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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baldwin, Augustus

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​BALDWIN. (Captain, 1817. f-p.,20; h-p.,33.)
Augustus Baldwin entered the Navy, in May, 1794, on board the Trompeuse sloop, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, with whom he continued uninterruptedly and actively to serve, on the Home and Halifax stations, in the same vessel, and in the Garland 28 and Boston 32, of which latter frigate he was created a Lieutenant, 28 June, 1800, until Dec. 1804. He then joined the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flags, in succession, of Sir Robt. Calder, Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Edw. Thombrough, and Lord Gambler; and while in that ship was present in the action of 22 July, 1805, and also at the attack upon Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. Early in Jan. 1808, he became First of the Implacable 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, and, on 26 Aug. following, he highly distinguished himself, and was officially reported as being a most thoroughly deserving officer for his conduct, in a gallant engagement of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and shortly afterwards, with the assistance of the Centaur 74, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick; on which occasion the enemy sustained a total loss of 303 men, and the British, in both ships, of not more than 62. Mr. Baldwin, whose behaviour was rewarded with a Commander’s commission, dated 19 Sept. in the same year, did not however succeed in procuring further employment afloat until 7 Feb. 1812, when he was appointed to the Tyrian brig, in which he served in the Channel until posted, 1 Jan. 1817. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Baldwin married Augusta Mary Melissa, daughter of John Mills Jackson, Esq. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Balfour, Charles James

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​BALFOUR. (Commander, 1846.)
Charles James Balfour entered the Navy 16 Aug. 1829; passed his examination in 1834; and obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 12 July, 1838, to the Cornwallis 72, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Chas Paget, in North America and the West Indies – 3 April, 1839, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and Fred. Thos. Michell, employed for some time on the same, and then on the Home station – and 7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He rose to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxey, Edward

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​MAXEY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
Edward Maxey, born 5 Feb. 1790, is second son of the Rev. Lewis Maxey, of Byford Rectory, co. Hereford.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John Holloway, lying in the Downs; and in the following year joined the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station; where, on removing, after the capture of Capri and the siege of Gaeta, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he came into daily collision, either in that ship or her boats, with the enemy on the coast of Calabria. After serving for short periods in the Bergère sloop, Capt. Thos. Whinyates, Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym, and Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, he was received, about 1808, on board the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier. Continuing in that ship until 1 May, 1814, he assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna, co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, aided in fitting out a Spanish fleet at Friedland and in escorting it to Minorca, and visited the latitude of Greenland in pursuit of the American frigate President, Commodore Rodgers. He was promoted (having passed his examination in 1809) to the rank of Lieutenant while serving with the Duke of Clarence in the Royal Charlotte yacht, 27 May, 1814; and was next appointed, on the American, Home, and West India stations, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Nicholas Pateshall, Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, Désirée 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Active 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, and Royalist 18, Capt. Geo. Bennett Allen. He has been on half-pay since Oct. 1816.
Lieut. Maxey married, 2 Oct. 1829, Eliza, daughter of Joseph Edye, Esq., Alderman of the city of Bristol.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxwell, Francis

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​MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 1 5; h-p., 33.)
Francis Maxwell was born in Feb. 1789, at Bromyard, in Herefordshire.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as Clerk, on board the Redbridge schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Lempriere, in which vessel, stationed off Jersey, he continued employed until taken off Toulon by four French frigates, 4 Aug. 1803. In Sept. 1807, having succeeded after many hardships in effecting his escape from France, he was received as Midshipman on board the Escort gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Smith (2), on the Mediterranean station; where he was subsequently, for nearly three years, employed in the Ocean 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships of Admirals Lord Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle. Being nominated, 12 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Tuscan sloop, Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones, Mr. Maxwell, whose promotion was confirmed 26 Sept. following, served for some time in that vessel at the defence of Cadiz. In the following Dec. he removed to the Bustard 16, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong; and in the course of the next few months, while in command of the boats in shore, he had the good fortune to capture several of the enemy’s vessels. On one occasion he landed and intercepted a quantity of flour intended for the fortress of Barcelona. He remained in the Bustard, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until compelled by ill health to invalid, in Aug. 1812; and he was lastly, from 6 Aug. 1813 until June, 1814, employed on the Cork station in the Avon 18, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius. Sickness then again reduced him to the necessity of seeking half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxwell, William

