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  his time as midshipman on board the Glasgow 50, Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan; and obtained the rank of lieutenant, May 5th, 1815. His subsequent appointments were, Aug. 12th, 1815, to the Ister frigate, Captain Thomas Forrest; and, Jan. 1st, 1820, to be flag-lieutenant to his eldest brother, the present Vice-Admiral Lambert, in the Vigo, 74, stationed at St. Helena. He was made a commander, Jan. 19th, 1822; appointed to the Cameleon sloop, Feb. 23d, 1824; and advanced to the rank of captain, Aug. 8th, 1825.

Agents.– Messrs. Chard. 

 his naval career towards the close of the French revolutionary war, as midshipman on board the Nemesis 28, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Thomas Baker; and subsequently served under the same officer in the Phoebe and Phoenix frigates. On the 10th of Aug. 1805, he assisted in capturing la Didon, of 44 guns; and on the 4th of Nov. following, we find him bearing a part in the action between Sir Richard J. Strachan and Mons. Dumanoir le Pelley, the result of which was the surrender of the whole French squadron, consisting of one 80-gun ship and three 74’s.

Mr. Smith next joined the Ajax 80, Captain the Hon. Henry Blackwood, and continued in that ship until she was destroyed by fire, near the island of Tenedos, Feb. 14th, 1807. He was then received on board the Pompée 74, bearing the flag of Sir W. Sidney Smith; and he appears to have been one of the petty officers employed in completing the destruction of the Turkish squadron, and a formidable