The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13 1855,

R ESTORATION OF POLAND.

PUBLIC MEETING AT THE ASSEMBL-Y
ROOMS.
. ( From the Wolverhampton Chronicle.)
On Monday. evening last a largely-attended meeting
was held at the Assembly Rooms, Queen-street, to hear

a lecture from Mr. Zaba, on the above subject, and dis-
cuss the necessity for the restitution of the independence

of the Polish nation, -a,s essential to the attainment fit

the object of the present war with Russia. Arneng
those present in the reserved seats we noticed 11. Wal-

ker, Esq., Rupert Kettle, Esq., W. Dent, Esq„ the
Revs. J. 0. Dakeyne and S., Hunter ; CounciP.ors F.

Walton; E. T. Wright, Steward, Wallace, and Taylor ;
Dr. Ashford, and Messrs. Trigger, Hales, T. Smith,
Rejlander, Dickinson, &e.

The Mayor was announced to take the chair, but was
not present ; and in his absence Mr. H. Walker moved

that the Rev. J. 0. Dakeyne should do so ; and the
motion was carried by acclamation.
The Rev. J. 0. DAKETNE, who was received with con-
siderable applause, observed that he believed it was very
rare indeed that a clergyman took this chair on the occa-
sion of a meeting which was somewhat of a political
character ; but he believed that the subject which theiy
had met that evening to consider was more of a national
and a domestic than of a political character. It was a
question which involved the liberty of feeling, the
liberty if conscience, and the liberty of soul. (Hear,
bear.) For that reason be bad attended the meeting, and
for that reason, in consequen-ce of Mr. Shinto!' being
obliged to forego the presid entship of the meeting in
consequence of pressing engagements, he had consented,
after much solicitation, to take the chair. Though in
the present war we hags difficulties to fight against
which were political, wet had also difficulties to fight
against as Englishmen.--(hear)---and those difficulties
must be overcome by English feeling combined
with French chivaley. (Loud cheers.) He did feel
that having been in holy orders for nearly thirty years
it was out of his province to speak politically ; but
still at the same time a man, when he became a
clergyman, did not cease to be a citizen—(hear,
hear)—nor was he any the less an Englishman because
he happened to be the rector of St. Peter's ; and if
he was Eropsh, why should he not think, feel, and
speak, like an Englishman, and give utterance to his
thoeights, feelings, and opinions ? (Cheers.) It was
alike for the advantage of Austria and England that a
harrier should be erected between them and Russian
aggression, by the restoration of Poland—(:tear, hear)—
and if Prussia did not choose to come in, why then she
must be turned out. (Cheers.) Had it been a mere po-
litical question—bad it been the Tomfoolery of Whig,
Tory, or Radicalism—he should not have been there to
take part in it ; but it was a great national, a great Eu-
ropean question ; and he firmly believed that- by the ,1
restoration of the independence of Poland we eholltd
secure peace for the present, and insure peace for the
future. He wished them fully to understand the mo-
tives which had induced him to take the chair that
evening. He deprecated the interference of clergymen
in politics, but there were questions of what he might
call social rather than political politics in the discussion
of which he might take part,-and this question of the
restoration of Poland wal -one of them—(hear)—and
thinking so he had for that reason taken the chair.
(Applause.)
Mr. ZABA then came forward to address the meeting,
and was received with great applause. After some few
introductory remarks, he said that the very position and
extent of Poland proved the necessity and importance
of her independence among the states of Europe.
Her boundaries extended from the Baltic to the Black
Sea ; on the east she had Russia, on the west Getruany,,
on the south Hungary and Austria. Her independence
was thus, from her central position, necessary to the
; equilibrium of the states of Europe, and without it the
I " balance of power" was a farce. This was apparent to
that great English statesman Edmund Burke, who, after
the second partition of Poland, emphatically declared in
the House of Commons that we must never henceforth
speak about the balance of power in Europe. Now,
was there an opportunity of restoring that balance ?
Many opportunities had already been lost both by lireat
Britain and by France. But it was not , his. intention
to criticise past errors; yet it was necessary that he
should bring them before the notice of the meeting,
in order that they might feel the more strongly that,
though past errore could not be amended, present oppor-
tunities ought not to be lost. Poland, though strictly
speaking an agricultural country, possessing many
commercial facilities which, it set free by the restora-
tion of indepernlence to her people, would greatly tend
to enhance 'the benefits of free trade to England.
