The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH WALES.
Yesterday a special general meeting of this company
was held at the Great Western Royal Hotel, Padding-
ton, in accordance with the standing orders of the House
of Lords, to consider the fallowing bills now pending in
parliament
1. A bill to consolidate and amend the acts relating to
the South Wales Railway Company, and to authorise
the construction of new works and alterations of existing
works, and for other purposes.
2. An act to enable the Swansea Vale Railway Com-
pany to extend their railway, and to maintain and work
the same as a passenger railway, and fOr other purposes
connected therewith.
3. An act to consolidate and amend the acts relating
to the Llynvi Valley Railway Company ; to enable
them to construct a new railway from Llangonoyd to
Bridgend, and to extend their present tine from Foce
Toll-house to Saint Bride's Minor ;to abandon partst_l e
of
their existing and authorised lines ; to dissolve
ir
v 1
Bridgend Railway Company, and to abandon hl
rail-
way, and for other purposes.
4. A Bill to enable the Rhymny
Vale R
nilawilawyay e, n
to extend their railway to the Taffpurposes.
con-
struct branch railways, and for otherpurp
The first, third, and fourth bilplcw2,ere approved.
The the notice, it
pproved.
The CHAIRMAN said the bill, No.
business of the day
earoParY ,
waswa s unnecessary
thereforeat
anto submit,
end and the

WAR Movitstwas, LIVRRPOOL, May 11.—The steamer
Armenian has just been taken as . a regular transport,
and will be numbered 225. The Kangaroo, screw-
steamer, which has sailed from Liverpool for Cork, will
embark at that port 5 officers, 200 men, and 150 horses,
and a quantity of camp equipage and other stores, and
with these will immediately proceed to the Crimea.

ARMY BEFORE -SEBASTOPOL COM-
MITTEE.

bontinued from, our first impression of yesterday.)

Tile exainination of Lord Harding° continued—The
Commander-in-Chief' oPfortee out Of the country' re-
ported home --to the Government, and in the event of
the non-prOfeSsronalperioniforming the Cabinet difft ring
from his opinions, and if he acted on their instrUctions
he.--would riot' f coui-Re be restionsibleforthe,result ; he,
however, conferred with the Government and gave them
his opinion 'on military matters ; was answerable as
Commander-in-chief for the organisation and 'composi-
tion of the army, the medical arrangements, accontre-
meets for the cavalry and infantry, and the transport.
service in this; country. When abroad it came-under the
Commissariat Department, with the assistance of the
Commander-in-Chief of -the troops. Nothing was so
bad and, weakening to an. army as its having to under-
go a long sea. voyage. The duty of the Adjutant-General
was-to look after.the discipline of the carhy, and -the
Quartermaster• General the movements of the camp,
and they both gave orders in their separate departments
to the Commissariat. In February and May, 1854,
10,000 troops were:ordered off for the first expedition;
and very
,shortly. after they were. augmented to nearly
.25,000, which was to be their proportion for the EaSt,
and on that he made arrangements accordingly for 'lino,
!mating• his resources. The first. reserve .forwarde'd
was seven battalions under General Cathcart: con-
sisting of 6,000 men," who, instead Of remaining at Vaina,
went on to the Crimea, and was at the .battle of. Alma.
All will agree it was wise to have 6,000 additional men
at Alma. • People will talk of the propriety of having
reserves, but we have always found.,it advisable to
fight as many men as possible upon . a given point.
The Duke of Wellington at Assaye detached Colonel
Stephenson with 6,000 .men, and only left 5,000 with
himself': Thus he had to fight a battle with half
his force. Neier -after that did the Duke repeat the
mistake, and in , his , subsequent career he always
brought the largest possible force to attack the enemy.
The second reserve of 6,500 men was forwarded after
the battle of Inkerman, and 9,008 more by, the end of
December, amounting in the whole to 21,508, being as
near as possible the number of troops he had to provide;

