expected we should strike upon our beef bones, as we never shifted our
berth. We had nothing to do but row guard and go for fresh beef. Captain
Bourmaster lived at Tichfield, and if anything particular happened a
boat was sent with a midshipman to Hellhead or near it with the orders.
On one occasion Mr. S——s, a midshipman, was dispatched in the cutter and
took some of the boat’s crew with him to Tichfield. On their return,
passing by a farmyard, a flock of ducks and geese began to quack and
hiss at them. The midshipman considered this as a declaration of war,
and ordered his party to prepare for battle and to engage close, which
was instantly obeyed, and after a short contest the enemy took to flight
and several of the ducks were captured. Now the midshipman had read a
little of British history, and particularly remembered that part where
Richard the First in Palestine, and Henry the Fifth at Agincourt, put
their prisoners to death. He immediately followed their example, and
ordered the ducks to be slaughtered. Now the difference between those
great men was this, that Richard and Henry buried their prisoners or got
somebody else to do it, but the midshipman carried his off; and seeing
in an orchard near the farmyard a number of fruit trees heavily laden,
he thought it just that those who began the war should pay the expenses,
which was no new thing in modern warfare, and gave orders to his party
to fill their jackets with pears and apples, observing that it would
ease the trees of their burthen and the boughs would be in less danger
of breaking down. Now all this was very fair; and peace being restored,
the midshipman addressed the farmer (who had come up with the reserve,
but too late to assist the main body after their defeat): ‘I say, old
Hodge, I wish you joy to see your nose and chin come together after
being separated for so many years. But harkee, old chap, if I should
come this way again, and your feather-bed sons of —— begin their capers,
I’m damned if I don’t stop the grog of every mother’s son belonging to
you.’ So saying, he returned with his dead prisoners, and the war was
considered at an end. But the farmer, being bloody-minded, was of a
different opinion, and breathing revenge, went and made his report to
Captain Bourmaster. The captain, after coolly and deliberately weighing
and investigating the transaction, came to the following conclusion:
That Mr. S——s and his party, instead of going direct to their boat, did
go this way and that way, and every way but the right way; and on a
certain day, and in a certain lane, did kill, or did slay, or did murder
or put to death several ducks, and did keep, and did hold, and did
maintain the same, without any right law or title; and for such conduct
Mr. S——s was sentenced to be dismissed from the Barfleur, and his party
to have slops served out to them at the gangway.[82] The midshipman
thought this extremely hard, and on leaving observed that had the case
been tried before a jury he was sure they would have brought in a
verdict of justifiable duckicide.
A curious bet took place between our chaplain and one of the officers.
The wager was that the latter would bring a man who would eat eight
penny rolls and drink a gallon of beer before the parson could walk a
mile. Now the reverend gentleman was a great pedestrian, and could walk
a mile in less than a quarter of an hour. The ground being chosen, one
began to eat and the other to walk at the same moment, a gentleman being
placed at each end with watches that corresponded to a second, when the
parson to his utter amazement, after he had walked three-quarters of his
mile, met the other, who had with ease finished his rolls and beer, and
was unwilling that his reverence should have the trouble of walking the
whole mile and therefore came to meet him. The reverend gentleman, like
most clergymen, played well at whist, and once sitting at his favourite
game, our signal was made, and the order was for the chaplain to attend
a man that was to be hanged next morning. This broke up the game, when
one of the officers observed: ‘Doctor, you have lost the odd trick; but
never mind, the fellow you are going to attend has got nothing by
honours.’
OFFICERS’ NAMES
[ROBERT] RODDAM, Vice-Admiral, Port Admiral.
Dead [1808]. An admiral. Had his flag on board the old
Conquistador, 60, in the American war, as port admiral at the
Nore, at the time Mr. Fegan [_post_, p. 214] was sent
onboard.—[_D.N.B._]
HON. SAMUEL BARRINGTON, Admiral of the blue.
Dead [1800]. A great officer. See his masterly manœuvre in the
West Indies.—[_D.N.B._]
[JOHN] ELLIOT, Vice-Admiral.
