And now he shakes his great paternal spear,
Ponderous and huge, which not a Greek could rear—

when Pringle, who was standing by, asked me who Ponderous and Huge were, and whether they were Greeks or Trojans.[68]

Titus Allardice, Midshipman.

Dead [1832]. A commander [1831]; died insane at Haslar.

Davis, Mate. Dead. A lieutenant. Poor fellow, was broke by court martial.

John Bull Conolly, Midshipman.

A lieutenant, out-pension; a very good fellow.

Robert Yetts, son of the first lieutenant, midshipman.

Dead. A lieutenant; broke by court martial. Poor Bob with all his faults was a worthy, generous fellow.

Henry Foularton, Midshipman.

Dead. Very religious, and remarkably neat in his dress; but at last drank very hard, and died regretting that a keg of gin (along side of him) should see him out, which was really the case.

Henry Allen, Midshipman.

This unfortunate man was captain of the Rattler sloop of war in the West Indies and was hanged at the yardarm by the sentence of a court martial [April 22, 1797, under the 29th Article of War].

Gregory Grant, Midshipman.

A commander [1810]; a very worthy fellow. Died 1839.—[Marshall, x. 403.]

William Vosper, Midshipman.

A lieutenant, Royal Asylum, Greenwich Hospital. A very good fellow and seaman; we were at three schools together, and also in the Edgar and Berwick.

Richard Heycock, Midshipman.

Dead. A lieutenant. Old Dick was a good sailor, but unfortunately, as deaf as a doornail.

Fras. Roskruge, Midshipman.

Lieutenant [of Britannia], killed [at Trafalgar] in battle. A very worthy fellow; son of the master.

Frost, Midshipman.

Dead. A master; ‘Hard Frost,’ I have mentioned you before.

Millar, Midshipman.

Dead. A gunner; as worthy a fellow as ever lived; called ‘Tom Pepper.’[69]

Richard Cole, Midshipman.

Dead. Dicky was an easy, simple fellow.

Emanuel Silva, Midshipman.

A magistrate for the county of Surrey; a gentleman; very much respected.

Wm. Granger, Midshipman.

A vice-admiral of the blue. [Died 1848.—O’Byrne.]

Hugh Downman, Midshipman.

A vice-admiral; a very good officer. [Died, admiral, 1858—O’Byrne.]

[John] Hollingsworth, Midshipman.

Killed in battle[70]; a lieutenant.

John Twisden, Midshipman.

A commander; a droll old guardo! [Died 1853.—O’Byrne.]

John Macredie, Midshipman.

Dead [1833]. A commander [1827]; a most worthy fellow whom I have mentioned before.

Hugh Cook, Midshipman.

Dead [1834]. A post captain [1806]; called ‘Pot luck and what not.’ Billy Lamb gave him this name, because one evening on shore, when half seas over, he was asking every one in the room to come and see him and take ‘pot luck and what not.’—[Marshall, v. 160.]

Wm. Hugh Dobbie, Midshipman.

Dead [1830]. A post captain; an excellent character.—[Marshall, v. 136.]

John Tresahar, Midshipman.

A commander; my worthy messmate. [Died 1844.—O’Byrne.]

J. S. Carden, Midshipman.

A post captain. He commanded the Macedonian when she was captured by an American frigate of superior force. [Died, a retired rear-admiral, 1858—O’Byrne.]

Edward Brace, Midshipman.

A rear-admiral and K.C.B. [Died, a vice-admiral, in 1843.—Marshall, iii. 253.]

J. A. Gardner, Midshipman.

A commander.

David Spence 1st, Midshipman, lent.

Dead. A lieutenant; worthy fellow.

David Spence 2nd, Midshipman, lent.

Dead. A master; worthy fellow.

Robert Crosbie, Midshipman, lent.

Dead from drink; a lieutenant not worth his salt.

James Irwin, Midshipman, lent.

Dead. A commander; much respected.

Andrew Macbride, Schoolmaster.

Dead. Splendid abilities.

Crombey, Assistant Surgeon.

Dead. A surgeon; a man of prodigious strength.

John Liggatt, Assistant Surgeon.

Dead. A surgeon. Poor Jack lost his leg in action.

Geo. Gordon, Assistant Surgeon.

Dead. George was not very orthodox.

Duncan Campbell, Assistant Surgeon.

Uncertain. Much the gentleman.

Marsh, Assistant Surgeon.

Uncertain. Drank like a fish.

Lauchlin Maclean, Clerk.

Dead. A paymaster at Greenwich Hospital.

John Scott, Clerk.

Killed in battle [at Trafalgar]. Lord Nelson’s secretary.

Gardner, wrote in the office.

Dead. A very good little fellow; no relation of mine.

Geo. Gray, Gunner.

Dead. Much respected.

Johnny Bone, Boatswain.

Dead, from drink; Cap-a-bar.

Watson, Boatswain.

Uncertain. Broke by court martial. Said to have been boatswain with the notorious John Paul Jones when he took Sir Richard Pearson and my old captain (Piercy) in the American War.

Douglas, Carpenter.

Dead. Builder at Antigua; much respected.