by John Marshall

“ It was about this period that the Alexander’s officers resolved to make their distressing situation known to Admiral Villaret de Joyeuse, who commanded the French naval forces at Brest, and to request his interference with the government in their behalf. Accordingly a memorial, drawn up by Lieutenant Carter, and bearing their respective signatures, was forwarded to that officer, whose reply thereto, and their subsequent removal to Quimper on parole, are presumptive proofs that he as an individual ought not to be charged with having contributed to their sufferings [2] . ”

“ Lieutenant Carter continued in the Galatea, and shared in a series of active services under the command of Captain Keats, and his successor, Captain Byng, now Viscount Torrington, until promoted to the rank of Commander, May 15, 1800; on which occasion he was appointed to the Adventure, a 44-gun ship, armed en flute, and attached to the armament then about to sail from Cork for the purpose of making a diversion on the enemies’ coasts, and of ultimately joining the grand expedition destined against the French army in Egypt. ”

“ Captain Carter married Sophia Holmes, youngest daughter of that excellent officer, the late Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, G.C.B., under whom he had so bravely fought at the commencement of the French revolutionary war. By that lady he has issue six sons and two daughters, the whole of whom are under age.
↑ “Officers and men shared the same lot; they were denied the commonest rations of provisions, and reduced to starvation. A wretched dog that had crept into the cells was kitted, and his head alone sold for a dollar, to satisfy the cravings of nature. ”