from invasion, was no longer requisite. He returned home in the Spartiate, May 1st, 1828.
Commander Wroot married in 1832, Harriet, daughter of Captain John Wentworth Holland, R.N.
GEORGE ANTHONY HALSTED, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of Commander George Halsted, R.N., and nephew to Admiral Sir Lawrence W. Halsted, K.C.B., by whom he was made a lieutenant, and appointed to the Hussar frigate. Captain George Harris, on the West India station, in 1824. He obtained his present rank on the 13th June, 1827; and was appointed inspecting commander of the coast guard at Clifden, in Ireland, Mar. 18th, 1834.
HENRY NEVILL EASTWOOD, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of superannuated Commander Joseph N. Eastwood, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in May 1811; obtained his first commission on the 21st Mar. 1812; and was a lieutenant of the Impregnable 98, flag-ship of Admiral William Young, on the North Sea station, in 1813–4, His promotion to the rank of commander took place June 15th, 1827.
JOHN JERVIS TUCKER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Second son of the late Benjamin Tucker, Esq., of Trematon castle, co. Cornwall.
This officer was made a lieutenant, after accompanying King George IV. to Scotland, in 1822. He subsequently served in the Semiramis frigate, bearing the flag of Lord Colville, commander-in-chief on the Irish station. He ob-
