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PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

War Office, July 29.-9th reg. Dragoons: Capt. H. J. Richardson, to be Major, vice Hurst. 13th Ditto, Major J. F. Patterson to be Lieut.-col.; Major W. W. Higgins, 21st. Drag. to be Major.-85th reg. Brevet Major G. H. Dansey, to be Major.-Unat tached: to be Lieut.-colonels, Majors R. N. Nickle, from 88th Reg. and Benj. Harding, from 6th Drags. To be Major, Capt. John Hewett, 52d Foot.

Aug. 2.-The Hon. Algernon Percy, to be Minister Plen. to the Confed. Swiss Cantons; Hamilton H. C. Hamilton, esq. to be Sec. to the Embassy at Paris; and Hon. John Bloomfield, to be Sec. to his Majesty's Legation at Stutgardt.

War Office, Aug. 12.-28th. Reg. Major Onslow, 22d Reg. to be Major.-Unattached: Capt. Hall, 3d Foot Guards, to be Lieut.-col.; Capt. Beauchamp, 7th Foot, to be Major.

Foreign Office, Aug. 13.-John-Tasker Williams, esq. to be Commissary Judge to the several Mixed Commissions established at Sierra Leone, for the prevention of the illegal traffic in slaves.

William-Sharp McLeay, esq. to be Commissioner of Arbitration to the Mixed British and Spanish Court of Commission established at the Havannah.

Aug....The Hon. and Rev. Geo. Neville, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to use the name of Grenville, in addition, and after that of Neville, and also to bear the arms of Grenville.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. Jas. Hooke, LL.D. Deanery of Wor

cester.

Rev. J. D. Coleridge, a Prebend in Exeter Cathedral.

Rev. J. Lonsdale, a Prebend of Lincoln Cathedral.

Rev. T. Gaisford, 2d Prebend of Worcester Cathedral.

Rev. G. Chandler, D.C.L. All Souls R. St. Mary-le-bone.

Rev. G. S. Evans, Temple Grafton V. co. Warwick.

Rev. J. Gordon, Bierton V. co. Lincoln. Rev. H. Hubbard, Cheriton R. Hants, with

Kilmaston and Titchbourne Chs. annexed.
Rev. Wm. James, East Sambrook R. co. Som.
Rev. J. Johnson, Houghton V. Notts.
Rev. S. Lloyd, Horsley V. co. Glouc.
Rev. Wm. Marsh, Gwenap V. Cornwall.
Rev. J. B. May, St. Martin R. Exeter.
Rev. R. B. Paul, Long Wittenham V. Berks.
Rev. Sam. Paul, Tetbury V. co. Glouc.
Rev. G. S. Penfold, Christchurch R. St.
Mary-le-bone.

Rev. B. Puckle, Graffham R. Hunts.
Rev. Wm. Pyne, Pitney R. co. Somerset.
Rev. C. T. Simmons, Shipham R. co. Som,
Rev. G. W. Smith, Bawdsey V. Suff.
Rev. H. Strangways, Rowe V. Devon.
Rev. C. Tripp, D.D. Kentisbeare R. Devon:
Rev. E. W. Wakeman, Claines C. co. Worc:
Rev. A. Ward, Eastrington V. co. York.
Rev. G. H. Webster, All Saints with St.
Julian R. Norwich.

Rev. Jos. Algar, Chaplain to Lord Clinton.
Rev. D. Clementson, Chap. to Dorch. Goal.
Rev. W. H. Dixon, Chaplain to Abp. of York.
Rev. P. Gurdon, Chaplain to Lord Bayning.
Rev. C. D. Wray, Chaplain to Ld. Balcarras:

CIVIL PREFERMENT.

Rev. E. Daniel, Helston Grammar-school, Cornwall.

BIRTHS.

July 11. At Roseheath, Cheshire, the wife of Rev. Henry Tomkinson, a son.-The wife of John Gardner, esq. of Sion Hill, Garstang, a son.—15. The wife of Dr. Bodley, Hull, a son.-19. At Walkington Lodge, Yorkshire, the wife of John Ditmas, esq. of twins.-At Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams, a dau.-24. At Paris, the wife of Hon. Hercules-Langford Rowley (eldest son of Lord Langford), a son and heir.-30. At Morestead, near Winchester, the wife of Edw. Mount Gale, esq. a son.