so that, notwithstanding the deaths at Varna and a
Balaklava, up to the end of ;December, the force he had
provided was equal to the force that first went out, and,
including the artillery, rather stronger. The peace esta-
blishment being low after he had sent out 25,000 troops,
he could do no other than send out young recruits, who,
instead of being composed of bone and muscle, were only
gristle; and the difference between the state.Of the army
in 1808 and that in the Crimea was; that 'they had at
the former period, in addition to a large regular force,
a militia raised to a high state of efficiency—the men
being from 35 to 40 years of age—from which to draw
reserves, and who were capable of undertaking hard
work—a very different class from the raw recruits of
19 years of age, whom it was impossible to expect
could withstand the hard work and resist the- climate
of the Crimea, to the same extent the Amen did in 1808.
He thought the Duke of Newcastle acted wisely in bring-
ing home the 9 or 10 battalions from the Colonies who
were used as reserves, and explained the reason why the
troops were not sent home from the Cape when sent for
from some mirmiderstanding arising as to'the orders. for-
warded. He then entered into the effect of increasing
the army by high bounties bad on the. service, giving
it as his opinion that it was the cause of increasing de-
sertion.- Out of 'l,OOO men he found not , above 20
volunteered from the militia. He considered the artillery
was equal to, if not better than any other artillery, 'and
added that everything was 'done that was necessary for
the army to take the field in the Crimea. His lordship
then-entered into the communication forwarded by Dr.'
A. Smith to the Horse-Guards, respecting the clothing,
his replies thereto, and produced to the committee a
sample cf the articles supplied to the men, and gave it
as his opinion that he had always considered the
clothing of our troops defective. He thought that when
a military hospital was organised there should be a mi-
litary commandant at its head to whom persons could
apply in case of necessity, and who could be held re-
sponsible for the comforts of the patients. He was of
opinion a person of higher rank and influence than'
Major Sillery should have been placed over the hospitals
at Scutari, and if Lbrd Raglan could not have spared
oncior one to have been sent from this country as was
afterwards done.

The Chairman—Were not the hospitals under Lr,rd
Raglan's command ?

cord Hardinge--They were under his command, but
at the same time the reports made to him did not give
such a true account of their state as they ought to have
done and Lord Raglan was too far from the spot to
attend to their condition himself.
The Chairman—Then that is to say that Lord Raglan
received untrue reports ?
Lord Hardinge—l don't say that. My opinion is
that Lord Raglan did not receive sufficient information.
The Chairman—lt appears that Lord Raglan sent Dr.
Hall to Scutari, to report on the state of the hospitals.
The report he sent in was that everything was in capital
order.

Lord Hardinge—l don't blame Lord Raglan. I
The Chairman—l don't blame Lord Raglan. I blame
Dr. Hall. I want to know if there has been any in-
quiry instituted into Dr. Hall's conduct for making that
report I
Lord Hardinge—l am not aware.
The Chairman—Whose duty was it to have instituted
such an inquiry ?
Lord Hardinge—l should say Lord Raglan. But this
is asking my opinion on points on which I scarcely
think--

The Chairman—l am not asking your opinion, but I
want information as to the mode of proceeding with re-
gard to the army, and on whom the responsibility in
such matters would fall. My desire is to ascertain who
is the proper person.
Lord Hardinge—lf, according to your account, Dr.
Hall made a report which was not justified by the state
of the hospitals, I should say he was responsible.
The Chairman—Well, then, has any inquiry been
made into the conduct of Dr. Hall ?

Lord Hardinge—T am not aware.
Mr. Roebuck—Mr. Sidney Herbert in his evidence
yesterday stated that he wrote to the persons in the
command of the hospitals at Scutari, he being Secretary
at War, and I wish to ask you whether it is your opi-
nion that any benefit to the public service arose from
that interference, and whether the commandant at Scutari
was under the command of Lord Raglan ?
Lord Hardinge—l believe that Mr. Sidney HAbert
was right in doing as he did.
The Chairman—Then you think his interference was
beneficial to the public service
Lord Hardinge—Undoubtedly he was a Cabinet
Minister, and was in direct communication with the
Duke ofNewcastle. I think what he did was quite jus-
tifiable. Not only the act itself, but its effect was pro
ductive of good. All the attempts on the part of Mr.
Sidney Herbert to relieve the sufferers in the hospitals
at Scutari were not only highly praiseworthy, but were
prnductive of great good. The hospital was really under
Lord Raglan's command, but he was a long distance
from it, and engaged in the field. If his suspicions as
to the state of the hospital had been lulled by the report
from Dr. Hall, it was not likely he would send a second
penon to inquire.
The Chairman—Did the Government or the Cabinet
consult you on their Military operations ?
Lord Hardinge—Yes. The Duke of Newcastle sent
for me, and I had free communication with him. I drew
up no general plan for operations in the Crimea, as Lord
Raglan was placed in a very difficult position, and was
not his own master, as he was acting in concert with
the allies. The despatches received by the Duke of New-
castle.were shown to me, and I made suggestions to him
when I thought they were required. I think it was
right in the army going from Varna to the Crimea, for
when an army was in disease nothing was more desirable
than a change to bring them back to a good condition.
I heard of the disasters of the sick in the hospitals at
Scutari. I did not correspond with Lord Raglan upon
them.
By General Peel—He had a very high opinion of Dr.
A.. Smith, and considered him a very faithful and good
servant..

