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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clare, Henry William

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​CLARE. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 15; h-p., 14.)
Henry William Clare was born 10 Sept. 1805.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 July, 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Carron 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom he was wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820. After a further servitude of four years in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the Martin 18, Capts. Christopher Crackenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, he proceeded, in 1826, as Mate of the Ranger 28, Capt. Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, to the South American station; where he obtained his commission 26 Feb. 1828, and afterwards joined – 2 Oct. 1829, the Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester – next, as First-Lieutenant, the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow – and, 23 Nov. 1832, the Warspite 76, bearing the ​flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. Since the spring of 1833 he has been on half-pay.
He married 8 Nov. 1837, and has issue three children. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clark, Robert Ward

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​CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Robert Ward Clark passed his examination 25 July, 1836; served for some time, as Mate, on board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Caledonia 120, successive flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore and Sir David Milne, and Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, in South America; and, on 12 Sept. 1844, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. He was next employed, from 12 Sept. 1844 until the close of 1845, in the Daedalus 20, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, on the East India station; and, since 24 Oct. 1846, has been serving in the Amphion steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John Williams.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clapp, William

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​CLAPP. (Lieutenant, 1825, f-p., 21; h-p., 17.)
William Clapp, born 10 Aug. 1796, is eldest son of the late J. Clapp, Esq., Solicitor, of Topsham, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Tisiphone 20, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote, guard-ship at South Yarmouth; accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, in Jan. 1810, into the Partridge 26; and, on his return from the West Indies in the following July, joined the Rover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, with whom he continued uninterruptedly to serve until Aug. 1815. During that period he witnessed the fall of St. Sebastian and of Santona, assisted at the bombardment of Guteria and the destruction of several batteries on the coast of Spain, was in numerous skirmishes with the American enemy on the Potomac, and took part in the unfortunate attack upon Baltimore. Having passed his examination 4 Oct. 1815, and been intermediately employed on board the Tay 20, Capt. Sam. Roberts, and Childers 18, Capt. Rich. Wales, in the former of which ships he was wrecked, off the Alacranes, in the Gulf of Mexico, 11 Nov. 1816, we find Mr. Clapp, in Jan. 1819, appointed Admiralty-Mate of the Tribune 36, Capts. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby and Gardiner Henry Guion. With the exception of a few months in 1823, during which he appears to have been employed on board the Gloucester guard-ship at Chathain, and Pioneer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Favell, fitting for the West Indies, the subject of this sketch continued to be employed in the Tribune, on the Irish, Jamaica, and Mediterranean stations, until transferred, in July, 1824, to the Superb 76, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines. After again visiting the West Indies, as also Bermuda and Lisbon, he was at length officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 13 Dec. 1825. He subsequently held a command in the Coast Guard from 23 Jan. 1835 until the close of 1837; and since 4 Jan. 1845, has been serving in the Ocean 80, Capt. Rich. Arthur, guard-ship at Sheerness.
Lieut. Clapp married, 19 Feb. 1838, Mary, only daughter of John Scobell Paige, Esq., of Rimpston House, near Kingsbridge, Devon, by whom he has issue three children.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Colinette (Anonymous)

Translated by Toru Dutt's sister Aru, as mentioned in the Notes section at the end of the work.
COLINETTE.
ANONYMOUS.
Colinette,—that was her name,— In a village lived obscure, Where in childhood's morning pure, Once, at harvest-time, I came; A little girl and schoolboy met, That was all our history, She knew not then that death was night, Poor dear Colinette.
When we ran about together In the lanes and meadows green, A breathless joy lit up her mien, And mine was bright as sunny weather. A chaffinch on the trees, our pet, First hailed our child-love with his strain, And bush and brake burst forth amain, Poor dear Colinette.
This mossy seat, whereon I sigh, Beheld my parting with the child, My soul that eve with grief was wild, I loved her without knowing why. With tears half-hid mine eyes were wet, I took her hand, and said, 'My dear, Adieu, until another year;' Poor dear Colinette.
A story common, old and stale; And yet such narratives unseal Fountains of pity, while we feel The anguish of creation's wail. For me, my sun of life is set. Beauties display their charms in vain, Coquettes with me but lose their pain, Poor dear Colinette.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Cheval et Cavalier (Gustave Nadaud)

