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# Royal Naval Biography/Edwardes, William

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HON. WILLIAM EDWARDES. [Commander.]
Second son of Lord Kensington, by Dorothy, daughter of John Thomas, Esq.; and grandson of William Edwardes, who, having inherited, at the demise of his first cousin, Edward Henry, seventh Earl of Warwick, in 1721, the estates of the Rich family, was elevated to the Irish peerage in July 1776, by the title of Baron Kensington.
This officer was born on the 3d Feb. 1801; made a lieutenant, Aug. 2d, 1823; and promoted to the rank of commander, Oct. 22d, 1827.
# Royal Naval Biography/Edwards, Henry

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HENRY EDWARDS, Esq. [Post-Captain of 1826.]
Was made lieutenant, Nov. 22d, 1802; and commander (from the Benbow 74) Sept. 29th, 1813; appointed to the Doterel sloop, fitting out for the Halifax station, Aug. 25th, 1825; and advanced to the rank of captain, Aug. 2d, 1826.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
# Royal Naval Biography/Eastwood, Joseph

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JOSEPH EASTWOOD, Esq. [Commander.]
Passed his examination, and was appointed lieutenant of the Pluto sloop. Captain R. Janverin, in Jan. 1809. He subsequently served under Captains John Serrel and Lucius Curtis, in the Helder and Madagascar frigates. His commission as commander bears date Jan. 23d, 1815.
This officer married, Nov. 3d, 1 824, Louisa, daughter of John Pooke, of Fareham, co. Hants, Esq.
# Royal Naval Biography/Edge, William

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WILLIAM EDGE, Esq A Captain of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. [Retired Captain.]
This officer was made a Commander into the Alert, a French brig taken at Toulon, and fitted by the British as a fire-vessel. At the evacuation of that place by the allied forces, the important service of covering the retreat of Sir W. Sidney Smith’s party was confided to Captain Edge, who brought off every man of the different guards and detached parties.
The Alert being destroyed on this occasion, Captain Edge was afterwards appointed to the Vulcan fire-ship; and on his return to England, removed into the Prince George of 98 guns, in which vessel he was present at the discomfiture of the French fleet, off l’Orient, June 23, 1795. On the ​29th of the same month, he obtained the rank of Post-Captain; from which period we lose sight of him until the establishment of Sea Fencibles in the spring of 1798, when he was appointed to the command of the district between Harwich and Yarmouth, having his residence at South wold. Early in 1809, he succeeded the present Lientenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, as one of the Captains of that establishment; and continuing to hold that appointment, was passed over in the general promotion that took place on the 4th June, 1814.
* ↑ See Vol. I. p. 294.
* ↑ See Vol. I. p. 246.
# Royal Naval Biography/Edwards, John (a)

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JOHN EDWARDS, (a) Esq. [Commander.]
Was made a commander in Dec. 1787.
# Report from the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress

In Senate of the United States October 7, 1814
M$^r$. Goldsborough, from the joint committee, on the Library of Congress,
    Reported
That they have received through M$^r$. Samuel H. Smith, an offer from M$^r$. Jefferson, late President of the United States, of the whole of his library for Congress in such a mode, and upon such terms, as they consider highly advantageous to the nation, and worthy the distinguished gentleman who tenders it. But the means placed at the disposal of the committee being very limited and totally inadequate to the purchase of such a Library as that now offered, the committee must have recourse to Congress either to extend their powers, or to adopt such other plan as they may think most proper.
Should it be the sense of Congress to confide this matter to the committee, they respectfully submit the following resolution:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint library committee of the two Houses of Congress be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to contract on their part for the ​purchase of the library of M$^r$. Jefferson, late President of the United States, for the use of both Houses of Congress.
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# Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand

