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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Warren, Admiral R. L.
White, Commander, R.N.
Williams, Rev. E. A., M.A., R.N.
Wodehouse, Rear-Admiral George.
Wilson, Captain Frederick W., R.N.
Wilson, Commander Joseph E., R.N.
Yelland, Mr. R., R.N.
Yelverton, Vice-Admiral Sir H. R., K.C.B.
Somerset, Captain L. E. H., R.N., Honorary Secretary.

LADIES' COMMITTEE.
Miss Hope, President, Admiralty House, Portsmouth.
Mrs. Barnard
Mrs. Boys
Mrs. Cawston
Miss Chads
Miss L. Chads
Mrs. Field
Mrs. Goodenough
Mrs. Morgan Graves
Mrs. Hancock

Mrs. Henderson
Mrs. D'Arcy Irvine
Mrs. B. Key
Mrs. Loring
Mrs. Macnamara
Mrs. Perry
Mrs. Rice
Mrs. Warren
Mrs. Wodehouse

Mrs. Parkin, Hon. Sec.,
Care of Captain Peile, R.N., Royal Naval College, Portsmouth.

Captain George Hancock, R.N., of H.M.S. "Duke
of Wellington," having been voted to the chair,

It was resolved-That the above-named Officers should form
a Committee for the purpose of raising a fund for the relief of
the widows and relatives of those who perished in the appalling
accident which befel Her Majesty's late ship "Captain," when
in company with the Channel Squadron, off Cape Finisterre,
on the morning of the 7th September, 1870, as shown in the
extracts on the other side hereof, by which Captain Hugh
Talbot Burgoyne, V.C., R.N., Captain Cowper Phipps Coles,
R.N., and nearly 500 officers, men, and boys lost their lives.

To be called "The Captain' Relief Fund Com-
mittee."

That the above members, the Commanders-in-Chief
and Captains of Her Majesty's ships on the home
and foreign stations, together with the Bankers and
Agents in the United Kingdom, be requested to
receive subscriptions in aid of the bereaved families
by this sad catastrophe.

That all widows and relatives desirous of partici-
pating in this fund, be requested to state their
respective cases to the Clergyman of the Parish in
which they reside, or to a Magistrate, in a form,
which will be supplied on application to the Secretary
of the "Captain" Relief Fund Committee, at the
Royal Naval College, Portsmouth.

Clergymen and Magistrates are solicited to make
inquiry into the correctness of such statements as
they may receive, and when the Committee decide
on affording relief, that they will kindly administer
it in such manner as the Committee may point out.

Subscriptions may be paid to Messrs. Glyn and
Co.; Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Messrs. Hallet and Co.;
Messrs. Hildreth and Ommaney; Messrs. Case and
Loudensack; Messrs. Woodhead and Co.; Messrs.
Stillwell and Co.; and the Editor of the Army and
Navy Gazette, London. The National Provincial
Bank, and its Country Branches. The National
Bank, its Metropolitan Branches, and Branches at
Cork, Dublin, and Kingstown. Messrs. Day and
Co., Chatham; Messrs. Grant and Co., Portsmouth;
and all Banks at Plymouth and Devonport; all of
whom are requested to remit to the National Pro-
vincial Bank of England, Portsea, William Payne,
Esq., Manager, at their convenience, such sums as
they may from time to time receive on account of
the Fund.

Subscriptions may also be remitted to Captain
Osmond de B. Brock, R.N., Wingfield Villas, Stoke,
Devonport; and Captain M. S. L. Peile, R.N.,
Treasurer and President of the Managing Committee,
Royal Naval College, Portsmouth.

Subscriptions received by the Treasurer or the
National Provincial Bank, Portsea, will be acknow-
ledged in the Times newspaper daily; and subscrip-
tions from Branch Banks and Committees, on receipt
at the Portsea Branch of National Provincial Bank.

Subscriptions in and around Portsmouth will be
also inserted in the local papers.

The following is the Report of Admiral Sir A.
Milne, received at the Admiralty on Saturday, 10th
September, 1870:-

"Lord Warden," at Sea off Cape Finisterre,
7th September, 1870.

SIR,-It has been my painful duty to forward by
Her Majesty's vessel "Psyche" to Vigo, the following
telegram, to be transmitted to the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, reporting the sad loss of
Her Majesty's ship "Captain," with all hands:

"Very much regret sending painful news. 'Cap-
tain' must have foundered in the night. She was
close to this ship at 2 this morning. Sudden S.W.
gale. Very heavy squalls. Daybreak-' Captain'
missing; this afternoon her boats and spars found;
all have unfortunately perished. 'Inconstant' sails
to-morrow with report."

I beg leave to transmit to their Lordships full and
early details of this most disastrous event, and I
therefore send the "Inconstant" to Devonport with
the despatch. Yesterday morning, the 6th instant, I
went on board to inspect the "Captain," with Cap-
tain Brandreth and my Flag-Lieutenant, and visited
most minutely every part of her. At 1 p.m. a trial
of sailing with the ships of the squadron-("Lord
Warden," "Minotaur," "Agincourt," "Northumber-
land," "Monarch," "Hercules," "Inconstant,"
"Warrior," "Bellerophon," "Bristol,")-was com-
menced, and continued until 5 p.m., when the recall
was made. The direction of the wind was S. by W.,
force about 6; some of the ships carrying their royals
during the whole time-" Captain" included. At 4
o'clock the breeze had freshened, and the trail of the
"Captain," which at first was 94, increased to an
average from 11 to 13, the sea washing over the lee
side of her deck as she met a swell on her lee bow,
the lee gunwale on deck being level with the water.
I returned to the "Lord Warden" at 5.30 p.m.

Being close to the rendezvous, 20 miles west of Cape
Finisterre, the squadron was again formed into three
divisions; the "Lord Warden," "Minotaur," and
"Agincourt" leading, the "Captain" being the last,
astern of the "Lord Warden." The signal was also
made to take in two reefs and send down royal yards,
and the ships stood to the W.N.W. under double-
reefed topsails, foretopmast staysail and foresail; top-
gallant sails furled; steam ready to be used as re-
quired. Force of the wind about 6 to 7.

At 8 and 10 p.m. the ships were in station, and
there was no indication of a heavy gale, although it
looked cloudy to the westward. At 11 the breeze
began to freshen, with rain. Towards midnight the
barometer had fallen, and the wind increased, which
rendered it necessary to reef; but before 1 a.m. the
gale had set in at S. W., and square sails were furled.

At this time the "Captain" was astern of the ship,
apparently closing under steam. The signal "Open
order" was made, and at once answered; and at 1.15
a.m. she was on the "Lord Warden's" lee quarter,
about six points abaft of the beam. From that time
until about 1.30 a.m., I constantly watched the ship;
her topsails were either close reefed or on the lap,
her foresail was close up, the mainsail having been
furled at 5.30 p.m., but I could not see any fore and
aft set. She was heeling over a good deal to star-
board, with the wind on her port side. Her red bow
light was all this time clearly seen. Some minutes
after, I again looked for her light, but it was thick
with rain, and the light was no longer visible. The
squalls of wind and rain were very heavy, and the
"Lord Warden" was kept by the aid of the screw
and after trysails with her bow to a heavy cross sea,
and at times it was thought that the sea would have