CHRONICLE. 



221 



mechanics, he employed his lei- 

 sure in tl)e study of ship-building 

 and astronomy, and without any 

 instruction lie Ijuilt u vessel of 

 which every timber was moulded 

 by his own hands. This he navi- 

 gated from 17G0 to 1773 chiefly 

 in St. George's Channel, making- 

 surveys of the ports and road- 

 steds, the accuracy of whicli ob- 

 tained the notice of nautical men, 

 and induced Sir Ricliard Hotham 

 to recommend his entering into 

 tlie East India service. He ac- 

 cordingly made a voyage as fourth 

 mate of the York, during \vhich 

 he took valuable surveys on the 

 western coast of Sumatra. After 

 his return he resumed tlie com- 

 mand of his own vessel, in which 

 he made an annual \oyage to 

 America ; and at the request of a 

 chart-seller, he completed his sur- 

 vey of St. George's Channel. In 

 1778 he again sailed to the East 

 Indies as chief mate, and made 

 four voyages in a period of ten 

 years, during which time he com- 

 jjlctcd a survey of the penin- 

 sula from Bombay to Coringo. 

 After quitting that service he exe- 

 cuted suiveys of tiie Western 

 islands of Scotland ; and he was 

 employed by the Trinity-house in 

 1790, in a suj\ey of tl>at intricate 

 navigation Hasbro' Gatt for tlie 

 purpose of placing lights. By Ids 

 labours above-mentioned, he ren- 

 dered essential service to marine 

 geograpliy, and obtained lugh re- 

 putatio)! in that branch of science. 

 Not less valuable to mariners was 

 his capital impiovoment in tlic 

 manufacture of cordage, by means 

 of whicli an equal distribution is 

 made of the strains on the jam?, 

 thus obviating the former danger 

 of a cable giving way in conse- 



quence of the unequal stress upon 

 dilferent component parts. His 

 most ingenious piece of mechanism 

 for this purpose ^\ as invented by 

 him w ith such exactness of con- 

 ception, that it was rendered per- 

 fect at one effort, without a pre- 

 vious model. Foi' thiscoutri\ance 

 he obtained a patent, which lay 

 dormant for some time on account 

 of the prc.iudico of ro|)e-makers 

 in favour of their leceived mc- 

 tiiod ; but the superiority of Cap- 

 Lain HudcUut's mode was so well 

 establislied on trial, that his own 

 rope-work, constructed at Lime- 

 house, has proved a very success- 

 ful concern. 



Captain Huddart was a tall 

 erect figure, with a countenance 

 strongh indicating thought, with 

 an expression of jjlacid benevo- 

 lence corresponding with the ami- 

 able sim})licity of his chai'acter. 



28. Sir ( 'haluiur Ogle, bart. 

 senior admiral in the na\y, in his 

 89th year. 



L'hurlcs Chaplin, esq. M. P. for 

 the county of Lincoln, aged 58. 



31. Hon. Mary Bennett, relict 

 of Hon I/icutcnant-gen. Bennett. 



September. 



4. Sir Thus. Miller, bart. M. P. 

 for Portsmouth, in his 8 1st year. 



5. Hon C. Herbert, M. P. for 

 ^Mlton, aged 7*2. 



6. Robert Morris, esq. M. P. for 

 Gloucester. 



Dowager Countess D' Alton. 



10. Sam. Osborne, esq. admiral 

 of the blue, aged G2. 



Richard Reynolds, of Bristol, a 

 member of the Society of Friends, 

 in his 8lbt year. This truly me- 

 morable person was long the prin- 

 cipal in the coacern kuowu by the 



uam^ 



