by John Marshall

“ I should be very deficient in my duty was I not to mention the very gallant style in which Captain Huskisson of the Pelorus supported me, in totally destroying the enemy’s battery by a joint fire.
“It is impossible for me to express my ideas of the very gallant manner in which Lieutenants Robertson and Flin conducted themselves on this occasion: they speak in the highest terms of Messrs. Brisbane and Hunter, midshipmen of this ship; Mr. Ferguson, boatswain, and Mr. Scott, mate, of the Pelorus; who, as well as every individual employed, were volunteers on the service. ”

“ From Halifax, Captain Huskisson returned to England in the Africa 64, a guest at Vice-Admiral Sawyer’s table. His next appointment was, June 7, 1815 to the Euryalus 42, in which frigate he proceeded to cruise off Havre, where he remained as senior officer of the squadron employed in watching that port and the mouth of the Seine, to prevent the escape of Napoleon Buonaparte, until it was known that that personage had surrendered himself to the Bellerophon 74. ”

“ Captain Huskisson put the Blonde out of commission, at Woolwich, in July, 1810; and rejoined the Pelorus in Nov. following; the Admiralty having refused to confirm his appointment to the frigate, in consequence of the death vacancy which occasioned it having occurred on the Halifax station, and the right of appointing an officer to fill it being claimed by Sir John B. Warren, and admitted by their lordships, although the Captain who had died [5] was then proceeding to Barbadoes, for the purpose of placing himself under the orders of Sir Alexander Cochrane. ”