WALLACE, Sir James, British naval officer, died in London. England, 6 March, 1803. He became a lieutenant in the royal navy, 11 March, 1755, was promoted commander in 1762, and was made post-captain in 1771. He was stationed at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1774-'5, in command of the "Rose," a twenty-gun frigate, and greatly annoyed the people of Rhode Island by the detention of their shipping and attempts to carry off their property. On this account there was a spirited correspondence between Wallace and Governor Nicholas Cooke. To Commander Abraham Whipple, whose leadership in the attack on the "Gasper" was now avowed, Wallace wrote: " You, Abraham Whipple, on the 10th of June, 1772, burned his Majesty's vessel, the 'Gasper, ' and I will hang you at the yard-arm"; to which Whipple replied: "To Sir [lames Wallace, Sir" Always catch a man before you hang him." Not long afterward he bombarded Bristol, Rhode Island In 1777 he had the "Experiment," of fifty guns, and he afterward served in the "Nonesuch," of sixty-four guns. In October, 1777, he ascended Hudson river on a marauding expedition, burned the town of Kingston, where the legislature was then in session, and plundered other places, wantonly destroying private property. At Livingston Manor they heard of Burgoyne's surrender, and returned to New York. He saw much service on the coast during the war, and was detested for his severity. On 24 September, 1779, he was captured in the "Experiment" by Count D'Estaint. He commanded the "Warrior" in Rodney's victory over De Grasse. Sir James became a rear-admiral, 12 April, 1794, vice-admiral, 1 January, 1795, and admiral of the blue, 1 January, 1801. In 1793-'5 ha was governor of Newfoundland.