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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hoffmann, Ernst

From volume 1 of the work.
​HOFFMANN, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm, a man of genius, and an extraordinarily clever and eccentric musician and litterateur, who though a voluminous composer will not live by his compositions so much as by some other productions of his pen. He was born at Königsberg Jan. 24, 1776; learned music and law at the same time, and bid fair to rise in the official world; but an irrepressible love of caricaturing put an end to such solid prospects and drove him to music as his main pursuit. His first musical appointment was to the theatre at Bamberg in 1809, but it was a post without salary, on which he starved. It fortunately urged him to writing a set of papers in the character of 'Johannes Kreisler the Kapellmeister' for the 'Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung' of Leipzig. They appeared at intervals from Sept. 20, 1810, and onwards, and in 1814 Hoffmann republished them with other essays in the same vein in two volumes as 'Fantasiestücke in Callot's Manier,' with a preface by Jean Paul, in whose style they are couched. Among the most interesting, and at the same time most practically valuable, are the essay on Beethoven's instrumental music—far in advance of the day—another on Gluck, and a third on Don Giovanni. The essays, which have often been reprinted, are all more or less humorous, some extremely so. They were followed by the 'Elixiere des Teufels,' a novel (1815); 'Nachtstücke' (1817), 'Serapionsbrüder' (4 vols. 1819–21); and by the 'Lebens ansichten des Kater Murr,' etc., or 'Views of life of Murr the tomcat, with fragments of the biography of Johann Kreisler, the Kapellmeister, from loose and spotted sheets.' Schumann's admiration of these pieces may be inferred from his imitations of them in his Florestan and Eusebius, and his adoption of their nomenclature in the titles of his music. After the fall of Napoleon, Hoffmann again obtained official employment at Berlin, which he discharged with efficiency, and kept till his death at a Silesian bath on June 25, 1822, of gradual paralysis, after much suffering for four months. He was fantastic and odd in the greatest degree, much given to liquor and strange company, over which 'he wasted faculties ​which might have seasoned the nectar of the gods.' (Carlyle.) He sang, composed, criticised, taught, conducted, managed theatres, wrote both poetry and prose, painted all equally well; and in fact could, and did, turn his hand to anything. The list of his works is extraordinary—11 operas (MSS. in the Berlin Library), one of them ran for 14 nights; Incidental music for 3 plays; a ballet; a requiem; two symphonies, etc. etc.
Beethoven took the unusually spontaneous step of addressing him a letter (March 23, 1820). This probably led to a closer acquaintance, to judge from the Canon in his letter to the 'Cäcilia' (Nohl, No. 328)—
which it is difficult not to refer to him.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hoffmann, Gerard

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hoffmann, Henrich

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hofmann, Heinrich

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hogarth, George

From volume 1 of the work.
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[App. p.678 "HOGARTH, George, writer on musical and other subjects, was born in 1783. He studied law in Edinburgh, associating with the literary characters of the day and taking part in the musical life of the city as joint secretary to the Edinburgh Musical Festival of 1815, etc. He came to London in 1830, when he contributed articles to the 'Harmonicon,' and was engaged on the staff of the 'Morning Chronicle.' On the establishment in 1846 of the 'Daily News,' under the editorship of his son-in-law, Charles Dickens, Hogarth was at once appointed musical critic, an office which he held until his failing health obliged him to resign in 1866. Besides filling a similar post for the 'Illustrated London News,' editing for their short period of existence 'The Evening Chronicle' and 'The Musical Herald,' assisting Dickens in the compilation of 'The Household Narrative,' and contributing articles, to several periodicals, Hogarth found time to write some volumes on musical subjects, in which his judgment on contemporary art-life appears to have been sound and his mind open to the new influences at work; for his artistic instinct was sure even where his knowledge was limited. These works are 'Musical History,' etc., 1835; 'Memoirs of the Musical Drama,' 1838; a revised edition of the same, called 'Memoirs of the Opera,' 1851; 'The Birmingham Festival,' 1855; and 'The Philharmonic Society, from its foundation in 1813 to its 50th year in 1862,' a history he was well qualified to undertake, owing to his connection with the Society as secretary from 1850 to 1864. His musical compositions comprise ballads, glees, and editions of standard English songs.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Holcombe, Henry

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Holden, John

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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Henry

