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TO 
THE  RIGHT  HONOURABLE 

GHEORGE  JOHN  EARL  SPENCER,  LL.D. 

PRIVY  COUNSELLOR 

KNIOHT  OF  THE  MOST  NOBLE  ORDER  OF  THE  GARTER 

AN  ELDER  BROTHER  OF  THE  TRINITY  HOUSE 

AND   FIRST  LORD  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  ADMIRALTY 

OF  GREAT  BRITAIN, 

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COMMENCED  UNDER  HIS  AUSPICES, 

CONTINUES,  BY  HIS  PERMISSION, 

TO  BE  INSCRIBED, 

WITH  GRATEFUL  RESPECT- 


4 


PREFACE. 

TO  THI  THIRD  VOLUME. 

.^LL'S  WELL  !  exclaims  the  midnight  sen- 
tinel who  marks  each  succeeding  Ship-Bell  t)f  the 
vatch ;  and  the  sound,  repeated  at  intervals,  pro- 
cl^ms  the  vigilance  and  precaution  that  is  conti- 
nued. Thus,  in  like  manner,  it  again  behoves  us  to 
declare  that  we  have  not  slumbered  at  our  post ;  but 
continue  to  hail  those  who  have  hitherto  embarked 
with  us,  and  taken  a  part  in  the  anxious  fatigue  of  our 
labours. 

To  conduct  a  periodical  work  in  such  a  manner  as 
shall  offend  no  one,  and  to  scrutinize  its  multifarious 
contents  with  that  attentive  delicacy,  that  may  pre- 
vent their  injuring  the  professional  reputation  of  any 
individual ;  has  often  reminded  us  of  the  admirable 
fable  of  ^sop,  in  which  the  good-natured  old  man  is 
at  length  obliged  to  destroy  the  object  that  caused 
•uch  a  complication  of  anxiety.  Old  C[h>1us,  also, 
4 


Vi  PKEFACE. 

Walpole  of  having  made  the  Biographia  Britannica 
an  apology  for  every  one ;  the  former  replied,  that 
the  life  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole  should  prove  it  was 
not  *.  As  the  inimitable  Sterne  observed,  *  *  when  a 
sacrifice  is  resolved  on,  it  is  easy  to  gather  sticks  from 
any  thicket  to  make  the  fire. "  Neither  the  object, 
nor  principle  of  the  Naval  Chronicle  ever  pro- 
fessed such  a  design. 

The  preface  of  a  work,  whether  periodical  or  not, 
though  placed  at  the  beginning  of  the  volume,  is 
g^erally  the  last  that  is  written :  we  wish,  therefore, 
that  the  concluding  sentence  of  the  third  volume 
of  the  Naval  Chronicle,  written  in  Portsmouth 
Harbour,  with  The  Spencer  lying  at  her  moorings 
in  all  her  beauty  before  us,  may  express  an  earnest 
wish,  THAT  A  Ship  thus  named,  and  thus  com- 

handed  t>    M4Y  PROVE  INVINCIBLE  : 

N3  despcniDdum,  Teucro  duce  et  auspice  Teucro* 

On  hard  H.  M*  S.  B&aakhbl, 
Portsmovtb  Harbour ^  June  23,  1 8oo« 

*  Walpoliana,  voL  i.  page  73.  f  Captain  Darby* 


ADDENDA. 

The  ABSTHutA»  Si&AFia>  and  Tausty^  were  built  at  Briatolp 
■ot  Li?erpooL 

We  mre  Bony  tliat  our  Comisi  Corresfoadenty  m  tie  Sons  Parol, 
should  be  (Espleased  with  our  conclusion  of  the  Biographical  Memoir 
of  the  Right  Hon*  Xord  Hugh  Seymour  ;  but  trust,  if  he  agaia 
peruaes  the  passage  with  attention,  he  will  find  no  cause  for  censure* 
The  lines  objeded  to  were  addressed  by  an  old  Courtier  to  hit  intimate 
fiiend— one  whom  he  highly  rcspe&ed* 


Communioations  for  thia  Wark,  with  any  corit&ions  or  additions 
to  articks  already  published,  are  desired  to  be  sent,  post  paidj  direded 
to  Messrs.  Bum  vby  and  Golu,  Sioe  L4uut  London* 


PLATES  IN  THW  VOLUME. 

TtLOm  OaiGINAL    DKlGNt  BY    M».  fOCOCK. 


A  ViCKETTE  TiTLE»  from  a  Design  by  Mr.  Wcstall,  repre- 
senting Britannia,  supported  by  the  Trident,  standing  firm 
amid  surrounding  Storms,  engraved  by  Heath. 
A  Vignette  Head  Piece,  by  Nesbit,  representing  a  First  Rate 

alongside  the  Sheer  Hulk,  receiving  her  low^r  Masts.  i 

Plate  XXV.  Gallant  Action  between  the  Leander,  of  50 

Guns,  Captain  J.  W.  Payne,  and  the  Pluto 

French  Ship  of  84  Guns '..      41 

XXVI.  Means  proposed  to  save  the  Lives  of  Mariners 

when  wrecked  on  uninhabited  Coasts     ...      64 
XXVIJ.  View  on  the  River  Thames,  with  Green- 
wicH  HosfiTAL  in  distance,  and  the  Augusta 
Yacht,  on  the  5th  of  AprU  1795  •    -    •    •    •    si| 
XXVIIL  The  Hoche,  under  Jury  Masts,  towe4  by  the 
PoRts,  36  Guns,  Captain  Lmlb  RANELACli,intD 
Lough  Swilly  ............  ♦uj 

XXIX»  A  Portrait  of  the  Right  Honourable  LoRp 
Nelson^  Rear-Admiral  of  the  fxd^  from  an 
original  Painting,  by  Abbot,  in  the  Possession 
of  John  M' Arthur,  Esq.     .......    167 

XXX.  AGrand  Emblematical  Design  relating  to  the 

Battle  of  the  Nile,  by  a  Foreigner  of  Rank       .    189 

XXXI.  Captain  John  Harvey's  A6Vion  in  the  Bruns- 

wick* on  the  ist  of  June  1794     .....    s8s 

XXXII.  A  Shipwreck  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope     •    291 
XXXIU.  Sir  John  Borlase  Warren's  $<^adron  en- 
gaging live  French  Frigates  off  the  Coast  of 
France,  which,  by  mistake,  is  printed  Ireland 

at  the  bottom  of  the  Engraving     .    .    •    .    •    31^ 
XXXIV.  Portrait  of  Sir  John  Borlasb  Warren, 
Bart.  K.  B.  engraved  by  Ridley,  from  an  ori. 
ginal  Painting  by  Opie,  R.  A.  in  the  Possession 
ofSir  George  Warren,  Bart.      ,    .    .    •    .    ^33 

XXXIV.  View  of  Falmouth,  taken  from  the  Hill  near 
Flushing     ............    459 

XXXV.  View  of  English  Harbour,  Antigua,  taken 
by  Mr.  Pocock,  from  a  Drawing  made  on  the 
Spot  by  Captain  Treme  nheere,  of  the  Marines    469 

Me ANs  of  forming  a  Communication  with  the  Shore  in 

Case  of  Shipwreck      ..........     131^ 

Fac  Similes  of  Lord  Nelson's  Hand-Writinc,  both 
before  and  after  the  Loss  of  his  Right  Arm    -    •    -    304 

SSSSSSS^BSmamBBm 


BrOGSAPBICAL  MEMOIR  OF 

REAR-ADMIRAL  JOHN  WILLETT  PAYNE  *. 


HoKATio  !  t^  art  e'en  ai  jnit  a  Mm, 

At  e'er  nijr  tonveriatlon  cop'd  withal — 

WhoK  blooJ,  anil  judt^iueat  are  >a  well  commingled, 

ThM  they  are  Dot  a  pipe  tor  Fc>r[Uoe't  finger 

1  o  loinid  what  iiCup  ihe  pleue. '— ' 

Ha^ola,  Prhu,  •,/  Btmiiri. 

'X'HEtask  of  the  Biographer  becomes  partituUrly  difficult, 
when  lie  attempts  todclincaie  tlie  actions,  aii<l  tt>e  mind, 
of  unassuming  merit }  whca  he  is  occypied  in  rendering 
more  public  the  exifience  of  virtues,  whose  delicacy  almost 
eludes  his  grasp  ;  when  Ueuevolencc,  that  "  seeketli  not 
her  own,"  eagerly  conceals  the .  source  wbcnce  unexpeflcl 
blessings  arise  ;  when  a  wish  to  do  good,  overcomes  tbc 
vanity  that  Stcks  for  human  praise  ;  when,  in  a  word,  every 
Thing  that  is  great  and  noble,  forms  a  ctiurafter  tor  men  to 
emulate,    and   to  revere : — wc    must  however  attempt  the 

•  Rear-Admiral  ot  the  Blue ;  Auditor  of  the  Dutch/  of  Cornwall  ;  Vice- 
Adttiiial  of  [he  Coasti,  of  Devonshire,  and  Cornwall  ;    1  reaiurer  of  Greenwich 
'Hospital,  aiidoneof  theTwciiiy-FouiDireiilurs;  Comptroller  General  <(f  lbs 
Houiehotd  of  HU  Rojral  Hi^hueti  the  Priocc  of  Wain. 
fiiol.  III.  *  S 


2  BXOCKAPHICAL   MEMOIR 

outline,  and  leave  it  to  some  future  writer  to  give  that 
distina  colouring  to  the  portrait,  v^hich  may  tlien  be  added. 
Mr.  John  Willctt  Payne,  the  youngest  son  of  the 
Honourable  Mr.  Payne  •  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the 
Island  of  St.  Christopher's,  was  born  in  that  island  ;  and 
received  the  early  part  of  his  education,  as  already  mentioned 
in  our  Memoir  f  of  the  Right  Honourable  Lord  Hugh 
Seymour,  at  Dr.  Brackyn's  academy  at  Greenwich.  He 
continued  a  short  time  under  the  tuition  of  this  gentleman  ; 
and  having  made  a  greater  progress  than  was  expeAed  for  a 
genius  so  rapid,  and  volatile,  was  removed  to  the  Royal 
Academy  at  Portsmouth  ;  and  there  applied  with  unremitting 
assiduity  to  acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  first  elements 
of  science,  conneded  with  the  profession  he  had  embraced. 
There  was  at  this  time  a  peculiar  archness  of  charafter  in  the 
young  seaman,  that  gave  an  original  cast  to  every  a£tion  ; 
but  it  proceeded  from  the  opening  emanations  of  a  youthfuh 
mind ;  or,  as  Gray  terms  it, 

*•  Wild  wit,  invention  ever  new,** 

Though  he  eagerly  entered  on  sufh  enterprises  as  the 
daring  spirit  of  his  marine  compeers  projeAed,  when 

— <<  bold  adventurers  disdain 
The  limits  of  their  little  reign, 
And  unknown  regions  dare  descry"— 

he  was  generally  the  one  to  suffer,  as  an  abhorrence  of 
falsehood  made  him  readily  confess  his  own  intentions, 
though  no  punishment  could  induce  him  to  criminate  his 
associates  :  yet  even  at  this  giddy  season  of  life,  whenever  he 
could  secure  some  moments  to  himself,  the  pages  of  Shake* 

*  Governor  Payne,  who  wa«  &  great  faTourite  of  the  late  Lord  Rodnef, 
first  married  fAw  Carlisle,  an  heiress ,  whence  the  valuable  estate  called 
CartiiUty  in  the  island  of  Antigua,  came  to  the  family.  Ihis  estate  never 
trades  in  slaves,  but  invariably  has  brought  up  a  sufficient  number  of  blacks, 
who,  being  bom  and  bred  on  the  estate,  con&ider  it  asth^ir  country.  Govemot 
Payne  married  A  second  wife,  Miss  Galloway,  of  a  very  old  and  respedable 
Irish  family,  by  whom  he  had  J.  W.  Payne,  Esq. ;  and  we  believe  two  other  sons. 
Sir  Ralph  Payne,  K.  B.  who  in  1 795  was  created  an  Irish  peer  (Lord  Lavington^^ 
is  the  eldest  son,  by  the  former  marri«ige. 

t  VoL  U.  pgc  359. 


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OF   REAR-ADMIRAL  JOHK    WILLBTT    PATNI.  j 

speare  wtfe  perused  with  the  discernment  of  a  mature  taste* 
Such  was  ourjoung  Midshipman,  when,  about  the  close  of 
the  year  1769>  having  remained  three  years  at  the  academy, 
he  received  an  Admiralty  discharge  for  the  Quebec,  32  guns, 
Lord  Ducie  *,  to  which  Ship  his  Lordship  had  been  appointed 
on  quitting  the  Peversham  of  44  guns.  Mn  Payne  sailed  in 
the  Quebec  to  the  Leeward  Islands  ;  and  having  experiencej 
in  this  Ship  the  first  toils,  and  pleasures  of  a  naval  life,  to 
which  he  daily  grew  more  and  more  attached,  he  was  received 
on  board  the  Montague,  Rear-Admiral  Robert  Mann  f,  who 
had  hoisted  the  red  ensign,  as  Commander  in  Chief,  on 
that  station. — During  the  dreadful  fire  that  broke  out  in 
the  town  of  St.  George,  Antigua,  on  the  night  of  the  27th  of 
December,  1771,  and  before  day  light  nearly  reduced  the 
whole  to  ashes,  the  officers  and  men  from  the  Montague  ren- 
dered the  most  essential  service  :  by  their  exertions,  a  few 
buildings  in  the  careenage,  near  the  court  and  custom-house, 
were  preserved. 

Mr.  Payne  left  the  Admiral's  Ship,  on  being  appointed 
ading  Lieutenant  in^  the  Falcon  sloop,  18  guns.  Captain 
Cuthbert  Bayne ;  and  sailed  in  her  on  the  Carib  expedition 
to  the  island  of  St.  Vincent's,  in  1772*  The  windward  side 
of  the  Island  is  not  inhabited  by  the  original  settlers,  who 
were  yellow,  but  by  the  descendants  of  a  cargo  df  African 
slaves,  belonging  to  an  English  vessel,  wrecked  on  the  coast : 
being  hospitably  received  by  the  yellow  Caribs,  they  over- 
powered them,  and  became  their  sovereigrrs^  France  endea* 
voured,  but  in  vain,  to  reduce  them  to  a  state  of  subjec- 
tion.   St;  Vincent's  was  long  a  neutral  island  ;  at  the  peace  of 

*  FrancU  Reynolds  Morton,  Lord  Ducie,  Mras  bom  on  the  28th  of  March* 
1739  9  ^^  adYanced  Commander  on  the  list  of  November  1760.  On  the  nth 
of  April,  176a,  vfM  advanced  to  Post  rank,  and  appointed  to  the  Garland. 
1'he  Ducies  were  descended  from  a  f4mil7  in  Normandy:  His  Lordship  in  1 7S5, 
on  succeeding  to  the  title,  resigned  his  rank  in  1  he  ^ervice. 

f  Admiral  R.  Mann,  had  afterwards  the  command  on  the  Mediterranean 
suiion,  with  his  flag  in  the  Mcdway,6o  guns.  In  April,  1779,  he  was  made 
one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  ;  but  (Quitted  the  Board  in  September,  1780  i 
he  died  in  ^783. 


4^  BIOGRAPHICAL     MEMOIR 

1763,1116  French  agreed,  that  the  right  to  it  should  be  vested 
in  the  English  :  but,  when  a  proclamation  was  issued,  com- 
manding all  the  inhabitants  to  come  and  swear  allegiance  to 
his  Britannic  Majesty,  few  obeyed;  and  even  those  few 
retraced,  being  influenced  by  the  threats  of  the  rest. 

In  consequence  of  the  repeated  memorials,  petitions,  and 
remonstrances  of  the  planters  to  Governmeot,  who  repre- 
sented these  inhabitants  as  faithless,  cruel,  and  insolent,  the 
above  expedition  was  undertaken ;  and  Colonel  Dalrymple, 
with  the  pay  and  rank  of  a  Major-General,  was  made  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  the  Forces.  After  the  loss  •  of  aconsider* 
able  number  of  men,  the  Caribs  were  reduced  to  obedi- 
ence ;  on  the  17th  of  January  17731  a  treaty  of  peace,  and 
friendship,  was  concluded,  by  which  his  Majesty  was 
acknowledged  the  rightful  Sovereign  of  the  island,  and  domain 
of  St.  Vincent's  f- 

Early  in  the  year  (1773)  Mr.  Payne,  having  completed  his 
time,  returned  to  Europe  in  the  Sea-Horse,  Sir  T.  Paisley, 
and  soon  afterwards  went  as  ading  Lieutenant  on  board  tlie 
Rainbow,  44  guns,  Commodore  T.  Collingwood,  then  under 
sailing  orders  for  the  Coast  of  Guinea  :  the  usual  circuit  of 
the  Coast  being  made,  and  the  various  settlements  visited, 
Mr.  Payne  next  sailed  in  the  Rainbow  for  Jamaica  ;  and 
touching  at  Antigua,  the  seat  of  government,  went  into 
English  Harbour.  Mr.  Payne*s  elder  brother  J,  Sir  Ralph 
Payne,  K.  B.  was  at  this  time  Governor  of  the  Leeward 
Islands  ;  a  station  to  which  he  has  lately  been  again  ap- 
pointed.   About    the    commencement    of   the    American 

•  On  Wednesday  the  tenth  of  May,  1773,  the  order  of  the  day  was  read  for 
taking  into  further  consideration  the  Expedition  to  St.  Vincent's  :  it  was  again 
re&umcd  on  the  12th,  and  15th  ;  when  sharp  altercations  took  place  between  the 
Minister,  and  the  promoters  of  the  enquiry.  Captain  Ross,  Colonel  Bairc,  and 
Mr  T.  Town&hcnd,  were  among  the  principal  speakers. 

-^  St.  Vincent's,  in  1779,  was  taken  by  the  French  ;  but  restored  to  Great 
Britain  by  the  peace  of  1783. 

\  In  1771,  the  King  was  pleased  to  appoint  Sir  Ralph  Payne,  K.  B.  his 
Majesty's  Captain  General,  and  Governor  in  Chief,  over  all  the  Leeward 
Caribbee  Islands  in  i^merica— Chancellor,  Vice- Admiral,  and  Ordinary  of  the 
Mune. 


OT  ftBAlt*ADMlRAL   JOHM   WXLL^TT    PAYKE.  g 

war,    in    17749   Mr.  Payne  returned  in  the  Rainbow  to 
England. 

Commodore  Sir  Peter  Parker  *,  being  appointed  to  a  com« 
mand  on  the  American  station,  hoisted  his  broad  pendant 
on  board  the  Bristol,  50  guns,  then  newly  launched,  towards 
the  close  of  the  year  (1775).  In  this  Ship  Mr.  Payne  sailed 
from  Portsmouth,  as  afting  Lieutenant,  on  the  26tli  of 
December.  On  the  12th  of  February  (1776)  Sir  Peter 
left  Cork  with  several  transports  under  convoy,  containing 
six  regiments,  and  seven  companies  of  the  forty-sixth,  under 
the  command  of  Lord  Cornwallis  ;  to  co*operate  with  the 
Loyalists  in  North  Carolina.  After  a  long  voyage  of  near 
three  months,  occasioned  by  the  lateness  of  their  departure 
from  Great  Britain,  all  the  Fleet,  except  some  few  Ships, 
arrived  off  Cape  Fear  fi  on  the  third  of  May. 

The  whole  Squadron  having  joined  by  the  ist,  or  2d 
of  June,  proceeded  to  Charlestown,  and  arrived  there  on  the 
4di  I  General  Clinton  immediately  took  possession  of  Long 
Island,  and  encamped  the  troops  upon  it.  Half  a  mile  from 
Charlestown  Harbour  the  Americans  had  constructed  a  strong 
fortification  on  Sullivan's  Island ;  which,  commanding  the 
harbour,  General  Clinton  resolved  to  attempt  the  redudion 
of  it.  At  half  past  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning,  of  the  28th 
of  June,  Sir  Peter  Parker,  in  the  Bristol,  made  the  signal  for 
adion  to  the  Experiment,  50  guns  ;  the  Adive,  Solebay, 
Afiason,  and  Syren  frigates  ;  the  Sphynx  sloop  ;  the  Thunder 

•  Son  of  Rear-Admiral  Christopher  Parker,'  was  made  LieutCDant  of  the 
Russell,  by  Admiral  Matthews,  in  1743,  then  Commander  in  Chief  in  the 
Mediterranean.  Was  advanced  to  post  rank  in  X747,  and  in  May  appointed  to 
tlie  command  of  the  Margate  ;  and  at  the  beginning  of  1749  ^^  ^^  Lancaster, 
a  third  rate.  He  received  the  honour  of  knighthood,  in  1774  ;  and  afterwards, 
^  in  1782,  was  created  a  Baronet.  On  the  28th  of  April,  1777,  he  was  advanced 
Rear- Admiral  of  the  Blue.  This  worthy  officer  is  at  present  Admiral %f  the 
Fleet,  to  which  he  succeeded,  on  the  dififerent  promotions  which  took  place  at 
the  death  of  Earl  Howe. 

+  An  headland  in  North  Carolina,  which  gives  name  to  a  considerable  river 
(Cafe  FearXiver)  extending  into  two  branches.  Off  the  Cape  there  runs  out  a 
Spit  of  sand  into  the  sea,  for  seven  leagues  due  S.  and  at  the  end  of  it,  aftrr 
narrowing  to  a  very  email- thread,  it  ends  in  a  large  circle  of  sand  a  full  Icagas 
JD  diameter* 


6  BfOGRAPHICAL   IIIKOUt 

birnib,  and  the  Friendship  armed  Shipof  24  guns :  ata  qnartor 
past  eleven  all  the  Ships,  having  got  springs  on  their  cables, 
began  a  most  tremendous  fire  on  the  Fort*  Three  of  the 
Ships,  the  A£taeon,  Syren,  and  Sphynx,  got  aground ;  the 
two  last  however  hove  ofF»  but  the  first ^tuck  fast,  and  was  set 
on  fire  the  succeeding  morning,  to  prevent  her  falling  into 
the  hands  of  the  enemy  :  the  batteries  on  Loi^  Island  now 
opened,  and  the  Ships  continued  an  unremitting  fire ;  be* 
tween  two  and  three  o'clock,  that  of  the  enemy  slackened 
for  a  short  time.  A  fresh  supply  of  ammunition  being  pro^ 
cured,  their  fire  was  renewed,  and  did  not  cease  until  between 
nine  and  ten  o'clock.  In  this  aftion  the  Bristol,  and  Expe- 
riment suffered  most ;  the  fire  of  the  enemy  being  principally 
dxre£ted  against  them,  they  were  left  almost  wrecks  on  the 
water.  Mr.  Payne  during  the  whole  displayed  that  cool 
intrepidity  for  which  he  is  so  much  noted  ;  and  considerably 
fccommended  himself  to,  the  Commodore  amid  scenes,  that 
would  have  proved  the  resolution  of  even  an  older  seaman. 
A  friendship  thus  commenced  between  these  two  officers, 
which  has  since  experienced  no  abatement. 

Though  the  larger  Ships  had  lightened,  and  those  of  less 
draught  had  advanced  as  near  the  Fort  as  they  were  able,  the 
landing  of  the  troops  was  found  impradicable.  Sir  Peter^ 
therefore,  after  displaying  marks  of  great  professional  ability, 
about  nine  o'clock  withdrew  the  Ships  to  their  former 
moorings  to  refit.  The  army  under  convoy  of  the  Solebay 
frigate  sailed  for  New  York ;  and  was  followed,  as  soon  as 
possible,  by  the  other  Ships. 

On  the  15th  of  May  1776,  it  had  been  resolved*  **  to 
Tccommend  to  the  various  assemblies,  and  conventions,  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  wi^re  no  form  of  government 
adequate  to  the  exigences  of  affairs  had  yet  been  adopted,  to 
establish  such  a  Constitution  as  should  be  most  conducive 
to  the  public  welfare,  and  security."— And,  on  tlie  fourth  of 

*  HJ-itory  of  tlie  Origin,  Progress,  and  Termination  of  the  American  War, 
by  C    Sudman,  ^ho  served  under  Sir  W.  Howe,  Sir  H.  Clinton,  and  the 

MAi(]ui5  Cornwallis.    Ti^o  volumes,  410.  1794. 


or    RBA&-ADMi&AL  JOBN   VXLLBTT    PATKE.  J 

July  foUowings  America  was  for  ever  severed  from  Great 
Britain^  by  a  resolution  that  declared  *'  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
United  Colonies  were  discharged,  and  absolved,  frpm  all  alle- 
giance and  obedience,  to  the  King  of  Great  Britain.*''— Such 
was  the  state  of  affairs  in  America  when  the  much  lamented 
Admiral    Lord   Howe  arrived   from   England,    as   Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  the  Fleet  employed  on  that  stationt 
with  bis'  Flag  on  board  the  Eagle  *,  64  guns  ;  a  Ship  that 
was  purposely  equipped  for  him.    His  Lordship  arrived  at 
Sandy-Hook  on  the  first  of  July,  and  thence  proceeded  tm 
Staten  Island.    Lord  Howe  had  been  appointed  to  the  com- 
mand of  the  Fleet  f,  destined  to  co-operate  with  his  brother 
General  Howe.    Mr.  Payne  was  now  removed   from  the 
Bristol,  and  received  into  the  E^le,  as  Aide*de-Camp  to  th& 
Admiral. 

Lord  Howe  being  convinced  that  all  pacific  measures  were 
of  no  avail,  resolved  to  give  a  new  charader  to  the  war.  The 
Provincial  forces,  after'  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  had 
retreated,  and  taken  shelter  in  New  York  :  here  they  em- 
ployed themselves  in  ereding  batteries  to  annoy  the  British 
shipping.  Both  armies  were  divided  by  the  East  River  (the 
sound  or  channel  between  Long  Island,  and  New  York 
Island)  ;  the  breadth  of  which  at  this  part  was  about  1300 
yards.  After  a  long  and  severe  cannonade,  it  was  resolved  t» 
make  a  descent  on  the  island,  where  New  York  is  situated : 
accordingly  five  Ships  of  war  moved  higher  up  the  river, 
while,  on  the  15th  of  September,  several  flat-bottomed  boats, 
were  employed  in  landing  the  troops.    Though  the  enemy 

*  The  present  Bishop  of  Meath,  Dr.  Thomas  Lewis  G^Beiroe,  was  at  this 
time  chapUin  of  the  Eagle.  Dr.  O'Beirnc  was  promoted  to  the  See  of  MeatK 
in  1795*  His  Lordship  Would  render  a  most  acceptable  service  to  the  Navy,  bf 
publiflhiflg  a  complete  life'bf  his  worthy  patron. 

f  The  Supplies  for  the  Navt  granted  this  year  (1776^  amounced  to  three 
niUions,  two  hundred  and  five  thousand,  five  hundred  and  £ve  pounds ; 
iocbdiog  the  ordinary,  at  four  hundred  thousand  pounds ;  and  the  expences  of 
building  and  repairing  Ships,  at  four  hundred  and  sixty  two  thousand,  five 
hundred  pounds.  In  this  account,  however,  neither  the  sum  voted  to  Greenwich 
Hospiul,  nor  the  million  granted  at  the  close  of  the  session  for  the  discharge  of 
the  Navy  Debt,  were  included. 


o  BfOG^APHICAL  Mf  MOfK 

were  in  possession  of  very  powerful  intrenchments,  they  were 
driven  from  their  advantageous  situation  by  the  furious 
cannonade  of  the  five  men  of  war  :  no  attempt  being  made 
lo  defend  New  York,  it  was  taken  possession  of  by  the 
English.  However,  on  the  morrting  of  the  21st  of  Septem- 
ber, a  most  horrid  attempt  was  made  to  burn  the  city,  by 
several  persons  purposely  secreted  in  the  deserted  houses. 
The  flames  first  broke  out  at  some  wooden  Storehouses,  at 
the  southernmost)  or  windward  part  of  New  York  :  the  wind 
was  so  strong  it  was  almost  impossible  to  face  it,  for  smoke 
and  flakes  of  fire.  One  third  of  the  town  was  destroyed, 
before  the  progress  of  the  fire  was  stopped.  On  the  subsequent 
day  the  Admiral,  with  that  respeft  for  religion  which  was  so 
visible  in  his  charafter,  attended  by  many  of  his  officers, 
went  to  St.  Ppul's  Church,  New  York  5  and  heard  a  sermon  *, 
admirably  suited  to  the  awful  occasion,  preached  byMr» 
O'Beirne,  his  chaplain. 

During  the  time  that  Mr.  J.  W.  Payne  aftcd  as  Aide* 
de-Camp  to  Lord  Howe  in  the  Eagle,  he  was  continually 
detached  from  the  Ship  on  a  variety  of  important  service, 

•  Mr.  O'Bcirnc  chose  hi*  text  from  Jeremiah,  xii.  15.  Wc  shall  add  some 
extrai5l&  from  the  conclusion  : — "  To  what  a  accnc  were  you  witnesses  th« 
night  before  last ;  when  just  escaped  from  thcf  Storm,  and  imagining  yourselves 
arrived  at  a  Port  of  rest — to  awake  at  the  midnight  hour,  and  find  your  city  in 
flames !  to  sec  your  all  perishing  before  your  eyes,  and  to  know  that  your 
destroyers  were  secretly  among  you,  spreading  the  ruin,  and  exulting  in  the 

succcfts  of  the  infernal  scheme.  — Ye  saw  the  brave  and  generous  servants 

of  your  King,— that  King  whom  you  have  so  often  heard  represented  as  a 
tyrant  who  sends  forth  his  flceu  and  armies  to  enslave,  ravage,  destroy—* 
flying  to  the  assistance  of  their  fellow  subjedls,  in  the  midst  of  the  flames, 
at  the  hazard  of  their  lives,  exerting  every  nerve  to  preserve  your  dwellings 
and  possessions  ;   and  tearing  from  the  hands  of  the  dark  incendiaries  the 

instruments  they  had  prepared  for  your  destrudion. Let  us,  therefore, 

conclude  the  service  of  this  Day,  when  the  freedom  of  your  worship  is  restored 
to  you,  by  uniting  together,  with  one  heart  and  one  voice,  to  implore  the 
divine  favour  and  proteaion  for  our  Sovereign  Lord,  King  George  ;  that  God 
would  be  pleased  to  give  him  length  of  days,  and  increase  of  happiness^ 
to  prosper  all  his  undertakings  for  the  good  of  his  people,  and  to  bless  him 
with  what  his  adions  prove,  and  his  words  assert  {Sfeeeh  fnm  the  TbromM) 
to  be  the  favourite  wish  of  his  heart,— the  restoration  of  harmony,  and  the  re- 
establishment  of  order  and  happiness  in  every  part  of  iiis  domimoDi.*' 


or  tEAfL-ADMIRAL  jOftn  WILlStV  rAYNB.  9 

that  demanded  considerable  address,  and  a  continued  pre^ 
sence  of  mind^  to  accomplish ; — there  is  hardly  any  class  of 
light  sailing  vessels,  which,  during  this  period,  he  did  not 
occasionally  command,  in  keepifig  up  the  communication 
between  the  Admiral,  and  his  brother  Sir  William  Howe— 
jQ  the  execution  of  which  he  had  either  some  extensive  river 
to  explore,  some  ford  to  sound,  or  the  devious  windings  of 
some  creek  to  examine,  during  the  silence  of  the  night  ;  sur- 
rounded by  an  enemy  rendered  desperate  from  the  calamities 
of  intestine  war.  Lord  Howe,  who  to  the  latest  period  of  his 
life  considered  this  officer  among  the  first  of  that  school 
which  he  had  taken  such  pains  to  form,  was  soon  sensible  of 
his  diligence,  and'abilities  ;  and  at  an  early  age,  appointed  him 
second  Lieutenant  of  the  Brune  frigate,  32  guns,  Captaia 
James  Ferguson  ♦. 

The  original  charaftcr  of  this  eccentric,  but  distinguished 
officer,  was  admirably  calculated  to  create  that  cordial,  and 
hearty  attachment,  which  soon  took  place  between  himself 
and  his  new  Lieutenant:  and  although  we  are  sorry  to 

*  James  Ferguson,  £sq.  a  dative  of  Scotland,  was  by  Lord  Colvtlle*  made 
adiog  Ueutenaot  in  the  Royal  Navy  on  the  15th  of  November,  1756,  which 
tc  length  was  confirmed.    He  obtained  his  Post  rank  in  the  year  1763,  with 
the  fommand  of  the  Romney,  50  gm»,  to  whidi  Ship  he  was  appointed  on  the 
sixth  of  June,  with  Lord  Colville's  flag  on  board,  who  had  at  this  time  the 
command  in  North  America.    In  1776  he  was  appointed  to  the  Brune ;  and  in 
the  month  of  April,  1780,  distinguished  himself,  when  commanding  the  Venus^ 
36  guns,  in  the  a^on  between  Sir  O.  Rodney,  and  the  Count  de  Guichen.' 
He  was  present  at  the  capture  of  St.  £ustatia,  in  the  year  1781 ;  was  attached 
to  Sir  Samuel  Hood*s  squadron,  with  the  command  of  the  Terrible,  in  the  a^ioa 
with  the  French  fleet,   off  the  island  of  Martinico ;  and  in  the  month  of 
September  1782,  sailed  in  the  Egmont  with  Lord  Howe's  fleet  to  the  relief  of 
Gibraltar.—- On  the  death  of  Captain  Broderick  Hartwell  he  was  appointed 
Lieutenant  Governor    of  Greenwich  Hospiul.     After  the  paralytic  stroke 
which  came  upon  him  in  1786,  during  a  journey  to  Scotland,  and  which  he 
always  attributed  to  riding  in  a  coach,  he  forced  himself  to  London,  and 
hai»tenjng  to  Carleton  House,  oppressed  with  irons  to  support  his  palsied  limbs, 
he  at  length  reached  the  apartment  of  his  old  Ueutenant,  then  Captain  J.  W. 
Payne,  exclaiming,  My  dear  Jock  !  /  tantwi  dit  in  ptaety  unUts  I  Mce  m^r*  sbaU 
ym  by  tie  band.     lam  tberefort  eome  to  say  ibus  mucb^  and  to  leave  O  lb  Fe  a  o  u  SON  *8 
hlessing  tvitb  ymt,     God  bleu  you,  my  dear  Lad  /  Jbope  you  Vfill  live  U  tveaiber  it  oy$ 
bftter  than  your  old  C#jw«rirW«-.— Captain  Ferguson  died  on  the  14th  of  February,- 

^786. 

moi  III.  c 


lO  f^lOGaAPillCAL   MIMOIR 

contradia  rhc  authenticity  of  sortie  ludicrous  rclal'dns  • 
respcdling  them,  which  have  long  circulated  at  the  festive  • 
board,  and  cheered  the  gloom  of  many  a  cockpit }  there  were 
doubtless  various  incidents  df  a  similar  nature,  which  really 
happened,  and  arc  forgotten.  We  can  now  only  moralize 
like  Hamlet  over  the  grave  of  this  worthy  charafter — •*  Alas, 
poor  Yorick  !  I  knew  him,  a  fellow  of  infinite  jest ;  of  most 
excellent  fancy  :  where  be  your  gibes  now  ?  your  gambols  ; 
your  songs  >  your  flashes  of  merriment,  that  were  wont  to  set 
the  table  in  a  roar  ?*' 

Lord  Hovt'c  in  his  dispatches  bore  very  honourable  testi- 
mony f  to  the  professional  merit  of  Captain  Ferguson,  and 
his  officers  in  the  Brune  :  In  my  report  to  their  Lordships  upon 
these  several  transa^ions^  particular  notice  is  due  to  the  Ablhtf 
testified  in  the  dire^llon  and  condu^^  of  many  difficult  and  fatiguing 
Services  wi^/VA  Captain  Ferguson  of  the  Brune  was  charged 
with,  preparatory  tOy  and  In  the  progress  of  the  various  movemenis- 
of  the  army  ;  from  the  time  of  the  first  descent  on  Tori  Island  t§ 
this  period. 

On  the  23d  of  March,  1777,  the  Brune,  at  the  opening  of 
the  campaign  after  the  severe  winter  of  1776-77,  was  detached 
as  convoy  to  two  transports  of  troops,  sent  under  the  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Bird  on  the  expedition  to  Peek's  Hill*— Of 
the  tra£t  of  land  which  the  enemy  possessed,  the  mostmoun* 
tainous,  and  of  course  the  most  advantageous,  was  a  place 
that  bore   the    appellation  of  the    Manor  of  Courland  X^ 

*  Wc  allude  to  the  excellent  story  of  the  ball-room  ;  and  the  French 
gentleman,  whom  Captain  Ferguson  thought  he  had  accosted,  and  mistook 
for  his  Jock  Payne-^and  also  to  the  towing  of  the  spars^^all  excellent  in  their 
way  ;  but  like  many '  other  good  stories,  must  not  be  considered  as  fads. 
They  circulated  however  on  board  the  F.agle,  and  often  produced  an  hearty 
laugh  from  tlic  Admiral. — Hnv  u  it,  said  Capuin  Ferguson  one  day  to  his 
olRccrSi  ibat  I  never  go  em  beard  tbt  jtdmiraVi  Ship  but  iter*  is  aixtfmys  tern*  d  —•-  4 
good  sttry  about  Jock  and  me, 

.  f  When  Lord  Howe  appointed  Mr.  Payne  to  the  Brune,  he  was  heard  to  say  ^* 
*■'  1  have  placed  you  under  an  officer  from  whom  you  will  derive  the  greatest 
advantage  ;  in  being  formed  for  tliat  complex  service,  both  by  sea,  and  land, 
which  all  Naval  Officers  ought  to  be  well  versed  in,  since  it  is  a  duty  they  are 
frequently  called  on  to  perform/' 

\  Stedman's  History  of  the  American  War,  vol.  i.  page  »77. 


OF   REAR.-ADMTRAL   JOHN  WILLBTT    PAYNE.  'l  I 

This  was  in  a  degree  converted  into  a  citadel  ;  and  large 

qviantities   of  provisions,  forage,  and  stores  of  every  kind, 

were  deposited  in  it.    About  fifty  miles  from  New  York, 

^  tip  Hudson's  River,  was  a  place  called   Peek's   Hill,  that 

^  served  as  a  Port  to  Courland  Manor  ;  and  by  which  stores 

and  provisions  were  received,  and  conveyed  either  to  the 

army,  or  to  the  numerous  strong  holds,  situated  in  the  more 

interior  parts. 

The  Commander  in  Chief  being  convinced  of  the  impor- 
tance of  this  place,  determined  to  open  the  campaign,  by  an 
attack  upon  it.  On  the  approach  ofthe  detachment,  a  body 
of  between  seven  and  eight  hundred  men  drew  up  at  a  distance, 
under  the  command  of  Colonel  Macdougal ;  with  an  apparent 
intention  of  opposing  the  British  armament  :  on  the  nearer 
approach,  however,  of  the  force  under  Colonel  Bird,  they 
rerired  to  a  strong  pass  at  about  two  miles  distance  ;  which 
commanded  the  entrance  into  the  mountains,  and  covered  a 
road  tliat  led  to  some  mills  and  other  deposits.  Several 
stores  were  consumed  ;  but  the  destru£tion  was  not  so  con* 
siderable  s^s  w^s  expelled :  the  largest  magazines  ren^aining 
inaccessible  to  our  forces,  through  the  ruggedness  of  the 
country  in  which  they  were  secured.  Having  completed  the 
conflagration,  as  far  as  was  pradicable,  and  destroyed  several 
small  craft  laden  with  provisions,  the  British  force  returned, 
under  convoy  ofthe  Brune,  to  New  York.  It  appeared  that 
the  Commander  in  Chief  had  received  false  intelligence  ofthe 
situation  of  Peek's  Hill ;  which  did  not  contain  the  quan- 
tity of  stores,  he  had  been  led  to  expert. 

Some  time  previous  to  Captain  Ferguson's  leaving  the 
North  American  station,  for  the  West  Indies,  Lieutenant 
J.  W.  Payne  was  appointed  to  the  Phcpnix,  40guDS,  Captain 
Sir  Hyde  Parker  *  (now  Admiral  of  the  Blue;,  and  was  on 

*  Son  to  the  late  Admiral  Sir  Hyde  Parker,  Bart^  who  being  detached  in  the 
Panther  by  Admiral  Cornish,  on  tlic  fourth  of  O^obcr  176a,  with  the  Argo, 
Captain  King,  in  search  of  a  ^paniUi  galleon  called  the  Philippina,  captured 
fhc  bantissima  Trinidada,  from  Manilla,  to  Acapulco,  equal  in  magnitude  to  a 
^litiih  first  rate,    ^he  wa»  pierced  for  tiftj  guns,  but  when  takeo  onlf' 

4 


H  b:ogr^prical  mbmotk 

femarkablc,  he  possessed  the  happy  faculty  of  gaiaing  the 
esteem  and  friendship  of  them  all.  From  the  Roebuck, 
Lieutenant  Payne  was  removed  into  the  Romney,  50  guns, 
of  which  be  was  appointed  first,  having  the  broad  pendant  of 
Commodore  G.  Johnstone,  to  whom  the  command  on  the 
Lisbon  station  had  been  given.-^The  charafter  of  the  Com- 
iDodore  had  certainly  its  weak  parts,  which  his  enemies  havo 
sedulously  exerted  themselves  to  make  known.  Yet  after  all 
the  abuse  which  has  been  heaped  upon  him,  professional  men 
wiD  still  acknowledge  his  merit,  and  respeft  parts  of  his 
coirdud.  No  man  possessed  more  of  what  has  been  termed 
the  imptger^  iracundus^  incxorabilis^  acer  of  human  nature  than 
farmscif ;  but  he  was  also  an  aiFedionate,  and  firm  friend. 
His  attack  on  Lord  Haw€  was  ilKjudgedy  and  improper  i 
lut  his  zeal  for  tlie  Service,  and  his  continued  attention  to 
those  whom  he  wished  to  advance  in  It,  should  not  be  dis- 
Tegarded.  He  had  indeed  too  much  of  the  imperious  asperity 
c^f  a  Wolsey,  but  he  also  possessed  the  Cardinal's  unalterable 
attachment  to  those  friends,  whose  adoption  he  had  tried* 
Nrs  great  and  leading  fault  consisted  in  having  a  ixund  that 
was  aifluated  by  the  ancient  principles  of  heroism  :— O 
Oicar  *  /  bend  the  strong  in.  arm  :  iut  spare  ilxfublt  hand.  Be 
tk$u  a  stream  <f  tnany  Tides ^  aga'pist  Tie  Foes  af  thy  peopU  ;  but 
Ute  the  gale  that  moves  the  grass  to  those  who  ask  thine  aid. 

With  this  officer,  Lieutenant  Payne  prepared  to  embark 
at  the  dose  of  the  year  (1779).  The  Romney  was  at  tliis 
time  lying  at  anchor  in  Torbay,  having  returned  from  a 
cruise  in  the  Channel,  under  the  comnnand  of  Sir  Charles 
Hardy.  It  was  late  in  the  day  before  the  wind  allowed  the 
Squadron  under  Commodore  Johnstone  to  sail.  When  the 
night  was  considerably  advanced,  the  Commodore  demanded 
of  his  First  Lieutenant  if  all  the  boats  were  in  ;  and  being 
informed  that  they  were,  seen  ed  displeased,  and  r^tlie^ 
sharply  ordered  one  to  be  hoisted  out« 

*  lingal,  book  iii.  page  44,  410.  c^ 


OV   RBAR-ADStlRAtf   JOKH   WILLBTT    PATNB.  1$ 

The  Coxnmodorc's  orders  were  obeyed :  but  what  was'  the 
surprise  of  his  Lieutenant  when  he  was  thus  addressed  : — ^ 
"  I  am  desired  to  advance  you  Commander,  as  soon  as  I  have 
lost  the  Admiral's  light — can  you  sec  it?" — No  light  could 
foe  discerned  1—**  Go  then.  Sir,  immediately  on  board  tlie 
Cormorant,  and  call  up  Roddam  Home  ;  tell  him  l>e  is 
appointed  to  the  Romney,  and  that  you  are  to  command  the 
Cormorant.  Hasten  !  the  wind  may  come  about  before 
mornin]g>  and  force  us  back  into  Torbay  ;  and  you  both  may 
wait  many  years  for  your  promotion/* — Lieutenant  Payne 
obeyed,  and  was  thus  advanced  to  the  rank  of  Commander. 

Before  Mr.  Payne  left  the  Romney,  he  had  been  macli 
struck  with  the  chara&er  of  the  Commodore's  Secretary,  who 
was  no  other  than  the  neglefted,  but  elegant  translator  of 
the  Lusiad,  William  Julius  Mickle  :  that  beautiful  epic  poem 
of  Commerce,  which  the  unfortunate  Camoens  composed 
with  all  the  sublimity  of  the  antient  masters. — Captain 
Payne  appointed  Mr.  Simon  Millar,  who  bad  been  Master  of 
tbe  Romney,  his  First  Lieutenant  ;  and  was  thus  instru- 
mental in  bringing  forward  an  officer,  who  has  proved  him- 
self in  every  respeft  worthy  of  the  rank  *  he  has  since  at- 
tained. 

During  their  passage  to  Lisbon,  they  fell  in  with  the 
Santa  Margarctta,  a  fine  Spanish  frigate^  which  was  cap- 
tured after  a  feeble  resistaiK:e.  Among  the  prizes  taken  by 
the  Squadron,  was  the  Artois,  40  guns,  460  men,  then 
esteemed  the  finest  frigate  f,  which  had  ever  been  constru£ted# 

*  Now  Post  Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy. 

f  Commodore  jofaiistone  in  his  Gazette  letter,  dated  on  board  the  Romney^ 
In  the  Tag;u!;,  July  15,  1780—"  The  Artois  was  taken  the  ist  of  July  off  Ciipe 
Finiftterrc,  after  a  sharp  and  well  continued  adion  of  forty-five  minutes^ 
which  does  honour  to  Captain  Home,  and  the  chip's  company  under  his 
command,  'i  he  Romney  bad  two  men  wounded  ;  the  Artois  had  twenty 
killed,  and  forty  wounded.  Tha  Artois  is  by  far  the  finest  frigate  I  ever  saw, 
carrying  twenty-four,  eighteen,  and  nine  pounders  :  she  is  quite  new,  and  bigger 
than  the  Romney  in  all  her  dimensions,  and  is  furnished  with  superabundance 
of  all  kinds  of  stores.  She  was  fitted  out  by  the  province  of  Artois,  and 
supplied  with  officers,  and  men,  by  the  King  of  France  :  and  these  were  in  the 
receipt  of  pay^  both  from  the  Ktn£,  and  the  County  of  Artois.    She  was 


l6  ttOGKAPHlCAL  MBMOiS 

Captain  Payne  who  particularly  distinguished  himself  during 
the  occasional  cruises  on  which  the  Ships  *  were  sent,  was 
advanced  to  Post  rank,  with  the  cominand  of  this  Ship,  on 
the  8th  of  July,  1780  ;  and  had  soon  an  opportunity  of  sup- 
porting the  insulted  honour  of  the  British  flag,  in  a  manner 
that  received  his  Majesty's  approbation.  As  the  particulars 
of  this  event,  are  of  considerable  importance  to  the  naval 
history  of  the  last  war  ;  had  nearly  involved  the  nation  in 
one  with  Portugal,  and  are  but  little  known,  we  shall 
now  proceed  to  their  detail,  having  only  glanced  f  at  then» 
before. 

On  the  seventeenth  day  of  August,  Z78O9  the  following  dcclaratioit 
was  made  at  Lisbont  before  Diico  Ignacio  db  Pin  a  Maniqub, 
of  her  Majesty's  Council,  Intendant  General  of  the  Police,  and  Super* 
iiitendant  General  of  the  contraband  and  ui^wful  abateflsent  of  the 
Royal  Duties,— by  Nico/ao  RibeirOf  a  seaman,  whp  worked  in  one  of 
the  boats  belonging  to  the  Quay  of  Bclem  ;  Jcu  Antonio^  another 
seaman,  who  had  lately  arrived  in  a  vessel  from  France,  called  Nostra 
Senora  de  Belem  ;  and  Manvel  Jo%e^  who  was  also  a  sea£uing  man 
—having  first  taken  their  oaths  that  they  would  declare,  who  had 
engaged  them  to  enter  on  board  of  foreign  Ships  ;  if  any  violence 

.commanded  by  a  respedable  experxenced  officer  in  the  King's  Navy,  Mont. 
Lc  Febre,  who  had  retired  to  hit  estate,  which  is  considerable ;  but  upon  being 
unanimously  recommended  by  the  Comty  to  this  command,  he  had  accepted  of 
It ;  and  now  served  without  any  pay,  or  emolument  whatsoever  :  so  that  tho 
eyes  of  the  Public  in  France  were  very  much  turned  upon  the  success  of  thi» 
Ship ;  being  of  a  new  construSion,  and  a  new  kind  of  establishment,  which  wa» 
calculated  to  induce  other  Counties  to  follow  the  example  of  Artois.*'— 
A  Ship  of  this  name,  with  38  gunti,  was  built  at  Wells's  Yard,  Rotherhithe,  and 
launched  in  1794  :  commanded  first  by  Lord  C.  Fitzgerald,  and  afterwards  by 
Captain  SirX.  Neagle.  She  was  lost  on  the  coast  of  France,  July  31,1 797. 
*  Commodore  'Jobnitont'x  Squadfn^  on  the  etui  of  Portugal  in  1780. 

5  Commodore  G.  Johnstone. 
Captain  Roddam  Home/ 
'  Christopher  Atkinv* 

■  A,  Grxme. 

■  J.  Ford. 
— ^—  J.  W,  Payne. 
-^— "^  J.  M'Laurin. 

The  Rcmiicy  took  off  Vigo,  on  the  sixth  of  July,  after  a  chace  of  five  hoai%| 
the  Pearl,  a  French  frigate  of  18  guns,  and  13  S  men,  commanded  by  the  Che* 
valier  dc  Breigaon. 

t  Vol  II.  page  a  9« 


Romney 

50 

^ulus 

3» 

Tartar 

28 

Brilliant 

28 

Cormorant 

18 

Rattlesnake 

12 

OV   KBAK-AlDnnAL  JOHN   WILLBTT   PATMI.  I7 

-bad  dieee  been  offend  tkem  ;  and  whether,  to  their  knowledge, 
.way  of  their  coBntrymen  continued  in  the  service  of  the  said 
•Shipa* 

Nkoiao  Rtbaro  depottdy — that  being  on  shore  on  the  Quay  of  Bclem^ 
on.  the  sixteenth  ;  at  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  he  was  addressed 
in  Portuguese  by  an  £ngli8hman>  whom  he  knew  by  sight,  and  had 
4ieard  called  a  linguists  who  was  also  frequently  engaged  in  procuring 
f  oftuguese  to  serve  on  .boaid  Ships  of  their  own  nation*  He  asked 
the  deponent  to  go  in  his  boat,  and  assist  a  boy  in  rowing  on  board 
Jiis  Ship,  a  piize  taken  froa  the  French,  and  called  the  Little  Frigate 
—  tjbat  he  ahould  be  paid  for  his  trouble,  and  sent  beck.  The  depo* 
nent»  thus  persuaded,  went  into  the  Englishman's  boat ;  and  being 
arrnred  on  board  the  frigate  demanded  permission  to  return  :  which 
was  no  sooner  heard  by  the  Captain  of  her,  than  he  ordered  the  depo« 
«ent  to  go  betmeen  xiecks,  to  his  hammock  ;  which  was  thnee 
•epeatedy  with  threats  that  if  he  did  not  obey  he  should  be  put  in 
irons.  Finding  himself  thus  situated,  the  deponent  jumped  into  the 
aea,  and  swam  to  a  Danish  vessel  that  lay  neao  loading  salt :  the 
Englishman  on  board  the  frigate  had  a  blunderbuss  in  his  handt 
which  however  he  did  not  think  proper  to  fire*— From  the  Panish 
iveasd  the  deponent  went  on  shore  without  delay,  and  immediately  laid 
the  whole  transadion  before  the  Most  JUvstriousy  and  Most  Excellent 
MARTIN  HO  D£  Mbllo  £  C4  8  TRo,  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Marine 
.Department*  On.  board  the  same  English  Ship  were  the  above* 
mentioned  Joze  Jniooiop  and  Manvel  Joze^  with  several  other 
TortQgttese,  who  altogether  might  amount  to  eighteen,  or  nineteen 
persons- 

Mam^  Jc%e  i^oted^ — that  about  seventeen  days  past,  he  was 
engaged  by  one  Antonio  a  seaman,  and  native  of  The  Islands  (who  had 
sailed  to  and  firom  Bratil)}  to  enter  on  board  the  said  English  frigate  ; 
he  was  to  h^ve  received  a  New  Crown  for  every  day  and  night-^-and  if 
he  chose  to  continue  in  the  En^^ish  service^  on  board  the  said  Ship, 
he  should  receive  four  guineas  per  month.  The  deponent  being  per- 
suaded by  this  Antonio,  who  had  long  been  accustomed  to  such  trans* 
xdions,  went  on  board  :  having  obtained  leave  from  t^ie  Captain,  he 
this  day  (August  17)  came  on  shore :  as  yet,  they  have  never  paid  him 
any  thing*  It  was  not  the  deponent's  intention  to  sail  with  the 
English*  though- many  of  the  Portuguese  on  board  wished  it  :  he  be- 
lieved there  were  ebout  nineteen  in  the  above  frigate. 

yo%i  Amionio  dtpated^ — that  be  was  eog^iged  to  enter  on  board  the 
Eoglish  Ship  by  the  same 'Antonio,  with  another  sailor  called 
Dommgoi  jfoUnio  ;  he  was  to  receive  a  Nenv  Crown  for  every  day  and 
night*     He  continued  doing  his  duty  on  board  until  the  present  day^; 

a30l-  III.  D 


S€  BIOOAAFHICAL   MEMOll. 

when  going  with  the  boat  to  the  shore,  he  ran  iwaf»  leaitnj; 
Domingos  on  board,  with  about  eighteen  more  of  his  countrymen. 
— The  deponent  did  not  know  for  certain  of  any  Portuguese  being  on 
board  other  foreign  Ships  ;  he  only  heard  it  reported  that  several 
Portuguese  were  op  board  another  large  English  fngatey  which  also 
was  a  prize  taken  from  the  French. 

The  above  Declarations  being  heard  by  the  said  Intendant  General 
of  the  Police,  he  ordered  the  present  Form  to  he  drawn  upi  which  . 
be  signed,  together  with  the  deponents :  and  I  pkdge  my  Buth  to 
have  passed  the  contents  with  truth  :  and  I  Manvell  Jozb  db 
MoRAES  both  wrote,  and  signed  iU-'^Rtihrk  of  the  Dezemlfargadar 
Intendant  General  of  the  PoTuem 

Having  received  aa  order  from  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  Marine  Department,  Don  Difico  Icnacio  attempted  to 
search  the  English  Ships  in  a  most  unprecedented  manner  : 

and  afterwards  transmitted  the  following  letter  to  the  Secre- 
tary De  Mello  : 

MOST  ILLUSTRlOtrS,  AND  MOST  BXCBLLSMT  SIR, 

In  obcdtcncc  to  the  commands  your  Excellency  yesterday  issued, 
I  iscnt  on  board  the  prizes,  which  the  English-  had  taken  from  the 
French,  and  fitted  out  in  this  river,  viz.  the  Pear/,  Artoiit  and  Tartar, 
the  Dczcmbargador  Auditor  of  the  Marine,  Guil her mb  Batista 
Garvu,  and  the  Juis  de  Crime  da  Ribeira,  Domingos  Montbikq 
»e  Albuqubrqub  ;  assisted  by  fifty  soldiers  to  rescue  the  Portu- 
giiesc,  who  were  said  to  be  on  board  the  above  vessels — (as  was  lately 
done,  when  thirty -seven  Portuguese  were  rescued,  the  luajor  part  of 
wh(»ra  were  carried  on  board  by  force,  as  I  have  already  informed  your 
Excellency).  On  the  arrival  of  the  above  ministers  of  justice  along- 
side the  Ship  Pfarif  commanded  by  Captain  il^iU'tam  IVbitf  ;-^the 
same  officer,  who  was  on  board  when  the  former  visit  was  made^ 
ordered  several  of  his  crew,  with  cannon  balls  in  their  hands,  to 
'declare  that  the  boats  shoidd  retire -*  nor  would  they  consent  that  the 
Miniscera  oi  justice  should  come  on  board  and  examine  the  Ship, 
to  take  out  the  Portuguese  ;  adding,  that  if  they  attempted  it  they 
would  immediately  sink  the  boats.  Similar  condudt  was  also  followed 
hj  the  officers  of  th)e  Ship  Artols,  of  which  John  WiUett  *  Payne  is 
Captain.  The  whole  of  this  is  proved  in  a  better  manner,  by  the 
relation  which,  the  above  Ministers  made  ;  wherein  the  whole  trans- 
•^on  IS  described,  and  the  certainty  of  there  being  many  Portugruese 
on  board  the  Pearl ;  which  has  been  asserted  by  men  in  other  vessels 
of  the  atme  natk)D«    This  I  lay  before  your  £scclkncyi  that  it  may  be 


OP   UAft*AO]il&AL  JOHH   WILLBTT   PA7irS»  I^ 

P'Cientcd  to  Hsfc  Ma;  ■  sty  ;  aod  the  Tiolcnce  be  made  kaami, 
wliicb  this  officer  has  pradHaed^  as  well  as  his  eontinuiog  to  receive  on 
board  hia  Ship  Portuguese  tubjeds ;  ccMnpelliog  some,  abd  tempting 
otheia  by  promises  of  great  advantage* 
Lishoa,  Sepiemher  3,  1780* 

DIEGO  IGNACIO  DA  PINA  MANIQUS, 

The  following  is  the  relation  of  the  Tisit  made  on  board  the  /irtoUy 
and  Pearly  to  which  the  Intendant  General  alludes  : 

**  In  the  year  of  oar  Lord  Jesus  Christy  one  thousand,  sevea 
hnndrcdy  and  eighty ,  on  the  third  day  of  September  of  the  said  year* 
in  this  city  of  Lisbonyby  order  of  Her  Most  Faithful  Majesty,  whom 
God  preserve — ^the  Dezembarga^or  Intendant  General  of  the  Police, 
of  this  Comty  and  Kingdom^  ddegrated  the  Do6iors  Guilhirmb 
BArnsTA  GAaTa»  DeKen^argadar  dc  Relacaa  de  Porto »  with  th^ 
o£Bce  ofCorregukr  dt  Crime  df  Bmrro  da  Rua  Novdy  and.  Domingos 
MoNTORio  DO  ALBtiouEKQUB  Amakal,  Jms  de  Crime  do  Bairro  da 
Ribtirat  who  went  together  with  -us  Escrivaent  to  the  officers  of  the 
said  Ministers,  with  Jertmimo  Esteves^  Interpreter  of  the  English 
language,  to  whom  was  administered  tho  Oath,  by  the  Holy  £vange« 
fists,  that  he  should  relate  in  the  Portuguese  idiom  whatever  he  should 
hear,  or  might  be  answeted,  in  the  English  tongue  ;  and  sundry 
Officers  of  Justice,  and  foot  soldiers,  who  were  distributed  in  several 
boats,  with  oars,  all  made  for  the  frigate  called  the  Peari^  (which  is  a 
prize  taken  from  the  French,  at  present  manned  by  the  English,  and 
anchored  in  the  port  of  Belem)  for  the  purpose  of  withdrawing  forty 
Portuguese  young  men,  who  were  reported  to  be  on  board  :  to  efieft 
irfnch  the  boat  went  alongside,  in  which  were  the  said  Ministers^  we 
the  EjcrivaaUf  and  the  interpreter.  The  crew  of  the  said  vessel  wera 
immediately  all  in  motion  ;  and  there  came  to  the  Ship's  side^ 
several  persons  who  had  snatched  up  cannon  bodlsf  and  without  any 
more  provocation  began  to  take  aim,  as  if  to  throw  them  dirediy  int* 
qpr  boat,  and  the  otheta  which  contained  the  OfBcera  of  Justice,  and 
the  military. 

When  the  crew  of  the  said  Ship  beheld  the  latter,  they  seemed 
almost  frantic*  and  tumultuously  assembled  on  the  Ship*^  side,  witlv 
threatening  gestures.  One  man,  whom  by  his  dress  we  judged  was  a 
common  seaman,  lifted  his  hand  with  the  intention  of  throwing  a  shot 
at  us  ;  whidi  he  would  certainly  have  done,  had  he  not  been  prevented 
by  a  comrade,  who  held  his  arm.  Of  all  which  we  the  Eurivaen^ 
•  pledge  our  faith.  On  seeing  this,  the  said  Ministers,  by  the  mouth  of 
the  interpreter,  instantly  desired  the  Captain,  and  the  other  angry 
officers!  who  were  on  boards  that  they  would  order  the  crew  to  refiaui 


30(  •  llOdtAVHlCAL   WkMOIt 

fvoni  floch  a  notorious  iiwolt,  as  they  appeared  icadf  td  tforinfc  f 
for  that  they,  the  said  Mimstersy  did  not  come  to  use  any  violence,  nor 
had  they  been  guflty  of  any  rude  adion  whatever.  Which  beng* 
intimated  to  the  Captain,  who  said  his  name  was  H^hUe^  he  rrpUed  in  a 
peremptory  manner,  that  the  boats  in  which  were  the  OflKers  of 
Justice^  ancif  the  military,  should  keep  their  distance ;  if  not,  he  would 
heave  a  shot  overboard,  and  send  them  to  the  bottom :  this  he  re- 
peated several  times,  making  signs  of  his  intention-^K>f  which  we  the 
Escrliaens  pledge  our  fuith.  The  boats,  for  this  reason,  having  put  off 
from  the  Ship  to  some  distance  ;  it  was  intimated  to  the  said  Captain, 
to  declare  on  his  word  of  honour  what  number  of  Portuguese  were  on 
board— >and  that  he  should  deliver  them  up  to  the  Ministers  of  Juaticty 
who  came  to  receive  them^  as  their  own  sabje&^-on  hearing  wbich^ 
be  answered,  that  he  had  not  one  in  Kis  Ship. 

It  being  a  second  time  intimated,  with  great  civility,  that  the  Cap-^ 
tain  should  order  a  search  to  be  made  on  board  the  Pearl  ^  since  noC 
many  days  past,  a  visit  having  been  made  to  a  Ship  for  a  similar  pur* 
pose,  the  Captain  of  which  had  declared  he  had  no  Portuguese  on 
board,  when  at  the  very  instant  several  appeared,  and  said,  that  thejf 
were  forcibly  detained, — the  same  might  possibly  be  now  the  case  $ 
they  therefore  requested  Captain  White  to  order  a  proper  search  to  be 
made — but  he  still  replying  that  he  had  already  declared  there  were  no 
Portuguese  on  board  ;  the  said  Ministers  ordered  their  boat  to  put  ofi*, 
and  go  alongside  a  frigate  called  the  jirtoUf  taken  from  the  French  ; 
at  present  manned  by  the  English^  and  anchored  abreast  of  Belem 
Castle*     . 

When  the  boat,  with  the  sud  Ministers,  had  come  alongside,  they 
ordered  the  interpreter  to  intimate  to  the  Captain,  who  declared  hia 
name  to  be  John  fVtllett  Payne,  that  on  his  word  of  honour  he  would 
deliver  up' such  Portuguese,  as  he  might  have  on  board  }— to  which  he 
replied,  <<  that  on  his  word  of  honour  he  had  no  Portuguese  in  his 
Ship** — ^which  the  said  Ministers  hearing,  they  immediately  ordered 
their  boat  to  put  off,  and  to  join  the  other  boats,  which  had  not 
accompanied  them,  in  order  to  avoid  a  similar  insult  to  that  already 
received  from  the  Pearl  frigate. 

A  relation  of  the  whole  transaSion  was  ordered  to  be  drawn  up, 
which  they  signed,  with  the  said  interpreter  ;  and  we  the  Escmaent 
pledge  our  faith,  that  the  whole  contents  of  this  rebtion  are  the  truths 
and  as  the  truth  we  sign  it. 

And  I  Bc&NARDO   DA   SlLVA   CaROOZO^   ESCRIVAO    OB  CrIMS 

HO  Bairro  ua  RiBEiRA  wrotc  this. 

GARVO. 

AMARAL  BERNARDO  DA  SlLVA  CARDOZO. 

JERONIMO  ESTP.VJiS. 

JO^E  ANTONIO  DA  CUNHA  Bn'ANCOURT. 


or  KBAR-ABItniAL  JOBlf  ITlZlVtr   PAYNt.  21 

'  Ott  the  Iftk  of  September^  tbe  fbUbwing  letter  wss*  receiTed  by  Mr. 
Walpolfy  then  British  Envoy  at  this  Court,  from  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Portogticse  Marine  Depaatnicnt : 

MONSIEUR, 

Par  les  deux  copies  ci-jolntes.  No.  i,  et  No.  2>  vous  verrez  la  con- 

^uiU  des  Officiers  Commandants  des  Corsaires  Angloise  qui  se  trouvent 

dans  ce  Port ;  particulierement  des  deux  prises  nommees  V^rtois^  et 

la  Perle  :  sa  Majcstee,  en  consequence  dc  ces  attentats  reitercs,  >a 

ordonnee  aux  Commandants  des  Chateaux  de  Bclem,  et  dc  St.  Julien  de 

nc  point  pcrmettrc  la  sortie  de  ces  deux  vaiwcaux,  a  fin  de  prendre  lea 

mesures  convenables,  pour  faire  rcspefter  les  Loix  de  ce  Royaume,  et 

pour  empecher  a  Tavenir  des  coroportemcnts  aussi  extraordinaires  que 

ceux  dont  il  est  question* 

J'ai  rhonncur  d'etre,  &c. 

D£  MEIJLO, 
Notre  Dame  d*A juda,  le 

jme  Sqptembre  1780* 
MoHsioir  IValfole,  t^c.  i^f.  CfTc 

The  officers  of  the  Artois,  and  Pearl,  as  might  be  expedted,  were 
not  dilatory  in  rescuing  their  own  characters  from  such  unjust  asper- 
slonsy  and  in  supporting  the  insulted  honour  of  the  British  Na\ry« 
They  immediately  drew  up  a  real  statem?nt  of  fa£b,  from  the  first 
visit,  which  they  received  during  the  evening  of  Saturday  the  tgth  of 
August^  to  that  made  by  the  Portuguese  Ofncers  of  Justice,  on  Sunday 
the  third  of  September  ;  which  being  signed  by  the  principal  Officers 
of  the  respe6live  Ships,  was  transmitted  by  Captain  Payne  to  Mr. 
Walpole  the  British  Envoy. 

On  Friday  the  fifteenth  of  September,  1780,  Captain  Payne 
received  the  following  letter  from  Mr.  Walpole  : 

SIR, 

I  have  transmitted  to  Mons,  de  Mi  llo.  Her  Most  Faithful 
Msgcflty's  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Marine  Department,  translations 
of  the  declarations  of  His  Majesty's  Officers  on  board  the  Artois  ;  and 
dso  a  translation  of  the  letter  to  you  from  Captain  White,  who  com- 
mands tbe  Pearl ;  which  you  delivered  to  me  as  answers  to  the  several 
p^ers  I  had  received  from  Mons.  de  Mello,  with  his  letter  of  the  fiflh 
instant,  and  had  communicated  to  you* 

Monsieur  de  Mello  acquaints  me,  that  the  above-mentioned  answers 
faaye  been  laid  before  Her  Most  Faithful  Majesty  \  and  that  it  is 
natural  to  believe  that  the  misunderstanding  of  the  Portuguese  Inter- 
preter has  been  the  cause  of  what  happened. 


S9  BIOGKAPaiCAL   IfftVOlS 

I  am  desired  by  Monacor  dc  McIIo  to  mentioii  to  yovi  thst  wftcD 
tbc  jfrtoU  ttsd  Pror/  are  prqniag  to  «!»  aome  pciioa*  will  be  lent  to 
those  Shkps  to  ask  for,  and  receive  the  Porta^oeae  MQoffiy  and  olkcr 
Furtogttcse  sobje^  that  may  happen  to  be  on  board. 

I  amy  Sir» 
Toor  moat  obedient  hnmbic  acrrant, 

ROBERT  yfALPOUL 


We  iball  first  insert  a  £rw  extrada  from  the  ^rited 
the  British  Officers  ;  and  will  then  add  some  passa^a  £rom  a  lettti , 
which  Captain  Payne  sent  to  Mr.WalpoIe,  relative  to  what  had 
passed* 

FrasT  DtCLARATioif  rf  the  OJicers  nf  His  Mt^erffs  Ship  ArtiHt^. 
ifing  td  Anchor  in  die  TaguSf  wecrfy  9fpmheihe  Cattfe  ef  BtTem^  m 
Jbuwcr  to  the  Jsurtiau  rffhc  Portm^meu  Mimsten  Qfjusdee. 

VXTRACTS* 

— ^The  boot,  in  which  were  the  Civil  Officers, being  come  sdongfidc» 
sbottt  four  o'clock  on  the  nineteenth  of  Angnst,  Mr.  Worthmgton, 
Clerk  to  the  E.  V.  C.  aftcd  a»  interpreter,  as  the  person  bronght  Car 
that  purpose  spoke  bnt  indifferent  English. — Mr.  Worihington 
affirmed,  he  wes  directed  by  the  said  Officers  of  Justice  to  decLrr, 
in  case  of  our  refusing  to  comply  with  their  request  {g't*^ng  vp  the 
Portapteie  on  hoard] ^  the  Castle  hsd  immediate  orders  to  fire  into  as  ; 
for  as  we  were  considered  as  men  of  war»  they  did  not  intend  to  starch. 
The  Commanding  Officer  on  hoard  judicioosly  considering  that  sach 
vrniccessary,  and  improper  threats  ought  not  to  wkhdraw  him  fromr  hb 
Duty ;  and  with  good  reason  snppoemg  that  no  such  on  warrantable 
behaviour  conld  be  authorised  by  her  Most  Faithful  Majesty,  prudently 
took  no  notice  of  such  a  threat  ;  hot  answered,  that  there  tvere  sfvtral 
r^rtuguete  on  toardy  tttho  should  he  immeduitefy  delinfered  np  :  and,  in  the 
mean  tinK»  begged  of  the  Officers  to  come  on  board  ^  at  the  tame  tinn 
Ttaiing  them  offers  ef  refrefhment ;  ^tr&iehthey  aeeeftedm 

During  the  time  that  the  Officers  of  the  Ship  were  making  aearch 
for  the  said  Portuguese,  who  had  concealed  themadves  in  difiercna 
part^  of  the  Ship  ;  and  had,  on  ^e  appearance  of  the  Fortuguete 
boats,  made  vse  of  erety  entreaty  to  be  detained  (even  feUing  on  thev 
knees,  saying  they  should  certainly  be  put  in  Prison^  if  they  were 
found  at  work  on  board).  Being  gi^n  to  Budcrstand  that  it  waa 
impossible  to  detain  them  ;  they  flew  to  every  part  of  fitt  Ship  for 
safety  : — some  of  them  got  into  the  Captain '&  coibin,  he  not  being  on 
hriard,  snd  there  concealed  themselves  ;  whence  they  were  taken  ;  and 
two  othci-s  h»(i  even  let  themselves  down  into  The  WeQ  of  the  Sldp^ 
ivherc  they  evaded  the  search  of  tlie  people  sent  to  look  for  thfpu*. 

I 


OP   RSAft'AOItlRAL   JOHV    VILLSTT   PATNS.  2 J 

Theic,  kcn^c^w,  wore  the  day  fi^wing  discovered,  and  sent  on  shore. 
£xdusive  of  these  two»  tweatj-five  Portaguese  were  found  on  board, 
and  were  all  ddirered  to  the  officcn  who  demanded  them  :  after  this 
they  retired ;  and  excepting  the  threat  of  fioleoce,  above  rebfted* 
aothiag  but  Civilitleg  paaaed  oa  both  udes^  dunag  their  cootlnuauce  on 
board. 

l^e  OSoerg  of  hit  Ms^aty^s  Ship  Jrialshxwc  been  rigidly  dbservant 
of  what  they  imagined  was  the  wish  of  Her  Most  Faichfiil  Majesty* 
fy  rtfiuimj  all  the  offers  thai  are  daily  made  fjr  ihe  Porittguese  iahguren  A» 
he  aduatud'tMtQ  the  Ship  j  and  in  particidarby  sending  five  of  the  ;d»ovo. 
mentioned  tweaty^five  Poituguese  on  shore— who  had  again  retarned* 
begging  to  coatinue.  Hia  Majesty's  Ships  in  this  river,  having 
been  classed  in  the  a&resaid  Declaration,  with  armed  Ships,  and 
Privatseia ;  and  a  tort  of  charge  of  ^-treatment  exhibited  against  the 
whole  ;  it  becomes  expedient  for  the  King's  Ships*  in  vindication  of 
dicmaelvcst  and  the  Honour  of  their  nation,  to  declare  that  every 
tfedet  ^f  enedty^  and  ^pprtJtUa^  U  asforeigm  t9  their  diifotitkmSf  as  it  it 
fnii&ted  by  their  iMCmSSwi/.— « 

Every  Officer  b  the  Artw  does  by  this  intf  rument  declare — ^that 
during  the  whole  time,  there  has  been  occasion  to  employ  Portuguese 
iabttererif  oa  board  the  said  Ship  ;  there  has  not  been  an  instancci  of 
one  <^  them  being  pnnished  in  the  smallest  degree  ;  and  that  further- 
novc  it  has  always  been  the  Captain's  oiders,  that  they  shonld  be 
permitted  to  go  oa  shore  whenever  they  pkased.  The  testimony 
^vea  by  the  Portngnese,  and  confirmed  by  a  letter  to  His  Ezcelkncy 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Marine  Department,  having  made 
■acatioQ,  that  the  greater  part  of  the  men,  taken  otit  of  the  Ships, 
wveie  entitled  to  several  months  wages,  and  prize  money  ;  is  sufficiently 
contradi&ed  by  the  time  those  Ships  have  been  in  the  river,  and  the 
predicament  *  ia  which  they  are  known  to  stand. 

In  itestimony  of  what  is  related,  as  above,  being  the  truth,  the 
whok  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  tiuth.  We  the  principal  Offi.cers  of 
His  Majesty's  Sh^  drUis,  hereunto  have  sufaacribed  our  names  : 

Ci'veu  m  board* 

JOHN  WILUETT  PAYNE,  &c. 

Seco  VD  DfiCLAtATloa  of  the  Officers^  and  Men»  ofHu  Majestfs  Ship 

Artois. 

EXTRACTS* 

Co  Sunday,  September  the  third,  i;8ot  wbiist  the  said  Ship  was 
^vepzriag  to  sail,  there  came  aki^;stde  a  boat  with  sundry  Portnguesa 
Officers  of  Justice^  who  asked  the  Commanding  Officer,  to  declare 

*  W^mg  been  deuinci. 


94  nOGftAPRlOAL   UMMgaUL 

opon  Ill's  honour,  wliether  he  had  any  Portuguese  vulje^  on  houi» 
To  which  the  Officer  answered,  that  if  they  would  be  pleased  to  st«]r 
a  fliiort  time>  until  the  8hip  was  thoroughly  searched*  he  should  be  able, 
with  more  certaintyy  to  assure  him  to  the  contnry*— at  the  saaae  tioie 
the  Officer  of  the  Artots  requested  the  Portuguese  to  come  on  board  ; 
which  was  declined,  saying  they  should  be  content  with  the  asswrmoes 
of  the  Commanding  Officer :  who,  on  the  report  of  none  being  found, 
iigni&ed  the  same  to  the  Officers  :  on  hearing  this  they  civilly  went 
«fiway  ;  and  this  is  all  that  passed  along8idc.<— In  confirmatioa  of  the 
above  being  the  truth.  Sec.  &c* 

Given  on  board* 

Signed  m  $be  tame  tfuumer  at  thcjintm 

Captain  Payne,  in  a  letter  which  he  addressed  to  Mr*  Walpole, 
.strongly  expressed  his  feelings  as  a  British  Officer,  and  his  utter 
astonishment  at  what  had  passed. — '<  I  was  further  encouraged  to 
think  that  every  odium  was  removt^d,  at  least  from  his  Majesty's  Ships, 
by  the  assurance  of  his  Excellency  {Moiu.  tie  Mdla)f  who  did  me  the 
honour  to  say  he  was  well  convinced,  I  could  not  descend  to  the 
behaviour  specified   in  the  above  mentioned  declarations;  and  hl» 
Majesty's  two  Ships,  Arioh^  and  P/ar/, might  sail  as  soon  as  they  woce 
ready  for  sea — only  permhting  the  ceremony  of  a  wit  to  be  nuule  to  tie 
Sb'ipt*  prcwous  to  our  departure*     I  acquainted  His  £xceUency>  that  it 
was  out  of  my  power  to  grant  ivhat  he  required  :  the  propriety  of 
which  I  flatter  my^lf  you  will  agree  to  ;  as  it  would  certainly  he 
giving  up  a  Point  of  National  Honour — for  which  purpose  only  J 
can   imagine  the  demand  to  have   been  made.     It   was  not  until 
Sunday,  ■  the  third  of  this  month  {Septemher)^  that  I  heard  there  was 
the  least  cause  of  complaint  alledged  agraiast  any  of  the  British  Ships  in 
the  river  ;  and  I  was  getting  under  weigh  to  proceed  to  sea,  when  I 
received  a  vtibal  message  from  an  Officer,  alongside,  that  The  Queen 
desired  we  would  not  sail  without  her  further  orders  :  unusual  as  such 
a  me^ge,  as  well  as  the  mode  of  delivering  it,  might  appear,  I  juJged 
it  proper,  considering  the  good  understanding  between  the  Courts  of 
Great  Britain,  and  Portugal,  to  delay  going  to  sea,  until  I  had  made 
some  further  enquiries  relative  to  the  cause  of  such  a  proceeding."— 

Capt-ainPayne  then  retates  the  difficulty  he  experienced  in  procuring 
an  audience  with  Mons.  de  Mello,  whom  he  at  last  found  at  home. 
He  also  waited  on  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Castle  of  Belero, 
by  whom  he  was  politely  received  ;  but  could  not  discover  any  reason 
for  the  detention  of  the  Ships  :  after  pointing  out  the  fallacy  of  the  , 
report  of  the  Ministers  of  Justice,  by  a  Variety  of  plan  fafts,  he  thuk 
concludes  his  letter  to  Mr.  Walpole— <<  Having  I  think  sufficiently 


OP    RBAR-ADMIRAL   JOHN   WILLBTT    PATNS.  2^ 

proved,  by  the  testimony  of  every  Officer  on  boardi  the  said 
Portuguese  declaration,  I  have  only  to  apologize  for  trespassing  so 
long  upon  your  time  ;  and  beg  leave  to  subscribe  myself  with  the 
highest  resped,  and  esteem," — &c. 

Some  secret  influence  must  in  this  instance  have  been 
exerted  by  the  enemies  of  Great  Britain,  to  occasionr  a 
rupture  between  the  tw.o  Courts,  which  was  prevented  by 
the  spirited,  yet  temperate  conduft  of  Captain  Payne, 
Though  at  this  time  but  a  young  officer,  he  neitlier  suffered 
the  rashness  of  youth  to  hurry  him  into  the  snare,  that  was 
concealed  with  so  much  art ;  nor  the  repeated  effrontery  of 
the  Portuguese  to  make  the  smallest  encroachment  on  the 
independence  of  the  British  Navy.  His  conduft  received 
the  entire  approbation  of  his  Sovereign  ;  and  was  duly 
appretiated  by  Lord  Sandwich,  then  at  the  head  of  The 
Board. 

Captain  Payne  was  at  length  obliged  to  leave  the  Tagus^ 
without  obtaining  any  satisfactory  explanation  from  the 
Court  of  Portugal.  Through  inadvertency,  or  the  exhausted 
patience  of  the  British  seamen,  when  the  Artois  fired  a  gun 
for  a  pilot,  a  shot  was  discharged  against  one  of  the  tawers  of 
Belem,  which  being  thus  thrown  down,  the  Castle  bears  to 
this  day  a  conspicuous  memorial  of  the  above  events* 

On  his  return  to  England,  Captain  Payne  was  appointed 
to  the  Enterprize  ♦,  28  guns  ;  in  this  Ship  he  on  various 
occasions,  both  in  Europe,  and  in  different  parts  of  America, 
continued  to  display  that  exertion,  and  daring  spirit,  which 
denotes  the  British  Seaman.  Amongst  others,  his  spirited 
attack  on  some  Ships  in  harbour,  under  the  protedion  of  a 
battery  in  the  Island  of  Cuba,  the  whole  of  which  he  either 
destroyed,  or  brought  away,  particularly  recommended  him 
to  the  notice  of  his  commanding  officer.  Admiral  Pigot. 
Captain  Payne  was  in  consequence  soon  appointed  to  the 
command  of  the  Leander,  of  50  guns  ;  the  Ship  which  has 
fio  well  supported  her  renown  during  the  present  war,  and 

*  At  prr»cnt  a  receiving  hulk  for  imprcsted  men  iii  the  Thames,  moored 
xiesr  tht  i  ower. 

Qol.  iii.  E 


Stt  tl6CRAPHlCAL  MtMOtt 

was  lareljr  tc8tt)re<!  to  Great  Britain  by  the  noble  liberality  of 
the  Emperor  of  Russia,  Nor  was  it  long  before  Captain 
Payne  enjoyed  an  opportunity  of  adding  considerably  to  his 
proresstonal  fame>  by  one  of  the  most  daring  engagements  that 
was  fought  during  the  war.  The  following  ettraft  of  a  letter 
fh>m  an  officer  on  board)  contains  a  correct  aocotint  of  the 
whole  :  the  aflkm  began  at  midnight. 

LsAiTDCiiy  EngRsh  Harbmrt  Anitgua^  Fetfuarj  12,  'i^^%• 
*^  Since  my  last  to  you.  Captain  Pkyne  was  removed  from  the 
£t)terp'f  lise,  atid  appointed  to  the  command  of  this  Ship  %  and  innne- 
diately  after  reeci^  orders  from  the  AdaAimli  to  coni^y  a  Ccrtd  Ship 
to  the  Northward  of  the  Iskuidl.  On  the  eighteenth  of  last  months 
about  one  o'clock  P.  M*  we  discovered  a  large  Ship  to  windward 
bearing  down  upon  us  ;  but  she  soon  hauled  her  wind»  and  pursued 
her  course  to  the  southward*  By  this  time  we  could  plainly  discern 
her  to  be  a  large  Ship  of  the  line,  and  from  soffke  circumstances  of  her 
behaviour,  we  were  convinced  she  was  an  enemy.  As  we  were  only  an 
humble  6fty  g«n  Ship,  we  might  ha^  been  well  justified  in  pursuing' 
our  owR  course  and  might  have  thought  ourselves  lucky  in  being  per* 
mitted  to  do  so  ;  but  Captain  Payne  thoi^it  differently  \  and,  notwith- 
standing the  great  disparity  between  uSf  was  determined  to  close  with 
the  Chace.  At  four  o*clocl  we  tacked  for  this  purpose,  and  between 
twel*vey  andonty  the  next  morning  $  accomplished  it.  The  enemy,  upon 
this,  brought  to  ;  and  we  iminediately  nm  alongside  of  him,  within 
fourscore  Tar«i.<:»  and  placed  ourselves  dtre£Uyon  his  lee  bow ;  with  onr 
krboard  quarter  abreast  of  his  main- mast  *  :  we  discharged  our  broad- 
side, and  received  that  of  the  enemy  almost  at  the  same  moment ;  and» 
without  any  alteration  of  our  distance,  continued  in  hot  adion  for 
almost  two  hours ;  in  which  time  he  made  a  fruitless  attempt  to  board 
txs,  but  was  repuked  with  such  severity,  as  efifi^ftually  discouraged  him 
6t>m  a  repetition  of  it.  By  this  time  we  had  become  a  perfe^  wreck  ; 
our  masts*  yards,  sails,  and  rigging  of  every  kind,  so  completdy  cut  to 
pieces,  as  to  render  the  Ship  totally  unmanageable.  Our  Rival 
"appeared  in  general  to  have  full  as  little  reason  to  boast  of  the  conse- 
iquences  of  the  contest  as  ourselves  ;  and  in  the  hull  seemed  to  have 
'suffered  much  more.  He  attempted,  however,  as  a  dernier  efibrtf  to 
vrear  under  our  stem,  and  to  rake  us  ;  but  in  this  we  likewise  disi- 
appointed  him ;  for  before  he  could  bring  his  prpjeA  to  bear,  we  got 
our  starboard  side  on  his  larboard  bow.  His  fire  now  began  to  slacken^ 
^ind  be  continued  dropping  astern  of  us,  until  he  had  got  to  the 

*  Refer  to  the  engraving,  Plate  XXV. 


OF    ftBAR«A2>MI&At  JOMV   WILLBTT    PATXE.  W 

^ntance  of  acar  half  a  mik  :  we>  howev«r»  flattered  ouradTes  tliat  Jie 

\aA  only  retired  to  refit,  and  meant  to  decide  the  action  at  day-ligbtf 

vhicbwas  now  near  at  hand  ;  but,  to  our  great  astonishment^  nothing 

waa  to  he  aeen  of  him  in  the  morntngy  which  was  exceedingly  dear  ; 

nor,  udeat  he  aonkt  is  it  possible  to  conje&nre  what  became  of  hinw 

By  tbe  weight  of  the  Shot,  many  of  which  are  aUqking  io  the  sides  qlf 

the  Leander»  and  lire  French  thirty-six  pounderst  this  Ship  must  have 

been  at  least  a  seventy-four  ;  and  by  the  crowd  pf  musqiietry  which 

was  stationed  at  every  Port>  she  certainly  had  on  board  a  conaiderable 

nnmber  of  hmd  troops.     We  engaged  so  closely,  that  the  Leander  was 

thiice  act  on  fire  by  the  enemy's  wads  ;  but  4ie  same  tool  mid  4iea4f 

cm^hUij  wUeh  prevmkd  on  board  of  tu  dar'mg  the  vMf  a^itm*  eftc* 

tnally  ektiiq^nished  the  fiames  each  time,  without  the  least  interruption 

of  it." 

**  When  yon  consider  the  great  inequality  ai  our  force  with 
that  of  the  Ship  which  we  engaged  ;  that  we  sought  the  giory«  we 
obtainedf  by  chasing  her,  and  bringing  her  to  action  ;  and  that  we 
have  given  her  a  most  complete  drubbing,  if  not  sunk  her ;  I  flatter 
mysdf  that  you  will  rank  tlfe  behaviour  of  the  Leamier,  with  the  very 
frtt  expioks  performed  by  single  Ships,  in  the  whiJe  <owrse  of  the  war^ 
I  am  sorry  to  close  my  account  by  observingi  that  besides  the  men 
killed  *  in  a£Uony  we  have  scarcely  any  hopes  of  saving  the  wounded 


ones,'* 


The  following  is  a  correft  copy  of  Admiral  Pigot^s  letter  to 
Mr.  Stephens^  dated— •Formidable,  Gros  Islet  Bay>  St.  Luciap 
March  the  thirds  1783. 

SlRt 

Oiptain  Payner  who  I  had  appointed  to  the  command  of  the 
Leander,  and  sent  to  convoy  ti  Cartel  Ship  to  the  northward  of  the 
Islands,  acquaints  me  by  his  letter  dated  the  20th  of  January,  whlck 
i  received  on  the  fifth  of  February,  that  he  had  on  the  night  of  the 
18th  fallen  in  with  and  engaged  a  large  Ship  ;  for  the  particulars  I 
enclose  Captain  Payne's  letter, 

I  have  not  a  doubt  of  the  Ship  hang  at  least  of  sevettty-four  guns  ; 
having  seen  and  examined  several  of  the  Shot  that  were  lodged  in  the 
Leander.«— I  shonld  not  do  justice  to  Captain  Payne,  his  officers,  and 
Ship's  company,  if  I  did  not  acqnaint  their  Lordships,  that  from 
every  enquiry  as  to  the  a^ion,  it  appears  to  have  been  conduced 

*  Duriog  the  engagement  the  whole  of  the  men  stationed  on  the  poop  were 
tUdowa,  except  one  man,  named  Simon  Smithy  afterwards  a  quarter-master 
in  the  Impetueus  ;  who  coolly  leaning  over  the  colour  chest,  exclaimed—- 
**  Jf  you  pleeue^  Captain  Payne,  J  itand  in  need  of  tome  aaistanfe,  a/,  extent  myself^ 
oU  vert  are  iiiied,  or  vmnuki. 


SB  tlOGKAPRTCAL    MEMOIR 

with  the  greatest  hraveiy^  and  good  order  ;  and  Indeed  I  have  in  several 
instances  found  Captain  Payne  a  very  aSive^  good  officer  :  a  proof  of 
which  he  has  given  me  since  the  a6lion  by  refitting  hit  Ship  in  Englisk 
Harbour  in  a  short  time— where  sbc  haa  had  every  thing  new,  bat  her 
mizen  mast  j  andts  returned  to  me  without  losing  a  ituui  by  desertion* 
I  am  sorry  to  say  his  wounded  men  are  all  dead,  excepting  two*  and 
they  have  lost  their  limbs.  It  is  rumoured  at  this  Island  that  the  Ship* 
he  engaged,  was  the  Covronnb  *,  and  that  she  is  got  into  Porto 
Rico.  Nothing  has  arrived  at  the  French  Isbnds  cRceptiog  the 
Venus  fngate,  five  weeks  ago  ;  she  had  a  passage  of  twenty<oiie  days 
only.  The  naval  force  of  the  enemy  at  these  islands  is  the  Triton  and 
Zele.  of  the  line,  the  last  lately  hove  down,  with  a  number  of  large 
frigates.  A  flag  of  truce  I  sent  to  Martinique  is  just  returned  ;  they 
say  they  know  nothing  of  the  Ship  that  engaged  the  Leander ;  and 
that  the  Marquis  de  BouiHxe  is  to  go  to  Europe  upon  the  arrival  of 
JD'Estaing. 

I  am.  Sir, 
Your  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

HUGH  PIGOr. 
Fh'ittp  Ztephensy  Esq. 

Captain   Payne^  in  his  fetter  to  the  Admiral,  mentions 
some  particulars,  not  yet  noticed,  which  we  shall  extrafl. 

— — '*  You  may  therefore  guess  our  surprize  at  seeing  notliing 
of  him  at  the  break  of  a  very  clear  morningi  though  our  head  had 
continued  invanably  to  the  southward,  which  was  the  course  he  had 
been  steering  the  whole  day  ;  nor  can  I  conceive  under  any  possible 
circumstances  be  could  have  been  out  of  sight,  though  he  had  even 
put  before  the  wind,  had  no  accident  happened  to  him.     As  I  lay  all 
that  day,  and  the  following  night,  diie^ly  in  his  way,  between  Gua- 
daloupe  and  Antigua,  where  I  thought  he  might  pass,  without  hearing 
any  thii^  of  him,  I  am  at  a  loss  what  account  to  give  you  of  him  ; 
yet  inspiteof  his  Spanish  colours  (in  which  I  might  also  be  mistaken) » 
I  am  persuaded  she  is  one  of  Mons.  de  Vaudreil's  squadron,  from  the 
number  of  troops  she  had  on  board  ;  which  enabled  them  to  place 
small  arms  at  evti^  Port.     I  <im  also  confirmed  in  this  opinion  by  the 
weight  of  her  Shot,  which  are  stamped  thirty-six  pounds,  having  on 
them  the  French  mark,  and  which  announces  her  also  to  be  a  seventy^ 
four  :  and  from  her  situation,  and  the  place  I  nvet  her  in,  I  should 
conjcd^ure,  that  the  rendezvous  of  that  Squadron  is  to  the  northward 
of  the  Islands,  and  they  mean  to  go  to  leeward  of  tlicm  into  Marli« 
nique. 

*  She  was  afterwards  more  generally  believed  to  have  been  The  pLura 


OF    REAR-ADMIRAL  JOHN   WiLLETT    PAYNE*  tg 

*<  I  am  persuaded^  Sir !  that  I  am  not  too  sanguine  in  saytngt - 
I  believe^  could  we  have  got  our  head  to  the  enemy  when  we  attempted 
it  (from  the  cool  and  determined  conduft  of  every  officer,  and  man  on 
board  )y  that  our  success  would  have  hecn  equal  to  our  wishes ;  and  for 
whose  Credit,  I  cannot  omit  mentioning  the  Steadiness  they  displayed 
mfuUitig  out  three ^res  occasioned  by  the  enemy's  wads,  without  the  \ 

anaUest  confusion,  or  discontinuance  of  the  a6tion« 

*'  The  enemy's  loss  of  men,  must  I  think,  from  the  concourse  of 
them»  be  very  great  :  ours  is  only  thirteen  men  killeJ,  and  wounded ; 
though.  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  most  of  the  latter  cannot  recover,  being 
torn  with  large  Shot. 

"  I  am.  Sir, 
**  Your  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

"  J.  w.  payne; 

«  Hugh  Plgot,  Esq.  Admiral  of  the  Blue,  ^c.  bfc.  ^c.*' 

Before  his  return  to  Europe,  this  gallant  officer  was  ap- 
pointed  to  the  command  of  the  Princess  Amelia  *  of  80 
guns  ;  in  which  Ship,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  war,  he  safely 
arrived  in  England. 

During  the  subsequent  years  of  Peace  Captain  Payne  par- 
took of  such  elegant  relaxation,  as  an  aftive  and  liberal  mind 
would  enjoy.  We  havtf  already  noticed  the  seleft  Coterie 
that  was  formed  under  his  auspices  in  Conduit-street ;  and 
continued  through  the  course  of  a  twelvemonth,  conjointly 
with  the  Honourable  Captain  Hugh  Conway,  and  his' 
brother  Lord  George.  In/these  social  days  of  "  jest  and 
youthful  jollity,"  a  sincere  Friendship  commenced  between 
His  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and 
Captain  J.  W.  Payne  ;  which  in  its  progress,  and  present 
continuance,  will  remind  The  Historian  of  that  memorable 
period,  when  Henry  the  Fourth  of  France  shewed  that 
he  possessed  a  just  discernment  in  the  choice  of  a  friend, 
with  a  due  value  for  that  Independence  which  too  seldom 
flourishes  in  a  Court. 

Amid  the  sportive  sallies  of  wit  that  circulated  in  this 
stlcQi  and  fashionable  circle,  the  following  deserves  to  be 

*  On  her  arrival  from  the  West  Indies,  she  came  to  anchor  at  Chatham  ;  and 
was  there  propped  op,  and  turned  into  a  Church- Ship. 


JO  BtOeltAFHICAL   MIMOIft 

mentioned^  as  it  ha*  never  yet  been  correAIj  giTea 
to  the  publrc*  Some  naral  subjcCt  having  been  started, 
on  which  there  appeared  a  difference  of  opinion,  the  whole 
was  referred  by  a  person  at  table  to  Captain  Payne, 
mdding — *^  as  yoa  have  been  long  bred  to  the  sea»  we 
will  abide  solely  by  your  decision.  With  that  quickness 
of  repartee*  for  which  be  has  always  been  noted.  Cap* 
tain  Payne  immediately  answered-*/  ntvir  was  bread  to  the 
sea  ;  tut  the  sea  has  been  bread  to  mej  and  ^«— <*  J  bad  bread  it 
has  been. 

About  the  end  of  the  month  of  Augiut  ( 1 785)  Captain 
Payne,  in  company  with  Lord  Nortliington,  embarked  in  the 
packet  at  Dover,  and  arrived  at  Calais,  after  a  tedious  passage 
of  fourteen  hours.— Continuing  their  Tour  throi:^h  Boulogne 
to  Paris,  Lord  Northington  prevailed  on  his  friend  to  accom* 
pany  him  still  further.  When  they  had  reached  Geneva, 
they  separated  for  a  few  days  ;  Lord  Northington  direftiog 
his  course  towards  Lausanne,  where,  on  the  borders  of  the 
Lake,  bis  sister  Lady  Jane  Aston,  and  Sir  WiUiann  had  taken 
up  their  abode  at  a  cottage  delightfally  situated  in  a  most 
romantic  part  of  the  country.  Captain  Payne,  unattended  by 
any  one  but  a  guide,  indulged  his  favourite  wish  of  wan^ 
dering,  without  restraint,  amid  the  sublime  scenery  of  the 
Glacicrs.-*Having  again  joined  Lord  Northington,  they 
passed  Mount  Cenis,  and  remained  a  fortnight  at  Turin. 

Being  arrived  at  Rome,  Lord  Northington  took  the  earliest 
opportunity  of  viewing  St.  Peter^s  :  and  it  is  remarkable 
tliat  after  expressing  his  satisfadion  in  beholding  a  build* 
ing  of  which  he  had  heard  so  much,  he  added — ^  I  have 
always  from  a  boy  wished  to  behold  St.  Peter's  ;  and  having 
at  length  seen  it,  I  shaJl  die  in  peace."  His  Lordship  had 
scarcely  uttered  the  words,  when  he^was  suddenly  taken  ill ; 
and  after  lingering  for  some  montlis  at  Rome,  veas  conveyed 
in  a  carriage,  made  for  the  purpose,  to  Paria  where  he 
died. 


OP   RBAK.ABMI&Afc   JOHN   WILLITT    rA7NE«  31 

in  Pajrne,  soon  after  his  return  to  England  *»  Was 
ckfted  one  of  theMembera  for  the  borough  of  Huntingdon  ; 
which  borough  he  twice  represented  in  Parliament.  He  also 
previous  to  this  had  been  appointed  Private  Secretary,  and 
Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal,  to  The  Phikce. 

At  the  first  commencement  of  hostilities  with  France,  the 
RuMcIlf,  74  guns>  was  commissioned  by  Caqptain  J.  W^- 
Fayne  ;  and,  on  the  ever  memorable  first  of  Jiioe>  17949  this 
officer  was  among  those  who  received  the  particular  thanks  of 
Lord  Howe,  with  a  public  mark  of  their  Sovereign's  appro* 
batioA  in  the  medal  that  was  ptesented  to  them  as  the  ho- 
nourable badge  of  naval  merit* 

We  have  been  ftvoured  with  the  following  particulars 
relative  to  the  Aftion  of  the  18th,  and  29th  of  May,  and  first 
of  June,  1794,  by  an  officer  who  was  on  board  the  Russell. 

Maj  s8.  At  tewm  A.  M«  the  advanced  frigates  made  the  sigoiA 
io  tbe  Admicml  for  a  strange  sail,  and  at  half  past,  for  a  strange  fleet ; 
Lord  Howe  immeditttely  threw  out  the  signal  for  the  advanced 
squadron  ^uider  Admirdl  P^udey,  to  reconnoitre  the  eoemy««Hive  bein^ 
ooe  of  the  advanced  aquadron  iaraiediately  made  att  possible  -sail : 
between  ai^y  and  4uh  A.  M.  diacovered  theaa  to  be  the  French  fleet* 
eoiisieting  of  twenty-six  sail  of  the  line^  and  five  frigates ;  abo<it 
Pmil^w  they  brought -to  for  a  short  time  ;  then  tacked»  and  formed 
their  Use  :  ve  had  now  all  Sail  set,  in  <:base  of  them.*— About  thr^i 
the  signal  was  thrown  out  to  harass  the  enemy's  rear  :  between /ovr, 
and  feve^  tacked  shtp»  9^  fired  at  their  stern  most  Ships  ;  about  sm 
they  brought- to  for  us  $  aod»  in  lialf  aa  how,  we  fetched  up  with, 
mA  eomcncDced  fuing  upon  their  stem  most  Ship,  the  Rbvolu- 
riovAiRfcy  a  three  decker— -shortly  afterwards  the  BeHerophon  com- 
menced her  fire  upon  the  satlie  Ship,  and  tlten  the  Marlborough^  and 

*  Vlliibt  ffendilig  «t  Home,  CaptaJB  Payne  reaeived>great  civilities  Irom  the 
Cardinsd  York.  At  one  of  his  dinners  the  Cardin4,  out  of  compliment  to  his 
guest,  had  taken  the  greatest  pains,  to  have  an  £ngHsh  plumb  pudding.  ,  Tho- 
ftaUan  c«>ok  had  done  his  utmo«t,  but  in  vain  ;  it  possessed  ooly  the  name  of  that 
celebrated  dish.  The  Cardinal  on  observing  his  guest  take  soiiie,  through  civi« 
fity,  exclaimed*-^  ^«  ha^w  done  our  utmost y  Captain  Payme^  t^etyou  am  £f^luh  dub  i 
ha  I  fear  after  «//,  It  turns  out  to  be  a  PretaAr. 

f  Capcaio  Payne  kistrd  hands,  on  reCQt^tng  hi*  cc»mnis»on  for  the  IftusscII, 
Maf  sa,  1793.  Ihis  Ship,  after  being  fitted  oat  at  Chatham,  arrived  as 
Portsmouth  on  the  fourth  ol  August,  and  about  the  aoth  sailed  to  join  Lord 
liotrc  in  To^bajr. 


32  moCRAfHtdAt  nt&iotn 

Leviathan>  came  up,  and  fired  at  her.  At  eigbi  o^tlocki  being  alnldsC 
darky  the  Audacious  came  up»  and  bioogbt-to  upon  the  enemy's  ke* 
quarter^  and  kept  up  a  constant  fire  at  her  ;  the  enemy  also  kept  up  a 
most  tremendous  fire  from  her  tops — «re  still  kept  firing  at  the . 
Revolutionairey  within  half  pistol  shoti  until  nine  o'clock^  when  she 
passed  under  our  stern  ;  her  bowsprit^  and  mizen  mast^  were  gone, 
and  her  main-top  seemed  to  be  on  fire  :  just  as  she  passed  under  our 
stern,  she  struck  her  colours  to  the  Fleet.  The  firing  then  ceaaed* 
and  wc  kept  sight  of  the  enemy  all  night ;  being  between  the  two 
lines. 

