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 merit, and of the services which he had rendered to his country, by a public testimony of approbation. In the course of the convivial day, it was stated by the chairman, Thomas King, Esq. that their respected guest had fought the enemies of Great Britain, on fifty-three occasions.

This officer’s last appointment was, Jan. 31, 1823, to the Egeria 24; in which ship he brought home Mr. Morier, late British Commissioner in Mexico, and a quantity of cochineal and specie, from Vera Cruz and the Havannah, July 13, 1825.

Agents.– Messrs. Maude & Co. 

 descended from the Prices, of Bulch Trebanne, co. Carmarthen, a property long in their possession; and, maternally, from the Powells, of Abersenny, in Brecknockshire.

He entered the royal navy, at the early age of eleven years, as midshipman on board the Ardent 64, Captain Thomas Bertie, which ship formed part of Lord Nelson’s division at the battle off Copenhagen, April 2, 1801 on that occasion suffered very severely in her hull, masts, sails, and rigging, besides sustaining a loss of 93 men killed and wounded, exclusive of about 40 others who received slight hurts and contusions. This sanguinary conflict took place in the second month of his professional career.

The Ardent was paid off in the spring of 1802; and Mr. Price soon afterwards joined the Blenheim 74, then stationed as a guard-ship at Portsmouth, but subsequently bearing the broad pendant of the late Sir Samuel Hood; under whom he also served in the Centaur 74, on the Leeward Islands’ station. Previous to that officer’s departure from the West Indies, Mr. Price was lent, for short periods, to the Osprey and St. Lucia, sloops of war. He afterwards