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Rh following month was present at the reduction of Genoa and its dependencies. Being paid off from the in Jan. 1815, he did not again go afloat until Nov. 1819; from which period until Jan. 1823 we find him employed in the  26, off St. Helena, for the security of Napoleon Buonaparte, and on the coast of Ireland. He served next, until Aug. 1827, the greater part of the time as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination 5 April, 1826), in the 18,  74,  76, and  again. On first joining the, commanded by Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, he sailed with the present Lord Stuart de Rothesay for South America; whence he returned in the to England, touching en route at Lisbon for the purpose of delivering to the King the treaty of separation between Brazil and Portugal. After serving for some time in the and  Revenue-cruizers (in the former as First-Mate), he was appointed, in April, 1829, to the  28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, fitting for the coast of Africa. He was employed, while there, up the different rivers in the suppression of the slave trade; and was Acting-Lieutenant of the 26, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, at a period when the climate made fearful ravages among the crew of that ship. His own health being at length impaired, he returned to England an invalid in the 48, but without reaping the promotion which was fairly his claim. In Aug. 1830 he joined the 42; from the following month until Feb. 1839 he was employed in the  and  Revenue-cruizers; and he was afterwards, until promoted at last to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, employed as a Chief-officer in the Coast Guard at the Old Head of Kinsale, in Ireland. During the whole of the time he belonged to the, which vessel was stationed on the coast of Ireland, he performed the duties of First Mate; and so great was his experience that he acted latterly too as Pilot. He was nominated Additional-Lieutenant of the 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth, 15 Dec. 1841; was appointed, 15 March, 1842, to the 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, fltting at Portsmouth; and from 18 May, 1842 (he had been obliged by an attack of rheumatism to leave the, and be sent to the hospital at Haslar), until 1848 again, we believe, had charge of a station in the Coast Guard.

Lieut. Wilkinson married, in Aug. 1827, Miss Stowe, the daughter of a Purser R.N. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 WILKINSON, K.C.T.S.

entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the, in which vessel and the , both commanded by Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, he continued employed on the North Sea and Irish stations, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until transferred, in Nov. 1808, to the 32, Capts. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave and Chas. Napier. In the boats of that frigate, assisted by those of the and  sloops, he contributed, 25 July, 1810, to the very gallant capture and destruction, under the batteries of Amantea, on the coast of Naples, and in face of a most spirited opposition, of a convoy of 31 vessels, laden with provisions and stores for the enemy’s army at, together with seven large gun-boats and five armed scampavias. Besides participating in many other dashing services he was present, as Master’s Mate, in company with the 36, at the capture, 26 Feb. 1813, of the island of Ponza, defended by the fire of four batteries and a tower, mounting 10 24 and 18 pounders, 2 12-pounders, and 2 9-inch mortars, Removing with Capt. Napier in April, 1813, as Master’s Mate (a rating he had attained in May, 1811), to the  36, he assisted in that ship, in the ensuing winter, in driving on shore, in Calvi Bay, the Balleine French store-ship, of 22 guns and 120 men, and in compelling a gaberre of 30 guns and 150 men, laden with stores, and a national schooner of the largest class, to seek refuge under the land batteries. He afterwards, on the arrival of the in the Chesapeake, accompanied the brilliant expedition conducted by the present Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon against the city of Alexandria, up the river Potomac. On the return of the to Europe (he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Oct. 1814) he was employed, until the surrender of Buonaparte, in cruizing, under the command of Capt. Thos. Huskisson, off Havre and the mouth of the Seine. Quitting the 30 Sept. 1815, he was appointed next, 29 July, 1821, and 31 March, 1823, to the  26 and  50, commanded each, on the East India station, by Capt. Thos. Coe. While in the ship last mentioned, of which he was First-Lieutenant, Mr. Wilkinson distinguished himself in the operations against the Burmese. On 16 May, 1824, he embarked, in the boats of the, the Grenadier Company of the 38th Regiment under Capt. Rich. Birch, and proceeded with it to the attack of Kemmendine, a village which, although strongly stockaded and defended by 400 men, was stormed and carried in style. “I hope I may be allowed,” says Capt. Birch in his official report of the proceedings addressed to Sir Arch. Campbell, the Military Commander-in-Chief, “to express the highest admiration of the cool and intrepid conduct of Lieut. Wilkinson, R.N., who, although severely wounded, continued to render me the greatest assistance in giving directions from his boat.” Mr. Wilkinson was wounded, we may add, by a musket-ball through the thigh. After the occupation of Prome, 25 April, 1825, and while commanding the light division of the flotilla in the Irawady under Capt. Thos. Alexander, he was despatched up the river, as far as Napadee, for the purpose of reconnoitring. On 1 May he returned, having captured eight warboats, pulling from 60 to 60 oars each, and another laden with guns and small arms. This service was performed without any loss in presence of 500 musketeers and 50 horsemen, part of the force commanded by the Prince of Sarrawaddy. The result was the liberation of 3000 canoes with families in them, whom the latter had been driving before him. Writing to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Capt. Coe, in a letter dated 17 June, 1825, thus expresses himself: “Mr. Jas. Wilkinson, Senior Lieutenant of H.M.’s ship under my command, latterly in command of the light division of boats, has been spoken of in the highest terms by Capt. Alexander as well as those serving under him. I have known this officer since 1821, and while serving with me in H.M.’s ship, and since in the , I have had frequent opportunities of observing his zeal and abilities.” Mr. Wilkinson, who left the about 1826, was advanced to the rank of Commander 31 Jan. 1828. His next and last appointment was, 12 May, 1837, to the 18, in which vessel he was employed, chiefly in the Mediterranean, until advanced to the rank he now holds, 3 July, 1840.

For conduct displayed in the service of Her Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal, Capt. Wilkinson was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and Sword 30 Oct. 1837. He has been seven times wounded, on four occasions severely.

 WILKINSON. 

was born 5 April, 1791. This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1809, as Midshipman, on board the 38, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, attached to the force in the East Indies. In July, 1810, having returned with convoy to England in the 36, Capt. Wm. Wilbraham, he joined the