86 CAREER OF CAPTAIN HEYWOOD. 
" when the gallantry and propriety of his con- 
duct, in his subsequent service, are taken into 
consideration. I shall therefore have no diffi- 
culty in mentioning him to the commander- 
in-chief on the station to which he belongs, 
as a person from whose promotion, on a 
proper opportunity, I shall derive much 
satisfaction." 
He became a post-captain in 1803, and after 
a career of important and responsible service, 
including two diplomatic missions to South 
America, he was, on the 29th July, 1813, 
appointed to the command of the Montagu, 
of 74 guns, in which he served in the North 
Sea, and afterwards in the Mediterranean, 
under the command of Lord Exmouth. 
On Captain Heywood's return, the Montagu 
was paid off at Chatham, on the 16th July, 
1816 ; and he came ashore, after having been 
actively employed at sea twenty-seven years, 
six months, one week, and five days, out of 
a service in the navy of twenty-nine years, 
seven months, and one day. 
On the 18th May, 1818, Lord Melville, 
without any solicitation, made him the offer 
of the command, with a Commodore's broad 
