the 27th June following, he sailed from Portsmouth for the Mediterranean station, where he was successively removed into the Cossack of 22 guns, and Cerberus 32. The capture of various armed vessels and merchantmen, by the boats of the latter ship, will be described in our memoirs of Captains Edward H. Delafosse, and John William Montagu.
Captain Garth married, April 1820, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Frederick Maitland.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.
JOHN CLAVELL, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1808.]
We first find this officer serving under Vice-Admiral Collingvvood, who, when about to remove from the Dreadnought 98, to the Royal Sovereign of 100 guns, just before the glorious battle of Trafalgar, made the following honorable mention of him in a letter to Lord Nelson:
“I have had a little distress about two Lieutenants being senior to my first, Clavell, who is indeed my right arm, and the spirit that puts every thing in motion; but I hope your lordship will appoint them to this ship, their names are Palmer and Hewson; and then I will take my signal Lieutenant, whose name is Brice Gilliland.”
It is scarcely necessary to add, that the Vice-Admiral’s request was immediately granted: Mr. Clavell consequently became first Lieutenant of the Royal Sovereign, and was made a Commander by his veteran friend immediately after the memorable conflict of Oct. 21, 1805; on which day he appears to have been wounded, and Mr. Gilliland numbered with the slain.
In Aug. 1807, Captain Clavell commanded the Weasel brig, and captured three French transports; having on board a colonel and 251 soldiers, going as a reinforcement to the garrison of Corfu. He also drove on shore three other vessels of the same description, and intercepted a trabacolo carrying despatches to that island. His post commission bears date Feb. 4, 1808.
From this period we lose sight of Captain Clavell until June 19, 1811, when he was appointed to the Orlando 36; which fri-
