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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bendyshe, John

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​BENDYSHE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
John Bendyshe, born 10 April, 1791, is son and successor of the late Rich. Bendyshe, Esq., of Barrington, co. Cambridge, by Jane, daughter of John Jervis, Esq., of Darlaston, co. Stafford. One of his brothers, Richard, died an officer in the 1st Foot Guards; and the other, Robert, a Lieutenant, R.N., was lost in the Blenheim, with Sir Thos. Troubridge, in 1807. The family is directly traceable to the twelfth century, at which period it became possessed of a considerable lordship in Radwinter.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capt. Manley Dixon, flag-ship subsequently of Sir John Knight in the Channel, and of Lord Collingwood in the Mediterranean. He removed, as Midshipman, in April, 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John Stewart, on the latter station, where, and again in the Channel, as also at Newfoundland, he next served, with Sir John Duckworth and Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, in the Royal George 100, San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Antelope 50. After suffering shipwreck in the Avenger 16, Capt. Urry Johnson (to a Lieutenancy in which vessel he had been promoted on 11 Nov. 1811), Mr. Bendyshe successively joined – 24 Oct. 1812, the Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, also on the Newfoundland station – 22 Aug. 1814, as Senior, the Belle Poule troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Baker, under whom he attended the expedition to New Orleans – and, 15 Dec. 1818 (after an interval of three years), in a similar capacity, the Wye 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, on the Leith station. He was superseded from the latter vessel, at his own request, 29 Nov. 1819, and has not since been employed. Lieut. Bendyshe is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Cambridge, for which he has also served as High-Sheriff.
He married, first, 10 May, 1820, Catherine, eldest daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ashford Lodge, co. Sussex, by Catherine, sister of the immortal Nelson, by whom, who died in 1831, he had issue four sons and four daughters; and secondly, 21 Oct. 1833, Anna Maria, third daughter of Sir Chas. Watson, Bart., of Wratting Park, co. Cambridge. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Benett, Charles Cowper

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​BENETT. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 36.)
Charles Cowper Benett, a lineal descendant of John Benett, Sheriff of Wilts in 51 Henry III., is great-grandson of his Grace Dr. Wm. Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury; and eldest son of the Rev. John Benett, LL.D., Rector of Donhead St. Andrew, co. Wilts, and of Ower Moigne, co. Dorset, by Frances, sister of Sir Thos. Turton, Bart. Mr. Wm. Wake Benett, a brother of Commander Benett, also in the R.N., was killed in action.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pelican sloop, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, whom he accompanied, 20 Dec. 1801, as Midshipman, into the Abergavenny 54, and next into the Ganges 74, on the Jamaica station, where he continued to serve, until the autumn of 1806, in the Hercule 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, Cumberland 74, Capt. Fred. Cottrill, and Theseus 74, and Surveillante frigate, both commanded by Capt. John Bligh. Under that officer, at the commencement of 1804, he assisted in the attack on the island of Curaçoa, and in the course of some very successful cruizing participated in the capture of several privateers and, we believe, of 40 sail of merchantmen, besides witnessing the reduction of the Spanish island of St. Andreas. After an attachment of some weeks to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre, lying at Deptford, Mr. Benett served for 17 months with Sir Sam. Hood in the Centaur 74, and attended during that period the expedition to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier. Acquiring the rank of Lieutenant, 11 April, 1808, he further joined – 3 June, 1808, the Vanguard 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, with whom he served in the Baltic until Aug. 1809 – and, 9 July and 19 Oct. 1812, the Cornwall 74, Capt. John Broughton, and Impregnable 98, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, both on the Mediterranean station. Since his promotion to his present rank, which took place 15 June, 1814, Commander Benett has been on half-pay.
He married, in 1810, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Burlton, Esq., of Donhead St. Andrew. His eldest son, Wm. Morgan, married, 17 April, 1843, Barbara Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Commander Waring, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Benthall, Octavius

