1717 he commanded the Pearl, of forty guns, one of the fhips ordered to be equipped for the fame fervice as the preceding, under fir George Byng; but we doubt whether he ever proceeded thither. We have no account of his having held any commiffion after this time; nor, indeed, have we been able to procure any other information concerning him, except that he died on the 12th of July 1732. HARDY, Sir Charles,-was, on the 28th of June 1709, made captain of the Dunwich, and ftationed as a cruifer in the German Ocean. The most confequential information we have to record of him during the time he was thus employed is, that in the month of February 1709-10, he captured a privateer which, though of no greater force than ten, guns, had done confiderable mifchief among the coafting trade. He was afterwards fent to the West Indies with the fquadron under the command of commodore Littleton; but we have been unable to dif cover the name of the ship he was captain of. Although we believe him to have had many appointments in the intermediate time, yet we find no mention whatever made of him till the year 1719, when he commanded the Guernsey, of fifty guns, one of the fquadron fent to the Baltic under fir John Norris. In 1720 he was captain of the Defiance, a fourth rate of fixty guns, one of the fleet again fent on the same service, and alfo under fir J. Norris. He quitted that fhip on the return of the fleet to England, and we are again ignorant of the fervices on which he was employed, till the year 1726, when he commanded the Grafton, of feventy guns, one of the fquadron intended to be fent, under the orders of fir Charles Wager, to the fame quarter with the preceding. On what particular account we know not; but, either owing to indifpofition, or fome other cause, he quitted this command before the squadron failed, and was fucceeded by Mr. Vernon. He was very foon after appointed to the Stirling Castle, of feventy guns, and ordered for the Mediterranean, where he ferved, during the two fucceeding years, under the admirals, Hopfon and fir Charles Wager, the latter having been, in the month of January 1727, fent out with a reinforcement, and to take upon him the command, in confequence of the attack menaced by the Spaniards on the fortrefs fortrefs of Gibraltar. The events of this expedition were almost too uninterefting to require any particular detail, even in the memoirs of the admirals who commanded it. But fo much is it the lefs neceffary to enter on it in the prefent inftance, or to record a dull routine of cruises undiftinguished by any event fo memorable as to be worth relating. He returned with fir Charles Wager to England in the month of April 1728; and we find no other mention made of him previous to his being, on the 6th of April 1742, promoted to be rear-admiral of the blue, except that, during a part of the above intermediate space of time he was captain of the Royal Caroline yacht, a station he held when he experienced the above advancement. Just before the time of his promotion to be a flag officer he received the honour of knighthood: and after having been farther advanced, on the 7th of December 1743, to be vice-admiral of the blue, was, on the 13th of the fame month, appointed one of the commiffioners of the admiralty. Early in the year 1744, he was fent to command a fquadron, confifting of eleven ships of the line, ordered to the Mediterranean to convoy thither a confiderable number of victuallers and ftorefhips for the relief of the British fleet in that fea. Sir Charles put into Lisbon, where he was for fome time detained by contrary winds; and the French, having intelligence of his arrival there, dispatched a squadron of fourteen ships of the line, from Breft, which blocked him up till he was relieved, in the month of July, by admiral Balchen: they proceeded together to Gibraltar; and the object of fir Charles's expedition being effected, he returned back to England. During his abfence he was, on the 19th of June 1744, again advanced to be vice-admiral of the red. He did not long furvive and enjoy these fo rapidly-progreffive promotions, dying at his houfe, in the admiralty, on the 27th of November 1744, with the univerfal reputation of a truly honourable and worthy man. HERBERT, James,-was, on the 30th of September 1709, appointed captain of the Looe. We find no other mention made of him in the fervice, which he quitted on May 22, 1716, refigning his half-pay at the fame time. He was immediately afterwards chofen representative in 6 parlia parliament for the town of Queenborough. The time of his death is unknown to us. HOULDING, William, was, on the 15th of June 1709, appointed captain of the Adventure; but no other mention is made of him in the service. He died on the 15th of November 1731. HUBBARD, Nathaniel,-is a gentleman whofe miffortune it is to be equally unnoticed. He was, on the 27th of May 1709, appointed captain of the Fortune; and died on the 30th of December 1731. : JACOBS, Thomas, was, on the 26th of April 1709, appointed captain of the Sweepstakes *. During the time he held this command he was principally employed in convoying the trade to and from Portugal and the West Indies. No mention is made of him after this time till the year 1717 he was then captain of the Diamond, a fifth rate of forty guns, ordered to be equipped for the Baltic, but which, not being ready in time, we believe never proceeded thither. We do not find him mentioned as holding any command after this time, and believe that, during a confiderable part of the latter end of his life, he had totally retired from the fervice. He died at Greenwich on the 15th of February 1748. LISLE, Toby,-was, on the 2d of