(Hear, hear,) He would also trace briefly the past
history of Poland, to show Low the removal of the
fetters which now imprisoned her energies would set free
power% and principles which would in other ways ad-
vance the cause of intellectual, social, and political pro-
gress in Europe. The reliable historical career of Po-
t land commenced with the introduction of Christianity
into that country, towards the end of the tenth
century ; and he would draw attention to this fact—
that while Christianity was introduced from the west,
bringing with it the names and agencies of western civi-
lisation, Christianity was also introduced into Russia
about the same time from the East, with all its opposi-
tion to intellectual e.dvancernent, and, consequently, ever
since the two countries have been actuated by two an-
tagonistic principles; and while Poland has gone on
manifesting the restlessness and aspirations of the West,
Russia had remained stationary, and bad ever been as she
was now, the opponent of human progressive intelltence.
(Hear.) In fills respect Poland had been the bulwark
of European civilisation, having long kept back the
pressure of Eastern barbarism; (Hear.) This accounted
for many of the honourable features of her government.
In the 12th century she was the only European coun-
try which gave abetter to the persecuted Jews, and at
the era of the Reformation persecuted Protestants
theft round shelter when they eoeld find shelter
nowhere else ; and in this reepeet Poland Was a monu-
ment of Christian toleration; (Hear, hear.) Politically
and intellectually Poland was in advance of the pther
governments of Europe, and. hiSd foarided. 6.ttejr scnools
and Colleges 5 anion g 'oaieiris) the celebrated university
of Cracow, where Ciopernicus studied, who, ere tele-
scopes *e."B known,laitdhtebetrfootuhne of t
foundation
ei
of thtebrAdtteeti
4
system of astronomy.
discoveries made by the aid
itlierethanti telulettitiColnPceeshaediecaOt
iny
firmed. (Hear.) These trite ~ , .
in
developed political tentimentl iii roland,which
tits 16 t
Aboutli centuryto oi:cidudoiter!of ibtheaht ifehnetsutrypotshietionoi:ls
eiil
Eu-
rope.
tqed up% a new epoch in their. c'al'ibi!ti,
hereditary kings Navin.s bo.?'iltl? t:±, t"? tid thi
being' -itesirous e iii:Sseleg their freedom bey°
.ti
t e r''l
Poles; of
:cad: of th 4 eroWn, 'Cade to tVo •esoititiciti that.
f!f:ittt:tlsl:ltthstehhoebfed°,l7rohvnYY:BllP;dre/6 'evmisfortunee.
p,itott's Eteetr did a king die than a host cf foreiiil
Governrnentß
such exto bib
and eorruptitin of for the crown, and de . ,
~.
This,to Poal as u.t,ds e;
which they hacl to rd
seutimeoten,sive iuse. and sthAnge '0 lie h q Oty
18tIttheeeirn:ye,cetShi
secure the here t
transmission i.cmtorill-sbci
ite pe[pii!:
ill!.nd, t air sole ambition being to
at'sfliPaeet:intlalot:lgt *444 baZiled so the,
ocfrotwhne
mthfiddtlehe
posit; -," bZiracl:vg aware of the ads
vaetagecus
„If they.e were placed,
that as long as Powlan of
formed tnemselv I°9
eourße,
ateu that
of Bar, in
tin time sensible
Podolia.
it would be impossible Ttain" state ,
cal importance in Euroses her t„
a position to acquire .1)301 Which x,,:.1:. L,,,. auy politi-
Ithought it the safest way toandl,y. fors°
017 g then in
and under the guise of fri cloak herouistnrms she
endshiP she begva
to inter

The Iberia has takes out 43,5501. in specie to the
Peninsula, of which 26,580/. is for Lisbon, 15,9701. for
Oadi2, and 1,0001. for Oporto.
CRYSTAL PALAME. - Shilling.day, Thursday Ad•
miisiona en payment, 3,917; ditto by season tickets,
696. Total, 4;613.

BucittPASrtEmEt.—This tovt,:ii tqa thrown intp a state
niorgh
isf e4.6iioniehls 'oh SA 4 the death
of Ivir. J Ames Lee, `causeeb gun hot irom til i BWfi
I hands, Mr. Lee was a.manyi.naver7 comfortable circum.
t'ne..e', And lwas one of the
11, S. eclii:lnda+ tireOceii; At,
[
eing unwell; and on Frid.. overseers of the poor. On
Wai;r4i !I,lonphrined of
in-law to ~o to ay he regtits!!cd his qoillb.,,rs
~ ,Ashburton and desire
illicitar; to Come to nackiastle'gh llr.
'it '''''6%Tefi Mid Make his will.
he appeared rather unusual ini this
plained at times of pain in his eanPnnel'' tril ctoni,;
1 I,:horniii,t,o he came down stairs, and while Mrs.a -2tuLda-
out.iii.the iardeti With g neigh!) ' ,r thte Lee
1 port of a gun, and on entering("llll ease beard the re=
. e sow blood
I running down between the floor from a back 4: o' d 4
Where the unfortunate man had put an end to his exi -6
i
t2el3 14 lifing A 0, vn loaded with a small bit of steelbast;'
Iwhich passed from under Ms Ain through his head, soon
8444 Oath. The jury on Monday returned a verdict
! 6i ''''PernVdrinFatii+74"— Wcttirn buntiaary..