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​BENTHALL. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Octavius Benthall died 21 April, 1846. He was drowned while attempting to cross the bar of Hokianga Bay, New Zealand, in the pinnace of H.M.S. Osprey.
This officer passed his examination 8 Sept. 1837; and served for some time as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Fast India stations, in the Magicienne 24, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Rich. Laird Warren, Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, and Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten. He obtained his commission 1 Sept. 1845; then became Additional Lieutenant of the Agincourt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; and ultimately perished, as above.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Benn, Thomas

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​BENN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Benn entered the Navy, 29 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, and on 22 July following was present in Sir Robt. Calder’s action with the combined squadrons of France and Spain. He shortly afterwards removed into the Kent 74, Capt. Henry Garrett, and in April, 1806, became Midshipman ​of the Achille 74. In that ship he served, latterly as Master’s Mate, under Capts. Sir Rich. King, Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, for upwards of nine years, during which period he appears to have been employed at the blockade of Ferrol and of Toulon, as also, for 18 months, of a French and Venetian squadron at Venice, besides assisting at the defence of Cadiz, and being ultimately, in 1814-15, after having convoyed a fleet of East Indiamen to a certain latitude, stationed at Rio Janeiro. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815; was placed on half-pay 12 July following; and has not since been afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bennet, Martin

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​BENNET. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 24; h-p., 23.)
Martin Bennet was born 24 March, 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1800, as a Boy, on board the Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.Commander Wm. Field, on the North Sea station, where, in Dec. 1801, he attained the rating of Midshipman in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Boorder. We next find him, during an attachment of nearly six years to the Illustrious 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Michael Seymour, Wm. Sheild, Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Edw. Chetham, commanding a boat at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads in April, 1809, and intrusted, in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, with the direction of two flat-bottomed boats and a cutter up the East Scheldt. Proceeding then to the West Indies in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, he witnessed the destruction, on 18 Dec. in the same year, of the French frigates Loire and Seine, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, and on that occasion commanded the boats forming part of the force under Capt. Hugh Cameron, who was killed by his side, at the gallant storming of the fort by which they were protected. After serving for some months with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Pompée 74, and Neptune 98, and witnessing in the former ship the reduction of Guadeloupe, Mr. Bennet rejoined the Sceptre, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, 16 July, 1810. He was eventually, while employed on board the Barfleur 98, flagship in the Tagus of Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley, awarded a commission, dated 2 Nov. 1811; and on 18 of the following Dec. was appointed to the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, stationed in the Mediterranean. He there, during the performance of much valuable service, came 17 times into conflict with the enemy, participated in the capture of the towns of Umago, Dignano, Fiumé, Porto Rea, Bocca Rea, Citta Nuova, and Rovigno, as also of the forts of Cantalazo and Cavo, and assisted at the blockade of Venice, Trieste, and Ragusa. At Umago he in part commanded the boats at the destruction of a 2-gun battery and the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had been scuttled, 8 June, 1813; and on the occasion of the ensuing capture of Dignano he landed in charge of a party of seamen, and obtained great praise for his conduct. From 15 June to 16 Aug. 1814, Mr. Bennet next officiated as Agent for Transports afloat; after which, on 1 Dec. in the same year, he became First of the Niobe troop-ship, Capt. Henry Collins Deacon, and co-operated in the reduction, in 1815, of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He left the Niobe 12 March, 1816, and since 17 April, 1838, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Bennet is married.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Benson, John Robert

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​BENSON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 27; h-p., 12.)
John Robert Benson entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scorpion 18, Capts. Fras. Stanfell, Hon. John Gore, and Robt. Giles. Under the first-named officer he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 11 Jan. 1810, beneath the fire of a battery near Basseterre, after an engagement of two hours, of l’Oreste French national brig, of 16 guns and 110 men; and, in Feb. following, witnessed the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. In July, 1812, he became a supernumerary (still in the West Indies) of the Dragon 64, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, and he continued, in the same capacity, to serve under that officer, successively in the Tribune 36, Grampus 50, Vestal 28, Spider schooner. Dromedary store-ship, and, as one of the complement, in the Queen 74, until promoted to his present rank, 27 June, 1814. His subsequent appointments were – 31 March, 1815, to the Leven 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, stationed off
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bennett, James Cooper