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Report
from the
Select Committee of the House of Lords,
appointed to inquire into
The present state of the Islands of New Zealand,
and
The Expediency of regulating the Settlement of British Subjects therein;
with
The Minutes of Evidence
taken before The Committee
and
an index thereto.
Report.
By the Lords Committees appointed a Select Committee to inquire into the present State of the Islands of New Zealand, and the Expediency of regulating the Settlement of British Subjects therein; and to consider and report; and to whom was referred the Petition of Merchants and Ship Owners of London, trading in the South Seas and to the Australian Colonies, praying for Protection of the Shipping Interest; and to whom were also referred certain Papers connected with the Inquiry before the Committee:—
Ordered to report,
That the Committee have met, and have considered the subject Matter to them referred; and have come to the following Resolution; viz.—
Resolved,—That it appears to this Committee, that the Extension of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown is a Question of public Policy which belongs to the Decision of Her Majesty's Government; but that it appears to this Committee, that Support, in whatever Way it may be deemed most expedient to afford it, of the Exertions which have already beneficially effected the rapid Advancement of the religious and social Condition of the Aborigines of New Zealand, affords the best present Hopes of their future Progress in Civilization.
And the Committee have directed the Minutes of Evidence taken before them; together with an Index thereto, to be reported to the House.
Minutes of Evidence.
List of Witnesses.
Die Martis, 3° Aprilis 1838.
Die Veneris, 6° Aprilis 1838.
Die Martis, 10° Aprilis 1838.
Die Martis, 1° Maii 1838.
Die Veneris, 11° Maii 1838.
Die Lunæ, 14° Maii 1838.
Die Martis, 15° Maii 1838.
Die Veneris, 18° Maii 1838.
Die Lunæ, 21° Maii 1838.
# Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand/Friday, 6 April 1838

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Die Veneris, 6° Aprilis 1838.
Evidence on the present State of the Islands of New Zealand.
The Earl of Devon in the Chair.
Die Veneris, 6° Aprilis 1838.
Ordered, That this Committee be adjourned to Tuesday next, One o'Clock.
# Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to inquire into the present state of the Islands of New Zealand/Tuesday, 10 April 1838

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Die Martis, 10° Aprilis 1838.
Evidence on the present State of the Islands of New Zealand.
The Earl of Devon in the Chair.
Die Martis, 10° Aprilis 1838.
Ordered, That this Committee be adjourned to Tuesday the First Day of May next
Appendix to the Evidence of 10th April 1838.
J. L. Nicholas Esq. is called in, and delivers in the following Paper, which is read; viz.
Copy of the First Grant of Land in New Zealand to the Church Missionary Soceity.
Know all Men to whom these Presents shall come, That I, Ahoodee O Gunna, King of Rangee Hoo in the Island of New Zealand, have, in consideration of Twelve Axes to me in hand now paid and delivered by the Reverend Samuel Marsden of Parramatta in the Territory of New South Wales, given, granted, bargained, and sold, and by this present Instrument do give, grant, bargain, and sell, unto the Committee of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, instituted in London in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and to their Heirs and Successors, all that Piece and Parcel of Land situate in the District of Hoshee in the Island of New Zealand, bounded on the South Side by the Bay of Tippoona and the Town of Rangee Hoo, on the North Side by a Creek of fresh Water, and on the West by a public Road into the Interior, together with all the Rights, Members, Privileges, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, to have and to hold to the aforesaid Committee of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, instituted in London in the Kingdom of Great Britain, their Heirs, Successors, and Assigns, for ever, clear and freed from all Taxes, Charges, Impositions, and Contributions whatsoever, as and for their own absolute and proper Estate for ever.
In testimony whereof I have to these Presents, thus done and given, set my Hand at Hoshee in the Island of New Zealand, this Twenty-fourth day of February in the Year of Christ One thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
Tho$^s$ Kendall., J. L. Nicholas
Signatures to the Grant,
At the Bottom of the Deed one of the Chiefs drew a complete Representation of the Amoco or Tattooing of the Grantor's Countenance, to which the latter set his Mark, which served as the ratifying Symbol of the Agreement.
# Royal Naval Biography/Simeon, Charles

