A MIDDY’S RECOLLECTIONS [Illustration: THE AUTHOR AS A MIDSHIPMAN IN 1856.] A MIDDY’S RECOLLECTIONS 1853-1860 BY REAR-ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE VICTOR ALEXANDER MONTAGU LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1898 IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE ENTERING THE NAVY 1 CHAPTER II THE “PRINCESS ROYAL” 9 CHAPTER III WAR WITH RUSSIA DECLARED 26 CHAPTER IV THE CRIMEA 35 CHAPTER V PUNISHMENTS IN THE NAVY 64 CHAPTER VI RUSSIA COLLAPSES 71 CHAPTER VII LEISURE HOURS 77 CHAPTER VIII SOME DISTINGUISHED SAILORS 86 CHAPTER IX PLAY ON BOARD; AND SOME DUTIES 95 CHAPTER X PIRATE-HUNTING; AND A DINNER PARTY 101 CHAPTER XI WAR WITH CHINA DECLARED 106 CHAPTER XII THE “RALEIGH” WRECKED 111 CHAPTER XIII AT WAR IN CHINA 119 CHAPTER XIV MORE PIRATE HUNTING 139 CHAPTER XV THE INDIAN MUTINY 147 CHAPTER XVI THE NAVAL BRIGADE AT WORK 157 CHAPTER XVII INCIDENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN 167 CHAPTER XVIII A TOUCH-AND-GO ENGAGEMENT 179 CHAPTER XIX COMPLIMENTS TO THE NAVAL BRIGADE 193 CHAPTER XX HOME AGAIN 199 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The author as a Midshipman in 1856. From an oil painting _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ The author as a Naval Cadet, 1853. From a miniature 6 H.M.S. “Princess Royal,” of 91 guns, 1853 10 The signal flying for war, and Fleet cheering 26 H.M.S. “Raleigh,” 50-gun sailing frigate, wrecked off Macao (China), the 14th April 1857 86 The battle of Fatshan, showing the sinking of Commodore The Honourable Henry Keppel’s galley, 1st June 1857 128 H.M.S. “Pearl,” 21-gun corvette 148 The author at the present day 170