Dead [1808]. This first-rate officer captured after a severe
action the French squadron off the Irish coast commanded by
Thurot, who fell in the contest. He also commanded the Edgar, 74,
in the action when Don Langara was defeated and taken by Admiral
Rodney. He commanded at Newfoundland as Governor of that island; a
great astronomer and an able sailor.—[_D.N.B._]
SIR JOHN JERVIS, K.B., Rear-Admiral.
Dead [1823]. Earl St. Vincent, admiral of the fleet; needs no
comment here.—[_D.N.B._]
JONATHAN FAULKNOR, Senr., Rear-Admiral.
Dead [1795]. A most able officer who had seen a great deal of
service, and no man understood it better.
ROBERT CALDER, Esq., Captain.
Dead [1818]. An admiral, a baronet, and K.C.B. I have already
spoken of him.—[_D.N.B._]
ROBERT CARTHEW REYNOLDS, Captain.
Dead [1811]. A rear-admiral; unfortunately lost on the coast of
Denmark, in the St. George, 98; a brave and meritorious officer.
[_D.N.B._]
JOHN BOURMASTER, Esq., Captain.
Dead [1807]. A vice-admiral; one of the best men that ever did
honour to the British navy. [Admiral.]
JOHN DOLLING [_or_ DOLING], 1st Lieutenant.
Dead [1795]. A post captain with Admiral Rainier in the East
Indies.
PADDY LEE, 2nd and then 1st Lieutenant.
Dead. A commander; a strange, droll hand.
[JOHN] MATHEWS, 3rd Lieutenant.
Dead [1798]. A post captain [1793]; a first-rate seaman.
BENJAMIN HALLOWELL [afterwards CAREW], 4th Lieutenant.
Dead [1834]. An admiral and G.C.B.; a brave and skilful
officer.—[_D.N.B._]
ROBERT SAVAGE DANIEL, 5th Lieutenant.
Killed on board the Bellerophon, 74, at the battle of the Nile; a
loss to the service.
WM. PROWSE, 2nd and then 1st Lieutenant.
Dead [1826]. A rear-admiral [1821], C.B.; a worthy man.
ROSS, Lieutenant; I forget how he stood.
Dead. A satirical gentleman and would be thought a poet because he
wrote a play that was damned, and some poems in doggerel rhymes of
scurrilous merit.
JAMES NICHOLL MORRIS, 1st Lieutenant.
Dead [1830]. A vice-admiral, K.C.B.; a very brave and meritorious
officer. He commanded the Colossus, 74, at Trafalgar.—[_D.N.B._]
GEO. GREY, 2nd Lieutenant.
Dead [1828]. Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart. [1814], K.C.B.; late
commissioner at Portsmouth yard.
WM. CHANTRELL, 2nd, 3rd, and 1st Lieutenant.
Dead. A very droll and strange fellow.
[ROBERT] LLOYD, Lieutenant.
I believe a vice-admiral of the blue [1837. Died, vice-admiral of
the white, 1846.—O’Byrne].
RICHARD SIMMONDS, Lieutenant.
Dead. Was an agent of transports and lieutenant at Haslar
Hospital. Nicknamed Gentleman Jack, because he came to see us in
our berth in the cockpit, and said he was the gentleman below, but
the officer on deck.
JAMES CARPENTER, Lieutenant.
Vice-admiral of the red; since promoted to be admiral of the blue
[Jan. 10, 1837. Died, admiral of the white, 1845.—O’Byrne.]
DANIEL DOBREE, Lieutenant.
Dead. A post captain [1802]. See Blonde.
[THOMAS] BOWEN, Lieutenant.
Uncertain. I believe a post captain [1798]; fiery Welshman.
[Griffith Bowen, his servant. Died 1809.]
ANDREW BRACEY TAYLOR, Lieutenant.
Dead. A good officer.
[WILLIAM] ELLIOT, 1st Lieutenant.
Dead. A commander. See Salisbury.
PHILIP CHARLES DURHAM, 2nd Lieutenant.