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​MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 34; h-p., 3.)
William Maxwell entered the Navy, in May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Chas. Grant; and, on 15 of the following Nov., was present in an attack made on the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, as they lay aground under the protection of several strong batteries in the neighbourhood of La Hogue. In April, 1811, he became Midshipman of the Hannibal 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham; whom, in June, 1813, after a servitude of four months off Flushing in the Christian VII. 80, Capts. Thos. Browne and Henry Lidgbird Ball, he rejoined, on board the Bulwark 74, off Rochefort. Following the same officer into the Venerable 74, Mr. Maxwell, during the passage of that ship to the West Indies, assisted, when in company with the Cyane sloop, at the well-resisted capture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the French 44-gun frigates Iphigénie and Alcmène. He continued to serve on the station last mentioned in the Heron sloop, Capt. Geo. Luke, Venerable again, and Barrosa 42, Capts. Wm. McCulloch and John Maxwell, until the close of 1815; and then proceeded to the East Indies; where, with Capts. Andrew King and John Reynolds, he was for nearly two years employed, latterly as Master’s Mate and Acting-Master, in the Iphigenia 36, Conway 24, and Volage 22. At the end of 1817 he went back to the West Indies in the Sybille 44, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham; who, on 6 Nov. 1819, nominated him Lieutenant of the Ontario 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling. In the boats of that vessel Mr. Maxwell contributed to the capture of one, and the destruction of another, piratical schooner. Quitting her about the period of his official promotion, which took place 9 June, 1820, he was next, 23 May, 1823, appointed to the Camelion 10, Capts. Jas. Ryder Burton, Geo. Robt. Lambert, and Michael Seymour; under the first of whom, when in company with the Naiad frigate, he took part, 31 Jan. 1824, in a close and gallant action, which terminated in the boarding and capture, under the very batteries of Algiers, of the corvette Tripoli of 18 guns and 100 men. On 18 Aug. 1826, a few days after the Camelion (whose services had chiefly been of the class termed “Particular”) had been paid off, he received an appointment to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye; on the books of which he continued borne, as a Supernumerary, until 30 Dec. 1830. He has been in command, since 16 March, 1831, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/May, Philip William

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​MAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Philip William May entered the Navy In 1831; passed his examination 27 Sept. 1838; and, in 1842, after having gone through a course of study at the Royal Naval College, was successively appointed Mate of the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, and Agincourt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. While in the latter ship, on the East India station, we find him serving, 19 Aug. 1845, with the boats of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where the British encountered a desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded. He was rewarded for his conduct on the occasion by a commission bearing date the day of the occurrence; and continued attached to the Agincourt, in the capacity of Additional Lieutenant, until paid off in the summer of 1847.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/May, Charles Henry

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​MAY. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Charles Henry May entered the Navy 17 Aug. 1829; passed his examination 27 July, 1836; became Mate, in 1841, of the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, on the Mediterranean station; and was promoted, 7 March, 1843, to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been – 29 June, 1843, to the Eurydice 26, Capt. Geo. Elliot, under whom he was for about three years employed on the North America and West India station – and, 14 July, 1846, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, now in the Mediterranean. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/May, Christopher

