The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-22 00:00:00

DEATH OF ADMIRAL LA WRENCE.

We regret to have to announce the death of Admiral
Daniel Lawrence, at Swansea, on the 15th inst., in his
70th year. We take the following account of his ser-
vices from " O'Byrne's Biography" :
"This officer entered the navy in March, 1798, as a
volunteer on board the Grand Falconer, hired cutter,
Lieutenant-Commander John Chilcott, stationed off the
coast of France ; and on removing to the Cynthia sloop,
Captain Malbon, was employed as midshipman and
master's mate in the expeditions to Holland, Quiberon,
Ferrol, and Egypt. He continued to serve with Cap-
tain Malbon in the Aurora, 28, and _Liebe, 32, on the
Newfoundland, home, and Africa stations, until April,
1806, and while in the latter ship was ften engaged
with the enemy's flotilla and batteries near Boulogne.
Proceeding next to the West Indies, Mr. Lawrence,
after he had been there borne for short periods as a su-
pernumerary on the books of the Dolphin, Canada, and
Northumberland, flag-ships of the Hon. Alexander
Cochrane, was successively nominated in June, 1806,
and Jan., 1807, sub and acting lieutenant of the Ori-
noco, Lieut.-Commander George Alexander Briarly,
and Heureux, 16, Capts. Wm. Coombe and John Watt.
Being confirmed to the latter vessel by commission,
dated May 19, 1808, we find him, on the 28th of the
following November, accompanying three boats under
the personal command of Captain Coombe in an at-
tempt to cut out 7 vessels lying under the protection of
two batteries in the harbour of Mahaut, Guadeloupe.
Having arrived at their destination after a row of about
6 hours, Lieut. Lawrence— while Capt. Coombe, in the
barge with 19 men, was boarding a schooner of 2 guns
and 39 men—landed with the remainder of the party,
amounting to about 44 officers and men, and spiked
the two 24-pounders upon the nearest battery. He then
succeeded in boarding a brig, but before either the
schooner or the brig could be got off, the shore was
lined with musketry, and three field-pieces were brought
to bear upon the two captured vessels. These,
having the misfortune to ground on their way out be-
came fixed objects for the enemy's fire, and were ulti-
mately abandoned, but not until Captain Coombe had
been killed, and Lieutenant Lawrence wounded by a
musket-ball just above the wrist. Having distinguished
himself in various other boat attacks, our officer (to
whom the Patriotic Society awarded a gratuity for the
injury we have alluded to) was permitted, as soon as he
had served the necessary time, to ascend the next step in
his profession, and his commision as commander accord-
ingly bears date May 19, 1810. Previously, however,
to his promotion, Captain Lawrence appears to have
been in acting command of the Wanderer, sloop, at the
reduction of Gaudaloupe. His next and last ap-
pointments were May 23, 1814, and Oct. 21, 1815, to
the Alceste and Weser, troop-ships, in the former of
which he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He
acquirel his rank of Admiral Sept. 2, 1816, and ac-
ccpted the retirement Oct. 1, 1816."

A CLIIJAX.--Recently a local preacher, distinguished
for a grandiloquence of style unattainable by men of
common genius, concluded a fervid supplication for the
success of the Allied arms with the—we shall not say
elegant, we fear to say pathetic, but we may safely say
unmistakeable petition, " Lord, smash the Russians !
Lord, smash 'em Amen !"—Manclicater Express.