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Rh 1809, of one of four boats, and assisted in boarding iind carrying Le Jean Bart, of 4 guns and 25 men. His succeeding appointments were – 22 Nov. 1809, to the 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, stationed in the Downs – 26 April, 1811, to the, Capt. Geo. Hewson, with whom he served on the Leith station until paid off in Jau. 1812 – and, 10 Feb. 1813, to the sloop, Capts. Thos. Everard, John Fisher, and Wm. Wolrige. He served in the latter vessel, on the North American and Mediterranean stations, until put out of commission in Sept. 1818; and has since been on half-pay.

In consideration of the wound alluded to above, Lieut. Jackson received at the time a pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Society. – Coplands and Burnett.

 JACKSON. 

(b) entered the Navy, 9 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. J. Hanwell, Henry Hart, Valentine Collard, Nathaniel Forster, and Fred. Watkins, in which ship, bearing the flag at iirst of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, he witnessed the surrender of Heligoland, and continued to serve, as Midshipman, on the North Sea and Baltic stations, until March, 1809. He then joined the 64, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, in time to participate in the reduction of the island of Anhold; and on becoming attached, in March, 1811, to the  gun-brig, Lieut.-Commamders Geo. Le Blanc, Chas. Basden, Jas. Guy Osborn, and Henry Lord Richards, he co-operated in the defence of Cadiz and Tarifa. While next on the books of the 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, we find him much employed with the Gibraltar gun-boats. In 1814 he escorted convoy to the West Indies in the 74, Capt. John West; and from March to Sept. 1815 he discharged the duties of Master’s Mate in the  74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean station. Mr. Jackson then took up a commission dated 28 Feb. 1815. He obtained command, 31 March, 1829, of the Revenue-vessel; and since 17 April, 1832, has been employed in the Coast Guard.

 JACKSON. 

served as Midshipman of the and  72’s, during the operations on the coast of China; and was mentioned as having served on shore at the capture of Amoy and Chinghae. He passed his examination 22 Oct. 1842; was employed for two years and a half, as Mate, in the 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, on the Home and Mediterranean stations; obtained his commission 15 Jan. 1846; and has been since attached, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, also in the Mediterranean.

 JACOBS. 

entered the Navy, in July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the frigate, Capt. Jas. O’Bryen, stationed in the West Indies; became Midshipman, in 1804, of the 32, Capt. Henry Heathcote, whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the  36; was transferred, in 1805, to the  74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, off the port of Cadiz; joined in succession, towards the close of 1806, the and  98’s, Capts. Thos. Bertie and Geo. Losack, on the St. Helena station; and from Feb. 1807 until confirmed in his present rank, 6 Oct. 1813, was again employed in the West Indies, occasionally as Master’s Mate, Sub-Lieutenant, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the 24, Capt. John Ellice Watt,  and  frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot,, , and , flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, Dragon once more. 14, Lieut.-Commander Geo. M‘Guire, and 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. He assisted in the at the reduction of the island of Marie-galante in March, 1808; and at the capture, 31 Oct. following, under the fire of a battery which killed and wounded 2 of the British, of the Palineur, French national brig of 16 guns and 70 men, 7 of whom were slain and 8 wounded. In the he was severely wounded while reconnoitering, at the commencement of 1809, off Guadeloupe, the French 44-gun frigate La Junon, previously to her capture. His last appointments were, 24 Dec. 1813 and 13 May, 1815, to the again, Capts. David Milne and Farmery Predam Epworth, and for a short time to the, Capt. Wm. Rawlins, both on the North American station. – Holmes and Folkard.

 JACOMB. 

entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capts; Thos. Byam Martin and Michael Seymour, on the Home station; where, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 12 March, 1807, he further served in the brig, Capt. Philip Pipon,  84, Capts. T. B. Martin and John Erskine Douglas, and 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott. He then proceeded to the Rio de la Plata and the Cape of Good Hope in the, Capt. Wm. Hughes; and was afterwards, until July, 1814, employed, on the Irish, Channel, Cape, and Plymouth stations, in the, Capt. J. Stewart, 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, , , and , flag-ships of Sir Robt. Stopford (under whom he co-operated in the reduction of the island of Java), and, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral T. B. Martin, in the. The latter was his last appointment. He accepted his present rank 29 Dec. 1842. – Halford and Co.

 JAGER. 

entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. John Harvey, stationed in the West Indies, whence, after assisting as Master’s Mate at the reduction of the Virgin Islands, he returned to England with the same Captain in 1801 in the. He then joined in succession the 32, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse and David Atkins, and 36, Capt. Hon. P. Wodehouse; and on the latter ship being wrecked off Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803, he further served, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1807, on board the  18,  (by whom he was employed at the cutting out, near Bastia, of the national armed xebec Podesta),, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Knight (during his attachment to which ship he shared, in 1805, in some gun-boat service at Gibraltar),  frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, and 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere. His succeeding appointments were, on the Home and North American stations, to the, Capt. Geo. Acklom, Capt. Geo. Harris, 64, armée en flûte, Capt. Wm. Kent, 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, 36, Capt. Matthew Smith, and  38, Capt. Spehnan Swaine Among the above ships the  formed part of the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809; and the  and  were each wrecked; the former (after having served in the Chesapeake, and witnessed the attack upon Crany Island, &c.) off the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22 Oct. 1813; and the latter on a sunken rock, off the island of Cuba, 26 Feb. 1815. In June and Aug. 1816 Lieut. Jager successively assumed command of the and  Revenue-vessels. He was superseded from the in June, 1819, and was lastly employed in the Coast Blockade, as 