CHEVAL ET CAVALIER.
GUSTAVE NADAUD.
My foot is in the stirrup—on! 'Tis time, my steed, that we were gone. The daylight wears: Thy poor, poor master turneth mad, We must be gone—the words are sad— Who cares!
Fast in a net-work, she had thought, Of siren love I had been caught, And so she hurled Contemptuous words; but I am free— Place, place between her pride and me The world.
Light were our steps, our spirits gay, When thus we journeyed day by day Beneath the firs, To see the fair in her abode. Now, we must shun the beaten road To hers.
How proud she is of all her charms, False gods I worshipped—rounded arms, A colour pale, A mirrored heaven in dark blue eyes, A red mouth whence coquettish sighs Exhale.
My soul has found its wonted pride, And it can scorn, flout, curse, deride. Beware, oh dove! And mock no more an eagle proud That soars, far soars, the thunder-cloud Above.
Oh, the capricious wicked child! She loves not and she drives me wild— She's jealous too: Forbids all other love within My heart, as though such love were sin— The shrew!
Fly, swiftly fly—behold the hour When she awaits me in her tower, Fair, fair as spring. Her coldness has effaced the past, Without a tear I fly at last And sing!
But what is here?—The green, green grass, The lane obscure—the house, alas! Again to-day! Oh, well may steed and rider fret, That cannot, though they would, forget The way.
Fly swift, oh fly!—Put forth thy pace— But no; I see—I see her face— Oh, sad relapse! One last, last farewell let me say— To-morrow we shall go our way, Perhaps.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Chinoiserie (Théophile Gautier)

CHINOISERIE.
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.
It's not you, nor you, madam, that I love, Nor you, Ophelia, nor you, Juliet, Nor Beatrix, nor e'en Laura, far above All the blond beauties, with her eyes of jet.
She whom I love in China now resides. Upon a rock there is a porcelain tower Beneath which calm the Yellow River glides, Haunted by cormorants,—there lives the flower!
She has most wondrous dainty little feet, And flashing eyes deep-set within her head; A clear tint where the white and crimson meet, And long nails dyed with henna—deep, deep red.
Out of her trellis when she cares to gaze, Although no poets may her praises sing, The swallows wheeling past her fair cheek graze, And peach-flowers, looking up, like sweet bells ring.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Chanson (Les Châtiments, Victor Hugo)

CHANSON.
VICTOR HUGO.
(Les Châtiments.)
The female? She is dead. The male? The cat has fed On his flesh and his bone. To the nest which will come? Oh, poor birdlings, be dumb! But they moan, the weak things, and they moan.
The shepherd? Gone or fled. The dog? Killed, and instead The wolf prowling alone. He peers in,—Ho, I come! He may pity, hope some: Oh, poor lambs, the wolf's heart is of stone.
The man? To prison led. The mother? Sick a-bed In a workhouse is thrown. It is cold—will she come? They cry—cry for a crumb, Poor children! And no mercy is shown.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Christmas (Théophile Gautier)

CHRISTMAS.
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.
The sky is dark, the snow descends: Ring, bells, ring out your merriest chime! Jesus is born; the Virgin bends Above him. Oh, the happy time!
No curtains bright-festooned are hung, To shield the Infant from the cold; The spider-webs alone are slung Upon the rafters bare and old.
On fresh straw lies the little One, Not in a palace, but a farm, And kindly oxen breathe upon His manger-bed to keep it warm.
White wreaths of snow the roofs attire, And o'er them stars the blue adorn, And hark! In white the angel-quire Sings to the Shepherds, 'Christ is born.'
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Béranger to the Academy (Arsène Houssaye)

