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194 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1802.doing all in her power to comfort them, distributingwhat spare clothes were on boardamongst the many men, who were almost naked.The Lioness made for the scene of the wreck,which she reached about half-past two in theafternoon, and picked up about forty-five menwho had managed to cling to the still standingmast of the Birkenhead. The Lioness, as well asthe Hadamanthus, took the rescued remnant toSimon's Town.The appalling circumstances of the wreck werementioned in a general order, dated Blinkwater,March llth, in which itwas stated that CaptainWright himself merited every encomium ; thattrue valour was never better exemplified onsimilar awful occasions ;and the bravery andgallant and soldier-like conduct with which themen had met their fate would be reported tohis Grace the commander-in-chief.In the monumenterected at Chelsea Hospital, by commandof her Majesty, Queen Victoria, recording theheroic constancy and unbroken discipline shownon board the Birkenhead, and to preserve thememory of the officers, non-commissioned officers,and men who perished on that occasion, are thenames of Sergeant Butler, CorporalsWebber and