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occasions in the AA ' est Indies . He ivas promoted from this vessel for his conduct in the splendid and hard-fought action between this vessel ancl the French frigate Pique , in 1795 , and afterwards commanded this frigate at the attack on the Dutch colonies of Demerara , Berbiee , & c . in 179 G . In this frigate he also assisted in capturing the Seine , in 1798 ; and , appointed to command that ship , he fought an action with , and captured the Vengeance . He received his post commission in 1795 , and
obtained his flag promotion , as rear-admiral , on the 4 th June , 1814 ; and , hoisting his flag on board the Impregnable , 104 , seconded the noble Exmouth in his attack on Algiers , when his ship was fairly riddled with shot . He became vice-admiral on the 27 th May , 1825 , and full admiral on the 23 d November , 1841 . The death of this hero took place on boarcl the Clarence ( steamer ) , in which vessel he was proceeding to Scotland , attended by his amiable lady ancl son , Captain Alexander Milne . Sir David AIilne was a very distinguished Scottish Mason , and Grand Master of the Knights Templar of Scotland .
March 19 . —Ihe late Captain JOSEPH CREW TULLIDGE , R . N . — This brave officer was one of the old school , and b y his own merit obtained the rank he held . He shared in the glories of the Nile and Copenhagen , and had assisted at the capture and destruction of upwards of forty sail of the line , besides frigates . AVe have received the following interesting Alasonic obituary : — " It has pleased the Alost High to remove from this transitory state of existence to ( we hope ) an ethereal mansionveiled from mortal eyes
, , where the world ' s great architect lives and reigns until time shall be no more , our esteemed brother , Joseph Crew Tullidge , a retired Post Captain , who died at his residence in East street , Melcombe Regis . He was introduced into masonry , and received his several degrees in the All Souls' Lodge , Weymouth , by the late highly-talented and accomplished Alason , the R . AV . P . G . M . AV . AVilliams , Esq ,, very many years ago , and continued a subscribing member thereto up to the year 1839 when he
, withdrew , being incapacitated to attend to its duties from the frequent attacks of gout and deafness , leaving however behind him a lasting memorial of his fraternal regard for the Craft in general , and his own mother Lodge in particular , by presenting the Lodge ( per medium of Bro . P AL AV . J . Hill ) with two very handsome carved mahogany chairs , for the use of the deacons . " It may not be uninteresting to the fraternity and friends of the
deceased to know , that the subject of this memoir entered into the navy as a bold volunteer in the year 1793 , where he soon became actively employed against the enemies of Old England , more particularl y in Admiral Hotham ' s engagements in the Mediterranean , at the siege of Bastia and Calvia , ancl the evacuations of Toulon . In 1797 he served under the famed Sir John Jervis in the memorable action off Cape St . Vincent . In 1798 be joined the Murine , under the command of the
intrepid Admiral ( then Captain ) SirT . AL Hardy ( to perpetuate whose glorious achievements a monument is now being erected upon Blagdon , in the parish of Portisham , near the birth-place of our lamented brother ) , and was attached to the squadron at that time under the command of the immortal Nelson , who was then anxiously searching the Alediterranean for the French fleet , when the British were placed in a very critical position , owing to the strong winds which prevailed at that time , so that they could not get round the south-west extremity of Sicily ;
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occasions in the AA ' est Indies . He ivas promoted from this vessel for his conduct in the splendid and hard-fought action between this vessel ancl the French frigate Pique , in 1795 , and afterwards commanded this frigate at the attack on the Dutch colonies of Demerara , Berbiee , & c . in 179 G . In this frigate he also assisted in capturing the Seine , in 1798 ; and , appointed to command that ship , he fought an action with , and captured the Vengeance . He received his post commission in 1795 , and
obtained his flag promotion , as rear-admiral , on the 4 th June , 1814 ; and , hoisting his flag on board the Impregnable , 104 , seconded the noble Exmouth in his attack on Algiers , when his ship was fairly riddled with shot . He became vice-admiral on the 27 th May , 1825 , and full admiral on the 23 d November , 1841 . The death of this hero took place on boarcl the Clarence ( steamer ) , in which vessel he was proceeding to Scotland , attended by his amiable lady ancl son , Captain Alexander Milne . Sir David AIilne was a very distinguished Scottish Mason , and Grand Master of the Knights Templar of Scotland .
March 19 . —Ihe late Captain JOSEPH CREW TULLIDGE , R . N . — This brave officer was one of the old school , and b y his own merit obtained the rank he held . He shared in the glories of the Nile and Copenhagen , and had assisted at the capture and destruction of upwards of forty sail of the line , besides frigates . AVe have received the following interesting Alasonic obituary : — " It has pleased the Alost High to remove from this transitory state of existence to ( we hope ) an ethereal mansionveiled from mortal eyes
, , where the world ' s great architect lives and reigns until time shall be no more , our esteemed brother , Joseph Crew Tullidge , a retired Post Captain , who died at his residence in East street , Melcombe Regis . He was introduced into masonry , and received his several degrees in the All Souls' Lodge , Weymouth , by the late highly-talented and accomplished Alason , the R . AV . P . G . M . AV . AVilliams , Esq ,, very many years ago , and continued a subscribing member thereto up to the year 1839 when he
, withdrew , being incapacitated to attend to its duties from the frequent attacks of gout and deafness , leaving however behind him a lasting memorial of his fraternal regard for the Craft in general , and his own mother Lodge in particular , by presenting the Lodge ( per medium of Bro . P AL AV . J . Hill ) with two very handsome carved mahogany chairs , for the use of the deacons . " It may not be uninteresting to the fraternity and friends of the
deceased to know , that the subject of this memoir entered into the navy as a bold volunteer in the year 1793 , where he soon became actively employed against the enemies of Old England , more particularl y in Admiral Hotham ' s engagements in the Mediterranean , at the siege of Bastia and Calvia , ancl the evacuations of Toulon . In 1797 he served under the famed Sir John Jervis in the memorable action off Cape St . Vincent . In 1798 be joined the Murine , under the command of the
intrepid Admiral ( then Captain ) SirT . AL Hardy ( to perpetuate whose glorious achievements a monument is now being erected upon Blagdon , in the parish of Portisham , near the birth-place of our lamented brother ) , and was attached to the squadron at that time under the command of the immortal Nelson , who was then anxiously searching the Alediterranean for the French fleet , when the British were placed in a very critical position , owing to the strong winds which prevailed at that time , so that they could not get round the south-west extremity of Sicily ;