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Rh largest of them, falling a prize to Mr. Langton. The shore astern of the assailed was at the commencement lined with 100 troops, who, however, fled on the first fire, leaving two field-pieces behind them. Our officer, who afterwards landed with Capt. Hoste near Trieste, under a tremendous fire from the citadel, continued in the, which was latterly commanded by Capt. Fras. Stanfell, until July, 1815; in the course of which year we find him passing his examination, and successively joining the 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, and 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Chatham. In May, 1818, he removed as Admiralty Midshipman to the 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in which ship he was for nearly three years and a half employed in the Channel. He next, in Oct. 1821, joined the 20, Capts. Sir Chas. Burrard and Hon. Henry John Rous, with the latter of whom he ultimately went to the Mediterranean, where, after having acted for three months, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 25 April, 1823, in the 10, Capt. Burton Macnamara. In the following June he invalided. His appointments have since been – 10 June, 1825, to the 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, lying at Sheerness – in Nov. 1825, to the Coast Guard in Scotland, in which service he continued until Oct. 1830 – and 8 April, 1843, to he Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel, a capacity in which he is now employed.

Lieut. Langton, while in the Coast Guard, was presented with a silver medal by the Royal Humane Society, and with a stock of wine by the owners, for his exertions in saving a vessel which had struck on the sands near Aberdeen. He married, in 1826, a daughter of the late Walter Mansell, Esq., of Woodperry House, Oxfordshire. – Messrs. Chard.

 LANGTRY. 

is third son of the late Joseph Langtry, Esq., of Bishop’s Waltham, Hants, and of Townabrache, co. Antrim; and elder brother of the late Wm. Henry Langtry, Esq., Master R.N. (1842), who entered the Navy in 1825, served as Master’s Assistant of the 42 at the battle of Navarin, was for five years and three months Acting-Master and Master of the  sloop on the East India station, took part during that period in the operations on the coast of China and up the Yang-tse-Kiang, and died in 1846.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 20, Capts. Donat Henchy O’Brien and Henry Stanhope, in which vessel and the 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, he served on the South American station, part of the time as Midshipman, until Feb. 1822. He then became Mate of the 74, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and John Acworth Ommanney; and, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, took part in the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. On that occasion he boarded and hauled down the colours of an Egyptian frigate, but was soon afterwards under the necessity, from her having caught fire, of cutting her cables for the purpose of allowing her to drift clear of the, a work in which he was assisted by Rich. Harris, A.B. As a reward for his conduct, Mr. Langtry, on the recommendation of his Captain, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827. He then served for nearly four months in the 10, Capt. John Harvey Boteler, off Lisbon; and was afterwards appointed – 10 Oct. 1829, and 19 Feb. 1830, to the  and  74’s, Coast Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot – 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard service, In which he continued until March, 1833 – 7 Aug. 1835, to the  18, Capt. Wm. Langford Castle, fitting at Plymouth, where he soon afterwards invalided – 25 March, 1835, to the 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, which ship, stationed in the Channel, his health, in the following Oct., also obliged him to leave – 2 Oct. 1837, and 13 Oct. 1840, to the 78, and, as Flag-Lieutenant, to the  120, bearing each the flag of Sir J. A. Ommanney on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations – and 23 Sept. 1841, to the  84, Capt. Michael Seymour, with whom he returned home in Dec. of the same year. He attained his present rank 4 Jan. 1842; and since 8 May, 1847, has been employed in the Coast Guard. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 LANGWORTHY. 

entered the Navy 14 April, 1811; passed his examination In 1822; and obtained his commission 27 March, 1832. He has since been on half-pay. He married Mary, daughter of ___ Langworthy, Esq., of Exeter.

 LANPHIER. 

entered the Navy, In the spring of 1799, as Midshipman, on board the 74, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, in which ship he went to the Mediterranean and back in pursuit of a French fleet. He was next, between Feb. 1800, and Nov. 1801, employed off the coasts of France and Spain in the 32, Capts. Sir John Gore and Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald, and 110, Capts. W. Wolseley and Jas. Carpenter; after which we find him, from June, 1803, until Aug. 1808, serving on board the 74, Capts. John Manley and Sir Fras. Laforey. . During that period he assisted in chasing a French squadron to the West Indies, returned with Lord Nelson to Europe in quest of the combined fleets of France and Spain, aided in blockading the enemy in Cadiz harbour, and shared in the glories of Trafalgar. On leaving the, as above, Mr. Lanphier was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Anselm John Griffiths; in which frigate (being confirmed to her by commission dated 26 Nov. 1808) he continued to serve, off Toulon, in the Adriatic, and on the Irish station, until May, 1812. While in the Adriatic he saw a good deal of boat-service, contributed to the capture of a variety of vessels, and co-operated in the reduction. In Oct. 1809 and April, 1810, of Cephar Ionia and Santa Maura, on which latter occasion he was slightly wounded. His last appointment was, 1 Dec. 1813, to the 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, with whom he served on the coasts of France and America until Oct. 1814, when his health obliged him to invalid. He accepted his present rank 13 April, 1846. - Messrs. Ommanney.

 LAPENOTIERE. 

entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1819; passed his examination in 1825; and was made Lieutenant, 17 March, 1827, into the 18, Capt. Geo. Jackson, on the Jamaica station, whence he returned to England In Feb. 1828. Since 21 April, 1847, he has been employed In the Coast Guard.

Having lost his first wife, 8 Feb. 1840, Mr. Lapenotiere married, secondly, 12 Dec. following, Harriette Maria, daughter of John Booth, Esq., of Whitchurch.

 LAPIDGE. 

was promoted, 31 Aug. 1824, to a Lieutenancy in the 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston, which vessel returned home from the West Indies and was paid off in the summer of 1825. His subsequent appointments were – 19 Dec. 1837, as First, to the 16, Capt. John Reeve, on the African station – 10 July, 1838, as Additional, to the  46, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan, employed in South America, where he continued until 1839 – and 24 Nov. 1841, to the command of