wards visited Jamaica; and, subsequent to the cessation of hostilities, was successively appointed to the Malta 84, Captain (now Vice-Admiral) Sir Charles Ogle; Rivoli 74, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) A. P. Hollis; and Rosario sloop, Captain Thomas L. Peake. In Jan. 1819, he again joined Sir Thomas M. Hardy, then about to display a broad pendant on the South American station; and on the 2d Nov. 1821, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He next served under Captain (now Sir Thomas) Dundas, in the Bulwark 76, stationed as a guard-ship in Hamoaze.
This officer was made a commander on the 10th June, 1825, in consequence of the death of his brother, Lieutenant Thomas Layton, R.N., who had then been recently murdered by a horde of pirates in the West Indies, to suppress whose depredations he was then using every gallant and zealous effort. Commander Layton is now, we believe, employed in the coast guard service, at Killybegs, Ireland.
ALEXANDER TAIT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination for lieutenant, at Sheerness, in Mar. 1B12; and was promoted into the Africaine frigate. Captain the Hon. Edward Rodney, June 1st, 1814. He subsequently served under Commodore Nourse, in the Andromache 44, on the African station; and obtained his present rank July 9th, 1825.
WILLIAM BURDETT DOBSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in 1806; and was made a lieutenant, Jan. 3d, 1814, into the Royal Sovereign, first rate, Captain Thomas Gordon Caulfield, fitting out in Hamoaze, for the Mediterranean station, from whence he returned home under the command of Captain (now Vice-Admiral) Lambert, July 29th following. His next appointment was, Sept. 17th in the same year, to the Tanais frigate. Captain Joseph James, then in the river Medway, destined to the West Indies, in
