^9VS 'K^ } y, !(■ O.i' 1])(^ :X^R" i/- M •4 y -■^-^^^gfl Ex l.ihrit c K. 0(;di:n THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 2 Lu< ( h>v^!^ efi^ 4^ U^i ^ '^^. f'i\yi ..' fv. ,, ' ^*'l ^x L. TH1-: LAST FOUR DAYS (•F TIIK " EURYDICE." By CAPTAIN E. H. VEMEY, R.N. The Profits of thiN I'lihlication will be devoted to the Eiiryiiice Fund. 1878. PORTSMOUTH. GRIFP^IN & CO., 2, THE HARD. (I'Hblishers by Af'f-ointnifnt to H.R.H. The Duke ^r F.cliuhur /:.) LoHDOK Agents:— SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO. VA V R E FACE. The few known details of the appalling catastrophe whicli has overtaken a P.ritish Frigate leave many blanks in the mind of the general reader ; to those who know the daily life and rontine of a Man-of-war the pictinc is more vivid. The probable events of that sad Sunday, March 24, 1S78, and of the three preceding days are here briefly sketched. EDMUND H. VERXEY, Captain, R.N. Rhiaxv.\, B.angor, March., 1S78. 1 (i7F,'?n: " How gloriously her gallant course she goes Her while wings flying never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife. Who would not brave the battle-fire, the wreck. To move, the monarch, of her peopleil deck." — liyroHi Certair. THE STORY OF THE "EURYDICE." THE " EUR\'1)ICI-:" was an uld 26-gun frigate of 921 tons; what used derisi- vely to be termed a " jackass-fri^-ate :" she was the smallest class of frigate in the Navy, and not much larger than the largest class of brigs, but she had the advantage of carrying a heavier armament, with better accom- modation for the officers and crew. She carried, therefore, two tiers of guns, one on the upper deck, and one on the main deck, while the lower deck was reserved for the quarters of the crew. A frigate's main deck 6 The "Euryilice" Commissioned. is a \vatcr-ti<;ht deck, comnuiiiicatiiv^^ with tlu- lower deck only by hatchways in the middle of the siiip. It is very usual to carry the main deck ports open at sea in moderate weather, because if she does ship one or two seas, no harm is done be)'ond wettini^^ the deck ; the water cannot i^^et below, as there are hiyh coamings round the hatchways, and it only runs off harmlessly lhrouL;h tlu- lee scuppers. Indeed, frigates are built on purpose to fight th(.'ir main deck guns, and carry their main deck ports open at sea in all reasonably tmr weather. She was a peculiarly handy ship lor naviga- ting^ in narrow waters — more bouyant than a brig, and safer, from her higher freeboard ; her main deck [)orts were about live leet above the water line ; her draught of water at this time- was i() feet inches, rathc;r more than it had had been formerly; her twenty-si.\ old-fashionetl ^runs had been removed, and she carried four 64-pr. guns of a modern pattern. Training Ship for Seamen. WIkmi it was decided l)y tlic Admiraltv to exercise in rniinini^-ships the ordinary seamen attached to the Reserves in the home ports, the Hurydicc was fitted out for that purpose, and commissioned by Captain Hare, February 7th, 1S77. The officers for this ship were specially selected. Captain Marcus Augustus Stanley Hare was born in 1S36, and entered the navy in 1849. Previous to his promotion to Lieu- tenant in 1857, he served in the Valorous^ Captain Claude H. M. liuckle. cm;., in the Mediterranean. As Lieutenant he served in the Calcuda, 84, on the China station, until transferred in 1859 to the Chesapeake, "^i, o\\ the same station, in which ship he remained lor two years. He then served in the Chanticleer, 17, attached to the Channel Squadron until the end of 1862, when he was removed to the Trafalgar, 70, in the Mediter- ranean ; after remaining in her for two years he was appointed to the St. George, 72, Coastguard 8 Wise selection of the Captaiu. sliip at Portland, whence he was promoted to tlic rank of Coniniander, January ist, 1867. He was Commander of the Roya/ Oak, 2^, Iron- clad, in the Mediterranean, until January, 1872 ; afterwards he commanded the Jhscawcn, 20, trainin^-sliij) for boys at Portland, where he shewed special tact and ability in dealing^ with young sailors, and bringing them into shape ; antl on February 13th, 1873, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. I'Vom this short statement it will be seen that he had been constantly ai sea or on active service, lie was known among his brother officers as a painstaking and careful seaman, well skilled in handling ships, and had received four medals for his war services. I*"rom many applicants he was chosen, out of his turn, for this command ; but even the dis- appointed ones admitted th.it a wise selection had been made, and that among the junior captains no fitter man could have been found for so tlesirable and responsible a command. OflScers of the "Eurydice." His birth imposed on him a noble Hfc, for his father before him had been a (gallant seaman, and his mother was one of the rac(; of Stanley's that lias given to the country so many heroes and statesmen. The First Lieutenant was an officer chosen with equal care. Lieutenant Francis Hope Tabor, served as Sub-lieutenant in