May  29.  The  Admiral  made  The  Signal  to  form  the  line  of  battle 
ahcad»  as  most  convenient  :  we  formed  astern  of  the  Queen,  and  were 
then  the  third  Sliip  in  the  Van — the  Caesar  leading.  The  French 
Fleet,  at  this  time,  were  going  away  to  windward*  At  about  half 
past  eight  A.  M.  they  wore  round  to  engage  our  Van.  The  Royal 
George  commenced  the  Ad^ion,  and  soon  afterwards  we  began  firing  ;. 
and  kept  engaging  the  enemy  to  the  fourth  Ship,— At  ten^  the  Admiral 
threw  out  the  signal  to  tack — ^the  Queen  wore  ;  and  when  we  got  on 
her  weather  beam,  we  wore  also,  and  hauled  to  the  wind,  on  the  other 
tack  :  in  wearing,  the  foresail  was  cut  from  the  yard ;  all  the  braces* 
and  bow-lines,  were  gone,  and  the  bowsprit  was  shot  through  ;  the 
Ship  leaked  very  much,  and  we  had  above  four  feet  water  in  the 
Hold.  We  then  passed  down  the  French  Hnt,  and  left  their  stemmost 
Ship  to  leeward  ;  the  French  Fleet  now  made  sail,  as  if  they  wished  to 
escape  :  on  v'kich  The  Signal  was  immediately  thrown  out  by  the 
Admiral  for  a  general  Chace  :  from  the  drcumstances  above-men* 
tioned,  we  were  obliged  to  make  the  Signal  of  Inability.  Nothing 
but  rand(>m  fire  continued  during  that  afternoon  ;  and  we  were 
employed  in  repairing  our  damages — the  seamen  at  the  rigging,  and 
the  marines  at  the  pumps,  as  the  water  gained  upon  us,  and  continued 
doing  so  until  four  o'clock  the  next  morning,  when  we  succeeded  in 
stopping  the  leaks.  The  thirtieth t  and  thuly first  of  May,  were  so 
foggy,  that  we  could  not  discern  the  enerny. 

'June  the  first.  About  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  saw  the  French  fleet 
lying- tO)  main  topsail  to  the  mast ;  and  The  Admiral  made  the  signal 
for  each  Ship  10  engage  her  opponent :  a  little  before  nine  A.  M. 
we  bore  down  upon  the  enemy  ;  the  Cxsar  leading  the  Van,  the 
Leviathan  ahead  of  us,  amd  the  Royal  Sovereign  astern.  About  nine 
the  aftion  became  nearly  general  on  both  sides.  The  Russell  was  the 
fourth  Ohip  in  the  Van  ;  we  engaged  briskly  for  an  hour,  when  our 
opponent  bore  av^^ay,  her  masts  and  sails  going  as  she  advanced :  we 
immediately  bor^i  up  after  her  ;  but  the  French  Ships  coming  up  fron> 


OF    RBAR-ADMIRAL   JOBS   WILLSTT    PAYNE.  3} 

to  leeward»  and.astcrn>  protedled  her.  We  then  hauled  up,  and  raked 
L'Ameriqae  *,  who  was  already  engaged  with  the  Leviathan,  within 
half  pistol  shot.  The  French  Van  were  now  totally  dispersed,  except 
two  Ships  that  seenied  inclined  to  engage  us«^wc  immediately  hauled 
to  windward,  and  ^roared  thent  with  tlicir  wishes  ;  hut  it  was  only  ' 
for  a  alicirttimc :  for  on  ohserviog  their  fleet  makiag  o%  they  followed 
the  exaniple.  I  omitted  to  mention  the  going  of  our  fore  topmast 
about  ten  o'clock.  About  ^n^  P.  M.  aU  firing  ceased— seven  French 
Ships  were  at  this  time  totally  dismasted,  one  of  which  was  observed  to 
sink.  In  tVe  afternoon  we  boarded  L'Amerique,  bat  quitted  her  by 
order  of  Admiral  Graves,  and  took  ppssessic^  of  L'lmpetiieux.  Ex- 
dgwged  prisoofirsi  and  received  1 76— ofEcera,  and  men,  included. 

Durii^  the  three  days  a£tion  we  had  only  eight  men  killed,  and 
about  twenty  wounded  ;  which  is  sufficient  to  prove  our  superiority  of 
skin.  Some  of  their  Ships  had  above  1 50  men  killed.  Our  brave 
Captain  had  many  narrow  escapes  ;  but  thank  God  I  'he  weathered  it 

XNlt. 

In  the  twentieth  plate  f ,  which  represents  the  Van  Sqoa^ 
dron  cf  tfas' British  Fleet  at  the  close  of  the  action  on  the 
first  of  June,  the  Russell  is  introduced  ahead  of  L'Amcrique, 
totally  disabled  in  her  riggings  engaging  a  French  Ship. 
of  the  liti^  that  was  edging,  down  to  join  the  French 
Van. 

On  the  thirty  first  of  December,  during  the  severe  winter 
of  1794.  95i  Captain  Payne  hoisted  his  broad  pendant,  iu 
the  Jupiteri  50  guns,  as  Connpodore  of  the  Squadron  that 
was  destinixi  to  bring  H[£R  Royal  Highness  th£  Prin^ 
CEss  Caromns  op  fiauN^wicK  to  England  ;  after  various 
4eUys«  occasioned  by  the  peculiar  inclc:iiet\cy  of  the  season, 
and  the  critical  importance  of  an  Expedition,  which  had 
at  the  same  time  been  well  digested  by  Government,  and 
wisely  intrusted  to  his  skill,  he  sailed  from  the  Nore  oi> 
the  twenty-seventh  with  a  fair  wind,  and  dropped  further  to 


*  Now  The  Inpetaeme,  to  which  Ship  Cspub  Payne  wi^s  litenvsrds  ap. 
pointed.  • 

f  VoL.lI.  Hfic  37i. 


34  BIOGRAPHICAL    MBMOIft 

the  eastward  ;  on  Monday  the  second  of  March  he  again  uiir 
moored,  and  made  sail  with  tl^e  Squadron  *• 

The  peculiar  uncertainty  of  the  weather  in  this  month 
baffled  the  bold  intentions  of  the  Commodore  :  he  howeves 
pursued  the  publjc  objcft  of  hi$  yoyagc  ;  and  on  Saturday, 
the  seventh  of  M^rch,  after  exerting  tlVe  greatest  caution^  which 
the  peculiar  danger  of  the  coast  demanded,  the  Squadron, 
inoored  ofF  Cuxhaven.*»Owing  to  the  imminent  perils  they 
had  to  struggle  with,  from  the  great  quantities  of  ice,  which 
the  tide  with  considerable  force  carried  out  to  sea  from  the 
Elbe,  it  was  at  one  time  reported  in  England  that  the 
Jupiter,  was  lost  j  she  however,  with  the  rest,  though 
cpnsidcrably  injured,  providentially  e$cape4« 

The  limits  of  our  work  oblige  us  to  postpone  giving  any 
further  particulars  of  this  expedition,  until  our  next.  Wc 
therefore  at  present  only  add,  that  on  the  eveningxjf  Saturday 
the  twenty-eighth  of  March,  Her  Serene  Higkkess  the 
Princess  Caroline,  was  received  under  a  royal  salute  on 
board  the  Jupiter,  to  the  great  joy  of  the  anxious  crew  ;  and 
on  Saturday  the  fourth  of  April,  having  come  to  anchor  ofF 
Gravesend,  her  Serene  Highness  the  next  day  left  the  Jupiter 
for  the  Augusta  yacht,  Captain  Browcll,  and  about  noon 
landed  in  perfeft  health,  and  safety,  at  Greenwiclf. 

Though  the  health  of  Commodore  Payne  was  mate- 
rially affefled  by  a  service  of  so  much  peril,  and  anxiety  ; 
he  would  not  suffer  any  personal  consideration  to  withdraw 
him  from  his  professional  duties,  whilst  he  could  possibly 

•  ^ht  Squadro/r  unJer  the  eemmand of  Commodore  y.  W,.  Pmyne^  nvh'uh  tailed Jrotn 
the  Korey  en  Monday  the  second  of  Jl/fsrci,  to  bring  over  Her  Serene  Highness^  tbt 
J^rtHcest  Caroline  of  £runituickm 

C  Commodore  Payne. 

J"P"«  ^  i  Captain  W.  Lechmere. 

Phaeton  38  ■'  Hon.  R.-Stopford. 

Latona  i%  ■  Hon.  A»K.  Lcgge» 

Lark  i'6  '  Jesias  Rowley. 

Hawkc  |6  ■  George  Bowen. 

Martin  16  «i-»^  Charles  Gunler. 

Saxe  Cobonrg 


l"^  >  Cuttci* 

Princess  Ro^al  -^ 


OF   REAR-ADMIKAL   JOHN    WILLETT    PAYNE.  jf 

.kxert  hlaiself  suf&clentlj  to  perform  them.  Accordingly,* 
being  appointed  during  the  summer  of  1 796,  to  the  command 
of  The  Impetuehx  ♦,  80  guns,  (which  had  undergone  ^ 
complete  repair  dt  Portsmouth,  so  a^  to  be  nearly  rebuilty 
and  early  in  November  Sailed  out  of  Portsmouth  Harbour 
for  SpitheadJ  Captain  Payne,  having  his  officers  and  ship'd 
company  discharged  from  the  RuSsell,  came  on  board,  and 
took  the  command  :  the  following  is  a  brief  detail  of  his 
principal  services  in  the  lobpetueux. 

On  the  twenty-eighth  of  November  the  Impctucui  sailed  froni 
Spithead>  on  her  first  cruise,  to  join  Admiral  Colpoys's  Squadron, 
then  at  sea.  Falling  in  with  five  French  Ships  on  the  twentieth  of 
December,^  the  Admiral  ordered  her,  and  some  others,  to  chase  ;  biit 
thick  blowing  weather  coming  on,  they  lost  sight  of  the  enemy.  On 
the  azd  the  linpetueux  parted  company  in  a  Fog;  and  on  tne 
twenty-fourth  saw  twenty- two  of  the  French  Fleet  to  windward— 
Suiing  the  night  she  passed  close  by  five  large  Ships  of  the  enemy* 
and  almost  within  hail  of  one  of  them,  who  made  a  signal  with  a 
Rocket*  Captain  Payne  fortunately  escaped  so  snperior  a  force,  aiid 
continued  cruising  until  the  twenty  seventh,  when  he  again  fell  in  with 
Admiral  Colpoys. 

In  June,  (i797>)  dunng  one  of  his  cruises  under  Lord  Bridporti 
Captain  Payne  was  detached  as  Commodore  of  a  Squadron  consisting 

,  of  three  sail  of  the  Line,  and  two  frigates  ;  with  orders  to  stand  to  the 
southward,  as  far  as  Cape  Ortega  l,  in  quest  of  a  French  Squadron  ; 

.  when  he  captured  La  Zoee  privateer,  of  20  guns,  and  chased 
two  Frigates^  and  a  corvette,  into  Rochfort. — In  the  month  of  July 
foUo^ng,  he  again  sailed,  as  Commodore,  from  Torbay,  with  a  line 
of  battle  Ship^  and  two  frigates,  endeavouring  to  intercept  two  rich 
Spanish  merchantmen  +  from  the  Havannah  :  after  an  unsuccessful 
cruise  o£Pthe  coast  of  Spain,  and  is  far  as  twenty  degrees  to  the  west- 
ward. Commodore  Payne  returned  to  Cawsand  Bay,  on  the  twenty* 
eighth  of  August  ;  having  .c^tured  a  French  lugger  privateer.  La 
Petite  CHSfiiE  ;  three  Spanish  polacres  laden  with  winei  and  retaken 
an  American  brig. 

*  Taken  the  first  ot  Ttrne,  and  tihen  called  l.*Ameriqiie.    Tlie  Stem  of  this 
^p  is  the  mott  beautifiil  Specimen  of  navai  archite(ftiire,  ever  seen  in  this  coun- 
-  try.   At  a  compliment  to  llie  Prince,  it  was  onMmenMd  with  bis  Royal  High- 
.  hcss's  crest. 

f  This  cruise  was  tmdertaken  in  conscqnence  (^  the  Information  obtained  by 
'  the  Spkmsh  fdncca,  prize  to  the  Serpent  sloop,  Captain  Ricliard  finckoU« 
Vid.VotU.  p.  ^3-  .  ^  . 


3^""  ilOGRAPHlCAL    MEMOtK 

In  March  (1798)  Commoiiore  Ifaync  wu  ordered  to  rcfiere  Sir 
J.  B.  Warren,  and  to  take  the  command  of  a  squadron  of  frigates.  He 
•ccordingly  aailcd  from  St.  Helens  on  the  iwcnty-fourtll  of  the  above 
month,  in  company  with  the  St,  FiormzOf  40  guns  ;  and  was  joined  off 
FlymoQth  by  the  Cmtada  74,  PlMetott  58,  jimon  44,  and  Cygnet 
cutter,  14  guns :  the  Canada  shortly  afterwards  parted  company. — On 
the  twenty-sixth,  a  fresh  gale  came  on  from  the  eastward  ;  on  the 
twenty. seventh  the  Sylph  brig,  iS  guns,  joined.  The  Pbahtm^  on  the 
twenty. ninth,  w*s  obliged  to  be  sent  into  Port.  Strong  gales  atill 
continued  from  the  E.  N.  B,  and  N.  N.  E.  Oh  the  thirty-firot  of 
Marcli  the  Anton  sprung  her  main-yardf  and  soon  made  the  signal  for 
having  sprung  her  main  mast  ;  at  noon  she  parted  company  for 
I^ngland.  On  the  third  of  April,  fresh  breezes,  and  cloudy:  saw 
Belli  Isle  bearing  N.  E.  "by  E  disUnt  five,  or  she  leagues.  At 
midnight  a  dreadful  gale  began  from  the  S,  W.  The  Squadron 
endeavoured  to  sUnd  off  all  m'ght  \  "but  the  Swell  getting  up,  could 
not  make  much  head- way.  At  day  light,  squsdly  with  rain- 
carried  a  press  <rf"  t^I  to  clear  the  land.  On  the  fourth,  strong  gales, 
Sind  hazy,  from  the  S.  W.  and  W.  S  W.— Close  reefed  the  top-sails  % 
down  top-gallant  yards,  and  struck  top-gaBant  masts — the  gale  stfll 
increased.  At  six  P.  M.  saw  the  St.  Fioren%Of  (who  the  day  before 
had  parted  company  in  chace,)  with  her  mizen-mast,  and  main-yard 
gone  :  reefed  the  courses— at  seven  sounded,  seventy,  five  ^ithom, 
rocky  bottom.  Set  the  fore  sail,  and  carried  a  press  of  sail ;  as,  by 
the  reckoning,  we  could  not  be  far  from  Titb  Saints.  At  half  past 
seven  ordered  the  Sylph  to  look  out  on  the  lee  bow,  two  m3e»distant> 
and  carry  a  light  all  night,  expedUng  to  hXi  it>  with  the  Roeis  before 
Dfiy- break.  A.  M.  strong  gales,  with  heavy  squalls  ;  obliged  to 
take  in  the  fore- top-sail,  and  get  the  top-galhnt  masts  on  ^^(^it 
to  lighten  the  Ship  aloft  :  got  in  the  jib- boom-— at  seven  A.  M.  wore 
Ship  ;  split  the  main-staysail  to  pieces.  All  on  board  fcatrcd  the 
St»  Fi^renzo  was  on  shore,  during  the  night,  as  she  was  in  a  disabled 
state,  and  that  nothii)g  could  save  the  Impetutuxm  Providence  however 
orllered  otherwise. 

At  nine  the  Mizen  split  to  pieces  ;  got  the  Gaff  down  to  bend 
another*  The  pilot  at  ten  o'clock^  came  «bd  told  the  Master,  that  if 
he  did  not  bear  up  for  ^uiheron,  the  Impetueux  mast  be  lost  in  the 
mght  ;  as  by  his  reckonii^  she  was  dose  to  the  land  Made  the 
cyiph's  signal  to  bear  up»  and  make  the  knd,  in  the  S.  £.'by  E.  At 
'fen  ihe  Imp^hMibc  ^Imk  -up,  a»d  saw  tke  Si*  FwrmmoU)  keward  soud- 
ttiag  under  her  fofe-sail';  strong  galesj  and  squally  with  nun,  at  nocto. 
OwAe^lOk  The  Giie  cosAioncd  frosrS.  W.  to  W.^.  W. :  captuicd 
atngger  on  the  sixths-spoke  the  RamBict^  TriHm^  •ftnd  Ifasom,  ••»* 


©T   IISAR-^DMI&AL   JOHW  WIXXETT    TAYITE,  Jy 

Ac  eleventh.  On  the  thirteenth  came  dff  Plytnoutb ;  -flic  djtk 
38  guii$9  Nymfbe  36  gimsy  sod  Mermaid  32  guns,  hiviag  joinei, 
mde  sail  to  tlic  westward.  Tbe  Im^uemt^  on  the  siaUODthy^arj^ 
fiom  tbe  Squadron^  and  stood  for  £[pithead« 

During  this  unpleasant  Cruise^  Commodore  Payne,  froin 
the^ constant  anxiety,  and  fatrgue,  which  he  endured,  bad  a 
violent  attack  of  fever,  which  had  neady  deprived  the  Coun* 
/try  of  his  services.  Unwilling  to  give  himself  the  sm:dlest 
indulgence  when  in  a  convalescent  state,  he  ventured  out  too 
soon  after  this  attack;  which  brought  on  the  gout,  and 
rheumatism,  to  such  a  degree,  that  his  h'fe  was  despaired  of: 
he  however,  was  at  length  restored  to  his  friends.  Captain 
S.  Edwards,  in  the  mean  time,  was  appointed  ading  Captain 
of  the  Impetueux,  and  continued  to  hold  the  command  of  h6r» 
until  the  fourteenth  of  February,  1797;  when  Captain  Payne 
was  advan^oed  Rear* Admiral  of  the  Blue. 

During  the  month  of  August,  1799,  R^ar-Admiral  Payne, 
in  a  manner  the  most  flattering  to  his  feelings,  both  as  an 
Officer,  and  a  Man,  was  appointed  Treasurer  of  Greenwich 
HospitaL  A  station  which  the  humanity  of  Jiis  disposition, 
and  his  high  regard  for  tlie  Service)  render  him  so  well  calcu- 
lated to  fill : 

The ^second  was  as  Almkek  of  tbe  Place  : 
His  office  was  the  hungry  for  to  feed. 
And  tbristy  gi?e  to  drink,  a  worke  of  grace  I 
He  fear'd  not  once  himselfe  to  be  in  need.*— 
Htshad  enoi^h  ;  what  need  him  care  for  more  ? 

And  had  he  lesse^  yet  some  he  would  give  to  the  pore* 

STffirSEK* 

I  have  seen  Admiral  Payne,  said  an  elegant  Scholar,  who 
is  now  no  more,  and  been  highly  delighted  with  his  conver- 
sation—i/u  is  all  mind  ! 

As  a  politician,  in  which  charader  the  Admiral  has 
distinguished  himself,  he  possesses  an  impartial  judgment,  and, 
what  is.  above  all,  an  inflexible  attachment  unto  Truth. 
Respe^ed  by  both  Parties,  he  avoids  the  intrigues  of  each  ; 


.  |S  BIOOS.APHXCAL  MlUOIt  OF  RBAK^ADMIIAL  PAYlTf. 

#nd  throughout  life  has  presorved)  what  fev?  attain,  the  chft^ 
rz&tr  of  an  IndepiiTdent  Man.  As  an  officer,  he  knows 
the  secret  of  making  authority  respeded,  without  disgracing 
it  by  the  trammels,  and  bluster  of  a  Tyrant :  to  this  Wc 
shall  only  add  his  high  regard,  and  respeft  for  Religion. 

The  precarious  state  of  Admiral  Payne's  health,  has  long^ 
been  an  obje£l  of  painful  solicitude,  to  the  many  who  know^ 
and  respedl  his  worth.  We  trust  for  the  sake  of  his  Country* 
tliat  it  will  speedily  be  re-established  :  whenever  this  Officer 
hoists  His  Flag,  it  will  not  be  unfurled  in  vain,—"  Shew 
thy  face  from  a  cloud,  O  Moon  !  light  his  white  Sails  on 
the  Wave  of  tte  Night :  and  if  iny  strong  Spirit  of  Heaven 
sits  on  that  low-hung  cloud,  turn  His  Dark  Ships  from 

The  Rock,  thou  rider  of  the  Storm  !" — Ossian. 

•.    »  ■  » . 

The-anccstors  of  Admiral  Pityne/the  Lor(&  of  BaAnptoD^  carac  ot^ 
with  WiUiam  the  Conquerorr^  and  then  bore  the  name  of  Pagganells, 
which  afterwards  was  changed  into  PaynetuU.  After  the  battle  of  Wor- 
cester, Charles  the  Second  fled,  with  Colonel  Payne,  to  an  house  on  the 
coast,  belonging  to  the  latter  at  Oviogdeane  in  Sp^sex  ;*  from  whiclt 
^ast  the  King  escaped.  The  ftomly  of  the  Payms,  being  Roy^ists, 
i^ere  after  thtfe  dispersed  :  that  branch,  whence  sprang  the  subjed  ef 
our  present  attention,  went  to  the  West  Indies  ;  and  settling  at  St. 
Christopher's  were  instrumental  in  bringing  over  to  the  English,  that 
part  of  the  Island,  which  had  hitherto  belonged  to  the  French. — Si  a 
Gillies  Payne,  who  is  above  eighty  years  old,  is  nearly  related  la 
the  Colonel  Payne,  who  protedied  King  Charles. 

Akms.]    du.  a  fesse  bettreen  two  lions  passant  Ar.  lor  Pte^iu*    Qutrterini;' 
CartisUf  Tjz.  Az.  a  cross  cerceiif  Or,  between  four  cross  croslets  fitcbci  Ar. 

Crest.]    On  a  wreath  a  lion's  gamb  erc^  and  erased  Ar.  holding  a  tilting* 
rpear  rompu  Gu. 

Motto.}    Malo  mori  quam  fadari. 


/I 


C    39    3 

NAVAL  ANECDOTES, 
COMM^CIAL  HINTS,  RECOLLECTIONS,  in, 

MANTES  IN  CUEGITE  VASTO  t 


*  • 

THE  foUowing  respe&able  te^imoi^r  to  naval  merjt  9pp.ear3  t^ 
hare  escaped  your  notice.    I  ithcf  tfore  take  the  liberty  of  re* 
guesting  its  insertion  : 

To  JoHjr  DstL^Yf  Esq*  Commmtder  of  His  Majesty* s  Hired  Q^Uer^ 

FowBY,  Phfmmith.^ 

Bristol^  July  17,  1799* 
WE,  the  Underwriters  and  Shipper^  on  the  Portuguese 
Brig»  Tbjo,  have  been  made  acquainted  by  Mr.  John  Mul- 
lowney,  of  this  city,  merchant  (late  pasfenger  in  the  said  vessd^ 
bound  firom  hence  to  Lisbon),  with  your  spirited  condu£l  in  the 
recapture  of  that  vessel :   he.  informs  us  tl^at  th^  wind  not  per- 
mitting your  nearer  approach  in  the  cutter  than  within  £re  or  «Ix 
miles,  and  apprehensive  that  during  the  night  the  French  crew 
would  have  an  opportunity  of  getting  into  Brest,  then  only  a  few 
leagues  distant,  you  determined  on  sending  your  boat  after  her^ 
bciog  the  only  possible  means  of  preventing  her  escape,  however 
hazardous  the  attempt.     We  are  happy  your  exertions  were 
crowned  with  success,  and  think  it  a  duty  incumbent  on  us  to 
return  you  our  sincere  thanks  for  the  same  :  k  is  our  wish  that 
the  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty  should  be  made  acquainted  with 
this  our  public  testimony  in  your  favour,  being  confident  that  he 
avails  himself  of  every  opportunity  to  promote  those,  who  dis« 
tingiiish  themselves  in  the  prote^on  of  pur  trade^  and  com« 
inerce. 

We  remain.  Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  humble  servants^ 
John  Hatthoeni,  Isaac  Amos, 

IIaem.  Visoee,  John  New  all, 

CaAELsa  Patne,  For  Dan.  Haefoed, 

Thomas  Hobbs,  Weaek,  and  Payne. 

John.  Maese,  John  James, 

Beoom,  Peicb,  and  Cow    Richaed  Lambert, 
j.  Pdenell,  Peter  Maze, 

IL  Haet  Davii,  Robert  Vjsoer, 

Cbaeles  Anderson.        Jame*  Mullowne'^* 


MAVAL   AVrCDOTBSy 


DIMENSIONS  OF  THB  MASTS  AND  YARDS  OF  THl    IMPETUEUX. 

HIS  Majesty's  Ship  Impctucttx's  bwcr  masts  arc  very  high,  being 
four  feet  abof^  those  of  a  nmcty^eight  gun  Ship— 4ier  topmasts  arc 
not  quite  high  in  proportion ;  her  top- gallant-masts  are  higher  than 
what  arc  commoniy  used  in  sctcntyrfcurs.  Her  lower,  and  topsail 
yards  are  very  squarei  top-gallant  yardd  are  not. 


Main-mtit  from  the  ttep 
Top-mast      -        -        - 
Xdp-gaUui^tnast 
Fbre-mast  from  the  step 
Fore-top  mast        -        -        - 
Fore-top -^lant-mast 
MixeB-mast  from  l^e  step  which 
is  oo  the  lower  deck  -^    8a 

MUen-top^gallafit-BMBt 
Bow^rit       •        9        ^ 


US    4  J»l>hoom 

67    4  Main-yard    - 

3*  IX  Top-sail  yard 

104    4  Top.galkiat>y«rd 

.    63     6  Fore-yard 

■    29  II  Fore-top-sail-yard 

Fors-top-gaUsnS-ytwf    • 

6  MiBcn^top-sail-yard       • 


-  47 

-  %% 

•    71 


4  Mizen-top-gallant-yard 

5  Cro$i-)ack-yard     • 
I    Sprit-sail- yard       • 


Fta.  In, 
46    9 

69 

4a 
85 

67 
37 


9, 

5 

» 

I 


47  10 
33  o 
66  o 
64    S 


oFrtesms  in  his  majestt  s  ship 

I 

Jbha  Wflctt  Payne,  C^uin. 
ticary  Vavghatt,  FEfttLieutcnafte. 
Th«asa9'HwTno«»  Second  JLiemtesanft. 
jmmctt  Bcowoc  Mainwariag,  Tbifd 

Lkeutesant. 
Tohn  Burst,  Fourth  Lieutenant. 
George  5teel,  Fifth  Lieutenant. 
Jldward  Barker,  Master. 
JibiiI>Migbn»  Bdtatwaiiu 


794* 
Samuel  LawTord,  Carpenter* 
JameaMaciiing,  Gvoocr* 
John  Smithy  Fnraev. 
Joseph  Steyauon.  Surgeoo. 
Jean  Blanfield,  Pilot. 
Francis  Mason,  Captain's  Clerk. 
John  Lewis  Erelcgh,  Lieutenant  ad 

R  egiment. 
Frederick  P.  Oelnae,  Ditto* 


|.O0«  or    iil«>   MAIEVIY's  ship  CAr»^  ADMIBlAL  SIK  HYDE  PAKKER^ 
OK    USE.  r  <.SSACS  TO  THE  EAST  IMIMEA, 

(Referied  to  at  Page  12.) 

CHANC£  ft  lea^th  brought  to  light  some  accoitots.of  the  eoast  on 
which  the  above  Ship  was  wrecked  ;  but  how  must  the  horrors  of 
shipwreck  be  aggravated,  when  we  reflcA  upon  the  savage  barbarity 
witk  which  thft  gallant  Sir  Htde  Parkee,  and  the  brave  seamen 
under  his  coniMnd,  were  treated  by  the  merciless  tyrants  into  whose 
hands  the  jarring  elements  had  thrown  them. 

The  following  account  wjs  laid  before  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty^ 

in  the  year  1791. 

Capuin  Burn*  an  EngUshmaa*  who  commands  a  ycssel  in  the 
Ecrvice  of  the  Nabob  of  Arcot,  aad  who  is  employed  to  convey  the 
pilgvims  on  their  annual  visit  ti>  the  Tomb  of  Mahomet  at  Mecca* 
when  there  last  season,  was  going  on  shore,  and  saw  a  boat  belonging 
U>  a  Malay  vessel  then  lying  in  the  same  place,  with  a  man  in  her. 


COMMERCIAL    HII^TS^   I^ECDLLECTIONS^   2cC«  4I 

baling  out  the  water.  From  the  make  of  the  backet,  he  knew  it  must 
have  belonged  to  a  British  Ship.  *  He  accordingly^  rowed  alongside  of 
her,  and  saw  the  Cato's  name  painted  bn  the  bucket  :  struck  with 
the  sight,  he  immediately  enquired  of  the  Malay,  bow  he  came  by  the 
bucket  ?  who  told  him,  that  some  years  ago  a  large  Ship  was  wrecked 
upon  the  Malabar  Coast,  and  n)ost  of  the  people  got  safe  on  shore  ; 
but  that,  by  the  order  of  the  Malay  King,  the  major  part  of  tbem  were 
immediatdy  put  to  death.  Captain  Burn,  after  receiving  this  informa* 
tion,  went  on  board  the  Malay  Ship,  and  there  saw  the  Cato's  main- 
sail, and  a  quantity  of  British  bordage,  and  other  sails,  that  had  for- 
merly  belonged  to  the  above  unfortunate  Ship.  The  Malay  vessel 
was  almoBt  entirely  rigged  with  the  Cato's  stores. 

Captain  Bum,  when  on  bdard  the  Malayi  made  some  inqnines 
relative  to  the  number  of  the  Cato'a  Ship's  Company  that  had  siir- 
vired  the  massacre^  but  could  obtain  no  satisfactory  answer  ;  and  the 
next  day,  when  he  intended  going  again  on  board  the  Malay,  he  fouhd 
she  had«  in  the  course  of  the  night,  dropped  some  miles  from  the  place 
where  she  lay  the  preceding  day. 

The  uncertainty  of  the  manner  in  which  the  Cato  was  lost  had  long 
b^n  the  occasion  of  much  unhappiness,  not  only  to  the  relations  of 
^hosc  who  were  in  that  vessel,  but  to  the  nation  at  lai^e,  who  never 
ceased .  to  lament  the  fate  of  an  Admiral  whose  courage  and  condu6t 
were  at  all  times  an  honoiu-  to  the  British  Navy.  The  brave  officers 
asd  seamen  under  his  command  have  also  had  their  share  of  national 
sympathy— >a  tfibute  which  their  services,  and  sufferings,  certainly 
merited. 

It  must,  however,  be  a  satisfadtion  to  their  country,  to  reflet,  that 
there  are  yet  distant  hopes,  that  some  of  the  unfortunate  sufferers  may 
^  survive  I 

PLATE  XXV. 

REPRESENTATION  of  the  gallant  Night  Adbon  between  the 
Leander,  of  50  gunsy  Captain  J.  W.  Payne,  xm  the  eighteenth  of 
January^  1 783,  (the  same  Ship  which  was  lately  restored  to  Great 
.  Britaidy  by  the  Emperor  of  Russia^)  and  a  French  Ship  of  very  supe- 
rior force  *,  as  mentioned  in  the  preceding  Biographical  Memoir, 
page  twenty-sixth.-Both  Ships  are  on  the  larboard  tack,  standing 
to  the  southward  ;  the  Leander  placed  on  the  starboard  bow  of  the 
enemy,  which  station  she  preserved  during  the  greater  part  of  thi« 
desperate  engagement. 

*  T)ie  enemy's  Ship  had  74,  or  So  gunt ) 
®pl.  III.  G 


t    4^    1 

CORRESPONDENCE. 


TO  THE  EDITOR  OS  THE  NAFAL  CHRONICLE. 
SIR9 

I  REMEMBER  to  have  heard  much,  during  last  winter,  of 
the  A6Uon  between  the  Squadron  under  Sir  John  Borlase 
Warren,  and  the  French  Squadron,  o/F  the  coast  of  Ireland  ; 
and  particularly  of  the  engagement  which  afterwards  ensued 
between  his  Majesty's  Ship  Mermaid,  then  commanded  by 
Captain  Newman,  and  the  French  frigate  La  Loire,  which  had 
escaped  from  Sir  John  Borlase  Warren.  I  always  heard  this 
a£^ion  mentioned  with  the  highest  praise,  on  account  of  the 
great  superiority  of  the  French  Ships,  in  number  of  guns  and 
weight  of  metal,  with  the  addition  of  having  a  great  many 
disciplined  troops  on  board. — The  rules  of  the  Service  not  per- 
mitting that  any  Gazette  account  should  be  published  *  respe^ing 
the  engagement  of  a  single  Ship,  when  no  capture  took  place,  the 
public  were  never  officially  made  acquainted  with  all  the  par- 
ticulars of  this  engagement ;  and  I  therefore  think  it  may  not  be 
unacceptable  to  you,  to  receive  the  following  copy  of  the  ori- 
ginal letter,  written  on  the  occasion  by  Captain  Newman  to 
Admiral  Kingsmill,  which  lately  came  into  my  possession. 

The  French  Ship,  La  Loire, -did  not  founder,  as  it  will  be 
^seen  Captain  Newman  conjedlured  she  would,  but  was  afterwards 
encountered  and  taken  by  the  Anson,  of  44  guns,  Captain 
Durham,  and  the  Kangaroo,  Captain  Brace  ;  the  latter  of 
whom  fortunately  repaired  the  damages,  sustained  in  his  first 
attack  of  the  Ship,  in  sufficient  time  to  come  up  with  her  again 
after  her  ad)  ion  with  the  Mermaid,  and  materially  to  assist 
Captain  Durham  in  the  capture  of  her.  From  Captain  Durham's 
letter  to  the  Admiralty,  it  appeared,  that  La  Loire  was  "  pierced 
for  fifty  guns,  mounting  forty-six,  (eighteen  pounders,)  and 
having  on  board  664  men,  troops  included,  among  whom  arc  a 
number  of  artillery."  The  very  inferior  force  of  his  Majesty's 
Ship  Mermaid  was  thirty- two  twelve  pounders,  and  her  comple- 
ment of  men  only  220.  Whether  she  had  at  that  time  the  whole^ 
even  of  this  number,  I  do  not  know. 

The  silence  of  an  officer  with  such  reputation  as  Captain  Dur- 
ham possesses,  respeAing  th$  previous  drubbing  which  La  Loire 
had  received  from  the  Mermaid,  has  always  surprised  mc  ;  and  I 
have  heard  many  naval  men  express  their  astonishment  at  it  ; 
particularly  as  he  mentions  that,  ^*  luckily  for  him,  (considering 

5  We  believe  our  correspondent  is  not  quite  corred  in  asserting  thxs^ 


CORRESPOKSEVCI*  43 

the  disabled  state  of  the  Anson,  from  her  share  in  the  preceding 
aflion  of  the  13th  with  the  French  Sqaadroni)  he  found  his 
antagonist  so  much  crippled  to  his  hands."  % 

La  Loire  is  now  in  his  Majesty's  service,  and  the  command  of 
her  given  to  Captain  Newn^an« 

I  am.  Sir, 

Your  constant  reader, 

A  BRITISH  SEAMAN'S  FRIEND. 

(COPY.) 

"  To  Vke^Admiral  KlNGSMiLt* 
«'  His  Me^esty's  Ship  Mermaid^  Lough  ovflUy^  05.  19,  1798. 
w  sia, 

**'  I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you,  that,  agreeably  to  your  orders 
received  from  Captain  Essington,  of  his  Majesty's  Ship  Triumph,  on 
the  nth  instant,  off  Mizen  Head,  I  proceeded  with  the  Ship  I 
command.  La  Revolution  aire,  and  the  Kangaroo  Brig,  to 
cruise  off  the  Dorseys  for  Captain  Home>  of  his  Majesty's  Ship 
C^sAR,  and  put  myself  under  his  command  :  but  having  learnt  from 
Captain  Butterfield,  of  the  Hazard,  that  he  was  cruising  off  Black 
Cod  Bay,  I  made  sail  to  the  northward  accordingly  ;  and  on  the  I5th9 
at  eight  A.  M.  discovered  two  large  Ships  bearing  nortlu  On  their 
not  answering  the  private  signal,  I  made  the  signal  to  chase  ;  and 
soon  perceived  by  their  tacking,  and  carrying  a  press  of  sail  from  us» 
that  they  were  part  of  a  French  Squadron  expeded  on  this  coast. 
Having  gained  considerably  on  them  before  sun*set,  I  was  in  hopes  of 
bringing  them  to  a6Uon  that  night,  and  made  the  signal  to  prepare 
accordingly.  On  the  commencement  of  the  Chace,  they  kept  their 
wind,  but  edged  away  gradually,  till  in  the  evening  we  were  before  the 
wind,  with  all  sail  set«  Having  made  a  signal,  and  spoke,  they  hauled 
from  each  other,  which  separated  the  Revolution  aire  and  Mek- 
MAiD,  each  pursuing  one  ;.  the  Kangaroo  steering  after  ns,  but  far 
astern.  From'  the  thick  and  squally  weather,  I  lost  sight  of  the 
Kevolutionaire  at  seven  o'clock,  and  of  my  chace  soon  afterward.  I 
then  hauled  my  wind  on  the  larboard  tack,  wind  N.  by  £•  and  was 
soon  joined  by  the  Kangaroo. 

**  On  the  following  morning,  (16th,)  we  again  fell  in  with  one  of 
the  enemy's  frigates,  and  gave  chace.  At  three  P.  M.  the  Kangaroo 
came  up  with,  and  engaged  the  enemy,  in  a  most  gallant  manner  :  but 
nnfortunately  her  fore- top-mast  was  shot  away  by  the  enemy's  stern* 
chasers,  and  Captain  Brace  was  rendered  incapable  of  pursuit.  I  con- 
tinued the  chace  during  the  night,  never  losing  sight  of  her  ;  and  at 
day-light  I  perceived  the  enemy  intended  to  give  us  battle^  as  no  other 


44  CO&HftlfOKDBNCS* 

•ail  was  in  sight,     t  found  he  was  full  of  troopsy  and  judged  it 
probable  that  he  would  attempt  to  board  us :  my  conjedlure  was 
well  fou.idcd,  as  he  suffered  me  to  approach  as  near  as  I  chose  without 
annoyance-^both  Ships  before  the  windy  or  nearly  so  ;  steering  N.  £• 
At  a  quarter  before  seven  the  a^ion  commencedf  and  soon  became 
very  warm  on  both  sides.  -^  Having  placed  the  Mermaid  on  his  star« 
board  bow  ;  and  the  wind  fortunately  shifting  from  W.  S  W.  to 
&  S.  W.  I  was  enabled  to  gall  him  a  good  dealy  without  receiving 
much  damage  :  but  from  repeatedly  bearing  away,  and  luffing  upy 
we  closed  to  within  pistol  shot ;  when>  from  the  deliberate  and  well- 
dirededfire  of  the  Mermaid,  his  fore-top-mast  was  shot  awayy  as  also 
kis  cross  jack-yard.     The  fire  from  his  guns  was  evidently  slackened, 
though  he  kept  up  a  most  tremendous  and  incessant  one  from  tht  mus- 
quetry  in  every  part  of  the  Ship.     At  a  quarter  past  nine  his  main- 
top-sail-yard  came  down  ;  and  I  had  just  given  orders  to  run  athwart 
his  hawse  and  rake  him,  when  our  mizen  masc  went  by  the  board  > 
the  wreck  of  which  totally  for  a  time  disabled  the  cabin  and  quarter- 
deck guns  ;  and  we  had  scarcely  time  to  haul  Up  when  the  main-top- 
mast  followed*     At  this  time,  finding  the  stays,  backstays,  shrouds, 
lacks,  sheets,  and  every  bit  of  running  rigging  shot  away  ;  the  Ship 
making  a  deal  of  water,  from  being  much  hulled ;  and  several  sliots 
between  wind  and  water,  one  of  them  very  dangerous  in  the  bread- 
roQm  ;    some  lodged  in    the  wing  transom  ;    expe^ing  the  fore- 
mast,  fore-top*mast,  and  main-mast  to  go  ;   under  these  circuit  • 
stances,  and  these  only,  I  left  off  a£lion  ;  and  I  saw  that  the  enemy 
was  equally  disabled  with  ourselves,  and  must  have  sustained  an  immense 
slaughter,  as  we  mowed  down  the  troops  with  round   and  grape, 
and  they  .  were  perceived  throwing  overboard  the  killed  in  great 
numbers. 

^'  I  have  great  satisfaflion  in  informing  you.  Sir,  that,  notwith« 
standing  the  incessant  fire  of  musquetry,  frequently  within  pistol-shot, 
I  had  only  three  killed,  and  thirteen  wounded,  three  of  them  only 
dangerously  ;  and  they,  from  the  great  abilities  and  attention  of  Mr# 
QuiN,  the  Surgeon,  in  a  fair  way  of  recovery.  It  is  out  of  my  power 
to  give  due  praise  to  my  officers  and  crew  :  to  my  /rsi  Lieutenant « 
Ormsby,  second  Raynbr,  and  /&>// Corbet,  I  feel  much  indebted^ 
not  only  for  their  prompt  execution  of  my  orders  in  a^ion>  but  for 
their  unwearied  application,  night  and  day,  for  forty- eight  hours  chace^ 
every  moment  at  quarters,  and  in  the  severest  weather  I  ever  expc- 
licnced.  To  Mr.  Halliday  I  feel  much  indebted  ;  as  by  his  judi- 
cious attention  to  the  Helm,  the  enemy's  intention  of  boarding  was 
frustrated  :  also  to  Lieutenant  Tim  son  of  the  marines,  for  his  very 
great  exertions ;  and  to  Mr.  Brouchton,  Master^s  Mate^  wkos* 


COR&BBPONDlNCt.  4J 

condu£k  was  truly  exemplary ;  and  every  other  officer  behaved  as  I 
could  wish.  Constant  fatigue  was  endured  by  the  crew,  in  refitting, 
pumping,  clearing  the  wreck  of  the  fore-mast,  and  top-masti  that  fell 
on  board,  and  left  us  with  only  the  main-mast  and  main -yard,  the  sail 
being  blown  away  ;  we  scudded  under  this  bare  pole  before  the  heaviest 
gale  I  ever  experienced.  And  here  again  I  must  express  my  high  opi- 
nion of  the  whole  crew  ;  who,  from  the  fifteenth  to  the  nineteenth^ 
on  our  anchoring  in  Lou^h  SivUIy^  had  without  a  murnlur,  and  witk 
the  utmost  cheerfulness,  exerted  themselves  without  intermission  night 
and  day,  except  when  at  their  meals. — I  had  a  very  severe  loss  in  Mr# 
John  Taylor,  carpenter  ;  who,  when  over  the  side,  stopping  a  shot- 
hole,  was  swept  away  by  the  wreck  of  the  main -top  mast,  and 
drQwned« 

**  You  win  perceive,  Sir,  by  this  statement,  much  as  I  lament  not 
being  able  to  follow  up  the  aftion,  that  we  employed  every  endeavour 
to  frustrate  the  diabolical  intentions  of  these  abettors  of  rebellion  ;  and 
I  have  every  reason  to  suppose,  from  her  steering,  that  her  i  udder  was 
choked ;  her  main-mast  appeared  going  when  last  I  saw  her  ;  and  I 
doubt  not  she  foundered  that  night*  I  had  not  an  opportunity  of  ob* 
serving  her  name,  as  her  stem  was  much  blackened  by  firing  at  the 
Kangaroo  the  preceding  evening.  She  mounted  twenty-eight  eighteen 
pounders  on  her  main  deck,  and  had  sixteen  ports  on  a  side,  with  nine 
pounders  and  carronades  on  the  quarter  deck  and  forecastle. — I  have 
only  to  add,  that  by  the  blessing  of  God,  I  got  to  an  anchor  here  this 
day,  as  the  wind  immediately  shifted,  and  the  bread  was  aU  destroyed 
by  a  leak  in  the  bread  room,  and  I  had  only  ten  or  twelve  tons  of 
water  ;  having  been  out  eight  weeks  from  Plymouth. 

•*  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  with  respedl.  Sir, 

"  Your  obedient  and  very  humble  servant, 

**  J.  N.  NEWMAN.** 

*rO  THE  EDITOR  OF  THE  NAVAL  CHRONICLE. 

8IR, 

The  following  account  being  little  known,  I  take  the  liberty  of 

presenting  it  to  you  for  a  place  iu  the  Naval  Chronicle. 

A xiu 

Creat^een  Street,  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields^  Jan,  6,  1800. 

Relation  of  the  gallant   Behawur  of  an   EngUshman  in  a  memorahU^ 
Sea  fight. — Extraaed  from  a  Worh^  fmhlished  at  Parts  in  1 7 58,  en- 
titled,  "  Memoirs  of  a  Protestant  condemned  to  the  Gallies  of  France 
for  his  Religion." 

«  In  the  beginning  of  the  summer  of  1 708,  Queen  Anne,  among 
many  other  Ships  which  were  put  in  commission,  had  one,  a  vessel  of 


1 


4$  bORllISi^ONDIKCf. 

teyenty  gunfl/  commanded  by  -^—  Smithy  a  concealed  papist,  a[nd  ontf 
IV ho  bore  an  implacable  hatred  to  bis  Country.  His  Ship  was  stationed 
to  guard  the  coasts  ;  and  as  it  did  not  compose  part  of  any  fleet,  the 
Captain  was  at  liberty  to  cruise  with  her  as  he  thought  proper  :  he 
accordingly  sailed  to  Gottenburgh,  where  he  sold  her  Majesty's  Ship 
of  war,  whether  to  the  King  of  Sweden,  or  to  private  merchants,  I  do 
not  remember.     Be  that  as  it  may,  the  Ship  was  sold,  and  he  received 
the  price,  and  immediately  after  retired  into  France  to  offer  his  ser- 
vices to  Louis  XIV.  against  his  nati»?e  country.     The  King  received 
kim  very  graciously,  and  promised  him  the  first  Captain's  commission 
that  should  become  vacant ;  but  in  the  mean  time  advised  him  to  serve 
«3  a  volunteer  on  board  the  galley  of  Mr.  Langeron  at  Dunkirk,  and  that 
ordera  should  be  given  to  receive  him  with  that  respe^l  which  was  his 
due.    The  advice  of  Kings  is  but  a  tacit  manner  of  commanding  ; 
at  least  Smith  took  it  in  that  light,  and  obeyed.     The  Chevalier 
Langeron  received  him  very  politely,  and  entertained  him  at  his  own 
cxpence.   In  all  our  toilsome,  but  fruitless  expeditions  to  the  coasts  of 
England,  Captain  Smith  was  one — he  would  often  advise  us  to  a 
descent  upon  the  coast,  in  order  to  burn  their  towns,  where  he  might 
at  once  have  an  opportunity  of  shewing  his  bravery,  and  gratifying  his 
unnatural  hatred ;  but  it  was  thought  too  dangerous  to  comply  ; 
the  coasts  were  guarded  by  patrolling  parties,  while  large  bodies  of 
trained  troops  were  placed  at  convenient  distances  from  each  other  ;  a 
species  of  animals  French  sailors  do  not  much  care  to  meddle  with. 
Smith,  burning  with  rage  against  England,  had  his  head  filled  with 
nothing  but  schemes  to  in^'ade  it.     Among  the  rest,  he  sent  proposals 
to  the  French  Court,  of  burning  Harwich,  a  little  town,  situated  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Thames,  provided  six  gallies  were  submitted  to  his 
command.     The  King  approved  his  projedl  ;  gave  orders  to  Com- 
modore Langeron  to  follow  Captain  Smith's  instrudlions  in  the  whole 
©f  the  expedition,  and  to  the  Intendant  to  furnish  whatever  was  neces- 
sary towards  carrying  it  on.     The  Chevalier  Langeron  felt  some  repug- 
nance at  being  subjeded  to  the  controul  of  a  stranger,  invested  with 
no  commission  :  however  he  obeyed  with  seeming  sntis^adion,  while 
Smith  gave  the  necessary  direftions  for  colledling  combiinibles,  and  a 
reiiiforcement  of  soldiers,  with  whatever  else  was  thought  necessary. 
Every  thing  being  in  readiness,  we  put  to  sea  on  the  fifth  of  September* 
in   a  fine  clear  inornlng,  with  a  gentle  favourable  wind  at  north  east. 
We  amved  at  the  mouth  of  the  Thames,  without  using  our  oars,  at 
about  five  in  the  evening  ;  but  Smith  being  of  opinion  that  we  were 
too  early,  and  that  we  might  be  discovered  if  we  came  too  near 
the  shore,  ordered  us  to  stand  off  to  sea  till  night  fall,  and  to  make 
cur  descent  when  it  \vas  dark.     We  had  not  laid- to  half  an  houry 


^  tOURSSPONDENCB*  47 

when  the  sailor  at  the  mast  head  cried  out,  **  A  fleet  to  the  aorth# 
steering  west,  thirty-six  sail,  merchaut*biiilty  and  escorted  by  a  frigate 
of  about  thirty  cannon."     It  was  in  fadl  a  fleet  of  merchant  Ships/ 
who  had  left  the  Texeli  and  were  making  for  the  mouth  of  the 
Thames.     Our  Commodore  immediately  called  a  council  of  war,  ia 
which  it  was  concludedj  that  without  regarding  Harwich  we  should 
endeavour  to  make  ourselves  masters  of  this  fleet ;  that  this  would  be 
doing  the  King  better  service  than  burning  Harwich  ;  that  an  oppor- 
tunity would  every  day  offer  for  doing  that,  hut  so  rich  a  booty  as  this 
would  seldom  occur.     These  reasons  nevertheless  did  not  in  the  least 
influence     Captain  Smith  :    he   protested  against  their   resolutions^ 
alledging,  that  his  Majesty's  orders  should  be  obeyed  without  being 
drawn  away  by  any  different  enterpiise,  and  that  we  should  steer  to 
the  south  to  prevent  being  seen  by  this  fleet.     The  council  of  war 
persevered  in  their  resolution,  secretly  pleased  at  thwarting  the  designs 
of  a  man  whom  they  regarded  with  envy,  and  whose  success  would  but 
give  them  cause  to  repine.     The  result  of  the  deliberations  of  the 
council  Mras  an  order  to  the  six  Captains  to  attack  this  fleet.     We 
made  all  possible  haste,  with  both  sails  and  oars  ;  and  as  it  approached 
us  while  we  made  towards  it,  we  soon  came  up.     Our  Commodore 
had  given  orders  to  four  of  the  galleys  to  invest,   if  possible,  and 
master,  the  merchant  Ships,  which  was  an  easy  matter,  as  such  vessels 
are  for  the  most  part  defenceless  ;  while  our  galley,  which  was  Com* 
nodore,  and  that  of  Chevalier  Mauviliers^  should  attack,  and  become 
masters  of  the  frigate  which  served  for  convoy.     In  pursuance  of  these 
dispositions,  four  galleys  took  a  compass  to  surround  the  merchant* 
men,  and  cut  off  their  entrance  into  the  Thames,  while  we  went 
dire£Uy  to  attack  the  frigate.     The  frigate  perceiving  our  design,  and 
the  danger  which  threatened  the  whole,  or  the  greatest  part  of  the 
fleet,  took  its  measures  accordingly.     It  was  an  E^^glish   Ship,  the 
Captain  of  which  had  the  <  haradler  of  being  one  of  tht^  most  resolute^ 
yet  prudent  Commanders  in  the  British  \avy  ;  and  indeed  bis  condudt 
in  this  conjunciure  did  not  give  Fame  the  lie.     He  ordered  the  mer- 
chantmen to  crowd  all  sail  possible  to  get  into  the  Thames,  doubting 
not  for  his  own  part  that  he  should  be  ablci  with  his  little  frigate,  to 
cut  out  work  enough  for  six  French  galltys ;  and  let  what  would  be 
the  result  of  the  engagement,  he  was  determined  not  to  give  out  till  he 
Saw  the  Ships  under  his  convoy  in  safety.     Pursuant  to  this  resolution, 
he  spread  his  sails,  and  bore  down  upon  us,  as  if  he  iiitended  to  be  the 
first  aggressor.     Of  the  two  galleys  ordered  lo  attack  the  frigate,  ouri 
alone  was  in  a  capacity  to  btgin  the  eugagtment,  as  our  associate  had 
fallen  back  at  least  a  league  behind  U6,  either  because  she  did  not  sail 
§o  fast  as  WC|  or  else  her  Captain  chose  to  let  us  hav^  the  honpur  of 


49  eOl&EtPONDCNGff* 

striking  the  first  blow*     Our  Commodore,  who  seemed  no  waj  cfis* 

tUrbcd  at  the  approach  of  the  fiigatc,  thought  our  galley  alone  would 

be  more  than  a  match  for  the  EngHshman  ;  but  the  sequel  will  shew 

that  he  was  somewhat   deceived  in  this  conjedlure.     As  we  both 

mutually  approached  each  other,  we  were  soon  within  cannon  shot, 

and  accordirtgly  the  galley  discharged  her  brDad&idc  ••     The  frigate^ 

•ilcnt  as  dtath^  approached  us  without  firing  a  gun,  but  seeming  stea^ 

dify  resolved  to  reserve  all  her  terrors  for  more  close  engagement^ 

Our  Commodore  nevertheless  mistook  English  resolution  for  coward* 

Eness.     <*  What,'*  cried  he,  "is  the  frigate  weary  of  carr^nng  English 

colours,  and  does  she  come  to  surrender  without  a  blow."     The  boast 

was  premature.     Still  we  approached  each  other,  and  now  were  within 

musket  shot.     The  galley   incessantly  poured  in  her  broadside  and 

small  arms,  the  frigate  all  this  while  preserving  the  most  dreadfid 

trunquillity  that  imagination  can  conceive.     At  last  the  Englishman 

seemed  all  at  once  struck  with  a  panic,  and  began  to   fly  for  iu 

Nothing  gives  more  spirits  than  a  flying  enemy  :  nothing  was  heaid 

but  boasting  among  our  officers  :  we  could  at  one  blo^jt  sink  a  man  of 

war  :  aye»  that  we  coiild,  and  that  with  ease  too.     If  Mr.  English 

^oes  not  strike  in  two  minutes,  down  he  goes^  down  to  the  bottom* 

AH  this  time  the  frigate  was  in  silence  preparing  for  the  tragedy 

which  was  to  ensue.     Her  flight  was  but  pretended,  and  done  with  9 

'View  to  entice  us  to  board  her  in  her  stern,  which,  as  heing  the  weakest 

fjnarter,   galleys  gencr^ly  chuse   to  actack.     Against    this   quarter 

they   endea\'onr  to  drive  their  beak,  and  then  generally  board  the 

enemy,  after  having    cleared   the    decks  with    their  five    pieces  of 

cannon*     The  Commodore,  in  such  a  favourable  conjun6lure  as  he 

Knagined  this  to  be,  ordered  the  galley  to  board,  and  bid  the  men  at 

the  helm  to  bury  her  beak,  if  possible,  in  the  frigate.     All  the  sailors 

and  soldiers  stood  ready,  with  their  sabres  and  battle  axes,  to  execute 

Ilis  commands*     The  frigate,  who  perceived  our  intentions,  dextrouslj 

avoided  our  beak,  which  was  just  ready  to  bedash^  against  her  stern  : 

so  that  instead  of  seeing  the  frigate  sink  in  the  dreadful  encounter,  as 

was  expected,  we  had  the  mortification  to  behold  her  fairly  alongside  of 

vs ;  an  interview  which  struck  us  with  terror*     Now  it  was  that  the 

English  Captain's  courage  was  conspicuous  :  as  he  had  foreseen  what 

<wou]d  bappeoj  he  was  ready  with  his  grappling  irons,  and  fixed  ua 

•  There  Is  something  very  striking,  and  terrible  in  the  appearance  of  a  galley 
at  the  first  onset.  As  soon  as  she  comes  alongside  the  enemy,  the  gallcy^s  whol^ 
crew,  in  order  to  strike  terror,  set  up  the  roost  dreadful  shout  that  can  be  con- 
ceived, perhaps  not  less  terrible  than  the  Indian  war  whoop.  Three  hundred 
men,  quite  naked,  roaring-  all  at  once,  and  rattling  their  chains  in  the  most 
hideous  manner,  cannot  but  impress  the  mind  with  strange  emotions;  they  muaft 
bave  hearts  well  disciplined  who  can  sustain  the  encounter  without  tre^blin^. 


CORRESPONDBNCE.  49 

dose  by  Us  side.  His  artillery  began  to  open>  cbarged  with  grape  shot* 
AU  on  board  the  galley  were  as  much  exposed  as  if  upon  a  x^t ;  not  a 
gun  was  fired  that  did  not  make  horrible  execution  ;  we  were  near 
enough  even  to  be  scorched  with  the  flame.     The  English  masts  were 
filled  with  saOors,  who  threw  hand  grenades  among  us  like  hail,  that 
scattered  wounds  and  death  wherever,  they  fell.     Our  crew  now  no 
longer  thought  of  attacking ;  they  were  even  unable  to  make  the  least 
defence.     The  terror  was  so  great>  as  well  among  the  officers  as 
common  men,  that  they  seemed  incapable  of  resistance.     Those  who 
were  neither  killed  nor  wounded  lay  flat  and  counterfeited  death  to 
find  safety*    The  enemy  perceiving  our  fright,  to  add  to  our  mis* 
fortunes^  threw  in  forty  or  fifty  men,  who,  sword  in  hand,  hewed  down 
all  that  ventured  to  oppose  ;  sparing, however,  the  slaves  who  made  no 
resistance.     After  they  had  cut  away  thus  for  some  time,  being  con- 
strained back  by  our  still  surviving  numbers,  they  continued  to  pour 
a  dreadful  fire  among  US.     Chevalier  Langeron  seeing  himself  reduced 
to  this  extremity,  finding  a  great  part  of  his  crew  either  killed  or 
wounded,  vras  the  only  man  on  board  who  had  courage  enough  to  wave 
the  flag  of  distressi  by  which  he  called  the  other  galleys  of  the  squadron 
to  his  aid.     The  galley  which  had  laid  astern  was  soon  up  with  us  i 
and  the  other  four,  who  had  almost  taken  possession  of  the  merchant- 
men, upon  seeing  our  signal,  and  perceiving  our  distress,  quitted  the 
intended  prey  to  come  to  our  assistance.     Thus  the  whole  fleet  of 
merchant  ships  saved  themselves  in  the  Tliames  :  the  gsdlies  roWed 
with  such  swiftness,  that  in  less  than  half  an  hour  the  whole  six  had 
encompassed  the  frigate  :   her  men  were  now  no  longer  able  to  keep 
the  deck,  and   she  presented  a  favourable   opportunity  for   being 
boarded  ;  twenty-five  grenadiers  from  each  galley  were  ordered  upoa 
this  service.     They  met  with  no  opposition  in  coming  on ;  but  scarce 
l^ere  they  crowded  upon  the  deck,  when  they  once  again  were  saluted 
a  fAngloUm     The  officers  of  the  frigate  were  intrenched  in  the  fore- 
castle, and  fired  upon  the  grenadiers  incessantly.    The  rest  of  the  crew 
ako  did  what  execution  they  were  able  through  tlie  gratings,  and  at 
hst  cleared  the  Ship  of  the  enemy.     Another  detachment  was  ordered 
to  board,  but  with  the  saftie  success.     However  it  was  at  kst  thought 
adviseable,  with  hatchets  and  other  proper  instruments,  to  lay  open  her 
decks,  and  by  that  means  make  the  crew  prisoners  of  war.     This  was, 
though  with  extreme  difficulty,  executed  ;  and  in  spite  of  their  firings 
jwhich  killed  several  of  the  assailants,  the  frigate's  crew  were  at  last 
constrained  to  surrender.     The  officers  were  still  possessed  of  the  fore^ 
castle,  and  still  kept  up  as  brisk  a  fire  as  before.     They  also  were  to  be^ 
fiorced  in  the  like  manner  ;    which  was  not  effe^led  without  loss.. 
Thus  was  all  the  Ship's  company  made  piisonersj  except  tlxe  Captaiiw 

mi  III.  H 


JO  COKRlSPONOBHCt. 

He  took  refuge  in  the  cabin,  where  he  fired  npon  at  with  the  otmoil 
obstinacy,  swearing  that  he  would  spiH  the  ksi  drop  of  his  blood  before 
he  would  see  the  inside  of  a  French  prison.  The  rest  of  the  Kaghsh 
ofiicersy  who  had  been  by  this  time  conduced  on  bourd  us,  described 
their  Ciptain  &s  a  man  perfeAly  fool-hardy>  as  one  determined  to  blow 
the  frigate  in  the  air  rather  than  strike  ;  and  painted  Ms  rcaohitioa 
in  such^  strong  colours,  that  eiren  the  conquerors  trembled.  Every 
person  now  expeded  to  sec  thi:  frigate  blown  up,  while  they  themsdvea 
must  share  the  danger  of  so  t^rribk  a  neighbourhood.  Tlie  way  to 
the  powder-room  led  through  the  cabin,  and  that  the  English  Oiptaift 
wasstiQ  possessed  of;  and  had  the  frigate  been'blownup  it  must  hare 
been  attended  with  the  most  fatal  effeds  to  the  six  galleys.  In  this  ex* 
tremity  it  was  concluded  to  summon  the  Captain  iu  the  most  gentle 
terms,  and  to  promise  htm  the  kindest  treatment  upon  surrendering. 
He  only  answered  ail  this  by  ftring  as  ftiBt  as  hecoukl.  At  length  the 
la^t  remedy  was  to  be  put  in  execution,  to  take  him  dead  or  alire.  For 
this  purpose,  a  Serjeant,  and  twelve  grenadiers,  received  orders,  (with 
bayonets  fixed,  to  brrak  open  his  door,  and  kill  him  if  he  refused  to 
surrender.  The  Serjeant  at  the  head  of  his  detachment  would  have 
soon  burst  the  door  ;  but  the  Captain,  who  had  expedM  all  this,  with 
his  loaded  pistol  shot  him  through  the  head.  The  grenadiers,  appre- 
hensive of  the^  same  fate,  quickly  betook  themselves  to  ftight,  nor  was 
it  in  the  power  of  any  of  th)!  officers  to  prevail  on  them  once  more  to 
renew  the  engagement,  though  seemingly  so  unequal.  They  alledged 
in  their  vindication,  that  as  they  could  advance  into  tlie  room  but  one 
abreast,  the  Captain  would  kiB  them  all  one  after  the  other.  Again 
recourse  was  had  to  gentle  methods,  and  intreaty  was  used,  which  had 
at  last  the  desired  success.  All  this  seeming  resolution,  this  condu£t» 
which  appeared  rather  the  effeA  of  insensibility  than  prudence,  was 
aitfully  assumed  only  to  prolong  the  engagement  till  the  merchant  fleet 
were  in  safety  ;  which  when  the  English  Captain  perceived  from  hm 
cabin  window,  he  then  began  to  Ksten  to  reason  :  yet  still  to  prolong 
the  time  as  much  as  lay  in  his  power,  he  pretended  another  obstacle  to 
his  surrendering  ;  he  ufltdged  it  as  beneath  him  to  deHver  up  his  swoni 
to  any  but  the  Commodore,  and  desired  that  he  would  come  down  to 
receive  it  ;  adding,  that  brave  men  should  only  be  prisoners  of  each 
other.  Accordingly  a  truce  was  agreed  on  till  his  demand  should  be 
irported  to  the  Commodorxr,  who  sent  word  back  by  his  second 
i  Jcutenant,  that  a  commander  shonM  never  quit  his  post  or  his  Shipt. 
At  last  the  Captain  gave  up  his  sword  without  farther  par1ey»  Iflce  a 
rfal  Englishman,  despising  ceremony  when  ceremony  could  be  no 
longer  useful.  He  was  now  brought  before  our  Commodore,  who  conld 
Bot  iiclp  teuif/ing  soiac  surprise  at  the  inconsideTabk  figure  which  had 


pmU  mck  ft  mighty  uproar.    H«  was  hump-back^d,  pale-facedf  and 
as  mudi  defofmed  w  pcraoii  as  beautiful  in  mind.     Our  Cosunodore 
coopKiaartcd  bim  on  bis  braTcry  ;  «ddiDg»  that  bis  present  captivity 
was  bat  the  fortune  of  war ;  the  loss  of  his  $bip»  the  saCety  of  the 
fleet  entrusted  to  his  care  ;  and  ibat  be  should  have  no  reason  to  regret 
bis  being  a  prisoner,  since  by  the  treatment  he  should  receive  his 
bondage  would  be  merely  nominal.    **  I  feel  no  regret,"  replied  the 
Httle  Captain  ;  "  my  duty  called  me  to  defend  .my  charge,  though  at 
the  loss  of  my  vessel.     In  what  light  my  services  may  be  represented  to 
my  country  I  neither  know  nor  care.    I  might  perhaps  have  had  more 
bonour  among  them  by  saving  her  Mzjesty's  Ship  by  flight ;  and  I 
shouldccrtainly  have  more  profit,  as  I  should  still  be  continued  in 
command  :  but  this  consolation  remains,  that  I  have  served  England 
futhfuUy,  aof  can  I  feel  any  private  loss  by  an  aftion  that  enriches  the 
publicf  and  serves  to  make  my  country  more  happy*    Your  kjnd 
treatment  of  me  may  not  perhaps  be  without  its  reward ;  though  I 
should  never  have  the  opportunity,  you  will  find  some  of  my  country* 
men  who  have  gratitude  ;  and  that  fortune  which  puts  me  into  your 
power,  may  one  day  put  you  into  theirs."    The  noble  boldness  with 
which  he  expressed  himeelf  charmed  the  Commodore :  he  returned  him 
bis  sword,  adding,  very  politely,  **  Take,  Sir,  a  weapon  no  man  better- 
deserves  to  wear  :  forget  that  you  are  my  prisoner  ;  but  remember  I 
exped  you  for  my  friend.**   There  was  soon,  however,  some  reason  to 
repent  pf  this  indulgence,  as  the  consequences  of  giving  him  back  his 
sword  had  like  to  have  been  fataL     Tlie  Captain  being  introduced 
into  the  cabin  of  the  galley,  bdield  there  Smith  the  traitor,  and  instantly 
knew  hinu     England  had  set  a  price  upon  this  wretch's  head  of  one 
thousand  pounds,  so  that  he  regarded  every  thing  that  was  English 
with  the  utmost  detestation.     These  two  could  not  long  behold  each 
other  without  feeling  those  emotions  which  a  contrast  between  the 
greatest  virtue,  and  vicci'occasions  ;  and  the  little  Captain  was  all  on  tire 
to  take  vengeance   for  his  country   on  its  betrayer.     *<  Perfidious 
man,"  said  he,  drawing. his  sword,  •*  since  the  hand  of  justice  cannot 
give  you  the  death  you  merit,  take  it  from  mine  ;"  and  at  the  same 
time  he  ran  against  him,  resolved  to  plunge  his  sword  into  his  breast. 
Fortunately  £or  both,  the  Commodore  was  near  enough  to  prevent  the 
ratibnees  of  his  coodu^  by  taking  the  assailant  in  his  arms,  and  stopped 
the  meditated  blow,  to  the  great  regret  of  the  Captain,  who  vowed  he 
bad  been  better  pleased  with  such  an  a^ion  than  to  have  taken  the  six 
gatlies.     Captain  Smith  represented  it  to  the  Commodore  as  highly 
unfit  that  the  prisoner  should  be  in  the  same  galley  with  him,  and 
bf ggcd  to  remove  him  to  another  ^  which  thu.  Commodore  refused  ; 
zlkdgiBgp  that  as  he-was  his  prisoner,  he  must  remain  where  he  was^ 


"1 

I 


ft  eORRStrOlTDBlVCC. 

but  that  Captain  Smith  had  hit  choice  of  any  of  the  other  five  gaffies 
for  his  residence. — ^Wc  took  possession  of  our  prize,  which  was  called 
the  Nightingale  ;  the  name  of  the  brave  little  fellow  who  commanded 
her  I  am  not  able  to  remember. 

TO  THE  EDITOR  OF  THE  NAVAL  CHRONICLE. 
SIR,  Blandford,  Mth  January  !8oo# 

If  you  should  think  the  following  sketch  of  the  chara<Ser  of  a  man 
so  well  known  and  admired  in  the  Service,  worthy  of  a  place  in 
your  very  interesting  work,  you  will  greatly  please  his  friends  by 

inserting  it. 

I  am.  Sir, 

Your  obedient  humble  servant, 

CHARI.£S. 

On  the  seventeenth  of  January,  1786,  died  upon  the  coast  of  y^nV^i, 
in  the  discharge  of  his  professional  duty,  Edward  Thompson,  Esq. 
Captain  of  the  Grampus ^  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Majesty's 
Squadron  on  the  Coast  of  Africa  :  an  officer  of  very  distinguished 
eminence,  and  a  gentleman  well  known  in  the  polite  and  literary  world. 
His  dispositions  were  happy  and  amiable  ;  his  acquirements  very  far 
beyond  mediocrity  ;  his  principles  upright  and  firm.  He  had  courage 
without  pride,  and  was  fond  of  liberty  without  licentiousness*  His 
ambition  taught  him  to  court  dangers ;  his  resolution  to  surmount 
them  :  and  his  officers  and  crew,  convinced  of  his  knowledge,  and 
adniinng  his  generosity,  were  impatient  to  flatter  his  attention,  by 
the  most  unequivocal  marks  of  their  submission  and  zeal.  The  eleva- 
tion of  his  sentiments  procured  him  admiration  in  every  situation 
of  life.  Whilst  he  was  liberal  as  a  superior,  he  was  still  more  so  as  a 
friend.  His  heart,  alive  to  the  most  virtuous  sensibilities,  indulge4 
itself  in  a6^ions  the  most  generous.  To  his  fncnd  he  was  ever  ready  to 
sacrifice  his  fortune  and  his  ease  :  it  was  not  slightly  that  he  formed  his 
opinions,  and  he  did  not  easily  abandon^hem. 

He  had  a  talent  for  poetry  ;  and  was  not  insensible  to  the  elegance 
of  the  fine  arts.  He  wrote  verse  with  a  degree  of  success,  and  not 
unfrequcntly  discovered  marks  of  genius,  that  would  have  done  credit 
to  a  more  experienced  writer.  His  judgment  was  solid,  and  yet  hia 
imagination  was  warm.  He  formed  his  purpose  without  delay,  and 
put  it  in  execution  with  ardour.  He  was  perftftly  free  from  dupli- 
city. Nature  intended  his  a£iions  to  arise  from  an  honest  impulse* 
and  all  his  knowledge  of  the  world  could  not  seduce  him  into  corrup- 
tion. At  the  age  of  forty  years  he  concluded  an  honourable  career 
in  this  life  ;  and  left  his  relations  and  friends  to  lament  his  memory 
with  an  unavailing  sorrow  and  regret. 


COKRtSPOHDtHCB*  J} 

Ult.  BDlTORf 

WHEN  foreign  timber  is  at  so  very  high  a  pric€>  the  following 
method  of  rendering  home-grown  equally  useful  as  foreign  wood,  by- 
Mr.  JoBM  Chalmers^  archtted,  at  Torryi  in  Scotland,  seems  to  be 
worthy  of  the  attention  of  the  Mavy* 

^<  After  cutting  tt  down  from  the  8tock9  take  off  the  outer  bark 
immediately^  and  ako  the  inner  rind  clean  to  the  wood.  Cut  it  up  to 
tiw  dtferent  purposes  for  which  it  may  be  wanted,  viz.  scantlings  for 
mofing,  jolstingsy  planks,  deals,  &c.  and,  after  preparing  them  for  the 
*  diflerent  uses  for  which  they  are  intended,  steep  them  in  lime  water  for 
a  few  days  (I  mean  in  water  in  which  lime  shells  have  been  skcked), 
or  pave  them  over  with  a  little  of  the  Ume  along  with  the  water  when 
the  shdSs  are  dissolved  in  it.  The  hotter  it  is  used  after  the  lime  it 
slacked,  the  better.  It  will  answer  equally  well  for  round  trees.  I 
have  been,  for  these  great  number  of  years  past,  in  use  to  take  down 
and  rq>air  both  ancient  and  modern  buildings,  in  which  a  good  deal  of 
home  or  -Soot's  fir  had  been  used  in  different  parts  of  the  buildings 
but  I  never  found  one  inch  either  rotten  or  worm-eaten,  where  it  was 
b  the  least  coniie6):ed  with  the  lime,  and  kept  dry.  On  the  contrary^ 
I  found  it  harder,  more  firm  and  entire,  than  when  first  used.'* 

Yours,  8lCs 

MR,  EDITOR, 

IT  was  originally  the  custom  to' serve  seamen  with  their  allowance 
of  spirits  undiluted  :  the  method,  now  in  use,  of  adding  water  to  it« 
was  first  introduced  by  Admiral  Vernon  in  1740,  and  obtained  the 
appellatton  of  Gro^,  This  was  a  great  improvement ;  for  the  quan- 
tity of  half  a  pint,  which  is  the  daily  legal  allowance  to  each  man, 
will  intoxicate  most  people  to  a  considerable  degree,  i£  taken  at  once 
in  a  pure  state* 

The  superiority  of  wine  t>vcr  spirits  in  any  shape  was  so  conspt. 
cuous,that  towards  tlic  end  of  the  war,  the  Fleets  in  the  West  Indies 
and  North  America  were  supplied  with  nothing  but  wnie,  and  with 
a  success  sufficient  to  encourage  tlie  continuance  of  the  same  pra(flice 
in  future. 

A  CONSTANT  RSADER. 


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C  $♦  3 

NAVAL  LITERATURE. 


A  Mushaary  Vojage  to  the  Sombem  PaciJSe  Ocsant  prnfomuJ  in  ik  Ttart 
1796,  17971  and  17989  in  the  Shif  Duff^  eemmmded  by  CaftmB 
James  WUseru  Complied  from  Jmtmak  of  the  OJhert^  ami  the 
MissioMfies  \  and  Uhutrated  with  Maftt  Charts  ^  aud  Vuws  ;  drawn 
hy  Mr,  WtUiam  Hudson,  and  engraved  hy  the  most  eminent  Artists  : 
muth  a  Preliminary  Discourse  on  the  Geography  and  History  of  tho 
Sonih  Sfa  Islands  :  and  an  Appenaixy  inclnding  Details  ne-ver  beforr 
pnblished  of  the  Natural  and  Cl<v'd  State  ofOtaheite*  By  a  Committer 
appointed  for  the  purpose  under  the  DireSors  of  the  Missionary  Society  * 

'  4II0.  ^10  Pages.  2/.  21.  Fine  Paper ^  iL  is.  Common  Paper,  i799» 
Chapman* 

'"T^HE  paper  and  letter-press  in  this  volume  are  excellent^ 
•*"  and  the  charts,  maps,  views,  &c.  (thirteen  in  all)  are 
well  executed.  The  volume  is  divided  into  four  parts,  viz* 
the  Introduftory  Discourse  ;  dircftions;  the  Journal  striftly 
so  termed,  and  the  Appendix* 

The  IntrodihSlory  Discourse  is  calculated  to  extend  the 
boundaries  of  the  science  of  geography  ;  but  the  history, 
though  instruflive  and  amusing,  is,  we  think, too  detailed.  Had 
experience  furnished  the  surest  foundation  for  the  important 
fkwls  stated,  tliey  could  only  be  interesting  to  navigators  wha 
may  touch  at  those  Islands. — Tlie  Instructions  to  Captain 
Wilson  are  well  drawn  up*-»The  voyagers  being  unable  to 
double  Cape  Horn,  were  obliged  to  shape  a  circuitous  course 
for  some  thousands  of  miles. 

Drawing  near  the  region  of  their  destination,  the  settlement 
of  the  Missionaries  in  the  three  groups  of  islands,  (the 
Friendly,  tlie  Marquesas,  and  the  Society  Islands,)  is  dis* 
cussed,  and  finally  settled  : — when  twenty-five  of  their 
number,  inclnding  five  women  and  two  children,  were  sent 
to  Otahelte  \  ten  to  Tongr,taboQ  ;  and  Vko  for  Santa  Christiana  ; 
at  which  places  they  were  safely  landed* 

An  exaft  map  of  Otahcite  is  given  in  the  work  :    This-. 
island  is  situated  in  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  degrees 
of  south  latitude,  and    about  one  hundred  and  fifty  west 
longitude*    For  the  salubrity  of  the  air,  its  abundance  of  fine 


NATAL'LlflRAtrURB.  .   55 

water,  spontaneous  produftions  of  the  soil,  the  rich  and 
romantic  appearances  of  thecbuntfy^it  has  been  denominated 
the  Queen  of  Islands.  Its  staple  commodities  are  the  bread 
frait,  cocoa  nuts,  hogs,  fish,  and  fo^l,  in  great  abundance— 
with  other  plants  and  roots  of  tropical  growth.  The  natives 
are  unacquainted  with  the  use  of  money ;  one  of  them  re- 
jeded  with  contempt  the  oflfer  often  new  guineas  for  an  axe* 
Their  goyo-nment,  if  such  it  may  be  called,  has  some  faint 
traces  of  a  monarchy  j  they  have  a  king  by  hereditary  suc- 
cession, und6r  whom  are  a  number  of  chiefs  over  the  several 
distriSs.  The  Missionaries  were  daily  loaded  with  presents. 
Nor  was  tliis  a  sudden  impulse  of  hospitality ;  for  when 
Captain  Wilson  returned  from  the  Islands  where  the  other 
Missionaries  were  stationed,  at  the  expiration  offour  months, 
the  report  on  the  Journal  runs  thus  :  "  They  had,  in  general^ 
enjoyed  good  health  ;  the  natives  had  constantly  observed 
the  same  respedful  behaviour  towards  them  as  at  the  first ; 
and  had  never  failed,  for  a  day,  to  supply  them  abundantly 
with  all  kinds  of  provisions. — From  the  little  experience 
they  had  gained  of  the  people,  they  supposed  the,m  teachable  ; 
and  though  rooted  in  the  traditions  and  prejudices  of  their* 
ancestors,  they  hoped  that  a  knowledge  of  the  language,  and 
perseverance  in  their  duty,  would  have  a  great  effed  upon  tlic 
rising  generation." 

Captain  Cooke*s  statement  must  have  been  greatly  exagge- 
rated, as  appears  from  a  comparison  of  the  number  of  in- 
habitants in  other  islands,  in  the  South  Sea,  where  the  fatal 
distempers  are  not  found,  that  are  prevalent  at  Otaheite  :  his 
estimate  is  two  hundred  thousand  ;  Captain  Wilson  says,  it  is 
no  more  at  present  than  about  sixteen  thousand  :  a  depopu- 
lation hardly  credible. 

The  Appendix  gives  a  very  particular  account  of  Otaheite— 
its  government,  ranks  in  society,  property,  priesthood, 
amusements,  singular  customs,  birds,  fishery,  plants,  trees, 
and  shrubs. 

The  whole  of  the  work  is  replete  with  good  sense,  abounds 
with  curious  anecdotes,  and  will  amply  repay  tlie  labour  of 
every  reader,  with  interest  and  instru£tion« 


[    56    3 


Bright-eyM  Fancy,  hirv'riDg  o'er, 

Kcattcn  from  her  piflhur'd  Urn 

I'houghu  that  brestlke,  and  Wcnb  that  ham.  I 

EXTRACTS  FROM  A  POEM 

ADDRBSSED  TO  ADMIRAL  KBPFEL  IN  THB  TBAR  I  779  ••► 

FORTH  from  that  oozy  bed,  and  coral  care. 
Where  the  grpat  seaman  found  his  wat'ry  grare. 

Comes  Drakb, — ^whosc  Flag,  by  Glory's  hand  vmlEorfd, 

TracM  the  first  circle  roiind  th''  astonish'd  world— ^ 

And  the  great  Seaman  of  our  later  days, 

Anson,  who  born  a  sunk  Marine  to  raise, 

Rcform'd  our  fleets,  and  sent  them  to  proclalia 

Around  The  Globe,  famlh'ar  with  his  name. 

His  guiding  genius,  and  his  Country's  fame. 

•—What  men  soe'er  her  seats  of  council  fill. 

The  Brave  must  feel,  she  is  their  Country  still ; 

Let  them  for  her  the  worst  of  perils  dare. 

And  never,  never  of  the  State  despair  !— 

Yet  British  Virtue,  theme  of  noblest  song  ! 

Strong  in  her  fleets,  and  in  her  armies  strong, 

I^ike  the  firm  cement  of  an  ancient  tower. 

Defies  the  rage  of  Time,  and  ev'ry  hostile  powV. 

This  virtue  still,  the  bard's  peculiar  care, 

Shall  prompt  the  patriot  song,  and  martial  pray'r  : 

«*  Thou !  God  of  Hosts  I  whose  sacred  breath  imparts 

Valour's  unclouded  flame  to  British  hearts ; 

Whose  hand  has  spread  our  triumphs  round  the  globe. 

And  drest  the  Queen  of  Isles  in  glory's  goigeous  robe  : 

May  thy  protecting  spintf  still  the  same. 

Sustain  her  tou'ring  on  the  throne  of  Fame  ! 

With  Hawkins  +  ;  names,  by  Charity  coxifest 
The  generous  founders  of  her  Naval  Chest  ! 
The  great  cbastisers  of  invading  Spain  : 
Howard,  the  leader  of  that  patriot  train  ; 

•  The  author,  thoujrh  a  writer  of  great  repute,  puhlithed  It  without  his  namr  ; 
it  was  printed  for  Fielding  and  Walker,  price  a  a.     410.     123  lines. 

t  Sir  FranciB  Drake,  and  Sir  John  Hawkins,  were  institutori  of  the  Che«t  at 
Chmhain.  For  the  origin  of  this  nav*J  fuRd,  see  the  487th  page  of  the  Chcj*- 
cicie,  'volume  the  first. 


NA?AL    LITEHATVRft*  57 

MoKSOKf  whose  pen  his  own  bright  labours  erown'd  ; 

And  Blakb^  for  Roman  discipline  renown 'd  ; 

Monk,  at  whose  tomb  both  Earth  and  Ocean  weep. 

Great  in  the  Fields  and  greater  on  the  Deep  ; — 

Undaunted  Atscve  ;  Sprag,  by  Dryden  sung  ; 

RussBLy  whose  arm  the  bolts  of  Freedom  flung 

On  that  proud  Gallic  Fleets  which  dar'd  to  bring 

A  Tyrant's  aid  to  an  i^postate  King  ; 

Hj{ii9SRT9  to  whom  the  wora-ou^  Seaman  owes 

A  Public  Refuge,  and  well  earn'd  rf^pose  ; 

Bbnbow^  whom  wounds  but  animate  to  fame. 

Whose  great  soul  triumphed  o'er  his  shattered  franje  ; 

CLO^DBSLYy  illrstarr'd!  with  Him  *,  whose  deeds  remaia 

Grav'd  on  the  conqyer'd  Rock  of  humbled  Spain|i 

And  Justice  prove,  that  Truth  will  ne'er  depart 

FrQm  her  firm  seat,  the  genuine  Sailor's  heart. 

0  Ycy  our  Island's  pride,  and  Nature's  boast ! 

Whose  peerless  valour  guards,  and  gilds  our  Coast } 

Ye  gallant  Seamen,  in  this  trying  hour. 

Remember  Union  is  the  Soql  of  Power ; 

Your  injur'd  Country  bids  ypu  join  to  throw 

Avenging  thunders  on  your  common  foe  ; 

Let  Anger  scorn  the  rancorous  debate. 

The  low  and  little  jars  of  private  hate  ; 

And  nobly  sacrifice  each  selfish  aim, 

On  the  bright  Altar  of  Britannia's  Fame, 

PPSCRIPTION  OF  A  STORM, 
From    Adriamo  or,    Thb  First  of  JyNBj 

BT  J>R.  MURXilS. 

SO  from  the  shore  they  launch'd* 
Bpund  to  no  pott,  but  destin'd  on  a  cruise, 
A  morning's  cruise  for  fish  :  Pleas'd  was  the  youth ; 
With  utmost  joy  he  saw  the  wood  recede, 
Beheld  his  cottage  dwindled  to  a  speck, 
Observ'd  the  snow  white  difis  to  right  and  left 
Unfolding  their  wide  barrier  to  his  view. 
And  felt  the  boat  bound  quickly  o'er  the  waves. 
Light  as  a  cork.     He  took  the  helm,  rejoic'd. 
And  right  before  the  wind  held  on  his  course 
ynheeding  I  'Twas  in  vain  his  busy  firiends 

*  Sir  George  Rooke. 

mi.  Ill;  I 


5V  NATAb   LiTIRATOlt* 

AdviVd  a  different  course^  to  gain  with  eaMf 
The  shore  he  left.    He  cafeleasly  went  on, 
And  never  dreamM  of  danger  and  delay 
Never  experienc'd.    Fast  into  the  waves 
Sinks  the  far  distant  ^ore .    The  lofty  clifF 
Stoops  to  the  water,  and  his  hoary  brow 
At  cv'ry  wave  seems  buried  in  the  flood* 
And  now  the  gloomy  doads  coUeA.    A  Storm 
Comes  mutt'ring  o'er  the  deep,  and  hides  the  sun« 
Hush'd  is  the  breeze,  and  the  high-lifted  wave» 
Portending  speedy  danger,  to  the  shore 
In  lurid  silence  rolls.     In  tenfold  gloom 
The  stormy  South  is  wrapt,  and  his  grim  frtmn 
fmparts  unusual  horror  to  the  deep« 
Now  to  the  shore  too  bte  young  Gilbert  turns. 
The  breeze  is  sunk,  and  o'er  the  mountain  waves 
Labours  the  bark  in  vain.     To  the  stout  oar 
The  fisher  and  his  son  repair,  and  pull, 
Alarm'd  for  safety,  'till  their  flowing  brows 
Trickle  with  dew.     And  oft  the  anxious  youth 
Looks  back  amaz'd,  and  sees  the  light'ning  playj^ 
And  hears  the  thunder,  and  beholds  a  sea 
Ready  to  burst  upon  him.     Oft  he  thinks 
Of  Anna  and  Sophia,  and  of  thee, 
Much-lov'd  Maria,  and  thy  aged  sire. 
Never  perhaps  again  to  walk  with  you. 
To  hear  you  speak,  to  live  upon  your  smiles. 
Ye  hapkss  pair !  what  shall  become  of  you. 
No  brother  to  defend  you,  and  no  father  ? 
"     But  fast  the  storm  increases.     The  strong  flash 
Incessant  gleams  upon  the  curling  wave. 
Round  his  dar^  throne,  in  awful  majesty. 
The  thunder  marches  ;  his  imperious  roar 
Shakes  the  proud  arch  of  heav'n.     And  now  the  shower 
Begins  to  drop,  and  the  unsteady  gust 
Sweeps  to  the  shore,  and  stoops  the  flying  boat 
E'en  to  the  brink.     Small  distance  then)  my  friends, 
'Twixt  life  and  death  ;  a  mere  hair's  breadth  ;  and  yet 
Far,  very  far,  appears  the  wish'd-for  port. 
And  lo !  beneath  yon  rocks,  now  seen,  now  lostj 
Buried  in  foam,  and  high,  the  milky  surge 
Rolls  its  proud  catara^  along  the  shore. 
Access  denying*    To  the  frowning  cliff 


)kAT4i:«  I.ITS&ATUR8.  59 

A]^pi](iaGh  not.    Murk  the  strong  recoiling  wave  $ 
£'en  to  the  base  of  the  high  precipice. 
It  plui^esbeadlongy  and  the  sted&st  hill 
Wears  with  eternal  batterer.     No  bark 
Of  forty  times  your  strength,  in  such  a  sea 
Could  live  a  moment !  'Tw«re  enough  to  wreck 
A  British  Navy,  and  her  stoutest  oak 
Shiver  to  atoms. 


THE  SAILOR. 

ST  MR.  ROGERS. 

THE  Sailor  sighs,  as  sinks  his  native  shore. 
As  all  its  lessening  turrets  bluely  fade  ; 
He  climbs  the  mast  to  £east  his  eyes  once  more. 
And  busy  Fancy  fondly  lends  her  aid. 

Ah !  now,  each  dear,  domestic  acene  he  knew 

Recalled  and  cherish'd  in  a  foreign  dime. 

Charms  with  the  magic  of  a  moon-light  view. 
Its  colours  mellow'd,  not  impair'd,  by  time. 

True  as  the  needle,  homeward  points  his  heart. 
Thro'  all  the  horrors  of  the  stormy  main  ; 

This  the  last  wUi  with  which  its  waimth  could  part, 
To  meet  the  jmiie  of  her  he  loves  again. 

When  Morn  first  faintly  draws  her  silver  line, 
Or  Eve's  grey  cloud  descends  to  drink  the  wave  ; 

When  sea  and  sky  in  midnight  darkness  join. 
Still,  still  he  views  the  parting  look  she  gave. 

Her  gentle  spirit,  lightly  hov'ring  o'er. 
Attends  his  little  bark  from  Pole  to  Pole  ; 

And,  when  the  beating  billows  round  him  roar. 
Whispers  sweet  hope  to  soothe  his  troubled  souL 

Carv'd  is  her  name  in  many  a  spicy  grove. 
In  many  a  plantain  forest,  waving  wide. 

Where  .dusky  yonths,  in  painted  plumage  rove, 
And. giant  patma  o'er-arch  the  yellow  tide. 

But  lo  !  at  last ,  he  comes  with  crowded  sail ! 

Lo  !  o'er  the  cliff  what  eager  figures  bend  ! 
And,  hark  !  what  mingled  murmurs  swell  the  gale, 

In  each  he  hears  the  welcome  of  a  friend. 


I 


6o  NATAL'  LiTS&ATMt* 

'Ti9  sbe,  'tis  she  herself!  she  waves  her  haiuL 
Soon  is  the  anchor  casti  the  canvas  furl'd  } 

Soon  thro'  the  whitening  surgci  he  sprang  to  land. 
And  clasps  the  niaid  he  singled  from  the  world. 


TO  THE  EDITOR  Of  THE  NAVAL  dHROmCLM. 

By  inserting  the  following  tributes  of  respeft  to  the  memory  of  three  celdirate^ 
Naval  Chandert,  yon  will  oblige,  Sir, 

Tonr  most  obedient  lervanty 

wh.  case. 

TO  THE  MEMOJtr 

OF  CAPTAIN  BURGES9, 

LAtn   OF   HIS    majesty's   ship    TBI    AlDBlIT* 

«'  Mnltis  ille  bonis  flebilis  occidU ! 

THEE,  gallant  Burgess  !  thee  Britannia  rank'id 
Amongst  her  naval  heroes  :  it  was  thine 
Calmly- to  brave  the  fiery  stonn  of  war. 
Thy  Couhtry's  rights  defend*  and  add  fresh  lustre 
To  thy  SoveneCgn's  reign  ;  but  heaven  ordatn'd» 
That  thou  should'st  M— 4n  giory't  bosom  fall*-* 
On  that  illustrtOQs  day,  when  Albion's  tars» 
S7  Duncan  led  on  coast  of  Campcrdown, 
Claim'd  'mid  the  thickening  horrors  of  the  fight 
Their  Country's  grateful  bve  1 

O  !  hadst  thou' known 
The  issue  of  the  combat,  e'er  thy  soul 
This  nether  sphere  had  left,  more  cheerfully 
Thy  breath  Ladst  thou  resign'd,  like  Wolfe  exclaiming 
<*  1  expire  content  !'* 

*-FarcweU 
Thou  brave  Commander !  Ne'er  coidd'st  thou  have  died 
More  honour'd,  more  lamented,  more  bdov'd. 
Tor  thee  the  tear  each  Seaman's  check  bedews* 
And  patriot  thousands  o'er  thy  tomb  shall  mourn  ! 


ifAYAt   LiTElATV&B.  6t 

TO  THE  MEMOJtr 

OF  CAPTAIN  WESTCOtT, 

irnO  FELL  ON  board  the  MAJE8TIC9  FIRST  OF  AUGUST  l^(^S^ 

WHILST  every  sWe  re- echoes  Nelson's  name. 

And  recent  triumphs  swell  Britannia's  fame ; 

Whilst  a  glad  Nation's  lo  ^oeaiM  rise 

In  grateful  chorus  to  the  vaulted  skies  1 

O  !  let  the  Muse  lament  brave  Wbstcott's  doom. 

And  strew  fair  laurels  o'er  his  briny  tomb !— - 

Nurtur'd  in  youth  upon  tlie  wat'ry  plain , 

He  brav'd  the  tkoosand  perils  of  the  main. 

And  gain'd  at  length  a  tkle  justly  due. 

The  honour'd  Father  of  his  gallant  ovew*— ^' 

Prudence  was  his,  and  unremitting  zeal^ 

And  mercy — prompt  a  captive's  woes  to  heal; 

His  Country's  cause  his  ardent  bos  )m  fir'dy 

And  in  that  cause  he  fbught**ke  feU — ezpir'd  i 

TO  THE  MMMOJtr  OF 

RICHARD  EARL  HOWE,  K.  G. 

t&TB    LORD   itlGH    ADMIRAL    OF   OR.BAT   BRITA1K« 

ADIEU,  dioa  yet'ran  Chief  I  to  thee  l!he  Muse 
In  untaught  notes  her  grateful  meed  shtdl  pay : 

Ah !  ne'er,  when  Vaknir  cafls,  will  she  refuse 
To  strike  ihe  trembling  chords,  to  poor  the  living  lay* 

Thou,  hears'd  in  death,  shalt  hear  no  more 

On  the  TexM  deep  the  rocking  whirlwind  rave  ; 

Nor  thundec^s  loudest  peid,  nor  cannon's  roar, 
E'er  broke  the  riknt  Sabbath  of  the  grave  i 
Vet,  bending  from  yon  bright  empyreal  sphere^ 

Where  BUss  Eternal  glads  the  heav'nly  Hoet^ 
O  !  may  thy  sainted  spirit  hoTer  near. 

The  guardian  angel  of  onr  sea-girt  coaalt! 
Lo !  a  bold  phalanx,  arm'd  in  Freedom's  cause. 
Proud  to  maintain  their  parent  monarch's  laws! 

Into  their  souls  thy  godlike  ardor  breathe : 
Teach  them  on  Glory's  eagle  plumes  to  soar  ; 
The  patriot's  guerdon  gain,  decreed  of  yore  ; 

Whilst  beams  of  sapphire  light  their  haUow'd  brows  ia^ 
wreathe  I 


t    6i    ] 

PHILOSOPHICAL  PAPERS, 
AND  USEFUL  NAVAL  PROJECTS. 

Bosquet's  Patent  Measttrefor  the  better  Preservation  of  His  Majest/i 
Ships f  and  all  Trading  VesseUtfrom  thai  rapid  D^cay  to  which  they 
are  at  present  Su^e8  :  and  for  effeQually  avoiding  the  intoIeralJt 
Nmsance  and  destruQkfe  EffeSs  of  Rats  on  hoard  Ships  ;  and  also  for 
the  Prevention  of  Leatage,  or  mating  Bilge  Water ^  l£c,  l^c»  ;  with 
Observations  thereon.  By  Abraham  Bosquet,  Esq,  Patentee^  late 
one  of  his  Majesty's  Commissaries  of  the  Musters* 

THE  discoTcry  of  a  sovereign  remedf  for  a  great  eivl,  nittst  ever  be 
considered  amongst  the  best  offices  vfakh  can  be  conferred  on 
Society,  especially  vi4iere  the  remedy  is  not  attended  with  any  incon- 
renience  or  material  expeitce. 

The  evils  and  inconTenicnctes  hereafter  mentioned  have  long  existed, 
and  are  attended  with  the  most  destrutUve  consequences  to  Ships,  their 
provisioait  and  merchandise,  and  the  health  of  seamen. 

The  following  simple  and  salutary  measure  is  not  attended  with  any 
comparatively  material  txpence,  and  will,  I  trust,  appear  at  first  view 
to  be  adequate,  in  the  fullest  extent,  to  the  desired  end,  and  of  course 
meet  the  approbation  and  adoption  of  this  great  maritime  and  commer- 
cial Country ;  if  ignorance  and  envy,  which  are  ever  on  the  watch  to 
stifle  in  the  birth  a  new  and  useful  objedk,  do  not  interfere. 

The  rapid  decay  of  Ships,  ^md  their  perpetual  repairs,  artf  attended 
with  an  enormous  espence,  both  to  the  nation  and  individual,  and 
claim  the  most  serious  attention ;  particularly  as  the  oak  of  this  country, 
which  is  the  best  of  all  others,  cannot  much  longer  supply  the  increasing 
demand  for  it«-^The  waste  in  provisions,  and  other  destructive  eflFedlsy 
occasioned  by  rats  on  board  Ships,  are  of  inconceivable  magnitude,  and 
for  which  no  remedy  has  keretofbre  occurred  :  six  fuD  grown  rats 
will  eat  as  much  as  a  man  of  good  appetite  ;  and  it  is  well  known  that 
a  rat  will  devour  nearly  twice  its  weight  in  twenty- four  hours,  which 
is  more  than  any  other  animal,  we  know  of,  can  do  ;  they  besides 
generally  destroy  as  much  as  they  consume. 

The  perpetual  danger  and  labour  attendant  upon  leakage" in  Ships, 
c<\nnot  be  prevented  by  caulking,  or  any  other  precaution  hitherto 
used,  though  frequently  the  loss  of  the  Ship  is  the  consequence,  and 
much  injury  to  the  cargo  always  ensues  ;  nor  is  the  foul,  damp,  and 
stagnated  air  in  Ships,  unwocthy  every  consideration  which  can  afford 
redress.  To  apply  at  once  a  sovereign  remedy  to  all  those  evils,  un- 
attended with  a  single  inconvenience^  will,  I  trusty  be  deemed  a  benefit 
of  the  first  National  importance. 


PHILOtorniCAL    PAPBRS,  £5 

AH  tfaeiiy  that  18  necessary  to  be  done  for  the  attainment  of  those 
imponant  ofe^dlsy  is  the  occapying  or  filling  up  the  void  spaces  be* 
tween  the  planks,  Kntng,  and  timbers  of  the  Ship,  to  which  the  platxks 
are  boundi  with  hot  ormehed  pitch ;  tempered  as  £ar  as  found  neccssary 
with  a  doe  yet  umaU  proportion  of  tar,  to  render  the  pit^h  leas  brittle^ 
and  more  teaacious ;  mixed  with  cork  shavings^  charcoal  dusty  a  certain 
^aantity  of  ox  hair^  and  such  other  articles  as  would  make  the  composi<P 
tkm  finn»  adhesive,  and  almost  everksting  :  but  in  those  parts  where 
timbers  are  remote,  pieces  of  cork  wood,  or  slips  of  deal,  may  be 
introduced^  wbich  will  render  the  less  pitch,  ^c.  necessary  in  those 
spaces,  and  at  the  same  time  diminish  its  weight*  This  measure  will 
e£k£laa]ly  prevent  rats  from  finding  an  habitation  on  board  Ships ; 
as  these  recesses  are  their  strong  hold,  where  they  cannot  be  come  at, 
or  annoyed,  and  where  they  carry  their  plunder,  breed,  die,  and  rot ; 
the  bad  efiefis  of  which  are  too  often  sensibly  felt.  To  this  composi- 
tion rats  have  an  aversion,  and  never  touch  it  in  any  manner  if  they  caq 
avoid  it. 

The  Composition  being  run  in  hot  between  the  timbers,  &c.  at  cer- 
tain stages,  as  the  planking  and  lining  are  put  on,  or  carried  up,  will 
insinuate  itself  into  every  crevice  or  minute  space,  where  even  air  or 
water  could  find  a  place,  from  the  gunnel  to  the  keel.  '  The  Qperatioo 
may  be  performed  with  great  expedition  and  facility,  as  well  on  Ships 
already  built,  as  on  those  building. 

How  far  these  spaces,  being  so  filled  up,  may  stiffen  the  Ship,  I 
know  not ;  but  I  think,  that  the  interior  parts»  in  which  the  nails, 
pins,  bolts,  and  trimnels  are  inserted,  as  well  as  these  themselves  being 
much  longer  preserved  from  decay,  they  must  not  only  maintain  their 
strength  and  soundness,  but  retain  their  holds',  and  remain  firm  and 
unshaken  in  the  timbers  to  a  much  greater  <xtent  of  time,  and  of 
pourse  die  Ship  maintain  her  stifi&iess  in  consequence  thereof;  but> 
to  a  certainty,  it  will  have  the  important  eSe^  of  wholly  pre- 
venting  bilge  water  and  small  leaks,  which  result  from  straining, 
want  of  caulking,  &c*  &c.  and  perhaps  render  caulking  altogether  un- 
necessary. 

This  Composition  will  have  the  efFe6l  of  so  much  ballast,  in  the  best 
position  in  which  ballast  could  be  placed,  as  it  will  nearly  o<;cupy  the 
centre  of  motion  ;  and  in  case  of  the  Ship  filling  by  any  accident^ 
would  operate  as  a  buoyant  body  in  the  Ship,  and  occupy  the  recep- 
tacle of  several  tons  of  water,  which  would  otherwise  find  place  be- 
tween the  timbers. 

This  measure  will  most  essentially  conduce  to  keep  Ships  sweet  and 
dry,  and  effe6budly  preserve  the  planks,  timbers,  &c«  perhaps  to  a 
Rouble  extent  of  time  from  that  decay,  to  which  they  are  at  present 


^4  rBlLOSOPHlCAL   PAFIM. 

nbjt6^  ;  occaiioiicdby  the  injuiioui  effcds  of  the  w^etf  whlcli  ii  ataS 
times  disposed  to  insinuate  itself,  rotting  the  pins,  iron  bolts,  trunnels, 
iLC  oosing  through  the  lining,  to  the  injury  of  the  cargo^  in  conta^. 
therewith,  leaving  a  damp  and  sliiny  matter  behind,  and  rendering  the 
9ir  i«  thcae  spaces^  already  foul,  of  the  most  noxious  quality ;  and 
wbkh  no  vcntilatioa  ^n,  even  for  the  moment^  sufficiently  purify* 
It  will  akoy  I  fadieve,  be  obvious  that  foundering  can  rarely  happen  to 
Ships  SQ  fiNTtifiedi  not  only  because  their  sidea  will  be  nearly  aa  stapnch 
aa  if  there  was  not  a  joint  or  seam  throughout^  but  even  in  case  of  a  bad 
leak  at  any  time  finding  its  way  into  the  Ship»  it  would  be  at  once  dia* 
covered,  as  it  could  not  drip  down  between  the  plankii  and  liming ;  but 
9f  course  would  shew  itself  at  (he  part  admitting  the  water  :  I  am  of 
optnsos,  that  Ships  in  general  would  not  mal^e  a  quart  of  water^  where 
they  at  present  receive  a  ton. 

