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W. Hall, of Lynn.

CONTENTS

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A.

Report of the Survey of the Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, 31st May 1813, by Mr. Fearnall, Surveyor

259

B.

Short Biography of Captain Woodriff, R.N., Agent at the Depot, 1799–1802

265

C.

Specimens of the Entries relating to the Prisoners of War in the Registers preserved in the Record Office

268

D.

Extracts from Parliamentary Report Supplement 1801 to Appendix No. 59, Report of the Transport Board to the House of Commons 1798, being Correspondence with French Government relative to Prisoners of War

271

E.

Return of Number of Prisoners in Health or Sick in the Various Prisons in Great Britain

286

F.

Full Nominal Return of the Hospital Staff at Norman Cross Prison

287

G.

Correspondence referring to the Bishop of Moulins, Letters of Earl Fitzwilliam, Sir Rupert George, Lord Mulgrave, and the Bishop, the latter adding a brief Autobiography

290

H.

Private Register of his Fellow Prisoners at Verdun, kept, during his Confinement there, 1804–1814, by Naval Cadet John Hopkinson, who was later Rector of Alwalton, near Peterborough, with, in the Last Column, Notes added later in his Life

312

APPENDIX A

A REPORT OF THE SURVEY OF THE DEPOT FOR PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS 31st MAY 1813

By Mr. Fearnall, Surveyor

The Prisons, or Barracks, are built of fir quartering, and weather boarded on the outside, and have no inside lining, except those appropriated for the hospital, which are plastered. The innumerable holes cut through all parts of the buildings by the prisoners for the admission of light have caused them to be extremely weak, by the braces being cut through and destroyed in many parts, so as to render it necessary they should be immediately replaced with new, and such regulations adopted towards the prisoners as to prevent a recurrence of the same practice. The weather-boarding, stair-cases, hammock rails, privies and fence are in a general bad state, as particularly stated in this report, viz.:

Prison No. 1.—The ground floor is paved with stone, which is in many parts broken and very irregular. The story posts, that support the roof and floor, are so much damaged by being cut by the prisoners, and in parts decayed, as to require to be new in many places. The upper floor in the gangway, which has hitherto been laid with elm board, is stated to require renewing every twenty months; the other parts of the floor very much decayed. The hammock rails in many parts worn out. The braces and quarterings of the building are very much cut and destroyed by the prisoners, and must be new in many places. The stair-case in very bad condition, quite worn out. As they are now constructed within the building, they impede a free circulation of air, and occupy a space which would allow twelve men to be berthed, in addition to the present number, by having an accommodation ladder against the outside of the building, with a landing place and door; this plan would stop the communication between the two prison rooms, facilitate the escape of the prisoners in case of fire, by having two doors instead of only one. Mr. Walker, the surgeon, is very desirous that the same alteration should be made at the Hospital; it would separate the two wards, which in case of infectious diseases would be attended with beneficial effects, also save the expense of opening another ward in case of contagion.

The weather-boarding, from the prisoners cutting holes through for the admission of light, to each berth, as well as from actual decay, is in such bad condition as to require at least one third to be new.

Privy.—The weather-boarding and wood steps in bad condition, and many pantiles stripped from the roof. The ground under the privies on which the soil cart stands, from the frequency of its being drawn out, has occasioned deep ruts, so that when the cart is drawn out, it comes up with a jerk, and the soil is thrown out, and becomes a dreadful nuisance, which might be prevented by a few stumps of wood driven into the ground, on which a piece of oak plank might form a railway, and the intermediate space be filled up with stone rubbish at a very trifling expense.

Court between the Buildings.—Are paved next the Barracks only, and in wet weather, the part not paved, from the nature of the soil, is in a miserable condition, and would be very much improved by paving the whole, leaving a gutter-way in the middle of the court; every shower of rain would cleanse it, and add very much to the comfort of the prisoners.

Cook Room.—Stone floor broken; requires to be relayed and raised. Weather-boarding, quartering and area gutters require repair. The dressers are of deal and worn out; recommend they should be made of elm plank.

Butchery.—The floor in bad condition, the sashes decayed, the weather-boarding and area gutters require repair. The paving of the cellar under the butchery should be relayed. The effluvia from a cesspool under the pavement are very offensive in the Stewards’ apartments immediately above it, the floor of which should be plugged to prevent the smell passing through the open joists of the floor.

Black Hole.—The roof breaking through. The fence of the covered walk is in part decayed and should be new.

Outside Fence at the End of the Barracks.—The post rails and paling are generally decayed, and require considerable repair, and in many parts must be new.

Tanks for the purpose of Washing, etc.—They are made of wood, and the greater part decayed.

Gates and Fence to the Quadrangles.—Are very much decayed and were never sufficiently strong and secure for the purpose intended, the gate; require to be all new, the fence needs considerable repair, and in that part next the gates, should be entirely new and raised much higher.

Watch Box.—Required for the Turnkey at the west gate.

Pavement within the Quadrangles.—In indifferent condition, and requires relaying in many places. A path is paved all round the quadrangles; in the middle where it is not paved, it is impassable in bad weather, except through mud. Captain Hanwell is desirous that a path should be paved across the middle.

Wells.—Are in tolerable condition, with the exception of one, the brick-lining of which within about forty feet of the bottom has fallen in, and rendered the well useless; the remainder of the brick-work is in such a dangerous state, that no person will venture down to repair it.

French Officers’ Apartments in No. 8.—The floor and staircase in very bad condition, and the circulation of air too much confined. Might be remedied by having a lattice instead of a close partition.

Offices.—Captain Harwell’s and the other offices in tolerable condition, require painting and whitewashing; the first clerk’s office has been papered long since, and it is falling from the wall.

Storeroom.—Under the same roof as above, the weather-boarding and floors require repair, the hammocks and bales of clothing are liable to injury from being in contact with the inside of the decayed weather-board. Recommend it should be lined with ¾-inch planed deal, 6 feet above the floor.Hospital.—The buildings appropriated for the hospital are in better condition than the other, have lath and plaster lining within, and the weather-boarding, stair-cases, floor, etc., want less repairs.

Officers’ Accommodation.—Agent’s house is built of wood and plastered on the outside, containing a basement, parlour, one pair story, and attics, two rooms on each story, the largest room measures 16 feet by 13 feet, the small room 11 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 6 inches. The Agent’s house is said to have been partially painted and papered in the year 1808; the attics, the back parlour, and the kitchen were not done at that time, and Mr. Todd informed me that they have not been painted since the house was built. Mr. Todd, the storekeeper, and Mr. Gardiner, the chief clerk, have their accommodation under the same roof as the Agent and contain the same number of rooms divided as follows: Mr. Todd occupies the one pair story and one garret, Mr. Gardiner the ground floor and one garret, Mr. Todd the back kitchen, Mr. Gardiner the front. The before mentioned apartments are said to have been painted in the year 1808. The surgeon has a good brick-built house, the rooms were papered before the walls were dry, the damp has destroyed the paper of four rooms; this house is said not to have been painted since built, about eight years since. The dispenser has three small rooms, and the hospital-mate two. The stewards have each two very small rooms under the same roof as, and leading out of the butchery, except the hospital steward, who is not very properly accommodated in prison No. 8, separated from the French Officers by a thin deal partition only; the space formerly allotted for the hospital steward is now the hospital store. This seems to require that it should return to its original plan for two reasons; first, the hospital steward is removed from his duty, and secondly, he is placed in communication with the French Officers, by the deal partition which separates them being cut through in holes. There is a vacant space at the end of the building next the dispenser’s and matron’s rooms, on which an hospital store might be built, which would admit of the steward having his proper apartments.

The stewards are respectable men, and with their wives and children have only a common privy, to which all the French cooks have access, and the path to which is exposed to the whole of the prisoners. Submit that a small room and privy may be added to the steward’s accommodation, as desired by Captain Hanwell.

The sempstress who is now with the matron, and the clerk of the small beer, who is accommodated in communication with the French Officers in No. 8, being late appointments, have no other accommodation; they might be provided for, by building a small place at the end of the wash-house. The matron and sempstress have no access to the drying room without passing round the whole buildings, which in bad weather would be more convenient by having an entrance through the tool-house with a door at the end.

Boundary Wall.—From the east gate to the north gate, and from the east gate towards the south, is from 7 inches to 11 inches within a perpendicular, and appears to be very indifferently built, and not of the best materials; and, from the earth outside, being 5 feet higher than that within, the lateral pressure has forced in the wall, which they have endeavoured to prevent by introducing land tyes, and there is no doubt if they had been properly executed, these would have answered the desired purpose. I sent for the master bricklayer that built the wall, by contract. He informed me that the piles to the land tyes were at least 7 feet long, but observing that the wall had given way since the tyes were put in, I had the earth cleared and drew one of the piles, when, instead of being 7, they were only 3 feet long, and totally insufficient to hold the wall, and, if not prevented, the wall, land tyes, etc., will all fall into the ditch. To secure the wall will require that thirty-two new land tyes, and additional piles of at least 10 feet long, should be driven to secure the old tyes, and to be placed as described to Captain Hanwell. The wall being built in such long lengths, being near 400 feet of straight lines, with a weight of earth against the outside, could not be expected to stand; there should have been a ditch on the outside, the same as that within, not only for the security of the wall, but to prevent the facility now afforded, of communication over the wall, it being only 9 feet high on the outside. Had it been built with an angle as marked with a pencil on the plan, it would not only have been infinitely stronger, but it would admit of the prisoners being better guarded, by the sentinels, stationed at the angle, flanking the wall each way. I submit for the Board’s consideration whether the middle of the wall, that has given way, had not better be taken down and rebuilt with an angle as described, or whether it shall be secured in its present form with land tyes.

I am of opinion it would require the sum of £5,000 to complete the whole of the works mentioned in the aforegoing report of the Survey, one half of which might be expended this year, and the remainder to complete the whole in the year 1814. Captain Hanwell informs me that he can employ 36 carpenters, 2 pair of sawyers, and 3 masons from among the prisoners; the carpenters’ work can be done by them, but the principal part of the masons’ and bricklayers’ work, I submit, should be done by contract as heretofore, under the direction of the agent; it will also be necessary to contract for a supply of timber and deals, converted into the different scantlings required.

APPENDIX B

SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN WOODRIFF, R.N., AGENT AT THE DEPOT, 1799–1802

Captain Woodriff belonged to a naval family, his father and brothers and son all being officers of various ranks. He must have been ninety years old at his death in 1842, as according to the return of his services in the Admiralty records, filled and signed himself, he entered the navy as gunner’s mate on the Ludlow Castle, 12th August 1762.

He served as midshipman in various parts of the world, becoming lieutenant in 1782, and commander in 1795, this commission carrying the brevet rank of captain.

He acted as Agent of Transports at Southampton, being appointed Resident there as from 2nd September 1796 at a salary of 21s. a day, in addition to his half-pay, and £50 a year for a clerk. This office necessitated his travelling much to the various ports, and in one of his voyages, the vessel carrying cash belonging to him was captured by the Dutch, but the Admiralty reimbursed him.

As we have seen, he was very actively superintending the arrival and distribution of prisoners of war at Hull, Yarmouth and Lynn in the early days of Norman Cross, to which Depot he was appointed Agent in 1799; he filled the post up to the Peace of Amiens, giving every satisfaction to the Admiralty and Transport Board, though on one occasion he was reprimanded for striking a French prisoner, even though the blow was given under great provocation.

His commission as Post Captain was dated 28th April 1802, and he was appointed to command the Calcutta, a ship of 74 guns to convoy convicts to Botany Bay. He was next ordered to St. Helena, to collect a convoy of East Indiamen; there were four full ships, a Prussian ship and a Swedish ship which claimed protection. They sailed on the 3rd August, and on 14th September picked up a leaky ship called The Brothers, which had become separated from another convoy. The bad condition of this vessel was the cause of all the subsequent trouble. Her bad sailing delayed the others, and off the Scilly Islands Woodriff was attacked by a French squadron of ten ships, one being a three-decker of 110 guns, with a crew of 1,100 men, four 74-gun ships, three 40-gun, and two brigs.

Finding it impossible to save both the convoy and himself, he ordered the convoy to make all sail to the north and escape, while he stayed and fought for some hours.

Over fifty minutes he was engaged with the three-decker, and the fight was under full sail as he steered to the south to enable the convoy to escape. The superior strength and overwhelming numbers of the French dismantled the Calcutta, so to prevent loss of life he hauled down his flag and surrendered, and The Brothers, which was leaky and could not escape, was also captured.

The crews were not at once landed in France, but remained on the French ships for four months. At the end of that time they were landed at Rochelle, and kept at an hotel for eighteen days at great expense. Then Captain Woodriff and his officers, an East India colonel and his lady, and two gentlemen from the East Indies, hired a carriage to take them to Verdun. They were escorted all the way by troops; the journey lasted thirty-six days and cost each of the prisoners £40.

In the Admiralty return of his services, there is a modest little note, “Returned from France, June 1807,” but the circumstances attending his return are so extraordinary as to demand attention. He had made repeated applications to Talleyrand for release, but without avail. In June 1807, he received an order, signed by Buonaparte, in Poland, directing him to proceed immediately to England, and to take the route of St. Malves, a town no Englishman was permitted to enter. On his arrival there, he received from an agent of the French Government the letters which had been directed to him at Verdun. He proceeded to hire a vessel to take him to England, for which he was prepared to pay forty or fifty guineas, but was told that a vessel was provided for him by the French Government, free of any expense whatever.

Our Government, not to be outdone in this unexpected generosity on the part of the enemy, immediately released a French officer of equal rank, who returned to France on terms of equal liberality. On his return to England Captain Woodriff was tried by court-martial for the loss of his ship the Calcutta, but after evidence, “The Court agreed that the conduct of Captain Woodriff was that of a brave, cool, and intrepid officer; and did adjudge him, his officers, and ship’s company to be most honourably acquitted.”

The owners and underwriters of one of the East Indiamen he had saved from capture raised a subscription for the officers and crew, which amounted to about £4,000.

On the 29th July 1808 Captain Woodriff was appointed Agent for Prisoners of War at Forton.

In December 1813 he was appointed Commissioner of the navy at Jamaica. He refused flag rank and was admitted to Greenwich Hospital, 9th November 1830, where he died 24th February 1842. [267]

Captain Woodriff was undoubtedly an able and hardworking officer, and he was fortunate in having to assist him the influence of Sir Evan Nepean, Secretary of the Admiralty, himself an able administrator and industrious official, whose correspondence at times exhibits traits of personal kindness and consideration, as rare as valuable in official letters.

APPENDIX C

SPECIMENS OF ENTRIES IN THE VARIOUS REGISTERS RELATING TO PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS, WHICH ARE PRESERVED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

(a) GENERAL ENTRY BOOK OF DUTCH SOLDIERS AT NORMAN CROSS

Current number.

By what ship or how taken.

Time when.

Prizes’ names.

Regiment.

Company.

Prisoners’ names.

Quality.

Time when received into custody.

Ex.

D.D.

D. or

E. S.

Time when.

How disposed of, and by what order.

1

Sirius

24th Oct. 1798

Furie

Bombardier

5th Cmp. 3rd Batn. Artily.

Pieter Van Dyck

Passenger

20th Nov. 1798

D.

19th Feb. 1800

Board’s Order

89

Sirius

24th Oct. 1798

Furie

Infantry

Lieut.

Mr. Ritmont

Lieut.

26th Sept. 1799

D.

5th Jan.

1800 19th Feb.

On parole to Peterboro’

To Holland Alkmaar Convention

(b) DESCRIPTION OF PERSONS IN DUTCH REGISTER

Current number.

No. on

the G.E.B.

Names.

Quality.

Ship or corps.

Age.

Stature.

Hair.

Eyes.

Visage or complexion.

Person.

Harks or wounds.

When discharged.

ft.

in.

1

2

Hannes Lenor

Sailor

Adml. De Vries

18

5

Brown

Blue

Oval and Fair

Middle Size

None

14

24

B. Atken

2nd Cooper

Adml. De Vries

27

5

7

Dark Brown

Brown

Oval and Dark

Middle Size

Pitted with Smallpox

D. 20th July 1801 British Fishery

(c) DEATH CERTIFICATES OF DUTCH SAILORS AND SOLDIERS

Current number.

No. on the G.E.B.

Names.

Rank.

Ship or corps.

Man-of-war, privateer, or merchant vessel.

Place of nativity.

Age.

Time of death.

Disorder or casualty.

109

703

Jan Vanderzwet.

Sailor

De Tonge Leendert

Fishing vessel

Holland

47

28th June 1798

Fever and bad wound in knee

129

674

Corns. De Baar.

Sailor

De Vries

M. War

Holland

22

12th Decem. 1798

Fever, &c.

(d) REGISTER OF DUTCH PRISONERS OF PAROLE AT PETERBOROUGH

Current number.

Prizes’ names.

Prisoners’ names.

Quality.

Of what country.

Time when received.

From whom or whence

D.D.D. or R.

Time when.

How disposed of if discharged.

Frigate

A. Reins

3rd Lieut.

19th Nov. 1798

D.

7th February 1801

Exchanged

Waakzaamheyo

M. Van Meirop

Captain

1798

D.

16th Oct. 1801

Permitted to return to Holland

(e) GENERAL ENTRY-BOOK OF PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS—FRENCH

Current number.

By what ship or how taken.

Time when.

Prizes’ names.

Whether man-of-war, privateer, or merchant vessel.

Of what country.

Prisoners’ names.

Quality.

Time when received into custody.

Ex. D.D.D. or E.S.

Time when.

How disposed of, and by what order.

13

Arethusa

21st October 1794

RÉvolutionnaire

Man-of-war

Louis Robert

Sailor

10th April 1797

Ex.