BÉRANGER TO THE ACADEMY.
ARSÈNE HOUSSAYE.
No, no, O my friends, obtain no honours for me, For your Institute I feel I never was born, There are poets far better, that would grace it, you see, I—I am no scholar, but a fiddler low-born. I know but to live, to love, to sing like the brook; I'll tell you my want, I'd like to live through this season And read at my leisure; dear Lisette is my book, And my house my Institute—pray deem this not treason.
What—what should I do, 'mid your discussion and strife? I should have to write out, first of all, a discourse; Nought ever saving songs have I writ in my life, And these welled without effort, nor was learning their source. Here, gentlemen, the Muse is familiar and gay, Provided there be rhyme, none asks here for reason, Here Courier has commented on Molière by the day, My house is my Institute—oh, deem it not treason.
Ivy-covered, you see it, 'tis decrepit with age, But its swallows are punctual at the advent of spring. What! Ye deem me, birds vagrant, confined to my cage? I skim through past ages, and the world, on my wing!
After Noah, well! Aspasia the star-crowned I met, And Socrates, I tried to console him in prison, And Homer—dance, O my muse, and sing to the set! Lest my Lares accuse me too justly of treason
Yesterday, while I stood on the step of my door, Sudden illumined was the East—red, red, to the pole! And what heard I afar? The wind of evening bore To my ears, the loved airs of Jena and Arcole. They've left, the young stoics—won't they take me for bard? God bless them—the peasants, and their flag and its blazon! Eighty-nine, thy proud memory they know how to guard, I blessed them while passing—let fools call it treason.
Your laurel too darkly on a sad forehead lowers, The laurels resemble cypress-leaves in their gloom; For me, I would die amid fragrance and flowers, Strew roses, fresh roses on my bier and my tomb! Bends my head: 'tis from age, like a low whistling reed It pines for free air and the welkin with reason. Immortal!—I?—Chut! Nonsense! Death went by indeed, Pray point out my house—'twill be friendship, not treason.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Chanson de Fortunio (Alfred de Musset)

CHANSON DE FORTUNIO.
ALFRED DE MUSSET.
Whom do I love?—I answer, nay,— Nor ask nor blame, Not for an empire would I say The fair one's name.
Sing if ye will,—she's far beyond All women born. Shall I describe her? She is blonde As ripened corn.
I do whatever she commands, I care a straw For life,—my life is in her hands, Her will is law.
The pain that springs from silent love, A love unknown, Tears—tears this heart that seems above As cold as stone.
But much, too much I love, to say Who lights my flame; I'd rather die and pass away, Than breathe her name.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Concluding Sonnet

CONCLUDING SONNET.
À MON PÈRE.
The flowers look loveliest in their native soil Amid their kindred branches; plucked, they fade, And lose the colours Nature on them laid, Though bound in garlands with assiduous toil. Pleasant it was, afar from all turmoil, To wander through the valley, now in shade And now in sunshine, where these blossoms made A Paradise, and gather in my spoil. But better than myself no man can know How tarnished have become their tender hues E'en in the gathering, and how dimmed their glow! Wouldst thou again new life in them infuse, Thou who hast seen them where they brightly blow? Ask Memory. She shall help my stammering Muse.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/At the Ford (Joséphin Soulary)

AT THE FORD.
JOSÉPHIN SOULARY.
Hid I was behind the birch, When the ford before thee lay; Thou wert coming from the church, Bound upon thy homeward way.
Blue the heavens. No breezes sweet. Placid was the water's flow. Shoes were off; thy naked feet Trod a firmament below.
Smiling mirage, near and far, Cam'st thou out as of a cloud! For one instant evening's star Stayed upon thy forehead proud.
Such a seal and such a sign Might bedeck an angel's brow! Wherefore should it light up thine? Strange doubts haunt me even now.
# A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields/Chanson (Victor Hugo)

This poem bears the initials of Toru Dutt's sister, Aru.
CHANSON.
VICTOR HUGO.
If there be a charming sward By dewdrops always prest, Where through all seasons fairies guard Flowers by bees carest, Where one may gather day and night, Honeysuckle, jasmine, lily white, I fain of it would make a site For thy foot to rest.
If there be a loving heart Where Honour's throne is drest, Loyal and true in every part, That changes ne'er molest, Eager to run its noble race, Intent to do some work of grace, I fain of it would make a place For thy brow to rest.
And if there be of love a dream Rose-scented as the west, Which shows each time it comes a gleam— A something sweet and blest— A dream of which heaven is the pole, A dream that mingles with the soul, I fain of it would make the goal Where thy mind should rest.
A.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dacre, George Hall

