Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

Michael Heath-Caldwell M.Arch
Brisbane, Queensland
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1869 - 1870 - 1871

1870
Anne Marsh-Caldwell – aged 78/79 – (1791-1874) (Lady Mary’s mother)
Eliza Louisa Marsh-Caldwell – known as Louisa – aged 51/52 of Linley Wood
Georgina Marsh-Caldwell – Gies – aged 49/50 of Linley Wood
Rosamond Marsh-Caldwell – Posy – aged 46/47 of Linley Wood

Admiral Sir Leopold Heath – aged 52/53.
Lady Mary Heath – (ne Mary Emma Marsh) – aged 43/44
Arthur Raymond Heath - aged 15/16
Marion Emma Heath – May – aged 13/14
Frederick Heath – (Gen. F.C. Heath-Caldwell) aged 11/12
Cuthbert Eden Heath - aged 10/11
Ada Randolph Heath - aged 9/10
Herbert Leopold Heath - aged 8/9
Gerard Moore Heath - aged 6/7

Charles Darwin – aged 60/61

1 January 1870
Commodore Sir Leopold G. Heath K.C.B. arrives back in Bombay on board his flag-ship H.M.S. Forte

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Saturday 1 January 1870
Aunt Posy went back with Uncle Douglas.

Sunday 2 January 1870
Did not go to church as it rained, went to Anstie in the afternoon with Mamma.

Monday 3 January 1870
Mamma went to Anstie with the others. Arty and I went a ride to Dorking.

Tuesday 4 January 1870
Went to Anstie with Mamma, played at football there, had a horrible game, because we were all so cross.

Wednesday 5 January 1870
Arty went to London to visit Grandmamma - we stayed at home, made clay things.

Arthur Heath - 1870

Wednesday 5 January 1870
Times of India

The Recent Operation in the Persian Gulf

The general result of the recent operations in the Persian Gulf is already known to our readers, but it has not yet been possible to give a consecutive narrative of events from the arrival of Captain Douglas with his squadron in the Gulf, till his return to Bombay with the turbulent chiefs in safe custody. - - - Everything was brought to a successful termination without loss of life - a result highly creditable to the tact of those having the direction of affairs: the Arabs would have fought lustily had they been afford the opportunity they sought. While, then, returning thanks for the following report forwarded by Sir Leopold Heath to the Admiralty, we trust the Government will not consider it necessary to retain the Political Resident's report in the secret bureau till it shall have lost all the interest that now attaches to it:-
Captain Douglas to Commodore Heath, H.M.S. "Daphne," at Bahrein, Dec. 4

"Sir, - I beg to report to you for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that, in compliance with instructions of His Excellency the Viceroy of India, as also in obedience with orders contained in your memo, of the 16th October last, directing me to proceed without delay to Muscat and act in concert with Lieut.-Colonel Pelly, H.M.'s Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, in obtaining redress for an insult offered to the British flag by the authorities at that place, and from thence to proceed to Bahrein in order to punish the Chief for breaking the maritime treaty, and committing several acts of piracy at the recent attack and plunder of that town; that I left Bombay on the 27th October, after leaving orders for Commander Mears, of H.M.'s Nymphe, who had arrived the day previous, to complete with coals and provisions, and join men at Muscat without delay. On arrival there I communicated with Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly, who informed me that an ample apology had been given for the insult committed on the British flag by firing on H.E.'s gun boat Clyde, and which he considered satisfactory.

- - - - I got under weight in the Clyde and proceeded to Maharag Fort, where we ran the boats in and demanded Mohamed bin Khalifa, the principal pirate chief, who was supposed from information received to be confined in this Fort. After a little delay, the garrisons, finding themselves completely surprised, surrendered him, and he is now a prisoner on board this ship.

At Lieut-Colonel Pelly's request, on the morning of the 22nd (Nov), I again returned to Manamah Fort, and opened fire with shot and shell, which continued at intervals during the day, thus expelling from thence one more pirate chief. The next morning the boats were sent away for the purpose of expelling the same chief from a house near the beach where he had taken refuge after being driven from the Fort the previous day, but she got aground owing to the fault of the pilot, and had to return to the gun-boat.
Nasir bin Ahmed, one of the pirate chiefs, was surprised at sea endeavouring to escape, by a pearl merchant of this place, and delivered up to us.

The Fort of Manamah having been now destroyed, we proceeded on the morning of the 1st of December to attack the Fort of Maharag, but on landing our men, it was given up to us without the necessity of firing a shot. Soon afterwards three of the principal chiefs, Mahomed bin Abdoola, Ali bin Nasir, and Jasan bin Hassan, surrendered themselves to us.

60 6. January 1870 Incapto - no service mollege (on H.M.S. Forte in Middle East at the time)
part of a letter - very hard to read. From Lyons again

6 January 1870
My dear Sir Leopold,

Many thanks for your kind letter which I received on my arrival here. I hope that I shall have the pleasure of meeting you whilst I am on this station. Please send order to the ship (now?) I am - -

we send Lieut Halifax to you. I have given Commander (Adeane?) orders to remain here until I shall telegraph to him to pick me up at Madras in the end of March but if any sickness should occur to go to sea for a cruize and then to Trincomalle to await order. I have informed my Lords of this and hope it will meet with your approval.

I have also allowed the Comdr to give some of the Offices leave to take a little run up country. I hope you have no objection to this.

I have been asked by several persons to try to get Sub-Lieutenant Drummond appointed to the Galatea by his father amongst others; if you could appoint him to me I should feel much obliged, more especially as I have had my three senior Sub.s promoted lately.

I must say one word in recommendation of Mr Halifax, before he goes to you, he has been five years with me and is a most - - fellow and a - - - sub officer and I am very sorry to lose him.

The enormous quantity of ceremonies, festivities, and business and the preparations to start up country tomorrow must plead as an excuse for this short and hurried account.

Believe me, Yours very truly, (Alfred?)

Marion Heath - aged 13 continues . . .

Thursday 6 January 1870
Freddy and Bertie rode to Dorking, we went with Mamma to the post office, and then to call on Mrs.Wickham.

Friday 7 January 1870
Mamma, Bertie and Gerard walked to the station, rainy, Gerard's umbrella turned inside-out. We stayed at home, washed doll's things. Arty came home from London in the evening.

Saturday 8 January 1870
A great storm of wind outside, and a great storm of boys inside. We acted "the Little Hunchback" in the evening.

Saturday 8 January 1870
Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette

Miscellaneous Naval - Special Intelligence
The Forte, 24, screw Frigate, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, arrived at ADen on the 13th ult, from Suez.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 9 January 1870
Went to church in the morning - were caught in the rain coming back.

Monday 10 January 1870
Miss Henning came back from London. Freddy had a sort throat in the evening.

Monday 10 January 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

H.M.'s S. "Forte" - We learn that H.M.'s S. Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., was to sail from Suez for Aden on December 3 or 4. From Aden the Forte proceeds to Trincomalee for stores, and then goes on to Bombay, where she may be expected about the middle or end of January. She is not likely to make a protracted stay. The accident that befell the Forte before reaching Aden seems to have been made too much of.

Monday 10 January 1870
Times of India

THE SUEZ CANAL. DIRECTIONS FOR PILOTAGE.
The following information regarding the pilotage of the Suez Canal was collected and forwarded to the hydrographic Department of the Admiralty by Commander Nares., of H. M.S. Newport, surveying vessel, which passed through the Canal on the occasion of its inauguration in November last. It will be of interest to all our readers, and of value to the officers of the many steamers now trading via the Canal. We are indebted for the full report to Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, who courteously sent us a copy immediately on the arrival of the mail: the overland papers contain only short extracts. It should be remembered that the following was written in November - - - -

Tuesday 11 January 1870
Times of India

The NAVY. The absence of British ships of war from Indian waters, at times when their services just happen to be wanted, is frequently the subject of remark. It is perhaps idle to hope that the old Indian Navy may again be re-organised, but that was the kind of force really required for the work to be performed in these seas. Under the existing arrangements, the services of the Royal Naval vessels serving on the East Indian station are required over so large an expanse, and must devote so much attention to the East Coast of Africa, that it is almost a rare eight to see the white ensign off the coasts of Western India, except in the cold season. It is therefore satisfactory to hear of anything being done which may lead to an improvement in the existing state of affairs ; and we are glad to learn that Commodore Sir Leopold Heath starts in a day or two for Calcutta, with the view, we believe, of making arrangements relative to the naval force to be available hereafter, for the behests of the Indian Government. Sir Leopold proceeds overland from Bombay, and we presume the flagship and other men-of-war in Bombay Harbour will remain here until his return.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues .

Tuesday 11 January 1870
Freddy ill in bed, supposed to have the scarletina, Archie Wickham came to catch rats and to have luncheon Miss Hughes and the little Gordans came up for luncheon, and stayed for the afternoon.

Wednesday 12 January 1870
In the morning Arty went to shoot rabbits at Kitlands, we went for a walk before lesssons. Doctor Jardine came and said that Freddy has got the scarletina. Arty went up to Anstie in the afternoon to stay there because of the scarletina. Mamma went there in the evening to stay with Arty.

Thursday 13 January 1870
Children climbed trees, I went up to see Arty at Anstie,but he was out rabbit shooting, Freddy better, he has got a very mild attack of scrarletina. Mr and Mrs.Hellyer came to call.

Friday 14 January 1870
Freddy much better, did lessons.

Saturday 15 January 1870
Did lessons in the morning, it rained in the afternoon.

Saturday 15 January 1870
Times of India
THE BLUE JACKETS.

Yesterday afternoon, seven companies of Blue Jackets, with two field pieces, the whole under commend of Gunnery Lieutenant Read, of H.M.S. Forte, land at the Dockyard, and thence proceeded to the parade-ground for drill.

The men executed the various manoeuvres with wonderful steediness and promptitude, which was all the mote creditable to them that they have so few opportunities of meeting together in force.

The proceedings terminated with a march past in review order before Commodore Sir Leopold Heath and Staff. Thereafter, they were marched back to the Dockyard for embarkation.

It is only by seeing the sailors thus massed together for exercise that people can readily appreciate the strength of the East India squadron. The six or seven hundred reviewed yesterday were all smart well-built men - apparently, and, we doubt not, in reality, fit for any service. In that, however, they are only like their predecessors in these waters, who have furnished more than one distinguish naval brigade for field service.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 16 January 1870
Did not go to church, took Berty to Mrs.Moore's in the afternoon.

Monday 17 January 1870
Rained, played at Gypsies in the afternoon.

Tuesday 18 January 1870
Freddy got up for the first time. Mr.Wall came, Arty went shooting, we went a walk round by Anstie and Mrs.Moores.

Wednesday 19 January 1870
Mamma nursed Freddie, it snowed. We went to the station.

Thursday 20 January 1870
Mamma went up to Anstie, we took a vey long walk.

Friday 21 January 1870
We went a walk with Mamma and by Mrs.Moore's and Anstie.

Saturday 22 January 1870
Aunt Posy came to Anstie to stay with Arty.

Saturday 22 January 1870
Times of India

Regatta at Bombay
A Regatta for the boats of H.M. ships of war now in Bombay Harbour took place on Wednesday and Thursday, and both from the number of entries and the hearty way in which the several races were contested, it proved a complete success. There were no less than six men-of-war in the harbour, - The Forte (flag ship), Daphne, Dryad, Nymph, Bullfinch, and Star, a larger number than have been at Bombay at one time for several years, in fact the only ship of the East Indian Squadron absent was the Cossack. The weather was very favourable for the day's racing, which was for the sailing boats, there being a fine breeze from west-north-west, so that the capabilities of the several competitors were tried on every point, the course being from the flag ship round the inner light ship, thence round a buoy off Karinja and back to the flag ship. - - - -

The races were under the immediate patronage of Sir Leopold Heath, K.C.B., the Commodore, and the prizes were raised by subscription among the officers of the fleet. The stiff breeze blowing, and the strong tide running, made the pulling hard work, hot, on the whole, the was every thing that could be wished, in fact, it was as cool as a summer day in England. Everything passed off without a hitch, and those who had the pleasure of witnessing the race of Wednesday and Thursday will look forward with pleasure to the time when another muster of H.M. ships will make a regatta practicable.

Saturday 22 January 1870
Times of India

DEPARTURE OF H. M.'s " STAR."

The boilers of H. M.'s ship Daphne, Captain Douglas, have been found so defective as to necessitate her going home, and the Admiralty, at the suggestion of the Commodore of the station, Sir Leopold Heath, C. B., have ordered her to proceed to England forthwith, via tho Suez Canal. The Daphne will sail as soon as her boilers have been temporarily repaired, which will probably be by the middle of February. The Daphne's term of commission would have expired ordinarily in June next , Captain Meara, of the Nymphe, who has been invalided, goes home in the Daphne, and Captain Campbell takes command of the Nymphe. The Daphne, on her voyage to England, will call at the usual ports.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 23 January 1870
An abominable day, Aunt Posy and Arty came and spoke to us through the window.

Monday 24 January 1870
Mamma and Miss Henning went to Anstie, we stayed about the fields, and garden. Artie went shooting.

Tuesday 25 January 1870
Mamma went a little walk with Aunt Posy, we went riding.

Wednesday 26 January 1870
We went with Mamma, Aunt Posy and Arty for a walk, we had the ponies with us, a lovely day.

Thursday 27 January 1870
Mamma went up to Anstie, we skated and slid.

Friday 28 January 1870
Skated and slid, Mr.Wickham and Mr.Bright called.

Saturday 29 January 1870
Skated and slid. In the afternoon Mamma, Aunt Posy and Miss Henning came on the ice. A lovely day. Had great fun.

Sunday 30 January 1870
In the morning went a walk with Miss Henning round by Anstie and Mrs.Moore's, in the afternoon went with Mamma and Arty the contrary way, James Harrison and Mr.Aldridge called, but as they saw the red cross on the door they would not come in.

Monday 31 January 1870
Rained. Mamma went to see Aunt Posy in the afternoon.

Monday 31 January 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East
Bombay - Our advices from Bombay are to January 5

The Commodore's Flagship - H.M.S. Forte arrived in Bombay harbour from Suez and Aden, with Commodore Heath on board, on January 1. It is now nine months since the Forte left Bombay. For some time she was engaged cruising on the Arabian coast, and afterwards visited Zanzibar and Seychelles. From thence, she proceeded to Suez and remained there for six weeks, and till the festivities attending on the opening of the Suez Canal were at an end. The Forte then sailed for Bombay about a month ago, calling at Aden, and making a considerable part of the voyage under sail. During her cruise she captured a slave dhow with eighty negroes on board.

Tuesday 1 February 1870
Morning Post.
Telegraphic Communication with India

Sir. - I have the honour to forward to you the following particulars of the progress of the contractors in extending the important undertaking for which this company was formed:- By letters from Bombay of the 8th inst. we learn that the Government of the presidency is affording every facility for landing the shore end of our cable, that the trench across the parade ground for the connections between cable and office is dug, and the cable test-house erected.

Directly the steam-ship Chiltern arrived, which she did on the 26th, the connecting wires would be carefully laid in pipes provided for the purpose, and all will be in readiness for the Great Eastern.

