June 19th, at Reading, Margaret Sophia, daughter of the late Capt. H. Hole, R.N. June 22nd, at Ramsgate, Harriet, wife of Lieut. Col. R. J. Huddleston, H.E.I.C. June 22nd, at Hanover, Lieut. Rothard, h.p. 5th Line German Legion. June 23rd, at the Isle of Man, Capt. Dixae Ellis, h.p. York Chasseurs. June 25th, at Cologne, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Askew, C.B., late of Grenadier Guards, aged 72. June 25th, at Victoria Road, Pimlico, Major J. Gaff, late of 76th Regt., aged 70. Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (senior Admiral on the list), Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, and Governor of Greenwich Hospital, who died at Richmond on the 25th June, in his 80th year, as recorded in our last Number, entered the Navy in May, 1779, on board the Royal Yacht, and in the following year was appointed Midshipman of the Prince George, then cruising in the Channel. In this ship he was in Sir S. Hood's action in Jan., 1782, and in Sir G. Rodney's action on the 12th April of that year, when ten ships of the line and the French Admiral were captured, for which Parliament gave a vote of thanks. He then proceeded to North America, and served in that quarter and in the West Indies in L'Aigle and Atalanta, and in the latter ship was made Acting Lieut. He removed to the Hermione in that capacity, and in her was confirmed to the rank of Lient. on 17th June, 1785. He was Lieut. of the Salisbury and Centurion for three years on the Newfoundland station, and then of the Aquilon, in the Mediterranean. He was promoted to Commander June 2, 1789, and in Aug. of that year was appointed to command the Ferret, in the Mediterranean. From this ship he removed to the Ambuscade, as Acting Captain, and from that ship to the Gibraltar. He was promoted to Captain Aug. 11, 1790, and was Flag Captain in the Fame at Cork. He was next appointed to command the Lowestoffe, in the Channel, and, in 1791, the Aquilon. In this frigate he conveyed the Duke of Sussex from Leghorn to England, and, after conveying H.R.H. back to Leghorn, joined the British fleet, under Lord Howe, in the Channel, and took part in the action of 1st June, 1794, the Aquilon being the repeating frigate. For the manner in which he performed his duty, and specially for having towed the Marlborough, when dismasted, out of the fire of the enemy, he was summoned to the quarterdeck of the Queen Charlotte, the Admiral's flag-ship, and there publicly received the thanks of Lord Howe. On this occasion, also, he was included in the vote of thanks from Parliament for the signal defeat of the French fleet. The next ship he commanded was the Phaeton, in the North Sea, and took part in Admiral Cornwallis's action in the Channel, on 17th June, 1795, in his retreat from a very superior force, for which masterly service the Parliament granted a vote of thanks. In the Phaeton, on the coast of France, he captured 13 privateers and three vessels of war, besides recovering numerous vessels which had been taken by the enemy. In 1799, Sir Robert was appointed to command the Excellent, in the Channel fleet, and in her proceeded to the West Indies; he hoisted a broad pendant as Commodore of the first class, and for eight months was Commander-in-Chief on that station. In 1803 he was appointed to the Spencer, and commanded this ship for two years in Lord Nelson's fleet. Unfortunately, he missed the battle of Trafalgar, but he had the honour to command the Spencer in Sir John Duckworth's action off St. Domingo on 6th Feb., 1806, when three sail-of-the-line were taken, and two others were driven on shore. In this action, Sir Robert received a wound, which to the day of his death occasioned him constant suffering. For his part in this gallant affair, Sir Robert received a medal; the thanks by the Parliament; and from the Patriotic Fund, a letter of thanks, and a silver medal, bearing an appropriate inscription. Continuing in the command of the Spencer, Sir Robert next took part in Lord Gambier's expedition to Copenhagen, in July, 1807, when he was again included in the vote of thanks by Parliament. Whilst in command of the Spencer, Sir Robert obtained his promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and hoisting his flag on board this ship on 28th April, 1808, commanded a squadron on the coast of France, and in April, 1809, drove ashore three French frigates under the batteries at Sable d'Olonne, and in the same year in command of the inshore squadron, in the Basque Roads affair, assisted in the destruction of several French ships, for which service he also received the thanks of Parliament. In 1810 Sir Robert hoisted his flag in the Scipion, and after being six months in the Channel, proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope station, where, as Commander-in-Chief, he directed the operations at the capture of Java in 1811, and was again honoured with the thanks of Parliament. Whilst on the Cape station he was promoted to Vice-Admiral, and shifted his flag to the Lion, and