Admiral of the white, G.C.B.; port admiral at Portsmouth. [Died
1845.—_D.N.B._]
NICHOLAS KEMP, Lieutenant.
Dead. A commander [1797]; a most worthy fellow.
JACKSON DOWSING, Lieutenant.
Dead. All jaw and singing from morn till night.
[EDWARD] MARSH, Lieutenant.
Dead [1813]. A post captain [1797]; steady and quiet.
IRWIN, Lieutenant.
Dead. A very funny officer.
NATHANIEL PORTLOCK, Lieutenant.
Dead [1817]. A post captain; went a voyage round the world; an
able navigator.—[_D.N.B._]
MACKEY, Lieutenant.
Dead. A commander; went a voyage round the world; came safe home;
drunk grog and died.
CHARLES MAURICE STOCKER, 1st Lieutenant.
Killed by the wind of a shot on board the Sans Pareil, 84, in Lord
Bridport’s action.
JOHN RICHARDS, Lieutenant.
Dead [1830, aged 70]. A post captain [1809]. This man belonged to
the Boreas at the time my father was on board; he was then before
the mast. When Captain Thompson was appointed to the Alcide, 74,
he took Richards with him in a low capacity, and afterwards put
him on the quarter deck; when his time was served he got made a
lieutenant. He was a good sailor, but proud, insolent, and vulgar
in his language; full of strange sayings and low wit, and
overbearing to those of inferior rank. Lieutenant Daniels once
told him to go aboard the Alcide again to his former station. He
felt the rebuke severely.—[Marshall, vi. 9.]
[THOMAS] IRELAND, 2nd Lieutenant.
Killed in battle on June 1, 1794.
SAMUEL MOTTLEY, Lieutenant.
A post captain [1802]. I never agreed with him. Since made a
retired rear-admiral. [Died, 1841.—Marshall, iv. 684.]
NORBORNE THOMPSON, Lieutenant.
A rear-admiral. See Salisbury.
CHARLES CARTER, Lieutenant.
A post captain; since promoted to be a retired rear-admiral.
[Died, a vice-admiral, 1848.—O’Byrne.]
BALDWIN, Captain of Marines.
Dead. Insane from grog.
NINIAN JEFFREYS, Master.
A quiet, good man.
[WILLIAM] MORGAN, Chaplain.
Uncertain. A very worthy gentleman.
[JAMES] KIRK, Surgeon.
Dead. Quiet and inoffensive.
[GEORGE] PURVIS, Admiral’s Secretary.
Dead.
[JOHN] DELAFONS, Purser.
Dead.
ROBERT BUSTARD, Mate.
Dead. A lieutenant; a most excellent fellow.
BILLY CULMER, Mate.
Dead. A lieutenant; everyone has heard of Billy.
JAMES ROGERS, Midshipman and mate.
A commander [1806]; since a retired captain.
JOHN TALBOT, Signal midshipman.
Hon. Sir John Talbot, K.C.B.; a vice-admiral of the red. [Died,
admiral and G.C.B., 1851.—O’Byrne.]
[RICHARD TURNER] HANCOCK, Signal midshipman.
A post captain. [Died, a rear-admiral, 1846.—O’Byrne.]
[RICHARD] BOWEN, Signal midshipman.
A brave and able officer; he was captain of the Terpsichore, and
was killed at the attack at Teneriffe when Nelson lost his arm.
LORD AMELIUS BEAUCLERK, Midshipman.
Admiral of the white, G.C.B., G.C.H.; chief naval aide-de-camp to
the king. See Salisbury.
RODDAM, Midshipman.
Uncertain. A Hun; a Goth; and a Vandal.
GALTON, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; a good sailor.
ROBERT PERKINS, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; a droll old guardo midshipman.
[STEPHEN] SKINNER, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; a smart officer.
TATHAM, Midshipman.
Uncertain. A lieutenant, but unfortunately broke by court martial;
a droll, good fellow.
HENRY RICHARDSON, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; a crabbed old fellow called Long-Belly.
PITT BURNABY GREENE, Midshipman.
A post captain; a very good officer. Since dead [1837.—Marshall,
vi. 335].