Captain Sherard Osborn informs me that mooring buoys have been laid down by the naval authorities for the "big ship;" her coals are all afloat and ready to go alongside, and Commodore Heath has instructed H.M.S. Forte to afford every assistance in expediting this work.

The Bombay shore end will probably be laid whilst the Great Eastern is coaling, an operation which will occupy a week. The Great Eastern and Chiltern will then in company proceed with the submergence of the cable to Aden and the entrance of the Red Sea.

At Aden all the arrangements are completed, and the Hibernia with the Red Sea Cable will be there to meet the Great Eastern about the end of February. - - - and I have every reason to believe that the cables from Malta via Gibraltar to Falmouth will be submerged by May next, according to the terms of that company's contract with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company. - I am sir, yours very faithfully. John Pender, Chairman.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 1 February 1870
Mamma went up to Anstie to see Aunt Posy. I went a walk with Miss Henning in the evening the sandal wood box came for Miss Henning.

Wednesday 2 February 1870
Rain, rain, rain. Artie went to Ewhurst, came and grumbled before he went about going in the fly.

Wednesday 2 February 180
Times of India

The Persian Gulf

We have received the fullest corroboration of the news we gave yesterday regarding the unsettled state of affairs among the people of Oman.

Abdullah bin Feysul, Amir of Riadh, has more than one account to settle with Azan-bin-Ghes, whose people murdered his lieutenant and attacked his frontier stronghold of Beyremeh, which guards the entrance to the passes of the Djebel Akhdar against an army coming from Nejd. - - -

From information furnished by the Foreign Office, we learn that the Riadh hordes have advanced to Lahsa; and as a 'feeler,' to see how the British authorities will regard their action, they say they come in the hope of being able to consult with them regarding the recent disturbances at El Khatif and Bahrain. - - -

Colonel Pelly requires a stronger force than he has at present in the Gulf, and the permission of the Government of India has been asked to employ one of the East India Squadron now in Bombay Harbour. Sir Leopold Heath is in Calcutta, and an hour's conference between him and the Viceroy should settle that little matter, as well as the more important one, of which they must surely by this time be "almost persuaded," that nothing but a special service, adequately armed and equipped, can ever perform the multifarious duties demanded in those waters.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Thursday 3 February 1870
Nothing. Berty came in the afternoon.

Friday 4 February 1870
Went a walk in the morning with Miss Henning. Mamma went to Anstie in the afternoon.

Saturday 5 February 1870
In the afternoon went up to Anstie with Mamma and Miss Henning, met Aunt Posy and Berty at the farm.

Homeward Mail from India, China and the East.
Saturday 5 February 1870

Bombay - Regatta.
A regatta is to take place between the boats of the East India Squadron now in Bombay Harbour, under the patronage of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B. On the first day there will be but one race - for the boats of every size; 1¼ minute for every foot length; boats to sail with rig as manned and armed.

On the second, the first race will be for boom boats; the second for cutters, 10 oars; the third for six-oared galleys; the fourth for five-oared gigs; the fifth for four-oared gigs; the sixth a Kroo boat or canoe race; and the seventh a race for copper punts, pulled, of course by Kroomen.

The Forte will, of course, be the flagship on the occasions; and as there are no fewer than six men-of-war in harbour - the Forte (?)

Globe
Saturday 5 February 1870

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath is about to proceed to Calcutta with the object, it is believed, of conferring with the Viceroy as to the number of men-of-war on the East India station that shall be hereafter available for the service of the Government of India.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 6 February 1870
In the morning went up to the farm to feed the peacock, in the afternoon it rained cats and dogs.

Monday 7 February 1870
Mamma had luncheon at Anstie. Berty went back to school, rained.

Tuesday 8 February 1870
We had a whole holiday, went out ferreting with Arty. Mamma went up to Anstie in the afternoon.

Tuesday 8 February 1870
Englishman's Overland Mail.

Sir Rutherford Alcock is at present on a visit to the Viceroy in Calcutta to explain the increased duty lately imposed on Opium in China. Sir Leopold Heath is also on a visit to consider the reconstruction of the Indian Navy.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 9 February 1870
Snow on the ground. Mamma up to Anstie in the morning to say good bye to Aunt Posy and Arty who went to London by the 12 o'clock train. Arty goes from there to Marlborough (College) on the 15th

Thursday 10 February 1870
We went a long walk with Miss Henning to Leith Hill, Mamma and Gerard went with us as far as Kitlands.

Friday 11 February 1870
All went in the fly to Dorking in the morning.

Friday 11 February 1870
Cambria Daily Leader

India
Colonel Kelly, Resident, Persian Gulf States, leaves for Muscat today. Commodore Heath has gone to Calcutta to discuss with the Viceroy the further arrangements of the Indian Navy

Friday 11 February 1870
Liverpool Daily Post

India

Bombay, Feb.8 - The Duke of Edinburgh will arrive at Lahore. He has been everywhere well received. Colonel Pelly, resident at the Persian Gulf States, leaves for Muscat today. Commodore Heath has gone to Calcutta. He is distrustful of the arrangements of the Indian navy.

Saturday 12 February 1870
Times of India

The Defences of Aden
Government have appointed the undermentioned officers a committee, to meet at Aden at an early date, for the purpose of reporting upon the defences required for the protection of the port, the Cratar, and Little Aden:-

Major-General C.W. Tremenheere C.B., and Major-General Sir E.L.Russell. Major T.Mahon R.A., and an officer of the Royal Navy to be nominated by Commodore Heath. - - -
The British India Telegraph Expedition - Capt. Sherard Osborn has received the following despatch:- "Halpin, Great Eastern, Bombay, Feb.7. 4.15pm. To Osborn. The shore end, which was shipped in the Chiltern, has been successfully landed today."

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Saturday 12 February 1870
Snowed.

Sunday 13 February 1870
James came to say good-bye.

Monday 14 February 1870
Freddy came down for the first time.

Tuesday 15 February 1870
Nobody knows.
Wednesday 16 to Friday 18th did nothing particular.

Thursday 17 February 1870
The Times of India

The Persian Gulf
It seems as if the peace of the Persian Gulf were really in imminent danger of rupture—Maritime Truce included.

The latest news represents the Wahabees as having been busily engaged in organizing a fleet at Khateef, to operate in concert with their land forces against Muscat. They are reported to contemplate a descent on the coast near Behreymee.

Khateef is a port of no inconsiderable proportions and strength, situated some forty miles north of Bahrein. It is moreover a seaport of by which the merchandise of Arabia seeks an outlet, and a likely place to be selected for the equipment of an expedition.

Behreymee is a fortified town, the frontier post of the Emir of Riadh, but lately held by the people of Muscat. Being from its position and advantages a place of considerable importance, its capture would be deemed essential by any force invading Oman from Muscat, or Muscat from the direction of Oman. Azau-bin-Ghes has little chance of withstanding the invader, unless all the tribes hitherto disaffected rally round him (which it is far from likely they will do), or unless the fleet containing the flower of their fighting men and the greater part of their resources is scattered or taken by Colonel Pelly, or some English officer in his stead. About the probability of this last, it would be unprofitable to speculate.

The flagship Forte, with Sir Leopold Heath on board, leaves Bombay for Kurrachee on the 27th instant ; whether she will proceed beyond that port depends upon certain considerations and contingencies which we must not at present discuss.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 16 to Friday 18th did nothing particular.
Saturday 19 February 1870

Saturday 19 February 1870
Army and Navy Gazette

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, K.C.B, was at Bombay on the 21st of January, but intended going in the course of week to Calcutta, leaving the Forte at the former port until his return. Sir Leopold's object in going to Bengal is to consult the Viceroy relative to the arrangements connected with the establishment of the future Indian squadron, as no details had up last advices been settled.

We understand that many difficulties have been started in the way of carrying out the intended project. It is the old story of "Civilian against naval and military,” and there no doubt exists a strong feeling on the part of officers not to serve under the local "politicals,” but much is expected from Lord Mayo's suaviter in modo, combined with the certainty of good pay being allotted to those who may join the service.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Monday 21 February 1870
Freddy's birthday, had great fun.

Monday 21 February 1870
Times of India

TO MARINERS.
We are indebted to Commodore Sir Leopold Heath for the following observances on the tide and currents of the Straits of Jabal. The observations were made by Captain Henry Grant, R.N., while conducting the operations for the recovery of the treasure from the wreck of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Canaria in December 1869 :- The rise and fall of the tides on all the banks between Jubel and Shedwan Islands are much affected by the direction and force of the wind ; they range from 4 to 6 feet at full and change. " The direction of the tide - - - -

Times of India
Tuesday 22 February 1870

His Excellency Sir Salar Jung K.C.S.I., and suite, were yesterday conducted by Mr Saunders C.B., Resident of Hyderebad, over H.M.'s Forte, where they were received by Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., and officers.

With Mr Roberts was, in addition to his own staff, Mr Fitzgerald, as representative of His Excellency the Governor. The arrangements for conveying the distinguished party afloat were seen to by Captain Robinson personally.

Sir Seymour Fitzgerald and others, India

Sir Seymour Fitzegerald and others in India.

Sir Seymour is probably the one sitting on the left

Having inspected the Forte - and there is no prettier sight afloat than a trim British frigate - and having had explained to them everything of interest on board, the strangers left, under a salute from the vessel, for the troop-ship Malabar, which then had her troops on board - the 102nd Foot and details - - -
We may state, also, that the impression created among those on board by Sir Salar Jung's intelligent and noble bearing was a most favourable one.

From the Malabar,the party proceeded up the Harbour, and ultimately to Elephants. They honoured the Hon'ble David Sassoon C.S.I., with their company at dinner in the evening. Today they depart by special train to Aurangabad.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 22 February 1870
Mamma and I to the drawing class for the first time, very nice.

Wednesday 23 February 1870
Mamma and Miss Henning went up to Anstie, we skated.

Thursday 24 February 1870
Went up to Anstie Farm with Mamma.

Friday 25 February 1870
Went a long walk, had the ponies with us.

Saturday 26 February 1870
Mamma, Miss Henning and Ada went to Brighton. We roamed all about the woods and farm.

Sunday 27 February 1870
Rained in the morning, did not go to church.

Monday 28 February 1870
Went up Anstie with Mamma and Miss Henning.

Monday 28 February 1870
Times of India

Mrs Tucker Fancy Dress Ball
It must be admitted that a Fancy Dress Ball with the English is a somewhat hazardous social experiment. Not so in Paris, Munich or Naples, for there the stiffness that we meet within our own insular society is totally absent, and artistic feeling is properly allowed a freer scope.

The triumphant success of the brilliant ball of Thursday night is, however, an abundant proof - if proof be needed - of the existence in Bombay society of cultivated taste and hearty appreciation of the peculiar conditions of masquerade. - - - still we experience in masquarade a certain undefinable sense of relief at being freed from the oppressive tyranny of our monotonous modern fashions. - - -

First, however, we should remark that the mansion of Mr Manockjee Petit, kindly lent for the occasion, is admirably suited for an entertainment of this kind, and it approaches and surroundings were a blaze of light, while the broad and simple character of the decoration of the hall that served as ball-room was wisely left unbroken by colour or evergreens; and the pillared aisle that surrounded it provided a picturesque background and promenade. - - -In conclusion we may mention that His Excellency the Governor honoured the entertainment with his presence, as a Lord Lieutenant, and appeared thoroughly to enjoy the brilliant scene. Sir Barnes and Lady Peacock, Major General Gordon C.B., Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Colonel Penn, C.B., - - Colonel Mess'oud Bey of Bagdad,

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Monday 28 February 1870
Went up Anstie with Mamma and Miss Henning.

Tuesday 1 March 1870
Went to the drawing class in the Wickham's carriage.

Wednesday 2 March 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands. The others went a walk. Freddy and I went a ride.

Thursday 3 March 1870
Had a concert.

Friday 4 March 1870
Rainy day. We played at horses.

Saturday 5 March 1870
Went up to Anstie with Mamma. Herbert in bed, supposed to have scarletine.

Sunday 6 March 1870
Did not go to church, went a walk.

Monday 7 March 1870
Hip! Hip! Hurrah!!!!!! Herbert has not got the scarletina, but, only a rash.

Tuesday 8 March 1870
Went to the drawing class, it is so nice.

Tuesday 8 March 1870
Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)

Departure of H.M.S. Forte. - H.M.S. Forte, the flaghip of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, left Bombay harbour on Sunday evening, 27th Feb, for Kurrachee. Her trip has, we believe, some connection with the affairs in the Persian Gulf, but it is expected the Forte will return to Bombay ere the arrival of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 9 March 1870
Mamma and Freddy went to London for the day.

Thursday 10 March 1870
We went a walk in the morning. Mamma took Freddy to Mrs.Moore's to stay till Monday and went to Kitlands.

Friday 11 March 1870
We went up to the sandpit.

Saturday 12 March 1870
Went to the sandpit with Freddy. Mamma went a walk.

Saturday 12 March 1870
Times of India

H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh - Arrival in Bombay
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Bombay yesterday afternoon by special train, at 5 o'clock. His Royal Highness has now seen the greater part of India, and has been welcomed by many a city possessed of historical and tragic associations which Bombay happily does not possess; but, we have the best authority for stating, at none of these receptions were there noticed the same indications of universal and spontaneous welcome that distinguished the reception last night at Boree Bunder Station. - - The three Chiefs aforementioned, the Members of Government, the Commander-in-Chief, the Lord Bishop, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, and others were introduced to His Royal Highness. - -

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 13 March 1870
Snow on the ground 7 inches thick.

Monday 14 March 1870
Mamma took Freddy back to school.

Tuesday 15 March 1870
I went to the drawing with the Wickhams and came back with Mrs.Hawkins. Mamma too tired to go.

Tuesday 15 March 1870
Pall Mall Gazette

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath has also been paying the Governor-General a flying visit from Bombay. I mentioned in a former letter that the naval requirements of India have for some years been the subject of a good deal of inquiry and discussion, and that towards the end of last year the Admiralty had entered into a provisional arrangement with the India Office to place three gunboats entirely at the disposal of the Government out here for duty in the Persian Gulf, with a reserve of three ships of war at Bombay and Trincomalee for service when required. For these arrangements 70.000/. a year was to be paid from the Indian revenues. The expediency of this plan is, on the grounds of efficiency as well as economy, open to considerable doubt, and it has become a question whether it will not, after all, be necessary to resort to a partial reconstruction of the Indian navy which was broken up on economical grounds in 1862. - - -

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 16 March 1870
Aunt Emma came.

Thursday 17 March 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands. Everybody with colds and coughs.

Thursday 17 March 1870
Times of India

Duke of Edinburgh visit to Bombay.

