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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
fN the battle of the Nile , Captain Westcott , late of the Majestic . ~— ' Dulct et decorum est pro palria mori , ' The least tribute a grateful nation can pay to the manes of departed merit , is to consecrate tb . 4 memory of real worth , and hand it down to posterity
for the imitation of such as may be excited hy the same ardent zeal to the commission of great and noble actions . The subject of our present memoir finished his career in ' the discharge of his duty , on an occasion too , the fate of which involved the future welfare of Europe .
The parents of our hero lived at Honiton , in Devonshire , where his mother and sister survive his . loss . Kis father was a baker in that town : and being led by his profession fo a connection with the millers , young Westcott used frequently to be sent to the mill : it happened in one of his visits ,
that by the accidental breaking of a rope , the machine was disordered ; and neither the owner nor his men being equal to the task of repairing it , Westcott offered to use his skill in splicing it , although attended with danger and'difficulty . The miller complied , and the job was . executed with such nicety , that
he told him , ' he was 6 t for a sailor , since he could splice so well ; ' ' and if lie ever should have an inclination to go to sea , he would get him a birth . ' Accordingly , an opportunity presented itself , of which the lad accepted ; and lie . began his naval career in the humble capacity of a cabbin-boy : a situation , the most common in the ship , and not much calculated to afford vent to the
expansion of genius . But he contrived to exercise his abilities to such good purposes , and discovered such an acuteness of understanding , that he was , in a veryshort time , introduced among the midshipmen , in which rank hisbehaviour was so conciliating and prudent , that further advancement followed . Since
that time he became so signally conspicuous , both for his skill and bravery , that he gradually or rather hastily continued to be promoted , until he reached Vul . XI . ' '
that honourable station , in which he lost his life . Had he survived the battle , his seniority of appointment would have gained him an Admiral ' s flag : but , alas ! human expectations end in the grave 1 Such was the esteem in which the inhabitants of Honiton held him and
his family , that their affection appeared on the arrival of the account of his death . The feelings of humanity for the loss of a valuable man , and a sympathetic regard for those by whom that loss was so severely felt , checked in some degree the grateful sensations of joy at an event , which deprived them
of their deserving friend , but afforded a most important victory . An illumination , and other demonstrations of joy , were suppressed on the occasion , which proves not only the high esteem in which Captain Wescott was held in his native town , but the sincerity of those' who lamented his death , Ca ' pt .-lieut . Taddy , killed on board the Vanguard , resided at Exeter from his infancy till he went into his Majesty's
service as Lieut , in the Plymouth division of marines , in which he ' had now been twenty years . He served on board Admiral Rodney ' s ship on the glorious izth of April , 17 S 2 ; was onboard the Crescent when captured last war , and retained a prisoner in France . He was one of the first officers sent out
' to guard the convicts at Botany-bay , where he was absent five years . Since which , he served a long while on board the Cerberus frigate , Capt . Drew ; afterwards under Admiral Cornwailis , at Ouiberon-bay ; and died fighting gloriously in his country's cause , under the brave Admiral Nelsonin whose
, ship he commanded the corps of marines . He married a daughter of the late Mr . Joseph Johnson , of Exeter , insurancebroker , whom he has now left a widow , with three children unprovided for , to lament his loss . He was a brave and worthy man , an affectionate husband and father , and an excellent officer .
One of his sons ' , though only twtl ' ve ' years old , was with his father when killedj and had before been serving A a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
fN the battle of the Nile , Captain Westcott , late of the Majestic . ~— ' Dulct et decorum est pro palria mori , ' The least tribute a grateful nation can pay to the manes of departed merit , is to consecrate tb . 4 memory of real worth , and hand it down to posterity
for the imitation of such as may be excited hy the same ardent zeal to the commission of great and noble actions . The subject of our present memoir finished his career in ' the discharge of his duty , on an occasion too , the fate of which involved the future welfare of Europe .
The parents of our hero lived at Honiton , in Devonshire , where his mother and sister survive his . loss . Kis father was a baker in that town : and being led by his profession fo a connection with the millers , young Westcott used frequently to be sent to the mill : it happened in one of his visits ,
that by the accidental breaking of a rope , the machine was disordered ; and neither the owner nor his men being equal to the task of repairing it , Westcott offered to use his skill in splicing it , although attended with danger and'difficulty . The miller complied , and the job was . executed with such nicety , that
he told him , ' he was 6 t for a sailor , since he could splice so well ; ' ' and if lie ever should have an inclination to go to sea , he would get him a birth . ' Accordingly , an opportunity presented itself , of which the lad accepted ; and lie . began his naval career in the humble capacity of a cabbin-boy : a situation , the most common in the ship , and not much calculated to afford vent to the
expansion of genius . But he contrived to exercise his abilities to such good purposes , and discovered such an acuteness of understanding , that he was , in a veryshort time , introduced among the midshipmen , in which rank hisbehaviour was so conciliating and prudent , that further advancement followed . Since
that time he became so signally conspicuous , both for his skill and bravery , that he gradually or rather hastily continued to be promoted , until he reached Vul . XI . ' '
that honourable station , in which he lost his life . Had he survived the battle , his seniority of appointment would have gained him an Admiral ' s flag : but , alas ! human expectations end in the grave 1 Such was the esteem in which the inhabitants of Honiton held him and
his family , that their affection appeared on the arrival of the account of his death . The feelings of humanity for the loss of a valuable man , and a sympathetic regard for those by whom that loss was so severely felt , checked in some degree the grateful sensations of joy at an event , which deprived them
of their deserving friend , but afforded a most important victory . An illumination , and other demonstrations of joy , were suppressed on the occasion , which proves not only the high esteem in which Captain Wescott was held in his native town , but the sincerity of those' who lamented his death , Ca ' pt .-lieut . Taddy , killed on board the Vanguard , resided at Exeter from his infancy till he went into his Majesty's
service as Lieut , in the Plymouth division of marines , in which he ' had now been twenty years . He served on board Admiral Rodney ' s ship on the glorious izth of April , 17 S 2 ; was onboard the Crescent when captured last war , and retained a prisoner in France . He was one of the first officers sent out
' to guard the convicts at Botany-bay , where he was absent five years . Since which , he served a long while on board the Cerberus frigate , Capt . Drew ; afterwards under Admiral Cornwailis , at Ouiberon-bay ; and died fighting gloriously in his country's cause , under the brave Admiral Nelsonin whose
, ship he commanded the corps of marines . He married a daughter of the late Mr . Joseph Johnson , of Exeter , insurancebroker , whom he has now left a widow , with three children unprovided for , to lament his loss . He was a brave and worthy man , an affectionate husband and father , and an excellent officer .
One of his sons ' , though only twtl ' ve ' years old , was with his father when killedj and had before been serving A a