Lately. At Garboldisham, Norfolk, the March. of Blandford, a son.-At Allcannings Rectory, Wilts, Mrs. Methuen, a son.—Ãt

the Rectory, North Bradley, Wilts, the wife of Rev. G. R. Orchard, a son,

Aug. 1. At Forston House, near Dorchester, the wife of George Peach, esq. a son and heir.-4. At Goldsboro' Hall, Yorkshire, Lady Louisa Lascelles, a son.-5. At Radway, Warw. the wife of Lieut.-col. F. S., Miller, C. B. a son.-8. In Hamilton-place, Countess Gower, a dau.-At Shugborough, Viscountess Anson, a son and heir.-The wife of W. Hulton, esq. of Hulton Park, a son.-12. In Tavistock-squ. Mrs. Benj, B. Williams, a son.-16. In Dublin, the wife of Capt. Fred. Arabin, R. Art. a son.-18. At Leppitt's-hill, Essex, the wife of Rev. Dr. Stedman, a dau.-20. The wife of Christopher James Magnay, esq. a son.

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July 9. Wm. Bowden, esq. of Southwark, to Anne, only dau. of late Jonas Shaw, esq. 10. Abr. Dunn, esq. Solicitor, of Hedon, to Miss Hanna, dau.-in-law of R. Fowler, esq. Solicitor, Gainsborough.—11. At Chester, Alured, second son of Mr. Wood Gibson, of Liverpool, merchant, to Eliz. Charlotte, youngest dau. of late Dr. Jardine. -12. At Worcester, Fred. Maw, esq. of Green Hill-place, to Jane, dau. of the late Rev. Rich. Roe Walton.-At Gloucester, Rev. T. Brigstocke, Rector of Whitton, Rada. to Caroline, dau., of late Rev. R. Whish, of Northwold-13. Henry-Gally Knight, esq. of Firbeck, Yorkshire, to Henrietta, relict of Rev. J. H. Eyre.Bristol, Capt. E. B. Gapper, R. A. to Kath. -At Anne, dau. of late Charles Hamilton, esq. of the Leasowes. -14. At Accrington, near Blackburn, the Rev. W. Villers, of Kidderminster, to Susannah, dau. of Jon. Peel, esq. of Accrington House.-16. At Marylebone, John Jackson, esq. of Queen Annst. to Anna-Dodsworth, fifth dau. of Sir Wm. Beechey.18. At the house of the British Ambass. Paris, the Rev. W. H. Bury, to Mary-Anne, dau. of the late John Maclean, esq.-19. At Kensington, Capt. F. Clements, R. Afric. Corps, to Alicia-Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Richard Brickenden, and niece to Earl of Cavan.-21. At St.Georgest. Hanover sq. Walter Burrell, esq. M.P. for Sussex, to Mrs. Chisholme.Le Breton, esq. Att. General for Jersey, to -Thos. Frances, dau. of Tho. Jekyll Rawson, esq. of Ashborne, Derby.At Edmonton, Rev. Vyell-Francis Vyvian, son of late Sir Vyell Vyvyan, bart. of Trelowarren, Cornwall, to Anna, dau. of J. V. Taylor, esq. of Southgate.- -At St. James's, Capt. E. M. Daniell, E. I. C. to Emma-Isabella, dau. of T. Ferrers, esq. of Cowes.-22. At the house of the British Ambassador, at Brussels, Rev. E. Jenkins, to Eliza, dau. of John Jay, esq.

-23. At All Souls, and afterwards at the Swedish Minister's Chapel, Chevalier de Kantzow, Swedish and Norwegian Charge d'Affaires at Lisbon, to Emma, dau. of late Wm. Bosanquet, esq.-At Bermondsey, John Coates, esq. Solicitor, to Emma, widow of late N. Legge, esq.- -26. At Islington, W. Quick, esq. of Hornsey-row, Solicitor, to Harriet-Caroline, dau. of J. D. Webb, esq.- -Rev. Spencer Madan, to LouisaEliz. dau. of Rev. Wm. Gresley, of Netherseale Hall, co. Leic.-At Abbeyleix, Ireland, Lord Clifton, son of Earl of Darnley, to Emma-Jane, dau. of Sir H. Parnell, bart. M.P.- -At Henbury, Bickham, eldest son of Rev. Thos. Escott, of Hartrow House, Som. to Anna, dau. of Rev. Walter Trevelyan, and grand-dau. of Sir John T. bart. 27. Wm. Orton Aikin, esq. of Devonshire-st. Portland-place, to Mary-Anne, dau. of Wm. Mason,esq.Somersham, Hunts,28,AtAll

