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 In Dec. 1820, he was appointed first lieutenant of the Seringapatam frigate, Captain Samuel Warren, fitting out for the Mediterranean station; and on the 27th May, 1825, promoted to the rank of commander. 



with considerable credit under Captain (now Commodore) Robert Barrie. His first commission bears date Nov. 2d, 1809; at which period he had but recently passed his examination for lieutenant. On the 29th June, 1812, he was appointed to the Narcissus frigate. Captain John H. Lumley, On the 24th Nov. following, he commanded the boats of that ship at the capture of the American privateer Joseph and Mary, of four guns and seventy-three men, between the islands of Cuba and St. Domingo, on which occasion he had one man killed and another wounded. On the 12th June, 1813, the boats, again under his command, brought out from York river, in the Chesapeake, the United States’ revenue cruiser Surveyor, of six guns and twenty-five men, of whom five were wounded. In this affair three of his men were killed, and himself, a marine officer (Patrick Savage), and four men wounded. He continued to serve under Captain Lundey until Oct. 1814; and obtained the rank of commander on the 27th May, 1825. 



made a lieutenant on the 3d Dec. 1810; and appointed to the Endymion frigate. Captain Henry Mope, fitting out for the North American station. May 19th, 1813. He commanded a division of boats, under the orders of Captain (now Commodore) Robert Barrie, in the expedition up the Penobscot river, on which occasion the towns of Castine, Hamden, and Bangor fell into our possession, and the United States’ corvette Adams (formerly a 32-gun frigate), a brig pierced for eighteen guns, a large privateer, and eight