The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-04 00:00:00

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Open from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10.

147, lloundeditch.

TH E 0 XFOR D,
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The Oxford and Canterbury 11th Company (limited).
Tills EVENING will be produced (eighth time in this
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lIEE AUX ENFERS, by Offenbach.
THE FAVORITE,
MARTHA, LA TROVATORE, and
,Lc., by the following Artistes, viz., Misses
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Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.
.014 r. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per-
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Nash,
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C AWTER BURY HALL.
Triumphant Success of
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tUnder the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet
arightly to be seen at the Canterbury Hall a Magic Spectacle
transcending* in poetry of conception, 13, auty and in-
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and colour any former application (even. at this Hall) of the
Prlnclole known as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. in this last
zilective display of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic
_ statuesque grouping will be found
7a,r c of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra-
pie' lir es surpasking,r
C(3.q„za,---s,e "THE SHIPWRECK," ~THE PHANTOM
T and " nu: CURTAIN OF FIRE."
on "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns-
denta's' 18
cat
by Mr. NV. F. Vandervell ; the overture and Wei-
' rauslo by Willem Vanderyell.
Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall.
The
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DE
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eet.
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Yesterday morning a court martial assembled on
board the flag-ship Victory, at Portsmouth, to in-
quire into the causes that led to the stranding of the
Ringdove, sloop of war, on Bombay shoal, off the
Island 'of Palawan, on the 19th of last May, and to
try Commander Ralph A. 0. Brown, the officers,
and crew of the said ship. _ _ .

The Court comprised—Capt. Scott, C. 8., Victory,
president; Capt. Hornby, Edgar; Capt. Caldwell,
Steam Reserve; Capt. A. Cochrane, Warrior; Sir
L. M‘Ctintock,f Aurora ; Capt. Preedy, Hector ;
Capt. Seacombe, Duke of Wellington ; Capt. Hamil-
ton, Vesuvius; Capt. Lacy, Himalaya. E. Hoskins,
Esq., sat as officiating judge advocate; and Mr R.
W. Ford appeared to watch the case for Comman-
der Brown and officers.
The proceedings commenced by the usual ques..
tion being put to the crew of the Ringdove as to
whether they had any complaint to make against
the officers for any circumstances relating to the
stranding of the ship. No complaint having been
made the ship's books were put in, also the charts.
The following letter, signed by Commander
Brown, and directed to Vice-Admiral Kuper,
K.C.8., commander•in-chief, was then read :
" Sir,—I have the honour to report that her
Majesty's ship under my command took the ground
on the Bombay shoal at 3.53 a.m., on the 19th, go.
ing at the rate of 6i knots.
"She remained on shore 28 hours, on ground
which consisted of coral, very uneven and rough.
A surge kedge was laid about 100 yards astern, in
20 fathoms of water, with the stream chain
attached, which was brought to the capstan, and
hove taut. A small kedge was also laid out with a

hawser.
"Finding the ship would not come off I began
to lighten her by getting all the provisions,
cables, shot, sails, and everything in the fore part
of the ship. aft. Finding she began to strike
heavily I threw overboard 28 tons of coals, three
tens of provisions, and started the water. I then
unbent all sails and sent the yards and topmasts
down, which I put overboard with all the spare
spare, and intended to make a raft with them to
carry out one of the bower anchors. Finding that
nothing could be done until high water, which was
at 8.30 on the evening of the 19th, I let the water
out of the boilers. At high water I hove on the
kedge, carrying away fall after fall, but the ship
would not move and the tide then began to ebb.
Next morning, between the hours. of five and seven,
the ship began to bump heavily, as the flood tide
had set in with a heavy swell. I tried the kedge
again, but could not move the ship. I then, as
the last resource, threw all the guns overboard,
which I buoyed, got up steam, and hove in on the
stream at nearly high water, but she was so
firmly aground that the stream chain was carried
away with the strain. I then made ready for get.
tieg the bower anchor out for the next tide by
means of the raft, but while so employed the ship
began to move on a pivot'. I then immediately
went astern full speed. At the same time most of
the hands were at the pumps, the rest clapping on
the hawser, and at 8.5 a.m. she came off the reef
without making any water. I fancy that from the
fore part of the engine room to the mizenmast she
must have suffered, as pieces of hard wood were
seen to come from under her.