10th October 1797

Board’s Order

(f) GENERAL ENTRY-BOOK OF SOLDIERS, PRISONERS OF WAR, AT NORMAN CROSS—FRENCH

Current number.

By what ship or how taken.

Time when.

Prizes’ names.

Regiment.

Company.

Prisoners’ names.

Quality.

Time when received into custody.

Ex. D.D.D. or E.S.

Time when.

How disposed of, and by what order.

401

Melampus

14th October 1798

La RÉsolue

Frigate

1 Battn. 81st demi-brigade

Edw. AndrÉ

Soldier

11th October 1799 from Edinburgh

D.

9th January 1800

To France Martha Cartel

(g) DEATH CERTIFICATES OF FRENCH PRISONERS WHO DIED AT NORMAN CROSS DURING THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE WAR, 1793–1802

Current number.

Number on the G.E.B.

Prisoners’ names.

Rank.

Ship or corps.

Man-of-war, privateer, or merchant vessel.

Place of nativity.

Age.

Where taken.

Time of death.

Disorder or casualty.

41

1411

Vincent Lydyer

Seaman

La Suffisante

France

23

3rd August 1797

Killed by a blow in prison by the following black man.

42

2842

Jean Beautemps

Seaman

L’Emilie

Dominique

40

5th August 1797

Hung himself in the Black Hole

(h) DEATH CERTIFICATES OF FRENCH SOLDIERS WHO DIED AT NORMAN CROSS DURING THE SECOND PERIOD OF THE WAR, 1803–1815

Current number.

Number on the G.E.B.

Prisoners’ names.

Rank.

Ship or corps.

Man-of-war, privateer, or merchant vessel.

Place of nativity.

Age.

Where taken.

Time of death.

Disorder or casualty.

263

2384

Vincent Fontaine

Soldier

La Sophie

Transp.

Veli (dÉpart, de L’Aime)

31

Off Port au Prince

23rd March 1808

Phthisis

1

809

Jean Benoist

Sailor

Le Hardi

Merchant vessel

Ganzeville, near FÉcamp (dÉpart. dela Seine InfÉrieure)

48

Off Barfleur

24th October 1803

Fever

INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO APPENDIX D

Two years ago I received from Mr. W. T. Mellows, Solicitor of Peterborough, the loan of an imperfect copy of a Parliamentary paper endorsed, “Supplement 1801 to Appendix No. 59, Report of the Transport Board to the House of Commons 1798, being correspondence with the French Government relative to Prisoners of War.” The fragment contained, as far as I recollect, thirty-eight out of the fifty-eight or fifty-nine letters enumerated in the index of contents. Those missing were apparently so important that I went to the British Museum to search through the Parliamentary Reports for this appendix. Failing to find the document, I left the imperfect copy with the assistant librarian, who finally returned it to me, saying that extraordinary as it was, this supplement was not in the Museum library. A search in the library of the House of Commons, in which I was assisted by Mr. George Greenwood, M.P., gave the same result—this supplement was not to be found. I have now to acknowledge that last year this unique but imperfect copy disappeared while under my care—my own impression is that it was lost in its travels through an intermediary from my hands to those of the typist. Fortunately I had already included some of the letters in the text of this work, and Mr. W. T. Mellows, intending to present the document to the Museum when I had done with it, had made his clerk copy six of the letters and an extract from the report of Commissioner Serle; these I reproduce in this appendix, regretting deeply that I am unable to publish the whole of the thirty-eight letters which were once in my possession, but are now lost and probably destroyed.—T. J. W.

APPENDIX D

EXTRACTS FROM PARLIAMENTARY REPORT SUPPLEMENT 1801 TO APPENDIX NO. 59, REPORT OF THE TRANSPORT BOARD TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1798, BEING CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO PRISONERS OF WAR

At a former period of the present War it became necessary in order to vindicate the Character of this Country for good Faith and Humanity, to render publick the Proceedings and Correspondence of the Governments of Great Britain and France with respect to Prisoners of War. The whole was submitted to a Committee of the House of Commons and became the subject of a Report, followed by certain Resolutions unanimously adopted by the House. The following Correspondence may be considered as a Supplement to the Documents which were printed with that Report, and the motives for rendering it publick are the same as on the former occasion.

Downing Street,
6th January 1801.

Downing Street,
15th December 1799.

My Lords,

In the absence of Mr. Secretary Dundas, I lost no time in laying before the King your Lordship’s Letter to Him of the 12th Instant inclosing the Communication made to Captain Cotes at Paris, respecting the future maintenance of the English and French Prisoners of War, now detained in respective Countries.

It is the less necessary on this Occasion, to recall the Circumstances which gave rise to the Arrangement under which Two Governments agreed to provide for the wants of their respective subjects during their Detention as they have been submitted to Parliament and published to the World, in Refutation of the false and unwarrantable Assertions brought forward by the French Government on this Subject; but His Majesty cannot witness the Termination of an Arrangement, founded on the fairest principles of Justice and Protection, due by the Powers at War to their respective Prisoners, and proved by Experience to be the best calculated to provide for their Comfort, without protesting against this Departure (on the Part of the French Government) from an Agreement entered into between the Two Countries, and which tended so materially to mitigate the Calamities of War.

To prevent the Effect of this Alteration as much as possible with respect to the British Prisoners not on Parole in this Country, it is His Majesty’s Command that from the Date of the French Agent, ceasing to supply them, the Commissioners of Transports and for taking care of Prisoners of War, should furnish them indiscriminately with the same Rations of Provisions as were granted before the late Arrangement took place.

As no mention is made of Clothing, or other necessaries, in Captain Cotes’ letter, I think it right to add that the Commissioners of Transports and for taking care of Prisoners of War are on no Account to furnish any to the French Prisoners, as this Charge has at all times been supported by the French.

It will be proper that his letter should be communicated to Monsieur Niou the French Agent in London, and to the Agents at the several Depots of Prisoners, in order that the real Grounds of the Change which is about to take place, may not be mistaken or misrepresented.

I am, etc.,
(Signed) Portland.

To the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, &c., &c., &c.

Sir,

Having received Directions from the Consuls of the Republic to inform you of a Measure they have adopted upon an important Deliberation, the Principles and Bearings of which they are perfectly well known to you, I have felt it my duty to address myself directly to you in order to guard against delay.

The Consuls of the Republic having been engaged in an Investigation of its Interests, both at home and abroad, have turned their attention to the mode at present observed by France and England with respect to the Subsistence and Treatment of Prisoners of War in the Hands of these two belligerent Powers.

They have caused all the papers relative to the Adoption of this system to be carefully examined and a report having been made to them in this subject they perceive.

1st. That in your letter to the Lords of the Admiralty of the 6th of October 1797 after having claimed the Admission of Captain Cotes into France and the Exchange or at least the Liberation on Parole of Sir Sidney Smith, you proposed in order to put an end to the Recriminations relative to the Treatment of Prisoners continually renewed on both sides that the Prisoners should be furnished in the Country where they were detained with Clothing, Subsistence, and Medicines at the Expence of the Government to which they belonged.

2ndly. That the said Arrangement took place in consequence of the Communications respecting this Proposal made to M. Charretie the French Commissary by the Commissioners of the Transport Office on the 12th October and the 13th November following in pursuance of the orders of the Lords of the Admiralty.

I shall not revert here, Sir, to the circumstances which preceded this Arrangement, but it is my Duty to declare to you, that the Consuls of the Republic having remarked that it was not founded upon any authentic Stipulation, that the Cartel of Exchange signed nearly Ten Months afterwards took not the least notice of it and that it was an obvious contradiction of all the usages and Laws of War, were of opinion, that on the one Hand, the further execution of it was derogatory both to the Interests and to the Dignity of the Republic, and, on the other that neither the good Faith the Government wishes to manifest on every occasion, nor the peculiar solicitude it owes to its Fellow Citizens, did in any manner call upon it to continue to observe this Arrangement.

Indeed, Sir, you have yourself declared, in your letter of the 6th October 1797 the one of the Motives which led you to wish for this Arrangement, was the Difficulty of judging whether the Complaints of the Prisoners were well or ill founded; that some of these Complaints were dictated by Passion by Prejudice or Animosity, whilst others arose solely from the Difference in their Mode of Living, and in the same Letter you acknowledged that the belligerent Powers in preceding Wars when the Account of Expences incurred for their respective Prisoners came to be adjusted admitted only the sums advanced for their Clothing.

The principal Motives alleged by you, Sir, were therefore the necessity of putting an end to the Complaints of the Prisoners and the Benefit they would derive from being subsisted and treated in a Manner conformable to their former Habits.

These motives were undoubtedly sufficient in support of your Proposal and although you added that War, though giving to the Captors an incontestable right over the Discipline and the Police of their Prisoners does not however impose upon them the Obligation of providing for their Wants you would certainly mean to allude to their secondary Wants only and in Proof of this the English Government, as you have already declared, always understood that it must have provided what was absolutely necessary for the subsistence of the French Prisoners even on the Supposition that none of the Demands contained in your letter had been acceded to. The respect paid by all civilized Nations to the immutable Laws of Humanity and the Empire of those Laws over the English Nation will not allow me to give any other Construction to your statement.

The result of this explanation, Sir, is that the mode adopted since November 1797 for the Subsistence and Treatment of Prisoners of War, had chiefly in view to ameliorate their Condition; the Consuls of the Republic in declining to observe this Mode any longer for the reasons before stated are nevertheless determined to neglect no means in order to ensure the same effect.They have, in consequence, ordered me to assure you, that from the 1st of Nivose next when all remittances of money from England to France and from France to England for the Subsistence and Treatment of Prisoners of War are to cease your Countrymen in France shall be treated whether in Health or Sickness with every attention due to their Rank and Situation and that with a View to their Food being better adapted to their Mode of Living in their own Country; they shall receive both ashore and in any other Place of Detention the Ration fixed by the Fourth Article of the Cartel of Exchange.

As this Order of things will place France and England with regard to the Prisoners made by each of the Two Powers on the Footing on which they have stood previous to the 25th of November 1797 the Consuls of the French Republic desire that the English Commissary at Paris and the French Commissary at London may not interfere after the first of Nivose next in any Details relative to the Prisoners of War except in the cases specified in the 3rd Article of the Cartel of the 13th September 1798.

They have particularly directed me to assure you that the said Cartel shall be executed with that strict Attention to good Faith, which will characterize all the Acts of the French Consuls and that, if they have felt it their duty under the present Circumstances to re-establish the former System of Management with respect to Prisoners of War, they at the same time, understand that the two belligerent Powers may on the Return of a General Peace bring forward such Claims for Compensation as may then be deemed necessary.

I have the Honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) Niou.

Transport Office,
10th September 1800.

Sir,

We inclose for your Information, a copy of a Letter we have this Day received from Captain Woodriff, the Superintendent at Norman Cross Prison, stating the distressed situation to which many of the French Prisoners confined to that place are reduced, from the want of Clothing and by disposing of their Provisions and Bedding.

We are, &c.,
(Signed) Rupert George.
Ambrose Serle.
W. A. Otway.

M. Otto. [276]

Norman Cross,
9th September 1800.

Gentlemen,

Inclosed, I transmit a packet for M. Otto from which you will observe, that notwithstanding all I have done, or can do to prevent the Prisoners from selling their ration of Provisions for Days to come, and their Bedding, it has not had, nor is likely to have the desired effect.

Since the commencement of the Wet weather many of them have been taken to the Hospital in a very weak state, in consequence of having sold their Provisions and Bedding and One or Two have died.

Several of the French Prisoners are without Clothing and having sold their Bedding they are destitute of either, and the present wet weather and the approaching winter will if they be not clothed fill the Hospitals.

I have, Gentlemen, thought it prudent to mention these circumstances to you, as I am firmly of opinion, that unless some clothing is issued to the Prisoners who are now destitute many of them will die should the Winter be severe.

I have the Honour to be, &c.
(Signed) D. Woodriff.

Commissioners for the Transport Service.

Translation

London
7th Brumaire 9th Year of the French Republick 29th October 1800

The Commissary of the French Republick in England, To the Commissioners of the Transport Office.

Gentlemen,

I have had the honour of making various Representations to you relative to the insufficiency of the Ration allowed by the British Government to the French Prisoners whom the Fortune of War has thrown into its hands. The fatal effects of this Diminution of Food are already but too sensibly felt. I have now before me a list of those who have died and I perceive that the Number is almost Four times greater than that of last year at the same period, for during the course of One month only, the number of deaths has amounted to One Hundred And Ten while they did not exceed twenty during the same month of the preceding year. But this comparison however afflicting it may appear is only the first outline of the Picture, I shall be obliged to lay before you in a few months unless the most effectual means are speedily adopted in order to prevent the consequences which must otherwise result from the wretched situation of the Prisoners. Indeed it is impossible to look at the state of the different depots without being convinced of the fate which infallibly awaits them.

“It would be useless to state the misery endured by the Prisoners here (writes my Correspondent at Norman Cross) many of them hasten by their own Imprudence or Misconduct the Fate which awaits them all, if things remain in the state they now are. Hunger compels them to sell everything they possess and in so doing they only add to their own wretchedness. Many are literally naked. Amongst those who by their Fortitude and good Conduct have avoided these excesses are to be perceived the melancholy and slow, but certain Effects of a ruined constitution, and if an immediate remedy is not applied, a cruel death must soon terminate their sufferings.”These details, Gentlemen, are accompanied by bitter Reflections which I forbear to repeat. I shall also pass over in Silence the Accounts received from the other Depots which would only be an afflicting repetition of what you have just read. The Ration issued to the Prisoners proved insufficient even during the fine weather. On this Point I appeal to Persons who have seen the Prisons and experience is a sufficient Proof of it. Urged by the most pressing wants, the Prisoners have employed their small Resources in making up the Deficiency of the Ration. Those who were without pecuniary means Sold even their Clothing. They are now naked and enfeebled by Privations of every kind. The keen air of Winter will sharpen the cravings of Hunger and they must soon experience the Severity of cold Weather without possessing the means of defending themselves against it.

Such is the situation of French Prisoners in England. In France, on the contrary, the English, the Russians, and the Austrians, who have fallen into our hands, not only receive a wholesome and plentiful Subsistence, but are clothed at the expense of the Republic and enjoy a Degree of Liberty which the French Prisoners are not allowed in this Country. At every Period of the War, a great Number of Prisoners have had permission to leave the depots to carry on different trades and to earn by the Fruits of their Labour even more than would have provided them with a comfortable support.

Whatever may be the intentions of the British Government with respect to the Frenchmen now groaning in Irons I request, in the name of Humanity, and the sacred Law of Nations that you will lay before that Government this Picture of their Situation. It cannot fail to affect every feeling mind. It has already made an impression upon you, Gentlemen, and you have ordered a great number of Invalids to be sent home. The Agents entrusted with the charge of selecting the Prisoners falling under this description have discharged their duty in the most humane manner and I owe to you as well as to them my grateful Thanks for their Conduct on this Occasion.

I cannot conclude this letter without replying to two Objections which may appear at first sight to palliate the Difference of Treatment experienced by the Prisoners of the Two Nations “The Republic (it has been said) may easily provide for the subsistence of English Prisoners because there are very few in France.” But if the Chance of War has thrown a greater number of Prisoners into the Power of Great Britain the Duties of Humanity ought certainly to plead more forcibly in their favour in proportion as their numbers Increase at the respective Depots. And on the other Hand, ought not the Russians, the Austrians, the Neapolitans and the Bavarians now Prisoners in France to be taken into the account? Their number is at least equal to that of the French confined in England. Are they not subsisted at the expence of the Republic? And do not the Subsidies paid to their respective Sovereigns appear to assimilate them to British Subjects?

I have also been told “That the People here are not better fed than the Prisoners.” If the scarcity of Provisions is so notorious that Government notwithstanding its Solicitude cannot relieve the wants of the people, why should Government unnecessarily increase the Consumption by feeding more than 22,000 individuals? I have already had the Honour of laying before you two Proposals on this subject, namely that of ransoming the Prisoners, or that of sending them back to France on Parole. Either of these alternatives would afford an effectual remedy for the Evil in question; the Plan of Parole has already been adopted with respect to French Fishermen. No complaint of want of punctuality in this Arrangement has hitherto arisen. A measure of the same nature for all the other Prisoners would be held equally sacred, for no Government unquestionably would allow itself to break an Engagement of this description.

If neither of these proposals is acceded to by the British Government, there still remains another resource hitherto solicited in vain by the Prisoners themselves, but which however has never before been denied by any Government, to the Greatest Criminals. The resource of their own Industry. The ingenious but frivolous Articles manufactured by these unfortunate Persons from the Bones which are left of their Rations are admired. What advantage might they not derive from their Industry, if they were allowed to employ it upon Objects of Trade! Labour would beguile the Hours of tedious Captivity and even the Nation at whose expence they are subsisted would be benefited by their exertions.

I have the Honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) Otto.

Sir,

We have received your Letter of the 29th of last month relative to the present state of the French Prisoners of War in this Country and have agreeably to your Desire, transmitted it to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for their consideration; but, at the same time, we cannot help observing that the distressed situation which you represent the Prisoners to be in is entirely owing either to their being totally destitute of clothing or to their own Imprudence in disposing of their Provisions by Gaming and not as you assert, to an Insufficiency of the Rations of Provisions issued to them which is fully enough to keep men living without labour, in a general state of good health and certainly affords more subsistence than a great part of the labouring People of this Country is able to procure, a full pound of bread, eight ounces of fresh beef, and above a quart of soup compounded of Vegetables or Pease for each Man per diem.

We reiterated to you in our several letters of the 21st March, 24th of May, 28th of August, 11th of September, and 17th of last month the miserable situation of the Prisoners at all the Depots from the Want of Clothing and the melancholy consequences that were to be expected to ensue if the French Government did not cause them to be supplied with that necessary article previous to the commencement of the cold weather.

