Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-07

sea-Aneodotsa OF the Captaln-His Literary
Career.
London letter to the Boston bduutiser
says
Cant. Marryat retaIus bls hold upon tho
FnVllsh vonth- Every bnv between taseiVe
and eighteen reads TPeteT simpie.W tJacob
Faithful. " UJanbet in genrch az MS Father. y
"Bnarley Vow" and The rest Of tho TaitlinR
books Of the saIlor novelist. The bookataiia
In the Rtreets at the railway atAtlonN IN
country fairs, swarm with CHEAP editions. and
scarcely a shin goes 10 sea without a Marryat
or two on board. Yet. strange 10 saw. until
this week we have not had a life Of him. The
present generation hardly knows anythlar Of
his career.
Perhaps aome Of them think he was A 'tcap-
tain In the volunteers" How delighted they
will be TO tind from his daughters book that
after constantly running away at school he
went lnto the navy, boarded ships In grim
war, stormed batteries, took prizes. aud was
himself the actor In the gallant Incidents
which in his novels he ascribes to fictltlons
personages Marryal WA no fresh-watcr
sailor or amateur captain. lie was an un.
nInchinR leader in battle and was 80 self
denying that he received no less than twenty
seven officlal reoognltions from the Royal
Humane Society for hls exertions In trying
TO save tho lives Of others.
Capt Marryat was one Of fifteen sons and
daughters, Of whom ten attained maturity
and several entered tho lists Of literature. |
His schoOlmaster was heard on more than
one occasion to declare that he and the late |
M, Babbage (whO was at the same school |
with HIND could never come to any good or |
be otherwise than ounces. In his midshlp- |
men days there was no species OF tyranny 10 |
which the youngsters were not compelled TO |
submit but now that classes are Organized
on board ship and q general supervision kept
over the pupils, many abuses then prevalent
! hFg.tN %
the cooked hat and shoestrlngs. Marryat SUI
iered In this way but took a noble revenge
by saving tho life OF his worst prosecutor.
| When on board his FIRST ship under Lord
| CochrAne, he was witness 10 more than Atty
engagements and once he was numbered
among the "kllled." One Of his prosecutors,
soelng Marryats supposed lifelcss corpse, cN-
claimed, ''Here's a young cock that has done
CroWingl Well, for q wonder, this chap has
cheated the gallows."
The sound OF the fellows detostcd voice
was enough, and MHrryat faintly exclaimed,
| You're . liar, the speech producing burt
Of laughter. Il was while under Marryats
command that the ship Beaver was employed
cruising round the Island OF 81. Helena TO
prevent any escape OF BOnaparte. On the
afternoon OF the day on which Napoleon died,
Captain MarryOt took the well known sketch
Of him In full profile, which was afterwards
engraved both In France aud England. 1t
representa- the dead Emperor lying on his
: camp bed with his hands crossed above the
! cruclhN upon bis breast. OF his part for two
: years In the Burmese war, few but gazette
details are known, though enough TO show
that during that period ho displayed to per.
, | lection the courage, energy and presence OF
! mind which were natural to him. As equerry
!. TO the late Duke Of Sussex, NarTyat saw a
= good deal Of royalty, Tut William " cut him,
: aud refused him hOnOrs because he had writ
. ten a book against the lmprcssmont Of sea
l 1t was the custom at the pavilion balls held
! by William ~, at Brighton, for their ma.
= jesties to receive their guests 10 au ante,
y chamber, where the ladies, having kissed the
Queens hand and been saluted In their turn
7 upon the check by the King, were generally
y engaged In q few words OF conversation
2 before they passed 10 the ballroom. Thesl
= entertainments were usually graced (says tn
q blOgrapher) by some Of the Fl FltzclRr
e ences. F--'s fayOrlte and elegant expires