- - - Among the vessels most splendidly illuminated and most enthusiastic in their cheering and other demonstrations of loyalty were No.2 Pilot Schooner, the Tweed, Callcutta, Sir Walter Scott, Houghton Tower, Rialto, British Sceptre, Duke of Newcastle, S.S. Dacca, S.S. Comorin, City of York, Dilharee, City of Brussels, British Empire and Octavia. H.M.'s Forte manned yards, burned blue lights at each yard arm, and fired a salute of 21 guns as the Royal yacht passed. And such a salute! Sir Leopold Heath evidently had no fear of the Lords of the Admiralty before his eyes, for he did not spare his powder. The Forte's upper and main deck ports were also lit up, showing off the frigate very finely. No sooner had the guns of the Forte ceased, than other vessels and other crews took up the theme, on every side flashed carronades of every sort and size; - - - -

Times of India
Thursday 17 March 1870

Visit of Duke of Edinburgh to India.
---The procession having now been formed, the pilot tug went ahead, and the May Frere, having on board His Excellency Sir Seymour Fitzgerald and Staff, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh and Staff, Sir William Mereweather, Sir Leopold Heath and others, went ahead, amid ringing cheers from the other steamers under whose bows she had to pass.

People looked back upon Elephanta, and found four splendid bonfires on its peaks; and they looked forward upon the Harbour, there they saw the splendid line of hte P. and O. with all the mechantmen beyond.

Every vessel of the P. and O. Company was lit up from the water's edge to its topmost spar, and on every vessel also were there stout lungs to shout a sailor's welcome. As the May Frere reached the first of the steamers, a salute was fired from all their guns; and as she passed the last, the cheering ceased, and the Band spoke forth "Oh how my heard goes pit-a-pat pit-a-pat."

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Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Friday 18 March 1870
Went out with Mamma, Emma, Willy and the ponies.

Saturday 19 March 1870
Mrs.Hawkins and Mrs.Greenwood called.

Saturday 19 March 1870
Times of India

The New Sailors Home. The Laying of the Foundation Stone by the Duke of Edinburgh.
The most permanent memorial of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Bombay will unquestionably be the new Sailors' Home, which is to be erected on the Esplanade. - - - and thanks to the munificent gifts of the Native Chiefs who visited Bombay to receive and meet the son of their Queen, the Empress of India, the fund which has been collected in order that the Prince should have a reception worthy of our Sovereign Lady's son had not be be indented upon. - - - Punctually at 5 o'clock His Royal Highness and staff, and H.E. the Governor, arrived at the enclosure, where the Guicowar of Baroda, and attendants, the Lord Bishop of Bombay and Mrs Douglas, the Hon. Sir Richard and Lady Couch, Brigadier General Stock, the Hon. Mr. Justice Melville, the Hon. Mr. Justice Gibbs and Mrs Gibbs, Commodore Heath R.N. - - -and the officers of H.M.'s Forte, - - -It is most unusual in this country to have to speak of unfavourable weather, except during the monsoon, but it was certainly most unpropitious as far as the comfort of the spectators was concerned, for it rained heavily during the whole of the proceedings. - - - -On the south side of the site were the seamen of H.M.S. Forte, or as many of them as could be spared.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 20 March 1870
Mamma, Herbert and Gerard went to church in the morning.

Monday 21 March 1870
I in bed with cold.

Tuesday 22 March 1870
Mamma went with Margerey Whatman to the drawing class.

Wednesday 23 to Wednesday 30 March 1870
Ada and I went to London so I do not know what happened at home except Marlborough is broken up for scarlet fever and Arty is at home.

Friday 25 March 1870
London and China Express

The time of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., in the East Indies will expire next July, and he will be relieved by an officer who will go overland to Bombay, if anything should prevent the Forte from proceeding to Suez.

Saturday 26 March 1870
Times of India

H.M.S. Forte, Commodore Heath C.B., leaves Bombay, 21st inst, for Trincomalee, where she will meet H.M.'s Galatea, Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh; when the Duke leaves Trincomalee, the Forte will probably return to Bombay.

Monday 28 March 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

H.M.S. Forte, flag-ship of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., has left Bombay for Kurrachee, for a cruise.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Thursday 31 March 1870
Ada and I went to Kitlands to see Uncle James.

Friday 1 April 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands. I went a ride with Arty.

Saturday 2 April 1870
Lovey day. Arty went ratting at Kitlands, we got plants from the woods.

Saturday 2 April 1870
Army and Navy Gazette

We understand that the idea of relieving Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., by a rear-admiral, was lately mooted at the Admiralty, but in consequence of an objection (chiefly of a pecuniary character) having been raised at the India Office, the intention has for the present at least been abandoned.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 3 April 1870
Went to Sunday.

Monday 4 April 1870
Arty went hunting.

Tuesday 5 April 1870
Went to the drawing with Whatmans.
Wednesday

Tuesday 5 April 1870
London Evening Standard

The Duke of Edinburgh in Bombay
(Bombay, March 12)

If your correspondent is tempted to philosophise a little in the midst of the excitement which prevails in the Gate of the Western World (as Lord Mayo has somewhat happily called this city) upon the entrance of the Queen's son thereinto, he must be forgiven.

The truth is it is impossible for any thoughtful mind to withdraw itself ever so little from the outward pomp and circumstance of the event - its stately ceremonials, solemn processions, and splendid entertainments, - - -

The Royal arms were over the entrance to the station, and "Welcome to Bombay" immediately opposite. A brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen occupied the gallery, while the platform in front of it was crowded with local notobilities in the handsome dress of the Politicals, while the Court dress also was to be seen here and there.

Sir Leopold Heath, with a mass of medals on his breast, represented the navy, while the Lord Bishop was conspicuous in grave black. Twenty native princes were present. His Highness the Gaekwar was there in plain white, with an ephod of diamonds, worth a king's ransom, upon his breast and shoulders.

The Rajah of Kolapoor walked in jewelled shoes and green satin, upon the scarlet floor, while others in weighty cloth of gold down to their knees and bare brown legs below waited the arrival of the train. A fine looking Arab Prince, the Sultan of Lahej, was also there from Arabia. His physiognomy is the pure Arab, so also his gait -a slow stately stride - and his dress was brilliant and tasteful. Next in the order of precedence were the Rao of Kuteh, the first of his kingly race has left his kingdom for the last three centuries; the Nawab of Joonaghur, the leading chief of Kattiawar, and the Rajah of Drangdra. - - -

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 6 April 1870
Went to Anstie.

Thursday 7 April 1870
Mamma went to London. Arty went hunting.

Friday 8 April 1870
The Cazalets came for a few days to Bearhurst. Went on boat.

Saturday 9 April 1870
Arty went to fetch Mamma from London and they both came down in the evening.

Sunday 10 April 1870
Went to church.

Monday 11 April 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands. We went out a walk with the Cazalets, they came here in the afternoon. and so did Willy. We have got a young rabbit.

Monday 11 April 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

Naval Arrangements for India

The last we heard of the arrangements for providing the requisite naval force for the Indian seas was, that the Home authorities, having apportioned six men-of-war for the service, and determined that out of the revenues of India should be paid 70,000/. a year for their maintenance, had referred the final details to the Viceroy and Commodore Heath. But the old difficulty of the double administration reappears. The Government of India, and Sir Leopold Heath do not, it seems, fall in with the plan devised by the India Office Council and the Admiratly Board.They recommend a totally different force, and are not prepared to accept what the Duke of Argyll has sanctioned.

In fact, the talk of an Indian navy is revived, and the objections to any other naval scheme are gone over afresh. A purely local squadron commends itself before any other naval provision, and whatever may be the opinion of this country, we feel satisfied the Government of India will not be contented until they have again a small fleet under their own control.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 12 April 1870
Went to the drawing. Arty went out hunting. Berty came home from school.

Wednesday 13 April 1870
Sweet darling Bunny died. Mrs.Hawkins, Mrs.Greenwood came to afternoon tea.

Thursday 14 April 1870
Arty took Ada a ride, we went about the field with Berty.

Thursday 14 April 1870
Bradford Observer

An Oriental Fete
The Times correspondent describes the fete at which the Duke of Edinburgh was present, at the Caves of Elephanta, Bombay. He says it was a fete which no other city in India, and few elsewhere, could produce the like of.

His excellency the Governor had invited some 200 ladies and gentlemen to a dinner and fete at the Caves of Elephanta, across the magnificent sheet of water which constitutes the harbour of Bombay. - - - about four o'clock in the afternoon, the guests assembled, some at Apollo Bunder, others at Mazagon, where a flotilla of steamers, six in all, was waiting to convey them across.

His Royal Highness and His Excellency, with a distinguished party of officers, including Sir William Mereweather, Sir Neville Chamberlain, Sir Seymour Blane, Sir Leopold Heath, and others, had already proceeded in the May Frere to inspect the various works in progress in the harbour - the sites of the new forts, the new floating dock at Hog Island, &c.

Friday 15 April 1870
Times of India

Amongst the incidents of the Duke of Edinburgh's landing at Colombo was the renewal of acquaintanceship between Commodore Sir Leopold Heath and the Hon. Mr. Vane. Thirty-three years ago the two were brother midshipmen on board a man-of-war in the Colombo roadstead. The one continued in the Navy, and is Commodore of the Indian Station. The other changed his career to the Civil Service, and is now Treasurer of the Colony of Ceylon.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Friday 15 April 1870 - Good Friday.
Went to church with Miss Henning.

Saturday 16 April 1870
All went up to Anstie.

Saturday 16 April 1870 - double up
Homeward Mail of India, China and the East

Bombay - Our advices from Bombay are to March 29.
Departure of H.M.S. "Forte." - H.M.S. Forte, Commodore Heath C.B., left Bombay on Monday, March 21, for Trincomalee, where she will meet H.M.S. Galatea, Captain His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. When the Duke leaves Trincomalee, the Forte will probably return to Bombay

Saturday 16 April 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

The Indian Navy - (from the Bombay Gazette, of March 25)
It appears that our ideas on the subject of the Persian Gulf Squadron had been to some extent anticipated.

We learn, on what we consider reliable authority, that the recent visit of H.M.S. Forte and Commodore Sir Leopold Heath to Kurrachee was made chiefly to examine carefully the capabilities of that port as a station for the Persian Gulf squadron, and as a general naval depot.

We trust the Commodore has been able to make a favourable report, and shall hope to see some action taken in the matter. We hope also the defenceless state of that important port will not be lost sight of, and that a well considered scheme for some harbour defences will form part of the arrangements.

It is surprising that no steps have yet been taken with that view, but the point should certainly no longer be shelved if Kurrachee is to become a naval depot. The position of Kurrachee, just opposite it were to the disturbed country of Oman, is admirably adapted also for a station whence our cruizers could issue forth to intercept the homeward Arab slave fleet off and below Rasal Hadd (the eastern most point of Arabia), and such an important consideration as this latter ought to have considerable weight.

We assume that it is well known to Government that comparatively few slaves are brought directly into the Gulf: the majority being landed either at Soor, Khorjeramah, or close to the southward of Rasal Hadd, and then marched across Oman to the Ports on the south side of the Gulf.

All attempts at suppression of the slave trade by cruizing outside the Gulf appear to have been entirely suspended since the abolition of the Indian Navy. If, as we imagine, this plan affords the most reasonable prospect of crushing this nefarious traffic, we can imagine no head quarters advantageously situated than Kurrachee.

Saturday 16 April 1870
Globe
H.M.S. Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., has proceeded from Bombay to Trincomalee, there to meet H.M.S. Galatea, Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 17 April 1870
Mamma went to church in the morning, with most of the others. Berty and I went with Miss Henning in afternoon. Mrs.Leslie called.

Monday 18 April 1870
A nice day. Uncle Douglas came. Mamma and Arty went to Kitlands, and we went to Broom Hall.

Tuesday 19 April 1870
Arty went out hunting with Berty. We went to the drawing. Freddy came from Brighton.

Wednesday 20 April 1870
Mamma, Arty and Freddy went to London for the day.

Wednesday 20 April 1870
Englishman's Overland Mail

The Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon - The Ceylon papers are full of accounts of the reception and entertainment of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Ceylon Observer furnishing its subscribers with a likeness of His Royal Highness.

The Galatea has arrived at Colombo on the 30th ultimo, and had been preceded on the previous day by Sir Leopold Heath in the Forte. All the ships in harbour were gaily dressed with flags, and a double line of boats was formed, through which the Duke was rowed to the landing place. Here he was received by the Governor Sir H. Robinson, and the Principal Civil and Military authorities, and after having been introduced to Lady Robinson, the Ducal party proceeded to the Queen's House, through streets crowded with sightseers. At night the town was brilliantly illuminated. - - -

On the Friday Lady Robinson gave a reception, followed by a ball, and on Saturday the Duke, the Governor, and a large party started for the elephant Kraal at Ratnapura. About twenty miles from Colombo the whole party were entertained at breakfast by Don Christobel H. Dias Bandayanaraka, in the ancient fortress of Hanwella, in the defence of which against the natives the Don's father formerly distinguished himself. Thirty elephants were enclosed in the Kraal, and the process of noosing them was to take place on the day before the mail left. On the 5th H.R.H. was to return to Colombo.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Thursday 21 April 1870
A whole holiday. Cazalets and Willy came in the afternoon. We acted "Ali Cogia" in the evening.

Friday 22 April 1870
All went to Kitlands for the afternoon.The boys bathed there.

Saturday 23 April 1870
Aunt Julia came and the Leslies and Willy.

Sunday 24 April 1870
Went to church.To the farming in the afternoon.

Monday 25 April 1870
Freddy and Herbert went to Brighton

Monday 25 April 1870
Times of India

The treat to the sailors of the two frigates, Galatea and the Forte, came off on Thursday, when about 290 of them were taken by train to Kandy.

The train left Colombo by the ordinary morning train and arrived at Kandy at about half past eleven o'clock. There they found a bounteous dinner awaiting them in the goods warehouse of the Kandy station, to which they did full justice.

The Duke of Edinburgh, His Excellency the Governor, and Sir Leopold Heath, the Commodore of the station, went down to the where the men were dining, and were received with some ringing British cheers. The ducal party remained till nearly the end of the dinner.

At the conclusion of the repast the men expressed themselves highly delighted with the treat they had received, and said that no entertainment that had been extended to them, at Calcutta or elsewhere, had been more truly liberal and hospitable. - - - They then left the station for a walk through Kandy, and very soon the streets of the mountain capital were permeated by large numbers of the sun-burned hardy tars with their open shirt collars, with the broad blue lappel, and their hats bearing the name of their respective ships. - - - -

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 26 April 1870
Went to a wedding. We went to the drawing.

Wednesday 27 April 1870
Mamma, Arty and Berty went to Broadwoods.

Thursday 28 April 1870
We all went to Anstie.

Friday 29 April 1870
Arty and Gerard to Dorking. Mamma, Berty and I to Kitlands where I stayed for the night.

Saturday 30 April 1870
Had a paper chase in the morning which Archi Wickham and Willy came to. The Leslies came afterwards, and Freddy and Herbert came home from Brighton.

Leamington Spa
Saturday 30 April 1870 (and 23 Dec. 1869)

Clarendon Hotel
Mrs and Miss Marsh-Caldwell, Linley Wood, Cheshire
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 1 May 1870
Went a walk in the morning and to church in the afternoon.

Monday 2 May 1870
Went out bird-nesting. Freddy and Bertie went back to Brighton.

