JOHN COGHLAN FITZGERALD, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in Oct. 1812; obtained his first commission in April, 1325, and was advanced to his present rank on the 27th Nov. 1829. In April, 1831, being then in command of the Alert sloop, and on his way to San Blas from Callao, he met with an island not laid down in the charts, lat. 18° 24' N., long. 114° 33' W.