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 the naval service Feb, 7, 1797; obtained the rank of Lieutenant May 1, 1804; was made a Commander, into the Elk sloop of war, Nov. 1, 1805; and posted into the Mediator 44, on the Jamaica station. May 18, 1806. A gallant exploit performed by a detachment of seamen and marines under his directions, at Samana, in Feb. 1807, has already been described.

From this period we lose sight of Captain Wise, until his appointment to the Granicus frigate, in 1813. On the 2d Dec. 1814, he captured the Leo, American privateer, of 6 guns and 76 men, near Cape Spartel.

Captain Wise was re-appointed to the Granicus, Oct. 27, 1815; his dashing conduct at the battle of Algiers is thus handsomely noticed by a contemporary writer:–

The Granicus, on this brilliant occasion, sustained a loss of 16 killed and 42 wounded; amongst the latter were Lieutenant Henry Augustus Perkins, and Messrs. Lewis Punbar Mitchell, Lewis Tobias Jones, George R. Glennie, and Dacres Furlong Wise, Midshipmen. On the second day after the battle, the following correspondence took place between her crew and the Superb’s:–

