with a small squadron to blockade the above port, from whence it was understood by government that Napoleon Buonaparte would attempt to escape after his final overthrow at Waterloo. Captain Dillon subsequently visited China and India; but peace being fully established, he was ordered home in 1816, and paid off at the commencement of the following year. His last appointment was, April 14, 1818, to the Phaeton 46, which ship likewise made a trip to the East Indies, and was put out of commission in Oct. 1819.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
JAMES BRADSHAW, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1808.]
Second son of Robert Haldane Bradshaw, Esq. M.P. for Brackley, in Northamptonshire; whose father was one of the Secretaries of the Treasury during the administration of Lord North.
This officer received his first commission Mar. 2, 1805; was made a Commander Jan. 22, 1806; and advanced to post rank April 20, 1808. He commanded the Eurydice 21, at the reduction of Martinique, in 1809; and was elected M.P. for Brackley about Feb. 1825.
Agents.– Messrs. Clementson.
MATTHEW SMITH, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1808.]
We first find this officer commanding the Milbrook schooner, of 16 guns and 45 men, in the expedition against Ferrol, under the orders of Sir John Borlase Warren; and he appears to have been mainly instrumental in saving the crew of the Stag 32, when that frigate was wrecked in Vigo bay, Sept. 6, 1800[1].
Early in the morning of Nov. 13 following, being close to the bar of Oporto, with two brigs of the Newfoundland fleet under his protection. Lieutenant Smith discovered a French frigate-built privateer, pierced for 36 guns, and apparently
