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454 Islands, and proceeded thither in the Venerable, 74. On his passage out, in company with the Cyane sloop, he had the good fortune to fall in with, and capture, two French frigates of the largest class, the Alcmene and Iphigenia; the former, in an attempt to board the Venerable, had 32 officers and men slain, and 50 wounded. On the part of the British, 2 seamen were killed and 4 wounded. A few days previous to the above event, the Venerable had captured le Jason, French letter of marque, from Bourdeaux, bound for New York, with a cargo composed of silks, wines, and other articles of merchandize.

On the 2d Jan., 1815, Rear-Admiral Durham was nominated a K.C.B. In the autumn of the same year, he co-operated with the late Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith, in reducing the island of Guadaloupe, and securing the other French colonies in the West Indies, for Louis XVIII. For this service, he was rewarded with the Cross of the Order of Military Merit of France; and is, we believe, the only British subject who enjoys that mark of distinction.

Sir Philip C. Durham was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral, Aug. 12, 1819. He married, first, in 1J99, Lady Charlotte Bruce, third daughter and seventh child of Charles, fifth Earl of Elgin, by Martha, only child of Thomas White, Esq., banker in London. Lady Charlotte’s mother filled the highly important office of governess to her late R. H. the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Married, secondly, Oct. 16, 1817, the daughter of Sir John Henderson, Bart., of Fifeshire.



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