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 Whilst absent in the performance of the service alluded to in the foregoing letter, Captain Bowen captured two of the enemy’s letters of marque. Early in the following year, the British Factory at Madeira, of which island he had some time before taken possession, requested his acceptance of a sword, as a mark of their respect for his professional character. On this occasion, similar resolutions concerning him were passed, as in the case of Captain Thomas Wolley, now a Vice-Admiral. He was afterwards appointed to the chief command on the coast of Africa; from whence he returned to England, and was put out of commission in 1802.

On the renewal of hostilities in 1803, Captain Bowen obtained the command of the Dreadnought, a new ship of 98 guns; and in the summer of the same year, was nominated a Commissioner of the Transport Board. In 1805, the late Viscount Melville directed him to prepare Falmouth harbour for the reception of the Western squadron; which service he