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 Lieutenant was at length confirmed by the Admiralty on the 10th Aug. in the same year, from which period he does not appear to have served afloat till the Spanish armament, in 1790, when he joined the Queen Charlotte, a first rate, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, to whose notice he had been introduced by Sir Roger Curtis, then serving as Captain of the fleet under that nobleman’s command.

We next find Lieutenant Crawford proceeding to the East Indies, where he remained, attending to his private concerns, for several years. Returning from thence in a country-ship, he had the misfortune to be captured by a French republican cruiser; but being included in an exchange of prisoners about Mar. 1797, he was immediately after appointed to the Prince, of 98 guns, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis, in the Channel fleet, where he continued to serve till his promotion to the rank of Commander, Feb. 14, 1799. During the remainder of the war he commanded the Childers brig, employed principally on the home station. His post commission bears date April 29, 1802.

Captain Crawford’s next appointment afloat was to the Champion of 24 guns, in which ship we find him co-operating with the Spanish patriots at the commencement of their struggle with the legions of Napoleon Buonaparte. From her he removed into the Venus, a 32-gun frigate, employed on the same species of service, as will be seen by the following copy of a letter from Captain George M‘Kinley, respecting the capture of Vigo in Mar. 1809:

“H.M.S. Lively, off Vigo, Mar. 29.

“Sir, In consequence of a letter I received at Villagarcia from Captain Crawford, of the Venus, informing me that the loyal peasantry were in considerable force around the castle and town of Vigo, and that the presence of another frigate would very much contribute to the surrender of that fortress, I joined him on the evening of the 23d instant. The next morning I went to the head.quarters of Don Joao de Almada de Sanzo Silva, who commanded the patriots. At that instant a summons was sent to the Governor of Vigo to surrender at discretion, and led to a negociation between him and the French, which continued till the 26th, when Don Pablo Murillo, commanding a regular force of 1500 men, composed of retired soldiers in this province, arrived, and sent in another summons; in consequence of which, on the following day, proposals were brought on