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January, 1807, we find him assisting in the boats, and highly 

 extolled for his bravery, at the cutting out of two of the 

 enemy's vessels, under a most tremendous fire from the bat- 

 teries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique, which killed two and 

 wounded ten of the crew, including Lieutenant W. Coote, 

 who conducted the expedition. In July, 1808, he removed 

 to the Leviathan, 74, Captain J. Harvey, and proceeded to 

 the Mediterranean, where, in October, 1809, he aided in caus- 

 ing the self-destruction of the French ships of the line, 

 Bobuste and Lion, off Cape Cette. On 20th of May, 1811, 

 he was confirmed a Lieutenant after four months' service in 

 the Circe, S2, Captain Woolcombe ; in March, 1812, he re- 

 turned home on leave of absence. His last appointments 

 were 26th February, 1813, to the Ville de Paris, and from 

 this ship to the Boyne, 98, on the 8th of March, following, 

 both under the command of Captain Burlton, in the Channel 

 and Mediterranean. On the 22nd September, 1814, he joined 

 the Urgent, 14, Captain Fitzmaurice, in the Channel. On 

 the 22nd November, 1814, he joined the Cornwallis, 74, flag- 

 ship, on the East Indies, of his former captain, then Rear- 

 Admiral Burlton ; and, in October, 1815, as First-Lieutenant 

 in the Wellesley, 74, Captain Bayley. In the Boijne he 

 shared, loth February, 1814, in Sir Edward Pellew's recontre 

 with the French Toulon fleet ; on which occasion that ship 

 bore the brunt of the engagement for half-an-hour, close in 

 shore, and immediately under the enemy's batteries, two of 

 the crew being killed and forty wounded, and the vessel much 

 damaged in the hull, masts, and rigging. He returned home 

 in the Wellesley from the East Indies, in 1816, and, on ac- 

 count of the extreme illness of the captain, the command of 

 the ship devolved upon him. From this time he remained 

 unemployed, and was made retired commander in 1850. 

 Shortly after this, he entered as Fellow Commoner Christ 

 Church, Cambridge, and took the degree of B.A. in 1820. 

 In October, 1840, he married Mary Anne, eldest daughter of 

 the Rev. Charles Thomson of Howick, chaplain to Earl 

 Grey, and settled on his property at Belle Vue, Alnwick. 

 He became a J.P. for the county, and, during the remainder 

 of his life, discharged its duties with zeal and fidelity. As a 

 gentleman and friend he was beloved and respected, and as 

 a supporter of the charities and schools of the town and neigh- 

 bourhood, his hand was ever ready ; and in him, the poor and 

 helpless have lost a generous and loving benefactor. He be- 

 came a member of our club in October, 1856, and, although 