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Souls Church, Peter, eldest son of Sir Peter Pole, bart. M.P. of Wolverton Park, Hants, to Lady Louisa Pery, fourth dau. of the Earl of Limerick.- -At George-street, Hanover-square, Alex. Rob. Stewart, esq. M.P. of the Marq. Camden.to Lady Caroline-Anne Pratt, youngest dau. J. Moultrie, Rector of Rugby, to Harriet-At Windsor, Rev. Margaret, dau. of Dr. Ferguson, Inspector Granville's, Jas. Townsend Carlow, esq. to of Hospitals. ―30. At Paris, at Viscount Elizabeth-Anne, dau. of Captain Rowed, R. N.

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Aug. 1. At Lord Clifford's, Mansfield-str. the eldest son of Lord Stourton, to Hon. George Heald, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Lucy Clifford, dau. of Lord Clifford.Emma, dau. of S. Trafford Southwell, esq. W.-Fowle, only son of Sir W. Middleton, bt. of Wraxham Hall.2. At Hanover-sq. to Hon. Anne Cust, sister of Lord Brownlow.At Hanover-sq. Geo. Pouney, esq. of Grosvenor-sq. to Jane, dau. of Sir John Robinson, bart. of Albemarle-str.Chas. Ellis, esq. M.A. Barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, Devonshire-st. Portland-pl.to Mary, 2d dau. of Wm. Peath Litt, esq. of dover, Charles Pressly, esq. Secretary to the -3. At AnIrish Board of Stamps, to Anne, dau. of sq. John-Jacob Buxton, esq. M. P. to Eliz. Geo. Thompson, esq.-5. At Hanoverdau. of Sir M. Cholmeley, bart. M. P.Hill, eldest dau. of Hannibal Sandys, esq. of 8. Lieut.-col.Whish, Bombay Est. to Frances Gilb. Heathcote, bart. of Normanton Park, Great Queen-st. Westminster.-10. Sir to Mrs. Eldon, of Park-crescent, Portlandplace.At St. Marylebone, Philip Wiss, of T. Chambre, esq. of Nottingham-place. esq. 6th Drag. Guards, to Margaret, dau.

Guards, to Lucy, dau. of Wm. Alves, esq.
-At Berne, Capt. Jasper Hall, Coldst.
of Enham-place, Hants.-
Beeching, esq. Banker, of Tonbridge, Kent,
11. Horatio
Bath-place, Peckham.-
to Susanna, dau. of Cruttall Pierce, esq. of
Aston, Oxf. Edw. Goulburn, esq. of Middle
-13. At North
Temple, to Esther, sister of Visc. Chetwynd.

London, Philip Sidney, esq. 1st Reg. Guards,
At the house of the Duke of Clarence,
son of Sir J. Sidney, of Penshurst, to Miss
Fitzclarence.-
Martin Wm. eldest son of Capt. Wm. Be-
-14. At St. Marylebone,
cher, of Monks House, Oxf. to Susan, only
dau. of John Dobree, esq.-15. At St.
George's, Bloomsbury, Jas. Bradshaw, esq.
of Grosvenor-place, to Miss Anna-Maria
Tree, late of Covent Garden Theatre,-
John Townshend, of Balls Park, Herts, to
18. At St. Pancras, John, eldest son of Lord
Eliz. Jane, eldest dau, of Lord Geo. Stuart.

Hon. Geo. Lionel Dawson, brother of the
-20. At St. George's, Lieut.-col. the
dau. of late Lord Hugh Seymour.
Earl of Portarlington, to Miss Seymour,

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PRINCESS Borghese.

June 9. At the Borghese Palace, near Florence, after a long and painful illness, the Princess Paulina Borghese, sister to Napoleon Buonaparte.