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​MAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.)
Christopher May entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admirals Sir John Colpoys and Wm. Young. Removing, in June, 1809, to the Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. Sayer, John Sheridan, and Geo. Wastell Hooper, he accompanied, under the first named of those officers, the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren; assisted at the capture, in Feb. 1810, off Beachy Head, of La Modeste, French privateer, of 4 guns (pierced for 18) and 43 men; participated, 23 May following, when in company, near the Skawe, with the Alban and Princess of Wales cutters, in an engagement with seven Danish gun-vessels, one of which was blown up and the remainder dispersed, greatly damaged; and contributed, 2 Nov. in the same year, to the capture of the Admiral Neil Sieul, Danish privateer, pierced for 16 guns but with only 10 mounted, and a complement of 28 men. After a servitude of eight months, as Midshipman, in the Braave, prison-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Edw. Hawkins, Mr. May, in Sept. 1812, joined the Fairy 18, Capts. Edw. Grey and Henry Loraine Baker; in which vessel, after visiting the coast of Brazil, he partook of the various arduous operations on the river Potomac connected with the expedition of 1814 against the city of Alexandria; and was present, in 1815, at the surrender of Guadeloupe. He attained the rank he now holds 2 Nov. 1815; and since 12 July, 1836, has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxwell, George Berkeley

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​MAXWELL. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
George Berkeley Maxwell entered the Navy, 2 July, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, successive flagship of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark Milbanke at Portsmouth, where he remained until Oct. 1801. In Dec. 1804 he joined the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, on the Mediterranean station; and on 22 Sept. 1807 he was made Lieutenant into the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, lying at Spithead. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Oct. 1807, to the Astraea 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, in the West Indies; where, while under the temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he was wrecked on a coral reef off the island of Anagada 24 May, 1808 – 13 Feb. 1809, to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in the Baltic – and 4 May, 1810, and 11 Jan. 1813, to the San Josef 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, in the Mediterranean and Channel. He acquired the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814, but did not again go afloat until April, 1829; on 7 of which month we find him receiving an appointment to the Herald yacht. In that vessel, it appears, he conveyed Lady Heytesbury to St. Petersburg; Wm. Turner, Esq. (Envoy Extraordinary), to Carthagena; Lord Aylmer to Quebec; and Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt thence to England. Since his promotion to Post-rank 20 Nov. 1830, Capt. Maxwell has been on half-pay.
He married, 10 May, 1821, Laetitia, daughter of John Clerk, Esq., of Downham House, co. Gloucester, and by that lady has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maxwell, John Heron

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​MAXWELL, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 15; h-p., 11.)
Sir John Heron Maxwell, born 7 March, 1808, is third and eldest surviving son of Sir John Maxwell, Bart., of Springkell, Dumfriesshire, by Mary, only surviving child and heir of Patrick Heron, Esq., of Heron, in the Stewartry of Galloway, M.P., whose wife, Elizabeth, was the only daughter of the eighth Earl of Dundonald. He succeeded his elder brother, the late Sir Patrick Heron Maxwell, as sixth Baronet, 27th Aug. 1844.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1821; passed his examination in 1827; obtained his commission 17 Sept. 1828; and was subsequently appointed – 11 Jan. 1832, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, on the Cork station – 21 Oct. following, to the Britannia 120, Capt. Peter Bainier, employed off Lisbon, whence he returned in 1833 – 11 Dec. 1838, to the command of a station in the Coast Guard – and 17 Sept. 1842, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Pym, Admiral Superintendent at Devonport. Since the paying off of the latter ship, in 1845, Sir John has been on half-pay.
He married, 7 Nov. 1833, Caroline, sixth daughter of the Hon. Montgomery J. G. Stewart, and niece of the late Earl of Galloway, by whom he has issue a son and three daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/May, Augustus Charles

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​MAY. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Augustus Charles May passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 5 July, 1838, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget – 27 Oct. following, to the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett – 16 Feb. 1840, again as Additional, to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey – 25 Sept. 1840, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay – 2 March, 1841, to the command of the Skipjack schooner – 11 Jan. 1842, as First-Lieutenant, after an interval of half-pay, to his former ship the Thunder, still commanded by Capt. Barnett – 5 Dec. 1843, in a similar capacity, to the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane – and, 19 Nov. 1845, again as Senior, to the Alarm 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Granville Gower Loch. With the exception of the Larne, which formed part of the force on the coast of Africa, the above ships were all employed on the North America and West India station. Lieut. May has been on half-pay since April, 1847. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Business Men