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​BENNETT. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 21; h-p., 13.)
James Cooper Bennett was born, 6 Jan. 1801, at Edinburgh.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Jan. 1813, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Removing in March following to the Endymion, of 48 guns and 319 men, Capt. Henry Hope, he assisted at the blockade of New London, the expedition up the Penobscot, and the capture, 15 Jan. 1815, after a bnrilliant action of two hours and a half, in which the British lost 11 men killed and 14 wounded, and the enemy 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the American frigate President, of 56 guns and 465 men. Subsequently to the surrender of Buonaparte we find him proceeding to the East Indies, where, until the close of 1819, he served on board the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andw. King, and Conway 26, Capt. Edw. Barnard, and contributed, in the boats of the latter ship and of the Eden, to the destruction, in the early part of that year, of some Arab pirates at Bahhreen, in the Persian Gulf. While next serving in the Sybille 44, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Chas. Rowley, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 22 Aug. 1821; but, prior to his return to England in 1823, he had the misfortune to lose an arm, in consequence of which accident he was eventually awarded, 24 Jan. 1824, the usual pension of 91l. 5s. In the course of the latter year Mr. Bennett, who had been employed for short periods in the Arachne 18, and Ramillies 74, again sailed for the West Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, and there joined the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, by whom, after holding command of the Union, Renegade, and Speedwell schooners, he was, in 1826, placed in charge of the Magnificent, hospital and store-ship at Port Royal. He was officially promoted to his present rank on 26 Oct. in the same year, and then, enfeebled in health from the effects of long servitude in small vessels under a tropical sun, returned home. Since that period, unable to procure employment afloat, he has twice accepted the appointment of Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. On the first occasion he filled that post from 15 June, 1832, until 1835. His resumption of the office, which he still holds, took place 25 Feb. 1843.
Commander Bennett married, 28 July, 1831, Jane, third daughter of the late Jas. Law, Esq., of Elvingston, co. Haddington, N.B., and by that lady, who died in 1836, has three surviving children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bentham, George

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​BENTHAM, K.St.M. and L. (Captain, 1816. f-p., 16; h-p., 36.)
George Bentham, born in June, 1787, is son of Lieut.-Gen. Wm. Bentham, R.A.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pluto sloop, and, after an attachment of some months, in 1798, to the Alkmaar, Capt. Burden, became Midshipman, in 1799, of the Ruey 64, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, with whom, and Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, he continued to serve, in the same ship, and in the Resolution 74, Galykheid 64, and Hero 74, until June, 1807. While in the latter ship, of which he was created a Lieutentant 24 Dec. 1805, Mr. Bentham officiated as Aide-de-Camp to his Captain in Sir Robt. Calder’s and Sir Rich. Strachan’s actions. On his return from a voyage to the West Indies, in June, 1807, he was appointed to the Téméraire 98, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, but in June, 1810, rejoined his patron, then Lord Gardner, as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the Bellerophon 74. On 19 June, 1809, we find his volunteered assistance materially contributing to the successful issue of an attempt made to storm a battery of four long 24-pounders and 103 men, on the coast of Finland – an exploit which received the due acknowledgments of the Admiralty. While afterwards serving with Lord Gardner in the Roebuck 50, he was appointed by that nobleman to the command, 7 Oct. 1810, of the Briseis, of 10 guns and 75 men. For his gallantry on 14 of the same month, in capturing, after a chase of eight hours, and a desperate conflict of one, in which the enemy had 8 killed and 19 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 11 badly wounded, the French privateer Sans Souci of 14 guns and 55 men, Capt. Bentham’s promotion was confirmed by commission dated back to the day of the action. His subsequent appointments were – 14 Dec. 1812, to the Urgent 12, on the Home station – 8 Oct. 1813, to the Carnation 18, in the West Indies, where his exertions in saving the Dockyard at Port Royal from destruction by fire obtained for him the strongest recommendations – 29 Nov. 1815, as Acting-Captain, to the North Star 28, on the same station – and 6 July, 1816, to the Heron 18. In consideration of his services in the latter vessel at the battle of Algiers, on which occasion he was stationed within a few yards of the Queen Charlotte, and was the Senior Commander present, Capt. Bentham was rewarded by advancement to Post-rank, 16 Sept. 1816. He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
As an acknowledgment for his having conveyed to Genoa, while in the Heron, the treasure reclaimed by the King of Sardinia from the Dey, Capt. Bentham was invested by that Sovereign with the Second Class of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazare. He married, 7 June, 1827, Emma Pellew, daughter of the Rev. John Parker, and niece of Admiral Lord Exmouth. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1101.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1637.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Beresford, Henry Barré