In giving you such timely premonition we certainly did all that was incumbent on us to do, or that Humanity dictated, and we have no hesitation in saying that if the French Government had expended a few thousand pounds in providing clothing for their People in this Country in proper time the greater part of the evils of which you now complain would not have existed.As it is certainly the Duty of every State to provide for the support of its people while in Captivity, so whatever may have been its arrangements with respect to victualling it has been the custom in all former wars between Great Britain and France for each Country to provide Clothing for its own Subjects and agreeably to this Custom all the British Prisoners in France as well as the Russian Prisoners taken in Holland, are now actually supplied with clothing by our Agent Captain Cotes at the expence of this Country although you state as a reason for the French Government not clothing their people here that the British Prisoners in France are clothed at the expence of your Government.

Whatever may latterly have been the effects of the prisoners wanting clothing it cannot be denied, that until very lately, the prisoners at all the depots were generally in as good a state of health as at any former period even when victualled by their own Country. Some indeed had fallen victims to an incurable spirit of Gaming, by sporting away their allowance of Provisions as well as their clothing and the Bedding with which they had been amply supplied by us, but we believe that the number that has suffered has hitherto not been very considerable. In our letter of the 22nd April and 20th of May last we represented to you fully the effects of this pernicuous Practise, which had become so prevalent in the Prisons and we proposed to you a measure which if adopted we doubt not would have greatly tended to put a stop to it, but for what reason we know not, you have not hitherto taken any notice to us of our communications on that subject and from the want of your concurrence the utmost exertions of our Agents in pursuance of our orders for prohibiting Gaming have as yet proved ineffectual. While this practise continues it is evident that if the Ration of the Prisoners were tenfold what it is they would still sport it away, and the circumstance of their now disposing of the Rations issued to them is a proof that it is not on Account of the Insufficiency of those Rations, but merely from the Gambling spirit above mentioned, that they also dispose of their bedding and clothing. Indeed, so far from their being obliged to part with their clothing to purchase provisions it appears even from your own Statement respecting the Prisoners at Liverpool that they actually dispose of a part of their Subsistence to procure clothes.

With respect to your observation of the Prisoners not being permitted to increase their means of Subsistence by Labour which you say “the most severe Administration would not refuse to the greatest criminals” we think it proper to acquaint you that the prisoners at all the depots in this Country are at full liberty to exercise their Industry within the Prisons in manufacturing and selling any articles they may think proper excepting hats which would effect the Revenue in opposition to the Laws; Obscene Toys, and drawings, and articles made either from their clothing or the Prison Stores and by means of this privilege some of them have been known to earn and to carry off upon their release, more than 100 guineas each.

Upon this occasion it has become highly expedient for us once more solemnly to impress upon your mind the necessity of a speedy relief being afforded to your people with respect to the article of Clothing a supply of which would materially if not entirely remove the principal causes of their present distress.

If you or rather your Government delay to furnish this supply whatever evils may ensue and these may justly be apprehended, cannot, after such repeated notices as we have for a long time, given you, be imputed to this Country but to the state which in this instance has so entirely neglected its own people.

We are, etc.,
(Signed) Rupert George.
Ambrose Serle.
John Schank.

M. Otto.

Extract from a Report made by Commissioner Serle to the Transport Board dated 25th July, 1800.

The Prisoners complained of the smallness of the Ration but not of the Quality supplied. They wished for more bread and for beer instead of water. I found however that the ration by their mode of Cookery which is left to themselves is not quite so insufficient and destitute as some of them chose to represent it.

The French are generally great devourers of Bread and therefore what would be a very competent allowance to an Englishman appears a contracted one to them, while the meat which an Englishman would scarcely think enough is to them a reasonable allowance. The Ration of a pound of bread with half a pound of meat Vegetables etc. digested into a Broth or soup yielding seven quarts per diem to every six men affords a support which our labouring poor rarely have at any time, but certainly not during the present scarcity, and which to men living without labour seems enough to maintain them in a general state of good health. And I have been informed by some who are most qualified to know, that the French Prisons had never had so few sick as at the present time. [283] Some indeed who had sported away their allowance in Gambling to prevent which the Agents have taken every precaution in their Power are in fact destitute enough and so they might have been if their Ration had been ten times as great. But this is their own fault entirely and it cannot be expected that if a Prisoner be pleased to throw away his food by vice, that Government must be at the expence of supplying him again. However wherever this has been discovered particularly as it may be in the Article of Bread the whole has been seized by the agent of Officers of the Prison, from the Winners or Purchasers and distributed amongst the Prisoners at large.

Many of the Prisoners have stalls in a kind of Market within the walls in which among other articles they sell Provisions and vegetables and I am told acquire considerable sums of money. This interior market is supplied by another without where there is a free access of the Country People with all sorts of provisions Beer and Produce which they are not allowed to sell but at the fair Market Price so that Destitution is only to be found among those few who have been weak or wicked enough to lose their allowance by Gambling. I am also informed that many Thousand pounds have been already remitted, and that sums of money are now continually remitting from France, by the Friends of the Prisoners for additional comforts in their situation. This affords a considerable supply to many of their requirements.

Their clothing in general for which the French Government has ceased to provide (as well as for the victualling) is getting very bad, and to meet the winter fairly must by some means or other be supplied.

Besides the remittances from France, the Prisoners are allowed to sell any kinds of their own manufactures; Straw Hats (which would interfere with the Revenue) and Articles made from Stores excepted, by which means some have been known to earn and to carry off on their Release more than a Hundred Guineas each. This with an open Market as above mentioned operates much to their advantage and Comfort and they show their satisfaction in the Habits of Cheerfulness peculiar to themselves. The Prisoners have free access to the several Apartments from the opening of the Prison in the morning until they are shut up on the approach of night with the exception only of the times when they are fumigating or cleansing for the preservation of Health. Six Prisoners chosen by the body at large have access to the Cook rooms every morning when the Provisions are brought in that they may witness to their full weight and object to any deficiency.

In case of sickness the patients are immediately removed under the direction of the Medical people, to the Hospital and supplied with the necessary assistance.

Nothing can exceed the cleanliness and decency of the Hospitals.

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London
Brumaire 9th Year of the French Republic, 4th November 1800

The Commissary of the French Republic in England, to the Commissioners of the Transport Office.

Gentlemen,

I have just received the honour of your letter of the 1st of November in answer to mine of the 29th October. I shall immediately communicate it to my Government.In making mention of the deplorable situation to which the Prisoners are reduced you appear to think that I have given no answer to the Communications you made to me respecting the very censurable practise of such of them as risk the loss of their Rations in Gambling. I request that you will refer to my letter of the 2nd of May in which you will find the following Paragraph. “I entirely approve of the Punishment you propose to inflict upon those who according to the information you have sent me, deal in Provisions; and I beg that you will communicate to me a list of the Persons guilty of this conduct. It even appears necessary in order that the Punishment may be the more felt, to separate them from their comrades and to collect them in a Depot for this purpose.” I have written to the Secretaries at the different Depots to the above effect, and I Have procured authority from the Minister to treat with the utmost severity those who made a traffic of the Rations of their comrades. I have done in this respect every thing my situation will admit of my doing, but until I shall know, who are the guilty it will be impossible for me to punish them.

I have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) Otto.

APPENDIX E

Transport Office,
14th June 1811.

RETURN OF NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN HEALTH OR SICK IN THE VARIOUS PRISONS IN GREAT BRITAIN

DistinguishingThe Prisons in which they were confined in the Month of April 1810, and, according to the Latest Returns, Distinguishing those in Health, from the Sick and Convalescents

In prison.

30th April 1810.

11th June 1811.

Total No.

In health.

Sick. [286a]

Total No.

In health.

Sick.

Convalescent.

Cases of wounds and accidents.

Chatham

5,109

4,970

139

3,863

3,803

38

15

7

Dartmoor

5,354

5,269

85

6,329

6,280

27

9

13

Edinburgh

288

282

4

2

Greenham

17

17

4

4

Norman Cross

6,272

6,236

36

5,951

5,925

11

15

Porchester

5,850

5,772

42

22

14

Forton Prison and prison ships at Portsmouth

12,381

11,799

582

9,760

9,582

64

68

48

Plymouth and prison ships

7,907

7,725

182

6,918

6,775

104

23

16

Stapleton

4,797

4,705

92

4,546

4,422

80

20

24 [286b]

Valleyfield

2,425

2,384

10

29

2

Yarmouth

36

18

18

3

1

1

1

41,873

40,739

1,134

45,938

45,229

381

204

125

On Parole

2,710

2,538

172

3,193

3,028

165

44,583

43,277

1,306

49,132

48,257

546

204

125

(Signed) R. George.
J. Douglas.
J. Harners.

APPENDIX F

FULL NOMINAL RETURN OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF AT NORMAN CROSS PRISON

The Hospital accounts seem to commence in 1806; there are none extant before. The first document in the bundle of papers is a report from Captain Pressland, the Agent, to the Board, enumerating the staff and the date of appointment of each member.

George Walker, Surgeon, allowed for stationery by letter from the Sick and Hurt Board, 12th August 1803, and by warrant from the Transport Board, 11th February 1806, 15s. per diem and three guineas per annum for stationery.

Samuel Waight, Dispenser, S. & H.B. warrant, 4th July 1803, and order for stationery 24th August 1803.

Orbell Fairclough, Hospital Mate, S. & H.B. letter, 21st September 1805.

John Waller, Hospital Mate, S. & H.B. letter, 25th February 1805.

A. Munro, Clerk, 16th September 1803.

John Prethenan, Steward of Bedding, 6th July 1803, order for lodging 22nd September 1803.

Thos. Giffard, Steward of Victualling, 7th October 1803, order for lodging 15th October 1804.

Robert Hobart, Turnkey, S. & H.B. warrant, 22nd December 1803, Supert. Carpenter, order, 30th April 1804.

Thos. Allan, Turnkey, warrant, 1st January 1806.

Ann Key, Matron, warrant, 14th March 1804.

Eliza Munro, Seamstress, letter, 22nd December 1803 (N. B.). She was formerly Eliza Key, and is the daughter of Mrs. Key.

Abraham Sevan, letter, 27th October 1804, to discharge the messenger Collins, when Sevan was entered in his place, 3rd November 1804. This was the only member of the staff who made his mark on the pay-sheet.

Pierre Larfeuil, Asst.-Surgeon, S. & H.B. order, 18th May 1804.

Anty. Howard, ditto, order, 17th September 1804 and 18th April 1805.

Pierre Glize, Asst.-Dispenser, order, 6th March 1805.

P. E. Breand, Taylor.

P. Vanheekhoet, Interpreter.

Yves Gueonet, 26th October 1804.

Pierre Landean, to carry medicines, 26th October 1804.

Pierre Douvre, Washerman, order, 28th January 1805.

Pierre Avey, Carpenter, first employed to make cradles for keeping the bedclothes off injured limbs, etc., and afterwards on odd jobs, then Washerman.

Pierre Gradel, Asst.-Lamplighter, S. & H.B. order, 14th December 1804.

J. B. Anjou, Serving in Dispensary, order, 21st November 1804.

Louis Clairet, to refill beds, etc., employed by Dr. Gillespie.

Pierre Drissan, Asst. to Bedding-Steward, order 11th December 1805.

Pierre Jansen, Shoemender, order, 21st August 1805.

P. A. Daird, Stocking Mender, employed by Dr. Gillespie.

Francis Dening, ditto, 11th December 1805.

Louis Le Besse, Labourer, to clean drains, yards, etc., order, 15th October 1804.

Pierre Andierne, ditto.

Pierre Vennin, Barber to infirm and itchy men, order 29th April and 29th October 1805.

P. M. Langlais, Nurse to ditto.

John Rivet, ditto.

Jean Taste, ditto. This man was appointed at the request of Mr. Walker, on account of the increased number of patients with Fits and Mania.

The Surgeon, William Walker, quitted the Hospital in February 1806, and was succeeded by George Walker, Surgeon, by warrant, dated 11th February 1806, and entered 21st February 1806. On 1st October had an allowance of £10 10s. per annum for coals and candles. On 6th July 1809 his pay was increased to 21s. per diem.

Orbell Fairclough resigned 20th September 1809.

Daird Povle appointed in his place.

Up to 1811 each had to sign the pay-sheet; this was discontinued, and the payments certified by the Agent and two of the staff. In the absence of the Agent, the Surgeon and the Clerk certified.

Salaries and Allowances

George Walker, Surgeon, entered 21st February 1806 as Surgeon at £1 1s. per day, £3 3s. per annum for stationery, and £10 10s. per annum for coals and candles. Had an abatement of 3d. in the £ for Widows’ Pension Fund.

John Watkins, Dispenser, entered 7th May 1810, at 10s. per day, £1 1s. per annum for stationery, and £10 10s. for coals and candles.

Alexr. Gordon, 5th June 1812, Hospital Mate, 6s. 6d. per day.

John Wilkinson, Clerk, 25th December 1810 at 30s. 6d. per week.

Barnard Smith, Victualling Steward, 1st November 1806, 3s. 6d. per day.

A. E. Key, Matron, 1st March 1804, £25 per annum, 10s. 6d. per annum for stationery, 1s. 3d. per day rations.

H. Key, Seamstress, 25th April 1804, at 4s. 6d. per week, and 1s. 3d. per day rations.

After the prison was emptied in 1814 there were still sick in the Hospital, and the pay-sheets show that it was not until the 31st July in that year that the payments of the staff entirely ceased.

The Hospital Mate, Victualling Steward, Matron and Seamstress, were only paid twenty days in July 1814, the Dispenser twenty-three and the Surgeon the complete thirty-one days.

APPENDIX G

CORRESPONDENCE REFERRING TO THE BISHOP OF MOULINS, LORD FITZWILLIAM, SIR RUPERT GEORGE, LORD MULGRAVE, AND THE BISHOP, THE LATTER ADDING A BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

CONTENTS

PAGE

I.

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam, 21st March 1808

291

Translation

292

II.

The Note enclosed in the Bishop’s Letter, being a Narrative of his Experiences, from the Date of Nomination to the See of Moulins to that of his taking up his Residence at Stilton

293

Translation

295

III.

Draft of Portion of Lord Fitzwilliam’s Reply to the Bishop

297

Translation

298

IV.

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam, 27th March 1808

298

Translation

300

V.

Mr. Commissioner Rupert George to Captain Moorsom, Secretary to Lord Mulgrave, 19th March 1808

302

VI.

Lord Mulgrave (Admiralty) to Lord Fitzwilliam, 21st March 1808

303

VII.

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam, 3rd April 1808

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Translation

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VIII.

Lord Mulgrave to Earl Fitzwilliam, 6th April 1808

308

IX.

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th April 1808

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Translation

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X.

Passport of Jean Baptiste David I referred to in the Bishop’s Letters

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The Rt. Rev. Stephen John Baptist de Galois de la Tour, Bishop-designate of Moulins, to the Rt. Hon. William, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.

Mylord,

Vous exprimer combien j’ai ÉtÉ touchÉ de vos bontÉs et de l’accueil que vous avez daignÉ me faire me seroit impossible. PermettÉs moi de vous offrir le juste hommage de ma reconnoissance. Depuis vingt ans bientÔt que tous les genres de malheurs n’ont cessÉ de m’accabler, j’ose dire que c’est À vous seul que je suis redevable d’avoir pu les oublier un instant, et depuis ces vingt annÉes les heures que j’ai passÉes À Milton sont bien les plus heureuses que je puisse compter, ce n’est point ici ni compliment ni phrase, le coeur seul parle dans ce moment et c’est le seul hommage qui puisse vous plaire et qui soit digne de vous, je n’ai point osÉ vous parler, Mylord, de tous les sentiments qui m’ont fait Éprouver la bienfaisance et la noblesse avec lesquelles vous avez daignÉ venir À mon secours sur ma premiÈre demande et sans que j’eusse l’honneur d’Être connu de vous j’aurois craint de blesser votre dÉlicatesse—j’ai encore moins osÉ vous faire connoÎtre tout le malheur de ma position actuelle, mais je vous l’avoue, Mylord, en vous voyant, j’ai tout À la fois ÉtÉ pÉnÉtrÉ de respect et de confiance. Je ne puis vous dire ce que j’ai ÉprouvÉ, il n’appartient qu’À un coeur tel que le vÔtre de pouvoir le juger: j’ai tout perdu—fortune—amis—famille. Il ne me reste que l’honneur, en vous j’ai cru tout retrouver. PardonnÉs, Mylord, cet excÈs de franchise et de libertÉ, je joins ici une note dont je vous supplie de faire lecture; daignÉs y donner quelqu’ attention; elle est tout À la fois importune et indiscrette, mais elle ne sauroit vous blesser. Le malheur a des droits sur une Âme aussi grande et aussi ÉlevÉe que la vÔtre, et elle pardonne l’importunitÉ et l’indiscrÉtion. La grÂce que j’implore de vous par dessus toutes les autres, Mylord, c’est que cette note ne me fasse point tort auprÈs de vous; soit que vous daigniÉs y avoir quelqu’ Égard, soit que vous la rejettiÉs ne me privÉs pas de vos bontÉs quoique je n’aye aucun titre pour y prÉtendre; permettÉs moi d’espÉrer que l’excÈs de libertÉ que j’ose prendre ne m’en privera pas. Tout chÉs vous et dans vous m’a persuadÉ que je trouvois un pÈre, un bienfaiteur.

J’ai l’honneur d’Être avec respect,

Mylord,

Votre trÈs humble et trÈs obÉissant serviteur,

L’EvÊque de Moulins.

Bell Inn, Stilton,
ce 21 Mars 1808.