? tiyi
.9,-t,r4R7 ttli Vlotuidn, hi l
J itllitif, —A desperate
tOiZeky, attdndefijwith tiofenco,, has just fietn pehadrpll-
trated at the toll-4;oilld !I ifie 11,ortleybar, Whit
road, At about half-past one o'cloefi in the morning
the
it
sebais' the John ghoesmitb; the toilkeestapontlr,y seized him,
opened
doot in answer to ES knot's/ A man In
threw him down, and threatened to murder him with a
bill hook or axe, which be held over him,
if he did not
begging for
immediately give inin 101. The tollkeeper,of the desk ;
Ms life, gave him a handful of copper out
but the villain, not satisfied, took the remainder of the
money the desk contained, about 125., and went away.
to his
The identity of the thief will be difficult, owing
facer being h!ackened and hie persou otherwise disguised.
dezbard of 201. is offered for his apprehension, lie id
iEI as very tall anal t rung -u b iit• . .
_....,§

fere in the affairs cf Poland. There was an opinion pre- , LOSS CF AER MAJESTY'S SHIP TIGER.
valent in this country that the misfortunes of Pelona 1 -se
V/ ft q.'
es ene , the remelt 'of religiotis aissgresiotee, ivhiglort le" 1 r COURT-MARTIAI n *
ite la
out about this time ; bast eefigion was then a mere t' .
pretext to interfere wish Poland, as •it was pow the 1 . ' pORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY EVENING.
pretext for her eaterference with Turkey. • (Heire hear, This moraine, at 9-o'clock a court-martial assembled-on
and cheers.) Russia having urged on the stronger, board the flag-ship Victoty, in Portsmouth Harbour, to
the Catholic party in Poland, to withdraw the privileges try the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Tiger,
which had been secured to the weaker—the Protestant lost on the 12th of May last, at Odessa. The court was
—then stepped in as the protrectress of the interests of composed of the following officers ; Rear-Admiral Mar-
the Protestants. /This was the commencement of Rus- tin, of the St. Vincent, president ; Lord G. Paulet,
elan interference in the affairs of Poland. No sooner, I Capt. Ayres, Capt. Gordon, Capt. Harris, Capt. Wilcox,
therefore, did the Confederation meet, than Russia, see- , Capt. Caldwell, Capt. Elliot, Capt. Seymour, Capt.
ing the danger which it threatened to her interests, sent Fisher, Capt. Farquhar, and Capt. Crispin. • • _
her troops against the patriots, who, not so fortunate The court having been formally opened, a letter from
as the Turks are now, fought for years single-handed Lieut. Royer to the Admiralty, reporting the loss of the
against the Russians, who, being joined by Austria and vessel was read, whereupon the court delibeiated. Upon
Prussia, overwhelmed them. Then arose the first par- being re-admitted.
tition of Poland in 1772. The spirit of the Poles, bow- The President said that the officers and crew of her
ever, was not subdued, and in 1778 they called together Majesty's ship Tiger were acquitted of all responsibility
an extraordinary Parliament to adopt such measures as as to the loss of the ship, with the exception of
might be deemed necessary to secure the dignity and Lieut. Royer and the Master, Mr. Eddington. Beth offi-
independence of their country, and on the 3d May, 1791, cers would now take their trial to answer, for the loss of
a new constitution was proclaimed. This excited the the ship.
bitter jealousy of Russia, which she cloaked under A duplicate of the Tiger's log book was next put in,
protestations of the tenderest solicitude for the the original having been burnt after the ship was taken.
ancient privileges of Poland, which she expressed her Mr. John Charles Soffiey sworn—Was officer of the 4
determination to maintain ~ and yet what was that con- to 6 watch, on board
-the Tiger the evening of the day
stitution ? Why it declared the re-establishment of here- previous to her being wrecked. kept a reckoning of the
ditary monarchy, made ministers responsible to the Par- ship on the noon of the 11th of May. We were off Sebfn-
liament, and through the Parliament to the nation at topol in the morning, and in the afternoon we were about
l'arge, and proclaims' freedom to all without distinction I ten miles from it. At 12 o'clock we were about ten
of class. (Cheers.) It declared that the moment any i miles off, steering north-west three-fourtbe north. The
one set foot upon Polish ground he was a free man. position of the ship was changed at a quarter past eight
(Cheers.) It further required that. an extraordinary at night. At that time went on deck before going
Parliament should be held once in every 25 years in or- to bed, and had every reason to believe that her course
der tonnake such alterations and additions to the consti- , would take her some twelve miles off the peninsula ot
tution as the spirit of the times might require ; and thus Tendre, and opposite Odessa. There was no land
the Poles sought to. secure liberty for themselves and seen curing the 4to 6 watch. The weather was very
liberty for the future. (Cheers.) The constitution also foggy. He saw two steamers in the same coarse, and
declared the necessity for the establishment cf a standing he pointed them out to Captain Giffard. This \ was.