She has left a will, in which, after de ducting the legal part coming to her mother, Letitia Buonaparte, she appoints her two brothers, the Count of St. Leu (Louis), and the Prince of Montfort (Jerome), her principal heirs. To Lucien she bequeaths only her pardon for his treatment of her. The daughters of Madame Murat are to have 30,000 piastres each, except the Coun tess Pepoli, who is married at Bologna. The eldest son of the Count of St. Leu is to have her villa near the Porta Pia at Rome, and Prince Borghese the use for his life of another villa near Viareggio, in the Duchy of Lucca. Several Cardinals, among whom are her Uncle Fesch, Pacca Spina, and Rivarola, and many gentlemen and ladies of Rome who used to frequent her societies, have remembrances of more or less value. She has left also considerable legacies to Madame Dumenil her companion, to M. Vamitelli her homme d'affaires, and to M. Gozzani, the agent of Prince Borghese at Rome. A considerable capital is set apart, the interest of which is to be applied to enable two young men of her native town, Ajaccio, to study surgery and medicine. The value of the whole property is esti mated at about two millions of francs.

Of the Princess Paulina, Canova made a statue-naked, as Venus. See an anecdote respecting it in vol. LXXXVI. i. 555.

JACOB MOUNTAIN, D. D. Br. of QUEBEC.

June 16. At Marchmont House, near Quebec, in his 75th year, the Right Rev. Jacob Mountain, D. D. Lord Bishop of Quebec, formerly of Caius College, Cambridge, where he proceeded in the degrees of B.A. 1774; M.A. 1777; D.D. 1793.

His Lordship was the second son of Jacob Mountain, Esq. of Thwaite Hall, in the county of Norfolk, and enjoyed in early life the honour of a particular intimacy with Mr. Pitt. At the time of his being selected by that Statesman, in 1793, for the See of Quebec, the preferment which he held was the livings of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and Buckden, Hunts, together with the Prebendal Stall of South Kelsey in Lincoln Cathedral, all in the gift of the present Lord Bishop of Winchester, to whom, when Bishop of Lincoln, he was Examining Chaplain.

He was the first Protestant Prelate in the Canadas, where he presided over the Church, with apostolic zeal and piety, for GENT. MAG. August, 1825.

32 years. During this period he was, in concurrence with his Majesty's Govern. ment and the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the instrument, in the hands of Providence, of rais ing a regular Episcopal Establishment in the two Canadas, and promoting the for mation of Missions and the erection of Churches, in all the more populous townships, which he regularly visited, even when age and infirmity rendered so vast and fatiguing a circuit a most arduous and painful undertaking. The Cathedral Church at Quebec, erected under his auspices, and in consequence of his exertions, will serve as a monument to his memory; and his name will be honoured in the North American Colonies, as long as respect remains for high and culti vated talent, for dignity and suavity of manners, for integrity, for benevolence, for loyalty, for religion. It would be a difficult task, indeed, to describe the distress of his family, the grief of his friends and dependents, the lamentatious of the poor, and the regret which pervades all parties and denominations in the country.

In 1819 Bp. Mountain preached the Anniversary Sermon of the Royal Humane Society, which he afterwards printed.

SIR HENRY CARR IBBETSON, Br. June 5. la Condait-street, aged 56, Sir Henry-Carr Ibbetson, Bart. of Denton Park, Yorkshire.

This family is of great antiquity in the county of York. He was the eldest son of Sir James Ibbetson, 2d baronet, by Jane, daughter of John Caygill, Esq. of Shaw, co. York; and on the death of his father, Sept. 4, 1795, succeeded to the title. In 1801 he was Captain of a troop of dragoons, and Lieut. Col. of a battalion of West York Militia; and in 1803 he served the office of High Sheriff for the County, as did his father in 1769., On the 14th of November, 1803, the deceased married Alicia-Mary, only daughter of William Fenton Scott, of Wood-hall, co. York, esq. and niece of Sir John-Lister Kaye, of the Grange, co. York, bart. He was a gentleman highly distinguished in the Agricultural world. His remains were interred on the 18th, in the family vault at Denton Church.

ADM. SIR THOMAS BERTIE, KNT. June 13. At Twyford Lodge, Hants, the residence of his brother, George Hoare, Esq. aged 66, Sir Thos. Bertie, Kat. Admiral of the Blue; and Knight Commander of the Swedish Order of the Sword,

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OBITUARY-Admiral Sir Thomas Bertie.

He was the sixth child and fourth son of George Hoare, of London, formerly of Middleton Era, co. Durham, Esq. by Frances, daughter of William Sleigh, of Stockton upon Tees, Esq.; was born July 3, 1758. He first went to sea in 1773, in the Seaborse frigate, in which vessel he first met, and became the messmate of the late Lord Nelson and Sir Thomas Trowbridge, with whom he enjoyed the strictest intimacy and an unbroken correspondence till their death.