[Translation]

My Lord,

To express to you how much I have been touched by your goodness, and by the reception you have given me, would be impossible. Permit me to offer you the just homage of my acknowledgement. For almost twenty years all sorts of misfortune have not ceased to overwhelm me, and I venture to say, that it is to you alone that I am indebted for having been able to forget them for an instant, and during these twenty years, the hours that I have passed at Milton are the happiest that I am able to count up. This is neither a compliment nor phrase, the heart alone speaks in this moment, and it is the only homage which can please you, and which is worthy of you. I have never dared to speak to you, my lord, of all the sentiments that have made me feel the goodness and the nobleness with which you have deigned to come to my help on my first request, and if I had not had the honour of being known to you I should have feared to wound your delicacy; I have dared still less to acquaint you with all the misfortune of my actual position, but I confess to you, my lord, that on seeing you I was at once filled with respect and with confidence. I cannot tell you what I have felt, it only belongs to a nature such as yours to be able to judge; I have lost all, fortune, friends, family—my honour only remains. In you I have believed to find all again—pardon, my lord, this excess of frankness and freedom. I enclose a note which I beg you to read, please give it some attention. It is both importunate and indiscreet—but I am sure it will not hurt your feelings. Misfortune has claims upon a soul as great and as noble as yours, and it will pardon the importunity and indiscretion. The favour which I implore of you, above all others, my lord, is, that this note may not be taken amiss by you; whether you deign to have any regard for it, or whether you reject it, pray do not deprive me of your goodness; although I have no right to lay claim to it, permit me to hope that the excess of liberty that I dare to take will not deprive me of it. Everything with you and in you has convinced me that I have found a father and a benefactor.

I have the honour to be, with respect, my lord,

Your very humble and very obedient servant,

The Bishop of Moulins.

Bell Inn, Stilton,
21st March 1808.

II

The Memoir in the handwriting of the Bishop, inclosed in his letter of the 21st March 1808, addressed to the Earl Fitzwilliam.

L’EvÊque de Moulins parti de France en 1791, avec trÈs peu de moyens, a passÉ en Italie. AssÉs heureux pour obtenir la place de premier AumÔnier de Mde. Victoire de France, c’est aux bontÉs de cette auguste Princesse qu’il a dÛ son existence. A sa mort arrivÉe en 1799, il s’est vu privÉ de toutes ressources. A cette Époque, il a passÉ en Angleterre, oÙ il a obtenu le traitement fixÉ pour les EvÊques, qui Était alors de £10 par mois. Il s’est Établi À Londres chÉs M. de PontcarrÉ, ancien Premier PrÉsident du Parlement de Rouen, qui avoit ÉpousÉ sa soeur en premiÈres noces, dont il a en deux enfans; il ne connoissoit point le malheureux État des affaires de cette famille. Son coeur et le dÉsir de l’obliger, l’ont entraÍnÉ fort au delÀ de ce que ses moyens lui permettoient de faire. Il ne eraint pas sur cela d’avouer ses torts, et de dire que pour soutenir cette malheureuse famille, il a ÉtÉ jusqu’À se mettre en avant pour plus de £1600, d’aprÈs les promesses qui lui Étoient faites d’un remboursement prochain. Son pÈre vivoit alors, et il avoit lieu de croire qu’il pourroit en espÉrer quelques ressources. Son neveu et sa niÈce Étoient en France, et il avoit quelque droit d’espÉrer qu’ils auroient Égard À ce qu’il faisoit pour aider leur pÈre et sa famille. Il ne prÉtend point diminuer ses torts, mais sur ces espÉrances, il s’est laissÉ aller À la facilitÉ de son caraetÈre, et n’ayant par lui-mÊme aucuns moyens, a contractÉ divers engagements dont il est aujourd’hui la victime. Son pÈre est mort en 1802 sans avoir fait aucunes dispositions; on l’a frustrÉ de tout ce qu’il pouvoit prÉtendre, et un frÈre qu’il a encore en France, ainsi que son neveu et sa niÈce se sont emparÉs de la succession sans lui en rendre aucun compte. M. d’Aligre, son cousin germain, À qui il a rendu le service de contribuer À lui conserver trois millions qu’il avoit sur la banque d’Angleterre, est venu À Londres pour recueillir cette somme, et lui a promis alors de lui prÊter 12,000f. de France sous le cautionnement de son neveu et de sa niÈce, et lui en a mÊme donnÉ parole. La caution a ÉtÉ promise, et de retour en France, M. d’Aligre ainsi que les autres n’ont tenu nul compte de leurs promesses. Il peut dire avoir ÉprouvÉ sous tous les rapports tous les genres de procÉdÉs les plus injustes et les moins dÉlicats. On a ÉtÉ jusqu’À lui faire entrevoir qu’on ne penseroit À le secourir, qu’autant qu’il retournerait en France, et qu’il se soumettroit au gouvernement qui y domine, ce qu’il ne fera jamais, quelque malheureux qu’il puisse Être. Il y a donc bientÔt 9 ans que l’ÉvÊque de Moulins gÉmit sous le poids du malheur, et que ses jours ne sont comptÉs que par ses peines; ce n’est que par des engagemens nouveaux qu’il a pu satisfaire aux plus anciens, et ses embarras, par consÉquent, loin de diminuer, n’ont fait qu’augmenter. Il ose avouer que dans le nombre de ses dettes, il y a une de £200 pour laquelle il paye £60 d’intÉrÊt par an. Il a tout perdu: rien ne lui reste en France, puisque d’une part le gouvernement, et de l’autre, sa famille lui ont tout enlevÉ il ne lui reste uniquement pour vivre que les £20 qu’il reÇoit par mois de la gÉnÉrositÉ du gouvernement Britannique. Il commence À avancer en Âge; il est affreux pour lui de penser À l’avenir. Il ne connoit personne en Angleterre, n’y a ni appui, ni soutien. Sa seule ressource Étoit pour s’assurer une existence tranquille de trouver une somme de £1000 sterlings À emprunter, et n’ayant point d’autre assurance À donner, il a offert de faire assurer sa vie pour cette somme, et de donner les sÛretÉs nÉcessaires pour le pavement des intÉrÊts, et pour l’intÉrÊt de l’assurance. Par ce moyen on seroit sÛr À sa mort de ne rien perdre. Il y a plus de deux ans qu’il cherche ce moyen de se libÉrer sans avoir pu y rÉussir. La somme de £200 pour laquelle il paye £60 d’intÉrÊt par an est assurÉe au bureau d’assurance. Telle est la position exacte dans laquelle se trouve l’EvÊque de Moulins, sans cesse exposÉ À des embarras, À des inquiÉtudes, et menant par consÉquent la vie la plus pÉnible et la plus malheureuse. Tels sont les faits dans la plus exacte vÉritÉ, qu’il ose exposer À Milord Fitzwilliam. C’est dans ces circonstances, qu’il vient se jeter entre ses bras, et implorer, il ne craint pas de se servir de ce terme vis-À-vis d’un homme tel que lui, non pas seulement ses bontÉs, mais sa pitiÉ,—si Mylord par quelques moyens peut allÉger sa malheureuse situation, il rendra en quelque maniÈre la vie et l’existence À un homme qui ne se croit pas indigne de son estime.

[Translation]

The Bishop of Moulins, who left France in 1791, with very small means, went into Italy and was fortunate enough to obtain the post of first Chaplain to Madame Victoire of France. It is to the bounty of this august princess that he owed his existence. At her death, which took place in 1799, he found himself deprived of all his resources. At this period he went to England, where he got the salary fixed for Bishops, which was then £10 a month. He settled down in London in the house of M. PontcarrÉ, the former First President of the Parliament of Rouen, whose first wife was the Bishop’s sister; by her M. PontcarrÉ had two children. He had no idea of the unhappy state of affairs in this family. His kindness of heart and his wish to help them involved him far beyond what his means allowed him to do. He is not afraid of confessing that in that he did wrong, and of saying that to support that unhappy family he went so far as to advance £1,600 on the strength of the promises which had been made to him of an early repayment. His father was still living, and he had cause to believe that he might hope for some resources from him. His nephew and niece were in France, and he had some right to hope that they would be mindful of what he was doing to help their father and his family. He did not attempt to minimise his fault, but because of this hope he gave way to the weakness of his character, and, not having any means himself, contracted various bonds of which he is now the victim. His father died in 1802 without having made any provision; he was defrauded of all to which he could lay a claim, and a brother who was still in France, as well as his nephew and his niece, took possession of the inheritance without taking him into consideration. M. d’Aligre, his first cousin, to whom he had done a service by contributing to keep for him three million which he had in the Bank of England, came to London to collect that sum, and promised him then to lend him 12,000 francs (of France) on the security of his nephew and niece, and even gave his word for it. The security was promised. On his return to France neither M. d’Aligre nor the others kept their promise. He may be said to have had to endure during this time the most unjust and indelicate behaviour. They even went so far as to hint to him that they could not help him, unless he returned to France and submitted himself to her government that was then ruling, a thing which he would never do, however unfortunate he might be. It is now nearly nine years that the Bishop of Moulins has groaned under the load of his misfortune. His days could only be counted by his struggles, and it was only by fresh bonds that he was able to satisfy the older ones, and his embarrassments consequently, far from diminishing, only increased. He dares to confess that amongst his debts there is one of £200 for which he pays £60 interest per annum. He has lost everything, nothing remains to him in France, as the government on one side and his family on the other have taken everything from him. There only remains for him to live on the £20 which he receives every month through the generosity of the British Government. He is beginning to advance in age, and it is terrible for him to think of the future. He knows no one in England who can help or support him. His only resource was, to make sure of a quiet existence, to find the sum of £1,000 sterling to borrow, and having no other assurance to give, he offered to have his life insured for that sum, and to give the sureties necessary for the payment of the interests and for the interest of the insurance. By these means they would be sure of losing nothing at his death. For more than two years he has been trying to get himself out of debt by this means, but has not succeeded. The sum of £200, for which he pays £60 interest per annum, is insured at the Insurance Office. This is the position the Bishop of Moulins finds himself in, always exposed to embarrassments and anxiety, and consequently leading a most difficult and unhappy life. These are the exact facts, which he ventures to confide to Lord Fitzwilliam. It is under these circumstances that he throws himself on his mercy and craves, he is not afraid of using such a word to such a man, not only his favour, but his pity. If his Lordship can by some means alleviate this unhappy situation, he will in some manner give back life and existence to a man who does not believe himself unworthy of his esteem.

III

Unfinished draft of Lord Fitzwilliam’s reply to the letter of the Bishop of Moulins, dated 21st March 1808, in which letter was enclosed the autobiographical notes.

Depuis la recette de l’exposÉ que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de me confier, je me suis adonnÉ À faire la revue, de mes propres moyens, prÉliminaire trÈs necessaire dans les circonstances dans lesquelles moi-mÊme je me trouve actuellement, ayant À payer la dÉpense de l’Élection de mon fils, une occasion que me coÛte guÈre moins de £100,000 sterling. AprÈs cet aveu, vous voiez bien, monseigneur, qu’il doit me rester que moyens bien serrÉs. Cependant, sentant bien l’État embarrassant de vos affaires, monseigneur, et touchÉ du dÉsir d’y porter autant de soulagement que mes propres moyens peuvent fournir, et considÉrant que l’interÊt de £60 per annum que vous payez pour la somme de £200 d’emprunt, doit peser fort, j’ai l’honneur de vous offrir le montant pour vous libÉrer de cette charge. Pour le reste, je suis au dÉsespoir de ne pouvoir aller plus loin, sentant bien que la situation embarrassante dans laquelle vous vous trouvez, provient des circonstances que vous ne pouviez pas avertir d’une conduite, qui ennoblit le caractÈre, Étant l’effet d’une probitÉ patriotique, trop pure et trop sincÈre, pour chercher faveur et protection des mains impies de l’usurpation.

[Translation]

Since the receipt of the story of your life which you have done me the honour to confide in me, I have been devoting myself to looking into my own private means, a very necessary preliminary step in the circumstances in which I find myself at the present moment, having had to pay the expenses of the election of my son, a transaction which has cost me hardly less than £100,000 sterling. After this avowal, Monseigneur, you will see that I must be left with very narrowed means. In the meantime, perceiving clearly, Monseigneur, the embarrassing state of your affairs, and touched with the desire to relieve them to the extent which my circumstances can furnish, and considering that the interest of £60 per annum, that you pay for the loan of £200, must weigh heavily upon you, I have the honour to offer you the amount to free you from that charge. As to the rest, I am in despair that I can go no further, perceiving well that the embarrassing position in which you find yourself arises from circumstances which you could not have avoided and from a conduct which ennobles your character, being the result of a patriotic uprightness, too pure and too sincere to seek favour and protection from the impious hands of usurpation.

IV

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam

Mylord,

Les nouvelles bontÉs dont vous daignes me combler, me pÉnÉtrent d’une reconnoissance qu’il m’est impossible de vous exprimer; mais si j’ose vous le dire, ce sont encore moins ces bontÉs relatives au soulagement et au secours qu’elles me procurent qui me font Éprouver tout ce qu’un coeur honnÈte et sensible doit sentir, que la lettre que vous m’avÉs fait l’honneur de m’Écrire, tout ce que je craignois, Étoit d’avoir pu vous dÉplaire par mon importunitÉ et par mon indiscrÉtion et la maniÈre aimable et obligeante sous tous les rapports, dont vous avÉs daignÉ me rÉpondre, m’a fait Éprouver une satisfaction dont il n’appartient qu’À un coeur tel que le vÔtre de juger, si vous eussiÉs pu Être tÉmoin de ce qui se passoit en moi en la lisant, pensant comme vous le faites, je crois pouvoir assurer que vous auriÉs eu une vÉritable jouissance vous faites pour moi, Milord, bien au delÀ de ce que j’aurois pu espÉrer et en me mettant À portÉe par vos dons de me libÉrer de la dette onÉreuse de £200 que j’ai contractÉe c’est me procurer un soulagement tel que je n’aurois pu l’espÉrer, et me mettre À portÉe de jouir de beaucoup plus de tranquillitÉ et d’aisance et ce qui y ajoutera infiniment, ce sera de vous en Être redevable, il me reste une grÂce À vous demander, Mylord, c’est de me permettre d’aller un jour vous dire de vive voix et tout ce que je sens et tout ce que j’Éprouve. J’ai pris la libertÉ, Mylord, de vous exposer tout ce qui s’Étoit passÉ entre le transport office et moi relativement au jeune prisonnier qu’on m’avoit accordÉ pour domestique, et dont m’a privÉ en le faisant rentrer dans la prison, ma position vous est connue, et d’aprÈs cela il vous est aisÉ de juger qu’elle ne me permet pas d’avoir À mon service un domestique au mÊme prix oÙ sont les domestiques Anglois, d’ailleurs je ne parle point assÉs cette langue pour Être servi par un Anglois, et cependant le malheureux État de ma santÉ, mÊme une sorte de dÉcence ne me permettent pas de n’avoir personne pour me servir, j’ai recours À votre protection, Mylord, et si par celle que vous daigneriÉs y mettre et l’intÉrÊt que vous avÉs la bontÉ de prendre À moi, il Étoit en votre pouvoir de me faire accorder soit par l’amirautÉ principalement, ou du transport office, j’ai pensÉ espÉrer non pas, le jeune homme qu’on m’avoit accordÉ, et que je ne rÉclame pas, pour des raisons particuliÈres, mais celui que j’ai demandÈ À sa place nommÉ SÉbastien Lequelleux, Mousse pris  bord de la Marie FranÇoise ÂgÉ d’environ 15 ans, aux mÊmes conditions, mises À la libertÉ du premier, dont je joins ici le passeport en vous priant de ne pas vous en dessaisir et de le garder entre vos mains, parce qu’il peut m’Être utile, passeport qui vous justifiera qu’on n’avoit point le droit de le reprendre, ni d’en user À mon Égard comme on l’a fait, je vous en aurois une bien vÉritable obligation. Depuis que je n’ai eu l’honneur de vous voir j’ai beaucoup souffert de vomissements de sang auxquels je suis sujet, et il est bien dur—et bien pÉnible pour moi—si je hazarde cette demande, Milord; ce sont vos bontÉs seules qui m’inspirent cette confiance. Mais je vous supplie de la regarder comme non avenue et de n’y avoir aueun Égard pour peu qui vous y voyez la moindre difficultÉ et qu’elle puisse vous compromettre sous le moindre rapport. Si je puis avoir le jeune homme que je demande c’est À vous seul que je veux en Être redevable, c’est À vous seul qu’il sera accordÉ de maniÈre que le Transport Office ne puisse voir dans tout cela que l’intÉrÊt que vous daignÉs m’accorder. PardonnÉs moi tant de libertÉ, tant d’importunitÉs, mais un franÇois honnÊte et malheureux qui a le bonheur de vous voir, voit en vous son appui et son soutien.

J’ai l’honneur d’Être avec respect, Mylord,

Votre trÈs humble et trÈs obÉissant serviteur,

L’EvÊque de Moulins.

Stilton,
ce 27 Mars 1808.

[Translation]

My Lord,

The fresh bounties with which you deign to overwhelm me fill me with a gratitude which it is impossible for me to express, but if I dare say so, it is again, less, the kindnesses, in their relation to the comfort and help they have given me, which make me feel all that an upright and sensitive nature should feel, than the letter which you have done me the honour to write.

All that I feared was to displease you, by my importunity and indiscretion, but the amiable and obliging manner in which under all circumstances you have deigned to reply to me, has made me experience a satisfaction, of which only a heart like yours can judge. If you had been able to see what passed within me when reading it, I feel sure that you, thinking as you do, would have had real pleasure, and by putting me, through your gifts, in a position to free myself of this heavy debt of £200 which I have contracted, you have relieved me far beyond my expectations, and made it possible for me to enjoy much more peace and ease of mind—and what will add to it still more, is the fact of my being indebted to you. There still remains one more request, my lord, and that is to allow me to go and see you some day, and tell you in person all that I feel.

