Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1869

Julia Anna Harrison (ne Heath) - age 61/62  

Rev John Moore Heath - age 60/61  

Douglas Denon Heath - age 57/58 

Rev Dunbar Isidore Heath - age 52/53 

Emma Jane Whatman (ne Heath)- age 47/48 

Admiral Sir Leopold Heath – aged 51/ 52.

Lady Mary Heath – (ne Mary Emma Marsh) – aged 42/43

Arthur Raymond Heath - aged 14/15

Marion Heath – May – aged 13/14

Frederick Heath – (Gen. F.C. Heath-Caldwell) aged 10/ 11

Cuthbert Eden Heath - aged 9/10

Ada Randolph Heath - aged 8/9

Herbert Leopold Heath - aged 7/8

Gerard Moore Heath - aged 5/6

Anne Marsh-Caldwell – aged 77/78 – (1791-1874) (Lady Mary’s mother)

Eliza Louisa Marsh-Caldwell – known as Louisa – aged 50/51 of Linley Wood

Frances Mary Crofton (ne Heath) - 49/50

Georgina Marsh-Caldwell – Gies – aged 48/49 of Linley Wood

Rosamond Marsh-Caldwell – Posy – aged 45/46 of Linley Wood

Charles Darwin – aged 60

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Admiral Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B. - 1869

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Tuesday 5 January 1869
Englishman's Overland Mail
Sir L. Heath. - The Madras Times says Sir L. Heath received a salute of 11 guns, which was fired from the Battery at 4.pm yesterday, consequent on the embarkation of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, K.C.B., on board her Majesty's Ship Octavia.

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Frederick C. Heath(-Caldwell)

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The Weekly Dispatch

Saturday 9 January 1869

The Select Library of Fiction - Price Two Shillings per Volume.

The best, cheapest and most popular works published, well printed in clear, readable type, on good paper, and strongly bound. Containing the writings of the most popular Authors of the day. 110 - Emilia Wyndham - Mrs Marsh-Caldwell

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Ada and Herbert Heath in 1869

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The Weekly Dispatch

Saturday 9 January 1869

The Select Library of Fiction - Price Two Shillings per Volume.

The best, cheapest and most popular works published, well printed in clear, readable type, on good paper, and strongly bound. Containing the writings of the most popular Authors of the day. 110 - Emilia Wyndham - Mrs Marsh-Caldwell

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Monday 11 January 1869
Times of India
H.M.S. Octavia, Captain Basil Hall, arrived here yesterday, at 2.pm. The Octavia called from Bombay in December 1867, when she conveyed Sir Robert Napier and staff to Annesley Bay: she left Annesley Bay in June, and proceeded to Aden, where she remained for three weeks: from there she went to Seychelles, at which place the whole ship's company received three weeks' leave.

Captain Basil Hall and Mrs Hall,

from the photograph album of Admiral Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

From Seychelles she went to Zanzibar, where the Sultan entertained the Commodore (Sir Leopold Heath) and officers at dinner, after which there was a grand picnic given by the different consular authorities, the Sultan kindly furnishing his Yacht for the purposes of the entertainment. After leaving Zanzibar the Octavia went to Trincomalee, Pondicherry, and Madras. She afterwards went to Calcutta, back to Madras, Trincomalee, Kandy and Galle where the officers had an opportunity of visiting Colombo. On the 29th December she left Trincomalee for Bombay calling at Galle, Cochin and Goa. 

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Lady Mary Heath - 1869

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Saturday 16 January 1869
Times of India
H.M.S. Octavia, the flag-ship of Sir Leopold Heath, arrived in Bombay harbour on the 10th Jan. She will remain here until the arrival of the Forte from England

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Leamington Spa

Saturday 16 January 1869 (and 29 April 1869)

Clarendon Hotel

Mrs and Miss Marsh-Caldwell, Linley Wood, Cheshire. - - 

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Tuesday 19 January 1869
Times of India
Sacred Concert - His Excellency Sir Seymour Fitzgerald G.C.S.I., His Excellency Lord Napier of Magdala, G.C.B.,, G.C.S.I., Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Stewards - - - The concert will take place in the Town Hall on Wednesday, February 3rd, at 9 o'clock pm. The proceeds will be devoted to the Cathedral  - - and Scotch Choirs.  - - 

Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Carte de Visite, from the photograph album of Admiral Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B

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Tuesday 19 January 1869
Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)
H.M.S. Octavia. (Bombay Gazette)
H.M.S. Octavia arrived in Bombay harbour yesterday afternoon from Trincomalee. The Octavia is in command of Captain Basil Hall. It will be remembered that she sailed from Bombay in December 1867 with Sir Robert Napier and staff for Annesley Bay. She left Annesley Bay in June, and after remaining for three weeks at Aden proceeded to the Seychelles, where the ship's company had three weeks' leave. She then sailed for Zanzibar,and whilst there Commodore Sir Leopold Heath and the officers were entertained at dinner by the Sultan. On leaving Zanzibar she proceeded to Trincomalee, Pondicherry, Madras, and Calcutta, and afterwards returned to Madras and Trincomalee. Having visited Colombo and Point de Galle she returned to Trincomalee, from whence she sailed for Bombay on the 29th ult., calling on the way at Galle, Cochin and Goa.

General Lord Napier of Magdala,

from the photograph album of Admiral Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

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Tuesday 19 January 1869

Commordore Leopold Heath C.B. - HMS Octavia

Inclusure 1 in No.2

The Secretary to Government, Bombay,

to Commodore

Sir L. Heath.

Sir,

I AM instructed to forward to you the inclosed copies of papers from the Political Resident at Aden, and to request that you will be so good as to favour Government with your remarks and suggestions on the important subject brought to notice by Sir E. Russell.

I have &c

(Signed) C. Gonne.

Inclosure 4 in No.2

Commodore Sir L. Heath to Sir S. Fitzgerald.

"Octavia," at Bombay, January 19, 1869

Right Hon. Sir,

IN reply to letter of the 13th instant from Mr. Secretary Gonne, and its enclosures from Sir E. Russell, on the subject of the disposal,&c., of captured slaves, I beg in the first place to inform your Excellency that the liberated slaves which Sir E. Russell expected to recieve have all been landed at the Seychelles.

2. With respect to the general question raised by Sir E. Russell in his dispatch of the 24th December last, I am unable to point out any port which could be substituted for that of Aden as a primary depot for liberated slaves,without diminishing to a serious extent the efficiency of the squadron employed in their liberation.

