ANNUAL RE 
pressed much pleasure in the op- 
portunity of serving him. He com- 
manded his majesty’s ship Lenox, 
of 74 guns, at the taking of the 
Manuillas, where he was entrusted 
with the care of the disembarkation ; 
and, to use the words of the gazette 
upon that occasion, ‘did every 
thing that could be expected from a 
diligent good officer.’ He lost a 
considerable share of prize-money 
by a peace being concluded before 
the account of the capture arriv- 
_ ed; and government not espousing 
the cause of the captors. He was 
_ also unfortunate in being, with a 
Jong list of brave officers, deprived 
of his rank by the unprecedented 
promotion of the late lord Howe, 
and put upon a superannuated list 
ereated by his Jordship for unre- 
warded valour. He was a man of 
the strictest honour and integrity ; 
a cool, active, intrepid officer ; and 
conscientiously discharged the duties 
of husband, parent, and friend. He 
was remarkably temperate, having 
been often heard to declare that he 
never was intoxicated but once in his 
life; and, what may appear as re- 
markable to those who were not ac- 
quainted with his excellent temper, 
he was never heard to swear or 
utter an oath, and that he severely 
punished those sins on board his 
ship. 
Mr. Farmer, bailiff to lady Web- 
ster, of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Re- 
turning to Battle from Pevensey fair, 
on the 5th, he agreed, for a trifling 
wager, to ride a race along the road 
with a neighbour ; in the course of 
which Mr. F. was thrown from his 
horse into a ditch by the road-side, 
and was so terribly hurt that he 
languished till this morning, when 
he died without having uttered a 
as 
542 
GISTER, 
1806. 
8th. At his aparfments at Hayne. 
ford, in the county of Norfolk, 
in his 58th year, sir Charles Play 
ters, bart. He is succeeded in title 
by his half brother, William, now 
abroad, 
13th. This day a party, consists 
ing of Mr. Bradford (of the firm of 
M’Call, Bradford, and co.), Mr. 
Phillips (of the firm of Keogh and 
Phillips,) Mr. John Orr, Mr. Evans 
(of the firm of J. and E. Evans,) 
Mr. Francis Casey (of the house of 
M’Call and co.), and Mr. Thomas 
Casey, his brother, with a boatman 
of the name of Roberts, went ina 
pleasure-boat on an excursion down | 
the river at Liverpool. They were 
returning about eight in the evening, 
and in the aét of tacking to make 
George’s dock basin, when a sudden 
and violent squall came on while the 
boat was in stays ; the boatman, ter- 
rified at the apparent danger, and 
intent only on his own safety, im- 
prudently quitted the helm, and 
grasped a loose board lying at the 
bottom of-the boat. The conse. 
quence was, the boat upset, and 
sunk instantly. All were plunged 
into the water, but being good swim. 
mers, some made for a brig, then 
under sail, which most inhumanly 
passed within a few yards of them, 
without making any effort to extri- 
cate them from their perilous situa. 
tion, though it was ,the opinion of 
the numerous spectators on shore 
that they might have saved all of 
them. Three boats put off from 
the ship, and make every exertion to 
save as many as they could, in which © 
they were partly snccessfals Mr. 
Orr, Mr. Evans, Mr. F. Casey, and 
the boatman, were taken up, when 
nearly exhausted; but Mr. Brad- 
ford, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Thomas 
Casey, were drowned. Their 
friend 
