a Lieutenancy in the 2nd Dragoon Guards Aug. 6, 1799; Captain, March 2, 1803. He served with the expedition to Hanover in 1805, with that to Stralsund and Copenhagen in 1807, and with that to Walcheren in 1809. He was Major in the Quartermaster-general's department, Sept. 16, 1806, and was in 1812 appointed an assistant quartermaster-general to the army in Spain and Portugal. He received a cross and one clasp for his services in that capacity at Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse. He served also in the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo and capture of Paris. He attained the rank of Major-General in 1837; was appointed, in 1841, to the command of the forces in Nova Scotia; and in 1844 obtained the Colonelcy of the 61st Foot. He was advanced to the rank of Lieut.-General, Jan. 10, 1837.

He was nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath at the enlargement of

that order in 1815.

Sir Jeremiah Dickson married Jemima, second daughter of Thomas Longford Brooke, esq. of Mere, Cheshire, by Maria, daughter of the Rev. Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart.

VICE-ADM. WARREN.

March 22. At his seat, East Court, Cosham, near Portsmouth, aged 72, Frederick Warren, esq. Vice-Admiral of the Red.

Admiral Warren was a son of Dr. Richard Warren, physician to King George III. by Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Shaw, another eminent physician. He was born in London in March 1775, and entered the royal navy in March 1789, on board the Adamant, Captain David Knox, bearing the flag of Vice-Adm. Sir Richard Hughes, and proceeded to the Halifax station; and remained in her until 1792, when he was appointed to the Lion, Capt. Sir E. Gower, and proceeded in her to China with the celebrated embassy of Earl Macartney. Having been absent from England from Sept. 26, 1792, to Sept. 6, 1794; during that period he was midshipman, then master's mate, and latterly acting Lieutenant of the Lion, his superior attainments in his profession, and his general good conduct having especially recommended him to early promotion, the confirmation of which he received on the 24th Oct. 1794, when in the Prince George, Capt. James Gambier, fitting out at Chatham. From this ship he was appointed, in Jan. 1795, to the Jason, 46, Capt. Chas. Stirling, and remained in her until Feb. 1797, actively employe i in the destruction of convoys on the coast of France. From this ship he was appointed first Lieutenant of the LaPNT. MAG. VOL. XXIX.

tona, 46, and commanded her with great judgment, temper, and success during the mutiny at Portsmouth, which commenced April 15, 1797, and afterwards proceeded in her, commanded by Capt. Bligh, and bearing the flag of Vice-Adm. Waldegrave, to the North American station, where, in August of that year, he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed to the command of the Shark brig, in which he continued for eighteen months, cruis ing to the southward of the banks of Newfoundland, for the protection of commerce. He was next appointed to the Fairy, 16, and commanded her for another eighteen months on the Jersey and the Windward Island station, cruising about Surinam and Martinique. On returning home he was promoted in May, 1801, to the rank of Captain, in consideration of his continued active and judicious services, and was appointed to command the Amphitrite, 38, as senior officer of the station, for the protection of the Needles, when the French were expected to visit our coast. He remained in the Amphitrite until September of that year, when the state of his health from successive service requiring a little relaxtion, he went on half-pay until Oct. 1803, from which period until 1806, he commanded the Sea Fencibles on the coast of Angus.

In January of the latter year he was again afloat, and in the Daedalus frigate proceeded to the Jamaica station; where, in April 1808, he removed to the Meleager frigate, which in July following, having been actively employed against the enemy in successful cruises off St. Domingo, was unfortunately wrecked on Barebush Key, near Port Royal; but the courtmartial fully acquitted Capt. Warren of all blame, and complimented him upon his exertions subsequent to the wreck. He was on shore a few months only; for in April 1809 he was appointed to the Melpomene, 38, and proceeded in her to cruise in the Baltic, under the orders of Rear-Adm. Sir Manley Dixon. It was on this service that Capt. Warren displayed in an eminent degree that prudence, foresight, judgment, and gallantry, which he had matured by so many years of experience, and, during the few months he was in command of the Melpomene, successfully established that reputation as an officer which had grown with his growth, and only required opportunity to consolidate. The service on which Capt. Warren was dispatched was one of great importance, nationally and commercially, and the successful execution of it appears to have been assured by his appointment. During the early portion of his cruise he was day by day engaged with the Russian gun-boats, 4 A

several of which he captured, and in cutting out, capturing, and destroying the rich merchantmen of the strongly fortified seaport of Revel, and in scouring the whole coast of Finland; but subsequently in the Great Belt, on the 29th May, 1809, he fought a most gallant and determined action in the night with no less than 18 powerful gun-boats, in which the Melpomene sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 29 wounded. This action and its successful results called forth the warmest encomiums from the gallant and distinguished flag-officers in command. Sir Manley Dixon, in his official letter, conveying the acknowledgments of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Adm. Sir James Saumerez, expressed his highest approbation for the services performed by Capt. Warren;" and Sir James himself acknowledged in flattering terms the "zeal, bravery, and exertions" of Capt. Warren and his officers and crew, which were the more to be commended, inasmuch as by engaging the gun-boats Capt. Warren drew off the attention of the enemy, and secured the safety of a valuable convoy (100 sail) which was under the charge of the Ruby.

He quitted the command of the Melpomene in September, and in December following was appointed to the Argo, 44, and commanded her until Oct. 1812, with an East Indian convoy to St. Helena, and then in the Mediterranean, conveying an ambassador to Constantinople. After 17 months' interval he was appointed to the Clarence, 74, employed in the Channel fleet, and in removing troops from Bordeaux, until Aug. 1814. The general peace succeeding, he remained on half-pay until Dec. 1825, when he was appointed to the Spartiate, 74, guard-ship in Portsmouth harbour, and subsequently flagship at Lisbon, and then under the command of Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediterranean.

Having been promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral in July 1830, he hoisted his flag for about six weeks in the Talavera, 74, on "particular service," and on the 5th Aug. 1831, was appointed commanderin-chief at the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa station for three years. It was during this period that the disturbances at the Mauritius took place, when British interests were so ably protected by the judicious arrangements of the Admiral, well carried out by Capt. (now Rear-Adm.) Harvey, then commanding the Undaunted, and under whose orders Admiral Warren placed his flagship the Isis, 50-gun frigate.

In Jan. 1837, Rear-Adm. Warren was once more selected for service, and was

appointed superintendent of Devonport dockyard, which office he retained until his promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral, in Nov. 1841. The manner in which Admiral Warren conducted the duties of the dockyard is well known and appreciated. Just, liberal, kind, and good, as he always was, his virtues were more conspicuous from their daily exercise in that establishment and that extensive neighbourhood. Zeal and ability he ever commended, encouraged, and promoted, when he had the power. Amidst the rival political interests which raged in the borough to the injury of the public service, and which placed the superintendent of the dockyard very often in a difficult position, the gallant admiral, with his masterly tact, was seldom unsuccessful in defeating party intrigues, and seldom failed in having the man selected who was adapted for the place, instead of having the place adapted for the man. He was the patron of the faithful, intelligent, and long-serving officer, and the friend of the honest, industrious, and hardworking man. It was during his superintendence, Nov. 7, 1840, that a disastrous fire destroyed the Talavera, 74, the Imogene, 26, and the sheds of the slips, &c. and it was owing in a great measure to Admiral Warren's judicious personal direction that the whole of the establishment escaped destruction. On this occasion the Admiralty Board unanimously expressed their lordships' high approbation of the ability and zeal displayed by Admiral Warren, and of the temper, prudence, and impartiality shown in the investigation which ensued.

Devonport Dockyard was the last active service of Admiral Warren. So highly was his judgment on naval matters appreciated that a seat at the Admiralty board was not only frequently and earnestly pressed on him by Earl Minto during his administration, but by the present First Lord also; it was, however, declined on conscientious grounds-from a conviction that bodily infirmity would not allow him to discharge the duties with that activity and energy he considered the office demanded.

MAJOR-GEN. S. LAMBERT.

Jan. 3. In Jamaica, Major-General Samuel Lambert, Commander of her Majesty's forces in that island.

This officer was one of a family of which the annals of British gallantry afford but few instances. Of five brothers, the sons of Capt. Robert Lambert, R.N. but one remains

country's gra guished ser

all have earned their

series of distindest, Richard

Lambert, died in 1836 after having attained the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Red. (See our vol. VI. p. 544.) The second, Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Lambert, died a few months since; and a memoir of him appeared in the obituary of our Nov. Magazine, p. 539. The third, Capt. Henry Lambert, R.N., commanded the Java frigate in her engagement with the Constitution, Dec. 1812, during which he was mortally wounded. The fourth is the subject of this notice. The fifth, and only survivor, is Commodore George Robert Lambert, late second in the naval command on the Jamaica station.

The gallant deceased entered the army as Ensign in the 1st Foot Guards Nov. 5, 1803, and was promoted to be Lieut. and Captain August 27, 1807, served with distinction in the campaign under Sir John Moore in 1808-9, and in the expedition to Walcheren in the latter year. He was engaged in the defence of Cadiz in 1810 and 1811, and served throughout the Peninsular campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814. He was adjutant at Corunna and Barossa, having received that commission, Feb. 21, 1811, and was appointed to act as Major of Brigade to the first brigade of foot guards March 10, 1814. He was promoted to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, March 16, 1814; Colonel, July 22, 1830; and Major-General, Nov. 23, 1841.

It was a melancholy conclusion of a glorious life spent in the service of his country to die in a distant colony, the victim of a treacherous disease which interposed to snatch him too soon from a community to which a few short months had endeared him. During his brief residence in the island, he had succeeded in winning the affections of all who either socially or officially had experienced the affability and urbanity of his character. In the army he was beloved, and the universal sympathy which the intelligence of his death created throughout the city showed that his kindness and benevolence had extended far beyond the walks of official duty.

His remains were enterred with the honours due to his rank in the cemetery at Halfway Tree, attended to their resting place by his excellency the Governor, the Judges, and the most distinguished personages in the colony, as well as by his brother Commodore Lambert.

MAJOR-GENERAL C. J. DOYLE. Feb. 3. In Regent-street, in his 62nd year, Major-General Carlo Joseph Doyle.

He entered the Coldstream Guards as an Ensign in July, 1803, and accompanied the expedition under Lord Cathcart to

Hanover and Bremen. In March, 1806, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Lord Lieutenant in Ireland (the Duke of Bedford), with the rank of Captain. In 1807 he joined the 87th or Prince's own Irish regiment in Guernsey, as Captain. In 1808 he was appointed a Military Commissioner to the Guerillas in the North of Spain, and attached to Gen. Leith's mission. He served with the Marquess de la Romana's army; was appointed corresponding officer from the Spanish head-quarters, by Sir John Moore; was cut off while on a reconnoissance, but joined the British army during the action at Corunna. Having returned to England in 1809, he joined the 87th regiment in Portugal, where he was appointed Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and attached to the advance. He assisted in the affairs of the 10th and 11th May, the passage of the Douro, taking of Oporto, the battle of Talavera, &c. In 1810, he served with Gen. Fane's cavalry division in Beira-baxa, and afterwards in covering the retreat of Gen. Hill's corps to the lines near Lisbon, and was engaged in the cavalry affair at Campo Maior. In 1811, he was engaged on the 4th and 5th May at Fuentes d' Onor, and accompanied Lieut. Gen. Sir Brent Spencer's column to Elvas. In Jan. 1812, he was promoted to the rank of Major, and ordered to assume the command of the 4th garrison battalion at Guernsey.

In 1813 he was appointed Military Secretary to the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in India, where, in 1814 and 1815, he served in the field in the Western Provinces; and in 1817 and 1818 with the grand army during the Pindaree and Mahratta war.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, March, 1815; to that of Colonel, Jan. 1837; and to that of MajorGeneral, November, 1847.

MAJOR-GEN. SIR WILLIAM GOSSET.

March 27. At Charlton Grove, Kent, aged 66, Major-General Sir William Gosset, Knt. K.C.H., K.St. F., and C.B., the Serjeant-at-Arms attendant on the House of Commons.

He was a native of Jersey, the son of Matthew Gosset, esq. by Miss Durell. He entered the Royal Engineers as Second Lieutenant, Dec. 20, 1798, became First Lieutenant, 1801, Second Captain, 1805, Captain, 1809, and brevet Major, 1814. He served in the expedition to Holland in 1799, and afterwards in the island of Ceylon during the Kandyan war.

In 1813 he was Secretary to the Legation, under Lord Heytesbury, to the Barbary States; and having, when so em

he embarked as Adjutant of the 20th regiment for Italy, and returned again with the army to Messina, for the protection of the island of Sicily. A regiment of Sicilians being there raised, he was appointed Captain, and embarked shortly after with his company for Calabria, under Sir John Stuart, and was at the battle of Maida. He was gazetted to a company 5th Nov. 1806, in the 5th garrison battalion, but did not join that corps, continuing with the Sicilian regiment, and embarking with it for Egypt, in Feb. 1806, under the orders of Major-Gen. M'Kenzie Fraser.

On the return of the army to Sicily from Egypt, he found himself removed to the 99th regiment. He then embarked for Canada, and there remained as Aidde-Camp to Sir James Craig until 1811, when he returned to England with the General, and joined the regimental depôt in Sussex, and did duty there until 1812, when he went to Madeira as Aid-de-Camp to Major-Gen. H. M. Gordon.

On his return to England he was appointed Major in the York Chasseurs, 22nd June, 1815; he joined, three days after, the four companies of the corps, which were at the time embarked at Portsmouth for the West Indies, and arrived at St. Vincent's in Nov. of the same year; he was then ordered to Grenada with the left wing of the regiment, and from thence, after remaining there about four months, sent on to garrison Tobago. In Aug. following he embarked, and arrived at Jamaica in the command of the regiment.

He was appointed Lieut.-Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort July 23, 1832, and placed on half pay as Lieut.-Col. of the 4th West India regiment on the 17th of the following month, and promoted to the rank of Colonel in the army June 28, 1838. His only son, Ensign Dumas, of the 14th regiment, died thirteen months before him.

MAJOR MOOR, F.R.S. AND F.S.A.

Feb. 26. At the house of his son-inlaw William Page Wood, esq. in Great George Street, Westminster, aged 77, in humble reliance upon the mercy and merits of his Redeemer, Edward Moor, esq. of Great Bealings, Suffolk, a deputy lieutenant and magistrate of that county, F.R.S. F.S.A. and F.R.As.S., and formerly a Major in the service of the Hon. East India Company.

This officer was appointed a cadet on the Bombay establishment in May, 1782, and sailed for India in the following September, being then under twelve years of age. In consequence of adverse winds, and the war then subsisting between the naval powers of Europe, the fleet in

which he sailed proceeded to Madras, where he arrived in April 1783. In August he was ordered by the government of Madras to proceed with a reinforcement to the relief of Mangalore, then closely besieged by Tippoo Sultaun; but no landing was effected, and peace was soon after concluded. He was promoted to be Lieutenant in Sept. 1788, and in Dec. following he was appointed Adjutant and Quartermaster of the 9th batt. N. Inf. At this early period of his life, when he had not attained his eighteenth year, "bis very great proficiency" in the language of the country was noticed in the certificate of the examining committee.

On the breaking out of war, in 1790, Lieut. Moor resigned his adjutancy, and proceeded, in command of a grenadier company of the 9th battalion, to join the brigade under Capt. Little, then serving with the Mahratta army at the siege of Darwar. Colonel Frederick, who soon after assumed the command of this brigade, formed a grenadier corps of all the flank companies of Native Infantry, and appointed Lieut. Moor its Adjutant and Quartermaster. He served with this corps for three months during that memorable siege, and was in the storming party on the assault of the fort, Feb. 7, 1791. Again, in an assault of the hill fort Doridroog, near Bangalore, on the 13th of June following, he commanded the leading company, and was shot through the right shoulder. On recovering, he rejoined his corps, and was present at the siege, and on the storming party, at the capture of Hooly Honore, Dec. 21, 1791, and on the 29th, led the two flank companies of the 9th battalion at the battle of Gadjmoor, where he received a wound in his right knee, and a musket ball through his left elbow. The result of this affair was the total rout and dispersion of the enemy's army of 10,000 foot and 1,000 horse, though the British engaged were under 1,000; and at a visit which the commanding officer paid Lieut. Moor, at night, after the battle, he expressly attributed the victory to him, from his gallant exertions in renewing the British attack on the right.

On account of the severity of the wound in his elbow, which wholly destroyed the joint, Lieutenant Moor was compelled to quit the army, and eventually India, for the re-establishment of his health, which was much impaired by a continued campaign of upwards of eighteen months, attended by great exposure and privations, as well as sufferings from his former wound.

Lieut. Moor became the historian of the campaign in a "Narrative of the