th^AImoiatir, 34, iron-clad, Captain James G. Goodenough, flag-ship in the Channel Squadron, until pro- moted to be Lieutenant on May 19th, 1870. As Lieutenant he served in the Narcissus^ 28, wooden screw frigate. Captain William Codrington, flag-ship successively of Rear- Admirals F, Beauchamp P. Seymour, c.b., and Frederick A. Campbell, with the Flying Squadron, in 1870-71 and '72. At the end of the latter year, he was appointed First Lieu- tenant of the Crniscj', 5, Commander Alfred T. Dale, in the Mediterranean, where he remained for four years. The Cruiser was a sail i no- corvette attached to the Mediterranean 10 A Smart Crew. Fleet, as a iraiiiinL; sliip for youriL; officers and seamen. aiiJ more than one captain in ihal lleet had noteil Mr. Tabor as a young lieutenant of no ordinar) promise. The special knowledge and experience he had gained in the Ci'uisir, while serving under one of our smartest Captains, ami the liigh prolcssional reputation he had made for himself, at once marketl him out as the best man that couKl be found for the more responsible post of First Lieutenant of the Ejirydicc. The other Lieutenants were all selected tor their promise as good officers. Her crew consisted of a small permanent complement of experienced subordinate and petty otficers to act as instructors, and the number was com- pleted by as many ordinary seamen under training as there was room lor. .Mtogether she carried upwards of three hundred souls, instead of the two luiiuired and iweiU\-tive which luid been her complement in Ioiiik r com- missions. She carried the same ballast as Cruising in the Chaunel. 11 formerly, and a rather larger quantity of fresh water for the use of the crew ; before she was put in commission her stability was tested, and found to be greatly improved since her last service. During the summer of 1877 the Eitiydice was constantly seen cruising in the British Channel, running through the Needles, or passing through Spithead, always the picture of a man-of-war, and handled in a seaman-like manner. In November she was sent on a cruise all round the West Indies, and on March 6th left Bermuda to return home with her now well- trained crew, all in their early prime, the choicest flower of the British Navy. Eurydicc was to them a name of hope and promise : who could have imagined that, {like her classic namesake) she was to be lost when at the point of being restored to home and country ? THURSDAY. oh ! what < .ui sanitify the joys of home Like Hope'> gay glance from ocean's troubled form?"— Syron'i C*rsair. THURSDAY. TI lURSDAY on board a man-of-war is some- times called rope-yarn Sunday ; it is a day when the work for the men is made as light as possible. In the afternoon the Boats- wain pipes "Hands mak(* and mend clothes !" the men get out tlu-ir clothes and overhaul them. Part of the instruclion ot Ixn's and \x)uno' seamen is tailoring, and almost every man can make his own clothes. Of course there are some who have a heaven-born genius for cutting out. and these may be seen measuring their shipmates with a knife-lanyard, according to the mysterious traditions handetl down from Benbow's time, which oive the distinctive cut 16 Seamen Tailors. that marks the sailors trousers, — a i^arment that cannot be produced on dvy l.md. The edge of the cloth is l.iid i)arallel to a seam in the deck ; the measurements taken with the knife-lanyard are at once transferred to it, and marked thereon with a i)iece of pipe-clay, borrowed from the marines mess ; then the bulging parts of the luiman form divine, are marked out as a segment of a circle described from a centre, and at a radius known only to the initiated ; for this is the most important part of all ; a sailor cannot wear braces, and the fit round the hips is that which everything hangs on, so on this is staked the reputation of the cutter out. When the scissors come into play, they must deftly follow the lines chalked out for them, that the scraps may come in to make a cloth cap. A great deal of work can be put into a pair of No. i cloth trousers, or a new serge frock ; cunning embroidery rountl the pocket- holes, and such work as is c.illed "clocks" Artists at Work. 17 when applied to a hull's slocking. Litlle stars are sometimes worked rouiul the eylet-holes for tying- in the trousers behind. The herring- bone sewing- on a serge frock may have much mind thrown into it, but no such fancy work may be allowed to deviate from tht; strict uniform. On a Thursday afternoon you may see an artist at -work on the human skin ; a young fellow with his sleeve turned up sits in front of the operator, who is armed with a bunch of needles tied to a short stick, and has his two tins of colours, Indian ink and vermillion. When Indian ink is not attainable, a mixture of gunpowder and soot with oil is considered very choice. And thus a man is tattooed with an indelible mark, — perhaps his initials, or those of the girl he loved last, or it may be a ship in full sail, or a Burmese demon, and what- ever he thinks suited to his own peculiar style of beauty. Besides