The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-28 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON', MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1864.

any defects have arisen from the recent shipment
and unshipment of her screw propeller. Should
the inspection prove satisfactory, she will be un-

docked during the present spring tides, and, after
making her official trial of spud at the Maplin
Sands, take her place in tie first division of the

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steam reserve, to await the orders from the Admi•

ralty

The screw gunvessal Torch, 5, fitting in No. 4
dock at Chatham for•the steam reserve, has shipped
her six boilers, which have undergone a thorough
overhaul and repair, and will complete her other
repairs in the course of a few days, when she will
be undocked.

The first annual report of the Association for pro•
viding Lodgings for Soldiers' Wives and Families at
Aldershott has just been issued, Tho object of the
association is to provide lodgings at a cheaper rate
than they could be obtained by the ordinary means,

and, owing to the high rents at Aldershott, it msy
be considered mast valuable for the benefit of the
married soldier. When the former report was
issued only 40 lodgings were available in that
part of Aldershott called North-lane, or New-
town, bat in January the committee took three
homes in Albert-street, Weet•end, at a rent of £G3
per annum, including rates, repairs, &c., by which
17 lodgings were added to the others, with the
rents at the low figure of ls. 10d. to 2s. 2d. per
week for each room, partly furnished. 99 soldiers
wives and 72 children have been benefited by the
lodgings since these were opened, and all the
tenants continue to express their satisfaction with

the quarters provided for them. There is a rule
most rigidly adhered to by the committee, which
excludes from the benefits of the association the
wives of the soldiers married without leave, but if

a sufficient number of women married with leave do
not apply for the lodgings then those married with.
out leave who can obtain recommendations from
their commanding officer are admitted. The accounts
show a total balance of £74 Is 6id to the credit of
the association. Besides a long list of donors the
report gives the names of 48 guarantors of sums
from £4 to £3O each, who hold themselves respons-
ible for the rent of any premises taken by the asses
ciation up to June next. The total sum guaranteed
this year amounts to £425. The names of the gua-
rantors have increased by seven since the half
yearly report was issued in January, and include
those of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lieut. General
Knollys, Col. the HOB. Lord George Lennox, Vis-
count Eversley, Lord Calthorpe, Sir Harry Verney,
Miss Nightingale, Major General Brook Taylor,
Russell, Hodge, and Bates, &c, The association
contemplates the extension of its operations when
the funds shall be adequate.
Col. Elmhirst, late 2d battalion 9th Regiment,
having been appointed to a depot battalion, has
joined the 9th depot battalion at Colchester, in suc-
cession to Col. Knox, C. 8., who has received an
appointment in Japan. The Rev. C. Woollett has
succeeded the Rev. Dr Barry as Roman Catholic
chaplain to the troops at Colchester. Leave of ab-
sence has been granted to Col. Lays, of the 9th
depot battalion, and commander of the troops sta-
tioned at Harwich and Landguard Fort, from Dec.
1, 1864, to January 31, 1865. Capt. Cotton, of
the 97th, has proceeded to Landguard Fort to
take the command during the absence of Col.
Lays. Lieut.-Col. Gleig, R. A.., Assist.-Inspector of
Army Schools, concluded on Friday his annual in.
spection of the schools at Colchester.
We have to announce the death of Gen,Wyn-
yard, C. 8., colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot,
which occurred on Thursday last. The late General
Buckley Wynyard was formerly in the Grenadier
Guards, and, obtaining the rank of colonel of that
regiment, was appointed aide-decamp to -William
IV. He served with the army in Sicily from 1808
to March, 1810, when he was severely wounded at
the attack on Santa Manta, for which he subse-
quently obtained the brevet rank of major. He
was also present and on the stuff with the force that
occupied Ischia and Procida. He was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1846, and
was appointed Colonel of the 58th (Rutlandshire)
Regiment of Foot in January, 1851, which of course
becomes at the disposal of the Duke of Cambridge,
His commissions bore date as follows a—Ensign,
December 17, 1803—Lieut. and Captain, January
7, 1308—Brevet Major, March 25, 1813— Captain
and Lieut. Colonel, April 28, 1814—Colonel, July
22, 1830—Major Genera!, November 23, 1811—
Lieut. General, November 13, 1851—and General,
January 28, 1860.
Tho death is announced at Jersey of Dr. Park,
surgeon of the 16th Lancers. The deceased left Cui-
cheeter on Saturday week on a leave of abscnee for
two menthe, and proceeded to Jersey, but he had
only arrived there a few hours when he died. Dr.
Park had an attack of paralysis some time since.
The following appointments were made on Sawn•
day at the Admiralty :—Dr T. Milne, assist.-surg.,
to the Jackal—Dyes Duckworth, Alfred Build, and
Philip Cowen, aseist.-surgs., to the Royal Adelaide,
for Plymouth Hospital—Conrad C. Wimberley,
Archibald T. Robertson, and E. W. Doyld, acting
assist. surge., to the Victory, for Heslar hospital
chief engineer to the Cum.
e rF V
1 nd, h
n
Serpent—W, R. Lesson, engineer,
to the Indus, for the Bann—and \V. Roberts, engi-
neer, to the Indus, for the Asp,

