The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1866.

J. anl D. NICOLL, Tailors to the
• Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.—
For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats,
with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 3/ to 41
guineas; for the latter 2/ to 31 guineas. For negligeepurposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist,
also the neglige jackets; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made iu
suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the finest quality. For Overcoats—Melton,
Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen from eight years of.age—The morning
coat and neglige jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. Gd. tho
suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker-
bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine
cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning,
the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London,
Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's
garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours'
notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, London; 10, Mosley-street, Man-
chester; and 50, B9ld-street, Liverpool.

QTODARE.-THE HOLIDAYS.-
THEA CRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL

MARyELS in MAGIC and VEST RILOQUISM, as per-
formed by command before her Majesty the Queen and
the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening,
Nov. 21, 1865. The marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of
FLOWER TREES, and STODARE'S celebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him.

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Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and Saturday at 3. Stalls
at Mitchell's. Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian
Hall. Admission, is. and 2s. ; stalls, 38.

"Almost mime ulons."—Vide Times, April 18, 1865.

rE 0 X
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
Tho Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited).
TUTS EVENING, and during the Week, EXTRA
PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera,
Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every
Evening, performed by the entire company, including
Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, Barrie ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
W. Williams, Spagnoli, &c. THE HUNGARIANS in
their new entertainment, Messrs. Duriah and Davies's
illustrations of Negro Life ; Herr Preskow, the wondrous
posturer, from the Grand Theatre, St. Petersburg; the
D'Aubans; Herr Berrani and his talented family ; the
ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr.
E. Marshall (his first appearance here), the entertainment
written expressly for him by Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and
a host of other talent, for which see programme and small
biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.

Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FIIM ! TI-FIIM.

During the Week will be performed the above most
extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel-
ties now in this country, and including the services of
Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar-
shall, Mrs. and Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Talliott,
Les Freres d'Etoile, Signor Tescano, a la Donato; Les
Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated by the Magnesium Light ;
Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. T. Burgess
and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand Ballet of upwards of one
hundred ballerines. The whole written and composed
expressly for this establishment by William Vandervell,
Esq. In addition to the vocal and instrumental entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
Open every Evening, with the celebrated Band. Pro-
gramme this week—Grand French March, ROLAND A
RONCEVAUX. Selections LUCIA DI LAMMER-
MOOR and LUCREZIA BORGIA. Solos for the Cornet
and Euphonion performed by. M. M'Eleney and Luigi
Mosca.

Conductor, LUIGI CURTI.
Doors open at half-past Eight. Admission, is.
Manager, M. GRENET.

DEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and
Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not
perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in
the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief
to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at
church and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear-
ing instrument. Messrs, SOLOMON, 39, Albermarle-
street, Piccadilly.

SLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISUAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-halt by the London and North-Western itne, and fifty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion. situated on
a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, are garden, me mow, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.
THE NEW SEASON NOTICE.
All the BEST BOOKS of the SEASON and of the past
twenty years are in circulation at
MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.--
FIRST CLASS SUBSCRIPTION,
ONE GUINEA PER ANNUM.
Commencing at any date.
Book Cubs supplied on liberal terms.
Prospectuses on application.
MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY, Limited,
NEW OXFORD• STREET.
City Office, 4, KING-STREEP, CHEAPSIDE.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

C 110 C OLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

jENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.

Sold everywhere.

WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW? —That the FIERY CROSS has arrived,
bringing some magnificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious
flavour, and which may slow be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. R. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.

HYAM and CO.'s OVERCOATS and SUITS.
Morning and Lounging Coats, Half Dress, Undress,
and Full Dress Suits, Trousers, Vests, &0., in all the fashion-
able styles and seasonable materials.
HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W.

YAM and CO.'S PRICES and GARMENTS.
Overcoats and Capes, 21s. to F4s. ; Jackets, 21s. to 425. ;
Prince of Wales Coats, 30a. to 635.; Trousers, ready made and
to measure, 14s. 6d. to 255. ; Vests, Os. 61. to 21s. ; Suits, 428.
to 8 Is.

HYAM and CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS.
No. 1. Clothing for diate wear. No. 2. Ordered
Department. No. 3. Boys and Youths. Distinct Depart-
ment. No. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Depalment.
HYAM and CO., 66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET, W.
Branch Establishments—Birmingham, Leeds, and Dewsbury

DENTAL NOTICE.-Mr. ESKELL, Surgeon-
Dentist, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, having
announced tor a considerable period that " he is NOT con-
meted with any one of the name, and that he has NOV RE-
MOVED, and does not intend doing so," begs respectfully to
state that as he considers the general public are now suffi-
ciently well aware of the facts he will cease to make this or
any other professional statement in the public papers on and
after the 28th of February next.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
17 most useful invention oi the day, AGUA AMARELL3.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Bull Wharf, Ito-
therhithe, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which
gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue--no
matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ; it, on the e,ontrary, is beneficial to the
bv s tem, and when the hair is once restored one application
rier month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, lOs. 61. Testimonials from artistes
of the 1110:test order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectabliiiv, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell anil Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases:
F. w., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F.. aged 13, homeless, both: parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
D.,8. aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents deal.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
N. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 16, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen-streeh Cheapsicie; or by Moore
Barclay and Go., Lombard-street.

THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT
ASSOCIATION (Limited).
Capital subscribed, £5,000,000.
Paid up, £500,000.
CHAIRMAN —JOLIN CHAPMAN, ESQ.
TIA.NA(TRItS.
Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq.
This Assodati..n makes ADVANCES upon approved Mer-
cantile and other Securities, and RECEIVES MONEY ON
DEPOSIT at Interest for short or low; periods.
DEPOSITORS for periods of not less than Three Years
may procure, on application at the Offices, Dtbeutures of the
Association, beari.fe interest ate, per cent. per annum, pay-
able quarterly by Coupon " to bearer" attached.
W. C. WINTERBOTTO3I, Secretary.
27, Lombard-street, London, E.C.

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Fleet-street, London, E.C., Jan. 8, 18 )6.
NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN, that a GEN ERAL
MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assuratne
Society will 13, held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street,
London, on FRIDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 12
o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the
Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving
the Audito-s Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society,
up '0 the 31st day of December last, and for general pur-
poses.

By order of the Dlrectars,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE
ASSURANCE COMPANY. •

36, Great Winchester-street, London.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL
DIVIDEND due to the Shareholders on their Capital in this
Company to the 31st December last, will be PAID on MON-
DAY, the sth day of February next, by Warrants, which
will be forwarded to each proprietor on that day; also, that
the Books of the Company for the transfer of shares will be
Closed from Thursday, the 25th January, until _Monday, the
sth February.
January 17, 1816.

FRANCISOEPIIENS, Secretary.

TITifgNELL and CO.'S CiIETIRS2

ejl Toon.' PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay,, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Bull Wharf, Rotherhithe, Lon-
don.

REAL PARISIAN ENAMEL hides all defects
and imparts a youthful and brilliant appearance, and
will suffice for twelvemonths. By an experienced Artist
(with instructions, :=6 stamps).—Madame BERTRAND, .8,
Hart-street, Bloomsbury.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
;mired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind,
spasms, giddiness, dizzineers of the eyes, &o. For habitual
:ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and gratefhl to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 9, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxer/Jo. Ifd., and three
times the quantity in one, 25. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY
Messrs. LEWIN and SISIEOIC MOSELY and
SONS, Dentists,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the
most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience.

Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 ge.,
warranted.

For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
„ Lancet.l.l.

Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
440, Strand, London; 13, Whitefriargategfull ; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield; 4, East-parade, Leeds; and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro'.

Obierve—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same name.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's 13-gun screw-corvette Archer,
Capt. Francis Marten, from the West Coast of
Africa, having lost 20 of the ship's company between
the Bth of October and the 20th of December, ar-
rived at the Royal Arsenal buoy yesterday, and dis-
charged her powder, shot, and guns, and the whole
of her war stores, under orders to proceed to the
dockyard to be dismantled and paid out of commis-
sion. She was commissioned at Deptford in 1854,
on■the"declaration of war with Russia, and has been
in her present commission since March 28, 1863. It
is feared, from what is known of the condition of her
hull, that she will be unfit for further service, and
that she will be condemned to be broken up.
The paddlewheel vessel Vivid (tender to the flag-
ship Fisgard, at Woolwich), Commander T. Sulivan,
was yesterday undocked at Woolwich, and was re-
placed by the iron storeship Industry, under orders
to be repaired with all speed, and be relaid for Rio
Janeiro and Ascension.

