rock, and of Lieutenant
Ferdinand Brock, who all fell by the bullet.

7.--Colonel William Le Mesurier Tupper, of the British Auxiliary Legion
in Spain, and a captain in the 23d, or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, mortally
wounded near San Sebastian, May 5, 1836, aged thirty-two. Colonel Tupper
was also nephew of W. De Vic Tupper, Esq., and first cousin of the four
brothers last named.

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LIEUT. E. WILLIAM TUPPER, R.N.

This promising young officer, third son of John E. Tupper, Esq., by
Elizabeth Brock, his wife, was educated at Harrow, and commenced his
naval career in 1810, in the Victory, of 110 guns, under the care and
patronage of the late Lord de Saumarez, with whom he continued some
time in the Baltic. He served on the American coast during the latter
part of the war, in the Asia, 74; and was present at the disastrous
attack of New Orleans, in January, 1815, forming one of a party landed
from the fleet, to co-operate with the army. On the night of the storm,
this party, in conjunction with the 85th light infantry, under Colonel
Thornton,[168] attacked some fortified works on the right bank of the
Mississippi, and were completely successful; but the failure of the main
assault rendered this success unavailing. In the same year he joined the
flag ship of Sir Thomas Fremantle, who, having been an intimate friend
of his late uncle, Sir Isaac Brock, kindly assured him of his influence
and support; but peace taking place before he had attained the requisite
age for promotion, all the bright prospects with which he entered the
service were blighted. In November, 1817, on his return in the Active
frigate, Captain Philip Carteret, from the Jamaica station, he passed at
the naval college at Portsmouth, and was one of four midshipmen
complimented as having undergone a superior examination. In 1823, he was
appointed to the Revenge, Sir Harry Neale's flag ship, in the
Mediterranean, and placed on the admiralty list for advancement. Early
in 1826, he was at length promoted into the Seringapatam frigate; but
Sir John Pechell, under whom he had previously served for a short time,
prevailed upon the admiral to transfer him to his own ship, the Sybille,
of 48 guns, "a crack frigate," in a high state of discipline, the crew
of which was remarkable for its skill in gunnery.

The Sybille was at Alexandria, when intelligence arrived there of the
plunder of a Maltese vessel, under atrocious circumstances,