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800 Soliman Pasha. He obtained an appointment, 26 Dec. 1840, to the steamer, on the North America and West India station, whence he returned to England and was paid off about Aug. 1842; and since 13 March, 1846, he has been in command of the  14, on the coast of Africa. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 MURRAY. 

, born 16 Dec. 1815, is eldest son of the late Hon. Alex. Murray, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, by Deborah, daughter of Robt. Hunt, Esq., Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas; and grandson of John, fourth Earl of Dunmore, Governor, successively, of New York and Virginia, and Captain-General of the Bahama Islands. He is brother of Virginius Murray, an officer in the Army; brother-in-law of Prince Louis Stanislas Kotska de la Tremouille; and first-cousin of

This officer entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1827; passed his examination 8 Aug. 1835; and was subsequently appointed Mate of the 3, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Littlehales, on the coast of Africa; where, on the morning of 30 May, 1841, with the gig and cutter under his orders (the latter commanded by Mr. John Fletcher Rees, Second-Master), he succeeded, after a pull of two hours and a half, a fierce struggle of twenty minutes, and a loss to the British, out of 15 men, of 2 killed and 3 wounded, in capturing the Firme slaver, of 170 tons. Although knocked back into his boat by the butt end of a musket, which broke his collar-bone, he was the first to board the vessel, in effecting which his left hand was nearly severed at the wrist by the stroke of a cutlass; another blow was made at his head, but this he fortunately parried, hewing his opponent down. We may add that, determined not to be taken by an English man-of-war’s boats, the enemy had bestowed great attention on their arms, and had adopted every precaution in the arrangement of their vessel. As a reward for his gallantry Mr. Murray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Oct. in the same year. His appointments have since been – 14 Dec. 1842 and 17 June, 1844, to the steam-sloop and  16, Capts. Wm, Maitland and Philip Justice, both in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off in the early part of 1845 – 6 Dec. in the latter year, as First, to the steam-frigate, of 800-horse power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, employed on particular service – and, 20 March, 1847, as Additional, to the 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean, where he continues.

Lieut. Murray, in consideration of his wounds, receives a pension of 45l. 12s. 6d. per annum. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 MURRAY. 

, born in 1823, is eldest son (by Ruperta Catherine, only child of the late Sir Geo. Wright, Bart.) of the Rev. Edw. Murray, Vicar of Northolt, co. Middlesex, grandson of John, third Duke of Atholl. He is nephew of the Bishop of Rochester, of the late Countess of Ilchester, and of Hon. Amelia Matilda Murray, Maid of Honour to the Queen; and cousin of

This officer passed his examination 21 Aug. 1844; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1846, had been serving for a few months in the Channel as Mate of the 120, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He has since been on half-pay.

 MURRAY. 

was born 21 Dec. 1795.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Andrew King, in which ship, bearing the successive flags of Admirals Sir Rich. John Strachan, Sir Thos. Williams, and Philip Chas. Durham, he assisted, on arriving with the Earl of Chatham in the Scheldt, at the bombardment of Flushing, and was employed, as Midshipman, in various parts of the North Sea and Mediterranean until May, 1812. Joining then the 26, Capt. John Brett Purvis, he saw much boat and other service on the east coast of Spain, and was present, in June, 1813, at the siege of Tarragona. On 21 of the month last mentioned, while attempting to cut out a French privateer, he received a ball in the left breast, which passed through the lungs, shattered the shoulder-blade, and came out at the back. On his return to England, after visiting the Adriatic and Bermuda, he followed Capt. Purvis, as Master’s-Mate, into the 32, and  36. In Oct. 1815 he took up a commission bearing date 6 of the preceding July. His last appointment was, 4 March, 1816, to the 14, Capts. Geo. Hewson, Jas. Arthur Murray, and Wm. Elliot Wright, fitting for the St. Helena station, whence he came home and was paid off in Sept. 1818. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 MURRAY. 

is a relation, we believe, of Lord Elibank.

This officer, while serving as Midshipman of the 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, commanded a subdivision of seamen, and was severely wounded, in an attack made in Jan. 1846 on a pah belonging to a rebel chief named Kawiti, at Ruapikapika, in New Zealand, which was assaulted and carried in a most gallant manner, after a severe action of four hours. As a reward for his conduct he was presented, as soon as he had passed his examination, with a commission dated 9 Nov. 1847. He has been employed, since 10 of the following Dec, in the 90, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin.

 MURRAY. 

, born 10 Jan. 1810, is third and youngest son of George, fifth Earl of Dunmore, by Lady Susan Hamilton, third daughter of Archibald, ninth Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.

This officer entered the Navy 30 Nov. 1823; passed his examination in 1829; and obtained his first commission 31 Jan. 1831. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Nov. 1831, to the 78, Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, off Lisbon – 19 July, 1833, to the  50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, lying at Plymouth – 7 Feb. 1834, to the 28, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestre, under whom he was for three years employed in the Mediterranean – and, 6 Feb. 1838, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the  18, Capt. Harry Eyres, on the Home station. He acquired the rank of Commander 28 June in the latter year; and, from 26 Dec. 1840, until paid off in the spring of 1842, served in that capacity, again in the Mediterranean, on board the 16. He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. following, but has not been since afloat. – Messrs. Chard.

 MURRAY. 

, born 26 July, 1810, is eldest son of Hon. Granville Leveson Keith Murray, of the Madras Civil Service (fourth son of John, fourth Earl of Dunmore, successively Governor of New York and Virginia, and Captain-General of the Bahama Islands), by his second wife, the widow of John Thursley, Esq., also of the Civil Service at Madras. He is brother of Capt. Sam. Hood Murray, of the 67th Regt.; nephew of Capt. Hon. John Murray, who commanded the 36, and died 1 July, 1805; and first-cousin of

This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1824; passed his examination in 1830; acquired the rank of Lieutenant 14 June, 1833; and was afterwards 