army, which had long been apparent'; for although sol- during the 4to 6 watch. The Tiger had been cruising
diers had never been wanting to fight the battles of with the two steamers. There was' a look out —there
their country, it was found that the bravery of hastily- was no, leadsmen in the chains, as they had a good off.
levied masses was no match for the systematic discipline The captain was 6n the sick list, but he was doing duty.
of the established armies against which Poland bad had rne deep sea lead was not tried.
_The orders he received
to contend. There was another feature of this con- were to steer north-west three-quarters north. The
stitution to which he wished to call their attention, orders were given to him by Captain tdffard himself,,
as it would serve to remove a very erroneous impression while the accused was walking on the bridge.. 41Agr-1
that the blame of the misfortunes of Poland rested upon wined the position of the ship at eight o'clocknOti,thee
the shoulders of her nobility. We were apt to imagine night previous to the wreck. Remembers an:islateleent
that the nobility of Poland was a class similar to the the port side called Serpent Island, about eiretnettnilril
aristocracy of this country. This was a mistake. The from Sebastopol. He saw this only on the chart,*: felof
nobility ot Poland was simply no order of merit, com- could not now say what was the exact position el, the,,
posed of persons who "had rendered service in any way ship at that hour—he forgets it just now.. Doee not
to their country ; and in this manner whole villages, recollect the bearings of'the land at; eight o'cloek. Was
for acts of patriotism, became ennobled, and the relieved from his watch at seven o'clock in the evening
humblest member 'of the population became entitled by Mr. Hamilton, the second-lieutenant ; Mr. Butler
to the order upon the performance of any great ser- was the quarter-master. He had on the moruing of the
vice to the state. The nobles were the electors, and 12th no watch. The last time he saw the master before
a , country which could boast as Poland could towards the ship struck was about 10.30 in the morning —saw
the end of the 18th century of a million and 'a half the captain at seven o'clock. He liad to correct himself
of electors must have enjoyed high political privileges ; —he saw them at the hours named on the night of the
far higher than those enjoyed by France under the reign 11th.
of Louis Philippe, when, out of a population of more John Butler, quarter-master on the same watch asnhe
than 33,000,000, there were but 230,000 electors. previous witness, sworn— Was quarter-master of the
(Cheers.) The constitution of the 3d of May, 1791, was watch from four to six on the night of the 11th of May.
a refutation of the calumnies of Russia, who had spared Was at the gunnel all the time. He had the doe watch.
no means 'to make the world .believe that Poland was a The ship had been steering all that time N. W. N. The
and of 'serfs, and that her downfall was not a loss to -weather was thick, and it was coming on f iggy. Saw
humanity. Edmund Burke, in an eloquent address to the' master on the bridge at 7 o'clock, where he had been
the English House of Commons, had pronounced that walking a considerable time. Saw him again at eight
constitution "the greatest boon of Heaven ever bestowed o'clock, when he altered the steering to N.N.W. He
on mankind, for it destroyed both anarchy and slavery." looked at the compasses several times. No soundings
f Ben this was not the opinion of Russia, who stirred up were tried for during that watch. Did sot see Captain
A revolution of despots in Poland, whom she came to aid, Gifford during that watch. Did not see the first lieu-
with the help of Austria and Prussia, and once more the tenant during that watch. Did not recollect who re-
patriots of Poland fought single-banded against the hayed. the second master on that watch. The rata of
enemies of their country and of liberty. Neither France the ship was ascertained by the common log, it was hove
nor England came to their aid. Walpole warned the every half hour.
English Government, that, if it did not support Poland Lieutenant Hamilton sworn—Was second-lieutenant
against the aggrandisemer tof Russia, that power would of the Tiger. On the-evening of the; llth,had the watch
one day become troublesome to England. Had it not from 7to 8. His orders were to keep a good look out at
proved so ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Well, the pa-
the compasses every ten minutes or quarter of an boor.
triots were defeated, and there was a second partition
of Poland, in which Austria got nothing. After this At 7, he thinks, but is not sure, that the course was
north-west three-quarters north. At Bhe was ordered
the partitive powers began to plot the annihilation of to alter the course to north-west half west. The ship
Poland, and the Poles were obliged again to take up was under steam. Thinks no soundings were taken or
arms in 1794 under 'Kosciusko, and the fate of the con- tried for. The state of the weather was very foggy.
test had been recorded by their own poet Cempbell. The They could see about a mile 'a
-head. The captain and
inspiration ~f his memorable lines, "Freedom shrieked the master were, he believed, on deck during that watch.