in 1813, returned to England in the President. In 1815 he was nominated a K.C.B., attained his promotion as full Admiral, May 27, 1825, and was appointed Commander-in-Chief at at Portsmouth, for three years, from May, 1827; his flag flying on board the Victory. Sir Robert was nominated a G.C.B. in 1831, and appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1834. In 1837 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, and hoisted his flag on board the Princess Charlotte, 104. In this ship, with a numerous fleet, he commanded in chief all the operations on the coast of Syria, to the grand finale-the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, on 4th Nov., 1840, when he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. On the death of Admiral Fleeming, Sir Robert was appointed "Master and Governor of Greenwich Hospital;" his latest and last appointment was only a few weeks since-that of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom on the decease of Sir Davidge Gould. June 27th, at Paris, Major Lockyer Willis Hart, 22nd Regt., B.N.I. -On board the ship Maida, lost on her return voyage from Van Dieman's Land, Mr. William Howes, aged 20; also, at Berwickupon-Tweed, 29th June, 1847, Sophia, aged 18, the third son and third daughter of Commander George Howes, R.N. June 29th, at Roselodge, Anahilt, Maria, youngest daughter of M. Black, Esq., Lieut., R.N. June, at Aberdeen, Capt. Joseph Ellis, Unattached. June, at Quatre Bras, Dorchester, the residence of Hamilton Burgoyne, Esq., Capt. James Murray, formerly on the Bengal Establishment, and during the last twenty-eight years Recruiting Officer for the London District. The demise of this veteran officer will be long and deeply regretted by all those with whom his professional duties brought him into contact, in the department wherein he served, and by a large circle of now mourning friends, to whom his uniform urbanity and kindness of heart had warmly endeared him. July 2nd, at Calais, Eliza, daughter of Col. Cheney, C.B., and relict of the late J. Ewart, Esq., of Liverpool. July 3rd, at Newport, Barnstaple, Devon, of consumption, Susanna, second daughter of the late Capt. P. Fisher, R.N., of Walmer, Kent. July 3rd, at Hastings, W. F. Whyte, Esq., D.C.L., only son of Gen. White, late Grenadier Guards. July 3rd, on board the Cambria, on the passage from Halifax to England, Dr. D. King, R.N., Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals and late of H.M.S. Vindictive. July 5th, at Newry, J. Verner, Esq., formerly Capt. in 19th Dragoons. July 5th, in Cadogan Place, General Sir Fitzroy J. G. Maclean, Bart. Sir Fitzroy entered the Army in 1787, as an Ensign in the 20th Foot, and exchanged into the 60th Regt., 4th Batt., the year after. He was employed six years in the West Indies, having been present at the capture of Tobago, the expedition against Martinique, and at St. Vincent. In 1794 he was appointed Major of the 110th Regt., which he commanded in the Isle of Wight, and on its being drafted, exchanged to the 79th. In 1803, he received the Brevet of Colonel, and with that rank served in the West Indies in several islands and colonies. He commanded the advanced corps of the army, composed of the flank companies, at the capture of Surinam. He served at the capture of the Danish islands, in 1807, and at Guadaloupe in 1810. In June, 1804, he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel in the 37th Foot, Major-General in July, 1810, Lieut.-General in June, 1814, and General in January, 1837; and three years after he got the Colonelcy of the 45th Foot, which is now vacant by his death. He had the honour of wearing a medal for the capture of Guadaloupe. He is succeeded in the Baronetcy by his son, Colonel (now Sir Fitzroy) Maclean. July 6th, at Vichy, France, Lady Coote, widow of the late Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, G.C.B. July 8th, at Tunbridge Wells, Elvira Webber, wife of Lieut. T. Cook, R.N., Broad-green, Croydon. July 9th, at Camden Town, J. Hamilton, youngest son of Major J. Hamilton, late of 77th Foot, aged 14. July 10th, at Bishopstoke, Hants, Retired Rear-Admiral Samuel Martin Colquitt, at the advanced age of 71. He was a Lieutenant of 1796, Commander of 1802, Captain of 1810, and retired in October last, with the rank of Rear-Admiral. July 10th, at 46, Gloucester Place, Portman square, Mrs. Forbes, relict of the late Capt. R. Forbes, R.N., aged 80. July 12th, at Dublin, in King Street South, Mary, wife of Quartermaster George Wm. Rafferty, h.p. 6th Royal (1st Warwickshire) Regt., aged 45 years. July 12th, at Sligo, Ireland, of fever, Capt. Weldron Barrs Keily, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, and late of the 22nd Regt., youngest son of Lieut.-Colonel Kelly, of Tilbury Fort. July 14th, at Frankfort-on the-Main, Sir John Hamett, M.D., R.N. July 14th, at Bryanston Square, Georgiana, youngest daughter of Lieut.