by John Marshall

“ During the remainder of the war he commanded the Sally armed ship, and was employed in convoying the trade to and from the Baltic sea and German rivers. Whilst on that service he apprehended a man who had formerly belonged to the ill-fated Hermione ”

“ He embarked as a Midshipman on board the Narcissus, of 20 guns, commanded by the late Vice-Admiral d’Auvergne [1] in 1787; and subsequently served under Captains Salisbury, Hicks, and Archibald Dickson, in the Andromeda frigate, Powerful 74, and Egmont of the same force [2] , which latter ship formed part of Lord Hood’s fleet at the occupation of Toulon in 1793; and was afterwards employed in the reduction of St. Fiorenzo, on which occasion Mr. Folvil assisted in person at the capture of Mortella tower, and the attack of Convention redoubt, &c., services already described at p. ”