obliged to go on shore for his recovery. He subsequently joined the Goliah 74, and remained in that vessel until April 8th, 1783, when he was sent to the Naval College at Portsmouth, where he continued until March 1784; at which period he re-commenced his professional career, under the auspices of the great Nelson, in the Boreas frigate, and sailed in her to the West Indies, from whence he returned to England in the summer of 1787.
The Boreas having been put out of commission, Mr. Boyle was received, at the recommendation of Captain Nelson, on board the Barfleur 98, bearing Lord Hood’s flag; and in that ship he continued until the 25th Nov. 1788, when he was removed into the Leander 50, the flag-ship of Admiral Peyton, by whom, on the 5th June 1789, he was appointed to act as Lieutenant in the Aquilon frigate, on the Mediterranean station. He subsequently served in the same capacity on board the Vanguard 74, and was at length confirmed in that rank and appointed to the Roebuck, a 44 on two decks.
At the commencement of the war against revolutionary France, in 1793, we find Mr. Boyle fourth Lieutenant of the Egmont, of 74 guns, commanded by the late Sir Archibald Dixon, This ship, after fitting at Plymouth, proceeded with the squadron under Rear-Admiral Gell, to convoy the East India fleet to a certain latitude; and then cruised between the Western Isles and the coast of Spain. On the 14th April, the squadron captured the General Dumourier, French Privateer of 22 guns and 196 men, and retook the St. Jago register ship, her prize, which, after a tedious litigation, was condemned, when the captors shared largely, each of the Lieutenants receiving 1,400l.[1]
On the 27th of the following month, Lord Hood, then at Gibraltar, appointed Lieutenant Boyle to the Fox cutter, and charged him with despatches for the Admiralty. Our officer afterwards served in the Excellent and Saturn ships of the line j and in the spring of 1795, accompanied Commodore Payne in the Jupiter of 50 guns, to bring over H.S.H. the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven. On his return from that service, he was promoted, April 1795, to the rank of Commander; and during the month of October following, obtained an appointment to the Kangaroo, a new brig
