Passed for lieutenant in Nov. 1810; obtained his first commission on the 25th May 1813; was appointed to the Woodlark sloop. Captain Robert Balfour, Dec. 21st, 1813; and obtained the highest commendations of Rear-Admiral (afterwards Sir Charles V.) Penrose, for his intrepidity in crossing the bar of the Adour, Feb. 24th, 1814^[1]. He subsequently served under that officer’s flag, in the Queen and Albion 74’s, on the Mediterranean station. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 12th Aug. 1819.