I have taken the liberty, my lord, of telling you all that passed between the Transport Office and me, about the young prisoner, whom they allotted to me, as servant, and of whom they deprived me, by sending him back to prison. My circumstances are known to you, and therefore it is easy for you to judge that they will not allow me an expensive servant, such as are the English ones, moreover, I do not speak the English language well enough to be served by one of these, and yet the unfortunate state of my health and a sort of propriety do not allow me to have any servants. I have recourse to your protection, my lord, and, if by what you deign to give me, and the interest which you have the goodness to take in me, it were in your power to have awarded to me, either by the Admiralty principally, or by the Transport Office, I might hope, not for the young man whom they allowed me before, and whom I do not ask back for private reasons, but for him whom I asked in his place, called Sebastian Sequelleux, a cabin boy, taken on board the Marie FranÇoise, aged about fifteen years, under the same conditions as the first whose passport I enclose, begging you not to give it up, but to keep it in your own hands, because it may be useful to me—a passport which will justify you that they had not the right to take him back again, nor to act in the manner towards me that they have done—I should be under a real obligation to you.

Since I had the honour of seeing you I have suffered much from vomiting of blood, to which I am subject, it is very hard and very trying for me, under these circumstances, to have no one near me. If I hazard this request, my lord, it is your kindness alone, which inspires this confidence, and I implore you to consider it null and void, if you see the least difficulty—and if it should compromise you in the least. If I can have the young man that I ask for, it is to you alone that I wish to be indebted, and to you alone that he will be granted, so that the Transport Office can see in all that, only the interest you have deigned to take in me. Forgive so much liberty, so much importunity—but an honest and unhappy Frenchman, who has the happiness to see you, finds in you his prop and stay.

I have the honour to be, with respect, my lord,

Your very humble and very obedient servant,

The Bishop of Moulins.

Stilton,
27th March 1808.

V

Mr. Commissioner Rupert George to Captain Moorsom, Secretary to Lord Mulgrave

Transport Office,
19th March 1808.

Dear Sir,

In answer to what is stated in Lord Fitzwilliam’s letter to Lord Mulgrave, I request you will inform his Lordship that the Bishop of Moulins was introduced to me by the Bishop of Montpellier, and at his request I prevailed on my colleagues to release a Prisoner of War from Norman Cross Prison to attend upon him; this, I am sorry to acknowledge, was irregular and unauthorised, but I was actuated by motives of humanity, as the Bishop complained that his finances were so limited that he could not afford to keep any servant of a different description. This should have influenced the Bishop to keep his servant from carrying on any improper traffic with the Prisoners; on the contrary he became the instrument of introducing straw, manufactured, to the Prisoners for the purpose of being made into hats, bonnets, etc., by which the Revenue of our country is injured, and the poor who exist by that branch of trade would be turned out of employ, as the prisoners who are fed, clothed, and lodged at the public expense would be able to undersell them.

I must observe that this is the only article which the Prisoners are prevented from manufacturing.

When the Bishop’s servant had established himself in this trade the Bishop wrote to me, that he had found means of getting his livelihood, and desired he might remain at large, and that another prisoner might be released to serve him, neither of which the Board thought proper to comply with, for the foregoing reasons; upon which the Bishop of Moulins complained to the Admiralty, who directed us to give such answer as the case called for.

I have only to add that the Bishop experienced greater indulgence from us than any other French Ecclesiastick ever did, to which in my opinion he has not made an adequate return, nor felt himself, as he ought to have done, answerable for the conduct of his servant; and if a strict discipline is not maintained in the Prisons as the Prisoners are daily increasing, the consequences may be incalculable.

I am, Dear Sir,
Very faithfully yours,
Rup. George.

Capt. Moorsom.

VI

Lord Mulgrave to Lord Fitzwilliam

Admiralty,
21st March 1808.

My Lord,

On receipt of your Lordship’s letter, I made immediate enquiry at the Transport Board into the circumstances of the case of the Bishop of Moulins. I enclose the answer of Sir Rupert George, for your Lordship’s information, and am sorry to find that the conduct of the Bishop of Moulins has not been such as to justify a repetition of the indulgences which have heretofore been extended to him. I have the honour to be, my Lord,

Your Lordship’s

Most Humble and obedient Servant,

Mulgrave.

To the Earl Fitzwilliam.

VII

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam

Mylord,

C’est À votre Âme gÉnÉreuse et bienfaisante qu’il appartient de sentir tout ce que j’Éprouve, privÉ de tout secours, de toutes consolations, plongÉ dans le malheur depuis prÈs de vingt ans, la providence m’a conduit À Stilton pour y trouver dans vous, ce que je n’aurois jamais osÉ espÉrer, sans aucun mÉrite, sans aucun titre, auprÈs de vous, vous seul avÉs daignÉ me servir de consolation, d’appui, et me procurer des secours, que je n’aurois jamais cru devoir attendre. Il n’est ici question ni de phrases, ni de tournures FranÇoises, que ne puissiÉs vous lire dans mon coeur, vous y verriÉs tout ce qu’il sent, et de quelle reconnoissance il est pÉnÉtrÉ. Vous avÉs la bontÉ de vous intÉresser À ma santÉ: elle a ÉtÉ bien misÉrable depuis que je n’ai eu l’honneur de vous voir, les accidents de sang auxquels je suis sujet m’ont fort fatiguÉ; ces deux derniers jours-ei j’ai ÉtÉ extrÊmement souffrant, comme depuis longues annÉes, je suis accoutumÉ À souffrir, cela ne m’empÊche pas de continuer ma besogne comme À l’ordinaire, et bien certainement, cela ne m’empÊchera pas de profiter de vos bontÉs, et de vous aller faire ma cour À Milton, le jour que vous m’indiquerÉs; le dÉsir que Monsieur votre fils veut bien avoir de faire connaissance avec moi me flatte au delÀ de tout ce que je puis vous exprimer, et il sera bien heureux pour moi d’Être À portÉe en lui rendant mes hommages de lui exprimer tout ce que je sens et tout ce dont je suis redevable au pÈre qu’il a le bonheur d’avoir, et qui en est devenu un pour moi. A l’exception des dimanches, et du jeudi et du vendredi de la Semaine Sainte, c’est À dire de celle qui prÉcÈde la fÊte de PÂques, tous les jours, oÙ vous daigneriÉs me proposer de venir À Milton seront libres pour moi, parce que je puis m’arranger pour que vers les trois heures ou trois heures et demie aprÈs je puisse Être libre.

Je ne saurois vous dire, Milord, combien je suis touchÉ de toutes les dÉmarches que vous avÉs eu la bontÉ de faire pour me procurer un jeune prisonnier pour me servir de domestique, ce que j’ai souffert dans ces derniers temps m’a encore plus prouvÉ combien il Étoit nÉcessaire d’avoir auprÈs de moi quelqu’un pour me servir. Je dÉsire bien que les dÉmarches que vous avÉs daignÉ faire ne soient pas sans succÈs, c’est À vous, si la chose rÉussit que j’en serai uniquement redevable, et dÈs lors j’en sentirai doublement le poids. J’ose dire qu’il y avoit une vÉritable injustice À m’en refuser un, car, indÉpendamment de ce qu’on n’avoit pas le droit À ce que je crois, de m’Ôter celui qui j’avois d’aprÈs le passeport qui avoit ÉtÉ donne, je puis certifier que les raisons qu’on a mises en avance pour le faire rentrer dans la prison, et surtout celle qu’on a allÉguÉes d’avoir introduit de la paille dans les prisons, est dÉnuÉe de toute vÉritÉ, et À l’Égard de cette derniÈre raison qui n’est aujourd’hui mise en avant que pour la premiÈre fois, je crois pouvoir rÉpondre que l’accusation est absolument fausse. Mais comme je ne reviens pas sur le passÉ si l’on m’en accorde un autre par votre protection, j’en aurois une vraie satisfaction, car je suis rÉellement malheureux, dans la position oÙ je me trouve, de n’avoir personne pour me servir.

Vous avÉs la bontÉ de me dire, Milord, que lorsque j’aurai fait mes arrangements pour liquider la somme de £200, vous voudrÉs bien me faire transmettre cette somme de la maniÈre qui me sera la plue commode. Comme de raison ce sera À l’Époque qui vous sera la plus convenable, ce que vous faites pour moi, est trop au delÀ de tout ce que je pouvois jamais espÉrer, pour que le terme qui vous sera le plus agrÉable ne soit le mien.

A la vÉritÉ plutÔt je pourrai Être libÉrÉ de cette dette, plutÔt ce sera le mieux pour moi. Et puisque vous me permettÉs de vous parler avec franchise, si cela vous convient, je prendrai la libertÉ de vous observer que comme dans ce moment-ci il nous est dÛ quatre mois de notre traitement, ce qui ne laisse pas pour l’instant de rendre la position un peu embarrassante, si vous daigniÉs me faire passer ici 100 livres sterlings en papiers du pays, ou en papiers de la banque d’Angleterre, et un draft de 100 livres sterlings sur votre banquier À Londres, alors je laisserois les 4 mois qui avec celui qui sera dÛ au premier mai feroient la somme de £100 pour complÉter les £200, et ce que vous auriÉs la bontÉ de m’envoyer ici, me serviroit À ma dÉpense habituelle et nÉcessaire. PardonnÉs ma franchise et ma libertÉ, vos bontÉs seules m’y autorisent, mais d’ailleurs, ce qui vous conviendra le mieux À cet Égard, fera toujours mon arrangement. Pou-vois-je jamais espÉrer tant de bontÉ de quelqu’un dont je n’avois pas seulement l’honneur d’Être connu.

J’ai l’honneur d’Être avec respect, permettÉs moi d’ajouter avec une reconnoissance qui durera autant que ma vie,

Mylord.

Votre trÈs humble et
trÈs obÉissant serviteur,

L’EvÊque de Moulins.

Stilton, Bell Inn,
ce 3 Avril 1808.

[Translation]

My Lord,

It is of the nature of your generous and kind soul to understand all that I feel. Deprived of all help and all consolation, plunged in the depths of misery for almost twenty years, Providence led me to Stilton to find in you what I had never dared to hope for without any merits, without any title. Near you, you alone deigned to give me comfort, support, and have secured me the help which I should never have dared to hope for. There is no language in which I can tell you what I feel. If you could only read into my heart you would see there all that it feels and with what gratitude it is filled. You have the kindness to show interest in my health. It has been very wretched since I last had the honour of seeing you. The blood complaint to which I am subject has exhausted me very much, and these last two days I have suffered a great deal; but as I have been used to suffering for many years, it does not prevent me from going about as usual, and it certainly will not stop me from profiting by your kindness to go and pay my respects to you at Milton the day which you name. The desire that your son has to make my acquaintance flatters me more than I can say, and it will give me great pleasure to pay my respects to him, and to express to him all that I feel and how indebted I am to the father whom he has the happiness to possess and who has become such for me. With the exception of Sundays, Thursday and Friday in Holy Week, that is to say that which precedes Eastertide, any day which you propose to me for coming to Milton will be free for me, for I can arrange to be free at about three or half-past three o’clock in the afternoon. I cannot tell you, my lord, how much I have been touched by the steps you have taken in trying to procure me a young prisoner to act as my servant. What I have suffered lately has proved to me still more how necessary it was to have somebody to wait on me. I hope very much that the steps which you have so kindly taken will not be without success, and it is to you only, if the affair proves successful, that I shall be indebted, and from then onwards I shall be doubly grateful. I take the liberty to say, that it was a real injustice to refuse me one, because, independently of the fact that they have not the right as far as I can make out, to take away the one I had, according to the passport which had been given to him, I can certify that the reasons they put forward for sending him back to prison, and especially that of his alleged taking of straw into the prison, is devoid of all truth; and with regard to this last reason, which to-day has been advanced for the first time, I believe that I can take upon myself to answer that the accusation is absolutely false; but as I do not wish to rake up the past, if I am granted another under your protection, I shall have a real satisfaction, for I am really miserable in the position in which I find myself, without anyone to wait upon me. You had the goodness to tell me, my lord, that when I had made my arrangements to pay off the sum of £200, you would forward me that sum in the manner which would be most convenient to me. Of course that would be at the time most convenient to you. That which you are doing for me is far beyond all that I could ever have hoped, and so the date which is most agreeable to you will be mine too. Indeed, the sooner I shall be freed from that debt the sooner my position will improve. And as you allow me to speak to you candidly, if it is convenient to you, I take the liberty of pointing out to you that four months of my salary is owing to me at the present time, which does not make the position less embarrassing at present. If you will deign to send me here £100 sterling in notes or in English bank-notes and a draft of £100 on your bank in London, then I would lay aside the four months’ salary, which, together with that which I ought to receive on the first of May, would make the sum of £100 to complete the £200, and what you will have the goodness to send to me here will serve me for my usual and necessary expenses. Pardon my frankness and the liberty; your kindness alone authorises me, but after all, whatever suits you best in this matter will suit me also. Could I ever have hoped for so much kindness from someone I had not even the honour of knowing?

I have the honour to be with respect, allow me to add with a gratitude which will last all my life.

My Lord,

Your very humble and obedient servant,
The Bishop of Moulins.

Stilton, Bell Inn,
3rd April 1808.

VIII

Lord Mulgrave to Earl Fitzwilliam

Admiralty,
6th April 1808.

My Lord,

The earnest interest which your Lordship takes in the Request of the Bishop of Moulins could not fail to determine me to make further enquiry respecting that person, from Sir Rupert George:—From him I learn, that in point of fact the Bishop of Moulins was only designated as such, and has not, in addition to his other sacrifices, to lament the splendour of a Bishop’s establishment. The allowance of a servant from amongst the Prisoners was a particular indulgence to the Bishop of Moulins, which has in no instance been extended to any other person, and could not indeed, from the general conduct of the French Prisoners, be admitted as a general practice; under all these circumstances the Bishop of Moulins has certainly not conducted himself with the discretion and propriety which might have been expected from him. But if I can have the pledge of your Lordship’s assurance that the Bishop of Moulins will not again abuse the indulgence of Government, as a mark of respect to your Lordship I will certainly give directions that a servant shall be again allowed to that Prelate, from amongst the Prisoners.

I have the honour to be, my Lord,

Your Lordship’s

Most obedient Humble servant,
Mulgrave.

To the Earl Fitzwilliam.

IX

Bishop of Moulins to Earl Fitzwilliam

Mylord,

J’ai reÇu avec la lettre que vous m’avÉs fait l’honneur de m’Écrire, les £200 sterl. qui y Étoient jointcs, donc £100 en billets de banque, et £100 en une traite sur votre Banquier À Londres. Vos bontÉs pour moi sont À leur comble, ma reconnoissance leur est proportionnÉe, les expressions me manquent pour vous la tÉmoigner.

A tant de choses que vous faites pour moi, My lord, vous daignÉs encore y ajouter de vous occuper du domestique: je dÉsire si la chose rÉussit ce sera bien À vous que je le devrai, et ce sera un nouveau bienfait dont je vous serai redevable. Ce sera un jour bien heureux pour moi que celui qui me mettra À portÉe de vous renouveller de vive voix À Milton, l’assurance du respect avec lequel j’ai l’honneur d’Être,

Mylord,

Votre trÈs humble et trÈs

ObÉissant serviteur,
L’EvÊque de Moulins.

Stilton,
ce 7 April 1808.

[Translation]

My Lord,

I have received with the letter you have done me the honour to write, the £200 sterling which were enclosed—£100 in bank-notes and £100 in a draft on your Banker in London.

Your kindness to me has reached its highest point, and my gratitude is commensurate, I cannot say enough to convince you how deep it is. To the many things you have done for me, my lord, you still deign to add by busying yourself about the servant I want, and if the affair is successful it will be to you that I owe him, and it will be a fresh kindness for which I shall be indebted to you. It will be a happy day for me when I shall be able personally to renew to you at Milton the assurance of the respect with which I have the honour to be

Your very humble and obedient servant,
The Bishop of Moulins.

Stilton,
7th April 1808.

X

Passport of Jean Baptiste David referred to in the Bishop’s Letters

By the Commissioners for conducting His Majesty’s Transport Service, for the care of sick and wounded seamen, and for the care and custody of Prisoners of War.

These are to certify, that Jean Baptiste David, as described on the back hereof, a French boy taken in the capacity of Domestic on board L’Aigle, French ship of War, has been released from Norman Cross Prison, for the purpose of his entering into the service of the French Bishop of Moulins, upon his having engaged that he will not enter into any Naval, Military, or Civil Service, which may directly or indirectly tend to hostility against Great Britain or her Allies during the present War, unless he be regularly exchanged for a British Prisoner of the same description and rank with himself.

Given under our hands and Seal of Office at London, the 2nd of June 1807.

Rupert George.
Ambrose Serle.
J. Boman.

Gratis.

Name

Jean Baptiste David.

Rank

Servant.

Age

Sixteen years.

Stature

Five feet one inch and ½.

Person

Inclined to be stout.

Visage

Oval.

Complexion

Rather fair.

Hair

Dark brown.

Eyes

Dark brown.

Marks or wounds

Has a few marks of small-pox, and a scar just below the left ear, cut on the right thigh—another scar under his chin.

APPENDIX H

PRIVATE REGISTER OF HIS FELLOW PRISONERS AT VERDUN, KEPT, DURING HIS CONFINEMENT THERE, 1804–1814, BY NAVAL CADET JOHN HOPKINSON, WHO WAS LATER RECTOR OF ALWALTON, NEAR PETERBOROUGH, WITH, IN THE LAST COLUMN, NOTES ADDED LATER IN HIS LIFE [312]

Name of the Officer.

Rank or Condition.

