The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-30 00:00:00

DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL LEITH.

We regret to announce the death of Rear-.A.dreiral
Leith (1854), who expired at Blackford on Wednesday,
Oct. 25. The following narrative of his services is from
013,yrne's book :

"John Leith, born at Leith Hall, county Aberdeen,
the seat of his father, is second son of the late General
Alex. Leith Hay, by Mary, daughter of Charles Forbes,
Esq., of Baliogie ; brother of Sir Andrew Leith Hay,
Knight, of Rannes and Leith Hall, a lieutenant-colonel
in the army, and M.P. for the Elgin district of burghs;
and nephew of Lieut.-General Sir James Leith, G.C.8.,
K.T.S., Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of France,
Governor of Barbadoes, and Commander-in• Chief of the
Forces in the Windward Islands, who died Oct. 16, 1816.

class volunteer, on board the Lapwing, 38, Capt. Alen.
Skene, which vessel, when soon afterwards off the banks
of Newfoundland, was so closely chased for three days
by the French 74-gun ship Duguay Truin andgu
40• gun
frigate Guerriere,
officer entered the navy June 11, 1803, as first-
that, in order to effect her escape, she
was under the necessity of throwing overboard her guns,
boats, all her anchors and cables, but one, and all bet
one week's provisions and water. In October of the same
year he removed with Capt. Skerie to the Leander, 50, com-
manded next by Copts. J. Talbot, Henry Whitby, and Sa-
lusbury Pryce Humphreys ; and on Feb. 23,1805, he was
present, under Captain Talbot, at the capture of La
Ville de Milan, French frigate, of 46 guns, and recap-
ture of her prize, Cleopatra, 32. Following Captain
Humphreys, in ug., 1806, into the Leopard, 50, Mr.
Leith was in that ship on June 22, 1807, when she
compelled the United States frigate Chesapeake to sur-
render, in consequence of a refusal on the part of the
latter to allow the British to search her for deserters.
In April, 1808, he joined the Triumph, 74,
Captain Sir
Thomas Masterman Hardy, and after serving as mas-
ter's mate in the North Sea and at the blockade of
L'Orient, became attached with that officer to the Bar-
flour, 98, bearing the flag eff Lisbon of Hon. George
Cranfield Berkely, who, on June 26, 1809, nominated
him acting lieutenant of the Norge, Captains Edmund
Boger and John Sprat Rainer. In the course of the
same summer we find Mr. Leith engaged in fitting
out some Spanish men-of-war at Ferrol, then threat-
ened by the French. In the following October, on
10th of which month he was confirmed a lieutenant,
he went back to the Barfleur, and on the promotion, in
December, 1810, of the
present Admiral Berkeley, .
succeeded him in the office of flag lieutenant. Pre-
viously, however, to that event he had been invested
with the command (which he retained until the final
expulsion of the French army under Massena from Por-
tugal) of the telegraph posts on the lines of Torres Ved-
ras. During the. laid scene of Badajos,
Mr. Leith, it
appears, was present at the head-quarters of Lord Wel-
lington ; and in April, 1811, he was there when it was
stormed and carried. The Barfleur being ordered home
in 1812, he was next, after an interval of a few months,
the first he had enjoyed since his entrance into the navy,
appointed, in April, 1813, to the Sceptre, 74, Captain
Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross, flaebip of Rear-Admi-
ral George Cockburn ; previously- to accompanying
whom into the Albion, 74, he took part in the attack
upon Hampton, the capture of Ocracoke and Portsmouh
islands (whence was brenght off the Anaconda, of 20,
and Atlas, of 12 guns), the occupation of Kent Island,
and other services. In June, 1814, he returned to
England, on beard the St. Domingo, 74. He attained
the rank of commander June 13,1815, but was not
again employed until September, 1822, en the 4th of
which month we find hint appointed to the Bellette,
18, fitting far the West Indies, where he removed,
June 28, 1825, to the Pylades,
18 ; was appointed, June
28 following, acting captain of the Isis, 50 ; and was
confirmed, Nov. 11, in the same year, into the Rattle-
snake, 28. Being paid off on his return home with
the Duke of Manchester, late governor of Jamaica, in
leaSeptber, 1827, Captain Leith remained on half-pay
unti ppointed, February 6, 1837, to the Seringapatam,
46, in which frigate he was again ordered to the West
Indies, there to take charge of the Barbadoes station.
On his passage out he took with him him the Romney,
50, destined to form a depot for liberated negroes at the
Havannah, where he succeeded in installing her after
encountering much opposition from the governor. With
the exception of a visit to Jamaica, on the occasion of
Sir John Strutt Peyton being sent home in 1838, he re-
mained senior officer at Barbadoes until July, 1841,
when he sailed for Halifax to recruit his own health and
that of his crew. Before his departure, however, be
had the satisfaction of being presented with an address
and a piece of plate by the inhabitants. He invalided
at last from Halifax in October, 1841, and has since
been on half-pay."

DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL PATESHALL.
Retired Rear-Admiral L. P. Pateshall died at Here-
ford, on the 18th inst., aged 75. He entered the Royal
navy in August, 1795, as first-class volunteer on board
the Indefatigable, 46, Captain Sir Edward Pellew, with
whom he continued to serve, in the same frigate and
in the Impetueux, 78, on the home and Mediterranean
stations, until June, 1801, the greater part -of the time
as midshipthan and master's mate. In the former ship
he assisted,lin April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of
French merchantmen, the destruction of La Volage of
26, and thel further capture of L'Unit6 of 38 guns and
255 men, Oad alter a chase of 15 hours and a close ac-
tion of an Hour and 45 minutes, of La Virginia, of 44
guns and 340 men. He was also, on the 13th Jan.,
1797, in cOmpany with the Amazon, 36, in a very
gallant en agement of 10 hours, which terminated in
the destruction, with a loss to the Indefatigable of 19
men wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Les Droits de
l'llomme. The Impetueux formed part, in June and
August, 1860, of the expeditions to Quiberon and Ferrol.
At Quiberon, where he was wounded in blowing up
a battery, Mr. Pateshall was actively employed with
the boats of the squadron, and at Ferrol he landed
with the naval brigade. During the term of his at-
tachment to the Indefatigable and Impetueux he con-
tributed to the capture and destruction, including the
vessels already mentioned, au many as 20 ships of war

DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL RICHARD
ARTHUR.
Vise-Admiral Richard Arthur, C. 8., died on Thurs-
day last, at his residence, Gasooigne-terrace, Plymenthl
Admiral Arthur entered the navy in 1788, as captain's
-servant, on board the Powerful, 74, Captain Arthur
Sutherland, guard-ship at Portsmouth, and during the
remainder of the peace served in the Southampton, 32,
Captain R. Goodwill Keats ; Valiant, 74, commanded
by his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence ; and Druid,
32, Captain Jos. Ellison. In 1793 he sailed as midship-
man of the Heroine, 32, Captain Alan Gardner, and,after
assisting at the reduction of Trincomalee and Colombo
in 1795-6, was sent in command of three transports laden
with stores and provisions for Rear-Admiral Rainier's
squadron at Amboyna, where he joined that officer in
his flag-ship, the Suffolk, 74. From March, 1797, until
officially promoted, Feb. 28, 1800, Mr. Arthur continued
to serve in the East Indies as acting lieutenant on board
the Orpheus, 32, Captains Benjamin Win. Page and
Win. Hills, and Trident, 64, Captains Alexander Mil-
ner and John Turner. Returning to England, he be-
came in succession attached, on the Cadiz, Mediterra-
nean, and Jamaica stations, to the Dreadnought, 98,
Captain James Vashon ; Excellent and Triumph, 74's,
Captains Frank Sotherwa and Sir Robert Barlow ; and
Hercule, 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral James Richard
Dacres. On the Ist November, 1805, the subject of this -
memoir, who had previously borne a useful part in re-
peated actions with the gun-boats off Cadiz, was pro-
moted to the rank of commander for his gallant conduct
in cutting out, in command of the Hercule's boats, a
Spanish schooner from under the batteries of Santa
Martha, and capturing four others (one armed) in the
Gulf of Maracaibo. Being next appointed, Sept. 25, 1
1806, to the Vesuvius, bomb, he accompanied Lord
Gambier's subsequent expedition to Copenhagen, where 1
he served with the in-shore squadron under Captain P.
Puget, on the occasion of its being attacked by the ,
Danish flotilla, and in his general conduct acquired the
approbation of his superior officers. On paying off the
Vesuvius, in December, 1807, Captain Arthur was em-
ployed in superintending the discharge of the Danish ,
line-of-battle-ships at Portsmouth. On the 12th of
April, 1801, he joined the Cherokee, brig, of 10 guns
and 70 men, which vessel, during the Scheldt expedition
of 1809, he commanded as one of the advanced squa-
dron above Bach. He subsequently, on the 11th of
January, 1810, being off Dieppe, distinguised himself I
by running in under the batteries and attacking seven
lugger privateers, anchored within 200 yards of the
pier-head, one f which, L'Aimable /filly, of 16
guns and 60 men, he succeded in boarding and ,
bringing out. In acknowledgement of this dashing
exploit be was at once promoted to the post rank,
by commission dated back to the day on which it was
achieved. From Oct. 1, 1812, until Dec. 1, 1815, Cap-
tain Arthur further commanded la the A.ndronseda, 24, off
Lisbon and in the Mediterranean. He was not, however,
again employed until the summer of 1844, when, after
23 years of incessant application, he was appointed cap-
tain of the Victory, 104, and superintendent of the or-
dinary at Portsmouth, which situation he resigned on
being constituted, Sept. 23, in the same year, captain of
the Ocean, 80, and superintendent of the Sheerness
dockyard. Ho was superseded in the latter appointment
on advancement to flag rank, Nov. 9, 1846. He was
nominated a C.B. July 28, 1838, and from August 28,
1840, until his last promotion, was in receipt of the cap-
tain's good-service pension.
Vice-Admiral Arthur was a son ofJohn Arthur, Esq.,
of Plymouth, and was brother to Colonel Sir George
Arthur, Bart., K.C.H., for some time Lieut.-Governer
of Upper Canada and Van Diemen's Land, and
Governor of Bombay. He married in Nov., 1809,
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. W. Wells, rector of
East Allington, Devonshire, by whom he had issue,
three sons and one daughter.