Maclear waxa uu ku biiray ciidanka badda bishii September 1851 isagoo ahaa arday ka tirsan markabka dagaalka ee Frigate-ka, ka dibna waxa uu xambaarsanaa calanka ballaaran ee Commodore Christopher Wyvill, ka dibna waxa uu ahaa taliyaha saldhigga Cape. Wuxuu ku arkay iyada oo adeegsanaysa dagaaladii Xhosa.
1851, ka dibna, isagoo ahaa mid midka ka mid ah, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Baltic iyo Badda Madow laga bilaabo 1854 ilaa 1856, isagoo helay billadaha Baltic, Turkiga, iyo Crimea, oo ay weheliso calaamadda Sevastopol. Waxa uu ka gudbay imtixaanka taliyaha bishii Luulyo 1857, wuxuuna ka soo shaqeeyay markabka Badda Cas isagoo ahaa shaqaale inta lagu gudajiray dillaaca Jeddah sanadkii 1858.