The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-20 00:00:00

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at the Admiralty;--Robert A. Edwin, mate, to the
Marlborough ; William M. Biden, chief engineer,
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to the Cumberland, for charge of the machinery of
the Undaunted; J. C. Grigg, assist.-surg., confirmed
in the Hydra ; Edward Dunn, acting
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the Procris; and William F. Maxwell, mutes
assistant, to the Porcupine.
DEATH OE VICE-ADMIRAL APLIN
guished veteran, w hose death is announced, was „
2d son of Admiral of the White Peter Aplin, and
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and, arriving with the ratification of the Peace of
Amiens in the East Indies, was removed at once
to the Terpsichore, 32, with the rank of midship-
man, and on the renewal of hostilities came into
frequent collision with the enemy. In August, 1805,
being off St. Denis (Isle of Bourbon 7, he assisted
in one of three boats sent into that port for the pur-
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though the enemy had sheltered their vessel
within pistol shot of several heavy batteries whose
fire was destructive to the British. Mr. Aplin re-
ceived the thanks of the commander-in-chief, Sir
Edward Pellew, whom he joined (after a further
service with Captain Bathurst in the Pitt, 36) on
board the Culloden, 74, in August, 1807. Before
many days, however, he was appointed acting-
net/tenant of the Psyche frigate, and thence- was
transferred to the Arrogant, 74, Captain the Hon.
Henry Dawson. Soon after his official promotion
(February 13, 1808) he invalided, and remained on
half-pfiy till 1810, in the course :of which year and
1811 he successively joined the San Josef, ITO, flag.:
ship of Sir Charles Cotton, and Avonside, 38, Capt.
R. D. Dunn, on the home and Mediterranean sta-
tions. In May, 1813, he assumed command of the
Arrow schooner, 12 guns, in which he shortly at-
tacked a convoy under the protection of two bat-
teries of Quiberon, at which place he captured the
Miarie Antoinette and the Vierge Marie. Anchor-
ing subsequently under the batteries close to the
harbour of Mer de Fife, in the Ile de Re, Mr. Aplin
successfully managed, under the guise of an Ame-
rican privateer, so thoroughly to deceive the autho-
rities that his boats were enabled to enter the port
and bring out the largest of the enemy's vessels, Le
Bon Samaritan. In the same year he was employed
on shore under Sir G. Collier, at the siege of St.
Sebastian, and conducted the blockade of San-
tona so efficiently that although the enemy pos-
sessed in that port a schooner, a corvette, and
two gunboats, they were unable to destroy one of
the British vessels constantly passing. From the
period of his being made commander, Capt. Aplin
remained on half-pay until December 13; 1823,
when be was appointed to the Grasshopper, 18.
In this sloop he went to Newfoundland, and as-
sumed the command of a small squadron, to the
satisfaction of Sir Willoughby Lake, commander-
in-chief, and of the Admiralty, having discharged
several extra-official duties in consequence of the
abolition of the civil departments of the navy, and
of the absence of the Governor. He obtained post-
rank January 28,1826 ; and, having held no further
appointment, accepted the retirement October 1,
1846. He obtained flag-rank April 15, 1854.
Admiral Aplin married in 1816 Anne Elizabeth,
oungest daughter of Vice-Admiral D'Auvergne,
Duke de Bouillon, by whom he had issue three
sons, one of whom is in the army, and another in
the Navy.