The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-05

half past 5.he has The Isle "f Man on his riybi
he runs straight away by his nwn reckoning sn,,.
10 nils. anf shsn jumps at a conclusion, at n
quarter pas, 8. that he has this same island 80,
his Irtf' fn What conceivable direction did ~
imagine thar he cutd have been running for IN.
last three honts Ia hrng ihe Cali of Man ON hi
Iarhar5 b.'w Had he made the circuit of H.
island. ar had he gone ahuot fnr the Bell Bu,v
rgsin he light which could not he !,
vessels light and which his charts tsk M no,;oo
at AZ the point where. by his reckoning he shoub,
have been. No douht ,his wars pmazlino. and :.
qnirra perhaps minutes consideration Etbo,
there was n Fight IN seine point unknown 10 him.
SELL AMI not noted in his charts, or he had beo
running fur the last three hours a course an Nc
! roni>htnoiy strange HAT the land then ON hi.
right WAS nav "n his left. and he had been dom,
little mnre than spin round on his heel from ; -,
OF Ffc knew the Isle 0f Man
should have been on his right yet he presumed =;
had got round to his left II should have been
far over his starbnard quarter yet he is WILLING n,
| admit that II is close On his karsoara bew' .
What is the use Of compass. or a reckonin,
il the information they give is To be- a, once ss'
perseded by a strange light the hrbpard and
starb"ard how We have no wish IN
press hardly on a man WIN has suffered alreadv
such notifications and losses from him own a.,
but the p,fblic should not be mysiffed about The
discretion or judgmen, of officer WIN is in,us,
ed with 500 lives
6 Powerful this article it, tlamapieo "a :,
must he felt lo he, il is nothing cumpared win
the leading article in the Daily News. os The
same date from the pen Of highly distinguished
naval authority. &f,er an expression of psore,
that Captain Hosken is SO unhappIy placed m.
writer vigorously meets the several Statements
made by Captain Hosken:
''Not being aware Of the existence Of The li,b,
ON ST. Johns Point, Dnndrum Bay, he ruak i, e..
one of the lights Of the Calf of Man. That Can.
| tain Hosken could have made such a mistake i
simply impossible. Fran the mouth N che Nor
sey he steered N. w. by N. course. ,Th,s
any persnn who luoks 10 map will see, of npces'
sy carried him To The north of the Isle Of Man
that island presenting TO vessel, on saeh /,
course. the very acute angle of its nurthern ev
tremity. About half past 5, Captain Hosken saw
| the Isle of Man. and could nat hat be aware ,b,,
on the course he was steering, at The ra,e os
nearly IL Knots an honr, which he believed the
vessel To be making, The Isle Of Man must have
disappeared behind him even on clear dav
within half an honr Of the time Of his ee,,ipa
sight of IL. Is IL then possible three or three and
halt hours later, he could believe ligbt still
ahead of him 10 he of the Calf of Man liob,s Q
lf it had been his vessel must have been ,e,,,in-
ing inotionless during TIE interval isBfy REVOLVING
ner padoie wheels. II Ia moi 4nestN'a Of quicker
| or slower sailing, hnt of sailing or mo sailing,
g Whitening is the scorn of the writer when he
| touches upon Capt. Husken's declarations thar
he mis,oDk the ST. Johns Point Tight for ,ne oe
the Calf of Man lights There can be mn 70.
semhlance. The Calf Of Mans lights aye 1896
and 305 feet above high water mark-,he ST.
Johns Point light only 62 feet. The Calf lights
| revolve every two minuies-ihe ST. Johns Pop,
| light is intermiilent-of IS seconds bnuht Igbt
and Is seconds of eclipse. No attempt was made
to note the revolutions. OF oherw se of the liob,
| that he did see, and there enBld have been no
| s"nndlHg line heaved. or he must at once have
known that he was moi in deep water
=" Not Tess crushing is The maia declayat ion thai
| the Admiralty charts eon,ain no. raentnn az The
81. johns light, and that Capt.. RR,sksn was
ignorant OF The existence Of such a hight The
comma adler Of the Great Britain had no ,isbt II,
he ignorant thai there WAS liylyt ea, ST .Inhp's
Point. h was his duty TO make himsels aeanant
ed with The fact. BIS existence was notorious.-
Hear the Daily News further:
'''r'he light in question is placed on the
admiralty chart ef that part of the irish coast
and is even indicated on the admiraity's index
chart of the British Islands More than this: In
the admiralty catalogue Of 1914. the ST. Johns
lighthouse rs stated TO he bnidng but in the .ad.
ditons and corrections issued from the Hydro
graphical Office, the 9th oS May last and since
that time prefxed TO the ca,alogue. the light is
described. The first lighting up of every new
lighthouse is regularly advertised by the admiral
ty. and repeated by all the iesdiag journals. in
the shipping intelligence"
81 now tnrn 10 the Morning Chronicle, also
of the same date The editor begins by express.
ing his asionishmert at Capt. Hnsken's report,
and his conDHRlca lunS thereon, and SAYS: THAT
The effect Of his narrative " iIf be TO ac0uii him
Of 0V blame n Mis impoytaat asaiter-appeaTs
To ms haflacinaiinn as extraordinary as any Of
those which this melancholy history Jsehoses'
TO us Capt. Husken's' Justification seems
Tepfete with The gravest imPutaii0ns on his nauti-
cai conduct in this business and NE are much
mistaken u the Pnbhc arrive at any other e0nciu.
sion. We sre nothing in the report beure us
! authenticate fhe incredible seeming and most d.
NAL hypothesis-sn hypothesis which weSb put
10 shame all nautical art and scie Dee-that noble
| ship can be- stranded on our own cOosis, not from
stress 0f weather, but from gTnss ms. reckoning
of distances and bearings. wnhunt her captain
| being very Oncb 10 b)dme.' After vopp through
The main facts of the ease, and taking the precise
| views Of il as the Times and Daily News the
writer Thus Sums up the case
"'NYe ihink ihe public may very well draw
their own conclusions as to he valus Of Capt.
Hosken's Justification and the Dainye oG the
error In Judgment Which The directors kindly
| excuse by defective chart. Capt Hoskens
error in judgment simply consisted in surprising,
that wheO ship is sailing eleven miles an hour,
she takes two h0Drs and thTee quarters to sail ten
| miles. Or. perhaps. We may say, his error 10
Judgment lay In believing thai there was not one
Gall ut man, bit two. With some twenty miles Of
! sea between them. As DafuTe >DnfprluDately has
made but one, The Captains we'll meant endeayOrs
To ronnd the second and imaginary Calf Of Man,
an boDr two after clearing The first and only real
| Calf nf Nan, brought him into shoaI water and
stranded ship on he next reality that pre-.
senied itself ~ The course "f that dangerous and
dreamy navigation. One reads without surprise
as natural pendant to this narrative ola collision
between fiction and fact, thai Captain 50 little
able in know fact " hen he sees one would not
believe ioT some time though assured by several