 Cumming hoped that he would be promoted to commander as a result of the action given the unusual circumstances and danger involved . However the event was reported to London merely as the commonplace capture of a slaver and hence merited no reward , a fact that Cumming resented for the rest of his life . Instead all he received was a period of quarantine , followed by an attack of smallpox and a long convalescence in England . Cumming remained nominally with Frolic until 21 October 1843 . 
