The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-18 00:00:00

A TRAFALGAR HERO.

John Fea, one of the few remaining Trafalgar
heroes, died on Sunday evening, at the venerable age
of 95. He was born in Orkney, and was great-
grandson of John Fea, of Clestran, who was an ex-
tensive landed proprietor. His great-grand-uncle,
also of the Orkneys, captured the notable pirate
Gow, an account of whom maybe seen in Peterkin's
Notes. The property belonging to his great grand-
father having been lost in his father's minority, be
was brought up in childhood by the Trails of Ork-
ney. When a boy of eight years he fled from the roof
of his guardians, and embarked on board a merchant-
man. Having served an. apprenticeship in the
merchantman, he was pressed as an ablebodied
seaman in the naval service during the Peninsular
war. He served under Nelson at the battle of Tra-
falgar on board the Indefatigable, commanded by
Captain Graham Moore, brother of Sir John Moore,
the hero of Corunna. Fea had the good fortune to
come out of that fiery ordeal unscathed. He was also
at the taking of three Spanish galleons laden with
gold and silver. Ono of the three having been
blown up during the engagement, the remaining
two were taken as prizes to England. Having been
pressed against his will, and not liking the service,
Fea embraced the first opportunity to desert. The
consequence of this step was that ha lost all partici-
pation in the prize-money, which was c:)nsiderabk,
was debarred from applying for a pension, and pre-
cluded from enjoying so much as the honors of wear-
ing a medal, which he would otherwise have done.
While he was in the merchant service he had the
misfortune to be wrecked on the coast of Guinea.
During all his voyages (and some of his cruises ex-
tended over a period of five years) he never had the
ill-luck to receive a single mishap, save that once,
during a storm, while aloft, he was struck on the
foot by a yard-arm, which left a mark through life.
Quitting the seafaring life, he entered the employ-
ment of the Forth and Clyde Canal Company, in
whose service he a mtinued 48 years, during which
time he proved himself a faithful servant—Falkirk,
Herald.

THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—A meeting, con-
y-red by the Mayor, was held in the committee-room of the
Town Hall yesterday at noon, to consider the desirability of
the erection of a suitable memorial of his late Royal High-
ness the Prince Consort. A committee was appointed to
consider the most suitable form of memorial, and to report
to an adjourned meeting. The general opinion of the
meeting appeared to be in favour of a statue.—Birmingham
paper.

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