CHAPTER IV.

Marryat’s position in 1815; goes abroad; marriage; appointed to _Beaver_; at St. Helena changes to _Rosario_; in Channel; pays off _Rosario_; the Channel smugglers; appointed to _Larne_; Burmese War; promotion and made a C.B.; transferred to _Tees_ in July, 1824; short command of _Ariadne_; the _Ariadne_ his last ship; resigns command November, 1830; begins writing; equerry to Duke of Sussex; story of William IV. 46