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 midst of a very heavy surf, that broke with great violence over them. The following is an extract from the letter which Sir James Saumarez wrote to the Admiralty on this occasion:

Captain Henniker obtained post rank on the 22d Jan. 1806; and subsequently commanded the Mermaid frigate for a short period.

Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell. 

 of the late Matthew Forster, Esq. who was Commissary-General-in-Chief of the West India islands, in 1780.

This officer was born at Warrenford, co. Northumberland, in Feb. 1765; and he entered the naval service as a Midshipman on board the Courageux 74, commanded by the late Lord Mulgrave, in May, 1779. His first commission bears date, Nov. 22, 1790.

Mr. Forster served as senior Lieutenant of the St. Albans 64, when that ship was commanded by the late Admiral Russell,