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DAWSON—DAY. Wm. Aylmer, and Geo. Fras. Seymour; under the latter of whom he assisted at the chase and capture of the Paul Jones, American privateer, of 16 guns and 85 men. He then removed to the, of 32 guns and 171 men, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon; and on 20 Feb. 1815, off Madeira, joined, as Master’s Mate, in a fierce action, which terminated in the capture, by the United States frigate Constitution, of 54 guns and 469, of the (whose loss on the occasion amounted to 6 killed and 13 wounded), and of her consort, the, of 20 guns and 131 men. Being soon afterwards restored to liberty in consequence of the peace, Mr. Dawson returned home on board the 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie; and from the following Oct. until Sept. 1816, was employed in the West Indies, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 10, Capt. Geo. Domett. Between Feb. 1821, and the receipt of his first commission, which he did not obtain until 14 Dec. following, five years previously to which period he had passed his examination, he further served in the 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and cruized for some time with George IV. in the yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. After a subsequent attachment of four months to the 74, he rejoined the, Capts. Geo. Mundy and Adolphus FitzClarence; and continued in that vessel, from 14 Jan. 1830, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 6 July, 1832. Capt. Dawson, whose next appointment was to the command, 7 March, 1840, of the 16, on the North America and West India station, has been on half-pay since his attainment of Post-rank, 23 Nov. 1841. 

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(b) entered the Navy 24 July, 1809; passed his examination in 1815; obtained his commission 28 April, 1827; and (with the exception of three years’ command, from Sept. 1835 to Sept. 1838, of the Revenue cutter) has held an appointment in the Coast Guard Service since 7 Oct. 1829.

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entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the frigate, Capt. Wm. Ferris, employed in the West Indies; and, on next joining the 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, took part, as Midshipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Until Nov. 1808, he afterwards became attached in succession, on the Channel and Halifax stations, to the 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie,  50, flag-ship of the Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and and  schooners, both commanded by Lieut. Geo. Gover Miall. Being then appointed Acting-Master of the sloop, Capts. Wm. Ferrie, Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, Henry Conyngham Coxen, and Robt. Russell, he assisted, in company with the and, at the capture, on 10 Feb. 1809, of the French 40-gun frigate La Junon, after a contest in which the  figured very conspicuously; and, in the same and the following year, he was also present at the reduction of the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Martin. Between Oct. 1810 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, – which took place 11 Feb. 1815, three years after he had passed his examination, – Mr. Day appears to have been next employed – in the yacht, in the river Thames – the Dominica sloop, Capt. Robt. Hockings, and 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, both on the West India station – and the 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, off the coast of France. From April to Sept. 1815, he afterwards served in the 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius; but since the latter date he has not been afloat.

Lieut. Day, when in the, in Chesapeake Bay, had the good fortune to suppress a mutiny which had broken out on board that vessel. He holds an appointment at present in the Quarantine Service. – J. Hinxman.

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entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capts. John Holloway and Sampson Edwards, employed in the Channel and off the coast of Spain. In Feb. 1801, having attained the rating of Midshipman two years previously, he removed to the 110, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Jas. Carpenter; and, on next joining the 74, commanded by Capt. Solomon Ferris, and, during the absence of that officer, by Lieut. John B. Hills, he witnessed the capture, between 28 June and 1 July, 1803, of La Mignonne of 16, and La Créole of 32 guns, and partook of a stiff running fight with the 40-gun frigate La Poursuivante, near St. Nicolas Mole, St. Domingo. He afterwards visited the Mediterranean in the 74, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, whence he returned to the West Indies in 1805, in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet. On his subsequent arrival home in store-ship, Master-Commander Daniel M‘Coy, Mr. Day joined the  98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, under whom, after viewing Sir Sam. Hood’s capture of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, and served on shore in the attack on the island of Prota. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 27 Dec. 1808, in -the 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, he next served for some time off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, and, in 1810-11, commanded a gun and mortar boat at the defence of Cadiz. Mr. Day – whose ensuing appointments were, on 19 Feb. 1812, and 16 July, 1813, to the, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, and 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly – held command, from July, 1812, to April, 1813, of the armed schooner, tender to the. In that vessel he appears to have been employed between Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, in conveying despatches and freights of Government money, and on other particular services. Having been on half-pay since the peace, he accepted, 3 Nov. 1846, the rank of Retired Commander.

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passed his examination 10 Nov. 1838; and from 1839, until the receipt of his commission, 13 Dec. 1845, served in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, and of the  110, and  84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. While in the, he commanded that ship’s barge, and had 4 men wounded in the attack on the town of Tortosa, 25 Sept. 1840, and was present at the ensuing bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He served for a few months after his promotion in the 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, off the coast of Africa; but is at present on half-pay.

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entered the Navy, 26 April, 1794, as Midshipman, on board the 64, Capt. Billy Douglas, in which ship, after assisting at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, he beheld the surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. He then joined the, Capts. Andw. Todd and Josias Rowley; and, on next removing to the 74, Capt. John Osborne, was, in company with the 50-gun ship, at the destruction of the French 40-gun frigate La Preneuse, off the Isle of France, 11 Dec. 1799. After an additional servitude, at the Cape, of two years, as Acting-Master of the, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Wilkinson, Mr. Day returned to England in 1802; subsequently to which we find him, in 1804-5, serving, on the Home station, in the, , and. Towards the