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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
LATELY died in the East-Indies as he was about returning home , Mr . Pierce , only son of the late Capt . P . of the Halswell Indiaman , and the hope of his family . On his passage to England , on board the Minerva , Capt . Smith , Theodore Corbett , esq . late civil pay-master in
the East India Company ' s service at Madras . At the storming of Morne Chabot , in St . Lucie , Lieut . Col . Robert Malcolm , son of Sir James M . the present lieutenant-governor of Sheerness . Pie possessed talents as an officer , and virtues as a man , so rare at the early age
in which he closed his rapid career of glory , as to promise a name worthy cf being associated with a Marlborough and a Wolfe . He was born in Norfolk , and received the earlier parts of . his education at Bungay ancl Beccles , in Suffolk . On embracing the profession of arms , he was sent to lhe first military schools of France and German } -, and soon displayed very uncommon abilities
in every branch of the science of tacticks . To these he added a perfect knowledge of the French and German languages ; was peculiarly skilful in the use of the broad and small swords ; and , at the age of 19 , defeated , in a long and desperate , as well as unprovoked combat , with sabres , a German officer
of grenadiers , of great strength and knowledge of the art . His power of estimating instantly the strength and resources of a country by the cau / i'd ' ail , and the beauty and accuracy of his military plans and drawings , attracted the notice of the Prince of Hesse Cassel , the veteran General Knvphau . en , and
other distinguished officers ; by whom , on his return to England , he was warmly recommended to the present adjutant-general , Sir William Fawcett . He first became conspicuous , on the recruiting service in his native county , by the great number of men which he raised , the high state of their discipline in a short space of time , aud the astonishing exertions of personal strength , activity , and zeal for the service , which
he uniformly displayed , and for which he received the thanks of his Royal Highness the Duke of York . He was then appointed lieutenant of grenadiers , and adjutant to the 41 st regiment , and signalized himself by the gallantry and ability with which he subdued the insurgents in the county of Cavan , in
Ireland ; and received on that and many other occasions the most honourable marks of attention from the Lord Lieutenant and Gen . Ward , the commander in chief . Not long afterwards , he accompanied Sir Charles Grey to the West Indies , and was promoted to a captaincy .. He had now arrived on a
field of action where there was full scope for the display of his genius and ardent attachment to . his sovereign and his country . Early did he inure'himself to every robust and manly exercise , and to sustain hunger , thirst , and such fatigue as often overcame the strongest men in his regiment ; and this ( as he himself assured the writer of this account ) lo be able to serve his country
more effectually , should it ever be his lot . His form was tall and martial , and finely proportioned ; his memory highly retentive ; his judgement clear and decisive in the midst of the hottest ( ire and the greatest perils . To his worth as a friend and companion , his high sense of honour , his unbounded
generosity , his feeling heart , every one who knew him will bear ample testimony . Deeply indeed will his loss be lamented by the common soldiers , for he was their friend and protector . While he habituated them to the strictest discipline , he reviled their affections ; and of lhe black corps , which he raised and
formed entirely ( and which , for their many and most signal services , were honoured with the name of Malcolm ' s Royal Pvangers , ) he never lost a single man , by desertion , out of 700 , in the whole campaign . He was not only an admirable partizan officer , but shelved himself equal to much greater commands , withwhich he was entrusted . Of his signal merits , and his numerous services , during the severe campaigns
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
LATELY died in the East-Indies as he was about returning home , Mr . Pierce , only son of the late Capt . P . of the Halswell Indiaman , and the hope of his family . On his passage to England , on board the Minerva , Capt . Smith , Theodore Corbett , esq . late civil pay-master in
the East India Company ' s service at Madras . At the storming of Morne Chabot , in St . Lucie , Lieut . Col . Robert Malcolm , son of Sir James M . the present lieutenant-governor of Sheerness . Pie possessed talents as an officer , and virtues as a man , so rare at the early age
in which he closed his rapid career of glory , as to promise a name worthy cf being associated with a Marlborough and a Wolfe . He was born in Norfolk , and received the earlier parts of . his education at Bungay ancl Beccles , in Suffolk . On embracing the profession of arms , he was sent to lhe first military schools of France and German } -, and soon displayed very uncommon abilities
in every branch of the science of tacticks . To these he added a perfect knowledge of the French and German languages ; was peculiarly skilful in the use of the broad and small swords ; and , at the age of 19 , defeated , in a long and desperate , as well as unprovoked combat , with sabres , a German officer
of grenadiers , of great strength and knowledge of the art . His power of estimating instantly the strength and resources of a country by the cau / i'd ' ail , and the beauty and accuracy of his military plans and drawings , attracted the notice of the Prince of Hesse Cassel , the veteran General Knvphau . en , and
other distinguished officers ; by whom , on his return to England , he was warmly recommended to the present adjutant-general , Sir William Fawcett . He first became conspicuous , on the recruiting service in his native county , by the great number of men which he raised , the high state of their discipline in a short space of time , aud the astonishing exertions of personal strength , activity , and zeal for the service , which
he uniformly displayed , and for which he received the thanks of his Royal Highness the Duke of York . He was then appointed lieutenant of grenadiers , and adjutant to the 41 st regiment , and signalized himself by the gallantry and ability with which he subdued the insurgents in the county of Cavan , in
Ireland ; and received on that and many other occasions the most honourable marks of attention from the Lord Lieutenant and Gen . Ward , the commander in chief . Not long afterwards , he accompanied Sir Charles Grey to the West Indies , and was promoted to a captaincy .. He had now arrived on a
field of action where there was full scope for the display of his genius and ardent attachment to . his sovereign and his country . Early did he inure'himself to every robust and manly exercise , and to sustain hunger , thirst , and such fatigue as often overcame the strongest men in his regiment ; and this ( as he himself assured the writer of this account ) lo be able to serve his country
more effectually , should it ever be his lot . His form was tall and martial , and finely proportioned ; his memory highly retentive ; his judgement clear and decisive in the midst of the hottest ( ire and the greatest perils . To his worth as a friend and companion , his high sense of honour , his unbounded
generosity , his feeling heart , every one who knew him will bear ample testimony . Deeply indeed will his loss be lamented by the common soldiers , for he was their friend and protector . While he habituated them to the strictest discipline , he reviled their affections ; and of lhe black corps , which he raised and
formed entirely ( and which , for their many and most signal services , were honoured with the name of Malcolm ' s Royal Pvangers , ) he never lost a single man , by desertion , out of 700 , in the whole campaign . He was not only an admirable partizan officer , but shelved himself equal to much greater commands , withwhich he was entrusted . Of his signal merits , and his numerous services , during the severe campaigns