​AIRD. (Lieutenant, 1845.)

David Aird passed his examination 5 April, 1839; and was appointed Mate, towards the close of 1841, of the Fly surveying-vessel, Capt. Francis Price Blackwood, on the East India station. He was promoted to the rank he now holds 9 Dec. 1845; rejoined the Fly, which he had but recently left, 23 Jan. 1846; and is at present employed in her tender, the Bramble schooner, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bampfield Yule.