his bag of clothes, every seaman has 18 Overhauling Ditty Boxes. his "ditty-box," — a box something Hkc: a small \vritini;-tlcsk. lie carries ihc key on his knife- lanyard, and the box itself" is kejjt fastened up between the beams over his mess. As the Enorlishman's house is his castle, so the seaman's ditty-box may be said to be /i/s castle ; it is the only place he has under lock and key ; there he keeps his needles and thread, his buttons, his money and his letters, and the photograph of his mother and sister, or maybe of a dearer friend still ; all his littlt; home relics, and any small gifts he i.s bringing home from foreign ports. A sailor loves to overhaul his ditty-box. On Thursdax the- 21st, we ma\' be sure that many a ditty box was overhauled on board the Jiurydiic. In a sunny corner, under the shelter of the weather gun whale, the young seaman studied again the well-thumbed photograph of the loving face that he thought would soon so proudly and so tenderly welcome him home, or again read for the last time such sweet gentle Preparing Reports. 19 words as he hoped soon to heir in the well- remembered tones. And when four o'clock came, and the decks had to be cleared up, the forecastle sweeper c^'ave him a friendly prod with his broom, as he hurried all his little <^oods into their box, and broke the string of the bead necklace from Barbadoes. As the lock clicked he thought how joyously he would re-open it next week, and shew to the dear circle at home the little treasures he had gathered in the Indies. That Thursday was a busy day with the officers too ; the paymaster and his clerks were preparing the demands for fresh stores and provisions, and making out the papers for all the smart young fellows to be drifted off to iron- clads ; for, had they not heard of the warlike preparations at home, and was not the Admiralty, and indeed the whole country counting on the return of the choice three hundred ? The doctors were preparing their medical reports to show how the health of the 20 Preparing for Admiral's Inspection. crew h;ul prosjxTcd in their cruise; the iiavi gatinL,r lieutenant was lookini^^ out the charts of the Chops of the Channel, and ajj^ain refreshing his memory from the sailing directions, thct he might at once readily recognize any land or lighthouse. Thurstla)- afternoon is the first lieutenant's holiday, but he would very likely use it to go over the watch-hill again, and see that every station was filletl up, and every i)reparation made for the Admiral's insjiection, which would be sure to take place on the Monday or the Tuesda}-. And a strict ins{)ection it would be, and ought to be ; the Eurydicc was com- missioned to show these young seamen the highest pitch of perfection and discii)line to which a British frigate could be wrought, antl nothing less would satisfy that captain or his officers. Thursday is the guest-night in a ward room mess ; one or two of the junior ofticers were dining there ; the stewarel was a trifle The Captain's Journal. 21 reckless with his good things, for there was a fair wind, and the voyage was nearly ovcrr, and there was plenty more to be had at Portsmouth. The ward-room servants were getting ready the lists of clothes to be sent to the wash as soon as the anchor should be let go. The captain added another paragraph to his report of proceedings, and thanked God that no accident or mishap had marred the success of this lengthened cruise so nearly ended. FRIDAY. Kcef topsails, reef ! the nuistcr calls again. 'I'hr halyiirds and lop-bow-iiiics soon are gone. To clue-lines and reef-tackles next they run : The shivering sails descend : the yards are square. Then quick aloft the ready crew repair : The weather earings and the lee they passed, The reefs enrotl'd, and every point made fast." Fiilioner's Ship^.t-rfck. FRIDAY FRIDAY is the day specially devoted to great gun exercises. As soon as morning prayers are over the bugle sounds to " Quarters for Exercise," and every preparation is made for battle. The ma^razines and shell- room are opened, dummy cartridges are passed up, and all the motions are gone through as if in time of action. The guns are loaded and run out, and trained in such directions as may be ordered. The men are armed with their rifles, cutlasses, boarding-pikes and pistols, and exercised in the defence of their own ship, as well as in preparations for boarding an enemy. On this Friday it was not so much great quickness that was aimed at as accuracy of detail. No doubt but the mm would work quickly enough and toss their heavy 64-pr. guns 26 Sail Drill. about like pl.i) lhinL;^^ under the cyr ot the Inspcctini^ Officer; hut each one must know and understand the detail of his duties, that no question could lake him aback, and no chanj^e to another number at the L;un find him un- prepared. And the exercise of manning- and armini^ the boats was gone through with every preparation for sending them away at the shortest notice, by day or by night. The men were exercised at Fire-quarters, that they might be ready to co[)e with what is the deadliest foe on board a ship. In the afternoon they were exercised at sail drill, a drill so important that it forms part of the routine of every day when weather permits. This drill consists in setting and in taking in as rapidly as possible every sail that the ship can carry ; a vessel may be seen with every possible sail set alow and aloft, and in three or four minutes all will be taken in except the close-reefed topsails that would be carried in a '^de of wind : or a sail is supjiosed to be Perfect Organization. 