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  of which latter event will be found under the head of Retired Captain Inglefield.

The Galatea, of which ship Mr. Brooking was the only Lieutenant, was one of the most active cruisers on the American station; and in the course of a single cruise of six weeks, was fortunate enough to capture two large letters of marque, a formidable privateer, which had done much mischief to our trade, and the Recovery, an armed ship belonging to the United States. The latter vessel sustained a running fight of considerable duration; and, considering the number of men absent from the Galatea in her former prizes, and the manner in which that ship was crowded with prisoners, it would not, we think, have reflected any disgrace on the remainder of the British officers and men had she effected her escape; as it was, her capture must be considered highly creditable to them.

In 1782, Captain Andrew Barclay, under whom Mr. Brooking was then serving as first Lieutenant of the Prudent, gave him an order to act as Commander, in the St. Lucia sloop of war; but he does not appear to have been confirmed to that rank until 1794, when he received a commission appointing him to the