OBITUARY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVII, Issue 1288, 17 January 1860, Page 4

OBITUARY.

Captain Vansittartf K.N£ C.Bi, commander of her M»ie.ty'« ihip M^oietine, died on the 17th July off Kintang orl^k'bngVhejfc'Ningpo, from' the' effects of the wound by which he loii hi* leg in the engagement in the Peiho river *ori the 25th .June, *^gr*T*ted by fever 'and ague arising from "exposure in the swamp on that oooarion. Captain Vansittart entered the' navy in 1832, joined- the Cottitrollii in 1841 under Admiral Sir William Parker ; terved in the operation! against Tsekee: Chapoo, and Woosung, for winch he. was promoted to the' rank of lieutenant in December, 1812. As flag-lieutenant he accompanied Sir ' Thomas Cochranes expedition in the Bruni river, and' shortly after was engaged as aide-decamp to Captain Rodney Mundy in the arduous pursuit of the Sultan of Brunt. For his conduct on that occasion and other services he was promoted'tothe rank of commander in January, 1847. Soon after he commissioned the Frolic, 16, and was on the Mediterranean' station until 1849, when she was paid off. He obtained his commission as captain in 1854. In the following year he commissioned the Magicienne, and was most actively in the Baltic, where he distinguished himself on many occasions in the destruction of forts, and had command of a division of gun and mortar boats at the bombardment of Sweaborg. For this service he was made a Companion of the Bath. After the war he proceeded in the Magicienne first to the Black Sea/ then to the Pacific, and afterwards to China. He did good service in command of a squadron acting against pirate* in Hongkong, in September and October last, destroying 150 junks and fast boats, and killing and capturing 458 pirates ; and off Amoy, in October, he destroyed 60 pirate junks and row-boats. The Magicienne was then appointed to tho special service of the British Minister in China, and left Shanghae on the 15th June with the Hon. F. Bruce and suite for the entrance "to the Peiho, on their way to Pekin, to exchange the ratified treaty. The funeral took place at Shanghai in the evening of the 18th July, and was attended by the Ministers of England and France, the foreign Consuls, tk large number of the foreign residents at Shanghai, and nearly 500 men from the ships of war in harbour. Commander Frederic White, K.N., died on the 10th ult. He entered the navy in 1805, and served in the Africa at the battle of Tiafalgar, where he was wounded. He returned to England in 1806, but soon after- f wards joined the Orestes, and was present at Lord Gambier's attack upon Copenhagen in 1807. He served in the Milford, Oossack, and Lavina, on the coast of Spain, and at the defence of Cadiz, and became a Lieutenant in 1812. In 1814 he joined the Einaldo, in which vessel he escorted the Allied Sovereigns to England, and then proceeded to the West Indies. In 1843 he was appointed to the Ocean, 80, guardship at Sheemess, from which he was promoted commander. He enjoyed a pension for wounds received in the service, and the Greenwich Hospital out pension. He had received a medal, and was gazetted in 1805, for his valuable services. I[ , . Q