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of “A Letter addressed to the Prime Minister, and First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Extension of the Naval Establishments of the Country.” “An Examination into the true Cause of the Stream running through the Gulf of Florida.” And “Twelve Letters addressed to the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval; on the Magnitude of the British Navy, the Importance of Falmouth Harbour, &c. &c.” This officer was made a lieutenant in 1795; after which he appears to have been principally employed in receiving and prison ships. He obtained his present rank on the 22d Jan. 1806. 



made a commander on the 22d Jan. 1806; and employed for a considerable time afterwards, in the Challenger sloop, on the Channel and other stations. On the 20th Nov. 1810, he lost his commission, by the sentence of a court-martial, for having returned home with despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Curaçoa, without obtaining the previous authority of the naval commander-in-chief at Jamaica; but the Court being strongly impressed, that, in the commission of this offence against professional etiquette, he had been misled by error of judgment, arising from the best motives for the welfare of his King and Country, earnestly recommended him to the favorable consideration of the Admiralty. He was consequently restored to his former rank in Mar. 1811. 



made a lieutenant in 1799; presented with the Turkish gold medal for his services during the memorable Egyptian campaign; promoted to his present rank on the 22d Jan. 1806; appointed to the command of the Irish Sea-Fencible Service, Killybegs district, in 1809; and removed from thence