On one occasion the frigate was going from Portsmouth to Weymouth, when she was hailed by a boat which had come off from the shore.  The captain hove-to, and an old Scotch couple came up the side.  On the object of their visit being enquired, they stated that they had come all the way from Scotland to look for their son, who was on board a man-of-war; and that they had been at Portsmouth, and had searched for him in vain at a number of other seaports.