27 split, and it is at once furled, sent down, and replaced by a new one from the sail-room ; or a spar is supposed to be sprung, when all sail on it must immediately be taken in, the yards on that mast must be sent down, the damaged mast must be replact:d by a sound one, the yards are again sent up, and the sails set as before. Or sometimes the life-buoy is let go as if a man had fallen overboard ; then the sail must be reduced, the ship rounded to, and a boat lowered to pick up the life-buoy. These exercises were of the highest importance on board the Eurydicc ; she was specially com- missioned to teach to these young seamen those drills and evolutions, which even in a masted ironclad can be but imperfectly carried out. For a ship to excel in exercises aloft the highest degree of organization is required ; thr intricate tracery of ropes whose various pur- poses are to the landsmen so hopelessly con fusing, is to the sailor a beautiful and perfectly adapted machine for controlling the spars and 28 Efficieucy in S with, t)r when all hands were so eager to brighten and smarten up the craft they had learned to trust cUid love so well. There' was a carefulh -tended canary on board Ready for Criticism. 35 that one young' fellow was taking home to his mother, and the cage must be kept dry, and no splash of salt water l)e allowed to fall on the cherished ])ird. The [)ainters were busy all the after- noon, touching u[) any stains on the white ribbon outside, or any marks made by the ropes chafing the black gunwale, for the Eiirydicc must to-morrow look her very best ; the twelve life-belts in the cutter wanted touching up w^ith a little white paint, and so they were hung up in the fme drying wind. When the men mustered at evening quarters, to each was served out a clean hammock, for nothincr sets off a smart fricjate so well as the row of snow-white hammocks ranged along each side in the hammock-netting. At eight o'clock the first night-watch was set, and soon after was heard the clear voice of the look-out man, " A light on the port bow, sir," and the voice of the officer of the forecastle repeating, " a light reported on the port bow, sir ;" and c 2 36 The Hands of God. ihcn the oltici-r ol ihc watch rc:jJorts it lu ihcj Captain, antl tlu: navii^Mtino^ lieutenant takes bcariny;s of it. and every soul in the ship is joyous, for this is tin; hrilliaiit revolvin*^ light on the Start Point, antl the tirst sight of dear old England after many months. Perhaps the decfj-sea lead-line was got ready, the sail reduced, and a cast taken of the lead to fix accurately the position of th.e ship. One light is ver)- much like another at night, yet the paymaster, and the doctor and others whose duties do not call them on deck, sleep all the better if they go up and have a look before they retire to their cabins. And many a sea- man of the Watch-below, too, must have a look at the Start Light before he turns in to his hammock. " Thank ( jocI " is in many a heart, if not on every lip, — as one of the lads before leaving home, had said, " Mother, rough as we are, we never turn in without giving ourselves into the hands of God !" SUNDAY. '■ The powerful sails, with steady breezes swelled, Swift and more swift the yielding bark impelled ; Across her stem the parting waters run As clouds, by lentjpcsls wafted, pass the sun. Impatient thus she darts along the shore." Falconer's Skif^vrtck. SUNDAY WHEN that Sunday morninL,^ dawned, the ship was passing Portland with a fine bracing north-westerly breeze, smooth water, and joyful life in every white-crested wave ; with a fair wind, there was every prospect of anchoring that night at Spithead. Every naval officer has a sentimental feeling for Spithead ; so many of our naval heroes have sailed from Spithead to serve their country, and some have returned to Spithead covered with the glory of mighty achiev- ments. It is the historic parade-ground of our fleets ; it is at Spithead that our Sovereign holds her naval reviews, and no sailor re- turning from abroad can approach Spithead quite unmoved. 40 Assembling for Prayers. Ami so tliat morninj;", after tlu* usual routine- work was over, at ten o'clock, all hands were inusieretl at divisions, for the important ceremony of the Captain's Sunday Inspection. There was not I'Som for them all to stand in a single line : rountl the decks there was a double line, and the Captain, accompanied by the first Lieute-nant and all heads of depart- ments, passed round the decks between the two lines of seamen, drawn up bare-headed. The liurydicc always carried a full crew, but now she was bringiuL;' to Rnj^land a Cap- tain of RoNal Engineers, returnintj; home on leave, with six sappers whose period of service had e.xpired, and a Sergeant of Marines, with twelvsc. A gust- which all descriptive power transcends I. lid with one blast the ship on her l)cam ends." — Don Jhimi " ( )h, I have sufTerec' With those that I s;iw suflcr ! 