at the Leeward Islands, on the peace establishment. The Pyramus was paid off in June, 1825.
Mrs. Newcombe died at Weymouth, Dec. 21, 1823.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
JOHN JOYCE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]
Son of the late Joseph Joyce, Esq., a respectable merchant at Fordingbridge, co. Hants, by Sarah, daughter of Lieutenant Archibald Daroch (a distant relative of the noble family of Argyle) who lost his life in the ill-fated Ramillies, Feb. 15, 1760[1].
The subject of this memoir was born at Fordingbridge, about 1708; and he appears to have first embarked as a midshipman on board the Monmouth 64, Captain James Alms, which ship formed part of the squadron that sailed from Spithead, under the orders of Commodore Johnstone, Mar. 14, 1781.
Mr. Joyce bore a part in the action at Porto Praya. April 16, 1781; on which occasion the Monmouth had 6 men wounded He was also present at the capture and destruction of five Dutch East Indiamen, in Saldanha bay, on the 21st July following[2].
Six days after the latter event. Captain Alms parted company with Commodore Johnstone, and proceeded to reinforce Sir Edward Hughes, in India; but owing to calms, contrary winds, and currents, he did not arrive at Bombay until Jan. 6, 1782. During this long and tedious voyage, the Monmouth and her consorts were driven to the coast of Arabia Felix; and their crews suffered greatly from flux and scurvy, experiencing at the same time the greatest inconvenience for want of water; added to which, their stock of provisions was so nearly ex-
- ↑ The Ramillies, of 90 guns, commanded by Captain Withenge Taylor, was wrecked near the Bolt Head, when running for Plymouth, in a violent gale and thick hazy weather. The whole of her officers and crew, excepting 26 persons, perished.
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 269 et seq.
