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  at Portsmouth, and to acquaint you that it has been laid before the Board, by whom your zeal and exertions on this occasion are fully appreciated. I am. Sir, &c.

(Signed)“.”

“To Captain Yeoman, R.N., &c.”

In addition to this acknowledgment of an important discovery, by which, we have reason to believe, the public revenue was considerably benefited, the Commissioners of H.M. Customs were pleased to present Commander Yeoman with the sum of one hundred pounds. In answering an application from the friend of a candidate for the next appointment, the Comptroller-General expressed himself as follows:

On the 5th July 1830, Commander Yeoman having completed his three years’ service at Lymington, the commanders of the revenue cutters, and the chief ofiUcers of the stations attached to that district, invited him to partake of a dinner. The chair was taken by Lieutenant George Franklyn, commander of the Rose, who, in proposing the health of their guest, animadverted strongly on the superior style of discipline adopted by him during the time that they had had the pleasure of being under his inspection; saying also, that they felt they were about parting with an officer who, in every respect, had filled his office with credit to himself, and comfort to those under him. After this and a few additional encomiums, his health was drank with general and great applause.

Speaking of this entertainment, the editor of the “Hampshire Advertiser and Royal Yacht Club Gazette” says:

“We are glad to find Captain Yeoman has not only conducted the service placed under his superintendence in a manner that has given satisfaction to the officers and crews, but it has also procured for him the warmest approval of the Board of Customs and the Comptroller-General. We feel particular gratification in pointing to this circumstance, because we find in it a complete confirmation of the correctness of our former observations on the subject. The line of conduct followed by Captain Yeoman has been – to abstain from all vexatious interference – to stimulate the 