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Lawrence 98, bearing the broad pendant of Sir James Lucas Yeo. In Oct. 1815, he was appointed by Sir Edward W. C. Owen, then commodore on the Canadian Lakes, to act as commander of the Star, which brig-sloop he paid off at Kingston in Sept. 1816. On his return home, as passenger on board the Prevoyante store-ship, he failed in obtaining promotion; nor was he advanced to the rank of commander until Aug. 12th, 1819.

This officer married. Feb. 21th, 1827, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Major Edward Orpen, of Killowen, co. Kerry, by whom he has issue. His eldest brother, Bastaple, is vicar of Kilgaroon, co. Kerry. Another, Emanuel Hutchinson, who died in India, and to whose memory a monument has been erected by his brother officers, “as a mark of their esteem,” was a cadet in the Hon.E.I.C. service. Another, named Arthur, junior to himself, was a lieutenant in H.M. 3d regiment of foot, and killed at the battle of Albuera. The next in succession, Robert, is a lieutenant, R.N., and his youngest brother, Edward, in holy orders. His eldest sister, Hannah, is unmarried. The second, Barbara, is widow of the late Captain David Murphy, of the Kerry militia. The third, Lucinda, is married to Francis Christopher Bland, Esq., of Derriquin Castle, co. Kerry, who was called to the Irish bar. The fourth, Margaret Agnes, to Captain William Hilliard, of the Limerick militia. And the youngest, now alive, is the lady of the Hon. Colonel Philip Cocks, formerly of the Guards, brother to Earl Somers.



CALEB JACKSON, Esq.
[Commander.]

This officer, the third son of George Vernon Jackson, Esq., was born in the county of Surrey, Jan. 3d, 1791; and first embarked as midshipman, on board the Vengeance 74, Captain George Duff, at Portsmouth, previous to her sailing for the Baltic, in the spring of 1801. On her return from that station, the Vengeance became one of the squadron under Rear-Admiral George Campbell; which, after cruising