Saturday 2 April 1870 ??
Arrival at Bombay.

We extract the following from the Bombay Gazette: -
(re Prince visit)

He has come at last. As may be supposed, the road leading to the station was crowded with people, even for an hour or two before the time of arrival. The station itself, usually of so melancholy an appearance, was gay and cheerful on this occasion. All that evergreens and flags , and good good taste combined could do was done to render e station attractive. - - -Part of the space in the centre was reserved for the Governor and party, or for those of them who chose to sit down at all, and at the further end there was another place reserved for the native Rajahs, Chiefs and Sirdars. - --

Most of the gentlemen holding official positions or high in the services remained standing in front of the gallery. The handsome dress of the political officers was frequent and conspicuous and the Court dress also was to be seen. Sir Leopold Heath, with a mass of medals on his breast, represented the Navy; the Lord Bishop contributed the clerical element, and we noticed two officers, no doubt of high position, from the Portuguese Army of Goa.

As we have said, the attendance of Rajahs and Chiefs, from one who receives a royal salute, down to those of low degree for whom a few ruffles are considered sufficient, was large and imposing. At the top of the list waas the Gaekwar, next the young Rajah of Kolapore. Among others on the platform were:- H.E. Sir Augustus Spencer, Commander-in-Chief, and staff, the Hon. the Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop of Bombay, the Hon. Mr Mansfield, the Hon, Mr Tucker, the Hon. Messrs Sassoon, Bellasis, Campbell, Munguldass, and Byramjee Jejeebhoy, the Hon. Justices Westropp, Sargent, Gibbs, Warden, Lloyd, Melvill, and Bayley. Sir Leopold Heath, Sir Rutherford Alcock, Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, - - continues - -

Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon 1879

Duke of Edinburgh, Carte de Visite, which he gave to Sir Leopold Heath at Trincomalee in 1870

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 3 May 1870
Went to the drawing.

Wednesday 4 May 1870
Mamma went calling with Arty.

Thursday 5 May 1870
I went a ride with Arty.

Thursday 5 May 1870 &
Daily News (London)
Sunday 8 May 1870

Weekly Despatch (London)
The Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon.

A correspondent writes from Colombo on the 5th of April - "The Galatea was sighted at 9a.m. on Wednesday, the 30th, and within three hours anchored opposite the Royal Engineers' Point, having previously saluted the flag of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, which was flying from the Forte.

The shipping of the harbour was decorated with all the available bunting, while about 300 small canoes, or outriggers (native boats used for fishing and keeping daily communication with the shipping lying out in the roadstead), surrounded the Galatea, saluted her with some small arms they had procured, and forthwith commenced a sham fight amongst themselves. - -

The Prince left his vessel accordingly at 5p.m., the Forte and Galatea manning the yards in his honour, and firing Royal salutes. - - - - The natives did not cheer. It is not their custom to exert themselves for anyone's benefit; and although there was an evident intention on their part to make a laudable exception to the general rule on the occasion of seeing the Duke of Edinburgh, so little accustomed were they to raise a cheer, and so engrossed were they at the sight of the pageant before them, that they forgot - and so the Duke, probably for the first time in his life, passed through a crowd of staring, silent spectators.

On the following morning, the 2nd, the Duke left for the Labugam Kraal, Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Leopold Heath accompanying him. The first portion of the road lay through the Pettah, the native town of Colombo, immediately outside the northern portion of the fortifications. - -

At Hangwille, nineteen miles from Colombo, the site of one of the old Dutch forts, and the scene of many a conflict in the early days of British rule, a pause was made for a repast, which was by compliment termed breakfast, thought it was then three o'clock. By half-past five "Kraal Town" was reached, and there the Duke met with a most hearty reception from the visitors already assembled. - - - The preparations for the kraal have been going on for weeks. Herds of elephants have been watched and prevented from roaming from the neighbourhood of the kraal; - - -Before noon the Ratamahatmeys presented himself to the Governor, and asked that the drive might take place at once, as the elephants were beginning to be troublesome, - -

The Duke has a capital place chosen for him on a rock commanding a fine view of the herd as they rushed into the kraal, and as the last animal passed through the gate, the company standing around gave loud and hearty cheers for his Royal Highness. Almost immediately the Duke, who was accompanied by Sir Leopold Heath, Colonel Riley, - - took up a position in the Grand Stand, which commanded a view of the whole of the kraal.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Friday 6 May 1870
Nothing particular.

Saturday 7 May 1870
Miss Henning, Ada and I went to Dorking in the train and walked back.

Saturday 7 May 1870
Army and Navy Gazette

It is understood that, owing to a contemplated increase of the naval forces in the Indian Seas, a flag officer will be selected to relieve Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 8 May 1870
Went to church and in the afternoon a walk withy Arty.

Monday 9 May 1870
Ada went a ride with Arty.

Tuesday 10 May 1870
Arty and I went a ride.

Tuesday 10 May 1870
Globe

A Letter from Colombo, dated April 8th, says:-
The Duke of Edinburgh has been indisposed since his return from the Kraal at Avishavella.

On the day following the return from Avishavalla the Prince was entertained by the officers of the Ceylon Rifle Corpos at a garden party in the grounds attached to their mess-room. His Royal Highness planted a tree in front of the main entrance to the mess-room, after which the Royal party, which included Sir Leopold Heath, Sir Seymour Blane, Colonel Riley, and Major-General Renny, adjourned to the parade ground where they witnessed the races and athletic sports of the Colombo garrison, in some of which the officers and men of her Majesty's ship Galatea took part. - - -

Wednesday 11 May 1870
Hampshire Telegraph

The Octavia, screw steam frigate, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, which was at Colombo on the 31st March, was to proceed to Trincomalee, and return thence to Bombay
(Forte instead of Octavia?)

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 11 May 1870
A whole holiday, pouring wet day.

Thursday 12 May 1870
Arty went back to Marlborough.

Friday 13 May 1870
We all went up to Anstie.

Saturday 14 May 1870
We went to Capel.

Sunday 15 May 1870
Went to church.

Monday 16 May 1870
I am sure I do not know.

Tuesday 17 May 1870
Went to a concert at Cranby with the Whatmans.

Wednesday 18 May 1870
Nothing particular.

Times of India
Wednesday 18 May 1870

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Commodore of the second class, and senior officer of the East India station, whose term of service has expired, proceeds home in July. It is said he is to be succeeded by Capt. George Ommaney Willis C.B.

Time of India
Wednesday 18 May 1870

The usual dullness of Trincomalee has been lately enlivened by the presence of the Galatea, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, the Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, the Dryad, Captain Philip H. Colomb, and other ships.

Captain Colomb - about 1870

Captain Colomb R.N.,

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

There have been various amusements, a cricket match, which unfortunately was not played out, a boat race, which was won by the Galatea's, and a rifle match which the Forte's won.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Thursday 19 May 1870
Mrs.Hawkins called.

Friday 20 May 1870
Mrs.Oflaherty called.

Leeds Mercury
Friday 20 May 1870

India - By British Indian Cable.
Bombay - May 19
The first monsoon mail steamer leaves Bombay for England on Wednesday next. Commodore Leopold Heath proceeds home in July

Morning Post
Friday 20 May 1870

The Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon.

Colombo - April 15
Of the many entertainments prepared for the Duke of Edinburgh, none have been more successful than the Colombo public ball. On the previous day his royal highness had returned from the Ratinapura Kraal, and on the next day he was present at a garden fete given in the Rifle mess-house grounds by the officers of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, and afterwards at athletic sports got up for the benefit of the garrison and royal navy. - - -

After a quiet day on board the Galatea, his royal highness started for the kraal to be held in the Seven Korles (or seven counties), a district very rich in rice cultivation, and in other parts of it rich in elephants.
The crowd collected on the road leading to the railway station and on the departure platform lustily cheered his royal highness as he departed in company with the Governor, Sir Leopold Heath, Colonel Riley, and other gentlemen.

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The duke drove the Governor and Sir Leopold Heath to Kurunegala, which was decorated in honour of the visit by several triumphal arches, some of which were very carefully designed and carried out. - - - Mr Morris, the Government agent, with other officials, received his royal highness as he entered the town, and loud cheers greeted the Duke as he passed through the avenue of arches leading to the Maligawa, the official bungalow, immediately underneath the great rock of Etagulla, the (Elephant Rock), on the top of which a few hours later a bonfire intimated to far and near that Kurunegala was at last honoured with a royal guest.

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Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Saturday 21 May 1870
Miss Henning and I went to Brighton.

Sunday 22 May 1870
Very hot day. All went to church except Miss Henning and I.

Monday 23 May 1870
Evy Eden and Fritz and Eve came for the day and Mr. and Mrs.Bergeron and Uncle Douglas came to luncheon.

Monday 23 May 1870
Lyttleton Times

India - Galle, April 20
The Telegraph cable via the Red Sea, and the new land line recently opened to Europe, are working well.

The Duke of Edinburgh arrived in the Galatea at Colombo on March 31, Commodore Heath meeting him with the flagship. The Duke had a warm reception, and has since been treated to the sight of an elephant drive.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 24 May 1870
Went to the drawing with Mamma.

Wednesday 25 May 1870
Mamma, Ada, Herbert and Gerard went to the Crystal Palace.

Thursday 26 May 1870
Nothing particular.

Friday 27 May 1870
Went a walk, Herbert and Gerard to Kitlands, Willy teased Gerard so much that he will not go there for two or three weeks.

Saturday 28 May 1870
Mamma and Miss Henning went in the fly and Herbert and I rode, we went a round of calls and to Dorking. Ada and Gerard went to Kitlands

Saturday 28 May 1870
Hampshire Telegraph

Naval & Military News - From our Special Correspondent.
The Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, arrived at Trincomalee on the 26th of April from Colombo.

Saturday 28 May 1870
Englishman's Overland Mail

The Command of the Indian Navy. - Upon the expiration of Sir Leopold Heath's tour of service in July next, the Poona Observer says that he will be succeeded by Captain George O.Willes, C.B.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 29 May 1870
Went to church, a hot day.

Monday 30 May 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands and a box with lovely gloveboxes and things came from India.

Tuesday 31 May 1870
Showery day, went to the drawing very bravely in the poney-chaise.

Wednesday 1 June 1870
I can't remember.

Thursday 2 June 1870
I went to Holmbury Hill with the Whatmans and stayed at Kitlands till Saturday afternoon. At home on Friday Mamma went calling. The O'Flahertys came in the afternoon.

Thursday 2 June 1870
Morning Post

May 3 - - The Duke went on board the Galatea to Divine Service, paying afterwards a complimentary visit to the French man-of-war L'Amorique, M. Gizoline, the usual salutes being fired on the occasion. The Forte (with Commodore Sir Leopold Heath had sailed for Trincomalee on the previous evening. - - -

- - - The Galatea leaves Trincomalee on Thursday evening, will call at the site of the Basses Lighthouse to see if the weather is sufficiently calm to enable his royal highness to lay the foundation-stone, and will afterwards anchor in Galle Harbour, where the Duke, in company with Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Leopold Heath, will inspect the site of the breakwater which is to be shortly commenced. - -

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 5 June 1870
Went to church.

Monday 6 June 1870
The Cazalets arrived at Bearhurst, we went to meet them.

Tuesday 7 June 1870
Gerard's and Miss Henning's birthday, went to the out-door sketching but are not going again.

Wednesday 8 June 1870
I cannot think.

Thursday 9 June 1870
The Cazalets came.

Friday 10 June 1870
The Shoots, the Cazalets, Margerey and Willy and Hugh Spottiswood came for the afternoon. Fred and Bertie came for exeat.

Saturday 11 June 1870
Went to Anstie Bury for a picnic. Cazalets, Whatmans, Hugh Spotiswood and ourselves.

Sunday 12 June 1870
Went to church.

Monday 13 June 1870
Boys went back to Brighton.

Monday 13 June 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., commodore of the second class, and senior officer of the East Indian station, whose term of service has expired, proceeds home in July. It is said he is to be succeeded by Capt. George Ommaney Willis, C.B., - -

Monday 13 June 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

Naval news beings to claim a place in Indian intelligence. Commodore Sir Leopold Heath proceeds home next month, and it is expected in India that his successor will be Captain George Oammaney Willis C.B.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 14 June 1870
Went a walk with the Cazalets, Mamma and Ada to call on Mrs.Cazalet.

Wednesday 15 June 1870
Went a walk with Mamma, Miss Henning and a walk with the O'Flahertys.

Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service.
Wednesday 15 June 1870

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.,Commodore of the second class, and senior Officer of the East Indian Station, whose term of service has expired, proceeds home in July. It is said he is to be succeeded by Capt. George Ommaney Willis C.B.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Thursday 16 June 1870
Mamma and I went to see the Royal Academy with Evey Eden. A thunderstorm in the evening.

Friday 17 June 1870
I don't know.

Saturday 18 June 1870
Mamma drove with Ada and Gerard to see Mrs.Wedgwood. I went with Miss Henning to Bearhurst. Miss Henning's sister came.

Sunday 19 June 1870
Went to church

Monday 20 June 1870
Mamma went out a drive with Mrs.Cazalet, Miss Hennings sister went away.

Tuesday 21 June 1870
Mamma and Ada went to see Mrs.Leslie.

Wednesday 22 June 1870
Went to the O'Flaherty's. Mamma to dine at Kitlands. Very hot day.

Wednesday 22 June 1870
Naval and Military Gazette

The Galatea. - The usual dulness of Trincomalee was much enlivened by the presence of the Galatea, with H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh; the Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath; the Drya, Capt. Philip H. Colomb, and other ships. Various amusements were inaugurated, amongst them being a cricket match, a boat race, which was won by the Galatea, and a rifle match, in which the Fortes were the victors.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Wednesday 22 June 1870
Went to the O'Flaherty's. Mamma to dine at Kitlands. Very hot day.

Thursday 23 June 1870
Mamma drove out with Mrs.Cazalet. Cooler today.

Friday 24 June 1870
My feeling today are of cold. I do not know what other people's are. We all went up to the farm with Mamma to see Bax. We were caught in a shower coming back.

Saturday 25 June 1870
Went to Bearhurst.

Sunday 26 June 1870
Went to church.

Monday 27 June 1870
Mamma and I went to hear one of Mr.Leslie's concerts, it was so lovely. We slept at Mrs.Eden's.

Tuesday 28 June 1870
Came home.

Wednesday 29 June 1870
Had a children's party

Thursday 30 June 1870
Went to the rose show, Mamma to London.

Friday 1 July 1870
Went a walk with Cazalets.

Saturday 2 July 1870
Army and Navy Gazette

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath's successor in the East India command has not yet been named, but a decision will, we believe, be arrived at very shortly, and, as we have already said, we believe that a flag officer will be fixed upon.

Morning Post.
Wednesday 6 July 1870

Vice-Chancellor Bacon's Chambers -
Before the Vice-Chancellor - at 3.30pm. Marsh-Caldwell v Marsh-Caldwell

Lady Mary Heath resumes diary -Moorhurst Manor. Surrey

May has neglected to write this journal and I am quite tired of reminding her.

