REV. HENRT MARTYN, B.D, 1 ^ 



He informed me some time since of Mrs. Millet's removal to 

 Liskeard. I feel much for her and you, but especially for Mrs. 

 Hitchins at this painful dispensation of Providence, but I trust 

 that God will send you Fortescue to be a comfort and support to 

 you both in your declining years. I scarcely need express my 

 great regard for Mrs. Millet. I beg you to assure her of it 

 when you next write to her. It would have been very agreeable 

 to me to have had my station for life in the circle of my western 

 friends, but this world is not the place for enjoyment. A great 

 work lies before me, and I must submit to many privations, if I 

 would see it accomplished. I should say, however, that poverty 

 is not one of the evils I shall have to encounter, the salary of a 

 chaplain, even at the lowest, is 600 rupees a month. My situation 

 on board ship is very pleasant ; the mess, which consists of some 

 officers of the 59th, and some young cadets and writers, is very 

 orderly, and my cabin is large and commodious. My audieenc 

 on Sundays is between two and three hundred. Richard is very 

 weU. I am to dine with him at Mr. Hocken's to-day. Give my 

 kindest love to Mama, — as also to Miss L. Grenfell. I sent a 

 letter addressed to Emma at Marazion, thinking she was there, 

 but from your letter to Richard it does not appear that she is come. 

 If you can find an opportunity of writing to me while I am here, 

 I shall feel exceedingly obliged. 



I remain, yours affectionately, 



H. MAETYN. 

 "Wednesday Evening. — I have taken my place in the coach for 

 Marazion, so that if no dispatches arrive to night from London, 

 I shall be with you almost as soon as my letter. I should be 

 before it, only that I wish to pass some part of the morning at 

 Mrs. GrenfelVs. 



Memorandum on the hack in red ink, barely legible, ',probably made by 

 Rev. M. Hitchins. 



Mr. Martyn came to St. Hilary, 25th July, 1805. Dined, stayed there, and 

 took leave of us and the garden for ever, and returned to Falmouth in the 

 evening. Came again August 7th. m the evening, and next day at dinner was 

 fetched by an express, which brought notice that the fleet had received orders to 

 sail. Next day, August 9th, in the evening, he returned to St. Hilary again, as 

 the orders for saiUng were countermanded, but the next morning at 8^ a.m. 

 Mr. Roberts arrived in a chaise to fetch him, as the signal gun for sailing was 

 fired at 5 that morning, and the fleet were to be under weigh that day at 9 a.m. 

 By an accident which detained the Union a little longer than the other ships, 

 Mr. Martin was on board in season. 



* Not in Journals and Letters by Wilberforce. A corresponding Letter is 

 printed p. 278 ; but it is addressed to Rev. T. M, Hitchins, the son. 



