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 watched by the British squadron, she was unsuccessful, and about to proceed on her return voyage: fortunately for the objects of humanity, the Primrose fell in with her. In the act of boarding. Commander Broughton received a thrust from a pike in the abdomen, and was obliged to return to his own quarter-deck, faint from loss of blood, the intestine being partially cut. The enemy, who had been driven from their guns, were now strongly posted on the forecastle, and fought most desperately, imagining that they would not receive quarter. Of the twenty wounded men, six died. The Spanish commander had his arm amputated above the elbow, and another man underwent a similar operation close to the shoulder joint. The total number of officers, men, and boys on board the Primrose at the commencement of the action, including 25 native Africans, who secreted themselves until its termination, was 135. The Velos Passagero had not a single boy among her crew. For his gallant conduct on this occasion. Commander Broughton was advanced to the rank of captain, Nov. 22d, 1831; and as a further mark of the approbation of the Admiralty, his first lieutenant, Butterfield, was shortly afterwards promoted.

Captain Broughton married, in 1833, Eliza, eldest daughter of John Perfect, of Pontefract, co. York, Esq. 



the royal navy in 1806; served as midshipman on board the Imperieuse frigate. Captain the Hon. (now Sir) Henry Duncan; obtained his first commission on the 30th Oct. 1813; was fifth lieutenant of the Minden 74, Captain William Paterson, at the battle of Algiers, Aug. 27th, 1816; and continued to serve in that ship until paid off, on her return from the East Indies, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard King, in 1820. He was made commander Feb. 19th, 1823; appointed to the Victor sloop, May 17th, 1831; promoted to the rank of captain, while serving on the coast of Portugal, Dec. 20th, 1831; and selected by Vice-Admiral