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  a lieutenant’s commission April 28, 1807; and commanded a detachment of seamen, belonging to the Caledonia 120 (bearing the flag of Sir Harry Neale), Valiant 74, and Armide frigate, at the capture and destruction of three French transport brigs, which had sought shelter under a battery upon Point du Ché, near Rochelle, Sept. 27, 1810. The official account of this “well-conducted, gallant, and successful attack,” will be found in the Nav. Chron. Vol. 24, p. 422 et seq. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 21st of the following month. He was appointed to the Ceylon troop-ship, Nov. 6, 1813; and posted May 31, 1816.

Captain Hamilton married in 1828, Caroline, only child of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Cook, of Chingford, co. Essex.

Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney. 

 the navy in 1798; and served as midshipman on board the Cynthia sloop. Captain Micajah Malbon, in the expedition to Holland, Quiberon, Ferrol, and Egypt. His first commission bears date May 19, 1808. We subsequently find him in the Heureux brig, Captain William Coombe, stationed at the Leeward Islands.

On the 28th Nov. 1808, Captain Coombe (who had previously lost a leg in action ) received information that seven French vessels, some laden and ready for sea, were lying under the protection of two batteries, in the harbour of Bay Mahaut. Thinking it practicable to cut them out, and having a good pilot, as well as a person to guide his men to the enemy’s works, he immediately resolved upon conducting the enterprise in person, and accordingly prepared three boats