Date of Arrival at Verdun.

Date of Capture.

Mode and Date of the Termination of his Imprisonment at Verdun.

Post-Captains and Commanders

Jahleel Brenton

Post-Captain, Minerve

15th Dec. 1803

3rd July 1803

Tours 31st Oct. 1805; returned to England

Simon Miller

Do., Hostage

18th Dec. do.

Ed. Lov Gower

Do., Shannon

10th Jan. 1804

10th Dec. 1803

Returned to England 21st May 1806

Henry Gordon

Commander, Woolverene

1st June do.

24th Mar. 1804

Melun 10th May; escaped Nov. 1810

Will. Lyall

Post-Captain, Passenger in a packet

10th Aug. 1805

Dan. Woodriff

Do., Calcutta

18th Feb. 1806

Returned to England 1807

Sir Thos. Lavie

Do., Blanche

20th April 1807

4th Mar. 1807

Melun 1811

Chs. Strachey

Commander, Dauntless

29th June do.

19th May do.

Ch. Otter

Post-Captain, Proserpine

7th April 1809

28th Feb. 1809

Fr. W. Fane

Do., Cambrian

29th Jan. 1811

18th Dec. 1810

England 1811

Benj. Walker

Do., Passenger Merchantman

14th Mar. do.

1st Feb. 1811

God. Blemverhapet

Commander, Challenger

26th April do.

12th Mar. 1811

Hen. Fanshaw

Do., Grasshopper

7th Feb. 1812

25th Dec. 1811

John Joyce

Post-Captain, Manilla

17th do.

28th Jan. do.

Frederick Hoffman

Commander, Apelles

27th May do.

3rd May do.

Lieutenants, Sub-Lieutenants

J. Lucas Yeo

Lieutenant, Hostage

20th Nov. 1803

England parole 1804

W. H. Dillon

Do., Africaine

13th Dec. 1803

25th July 1803

England 1807

Jno. Fennell

Do., Minerve

15th Dec. do.

3rd July do.

Wm. Fitzgerald

Do., do.

Wm. Walpole

Paris 1807, then to England

Lewis Nanny

A DÉtenu

17th Dec. 1803

Escaped Arras 1807

T. L. Prescott

Do.

Do.

Escaped 1813

T. P. Crosdale

Do.

Do.

Escaped 1811

G. Gratrix

Lieut., Cruiser

24th Dec. 1803

Jno. Lambert

Do., Shannon

10th Jan. 1804

Dec. 1803

Rod. T. Douglas

Do., do.

England by Russia 1809

G. A. Simer

Do., do.

Died 1806

Jno. Mackenzie

Do., Maidstone

Aug. 1803

A. W. Thomas

Do., Grappler Gp.

30th Dec. 1803

Richard Pridham

Do., Hussar

25th Mar. 1804

10th Feb. 1804

H. T. Lutwidge

Do., do.

Edward Barker

Do., do.

Killed in a duel 18th Feb. 1810

Philip Levesconte

Do., Magnificent

25th Mar. 1804

Escaped 1810; died 1850

Geo. Ingham

Do., Woolverine

24th Mar. 1804

James Wallis

Do., El Vincego

8th May 1804

Escaped 10th July 1813; died 1850

T. S. Hall

Do., do.

T. W. Miles

Do., Mallard

25th Dec. 1804

Killed in duel 13th July 1806

Francis Bassan

Do., Bouncer

22nd Feb. 1805

Died 1811

Aug. Donaldson

Do., Folkestone

4th Jan. 1805

Died

R. B. Cooban

Lieutenant, Arthur

19th Jan. 1805

Died 1810

W. C. C. Dalzell

Do., Rattler

4th Jan. do.

Left for Greenwich, England 1813

G. L. Ker

Do., Tearer

16th July do.

Died 1809

G. S. Bourne

Sub-Lieutenant, do.

Wm. Richards

Do., Plumper

G. S. Wingate

Lieutenant, Biter

10th Nov. 1805

Thos. Scandlan

Sub-Lieutenant, do.

Escaped 1811

Thos. Innes

Lieutenant, Woodlark

14th Nov. 1805

Richard C. Ross

Sub-Lieutenant, do.

Jno. Essel

Do., Archer

Killed in escaping from Bitche

J. Cotham Penny

Lieutenant, Ranger

19th July 1805

W. Spence

Do., do.

Died at Verdun 1809

Alen Bozark

Do., Dove

5th Aug. 1805

T. G. Westlake

Sub-Lieutenant, do.

W. Tuckey

Lieutenant, Calcutta

Richard Donovon

Do., do.

26th Sept. 1805

John Collas

Do., do.

Do.

Nich. Wray

Do., Venus

Do.

Died at Verdun 1809

Rich. Ross

Sub-Lieutenant, Rapid

Do.

Escaped 1807

Will. Richards

Lieutenant, Constance

12th Oct. 1806

Molyn. Shuldham

Do., Adder

9th Dec. 1806

Edward Johnson

Do., Magpie

18th Feb. 1807

Robt. Basten

Do., Blanche

4th Mar. 1807

Will. Apreece

Do., do.

Do.

James Allan

Do., do.

Do.

G. M. Higginson

Do., Pigmy

5th Mar. 1807

John McDougal

Do., Passenger

Will. Japper

Do., Dauntless

19th May 1807

W. B. Fabien

Acting, do.

Do.

Will. Arnold

Lieu., Inconstant

Do.

Robt. Crosbie

Do., Trompeuse

19th Oct. 1807

Matt. Young

Do., do.

Do.

W. I. Dixon

Sub-Lieutenant, Conflict

Do.

John Bingham

Lieutenant, Endymion

Do.

John Carslake

Do., Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

R. P. Rigby

Do., do.

Do.

V. W. H. Bogle

Do., do.

Do.

I. H. Sanders

Do., Statira

2nd June 1809

C. C. Owen

Do., Dreadnought

26th July 1809

Escaped 21st Mar. 1810

Allen Stewart

Do., Alceste

W. C. Jervoise

Do., do.

Do.

Alex. Davidson

Sub., Bruizer

3rd Nov. 1808

Wm. Miln

Lieu., Carrier

18th Jan. 1808

Chas. Stewart

Do., Jackall

29th May 1807

Thos. Smith

Do., Lyra

28th Oct. 1809

Henry Conn

Do., Junon

13th Dec. 1809

Escaped 22nd Sept. 1812

Evelyn Norio

Do., Goldfinch

Daniel Nuller

Do., Racer

28th Oct. 1810

Francis Duval

Do., UnitÉ

To England

Gilbert Kennicott

Do., Minorca

27th Nov. 1810

G. W. Brown

Do., Passenger

1st Feb. 1811

John Taylor

Do., Reynard

Robert Snell

Do., Minotaur

23rd Dec. 1810

G. P. Cowley

Do., Challenger

12th Mar. 1811

Joseph Miller

Do., do.

Do.

Geo. Norton

Do., Inveterate

18th Feb. 1807

Thos. Connell

Do., TÉmÉraire

12th June 1811

Died 28th Aug. in consequence of a wound received in a duel with Captain Penrice on the 13th

Geo. V. Jackson

Lieutenant, Junon

13th Dec. 1809

Henry Taylor

Do., Olympia

2nd Mar. 1811

Henry Thrackston

Do., Snapper

14th July 1811

Henry Guy

Sub., do.

Do.

James Brown

Lieu., Sceptre

11th Oct. 1811

Edmond Stackpoole

Do., Conquistador

25th Dec. 1811

John Hawkins

Do., Grasshopper

25th Dec. 1811

Alex. McKnockie

Do., do.

Do.

J. L. Robins

Do., Manilla

28th Jan. 1812

J. G. Wigley

Do., do.

Do.

Fredrick Lloyd

Do., do.

Do.

John Brine

Do., Laurel

31st Jan. 1812

Chas. Green

Do., do.

Do.

W. W. P. Johnson

Do., CuraÇoa

20th May 1812

Chas. Simeon

Do., do.

Do.

R. J. Gunnell

Sub., Martial

12th Nov. 1812

John Tracey

Lieu., Linnet

27th Feb. 1813

Geo. Smithers

Do., Goldfinch

Masters, Pilots, and Second Masters

Thos. Price

Pilot, Minerve

3rd July 1803

Henry Gooch

Master, Shannon

10th Dec. do.

Henry Edwards

2nd Master, Redbridge

4th Aug. do.

Jas. Dillon

Master, Woolverene

24th Mar. 1804

Died at Verdun 15th May 1805

G. L. Bishop

Do., Constance

23rd May 1804

Caleb Hiller

Ac.-M., Vincego

8th May 1804

Richard Skinner

Do., Pass, Serapis

1st Aug. do.

Escaped 1808

Thos. James

Pilot, Woolverene

24th Mar. do.

Philip Bandains

Do. Grappler

30th Dec. 1803

Will. Cochran

Master, Minerve

3rd July do.

Died Verdun 30th Nov. 1807

Geo. Brown

2nd Master, Mallard

25th Dec. 1804

Escaped 22nd May 1811

Jas. Ayles

Pilot, do.

Died Sarrelibre 1807

Fras. Rebour

Teazer

16th July 1805

Jno. le Rougetelle

Pilot, Plumper

Died Sarrelibre

John Beatson

2nd Master, Woodlark

14th Nov. 1805

John Steedman

Pilot

Benj. Hazell

Master, Ranger

19th July do.

David Beynon

2nd Master, Minx

28th Feb. 1806

Hugh Ross

Pilot, Ranger

19th July 1805

Joseph Giles

2nd Master, Rapid

16th Sept. 1806

Fras. Hernaman

Do., United Brothers

9th Dec. 1806

John McDougal

Master, Pigmy

5th Mar. 1807

Henry Fraser

Do., Sheldrake

12th Oct. 1806

John Atherdon

Pilot, Inveterate

18th Feb. 1807

Alex. Handisyde

2nd Master, do.

Thos. Knockner

Pilot, Ignition

19th Feb. 1807

Escaped 14th Jan. 1811

John Dear

2nd Master, Jackall

29th Jan. 1807

Roger Taylor

Master, Blanche

4th Mar. 1807

Robt. Adamson

2nd Master, Biser

10th Nov. 1805

John Goodson

Master, Dauntless

19th May 1807

Robert Pope

Pilot

Henry Brown

Master, Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Thos. Menton

Acting-Master, Arethusa

6th April 1809

Ed. Brown

Master, Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

Died at Verdun 6th Oct. 1813

John le Corney

Pilot, Amelia

16th July 1809

Jas. Long

Master, Brisies

12th Aug. 1809

John Cowan

2nd Master, Cracker

16th May 1808

Samuel Tuck

Master, Linnet

3rd April 1810

Thos. Foster

Do., Racer

28th Oct. 1810

Richard Vannall

Pilot, do.

Escaped 22nd May 1811

Jer. Mcnamara

2nd Master, Blazer

8th July 1810

J. H. Gillo

Do., Thresher

9th July 1810

Henry Taylor

Master, Podargus

15th Aug. 1809

John Harrow

2nd Master, Sparkler

12th Jan. 1808

Robert Thomson

Master, Minotaur

23rd Oct. 1810

John Filleule

Do., Thunder

24th April 1811

John Sullivan

Do., Challenger

2nd Mar. 1811

Robert Templeton

2nd Master, Bloodhound

22nd Oct. 1810

Jer. Tapley

Do., Olympia

2nd Nov. 1811

Field Moytham

Do., Monkey

28th Dec. 1810

Wm. Walker

Do., Growler

18th June 1811

Peter Priaulx

Pilot, Royal Oak

30th Oct. 1811

Thos. Read

Master, Passenger, Chesterfield Packet, Grasshopper

25th Dec. 1811

John Hales

Master, Manilla

28th Jan. 1812

Andrew Napier

2nd Master, Adder

9th Dec. 1806

Geo. Crockett

Acting-Master, Linnet

25th Feb. 1813

Surgeons, Assistant-Surgeons, and Mates

Alex. Allen

Surgeon, Minerve

3rd July 1803

Robert Gordon

Mate, Do.

Died at Verdun 8th Feb. 1803

Chas. Taylor

Assistant-Surgeon, Hostage

18th Dec. 1803

John Bell

Do., Shannon

10th Dec. 1803

Alex. Crigan

Mate, Do.

Escaped from Arras

Wm. Porteus

Assistant-Mate, Grappler

30th Dec. 1803

Escaped 1808

John Graham, living at Verdun 1853

Surgeon, Hussar

10th Feb. 1804

As surgeon to the depot to England, 4th Jan. 1814

J. P. Hayden

Surgeon’s-Mate, Hussar

Died at Blois 18th Mar. 1814

Chas. Newman

Do., do.

Wm. Hill

Surgeon, Passenger, M. Vessel

24th April 1804

Escaped 18th Nov. 1809.

Morgan Williams

Do., Woolverene

24th March 1804

Escaped 18th Nov. 1809

John Lawmont

Do., Vincego

8th May 1804

Ed. McGrath

Surgeon-Mate, Acasta

30th June 1804

Died at Verdun 9th June 1808

Bernard Allcock

Do., Mallard

24th Dec. 1804

Died at Metz March 1808

Benjm. Lawder

Assistant-Mate, Bouncer

22nd Feb. 1805

Poisoned himself at Verdun 25th May 1805

Dan. Cameron

Do., Biler

10th Nov. 1804

Escaped 11th May 1809

James Moir

Do., Woodlark

14th Nov. 1805

Alexr. Simpson

Surgeon, Ranger

19th July 1805

Strasburg 5th Jan. 1807; died there

John Roberts

Assistant-Mate, Calcutta

11th Feb. 1806

Robert Stewart

Surgeon, Do.

18th Feb. 1806

Jas. Breman

Do., Blanche

20th April 1807

John Patterson

Assistant-Surgeon, do.

Chas. Mitchell

Surgeon, Pigmy

24th April 1807

Robert Hoggan

Assistant-Surgeon, Inveterate

18th Feb. 1807

David Gray

Surgeon-Mate, Rapid

16th Sept. 1806

John Roberts

Do., United Brothers

9th Dec. 1806

Died Sar Libre 10th Oct. 1808

Jos. H. Hughes

Do., Dauntless

19th May 1807

John Watson

Assistant-Surgeon, Jackall

29th Mar. 1807

Died at Verdun 17th Dec. 1809

Fras. Connin

Surgeon, Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

Jos. Hawthorn

Surgeon-Mate, do.

Escaped 10th Nov. 1810

Robert Abbott

Surgeon, Racer

28th Oct. 1810

Lewes Jones

Surgeon-Mate, Minotaur

23rd Oct. 1810

Danl. Godbehere

Assistant-Surgeon, Challenger

12th Mar. 1811

Thos. Wells

Do., Monkey

28th Dec. 1810

Died, 20th Jan. 1812, in consequence of a wound received in a duel on the 27th with Mr. Abbott

P. H. Scott

Acting-Assistant-Surgeon, Olympia

2nd Mar. 1811

M. C. Woods

Assistant-Surgeon, Growler

18th June 1811

Wm. Campbell

Do., Colossus

30th Jan. 1812

Thos. Sanderson

Surgeon, Grasshopper

25th Oct. 1811

Wm. Donaldson

Do., Manilla

28th Jan. 1812

Richard Tobin

Do., Laurel

31st Jan. 1812

Wm. Watts

Assistant-Surgeon, Manilla

28th Jan. 1812

P. T. Maiming

Surgeon, Apelles

3rd May 1812

Jas. Hunter

Assistant-Surgeon, Passenger in Grasshopper

25th Dec. 1811

C. M. Snooke

Surgeon, Linnet

8th May 1813

Pursers

John Hyslop

Shannon

10th Dec. 1803

Saml. Trewin

Vincego

8th May 1804

Died 2nd Mar. 1809

John Innes

Ranger

July 1805

Alex. Livie

Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Died 12th Aug. 1808

Jas. Wilson

Diligence

24th Mar. 1806

H. F. Willcocks

Blanche

4th Mar. 1807

I. C. Cummings

Constance

12th Oct. 1807

England, by order of French Government 13th Feb.

Arch. McMillar

Atalante

12th Feb. 1807

Dan. Sullivan

Dauntless

19th May 1807

Wm. Lamotte

Falcon, Passenger in Dauntless

Escaped 22nd May 1811

Geo. Ellis

Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

Simon Heley

Amphion

28th Sept. 1809

W. S. Black

Briseis

10th Oct. 1809

Hugh Corbyn

Goldfinch

10th May 1810

John Boone

Trident, Passenger in a transport

John Richardson

Challenger

12th Mar. 1811

Chas. Ross

Alacrity

26th May 1811

Died 22nd Nov. 1813

Thos. Bastin

Grasshopper

25th Dec. 1811

John Paterson

Manilla

28th Jan. 1812

Died 31st Oct. 1813

Hugh Hannay

Apelles

3rd May 1812

Marine Officers

Geo. Aug. Bell

Lieutenant, Minerve

3rd July 1803

Alex. Eckford

Do., Shannon

10th Dec. 1803

Robt. Phillips

Do., Hussar

10th Feb. 1804

Geo. Jones

Captain, Magnificent

25th Mar. 1804

John Ridley

Do., do.

Do.

Jasper Farmer

Lieutenant, do.

Do.

Chas. Stanser

Captain, Passenger

Wm. Sampdon

Lieutenant, Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Robt. Alexander

Captain, Calcutta

18th Feb. 1806

John Campbell

Lieutenant, Blanche

4th Mar. 1807

Escaped 1810

Henry Loveridge

Captain, Majestic

16th Nov. 1807

R. R. Bignall

Lieutenant, Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

John Blackeney

Do., Statira

2nd June 1809

Thos. Morgan

Do., Cambrian

25th Mar. 1810

Jerh. Collins

Do., Manilla

28th Jan, 1812

B. Chaproniere

Do., Laurel

31st Jan. 1812

Phillips

Do., Hussar

10th Feb. 1804

Petty Officers

Chas. Halford

Master-Mate, Minerve

3rd July 1803

Escaped 14th May 1811

John Moore

Died 14th Nov. 1810

John Hawkey

Midshipman

John Nelson

Died 8th March

Geo. Hall Dacre

Do.

