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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ratsey, Edward

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​RATSEY. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1841.)
Edward Ratsey is brother of Retired Commander Nathaniel Ratsey; and first-cousin of Retired Commander Thos. Ratsey.
This officer (who had studied at the Royal Naval College and been allotted three years’ service) embarked, 1 July, 1793, as a Volunteer, on board the Shark sloop, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Scory Barker. After having been for about two years employed on the Channel and Newfoundland stations, he became Midshipman of the Defence 74, Capt. Jas. Gambier; prior to following whom as Master’s Mate into the Prince George 98 (commanded subsequently by Sir John Orde), he fought in Lord Howe’s action 1 June, 1794. He was made Lieutenant 9 April, 1795, into the Eurydice 24, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, on the Channel station; and afterwards appointed – 20 Jan. 1796, to the Ambuscade 32, Capts. T. Twysden and Henry Jenkins, employed in the North Sea and West Indies – 24 Sept. 1798, to the Renown 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, lying at Woolwich – 24 June, 1799, to the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. T. Twysden, on the Cork station, whence he invalided in 1800 – 30 April and 9 July, 1802, to the Neptune 98 and Isis 50, flag-ships of Admirals Gambier and Thornbrough in the Channel, at Newfoundland, and in the North Sea – and, 26 May, 1804, to the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he sailed for the East Indies. On his arrival he was nominated, 14 March, 1805, Acting-Captain of the Howe 38, and next, 25 April in the same year, Acting-Commander of the Harrier 18. In the latter vessel, on 2 Aug. following, Capt. Ratsey (who was not confirmed to her until 4 Feb. 1806) fought, in company with the Phaeton 38, a severe action of two hours and a half with the French 36-gun frigate Semillante and several batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernardino, Philippine Islands. The Harrier on the occasion was much cut up in her masts, sails, and rigging, and sustained a loss of 2 men wounded. Before leaving her Capt. Ratsey had the good fortune to prevent some British supercargoes from being captured by the Ladrones on their passage from Macao to Canton. On 5 Sept. 1806 he was made Post into the Sir Edward Hughes 38. He came home in Oct. 1807; and has since been on half-pay. He attained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral is married and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Randolph, George Grenville

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​RANDOLPH. (Commander, 1846.)
George Grenville Randolph passed his examination in 1837; obtained his first commission 27 J une, 1838; and was subsequently appointed – 19 Sept. 1838, to the North Star 26, Capt. Lord John Hay, employed on particular service – 31 Oct. 1840, to the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, of which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he became Senior-Lieutenant – and, 22 Oct. 1844, in the capacity last mentioned, after a few months of half-pay, to the Daedalus 20, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, fitting for the East Indies. On 19 Aug. 1845 he commanded the barge belonging to the latter ship at the capture and destruction of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in the possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and since 22 Nov. 1847 has been employed as Second-Captain of the Bellerophon 78, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Raper, Henry (b)

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​RAPER. (Lieutenant, 1823.)
Henry Raper entered the Navy 17 Nov. 1811; and was made Lieutenant, 17 May, 1823, into the Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, on the Mediterranean station; where he removed, 29 July following, to the Dispatch 18, Capt. Edw. Hinton Scott. He has been on half-pay since 1825.
In 1834 the Lieutenant, who has been for many years Secretary to the Royal Astronomical Society, gave to the world his ‘Remarks on Mr. Robert Steele’s Report to the Chamber of Commerce of Greenock on the Bill then before Parliament for the Measurement of Tonnage.’ He afterwards published ‘Rules for finding Distances and Heights at Sea;’ and in 1843 appeared, also from his pen, ‘The Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.’ Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ratsey, Thomas

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​RATSEY. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 22; h-p., 35.)
Thomas Ratsey is first-cousin of Rear-Admiral Ratsey.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1790, as A.B., on board the Royal William, flag-ship of ​Admiral Roddam at Spithead, and soon attained the rating of Midshipman. In Nov. 1791 he joined the Hector 74, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Geo. Montagu; prior to following whom into the London 98, he assisted in the unfortunate attack made, in June, 1793, on the island of Martinique. Towards the close of 1794 he was received on board the Porcupine 24, Capt. Alex. Fraser, stationed in the North Sea; and in the following year he sailed in the Dictator 64, Capt. Thos. Totty, for the West Indies; where he became, in Aug. and Nov. 1796, Master’s Mate of the Alfred 74, also commanded by Capt. Totty, and Queen 98, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, and, in Jan. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Success and Hermione frigates, each under the orders of Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was confirmed, 10 Feb. 1797, into the Ambuscade 32, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Henry Jenkins, in which ship he returned to England; and he was subsequently appointed – 8 Oct. 1798, to the Russel 74, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope and Herbert Sawyer, attached to the Channel fleet – 22 April, 1800, to the Glenmore frigate, Capts. Geo. Duff, John Talbot, and John Maitland, on the Irish station, where he remained until July, 1802 – 1 Nov. 1803, to the Téméraire 98, Capt. Elias Harvey, in the Channel, 4 April, 1805, to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Matson, in which frigate he was employed until July, 1807, on the coast of Ireland, off Deal, and in the West Indies – 2 Aug. 1808, for four months, to the Ephira 10, in the North Sea – and, 10 July, 1809, to the command, which he retained until March, 1816, of the Signal station at Land’s End. He was placed on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 31 Dec. 1838.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rawdon, Charles Wyndham

