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 returned Captain Proctor his sword, with a very handsome eulogium on his character.”

Captain Proctor returned to England for the recovery of his health, in the autumn of 1809; since which period he has not been afloat. He married, May 19, 1812, Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Gregory, Esq., and niece and heiress of Thomas Brograve, of Springfield Place, Essex, Esq.

Agent.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son. 

 went to sea in the Savage sloop of war, commanded by the late Captain Richard R, Burgess, and served on the Greenock station, under that officer and his successor, the present Vice-Admiral Alexander Eraser, from 1787 till 1790, when he joined the Formidable, a second rate, forming part of the Channel fleet, during the Russian armament; from which ship he was soon removed into the Scorpion sloop, Captain (now Sir Benjamin) Hallowell, whom he accompanied to the coast of Africa and the West Indies, and continued with for a period of two years. We subsequently find him serving, as Midshipman and Master’s-Mate, in the Syren frigate. Stately of 64 guns, and Excellent 74, on the North Sea, Newfoundland, and Channel stations, until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 26, 1795.

On this occasion, Mr. Johnston was appointed to the Ruby 64, Captain Henry Edwin Stanhope, in which ship he assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, Sept. 16, 1795. After that conquest, he exchanged into the Arrogant 74, Captain Richard Lucas; and in her, we believe, he was present at the surrender of Columbo on the 15th Feb. 1796.

The first Lieutenant of the Arrogant having been mortally wounded in a severe action with six French frigates, near the