CHAPTER FIVE
BUSINESS MEN
By Ch'ēn Tzŭ-ang [A. D. 656–698]
Business men boast of their skill and cunning
But in philosophy they are like little children.
Bragging to each other of successful depredations
They neglect to consider the ultimate fate of the body.
What should they know of the Master of Dark Truth
Who saw the wide world in a jade cup,
By illumined conception got clear of Heaven and Earth:
On the chariot of Mutation entered the Gate of Immutability?
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Ch'in Chia

CHIN CHIA
Ch'in Chia [first century A. D.] was summoned to take up an appointment at the capital at a time when his wife was ill and staying with her parents. He was therefore unable to say goodbye to her, and sent her three poems instead. This is the last of the three.
Solemn, solemn the coachman gets ready to go:
"Chiang, chiang" the harness bells ring. At break of dawn I must start on my long journey:
At cock-crow I must gird on my belt. I turn back and look at the empty room:
For a moment I almost think I see you there.
One parting, but ten thousand regrets:
As I take my seat, my heart is unquiet.
What shall I do to tell you all my thoughts?
How can I let you know of all my love?
Precious hairpins make the head to shine
And bright mirrors can reflect beauty.
Fragrant herbs banish evil smells
And the scholar's harp has a clear note.
The man in the Book of Odes who was given a quince
Wanted to pay it back with diamonds and rubies.
When I think of all the things you have done for me, How ashamed I am to have done so little for you!
Although I know that it is a poor return, All I can give you is this description of my feelings.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Cock-Crow Song

COCK-CROW SONG
Anon. [first century B. C.]
In the eastern quarter dawn breaks, the stars flicker pale. The morning cock at Ju-nan mounts the wall and crows. The songs are over, the clock run down, but still the feast is set. The moon grows dim and the stars are few; morning has come to the world. At a thousand gates and ten thousand doors the fish-shaped keys turn; Round the Palace and up by the Castle, the crows and magpies are flying.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Day Dreams

DAY DREAMS
By Tso Ssŭ [third century A. D.]
When I was young I played with a soft brush And was passionately devoted to reading all sorts of books.
In prose I made Chia I my standard:
In verse I imitated Ssŭ-ma Hsiang-ju. But then the arrows began singing at the frontier.
And a winged summons came flying to the City.
Although arms were not my profession,
I had once read Jang-Chü's war-book.
I shouted aloud and my cries rent the air:
I felt as though Tung Wu were already annihilated.
The scholar's knife cuts best at its first use
And my dreams hurried on to the completion of my plan.
I wanted at a stroke to clear the Yang-tze and Hsiang,
And at a glance to quell the Tibetans and Hu.
When my task was done, I should not accept a barony,
But refusing with a bow, retire to a cottage in the country.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Climbing the Ling Ying Terrace and looking North

CLIMBING THE LING YING TERRACE AND LOOKING NORTH
Mounting on high I begin to realize the smallness of Man's Domain; Gazing into distance I begin to know the vanity of the Carnal World. I turn my head and hurry home — back to the Court and Market, A single grain of rice falling — into the Great Barn.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Children

CHILDREN
Written circa 820
My niece, who is six years old, is called "Miss Tortoise"; My daughter of three,— little "Summer Dress." One is beginning to learn to joke and talk;
The other can already recite poems and songs. At morning they play clinging about my feet;
At night they sleep pillowed against my dress. Why, children, did you reach the world so late,
Coming to me just when my years are spent? Young things draw our feelings to them;
Old people easily give their hearts. The sweetest vintage at last turns sour;
The full moon in the end begins to wane. And so with men the bonds of love and affection
Soon may change to a load of sorrow and care. But all the world is bound by love's ties;
Why did I think that I alone should escape?
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Civilization

