on the 191k Sisy 9 Gout of Toguirg, con-(L. & C. Bxpress.,
isting of Vice-Admiral Chads, Capt.-Supe intendent Brandreth, and Capt. D'Arcy Irvine, was hold at Sheerness, to investigate the circumstances attending the drowning, on the 3rd of December last, of Mr. Watkin Harold Wingfield, midshipman; William Biles, second captain of the foretop; Robert Herke, B.; and George Reid, A.B.; of ser Majesty's ship Newcastle. Major WingGeld, of the Royal Body Guard, and th of the deceased were present during of the inquiry. Captain R. Douglas, of the Newcastle, was in compulsory attendance, and on the opening of the Court two letters were read which had been sent by him to the Admiralty, to the effect that on the 13th of December, 1876, about 2.50 p.m., while at sea near' Hongkong, William Miles,. while "them, it results that the invasion of "nation by another is ro}
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