frigate, Feb. 23d, 1805[1]. His first commission bears date Feb. 29th, 1808; and he subsequently served as lieutenant on board the Dryad 36, Captain Edward Galwey; the Bonne Citoyenne 20, successively commanded by Captains Pitt Burnaby Greene and Augustus W. J. Clifford; the Spey 20, Captain John Lake; the Falmouth 20, Captains Robert W. G. Festing and George F. Rich; and the Sybille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, on the Jamaica station, where he was promoted to the command of the Bann sloop, June 12th, 1820, He returned from thence to England in the Ontario 18, which vessel arrived at Portsmouth, after a dreadfully tempestuous passage, in Dec. 1821. His promotion to the rank of captain took place June 2d, 1829.
Agent.– J. Snee, Esq.
JOSEPH O’BRIEN (b), Esq.
[Captain of 1829.]
Obtained his first commission in Oct. 1814; served as lieutenant on board the Impregnable 106, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral (now Sir David) Milne, at the battle of Algiers; and was promoted from the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence W. Halsted, to the command of the Beaver sloop, on the Jamaica station. May 3d, 1826. He afterwards commanded the Slaney 20, in the West Indies, where he continued until advanced to the rank of captain, Aug. 8th, 1829.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, & Son.
HENRY SMITH (a), Esq.
[Captain of 1829.]
Was made a lieutenant in July 1821; appointed to the Genoa 74, Captain Sir Thomas Livingston, Bart., in April 1823; to the Fairy sloop. Captain G. W. C. Courtenay, fitting out for the West India station. May 7th, 1827; promoted to the command of the Ferret brig, Feb. 3d, 1828; removed to the Arachne 18, in April 1828; and ordered to act as captain
