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City, in June, 1800: a journal of his excursion from Jaffa to Jerusalem, is given in the Naval Chronicle, vol. 23, p. 297, et seq. On the memorable 8th, 13th, and 21st of March, 1801, he was attached to the heroic army under Abercromby, and “conducted himself to the entire satisfaction” of Sir W. Sidney Smith, commanding the seamen on shore^[1]. At the close of the Egyptian campaign, he was presented with the Turkish gold medal. His promotion to the rank of commander did not take place, however, until Jan. 21st, 1824.

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RICHARD MEREDITH, Esq.
[Commander.]

Entered the royal navy in 1790; obtained his first commission on the 15th Aug. 1806; and served, during the peace, as senior lieutenant of the Northumberland 78, and Cambridge 82, under the command of Captain Thomas James Maling, the latter ship employed on the South American station. He was promoted to the rank of commander on the 16th Mar. 1824; and appointed to the Pelorus sloop, fitting out for the suppression of the African slave-trade, Sept. 26th, 1831. The following is taken from the Hampshire Telegraph:–

“A court-martial was held on Monday,” June 16th, 1834, “on Lieutenant Philip De Sausmarez, of H.M. sloop Pelorus, on the following charge preferred against him by Commander Meredith, viz. – For having, on the 18th of April, 1832, whilst in charge of the Segunda Teresa, slave-brig, punished Francis Brown, with twenty-four lashes, for neglect of duty, contrary to the general rules of the service, and in opposition to the written orders of Commander Meredith. It appeared from the evidence, that Lieutenant De Sausmarez was surrounded by a disrespectful and even mutinous crew; that Francis Brown, the seaman who was punished, was most conspicuously so; that on being ordered by Lieut. De Sausmarez to put the helm up he refused to do so, and on the order being repeated to him, he said he could steer a ship as well as he (the lieutenant) could. That, on another occasion, being sent ashore on duty, by the officer of the Match, he did not return to the ship until seve-

1. See Vol. II. Part II. p. 852, et seq.