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492 however, superseded in the next December, and in a fortnight afterwards was compelled from the state of his health to invalid. In May, 1819, he obtained an appointment, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the 74, commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. Rich. Raggett, with whom he continued until Sept. 1821, when he was nominated to a similar rating in the 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends on the coast of Africa. He was there again, on 4 March, 1822, appointed an Acting-Lieutenant of the 18, Capt. Douglas Chas. Clavering, to which sloop the Admiralty at length confirmed him on 1 of the following July. Since his return to England in Feb. 1823, Mr. Helby’s appointments appear to have been – 19 Oct. 1824, and 5 March, 1825, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the and, Capts. Wm. M-Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, employed on the Coast Blockade – 5 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Guard – 18 March and 20 May, 1835, to the successive command of the and  Revenue-vessels – and, 15 June, 1838, again to the Coast Guard, in which he continued until advanced to the rank he now holds 1 Jan. 1847.

Lieut. Helby is married, and has issue.

 HELLARD. 

entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1798, as a Volunteer, on board the 64, Capt. Wm. Bligh, from which ship, on his return from a voyage to St. Helena, he removed to the, Lieut.-Commander John Bell Conolly, lying at Portsmouth. Joining, in 1802, the 74, Capts. Henry Matson, Thos. Graves, Wm. Ferris, and Loftus Otway Bland, bearing the broad-pendant at first of Sir Sam. Hood, he proceeded to the West Indies, where, on 16 Nov. in the following year, he assisted at the cutting-out, from the harbour of Marin, Martinique, of the Harmonie, a notorious privateer, of 8 guns and 66 men, after a gallant conflict in which the enemy had 2 men killed and 14 wounded, and the British, out of 74, 1 killed and 5 wounded. In the spring of 1805, he accompanied Capt. Bland, as Midshipman, into the 36, in the boats of which frigate, commanded by Lieut. Thos. Furber, we find him contributing, off Oporto, to the capture, 25 Nov. 1806, at the end of a row of six hours, of the Spanish privateer El Espedarte, of 6 guns, 6 swivels, and 41 men. The being wrecked on the coast of Holland 19 Jan. 1808, Mr. Hellard next, in the course of the same and of the following year, joined the  74, flag-ship in the North Sea of Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, sloop, commanded in the Downs and off Lisbon by Capt. Wm. Hellard, and 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts. While in the latter frigate he took part, as Master’s Mate, in a gallant action which preceded the capture, 17 April, 1809, of the French 74-gun ship D’Haupoult; was present as Acting-Lieutenant, on 18 of the following Dec, at the destruction of the 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, laden with stores and provisions, moored in Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe, and defended by numerous strong batteries; and in Feb. 1810, commanded a detachment of seamen on shore at the reduction of Guadeloupe. After serving for a few months as Acting-Lieutenant also of the 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, he was officially promoted by commission dated 29 Oct. 1810, and re-appointed to the  14, Capts. John Lloyd, John Bradley, George Rennie, and Wm. Robilliard; under the latter of whom, when in company with the 64,  18, and  gun-brig, he shared, as First-Lieutenant, 6 July, 1812, in the capture and destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the Norwegian coast, of a Danish squadron, consisting of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe and Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats. The, whose loss on the latter gallant occasion amounted, we find, to 9 men wounded, was subsequently present at the relief of Danzig. Quitting her in Dec. 1813, her First-Lieutenant next, until April 18, served, on the West India and Home stations, in the 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, and 18, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray; after which he successively joined – 31 Oct. 1820, and 31 May, 1823, the Severn and Coast Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 28 April, 1824, the 28, Capt. Sam. Chambers, lying at Leith – 9 Dec. 1824, the again, Capts. W. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot – and Sept. 1829, the 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, also attached to the Coast Blockade service. Attaining the rank of Commander 22 July, 1830, he was afterwards employed in that capacity in the Coast Guard from 13 April, 1831, until 1836, and again from 1 March, 1838, until advanced to his present rank 1 Jan. 1839. He has since been on half-pay.

Capt. Hellard is Senior of 1839.

 HELPMAN. 

entered the Navy Dec. 1829; passed his examination 3 Jan. 1831; and was promoted from the 72, bearing the broad pendant on the China station of Sir Gordon Bremer, to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1841. He has not been since officially employed.

Lieut. Helpman has been in command for a considerable time of the Colonial schooner, in Western Australia. – J. Hinxman.

 HELPMAN. 

entered the Navy, July, 1821; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his first commission 26 March, 1839; became, 3 Jan. 1840, Additional-Lieutenant of the 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, on the East India station; and on 19 Jan. 1841, was there appointed to the 16, Capts. Thos. Jordaine Clarke and Wm. Henry Anderson Morshead. For his services during the campaign in China, where, besides sharing in the hostilities of May, 1841, against Canton, he served on shore in those of March, 1842, against Tsekee, and further participated in the attack of 16 June on the batteries at Woosung, Mr. Helpman was advanced to the rank of Commander on 23 Dec. in the same year. Since Feb. 1846, he has been employed in the Coast Guard. – J. Hinxman.

 HEMER. 

entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Acting-Capt. John Pilfold, under whom he fought at the ensuing battle of Trafalgar. In Dec. 1806, after having served for some time off Cadiz as Midshipman of the 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, he accompanied the latter officer into the 98, bearing afterwards the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, in the Channel, where he continued until 26 July, 1809; on which date he was taken prisoner in an attempt to cut out a brig lying inside the ILe d’Aix. On his restoration to liberty at the peace of 1814, he joined the 12, Capt. Timothy Scriven, and cruized for a period of nearly 12 months on the Channel and American stations. In the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he attained 9 Feb. 1815, Mr. Hemer’s appointments, we find, were, in succession – 20 Sept. 1827, to the Coast Blockade, as a Supernumerary of the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 19 Sept. 1829, to the Coast Guard- 13 June, 1839, to the command of the Revenue vessel – and 2 July, 1844, again to a station in the Coast Guard. – Messrs. Chard.

 HEMMANS. 

entered the Navy, 10 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 22, Capt. Robt. Scott, which vessel, after having effected the capture of La Victoire privateer, of 8 swivels and 28 men, was lost, together with her Commander