captain of her seeing me, asked me if I should
like to join his ship; and he told me the difference
there would be in my pay, which
would be nine shillings per month; for my
pay in the "North Star " as quarter-master
was one pound, seventeen shillings, per month,
and in the "Princess Charlotte" my wages
would be two pounds, six shillings, per month;
and after considering, I told him that I would,
if my commanding officer would give me permission,
and he told me that he would settle
all that; and I went on board, and I told my
commanding officer of it. He told me that he
should be very sorry to lose me, but if I could
better myself, he would not wish to hinder
me from it; and accordingly I was exchanged
from the "North Star" to the "Princess
Charlotte;" and I joined the "Princess Charlotte"
on the 22nd day of February 1837. But
before I left the " North Star," a circumstance
occurred to me which I am obliged to mention.

One of my shipmates, that came out of
the "Castor" along with me, got married,
and he lived at Gosport; and he asked
me to come over with him, one night,
before I left the ship, to spend the evening
with him and his wile, and I agreed; and,
enjoying ourselves till it was too late for me
to go on board, I was obliged to get a bed
somewhere for the night; and my shipmate's
wife took me to a widow woman, who let
beds. What was my surprise when I found this
woman to be the widow of my old shipmate,
Ellis, our butcher in the "Castor" frigate? All
my promises that I made to him came fresh
in my mind; and after paying her for my
bed, I gave her half the money that I had in
my pocket, which was no great deal; and
when I left the "North Star" I took my
chest and things to her house, and she washed
my clothes for me, whilst we were fitting out;
for my wife lived round at Chatham; and
after the "Princess Charlotte" was ready for
sea, we sailed from Spithead on the 3rd day
of July; and we were bound up the Mediterranean,
to relieve the "Caledonia;" and we
relieved her on the 2nd day of August. We
kept cruising about at sea, for we could not go
into Malta, for it was very sickly. We arrived
at Malta the latter part of October; and I had
not been there long, when I received a letter
from Chatham, acquainting me of my wife's
death; she died the same day that I sailed
from Spithead, after being bad only twenty-
four hours. We lay in Malta all the winter;
and the latter part of January 1838 I was
taken very bad; and I was obliged to be
invalided on the 14th day of February,
from Malta hospital. As soon as I was
able to be moved, I was sent home in
the "Portland" frigate; and she took me and
some more invalids as far as the Rock of
Gibraltar, where we were sent on board of the
"Bellerophon," and she took us to Portsmouth;
and we arrived at Spithead on the
8th day of April. And from her I was sent on
board of the flag-ship, and from, there I was
discharged. And after I got my pay from the
"Princess Charlotte," I went up to London,
to pass the Board of Admiralty, for my
pension; but all that they gave me was seventeen
pounds, four shillings, per annum. And
from there I went to Chatham, to see my late
wife's family; but I found that they had made
away with everything that belonged to me.
And when I found how things were, I came
back again to Gosport, with a full intent to
fulfil my oath, that I swore to Henry Ellis,
when he was dying. And accordingly I told
Ellis's widow all that had happened between
me and her late husband; and I told her that
I would do anything in my power for her and
her children; and that, if she was a mind to
wait till my last wife had been dead a twelve-
month, I would marry her; and, after a little
consideration, she consented. And we were
married on the 26th day of July, 1838, in
Stoke Church. And I staid at home till
April, 1839, when the "Powerful," eighty-four,
was lying at Spithead; and I heard that
she wanted a good many men. I went on
board of her and got shipped as able seaman;
and I joined her the 9th day of April;
and we went from Spithead to Plymouth
Sound, and from there to the Cove of
Cork, where we got a good many men. And
on the 4th of June we sailed from the Cove
of Cork for the Mediterranean; and we arrived
at Malta the 1st of July, and from there we
were ordered to go to Majorca Bay to join
the fleet; and shortly after we were at sea
from Malta, I was made captain of the after-
guard, and I kept that situation all the time
that I was in the ship. We staid along with
the fleet till the beginning of September, when
we were ordered to go to Smyrna; and from
Smyrna we came down to Wolla Bay, where
the fleet was going to winter. We staid along
with the fleet till the beginning of April,
1840, when we were ordered to go to Beyrout
and the Coast of Syria; and there we stopped
till the fleet joined us. And our captain being
made commander, we were the second in command,
and there we stopped blockading
Beyrout till the 10th of September, when we
made a landing, and encamped our troops on
shore. But the climate and the weather
being very bad, we had a good many people
who died, and I, myself, in the beginning of
October, was taken very bad, and was sent
down, with some more, to Malta Hospital, in
the "Hastings," seventy-four, which had been
on shore somewhere along the coast. But
before I left the "Powerful " I was invalided,
on the 14th day of October; and we arrived
at Malta on the 4th day of November, the
same day that Jean d'Acre was taken. I
stayed in Malta Hospital till the "Phoenix"
steamer came down from Beyrout and Jean
d'Acre, with despatches for England concerning
the action; and all of them that was able
to go, were sent on board of her, and I was
sent, for one. And we arrived in Plymouth
Sound the 29th day of November, and, thanks