A new double screw iron and wood gunboat, de-
signated in the " Navy List" of 754 tons burden,
and engines of 160 horse power, built by Mr. Chas.
Langley, at the Deptford-green Dockyard, yestzr-
day arrived at Woolwich to be fitted out for ser-
vice. She is constructed at a cost of £20,000, and
is according to the improved modern principle intro-
duced by Mr. Reed. She has a powerful prow, which
will be a most formidable weapon of attack, sub-
merged similarly to that of the Pallas. She has been
most appropriately named the Vixen, and will carry
four guns—two of heavy calibre, and two lighter
guns for boat purposes. The Vixen's principle di-
mensions are as follows :—Length between perpen-
diculars, 160 ft. ; breadth, 32ft. sin. ; depth of hold,
13ft. 7in. ; builders' tonnage, 737 31-94. The en-
gines are supplied by Messrs. Maudslay, Son, and
Field. On her arrival yesterday at Woolwich she
was taken in charge by Capt. Dillon, of the Steam
Reserve, and was received on behalf of the Admiralty.
The following are the proportions of shot and
shell to be supplied for each of the 121 ton 300-
pounder Armstrong guns, with which the Bellero-
phon, 14, 1,000 horse power, fitting at Chatham,
is to be furnished—viz., empty shells, 15 common,
five double elongated, and five segment, the number
and character of the filled shells being the same.
The solid shot for each gun will consist of 20cwt.
of chilled shot, and ten steel spherical shot. On
board the frigate every exertion is being used to
have her ready for undocking by the end of the pre-
sent month, the 31st inst., being the day ordered for
her to be floated out of the dock in which the work
of fitting her has been carried on.
The work of taking to pieces the frames of the
wooden 50 gun steam frigate Belvidera, which has
been standing idle on No. 3 building slip at Chatham
dockyard for several years past, is being carried on
by a number of shipwrights and other workmen, and
in a short time every vestige of this vessel, which at
the time she was laid down, from the designs of the
then Surveyor of the Navy (Sir B. W. Walker),
was considered one of the finest of her class, will
have disappeared. The timbers composing her frames
are to bo used for the general service of the dock-
yard.
The Simoom, screw troopship, Capt. T. B. Leth-
bridge, fitting for service at Portsmouth, will receive
the remainder of her officers and crew, and hoist
her pennant of commission, according to present ar-
rangements, on the Ist prox.

Yesterday No. 3 battery of the Ist division depot
brigade Royal Artillery proceeded from headquarters
to Shoeburyness, for the purpose of going through
an extended course of gunnery instruction, previous
to the officers and men embarking for colonial ser-
vice.

The death of Major-Gen. T. Charretie, formerly
of the 2d Life Guards, and one of the oldest of the
few remaining Peninsular officers, has been reported
at the War-office. His first commission bore date
nearly 60 years since, and his services were very dis-
tinguished. He was at the memorable mutiny at
Vellore in 1806, when nearly the whole of the officers
and men of the 69th Regiment were murdered in
their barracks. Subsequently he served in the Pe-
ninsula with the 2d Life Guards, and was present at
the battles of Vittoria, Pampeluna, and Toulouse,
and at various engagements until the close of the
campaign.

The Loss of H.M.S. Bulldog.

COURT-MARTIAL AT DEVONPORT.

A court-martial assembled at Devonport on Mon-
day, ou board the Royal Adelaide, guard ship in
Hamoaze, to try Capt. Charles Wake and the offi-
cers and men of her Majesty's ship Bulldog, 6,
paddle sloop, for the loss of that vessel.