Saturday 9 July 1870
I went with Mary Hawkins and her husband to Aldershot to see a sham fight, first taking luncheon at Col.Smythe's house, Royal Artillery, and then proceeding in his carriage to the field - a very beautiful military spectacle. Saw the Queen - returned about Nine at night - a little rain.

Sunday 10 July 1870
I went to church with 4 children - exceedingly hot - hard work getting over the stiles. Talked to Mrs.Hawkins and Wickham at church Porch.

Monday 11 July 1870
Went to a picnic with the Cazelets in Anstie Bury. As it happened we did not go to Anstie-Bury as it had rained in the morning, but we went to Bearhurst instead, while we were there a thunder storm came on and the rain poured in torrents. We came back in the fly and brought back Cooty to stay the night.

Monday 11 July 1870
Western Morning News

We hear, from what appears very good authority, that the Admiralty have for some time contemplated the appointment of a rear-admiral to succeed Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., in the East Indies, and that Rear-Admiral A.P.E. Wilmot C.B., will be selected for the post when vacant. This was some time since offered to Rear-Admiral Sir John Hay, Bart, M.P., F.R.S., to prevent his being placed on the retired list, but he declined it.

Diary resumed by Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Tuesday 12 July 1870
Mamma went with Emma Whatman to Mrs.Powell's. We went a ride and walk with the Cazalets.

Wednesday 13 July 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands to call on Mrs.Malden and I went with her. The Cazalets came afterwards.

Thursday 14 July 1870
Mrs.Malden called.

Friday 15 July 1870
Mamma and I went to Dorking in the pony chaise.

Saturday 16 July 1870
Miss Henning's brother came for the day and he told us that war was declared between France and Prussia. In the afternoon we went to a party at the Cazalets which was in honour of the boy's first birthday, it was very nice.

Saturday 16 July 1870
Army and Navy Gazette

We understand that Captain Lord John Hay, M.P. C.B., who now stands fifth on the list for advancement to flag rank, has been offered the opportunity of hoisting his broad pennant and proceeding to India to relieve Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, but, after due consideration, has declined active employment for the present.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 17 July 1870
We went to church and walked back with Mrs.Spottiswood.

Monday 18 July 1870
We had a holiday, gardened in the morning. Gerard had a bad toothache, he lay on the sofa and Mamma and I sang by-by to him and Mamma magneted his tooth, but it did not do much good. Mamma and I went to Kitlands in the afternoon. Cazalets came afterwards.

Tuesday 19 July 1870
Mamma, Gerardand I are going to Milland till Sunday 22nd, and Herbert and Ada to Kitlands.

Wednesday 20 July 1870
Globe

The Forte, 24, screw steam frigate, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station, is to convey the detachment of Ceylon Rifles to Labuan, which has recently been ordered to do duty there.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Friday 22 July 1870
We came back from Milland. We had a very nice visit.

Saturday 23 July 1870
Mrs.Pennington called. In the evening we all went to the farm.

Sunday 24 July 1870
We all went to church. Mrs.Mortimer brought us home in her carriage.

Monday 25 July 1870
Mamma went calling on the Holmwood in the pony chaise. I drove, we finised by Cazalets and Kitlands.

Tuesday 26 July 1870
Arty came home3 from Marlborough. It thundered, lightened, and rained all day, but cleared up in the evening when we walked to the farm.

Wednesday 27 July 1870
Our holidays have begun. In the morning Miss Henning and I drove to Capel.Mamma and Arty went to London.

Wednesday 27 July 1870
Times of India

Theatricals on Board the Troop Ships

"Suit the action to the worde, the word to the action."
By kind permission of Captain C.T. Curme, the Euphrates and Malabar Amateur Dramatic Society gave another performance on Monday evening, on board H.M.S. Euphrates, when there was a larger attendance of visitors than on any previous occasion. Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Captain Wells, and the officers of H.M.S. Forte and Nymph were among the guests, as well as a large party of officers' friends from Bombay, who were conveyed to the ship and ashore again in a steamer.
On previous occasions we have spoken in high terms of praise for the performances, but on Monday evening the gentlemen who took parts eclipsed any of their former performances, and the acting altogether would have done credit to professionals.

An admirably written, and exceedingly well spoken prologue by Mr Weeks commenced the evening's entertainment, and after the curtain rose to that capital farce, "The Thumping Legacy," which was followed by the amusing farce "A Blighted Being," the while concluding with the musical burlesque of "Vilikins and His Dinah." The following is the caste:-

Monday 1 August 1870 - Court case Heath v Goold - See separate file

Thursday 28 July 1870
Freddy and Berty came home from Brighton. Two of Arty's friends Mr.Benecke and Mr.Calender came.

Friday 29 July 1870
It was Ada's birthday so in the morning we cooked. In the afternoon we went to Anstie, we played about in the garden and had tea there. Rather cold. Arty and I got vaccinated.

Saturday 30 July 1870
Arty's friends came again and the Cazalet's came. It is warmer to day.

Sunday 31 July 1870
Mamma and most of the others tried to get to church, but it rained so much that they had to turn back. We went to Kitlands in the afternoon.

Monday 1 August 1870
I can't remember.

Tuesday 2 August 1870
We went to the Leslie's to play cricket.

Wednesday 3 August 1870
We had tea in Redlands, a good many of the neighbours came, it went off very well.

Thursday 4 August 1870
The pond was emptied. The boys all went into the mud and water and got in such a mess.

Thursday 4 August 1870
Friend of India and Statesman

- - - Her Majesty's Indian Government, had resolved to take possession of the Nicobar Islands. That this might have been done at an earlier period is quite clear, but it was overlooked somehow, and even when possession is to be taken we hear no more of the poor women.

We are told in the report that the Islands are nine in number, and the population five thousand; that the islands are to be placed (as they now are) under the Superintendent of the Andamans, who is under the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah, but nothing more of the captives.

Of course, the State is a great whole. The Earth does not stop in its course because John Jones sees his wife and daughter in the hands of the savages, and dies with that awfulest of sights before him.

Commodore Heath says that - "all that is practicable in the way of recovering the European prisoners has now been done" and Perhaps Commodore Heath is right, but the report does not show it. Punishment there was, and a real wish to rescue the captives, but at the date when the British flag was hoisted last year on the Nicobars the fate of the women had not, to our view, been satisfactorily accounted for. - - -

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Friday 5 August 1870
Mamma and Arty went to Kitlands. Freddy and Berty to the Heathcotes, and the rest of us to Anstie to eat gooseberries.

Saturday 6 August 1870
We went with the Whatmans to Mrs.Pennington's party.

Sunday 7 August 1870
We could not go to church in the morning for it rained. In the afternoon walked to Kitlands.

Monday 8 August 1870
Heard the bad news from Inverness.

Tuesday 9 August 1870
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Wednesday 10 August 1870
Mamma went to London shopping.

Thursday 11 August 1870
Mamma and I walked up to Kitlands. Arty and Ada went a ride. Mushroomed by moonlight.

Thursday 11 August 1870
Friend of India and Statesman

- Commander Goold of H.M.S. Forte has been tried at Bombay by a naval court martial for punishing an able-bodied seaman with forty-eight lashes, during the absence of Commodore Heath in the interior of Ceylon with the Duke of Edinburgh. The seaman's fault was alleged to have been a refusal to carry out a punishment, and at the time the man stood in the first class for conduct. Commander Goold was sentenced to be dismissed from the Forte.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Friday 12 August 1870
Willy came. Mamma went to Kitlands. We brought Willy back to Kitlands in the evening.

Saturday 13 August 1870
Arty and Ada rode to Dorking. Willy came and we went to see the clover carted.

Sunday 14 August 1870
We all went to church. Uncle Douglas came.

Monday 15 August 1870
Mamma and Ada brought Freddy back to Brighton. Arty went to Milland. Willy came here, we had a crab-apple fight, which was great fun.

Tuesday 16 August 1870
Willy came again. Mamma went to Kitlands. The rest of us went to Cazalets.

Wednesday 17 August 1870
Willy came. Mr. and Mrs.Wickham called. Mrs.Cazalet called. In the evening we all went to the farm.

Thursday 18 August 1870
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Friday 19 August 1870
Arty came back from Milland.

Friday 19 August 1870
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East

Arrival of the "Forte." - H.M.S. Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., arrived in Bombay on Friday afternoon, July 15, a half-past two, after a voyage of thirty-five days, from Trincomalee. H.M.S. Nymph is expected shortly. The Commodore has held a Court of Enquiry into the circumstances attending the collision of the Euphrates with the Bates Family some months since.

Saturday 20 August 1870
Hampshire Telegraph

Her Majesty's ship Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold G. Heath arrived in Bombay harbour from Trincomalee on July 15th.

Saturday 20 August 1870
Army and Navy Gazette
No officer has as yet been nominated to succeed Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., on the East India station. The belief that an admiral will be selected is still gaining ground.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Saturday 20 August 1870
Aunt Posy came for a visit. We went to the Leslie's.

Sunday 21 August 1870
We went to church. In the afternoon Uncle Willam, George and Willy came.

Monday 22 August 1870
Mrs.Wedgwood came. Willy and Leslies came in the afternoon. We chased pigs and rode in the waggon. After the Cazalets came I went back with them to stay the night. It wet evening.

Tuesday 23 August 1870
I came back from the Cazalets. Arty's friend Benecke came. Margery and Emma brought Willy here. Mamma and Aunt Posy went a drive with Mrs.Cazalet.

Times of India
Tuesday 23 August 1870

On Saturday evening occurred an event which it gives us great pleasure to chronicle. On the elevation of Sir M.R. Westropp to the post of Chief Justice of Bombay, the members of the Bar determined to express both their great satisfaction at the appointment and the high esteem in which Sir Michael is deservedly held, by entertaining him at dinner. They accordingly sent him an invitation which he was pleased to accept.

The rest of Her Majesty's Judges of the High Court and Sir Leopold Heath, Commander-in-Chief of the East Indian Squadron, were also invited as guests of the Bar.

The dinner was given at Altamont, Cumballa Hill, and the following gentlemen were at present on the occasion: The Chief Justice, the Hon'ble Mr Justice Gibbs, the Hon'ble Mr Justice Bayley, the Hon'ble Mr Justice Lloyd, the Hon'ble Mr Justice Kemball, Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., the Hon'ble the Acting Advocate General Mr George Taylor, Mr C.J. Mayhew, Mr McCulloch, Mr J.Connon, Mr Cooper, Mr Ferguson, Mr Starling, Mr Latham, Mr Farran, Mr Macpherson, Mr Tyrell Leith, Mr B Tyabjee, Mr P.M. Mehta, Mr C. Manockjee, Mr Bala Mungesh Wagle, and Mr L. Nowrojee.

Marion Heath

Wednesday 24 August 1870
Herbert and I rode to Dorking expressly to get the newspaper and Herbert lost it on our way back.

Thursday 25 August 1870
Mamma took Berty and Herbert to the Zoological Gardens.

Friday 26 August 1870
Aunt Posy took Arty to London. Duke Crofton came till Sunday.

Saturday 27 August 1870
Aunt Posy, Duke and Arty went to a croquet party at Anstie.

Army and Navy Gazette
Saturday 27 August 1870
The successor to Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., has not been named as yet, but it is more than probable that the name will be announced next week.

Homeward Mail from India, China and the East
Saturday 27 August 1870

Court Martial on the Commander of H.M.S. "Forte."

On July 29 a court martial, which lasted three days, was concluded on board H.M.S. Forte, the flagship of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath lying in Bombay Harbour. The Forte had come from Trincomalee to Bombay for the purpose of holding the Court, under orders by telegraph from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, as to the conduct of Commander W.H. Gould, then in charge of the flagship, in awarding punishment to a man on board whilst the ship was lying at Colombo in April last, and during the absence of the Commodore in company with H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh at the elephant kraal.

The court martial opened on July 2. The members were Captain C.T. Curme, Commander of H.M.'s troopship Euphrates (President); Captain S. Douglas, Commander of H.M.'s troopship Malabar; Captain J.C. Wells, Commander of H.M.S. Nymphe, Lieutenant J.B.Warren, H.M.S. Forte;and Lieutenant E.D.Law, H.M.'s troopship Malabar.

H.H. Wyatt Esq., Secretary to the Commodore, officiated as Deputy Judge-Advocate. The Commodore, Sir Leopold Heath, was the prosecutor. The charge was to the following effect: "That he, the said W.H. Gould, Commander, belonging to H.M.S. Forte, then being a person subject to the Naval Discipline Act of 1866, did on or about the 11th day of April, 1870, on board the said ship Forte, disobey the lawful commands of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in that he the said W.H. Gould, Commander, did cause Thomas O'Connor, an able seaman of, and belonging to, H.M.S. Forte, to be punished with forty-eight lashes for 'mutinous and highly insubordinate conduct in refusing to carry out a punishment awarded,' the said Thomas O'Connor having been at the time committing the said offence in the first class for conduct, and the said forty-eight lashes having been inflicted within less than twelve hours from the completion of the punishment warrant."

The finding of the Court was as follows:- "That the Court, having considered the whole of the evidence, considers the charge proved against the prisoner, Commander Gould, and the decision of the Court is that the said Commander Goold be dismissed from H.M.S. Forte, and the said Commander Goold (Gould?) is dismissed from H.M.S. Forte accordingly."

The Bombay papers are not surprised at the verdict. An officer who has at once his captain and his commodore as prosecutor, it is said, has an uphill battle to fight - especially if his defence is such as must imply laxity on the part of the prosecutor.

Those who know the Forte well speak in strong terms of sympathy for Commander Goold (Gould?), and the hope is indulged that the Admiralty may soon compensate him for the reverse in his professional career he has experienced.Fortunately, Commander Goold is well known in the service as a smart and good officer, one who knows that the first duty of a commanding officer on board ship is to maintain stricy discipline.

Homeward Mail from India, China and the East.

Army and Navy Gazette
Saturday 27 August 1870

The leak in her Majesty's ship Forte, to which we alluded some time back, was not, by the latest advices from Bombay, stopped, and we understand that Commodore Sir Leopold Heath has received directions to remain in port until the arrival of his successor.

Marion Heath

Sunday 28 August 1870
Went to church. In the afternoon walked to Kitlands. Duke went away. Arty and I walked down with him to the station.

Monday 29 August 1870
Aunt Posy, Ada and I walked to Kitlands and to Coldharbour to get cotton to make caps for wounded soldiers. Mamma went out calling in the pony-chaise and came afterwards to Kitlands

Tuesday 30 August 1870
Aunt Posy finished one cap for a Turco. Aunt Posy and Mamma went out calling in the pony-chaise, Arty came home from Brighton.

Wednesday 31 August 1870
We went to a party at the Cazalets. Mamma and Aunt Posy went to dinner at the Wickham's. Miss Henning came back from Brighton.

Thursday 1 September 1870
Arty went out partridge shooting with George. I remember we went to the Leslie's.

Friday 2 September 1870
In the afternoon we went in the pony-chaise to call on Mrs.Dearltry and to take Aunt Posy to Mrs.Hawkin's where she stayed till Monday. Mammam and I went to Kitlands.

