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CHATHAM, Oct 31.

Last night the Princess Louisa, and the Centaur of 74 Guns, lately taken by Admiral BOSCAWEN, came up to Blackstakes. Capt. AFFLECK is appointed to the Command of the Princess Louisa.

Source: Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer, Tuesday, October 30, 1759; Issue 2125.

His Majesty's ship Squirrel, of twenty guns, now sitting out for sea at Chatham, is put into commission, and the command of her given to Capt. BOTTEREL.

Source: London Evening Post, Saturday, August 8, 1767; Issue 6205.

MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Mr. Charles BREWER to be Purser of the Suffolk, of 74 guns, now repairing in Chatham dock-yard, and in ordinary at the port, in room of Mr. Thomas TURNER, deceased. Their Lordships have also been pleased to appoint Mr. John MASON to be Purser of the Scipio, of 64 guns, in ordinary at Chatham, in the room of Mr. John WALLACE, appointed to the Terncraire, of 98 guns, ordered to be built in that dock-yard.

Source: Public Advertiser ( London, England ), Friday, December 9, 1791; Issue 17918.

Thursday morning was executed at Pennenden Heath, pursuant to his sentence, at Maidstone Assizes, John STAMFORD, for the wilful murder of Mr. BUCHANAN, late a Midshipman on board the Leopard, by stabbing him in the back with a pike, of which wound the unfortunate gentleman languished five days in the most extreme torture, and then died. STAMFORD appeared to be about forty-five years of age, and behaved in a manner becoming his situation.

Source: Bell's Weekly Messenger ( London, England ), Sunday, August 6, 1797; Issue 67.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

Thursday the assizes at Maidstone concluded, when Mr. DAWSON, the commander of a gun-vessel, was found guilty of the murder of Mr. MILLER, the commander of another gun-vessel, by stabbing him in the breast as he was going into the boat at Sheerness. - He was left for execution.

Source: Bell's Weekly Messenger ( London, England ), Sunday, July 29, 1798; Issue 118.

DIED

Lately, off the coast of Catalonia, in his 22d year, Lieut. G. SANDYS, of his Majesty's ship Bustard, third son of B. H. SANDYS, Esq., late of Kingston, Kent: his death was occasioned by falling overboard in a gale of wind.

Source: Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, December 19, 1812; Issue 3112.

KENT ASSIZES – MAIDSTONE, FRIDAY, MARCH 27 –

Nicholas ROBILLARD and J. ARQUINBAU, two young midshipmen, were charged on two indictments, for shooting at two of the inhabitants of Deal, with the intent to murder, etc. This was arose out of a contest with some smugglers, to watch and prevent whose practices Messrs. ROBBILARD and ARQUINBAU were stationed by their commander, Captain McCULLOCH, of the Severn. The particulars were stated some time since. They were acquitted on both indictments.

Source: Morning Chronicle, Monday, March 30, 1818, Issue 15260. [SDY]

THE LAST OF NELSON'S CREW

A veteran sailor named John GROOMBRIDGE, above one hundred years of age, and said to be the last survivor of Lord Nelson's crew at Copenhagen, made a call a few days ago upon some of his old Kentish friends. It appears that he was born at YALDING, was apprenticed at CHATHAM to a Quaker named WHITE, and was married at twenty years of age; but on the day of his wedding was seized by a pressgang and hurried off to HULL, whence he was sent to sea, and remained in the service through the long succeeding wars, commencing with that against the revolted American colonies, now the United States. Among the engagements in which he took part was one against the now historical privateer, or rather buccaner, Paul JONES. Subsequently he served under NELSON both at Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and has sailed with our present Baltic and Black Sea admirals, NAPIER and DUNDAS, when the former was a boy lieutenant. He is now an inpensioner of GREENWICH HOSPITAL, the oldest on the college books, and is, he says, the sole survivor of the crew sailing in the Victory when Nelson met his death wound. He retains a perfect command of all his faculties. He adds that he never saw his wife after the day that he was torn from her, fresh from the nuptial rites at church, by the ruthless pressgang, but that she lived some fifty years afterwards, and that he learnt the particulars of her death shortly after it happened, some thirty ago. - Kentish Mercury

Source: Daily News ( London, England ), Saturday, May 6, 1854; Issue 2484

NAVAL OFFICER'S SENTENCE

At a naval Court-martial at Chatham yesterday LIEUTENANT ARTHUR HOWARD ASHWORTH, of H. M. S. Royal Arthur ( for submarine K.5. ), was charged with attempting to smuggle 2 lbs. of tobacco at Torquay, with improperly ordering an officer's steward to land the tobacco, and with making misleading statements in a letter to the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. Lieutenant ASHWORTH said that the parcel he intended the steward to take was one containing pictures, which he was sending to a friend. The Court found the charges proved and taking into consideration the accused officer's good character sentenced him to be dismissed his ship and to be severely reprimanded.

Source: The Times, Thursday, Dec 02, 1920; pg. 11; Issue; 42583; col C.

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