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  him senior lieutenant of the Curieux sloop, Captain John Sherriff, bears date Aug. 8th, 1806, and was conferred upon him as a reward for his conduct on that glorious occasion. He afterwards served under Captains Christopher Laroche and Murray Maxwell, in the Uranie and Alceste frigates, and was highly spoken of by the latter officer for bis gallantry and zeal in an action with a formidable Spanish flotilla, near Cadiz, April 4th, 1608. Previous to this he had witnessed the occupation of Madeira, by the forces under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, and Major-General Beresford. In the summer of 1808, we find him accompanying Lieutenant Allan Stewart, first of the Alceste, with a message from Captain Maxwell to the French officer commanding at the mouth of the Tiber; who, disregarding the sanctity of a flag of truce, detained him and his companion, confined them for several weeks in a dungeon, and assured them that they would be dealt with as spies. At length, they were marched to Verdun; from whence Lieutenant Jervoise escaped to the coast of Holland, where he was betrayed whilst in the act of embarking, and again ordered into confinement.

On this occasion, he appears to have been transferred to the fortress of Bitche, in Lorraine, where his treatment was somewhat similar to that experienced by Mr. (now Captain) Donat H. O’Brien, and described.

In the beginning of 1814, the allies having dared to pollute the sacred territory of France, all the British captives were ordered to be removed further from the frontier, and kept within the walls of their respective prisons. Many, however, contrived to escape at this period; and amongst them was Lieutenant Jervoise, who got safely to the Roompot, and from thence returned home in the Colossus 74. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 27th of August following.

