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Rh Russell at Yarmouth – 28 July, 1804, to the command of the hired armed lugger, engaged in watching the Boulogne flotilla and in conveying despatches to Lord Keith – 28 Dec. 1804, to the  24, Capts. John Dick and Arthur Lysaght, under whom he assisted in escorting convoys to Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Gibraltar – 26 Nov. 1807, to the 18, Capt. Chas. Gordon, fitting at Chatham – and in Dec. 1807 and Nov. 1808, to the command of the 4 and  hired armed brig. The  was employed in taking despatches to the coasts of Spain and Portugal; the  was for five years and a half stationed between Portland and the Dodman for the protection of the coasting trade and the fishing vessels. She beat off during that period two French privateers and made one recapture. Since he left her in May, 1814, Lieut. Tindale has not been afloat. He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 30 Oct. 1837. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 TINLING. 

entered the Navy 6 July, 1814; served as Midshipman in the 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and in the  18, Capt. Wm. Walpole, in an expedition conducted in 1819-20, under the orders of Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier and Major-General Sir Wm. Grant Keir, against the pirates of the Gulf; passed his examination in 1822; and was made Lieutenant, 6 May, 1825, into the  26, Capt. John Lawrence, in the West Indies. He returned home towards the close of the same year; and was subsequently appointed – 10 Sept. 1829, to the 78, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton, John Dick, and Arthur Fanshawe, employed on the Home, Mediterranean, and Lisbon stations – 24 June, 1834, to the 18, Capts. Henry John Codrington and Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, in which vessel he returned to the Mediterranean and there became First-Lieutenant – and 17 June, 1836, and 9 March, 1839, to the command of the steamer and  brig, both in the West Indies. While on the station last named he was made Commander, 25 March, 1841, into the receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodores Peter John Douglas and Edw. Boxer. He was appointed, 23 Dec. following, Second-Captain of the 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace at Sheerness; and was advanced to his present rank 27 Dec. 1843. He has since been on half-pay.

Capt. Tinling married, 21 May, 1844, Mary Ann, daughter of the late Francis Brace, Esq., and niece of the late Vice-Admiral Sir E. Brace, K.C.B. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 TISDALL. 

entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, with whom he continued employed in the Channel, West Indies, and Mediterranean, as Midshipman, in the same ship and in the frigate and  74, until Jan. 1806. On 27 March following, having fought in the 74, flag-ship of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, in the action off St. Domingo, he was nominated Acting-Sub-Lieutenant of the, Capt. Jas. Askew. On 28 June and 7 Oct. in the same year he became an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas, also in the West Indies; he served next in the Mediterranean, from Oct. 1807 until April, 1810, in the and  74’s, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Griffith; and on 10 Nov. in the latter year and 7 April, 1811, he was appointed to the 18, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, and 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, both on the Cape of Good Hope station. While attached to the he assisted in her boats at the cutting-out of several vessels near Genoa, and united, in Oct. 1809, in a pursuit which led to the self-destruction, near Cape Cette, of the ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion. As Senior-Lieutenant of the Mr. Tisdall co-operated in 1811 in the reduction of Java, where he served in the batteries at the taking of Batavia, and was severely wounded as Aide-de-Camp to General Gillespie at the storming of Djojocarta, On the surrender of the island he was ordered, 28 Sept. 1811, to take the command, which he retained for a few months, of the flotilla of gun-boats stationed there. He obtained a second promotal commission 16 Feb. 1813; was appointed, 17 June, 1814, to the sloop, in the West Indies; and was nominated, 9 April, 1815, Acting-Captain, on that station, of the  20. He was officially posted 14 July following (a fortnight before the was paid off); and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 TOBY. 

entered the Navy, 27 April, 1830, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 12, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Smithers, fitting for the coast of Africa, where he attained the rating of Midshipman in April, 1831, and removed, in May, 1830, to the 16, Capt. Rich. Meredith. In the he assisted, 24 Nov. 1830, at the capture, off the Rio Pongos, of the Ninfa Portuguese piratical schooner. He left the 26 Sept. 1835; and was next employed – from 3 Oct. 1835 until 8 Jan. 1836, in the  74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, on the Lisbon station – from 2 Sept. 1836 until 13 March, 1840, in the 80, Capts. Sam. Jackson and Chas. Jas. Austen, in the Mediterranean – and from 7 Aug. 1840 until 12 Feb. 1842, in the steamer, Capt. Wm. Allen, part of a disastrous expedition sent up the river. He was then, having passed his examination 6 Feb. 1837, presented with a commission dated back to 23 Nov. 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 15 July, 1842, 27 Jan. 1843, and 18 Feb. 1844, to the 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Dovereux, and  50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, all in the Mediterranean – 12 Feb. 1845, after nine months of half-pay, to the steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham Hornby, on the same station – 20 June, 1845, again to the, bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devonport – 26 Jan. 1846, as First, to the 10, Capt. Henry J. W. S. P. Gallwey, fitting for the coast of Africa – 1 April following, to the Coast Guard – 25 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to the  104, flagship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean – and 5 March, 1847, to the 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, employed on particular service. The was paid off in the spring of 1848.

Lieut. Toby married, 9 Aug. 1848, Emma, daughter of the late Capt. Bissett, R.N. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 TOD. 

, born 22 Dec. 1789, is third son of Alex. Tod, Esq., of Finfin, Morayshire, N.B.; and brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Tod. This officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1807, as L.M., on board the 32, Capt. Jas. Dunbar with whom, after escorting the Earl of Pembroke as Ambassador to the Court of Russia and assisting at the siege of Copenhagen, he removed to the 38, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where he became Midshipman, in Nov. 1808 and Feb. 1811 of the  and  74’s, both commanded by Capt. Rich. Hussey Mowbray, and in Nov. 1813 Master’s Mate of the 26, Capts. Gawen Wm. Hamilton and John Cornish. In April, 1810, he co-operated in command of a gun-boat, and had his long gun dismounted and several of his men wounded, at the siege of Santa Maura; and on 2 May, 1813, he served with the boats of the and the  and  frigates, covered by the  18, at the cutting-out of a well-protected convoy, lying in the port of Morjean, near Toulon. On the latter occasion, having boarded a vessel which was moored by a rope from her mast-head to the rocks, he ran up the mast,