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​BERESFORD. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 3.)
Henry Barré Beresford, born 5 July, 1816, is second son of the late Henry Barré Beresford, Esq., by Eliza, youngest daughter of John Baily, Esq., of the city of Bristol; next brother of the present John Barré Beresford, Esq., of Learmount, co. Londonderry; and grandnephew of the late, and cousin of the present, Marquis of Waterford.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1829, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Actaeon 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, in the Mediterranean; became Midshipman, in May, 1835, of the Sapphire 26, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the same station; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1835; was soon afterwards appointed Mate of the Imogene 28, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, in South America; received the Turkish Medal for his services on the coast of Syria, while belonging to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, in 1840; and after officiating for some time as Senior Mate of the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, was advanced to the rank he now holds 6 Jime, 1842. Lieut. Beresford, whose next appointment was, 18 Oct. in the same year, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, has been employed, since 19 July, 1845, in the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, on the East India station.
# A Treasury of South African Poetry and Verse/John Noble

LAY ME LOW.
Lay me low, my work is done;
I am weary, lay me low
Where the wild flowers woo the sun,
Where the balmy breezes blow,
Where the butterfly takes wing,
Where the aspens drooping grow,
Where the young birds chirp and sing—
I am weary, let me go.
I have striven hard and long
In the world's unequal fight
Always to resist the wrong,
Always to maintain the right;
Always with a stubborn heart
Taking, giving blow for blow:
Brother, I have played my part,
And am weary, let me go.
Stern the world and bitter cold,
Irksome, painful to endure;
Everywhere a love of gold,
Nowhere pity for the poor;
Everywhere mistrust, disguise,
Pride, hypocrisy, and show;
Draw the curtain, close mine eyes,
I am weary, let me go.
Others, 'chance, when I am gone,
May restore the battle-call,
Bravely lead the good cause on,
Fighting in the which I fall;
God may quicken some true soul
Here to take my place below
In the heroes' muster-roll:
I am weary, let me go.
Shield and buckler, hang them up;
Drape the standard on the wall:
I have drained the mortal cup
To the finish, dregs and all.
When our work is done 'tis best,
Brother, best that we should go:
I'm aweary, let me rest,
I'm aweary, lay me low.
John Noble.
# A Treasury of South African Poetry and Verse/Kappa

IDEAL BEAUTY.
Paint me a picture where the golden hair, Like sunlight, falls around the chiselled face Of Grecian imaging;—limn me the grace Of spiritual beauty, jewel rare, In features human yet divinely fair: Let, through the dark-blue splendour of the eye, Ethereal Hope shine star-like with chaste Love, And on the brow a wisdom from above, And on the lip a happy secret lie, Fraught with the spirit's sweetest sorcery; Suffuse her face with Music, and the charm— The animated glow of lofty Thought; Let Cynthia's mien, with stately mildness fraught And queenly grace, adorn th' ideal form; And let it stand on some green isle of bliss, Where seraphs stoop to woo her witching kiss.
"Kappa."
WORDS.
"Words are the coin of fools," so spake the sage; "But tables of the wise, whereon they count The golden gems of thought, and keep the page Of reckoning." So, brother, be the amount Of all thou sayest or shalt say to men The product of a pure, truth-seeking mind, And symbols of deep thought, tried and refined, Won from the mine of rich experience; then Shall all thy words be gold, and will outlast The eating rust of Time, and men will say, When thou art dead—looking upon thy past— "This man hath earned him a fair name for aye!" And in the inmost shrine of memory They'll rear a precious monument for thee.
"Kappa."
# A Treasury of South African Poetry and Verse/John Fairbairn