Saturday 3 September 1870
We went out a walk.

Saturday 3 September 1870
Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette

Court-Marital on Commander Goold, H.M.S. Forte

A naval court-martial assembled on Wednesday, the 27th July, on board the Forte, 24, screw frigate, flagship of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, K.C.B., for the trial of Commander William Goold, on the following charge:-

- - - Commodore Heath, in his confidential memo., expressed his opinion that there was no sort of necessity for immediate punishment, and the man might, without the slightest detriment to the service, have been detained until his return. He did not in the least agree with him in thinking the ship's company were generally insubordinate, or that any special example of the sort was necessary, but even if it were so it would be no justification for his committing so great an illegality.

Saturday 3 September 1870
Naval and Military Gazette

Forte, 24, screw-frigate, Commodore Sir L. G. Heath K.C.B. The leak in this ship was not, by the latest advices from Bombay, stopped, and we understand that Commodore Sir Leopold Heath has received directions to remain in port until the arrival of his successor.

Saturday 3 September 1970
Army and Navy Gazette

It has at length been decided that a flag-officer shall succeed Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., in command of her Majesty's naval forces in the East Indies, and Rear-Admiral Cockburn has been selected by Mr Childers for this appointment.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 4 September 1870
Went to church.

Monday 5 September 1870
It rained almost all day. Aunt Posy came back and Mrs.Hawkins came to call.

Tuesday 6 September 1870
It rained all day, I think. Arty went out shooting.

Wednesday 7 September 1870
Rain all day again. Did lessons. In the afternoon all played at hide and seek and a very riotous game of castles. Cazalets in the evening.

Wednesday 7 September 1870
Naval and Military Gazette

Euphrates, 3, screw troop-ship. The Euphrates and Malabar Amateur Dramatic Society gave a performance on July 25, on board this ship, Com. Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Capt. Wells and the Officers of the Forte and Nymphe were among the guests, as well as a large party of Officers' friends from Bombay. An admirably written and exceedingly well-spoken prologue by Mr Weeks commenced the evening's entertainment, after which the curtain rose to the capital farce "The Thumping Legacy," which was followed by the amusing farce, "A Blighted Being," the whole concluding with the musical burlesque of "Vilikins and his Dinah."

Marion Heath

Thursday 8 September 1870
Arty went to Uncle Douglas. We went to the Cazalets and Ada stayed there for the night. The Leslie's came.

Friday 9 September 1870
Aunt Posy went away.

Saturday 10 September 1870
Freddy came back from Brighton. I drove Miss Henning to Capel.

Saturday 10 September 1870
Naval & Military Gazette.

A Familiar History of the British Army

- - -Her Majesty has observed with much satisfaction the cordiality with which the Naval duties of the Expedition have been conducted by Commodore Heath R.N., and the Officers and men of the Royal Navy. The records of your proceedings show to how very great an extent the success of the Expedition has depended on this co-operation.
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Saturday 10 September 1870
Times of India

The Army and Navy Gazette states that no officer has yet been nominated to succeed Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., on the East India Station. The belief that an Admiral will be selected is still gaining ground. It was reported some time since that Captain Omanney Willes was to be Sir Leopold's successor.

Saturday 10 September 1870
Hampshire Telegraph

The nomination of Rear-Admiral Cockburn as the successor to Captain Sir Leopold Heath will shortly be promulgated. We believe that the gallant admiral has selected the officers who are to form his staff, which, under the new regulation, is subject to the approval of the Admiralty.

Diary Marion Heath - aged 13 - at Moorhurst Manor, Holmwood, Surrey continues

Sunday 11 September 1870
We went to Coldharbour church in the morning and mad Charpie all the afternoon and evening.

Monday 12 September 1870
Everybody went to Dorking. except Bert, Herbert, Giggers and I, we went a nice ramble.

Tuesday 13 September 1870
Rain all day again.

Wednesday 14 September 1870
In the afternoon Mamma, Gerard and I went in the pony-chaise and Bertie on Blacky to call on Mrs.Cazalet and Mrs.Pennington. We ended at Kitlands. Cazalets in the evening. Mrs.Hook came to (back? teach?) Willy and Herbert.

Thursday 15 September 1870
A cavalcade went into Dorking to get fireworks. Emma, Willy and Berty riding and Freddy and Pavings in the pony-chaise. Mamma and I went to Kitlands. The others to the Cazalets. Freddy went for the night to Kitlands.

Friday 16 September 1870
Margery and Emma came to play croquet. Mamma went to Kitlands. Freddy came back.

Saturday 17 September 1870
We had the Cazalets, Penningtons and Willy in the afternoon. Uncle William, Margery and Emma came in the evening to see some fireworks that the boys let off, it went off very well. Mr.Hook came as usual.

Saturday 17 September 1870
Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette

We are informed that Commander J.C.Wells has been appointed by Commodore Sir Leopold Heath to the Forte, vice Goold, which appointment has been confirmed by the Admiralty.

Marion Heath

Sunday 18 September 1870
Went to Holmwood church with Uncle James, Freddy and Berty. Mamma and the others went to Coldharbour church. Uncle James and Aunt Julia had lunch here.Ada and I went to Holmwood church in the afternoon with Margery and Emma.

Monday 19 September 1870
It is horribly dull for we have lost our two Brighton boys. The Miss Broadwoods and Mrs.Holland called. The Cazalets came in the afternoon and Willy.

Monday 19 September 1870
Bombay

Dinner to Mr Justice Westropp.

On August 20 the members of the Bar expressed their great satisfaction at the appointment of Sir M.R.Westropp to the post of Chief Justice of Bombay, and the high esteem in which Sir Michael is deservedly held, by entertaining him at dinner.

The rest of Her Majesty's Judges of the High Court and Sir Leopold Heath, Commander-in-Chief of the East India squadron, were also invited as guests of the Bar.

The dinner was given at Altamont, Cumballa Hill, and the following gentlemen were present on the occasion - The Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr Justice Gibbs, the Hon. Mr Justice Bayley, the Hon. Mr Justice Lloyd, the Hon. Mr Justice Kimball, Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., the Hon. the Acting-Advocate-General Mr George Taylor, - - Mr B. Tyebjee, Mr P.M. Mehta, Mr C. Manockjee, Mr Bala Mungesh Wagle, and Mr I. Nowrojee.

Marion Heath

Tuesday 20 September 1870
We went out with the Cazalets and Miss Henning and I stayed the night at Brearhurst.

Wednesday 21 September 1870
A lovely warm day. We went out a ramble in the afternoon. Mr.Hook came to teach Willy and Herbert.

Wednesday 21 September 1870
Times of India

A Good Example.
His Highness the Guicowar of Baroda has forwarded to Sir Leopold Heath #500 in aid of 'H.M.S. Captain's Widow and Orphan Fund."

Marion Heath

Thursday 22 September 1870
I went to spend the morning at the Cazalets as it was my birthday, we all went a walk first with them. In the afternoon Uncle James came here and then Mamma, Ada and I walked up to Kitlands with him. Mrs.Hawkins came to call.

Thursday 22 September 1870
Friend of India and Statesman

Commodore Heath, commanding in the Indian Seas, invites subscriptions in aid of the widows and orphans of the 500 men who perished in the turret-ship Captain. The Bank of Bengal will receive subscriptions.

From Sir Leopold Heath's letter register:-

61 23. September 1870 Admiral to L. To be extended Cmdr - - station( - - -

Marion Heath

Friday 23 September 1870
Mamma and Ada went in the pony-chaise and I rode to call on Mrs.Wickham and Mrs.Spottiswood. Cazalets came in the evening.

Saturday 24 September 1870
The Cazalets came to act charades with us. Mr.Hook came for Willy's and Herbert's lessons.

Saturday 24 September 1870
Naval and Military Gazette

In consequence of the alteration of the East India Station to an Admiral's command, Rear-Admiral J.H.Cockburn, who has been appointed to succeed Captain Sir Leopold Heath, the present Commodore, temporarily hoisted his flag on board the St.Vincent at Portsmouth last week, and exchanged salutes with the Commander-in-Chief at that port. The Admiral will leave England with his staff on the 1st proximo. We believe that Capt. Henry Fairfax, or Captain C.T.Jagy, will be selected for the appointment of Flag Captain.

Marion Heath

Sunday 25 September 1870
Its hot as July, all to church in the morning.

Monday 26 September 1870
Exquisite day again. Mamma, Gerard and I in the pony-chaise and Herbert riding to shop in Dorking. Ada went for the night to the Cazalets.

Tuesday 27 September 1870
Mamma went to Kitlands. We all went blackberrying with Willy.

Wednesday 28 September 1870
We all, except Herbert, as Mr.Hook came to teach him and Willy, went up to Mrs.Hawkins's new house and then when we were coming home a dreadful accident happened, only it is a very good thing we were none of us hurt. Louie backed down the bank near Anstie farm and then we all got out he rushed away.

Thursday 29 September 1870
Nothing very particular.

Friday 30 September 1870
Duke Crofton came to stay till Monday. We walked up to Kitlands.

Hampshire Telegraph
Saturday 30 September 1870

The Court-Martial on Commander Goold.

After an inquiry lasting over two days at Bombay, Commander Goold has been dismissed from H.M.S. Forte, for illegally flogging a seaman on the 11th April.

The sentence is stated by the Times of India to "have caused no small surprise among those who knew the circumstances," but to those who only know such of the circumstances as were reported at the court-martial, the award will be generally regarded as a matter of course.

And even had the charge not been proved, the good condition of the ship's crew, as well as the harmony of all on board, would have demanded that Captain Sir Leopold Heath,the Commodore of the station, and the prisoner should no longer be allowed to remain in the same ship.

Sir Leopold conducted the prosecution, and he appears to have done so with considerable warmth, not to say animus, against the commander. Indeed, there can be little doubt that a bad feeling existed between the two officers, and that the usual results had supervened.

The Commodore, while admitting that the Commander was an efficient officer, accused him of occasionally showing a want of that calmness of temper and of judgment required in those who have to award punishment; while the Commander alleged that the Commodore was too lax in his discipline, that he prescribed mild punishments for serious offences, that he frequently refused to punish at all, and that in other instances it was not unusual for him to alter or remit sentences which had already been pronounced.

The prisoner was an officer of quite another kind. "It was my lot in my early career," he remarked at the trial, "to have been brought up under very strict officers, men who looked upon the immediate obedience of an order from a superior, especially when the superior officer was the commanding officer of the ship, to be most essential to the maintenance of discipline.

I have imbibed those views, and have invariably, bearing in mind the regulations of the Navy, carried them out solely for the well-being and discipline of the service."

We can therefore readily understand the difficulties of Commander Goodl's position under the circumstances, and how often he must have chafed at what he saw on board, and could not altogether remedy.

Of course, as was to be expected, the crew sided with the Captain against his subordinate officer, who, as may be easily imagined, was not popular with the blue jackets.

To add to the troubles of the Commander, Sir Leopold Heath, being commodore of the station as well as captain of the Forte, was frequently called for long periods away from the ship. All might have gone on well, however, had the authority of the prisoner been well supported; but Sir Leopold seems to have made himself too easily accessible as a court of criminal appeal against the decisions of his commander.
Hence, whenever any of the minor punishments were awarded by the latter, it became the custom for the offenders, both men and boys, to ask if they might see the Commodore, in order that an appeal might be preferred. And from some portions of his cross-examination of witnesses, it would seem that though Sir Leopold considered it wrong for a seaman not to obey the judgments of Commander Goold if insisted upon during his absence, he considered it little short of a mockery of justice not to recognise an appeal as a ground for a postponement of punishment.

Surely something ought to have been left to the discretion of an officer to whose judgment the safety of the vessel and crew was confided.

As a consequence of this state of affairs, the prisoner asserted that the discipline of the ship up to the 11th of April was very loose, and the acts of insubordination since his arrest had greatly increased.
Sir Leopold emphatically denied, and officers were called who stated that the general discipline of the Forte had always been good. Not only, however, as Commander Goold remarked, have "different officers different ways of enforcing discipline," but they have also different ideas as to what constitutes discipline on board ship.

Certain it is, that on both points the Captain and the Commander varied in their opinions. But while it is possible to sympathise to some extent with Commander Goold against his superior officer, it is

impossible to side with him against the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. For if Thomas O'Connor was guilty of a breach of discipline in refusing to obey the orders of his commanding officer, the latter was equally at fault in driving a coach and six through the Articles of War.

Hence, we contend that the offence of Commander Goold was one which the Admiralty could not pass over, and that the charge having been clearly proved the sentence passed upon him was a lenient one.
But let us state the facts. ON the 7th of April, the Forte being then in the Colombo Roads, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, after committing the ship to the charge of Commander Goold, departed on some official duty with the Governor of Ceylon and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.

During the absence of the Captain it would seem as if the Commander had made an attempt to enforce a stricter discipline; and as spirits had been conveyed on board by the men on leave, he commenced by insisting that the boats' crews should be searched on returning to the ship.

This custom, though not unknown in the Colombo Roads, appears to have fallen very much into disuse so far as the Forte was concerned, and the crew consequently began to murmur.

On the 9th of April, two days after the departure of Sir Leopold Heath for an elephant kraal, an A.B. seaman named Thomas O'Connor was ordered by the ship's corporal to fall in with the boat's crew on the quarter deck to be searched.

O'Connor was in the first-class for conduct, and he seems to have been a man of excellent character. From the 25th of August, 1861, to the 20th of March 1870, there had been only five offences recorded against him, and these were all various modifications of breaking leave. It does not appear that his offence on the 9th of April was of a very serious character - certainly not of such a character as to deserve to be called "mutinous and highly insubordinate."

Midshipman Hicks deposed that the man was "mumbling" and did not fall in at once. He also heard him make use of an expression something like this: "I will see the Commander; do you call this punishment, or what?"

When asked by the prosecutor to define what he meant by "mumbling," Hicks replied, "Talking in an under tone." But when he was subsequently asked why he considered O'Connor to be drunk at the time, his answer was, "I did not think that any sober man would make use of those expressions on the quarter deck, in a good loud tone of voice,"

This contradiction in the evidence of the main witness against the seaman seems not to have been noticed by the prosecutor.

The result however, was, that as the ship's corporal would not affirm that O'Connor was insubordinate, the charge was dismissed by Lieutenant Bowers, the officer of the watch. The man was subsequently reported to the Commander on another charge of making a false accusation against the corporal; and it is somewhat singular that Commander Goold, while taking no notice of the only offence which was reported to him by the officer of the watch, should have ordered O'Connor "ten days' No.11" for the alleged insubordination of which he had been acquitted by Lieutenant Bowers.

Now, however, comes the most important part of the business. O'Connor refused to obey his punishment, quietly, but firmly, demanding that he might communicate with the Commodore on the subject. Of course, there can be no question whatever that, even supposing O'Connor to have been unjustly punished, he was guilty of a very serious offence in refusing to carry it out.

Still, we agree with the remark of the Commodore that the offence of the 9th of April was completely dwarfed by what occurred on the 11th, when O'Connor received forty-eight lashes for "mutinous and highly insubordinate conduct in refusing to carry out the punishment awarded him."

