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Rh  steamer, Capt. John Kichardson, on the Mediterranean station; and since 22 Nov. 1842 has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.

 KNOX. 

entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1816; and was made Lieutenant, 24 April, 1824, into the 76, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eyre in South America. His next appointments were – 5 June, 1824, to the 18, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, on the same station – 7 July, 1828, to the 42, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius – 30 Aug. 1828, to the 42, Capts. Adolphus FitzClarence and Manley Hall Dixon, under the former of whom we find him accompanying Lord Dalhiousie and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to Bengal, General Viscount Combermere from India home, and Col. Fox from Halifax – and 10 Aug. 1831, as First, to the 24, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, on the East India station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in March, 1835. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb. following, he was successively nominated, 29 March, 1836, and 13 May, 1840, Second-Captain of the 72 and  92, Capts. Alex. Renton Sharpe and Robt. Maunsell, both on the Mediterranean station. He has been on half-pay since the receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 14 June, 1842. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 KOOYSTRA. 

entered the Navy 25 July, 1812; passed his examination 8 Jan. 1819; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 9 Oct. 1840; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been – 2 Aug. 1842, as Additional, to the 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa – 2 Nov. 1842, to the  16, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, on the same station – 22 June, 1843, again to the – 7 Feb. 1844, to the  steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, also on the African coast – 2 Dec. 1844, to the  store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell – 18 Dec. 1845, to the  16, Capt. Thos. Hope, stationed as were the above vessels – and 16 Sept. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he has been nearly ever since employed. – Messrs. Chard.

 KORTRIGHT. 

entered the Navy 18 May, 1822; and obtained his commission 11 Sept. 1828. His appointments have since been – 28 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 22 Nov. 1831, to the surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Belcher, employed on the coast of Africa, whence he returned in Aug. 1832 – for a few months in 1835, to the 110, and  104, bearing each the flag of Sir Wm. Hargood at Plymouth – 4 May, 1842, to the command of the surveying-vessel, on the North American station, where he was superseded in Oct. of the same year – and 28 April, 1845, to the  50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, under whom he is now employed on surveying service on the North America and West India station.

Lieut. Kortright is married and has issue. – Joseph Woodhead.

 KUPER, C.B.

, born 16 Aug. 1809, is son of the Rev. Wm. Kuper, D.D. and K.H., Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eyre in South America, where he continued to serve until the summer of 1827, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the 76, Capt. Thos. Gordon, 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, and  80, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling. He was then, until within a short period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Feb. 1830, employed on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, in the yacht, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, again, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and 18, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson. His succeeding appointments were – 17 Oct. 1831, to the 10, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, on the Irish station – 9 April, 1832, to the 20, Capts. Lord E. Russell and John M‘Dougall, employed off the coasts of Spain and Portugal – 30 March, 1836, to the 74, fitting for service off Lisbon – and 12 July, 1837, as Senior Lieutenant, to the  28, Capt. Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, whom he aided in forming the settlement of Port Essington in North Australia. On 27 July, 1839, Mr. Kuper was nominated to the acting-command of the 18, an appointment which the Admiralty afterwards confirmed. He became Acting-Captain of the 5 March, 1840; and from 14 June, 1841 (on 8 of which month he was officially posted), until 15 March, 1843, he commanded the  26. In the former ship it appears he obtained mention for his zeal and alacrity at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840. In Feb. 1841 it was his fortune to elicit the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief for his conduct in the action with the Bogue forts; as he again did for the gallant and able support he afforded Capt. Thos. Herbert in an attack upon the enemy’s camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, bearing the Chinese Admiral’s flag, at their position, below Whampoa Reach, when 98 guns were in the whole destroyed. On 13 March Capt. Kuper was once more mentioned in terms of praise for the assistance he rendered at the capture of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton. At the taking, a few days afterwards, of the city itself, he commanded the investing force on the east side, and by his unremitting attention effectually guarded the approaches in that quarter. During the second series of operations against Canton his prompt and decisive conduct had the happy result of repelling an attack made by the Chinese with fire-rafts, chained in pairs, upon the, as she lay off Howqua’s Folly. In July, 1842, being then in the, Capt. Kuper accompanied Sir Wm. Parker up the Yang-tse-Kiang. As a reward for his services he was nominated a C.B. 21 Jan. 1842.

He married, 19 June, 1837, Emma Margaret, eldest daughter of  – Joseph Woodhead.

 KYLE. 

entered the Navy, 22 June, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the sloop, Capts. John Scoffln and H. H. Parker, on the Cork station; and from Sept. in the same year until Oct. 1800 was employed on Channel service, the last three years as Master’s Mate, in the armed ship, Capts. Wm. Cumberland, Robt. Keen, and Thos. Browne. He then joined the 74 Capts. Thos. Foley and Geo. Dundas, in which ship, after participating under Lord Nelson in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, he proceeded to the West Indies, where, in 1803, he assisted at the blockade of Cape François, St. Domingo, and witnessed the capture of a squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau’s army on board. Removing next to the 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Mr. Kyle, in Jan. 1804, served on shore with the seamen and marines in the unsuccessful attempts upon Curaçoa. On 7 of the following July, after having acted for nearly