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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAYY.
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Captain FrusharcL assisted Lieutenant Worsley,* First Lieu
tenant of the 'Punjaub.' The following Government General
Order was published to the Service, eulogistic of the officers of
the Indian Navy employed in transporting the 10th Hussars
and 12th Lancers to Suez :—
<c Bombay Castle, June 19, 1856.
" The Right Hon. the Governor in Council has much satis
faction in publishing to the Indian Navy the following extract,
para. 40, of a despatch from the Hon. Court, No. 76, dated 31st
of October last:—
" 'We have perused with much satisfaction the letter of the
Commander-in-chief of the Indian Navy, dated 24th of April,
1855, in which he reports the return of the vessels with the
officers of the Indian Navy who were in command of divisions
of transports, and brings prominently to notice the names of
Captain Frushard, Commanders Young, Daniell, and Drought,
and of Lieutenant Worsley. The testimony therein borne by
Sir Henry Leeke to the zeal and activity displayed by those
officers in the performance of the arduous duties assigned to
them, as well as to the good conduct of every officer and man
serving under their orders, and the successful result of those
transport arrangements, reflect great credit upon the Indian
Naval Service, and fully entitle all the parties concerned to our
hearty commendation.' "f
On the llth of May, 1855, Commander Young again took
command of the 4 Assaye/ and, on the llth of December, Com
mander Montriou, who was relieved in the 6 Queen' by Lieu
tenant Adams, assumed command of the 6 Punjaub,' which he
exchanged for the appointment of Master-Attendant (in suc
cession to Captain Frushard, appointed Senior Naval Officer
at Aden on the 3rd of August); and, finally, on the 5th
of April, 1856, the command of the Punjaub ' was conferred on
Lieutenant Fullerton of the 'Tigris,' an intelligent and zealous
officer. Captain C. Montriou, who served with distinction in
the first Burmese war under Commodore Hayes, and as Indian
Navy Draughtsman for many years, died of cholera at Bombay
on the 29th of April, only sixteen days after his promotion to
the rank of Captain on the retirement of Captain Lynch.
The " Bombay Telegraph and Courier" thus writes of
the character and career of Captain Montriou:—" A man
of extraordinary talents and abilities, beloved and admired
* This officer, who was distinguished for his activity and capacity, and had
gained credit while first-lieutenant of the ' Semiramis,' during his service in China
in 1850^53, was appointed to the command of the ' Ajdaha' in the following
year.
t Military Letter, No. 59, dated the 19th of May, 1855. Eeporfcs arrangement
for the conveyance of H.M.'s 10th Hussars and H.M.'s 12th Lancers to Suez, and
conduct ot officers engaged therein belonging to the Indian Navy.