On 27 April 1808 Briggs took temporary command of off L'Orient, before assuming command of on 7 November, sailing to the East Indies Station. There, on 28 January 1810, he captured the privateer "L' Henri", of 8 guns and 57 men, and proved of material service in disembarking the troops at the reduction of the "Île de France" in December 1810. He was next employed in the China Sea, and in October 1814, took command of in which he served on the Lisbon, Cork, and Mediterranean stations, before being paid off on 19 July 1816.