when Kosciusko fell," had been proved ley sutaequent Was not certain that he saw any other ships in cone
events, for the downfall of liberty in Poland bad indeed pany. Was not sure whether a look-out had been placed
proved to be the downfall of liberty on the continent ; between 7 and 8. The rate of the ship was ascertained
for by a consequent third partition Russia became a by the common log. Made his report to the captain, as
powerful European power, menacing the liberties of he was not considered on thessick list. Had no commis-
Europe. With the campaigns of Napoleon in 1812 the nication 'with any officer on that day as to the ship's na-
hopes of the Poles revived, but Napoleon committed a vitiation. Could not recollect that there was any doubt
great mistake, which he lived afterwards to regret at expressed in any conversation on that day as to the course
St. Helena. After his fall came the congress of Vienna, the ship was steering. Thinks the speed the ship was go-
and it was a remarkable fact that at that 'time Metter- ing was about 8 knots at 7, and 9at 8 o'clock. Was re-
nich declared to England that so satisfied was Austria lieved at 8 o'clock by Lieut. Stone. Was ordered to keep
of the necessity for the re-establishment of Poland that a good look-out for land, in addition to watching the
she would give up her portion of the country if it could compasse'. He believed the look-outs were placed at
be effected. The abdication of Napoleon put an end to
all this ; and then came the memorable struggle of the proper time, but he could not state the exact time
1831, when 30,000 Poles maintained themselves forsome at which they were plsced. The measures he took to
insure a good look-out were those he always adopted—
time against 200,000 troops. At last the survivors ex- he visited the officers of the watch and told them to keep
patriated themselves, and have wandered over Europe a a good look-out. Believes Mr. Neale was the midships
living protestation against that unlawful oppression with
which Poland was afflicted, After paying a grateful
~.tris man of his (witness's) watch. The standing orders under
bute to the memory of the late Lord Dudley Stuart, NI.
Zahn, proceeded to combet the 'opinion that the destruc-
tion of Sebastopol and the Ittassian fortresses in the Back
Sea were sufficient for the interests of humanity, and
were the terms upon which an honourable peace might
be concluded. A treaty conclUded upon such terms
would tell the Poles that they had nothing to elect
from the Western Powers, and Europe mu-t Stidotlrti to the--
the preponderance of RUSSIA. ' Wear.) Russia had ac-
quired all her preponderance by the acquisition of Po-
land ; and in order to erect a barrier against her ambi-
tion the liberty of Poland must be re-establishdd:
MT. KETTLE, in moving a restilutiOn to the eltect that the ciecumstenees of a ship BO placed are that the mast-
head man should not be taken off, and the look-outs to
be placed iu the chains. There was a gJneral order to
steer the ships by the standard compasses ; but could
not say whether the ship was steered by that compass in
particular on that night.
Litutenant St me sworn—Had the first watch from
eight to twelve on the night of the 11th. The speed of
ship was nine knots. Received orders to keep a
good look-out at the binnacle. He was ordered about
five minutes after he took the watch to alter the course
of the ship to north by west, quarter west, nothing north.
At a quarter to twelve he was ordered to ease the
speed of the ship, and to take a cast of the lead. There
the meeting felt a deep eorldtha its the issue, of the pre- was no occasion to keep a leadsman in the chains, When
sent struggle with Ridssia, and were of opinion that the out of sight of land he usually sent the reckoning to the
re-establishrtient of Poland as an independent kingdom captain. He inquired of the master the position of the
would alone keep in check the aggressive spirit of Rue- ship shortly after they had left the fleet, as they were
six, and also adopting petitions to both :Rouses of Par- about to work the reckoning, and he gave witness to
liament to that effect, said he felt that we had hitherto understand that the captaih had not -stated the place
only been playing with the fringe, and had not entered the ship was to be worked for. This he learned from
upon the substance of this great question. (Hear, hear.) the master early in the day of the 11th. Just before
We had entered into alliance with Austria, and were going on his watch at 8 o'clock, witness learnt that the
seeking an alliance with Prussia to put down the ao- ship was being worked for Odessa. When about to take
gressive policy of European tyranny. But the de- the first watch at 8 o'clock, he looked at the chart so
spoiler of Poland was not Russia, only but Austria as to learn the ship's position, in case anything should
and Prussia as Well, and whatever might have been require reporting as to the ship being stopped in conse-
the opinion of Prince Metternich thirty years ago, quence of the weather being foggy. At 8 o'clock he be-
it was certain that the opinion of Austria to-day lievd the ship to have been about 100 miles from
was anything but favourable to the restoration of Odessa. This he believed from the log—the common
Polish independence, as was found byher compelling the
lo
n
ommander of the Turkish force, before it re-entered onand the wind was northerly. There were
the possession of Moldavia and Wallachia, to discontinue fog,g-- and judging by the chart. Theme was a thick
look-outs placed, but the soundings were not
the services of all the poles on his staff and in his taken until a quarter to twelve. To take the sound-
tanks. He biped that the meeting would not adopt ings he reduced the speed to two miles. .By the deep-
the resolution as a mere matter of form, but that they sea lead 16 fathoms were found, and by the patent 17
would watch the conduct of the war, and, as far as poi- feet were found. He reported the result to the captain,
ble, see that its spirit was carried out. (Cheers.) and be ordered witness to proceed in the same course.