In 1777 Mr. Hoare was removed to the Salisbury, bearing the broad pendent of Sir Edward Hughes, with whom he returned to England. On the 21st of May he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Monarch of 74 guns, Capt. Rowley. Whilst belonging to this ship, Lieut. Hoare introduced the life-buoy into the service. On the 27th of July, in the same year, the Monarch led the van division in the action between Keppel and d'Orvilliers. In December following, Lieut. Hoare removed with Captain Rowley into the Suffolk, and sailed from Spithead with a squadron to reinforce Admiral Byron in the West Indies, joining that officer at St. Lucia about the latter end of March 1779.

In the action off Grenada, July 6, in the same year, the Suffolk sustained considerable damage, and a loss of 32 men killed and wounded. In December following, the boats of that ship, under the order of Lieutenant Hoare, destroyed two vessels close to the shore of Martinique.

In March 1780, Lieut. Hoare accompanied Admiral Rowley from the Suffolk into the Conqueror, which ship formed part of Sir G. B. Rodney's fleet in the actions with de Guichen, April 17, and May 15 and 19. In these engagements the Conqueror had 18 men killed and 69 wounded. In the ensuing month of July, Mr. Hoare became Flag Lieut. to Admiral Rowley, and in 1782 was made Commander in the Duc d'Estitac sloop. During the remainder of the war we find him actively employed on a variety of services, both on the coast of America and in the West Indies. He returned to England in 1783.

Mr. Hoare on the 20th May, 1788, married Catharine-Dorothy, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, of Low Leyton, Essex, Esq. (of the late Duke of Ancaster's family,) whose name he assumed, and has since borne alone, agreeably to the will of that gentleman.

Capt. Bertie was advanced to post rank Nov. 2, 1790, and appointed to the Leda: that frigate, however, was soon after put out of commission, and he was not again called till the autumn of 1795, when he obtained the command of the Hindostan, 54 guns, then at Spithead, under orders for the West Indies, where he arrived with

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Admiral) George Bowen.
a squadron commanded by Captain (now

fever whilst commanding at Port-au-Prince,
Capt. Bertie was seized with the yellow
and being invalided he left the West Indies
in an American ship in October 1796.

his health, he was appointed to the Braakel In March 1797, after he had recovered of 54 guns, stationed at Plymouth. In October he succeeded to the Ardent 64, vacant by the death of his old shipmate Capt. Burgess, who fell off Camperdown. improvement which this gallant officer It may here be proper to mention an belonging to the Ardent's main deck, pareffected on the 42 pounder carronades adopted in all his Majesty's ships having ticularly as it was afterwards generally Observing when he was first appointed to that description of ordnance on board. the Ardent, that the inclined plane of the carriage was in a contrary direction to within board instead of without, Captain what he conceived it ought to be, being Bertie communicated his ideas on the sub. ject to the Board of Ordnance, and in a correspondence which ensued, he had the satisfaction of convincing the Heads of posed alteration. Orders were consethat department of the utility of his proquently given for fitting up the carronades according to his directions. The alteration consisted simply in depressing the chock two inches; this not only imparted to the gun the good property of being worked and run out with a smaller number necessarily added to the force of the shot. of men, but it also checked the recoil, and

The Ardent was employed under Lord Duncan, in the blockade of the Texel fleet, until the expedition to Holland took place in August 1799. Captain Bertie then recommand of Vice-Admiral Mitchell, who ceived orders to place himself under the squadron through the Nieuve Diep, up to on the 30th of that month, passed with his the Vlieter, near to which the Dutch fleet, frigates, commanded by Admiral Storey, consisting of eight sail of the line and four were lying at anchor. The enemy were allowed one hour's deliberation to fight er to surrender, and the latter having been agreed to in consequence of the disaffection reigning amongst the Dutch seamen, Captain Bertie was ordered to take pessession of the Admiral de Ruyter of 68 guns, and afterwards to escort the whole of the prizes to the Nore, where he arrived on the 10th September.

In the following month Captain Bertie assisted at the evacuation of the Texel. officers of the fleet, received the thanks of He afterwards, in common with the other Parliament for his services in the abovementioned expedition.