The Loss of the William Graham,

OFFICIAL REPORT.

To the Right Hon.curable the Lords of the Committeo o
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Privy Council for Trade.

My Lords,—l beg to report, for the information of your
lordships, the result of the inquiry which I have held, in
conjunction with Captains Harris and Baker as nautical
assessors, into the less of the ship William Graham, which
was wrecked in Rosses Bay, on the coast of Donegal, on the
19th October last. The William Graham was built of wood,
at Baltimore, in 1859, registered in Liverpool of 653 tons,
and was owned by Mr John Ritchie, of the same place. She
sailed from Miramichi the 28th Sept., with a full cargo of
timber, bound for Belfast. She was commanded by Mr G.
Hewison, who holds a certificate of service, dated in 1851,
and had a crew of 16, all told, and carried as passengers
one woman and three children, On the 18th October the
ship at noon was, by observation, in let 55 28 N, long 12 35
W,, from which pcsition a course was steered S.E, and by
E., at about six l'nots an hour, for the coast of Ireland;
but it does not appear from the evidence of the chief mate,
or from the statement of the captain, that the bearing and
distance of any of the headlands were calculated. At 6 a.m.
on the 19th the Irish coast was sighted, and by the cross
bearings of the Island of Aranmore and Bloody Foreland the
ship's position was ascertained to be about 26 miles S.E. of
the latter. At this time the wind had fallen light, varying
to the eastward, and the ship was going about 11 knots On
the starboard tack, with all plain sail set. At 8 a.m. the ship
was tacked to the southward and eastward, the breeze gra-
dually incroa.inz from the N.E. The weather becoming
thick land was lost sight or tilt o uU p.n:., wnen tmuy ia.nclo
lighthouse on the starboard bow, which the master took to be
the Fannet Light, at the entrance to Loughswilly. As the
weather was threatening and the ship making water, the
master determined to anchor for the night. Some time
after having rounded the headland, a boat was seen right
ahead, making for the ship. This proved to be the boat of a
man named ISPAtsby, who came within hail. Sung out to
them to back the tnainyard, but he failed in an attempt to
board the vessel. In a very short time afterwards another
boat came alongside, belonging to man named O'Donnell,
who succeeded in getting on board, and announced himself
as a local pilot for the Rosses and Rutland Harbour. He
informed the master that ho was mistaken in supposing he
was running into Loughswilly, telling him that he was 40
miles to the westward of that port, and that it was Aran-
mere Island that was on his starboard hand. Ho offered
to pilot him to a sate passage up the bay, which ho ins
formed him was Rosses Bay. The master, however, de-
clined his services, on the plea that he was not a licensed
pilot, and that he would run his ship in himself. Some
further conversation took place as they proceeded up the
bay, and, when abreast of the perch, the master asked
O'Donnell for what sum he would take charge of the vessel,
who said that he would leave his remuneration to the autho-
rities on shore, adding that it was too late then, and that he
would have his ship aground in five minutes, but that if he
gave him charge ho would ground her in a safer place than
she was making for. At this point, for the first time,
according to the evidence of the mate and the statement
of the master, the lead was ordered to be hove, and, as the
master went to his cabin to consult his charts, the result
of the cast told him that they were in five fathoms. They
then began to reduce sail, with the intention of anchor-
ing ; but, perceiving a rock e head, the helm was put
hard a-starboard by order of the chief mate, and almost
at the same moment the ship took the ground, and even-
tually became a total wreck. The cargo was subsequently
dischar;sed. in commenting upon this case, it must be re-
marked that the master was navigating his vessel by an
old chart of 1858, and consequently could have no notice
of the new lighthouse on Aranmore, which is advertised
to be let on the let of February next. Notwithstanding
' his previous calculations, which would seem to have
been correct, upon seeing the new lighthouse he rushed