories as to the occasional spon taneity of the disease, there can be no doubt of its having been, in the present instance, a direct Tur kish importation ; and it behoves us accordingly, if possible, to crush the evil at its source. In order to do this it has been found necessary to enter on a minute investigation of the causes of the outbreak of cholera in the Turkish seaports. An Interna tional Conference is probably the most desirable organ of arriving at the truth. Being composed of the representatives of the principal Powers concerned in the trade of the Levant, there will be no over ruling self-interest evinced on the part of an single State ; and those who have to investigate the ques tion will all be the representatives of countries which have a direct and legitimate concern in suppressing i the evil. The Turkish inhabitants n the seaports are, however, after all, the worst sufferers ; and it is only fair that they, and the Sublime Porte itself, should have the benefit of Western knowledge and Western assistance. It was very much in this spirit that the proposal of an International Conference emanated in the first instance from the French Government ; and it is only fair to acknowledge the ready acceptance which this proposal met with at the hands of the Sultan, whose Govern ment has professed itself ready to enter on the discussion, together with France and the othe r mari time Powers, and to give effect as far as possible to the opinions at which the conference may arrive. The probability is that two principal causes of these epidemics will be found to exist. The one, SPIRIT OF T. and no doubt the more obvious one, rests in the notorious bad drainage of Eastern cities. No one who has visited C3nstantinople—and there are novv comparatively few persons who have not done so-- can fail to perceive at a glance that a great part of the city is calculated to breed almost any kind of pestilence. Narrow streets, often with open ditches running through the middle of them, and innume rable mangy dogs lying so thick that it is often impossible to avoid treading on them, seem in them selves to afford explanation enough. It is true that the dogs are said to be the scavengers of the city; but where are the scavengers of the dogs? It is hard to say whether they are not a greater nuisance than any that they abate. Independently of this. , however, the drainage of the houses internally is often as bad as that of the streets externally. This difficulty, at the same time, is one with which the International Conference will probably find it verY difficult to deal. The affair is a purely municipal one. There are large municipal revenues in Con stantinople which might be applied to such a pur pose, it is true ; and the division of the capital into ten or twelve municipal jurisdictions is one which establishes an organisation to deal with general measures of material reform. We cannot, how ever, but entertain our fears that the drainage question will be found a very difficult one to deal with on the part of an International Conference, except in so far as regards the portions of the city which the recent fire has afforded an opportunity of rebuilding. That which we have spoken of as the second cause of these epidemics in the Levantine ports is one more probably within the power of an International Conference to reach. The first, as we have seen, originates in these cities themselves. That, however, to which we now refer springs from inland sources. We allude to the continual pil grimages made into the interior of Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria. The pilgrims are ill-fed, ill clad, and ill-equipped. They go on their pil grimages in swarms; and the privations to which they are subjected commonly bring on cholera or some other kind of pestilence. The victims of these maladies commonly return to the °nearest port, whence they embark for their own homes. Thus, these returning caravans form one of the most cer tain means of importing cholera into the maritime cities of the Levant. The French Government has already endeavoured to point out some method of dealing with this part of the evil. Probably it will be found desirable to establish a rigorous system of quarantine at a suitable distance outside the town, on the landward side, so that the pilgrims, on their return, should be prevented from entering the cities they have hitherto contaminated, until they have undergone a complete system of purification. Some measures of this kind will be found necessary in order to give the seaports of the Levant a fair chance. When this is done, the purification and drainage of the cities themselves must be thought I of. Then will, no doubt, come the tug of war. In former days, when a great fire in some of these ports was an annual visitation, it was fair to hope that not many years would be enough time to see one of these cities rebuilt. Those times, however, are now gone, although the present year indeed has seen one of the greatest conflagrations in our times. Still, we shall not despair, on the whole of the pre sent International Conference working a large mea sure of good. It appears that the Turkish Govern ment are prepared, without any jealousy or ill will, to carry out whatever the Conference recommend ; and the Sublime Porte cannot fail to bear in mind that whatever the interests of the maritime Powers may be are still more distinctly its own concern. COUNTRY MARKETS - - - ----- - HULL.-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair supply of English wheat, which met a slow sale at a decline of fully 1s per qr. In foreign wheat a retail business was done at a simi lar decline. Barley for grinding met a fair sale at late rates, but malting qualities were neglected. Beans were more plentiful, and soft quality 4s per qr lower. Peas wore also easier to buy. Oats, both English and fore gn, is per qr less money. Only a limited business was done in lin. seed, as holders asked prices much beyond the ideas of in tending buyers. English old white wheat, 49s to 545; old red, 44s to 485. Barley, English, 34s to 38s. Oats, Russian, 24s to 255. Beans, new English, 43s to 445. Peas, English blue, 403 to 41s Od ; grinding, 40s to 41s Od per 36 stone. SALISBURY.-T UESDAY. At to-day's market there was a much better attendance than a week ago. Wheat was an increased supply, but out of condition, and moved off slowly at about previous prices. The demand for barley was very restricted. There was a large offer, the turn being in favour of buyers. Oats neglected. Beans ruled firm. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 36s to 52s ; barley, 35s to4ls ; oats, 22s to 328 ; beans, 403 to 51s ; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from Gs to 7s 3d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; household ditto, 12d per 81b loaf. Flour, 34s to 40s per sack. MARKET HARBOROUGH.-TUESDAY. Not much wheat on offer, and with a tolerable demand ; fine qualities ruled firm at top prices. Old white wheat, 54s to 57s ; new red. 46s to 498 per 30 stone. Barley, fine, 36s ; other kinds, 27s to 31s per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 24s ; old, 26s to 30s per qr. Beans, old, 4.9 s to 525; now, 42s to 45s per qr. LYNN-TUESDAY. Our market to-day was moderately supplied with wheat, which sold at last week's quotations. A fair show of bar ley, fine sorts fully maintained their value. Oats were a small supply and in healthy inquiry at top prices. Beans came slowly to hand, and sold at quite last week's prices. New wheat, 46s to 49s ; now red, 42s to 45s ; old white, 51s to 53s •, old red, 46s to 49s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 34s to 36s ; secondary, 26s to 325. Oats, new, 18s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 42 s to 41 s ; large, 40s to 42s per 28 stone. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. € l . 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