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

DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL LEITH.

We regret to announce the death of Rear• Admiral
Leith (1854), who expired at Blackford on Wednesday,
Oct. 25. The following narrative of his services is from
O'Byrne'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 arid Leith Hail, 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,
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year he removed with Capt. Skene to the Leander, 50, com-
manded next by Capts. J. Talbot, Henry Whitby,
and Sa-
lusbury gryce 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
LeithHu was
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compelled the United States frigate Chesapeake to sur-
render, in consequence
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latter to allow the British to search her for deserters.
In April, 1808, he joined the Triumph,
Thomas Masterman Hardy, and after
serving CaptainingasirS
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 off Lisbon of Hon. George
Cranfield Berkely, who, on June 26
1809, nominated
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lieutenant of the. NLogritghe
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,
Boger arid John Sprat Rainer. In' the course of the
out some Spanish men-of-war at Ferrol, thenfitting
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 ef the French army under Massena from Por-
tugal) of the telegraph posts on the lines of Torres Ved-
ras. During the last scene of Badajoz, 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 Barfieur being ordered home
ainpploBiln2t,edh,einwaAsnext, after an interval of a few months,
the first he had enjoyed since his entrance into the navy,
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ral George Cockburn ; previously to accompanying
Charles
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whom into the Albion, 74, he took part in the attack
islands (whence was brought off the Anaconda, of 20,
In June
jeoneceu, plaBtilo4n, of Kent
England, on board the St. Domingo, 74. lie attained
capture of Ocracoke and Portsmouh
the rank of commander June 13, 1815, 3brueettntitttrin'asesldanntdoo;
again employed until September, 1822, on the 4th of
which month we find hint appointed to the Bellette,
18, fitting for 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
September, 1827, Captain Leith remained on half-pay
until appointed 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
Havannab, 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, he
bad 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 midshipman and master's mate. In the former ship
he assisted, in April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of
French merchantmen, the destruction of La Volage of
26, and the further capture of L'Unit6 of 38 guns and
255 men, and after a chase of 15 hours and a close ac-
tion of an hour and 45 minutes, of La Virginie, of 44
guns and 340 men. Ile was also, on the 13tk Jan.,
1797, in company with the Amazon, 36, in a very
gallant engagement 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'Homme. The Impetueux formed part, in June and
August, 1800, of the expeditions to Quiberen 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, of as many as 20 ships of war