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THE LOSS OF H.M.S. EURYDICE

... given to shorten sail. They were writing and sleeping. I do not -know whetherthey came up to shorten sail. There was no order given for all hands to shorten sail. The FonsmAc.-The watch on deck was, I suppose, sufficient to 'shorten sail ? Witueas.-Yes ...

THE EURYDICE COURT-MARTIAL

... not notice that it was. When the captain gavelorders to take in the upper sails, didi he name what sails were to be taken in ?-He gave the order quickly, W Watch, in the upper sails. Did the topgallant-yard men go aloft ?- ...

THE SINGULAR PATERNITY CASE

... | Raur~eni sailed from Giotheuburg for lamas sO Wednesday; Ragisa sailed from Pesarth for tiatania on May 17th- Rotbiemay arrivod at Ortona to-day; Joahna Nihelolson lassed St. Cathbennes Point for Ancona on May lath; George Heaton sailed from Cardiff ...

THE EURYDICE COURT-MARTIAL

... wreckl at osse amr. I founds half her top- tt a-sails above water; thle main and mizzen top gallant-sails p set; the mizzess royal furled ; the maits royal was hsasging h, ut before the topgallant-sail,; the foretopgallant-nsast. bail tc yegone short ...

THE GERMAN NATAL MANÅ’UVRES

... lines extending two miles tLe men manning the bulwarks the Emperor passed. After the review, the fleet, headed by the Mars, sailed, partly in divisions and partly in squadron the island of Oie, and came anchor off Sawmitz. For to-night an attack on the ...

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A NAVAL OFFICER

... the ship sailed from Poitslmouth, a letter was received by a firm of naval agents at Charing Cross, enclosing ten of these notes, with a request that they should be placed to his account to meet an acceptance that wes about due. The ship sailed for Norway ...

THE COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL

... We hae the wiiid on our port side. so that our sails were all aback. I am prepaired to say our ship did not fall off, and that she was not kept close to the time of the collision, as just then our sails were shaking square. By Mr. ICURES.-At the tnile ...

CHARGE OF SCUTTLING A SHIP

... after sailing some of the men were put to make new sails for the beats; he supposed by the captain's orders, but he could not say. The carpenter also hegjrn to caulk the: boats, to put the masts and spars in order, and to fit theta for sailing in every ...

THE FRENCH AUTUMN SESSION

... end ADgisoin have arrived here from Alexandria. The storeship Dfunluce sailed heecee yester- day for Gibraltar. MALTA, Wednesday.-The hired transports Anglian and Engineer sailed hence to-day for Lou don, and the Creole for Portsmoulth. SnIPPING DITA8TER ...

THE ALEXANDRA CASE

... state as would enable It to sail away. To say to the shipbuilders of this country, You may sell ships to one or two belligerents as much as you giease, but you must not put anything on board which wil enable them to sail away was a manifest absurdity ...

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PIRACY

... mercantile firm in the city o New York, sailed from Matamoras for New York on the 16th of Novelmber last with a cargo of cotton valued at about 60,000 dollars. She Lad a crew of about six men, and previous to sailing six men engaged passages on board, and ...

THE EURYDICE COURT-MARTIAL

... thle ve the circumstance that at the time purely sailing ships speak were need in the Navy ? Thle pra'ctioe of inclining had il&, not then been introduced, couns Was there anything inherent in purely sailing Ships cni which mighitrender the process unnecessa~ry ...