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  you, if possible, to extend your cruise to the east coast of the province of Cumana, where the insurgents have landed at a place called Guiaia, paralyzing commerce, and obstructing the general supplies of provisions sent to the island of H.B.M. and seriously affecting the interests of his afflicted ally, the Spanish nation:

“Should you have it in your power to visit the capital, I shall be extremely happy. I am, with sentiments of the highest consideration, &c.

(Signed)“.”

Captain Fellowes likewise received the thanks of Major-General Hodgson, Governor of Curaçoa, for his “zealous and active exertions;” and the merchants of that island presented him with a piece of plate, as an acknowledgment of the services he had rendered them.

The Fawn was paid off in Oct. 1813, on which occasion her crew addressed a letter to Captain Fellowes, worded as follows:–

“Sir,– It is with the deepest regrette that we have this day learned that His Majesty’s Ship under your Command is ordered to be paid off, as it deprives us of a Commander, we one, and all would wish to sail with. We beg leave. Sir! to state that your great attention to our Comforts in our different stations has left a grateful impression on our minds, and induces us to take the Liberty of soliciting the favour of serving in any Ship to which you may be appointed, we hope. Sir! that you will be pleased to Excuse this freedom as it proceeds from no other motive than our Gratitude to a Commander we so much Esteem and Respect. We have the honor to be (Sir) Your Very humble Servants,

“.”

Here follow 43 signatures.

From this period, Captain Fellowes remained unemployed till Feb. 21, 1827, when he was appointed to the Dartmouth frigate, of 42 guns. In that ship he proceeded to the Mediterranean station, just after the conclusion of the treaty entered into between his Majesty and the Courts of the Tuilleries and of St. Petersburgh, with a view to effect a reconciliation between the Ottoman Forte and the inhabitants of the Greek provinces and islands, where a contest had been carried on for several years, – marked on each side by excesses revolting to humanity. In the course of the measures adopted to effect the object of that treaty, a collision, wholly unexpected by his Majesty, took place between the squadrons of the contracting Powers and the Turco-Egyptian fleet. The