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  in the bay of Rosas, by the boats of the squadron under Captain Hallowell (now Sir Benjamin H. Carew). We next find him serving under Captain Murray Maxwell, at the capture of la Pomone frigate, from Corfu bound to Trieste, Nov. 29th, 1811. His subsequent appointments were, Aug. 23d, 1813, to the Sceptre 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Cockburn, on the North American station; June 7th, 1814, to the command of the Adder sloop; Mar. 31st, 1819, to the Brisk of 10 guns; and April 9th, 1813, to the Rifleman 18; in which vessel he was serving, on the Halifax station, when promoted to the rank of captain, July 17th 1824.

Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney. 

 officer is the second son of Viscount Melville, K.T. &c. &c. &c. by Miss Saunders, grand-niece and co-heiress of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, K.B. who died December 3d, 1775. He was born April 11th, 1802; made lieutenant June 18th, 1821; appointed to the Active 46, Captain Andrew King, Dec. 24th, 1821; to the Owen Glendower 42, Captain the Hon. Robert C. Spencer, Feb. 25th, 1822; and to the Sparrowhawk 18, Captain Edward Boxer, Sept. 9th, 1822; promoted to the command of the same sloop, on the Halifax station, June 23d, 1823; and advanced to the rank of captain, while serving in the Mediterranean, July 17th, 1824. His next appointment was, Sept. 13th, 1825, to the Volage 28, in which ship he visited Madeira, Teneriffe, the Cape of Good Hope, Trincomalee, Madras, Pondicherry, and New South Wales, where he assumed the command of the Warspite 76, on the demise of Commodore Sir James Brisbane, in Dec. 1826.

From Sidney Cove, Captain Dundas proceeded with the