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Henry Douglas entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl.Vol., on borad the Belleisle 80, Capt; Wm. Hargood; with whom, after witnessing the destruction of the French 74-gun ship L’Impétueux off Cape Henry, 14 Sept. 1806, he removed, in 1807, as Midshipman, to the Northumberland 74. During the three following years, we find him successively employed on the West India and Mediterranean stations. He then joined the Astraea, of 42 guns and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; and on 20 May, 1811, contributed (while cruizing off Madagascar in company with the Phoebe and Galatea, frigates about equal in force to the Astraea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse) to the capture – after a long and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, in which the Astraea had 2 men killed and 16 wounded – of the Rénommée. On 25 of the same month, he was further present at the surrender of the Néréide, and of the settlement of Tamatave. From Oct. 1813, until May, 1814, he next served on the Guernsey station in the Fylla 22, and Vulture bomb, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hargood. Mr. Douglas, whose commission bears date 4 Feb. 1815, appears to have been further employed, from Sept. 1814 until Nov. 1816, on the Lakes of Canada, under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Archibald Henry

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Archibald Henry Douglas passed his examination 5 Oct. 1840. We subsequently find him employed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich (flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen), Alban steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Fred. Lowe, and Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, He obtained his commission 10 March, 1846; and, since the 20th of the same month, has been attached to the Childers 12, and Snake 16, Capts. John Chas. Pitman and Thos. Bourmaster Brown, on the East India and Cape of Good Hope stations.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Charles Henry

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​DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1844.)
Charles Henry Douglas entered the Navy 9 April, 1827; passed his examination in 1835; obtained his first commission 9 May, 1839; was afterwards appointed, 3 Jan. 1840, and 11 March, 1841, to the Blenheim 72, and Druid 44, Capts. Thos. Maitland and Henry Smith, on the East India station; and was advanced to the rank he now holds 10 July, 1844. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dorville, John William

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​DORVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John William Dorville entered the Navy, 8 May, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, stationed in the Mediterranean; where he afterwards served, as Midshipman and Mate, in the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, Malabar 74, and Canopus 84, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, and Bellerophon 74, Capts. Sam. Jackson and Chas. John Austen. While in the latter ship he took part in the Syrian operations of 1840; and, on the evening of the day after the bombardment of Beyrout, attracted general admiration by his cool determination and undaunted bravery in alone landing, and capturing an Egyptian flag, in face of the most startling obstructions, all of which he gallantly surmounted, although ultimately discovered and pursued. Mr. Dorville, who had passed his examination 19 Aug. 1834, obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841, and soon after sailed for China in the Minden hospital-ship, Capt. Mich. Quin. He has been employed in the Pacific since 27 Sept. 1845, on board the Juno 26, Capt. Pat. John Blake, latterly as First-Lieutenant.
​DORVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John William Dorville became First-Lieutenant of the Juno in Nov. 1845, and continued to serve as such in the Grampus 50, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, to which ship he was removed 10 July, 1847, until paid off in Oct. 1848.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dornford, Josiah James

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​DORNFORD. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Josiah James Dornford is eldest son of Lieut. Josiah Dornford, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 18 April, 1828; passed his examination 25 Feb. 1837; and, after serving for some time in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the Howe 120, Capt. Robt. Smart, was promoted to his present rank 10 March, 1842. His appointments have since been – 16 April, 1842, to the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton Ward, on the same station – 26 July, 1843, and 28 March, 1844, to the Star 6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace Dunlop, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Ferret 6, Capt. Josiah Oake, off the coast of Africa – and, 8 Jan. 1846, to the Scout 14, Capt. Wm. Loring, in which vessel he is now serving in the East Indies, also as Senior-Lieutenant.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dougal, George

