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POST CAPTAINS OF 1826.

of Commodore William Bowles, on the South American station, July 14th, 1818; appointed to the Martin sloop, Captain Christopher C. Askew, May 22d, 1821; promoted to the command of the Hind 20, on the Mediterranean station, April 25th, 1823; advanced to the rank of captain, Aug. 4th, 1826; and appointed to the Tweed 28, fitting out for the Cape of Good Hope station. May 18th, 1827.

In October following, Lord Henry touched at St Iago; and many days had not elapsed after his departure from that island before five of his midshipmen, their schoolmaster, and a servant, fell victims to brain fever, supposed to have been produced by sleeping on shore; among these unfortunate young gentlemen was a son of Captain George Aldham R.N. The Tweed returned home Jan. 21st, 1831, and was paid off, at Portsmouth, on the 9th of the ensuing month. His lordship married a daughter of John Bennet, Esq., M.P. for Wiltshire.

Agents.– Messrs. Barnett and King.



MICHAEL SEYMOUR, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1826.]

Third son of Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K.C.B., Commissioner of Portsmouth dock-yard, by Jane, daughter of the late Captain James Hawker, R.N.

This officer was born on the 3d of Dec. 1802; made lieutenant, Sept. 12th, 1822; appointed to the Sybille frigate, Captain (now Sir John Brooke-) Pechell, July lst, 1823; promoted to the rank of commander, Dec. 6th, 1824; appointed to the Camelion sloop at Plymouth, Aug. 8th, 1825; to the Menai 26, fitting out for the South American station, Jan. 7th, 1827; and to the Volage 28, employed in the Pacific Ocean, Sep. 12th, 1827. His commission as captain appears date Aug. 5th, 1826; and he appears to have paid off the Volage, at Portsmouth, early in 1829.

Captain Seymour married, June 22d, 1829, his first cousin,