This  Compoaitioni  being  light,  firm,  elastic,  and  adhesifc,  will  yield 
with  the  planks,  timbers,  &c«  in  all  dispositions  to  warp  or  strain  ;  and 
thereby  prevent  the  Ship  making  water  at  her  seams,  when  she  migl^t 

Qtheryri^  fill; 

^To  he  cwtclmJti  in  our  fi^x/%} 


Description  of  a  Method  tropoitd  for  sating  the  Li*ves  of  the  Crews, 

of  Ships  ntfrtchedon  Umnbabtted  Coasts. 

SUFPOSB  a  wreck  to  happm  oa  some  inhospitable  shore,  where 
there  are  none  to  assist  or  witness  the  distiess  of  the  Ship  and  her 
^ew,  it  is  in  vain  that  any  mode  be  adopted  to  convey  on  shore  a  rope» 
since  there  is  no  method  of  securing  it  when  there*  To  surmount  this 
difficulty  is  the  objed  of  my  plan. 

Fig.  1.  represents  a  floating  stage,  or  raft,  composed  of  several  of 
the  largest  empty  water  casks,  hshcd  together  in  the  manner  shevnift 
and  further  secured  by  deals  n^Jkd  thereon,  as  described  by  a^aaaa 
Tig.  I  and  3,  affording  additional  strength,  at  the  same  time  faking 
a  more  convenient  stage  for  th^  meuj  oa  whatever  may  be  stowed 
thereon* 

Fig.  a  and  jy  shew  the  manner  separately  of  securing  the  casks  ; 
4,  5,  and  6,  side  and  end  representations  of  the  stage,  with  ao^  anchor 
stowed  on  Fig.  6. 

When  the  stage  is  completed,  I  propose  it  should  be  manned  with  aa 
many  hands  as  it  will  with  safety  bear,  and  sent  on  shore,  where  (bang 
a  lee  shore)  there  is  little  doubt  but  it  will  soon  arrive ;  and  from  th^ 
form  of  the  casks  there  is  not  that  chance  of  sudden  de8tru6tion  which 
must  inevitably  attend  boats,  when  by  this  resource  they  may  b^ 
preserved  for  future  service. 


■y_ 


PHILOSOPHICAL   PAPE&t.  6$ 

It'  Will  be  necessary  to  constnift  two  of  those  stages, '  onr  Tor  the 
men.  the  other  for  the  reception  of  an  anchor,  as  shewn  by  Fig.  6  9 
which  anchor  I  intend  for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  hawser,  which 
is  to  be  the  means  of  preserving  the  remainder  of  the  crew,  as  shewn  by 

Supposing  thi^  anchor,  and  as  many  men  as  may  be  thought  requi- 
site, to  have  attained  the  shore,  let  them  proceed  in  the  best  manner 
that  circumstances  will  permit,  to  place  the  anchor  behind  some  piece 
of  rock,  or  in  such  manner  as  they,  from  their  situation,  may  see 
proper.  In  the  mean  time,  let  the  hands  on  board  throw  over  another 
singk  cask,  to  which  must  be  securely  attached  a  small  rope  ;  which 
being  conveyed  to  land  by  the  cask,  and  its  inner  end  made  fast  to  the 
principal  cablet,  or  hawser,  will  serve  for  the  men  on  shore  to  have  it 
from  the  Ship  ;  then  let  them  instantly  proceed  to  bend  it  to  the  an- 
chor, and  the  hands  on  board  to  secure  it  there. 

If  the  distance  from' the  Ship. to  the  shore  is  so  great  as  to  require 
more  hawsers  than  one,  they  should,  if  possible,  be  spliced  together 
with  a  long  splice,  in  order  to  admit  of  a  block  traversing  thereon,  aa 
shewn  by  Fig.  9* 

I  now  suppose  an  hawser  on  shore,  and  securely  fixed  ;  but  as  h 
would  be  produ6live  of  greater  advantage  by  being  ekvated  as  muchaa 
possible  above  the  water,  I  propose,  that  the  end  on  board  be  made 
£i8t,  and  extend  from  the  mast-head,  as  shewn  by  Fig.  9,  unless  she 
should  iinfortuniftdy  have  lost  her  m^ts  1  in  which  case  let  it  be  made 
hat  to  the  bowsprit- end,  or  highest  part  of  the  Ship,  as  shewn  b^^ 
Fig.  to*  In  addition  to  its  elevation  on  board,  I  would  propose  its 
being  raised  on  shore  as  soon  as  circumstances  will  admit,  by  means  oF 
sheers  composed  of  such  spars,  6cc.  as  may  have  been  washed  on  shorCt 
or  otherwise  convey^  there. 

By  the  method  here  described,  I  have  Kttle  doubt  but  it  may  be 
pra&icable  not  only  to  convey  on  shore  with  safety  all  the  men,  but 
likevrise  such  part  of  hev  stores  as  may  be  most  desired,  if  not  the 
whole,  even  the  guns,  &c.  If  the  distance  from  the  shore  is  not  toa 
great,  by  means  of  a  poUple  of  blocks,  as  described  by  Fig.  9  ;  the 
vpper,  a  singly  block  to  nin  upon  the  hawser  ;  the  lower,  a  double 
block  :  by  this  meansj  the  boats  may  be  conveyed  to  land  in  safety, 
by  slinging  them,  as  described  by  Fig.  7  and  8,  Tbe  blocks  should 
have  a  small  rope  attached  to  tb^m,  to  serve  as  an  in  and  out  hawlcr^ 

^s  the  rotundity  of  the  caslcs  may  cause  the  lashing  to  become  slack 
In  some  parts^  would  recommend  its  being  secured  by  a  few  staples^, 
where  it  may  appear  requisite. 

Shotdd  the  rope  used  to  preserve  the  men,  &c.  be  too  large  to  admit 
|i  singk  block  uDon  it,  capable  of  bearing  the  greatest  weight^i  such  aa 


66  tniLosotnickj,  vapem* 

gunsy  Bcc.  the  jib  traveller  may  be  substituted ;  the  only  iaconventeh^ic 
attending  it  will  be  fridion»  which  should  be  avoided  as  much  as 
possible  in  favour  of  ease  and  expedition*  However,  thoae  are  expe- 
dienta  better  pointed  out  by  the  necessity  &r  adopting  them  than  by 
supposition. 

^ould  the  wr^ck  happen  on  an  inhabited  coast,  the  same  mode  of 
preservation  may  be  adopted,  because  a  heavy  sea  on  a  lee  shore  must 
inevitably  destroy  every  boat  that  ventures  towards  it ;  but  the  de* 
strudion  is  not  so  }ikely  to  happen  to  the  casks,  they  being  better 
enabled,  from  their  construction,  to  repel  or  sustain  every  shock  :  the 
most  convincing  proof  of  which  is,  the  number  of  casks,  both  empty 
and  full»  which  are  daily  taken  up  along  the  coast  perfedly  sound* 
And  even  should  they  be  finally  destroyed,  it  is  of  less  consequence  than 
the  boats»  which  by  being  preserved  will  ultimately  prove  an  invaliu 
able  acquisition. 

As  there  is  always  a  sufficient  quantity  of  old  and  new  cordage  oq 
board*  and  other  materials  for  the  construdion  of  those  stages,  nei 
additional  expence  is  incurred  thereby*  fiot  should  I  be  so  fortunate 
as  even  to  have  afforded  an  hint  towards  effedting  the  desirable  cBd» 
would  farther  offer  as  an  improvement  the  following  suggestion,  in 
order  to  remove  a  difficulty  which  might  arise  from  there  not  being 
any  single  blocks  on  board  sufficiently  large  to  receive  the  hawser,  o( 
support  the  burthens  which  may  be  suspended  from  it. 

That  there  be  provided  for  the  use  of  the  Navy  a  machine,  as  de- 
scribed by  Fig.  1 1,  which  is  both  simple  in  its  construdion,  and  of 
trifling  expencCf  when  compared  to  its  utility.  One  is  suffident  for 
each  Ship.  The  sheave  may  either  be  of  wood  or  iron  ;  but  in  my 
opinion  the  latter  is  preferable. 

I  would  farther  recommend,  that  the  required  hawser  be  secured  ta 
ihe  mast-head,  or  elsewhere,  upon  thcjtrst  appearance  of  approaching 
danger,  as  it  will  save  time  and  confusion  should  the  dreaded  event 
take  place  ;  and  the  preparation  qannot  be  thought  unnecessary,  should 
Providence  kindly  avert  the  danger. 

Care  nmst  be  taken  to  secure  the  bung.holes* 

The  largest  casks  are  called  leagers,  and  are  of  the  following  di- 
mensions : 

Length    -.••..46 

Diameter  of  Bouge  -    r    *    3    ^ 

Chine  •     .     .    a     5  , 

by  whichit  is  easy  to  compute  the  number  of  casks  required  to  make  & 
suge  sufficiently  extensive  to  answer  any  purpose  whatever. 


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ADMXVALTY  6priCI,   SIFT.  if. 
ddiMral^Z^rd  Dunatttf  Cepvnwdir 
Uify  atui  f^esseh  in  the  North  Sea,  to  Evan  Kffean,  £iq.  dated  the  x^tb  instant. 

T  TRANSMIT,   for  the  informatioi;!  o£  my  Lords  Commisstooers  of  the 
Admiralty,  a  letter  from  Captain  Qmnianney,  of  his  Majesty**  sloop  Biuf, 
nrio^  an  acconot  of  bjs  having,  with  hit  usual  alacrity,  captured  and  sent  in 
Sere  L.e  Dragon,  French  liigger  privateer,  of  x6  gans,  belonging  to  Dunkirlp 

1  am,  Sir,  &c. 

DUNCAN. 

MT  LORD,  Itis  Majesty* »  Sltifi  Bttsy^  Tarmtutb  Roads y  Sept,  1 8. 

I  have  the  hoaoar  to  inform  yoiir  Lordship,  thatoa  the  i6th  inst.  1  perceiv* 
ed  a  lugger  running  close  alo^g  the  l^utch  coast,  and  alter  a  short  chac«  ^n^$^ 
her  so  doae  in  shore,  that  she  was  anchored  in  the  midst  of  a  very  heavy  surf» 
ahont  five  miles  to  the  Southward  of  Egmonc.  Upon  anchoring  his  Majesty's 
sloop  close  alongside  of  her,  the  colours  were  struck-t  and  though  I  scarcely 
entertained  a  hope  of  saving  her,  by  the  skill  and  good  management  ^f  Mr. 
peirmat,  the  First  JLieutensuit,  she  was  speedily  got  off.-  Ten  of  the  crew  of 
the  lugger,  to  effed  their  escape,  took  to  the  boat,  eight  of  whom  were  drowa- 
ed  by  die  violence  of  the  surf.  She  is  named  Le  Dragon,  commanded  by 
CIcoyen  Liard  mounts  two  twelve-pound  carronades,  and  fourteen  long  foa^- 
ponnders,  eight  of  which  were  thrown  overboard.  She  was  returning  to  Duii- 
kick  from  the  Coast  of  Norway, 

J.  A.  OMJyiANNEY. 

Co^ofa  Latter  fiu^the  SmrtSt.  Fineent^  JT.  M.  Admiral  of  ibi  fVbite^  tft,  to  Evan 

Nepeam^  Efq,  dated  the  ijtb  inf^. 

I  enclose,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty, 
•  letter  1  have  received  from  Captain  Brenton  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  Speedyt 
giving  an  account  of  the  capture  of  three  Spanish  armed  vessels. 

ST.  VINCENT. 

MT  LORD,  Speedy,  GihraUar^  Aug.  ai,  1 799. 

\  have  the  honour  td  Inform  your  Lordship,  that  on  the  9th  inst.  in  company 
with  the  defender  British  privateer,  of  Gibraltar,  of  fourteen  guns,  we  captured 
the  Spanish  armed  vessels,  as  per  margin  *  after  an  a&ion  of  two  hours  and  an 
half.  Upon  seeing  us  they  ran  into  a  small  sandy  Bay,  five  leagues  to  th^ 
Eastward  of  Cape  de  Gatte,  and  moored  in  a  close  line,  within  a  boat's  length 
of  the  beach :  we  engaged  theni  an  hour  and  three  quarters  under  sail,  before 
we  could  gain  soundings,  although  not  more  than  a  cable's  length  distant  from 
the  rocks  ;  but  finding  the  enemy  had  much  the  advantage,  from  our  constant 
change  of  position,  I  determined  to  push  for  an  anchorage,  and  was  fortunate 
enough  to  efieA  one  within  pistol-shot  of  the  centre  vessel :  after  three  quartern 
of  anrhour  close  aAion,  the  Spaniards  took  to  their  boats,  cuttinff  the  cables  (^ 
two  of  the  vessels,  which  drove  on  shore ;  they  were,  however,  sul  brought  off 
by  our  boats,  nnder  a  constant  fire  of  musquetry  from  the  hills. 

The  privateer,  having  but  twenty-two  men,  was  obliged  to  stand  out  to  pro^ 
cure  assistatice,from  a  boat  she  had  in  the  ^fiing,  and  comd  not  reach  the  ancho- 
rage till  the  conclusion  of  the  adion.  The  condud  of  her  Commander  wae 
highly  meritorious  throughout,  and  must  have  considerably  accelerated  thf 
event.  The  Officers  and  men  under  my  command  behaved  in  such  a  manner 
IS  would  have  ensured  our  success  against  a  more  formidable  enemy. 

The  Speedy  had  but  two  men  wounded,  the  Defender  one,  neither  danecrone* 
We  found  two  men  dead  on  boa^d  the  Spaniards*  The  remainder  of  their 
crews  escaped  on  shore. 

JAH.  BRENTON. 

*  Santo  Christo  de  Gracia,  eight  guns,  six  and  nine-pounden* 
.  Natne  unknown,  ten  gnns,  six  and  nine-poimdert. 
Name  unknowsi  four  gunsi  sixes. 


XDK IRALTT  OrriCI,    «1PT.  %4. 

C*fy*fa  Letter  from  Andrew  MitcheH,  Eiq*  Vue  Admiral »f  tie  Mint,  /•  M»  Nepetut^ 
Mif-  dated  M  hoard  its  Majesty's  Ship  /its,  near  the  VUiter^  Sept.  10,  1 799* 

.  I  beg  leave  to  tnnimit,  for  the  infafrmation  of  my  Lords  Comminioiiert  of 
ibe  Admiralty^.the  iocloMd  eztra^  of  a  letter  I  received  from  Csptain  Portlocki 
<>f  his  Majesty's  aloop  Arrow,  giving  an  accooAt  of  the  clpture  of  a  ship  ana 
brig  of  superior  forcf .  The  gaUuitry  and  good  condud  displayed  on  the  occa^ 
slon  by  Captains  Portlock  and  £olton,  uicir  QfScers  via.  ships'  Companies; 
vierit  my  higher  praiie  nd  thaaka.  A.  liVtCHBSX,- 

SIR, 

•  I  have  the  honour  to  state  to  yo^  that  in  obedieace  to  yonr  ord^r  of  the  9^h 
instant,  I  immediately  got  under  weigh,  accompanied  by  the  Wdhrerene,  and 
proceeded  on  the  service  .you  did  me  uic  particular  honour  to  entrust  to  my  care. 
On  the  evening  of  that  day,  the  tide  of  flood  being  done,  we  anchored 
abreast  of  the  Texel,  aiid  on  the  afternoon  of  the  following  day  we  anchored 
on  the  edge  of  the  Flack  or  Flat,  abreast  of  Wieringen  :  at  this  anchorage  I 
Ibund  it  necessary  to  lighten  the  ship,  which  was  very  speedily  done,  bringing^ 
ker  from  twelve  feet  eight  inches  to  twelve  feet,  and  on  the  day  following  we 
turned  over  the  Flack,  carrying  shoal  watet  from  one  side  to  the  other.  On  the 
morning  of  the  Z2th  inst.  we  weighed  again,  and  proceeded  on  lor  the  Fly 
Island,  on  approaching  Which  we  saw  a  ship  and  brig  at  anchor  in  the  narrow 
passage  leading  from  the  Fly  Island  towards  Hariingen  :  it  was  soon  perceived 
they  were  vessels  of  force,  and  bearing  the  Batavian  Republic  colours ;  we 
approached,  the  British  and  ancient  Dutch  coloors  flying  together,  iiatil  withinf 
half  gun  shot  of  the  brig,  she  being  the  nearest  to  us,  without  either  of  thenv 
changing  their  colours :  the  Dutch  colours  Tt^ere  then  hauled  down,  and  I  made 
iht  signal  to  engage  the  enemy  as  conndng  up  with  them,  meamog  the  Wolve-^ 
x%Sk€  to  engage  the  bri^  and  to  pass  on  to  the  ship  myself. 

Captain  Bolton  anchored  his  ship  in  the  most  maiterly  and  gallant  manner^ 
and  just  in  the  position  I  could  have  wished,  which  was  •n  his  weather  quarter, 
at  a  quarter  of  a  cable  distance,  and  so  as  to  have  enabled  me,  bad  it  beenf 
hecessa|ry,  to  give  the  enemy  a  broadside  in  passing,  without  annoying  the  ^^'ol- 
verenc,  aAd  aJFter  heaving  on  his  spring  vntil  his  broadside  bore  on  the  brig, 
fired  one  shot  just  to  try  his  disposiiioa,  upon  whieh  the  enemy  Ared  tSiree  guiza' 
to  leeward  and  hauled  down  his  c<7loars. 

I  made  the  signal  for  the  Wolverene  to  take  charge  of  the  priscr  atod  desired 
the  Officer  wttit  on  board  to  send  her  pilot  to  condod  the  Arrow  to  the  ship, 
(my  Dutch  pih>ts  having  declined  the  charge;  and  requested  of  Ca^ain  Folton 
to  follow  me  io  the  Jettiqg  Passage,  where  the  skip  lay,  and  then  pushed  on 
towards  her.    We  had  to  turn  to  windward  towards  the  enemy  against  a  strong 
]ee  tide,  which  retarded  otir  -progress  much ;  she  lay  with  springs  on  her  cables, 
and  her  broadside  opposed  direaly  to  oftr  approach,  and  for  twenty  minutea 
before  v/t  could  bring  a  gon  to  bear  with  eflect  on  her,  annoyed  Us  very  much,' 
and  cut  us  up  a  good  deal  in  the  hull,  sails,  and  rigging ;  but  after  bringing  the 
ship  up  by  the  stem  and  head  in  a  very  narrow  pas&age  at  about  a  quarter  of  a 
cubk  from  him,  the  contest  became  shiart,  but  was  shcTt,  for  she  struck  in  abouc 
fifteen  minutes  after  we  commenced  our  fire  upon  her,  and  just  before  the 
Wolverene  (which  was  pressing  in  the  most  gallant  manner  td  my  aid)  came  up. 
I  sent  my  l-'ir^t  Lieut,  to  take  possession  of  her,  and  found  her  to  be  the  Bataviatf 
Republic  guard-ship  De  Draak,  commanded  by  Captain-Lieutenant  Van  Ksch« 
^ounting  24  guns,  16  of  them  long  Dutch  eightccn-pounders,  two  long  Ene:- 
li&h  thirty-two  pounders,  six  fifty  pound  howitzers,  and  i  So  men.     From  the 
howitzers  I  rather  suppose  Langridge  was  fired,  as  scvc-al  pieces  of  iron  were 
picked  up  iri  the  ship  after  the  adion  was   over.      Our  loss    in  killed  and 
ti'ounded  (considering  the  length  of  time  we  had  to  advance  on  her  under  every 
disadvantage,  such  a»  being  exposed  to  her  raking  fire  for  about  twenty  minutes," 
tvorking  shio  in  a  very  narrow  na^^igation,  shortening  sail,  and  anchoring)  i^ 
Tcry  small,  having  only  to  lament  at  present  the  death  of  one  brave  man  j 
there  arc  nine  wounded,  some  of  them  badly,  and  myself  slightly  in  the  left  knee". 
The  loss  of  the  enemy  1  have  not  as  yet  been  able  to  ascertain  ;  two  dead  and 
three  badly  wounded  were  found  on  board  her,  and  from  the  appearance  of  great 
quantities  of  blood,  &c.  covered  wiA  Urpaulins,  which  Capt.  Bolton  discovci- 


OAZBTTS  LSTTEtS^  71 

<r4  T  am  M  to  think  hta  been  rery  considerable :  indeed  some  of  them  con- 
iSess  that  a  number  of  them  were  put  into  a  boat  and  sent  to  Harlingen  imme* 
dtately  upon  the  ship  striking  t  ^nd  from  the  number  they  afpretent  muster  not 
agreeing  with  the  establishment »  I  am  induced  to  beilevt:  that  was  the  case. 

On  my  going  on  board  the  Draak  I  fonnd  that  she  had  been  built  for  a  sheer 
liulk,  and  converted  into  a  guard  ship,  extremely  old  ^  her  masts  and  rigging* 
Tery  much  cnt^  and  the  vessel  ahbgether  unfit  for  hit  Majesty^s  service,  dcter^ 
mined  me  tp  destroy  her.  *  i  therefore  dire^ed'  Capt,  Bolton  to  perfpmt  that; 
duty,  which  he  did  effeeimlly  by  burning  her.  This  service  performed,  we 
weighed  and  proceeded  towards  the  Ply  isiaad,  at  which  nlaee  we  anchored 
on  the  15th  instant.  I  immediately  sent  Capt.  Boltoa  to  tJiKc  possession  of  the 
Satavian  Republican  ship  the  Dolphin,  riding  at  anchor  cfose  to  the  town  of  the 
Viy.  She  hac  xm  onr  anchoring  hoisted  the  Orange  coloui^,  and  the  same  step  waf 
taken  on  the  island.  A  person  came  off  from  th^  mnnicipatity,  d^iring  hun  to 
surrender  t|»c  island  to  the  Government  of  the  Prince  of  Oramge^j  and  I  have 
ihc  honour  to  request  you  will  be  pleased  to  direct  some  pef^ons  to  be  sent  aa 
soon  as  coavej^ent  to  take  upon*  themselves  the  arrangement  and  management 
pf  civil  -aiTairs  in  the  island. 

'I  he  Island  of  ScheKng  has  not  yet  adpp^d  the  same  step  \  I  dialf  th^fore; 
if  it  meets  your  approbation,  take  the  necessary  steps  to  induce  them  to  do  it. 

To  the  Captains  3nd  Officers  I  have  given  ptroles,  whi(^  measure  )  hope  will 
meet  yoar  wishes.  The  prisoners  from  phe  ship  and  brig,  amounting  to  about 
^o  hundred  and  thirty,  I  have  put  on  board  the  Dolphin  nntil  I  know 
your  pleasure  re^^ing  them  (I  think  they  wiU  mostly  volunteer  for  the' 
Prince's  service;  the  connnand  of  vHhich  ship  I  have  given  (until  your  plea- 
*  sure  is  known ,  to  Lieut  M'Doogal  of  the  Wolverene ;  this  Officer,  from  hi| 
zeal  at  all  times,  from  Capt.  Bolton's  report,  (but  particularly  so  on  the  ser- 
yice  we  were  at  present  employed,  I  think.  Sir,  will  merit  your  protection; 
and  novr.  Sir,  permit  me  to  nave  the  honour  of  expressing  to  you  the  senti^ 
ments  of  gratitude  I  feel  at  the  condudt  of  all  those  employed  uiider  me  in  th^ 
little  expedition;  each  individual  has  behaved  well.  I'o  Capt.  Bolton,  hh 
Officers  and  ship's  company,  I  am  particularly  indebted  for  the  gallant  manner 
in  which  he  pushed  ship  on  in  attempting  bur  assistance :  indeed  I  cannot  but 
acknowledge  die  gi^atest  obligations  tfi  Capt.  Bolton  for  his  counsel  (t  all  times. 

To  the  Offi  cerS  of  every  description.  Seamen  and  Marines  of  the  Arrow,  I 
cannot  sufficiently  express  my  approbation  of  their  cool  and  determined  bravery^ 
they  acquitted,  themselves  as  Britons;  to  Mr.  Oilmbur,  my  first  Lieutenant, 
the  greatest  praise  is  due  fpr  the  prompt  manner  in  which  he  caused  my  orders; 
^o  be  executed  in  bringing  the  ship  to  an  anchor  under  a  heavy  fire  from  the 
enemy;  I  therefore  take  the  liberty  of  recommending  this  zealous  good  officer 
to  your  prot€<3ion;  he  is  an  old  foflower  of  mine,  has  Been  two  voyages  ronnc| 
^e  world  with  me,  and  wasone  of  thp  three  youngmidsbipmen  that  remained  witl^ 
JLieut.  Riou  during  the  diflre«s  of  his  Majefty's  ship  Guardian ;  I  therefore  hop^ 
my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiridty  will  deem  him  worthy  of  promotion.' 
I  have  given  him  the  temporary  command  of  the  Baravian  Republican  brig  Ciier,' 
and  shall  send  her  round  to  the  Texel  as  soon  as  possible. — She  mounts  fourteen 
]ong  Dutch  twelve  pounders,  with  a  complement  of  eighty-men.  She  is  a  most 
complete  vessel,  quite  new,  copper  bottomed,  well  fpund,  and  never  yet  at 
tea,  and  in  every  respe^  fit  for  his  Majesty's  service,  only  wanting  men^  I 
mean  to  take  four  of  her  guns  out  for  the  purpose  of  arminjg  four  schoots  to  aA 
hcreaboots,  either  on  the  defensive  or  offensive. 

Statement  ofth$  BriHih  andDuttb  F^rti, 
BaiTifH.*— 4Cgnns  and  180 men.      Dutch.— 54  guns  and  ^Somep. 

ADMXXALTV-OrriCf,    SEPT.  %%, 

,  1 

^U^  9fa  Letter  frm  the  Earl  tf  St.  Fifteenth  JC,  B.  Admiral  •f  tie  WhUe^  tfe.  H'' 

Evan  Nipean^  Efq»  dated  the  Ck^th  inst, 

SIR, 

1  inclose  for  tfie  information  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  a 
letter  I  have  received  from  Capt.  Bigby,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Akmene,  giving ' 
9UB  account  of  the  capture  of  a  Spanish  ship  and  brig,  laden  with  naval  stores  for 
the  ancnal  at  Fcrrot  and  a  French  sloop  from  St.  Domingo. 

Iam,&c..Ac  ST.  VINCENT. 


79  OAZBTTB  LBTTEftf* 

UT  toti>,  ffii  MajtHy'i  sbUt  AUmtmt^  jRiver  Tana,  ^Qih  Jufj,  lf)% 

1  have  tbe  honour  to  acquaint  you  that  1  stood  into  the  harbour  of  Vivero,  oti 
the  i8th  iQst.  towards  subset,  and  running  between  two  Spamth  vessels  at  anchor, 
distant  from  each  other  near  two  cables*  length,  I  sent  Lieutenants  Warren  and 
Oliver  with  parties  armed  to  board  them  and  make  out,  which  seryice  they  exe* 
cuted  is  a  spirited  and  masterly  manner.  On  their  appearance  under  sari,  two 
forts  and  a  oetachcd  gun  opened  round  ns,  which  I  returned  j  the  heavy  smoke 
9f  my  guns,  and  day  dosing,  prevented  the  enemy  dire^ing  theirs  to  effcA. 

One  of  the  prises  n^ed  La  Felicidad,  a  ship  between  7  and  800  tons,  pierced 
for  2%  guns,  IS  loaded  with  hemp,  a  few  lower  masts,  and  flJiip  timber  1  the  other, 
named  £1  Bisarro,  a  brig  near  403  tons*  with  ship  timber  and  iron,  both  boand 
to  the  arsenal  at  FerroL 

I  am  obliged  to  Mr.  Hammond,  comman4ing  tbe  Phceniz  privateer  Iv^tr  of 
Jersey,  for  the  intelligence;  he  followed  in,  and  gave  every  assistance  to  the 
prizes.  On  the  13  th  inst.  I  sent  him  in  chace,  and  be  captured  a  French  sloop 
from  St,  Domingo,  bound  to  Bourdeauz. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  H.  DIGBY. 

AOMIRALTY-OrFICE,    SEPT.  ^O, 

p^  rfa  LeUerfrmt  A^  MtM,  Esf.  Fict  AJtmral  •/the Blut,  fo  £.  Nepeam^  Efy^ 
SIR,  Baket,  Snkbatifem  Xtad^  8eft.  »4. 

I  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  that  the 
weather  having  moderated  on  the  21ft  inst.  I  shifted  my  flag  to  the  Babct:— • 
thoui^h  blowing  a  gale  of  wind  the  day  before,  Capt.  Mainwaring,  by  his  great 
exertions,  had  lightened  her  sufficiently  for  the  pilot  to  take  charge,  and  the 
Captains  of  the  bomb  vessels  made  equal  exertions  for  the  same  purpose,  having 
lightened  their  respective  ships  to  la  feet  8  inches;  I  left  the  Isis,  Melpomene^ 
and  Jupo  with  yards  and  tbp-masts  struck,  having  taken  all  the  seamen  and  ma» 
rines  that  could  be  spared  from  them,  with  Sir  C.  Hamilton,  Captains  Dundaa 
and  Oughton,and  a  proper  number  of  officers  in  large  schuyts  to  assist  mc  in  the 
expedition ;  about  ten  we  weighed  in  the  Babet,  accompanied  by  the  four  bombs, 
L*£&pic^glc  4nd  Speedwell  brigs,  and  Lady  Ann  lugger,  and  Prince  WiUian^ 
aimed  snip. 

W'c  fortunately  had  a  fair  wind,  which  raised  the  tide  considerably  over  the 
fiats,  though  in  many  parts  we  had  only  la  feet  6  inches.  On  our  approaching 
IVIedenblicatnoon,  I  made  the  signals  lor  the  Dart  and  Gun  brigs  to  weigh  and 
loin  me ;  and  at  three  P.  M.  I  andiorcd  with  the  squadron  ofTlinkhausen,  and  a 
boat  came  off  with  four  men  wcariug  Orange  cockades;  in  consequence  of  which 
I  went  on  shore  attended  by  the  Captains;  we  were  received  by  all  the  inhabi- 
tants with  every  testimony  of  joy  at  their  deliverance  from  their  former  tyran- 
nical  government,  and  in  the  highest  degree  expressive  of  their  loyalty  and  at- 
^chment  to  the  House  of  Orange. 

I  proceeded  to  the  Stadthouse,  and  having  supamoned  all  the  old  and  faithful 
Burgomalters,  who  had  not  taken  the  oath  to  the  Batavian  Republic,  I  instantly 
reinstated  them,  until  his  Highncfs  the  Hereditary  Prince  of  Orange's  instruc- 
tions were  received;  to  whom,  apd  to  hia Royal  Highness, the  Duke  of  York, 
I  immediately  sent  an  express,  and  at  the  same  moment  summoned  before  me 
and  dissolved  the  Municipality*  amidst  the  joyful  acclamations  of  the  inhabitants 
around  the  Stadthouse,  part  of  them  s^t  the  same  time  cutting  down  the  tree  of 
liberty,  whigh  they  instantly  burned  j  all  of  which  was  done  in  the  most  loya!, 
quiet,  and  regular  manner, 

1  have  detached  Capt.  Boorder,  In  the  Espieglp,  with  the  Speedwell,  to  scour 
the  coabt  from  Sttveren  to  Lemmer  ;  but  previous  to  his  going  on  that  service  ( 
sent  him  to  Steveren,  to  bring  mc  intelligence  of  the  disposition  of  the  inhabi-> 
tantr,he  returned  yellerday  morning  with  the  pleasing  information  of  their  hav- 
ing hoisted  the  Oranec  colours^  and  most  of  the  neigtibouring  towns  had  done 
the  same,  and  the  inhabitants  joyfully  complying  with  the  same  terms  at  £nk- 
hausen'and  Medcnblic;  I  have  likewise  detached  the  Dart,  with  two  gun  brigs 
to  cut  o/T  the  communication  with  Amsterdam  and  the  towns^in  East  I'riesland, 
that  have  not  returned  to  their  allegiance. 

Onr  appearance  in  the  Zuyder  Zee  with  such  an  nnexpeded  force  has  had  a 
most  wonderful  and  happy  effcA,  and  giyen  the  great^t  confidence  to  those 
well  disposed  to  the  House  of  Orange. 

I  shall  not  lose  a  moment's  time  in  moving  forward,  when  the  wind  and  tide 
will  permit^  to  complete,  as  far  as  lays  in  my  power,  what  is  finally  intrusted  tQ 
my  cnargc.  L  Aa^e  the  honour  to  be.  Sir,  A.  Mil  QHELL. 


fc    75    i  . 

■i^uOBl  Conns  ^attid, 

A  COURT  MARTIAL  was  hcl  \  on  board  the  Gladiaior,  at  Portsmouth,  on 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Vantbyscn,  of  dte  i9o/9/>(V,  for  going  forward,  after 
>  nun  had  been  punished,  among  the  ship*s  crevr,  and  saying  publicly  in  the 
hearing' of  the  people,  **  If  I  was  tbc  jhip*s  company  I  -would  be  damned  if  I  tvould 
9ai  ttmU  Mg4iinjt  the  CaJ>taiji,  I  have  takem  an  account  of  every  man  fitut  has  hee^ 
Jlo^ed  since  I  have  ieem  in  the  ship.** — The  charge  bein?  fully  proved,  be  wai 
•enteactd  to  be  dismissed  his  Majsftty'^serviee,  and  renacred«incapable  of  serving 
\m  JMajefty,  «hi9  heuwj.or  aoccefsors. 

A  Court  Martial  wa«  likewise  held  on  board  the  same  ship,  on  Lieutenant 
HAaroED,  first  of  the  Aretbusa,  on  a  charge  of  throwing  some  tea  at  Lieutenant 
Askew,  a  ypunj^  officer  belonging  to  the  same  i^ip  ;  and  the  sentence  of  the 
Court  was,  that  Mr.  Harford  should  be  dismissed  his  Majesty's  service. — ^The 
altercation  which  led  to  the  assault  happened  one  morning  at  breakfast. — It  is  ^ 
public  misfortune  when  private  quarrels  deprive  the  country  of  the  services  of 
any  brave  man.  As  a  proof  of  the  estimation  iri  which  Mr.  Harford  was  held 
by  the  sailors,  we  need  only  mention,  that  a  short  time  since,  the  ship'«  com- 
pany of  the  .'^U'cthusa  presented  hioi  with  an  elegant  sword,  and  a  pair  of  richljf 
mounted  pistols. 

Ptymoutbt  7tf«<  10.  A  Court  Martial  was  held  on  board  the  Camhridgt 
flag bhip  in  Hamoaze,  on  Captain  Sear le,  his  officers,  and  ship^s  company^ 
for  the  lo&s  of  his  Majesty's  frigate  the  StbaJion,  on  the  Saints  Rocks^  Dc* 
cembcr  25,  1799. 

.  After  an  impartial  investigation  of  the  existing  circumstances,  the  Cour( 
most  honourably  acquitted  Captain  -dearie,  his  officers,  and  crew.  It  appeared 
that  the  accident  was  occasioned  by  an  unusual  course  of  tide,  and  but  little  wind; 
that  every   exertion  which  skill  and  zeal  could  cffcifl  was  made  by  Captaid 

S carle  and  hi»  officers,  and  the  iittnont  discipline  and  subordination  was  observed 
y  the  ship's  compiny,  so  highly  honourable  to  Biitish  seamen  in  times  of 
danger.  The  Ethalion  was  stationed  off  the  Saints,  to  preserve  the  line  0/ 
bruisers  watching  the  enemy's  ports. 

Lieutenant  Short,  of  the  Contesthriv^  has  heed  tried  by  a  Court  Martial  a% 
the  Nore,  for  the  Iom  of  that  vessel  on  the  coast  of  Holland,  and  honourably 
acquitted. 

On  the  15th  Instant  a  Court  Martial  assembled  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship 
Clatten,  in  Yarmouth  Roads,  for  the  trial  of  Lieutenant  Jam ss  Watson, 
his  surviving  officers  and  crew,  for  the  loss  of  his  Majesty*s  vessel  the  Mastxff^f 
by  Striking  the  ground,  on  or  near  the  Cockle  Sands,  as  she  was  proceeding 
towards  the  Northern  Passage  from  Yarmouth  Roads,  bound  to  Lekh. 
*Whcn,  after  a  minute  investigation  into  the  cause  of  the  loss  of  the  said  vessel, 
and  examining  the  several  witnesses  respc&Ing  the  condu6t  of  Lieutenant 
T^atson,  his  Officers  and  Crew,  the  Court  was  of  opinion,  that  no  blame  what* 
ever  attached  to  thefti. 

PortsmQuib^  Jan.  21.  A  Court  Martial  was  held  on  board  his  Majesty*!  ship 
GlaJiatcr,  in  this  harbour,  on  Captain  Tottt,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Saturtr^ 
for  running  on  board  tht  Prince.  The  Court,  after  enquiring  into  the  circum- 
stances, delivered  the  following  sentence  : — **  That  the  two  ships  being  on 
board  each  other  was  caused  by  the  extreme  darkness  of  the  night,  and  othe^ 
circumstances,  in  wnich  no  blame  was  imputable  to  the  said  Captain  Thomas 
Totty ;  but  that  his  conduA  was  that  of  a  diligent,  careful,  and  good  officer, 
isd  did  adjudge  him  to  be  acquitted. 

A  Court  Martial  was  held  the  same  day  on  board  the  said  ship,  on  the  Car* 
j>entcr  of  his  Majesty's  ship  St.  Fioren*o,  Captain  Sir  H.  NEALt,for  dninkenneil 
and  negle£l  of  duty.    The  charges  being  proved,  he  was  dismissed  the  ship. 

Two  Courts  Martial  were  held  at  Sheerness  the  szd  instant,  on  board  the 
Circ^  :  one  on  James  Test  A  r,  seaman  on  board  the  Alimaar.,  for  striking  tho 
Boatswain's  Mate  of  that  ship,  when  on  duty,  and  he  was  sehtenced  to  be  hanged, 
but  in  consideration  of  his  excellent  charader,  recommended  to  mercy ;  the 
other  on  a  seaman  belonging  to  the  Trusty,  for  desertion.  Re  was  lenfcenccd 
io  receive  fi/ty  lashes.  i   ::     .    • 

QUd.  111.  u 


t    74    1 

MONTHLY  REGISTER 

OF 

Captain  Searle's  NarratiTC  of  t!»c  Proceedingi  on  board  bit  Majesty'^ 
Ship  the  Etba/ion,  from  the  Erening  of  the  14th  of  December f  I799f 
till  the  Moment  in  which  the  Captain  flnd  Officers  were  under  the  pain* 
ful  Necetstty  of  quitting  her^ 

AT  four  P*  M.  Point  Le  Cheurc  bore  S.  E.  ty  E.  three  or  fortr  leagues, 
ttandin^  oflT  and  on  off  St.  Matthew's,  with  an  intention  of  beating  to 
windward  m  the  morning,  to  reconnoitre  the  position  of  the  enemy's  fleet : 
a  senrice  1  was  particularly  anzions  to  perform,  as  I  knew  no  opportunity  had 
occurred  for  that   purpose  bince  the   i8th  of  December,  when  the  Fisgard^ 
£thaIion,  and  Sylph,  were  all  driven  ofTthe  coast  by  a  hard  gate  of  wind  ;  andt 
knew  the  Fisgard  could  not  ha've  regained  her  station  at  that  time.     At  ei^ht 
o*clock  I  gave  the  usual  and  necessary  diredions  and  precautions,  to  the  officer 
of  the  watch,  and  to  the'  pilot,  for  keeping  the  Ship  in  a  proper  situation  during 
the  night ;  and  to  inform  me  if  any  change  of  wind  or  weather  took  place,  and 
whrnevcr  the  pilot  wished  the  Ship  to  be  put  on  the  opposite  tack ;  and  at  the 
end  of  each  watch  to  acquaint  me  |a»  was  the  custom  every  night)  with  the 
aituation  of  the  Ship  with  respect  to  tne  distance  from  the  land — St.  Matthew'a 
fight  then  (at  eight  P.  M.)  bore  E.  by  N.  about  three  leagues  ;  the  Ship  then' 
standing  to  the  southward  under  her  treble-reefed  topsails,  fore-topmast  stay- 
sail, and  miren  staysail,  with  the  wiod,S.  £.  and  Ijtng  np  S.  S<  W.  going  » 
knot  and  a  half.    At  half  past  ten  she  was,  by  the  desire  of  the  pilot,  again 
wore.     At  twelve  the  light  bore  N.  £.  by  £.  three  or  four  league*  ;  at  which 
time  Lieutenant  Jauncey  told  me  there  was  not  mUch  wind,  and  I  dire<fted  a 
jecf  to  be  let  out  of  the  topsails,  and  the  jib  to  be  loosed,  to  be  in  readiness  to 
make  sail  at  a  moment's  warning  ;>  which  order  wa«  complied  with.    At  half 
past  one  A.  M.  the  light  bearing  £.  N.  E.  between  five  and  seven  miles,  Lieu- 
tenant Quillim,  the  officer  of  the  watch,  acquainted  me,  it  was  the  desire  of  the 
pilot  to  wear  again,  and  stand  to  the  southward  till  four  o'clock,  as  there  waa 
but  little  wind  ;  bot  at  ten  minutes  past  three,  although  the  Ship  had  not  gone 
more  than  two  miles  from  the  time  of  her  being  wore,  and  the  light  was  then 
in  sight,  and  bearing  N.  £.  by  £.  (the  night  very  dark)  the  rocks  were  disco- 
vered close  ahead,  and  in  attempting  to  wear  clear  of  them,  the  Ship  struck  : 
when  I  ordered  the  hands  to  be  turned  up,  and  eot  the  pumps  to  work,  and  the 
boats  ofit ;  sent  the  Master  to  sound  ;  started  the  water ;  threw  the  guns  over-« 
board ;  and  used  every  exertion  possible  to  get  the  Ship  off*.    At  four  she  struck 
very  hard,  and  knocked  away  the  stem-post :  made  signals  of  distress  to  the 
Sylph.     At  six  she  fell  over  on  the  starboard  side,  and  buleed.     At  day-light 
saw  the  Danae,  .^  yiph,  and  Nimrod  cutter  ;  made  the  signal  for  boats  to  assist-— 
finding  she  had  bulged  in  several  places,  and  paited  on  the  starboard  side 
amidships ;  and  seeing  the  impossibility  of  saving  any  of  her  stores;  sent  away 
the  idlers,  and  the  first  division  of  seamen,  in  our  own  boats,  to  the  Danac, 
Sylph,  and  Nimrod.     At  nine  Lord  Proby  came  alpmruJe,  and  another  boat  alsa 
from  the  Panae,  followed  by  one  from  the  Sylph.    The  water  was  now  Over  the 
ke  gunwale,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  stem  totally  under  water  ;'  and  it  waa 
at  this  time  difficult  and  dangerous  for  boats  to  approach  the  Ship,  owing  to 
the  very  great  surf  amongst  the  rocks.    At  eleven  o'clock,  having  got  all  the 
people  out  of  the  Ship,  the  first  Lieutenant  by  my  diredions  set  fire  to  her 
remains,  and  Mr.  Bellinghall,  the  Master's  Mate,  cut  away  her  lower  masts  : 
which  being  done,  and  after  I  had  seen  all  the  commissioned  OflScers  and  th« 
Master  into  the  remaining  boat,  I  was  then  under  the  painful  necessity  of 
abandoning  Eer.— I'he  anguif^  of  my  feeUngs  during  the  whole  of  this  unfor- 
tunate affair, 'bufparticulany  at  the  moment  when^  was  obliged  to  abandon  th^ 


IdONTHLT    EEQISTBK  07   KATAL   BYBNTt.  f^ 

Shxv,  those  who  have  experienced  a  similar  misfortune  will  readily  judge  of.^ 
I  witbit  was  in  IB7  power  on  any  other  occasion  to  describe  the  very  ereat  merit 
cf  all  the  officers  and  ship's  company  ;  sure  I  am  their  exertions,  their  prompt* ' 
■ess  in  executing  my  orders,  and  the  steady  perseverance  they  shewed,  was  never 
on  any  other  occasion  exceeded  ;  for  in  no  nmilar  instance  was  there  ever  less 
canliuion  I  now  think  it  necessary  to  observe,  that  the  shortness  of  the  days 
at  this  seasoo  of  the  year  makes  it  utterly  impossible  for  any  Ship  to  reconnoitre 
the  enemy's  fleets  in  Brest,  unless  she  keeps  offSt.  Matthew's  durtog  the  night  i 
and  I  need  not  observe  how  difficult  it  is  to  ascertain  the  precise  distance  of  a 
light,  and  the  uncertainty  of  keeping  a  Ship  in  a  safe  position,  without  the 
assbtance  of  eome  headland  or  mark  for  a  cross  bearing;  which  in  this  instance 
was  prevented  from  the  extreme  darkness  of  the  night ,  for  although  the 
iearing  of  the  light  is  always  a  sufficient  guide  with  respeA  to  the  Parquet  and 
Black  Rocks,  yet  it  is  of  no  use  to  ,avoid  the  dangers  of  the  Saints  when 
cruising  within  them ;  and  neither  myself,  the  Master,  or  Pilot,  thought  it 
possible  that  the  light  could  be  seen  at  all  at  the  distance  of  eighteen  miles, 
v4iich  the  Ship  was  from  it  when  she  struck,  although  it  was  then  so  distind: 
that  we  did  not  believe  it  could  have  been  more  than  ten  or  eleven  miles  ' 
distant,  and  this  opinion  will  be  corroborated  by  the  testimony  of  all  the  officers* 
It  IS  also  material  to  observe,  that  the  Master  of  the  Nimrod,  who  has  been 
same  time  employed  in  the  same  service  off  Brest,  was  likewise  on  that  night 
so  deceived  by  the  appearance  of  the  light,  that  he  drove  amongst  the  rocks  at  a 
little  distance  from  us,  but  got  off  without  receiving  any  material  damage.— 
I  flatter  myself  the  above  statement  will  receive  the  testimony  and  concurrence 
of  those  officers  who  have  been  employed  off  Brest,  and  that  it  will  afford  the . 
most  satis£adory  proof,  that  my  wisa  to  keep  off  St.  Matthew's  proceeded  from 
a  sealous  desire  to  fulfil  the  purport  ot  my  orders. 

The  system  whiph  the  French  Consuls  seem  about  to  adopt  towards  foreign 
nations  is  in  sonie  respe^s  different  from  that  which  regulated  the  condu«ft 
of  the  late  Bire«Skory.  They  have  repealed  the  law  relative  to  Privateers, 
which  was  the  principal  cause  of  the  difference  between  France  and  America, 
asd  often  used  as  a  pretext  for  seizing  the  property  of  Neutral  Nations.  Be^idcii 
abrogating  this  law,  they  expressly  re-establish  the  code  of  Neutral  Navigation, 
as  it  subsisted  under  the  Monarchy. 

^  The  Consuls  of  the  Republic,  after  taking  into  consideration  the  law  of  the 
23d  Frimaire,  year  eight,  which  abrogates  the  first  article  of  the  law  of  the  agth 
Nivose,  year  six,  respcding  naval  privateering  ~— 

'*  Considering  that  the  abrogation  of  this  \xv(  npcessarily  restores  vigour  to 
the  preceding  regulation  on  the  subje^  ; 

<*  That  this  regulation,  fixed  by  the  regulation  of  the  26th  July,  1778,  is  that 
which  has  been  recognised  as  best  calculated  to  reconcile  the  interests  of  the 
Republic,  and  the  rights  of  Neutral  Powers ; 

**  Desirous  of  preventing,  on  the  jjart  of  French  and  neutral  ship-owners, 
errors  or  eonstru^ions  which  clash  with  the  view  on  which  th^  law  of  23 
|f itose,  year  six,  was  repealed ;  * 

«  DECREE, 
•*  1st,  The  provisions  cnaAed  by  the  regulation  of  the  law  of  a6th  July, 
1778,  concerning  the  navigation  of  neutral  vessels,  shall  be  stridliy  observed 
by  all  those  to  whom  they  are  applicable,  under  the  penalty,  in  esse  of 
contravention,  of  being  subjeAed  to  the  confiscations  and  condemna- 
tions, in  damages  and  interest,  detem^ined  by  the  said  regulation  and  tlie 
laws. 

**  ad,  The  Ministers  of  Justice,  of  the  Marine,  of  Foreign  Affairs,  and  of 
the  Finances,  are  charged,  each  in  his  department,  with  the  execvtipo  el 
|he  present  decree,  which  shall  be  inserted  io  the  bulletin  of  the  laws.. 
*  (Signed)  <«  BUONAPARTE. 

'♦  ROGER  DU COS. 
««  SIEVES. 
Pfftmicr  %<X,  ^  H.  B.  MARET,  Secretary  General,'' 


in   179% 

Foitl|(n» 
344,767 

i79». 

363,661 

»79*. 

5i4»679 

»793. 

447*754 

1794, 

5*5.649 

1795. 

58^77 

1796, 

675.04^ 

*8,34« 

Sritiik. 

»i6,9»4 

3».54» 
31,061 

3^»77 
17,160 

11 0,6 1 S 
106,065 

37.058 

34,io» 
3«.9»^ 

»7P97 
19,669 

76  MOH^HLS    RICIfTSft 

AMERICA. 

The  Aoiericao  Treaty  continues  to  be  the  source  of  m^th  tcrimooioni  OQRtr^ . 
yerty  io  America.  The  (oUammg  are  the  kidinf  u^gumettt*  oq  eack  «ide  th^ 
<iuestioa  :^ 

A I  Commerce  is  the  basis  of  •  Karf,  which  Is  to  be  our  great  bulwark,  it 
|(ivcs  us  pleasure  to  observe  the  aufmentattun  of  our  (hipping-  Thr  folbwuig- 
IS  the  amount  of  toorn^  which  entered  the  poru  of  the  Uaited  8taie»ia  tha 
rospedi^c  year<: 

103,77$ 

1-5,494 
110,957 

141^  59 

192,680 

171,918 

200,371 

The  first  column  shews  that  the  tonnage  entering  our  parts  has  been  almost 
doubled  in  seven  years. — The  second  column  shews  that  our  coasciiw  tonnage 
lias  been  almost  doubled  in  the  same  period.  The  third  column  exhmits  a  rate  . 
of  the  fisheries  as  flu^uating  :-*and  the  fourth  column  maaifests  the  beneficial 
operation  of  our  laws  relative  to  trade  uuder  the  present  National  Oovemmeau 
Ifk  179O,  almost  two  thirds  of  all  the  sfaipning  entering  our  ports  was  British. 
In  1 796,  not  a  thirty- third  of  it  was  British. 

The  foUowing  tablet  shew  the  amount  of  tonnage  entered  in  the  respe^ve 
ports : 

la  J796.  Id  I797< 

At  Boston,         ...  83,893  Tons.  81,259  Tons. 

New  York,  -        -  143,138  I53>93' 

Philadelphia,        -        -  93>»37  9^.579 

Baltimore,  -        -  47,37»  59«^37 

Norfolk,  -        -  17,111  I2j6i 

Chvlcstown,        -        -  35,709  37,440 

The  whole  tonnage  employed  in  foreign  trade,*an4  belonging  to  the  XJAite4 
States  at  the  close  of  1797,  was, 

.  .  597,777 

Whole  tonnage  of  the  eoasting  trade,  •  237,401 

In  the  fisheries,  -  -  -  31,57^ 

Total  •  876,911 

The  number  of  seamen  is  between  40  and  50,oco,  including  about  5000^ 
impressed  on  British  ships  of  war. 

On  the  morninpr  of  the  13d  ult.  the  Marqins  •/  Cranky  of  Sunderland^ 
Stiphbh  U a tvjN,  roaster,  was  captured  in  crossing  the  Kentish  Knock  by  a 
French,  logger  privateer  The  Captain  and  two  men  were  put  into  tbe^ 
Fn  nchman's  boat,  in  order  to  be  conveyed  on  board  the  privateer,  which  wa^ 
ffiving  chace  to  another  vessel,  and  by  carrying  a  press  0/  sail,  in  a  short  time 
left  the  boat  ncaily  five  miles  astern  :  this  circumstance  induced  Mr.  Urwin  to 
conceive  it  pradlicable  to  retake  his  own  vessel,  and  wresting  a  sword  out  of  the 
hands  of  the  officer  of  the  boat,  he  compelled  the  French  sailors  to  row  him 
back  to  the  Marquis  of  Cranby.  He  gallantly  boarded  her,  sword  in  hand, 
and  soon  cleared  the  deck  of  the  Frenchmen,  who  precipitately  plunged  into  the 
8e»,  and  were  picked  up  by  their  countrymen  in  the  boat.  1  he  Captain  pro- 
ceeded on  lux  voyage  ;  but  what  became  of  the  French  sailors  and  the  boat  it 
unknown.  The  Ccmmittee  of  the  Navigation  Policy  Company,  in  which  the 
vtswl  was  insured,  have,  with  that  liberality  and  laudable  forwardness  which 
have  ever  charaAcrised  the  port  of  Sunderland,  when  bravery  and  merit 
claimed  resped,  presented  the  Captain  with  a  piece  of  plate  widi  a  suitable 
inscription. 

'i'he  Trinity  House,  Newcastle,  has  ordered  two  leading  beacons  to  be  erede4 
on  the  South  side  of  the  harbour,  which  wiU,  it  is  hoped,  prevent  future  losaea* 
on  the  Herd  Sand. 


«V   MAVAL    ETENTtV  fj 

Ate€fKBti  were  receded  at  the  AdHdrtdtj,  on  tibe  sist  of  Jamuirf,  froni 
iKtekml  Sir  Hyde  farkcr,  of  one  of  the  niQst  daring,  and  galhnt  eucerprites  vol- 
om  aavol  annaU,  achieved  hj  Captain  £«  H\Mix.roVt  ^the  Surprixt^  aqd  a 
Jdccacluntnt  Irom  hfogaUant  crew,  of  roo  men,  in  boats.  On  the  morning  of 
the  X5th  of  NoTember,  they  succeeded  in  boarding,  and  cutting  oat,  hi^ 
Majefty*»  lAe  ihip  lertnione  from  the  harbour  of  Porto  Carallo,  where  there 
afe  abeot  »oo  pieces  of  cannon  mounted  on  the  batteciea.  For  particulars  wo 
refer  our  readers  to  one  Gazette  Letters. 

Captaia  Hamilton  is  9ae  of  the  sons  of  the  late  Sir  John  HamikoQ,  Bart* 
who  so  nobly  distinguished  himself  in  the  taking  of  Quebec,  &c.  during  the  . 
^ate  American   War.    Captain  H.  is  also  nearly  related  to  the  Marqms  of 
Abercoro,  a&d  otbext  of  that  noble  family. 

PLYMOUTH  REPORT, 

FROM  JAHUARY  x  TO  JAI^ARY  t^ 


Jan.  r,  iSoo.    Wind  S.  £.  Sleet  and  Rain.    Arrived  the  Snider  schooner^ 
9hA  Telegraph,  i6  guns,  Lieutenant  Corsellis,  from  Torbay.     Also  L*A venture 
privateer,  of  14  guns  and  42  men,  of  St.  Maloes,  captured  by  the  Aristocrat, 
Mgger,  o£r  the  Sc^en  Islands,  after  a  long  chace.    Sailed  the  Fury^  18  guns. 
Captain  Curry,  lyith  a  fleet,  to  the  eastward. 

%.  Wind  S.  E.  Blows  Hard.  Yesterday  a  brig  privateer  of  14  guns,  aa4 
full  cf  men«  was  seen  froip  the  Heights  of  Ram  Hrad  to  board  a  brig  in  Whit- 
sand  Bay,  and  send  her  for  France.  She  also  landed  a  boat's  crew  on  Looo 
Island,  and  took  off  a  cow  and  some  com,  the  property  of  a  poor  man  who  . 
resides  there.  The  privateer  then  stood  to  the  sooth-west  quarter  with  a  presa 
of  sail.  A  signal  was  made  from  the  Telegraph  at  Maker,  when  Admiral  Sir 
T.  Paisley,  Bart,  ordered  the  Telegraph,  16  guns,  Lieutenant  CorscUii^  to  sail  in 
pursuit  of  Her. 

3.  Wind  S.  W.  Blows  Hard,  Sodden  Thaw.  Came  iQ  Duke  of  Clarenco 
from  I>ublin,  taken  by  a  French  privateer,  and  retaken  by  the  Syloh,  iS  guns, 
Captain  Daahwood,  who  was  left  m  pursuit  of  the  privateer,  called  tne  Bgyptian, 
of  14  guns.  Went  down  kito  the  Sound  the  Terpsichore,  3a  guns,  Captaii| 
Gage.  Sailed  the  Sirius,  36  guns,  Captain  King  ;  Indefatigable,  44,  Captain 
Carzou  ;  and  the  Phcebe,  36,  Captain  Bafbw,  on  a  cruise.  Orders  came  down 
this  day  to  fit  up  the  Thetis  3a  guhs^  Iphlgenia  32,  and  Thifbe  3a,  for  the 
Reception  of  troops. 

4.  Wind  S.  £.  Fair  and  Mild.  Arrived  the  Favid,  from  OportOy  with 
wines  and  fruit,  in  only  seven  days.  She  parted  company  last  night,  off  the 
Bdystone,  with  the  St.  Fiorenzo,  44  gunsj  Captain  Reynolds,  off  this  port,  witl^ 
twenty-nine  sail,  all  well.  Accounts  are  received  from  Oporto  and  LisboU)  that 
only  two  of  the  last  outward-bound  fleet  could  get  over  the  bar,  owing  to  the 
great  surf ;  and  that  the  rest,  under  convoy  of  the  Bonetta,  18  guns.  Captain 
Vansittart,  had  been  beating  off  and  on  those  harbours  for  fifty  days.  I'hree 
£raeil  men^  in  attempting  to  pass  the  Bar  of  Lisbon,  were  virrecked,  and  went 
to  pieces.  Arrived  therisgard,  48  guns.  Captain  T.  B.  Martin,  with  Captain 
Searle,  Lieutenant  Pym,  the  officers,  petty  omcers^  seamen,  and  Marines,  of  the 
Bthalion,  shipwrecked  on  the  Saints  {he  a.5th  ult.  Arrive i  the  Marlborough,. 
74  gons,  Captain  Sotheby,  from  Admiral  Sir  A.  Gardner,  Bart.  She  was  tei^ 
days  beatifag  up  Channel  against  the  strong  easterly  winds. 

S'  Wind  S.  E.  Cloudy  and  Mild.  Arrived  from  Valentia,  in  Spain,  the 
Commerce  Swedish  ship,  Bergman,  with  brandies,  detained  by  the  Dastier  eloop 
of  wai.  Captain  Tobin.  Landed  from  the  St.  Fiorenzo,  44  gQns,the  Master  of 
the  late  1  wo  BrotherSf  of  and  from  this  port  to  Newfoundland,  with  a  cirgo  of 
biscuit  for  St.  John's.  ,  She  ^ras  taken  on  her  passage  by  a  French  privateer,  of 
94rguosy  callod  the  Man  of  Boiirdtfauz,  and  -biimt  to  the  water's  edge.    The  - 


y%  MONTHLY   llBOUTt& 

Master  was  sue  Into  a  neutral  veisel,  and  arrived  at  Oport*.    Amved  the  Vtptf 

cutter,  14  four-pounders  and  4.1  men,  Lieutenant  Pengelly,  with  the  Ferrer 
ftrivateer,  of  14  four-pounders  and  63  men,  which  she  captured  after  » long  aniA 
gallant  a^ion.  Also  the  Venturer,  18  guns,  Lieutenant  Bardward,  from  the 
westward,  and  the  Neptune  schooner,  from  Guadalonpe. 

6.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Sailed  to  the  eastward  a  large  fleet  which  has  beett 
collecting  this  aome  time  past.  At  10  A.  M.  the  Channel  Fleet,  under  ordert 
of  Admiral  Sir  A.  Gardner,  passed  the  port  for  Torbaf.  Arrived  from  the 
Fleet,  the  Windsor  Castle  98  guns,  Terrible  74,  Prince  Frederick  64,  Beanlieu 
44,  aadNereide  36, 

7.  Wind  S.  B.  Cloudy.  Letters  from  the  Lady  Charlotte,  14  guns^ 
Lieutenant  Halliday,  state  his  safe  arrival  there  with  a  valuable  convoy. 
Arrived  the  Elizabeth,  Wogle,  from  Ferrol  for  Bristol,  reuken  by  the  General 
Townsend  privateer  ;  also  3ie  French  sloop  La  Francois,  bound  to  Brest  vrith 
brandy,  prize  to  the  AD«>n,  44  guns,  Captain  Durham  ;  and  the  Flora  French 
brig,  with  rosin,  for  Bourdeaux,  prize  to  the  Ftsgard,  48  runs,  Captaia 
T.  B.  Martin.  Arrived  also  L'Hucelle  French  armed  vessel  from  Cayenne, 
with  passengers,  ladies  and  children,  prize  to  the  BeauUeu,  44  guns,  Captain 
Skynner.  ijhe  was  first  captured  by  tne  Amethyst,  31  guns.  Captain  Cook ; 
recaptured  by  La  Providence  privateer,  of  24  guns  and  i$o  men;  sent  for 
Bourdeauz,  and  again  taken  and  sent  here  by  the  Beaulieu  and  Unicom, . 
There  came  passengers  Colonel  Malonson  of  Invalids,  and  Mons.  Burnelle, 
naturalist,  with  a  cabinet  of  natural  curiosities  for  the  French  National  Museum 

-  at  Paris.  They  were  in  want  of  necessaries ;  and  one  child  of  five  years  old  died , 
in  the  Sound.  Mr.  P,  Symons,  broker  for  the  prize,  very  humanely,  on 
L'Huzelle's  coming-to  in  Catwater,  sent  on  board  plenty  of  hresh  provisions* 
This  forenoon,  at  ten  A.  M.  as  the  Atlas,  98  guns,  Captain  Jones  (which 
arrived  from  Torbay  the  1st  inst.  vrith  die  loss  of  her  nidder,  and  having  uiipped 
a  temporary  one)  was  turning  out  of  the  Sound  to  go  up  Hamoase,  near  the 
■outh-east  ridge  of  St.  Nicholas's  Island,  she  missed  stays,  and  went  ashore  where 
the  Conqueror,  74  guns,  was  lost  in  1758:  fortunately  La  Loire,  48  guns. 
Captain  Nevnnan,  coming  in  from  sea,  and  Captain  N.  seeing  her  situation, 
though  ill  himself,  gave  diredions  to  Lieutenant  Rayner,  first  I^ieutenant,  who, 
with  the  assistance  of  the  other,  officers  and  ship's  company,  moored  La  Loire 
as  near  the  Atlas  as  could  be  done  with  safety,  with  three  anchors  out  ahead  : 
by  this  time  her  masts  were  all  cut  away,  and  she  struck  very  hard  on  the  rocks. 
1  he  boats  of  the  Fleet  being  now  at  hand,  an  hawser  was  payed  from  the  best 
bower  of  La  Loire  on  board  the  Atlas.  Fortunately  the  tide  vras  flowing  fast  ; 
and  at  two  P.  M.  she  swung  off  into  deep  water,  anchored  in  the  Sound,  and  if 
the  weather  moderates  will,  it  is  hoped,  get  into  Hamoaze  to-morrow.  Great 
credit  is  due  to  Captain  Jones,  his  officers,  and  Atlas's  crew ;  to  Captain 
Newman  Lieutenant  Rayner,  and  the  officers  and  crew  of  La  Loire ;  and  indeed 
to  all  the  boats  of  the  Fleet.  At  one  period  it  -^as  thought  shp  wguld  have 
hung  amidships.  Went  up  the  harnour  (he  Voltlgeur,  18  guns,  Captaii\ 
Shortland. 

8.  Wind  E.  |^.  B«  Fair.  Arrived  the  Suwarrow,  14  euns.  Lieutenant 
l^icholson.  She  parted  company  with  Admiral  Gardner's  Fleet  iq  a  terrible 
gale  of  wind,  epst,  the  aitt  ult ;  was  blown  into  the  Bay  of  Biscay  ;  but  for.^ 
tunately,  by  a  shift  of  wind,  got  into  Bantry  short  of  provisions.  Arrived 
L' A  venture  French  privateer,  of  14  guns  and  75  men,  prize  to  the  Amethyst 
frigate.  She  had  captured  in  her  late  cruise  four  vessels.  Arrived  the  Revenge 
privateer,  10  gups  and  40  men,  Mr.  Hosier,  Commander.  She  engaged  i^ 
bpanish  privateer,  of  10  guns  and  76  mep,  for  an  hour,  when  she  blew  np,  and 
all  hands  perished.  The  Revenge,  on  her  late  cruise,  retopk  figh(  sail  of  vessek, 
and  sent  them,  except  the  Pearl  of  this  port,  for  Viana. 

p.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair  and  Fine.  I^etters  from  Salcombe  state,  that  the 
Aaive  cartel,  from  Morlaiz,  with  nineteep  British  Seamen  in  exchange-*^ 
They  ran  the  brig  into  Salcombe,  for  fear  of  being  pressed  had  she  put 
in  here.  Arrived  the  Seagull  sloop  of  war,  from  Guernsey.  Thia  afternoon  the 
Atlas,  98  guns,  was  ^ovcd  vp  ^P  lurl)Ottr  by  the  boats  o^  the  j^k^  ^a^  Po^k^ 


Ot  KATAt   BVE!fTS«  J^ 

Vsr^.  As  won  as  her  j^ns,  powder,  provisions,  and  stores,  are  taken  out,  she  is 
^gD  iiRo-dock  to  be  ozamined.  Sailed  for  the  Coast  of  France,  the  Suffisante^ 
14  ^ns,  Captain  Whitman. 

io.  "Wind  E.  S.  E.  Fair.  Arrived  the  London  Packet,  from  Baltimore, 
with  tobacco,  recaptured  by  a  Guernsey  privateer.  Went  into  the  Sound  thtf 
Mcjpeta  fire  shiji,  Captain  west.  Arrived  from  a  sit  weeks  cruise  ill  the  Chops 
of  uic  Channel,  the  Plymouth  lugger.  Lieutenant  El?ot.  She  chased  two 
privateers  :  one  a  brig  of  fourteen  gtins,  which  escaped  ih  the  night  of  the  25th 
tit. ;  the  other,  a  cutter,  got  into  St.  Maloes,  by  throwing  her  guns  over- 
board, and  getting  out  her  sweeps.  Sailed  the  Suwarrow,  14  guns.  Lieutenant 
IHchoIsoo,  with  viduallers  for  Torbay. 

XI.  Wind  S«  E*  Hard  Rain.  Last  night  Captain  Gore,  of  tbe  fortiaute 
Triton,  3a  guns,  eave  a  most  splendid  and  elegant  ball,  at  Cowley's  Hotel, 
Dock ;  where  the  liberality,  and  eccentric  charader  of  the  British  seaman  was 
apparent. 

II.  Wind  9.  E.  Rain.  Arrived  last  night  the  Calcutta  extra  East  Tndiaman, 
Captain  Haflrgay.  She  sailed  from  Spithead  with  the  Queen  Charlotte,  1x0 
guns,  Admiral  Lord  Keith,  and  the  convov,  the  floth  of  November,  and  parted 
off  Cape  Finisterre  With  the  Qneen  Charlotte^  in  company  with  the  Bombay 
Anna  and  Bengal  Anna  extra  ships.  They  anchored  in  Madeira  Roads  to  take 
in  wines  the  9th  December.  The  same  day  the  Calcutta  parted  company  with 
the  above  eitra  ships  in  Madeira  Roads;  drove  to  sea  in  a  Solent  gale  of  wind  ;> 
and  after  beating  ai>out  till  the  xyth  of  December,  was  captured  by  La  Syrene, 
44  guns,  Citoyen  Reignaud,  and  La  Bergere,  18  guns,  bound  to  Old  France 
from  Cayenne,  having  ViSor  Hugues  on  board.  At  noon  of  the  17th,  after 
Captain  Haggay,  the  second  and  third  mate%  and  fifty  Lascars  and  seamen, 
were  taken  on  board  La  Syrene,  a  fleet  was  discovered  to  windward,  through 
a  fog ;  which  clearing  off,  and  the  men  of  war  bearing  down  on  different  tacks; 
proved  to  be  the  Glenmore,  44  guns.  Captain  Duff,  and  L'Amiable,  32  guns. 
Captain  Raper,  and  the  outward-bound  West  India  convoy,  from  Cork.  The 
Glenmore  bore  down,  and  retook  the  Calcutta  ;  L'Amiable  pursued  the 
Frenchman,  gallantly  brought  them  to  adion  for  thirty-five  minutes,  when  the 
French  ships  made  off,  though  so  much  superior  to  L*  Amiable  ;  the  Glenmore, 
taking  eare  of  her  recapture  and  her  valuable  convoy  to  leeward,  could  not  get 
into  anion. 

15.    Wind  S.  E.  Rain.    Captain  Turguard  is  appointed  to  La  Railleur, 
90  guns,  vice  Captain  Raynor,  absent  with  leave.    Went  into  dock  La  Bour^ 
daloir,  of  oo  guns,  to  be  fitted  for  service.    liCtters  from  Lisbon  state  the  arrival 
there  of  the  Lisbon  fleet,  so  long  beatmg  off  that  port, — and  which  were  cer- 
tainly saved  by  the  gallantry  of  Captain  Hosier,  of  the  Revenge  privateer,  of 
this  port,  who  very  gallantly  engaged  and  blew  up  a  Spanish  privateer  of  supe- 
rior force. 

14.    Wind  S.  E.  Cloudy.    Arrived  the  Dauphin,  from  Surinani  for  London, 
Vith  a  valuable  cargo,  taken  by  the  Bellona  French  privateer,  of  a6  guns  and 
160  men,  and  reuken  by  the  Beaulieu,44  guns.  Captain  Skynner.    Arrived  the 
Jbxccllent,  74  guns,  and  Urania,  44,  from  sea,  in  Cawsand  Bay.    Letters  from 
the  Pheeniz,  44  guns,  Captain  Halstcd,  dated  the  a9th  ult.  at  Gibraltar,  state,' 
that  she  had  captured  four  Spanish  prizes,  and  sent  them  safe  into  Gibraltar. 
On  Christmas  day  last  she  fell  in  with,  and  captureid,  a  very  large  Spanish  ship, 
of  450  tons,  deeply  laden  whh  silks  and  bale  goods,  for  Lima,  from  Cadiz, 
said  to  be  the  richest  prize  brought  into  Gibraltar  this  war.    The  nett  prize 
money  of  the  dollars  taken  on  board  the  St.  Brigida  and  £1  Thetis  Spanish 
galleon  frigates,  captured  by  the  Triton,  Alcmene,  Naiad,  and  Ethalion,  was 
paid  this  £iy  by  their  respedive  agents,  and  is,  exclusive  of  all  expences,  as 
follows:  £.         ,.     rf. 

Captains         -.--..-    4O»730  18    o 
Lieutenants    -•---•.      JtOgi     7    3 
Warrant  ofiicert     ........      2,468  10    9^ 

Midshipmen  and  their  class     ....         791  ty    oi 

Able  and  ordinary  seamen  and  marines    -        -         iSi    4    9^ 
There  still  remains  the  nett  produce  of  the  hulls,  stores,  mastS|  rigging,  dec, 
•f  the  two  frigates  to  be  accounted  for. 


Il, 


MONTHLY  t.EGl8Tfift  OF    IKAVAt  EVCllTf« 


APPOINTMENTS  AND  PROVfOTIONS. 
,  Captain  Patterton  is  appointed  to  the  Montag;ue,  in  the  raon  of  CapCilB 
Knight,  who  is  in  li  bad  state  of  health. 

Captain  Talbot,  of  the  £urydice,  of  14  giuu»  it  appointed  to  L*  Ambuscade, 
^  40  guns,  at  Plymouth. 

Captain  C.  Danvers,  100  of  the  Baronet,  it  appointed  to  the  Adive  frif^ate. 

Capuin  Murray  is  appointed  to  the  command  of  the  Naiad  frigate,  her  formsr 
officer,  C^tain  f  icrrepoint,  being  compelled  to  resign  through  ind;sp3<icion. 
^  Captain  David  Atkins  is  appointed  to  the  Furie,  of  36  gont,  one  of  tlie  ihipf* 
taken  by  Captain  oir  Richard  King,  in  the  Sirius,  in  the  Vorth  Scat. 

Captain  Foley,  lately  returned  from  the  Mediterranean,  it  appointed  ui 
tomniand  the  Elephant,  74  guns,  at  Porttmouth. 

Sir  Thomas  Livingstonief,  Bart,  is  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Poit  Captain,  and 
•ppointed  to  command  the  1  >iadem,  of  64  gunt. 

Ciptain  Tnnes,  of  the  Alert  Hired  armed  cutter,  is  appothted  to  command  the 
Poraonie  armed  ship,  in  the  room  of  Sir  Joseph  Eyles. 

.  Captam  J.  Hanson,  appointed  to  the  Brasen  si6op,  was  first  Lieutenant  of 
the  Chatham  armed  tender,  when  she  was  under  tlie  command  of  the  lattf 
Captain  Vancouver,  daring  his  Toyage  oi  discovery. 

Captain  Edward  G'alway,  first  iMtttenant  00  board  the  Vanguard  in  th« 
ktttlooff  the  Nile^  is  appointed  to  the  command  «>f  the  PloTer  sloop  of  war. 

Rear- Admiral  ].  W.  Payne  is  appointed  Compt^lkr  General  of  the  Hon96» 
bold  of  his  Royal  Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales. 

,  Captain  Eliab  Harvey  is  appointed  Co  oommand  the  Triumph,  of  74  guns  f 
H  Hot  ham,  the  Immortality,  of  36  guns  i  Bridges,  the  Charon,  of  44  gnns  1 
and  Edward  0*Bprien,  the  Sea  I'encibles  on  the  cSiast  of  Essex. 

Capuios  Cheshire  and  Orasvenor  are  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Post  Captains. 

J.  WUloughby,  Esq.  of  the  Royal  William,iB  appointed  one  of  the  JLieotenantI 
9f  the  Prince,  with  Admiral  Sh*  C.  Cotton. 

Dr.  Harness,  Physician  of  the  Mediterranean  Fleet,  ik  appointed  a  Comrois- 
9ioner  of  the  Sick  and  Woonded  Board,  in  the  room  of  I)r.  Blade,  who  hat 
lesigned. 

i  ientenant  Richbell,  of  the  Centaur,  is  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Coramandery 
fnd  appointed  to  the  Prince  William  armed  ship. 

Captain  Tnrguardis  appointed  to  Lz  Railleur,  30  gnns,  vice  Captain  Rajmor. 

The  sword  to  be  presented  to  Admiral  Mitchell  from  the  City  of  i.ondon,  it 
Taloed  at  one  hundred  guineas  -:  en  one  side  is  repKscntcd  the  sarrendcr  of  the 
Dutch  Fleet,  and  on  the  other  the  noble  Admiral's  arms  and  trophies  ;  on  the 
liilt  is  engraved  the  arms  of  the  City  of  London  ;  and  00  the  top  of  fhc  ftword* 
is  emblematically  figured  **  the  eye  of  Providence  looking  doTArn  on  the  British 
Flag." 

OBITUARY. 

In  Qaeen-Ann^stneet  East,  Lady  A/Heck,  reliA  of  Admiral  Sir  E.  Affleck. 

At  Bradford,  in  Northumberland,  Mt.  Robert  Nicholson,  formerly  Master  e# 
hit  Majesty's  thip  the  Britannia. 

Sunoiy,Jiai.  5,  at  Reading,  Ashbumham  Newman  Toll,  Esq^  a  Captain  ifti 
the  Berkshire  Militia,  and  only  son  of  the  late  Rear- Admiral  Edmonds  i'oll,  of 
Widiham,  Hants. 

At  Parkgate,  on  her  way  from  Irelind  to  London^  Mrs.  PhiUipt,  daughter  «f 
Dr.  Barney,  and  wife  of  Major  Phillips,  of  the  Marines. 

Suddenly,  of  an  apoplcdtic  fit,  Mrs.  Anne  Stephens,  wife  of  Frands  Stepheilsi 
E«q«  one  of  the  Commissioners  ior  vi&ualling  his  Majesty's  Navy.  1 

Jaji.  6.  At  Gosport,  an  aged  seaman,  named  EnwAan  HAancASTLC. 
He  was  cekbrated  for  the  following  exploit  ;  During  the  visit  which  the  Dnke 
of  York  paid  to  Admiral  Rodney,  on  board  the  MarlboroQgh,  in  17^1,  he  got 
to  the  very  top  of  the  vane  of  the  main-mast,  and  stood  there  on  his  head,  waving' 
his  hat  several  times  with  his  foot.  He  received  a  present  from  hts  Royal 
Highnets,  with  a  request  not  to  repsat  so -dangerous  a  proof  of  his  dexterity. 

Lately,  Mr.  CKarles  Winchester,  messenger  to  Earl  Speneer,  at  the  Admiralty. 

The  7th  in»t.  Thomas  Lennox  Frederick,  Esq.  at  his  house, ^fottingham-place, 
X^ondon.  He  yii9M  made  Post  Captain  in  1779,  and  a  Kear-Admind  in  1797, 
and  commanded  the  Princess  Royal  in  the  memorable  vidko^  gained hy  LonA 
bt.  Vincent,  on  the  14th  of  February  in  the  same  year. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  MEMOIR  OF  THE  LATE 

CAPTAIN  DAVID  BRODIE.- 


Aod  does  the  Mystic  Veil  from  mortal  beam 

Involve  those  eyes  where  'ev*ry  virtue  smiled  ?-» 

The  light  of  Reasoo,  pure,  without  a  cloud ; 

Full  of  the  generous  heart*  the  mild  regard  ; 

Honour  disdaining  blemish,  cordial  faith. 

And  limpid  Truth,  that  looks  the  very  soul  *  \         TsoMtov. 

nr*I^£  histpry  of  unassuming  W4>rtb9  and  unrewarded  me- 

^      iTAtf  claims  the  remembrance  of  a  profession  which  it 

a/iox=]niB<I,  and  of  aCountry>  to  whose  service  unabated  exertions 

vrcre    dedicated  :  its  biography  must  cause  a  lively  emotion 

lU  tlie  mind  of  every  reader,  and  will  awaken  the  noblest 

{edmgs   of  human  nature.    The  eye  long  accustomed  to 

behold  the  purple  trappings  of  the  Vi&or»  or  the  bright 

caiter  of  success  that  knew  no  abatement,  finds  relief  on 

being   turned  to    the   retreat,    where  professional  virtue» 

acknowlec^ed  yet  disregarded,  sought  at  length  an  asylum 

that  it  might  die  in  peace. 

Mr.  David  Brodie,from  a  collateral  branch  of  the  Bs.odx£S 
of  Brodie,  an  old  and  respedable  £imily  in  Scotland,  was  , 
bom  in  that  country  ;  and  entered  into  the  Royal  Navy  at 
twelve  years  of  ^e.  .  His  early  patron  was  Admiral  Vernon, 
whose  friendship  he  long  enjoyed  without  any  abatement. 
Mr.  Brodie  commanded  the  Admiral's  tender  at  the  taking  of 
Porto  Bello  in  1739  >  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^  bombarding  of  Car* 
thagena  in  1741,  and  in  most  of  the  Adions  in  the  West 
Indies  during  the  war.    On  the  third  of  May  1743  he  was 
advanced  commander  of  the  Terror  sloop  f  ;  and  was  after- 
wards appointed  to  the  Merlin,  a  sloop  of  10  guns,  and  110 
men,  in  the  West  Indies. 

*  The  above  lines,  addressed  by  Thomson  to  Lord  Talbot,  occurred  on 
bdiAlding  the  portrait  of  Captain  Brodie,  by  Coates,  now  in  th^  possession  of    . 
.  his  son  William  Brodie,  Esq.  of  CaT.'ndi^h-s^iuare.    Mr.  Coates  was  an  excel- 
lent judge  of  character,  and  has  striking' y  personified  the  ideas  of  tht  poet^ 

f  Gentleman's  M^^zine,  1743,  page  275. 


t^  BIOCHAPHICAI*   MIMOIE 

For  the  following  services  which  Captain  Brodie  rendered 
his  country,  on  being  advanced  Commander,  he  received  a 
letter  of  thanks  frt)m  the  then  First  Lord  of  the  Admi- 
ralty. 

He  sustained  ftn  attack  from  a  fifty-gun  Ship  for  a  consi- 
derable time,  during  which  engagement  be  lost  many  men  : 
t*Ao  other  Shipl  etmiing  in  sight,  the  «iiemy  left  him — ^the 
strange  Sliips  afterwards  proved  to  be  two  of  his  own. 

He  captured  the  Union,  Vainqaer,  and  Bacchus,  French 
-privateers  of  superior  force  i  the  San  Antdnid,  a  Spanish  pci* 
Vateer,  la  pistite  Qutvt,  t  Fttttch  privaietr  of  t^ual  force; 
And  the  Ftniinmd,  of soperiot  fotte^  wbkb  he  bokrdfd :  Hie 
latter  had  fMty->two  taen  kilhd  and  woonded^  Captain 
Brodie  had  a  design  of  this  adion  made  by  Bayton,  whith  i| 
now  in  the  possestion  of  hit  son* 

This  spirited  officer  also  attacked  two  Spunish  xebecs  in  the 
West  Indies,  that  had  captured  the  Bla^t,  and  AchiUei^ 
British  sloops  of  war :  after  a  despeiate  aAion  they  ^xttt 
obliged  to  retire.  Caplain  Brodie  derired  peculiar  satisftftioft 
from  this  success,  as  he  afterwards  disooveied  they  bad  been 
ifititd  out  expttasly  to  take  faiitk  In  the  snbsequent  capture  * 
of  tero  French  Ships  of  much  superior  force,  this  gallant 
«lBtir  was  wounded  in  Ifae  aide,  and  lost  his  right  arm. 
'  In  the  month  of  March,  f  1747,)  Captain  Brt>die  was  ad*. 
\anced  to  post  rank,  with  the  command  of  the  Canierburt)  in 
which  Ship  be  formed  a  part  of  the  squadron^  imder  Rear*- 
Admiral  Ktooitles  f ,  tbat-saikd  frosn  Jamaica  on  tli^  thirteenth 

*  Dcftigiu  of  both  these  engagements  were  made  by  Mt.  Pay  ton,  in  his  be  a 
ff)a)iner,  and  tit  tnfw  in  dte  po*ei*ioli  of  William  Brddie,  £lq. 

f  TIm  followmg  Litt  ^  A*)irr^^  m  it  smd  h  tht  yemr  t^^  "pfff^iMk  lo  llit 
peace  of  Aix-la-Chap«Jlc,  fornw  a  ttriking  contrast  wich  our  present  estlib2i4i- 
iDcnt. 

The  Right  Hon.  Sir  John  Korris,  Admiral  •/  He  Fleet. 

Admirals  c/"  the  White^^ir  Chaloner  Ogle ;  J.  Siuart,  Hon.  George  Clinton. 
William  Rowley,  Efcqbs. 

AdmiraU  cftbe  Blme-^'WiXAtm  Martin,  haat  TtfVm&htnd,  Bs^  ;  t^ight  Hoft. 
XiVtA  Vtre  ]|e«uch:rk  ;   Right.  Hon.  Oeot^  I.ord  A.tiiiMi. 

jriie-Admirith  if  the  .Xa'-^ Perry  Mayne,  £a^  ;  &^r  Ptt«r  W«iren,  K.  B»  | 
Hon.  John  lyng. 

3  .  ,^     -  V 


or  GAVTAI)^  SLATin  Btovrt.  H 

I 

6f  Fei^rqai-y  1748 ;  and  m«de  ttie  desperate  yet  sticcessful 
attack  on  Fort  i.oi|is,  a  French  settlement  on  the  south  side 
of  the  Island  of  Hispaniola. 

This  was  the  island  which  Oliver  Cromwell,  in  1654,  sent 
Admirals  Penn  and  Venabiesto  conquer,  with  a  line  ieet,  and 
lO^pQO  land  forces,  the  attempt  howc¥er  failed  :-^yet  to 
Ihia  expedition  we  ewe  the  possession  of  Jannaies.  Fort 
Louis,  against  which  the  present  attack  was  dire£led,  bad 
been  strongly  fortified  against  any  attempts  of  the  English  : 
aeventyweight  guns  were  mounted,  mostly  42,  36,  and  aft 
poQiMkrs,  and  five  mortars  ;  with  great  quantities  of  ^11  kinds 
of  ammnnition,  and  stores*  Most  of  the  guns»  and  carriages^ 
were  new,  and  many  of  them  weighed  from  sixty-nine 
to  eighty  four  hundred  weight.  The  Britiskh  Squadron. 
advanced  in  the  midst  of  a  brisk  fire,  biit  did  not  return  itf 
antil  they  were  moored  in  a  close  line  ahead  wiUiin  pistol^ 
shot  of  the  fort.  The  resolution  and  determined  valour 
displayed  by  the  diff^srent  crews^,  and  their  brave  eommandert* 
on  this  occasion,  has  been  already  ne^ticed^*  The  Governor, 
M*  de  Cbateaunoye,  who  had  only  half  an  hour  grveoi 
him  to  d^t^rraine  on  the  articles  of  capitulation,  arrived 
tb?  night  before  the  atuck»  with  a  reinforccrqent  of  thre^ 
companies  of  soldiers.     Fort  St.  Loeis  f  surrendered  on  th» 

rkfAJmirals  of  the  Wbite-^Hcnij  Q»Wi3«,    Hoil.    Fitzwijr  Kenry  Lcc, 
Thomas  Smith,  E&qrs. 

tnce-Admirah  of  the  i9/ir«— Thomas  Griffin,  Ixq,  ;  Sir  Edward  Hawke,  K.  B. 

kear^AdmiraU  of  the  Art/— William  ChambMS,  Charles  Knovics,  £sqrs. 

lUar-Admlrak  of  the  ^T^/'/r— Hon.  John  E^orbu^,  Ho».  Edward  Boscawen. 

Rtttr-AJmirah  of  the  Blue -Chxi\M  yfiJtXum^  Ltf\, 

•  Vol.  I.  pages  III,  iiz. 

f  The  town  of  St.  Louis  waa  buth  in  the  bogiansg  of  the  present  century , 
and  is  shuated  at  tko  bottom  of  a  bay  vbieh  fonBi  an  i«4iierent  harbour.  The 
ishttd  of  Hitpamohi,  op  St.  Dosniago,  vri^  originally  callod  Hay^  ot  Mokk,  \if 
the  natiTos  ;  tv^iek  Oolvmbns  cKangod  into  Hispaniola,  or  Lit^e  Spain,  ui 
149a  :  It  Is  new  smm  coiBmonly  bqovva  by  the  aame  of  St.  Doming  from 
the  city  :^t.  Damlnk,  feonded  so  early,  as  in  the  yuM  1494  \  thk  atprttetkt  ii 
iIm  capital  of  the  >sla»d.  It  waa  diidded  betwf  en  the  Freseh  tad  Spaniards  ; 
sIm  iMmer  postesstng;  ibe  western,  and  tbe  l%tier  tbi  eastern  b«lf ;  but  by  a 
treaty  of  peace  coDtlnded  betw^an  Spain  apd  the  Freach  Rcpmblk,  the  formex 
hae  glvta  «p  hef  portioA.  Fopt  bt.  Louia,  en  the  looiii  side,  is  buih  on  a  small 
island,  about  tbree  faaatese  of  a  miie  Ire  a  St>  Oonunea :  being  detyKule  v{  Ck^Is 


S4  %tOC9iAtHfCSL    ICtMOfC 

following  tenos  :•— ^*  The  garrison  not  to  serve  against  tlie 
King  of  Great  Britain,  or  bis  allies,  during  a  year  ;  that  they 
should  march  out  with  their  arrosi  but  without  eannoAt 
mortars,  or  amitiunition ;  that  the  officers  should  retain  their 
private  baggage,  atnd  servants  ;  and  that  the  town  shoitld  be 
spared  on  ceruin  conditions,  to  be  settled  the  next  moriring/' 
After  the  reduction  of  Fort  St  Louis,  Captain  Brodie  sailcci 
with  the  Squadron  to  make  a  second  attempt  on  St.  Jago  de 
Cuba,  which  lies  towards  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  island, 
and  opposite  to  Jamaica.  The  bay  has  an  excellent  harbour 
for  Ships,  and  is  so  safe  and  commodious,  that  it  is  inferior 
only  to  the  Havanna  in  respe£t  to  situation  for  commerce. 
The  town  is  about  two  leagues  from  the  sea ;  and  the  entrance 
into  the  bay  is  narrow  for  several  miles,  llie  attempt  was 
spirited,  and  worthy  of  Admiral  Knowles  ;  as  several  years 
prior  to  this,  Admiral  Vernon ,  with  a  much  superior  ffeet,  and 
a  considerable  body  of  land  forces,  had  found  the  redn£Uon 
of  it  by  sea  impradicable  :  the  plan  which  the  former 
Admiral  now  conceived  was  well  imagined,  but  through  some 
mistake  failed  in  the  execution.    The  whole  expedition^ 

water,  it  is  only  niipplied  from  the  adjoining  shore.  Some  idea  of  the  importance 
of  the  island  of  St.  Domingo,  may  be  formed  by  the  state  of  the  French  cxpsits, 
10  long  ago»  aa  in  the  yea!*  1767  ;  when  they  consisted  ef 

X24  millions  weight  of  sugar. 
1,769^61  lb«  of  indigOb 
150,000  lb.  of  cocoar. 
11,197,977  lb.  of  coffer. 
0,96^,910  lb.  of  c»tton. 

8,470  packets  of  raw  hides. 
10,330  sides  of  tanned  hides. 
4,180  hogslicads  of  rum. 
2i,iC4  hogsheads  of  ni^asses. 
Tfiis  island  is  surrounded  by  craggy  rocks,  and  dangerous  shoals  :  it  estcads 
from  latitude  17  deg.  37  min.  to  oo  deg.  N.  and  from  longitude  67  d^.  35  nun. 
to  74  deg.  »5  min.  W.— being  near  400  miles  in  length,  and  near  lao  where 
broadest  -from  N.  to  S.    The  most  noted  places,  under  the  French  GoTemmcnt, 
in    1748,  were  Capt  Fram^m  with  a  fine  harbour ;  JP»rte  AtMr,  with  a  good 
anchorage,  though  the  passage  on  the  west  is  daogerouti  in  a  N«  or  N.  W.  wind* 
This  is  the  place  which  Dampier^  in  his  voyages,  calk  by  mikuke  ^Hit  Gmw9t*^ 
"Ovhich  lies  at  sixty  leagues  distance ;  in  the  neighbourhood  is  good  water  ;— 
Zeoganey  a  bad  port,  about  half  a  league  from  the  sea,  situated  in  a  low  bqggy 
^and,  too  hr  off  to  defend  any  bhips  in  the  road  ;  and  ^4rt  L*m, 


OF  CAFTAIK   DATIO   BEODIB.  #jf 

from  the  inspedioo  of  .private  papers  with  which  wei  have 
been  favoared,  seems  never  to  have  been  duly  appretiated  by* 
the  public :  and  by  no  means  deserved  the  abuse  that  some 
modem  writers  of  repute  have  injudiciously  bestowed. 
.  During  the  ensuing  month  of  August,  Captain  Bro* 
die,  in  the  Strafford,  60  guns,  sailed  again  under  the  £ag  of 
Admiral  Knowles>  as  one  of  the  six  Ships  which  he  had 
selected  to  cruise  off  the  Tcrtuga  Banks^  in  the  hope  of 
intercepting  the  Spanish  plate  fleet  from  La  Vera  Cruz.— - 
On  the  first  of  O&ober  they  fell  in  witlx  a  Spanish  Squadron, 
then  not  far  distant  from  the  Havanna :  having  neared 
each  other  considerably,  about  three  o'clock  P.  M.  the 
Spaniards  began  to  fire.  The  signal  was  immediately  thrown 
oat  by  Admiral  Knowles,  for  the  different  Ships  *  to  bear 
down,  when  the  greater  part  of  them  were  soon  closely 
engaged  :  the  Spanish  Admiral  formed  his  line,  with  the 
Invincible,  74  guns,  leading  the  Van,  fallowing  by  theCon- 
qnestadore,  64  guns.  Admiral  Knowles,  to  oppose  him, 
placed  the  Tilbury,  60  guns,  Captain  Powlett,  in  the  vany 
followed  by  the  Strafford,  60  guns,  Captain  Brodie.  The 
aftion  continued  until  late  at  pight,  and  for  the  three  first 
hours  was  very  warm. 

The  force  of  the  enemy,  which  has  not  hitherto  been  cor« 
itdly  stated,  consisted  of  six  line  of  battle  Ships,  and  one 
of  36  guns,  under, the  command  of  Vice- Admiral  Reggio,  and 
Rear-Admirsd  Spinolaj  they  had  2coo  men  more  than 
the  English,  whose  whole  force  amounted  to  six  line  of 
battle  Ships,  and  the. Lenox  with  56  guns  on  board.^-— 

*  For  a  list  of  the  Squadron,  Tid.  Vol.  I.  page  115.— As  no  coned  account  of 
tbe  number  of  men  on  board  the  Spanuh  Ships  has  yet  been  printed,  we  will 
thank  our  leaders  to  alter  the  one  inserted,  for  the  following,  which  t|  copied 
iram  the  mannscripti  of  an  officer  who  was  in  the  aSion. 


Invincible, 

- 

• 

7JO  men. 

Conquestadorc, 

« 

- 

665 

Africa, 

- 

* 

7io 

New  Spain, 

^ 

- 

665 

Dragon, 

- 

- 

665 

Royal  Family   - 

* 

• 

669 

Galgo 

• 

m 

3M 

ThoGeriqtmtadi&rt,  64  gum.  Den  T.  J«8t»,  who  wm 
during  th«  a£iion,  struck  to  the  Strafibrd,  Captain  Brodte, 
ifter  making  a  brave  defence,  and  being  three  timea  set  on  firel 
The  Africa,  74.  gqnt^  Adminll  Reggio*i  Ftag>  whose  Captaiit 
Wta  killed^  liaving  bore  away  to  leeward,  next  engaged  the 
StraSbrd*  with  the  wind  upon  aHMi  abaft  the  beam»  until  nintf 
e'dock,  when  Captain  Brodie  laid  her  in  qloae  to  the  shore  > 
kis  Ship  being  then  much  crippled,  from  the  centi'nued  attack 
he  had  kept  ifp  with  so  much  spirit,  the  pikff  refused  the 
Chargtt  of  her  any  longer.  After  being  wore  witfi  great  diffl- 
eulty,  Captain  Btodie  during  the  night  repaired  his  Ship's 
4amage,  as  well  as  he  waa  ahle  ;  and  without  delay  retunM^ 
with  the  Cornwall  to  burn  the  Spanith  Admitars  Slnp^ 
This  however  bad  been  previouaiy  done  by  the  enemyw 
The  remainder  of  the  Spanish  Fleet  fovoured  by  the  night, 
and  the  proximity  of  their  own  coaet,  escaped  into  tlie  port  of 
the  Havanna  :  the  entrance  of  which,  by  a  channel  ^  of 
about  half  a  mile  in  length,  is  narrow  and  gf  difficfult  aecesa 
to  an  enemy. 

Admiral  Knowles  tbu^  eoDclode^  bia  account  of  the  traeie* 
adions  of  the  Squadron  that  was  sent  home :  *«  HavitYg  m^ 
main  topmast  shot  away,  just  at  the  very  instant  as  theen^m]^ 
began  to  run>  and  my  fore  topsail  being  shot  down  before,  I 
could  not  pursue  them  ao  fiist  as  was  neceesary  :  however  l' 
set  my  sprit  sail»  and  made  what  sail  I  coald^  and  hauled  down 
the  signal  for  the  lina»  and  made  the  general  signal  for  chasing 
to  leeward  }  which  not  being  taken  notieb  of  so  soon  as  ie 
ought,  I  sent  away  my  Captain  aboard  each  &hip,  with  ordcre 
for  them  to  pursue  the  enemy,  and  go  close  alQnj^sidc  t}icni ; 

«  since  tl^e  rear  1764^  whca  it  ira^  rfUaced  bj  tbf  Epglii^  ^rse  ante  of «tr 

]»▼€  been  sunk  in  it,  to  render  it  ttiU  tt^of^  &f^M^\  to  emtr.  Mr*  >Ulhwi»* 
In  his  Naval  GazetteeTi  si?e«  the  fi^Uowing  ^iredipnt  ior  Hi]tng  into  it : — <«  If 
a  ^hip  keeps  in  mid-chanaei,  fo  as  to  tTpid  a  so^ll  ifinatl,  thM  i>c*  o^^  from  cack 
point  of  theentrance,  there  can  be  no  danger ;  anf]«  after  a  ^ip  ii  in,  unless  she 
runs  on  shore  for  mischief,  a(  the  very  time  of  high  watf^r,  t^cre  is  no  fear  of 
her  floating  off  without  danuige ,  a§  the  v^holq  is  a  soft  ooze.  A  thousand  sail  of 
JRhips  may  ride  here  coninio4i"W^4  wit|y>et  ^thier  ^abi^  9r  anchor,  the  average 
depth  is  six  fathoiasw" 


knd  noi  lie  firing  at  such  «  distance  as  they  dtd»  6r  I  woi)l4 
icttd  flaotber  offictr  to  coiamaad  their  Ships.^^At  tlie  same 
titne  I  oiadc  the  Gaatcitbufy'ft  signal  to  make  more  tail,  who 
«oon  g9t  ttp  with  the  eneoiy,  and  behaved  ettiemely  well 
Thb  wat  about  a  quarter  after  five^  whea  the  fire  wa*  lenewed 
on  both  aide§»^ 

"  FindHig  I  toiild  iiot«ome  up  again  with  The  Squadron, 
•ad  oineiVirig  Ihat  the  Admirers  Second  (wh9  bud  struck  cnts 
i^#rv)fo«iM  not  make  aail  to  get  up  with  the  rosst  of  the  Squa- 
dron neither,  I  bore  down  to  hiih^  and  presently  made  him 
aurikei  aftd  call  tmtfer  <|tiarter«  and  drore  away  another  Ship 
which  Tile  Spanish  Admiial  was  lending  to  hta  assistance ; 
and  lettt  immediate  dircftions  for  the  Warwick  to  pursue  her : 
^fter  taking  possession  of  the  prize,  and  shifting  tlie  prisoners, 
I  stood  to  the  N.  W .  about  two,  or  three  leagues,  and  brought 
tOjiind  in  the  morning  was  joined  by  thf  rest  of  the  Squadron. 
During  the  night  got  down  thp  stump  of  the  main  topmast ;; 
and  next  day  rigged  a  new  one,  and  got  the  Ship  in  order 
again  for  sertice.  Wfara  Captain  Clark»  tnd  Captain  Brodie, 
joined  aje,  they  informed  me  they  had  left  the  Spanish  Vice- 
Admira!  ttose  in  shofe,  mth  his  masts  gone ;  which,  as  soon 
a  the  Sliips  could  be  got  to  carry  sail,  I  went  in  quest  of,  and 
the  next  day  found  .him  at  an  anchor  in  a  small  bay  caile4 
^«wra  (about  eight  leagues  to  the  eastward  of  the  Havanna)^ 
when  I  ran  in  with  a  design  to  have  taken  or  burnt  him ; 
bat  the  enemy  saved   me  the  trouble— they  setting   fire 
to  the  Ship  themselves  so  soon  as  I  came  within  a  random 
shot  distance.      After  seeing  her  blow  up,  I  bore  away  for 
the  Havanna,  and  landed  all  the  prisoners  ;  where  I  found 
the  four  other  Ships  had  got  in  greatly  shattered,  the  Rear* 
Admiral  particularly^  whose  topmasts  were  all  gone.*' 

As  Captain  Brodie  a£ted  a  noble  and  disinterested  part  in 
the  coun  martial  which  arose  from  this  event  *«  and  took 

*  This  tStkm  not  aalj  clo$ed  the  war,  bat  wm  afiterwardt  tlie  soorct  of  vio- 
leat  altercation,  in  consequence  of  which  at  has  not  been  impartially  colitidencd, 
nen  by  the  judgment  of  tlie  Hittorian— we  add,  that  a  correct  de&ign  of  the 
ivbolt  was  made  by  ^aytfu^  under  the  dire^ion  of  Caftaan  Brodie,  and  is  now 

B  his  son*s'poaes«ion :  an  eogravlng  from  this  will  probably  be  given  in  tha 
f  onrsc  of  our  work. 


Bi6g1A?HICAL  MIMOIft 

place  on  Admiral  Knowles  at  Deptfordt  on  board  his  Ma*- 
jesty's  yacht  the  Charlotte^we  shall  now  proceed  to  state  snch 
particulars,  as  relate  to  the  oh}e€t  of  our  present  memoir ; 
especially  as  they  tend  to  furnish  a  more  correft  idea  of  that 
inemorable  a£Hon,  which  closed  the  war.  Of  this  Court 
Admiral  Rowley  was  president  ;  and  Vice- Admiral  Hawke, 
Rear-Admiral  Forbes  $  and  Captains  Thomas  Sturton, 
William  Parry,  Merrick  de  L' Angle,  Richard  Haddock,  and 
Matthew  Buckle,  were  members.  The  accusers  were  Captains 
HelmiSj  Powlitt^  ToII^  and  Innes. 

.  The  Court  Martial  assembled  on  the  eleventh  of  December, 
(1749).  On  Thursday  the  14th  Captain  David  Brodie,  late 
Commander  of  the  Strafford,  being  sworn,  gave  the  following 
testimony ; 

CaptaSa  Innes,  What  distance  was  the  Camwatt  (Rcar-Admird 
Knowlcs)  from  the  Strafford^  when  the  adion  began  with  the 
Strafford  f^^A.  I  believe  near  a  nule ;  there  was  the  distance  occa- 
vioned  by  the  Lenox  being  ordered  astern  of  theAdmind:  before 
that  we  were  at  a  very  good  distance  ;  the  Van  was  in  a  very  good 
Iine« 

j^  How  long  4id  the  ComvfcU  continue  engaged  with  Admind 
Keggto  ? — A,  About  an  hour— not  five  minutes  over  or  under. 

