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DONELLAN—DONLEVY—DONOVAN—DOOLEY.  of the batteries at Amoy in Aug. 1841, he joined (having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 8 of the previous June) the 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. On 10 March, 1842, he commanded the boats of that frigate, in conjunction with those of the under Capt. Geo. Goldsmith, at the destruction of 10 fire-vessels off Chinghae. He served afterwards on shore with a division of seamen in the hostilities against Tse-Kee – was employed at the taking of Chapoo and Woosung – succeeded Lieut. Crouch, who had been wounded, in command of the boats at Chin-Kiang-Foo – and finally, when commanding the, received the thanks of Sir Wm. Parker for his assistance in finishing the survey of the Tang-tse-Kiang. Since 26 Aug. 1844, Mr. Dolling has been employed as an Acting for Mails.

He married, 7 Jan. 1845, Mary, daughter of Commander John Whipple, R.N. – Joseph Woodhead.

 DONELLAN. 

entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the 64, Capt. Wm. Bedford; and was present, in Aug. 1801, in an attack made by Lord Nelson on the Boulogne flotilla. On next joining the 32, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, he sailed for the Mediterranean with despatches relative to the ratification of the treaty of Amiens; and, while on that station, he witnessed the capture, soon after the renewal of hostilities, of L’Arab national brig, of 8 guns. In Aug. 1803, he accompanied Capt. Moubray into the 38, in which frigate, after cruizing for some time on the Irish station, he passed the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and commanded a boat at the destruction of one of the enemy’s largest frigates. Being promoted, while in the 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1808, Mr. Donellan next joined the  74, Capts. Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and Alex. Robt. Kerr; under whom he appears to have been actively employed at the blockade of Cadiz, and at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 12 April, 1809. On 12 May in the latter year he removed to the 10, Capt. Jas. Green; as First-Lieutenant of which vessel we find him frequently commanding the boats at the capture of the enemy’s vessels under the batteries on the coast of France; and, on 15 Nov. 1810, assisting in an attack made by Capt. Grant, of the, on the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the fire of several formidable batteries near Cherbourg. Until paid off in Oct. 1815, he afterwards served in the 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, on the Mediterranean station, and for three years, as First-Lieutenant, in the brig, Capts. John Bedford and John Brand Umfreville. On 15 Sept. 1814, he took part in an unsuccessful attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point, where the, one of the British squadron, was destroyed; and he subsequently commanded the boats at the reduction of several forts at the entrance of Pensacola Bay. His next appointment was to the command, 29 Nov. 1839, of the receiving-ship for liberated Africans, at Rio de Janeiro, where he continued upwards of four years. Since his promotion to his present rank, 14 June, 1844, Commander Donellan has been on half-pay. – Hallett and Robinson.

 DONLEVY. 

is connected, paternally and maternally, with families of high distinction, being allied, among others, to those of Lord Kilmaine, Sir Rich. Annesley O’Donnell, Bart., and Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1810 (under the patronage of the late Sir H. C. Montgomery, Bart.), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier, Wm. Waller, and Chas. Dashwood; with whom he successively served, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, and West India stations, part of the time as Midshipman, until Aug. 1815. On 14 Dec. 1814, he appears to have been officially reported for his distinguished conduct in the boats at the capture, on Lake Borgne, near New Orleans, of five American gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until after a stern conflict, in which the British lost 17 men killed and 77 wounded. Mr. Donlevy – who next returned to the Mediterranean, on board the 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer – passed his examination 18 April, 1816; between which period and the date of his promotion, 18 May, 1827, we find him employed on various stations, chiefly as Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, in the 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, 24, Capt. W. Willis,  74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, yacht, Capt. Sir Mich. Seymour, 20, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, and 100, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin. In 1824 he threw up a Mate’s rations on board the latter ship, for the purpose of accompanying, as a Volunteer, the expedition then preparing against Algiers, whither he proceeded in the, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Thome. On rejoining the Victory, we find him effecting the very creditable capture, in a boat belonging to one of that ship’s tenders, of a deeply-laden smuggler, having on board a crew of 15 men. He was promoted by Sir Geo. Martin, as above, to a hauling-down vacancy; and was subsequently employed for a year in the Coast Guard. In consequence of total, and, we believe, incurable deafness, he has been unable, since April, 1833, to procure further employment.

Lieut. Donlevy is married, and has issue an only daughter.

 DONOVAN. 

entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1797, as A. B., on board the 98, Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower and Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, on the Home station; where, from July, 1798, to April, 1802, he served, as Midshipman, on board the 74, Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. Buller. Between Aug. 1803, and his official promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1806, we find him employed in the 74, Capts. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Robt. Moorsom, and Joseph Hanwell – and, 74’s, flagships of Lord Keith – and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the  sloop, Capt. Valentine Collard, all engaged on home service. He then joined the 98, Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke; and he, lastly, from July, 1808, to April, 1813, had charge of a Signal station. His assumption of the rank he now holds took place 3 Dec. 1841. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 DOOLEY. 

entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1810, as Midshipman, on board the 64, bearing the flag in North America of Vice-Admiral Herbert Sawyer; and, in 1813-14, was successively transferred to the  74, flag-ship off the Texel of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, and  38, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. John Bastard. He passed his examination 1 Jan. 1817; and subsequently joined – in Oct. 1818, the 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, on the East India station – in Oct. 1823, the  50, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted – and, in Nov. 1827, the 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington in the Mediterranean. On 11 June, 1828, Mr. Dooley was at length promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 10, Capt. Sir Thos. Pasley; and, on 25 Aug. 1829, he joined, as First-Lieutenant, the 10, Capt. Chas. Bentham. Since 9 Nov. 1831, with the exception