His next appointment was, about Sept. 1810, to the President frigate, in which he assisted at the reduction of Java and its dependencies by the military and naval forces under Sir Samuel Auchmuty and Rear-Admiral Stopford. Whilst on that service he was sent to Cheribon with a flag of truce, to demand the surrender of that place; and after hoisting the English colours on the fort, succeeded in securing the persons of General Jamelle, commander-in-chief of the enemy’s troops, M. Knotze aid-de-camp to the Governor of Java, and M. Rigaud, an officer of infantry, who had stopped at the Landroost’s, some distance from Cheribon, for the purpose of changing their horses, and who would have effected their escape to the eastward but for his promptitude in running thither with only a few marines, to arrest them in their flight. The fort of Cheribon mounted 12 guns and 4 brass swivels, and had a garrison of 133 men. This and other services performed by a squadron of frigates, to which the President was attached, were of great importance to the ultimate result of the campaign[1].
Captain Warren has since commanded in succession the Blenheim and Bulwark, third rates, and Seringapatam of 46 guns. The latter ship conveyed Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Ambassador to the Court of Sweden, to Stockholm, in the summer of 1823; and was paid off at Portsmouth, Feb. 5, 1824. Previous to their separation her officers gave Captain Warren a sumptuous farewell dinner, and presented him with a gold snuff-box, value thirty guineas, as a small token of their warm attachment and sincere respect.
Captain Warren married, in Dec. 1800, a daughter of Barton, Esq. Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham, and by that lady has had seven children, five of whom are now living. He was nominated a C.B. in 1815.
Agents.– Messrs. Brine, Chards, and Co.
- ↑ See Captain James Hillyar, C.B.
Pilch; and the capture of a convoy on the coast of Finland will be noticed in our memoir of Commander Charles Allen, the senior surviving officer employed oa that occasion.