Mr. H. WALKER, in seconding the resolution, said it The master was on the deck when the soundings were
behoved them to make their opinions known, inasmuch taken, sad so also was Lieutenant Hamilton. He un-
fit there was too much reason to believe that the Govern- derstood from the master that there was no chance of
ment.of the country had hitherto been grossly ignorant
seeing land during that watch, and that he expected
might see Odessa about six in the morning. The
.
of the public opinion upon this subjsct., (Rear.) We could they
never fight‘Russia truly in alliance with despots—and captain never having been so particular in giving orders
we could only succeed in curbing the power of Russia, concerning look-outs and steerage before, he concluded
by rest iring the independence of Poland. (Cheers). Re-
there must have been souse great object in his doing
ferring to the statement male by M. Zaba that the Poles
so. The irseter was on deck the whole of the first
bad thought it necessary in their new constitution to watch, with the exception of some ten minutes or quar-
provide for the formation of a standing army,, Mr. ter of an hour. The cables were both bower cables. The
Walker said that the reverses of our own army m the quarter-master of his watch was named Saunders. The
Crimea proved that a standing army was of little use un- midshipman was killed. The-captain went below about a
less well commanded. He saw by the papers of Saturday quarter after 9as well aswitnesscouldrecollect. The cap-
that there had been another battle without a general, taro bad not been well, but appeared well. During the
another victory by the force of mere mobs of men fighting first two hours of the watch the two accompanying
without preconcerted stratagem ; and without, as it ap- ships were in sight, but towards the close but one was
peared by his own despatch, Lord Raglan ever witnessing in sight. At 12 o'clock they lost sight of them. Just
any part of the contest. (Hear, hear.) Alluding to the before his watch was up he pointed out to Lieutenant
fact, that since the prohibition of Austria of the employ- Hamilton one steamer about a mile astern, and also a
ment of Poles by the Turks, referred to by Mr. Kettle, brig, lit very distinctly to be seen in consequence of the
Austria had given leave for the formation of the Polish '.og.
t Reported this to the captain. Received no orders
deserters from the Russian army to be formed into a from the captain as to reporting to him, should the ships
separate force, under the command of Prince Czartory- part company. The other ships, when last seen, ap-
ski, he expressed an opinion that Austria might yet die- peared to be steering the same course as the Tiger, and
cover that " honesty was the best policy," and' become going at the same speed. There was no occasion for the
an advocate for the restoraticn of Poland. master or captain to be on deck during, witness's watch.
The resolution was put, and carried unanimously. Had received no orders, the ship being under steam, to
The Rev. S. HUNTER then moved, and Mr. F. WAL- regulate to a given speed. He sent the midshipman to
TON seconded, a memorial to Prince Czartoryski expree- inquire how many boilers were at work, and what steps
sive of sympathy with the cause of Poland, which was the engine was taking. The midshipman reported to
passed tent. con. • him that the engine was taking the first step and 13 re-
A vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr. WRIGHT, volutions. Did not know what orders the captain had
seconded by Mr. DICKINSON, was tendered to M. Zaba, been acting under, netwithstanding the great caution
and duly acknowledged. And a vote of thanks was pro- adopted that night. The course the vessel was steered
posed to the chairman, on the motion of Mr. KETTLE, by was by the statiard compass.
seconded by Mr. REJLANDER, and duly acknowledged ; James Saunders sworn—Was quartermaster of the
after which the meeting separated. first watch on the 11th. He commenced his watch at
eight o'clock. The course of the vessel was changed by
the binnacle compass, and she was steered during the
watch north-west-quarter-west. To the best of his belief
the ship was going 8 1-5 knots. A look-out watch was
placed. Remained on deck for ten minutes or a quarter
of an hour after his watch was up at twelve. Saw no
soundings tried for during the time he was on deck. If
it had been dyne should have been present, and have
Been. It was very foggy from half-past ten to twelve.
He could Scarce see his band before him. The master
&die freduently to witness, and cautioned him about the
steering of the tiliise There was no swell, and the ship
was very well steered. if the deep sea lead had been
used, and witness not present, the captain of the main-
top might have been attending it.
Mrs Eddington—Have you any recollection of the
detses sea; lead being hanging up ?