By Sir J. Pakington —The huts were sent out late in
the year. He spoke. to Sir Frederick Smith about the
huts they were going to 'erect at Aldershot, and gave it
a, his opinion that, as the _huts were all blown down by
the gale of the 14th November, those for the Crimea
should be constructed of stronger materials.
By Lord Seymour—He was not, at the time it was
proposed to send out huts to Balaklava, aware of the
state of the road leading to the camp ; but he afterwards
heard that 500 Turks had been set to work to improve
it, but they made but little progress. Commissary
General Filder (as understood) was for some time con-
fined to his bed, and that delayed some progress being
made in the road. If the commissary general was called
upon suddenly to supply huts for the use of a large num-
ber of men, it was one of those misfortunes of war caused
by having only a sea communication, and thete would be
a great difficulty in supplying them. They had a regula-
tion as to the necessaries that would be required for a cer-
tain number of men, and according to the number,whether
it was 100 or 1000, a proper supply of stores and camp
necessaries were put on board. They not only sent
out all the stores required by the forms of the service,
but they also formed a depot. The system was to place
all military stores under the command of the quart
er
master-general. No stores from the quartermaster'snar.
department were issued without the order of the q
wigat
termaster-general, and he must of course know
went out. Certain forms were required d fo
quartermaster-general's stores, and if
therei.ad been
the_b issue of
found any difficulty in respect to them the commander-
or dispense with
in-chief had full power.to alter the
forms altogether. He knew of no I:,
th forms in the
been felt through the nature of ntaconv_enifnc a having
t least there ought to have
commis-
sary general's department ;.
had been brought to his
been none. The transonsknoan of the sick and wounded
from Portsmouth to Chathamfm
the exceedingly poverty-
notice ; bat that arose from
in respect to military hos-
stricken state of this
one would they hadishad but one for the last 100 years.
soon be erected at Portsmouth, but
AP i tssel second nfodr
hospitals should be erected at all the
he thought that
principal ports, and the sooner the House of Commons
voted the money for them the better. With 'respect to
the valises carried.by the cavalry soldiers he considered
them to be too heavy.
By Colonel Lindsay—He was of opinion that h
military stores should be kept separate from the t e
corn-
nilssariat.
By Mr. Ellice—lf they bad sent out double tents, with
double tanks, it would have givenstorms. t hem strength against
This concluded Lord Hardin ' ge s evidence.
Dr. Mapleton, who
proceeded to
city o of private physician t Lord the East in the cape-.
'He said he saw the Raglan, was next called.
1854. It was then partly
hospital at,Scutari in May,
Turks, but there partly in the occupation of the
were some English inttionts there.

