In the following year. Lieutenant Oliver was successively appointed to the Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew S. Rowley; and to the command of the Decouverte schooner, on the Jamaica station, in which vessel he suffered so serious an injury in his left eye, from arduous and active service, that he was under the necessity of returning to England in 1810. He next joined Sir Edward Pellew, on the Mediterranean station, and was by him appointed to the command of the Carlotta brig, in which vessel he had the misfortune to be wrecked upon the coast of Sicily, where he again lost the sight of his eye, through exertion and fatigue, in saving a quantity of specie. His last appointment was, in 1813, to be first of the Sultan 74, Captain John West, stationed off Toulon. His son, William Brown Oliver, is a lieutenant in the navy, seniority Aug. 25th, 1829.
JOHN EDWARDS (c), Esq.
[Commander.]
Is a native of London, and was born in 1776. He served nearly thirteen years as midshipman and lieutenant of the Gibraltar 80, and was on board that ship, under the command of Captain Thomas Mackenzie, at the memorable battle of June 1st, 1794. His first commission bears date Nov. 6th, 1798.
We next find Mr. Edwards serving as third lieutenant of the Prince 98, Captain Richard Grindall, at the defeat of the combined fleets of France and Spain, off Cape Trafalgar, Oct. 21st, 1805; and subsequently as first of the Vanguard 74, Captain Alexander Eraser, at the siege of Copenhagen. He afterwards commanded a prison-ship at Portsmouth, and from her was appointed first of the Royal William 84, bearing the flag of Sir Richard Bickerton, at Spithead, early in 1813. His last appointment was to the Barham 74, Captain John W. Spranger, in which ship he was serving, we believe, on the Jamaica station when promoted to the rank of commander, Dec. 4th, 1813.
This officer married, Oct 2d, 1811, the eldest daughter of
