by John Marshall

“ Subsequent to his return to England, Captain Sawyer was appointed to superintend the payments of the ships at Plymouth, where he remained until advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Oct. 2, 1807. About the month of May, 1810, he hoisted his flag as second in command at Portsmouth; and towards the latter end of that year proceeded in the Africa of 64 guns, to the Halifax station, where he assumed the chief command. He had previously been promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral [1] . ”

“ Captain Sawyer of the Active frigate, and Captain Pownall of the Favorite sloop, paid their addresses at the same time to two sisters, and were favorably received by them; but their father, a merchant of immense property at Lisbon, although sensible of their personal merit, objected to their want of fortune, and desired that they would discontinue their courtship until their circumstances were much improved ”

“ In the spring of 1799, he succeeded Sir Henry Trollope in the command of the Russell, also a third rate, and continued in that ship till the beginning of 1801, when he joined the Juste, of, 80 guns, and accompanied Sir Robert Calder to the West Indies, in pursuit of a French squadron that had escaped from Brest, but which instead of crossing the Atlantic had proceeded up the Mediterranean. ”