3. It is essential to the health of the crews of our men-of-war that captured slaves who are frequently diseased, and always most filthy in their personal habits, should be landed with as little delay as possible; and it is equally essential to the carrying out of the service with efficiency that the vessels should speedily return to their cruizing ground. For these purposes Seychelles towards the south, and Aden towards the north, are well suited, and one or the other is chosen by the Commander of the capturing.....(next page?) 

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Saturday 23 January 1869
Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser
Arrivals - Clarendon Hotel - Mrs and Miss Marsh-Caldwell, Linley Wood.

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Monday 25 January 1869
Times of India
H.M.S. Daphne, Captain Sullivan, having been reported to have fallen short of coal, and to be lying in Cochin short of provisions, Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., the Commodore,sent, on Saturday, H.M.S. Dryad, Captain Colomb, to go in quest of her and render whatever assistance she might require to enable her to come up to Bombay.
 

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Saturday 30 January 1869
Army and Navy Gazette
Presentation to Captain Tryon R.N.
On Tuesday afternoon the Mercantile Marine Service Association presented a testimonial to Captain Tryon R.N., C.B.,  of which the following is a description:- It was designed and manufactured by the celebrated firm of Elkington and Co., consisted of a desert service in massive silver, comprised as follows:- A large centre piece, three feet high, representing the landing of stores at Annesley Bay.  - - - 
Captain Tryon, who on rising to answer the presentation, was loudly cheered, said -  - - -The harmony which existed between the officers of the two branches of the naval profession, and, I may say, of all the branches assembled in connection with the expedition was most advantageous to the public service. (Hear hear.) I cannot conclude without one word of tribute to our gallant Commander-in-Chief, Lord Napier. The country was most fortunate in being able to command the services of such a man. Commodore, now Sir Leopold Heath was Commander-in-Chief of the Naval forces. He had great experience in the Crimea , and Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, the Governor of Bombay, feared no responsibility, and took very good care that nothing was wanted. - - - 

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Monday 1 February 1869
Times of India
H.M.S. Daphne
H.M.S. Daphne, Captain Sullivan, arrived in Bombay Harbour at seven o'clock yesterday evening in tow of H.M.S. Dryad, Captain Colomb. The Daphne had been slave-cruising in the Mozambique Channel and the East Coast of Africa since June last, during which time by the activity of her commander and officers she has captured eighteen Dhows. She had the misfortune while chasing slave cruisers to get ashore twice, which will necessitate her going into dock, and she also ran short of coals and provisions. She reached Tellicherryon the 22nd inst, and from thence Captain Sullivan telegraphed to Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., the Commodore, stating the position in which he was upon which the Dryad was dispatched to render whatever assistance she might require.  - -- When off the Seychelles, small-pox broke out among the slaves on board but happily the crew have been generally healthy.  - - - Among other curiosities the Daphne has brought up a fine ostrich from Zanzibar.

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Monday 1 February 1869
Pall Mall Gazette
Mr Childres has recommended Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., to her Majesty the Queen for the post of Naval Aide-de-Camp, rendered vacant by the promotion of Captain Shadwell to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm the recommendation. Sir Leopold was the senior naval officer during the late Abyssinian expedition.

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Tuesday 2 February 1869
Globe
Captain Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., now serving as commodore and senior naval officer in the East Indies, has been appointed one of her Majesty's aides-de-camp, vice Shadwell, promoted.
 

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Edinburgh Evening Courant

Tuesday 2 February 1869

Mr Childers has recommended Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., to her Majesty the Queen for the post of naval aide-de-camp, rendered vacant by the promotion of Captain Shadwell to the rank of rear-admiral, and her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm the recommendation. 

Sir Leopold was the senior naval officer during the late Abyssinian expedition.

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Tuesday 2 February 1869
Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)
AN INDIAN NAVY. (Englishman.) The creation of a fleet of magnificent transports for the conveyance of troops to and from India was valuable as the first step towards the reconstruction of an Indian Navy. 

That an Indian Navy is an Indian necessity, few who know anything of the necessities of the Empire, will doubt. On the Bengal side the relics of the old marine are worn out and must shortly be replaced. The question thus directly arises as to what class of vessels shall take their place. 

Again in Bombay want is felt, the same question has to be answered. In a recent case the political action of the Government was crippled because of its inability to command the services of a vessel of war when an emergency arose in the Persian Gulf. 

Commodore Heath had good and sufficient reasons for not complying with the request made to him for a vessel, and hence many months elapsed before the Government could vindicate that peace in the Gulf of Persia which it is, apparently, its special mission to prove it cannot be broken with impunity. On this side of India the only vessel of war worth the name is the Kwang Tung, the guard ship at the Andamans, and the late vessel of Captain Sherrad Osborne's Anglo-Chinese Squadron. 

But even here the want of an efficient department is felt, for although serving in Bengal waters, a large portion of her armament is still in the Bombay arsenal. The Fero. did good service, with some other Bengal vessels, in the Persian Gulf, but she is scarcely to be classed in them days as a vessel of war. The old Indian Navy was in spite of various drawbacks a service which did credit to the mother country as well as to India itself. 
The chores of the Indian ocean bear ample witness to the patience and devotion to duty shown by its officers, as well as to their bravery and conduct.   - - - - - - 
 

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Wednesday 3 February 1869
Essex Standard
Sir Leopold Heath, who was senior Naval Officer during the Abyssinian Expedition, and whose zealous co-operation contributed so much to its success, has been recommended to Her Majesty for the post of Naval Aide-de-Camp.

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Friday 5 February 1869
The Times of India
The Sacred Concert
Bombay Town Hall on Wednesday evening obtained en entirely new reputation - about the last which its deaf (?) architect would ever have supposed in store for him - namely, that of providing on occasion a tolerable Concert Room of capacious though ungainly proportions. The large assembly-room of this Hall having a sharply curved centre ceiling and rows of massive pillars down each side has hitherto been the despair of orators, reporters, musicians, and vocalists.  - - - Two patrons in town, H.E. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald and Sir Leopold Heath (Lord Napier of Magdala beintg still on tour), arrived in good time, showing a genuine interest in the Festival; the new Lord Bishop of Bombay, the Hon. H.B. Ellis, nearly every prominent member of the Services, and all the "queens of society" were present, - - ---

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Saturday 6 February 1869
Army and Navy Gazette
We understand that the Lords of the Admiralty have effected a considerable saving by altering the appointment of Sir Leopold Heath in India from a first to a second class commodoreship - thus reverting to the order of things which existed before the Abyssinian war.

