194 SHIP ON FIRE. 



This was considered one of the smart- 

 est engagements during the war, and 

 upon the arrival of the captain with 

 his craft at Spithead, minus his right 

 arm, he was knighted; and after his re- 

 covery appointed to a larger frigate, 

 into which my brother accompanied him, 

 and served out his time. 



After this he sailed in the "Minden," 

 seventy-four, when she took out Lord 

 Moira, appointed Governor - General of 

 India, where , he gained his promotion 

 by being chiefly instrumental with his 

 boat's crew in rendering assistance and 

 saving the lives of the crew and pas- 

 sengers on board the burning " El- 

 phinstone," East Indiaman, then lying at 

 Point de Galle, homeward bound. 



The accident occurred by the stew- 

 ard's drawing some rum from a cask 

 in the hold, which, through inadvertence, 

 ignited. The principal part of her cargo 

 consisting of saltpetre ; it soon became be- 