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​DOUGAL. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.)
George Dougal was born 2 Oct. 1778. His father was a merchant in London.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was impressed, after an employment of six years in the merchant service, latterly as Mate), 27 June, 1799, as A.B., on board the Brunswick 74, Capt. Wm. Gordon Rutherford, then at Jamaica; where, attaining soon the rating of Midshipman, he appears to have been frequently invested with the charge of prize-vessels. On accompanying Capt. Rutherford into the Décade 36, in which frigate he continued until paid off 7 Oct. 1802, Mr. Dougal beheld the surrender, in Sept. 1800, of the island of Curaçoa. After an intermediate re-attachment to the merchant service, he again entered the Navy, 16 March, 1804, as Master’s Mate, on board the Theseus 74, commanded in succession by Capts. John Bligh, Edw. Hawker, Harrington Dacres, and Fras. Temple; under the second of whom he was nearly lost during a violent hurricane, in which the Theseus was dismasted, and her main-deck guns ​thrown overboard. Wlile in the same ship, Mr. Dougal had the misfortune to lose the sight of his right eye, in consequence of a marine firing a musket across his face, while he was in the act of saving a drunken man from falling overboard. For this injury, however, he was never able to procure a pension. The Theseus being put out of commission in Sept. 1805, he next, for short periods, joined the Powerful 74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Salvador del Mundo 110, Capt. John Loring, and Sampson and Diadem 64’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling. After witnessing, in the latter vessel) the fall of Monte Video, Mr. Dougal, as Acting-Lieutenant, assumed command, 22 April, 1807, of the Dolores schooner of 8 guns, in the Rio de la Plata, where he very gallantly repelled, 2 June following, a simultaneous night-attack made upon that vessel by two Spanish vessels of 6 and 8 guns each. He subsequently assisted in battering the sea-defences of Buenos Ayres, at the time of its unfortunate investment by Lieut.-General Whitelocke. On eventually returning home in the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, he obtained a commission dated 9 June, 1808; a few days after which he joined the Sarpen 16, Capts. Jas. Gifford and John Sanderson Gibson, under whom we find him frequently skirmishing with the Baltic gunboats. His next appointments were – 6 April, 1810, as First-Lieutenant, to the Apelles 14, Capts. Thos. Oliver and Fred. Hoffman – and, 15 Jan. 1813, to the Espiègle 18, Capt. John Taylor, on the Home and West India stations. The former vessel, on 3 May, 1812, ran on shore near Boulogne, and fell into the hands of the French; but Lieut. Dougal (who was wounded in the left arm by a grape-shot) contrived, with several others, to effect a timely flight in the boats. He left the Espiègle 19 March, 1814; and, since his promotion to the rank of Commander, 13 June, 1815, has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Arthur James

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​DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1829.)
The Honourable Arthur James Douglas, born 12 Jan. 1802, is fourth son of the late Hon. John Douglas, by Lady Frances Lascelles, eldest daughter of Edward, Earl of Harewood; brother of the present Earl of Morton, and of Lieut.-Col. Hon. E. G. Douglas Pennant, M.P. for Carnarvonshire; brother-in-law of the Earl of Aberdeen, and of Lieut.-Gen. the late Hon. Sir Wm. Stewart, G.C.B.; and uncle of the Marquess of Abercorn, of Lieut. Hon. Geo. Henry Douglas, R.N., and of Lieut. Wm. Grant Douglas, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 24 Feb. 1816; passed his examination in 1822; obtained his first commission 28 Feb. 1825; and was afterwards appointed – 4 March, 1825, to the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, on the South American station – and, 20 Nov. 1829, to the Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and Hon. Wm. Gordon, employed on particular service. Since his last promotion, which took place 20 Nov. 1829, Commander Douglas has not been afloat. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dornford, Josiah

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​DORNFORD. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 43; h-p., 9.)
Josiah Dornford, born in Dec. 1785, is son of a gentleman who for some time was Deputy-Commissary-General in the West Indies; where his uncle, the late Josiah Dornford, Esq., was at the same period Commissary-General.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley; previously to the sailing of which ship for Newfoundland, he received a severe wound in the head, and another in the knee, by the falling of two blocks from the mizen-top. Between Jan. 1796 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 April, 1802, he afterwards served, chiefly on the Home station, and principally as Midshipman, in the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. Edw. Riou, Arethusa 38, Capt. T. Wolley, Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Arethusa again, Megaera fire-ship, Capts. Peter Turner Bover, Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Henry Hill, and John Newhouse, and, a third time, in the Arethusa. When in the latter frigate, in 1799, he accompanied the Duke of Kent to Halifax, where he officiated on shore as attendant Midshipman to His Royal Highness: in the Megaera we find him chiefly occupied in repeating the signals made from the flag-ship. A short time previously to the peace of Amiens, Mr. Dornford appears to have been taken captive by the French privateer Le Brave while returning to port in charge of a prize. During the five years immediately subsequent to his promotion, he successively joined the Neptune 98, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen and Wm. O’Brien Drury, L’Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and, as First-Lieutenant, the Phoebe 36, all employed on Home service. From 28 July, 1807, to 14 July, 1814, he next commanded the Thrasher gun-brig; and, during that period, he joined in an attack made in April, 1809, on a strong division of the Boulogne flotilla, a great part of which was either captured, destroyed, or greatly damaged. Towards the close of the latter year he took an active part also in the expedition to the Walcheren; after which, in 1813, he brought over to England the officer charged with the important intelligence of the French having been driven across the Rhine, and, on another occasion, the Russian General Tchaplitz, to whom had been intrusted the keys of Hamburgh. Mr. Domford’s next appointment was, 25 March, 1820, to the Coast Guard; in which service he continued until his admission to Greenwich Hospital, 1 June, 1844.
He married, in Dec. 1810, Miss Elizabeth Macnab, of Dumfries, by whom he has, with five other children, a son, Josiah James, Lieutenant, R.N., and a daughter, married to Commander Sam. Mercer, R.N. Agents – Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, George Henry

