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Mr Kingston having taken the Lark schooner to Sierra Leone, where she was condemned, was appointed to HMS Saracen, which soon afterwards arrived there. From that place the Saracen sailed for the river Gambia, soon after the 2nd of March.
"No," said Bob sharply; "but I think if one of us was to go it ought to have been this young person." "Well, but you are going, aren't you?" said Tom Long. "Not I," said Bob. "I'm second officer on board HMS `Startler' till they come back, that's all." "But, my dear Bob, I thought you were going. Old Dick, who was ashore an hour ago, told me you were." "Then old Dick told you a cram," said Bob.
Lieutenant Prevost received immediate promotion. On the 22nd of July 1847, HMS Waterwitch, with HMS Rapid in company, captured the Brazilian brigantine Romeo Primero, which was subsequently given in charge to Lieutenant W.G. Mansfield, RN, and four seamen, to be conveyed to Saint Helena for adjudication.
Noemi struck a match and looked at her watch, holding which she had previously begged for silence. "Twenty-two minutes!" she announced. "Be quiet!" Jeanne was still for a moment, then she uttered those little hm! hm! hms! which are always the prelude to tears in a spoilt child. And the complaining voice went on: "You do not love me at all! Hm! Hm! For pity's sake let us talk a little! Hm! Hm! Hm!"
On this unfortunate occasion there were no less than thirteen men killed belonging to HMS Penelope, besides Mr Fletcher and Mr H.M. Gillham, master's assistant, who afterwards died of his wounds; while Captain Lyster, Commander Hillyar, Lieutenant Corbett, and First Lieutenant of Marines J.W.C. Williams were wounded severely, together with fifty-seven men of the Penelope and two of the Teazer, most of them also very severely wounded.
He was diligent and successful in his studies, and was beloved by all his companions. In 1844 he joined HMS Collingwood as a naval cadet, and in her proceeded to the Pacific station. Here he spent four years, gaining from his messmates the same warm regard he had won from his schoolfellows. Ready for the performance of every duty, he was the leader among his companions on all occasions.
"Besides, Master Charles," he urged, when he had once more been restored to his usual equanimity; "besides, you must remember that nearly in the same parts, and about the same time in the beginning of the month of August, 1848 the sea sarpint, as people who have never seen it are so fond of joking of, was seen by the captain and crew of HMS Daedalus and the event was put down in the ship's log, and reported officially to the Admiralty.
Most fortunately HMS Powerful, then at Durban, was armed with 4.7-inch guns of as great range as any of the "Long Toms" of the assailants.
Breathless, I clambered on board, a smart blue-jacket with "HMS Blazer" printed in gold letters on the ribbon of his straw hat, handing me the sidelines of the accommodation ladder, which reached far enough down for me to step on to it from the gunwale of the sampan; and when the lieutenant in command of the gunboat, a handsome fellow like Mr Mackay, addressed me, I could not at first speak from emotion.
The previous day, HMS Conway, Alligator, and Wellesley, with a troopship and two transports, arrived in Chusan harbour. The ships took up position opposite a large Joss House or Temple. Sir Gordon Bremer was in command of our force. In the evening a deputation was sent on shore, calling upon the governor to surrender the town of Chusan and avoid unnecessary bloodshed.
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