asking them if they had not a second name. That about 30 men went in the first draft with him to the Chesapeake, when Captain Gordon mustered them; and that they were mustered again in Hampton roads by Commodore Barron!” The Court being of opinion that the charges preferred by Lord James Townshend were proved, adjudged the prisoner to suffer death, which sentence was carried into effect at the foreyard-arm of the Halifax, Aug. 31, 1807.
Lord James Townshend’s post commission bears date June 2, 1809; and we subsequently find him commanding the AEolus 32, in which frigate he encountered a violent hurricane while cruizing off New York, with a small squadron under his orders, Sept. 30, 1811[1]. In Feb. and Mar. 1813, he had the good fortune to capture six American ships, laden with cotton, logwood, rice, corn, molasses, &c.; and one neutral with a cargo of bread and flour. His Lordship married. May 8, 1813, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. P. Wallis, Government Cooper, at Halifax.
Agent.– John Chippendale, Esq.
THOMAS THRUSH, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]
Served as a Lieutenant of the Sans Pareil 80, under Lord Hugh Seymour; obtained the rank of Commander April 29, 1802; was appointed to the Avon sloop, in Sept. 1800; and made a Post-Captain June 8, 1809. He resigned his commission, Jan. 14, 1825, “on the ground of the unlawfulness of war.” His “Letter to the King,” published at that period, has been ably answered by Mr. William Anderson, Master Painter of H.M. Dock Yard, Portsmouth.
WILLIAM MOUNSEY, Esq.
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]
Fifth son of the late George Mounsey, of Carlisle, co.