Escaped in 1809

Robert Sutton

Escaped in 1811

C. S. Ricketts

Escaped in 1809

Sam Mottley

Died in 1809

Robert Burridge

Escaped in 1806

Jack Pearson

Died 11th Mar. 1807

Richard Weatherley

W. J. Bradshaw

Chas. Hare

Midshipman, Minerve

3rd July 1803

Escaped 1809

William Streeting

1st Class, Minerve

Escaped 1811

Frank Cutler

Minerve

Escaped 12th May 1809

Wm. Wymer

Do.

Geo. Fitzgerald

Do.

Escaped 9th Nov. 1810

Robert Marsden

Clerk

Ed. Dillon

Midshipman, Cruiser

24th Dec. 1803

Escaped 25th April 1809

Wm. Gilpin

Master-Mate, Shannon, made Lieutenant at Verdun

10th Dec. 1803

Abr. Robinson

Midshipman

Escaped 4th June 1805

T. W. Cecil

Do.

Bitche escaped when on road, 14th July 1807

Wm. Allen

Do.

Fras Little

Do.

Escaped 19th July 1805

Edw. Knipp

Clerk

Do.

Maurice Hewson

Midshipman, Diamond

Do.

Escaped 1809

John Barclay

Master-Mate, Maidstone

2nd Aug. 1803

Ed. Boys

Midshipman, Phoebe

Escaped

F. J. Whitehurst

Phoebe

Escaped; retaken on board La Juno

John Murray

Do.

Escaped 4th June 1805

Fras. Maxwell

Clerk, Redbridge

4th Aug. 1803

Bitche; escaped on road

Robert Blakeney

Midshipman, Amphion

Returned to England

E. E. Temple

Narcissus

Escaped 19th April 1807

Richard Morris

Minerve

3rd July 1805

John Whitefield

Grappler

30th Aug. 1805

Henry Leworthy

A.B., do.

13th Dec. 1803

Escaped from Port ChaussÉe 1st Dec. 1810; retaken; sent to Bitche

Henry Worth

Midshipman, Argus; Passenger on merchant vessel

Jan. 1804

Run 5th Dec. 1811; retaken; sent to Bitche

R. L. Gordon

Hussar

10th Feb. 1804

Bitche; escaped on road

W. C. Smithson

Do.

Died 30th Nov. 1809

Eran Nepean

Henry Ashworth

Escaped 1808

Edward Nickoll

Arthur Vine

Died at Verdun 24th Oct. 1812

J. R. Lichford

Died at Gt. Gonesby

Jas. Mathias

Wm. Sutton

John Hopkinson

1st Class

Died 4th Feb. 1853, aged 65

Jas. Mascal

Clerk

Died at Verdun 4th Nov. 1806

Chas. Parker

Midshipman, Tribune

13th Mar. 1804

Escaped 3rd Aug. 1810

John Parkman

Master-Mate, Magnificent; made Lieutenant at Verdun

25th Mar. 1804

Chas. Shaw

Midshipman

Escaped 1809

John Vale

Robt. Thorley

Master-Mate, Impetueux; made Lieutenant at Verdun

Escaped 10th July 1813; died at Godmanchester

Christ Tutthill

Midshipman, ImpÉtueux

25th Mar. 1804

Escaped 1808

Martin Miller

Woolverene

24th Mar. 1804

Escaped 14th Dec. 1809

Philip Race

Do.

Wm. Richards

Do.

I. S. Fletcher

Do.

Escaped 14th Dec. 1807

Denis O’Brien

Master-Mate, Hussar

10th Feb. 1804

Escaped 1808

Jer. Mahoney

Do.

Jas. Wood

Vincego

8th May

Died 20th May 1806

Robt. Morland

Midshipman, Vincego

Died 16th July 1806

I. R. J. Wright

Do.

Escaped 24th Dec. 1810

Geo. Sidney Smith

1st Class, Do.

Wm. L. Mansall

Do.

Escaped 1808

John Trewin

Do.

Isaac Brown

Clerk, Vincego

8th May 1804

Died 16th Feb. 1809

Thos. G. Wills

Master-Mate, Acasta

30th June 1804

Thos. Dawson

Midshipman, Morgiana

3rd June 1804

Died at Verdun 15th Oct. 1810

Matthew Low

Master-Mate, Cameleon

Died Nov. 1809

John Adams

Clerk, Woolverene

24th Mar. 1804

John Perryman

Clerk, Grappler

10th Dec. 1803

Died 11th Mar. 1813

B. Belchambers

Do., Leda

31st July 1804

Edward Hunt

Midshipman, Imperial Service

4th Feb. 1804

Escaped 8th Dec. 1813

Geo. P. Potts

Midshipman, Vincego

8th May 1804

Robt. James

Rambler

11th Aug. 1804

Obediah Waller

Mallard

24th Dec. 1804

Escaped on the road from Blois to GuÉret 14th Feb.; retaken 21st Mar. 1814

Richard Stockings

Clerk, do.

Scroope Ayston

Midshipman, Bouncer

22nd Feb. 1805

John Lynch

Clerk, do.

Do.

Thos. Webb

Master-Mate, Nautilus

16th Feb. 1805

Thos. Davies

1st Class, do.

Do.

I. M. A. Hervey

Midshipman, Doris

20th April 1805

Died at Metz

Samuel Blackmore

Do., Imperial Service

25th Mar. 1805

Augs. O. Kenessy

Midshipman, Nautilus

16th Feb. 1805

Andrew McDougal

Do., do.

Do.

Died Verdun

John Woodroffe

Do., Teazer

16th July 1805

Jas. March

Do., do.

Do.

John McGraw

Do., do

Do.

W. I. Devonshire

Do., Biter

10th Nov. 1805

Escaped 21st July 1811

John Wingate

1st Class, do.

Do.

Escaped 27th April 1809; retaken 29th May 1809

Roger Aitkin

Do., Woodlark

14th Nov. 1805

Wm. Hamilton

Do., do.

Do.

Robert Rawlins

Master-Mate, Passenger in Woodlark to join Eagle

Do.

Valent. Stone

Midshipman, Passenger in Woodlark to join Eagle

14th Nov. 1805

R. B. Robertson

Do., do.

Do.

Died 1810

John Crick

Do., do.

Do.

Died 1808

Joseph Harries

1st Class do., Eagle

Do.

John Robertson

Clerk, do.

Do.

Patrick Nairne

Midshipman, do., Eagle

Do.

Aug. Arabin

Do., do.

Do.

Robert Legg

Master-Mate, Calcutta

25th Sept. 1805

Andrew Munro

Master-Mate, Ranger; made Lieutenant at Verdun

19th July 1805

Robert Ed. Hunter

Midshipman, Ranger

Do.

Escaped 1808

Geo. Bissett

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped Dec. 1809

Chas. Robinson

1st Class, do.

Do.

Escaped do.

Theos. Thomson

Midshipman, Dove

5th Aug. 1805

Killed 21st Mar. 1811

Robt. Rochford

Master-Mate, Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Escaped 1809

John Low

Midshipman, Calcutta; made Lieutenant at Verdun

Do.

Thos. Denniston

Do., do.

Do.

Died at Verdun 29th June 1806

Rich. Nason

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped 28th Jan. 1811

W. W. Kingstone

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped 14th Sept. 1807

Donald Mackey

Clerk, Dove

5th Aug. 1805

Geo. C. Chappell

Do., Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Died at Verdun 19th Feb. 1813

J. F. Hughes

Midshipman, do.

Do.

John Hallows

1st Class, Ranger

19th July

Escaped 9th Nov. 1810

J. H. Wall

Midshipman, Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Andrew Scott

Do., do.

Do.

Killed in a duel 14th Oct. 1811, by M. P. Morris

Wm. Hall

Do., do.

Do.

Thos. Sheers

Do., do.

Do.

Geo. Carter

Do., do.

26th Sept. 1805

Cornels Randel

Clerk, Ranger

19th July 1805

Escaped 1809

Henry Lewis

Master-Mate, Diana

Do.

Escaped 1809

Lochlan Grant

Midshipman, Growler

10th Mar. 1806

Richard Dew

Master-Mate, ImpÉtueux

Do.

Died at S. Libre Feb. 1811

Wm. Campbell

Clerk, Teazer

16th July 1805

Thos. Blackinston

Midshipman, Revenge

Escaped 1809

Thos. Marriott

Clerk, Adder

9th Dec. 1806

Escaped and retaken

Jas. H. Glasscott

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Died at Verdun 3rd Mar. 1807

Isaac Haberfield

Do., United Brothers

Do.

J. B. Tatnall

Do., ImpÉrieuse

Do.

Escaped 1809

Roger Hall

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Escaped 1809

Roger Grant

Master-Mate, Renown

10th Feb. 1807

Escaped 1809

John Wildey

Midshipman, do.

Do.

W. Herniman

Do., United Brothers

9th Dec. 1806

Joseph Stingsby

Master-Mate, Blanche

4th Mar. 1807

Henry Stanhope

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Escaped 14th May 1811

J. S. P. Masters

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped 27th Nov. 1808

John Rootes

Do., do.

4th Mar. 1807

Died 22nd April 1813

F. C. L. Viret

Do., do.

Do.

W. T. Williams

Do., do.

Do.

Chs. Street

1st Class, do

Do.

Escaped 21st July 1811

Geo. Gordon

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped do.

Robert Hoy

1st Class, do.

4th May 1807

J. F. Secretan

Do., do.

Do.

J. C. G. Mowatt

Clerk, do.

Do.

Wm. Moyses

Master-Mate, Pomone; Passenger in Blanche

Do.

Wm. McLeod

Midshipman, Pigmy

4th May 1807

Escaped in 1809

John Butterfield

Do., ImpÉtueux

Do.

Deserted and retaken

Chas. Turrell

Do., Minerva

16th Dec. 1806

Joseph Meek

Clerk, Inveterate

18th Feb. 1807

Escaped in 1809

David Wilson

Master-Mate, Magpie

Do.

Wm. Heard

Midshipman, Magpie

Do.

Escaped and retaken

Robert Mortimer

Do., do.

Do.

Entered French service 1809; quitted it in 1880

Jas. H. Gale

Do., Ignition

18th Feb. 1807

Alfred Parr

Do., do.

Do.

Entered French service 1809; quitted it in 1810

Chas. F. Thompson

Do., Kangaroo

24th Feb. 1807

H. J. Hill

Do., Speedwell

26th Dec. 1806

John Sheckleton

Master-Mate, Dove

5th Aug. 1805

J. N. Lyall

Ord.-Midshipman, Blanche

4th Mar. 1807

Thos. Greg

Do., do.

Do.

Simn. Ounkovesky

Midshipman, Egyptienne

26th June 1807

John Wier

Do., Inconstant

12th July 1807

Reuben Paine

Master-Mate, Jamaica

4th Mar. 1807

Andr. Russel

Do., Hydra

30th Oct. 1807

Lord John Boyle

Do., Gibralta

22nd July 1807

Wm. Brander

Do., Amphion

10th Sept. 1807

Jas. S. G. Caffry

Do., Monkey

19th Oct. 1807

Geo. Blake

Midshipman, Lively

14th Oct. 1807

Wm. Heywood

Do., Alfred

6th Jan. 1808

Edward Brydges

Do., Rose

26th Dec. 1807

Wm. Hutchinson

Master-Mate, Rose

Jan. 1808

Escaped 14th Jan. 1811

Wm. Astley

Midshipman, Pomona

20th Feb. 1808

John McFee

Master-Mate, Alfred

30th April 1808

Escaped 14th Jan. 1811

W. Hearbour

Midshipman, Carrier

18th Jan. 1808

David Littlejohn

Master-Mate, Shannon

6th Dec. 1808

Escaped 21st Dec. 1810; died

J. W. Dupre

Do., Melpomone

7th Jan. 1809

E. P. Montague

Midshipman, Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

Escaped 21st July 1811

Wm. Pratt

Do., do.

Do.

Died 6th Jan. 1810

Chas. Lardner

1st Class, do.

28th Feb. 1809

R. G. M. Darrocott

Midshipman, Bonne Citoyenne

18th Feb. 1809

Escaped 15th Dec. 1811; retaken to Blois

N. J. Reynolds

Master-Mate, Proserpine

28th do.

Jos. Petfield

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped 21st Dec. 1810

John Wilcke

Midshipman, do.

Do.

W. H. Savigny

Do., do.

Do.

Geo. Forbes

1st Class, do.

Do.

Escaped 20th Feb. 1810

Peter Allen

Do., Proserpine

Thos. Rodnell

Midshipman, Arethusa

6th April 1809

Afterward in Customs at Hull

Henry Thomas

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped 20th July 1810

Edward Crowe

1st Class, do.

Do.

Do., do.

Geo. Back

Do., do.

Do.

Jas. Reid

Midshipman, Statira

2nd July 1809

Robert Hemer

Midshipman, Dreadnought

26th July 1809

John Bee

Do., Padmus

29th May 1809

Ed. Herbert

Do., Amelia

16th July 1809

Geo. Powell

Master-Mate, Amphion

28th Sept. 1809

Escaped 20th July 1810

H. B. Mason

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Escaped 9th Nov. 1810

J. R. Drew

Do., Belle poule

28th Sept. 1809

Escaped do.

Wm. Randal

Master-Mate, Wizard

Do.

Escaped 24th Dec. 1809

Jas. P. Parker

Midshipman, Alceste

30th Sept. 1809

Escaped 20th Jan. 1810

Edward Walker

Master-Mate, Herald

14th Dec. 1808

Fredk. Lacaste

Do., Thames

2nd Mar. 1808

Geo. Cordry

Midshipman, Polyphemus

20th Dec. 1805

Geo. Bateman

Do., L’Aimable; made Lieutenant at Sarrelibre

12th Jan. 1807

Thos. Lowis

Midshipman, Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Peter Stark

Do., Eudymion

19th Nov. 1809

Escaped 9th Nov. 1810

Saml. Kneeshaw

Master-Mate, AlcmÈne

15th Jan. 1809

John Atkinson

Do., do.

30th Mar. 1809

Wm. Walker

Clerk, Jackall

28th May 1807

John Taylor

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Henry Richardson

Do., Rapid

14th Nov. 1807

Died 23rd Feb. 1812

Wm. Baker

Do., Strenuous

27th June 1808

Thos. Morris

Do., Inveterate

19th Feb. 1807

H. E. Hawkins

Master-Mate, Raleigh

9th Sept. 1809

Ralph Cornutt

Midshipman, Lyra

28th Oct. 1809

Chas. Mayo

Do., Jackall

29th May 1807

Escaped 28th Jan. 1811

Hamilton Davies

Do., Conqueror; made Lieutenant at Verdun

20th Jan. 1808

Robert McWha

Do., Sylvia

10th Sept. 1807

John Coulson

Do., GuerriÈre

25th Feb. 1808

Thos. McDougal

Do., Medusa

11th Sept. 1809

Wm. Radford

Master-Mate, Hydra

3rd Oct. 1809

Adam Gordon

Midshipman, Seahorse

21st Oct. 1809

Ed. Bold

Master-Mate, Virginie

16th Jan. 1810

Godfrey Fosbery

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Wm. Thomas

Master-Mate, Junon

13th Dec. 1809

Chas. Paynter

Midshipman, Indefatigable

14th Jan. 1810

Escaped 27th Dec. 1813

Peter Morris

Master-Mate, Goldfinch

April 1810

P. H. Mollett

Midshipman, Escort

20th June 1810

Died in hospital at Fontainebleau 1814

John Brothers

Midshipman, Goldfinch

8th May 1810

Wm. Handby

Do., Atlas

8th Mar. 1810

John Webster

Master-Mate, Parthion

10th Nov. 1810

Henry Jackson

Midshipman, Pacer

28th Oct. 1810

Thos. Jackson

Do., do.

Do.

E. F. Price

Midshipman, do.

28th Oct. 1810

Geo. Jenson

Clerk, do.

Do.

Died 1st June

I. C. Taylor

Midshipman, Bruiser

9th July 1810

Robert Holder

Do., Spencer

10th Jan. 1811

Escaped 28th Jan. 1811

I. P. Campbell

Do., Blazer

9th Nov. 1808

John S. Smith

Master-Mate, Kent

13th Dec. 1810

John Parsons

Do., Podargus

15th Aug. 1809

Escaped 24th Dec. 1813

Benj. Hart

Midshipman, Minotaur

23rd Dec. 1810

Jos. O’Brien

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped 24th Dec. 1813

G. T. Mitchell

Do., do.

Do.

Geo. Elry

Do., do.

Do.

I. I. Hamilton

Master-Mate, Minorca

27th Nov. 1810

Wm. Lyth

Clerk, Biter

10th Nov. 1805

Died 15th May 1811

Wm. Hains

Midshipman, ImpÉtueux

13th Oct. 1810

Jos. Barrett

Do., Cadmus

6th Mar. 1811

Henry Davis

Do., Challenger

12th Mar. 1811

Thos. Jennings

Do., do.

Do.

Francis Stevenson

1st Class, do.

Do.

Wheatley Byass

Do., do.

12th Mar. 1811

Stephen Green

Clerk, do.

Do.

Geo. Norton

1st Class, Inveterate

18th Feb. 1807

F. Wahtstrand

Midshipman, Olympia

2nd Mar. 1811

Jas. I. Sullivan

Do., do.

Do.

