by John Marshall

“ At four p.m., finding night fast closing in, and the weather very unpromising, and seeing no prospect of saving our own lives, but by surrendering ourselves to the enemy, we cut our cable, and made sail for the Helder, beating for the space of nearly 3 or 4 miles over the flats, after which we succeeded in getting round the point, where we struck to the Dutch fleet, under the command of Vice-Admiral De Winter. ”

“ The Grasshopper sailed from Wingo Sound, Gottenburg, Dec. 18, 1811, in company with the Hero 74, Egeria sloop, Prince William armed ship, fifteen sail of transports, and a fleet of merchantmen. The weather, from the day of her sailing, was dark, cloudy, and extremely boisterous, accompanied with snow storms. The Egeria and Prince William parted company about the 20th or 21st, with the trade for the Humber and Scotland. ”

“ His declining health obliged him to solicit, from the late Czar, the permission of visiting some foreign watering places; but every attempt of art to prolong life proved vain, and after a painful and protracted illness, he expired at Warsaw, aged 72, leaving behind him five sons, three of whom are in the Russian service, and one a clergyman in England. ”