-General Sir T. M'Mahon, Bart., aged 15. July 15th, at Blackheath, H. E. Lloyd, son of the late Gen. Lloyd, of Charterhouse-square, aged 76. July 16th, at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, Colin Douglas, Esq., of Mains, Lieut. R.N. He was promoted in Jan., 1846, from serving on the Coast of Africa, and subsequently appointed Second Lieut. of Wanderer. July 16th, at Glanvonmell, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. Lewis Price Jones, Esq., late 15th Hussars, in his 62nd year. July 17th, Lieut. J. Lind, R.N., of Belfast. July 18th, Capt. William Molyneux, R.N., third son of General Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart. July 18th, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, J. C. Dansey, Esq., of Great Milton, Oxfordshire, eldest son of Col. Dansey, C.B., aged 30. July 18th, H. W. Boulton, Esq., of the 1st Life Guards. July 19th, at Brixton-hill, Surrey, Caroline Elizabeth, wife of Lieut. John Sibly, aged 50. July 19th, at the residence of C. Richardson, Esq., Field House, Whitby, Col. Samuel Rudyerd, of the Royal Regt. of Artillery, son of the late Lieut.-Gen. Henry Rudyerd, of the RI. Engineers. July 20th, at Hawthorn, Berks, Major T. Edgeworth, formerly of 35th Regt. Dr. Richard Tobin, Surgeon of Devonport Dockyard, second in seniority on the Surgeon's List, and had held the appointment at Devonport Dockyard for a great many years. -At Broadwater, Sussex, Surg. Charles Maybery, R.N., the eighth on the List (1808), aged 57. -At Jaulnah, Madras, the wife of Capt. H. R. Phillott, 25th Regt. N.I. - At Clifton, Isabella Elizabeth Grant, youngest surviving child of J. A. Roy, Esq., late Capt. 71st Regt., and Barrackmaster of Gort and Clare Castle, Ireland. R.N. At Barnstaple, Retired Capt. W. Phipps, At St. Leonard's-on-Sea, W. B. Knipe, Esq., late Capt. in the 5th Drag. Guards. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. Flag Officers.-Admirals-Sir Davidge Gould, G.C.B.; Mann Dobson; Stephen Poyntz. Rear-Admiral-J. F. Maples. Captains-Hon. J. F. Rodney, Thomas G. Wills, G. A. Sainthill, Henry Compton, Henry Drury. Commanders-George Tupman, John Cririe, William Cotesworth, John Bowie. RetiredRobert Woodd, James Atwater, T. W. Nicolls, W. J. Innes. Lieutenants-John Potts, A. Shakespear, Henry Jenking, W. H. Savage, H. A. Bates, T. Kendall, T. Wallace, C. E. Tozer, J. W. Moore, H. J. Hill, W. Butler, W. H. J. Lowe, W. T. Turner. Masters-R. Hildyard, R. Nelson, R. Skinner, S. Douglas, R. G. Wills, J. G. Nope. Medical Officers.-Surgeons-B. Kierman, N. Poulden, W. B. Carlyle, W. A. Bates, w Porteus (a), and James Syme. AssistantSurgeons-S. Wicks, Charles D. A. Newman, Daniel Coulter, M.D., D. M'Bride. Paymasters and Pursers-James Street, J. S. Wells, Thos. Mendy, Robt. Lewer. Second Master-H. J. Cunningham. ACT of Parliament for limiting the time Adams, J. C., of Cambridge, his share General Order from, respecting Despatches, dated Hong Kong, Promotions and Appointments, 153, 314, 473, 634 Limited service in the, 142; Speech Austrian, detail of the, 434; Con- French, enormous expenses of the, Prussian, detail of the, 129, 436 173 Artillery, on the new employment of, by Assam, a Sketch of. By an Officer of Atlantic Steamer, Twenty Days in an, U. S. MAG., No. 225, AUG., 1847. Campbell, Lieut.-General Sir Colin, Castlereagh, Viscount, Journey to Da- Charles, of Austria, the Archduke, ex- China, operations against the Bogue Meadows's Desultory Notes on, Paper, a Chapter on, 111 Clerke, Major Shadwell, completion of the Wellington Dispatches by, 139 De Variis Rebus. By a Medical Staff- Deaths, 158, 318, 478, 638 Dobson, Admiral Man, services and Doveton, Capt. F. B., Beginning and End of an Expedition, by, 90 Editor's Portfolio; or, Naval and Mili- "Fire," use of the word of command, Firebrace, Col., papers by, 321, 481 Foreign Miscellany, 127, 289, 433, 600 of Königsberg, 602 financial deficit, 434, 600 Frozen Ship, the; by Capt. Thomas, 106 Fyers, Major-Gen., death of, 478 Hand, Col. Rupert, and Gen. Cordova, Honorary Distinctions to the Corps en- Hope, Capt. D., services and death of, Hullah's "Sea Songs," noticed, 141 Instruction of Officers, Col. Firebrace on, Ireland, present state and prospects of, Jews in the Austrian Army, 602 Kabyles of Algeria, the, 289 and Capt. Robb, R.N., 134, 145 Klingensporn, Leaf from an Old Log, 135 Limited service in the Army, 142, 321; MacAlester, Lieut.-Col., in explanation Maclean, Gen. Sir Fitzroy, Bart., ser- Madras European Regiment, services of, Malcolm, Lieut. G., on the Scinde Ir- Maples, Rear-Adm., services and death Marines, Royal, Promotions and Ap- Marryat, Capt., Juvenile Library, by; Massena, his defence of Genoa, 230 et Massacre and Destruction of Natchez, May, Major-Gen. Sir John, K.C.B., 129 Medical Officer, Scenes in the Life of a Mediterranean, A Romance of the, 546 Milford Haven, correspondence from, Military Education. By Artillero Viejo, 173 Minorca, importance of, to England, Napier, Rear-Adm. Sir C., K.C.B., On the 1st of May, 149; on the 1st Promotions and Appointments, 152, Justice to the, progressive, from War Medal for the, Admiralty |