Show A BRITISH TAB TAR win val c on bridge benches reaches ills last moorings tomorrow to ro morrow the funeral services will be held in salt lake city over the remains of a romantic character it is william falconbridge a centenarian te I who breathed lib his last in the ward of salt lake city on oil thursday eveni evening ag he ile was born october 1780 at fritchley Fritch lcy derbyshire Englan dand was conse consequently turned years of age the dese despret it alit MW gives es the following interesting g glimpses impsen from the eventful life of the deceased when a young lad ad he lie was apprenticed to ft a stocking ng maker in or near his native to town wn ilia his employer PO aroused the indignation of the lw ignorant populace by introducing machinery into his trade and a furious mob demolished his premises after this event the same man ma n bound hh his apprentice hand and foot and sold him to alie english naval press gang which in early times was used to force men into the kings service ho ile was taken on board the salvadora Sah adora of lord coch ranes fleet and served ns as cabin boy during a protracted cruise on tile coast ofsha of spain i in he was transferred from that vessel to one of the ships composing the fleet of odthe the famous f amous lord nelson and fought under him at the battle of trafalgar being one of those to whom the historic words england expects this day that every man will do hig his duty were directed subsequently while the fleet lay at plymouth brother falconbridge saw the great napoleon as a p prisoner prisoner dfwar of war when about to be conveyed to st helena pacing the deck of the returning to england brother Falc falconbridge joined the regiment of infantry where in the same regiment he found liis his father fat lier from whom lie had been separated many years a very rom romantic antic circumstance cum stance ho ire embraced the tile go gospel apel and came to this country about twenty years ago and has always faithfully adhered to the faith lio lie espoused like english sailors generally he was ofa of a livov lively jolly disposition and had bad n heart aheart flowing overy with kindly sampat sympathies hies |