Note 31 — Chapter III · SEVILLE REVISITED DECEMBER 1831-DECEMBER 1832
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Captain (afterwards Admiral Sir George) Sartorius, was in 1831 appointed to command the Portuguese fleet acting for Maria da Gloria against Dom Miguel. His command was successful. But the final blow was struck by Captain (afterwards Admiral Sir Charles) Napier, who succeeded him in June 1833. Napier destroyed Dom Miguel’s fleet off Cape St. Vincent, July 3rd, 1833. The news reached London on July 14th, “to the great delight of the Whigs and equal mortification of the Tories” (Greville Memoirs, ed. 1888, vol. iii. p. 9).