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
The Honourable George Henry Douglas, born 5 Oct. 1821, is second son of the Earl of Morton, by Frances Theodora, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Henry Rose, G.C.B.; brother-in-law of Viscount Milton; and nephew of Commander Hon. Arthur Jas. Douglas, R.N.
This officer was officially noticed for his services on the coast of Syria, when Midshipman of the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin. He passed his examination 29 July, 1841; served afterwards in the East Indies on board the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, and Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour; and, on 22 Oct. 1844, was promoted to his present rank, while in the Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. His appointments have since been – 16 Nov. 1844, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne – and, 11 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker, under whom he is now serving in the Mediterranean.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Colin

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​DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Colin Douglas passed his examination 4 July, 1838; was appointed Mate, in 1843, of the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, off the coast of Africa; removed, in 1845, to the Tortoise store-ship, Capt. Arthur Morrell, at Ascension; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Jan. 1846; joined, 4 March following, the Wanderer 12, Capt. Philip Hodge Somerville, fitting at Portsmouth; and from 23 April, until Aug. in the same year, was employed in the East Indies on board the Childers 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Streatfeild, Richard

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​STREATFEILD. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 33.)
Richard Streatfeild, born 29 May, 1789, is fourth son of the late Henry Streatfeild, Esq., of Chiddingstone, in Kent, High-Sheriff for that co. in 1792, by Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of the Very Rev. Newton Ogle, D.D., of Kirkley, co. Northumberland, Dean of Winchester, and niece of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, Bart., father of the present Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle, Bart. He is brother of Thos. Streatfeild, Esq., late Lieut.-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards; also of Capt. Chas. Ogle Streatfeild, of the Royal Engineers; and cousin of Commander Robt. Streatfeild, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1802 (under the auspices of his cousin. Sir Chas. Ogle), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alarm 32, commanded by the present Sir Wm. Parker, with whom he removed, in the following Nov., to the Amazon 38. In that ship he brought the Duke of Kent home from Gibraltar, assisted at the capture of the privateers Le Félix of 16 guns and 96 men, and Principe de la Paz of 24 guns, 4 swivels, and 160 men, united in the very spirited pursuit of a French frigate into Toulon, accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and took part, 13 March, 1806, in a long running-fight, which terminated in the surrender to the London 98 and Amazon, whose loss extended to 4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. He was also employed in active co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Spain. On 22 Oct. 1808 (he had left the Amazon 4 Aug. preceding) he joined the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, in the Mediterranean; where he was nominated, 5 March, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Minorca 18, Capts. Phipps Hornby, T. Everard (Acting), and Ralph Randolph Wormeley. In the latter vessel, to which he was confirmed 19 July following, he continued employed, until July, 1811 – nearly the whole time as Senior Lieutenant. His next and last appointments were, 8 Nov. 1811 and 29 Jan. 1812, to the Christian VII. 80, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Impregnable 98, bearing the flags on the Home station of Admirals Wm. Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 26 May, 1814, but did not leave the Impregnable until after that ship had brought over the Allied Sovereigns.
Commander Streatfeild married, 27 July, 1824, Anne, third daughter of Henry Woodgate, Esq., of Riverhill, near Seven Oaks, co. Kent, by whom he has issue an only daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Strode, Frederick Thomas Chetham

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​STRODE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Frederick Thomas Chetham Strode is son of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Chetham Strode, K.C.B. K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1830; passed his examination 4 July, 1838; served in the Mediterranean, as Mate, on board the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, and Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appointments have since been – 3 Dec. 1842 and 25 May, 1843, again, as Additional, to the Queen, and to the Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, both in the Mediterranean, whence he returned at the close of 1845 – 4 June, 1846, to the Eurydice 22, Capt. Geo. Elliot, fitting at Portsmouth – and, 7 Nov. following, to the Thetis 40, Capt. Henry John Codrington, with whom he is now again in the Mediterranean.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Strode, Augustus Chetham

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​STRODE. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Augustus Chetham Strode is son of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Chetham Strode, K.C.B., K.C.H.
This officer served as Midshipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He passed his examination 4 June, 1845; was nominated, 31 Oct. following, Mate of the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick John Blake, fitting for the Pacific; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 May, 1847, was there appointed Additional of the Collingwood 80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He returned home and was paid off in 1848.