early in 1720 medley was promoted to the command of , a fire-ship, and on 17 february 1721 was posted into the 60-gun . in 1722, while commanding the 50-gun in the mediterranean, he seized a ship named the "revolution", lying within the mole of genoa, on information of her being in the service of the old pretender. he later commanded the "leopard" on the coast of portugal and in the english channel until the end of 1728.