^  Did  70U  order  a  minute  to  be  taken  of  Rear -Admiral  Knowles'ii 
hauling  out  of  the  line,  and  of  the  time  he  had  been  engaged  ?-^* 
A.  Of  the  time  of  his  being  engaged  I  did;  but  of  his  hauling  out 
of  the  line  I  could  not*  because  I  netcr  saw  him  haul  out  of  the 
line. 

Prisontr*  Besides  yoyr  own  Ship^how  many  Ships  w^re  thCTC  ever 
in  a  line  with  the  Cornwall^  during  the  time  of  aflion  ? — A.  The 
LenoXf  is  all  I  can  say  was  in  the  line  ;  for  the  Cornwall,  and  Lenox^ 
being  between  me  and  the  Ships  astern,  I  could  not  observe  them— the 
TUhury  was  on  my  larboard  bow*  and  the  Oxford^  about  a  point,  or 
little  more,  before  my  beam. 

Caftmn  Inneu  Did  you  observe  the  ComwaB'i  foresail  hauled  up^ 
after  she  had  been  some  time  engaged  ? — A.  N09  I  did  not. 

^  Did  you  observe  her  heave  up  in  the  wind,  after  she  had  been 
engaged  ? — A.  Not  till  after  the  engagement  ceased,  and  the  Spanish 
Admiral  was  put  to  flight. 

*  For  fqrther  particalar»  of  this  court  martial,  vid  vol.  iit,  page  1 14 


OP   CAPTAIN   DAYID    BRODIB.  S9 

j^  Did  Admiral  Regg;io  bear  aw«y  before  the  wind,  or  did  he 
come  aad  attack  the  Strafford  ? — A.  He  bore  away  before  the  wind 
for  ten  or  twelve  minutes  ;  I  believe  with  the  wind  upon  the 
quarter,  about  W.  and  by  S.  or  W.  S,  W.  after  which  he  hauled 
his  wind,  came  up»  and  engaged  the  Strafford. 

Prironer*    After  the  Spanish  Admiral  was  put  to  flight,  did  not  the 

Rear- Admiral  make  the  signal  for  chasing  to  leeward  ;  and  did  not 

you  immediately  bear  away,  and  endeavour  to  get  into  a£hion  with  the 

Spanish  Admiral,  in  consequence  of  that  signal  ? — J*  I  did,  I  ported 

my  Helm  immediately,  and  bore  away,  and  came  to  a  close  engage- 

ment  with  Admiral  Reggio*    When  the  Spanish  Admiral  bore  awayt 

\it  Wsted  a  signal  at  the  Mizen  Peek,  which  to  the  best  of  my 

inemory  were  Biscayan  colours ;  and  a  little  before  he  hauled  his  wind, 

betook  it  down  again. 

^  When  Admiral  Reggio  bore  away,  did  you  nbt  observe  the 
bead  of  his  maintop-mast,  and  maintop-gallant- mast,  hang  over  to 
ftarhoard,  and  his  main  mast  shake,  as  if  it  would  fall  over  his  side  ? 
J,  I  saw  his  maintop-gallant-mast  was  wounded,  and  hang  over  to 
ftarboard,  and  his  main- mast ,  quiver,  as  though  it  would  fall  over 
his  side. 

CapUim  Inneu  Did  Admiral  Reggio  endeavour  to  avoid  the 
Straffordt  or  did  he  come  to  the  attack  of  her  ?—- ^.  He  avoided  to 
come  into  a^on  with  the  Strafffordj  till  he  was  out  of  reach  of  the 
Corvmalti  guns,  and  until  his  own  second  astern  had  come  pretty 

near  to  him  ;  his  second  ahead  was  drove  out  of  the  line,  and  fallen 
astern  of  me* 

J^  Did  you  see  the  Cornwall  bring-to,  by  the  Spanish  prize,  the 
Conqutstadorey  about  sun- set  }^-ji,  Y(rs,  I  did. 

^  Was  not  the  body  of  the  Spanish  Squadron »  at  that  time  en« 
gaged  with  the  body  of  his  Majesty's  Squadron  ? — A.  I  ivas  myself ; 
and  the  Canterbury  came  on  *very  seasonahly  to  my  assistance ;  and  t 
believe  the  llUmry^  and  Oxford^  were  at  the  .same  time  engaged  with 
Spinola,  ahead  of  me. 

^  Was  not  the  success  of  the  a^ion  then  depending,  and  the 
Spanish  Ships  of  superior  force,  headed  by  their  two  Admirals  ?— 
A.  I  thiik  we  had  then  greatly  the  superiority  ;  and  bad  I  been 
weB  seconded  astern^  I  was  in  hopes  to  have  been  in  possession  of  the 
Spanish  Admiral ;  for  our  Centre  was  then  stronger  than  theirs. 

^  Do  you  think,  if  there  had  been  a  Commanding  Officer  to  have 
coQc^ed  the  Ships  after  dark,  a  greater  vidory  might  have  been  ob- 
tained ? 

JDol  III.  N 


yO  VIOORAPaiCAL    MtMOfR 

The  following  spirited  and  ready  answer  of  Captain^Brodie 
particularly  deserves  the  attention  of  our  readers  :  it  was  no^ 
ticed  in  all  the  public-prints  of  the  day,  as  it  deserved  : 

A.  I  think  If  every  Ship  had  done  her  duty  Becoming  a  British  man  if 
fvar^  we  might  have  obtained  a  more  complete  *vi3ory  ;  hut  how  far  the 
presence  of  a  Commanding  Officer  may  animate j  I  cannot  say — /  wanted  nif 
Commanding  Officer  to  animate  me, 

^  Was  the  Cornwall  to  windward  or  to  leeward  of  the  Squadron, 
when  you  saw  her  bring -to  by  the  Conquestadore  prize  ? — Am  She  was 
rather  to  leeward  then  ;  because  we  had  hauled  closer  to  the  wind,  so 
as  to  bring  the  wind  upon  the  beam ;  and  she  had  bore  away,  at  the 
same  time,  after  the  Conquestadore^ 

^  What  distance  was  you  from  the  Conquestadore,  when  the 
Cornw^zi/ brought- to  by  her  ?— -^,  I  believe  between  three  and  four 
miles  it  might  be,  to  the  best  of  my  judgment. 

Captain  Hohnesm  Was  the  Lenox  engaged  at  sunset  ?— X  Yes,  I 
believe  she  was. 

Court,.  What  was  the  shape  of  the  Spanish  line,  when  the  engage* 
ment  first  began  ? — A,  I  think  pretty  strait ;  rather  a  line  of  battle 
idiead  than  any  half  moon. 

j^  What  Sail  had  the  Spanish  Admiral's  Ship  set,  when  you  en- 
gaged her,  after  she  Itfi  the  Cornwall  >^^ A*  When  she  bore  away 
from  the  Cornwall^  she  had  topsails,  courses,  foretop-gallant-sail, 
and  one  yard-arm  of  the  maintop-gallant-sail ;  and  when  she  hauled 
her  wind  to  engage  me,  she  hauled  Up  her  mainsail,  and  hauled  down 
her  small  sails. 

J^.  How  much  migSit  she  go  with  the  sail  she  had  aboard,  while 
hei  mainsail  was  set  ?— wf.  I  believe  about  three  knots,  or  three  and  an. 
half ;  there  w^s  but  little  wind,  and  the  water  smooth. 

On  Monday,  the  eighteenth  of  December,  at  nine  o'clock, 
the  Court  being  again  met,  Captain  Brodic,  in  his  testimony 
to  the  charafter  of  Admiral  Knowles,  gave  still  a  more 
distinct  and  general  account  of  the  a£tioii  off  the  Ha- 
vanna  : 

Prisonerm  On  the  first  of  06lobcr,  1 748,  do  you  remember  the 
time  of  day  we  discovered  the  Spanish  Squadron  ? — A.  Yes,  I  made 
the  signal  for  discovering  them,  as  I  was  stationed  on  the  Comwalf^ 
larboard  bow  during  the  night  ;  I  made  the  night  signal  for  disco- 
vering them,  about  break  of  day,  five  o'clock. 


OF  CAPTAIN    DATID   BRODII*  9( 

^  What  sitoation  were  the  tacmj's  Ships  then  in  ?— ^.  There 
were  Bvc  Sail  in  the  S.  £.  quarter  upon  my  larboard  bow»  and 
three  Sail  on  the  starboard  bow,  to  the  S..  and  by  W.  or  S.  S«  W» :  I 
was  then  the  windwardmost  Ship  of  our  Squadron.  The  five  sail  were 
about  three  leagues  from  me  ;  the  three  about  six,  or  seven  miles 
98tem  of  thpm  ;  both  standing  to  the  northwardi  with  their  starboard 
tacks  on  board, 

^  Do  you  remember  what  position  our '  Squadron  was  in  ? 
— J,  I  remember  the  situation  of  part  of  them  $  the  Oxford  was 
rutber  aboat  a  point  btfore  my  Seam  ;  the  Canterbury  was  the 
leewardmost  of  the  Squadron  ;  .there  was  one  Ship,  I  don't  know 
which  it  was,  that  was  a  good  deal  right  astern  of  the  Cornwall  ; 
and  the  other  two  seemed  to  me»  to  be  upon  the  CcmwalPs  lai'board 
X^parter. 

J^  Suppose  I  had  made  sail  diredly  on  the  Tack  I  was  on,  without 
Waiting  to  form  the  Line  of  Battlct  do  you  think  I  could  have  pre- 
vented  the  Enemy's  separated  Ships  from  joining,  .allowing  them  to 
jise  all  pQssiUe  Means  to  have  done  it  ?^/f.  No,  I  don't  think  we 
qmMs  because  I  am  very  sure  their  If^ew^rdmost  Ships,  would 
have  ^weathered  me«  and  I  was  the  ^eat^ermost  Ship  of  the  Squa* 
dron. 

C^^rni  Itmei.  How  was  the  Wind  at  that  Time  l^J.  When  we 
lacked*  it  was  at  East ;  but  during  the  Dpy  it  veered  from  the 
East,  and  by  North,  to  the  £«st  and  by  South. 

^stwn  npetied.^'^A*  I  beHeve  the  Wind  vras  at  East  then.  For 
.we  laid  up  ;(bout  S,  $•  £ast. 

Pruoner.  Considering  the  Situation  and  Motions  of  the  Enemy's 
SquadroBf  don't  you  think,  by  forming  the  Line  of  JBattie  on  the 
omtrary  T^ck,  as  I  did,  and  making  that  small  trip,  we  gained.a  coi^- 
sidjerablc  adyantage  of  them  }'^4»  Yes,  I  think  we  certainly  did  ;  for 
we  gained  the  Wind  of  them* 

Cafttm  Innesm  I  desire  to  know  whether  we  gained  the  Wind  of 
jthem,  fay  pur  sending  to  the  Northward,  or  by  their  running  down  to 
their  Leeveardmost  Ships  ? — Am  I  think  by  our  making  that  Trip  ; 
because,  as  I  6aid  before,  I  thought  their  Leewardmost  Ships  would 
have  weathered  me. 

Fruotter,  How  long  did  we  stand  on  the  Starboard  Tack,  in 
making  that  little  Trip  we  did  ;  and  what  Distance  might  we  run  ?•«- 
^..  I  bdieve  we  stood  about  half  an  Hpur  ;  and  I  don't  believe 
I  went  above  two  Miles  to  the  Northward. 

!^     When  the  Squadron  did  tack,  was  not  the  Line  of  Battle 
compa6Uy  fortned,  and  did  not  every  Ship  tack  in  good  order  f-^  . 
A*  Yes,  as  far  as  I  saw»  the  Line  was  as.  well  formed  a  Line,  as  I 


^t  BIOGRAPHICAL   MBMOIR 

ever  desire  to  see  :  after  we  were  about,  the  Sirafford  and  ComwaB 
cheered  each  other  ? 

Captain  Toll,     What  Distance  of  Time  was  there,  between  the  Van 
and  Rear's  Tacking  ? — A.  I  really  don't  recoiled. 

Pruotur.  About  half  an  Hour  after  Elight,  did  I  not  make  the 
Sigpial  to  close  the  Liney  haul,  up  my  Main-Sail,  and  lower  my  Top- 
GaUant-Sails  ;  the  stemmost  Ships  being  too  great  a  distance  from  the 
centre  i^^J*  Yes,  I  believe  it  was  between  eight  and  nine. 

^  When  they  neared  me,  did  I  not  make  the  Signal  to  lead  largc^ 
and  crowd  Sail  again,  to  get  quicker  up  with  the  Enemy  ?•— >i#.  Yes* 
I  remember  the  Signal  pexfc6Uy  well. 

^  About  ten  o'clock,  did  not  the  Enemy  set  their  mab*sailB,  and 
haul  close  up  ? — J,  Yes,  they  did  ;  I  cxpeded  they  would  stretch 
aheady  in  order  to  double  and  get  the  Wind  :  and  I  was  very  glad  to 
see  that  we  haul'd  our  Wind. 

^  In  about  half  an  Hour,  did  not  the  Enenty  shorten  safl 
again?"//.  Yes»  they  haul'd  their  Main-sail  up  afterwards. 

^  Soon  after  they  had  shortened  Sail,  did  not  they  alter  the  Dis* 
position  of  their  Line,  by  putting  another  Ship  astern  of  the  Vice- 
Admiral*  and  turning  the  Frigate  to  Leeward  ?— -if.  Yes,  they 
did. 

^  Upon  this  Motion  of  the  Enemy's,  did  I  not  dire^y  change 
Places  with  the  Ltnoxf  and  make  the  Oxford*%  Signal  to  quit  my  Line 
and  lie  as  a  corps  de  reser<ve  .^-— ^.  I  saw  a  Boat  go  on  boat d  the 
Lenoxt  and  she  immediately  dropped  astern  of  the  Admiral;  and 
about  Noon,  by  my  Watch,  I  saw  the  Oxford^ %  Signal  out  to  quit  the 
Line. 

J^«  By  making  this  Alteration  in  my  Line,  did  it  not  become 
equal  to  the  Enemy's,  and  1  place  myself  opposite  to  the  commanding 
Admiral  of  the  Enemy's  Squadron  ?— ^«  It  did,- and  the  Admirri 
and  Spanuh  Commanding  Officers  became  Opposite. 

^  When  the  Van  of  my  Line  was  advanced  abreast  of  the 
Enemy's,  did  not  the  Spanish  Vice -Admiral  begin  to  fire  upon  the 
TMury  and  Strafford  ? — j1»  He  did. 

J^  Did  not  the  Tiihury  return  her  fire  ?— ^.  She  did  diiedly,  and 
I  did  not  fire  a  gun  until  ten  Minutes  afterwards,  which  was  juet 
the  Distance  between  the  Signal's  being  made,  and  their  beginning 
to  fire  upon  us. 

^     Was  any   Signal,  made  for  Battle,  out  then  on  board  the 
Cornwall  f—A.  No,  not  when  the  Ttlhury  began  to  fire. 

Captain  Jnms.  Were  the  TV^r;  and  Straford  then  equally  distant 
fiom  the  enemy  }.^A.  No,  I  was  nearer  the  enemy  than  the  TtOmry 
was  I  I  alwaya  kept  her  open  upon  my  weather  Bow. 


OF   CAPTAIN  DATIO  BftODlC.  93 

^  What  Distance  miglit  you  be  astern  of  the  T'dhuiy,  when  she 
€red  her  first  shot  f-— i^.  About  a  Cable's  Length  and  an  half,  I 
ixUeve. 

^  Had  you  not  several  Men  kflled  on  board  the  Strafford  before 
you  returned  the  ^^t  ?— if  •  I  really  don't  recoiled  ;  I  believe  there 
might  be  some  killed  ;  our  rigging  was  much  diot>  but  cannot  say, 
whether  there  were  any  men  killed,  or  wounded. 
'  ^.  Did  any  of  the  shot  hull  you,  before  you  began  to  fire  ?— 
jf.  I  don't  remember  any  did,  although  we  were  near  enough  for 
them  to  V^  us,  to  be  sure,  but  we  were  a  great  deal  too  far  for  any 
musqucting. 

Prismier*  When  I  found  the  Adion  thus  brought  on  without 
Signal,  or  Orders,  did  I  not  immediately  make  the  Signal  to  lead 
large  ?— jf  .  You  did. 

^  .  By  making  the  Signal  to  lead  large,  did  I  not  give  the 
Warwick  an  opportunity  of  dosing  the  Line  speedilyer,  had  she  set 
sail  and  crowded  up  ?— >f.  I  did  not  see  the  9Farwici  at  that  time* 

^    When  Captain  PwvUit  had  thus  drawn  on  the  adion,  was  it 
not  the  most  prudent  step,  I  could  take,  to  bear  down,  and  endeavour 
to  come  to  close  Adion  as  speedily  as  possible  I — A»  I  think  it  was* 
^    Did  you  see  the  T'Sury  obey  the  Signal  for  leading  large  f— 
-^,  No. 
.    J^.    Did  I  not  fire  a  shot  at  her,  to  make  her  obey  it  ?— ^.  I  do&*t 

know,  I  don't  remember  any  shot  fired. 

^.  Finding  she  did  not  obey  the  Signal  to  lead  large,  did  I  not 
800D  after  make  her  Signal  to  come  to  a  closer  engagement  ? — 
A,  Yes,  I  saw  her  Signal  out,  and  a  Signal  to  come  to  a  closer 
.engagement* 

^    Did  not  the  Strtffbrd  ahead  of  me,  and  the  Lenox  astern  of  m^ 

4>bey  the  Signal  for  leading  large,  and  bear  down  with  me  to  the 

enemy  \^^A*  I  know  the  Strafford ^\A ;  but  the  Comw^  being  between 

JDC^  and  the  Lenoxy  I  don't  know  what  she  did. 

•     ^    Did  I  not  keep  my   main-sail  set,  and  every  sail  abroad. 

.until  I  got   into    my    station,    abreast   of  the    Vice- Admiral  ? — 

ji.  Yes,  she  came  down  with  such    a   resolution  and  intrepidity^ 

that  I  cannot  help  mentioning  what  I  said  in  a  letter  I  wrote  the  next 

day. — '*  I  was  engaged  with  the  Conquestadorty  the  Vice-AdmiraU 

and  the  Galgo  frigate,  when  the  Cornwall  came  up  to  my  assistance 

with  great  resolution  and  intrepidity,  and  came  to  a  very  dose  engage- 

ment,  yard*arm  and  yard-arm,  with  the  Vice- Admiral's  Ship  and  her 

two  seconds,  and  obliged  the  Covqueitadore  to  strike  a  second  time, 

•immediatdy  after  her  coming  up.     The  Conquettadore  had  before 

struck  to  me^  and  hoisted  her  cokmrs  ]^n,  when  she  was  got  upon 


94'  .BIOGRAPHICAL  MIMOIR 

my  startxnrd  quarter :  they  first  spread  them  over  the  netting  of  the 
larboard  quarter,  and  then  hoisted  them  in  the  nuxen  shrouds 
on  the  larboard  side — I  was  then  dose  by  her/' 

J^  As  I  passed  by  the  caemy^s  stemmost  Sbipsy  ta  my  way  to  the 
Vice«AdniinJ,  did  not  they  continue  firing  upon  me  aU  the  way  I 
wnit  ?— ^.  I  saw  a  fire  fipom  the  enemyf  but  I  could  not  Myj  who 
it  was  at. 

^  Just  before  we  began  to  engage,  did  not  yoa  see  me  haul  up 
my  main*sail,  and  lower  my  top-gallaiit-sails  ?««^.  Yes,  I  did  ;  I 
nw  you  «horten  saiL 

^  Did  you  not  see  the  Warwick^  during  the  a^ionf  lying  a  laag 
maj  astern  of  the  Conquutadorey  with  her  main-sail  up,  maintop-aaO 
abacky  and  top-gallant^saib  lowered  ?— ^*  I  did  iy)t  take  any  notice 
of  the  Warwick  until  towards  six  o'clock,  when  the  Conwali  wwi 
gone  to  take  possession  of  the  CoaquestaJore, 

^  During  the  adion  with  the  Spanish  Vjce-Admiial,  did  not  yon 
see  the  enemy's  stemmost  Ships  shoot  up  as  near  as  ihey  could  to  oorcr 
their  Admiraly  and  keep  firing  under  my  stem  at  me  l-^Jm  They  shot 
up  all  together,  and  were  in  very  great  confusion,  and  kept  a  coostmit 
firing,  the  whole  four  Ships, 

Cafifain  Itrnet.    Did  you  see  the  CamwaBf  during  the  adion,  ever 
luff  up,  with  some  of  her  topsails  aback  } — J.  No. 

Prisoner*     While  you  were  engaging  the  ConquesUidon^  was  die  not 
set  on  fire  ? — A.  She  was  all  in  a  Uaze, 

^    Did  she  not  strike  presently  after  ? — A.  She  did. 
^.     How  long  did  the  Cornwall  continue  in  action  ?— i#.  Aboat 
an  hour,  I  believe,  to  the  best  of  my  remembrance. 

^     Did  not  the  Cornwall  beat  the  Vice- Admiral  out  of  thek'ne, 
make  him  bear  away  roundi  and  crowd  all  the  sail  he  coold  set  ;  and 
did  he  not  hoist  a  Biscay  ensign  at  his  mizen  peek  at  that  time  ?— 
^n  The   Cornwall  did    beat  Admiral  Reggio  out  of  the  line  ;  he 
ported  his  helm  round,  set  his  main-sail^  foretop  gallant-sail,  sprit-sad, 
and  head  sails,  and  one  yard-arm  of  his  maintop-gallaat^l :  at  the 
same  time  I  expeded  his  main  mast  to  go  by  the  board  every  miiuite  ; 
and  I  believe,  had  it  not  been  for  an  unlucky  shot  carrying  away  the 
Corn'U'ali'a  maintop  mast,  he  would  not  have  engaged  a  quarter  of  aa 
hour  longer  ;  for  I  ntvcr  saw  people  in  greater  confustoo  than  they 
wero.     He  then  hoisted  a  signal  at  his  mizen  peek,  which  conti- 
nued up  a  little  time,  while  he  bore  away,  and  then  he  took  it  down 
again. 

'  Captain  Imeu  Was  not  the  Strafir^^  foretop-sail-yaid  shot  down 
at  the  same  time  ?— i#.  1  don't  know  that  the  Sln^ord"^  fiMet<^ 
s«ii-yard  iK-as  shot  away  at  aH  ^  my  maintop,  lail^yard  was  down  upon 


OF  CAPTATrr  DA'tTD   Bit'Otlil*  9^ 

the  dpf  and  continued  «b  until  the  evening,  until  I  liad  an  oppor- 
tunity to  reef  the  top-«iiL 

^  If  Admfral  Reggio  had  been  tndined  to  aroid  the  Strafford^ 
wai  it  in  the  Stngfbrti'%  ^^er  to  have  reiiewed  the  engagement  with 
him  ?— ->^.  If  he  could  have  avoided  the  engagement^  I  believe 
he  would ;  but  the  Strafford  went  better  than  he  did^  and  I  bor« 
away  innnediately  after  tiim,  when  I  saw  hiih  bear  away,  and 
brought  hira  again  to  the  enga^emtnt-<j-and  kept  engaging  with  him 
and  the  other  Ship,  until  the  Catderhwj  catne  iti  very  seasonably^  to 
mj  aseistanei!. 

J^  How  long  did  Admiral  Reggio  continue  engaged  after  he  left 
the  ContttfoB^^-^J.  I  believe  about  two  hours. 

^  Did  he  koep  engaging  upon  a  wradf  or  did  he  keep  edging  away  f 
A.  They  kept  away  large  the  whole  time  of  engaging,  with  fhc 
wind  upon  the  beam^  and  abitft  the  beam  \  and,  at  eight  o'clock  tt 
ni^t  vfft  were  aknoat  afbre  the  wind,  the  enemy  bearing  away  &r  thd 
Havinnsk 

Prisoner,  Was  not  the  Corwaudl  witbin  musket-shot  of  the  Vice-* 
Admiral  during  the  whole  engagement  ?— ^.  I  really  believe  she  was, 
or  tsexf&c: 

^  Bid  yott  see  the  Cotn^totiS'i htt^nH  ever  haul'd  up  during  the 
a6li<tti  l^^A.  No  1  I  am  roniidcnt  it  waa  not  2  for  when  I  looked  at 
her,  die  fomack  was  on  boai^  and  I  saw  the  gib  bose^  and  the  spm* 
sail)  and  sprii^sad  top-saily  aet. 

^  Do  yoo  think  the  CtfnwoBtoiM  kate  ever  got  into  a^iott 
again  with  the  Spmush  Vice- Adnfiralf  in  t^  eovklitidn  she  appeared  to 
you  to  be  ifif— >>jf.  I  don't  think  she  could« 

Capfmn  Jtrntj:  As  Adh^ival  Reggio  engs^ed  the  Bt^Jhrd  with  the 
wind  upoil^  and  abaft  the  EeAhy  and  had  bore  away  to  leeward 
belbiv  he  eiigaged^erv  do  you  thk)kfh«l  thi!  Gi)mwdt%  studding  saib. 
forward,  would  not  have  stood  ? — A.  Yes,  I  believe  they  wH»uld.«— 
He  bore  a^  Mdy  ab6Ut  Xm  or  t^ehrfr  ftfinfutes. 

Prismur.  When  ycfu  gdt  up  info  aftiott  with  the  Vice- Admiral 
agak,  dont  you  think  if  1  'had  stopped  the  Cahttrhury  to  have  shifted 
my  fbg  im  board  hkr^  that  the  Strafford  would  have  heen  soon  beaten  t9 
fieces%  or  SntbiedP'^A.  Yes»  I  think  she  tvoidd. 

^  Should  I  not  then  have  had  two  disabled  Ships  to  the  enemy's 
one  ?— -A  Yes. 

Captam  hinet.  Dk)  you  ^Ml  \hat  the  €ofiit»aW%  twdve^oaredboat, 
could  not  have  row'ed  and  sailisd  faster  than  the  Canterbury  at  that  time, 
wjth  afl  the  saH  she'hadjbift  l^^-^A*  I  cannot  say  what  the  Canterbury 
vttvktt  at  that  <i^M-u-»I%yhk  -k  would  have  been  'dangetous  to  have  Htsi 
a  boat  on  board  hcri  without  her  shorteoing  sail  at^  that  time. 


9^  BIOGRAPHICAL   MEMOIR 

^  Did  not  the  same  twclve.oared  boat,  with  Captain  Tajlor  in 
her,  go  to  the  van  of  the  Fleet  much  about  that  time,  without  bring-* 
ing  any  oiie  Ship  to  ? — A.  It  wan  before  that  time  ;  but  it  was  easier 
for  her  to  get  to  the  van  of  the  Fleets  than  to  the  Canterbury  ;  because 
the' Tan  were  under  an  easy  sail,  and  the  CaiUcrhury  had  all  the  sail 
gut  that  she  could  set* 

j^  Could  not  the  Rear^Admiral  have  shifted  his  flag  on  board 
any  one  Ship  of  the  Squadron^  after  bis  maintop- mast  was  gone  ? — 
A.  I  believe  the  boat  might  have  gone  on  board  any  Ship ;  she 
might  have  gone  on  board  the  Canterbury,,  if  the  Rear- Admind  would 
bave  stopped  her  ;  but  I  should  have  thought  it  a  very  imprudent 
thing»  when  I  was  engaged  with  three  Ships  at  the  same  time. 

Prisoner.  When  the  enemy  were  flying,  and  dispersed}  and  engi^cd 
la  the  manner  they  did  in  the  night,  if  I  had  shifted  my  flag  on  board 
any  other  Shipi  could  I  have  been  able  to  have  oonduded  any  more 
than  that  single  Ship  I  had  been  on  board  of  ? — J,  I  think  not. 

^  After  I  found  I  could  not  get  into  a6Uon  with  the  Vicc- 
Admtral,  did  you  not  see  the  Cornviall  steer  after  the  Conquatadore  ^ 
—A.  I  did. 

j^  Did  not  you  observe  another  of  the  enemy *s  Ships  steering, 
towards  the  Conqueitadore^  and  did  not  she  fire  at  the  Cornwall  f^-^ 
A*  I  saw  another  of  the  enemy's  Ships  bear  away,  in  consequence  of 
a  signal  which  I  imagined  at  first  to  be,  to  steer  to  his  own  portf  lor 
every  body  to  take  care  of  themselves  ;*  and  afterwards  I  saw  him  port 
bis  helm,  and  haul  away  towards  the  Conquestadore  :  but  who  he  fired 
at,  as  I  was  then  at  a  great  distance,  I  cannot  judge, 

^  Do  you  think,  if  the  Comnvall  had  not  bore  down  and  taken 
the  Conquettadore^  that  the  other  Ship  might  not  have  prote^ed  her» 
and  carried  her  off,  against  any  resistance  the  Warwcb  could  have 
made  I — A^  1  should  have  thought  they  would  have  behaved  very  iUf 
if  they  had  not* 

^  To  what  cause  do  you  think  it  was  owing,  our  not  having 
better  success,  in  the  first  part  of  the  a6iion  with  the  Spanish  Squadron 
during  day-light  ? — A,  I  believe  great  part  vras  owing  to  our  two 
headmost  Ships  not  closely  engaging  the  Spaniih  Rear- Admiral,  and 
to  the  rear's  not  coming  early  into  a6tioni  and  indeed  the  H^arwici 
not  at  all. 

^    po  you  know,  that  there  was  any  thing  left  undone  by  me^ 
that  ought  to  bave  been  done ;  either  in  chasing  the  enemy,  before 
adion,  in  attacking  the  enemy,  or  in  pnrsuing  them  afterwards  :  if. 
you  do,  declare  it  to  the  Court* — jf*  I  do  not  know  any  thing  tha^ 
was  omitted  ;  I  think  every  thing  was  done  that  could  be^  doQC^  by  a 
bravcj  prudenti  and  gallant  officer* 


OF   CAPTAIN   DAVID   BRODIB.  97 

Cafiain  Innes.  When  the  a^ion  began,  were  the  Spaniards  drawn 
up  in  a  close  line  of  battle  ? — A.  They  were  in  a  very  good  line. 

J^  Was  our  line  clo8e>  or  scattered,  when  the  adion  began  ?f 
J.  The  van  of  the  Fleet  was  in  a  tolerable  good  line  as  far  as  the 
centre ;  the  only  opening  that  I  know  of  was  upon  the  Lenox*^  going 
astern  of  the  Cornwall,  from  being  ahead  of  her^  between  her  and  the 
Strqffifrd :  and  the  rear  I  don't  know  the  situation  of — ^when  I  bore 
away  and  opened  the  Comwallt  I  saw  the  Canterbury,  and  Wanmck,  a 
gi(tat  way  astern. 

^  At  twelve  o'clock}  when  the  opening  happened  by  the  LenoM^g 
going  astern,  was  it  not  in  the  Admiral's  power  to  have  stopped  the 
heady  and  centre  Ships,  until  they  were  closed  by  the  rear  ;  and  have 
carried  the  Squadron  down  in  a  close  line  of  battle,  as  the  enemy  did 
not  run  from  us  ?— -/^.  I  imagine  if  the  Admiral  had  stopped  the  van 
and  centre  Ships,  until  the  rear  had  closed,  he  would  not  have  got 
into  adion  before  dark,  as  it  was  late  before  the  Canterbury  came  in, 
after  she  had  orders  to  make  sail  ahead,  and  came  down  with  all  the 
sail  she  could  set ;  neither  do  I  imagine  that  the  Spaniards  ever  staid 
for  us,  because  they  kept  under  sail  the  whole  day,  and  during  the 
adion,  in  order  to  draw  us  nearer  to  their  own  shore,  and  their  own 
ports. 

^  Were  not  four  of  the  Spaniards  under  their  topsails^  and  some 
with  their  mizen  topsails  aback,  most  of  the  day,  until  the  adion 
began  l^^A.  I  remember  but  two  of  them  being  under  their  topsails, 
the  two  sternmost  of  them,  and  that,  to  keep  in  their  stations ;  and 
the  reannost  had  sometimes  her  mizen  topsail  aback*. 

J^  Did  not  you  know  that  the  ff^arwick's  fore-topsail  was  reefed  ? 
J»  I  did  not  know  it. 

^  If  the  Rear-Admiral  had  ordered  the  Canterbury  to  change 
places  witli  the  ff'arwici,  and  joined  the  Ships  in  the  centre,  and 
ordered  the  Oxford  into  the  line,  might  he  not  have  carried  down  six 
Ships  at  least,  in  a  well-formed  Hue  of  battle,  to  the  attack  of  the 
enemy  ? — J,  1  do  not  know  what  should  have  hindered  the  ^even 
Ships  from  being  in  a  good  line,  if  every  man  had  done  aU  in  their 
power. 

^  Could  you  be  a  judge  at  what  hour  the  Warwick  came  into 
a&ion  ? — jS.  I  never  saw  the  Warwick  in  a&ion  ;  I  saw  you  fire  a  few 
guns,  but  I  never  saw  you  in  adion. 

^  Was  you  upon  the  quarter- deck  all  the  time  of  the  adlion  ?— 
ji»  I  was,  but  once  that  I  went  down  to  know  why  the  upper  and 
quarter  deck  guns  could  not  be  supplied  with  powder ;  which  was 
while  the  Conquesiddore  was  between  me  and  the  Sfanisb  Vice- Admiral^ 
apd  I  was  not  down  five  minutes* 

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9S  Biographical  mbkioir 

^  At  what  distance  was  you  from  the  Cornwatty  when  you  saw 
her  bring -to  by  the  Conquestaifon  ?'^jin  I  was  then  upon  deck»  and 
"took  particuhir  notice  of  it ;  and  believe  I  might  be  about  three  or 
four  miles  from  her. 

^  Did  you  observe  whether  the  Conquestadore^  or  Comwal/f 
brought-to  first  ?— y^.  I  did  not ;  I  was  in  a  very  warm  aflion  myself, 
and  was  very  glad  to  see  the  Cornwall  had  bore  away  to  take  posses- 
•fcion  of  her. 

^  What  was  the  signal  for  the  line  of  battle  in  the  nijjht  ?-* 
^.  I  do  not  recollefl. — Afr,  Knowles  says  they  were  triangular  ligbtsm 

^  If  the  Rear- Admiral  had  shifted  his  flag,  could  he  not,  by  means 
of  these  triangular  lights,  and  sending  boats  on  board  the  Ships  \Vithin 
reach,  have  continued  to  have  d-rcdled  and  condudled  such  Ships  ? 
A.  I  cannot  give  an  answer  to  any  such  question. 

Captain  TolL  If  the  Rear-Admiral,  in  the  beginning  of  the  a6tion, 
had  found  any  officer  faulty  in  his  duty,  was  it  not  his  indispensable 
duty  to  have  immediately  suspended  them  then,  and  to  have  appointed 
others  that  would  have  behaved  better  \ — A.  Yes,  I  think  he 
might. 

Court.  What  Ships  of  the  enemy  do  you  think  had  suffered  in  the 
zBXon  before  night  ?  -  A,  The  Conquestadore,  and  Vice-AdmirJ 
Rtggio,  were  damaged  in  both  masts,  yards,  and  sails  ;  the  other  in 
their  sails  and  rigging  only,  as  far  as  appeared  to  me. 

^  Did  the  Coiiques.'.jdore  strike  to  the  Strafford^  in  acknowledg- 
ment of  her  intentions  to  surrender,  or  because  her  colours  were  shot 
clown  ? — A,  She  struck  with  inlcr.lion  to  surrender,  for  her  colouri 
Were  not  thot  down,  but  Iiaul'd  down  ;  and  my  people  got  up  and 
gave  her  three  cheers. 

i^  Were  the  cncjny*s  Sliips  scattered  towards  the  evening,  after 
the  Sjiwish  Admiral  left  the  Corninu:!  ? — Am  Tiiey  were  scattered  ; 
the  Rear- Admiral  was  a  good  way  ahead* 

^  Could  Rear-Admiral  Knowles  have  come  to  a6lion  with  thcmg 
if  he  had  drawn  his  Sliips  into  aline  of  battle  in  the  night  }^A,  No  ! 
it  was  impossible ;  there  could  have  been  no  more  than  three  Ships 
toaclher. 

i^.  How  long  before  the  Admiral  did  you  begin  to  engage  ?— - 
A.   About  sixteen  or  seventeen  minutes,  by  my  watch. 

J^.  How  long  was  you  engaged  wnth  the  Conjuestadore^  the  GaJgOf 
and  the  Spanish  Admiral  ? — A.  From  the  first  of  their  firing  at  me,  to 
the  time  of  the  Cornwall's  comincr  to  second  me — that  is  ten  minutcf 
after  they  fired  at  me,  before  the  signal  to  engage  was  made,  and  six- 
'  teen  or  seventeen  afterwards,  before  the  Cornwall  came  in  and  engaged 
the  Spfuiish  Admiral. — The  Conquejtadore  stood  but  a  few  broadsidrs  i 


OF   CAPTAXV    DAVID   BRO^IB.  .99 

slic  behaved  very  badly  ;  or  would  never  have  been  drove  out  of  the 
line  so  soon  us  slie  was* 

The  PrUoner  nvUhdrew, 

Courts  As  you  have  been  in  several  alliens  with  the  Rear- Admiral, 
you  will  inform  the  Court,  whether  you  ever  saw  him  shew  any  marks 
of  fear,  confusion,  or  passion ;  or  behave  anywise  unbecoming  an 
officer,  in  the  station  he  bore  ? 

A.    No,  very  far  from  it :  /  have  been  in  several  aQions  with  htm, 

and  never  knew  any  person  cooler^  less  confused^  or  more  'void  of  passion  ; 

nor  did  he  ever  betray  any  marks  of  fear  y  and  was  particularly  remarhable 

for  being  most  accurate  in  signals  ;  and  I  look  upon  him  to  he  a  brave,  and 

gallant  officer j  and  most  zea/ousfor  the  service  of  his  King  and  Couniry, 

The  aftivc  spirit  of  Captain  Brodie,  which  induced  him  to 
keep  his  profession  always  in  view  though  labouring  under 
considerable  bodily  pain,  was  roused  on  the  commence- 
ment of  hostilities  with  Spain  :  he  accordingly,  on  the  fifth 
of  January,  1762,  sent  the  following  letter,  from  his  house 
in  South  Audley-strect,  to  Mr.  Cleveland,  who  acknow- 
ledged the  receipt  of  it. 

SIR, 

War  being  declared  against  Spain,  I  take  the  earliest  opportunity 
to  offer  my  service,  whenever  their  Lordships  think  ptoper  to  honour 
me  with  their  commands.  1  was  found  serviceable  during  last  war  in 
the  West  Indies,  where  I  am  well  acquainted  ;  and  hope  I  shall  not 
be  less  so,  if  their  Lordships  think  proper  to  employ  me  in  any  part  of 
the  globe* 

I  am,  &c. 

DAVID  BRODIE- 

The  application  of  this  gallant  officer  was  however 
unsuccessful  :  an  event  which  he,  in  common  with  every 
other  British  Seaman,  dreaded  worse  than  death. — He  again 
renewed  his  applications,  and  was  again  mortified  by  re- 
ceiving no  reply.  This  was  a  severe  trial  to  a  Veteran,  who 
might  have  shewn  his  wounds  like  a  Roman  to  his  country- 
men, and  have  claimed  their  gratitude  :  he  bore  it  with  that 
heroic  firmness,  which  displayed  the  superior  principle  that 
always  afluated  his  condudt ;  and  amid  an  extensive  circle  of 
/fiends,  and  the  avocations  of  a  liberal  mind,  looked  forwar4 
to  periods  more  favourable  and  eventful. 


100  BIOGRAPHICAL   MiMOIt 

If  the  anxiety  of  Captain  Brodie's  feelings  had  been  great, 

• 

on  perceiving  his  oflFer  of  service  disregarded  ;  what  were  his 
sensations  when»  maimed  and  wounded  as  he  was,  he  found 
himself  at  length  superseded,  in  the  promotion  of  Admi- 
rals that  afterwards  took  place. — ^The  very  interesting 
debate)  which  arose  in  consequence  in  the  House,  ren» 
ders  any  remarks  unnecessary  ;  and  particularly  demands 
the  attention  of  every  one,  not  only  on  account  of  the  cmi-' 
nent  charaftcr,  who  took  the  lead  in  it ;  but  also,  as  the 
independence  of  the  Service  was  involved  in  the  discussion. 
It  forms  an  admirable  eulogy  on  the  brave  officer,  who  is  now 
no  more ;  and  elucidates  some  of  the  most  brilliant  parts  of 
his  professional  conduft. 

On  Monday  the  fifth  of  March  (1787)  Sir  Matthew  White  Ridley  *, 
lequested  that  The  House  would  indulge  him  with  their  particular 
attention,  whil&t  he  adverted  to  the  Case  of  Captain  David  Brodib» 
an  officer  of  most  extraordinary  merit,  who  had  been  superseded  in  the 
late  promotions  to  the  Flag,  on  account  of  his  not  having  serred  in  the 
last  war  ;  an  Order  having  been  made  that  no  officer  so  circumstanced 
should  be  promoted.  Sir  Matthew  Ridley  contended,  that  it  had  not 
been  owing  to  any  fault  or  failure  of  his  own,  that  Captain  Brodie  had 
not  served  in  the  war,  preceding  the  late  promotions  ;  since  he  had 
repeatedly  applied,  and  offered  his  Services  in  person,  and  also  applied 
by  letter. — In  the  course  of  his  speech.  Sir  Matthew  read  the  memo- 
rial of  Captain  Brodie  •(the  substance  of  which  has  been  already  in- 
serted), and  his  letter  to  Mr.  Cleveland  in  1762.  He  then  proceeded 
to  enforce  the  Claim  of  Captain  Brodie  ;  deckring  that  he  asked  for 
no  emolument,  or  pecuniary  reward  ;  but  was  only  anxious  to  obtain 
(what  every  man  of  feeling  must  conceive  to  be  dear  to  an  officer  as 
his  life)  the  rank  to  which  he  was  entitled  by  meritorious  services  ;  the 
denial  of  which  he  could  not  but  consider  as  a  degradation  and  disgrace 
implying  censure,  and  involving  punishment.  Sir  Matthew  then 
moved  an  address  to  his  Majesty,  alledgingf  on  the  part  of  The  Howe^ 
their  being  satisfied  that  Captain  Brodie  wai  entitled  to  a  restoration  to  rank  ; 
euid  praying  His  Majesty  to  distingtuih  him  hy  some  mark  of  his  Royal 
Favour, 

Sir  John  Miller  observed,  that  in  seconding  (as  he  did)  the  motion 
of  the  Honoiu^blc  Baronet,  he  felt  the  highest  confidence  ;  inasmuch 
as  he  had  been  for  many  years  the  neighbour  of  the  woithy  Veteran^ 

*  JDebrett's  Debates,  voLzzi.pagc  370, 


or  CAPTAIN    DAVID   BRODlB,  40C 

irfiose  Ctse  was  now  under  the  consideration  of  The  House  ;^  and 
^hoj  he  could  assert  from  his  own  knowledge,  was  as  much  esteemed 
fer  hjs  personal  Yirtuesy  in  private  and  retired  life^  as  he  had  beea 
tvspededy  by  men  of  eminence  and  discernment  in  the  Nary,  for  hit 
services  and  exertions  in  the  line  of  his  profession.     Captain  Brodie'tf 
Memorial  (which  he  held  in  his  hand)  crowded,  into  a  very  narrow 
compass,  services  which  ww!d  ha'ue  Sgnified  the  longest  life ;  services 
wfaieh  the  Country  should  be  proud  to  acknowledge ;  services  which 
the  Hoose,  he  thought,  would  certainly  have  sent  up  to  the  Throne 
for  acknowledgment  on  the  eleventh  of  May,  by  arespeAable  majority^ 
had  the  present  question  come  before  them  at  that  time  ;  which  would 
have  proved  the  case,  but  that  it  appeared  to  the  friends  of  Captain 
Biodie,  i^o  were  then  present,  that  it  would  be  more  for  the  honour  of 
Parliament,  and  of  the  Nation,  as  well  as  of  the  meritorious  officer  him« 
self,  to  permit  a  becoming  requital  to  descend  upon  him  graciously  and 
spontaneously,  (which  th'ey  fully  «xpe6ied  would  have  been  the  case  hk 
cooseqoence  of  the  statement  then  made  to  Parliament)  and  without 
straggle  or  resistance  from  any  quarter  whatsoever. — Sir  John  here 
called  to  the  recoUe^on  of  the  House  what  had  passed  ^  that  assembly 
apoD  the  eleventh  of  May.    Captain  Brodie's  services,  and  wishes* 
were  had  before  them  ;  and  a  motion  was  made,  immediately  after^ 
for  pheing  upon  the  Invalid  List  such  of  the  Eldest  Naval  Captains 
whose  commissions  bore  date  prior  to  some,  or  any,  of  our  Flag 
Officers. — That  Motion  was  carried  by  a  respe^ble  majority  ;  whidk 
made  him  presnme  that  any  mention,  in  favour  of  Captain  Brodie» 
would  have  been  carried  also  upon  the  same  grounds,  and  perha^ 
neariy  by  the  same  majority. 

The  extent  of  Captain  Brodie's  services,  said  Sir  John,  entitle  them 
to  notice :  sixty  years  constitute  no  common  length  of  service,  and 
suggest  to  me  a  remark-*that  when  this  officer  first  entered  into  the 
British  Navy,  some  of  our  present  Admirals  were  not  born ;  two  of 
them  I  can  assert  were  not,  than  whom  no  officers  had  done  more 
honour  to  themselves,  or  more  distinguished  services  to  their  country. 
It  may  be  asked — ^What  prevented  Captain  Brodie's  obtaining  from 
former  Administrations,  that  which  he  at  present  solicits  through  the 
intercessioB  of  The  House?  The  reply,  Sir,  is— that  it  was  well  known 
to  the  Navy,  it  was  well  known  to  Parliament,  it  was  well  known  to 
every  man  in  the  Nation,  that  Administration,  and  that  Board  of  Adnd- 
ralty,  which  had  so  long  disgraced  and  dishonoured,  and  in  the  end 
nearly  mined  the  Country,  had  been  distinguished,  beyond  all  others,  for 
little  mean  prejudices,  jealousies,  fackions,  partialities,  jobs,  and  acb  of 
injustice^— to  which  The  Brave,  and  The  Generous,  were  frequently 
the  victims  :  and  of  this^  Sir,  Captain  Brodie  experienced  the  truth,  in 
all  his  applications  for  Justice^  or  Redre8s.^-Thank  heaven  !  Sir,  the 


lOa  f lOCAAf BICIL   MtMOlf  -  « 

Administration  of  the  prei^nt  day  bat  far  other  fixtures,  and  chant* 
terletics*  Thank  heaven.  Sir  !  such  meannesses  no  longer  are  visiblo 
so  our  Naval  department*  The  noble  person,  now  at  the  head  of  the 
Admiralty,  has  always  been  distinguished  for  firmness  and  justice  ;  fo» 
coolnesa  and  intrepidity  in  war ;  for  a  faithful  aconomy  of  pnUiQ 
moneyt  and  an  intense  and  unceasing  application  to  the  duties  of  hit 
^tuation  in  Peace.  To  such  an  Adminiatratioa,  and  to  such  a  Board 
of  Admiralty,  may  not  age  and  service  look  up  for  shelter  ?  From  siidi 
m  chara6lcr>  may  not  injured  merit  cxpe£^  retrSbotion  i  And  let  lae 
add  that,  which  though  not  Immediately  relevant  to  the  sul^^  before 
«s,  can  never  be  an  unseasonable  communication  to  this  House,  and 
which  I  can  aver  from  information  of  reliance  and  certainty  ;  that 
sever  since  thia  nation  had  either  name,  or  existence,  was  the  British 
Fleet  so  considerably  in  poin((  of  number,  force,  ccmditioa,  or  cficacy 
of  Ships  ;  nor  our  dock  yards,  i^id  magaaines,  so  an^tly*  completely^ 
and  abundantly  provided  wjth  evety  kind,  aod  species,  of  miHtary 
•tores,  as  at  the  moment  in,  which  X  atn  now  speaking.  Let  no  bbmh 
Sir,  imagine  tliat  Captain  Brodie  comes  to  this  House  %» look  for  pri- 
vate profit,  0%  emolument.  No,  Sir  !  Foitnne,  who  haa  hitherto 
refused  him  his  fondest  wish,  has  put  htm  far  beyond  the  reach  of  aU 
pecuniary  necessity*  But  Captain  Brodie  cornea  to  this  House,  Sir, 
lor  a  testimony  of  his  long  aivd  faithfii}  services  ;  he  comes  to  na  for  a 
TVparation  of  his  izijur!;2s,  aydf  with  his  injuries,  of  the  injuries  of  his 
whole  ProftBbiom  The  additional  expence  of  the  nation,  by  tkia  aA 
of  justice  toCaptaiii  Brodie*  would,  I  underttaod^  aaomit  to  nearly 
i2ol«  per  annum  ;  no  veiry  gre^i^nor  very  lasting  ineumbiance,  for  tbo 
remainder  of  a  life  now  verging  to  its  seventy-eighth  y-cai ;  vrastedj 
broken,  and  shattered  by  diiriates^  and  haidships»  and  wounds,  and 
injuries. 

Captain  Leveion  Cewer,  havyig  premised  that  the  notice  of  tbo 
intended  application  of  Captain  Brodie  had  pointed  it  out  at  necessary 
to  have  a  reference  to  the  hooka  of  the  Admiraky  Ofice,  in  order  to 
ascertain  what  liad  been  the  proceedings  there,  with  respcck  to 
Captain  Brodie,  added,  that  he. therefore  rose  ;  not  to  say  any  thing 
against  Captain  Brodie,  or  in  deprtciatiou  of  his  merits  ;  but  merely 
to  state  a  few  fa£b,  resulting  iromtlke  reference  which  be  had  men* 
tioned  :  and  he  meant  to  leave  those  fad\s  to  the  judgment  of  tbc 
House,  without  offering  any  observations  of  his  own.  Captain  Gowcf 
then  stated,  that  it  appeared  that  Captain  Brodie  lost  his  right  arm  tf| 
1747  ;  and  that  In  the  year  1750,  he  applied  by  a  memorial  to  the 
Board  of  Admiralty,  stating,  that  from  his  wounds  he  was  incapable 
of  service ;  and  praying  to  bo  recommended  to  his  Majesty  for  some 
mark  of  hi*  Royal  Favour;  that  in  1753*  he  presented  another  memo*' 


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of  CAPTAlk   DATID    BUODIH. 


103 


Wal  to  the  same  purpose  with  the  former,  but  couched  In  still  stronger 
terms.  That  a  Pension  was,  accordingly,  granted  to  Captain  Brodie  ; 
that  he  applied  to  the  Board  of  Admiralty,  offering  his  services,  in  the 
year  1762  ;  that  a  peace  soon  followtd,  and  that  Captain  Brodie  had 
not  been  promoted,  as  he  was  considered  as  coming  within  the  rule, 
ihatno  officer  who  had  not  ser-ved  in  a  *ivar  preeeding  a  promotion^  could  ht 
buitied  to  be  comprehended  in  such  promotion.  In  conclusion,  Captain 
Gifmer  begged  leave  to  remind  the  House,  that  the  proceedings,  which 
he  had  stated,  took  plac«  during  various  Boards  of  Admiralty  ;  and 
that  of  coarse  the  present  Board  were  not  at  all  answerable  for  what  had 
happened. 

$ir.  Ed^s^ard  Afflecl  declared,  that  he  had  long  known  Captain 
Brodie,  and  been  a  witness  to  his  condu<5t  in  some  of  the  Adlions  is 
which  he  was  engaged.  He  rose  therefore  for  the  purpose  of  bearing 
testimony  to  the  fes^s  stated  in  his  favour  ;  and  to  declare,  thai  a  more 
meritonous  officer  than  Captain  Brodie  hadne^er  teroed  his  Majesty  ;  and 
that  be  was  as  good  a  man  in  private  life  as  had  existence* 

Sir  yohn  y^rwi  then  rose,  and  delivered  his  sentiments  nearly  in  the 
following  manners— I  feel  it,  Sir,  my  indispensable  Duty  to  do  justice 
lo  that  ^reett  tnan^  whose  case  is  now  before  the  House  ;  and  to  declare^ 
on  my  lionour,  thai  a  more  gallant  officer y  a  person  of  more  %eal,  of  more 
true  cpuragf,  or  of  a  more  enthusiastic  spirit  of  enterprise^  never  adorned  his 
Majestfs  Service.  Captain  Brodie's  repeated  application  to  the  Ad- 
miralty Board  to  be  employed  daring  the  war  with  Spain,  when  she 
joined  France  against  us ;  was  a  sufHcient  answer  to  any  argument  that 
tould  be  adduced,  from  his  having,  in  his  application  for  a  pension, 
declared  himself,  at  that  time,  incapable  of  Service.  Sir,  his  a6^ive 
Spirit,  and  his  professional  eeal,  had  induced  him  to  continue  in  com^ 
liiand,  immediately  after  the  loss  of  his  arm ;  and  the  consequence  was, 
that  his  wounds  grew  *tK;orse,  from  too  much  exertion  in  an  unwhole« 
•ome  climate,— and  he  was  accordingly  rendered  incapable  of  serving 
for  three  or  four  years  :  but,  when  Captain  Brodie  grew  better,  he 
was  desirous  to  return  to  the  exercise  of  his  duties  as  an  officer  ;  and 
it  would  perhaps.  Sir,  have  been  well  for  his  Country,  if  the  Board  of 
Admiralty  had  accepted  his  offer  of  service  in  jy6z  ',  as  he  was  pfer* 
hd:\j  acquainted  with  the  Navigation  of  the  part  of  the  world,  t« 
which  he  wished  to  go  ;  being,  I  verily  believe,  from  his  education, 
before  he  came  into  the  profession,  and  his  pra£lice,  and  experience, 
afterwards,  not  only  hetter  qualifed  than  moit  men  in  the  Service  for  that 
command^  but  the  best  pilot  in  those  seas. 

At  a  time,  Sir,  when  party  disputes  divided  the  Navy,  and  nm  so 
high  as  greatly  to  injure  the  Service,  Captain  Brodie  kept  his  cha- 
TsSitv  not  o'kily  free  From  impufatioti,  but  his  condu^,  Sir,  stood 


104-  VIO€ftAPHICAL    MBMOIft 

tmirpkuotts  for  tU  bravery  *»  au/i  Uj  merit  •  A  stronger  proof  of  the 
Cfuth  of  this  assertioD  need  not  be  given  to  the  House  than  the  fol- 
lowtag  fa£k  :  it  fell  to  the  share  of  a  most  distinguished  and  rcspefbble 
officer  f » now  at  the  head  of  his  ptofessioni  to  sit  upon  a  Court  Martial* 
then  holden  upon  an  officer  of  eminence  :  Captain  Brodie,  who  thea 
commanded  the  Straffixd,  was  a  witness ;  and  the  former  drew  froni 
lum»  though  with  great  velufbmcey  an  account  of  the  proceedings  and 
events  of  the  day,  on  which  the  condud  of  the  Admiral  on  his  trial  had 
taken  place  :  after  hearing  Captain  Brodie  out»  the  respectable  Com- 
■lander  in  question  burst  forth  into  an  exclamation  of  applause^* 
declaiiugy  that  the  oldest  officers  In  the  Service  mgbt  be  glad  to  give  up  the 
giory  of  all  the  adions  of  their  fives  ^  to  have  aEted  as  Captain  Brodie  bad 
dofuthat  day.  Upon  this  h(k^  Sir,  I  grround  an  appeal  to  the  geneny- 
iity  of  The  House  ;  and  I  demand.  Sir,  whether  ihey  can  refuse  I9 
procure  for  a  gallant,  and  meritorious  officer,  that  rank,  and  those 
professional  honours,  to  which  he  is  justly  entitled  ;  for  anofficer^Sir, 
worn  down  with  age»  and  still  smarting  with  wounds  received  in  tlie 
aervice  of  his  country — who  has  now  in  the  decline  of  life  merely 
faculties  sufficient  left  to  feel  the  injustice  done  him ;  and  who,  unless 
tliat  Injustice  is  speedily  remedied^  cannot  lay  his  head  with  peace  in 
the  Grave  ! 

Captain  Maclride  stated,  fiom  the  Navy  accounts  placed  on  the 
table  of  the  House,  that  there  were  officers,  not  of  so  long  standing, 
men  ivho  had  by  no  means  signalized  themselves  like  Captain  Brodie^ 
who  had  pensions— and  still  nevertheless  had  not  been  deprived  of 
their  rank,  but  were  regularly  promoted.  Captain  Macbride  went  into 
argument  to  prove,  that  the  Admiralty  Board  was  conduced  in  a 
manner  which  tended  to  discourage  merit  ;  and  whichy  if  not  mate* 
rtally  altered,  must  entail  ruin  on  the  Service.  He  concluded  by 
speaking  of  Captain  Brodie,  as  an  officer  of  imcommon  merit ;  and 
gave  his  hearty  testimony  to  all  that  had  been  said  in  his  favour  ; 
declaring  it  was  but  justice  that  he  should  be  restored  to  his  rank. 

Mr,  Chancellor  Pitt  then  rose,  and  gave  the  following  reply  to  what 
had  passed*  Mr.  Speaker,  on  so  extraordinary  a  question  as  the  pre- 
sent, I  cannot  but  feel  some  degree  of  uneasiness  in  delivering  my 
•eniiments  ;  particularly  as  in  so  doing,  I  shall  be  under  the  necessity 

•  The  high  regard  which  Lord  St.  Vincent  still  bean  for  the  memory  of  this 
tni fortunate  but  distinguished  charaSter,  may  be  judged  of  from  the  patronapre 
with  which  he  has  honoured  Captain  Brodie's  grandson,  now  in  the  Navy  :  this 
young  oHlccr  is  second  Lieutenant  of  the  Theseus.  He  was  in  the  a<^ion  of  the 
fourteenth  of  February,  1797  ;  soon  after  which  he  was  made  a&ing  Lieutenant 
Iry  his  I  ordship  in  ^:ir  Charles  Knowles's  Ship  the  Goliath  ;  he  was  also  in  the 
adion  ofTthe  Nile,  and  at  the  siege  of  Acre :  where  he  rendered  essential  service 
to  Ilia  Coui!  r> ,  as  appears  from  Sir  Sydney  Smith's  Gazette  letter,  voL  ii.  p.  4^8. 

f  Admiral  lorbes. 

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or  CAPTAIN  DAVID  BRODIB.  IO5 

i>f  endeavonnng  to  countera^  those  impressionsy  which  I  am  persuaded 
eveiy  gentleman  fetls  ;  biit  to  which^  although  in  themselves  highly 
laudable,  it  would  prove  extremely  improper  to  give  way.     I  am  con- 
vinced, Sir,  that  many  gentlemen  have  supported  the  Motion,  not  only 
from  motives  of  humanity  to  Captain  Brodie,  but  also  from  a  most  • 
zealous  attention  to  the  good  of  theService :  but  I  apprehend,  as  is  too 
often  the  ca«e,  that  althougii  this  was  done  with  the  best  intentions 
pwsiblc,  yet  such  gentlemen  may  do  an  essential  injury  to  the  very  • 
laterest  they  are  anxious  to  support,  by  the  means  they,  for  this  pur- 
pose, adopt.     I  am  persuaded,  Sir,  that  the  Honourable  Gentleman 
(Sir  John  J«^rvis;  who  spoke  so  ^varmly  in  favour  of  the  Claim  of 
Captain  Brodie,  and  tobo  is  himself  one  of  the  greatest  ornaments^  and 
examples,  to  the  Service ;  could  hav?  nothing  in  view  which  appeared  to 
faim  repugnant  to  its  welfare.     But,  Sir,  I  am  also  convinced,  that 
when  this  Honourable  Gentleman,  and  others,  come  to  consider  the 
Qutstivjii  in  its  true  light,  as  an  aflual  invasion  of  the  Royal  Preroga- 
tive, and  an  asjfumpcioh  by  Parliament  of  the  superintendence  of  Naval 
Promotions,  they  will  abate  much  of  that  eagerness,    which  they 
shewed  in  their  support  of  it*     Not  merely  improper.  Sir,  but  seriously 
alarminGT,  must  prove  the  interference  of  the  House  with  the  san6lions 
of  the  Executive  Government :  this,  the  present  motion  has  a  palpable 
and  manifest  tendency  to  introduce  ! — If  the  interference  of  Parlia- 
ment, on  such  occasions,  is  in  general  to  be  avoided  ;  it  is  on  the 
present  occasion  more  particularly  necessary  not  to  suffer  its  admission. 
From  the  arguments  used  in  support  of  the  Motion,  and  from  the 
words  of  the  Motion  itself »  it  is  perfe6Uy  clear  what  the  friends  of 
Captain  Brodie,  wish  for  and  intend.     They  disclaim.  Sir,  all  idea  of 
a  pecuniary  compensation,  but  still  demand  a  reparation  of  the  Injury 
sustained  by  him,  in  being  prevented  from  attaining  the  rank  of 
Admiral ;  to  which,  from  his  standing  in  the  Service,  if  nothing  else 
were  considered,  he  would  be  fully  entitled.     How  then  can  any  such 
reparation  be  made,  a  pecuniary  one  being  disclaimed,  except  by  a  pro- 
motion to  the  very  same  rank,  that  he  t;omplains  of  being  deprived  of, 
the  rank  of  Vice  Admiral  ?   What  then  is  this,  but  an  express  inter- 
ference with  the  executive  government  ?  and  that  in  one  of  its  most 
aacred  branches—the  appointment  of  the  Naval  Officers,  by  recom- 
mending a  particular  officer  to  a  specific  rank,  and  even  pointing  out 
that  rank  with  peculiar  nicety,  by  describing  it  as  next  to  Sir  Edward 
Hughes. 

But  it  is  not,  Sir,  only  as  an  interference  with  the  general  exercise 
of  that  part  of  The  King's  prerogative,  that  the  Motion  is  objedion- 
able  ;  but  because  it  goes  to  a  still  greater  length,  and  prescribes  to 
the  Crown  to  create  a  deviation  from  a  positive  rule  established  by  hii 


I06  MOOftAPHIClL  MBMOIR 

Majesty^  in  pursuance  of  ihc  advice  of  his  Mtniaters  in  that  Depart* 
ment,  the  Board  of  Admiyakyy  that  no  OJ^cer^  'who  hat  not  served  in  the 
War 9  preceding  any  Nanfol  Promotion^  shall  he  included  in  that  promotion  m 
Did  the  Honourable  Gentkmeiiy  who  aupported  the  Motion*  meao  to 
contend  that  this  rale  was  impoHtic,  and  Hkcty  to  injure  the  Service  I 
If  /O)  then  let  them  argue  it  upon  that  ground ;  and^  if  they  eon  etta^ 
hBsh  the  opinion,  let  the  rule  he  annulled*  Bat»  Sir,  while  The  Rule 
continues  to  exist,  and  whilst  its  propriety  remains  untmpeachedf  why 
address  The  Crown  for  a  partial  violation  of  it  ?  When  a  rule  is,  once 
established,  I  must  always  approve  of  its  being  vigilantly  guarded  by 
this  House,  and  of  its  interposing  to  prevent  the  Executive  Govern* 
ment  from  deviating  from  it.  But  &>r  Parliament  to  address  the  King 
to  dispense  with  a  fixed  Rule,  in  a  jmrticular  instance,  and  where  the 
result  of  its  so  dispensing,  was  to  be  appointment  to  a  specific  rank  in 
The  Navy — so  many,  and  such  insurmountable  objedions  arise  against 
the  motion,  that  I  cannot  avoid  giving  it,  my  most  dire6k,  and  hearty 
Negative. 

Although  I  give  implicit  faith,  Sir,  to  the  statement  made  by  Uie 
gentlemcui  who  spoke  in  favour  of  the  motion  ;  yet  still,  so  far  as  it  it 
supported  by  records,  it  only  goes  to  prove— that  Captain  Brodie  had 
applied  for  the  first  time,  in  writing  to  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  for 
a  command,  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  Spanish  War  $  though,  at  that 
time,  we  had  been  for  several  years  at  war  with  France  ;  and  notwith- 
standing that  I  am  very  wiUing  to  believe,  that  Cq>tain  Brodie  mi^^ 
in  fa<^  have  made  many  personal  applications  previous  to  that  period  ( 
yet,  from  the  very  words  of  his  own  letter,  a  contrary  inference  would* 
naturally  follow  :  for,  in  it,  he  said,  that  he  thus  takes  the  earliest  opportu^ 
nity  of  offering  his  services.  If  any  injury  had  been  re^y  suffered  by 
Captain  Brodie,  tlie  time  to  have  sought  a  remedy  would  have  been 
that,  in  which  the  injury  vras  done ;  but  instead  of  this,  he  had 
acquiesced  in  it  during  tlie  space  of  tweiity-iive  years.  It  has  been 
contended,  by  way  of  obviating  tlie  obje^^on  to  the  great  leng^th  of 
time  which  had  elapsed*  that,  although  the  foundation  of  the  injury 
had  been  laid  in  the  Ad}  by  which  he  was  put  upon  the  superannuated 
list,  yet  tiat  the  Injury  itself  did  not  arise  until  the  year  (1778) ;  at 
^vllich  time.  Captain  Brodie,  but  for  his  being  thus  superannuated^ 
would  have  been  included  in  the  promotion  of  Rear*  Admirals—- which 
is  sufficient  at  once  to  induce  the  House  to  rcje6i  any  Motion  of  so 
extraoidinary  a  nature. 

But  what  in  reality.  Sir,  is  the  injury  sustained  by  Captain  Biodie  ?— - 
At  his  own  request  he  had  been  put  on  tlve  Pension  List ;  and  the 
Pension  granted  liim  lias  been  as  gix-at  as  had  ever  been  given  to  any 
Captain  in  the  Navy  :  so  tliat,  in  this  instance,  no  injustice  had  been 


or    CAPTAIN    PAVID   BROOIE.  I07 

^^^^  to  his  mcritst  as  an  officer,  which  ufidoubte jly  wert  great  and 
^^'^lary^     The  reasons  which  prevented  the  Board. of  Admiralty  of 
^t  day  from  employing  Captain  Brodie,  cannot  at  this  distance  of 
^^  he  fufiy  ascertained  ;  nor  do  I  know  that  it  would  be  right  in 
'^'^uameiit  to  demand  any  information  upon  that  head  :  but>  I  believe^ 
^twhen  it  is  remembered,  how  a^ive  and  zealous  the  noble  Lord^ 
lM)rd  Anson)  who  then  presided  at  the  Board,  had  always  been  in 
*"*  discharge  of  his  Duty  ;  how  dear  the  Service  was  to  hi  mi  and  how 
**^he  Mras  himsdf  to  the  Service  ;  no  person  could  susped  that  any 
^*^w  motives*  except  those  of  a  most  honourable  nature,  could  have 
^I'^tedwitb  him  in  the  part  which  he  took  respedting  Captain  Brodie. 
y*  to  the  Present  Board  of  Admiraltyi  they  can  have  no  personal 
^tereat  whatsoever  in  the  Case  of  Captain  Brodie  ;  but  they  must 
^^tatnly  feel  a  strong  interest  in  adhering  stri6Uy  to  a  Rnlcy  which  it 
^•thought  necessary  for  the  wel£ire,  and  prosperity  of  the  Navy  to 
J^^*«h  :    nay  every  man  who  approves  of  The  System  of  our 
*       ^nicnt,and  of  the  separation  between  the  legislative,  and  executive 
*^CtuHiBy  must  feel  warmly  interested  in  perceiving  that  separation^ 
iO^/fJ   pi'^cnting  an  union  of  both,  in  this  House  ;  which  1  affirm. 
Sir  t^^.  F^^^Qt  Motion  has  a  manifest  tendency  to  effedl.     As  the 
QoYcrr«snrsent  now  stands*  His  Majesty's  Ministers  are  ixsponsible  for 
the  several  appointments,  which  they  may  advise  ;  but  if  Parliament 
takes  io^o  its  own  hands  the  Right  of  making  appointmentSi  then  the 
fesponsat^ility  of  Ministers  is  at  an  end  ;  and  while  they  thus  become 
deptivcd  of  the  means  of  doing  good,  they  will  be  furnished  with  an 
excuse  for  doing  wrong* 

I  confess,  Sir^  that  I  feel  myself  warm  on  the  subjed  :  but  it  is  a 
warmih   which,  as  far  as  it  applies  to  Captain  Br<idiei  becomes  the 
warmth  of  regret,  at  the  necessity  which  I  labour  under  of  rejeding  a 
Mo^ioiiy  to  which>  if  I  had  nothing  to  considert  but  the  services  and 
metits  of  him,  whom  it  concegfis,  I  should  give  my  hearty  assent.    I 
9tn  warm,  5ir,  in  my  opposition  to  a  Motion  which  tends  to  unhinge, 
wad  disjoint  the  System  of  The  Constitution  :  for,  if  a  precedent  of 
aocl^  a  nature  were  once  to  be  established,  there  is  scarcely  an  OiHcer, 
i^Ho  liadmet  with  any  disappointment,  in  the  course  of  his  promotion, 
wHo  Would  not  avail  himself  of  the  precedent,  and  think  himself  enti- 
tled* in  that  case,  to  apply  to  Parliament  for  relief.  There  would  never 
b*  Wanting  instances  to  attra^  the  compassion  of  the  House  ;  though 
I  must  confess  there  would  seldom  be  found  fads  so  highly  deserving  of 
your  attention,  as  those  which  belong  to  the  case  of  Captain  Brodie, 
^ere  the  case  of  a  nature  to  which  the  House  could  with  propriety 
.  attend,-— If  it  were  argued  that  the  present  motion  was  only  for  a 


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I08  BIOGRAPHICAL   MKMOIII 

general  address  to  the  Crowni  to  reward  great  and  eminetit  serricr^^ 
though,  by  the  bye,  all  the  argumentSy  in  favour  of  the  Motion*  went 
to  the  necessity  of  partjcalar,  8pect6c  reward :  in  that  point  of  view,  I 
cannot  but  think  the  Motion  highly  improper  ;  for  it  hat  never  been 
the  pradice  of  this  House  to  carry  up  such  an  address  to  The  Throne, 
except  immediattly  at  the  time  of  the  pciformance  of  those  servtceSi 
for  which  the  reward  was  requested* 

On  the  whole>  Sir,  though  I  most  heartily  sympathise  with  the 
feelings  of  Captain  Brodte,  and  acknowledge  his  merits  and  services^ 
in  an  equal  degree  with  his  warmest  Supporters  ;  yet  my  Duty»  as  « 
Member  of  Parliament,  will  by  no  means  miffcr  me  on  the  present 
occasion  to  give  way  to  either;  and  therefore  I  must  vote  against  the 
Motion. 

To  the  above  arguments  of  Mr.  Pitt,  Mr.  Fox  replied—that  he 
should  assent  most  implicitly  to  the  observations  of  the  Right  Ho* 
nourable  Gentleman,  were  it  possible  for  ITie  Question  to  strike  him 
in  any  similar  point  of  view  : — I  cannot  avoid  perceiving>  Sir,  that  in 
order  to  make  out  his  objedion  to  the  motion,  the  Right  Honourable 
Gentleman  has  been  obliged,  rather  to  argue,  from  what  has  fallen  in 
the  course  of  the  Debate,  than  from  the  Motion  itself.     I  agree  that 
the  promotion  of  naval  men  is  vested  solely  and  exclusively  in  the  royal 
prerogative,  and  also,  that  tlie  executive  power  ought  not  to  be  inter- 
fered with,  by  this  House,  unless  in  Cases  where  they  have  been  guilty 
of  abuse,  or  negle<fl  of  Duty.     If  therefore  the  present  address,  had 
been  an  address  (as  the  Right  Houourable  Gentleman  has  stated  it) 
for  the  purpose  of  desiring  his  Majesty  to  grant  specific  rank  to 
Captain  Brodie,  I  should  have  been  the  last  man  to  rise,  and  support  it : 
but,  in  fad^,  it  is  no  such  thing — it  was  an  Address  drawn  gcnerallyy 
and  praying  his  Majesty  to  bestow  some  mark  of  his  royal  favour  upon 
Captain  Brodie  ;  leaving  it  to  his  Majesty  to  determine  its  nature* 
I  could  have  wished.  Sir,   that  the  .Fads,  on  which  the  Claim  of 
Captain  Brodie  rests,  had  been  more  formally  before  the  House,  than 
they  are ;  but  The  Case  stands  upon  the  ground*  on  which  variola 
other  cases  have  stood,  and  upon  which  this  House,  Sir,  has  thought 
itself  warranted  to  proceed — it  rests  upon  the  ground  of  Notoriety  l--^ 
In  the  year  1773  General  Monckton  had  been  on  the  eve  of  being  scat 
out  to  India,  as  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  forces  there  i  but  it  was 
afterwards  thought  adviseable  to  send  out  Sir  John  Clavering  :  in  thgt 
case,  in  order  to  make  General  Monckton. some  amends  for  his  dis- 
appoffitment,  a  Motion  was  brought  forward  iu  this  House,  to  address. 
His  Majesty  ;  praying  Him  to  grant  some  mark  of  His  Royal  Favour 
to  General  Monckton^  for  his  meritorious  services  :  the  services  9C 


OP   CAPTAIN    DAVID    BRODIE.  lOp 

V^'^^cnd  Monckton,  Sir,  had  untloubtedly  been  meritorious ;  but  tliey 
y  "^  been  services  performed  many  years  preceding  the  year  '.775  : 

^  what  made  the  case  stronger  was,  the  circumstance  that jGeneral 

"IJl^lvckton  had  not  been  disappointed  of  ao  opportunity  of  serving  his 

*Wy,  but  of  serving  the  East  India  Company. 

^'■.  Chancellor.  Pin  answered,  that  he  must  still  contend,  if  The 

^^^^  were  to  be  earned,  His  Majesty  could  not  by  any  possible 

\  ^^  comply  with  the  wishes  of  The  House,  in-  any  other  way, 

an  ijy  appointing  Captain  Brodie  to  the  specific  rank  of  Vice- 
r^^oiiral,  next  after  Sir  Edward  Hughes  ;  which  was  in  effe^,  if  ngt  in 
^''s,  a  dire  A  and  positive  interference  of  that  House,  in  the  rank  and 
P'<>ojotion  of  Naval  Officers. 

^ftcr  sonic  remarks  from  Lord  Mulgrave,  who   spoke 

^'dedly  against  the  Motion;  and  also  frOm  Mr.  Puhency, 

*  ^^*  l)andas,  Sir  George  Collier,  Mr.  ^yc,  Mr.  Dempster, 

Mr,  ^rett,  Commodore  Bowyer,  and  Mr.  Sheridan ;  who 

Severally    delivered    their  sentiments,   Sir  Matthew  White 

Ridley  declared,  that  he  was  so  far  from  wishing  to  interfere 

with  the  Executive  Government)  that  with  tlie  leave  of  The 

House  he  would  withdraw  his  Motion,  and  make  another  in 

still  nao re  general  terms.    He  accordingly  moved— TS^/  an 

bumble  ydddren  he  presented  to  His  Majesty^  that  His  Majesty 

^11  be   graciously  pleased^  to  take  the  meritorious  services^  and 

fuj^fiings  ^Captain  David  Brodie  into  bis  royal  consideration  ; 

and   that  bis  Majesty  will  be  pleased  to  confer  some  mart  of  bis 

f^al  favour  ^n  the  said  Captain  Brodie ^  as  to  his  Majesty  ihaB 

lemt  proper* 

Mr.  Pitt  still  declared  himself  averse  to  the  principle  of 

the  Motion,  whatever  shape  it  might  assume. — After  some 

further  remarks  from   Sir   Matthew  White  Ridley,    Lord 

iiood ,  and  bir  John  Jervis,  the  question  being  called  for. 

the  House  divided-»Ayes  8^,  Noes  100. 

Captain  Brodie,  then  in  his  seventy -eighth  year,  worn  out 
^\x\i  the  wound?  and  disappointment  he  had  received,  never 
recovered  this  event  which  he  severely  felt.   He  died  at  fiath^ 
^d  wa$  buried  in  the  abbey  chutch  of  that  place. 

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lib       BIOGKAPHIC/IL  MEMOIR  OF  CAFTAIlf  DAVID  BRODIE* 

In  this  tumultuous  sphere,  for  thee  unfit. 

How  seldom  art  thou  found»  Tranquillity  ! 
-—Oh  !  beauteous  sister  of  the  halcyon  peace, 
I  sure  shaU  find  Thee  in  that  hcav'nly  scene 
«  Where  care*  and  anguish,  fhaXt  their  power  resign. 

Where  Hope  alike,  and  vain  regret,  shall  cease  ; 
And  Memory — lost  in  Happiness  Serene, 

Repeat  tto  more — that  misiiiy  has  bibm  miicb  ! 

Charlotte  SwM^ 

Captain  Brodie  remained  for  forty  years,  without  iatenuission^io  the 
constant  service  of  his  Country. 


The  trisl  of  AAmiral  Knowles,  ix4iich  we  hate  notittd  tn  the  above 
8iemoir,  produced  some  very  scrioos  consequences,  which  would  have 
been  mott  extensive,  if  the  Admiralty  had  not  judiciously  interfered. 
The  Captains,  who  distinguished  themselves  in  The  A^ion,  and 
thus  gave  such  strong  testimony  in  favour  of  their  gallant  Commander 
Admiral  Knowles  \  indignant  at  the  false  accusations  hkought  against 
him,  on  his  acquittal  pubHdy  chitrged  the  other  Captains  (who  had 
instituted  ihe  charges,  and  shewn  such  a  shameful  backwardness  in  the 
eagBgement)  Of  Ingratitude,  Cowardice,  and  nuJignani  Falsehood. 
Captain  Clarke  meeting  Captain  Junes  at  Portsmouth,  publicly  gave 
tills  opinion  of  him  ;  and  being  necessarily  called  out  by  Captain  Inncs, 
a  duel  ensued,  and  Captain  lones  was  shot  through  the  heart.— Occur- 
rences of  the  same  serious  nature  would  have  taken  place  ;  but  were 
fortunately  in  time  prevented.     What  aggravated  the  calumny,  at* 
tempted  to  be  cttai>li6hed  against  the  injured  Commander,  was  the  in* 
gfititude  of  his  aceosers  :  the  Admiral  woidd  have  brought  forward 
the  delinquents  to  answer  for  their  cowardice,  immediately  after  the  ea- 
gagemcnt,if  he  had  not  been  persuaded  by  Captains  Brodie  and  Clarke 
to  suppress  their  condu6l ;  since  much  honour  had  been  obtained 
by  the  capture  of  the  Conquescadore,  and  the  burning  of  the  Spanish 
Admiral's  Ship.     As  dispatches  arrived  of  the  cessation  of  hostilities^ 
tht  Admiral  was  more  easily  persuaded  to  listen  to  the  ill-judged 
advice  of  his  friends  :   fittk  did  he  think,  after  the  delinquents  had 
expressed  a  sense  of  the  Admiral's  forbearance,  *wbicb  ihry  badaSually 
dom,  that  they  had  secretly  concelt'cd,  and  with  the  most  consummate 
duplicity,  determined  to  arraign  the  Admiral  himself  on  hia  return  to 
England. 

ikRMs.]    Af'gcnt  on  a  Chcveron  Gales,  hetifSkt  three  mullets,  Azure,  an 
anchor  proper. 

Crest.]    A  dexter  hand,  holding  a  bundle  of  arrows. 
JMoTTO.]     Unite. 


t  I"  ] 

NAVAL  ANECDOTES, 
COMMERCIAL  HINTS,  RECOLLECTIONS,  &c. 

MANTCt  IN  COKCITE  VASTS  ! 


J8«.  XI. 

ADMIRAL    HOPSON  *. 

BONCHURCH  village,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  cUims  the  honour 
oFhaviog  been  the  birth-place  of  the  gallant  Admiral  Hop  son  ; 
who*  from  a  common  sea-boy,  rose  to  an  high  rank  in  the  Navy,  and 
was  much  celebrated  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne. 

T'lic  history  of  this  extraordinary  character  i&  as  follows  :  He  wa^ 

left  SLik  orphan  at  an  early  age,  and  apprenticed  by  the  parish  to  a  taylor  ; 

z  species  of  employment  ilT  suited  to  his  enterprising  spirit.     As  he  wa* 

cat  day  sitting  alone  on  the  shop-board,  with  his  eyes  directed  towards 

the  sea^  he  was  struck  with  the  appearance  of  a  sqoadroa  of  men  of 

yns  coming  round  Dunuose  :  following  the  first  impulse  of  his  fancy, 

^t  quitted  his  work,  and  ran  down  to  the  beach  ;  where  he  cast  oS 

the  painter  from  the  first  boat  he  saw,  jumped  on  board,  and  plied  the 

oars   so  well,  that  he  quickly  reached  the  Admiral's  Ship,  where  he 

entered  as  a  volunteer^  turned  the  boat  adrift,  and  bade  adieu  to  hit 

Bsdvc  place.     Early  the  next  morning  the  Admiral  fell  in  with  a 

French  Squadron^  and  in  a  few  hours  a  warm  a£lion  commenced, 

which  was  fought  ou  both  sides  with  equal  bravery.     During  thi% 

time  HopsoQ  obeyed  his  orders  with  great  cheerfukess  and  alacrity  ; 

bat  after  iightiug  two  hours  he  became  impatient,  and  enquired  of  the 

ssdlors,  what  was  the  obje£k  for  which  they  were  contend  tug  !  On 

being  told  the  a^ion  must  continue  till  the  white  rag  at  the  enemy's 

mast-head  was  struck,  he  exclaimed,  <<  Oh  I  if  that^t  all,  I'll  see  what 

'f  lean  do  J'     At  this  moment  the  Ships  were  engaged  yard-arm  and 

yard^ann^  and  obscured  in  the  smoke  of  the  guns.     Our  young  hero, 

taking  advantage  of  this  circumstance^  determined  either  to  liaul  down 

the  enemy's  colours,  or  to  perish  in  the  attempt.     He  accordingly 

noanted  the  shrouds  unperceived,  walked  the  horse  of  the  main-yard, 

gained  that  of  the  French  Admiral,  and  ascending  with  agility  to  the 

xnaiatop.gallant- mast-head,  struck  and  carried  off  the  French  flag,  with 

which  he  retreated  ;  and  at  the  moment  he  regained  his  own  Ship, 

the  British  tars  shouted  **  Victory,"  without  any  other  cause  than 

that  the  enemy's  flag  had  disappeared.     The  crew  of  the  French  Ship, 

*  TIktc  were,  two  of  this  naiufi  .in  the  service,  during  the  reiga  of  Queen 
Adoc,  Ti2.  Thomas,  and  Edward,  Auppoaed  to  have  been  brothers '»  both 
attaioed  the  rank  of  Admiral;  the  iormcr  was  knighted. 


irz  KAVAL   JLNICDDTE$| 

being  thrown  into  confusion^  in  consequence  of  the  loss  of  i\\C 
Flag,  ran  from  their  guns  ;  and  while  the  Admiral  and  Officers^ 
equally  surprised  at  the  event,  were  endeavouring  to  raUy  thcn^  the 
British  tars  seized  the  opportunity,  boarded  the  vessel,  and  took  her. 
Ho  PS  ON  at  this  jun^lure  descended  the  shrouds,  with  the  French 
Admiral's  flag  wound  round  his  arm,  and  displayed  it  triumphantly  to 
the  sailors  on  the  main  deck  ;  who  received  his  prize  with  the  utmost 
rapture,  and  astonishment*  This  heroic  a£lion  reaching  the  quarter- 
deck, Hop  SON  was  ordered  to  attend  there ;  and  the  officers,  far  froai 
giving  him  credit  for  his  gallantry,  gratified  their  envy  by  brow- 
beating him,  and  threatening  him  with  punishment  for  his  audacity  ; 
but  the  Admiral,  on  hearing  of  the  exploit,  observed  a  very  opposite 
condu(fL  **  My  lad  (said  he  to  Hopson),  /  beUeve  you  to  be  a  braze 
•^  joiaig  man  ;  from  this  day  I  order  jou  to  walk  the  quartet'decl  ;  and 
*•  according  to  jour  future  condudy  you  shall  obtain  my  patronage  and 
"  f  rotation,"  Hopson  soon  convinced  his  patron,  that  the  counte- 
nance shewn  him  was  not  misplaced.  He  went  rapidly  through  the 
several  ranks  of  the  service  until  he  became  an  Admiral ;  and  so  great 
was  the  confidence  which  his  Sovereign  placed  in  his  condud,  that  she 
gave  liim  tiic  command  of  a  Squadron,  with  a  commission  to  cruise  at 
liis  ov.  II  (1 'e,crcti{.ii.  In  this  service  he  acquitted  himself  to  the  sati^- 
fiJtion  of  lus  royal   mistress,   and  became  the  pride  of  the  British 

Kavy. 

E.  W. 

jfn  /Iccount  of  Riggitt^  shot  aivay^  aiid  Damages  sustained  in  the 
Mitsts  and  Tards  of  His  Majesty's  Ship  Cornwall,  Rear-Adinirjl 
Knowles,  Captain  Taylor,  in  an  Engfjgement  ivhb  Se^en  Sfartisb 
Men  of  JVarofthe  Havanna,  OAober  i,  1748. 

RIGJING. 

JJb-stay.  One  of  tlic  foreclew  garnets,  and  both 

Forc-top-gallant-stay,    bow-lines    and  the  bunt-lines. 

braces,  tye  and  halliards.  One  of  the  fore-preventer  braces. 

Forcr-top-mast  stay-sail,  stay,  and  lul-  The  main- stay  and  spring- stay. 

liards.  One  pair  of  the  main-shrouds. 

Forc-top-mast  stay, and  prcvcntcr-stay.  One  of  the  maio-braccs,  and  both  of 

Forc-stay-sail  halliards.  the  preventer-braces. 

Fore-stay,  and  spring-stuy.  Both  of  the  main-bo w-Iincs. 

The  collar  of  the  outer  bob-stay.  One  of  the  main-sheets,  and  both  the 

Six  pair  of  fore-shrouds.  jeers. 

Four  pair  of  the  forc-top-ni%(t  slirouds,  1  lircc  pair  of  the  mizen-s?  rouds. 

and  all  the  back  stays.  Alain-top-mast,  and  all  the   rigg^ing 

Tlie  forc-top-sail  tycs,  slings,  braces,  down  upon  deck,  and  most  of  the 

hrw- lines,  and  lifts.  running  rigging  cut  to  pieces  by  the 

1  h«r  forc-bracf^,  and  bow-liney.  cnemv's  shot. 


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COliMB&CIAL    HINT8>  t BCOLLRCTlONSj   &C.                  II3 

MASTS  AND  YARDS, 

Tlie  main-mast  ihot  through,  ten  feet  The  fore-top 'sail-yard  shot  half  through, 

aboTe  the  upper  deck.  eight  feet  £:om  the  starboard  yard- 

The  ouun«top  mast  shot  away,  about  arm. 

eighteen  feet  from  the  head,  as  also,  I'he  mizen-yard    shot  half  through, 

shot  through  four  feet  above  the  about  twelvefeet  from  the  lower  end* 

mam-cap.  The  starboard  gunnel, and  string  pieces. 

The  fore-mast  shot  through  in    the  shot  asunder  in  two  places. 

.  sguareof  the  hounds  in  two  places.  Nine  large  shot  through  the  side,  above 

The  bead  of  the  fore -top-mast  shot  the  middle  deck. 

through  In  the  wake  of  the  rigging.  Seven  large  shot  through,  above  the 

The   forc-top-gallant-mast   shot    half  main  wale. 

through,  four  inches  above  the  top-  Three  large  shot  through,  in  the  main 

mast-cap.  wale. 

The  mizen-mast  shot  through,  three  One  under  the  after  lower  deck  port, 

£cet  below  the  trussel-trees.  one  between  the  pumpdils,  and  one 

The  bowsprit  shot  through,  two  feet  two  feet  before  the  chestree ;  as  also 

within  the  collar  of  the  forestay.  CT^f^^  numbers  of  grape  and  musket 

The  spare  fore-top-mast  on  the  booms,  balls  in  the  sides,  masts,  yards,  &c^ 

shot  almost  asunder,  twenty-three  and  two  large  shot  through  the  lar- 

feet  from  the  head.  board  side  ;  one  under  the  larboard .' 

The  larboard  main-yard-arm  shot  one  cathead,  and  one  under  the  aft  part 
third  asunder,  sixteen  feet  from  the  of  the  fore  channel ;  and  the  fore- 
yard-arm,  and  mast  studding  sail  most  chain  pump  cistern  shot  to 
booms  shot  asunder.  pieces ;  and  eight  pillars  of  the  decks 

The  fore-yard  shot  one  third  asunder,  shot  to  pieces. 
fi»rfiBetfrom  the  larboard  jeer-block. 


PLATE  XXVII. 
View  on  the  River  Thamesy  with  Greenwich  Hospital  in  distance* 
and  the  Augusta  Yacht ;  as  she  appeared  on  the  Fifth  of  April, 
1795,  with  Her  Serene  Highness  the  Princess  Caroline  of  Bruns- 
wick on  board*  The  Standard  of  Great  Britain  is  hoisted  at  the 
Governor's  House,  and  on  the  Maintop  of  the  Augusta  ;  Commo- 
dore J.  W.  Payne's  Broad  Pendant  is  flying  at  the  Foretop.  The 
Tendcrsj  and  different  Pleasure  Boats,  which  on  that  Day  covered 
the  River,  are  introduced :  the  whole  formt'd  a  most  brilliant  and 
interesting  Scene*  . 

Narraii^ug  of  ihc  ProceeJingt  of  the  Squadron^  under  the  Command  of 
Commodore  John  Willctt  Payne  *!  appointed  to  condufii  her  Serene 
Highness  the  Princess  Caroh'ne  of  Brunswick  to  England. 
(From  the  Minutes  of  an  Officer  on  Board  the  Jupiter.) 

ON  the  fourth  of  December  ( 1 79^  )  Captain  Payne,  being  appointed 
to  condu6^  her  Serene  Highness  the  Princess  Caroline  of  Bruns- 
wick to  England^  attended  at  the  Admiralty,  and  received  his  commis- 
sion, as  Commodore  of  a  Squadron  of  Yachts  ordered  on  that  service. 

•■•Vid.  page  ^3. 

tacL  IIL  (^ 


114  COVM9D0RB  VATMt's  IZrtDITIOII 

Captain  T.  Larcom'beiag  in  the  mean  time  nominated  to  command 
the  Russeffj  Commodore  Payne  hoisted  hiv  broad  pendant  on  board  the 
Augtreta  yacht.  It  being  however  thought  expedient  that  a  superior 
force  should  be  sent;  the  Commodore  shifted  his  broad  pendant  from 
the  Augusta,  to  the  Jupiter  * — a  fifty  gun  Shlp»  which  had  been  lately 
repaired  at  Sheernesa  ;  commanded  by  Captain  W.  Lechmere»  late  of 
the  Saturn.  At  sun-rinCf  oo  the  thirty-first  of  Doctn^efr  the  Co0U 
•modoTc  saluted  Vice  Admiral  Dalrympte,  at  Sheemess^  with  thirteen 
gunsy  which  were  returned. 

On  the  second  of  January,  17951  ^^  half  past  twelve  P,  M«  made 
the  signal  to  weigh  ;  at  half  past  five  the  Squadron  came»to>  and 
moored  at  the  Great  Nore. 

On  the  thirteenth  of  February,  Commodore  ?ayAe  strndL  his  broo^ 
pendant,  and  went  to  London— ^returned  on  the  twenty-sixth,  hoisted 
the  pendant,  and  the  next  day  having  unmoored,  dropped  with  the 
Squadron  further  to  the  eastward*  On  the  Jupiter's  coming  to  anchor^ 
the  rest  of  the  Squadron  manned  the  shrouds  and  cheered  the  ComoK)* 
dore,  which  was  returned. 

Ob  the  second oi  March,  at  five  A.  M.  madr  the  signal  %x>  weigh  :•— ' 
sailed  in  company  with  the  Phaeton  and  Latona  fr^tes  ;  Martin, 
and  Hawke  sloops  ;  Cobourg,  Adive,  Rose,  FTy,  and  Princess  Royal 
cutters.  At  hdf  pa»t  seven  fell  in  with  his  Majesty's  sloop  Lark^ 
hailed  her,  and  she  joined  company*  On  the  third>  made  the  Phaie- 
ton's  signal  to  look  out  :  at  noon  saw  the  Texel  bearing  £.  S.  E. 
seven  or  eight  leagues.  Fwirtft— At  •ne  P.  M,  recalled  the  Phaeton  by 
signal ;  at  five  ScheRing  Island  S.  E.  by  £•  fiiK  leagoes.  Fiftl^Trcsh 
breezes  and  thick  foggy  weather  ;  sent  the  Cobourg  to  itakt  the  kmd  : 
at  six  A.  M.  made  the  signal  with  five  guns  to  bring- to  on  the  star- 
board tack,  hove- to,  fired  fog  guns  :  at  eight  the  Co^urg  retomed 
with  a  pilot  ;  made  the  signal  to  bear  up,  and  sail  krge :  half  past 

*  Officers  o/lu  Majesty's  Ship  Jvpiter^  wbittt  mi  $h€  «Imw  Servm, 

Commodore.  John  Willett  Payne. 

Captain.   WiUiam  l.cchmere. 
LieuteuoHU.  Jeiumett  Browne  A^ainwaring. 
George  Irwju.  <^ 

lames  Dunbar, 
lotcph  Spear. 
Hod.  Courtney  Boyle. 
Geof|;e  Barker,  Ailing, 
Id^urheeu   Majutc  Robert  i\ndarM»R. 

Wiiliam  Alridge,  LieutctutMt. 
W^smoKt  OJkeru  George  Hermei,  Master. 

Tbomn  Lsndseer,  J^mner, 
Robert  Dunkia,  HurM/i. 
Reverend  fi^nieshuoier  Clarke,  Cbapiaith 
•     Francis  MaMQ,  CMiwMbrt'j  5^ffnSii> 
f  For  a  List  if  the  Squadron,  vid.  page  24» 


yoK  HER  StILENB  I(143IIHE<S  THfi  PRINCESS  CAROLINE.       t  II^ 

'Ann  made  the  stgndl  to  anchor ;  at  noon  came- to  with  the  best 
bower,  ifi  ^vt  iathoms ;  Toered  an  whole  cable  ;  repeated  the  signal  to 
aiKShor  wkk  t«R>  guns.  ^fxr&— Fresh  breezes  and  thick  foggy  weather  $ 
A  M.  dear  weather;  Heligoland  *  light,  N.  distant  eleven,  or  twelve 
flifles  ;  sent  the  Rose  cotter  to  the  island  for  pilots  :  at  six  made  the 
signal  witb  a  gun  lor  pilots ;  half  past,  fired  two  guns  shotted  at  a 
pHot  boait  to  hting  her  to.  AH  the  SqaadixMi  tn  company  except  the 
Lark.  At  noon  two  pilots  -came  on  board  to  cany  the  Jupiter  into 
Sife  oftooriogt^^iff  Cvxhaven  ;  which  being  the  letrgest  Ship  that  had 
ever  approadwd  so  near  to  that  coast  occasioned  much  anxiety  :  tlie 
Laik  stilt  ndssing  $  gi^at  apprehensions  ibr  her  sa^y.  Sevnuh"^ 
P.  M.  fresh  hreezfs  and  thick  weather  with  rain  :  at  one  made  the 
sigaal  to  andior  ;  and  at  hsdf  past  two,  wrth  the  best  bower  caxne-to 
in  se^n  fathoms,  abreast  of  New  Work,  Ctixhaven  town  hearing 
S.  h.  W»  At  ten  A.  M.  threw  out  the  signal  to  weigh  ;  weighed 
and  made  tail  wtth  the  Squadron  ;  at  half  past  eleven  threw  oat  the 
s^nat  to  anchor  ;  came^o  off  Cuxlnven,  with  the  small  bower  in  eight 
frtboma ;  made  the  signal  lor  the  Squadron  to  moor  :-^he  Lack 
StiBmiauag. 

The  tigbth^  P.  M.  fresh  breezes,  and  thick  foggy  weather.  At 
katfpaatone  lalated  by  the  foit  with  nine  guns  ;  au  equal  number 
retomed.  A.  M.  fresh  gaiety  with  snow;  the  river  fall  of  ice  ;  which 
was  driven  out  to  sea  with  the  tide  in  large  masses,  or  whole  fields  at 
ooce  :  got  the  sheet  anchor  over  the  side  :  at  six  struck  lower  yard8» 
and  top-ga^bmt*niasts  ;  got  the  spritsail-yard  in.  At  eight,  the 
Hawke,  who  had  sufiRrred  severely  during  the  tempestuous  nighty 
parted,  and  with  great  violence  drove  focd  of  the  Jupiter  :  the  scene 
was  particularly  alarming,  as  the  safiety  of  both  ShipSj  from  the  vio- 
leace  of  the  tide,  was  at  stake  :  pn>videntially,  v^rith  the  asustance  of 
day-light,  and  the  ^ill  of  the  officers  on  board,  no  material  injury 
was  occasioned  :  brt)ught  home  the  best  bower  anchor,  got  the  ^re 
anchor  over  the  aide,  and  doable  rounded  the  caUes  to  secure  then& 
from  the  ice. 

On  the  nifab^  the  severe  weather,  for  a  time, became  more  moderate- 
hove  up  the  best  bower  ;  moored  Ship,  and  sent  the  stream  anchor  to  the 
Hawke :  and  heie  we  must  nc^ice  an  event,  which  was  equafiy  singular 
and  interesting.  DuHftg  this  day»  a  man  who  had  been  taken  fi  ont 
off  a  piece  of  ice,  that  waslfloatingout  to  sea,  by  one  of  the  Blackeness 

*  Or  Hriy  Islaiid,  is  N»  W.  by  N.  ahoat  etgbt  kagvet  from  tke  month  of  the 
Elbe,  which  all  Ships  eodeavour  to  make,  that  are  goinjsr  to  that  river,  or  tlie 
Weaer,  and  Eyder ; — it  belongs  to  the  King  of  Denmark.  From  the  Monk  Rock, 
vhadi  appeacB  above  water  almoit  at  bigb  as  the  island,  aboTe  a  mile  at  S.  S.  K. 
there  la  a  dangerous  iunitn  rod ;  but  the  depth  of  eight  or  nine  fd^iuitta  will' 
keep  a  Ship  dear  without  it« 


Il6  COMMODORE  PAY  Ml's.  EXPBDITION 

pilut  boats,  was  brought  on  shore. at  Cuzharenj  and  gave  the  followiiig 
account  of  his  sufferings. — **  He  had  belonged  to  an  Hambro* 
trading  vessel^  bound  from  London  to  that  place,  laden  with  groceries } 
during  her  passage  she  was  lost,  amid  the  icct  January  28,  on  a  sand 
off  Cuxhaven.  The  master,  with  a  boy,  and  the  sailor  above-mciw 
tioncd,  got  upon  the  sand,  at  that  time  oovered  with  ice,  and  preserved 
life  with  some  wine,  and  biscuit,  which  they  had  saved  from  the  wreck  ; 
at  the  end  of  eleven  days,  the  master  and  boy  died.  The  survivor* 
with  an  unshaken  resolution  and  rdtance  on  Providence*  would  not 
allow  himself  to  despond  ;  every  night  he  laid  down  upon  one  of  the 
dead  bodies,  and  put  the  other  over  him  ;  the  intense  cold  keeping 
them  from  being  offensive  :  in  this  forlorn  and  melandioly  state  he 
slept  sound,  and  declared  that  he  constantly  received  gpneat  consolation 
from  dreams,  which  portended  his  future  safety.  The  wine  and  biscuit 
being  at  length  expended,  he  discovered  some  cockles  on  a  part  of 
the  sand  not  covered  with  ice,  upon  which  he  existed  until  the  ninth 
of  March,  and  veas  thus  miraculously  saved*  When  he  awoke  on 
that  day.  he  found  the  mass  of  ice  had  separated*  and  was  drifting 
out  to  sea — ^he  then  gave  himself  up  for  lost."  On  his  first  landing  at 
Cuxhaven,  having  sufficiently  recovered  to  make  himself  understood 
->for  the  warmth  of  the  house  caused  an  agony  of  pain,  his  relation 
found  credit  but  with  few ;  untfl  they  reco]le6ked  that  a  vessel  answer- 
ing his  description  had  been  wrecked ;  and  also  saw  the  biUs  of  lading* 
which  he  produced. 