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CHARLES SIMEON, Esq. [Post-Captain of 1827.]
Third and youngest son of the late Sir John Simeon, Bart., M.P., and senior Master in the Court of Chancery, by Rebecca, eldest daughter of John Cornwall, of Hendon House, co. Middlesex, Esq.
This officer passed his examination in Oct. 1811; and was made a lieutenant on the 2d of June, 1812. He subsequently served under the late Captain Farmery P. Epworth, in the Bulwark 74; obtained the rank of commander, June 13th, 1815; and an appointment to the Arab sloop, fitting out for the Irish station, Nov. 2d, 1818. His commission as captain bears date Mar. 10th, 1827 ; at which period he was appointed to the Niemen 28, employed on the Halifax station. He married, July 5th, 1821, Frances, second daughter of Thomas Woore, of Inch House, co. Donegal, Esq.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
# Royal Naval Biography/Skinner, Arthur M'Gregor

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ARTHUR M‘GREGOR SKINNER, Esq. [Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 22d Oct. 1823; and commander Sept. 9th, 1828.
# Royal Naval Biography/Simmonds, Joseph

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JOSEPH SIMMONDS, Esq. [Commander.]
Commission as commander dated Mar. 7th, 1810.
# Royal Naval Biography/Simpson, Thomas (a)

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THOMAS SIMPSON (a), Esq. (Seniority, 1st August, 1811.) [Commander.]
# Royal Naval Biography/Sinclair, Archibald

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ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, Esq. [Commander.]
Fourth son of the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster, co. Caithness, cashier of the excise in Scotland, LL.D., F.R. and A.S., &c. &c., by his second wife, Diana, youngest daughter of Alexander, first Lord MacDonald.
This officer was born on the 20th Sept. 1801; entered the royal navy in 1814; and obtained his first commission on the 22d Oct. 1823; previous to which he had acted as lieutenant of the Dauntless 24, Captain George C. Gambier, on her voyage home from the East India station. In April, 1826, he was presented with the honorary medallion of the Royal Humane Society; and, on the 22d July, 1830, advanced to the rank of commander. We lastly find him returning home from the Cape of Good Hope station, in command of the Jaseur sloop, Sept. 29th, 1832.
# Royal Naval Biography/Sinclair, John Gordon

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SIR JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR, Bart. [Post-Captain of 1814.]
Was made lieutenant July 7, 1809; and promoted to the command of the Redwing, a line 18-gun brig, on the Mediterranean station, Aug. 13, 1812. In the following year he was very actively employed between Toulon and Marseilles, as will be seen by reference to pp. 193, 194, 353, et seq. of Suppl. Part I.
​Sir John G. Sinclair was posted June 6, 1814; and appointed to the Doris 42, fitting for the South American station, Feb. 1, 1825. He married, June 15, 1812, Ann, only daughter of the Hon. Admiral De Courcy.
# Royal Naval Biography/Skekel, John

