by John Marshall

“ From Nov. 1827 till Feb. 1829, he commanded the Royal Charlotte yacht, at Dublin; and on the 12th of Dec. in the latter year, he was appointed to the North Star 28, in which ship he has already visited Madeira, Barbadoes, Jamaica, Halifax, and Bermuda.
On the 5th of Feb. 1831, a court-martial was assembled at Portsmouth, to enquire into circumstances connected with the punishment and death of William Heritage, a boy belonging to the North Star, and to try Lord William Paget for his conduct on the occasion. ”

“ His first commission beats date April 18th, 1823; from which period he served as a lieutenant of the Aurora 46, Captain Henry Prescott, and Fly 18, acting Commander William F. Martin, on the South American station, until promoted to the command of the Fly, April 20th, 1825. ”