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​DACRE. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
George Hall Dacre entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phoenix 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, assisted at the capture, 3 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1801, of the French frigates Carrière, Succès, and Bravoure. He next joined the Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and was a Midshipman on board that vessel when she took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, after a sanguinary but ineffectual resistance of several hours, to strike her colours, 2 July, 1803. On regaining his liberty in May, 1809, Mr. Dacre became attached to the Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, then in the Mediterranean, and on 10 July following, having returned to Sheerness, he was officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He was subsequently appointed, on the Home station – 12 July, 1809, to the Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. O’Brien Drury – 14 Jan. 1811, to the Alexandria 32, Capt. Robt. Cathcart – and, 26 April, 1814, to the Havock 12, Capt. Geo. Truscott. Since Sept. 1615, he has been on half-pay. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dale, Alfred

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​DALE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.)
Alfred Dale is son of Thos. Dale, Esq., M.D., of London, one of the founders, and for many years a Registrar of the Literary Fund Institution.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1799, as a Boy, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, stationed in the Channel, and attained the rating of Midshipman 27 June, 1800. On removing, in April, 1802, to the La Dédaigneuse 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, Peter Heywood, and Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, he sailed for the East Indies, where he was captured, while in charge of a prize, in Dec. 1803. He remained a prisoner in the Isle of France until exchanged, in July, 1805; then rejoined his previous ship; and, on 25 Sept. 1806, was promoted from the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Pitt alias Salsette 36, Capt. Walter Bathurst, to which frigate, after accompanying Lord Gambler in his expedition against Copenhagen, he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 21 Oct. 1807. He next assisted at the bombardment of Flushing; and was subsequently appointed – 2 Aug. 1810, and 1 Oct. 1812, to the Belle Poule 38, and Pembroke 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Brisbane – and, 19 June 1813, and 3 Dec. 1814, to the Laurel 38, and Amelia 38, each commanded by Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby. During his attachment to the last-mentioned ship, Mr. Dale served on the Mediterranean and Cape stations – was much employed in boat-duty – and received the thanks of Lord Exmouth for his conduct in landing, in July, 1815, with a party of seamen and marines on the island of Elba, and effecting the capture of a packet of 6 guns and 40 men, commanded by a Lieutenant of the French Navy. Commander Dale, who has not been afloat since he was paid off in July, 1816, assumed his present rank 24 July, 1844.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cutler, Frank

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​CUTLER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
Frank Cutler entered the Navy, 5 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Sir Jas. Saumarez; under whom he successively bore a part, 6 June, 1801, in the battle off Algesiras, and, six days later, in the victory gained over the Franco-Spanish squadron near Cadiz. In Dec. 1802, he next joined the Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and was serving on board that frigate when she took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite of a sanguinary resistance of several hours, to strike her colours, 2 July, 1803. After a period of nearly six years spent in bondage, Mr. Cutler at length regained his liberty in June, 1809; between which period and the date of his promotion, 21 March, 1812, he further served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, fitting at Portsmouth; Crocus sloop, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, cruizing in the Channel; Curaçoa 36, Capt. John Tower (under whom he sailed with convoy for the East Indies); and Daphne 20, Capt. Philip Pipon, stationed in the Baltic. His next appointments were – 18 May, 1812, to the Clio 18, Capt. Wm. Ffarington, the boats of which sloop he commanded in conjunction with those of the Hamadryad 36, under Lieut. Pesley, at the capture, off Hermeren, of a French privateer, Le Pilotin, carrying 4 12-pounder ​carronades and 31 men. – and, 23 April, 1813, to the Medway 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope. He has been on haif-pay since 2 April, 1816.
Lieut. Cutler at present fills the post of British Vice-Consul at Bordeaux. He married, 27 Sept. 1827, Clara Eliza, youngest daughter of the late John Chas. Lucena, Esq., Consul-General from the court of Portugal.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dacres, Sidney Colpoys