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JOHN SKEKEL, Esq. [Post-Captain of 1825.]
Entered the royal navy in Dec. 1795 ; and served in various ships, as midshipman, master’s-mate, and lieutenant, until June, 1803, when he assisted at the capture of St. Lucia, and received a commission appointing him to the Pandour 44, armed en flûte, which ship formed part of the ​force under Commodore Hood, at the reduction of Surinam, in May, 1804. During the operations against that colony, Lieutenant Skekel was employed in the flotilla on the Commewyne river.
In Feb. 1806, the Pandour having been paid off on her return to England, this officer was appointed to the Hero 74, Captain the Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, under whom he bore a part in Sir Robert Calder’s action with the combined fleets of France and Spain, July 22d, 1805; and was wounded while assisting at the capture of four French line-of-battle ships, Nov. 4th following. He also witnessed the surrender of the Marengo 80, and Belle Poule frigate, the former bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, Mar. 13th, 1806. The total loss sustained by Sir Richard J. Strachan’s squadron, in action with that under Mons. Dumanoir le Pelley, was only 24 killed and 111 wounded; of which numbers, the Hero alone, as a proof of the conspicuous share she took in the combat, had 10 slain and 51 wounded.
Lieutenant Skekel’s next appointment was, in 1807, to the Ville de Paris, 110, flag-ship of Admiral Lord Gardner, then commanding the Channel fleet; and after the retirement of that veteran chief from the fatigues of service, he rejoined his son, whose flag, as Rear-Admiral, had been recently hoisted on board the Bellerophon 74, Captain Samuel Warren.
From this period we And no particular mention of Lieutenant Skekel until July 7th, 1809, when he commanded one of the boats of the Bellerophon, and highly distinguished himself in a most brilliant and successful attack upon a Russian flotilla, the official account of which achievement has been given at p. 369 et seq, of Suppl. Part III. For this service he received, in common with his brother officers, the thanks of the Board of Admiralty, and was, we believe, ultimately promoted to the command of the Fly sloop, by commission dated June 28th, 1811.
​Captain Skekel’s subsequent appointments were, – about the close of the same year, to the Gluckstadt, of 18 guns, which vessel was soon found unfit for further service; – May 16th, 1812, to the Bold 14, in which he suffered shipwreck, during a strong N.E. gale, near the north end of Prince Edward’s island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Sept. 27th, 1813; – June 7th, 1814, to the Plover 18, fitting out for the Newfoundland station, where he remained until the end of the year 1816; – and in May, 1823, to be superintending commander of H.M. ships in ordinary at Plymouth. His promotion to the rank of captain took place May 27th, 1825.
Agent.– J. Hinxman, Esq.
* ↑ See Vol. I. Part II. note at p. 481.
* ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. pp. 797–891.
* ↑ See Vol. I. Part I. p. 405.
* ↑ See Id. p. 289.
* ↑ See Id. Part II. p. 436.
# Royal Naval Biography/Skene, Alexander

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ALEXANDER SKENE, Esq [Post-Captain of 1802.]
This officer was made a Lieutenant in 1793; and obtained the rank of Commander, in the Lynx sloop of war, on the Halifax station, Nov. 18, 1799. His post commission bears date April 29, 1802. At the commencement of the late war he commanded the Lapwing of 28 guns; and subsequently ​the Leander 50, bearing the flag of the late Sir Andrew Mitchell, on the coast of America. His next appointment was to the Guerriere frigate, in which he captured the Malvina and Peraty, French privateers, the former of 14 guns and 60 men, the latter (formerly H.M. cutter Barbara) of 12 guns and 90 men. The Peraty was discovered cruising in the track of a valuable Jamaica fleet, of which she had obtained most correct information, as to their strength, number, and situation, from the master of an American brig, who had himself claimed and received the protection of that convoy, which he betrayed to the enemy in twenty-four hours after parting company.
Captain Skene was afterwards appointed in succession to the Hussar frigate, and several line-of-battle ships, on various stations. Towards the close of the late contest with America he served as Flag-Captain to the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane; as also during part of that officer’s recent command at Plymouth. He married, Mar. 30, 1814, Miss Charlotte Fordyce, niece to the Marquis of Huntley; and died at Edinburgh, Sept. 14, 1823. His brother John, a Lieutenant of the 42d regiment, fell a victim to the Walcheren fever, Oct. 3, 1810
A miniature of Captain Skene, by A. Robertson, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1805.
# Royal Naval Biography/Simpson, John