Witneee.----4 have,
Richard }Talbott was captain of the maintop during
the' fi'r'st watch on the night before the ship was wrecked.
Could ndf ten, whether the deep sea lead was used. Be-
lieved it was, ;See was not certain.
, Themes Maxwell rf OW boatswain's mate doting this
first 14 4likci 66 the 11th of May, on board the Tiger.
Tho deep-set itsist might have been used on that night,
but he could not sq. Had no recollection of its hav-
ing been used. Did not neeollect calling any of the
watch to help to haul in the line.
John Smith was captain of the forecastle during the
that watch, but could not say as to its being,ulsedkmoHre
than once. It was used between 10 and J,l 0e
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during
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believed the ship's speed was eased during that watch,
but he could not say positively.
the first watch on the night of the 11th of May. l'he
deep sea lead was under his charge during the watch.
It
nid
Joseph Weaver was the sentry on the aft deck r iiielog
was not taken away during his watch. But it co
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have been takkenin aweytbeetween 11 and I.l2o3ohnatdhatot night
with ht
with
ship.
Lieutenant Hamilton recalled—Wm decor ofthe

middle watch on the morning the ship struck. Had not
seen land on that morning before the ship struck. Land
weeirepoeted by Maodell, „one of, the men on the look
out.' No one besides Mandell reported lancl. Me: reported
land on the starboard bow about ten minutes before two
in the morning. Witness reported it to the captain.
Did_ not believe, from what has since occurred, Mandell's
repbrt to bete been true. In the middle watch the ship
was being steered north by west, and nothing north.
The speed was 81, and it was taken every half hour.
The captain was not on the deck during the whole of
the middle,watch. The master was on deck. A look-ont
was pieced on each side of the paddle-boxes, and others
at the bows. It was very foggy all through the watch.
As to ,the wind it was nearly a calm, and no swell.
Soundings were taken all through the watch. The hand
leads were kept continually going, and the ship was stop-
ped every hour. The log gave the speed about 81 knots
but he believed her real speed to have been 91. They
got soundings every hour. To the best of his recollec-
tion they had 15 or 16 fathoms during the watch, and
16 at 4 o'clock. A little before 3 o'clock he saw a steamer
astern on the starboard quarter, about a mile off. Could
not Bey whether the 'master personally attended the log.
The common log was used. When witness reported to
the captain he told him to be very particular; to keep a
good look out, and to reverse the engines, or stop if ne-
cessary. The first lieutenant relieved witness at 4 o'clock.
The midshipman was Mr. Hammond. Could not recollect
whether witness looked at the standard compass after the
ship was ashore. it was generally the case when the ship
I was under steam to have the patent log overboard.
Frederick Hammond sworn— W as midshipman of the
middle watch ;n the morning the ship\was wrecked. The
ship's course was north by west, inclined to the north.
The vessel was going nine knots each time the log was
tried. The master came up on deck every hour, when
the soundings were tried for. The ship was stopped
each hour during the soundings. She was stopped
altogether during the soundings. They had look-out
men at each paddle-box, but at no other place. Wit-
ness's watch was on the quarter-deck. Was quite sure
no other look-out whatever was kept. Was in the habit
of visiting .the look-outs every half-hour.
Mr. Eddington—You say I came on deck every hour.
Did you see me go below at any time, or come on deck ;
and if so, what was your idea of my going below 7
Witness--I saw you go below, and my idea was that
you went to call the captain.
' e Percy Lynn —Was midshipman of the watch when the
.'Sliip struck. The vessel was steering north by west when
ette-seruck. She was going four and a-half knots from
[
lhalf-pa4 four. The speed was reduced to that rate from
''efeehe and a half. Could not say the cause of her speed
being reduced. He came on deck at four o'clock
in the morning. Dues not know whetleer the lead was
hove immediately after he came on deck. Does not
think it was. The ship struck at 20 minutes to six.
She was under steam, and no sail. When she struck she
was going at the rate of four knots. Lieut. Royer was
the officer of the watch. After she struck we first tried
to back her astern, and then got out the paddle-box boat
and took the small bow( r anchor out, to try to heave her
off. This was about a quarter past six o'clock. Finding we
could not move her, we got the starboard paddle-box boat
out, and the guns were moved astern, the ballast was
thrown overboard, and then we got the coal up. At nine
o'clock the Russians commenced tiring at us from the
shore. They bad been firing musketry at us while we were
throwing the main-deck guns overboard. All the water
was started but six tuna, Which was in the fore hold.
There was a dense fog and hardly any wind. When she
struck the water under her bows was a quarter less 3, and
at the stern about 5. Neither the bowsprit nor any of
the masts were cut away to his knowledge. Did not
know the' eason why the pinnace was not lowered. Agig
was lowered, but did not know whether the cutters were
lowered. The captain was not on deck when the ship
struck, but be came up immediately afterwards. The
master was on deck when she struck. Two look-outs
were placed on the quarter-deck before she struck.
