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Rh MEE. 

entered the Navy, in Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Santa 36, Capt. Wilson Rathborne, in which frigate he participated in Sir Rich. Strachan’a action 4 Nov. 1805, and continued employed as Midshipman in the Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Ireland until April, 1808. During the next two years we find him coming into frequent contact, in the sloop, Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, with the batteries on the coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Norway. He then, in 1810, joined the 110, successive flagship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith off Toulon and Brest; and he was afterwards employed, in the Baltic and North America, on board the 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, and  80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, whom he accompanied in the expedition against New Orleans. He was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1815, into the 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton; and since his return to England in May, 1816, has been on half-pay. – Burnett and Holmes.

 MEECH. 

entered the Navy, 25 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 100, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) the Earl of Northesk, employed at first in the Channel and then in the Mediterranean; where, after enacting a Midshipman’s part in the action off Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, he removed to the  100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, whom he accompanied in Feb. 1807 in the expedition to the Dardanells. During the next three years we find him serving in the North Sea and Baltic, at the Nore, and in the West Indies, on board the 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, 36, Capt. Chas. Selby, 74, Capt. Alex. Shippard, and 98, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. In March, 1810, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the frigate, Capt. John Hayes, also in the West Indies; where he remained until three months after his official promotion, which took place 15 June following. His last appointments were – 17 Nov. in the same year, to the 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, with whom he served in the Baltic until Jan. 1813 – and, 19 May, 1815, as Senior, to the  44, Capts. Bartholomew Kent and Dan. Lawrence, on the North American station, whence he returned in the following Nov.

 MEGGISON. 

entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 46, Capt. Graham Moore; and on 5 Oct. 1804, was present in that ship off Cape St. Mary in an action which terminated in the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth. In Nov. 1805 he removed, as Midshipman, to the 74, commanded at first by Capt. Moore and next by Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, where he continued until May, 1810. He was made Lieutenant, 16 March, 1811, into the 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, on the Halifax station; and was lastly, from April, 1812, until Sept. 1815, employed in the North Sea and South America on board the 36, Capts. Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Sir Edw. Tucker. – J. Hinxman.

 MEHEUX. 

entered the Navy 26 Oct. 1811; passed his examination in 1818; and was made Lieutenant, 28 Feb. 1825, into the 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, on the Jamaica station. He has been on half-pay since 1827.

 MEHEUX. 

passed his examination in 1826; and obtained his commission 12 April, 1836. His appointments have since been – 18 May following, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North America and the West Indies – 3 Dec. in the same year, to the  28, Capt. Thos. Bennett, on the same station, whence he returned in 1838 – 20 June and 21 Sept. 1839, to the steamer and  26, Capts. Wm. Honyman Henderson and Henry Byam Martin, with whom he continued (participating intermediately in the operations on the coast of Syria) until 1841 – 9 Aug. 1843, as Senior, to the 6, Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet, on the African station – 7 Dec. 1844, in a similar capacity, to the steamer, Capt. Jas. Wolfe, employed in surveying the coast of Ireland – and, 5 Feb. 1847, to the command of the receiving-ship at Rio de Janeiro, where he is at present serving.

 MEIN. 

entered the Navy, 10 June, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board, Lieut.-Commander R. Brown, lying at Plymouth; on the books of which vessel he continued until Oct. 1800. re-embarking, 28 Nov. 1804, on board the 98, Capts. Hon. Michael de Courcy and Thos. Bertie, he served during the two following years in the Channel and West Indies; and on being then transferred, as Midshipman, to the 36, Capt. Robt. Corbet, he proceeded first to the Cape of Good Hope and next to the Rio de la Plata, where, in 1807, he took part in the unsuccessful attempt upon Buenos Ayres. After a further attachment, on the Cape, Home, and East India stations, to the 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, 64, Capt. Josias Rowley,  36, Capt. John Bastard,  sloop, Capt. Philip Browne,, , , and , all commanded by Capt. Edw. WaUis Hoare, and 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he was nominated, 19 Nov. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the  32, Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and Wm. Paterson, under the former of whom we find him employed on shore at the ensuing capture of the Isle of France. With the exception of a short servitude as Midshipman (from 3 Aug. to 30 Nov. 1811) in the 98, off Lisbon, he continued to act as Lieutenant in the, also in the  under Capt. Geo. Henderson, and in the sloop, Capt. Clement Sneyd, until Feb. 1812. He then again, in the same capacity as before, joined the, commanded at the time by Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He was within a few weeks, however, ofl&cially promoted to his present rank, by a commission bearing date 21 March, 1812; and was subsequently appointed – 14 Aug. in the same year, to the 20, Capt. Spelman Swaine, on the Irish station – 30 April and 11 Nov. 1814, to the  74, and  36, Capts. Lord Jas. O’Bryen and Chas. Montagu Fabian, with whom he served on the coasts of North and South America until June, 1816 – and, 24 May, 1821, to the 20, Capt. Christopher Crackenthorp Askew, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he invalided. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Mein is married, and has issue.

 MELLERSH. 

passed his examination in 1831; and on being advanced to his present rank, 24 Oct. 1837, was appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget on the North America and West India station; where he removed, 8 March, 1838, to the 16, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren. On 22 July, 1839, a few months after his return to England, he joined the steamer, Capt. Robt. Spencer Robinson, fitting for the Mediterranean. His appointments since he left that vessel have been, always in the capacity of First-Lieutenant – 1 March, 1840, and 6 May, 1841, to the steamer, and  26, Capts. Alex. Murray and John Townshend, likewise in the Mediterranean – 9 Feb. 1842, to the hospital-ship in the East Indies, Capt.