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 , by Miss Burnet, of Aberdeenshire, niece to Dr. Joseph Black, Chemical Professor in the same national establishment. The Fergusons are said to have sprung from the family of Dunfallandy, seated in one of the mountainous districts of Perthshire.

This officer was made commander, July 13, 1808; and appointed to the Pandora brig, about Oct. 1810. On the last day of that year, he captured the French privateer cutter Chasseur, of 16 guns and 36 men. The following particulars of the loss of the Pandora, are copied from a letter, addressed to T. Aldridge, Esq., of North Yarmouth:

Captain Ferguson’s next appointment was, Aug. 27, 1815, to the Nimrod sloop. He obtained post rank, Jan. 1, 1817; and has since commanded the Mersey 20, on the South American station. A memoir of his father is given in the first volume of the “Annual Biography and Obituary,” published in 1818.

Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.

