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 was granted to him for his wounds, the present amount of which is 250l. per annum.

Captain Deecker subsequently commanded the Vestal 28, armée en flûte, in which ship he was serving when posted, June 7, 1814. He married, in 1818, the eldest daughter of J. Davies, of Weymouth, Esq.

Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son. 

 made lieutenant, Aug. 4, 1806; commander, April 30, 1810; and post -captain, June 7, 1814.



 the rank of lieutenant, Sept. 23, 1799. We first find him commanding the Sylvia cutter, mounting ten 18-pounder carronades, with a complement of 50 officers, men, and boys; in which vessel he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope and East Indies, April 8, 1809.

On the 6th April, 1810, being then in the Straits of Sundu, Lieutenant Drury drove on shore and destroyed a piratical proa, of one gun and 30 men. The next day, one of his boats, manned with volunteers, captured another of these marauders, armed with two 6-pounders, and having on board 30 Malays, of whom several were killed and wounded. On the 11th of the same month, the Sylvia sunk a lugger, of three 18-pounders and 72 men, near the Isle of Cracatoa. The subsequent capture of a Dutch armed brig and two transports is thus officially described by Lieutenant Drury:

“On the 26th instant (April), at break of day, three armed brigs with two lug-sail vessels were discerned under sail in the vicinity of Edam island, hastening towards Batavia. Measures were instantly taken to intercept the sternmost vessels, by bringing to close action the Dutch national brig Echo, of eight 6-pounders and 46 men, commanded by Lieutenant Christian Thaarup, who surrendered to his Majesty’s cutter after a sharp contest of 20 minutes, having 3 killed and 7 wounded; ourselves sustaining a loss of 4 men slain and 3 wounded.