0\\ ! the cry did knock Against my %ery heart ! Poor souls ! They perished. Had I been any god of power. I would Have sunk the sea within the earth, before It should the good ship so have swallowed, and The freighting souls within her." THE SQUALL. THE Captain was anxious to reach liis anchorage before dark, for the already low barometer was still falling, probably a Southerly gale was brewing, and the fine Northerly wind might chop round to South- east ; moreover the ebb-tide was making strong round St. Catherine's point, and although the ship was bowling along through the water at the rate of nine or ten knots, she was not going more than five or six past the land. It was half-past three ; the wind was fresh- ening ; as the ship passed out from under the lee of the Island the wind would freshen more ; there were hard-edged clouds of dazzling whiteness passing swiftly overhead, but the high land off Dunnose was dead to windward, 48 The Squall increases. so they coukl not l)c sticn far off. Tlu; wind off the shore was sharp and cuttinL;;^ ; the Captain ortlercd the watch to \n: called to shorten sail ; the roi>es were manned, hut not a ropeyarn must be started till the order is <^dven. He sees the merchant vessels in the oftlng shorten- ing sail betimes to the freshening gale, as shorthandcd vessels must ; but the luirydicc with her numerous and picked crew can well afford to wail till the last moment : his men have never failed him yet. and they will not fail him now : it is no rash or foolhardy spirit that makes him wait to give the order, but the experience and self-reliance of some thirty years of seafaring life. The first puff ot the coming s(piall is seen, and the order is given to take in the royals ; tlur royal-yard-men are in the rigging on their way up to furl their sails when the Captain calls th(.:m down ; the squall is already in- creasing with dangerous rapidity ; and at once the order is given to shorten sail ; alread\- ilie studdintl-sails are cominij- in when a icrrinc Shorten Sail! 49 blast strikes the ship on the port bow and vvitlioLit a moment's warning throws lier on her beam-ends. A blinding' snow-storm envelopes the ship ; the furious gale howls through the rigging, snaps off the mizen topmast, rends to ribbons the now^ loosened sails, and lashes the ropes in a hundrc^d directions ; the poor hull staesfers and strains ; the water rushes in through the lee main-deck ports, along the lee gangway, and over the lee hammock-netting ; the men are washed away from their stations and carried overboard ; the fore and main sheets are let go to ease her and the Captain's order is " if you can't let it go, cut it ; " the topsail-haulyards and the topsail-sheets are let "■o. A orallant vouno- sub-lieutenant rushes to the wheel and helps the steersman to put the hehn hard up, and then he is seen no more. The Captain climbs on to the weather side of his ship, whence he sees her keel level with the water. The lee boats have, of course, been washed away : in vain he directs an effort to lower a port boat, bravely supported by his 50 Lost in the Snowstorm. first-licnitcnanl. The two doctors haviiiL,^ reached tlic deck, an* now src-n struggling in the water. The sea is rushing down through tlic hatclnvays, and above the howling of the blast arc heard the roaring of the escaping air, antl the confused cries of the men on the lower deck ; and as the vessel fills she slowly rights herself, gives a slight plunge forward, and sinks to the bottom, barely five minutes from the time the squall struck her. We know but little more ; our last glimpse of the CajDtain is standing (jn his sinking ship ; for otliers there might be life-belts, or boats, or floating spars, but no thought of self could cross the Captain's mind at such a time. The dej)th of that monient's sadness his brother- officers alone can realize, but as he remem- bered his young wife and two baby daughters he would commit them to God's mercy and to England's sympathy, while for himself he would know that his C"()untr)''s verdict wouKl be that the Captain of the RuyyJicc died <;lriving to do his duty. The Wreck. 