CHRONICLE. 



119 



Rear-Admirals of the Red - 22 



White 23 



Blue - 23 



SuperannuatedRear-Admirals 31 

 Superannuated and retired 



Captains ------31 



Post-Captains 797 



Commanders . - - - - 595 

 Retired Commanders - - - 50 

 Lieutenants - - - - 3327 

 * of which 223 are noted as 



unfit for sea service. 



The following most tragical oc- 

 currence took place at Chep- 

 stow. A party, consisting of eight 

 ladies and one gentleman,* accom- 

 panied by a man servant, who had 

 been to church in the morning, 

 had afterwards ridden to Tintern 

 Abbey, and then returned by 

 water ; it was perfectly calm, and 

 a full moon : when they were about 

 to land, the boatman informed 

 them that the best place was below 

 the bridge, which they were fast 

 approaching, and where a number 

 of ladies and gentlemen were walk- 

 ing. Before they had entered the 

 arch, one of the ladies Mrs. Ro- 

 thery, as we understand from the 

 survivors) called out, " there's a 

 rope, there's a rope ;" but it was 

 not seen by any other of the party, 

 being in part under the surface of 

 the water. In an instant all was 

 horror !— the moment the boat 

 touched the rope, it upset ! The 

 cries of the unfortunate for assist- 

 ance, the pushing off of boats from 

 the shore, and the hurry of the 

 good people who were anxious to 

 save them, formed altogether a 

 scene of inexpressible distress. The 

 wretched remains of this late happy 



party 



• Mrs. Shute, wife of Rd. Shute, esq. of Sydenham, Kent, and sister to IMrs. 

 T,angley, of Watcrhouse, near Bath ; her daughters Mary, Margaret, Eliza, and 

 Ann; Miss Fisher, alsosistertoMrs. Langley ; Mr.Mrs. and Miss llothery of Bath. 



-when one of the police-men came 

 in and informed him that fire-arms 

 were conveying into Daniel Pen- 

 nington's house, on which he got 

 out, and went in front of the house ; 

 and immediately on getting there, 

 the muzzle of a gun was put 

 through a hole at the side of the 

 door and fired off. Mr. Sergerson 

 fell, after which the police-men 

 fled. Cornelius Hays, another of 

 the police-men, corroborated the 

 statement of Moriarty, and heard 

 Daniel Pennington say to the de- 

 ceased, " Damnation may seize 

 him (alluding to his brother John) 

 for not killing him at once," and 

 6aw both the Penningtons make off, 

 Daniel having a gun in his hand. 



Surgeon Busteed viewed the 

 body, and saw eight wounds, ap- 

 parently inflicted by slugs or small 

 balls, two of which entered his 

 brain, and one lodged in the bones 

 of his ear, which wounds, he had 

 no doubt, occasioned his death. 

 The jury found that the deceased, 

 John Sergerson, esq. was feloni- 

 ously and wilfully murdered by 

 Daniel Pennington and John Pen- 

 nington, both of Faratoreen, and 

 that the said Daniel and John Pen- 

 nington fled after the commission 

 of the said murder. 



20. The list of the navy recent- 

 ly published, enumerates the fol- 

 lowing number of officers, viz. — 

 Admiral of the Fleet - - - 1 

 Admirals of the Red - - - 22 



White - - 21 



Blue - - - 21 



Vice-Admirals of the Red - 23 



White 23 



Blue- 23 



