JUVENILE DAYS. 9 



Co tf)t iHtmorg 



OF 



WILLIAM ASSHETON SMITH, 



SECOND {surviving) SON op 



THOMAS ASSHETON SMITH, Esq. 

 of tedwokth. 



he was bred to the sea, 

 and was lieutenant of the temeraire * 



in the battle of trafalgar ; 



in which by his bravery and conduct 



he contributed to that glorious victory. 



on his return to england 



he was appointed to the namur i 



when being at anchor near st. helen's 



A BOAT WITH FOUR MEi>f IN IT, 



BELONGING TO A SHIP, 



GOT ADRIFT IN A VIOLENT GALE. 



HIS HUMANITY, EQUAL TO HIS BRAVERY, 



URGED HIM TO LEAP INTO ANOTHER BOAT 



FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAVING THEM. 



BUT IN THE GENEROUS ATTEMPT 



HE WITH SEVEN MEN LOST THEIR LIVES, 



ON THE 16tH of JANUARY, 1806, 



IN THE 24tH year OF HIS AGE. 



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TO RECORD THE VIRTUES OP A BELOVED AND GAI LANT SON 

 THIS MARBLE IS BET UP 



BY HIS AFFLTCTEB FATHEE. 



Of the boyhood of Mr. Sirltli there exist but scant} re- 

 cords. An anecdote, however, which he related of himself, 

 at a late period of his life, shows that when quite a child he 

 evinced that inflexible and stubborn resolution which was 

 throughout life a ruling principle of hi^ character. While 

 walking in the shrubbery at Tedw^orth, with the friend who 

 has kindly contributed many smecdotes to the present 

 memoir, the more valuable because committed to memory 



* The Temeraire was in the hottest part of the action, and engaged 

 with two French ships at the same time 