September 1709, appointed captain of the Succefs ftorefhipt. He was in the following year promoted to the Diamond and ordered for the Weft Indies, where, in the courfe of the enfuing fummer, he had very confiderable fuccefs against the * Captain Mead was taken, on the 16th preceding, in a fhip called the Sweepstakes, fo that this veffel muft either have been retaken, of which circumftance no mention is made in hiftory, or that, to which this gentleman was appointed, muft have been a new ship just launched, and fo named to fupply the place of that which had been captured. + A gentleman of this name commanded the Refolution, a third rate, one of the fhips loft on the coaft of Suffex, in the Great Storm, on the 26th of November 1703. All the perfons on board were faved. No other perfon of the name of Lifle appears to have been a naval commander previous to this time: but fuppofing this gentleman to have been one and the fame person with the commander of the Refolution, he could at that time having been only an acting commander, without the permanent rank of captain in the navy, the date of his first commiffion being as above given. enemy, enemy, having captured many valuable fhips under circumftances which reflected on him the higheft honour.. He returned to England foon afterward. In 1711, he ftill continuing to command the Diamond, was ordered to accompany fir Hovenden Walker, an hundred leagues to the westward of Scilly, when he failed on his unfortunate expedition against Quebec: he then parted company, together with the Bedford galley and Experiment, having under their protection a fleet of merchantfhips bound for Lifbon. Little mention is made of him in the line of fervice after this time; nevertheless we are confident he was fcarcely ever unemployed. He commanded a frigate on the West India station in the year 1719, and very unluckily fell into fome difpute with the master of a merchant-fhip: in confequence of it, an affront of fo grofs a nature paffed between them, that, what are called the laws of honour, rendered it neceffary they should appeal to the most common, but at the fame time the worst of all modes, of deciding fuch differences. Captain Lisle fell a victim to it, proving that at least he was not deficient in fpirit, however he might have himself offended, or been offended, according to the laws of decorum or politenefs. NORBURY, Conningsby, was, on the 12th of January 1708-9, appointed captain of the Lark. We do not find any other mention made of him during the reign of queen Anne, but in 1715 he was commiffioned to the Bonadventure, of fifty guns, one of the fleet ordered to the Baltic under fir John Norris. In the following year he was appointed to the command of the Argyle of fifty guns, under rear-admiral Cornwall, who was fent out to the Mediterranean as fucceffor to Mr. Baker. He continued on that station several years; ferving, in 1718, under fir George Byng, Mr. Cornwall on the arrival of the former having removed his flag into the Shrewsbury. Captain Norbury diftinguifhed himself exceedingly in the memorable action with the Spanish fleet, having led the detachment, ordered under captain Walton, to purfue the divifion of fix fhips of war, with the gallies and fmaller veffels, commanded by the marquis de Mari, which separated from the Spanish fleet previous to the commencement of the engagement. Mr. : Mr. Cornwall removed his flag back into the Argyle after the victory, being ordered to convoy the captured fhips into Mahon and nothing memorable enough to merit recital took place during the time Mr. Norbury continued captain of the above fhip. We do not find him in any other command till the year 1727, when he was appointed to the Revenge, of seventy guns, one of the fhips compofing the fquadron, under fir John Norris, which was ordered to the Baltic. On his return from this service he was sent to Gibraltar to convoy thither some victuallers and storefhips; and was inftructed to put himfelf, on his arrival there, under the command of fir Charles Wager. He continued there till the fiege of Gibraltar was raised, and the dispute with the Spaniards was concluded; but without any opportunity of diftinguishing himself, as the naval tranfactions during the whole of the period alluded to, even when taken collectively, afforded not sufficient intereft to excite particular attention, or require any enlarged detail. Captain Norbury returned to England with fir Charles, his admiral, in the year 1728; and was, in the month of July, appointed to the Kent. In the following year he commanded the Berwick, which was also a third rate of seventy guns, one of the fleet collected, alfo under fir Charles Wager, for the purpose of checking those depredations which the Spaniards had moft wantonly begun to renew. This fleet, however, did not proceed to fea. Captain Norbury retained the fame command several years, and in 1731 accompanied fir Charles Wager to the Mediterranean, on his being fent thither with a fleet to fettle the difpute which appeared to be arifing between the emperor of Germany and the king of Spain, and to put the Infant Don Carlos into poffeffion of the Italian dominions bequeathed him by the duke of Parina, We do not find captain Norbury to have enjoyed any command after the above time, nor do we meet with any other mention made of him, except that he died on the 12th of July 1734. OCKMAN, William. We know nothing of this gentleman till his appointment, on the 8th of March 1709, to be captain of the Folkftone. We do not find any mention made of him, after the time above-mentioned, till the year 1734, when he commanded the Orford, of feventy guns; fo that at least the major part of his |