CIVILIZATION
By Yüan Chieh
To the south-east — three thousand leagues —
The Yüan and Hsiang form into a mighty lake.
Above the lake are deep mountain valleys, And men dwelling whose hearts are without guile.
Gay like children, they swarm to the tops of the trees;
And run to the water to catch bream and trout.
Their pleasures are the same as those of beasts and birds;
They put no restraint either on body or mind.
Far I have wandered throughout the Nine Lands;
Wherever I went such manners had disappeared.
I find myself standing and wondering, perplexed,
Whether Saints and Sages have really done us good.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Climbing a Mountain

CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN
By Tao-yün [circa A. D. 400], wife of General Wang Ning-chih. The general was so stupid that she finally deserted him.
High rises the Eastern Peak
Soaring up to the blue sky.
Among the rocks — an empty hollow,
Secret, still, mysterious!
Uncarved and unhewn.
Screened by nature with a roof of clouds. Times and Seasons, what things are you
Bringing to my life ceaseless change?
I will lodge forever in this hollow
Where Springs and Autumns unheeded pass.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Climbing the Terrace of Kuan-yin and looking at the City

CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY
Hundreds of houses, thousands of houses,— like a chessboard.
The twelve streets like a field planted with rows of cabbage. In the distance perceptible, dim, dim — the fire of approaching dawn; And a single row of stars lying to the west of the Five Gates.
# A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems/Ch'in Chia's Wife's Reply

CH'IN CHIA'S WIFE'S REPLY
My poor body is alas unworthy:
I was ill when first you brought me home.
Limp and weary in the house —
Time passed and I got no better.
We could hardly ever see each other:
I could not serve you as I ought.
Then you received the Imperial Mandate:
You were ordered to go far away to the City.
Long, long must be our parting:
I was not destined to tell you my thoughts.
I stood on tiptoe gazing into the distance,
Interminably gazing at the road that had taken you.
With thoughts of you my mind is obsessed:
In my dreams I see the light of your face.
Now you are started on your long journey
Each day brings you further from me.
Oh that I had a bird's wings
And high flying could follow you.
Long I sob and long I cry:
The tears fall down and wet my skirt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowler, Thomas Richard

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​FOWLER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Richard Fowler was born in 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Eras. Laforey, under whom we find him co-operating, as Midshipman, in the reduction, during the summer of 1809, of the islands of Ischia and Procida. While afterwards attached, from the close of the latter year until his attainment of his present rank 11 Feb. 1815, to the Horatio 38, Capts. Geo. Scott, Lord Geo. Stuart, and Wm. Henry Dillon, he assisted at the capture, 21 Feb. 1810, after a long chase and a running-fight of an hour, of La Nécessité French frigate, of 26 guns and 186 men, laden with naval stores and provisions; and on 2 Aug. 1812 he was severely wounded in the arm, and highly spoken of for his conduct, at the capture, off the coast of Norway, by four boats under the orders of Lieut. Abraham Mills Hawkins, of a Danish schooner and cutter, mounting 10 guns between them, after a sanguinary combat in which the British lost altogether men killed and 16 wounded, and the enemy, out of 52 men, 10 killed and 13 wounded. In consideration of the sufferings entailed on him by the latter affair, Mr. Fowler obtained a gratuity of 30l, from the Patriotic Fund, and a Greenwich pension of 10l. He also, during his employment in the Horatio, commanded that ship’s launch in the river Scheldt, and cruized off Berzen-op-Zoom, when besieged by the British army in 1813. Since his promotion he has not been able to procure employment afloat.
Lieut. Fowler, for the last 14 years, has officiated as Secretary to the Ophthalmic Hospital at Charing Cross. He married in 1824.