MEMORY.
The muse in solitude was nurst,
In solitude her songs began;
From some lone burning bosom burst
The tide of song, that as it ran
In glory o'er the golden sands
Of memory back to childhood's prime,
Revived the drooping shadowy bands
Of feelings, tender or sublime;
Thoughts, images, beloved or feared;
Tears, smiles, regrets, whate'er the wing
Of Time had scattered first, then seared,
Or left in darkness withering—
All were renewed in that blest hour
Of boundless passion, boundless power.
The Past—no more a dreary waste,
Which the sad spirit feared to roam— Now charmed the wanderer from her haste
To seek with hope a distant home.
She now beheld in Fancy's light
Serene, eternal, ever new,
Bowers, skies, more beautiful and bright
Than her aspiring ardour drew
In dreams, for coming years of bliss;
And all her own. No mortal power,
Nor chance, nor change, can snatch from this
Clear mirror one enchanted flower;
No fears disturb, no sorrows wait
In this fair world redeemed from fate.
John Fairbairn.
# A Treasury of South African Poetry and Verse/J. S. Judd

MAY MORNING, NATAL.
Are the days so long and the nights so dreary,
That we must yearn for the bygone years?
Are souls so sad and hearts so weary
That men have time for tears?
In English orchards the birds are singing;
In English valleys the grass is green;
In English lanes the lads are bringing May to crown their queen.
Yet all the gold of an orange garden,
And all the green of the sugar-cane,
Prompts a pitiful prayer for pardon
Whenever we complain.
And in English homes, if the merry-making
Would lag a little, our Loved might say,
"Somewhere May-day is breaking
For Someone far away."
Jack Saville Judd.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sison, Samuel

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​SISON. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 16; h-p., 34.)
Samuel Sison entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora frigate, Capt. Robt. Gambier Middleton, with whom he sailed for Lisbon. From 9 Feb. 1798 until 27 March, 180O, he served off Cadiz and at Gillingham Reach, the chief part of the time as Midshipman, in the Blenheim and Princess Royal 98’s, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick, and Argonaut hospital-ship, Lieut.-Commander Paul. He next, 10 June, 1803, joined the Colossus 74, Capts. Geo. Martin, Michael Seymour, and Jas. Nicoll Morris, employed off Brest and Ferrol; and on removing, in 1804, to the Lively 38, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, he assisted, 5 Oct. in that year, at the capture, off Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth. In the course of 1805 we find the Lively, who on the latter occasion had had 2 men killed and 5 wounded, sustaining a self-sought and very spirited skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso. On leaving her Mr. Sison was received as Master’s Mate, in May, 1806, on board the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton off Brest. He was made Lieutenant (while serving at Newfoundland in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral John Holloway) into the Avenger 20, Capt. Thos. White, 20 Aug. 1807; and was subsequently appointed – 13 Jan. 1808, to the Hibernia 120, bearing the flags of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and Fras. Pickmore off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean – in 1809, to the Volontaire 38, Capt. Chas. Bullen, also in the Mediterranean – 17 Nov. 1810 and 22 Sept. 1812, to the San Josef again, flag-ship of Sir C. Cotton, and Fylla 20, Capt. Henry Prescott, both on the Home station – 14 May, 1813, to the Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, on the coast of Brazil – 6 Oct. and 20 Nov. 1814, to the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, again in the Mediterranean, where he had charge, from May, 1815, until Jan. 1816, of some Neapolitan line-of-battle ships – 16 Jan. and 1 March, 1816, to the acting-command of the Trident 64, receiving-ship at Malta, and Calypso sloop, which latter vessel he brought home and paid off at Chatham 10 July following – and, 25 Aug. 1827, to the command, which he retained until 3 April, 1829, of the Myrtle Falmouth packet. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809 Mr. Sison, then in the Volontaire, Served with the boats of a squadron under the orders of Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and destruction of the French armed store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur armed xebec Normande, and seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas, after a desperate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded. He accepted his present rank 11 Jan. 1844.
The Commander is married and has issue.