He saw the hospitals again *after the expedition bad
left Varna, and was himself indisposed and confined
in the barrack hospital for several days. The bay-
rack patients were at that" tide' much in the samestate as has been described by different persons subse-
quent to that'period: ' Re did not think anything was
done to. remedy this state of things. Lord Raglan him-
self was at first in command there. He considered
that the troops, were sickly .at Varna, and in his
opinion the food supplied to them was bad. The bread
in particular was bad, and he represented the matter to
Lord Raglan, who ciqowered him to take every means
to remedy the evil. The bread was sour and was mush
calculated to predispose the troops to boweleomplaints,
'which were followed up in almost all cases 'by cholera.
Many different opinions were entertained by officers and
medical men in -the army relative to the bread. Many
of them did -not dislike it, or consider-it improper ;
but, in his opinion, such bread must conduce to bowel
complaint.. The subject was represented to Commissary.
General.Filder; and the:bread:afterwards improved. The
meat was indifferent, as it was impossible to get good
Hahradviengebehena,d
said
meat in -Turkey., With regard to the clothing he did not
stock at
present in use in the army4particUlarly in its adapta-
toorfdththe leathern ohthneincitichuaittreitscubjnwecaltrr'. adlv.Hilai.netaallpiptthreaovtuegdLh
tion to hot climates, bedause it did not absorb the
was less likely to :catch Co ,
... .
perspiration, and when taken o4itaht
regard
tthoe-thsvoesairoe;
and wounded he recotiniiendeil that every save man
Upper.fT htilec Solt cmr im:
rycl i et
he
aod a
dui
dl
Who became unwell- should be sent, hem" to" Lengl
land, and not left there. If this; and his
other recommendations, had been carried out, he was
convinced much saving of life would halo() resulted. He
was not favourable to an hospital at Smyrna: He thought
hthoespciltiamtate was prejudicial to health. He was acquainted
with Smyrna, and did not approve of the place for an
Re did not approve of the tents used'in the
army. Re thought tents of the description used in
adjourned
no houatr
iv3ceoe
ndbseiednerfa shortlyirt - adaptedhwbeatestfeoarrtea
Ipeetrposee there, and far more healthy. At the time he
factory state.
fllouinr
until Monday.
a o'clock s a t i 5..........„.......
..........„.......
PA.RLIAIIIENT.ARY DIVISION.

IHOUSE OF CO MMONS.-111.1.r 11.
NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL.
Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on amendment
proposed to be made on Question (7th
which
iihh),
bill be now read the third time," and
was to leave nut the word " now, and a
Question to add the words " upon this day six months" :
—Question again proposed, " That the word . w' stan
,
part of the Question." Debate resumed • Quidion Put
The house divided—Ayes, 138 ; Noes, 60.
AYES.-138.
Acton,. J.
AlcOck. T. ' Fitz Gerald, Sir J.
-Anderson, Sir J. Fitzroy, Hon. H.
Atherton, W. Forster, J. .
the end
amendment
Baines, lg. Hon. M. Fox, W.
B.rla& H. Gardner, R.
Barnes. T . Gibson, T
Baxter, W. Godericb, Via.
Bell. J. Goodman, Sir G.
Berkeley, G. Grace, 0.
Bethell, Sir R. Graham, Bir J.
Biddulph, R. M., Greenail. G.
Biggs, W. Greene, John
BOnverle;Hcm. E. P. Grey, Sir G.
'Bowyer, G. Grosvenor, Ld. R.
Brady, J. Grosvenor, Earl
Brand, EL B. W. Hadfield, G.
Bright, J. Hall, Sir B.
Brockman, E. D. Hankey, T.
Brotherton, J. A astle, Alex.
Brown, W. Renesge, Geo. H.
3ulkeley, Sir R. Heyworth, L.
Butler, C.' Horsiall, T. B.
Caulfield, Col: J. Horsman, E.
Chambers, M. Hughes, W.
Cobbett. J. M. Hutchins, E.
Cobden, R. Ingham, R.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Jackson, W.
Jollier, It. P. . Johnstone, J.
Cowan, C. Keating, H. S.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Kirk, W.
Crossley, F. ' Laffan, Capt. R.
Davies, J. L. Langston, J. H.
Dent, J Lang ton, H. G.
De Were, S. Layard, A. H.
Diliwyn, L. Lewis, Sir G. C.
Drural twig, Vls. Lytton, Sir G.
Duncan, Viscount Mackie, J.
Duncan, G. Mackinnon, W. A.
Duncombe, T. Macgregor, Jas.
Dunlop, A. , 'llif ac:Viahon, P.
East, Sir J. Maguire, J.
Ewart, W. hi assey, W.
Feilden, M. Ntall, E.
Fentvick, if. Afriligan, it.
Ftrrus, J. Mills, T.
Ferguson, Sir It. 2ilolesvrortli, Sir W.
NOES-60.
Arkwright, G. Floyer, J.
Barrow, IV. French, F.
Bentinck, G. Galway, Viscount,
Bignold, Sir S. Goddard, A.
Blackburn, P. Gooch, Sir E.
Buck, L. W. Grogan, Edward
Buck, G. Gurney, J.
Bunbnry, Capt.'W. Gwyn, H.
Butt, I. Hale, R.
Cairns, H. Irton, S.
Cayley, E. Jolliffe, Sir W. t
Choimondeley, Lord Jones, Adm.
Christopher, Robt. A. Kendall, N.
Clive, R. Knatchbull, W.
Cobbold, J: C. Langton, W. 1
Codrington, Sir C. W. Laslett, W.
Devereux,J. T. - Lovaine, Lord
Disraeli, B. Macartney, G.
nod, J. W. - MeTaggart, Sir J.
Duncombe,Hon. A. Mallus, E.
Evelyn, W. Masterinan, J.

