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Rh 14 Jan. 1818, to the hired-ship, Capt. David Buchan, whom he accompanied on a perilous voyage of discovery to the neighbourhood of Spltzbergen (vide note, p. 67) – 19 Jan. 1820 (the  had been put out of commission in Nov. 1818), to the  46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, in which ship he was for about two years and a half employed In the Mediterranean – and, 11 Nov. 1822, to the  42, Capt. Thos. Brown, fitting for South America. While In the, Mr. Morrell, with her barge and pinnace under his orders, succeeded, on the night of 18 May, 1821, in effecting the capture, in the harbour of St. Jean, in the gulf of Patras, of two Greek pirate-boats, after a hard struggle, in which his party sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 3 slightly wounded. He himself received several sabre-cuts in the face; but he was not advanced to the rank of Commander until 18 April, 1823. He had then, as we have shown, been eight years First-Lieutenant of various ships. His next appointment, it appears, was, 2 June, 1841, after 18 years of solicitation, to the 84, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich; of which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, we find him, during the illness of the former officer, acting for a short time as Captain. The being paid off in the latter part of 1842, he obtained, 25 May, 1843, command of the  10, equipping for the coast of Africa; where it was his fortune to make prize of two slave-vessels, one of them laden with 546 negroes. From the Commander Morrell was transferred, 6 Dec. 1844, to the  store-ship, and nominated Governor of Ascension. Although the latter appointment, we understand, had been conferred upon him as a permanence, he was superseded without compensation, in Nov. 1846, by an officer holding Post-rank. He came home in command of the steam-sloop at the commencement of 1847, and has since been on half-pay. He married, 6 Feb. 1820, a daughter of Mr. Wm. Reid, First Pay-Clerk for Wages at Devonport Dockyard, and by that lady has issue. – Messrs. Chard.

 MORRES. 

entered the Navy, 26 May, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; In which ship, during a servitude of four years on the Home station, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 6 and 14 Jan. 1810, of the privateers L’Aventure, of 14 guns and 82 men, and L’Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 72 men, and co-operated much with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In June, 1813, and Sept. 1815, he successively joined the 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson, both attached to the force In the Mediterranean; where, on being appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, he took part In the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was promoted in consequence to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following. He left the 31 Oct. in the same year; and has since been on half-pay.

He is married and has Issue.

 MORRIES. 

had a brother a Major in the Army.

This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capts. Wm. Taylor and Henry Inman; under the latter of whom, after serving some time on the coast of North America, he witnessed, 8 July, 1800, the capture, in Dunkerque Roads, of the French 40-gun frigate Désirée. On next joining the 64, Capts. Geo. Lumsdaine and John Lawford, he fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. In 1803 he was received on board the 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Lord Keith, who, in the course of the same year, placed him in command, with the rank of Lieutenant, of the  cutter. In the course of 1805 he was successively nominated Acting-Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Lord Keith in the 50, and  74; in the latter of which ships, being confirmed to her by commission,dated 25 Aug. 1806 he continued employed until the summer of 1807. During the remainder of the war we find him serving on the Leith and Baltic stations in the and  64’s, Capts. Jas. Giles Vashon and Robt. Honyman, flag-ships for some time of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, 74, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, and  sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson. He retired with the rank of Commander 5 May, 1841. .

The Commander is in possession of high recommendatory letters from Lord Keith, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Admiral Billy Douglas.

 MORRIS. 

, born 25 Jan. 1819, is third son of Sir John Morris, Bart., of Sketty Park and Clasemont, co. Glamorgan, by Lucy Juliana, youngest daughter of John, fifth Viscount Torrington, and sister of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington.

This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, employed at first in the North Sea and off the coast of North America, and afterwards in the West Indies, where he served his time as Midshipman in the 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and  18, Capt. John Robb. He returned to England in 1839 as Mate of the 18, Capt. Henry Wm. Craufurd; and on his arrival he was appointed to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. Joining, next, the 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, he took part in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and, prior to assisting in the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, obtained mention for his conduct at the taking of Caiffa and Tsour. While serving subsequently on the North America and West India station in the 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, he was promoted, 3 Oct. 1842, to a Lieutenancy in the 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas. His appointments, since he left that vessel, have been – 19 July, 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen in the Mediterranean – next, to the 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, in which vessel he returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1845 – 2 Feb. 1846, to the  steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, attached to the Channel squadron – and, 11 Feb. 1847, to the 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, now employed on particular service. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 MORRIS. 

, born 7 Oct. 1778, is son of the late Wm. Morris, Esq., Master R.N.; and brother of

This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1789, as Master’s Servant, on board the 74, commanded by his father, then Master Superintendent of Ordinary. In Jan. 1793 he removed, as A.B., to the 74, Capt. Wm. Parker, under whom, while holding the rating of Midshipman, he lost a leg in Lord Howe’s action, 28 May, 1794. After serving a year and ten months at the Nore in the 90, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse, he was made Lieutenant, 2 June, 1796, into the 64, Capts. Rich. Rundell Burgess and Thos. Bertie, attached to the force on the North Sea station, where, under Capt. Burgess, who was killed, he fought, as Second Lieutenant, in the action off, 11 Oct. 1797. During the expedition to Holland, in 1799, being still in the same ship, he assisted at the debarkation of the troops, and was present at the surrender of the Dutch squadron in the Texel, whence, it appears, he brought the Admiral De Ruyter, one of the prizes, to England. Assuming