American stations. In Aug. 1828, he was appointed flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral (now Sir Robert W.) Otway, at Rio Janeiro; and in Nov. following, promoted to the command of the Beagle surveying vessel, which he paid off and re-commissioned in June 1831. He is now employed in completing the survey of the Straits of Magellan. His advancement to the rank of captain took place Dec. 3d, 1834.
ADDENDA TO COMMANDERS.
HENRY KENT, Esq.
(P. 117.)
[Commander.]
This officer was appointed a stipendiary magistrate at Jamaica in Nov. 1834. He has three children – viz. Henry, Mary Carlisle, and Hunter.
JOHN TAYLOR, Esq.
[Commander.]
This officer obtained his first commission on the 5th Jan. 1799. He was senior lieutenant of the Leda frigate. Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Robert Honyman, employed off Boulogne, in 1803. While on that station, he commanded boats in frequent nightly excursions along the coast, was engaged in several warm skirmishes with the land batteries, “and always strongly evinced a daring intrepidity.” His conduct as commander of the Devastation bomb, employed in the defence of Cadiz, from Dec. 1809 until the raising of the siege of l’Isla-de-Leon, in 1811, was equally meritorious. During a great