CHARLES OTTER, Midshipman.
Dead [1831]. A post captain. He commanded the Proserpine, 32,
when she was captured by some French frigates in the
Mediterranean.—[Marshall, iv. 553.]
JONATHAN CHRISTIAN, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander. One of the few in the service that I disagreed
with. I found him waspish, snappish, and disagreeable.—[Marshall,
xi. 12.]
DANIEL KIRK, Son of the surgeon; midshipman.
Dead. Unfortunate from being a dupe to women of the town. [Borne
as his father’s servant, then as A.B., then as midshipman.]
JOHN HINTON, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; crabbed as the devil.
[THOMAS] GODDARD, Midshipman.
Dead. I believe was a lieutenant and severely wounded at the
evacuation of Toulon.—[James, i. 87.]
FRANCIS JOHN NOTT, Midshipman.
A post captain; out-pension, Greenwich Hospital. Dead
[1840.—Marshall, vi. 236].
THOMAS H. TIDY, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander. Poor Tom.
Hon. DUNBAR DOUGLAS, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander; a glorious fellow. A follower of Earl St.
Vincent. When a midshipman with him in the Foudroyant, 84, he was
stationed in the foretop, and having hold of the main-top bowline
by accident when the ship was going about, he was hauled out of
the top and pitched into the main rigging without receiving the
smallest injury, having the presence of mind to hold fast by the
slack of the bowline, and by that means saved his life. This I
heard related at Lord St. Vincent’s table. Her mainsail was not
set at the time.
[JOHN] W. T. DIXON, Midshipman.
Dead. He commanded the Apollo, 36, when that ship was
unfortunately lost on the coast of Portugal with several of her
convoy, and was drowned. He was brother to Admiral Sir Manley
Dixon.
THOS. BYAM MARTIN, Midshipman.
Admiral of the white, G.C.B. [Admiral of the fleet; died 1854.
_N.R.S._, vols. xxiv., xii., xix.]
JOHN HARVEY, Midshipman.
Admiral of the blue, K.C.B.; since dead [1837.—_D.N.B._]
JACK EATON, Mate.
Dead. My worthy and lamented old messmate; a first-rate seaman. He
commanded the Marlborough, 74, in 1797, and in a fit of insanity
killed himself at the admiralty.
FRANCIS TEMPLE, Midshipman.
A post captain; since made a retired rear-admiral [1837 Died
admiral, 1863.—O’Byrne].
AUGUSTUS BRINE, Midshipman.
A post captain; since made a retired rear-admiral. [Died 1840.]
P. BROWNE, Midshipman.
A post captain. [Died 1842.—Marshall, vi. 95.]
WM. BUSH, Midshipman.
A commander.
RICHARD SIMMONDS, Midshipman.
Dead. He was made a commander, but broke by court martial, and
some years after put on the list as lieutenant. He fought well,
and that was all.
JOHN BRUCE, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander.
JAMES ROSS, Midshipman with one arm.
Dead [1810]. A post captain; son of Admiral Sir John Lockhart
Ross.
[JOHN] BULLER, Midshipman.
Uncertain.
JOHN KEY, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant. See Brunswick.
CHAS. INGLIS } Old Edgars. See Edgar.
JAS. SANDERS } „
JOHN BELL CONOLLY } „
SOL. KING } „
EDWARD MOORE } „
WM. LAMB } „
JOHN MACREDIE } „
RICHARD HEYCOCK } „
GEO. JONES } „
EMANUEL SILVA } „
J. A. GARDNER } „
JEMMY JOHNSTONE, Midshipman.
Dead [1823]. A post captain [1806]; a rigid disciplinarian, who
drank like the devil.
CHAS. GRANT, Midshipman.
Dead [1825]. Commodore at the Cape of Good Hope; C.B.; an
excellent officer.—[Marshall, iii. 300.]
WILLIAM DURBAN, Midshipman.
A post captain, LL.D.; a distinguished officer with first-rate
abilities; since promoted to be rear-admiral of the blue. Dead
[1837.—Marshall, iv. 845].
