will never be drawn without reason, or sheathed without honor: and that as each revolving year shall bring about the anniversary of the day (whether you shall be employed in defending the honor and independence of your King and Country, or seeking ease in a state of retirement), it may still come attended with an increase of happiness and pleasure to yourself, and all who take an interest in your welfare.”
Captain Maurice continued to command at Anholt until Sept. 1812; on the 21st of which month the following garrison order was issued by his successor:
“A guard, consisting of one subaltern, one serjeant, one corporal, one drummer, and twenty privates, will be ordered in readiness to-morrow to attend Governor Maurice at the beach, on his embarkation for England; and a salute of 13 guns will be fired from fort Yorke, as a compliment to the Governor on the same occasion, with three cheers from the garrison for his brave and gallant defence of this island.
Captain Maurice arrived in England Oct. 20, 1812; and has not since been employed. He married, Oct. 5, 1814, Miss Sarah Lyne, of Plymouth, which lady died of typhus fever in June 1815, aged 21 years.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude.
CHARLES DILKES, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]
Nephew to the late Admiral Dilkes, and brother to Major-General William Thomas Dilkes, who commanded the brigade of guards at the celebrated battle of Barrossa[2].
This officer served as a Lieutenant during the Egyptian campaign, and obtained the rank of Commander Mar. 20, 1805. In the spring of the following year we find him commanding the Hazard sloop of war, and very actively employed on the Rochefort station, under the orders of Admiral (now
- ↑ The 11th royal veteran battalion was sent out to relieve the marine detachment.
- ↑ The services of Admiral Dilkes, and the Major-General of that name, are recorded in the Royal Naval Biography, Vol. I. p. 360 et seq.; and in the Royal Military Calendar, Vol. I. p. 333 et seq. The former gentleman died at Exeter, Feb. 18, 1827.
