by John Marshall

“ Alexander M‘Coy, the purser of the Espiegle, having refused, when Captain Chapman gave up the command of that sloop, to sign the customary certificate, signifying that his captain had given him every facility in the execution of his duty, and in the care of the ship’s provisions and victualling stores; – without which certificate Captain Chapman could not pass his accounts. Mr. M‘Coy, in justification of his own conduct, transmitted to Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, then the senior officer on the Cape station, a copy of nine allegations of misconduct on the part of Captain Chapman ”

“ George Dobson, midshipman of the Invincible, had charge of the seamen under my command during the whole time, and I beg you. Sir, to recommend him to the Admiral, as a very excellent and brave officer. ”

“ On the 18th Jan. 1821, Captain Chapman was appointed by Sir Charles Rowley to the acting command of the Euryalus 42, from which frigate he returned to the Nautilus on the 21st of April following. In May, 1822, he paid that sloop off, at Portsmouth; and in Jan. 1823, received a commission appointing him to the Espiegle, of similar force, on the Cape of Good Hope station, where he was promoted to the command of the Ariadne 20, in Oct. ”