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Rh Greek constitution of Athens. He has been presented with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the order of the Redeemer of Greece.

Sir Chas. Sullivan married, 21 Nov. 1818, Jean Anne, only daughter of Robt. Taylor, Esq., of Ember Court, co. Surrey, by whom he has issue two sons and three daughters. – Burnett and Holmes.

 SULLIVAN. 

entered the Navy in 1832; passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840; served at Portsmouth and in the Mediterranean as Mate in the gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and 84, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan; and obtained his commission 22 Aug. 1844. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Aug. 1844, again, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the – 7 Sept. following, to the  16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, in the Mediterranean – and, 17 Dec. 1845, to the  80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. In the latter ship he was employed on the Home and Mediterranean stations until the spring of 1848.

 SUMMERS. 

was born 1 Jan. 1796. He is brother of Wm. Summers, Esq., Master R.N. (1826).

This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1810, as Midshipman, on board the cutter, stationed in the Downs, He next, in the early part of 1812, joined the  74, Capt. Geo. Parker, employed in the North Sea and Baltic; and in the course of the same year, while absent in a tender, he was taken prisoner. On his release from captivity he was received, in Jan. 1813, on board the 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, attached to the force on the Home station; where, in the West Indies, and at the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, he served until after the conclusion of hostilities in the 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, 74, Capt. David Lloyd, and  38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell. Between 1816 (in Nov. of which year he passed his examination) and July, 1826, he was employed on the East India, Home, Mediterranean, Halifax, and West India stations, as Mate, in the 74,  40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, 18, Capt. Nepean,  120, and in another ship, the name of which has escaped us. On 10 of the month last mentioned he was made Lieutenant into the 10, Capt. Joseph O’Brien, also in the West Indies. He invalided in the same year, 1826; and has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Summers married, in Jan. 1830, Miss Harriette Elizabeth Howell.

 SUMPTER. 

entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Thos. Western; in which ship, after cruizing in the Channel, he accompanied the Royal Family of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils. From June, 1809, until Nov. 1814 he served on the Mediterranean, South American, and North Sea stations, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Jan. 1808), in the 36 and  74, both commanded by Capt. Peter Heywood; he then joined the  24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew; and on his return in that ship from a visit to Hudson’s Bay he was presented, in Nov. 1815, with a commission dated back to 28 of the preceding Feb. The in April, 1810, brought home from the Mediterranean the remains of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood. From 24 Dec. 1830 until the spring of 1836 Mr. Sumpter commanded a station in the Coast Guard.

 SUNDERLAND. 

was born 3 May, 1814.

This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 120, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at the Nore. He was employed next in the East Indies – from 19 Nov. 1828 until 4 Jan. 1833, part of the time as Midshipman, in the 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith Colpoys and John Parker – from 23 Jan. 1834 until 17 March, 1835, in the 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, in which vessel he assisted, in company with the, Capt. Price Blackwood, in forcing the passage of the Boca Tigris, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834 – and from 18 March until 31 July, 1835, in the  74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore. He passed his examination 5 Aug. in the latter year; and was subsequently appointed Mate – 15 Feb. 1836, of the bomb, Capt. Edw. Belcher, fitting for an expedition to the North Pole – and 25 March, 1836, 12 Jan. 1838, and 13 Jan. 1839, of the 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, Belle- ROPHON 80, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and 84, Capt. Chas. Napier. In the ship last mentioned (he had been discharged from the 10 April, 1838) he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was promoted in consequence to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 4 Nov. 1840; but he did not leave the Powerful until 16 Jan. 1841. He then joined his former ship the, commanded at the time by Capt. Chas. John Austen, with whom he remained until 6 March following. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Sunderland married, 7 Aug. 1844, Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Story, of the Royal Artillery, by whom he has issue.

 SUTHERLAND. 

was born 23 May, 1779.

This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capts. Andw. Mitchell and John Thomas, stationed in the Channel. In the course of the same month he attained the rating of Midshipman; and in Aug. 1796 he was transferred to the 32, Capts. Jas. Young, Israel Pellew, Rich. Lee, Temple Hardy, and John Crawley. In that frigate, after cruizing for some time in the Channel, he sailed for the West Indies; where he removed, in Sept. 1799, to the 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker, and was nominated, 19 Oct. following, Acting-Lieutenant of the  32, Capts. Chas. Ogle, John Crawley, John Perkins, and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. By Capt. Ogle, Mr. Sutherland (who had been frequently employed on cutting-out expeditions, and had passed through scenes of great mortality) was several times, while on the coast of South America, sent on shore for the purpose of trading with the Indians for a supply of fresh provisions. On one of these occasions he was attacked, wounded in the head, and taken prisoner, with 9 of his men, by 100 Spanish soldiers, who had been sent expressly from Carthagena. At the end of a month he was exchanged and went back to the ; in which ship he continued until wrecked on the North Triangle Rock, in the Gulf of Mexico, 9 June, 1801. Shortly after this catastrophe had occurred he was despatched in one boat, as was the Second-Lieutenant in another, to Vera Cruz for relief. The weather becoming bad, the two soon parted company. Mr. Sutherland, however, succeeded in reaching his destination; and after some difficulty induced a Spanish frigate to repair as a cartel to the assistance of his distressed shipmates. On arriving at the spot where the disaster had happened it was found, from a letter in a bottle, that they had been all picked up and carried to Jamaica by the frigate, Capt. Peter Halkett; who, from intelligence communicated by a fishing-boat previously spoken by Mr. Sutherland, had gone in search of the wreck. In the month of July, the Spanish frigate having fallen in with the 