Copy of General Stuart’s testimonial.
“Sir,– I have the honor to return you, and the gentlemen employed on shore under your command, my sincere thanks for your activity, zeal, and assistance, in forwarding the light artillery of the army; neither can too much praise be given to the seamen for their friendly and cheerful exertions under very hard labour; – exertions that were accompanied with a propriety of behaviour which I greatly attribute to your management, and which will ever merit my acknowledgments; and affords me the satisfaction of assuring you that I am, with sincere regard, yours, &c.
“To Lieutenant Buchanan.”
We have already mentioned, that the captors of Minorca found a brig of war on the stocks. This vessel was named the Port Mahon, and launched Oct. 31, 1799; on which occasion Lieutenant Buchanan was promoted, and appointed to command her. In 1800, he captured a French privateer of inconsiderable force, and several small merchantmen: he was also employed blockading Malta, previous to the surrender of that island[1].
In the following year, we find Captain Buchanan serving under the orders of Lord Keith, and receiving the Turkish medal for his services on the coast of Egypt. He returned home in the Port Mahon, July 26, 1802; and was appointed to the Sea Fencible service, between Dungeness and Sandgate, at the renewal of hostilities in 1803. His post commission bears date Oct. 12, 1809; at which period he commanded la Fleche of 16 guns, on the Channel station.
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EDMUND JOSHUA MORIARTY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]
Was made a Commander Aug. 11, 1779; and promoted to post rank Oct. 25, 1809, the day on which our late beloved monarch entered into the fiftieth year of his reign. Captain Moriarty was subsequently employed as Agent for Prisoners of War, at Perth, N.B.
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