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726  the command of the Melpomene frigate; and in the summer of the following year, we find him stationed off Havre, which place was twice bombarded by the vessels under his orders, and sustained considerable damage. Towards the latter end of 1805, he removed into the Mars, of 74 guns; and on the 28th July, 1806, captured le Rhin, a very fine French frigate, of 44 guns and 318 men. His next appointment was to the Valiant, another third-rate, in which ship he was employed on the American station during the late contest with the United States, and occasionally commanded a detached squadron. He became a Rear-Admiral, Aug. 12, 1819.

Our officer married, in June 1805, Philadelphia Hannah, daughter of the late Commissioner Sir Charles Saxton, Baronet.

Residence.– Fitzwilliam Square, North, Dublin.



 officer was senior Lieutenant of the Britannia, a first-rate, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Hotham, in the action off Genoa, March 14, 1795, and after acting for some time as Captain of the Censeur, one of the prizes taken on that occasion, was promoted to the rank of Commander in la Fleche, of 18 guns, from which ship he was appointed acting Captain of the Fortitude, 74. His post commission bears date, July 3, 1796. From that period to the peace of Amiens, he commanded in succession la Tourterelle, of 30 guns; the Severn, 44; and Aquilon frigate; the former at the Leeward Islands, and the two latter on the Jamaica station. During his continuance in the West Indies, he captured a number of the enemy’s vessels, and among others, la Republique Triomphante, a French corvette, and several privateers.

We now lose sight of Captain Boys until 1808, when he was appointed, pro tempore, to the Saturn, 74, from which ship he removed into the Zealous, another third-rate. During the ensuing six years he was actively employed on the coasts