The question is, did the passive resistance of the seaman on the 9th amount to mutiny? for if it did not, it is evident that his flogging was illegally administered.

We have already said that O'Connor was in the first-class for conduct, and the 8th paragraph 62nd page of the Addenda distinctly states that "men in the first-class for conduct, &c., committing any grave offence against discipline, or guilty of repeated misconduct, may by the officer in command be disrated and removed by warrant into the second-class; they will not be liable to corporal punishment at the time when they are so removed except for MUTINY, as explained in article 60 page 124 of the Instructions."*
It is clear that, whatever the offence O'Connor may have been, it did not in the language of the Admiralty Instructions amount to "open mutiny."

It was submitted by the defence that the repeated refusals of the man was an aggravation of his offence, but such a plea will not stand for a moment. The number of refusals depended upon the number of times he was asked to obey; and it must be evident that no amount of persistence can magnify an act of passive resistance into active mutiny.

There can be little doubt that Commander Goold, irritated by the number of men under punishment, and incensed at the demeanour of part of the crew, determined to make an example of some one, and O'Connor was the man whose case happened to come first to hand.

The prisoner denied that he had acted hastily in the matter, and stated that he did not proceed to extremities until he had satisfied himself by an examination of the Articles of War, the Addenda and the Circular of the 1st December 1868.

It seems, however, almost incredible that after all this research he should have been guilty of two serious mistakes. For not only did he flog a seaman who was clearly protected by Article 60, but he did so in such a manner as to violte Article 61.

From the evidence of of the Assistant Paymaster it appears that the punishment warrant was made out "shortly after two o'clock," and signed "between three and four," and that the flogging was inflicted "about half-past four."

Now it is laid down in the 61st Article that "No corporal punishment whatever so to be awarded by the authority of an officer having the command of one of Her Majesty's ships is, even in extreme cases, to exceed forty-eight lashes, or to take place until twelve hours at least shall have elapsed after the completion of the warrant - except in case of mutiny."

The conclusion, therefore, is inevitable, that O'Connor's punishment was illegally administered, that it was excessive, and that it was precipatately carried out. There have been doubts we believe expressed in Portsmouth as to the legality of the court, seeing that amongst its members were two officers of inferior rank to the prisoner, viz., the lieutenants of the Euphrates and the Malabar.

There does not seem to us, however, to be any foundation for disputing the legality of the Court. The Instructions (4,chap. xi) provide for the attendance of lieutenants under certain conditions, and it may be pointed out that when Commander Goold was asked whether he objected to any member of the court, he reply was "No objection whatever."

Thursday 6 October 1870
Times of India.

- - Commander W.H.Goold is an officer of twenty-four years' service in all, which would bring his age to about 36 or 37. All that we have heard of him, either from pubic or private sources, is in the highest degree favourable. He possesses "an extra first-class certificate in seamanship, first-class in gunnery, and was head of a large batch passing out of college.

His name was also brought forward for a commission from the college, but one had already been given in that quarter, and Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane said that there would be no other quarter."

Sir Leopold Heath, in reporting the case to the Admiralty, spoke most highly of Commander Goold, but not one whit more highly than he deserved. Under these circumstances, it is all the more to be regretted that he had no opportunity of earning himself one more distinction by obtaining a "double first" in the most important science of discipline, - a science of the very utmost importance to the Navy, and yet perhaps the only one which is not systematically taught at the college. His error seems to have been the not uncommon one of mistaking coercion, the fruitful parent of insubordination and mutiny, for that discipline which consists in enlisting the will as well as the body in the service.

When Commodore Alexander left the ship, and was succeeded by the present Commodore, he left behind him a highly honourable testimony to the zeal and efficiency of Commander Goold; but certainly not a higher one than that given by present Commodore, who was constrained to act as prosecution this much-to-be-regretted occasion.

Sir Leopold had not long been in command of the ship, before he saw occasion to remark that the minor punishments inflicted were too severe. This became known to the men, and it became a not uncommon practice for men to appeal to the Commodore from the sentence of the Commander. In some cases the sentences were mitigated, in others confirmed, and in one case only make more severe.

Now, if we here turn our attention to what Commander Goold says of himself, we may very well be able to see that this was a source of very great irritation to him. "Different officers," he says, "have different ways of enforcing discipline, and of making those under them perform their duties." (This very sentence, by the way, is a clear statement of Commander Goold's notions of discipline.) "Some lean more to firmness and strict measures, others more to leniency, but I think all are more or less guided by the example they have had from officers under whom they have previously served. It was my lot, in my early naval career, to have been brought up under very strict officers.

- - - Commodore Heath as evidently of the latter. We are convinced that the object of both officers was identically the same, viz. the good of the service; but we confess to a belief that, out of all comparison, the Commodore was the better disciplinarian of the two.

Marion Heath

Saturday 1 October 1870
Duke went out shooting in the morning and Mamma went to Kitlands. In the afternoon the Cazalets came, we played croquet and acted. Mr.Hooke came.

Sunday 2 October 1870
We all went to church in the morning. Mrs.Malden came to see Mamma. We went a ramble with Duke down into the Ponie's field.

Monday 3 October 1870
Duke drove Mamma, and Ada rode,to call on Mrs.Barclay and Mrs.Hawkins. Herbert, Gerard and I wandered about the farm. Duke went away in the evening, we walked down with him, a beautiful moonlight night.

Tuesday 4 October 1870
Mamma, Ada and I went to Brighton for the day.

Wednesday 5 October 1870
We went up to Anstie to play and have tea, very foggy day. Mrs.Hawkins called. Mamma went to Kitlands. Mr.Hooke came.

Thursday 6 October 1870
We went to the Cazalets and acted there.

Friday 7 October 1870
We went a walk and ride with Mamma to call on Mrs.Hillyer. Mamma went to dine at Mrs.Wedgwood's in the evening.

Saturday 8 October 1870
Mamma, Gerard and I drove to Dorking.

Sunday 9 October 1870
Went to church and when we came out it was pouring with rain. We went back in the fly.
Monday 10 October 1870
Uncle Douglas came to dinner, we went a walk to Coldharbour with the Cazalets in the morning. A bitterly cold day.

Tuesday 11 October 1870
We went out a walk with the Cazalets again in the morning. Mamma went to visit the french people at Kitlands. Ada and Gerard went to Broom Hall.

Tuesday 11 October 1870
Times of India

H.M.'s Forte, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., is shortly to go home, and her place is to be taken by the Ariadne.
- - -
Commodore Sir Leopold Heath and the officers of H.M.'s Forte have earned the thanks of Bombay by allowing the capital band of the Forte to play on the Apollo Bunder twice a week.

Times of India
Wednesday 12 October 1870

The terrible news which we received a month since by telegraph, of the foundering of the 'Captain', generally considered to be the finest ship in the Navy, threw quite a gloom over Bombay, and, independently of its being a national loss, some of the officers who went down in the unfortunate ship were well known in the city.

The full accounts by this mail leave no room for hope that a single officer has been saved. A gunner and a few seamen alone remain to tell the tale. Mr Powles, the chaplain, a gentleman respected and beloved by all who knew him, and who was connected to Bombay by marriage, is gone. Mr Tregaskiss, then whom there was not a more promising young officer in the Navy, and Mr Gardiner, an engineer who was formerly on the East Indian Station in the "Octavia" are also among the lost. It is satisfactory to know that, although money is not at present plentiful in Bombay, that the appeal of the Commodore of the East Indian Station, Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., has been liberally responded to. - - -

Marion Heath

Wednesday 12 October 1870
A very windy day. We went as usual a walk with the Cazalets in the afternoon. Mrs.Hawkins called. Herbert went to Kitlands for Mr.Hooke's lesson.

Thursday 13 October 1870
The Cazalets came and worked. Mamma went out to dinner at Mrs.Pennington's.

Friday 14 October 1870
Mamma and Miss Henning went to a concert at Capel. We went to Kitlands for Willy's birthday, we had a very nice afternoon.

Friday 14 October 1870
Times of India

Band at Apollo Bunder
By the kind permission of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., and the officers H.M.'s Forte, the flagship's band will play at the Apollo Bunder this evening, from at 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The following is the programme:-
Overture... Zampa... Herold.
Selection... Nabuco... Verdi
Valse... Journalistin... Strauss
Selection... L'Italiani in Algerie...Rossini
Quadrille.. English... D'Albert
Galop... Harum Scarum... Cassidy.
Rule Britannia.

Times of India
Saturday 15 October 1870

We may mention that several of the guests who attended on board the Hindostan on Thursday, when the formal presentation was made to Mr Briscoe were among the party, when the sad scene occurred in which the gentleman took so prominent and heroic a part.
The following visitors were present:-

Sir M.R. Westropp, Sir Leopold Heath, General Stock, Mr Justice Gibbs, Mr Mexwell, Captain Robinson, Captain Morland, Kr Knapp, Mr Landley, Captain Stock, Mr Balfour, Captain Turner, Mr Buchen, Drs Smith and Grey, Messrs Parker, Coyle, Bayliss, Galpine, Tait &c., Mr McRitchie, Superintendent Engineer P. & O. Co., Captain Curling and the officers of S.S. Hindostan, Captain Babot and officers of S.S. China, Captain Eastley and officers of S.S. Travancore, the officers of S.S. Orissa, Mr Jay and the unattached officers.

It is almost needless to say that the P. and O. steam-ship Hindostan, probably the grandest and fastest ship of the P. & O.'s magnificent fleet, was decorated with that taste which is the characteristic of sailors, and it is equally superfluous to remark that the dinner was of the most recherche description, and the wines unexceptionable.

Captain Curling, the commander of the Hindostan presided at the first table, and Captain Henry, the Bombay Superintendent of the Company, at the second.

We subjoin a list of toasts, and the post prandial proceedings:-

Captain Curling said: Gentlemen, the toast I am now about to propose will require very little preface at my hands because it is one which, wherever Englishmen are gathered together - whether in England, or India, or the Anitpodies - always ensures a cordial reception - - - Gentlemen, I call upon you to drink to the Army and Navy; with the former I beg to couple the name of General Stock, and with the latter the name of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

--- continues --- toast by Brigadier-General Stock.

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath, in replying for the Navy, said: I thank you sincerely, gentlemen, for the cordial and hearty manner in which you have received the toast of the service to which I have the honour to being. I cannot resume my seat on the present occasion without alluding to the great sorrow we have recently under one; and thanking the Bombay community for the very handsome manner in which they have supported the subscription which I inaugurated for the benefit of the sufferers by the loss of the Captain.

Captain Cowper Coles was a messmate of mine, as a midshipman, many year ago. He did not then show the genius which he undoubtedly possessed, but he endeared himself to us all by his friendly, light hearted, and remarkably affectionate manners.

He was, without doubt, the favourite of a very large mess. In later life, as you all know, he invented the turret system. He had the enthusiasm and energy of all inventors, and was not content with half success. He would not rest satisfied with the almost universal opinion that his system would serve admirably for harbour defences and coast defences, but he wished to push it to its extreme limit.

He thought that the full steam power and the full sailing power of the cruising ships of the British navy should be built upon his system. The system evidently was not sufficiently advanced to warrant its extension so far, and the result is the lamentable accident which has placed so many families in mourning.

The Chairman has referred to the long peace we have enjoyed, and the probability of a future war. The secret Project of Treaty has no doubt opened England's eyes. We are told that in the midst of life we should prepare for death, and it seems that in the midst of peace with the most friendly relations existing between ourselves and our neighbours, we must be prepared, at a moment's notice, for war.
Whilst our ambassadors are full of friendly talk and peaceful correspondence, we do not know what may be going on behind the scenes, and we must be more prepared for immediate war than we have hitherto been. (Hear, hear.).

This applies more to our distant colonies than to our island home, and particularly to Bombay, with its enormous mercantile establishments, its fleet of shipping, and its material prosperity. It has hitherto been at the mercy of any hostile flying squadron. You have now, however, - through the opening of the eyes of your rulers, and the energy of His Excellency the Governor - in course of erection, a very strong and respectable , although perhaps temporary, fortress on the Oyster Rock backed up by a smaller one on the Middle Ground.

With these in your possession and the Monitors which will soon be here, you are quite safe from a flying squadron, and only a very strong fleet with a great deal of preparation, can attack you.

I am very glad that, before I leave this station, those forts have begun to be armed, and that I shall leave you in a secure condition. It is hardly my province to anticipate the event of this evening, but I cannot help taking this opportunity of saying that, as the merchant service in general and our great steam companies in particular are now-a-days so frequently mixed up with us, and as they form our valuable naval

reserve,it is a great pleasure to me that, within a fortnight of my leaving for England, I am enabled to be present on this occasion to do honour to one of them for a deed of gallantry as great as many for which high honours have been conferred on the field of battle (Loud applause).

Marion Heath

Saturday 15 October 1870
We went to the farm and then to Kitlands with Mamma. Herbert went to Kitlands for Mr.Hooke's lessons. Aunt Missings came to stay for a fortnight.

Sunday 16 October 1870
Pouring wet all day, we did not go to church. Geroge Whatman came.

Monday 17 October 1870
Mamma, Aunt Missings and the others went to Bearhurst and Kitlands. I went a ride with Emma Whatman.

Tuesday 18 October 1870
Wet, but it cleared up in the afternoon when we went with Aunt Missings and Miss.Henning to the post office.

Wednesday 19 October 1870
Mr.Hooke came to teach us for the first time.First Willy and Herbert did lessons, then Emma, Ada, Gerard and I. Then Margery.

Thursday 20 October 1870
Mamma and Aunt Missings went to London. We to the Cazalets.

Friday 21 October 1870
We went to the dancing for the first time. Rather a nice day. Uncle James and Aunt Julia and Madame Silvestre came.

Saturday 22 October 1870
Mr.Hooke came for our lessons and Margery, Emma and Willy for lessons. Freddy came to stay till Monday. Arts Loring came to stay till Sunday evening. George Whatman, Mrs.Bosanquet and Henri came to luncheon.

Saturday 22 October 1870

Navy
Forte, 24, screw-frigate, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B. By the kind permission, and under the immediate patronage of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Commander Errington, and the officers, the seamen amateurs of H.M.S. Forte gave a theatrical entertainment at the Grant Rd Theatre, Bombay, on Monday evening, Sept 5, on which occasion there was an excellent attendance, comprising not only a large muster of naval officers, but a great many civilians, and the latter would have been much more numerously represented, were half Bombay not at Poona.

Nevertheless, the performers of Monday night have good reason to congratulate themselves upon the way in which the pieces went off, and also upon their successful endeavours to please having met with hearty appreciation of their audience.

The programme commenced with the drama of Simon Lee. This was followed by an original negro drama, by the Ethiopian troupe, entitled Uncle Jeff.

The whole performance was in aid of the Widows and Orphans Society. The Forte's band was in attendance, and played exceedingly well. - Times of India

Marion Heath

Sunday 23 October 1870
It rained so we could not go to church, it cleared up at about 12 o'clock when we had a crabapple fight in the glade. Arts Loring went away in the evening.