The Ardent formed one of the squadron under the orders of Lord Nelson, at the

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battle of Copenhagen, in which her commander particularly distinguished himself, compelling four of the Danish flotilla, one of which was the Jutland of 60 guns, to surrender. The Ardent received considerable damage, and sustained a loss of 29 men killed, and 64 men wounded. Capt. Bertie again received the thanks of Parliament, and what was equally pleasing, the personal commendation of his heroic Chief. Early on the morning after the action, Lord Nelson went on board the Ardent to thank her commander, officers, and people, for their conduct and exertions on the preceding day, a compliment which was returned with six cheers, on his Lordship's leaving the ship.

On the 9th of the same month, Captain Bertie was appointed by the Commanderin-chief Sir Hyde Parker, to the Bellona of 74 guns, in the room of Sir Thomas B. Thompson, who had lost a leg in the battle, and he continued in the Baltic under the orders of Lord Nelson and Sir Charles M. Pole, until the 7th July following, when he left that station in company with the squadron sent home under Sir Thomas Graves, part of which were ordered north about to Cork, and from thence proceeded off Cadiz, where Capt. Bertie remained employed in the blockade of the Spanish fleet till the termination of the war.

The Bellona afterwards went to the West Indies, whence Capt. Bertie returned to England in June 1802. On the re-commencement of hostilities, Capt. Bertie was appointed to the Courageux of 74 guns, in which ship Rear-Adm. Dacres soon after hoisted bis flag, and in Jan. 1804 sailed from St. Helen's, accompanied by 170 sail of merchantmen bound to the West Indies. Four days after their departure, the wind, which had hitherto been fair, shifted to the S. W. and between the 15th and 28th it blew one of the most tremendous gales ever experienced, dispersing the convoy and reducing the Courageux to a mere wreck, thereby compelling her to bear up for Plymouth, where she arrived with the remnant of her scattered charge on the 1st of February.

From some family distress, Capt. Bertie was suddenly obliged, after the Courageux had been docked and nearly prepared for sea, to resign the command of her, and he remained without any other appointment until the latter end of Dec. 1805. He then obtained the command of the St. George, a second rate, attached to the Channel fleet, and continued in that ship until the general promotion of flag officers, April 28, 1808, which included and stopped with him.

Rear-Admiral Bertie was soon after appointed to a command in the Baltic, under Sir James Saumarez. He proceeded thither in the Rosamond sloop, and on his arrival

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off Helsingburgh, hoisted his flag in the Orion of 74 guns, from which ship it was afterwards shifted first into the Vanguard 74, and then into the Dictator 64. He returned to Yarmouth roads Jan. 6, 1809, having been driven from his station in the Sound by the sudden appearance of the ice and its great solidity on the last day of the preceding year.

On the 20th March, the Rear-Admiral again sailed for the Baltic in the Stately, another 64 gun ship, and immediately on his arrival resumed his former occupation of blockading the island of Zealand, and affording protection to the coast of Scandia, and to the British and Swedish convoys passing through the Malmoe Channel. From the heavy gales of wind which began to set in about the 12th Dec. 1809, RearAdmiral Bertie found it advisable to quit his anchorage off Hoganis nearly at the entrance of the Sound, and proceeded with the ships under his command to Gottenburgh, where he received orders from Admiral Dickson to return to England express.

On the 19th Feb. 1810, finding his health to be in a very impaired state, our officer was obliged to strike his flag and come on shore.

In the month of June 1813, Rear-Admiral Bertie received the honour of knighthood, and the Royal license and permission to accept and wear the insignia of a knight commander of the Order of the Sword, conferred upon him by the late King of Sweden, in testimony of his merits and services. He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral, Dec. 4, in the same year.

VICE-ADMIRAL JOHN CLEMENTS.

July 1. In Portman-street, Vice-Admiral John Clements.

At the commencement of the war with the French republic, Lieut. Clements commanded the Spitfire sloop. He was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, Oct. 24. 1794. In the summer of 1802 he obtained the command of the Fortunée of 40 guns; and on the 8th Sept. following, sailed from the Downs in company with two other frigates and a sloop, with Dutch troops on board, bound to the Texel. On the 10th, the Fortunée struck on a sandbank, lost her masts and rudder, and was bilged. The next morning she was got into the Texel, where by the great exertions of her commander, officers, and crew, and the assistance rendered by the other ships, she was put in a state of repair sufficient to enable her to proceed to England, under the escort of another frigate. In the following year, Captain Clements was appointed to the Sea Fencible service at Leith. He subsequently commanded the Texel of 64 guns,

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