On  the  eleventh  of  March,  to  the  great  joy  of  every  one,  who  bad 
imagined  she  was  lost,  the  Laik  rejoined.  On  tht  fauriunihf  the 
weather  again  became  squally*  with  snow  :  at  four  P.  M.  were  obliged 
to  strike  lower  yards*  and  top. gallant-masts.  At  two  A.  M.  a  field  of 
ice  unusuaQy  large  came  with  gi-eat  violence  athwart  the  Jupiter*  and 
brought  home  the  best  bower  anchor  :  the  Ship  immediatdy  drove 
towards  the  shore*  and  serious  apprehensions  for  her  safety  were 
entertained  ;  these  the  darkness  of  the  night*  the  danger  of  the  coast* 
and  the  peculiar  severity  of  the  weather*  which  covered  the  rigging 
with  ice,  and  rendered  it  extremely  difficult  for  the  crew  to  perform 
their  duty,  greatly  increased.  The  Jupiter  was  at  Icng^th  brought  up 
by  the  best  bower  ;  hove  short  on  the  small  bower,  swayed  up  lower 
yards,  and  top  gallant-masts  ;  at  half  past  eight  weighed  the  small 
bower,  shifted  the  birth,  and  came-to  with  the  small  bower<— veered  to 
an  whole  cable.  These  precautions  were  hardly  taken,  and  the  crew 
by  no  means  recovered  from  their  great  exertions  during  this  dreadful 
night  ;  when  another  field  of  ice  came  again  athwart  the  Jupiter*  aud 
broiifrht  home  the  small  bower.  Without  delay  the  best  4)ower  anchor 
Was  let  go  ;  w}icn,  notwithstanding  its  immense  weight*  to  the  great 


»01t  HIR  SSftlNB  HIGHNESS  THS  PRINCESS  CAROI^INB.      tlj 

astooishmeiit  of  every  one>  it  made  no  more  effed  on  the  impenetrable 
thickness  of  the  ice  than  a  log  of  wood  :  the  situation  of  the  Ship 
daring  this  interval  of  life  and  death,  for  such  it  appeared,  was  exces.  . 
avely  precarious  ;  at  length  meeting  with  some  division  in  the  ice» 
the  Cable  to  the  joy  of  every  one  was  heard  to  run  out — a  sound  more 
delightful  never  charmed  the  ear  of  a  mariner!  On  weighing  the  small 
bower  one  of  the  arms  was  found  gone  • — got  the  spare  anchor  over 
the  ndc  ;  cat  the  clinch  of  the  email  bower,  and  bent  it  to  the  spare 
anchor* 

The  severe  season  continued,  with  but  little  intermission,  until  the 
aghteentb  of  March,  when  the  Phaeton,  (who  had  made  the  sig^nal  of  in* 
ability  on  the  i6th,  and  put  to  sea)  again  rejoined.  A  great  quantity  of 
ice  still  continued  in  the  Elbe.  On  the  twenty-eighth,  the  hardshipst 
and  anxiety  which  the  Squadron  had  experienced  were  happily  temu- 
nated.  The  day  had  been  unusually  fine  ;  the  weather  had  become 
mqre  genial  $  and  the  whole  scene  had  lost  much  of  its  gloom  and 
ditariness  ;  when,  at  half  past  four,  guns  were  heard  in  the  offiog;  and, 
soon  the  standard  being  discerned  in  a  cutter  standing  out  of  the  Elbe* 
announced  that  the  Princess  of  Brunswick  was  on  board.  What  joy 
and  exultation  pervaded  the  breast  of  every  one  !  the  preparative  signsd 
was  immediately  made  with  one  gun.  I'he  barge  was  dispatched  with, 
the  First  Lieutenant  to  steer,  accompanied  with  the  boats  of  all  the, 
Squadron  :  the  scene  which  followed,  had  a  peculiar  interest  and 
grandeur.  The  procession  of  the  boats,  with  their  pendants  flying, 
rowing  in  order,  and  keeping  time  with  their  oars,  had  a  fine  cffe<^ 
When  the  royal  standard  was  unfurled  in  the  barge,  the  Ships  of  the 
Squadron  were  manned  ;  and  a  salute  .of  twenty-one  g^uns  was  fired 
iirom  each  of  the  Ships*  The  evening  continued  remarkably  favourable : 
the  Sun  seemed  to  linger  in  the  horizon,  and  for  a  time,  owing  to  the 
smoke,  had  all  the  appearance  of  an  eclipse  ;  it  then  darted  out  with 
firesh  lustre.  On  the  sides  of  the  accommodation  ladder  of  the  Jupiter 
were  placed  Midshipmen  in  their  uniform  ;  the  officers,  and  guaid  of 
marines,  were  drawn  up  on  each  side  the  qu^er*deck  :  the  moment 
her  Royal  Highness  had  ascended  the  first  step,  which  was  about  six 
o'clock,  the  Standard  was  hoisted  on  the  maintop- gallant  mast-head  of 
the  Jupiter,  and  received  with  the  customary  marks  of  resped. 

The  favourable  weather,  with  the  exctptipn  of  some  io^^  days, 
continued  during  the  remainder  of  the  voyage.  Her  Royal  Highness 
particularly  endeared  herself  to  the  crew,  and  shewed  the  utmost  ail*a« 

*  Surely  the  hemp,  anchors,  &c.  for  the  Naval  Service,  on  which  the  very 
Irvea  of  the  Crew  depend,  should  Dot  be  furnished  by  contrad  :  our  enemies 
in  this  retpcd,  have  a  great  advantage. 


n8*  coMMODOftE  rirvi's  ikpboituni. 

bility  and  attention  to  every  ooe«  The  PHiioe«  was  atteoded  bf  Lonft' 
Malmcibuiy*  and  Mrt*  Haroourt.  An  Adanind  of  kigb  tank.ia  the 
iemce  of  the  Prince  of  Onngc,  wat  also  on  bosnd.  At  half  past 
four  00  the  morning  of  the  twcntj-ainth,  the  ngnal  to  manoor  van 
thrown  ont.  and  afterwaids  the  signal  to  weigb*  At  five  the  Cdbooi]^ 
cutter  nikd  for  Englaod ;  and  at  noon  the  chief  pdot  left  the  Jupiter 
abreast  of  the  Red  Buoy. 

The  twenty *ninth  being  Sonday,  her  Royil  Highaeaiat  two  oViock 
had  divine  service  performed  on  the  quarter-deck  of  the  Jupiter,  b^ 
the  ChaphuHi  the  Reverend  J.  S.  Qarkew  On  the  ihMait  at  aeveo  iii 
the  raormng>  three  strange  sail  were  discovered  in  the  southvrard ;  at 
half  pasty  the  Latona,  Lark,  and  Rose  cotter  by  signal  were  ordered 
to  chase.  At  half  past  nine  the  Martin's  signal  vras  anadey  to  repeat 
betvrcen  the  Jupiter»  and  the  chasing  Ships  ;  who  vrere  soon  recaied. 
The  strange  sail  afterwards  proved  to  be  two  French  privatccvm 
with  a  prize^  they  had  captured.  At  noon  it  came  on  thick  foggy 
weather* 

At  half  past  seven,  on  the  evening  of  the  iiirJ  of  April,  the  Jupiter 
anchored  at  the  Norc  :  and  at  sun-rise  the  next  day,  Vico^AdaMnl 
Buckner  manned  Shipt  and  sainted  the  standard,  as  did  the  other  Shipa 
under  his  flag.  His  Majesty's  yachts  the  Princcas  Aogusta,  and  Mvy» 
came  out,  and  joined  company.  At  six  the  CommiochNe  threw  out  the' 
signal  to  weigh  ;  and  at  seven  for  the  Squadron  t^  part  company* 
Accordingly  his  Majesty's  Ships  Phaikon,  Latoaa,  I^wke,  K^rtia, 
and  Lark,  parted  company,  and  saluted  the  standard ;  as  did  Viee- 
Admiral  Buckner,  and  the  Ships  at  the  Norc.  Made  sail  standing 
up  the  river  ;  at  eleven  came-to  off  Gravesend.  At  six  P*  M.Tilbary 
Fort  saluted  the  standard. 

Eariy  on  the  Bfth,  her  Royal  Highaess,  attended  by  Lord  Mabnea» 
bury,  Mrs.  Harcourt,  and  Commodore  Payne,  went  in  the  barge  on* 
board  the  Princess  Augusta  yacht. :  when  the  standard  was  hoisted  at 
the  maintop,  and  Commodore  Payne's  broad  pendant  at  the  forcto]>. 
As  the  Princess  passed  Wodvrich,  the  whole  band  of  the  royal  legi* 
ment  of  artiBery  played  God  save  the  King,  and  the  military  cheered 
the  standard — it  vras  the  first  burst  of  feyalty  her  Royal  Hi^meas  had 
heard  on  English  ground,  and  it  drew  firom  her  tears  of  joy.  About 
noon  the  Augusta  yacht  reached  Greenwich*  when  the  Princess  em* 
barked  in  the  barge,  steered  as  before  by  Lieutenant  Mainvraring^ 
and  landed  on  the  right  of  the  stairsi  in  front  of  the  Hospital;  wher^ 
she  was  received  by  Sir  Hugh  Palliscr,  the  Governor. 


C    "9    ) 


THE    LATE 


CAPTAIN  EDWARb  COOKE'b  EXPEDITION 

In  Hit  Majesty'^  Fngtfe  La  Sybil  lb,  in  179S. 
{frm  tie  LeIUt  rf  cm  OJUer  then  m  hoards) 

ON  the  4tlv  of  January  wc  left  Macoai  apparefttl/  convoying 
the  Europe  and  Country  Trade ;  but  designedly  on  a  cruise^  to 
reconnoitie  th^  Spanish  force  in  the  Phillipine'sy  aod>  if  poasibley  cot 
out  from  under  the  batteries  of  Manilla^  the  Rey  Carlos,  of  800  tons^ 
bdonging  to  the  Spanish  Company^  and  the  Marquesettat  an  Amoy 
trader,  reported  to  have  on  board  5oo»ocx>  dolkrs  ;  to  attack  all  their 
anned  dependencies,  i«ad  annoy  them  as  much  as  possible  as  we  passed 
through  the  Archipelago* 

On  the  1 1  th  of  January  we  made  Luooma^  ran  along  shore,  and  on 
the  1 2th  captured  a  Coaster  ;  took  out  of  her  only  the  cash,  4000  dol- 
lars, then  12>erated  the  vessel  and  people,  desiring  they  woi^  proceed 
onthar  voyage,  and  app;rehemd  no  further  molestation*  Next  day  we 
saw,  and  co«^  have  taken,  several  vessels  of  the  same  description,  and^ 
it  isxioubtless,  ^uaDy  valuable  ;  but  Prudence,  which  seems  to  gnide 
all  our  operations,  would  admit  no  hazard  to  the  grand  objed  for  a  tn« 
vial  consideration  ;  hence  this  part  of  the  cruise  is  not  so  brilliant  in 
number  of  prtzes,  nor  so  lucrative  as  some  people  would  have  made  it  \ 
but  I  think  it  highly  honourable  and  praise  worthy,  particularly  as 
Captain  Cooke  seemed  to  feel  much  the  distress  that  might  accrue  to 
individuals  to  whom  0ie  cash  and  vessels  were  consigned,  although  they 
were  subjeds,  and  under  the  banner  of  our  enemies ;  his  kuity  is  oal/ 
equalled  by  good  nanauvres  ;  and  I  resped  him  £or  his  feelings  as 
much  as  his  bravery* 

On  the  13th,  in  the  evening,  we  entered  the  Bay  of  Manilla, 
passing  their  signal^house  on  Corregidore,  as  French  frigates,  and 
anchored  as  necessity  made  expedient*  Next  day  stood  towards 
Manilla  Town  ;  and  by  well-conceivcd,  and  ^ell-conduded  manoeuvres, 
captured  the  following  vessels  belonging  to  His  Catholic  Majesty, 
without  hurting  a  single  man  on  either  side : 

A  gpa-bo«t>  No«  31,  carrying  one  thirty-two  pounder,  four  twhrek,  tkkty 
ooM,  fifty-two  officers  and  men. 

A  gnn-Sodt,  No.  3 J, carrying  00c  tweoty-lbor  pounder,  four  swivelc,  twenty- 
e%il€  dart,  fifty  o^tx%  and  men. 

AgWK^at,  No«  J4,  carrying  one  twenty- liMir  pennder,  four  swivels,  thirty 
aasur  fifty  o(Bfic«rt  and  men. 

Afg^d-boat,  rowing  twelve  oar^y  with  fifteen  oflker»  and  men. 


I20  CA?TAIN    EDWARD   COOKE's   EXPEDITfOIT 

A  felucca,  rowing  twenty  oari,  with  twenty-three  officers  and  mca. 

Admiral  Don  Martin  Alaba'i  barge,  rowing  twenty  oirs,  with  twcnty-thrte 
officer!  and  men. 

A  GoTemnicnt  felacca,  rowing  eighteen  04A|  with  twenty«one  officers  and 
men. 

In  all— BCTcn  hoats,  about  231  men,  3  great  guns,  1%  swivels,  %y  muskets, 
34  cutlasses,  18  half  pikes»  13  piktols,  153  round  shot,  137  grape  shot,  and  lOa 
sheili. 

This  was  performed  In  broad  day-liglit,  between  eleven  and  three 
o^clock,  in  view  of  all  the  people  of  Manilla  and  Cavila,  and  managed 
With  admirable  address.     The  guard-boat  came  first,  with  the  second 
GaptaJn  of  their  frigate,  Maria  de  Cabega.    The  second  boat  was 
Admiral  Alaba's  barge,  with  the  Governor's  nephew.     The  third  boatf 
a  felucca,  with  one  of  Admiral  Alaba^s  Aid*de-Camps,  bringing  com- 
pliments of  congratulation  on  our  arrival,  and  information  that  all  we 
could  wish,  or  want,  would  be  ready  for  us  ;  and  that  boats  were  getting 
r^ady,  with  anchors  and  cables,  to  assist  us  into  their  potts.     These 
Officers  were  so  completely  deceived,  and  entertained  for  an  hour  and 
half)  that  they  had  no  suspicions  they  were  onboard  an  English  Ship; 
and,  therefore,  opened  their  hearts  freely  on  every  subje^.     While 
this  was  transadling  in  the  Cabin,  the  boat's  crews  were  handed  into 
the  Ship,  and  our  sailors  changed  clothes  with  their  boatmen)  and  then 
rowed  up  in  their  boats,  in  company  with  our  own,  and  boarded  and  car- 
ried all  their  gunboats  that  were  out  of  the  river.     The  people  in  the 
gun  boats  finding  it  impossible  to  resist  the  impetuosity  of  our  boarders^ 
sturrendered  immediately.     This  being  perceived,  and  thought  rather 
unaccountable  on  shore,  the  fourth  boat  was  dispatched  with  the  Cap- 
tain of  the  port,  for  a  categorical  answer,  why  the  boats  were  detained  ; 
and  to  say,  that  if  they  were  not  Immediately  sent  on  shore,  they  should 
conceive  us  to  be  enemies.     This  Officer  and.  his  crew  were  handed 
into  the  Ship,  and  then  they  were  all  entertained  with  dinner,  and  their, 
boats' crews  with  fresh  Chijia  beef  and  grog :  in  this  manner  we  passed  an 
interval  of  vexatious  calm,  that  left  no  alternative  but  this  amusement. 
After  this  we  had  an  unsuccessful  breeze  that  facilitated  discovtry,  and 
prevented  all  further  attempts  in  the  bay.     From  these  Officers  we 
ascertained  the  Rcy  Carlos  was  in  the  Cavita,  and  most  likely  aground 
there,  and  that  the  Marquesetta  had  rclanded  her  money  again,  in  con- 
sequence of  a  suspicious  Ship  appearing  off  the  Islands  some  days  ago 
(supposed  to  be  the  Resistance).  Hence  the  most  lucrative  pait  of  this 
cnterprize  was  frustrated,  but  the  other  was  completely  accomplished  ; 
that  is,  corred  information  of  their  Naval  Force,  viz.  Europa,  of  74 
guns  ;  San  Pedro,  of  74  ;  Montaneger,  of  74  ;  Maria  de  Cabega,  of. 
36 1  and  Lucia,  of  36 ;  all  uoder  equipment  at  the  arsenal  but  ai 


IN    HIS    MAJISTT  S    PRIGATB    LA   STBlLLt,   IN    I798.         Z2I 

tbit  time  nearly  ready ;  with  a  ttumW  of  gun-boats,  all  new  and  cop- 
pered, and  apparently  very  well  appointed  for  the  intended  purpose. 

Had  the  wind  been  propitious,  that  we  could  have  kept  incov*  a 
Uttle  longer,  I  am  induced  to  believe  we  could  have  burnt  not  only 
their  Ships  of  war,  but  the  arsenal,  on  the  night  of  the  14th  January  : 
in  short,  it  is  impossible  to  say  what  might  not  have  been  done,  if 
we  could  have  effefted  a  nofturnal  approach.  By  four  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon  we  were  discovered  to  be  enemies,  so  as  to  cause  general  alarm 
round  the  bay.  It  was  then  time  to  be  ofiF,^  and  execute  plans  laid 
further  to  the  southward;  and,  if  possible,  precede  information  that  w€ 
were  amongst  the  Islands*  The  kind  usage  to  the  prisoners  while  on 
board,  and  giving  them  the  guard-boat,  barge,  and  feluccas,  to  return 
on  shore  in,  without  even  obliging  their  Officers  to  give  thefr  paroles  { 
roust  afford  themt  and  the  natives  in  particular,  an  high  idea  of  British 
generosity,  and  at  the  same  time  positive  contradtftion  to  the  do^rinc 
of  their  Priests  and  Alcaldies,  who  have  taught  them  to  believe  the 
English  to  be  a  very  barbarous  enemy. 

At  this  season  of  the  year,  in  the  supposed  security  the-Spaniardt 
thought  themselves  from  the  monsoons,  a  very  few  more  such  Ships, 
and  oien,  would  have  taken  the  place  with  ease. 

On  the  15th  of  January  we  left  the  Bay,  in  company  with  the  three 
prize  gun-boatSy  one  of  which  was  unfortunately  lost  on  the  night  of 
the  nineteenth,  in  an  hard  squall ;  it  is  supposed  she  filled  and  foun- 
dered— ^there  were  in  her  Lieutenant  Rutherford  of  the  Fox,  and  Mr. 
Kicholson,  Midshipman,  from  the  same  Ship,  and  eleven  seamen* 
From  hence  we  coasted  Mindora,  Panay,  Negros,  and  Majindanas, 
without  meeting  any  thing  worthy  attention,  until  the  23d,  when  \vc 
arrived  ofif  Samboangan  j  when  we  were  dtrtermined  to  attack  the 
Spaniards  ;  and  anchored  accordingly  off  their  fort  at  a  quarter  past  one 
o'clock,  and  found  them  vigilantly  upon  their  guard,  ready  to  repel  all 
our  efforts  :  as  soon  as  the  ^hips  and  guq- boats  were  placed,  a  smart 
cannonading  was  kept  upon  them,  which  they  returned  in  a  well- 
dire^ed  fire  upon  09.  At  three  o'clock,  observing  our  shot  bad  done 
their  fortification  very  little  hurt,  tbelanding  party  was  ordered  into 
the  boats,  to  attempt  carrying  the  place  by  storm  and  escalade  :  on 
approacbing^  the  shore^  the  enemy  were  perceived  in  such  numbers,  and 
so  well  arn^ed  to  oontest  the  landing,  and  others  in  ambush  ready  to 
annoy  and  to  cut  ofiT  the  retreat,  that  it  was  judged  imprudent  to 
hazard  the  attempt ;  die  boats  were  therefore  recalled,  the  cablet  cut, 
and  the  enterprize  given  up  as  impradicable  with  our  little  force.  lu 
the  two  hours  we  engaged  the  fort,  Mr.  Standings,  Master  of  the 
Sybille  was  killed,  and  one  marine  ;  and  another  wounded :  on  board 
the  Fox  there  were  four  killed,  one  Midshipmau  wounded,  and  sixteen 


112  CAPTAIN  !•  COOKB't  BZPBDlTlOir* 

seamen  and  marines  ;  the  small  s{Mrs  and  rigging  of  both  Ships  were 
much  cuty  and  a  great  number  of  shot  in  each  Ship's  bulL    We 
anchored  about  three  miles  from  the  fort  to  repair  the  damages,  and 
break  up  the  gun-boat,  Sec,  until  the  26th«  when  it  seems  Captain 
Cooke's  attention  was  called  to  China  by  the  convoy  that  would  be 
ready  about  the  time  we  could  arrive.     This  not  admitting  further 
delay  in  the  Archipelago^  particubriy  as  there  seemed  little  to  be  done 
but  against  stone  waHs,  we  sailed  for  Pollock  Haibour  to  complete  our 
water,  in  performing  which  we  unfortunately  lost  twelve  seamen, 
wto  were  attacked  by  the  armed  Illanos  from  ambush  amongst  the 
Mangroves,  who  killed  two  on  the  spot,  and  took  tea  prisoners,  which 
they  carried  off  instantaneously.     £very  cfibit  was  made  to  recover 
them  without  success.    Their  dcKrted  village  was  therefore  burnt,  and 
every  injury  done  them  in  our  power  ;  we  only  caught  one  of  the 
lUanos,  who  was  mortally  wounded  in  being  taken*     From  hence  we 
went  to  Mindanas,  and  interested  the  Sultan  as  much  as  possible  to 
recover  the  unfortunate  prisoners,  and  restore  them  to  some  British 
Ship  or  British  Settlement.     This  he  has  promised  most  faithfully  to 
perform,  if  he  can  by  any  means  obtain  them.     From  thence  we  sailed 
on  the  9th  February,  and  arrived  in  port  «n  3d  of  March. 


THE  OCEAN. 
From  Dr.  GaicoaT's  **  Economy  of  Nature. 


f* 


Ju  Degrees  of  Sajtnets  ;  the  Cause  of  the  Sahness  5  Bishop  of  LemJaff*s 
easy  Mode  for  ascertaining  the  daftness  ;  Temperature  rf  the  Sea  mi 
different  Depths  ;  Mr,  WalesU  Mode  of  trying  the  Temperature^  l^c. 

npHE  Ocean  is  salt  in  all  parts  of  the  world  ;  but  the  degree  ofsak" 
-»-  ness  differs  much  in  different  climates  ;  and  is  almost  uniwenaDy 
found  to  be  ji^atcr,  in  proportton  &s  the  wattr  js  taken  up  nearer  the 
equator  ;  where  the  heat  of  the  sun  is  greatest,  and  the  evaporation  of 
the  watery  particles  consequently  more  considerable.  One  pound  of 
sea  water  in  the  Baltic  yields  about  a  quarter  of  an  ounce  of  salt ; 
near  Holland  half  an  ounce  ;  and  in  the  British  Seas  about  two  ounces. 
Boy  LB  has  also  observed,  that  in  pbces  of  great  depth,  the  water  ia 
saltcst  at  the  bottom. 

In  the  Voyage  made  towards  the  North  Pole  in  1773,  it  ws»  found, 
that  the  sea  water  at  the  Nore  contained  not  qoitc  one  thirty-sixth  of 
salt  ;  at  the  back  of  Yarmouth  Sands,  not  quite  one  thirty-second  ; 
off  Flamborough   Head,  rather  more '  than  one   twenty-ninth  ;  tiff 


THI    OCBAN.  123 

Scotlandy  rather  leas  than  one  twenty- ninth  ;  latitude  74^  at  sea,  one 
twenty- ninth  ;  latitude  78^9  rather  less  than  one  twenty. eighth  ; 
latitude  8o^»  near  the  ice^  not  quite  one-thirtieth  ;  latitude  80V4  under 
the  ice,  not  quite  one  twenty-eighth  ;  latitude  68^  46')  rather  more 
than  one  twenty-eighth  ;  latitude  65^)  at  sea,  rather  less  than  one 
twenty-eighth.  Da.  Hales  got  only  one  twenty- seventh  firom  water 
taken  up  in  the  Mediterranean,  and  one  twenty-ninth  from  water  taken 
up  at  the  Nore.  Dr.  Rutty  says,  he  procured  one  twenty-fifth, 
from  water  taken  up  in  latitude  6$^  ;  one  twenty-eighth,  from  water 
taken  up  near  Dublin }  and  one  thirtieth,  from  water  taken  up  at 
Dungarvan  ;  and  Da.  Lucas,  that  he  obtained  one  twenty-fifth, 
from  iwater  taken  up  near  Harwich.— From  other  circumstances  also 
it  has  appeared,  that  water,  firom  near  Teneriffe,  contained  about  one 
thirty-seoondof  salt ;  and  that  some  from  St.  Jago  contained  fully  one 
fonrtlu 

Tie  tame  rfthe  tahnes*  of  the  Oeeattf  has  been  a  tubje^  of  investiga- 
tion among  philosophers  in  almost  aQ  ages,  but  still  remains  in  great 
obscurity,  lliere  can  be  little  doubt,  that  a  large  quantity  of  saline 
matter  existed  in  this  globe  from  the  creation  ;  and  at  this  day,  we 
find  immense  beds  of  Sai  gem^  or  common  salt,  buried  iu  the  earth, 
particulaily  near  Cracow;  but  whether  these  collections  have  been 
derived  from  the  ocean,  and  deposited  in  consequence  of  the  cvapora« 
tion  of  its  waters,  in  certain  circumstances  ;  or  whether  the  ocean  was 
itself  originaDy  fresh,  and  received  its  salt  from  coUedions  of  saline 
matter  situated  at  its  bottom,  or  from  that  brought  by  the  influx  of 
rivers  ;  cannot  now  be  ascertained.  No  accurate  observations  on  the 
degree  of  saitness  of  the  ocean,  in  particular  latitudes,  were  made  until 
the  present  century ;  and  it  is  not  possible,  therefore,  to  ascertain, 
what  was  the  state  of  the  sea  at  any  considerable  distance  of  time,  nor 
consequently  whether  hs  degree  of  saltness  increases,  decreases,  or  is 
ftationary.  From  differences  among  aquatic  animab.  however,  some 
of  which  seem  adapted  to  salt  water,  and  some  to  iixsh,  it  is  probable, 
that  both  these  states  of  water  existed  from  the  creation  of  the  world. 
We  know,  it  is  true,  that  some  kinds  of  fisli,  as  salmon*  are  capable  of 
existing  both  in  fresh  and  in  salt  water,  and  that  habit  has  a  powerful 
influence  over  all  animals  ;  but  this  is  not  sufficient  to  refute  the  main 
66t,  that  some  kinds  of  fish  thrive  only  in  sale  water,  others  in  fresh  ; 
some  in  standing  poolsy  and  others  in  rapid  currents. 

As  it  is  not  every  person  who  can  make  himself  expert  in  the  use  of 
the  common  means  of  estimating  the  quantity  of  salt  contained  in  sea 
water;  the  Bishop  op  Lanoaff  has  recommended  a  most  jimj>U 
fijui  £My  m^de  for  aseertaimng  the  salinat  of  the  sea  in  any  LuituJe* 
Take  a  dean  towelj  or  any  pther  piece  of  cloth  $  dry  it  wcU  iu  the 


tun*  or  before  the  fire  ;  tliea  weigh  k  aocuntdy*  and  note  down  tti 
weight ;  dip  it  in  the  sei^wattry  and  when  taken  oat  wring  it  a  littk 
till  it  will  not  drip. when  hoag  up  to  dry  ;  weigh  it  in  thit  wet  atatc, 
then  drj  it  either  in  the  luut  or  at  the  firCf  and  when  it  is  perfe^jr  dry 
weigh  it  a^n*  The  esceti  of  the  weight  of  the  wetted  ck>th,  abofc 
its  original  weight » tithe  weight  of  the  sea  water  imbibed  bj  the  doth  ; 
and  the  excess  of  the  weight  of  the  oloth^  after  being  dried,  above  ita 
original  weight*  is  the  weight  of  tlie  sak  retained  by  that  doth  |  and 
by  cou^aring  this  weight  wkh  the  weight  of  the  aea  water  imbibed  by 
the  doMw  we  obtain  the  proportion  of  sak  contained  in  that  apedes  of 
aea-watcr. 

Whoever  nndertakcs  to  ascertain  the  quaatky  of  salt  contained  in 
sea  watCTv  either  by  this  or  any  other  niethod»  would  do  well  to  obaerTe 
the  state  of  the  weathcri  preceding  the  tiaM  what  the  sea  water  k 
taken  out  of  the  sea  ;  for  the  quantity  of  salt^  contained  in  the  water 
near  the  surface^  may  be  iiiflueoced  both  by  the  antecvdeBt  noisture^ 
and  the  antecedent  beat*  of  the  atmosphere. 

Whether  the  sea  is  saker  ornot  at  different  depths,  has  not  y<ct  bees 
ascertained ;  but  that  its  temperature  varks  consideraUy»  in  propoftioii 
to  the  depth,  we  have  decisive  prooL 

With  respecl  to  the  teH^aiure,  says  Bishop  WataoB»  ^  ihimai 
iifftrewi  depthi^  it  seems  reasonable  eaoogh  to  sapposej  that  la  anaMMr 
time  it  iviU  be  hotter  at  the  surface  than  at  any  oonsiderable  deptk 
below  k,  and  that  in  winter  it  will  be  colder.*— Sup|KMe  a  cuHeni, 
twelve  feet  in  depth,  to  be  fiHed  with  spring  water*  of  48'  warmdit  to 
the  heighth  of  devcn  feet  ;  then,  if  we  fiU  up  the  cistern  to  ita  top* 
by  gently  pouring  water  heated  to  100°  upon  the  surface  of  the 
spiing  water ;  it  may  readily  be  understood,  that  the  heat  of  thk  water 
will  aot  be  iatantaneously  communicated  through  the  whole  mass  of 
water  in  the  dstem,  but  that  the  water  wiU  dvcrrase  in  heat  from  tbc 
sur^e  to  the  bottom  of  the  cistern :  on  the  other  hand,  if  on  the 
eleven  feet  of  spring  water  heated  to  48^,  we  pour  a  foot  of  water 
heated  only  to  33*,  it  may  be  expeded^  that  the  spring  water  WElHch 
is  nearest  to  the  cold  water,  will  be  sooner  cookd  by  it  than  that 
which  is  at  a  greater  distance  $  and  on  this  accoont  the  water  at  the 
bottom  of  the  dstem  will  be  warmer  than  that  in  the  middle  or  nt  the 
top.  k  must  be  observed,  howeveri  that  coU  water  hoxk^^  bulk  Ibr 
bulky  heavier  than  hot  water«  the  water  wbidi  has  o«ly  33^  of  heat  will 
descend*  by  ks  superior  weight,  into  tbe  mass  of  water  contained  in 
the  cistern  ;  and  thus  the  water  in  the  cisttm  will  be  cooled,  not  onfy 
fay  the  base  cammiiaication  of  cold  from  the  upper  wotier,  but  by  the 
adual  mixture  «f  that  water  with  the  rtsst :  so  that  the  diierence 
between  the  h^  of  thewater,  ajt  the  bottom  and  t<^  will  net  be  ao 


THE  cc^AJr. 


"5 


great  as  it  would  lave  beea  if  tbe  cold  water  had  not  mixed  Itaelf  with 
the  rest*— -These  aappositioafl  of  hot  aod  cold  water«  incumbent  on  the 
ipring  water  in  the  cistern,  are  analogous  to  the  adion  of  the  summer 
aod  winter  atmospheres  incumbent  on  the  surface  of  the  sea.  No 
person  who  has  bathed  in  deep  standing  water  in  sununer  time«  can 
have  failed  to  ohservCf  that  the  water  grew  colder  and  colder^  according 
to  the  depth  to  which  he  descended.  I  have  frequently  observed,  that 
the  surface  of  a  pool  of  water,  of  two  feet  in  depth,  has  in  a  sunny  dny^ 
even  in  venter,  been  five  d^rees  hotter  than  the  water  at  its  bottom. 

Ma«  Wales  describes  the  iusirumeni  he  made  use  of  for  tryiag  the 
temftreture  of  the  scm  at  different  dcfthi^  in  the  following  terms: — '<  The 
apparatus  for  try mg.  the  heat  of  the  sea  water  at  difierent  depths,  con- 
sisted of  a  square  wooden  tube  of  about  e^hteen  inches  long,  and  three 
inches  square  externally.     It  was  fitted  with  a  valve  at  the  botton^ 
and  another  valve  at  the  top,  and  had  a  contrivance  for  suspending  the 
thermometer  exadly  in  the  middle  of  it*     When  it  was  used  it  was 
^slened  to  the  deep-sea-line,  just  above  the  lead  ;  so  that  all  the  wayj 
ai  it  dcacexided,  the  water  had  a  free  passage  through  it,  by  means  of  the 
valves,  which  were  then  both  open  ;  but  the  instant  it  began  to  be 
drawn  up,  both  the  valves  closed  by  the  pressure  of  the  water,  and  of 
course  the  thermometer  was  brought  up  in  a  body  of  water  of  the  same 
tea|>q;atiire  with  that  it  viraa  let  down  to.    With  this  instrument^ 
wfaicb  is  auich  the  saoM  wich  ooe  formerly  described  by'  Ma.  Boyls, 
in  his  observations  about  the  saltness  of  the  sea,  water  was  fetched  |ip 
from  different  depths,  and  its  temperature  accurately  noticed  in  different 
seasons  and  latitudes. 

''  August  27,  17P9  Mttth  latitade  14®  40',  the  heat  of  the  air  was 
7ai ;  of  the  water  at  the  surfecci  70 ;  of  water,  from  the  depth  of 
eighty  fathoms,  (A. 

^  Deccnber  27,  1771,  toath  latitnde  58^  21',  the  heat  of  the  air 

was  3 1  ;  of  the  water  at  the  surface,  32  ;  of  water,  from  the  depth  of 

one  hundred  and  sixty  fathoms,  33^. — In  the  voyage  to  the  high 

BortherB  latitudes  before  xaeationed,  they  made  use  of  a  bottle  to  bring 

up  water  from  the  bottom,  which  is  thus  described  :  •<  The  bottle  had 

a  coating  of  wool,  three  inches  thiclc,  which  was  wrapped  up  in  an  oiled 

akin,  and  let  into  a  leathern  purse  ;  and  the  whole  inclosed  in  a  well 

pitched  c<nva$  bag,  firmly  tied  to  the  mouth  of  the  bottle,  so  that  not 

a  drop  of  wa<er  could  penetrate  to  its  surface.     A  bit  of  lead  shaped 

like  a  cone,  with  its  base  downwards,  and  a  cord  fixed  to  its  smaflcnd, 

was  pnt  into  the  bottle,  and  a  piece  of  valve  leather,  with  half  a  dozen 

dips  of  thin  bladder,  were  strung  on  the  cord,  which,  when  pulled, 

effcduajly  corked  the  bottle  on  the  inside."—!  have  here  put  down 

two  of  the  experiments  which  were  made  during  tliat  voyage. 


ttS  THt  OCBAK* 

**  Aagwrt  4,  1 773,  north  latitude  80*  jo'f  the  heat  of  the  air  was 
32 ;  of  the  water  at  the  surfacti  36  ;  of  water  fetched  up  from  the 
depth  of  60  fathoms  under  the  tce«  39. 

«*  September  4,  i773»  north  ktitude  65®,  the  heat  of  the  air  was 
66| ;  of  the  water  at  the  surface  55  ;  of  water  from  the  depth  of  six 
hundred  and  eighty-three  fiithoms,  40. 

**  It  appears  from  all  these  experiments,  that  when  the  atmosphere 
was  hotter  than  the  surfiace  of  the  sea*  the  superficial  water  was  hotter 
than  that  at  a  great  depth  ;  and  when  the  atmosphere  was  colder  than 
the  surface  of  the  sea»  it  is  evident  that  the  superficial  water  was  some- 
what colder  than  that  at  a  considerable  distance  below  it  :  and  I  doubt 
not  that  this  will  generally  be  the  case ;  though  sudden  changes  in  the 
temperature  of  the  atmosphere,  which  cannot  be  instantly  communi- 
cated to  the  sea,  may  occasion  particular  exceptions." 

Sea  water  may  be  rendered  fresh  by  freevin^^  which  excludes  cw  pre- 
cipitates the  saline  particles  ;  or  by  distillation,  which  leares  the  salt 
in  a  mass  at  the  bottom  of  the  vessel.  Upon  these  princtp]es»  a  mode 
of  obtaining  a  supply  of  fresh  water  at  sea  ^vas  recommended  some 
yeartago  to  the  Admiralty,  by  Da.  Irving.  It  consisted  in  only 
adapting  a  tin  tube,  of  suitable  dimensions,  to  the  lid  of  the  common 
Ship's  kettle,  and  condensing  the  stream  in  a  hogshead  which  served  as 
a  reeeivcr.  By  this  mode  a  supply  of  twenty-five  gallons  of  firrsh 
trater  per  hour  might  be  obtained  firom  the  kettle  of  one  <^  our  Ships 

of  war. 

A.C. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 


MR.    EDITOR, 

Permit  me  to  request  that  you  will  insert  the  following  in  yoor 
interesting  work. 

Extrad  of  a  Letter  from  a  Passenger  on  hoard  the  Princess  Royal  Packet^ 
Captain  John  Skiitner,  during  her  Voyage  wkh  the  June  Mml 
from  Falmouth  to  America. 

New  York,  August  25,  1798- 

I  HAVE  at  last  the  pleasure  to  inform  you  of  my  arrival  here,  the 
1 4th  instant,  after  a  very  tedious  passage :  we  left  Falmouth 
on  the  1 2th  of  June,  in  company  with  the  Grantham  packet,  bound  to 
Jamaica,  whicli  kept  with  us  five  days.  Four  days  after,  on  the 
morning  of  the  21st  of  June,  we  fell  in  with  a  French  privateer  ;  at 
five  o'clock,  she  made  sail  after  us ;  we  had  light  airs  and  a  smooth 
sea— all  sails  set.     At  mid  day,  we  triced  up  our  boarding  nettings 


CORaBSVONOBKCE*  ll7 

and  made  clear  for  a^iouy  with  our  courses  up.    The  Privateer, 
towards  the  aftcmooQ,  came  up  with  m  fast,  by  the  assistance  of  her 
sweeps.    At  seven  P.  M.  our  men  were  all  at  quarters  ;  she  hoisted 
English  coloursf  firing  a  shot,  which  we  returned,  and  she  answered  by 
Bgun  to  leeward.     At  this  time,  she  was  within  cannon  shot,  but  it 
growing  dark,  kept  in  our  wake  ;  and  we  turned  in,  not  expe^ng  an 
attack  till  next  morning.     However,  before  day>light,  at  half  past 
three  in  the  momingi  she  came  within  pistol-shot,  and  fired  a  broad- 
side  of  great  guns,  swivels,  &c.  which  we  immediately  returned,  and 
kept  up  a  general  fire  with  our  cannon  and  small  arms.     Our  force  was 
only  two  six-pounders,  and  four  four-ponnders ;  of  which  six  g^ns  we 
got  five  on  one  side  to  bear  on  them  ;  we  mustered  thirty  men  and 
boys,  exclusive  of  Captain  Skinner  and  his  Master,  besides  thirteen 
passengers  and  four  servants,  in  all  forty- nine.  The  privateer  was  a  low 
brig,  apparently  mounting  twelve  or  fourteen  guns,  and  full  of  men. 
Onr  guns  were  extremely  well  plied ;  a  Lieutenant  going  to  join  the 
Si*  Alban's  man  of  war  was  Captain  of  one  of  our  six  pounders,  and 
the  rest  of  us  passengers  plied  the  small  arms  with  much  efFe^    The 
engagement  continued,  without  intermission,  for  two  hours,  when  she 
out  with  her  sweeps,  left  off  firing,  and  rowed  off,  for  it  was  near  cahn« 
there  not  bebg  wind  enough  to  carry  us  a  knot  through  the  water. 
As  she  was  rowing  off,  wt  got  our  two  stern  chasers,  the  six-pounders^ 
to  bear  upon  her,  and  bit  her  twice  in  her  counter,  which  roust  have 
gone  through  and  through,  for  it  caused  great  noise  and  confusion  q^ 
board,  (and  soon  after  we  saw  two  men  at  work  over  her  stem.)     At 
six  o'clock,  being  out  of  cannon-shot,  we  ceased  firing,  and  set  about 
repairing  our  damage*    She  had  some  swivels  fixed  on  lier  tops,  which 
would  have  done  us  considerable  mischief,  had  they  not  been  drove 
from  them  eaiiy  in  the  a^on,  which  viraa  Captain  Skinner's  first  ohjcSt 
at  the  beginning  of  the  engagement.— -Thank  God  I  we  had  no  one 
killed,  most   of  their  shot  went  above  us  ;  the  boarding  nettings, 
diredly  over  our  quarter-deck,  were  shot  away,  as  their  principal  force 
seemed  to  aim  at  the  passengers,  who  plied  fourteen  muskets  to  some 
adifanti^e,  and  annoyed  the  privateer  much. 

"  Captain  Skinner  conduced  himself  well :  it  was  no  new  biisiness 
to  him  )  bis  orders  were  given  coolly,  and  every  thing  done  with  great 
precision  and  regularity.  I  believe  you  know  that  he  lost  his  right 
arm  in  an  engagement  on  board  of  a  frigate  last  virar. 

*'  I  cannot  omit  mentioning,  that  a  Lady  (a  sister  of  Captain 
Skinner)  who  with  her  maid  were  the  only  female  passengers  were 
both  employed  in  the  bread- room  during  the  adion  making  up  papers 
for  cartridges ;  for  we  had  not  a  single  four  pound  cartridge  remaiuing 

ben  the  adion  ceased. 


iti  eORHEIPOHDeiVCB. 

**  Our  satis  were  shot  througli,  tiggiafr  very  much  cut,  our  spars 
and  boat  upon  deck  shot  through,  several  grape  and  round  shot  in  our 
bows  and  side,  and  a  very  large  shot  (which  must  have  been  a  nine  or 
twdvc  pounder)  m  our  counter.  The  Ship  proved  a  little  kaky  afle^ 
the  a^iDn,but  she  got  pretty  tight  again  before  our  arrivaL  Captain 
Skinner  was  slightly  wounded,  but  it  now  wclL" 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  extradt.  we  have  the  foUowiog  iafonaa- 
tioa  from  arespeflable  American  gentleman  (lately  arrived  from  Bour* 
deaux.)  who  was  a  prisoner  on  board  this  privateer  when  she  engaged 
the  Princess  Royal  packet  :-— 

He  slates  her  force* to  have  been  fourteen  long  French  fouF*pottBder8» 
and  two  twelve- pounders  ;  thai  she  had  eighty-five  men  on  hoard  at 
t\\c  lime,  of  whom  two  were  killed  and  four  wounded  in  the  a&ioii. 
That  ^1  her  masts  were  shot  through,  her  stays  and  rigging  very 
much  cut ;  that  when  she  got  to  Bourdeaux  she  was  obliged  to  have 
new  masts,  and  a  complete  set  of  new  rigging.  Tliey  supposed  on 
board  the  privateer  that  there  was  not  a  single  shot  fired  from  the 
packet  that  did  not  take  efTed ;  which  seems  probable  ;  for  though  aa 
low  in  the  vi'ater,  she  had  nineteen  shot  in  her  bottom  under  her  wale. 
At  the  time,  there  were  on  board  thirty  English  and  Americas  pri- 
aoners.'  She  was  so  peppered  that  she  certmly  would  lunre  been  made 
a  prize  of,  could  the  packet  have  pursued  her  ;  and  was  so  cut  to 
pieces  by  the  adion  that  she  afterwards  ran  from  every  thing,  until  she 
got  into  Bourdeaux  to  refit :  the  shots  that  raked  her  as  ^e  rowed 
ofiP  went  quite  through,  and  caused  much  confusion* 

She  is  called  L'Aventwe  privateer  of  Bourdeaux,  has  been  run* 
ning  all  the  war,  and  done  much  mischief ;  so  that  her  not  being  cap- 
tured is  the  more  to  be  regretted  :  was  formerly  the  American  brig 
Adventfare,  of  Baltimore* 


Ma.  iDiToa, 
The  following  is  an  account  of  the  large  Ship,'  built  by  Janet  the 
Fourth  of  Scotbnd>   and  described  by  his  historian  with  the 
greatest  exa6^ness* 

AN  HIGHLAND  DAME. 

THE  King  of  Scotland  rigged  a  great  Ship,  called  The  Great 
Michael,  which  was  the  largest,  and  of  superior  strength  to  any  that 
had  sailed  from  England  or  France ;  for  this  Ship  was  of  so  great 
stature,  and  took  so  much  timber,  that  except  Falkland,  she  wasted 
all  the  woods  in  Fife,  which  were  oak  wood,  with  all  timber  that  was 
gotten  out  of  Norroway  ;  for  she  was  so  strong,  and  of  so  great  length 
and  breadth,  all  the  wrights  of  Scotland,  yea  and  many  other  strangers. 


CORRESFOVDIKCI.  |^^ 

were  at  her  device,  by  the  King's  commandment,  who  wrought  very 
basil;  in  her,  but  it  was  a  year  and  a  day  ere  she  was  compleatc,)  to 
wit--.8hc  was  twelve  score  foot  of  length,  and  thirty-six  foot  within 
the  sides  ;  she  was  ten  foot  thick  in  the  waU,  and  boards  on  erery  side^ 
to  flhck  and  so  thick  that  no  cannon  could  go'through  her.     This 
great  Ship  cumbred  Scodand  to  get  her  to  sea.     From  that  time  that 
she  was  afloat,  and  her  masts  and  sails  complete,  with  tows  anchors 
offering  thereto,  she  was  counted  to  the  King  to  be  thirty  thousand 
pounds  of  eapences  :  by  her  artillery  which  was  very  great  and  costly 
to  the  King,  by  all  the  rest  of  her  orders,— to  wit,  she  bare  many- 
cannons,  six  on  every  side,  with  three  great  bassils,  two  behind  in  her 
dock,  and  one  before ;  with  three  hundred  shot  of  small  artillery,  that 
IS  to  say,  myand  and  batterd  falcon,  and  quarter  falcon,  flings,  pestilent 
serpetens,  and  double  dogs,  with  hagrtor  and  culvering,  corshows  and 
handbows.    She  had  three  hundred  mariners  to  sail  her  ;  she  had  six 
score  of  gunners  to  use  her  artillery  ;  and  had  a  thousand  men  of  war 
by  her.  Captains,  Shippers,  and  Quarter-Masters. 


NAVAL  LITERATURE. 


Plem  of  the  Rmslan  Empire^  during  the  Rfign  of  Cathtnue  the  Second^ 
amdio  the  Close  of  the  present  Century.  By  William  Tooke,  F.  R.  S, 
Ifc.  3  Fols.  81/0.  i/.  'js.  hoards.  {Vol.  IL  Pages  612.  VoL  III. 
Pages  694,  considered,)  •   , 

(Continued from  VoL  IL  K.  C,  page  S3^J 

npHIS  valuable  and  comprehensive  Work  would  certainly  have 

-*     been  rendered  more  popular,  and  interesting,  if  Mr.  Tooke  had 

made  one  volume  of  appendix  ;   and  arranged  such  papers  by  them« 

selves,  as  arc  only  tedious  and  uninteresting  'to  general  readers  :  viz^ 

abstrad  dedudions  respeding  the  population  ;  the  revenues  ;  minute 

particulars  of  the  trade  ;  imports,  and  exports ;  coins,  measures,  and 

weights;  Russbnguape,  alphabet,  &c.  :  his  labours  would  thus  have 

appeared  less  prolix.     Yet  as  the  same  time  that  we  make  this  cbser- 

▼ation,  we  by  bo  means  wish  to  say  any  thing  that  should  derogate 

horn  his  great  merit ;  which  ceitainly  desei  vcs  tlie.  high  commendation 

it  has  received  from  a  great  literary  Censor  :— **  The  importance  of 

thesubjed  of  this  work,  the  authenticity  of  the  sources  from  which  it 

appears  to  be  drawn,  the  ability  which  it  displays  in  arranging  a  vast 

Tanety  of  matter,  and  the  circumstances  which  united  to  particularly 

qualify  the  author  for  undeitaking  and  executing  such  a  performance, 

voti  ill.  s 


!)•  MArAL   LtTfKATVRI* 

•Dlitle  tt  ta  more  tkaa  emnaou  noticep  and  w31  probdHy  obtain  for  it 
flK>iv  than  cominoa  approbation  *. " 

Mr.  Tookc  infonm  os  that  the  art  of  catting  cannon  hat  been 
known  in  Ruttia  upwardt  of  300  yean  :  for  **  tsar  Ivan  Vatnllie- 
vitchi"  says  Lcrctque,  *<  attira  k  Moacou  det  artitant  et  deaouvricri 
italient ;  entre  autret  Arittote  de  Boulogne,  qui  fondoit  det  oanoot,  et 
Ton  en  (it  usage  poar  la  premiere  fois  en  148a  contce  k  viUe  de 
felling  en  Livoiiiey  let  Suedoit  n'en  employoient  qnc  tKize  ant 
apret  *•"  There  it  a  very  large  cannon  fbundery  at  Petenburg  under 
the  direfiion  of  the  artillery  corps. 

The  twelfth  book  treats  at  large  of  the  eommeroe  of  Rustta  ;  di* 
tided  into  the  naaritivc  commerce  on  the  Biltici  and  the  White  Sea, 
on  the  Euxine  and  the  Caspian  ;  and  into  the  commerce  by  land  with 
Poland)  &.C* — with  Pcnia  ;  with  the  Kirghtsesy  and  with  China* 
Navigation}  and  commerce,  were  pursued  00  the  Baltk  in  the  middle 
of  the  livteenth  century,  only  firom  the  (now  Russian)  ports  of  Finlaod 
and  Livonia.  As  early  as  the  fourteenth  ceniury,  the  Venetians  and 
the  Genoese,  by  the  way  of  the  Caipian»  brought  the  Indian,  Persian, 
and  Arabian  commodities,  with  which  they  supplied  the  southern  parts 
of  Europe,  over  Astrakan,  to  their  nugazincs  at  Aiof,  and  Kaffii. 
Mr.  Soimonof,  according  to  Mr.  Tookc,  thinks  it  would  be  of  great 
advantage,  *'  to  form  an  harbuur,  and  establish  a  place  of  trade  at  one 
of  the  mouths  of  the  river  Kur,  as  it  was  the  intention  of  Peter  the 
Great  to  do  :  thither  all  the  commerce  of  Georgia,  and  Skirvan»  might 
be  drawn  ;  and  this  place,  in  time,  would  become  a  eootiderable  Mart 
for  the  whole  western  coast  of  the  Caspian. 

We  shall  conclude  our  notice  of  this  valuable  work,  with  Mr*  Tookc't 
circumstantial  account  of  the  Russian  Navy  : 

**  Russia  is  possessed  of  several  fleets,  entirely  dtstinft  firom  each 
other.  She  has  one  in  the  Baltic,  and  another  in  the  Euxioc  ;  the 
former  under  the  Admiraky  of  St.  Petersburgh  ;  but  not  the  kcbcr  ; 
which,  therefore,  cannot  in  any  point  of  view  be  considered  as  only  a 
division  of  the  other  ;  and  by  an  especial  ukase,  on  account  of  km 
distance,  has  its  own  High-Admical,  who  was  Prince  P^tcmkio^ 
To  these  must  be  added  a  third,  the  galley  fl/ect*  whose  chief  wnt  tke 
Prince  of  Nassau- Siegen,  but  immediately  under  the  £niprets»  AH 
the  three  fleets  were  in  a£^ual  service  dtu'ine  the  last  war. 

*<  The  Emperor  Peter  I.  was  creator  of  tLe  Russian  fleet.  B«fbi« 
his  reign  the  Russians  had,  indeed,  smali  veasela  for  nefcaatife  or 
transport  service,  which  they  navigated  along  the  coasts  and  oa  thia 
rivers  ;  but  they  were  such  wrrtciicd  things  as  we  stiU  see  in  som^ 
places  on  the  rivers  between  Kola  and  Ai'<:hangel,  &c«  no  iron  i» 

•  MtntUy  Review,  December.  f  Histoirc  de  Russte,  p.  338. 


VAVAL   lITEftATVBB,  Ijl 

med  la  their  constni6Hoiif  not  even  a  single  nail.  Armed  Tesads, 
mnck  leas  Ships  of  war^  were  at  that  time  not  known  in  Russia. 
But  that  great  Monarch  travelled  into  foreign  countries  for  the  sake 
•f  leamiBg  a  better  method  of  building  Ships,  and  of  introducing  it 
into  his  empire.  He  raised  a  maritime  force  *y  and  caused  a  set  of 
regulations  to  be  printed  for  the  establishment  of  a  Navy.  Since  his 
decease  the  Government  has  not  always  bestowed  the  same  degree  of 
attention  on  the  fleet* 

"  In  the  year  1 741  it  consisted  of  twenty- three  Ships  of  the  linot 
siflc  firigatesi  three  bomb  ketches,  seven  prames,  and  eighty  new-bailt 
gaDici, 

'( In  1 7^7  they  could  only  count  twenty-one  line  of  battle  Ships» 
(some  of  which  were  in  very  bad  condition^)  six  frigates,  two  bomb" 
ketchesytwo  prames,  two  fire  ships,  and  ninety  gallies.  The  crews  for 
the  whole  fleet,  including  the  gaUies,  were  computed  at  20,239  men, 
which,  however,  (as  usual,)  were  not  complete. 

**  In  the  year  1781  they  had  thirty-four  Ships  of  war,  but  their 
Aumbef  was  to  be  increased  to  fifty-four  f  •  Whether  so  many  first- 
rates,  without  the  frigates,  were  sdways  kept  up  in  time  of  peace  ; 
alio  whether  at  the  commencement  of  the  kst  war  (as  some  were  fre* 
<|QeBtly  kid  by  as  old  and  unfit  for  service)  so  many  were  a^ually  in 
being  for  the  Baltic,  I  cannot  determine.  That  Russia  had  consider- 
able  fleets,  fermiDg  together  a  very  respe^bblc  Naval  force,  every  one 
knows  ftvnn  the  several  a6lions  that  have  taken  place  in  the  Baltic  and 
in  the Bkck  Sea,or  may  be  seen  from  the  following  cursory  view  %. 

^  The  Baltic  Flbet,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  in  1788, 
was  of  str^gth  suftcient  to  defeat  the  aims  of  the  Swedish  Navy,  by 
eonnog  off  vi6boricus  in  an  engagement.  The  force  off  Hochland 
oonsiflted  of  thirty  sail,  whereof  seventeen  were  of  the  line,  (one  of 
108  guns^  the  rest  of  74  and  649)  together  carrying  laiS  cannons,  and 
seven  huge  frigates.  But  at  that  time  some  men  of  war  had  sailed  to 
Copenhagen,  and  six  lay  at  Archangel  nearly  ready  for  sea.  Accord- 
^^^Jf  we  must  not  lifnit  the  whole  fleet  to  that  number  J  ;  besides, 
aO  the  Ships  were  not  sent  out. 

*  Mr.  Coxe  it  of  opinion,  that  the  Mas  belon^ne  to  the  empire  prodacedtht 
flset,tho^||h  not  tuffiCMOt  esereiae  for  th«  wiftora ;  Sut  e zpcrienM  hsa  ahtwn  Chii 
to  bs  a  oustafcs. 


t  The  aatte  sMbormeotioDa  them  to  have  had  in  the  year  ijyt  thirty-ei^ht 
Shipa  of  the  line,  £lteen  frigatea,  four  pramea^  aod  one  hundred  and  nine  galhes. 

t  It  wiU  not  be  deemed  auperflooui,  at  no  book  that  I  know  of  delivers  a 
utithAorj  account  of  the  Russian  Nayy. 

J  I  Gattcter,  in  hit  Abriat  derOeiigMphie,  p.  31^,  wh^re  he  probably  meant 
7th<rBakicfleSt,asuikdairn  at  thirty  tf  fiwty  Ships  of  thskne^  andiaall: 
>oat  xfj  asiL 


*'  On  their  appearing  at  sea  a^ain  in  the  fuAjwingyear^  1789/  they 
were  stated  by  some  to  consist  of  thirty- three  line  of  battle  Ships,  with* 
out  reckoning  those  which  went  to  the  galley  fleet  under  Y^ce- Admind 
Kruse  :  for,  at  the  sea  fight  [if  the  mere  cannonading  of  some  Ships 
may  be  so  cL*Ilcd)  the  Russian  fleet,  according  to  their  own  account, 
consisted  of  twenty  Ships  of  the  line,  with  some  frigates  and  soialler 
v.csscls  ;  others  spoke  of  twenty- two  first- rates  and  six  frigates.  Pre- 
sently afterwards  they  y^  ere  considerably  reinforced  by  the  coming  up 
of  the  afore- mentioned  Ships  from  Kioeger  Bay* 

**  But  they  were  all  this  while  at  woik  in  the  yards  of  Cronstadty 
Pctersburgh,  and  Archangel,  in  making  a  considerable  addition  to  the 
Qeet.  For  it  is  well  known,  that  from  autumn  1 788  to  the  summer  of 
1 789,  at  Pctersburgh  and  Cronstadt,  the  foUowing  men  of  war  were 
built  :  three  of  ico  guns,  four  other  Ships  of  the  line,  (all  of  oak  and 
sheathed  with  copper,}  three  chcbecks  of  36  guns,  six  schooners  of 
28  guns,  with  several  gallies  *  and  gun-boats.  But  at  the  conclusion 
of  the  year  1789  twenty  Ships  of  war  quite  new  lay  ready  at  Arch- 
angel +.  Without  these  the  fleet  at  aca  en  the  26th  of  May  1790 
consisted  of  thirty  Ships  of  the  line  and  eighteen  £rigate$. 
.  *«  The  Fleet  in  the  Black  Sea  was  already  very  considerable 
when  th^  late  Empress  was  at  Taurida,  so  as  to  excite  in  her  a  vtrjp 
agreeable  surprise. — In  the  year  1787  it  cpnsisted  of  about  eightefeiT 
Ships  of  the  line,  tliat  is,  twelve  at  Sevastopol  and  six  at  Kherson  ^,  of 
twenty- fonr  frigates,  six  gnn  boats,  and  a  great  number  of  transports* 
In  1789  the  fleet  in  a^ual  service  was  eleven  line  of  battle  Ships  and. 
several  large  frigates.  In  1 790  it  is  mentioned  in  the  Hamburgh 
Gazette  as  composed  of  twelve  men  of  war  of  the  line,  a  great  number, 
of  frigates,  gallics,  chebecks,  and  gun-boats,  with  two  hundred  fiaU 
bottomed  vessels.— The  fleet  in  the  Liman  was  composed  ofthirty-fif^  * 
ami  in  the  year  i  ;88,  but  on  account  of  the  shallows  there Jbad  no  large 
Ships. 

"  In  the  Archipelagp  there  were  only  three  Ships  in  the  year  1^9^ 
namely,  one  ftigatcof  36  guns,  another  of  20,  and  one  chebeck  of  16.  . 

**  But  Russia  has  also  raised  a  flotilla  on  the  Bogue  and  on  the 
Bniepr,  nw  far  from  Bender.    At  the  end  of  the  year  1789  it 

•   •  Rome  of  the  journals  affirmed,  that  almost  all  the  gallics  were  new-built ; 
but  they  were  wiongly  infurmcd,  a*  several  of  the  old  were  retained  for  service. 

f  ']  hit  is  stated  on  the  authority  ^a  «ca  officer  of  great  credibility,  who  was 
at  Archangel  in  the  year  1789,  and  frequtntly  kept  watch  on  board  thoae  new 
Ships.-— Perhaps  is  aight  be  for  watiM)f  tailors  that  they  were  aot  already  in 
the  Baltic. 

^  It  i«  well  known  thdt  «uch  large^hipt  of  war  can  neither  be  built  nor  em- 
ployed there  as  io  the  Baltic,  from  thje  wam  of  wfficieot  dep,th  of  water  to  nwy 
places. 


HATAL   LITlKATVItt.  I}! 

consisted  already  of.  Arty  schooners,  of  6  to  12  ^ns  ;  b«t  in  the 
spring  of  I  )90»  they  were  one  hundred  complete* 

**  The  Gallbt  Flist  came  into  notice  agrain  by  the  sea-fight  id 
the  year  1789.— Pettr  I.  had  made  use  of  this  fleet  in  his  war  against 
Sweden,  as  did  afterwards  the  Empress  Elizabeth  on  alike  occasion,— 
That  in  the  summer  of  17S9  it  did  not  consist  entirely  of  new  galliet. 
bat  that  several  of  the  old  were  retained  for  service  *  has  been  already 
mentioned*  In  the  engagement  of  the  ||th  0/  August,  the  number 
of  all  the  vessels  belonging  to  this  fleet,  great  and  small,  was  reported 
at  one  hundred  and  ten,  which  was  pretty  near  the  truth  ;  for,  by  the 
account  of  an  officer,  who  was  then  on  board  the  fleet,  the  frigates, 
galiies,  gun-boats.  Sec*  all  together  were  one  hundred  and  four  ; 
though,  for  various'  reasons,  all  were  net  in  the  engagement,  and 
therefore  the  vid^ry  ought  not  to  be  ascribed  to  the  superiority  of  num- 
bers. Besides,  the  Swedish  fleet  had  taken  a  very  advantageous  posi* 
tion  among  the  islands,  and  blocked  up  the  passage  where  they  apple* 
bended  an  attack*  On  which  account  it  caused  the  Russian  fleet  so 
much  trouble  to  come  at  them :  however,  they  surmounted  all  diffi- 
cokies,  and  gained  the  well-known  decisive  vidiory  f  •  In  the  year 
&>Iiowing,  1790,  they  appeared  in  much  greater  force  at  sea* 

[To  be  concluded  in  our  aextm 


mm 


MR.  BPITOR, 

In  retiira  for  the  flMmre  which  I  received  from  the  account  of  Sir  Richastl 
Granvill'j  Moa  (Vol.  11.  p.  474J,  1  beg  leave  to  infonn  you,  that  the  foUowing 
verses,  relativeto  that  glorious  engagement,  cAtitlei  the  Fatal  CojK^KiTt 
were  published  in  1744. 

THE  FATAL  CONQUEST. 

A    POEM 
Occasioned  by  the'  Death  of  the  brave  Sir  Rx  c  h  a  a  d  G 11  aV  v  1 1  l  ,  In  Ae  Year  x^gi, 
after  susuining,  in  the  Revenge  an  English  Man  of  War,  a  Fight  of  fifteen  H«ur> 
against  a  Spanish  Armada  of  Fifty- three  Sail.  ^ 

HISTORIC  Muse,  awake  !— and  from  the  shade. 
Where,  long- forgotten,  sleep  the  nohle  dead, 
Some  worthy  Chief  seled  !  whose  martial  flame. 
May' rouse  Britannia's  sona  to  love  of  fame  ! 

*  Some  were  foondto  he  utterly  unserTiceahle,and  sent  back  to  St.  Pctersbnrgh. 

f  Had  the  plan  succeeded  to  it>i  full  extent,  scarcely  one  Ship  belonging  to  the 
Swedes  would  hare  escaped.  The  attack  was  begun  with  impetuosity  from 
behind,  in  order  to  force  the  passage  that  had  been  blockad  up,  which  was 
likewise  successfully  accomplished.  A  slighter  attack  wm  to  have  been  made  ia 
Tront,  where,  as  the  Swedes  had  left  there  an  open  passage,  they  would  have 
been  cut  off  from  all  means  of  aavoig  themselves  by  flight.  I'he  latter  met  witk 
Mme  impediments  that  have  never  j-et  been  specified  or  czplained* 


1J4  MAYAi    UTIftATVKI#' 

If  Rald^h'fl  VirtQCy  or  tbe  taOs  of  Drake, 
Nor  can  excite  their  zeal*  nor  counige  wake  ; 
Let  Gfanvill  riws !  (yet  ttraogcr  to  the  Muae) 
New  vigour  lend,  and  doable  warmth  infme  i 
And  while  her  numbers  make  the  Hero  known^ 
Ok  t  may  they»  happy»  ahare  hit  &ir  renown  I 
'Twts  in  £liza's  memorable  reign» 
When  Britain'^  fleet,  acknowiedg^'di  nil'd  the  maiDy 
Whea  Heav'n  repelled  from  Albion's  aea-girt  shore 
Spain's  proud  invasion  !*— dreaded  now  no  more  1 
Di^rs'd  the  trophies^  of  her  giant  pride. 
Lost  on  the  rocks,  or  whelm'd  beneath  the  tide. 
The  fruitless  menace,  and  vain-glorioaa  boast* 
Retum'd  in  thunders  that  destroyed  her  coast  ; 
While  India's  treasures,  intercepted,  paid 
A  rich  atonement  for  the  wild  bravade  ! 

In  those  blest  days—where  to  the  distant  eyea 
From  Ocean's  lap  *  the  green  Azores  riae> 
,A  duster'd  heap  amid  the  ^imbient  seas 
(Iberia's  thei^  now  held  by  Portuguese) 
It  clianced  tp  intercept  their  treasur'd  one 
Howard's  +  nimble  squadron  ply'd  the  western  diorc^ 
But.  wavering  fortune  his  design  survcy'd, 
Flatter'd  his  wishes  first,  and  then  betray'd ; 
The  swift  approaching  pinnace  bids  him  fly  ! 
And  speaks  a  vast  Iberian  Mavy  nigh  ; 
Sadden  the  news !  yet  sight  confinns  it  trne. 
From  Corvo's  '^  cape  th'  Annada  rose  to  view 
In  swelling  pomp,  sail  followibg  dose  oa  sail. 
And  the  proud  war  advances  on  the  gale. 

The  British  Chief  behokls  th'  extended  fleets 
donsahs  hi»iMifetyi  and  commaxuk  retreat  | 
Obedient  to  his  flag,  his  Ships  unbind 
The  yieUing  laO,  and  gain  upon  the  wind ! 
GranviU  alone,  while  others  Bpeedy  weighM, 
With  stubborn  soul  rdu&miy  obey'd ; 


*  The  Western  Isles,  or  Azores,  lie  slmoct  in  the  mid  channel, 
tSNT  gf  c«t  cdnoneatt  of  the  world. 

f  JLord  Thomas  Howard,  brother  to  the  Earl  of  Kbtthif ham ;  hb  9<mdratt 
MBslsted  of  she  of  her  Majesty  V  Ships. — TBe  Beftame^  commanded  by  hlmaelf^ 
^  Ikt^tenxtf  Sit  Richard  Gran^iH  ;  tht  Bmuntutmre^  Cross  ;  the  Lien,  Fcnner  • 
me  Pf4ii^,  Vatasor  |  At  CtMe,  Duffield ;  with  ihg  Jia/ei^b  tender,  lliyimc  ; 
•id  six  vi^allevs. 

t  Corvo,  tbe  westernmost  of  the  Azores*. 


irATAt   l.lTlltATtr»«»  135 

Rgoic'dto  meet  ttc  foe,  alUwagb  bea<V 
And  aconuBg  ev'ry  thought  of  neao  retreat* 
In  van  the  Master  counsels  •  time  to  tei2e»  ■ 
To  set  the  sai]^  and  snatch  the  iav^ring  breeze* 
The  Chief  reje^  the  motion  with  disdain. 
Nor  fears  his  English  heart  the  force  of  Spain. 
Fly  from  such  slaves ! — ^that  thought  he  soon  controuIM^ 
'     Rotts'd,  but  not  aw'dy  their  numbers  to  beholdf 
Warm  glows  his  cheek,  he  knits  his  steady  -braw» 
And  keeps  his  course,  regardless  of  the  foe. 

As  when  a  lion  cub  in  quest  of  food. 
Traces  his  sire,  the  monarch  of  the  wood* 
But  by  a  crew  of  rustic  cloves  beseti 
Is  barred  all  prosper  of  a  safe  retreat  3 
Stem  he  looks  round,  ere£ks  his  brindled  mane« 
His  roar  with  terror  strikes  the  distant  plain. 
While  timid  swains,  who  dread  his  kindling  ragCt 
Shrink  ^  he  moves,  nor  Tentare  to  engage. 
So  Gimnvill  his  astonish'd  foes  survey. 
And  one  by  one  decfine  to  meet  his  way. 
Observe  his  menace  with  coniiu'd  affright, 
And  while  they  watch  their  friends^-decfine  the  fight. 
TiD  pitmdiy  floating  on  the  axure  tide, 
Advanc'd  an  huge  Gailcon  in  naval  pride  : 
The  Great  St*  Philip  -f"  vnth  her  cwnb'roos  sail 
Hides  the  Revenge,  and  intercepts  the  gale  : 
The  proud  Biscayner^  next  her  sails  let  fly« 
And  each  on  either  side  their  grapplings  ply  ; 
Four  others  ne»t, — (for  cowards  something  leara)-«> 
Fix  near  the  poop,  or  fasten  at  the  stern  I 
On  every  side  the  rushing  foes  advance. 
Roar  cannons  I  glitter  spear9>  and  falchions  glance : 
The  mingled  war  augmented  strikes  the  eyes. 
And  with  its  wild  uproar  assails  the  skies  I 

'  £To  6e  conchidrdin  ear  nextm 

*  Sir  Rjcliard  was  advis'd  bf  the  matter  to  bear  away,  and  tnist  to  hit  Ship^ 
which  was  a  prime  sailer,  but  he  refused  to  hear  him. 

-f  This  Ship  was  of  1500  tons,  and  by  her  bulk  becalm'd  Sir  Richard*i  sails,  to 
that  he  could  not  ttoer  the  Ship. 

I  Tliit9hipwM<«nuttandtdby  Brittando&a. 

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'3^  XATAl.   LlTStATUKg. 


The  Karal  (Mm of  Dttssw  bsfc  never  b«en  curpiisel  cither  ia  Ukda/t,  m 
modern  litenture  i  they  tt  «ace  speak  tod^  heart  in  ■  manner  the  meet  ttmplr» 
aadpermanve.  UkctbeSonfiof  the  Bards  they  sboiUd  be  dtt^fim|rc»ed  on 
the  memory  of  the  rising  feneration ;  as  haTing  a  powerfiilaendency  to  awakes 
a  |enaioui»  asd  hemic  >pint»  in  the  mind  of  the  youQf  Manner. 


THB 

MARINER'S  ADDRESS  TO  HIS  COUNTRYMEN. 

TIGHT  lads  have  I  saiTd  wftfa,  but  none  e're  to  tightlj 
At  honest  B31  Bobstay,  so  kind  and  so  true  f      '^ 
He'd  sing  like  a  mennaid»  and  foot  it  so  ligbtlf » 

The  forecastle's  piide,  and  delight  of  the  Crew* 
But  poor  as  a  beg^o  and  often  in  tatters 

He  wenty  though  his  fortune  was'  kind  without  end  ; 
For  money,  cried  Bil]»  and  them  there  sort  of  matters. 
What's  the  good  on't,  d'ye  see,  but  to  succour  a  FrtendL 

There's  Nipcheese  the  Purser,  by  grinding  and  squeeiin^ 

First  plund'ring,  then  katring,  the  Ship  like  a  fat» 
The  eddy  of  fortune  stands  on  a  stiff  breeze  in. 

And  mounts,  fierce  as  fire^  a  dog  vane  in  his  hat. 
My  bark«  though  hard  storms  on  life's  ocean  should  rock  beo 

Though  she  roll  in  misfortune,  and  pitch  end  for  end  ; 
No,  never  shall  Bill  keep  a  shot  in  the  locker. 

When  by  handing  it  ou^»  he  can  succour  a  Friend. 

Let  them  throw  out  their  wipes,  and  cry  «  spight  of  their  crosses^ 

«*  And  forgetful  of  toil  that  so  hardly  they  bore, 
•*  That  Sailors  at  sea,  earn  their  money  like  horsesy 

••  To  squander  it  idly  like  asses  ashore.** 
Such  lubbers  their  jaw  would  coQ  up,  could  they  measure 

By  their  feelings,  the  gen'rous  delight  without  end 
'  Tliat  gives  birth  in  us  Tars  to  that  truest  of  pleasure, 

The  handing  our  rhino  to  succour  a  Friend, 

Why  what's  all  this  nonsense  they  talks  of  and  pother. 

About  Rights  of  man  ?  AVliat  a  plague  are  they  at  ? 
.If  they  mean  that  each  man  to  his  messmate's  a  brother. 

Why  the  lubberly  swabs,  every  faol  can  tell  that. 
The  rights  of  us  Britons  we  knows  to  be  loyal» 

In  our  Country's  defence  our  bst  moments  to  spend  ; 
To  fight  up  to  our  ears  to  prote^l  the  blood  Royal, 

To  be  true  to  our  wives,  and  to  succour  a  Friend* 


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I    -129      J 
PLATE  XXVIII. 

VJew  of  the  HocHe  under  jury  masts,  towed  by  the  Dorif^ 
'  36  Gons,  Captain  Lord  Ranelagb,  into  Lougb  Sw'dlj  •, 
on  the  Coast  of  Ireland ;  as  she  appeared  from  on  board 
Xh&  Robuity  f^GmiSy  Captain  E.  Thornboroughy  who  was 
in  company  : — from  a  sketch  by  Captain  R.  JViUiams  of 
the  Marines. 

THE  morning  of  the  tvirclfth  of  0(ftober,  1798,  on  which  the 
memorable  defeat  of  the  French  took  place  off  the  coast  of 
Ireland,  by  Sir  John  Borlase  Warren,  was  clear  with  a  ♦cry  lit>ht 
breeze,  and  a  great  swell :  this  fevoured  the  enemf,  as  it  brought  tlie 
British  Ships  bat  slowly  into  action  ;  i>eing  rather  scattered,  when 
day-fa'ght  appeared,  and  the  enemy  were  discovered.  The  Hoche 
was  thus  enabled  to  hold  out  so  long  ;  it  was  four  o'dock  in  the 
aftemooni  and  during  the  Chace  after  the  remainder  of  the  Enemy, 
before  La  BcUone,  44  guns,  struck  to  the  Ethalton,  38  guns.  Captain 
G.  Countess.  At  this  time  the  breeze  freshened  so  mach,  that  the 
Mekmpus,  ^6  guns,  C^t^in  G*  Moore,  carried  away  her  maintop- 
gallant- mast,  from  press  of  saiL  In  the  evening  the  Anson,  44  guns. 
Captain  P.  C«  Durham,  fell  in  with  the  flying  enemy,  and  engaged 
Jkte  of  them  ;  one  of  which.  La  Lotrcy  $he  fell  in  with  again,  some 
days  after,  and  captured,  in  company  with  the  Kangaroo  Brig,  1 8  guns. 
Captain  E.  Brace.  La  Loire  had  been  engaged  t  a  few  days  before 
with  the  Mermaid,  32  guns.  Captain  J.  Newman. 

The  weather,  subsequent  to  the  twelfth,  was  again  stormy  ; 
when  the  Hoche,  already  much  crippled  by  the  aAion,  lost  all  her 
masts.  •  The  sufferings  of  the  Officers  and  Men,  who  had  been  put  oq 
board  the  prize  were  extreme  ;  fatigue  and  danger  became  so  great,  as 
to  render  it  -a  common  cause  :  the  English  and  French  worked  toge- 
ther for  their  lives  at  the  pumps,  reefing,  handing  sails,  &c.  ;  and  it 
was  still  long  doubtful  whether  they  would  reach  any  port.  La  Bel- 
lone  in  particular  was  despaired  ofj  but  providentially  reached  Fal« 
mouthj  though  in  great  distress* 

♦  Lough,  tft  Lake  Swilly ,  near  the  N.  W.  part  of  the  coast  ot  Ireland  :  the 
harbonr  U  large  enough  for  several  hundred  tail  of  Ships  to  ride  in  deep  W9ter ; 
defended  from  aU  winds,  being  eighteen,  or  twenty  nules  in  len^h,  and  above 
a  mile  over  in  most  places.  To  sail  in,  take  care  to  avoid  the  west  side,  keeping 
in  close  along  by  the  eastern  shore. 

t  Vide  page  4Z. 

tlol.  III.  •  > 


PHILOSOPHICAL  PAPERS^ 
AND  USEFUL  NAVAL  PROJECTS. 

THE  attetuion  of  the  Public  has  lately  been  much  engaged,  urith 
two  (iiscoveriee  ;  both  of  them  highly  important  to  Naval  rocnr. 
The  finty  which  we  imderBtaDd  wai  originaRy  patropiaed*  and  brought 
fonqrard  by  Rear-Admird  J«  W*  Pay^^r  ^  an  ionentioi^  of  Mr* 
Edward  Hewlingy  the  patentee,  a  GloucesterBfairr  hacBitnr  ;  and 
termed  a  Longitudinal  Initrumbnt  ;  this  bids  fair  to  lead  to 
ibat  long-sought  discorery,  £Dr  which  sudi  xewands  hare  been  offisred* 

The  IjOngjtudinal  Ihstxvment,  i$  as  impiovei&fnt  on 
Hadley's,  /or  aay  other  quadranty  v xtaat,  or  compassy  and  admita  of 
being  adapted  to,  any  ;  being  caucecdingly  sin^Je,  and  plain  to  the 
moat  cQffUQOD  uodentafiding.  It  gives  the  nimiber  of  degrees,  and 
minutes  10  aay  hours  and  minntfs  of  time  recjuired,  upon  every  lati« 
tudCf  from  any  meridian,  by  inspe^on ;  saving  the  trouble  of  calcu- 
lation by  logarithms,  sines,  and  tangents ;  reckoDic^  sixty  geogTa{du- 
cal  miles  to  a  degree  ;  and  the  miSes,  and  hundredth  part  of  milcsy  act 
off  at  the  extent  of  the  instniment,  proving  at  the  same  timr,  whether 
the  Day's  Work,  by  The  Log,  is  accurate  *• 

The  JVcxt  discovery  ia  in  tike  invention  of  Mr.  Martin,  at  Leaceater- 
House,  which  profiesses  to  recite  the  Newtonian,  or  solar  system  of 
astronomy  ;  to  shew  the  impossibility  of  the  earth's  motion  round  tl^ 
sun,  and  the  erroneous  idea  of  the  moon's  influence  over  the  tidcs*-^ 
Mr.  Martin  is  supported  by  men  respc^abk  hdth  for  their  tsdcnta  nod 
rank* 

Tife  RuobuitinSf  signed  hjq  Lyk  DireSor  qf  the  R^al  Hipiumf  ^Pcif^^ 
{inserttd  a$  Page  4,}%,  Fpi,  L  of  the  Nitvai  Cbromcki^  afumsenJ  l(f 
a  profeisional  Cqrretfottie^im 

THE  first  nesolution  of  The  Humane  Society,  was,  that  mequ  mfu 
he  contrived  for  preventing  vessels^  which  are  Ught^  awd  of  farticular 
import  mice  J  lucif  as  Paciett^  froni  ftnuufering  at  tea,  lsfc» 

This  resolution,  Mr.  Editor,  was  put  by  the  Society  for  the 
Encouragement  of  Naval  Aichiudure,  and  was  answered  both  by 
Comnpsioi^r  •^fchfffik,  an^  a  Nfffal  Officer,  unlM^MiR  to  ta^  qther  : 
On  mentioning  the  subjea  to  Adniind  filankeU,  be  inforased  ase  tliat 
l^'he  ChinesjC  Junks^  wluch  are  of  ipegt  burthen,  arc  4h?PC,4  ia  t|ic  nflc^ 
manner,  with  the  plans  given  in* 

♦Mr.  Hewliog  hu  slio  made  some  other  valuable  inttrameDfi — vi*. 
1.  The  DiMoNSTaATOi,  for  jpving  the  distance,  and  altitode  at  one  statioo 
at  the  same  time,  by  intpeaion.— 2.  The  Land  SuRTsrom— and  ^  The 
1  iMB£R  MiAiVRSK.    To  be  seen  at  No.  a,  Palace  Street,  Pia^ilc^.    '   ' 


fnttowfnttAt  9MTtt0*  131* 

Aibm>&  t0  RittihtioH  the  fkitm 

Let  s  SUpy  or  voiely  be  bmlt  in  the  inaMe  with  a  flodr,  Mepftideiit 
ef  ^  bbftom  of  llie  teasely  aiid  let  this  fioof  bft  w^l  caYticeA.-^Both 
Iftre,  nd  aflty  and  a^wart  Shif^  let  Mk  heade  be  built  ttp  kit  thib 
bwtf  and  itell  caofflted,  ao  as  to  fern  ftvMlhidfpendefit  comfMOtmeht^ 
Himdd  the  Ship  be  bo^r^  in  any  partv  there  can  be  iM)  cHM&municatiofl 
with  the  othere,  and  the  w9l  therefore  ediitmue  to  float,  Colliei% 
tmploTed  hi  the  coafthig  iTr^e^  ixSi  vtfMit  whibh  earry  coht  xii 
ba]k>  shotihl  be  built  aftei*th{vpktf :  fhOtYi  of  l!he  Stows^e  wotdd  ht 
h^m  ttaj  vcBBd  chat  ofrfitd  bale  gdod^  dr  hogslJeads  of  sugar^  if 
buik  itt  i&it  ntoapcr. 

HasoirVTierN'  Uw    ftjr  /b  etA&  if  ^lipmit^^  tbi  gfrcmd  «^^  is  /b 

AHitiMr'  «  /0  iife  dh^. 
Any  pitjedfle  fcMewffi  cAnY  a  foe  od  shoi^  ;  bttt^  ifproeeeding; 
fMtat  a  dtfnAooyAight^  Wfthotit  caift«cm>be  aMeMed  with  dagger  tb  At 
people  diere:  y«t  it  i« p^MsSbl^  tio  Hre  a  bo1t»  Innh  a  swivel,  eahtioi, 
of  cammadey  #fafeh  wIM  run  a  Lo|r  Line  off  a  reeU 

'  DefertpHtHi.  The  ^t>  at  ^  sUdeb 
ne!Kt  the  ponder  ;  aiid  rests  upoti 
the  ch^ar  nbb  st :  tlhis'  shot,  oh 
being  fired,  rtini  up  the  Wttnd  bat  ^, 
^o  the  fixed  shot  h  \  which  enc^ 
betnjg  tlie  heaviesti  will  continue  fore- 
most ;  and,  if  the  fifte  does  ndt 
brhdc,  will  carry  it  to  a  gfre&t  dis^ 
tance.  The  shot  /,  may  fit  ihto  tK& 
shof  ^,  so  alb  to  wedgb«:^-kk  r^preT- 
fent»achaiA,  one  foot,  o¥  eigKteeh 
inches  long.  This  chaAi  if  fksten'ed 
to  the  end  of  a  deep  Seisr  Line,  Wftich 
i^coJM  in*  t  tuh^  or  bailket' ;  />  the 
cavity  in  the  shot  b  ;•  tf  IflOte  of  the 
mnzvle  of  the  cannon. 

The  atove  AAhbdr  \i  cefti^nly 
not  ^piite  safei  tboti^  it-  inf^h^  Hb 
wed  IIP  ease*  of  the  #Hfd  bloVHrtg 
obBquoy  amn^  the  niof%  Tn^tb 
are  xoataneca  of  cfittley  pi|fi»'  add 
dogs»«  cotTveying  sf  line  on  thw^  : 

*  This  valuahk  comniiinicaclon  of  our  Correspondent,  hu  tkerf  vatvoM* 
Mj  ddayed  ;  if  sEonld  otherwise  Have  appeared  seme  lAontht  ago,  being 
-eleHoditf  Ja»e« 


|Jt#  FHaOSOPHICAL  FAVIMt 

but,  should  the  wind  be  foil  on  the  shore,  a  boy's  paper  Kite  will  carry 
first  an  in^h  rope  on  shore,  to  which  vaAj  be  bent  a  six  inch  hawser^ 
if  the  former  is  fast  to  the  tnd  of  the  line  of  the  Kite.    As  rain,  or 
the  sea  spray,  would  soon  render  the  Kite  useless,  let  it  be  made  of 
demi  royal  paper,  and  when  the  paste  is  dry  have  the  whole  of  it  done 
over  by  a  brush,  with  linseed  oil  :  it  will  thus  be  neither  injured  by 
wet,  nor  be  so  liable  to  tear.     A  Kite  six  feet  high,  will  carry  a  raft 
with  six  men  on  shore  ;  and  the  reflux  of  the  sea,  on  the  beach,  wiD 
not  affeck  it — as  the  l^itc  will  run  the  raft  at  an  immense  rate  through 
the  surf,  until  it  takes  the  ground*    If  a  Sailor  waa  to  put  a  two  incJi 
rope  under  his  arms,  and  round  his  breast,  to  be  there  knotted  ;  witk 
fibout  a&thom  of  rope  from  thence,  the  end  of  which  was  bent  to  the 
line  of  a  Kite  ;  if  the  S^lor  then  held  fast  by  the  rope,  and  jumped 
overboard,  his  knees  would  barely  touch  the  yrater— as  he  would  be  so 
much  lifted  up  by  tlie  Kite,  in  his  attempt  to  gain  the  Shore,  although 
the  Kite  was  small,  and  not  above  four  feet  high.    About  thiity-fiTC 
years  since,  Mr,  Edgeworth,  ^  great  mechanic,  drove  his  light  phae* 
ton  to  Henley  Hill,  which  was  then  steeper  than  it  is  at  present  ( 
he  took  pff  his  hofses,  and  flew  two  Kites,  one  of  six  feet,  the  other  of 
£ve  feet,  and  made  £ist  the  lines  to  the  phaeton,  into  which  he  got* 
He  had  two  men  walking  at  the  sides  of  ^e  pole  to  alcer  the  carriage  i 
and  the  Kites  hauled  the  phaeton  up  the  hiU.     He  next  took  a  child's 
phaeton,  into  which,  by  way  of  ballast,  he  put  six  stone  ;  and  flew  the 
small  Kite  (five  feet  high),  and  made  the  line  fast  to  the  pole  of  tlie 
carriage.     This  was  on  a  large  flat  common  near  his  house  ;  on  letting 
the  carriage  go,  it  setoff  faster  than  an  horse  codd  gallop  ;  there  was 
a  ditch  of  considerable  width,  full  of  water,  in  the  middle  of  the  com- 
mon ;  the  little  phaeton  skipped  over  from  baiik  to  bank,  nor  did  it 
once  stop,  until  the  cross  hedge  at  the  end  of  the  common  impeded  its 
further  progress. 

Resolution  III.  ThiU  the  construaion  of  lifi^Boats  togQ  frm  tht 
shore  to  a  'vessel  wreckedt  is  a  most  laudable  and  excellesU  mvem* 
tioUf  &r. 

Answer  to  the  ahove. 
Let  various  compartments  in  a  boat  be  made  of  sOk  rubbed  over. 
with  diluted  elastic  gum,  with  dried  seal,  or  other  light  skins,  ii^ 
frames.  Let  the  scat  of  every  rower  be  in  the  midships  of  each 
tbwart,  and  an  elevated  piece  of  wood  of  about  six  inches  be  fixed  89 
as  to  form  a  seat  to  prevent  sliding  to  and  fro  on  the  thwart  :  for  the 
convenience  of  rowing,  the  thwarts  must  be  further  asunder,  and  4 
compartment  open  for  each  man's  legs,  and  a  stauncheon  with  notches 
under  the  fore  part  of  each  thwart,  for  the  feet  to  bear  against.— In 
putting  x)ff  from  a  lee  shore,  many  boats  are  swamped  in  the  surf :  if 
oil  was  pumped  into  the  surf  from  /wo  gr  three fre  engines^  it  would 


FBIL060PHIC1L  FAPBR9*  153* 

(dm  die  rar&ce  of  the  wster,  and  a  boat  cotild  put  off  with  safety; 
Oil  thrown  overboard  from  a  Ship  will  eoaUe  a  boat  to  Jay  alongside 
in  an  heavy  sea,  that  would  ojLherwise  be  da^d'to  pieces. 

In  the  year  1 77 4,  off  Greenwich  (in  Jaipaica)^  Kingston  Haiboiir» 
thei;e  was  so  much  wind,  and  8ea»  that  I  was  forced  to  get  up  the  Ship's 
stem  ladder^  as  no  boat  could  venture  alongside  the  Ship  :  the  long 
boat  was  veered  astern  to  prevent  her  being  stovei  just  as  I  got  on 
board*  Four  cables  length  to  Iteward  of  the  Ship  I  was  in^  there  waa 
a  frigate,  that  was  tarring  and  blacking  her  yards:  the  heat  of  the  sua 
occasioned  the  tar  to  drip^  and  the  oil  of  the  tar  calmed  the  surface  of 
the  water  above  a  cable's  length  round  her  ;  there  was  not  a  ripple  On 
the  water,  and  t^o  small  canoes  by  together  alongside  abreast  of  her 
g?9gway. 

The  late  Dr..  Franklin  proposed  to  render  the^  sea  smooth  by 

throwing  oil  into  it.  ^  A  Dutch  Ship  was  stranded^  in  a  gde  of  wind» 

on  the  Godiytn  Sands,  laden  with  oil ;  the  Crew  of  which  were  saved 

by  a  Peal  boat,  which  dared  not  venture  alongside,  until  a  great 

quantity  of  oil  had  been  thrown  overboard :  after  which  the  boat  hf 

alongside  the  Ship  without  the  least  danger.     I  have  often  wished, 

when  sailing  in  divisions  in  a  large  Fleet  ;  or  lying-to  in  a  ^  gale  of 

wind,  that  by  signal,  every  Slup  dftooldf  at  the  same  instant,  throw 

ovcfboaid  a  large  quantity  of  oity  to  tee-  the  cStSi  it  would  produce  3 

I  have  my  doubtst  whether  the  wind  would  not  abatei  when  thesur&ce 

of  the  Sea  became  smooth.    I  bdieve  one  of  the  caosea  of  wind  to  be, 

iiiU  ^aterif  not  saturated  wkh  air  ;  the  current  of^hkh  rushes  fwMy 

to  the  'UfoteTf  as  towards  a  vacuum ;  and  that  the  earthy  or  the  ntegekAle 

enatiout  is  m  want  of  air^  at  other  Umes»    I  have  often  m  sunnier 

observed  the  Sea  continue  for  hours  odm ;  although  on  the  knd  there 

was  a  stiff  breeze  :  and  'vlce  versa^  during  the  winter^  I  have  noticed 

a  calm  at  land,  in  an  exposed  situation,  when  a  most  violent  gale  of 

wind  continued  at  Sea.    Could  any  medium  in  either  case  intervene, 

it  would  a&  as  a  repeflant ;  and  the  cause  being  removed,  the  effeft 

fnight  cease  ;  when  a  calm  would  probably  succeed. 

Resolution  IV.  That  the  institution  of  a  hody  of  watermmf 
ready  to  venture  on  all  occasions  of  Slnpwreck,  in  Ufe-boats,  or  other 
vessels  f  to  assist  persons  In  Astress^  would  he  osttremely  uiefid^  t^c^ 

Jnswer  to  the  ahove» 
If  a  body  of  Watermen  were  formed  that  had  distinft  privfleges,  and 
were  regubrly  paid,  it  is  probable  they  would  enjoy  the  benefit  of 
their  situation  and  sahuies  until  wanted ;  when  they  would  perhaps 
not  chuse  to  venture  their  lives  :  and,  it  might  happen,  that  ill  health, 
fir  absencei  when  an  opportunity  offered  of  rendering  service  to  % 


154*  niaoioftriOAL  futtu. 

tCBsd  m  dKstt«8l»  tiiif^  pfCfCnC  tmtf  tf  the  pAA/tga  8Mf  }Mini 
called  upon  :  tii  •  ih«it  tkm  k  would  be  eonaiiiefed  itittYf  as  «  sine- 
cure place.  But,  )f  faiAcid  of  a*  en^btislied  Body  of  Watehheiiy 
Cfcrf  iMn  ott  Um  iesicMSli  #fao  ir«MfK^  Us  Bfe  ii  a  boat  to  save  the 
crew  of  i  vessel  Aipmrteeked,  6t  strandM  in  a  gale  of  irfiid,  was  ex- 
amjlttd  frotti  beh^  impressed,  aiid  ^vore  id  cofise^eAce  a  badge  tbit 
shoHM  alvMf *  ptaf e  a  Pfote6(iMi ;  if  h«  waa  also  aflowtd  a  p«Ai)uoi&  of 
tol.  a-yeliP|  to  IWpaid  by  fde  Ttcasnrer  of  the  Navy»  <fn  attaining  tb( 
9gt  of  Mtf  fHt^  or  before  tbit  period  if  disabled  by  acddent  from 
gaiiring  a  Ut^llboad  ;  tbe  conse^oeoce  would  prove  very  beneficial  to 
att  s«a^ag  men,  and  ^obslderabk  bittre  Would  be  reflefted  on  the 
MiiMial  biiNMUiiiy  of  tlie  Govmtfy.  If  tbe  same  tktaft  v^ntofed  Us  Kfe 
successfully  a  second  time,  be  should  be  entitled  to  241*  a-year  ;  and 
if  a  dkM  tdiif0#  should  iffifhedlatdy  obtab  a  pension  of  %cL  a-ytar. 
Shovid  any  imui  lose  his  fif«  ifl  his  endesftourt  to  sate  the  crew  of  a 
distftssed  Ship»  or  vessel,  bis  wife,  children,  ftcher,  mother,  grand- 
Jktheryor  gnrndOM^ieri  ac^ordii^to  their  age,  or  chcuttstanoes,  should 
rcdeiVC  a  pAiiioa.    I  ^Uh,  Mr.  Etstof, 

Tdurciohst^t  Reader, 

L. 

Bosapar's  Pakm  Mtaturefir  $U  bdlmt  Ptmgf9dt9§it  rfHk  Mtjetifi 

4rs  m  freum  Swi^  :  aad  fit  ^BuaU^  mM^  «lr  ki&kfaBk 
Nrnkum  tmd  tkrtrMvB  EfiA  rf  ktu  aa  i^Otd  SUfk  /  0ti  ainfit 
^PrfVMm,  ^  iMidgif  or  mMig  Bi^  W09t<f  Ve*  tfc*  s  ^ifi 
Ohtrvaiimt  tkenttk,    By  AaaasAiif  Bcn^aT,  Etf.  Pomiet^'  Idle 

(Cofickddd  fr6tt  Page  64.) 

Oharvaiiam  Al  the  fir^^  Metmmetw 
THEduratiott  of  SUpaof  War  is  ootaputedott  an  spvan^at  i4t  noi% 
than  twelve  or  thitteen  years  }  fiar  too  short  a  tant  &r  so  cxptasiTa 
and  iisalid  a  stiftaAute  to  last.  The  only  cjcjfcdieMS  which  have  been 
iw4d  to  givcf  ptsMt  dwabiUty,  are  ^  batler  seasoning  of  the 
tiflrfkef  I  coplter  bottoals,  and  Iheiaardteiagthe  thioluiessof  tho  planka 
from  four  to  five  and  tlx  inches,  according  to  the  magnitude  of  the 
Ship  ;  whilst  the  real  cause  of  lliis  gaHopilig  consumption  has  never 
been  uad^mtood,  and  dw  roots  of  the  evil,  becamae  ott  of  sight.  Were 
Out  of  miad }  vrhieh  ia  too  eommona  case,  and  baa  proved  a  very  fiital 
one  ia  thb  instance^  Much  has  been  done  to  preserve  the  eateriot 
parts  of  the  sides  and  bottoms  of  Ships,  whAa  the  iasenial-  parts  have 
been  tota&y  negleeisd  1  yet  I  bcKevc  it  is  well  knawn»  that  the  iatarioQ 


>iij.AjBOfai^At  rims*  t35« 

p»b»  oft^c  pbd;9t  ap4  4^  l^unfoffs  19  cooud  uritb  than,  a^^iceli'^ 
the  nails,  boltSy  trunncby  &c.  are  generally  wholly  ixpp^urfd  before  th^ 
fiutfif  ^fuSnts  of  the  jitvijcs,  are  v^p^y  inJMred  :  all  buildera,  and 
)>n^ersrup  of  Shjps  i^  p^i9ular^  ^ve  sensible  of  ^19 ;  bvil  it  w  p^c 
for  tjheiT  iotfrest  it  Ao^  ^  Q^yfi^f , 

.  The  caiiaea  pf  thif  i^^terpal  4ftc^  I  have  alr<a4y  mcmion^.  wbicli 
ja  aaboit  time  neltuce?  ^n4  W*hingpi  ijje  whole  Ship,  a)d  Qq?AsiQH0  ^tm 
»Wt  expire  wp^ir?  t(9  be  too  frqi}*eB%  A<:f;!(:mi7 ;  wbfrw  I  PWf 
Wflflif€  t»  affirm,  t^  a  Ship «»  fqrtificd  wW  be  ?  wpntjcf  {uujl  %  #liff« 
)rei9di.4l  the  e^  of  ^nrootj  y^^rf,  tl^n  d^e  wpul^  (^hcrwMe  be  s^tk^ 
gpi  of  tfreli^  :  )>ttt  supposi^  that  t^^s  me^i^UKe  woul4  94d  bat  ^r« 
pr  cveg  tifo  ycara  to  d^  d^ra^ipn  of  a  Sh^,  in  cither  i^a^e,  wh^  4 
ismiig  ipt^  it  fee  Jo  tfcc  p^ipp»  both  'm  timber  9^4  th<;  othjqr  e»pe«M?6# 

;B]r  thif  m^m^t  it  i^^  ?ppff»f  cxldt^U  tha^  small  les^s  will  bf 
^9M^  aiyppf^ed,  »n4  gre^t  qpe^  ipp*^  f^ei^tially  preveate4  f  for  if 
fsfm  a  ]da9)L  f h^^  sfj^rt,  n  drpp  of  wat^r  coul4  not  §nd  it«  way 
Inlp  the  ^p«  by  1^)^  <9iH;h  tim  a^  libp^ir  wo\W  frc  8ftw4  ^  U*f 
pMnpf,  tba  py^9  9^ pid  i^ufy,  «#4  P«*?hly  {Q^^dqpMg  faf  pr^^teptf d* 
IV  At^mp&t  »y^4  ^  X«4l40^  pMf?  w^M  9I49  U  a  v<;ry  oi^teri^l 

advantage* 

Of  |1)^  £(h4  §^  4»il>P  aV|  f9f9t9Jiie4  in  ;boM  recess^  between  the 
ikHmh  oftg*  «?H4«Fe4  WtiJ^fl^^l  by  ^he  cjtbalations  apd  dkwf^  9f 
1^  diiBw*  tb#rc  ha^F/l  b«i^  tOM  ]))^f)y  .£|tal  ifuUn^^  aa4  for  which  nq 
|MPCvcnjiv(B  b^  bi^beitP  app«!«P<l }  fumig?M«n  ^W  b*^«  *>"»«  fsdiitgry 
<^&  ^  A«  «nW«pt,  ^ut  ^hifi  K  o?4y  pf  a^U^rt  4HratiQn,  i^^d  flCY«r 

rciK^  tbc  rpp^  of  tl^  (Mff^iffU 

I«  ^4iti9n  tp  these  ifl^pprtant  befiefits,  the  in^olen^de  n^i«ulc^ 
and  d^«M«dHr«  ^ffe^  of  »i|t|J  will  fee  totally  dq^c  n^^y  j  by  wW<;h  a9 
jmipfBi^  laving  pfpsy^Yifioa  of  ^fry  Und  wiU  )^  n^periciiccd ;  bqtid^ 
the  permdnw  iiR4  ^qB6AK4  ^t  iii»4  los\lh^mf  «vnel}  opcasip^ed  by 
thflte  venaio  living*  47iRg»  awd  «o(^9g  l)et^eex»  ^  tip4<r||  wpilU 
no  longer  be  complainnd  of* 

SUpi  abrcady  buik  in»y  bff  wturated)  pr  A^tiM  in  the  «B«9n«>r  d«* 
scribed,  with  very  littjf  p4|litionj4  trau}))^  |  af^  I  jin^  of  opioiaip^ 
Uiat  the  expence  on  a  first  rale  Indiaman,  or  fourth  rate  Ship  of  war, 
would  not  exceed  four  hundred  and  fifty,  er  flvo  hundfcd  pnunds  ; 
but  if  it  exceeded  okc  thousand,  the  advantage  gained  would  stiU  be 
tenfold  in  fevour  of  the  objed;  for  even  supposing  that  the  id* 
dhiomd  duration  of  two  years  only  was  aequived,  it  would  be  in 
that  single  respeft  an  advantage  to  the  nation,  equal  le  one  Ship  in 
every  six. 

it  may  be  a  matter  of  nudi  awprtte,  th^t  a  measufe  of  soek  un- 
rivalled importance  should  so  long  have  escaped  the  notieeefwanMnJi 


ijS*  ^HltOSOPklCAL   TAPttU 

it  least  the  simply  pitching!  fcc«  the  interior  sur&ces  of  the  phnlo^ 
timbersy  and  lining. 

Indeed  every  tninnell  in  the  Ship  ought  to  be  soaked  a  few  ihinutes^ 
In  hot  or  boiling  pitch,  before  they  are  inserted  in  the  Ship  ;  for  as" 
every  bore  is  a  true  cylinder,  and  no  trunnell  fully  ronnd,  there  must  be 
many  void  spaces  in  the  bore,  when  the  pin  is  drove  hoM'e  ;  though 
minatey  these  are  yet  the  cause  of  the  admission  of  both  air  and  water, 
which  no  doubt-  promotes  the  rapid  decay  which  is  found  in  many 
of  the  tmnnellsw  There  is  besides^  as  I  believe,  an  error  which  lias  long 
prevailed,  which  is,  that  a  warped  or  crooked  trunnell  takes  ihe  best 
hold :  it  may  in  some  respefb  be  so  at  first,  btat  it  is  not  of  long  durtf> 
tion  ;  because  the  elastic  tendency  of  the  pin,  which  incHnes  it  to  itsnav 
tural  curviture,  is  soon  spent,  by  being  forced  to  comply  to  the  r^&x*^ 
h'near  diredkion  of  the  bore,  so  that  at  the  end  of  a  month  or  less*, 
if  it  were  drawn  forth,  it  would  be  found  perfe£)[!y  straight,  and  would 
not  prove  a  tight  pin  on  being  returned  to  the  same  bore  ;  whereas 
the  trunnell  that  is  straight  and  round,  and  fills  the  bore  in  sdl  its 
parts,  continues  iirm  and  longer  sound  in  proportion,  as  there  is  lesk 
space  for  the  retention  or  admission  of  the  air  or  water  ;  but  certainly 
pitching  the  trunnell  would  cause  it  to  drive  freely,  hold  firmer,  and 
last  longer. 

On  the  principle  of  durability,  it  has  been  proposed,  that  all  planks 
used  in  the  constru£tion  of  Ships,  should  be  increased  in  thickness 
from  tbree^  \ofouryji*ve^  and  stx  inches,  according  to  the  magnitude  of 
the  Ship ;  this,  if  it  would  increase  at  all  the  duration  of  a  Ship^- 
would  be  doing  it  at  an  heavy  expence  indeed  \  as  it  would  consume 
at  least  a  thiid  more  timber  for  the  planks  than  is  at  present  consumed) 
without  reaping  perhaps  any  advantage  in  any  degree  adequate  t*  the 
extra  consumption  of  so  important  an  article  :  whereaa  I  am  satisfied^ 
as  every  dispassionate  man  must  be,  this  measure  being  adopted,  that 
planks  much  thinner  than  those  at  present  used,  would  answer  all  the 
purposes  of  duration  and  security  to  a  much  greater  extent  of  time 
than  the  increased  thickness  could  afford  ;  and  that  in  this  respe£b 
tilone,  there  would  be  a  saving  in  timber  more  than  tantamoani;  to  die 
expenoe  attending  the  above  salutary  measure. 