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Tuesday 9 February 1869  (Repeat?)
Manchester Courier
India
H.M.S. Octavia, the flag-ship of Sir Leopold Heath, arrived in Bombay harbour on the 10th January. She will remain here until the arrival of the Forte from England.

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Saturday 13 February 1869
Broad Arrow.
Her Majesty's ship Octavia, with the Commodore's broad pennant, arrived at Bombay on the 13th ult. from Trincomalee. On the following day Sir Leopold Heath inspected her Majesty's Indian troopship Jumna, carefully examining the different departments; and during the two hours he remained on board expressed himself entirely satisfied with the condition of the ship, &c., and begged that the officers should be informed of the same.

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Thursday 11 March 1869
Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)

Destruction of Bombay Post Office (Times of India)

A fire resulting in the destruction of the extensive block of buildings heretofore occupied by the Bombay General Post Office, occurred yesterday afternoon, and at one time there were serious apprehensions lest the flames should extend to the Custom House, and the Hydraulic Press Company's Buildings, together with the Apollo Bonded Warehouse.  - - -

This room was used for storing waste-paper and so on, and it is thought that one of the peons or sepoys may have been smoking a pipe, and carelessly knocked out the ashes of the tobacco - - -Most of the native employees were, as usual on such occasions, completely scared, and herded together like frightened sheep, but Mr Stuart aided by Mr Ham, of the Sea Postal Department and several volunteers, by dint of great exertion, saved all the registered and other letters,  - - -

Mr Souter, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Crawford the Municipal Commissioner, Commodore Heath and many others were indefatigable in their exertions.  - - 

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Saturday 13 March 1869
Times of India

Departure of H.M.S. "Octavia." 

H.M.S. Octavia, Captain Alexander, sailed from Bombay for England yesterday afternoon at half-past five o'clock. The Octavia was commissioned in 1865, and has been on this station since the early part of 1866. Commodore Heath K.C.B., the senior officer on the East India Station, shifts his flag to the Forte, which came out to relieve the Octavia. Captain Basil Hall goes home by the mail today, and Captain Alexander, who brought out the Forte, takes the Octavia home.  - -

The Octavia got under weigh at 5 o'clock, and having dropped down to the Forte and Daphne to say good-bye, the crews of which ships cheered her lustily, she steamed away out of the harbour. In five minutes more she had made sail, and in half an hour, had faded away in the distance. She was accompanied to the outer light-ship by a steamer, in which were Lord Napier and Commodore and Lady Heath. 

 

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Morning Post

Saturday 27 March 1869

Athletics in India

Seldom, if ever, has there been such a gathering on the Esplanade as was seen on Tuesday afternoon, when the east side of Rotten Row was crowded for nearly its entire length with an assemblage of all races and classes to witness the sports, the fame of which had spread over the island for some days before. 

 The idea of soldiers and sailors games was originated during the late meeting of the Western India Turf Club, when a few gentlemen proposed to raise a fund for the purpose of affording some amusement for soldiers, European and native, the sailors in port, and others.  - - - -

His Excellency Sir W.R. Vesey Fitzgerald K.C.S.I.,  his Excellency Lord Napier of Magdala K.C.B., G.C.S.I., and Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., readily consented to become patrons of teh movement, and when the subscription list was opened rupees poured in plentifully.

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A large marquee had been erected within the Oval near the band-stand, with seats for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen. This tent was filled by a gay assemblage, and was honoured by the presence of his Excellency the Governor, Lord Napier of Magdala, Sir Richard Couch, Chief Justice, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath besides members of council, judges, and other high officials.   - - - 

The sports commenced by trials of skill and strength in throwing the cricket-ball and putting the shot. Several natives entered the putting the 24-pounder contest, but though strong fellows, they had no chance beside the Europeans. The natives turned out strong in all the contests open to them,  - -- continues...

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Tuesday 30 March 1869
Dublin Evening Mail.

Athletics in India

The idea of soldiers and sailors' games was orginated during the late meeting of the Western India Turf Club, when few gentlemen proposed to raise fund for the purpose of affording some amusement for soldiers, European and native, the sailors in port, and others.

As soon as the proposal became known it was received with the liveliest interest and favour, and a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the sports, consisting of the Hon L Bayley, Mr W Collum, Colonel S Thacker, Lieutenant Colonel C Elgee, Captain G F Henry, Mr T M Filgate, Mr H Souter, C S I; Lieutenant Bainbridge, RN; Mr A Crawford, and Mr T E Taylor, with James Dodds honorary secretary. His Excellency Sir W R Vesey Fitzgerald, KCSI; his Excellency Lord Napier of Magdala, K B, G C S I, and Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, K C B, readily consented to become patrons of the movement, and when the subscription list was opened rupees poured in plentifully. A large marquee had been erected within the Oval near the band-stand, with seats for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen. This tent was filled a gay assemblage, and was honoured by the presence of bis Excellency the Governor, Lord Napier of Magdala, Sir Richard Couch, Chief Justice; Commodore Sir Leopold Heath; besides members of council, judges, and other high officials. The road skirting Rottenrow was covered by large number of carriages, from which the occupants viewed the games; and above the mixed crowd was to be see - - - 

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Friday 2 April 1869
Times of India

Departures for the Gulf

H.M.S. Ships Forte, Commodore Heath; Daphne, Captain Sullivan; and Star, Captain De Rendsow, sailed from Bombay yesterday.

Some weeks since, the ships took on board three months' provisions, and on Wednesday morning the Commodore issued orders that they were to be ready for sea in twenty-four hours. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the signal was given to make sail, and shortly afterwards the Star was under weight, followed by the Forte and Daphne. The ships all left under canvas,so after getting outside they were to try their sailing qualities. There was a fine working breeze from W.N.W. and in less than an hour they were all hull down.

They sailed under sealed orders, but it is stated that they are to proceed first to the Persian Gulf, and from thence to Aden, after which they will cruise down the East Coast of Africa for slave dhows. The Forte will probably visit Zanzibar and Seychelles, and then go to Trincomalee and Madras, and be at Calcutta in the autumn to await the arrival of the Galatea, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. The Dryad and Nymph are at present cruising after slavers on the East Coast of Africa.
 

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Saturday 3 April 1869
Broad Arrow
Octavia, 35, screw steam frigate, Captain Basil Hall, with the broad pennant of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, remained at Bombay by the latest returns.