Several signal guns were fired immediately. After strik-
ing land was seen. Very soon after, to the best of his
recollection. At the time of the wreck there were two
paddle-box boats, pinnaee, three gigs, two cutters, and
a dingy on board. There were leadsmen in the chains
when she struck. From what he bad seen and heard,
did not think anything more could have been done to
get the ship off. Thought the Master was on deck from
the time he relieved till she struck. It was daylight.
Thought the depth of water where they laid out at 1
anchor was five fathoms. The ship heeled over while they
were trying to get her off. The officer of the watch was
on deck the whole time. Was not aware why the cable
was not laid out abaft instead of from forward. Did not
know what water the ship was drawing. Thought eight
guns were hove overboard before the ship was de-
serted. Before the ship struck they were sounding in 7
fathoms. After their signal guns they .heard two or three
guns. They were about 100 yards from the shore.
When the ship struck the officer of the, watch ordered
the engines, to be reversed. Did not remember anything
else was done then, 'or before she struck. Between 7
fathoms and 5 fathoms being obtained was not five
minutes ; between the 51 fathoms and the ship striking
was not five minutes. Did not remember that in that
interval anything was done or ordered. Thoiight the
mate (as understood) was in charge of the watch. The
mate of the watch carried on the duty every morning
after 5. They began to wash the decks at 5. Did not
see the captain's night order-book, or know what night
orders were left. Tne look-out men were not taken
off before the s:tip struck. Thought the port look-out
was at the port cat-head, but was not certain. They
were usually taken off at daylight. They were on that
morning Much longer than usual. -Believed they were on
instead of having a mast-head look-out. Did not
look at the standard compass after the ship struck.
Thought the ship was eased or stopped between four and
five o'clock, to enable the leadsmen to obtain soundings
correctly, although the ship was only going five knots.
Witness wrote a log on a slate, and had it copied on a
piece of paper. (A piece of paper was produced, and
identified as the same.)
Mr. C. Wilkinson sworn—Was mate of the watch on
the morning of the 12th of May, on board the Tiger.
Wuen he came on deck found Mr. Eddington on the
bridge. Received orders to steer N. by W. The ship
was going 41 to 5 knots at five o'clock. Leadsmen were
in the chains, and the leads wore constantly going, and
soundings usually obtained at every cast. Was told
that the captain had to be called when we got eight fa-
thoms. Witness was to keep a good look-out for vessels,
or anything, so that they might be reported. The
master stayed ,on the bridge for five minutes' and
then left. The soundings decreased gradually until
we got eight fathoms, when witness gave the order
to go as slow .as they possibly could without stop-
ping. At the same time went down and called the cap-
tain, and said we had got eight fathoms. He asked what
rate she was going. Said as slowly as she could at pre-
sent, and not more than 4/ knots. He asked what kind
of weather it was. Told him it was very thick indeed ;
when' he said, " Go on the same speed as befor , till
you
get 5 fathoms. When you do get those soundings of
fathoms, keep her west ; and if you then get very shoal
water, stop her immediately. Witness then went on
deck, and found Lieutenant Royer and Mr. Eddington
standing on the quarter-deck. Told Mr. Royer the cap-
tain's orders, and gave orders to the engineer to go, at
the same speed as before. The captain did not cotdd on
deck till alter she struck. We went about five minutes,
and thee we got 7 fathoms. No ships were in sight, and
no land seen. We went on for six or eight minutes,
when we struck a quarter less 5. Witness then ordered
them to reverse the engines immediately, arid Dunbar
gave orders to have the hands up. Went down to
call the captain, and told him the ship was on shore.
Ho ordered the paddle-box boat to be got along-
side. The cables were unshackled, and the port bower
anchor was laid out from a paddle-box boat. A small
kedge was run out astern, the guns were, run aft, and
other things were procured to bring the ship's head to
the westward, where she remained. The shot and
ballast were got out. The engines were kept reversed
the whole time. The water was started. The cable
was taken forward instead of from aft by the captain's
'orders, but did not know the reason why. Did not hear
the master cr Lieutenant Royer name to the captain that
be was standing into eanger. The master was on deck
during the whole time. No mast or bowsprit was cut
away. Considered ,both the master and the captain
navigated the ship from 5 a.m. Was not aware whether
the master made any report to the captain of the sound-
ings after 5 a.m. The master was not aware of the
course being altered to west, that they were in 5 fathoms.
There was not time. Witness had no idea that the ship
was near the shore. Made no inquiry as to whether the
ship had run her distance for Odessa. Had no conver-
cation with the master about it.
The court was left sitting when this report was de-
spatched.

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