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Rh 1804, he continued employed as Midshipman in the, Capt. John Loring, until transferred, in May, 1806, to the 74, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy. In that ship he served, for about two years on the coast of North America and off Flushing. He then joined the 110, Capts. John Surman Garden and Rich. Thomas, under the former of whom he assisted, in Jan. 1809, in embarking the remains of General Moore’s army at Corunna. In the course of 1810 he was received in succession on board the sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, bomb, Capt. John Fordyce Maples, and  98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley – the two former vessels employed at the defence of Cadiz, the on the Lisbon station. He was nominated, 4 June, 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capts. Wm. Shepheard and Joshua Sydney Horton, also engaged at the defence of Cadiz; was confirmed to that ship 23 Aug. following; and, invaliding from her in March, 1812, was afterwards employed – from 29 Sept. 1812 until taken prisoner in Dec. 1813, in the brig, Capt. Edm. Waller, on the coast of France – from 1 Dec. 1814 until 4 Dec. 1815, in the 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom he visited Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena – and from 23 March, 1830, until 1832, in command of the 12, on the coast of Africa. He has since been on half-pay.

 SMYTH. 

was born in May, 1803.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1814, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 10, Capt. John Pakenham, in which vessel, after having served in the Channel and attained the rating of Midshipman, he was wrecked, near Tampico Bar, in the West Indies, 16 Nov. 1816. He was subsequently employed – from Feb. 1817 until May, 1818, again in the West Indies, in the 18, Capt. Houston Stewart,  58, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and  18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott – from Nov. 1818 until Dec. 1821 in the 76, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley at Cork – from Dec. 1821 until Nov. 1823 in the  74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, lying at Plymouth – from Nov. 1823 until Aug. 1829 in the 26, Capt. Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 46, Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane, and 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, all in the East Indies, where he was confirmed a Lieutenant (about five months after he had been ordered to act as such) in the vessel last mentioned, 11 Oct. 1826 – and, from 11 June, 1832, until 2 Dec. 1833, as Senior, in the  18, Capt. Geo. Daniell, a third time in the West Indies. He then invalided with a constitution so much impaired from the effects of long service in tropic climes that he was for long unable to go afloat. Restored at length to health, he was nominated, 27 Nov. 1844, Admiralty on board a contract mail steam-vessel; in which capacity he continued until appointed, 27 July, 1847, to the command of the  steamer of 260 horse-power, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he is now serving.

Lieut. Smyth married in April, 1835, and has issue five children.

 SMYTH. 

was employed as Midshipman during the war in the 38,  40,  98, and  80. In the two first he saw much boat-service in the Mediterranean; and in the, commanded by Capt. Geo. Burlton, he was present in Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial action with the Toulon fleet, 13 Feb. 1814; on which occasion that ship bore the brunt of the engagement, was for half an hour in action, close in shore, and under the enemy’s batteries, with the 74, and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 40 wounded, besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and rigging. In the Mr. Smyth witnessed the attack upon Baltimore; and soon after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1814, he accompanied, in the  troop-ship, the expedition against New Orleans. His appointments since the peace appear to have been – 14 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 27 June, 1832, to the Revenue-cruizer – 7 Feb. 1834, again to the Coast Guard – 17 and 27 March, 1838, to his former vessel, the, and to the , both engaged in the protection of the Revenue – 20 March, 1843, a third time to the Coast Guard – 5 Nov. 1844, to the , another Revenue-vessel – and, 20 May, 1848, again, as an Inspecting-Commander, to the Coast Guard, in which service he continues.

 SMYTH. 

entered the Navy, about March, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the 98, Capt. Jas. Bowen, lying at Portsmouth, where he followed that officer shortly afterwards into the 74, and in the course of the same year joined the  98 and  74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry Hotham. In the latter ship he served in Sir Robt. Calder’s action and at the battle of Trafalgar 22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, and assisted at the destruction of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne 24 Feb. 1809, on which occasion the, besides being much cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded. After co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Spain he removed with Capt. Hotham, in Aug. 1810, into the 74. In the course of the same year he contributed to the capture of two French privateers; and on 22 May, 1812, he was present, in company with the gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, near L’Orient, of the 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck, whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the ’s people. For his conduct in this affair he was promoted, 2 June, 1812, to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 20 June, 1812, to the 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick, in which vessel he was engaged in affording protection to convoys, and once escorted a fleet of 300 sail past the batteries of Elsineur – 15 June and 6 Dec. 1813, to the and  74’s, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, with whom he served off Rochefort and Flushing and in the West Indies until May, 1816 – 30 April, 1818, for four months, to the 80, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson – 22 May, 1819, to the  74, Capt. Rich. Raggett – 19 March, 1822, to the charge of a Signal station at Portsmouth – 23 Dec. 1825, to the 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin – and, 1 May, 1827, as Senior, to the 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes. On his passage to the West Indies in the he assisted at the capture of Le Jason letter-of-marque of 14 guns (pierced for 22) and 54 men, and the frigates Iphigénie and Alcmène of 44 guns each, taken (the former after considerable resistance) 16 and 20 Jan. 1814. In June and Aug. 1815 he commanded the boats at the landing of the troops during the operations against Martinique and Guadeloupe. He was afterwards detached and sent in a schooner to Pointe-à- Pitre for the purpose of guarding that port and of securing the prizes – a service attended with much risk and fatigue. While on board the, which ship, as well as the and , belonged to the Portsmouth station, Mr. Smyth cruized for six weeks off Scilly with a squadron under Sir Benj. Hallowell. During the time he had his name on the books of the he was employed, in command of a tender, in supressing smuggling on the coasts of Sussex and Dorset. In the he fought, and was wounded in boarding a fire-ship, at the battle of