C.  ZA!ii|»ETiifif  9  French  physiciao,  has  made  some'  ezperl* 
meptSi  by  which  it  appears^  that  the  flowers  and  seeds  of  the  romniM 
fi^)c,  {Uriica  diodes f  LiNN.)  may  be  employed  in  fever  instead  of 
Cinchona*  This  substitute  was  attended  with  a  success  beyond  all 
expectation,  in  tertian  and  quartan  malignant  fevers.  The  nettle 
often  produces  a  speedier  effedl  than  bark.  The  dose  must  never 
c^qedd  a  dram  $  and  is  given  in  winCj  two  or  three  times  in  the  courso- 
of  twenty-four  hours. 


[  »3;  3 

■ 

AOMXRALTT   OTFICt,    SEPT.    3O,    T79g. 
dofiy  9/  a  Letter  from  Sir  Jobm  BorUte  IVarrm* 
Mr  LORtt»  Temeraire,  at  Sea,  Seft.  S3«  1799* 

t  Take  the  liberty  of  incloaing  to  your  Lordship  the  copy  •fa  letter  I  received 
from  Captaia  Gore,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Triton,  acquainting  ac  of    hi» 
having  captured,  on  the  13th  inst.  Le  St.  Jacques,  Chasse  Mar^e. 

I  have  the  honoar,  &c.  &c. 
Might  ffem.  Lord  BridjtH-t.  J.WARREN. 

SIR,  Triton,  at  Sea,  Sept.  x%,   1799* 

This  motning  a  lugger  came  out  of  L^Orient,  which,  on  coming  near,  en- 
deavoured to  escape,  hut  I  got  up  with  and  captured  her.  She  is  called 
Le  St.  Jacqaes,  mounts  six  four-pounders,  and  16  men,  bound  to  Roctfort  with 
a  cargo  of  shells,  consisting  of  66 1  of  thirteen  inches,  with  other  things.  She 
belongs  to  the  Republic,  is  neW,  and  in  good  condition. 

1  remain,  &c.  &C« 
tear- Admiral  Sir  John  Warren.  K,  B.  l^e.  life  JOHN  GORE. 

ADBftlRALTT-OrriCt,    OCT<   8. 

ixtraS  of  ei  L^eT  from  J^Ue- Admiral  Mitchell  to  £vaM  Ke^edm,  Biq.  dated  Bahet^ 

of  EnkuHsen,  0<f?.  I,  1 799. 
This  lAorning  a  Lieutenant  of  the  L'Espieglc  brought  me  the  aci^Ompanying 
letter,  which  I  have  sent  for  their  Lordships*  information.     Much  2eal  and 
gallantry  has  been  displayed  by  Captains  Bolton  and  Boorder,  with  their  officers 
and  men. 

~  SI  K  ,  Wolwretie^  Lemmtr  Boade,  Sept.  29. 

On  Friday  morning,  at  six  o*clt>ck,  I  came  to  an  anchor,  with  the  Haughty 
and  Piercer,  close  to  L'EspIegle^  distant  about  six  miles  from  Lemmer  ;  from 
Captain  Boorder  I  received  every  information  I  could  desire*  Finding  the 
enemy  had  a  thousand  regulars  in.. the  town,  and  desperately  determined  to 
defend  it,  I  immediately  gave  diredions  for  completing  the  flotilla  which 
Captain  Boorder,  with  his  usual  judgment)  had  begun.  He  had  prested  two 
■choots  ;  on  board  of  each  were  put  two  of  L'Espiegle's  six-pounders,  which, 
with  the  two  flat  bottom  boats,  and  Isis's  launch,  formed  a  respeAabie  arma« 
ment.  Being  willing  to  spare  the  effusion  of  human  blood,  especially  of  inno* 
cent  vidims,  on  Saturday  at  day-light  I  scut  Capt.  Booider  on  shore  with  thtk 
loUowiog  letter  t 
sia,  . 
Resistance  on  your  part  ii  in  vain  ;  I  give  you  one  hour  to  send. away  the 
^osnen  and  children  ;  at  the  expiration  of  that  time,  if  the  town  is  not  surren- 
dered to  the  British  arms  for  the  Prince  of  Orange^  your  soldiery  ahall  be  buried 
i&  its  ruins. 

]  have  the  honour  to  be,  your  obedient  servant, 

W.  BOLl  ON, 
Captain  of  his  Majesty's  Ship  Wolverene. 
f  •  /^  Commdndatti  of  Lemmtr, 

Soon  after  Captain  Boorder^s  departure  I  weighed  and  stood  in  shore*  About 
liine  A.  M.  I  observed  him  returning,  and  soon  after  a  flag  of  truce  came  out  of 
the  harbour.  Before  Captain  Boorder  arrived,  I  noticed  the  gun-boats  which 
had  been  moored  across  the  harbour  moving  towkrds  the  canals  ;  I  instantly 
dispmtched  Lieutenant  Simpson  with  a  flag  of  truce  to  inform  them,  that  I  con* 
sidered  their  removal,  or  any  other  military  arrangement,  as  a  breach  of  the 
armistice,  and  if  persisted  in  1  should  instantly  bombard  the  town  :  before  he 
returned,  the  flag  of  truce  came  on  board  with  the  following  letter  t 

To  Captain  Beiton%  Commandant. 

I  hare  received  your  summons ;  the  Ntunicipality  request  twenty-four  hours 
to  send  to  their  proper  authority  to  accede  to  your  demands. 

(Signed)  P.  VAN  GROUTT£N,  Commandant. 

N.  B.    Please  to  send  an  answer  by  the  bearer. 

msA,  III.  T 


13^  GAZETTB    LETTERS. 

I  immediately  replied  as  follows  : 

SIR, 

T  have  received  your  letter ;  and  have  the  honoar  to  inform  yoa,  that  if  the 
Prince's  colours  are  not  hoisted  in  half  an  hour  after  the  receipt  of  this,  1  shall 
bombard  the  town.  ^ 

Your  obedient  servant,  W.  BOL/TON. 

To  Mynheer  P,  Van  Groutten,  Commandani  of  Lemmer» 

I  dispatched  the  Dutch  Officer,  and  informed  him  I  was  coming  down  into 
my  disposition  before  the  town.     I  found  by  Captain  Boorder,  that  the  north 
part  of  the  pier  was  considerably  reinforced  by  some  eightcen-ponnders,  taken 
from  the  gun-boats,  which  made  a  little  alteration  in  our  disposition  necessary  ; 
and  I  was  much  concerned  to  find  my  brave  able  Dutch  pilot  declare,  that  from 
the  southerly  winds  the  water  was  so  low,  the  Wolverene  could  not  get  in. 
Finding  It  a  regular  oozy  flat  for  two  miles,  I  pushed  through  the  mud  until 
within  musquet-shot  of  the  shore.     The  gun-brigs  passed  ahead  within  pistol* 
shot  of  the  pier ;  but  both,  as  well  as  myself,  were,  and  not  in  the  most 
favourable  position,  completely  aground  ;  but  seamen  ought  never  to  be  at  a 
loss.     The  enemy,  notwithstanding  the  flag  of  truce,  commenced  a  heavy  fire, 
which  in  an  instant  was  returned  from  ever)"  part  of  the  squadron  :  the  a<2ion 
coi'.tinucd  nearly  an  hour,  when  the  enemy  flew  from  their  quarters,  the  soldier* 
deserted  the  town,  and  the  Piercer's  boat's  crew  planted  the  British  standard 
on  ihe  pier.    I  do  not  wonder  at  the  strong  opposition,  as  the  troops  were  mostly 
French. 

I  cannot  too  much  praise  the  valour  and  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men  under 
my  command.  Lieutenants  Mends  and  Field  led  their  gun-brigs  in  with  great 
courage  ;  the  ^ame  with  the  officers  who  commanded  the  schqots  and  flat-boats. 
T  feel  great  obligation  to  Captain  Boorder  for  his  assistance  ;  but  his  praise  is 
beyond  my  commendation.  Lieutenant  Reddy,  of  the  Speedwell,  and 
Lieutenant  Simpson,  of  the  Isis,  distinguished  themselves  particularly  ;  the 
former  I  sent  with  a  flat-boat  to  get  off  the  Piercer  ;  the  latter  the  Haughty. — 
To  Captain  Boorder  I  confided  the  arrangements  on  shore.  I'he  gale  freshened 
fast,  and  it  was  necessary  to  preserve  the  \Volverene ;  with  some  difficulty  her 
bow  wtts  hove  round  :  the  wind  fortunately  came  round  to  the  southward; 
and  by  starting  all  the  water,  with  a  heavy  press  of  sail  fur  two  miles,  I  dragged 
her  through  the  mud,  steering  by  sails  only  into  eleven  feet  water,  where  she 
now  lies.  All  last  night  it  blew  excessively  hard,  the  ship  struck  repeatedly,  hut 
tisino^  every  means  to  lij;hten  her,  she  rode  it  out  tolerably  well.  This  morning 
at  ten  o'clock  I  observed  a  body  of  the  enemy  advancing  against  the  town  along 
the  northern  causeway  ;  I  immediately  sent  to  Captain  Booiider  to  apprize  him 
of  the  danger  :  in  a  little  time  the  town  was  attacked  on  all  sides,  but  very  soon 
I  had  the  sat'sfadion  of  seeing  the  enemy  retreat.  From  the  mast  head .  I 
perceive  the  town  is  nearly  surrounded  by  water,  so  that  a  few  brave  men, 
with  a  flotilla  on  the  canal,  can  most  cflfc^SluaUy  defend  it.  I  have  no  doubt  hut 
a  well-timed  suc^our  to  these  people  would  cause  the  whole  province  to  throw 
off  the  French  yoke. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be.  Sir,  &c. 

WLXIAM  BOLTON. 
Fice^Admiral  M'.UbeH,  life.  \^e. 

ADMIRALTY    OmCI,    OCT.   12. 

^^py  of  a  Letter  from  Admiral  Sir  Hyde  Parker ,  Knt,  Commander  in  Chief  of  hh 
Majeity*t  Siipi  an  J  Feisels  tit  jjmaica^  to  £van  Kep<an<^  £sq»  dated  Port  jRoyai 
Harbour^   ^fmmaica^  jfuly  21,   1709* 

SIR, 

1  herewith  transmit  you,  for  the  information  of  the  Right  Honourable 
the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  an  account  of  armed  and  merchant 
vessels,  captured  by  tlic  cquadron   under  my  command,  since  my  last  rcturUy 

dated  die  26 ih  of  Tunc i  am,  ^c. 

H.  PARKER. 


GAZETTE    LETTERS*  I39 

Am  Au9»mi  of  Armed  and  Merebant  VunU  captured  and  dtstrtytd  ly  tie  Squadron 
mnder  my  CommoMd sitict  my  last  ReturnSf  dated  the  zOth  June,  by  b'u  MajeUy'j  Shi^ 
Htgulus. 

AmUED   VESSELS. 

A  French  sloop  of  3  guns  and  13  men,  cut  out  from  under  a  battery  at  Rio  de 
la  Hache,  afterwards  scuttled  by  the  Stork. 

A  French  cutter  named  Le  Degourde,  of  8  guns  and  35  men,  with  a  cargo  of 
wme,  brandy,  and  dry  goods,  from  Boardeaux,  bound  to  Cape  Francois.  Taken 
by  the  Pelican. 

A  Spanish  xebec  of  16  guns,  laden  with  wine,  brandy,  and  dry  goods,  from 
whence  unknown,  no  papers  found,  run  on  shore  off  of  the  east  end  of  Porto 
Rico,  and  got  off  afterwards  by  the  boats  of  the  Acasta. 

A  Dutch  schooner,  named  Governor  Louffer,  of  z  guns,  19  men,  and  90  tons, 
firom  Jacamel,  bound  to  Curacoa,  laden  with  coffee,     'i'aken  by  the  Diligence. 

A  French  schooner,  name  unknown,  of  4  guns  (pierced  for  14),  from  Cape 
Francois,  bound  to  Europe,  laden  with  coffee  and  cocoa.  Taken  by  the 
Sparrow, 

[Here  follows  a  list  of  Twentt-Fiout  Merchantmen  of  different 

nations,  captured  by  the  same  squadron.] 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Admiral  Kingsmillt  Commander  in  Chief  of  bis  Majesty*  s  Ships 
and  Vessels  in  the  Mediterranean^  to  Mvan  Nepean^  Esq.  dated  in  LondQn  the  %tb 
instant^  v 

SIR, 

Please  to  lay  before  my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  the  accompa- 
nying letter,  which  I  have  received  from  Captain  Macnamata,  of  his  Majesty's 
ship  Cerberus,  giving  an  account  of  his  having  captured  L'Echange  French 
letter  of  marque.     I  am,  &c. 

^  KINGSMILL. 

SIR,  CerheruU  ot  Sea^  S^pt.  z8,  1709- 

His  Majesty's  ship  under  my  command  this  da)  captured  L'Echange  French 
letter  of  marque,  pierced  for   14,  but  carrying  only  ten  guns,  and  4c  men,  six 
days  from  Bourdeauz,  bound  to  St.  Domingo,  with  a  cargo  of  bale  goods^ . 
wines,  &c.     I  am,  &c. 

J.  MACNAMARA. 

AOMIRALTT-OFFXCS,    OCT.   1%. 

Lieutenant  Senhouse,  of  his  Majesty's  brig  Rcquin,  arrived  this  afternoon 
with  dispatches  from  Vice- Admiral  Lord  Hugh  5-cymour,  Commander  in  Chiet 
of  his  Majesty's  ships  and  vessels  employed  at  Barbadoes  and  the  Leeward 
Islands,  to  £van  Nepean,  Esq.  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  of  which  the  fol- 
bwlng  are  copies  : 

«IR,  Prince  of  Wales,  offBram^s  Point,  Aug.  3 1,  1 799. 

1  have  the  honour  to  forward,  for  the  information  of  my  i.ords  Commissionert 
of  the  Admiralty,  a  copy  of  the  articles  of  capitulation  signed  on  the  20th  inst. 
for  placing  the  very  valuable  colony  of  Surinam  under  his  Majcity's  proteAion  ; 
an  event  on  which  f  most  sincerely  congratulate  their  Lordships.  Having  bee* 
taken  very  ill  on  Tuesday  hst,  1  have  not  since  been  in  a  state  to  attend  to 
business,  which  I  hope  will  be  admitted  by  their  Lordships  as  a  sullicient 
apology  for  my  not  giving  them  a  detailed  account  of  this  fortunate  event. 
1  have,  however,  sent  a  copy  of  my  letter  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  for  their 
Lordships*  information.  I  have  sent  lieutenant  Senhouse  in  the  Requin  armed 
brig  with  my  dispatches,  whose  intelligence,  zeal,  and  adivfty,  have  recom- 
mended him  most  strongly  to  my  notice,  and  will,  1  hope,  to  their  Lordships* 
lavour  and  prote(ftion.— I  am  not  able  at  present  to  forward  an  account  of  the 
vessels  captured  at  Surinam,  two  of  which  I  have  been  obliged  to  take  into  his 
Majesty *8  service  until  their  Lordships'  pleasure  can  be  known  ;  but  I  shall 
take  the  first  opportunity  of  sending  that  account  fur  their  Lordships'  in- 
formation. 

I  am,  &c.  &c.  &c.  H,  SEYMOT'R. 


140  CAZBTTI   tETtBRS. 

The  French  corTCtte  THttnar,  a '  rerj  fine  vcs«el,  only  aeren  men^t  •M, 
faiouuts  to  nine-poundcrs,  now  ttrving  at  the  Surinam  tloop,  and  laentenant 
Cole,  of  the  Prince  of  VV^aica,  appointed  to  command  her.  1  he  Camphaan  brig, 
ef  16  guns,  lace  belonging  to  the  Government  of  Holland,  now  serving  under 
the  fame  name,  and  Lieutenant  1'hwaites,  of  the  Prince  of  Wales,  appomtcd  to 
command  her. 

Ctf/jf  ff  M  Litttrfrmm  Km  Admiral  Lord  Hugh  Sijmtmr  to  Mr.  Ntfemm, 

S I K ,  Printe  of  f^ala^  o£  BrMm*s  Poifity  Aug.  ^  f . 

^  I  have  the  tatlsfa^ion  to  inclose,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commii- 
sioners  of  the  Admiralty,  a  letter  which  I  have  hist  receiyed  from  Captain 
Western,  of  his  Majesty'*  ship  Tamer.— I  am,  5ir,  3cc. 

H.  SEYMOUIL 

MT  LOtD,  Tamer t  offSMrinam^  Aug.  19. 

T  hare  the  honour  to  inform  your  Lordship,  that  on  Monday  mommg  the 
16th  inst.  a  little  after  day-light,  bring  then  about  four  leagues  to  wettwtfd  of 
Orange,  I  discovered  a  strange  tail  bearing  W.  N.  W.  and  having  the  erening 
before  had  a  running  fight  with  a  large  French  corvette,  who  escaped  by  getting 
into  shoal  water  and  rhe  darkness  of  the  night,  and  conceiving  the  sail  in  sight 
to  be  the  same,  1  immediately  gave  chace  About  half  past  five  P.  M.  I  got 
alongside  of  her,  when  af'er  about  ten  minutes  close  adion  rhe  struck,  and  proTet 
to  be  the  national  corvette  Republicaine  (commanded  by  Citoyen  Le  Bozcc^ 
Capitaine  de  I-rigatc,  of  32  guns,  24  long  nines,  and  8  thirty-two  pound  car- 
ronades,  and  220  men,  from  Cayenne,  on  a  cruise,  and  had  uken  two  Americans. 
I  had  two  seamen  wouoiled  in  this  bufiness,  and  my  sails  and  rigging  a  good 
deal  damaged  :  the  enemy  is  almost  a  wreck,  and  I  have  towed  ber  up  here 
.  with  mc  ;  her  loss  I  understand  Co  be  nine  killed  and  twelve  wounded. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

THOS.  W£3T£RN. 
t 

ADIIIRALTT  OrpiCI,  OCT.  1^. 

C(p/»y  of  a  Later  from    Viu-A^m'tral  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Keith,  K.  B.   to  Mwam 

JSV/>M»,  Esq   dated  the  i  btb  itutunt. 

SIR, 

I  mclose,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  a  letter  from  Captiin  Digby, 
ef  Ms  Majesty's  ship  Alcmene,  to  mc,  acquainting  me  with  the  capture  ofn 
French  letter  of  marque,  and  have  the  honour  to  be,  ^ir,  &.c. 

MT  LORD,  AUmemeat  Sea^  Se/)t.  22, 1799* 

f  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  that  I  captured,  on  the  i6th  ult.  1  esDeux 
Amis  French  brig  letter  de  marque,  of  fix  guns  and  6«  men,  from  France,  bound 
to  St.  Doniingw.— >!  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

H.  DIGBY. 
f^iee-Atfmirai  L«rd  Keith,  l*fe. 

$o/y  cf  a  Letter  f re  ft  the  Htn.  Caft.  Stepferd^  ef  his  Majeify**  Ship  £xeel/emi,  /» 
£vaH  Ke/-euMy  Eiq,  dated  CaM'iand Bay,  ijth  0{i.  1799* 

8TR, 

T  have  to  request  that  you  will  acquaint  the  I>ords  Commi8?ioner»  of  the 
A  Jmin^lty,  that  on  the  icrb  in»tant,  be:ng  to  windward  of  the  impregnable  and 
her  convoy,  in  a  very  thick  weather,  1  discovered  a  brig  standing  towards  the 
convoy,  which  altered  her  course  upon  nccing  the  fJiip  ;  I  chased  and  came  up 
with  her  in  the  ripht ;  fhe  proved  to  be  a  Frmch  corvette,  called  L'Arethute, 
carrying  i8  nine  pounder  guni>,  snd  i$3  men,  con^manded  by  Lieutenant  de 
Vaift^e.io,  from  Pert  •  'Oiicnt,  bound  to  Cayenne  with  dispatches,  which  were 
destroyed  previous  to  her  capture,  t  he  is  a  new  vessel,  of  large  dimensions,  and 
tails  wail. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

R.  STOPFORD. 


GAZITTI    LSTTCRS.  HI 

ADMIKALTr>OPrice-,'OCT.  12. 
Mxttaffof.  a  Lrtitrfrom  Vicf  Admiral  MHcbellto  Evan  ffe/tean,  Esq.  dated  on  hoard 

bit  Majesty*!  Ship  Isis^  near  the  Fliefer,  dated  the  i$th  intt. 
'  1  inclose  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Captain  Campbell,  giving  an  account  of 
tbc  capture  of  four  gun-boats  in  the  Zuydcr  Ze-?,  and  a  copy  of  a  letter  from 
Captain  Boorder,  containing  an  account  of  two  unsuccessful  attacks  made  by 
the  enemy  on  Lemmer;  by  all  which  their  Lordships  will  perceive  that  I  cannot 
too  highly  extol  the  gallantry  and  good  condu<ft  of  these  Captains,  «nd  of  the 
officer»  and  men  under  their  command. 

•II,  His  Majesty  %  Gun  Brig  Hasty^  of  Marhn^  Oa.  7,  1 799. 

1  beg  to  inform  you,  that  I  yesterday  sailed  from  U  sk,  with  the  Hasty, 
Defender,  and  Cracker  brigs,  and  Isis  schuyt ;  and  having  reached  this  place  by 
four  A.  M.  I  proceeded  with  the  boats  to  attempt  cutting  out  the  i^utch  gun-* 
boats  lying  on  ornear  the  Pampus,  and  am  happy  to  say,  succeeded  in  getting 
jKMscssion  of  four  without  the  h>ss  of  a  man.  'I'hey  each  mount  four  long  guns 
or  carronades,  and  have  between  twenty  and  thirty  men  ;  one  of  them  built 
on  purpose  for  a  gun-vessel,  and  quite  new,  carrying  two  long  eighteen- 
ponndcTs  in  her  bow,  and  two  eighteen -pounder  carrooades  on  her  broadside  ; 
the  rest  are  schuyts. 

I  be^  to  recommend  to  your  notice  Messrs.  Hall  and  Winter,  Midshipmen, 
lor  their  spirited  behaviour  on  this  occasion,  as  also  all  the  seamen  engaged,  for 
thfiir  alacrity  in  boarding,  and  good  condu<3  after  having  gained  possession. 
I  have  sent  the  Defender  with  charge  of  the  gun-boats,  and  have  the  honour  co 
be,  &c  PAl'K ICK  CAMPBhLL, 

Commander  of  his  M^  jesty*8  bloop  Dart* 
fie*- Admired  Mttcht/lf  Enehttysen* 

SIR,  Lemmer  Tovfn,  JVrst  Friezland^  0£l.  II,  1799- 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you,  that  at  five  o'clock  this  morning  the  enemy 
made  a  general  attack  on  this  town  in  four  different  parts.  1'heir  advanced  , 
party  attempted  to  storm  the  North  Battery.  We  soon  got  them  between  tw^> 
fires  ;  our  tars  with"'  pikes  surrounded  them,  and  they  immetiiately  laid  down 
their  arms.  Their  force  was  one  officer,  one  scrjeant,  one  corporal,  and  %% 
men,  two  of  the  latter  killed.  We  had  no  sooner  secured  our  prisoners  than 
they  attacked  us  with  the  remainder  of  their  force,  670  in  number.  Our  little 
army  did  wonders;  for  with  sailors  and  marines  our  force  was  only  157.  V\« 
fought  them  for  four  hours  and  a  half,  when  the  enemy,  gave  way  in  all 
dire<ftion8:  I  immediately  ordered  the  marines  to  pursue  them.  Their  breaking 
down  a  bridge  prevented  their  colours  and  two  field  pieces  from  falling  into  our 
hands  ;  but  before  this  was  effeded  the  heavy  fire  from  the  marines  had  killed 
18  of  the  enemy,  and  wounded  about  is  ^  and  m  their  general  attack  they  had 
five  men  killed,  and  nine  wounded. 

It  is  impossible  for  me  to  speak  too  highly  of  the  officers  and  men  under  my 
command.  Lieutenant  Wyburn  of  the  Marines,  as  also  1  lieutenants  Howel, 
Higginson,  and  Gardner,  behaved  with  honour  to  themselves  and  credit  to  their 
country.  Lieutenant  Norman  of  the  Navy,  asaUo  ^r.  Lane,  Mr.  Iron,  Mr, 
Wheatiy,  Mr.  1  ravers,  and  Mr.  Petty,  distinguished  themselves  in  a  most  gal- 
lant manner,  at  did  likewise  the  whole  of  the  sailors  and  marines. 
It  affords  me  great  satisfadion  to  inform  jou  we  had  not  a  man  hurt. 

.  I  am,  &c.  jAMhS  BOORDER. 

WUliam  Bolton^  Etq.  Captain  of  bis  Majesty's  Gun  Vessel  Wolverene, 

ADMIRALTY   OmCE,  OCT.  12. 

C^fy  of  a  Letter  from  Vice  Admiral  Mitchell  to  Evan  Ne^ean,  Esq^  dated  on  hoard  hh 

Majesty* e  Ship  the  Isss,  the  l^th  imt. 
SLR, 
I  have  the  honour  to  inclose  you  the  copy  of  a  letter  to  me  from  Captain 
Winthrop,  giving  an  account  of  his  havincf  captured  a  sloop  of  war  and  an 
armed  schooner,  by  which  their  Lordships  will  peiceive  that  he  acquitted  him-> 
>    self  with  his  usual  zeal  and  good  condud  ;  and  that  the  olEcers  and  men  under 
lus  commaod  arc  entitled  to  m)  highest  commendation. 

1  have  the  hoDov  to  be,  &€-  &c.  &c  A.  MITCHELL, 


14a  eAZtTTB    LCTTER9, 

SIR,  Cirett  Hhtr  EmSf  Off.  11,  1 799. 

Being  detained  here  by  contrary  winds,  which  deprived  me  of  the  pleasure  of 
aAin^  with  you  in  the  Zuyder  Zee,  I  proceeded  to  reconnoitre  the  port  of 
Delfzel,  where  1  discovered  a  sloop  of  war  and  a  schooner  lying  within  musquttt 
•hot  of  the  batteries ;  and  conceiving  it  pradicable  to  carry  them  by  a  coup-de- 
snain,  I  gave  the  nccessarv  orders  for  that  purpose,  btt  the  weather  proving 
tempestuous  nothing  could  be  effedted  until  eight  at  night.  Delfzel  being  distant 
«o  miles  from  the  Circe,  the  boats  proceeded  with  the  first  of  the  tide,  and 
arrived  there  just  as  the  moon  went  down ;  at  which  jtime  I  ordered  the  attack 
tobemadeby  l.ieut.  Maughan  upon  the  ship,  and  JLicutenant  Powk  vp<«  the 
schooner,  who  boarded  and  carried  them  in  a  most  gallant  manner,  and  I  am 
happy  to  say  without  any  loss,  notwithstanding  the  enemy's  guns  were  loaded* 
primed,  and  the  matches  lighted.  The  name  of  the  ship  is  the  Lynx,  of  la  guns, 
eight  and  twelve-pounders,  and  75  men  ;  that  of  the  Khooner,  the  Perseus^ 
mounting  eight  four-pounders,  and  40  men. 

1  he  oSicers,  'seamen,  and  marines,  employed  upon  this  service  deserve  my 
warmest  acknowledgments  for  their  cool,  silent,  and  steady  conduA,  to  which 
our  success  was  in  a  great  measure  owing ;  and  I  feel  great  satisfadion  in  having 
ail  opportunity  to  do  justice  to  the  merits  of  my  first  Lieutenant,  Mr. 
Maughan,  whose  zeal  &r  the  service  I  have  often  witnessed ;  and  also  to 
Mr.  Pawle,  my  second  Lieutenant,  whom  I  have  had  frequent  occasion  t» 
commend. 

To  Lieutenant  Buckle,  of  the  Hawke  cutter,  and  Captain  May,  a  Naval 
Officer  in  the  service  of  the  Prince  of  Orange,  who  very  handsomely  volunteered 
their  services  with  me  on  this  occasion^  1  am  much  indebted  for  their  advice  and 
assistance.— 1  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir,  &c.  &c. 

R.  WINTHROP. 

riee-Admiral  Mitcbtll,  ^c.   IsTc. 

ADMIRALTY  OFPICt,    OCT.  31. 

Ccfy  of  a  I^f  Iter /rem  JlTr.  jfamesLe  SarryCcmmanJing  the  May  Floiutr  privati  Ship 
of  Wary  to  Evan  Nepean,  E*q.  dated  at  Cuermey^  the  i^h  insl, 

SIR, 
I  take  the  liberty  to  adVise  you,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  that  I 
yesterday  returned  from  a  cruise  of  six  moLths  in  the  private  ship  of  war  the 
May  slower,  belonging  to  this  island,,  during  which  I  captured  a  Spanish  gun- 
boat, mounting  two  long  brass  eighteen- pounders,  and  43  men  ;  and  a  Spanish 
packet,  cutter  rigged,  mounting  cij^ht  guns,  fours,  four  of  which  are  brass,  and 
four  swivels,  and  27  men ;  the  former  i  sent  into  N'iinorca,  and  the  latter  into 
Gibraltar;  besides  v^hich  1  also  captured  four  merchant  vessels,  as  per  list  at 
foot  hereof,  three  of  which  I  saw  safe  in  port,  and  the  fourth  1  left  on  the  8th 
instant  in  the  homci^aid  bcund  Li&bon  Fleet,  under  convoy  of  his  Majesty's 
ships  the  Impregnable,  Excellent,  and  the  Alcmene  frigate. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  &c.  JAMES  L£  BARR. 

Tn  Minorca. — The  Caroline  French  brig,  about  90  tons,  from  Leghorn  to 
Toulon,  laden  with  hemp,  and  20  boxes,  plates  of  tin. 

In  Gibraltar. — A  brig  under  Danish  colours,  from  the  coast  of  Spain,  laden 
with  4^:5  pipes  and  60  hogsheads  of  brandy. 

In  1  i)»bon. — The  St.  Jose  Spanish  Latine  bark,  from  Rio-de-la-Plata  to  Bar- 
celona, with  60  tons  of  cocoa,  70  hides,  and  a  few  bales  of  cotton. 

Left  on  the  8th  instant,  with  the  homeward  bound  IJsbon  Fleet,  the  Spanish 
schooner  .Santo  Christo  del  Grao,  about  90  tons  burthen,  from  Cadiz  to  La 
Gua>ra,  with  various  kinds  of  merchandize. 

« 

AnMiRALTT-orricc,  OCT.  23. 

Cppy  of  a  Leiter  ft  am  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Brid forty  X.  3,  Admiral  o/the  WhOtt 
ISfi.  to  Evan  ^'epecn,  Esq.  dated  in  Tor  hay  the  tlstiMSt* 
SIR,  _ 

It  is  with  sincere  satisfadion  I  acquaint  you,  that  Lieutenant  Jauncey,  of  his 
Majesty's  f>hip  Ithalion,  is  jmt  arrived  here  from  1-lymoutb,  by  whom  I  have 
received  a  letter  from  Captain  Young,  stating  his  having  captured,  on  the 
l6th  instant,  the  Thcti&  Spanish  frigate,  with  much  treasure  and  a  valuabU 


OAZfiTTB    LETTERS.  I43 

forgo  of  cocoa  on  board  ;  also  informing  me,  that  another  Spanish  frigate,  her 
consoirt,  Kan  no  doubt  been  taken  by  the  Naiad.  Enclosed  is  a  copy  of  Captain 
Young's  letter,  which  I  transmit  for  their  Lordships*  information. 

I  haTc  the  honour  to  be,  Sir,  &c.  &c.  &c.  BRIDPORT. 

Mr  tO&D,  His  Majtityi  Ship  Etbalien,  Plymouth  Sounds  OB.  21. 

I  have  the  pleasure  to  inform  your  Lord&hip,  that  on  the  16th  instant,  at  three 
P.  M.  in  latitude  44  deg.  53  min.  longitude  9  deg.  53  min.  West,  we  discovered 
three  large  sail  on  the  weacher  boW)  evidently  men  of  war,  steering  S.  £.  with 
alII  sails  set.     1  immediately  tacked  and  stood  under  easy  sail,  with  an  intentioir 
to  speak  to  the  stemmost,  or  to  follow  them  till  day -light,  with  a  view  to  ascer- 
tain their  force.     On  a  nearer  approach  to  the  above  ship  she  made  the  private 
signal  :  concluding  from  that  the  other  two  ships  were  enemies,  I  made  all 
possible  sail  in  chace.     At  day-light  I  found  her  to  be  hi^  Majesty's  ship  Naiad, 
and  another  frigate  in  company,  which  I  took  to  be  the  Alcmene,  and  two  large 
frigates  khead.     At  seven  the  Naiad  made  ray  signal  to  pass  the  sternmost,  and 
stand  on  for  the  headmost.    At  nme  A.  M.  being  within  random  shot  of  the 
sternmost,  I  fired  a  few  guns  in  passing,  which  made  her  alter  her  course.     At 
half  past  eleven  the  headmost  ship  bore  up  athwart  us,  at  the  distance  of  half 
musquet  shot :  by  the  abilities  and  meritorious  condudb  of  the  officers,  the 
steady  spirit  and  prompt  obedience  to  my  orders  of  the  seamen  and  marines, 
with  a  well-dire«^ed  fire  of  two  broadsides  from  the  £thaUon,  and  a  runnins. 
fight  of  an  hour,  exchanging  bow  and  stern  ch|ces,  the  latter  part  within  ha» 
pifitol-sfaot,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  her  haul  down  Spanish  colours  to  his 
Majesty's  ship  under  my  command.     She  proves  to  be  the  Thetis  Spanish 
frigate,  of  36  guns,  twelve  and  six-pouoders,  and  250  men,  commanded  by  Doi| 
Juande  Mendoza,  frem  Vera  Cruz,  bound  to  any  port  in  Spain  she  could  fetch, 
with  1,41 1,5 1 6  dollars,  and  a  quantity  of  cocoa  on  board.     I  have  the  additional 
satisfaikion  to  acquaint  your  Lordship,  that  not  a  single  man  is  hurt  on  board 
the  Ethalion.     The  other  Spanish  frigate  is  called  the  Briglda,  commanded  by 
Don  Antonio  Pillou,  the  same  force  and  lading  as  the  Thetis.     The  last  time  I 
saw  the  Naiad,  which  was  juit  before  the  ailion  took  place,  was  nearly  within 
gun-shot  of  her,  and  I  have  no  doubt  of  her  being  captured.     I  beg  leave  to 
recommend  to  your  Lordships' notice  Lieutenant  Pym,  the  senior  Omcer;  the 
able  assisunce  1  received  from  him  on  the  quarter-deck,  and  his  indefatigable 
exertions  in  shifting  the  wounded  masts  and  yards  on  board  the  Thetis,  do  him 
the  utmost  credit.    I  cannot  pass  over  in  silence  the  praise  due  to  Lieutenants 
Jauncy  and  Quilliam,  for  their  great  attention  to  the  guns  on  the  main  deck, 
Bor  that  of  Mr.  Ducker  the  Master,  and  Lieutenant  Peake  of  the  Marines,  for 
their  aid  on  the  quarter-deck ;  the  warrant  and  petty  officers,  seamen,  and 
marines,  also  merit  your  Lordship's  notice. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  &c  J  AM£S  YOUNG. 

Ethalion. — None  killed  or  wounded. 
*lbetis. — One  killed,  and  nine  wounded. 
kigbt  Hon.  Lord  3ridf>6rt,  IS^c.  f^fc.  tJV. 

ADMIRALTT  omCE,  OCT.  24. 

Copy  of  (uuihtr  Leti£r  frtm  Admiral  Lord  Bridport  to  Evan  NcpeoHi  E^q,  dat^d  the 

%74  instant. 

SIK, 

Captain  Digby,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Alcmcne,  is  just  arrived  here  ;  he  came 
from  Plymouth  by  land,  charged  with  dispatches  from  Captain  Pierrepoint,  of 
his  Majesty^s  ship  Naiad,  stating,  with  other  occurrences,  the  important  capture 
of  the  Santa  Brigida,  Spanish  frigate,  consort  of  the  I'hetis,  Us  stated  in  Captain 
Yottng*s  letter  of  yesterday's  date)  copies  of  which  ydu  will  herewith  receive 
for  their  Lordships*  information,  whom  i  sincerely  congratulate  upon  this  for« 
tnnate  event,  which  does  so  much  credit  to  Captain  Pierrepoint,  and  all  the' 
officers,  seamen,  and  marines  of  the  different  ships  under  his  comnund,  for  the 
Jneritorious  and  persevering  condud  manifested  upon  this  occasion. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  &c  BRIDPORT. 


144  .«AztTre  L^TxtRs* 

I  have  j^rcat  pleasure  in  being  able  to  acquaint  yon,  that  the  thips  nauncd  til 
tbe  margin  *  (which  your  Lurdship  has  done  me  the  honour  to  put  under  m^ 
orders    captured  yesterday  morning  the  Spanish  frigate  S  nta  Brigida,  of  36 
guns,  and  having  on  board  3?o  men,  commanded  oy  Don  Antonio  WUoiu 
I'his  frigate,  my  Lord,  in  company  with  another  called  the  Thetis,  left  Vera 
Cms  on  the  21st  of  August  last,  and  I  had  the  good  fortune  to  fall  in  with  them 
both,  on  the  evening  of  the  i6th  instant,  in  latitude  44  deg.  i  min.  N.  loQgi-> 
tflde  I  a  deg.  35  min.  W.  at  eight  P.  M.  the  Naiad  then  a  single  ship,  and  to 
trhichvl  immediately  gave  chace.     Before  midnight  1  discovered  them  to  be 
teasels  belonging  to  the  enemy,  and  was  joined  by  the  F.thalion  :  when  the  day* 
broke  I  was  also  joined  by  the  Alcmene,  when  the  Triton  was  discovered  faf 
■stem  still,  owing  to  the  superior  sailing  of  the  latSer  ship ;  after  a  chace  which 
lasted  thirty-^two  hours,  I  set  myself  down  as  indebtea  for  a  most  valuable 
capture.     The  two  frigates  at  seven  A.  M.  perceiving  themselves  not  in  a  sute 
to  withstand  our  united  force,  took  difTercnt  routes,  upon  which  \  made  the 
Ethalton'r  signals  to  pass  the  stcrumost  ship  of  the  enemy,  as  she  at  that  time 
Cook  the  lead  in  point  of  sailing,  and  stand  for  and  engage  the  headmost  Tevel« 
%hich  was  obeyed  with  that  alacrity  by  Captain  Young,  that  I  make  no  doubt 
but  she  has  experienced  a  similar  fate  to  htr  companion  ;  but  as  the  Santa 
Brigida  made  a  determinate  push  on  the  southern  course,  a  separation  of  course 
took  place.    The  latter  frigate  of  the  enemy  having  rounded  Cape  Fioiaterre 
ta  the  morning  of  the  i8tn  instant,  by  hrr  fast  ^aihng,  about  five  o'clock  hef 
Commander  ^oved  so  very  close  to  the  rockn  of  Monte  Lora,  that  the  TritoD« 
%rho  was  first  in  pursuit,  (Captain  Gore  being  regardless  of  every  thing  bnt 
closing  with  the  enemy ;,  struck  upon  the  kaid  rocks,  going  seven  knots  at  the 
time  ,  1  fear  htr  damage  is  conriderable  :  however  she  was  soon  off  again,  and 
commmced   an  animated  fire  on  the  enemy,  as  A\A  Captain  Digby,  with  aif 
ofiicer-likc  presence  of  mind,keeping  in  that  dircctitm  to  cut  off  the  entrance  of 
Port  de  Mdre.    At  eight  A.  M.  the  three  frigates  closed  with  the  enemy  amidst 
the  rocks  of  C  ommarurto,  at  the  entrance  of  Muros,  when  the  colours  were 
bauied  down,  and  we  found  ourselves  all  in  foul  ground  together.    A  fortonate 
breeze  sprang  up  from  the  shore,  and  we  were  enabled  to  put  the  ships  heads  te 
the  sea,  and  began  to  shift  prisoners,  when  a  Spanish  squadron,  consisting  of  fouf 
large  ships,  one  with  a  broad  pendant,  came  out  of  Vigo,  with  an  intention^ 
I  suppose,  of  rescuing  the  prize.    This  being  the  opinions  of  Captain  Gore  and 
Digby  also,  every  exertion  was  made  to  secure  the  prisoners  and  get  the  ship# 
imdcr  my  command  ready  to  receive  them  ;  but  on  their  perceiving  my  deter- 
mination, they  bore  up  and  ran  into  Vigo.     Light  and  variable  winds  have 
kept  me  still  in  sight  of  the  Spanish  coast,  which  is  to  day  one  continued  blaze; 
and  as  I  was  aware  ol  anotncr  squadron  of  Spanish  ships  being  in  Corunna^ 
have  thought  it  my  dMty  to  keep  altogether  for  the  protedion  of  the  prize^ 
which  is  orhnmcntte  value,  haying  on  board  1,400,000  dollarn,  independent  of  a 
cargo  of  equal  estimation.     My  compenions  in  chace.  Captains  Gore  and  Digby, 
make  the  most  favourable  report  of  tne  zeal  and  perseverance  of  their  respeaive 
officers  and  crews;  and  in  justice  to  the  officers  and  ship's  company  I  have  the 
honour  to  command,  1  can  only  say,  that  theur  anxiety  to  get  alongside  the 
enemy's  frigates,  whilst  ak>nc,  was  equal  to  what  it  was  afterwards,  when  my 
force  became  stiperior  ;  and  on  that,  as  on  all  former  occasions,  I  profited  by 
the  able  a&sistance  of  J.  H.  Marshall,  my  first  Lieutenant,  to  whom  I  have 
^iven  charge  of  the  prize.     I  inclose  a  list  of  killed  and  wounded  on  this  oc6»* 
aion,  either  by  shot  or  casualties. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  &c.  W.  FIERREPOIMT. 

TtHtn. — One  teaman  wounded* 

AUmcnt, — One  seaman  kiHed  ;  one  petty  officer  and  eight  teamoi  woimd«4» 
Banu  Bni[ida.^^Tvro  teamen  killed ;  eight  seamen  wounded. 
Stig  t  Mm,  lard  Bridfwt^  X.B.  l^t.  t^t.  Ife. 

*  Naiad,  TritOD«  Alcmenc 

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MONTHLY  REGISTER 

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SAGWr  HOUSES. 


TtAMtLATiOM  ^  tfDamsh  Publication  relative  to  Three  new  Lights  U  he  placed 

sf  tie  Entrance  of  the  Lund. 

Ulfl  Majesty  haTJilg  been  plsased  to  order,  that  to  guide  the  navigation  into 
and  out  of  the  Lund,  two  fires  shall,  as  formerly,  be  kept  up  upon  Nakk^- 
}iOTed,near  £laineur ;  and  one  light  on  the  north  east  spire  or  tower  of  the 
palace  or  castle  of  Cronborg,  upon  the  same  places  or  in  the  same  positions 
where  lights  were  kept  up  in  177a ;  be  it  known, 

That  on  the  r^th  April  1800,  two  fires  will  be  lighted  on  the  two  towers  op 
lijdckehoved,  and  one  light  on  the  north  east  spire  or  tower  of  the  palace  or 
castle  of  Cronborg. 

Those  fires  and  light  are  to  be  regulated  by  the  ordinances  of  the  ^xst  March 
J705,  and  of  the  xst  February  1779  *  >o  ^^^^  ^^  summer,  or  from  Easter  tp 
^ilchaelnias,  they  are  to  be  lighted  one  hour  after  suosct,  and  to  bum  till  sun- 
rise  i  and  in  winter,  or  from  Michaelmas  to  Ea^^er,  they  are  to  be  lighted  half 
an  hour  after  sunset,  and  to  burn  till  sunrise. 

It  is  hereby  farther  made  known  that  a  chart  of  the  positions  and  bearings  of 
the  fires  and  light,  made  out  in  1771,  with  remark!  to  be  observed  by  those  who 
nil  into  or  oat  of  the  Lund  in  the  night  tiqie,  '^  pp  f)c  had  ^  his  Hiajest/'t 
Cnstom-House  at  the  Lund  for  twelve  stivers. 

Copenhagen.  Given  in  the  Royal  West  India  Guiijiea  Exchequer  and  General 
Coftom-Hottte-O^ce,  the  iith  Jaounry  x8op. 


THS  I^iGBT-Hoosz  rituated  on  the  Point  of  l.indesneevs,  in  Norway,  not 
being  safficiently  elevated,  nor  discernible  by  day,  his  Danish  Majesty  has  thought 
nropcr  to  cause  to  be  erecfted  on  the  same  scite  a  tower  of  ten  yards,  or  twenty 
leet  in  height, painted  white,  upon  which  a  fire,  as  formerly,  will  be  lighted  on 
the  xst  day  of  February  of  the  present  year. 

The  Light-Home  of  Markoc,  opposite  to  Lindesneess,  has  not  undergone  apy 
change. 

LORD  NELSON. 

A  superb  Monument  beine  to  be  erefted  in  Potte,  as  a  memorable  tribute  of 
gratitude  to  Lord  Nelson,  his  Lordship  has  written  the  following  letter  to  the 
aj^t  at  Rome,  who  has  the  condu^  of  this  business  : 

••  DBAKSIR,  "  Pa/ermot  Dec.  t^. 

^  Sir  Charles  Hamilton  has  been  so  kind  to  communicate  to  me  the 
distinguished  honour  intended  to  me  by  the  inhabitants,  by  you,  and  other 

frofessors  and  admirers  of  the  fine  arts  i|i  Roine,  to  ered  a  monument, 
have  not  words  su£5cient  to  express  my  feelings,  pn  hearing  that  my  ad  ions 
have  contributed  to  preserve  the  works  which  form  the  bchooi  of  Fine  Ara 
in  Italy,  which  the  modem  Goths  wanted  to  carry  off  and  destroy. 

*•  That  they  may  always  remain  in  the  only  place  worthy  of  them— 
Rome,  are  and  will  be  my  most  fervent  .wishes,  togcthes  with  the  consniit 
esteem  o( 

"  Dear  «ir, 

"  BROICFS'  NBLSON." 

TBti  in.  u 


i^6  MONTHLY  KKGliTlR 

CAPTAIN  HAMILTON,  OF  THE  SURPRTZE. 

<*   SIR,  **  SpmiiA  Toimif  Jamaicm^  ^lb  •/ Norn.  1797. 

'*  In  obedience  to  an  order  of  the  Honoarable  Hoitseof  Assembly,  I  beg  leatv 
to  indole  you  a  copy  of  a  Retolutioo  of  the  Houw,  whieh  pasted  unanimou^lf 
oil  Wednesday,  the  6th  instant ;  and  permit  me  to  assure  70a  that  i  transmit  it- 
with  the  greatest  satiifa«3ion. 

**  I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

'*  With  much  respe«S,  Sir, 

**  Your  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

«  JAVlESl-tWiS." 
Captain  Edward  Hami/iom^  His  Afajesty*s  Ship  Surpri»t. 

*<  Hw**  of  AsiemUy^  H'tdnnday^  Sib  Nov,  1799. 

**    RESOLVED,    NBM.CON. 

**  That,  as  a  testimony  of  the  high  sense  this  House  entertain  of  the  e]ctra- 
ordinary  gallantry  and  ability  displayed  by  Captain  Edward  Hamilton,  in 
attacking  and  cutting  out  of  Porto  Cavelio  his  Majesty*s  late  ship  Hermione,  an. 
enterprize  surpassed  by  none  in  this  glorious  war^  the  Receiver-'Jeneral  be 
dire<fled  to  remit  to  the  agent  the  sum  of  three  hundred  guineas,  for  the  purchase 
of  a  sword,  to  be  presented  to  Capt^ui  Hamilton. 

**    OKDEKED, 

*'  That  the  Cierk  of  th«  House  do  tranmit  to  Captain  Hamilton  a  copy  of 
the  said  Resolution. 

^  By  the  House, 

"  JAMES  LE>\1S,  Clerk  to  the  Assembly." 


NAVAL  PILLAR. 

The  following  Committee  are  to  decide  upon  the  merits  of  the  several  designs 
«ff(.rcd  for  the  Naval  Column,  and  to  superintend  its  execution. 

Earl  Spencer,  fira  LwrJff  the  AdmiraUy. 

The  Right  Hon.  William  Pitt,  MaOtr  rf tht  Cotforatiom  $/ 

Trinity  Hpuse, 
Sir  Andrew  bNAts  Hammond,  C^mptrJier •fhU  M*^y*t  Aisvyu 
^     Sir  P&TER  PARKER,  Bart    AJmural  it  Hn  fUtt. 

'\  he:  Hon.  Sasiuel  Barrihotok,  Gentral ^  the  Marina* 

Evan  Nepean, Esq.  S^retary  ^ the  Admiralty, 

George  Rosa,  Em.  Secretary  ef  the  Treaemry* 

The  Governor  ofthe  Bank  of  England. 

'i'he  Chairman  of  the  E%st  India  Compamt  ;  and 

Alexander  Davison,  Esq.  TrMMr«r. 

A  model  uf  a  colossal  statue  two  hundred  and  thirty  feet  high,  executed  aftet 
the  school  of  Michael  Angelo,  has  been  made  by  Mr.  hlaunan,  and  ent  to  ihc 
u-ca^urcr,  Alexander  Davison.     Britannia  In  Divine  PrtmJence  triumphant,  appears 


p  ates,  descriptive  of  his  origi 
Hill,*'  says  the  eminent  artist,  "  appears  to  he  the  best  situation  for  the  Naval 
Monument,  from  the  following  Considerations  :  the  gradation  of  scenery  fron 
the  I'hamcs  rising  with  the  fine  archiieflure  and  porticos  of  this  great  Naval 
Hospital  of  the  country,  continued  with  the  high  ground  and  woods,  and  con- 
nc^ed  by  the  Observatory,  with  such  a  finish  would  afford  a  sublimity  of  prospeA 
not  to  be  equalled  in  any  other  place.  Besides,  its  vicinity  to  and  vii-ih  lity  in  t  e 
high  )  arts  of  London  and  its  environs,  to  the  south  and  east  it  would  mo^t 
likely  be  seen  as  <ar  as  the  Sea.  It  is  also  to  be  remembered,  that  the  Port  of 
the  Metropolis,  is  the  great  port  of  the  whole  kingdom  ;  that  the  Kent  road  it 
the  ingress  to  l.<  ndon  from  Europe,  Asia,  and  Africa  ;  and  that,  as  Greenwi  h 
h'ill  is  the  place  from  whence  theto  ngitude  is  taken,  the  Monununt  would, 
I  kc  tie  first  Mile>sto  !e  m  the  Qitj^i  Rome,  be  the  point  from  whrch  the  world 
Wtfiild  be  mcasLred." 


OV  MAVAL    ErENTS*  T47 

l^filUttftng  Accimii  tf  ihe  Capture  9/  the  Pallas  French  Frigafty  Is  fahn  from  the 
Lag  B9ok  •/  tb9  Fairy  Sleofi  of  War^  1 6  Gims^  Captain  J,  S.  Norton. 

"At  eigAt  on  the  fifUi  of  February,  the  Fairy  and  Harpy  ia  company,  the 
Cordeliere  Rock  N.  £.  five  or  six  miles ;  at  half  past  eleven  saw  a  French 
fri^te  ;  at  •m,  brought  her  to  a^ion  ;  at  a  quarter  past  three  the  enemy  ceased 
finng,  and  made  sail  to  the  N.  and  £. : — refitted,  and  made  sail  after  her.  At  a 
quarter  pdtitihree set  the  steering  sails;  the  enemy  heaving  up  to  the  N.  and  W. 
\fade  the  Harpy*s  signal,  (18  guns.  Captain  H.  Bazely)  to  gain  the  wind  of  her. 
At  feoTf  saw  froni  the  mast-head,  three  strange  sail;  made  the  Signal  for  an 
<nemy;  which  repeated  with  a  gun  every  five  minutes,  as  did  the  Harpy.  A 
quarter  put  four  tlie  enemy  bore  up  ;  twenty  minuter  past  four  made  the  signal 
to  engage,  as  coming  up  with  the  enemy  ;  half  past  four,  Rogadaue  N.  N.  £. 
six,  or  keven  miles,  made  the  preparatory  signal  to  rake  the  enemy.  I'lulf  past 
,/(«ri  the  Chace  W.  the  Harpy  W.  by  S.  lignt  breezes;  at  teven^  the  three  sail 
four  or  five  miles  before  the  lee  beam ;  wind  S.  S.  W.  half  past  eight,  made 
the  private  signal  to  the  ships  to  leeward,  which  they  did  not  answer  ;  at  nine 
Bpoke  his  Majesty's  ship  La  Loire,  and  pointed  out  the  Chace  to  Captain 
Kewman  then  a  gun  and  an  half  shot  on  our  weather  quarter  ;  tacked  in  com- 
pliance with  his  orders.  '  At  ten  spoke  the  Railleur,  tacked  occasionally : 
quarter  past  e/even.  La  Loire,  and  Railieur,  firing  their  bow  ^uns  at  the  Chace. 
'rhe  enemy  tacked  at  half  past  eleven,  and  getting  close  m  with  the  Seven 
Islands,  a  smart  adion  commenced  between  her,  and  La  L  oire.  About  twenty 
minutes  before  twelve,  gave  the  enemy  our  broadside  on  passing;,  which  repeated 
on  the  other  tack  ;  several  guns  firing  from  the  batteries,  tne  Railleur,  and 
Harpy,  as  wtll  as  La  Loire,  occasiondlly  engaging  the  enemy  ;  who  at  half  past 
two  struck  her  colours,  and  proved  to  be  the  Pallasi  a  new  French  frigate,  of 
46  guns,  and  380  men,  from  i>t.  Maloes.*' 

WRECK  OF  THE  SCEPTRE  MAN  OF  WAR. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Officers  of  the  Sceptre  who  were  either  saved 
from  the  wreck  of  that  ship  on  the  5th  of  November  1799,  or  were  on  shore  at 
the  time  of  the  accident : 

Lieutenanu  James  Pengelly,  Thomas  Tuder  Tucker,  Hon.  Alexander  Jones, 
«nd  —  Pouglas,  of  the  Marines ;  John  Bury,  Surgeon  ;  J.  Dredge,  Puriter ; 
Lieutenant  N.  J.  Willoughby,  Invalid;  R.  Smart;  Wm.  Dredge,  Invalid; 
B.  W,  M*Gibbon,  Marines,  ditto;  Mr.  Jas.  .^haw.  Master's  Mate;  Jami'f 
&phynz,  Viidshipman;  J.  H.Buddie,  ditto;  Stephen  Popham,  ditto;  fames 
Pettel,  ditto;  Chas.  W.  Chalmers,  ditto;  John  Thoihpson,  ditto;  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Tringham,  Chaplain  ;  Mr.  Bosseil,  Carpenter  :  and  109  Seamen  and 
Marinec. 

The  follcywing  officers  were  unfortunately  lost : 

Captain  Valentine  Edwards;  Lieutenant  IV'unn,  and  Lieutenant  Bartlett  $ 
<  Kir.  Edward  Bones,  Master;  Mr.  Alexander  Baxter,  Gunner  ;  Mr  Robinson, 
Boatswain ;  Mr.  Barlow,  Mr.  W.  Edwards,  Mr.  T.  Giles  Kilburne,  and  Mr. 
James  Tucker,  Middiipmen ;  and  about  aSo  Seamen  and  Marines. 

WRECK  OF  THE  BRAZEN  SLOOP. 

On  the  25th  of  January,  between  three  and  four  o'clock  in  the  momirg,  tht 
Brazen  sloop  of  war,  mounting  18  guns,  commanded  by  Captain  Hansu  v,  was 
in  a  gale  of  wind  driven  on  Avc^Roch,  near  Ntnvhaven,  and  soon  afterwards 
dashed  to  pieces,  by  the  violence  of  the  waves.  The  wreck,  when  it  was  dis* 
covered  about  seven  in  the  morning,  exhibited  a  most  melancholy  and  distressing 
tccne.  Many  of  the  crew  who  had  got  on  rafts,  and  on  different  parts  of  the 
ship,  were  seen  struggling  with  the  contending  billows,  but  in  vain,  as  it  was  at 
the  time  of  high  water,  and  when  no  aseibtance  could  be  given  them  from  the 
shore.  The  Lieutenant  and  Purser,  who  were  excellent  swimmers,  btripped, 
and  attempted  to  save  themselves  by  that  means ;  but  having  swam  till  they 
Mrere  exhausted,  they  sunk,  and  were  seen  no  more  :  and  it  is  painful  to  relate, 
that  the  whole  of  the  crew,  consisting  ^f  no  persons,  one  only  excepted, 
perished.  At  the  ebbing  of  the  tide  the  shore  was  covered  with  dead  budics, 
srhich  were  picked  uf  and  put  iitto  waggons  sent  from  Newhavcn  fyr  iii4( 


I4S  MOMTHLT  mOlfTJUL 

purpose.    The  man  who  wan  saved  prcterred  kianelf  by  tke  belp  of  » trvofli) 

or  !>kid,  used  for  bunching  a  boait  from  a  ship,  and  was  drawn  up  the  Cliff  07  a 
machine  constructed  for  chat  humane  purpote  He  was  io  much  ezhaattcd, 
that  it  was  a  considerable  time  before  he  recovered  sufficiently  to  speak  to  bt 
understood 

The  Brazen  had  the  day  before  taken  a  prize  off  the  hie  of  Wight,  and  teal 
her  to  For  smnuch,  under  care  of  seven  of  the  crew,  who  thereby  fortunately 
escaped  the  dreadful  and  fatal  disaster. 

The  f(>llowing  letter,  dated  Lnves,  Feb.  j,  says  •*  The  seaman  whom  Provi- 
dence so  especially  favoured  in  hia  escape  from  the  wreck  of  the  Brazen  sloop  of 
War,  a«  mentioned  above,  io  namrd  Jercmah  Hill.  He  was  drafted  from  the 
C^rysfort  frigate  on  boacd  the  ill-fatcd  ship,  on  her  laUing  from  Portsmouth, 
only  ten  days  before  she  met  the  melancholy  disaster.  Hiii,  on  that  night,  had 
the  mid-wctch,  and  \s  as  relieved  about  two  in  the  morning,  but  did  not  go  to 
his  hammock  till  four.  At  five  he  was  alarmed  by  the  ctrikioc  of  the  ship 
(but  had  heard  no  soundings  called),  and  hastened  on  deck  with  his  jacket  and 
trowsers  in  his  hand,  which,  on  s-cing  the  state  of  the  ship,  he  cast  away,  aod 
assisted  in  cutting  the  weather  shrouds  to  release  the  main  and  mizen  masta, 
which  went  over  by  the  board,  but  without  any  good  cffe«5t,  as  the  ship  was, 
by  the  violence  of  tlie  waves,  almost  instantly  hove  on  her  side,  and  dawed  t* 
pieces.  He  then  g<t  on  the  main-mast,  and  retained  bis  situation  until  a  gvo* 
slide  presented  itself  to  his  reach,  which  he  embraced,  and  clung  to  it  till  it 
floated  him  on  shore.  The  stern-post,  with  two  of  the  gnns,  drifted  on  shore  on 
y  ednesday  ;  a  small  part  of  her  side  was  carried  by  the  tide  beyond  the  Eaatcm 
Pier,  and  the  fore  pan  remained  near  the  rock  on  which  she  split.  The  crew^ 
consisting  of  seamen  drafted  from  ships  that  had  been  paid  off,  it  is  supposed  did 
not  po&.'-ess  amongst  them  le^s  that  50  ol.  in  cash  and  bills.  Between  thirty  and 
forty  of  the  dead  bodies  have  been  picked  up  near  Newha^en,  twenty-nine  of 
which  were  buried  on  Saturday  afternoon  in  a  spot  of  ground  adjoining  the 
church -yard  of  that  place.  Coffins  were  provided  for  them  all  by  order  of  the 
Admiralty. 

**  Captain  Hanson*s  widow,  who  is  far  advanced  in  her  pregnancy,  bat  ei« 
pressed  a  stioog  desire  to  see  the  remains  of  her  husband;  in  cooaequenee  of 
which  a  rewaid  has  been  offered  for  the  recovery  of  his  body,  which  is  distin*: 
cttishable  hy  an  anchor  marked  with  gunpowder  on  one  of  his  anna. 

"  '1  he  relatives  of  a  youth  of  di»tiu<f^ion,  who  Was  amongst  the  sufferers,  are 
equally  solicitous  for  a  sight  of  his  remaioi,  and  offer  for  their  produ^iioii  m 
reward  of  fifty  pounds.*' 

Perismeuth,  Jan,  IO.  This  day  a  most  melancholy  accident  happened  here  ;--« 
A  boat  with  eighteen  persons  in  it  was  overset  near  the  White  Buoy,  on  ita 
pissage  to  the  Veneraole,  lying  at  St.  Helen's.  Those  who  unfortunately 
perianed  were,  B.  C  Meredith,  Lieutenant  of  the  Marines  ;  Mr.  Stokes,  Mid- 
shipman ;  ten  seamen,  three  boys,  and  one  woman,  all  belonging  to  the  above 
ahip.  Two  men  were  happily  saved.  One  of  them  preserved  nimself  by  meant 
of  a  trunk  belonging  to  an  officer,  who  fortunately  avoided  sharing  the  fate  of 
the  above  persons  by  getting  out  of  the  boat  only  a  few  minutes  before  it  left  the 
Sally  Port. 

1  he  two  seamen  saved  from  the  Venerable*s  boat,  and  picked  op  by  the  lau- 
dable exertions  of  a  wherryman,  being  brouj^ht  on  shore,  were  immediately 
attended  by  Mr.  Sharp,  surgeon,  in  Broad- «:reet,  who,  by  his  perseverance; 
restored  them  both  to  society.  He  restored  one  by  an  emetic,  and  the  other  by 
the  process  prescribed  by  the  Humane  Society. 

The  following  is  an  extra  A  from  the  intercepted  letter,  among  others^  of 
General  Klebcr  to  the  Diredory  : 

'*  1  know  all  the  importance  of  the  possession  of  Fgypt.    I  used  to  tav  ia 

Fuiope,  that  this  counfky  was  for  France  tne  pcint  of  fixture,  by  means  of  whic& 

she  might  move  sit  will  the  ccmxrcrcial  system  of  every  quarter  of  the  globe  | 

but  to  do  this  <ffc<i2v9lly,  a  powerful  lever  is  required,  and  that  lever  is  a  Mavy« 

Ctrs  hat  exited  I  ^jnce  that  period,  every  thing  has  changed  ;  and  peace  with 

the  Forte  is,  in  my  opinion,  the  only  expedient  that  holds  out  to  us  a  method  of 


half  getting  rM  of  an  entbrprize  no  longer  captble  of  attaining  the  o1>j<A  for 
which  it  was  undertaken. 

The  officera  and  sailors  belonging  to  the  American  ships  in  the  port  of  London 
on  Sunday  the  i6th  instant,  paid  a  tribute  of  respect  to  their  deceased  friend 
General  Washington,  by  attending  at  St.  John*8  Church,  Wapping,  dressed  in 
aaTal  monnung. 


EAST-INDIA  REPORT, 


ACCOUNTS  from  India  state,  that  in  the  month  of  August  last  theTrinco. 
malee  sloop  of  war,  of  i6  guns,  commanded  by  Lieutenant  John  Roe,  engaged  m 
French  frigate  of  24  guns,  for  the  space  of  two  hours,  in  the  Straits  of  Babet- 
Mandel.  i'he  adion  was  so  heroically  maintained  on  the  part  of  the  British, 
hartng  laid  herself  close  on  the  quarter  of  the  enemy,  that  both  vessels  nnibrt»^ 
aately  blew  up,  and  the  whole  of  the  respe<fttve  crews  perished.  The  Trinconui* 
lee  and  Comet  were  sent  from  Bombay  to  join  Commodore  Blanket's  squadroi^ 
and  fell  In  with  two  French  ships  in  the  Persian  Ouiph,  of  very  superior  force  ] 
one  of  them  was  known  to  be  the  Fear!,  National  fri?ate,  which  had  been  so  long 
cruising  in  the  Indian  Seas.  The  Briti^  ships,  from  the  great  superiority  <» 
the  enemy,  we  are  informed,  rather  wished  to  avoid  an  a^ion  ;  bat  they  were 
placed  ir  •-  ch  a  critical  situation,  the  enemy  having  the  advantage  of  the  wind, 
that  they  could  not  possibly  escape  :  and  considering  that  the  valuable  trade 
from  Bussorah  was  likely  to  suffer  materially  from  their  cruising  in  those  pattiL 
they  determined  at  len^  to  risque  an  a<$lion.  The  Comet  ene^eed  the  Pearl 
very  warmly,  and  the  rrincomalee  the  other  French  ship,  which  mounted  ^4 
guns.  The  adion,  which  was  desperately  fought,  lasud  two  hours,  when  both 
blew  up.  The  other  National  vessel,  seeing  tne  fate  of  her  consort,  made  sail 
from  the  Comet.  The  cause  of  this  lamentable  disaster  is  not  precisely  accounted 
for,  as  everj  man  on  board  both  ships  perished  in  the  explosion.  .The  Comet 
hoisted  out  her  boats  to  afford  all  the  assistance  in  her  power,  but  nothing  coul4 
be  picked  up  but  pieces  of  the  wreck. 

Fti.  19.  "Yesterday  a  Court  of  Direiftorsof  the  East  India  Company  was  hel4 
at  the  India  House,  when  Captain  Nathaniel  Spens  was  sworn  into  the  command 
•f  the  ship  Neptune,  bnrthen  1100  tons,  consigned  to  China  direet. 

The  following  Commanders  attended  the  Court  of  Direfiors  yesterday,  and 
took  their  final  leave,  previous  to  their  being  dispatched  according  to  their 
resptrdive  destinations,  viz.  Captain  George  Stevens,  of  the  Ceres ,  Captui^ 
A.  F.  W.  Swinton,  of  the  Lady  Burgcs  ;  Captain  Bruce  Mitchell,  of  the  Mar- 
quis WeHesIey  ;  Captain  Robert  Spottis^'ood,  of  the  Lord  Nelson  ;  Captain 
John  Brooke  Sampson,  of  the  Earl  of  2^t.  Vincent ;  and  Captain  James  Ludovic 
Grant,  of  the  Brunswick. 

The  Lord  Wikmgham,  Captain  Smales,  is  ordered  to  be  at  Orayesend  on  the. 
t5th  of  next  month. 

The  ships  Buttcrworth,  Henry  Glasn>oole,master,390  tons ;  New  Kuphratei^ 
Lawrence  Frazer,  aSi  tons;  Favourite,  George  Kerr,  276  tons;  £Uegood» 
Christopher  Dickson,  327  tons ;  Kingston,  Thomas  Dennis,  %Zj  tons ;  were 
pcnnitied  to  proceed  on  the  Southern  Whale  Fishery. 

The  Underwriters  have  agreed  to  give  Captain  JameaSturrock,  and  crew,  of 
the  bhip  Pursuit,  five  pounds  per  cent,  on  the  value  of  the  sliip  and  cargo,  for 
their  gallant  defence  against  a  French  privateer  of  considerable  force,  on  the 
fifth  of  January  last. 

The  expedition  fitted  out  from  Bombay,  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  the 
Island  of  Peiim,  in  the  Straits  of  Babemiandcl,  has  been  ably  condudbed  by 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Murray.  This  Position,  notwithsunding  its  sterility,  is  of 
great  importance  from  the  size  and  excellence  of  its  harbour. 


I^O  MORTRLY  RB6IITBK 

PLYMOUTH  REPORT, 

FROM  JANUARY  15  TO  FEBRUARY  *x 


Jffft.  15.  Wind  N.  W.  Cloudy.  ArriTcd  from  a  cniise  the  SyI|A  sloop  of 
%rar,  Capf aln  Dashwood  A  seaman  of  the  Ethalion,  from  exceauve  toy  at  the 
rery  honourable  acquittal  of  Captain  Searle,  the  officers,  seamen,  and  marines, 
of  that  ship,  drank  so  much  liquor,  that  he  foil,  fradiured  his  skull,  and  died 
iistantly.  Vcrdid,  Accidental  death.  Sailed  for  Torbay,  the  Neptane,  98  gvn«> 
and  the  Triumph,  74,  Rcar-Admiral  CoUingwood.  jAw  the  Speedwell  lugger* 
and  Gcor^  cutter,  tor  (Guernsey.  Went  into  the  Sitmd,-the  AkmexK,  J4  guns. 
Captain  Digby,  and  Rcnard,^  g^Mt"  Captain  Spicer.  Orders  came  dowa  thi» 
^y  for  all  ships  ready  f .  r  bca  to  proceed  for  Torbay  diredly. 

16.  Wind  K.  W.  Cloudy.  Reports  having  been  indusuioosly  circulated 
that  the  French  fleet  were  at  sea  with  their  auxiliaries  the  Spaniards,  it  seems 
■ecessary  to  contradid  it,  as  the  combined  fleets  were  at  anchor  in  Brest  water 
the  loch  in.Ntant,  and  not  the  least  appearance  of  their  sailing  at  that  period. 
Inciters  received  this  day  from  the  Fowey  cutter.  Lieutenant  Derby,  state.  thaC 
she  is  arrived  safe  the  24th  ult.  in  Crookhaveu,  after  striking  on  the  Saints  Rocks 
the  18th  ult.  and  niakiag  much  water.  She  was  driven  into  :he  Bay  of  Blscayp 
short  of  provisioiisi,  and  leaky  ;  but  by  a  fortunate  shift  of  wiod,  she  bore  up  for 
Ireland,  and  got  safe  into  Crookhaven  Bay. 

17.  Wind  N.  W.  Great  Fojt.  La«it  night  there  was  a  hot  press  in  Catwater 
snd  the  Pool,  when  several  useful  hands  were  picked  up.  This  morning  a  boat 
with  armed  men  boatded  the  l^avid,  just  arrived  from  Oporto,  with  wioes» 
fttsrted  two  bntt!i,  drank  their  fill,  and  took  out  the  mate  and  two  seamen  \ 
carried  them  into  tite  Sound,  and  put  the  mate  on  the  Red  Spill  buoy»  and  the 
two  seamen  ou  another  buof ,  where  they  remained  exposed  to  the  wash  of  sea 
tiU  day-break,  when  fortunately  the  master  of  a  stone  barge,  going  down  the 
bafbour  for  Catwater  saw  their  distressed  sitQation,  sent  his  boat  and  took  tfaent 
olf,  almost  benumbed  with  cold.  No  idea  whatever  has  been  formed  who  the 
nhvman  villains  were  to  be  guilty  of  such  an  ad  of  atrocity.  Went  into  dock, 
the  Atlan,  9S  guns,  Captain  Jones.  She  is  much  damaged  in  her  bottom  hy 
beating  so  violently  on  the  reefs  of  St.  Nicholas  Island. 

xS.  Wind  S.  £.  Cloudy.  Came  in  the  Emden,  from  New  Yoik,  detained 
Vy  the  N'ercury  frigafe.  This  dav  were  landed  from  the  Calcutta  Hast  India* 
man,  retaken  by  the  Glenmore  ano  L'Amiable  frigates  off  Madeira,  about  filtj 
Lascar  »eamen«  sick.  Thcv  are  lodged  in  the  China  Honse  ai  as  hotpitaL  They 
appear  to  sulTer  very  much  from  the  coldness  of  the  climate. 

19.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain.  Passed  up  this  morning,  with  part  of  the  New- 
fovndland  fleet,  the  Mercnry  irigate.  Arrived  the  American  brig  Franklin, 
taken  by  the  Alliance  French  privateer,  and  retaken  by  the  Excellent,  74  guns. 

sa  Wind  N.  Snow  and  Frost.  Arrived  the  North  Star  from  St.  Michael's* 
with  fruit,  taken  by  a  French  privateer,  and  retaken  by  the  Urania,  44  gun% 
Captain  Towry.  Arrived  also  the  Hope,  from  Newfoundland  for  Poole.  She 
experienced  dreadful  weather  on  her  passage.  Sailed  the  Speedwell  Ivgger,  and 
George  cutter,  with  a  fleet  for  Jersey. 

%i.  Wind  N.  Frost  and  Snow.  Sailed  for  Torbay,  the  Alcmene,  31  gntt% 
Captain  Digby.  Arrived  from  Bourdeaux,  the  Fredag,  Overfodishcrd,  with 
brandy;  and  William,  Anchor,  from  Newfoundland.  Also  the  Falkende, 
Christian,  bound  to  Altona,  detained  and  sent  in  by  one  of  our  cruisers.  Sailed 
for  St.  Malocs,  the  Adive  cartel,  having  on  board  General  Defoumeanz,  and 
Kveral  French  passengers,  from  Guadaloupe,  sent  home  on  parole  of  honour. 

u.    Wind  S.  E.  Clouds  and  Rain.     Sailed  the  Sj^y,  iS  guns.  Captain  Ha^» 

on  a  cruise     Also  for  l^orbay,  the  Megacra  fire-ship^  Captain  West,  to  jom 

Admiral  Gardner's  fleet  there,  thirty^one  sail  of  the  line,  besides  frigatesr 

Arrived  from  Kiii!;alc,  the  Spitfire,  24  guns,  Captain  Seymour,  with  a  rich 

I 


OT  ttATAt    EtBNTS*  I5I 

Dane,  Havel  Rerll,  from  Bataviit  with  spkea,  &c.  supposed  DnuU  property, 
worth  xjOiOOoL  There  are  five  sail  more  on  their  passage  of  the  same  class  an^ 
value. 

ag.    Wind  S.  "Blows  a  Gale,  with  Rain. 

14.  WindW.  Fair,  i^nivcd  the  Eurrdice,  i4^ims  Captain  Talbot,  and 
Havick,  1 8  guns,  Captain  Bartholomew,  from  a  cruise. 

%i.  Wind  W.  Cloudy,  with  Rain.  Passed  up  the  Galatea,  J  6  fnnt, 
Captain Byng,  with  the  valuable  Cork  convoy,  for  the  l>owns.  'Ihis  dav  xhtcs 
hsndred  prisoners  in  the  French  prison,  mostly  neutrals,  entered  into  the  divisioa 
«f  oaarines  at  this  port.  Arrived  the  John  cartel,  Singleton,  from  St.  Maloes. 
2>he  carried  over  French  prisoners  of  war. 

16.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain,  with  Clouds.  Arrived  the  Warrior,  74  guns 
Captain  1  yler,  from  Torbay.  Came  in  from  Milfbrd  Haven,  the  London 
Packet  armed  ship,  Lieutenant  Fegcn,  with  a  convoy.  Arrived  two  brigs  witb 
wines  and  brandies,  prizes  to  the  Anson,  44  guns.  Captain  Durham,  and  an- 
American,  recapcured  by  the  Amethyst,  36  guns,  Captain  Cooke. 

27.  Wind  N.  W.  Flying  Clouds,  Rain.  Arrived  very  leaky,  from  Beer- 
haven,  Ireland,  the  Fowcy  cutter.  Lieutenant  Derby.  She  struck  on  the  Sainu 
Rocks  the  19th  ult. ;  and  making  much  water  she  bore  away  for  Ireland,  and  got 
into  Beerhaven  Bay  short  of  provisions.  Arrived  the  Voltigcur,  iS  gum^ 
Captain  Shortland.  She  experienced  dreadful  weather,  and  had  one  man  washe4  - 
overboard. 

18.  Wind  S.  Cloudv.  Arrived  the  Earl  St.  Vincent  schooner,  LientcnaoC 
Smith,  from  Rear-%Admiral  Duckworth,  with  dispatches,  whidh  were  forwarded 
by  express.  Arrived  from  Torbay,  the  Dasher,  18  guns.  Captain  Tobin. 
Arrived  from  the  coast  of  France,  the  SKeerhess,  44  guns,  Captain  Carden. 

29.  Wind  S.  Cloudy.  Arrived  the  John  and  Sarah  cartel,  from  Brest,  with 
twenty  English  prisoners ;  amongst  which  were  Mr.  G.  Joad,  Mr.  Fisher,  and ' 
Mr.  Hare,  passengers  in  the  Generous  Planters,  Captain  6niith,  with  a  valuable 
cargo  of  naval  stores,  for  Jamaica,  ^he  was  captured  the  ist  instant  in  latitude 
49  degrees,  longitude  13  degrees  west,  by  I.'Eole  French  privateer,  of  Bourdeaux, 
26  guns,  and  160  men.  L'Kole  was  to  cruise  for  six  weeks  between  longitude 
15  degrees  to  20  degrees  west,  and  from  latitnde'5 1  degrees  to  47  degrees  30 
minutes.  As  the  Generous  Planter  was  going  into  Brest  the  8th  im tant  [  after 
beating  about  (or  seven  days),  ta  Bruille  French  corvette,  of  ao  guns,  and  170 
men,  from  the  Isle  of  France,  with  nearly  a  million  of  specie,  struck  on  some 
rocks,  and  bilged.  She  soon  went  over,partt;d,  and  one  hundred  and  fhirty-twa 
of  her  crew  were  drowned ;  thirty-eight  of  the  officers  and  ship's  company  were 
saved  by  the  exertions  of  Captain  .smith  and  the  people  of  the  Generous 
Planter,  who,  though  going  into  an  enemy's  port  prisoners  of  war,  generously 
and  humanely  stepped  forward  in  the  distressed  situation  of  La  Bruille  and  her 
ship's  company  to  save  them,  though  Enemies.  This  gallant  condud  struck  the 
French  Commandant  at  Brest  so  forcibly,  as  a  trait  of  the  feeling  and  humanity 
of  Britidt  seamen,  that  he  instantly  ordered  the  officers,  passengers,  and  crew  of 
the  Generous  Planter  for  England,  with  exchange.  They  arrived  this  dicy  at 
above  recited ;  a  very  proper  compliment  to  British  spirit,  humanity,  and  gene- 
rosity. 

30.  Wind  Variable,  Fair.  Came  in  the  Nymph,  of  Newfoundland,  fo9 
Poole,  captured  by  the  famous  L'Egyptien  French  privateer,  and  recaptured  by 
the  Beaulieu  and  Amethyst  frigates.  Sailed  the  Clyde,  44  guns.  Captain 
Cunningham,  on  a  cruise.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  Plymouth  lugger,  '  8  guns. 
Lieutenant  Elliot,  and  Voitigeur,  x8  guns.  Captain  Shortland.  .^  ailed  lor 
Torbay,  the  Centaur,  74  guns,  Captain  Markham.  Aipo  on  a  cruise,  La  Loire, 
48  guns.  Captain  Newman  ;  La  Kailleur,  18,  Captain  Turquand  ,  and  D;)nae 
24,  Captain  i  ord  Proby  i  to  look  for  a  frigate  and  corvette  a  convoy  from  St« 
iViabesfor  Brest.  The  fast  sailing  ship  corvette  La  Bourdelols,  24  guns,  now  in 
dock,  is  commissioned,  and  given  to  Captain  Manby.  She  was  captured  by  La 
Rsvolutionaise,  44  guns,  Captaip  i'wysdcn,  after  a  long  chace  of  forty-eight 
^ours.  She  had  beat  all  our  cruisers  during  the  present  war,  and  netted  her 
owners  at  Bourdeaux  one  million  sterling,  having  captured  in  foyr  yc^r«  nearly 
ane  hundred  and  sixty  prizes. 


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31.  wind  W.  N.  W.  Fair.  Arrifed  the  Naiad,  38  «vfts,  Caftain  Mteraf* 
Irom  a  cruise,  and  the  Galatea,  3^  ganst  Cap  tain  Byng,  after  fiooTorinffthe 
▼aluable  Cork  fleet  »afc  to  the  Downs.  Sailed  for  the  Cove  of  Cork,  thf  Dic- 
tator, 64  guns.  Captain  J.  Hardft  and  the  Roebock,  44  gooa,  Captain  Bvchanan, 
with  the  46th  (or  South  Devon )  regiment  of  foot  on  board.  Sailed  the  London 
Paetjuet,  14  guna,  Lifutenant  Feren,  with  a  convoy  for  Swansea.  Arrived  the 
Havick,  18  guns,  Captain  Bartholomew,  with  the  Couragneux  French  privateer* 
fil  six  guns  and  44  men,  her  prise     Also  the  Lavinia,  from  Cork* 

Fd.  I.  Wind  W.  Cloudy.  Letters  received  here  this  day  state,  that  last 
Tlimrsdav  a  French  cntter  privateer,  of  1 1  guns,  had  captured  off  the  port  of 
Poole  a  brig  and  sloop  deeply  laden,  and  had  carried  them  off  for  the  coast  of 
France.  Letters  dated  December  8,  1799.  fro™  ^'«'-  Pnoft  ?^ntT  of  his 
Majesty's  frigate  Solebav,  of  31  guns,  aao  men.  Captain  Poynta  (nephew  of 
Bar]  Spencer,  first  Lord  of  the  Admiralty),  from  Kingston,  Jamaica,  mention 
the  following  very  gallant  eiploit  performed  by  the  officers  and  ship's  company 
•i  that  frigate.  Capuin  P.  understanding  that  four  French  corvettes,  deeply 
hden  with  naval  and  military  stores,  from  Rochfort  for  St.  X>omin^,  were  at 
aachor  off  Cape  Tiberoon,  gallantly  Fcaolved  to  cut  them  out,  in  which  attempt 
Captain  P.  socceeded  as  completely  as  his  most  sanguine  wishes  could  promise. 
He  brought  the  Solebay  to  bear  on  them,  and  boar<Kd  in  all  diredions  with  bia 
boats  in  Che  most  intrepid  style  ;  cut  their  cables,  and  brought  off  the  whole 
afaadions  *■*• 

L*£gyptiea       *       -       - 
A  Corvette        -        -        - 
A  Brig  Corvette 
A  Ditto  ... 

Guns       •        -  70        510  Men. 
Tliey  arrived  with  the  Solebay  at  Jamaica  amidst  the  acclamations  of  thoosanda 
of  spedators  assembled  on  the  occasion,  and  landed  five  hundred  prisoners  at 
Kingston  Quay. 

a.  Wind  S.  W.  Blows  a  Gale.  Last  night  the  Three  Brothers  letter  cf 
nar^e,  of  I  a  guns,  from  thh  place  for  Jamaica,  with  a  valuable  cargo,  in 
turning  out  of  Catwater  into  the  bound,  missed  stays,  and  went  ashore  on  the 
.  Cobler's  Reef,  where  she  bilged,  and  fell  on  her  broadside  ;  her  masts  were  cut 
away  to  lighten  her,  and  the  officers  and  crew  got  safe  ashore  on  the  Mount 
Batten  side.  This  morning  she  was  towed  alongside  the  Vidualling-Office 
pier,  by  means  of  some  Trawl  boat^and  now  lies  tuU  of  water. 

.9.  Wind  W.  Moderate.  This  day  arrived  the  Indeftitigable,  44  ganib 
Captain  Curzoo,  from  a  cmiie.  Also  from  a  aiiisc>  the  Constttntion  cntier; 
and  George  sloop,  from  Waterford,  with  a  cargo  of  bacon,  butter,  &c  for  this 
port. 

*  4.  Wind  W.  Fine  Day.  Sailed  La  Renard,  18  guns.  Captain  Spicer,  on  a 
C(yi8&  I. a  Bourdelois,  that  last  sailing  corvette,  is  commissioned,  and  the 
cmiimand  given  to  Captain  Manby.  Arrived  a  French  privateer,  La  Conra- 
**  ffueux,  of  6  guns  and  44  men,  prixe  to  the  Havick,  j8  guns,  Captain  Bar- 
uiolomew. 

5.  Wind  £.  S.  B.  Arrived  from  Petersburgh,  with  hemp  and  iron  for  the 
Dock-Yard,  the  Hope,  Seaton.  Also  the  Terpsichore,  31  guns,  Alcmcne  33, 
anU  Thames  31.    Bailed  the  Triton,  j%  guns,  and  Venturier,  18,  on  a  cruise. 

6.  Wind  E.  Cloudy.  Arrived  the  Stag,  3a  guns.  Captain  Yorke,  from  a 
crniK.  Also  the  Glenmore,  36  guns.  Captain  Duff,  frbm  Cork,  Fairy  18, 
Harpy  i8,Suffisantc  16,  and  Sunflower  14,  from  a  cniise.  Arrived  the  .Simon, 
with  wine  and  brandy,  prize  to  the  Alcmcne,  36  guns.  Captain  Digby.  Sailed 
f^r  the  Downs,  the  Shecmess,  44  guns.  Captain  Garden.  Arrived  from  the 
Coast  of  France  to  refit,  the  An^oB,  44  guns,  Captain  Durham,  and  the  Boa- 
dioea,  44,  Captain  Keatea.  Sailed  the  Triton,  32  guns,  Captain  Gore,  on  4. 
craiie. 


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OP    NATAL    EVENTS.  I^j 

^  '  •  .  •  •  ■    *  _      _ 

. .  1.  Wind  E.  S.  E.  Cloudy,  Blows  Hard.  Arrived  a  Trawler,  Harper,  master. 
Ke  fell  in  ^Ith,  two  leagues  S.  £.  of  the  Edystone,  Lu  l.oire,  48  guns,  Captain 
Kewmaa,  and  La  ^.ailleur,  18,  Captain  Turquand.  They  had  in  company  their 
pri7c,  L.»  Pallas,  44  guns  and  350  men,  taken  only  six  hours  after  she  left  St. 
Maloes,  after  a  well- fought  close  and  running  action  uf  two  hours  ;  she  is  quite 
hew,  her  first  cruise,  and  was  hound  for  Brest,  and  from  thence  for  the  Mau- 
ritius. Harper  put  a  pilot  on  board  La  Pallas,  as  she  w  is  much  disabled,  Ji^r 
main-tf»p-ma.st  gone  over  the  side,  standirig  and  running  ringing  and  sails  cut  to 
ribbons,  and  scarcely  a  brace  or  bowline  left.  The  wind  blowing  hard  at 
'  E.  S.  E.  La  Loire,  La  Pallas,  and  La  Railleur  bore  away  for  Falnlouth.  bailed 
Urania,  44  guns.  Captain  fowry,  on  a  cruise. 

^  8.  Wind  S.  E.  Blows  Hird,  Fair.  Passed  bj,  with  a  fine  wind,  Admiral 
Sir  A.  Gardner,  Bart,  with  twenty-two  sail  of  thd  Une,  and  several  frigates  and 
cutters. 

9.  Wmd  S.  E.  Blows  Hard,  Fair.  Arrived  the  Fairy,  1%  guns,  six- 
pounders.  Captain  Horton,  and  the  Harpy  brig,  18  thirty -two  pound  carronades. 
Captain  Bazely,  both  much  damaged,  havins;  fallen  in  with  La  Pallas  previous 
to  her  being  taken  by  La  I^oire,  &c«  and  bustained  a  niost  gallant  a<5iion  for  near 
an  hoHr,by  which  means  La  Loire  fell  in  with  her.  In  this  unequal  contest  the 
above  sloops  of  war  were  much  damaged  :  the  Fairy  had  four  seamen  kilted, 
daptaln  Horton  wounded,  Mr.  Hughes,  I^urser,  Wounded  in  the  arm,  and  six 
seamen  ;  and  Harpy,  one  killed,  and  three  wounded. 

.  lOi  Wind  E.  S  JEl.  Blows  Hard,  Fair.  Arrived  the  Alert  cutter,  with  a 
Heet  from  the  Downs  j  Mcrcurius,  from  Malaga,  for  Alton  a;  and  Perseverance, 
Fotherly,  from  London.  Arrived  the  Betsey  cartel,  from  St.  Maloes,  where 
she  had  been  detained  three  days,  that  she  should  not  give  any  account  to  our 
cruisers  of  the  sailing  of  La  Pallas  for  Brest.  Went  out  of  dock,  the  Atlas; 
98  guns.  Captain  Jones;  and  Fisgard,  48,  Captain  T.  B.  Vartln.  Went  into 
dock,  the  Marlborough,  74  guns.  Captain  Sotheby,  and  Terrible,  74,  Captain 
Wolsclcy,  torc5t. 
J  I.     Wind  E.  S.  E.  Cloudy. 

\Z4  Wind  N^  £.'  Cold.  Went  up  the  harbour*  the  .'^nsbn,  44  guns,  Captain 
Diuiiain;  .Cad^e  in,  suk^  went  up  also,  the  Glenniore,  44  guus.  Captain  Duif/to 
refit.  Letters  from  La  Pallas,  4a  guns.  Lieutenant  Raynot  (Prize  Comniander}," 
dated  Penzance  the  8th  instant,  state  her  arrival  in  Gwavus  Lake,  totally  dis- 
masted. She  was  capttfred  near  the  Seven  Islands,  between  St.  Maloes  and 
Morlaix,  after  a  close  a^^ion  of  two  hours.  She  lost  sixty  men  killed  and 
wounded.  On  ~the  arrival  of  the  letter  to  Mr.  P.  Symohs,  broken  to  Captain 
Newman  of  La  Loire,  he  waited  oit  Admiral  Sir  T.  Paisley,  who  immediately 
ordered  Le  Vo)tigcur,  1^  guns.  Captain  Shoitland,  with  a  supply  of  spars  and 
other  necessary  stores  to  her  assistance.  She  saiie.d  this  afternoon  with  a  fair 
wind. 

1^.  Wind  E.  N.  E.  Cloudy.  Arrived  the  Jolin  cartel,  froni  Morlaiz,  which 
place  she  left  yesterday  morUiog. 

14.  Wind  £.  N.  £.  Fair.  Last  night  came  in  the  Providence  sloop, 
M*AusIand  late  iV  aster,  retaken  by  La  Railleur,  18  guns,  Captain  Furquaod. 
Arrived  the  London,  l-'slcquct  amied  sloop.  Lieutenant  Fegen,  with  a  convoy. 
Also  the  Hope,  of  Aberdeen,  with  hemp  and  iron  for  the  dock-yard  ;  the  Mer« 
ciirius,  Wolgash,  of  Altona,  last  from  Motlaiz,  where  she  has  been  detained' 
three  months. 

15.  Wind  E.  S.  E.  Blows  Hard. 

16.  Wind  E.  N.  E.  Rain.  Arrived  the  Urania,  44  guns.  Captain  TcWry,  withl 
the  Cowley,  a  large  French  ship  of  300  tons,  from  L'Orient  to  Brest,  with  the 
frame  of  a  man  of  war  in  pieces,  and  large  ship  timber  for  the  fleet  at  the  latter 
port.  Arrived  from  Jersey,  the  Sly  lugger,  with  dispatches.  Also  St.  Ann 
cutter,  from  Guernsey  ;  and  the  Reimsdyke,  Fry,  from  Jjondon  to  Dcmsrar.i^- 
with  a  cargo,  leaky.  Sailed  on  a  cruise,  the  Doris,  36  guns.  Captain  Lord 
Ranelagh  \  Alcmene,  36,  Captain  Digby,  on  a  cruise  ;  Swan  and  Fairy  cuttcrsi 
to  join  Admiral  Sir  A,  Gardaer  off  Brest. 


i^a  MONXBLT   IBGISYBK  op    rf/TAL    ETSNtV; 

MARRTAOES. 

,  C-aptxin'  Seward,  of  the  Navy,  to  Miss  Eveleigh,  daughter  of  Colonel  Ettf« 
Irigh,  of  the  Ropl  Engtnccn. 

At  Kingston,  William  Jdhnson,  Esq.  Purser  of  the  GHadiafor,  to'  Mm 
Griffith)!,  (faugh  ter  of  Mr.  Cfiffirh*,  of  the  Dock  yard,  Portsmouth. 

CaptninT.  G.  Shortfand,  of  hit  Majesty's  ship  Voltigcur,  son  of  Captain 
J.  Shortlbrtd,  commanding  the  6c«  Fenciblcs  at  KuU,  to  MissE.  TonKns^ 
daughter  of  Peter  Tonkins,  Es^.  Alderman  of  rtymouth. 

Captain  Wilham  Foote,  cff  the  Royai  Navy,  to  Mis»  Htlt  of  tfpmhuktr. 


Mi^ 


OBPTUARt. 

At  Bath,  Richard  Otirry,  Esq.  a  superannuated  Rear-Admxral. 

Lieutenant  Barley  Reynolds,  of  the  Ceros,  of  an  apOplexy,  with  whTch  he  was 

seized  whilst  playing  at  hackgannnoYi.      He  was  universally  esteemed  and 

fespeded  ;  apd  was  most  honourably  attended  to  the  grave  by  Captaipr  Nicholas, 

and  all  the  other  officers,  part  of  the  ship's  company,  aiid  the  whole  of  the 

■  marines  of  the  ship  he  belonged  to.  . 

.   At  Kerrsirrpton  Palace,  in  the  i6^h  year  of  bis  age,  Mr,  C.  Wynwari,  late 
Midshipman  in  the  Triton  fiigatc. 

•"  •  A  few  dSyi  since  at  Woolwich',  Mr.  Bartlctt,  a  superannuated  carpenter,  of  the 
Royal  Navy,  aged  74..    Although  in  perfeA  health,  he,  for  some  unaccoUotahfe 

•'^son,'  d»n fined  him!«e}f  to  his  room  for  the  last  twenty-three  years  olf  his  life. 
He  wofe  nothing  but  a  rrtornmg  gown,  rtever  made  use  of  fire  or  candle,  nor 

'  read[  any  books.  He  would  soffer  no  pierson  to  intrude  on  hi's  priv'acy  (except 
the  relations  with  whom  he  lived),     fie  passed  his  hours  in'  an  uniform  solitary 

citato  of  indolcTfc*,  never,  by  any  means  or  contrivance,  amusing  his  mind,  ar 
diverting- his  sulfeff  mtsantKropy.     He  nevef  tut  his  hair,  or  nails  ;  ntor  shaved 

<  himse)f  during  the  whole  period  of  bis  retirennent.  Hts  half,  from  the  wadt  of 
tombing,  was  matted  together,'  and  although  it  nearly  reachod  th*  flooi-,  was  as 
hard  as  a  boird ;  hit  naib  were  about  one  inch  longer  thatf  his  fingers,  curved 
like  tf  parrot*!  beak.  The  accomit  given  by  hit  friendi  it^  tint  abotrt  twenty- 
three  years  sinte,  he  gave  way  to  indolence  ;  and  in  conse^ttenct  of  his  melan- 
choly ttespohdmg  state,  -^ras  sa^ierannuated.    It  was  obtefvc'd  co'hfm,  ^  1  hat 

- Aegieding  to  dress  and  keep  himself  dean,  wooM  hinder  cutkotti£fs^  from  coming 
•to  the  shop."  He  answend,  *'  He  woald  not  trouble  tWAi  •  more."  From 
.that  time  ne  io6k  to  his  room,',  alid  eommeoctd  the  sihgulaf  charat^r  abovt 
described. 

Moiid3y,  the  1 7th  ihstaifti  at  the  Spring  Garden  Coffee-House;  Admiral 
M'Bride.  He  wav  made  Post  on  June  the  aoth,  1765  i  a  Rear-Adniiral  m 
.1793;  a  Vice-AdnMral  in  1794  s  and  an  Admiral  in  the  last  promotioD. 
^luticus  Junior,  in  his  Naval  Atalantis,  pays  a  due  contpliment  to  tnc  memory 
of  this  excellent  Officer.  '*  Admiral  Macbridc  v^as  a  natiire  of  irciaiul»  and 
entered  early  into  the  Navy.  .When  a  Lieutenant  He  coAunanded  on^  of  hit 
MajcstyS  cutters,  stationed  to  cruise  off  the  coast  of  France ;  and  determined  on 
the  daring  attempt  of  cutting  some  ships  out  of  otae  of  the' French  harbours. 
Jh'or  tills  purpoaci  having  previously  caused  the  oars  to  be  tnuffled^  he  with  a 
choseii  boat's  crew  aiStually  rowed  in,  and  brought  out  three  of  the  ships  from 
under  tne  ve^y  muzzles  of  the  guns  of  the  French  batteries. — ^When  the  Queen* 
of  Denmark  Was  conduced  from  that  kingdom,  to  a  place  allotted  for. her 
retirement  in  Hanover,  Captain  Macbride  was  the  Officer  made  choice  of  for 
l^at  rervice.  He  resolutely  demanded  from  the  guns  of  the  Castle  of  Elsioeur, 
(Ti'at  re&pcd  for  the  sister  of  his  Sovereign^  whi^h  the  vile  mathinations  of  her 
enemies  would  have  withheld." — Throughout  the  whole  of  the  last  and  {iroacnt 
war,  thi<i  Officer  sustained  a  distinguish  e(rchara(5ber.  Admiral  Macbride  brought 
in  a  bill  into  the  House  of  Commons  for  the  relief  of  the  widows  of  W arrant 
flffirers,  which  passed  into  a  law  ;  as  did  also  his  motion  for  re  tri^J^ing 
Captains  in  the  Royal  Navy,  with  resped  to  their  holding  Civil  Appointmentt. 
Captain  Robert  Manning  of  the  Uoyal  Navy,  at  £zmoutb»  Devon, 
At  hi»  house  in  Broad-street,  St.  George's  in  the  East,  Captain  Joseph  Jackv 
son,  of  the  Navy. 
The  i4tb,  at  i^ath,  Captain  Charles  Locke,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Inspedor. 


BIOGRAPmCAl0  M^MQJM  OS 

TBK  RIGHT  HOVQURABLK 

LORD  NELSON  OF  THE  NI]LE  •,  K..B. 


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My  Son,  though  alone,  is  brave  ;  Os  c  a  &  is  like  a  beam  of  the  Sky !  Come 
ye  dimghostf  of  my  Fathers,  and  behold  my  deeds  in  War  :  I  may  f^  bitt  I 
will  be  renowned  !  Where  the  danger  threatens  1  rejoice  in  the  StPrm  ! 

099IAW* 

TT  would  prove  an  essential  benefit  to  the  history  of  our 
own,  or  any  other  Country,  and  at  the  same  time 
would  form  an  invaluable  legacy  for  those  who  come 
after  us,  if  some  official,  or  national  institution  were 
created,  purposely  to  record  the  Biography  of  those  con- 
temporaries who  have  distinguished  themselves  in  their 
respeftive  professions.  Had  the  lives  of  great  men  bepn  at 
z\l  times  recorded  in  or  near  their  own  times,  while  the^ 
means  of  obtaining  authentic  documents  existed,  we  should 
not  at  this  period  have  to  regret  the  many  instances  of  their 
biography  being  so  often  imperfeftly  transmitted  to  poste-p 
rity.  Although  the  gallant  exploits,  and  glorious  death,  of 
so  great  a  man  as  Sir  Edward  Spragge,  in  Charles  the 
Second's  reign,  procured  his  remains  interment  amid  the 
British  heroes  in  Westminster  Abbey  ;  yet  neither  tomb, 
aionumental  inscription,  nor  written  testimony,  indicate  the 
place  of  his  birth,  the  family  whence  he  arose,  nor  the  various 
services  by  which  he  attained  preferment. 

The  distinguished  subje^  of  our  present  memoir,  is  the 
fourth  son  of  the  venerable  Edward  Nelson,  reftor  of  Burn- 
ham  Thorpe  t>  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  now  living  ;  and 
Miss  Catherine  Suckling  J,  daughter  ofthc  Rev,  Dr.  Suckling, 
prebendary  of  Westminster.  Horatio  Nelson  was  born  in 
tlie  parsonage  house    of  the  said  reftory,  on  the  twenty^ 

.  *  And  of  Bumham  Thorpe,  is  the  county  of  Norfolk— Duke  of  Bronti  ia 
Sicily,  Rear-Admiral  o£  the  Red.^>His  father's  family  came  from  HiIborcuigb» 
iff  the  county  of  Norfolk. 

f  Not  far  from  BurnboMy  at  a'  small  yillage  called  Cdck-TUrpe,  three  dlstin« 
guished  charailcrs  in  the  Navy  were  born,  viz.  Sir  John  Narborough,  Sir 
Cloudesley  ShoYcl,  and  Sir  Christopher  Minims. 

\  Grand-daughter  of  the  late  Sir  Charles  Turner  of  Warham,  by  his  lady  tht 
sister  of  Sir  Robcjrt  Walpolc. 

53pI.  III.       .        ,.  Y 


I5V  BIOORAPBICAL    MIH01& 

ninth  day  of  September,  1758.  The  High  School  at  Nor- 
wich  enjoys  tj^e  hpnour  of  having  instilled  the  fyst  rudi- 
ments of  education  into  kiaasfuring  mind;  whence  he  was 
afterwards  removed  to  N9r(h  Walshf^m.  At  an  early  period 
of  li£a  bfi,  iiphibed  from  bis  fsitber  such  pnncipks  of  religion 
and  fnprality  as  rarely  forsook  him,  when  surrounded  with 
those  scenes  pf  vice  and  temp^tiqn  to  which  youth  launcjhed 
into  the  extensive  line  of  naval  duty  are  peculiarly  subje£|. 
His  parent  also  inculc;|.ted  the  principles  of  real  honour^  with 
that  reliance  on  an  over^ruling  Providence,  which  no  succeed- 
ing peril  has  been  jblc  to  rpmove.— The  sons  of  Clergymen  •, 
who  at  diiTerent  periods  have  entered  into  the  British  Navy, 
and  so  conspicuously  distinguished  themselves  in  Naval 
achievements,  have  unceasingly  displayed  innumerable  exam- 
f  les  of  heroism,  and  been  consequently  advanced  to  the 
highest  honours  a  grateful  Country  could  bestow. 

