WILLIAM KELLY (c), Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination, at Portsmouth, in Sept. 1814; obtained the rank of lieutenant. Mar. 8th, 1815; and was made a commander on the 25th April, 1831.
ALGERNON HENRY CHAMPAGN CAPEL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was advanced to his present rank on the 25th May, 1831; and appointed an inspecting commander of the coast guard, June 6th, 1833.
HORATIO THOMAS AUSTIN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in 1813; obtained his first commission on the 9th Sept. 1822; was appointed to the Chanticleer sloop, Dec. 12th, 1827; and promoted to his present rank May 26th, 1831. His subsequent appointments were, Nov. 27th, 1832, to the Salamander; and, Jan. 30th, 1834, to the Medea (steam-ships); in the former of which he escorted Donna Maria to Portugal, in 1833; and in the latter attended Queen Adelaide to Holland, in July 1834. Since then he has visited all the ports on the north coast of Spain, from Bilboa to Coruna.
WILLIAM SHEPHEARD, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy, Jan. 14th, 1804, as midshipman on board the Temeraire 98, Captain (afterwards Sir Eliab) Harvey, under whom he bore a part at the ever-memorable battle of Trafalgar, on which occasion his conduct was thus noticed by that distinguished officer, in a private letter, dated Nov. 9th, 1805:–