Ilona. Viscount
Mon creift, J.
Monsen, -W.
Mowatt, F.
Murrough, J.
Napier, J.
O'Brien, J.
O'Connell, J.
O'rlsherty, A.
Oliveira, B.
Otway, A.
Palmerston, Visct.
Pechell, Sir G.
Peel, F.
Pellatt, A.
Percy. J.
PhWimore, J. G.
Phillimore, R. J.
Power, N.
Price, W.
• Pugh, D.
Ricardo, S.
Rice, E.
Russell, Lard J.
Scobell, Capt. G.
Seymour, H.
ymoar, W. D.
Shee, Sent. W.
Sheridan, R.
Smith, J. B.
Smith, R.
Strickland, Sir 0,
Strutt, E.
Thompson, G.
Thornely, T.
Tomlin, G.
Villiers, C.
Walmsley, Sir J.
Wickham, H. W.
Wilkinson. W.
'Willcox, B.
Williams, W.
11'1:son, J.
Wood, Sir C.
TELLERS

Hayter. W: •
3fulgrave, Earl of

Mickel!, W.
Montgomery, H.
Mullings, J.
Oakes, J.
Pakington, Sir J.
Palmer, Robert
Smith, W.
Smith, Abel
Smollett, A.
Spooner, R.
Stnart, W.
Thesiger, Sir P.
Vance, J,
Walcott, Admiral
Walpole, S.
Welby, sir G.
Williams, M.
Woodd, B.

TILLUS
Vanaittart, G.
Pacts. C.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—ThIIRSDAY.
DERBY.
5 to 1 agst St. Hubert (t to 1001.)
1.1. to 2 agst Lord of the Isles.
7 to 1 agst De Clare (t to 1501.)
9 to 1 agst Rifleman (t to 501.)
12 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (t)
14 to 1 agst Flatterer (t)
The room was very thinly attended.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FnmAy.
A goodly number of the subscribers have gone to
Shrewsbury, there was not much done here on future
events, those decided there to-day claiming the grtatest
share of attention. Annexed are the only traMoictiona
that came under our notice

SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Typee (t)
8 to 1 agst.L►ttle Harry (t)
9 to 1 agst Mishap (t)
THE DERBY.
100 to 50 agst St. Hubert and Lord of the Isles (t)
to 1 agst de Clare (off)
10 to 1 agst Rifleman (t)

SHRE W SBURY RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Attinghain Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added ;
. for 3-yr-olds ; colts, 9st ; and fillies, Bst 111 b. The
winner to be sold for 1001. ; allowances if to be sold
for less ; the second to save his stake. Five furlongs.
(5 subs.) •
Mr. Blyth's the Cropper, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs (401,)
7st 101 b
(Ashman) 1
Mr. E. R. Clark's Priestcraft, 3 yrs (401.) 7st (Wells) 2
Mr. Mosely's Troutina, 3 yrs (401.), 6st 111 b (T. Cliff) 3
Mr. Saunders's Orfila, 3 yrs (401.), Est 111 b (Wilson) 4
The winner was bought in for 200 guineas.
The Acton Burnel Stakes of 5 says each, with 30 added
for all ages ; the second to save his stake ; the win-
ner- to be sold for 100/. ; allowances if for less.
Three quarters of a mile. (5 subs.)
Mr. Samwell's Uurer, 3 yrs (301.) Est (Quinton) 1
Mr. Goodred's Fearless (301.), sst 91b (Fordharn) 2
Mr. Price's Maid of Newland, 3 yrs, (301.). sst 91b

