Captain Marryat paid off the Tees, at Chatham, in the beginning of 1826; obtained a Companionship of the Bath, in Jan. 1827; and was appointed to the Ariadne 28, in Nov. 1828. In this ship, we find him employed for many months on a diplomatic service at Madeira and the Western Isles, and subsequently searching for supposed dangers in the Atlantic Ocean. In Nov. 1830, his private affairs obliged him io resign the command of the Ariadne, since which he has not been employed.
This gallant and highly talented officer married Catherine, daughter of Sir Stephen Shairp, formerly Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Russia. His eldest brother, Joseph Marryat, Esq. is the present M.P. for Sandwich.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
THOMAS WARRAND, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Feb. 1800; and assisted at the capture of two Spanish corvettes, in Barcelona road, by the boats of the Minotaur 74, and Niger troop-ship, under the directions of Captain James Hillyar, on the 3d of Sept. following[1]. He afterwards received the Turkish gold medal for his services on the coast of Egypt.
We next find Mr. Warrand serving as signal-lieutenant to Sir Robert Calder, at the capture of two Spanish line-of-battle ships, July 22d, 1805[2]; and subsequently commanding the Bloodhound gun-brig, on the Downs station, where he captured a small French privateer, Aug. 6th, 1810. Some time after this, he was appointed to the Sealark schooner, of ten 12-pounder carronades and fifty men, in which vessel he captured, after a long and severe action, la Ville de Caen lugger privateer, of sixteen long 4-pounders and seventy-five men, on the Plymouth station, July 21 st, 1812. The enemy’s loss amounted to fifteen or sixteen men killed, and about the