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​RAWDON. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 10; h-p., 25.)
Charles Wyndham Rawdon entered the Navy, 10 June, 1812, as a Volunteer, on board the Antelope 50, Capt. Jas. Carpenter, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Newfoundland; and from Feb. 1813 until Jan. 1815 was employed in South America in the Phoebe of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar. On 28 March, 1814, he assisted, off Valparaiso, at the capture of the American frigate Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, after a warm action of two hours, productive of a loss to the British of 4 men killed and 7 wounded, and to the enemy of 24 killed and 45 wounded. On leaving the Phoebe he joined the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton in the East Indies, where he removed, in Sept. 1815, to the Doris 42, Capts. Robt. O’Brien and John Harper. In March, 1816, having returned to England, he was received on board the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with whom he again, subsequently to the bombardment of Algiers, proceeded to India. In 1819 he came home as a Supernumerary in the Malabar 74, Capt. John Clavell. He was next, in the spring of 1820, ordered to South America in the Conway 26, Capt. Basil Hall, of which vessel he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant about Dec. 1821. He went on half-pay in Sept. 1822, having been officially promoted on 11 of the preceding June, and has not been since afloat. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ratsey, Nathaniel

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​RATSEY. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.)
Nathaniel Ratsey is brother of Rear-Admiral Ratsey.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1797, as A.B., on board the Atalanta, Lieut.-Commander Stephen Donovan, stationed off Jersey. From March, 1799, until Feb. 1800, he was employed as Midshipman at the Rendezvous for Seamen at Cowes. During the next eight months he served as before with Lieut. Donovan on board a vessel named the Rowcliffe; and from Oct. 1800 until Feb. 1805 we find him stationed in the West Indies and at Home, in the Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford and John Nash, Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder, and Insolent and Urgent gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John Row Morris and Edm. Wallington. On 1 March, 1805, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Furious, Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright, lying in the Downs; he was promoted to the rank of full Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806; and he was subsequently appointed – 17 Feb. 1806, to the Mosquito 18, Capt. Sam. Jackson, also in the Downs – 27 Oct. following, to the Glatton 50, Capt. Thos. Seccombe, in the Mediterranean – next, to the Lucifer bomb, Capts. Robt. Elliot and Robt. Hall, Belle Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane (part of the force employed in the reduction of Zante, Cephalonia, and Sta. Maura), Salsette 36, Capts. Walter Bathurst and John Hollinworth, and Topaze 38, Capt. Henry Harvey, all on the station last named – 12 March, 1812, to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, lying at Portsmouth – 22 Oct. 1813, to the command of the Snipe gun-brig, in the Baltic – 8 March, 1814, to the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennock, under whom, during a servitude of 18 months, he assisted at the capture of the Sine-quâ-non American privateer of 7 guns and 81 men, and took part in a smart action fought off Teneriffe with two other American vessels, the Grampus and Terpsichore – and, 3 May, 1823, as First-Lieutenant, for a few months, to the Pelorus 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, on the Cork station. He accepted his present rank 27 July, 1847.
Commander Ratsey was left a widower in 1842. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Raven, Michael

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​RAVEN. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
Michael Raven entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart, in which ship he accompanied the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, and continued employed as Midshipman in Yarmouth Roads, part of the time under the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, until transferred, in Oct. 1804, to the Tribune frigate, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett and Thos. Baker, under the latter of whom we find him, when in company with the Iris 36, assisting at the destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part of a convoy of 30 sail passing from Ferrol to Bilbao under the protection of several gun-boats. In Dec. of the latter year he removed to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Philip Wodehouse; he attained the rank of Lieutenant 28 May, 1808; and from 6 Dec. following until he invalided in July, 1813, he served in the West Indies and Mediterranean on board the Castor 32, Capts. Wm. Roberts and Chas. Dilkes. Under Capt. Roberts he contributed, in 1809-10, to the capture of the French 74-gun ship D’Haupoult and the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 30 April, 1845.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, Henry

