French privateer, of 14 guns and 60 men, near the island of Schelling:– “this service,” says Captain Farquhar, “was performed with much judgment.” In Sept. 1813, Mr. Radford commanded the boats of the Heligoland squadron (acting in conjunction with a flotilla under Lieutenant Charles Haultain) in an attempt to capture or destroy eight Danish gun-vessels, lying at Busum, a small and intricate harbour near the mouth of the Elbe. He was promoted to his present rank on the 22d Jan. 1814; appointed to the Nimrod sloop, of 20 guns, Sept. 18th, 1828; and presented with the following address in the spring of 1832:
“To Commander Samuel Radford, of H.M.S. Nimrod, stationed in the river Shannon.”
“The Address of the Magistrates and Gentlemen in the vicinity of the above station.
“Sir,– The blessings of peace being at length felt on those shores, for the protection of which His Majesty’s ship Nimrod, under your command, was stationed in the river Shannon (and the fruits of your active, judicious and unremitting exertions being manifested in the security which has so mainly resulted therefrom), – we hasten to assure you of our unfeigned regret, that the regulations of the service should render your removal necessary, and thus deprive us of your effective and valuable services. Your excellent arrangements, and unceasing vigilance, in the discharge of the important duties which devolved upon you as an officer and a magistrate, by preventing the fearful disorders which prevailed in Clare from reaching the opposite coast, justly entitle you to our warmest gratitude; and although your services here are no longer deemed requisite, tranquillity being for the present restored, we entertain a hope, that should events once more require the presence of a ship of war in the Shannon, your intimate knowledge of the localities of the country, the complete success of the enterprise committed to you, and the admirable conduct and discipline of the officers and men under your command, will point you out to His Majesty’s Government as the fittest person to entrust with a similar commission. We now reluctantly take our leave of you, sincerely wishing that health, happiness, and prosperity may accompany you in your honorable career; and beg to subscribe ourselves
[Here follow about sixty signatures.]
JAMES GROVES, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 1st of June, 1802; and served as such under Sir Home Popham, in the Romney 50,