" The direction and force of wind at the time of
striking was SW by W, 2 L.C. 2 V., the weather
fine, &c."
The first witness of importance culled was
Commander IL A. 0. Brown, who stated, in an-
swer to the President, that at the time the chip
stranded Mr Gilpin (the master) had charge of the
chronometers. They were last rated at Hong Kong.
Witness was called on to produce the rate book,
chronometer journal, and master's work book.
Commander Brown, in reply to the President, said that
the port left before the stranding was Hong Kong, whence
they sailed on the 12th of May, bound to Labuan. They
had three chronometers. The day before the stranding they
navigated the ship by sights. They got their last sights on
the 18th of May, between nine and ted in themorning,
D.d you get the latitude at noon P—Yes, meridian lati-
tude, and cross-bearing.
Were you certain of the land from which you got the
cross-bearing. Have you any doubt about it ?—None, as
the bearings corresponded with the latitude at noon.
State all the alterations you made in the course—what
took place generally from the time you made the land on
the 18th and verified the ship's position until she struck.
Where was the land first discovered P—The land was re-
ported from masthead about head 8.30 on the port bow, and
shortly afterwards a head on bath boss. We stood oa till
12.30 in that course, steering SE, three quarters S, when,
having obtained sights and cross-bearings, the course was
altered to SW till 5 50. Between the hours of four and five
Mr Gilpin (the master) recommended that it would be ad-
visable to make the bank of Palawan, sounding along the
passage. I asked him his reasons, and he replied, "It
will be much better to obtain soundings before running on
during the night on the same course, as the chronometers
may be out a mile or two." To which I replied, that hav-
ing obtained good sights and cross-bearings, which corre-
sponded with the latitude and longitude at noon, I thought
it would be better to stand in, as we did, as I did not like
to make a zig-eag course. After one hour I altered the
course south-east, according as the master wished, to try
and obtain soundings. I kept on that course till eight
o'clock, during which time we sounded four or five times
without success—there was no bottom. The vessel was
stopped each time and hove to—the sounding from 85 to
90 fathoms—no bottom. The weather became threaten-
ing and dark, ;and I thought it advisable to haul
out from the land, and went down and sent for the master
to shape her course for the night. She was under steam and
sail until close on_eight o'clock. I shortened sail when it
came on dark. The senior lieutenant, who I had sent, came
back and said Mr Gilpin had turned in. Knowing him to
be on the sick list I sent for the acting second master, Mr
Jackson, and told him to take charge of the navigation of
the ship. This was at eight o'clock on the 18th, We shaped
our course for the night WSW, 60 miles, and kept between
Bombay shoals and the mainland of the bank of Palawan.
We endeavoured more particularly to keep clear of the
shoals along the coast cf Palawan, which extend some dis-
tance from the land.
Commander Brown requested that the night orders be
put in and read.
Tho night orders referred to were to the effect that the
ship's course was to be changed to WSW; that a careful
look-out for dangers should b 3 kept ; that the corporal of
the watch should be kept near to the engines, so as to stop
immediately if necessary ; and, lastly, to call him (Con.'
wander Brown) at four o'clock a.m.
Examination continued—Mr Jackson, having the first
watch, then went on deck to carry out the orders according
to his night ordots. The engines were eased till after the
ship struck. Atter the night orders were given ho sent for
Mr Arundel, second lieutenant, to shown him the course he
had laid down, and his Mr Arundel's) opinion coincided
with hia. Ho was on the bridge the greater pert of the
middle watch, and ho left orders for the officer of the
watch to take as many stars as possible in order to ascer-
tain the position of the ship. lie was on the deck when
soundings were tried for, To the best of his recollection it
was 90 fathoms, no bottom. He was on deck between 10
and 4, whon the soundings were taken. Soundings were
taken twice when he was on the deck, and on each occasion

the ship's way was stopped before the lead was hove.
When Mr Jackson was relieved at midnight Mr Brodie,
master's assistant, took charge. The position of the ship
was pointed out to Mr Brodie at 12 14 Mr Jackson, Mr