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​JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 20; h-p., 18)
Henry Johnston, born 2 Dec. 1795, is second son of the late Henry Johnston, Esq., merchant by his wife Henrietta Ogilvie, of Dundee, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Feb; 1809 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16, Capts Wm. Wilkinson, John Eveleigh, and Christopher Nixon, stationed in the North Sea, where, and in the Baltic, he served, as Midshipman, from 1812 to 1814, in the Gloucester 74, Capt. Robt. Williams Towards the close of the latter year, after he had been again employed for a few months under the orders of Capt. Wilkinson, in the Monmouth 64 on the Downs station, he joined the Tyne 24, Capt John Harper, with whom, on arriving in the East Indies, he removed, as a passed Midshipman, to the Wellesley 74. Returning to England with Capt John Bayley m the last-named ship in June 1816 Mr.Johnston immediately appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the Leander 50, Capt. Edw Chetham, and was thus afforded an opportunity of sharing in the bombardment of Algiers. He was afterwards employed, from April, 1817, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 March 1826 in the Pactolus and Tigris frigates, commanded, on the North American and Channel stations, bv Capts Wm. Hugh Dobbie and Robt. Henderson, Ramillies 74, and Queen Charlotte 100; both lying in Portsmouth harbour, and Severn and Ramillies again, each commanded, for the purposes of the Coast Blockade, by Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. His succeeding appointments were – 9 Oct. 1828 to the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under whom he served, once more in the Coastal Bockade, until Dec. 1829 - for a few months in 1834, as ​supernumerary and First-Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46, and Raleigh 16, Capts. Robt. Wauchope and Mich. Quin, fitting at Chatham and Sheerness – and, 9 May, 1837, to the Téméraire 104, Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, guard-ship at the latter place. He has been on half-pay since 1838.
Lieut. Johnston married, in 1835, Louisa Drusilla Sidney, youngest daughter of the late Jas. Cummings, Esq., R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnstone, Henry Hope

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​JOHNSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1818. f-p., 10; h-p., 26.)
Henry Hope Johnstone entered the Navy, 24 June, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rifleman 18, Capt. Joseph Pearce, and, after serving for some time on the Home station, proceeded to the coast of North America, where he was present with the squadron in Penobscot Bay at the capture of the town of Castine and the destruction of the U.S. frigate John Adams, in Sept. 1814. Becoming Midshipman, soon afterwards, of the Royal Oak 74, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he attended in that ship the ill-fated expedition against New Orleans; and, on her return to England in the summer of 1815, he became attached, as a Supernumerary, to the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at Spitbead. In July, 1818, after he had been employed for a period of more than two years and a half in the North Sea and West Indies, in the Pelican 18, Capts. Robt. Lisle Coulson and Edw. Curzon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Pique 36, Capt. John Mackellar, to which frigate he was confirmed on 20 of the following Nov. He was paid off 21 Dec. 1818; and was lastly, from 6 Dec. 1824 until about the close of 1826, employed in the Ramillies 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot.
Lieut. Johnstone is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnstone, Henry Wedderburn

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​JOHNSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 10.)
Henry Wedderburn Johnstone entered the Navy 29 June, 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his first commission 18 Aug. 1831; and was subsequently appointed – 23 Jan. and 8 May, 1833, to the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediterranean – 16 July, 1834, to the Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, with whom he returned home from Lisbon and was paid off in Nov. 1836 – 30 Jan. 1837, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 7 Dec. 1837, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. Henry Wm. Craufurd, fitting for the North America and West India station, where he was superseded a few months afterwards – and, 9 Aug. 1841, in a similar capacity, to the Ardent steam-vessel, Capt. John Russell, lying at Chatham. He was advanced to his present rank on 23 of the following Nov., but has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, James Charles

