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 Sir Richard J. Strachan’s action with Mons. Dumanoir le Pelley, on the 4th Nov. following.

Mr. Bentham’s first commission bears date Dec. 24, 1805; between which period and Aug. 1810, he successively served in the Hero, Temeraire 98, Bellerophon 74, Pallas 36, and Amelia 38. On the 19th June, 1809, he assisted in storming a Russian land battery, of 4 long 24-pounders, garrisoned by 103 men.

In the autumn of 1810, Mr. Bentham, then flag-lieutenant to Lord Gardner, at Yarmouth, was appointed, by his early friend and patron, acting commander of the Briseis brig, mounting 8 eighteen-pounder carronades and 2 long sixes, with a complement of 75 officers, men, and boys. On the 16th Oct. he addressed an official letter to that officer, of which the following is an extract:

On receiving the report of this capture, the Admiralty confirmed Capt. Bentham’s appointment to the Briseis, by commission dated back to the day of the action. His subsequent appointments were, in Dec. 1812, to the Urgent, of 12 guns; Oct. 7, 1813, to the Carnation 18; Nov, 29, 1819, to the North Star 20, on the Jamaica station; and July 6, 1816, to the Heron; which latter sloop was attached to the squadron under Lord Exmouth, at the memorable battle of Algiers. The order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus was conferred upon her commander, in consequence of his having been selected to carry from thence a large sum of money reclaimed by the King of Sardinia.

