massie: the loss of the British and their allies was about 103 killed and 450 wounded.
Sir John Phillimore took his departure from Cape Coast on the 22d July, touched at Acra, Princes island, and St. Michaels; and returned to Spithead on the 29th Sept. We subsequently find him cruising to the westward of Scilly, with three experimental ships and one brig under his orders, for the purpose of ascertaining their sailing qualities, which trial he appears to have conducted with much perseverance and ability.
In 1825, and the following year, the Thetis was principally employed conveying various diplomatic personages to Naples, Constantinople, and South America; she returned from Rio Janeiro, Oct. 3, 1826; and was paid off at Plymouth in the course of the following month.
Agent.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
FRANCIS BEAUMAN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
Was made a Lieutenant in 1700; and advanced to the rank of Commander, Mar. 4, 1805. His post commission bears date Oct. 13, 1807; from which period he commanded the Princess of Orange 74, bearing the flag of the late Sir George Campbell, on the Downs station, until Mar. 1811.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.
JAMES ROBERT PHILIPS, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
A son, we believe, of the late Mr. Philips, Master R.N. whom we have heard described as a very respectable officer.
The subject of this sketch is said to be a native of Scarborough, and we first find him serving as a Midshipman on board the Majestic 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Caldwell, by whom he was made a Lieutenant, into the same ship, on the Leeward Islands’ station, in Dec, 1705. His next ap-