On  the  appearance  of  hostilities  with  Spain,  relative  to  the, 
Falkland  Islands,  in  the  year  1770,  Mr.  H.  Nelson  left  the 
school  at  North  Walshaip,  and  at  twelve  years  of  age  was 
received  on  board  the  Raisonable,  64  guns,  by  his  ma- 
ternal uncle  Captain  Maurice  Suckling  f.     The  subjeft  of 

^  The  mnumcnble  instances  that  have  occurred  daring  the  latt  two  hundred 
fcars  wp^ild  exceed  the  UoDuts  of  our  woHi ;  it  m^J  lh<xafot«  he  lufficie^  to  cit« 
the  following. — Sik  Francis  Drake,  was  the  son  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  Drahe^ 
▼icar  of  Upmore.— >Sir  John  Bcrrt  who  distinguished  himself  in  the  Dutch 
wars,  dudng  the  teign  of  Chairles  Che  Eirst,  was  aon  of  the  vicar  of  Knoweatoa 
atvl  MoUand,  in  PevDO|bice.-^iJV  PJtTa%  DcNiiza,  waa  the  son  of  tha. 
Reverend  Jacob  Dennis.  Sir  Peter  having  died  without  issue  on  the  twelfth 
of  June,  1778,  with  the  true  spirit  of  benevolence  which  aduated  him 
chrpugh  Ufp, bt^ueath^d  the  suoi  of  z$,Qo:h  after  the  d^ath  of  hia  siaBcr,  to  tha 
corpo^at^ofi  i^  xhfi  Sons  of  the  Clergy,  and  for  the  reliff  of  the  neceftitoyji 
orphans,  and  widows  dependent  on  that  charitable  institution. — Lord  Vjs. 
COUNT  Hooo,  and  his  brother  Admiral  Lord  Baiokojit,  areaoaa  of  the 
late  venerable  redbor  of  Thomcombe,  Devonshire. 

t  1'his  gallant  officer  conunanded  the  Dretdaooght  in  the  West  ladles 
during  the  month  of  Odober,  i7$7  ;  when  in  concert  with  Captaio  Forrcft  o£ 
the  i\ugusta,  and  Captain  Langdon  of  the  Edinburgh,  they  engmged  off  Cape 
Francois  seven  French  Ships  :  three  of  which  were  of  the  line,  with  one  of  50* 
two  of  44,  and  two  of  30  guns  :  the  Dreadnoeght  had  thirty-nine  men  kille<| 
and  wounded.  In  April,  1775,  Captain  Suckling  succeeded  Sir  Hugh  Balliscr 
AS  Comptroller  of  the  Kavy.  the  latter  officer  being  at  the  same  time  advanced 
to  a  6ag.  In  1778  Captain  Suckling  was  elcdcdmember  for  Pomoiouth.  H« 
died  in  the  month  of  July,  177S.  a. 


or  THE  ftrOHT  H^M;  tOX0  MKisoir.  IJ9 

ihnbitioh  betWven  thii  Gb6rtt  of  London^  and  Mtdtid^  be- 
ing adj wixrf j  inQ  tte  RaisMlbft  paid  6ffy  our  yotitig  marinbr 
utas  ient  by  hit  dncre  on  bMrd  k  W%st  India  Ship  belohgin^ 
m  thtt  iMMe  bf  Hibbert^  t^tfrti^,  Imd  H^^ttbnj  tindiH'  tKef 
care  bf  Mh  Jobri  Rathboni^  wHq  had  fei-meHy  been  m  thi 
King's  heiTiefe  irrtb  CaptaiA  SucUiti^  in  the  Dreldnbugbt. 
Having  fetimiM  froib  thn  tojifpii  Mn  Nelson  Was  fecbinci 
by  his  uncle  on  boaitl  the  Triahiiph,  then  lying  at  Chathab, 

ill  th^  inMnh  t)f  Julyv  17712.  ^ 

His  voyage  tb  thfc  Wfcst  Indies^  in  die  merchant  service$ 
had  ^ivbn  our  ^onng  ihariher  a  pf^Aical  knbwledgfe  of  lea^^ 
mansfaip  ;  hot  his  mihd  had  acquired,  ^ithotit  any  appa-^ 
rent  canke;  an  entii^  horror  of  the  Rby:U  Navy;  Captain 
SockUng  beheld  with  linxicty  the  critical  sitnation  of  fiis 
nephew  ;  and  was  v^an  convinced  from  the  ffSntimcfnt 
wfaieh  the  lattfer  appeared  to  indulge  in^  j/ft  tbi  m&si 
bvmar^  iut  fwrward  tht  btttir  fnhn  /  tfaste  fall  too  cref^ 
dahn»  mind  had  acquired  a  bias  utterly  foreign  to  faij  / 
real  didtader*  The  firmhesf  of  Captam  Sudding,  asslsteil 
frith  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  htimiin  beaft^  prtFved  jil 
this  early  season  of  life^  of  intstiinible  Valoe  to  fail  mttfi* 
rieiiced  de|>hdw  :  and  though  it  was  man^  wedcs  before  &is 
prejudices  eonld  be  of  drcome,  or  that  he  cduM  rtconcilc  him* 
self  to  the  s^rvibe  on  board  a  King's  Ship ;  they  at  lengthy 
howefer;  yielded  to  the  influence  of  good  ^xam(de«  and 
to  those  principles^  which  bis  worthy  fkther  had  cftrly  and 
iepeit6dly  enforced. 

Gaplain  SdckUng  at  first  atfen^ted  td  recoTcr  the  eri{ghfad 
bias  of  bis  nephew's  mind,  by  workinlg  od  the  taibitiori^ 
whidi  in  an  eniiricfnt  degree  he  possessddy  of  b^cbitdng  a 
tbormq^  bred  seaaulit :  a  tiisk  that  demanded  eonsidersAde 
address,  it  was  acc^rdihgfy  held  out  as  a  reward  to  the  aspiring 
mariner^  by  his  urtctey  that  if  heatteifded  well  tty  his  dtrty^  he 
should  be  permitted  to  go  in  the  Cutter,  and  decked  longboat, 
which  ^as  atfached  to  the  Gommaridrng  Officer's  Ship  at 
Chatham :  this  operated  on  the  mind  of  youn^^  Nelson  as  ^ii 
expeded  \   and  t&e  consequence  resulting  from  it  was^  diac 


l63  BlOGtAPHICAt   MBMOIR 

by  degrees  he  became  an  excellent  Pilot  for  vessels  of  diat  cla!M# 
which  sailed  from  Chatham  to  the  Tower  of  London  ;  and 
also  dowil  the  Swin  Channel,  and  to  the  North  Foreland. 
In .  each  subsequent  trial  of  navigating  diffidult  passages)  or 
dangerous  coasts,  he  thus  became  gradually  sensible  of  his 
own  ability ;  and  created  that  confidence  within  himself  which 
essentially  forms  and  establishes  the  undaunted  mind. 

During  the  month  of  April  in  the  year  17  73,  inconsequence 
of  an  application  to  Lord  Sandwich,  from  the  Royal  Society^ 
a  voyage  of  discovery  towards  the  North  Pole  was  under- 
taken by  the  Honourable  Captain  C.  Phipps*  afterwards  Lord 
Mulgravc  :  its  objeft  was  to  ascertain  how  far  navigation  was 
pradicable  towards  the  North  Pole,  to  advance  the  discovery 
of  a  north-west  passage  into  the  South  Seas,  and  to  make  such 
other  astronomical  observations,  as  might  prove  serviceable 
to  navigation*     Lord  Sandwich  having  laid  the  re()uest  of  th« 
Royal  Society  before  the  King,  the  Race-Horse,  and  Carcase 
bomb  ketches  were  ordered  to  be  fitted  out :  the  command  of 
the  former  was  given  to  Captain  Phipps,  and  that  of  the  latter 
to  Captain  Lutwidge  *.    Although  instrudions  were  issued 
that  no  boys  should  be  received  on  board,  yet  the  enterprising 
mind  of  Horatio  Nelson,  rather  than  submit  to  be  left  behind, 
anxiously  solicited  to  be  appointed  Coxswain  to  Captain 
Lutwidge ;  who  being  struck  with  the  unsubdued  spirit  which 
he  displayed  for  so  arduous  an  undertaking,  was  at  length 
prevailed  on  to  receive  him  in  this  capacity  ;  and  from  that 
event  a  friendship  commenced  between  these  two  Officers 
which  has  continued  unabated  to  die  present  day.     During 
the  expedition  Lord  Mulgrave  took  particular  notice  of  the 
youthful  Coxswain,  and  fbrmed  that  high  opinion  of  his 
character,  which  bis  subsequent  cooduA  has  so  justly  merited* 
The  two  vessels,  on  the  thirty-first  of  July,  were  in  a  most 
perilous  situation  off  the  Seven  Islands  t,  from  becoming 

•  •  SkefiingtoD  Lntwidgc,  Esq.  now  Vice-Admiral  of  the  Red ;  commanding 
kis  Majesty's  Ships  and  vessels  in  the  Downs.  A  gallant  officer,  and  a  worthy 
man. 

•}■  A  cluster  of  islands  in  the  Northern  Frozen  Ocean,  situated  in  lat.  80  dcg. 
§4  min.  N.  and  long  18  deg.  48  miiU  £• 


01P  THE  RIGHT  NdH,  LORD  HBLSON.  ]6| 

Suddenly  fast  amid  immense  fields  of  ice.    These  islands,  ani 
norths-east  land,  witli  the  Frozen  Sea,  formed  almost  a  bason, . 
having  but  about  four  points  open  for  the  ice  to  drift  out  at 
in  case  of  a  change  of  wind.    The  passage  by  which  the 
Ships  had  come  in  to  the  westward  had  closed,  and  a  strong, 
current  set  in  to  the  east,  by  which  they  were  carried  still  far- 
ther from  dieir  course.    The  labour  of  the  whole  Ship's 
company  to  cut  away  the  ice  proved  inefFeflual  i  their  utmost 
tSbrts  for  an  whole  day  could  not  move  the  Ships  above 
three  hundred  yards:  in  this  dreadful  state  they  continued. 
for  near  five  days,  during  which  Mr.  Nelson,  after  much 
solicitation,  obtained  the  command  of  a  four-oared  cutter 
laised  upon,  with  twelve  men,  constru£ied  for  the  purpose  of 
exploring  channels,  and  breaking  the  ice :  thus  did  his  mind 
at  this  early  period  glow  with  fresh  energy  at  the  sight  of 
danger. 

^As  a  proof  of  that  cool  intrepidity  which  our  young 
mariner  possessed  even  amid  such  dreary  and  foreboding 
scenes,  the  following  anecdote  is  preserved  by  an  oiScer  who 
was  present*  In  these  high  northern  latitudes,  tlie  nights  are 
generally  clear :  during  one  of  them,  notwithstanding  the 
extreme  bitterness  of  the  cold,  young  Nelson  was  missing  ; 
every  search  that  was  instantly  made  in  quest  of  him  was  in 
vain,  and  it  was  at  length  imagined  he  was  lost :  when  lo  i 
as  the  rays  of  the  rising  sun  opened  the  distant  horizon, 
to  the  great  astonishment  of  his  messmates,  he  was  discerned 
at  a  considerable  distance  on  the  ice,  armed  with  a  single 
musket,  in  anxious  pursuit  of  an  immense  bear.  The  lock 
of  the  musket  being  injured,  the  piece  would  not  go  o(F,  and 
he  had  tlierefore  pursued  the  animal  in  hopes  of  tiring  him, 
and  being  at  length  able  to  tSeA  his  purpose  with  the  butt 
end.  On  his  return  Captain  Lutwidge  reprimanded  him  for 
leaving  the  Ship  without  leave  ;  and  in  a  severe  tone  de- 
Hianded  what  motive  could  possibly  induce  him  to  under- 
take so  rash  an  adion  :  the  young  hero  with  great  simplicity 
replied,  "  J  wished]^  Sir  I  to  get  th€  skin  for  my  Father. 


Oh  th^  Mftlfh  t>f  August  a  brisk  Wind  M  MfA-ftdifbihttt» 

wrought  tlHiir  dtlirer^nce  frorti  i6  it^fnlkMtb  :  fiftiKftgtl 
ihipraAieftUd  to  pehetfate  any  filfthef,  Atf  fttxiLtMd  V6  the 
h&rbotir  OfSMeef^nbferg  «  ;  having  ih  the  |^n>l^ei]tioft  dftleiir 
V^y^l^  fdi^Hed  8t  dtgft^s,  jd  ftiihut^,  north  lifitiide ;  anit 
bet#d6h  the  htRttdes  of  79  d6^es,  j6  ihMiiKJ,*  aftiti  8i 
de^^^es,  tf avetsed  1 7  degre&s  and  dn  hdF  bf  lohgttdd^  ;  tfii^ 
is  Mm  t^o  degrets  cast,  to  19  degrees,  30  Himttte^s  eaitb 

The  vessels  on  their  arrival  ih  England  being  paid  off,  !h 
the  month  of  Oflobcr,  1773,  Mr.  Nclsoh  hearing  ibif  at 
Sqtk:^oh  W^  fitting  out  for  the  Ea^  IntKi^,  int^rM  Ixk 
ihterest  to  ht  dppoir!(ted  to  one  6f  tire  Sbip9.  He  long^  tt^ 
explore  the  tdr^id,  as  w^Il  sis  the  fi-igid  zorie  ;  atid  notftlftg 
]tit  than  sath  i  ihtzM  vdyage  cduld  Hthfy  the  ardour  tf  his 
niind,  and  his  thirst  f6r  itl^ritlfnfe'  kfl6w}edg6.  Ht  wai  itk>t[ 
placed  in  the  Sea-Horse,  of  20  guns,  with  that  ladMtltect 
yfct6rih,  the  rc'ff6l;tned  Ciptalh  ^sLtmtr  f .  Iri  thh  Shfp  Mr. 
:i^'(^l$6h  ^a$  statiofned  to  watch  ih  tht  fore-ifCjp  ;  Wherice,*  Hi 
ii±ty  he  Wis  pl^ed  on  the  Quarter  Deck. 

During  the  period  Mr.  Nelson  served  in  the  Sea^HtWi,  he 
ti!;ited  iim&ti  every  part  cff  the  East  Indies  ffotn  Bkh^  tb 
insmA.  Mis  conffnued  ill  heilth  at  length  ittductd  Sir 
Edwit'd  HdgKes,  iK/ho  h^d  ilw^ys  tnkniftttti  to  Mf.  V^oh 
tht  uitttbtt  kitiineity  to  seftd  him  to  £ng1aiid  M  the  Dfilpfihilv 
0f  16r  gtihi,  Captain  Jirrtes  iPigot  J.  This  6fficcr''4  humiintj 
«teri<}6n  was  ihSttomental  iri  ^ivirtg  the  iift  of  st  yotlthiVhd 
itt^ti^ztdk  r€nderfcfd  stich  essentia!  service  tcf  hH  CMrdrf. 
The  Doiphhi  be«rg  paid  6ff  rft  Wodl*itlt  6h  the  «fert«y- 
/otirth  of  September  1776,  IWr.  Nelson  received,  ori  <b6 
t^ei^ty.^iith  6f  the  safnc  tfroitth,  ati  6rd6r  from  Sir  James 

^  OB  c}i^  Matt  tff  S^lttber^r  ifr  la^  79  ^*  44  f"^*  N;  nrd* loaj;.  t  f  Acf. 
42  min.  £. — The  vBrution  of  the  compass  here  ha»  bcea  obserTcd  to  be  i^  de^- 
53  min.  ^, 

f  Captaifr  ^a^^r  c6hitainScA  tht  (^ut^hhc  it  iffjff  When  hi  to  ^imtf 
tfn^atg^d  W  Frenth-  frigate  of  superror  force  inwards  tf  three  houn,  until  at 
length  his  cwn  Ship  took  fire  (  -when  refusing  to  quit  his  Ship,  and  being  despe- 
rately wounded,  t*hc  Qutbct  fcTew  up  wilft  i  dr^aoM  Hpttiiott* 

f  Now  a  Vice-Admiral  of  the  Red. 


OF  TBf  lllCfiT  II91I.  (.OILD  Vf  L80M.  x(j[ 

«MU  of  the  Worcester,  ^  g^I>§,  Cj^pt^^ia  Mfel*  Jlx?l?inwn  ^s 

wljo  w^  w4cr  failing  pf4ers  fpr  GiM(»r,  wfth  §  p^ttMQjr  * 

^4  kp  W«s  a(  ^^  MTJth  convoys  \intil  tjtif.  scc^q^  ^^  AlN^ib 
»777^»W)5t  of  tl^c  time  ii>  very  b^ist^rous la^^lw.TT^Thftlf k 
Wf.Nflspn  bad  not  yet  ^ttviic4  liis  nif^tq^tj^  y<s^r,  C^tftift 
ILfbi^qo  placed  the  (re;^st  cQU^efice  ip  hi$  s\c.ill  ^n4  pri|f 
df n<;e ;  ^nd  w^s  pftcq  l^earc}  tn  $;^y  t;h.4t  l)p  ^U  cqvi^Jy  ^f  y 

Mr.  Ne^MUi  passed  tkeprofissaioaal  otdealat  Lieutenant,  on 
the  oigl^th  of  April,  1777  ;  and  the  next  day  rtcetved  his 
ooaun^on  as  socoad  of  the  Lowestoffe,  3a  guns.  Captain 
William  Locker  f  ;  in  this  &hip  be  arrived  at  Jamaica ; 
kut  finding  that  even  a  frigate  was  not  sufficiently  aiiive  for 
kiaglosiringniind,  hesoliokedao  appointment  to  tbecomman4 
of  a  SfihQoi\er,  tender  to  the  Lpwestoffe  ;  and  in  this  smali 
Yeasel  eag^i^y  availed  bioiself  of  the  opporrtuni^  of  becoming 
a  cooaplete  pilot  bu:  all  the  intricate  passages  through  the  Keys 
(laiands^  tifuated  on  the  nortb^o  side  of  HispanioIa«  During 
Mr*  N«hc^'s  cantuiuanoe  in  the  Lowestoffe,  as  Secos^d 
Liftutenanty  a  circumsiaace  ocf^urred ;  whicb)  as  it  strongly 
ffosaged  hj$  phan^r,  s^d  SPnveys  n^  invidions  reflec* 
lioa  ^n  the  Qftcf  r  t^  v/liagi  it  »lbid^i»  df^ie.rves  to  he  her^ 
leoordod* 

{a  a  stf9i|g  pie  of  winA^  9gii  W  bpa^y  i^ea^  the  Lqwesloffii 
^ftfivred  an  America  kttcr  of  mi^rque^  TbQ  Captain  ordered 
tbe  First  Lieutsenant  to.  hosffi  ber,  wbiph  be  accordingly 

*  C^tain  Marl^  Ro))inioo  yna  a  meritoriqut  and  distin^ithed  officer -r 
He  ltd  the  rear  diTinon  of  the  Fleet  in  Admiral  Keppel*«  a^ion  of  the  twenty 
fencnlii  ^  Julf,  1973..— h».  A^Mr^i  Qf^"^"*  a*^oo  of  the  QMi^pca^  t|ie  6ftl| 
of  S^gtem^f^  ifSf,  the  Shrewtbu;y,  which  be  cpinmapded,  wa«  the  Ship  that 
led  into  adion,and  suHered  more  on  that  day,  than  any  other  in  the  line—four- 
teen of  the  crew  were  killed,  and  £fcy  two  wonaded ;  Captain  Roltiiuoa  waa 

W^Pt^^-^^i  fR^i^*!  hialag  eafly  iif  the  atftiop  :  |m  oe«of  fcrva^  .^^^i*' 
wardt,  and  w^s  put  on  ^e  list  of  superannuated  Rear-Admirals. 

f  I'he  present  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Greenwich  Hospital ;  who  possessoi 
»  mi&d  richly  stored  witli  Taluahlc  naval  aoecdoUi  and  an  extensive  prafeasioiul 
Kliawlf44<^ 


164  tlOGKAPHlCAL    MlMOIft 

mttemptedi  but  was  not  able  to  elFed,  owing  to  the  tremendous 
sea  running.  On  his  return  to  the  Ship,  Captain  Locker  ex- 
clairoedi  Hav$  I  then  no  officer  who  can  board  ihi  prize  f  On 
hearing  tliis  the  Master  immediately  ran  to  the  gang-way  in 
order  to  jump  into  the  boat  5  when  Lieutenant  Nelson  «ud- 
dcnly  stopped  him,  saying,  //  is  my  turn  now  ;  if  I  come  hack^ 
it  will  be  yours.  Hence  we  perceive  the  indications  of  that 
intrepid  spirit  which  no  danger  could  ever  dismay  or  appal ; 
and  also  an  early  propensity  for  deeds  of  hardy  enterprise. 
In  tlie  subsequent  events  of  his  glorious  life,  which  wo 
trust  for  the  sake  of  his  Country  will  continue  many  years,  the 
reader  will  observe  with  pleasure,  that  whatever  perils  or 
xlifficulties  Horatio  Nelson  bad  toencounter,  they  only  called 
forth  a  greater  energy  of  mind  to  surmount  them. 

Soon  after  the  arrival  of  Rear- Admiral  Sir  Peter  Parker  at 
Jamaica,  in  the  year  1778,  he  appointed  Lieutenant  Nelson 
third  of  the  Bristol,  his  Flag  Ship  ;  from  which^  by  rotation^^ 
)ie  became  the  first ;  and  under  Sir  Peter  Parker's  flag  in  the 
Bristol  concluded  his  services  in  the  rank  of  a  Lieutenant 
On  the  eightli  of  December,  during  the  above  year,  he  was 
appointed  on  that  station  Commander  of  the  Badger  brig ;  in 
which  he  was  soon  ordered  to  proteA  the  Mosquito  Shore^ 
and  the  Bay  of  Honduras,  from  the  depredations  of  American 
privateers*  Whilst  on  this  service  he  so  completely  gained 
the  grateful  respeft  of  the  settlers,  that  they  unanimously 
voted  him  their  thanks  ;  and  sensibly  expressed  their  regret 
when  he  quitted  the  station.  Whilst  Captain  Nelson  com* 
manded  the  Badger,  his  Majesty's  Ship  Glasgow,  Captain 
Thomas  Lloyd,  came  intoMontego  Bay,  Jamaica,  where  tlie 
former  was  at  that  time  lying  at  anchor  ;  in  about  two  hours 
after  her  arrival,  the  Glasgow  took  fire  from  a  cask  of  rum  1 
by  the  unceasing  exertions  and  presence  of  mind  of  Captain 
Nelson,  the  whole  crew  were  saved  from  the  flames. 

Captain  Nelson  obtained  his  Post  rank  on  the  eleventh  of 
June,  1779  ;  and  during  the  nine  years  he  had  been  in  the 
service,  had  by  keen  observation,  and  incessant  application  to 
every  part  of  his  duty,  not  only  become  an  able  oflicer^  but 


OF   THB   KIOHT   HON.   LORD    KCLSOff*  tSS 

bad  also  laid  the  foundation  of  being  a  roost  able  pilot.  To 
attain  this  was  from  the  first  his  constant  ambition.  Nature 
had  given  him  an  uncommon  quickness  of  perception,  with  a 
ready  fund  of  resource  :  nor  did  he  suffer  talents  of  so  much 
value  to  be  bestowed  in  vain.-— The  first  Ship  to  which  Cap* 
tain  Nelson  was  appointed,  after  his  advance  to  Post  rank, 
was  the  Hinchinbroke.  On  the  arrival  of  Count  D'Estaing 
at  Hispaniola,  with  a  numerous  fleet,  and  army,  from  Marti- 
nico,  an  attack  on  Jamaica  was  immediately  expeded  :  in 
this  critical  situation  of  the  island,  Captain  Nelson  was  en- 
trusted, both  by  the  Admiral  and  General,  with  the  command 
of  the  batteries  at  Port  Royal.  This  was  deemed,  the  most 
important  post  in  Jamaica,  as  being  the  key  to  the  naval  force 
of  the  town  of  Kingston,  and  to  the  seat  of  government  at 
Spanish  Town.— During  the  month  of  January,  1780,  an  ex- 
pedition being  resolved  on  for  the  redu£tion  of  Fort  Juan  *, 
on  tlie  River  St.  John,in  the  Gulph  of  Mexico,  Captain  Nelson 
was  appointed  to  command  the  Naval  department,  and  Majo^ 
Poison  the  military  :  in  effeding  this  arduous  service,  Cap*. 
tain  Nelson  displayed  his  usual  intrepidity  :  he  quitted  his 
Ship,  and  superintended  the  transporting  of  the  troops  in  boats 
one  hundred  miles  up  a  river,  which  none  but  Spaiiiaxds, 
since  the  time  of  the  Buccaneers,  had  ever  navigated.  Major 
Poison  bore  ample  testimony  to  General  Dalling  of  his  brave 
colleague's  exertions,  as  well  as  gallantry,  in  this  service ;  who 
after  storming  an  outpost  of  the  enemy^  situated  on  an  island 
in  the  river,  construfiied  batteries,  and  fought  the  Spaniards 
with  their  own  guns  :  to  Captain  Nelson's  conduct  tlie  prin-> 
cipal  cause  of  our  success  in  reducing  Fort  Juan  was  ascribed  i 
ill  which  were  found  one  brass  mortar  of  five  inches  and  an 
half,  twenty  pieces  of  brass  ordnance  mounted,  besides  swi- 
vels, ten  or  twelve  iron  ditto  dismounted,  with  a  proportion* 
able  quantity  of  military  stores. 

Frpm  the  extreme  fatigue  Captain  Nelson  endured  on  this 
expedition,  his  healch  became  visibly  impaired  :   being  soon 

*  Fort  Jnut,  on  the  RWer  St.  John,  kadt  to  the  rich  and  opulent  city  of 
Granada,  on  the  JLake  Nicaragua. 

;iaci.  Ill*  z 


|66  ildOUAPrflCAL  )XBl^dIlL 

•fterwkrds  ftppointdL  to  the  Janiis,  44  guns,  tt  JftbiJ^c*,  I* 
took  his  passage  thither  in  the  VrSor  sloop,  to  jbiA  his  SM|>; 
On  his  arrival,  Sir  Peter  Parker  kindly  prevailed  ttpoil  him  f* 
live  at  his  Pcnn,  whcfe  Captain  Nelson  received  every  atteh- 
tion  and  medical  assistance  :  but  his  state  of  health  w^  i6 
rapidly  declining,  that  he  was  obliged  to  return  to  Enghtid 
in  hts  Majesty's  Ship  Lion,  commanded  by  the  Honourable 
William  Cornwallis  ;  through  whose  care,  and  attention,  hi* 
life  was  again  preserved*. 

In  the  month  of  August,  1781,  Captain  Nelson  was  ap- 
pointed to*  the  command  of  the  Albemarle ;  when  his  delicate 
Constitution  underwent  a  severe  trial,  by  being  kept  the  whole 
of  the  ensuing  winter  in  the  North  Seas.  In  Apt41,  1781, 
he  sailed  with  a  convoy  for  Newfoundland,  and  Quebec, 
tinder  the  orders  of  Captain  Thomas  Pringle  :  daring  a 
cruise  off  Boston,  he  was  chaccd  by  three  Ships  of  the  line, 
and  the  Iris  frigate  :  as  they  all  beat  him  in  sailing,  and  went 
coming  up  very  fast,  he  had  no  chance  left,  but  to  trust  t6 
Providence,  and  his  own  experience  in  pilotage,  by  running 
his  Ship  amongist  the  shoals  of  -5^  George's  Bank.  This  had 
thedesrred  efFeft,  as  it  alarmed  the  line  of  battle  Ships,  who 
in  consequence  quitted  the  pursuit  ;  the  frigate,  hotvcver, 
persevered  in  the  chacc  ;  and  at  sun-set  having  ^proachcd 
tvithin  little  more  than  gun-shot,  Captain  Ndson  ordered  the 
snain-topsail  of  his  little  frigate  to  be  laid  to  the  mast  f* 
when  the  enemy  immediately  tacked,  and  stood  to  rejoin  her 
consorts. 

Captain  Nelson  sailed  from  Quebec,  with  a  convoy 
to  New  York,  in  the  month  of  Oftober  1782  ;  at  which 
place  he  joined  the  fleet  under  the  command  of  Sir  SamUel 
Hood  ;  and  in  November  sailed  with  him  to  the  West  Indies, 
where  he  continued  aflively  employed  until  the  Peace. 
Captain  Nelson  was  soon  afterwards  ordered  to  England  ; 

*  He  was  elcTen  weeks  at  Bath,  after  his  return,  bdbre  he  recovered  tbe  Me 
of  his  limbs. 

f  In  och^r  words  ^rimg^mg-H^  for  the  purpose  ofgivtz^  hattle  to  an  ipproach- 
\ng  enemy. 


OF   TI|B   I^IGHT   HO|l*   LORD    HBLSON.  16^7 

beii^  44n)ftefl  ia  bis  way  to  a(tend  his  Royal  Highness 
Prince  Willi^nji  Henry  on  his  visit  to  the  Havanna.  Ac 
bis  arriya)  i|^  England^  tt^e  ^Ihemarie  was  paid  off  af  Ports- 
91014th,  J^|y  the  thirfy-Arsft}  1783.— During  the  autupfin  of 
Ibis  yeariQapt^n  Nelson  went  to  France)  where  he  continued 
until  the  spring  of  the  year  1784 1  when  he  was  appointed  to 
the  command  of  the  Boreas  frigate,  %i  guns,  and  was  ordcsed 
19  the  Leeward  Islands. 

This  station  opened  a  new  scene  to  the  officers  of  the  British 
Nayj.  The  AmericanSy  when  Colonists,  possessed  almost 
the  whole  of  the  trade  firom  America  to  our  West  India 
Islands  ;  but  on  the  return  of  peace,  they  forgot  that  they 
were  then  to  be  considered  as  having  no  more  privileges  ia 
this  trade  than  foreigners.  The  governors  and  customf* 
house  officers,  however,  pretended  that  by  the  Navigation 
Aft  the  Americans  had  a  right  to  trade ;  consequently  all  the 
West  Indians  favoured  the  same  opinion,  as  tending  so 
greatly  to  their  interest.  Captain  Nelson  considered  the 
subjed  in  a  different  point  of  view  ;  and  was  not  to  be  dis- 
mayed whilst  enforcing  the  maritime  laws  of  his  Country,  as 
the  executive  Officer  on  that  station  :  he  therefore  with  firm- 
ness intimated  to  the  Governors,  and  Officers  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's Customs,  as  well  as  the  Americans,  what  he  conscien- 
tiously imagined  to  be  his  duty  ;  and  in  a  few  days  after* 
wards  seized  several  of  the  American  vessels  that  were  found 
under  the  above  predicament.  This  brought  the  odium  and 
animadversion  of  all  parties  upon  him  ;  and  lie  in  conse- 
quence became  so  persecuted  an  officer  from  one  island  to  ano* 
ther,  that  lie  could  not  venture  to  leave  his  Ship.  Conscious 
rcAitude,  however,  supported  his  great  mind  on  this  trying 
occasion  ;  and  wiien  ^he  business  came  to  be  investigated  at 
home,  he  had  the  happiness  to  be  supported  by  Government* 
An  ad  of  parliament  has  since  confirmed  the  cprredness  of 
Captain  Nelson's  proceedings  ;  as  a  Captain  of  a  man  of  war  is 
in  duty  bound  to  support  the  maritime  laws  of  his  Country 
by  virtue  of  his  admiralty-commiffion  alone,  without  taking 
upon  himself  the  official  duty  of  a  custom-bouse  officer. 


|68  BIOG&APRICAL   MBtfOIll 

From  the  month  of  July  {1786)  until  that  of  June,  in  the 
following  year.  Captain  Nelson  continued  with  the  command 
at  the  Leeward  Islands  ;  when  at  length  he  sailed  for  Eng- 
land :  during  the  preceding  winter.  Prince  William  Henry 
visited  this  station  in  the  Pegasus  frigate,  to  which  his  Royal 
Highness  had  been  appointed  Captain.  The  condoft  of 
Captain  Nelson,  as  Commanding  Officer,  gained  him  the 
esteem  and  friendship  of  the  young  Prince,  which  has  since 
increased  with  advancing  years. — In  the  month  of  March, 
1787,  Captain  Nelson  married  the  truly  amiable  Frances 
Herbert  Nesbit  *,  widow  of  Do£tor  Nesbit,  of  the  island 
of  Nevis,  daughter  of  William  Herbert,  Esq.  Senior  Judge»  and 
niece  to  Mr.  Herbert,  President  of  that  Island  :  the  bride 
was  given  away  by  Prince  William  Henry. 

7  he  Boreas  frigate  being  paid  off  at  Sheerness  on  the  thir* 
tieth  of  November,  1787,  Captain  Nelson  retired,  to  enjoy 
the  consolation  of  domestic  happiness,  at  the  parsonage- 
house  of  Burnham  Thorpe,  which  his  father  gave  him  for  a 
place  of  residence  :  where  imitating  Xenophon  in  the  ar* 
rangement  of  his  little  farm  at  Scillus,  Captain  Nelson 
passed  the  interval  of  peace,  in  rural  occupation,  and  solitude. 
From  the  age  of  twelve  years  to  the  time  occupied  at  this 
retreat,  no  period  occurs  in  the  life  of  Horatio  Nelson, 
for  the  mind  to  pause  ;  all  previous  to  this,  and  since  that 
period,  has  been  a  continued  succession  of  events  arising 
from  professional  duties,  amid  a  complication  of  peril,  and  un- 
precedented emergencies.  He  now  enjoyed  the  opportunity  of 
strengthening,  by  frequent  refleAion,  the  experience  he  had 
obtained  ;  combining  the  various  ideas  which  a  quick,  yet 
sound  observation  had  coUcded ;  and  improving  that  know« 
ledge  of  himself,  and  of  human  nature,  so  essential  to  those, 
who  are  called  on  by  their  Country  to  command  with  firm* 
ness,  and  to  obey  without  a  murmur  :  like  the  celebrated 

» 

*  ThU  Lady  had  a  son  by  her  first  marriage,  who  haa  been  advanced  to  PoK 
rank,  with  the  coDimand  of  the  Thalia,  36  gunt.  He  tcrvcd  uadcr  hit  father* 
in-law  with  credit  durir.g  the  whole  of  the  prcfent  war. 


OV   THE   irCHT  HON.   LOtD    HELSOIT.  fSf 

Roman  *  who  retired  into  the  Country  to  enjoy  its  calm 
repose.  Captain  Nelson  might  declare,  that  he  bad  been  many 
years  m  earthy  hut  bad  lived  9nly  four  for  bimse^. 

In  the  year  179O9  during  the  Spanish  armament  occasioned 
by  the  clispute  f  relatiye  to  Nootka  Sounds  Captain  Nelsoa 
left  his  retirement  to  offer  his  services ;  hut  his  endeavours  to 
get  employed  were  tne^dual, — On  the  thirtieth  of  January, 
1793,  a  day  ever  to  be  remembered  in  our  annals,  and  which 
the  page  of  Naval  history  will  now  mark  with  more  peculiar 
'regard,  this  distinguished  charader  again  came  forward  to 
appear  with  new  lustre,  and  to  arrest  the  progress  of  anarchy. 
He  was  appointed  to  the  Agamemnon  t)  64  guns,  in  a  manner 
the  most  grateful  to  those  feelings,  which  had  been  hurt 
at  the  ineificacy  of  his  former  application ;  and  was  soon 
placed  under  the  orders  of  that  great  man  and  excellent 
officer  Lord  Hood;  then  appointed  to  command  in  the 
Mediterranean. 

The  unbounded  confidence  which  the  noble  Admiral  alwavs 
reposed  in  Captain  Nelson,  manifests  the  high  opinion  whicii 
Lord  Hood  then  entertained  of  his  courage  and  ability  to 
execute  the  arduous  Services  with  which  he  was  entrusted  :  if 
batteries  were  to  be  attacked  ;  if  Ships  were  to  be  cut  out  of 
their  harbours  ;  if  the  hazardous  landing  of  troops  was  to  be 
effefted,  or  difficult  passages  to  be  explored ;  we  invariably  find 
Horatio  Nelson  foremost  on  each  occasion,  with  his  brave 
Officers,  and  his  gallant  Crew  of  the  Agamemnon  §•  It 
was  well  observed  in  the  Mediterranean  at  this  time,  that 
before  Captain  Nelson  quitted  his  old  Ship,  he  had  not  only 

*  SiBfiLis,  under  Trajan. 

-f  For  particulars  of  this  dispute,  and  the  base  and  cruel  !>ehaTioar  of  the  Spa« 
Biards,  vid.  Kav.  Chronicle,  Vol.  II.  page  409. 

\  Dfiring  the  time  Captain  Nelson  had  the  command  of  the  Agamemnon, 
and  previous  to  the  commeucemcnt  of  hostilities  with  Spain,  he  put  into  Cadis 
to  water;  and  on  beholding  the  Spanish  fleet,  exclaimed,  Thtu  Ships  an  etr' 
t»inly  the  Jineit  in  the  ^tfrld  :  thank  Gcd  I  the  SpoMards  eannot  huili  men  ( 

$  The  greater  part  of  the  Agamemnon's  crew  were  Mised  in  the  n^ighb^ur* 
bood  of  fiurnhanob  Thorpe. 


t70  tieOKAPIItQAI.  M9VQ1II 

£iir]y  worn  her  ont  *»  but  had  alio  eibauKod  hloairif,  and  hia 
Ship's  company.  From  habits  q(  adivc  aefvioc»  bovev^r, 
his  originally  delicate  constitution  continued  to  support, 
f  rcat  fatigue  ;  though  hit  strength  was  visibly  impaired  pre* 
Tioua  to  Lord  Hood's  coining  to  England* 

At  Toulon,  and  the  celebrated  vi dories  achieved  at  Bastiat 
and  Calri,  Lord  Hood  bore  ample  testimony  f  to  the  akill,  and 
imremitting  exertions  of  Captain  Nebon  :  during  the  memov 
rable  siege  of  Bastia,  be  superintended  the  diiembarkation  of 
troops  and  stores ;  and  commanded  a  brigade  of  seamen,  who 
served  on  shore  at  the  batteries,  having  Captains  Hunt» 
Sericold)  and  BuUen  under  his  orders  ;  in  the  execution  of 
which  duty»  Captain  Nelson  gave  eminent,  and  repeated 
proofs,  both  of  skiU  as  a  Commander,  and  of  personal  inv 
trepidity. 

At  the  siege  of  Calvi  (July  and  August  1794)  he  also  dit* 
iinguished  himself  in  a  conspicuous  manner,  when  com^. 
manding  an  advanced  battery  of  seamen  on  shore ;  and  Lord 
Hood,  on  that  t  occasion,  as  on  every  other,  gave  him  a  just 
tribute  of  applause.  It  was  at  this  siege  that  Captain  Nelson 
lost  tiie  sight  of  his  right  eye,  by  a  shot  from  the  enemy's  bat-- 
tery  striking  the  upper  part  of  that  which  h^  commanded  ^ 
and  driving,  with  prodigious  force,  some  particles  of  sand 
against  his  face. 

The  following  letter  which  he  received^  during  the  $iege  of 
Calvi,  from  Lord  Hood,  inclosing  the  resolutions  of  the  two 

*  When  the  Aoamiknon  came  into  Dock  to  be  refitted,  at  the  begionin; 
of  OAober,  1796,  there  was  not  a  mast,  yard,  sail,  nor  any  part  of  the  rigging, 
but  was  obliged  to  be  repaired — the  whole  being  so  cut  to  pieces  with  shot :  her 
hall  had  long  been  kept  together  by  cables  served  round. 

-t  VoL  H.  paget  41, 43, 304. 

\  Lord  Hood,  in  his  official  letter,  Mys,  "  The  yntuntl  f  herewith  tnasmk 
from  Captain  Nelson,  who  had  the  command  of  the  seamen,  will  shew  the  daily 
occurrcQces  of  the  siege ;  and  whose  unremitting  zeal  and  exertion  I  caaoot 
sufficiently  applaud,  or  that  of  Captain  Haliowell,  who  took  it  by  tomato  conU 
mand  in  the.adv^ced  batteries  twenty-four  hours  at  a  time  ;  and  I  flatter  my^ 
scU  they,  a>  well  as  the  other  officers  agd  seamen,  will  have  fiiii  justice  dose  them 
by  tl^e  General :  it  is  therefore  unnecessary  for  m«  to  pay  aswre  epoa  the. 
subjed." 


OV  THt  HlGHT   RON.  LOUD    HBLSOIT*  |^t 

•  ■ 

If<>1ises  ofPafKament,  was  highly  flattering  to  Captain  Nel- 
son's feelihgs,  and  shews  the  estimation  in  which  his  ser- 
vices were  then  held  : 

•*  sia,  *•  VtBofy^  ofCalnn^  Aug.  8,  179^ 

**  Having  received  his  Majesty's  commands^  to  communicate  to  the 
tYspeiftiTe  Officers,  Seamen,  Marines*  and  Soldiers,  tidio  have  beet 
employed  in  the  difi^ent  operations  which  have  hcen  stiGcessfuUy  cax^ 
tied  on  against  the  enemy  in  Corsicay  a  resolution  of  the  two  Houses 
of  Parliament  ;  which  I  have  the  honour  herewith  to  inclose  ;  and 
desire  you  will  make  known  to  all  iti  the  Agamemnon,  and  such  other 
Officers  and  Seamen,  as  are  with  yon,  and  were  employed  at  Bistia, 
the  sense  that  is  entertained  of  their  spfrited  and  meritorious  conduA«** 

Lord  Hood  having  left  the  Mediterranean  in  the  month  of 
Dftobct,  1794;  Admiral  (now  Lord)  Hotham,  onwhonlthe 
command  devolved,  honoured  Captain  Nelson  with  equal 
tonfiHence  :  he  again  distinguished  himself  in  tlie  actions  with 
the  French  fleet  of  the  thirteenth  and  fourteenth  of  March^ 
and  also  on  the  thirteenth  of  July,  1795*  Captain  Nelson 
was  afterwards  appointed  by  Admiral  Hotham  to  co-operate 
with  the  Austrian  General,  De  Vins,  at  Vado  Bay,  on  the 
coast  of  Genoa  ;  in  which  service  he  continued  during  tlifc 
whole  time  Admiral  Hotham  retained  the  command,  until 
the  month  of  November  ;  when  the  latter  was  superseded  by 
Sir  Johk  Jervis.— In  April,  1796.  the  Commander  in  Chief 
so  much  approved  of  Captain  Nelson's  condufl,  that  he  was 
dire<3ed  to  Wear  a  distinguishing  pendant;  and  in  May  he  was 
removed  from  his  old  and  favourite  Ship  the  Agamemkok, 
to  the  Captain,  74  guns  ;  after  having  buffetted  the  former 
about)  in  every  kind  of  service,  during  three  years  and  an 
half :  on  the  eleventh  of  August  a  Capuin  was  appointed 
under  him. 

From  the  month  of  April  until  Oftober,  1795,  Commo- 
dore Nelson  was  constantly  employed  in  the  most  arduous 
service,  viz.  the  blockade  ofLeghorn^  the  taking  of  Port  Fer- 
rajo,  with  the  Island  of  Caprea  ;  and  lastly  in  the  evacua- 
tion of  Bastia :  whence  having  convoyed  the  troops  in  safety 
to  Porto  Fcrrajo,  he  joined  the  Admiral  in  St,  Fiorenzo 
Bay,  and  proceeded  with  him  to  Gibraltar. 


I7£  BIOG&APHICAL   MSMOIR 

During  the  month  of  December,  1796,  Commodore  Nekon 
bojsted  his  broad  pendant  on  board  La  Minerve  frigate. 
Captain  George  Cockburne,  and  was  dispatched  with  that 
Sbip>  and  La  Blanche,  to  Porto  Ferrajo,  to  bring  tlie 
Naval  stores  left  there  to  Gibraltar  ;  which  tlie  fleet  at  that 
time  much  wanted.  On  the  passage  thither,  in  the  night  of 
the  nineteenth  of  December,  1796,  the  Commodore  fell  in 
with  two  Spanish  frigates  ;  he  immediately  attacked  the  Ship 
which  carried  the  poop-light,  and  direfted  the  Blanche  to 
bear  down  to  engage  the  other  :  at  forty  minutes  past  ten  at 
night,  the  Commodore  brought  his  Ship  to  close  adioni 
which  continued,  without  intermission,  until  half  past  one  ; 
when  La  Sabina  *,  of  40  guns,  28  eighteen -pounders  on  her 
main-  deck,  and  286  men,  commanded  by  Captain  Don  Jacobo 
Stuart,  struck  to  La  Minerve.  Captain  Preston  in  La 
Blanche  silenced  the  Ship  he  had  engaged ;  but  could  not 
cffeA  possession,  owing  to  three  more  Ships  heaving  in 
sight. 

Commodore  Nelson's  letter  to  Sir  John  Jervis,  respeding 
the  above  Action,  dated  December  the  twentieth,  1796,  may 
be  considered  as  a  noble  example  of  that  generous  and  modest 
spirit,  which  pervades  the  minds  of  great  men  :  be  assumes 
DO  merit  to  himself,  but  gives  the  whole  to  Captain  Cock- 
buriie,  his  Officers,  and  crew. 

"  You  are.  Sir,  so  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  merits  of 

Captain  Cockburue»  that  it  is  netdlcss  for  me  to  express  them  :  but 
the  discipline  of  La  Minerve  does  the  highest  credit  to  her  Captain, 
and  Lieutenants,  and  I  wish  fully  to  express  the  sense  I  have  of  their 
judgment,  and  gallantry.  Lieutenant  Culverhouse,  the  First  Lieute- 
nant, is  an  old  officer  of  very  distinguished  merit ;  Lieutenants  Hardy  f , 
Gage,  and  Noble,  dt  serve  every  praise  whicli  gallantry,  and  zeal, 
justly  entitle  them  to  ;  as  does  every  other  Officer,  and  man  in  the 
Ship. 

*  La  Sahina  had  one  hundred  and  uity-four  men  killed,  dnd  wounded  :  iht 
lost  her  mizen  mast  during  the  A&ion,  with  the  main,  and  fore-mastt.  La 
Xlinerve  had  seven  killed,  and  thirty  four  wounded  ;  all  her  maits  were  diot 
through,  and  her  rigging  much  cut. 

f  'i'his  same  excellent  officer  conmianded  t]  e  Mvtine  brig,  on  the  first  of 
August,  179S— an^  wai  afterwards  Captain  of  the  Vanguard. 


OP    THB    RIGHT    HON.  LORD    NELSON*  I73 

^  You  w31  observe.  Sit,  I  slm  sure  with  regret,  amongst  the 
Hounded,  Lieutenant  James  Noble,  who  quitted  the  Captain  to 
serve  with  me  ;  and  whose  merits,  and  repeated  wounds  recti vcd  in 
fighting  the  enemies  of  our  country,  entitle  him  to  every  reward  a 
grateful  nation  can  bestow," 

On  the  twcnty-nindi  of  January,  i797i  Commodore  Nel* 
son  sailed  in  La  Minerve,  from  Porto  Fcrrajo,  on  his  return 
to  join  Sir  John  Jervis  ;  having  on  board  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot 
(now  Lord  Minto),  late  Viceroy  of  Corsica,  with  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Drinkwater,  and  others  of  Sir  G.  Elliotts  suite ; 
after  reconnoitring  the  principal  ports  of  the  enemy  in  the 
Mediterranean,  the  Commodore  arrived  at  Gibraltar  a  few 
days  after  the  Spanish  fleet  had  passed  through  the  Straits 
from  Cartbagena.  Impatient  to  join  Sir  John  Jervis,  the 
Commodore  remained  only  one  day  at  Gibraltar  ;  and  on  the 
eleventh  of  February,  in  proceeding  thence  to  the  westward 
to  the  place  of  rendezvous,  he  was  chased  by  two  Spanish 
line  of  battle  Ships,  and  fell  in  with  their  whole  fleet  off  the 
mouth  of  the  Straits.  The  Commodore  fortunately  efFefted 
his  escape,  and  joined  the  Admiral  off  Cape  St.  Vincent,  on 
tlie  thirteenth  of  February  ;  just  in  thne  to  communicate 
intelligence  relative  to  the  force,  and  state  of  the  Spanish 
fleet ;  and  to  shift  his  pendant  on  board  his  former  ship  the 
Captain,  74  guns,  Ralph  W.  Miller,  Esq.  Commander. 

Commodore  Nelson  had  not  removed  from  La  Minerve,  to 
the  Captain,  many  minutes,  when  on  the  evening  of  the 
same  day,  the  signal  was  thrown  out  for  th^  British  fleet  to 
prepare  for  afiion  ;  the  Ships  were  also  directed  to  keep  in 
close  order  during  the  night. 

As  the  Gazette  Letters  afford  but  an  impcrfeft  idea  of  the 
exploits  of  Commodore  Nelson  on  this  memorable  day  ;  we 
shall,  in  addition  to  the  valuable  manuscript  already  *  pub- 
lished, refer  to  such  documents  as  throw  considerable  light 
on  his  brilliant  achievements  of  the  fourteenth  of  February. 

*  Vol.  II.  page  500.  Rtm^rJu  relative  to  myielfin  the  Caftain. 
ttlOl.  ill.  A   A 


I  * 


^74-  IIOGHAPHICAL  MtUOtft 

An  officer  *  who  wis  on  board  the  Lively  repeating  frigatet 
conimaaded  by  Lord  Viscount  Garlies,  has  since  published  a 
letter  to  a  friend,  which  was  originally  intended  for  a  private 
circle :  this  gentleman  had  an  opportunity  of  observing  tlie 
manoeuvres  of  both  fleets  ;  and  by  comparing  his  own  minutes 
afterwards,  with  those  of  others,  and  convening  with  the 
principal  charaders,  he  has  been  enabled  to  give  the  public,  a 
most  correft  and  interesting  account  of  this  glorious  Adioni 
which  is  illustrated  with  eight  plans,  shewing  the  different 
positions  of  the  two  fleets. 

When  Sir  John  Jenris  on  the  fourt^nth  of  February  had  accom* 
plished  hii  bold  intention  of  breaking  the  Enemy's  Line,  the  Spaaish 
Admiral,  who  had  been  separated  to  windward  with  his  main  body, 
consisting  of  eighteen  Ships  of  the  line,  from  nine  Ships  that  were  cut 
off  to  leeward,  af^ieared  to  make  a  movement,  as  if  with  a  new  to  joia 
the  latter.  This  design  was  completely  frustrated  by  the  timdy  oppo- 
sition of  Commodore  Nelson,  whose  station  in  the  rear  of  the  British 
line  afforded  him  an  opportunity  of  observing  this  nmomwrre :  his 
Ship,  the  Captain,  had  no  sooner  passed  the  rear  of  the  enemy's  Ships 
that  were  to  windward,  than  he  ordered  her  to  wear,  and  stood  on  the 
other  tack  towards  the  enemy.   • 

In  executing  this  bold,  and  decisive  ftfanttuvre*  the  Commodotc 
reached  the  sixth  Ship  from  the  enemy's  rear,  which  bore  the  Spaaish 
Admiral's  flag,  the  Samtissima  TaiNiDAOA,  of  136  guns ;  aSh^  , 
of  four  decks,  reported  to  be  the  largest  in  the  world*^  Notwith. 
standing  the  inequality  of  force,  the  Conunodore  instantly  engaged 
this  colossal  opponent ;  and  for  a  considerable  time  had  to  contend 
not  only  with  her,  but  with  her  seconds  ahead  and  astern,  each  of  three 
decks.  While  he  mainUined  this  unequal  con^t,  which  was  viewed 
with  admiration,  mixed  with  anxiety,  his  friends  were  flying  to  his 
support :  the  enemy's  attention  was  soon  direAed  to  the  CuUoden, 
Captain  Troubridge,  and  in  a  short  time  after  to  the  Blenheim, 
of  90  guns.  Captain  Frederick,  who  opportunely  came  to  his 
assistance. 

*  Lieutenant  Colonel  Drinkwater,  who  was  SecreUry  at  War  at  Corsica, 
author  of  the  Journal  of  the  Siege  of  Gibrakar.  Having  accompanied  Sir 
Gilbert  Elliot  on  bis  pamge  to  England  10  La  Mioerre,  from  Porto  Ferrajo  to 
Cape  St.  Vincent,  they  were  afterwards  remoTcd  into  the  Ltvelj  ;  and  through 
Sir  G.  Elliot's  particular  solicitation  the  Frigate  was  allowed  to  wait  the  result 
of  the  Adion.  This  interesting  DUntiv«  is  published  bf  JohntoD,  St.  Paal's 
Church-yard. 


OP  THB  tlGHT   HOir«  tOtD   MILSOll.  tjf 

The  mtrepid  conduft  of  the  Commodore  sti^ered  the  Spanish 
Admiralf  who  aheady  appeared  to  waTer  In  pureoing  his  intention  of 
joimng  the  Ships  cut  off  by  the  British  fleet ;  when  the  CuUoden's 
thnely  arrival,  and  Obtain  Troubridgc's  spirited  support  of  the  Com- 
modore, together  with  the  approach  of  the  Blenheim,  followed  by 
Rear*Admiral  Parker,  with  the  Prince  George,  Ofion,  Irresistible, 
and  Diadem,  not  fiur  distant,  determined  the  Spanish  Admiral  to  change 
fati  design  altogether,  and  to  throw  out  the  signal  for  the  Ships  of  his 
main  body  to  haul  their  wind,  and  make  sail  on  the  larboard  tack. 

Not  a  moment  was  kietin  improring  the  advantage  now  apparent  in 
fim>ur  of  the  British  squadron  :  as  the  Ships  of  Rear- Admiral  Parker's 
dirision  approached  the  enemy's  Ships,  in  support  of  the  Captain 
(Commodore  Nelson's  Ship)  and  her  gallant  seconds,  the  Blenheim  and 
Cifloden,  the  cannonade  became  more  animated  and  impressive.  In 
this  manner  did  Commodore  Nelson  engage  a  Spanish  Three  Decker, 
antil  he  bad  neariy  expended  all  the  ammunition  in  his  Ship  ;  which 
ha4nftrcd  the  loss  of  her  fore-top-mast,  and  received  such  considerable 
daangc  ir  her  saik  and  rigging,  that  she  was  almost  rendered  hors  Ju 
emiat.  At  this  critical  period,  the  Spanish  Three  Decker  having 
lott  her  mizen-mast,  fell  on  board  a  Spanish  two  decker  of  84  guns, 
that  was  her  second  :  this  latter  Ship  consequently  now  became  the 
Commodore's  opponent,  and  a  most  vigorous  fire  was  kept  up  for  some 
time,  by  both  Ships,  within  pistol  shot. 

It  was  now  that  the  Commodore's  Ship  lost  nwny  men^  and  that' 
the  damages  already  sustained,  through  the  long  and  arduous  confl!6^ 
which  ahe  had  maintained,  appearing  to  render  a  continuance  of  the 
contest  in  the  usual  way  precarious,  or  perhaps  impossible.  At  this 
critical  moment,  the  Commodore,  from  a  sudden  impulse,  instantly 
resolved  on  a  bold  and  decisive  measure ;  and  determined,  whatever 
might  be  the  event,  to  attempt  his  opponent  sword  in  hand  :•— <he 
boarders  were  sumnKHied*  and  orders  given  to  by  his  Ship  on  board 
the  enemy. 

Fortune  favours  the  brave  !  nor  00  this  occasion  was  she  unmindful 
of  her  fiivourite.  Ralph  Willett  Miller*,  the  Commodore's  Captain,  so 
judiciously  dire^ed  the  course  of  his  Ship,  that  he  laid  her  aboard 
the  starboard  quarter  of  the  Spanish  eighty-four  ;-*her  spritsail  yard 
pasung  over  the  enemy's  poop,  and  hooking  in  her  mizen  shrouds : 
when  the  word  to  board  being  given,  the  officers  and  seamen,  destined 

*  This  nllant  officer  afterwards  lost  his  life  in  the  Theseus,  under  Sir 
Sydoey  Smith,  by  the  explosion  of  some  shells  on  the  quarter  deck.  He  was 
10  the  battle  off  the  Nile,  where  he  gained  great  honour.— Vid.  Nav.  Chronicle, 
V0I.  II.  page  5S0. 


176  BIOGRAPHICAL    IIBMOIR 

for  tilts  perilous  duty,  headed  by  Lieutenant  Berry  *,  together  with 
the  detachment  of  the  sixty-ninth  reginaent  commanded  by  Lieu- 
tenant  Pcarsont  then  doing  duty  as  marines  on  board  the  Captaui* 
passed  with  rapidity  on  board  the  enemy's  Ship  ;  and  in  a  short  time 
the  San  Nicholas  was  in  the  possession  of  her  intrepid  assailants.  The 
Commodore's  ardour  would  not  permit  him  to  remain  an  inaftivc- 
8pc^at(  r  of  this  scene.  He  was  aware  the  attempt  was  hazardous  ; 
and  he  thought  his  presence  might  animate  his  brave  compantons»  and 
contribu  to  the  success  of  this  bold  Enterprise  :  he  therefore,  as  if 
by  ma^ic  impulse,  accompanied  the  party  in  this  attack ;  pasting  from 
the  fore  chains  of  his  own  Ship»  into  the  enemy's  quarter  gallery,  and 
thence  through  the  cabin  to  the  quarter  deck ;  where  he  arrived  in 
time  to  receive  the  sword  f  of  the  dying  Commander,  who  had  bceo 
mortally  wounded  by  the  boarders. 

He  had  not  betn  long  employed  in  taking  the  necessary  mea- 
sures to  secure  this  hard  earned  conquest,  when  he  found  himself 
engaged  in  a  more  arduous,  task.  The  Stem  of  the  Three  Dockert 
his  former  opponent,  was  placed  diredlly  amidships  of  the  weather* 
beam  of  the  prize,  San  Nicolas  ;  and,  from  her  poop  and  galleries,  the 
enemy  sorely  annoyed  with  musquetry  the  British,  who  had  boarded 
the  San  Nicolas-  The  Commodore  was  not  long  in  resolving  on  the 
condu(5l  to  be  adopted  upon  this  momentous  occasion  :  the  two 
alttrnatives  that  presented  themselves  to  his  unshaken  mind*  were  to 
quit  the  Prize,  or  instantly  board  the  Three  Decker.  Confident  in 
the  bravery  of  his  seamen,  he  determined  on  the  latter,  Direding 
therefore  an  additional  number  of  men  to  be  sent  from  the  Captain  on 
board  the  San  Nicholas,  the  undaunted  Commodore,  whom  no  danger 
ever  appalled,  headed  himself  the  assailants  in  this  new  attack  s  ex- 
claiming, Westminster  Abbey  !  oa  CLoaieus  Victory! 

Success  in  a  few  minutes,  and  with  little  loss,  crowned  the  entcrprize* 
Such  indeed  was  the  panic  occasioned  by  his  preceding  coiidu6kt 
that  the  Britij^h  no  sooner  appeared  on  the  quarter-deck  of  their 
new  opponent,  than  the  Commandant  advanced  ;  and  asking  for  the 
British  CoMMA^DI^G  Officer,  dropped  on  one  knee, and  pre- 
sented his  sword  ;  apologising  at  the  same  time  for  the  Spanish 
Admiral's  not  appearing,  as  he  was  dangerously  wounded.  For  a 
moment  Commodore  Nelson  could  scarcely  persuade  himself  of  this 
second  instance  of  good  fortune  :  he  therefore  ordered  the  Spanish 
Commandant,  who  had  the  rank  of  a  Brigadier,  to  assemble  the 
officers  on  the  quarter  deck,  and  dircA  means  to  be  taken  instantly  for 

.i.*v^T  ^^ir  Edi^-ard  Perry  ^   Lord  NcUon's  Captain  in  the  Vanguard  in 
the  battle  off  the  Nile. 

,i  This  iword  &he  Commodcre  afterwards  f  resected  to  the  city  of  Norwich* 


OF    THE    RIGHT   HON.   LORD    NELSON.  I77 

communicating  to  the  crew  the  surrender  of  the  Ship.  AU  the 
Officers  immediately  appeared;  and  the  Commodore  had  the  sur- 
render of  the  San  Josef  duly  confirmedj  by  each  of  them  delivering 
his  sword* 

The  Coxswain  of  the  Commodore's  barge  (John  Sykes,  since  dead) 
had  attended  close  by  his  side  throughout  this  perilous  attempt.  To 
him  the  Commodore  gave  in  charge  the  swords  of  the  Spanish  Oificerst 
as  he  received  them  ;  and  the  undaunted  Tar,  as  they  were  delivered 
to  him,  tucked  these  honourable  Trophies  under  his  arm,  with  all  the 
coolness  imaginable.  It  was  at  this  moment  alsot  that  a  British  sailor, 
who  had  long  fought  under  the  Commodore,  came  up  in  the  fullness 
of  his  heart  ;  and  excusing  the  liberty  he  was  taking,  asked  to  shake 
him  by  the  hand  ;  to  congratulate  him  upon  seeing  him  safe  on  the 
quarter  deck  of  a  Spanish  Three  Decker* 

This  new  Conquest  had  scarcely  submitted,  and  the  Commodore 
returned  on  board  the  San  Nicholas,  when  the  latter  Ship  was  disco- 
vered to  be  on  fire  in  two  places.  At  the  first  moment  appearances 
were  alarming  ;  but  the  presence  of  mind,  and  resources  of  the  Com- 
modore and  his  Officers,  in  this  emergency,  soon  got  the  fire  under. 

A  signal  was  immediately  made  by  the  Captain  for  boats  to  assist 
in  disentangling  her  from  the  two  prizes  ;  and  as  she  was  incapable  of 
further  service  until  refitted,  the  Commodore  again  hoisted  his  pendant 
for  the  moment,  on  board  La  Minerve  frigate ;  and  in  the  evening 
shifted  it  to  the  Irresistible,  Captain  Martin  ;  Lut  as  soon  as  the 
Captain  was  refitted^  he  re-hoisted  his  pendant  on  board  the  latter 

Ship. 

For  such  distinguished  gallantr)'  on  the  fourteenth  of  February,  he 
received  the  insignia  of  the  Bath,  and  the  gold  medal,  from  his  Sove- 
reign ;  and  was  also  presented  with  the  freedom  of  the  city  of  London 
in  a  gold  box* 

In  the  month  of  April,  1797,  Sir  Horatio  Nelson  hoisted 
bis  flag,  as  Rear- Admiral  of  the  Blue,  and  was  detached  to 
bring  down  the  garrison  of  Porto  Fcrrajo.  On  the  twenty- 
seventh  of  May,  he  shifted  his  flag  from  the  Captain,  to  the 
Theseus,  and  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  the  inner 
squadron  at  the  blockade  of  Cadiz.  During  this  service  his 
personal  courage,  if  possible,  was  more  conspicuous  than  at 
any  other  period  of  his  former  services.  In  the  attack  on  the 
Spanish  gun-boats  (July  the  third,  1797)  he  was  boarded  ia 
his  barge ;  with  only  its  usual  complement  of  ten  men,  and 
the  coxswain,  accompanied  by  Captain  Freemantle* 


jjH;  BIOGRAPHICAL   MBMOIR 

The  Commander  of  the  Spanish  gun-boats,  Don  Miguc!* 
Tyrasoii,  in  a  barge  rowed  by  ttuenty-six  oars^  having  tbirij 
men^  including  officers^  made  a  most  desperate  effort  to  over- 
power Sir  Horatio  Nelson,  and  his  brave  companions.  The 
cortfliift  was  long,  and  doubtful,  they  fought  hand  to  hand' 
with  their  swords :  his  faithful  coxswain  John  Sykes  was 
wounded  in  defending  the  Admiral  ;  and  twice  saved  his  life, 
by  parrying  several  blows  that  were  aimed  at  him,  and  mor- 
tally wounding  his  adversaries.  Eighteen  of  the  Spaniards 
being  killed,  the  Commandant  and  all  the  rest  wounded, 
the  Rear-Adrairal,  with  his  gallant  barge's  crew,  succeeded  in 
carrying  this  superior  force. 

Sir  John  Jervis,  in  his  letter  to  the  Admiralty,  dated  the 
fifth  of  July,  1797,  says, 

«<  The  Rcar-Admiral,  who  w  always  present  in  the  most  aiduooi 
enterprises,  with  the  assistance  of  some  other  harges,  boarded  and  car- 
ried two  of  the  enemy's  gun-boats,  and  a  barge  launch  belonging  to 
«ne  of  their  Ships  of  war,  with  the  Commandant  of  the  ilotilhu — 
Rear.  Admiral  Nelson* s  aSioni  speak  for  tbemehves  ;  anffrme  of  none 
would  fall  very  short  of  bis  merit  /** 

During  the  night  of  the  fifth  of  July,  Sir  Horatio  Nelson 
ordered  a  second  bombardment  of  Cadis ;  which  produced 
considerable  effeft  on  the  town,  and  among  the  shipping. 

On  the  fifteenth  of  July  he  was  detached,  with  a  small 
squadron  *,  to  make  a  vigorous  attack  on  the  town  of  Santa 
Cruz,  in  the  Island  of  Teneriffe.  The  Rear  Admiral,  on 
his  arrival  before  the  town,  lost  no  time  in  direAing  a 
thousand  men,  including  marines,  to  be  prepared  for  landing 
from  the  Ships,  under  the  direction  of  the  brave  Captain 
Troubridge  t  of  his  Majesty*8  Ship  CuUoden,  and  Cap- 
tains Hood,  Thomson,  Frcemantle,  Bowen,  Miller,  and 
Waller,  who  very  handsomely  volunteered  their  services. 
The  boats  of  the  Squadron  were  accordingly  manned,  and 
the  landing  was  effeiled  in  the  course  of  a  dark  night.    The 

«  Conuiting  of  the  Theseus,  Citllodcn,  Zealoai,  Seahorse,  Emerald,  Tcfps^ 
chore,  and  Fox  cutter  :— -the  Leander  afterwards  joined. 
*  Since  created,  for  his  distisgiiithid  lerviccs,  a  Baronet* 


OP  THt   ftlOBT    HOH.   LOtD   MELSON*  1 79 

party  were  ia  full  possession  of  the  town  of  Santa  Cruz  for 
about  seven  hours.  Finding  it  impradicable  to  storm  the 
citadel,  they  prepared  for  their  retreat^  which  the  Spaniards 
allowed  them  to  do  unmolested,  agreeable  to  the  stipulations 
made  with  Captain  Troubridge.— Although  this'  enterprise 
did  not  succeed,  his  Majesty's  arms  acquired  by  the  attempt  a 
great  degree  of  lustre  i  and  as  the  Rear- Admiral  himself  hand- 
somely expresses  it  in  his  letter  to  Earl  St.  Vincent,  more 
daring  inin^dity  never  was  shewn^  than  by  the  Captains^  Officers^ 
and  meny  be  bad  the  honour  to  command.^-^Sir  Horatio  Nelson 
in  this  attack  lost  his  right  arm  by  a  cannon  shot  *  ;  and'no 
less  than  two  hundreci  and  forty-six  gallant  officers,  marines, 
and  seamen,  were  killed,  wounded,  and  drowned.     ^ 

The  life  of  Sir  Horatio  Nelson  was  providentially  saved  by 
Lieut.  Nisbet,  his  son-in-law,  on  this  disastrous  night :  the 
Admiral  received  his  wound  soon  after  the  detachment  had 
landed,  and  while  they  were  pressing  on  with  the  usual  ardour 
of  British  seamen :  the  shock  caused  him  to  fall  to  the 
ground,  where  for  some  minutes  he  was  left  to  himself } 
until  Mr.  Nisbet  missing  him,  bad  the  presence  of  mind 
to  return  ;  when  after  some  search  in  tlie  dark^  he  at  length 
found  his  brave  fiither*in-law  weltering  in  his  blood  on  tlie 
ground,  with  his  arm  shattered,  and  himself  apparently  life- 
less. Lieutenant  Nisbet  having  immediately  applied  his 
neck  handkerchief  as  a  tournequet  to  the  Admiral's  arm, 
carried  him  on  his  back  to  the  beach ;  where,  widi  the 
assistance  of  some  sailors,  he  conveyed  him  into  one  of  the 
boats,  and  put  off  to  the  Theseus  under  a  tremendous, 
though  ill-dire^ed  iire  from  the  enemy's  battery. 

The  next  day  after  the  Rear- Admiral  had  lost  his  arm,  he 
wrote  to  Lady  Nelson ;  and  in  narrating  the  foregoing 
transaftionp,  says,  ^*  I  know  it  will  add  much  to  your 
pleasure,  in  finding  that  your  son  Josiah,  under  God's  pro- 
vidence, was  instrumental  in  saving  my  life." 

*  The  tame  night  at  ten  o'clock  the  Admiral's  arm  was  amputated  on  board 
the  Theseut ;  he  iininediately  after  began  hi«  official  letter,  and  finished  it  hf 
cleTcn. 


l8o  BIOGlAPRtCAL    MBMOIR 

The  painful  operation  of  amputating  the  arm  beii^  per* 
formed  on  board,  in  the  night,  by  some  mistake  in  taking 
up  the  arterieS)  the  Rear-Admiral  afterwards  suffered  the 
most  excruciating  pains,  and  was  obliged  to  come  to  £ng* 
land  for  advice. 

It  Was  the  thirteenth  of  December  before  the  surgeons,  who 
attended  him,  pronounced  him  fit  for  service. — On  Sir  Horatio 
Nelson's  first  appearance  at  Court,  his  Sovereign  received  him 
in  the  most  gracious  and  tender  manner  ;  and  when,  with 
deep  sensibility  of  condolence,  the  King  expressed  his  sorrow 
at  the  loss  the  noble  Admiral  had  sustained,  and  at  his  im* 
paired  state  of  health,  which  might  deprive  the  Country  of 
his  futui^e  services  ;  Sir  Horatio  replied  with  dignified  em* 
phasis— **  May  it  please  your  Majesty y  I  can  never  think  that  a 
loss  which  the  performance  of  my  duty  has  occasioned  ;  emd  so 
hng  as  1  have  afoot  to  stand  on,  I  will  combat  for  my  King 
and  Country  /" 

Previous  to  the  issuing  of  a  grant,  which  secured  to  this 
gallant  Officer  some  public  remuneration  for  the  hardships 
he  had  endured,  a  positive  custom  required  that  a  memorial  * 
of  service  should  be  drawn  up :  one  more  brilliant  never 
met  the  eye  of  the  Sovereign  of  a  brave  nation.  Sir  Horatio 
had  a£tually  been  engaged  against  the  enemy  upwards  of 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty  Times  !— and  during  the 
present  war  had  assisted  at  the  capture  of  seven  sail  of  the 
line,  six  frigates,  four  corvettes,  and  eleven  privateers  of 
different  sizes ;  and  taken,  or  destroyed,  near  fifty  sail  of 
merchant  vessels. 

On  the  nineteenth  of  December,  1797,  the  Ship  that  was 
intended  for  Sir  Horatio  Nelson's  flag  not  being  ready,  the 
Vanguard  was  for  this  purpose  commissioned.  On  the  first 
of  April,  1798,  he  sailed  with  a  convoy  from  Spithead  ;  but 
at  the  back  of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  the  wind  coming  to  the  west- 
ward, he  was  forced  to  return  to  St.  Helen's.  On  the  ninth, 
he  again  sailed,  with  a  convoy  to  Lisbon;  and  on  the 
twciity-ninth  of  April,  joined  Earl  St,  Vincent  off  Cadiz. 

•  Vol  I.  page  29. 


OF   THP   I^I9^T    Hpfl*   LOUD   IfELSOX.  ltl 

On  thetlpr^eth  o£  AP"1>  4i^  i^y  following,  Sir  Horatio 
Vpls^Q  W4S  detached  frofa  £arl  St,  Viacent  *i  with  the 
YanfU^rfl  f,  Qrioa,  and  Alexander,  pf  74  guns  each»  the 
Eiaemld  and  Terpsichore  frigates,  and  La  Bonne  Cito^nno 
9lpQp  of  Wftr ;  ^nd  wu  ^ifi^rwards  joined  by  th?  brave  Cap* 
tain  Troubridge  of  the  Culloden,  with  ten  sail  of  the  line. 

Thfi  subsequent  aftioDS  of  this  great  man's  life,  are  traced 
in  mob  iadelible  ^buf^f^^s  on  the  hearts  of  Britons,  that 
ibej  aee4  little  from  his  biographer  but  the  grateful  tribute 
of  nifDiration  ai>d  respq£i#  The  interesting  Narrative  of  the 
proceedings  of  his  Majesty's  squadron  under  the  gallant 
Admiffal,  from  its  (trst  kgving  Gibraltar  to  the  conclusion 
of  the  glaripos  vi^ory  pf  the  Nile,  August  the  first,  1798, 
has  boep  si\xc%Ay  inserted  from  the  minutes  of  an  officer  of 
rank,  who  was  present.  To  this  soqic  brief  observations 
fbali  be  ^dded  s  with  a  correA  detail  of  events  subsequent  t9 
that  gloripus  and  ever-mpmorable  day. 

By  my  hopes— 
This  present  Enterprise  set  off  his  head  ! 
I  dp  not  think  9  heaver  gentleman, 
More  a£live,  valiant,  qr  more  valiant  young  $ 
More  daring,  or  mpre  bold,  is  now  alive 
To  grace  this  latter  Age  with  Noble  Deeds ! 

SHAKESPSAR* 

The  consummate  Judgment,  with  which  the  plan  of 
attack  was  immediately  formed  and  executed  by  Rear-Ad- 
niiral   Nelson,  on  an  enemy's  fleet  moored  in  a  compadt 

•  Vol.  !•  page  43. 

f  Lirt.  of  the  Oiken  mho  serred  under  Retr-Admlral  Sir  Horatio  Nelson 
in  the  Vanguard,  at  the  glorious  vi&ory  of  the  NJle. 

Capiaim.  Mmrhus^ 

Sir  Edward  Berry.  Ca/^jm^— William  Faddy- iiV/«./. 

Lltuteruuitu  LUutenanfi.^^i.  Christopher  Noble. 

|.  ^4ward  GaUay.  a Young. 

2.  Nathacicl  Va«8cU— ww/«iW.  3-  Ivcy  Hare. 

3.  William  Standway  Parkinson.  MasUr. — Wales  Clod. 

4.  Henry  Oompton.  Chaplain, — Reverend  Mr.  Comyn. 

5.  J.  Adyo^TtfcutuitJ,  Purser.  -Alexander  bhcppard, 
(.  Bladoa  CapeU.  Sargeon.^^MizYi^eX  JefTerson. 

Adm.  5«.— ^^r.  J.  Campbdl^wtf «/»/*/. 


iSl  tlOClAPHlCAt    MIMOIt 

line  of  battle  ;  protefted  in  the  van  by  a  battery^  and 
flanked  by  four  frigates,  and  many  gun  boats  ;  was  worthy 
of  the  great  and  intrepid  mind  of  this  distinguished  Oflker. 
He  deservedly  received  the  most  public  •  and  eminent  praise : 
his  Majesty,  in  the  speech  from  the  throne,  styles  it— Tl^ii 
grfot^  and  brUUant  'victory  I 

The  French  fleet  was  first  discovered  by  Capuin  Samisel 
Hood  of  the  Zealous ;  the  aAion  commenced  at  8un*set; 
The  Goliath,  Captain  T.  Foley,  and  the  Zealous,  CapUin 
Hood,  had  the  honour  to  receive  the  first  fire  of  the  enemy. 
The  shores  of  the  Bay  of  Aboukir  were  soon  lined  with 
spedators,  who  beheld  the  approach  of  the  English,  and  the 
awful  conflift  of  the  hostile  fleets,  in  $ilent  astonishment. 

Sir  Horatio  Nelson,  as  Rear- Admiral  of  the  Blue*  carried 
the  blue  flag  at  the  mizen  \  but  from  a  standing  order  of  Sir 
John  Jervis,  the  Commander  in  Chief,  the  Squadron  wore 
the  white,  or  St.  George's  f  ensign  in  the  adion ;  and  it  is 
remarkable,  that  this  occasioned  the  display  of  the  C&oss» 
upon  the  renowned,  and  ancient  coast  of  Egypt* 

A  most  animated  fire  was  opened  from  the  Vanguard, 
which  Ship  covered  the  approach  of  those  in  the  rear  :  in  a 
few  minutes,  every  man  stationed  at  the  first  six  guns  in  the 
fore-part  of  the  Vanguard's  deck,  were  all  down,  killed  or 
wounded ;  and  one  gun  in  particular  was  repeatedly  cleared  X^ 
Sir  Horatio  Nelson  was  so  entirely  resolved  to  conquer,  or 
to  perish  in  the  attempt,  that  he  led  into  aftion,  with 
six  ensigns  or  flags,  viz.  red,  white,  and  blue,  flying  in  diffe* 
rent  parts  of  the  rigging  :  he  could  not  even  bear  to  refloA 
on  the  possibility  of  his  Colours  being  carried  awaj.  by  a 
random  shot  from  the  Enemy. 

According  to  the  information  we  have  been  able  to  coUeA 
from  the  Oflicers  who  were  present,  it  appears,  that  the  Flag 
Ship  of  Admiral  Bruyes,  L'Oricnt,  was  certainly  subdued 

•  Dcbrctt's  Debates,  1798,  vol.  vxi.  pages  4, '43,  51,60,  65, 

f  The  St.  Ccorgc's  ensign  is  white,  with  a  red  crow  \  the  first  quarter 

bearing  the  Union. 

\  One  of  thp  Midshipmen  that  fell  in  the  Vanguard,  had  but  just  remarlitd 

the  escapes  he  had  experienced ;  when  a  sbot  cane,  and  cut  him  in  two. 


07  THB  HSGRT.SON.  LORD  NB(,SON.  XS3 

before  the  blew  up';  ind  vft  insert  this,  as  an  important 
fwSti  it  .was  even  the  opinion  of  aian/i  that  she  bad  pre* 
viously  struck* 

The  severe  wound  which  Sir  Horatio  Nelson  rcccivcdi 
was  supposed  to  have  proceeded  from  langridge  shot,  or  a 
piece  of  iron  :  the  skin  of  his  forehead  being  cut  with  it  at 
right  angles,  hung  down  over  his  face.  Captain  Berry,  who 
happened  to  stand  near,  caught  the  Admiral  in  his  arms*  It 
was  Sir  Horatio's  first  idea,  and  that  of  every  one,  that  he 
was  shot  through  the  head.  On  being  carried  into  the  cock- 
pit, where  several  of  his  gallant  crew  were  stretched  with 
dieir  shattered  limbs,  and  mangled  wounds,  the  surgeon  with 
great  anxiety  immediately  came  to  attend  on  the  Admiral* 
Noj  replied  the  hero,  /  will  take  my  turn  with  my  brave 
followers  /— l^he  agony  of  his  wound  increasing,  he  became 
convinced  that  the  idea  he  had  long  indulged  of  dying  in 
battle,  was  now  about  to  be  accomplished.  He  immediately 
tiiereforc  sent  for  his  Chaplain,  the  Reverend  Mr.  Comyns, 
and  begged  of  him  to  remember  him  to  Lady  Nelson  ;  and 
having  signed  a  Commission  appointing  his  friend  the  brave 
Hatdy,  Commander  of  the  Mutine  brig,  to  the  rank  of  Post 
Captain  in  the  Vanguard,  Admiraji  Nelson  took  an  affec- 
tionate  leave  of  Captain  *  Louis  *,  who  had  come  by  his 
desire  on  board  \  and  then  with  the  utmost  composure  re- 
signed himself  to  death. 

When  the  surgeon  came  to  examine  the  wound,  it  evidently 
appeared  that  it  was  not  mortal :  this  joyful  intelligence 
quickly  circulated  through  the  Ship.  As  soon  as  the  painful 
operation-of  dressing  was  over.  Admiral  Nelson  immediately 
sat  down,  and  that  very  night  wrote  the  celebrated  official' 
letter,  that  appeared  in  the  Gazette  +.  He  came  on  deck  just 
time  enough  to  behold  the  conflagration  of  L'Orient.  \ 

•  Vol.  I.  page  287. — ^The  anecd6te  inserted  at  this  page,  Is  perfcAly  cone&f 
escept  ID  what  relate^  to  a  boat  being  hdttcd  out  from  the  Vanguard.  Captain 
Berry  hailed  the  Minotaur  a«  she  passed. 

'  f  Vol  1.  page  (3   beginniDg  with  **  ALMIGHTY  OOD  hat  bleswd  hh 
Majesty's  arms  in  thf  late  b»ttk,by  a  great  y'lAorj"  &^ 


lt4  IIOOIAFHICAL    VlttOlt 

The  Bay  of  Aboukir  was  covered  for  a  week  Wi A  tiM 
floating  bodies  of  the  slain,  exhibiting  a  most  painitil  and 
horrid  speAacie  ;  and  though  men  were  continually  employed 
tt>  tihkthem,  many  of  the  bodies^  having  slipped  off  thelhot, 
again  appeared  on  the  surface.  It  was  a  great  mercy  to  our 
brave  countpymen,  considering  the  exces«ive  heat  of  the 
weather^  that  some  pestilentiid  disorder  did  not  take  piace  in 
consequence. 

Capuin  Benjamin  HallowelU  of  the  Swiftsuret  who  had 
ever  been  on  terms  of  the  itiost  intimate  friendship  with  Sir 
Horatio  Nelson^  finding  his  brother  Officers  eager  to  outvie 
each  other  in  sending  various  presents  to  the  Admiral,  thtf 
had  been  made  from  the  wreck  of  L'Orient,  afiually  ordered 
his  carpenter  to  make  a  Coffin,  solely  from  the  wreck,  both 
as  to  wood  an|i  iron*  His  orders  were  pundually  obeyed ; 
and  one  being  finished  with  considerable  elegance  frocd  the 
materials  of  L'Orient's  main-mast,  it  was  presented  to  the 
Admiral  with  anaffedionate  and  polite  letter  \  Sir  Horatio 
Nelson  highly  appreciated  the  present  of  his  brave  Officer  ; 
and  for  some  months  had  it  placed  upright  in  his  cabin*    At  ^ 

length,  by  the  tears  and  entreaties  of  an  old  servant,  the  ^ 

Admiral  was  prevailed  on  to  allow  its  being  carried  below  : 
when  he  afterwards  shifted  his  flag  to  the  Foudroyant,  and 
in  expeftation  of  meeting  the  French  fleet,  the  Coffin  waa 
carefully  conveyed  on  board  ;  where  it  now  remains,  and  will 
probably  accompany  Lord  Nelson  to  his  grave. 

The  limits  of  our  work  only  allow  us,  in  the  further  pro- 
secution of  this  interesting  task,  to  give  a  coireft  summary  of 

Lord  Nelson's  life  subsequent  to  his  glorious  viftory  of  tho 

Nile. 

On  the  twenty-second  of  September,  1 798,  ke  arrived  at  Naples, 
and  was  received  as  a  deliverer  by  their  Majesties  and  the  wh<^* 
kingdom.      December  the    twelfth,   the  blockade  of   Malu    took 
place,    which    has   since    continued   without  intcrmiasioa  ;  on   the . 
twcnty.first  his  SidUxm  Majesty,  and  family,  embarked  in  tlie  V»o- 

•  T&  I^tor  w'c  may  fnobably  tt  loikie  fuwre  opportttlity  iKf  bclprt  cto 

readers. 


OP  THI  RIGHT  Itdlr.  tORD  VILSON*  l8j 

gmrdt  and  were  carried  to  P^rmoi  in  Sicil/.  In  March  he  arranged 
-R  plan  for  taking  the  Iiiands  in  the  Bay  of  Naplea»  and  for  Bupporting 
the  RoyalUts  who  were  making  head  in  the  kingdom  :  this  succeeded 
in  every  part.  In  May  he  shifted  his  flag  to  the  Foudroyant,  heing 
advanced  to  be  Rear- Admiral  of  the  Red  ;  and  was  obliged  to  be 
continually  on  his  guard  against  the  French  fleet.  In  June  and  Julyy 
he  went  to  Naples^  and^  as  his  Sietlian  Mi^esty  wks  pleased  to  say, 
reukqmreiUi  kkgdoMf  and  fhaeedkim  ttpum  hit  iirau^  On  the  ninth 
of  August  Lord  Nelson  brought  hie  Sicilian  Majesty  back  to  Pakrtnoi 
having  been  upwards  of  four  weeks  on  board  the  Foudroyaat.  Oa 
the  thirteenth}  his  Sicilian  Majesty  presented  him  with  a  sword  most 
xhagniHcently  ennched  with  diamonds,  conferred  on  him  the  title  of 
Duke  of  Bronti;  and  annexed  to  it  the  feud  of  Brbnti»  supposed  to  be 
worth  3000I.  per  annum«  On  the  arrival  of  the  Russian  Squadron  at' 
Naples,  Lord  Nelson  dire6^ed  Commodore  Troubridge  to  go  with  the 
Squadron,  and  closely  blockade  *  Civita  Vecchia  ;  and  to  offer  the 
French  most  favourable  conditions  if  they  would  evacuate  Rome,  and 
Civita  Vecchia ;  which  terms'  the  FrCndi  General  Grenter  complied 
withy  and  they  Werfe  signed  on  board  the  Guttoden  t  thus  a  ^dphecy 
fsade  to  Lord  Ndson  on  his  arrival  at  Nif^lea  was  fulfilled^  that. 

H8  SHOULD  TAK£  RoUB  BY  Hit  ShIFS* 

The  life  of  Lord  Nelson  forcibly  illustrates  the  remark, 
which  he  has  often  been  heard  to  make,  that  perse VERANcfi 
in  any  Profession  will  most  probably  meet  its  reward^  without  the 
influence  of  any  contingent  interest.  The  noble  Admiral,  who 
has  thus  attained  to  such  high  honours  in  his  profession  ; 
may  justly  say  to  thpse,  who  love  the  Service,  and  like  him 
have  its  honour  continually  at  heart — Go  !  AHD  t>o  thou 

LIKEWISE  ! 

In  whatever  light  we  consider  the  Chara£ter  of  tliis  illus- 
trious Mariner,  its  brilliancy  dazzles  the  eye  with  an  endless 
variety.  It  shews  us  what  diligence  may  accomplish,  and 
what  indolence  has  often  lost ;  it  gives  new  energy  to  the 
desponding  mind,  and  supplies  the  persevering  with  fresh 
hope.  Yet  whilst  we  draw  such  conclusion  we  must  remark, 
that  Lord  Nzi.son'8  severest  trial  is  yet  to  come  ! 
fais  present  elevation  has  drawn  upon  him,  the  eyes  of  all  men ) 

•  A  tea-port  of  Iljdly,  ip  tlie  patrimony  of  St.  Peter,  where  the  Pope's  gallici 
were  spitio^ed. 


<: 


l86  BrOORAFHICAL   MEMOtK 

and  those  of  envy  ever  wakeful  will  steadily  observe,  whether 
the  great  Conqueror  of  the  modem  hydra,  excels  the  demi- 
god of  Greece,  by  rising  superior  to  the  delusive  snares  of 
Prosperity. 

Like  Aristides,  and  his  contemporary  the  Roman  hero  Cin- 
cinatusy  it  is  to  be  hoped.  Lord  Nelson  will  give  equal 
proofs  of  justice,  and  moderation,  when  elevated  to  the 
highest  stations  of  honour  and  power,  as  he  did  in  the  variotis* 
vicissitudes  of  a  perilous  profession,  and  through  the  trying 
scenes  of  adversity.  Thus  tempering  ambition  with  humility, 
and  firmness  with  mildness,  may  the  proud  wishes  of  his 
country  be  in  every  respeft  accomplished  i 

Still  rising  in  a  Gimax,  till  the  last. 

Surpassing  all,  is  not  to  be  surpassed.         Granville. 

Lord  Nelson^s  charader,  and  military  exploits,  may  be 
put  on  a  parallel  with  those  of  Agrippa,  in  a  few  words  : 
eminent  merits  mttended  wiih  remarkable  modesty.  Like  this 
Roman,  he  has  been  viftorious  in  both  hemispheres,  and 
with  the  fleets  of  France  and  Spain.  .  Like  Agrippa  also. 
Lord  Nelson's  glory  has  not  been  confined  to  one  element. 
He  has  triumphed  both  by  sea  and  land.  Agrippa  could  boast 
of  the  splendid  trophies  of  the  rostral  crown,  and  the  sea- 
green  standard  i  Lord  Nelson  can  hkewise  boast  of  similar 
honours  *•  The  same  figure  with  which  Virgil  f  has  so  beau- 
tifully distinguished  Agrippa  in  bis  description  of  a  sea- 
fight,  may  be  thus  rendered  and  justly  applied  to  Lord  Nel- 
son in  the  battle  of  tlie  Nile — 

Next  with  kind  gales,  the  care  of  every  god» 
Nelson  leads  on  his  squadron  through  the  flood. 
A  Nai'al  Crown  adonis  the  warrior's  brows, 
And  fierce  he  pours,  amnl  the  embattled  foes  ! 

•  Refer  to  Lord  Nelson's  arms  at  the  end.    Navali  rqstraia  eeruta.    The 
Naval  Crown  bestowed   by  the  ancients,  on    such  as  had  signalized  their 
valour,  in  an  engagement  at  sea,  was  Mt  round  with  fignnEslike  the  beaks  of 
Ships.    The  Roman  Admirals  after  their  death,  had  their  sepulchres  orn^i- 
mcntcd  with  sculptured  ro&tral  crowns,  and  festoons  of  sea-weeds, 
f  Parte  alia  ventis,  et  Diis  Agrippa  SecundiS| 
'  Arduus,  agmen  agcns  ;  cui,  belli  insigne  superbum, 
Tcmpora  navali  fulgent  rostrata  <orona«         J£n.  Ub.  viii.  L  68i* 


or  THE  RIGHT  HOK.  LORD  NliLSOK.      '  l%7 

The  noble  Admirars  humanity  in  private  life  has  been  loiig 
felt  by  the  poor  of  Burnham  Thorpe,  and  its  vicinity.  HU 
itrtn  and  steady  attachrceiit  to  his  friends  has  been  no  less  con- 
spicuous than  his  benevolence  and  -bounty  to  the  poor,  so 
far  as  he  possessed  the  means  of  rendering  service.  Lord 
Kelson's  charader  in  the  humble  and  private  walks  of  life, 
like  that  of  his  professional  one,  will  excite  equal  admi- 
ration :  as  Delany  said  of  Swift,  •*  They  will  both  bear  to  be 
rtcomidered^  and  re-examined  with  ths  utmost  attention  ;  and  will 
always  discover  new  beauties  and  sxcellcncies^  upon  every  examinam 
tion.  They  will  bear  to  be  considered  as  the  Sum  \  in  which  the 
brightness  will  bid^  the  blemishes  ;. — and  whenever  petulance^  igno* 
jrance^  pride,  malice^  malignity^  $r  envy  interpose  to  cloud  or  sully  his 
Fame,  I  will  take  upon  me  to  pronounce,  that  THE  ECLIPSE 
WILL  NOT  LAST  LONG." 


PRESENTS  to  Lord  NfiLio»yor  hit  Services  in  the  Mediterranean, 
between  Odober  the  First,  1 798,  aud  OQober  the  First,  1 799. 

From  his  King,  and  Country,  a  Peerage  of  Great  Britain,  and  the 

Goid  Medat 
From  the  Parliament  of  Great  Britain,  for  his  own  life,  and  two  next         ^. 

liein,  fer  ftusiim*        -       -.-       -       -       -       -       -•-       iocx>. 

From^the  Parliament  of  Ireland,  not  ezadly  known^  hut  supposed 

to  be  the  same  as  given  Earl  St.  Vincent,  and  Lord  Duncan,  per 

anattm,    ,.---•---*---        xooo 

From  the  East  India  Company,        .......     icpoo 

From  the  Turkey  Company,  a  piece  of  plate  of  great  value. 

From  Alexander  Davidson,  Esq.  a  Gold  Medal. 

From  the  City  of  London,  a  Sword  of  great  value. 

,  to  the  Captains  who  served  under  his  orders 
in  the  battle  of  the  Nile,  a  Sword. 

From  the  Grand  Signior,  a  Diamond  Aigrette,  or  Plume  of  Triumph, 

valued  at   .        -  -  -  -  -  -  -        i03o 

From  the  same,  a  rich  pelice,  valued  at  •  -  •        1000 

From  the  Grand  Signior's  Mother,  a  Rose,    set  with   diamonds, 

valued  at  ......        1000 

From  the  Emperor  of  Russia,  a  Box,  set  with  diamonds,  and  a  most 
elegant  letter,  value  -  .  •  •         -       3503 


^SS  BlOG&APUlCAi.  MEMOU  OF  LOJID  HEMOff* 

From  the  Kip^  of  the  Two  Sicilic8»  a  Sword  richly  onuuncnttd  with  £. 

diunonds,  and  a  most  elegant  and  kind  letter,  •  -        50C9 

Also  the  Dukedom  of  Bronti,  with  an  estate,  supposed,  per  annmn,     -        3000 
From  the  King  of  Sardiaia,  a  Box  set  with  diamonds,  and  a  most 
elegant  letter,  •  .  ,  •  ...        laoo 

from  the  Island  of  Zante^  a  Gold  Headed  Sword  and  Cane»  as  ao  acknowledg- 
ment, that  had  it  not  been'  for  the  battle  of  the  Nile,  they  could  not  kaTC 
been  liberated  from  French  cruelty. 

From  the  City  of  F^rmo,  a.  Gold  Box  and  Chain,  brought  on  a  6ilper  Waiter, 
AUo  the  Freedom  of  the  City  of  PalenuQ,  which  coastitotet  him  a  Grandee 
of  Spain. 

The  fam3y  of  Nelson  has  been  long  resident  in  the  county  of  Nor- 
folk. His  Lordship's  grandfather  was  re£lor  of  Hilboreugh  in  that 
coontyi  of  which  living  the  NehoBS  for  many  years  have  been,  and 
ftill  ZTCf  the  patrons.  Hia  father  it  the  Reverend  Edmund  Ndsoo* 
Redorof  Bumham  Thorpe,  and  married  May  iif  17499  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Maurice  Suckling,  D.  D.  Re^ior  of  Bareham  in  6uifolk» 
Woodton  in  Norfolk,  and  one  of  the  Prebendaries  of  Westminster, 
by  whom  (who  died  December  24,  1767)  he  had  issue  eight  sons  and 
three  daughters  ; — three  sons  and  two  daughters  are  now  living. 

1.  Maurice,  bom  May  a4»  1753  ;  ia  the  Navy  OfSce  ;  married 
and  no  issue. 

2.  WiUiam,  in  holy  orders,  Re£lor  of  Hilborough  ;  born  April  20, 
1757;  married  in  November  1786,  Sarah,  daughter  of  the  Reverend 
Henry  Yonge,  of  Great  Tofrington,  in  Devonshire,  cousin  to  the 
Right  Reverend  Philip  Yonge  (late  Bishop  of  Norwich),  and  has  issue 
a  son  and  daughter — 'Charlotte  Mary,  boru  September  fo,  17S7  ; 
Horatio,  born  06h4>er  26, 1788* 

3.  Horatio,  the  present  Peer,  bom  September  19,  1758  ;  mam'ed 
March  ri,  1787,  Frances  Herbert  (descended  from  the  Herberts, 
Earls  of  Pembroke  and  Montgomery),  daughter  and  coheir  of  WtHiEm 
Woodward,  Esq.  Senior  Judge  of  the  Island  of  Nevis,  and  rcliA  of 
Josiah  Nisbet,  M.  D*  of  Nevis  aforesaid,  by  whom  she  had  issue 
Josiah,  a  Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy.     By  Lord  Nelson  no  issue. 

The  two  daughters  are  both  married,  and  have  issue. 

His  Lordship  is  related  to  the  noble  families  of  Walpole,  Chol- 
mondcley,  and  Townshend,  his  mother  being  the  grand  daughter  of 
Sir  Charles  Turner,  Bart,  of  Warhani,  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  and 
of  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Walpole,  Esq.  of  Houghton,  and  sis:ter 
to  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  first  Earl  of  Orford,  and  to  Horatio  first  Lord 
Walpole  of  Wolterton»  whose  neiLt  sister  Dorothy  was  married  to 
Chades,  second  Viscount  Townshend.  His  mater ual  ancestors,  the 
Sucklings,  have  been  seated  at  Woodton/  in  Norfolk,  near  three 
centuries* 


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LORD    N&LSOn's    AftMS.  X89 

Aaits.]  The  arms  first  granted  to  Lord  Nelson,  were»  Or,  a  cross  flory  sable» 
u  bend  gulea  surmounted  by  another  engrailed  of  the  field,  charged  with  thred 
bombs  fired  proper. 

And  for  the  crest,  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  the  stem  of  a  Spanish  man  of  wai^ 
proper,  thereon  inscribed,  **  San  Josef." 

Supporters.]  On  the  dexter  a  sailor,  armed  with  a  cutlass  and  a  pair  of 
pistols  in  his  belt  proper,  the  exterior  hand  supporting  a  staff,  thereon  hoisted  a 
Commodore's  flag  Gules.  On  the  sinister  a  lion  rampant  reguardant  proper,  in 
his  mouth  a  broken  flag-stafif,  therefrom  flowing  a  Spanish  flag,  Of  and  Oules. 

AUOlilKNTATXON*. 

Arms.]  A  chief  undulated  argent,  thereon  waves  of  the  sea,  from  which  » 
palm  tree  issuant  between  a  disabled  Ship  on  the  dexter,  and  a  ruipous  battery 
on  the  sinister,  all  proper. 

Crist.]  On  a  Naval  Crown  Or,  the  Chelcngk,  or  plume  of  triumph^  pre> 
sented  to  him  by  the  Grand  Signior,  with  the  motto,  '*  Palmam  qui  meruit  ferat.'* 

Supporters.]  In  the  left  hand  f^  the  Sailor  a  palm  branch,  and  another  in 
the  paw  of  the  lion,  both  proper,  with  the  addition  of  a  tri-coloured  flag  and 
staff  in  the  mouth  of  the  latter. 

Erratum,  page  168,  line  i%jfor  Herbert,  read  Woollward. 

H,  B.  Some  interesting  Extracts  from  I^ctters  to  a  Friend,  illustrative  of 
Lord  Nelson's  charaAer,  with  Fae  SimiUs  of  his  hand-writing,  previous  and 
sabteqoent  to  the  loss  of  his  right  arm>  will  be  given  in  our  next  number. 


EXPLANATION 

0» 

THE  ANNEXED   EMBLEMATIC  NAVAI.   PLATE. 

ON  dircfting  our  eye  to  the  centre  of  the  engraving,  we  see  a 
naked  arm  represented  (the  left) ,  holding  a  torch  with  a  scroll 
containing  the  following  motto,  yen'h  vicfh  'vic't  +.  This  arm  is  united 
to  the  St.  George's  flag,  under  which  the  hero  of  the  Nile  fought. 
An  escutcheon  is  next  introduced,  with  the  cypher  H.  N.  crowned 
and  entwined  with  laurel,  surrounded  with  the  motto,  Digne  vengeur 
del  Rois  \,  The  trumpet  of  fame  is  placed  above,  the  whole  resting 
upon  a  cloud>  and  supported  between  two  naval  and  military  trophies. 

This  assemblage  is  emblematic  of  Rear-Admii-al  Sir  Horatio  Nelson, 
his  squadron,  and  the  glory  they  acquired  in  th&  battle  of  the  Nile. 

Two  boats  appear  underneath,  one  having  the  device  of  Vi'vat 
Nelson  y,  illuminated  with  a  brilliant  star  named  the  first  of  August. 

On  board  this  vessel  is  represented  a  Jierce  lion  rampant^  holdlfig  In 
his  left  paw  a  ttident,  which  he  plunges  into  the  heart  of  a  detestable 
monster,  called  the  tri  -  coloured  bas'dish  ;  who  makes  a  vain  resistance  on 

*  The  above  augmentation  was  granted  by  Royal  Sign  Manual,  dated  the 
fifteenth  of  November,  1798,  and  the  motto  was  ch'^sen  by  his  Majesty. 

f  I  came,  I  saw,  I  conquered*  \  Worthy  Avenger  of  Xongt. 

I  Long  live  Nelson^ 

Vet  HI*  C  C 


190  IMBLBMATIC    NrATAI.    EMGRAVIKG, 

board  of  the  other  veaady  beiug  at  the  same  time  struck  with  the  forked 
lightning,  darted  from  the  potent  arm  above :  this  causes  a  dreadful 
explosion^  whence  a  black  vapour  arises  as  the  vessel  is  ia  the  tuQL 
of  sinking,  displaying  these  wordS}  Vain  Vigilance. 

The  whole  of  this  is  emblematic  on  the  one  part  of  the  glorious 
vi^ry  on  the  first  of  Augusts  combined  with  the  vabur^  a^vity* 
and  skill  of  the  Admiral»  and  the  Commanders  and  brave  Crew  of  the 
resped^ive  Ships  of  his  squadron.  On  the  other  part  it  denotes  the 
complete  defeat  of  the  French  squad ron,  in  a  position  imagined  to  have 
been  impregnable. 

The  river  opening  to  the  sea,  by  two  branches,  represents  the  mouths 
of  the  Nile>  which  form  an  island  of  the  triangular  figure  of  the  fourth 
letter  of  the  Greek  alphabet,  and  thence  called  by  the  sanK  name,  Delia  : 
which  is  described  as  covered  with  a  crocodile.  The  contiguous  shore 
appears  planted  with  palm  trees  and  other  produ^ions  peculiar  to 
Egypt,  and  marks  the  place  where  the  memorable  battle  was  fought. 

The  cannon,  mortars,  and  .other  warlike  instruments,  scattered 
on  the  coast,  represent  the  French  batteries  that  flanked  the  French 
squadron,  and  which  were  destroyed  by  the  British* 

The  asserriblage  of  military  and  orchestra  musical  instruments, 
represented  at  the  bottom  of  the  picture,  mark  the  universal  joy  which 
this  vidory  diffused  over  the  world,  having  the  popular  songs  of  God 
save  the  King  and  Rule  Briiannia  annexed. 

On  the  right  appear  two  ohfuisf  ornamented  with  hieroglyphics 
and  wreatos  with  devices,  raised  on  the  same  base,  on  which  there  ia 
represented  in  ^ajjo-reiuvo  a  distant  view  of  Alexandria*  These  two 
obelisks  rising  from  the  same  pedestal  support  a  glohe  with  the  ancient 
hemisphere.  Under  the  globe^  and  between  the  points  of  the  two 
obelisks,  there  is  represented  the  head  of  an  borset  the  emblem  of 
Europe  ;  there  is  also  on  one  obelisk  the  /irn,  and  on  the  other  an 
htlmeti  sbieUi  and  buckler  ;  the  inscription  applicable  to  the  whole  is 
in  these  words.  Slue  sole  nihil  *. 

Below  the  horse  is  represented  a  camelj  the  emblem  of  Asia,  placed 
between  a  vase  of  perfumes  and  a  rose,  with  this  inscription.  Bene  olet  +. 

