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 of merchantmen to Lisbon and Cadiz, and to join the squadron employed in the defence of the latter place, at that time invested by a division of the French army. On the 16th April, in the same year, he was removed into the Achille of 80 guns, and attached to the fleet blockading Toulon. He subsequently visited Malta, from thence went to the protection of Sicily, and was ultimately ordered to the Adriatic, where he continued about eighteen months, during which time he was employed blockading the French and Venetian squadrons at Venice, consisting of three line-of-battle ships and a frigate ready for sea, and several of each class fitting in the arsenal. The Achille being in want of repair, was obliged to return to England in the summer of 1813, on which occasion Captain Hollis escorted home the Mediterranean trade.

After refitting his ship, and commanding the blockade of Cherbourgh for some time, our officer, in the month of May 1814, was ordered to take charge of some outward bound East India ships, and other vessels bound round Cape Horn, which he saw in safety to a certain latitude; when he detached them to their different destinations, and proceeded himself to reinforce Vice Admiral Dixon at Rio Janeiro. On bis return from South America, in company with the squadron, in the autumn of 1815, the Achille was put out of commission, and he remained on half-pay until Sept. 17, 1816, when he obtained the command of the Rivoli 74, stationed at Portsmouth, in which ship he continued till Feb. 18, 1817, when she was also paid off, in consequence of a further reduction of the naval force taking place at that period. On the llth Sept. 1818, he commissioned the Ramillies, another third rate, which he commanded nearly three years, occasionally hoisting a broad pendant as senior officer at Portsmouth, during the occasional absence, and after the demise, of Sir George Campbell, the commander-in-chief on that station, in 1819 and 1820, when his present Majesty visited Portsmouth, Captain Hollis had the honor of dining with his royal master, on the day of whose coronation he was nominated to one of the vacant Colonelcies of Royal Marines.

Our officer’s youngest sister is married to Captain George M‘Kinley, of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.

Agent.– John Chippendale, Esq.

