other, obedience was given with more cheerfulness and alacrity: this being my conviction, I venture to thinkc that the discipline of the Undaunted does not require an example of severity for its vindication; and I the more readily prefer this request, from having been informed, that previously to this offence, the individuals in question have borne a good character.
“I have only now to wish you a good voyage, and to pray that happiness and honor may continue to be the lot of the Undaunted, as it was of the Cephalus, and as it has been of every ship which has been placed under your command.
“Ever, with affectionate regard, most sincerely yours,
(Signed)“William Bentinck.”
During his absence from England, in the Undaunted, Captain Clifford also visited Teneriffe, Rio Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, the Mauritius, St. Helena, and Ascension. He left Diamond Harbour Aug. 18, and arrived at Portsmouth, with Major-General Bourke, late Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape, and his family, passengers, Dec. 30, 1828.
This officer married, in Oct. 1813, Elizabeth Frances, third daughter of Lord John Townshend, and cousin to the Duke of Devonshire, by whom he has had several sons and daughters.
Agents.– Messrs. Booth and Pettet.
SAMUEL LESLIE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1812.]
A son of the late Archdeacon Leslie, and a native of co. Antrim, Ireland, is descended from an old and noble Hungarian family, settled in North Britain in 1067: the branch to which he belongs is connected with almost all the Scotch nobility, and nearly related to “the great captain of the age,” Arthur Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Samuel Leslie entered the navy at a very early age, under the patronage of Captain (afterwards Sir Henry D’Esterre) Darby; and first embarked as a midshipman on board the Pomona frigate, in May, 1793. He subsequently served with the same officer in the Adamant 50, and Bellerophon 74, which latter ship, it will be remembered, bore a very conspicuous part at the glorious battle of the Nile, in Aug. 1798[1].
