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Rh and upwards of 500 prisoners – a greater number by 150 than the garrison itself. Although the loss of the assailants was most severe, that of the British was confined to 2 killed and 30 wounded. The glorious defence of Anholdt, indeed, became the universal theme of praise, and its gallant conductor, as a matter of course, received the warm plaudits of the Admiralty. His second in command, Lieut. H. L. Baker, was promoted to superior rank; and, as a compliment to himself, his brother, the gentleman alluded to at the commencement of the present narrative, was placed in command of a sloop-of-war. Capt. Maurice, whom the garrison of Anholdt united in presenting with a valuable sword “in token of their admiration of his personal bravery in the battle of 27 March, and as a grateful memorial for his liberal, forbearing, and kind consideration of their feelings during his government,” remained in that island until Sept. 1812, and has not been since employed. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.

He married, 5 Oct. 1814, Miss Sarah Lyne, of Plymouth, and was left a widower in June, 1815. – Hallett and Robinson.

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has lost two brothers in the military service of their country.

This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1818; and was for some time Midshipman of the 50, bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of Commodore Chas. Grant, by whom, during the expedition to Ava, he was allowed to act as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Sir Alex. Campbell, Commander-in-Chief of the troops. While officiating in that capacity he appears to have been employed in surveying the Rangoon river, and to have effected, 25 June, 1824, the destruction of two fire-rafts. In an attack subsequently made on a strong stockade on the Dalla river, it was his misfortune, while cheering on his men, to receive a ball in the head – a circumstance which obliged him to return to England for the benefit of his health. Having all along, however, distinguished himself by “a series of gallantry” exhibitive of the “most conspicuous and forward bravery,” and being recommended in the strongest terms by Capt. Marryat, the senior naval officer on the station, he was rewarded with a Lieutenant’s commission dated 25 July, 1825. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Feb. 1826, to the sloop, Capt. John Pakenham, on the coast of Ireland – 7 Jan. 1827 and 2 Oct. 1829, to the  26, and  28, Capts. Michael Seymour and Lord Colchester, both on the South American station – and, 3 Dec. 1832 and 16 July, 1834, as Second-Lieutenant, to the 50, and  52, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Cockburn in North America and the West Indies. He has not been employed since 30 Aug. 1834.

In 1830 Lieut. Maw was presented with the large silver medal of the “Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce,” for fragments, &c. collected by him in South America; and in July, 1831, he took out a patent for an invention of an improved method of using fuel, so as to burn smoke. In 1832 he published a “Memoir of the Early Operations of the Burmese War.” He married, 21 March, 1839, Sarah Anne, only daughter of the late Cornelius Peacock, Esq. – Messrs. Ommanney.

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had three brothers, who were either killed or wounded in their country’s service.

This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in Aug. 1798, and embarked, in May, 1802, as a Volunteer, on board the 36, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, under whom he was wrecked off Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. After serving for a few months in the 18, Capt. Robt. Pettet, he joined the 14, Capt. Wm. Layman, and in that vessel was again wrecked, near Cabritta Point, Gibraltar Bay, 1 March, 1804. Becoming Midshipman, in the following July, of the 98, successive flag-ship of Admirals Sir John Orde and Chas. Stirling, he shared in Sir Robert Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805; after which we find him following the last-mentioned officer into the and  64’s. In the early part of 1807, on 8 Oct. in which year he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the, Mr. Maw was for three weeks employed on shore with the army at the siege of Monte Video; and in the ensuing July, it appears, he assisted in landing the troops during the unsuccessful attempt upon Buenos Ayres. His succeeding appointments were – 2 June, 1808, to the 16, Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, attached to the force in the Channel – 21 Feb. 1809, as Senior, to the 18, Capt. Thos. Mansell, in which sloop he participated in the capture of more than 100 of the enemy’s vessels, and aided in the land operations at the taking of Anholdt – 25 Jan. 1810, to the 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, employed in the North Sea – and, 14 Feb. 1811, 26 Feb. 1813, and 2 Aug. 1815, as First, to the 22, Capts. Fras. Augustus Collier and Thos. Forrest, 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the Mediterranean, West India, North American, and Home stations. On the evening of 5 Oct. 1814 Mr. Maw, then in the, was sent with the boats of that frigate, carrying two other Lieutenants, several Midshipmen, and upwards of 100 men under his orders, in pursuit of three American gun-boats and a convoy of about 36 sail, which had been discovered passing between Cumberland and Jekyll islands. After rowing a distance of 30 miles the British succeeded in coming up with some of the vessels, and the result of their attack was the capture of one of the gun-boats, No. 160 (which Mr. Maw himself was the first to board), and four merchantmen; the loss to the assailants being 4 officers and men wounded, and to their opponents 1 man killed, 4 wounded, and several driven overboard. Debilitated from the effects of the exposure and hardships attendant upon continual boat-service, Mr. Maw, in Jan. 1815, found himself under the necessity of invaliding from the ; and in June, 1817, a recurrence of bad health when on board the again obliged him to seek half-pay. Notwithstanding the very neat exploits we have above recorded, and the fact that for upwards of six years he filled the important post of First-Lieutenant, he has never been able to procure that rank for which he had so earnestly striven. – Messrs. Ommanney.

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was born 6 May, 1781. This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1798, as Midshipman, on board the 50, Capt. John Lawford. In the following summer he witnessed the capture of a Swedish convoy laden with naval and military stores for the use of the French; and, on 30 Aug. 1799, having accompanied the expedition to Holland, he was present at the surrender of the Dutch squadron under Admiral Storey. He afterwards served with Capt. Lawford, in the 64, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; and between Dec. 1802 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815, was employed on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the  50, Capt. Daniel Woodriff,  74, Capt. Jas. Bowen, 98, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu,  74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, 98, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, 64, Capts. Edw. Chetham and John Davie, 98 Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, and 120,  74 and  98, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew,