A sailor's life under four sovereigns . ntley, a fine East Indiaman, arrived June the newly-appointed Governor-General, Charles Colville, on board, which the worthyCaptain, Thomas Dunkin, thought entitled him todisplay at his main topgallant masthead the UnionJack—a flag, afloat, representing an Admiral of theFleet. The Captain did not approve of being obligedto haul it down, and commenced a long correspond-ence with powers that be at home. This, however,never interfered with the cordial good-feeling whichexisted between our Chief and the two gallantGovernors. It was arranged w
A sailor's life under four sovereigns . ntley, a fine East Indiaman, arrived June the newly-appointed Governor-General, Charles Colville, on board, which the worthyCaptain, Thomas Dunkin, thought entitled him todisplay at his main topgallant masthead the UnionJack—a flag, afloat, representing an Admiral of theFleet. The Captain did not approve of being obligedto haul it down, and commenced a long correspond-ence with powers that be at home. This, however,never interfered with the cordial good-feeling whichexisted between our Chief and the two gallantGovernors. It was arranged with Lord John Churchill thatTweed should take Sir Lowry Cole to the Cape of 78 A Sailors Life CHAP. 1828. Good Hope, to which he had been appointed asGovernor : the staff was large, and required a certaintime for us to 25. General Sir Lowry Cole paid his farewell visit as Governor, and was received with all due Sir Lowry we had another of Wellingtons Penin-sular heroes, with a far longer record than a midship-. View from Reduit. mans log has room for. His Excellency was not atthe battle of Waterloo, because on that day hemarried Lady Frances, daughter of Lord Malmes-bury, the lady who was so kind to us honeymoon must have been of short duration,as Sir Lowry rejoined his old chief at the occupationof Paris. The children were charming. Had we belongedto the family, we could not have been treated withgreater kindness. Horses and ponies at Government V Mauritius 79 House, Port Louis, as well as at a charming house, Reduit, which my friend Larking describes as afine old French chateau, built by Labourdonierewhen Governor of the island. It stands in lovelywooded grounds, several hundred acres in extent,triangular-shaped. Two rivers run through deepravines and form the sides of a triangle. They meetat the apex, which is called Bout au Monde—thehaunt of hundreds of monkeys. Arrived Sparrow hawk, 18, Commander James July
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