 

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Monday 5 April 1869

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

"Forte" at Sea, Lat. 17° 7' N. Long . 63° 28' E., April 5, 1869

Sir, 

I HAVE the honour to forward, for the information of their Lordships, a copy of some correspondence on the subject of the condition of slaves captured by our cruizers. 2. I bed to suggest that information as to the distribution and condition of slaves liberated in each year should be called for from the Mauritius, the Seychelles, Aden, and Bombay, and published in the Blue Books.

I have &c

(signed) L.G. Heath

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Saturday 10 April 1869
Broad Arrow
Commodore Sir Leopold Heaht K.C.B., Senior Officer on the East India station, has shifted his pennant from H.M.S. Octavia to H.M.S. Forte. The Octavia was commissioned at Portsmouth in September 1865, by Captain, now Admiral Charle F. Hillyar, who obtained his flag rank in May 1867, and the vacant command given to the present Commodore Sir Leopold Heath.

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Friday 23 April 1869
Christian World

 AN URGENT APPEAL is made on behalf of Charlotte A Rowbotham, who for many years managed a confectionary business for her late brother-in-law at 6, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. 
She in rendered hopelessly helpless by a severe stroke of paralysis, and having no relatives who can in any way assist her, she is homelees, and will be discharged from the Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic. Queen's-square, Bloomsbury, as incurable. 
A final in being raised to pay for her maintenance until she can be admitted by election into the Royal Hospital for Incurables. 

The case is strongly recommended by Miss Marsh Caldwell. 3, Lowndes-street, SW.; Rev. Markland Barnard, Colney Vicarage, Rev. J. H. Dawes, Chaplain; and Miss Cleveland. matron, Whittington College. Highgate-hill. 

Subscriptions will also be gratefully received by Miss McLachlan, 47, Victoria-road, Kentish town, N.W. 
 

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Saturday 24 April 1869
Army and Navy Gazette

Captain Basil Hall R.N., having been recalled from H.M.S. Octavia, owing to Sir Leopold Heath being ordered to haul down his first-class pennant, arrived in England overland from Bombay on Friday the 15th inst.

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Saturday 24 April 1869
Staffordshire Advertiser

Linley Wood Ley, From 12th  May to 12th of October, Terms as usual - Apply to Mr John Beeston, Linley Wood Farm, near Lawton, Cheshire

Saturday 1 May 1869
Naval & Military Gazette

On the 1st inst. Commodore Sir L. Heath with the Forte, Daphne, and Star, sailed for the Persian Gulf.

The Squadron may only be going to those waters on a cruise of observation before proceeding to Aden and the East Coast of Africa, the destination given out: but Commodore Heath has special instructions, dependent on others that he may receive from the Residents of Muscat and Bushire.

Azan bin Ghez, the Hanavi Chief, who has usurped the Imamship of Oman, still holds his power at Muscat but precariously, and the Ghaffrees, the other chief division of the Omanites, are in no wise conciliated. Meantime Syud Selim, the parricide and banished Imaum, has been completely circumvented by his Minister, Hajee Adhmed, who, having declared himself a Persian subject, obtained the aid of one of the Shah's provincial Generals and turned Syed Selim out of Bunder Abbas, taking from him the two little war-vessels which were all the effects he had retained after the wreck of his ill-gotten power. 

Expelled from Bunder Abbas, he became a fugitive; but within the last few days a message has been received from our Assitant-Resident at Bassadore on the Island of Kisham, reporting that Syud Selim had gone to Debay on the Arabian side, where he joined Sudeyree, the Wahabee Lieutenant who holds full power from the Emir of Riad.  - - -

Meantime, Syud Toorkee, brother of the late Sultan and the great favourite of all the Ghaffrees of Oman, is detained at Bombay by the Government of India, while his courage and popularity which might serve the cause of order in the Gulf, "rust in him unused."

 

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Saturday 1 May 186

Leamington Spa

Clarendon Hotel

Mrs Marsh-Caldwell and Miss Marsh-Caldwell (Linley Wood, Cheshire)

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Saturday 5 June 1869
Staffordshire Sentinel

A BAZAAR will be held at TALKE on the 6th and of July next, under the patronage of 
The Counters of Egmemost, 
Mrs. Marsh Caldwell, 

Mrs. KINNERSLT, J. E. HEATHCOTE, Esq., Mrs. Renaud and Rev. C. P. Wilbraham, Miss Lawton, Dr, Renaud, Mrs. Turnour, Rev. A. A. Turnour, Mrs. Haslope, L. L. Haslope, Esq., Mrs. Gemmell, Rev. M. W. McHutchin, Mrs. Crole Wyndham, Rev. A Barker. Mrs. McHutchin, E. R. Walker, Esq., Mrs. Walker, Mr. Thomas Nichols, 
Proceeds towards the New Organ Fund and Fund for Enlarging the Churchyard. 
 

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Staffordshire Advertiser

Saturday 5 June 1869

Manchester Deaf and Dumb School - North Staffordshire Branch.

Miss Marsh-Caldwell begs to thank very sincerely all those who have kindly assisted her in the election of Edward Sumner to the Deaf and Dumb Schools.June 1st 1869

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Saturday 26 June 1869
Broad Arrow
Stations of the Royal Navy in Commission. With the dates of Commissions of the Officers in Command
Forte, 24, sc, Captain Sir Leopold Heath, 1854, East Indies

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Saturday 26 June 1869
Staffordshire Sentinel
A Large Mushroom. - On Wednesday Mr J. Gater, of the Mill Stone Inn, gathered eight very large mushrooms on the estate of the Misses Marsh Caldwell, of Linley Hall, one being of the extraordinary circumference of 35½ inches.
 



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Staffordshire Sentinel 

Saturday 26 June 1869

A Bazaar will be held at Talke on the 6th and 7th of July next, under the patronage of:- The Countess of Egremont, Mrs Marsh-Caldwell, Mrs Kinnersley, Mrs Renaud, Miss Lawton, - - J.E. Heathcote Esq., Rev C.P. Wilbraham,  - - Rev. M.W. McHutchin,  - - Proceeds towards the New Organ Fund and Fund for Enlarging the Churchyard.

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Saturday 3 July 1869
Royal Navy
Forte, 24, screw steam frigate, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, was at Aden on the 9th ult.

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Saturday 10 July 1869
Staffordshire Advertiser

Tunstall - Bazaar at Talke. - A bazaar has been held at Talke this week with the object of raising funds wherewith to pay for the new organ at the parish church. The organ, a compact and useful instrument, coats about £175, towards which, before the opening of the bazaar, £25 had been obtained. The ladies of the village and neighbourhood, headed by Mrs McHutchin, the wife of the vicar of Talke, charged themselves with the duty of making and collecting objects for the bazaar, and their success was all that could have been reasonably desired. The bazaar was held in a capacious marquee, lent for the occasion by Mr J.E. Heathcote of Apedale Hall, who took this and other ways of showing interest in the enterprise.  - - - Mrs Kinnersley contributed a beautiful collection of plants, and the ladies of Linley Wood were, as usual, very liberal in their patronage.  - - - 
 

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Monday 12 July 1869
Homeward Mail from India, China etc
The Nicobars
The following was the proclamation issued on the "annexation" of the Nicobar Islands by Captain Morrell, of the Spiteful, on behalf of Her Majesty's Government.
"I, Arthur Morrell, a commander in Her Brittanic Majesty's Naval Service, and now commanding Her Majesty's ship-of-war Spiteful, having received instructions thereto from Commodore Sir Leopold Heath C.B., commander Her Majesty's Naval Forces in the Indian Seas, acting on the requisition of the Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, do now, on this the 16th day of April, A.D. 1869, in the name and on behalf of the Indian Government of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, take possession of this Island Nangcowry, together with all others commonly known as the Nicobar Islands - that it to say, the Islands of Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar, with those lying between including Tillanchong - - - -
 

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Monday 12 July 1869
Globe
The Star arrived at Aden on the 9th ult, where she found at anchor the Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.; Nymph, Commander E.S.Meara; and Dryad, Commander P.H. Colomb, all of which had been successful in rescuing slaves, and conveying them to Aden. There were more than a thousand slaves at Aden, all of whom were captured within a month. The boats of the Star on the 26th of May, while off Ras Haffoon, captured a dhow with 230 slaves on board. The Nymphe caught two dhows about 100 miles south of Ras Haffoon, with above 400 slaves. The Forte took 89 slaves to Aden, which she found in one dhow. The Daphne captured two dhows with about 100 slaves; and the Dryad five dhows, with about 200 slaves.

The weather is described as fearfully hot, and several cases of sunstroke had occurred, two of which had proved to be fatal on board H.M.S. Forte. The commander had consequently stopped the men's leave. The Forte and Dryad had left Aden, in company, for Trincomalee, and the Nymphe for Zanzibar.

 

Colonel Dillon,

From the photograph album of Admiral Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

This may be the surgeon Dillon who joined H.M.S. Daphne, Captain Sulivan in July 1869 at Zanzibar

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Saturday 17 July 1869
Broad Arrow
Forte, 24, screw steam frigate, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath was at Aden on the 9th June, having conveyed 89 slaves to Aden which she had captured. She sailed on the 10th ultimo, in company with the Dryad, for Trincomalee

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Wednesday 4 August 1869
Times of India

Commodore Heath to Consul Churchill - Octavia, Zanzibar, August 25, 1868

Sir, - I have taken the earliest possible opportunity since the conclusion of the Abyssinian war to visit Zanzibar, because I think the  time has come for taking more energetic measures than those which have as yet been adopted for putting down the Arabian slave-trade.

2. Our treaties with Muscat (binding on Zanzibar since the separation of the two countries) date from 1843,since which time, although England has kept up a large naval force with a view of suppressing this traffic, there has been no dimunition, but rather an increase, of the number of slaves exported from the dominions of His Highness the Sultan

The export trade is carried on under cover of the local trade, which was legalised by the Treaty of 1843, and the experience of twenty-five years shows that there will be no chance of putting it down unless a very broad line of distinction is drawn between it and the local traffic.
It is with this view that I beg you will propose to His Highness the Sultan - 

1st.  That he should make the slave-trade a Government monopoly, and indemnify himself by its profits for the loss of the existing Custom-house duties, or else make it a private monopoly under strict inspection, indemnifying himself by a largely increased import duty.

2ndly. That the vessels employed should either be vessels of European build, or if dhows, that they should be painted a distinctive colour (say all red), and that the sails should be marked with a distinct mark (say a large black cross extending right across the sail).

3rdly. That the traffic should be confined to one part (say Daros Salam) on the coast of Africa, and one port (say Zanzibar) on the island of Zanzibar.

4thly. That all intermediate traffic by sea between ports of the mainland be forbidden, as also all direct importations from the mainland to Pemba, or other island dependencies which should be supplied solely by the Government vessels from Zanzibar.

5thly. That traffic so regulated shall be legal only, as at present, between May 1 and January 1.
It would be as well that His Highness should be made aware that I submit these proposals for his consideration solely in accordance with my general instructions to do my best to put down the East African foreign slave-trade, and that I have no special mission on the subject. - I have &c., L.G. Heath

The paper above quoted thus sums up the negotiations:- The Sultan agreed to adopt the "distinguishing mark by which dhows carrying slaves might be known;" promised that the dhows should in future be less crowded; sanctioned the seizure by the cruisers of such as should not bear the "distinguishing marks;" but declined to make a profit out of the slave-trade as suggested, and stated that to restrict it to certain limits would prove ruinous to the country. 
Thus the sanctions the British Government has given to limited slave-trading is bearing its fruits in the refusal of the Sultan of Zanzibar to restrict it further. Under these circumstances addressed to him by the Paris-Anti-Slavery Conference must appear singularly inconsistent, as must the efforts of the Government to abolish slave-trading. 

To persist against slavery and the slave-trade on the one hand, and to give both, on the other, a partial sanction, places the Government in a false position, to release it from which no time should be lost.

It is unquestionably of great importance that immediate and further steps should be adopted to stop the supply for slaves in Zanzibar, for it is evident the demand there (for Arabia) is the cause of the awful state of things described by Dr.Livingstone.
 

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Saturday 21 August 1869
Staffordshire Advertiser

On Wednesday last there were great festivities at Talke, on the occasion of the annual treat given to the children of the National School in that parish by Mrs. Marsh-Caldwell. 

About one o’clock the children, with their teachers, met the schoolroom, and walked in procession through the village, accompanied by the Talke drum and fife band. After halting at the vicarage, they wended their way on to Linley Wood, where, with many friends from the neighbourhood, they were most hospitably entertained by Mrs. Marsh-Caldwell. 

The beautiful grounds of Linley Wood were thrown open, and several hundreds of the parishioners availed themselves of the opportunity of strolling in them at leisure. The rest of the day was spent in dancing and the enjoyment of various sports, and at its close three hearty cheers were given for the ladies of Linley Wood, Mr. and Mrs. M’Hutchin, Mr. Wilbraham, &c. 
It was universally allowed that the day was one of extreme pleasure and enjoyment, and all on leaving felt thankful that they had such a kind friend among them the Mistress of Linley Wood.

