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HALL. Capts. Wm. Dowers, H. T. Davies, Jas. Boxer, and Manley Hall Dixon, employed on the North American, African, and Brazihan stations. He has been on half-pay since 11 Jan. 1815. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 HALL. 

entered the Navy, 6 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Chas. Hen. Lane, on the Home station, where he successively removed, in the course of the same year, to the and, flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and Lord Keith. Being discharged in Oct. 1804 he did not again go afloat until Jan. 1810, when he re-embarked on board the 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, whom he soon afterwards accompanied to the Cape of Good Hope. During the years 1812-13 we find him cruizing in the Channel and off Newfoundland, as Midshipman, in the 18, Capt. John Palmer. He then rejoined Lord Keith on board the 100; and, obtaining his commission 16 Aug. 1814, was subsequently appointed – 18 Dec. 1814, for a period of seven months, to the  38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, off the coast of France – 25 Dec. 1819, to the frigate, Capts. Arthur Stow and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, in which he served on the Jamaica station until his health obliged him to invalid – 27 April, 1830, to the Coast Guard – and, 14 March, 1834, to the Directorship of Police at Portsmouth Dockyard, a situation he still holds.

 HALL. 

(a) entered the Navy, 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, and in the following Sept. assisted at the bombardment of Granville. Proceeding, immediately after the latter event, to the West Indies, he there, on 2 Jan. 1807, served as Master’s Mate, and was extolled for his unsurpassable bravery, at the cutting out of two of the enemy’s vessels, defended by a most tremendous fire from the batteries near Pearl Bock, Martinique, which killed 2 men and wounded 10; and he further, we believe, witnessed the capture, in March, 1808, of the islands of Marie-galante and Desirade. In July of the latter year he joined the 74, Capts. John Harvey and Donald Campbell, with whom he served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean (where he beheld the self-destruction, 26 Oct. 1811, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion) until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Aug. 1811, of the 74, Capt. Robt. Barton; to which vessel he was confirmed on 26 of the ensuing Sept. He was afterwards, from 4 Sept. 1812 until 31 Aug. 1815, employed on the West India and North American stations in the 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane; but has not, that we are aware, been since afloat. - Messrs. Ommanney.

 HALL. 

entered the Navy 27 May, 1833; passed his examination 3 June, 1839; and, after serving for some time as Mate, in the Pacific and at the Nore, of the 50, and  104, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas and Sir Edw. Brace, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Nov. 1843. His appointments have since been – 2 Feb. and 15 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to the again. 110, and 120, bearing the flags at Sheerness of Sir John Chambers White and Sir Edw. Durnford King – and, 19 Nov. 1845, to the 50, Capt. Hen. Byam Martin, with whom he is now employed in the Pacific. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 HALL. 

entered the Navy, in May, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, with whom, until Sept. 1805, ho successively served, on the Irish and Channel stations, in the same ship, the, and , and again in the. In May, 1806, he joined the 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, and on the following Oct., after an intermediate cruize in the Atlantic, he removed to the 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. Garth, and Hon. Hen. Duncan; during his attachment to which frigate he appears to have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and to have been confined for a considerable time in a French prison. On 9 Aug. 1811 Mr. Hall was noininated Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he was confirmed on 26 of the following month, and next appointed, 23 June, 1812, and 4 July, 1816, to the 74, and  104, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, under whom he cooperated in the reduction of the towns of Genoa and Gaeta in 1814-15, and in the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He afterwards, on 30 Dec. 1816, joined the 26, Capt. Robt. Rowley, from which vessel, employed off Newfoundland, he was promoted, 11 Sept. 1819, to the acting-command of the sloop. He was confirmed, 10 Nov. following, into the ; but, since the autumn of 1821, has been on half-pay. – Hallett and Robinson.

 HALL. 

entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, under whom he took part in many active operations on the north coast of Spain, and witnessed the capture, 6 April, 1809, of the French 40-gun frigate Le Niemen. He afterwards, between May, 1810, and May, 1815, served, chiefly as Midshipman, in the sloop, Capts. Wm. Elliot and John Cookesley, 74, Capt. Hen. Manaton Ommanney, 50, Capt. Sam. Butcher, 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland,  brig, and  18, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M‘Kenzie Godfrey, 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and  receiving-ship, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the Newfoundland, Baltic, Home, and Jamaica stations. He was then successively nominated Acting-Lieutenant, in the West Indies and South America, of the 20, Capt. Thos. Coe,, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter arid Caleb Jackson, and 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry. Being officially promoted by commission dated 1 Jan. 1816, he was subsequently appointed – 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued, with his name successively on the books of the and  74’s, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot, until its abolition in March, 1831 – on 31 of the latter month, to the Coast Guard – 12 Oct. 1836, to the Revenue-vessel, the command of which he retained until superseded in Nov. 1839 – 18 Aug. 1840, again to the Coast Guard – 3 Sept. 1841, to the  104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson – and, 12 Dec. 1845, to an Admiralty agency in a contract mail steam-vessel. He has been on half-pay since the spring of 1846.

Lieut. Hall is Senior of 1816. – Messrs. Chard.

 HALL. 

entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38 Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats; previously to accompanying whom, as Midshipman, into the 74, he witnessed, 2 July, 1799, an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. On his removal to the last-mentioned ship he was afforded an opportunity, in July, 1801, of sharing in Sir Jas. Saumarez’ celebrated actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. On his ultimate return to England from the Mediterranean as a passenger in the 74, Capt. John Chambers White, he was successively appointed Acting and Sub-Lieutenant, in 1804-5, of the  18