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1332  – and 8 June, 1844, and 19 May, 1848, to the command of the and  steam-packets. He left the 6 Jan. 1849. – Goode and Lawrence.

 WYLDE. 

died in 1845. He was only son of the late Capt. Sydenham Wylde, formerly of the 7th Hussars.

This officer entered the Navy 2 April, 1616; passed his examination in 1823; and for his services during the war in Ava, where he commanded the ’s cutter in the attack upon Melloone, was made Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1826, into the 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise. In that vessel he continued employed in the East Indies until about May, 1828. During the year 1836 and from 8 Jan. 1838 until the period of his death he filled an appointment in the Coast Guard.

Lieut. Wylde married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Giles Hall, Esq., of Rickford House, Blagdon, Somersetshire. – Goode and Lawrence.

 WYNYARD. 

entered th« Navy 4 Sept. 1817; passed his examination in 1825; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Oct. 1826. He served in the Coast Guard from 3 March, 1836, until the close of 1839. – Joseph Woodhead.

 WYVILL. 

is son of the late Rev. Christopher Wyvill; and brother of the present Marmaduke Wyvill, Esq., of Constable Burton, co. York, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the co., and twice M.P. for the city of York.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 Oct. 180.5, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, with whom, after cruizing in the Channel, he removed, in May, 1806, to the 74. In that ship, of which he was rated Midshipman in Nov. 1807, he visited the West Indies, served for some time off Cadiz, and then proceeded up the Mediterranean; where he was employed, from March, 1810, until May, 1813, in the 32, Capts. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave and Chas. Napier, and 38, also commanded by Capt. Waldegrave. In the boats of the, 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 Murat’s army at Scylla, together with seven large gun-boats and five armed scampavias. He was present at the cutting out too, 5 Oct. in the same year, by the boats of the and  sloop, of 10 transports, collected near Agricoli, in the Gulf of Salerno; and on 16 June, 1811, he witnessed the destruction, by a detachment from the  and  18,of a similar number of armed feluccas on the beach near Cetraro. Besides sharing in a variety of other dashing services, we find him, 31 March, 1813, employed in the boats of the, , and , under Lieut. Isaac Shaw, at the capture and destruction (with a loss to the British of 1 man killed and 4 severely wounded, and to the French of 4 killed, 5 wounded, and 17 taken prisoners) of two strong batteries (mounting 5 36-pounders and 2 24’s) and 18 sail of vessels, at Morjean, near Marseilles. For his conduct on that occasion he was strongly noticed in Capt. Waldegrave’s official letter. In May, 1813, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the sloop, Capt. Ewell Tritton; and on 5 July following he was confirmed. He was paid off in Nov. of the same year; and was subsequently appointed – in Feb. and Oct. 1814, to the 50 and  24, Capts. Edw. Crofton and Hew Steuart, on the Halifax and Home stations – 22 July, 1815, for three months, to the 36, Capts. Philip Pipon and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, at Portsmouth – in Jan. 1816, to the 46, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the coast of North America, whence he returned to England and was paid off in Aug. 1817 – 10 Nov. 1818, as Senior, to the 18, Capt. Chas. Simeon, on the Cork station- and, 14 Nov. 1821, to the 28, as Flag- Lieutenant to Sir John Poo Beresford at Leith. Attaining the rank of Commander 29 July, 1824, he was appointed in that capacity, 28 April, 1827, to the 10, on the Mediterranean station; where he became, 31 Oct. 1828 and 28 April, 1830, Second-Captain of the  84 and  120, flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm. The formed part of a squadron under the orders of Sir Thos. Staines in an attack made upon a fort and several vessels in the possession of the pirates at Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828. On the return home of the, Capt. Wyvill was presented with a Post-commission dated 22 Feb. 1832. He commanded the 26, on the North America and West India and Cape of Good Hope stations, from 31 Dec. 1840 until 1847 4 and since 7 May, 1849, has been serving in the  36. In 1827, while Capt. Wyvill was on his passage in the 42 to join the, the former ship narrowly escaped being burnt, in consequence of some men having set fire to a cask of spirits which they had clandestinely opened. The catastrophe was however averted through the handsome conduct and exertions of Capt. Wyvill, who, with one of the gunner’s mates, plugged the cask and slung it, apparently in the midst of the flame. He is Senior of 1832. – Messrs. Halford and Co.



YATES. 

entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Rich. Dacres; in which ship we find him present, under the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, at the defence of Gaeta, the reduction of the island of Capri, the passage of the Dardanells, and the destruction of the French squadron at Point Pesquies. In the summer of 1807 he accompanied Admiral Gambier in the expedition against Copenhagen. After serving for a short time at Chatham as Midshipman in the 100, he joined, in May, 1810, the  80, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith on the coast of Brazil. In Nov. of the same year he was received on board the 36, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour, attached to the force on the Lisbon station. He was subsequently sent into port in a prize; during his absence in which vessel the Manilla, under the command at the time of Capt. Jolin Joyce, was wrecked off the Texel, 28 Jan. 1812. He was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1814, employed in the 74,  64, and  74, flag-ship of the late Sir Geo. Martin off Lisbon. He has since (with the exception of a few months in 1838, during which he had charge of a station in the Coast Guard) been on half-pay.

 YATES. 

entered the Navy, 16 March, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the 64, Capt. Robt. Winthrop; and on 28 Nov. following was present at the destruction, in Finisterre Bay, of La Bayonnaise French frigate of 32 guns and 200 men. After cruizing in the North Sea and off Boulogne he removed, in April, 1805, to the 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, fitting at Chatham; and from the following July until Dec. 1808 he was again employed with Capt. Winthrop and with Capt.