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Saturday 18 September 1869
Staffordshire Advertiser
Strayed, from the Linley Wood Ley, a twelve month-old Heifer. Any information will be thankfully received by Mr Beeston, Linley Wood Farm, Lawton, Cheshire. All expenses will be paid.
 

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Saturday 2 October 1869
Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette

By a letter dated August 13th, from the Forte, 24, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., she was expected to leave the Seychelles Islands for Zanzibar on the 15th, but the writer expresses great fears for her safety, and between 8 a.m. and 4  p.m. she has 3 ¼ inches of water in her well. They expected that officers as well as men would have to work at the pumps on their passage. It is supposed to arise from a leakage in the stern of the ship, which is considered to be in a very bad condition, and it is thought desirable that she should be docked on the first opportunity.

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Monday 11 October 1869
Pall Mall Gazette

Sir Roderick Murchison, in a letter to the Times, says that the statements published last week respecting the arrival of Dr. Livingstone on the eastern shore of the Lake Tanganyika is only one of the many rumours regarding the great traveller which have from time to time been brought to Zanzibar. Sir Roderick says he has received two letters from Commodore Heath, of the East African station, and from Dr. Kirk, the British political agent at Zanzibar, both dated the 3Ist of August, stating that " the white man " had been seen at Ujiji, on the Lake Tanganyika. "If the news rests upon a true foundation," Sir Roderick adds, " our suspense will soon be relieved, for the same letter informs me that a caravan from Ujiji was expected to reach Zanzibar in a month." 
 

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Tuesday 12 October 1869
Times of India
A Naval Service for the Persian Gulf
With the mails on board the Carnatic went down a despatch from the Secretary of State for India, leaving the Punjab Tenancy Act to operate under certain instructions from himself.  - - Far more important than the Punjab Tenancy Bill was the sanction of the powers that be at home for the employment of three men-of-war in the Persian Gulf, the vessels being entirely under the control of the Governor General. It is very unfortunate that such a despatch should have been lost at the present time, when we are sure Colonel Pelly is in a fever of excitement for which there is no medicine but the ways and means of "punching somebody's head."  - - -where are those three men-of-war over whose movements Lord Mayo is to have unquestioned control? They are not at present in Indian waters, and it will take some time to send them from Portsmouth. So far as fighting qualifications go, the Nymph, the Dryad, and the Daphne are all that is required; but we doubt whether their builder contemplated the probability of their being sent to beleaguer Muscat or Bahrein. So far as we know these vessels are not suited for service in the Persian Gulf, except in this one respect, that they carry big guns. Besides, Sir Leopold Heath might not exactly like to give up half his fleet to Lord Mayo or anybody else.  - - - -
 

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Monday 18 October 1869
Homeward Mail from China, India and East
It is stated that Sir Leopold Heath had decided that it will not be advisable for the Galatea to pay a visit to Colombo, the anchorage not being suitable for a vessel of her size.

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Monday 18 October 1869
Times of India
 - - - And what can Colonel Pelly do amid the general blaze? He has neither men nor ships, and had even better not be there at all, if he is to be kept without the means of enforcing respect for the Power whose representative he is. As for Sir Leopold Heath, he says he has no ship to spare for the Gulf at present, and has sailed away to the Suez Canal tumasha.
 

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Tuesday 19 October 1869
Times of India
 - - - The British policy is simply to preserve peace on the sea - which must now and then mean controlling the ports also - but Commodore Sir Leopold Heath says he cannot spare a ship from his squadron on this station, and or his own part thinks he cannot do better than to go to take his place amongst other magnates at the grand Egyptian spectacle of next month. Not doubt Sir Leopold is right from the Admiralty point of view; but if there were only a small and efficient Indian Navy, British policy in the Gulf, while no more aggressive than now, would be more intelligible and abundantly more respected.
 

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Birmingham Daily Gazette

Tuesday 26 October 1869

Burslem - Opening of a Free Library. 

The Free Library in the new Wedgwood Memorial Building was opened yestreday with a short ceremony, in which Mr J.E. Davis, the stipendiary magistrate, took the principal part. The inaugural ceremony was gone through in the free reading room, which is connected with the library, and which has been neatly fitted up for the purpose with a newsstand and several solid tables and forms. 

The reading room is adorned with portraits of the Wedgwood and other notabilities. The Chief Bailliff (Mr Watkin) briefly addressed the meeting, stating that a thousand volumes had been already presented to the library, and he expressed the hope that the number would soon be largely increased.  - - - 

In the course of his address Mr Davis mentioned the receipt of promises of works from Mrs Marsh-Caldwell; and Mr Raskin.  - - - continues

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Saturday 13 November 1869
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East
Disturbances in the Persian Gulf

The Clyde Fired Upon. 
Affairs in the Persian Gulf seem at last to have reached a crisis. Not only is tribe at war with tribe, and faction with faction, British subjects plundered and thriving towns temporarily ruined before the British Resident's face or behind his back, but the gunboat Clyde, of the Bombay Marine, has actually been fired upon - with the Resident on board, for ought we know to the contrary. This is precisely what things have been coming to for years - in fact, ever since the disbandment of the Indian Navy.  The circumstances under which the Clyde was fired upon are not yet known, but there is no doubt as to the fact; she was fired on by a port near Muscat, and the firing was kept up merrily for half an hour.  - - - and now, unless we are to abandon the Persian Gulf, leaving it to become the theatre of incessant wars and massacres, such a special service must be had. Sir Leopold Heath, on being appealed to, had his orders from "My Lords" and had no ship to spare at this season. But Sir Seymour Fitzgerald and the Viceroy have been in consultation together, and probably with the Home authorities, and H.M.S. Daphne, at present in Bombay harbour, is now getting ready with all speed to proceed to the Gulf.  - - - -
 

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Saturday 13 November 1869
Homeward Mail of India, China and the East
Bombay
H.M.S. Forte - It is stated in the Bombay journals that H.M.S. Forte, the flag ship of Sir Leopold Heath, while cruising near Cape Guardafui, ran aground and did considerable damage to her keel. It is supposed that the Forte had been cruising in the many bays about the Cape in search of slave dhows, which find a refuge on that irregular shore. The neighbourhood is well known, and there is a good depth of water, but great care has to be taken in consequence of the strong set of the currents. The Forte will probably soon arrive in Bombay for repairs.