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​JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 17; h-p., 13.)
James Charles Johnston, born in Nov. 1803, is maternal grandson of the late Sir Geo. Richardson, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1817, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Semiramis 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the coast of Africa; was next employed, between Oct. 1818 and March, 1825 (in the course of which month he passed his examination), in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, chiefly as Midshipman, on the Home, Mediterranean, and South American stations; and, in Nov. of the latter year, became Mate of the Philomel 10, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and Viscount Ingestrie, similarly employed. He was promoted for his services in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827; and was subsequently appointed – 1 1 May, 1833, to the Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur FanShawe, off Lisbon – 24 Feb. 1835 (after several months of half-pay), to the Winchester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel – 20 Oct. 1836, to the Hercules 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, John Toup Nicolas, and Edw. Barnard, employed until Nov. 1839 on the Channel, Lisbon, West India, and Halifax stations – 10 Oct. 1840, to the Camperdown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby at the Nore – 11 Sept. 1841, as First, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting for Chatham – and, 13 Dec. following, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay. He invalided home from the North America and West India station in June, 1842, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Johnston married, 25 April, 1843, Jane Dunlop, daughter of the late Capt. Thos. Hamilton, of Dowan, and grand-daughter of the late Sir Geo. Louis Augustus Colquhoun, Bart. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, Robert

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​JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Robert Johnston entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 74, Capt. John Temple; attained the rating of Midshipman in Nov. of the same year; and, between June, 1808, when he returned home from a voyage to the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope, and July, 1814, was successively employed, in the Invincible 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, Semramis 36, Capt. Wm. Granger, Norge 74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier and Wm. Waller, and Asia 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, on the Home, Lisbon, Cadiz, Mediterranean, and Bermuda stations. He then assumed command, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, of the Jane advice-vessel, in which he served, on the American coast and in the West Indies, until the close of the war with the United States. He was promoted to his present rank in his former ship, the Asia, Capt. Alex. Skene, 15 Feb. 1815; and in Feb. 1816, after having re-visited the Mediterranean and West Indies, was placed on half-pay. He has not been since employed. Agent – Fred. Dufaur.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, Frederick Erskine

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​JOHNSTON. (Commander, 1846.)
Frederick Erskine Johnston is second son of the Right Hon. Sir Alex. Johnston, F.R.S., of Carnsalloch, CO. Dumfries (late Chief Justice and President of Her Majesty's Council in the island of Ceylon), by Louisa, only daughter of the late Lord Wm. Campbell, Captain R.N., son of John, fourth Duke of Argyll. The Commander is nephew of Major-General Fras. Jas. Johnston, C.B.; and great-grandson of Francis Lord Napier.
This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1828; passed his examination in 1834; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; and was successively appointed – 25 July, 1838, and 6 Jan. 1841, to the Tyne 26, Capt. John Townshend, and (as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Napier) to the Powerful 84, both in the Mediterranean – 28 Aug. 1841, to the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, fitting at Sheerness – 2 Oct. 1841, and 23 April, 1844, to the Queen 110, and again to the Formidable, bearing each the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen on the Mediterranean station – and, 18 Dec. 1845, as Senior, to the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, attached to the Channel squadron. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, Gabriel

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​JOHNSTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Gabriel Johnston entered the Navy 12 Aug. 1826; passed his examination 1 Oct. 1832; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving at the Cape of Good Hope, as Mate, on board the Fawn brigantine, Lieut.-Commander John Foote. His appointments have since been – 3 Dec. 1841, to the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King on the same station- 7 March, 1842, to the Acorn 16, Capt. John Adams, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned early in 1843 – 19 April, 1844, to the Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. Edw. Plunkett, employed on particular service – 25 Jan. 1845, to the Beacon surveying-vessel,- Capt. Thos. Graves, stationed in the Mediterranean and, 20 Feb. 1847, after a few months of half-pay, to the Volage 26, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Abel Bremage Spratt, under whom, he is again engaged on surveying-duty. Agents - Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, James Henry

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​JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Henry Johnston entered the Navy, 16 April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capts. Geo. Murray, John Manley, and Sir Fras. Laforey. In that ship, after serving, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, off Ferrol and Rochefort, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and on 21 Oct. 1805 was present in the battle of Trafalgar. He removed, in Oct. 1809, to the Ocean 98, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, who, on 4 of the next Dec, nominated him Lieutenant of the Canopus 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin – an act which the Admiralty confirmed by commission dated 16 Feb. 1810. Being superseded from the Canopus in Nov. of the latter year, Mr. Johnston was subsequently appointed – 23 Sept. 1811, to the Kite sloop, Capts. Benj. Crispin and Geo. Canning, employed off the Texel and in the Mediterranean – in Jan. 1813, to the command of the Quail schooner, stationed in the Archipelago under the orders of Capt. John Clavell – in Aug. 1813, again to the Kite, Capts. Rowland Mainwairing and Thos. Forster, off the coast of Syria – and, 3 Dec. 1814, to the Leveret 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian, in the Downs. He has been on half-pay since July, 1815.