JAS. DALGLEISH, Mate.
A commander; a good old sailor. [Died, 1846.—Marshall, xi. 135.]
JACKSON, Midshipman.
Uncertain. A good-natured old squinting fellow.
MORTON.
Dead. A lieutenant, called ‘Red Muzzle’; said to have killed
himself.
GEO. CLARK, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant. When we had pudding for dinner, if any was
left and put by for next day, he used to call us up in the night
to have a blow out with the remainder. This was called
‘puddening[83] the flats.’
[WILLIAM] LAUNDER, Midshipman.
A most worthy fellow; a lieutenant, killed on board the
Bellerophon at the battle of the Nile.
CHAS. CAME, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander.
LAURIE, Midshipman.
A lieutenant; murdered at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
[ROBERT] SPICER, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant.
CHATTERTON, Midshipman.
Uncertain. All jaw and drink.
JOHN DELAFONS, Midshipman; son of the purser.
First lieutenant of Bellona at Copenhagen [1801. Died, commander,
1805].
[THOMAS] DELAFONS, Midshipman; son of the purser.
Commander. [Died 1848. Borne as purser’s servant, afterwards
A.B.—Marshall, xi. 153.]
WM. ARCHBOLD, Midshipman.
A commander. Crab-apple.
PHILIP ANSTRUTHER, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander.
CHAS. ANSTRUTHER, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant.
RICHARD CURRY, Midshipman.
The senior post captain on the list; since promoted to be
rear-admiral of the red [1837]. C.B. [1831. Died, admiral of the
blue, 1856.—O’Byrne.]
[GEORGE] JOHNSTONE, Midshipman.
A lieutenant, murdered in Five Bell Lane, near Deptford.
[JOHN] O’CONNOR, Midshipman.
Uncertain. I hated him.
JOHN MCDONALD, Mate.
A commander; a very smart officer. [Died 1845.—O’Byrne.]
CHAS. BENNET, Midshipman.
A commander; since a retired captain. [Died 1843.—Marshall, x.
411.]
JOHN CHEST, Midshipman.
Uncertain. When he joined the ship he had a very large chest, and
had not been on board above an hour when some fellow painted on
the lid in large white letters, ‘JOHN CHEST HIS BOX.’
HOWELL POWELL, 1st Assistant Surgeon.
Poor Powell was surgeon of the Babet [1801], when that ship
foundered with all hands. He was one of the best fellows I ever
met with.
JACKY MARR, Boatswain.
Dead. Jacky was as good a seaman as any in the navy, but too
severe. He was made boatswain of the sheer hulk and then promoted
to the dockyard.
JEFFRIES, Boatswain.
Dead. A good sailor, and a very worthy character.
[WILLIAM] RIVERS, Gunner.
Dead. Very much respected.
STRONG, Carpenter.
One of the oldest warrant officers living; highly respected; has
been in almost every general action since that of Keppel [1778].
Since dead.
WILLIAM PYE, Schoolmaster.
Dead. A purser. See Salisbury.
[BEN.] JEFFERYS, Clerk.
Dead. A purser; a very worthy fellow.