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Tuesday 16 November 1869
Pall Mall Gazette
It has for a long time past been seen, both in India and at home, that in some sort the old Indian Navy must be reconstituted, or its place taken by some force more specially adapted to special service than the China and East India Squadron. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have hit upon a middle course, and intend to detail three gun vessels for exclusive service in the Gulf of Persia and its neighbourhood, under the immediate control of the Government of India.  - - -The heat and monotony inseparable from service in the Indian seas will be aggravated in the narrow gulf to which these necessarily small gun vessels of light draught, will be confined, and but slightly tempered by the occasional capture of an Arab slave dhow. - - - For the present there is nothing under Sir Leopold Heath's command fit for the purpose, unless he can spare the Bullfinch, now on her way out to join him. 
 

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Tuesday 16 November 1869
Sun (London)
We learn from Bombay that while H.M.S. Forte was cruising about near Cape Guardefui in quest of slave dhows, she went aground, and sustained considerable damage, a great part of her keel being torn away. The shore in that part is very irregular, and though the water is deep, care is necessary on account of the strong currents. The slavers find a convenient refuge in the bays of the coast, and it is supposed that Sir Leopold Heath was examining them more closely than was prudent when the disaster took place. The ship will go to Bombay for repairs.
 

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North British Agriculturist
17 November 1869

H.M.S. Forte, the flagship of SIr Leopold Heath, while cruising near Cape Guardafui, ran aground and did considerable damage to her keel. It is supposed that the Forte had been cruising in the many bays about the Cape in search of slave dhows, which find a refuge on the irregular shore.

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The Star 

Tuesday 30 November 1869

Court Martial

The General Court Martial of Lieut. George Frederick Henry Rule, of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, was resumed on Wednesday in the officers' mess room in the Marine Barracks at Chatham.

 - -  - - -"Lieutenant George F.H. Rule, of the Royal Marines, was recommended to me by Commodore Sir Leopold Heath for employment on shore at Zula during the Abyssinian Expedition, at a time when the services of officers were much required, and none were available with suitable qualifications from the land services. 

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Morning Post.
Tuesday December 1869

The Suez Canal (Cairo Nov.23)

The Egyptian saturnalia are over; the Suez Canal is opened; the fetes have terminated; emperors, empresses, and princes are hurrying off to their respective dominions, or bend on fresh "impression de voyage:" the invitees, in thousands, are fleeing the country as if it had the plague; and before the end of the week Cairo will have resumed its normal indolent aspect, Alexandria will enjoy its accustomed repose on the shores of the Mediterranean, Ismailia will revert to its hitherto sterility and desolation, and Suez will be at peace.

Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869

All who have participated in the turmoil, confusion, and chequered fortunes of the last 10 days will hail a season of rest with pleasure. 

The Viceroy's guests will depart with a deep sense of his highness's princely liberality, but with a feeling of thankfulness that such invitations are so rare; kings and kaisers will welcome the privacy of their own palaces; the Egyptian State officials will breathe freely once more when all the troublesome foreigners have disappeared, and possible bow strings no longer menace their necks; railway employees will slumber undisturbed by visions of countless special trains and desperate crowds of exacting barbarian; and last, though not least, the Khedive himself will be intensely gratified to find that, on the whole, everything has turned out so well, and that he is now at liberty to repose after a round of anxious dissipation which would have tried the temper of any man, but which to an Oriental prince must have been especially irksome.

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The immense supper tent, in which covers were laid for 400, was besieged at an early hour, and the most curious scenes took place in the course of the evening, when hunger or gluttony got the better of good manners. I am thankful to say that I can exonerate our own countrymen from all participation in the unseemly struggle for food which ensued at one period of the evening. 

The menu is quite a curiosity in its way, and so I give it you in extenso. I did not remain long enough myself to ascertain if its brilliant and artistic promise was fullfilled. 

"Grand Soupee Donne a Ismailia, au Ball de L'Inauguration du Canal de L'Isthme de Suez, le 18 Novembre 1869"  - - continues. - -- 

I suppose not less than 4,000 persons must have partaken of this recherche banquet; and as not more than 200 ladies graced the ball with their presence, you may imagine the havoc made in the Khedive's larder and cellar.

Champagne, hock, burgundy, claret, and beer flowed like the Nile the whole evening, and, considering the mixed character of the company, it is surprising that so much decorum prevailed. 

Among the English visitors, I noticed Earl Dudley, Lord Houghton, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord George Pratt, Lord Carrington, Sir Alexander Milne, Sir Leopold Heath, Mr Elliot, Colonel Stanton,  - - &c, but anything like a list of the foreign visitors it was out of my power to obtain. 
The ball may be said to have been the culminating point of Ismail Pasha's hospitality, and it is appalling to think of the bill which will be presented to him when it is all over. 

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Among the numerous other vessels that have reached Suez in safety I may mention three English men-of-war - the Rapid, the Newport,and the Psyche, the latter conveying Mr Elliot, Sir Leopold Heath and Colonel Stanton.  - - - 

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Thursday 25 November 1869
Sun
Court Martial
A general Court-martial on Lieut. George Frederick Henry Rule, of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, was resumed yesterday in the officer's mess-room in the Marine Barracks at Chatham.  - - - Lieut. Rule was charged with having fraudulently appropriated to his own use £75, intrusted to him by Private Francis Rowsell, who was serving under him on board the Octavia, 35, in July last, to be place in a Post Office Savings-bank till the ship was paid off.  - - 
A certificate from Lord Napier of Magdala was also put in evidence and read to the Court. It was in these words: - "Lieutenant George F.H.Rule, of the Royal Marines, was recommended to me by Commodore Sir Leopold Heath for employment on shore at Zula during the Abyssinian Expedition, at at time when the services of officers were much required, and none were available with suitable qualifications from the land services. I have no official records at hand, but I am able to state that the general report which reached me of Lieutenant Rule's services and conduct during several months of very arduous and trying duty and exposure to climate was so favourable that on his return to Bombay in the Octavia I recommended him to the Government of India for admission to the Staff Corps.  - - - 
A number of certificates were also read from officers who testified to the excellent conduct of Lieut. Rule. Among the officers were - Admiral C.F.Hillyar, Commodore Sir L.G.Heath, Admiral Campbell, and Captains E. Hall and J.H.J.Alexander R.N. - - - - 
 

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Tuesday 30 November 1869
Evening Mail.
Well then, in the front line before these damasked chairs there stood, beginning on the right, the Princess of Holland; the Khedive in his uniform of blue and gold lace - - the Empress, who looked as though her voyage on the Nile had taken her back to the early days of her young life, was in a lavender silk dress, cut low and trimmed with immense flounces of white, and a hat with a large black feather,  - - and the Emperor of Austria in that incomparable uniform of white, snow-white tunic, cocked hat, with green plume,  - - next to the Crown Prince of Prussia, looking a soldier every inch of all his great height. The Prince of Orange next, and then Prince William of Hesse. 

