534 APPENDIX— I. 
oversight of those claims may be remedied, by my being 
placed according to seniority amongst my brother-officers 
who have been recently thought worthy of his Majesty's 
favour. 
In May 1810, at ten years of age, I entered his Majesty's 
service, on board the " Nisus " frigate, commanded by Capt. 
Philip Beaver, who was an old and intimate friend of my 
father's. I served on board the *' Nisus" until May 1814 ; 
having been present at the capture of the Isle of France and 
Java, under Sir Albemarle Bertie and Sir Robert Stopford. 
At Java I was taken on shore by Capt. Beaver; and was 
present when the breaching batteries sustained a heavy can- 
nonade from Fort Cornelis. 
After Capt. Beaver's death, in April 1813, the "Nisus" 
was commanded by Capt. Charles M. Schomberg ; whose 
good opinion I am well known to have enjoyed until his 
death. In May 1814, when the "^ Nisus" was paid off, I 
immediately joined the "Hebrus" frigate, Capt. Edmund 
Palmer; under whom I served until December 1816, when 
the ship was paid off. Under Capt. Palmer, I served as his 
aide-de-camp in the expedition which resulted in the capture 
of Washington, and at the affair of Bladensburg I had the 
good fortune to secure one of three flags taken from the 
enemy. I entered Washington close to Sir George Cock- 
burn and General Ross, when the General's horse was shot 
under him. I had the honour to be mentioned in Sir George 
Cockbum's despatch, descriptive of this expedition. 
Immediately after this expedition, being then 14 years of 
age, I was put in charge of a prize of 280 tons burden, and 
took her from Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda. 
Having rejoined the " Hebrus," I was present in her at 
the bombardment of Algiers, in 1816, under Lord Exmouth, 
and remained in her until she was paid off, in December 
1816. Capt. Palmer's opinion of me is testified by various 
letters and certificates ; and I enjoyed his warmest friendship 
Tintil the day of his death. 
In December 1816, I passed my examination in naviga- 
tion, two years before my age enabled me to qualify for the 
rank of Lieutenant. 
In March 1818,1 joined the ''Queen Charlotte," Capt. 