Thos. Rowe

Master-Mate, Challenger

12th Mar. 1811

Anth. Gibbs

Midshipman, Pioneer

21st Feb. 1811

Chas. Blissett

Do., Vesuvius

20th Nov. 1809

F. I. Whitehurst

Midshipman, Junon; made Lieutenant at Bitche

13th Dec. 1809

Ed. Turner

Master-Mate Boyne

21st May 1811

Henry Kirkpatrick

Midshipman, Poictiers

Do.

Deserted from Gueret 30th Mar. 1814

Jas. Barton

Master-Mate, Snapper

14th July 1811

Richard Pickersgill

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Robert Furze

Do., Semiraris

16th July 1811

I. P. Were

Do., Sceptre

15th Sept. 1811

Jas. Woolcock

Do., Hibernia

15th July 1808

Dal. Baird

Master-Mate, Conquistador

27th Dec. 1811

Fra. Sutherland

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Geo. Peard

Do., do.

17th Dec. 1811

Edwin I. Caulfield

Do., do.

Do.

Donet O’Brien

Vol.. do.

Do.

John Franklyn

Midshipman, Colossus

Do.

Peter Hodder

Do., do.; made Lieutenant at Verdun

Do.

Niel Malcolm

Do., do.

Do.

H. L. Parry

Master-Mate, Grasshopper

25th Dec. 1811

Escaped 11th Feb. 1814

Edw. Yelland

Midshipman, do.

Do.

Thos. W. Tyler

Do., do.

Do.

John Strong

Clerk, do.

Do.

Dk. Sarsfield

Midshipman, Flypass, do.

Do.

Phil. Harvey

Master-Mate, Porcupine

16th Dec. 1811

W. C. Robins

Vol., Manilla

28th Jan. 1812

W. A. Willis

Do., do.

17th Feb. 1812

David Harrop

Midshipman, Christian

7th Feb. 1812

John Gowdie

Master-Mate, Manilla

Do.

Wm. Hubbard

Do., do.

Do.

Escaped from Blois 11th Feb. 1814

Geo. Bland

Midshipman, Do.

Do.

M. W. Batty

Do., do.

28th Jan. 1812

J. H. Johnstone

Do., do.

Do.

Henry Randall

Do., do.

Do.

Henry Sadler

Do., do.

Do.

I. M. Johnson

Vol., do.

Do.

John Ward

Clerk, do.

Do.

Geo. Maryon

Midshipman, Arrow

28th Aug. 1811

Jos. Townsend

Do., Rose

23rd Jan. 1812

Escaped 24th Dec. 1812

Hanbury Clements

Do., Laurel

31st Jan. 1812

Danl. Galway

Vol., do.

Do.

Montg. Digges

Do., do.

Do.

Thos. Pettigrew

Do., do.

Do.

Robert Tighe

Do., do.

Do.

Danl. McCarthy

Clerk, Laurel

31st Jan. 1812

G. E. Davies

Midshipman, Alacrity

26th May 1811

Escaped 27th Dec. 1818

J. E. Sterling

Do., Grasshopper

25th Dec. 1811

Escaped 11th Feb. 1814

J. Lechmere

Do., do.

Do.

Chas. Jeaffreson

Do., Manilla

31st Jan. 1812

Escaped Feb. 1814

W. S. Johnston

Do., Apelles

3rd May 1812

Jas. Craggs

Do., Calypso

25th Dec. 1811

W. B. Hare

Do., St. Finengo

14th Dec. 1810

John Downey

Master-Mate, Nieman

22nd July 1812

Jas. Birch

Midshipman, Alban

8th July 1812

Henry King

Do., Venerable

17th July 1812

J. J. Lane

Do., do.

Do.

Arch. Grant

Do., New Magnificent

Do.

Richard Rosser

Do., Volontaire

Do.

Henry Barrow

Do., Strenuous

25th June 1812

Escaped 27th Dec. 1813

Henry Carrique

Midshipman, Wizard

24th Aug. 1812

A. W. Nicholls

Clerk, Pigmy

24th Nov. 1812

H. A. Whitcomb

Do., Apelles

5th Mar. 1807

J. H. Hindley

Clerk, La Constance

2nd Oct. 1806

Henry Jho. Callaghan

Midshipman, Arrow

26th Jan. 1813

Geo. Simmonds

Clerk, Osprey

29th July 1812

John Barnes

Midshipman, Britonart

Do.

Saml. Cornish

Do., Linnet

25th Feb. 1813

Hugh Carroll

Clerk, do.

Do.

Bendon Sharvell

Master-Mate, Horatio

23rd Dec. 1812

Robert O’Neil

Do., Dispatch

14th April 1813

Escaped Feb. 1814

Geo. Evans

Midshipman, Cretan

13th Jan. 1813

Thos. Keith Steward

Master-Mate, Clarence

18th Sept. 1813

Escaped Feb. 1814

Wm. Alex. Longmore

Midshipman, Hannibal

21st Sept. 1813

John Frith

1st Class, DÉsirÉe

3rd Dec. 1813

Wm. Litheby

Midshipman, Telegraph

4th Mar. 1814

Saml. Edwards

Do., ImpÉrieuse

Do.

Warrant Officers

Wm. Little

Gunner, Minerve

3rd July 1803

Died 26th Sept. 1806

Andrew Brown

Boatswain, do.

Do.

Wm. Rice

Carpenter, do.

Do.

John Johnson

Gunner, Woolverene

24th Mar. 1804

Robert Bulger

Boatswain, Vicengo

8th May 1804

Andrew Allen

Carpenter, do.

Do.

Wm. Cliff

Boatswain, Woolverene

24th Mar. 1804

Escaped from Bitche

John Richards

Carpenter, Woolverene

Do.

Ed. Gilligan

Boatswain, Shannon

10th Dec. 1803

Rd. Carne

Gunner, Vincego

8th May 1804

Danl. Chadwick

Do., Shannon

10th Dec. 1803

Jas. Dobbins

Do., Shark; taken in a Cartel

20th April 1805

Wm. Lennard

Do., Calcutta

26th Sept. 1805

Geo. Heard

Carpenter, do.

Do.

Tim. Quin

Gunner, Ranger

19th July 1805

John Windham

Carpenter, do.

Do.

Died 1st Oct. 1809

Wm. Richardson

Boatswain, do.

Do.

Died Jan. 1810

Wm. Carey

Do., Hussar

10th Feb. 1804

Died 25th May 1808

Thos. Simpson

Gunner, do.

Do.

Escaped 1809

John Treacher

Do., Diligence

24th Mar. 1806

Thos. Strong

Do., Dauntless

19th May 1807

Thos. Gray

Boatswain, do.

Do.

Peter Lunn

Carpenter, do.

Do.

John Osborn

Boatswain, Flora

18th Jan. 1808

Alex. Henderson

Do., Proserpine

28th Feb. 1809

Field Officers of the Army

Henry de Bernier

Lieutenant-Colonel, 9th Foot

3rd Jan. 1806

George I. Hall

Major

Do.

Campbell Callender

Captain, 88th Foot

18th Feb. 1806

Guy L’Estrange

Major, 31st Foot

1st Jan. 1809

Thos. W. Gordon

Captain, 3rd Foot Guards

3rd Nov. 1809

Wm. Guard

Lieutenant-Colonel, 45th Foot

Do.

Thos. Fotheringham

Lieutenant, 3rd Foot Guards

6th Dec. 1809

S. T. Popham

Major, 24th Foot

13th Dec. 1809

Sir W. W. Sheridan

Captain, 2nd Foot Guards

17th Jan. 1810

Thos. N. Wyndham

Major, 1st Dragoons

19th Oct. 1810

Wm. Cox

Lieutenant-Colonel, late 61st Foot

12th Nov. 1810

Andw. Lord Blaney

Major-General, 61st Foot

15th April 1811

Redmond Morris

Captain, 13th Dragoons

20th June 1811

Geo. Hill

Captain, 1st Foot Guards

7th Aug. 1811

Captains

H. Falconer

Captain, 1st Foot

12th Jan. 1804

Thos. Roberts

Do., 30th Foot

3rd Jan. 1806

P. R. Hawker

Do., do.

Do.

P. W. Lambert

Do., 9th Foot

8th Jan. 1806

Danl. Orchard

Do., do.

Do.

G. H. Sarjant

Do., do.

Do.

Samps Godfrey

Captain 1st Foot

4th May 1807

Geo. Barrow

Do., 15th Foot

7th May 1808

Chas. de Haviland

Do., Royal Malta

26th Sept. 1809

J. Somerfield

Do., 83rd Foot

26th Oct. 1809

J. Laing

Do., 61st do.

27th Oct. 1809

Jas. Allen

Do., 23rd Dragoons

31st Oct. 1809

D. Goodsman

Do., 61st Foot

2nd Nov. 1809

T. H. Blair

Do., 91st Foot

3rd Nov. 1809

Wm. Cowran

Do., 21st Foot

18th Nov. 1809

Andv. Patison

Do., 29th Foot

Do.

Savil Spear

Do., 1st Foot

26th Nov. 1809

F. M. Milman

Lieutenant-Colonel Guards

1st Dec. 1809

Hartley

Captain, 61st Foot

9th Dec. 1809

Geo. Coleman

Do., 31st Foot

12th Jan. 1810

Geo. Brice

Do., 3rd Dragoon Guards

13th May 1810

Chas. Collis

Do. 24th Foot

Do.

Henry Stephens

Do., 66th Foot

6th July 1810

J. A. Wolff

Do., 60th Foot

15th Aug. 1810

H. J. Shaw

Do., 4th Foot

Do.

J. W. Hewitt

Do., 6th Foot

12th Nov. 1810

L. Lazzarini

Do., Royal Malta

29th Dec. 1810

P. Jestaferrati

Do., do.

Do.

Fredk. Albaldini

Do., do.

Do.

F. Kertsberg

Do., do.

Do.

J. P. Howard

Do., 23rd Dragoons

7th May 1811

John Taylor

2nd Captain, Royal Artillery

Do.

P. Matthews

Captain, 47th Foot

26th May 1811

Jas. Reynolds

Do., 83rd Foot

4th June 1811

Died

— Belli

Do., 13th Dragoons

20th June 1811

Thos. Andrews

Do., 24th Foot

Lieutenants and Ensigns

Thos. Prater

Lieutenant, 21st Foot

21st Jan. 1804

C. E. Freeman

Ensign, 29th Foot

1st Mar. 1805

Robert Howard

Lieutenant, 30th Foot

3rd Jan. 1806

Wm. Sullivan

Ensign, do.

Do.

Alex. Simpson

Lieutenant, 9th Foot

8th Jan. 1806

Geo. Saunderson

Do., do.

Do.

Wm. Armstrong

Do., do.

Do.

R. G. Thomson

Ensign, do.

Do.

Edward Worth Newenham

Do., do.

Do.

Living at Verdun 1853

Peter Sutton

Do. and Adjutant

Do.

Joseph Smith

Lieutenant, 65th Foot

6th Sept. 1806

H. Bermingham

Do., 29th Foot

8th May 1807

Joseph R. Welsh

Do., 6 W. I. Regiment

7th May 1808

Alex. Fraser

Do., Royal Engineers

Do.

John Harper

Do., do.

Do.

J. E. De Lappinot

Ensign, 16th Foot

Do.

Robert Lewis

Lieutenant, 15th Foot

15th do.

John Seaver

Ensign

Do.

Edward l’Estrange

Lieutenant, 71st Foot

6th May 1809

John Penrice

Do., 15th Hussars

21st May 1809

Rd. M. Brennan

Do., 14th Foot

26th June 1809

Colin Campbell

Ensign, 26th Foot

Do.

Wm. Laurie

Do.

12th July 1809

G. L. Davies

Do., 9th Foot

6th Sept. 1809

Angus Mackay

1st Lieutenant, 21st Fusiliers

25th Sept. 1809

Henry Perry

Ensign, Royal Malta

Do.

Peter Wallace

Lieutenant and Adjutant

26th Sept. 1809

Wm. Auhagen

2nd Dragoon Guards

1st Oct. 1809

G. L. Shipley

Lieutenant, 97th Foot

2nd, do.

Fras. Abell

Do., 83rd Foot

27th do.

Fras. Johnstone

Do., do.

Do.

Rd. Kirwan

Do., 7th Foot

30th do.

Thos. Allen

Do., 24th Foot

Do.

Henry Tench

Do., 61st Foot

Do.

Robert Mitchell

Do., 60th Foot

Do.

W. E. Page

Do. and Adjutant, 7th Foot

12th Nov. 1809

John Clarke

Lieutenant

18th Nov. 1809

Jas. McNab

Do., 21st Fusiliers

Do.

Fredk. Gaban

Do., 1 Batt.

Do.

Lewis Mordaunt

Do., 61st Foot

3rd Dec. 1809

Died at Verdun 17th April 1850

Wm. Friess

Do., 60th Foot

1st Jan. 1810

Robert Muter

Do., 7th Foot

5th Jan. 1810

Wm. Pennyfather

Ensign, 3rd Foot

Do.

Chas. Jackson

Lieutenant, do.

Do.

Henry Letoler

Ensign, 83rd Foot

Do.

Thos. Boggie

Lieutenant, do.

Do.

Henry Altenstein

Ensign, 60th Foot

Do.

A. W. Gamble

Lieutenant

Do.

Geo. Mackay

Do., 48th Foot

9th Jan. 1810

E. P. During

Do., 5 Batt.

Do.

Geo. Beamish

Do., 31st Foot

14th Jan. 1810

Add. Beamish

Do., do.

Do.

Fredk. Kitcher

Do., Royal Malta

29th Mar. 1810

Fredk. Clossiers

Do., do.

Do.

Lewis Schlozer

Do., Royal Malta

3rd April 1810

Graves Collins

Do., 61st Foot

13th May 1810

England

Theod. Butler

Ensign, 87th Foot

Do.

Died 1st July 1813

Chas. Stanhope

Lieutenant, 29th Foot

Do.

App. Morris

Do., 66th Foot

29th May 1810

John Nicholson

Do., 83rd Foot

Do.

England

Wm. Graham

Ensign, 4th Foot

13th July 1810

W. H. Scott

Ensign and Lieutenant, 3rd Guards

18th July 1810

Geo. Richardson

Lieutenant, 4th Foot

20th July 1810

Edmd. Field

Do., do.

Do.

J. M. Foley

Do., 28th Foot

12th Nov. 1810

L. Canehi

Do., Royal Malta

29th Dec. 1810

Fras. Bucere

Do., do.

Do.

J. H. Rodmer

Do., do.

Do.

Ph. Prochaska

Lieutenant, Royal Malta

29th Dec. 1810

Chas. Saintcroix

Do., Royal Artillery

9th Mar. 1811

R. H. Daley

Do., 64th Foot

Do.

Jas. Fulcher

Do., York Vol.

14th Mar. 1811

Roger Sheehy

Do., 89th Foot

22nd Mar. 1811

Chas. Watts

Ensign, do.

Do.

Thos. Reeve

Lieutenant, 48th Foot

26th Mar. 1811

E. P. Dormer

Do., 14th Dragoons

11th April 1811

Edward Moulson

Ensign, 89th Foot

15th April 1811

Alex. Skeen

Lieutenant, 24th Foot

5th May 1811

I. I. Moss

Do., 13th Dragoons

20th June 1811

Fredk. Wood

Do., 11th do.

Geo. Baker

Do., 16th do.

Frs. Grant

Do., 24th Foot

England

— Binney

Do., 13th Light Dragoons

Herbert Morgan

Do., 66th Foot

England

Surgeons, Paymasters, etc.

Jas. Johnston

Surgeon, 9th Foot

8th Jan. 1806

H. W. Hall

Pay-Master, 9th Foot

Do.

Renny Langley

Artillery Store Keeper

18th Feb. 1806

Andrew Blake

Assistant-Surgeon, 98th Foot

28th April 1807

Wm. Bartley

Artillery Store Keeper

7th May 1808

John Gregory

Assistant-Surgeon, Royal Artillery

Do.

Arch. Armstrong

Do., 26th Foot

26th June 1809

Joph. Brown

Surgeon, do.

Do.

England

Geo. Winter

Hospital Purveyor

12th July 1809

England

John McCoy

Quarter-Master, Royal Malta

25th July 1809

Clement Banks

Surgeon, do.

26th July 1809

Thos. Walker

Assistant-Surgeon, 52nd Foot

28th July 1809

England

James Dunn

Do., 53rd Foot

30th July 1809

Do.

Henry Cowan

Do., 23rd Dragoons

Do.

Do.

Fredk. Fiorillo

Assistant-Surgeon, 9th Hussars, Ks. Gn. Ln.

2nd Nov. 1809

Do.

Jas. O’Meally

Do., 16th Dragoons

8th Nov. 1809

Do.

John Glasco

Do., 83rd Foot

28th Nov. 1809

Do.

Montn. Mahoney

Do., 7th Foot

5th Jan. 1810

Do.

Edward Kirby

Do., 29th Foot

12th Jan. 1810

Do.

J. G. Elkington

Do., 24th Foot

14th Jan. 1810

Do.

Alex McDowall

Surgeon, Staff

17th Jan. 1810

Do.

Saml. Higgins

Do., do.

Do.

Do.

Thos. Rule

Assistant-Surgeon, 87th Foot

19th Jan. 1810

Do.

John Herriott

Do., 61st Foot

20th Jan. 1810

Do.

Fredk. Depper

Do., 5th Battalion, K. Han. Legion

20th Jan. 1810

Do.

Henry Bruggeman

Do., 7th Battalion D.

3rd Doc. 1810

Fras. Camillere

Do., Royal Malta

29th Dec. 1810

J. Bertis

Chaplin, Royal Malta

Do.

Thos. Richards

Quarter-Master, 4th Foot

11th June 1810

— Coleman

Assistant-Surgeon, 3rd Dragoon Guards

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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