Monday 24 October 1870
Freddy went back to Brighton. Aunt Missings and Mamma went to luncheon at Mrs.Hawkin's. Showery again. In the evening we went out to see the Northern Lights which were very beautiful, almost all over the sky.

Times of India
Monday 24 October 1870

It does not matter a great deal whether the following dialogue, reported by the Pioneer, is founded on fact or drawn from the imagination: - "His Excellency the Governor of Bombay, accompanied by Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., and others, cruised round the harbour on the 18th in order to examine the fortifications.
"The impregnable character of our defences,' said Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, 'remind me of Kronstadt.'
'Or Gibraltar, Sir,' suggested an Aide. 'More like Rosherville,' was the Commodore's retort."

Marion Heath

Tuesday 25 October 1870
Mamma went to Anstie. Mamma and Aunt Missings went to dinner at Kitlands. We went to dinner a walk with the Cazalets and had tea at Bearhurst.

Wednesday 26 October 1870
Mamma and Aunt Missings went to Mrs.Wedgwood's Mr.Hooke came. Margery, Emma and Willy came for lessons. We went a walk with the Cazalets.

Thursday 27 October 1870
Mamma and Gerard went to London. The Cazalets came here to tea.

Friday 28 October 1870
Mamma and Aunt Missings took us to the dancing class. In the afternoon Hugh Spottiswood, Herbert and Gerard went to a circus in Dorking. Mrs.Spottiswood called.

Saturday 29 October 1870
A pouring wet day. We did our lessons with Mr.Hooke. The Whatmans did not come because of the rain.

Sunday 30 October 1870
A very nice, sunny day. We went to church and walked back with Mr and Mrs.Spottiswood and Mrs.Cazalet. We went to Kitlands in the afternoon and then to Anstie where there were Mrs.and Mrs.Cazalet and Mr and Mrs.Leslie and Uncle James. The boys went to Anstie for the afternoon.

Monday 31 October 1870
Rather cold, damp and rainy, it cleared a little in the afternoon, when we went to a farm and towards Mrs.Hawkin's new house.

Tuesday 1 November 1870
A lovey day. Mamma went a drive with Mrs.Cazalet to Michum. Ada and I went a walk with Aunt Missings and Miss Henning to Coldharbour and round by Broom Hall. Uncle James came to luncheon. Madame Silverstre, Matilde, and Margerey came in the morning. Mamma went back with them to Kitlands.

Wednesday 2 November 1870
Aunt Missings, Mamma, Mathilde Silvestre and I went to a concert at Dorking. The others went to Kitlands for Mr.Hooke's lessons.

Thursday 3 November 1870
Aunt Missings went away. We went to Kitlands. Mr and Mrs.Leslie and Margery came to afternoon tea.

Friday 4 November 1870
We went to the Dancing Class.

Saturday 5 November 1870
We went a walk with Mamma round by Anstie. We did Mr.Hooke's lessons.

Sunday 6 November 1870
We went to church. In the afternoon Miss.Fuller and George came.Mamma went to Kitlands. Ada and I went to Holmwood church with the Whatmans.

Monday 7 November 1870
Willy came to dinner andthen went a ride and walk with the others. Mamma went out a drive with Mrs.Cazalet to Newdigate. I went with Miss.Henning a walk with the Cazalets.

Monday 7 November 1870
Times of India.

Departure of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., whose term of service as Commodore of the East India Station has expired, left for England in the P. and O. steamer Ellora yesterday morning.

As a farewell mark of respect, the Commodore was pulled to the ship from the Apollo Bunder in the barge manned by officers of the Forte, and as the Commodore passed his old ship, the band played "Home Sweet Home" and "Auld Lang Syne." In all probability Commodore Heath will be made a Rear Admiral on his arrival in England as, with the exception of Captain Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, of Arctic Sea renown, he is at the top of the list of Captains.

Marion Heath

Tuesday 8 November 1870
Miss.Henning went away for good. We went to Kiltlands.

Wednesday 9 November 1870
Herbert went with Willy to Ramsgate. Mr.Hooke came. Margery and Emma came for their lesson. Miss.Fuller came.

Thursday 10 November 1870
A most horrible day, cold, damp and foggy. Mamma and Gerard to Anstie. Miss.Hughes and Mademoiselle Fernbach came to see whether she would do to teach us (ransie?) She is coming next Tuesday. Mrs.Pennington called.

Friday 11 November 1870
We went to the dancing class, a very horrid, raw, cold day. In the afternoon we worked.

Saturday 12 November 1870
Mademoiselle Fernbach came to teach us music. Mamma, Ada and I drove to Kitlands. We drove back with Emma for Mr.Hooke's lesson. Mamma walked back with Margery afterwards. Some huntsmen and hounds came past at which the ponies scampered away out of the field. They were caught again.

Sunday 13 November 1870
There was a little snow on the ground, it melted off by the afternoon. We did not go to church. In the afternoon Ada and I walked to Kitlands with a note.

Monday 14 November 1870
Ada walked with Ellen to Anstie. I went to Kitlands for the night. It rained.

Tuesday 15 November 1870
The ground covered with snow, it snowed hard in the morning. In the evening I came home.

Wednesday 16 November 1870
Did our lessons in the morning. In the afternoon we went to Anstie with Mamma and came down for Mr.Hooke's lesson.

Thursday 17 November 1870
Mamma, Gerard and I in the pony-chaise, Ada riding on Black Beauty, and Wasp, went calling on the Holmwood. Mrs.Matheson, Mrs.Lambert, Mrs.Dealtry and Mrs.Wickham.

Friday 18 November 1870
We went to the Dancing class in the morning. In the afternoon Mr.Sydenham came to give me my first music lesson.

Saturday 19 November 1870
Margery aand Emma came back from Ramsgate. Aunt Emma, Mrs.Hawkins and Miss (Heath?) came.

Sunday 20 November 1870
Mamma and children went to church.Uncle Douglas came.

Monday 21 November 1870
A rainy day. So we did not go out. Uncle Douglas came.

Homeward Mail from India, China and the East
Monday 21 November 1870

Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B.
Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's ships of war on the East Indian Station, will probably come home in the mail steamer leaving Bombay on November 7, his term of service having expired. Rear-Admiral Cockburn, who has been appointed to succeed him was daily expected in Bombay.

Sir Leopold Heath joined the Royal Naval College in 1830. While there, he gained the first medal, and left the College in 1831. He came to India as a midshipman in H.M.S. Melville bearing the flag of Sir John Gore K.C.B., and also served as a midshipman on the South American and Pacific Stations in the Iris, Dublin and Harrier, returning home as a mate. He then joined the new Royal Naval College in 1839. Having gained the prize lieutenant's commission in 1840, he proceeded as gunnery lieutenant to the Mediterranean in the Imgregnable, three-decker.

In 1843 he went to China and Borneo as gunnery lieutenant of the Iris, and was in command of the Pioneers when Bruné was captured. He was also engaged in various expeditions against pirates on the coast of Borneo. He acted as Malay interpreter to Captain Rodney Munday in the negotiations which ended in the cession of the island of Labuan to the British Crown, and was left there as acting-commander of H.M.S. Wolf, when he discovered the coal mines now being worked by the Labuan Company.

In 1847 he was confirmed as a commander, and was appointed to the command of H.M.S. Niger in 1850. Commander Heath proceeded first to the west coast of Africa, where he acted in the suppression of the slave trade in the Bight of Benin.

He was present at the first attack upon Lagos, and returned, still in command of the Niger, to the Mediterranean, and took part in the naval bombardment of Sebastopol, for which service, having displayed signal gallantry, he was made a C.B., and in 1854 was made a post-captain.
Captain Heath was then transferred to the command of H.M.S. Sanspareil, and from thence to be principal agent of transports in the Black Sea.

In 1865 he returned home and commissioned the screw mortar frigate Seahorse, intended for the attack on Sweaborg, if the war had continued. He was appointed in 1856 to command of Newhaven Coast Guard District, and commanded in succession the Melampas, Arrogant, and Dauntless.

In 1862 he took command of the gunnery training-ship Cambridge, and was removed from thence to the Vice Presidentship of the Ordnance Select Committee, where he took a leading part in the introduction of the present system of heavy muzzle-loading guns.

The sittings of the Select Committee having concluded, he was appointed to the command of the East Indian Station in 1867, a period when, through the Abyssinian war, much trouble and responsibility attached to the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces.

On October 25, the ward-room officers of the Flag-ship gave their Commodore a farewell dinner. The Commodore and officers part amid mutual regrets.
Homeward Mail from India, China and the East.

Marion Heath

Tuesday 22 November 1870
Freddy came from Brighton. Mamma, Ada and I went to Mrs.Labushere's and then to the farm.

Wednesday 23 November 1870
Freddy went with Uncle James to London for his medical examination. Aunt Julia came. Mr.Sydenham to give me my music lesson. Mr.Hook came for our lesson.

Thursday 24 November 1870
Freddy went back to Brighton. Ada and Ellen went with him for Ada's teeth. We went to Kitlands.

Friday 25 November 1870
We went to the dancing class, a rainy and rather warm day.

Saturday 26 November 1870
We went to Anstie. Mr.Hooke came.

Sunday 27 November 1870
A lovely day, we went to church in the morning.

Monday 28 November 1870
Mamma, Ada and I went to call on Mrs.Rashley. Mamma went to Kitlands.

Tuesday 29 November 1870
Freddy went with Uncle James for his Naval Examination.

Morning Post
Tuesday 29 November 1870

India
His Excellency Rear-Admiral Cockburn arrived at Bombay from England last Sunday night, to assume command of the East Indian squadron in succession to Sir Leopold Heath.

Marion Heath

Wednesday 30 November 1870
Mr.Sydenham came for my music. We went to Kitlands for Mr.Hooke's lesson.

Thursday 1 December 1870
Mamma wen to South Hampton to meet Papa who is coming. Hurrah! from India tomorrow.Arty came home to stay a week. Berty came from Brighton to stay till Monday.

Friday 2 December 1870
We went to the dancing class. Papa and Mamma came from Southhampton, it is so nice.

Saturday 3 December 1870
We all went to Anstie and Papa and Mamma went afterwards to Kitlands. Freddy came from London. Aunt Julia, Margery, Emma, Willy came.

Saturday 3 December 1870
Bombay,

Our advices from Bombay are to November 12.

Departure of Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., - Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., whose term of service as Commodore of the East Indian station has expired, left for England in the P.& O. steamer Ellora on November 6.

Naval and Military Gazette
Saturday 3 December 1870

Captain Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., has arrived in London from the East India Station.

Marion Heath continues

Sunday 4 December 1870
Snow on the ground. We went to church. Aunt Julia and Uncle James came.

Monday 5 December 1870
Freezing and snow. Uncle Douglas came. Mrs.Dealtry, Mr and Mrs.Mortimer, Mr. and Mrs.Rashley, Mr. and Mrs.Hawkins came. Uncle William came in the evening.

Tuesday 6 December 1870
A horrid rainey and foggy day. Papa went to London. Arty and Freddy went out shooting.

Wednesday 7 December 1870
Mr.Sydneham came. We went to Mr.Hooke.

Lady Mary Heath's Letter Book

1870 - Anstie Grange.

Our Fred went up to the medical examination (for failed Naval cadetship) with kind Uncle James (Harrison) and passed all right. He gave us a very particular and amusing "yarn" about it afterwards; Fred went back to Brighton (College) and returns here for the ordeal, which begins on my birthday, 30th November, and lasts till Saturday.
We may have two cases of rejoicing, and our garlands, illuminations, &c serve a double purpose, but I will not feel sure, there are about 30 vacancies and double the number of competitors, nearly.

Fred is not so nervous as I feared, he surprised me by being very cool. Of course I will let you know how the dear little fellow goes.

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We have settled, now, to open the fateful letter. After the examination. Fred and I are to stop our ears, and May is to open the letter, with our eyes fixed upon her. She is either to faint in despair! or to throw up her arms in triumph! We think we can best get through it so. Neither of us feel equal to opening the letter ourselves!!

We get on very nicely in the schoolroom, May teaches little Midge (Gerard) and we other four read our French, a most interesting History of France, by Guigot which comes out in numbers splendidly illustrated, and "reconté à mes petits enfants" so not too hard, and very entertaining; and we have also "Les Merveilles Célestes" a prize of Bertie's, a very long book.

The other days we have a history of Rome and Geography, and they work at Arithmetic and English Composition, for a Master who comes twice a week, and May has a very good music Master, once a week. We have also an excellent dancing class, once a week; they do their French and German exercises alone.

May is monstrous, armed with a bottle of Barley Sugar!! to encourage our fitful Midge into obedience to her.

Herbert is steadiness itself. We have also a (J.D.C. Tyn's?) dancing class, established by the Whatman's (who are all excellent artists for their age) for which they have to execute a work of art (?) once a month. Both May and Ada show dispositions and we are exceedingly happy, and only hope our system may last, which it will if we can stay quietly, which depends upon Leo. Excuse these details, but I know you like to hear about your little flock here occasionally; do you not dear Mama?
Ada is certainly rather clever I think.

Marion Heath continues . . .

Thursday 8 December 1870
Aunt Emma and Uncle William came and they a piece of newspaper which said that Freddy has not passed his naval examination.

Friday 9 December 1870
Arty went back to Marlborough. We went to the dancing class.

Saturday 10 December 1870
We went to Mr.Hooke at Kitlands.

Sunday 11 December 1870
All to church. Uncle Douglas came in the afternoon.

Monday 12 December 1870
Papa went to London. We busy all day in moving up to Anstie.

Tuesday 13 December 1870
Papa went to London, we busy still arranging ourselves. Freddy went out shooting with George.

Wednesday 14 December 1870
A pouring wet day. Mr.Sydenham came. We went to Kitlands for Mr.Hooke's lessons. Mamma and Papa went too. We are going to a fortnight's holiday from Mr.Hooke.

Thursday 15 December 1870
A wet day again. Berty came home. Mr.Wall came for the night.

Friday 16 December 1870
We went to the dancing class. We are going to leave off till the 27th January.

Saturday 17 December 1870
Freddy has begun to have lessons with Mr.Hooke.The children went to Moorhurst. We are having a fortnight holiday of Mr.Hooke.

Sunday 18 December 1870
Mamma and Papa and the rest except Herbert and I to church in the morning and to the Tank Wood in the afternoon. Uncle William, Uncle Douglas and Willy came.

Monday 19 December 1870
Mamma and Papa went to London for the night. Willy came to dinner. Fred and Bert rode to Dorking.

Tuesday 20 December 1870
Mamma and Papa came back from London, and Arty from Marlborough.

Wednesday 21 December 1870
Mr.Sydenham came. Freddy went for his lesson with Mr.Hooke.
Thursday 22 December 1870

I don't know
Friday 23 December 1870
(blank)

Saturday 24 December 1870
We gave our presents.

Sunday 25 December 1870
Papa and Mamma and some of the others went to Coldharbour church.

Monday 26 December 1870
Ada, Herbert and I went to Foxwarren till Friday 30, where we had great fun. Snow on the ground.

Saturday 31 December 1870
We skated.Mamma is learning.
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1871
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