On the platform behind the front row were Abdel Kader in his Arab costume, Mr Elliot, British Ambassador, Colonel Stanton, and members of the diplomatic body, Admiral and Lady Milne, Sir Leopold Heath, Captain Rich and officers of the fleet, and others.  - - - - 
 

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Monday 6 December 1869
Times of India
The Gathering.
About three o'clock this (Tuesday) afternoon, the sound of cannon and the hurrahs from the yards announced the approach of somebody. There was not long to wait, when the Prince and Princess Henry of Holland came up, and mounting the steps, were conducted by M. Lesseps and the Viceroy's eldest son to the places in front assigned to them. Next, amid murmurs of applause from the French, Italian and German masses, came an English group, among whom one noticed Colonel Stanton, Sir Leopold Heath, and Lord Houghton. Soon after, the British Legation from Constantinople passed, whereupon, expressions of satisfaction might be heard on every side, that England, notwithstanding her reticence, had contrived to send so many great men to Port Said on the day of jubilee. Soon after the British Ambassador passed, came the Prince Imperial of Sweden; and then the noise of trumpets announced the arrival of others. The Emporer of Austria led up the Empress of the French - - -
 

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Tuesday 7 December 1869
Evening Mail.
Suez Canal
 - - - The roadstead of Suez was crowded with shipping, all dressed in their best, and as the yacht reached the causeway and railway bank which extends from the city to the docks of Port Ibrahim, and the works of the Canal Company and their offices built out on the sands in what was once sea, the effect of the long line of ports erected on the quay, was was moreover ornamented at the steps with a very handsome triumphal arch, was singularly interesting.  - - -There were two Peninsular and Oriental ships Candia and Goleonda; there was the Forte, with the pendant of Sir Leopold Heath;  there was Her Majesty's ship Malabar, waiting for her cargo of the 15th Hussars for India. - - - 
 

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Wednesday 8 December 1869
Sun (London)
During the recent journey of the Empress of the French to the East her Majesty paid a visit to the Indian relief screw troop transport Malabar at Suez, and was conducted over the ship by her commander, Captain Frederick D. Rich. As an acknowledgment of Captain Rich's attention on the occasion the Empress has presented that officer with a handsome scrarf pin, set with diamonds and black pearls. The jewel is at present in the possession of the Commodore of the station, Sir Leopold Heath, pending the arrival out of the permission of the Admiralty for Captain Rich to accept it.
 

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Thursday 9 December 1869
Times of India

OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL. 
SUEZ ROADS, Nov. 20. 

In the forenoon of today the procession of ships began to appear near Suez, and just before noon the Aigle, with the Empress, emerged from the canal,which a royal salute from the men-of-war in the roads announced. Next came the Emperor of Austria in his yacht ; next the Crown Prince of Prussia in his ; next Prince Henry of the Netherlands in his ; and after him the British Ambassador in the Psyche. 

Royal salutes were thundered every few minutes, and yards kept manned. The yachts steamed about the roads, and then anchored. The Aigle anchored at once after coining out of the canal ; she took up a position near the great English troop-ship Malabar, H.M.'s S.S> Forte not being far off. 

The English men-of-war, Rapid and Newport, arrived soon after. In the course of the afternoon the Empress visited the Messageries Imperiales ship the Hooghly and next the transport Malabar, where she was received by the British Ambassador Mr. Elliott, Sir Alexander Milne, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, also Captain Willoughby, Resident Transport Officer at Alexandria, and Captain Rich and his officers.

The Empress went over most of the ship, and minutely inspected it. She seemed delighted with the arrangements, and was most affable to all she met. Some of the hospital fittings she particularly dwelt on, they being explained to her by Captain Rich and Dr. Colan, the Surgeon. 
On leaving she was presented with a large-framed photograph of the ship, which she received in a most gracious manner. On coming on board the Empress was received with manned yards, and a royal salute was fired from the Forte. On her departure for the Aigle, the men on the yard gave her three hearty cheers, and one cheer more. She looked most prepossessing. In the evening the men-of-war were illuminated, and Suez was gaily lit up. The Emperor of Austria, the Crown Prince of Prussia, &c., left by train for Cairo. The Empress will leave on the 22nd.
 

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Saturday 11 December 1869
Oxford University and City Herald

 A naval officer who was at the opening of the Suez Canal write:-  On the Empress’s arrival at Suez, after inspecting the French transport, she visited the Indian naval transport Malabar, Captain F. D. Rich, R.N., walking round all the decks and taking more than usual interest in the arrangements for the health and comfort of the troops and the ship's company. 

Admiral Sir Alex. Milne. K.C.B., Lady Milne, Commodore Heath C.B., Captain Rich, and the captains of the men-of-war who had followed the Empress’s yacht throughout the canal, were honoured by dining with her on board the Aigle, when nothing could exceed her kind and gracious manner. 

After dinner she presented each of the officers with her carte de visite, asking for theirs in return, and accepted two handsome Indian screens from Captain Rich. As an acknowledgment of Captain Rich’s attention the Empress has presented that officer with handsome scarf pin, set with diamonds and black pearls. The jewel is at present in the possession of the Commodore of the station, Sir Leopold Heath, pending the arrival out of the permission the Admiralty for Captain Rich accept it.

Empress Eugenie of France - Carte de Visite given by her to Sir Leopold Heath on board her yacht, the Aigle, at the opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
 

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Monday 13 December 1869
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette
Malta, Dec. 6.—Her Majesty’s ships Rapid and Newport have arrived from Egypt. Both these vessels passed through the Canal, the former with Sir Frederick Arrow, of the Trinity House, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, Captain Cochran, about 30 officers from the Iron-clads; and the latter with Colonel Stanton, Consul-General, Captain Hillyar, C. B., and about 20 other naval officers on board. The Rapid draws 14 feet and the Newport 12.

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Friday 24 December 1869
Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser
Leamington Gazette - Arrivals
Clarendon Hotel - - Mrs and Miss Marsh-Caldwell, Linley Wood, Cheshire.