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​DACRES, K.L.H., K.R.G. (Captain, 1840.)
Sidney Colpoys Dacres is son of Vice-Admiral the late Sir Rich. Dacres, G.C.H., by Miss Martha Phillips Mllligan; brother of Capt. R. I. Dacres, of the Royal Artillery; brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, R.N., C.B.; and first-cousin of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Feb. 1817; passed his examination in 1824; received his first commission 5 May, 1827; and was appointed, 18 Jan. 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons. In Oct. following he landed in command, with Lieut. Alfred Luckraft, of a party of seamen, and, by erecting batteries and otherwise, effectively co-operated with the French in reducing Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus, Obtaining a second promotal commission, 28 Aug. 1834, Capt. Dacres assumed command, 16 Aug. 1836, of the Salamander steamer; for the importance of his services in which vessel off the north coast of Spain in 1839-40, he was promoted to Post-rank on 1 Aug. in the latter year. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Dacres is a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and of the order of the Redeemer of Greece. He married, 1 Oct. 1840, Emma, daughter of D. Lambert, Esq., of Tavistock Square, London, and has issue.
* ↑ Sir Richard Dacres, born in Sept. 1761, was brother of the late Vice-Admiral J. R. Dacres. He entered the Navy in 1775; served during the early part of the first American war as Midshipman in the Renown, 50; shared afterwards, as First Lieutenant of the Alcide 74, in Admiral Graves’ action off the Chesapeake, in the different skirmishes with the Comte de Grasse’s squadron, at St. Christopher’s, and in Rodney’s glorious victory; commanded the Pompée 74, in the expeditions to the Dardanella and Copenhagen, in 1807; and, from a Feb. 1808 until Nov. 1816, offciated as Governor of the Royal Naval Asylum. He became a Rear-Admiral 29 March, 1817; a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830; and a G.C.H. 25 Jan. 1836. Sir Richard died at Bath 22 Jan. 1837.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1828, p. 2201.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Curzon, Frederick

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​CURZON. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
The Honourable Frederick Curzon entered the Navy 13 April, 1836; passed his examination 7 Feb. 1843; and after an intermediate servitude, as Mate, on board the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, was awarded a commission 30 Dec. following. He joined, 9 Sept. 1844, the Mutine 12, Capt. Rich. Borough Crawford, at the Cape of Good Hope; and since 23 April, 1846, has been employed in the Pacific in the Constance 50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dalgleish, James

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​DALGLEISH. (Commander, 1813.)
James Dalgleish died 31 Jan. 1846. He was cousin of Lieut. J. O. Dalgleish, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Midshipman, on board the Egmont 74, Capts. Jas. Ferguson and Edw. Thornbrough, forming part of the Channel fleet. Until 1791 he further served, on the American and Home stations, in the Camel, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Burlton, Expedition, Capt. Jas. Vashon, Ganges 74, Capt. Roger Curtis, Thorn sloop, Capt. Wm. Taylor, and Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Elliot. In 1794 he Joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, and, obtaining a Lieutenancy, 25 Aug. 1794, in the Tremendous 74, Capts. Wm. Bentinck, John Aylmer, and Wm. Hope, was afterwards appointed – 14 April, 1796, to the Asia 64, Capt. M‘Dougall – 6 July, 1796, to the Eurus, Capt. Jas. Ross, in which vessel he visited the West Indies – 4 Oct. 1799, to the Hussar 38, Capt. Lord Garlies – 25 June, 1801, to the Bellerophon 74, commanded by the same officer – 22 Aug. 1803, to the command, in the West Indies, of the Swift hired cutter – next, to the Chichester store-ship, Capt. Joseph Spear – 22 May, 1805, to the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw. Galwey, in which he assisted at the capture, 22 March, 1808, of Le Rennair privateer, of 14 guns and 95 men, and attended the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 – and (after an unemployed interval of three years), 19 Jan. 1813, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith. He obtained a Commander’s commission on 4 Dec. in the latter year, but did not afterwards go afloat.