BEING

The Services and Anecdotes

OF

SIR CHARLES RICHARDSON, K.C.B.,

Vice-Admiral of the White.

BY THE REV. C. E. ARMSTRONG, M.A.,

WOR. COLL. OXFORD, AND MASTER OF HEMSWORTH HOSPITAL, YORKSHIRE,

"nautæque per omne

Audaces mare qui currunt, hac mente laborem

Sese ferre, senes ut in otia tuta recedant

Aiunt, cum sibi sint congesta cibaria."-HORACE.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1855.

249. v.45.2.

WAKEFIELD:

CHARLES HICKS, PRINTER, MARKET - PLACE.

MECA

THIS IMPERFECT ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE

THE NAVAL SERVICES AND RECALL THE ANIMATED ANECDOTES

OF A MUTUAL FRIEND,

Is respectfully Dedicated

TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES WOOD, BART.,

First Lord of the Admiralty,

BY THE AUTHOR.