THE VICTORY;

OR,

THE WARD-ROOM MESS.

OR,

THE WARD-ROOM MESS.

BY

M. H. BARKER, ESQ.,

(THE OLD SAILOR,)

TOUGH YARNS;" "LAND AND SEA TALES," &c. &c.

"Stern war his blood-red standard now hath furled,
And smiling Peace her olive-branch hath spread
Above our heads: yet it is not unwise

To call to mind remembrance of the past,

If but to contrast with the present times."

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.