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JOHN SIMPSON, Esq. [Post-Captain of 1809.]
Was made a Lieutenant by Lord Hood, at Toulon, in Dec. 1793; and afterwards successively appointed to the Sybille of 40 guns, Windsor Castle 98, Sans Pareil 80, and Pomone 40 ; in which latter ship he assisted at the capture of la Carrere French frigate, near Elba, Aug. 3, 1801. We subsequently find him acting as Captain of the Kent 74, bearing the flag of Sir Richard Bickerton, at Malta; from whence he returned to England in command of la Tourterelle 30, about June 1803. His promotion to the rank of Commander was confirmed by the Admiralty, April 19 in the same year.
Captain Simpson’s next appointment was, in 1805, to the Wasp of 18 guns, then fitting at Plymouth, and intended to be placed under the orders of Nelson; but afterwards sent to join the Channel fleet, commanded by Admiral Cornwallis.
​On the 28th and 29th Aug. 1805, Captain Simpson was chased by the celebrated Rochefort squadron, consisting of five two-deckers, two frigates, and two brigs. On the first day, an 80 gun-ship got near enough to fire a broadside at him; and on the second, a large frigate and a brig, one on each quarter, engaged the Wasp for 40 minutes, within range of grape; but her constant and well directed fire from the only 6 guns which had not been thrown overboard to improve her sailing, so annoyed the enemy that they at length gave up the attack, and allowed her to escape. For their very great gallantry and persevering exertions on this occasion. Captain Simpson, his officers, and men, received the public thanks of their commander-in-chief, and the high approbation of the Admiralty was also conveyed to them.
About Oct. 1805, Captain Simpson removed into the Star sloop, in which vessel he was very actively employed on the Downs, Newfoundland, and West India stations, until after the conquest of Martinique, in 1809, when he returned home with a strong letter of recommendation from Sir Alexander Cochrane to Lord Mulgrave, who immediately ordered him to Halifax, on promotion. In Sept. 1809, he was appointed to la Furieuse frigate, but his post commission was not confirmed until the 12th Dec. following. He subsequently commanded the Coquette of 20 guns, at the Leeward Islands.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
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WILLIAM SIMPSON, Esq. [Post-Captain of 1824.]
Brother to Captain Robert Simpson, who died in command of the Cleopatra frigate, on the Halifax station, about June, 1808.
This officer entered the navy in 1799, as midshipman on board the Isis 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral (afterwards Sir Andrew) Mitchell; obtained a lieutenant’s commission, Nov. 26th, 1807; and was first of the Cleopatra, then commanded by the present Sir John Brooke-Pechell, Bart, at the capture of la Topaze French frigate, Jan. 23d, 1809. He was made a commander, April 22d, 1811; appointed to the Gannet sloop, on the Irish station, July 28th, 1821; and advanced to the rank of captain, Oct. 14th, 1824.
Agent.– T. Collier, Esq.
# Proclamation 6860

Delivered on 2 January 1996.
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
As a mark of respect for the memory of Admiral Arleigh Burke, one of our Nation's foremost naval heroes, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by section 175 of title 36 of the United States Code, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until interment. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twentieth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 4, 1996]
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# Proclamation 6859

Delivered on 13 December 1995.
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
1. On May 17, 1995, the United States and Poland signed a Record of Understanding Between Poland and the United States of America on Agricultural Items, which provides for an increase in the allocation to Poland of the in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota on Italian-type cheeses.
2. Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ("the URAA") (19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to allocate the in-quota quantity of a tariff-rate quota for any agricultural product among supplying countries or customs areas and to modify any allocation as the President determines appropriate.
3. Accordingly, pursuant to section 404(d)(3) of the URAA, I have determined that it is appropriate to proclaim an increase in the allocation to Poland of the in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for Italian-type cheeses.
4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended ("the 1974 Act") (19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("the HTS") the substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. The modification of the allocation to Poland of the in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quota for Italian-type cheeses is such an action.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to section 404(d)(3) of the URAA (19 U.S.C. 3601(d)(3)) and section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), do proclaim that:
(1) Additional U.S. note 21 to chapter 4 of the HTS is modified by deleting the quantity "1,100,000" set out opposite Poland and inserting "1,325,000" in lieu thereof.
(2) This proclamation is effective with respect to goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of signature of this proclamation.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twentieth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., December 15, 1995]
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