(Bearpark) 3
Mr. Mather's Meliora, 4 yrs (301.), 6st 71b...(T. Cliff) 4
The winner was bought in for 100 soya.
The Hawkstone Cup, value 1001. and upwards, by sub-
scriptions of 10 sovs each. Various allowances and
penalties. The-winner to be sold for 6001. ; allow-
ances if for less. Cup Course. Two miles and a
half. (22 subs.)
L,;rd John Scott's Vingt-un by Alarm,--4 'yrs (1001.),
Gst 13Ib .. ..
Mr. Palmer's Lurley, 4 yrs (1001.), 7st 41b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. Parker's JOe Miller, 6 yrs (1001.), 7st 10113 (Wells) 3
Handicap Plate of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for 2-yr.
olds ; the second to save his stake ; the winner to be
sold for 301. Seven furlongs. (5 subs.)
rbyr:6asttabno'ib (Ash
,(Wells) 3
MMrt.. CD?dehlea:dd•s's-vTah,ei DLuannecks642°7llhb
......... :
....... ( .....................) 21
Mr.. Halford's Goldhill, 7st .. . , 3
_t,
f with
The Shropshire Sweepstakes of 10 soy; b
5s
stakes
addedlce s,
iln;d thethe stehciorndd t
oto s 2.,:ceeihvies
Shropshire Course, about a
rattles and allowances.
(33 subs.)
4 Galt 6st
mile and a quarter. °
stake°v;s x,o•auri o u ofs tit°.
ers) 1
mall 2
Mr. Nlather's Whitelocic
Lord Derby's Hobby horse, 01..3;
6t
(J. Forster) 3
Mr. Doughty' of 3 sows each, with 25
The Corporatsioßni°lBlsaManidcalpwards. The winner to be
etIYII.)CI.
added, for 2-yr olds
dsgtto s9athve.
....
.....
.........(..
syrs, Est 121 b (G. White 2
.:...(Walters) 4
soolsd.
subs.)
401.1,a 1
coTnli,e:s eaycprooanr,
e,
bought
yrs, 53t
for
rt
1.
5,,
0.
l milei n eaansd.
Mr. E. nrgirk e's Sin
Spell, 2 1
,t,
...
Ak _n
iti- Walker's Magic yrs, 4st L.. (.e orooam o
Alliiir: aCnlearilicspwiPinnldanifilowQfausseOebnosOuvs. Abont 'a
Heron, 5 yrn, Est 71b .
a half.
Mr. Fiintoff's Whalebone, by
Mr. Sparrow's Master Slender, 6 (Quinton) 1
Mr.. Laws's Jenny ,Wren, Cyrs, yrs, 7st 911(Quinton)
Cliff) 2
LATEST BETTING op 8 b.....‘.(Carr011) 8
N •
THE COURSE.
'
SOME
, t RS-r
TSHIRE STAKES.
o 4 agst Typee (taken)
9 to. 2 agst Hercules (taken)
Bto 1 agst Little Harr (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Mishap
(taken)
10 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken)
100 to
7 asst St.
. •Andrew. (taken)
Offers to take 15 to 1 about Wbalebone.

DSRI3I%
kto 1 •on The Field (offered) ,
10 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken)
10 to 1 agst Rifletnan (11 to 1 taken freely)
13 to' 1 apt Flatteier (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Noisy (taken)
We heard no offer about De Clare.

PERILOUS CONDITION OF A STEAMER AT SEA.--13013-
TON, APRIL 25.—Tbe Brisbane steamer, 62 days out
from Glascrow to Sydney, N.S.W., was spoken 25th
March in rat. 6 S.: lon. '35, by the Natchez whaler, ar!,
rived at Now Bedford, which vessel reports' that the
Brisbane steamer was in a very bad condition. 'She
bad no eteam on, her chronometer swag •brokett, had no
lat. or lon., and was drifting 10 or 15 miles to leeward
every day.