The Bulldog, it may be remembered, was destroyed
by her captain, on the 23d of October last, in the
harbour of Cape Haytien city, St. Domingo, to
prevent her falling into the hands of the insurgent
rebels, whose forts and vessels she was engaging
when she unfortunately grounded on a spit of sand
and coral in the harbour. The following officers
formed the court :—Admiral Sir C. 11. Fremantle,
K.C.8., Port Admiral, president; Rear-Admiral
T. M. C. Symonds, C. 8., admiral superintendent of
Devonport dockyard ; Capts. T. H. Mason, Cano-
pus ; F. B. P. Seymour, Royal Adelaide ; J. J. F.
Ewart, Cambridge ; R. Maguire, Galatea ; F. S.
Tremlett, Impregnable ; and Mr. W. Eastlake,
deputy-judge advocate. Capt. Wake was assisted
by Mr. J. Beer as his legal adviser. On the opening
of the court the officers and men were mustered, all
of whom answered to their names, with the excep-
tion of one seaman who was reported " at hospital."
In answer to the usual inquiries of the court neither
officers nor men had any complaint to make in re-
ference to the loss of their ship.
The following narrative was then submitted and
read to the court by Captain Wake :—" May it
please the Court,—l have the honour to lay before
the court a narrative of the circumstances attending
the loss of her Majesty's ship Bulldog, on the 23d
October last, in the harbour of Cape Haytien. On
the morning of the 18th of October, 1865, I put to
sea from the anchorage of that port for the pur-
pose of exercising the crew in firing at a target,
and of communicating with the President's Minis-
ters at Port L'Acul on the subject of the blockade
which had been lately raised by the insurgents.
On my way to that harbour, I observed there
a steamer and three schooners belonging to the
insurgents in chase of and firing at a steamer
bearing English colours. I immediately altered my
course to cut them off, and on a nearer approach,
observed that the English steamer, by that time out
of gunshot of her pursuers, had stopped, and that
her boat was pulling in the direction of the Bulldog.
I picked her up, and from her received our mails
from Port-au-Prince, and found that the steamer
was the British ship Jamaica packet, chartered by
the Haytien Government to carry stores. The
flotilla having by this time approached,, headed by
the insurgent steamer Voldrogue, I fired a lee blank
gun, lowered a boat, and hailed her, to the effect
that I would send on board. I accordingly directed
the senior lieutenant (Lieut. Way) to acquaint the
com.nander of the Voldrogue that I would myself
examine the papers of the steamer professing to be
English ; and that if she proved to have no rightto
the flag she bore I should not interfere, but that if
she were bona fide English, I could not permit him
to meddle with her, and at the same time I cautioned
Lieutenant Way to be guarded and temperate both
in manner and language. Upon Lieutenant Way's
return to the Bulldog, he informed me that the in-
surgent commander had replied to him with much
heat and intemperance of demeanour, that he had
insisted on accompanying me in my visit to the
Jamaica packet, and his behaviour was overbearing
and offensive throughout. Meanwhile the Jamaica
packet, having unfortunately mistaken the meaning
of the blank gun I had fired, returned to pick up
her boat, whereupon the Voldrogue attempted to
ruu alongside of her, and actually fouled the Bull-
dog in her efforts to do so. At the same time her
commander came forward on the forecastle, when
the two ships were in contact, revolver in hand, and
demandud of me information respecting the
Jamaica packet. I refused to comply with a de-
mand preferred in so improper a manner, on which
he again attempted to close with the packet, and
then I informed him if he did not desist I should
capture him, upon which he steamed away to join
his consort, leaving the packet alongside the Bulldog.
I then examined the papers of the English steamer,
and questioned her master, and I promised to protect
him from further persecution. I then steamed after
the Voldrogue, with the intention of sending to the
commander the information he wished for, but the
ship had rejoined her consorts and would pay no
attention to my signals. I was therefore obliged to
desist from any attempt to communicate with her,
and having already run the Bulldog into very shoal
water, I determined to return to Cape Haytien in
order to explain what had occurred ; but it being
then late I was unable to do so until the next morn-
ing. I arrived there early in the forenoon, and im-
mediately sent an account to Mr. Dutton, her Ma-
jesty's vice-consul, of what had taken place, request-
ing him to communicate with the rebel council and
acquaint them that the packet had a right to the
British flag, and that I was bound to afford her
protection. The insurgent flotilla arrived shortly
after my letter reached Mr. Dutton, and upon the
landing of the commander there began that series
of insults and that defiant behaviour which compelled
me at last to resort to force in order to obtain that
satisfaction which was contemptuously refused to
our moderate demands :—First, a refusal to allow
an officer of the Bulldog to land on duty, and re-
pelling his landing by an armed force. Secondly—
By taking no notice of my letter to Gen. Salnave
demanding an explanation of this conduct, and of
order publicly given by that officer that I should
not be permitted to land under pain of assassination,
and also a public declaration that he would hold no
intercourse with me. Thirdly—By violating the
British Consulate by an armed force, and forcibly
seizing the political refugees, who had been there
during the whole siege under the acknowledged pro-
tection of the British flag. Fourthly—By the
second violation of the British Consulate, on the
following morning, and seizing two ladies, a sister
and niece of the President, who had taken refuge
there. Fifthly—By hoisting the red flag and point-
ing guns at H.M.S. Bulldog. Sixthly—By refus-
ing to continue correspondence on the subject. My
efforts to obtain satisfaction for these outrages
having failed, and having been informed that
the insurgents contemplated an attack on the
Bulldog, and were confident of their ability to sink
her, they having been for some weeks preparing to
repel an attack from an iron-plated ship the Presi-
dent, which was said to have been purchased from
the United States Government, I decided that it
would be my duty to take upon myself the respon-
sibility of vindicating the honour of the British flag,
and having received on board her Majesty's Vice-
Consul and Mr. Lyons (English merchant), who
had escaped by swimming on board, and having
recommended all foreigners to embark on board the
United States ship De Soto, whose captain had pro-
mised to receive them., I weighed on the morning of
Oct. 22, and proceeded to L'Acul, where I commu-
nicated with the President, and landed Messrs. Dut-
ton and Lyons. That morning I decided that I
would attack on the following morning. I also de-
termined that I would, on leaving Cape Haytien
Harbour, bombard Port Picolet, and then return full
speed to Jamaica. I had also determined that I
would sink the steamer, by running her down, for
the following reasons :—I was anxious to fire in the
direction of the town as little as possible, and I dis-
liked extremely the idea of firing into a ship so very
inferior in force as the Voldrogue was. I thought
also by running her down I could sink her with
but little loss of life, if any of her crew remained on
board. And I was very desirous of attaining my
object as expeditiously as possible. To this end I
gave orders that no guns were to be fired at the
town, but only at the batteries which opened upon
us, and I hoped in an hour from the time I entered
the harbour to be off Fort Picolet again. I had in
the meantime carefully studied the chart of the har-
bour with the master, and decided on the course to
be followed, and ascertained the true position of the