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 does not appear to have had any opportunity of further distinguishing himself.

Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son. 

 officer is a son of the late Richard Warren, M.D. by Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Shaw, a celebrated physician. He was born in London, March 1775; and entered the naval service in March 1789. After serving for three years as a Midshipman on board the Adamant of 50 guns, bearing the flag of Sir Richard Hughes, on the Halifax station, he joined the Lion 64, commanded by Sir Erasmus Gower, by whom he was appointed to act as a Lieutenant of that ship, during Lord Macartney’s embassy to China in 1793.

The Lion returned to Spithead, Sept. 6, 1794; and towards the close of the same year, Mr. Warren received a commission from the Admiralty, appointing him second Lieutenant of the Jason frigate, commanded by Captain Charles Stirling; in which ship he was actively employed on the coast of France till 1797, when he removed into the Latona as first Lieutenant. Soon after this latter appointment he obtained the rank of Commander in the Shark sloop of war, on the Newfoundland station, where he continued till the latter end of 1798; when his vessel was ordered home and put out of commission.

Early in 1800, Captain Warren was appointed to the Fairy of 18 guns. After cruising for a short time in the Channel, he proceeded to the West Indies, and remained on that station, employed principally on the coasts of Surinam and Demerara, until advanced to post rank, May 12, 1801. About Oct. following he joined the Amphitrite frigate, lying as a guard-ship at the Needles; and on the renewal of the war in 1803, we find him commanding the Dundee district of Sea Fencibles. In 1806 he commissioned the Daedalus of 32 guns, convoyed a fleet of merchantmen to Jamaica, and made several captures on that station. In April 1808, he was appointed to the Meleager, rated at 36 guns; and on the 30th July following had the misfortune to be wrecked on