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 promoted to the rank of Commander in the Charon 44, armed en flute, intended to carry stores for the armament; but circumstances inducing government to countermand Lord Hugh’s orders, she was subsequently employed affording protection to the trade between Cork and the Downs, and conveying troops to Ireland during the rebellion in that country. On one occasion she received a regiment of 1000 men; the whole of whom were landed at Guernsey twenty-four hours after leaving PorUmouth. Before sun-set, the ship was again under weigh, with the Glengarry and Nottingham Fencibles, 1000 strong, embarked; and the following day those corps were landed at Waterford. The alertness thus displayed by Captain Manby at so momentous a crisis, was highly praised by Sir Hugh Dalrymple, the Governor of Guernsey, and gained him the approbation of the Admiralty.

Whilst in Ireland, Captain Manby landed several times with his crew, to dislodge the insurgents from their strong holds near the banks of Waterford river; and on his return to England, he had the honor of presenting to his late Majesty at Weymouth, several pikes taken from his rebellious subjects.

The exemplary conduct of the Charon’s officers and men during the disgraceful mutiny in the British navy, was so much approved by Sir John Orde, the Port-Admiral at Plymouth, that a considerable part of the petty officers were rewarded with warrants by order of the Admiralty, and Captain Manby himself obtained a promise of promotion to post rank. He was afterwards sent to cruise in the Channel, where he captured a French privateer, March 2, 1798. During the time he commanded the Charon, he gave protection to no less than four thousand seven hundred and fifty-three vessels, not one of which was lost. In addition to these services, he for some time assisted at the blockade of Havre de Grace. His post commission bears date Jan. 22, 1799. The following anecdote will explain why this advancement did not take place at an earlier period:

In Oct. 1798, the Charon was ordered to prepare at Woolwich for foreign service, Captain Manby to be posted, and the late Lord Camelford to succeed him in the command of