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The liforniiig Chronicle, and one of its correspondents under the

sig- nature of "justitia," defended Admiral Fleming's appointment to the

Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, by citing the precedent of Sir John Colpoys, who, they said, was never in a general action. But it happens that Sir John Colpoys, besides a long life spent in active ser- vice, was third in command in Lord Bridport's gallant action in 1795, particularly distinguished himself in suppressing the mutiny, and was made a Knight of the Bath in 1797.