Orleans and his brother, Count Beaujolois, to Malta, was first attached to the in-shore squadron off Toulon, and from thence sent to cruise on the coast of Catalonia. In 1808, her amiable and distinguished commander was sent on a mission to the emperor of Morocco, and succeeded in obtaining permission for supplies of cattle, grain, &c., to be exported from his dominions for the support of the allied forces in the European peninsula. In 1809, the island of Pomigue near Marseilles, was taken possession of, after a desperate resistance on the part of the enemy; and Fort Rioux, near Cape Croisette, destroyed by detachments landed from the Volontaire. Her boats subsequently assisted at the capture and destruction of a French convoy in the bay of Rosas, in 1810, she was very actively employed in co-operation with the Spanish patriots, between Rosas and Barcelona.
On the 12th and 14th April, 1811, Captain Bullen, then commanding the Cambrian frigate, took possession of the towns of St. Philon and Palamos, destroyed the batteries of both places, and embarked the guns. On the 16th he reported to his commander-in-chief, the surrender of Figueras to the Spaniards. He afterwards captured nineteen merchant vessels at Cadaques, and received a severe wound while in a battery on shore, at Selva. In June 1811, the Cambrian was employed in the defence of Tarragona; after the fall of which place she brought home a considerable number of French prisoners from Malta.
In 1812, 1813, and 1814, Captain Bullen being on half-pay, Mr. Morton served in the Bulwark and Pompée, third rates. In the beginning of Jan. 1815, he passed his examination; and about the same period, re-joined Captain Bullen, in the Akbar, a double-banked frigate, fitted out for the purpose of coping with the American ships of that description. In April following, he was sent from Flushing to Antwerp, with despatches for Sir T. Byam Martin, then employed on a particular service, by whom ho was appointed acting lieutenant of the Akbar, in which capacity he served until confirmed by the Admiralty, on his return from the Halifax station, Dec. 10th, 1810.