QUEEN, 98
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,
Now green in youth, now with’ring on the ground;
Another race the following spring supplies,
They fall successive, and successive rise;
So generations in their course decay,
So flourish these when those are passed away.—_Iliad._
In this ship I found a new race of men, all strangers to me with the
exception of five. I was recommended to Captain Hutt, commanding the
Queen, 98, fitting in Portsmouth Harbour, by my late friend Admiral
Bourmaster, and joined her early in 1793. I had not been long on board
when I was ordered with a party of seamen to fit out the Conflagration
fireship, Lieutenant Laurie (now Sir Robert) superintending. Having
received orders to fit for foreign service, we proceeded to Spithead and
hoisted the flag (blue at the mizen) of Rear-Admiral Gardner, and having
rigged the Conflagration returned to our ship. The Queen being ordered
to the West Indies, I made (like a fool) application to Captain
Bourmaster to get me removed to the Berwick, 74, commanded by Sir John
Collins, Knight, fitting for the Mediterranean, to which place I wished
much to go. After long consideration he agreed to my request; at the
same time observing that I stood in my own light and that I would lose
promotion by taking such a step. This I well knew; but the hatred I had
for the West Indies made me blind to my own interest. When I saw Captain
Hutt I found it no easy matter to bring him to my way of thinking, and
it was a long time before he would give his consent. I remember when he
sent for me in his cabin, I fell over a small case that happened to be
in the way and broke my shins, for which he called me a damned clumsy
fellow and said I deserved what I got for wishing to leave the ship, and
that I would bitterly repent it when I found others promoted and myself
left out. However, he gave me my discharge and a very good certificate,
shook hands with me and wished me success. He was one of the strictest
officers in the navy, an excellent sailor, and woe betide those that
were slack in carrying on the duty. He had a stern look, with a
penetrating eye that would pierce through those who he questioned, and
in him the service lost an officer not easily replaced.
Our first lieutenant, old Constable, was a devil of a tyrant. When first
I asked him leave to go on shore for a few hours, he said he would see
me in hell first; and on my thanking him for his kindness, he swore if I
did so again he would try me by a court martial for my politeness. I was
once starting[84] the jolly-boat boys for being slack in getting into
the boat, when old Constable being present and observing what I was
about, ‘Damn my eyes, sir,’ says he, ‘that’s not the way; you should
take a handspike and knock their brains out.’ He was a good sailor and
an indefatigable first lieutenant, but fractious and disagreeable; yet
on shore quite the reverse. Our second lieutenant, Billy Bedford, was
very particular and fidgety, and would nig-nag all day long about
trifles. We had a very droll midshipman (George Milner) who would take
him off in the most laughable manner by jumping round a cask, grinning
most horribly and singing Nig-nig-nag and Fidgetyfidgety-fum, until the
tears would start from his eyes. This was for getting a rub down from
Bedford, who he swore was only fit to be a cooper, and to jump round a
cask.
We had many droll and good fellows among our midshipmen. I shall mention
a few; and first, Flinders (one of the mates) who I messed with in the
main hatchway berth on the lower deck. He was well acquainted with
ancient history and wrote notes on what he read with sound observations.
He was very fond of a drop, and would expatiate on the character of
Alexander the Great, and said had he been present at the drinking party,
Promachus would not have won the talent so easy, and he would have
pledged Alexander himself with a bowl they had in his family against
that of Hercules.
Jack Barrett (who commanded the Minotaur, 74, when she was lost) was
another droll hand, the life and soul of the ship. He was a most worthy
fellow and departed this life with the character of a brave and
meritorious officer, lamented by a numerous acquaintance. James
McPherson Rice, my worthy messmate, thou art also gone. A most excellent
fellow, a great mathematician, well read, and respected by everyone that
knew him. Out of the whole mess I am the only one left—Flinders, Meager,
Milner, etc., etc., etc., all gone; and of the forty-eight that were on
board, thirty-six have departed for that bourne from whence no traveller
returns, as the following list will show:—
OFFICERS’ NAMES
ALAN GARDNER, Rear-admiral.
Dead [1809]. Admiral Lord Gardner. He commanded the Duke, 98, in
Rodney’s action at the taking of the Count de Grasse, April 12,
1782, where he greatly distinguished himself. He had his flag on
board the Queen in Lord Howe’s action, June 1, 1794.—[D.N.B.]
JOHN HUTT, Esq., Captain.
Killed in the action of June, 1, 1794; one of the ablest officers
in the navy.—[_D.N.B._]
LOVE CONSTABLE, 1st Lieutenant.
Dead. A commander; an excellent sailor and an indefatigable first
lieutenant. The devil on board, but an angel on shore.
WILLIAM BEDFORD, 2nd Lieutenant.
Dead [1827]. A vice-admiral; a fidgety, good fellow. See Edgar.
JOHN MILLER, 3rd Lieutenant.
Dead [1843]. A retired post captain [1797]; an excellent officer.
[Marshall, iii. 114.]
