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Rh former Commander, in the. He then, the establishment being broken up, came home, as Acting Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On his arrival in July he joined the 100, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth; from the following Aug. until March, 1821, he served in the Mediterranean as Admiralty-Midshipman in the 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland; and on 30 April in the latter year, after he had again served at Portsmouth in the, then the flag-ship of Sir Jos. Hawkins Whitshed, and in the 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, he was promoted to the rank he now holds. He has since been on half-pay.

He married, first, in Aug. 1825, Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Foster, Rector of Drypoole; and secondly, in June, 1838, Mary, daughter of Wm. Field, Esq., shipowner, of Hull, one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House. By his former marriage he has issue two children. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 SHADWELL. 

is son of the Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Kt., Vice-Chancellor of England.

This officer entered the Navy 3 May, 1827; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; was appointed, 26 July following, to the 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Mediterranean station; and, from 3 Dec. 1841 until promoted to his present rank 27 June, 1846, was employed in the East Indies, as First-Lieutenant, in the 18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood. In the he took part, in 1840, in the operations against the towns of Caiffa, Jaffa, and Tsour, and assisted at the bombardment of Acre. At Caiffa he was sent with a flag of truce to demand the surrender of that place to the Sublime Porte.

Commander Shadwell is the author of ‘A Table of Arcs for facilitating the Computation of the Latitude, by Double Altitudes of the principal Fixed Stars, calculated for the years 1835, 1845, 1855, &c.’ published in 1837.

 SHAIRP. 

is brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capt. Matthew Barton Bradby, stationed in the North Sea and Baltic; served, from July, 1810, until March, 1813, in the East Indies, as Midshipman, in the  and  frigates, Capts. Alex. Skene and Jas. Coutts Crawford; and, from March, 1813, until presented in Sept. 1815 with a commission bearing date 9 March in that year, was employed in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean in the 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, and  74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In the he accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren; in the  he co-operated, in 1811, in the reduction of Java; in the  he assisted, in company with the  36, at the capture, 6 Jan. 1814, of the French 40-gun frigate Cérès; and in the  he took part, in 1815, in the siege of Gaeta. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant were – in Aug. 1818, to the 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, fitting for the Mediterranean – 29 March and 16 June, 1820, to the 46 and  sloop, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Fred. Marryat, on the Mediterranean and St. Helena stations – 30 Nov. 1822, to the 18, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, employed at first in quelling an alarming insurrection of the keelmen in the river Tyne, next on the west coast of Scotland and on a mission to the river Garonne, and finally in cruizing on the coast of Ireland – and, 10 April, 1826, to the 18, Capt. Robt. Tait, equipping for South America. He attained his present rank 30 April, 1827; and from 22 Sept. 1835 until the close of 1838 was employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 SHAIRP. 

entered the Navy 18 Jan. 1817; passed his examination 23 July, 1823; and from 28 Jan. 1840 until the close of 1846 was employed as Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 23 Nov. 1841) in the Coast Guard. He was then, 31 Dec. 1846, appointed Additional of the steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa, where, since 1 May, 1847, he has been serving in the 12, Capt. Thos. Hope.

 SHAIRP. 

entered the Navy 19 Dec. 1828; and assisted, when Midshipman, on the coast of Africa, of the schooner, Lieut.- Commander Wm. Warren, at the capture, 3 June, 1832, of the Aquila slaver of superior force. He passed his examination .18 May, 1835; served, from 1840 until paid off in 1843, on the East India station, as Mate, in the 18, Capt. Thos. Ross Sulivan; and on 12 Feb. 1844, soon after he had joined the troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next appointments were – 1 May, 1844, as Additional, to the 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies – 16 Oct. 1844, to the 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, on the same station, whence he returned at the close of 1845 – and, 11 April, 1846, to the troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, with whom he remained until paid off in 1848.

 SHAIRP. 

was born in Jan. 1799. He is brother of.

This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles; and in the course of the same year was present, in company with the sloop, at the destruction of seven large merchant-ships, in face of 1500 French soldiers, near Stralsund. On his return to England with Capt. Bowles in the frigate, after having been for some time employed on the South American station, he became, in July, 1814, Midshipman of the  36, Capt. Matthew Smith. From Sept. 1815, until May, 1819, he again served in South America in the 32, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He next, in Aug. 1820, joined the 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, employed in the Channel and also in the West Indies; where on 26 April, 1824, he was confirmed a Lieutenant (three months after he had been ordered to act as such) in the 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston. From Aug. to Dec. of the same year he served with Capt. Edw. Brace in the 84; and since 31 Dec. 1835 (deducting a command held from 15 June, 1838, until June, 1840, of the  Revenue-cruizer) he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.

He is married and has issue.

 SHAKESPEAR. 

was born 18 May, 1788, and died in 1847.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt Henry Wm. Bayntun; and in Dec. 1805, after having served in the Mediterranean and fought at Trafalgar, was received as Supernumerary Midshipman on board the, bearing the flag of Admiral Montagu at Portsmouth. He was next from Jan. 1806 until March, 1808, employed in the North Sea and Channel in the 38, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage; and from the latter date until