51 In ten to liftccii minutes the dense snow- storm clears away as rapidly as it had arisen. Tile wind falls to a keen stiff breeze, and the sun again shines out brightly upon the sea. In eleven fathoms of water, off Sandown Bay, and little over two miles from shore are visible the mast-heads of the ill-fated ship ; the strong tide swiftly sweeps away to the southward all wreckage, and such drownincr men as are clinging thereto ; one by one they drop off, benumbed with the fierce cold, and disheart- ened at finding themselves swept out into mid- channel. Still as anon, one passes another, comes a cheerful shout to hold on, and to be of good courage, for who could doubt that in so great a thoroughfare and so near the shore help must be at hand? Alas! the thickly fallino- snow-cloud had hidden the siijht from every eye, and as yet none realized their peril. Captain William Langworthy Jenkin, of the schooner Hnniia. bound from Newcastle for Poole, first saw the wreckage and tlie royals of the ship above water. Being somewhat 52 The Survivors. further Iroiii tht." land, and under reduced canvass, he had not felt the extreme violence of the squall. 1 ie at once steered for the spot, and hoisting out his boats, succeeded in picking- up five men, of whom only two survived ; — Benjamin Cuddiford, able seaman, and Sydney Fletcher, ordinary seaman. The other bodies brousfht on shore were those of Lieutenant Tabor, the first lieutenant. Captain F'errier, of the Royal Engineers, and George A. Bennett, a first-class petty-officer. Benjamin Cuddiford was saved by a life- buoy which he found floating in the water, and which brought him again to the surface after he had been sucked down by the sinking of the shi;). lie did what he could to save others by taking them pieces of floating wreck. Sydney Fletcher was also saved by a cork life- belt. From the mouths of these two comes all we kn(j\v, or ever shall know, of the loss of a splendid frigate, and her living freight of some three hundretl and fifty souls. THE CREW. Jlppcnliix OFFICERS AND CREW OF H.M.S. "EURYDICE." OFFICEKS. Captain Marcus A. S. Hare; Lieutenants Francis H. Tabor, Charles V. Strange, William E. Black, and Stanley A. B. Burney ; Staff-Surgeon James L. Witney, m.a. ; Paymaster Frank Pittman ; Sub-Lieutenants Hon. Edward R. Clifford, Herbert S. Edmunds, Walter S. Smith and Sydney G. Randolph ; Surgeon Robert Murdoch, m.u. ; Gunner Frederick Allen ; Boatswains William Brewer and Joseph Warren ; Assistant Clerk William Lament. 56 Appendix. SHIP'S COMPANY. Charles Newberry, Charles Pack, Daniel Harley, Cornelius Chamberlain, and John Mitchell, petty-officers, ist class : Alexander Robertson, armourer ; Henry Petty, ropemaker ; James C. Hoare, sailmaker ; David Walsh, caulker; Alfred Arnell, cook, ist class; Henry Clark, sick berth attendant ; Edward Norris, James E. Magin, Benjamin Cuddiford, Ceorge Perring, John Gillard, able seamen ; Samuel Cotton, leading seaman ; William Siiarrow, leading seaman ; Thomas Rhynheart, ship's corporal, 2nd class ; Frederick Barnes, John S|)arrow, able seamen ; John F. Pitman, petty-officer, 2nd class ; Charles Hucklesby, ship's corporal, ist class ; Thomas H. Henshaw and Edward J. Slockwell, able seamen ; John J. Lee, petty- officer, ist class ; Thomas Nicholas, ship's corporal, isl class ; Charles Lewis, F. \V. Morris, and Lima J. Bence, able seamen; Joseph Symons, skilled carpenter's mate; George Jennett, naval schoolmaster; John S. Coombes, ship's corporal, 2nd class ; Thomas Gordon, leading seaman ; Reuben Shears, leading seaman ; 'i'homas Hayes, yeoman of signals ; William D. Owen, petty ollicer. 2nd class ; James Fhirding, domestic, 3rd class ; James Scarr, domestic, 2nd class ; William Hardy, domestic, 3rd class ; Appendix. 57 Robert Perry, petty-officer, ist class; William S. Saunders master-at-arms; John Parches, painter, ist class; Arthur Cockrell, lamptrimmer ; Samuel Haine, domestic, ist class ; William J. Wilmshurst, cooper; G.J. Seidenstiicker, musician; Richard Hooper, captain of hold ; Charles Welch, George A. Bennett, John Carbon, and William Cottier, petty-officers, ist class; John Wrcford, shipwright-; Thomas Weaire, William R. Bryans, and Robert Harrison, able seamen ; Thomas Haver, barber ; Charles Champion, signalman, 2nd class ; James K. Waugh, David Bennett, and John W. Thompson, able seamen ; William Gray, domestic, ist class ; William Jennings, ship's steward ; John Hayes, domestic, 3rd class ; William Uglow, ship's steward, 3rel class : Elias Whitfield, John G. Cock, and Joseph Dorothy, petty-officers, ist class; and James Long, able seamen. MARINES. Privates George Wood and' Stephen Taylor ; Corporal Joseph Curtis; Privates John Elson, Robert Crickmer. John Cowen, George Falconer, George Ledger, James P. Tomlinson, Isaac Wheeler, Charles Baker, James Madden, Henry Gould, Thomas Hellier, and James Turner. 58 Appendix. SUPERNUMARIES. Pclcr Mason, ordinary, ist class ; John Scanlan, ordi- nary, I St class; M. Varcoe, ordinar)', 2nd class; William Davey, ordinary, 2nd class ; John M'Donnell, ordinary 2nd class ; Samuel T. Board, ordinary, ist class ; John Broad, ordinary 2nd class ; Charles Clements, ordinary, 2nd class ; Arthur Radford, ordinary, ist class ; John Curd, ordinary, 2nd class ; Alfred Parker, ordinary, ist class ; John G. Abraham, ordinary, ist class ; George Slade, ordinary, 2nd class; Charles J. I'llake, ordinary, 2n(l class; Albert J. Brown, ordinary, 2nd class ; William R. Allen, ordinary, 2nd class ; Edward Home, ordinary, 2nd class ; Henry Duncan, ordinary, 2nd clas ; \Villiam E. Sandy, ordinary, 2nd class ; Henry Gillham, ordinary, 2nd class ; ^^'. H. Sibthorpe, ordinary, 2nd class ; William Begg, ordinary, 2nd class; Daniel J. Devitt, ordinary, 1st class; John Madock, ordinary, ist class ; Alexander W. \'assie, ordinary, 2nd class ; Charles F. Butler, ordinary, 2nd class (run 3rd of January, 1878, recaptured, sent to prison) ; Alma Taylor, ordinary, 2nd class ; R. A. G. Albone, ordinary, 2nd class ; |()hn H. Mooney, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Winter, ordinary, 1st i:lass ; I'eter l.amond, ordinary, isl class; Samuel Hounsell, ordinary, 2nd class ; W. J. R. Coombes, Appendix. 