rities at Newcastle during the disturbances amongst the keelmen of the river Tyne, in Nov. and Dec. 1822[1]. He was promoted to the command of the Sparrowhawk sloop, July 17th, 1824.
FREDERICK BOYCE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination and was made lieutenant in Feb. 1830. He was appointed, Sept. 11th, 1811, to the Tuscan sloop. Captain George Matthew Jones, on the Mediterranean station, in which vessel he served during the remainder of the war. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 10th Aug. 1824.
WILLIAM HOLT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Commenced his professional career under the auspices of the late Admiral Sir Charles Cotton. He entered the royal navy in 1803, and served his time as midshipman under Sir George Ralph Collier, the Hon. George C. Berkeley, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, and Captain Thomas Dench. Whilst serving with Sir George Collier, in the Minerva frigate, on the coast of Galicia, he was frequently in action with the enemy’s gun-boats and batteries, as will be seen by the following official letter addressed by that officer to the late Sir Eliab Harvey, Oct 3d, 1806:
