Can any intelligible explanation be given of the following paragraph'
which we find in the Chronicle this morning ? Can any intelligible explanation be given of the following paragraph' which we find in the Chronicle this morning ?
"Lieutenant Dornferd, of Greenwich HbspitaL—This gallant veteran, a Lieutenant of 1802, is dead ; having been only fifty-three years a commis- sioned officer; during which time he commanded the Thresher gun-brig, from 1807 till the peace, and was engaged during that time on a variety of services in the Channel and North Sea, particularly in 1809, when he en- gaged a division of the Boulogne flotilla, nearly forty in number, for seven hours, sinking three, driving six of the number on shore, and seventeen into Boulogne. He was also in the Waloheren expedition. This officer's ser- vices, and the neglect with which he has been treated, afford a remarkable contrast to some late promotions in the Navy. The death of Lieutenant Dornford gives a resident officer's appointment to Admiralty patronage."
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