59 ordinary, 2nd class; James Pcarce, ordinary, 2nd class; Charles Wilkins, ordinary, ist class ; Simeon R. Armstrong, ordinary, 1st class ; William Stewart, ordinary, 2nd class ; George Bcxhall, ordinary, ist class; William Snell, ordinary, I St class; James W. Farrar, ordinary, 2nd class; Henry Underwood, ordinary, ist class ; John Woodgates, ordinary, ist class ; Eugene A. A. Horswell, ordinary, ist class, (discharged to Military Prison, Barbadoes, for 28 days, on the 22nd December, 1877, not known whether he returned to ship before leaving station) ; E. I Parker, ordinary ; W. R. Adams, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Bowman, ordinary, 2nd class ; Frederick E. Austin, ordinary, 2nd class ; W. R. Pitt, ordinary, 2nd class ; W. H. Shuker, ordinary, 2nd class ; William C. Goff, ordinary, 2nd class ; Charles F. Read, ordinary ; Alfred Seymour, ordinary ; Charles M'Dermott, ordinary ; Harry Taylor, ordinary ; William Frampton, ordinary, 2nd class ; Thomas Parker, ordinary, 2nd class ; Alma J. Drury, ordinary, 2nd class ; William Chamberlin, ordinary, 2nd class; John H. Brookes, ordinary, 2nd class ; Charles Day, ordinary 2nd class ; Alexander Crerar, ordinary ; Albert G. Newland, ordinary, 2nd class ; William Council, ordinary, 2nd class ; James H. Millie, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Ransome, ordinary, 2nd class ; Samuel Fair, ordinary ; L. Feherty, ordinary, 2nd class ; George Gray, ordinary, 2nd class ; Henry Fielder, ordinary, 2nd class ; George Smith, ordinary ; Charles 60 Appeudix. Adams, ordinaay, 2nd class ; Charles Claringbold, ordinary, 2nd class ; Britton Cranstone, ordinary, "sncl class; William R. French, ordinary ; William Russell, ordinary, 2nd class (run 7th January, 1S7S, recaptured, cjuery in prison); Joseph (i. V. H. Butler, ordinary, 2nd class; William Brewer, ordinary 2nd class ; Charles Clarke, ordinary, 2nd class ; Samuel Hunt, ordinary, 2nd class ; E. Lockett, ordinary, 2nd class ; Thomas Bailey, ordinary, 2nd class ; Henry Chappie, ordinary, 2nd class; W. J. Duff, ordinary 2nd class ; John Havern, ordinary 2nd class ; James Knight, ordinary ; Thomas B. Smith, ordinary ; James Kelly, ordinary, 2nd class; Adam Storey, ordinary, 2nd class; John Craig, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Smith, ordinary, 2nd class ; Charles Dunn, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Williams, ordinary ; R. Watts, ordinary ; David Bowden, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Adams, ordinary ; John Galbraith, ordinary ; Ceorge J. Smith, ordinary ; Martin Mooney, ordinary, 2nd class; Christopher Kiely, ordinary, 2nd class, James Goggin, ordinary 2nd class ; W. J. Wilmot, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Appledore, ordinary, 2nd class ; Henry Veals, ordinary, ist class ; Charles McUish, ordinary, 2nd class ; Joseph Gibbs, ordinary 2nd class ; Thomas Cleverley, ordinary, 2nd class ; Thomas Esling, ordinary, 2nd class; Henry Scull, ordinary, ist class; William J. Trotman, ordinary 2nd class ; Patrick Keating, ordinary, 2nd class ; Samuel I^mmett, ordinary ist class; Robert A. Appendix. 61 Cozens, ordinary 2 nd class; William Smith, ordinary 2nd class ; K. VV. Drayton, ordinary 2nd class ; A. W. Batc'hclor, ordinary ist class; Thomas Dally, ordinary, ist class ; James Linforth, ordinary, ist class ; Archibald D. Hillier, ordinary, 2nd class ; Albert C. Doogood, ordinary, 1st class ; Stephen Dale, ordinary, ist class, (discharged to gaol, Barbadoes, December 22nd, 1877, for 28 days, not known whether he returned to ship before she left station) ; Robert Fitzsimmons, ordinary, ist class; William Plank, ordinary ist class; James Dowdal, ordinary 2nd class; Andrew Philip, ordinary, ist class; William Shorrock, ordinary, ist class; George Ward, ordinary, ist class; James J. Richards, ordinary, ist class ; James H. Chew, ordinary, ist class; William J. Arnold, ordinary, 2nd class; George Symons, ordinary, ist class ; Charles Mutton, ordinary, ist class ; Alfred Barnes, ordinary, ist class ; Thomas Keast, ordinary, ist class; George Lambe, ordinary, 2nd class ; Alfred G. Glass, ordinary, ist class ; William Martin, ordinary, ist class; Henry Wands, ordinary, ist class ; Alfred Walker, ordinary, 2nd class ; Albert L. Pead, ordinary, Ist class ; Samuel Brown, ordinary, 2nd class (disc!iar^^ed to hospital 24t'i of November, 1877, and not returned, 31.12.77); Arthur W. Leggs, ordinary, 2nd class; Charles