PHILLIF iUBSIGKS. 235 in which I left it. But I have the oonsolation of believing that ^793 I have discharged the trust reposed in me to the satisfaction of his Majesty's Ministry, and hope that I may still be of service to a colony in which I feel myself so greatly interested."* This letter conveys the impression that he would have liked to go on with the work he had conunenced so well, but the state of his health put his return to the colony out oocMioned _ byiU-beolUL of the question. He had endured privations which the Governor of the colony had to bear in common with every- one else ; he had been severely wounded with a spear thrown by a native at Manly ; and he had Bu£Eered from exposure to the weather on exploring expeditions. His constitution was sliaken. He was troubled, moreover, with an ailment which required treatment that could not be obtained in the colony^ and, acting upon professional advice^ he determined to remain in England. His resignation was accepted by the British Govern- ment with regret, and his services were acknowledged by the grant of a pension of £500 per annum, equal to one- a pension half of the salary he had enjoyed as Governor. This well- earned reward was not the only mark of favour he received. When he left England he was Post-Captain in the Navy ; after his return he was advanced to the rank of Admiral, a position which he held until his death, on 31st August, 1814t
- Historioal Records, toI. ii, p. 69.
t " On Ist January, 1801, ho [Phillip] was promoted to the rank of Bear- Admiral of the Blue Squadron ; on the 2nd April, 1804, he was made Bear of the White; on the 9th November, 1805, Bear of the Bed ; on the 26th October, 1809, Vice of the White ; and.on the Slrt July, 1810, Vice of the Bed."— Naval Chronicle, vol. zxrii., p. 9.
