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 Captain Murray married, May 30, 1821, Rachael eldest daughter of Benjamin Tucker, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall.

Agents.– Messrs. Maude and Co. 

 his first commission in 1801; and was second lieutenant of the Amphion 32, Captain (now Sir Thomas M.) Hardy, when that frigate conveyed Lord Nelson from off Brest to the Mediterranean, on the renewal of hostilities with France, in 1803. He subsequently assisted at the capture of three Spanish frigates, and the destruction of a fourth, laden with treasure, from South America bound to Cadiz.

The Amphion formed part of the naval force employed in the invasion of Calabria, in July 1806; at which period she was commanded by the late Sir William Hoste. After the famous battle of Maida, she was sent by Sir W. Sidney Smith, with some Sicilian gunboats, and a detachment of the 78th regiment, under Lieutenant-colonel M‘Leod, to the coast near Catanzaro, in order to encourage and assist the royalists in that quarter. On the 30th of the same month, an attack was made upon Cotrone; and to the judicious manner in which Captain Hoste placed her and the flotilla under his command, may be attributed the surrender of that important fortress, with all its stores and magazines, and upwards of 600 French troops.

On the 12th May, 1808, the Amphion attacked a French frigate-built ship, lying under the protection of several very formidable batteries, in the bay of Rosas. This was the Baleine, of about 800 tons, constructed purposely for carrying stores, Bud mounting from 26 to 30 guns, with a crew of about 150 men.

At 10-10 A.M. the enemy hoisted French colours, and at 10-30, having a spring on her cable, commenced firing at