F. Bradfield, ordinary, 2nd c'ass ; Davi 1 Harvey, ordinary, 2ad cl.iss ; Frederick Channon, ord'nar\-, ist class; Charles Howard, ordinary, ist class; William J. 62 Appendix. l.cgan, ordinary, ist class; Krncsi Hill, (jrdinary, ist class; William J. Badcock, ordinary, 2nd class; Thomas Grigg, ordinary, 2nd class ; Sydney Fletcher, ordinary, 2nd class ; Frank Targctt, ordinary ; James Riley, ordinary, 2nd class ; John W. Poole, ordinary, 2nd class ; Francis Dawes, ordinary, 2nd class; Charles Allen, ordinary, 2nd class; William Blight, ordinary ; Ward Lister, ordinary, 2nd class : Albert Adams, ordinary ; Albert Curtis, ordinary ; Thomas Wardlow, ordinary, 2nd class ; John S. March, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Marney. ordinary, 2nd class (discharged to Military Gaol, Barbadoes, for 28 days, on December 22nd, 1S77; not known whether he returned to ship before she left station) ; Acjuila Paver, ordinary ; Henry Sandham, ordinary, 2nd class; Patrick Grannon, ordinary, 2nd class; William J. Desver, ordinary, 2nd class ; Thomas Calnau, ordinary ; Charles Lawrence, ordinary ; Philip Baker, ordinary ; James Rose, ordinary ; Ri( hard Farndell, ordinary ; Charles A. Wentworth, ordinary ; Matthew Aitken, ordinary ; George W. Rolls, ordinary, Alfred W, Walker, ordinary, 2nd class, (run January 7th, 1878, at Grenada, re-captured per return for February, 1878: query sent to prison) ; Edward Burnside, ordinary, 2nd class ; Walter J. Baker, ordinary; Walter Swindells, A.B. ; J. Carrett, ordinary; George W. Ambridge, ordinary, 2nd class; S. R. A. Mitdiell, ordinary, 2nd class ; S. W. List, ordinary; Tiiomas Brophy, ordinary; G. W. Lee. ordinary, Appendix. 63 2n(l class ; C. K. Fry, ordinary ; Cliarles Jackson, ordinary, Tlionias Spriddlc, ordinary ; VV. H. Mildon, ordinary, 2nd class ; Cliarles lUoomficld, ordinary ; W. A. Brookes, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Ciordon, ordinary, 2nd class ; J. Chandler, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Robertson, ordinary, 2nd class ; John Galvin, ordinary ; Alfred J. Gale, ordinary, 2nd class; J. M'Dermott, ordinary, 2nd class; Edward Turner, ordinary, 2nd class ; Samuel Brown, ordinary, 2nd class. B5F2=^^5^ "SORROW ON THE SEA." "There is sorrow on the sc.-i— it cannot he quiet." — Jer. xlix. 23. [The follmviiig poem, v>h!ch apptared in the " Christian" and other papers, was attributed to Captain M. Hare, but recently it has been ascertained , en good aiit/tority. that they -n>ere ivritten by a Lady friend ; and committed to mi-niory by Captain Hare, who aftenoards inserted tlieni in an album. | I STOOD on llie shore of the beautiful sea, As the billows were roamini; wild and free ; Onward they came with unfailing force, Then backward turned in their restless course ; Ever and ever sounded their roar, Foaming and dashing against the shore ; Ever and ever they rose and fell. With heaving and sighing and mighty swell ; And deep seemed calling aloud to deep, Lest the murmuring waves should drop to sleep. In summer and winter, by night and by day, Thro' cloud and sunshine holding their way ; Oh I when shall the ocean's troubled breast Calmly and quietly sink into rest ? Oh ! when shall the waves' wild murmuring cease, And the mighty waters be hushed to peace 7 66 "Sorrow on the Sea." It cannot be iiuict — it cannot rest ; There must be heaving on ocean's breast ; The tide must ebb, and the title must flow, Whilst the changing seasons come and go. Still from the depths of that hidden store There are treasures tossed up along the shore ; Tossed by the billows— then sei/etl again — Carried away by the rushing main. Oh, strangely glorious and beautiful sea ! Sounding for ever mysteriously, Why arc thy billows still rolling on, With their wild and sad and musical tone? Why is there never repose for thee? Why slumberest thou not, oh mighty sea. Then the ocean's voice I seemed to hear, Mournfully, solemnly— sounding near. Like a wail sent up from the caves below. Fraught with dark memories ol human woe. Telling of loved ones buried there, Of the dying shriek and the dying prayer ; Telling of hearts still watching in vain For those who shall never come .again. Of the widow's groan, the orphan's cry, And the mother's speechless agony. Oh, no, the ocean can never rest With .such secrets hidden within its breast. Tlierc is sorrow written upon the sea. And dark and stormy its waves must be ; It cainict be (juiet, it cannot sleep. That dark, relentless, and stormy deep. "Son-ow on the Sea." ^1 Hut a (lay will come, a hlessed day, Wlicn earthly sonuw sliall pass away, When the hour of anguish shall turn to peace, Ami even the roar of the waves shall cease. Then out from its deepest and darkest bed Old ocean shall render up her dead, And, freed from the weight of human woes, Shall (|uietly sink in her last repose. No sorrow shall ever be written then On the depths of the sea or the hearts of men, But heaven and earth renewed shall shine, Still clothed in glory and light divine. 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