[RICHARD] DAWES, 4th Lieutenant.
Killed on June 1, 1794. [According to James, i. 185, 200, wounded;
but his name no longer appeared in the _Navy List_.]
ROBERT LAURIE, 5th Lieutenant.
Vice-admiral Sir Robert Laurie, Bart., K.C.B.; was wounded on June
1, 1794. See Salisbury.
[ROBERT] HOPE, Surgeon.
Dead. Physician at Haslar Hospital.
[GEORGE] GRANT, Secretary and Purser.
Dead.
JAMES KELLOCH, Boatswain.
Dead. A sailor.
WILLIAM IRELAND, Gunner.
Dead. Much respected.
[FRANCIS] ADAMS, Carpenter.
Dead. Builder at Gibraltar.
THOMAS OLIVER, Mate.
A commander; ‘Jawing Tom.’ [Died 1842.—Marshall, x. 384.]
WILLIAM PADDY RUSSELL, Midshipman.
A commander; a very good fellow. [Died 1828.—Marshall, x. 369.]
CHAS. TINLING, Midshipman.
A retired rear-admiral [1830. Died 1840.—Marshall, iii. 362].
[SAMUEL] BUTCHER, Midshipman.
A post captain; since a retired rear-admiral [1840; died, a
vice-admiral, 1849.—O’Byrne].
WM. WOOLDRIDGE, Midshipman.
Dead [1820]. A post captain [1807]; a rough sailor.
[MOSES] CANNADEY, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant.
NOEL SWINEY, Midshipman.
Uncertain. Was a lieutenant, but broke by court martial and
rendered incapable of serving.
JOHN BARRETT, Midshipman.
Drowned [1810] in the Minotaur, 74, of which ship he was captain.
Brave fellow.—[_D.N.B._]
JAMES MCPHERSON RICE, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; a worthy fellow.
WILLIAM DICKINSON, Midshipman.
Dead. A quiet, good fellow. [D.D. in Queen’s pay-book; no date.]
FRANCIS DICKINSON, Midshipman.
Dead. A commander; satirical.
H. G. MORRIS, Midshipman.
A post captain. [Died, a retired rear-admiral, 1851.—O’Byrne.]
GEO. MILNER, Midshipman.
Dead. No man’s enemy but his own.
ROBERT JENNER NEVE, Midshipman.
Dead [1815]. A post captain [1806]; amazingly grand, and foolishly
proud.
[JOHN] BATT, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant.
[NICHOLAS] MEAGER, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; called ‘Mileager.’
[JOHN A.] HODGSKIN, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; a very worthy fellow; called ‘Pig Hog’ and
‘Hog’s-flesh.’
EDMUND RAYNER, Midshipman.
A commander [1831, on retired list]; as worthy a fellow as ever
lived. [Died 1846.]
[JOHN M.] SEPPINGS, Midshipman.
Dead. A lieutenant; had a pension from the Custom House.
PETER HUNT, Midshipman.
Dead [1824]. A post captain [1803]; a very droll fellow.
J. A. GARDNER, Midshipman.
A commander.
[JOHN] DAVIS [Quartermaster, afterwards Midshipman, aged 38].
Dead.
[WILLIAM] RENWICK, Midshipman, lent.
Lieutenant of Greenwich Hospital. [Died 1839.]
[WILLIAM] THOMPSON, Clerk.
Dead. A purser.
BERWICK, 74
Joined the Berwick in April 1793, Sir John Collins, Knight, captain,
fitting in Portsmouth Harbour for the Mediterranean, and in May sailed
with a division of the fleet under the Vice-Admiral Lord Hood, who had
his flag on board the Victory, 100. On the passage the squadron captured
a corvette. We arrived at Gibraltar, Vice-Admiral Hotham’s Division in
company, and having taken in our water sailed for Toulon. When off
Minorca we fell in with the Spanish fleet under Don Langara on a cruise.
To the best of my recollection our fleet consisted of twenty sail of the
line besides frigates, but several men of war joined after.
[The list of the fleet which follows has no authority, and has been
frequently printed.]