Underneath  is  represented  a  lion^  the  emblem  of  Africa,  with  the  iiv- 
scripiion-^r-^/a///^  of  the  Nile  under  a  naked  arm  (the  left)  darting  an 
arrow,  having  the  motto  Non  eget  arcu  J,  is  a  bundle  composed  of  a 
bow,  quiver,  and  arrow,  placed  upright,  with  the  device  Celeritas  f. 

On  the  left  are  represented  two  columns,  the  pillars  of  Hercules, 
ornamented  with  wreatlis  ;  on  the  summit  of  one  is  a  rock  with  cannon, 
ilenoting  Afons  Calpe  or  Gibraltar^  on  the  other  a  monkey,  denoting 
Mons  Abyla  on  the  opposite  coast  of  Africa  :  they  are  placed  on  th« 

*  Without  the  uiin  nothing  flonrishet.  f  '*  smefli  sweetly. 

I  'I  he  bow  !«:  r.ot  requisite.  §  Celerity.  • 


EMBLEMATIC    NA7AL   BNGRAYING.  I9I 

same  pedestal  which  represents  in  basso  relievo  Gibraltar  supporting 
the  new  hemisphere.-  Between  the  columns  above  is  represented^  i6t« 
An  eagle,  the  emblem  of  the  empire  of  Germany,  astonished  at  what 
passes  without  its  aid.  ad.  The  lyre  of  Apollo,  emblem  of  the  French 
monarchy,  entwined  with  laurels,  having  this  device,  Laurus  uhique 
€t  plus  ultrfit  semper  *vivet  *•  3d,  A  large  reptile,  emblem  of  America, 
looking  on  between  the  two  <  columns  of  Hercules,  with  admiration  at 
the  fame  of  Nelson,  inspired  with  the  same  sentiments  in  this  respedl, 
t^hich  the  other  three  quarters  of  the  world  are  supposed  to  express, 
and  as  represented  between  the  pyramids  already  explained. 

The  two  groups  below,  representing  the  attributes  of  Neptune 
and  Mercury,  are  emblematical  of  Navigation  and  Commerce,  and 
point  out  the  Mediterranean  naturally  situated  at  the  spots  which 
Gibraltar  and  Alexandria  occupy  as  principal  subjeds  in  the  scene. 

TTie  reader,  by  carrying  his  eye  to  the  centre  of  the  piAurc 
above  the  arm  and  flag,  will  observe  represented  two  hands  united  in 
friendship,  radiated,  and  placed  under  an  antique  crown  on  a  cushion, 
between  two  palms  and  two  leopards  which  defend  them,  with  this 
inscription,  Fortuna  coronat  fidan  •.  This  is  symbolic  of  the  good 
feith  which  reigns  between  Great  Britain  and  her  Imperial  Allies. 

It  is  to  be  remarked,  that  the  figures  have  their  eyes  direded  on  the 
principal  objeft  of  the  allegory  :  all  their  motions  are  denoted  in  a 
maimer  that  marks  and  honours  the  loss  Lord  Nelson  has  received. 

The  border  of  this  emblematic  drawing  is* ornamented  with  shields, 
entwined  wi*h  laurels,  and  containing  the  names  of  the  Ships  and 
Captains  in  the  order  of  the  line  of  battle.  The  prescribed  order  of 
battle  begins  on  the  left  with  the  CuUoden,  frc.— over  which  line 
there  is  a  shield,  pamed  ist  August,  containing  a  star,  and  a  sword» 
with  the  inscriptions,  Stella  maris  for  marine  star,  and  Giheonis  gla^ 
Jium^  the  sword  of  Gibcon  ;  alluding  to  the  scriptural  passage,  «*  And 
they  took  it  on  that  day,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge  OF  THB  swoRD, 
and  all  the  souls  that  were  therdn  he  utterly  destroyed.'*  The  two  pen- 
dants that  crown  the  whole  denote  the  two  Ships  that  led  into  aftion 
on  the  memorable  first  of  August,  1 798,  viz.  the  Goliath,  Captain 
Foley,  and  the  Zealous,  Captain  Hood.  The  Mutinc  brig  is  the  last ; 
in  the  shield  Mercury's  caduceus,  or  rod,  is  represented  eciblematic 
of  this  vessel  being  the  only  one  allotted  for  dispatch. 

Lord  Nelson's  arms  are  put  in  this  plate  at  the  bottopi.  See 
description,  page  189.— The  portrait  (which  has  also  the  arms)  is 
taken  from  the  only  painting  in  this  country,  that  represenU  Lor4 
Nelson's  additional  honours,  vi?.,  the  plume  of  triumph-p-the  patent  of 
the  dukedom  of  Bronti,  &c.  as  worn  at  foreign  Courts. 

•  The  laurel  everywhere  continuct  green.  The  words  *#  ^/«r*  ir/irtf  slludQ 
larcasUcaUy  to  the  motto  round  the  pillars  of  Hcrcia«s  o»  the  Spwiiih  doll^ri, 
^9,  t  Fprtuna  crowns  fidelity. 


t    »9*    ] 

NAVAL  ANECDOTES, 
COMMERCIAL  HINTS,  RECOLLECTIONS,  &c, 

MAMTtf  IN  CDKOITE  TAiTo! 


JSO.  XII. 

LORD    NELSON. 


THE  following  letter  was  written  by  the  venerable  father  of  Lord 
Nelson f  to  the  Rev.  B.  Allot,  in  answer  to  that  gentleman's 
congratulations  on  the  ever-memorable  victory  of  the  Nile  : 

*«  My  great  and  good  Son  west  into  the  world  without  fortunet  but 
with  a  heart  replete  with  every  moral  and  religious  virtue.  These 
have  been  his  compass  to  steer,  by  ;  and  it  has  pleased  God  to  be  his 
shield  in  the  day  of  battle*  and  to  give  success  to  his  wisies  to  be  of 
service  to  his  Country.  His  Country  seems  sensible  of  his  services  ; 
but  should  he  ever  meet  with  ingratitude,  his  scars  will  cry  out,  and 
pkad  his  cause— -for,  at  the  fiege  of  Bastia,  he  lost  an  eye;  at  Tenc- 
T  fFe,an  arm  :  on  the  memorable  fourteenth  0/  February,  he  received  a 
severe  blow  on  his  body,  which  he  still  feels ;  and  now  a  wound  on  the 
head.  After  all  this,  you  will  believe  his  bloom  of  countenance  must 
be  faded  ;  but  the  spirit  beareth  np  yet  as  vigorous  as  ever.  On  the 
twenty  ninth  of  September  he  completed  his  fortieth  year  ;  cheerful, 
generous,  and  good  ;  feating  no  evil,  because  he  has  done  none  :  an 
honour  to  my  grey  hairs,  which,  with  every  matk  of  old  age,  creep  hst 
upon  me.** 

The  following  curious  letter  from  Lachavardiere,  the  French  Consul 
at  Palermo,  gl\  es  a  circumstantial  account,  in  the  French  style,  of 
Lord  Nelpon's  engagement  in  the  Mediterranean.  It  is  highly  ani. 
ir.ated,  but  much  tindlured  with  national  partiality. 

At  length,  my  friend,  I  am  arrived  at  the  place  of  my  destioation. 
I  will  not  give  you  an  account  of  my  adventures  during  my  journey  ; 
they  would  be  too  long.  It  is  sufficient  to  tell  you,  that  I  was  taken 
by  an  English  pnvateer,  axul  that  my  brother-in-law  and  I  escaped  by 
a  f^ratfgem.  We  embarked  again,  but  were  obliged  to  put  into  the 
Island  of  Elbe,  for  fear  of  the  barbarians,  who  had  a  flotilla  in  those 
seas,  and  who,  if  they  had  not  taken,  would  at  least  have  boarded 
and  plundered  us,  and  have  laid  us  under  the  necessity  of  performing 
<}uarantine«  *  '* 


\  ■ 


VAYAL  AVECDOTES.  T93 

After  being  obliged  to  change  my  Ship  three  times^  I  arrived  m 
Naples  in  a  small  felucca»  which  was  frequently  near  being  lost  in  a 
tempest 

The  moment  of  my  arrival  was  not  the  most  fortunate  of  my 
▼oyage— the  French  name  is  heard  here  with  horror.  The  King  is 
wmiog  80)Ooo  men.  The  Cabinet  either  refuses  to  answer,  or  answers 
with  insolence!  the  Notes  presented  by  our  Charge  des  Afiaircsy  La 
Chaisey  who  is  an  exceUcut  Republican.  The  French  are  forbid  to 
enter  the:  Country ,  and  the  most  extravagant  predile^ion  prevails  ia 
£ivour  of  the  English.  The  Republican  agents  dally  expe£b  to  receive 
orders  to  depart.  It  is  under  these  circumstances  that  I  am  about  to 
demand  my  passport  for  Palermo. 

The  people  of  Sicily  are  still  more  incensed  against  us— our  vessels 
are  dn«en  out  of  their  ports — wherever  the  French  appear,  the 
populace  pelt  them  with  stonesi  and  sometimes  fire  upon  them.  Not 
pnc  French  cockade  is  suffered*  In  a  word,  there  only  wants  French- 
men,  in  order  to  celebrate  again  Sicilian  vespers. 

The  day  before  yesterday  two  English  vessels  arrived,  and  Nelson 
{limself  is  expelled  to-morrow  in  a  third.  To  give  you  some 
idea  of  the  favour  in  which  the  enemies  of  our  Country  are  held 
herCf  you  must  know^  that  with  my  own  eyes  I  saw  the  King  of 
Naples  g  )  more  thau  two  leagues  to  sea,  to  meet  the  English,  to  ap- 
plaud and  congratulate  them.  The  two  vessels  which  are  arrived  have 
fought  two  French  Officers  with  them— one  of  them  is  Rear- Admiral 
Blanquet*  7  hey  were  both  in  the  action  of  the  first,  second,  and  third 
of  August.  Yuu  may  depend  upon  the  corre^ness  of  the  following 
account  of  that  dreadful  event. 

Our  fleet,  after  having  efFe£lcd  a  disembarkation,  and  having  left 
the  transports  in  Alexai.driai  went  to  anchor  at  Rosctta,  about  fifteen 
leagues  from  Alexand'ia^  There  they  anchored  about  four  leagues 
from  land  On  the  first  of  August  a  signal  was  made  for  the  English 
fleet  being  in  sight  They  reconnoitred  our  position,  and  seeing  a 
considerable  space  between  the  shore  and  our  vessels,  they  caused  sis^ 
of  ^heir  Ships  to  pass  between  the  sliore  and  our  fleet.  It  was  then 
five  o'clopk  in  the  evening  ;  the  English  fleet  was  composed  of  four* 
^een  Ships,  and  ours  of  thirteen. 

At  a  quarter  past  dve  the  firing  commenced,  when  the  fleets  were 
in  the  loljowing  position  :  Qur  thirteen  Ships  were  formed  in  a  single 
line,  six  English  Ships  were  between  us  and  the,  land,  seven  others  were 
pn  the  opposite  s.de,  and  the  fourteenth  having  cut  our  line  in  hal^ 
hindered  by  that  manoeuvre  six  French  vessels  from  takipg  a  share 
in  the  a6lion.  The  fleets  cannonaded  each  other  with  the  utmost 
vivacity  the  remainder  of  the  day^  and  the  whole  of  the  night*    Whca 


1^  HAVAL   AKECDOTE8» 

the  day  appeared  on  the  Becond,  the  adfantage  was  equal*  The  Shipa 
vere  within  piitol-shot  of  each  other»  and  every  possible  means  of 
destrudion  were  mutually  used  by  both  fleets.  It  was  in  this  situadoo 
of  affairs  that  Admiral  Brueyes  was  wounded  in  the  head  and  the  hand, 
nevertheless  he  continued  to  command,  till  a  cannon  ball  ciM  htm  In  two  ; 
he  Ii*ved  a  quarter  of  an  hour  afterwards^  and  would  expire  upon  his 
-deck.  A  moment  afterwards  the  Captain  of  the  Admiral's  Ship,  Cap- 
tain Cass  A  Bi  A  nca,  formerly  a  Deputy*  was  mortally  Wounded  by  a 
splinter  :  this  beautiful  vessel  then  took  fire,  and  every  effort  to  ex. 
tinguish  it  proved  ineffe^ual.  The  young  Cassa  Biancai  a  boy  of  ten 
years  old,  who  during  the  zBCxon  had  performed  prodigies  of  valour, 
refused  to  escape  in  a  boat,  being  unwilling  to  leave  his  wounded 
father  :  nevertheless  he  afterwards  put  his  father  upon  a  mast  which 
was  thrown  into  the  sea ;  himself  and  the  Commissary  of  the  Fleet 
were  upon  it  when  L'Onent,  of  1 20  gunf ,  blew  up  with  a  moat 
horrible  noise,  and  destroyed  these  unfortunate  persons.  The  cx« 
plosion  was  so  dreadful,  that  the  town,  which  was  four  leagues 
distance,  was  shaken  with  it.  The  two  squadrons  thought  for  ten 
minutes  they  would  be  destroyed  with  the  showers  of  fire,  red-hot 
cannon^  See.  which  fell.  For  ten  minutes  they  waited  in  silence  the 
moment  of  thtir  destruction  :  but  Englishmen  and  Frenchmen  were 
in  the  presence  of  each  other,  and  again  the  cannons  thundered^  and 
the  battle  became  more  bloody  tlian  ever* 

One  circumstance  is  worth  notice  :  while  the  Admiral's  Ship 
remained,  the  French  had  the  advantage,  and  an  English  Ship^  of  74 
guns,  which  was  forced  to  run  aground,  had  struck  her  colours  :  but 
the  disorder  which  the  blowing  up  of  the  Admiral's  Ship  occasioned^ 
|I1  the  Officers  being  either  killed  or  wounded;  Vice- Admiral  Blanquet 
weltering  in  his  blood  from  a  wound  which  he  received  in  the  face;  the 
Captain  of  the  Franklin,  rendered  incapable  of  fighting  by  having 
received  three  wounds  \  Du  Petit  Thouars  and  another  Captain  killed  | 
^11  these  circumstances  soon  changed  the  face  of  affairs.  Several  of  our 
vessels  without  masts  and  without  the  capability  of  motion,  and  with' 
their  caniion  dismounted,  became  a  prey  to  the  enemy.  Nevertheless* 
on  the  third,  the  a^ion  still  continued  between  some  of  our  vessels  and 
the  English.  On  that  day,  the  crew  of  the  TimoIeon>  sooner  than 
surrender,  set  fire  to  the  vessel,  and  saved  themselves. 

This  then  is  the  result  of  the  battle.  The  L 'Orient,  of  120 
guns,  is  blown  up  ;  the  Timoleoni  of  74,  is  burnt ;  the  William  Tell 
is  at  Malta,  with  the  frigates  the  Piana  and  the  Justice  ;  the  frigate 
L' Arthem.ise  was  burnt  in  the  a£lion  ;  and  the  Serieuse  sunk,  and  the 
rrew  saved.  All  the  crew  of  L'Oricnt  were  saved  on  shore.  We  arc 
afraid  th>t  the  Gcncreux,  of  74,  which  retired  with  th?  William  Tell^ 


CCAlME&CtAL    HINTS,   &ECOLL«CTIONS,    &C.  r9{ 

is  sunk  In  the  Canal  of  Malta*  Our  nine  other  vessels  are  taken,  viz. 
lie  Guerricr,  Le  Conquerant,  Le  Spartiate,  L'Aquilon,  andLe  Peuple 
Souverain,  of  74  guns  each  ;  Le  Franklin,  Le  Tonnant,  Le  Mercure, 
and  L'Heureux.  Three  of  these  vessels  were  in  so  bad  a  condition » 
that  the  enemy  burnt  them  in  the  roads.  All  the  prisoners  were  sent 
to  Alexandria,  because  the  English  were  in  want  of  provisions  ;'they 
will  be  a  useful  reinforcement  to  the  army*  The  loss  of  the  English 
was  1000 killed  and  iSoo  wounded,  by  their  own  account.  NfiLsotf 
is  severely  wounded  in  the  head  !  Several  of  their  vessels  are  in  a  very 
bad  state* 

The  unfortunate  issue  of  this  a£^ion  is  attributed  to  two  causes : 
first,  the  suffering  the  English  to  get  between  us  and  the  land  ;  and  the 
second  and  principal  one  is,  the  having  engaged  at  anchor.  However 
that  might  be,  the  calamity  has  happened,  and  it  must  not  be  thought 
of  any  more.  If  the  Government  aft  properly,  in  my  opinion,  they  will 
honour  the  memory  of  Admiral  Brueyes,  of  young  Cassa  Bianca,  and 
all  those  brave  men  who  died  fighting.  It  will  do  more,  it  will  re« 
compence  the  surviving  Officers.  Rome,  after  the  battle  of  Cant^ae, 
thanked  Varro  :  but  this  is  not  like  the  battle  of  Cannae ;  we  have  no 
Hannibal  to  encounter*  Tlie  English  squadron  is  cruising  before 
Alexandria,  where  they  wish  to  burn  our  transports ;  but  we  are 
assured  they  cannot  effeft  it.  Seven  of  their  vessels  are  conducing  the 
six  French  -Ships  to  Gibraltar." 

f 

ANECDOTB    OF   LORD    NELSON* 

WHEN  quite  a  child,  and  on  a  visit  with  his  grandmother  at  Hit- 
borough,  he  was  invited  by  another  boy  to  go  bird's-nesting  ;  as  he 
di4  not  return  at  the  usual  dinner  hour,  the  old  lady  became  alarmed, 
and  dispatched  messengers  in  different  ways  to  search  after  him*  The 
young  ramblers  at  length  were  discovered  under  a  hedge  counting  over 
the  sppils  of  the  day,  and  the  young  Horatio  was  brought  home*  His 
relation  began  to  scold  him  for  being  absent  without  her  leave,  and 
concluded  with  saying,  "  /  wonder  fear  (fid  not  drive  you  borne, 
Horatio  innocently  replied,  "  Madam^  I  never  sanu  Fbar  1 


JUVBNILB    INTREPIDITY. 

SIHCLOUDESLY  SHOVEL,  when  a  boy  in  the  Navy  under 
the  patronage  of  Sir  John  Narborough,  hearing  that  Admiral  express 
an  earnest  wish  that  some  papers  of  consequence  might  be  conveyed- 
to  the  Captain  of  a  distant  Ship  in  a6lion  ;  young  Shovel  immediately 
undertook  to  swim  through  the  line  of  the  enemy's  fire  with  the  dis- 
patches in  his  mouth  :   and  this  he  adualty  performed. 


t^6 


KArAL    AN£CD0Tfi3>  &C* 


JAMES  THE  SECOND  was  such  an  enemy  to  complicate*! 
movements  in  a  State,  that  he  transaiEled  all  the  buuncss  of  his 
Admiralty,  with  only  the  assistance  of  an  head  Clerk.  He  alaa 
comptrolled  the  accounts  of  his  Treasurer^  and  narrowly  in8pe6ted  all 
the  official  departments.  Parliament  impeded  public  business^  be 
therefore  dissolved  it.  Corporations  were  troublesome,  he  therefore 
garbled  them  :  he  had  neither  Commander  in  Chief,  nof  Adthiral  of 
the  Fleet ;  for  he  was  both  Captain  General  and  High  Admiral 
himself. 

IN  the  year  1599,  Q^cen  Elizabeth  appointed  Sir  Henry  Palmer 
Comptroller  of  the  Navy,  with  a  salary  of  fifty  pounds  fer  annum  : 
for  his  two  Clerks  an  allowance  was  made  of  eight- pence  a  day  ;  and 
for  his  travelling  expences  he  received  four  shillings^  day« 


A  Litt  of  all  the  Captures  made  by  Cafftain  DaVio  BtOBit  *,/f 

oftbe  Har  with  Spain  in  tbt  Tear  1739. 


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5 


r  »97  ] 

CORRECT  RELATION  OF  SHIPWRECKS. 

(Continued  from  Vol.  I.  Page  467.) 

ii5o*  II. 

Ha  !  toul  night,  and  horror,  here  preside  ; 

My  stunn'd  ear  tingles  to  the  whizzing  tidey 

It  b  the  fiinerai  knell !  and  gliding  near, 

Methinkt  the  ^ntoms  of  the  Dead  appear* 

But  lo  !  emerging  from  the  watery  grave, 

Again  they  float  incumbent  on  the  wave ; 

Again  the  dismal  protpedt  opens  round. 

The  wreck,  the  shores,  the  dying,  and  the  drown'd* 

FalCOMEIC's  SHIPWaSCK* 

A  mart  authentic  Account^  than- has  yet  been  puhliihed^  of  the  Loss  of  His 
Majesty's  Ship  Amfhion,  of  ^z  Guns,  blown  up  in  Hamoaze^  Sep* 
tember  z%,  1796.  Communicated  by  a  Correspondent^  who  vfos  ai 
Plymouth  when  the  dreadful  Event  took  place, 

''inHE  Amphion  frigate,  of  32  guns.  Captain  Israel  Pcllew,  after 
-*•  having  cruised  some  time  in  the  North  Seas,  had  at  last 
obtained  an  order  to  join  the  squadron  of  frigates,  commanded 
by  Sir  Edward  Pellew,  It  was  on  her  passage,  that  an  hard  gale  of 
wind  occasioning  some  injury  to  the  fore- mast,  obliged  her  to  put  into 
Plymouth,  off  which  place  she  then  was  :  she  accordingly  came  into 
the  Sound,  anchored  there  on  the  nineteenth  of  September,  and  went 
up  into  harbour  the  next  morning  about  seven  A.M. — On  the  twenty- 
second,  at  about  half  past  four  P.  M.  I  felt,  whilst  at  Stonehouse,  a 
violent  shock  like  an  earthquake  ;  which  extended  as  far  off  as  the 
Royal  Hospital,  and  the  town  of  Plymouth.  The  sky  towards  DocI; 
appeared  red,  like  the  e£Fe6i  of  a  fire  ;  for  near  a  quarter  of  an  hour  nq. 
one  could  discover  what  was  the  occasion  ;  though  the  streets  were 
crowded  with  people  running  different  ways  in  the  greatest  constema-> 
^on*  When  the  alarm,  and  confusion,  had  a  little  subsided  ;  it  first 
))egan  to  be  known,  that  the  Amphion  was  blown  dp  !  Several  bodies 
and  mangled  remains  were  found  and  picked  up  by  the  boats  ii\ 
Hamoaze  ;  whose  alacrity  on  this  melancholy  occasion  was  particularly 
remarked,  and  highly  commended*  The  few  who  remained  alive  of 
the  crew  were  conveyed,  as  fast  as  their  mangled  situations  would 
permit,  to  the  Royal  Hospital ;— as  the  frigate  was  originally  manned 
lirom  Plymouth,  the  friends  and  relations  of  her  unfortunate  Ship's 
company  mostly  lived  in  the  neighbourhood  ;  it  it  dreadful  to  relate 
what  a  scene  took  pbce — arms,  legs,  and  lifeless  trunks,  mangled  and 
disfigured  by  gunpowder,  were  collected  and  deposited  at  the 
hospital,  having  been  brought  in  sacks  to  be  owned*  Bodies  itill 
^(.  III.  D  O 


198  CO&tB€T  aBLATlON 

Kvxngy  some  with  the  loaa  of  limbft*  others  having  just  expired  as  tliey 
were  conveying  there  ;  mctty  women^  and  children,  flocking  round  the 
g9tCB,  and  entreating  admittance,  whose  sons,  husbands,  and  £ithers, 
were  amongst  the  unhappy  number.  During  the  first  evening  nothing 
was  ascertained  concerning  the  Cause  of  this  event,  though  an  hundred 
reports  instantly  circulated*  The  few  survivors,  who  by  the  day 
following  had  in  some  degree  regained  the  use  of  their  senses,  could 
not  give  the  least  account.  One  man  who  was  brought  alive  to  the 
Royal  Hospital  died  before  night  ;  another  before  the  foDowing 
morning  :  the  boatswain  ^  and  one  of  the  sailors  appeared  likely, 
with  great  care,  to  do  well.  Three  or  four  men  who  were  at  work 
in  the  tops  were  blown  up  with  them,  and  falling  again  into  the 
water  were  picked  up  very  little  hurt  ;  these,  with  the  two  before* 
mentioned,  and  one  of  the  sailor's  wives,  were  supposed  to  be  the 
only  survivors,  except  the  Captain,  and  two  of  the  Lieutenants* 

The  following  particulars  were  however  coUe^ed  from  the  exami- 
nation of  several  people,  before  Sir  Richard  King,  the  Port  Admiral ; 
and  the  information  that  could  be  procured  from  those  who  saw  the 
explosion  from  Dock. 

The  first  person  known  to  have  obictvcd  any  thing,  was  a  young 
Midshipman  in  the  Cambridge  guard  ship,  lying  not  far  distant  from 
the  place  where  the  Amphion  blew  up  ;  who  having  a  great  desire  to 
observe  every  thing  relative  to  a  profession  he  had  just  entered  upon, 
was  looking  at  the  frigate  through  a  glass,  as  she  lay  close  alongside 
of  the  sheer-hulk,  and  was  taking  in  her  bowsprit.  She  was  lashed  to 
the  hulk  ;  and  an  old  receiving  Ship,  the  Yarmouth,  was  lying  on  the 
opposite  side,  quite  close  to  her  ;  and  both  within  a  few  yards  of  the 
X)ock-yard  Jetty.  The  Midshipman  said,  the  Amphion  suddenly 
appeared  to  rise  altogether  upright  from  the  surface  of  the  ^^ter, 
until  he  nearly  saw  her  keel — the  explosion  then  succeeded :  the 
masts  seemed  to  be  forced  up  into  the  air,  and  the  bull  instantly 
to  sink — all  this  passed  before  him  in  the  space  of  two  minutes. 

The  man  who  stood  at  the  Dock  Yard  Stairs  said,  that  the  first  he 
heard  of  it  was  a  kind  of  hissing  noise  ;  and  then  the  explosion,  when  he 
beheld  the  masts  blown  up  into  the  air.  It  was  very  strongly  reported, 
and  erroneously  inserted  in  many  newspapers,  that  several  window^ 
were  broke  at  Dock  by  explosion,  and  that  in  the  Dock  Yard  there 
was  much  mischief  done  by  the  Amphion's  guns  going  off  when  she 
blew  up  ;  but  though  the  shock  was  felt  as  far  as  Plymouth  ;  and 
at  Stonehouse  enough  to  shake  the  windows  ;  yet  it  is  a  wonderful 
and  miraculous  fiid,  that  surrounded  as  she  was  in  the  harbour  with 

*  Mr.  MoDttndoD,  who  had  not  long  before  been  promoted  into  th^ 
Aaiphion,  from  the  RoiKiJ,  by  Admiral  Machjidc  in  the  North  Seas. 


Ships,  c^se  alongside  of  the  Jetty,  and  lasihed  to  another  vessely  no 
damage  was  done  to  any  thing  but  herself*  tt  is  dreadful  to  refle^ 
that  owing  to  their  intention  of  putting  to  sea  the  nest  day»  there 
Wer«  nearly  one  hundred  men,  women,  and  children*  more  than  her 
Complement  on  board,  taking  leave  of  their  friends  ;  besides  the  com- 
pany at  two  dinners  that  were  given  in  the  Ship  ;  one  of  which  waa  by 
the  Captain* 

Captain  Israel  Pdlew,  and  Captain  William  Swaffield»  of  hit 
Majesty^s  Ship  Overyssel,  who  was  at  dinner  with  him,  and  the  First 
Lieutenant,  were  drinking  their  wine  :  when  the  first  explosion  threw 
them  off  their  seats,  and  struck  them  against  the  carlings  of  the 
tipper  deck,  so  as  to  stun  them^  Captain  Pellew,  however,  had  pre- 
senee  of  mind  sufficient  to  fly  to  the  cabin  windows  ;  and  seeing  the 
two  hawsers,  one  slack  in  the  bit»  and  the  other  taut,  threw  himself 
with  an  amazing  leap,  which  he  said  afterwards  nothing  but  his  sense 
of  danger  could  have  enabled  him  to  take,  upon  the  latter  ;  and  saved 
himself  by  that  means  from  the  general  destrudion  ;  though  his  hce 
hftdbeenr  badly  cut  against  the  carlings,  when  he  was  thrown  from  hii 
seat*  The  First  Lieutenant  saved  himself  in  the  same  manner,  by 
jumping  ont  of  the  window,  and  by  being  also  a  remarkable  good 
swimmer ;  but  Captain  Swaffield  being,  as  was  supposed,  more  stunned^ 
did  not  escape  :  his  body  was  found  on  the  twenty-second  of  Odtober 
with  his  skull  fra6ittred,  appearing  to  have  been  crushed  between  the 
tides  of  two  vessels.  He  was  conveyed  in  an  hearse,  and  buried  at 
Stonehouse  chapeL 

The  Centinel  at  the  cabin  door  happened  to  be  looking  at  hia 
watch  ;  how  he  escaped  no  one  can  tell,  not  even  himself ;  he  however 
was  brought  on  shore,  and  but  little  hurt :  the  first  thing  he  felt  was 
the  having  his  watch  dashed  out  of  his  hands,  after  which  he  was  no 
longer  sensible  of  what  happened  to  him.  The  Boatswain  was 
stan<fing  on  the  cat-head  ;  the  bowsprit  had  been  stepped  for  three 
hours  $  the  gammoning  and  every  thing  on  ;  and  he  was  dire6ling  the 
men  in  rigging  out  the  jib  boom ;  when  suddenly  he  felt  himself  driven 
upwards,  and  fell  into  the  sea  ;  he  then  perceived  he  was  entangled 
in  the  rTggitig,  and  had  some  trouble  to  get  clear ;  when  being  taken 
Up  by  a  boat,  belonging  to  one  of  the  men  of  war,  they  found  that  his 
arm  was  broke*  One  of  the  surviving  seamen  declared  to  an  officer 
of  rank,  that  he  was  preserved  in  the  following  astonishing  manner : 
He  was  below  at  the  time  the  Amphion  blew  up»  and  went  to  the 
bottom  in  the  Ship  :  that  he  had  a  knife  in  his  pockety  which  he 
recoUedled  ;  and  taking  it  out  cut  his  way  through  the  companion  of 
the  gun-room  (which  was  shattered  already  with  the  explosion) ;  then 
letting  himself  up  to  the  surface  of  the  water,  swam  unhurt  ashore. 


SOO  CORRtCT  RIlATlOtf 

He  shewed  the  knife  to  the  officer  who  heard  thui  lind  dedaxtdfae  bsA 
been  under  water  full  five  minutes. 

I  also  heard  in  the  Dock  Yard,  that  one  of  the  saflor's  wives  had  » 
young  child  in  her  arms  ;  the  fright  of  the  shock  made  her  take  such 
fast  hold  of  it,  that  though  the  upper  part  of  her  body  adone  remained, 
the  child  was  alive,  locked  fast  in  her  arms,  and  likely  to  do  welL 

Mr.  Spry,  an  audioneer,  who  had  long  lived  in  great  respe<5Ubility 
at  Dock,  with  his  son,  and  godson,  had  gone  on  board  to  visit  a 
friend  :  they  were  all  lost. 

The  man  at  the  Dock  Yaid  Stairs  said,  that  about  half  an  hour 
before  the  frigate  blew  up,  one  of  her  Lieutenants,  and  Lieutenant 
Campbell  of  the  Marines  (nephew  to  Colonel  Campbell),  and  some  of 
the  men,  got  into  the  boat  at  the  stairs,  and  went  off  to  the  Sliip. 
Lieutenant  Campbell  had  some  business  to  transafi  at  the  Marine 
Barracks  in  the  morning  ;  and  continuing  there  some  time,  wat 
engaged  by  the  Officers  to  stay  dinner,  and  spend  the  evening  with 
them  ;  he  thus  would  have  escaped  :  but  somebody  who  came  finom 
the  Amphioa  said,  there  were  letters  on  board  for  Lieutenant  Camp* 
bell ;  as  they  were  some  he  was  very  amiious  to  receive,  he  left  the 
barracks  about  half  an  hour  before  dinner  ta  fetch  them,  meaning  to 
return  again  diredlly  :  during  the  short  interval  he  waS'  on  board,  the 
Shipfbkw  up.  He  was  a  young  man  universally  respefkd,  and 
lamented  by  the  Corps,  and  indeed  by  every  one  who  knew  him.  One 
of  the  Lieutenants  wha  lost  his  life  was  the  6nly  support  of  an  aged 
mother  and  sister  ;  who  at  his  death  had  neither  friend  nor  rpktioH 
left  to  protcd  and  comfort  them.  The  numbers  of  peofJe  who  after- 
wards were  daily  seen  at  Dock  in  deep  mourning  for  their  lost  relativer 
was  truly  melancholy.  Captain  Pellew  was  taken  up  by  the  boats,  and 
carried  to  Commissioner  Fanshaw's  house  in  the  Dock  Yard,  very 
weak  with  the  exertions  he  had  made  ;  and  so  shocked  with  the  dis* 
tressing  cause  of  the^,  that  he  appeared  at  first  scarcely  to  know 
where  he  was,  oV  to  be  sensible  of  his  own  situation  :  when  he  was  a 
little  recovered,  in  the  course  of  a  day,  or  two,  he  was  removed  to  the 
house  of  a  friend.  Dr.  Hawker  of  Plymouth* 

S\T  Richard  King  had  given  a  public  dinner  in  honour  of  the  Coro^ 
nation.  Captain  Charles  Rowley  of  the  Unite  frigate,  calling  in  the 
morning,  was  engaged  to  stay  ;  and  put  off  dining,  as  he  bad  pre- 
viously intended  to  do,  on  board  the  Amphion.  Captain  Darby  of 
the  Dellerophon  was  also  to  have  dined  with  Captain  Pdlew,  and  had 
come  round  in  his  boat  from  Cawsand  Bay  ;  but  having  some  business 
concerning  his  Ship  to  transa^  with  Sir  Richard  King,  it  detained  him 
about  half  an  hour  longer  af  Stonehouse  tlian  he  intended;  and  he  was 
just  gone  down  to  the  beach,  and  getting  into  the  boat  to  proceed  up 


6t   ffHZPWRBCKS.  iOff 

^amoazcy  when  lie  heard  the  fiitsd  explosion.  Captaun  Swaffield  watf 
to  have  sailed  the  next  day ;  so  that  the  difference  of  twenty-four 
hours  would  have  saved  this  much-lamented,  and  truly  valuable  Oticer. 
His  brother,  Mr.  J.  Swaffield  of  the  Pay  OiHce,  being  asked  to  the 
fame  dinner,  had  set  out  with  him  from  Stonehouse  ;  but  before  htf 
had  reached  Dock,  a  person  came  after  him  on  business,  which  obliged 
him  to  return  ;  and  thus  saved  him  from  shariBg  his  brother's  un* 
timely  fate* 

Many  Conjedures  were  formed  concerning  the  Cause  of  what  had 
happened :  some  thought  it  was  owing  to  negle£t ;  that  the  men  were 
employed  drawing  the  guns,  and  contrary  to  rule  had  not  extinguished 
all  the  fires,  though  the  dinners  were  over:  this  however  the  First  Lieu« 
tenant  said  was  innpossible,  as  they  could  not  be  drawing  the  guns,  the 
key  of  the  magazine  being  to  his  certain  knowledge  hanging  up  in  hii 
cabin  at  the  time*  Some  of  the  men  indeed  declared  that  the  guns  were 
drawn  in  the  Sound>  before  they  came  up  Hamoaze.  It  was  also  insi* 
Huated  that  it  was  done  intentionally,  as  several  of  the  bodies  were 
afterwards  found  without  any  clothes  on,  as  if  they  had  prepared  to  jump 
•verboard  before  the  Ship  could  have  time  to  blow  up*  As  no  mutiny 
had  ever  appeared  in  the  Ship,  it  seems  unlikely  that  such  a  desperate 
plot  should  have  been  formed,  without  any  one  who  survived  having 
the  least  knowledge  of  it  ;  and  it  is  a  well  known  fitcV,  that  in  almost 
•very  case  of  shipwreck,  where  there  is  a  chance  of  plunder,  there  are 
wretches,  so  far  destitute  of  the  common  feelings  of  Ifltamanity,  as  to 
hover  round  the  scene  of  horror  ;  in  hopes  by  stripping  the  bodies  of 
^  dead,  .and  seizing  whatever  they  can  ky  their  hand*  on  in  the  con- 
fusion, to  benefit  themselves. 

It  was  the  fore  magazine  which  took  fire ;  had  it  been  the  after  one 
orach  more  damage  mast  have  ensued*  The  moment  the  explosion 
was  heard.  Sir  Richard  King  arose  firom  dinner,  and  went  in  lus  boat 
on  board  the  hulk,  where  the  sight  he  beheld  was  dreadful  :  the  deck 
covered  with  blood,  mangled  limbs,  and  entrails^  blackened  with  gun- 
powder ;  the  shreds  of  the  Amphion's  pendant,  and  rigging,  hanging 
about  her,  and  pieces  of  her  shattered  timbers  strewed  all  around. 
i)ome  people  at  dinner  in  the  Yarmouth,  though  within  a  very  small 
distance,  declare  that  the  report  they  heard  did  not  appear  to  be  louder 
than  the  firing  of  a  caanon  fix>m  the  Cambridge,  which  they  imagined 
it  to  be,  and  bad  never  even  rose  from  dinner,  tiH  the  confusion  upon 
deck  led  them  to  think  some  accident  had  happened  !  This  may 
appear  astonishing :  I  can  only  say,  it  was  told  me  by  very  readable 
people  at  the  time. 

At  low  water,  the  next  day,  about  a  foot  and  an  half  of  one  of  the 
'masts  appeared  above  water  |  and  for  several  days  the  Dock  Yard  mea 


idi  eOftiBCT   ftBLATIO# 

were  employed  in  cone6Ung  the  ihattered  maiU  md  fnrit,  anJ  c^n^'* 

gtng  up  what  they  could  proaire  from  the  wreck.     On  the  twenty-' 

tiinthy  part  of  the  fore-chains  was  hauled  up,  shattered  and  8(4uitcred# 

and  ail  the  holts  forced  out ;  also  the  head  and  cutwater.  On  thethmt 

•f  06tober^  it  was  intended  that  an  attempt  should  be  made  to  raise 

the  Amphion  hetween  two  frigates, the  Castor  and  Iphigenia,  who  were 

accordingly  moored  on  each  side  of  her ;  but  only  a  few  pieces  of  the 

Ship  could  be  got  upy  one  or  two  of  her  gunsi  some  of  the  men's  chests^ 

ehairs.  and  part  of  the  furnitm^  of  the  cabin*    Some  bodiea  floated 

•ut  from  between  deck^  and  amongst  the  rest  a  Midshipman's  ;  these^ 

and  all  that  coold  be  found*  were  towed  round  by  boats  through 

Stonchouse  Bridge  up  to  the  Royal  Hospital  Stairsi  to  be  interred  in 

their  burying  ground.     Indeed  the  sight  for  many  weeks  was  dread&l  a 

the  change  of  tide  washing  out  the  putrid  bodies*  which  were  towtd 

>ottnd  by  the  boats  when  they  would  hardly  hold  together.-^It  is  need* 

kss  to  enlarge  on  such  a  8ubjc6i  ;  any  one  may  be  able  t^  form  an  idea 

of  it»  when  told  that  bodies  continued  to  be  found  even  as  late  as  the 

tSirtiitb  o/Novemher,  1 796*  when  the  Amphion  having  been  dragged 

iDund  to  another  part  of  the  Dock  Yard  Jetty  to  be  broke  up,  the 

body  of  a  woman  was  washed  out  firom  between  decks.     A  sack  wat 

also  dragged  up»  filled  with  gunpowder  at  bottom*  and  just  topped 

with  biscuit ;  which  in  some  measure  confirmed  an  idea  that  had  before 

gained  ground*  that  the  gunner  had  been  stealing  the  powder  to  aeS^ 

and  h'ad  ooaceded  what  he  could  get  out  by  degrees  in  the  above 

Aanner  )  and  that  thinking  himself  safe  on  a  day  when  every  one  was 

entertaining  their  friends*  he  had  carelessly  been  amongst  the  gam* 

powder  without  taking  the  necessary  precautions.    As  he  t^as  said  to 

have  been  seen  at  Dock  very  much  in  liquor  in  the  morning,  I  think 

it  seems  probable  that  this  might  be  the  CauK  of  a  calamity  as  suddaa 

as  it  was  dreadfuL 

H. 

Lou  of  Hit  Majtitft  Ship  CouRAGfiux,  0/*74  GunSf  Captmti  Benjamin 
Hallowell*  in  the  Mediterranean*  who  afiemnardt  commandfd  the 
Swiftsure  m  the  JSion  off"  the  Nile,  Written  by  a  Seaman  hehnginjr 
to  her  who  escaped  from  tfje  Wreck, 

Ktny  Htipitait  GUraUtr,  Fdtmary  71ft,  171^ 
IT  has  given  sse  great  concern  that  1  had  not  sooner  an  opportu* 
nity  of  informing  you  of  my  miraculous  escape  from  die  shipwreck  of 
the  Coungcux,  of  74  guns  ;  which  was  unfortunately  lost  on  the  coast 
of  Baibary  on  the  eighteenth  of  December*  at  nine  o'dock  in  the 
cvenmg ;  at  which  time  ^e  first  struck*  and  in  a. quarter  of  an  hour 
aftet  there  was  not  an  inch  of  her  to  be  seen  :  four  hundred  and. 
seventy  of  her  brave  crew  perished*  and  I  myself  never  can  be  suffi* 


OF  SBlPWftBCKSv  203 

clcntly  grateful  to  Providence  foe  having  saved  my  life.     A9  th^  parti- 
culars of  this  event,  and  the  loss  of  the  vessel,  may  prove  interesting  to  , 
you,  I  shall  mention  the  circumstances  in  a  £cw  words*    On  the  ninth 
of  December  last^  in  a  dreadful  gale  of  wind,  the  Courageux  parted 
from  her  anchors,  and  before  we  could  bring  the  Ship  up,  she  drove 
nearly  under  the  Spanish  batteries.     Being  much  alarmed  for  fear  of 
the  Spaniards  firing  upon  us,  we  next  day  got  the  Ship  under  sail  to 
work  her  into  a  safe  birth ;  when  towards  mid-  day  it  blew  so  hard,  that 
ve  were  oUiged  to  close  reef  the  topsails,  being  then  afraid  to  anchor^- 
for  fear  of  the  anchor's  not  holding*    Towards  the  evening  the  wind 
increased  to  a  perfed  hurricane :  we  handed  the  topsails,  and  kept 
the  Ship  under  her  courses,  to  be  to  windward  enough  to  go  into 
Gibraltar.     Unfoitunately  for  us,  the  weather  now  became  very  thick 
and  hazy,  accompanied  by  incessant  rain,  and  a  most  tremendous  storm 
of  thunder  and  lightning  ;  so  that  we  stood  too  hr  to  the  south  shore  { 
having  the  wind  £.  S,  £r  and  found  the  Ship  amongst  the  breakers, 
\}ti6rc  we  even  saw  a  gUmpse  of  land.     We  then  attempted  to  weai^ 
the  Ship  ;  but  it  was  too  late  !   She  struck  on  a  rock,  and  fell  close 
alongside  of  another  high  and  steep  one.     At  this  time  I  happened  to 
be  belowj  but  the  moment  I  felt  her  strike,  I  ran  on  deck,  and  wit* 
nessed  the  melancholy  sight  of  the  people  jumping  overboard.     Fevr 
of  them,  however,  reached  the  shore,  as  they  fell  between  the  Ship'a 
side  and  the  rock,  and  were  in  an  instant  dashed  to  atoms.     I  waited  oi| 
deck  for  a  few  moments  with  considerable  patience,  until  so  tremendous  . 
H  sea  bioke  over  the  Ship,  that  to  stick  by  her  any  longer  was  impos« 
«ible.     I  therefore  jumped  on  the  rock,  but  was  instantly  dashed  by  a 
wave  among  a  number  of  small  one8-**by  which  time  my  very  shoes 
yrcrc  washed  off  my  feet.     I  however  kept  a  desperate  hold,  and  after 
the  most  incredible  exertions  regained  the  top  of  the  rock  ;  when 
thinking  myself  almost  safe — the  main-mast  fell  close  by  my  side  ! 
Having  then  very  few  clothes  on  I  was  light  for  swimmingf  and  by  the 
blessing  of  Providence  got  safe  ashore*  as  did  also  one  hundred  and 
twenty- one  more  of  the  crew  ;  but  all  the  rest  were  buried  in  the 
deep*     We  lived  six  days  on  a  very  small  quantity  of  dried  beans  ; 
and  were  six  days  more  in  marching  through  the  country  ;  at  which 
time,  however,  the  Moors  gave  us  as  much  bread  once  a  day  as  we 
could  eat.     On  my  arrival  at  Gibraltar  I  turned  exceedingly  bad,  and 
was  confined  for  three  weeks.     I  am  now  greatly  better,  and  turned, 
pver  to  a  very  fine  frigate  of  36  guns,  named  La  Mahonisa,  taken  from 
the  Spaniards.     Owing  to  the  unfortunate  wreck  of  the  Courageux, 
I  have  lost  the  labour  of  many  an  hard-earned  and  well-fought  day.   I 
have  the  world  to  begin  again  ;  but  as  the  Almighty  has  been  pleased 
to  spare  my  life^  I  think  I  am  still  rich  I  ^ 


[    «04*    1 

The  following  Letter,  containing  a  very  particular  and  full 
Account  of  a  Voyage  from  Kingston  upon  Hull  to  Rhode 
Island,  In  America,  in  the  year  17491  was  transmitted  thence 
by  Captain  Samuel  Standige  (now  Sir  Samuel),  Master 
of  a  Ship  called  the  American^  to  hia  Owner  Christophik 
§coTT,  Es<j.  late  of  Hull, 

* 

SlRf 

WH  EN  I  took  leave  of  you  at  Hull,  I  reaolved  at  all  cventt  to 
get  the  Ship  away,  if  possible  ;  and  accordingly,  notwitlu 
•landing  it  was  then  eight  o'clock  at  night,  I  went  in  search  of  fresh 
seamen,  and  having  soon  procured  a  competent  number  of  hands,  got 
them  on  board  at  •  four  o'clock  the  ensuing  morning ;  weighed  anchor 
dircAly,  and,  both  wnd  and  tide  being  favourable,  in  a  very  short 
time  we  were  out  of  the  H  umber  •. 

By  this  time,  however,  I  plainly  perceived  that  the  Ship  had  settled 
conFideraMy  in  the  water.  I  therefore,  lest  the  men  should  be  too 
much  alarmed,  conveyed  away  secretly  the  pump-log,  and  hid  it. 
After  the  sailors  had  all  received  a  comfortable  refreshment,  I  gave 
orders  for  the  pumps  to  be  rigged,  and  got  to  work  to  pump  her  out, 
at  which  I  exerted  myself  in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  crew. 
When  both  pumps  had  been  at  work  for  about  an  hour,  the  men  began 
to  express  strong  apprehensions  that  the  Ship  was  too  old  to  suck,  an4 
to  slacken,  in  a  good  degree,  their  exertions.  I  endeavoured,  how- 
ever, to  encourage  them  as  much  as  lay  in  my  power.  I  then  told 
them,  that  we  were  now  so  far  embarked  with  a  fair  wind,  without  any 
chance  of  regaining  the  port  we  had  left,  that  the  only  alternative, 
that  was  kft  us,  was  to  pump  or  to  drown-*— that  I  had  orders  firom 

*  It  mny  nnt  be  amiss  here  to  inform  the  reader  of  what  happened  to  the 
SMp  previous  to  her  departure  from  I'ull.  On  the  twenty-fifth  of  September, 
]  749,  having  completed  her  cargo,  which  consisted  of  coals,  grindstones,  bale 
j^coJs,  and  hemp ;  the  Captain  received  hit  instrudlions  from  the  owner  to 
fuil  down  the  Hum  per  the  next  tide,  and  to  proceed  with  aU  possible  expedition 
to  the  place  pf  his  destination. 

In  piiiTuance  of  these  instruAions,  Captain  Standige  repaired  on  board,  where 
9il  thinRjB  being  in  readiness,  preparations  were  immediately  made  for  sailing  ) 
but  in  hauling  out  of  the  haven,  an  unlucky  accident  happened  to  the  Ship, 
occasioned  by  another  vessel  which  cut  her  rope,  and  caused  her  to  take  the 
ground  near  the  Dolphin.*  Being  high  water  when  the  ^hip  grounded,  and 
fieap  tides  coming  on,  the  Thip  was  unfortunately  detained  four  days  in  this 
disagrcial)lc  sltuaticn;  ;ind  when  she  floated  again,  from  her  straining  so  miu:h, 
it  was  found  »he  had  sustained  considerable  damage;  and  before  she  got  off  to 
fin  anchor,  thu  men  were  obliged  to  rigg  both  pumps,  and  several  hours  elapsed 
bitorc  they  could  he  worked.  All  the  hands,  finding  the  t^hip  so  very  leaky, 
left  her  ;  when  the  Captain  went  on  shore  to  acquaint  the  owner  of  her  con- 
dition :  who  told  N  r.  Standige,  he  gculd  by  no  means,  if  possible  to  avoid 
it  jccn&ent  to  have  her  r<.pairea  at  home  \  but  had  much  rather  it  mi|;ht  bc  doQ^ 
^*t  an)'  ot^icr  fort,     Op  ^his  the  C:Jf tain  took  his  kav«. 


ORIGINAL  YOTAOE  FROM  HULL  TO  RHODE  ISLAND*  20C 

the  owaer  to  put  into  any  port  In  England  to  repair*--that  I  hoped  the 
Ship  would  soon  close  her  rents  ;  but  that,  if,  contrary  to  my  expec- 
tations, she  continued  so  leaky  as  that  one  pump  could  not  keep  her 
free,  I  would  put  into  Harwich,  where  they  might  have  a  good 
winter's  employment.  The  men  now  went  cheerfully  to  work,  and, 
with  unwearied  exertions  at  the  pumps,  in  about  four  hours  after,  they 
were  enabled  to  reduce  their  labour  to  one  pump  constantly  goinor. 
The  wind  now  coming  fair,  the  next  day  we  ran  through  Yarmouth 
Roads  ;  but  as  soon  as  we  had  got  over  the  Stamford,  and  before  we 
reached  Orford  Nes?,  it  began  to  blow  a  strong  gale  from  £•  N.  E. 
the  sea  ran  extremely  high,  and  the  night  was  very  dark  :  I  now  steered 
a  course  for  the  Foreland,  intending  to  go  into  Dover  Pier.  The  next 
day,  however,  being  without  the  Goodwin  Sands,  and  the  wind  blowino^ 
strong  from  the  E.  S.  E.  with  thick,  rainy  weather,  there  was  no 
looking  at  the  land  with  any  degree  of  safety  :  so  that  I  now  steered  a 
course  right  down  the  Channel,  without  ever  once  seeing  land,  and  a 
strong  gale  continuing  to  blow  hurried  us  in  a  very  little  time  one 
hundred  leagues  to  the  westward.  During  this  whole  run  the  Ship 
was  kept  free,  though  the  weather  proved  very  tempestuous,  with  one 
pump  constantly  working.  By  a  promise  of  five  shillings  a  month 
advance  in  each  man's  wages,  I  found  means  to  keep  them  tolerably 
easy  and  in  good  spirits. 

Being  now  embarked  on  the  wide  Atlantic  Ocean,  in  a  very  leaky, 
crazy  Ship,  that  wrought  and  strained  excessively  ;  and  the  winter 
season  advancing  apace,  the  wind  for  a  considerable  time  hung  to  the 
S.  and  S.  W.  which  kept  us  a  long  time  to  the  northward  ;  and  con» 
tinning  to  stand  to  the  westward  prevented  my  running  for  the  trade 
winds. 

Hence  it  happened  that  the  whole  voyage  proved  remarkably 
tedious  and  turbulent,  with  frequent  heavy  gales  :  when  we  had 
advanced  between  five  and  six  hundred  leagues,  we  experienced  for 
several  days  together  uncommonly  severe  jack  northwesters ;  the  sea 
running  extremely  high,  often  breaking  over  the  Ship  with  great 
violence.  Every  favourable  change  of  wind,  however,  which  ena- 
bled us  to  pursue  either  a  diredl  or  oblique  course,  we  embraced 
with  the  utmost  eagerness  and  alacrity. 

On  the  twenty-fourth  of  December  we  first  struck  soundings,  in 
thirty-five  fathoms,  bottom  a  green  ooze  ;  being  then,  as  I  imagined, 
in  Block  Island  Channel,  about  ten  leagues  S.  W.  of  Rhode  Island, 
as  the  Ship  was  in  that  parallel  of  latitude.  Stretching  to  the  west 
in  cold,  hazy  winter  weather,  about  four  hours  after,  a  schooner  was 
discovered  bearing  down  upon  us.  On  being  hailed,  I  told  the 
^Taster  of  her,  that  we  had  been  out  fourteen  weeks  from  England  ; 

Clol.  111.  r.  F. 


206  ORICIMAL  VOYAGB   FROM  HULL  TO  RHODB  fSLAMO. 

and  that  we  had  sounded  thirty -five  fathoms  in  Block  Idand  Channel. 
The  Master  of  the  schooner  then  informed  me,  that  he  had  been  out 
only  three  days  from  Boston »  bound,  as  we  were,  for  Rhode  Island  ; 
and  that  we  were  then  in  St.*  George's  Channel,  to  the  eaatvrard  of 
Nantucket  Island.  I  replied,  as  I  had  before  experienced  these 
soundings,  that  I  was  sure  we  were  in  Block  Island  ChanneL  At 
this  reply  the  Master  seemed  a  good  deal  piqued,  and  asked  me  if  I, 
who  had  been  out  fourteen  weeks  from  England,  could  pretend  to 
know  better  than  he  did,  who  had  been  only  three  days  from  Boston. 
Soon  after  in  a  heavy  gale  of  wind,  accompanied  with  a  great  fall  of 
snow,  and  an  intense  frost,  we  parted  company.  As  the  schooner's 
account  differed  at  least  forty  leagues  from  our  own  reckoning,  I  now 
consulted  with  my  Mate,  whether  we  should  abide  by  our  own 
reckoning,  or  adopt  that  of  the  schooner's.  If  the  latter,  standing  to 
the  westward  would  entangle  us  with  Nantucket's  Shoals ;  but  on  the 
other  hand,  if  we  should  pursue  our  own,  that  course  would  keep  us  in 
safety  under  Long  Island.  At  this  time  the  wind  was  blowing  strong 
from  the  N.  E.  ;  the  frost  very  severe,  with  frequent  and  heavy 
showers  of  snow.  As  the  schooner  had  been  so  short  a  space  of  time 
out  of  port,  her  reckoning,  unfortunately,  was  preferred  to  our  own, 
and  the  Ship's  head  laid  to  the  eastward,  with  as  much  wind  and  sea  as 
enabled  us  to  carry  a  foresail— the  lead  going  every  half  hour.  Pre- 
vious to  this,  however,  I  had  given  orders  to  have  the  cables  bent  and 
anchors  clear,  in  readiness  for  letting  go,  should  any  danger  threaten. 
With  these  every  Ship  from  the  north  of  England  is  furnished,  and 
Ships  from  all  places  ought  to  be  the  same,  to  which  they  may  have 
recotirse  in  the  last  extremity.  Having  stood  upon  this  course  for  abont 
eighteen  or  twenty  hours,  we  gradually  shoaled  our  water,  insomuch 
that  at  eight  o'clock  P.  M»  from  thirty-five,  we  had  decreased  to  nine 
and  ten  fathom.  The  night  put  on  a  terrible  asped,  and  proved  surely  atf 
dismal  an  one  for  snow,  and  ice,  as  men  could  be  exposed  to.  I  again 
consulted  with  the  Mate,  and  we  were  under  strong  apprehensions, 
that  if  we  wore,  and  stood  upon  any  other  course,  we  might  run  into 
unforeseen  and  fatal  dangers  ;  for  we  now  found  that  the  Master  of  the 
schooner  had  entirely  misled  us. 

All  hands  wtre  now  called — the  foresail  hauled  up,  and  handed  with 
much  difficulty ;  the  best  bower  anchor  was  let  go,  and  all  the  cable 
veered  out,  so  that  the  Ship  rode  with  an  whole  cable  before  her  nose. 
The  hause  was  now  served,  and  all  made  snug ;  and  then  all  hands 
turned  to  the  pumps,  and  the  Ship  freed.  In  this  dreadfully  tem- 
pestuous night,  the  whole  crew  divided  into  two  watches,  reh'eved 
each  other  alttrnatdy,  through  the  whole  night,  at  the  pumps  t^ 
prevent  their  freezing  as  the  frost  was  most  intense. 


ORIQINAI.  VOYAOB  f&OM  HVX.L  TO  RHODB  ISLAKD.  207 

The  Ship  rode  it  out  much  more  comfortably  than  could  have  hecn 
expedUd ;  considering  her  situation  in  the  middle  of  the  Atlantic  in 
the  depth  of  winter,  it  being  the  pight  between  the  twenty- ninth  and 
thirtieth  of  December.  This  nighty  however,  appeared  to  me  the 
lQng€9t  X  had  erer  experienced.  When  the  welcome  morning,  at 
lengthy  arrived^  the  wind  became  somewhat  qiore  moderate.  At 
•even  o'clock,  it  being  then  day-light,  and  a  lucid  interval  between 
ahowcrs  of  snow,  I  ordered  a  man  to  the  mast-head,  who  called  out, 
^*  Broken  water  to  windward,  and  to*  the  east  or  starboard  bow." 
I  immediately  followed  the  man  aloft,  and  there  perceived  the  immi- 
nent danger  we  had  been  exposed  to  ;  and  from  which  we  had  been 
providentially  saved. 

This  broken  water  we  soon  found  to  be  the  great  shoals  and  sands 
9f  Nantucket  Island,  for  soon  afterwards  I  distindly  perceived  over  the 
sands  the  masts  of  the  vessels  in  the  harbour  of  Nantucket,  and  the 
island  of  that  name;  and  perfectly  recollected  the  place  •.  On  the- 
thirtieth  of, December  weighed  anchor,  Nantucket's  island  bearing 
N.  by  W.  set  the  foresail  close,  reefed  the  main-top  >sail — the  wind  at 
N.  by  E.  stretching  W.  N.  W.  course,  at  four  o'clock  P.  M.  took 
our  departure  from  Martha's  Vineyard,  bearing  N.  N.  £.  disunt 
one  le^ue.  An  heavy  gale,  with  severe  firost  and  snow  :  stretched 
all  night  W.  by  N.  keeping  the  lead  going  every  half  hour  } 
sounding  from  twelve  tb  twenty  fethoms.  At  six  o'clock  A.  M. 
close  in  with  the  light-house  on  Point  Judith,  about  ten  miles 
only  from  Newport,  which  we  were  anxious  to  reach  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible ;  to  accomplish  which,  we  kept  working  the  Ship  in  the  wind's 
eye,  tack  and  tack ;  but  the  gale  still  continued  to  blow  strong, 
with  our  utmost  exertions  we  were  unable  to  gain  any  ground* 

*  Captain  Standige  was  well  acquainted  with  this  island,  having  h«es  there 
on  a  very  roemonble  occasion  about  five  years  before.  Being  then  Mate  of  a 
Ship  on  her  return  from  Virginia  to  Hull  with  a  cargo  of  tobacco,  in  company 
with  another  Ship ;  on  their  coming  out  of  the  Capes,  they  were  both  taken  oy  a 
privateer,  and  sent  for  Cape  Fran9ois,  on  the  north  coast  of  Hispaniola,  whcr« 
ID  twenty-six  days  they  arrived.  Here  they  continued  six  weeVs,  when  an 
order  came  for  Mr.  Standige,  and  half  the  crew,  to  go  on  board  a  sloop  of  about 
twenty  tons,  Simon  Fhodes,  Master,  a  flag  of  truce,  and  loaded  lor  Rhode 
Island.  The  very  first  night  after  they  sailed,  they  met  with  the  tail  of  one  oC 
those  terrible  hurricanes,  so  frequent  in  that  part  of  the  world ;  attended  with 
the  most  dreadful  thunder  and  lightning  Mr.  Standige  had  ever  beheld  (though 
he  had  previous  to  this  been  in  a  thunder  storm,  which  struck  all  their  masts) ; 
two  men,  who  had  the  watch  on  deck,  were  struck  motionless  by  the  eledrical 
fluid,  and  were  to  all  appearance  dead  :  but  being  taken  down  into  the  cabin, 
and  proper  means  made  use  of,  in  two  hours  time  they  both  recovered.  The  next 
morning  proved  remarkably  fine,  when  they  proceeded  on  their  voyage  ;  made 
Martha's  Vineyard,  and  the  wind  being  contrary,  put  into  Nantucket's  Har- 
bour ;  continued  there  a  week,  and  then  sailed  for  Rhode  Island,  where  they 
arrived  the  next  day ;  and  the  prisoners  were  »1I  tent  on  shore  to  provide  foe 
themsclv^i. 


toS  ORIGINAL  VOYAGB  FROM  HULL  TO  RR0D8  ISLAKO. 

Oa  the  thirty.firsty  six  o'clock  P.  M.  handed  the  sails  ;  and  finding  a 
sandy  bottom,  let  go  the  anchor  in  thirty-five  fathom  water ;  and  not- 
withstanding the  weather  continued  excessively  tempestuous,  on  a 
rocky  and  dangerous  coast*  open  to  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  yet  the  Ship 
rode  it  out  very  comfortably.  During  the  night  we  had  a  great  faD 
of  snow  :  in  the  morning  the  weather  became  more  modente* 
After  clearing  the  decks  of  snow  and  ice,  we  weighed  anchor*  and 
worked  the  Ship  safe  into  the  harbour  of  Newport,  in  Rhode  Idand, 
to  the  no  small  amazement  of  our  merchant,  Mr.  Joseph  Harrison, 
and  all  the  gentlemen  of  that  place.  After  being  told  where  we  lay 
the  preceding  night,  they  observed,  that  it  was  the  first  and  only 
instance  that  had  ever  come  to  their  knowledge  of  a  Ship's  anchoriug 
on  that  coast.  Tlicy  appeared,  however,  perfeftly  astonished,  on 
being  informed  that  we  had  been  at  anchor  in  the  heavy  gale  three 
days  before  under  Nantucket's  Shoals. 

It  was  afterwards  known  that  tlie  Schooner  that  misled  them  was 
blown  off  to  the  West  Indies. 

From  the  above  fa£ls.  Captain  Standige  would  recommend  it  to 
seamen  to  be  at  all  times  ver}*  attentive  to  their  lead»  in  sounding 
constaatly  ;  and  when  on  a  coast,  to  be  always  ready  with  anchors  and 
cables,  and  never  afraid  to  let  them  go  ;  confident,  as  he  is,  that  thit 
would  be  the  means  of  saving  many  valuable  lives  and  Ships,  and  at  the 
same  time  tend  to  secure  their  passage. 

Letter  from  an  Officer  on  board  his  Majesty's  Ship  La  Loire,  Captain 

Newman. 

ON  Monday,  January  27,  x8oo,  we  sailed  from  Plymouth,  with  the 
Railleur,  Captain  Turquand,  under  orders  to  look  for  a  French 
frigate,  and  her  convoy,  coming  from  St.  Maloes  to  Brest.  The 
Danae,  Captain  Lord  Proby,  was  ordered  with  us,  but  did  not  get 
out  from  Plymouth  till  the  evening,  and  joined  us  off  Guernsey  on  Wed- 
nesday morning.  On  the  evening  of  February  the  fourth,  our  Captain 
(as  Commodore)  gave  orders  to  Lord  Proby  to  proceed  to  Jersey 
for  inteUigence  ;  and  the  Railleur  and  Loire  hauled  their  wind  to  the 
southward.  At  day-light  on  the  fifth,  we  made  Seven  Islands  *  ahead  ; 
and  on  the  RaiUeur  demanding  and  receiving  permission  to  recon- 
noitre, the  Loire  stood  away  for  Jerr.cy,  cxpcding  the  Danae  to 
rejoin.  At  half  past  one  P.  M.  she  was  discovered  standing  towards 
iiSj  and  we  immediately  brought-to,  under  Roche  Douvre.  Shortly 
afterwards  Lord  Proby  came  oxi  board,  and  brought  information  that 

*  On  the  north  coast  of  France  ;  about  one  league  from  the  main.  Theie 
i&bnd«  are  known  by  the  Church  of  La  Clarte  upon  the  Main,  otherwise  called 
our  Lady  of  Clear  Ness,  which  has  an  high  steeple  on  the  main  land,  and  ia 
thwart  of  them. 


ItTTEft   FROM    LA  LOIRi;  209 

At  Fairy  and  Harpy  sloops  had  sailed  fmm  Jersey  that  ihomingf 
under  orders  from  the  Prince  De  Bouillon,  to  go  in  quest  of  the 
frigate  which  was  theobjedkofour  search  ;  and  Lord  Proby  gave  the 
Captains  of  those  sloops  an  accurate  description  of  our  squadron^ 
in  order  that  they  might  know  us  in  case  they '  fell  in  with  us.     At 
forty  minutes  past  two  o'clock  P.  M.  the  Danae  made  the  signal  for 
an   enemy  ;  and  we  immediately   discovered  a   French  frigate  to 
windward,  with  the  Fairy  and  Harpy  in  chace.     In  a  few  minutes, 
the  Loire  and  Danae  were  under  all  sail  on  a  wind  ;  and  we  never  for 
a  moment  lost  sight  of  the  chace.     The  enemy  was  steering  large  under  a 
press  of  sail,  the  Harpy  following  under  easy  sail,  and  the  Fairy  far 
astern   under  all    sail*     The  Loire  soon   passed  the  Danae  ;  and, 
gaining  on  the  enemy,  observed  that  the  sloops  were  dropping  astern, 
though  steering  targe  after  the  enemy,  while  the  Loire  was  close 
hauled  to  intercept  her.     Abqut  sun- set,  the  Railleur,  which  had  been 
left  under  Seven  Islands,  was  discovered  ahead  by  the  enemy,  who  in 
consequence  tacked,  nearly  within  gun-shot  of  the  Loire.     About  nine 
P.  M.  the  Fairy  having  passed  under  the  lee  of  the  Loire,  her  Com- 
mander (Capt.  J.  S*  Horton)  was  desired  to  stand  on  till  he  could  wea- 
ther  the  enemy,  or  fietch  into  his  wake  ;  but  the  superiority  of  sailing 
in  the  enemy,  and  the  Loire,  gave  the  latter  Ship  and  the  Railleur  the 
opportunity  of  finishing  the  business  ;  by  bringing  the  chace  to  a  warm 
a^on  about  half  past  eleven  at  night,when  close  in  under  the  Seven 
Islands  ;  a  battery  having  opened  in  her  support,  which  did  us  con- 
siderable  damage.     At  twenty  minutes  before  two  A.  M«  on  the 
morning  of  the  sixth,  the  enemy  struck,  after  a  most  spirited  defence; 
and  proved  to  be  La  Pallas,  the  French  frigate  of  which  we  were  in 
quest,  mounting  forty-two  guns,  eighteen-pounders,  and  two  more  in 
the  hold  being  stowed  for  the  East  Indies*     She  measures  above  one 
thousand  tons ;  had  never  been  at  sea  before ;  is  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful  frigates  ever  seen,  and  a  prime  sailer ;  as  we  had  an  opportunity 
of  seeing  during  so  long  a  chace,  throughout  the  whole  of  which  she 
carried  every  sail  possible  on  a  wind,  and  made  repeated  tacks. 

The  Railleur  supported  us  most  gallantly  :  the  Danae^  Fairy, 
and  Harpy,  in  spite  of  every  exertion,  were  not  able  to  get  up.  The 
former,  finding  herself  not  within  gun-shot,  never  fired ;  and  though 
the  two  latter  did,  their  shot  fell  far  short  even  of  the  Loire,  and  still 
more  so  of  the  Pallas.  We  were  obliged  to  bear  up,  and  nm  to 
leeward,  to  get  the  assistance  of  their  boats  in  shifting  prisoners. 
Soon  a^ter  the  a£tion  ceased.  Captains  Horton  and  Bazely  (of  the 
Fairy  and  Harpy)  came  on  board  the  Loire ;  and  we  learned  that 
they  had  met  with  the  Pallas  in  the  preceding  morning,  and  had  gal- 
lantly engaged  her  for  a  considerable  time :  but,  on  the  Frenchmaa 


f  to  tBTTta  FtOM  LA  LOItl* 


diacoTcriBg  the  Loire  and  Danar  toleeward»  he  made  t£\  from  them  i 
they  following  him  as  soon  as  their  damages  were  repaired*  in  the 
manner  in  which  we  first  saw  thcnu  At  day-light,  the  Danae,  Fairy^ 
and  Harpy,  haukd  their  wind  for  Jersey  ;  Captain  Horton  having  sent 
OB  board  of  us  sealed  dispatches  for  the  Admiralty,  containing  his 
own  aocount  of  his  proceedings,  for  Captain  Newoun  to  forward* 
The  Loire,  PaDas,  and  Railleur^  then  bore  up  for  Plymouth,  and 
arrived  off  that  port  in  the  evening ;  but  were  blown  to  the  westvrard 
by  a  strong  gale  from  £.  S  £.— -Just  before  day-light  on  the  seventh, 
the  Pallas  carried  away  all  her  masts,  and  about  three  P.  M.  with  great 
difficulty  got  to  an  anchor  in  Mount's  Bay  ;  but  the  Loire  and  Rail«» 
leur,  after  beating  off  for  two  days,  in  hopes  that  the  gale  would  abate» 
borq^up  for  Cork,  and  arrived  tl)ere  on  the  ninth. 


MEDICAL  FACTS. 

(Continued  from  Vol.  II.  Page  615.) 


OMHP.  OAYE,  e. 

Dire  is  the  Ocean,  dread  in  alt  its  forms ! 

Man  must  decay,  when  man  cootendf  with  storma*        PoPtt 

T7IT  E  proceed  to  sclcft,  under  this  head,  from  different 
writers  of  repute,  whatever  may  tend  to  bring  roort 
into  one  point  of  view  the  different  opinions  that  have  been 
published  relative  to  that  most  important  objefi  the  pre* 
servation  of  the  health  of  Seamen. 

THE  YELLOW  FEVER. 
{From  Colnett's  Voyage.) 

THE  whole  crew  had  been  more  or  less  afiFeAed  by  the  yeDow 
fever  ;  from  which  horrid  disorder,  I  was,  however,  so  fortunate  as  to 
recover,  by  adqpting  the  method  that  I  saw  pra£kiscd  by  the  natives 
of  Spanish  America,  when  I  was  a  prisoner  among  them. 

On  the  first  symptoms  appearing,  the  fore  part  of  the  head  waa 
immediately  shaved,  and  the  temples  and  pole  washed  with  vinegar 
and  water.  The  whole  body  was  then  immersed  in  warm  v^'oter,  to 
give  a  free  course  to  perspiration  ;  some  opening  medicine  was  afteri* 
ward  administered,  and  every  four  hours  a  dose  often  grains  of  Jamca't 
powders. 


MEDICAL   fACTS.  21t 

If  the  patient  was  thirsty,  the  drink  was  weak  white  wine  and 
water>  and  a  sh'ce  of  bread  to  satisfy  an  inclination  to  eat. 

An  increasing  appetite  was  gratified  by  a  snfiall  qaaniity  of  90np« 
made  from  the  macilaginous  parts  of  the  turtle,  with  a  little  vinegar 
in  it.  I  also  gave  the  sick  sweetmeats,  and  other  articles  from  my 
priratc  stock,  whenever  they  expressed  a  distant  wish  for  any  which  I 
could  supply  them  with.  By  this  mode  of  treatment,  the  whole  crew 
improved  in  their  health,  except  the  carpenter,  who,  though  a  very 
stout,  robust  man,  was,  at  one  time,  in  such  a  state  of  delirium,  and  so 
much  reduced,  that  I  gave  him  over  ;  but  he  at  length  recovered. 

Captain  Colnett  made  the  following  observation,  on  the 
effefts  which  the  crews  of  Ships  have  escperieaced  from  eating 
turtle. 

Other  Voyagerji  have  ^Hedged,  that  Hviug  on  Turtle  causes  tlie  flux* 
scurvy,  and  fever  :  I  can  first  account  for  such  a  consequence,  by  its 
not  being  sufficiently  boiled,  or  cooked  in  unclean  utensils;  and, 
secondly,  every  man  who  has  experienced  along  voyage  is  well  iaformed, 
that  a  sudden  change  of  food,  and  particularly  ^om  an  erdiiiacy  sea  or 
salt  diet,  to  an  entirely  fresh  one,  will  produce  the  flux,  sickness  of 
stomadi,  and  other  complaints*  My  meHiod  to  prevent  such  efft6b» 
was  to  aDow  the  crew  as  much  vinegar  as  they  could  use  ;  and  super- 
intend myself  the  preparation  of  the  seamen's  meaL  I  used  to  taste 
the  broth,  in  order  to  know  if  it  was  properly  done  ;  that  ic  contained 
a  suffident  quantity  of  pearl  barley  ;  and  was  duly  seasoned  by  boiling 
with  it  salt  beef  or  pork.  I  also  ordered  that  the  proportion  of  the 
salt  meats,  cooked  with  the  turtle,  should  be  previously  towed  and 
fineshened,  and  when  the  crew  were  tired  of  soup,  I  gave  them  €oftir  to 
make  their  turtle-meat  into  pies ;  and,  at  other  times,  fat  pork  to  chop 
Up  with  it,  and  make  sausages.  But  in  most  of  their  messes,  I  took  care 
that  so  powerful  an  antiseptic  as  Sour  Crout  should  not  be  forgotten. — 

Id  all  parts  of  the  East  Indies,  a  vinegar  is  made  of  the  milk  of  the 
cocoa  nut,  equal  to  our  strong  white  wine  vinegar.  I  am  unacquainted 
with  the  particular  process,  but  am  disposed  to  think  it  at  once  sliort 
and  simple.  The  old  cocoa  nut  left  in  water  for  two  hours,  and  thea 
strained,  produces  a  liquid  in  colour  and  taste  little  inferior,  if  not 
equal,  to  skim  milk  ;  which  removed  all  scorbutic  complaints  from 
among  the  crew,  and  preserved  them  in  health  for  many  months. 

DIRECTIONS     TO    MARINEtS    WHO    GO     TO    THE   WEST    INDIES,  TO 
AVOID    THE    YELLOW    FEVER,    BY    AN    AMERICAN    WRITER.      » 

THK  seeds  of  this  disease,  we  arc  told,  are  conva|^ed  to  the  Ships  by 
the  land  breeze  during  the  night,  from  the  low  and  ^marshy  grounds  in 


212  MEDICAL    PACTS* 

the  neighbourbood  of  the  sea-ports  of  the  West  India  islands.  Sailor? 
are  predisposed  to  receive  them  by  their 'hard  labouri  or  intemperance 
during  the  day ;  and  by  sleeping  upon  the  deck  in  the  night.  To 
prevent  the  reception  of  the  disease  in  the  above  ways,  sailors  should 
wash  their  bodies  every  morning  and  night  in  salt  watrr.  Two 
Ships  preserved  their  whole  crews  in  good  health  by  this  simple 
precaution  ;  while  hundreds  were  dying  in  the  Ships  around  them  that 
ncgleded  it. 

It  has  been  found  that  washing  the  ^ ody  twice  a  day  with  water^  in 
which  a  large  quantity  of  salt  has  been  dissolved,  has  preserved  persons 
in  good  health,  who  have  lived  in  sickly  countries  during  the  prevalence 
of  autumnal  fevers* 

TIic  Origin  of  the  yellow  fever,  which  has  proved  so  dread-* 
fill  a  scourge  to  many  of  the  large  cities  of  the  United  States, 
from  the  publications  in  that  country,  is  now  nearly  ascer* 
tained* 

Dr.  Mitchell,  Professor  of  Giemistry  in  Columbia  College, 
at  New  York,  a  chamber  well  known  in  the  learned  world,  has  the 
honour  of  this  important  discovtrry.  From  a  variety  of  concuiring 
ttiraimstanceSf  this  philosopher  was  led  into  a  chain  of  reasoning, 
which  confirmed  him  in  the  opinion,  that  the  fever  %vas  produced  by 
the  evaporation  of  a  certain  deleterious  act  J.  This  acid,  he  says,  is 
formed  by  a  peculiar  combination  of  the  bases  of  the  two  gassed,  which 
constitute  our  atmosphere,  viz.  nitrogen  and  oxygen.  The  intense 
heat,  peculiar  to  that  climate,  in  the  months  of  August  and  September, 
is  the  agent  which  eifefb  the  peculiar  change  in  question. 

But  the  important  advantage  which  has  resulted  from  this'theo* 
yy,  is  the  successful  mode  of  treatment  it  suggests.  This  must  ob- 
viously consist  of  such  remedies  as  destroy  or  neutralize  the  acid, 
and»  therefore,  alcalies  are  now  given  ;  and,  if  reports  are  to  be- 
credited,  with  great  success.  Indeed,  the  effc^s  of  alcalies  and  Mine, 
m  extinguishing  the  contagion,  constitute  chief  of  the  proof  of  the 
truth  of  the  Mitchillean  theory.  Several  very  extraordinary  circum- 
stances were  observed  during  the  sickness  last  summer  at  New  York, 
and  which  strongly  confirm  this  system.  It  was  remarked,  that 
bbourers  employed  in  manufacturing  pot-ash  and  soap ;  where  they 
were,  of  course,  much  exposed  to  the  influence  of  alcalies,  continued  ia 
perfedl  health  ;  while  other  people,  remote  from  those  places,  were  in* 
discriminately  vlftims  to  the  disease.  The  plentiful  use  of  lime  and 
pot-ash  in  domestic  economy  has  been  suggested  by  this  theory,  and 
llieir  good  effcdis  are  said  to  be  ascertained.  A  Portuguese  philosopher^ 


'    iCfiSICAL    FACTS.  21} 

iflAMbiiig  the  MitdiSIean  theorr*  has  recently  pablnlicd  hts  opiiuon^ 
tluit  the  city  of  Lisbon  is  indebted  for  its  selubriK j  to  the  great 
quantity  of  lime  employed  in  the  building  of  the  streets  aiid  houses  of 
that  place.  He  says*  Lisbont  finom  its  situation,  might  he  expelled  to 
be  one  of  the  most  unhealthy  places  in  Europe. 

The  yeDow  fever,  which  has  of  late  been  so  £ital  in  Fhilade1phia»  is 
attributed  to  the  numerous  docks,  which,  on  the  falling  of  the  tide, 
retain  the  filth  that  had  been  carried  by  the  stream  ;  and  which,  being 
exhaled  by  the  immense  power  of  the  sun,  fills  the  air  with  putridity* 
To  obviate  this  evil,  and  its  calamitous  cife^  it  is  intended  to  remove 
all  the  docks  in  James's  River»  and  to  form  on  its  bank  one  great  seg- 
ment of  a  circle  ;  the  arch  of  which  is  to  extend  from  the  Battery  to 
Coarler's  Hook,  leaving  near  the  water  openings  of  one  hundi-ed  feet 
to  communicate  with  a  wharf  in  tlie  rear,  which  is  to  extend  the  entire 
length  of  the  city»i  The  current  will  by  this  means  pass  without  being 
interrupted  by  the  inimdations,  and -clear  away  all  the  dirt,  from  which 
it  is  supposed  so  many  evils  originated. 


NAVAL  LITERATURE. 


Reports  of  Case  J f  arpted  and  determined  m  the  Tiigh  Court  (f  Admiralty  / 
cffmmencing  <witb  the  Judgmmts  of  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  JVUliam  Scott, 
Michaelmas  Term  1798.  By  Chr.  Robinson,  LL.D.  Advocate. 
Printed  hy  A,  Strahan/?r  J.  Buttcrworth,  tfn^  y&r  J.  Wln'te,  Ffeet 
Street,  1 799.  Vol,  /.  Part  /.  To  he  continued  regularly.  Poytd 
OSavo.     Pages  i88«     Price  ^s. 

Dedicated  by  Permission  to  Earl  Spencer. 

'^in'E  congratulate  the  Naval  Profession  on  the  appearance 
of  so  important  and  useful  a  work  as  the  present  ^ 
which  will  also  prove  of  essential  utility  to  the  merchant 
service.  The  Commanders  of  our  Ships  will  now  have  an 
opportunity  of  pcrfcfting  themselves  in  the  nature  of  those 
decisions,  by  the  Court  of  Admiralty,  which  so  nearly  con- 
cern their  interest;  and,  when  employed  in  aSual  service,  will 
be  enabled  to  form  a  more  correft  opinioh,  than  they  have 
hitherto  been  able  to  coUeft  at  the  moment,  respefling  the 
legality  of  such  captures,  as  may  come  within  their  reach. 
We  could  have  wished  that  a  copy  of  the  above  useful  work 

md  in.  r ' 


314  NATAL   LITBftATVM. 

had  been  printed  on  inferior  paper  ;  which  mould  have  con- 
siderably lowered  its  price,  and  consequently  baye  increaBod 

its  circulation  :  no  stated  time  appears  fixed  for  the  regular 
appearance  of  each  part  j  but  from  eyery  thing  we  can  colle£t| 
it  will  not  be  oftener  than  once  in  three  months. 

A  Summary  of  the  principal  contents  of  the  first  Party  w31  enable 
our  readers  to  judge  of  its  contents. —  ist  Case,  November  6,  1798* 
Thb  Vigilantia,  Gcrritz  master,  sailing  under  Prussian  colours, 
and  taken  on  a  voyage  from  Amsterdam  to  Greenland* — Margiiud 
Note*  **  An  enemy's  vessel  ostensibly  transfened,  and  continaing  in 
the  enemy's  trade,  is  liable  to  condemnation." 

2d  Case.  November  6,  1798. — Thb  Em^dbn,  Meyer  master. 
Case  of  a  Ship  transferred  in  Holland  under  circumstances  similar  to 
the  preceding  case  ;  and  taken  on  a  voyage  from  Amsterdam  to 
Greenland. — Marginal  Note*  *'  A  master's  national  chara^er  is  taken 
from  his  employment." 

3d  Case.  November  13,  1798.  Tua  Endraught,  Broetjas 
master.  Case  of  a  Dutch  Ship  under  circumstances  similar  to  the 
last  case,  but  claimed  by  a  meichant  of  Oldenburg.— Jfjr^na/  Note* 
«*  Where  a  Ship  is  transferred  from  an  enemy,  and  continues  habitually 
in  the  enemy's  trade,  the  neutral  is  not  specially  entitled  to  carry  on 
that  tfade,  tncrcly  because  his  own  Country  has  no  sea-port^** 

4th  Case.  Thb  Young  Jacob  and  JohamnAs  Visser  master. 
November  13,  1 798.  A  small  fislilng  vessel  taken  on  her  return  from 
the  Do^er  Bank  to  Holland. — Marginal  Note.  «  Forbcanuicc  towards 
common  fishing  boats  has  been  a  matter  of  Comity  in  former  wars.     In 

this  they   have  been   proceeded  against  and  condemned.*' Addu'md 

Note.  «  This  has  been  an  indulgence  of  ancient  date  :  the  French 
ordinance  of  tlie  year  1543,  gave  the  Admiral  a  power  of  forming 
fishing  truces,  treves  pecheresscs^  with  the  enemy  during  Hostilities  ; 
or  of  granting  passports  to  individuals,  to  continue  their  fishing  trade 
unmolef.ted  ;  this  praAice  prevailed  so  late  as  the  time  of  Louis  XIV. 
They  have  since  fallen  Into  disuse,  "  owing  to  the  ill  feith  with  which 
they  were  observed  hj  the  enemies  o/" France.'*     Valin,  II v.  5.  tit.  I. 

Valin  spf  aks  of  them  as  exceptions  of  comity  only,  "  en  derogeant  en 
cette  partie  au  droit  de  la  guerre  suivant  lequel  Ics  pecheura  sont  de 
bonne  prise  commeles  autres  navigatcurs," 

5th  Case.  The  Endraught,  Bonner  master.  November  19, 
1 7g8. — A  Ship  taken  on  her  voyage  from  Narva  to  Dort^  in  Holland, 
with  a  cargo  of  Balks,  fir  planks,  battens,  and  ?v[t  wood. — Marginal 
Note.  «*  A  Dutch  Ship  osfcnsihiy  transferred  to  a  neutral  condemned*  A 
description  of  contraband,  and  exceptions,  under  the  Danish  treaty," 


MATAL   LITBKATVRB.  ftl( 

(khCase.  Ttf  b  Staadt  £mbdbn»  Jacobs  master.  November  X9» 
179S.  A  Ship  which  had  been  a  prize  Ship  taken  from  the  Engluhf 
and  carried  into  Chrutiansand*  A  pretended  tale  had  passed  there, 
and  the  vessel  was  retaken  on  a  voyage  from  Riga  to  Amsterdam^  laden 
with  dealsf  and  vaatXz.^^Margwai  Note,  **  A  prize  Ship  carried  bj 
the  french  into  Ninrway^  there  ostensibly  sold  to  a  neutral  :  adjudged 
Ml  faSs  not  to  have  become  the  property  of  the  neutral :  masts  are 
contraband  ;— contraband  articles  affeA  innocent  fartt  of  the  Cargo. 
Uottffng  to  the  tame  perton**' 

7th  Case.  Thb  Mao ku s/Sorensen  master.  November  20,  1 798* 
A  Ship  laden  with  coffee  and  sugars,  and  taken  on  a  voyage  from 
Havre  to  Genoa*  The  Ship  had  been  restored  as  Damsh  propertyi  and 
the  cargo  had  been  referred  to  farther  proof  by  plea  and  proof ;  on  a 
claim  given  for  Mr.  /)»  Merian^  a  merchant  oi  Basle  ^  in  Switzerland,-'^ 
Maraud  Note*  *'  Switzerland  and  interior  countries  are  allowed  to 
export  and  import  through  an  enemy's  pons  :  but  strid  proof  of  pro- 
perty is  reqtured  :-— In  doubtful  cases,  orders  and  the  mode  of  pay* 
mcnt  arc  points  necessary  to  be  proved." 

8th Case.  The  Aq37ila,  Lunsden  master*  November  27,  1798. 
A  Ship  and  cargo  found  derelid  at  sea  :  the  destination  appeared  to 
have  been  from  Cadm  ostensibly  to  Hamburgh :  but  in  fad,  as  there 
was  great  reason  to  believe,  to  Amsterdam  :  the  Ship  had  been  restored 
as  Swedish  property  :  the  cargo  had  been  condemned  as  unclaimed. — 
Marginal  Note.  **  The  rate  of  the  salvage  on  dcrelid  is  in  the  dis- 
cretion rf  the  Court :  the  ancient  Rule  of  granting  a  moiety  dtjure 
to  the  finder  has  been  over-ruied  by  the  praAice  of  this  century." 

9th  Case.  The  Sakta  Cruz,  Picoa  master.  December  7, 1798. 
A  Portuguese  vessel  taken  by  the  Frencby  and  retaken  by  fnglisb 
cruisere,  after  being  a  month  in  the  possession  of  the  enemy  :  it  was 
the  leading  case  of  several  of  the  same  nature,  as  to  the  general  law  of 
recapture  between  England  and  Portugal-— Mtfi'^W  Note.  **  The 
law  of  England,  on  recapture  of  property  of  allies,  is  the  law  of  red- 
procity  ;  it  adopts  the  rule  of  the  country  to  which  the  claimant 

belongs." 

•  nth  Case.  The  Frederick  Molkb,  Boyscn  master.  Decern- 
ber  19,  1798.— A  Danish  vessel,  taken  coming  out  of  Havre  on  the 
eighteenth  of  August,  1798,  and  bound  on  a  voyage  from  Havre  to 
the  coast  of  Africa.— M^ir^iW  Note.  •<  A  vessel  coming  out  of  a 
blockaded  port  with  a  cargo,  \a  prima  facie  liable  to  seisure  :  if  the 
cargo  was  taken  on  board  after  the  commencement  of  the  blockade. 
Ship  and  cargo  will  be  liable  to  condemnation." 

15th  Case.    The  Dauckebaar  AFRiCAAN,^Smit  master.     De- 
«mber  19,  1798,    A  Dutch  Ship,  bound  from  Batavla  to  Holland, 


tt6  RATAL  LITE&ATVKI. 

vid  tak«ti  on  the  sixteenth  of  Maichy  179^.  On  coming  to  the  Cape 
of  Good  HojMy  4ciaim  was  given  on  the  part  ofGoetz  and  Vos,  tnha* 
bitants  of  the  Cape,  and  then  become  subje^  of  the  crown  of  Great 
Briuiii.  The  cargo  had  *been  ddivered  to  them  on  bail  to  answer 
adjudication. — Marginai  Note,  **  Property  sent  from  an  hostile  colony 
cannot  change  its  nature  m  tramntu^  although  theownerabecome  British 
Sutje^  by  capitulation  before  capture*" 

t6th  Case*  The  HaasTSLDfi  a^  D^  Koe  master*  July  1 7*  1 799* 
— A  case  of  a  nature  similar  to  the  Dankdar,  but  differing  materially 
in  the  dates  of  some  parts  of  the  trmM€doB. '^Marginal  NoUm  "  Hos* 
tilities  against  the  Dutch,  declared  the  fifteenth  of  September»  1795' 
arc  applied  retrospeflKely  to  property  taken  during  the  doubtful  staJte  of 
things  that  precedtd  the  declaration.  A  surrender  by  capitulation,  is 
not  tite  voluntary  withdrawing  required  by  the  proclamation  to  the 
Dutch." 

2 2d  Case.  The  Two  BaoTHBas»  M'Qousky  master.  January 
II,  1799-  This  was  the  case  of  a  Ship  asserted  to  have  been 
purchased  in  the  enemy's  country. — Marginal  NoU,  **  Suppression 
of  papers  is  not  a  cause  of  condemnation  in  England  ;  but  it  raises 
great  suspicion «- parties  will  not  be  allowed  to  say  that  they  were  only 
private  papers." 

2jd  Case.  The  Flad  Oyen,  Martenson  master.  January  i6» 
1799. —  An  English  prize  Ship  carried  into  a  neutral  country,  and 
tltert;  sold,  unditrr  a  sentence  of  condemnation  by  the  French  CunsuL— 
Marginal  Note.  **  An  English  prize  Ship  taken  to  Bergtn,  con- 
demned there  by  the  Fix:nch  Consul  and  sold,  is  not  deemed  to  have 
been  It  gaily  condemned  in  a  neutral  country.  The  Ship  restored  to 
the  former  owner  on  salvage." 

33d  Case.  The  ^'iENToaf  Cambell  master.  February  5,  I799» 
An  American  Ship  destroyed  by  Lis  Majesty's  Ships  the  Centurion 
and  Vulture  (part  of  Admiral  Digby's  squadron),  cruising  off  the 
DckwaiTe  in  the  year  1783,  after  the  cessation  of  hostilities,  but 
before  that  k£t  had  toxnc  to  the  knowledge  of  either  of  the  paities.-* 
Marginal  Nole*  **  The  adual  wiong-ilocr  is  the  only  person  responsible 
in  the  Cotirt  of  Admiralty  for  injuries  of  seizure  :  a  suit  dismissed 
agninst  the  Admiral  of  the  station,  being  not  privy  to  the  fadL" 

Dr.  Robinson,  at  the  end  of  this  first  part,  has  brought 
forward  tlic  following  order  of  Court,  (July  3,  1799,)  with« 
out  regard  to  its  date  ;  that  as  a  matter  of  public  regulation, 
It  might  be  inserted  as  early  as  possible. 

Thai  in  all  motions  for  commissions,  and  decrees  of  appraisement  and 
sale,  the  time  shall  be  specified  within  which  it  is  prayed  that  the 
commissions  or  decrees  shall  be  made  returnable. 


HATAL   LtTt&lTinLV*  tl^ 

That  the  Commlssioiien  and  Marshal  make  regular  returns  tnt  tlie 
^fc^oa  whicli  their  connnisstona  or  decrees  are  returnable,  stating  tlie 
progi^CM  that  has  been  made  in  the  execution  of  the  eomnusstoas  or 
decreet ;  and,  if  nccessarfy  praying  an  enlargemeiat  of  the  time  £ir 
ooBQpletion  of  their  business. 

That  the  Commissioners  and  Marshal  bring  in  the  proceeds  whidi 
hxfc  been  coUeded  at  the  same  time  with  their  retmns  ;  and  that  if 
the  whole  proceeds  hate  not  been  coUe^hed^  they  retain  only-  such  sums 
as  may  be  required  to  answer  accruing  expences. 

That  on  the  return  of  commissions  or  decrees>  the  Commissionen  or 
the  Manihift  bring  in  aS  Toudhers. 

That  no  cause  shall  be  put  upon  the  Kst  for  hearing*  where  any 
oommtsdoa  or  decree  of  appraisemeot  and  sale  is  otttstandiag«  and  Che 
proceeds  not  brought  into  the  registry,  without  special  apjdication  to 
tlie  Court  to  dispense  with  this  order,  according  to  the  circuiBstaDcc 
of  the  case. 

£7oa^*/  AccoiaX  of  the  Rustian  Navy  concluded  in  our  uext^l 


9right-ey*d  Fancy,  bov'ris^  o'er, 

iicatters  from  her  ptdhir'd  Urn 

'I  houghu  that  breathe,  and  Wordi  that  l>uni  f  Gaa  f . 

Ma«BDITO«, 

I  hopefOtt  will  GOiuider  the  Ibllowuig  Ilaes,  worthy  a  place  in  die  Naval  Chro- 
BJck :  the  errors  proceed  irom  the  transcriber,  who  copies  from  memurf . 

A  CONSTANT  READER* 

OM  VIEWING  THE  WRECK  OF  THE  AMPHION 
BLOVM    UP   AT   PLYSf OUTH  *• 

I. 

WHOE'ER  thou  art  nvho  range  this  rocky  Aore* 
Or  furl  the  sail,  or  rest  the  dashing  oir  ; 
Foibcar  awhile  your  adive  tasks  to  ply, 
And  pause  to  vtewr  this  scene  of  misery. 
Ah  !  think  how  late,  those  gallant  sons  of  war. 
Claimed  your  reeped,  by  many  an  honour'd  scar ; 
How  late,  Britannia's  glory  to  sustain, 
They  rode  triumphant  o'er  the  stormy  Main  : 
But  Tate  ordain'd  ;  and  with  a  general  sweep. 
They  whirl  in  air^  then  j4unge  into  the  deep* 

♦  Vide  page  197. 


sit  NATAI.   LITlftATOftg. 

II. 

Amphioii't  noUe  soiii»  no  longer  now» 
Shall  weave  fresh  garlaods  for  Britaonia'f  brow  ; 
Your  pointed  thundery  now  no  more  shall  roar 
And  carry  terror  to  each  hostfle  shore* 
We  mourn  such  honest  zeal»  and  service  lost. 
When  Britain's  rous'd»  and  needs  such  Service  most* 
Ah !  what  avail'd  ity  wheny  with  dreadful  might* 
The  gathering  tempest  howl'd^  and  all  was  night  ; 
Some  pitying  angel»  vigilant  to  save* 
Hung  o'er  your  sails,  and  smooth'd  the  swellii^  wave  ; 
Or  safe  preserv'd  you  from  the  dread  disease 
When  feverish  j^gue  had  fir'd  the  western  breeze* 

lU. 

What  time  these  seamen  panted  to  engage 

When  all  the  battle  burst,  in  all  its  rage  ; 

When  dreadful  flew  each  missive  death  aroundt 

And  £cho  trembling,  caught  the  fearful  sound  ; 

Were  they  rcfus'd  the  privilege  to  die, 

Unburied  on  their  native  coast  to  lie  i 

IV. 
Unfurl  the  sail !  the  dashing  oar  then  ply  f 
Nor  careless  See  a  brother's  corpse  float  by  ; 
Stretch  to  his  poor  remains  a  friendly  hand* 
In  decent  silence  bear  him  to  the  land ; 
There  in  some  haIlow*d  spot  behold  htm  laid* 
And  sacred  rights  be  to  his  memory  paid* 
There  shall  the  mangled  Sailor  peaceful  rest. 
And  the  green  turf  lie  lightly  on  his  breast* 
But  who  shall  dry  a  mournful  widow's  eyes* 
Or  strive  to  soothe  the  hapless  orphan's  cries  ^ 
Shall  he  who  Britain's  boldest  foes  withstood. 
Have  his  lov'd  offspring  beg  their  scanty  food  ? 

V. 

Or  She,  whose  charms  his  gen'rous  heart  inspir'd* 

Whose  love,  his  soul  with  noble  ardour  fir'd  \ 

Whose  fancied  form  made  toil  and  danger  light ; 

His  song  by  dofy  his  svfeeieti  dream  by  night : 

Shall  she,  of  husband,  joy,  and  love  bereft* 

To  sorrow,  scorn,  and  .penury  be  left  I 

Forbid  it,  Britons  !  Oh  then  ye  brave,  and  fair  ! 

For  sailor's  orphans  raise  the  anxious  prayer  ; 

Who  ckitn  our  Nation's  love,  should  feel  its  fostering  care  I, 


i 


WATAL  LITIKATOKI*  31f 

THE  BATTLE  OF  THE  NILE. 

{ExtraSed  from  a  Poem  puhUshed  by  William  Thomas 

FiTZGE&ALD,   Esq.) 

NELSON'S  attack,  Hke  the  dread  lightning's  blast ! 
Rends  the  proud  hull,  and  rives  the  tow'ring  mast ; 
Whole  sheets  of  flame  on  Gallia's  host  are  driv'n. 
And  vengeance  thunders  to  approving  heav'n  ! 
That  impious  race,  who  dar'd  deny  their  God« 
Now  feel  the  scourge  of  his  avenging  rod  ; 
Mad  from  despair  they  plunge  into  the  wave. 
And  seek  the  refuge  of  a  wat'ry  grave. 
One  tow'ring  Ship,  the  Gallic  Adm'ral't  boast ! 
Enwrapt  in  flames,  illumines  all  the  coast ; 
A  blazing  Pharos,  it  appear'd  to  be» 
Emerging  from  the  bosom  of  the  sea  ] 
'Till  with  a  blast,  which  se^m'd  to  rend  the  skieit 
The  mighty  bulwark  into  atoms  flies ! 
A  dreadful  wreck  1  that  covers  half  the  flood. 
And  dyes  thy  waters,  Nik,  wjth  Gallic  blood**-- 
An  awful  silence  stills  the  lurid  air. 
And  horror  checks  the  bowlings  of  despair* 
The  foe,  now  finding  all  resistance  vain. 
Struck  his  proud  flag,  and  yielded  up  the  main  ; 
While  Arabs,  witness  of  the  GauPs  defeat. 
With  shouts  of  triumph  hail  the  British  fleet ! 
As  long  as  Egypt's  pyramids  shall  stand, 
Long  as  the  Nile  shall  fertilize  her  land ; 
So  long  the  voice  of  never-dying  fame 
Shall  add  to  England's  glory  Nelson's  name  ! 

EXTRACT  FROM  THE  EXILE,  AN  ELEGY, 

Sr  JIf.  G.  LEWIS,  £S^  M.  P, 

FAREWELL  1  oh  native  Spain  \  farewell  for  ever  ! 
These  banish'd  eyes  shall  view  thy  coasts  no  more  : 
A  mournful  presage  tells  my  heart  that  never, 
Gonzalvo's  steps  again  shall  press  thy  shore. 

Hush'd  are  the  winds  ;  while  soft  the  vessel  sailing 
With  gentle  motion  plows  th*  unrufiled  main  ; 

I  feel  my  bosom's  boasted  courage  foiling, 

And  curse  the  waves  which  bear  me  for  frt>m  Spain. 


J|S#  VATAl.   ItTKKATtMIB* 

I  »fc  It  yet !  Beneath  yon  bluc-cIear  hca/n. 
Still  do  tbe  fprnes  so  vrcR-bekiV<f  appear  ; 

Fvpin  yonder  craggy  point  the  gale  of  even. 
Still  wafu  my  native  accents  to  mine  car. 

ProppM  on  some  moRS-crown'd  rock,  and  gaily  vogio^^ 
There  in  the  «in  Kis  nets  the  fisher  dries  ; 

Oft  have  I  heard  the  plaintive  ballad,  bnngin^ 
Scenes  of  past  joy  before  my  sorrowing  eyes.— 

Ah  me !  bow  oft  will  Fancy's  spells  m  slumber, 
Recal  my  native  Counuy  to  my  mind  ; 

How  oft  regret  wiD  bid  me  sadly  nmnber, 

£acb  lost  delight,  and  dear  fiieod  left  behind ! 

Wild  Mvcia's  vales,  and  lov*d  romantic  boweis 
The  river  oo  wboae  banks,  a  cb2d>  1  play*d  ; 

S/!y  Castle's  ancient  halls,  its  frowning  towers^ 
Each  mndi  regretted  wood,  and  welLknowtt  gladcw 

Snt  lb  I  the  Sni^  beneath  the  waves  rttuts  ; 

Night  spreads  apace  her  empire  to  restore  ; 
Clonds  from  my  sight  obscure  the  Village  spires. 

Now  scea  bnt  faintly, — and  now  seen  no  mote; 

Oh  breathe  not  winds  !  still  be  the  water's  motron  ! 

Sleep,  rfeep  my  bark  in  silence  on  the  main  ! 
So  when  to-morrow's  light  shall  gild  the  Occafi, 

Once  more  mine  eyes  shall  see  the  coast  of  Spain^ 

Vain  IS  the  wish  !  my  last  petitfon  scorning. 

Fresh  blows  the  gale,  and  high  the  billows  swell  ; 

Far  sliall  we  be  before  the  break  of  morning  : 
Oh !  then  for  ever,  native  Spain,  farewell ! 

60NNET,  ON  SEEING  A  SHIP  ENTERING  PORT, 

SHE  comes  majestic  with  her  swelling  saib. 
The  g^nt  bark  ;  along  her  wat'ry  way. 
Homeward  she  dnves  before  the  fav*ring  gales  ; 

Now  floating  at  their  length  the  streamers  play  ; 
And  now  they  ripple  with  the  ruffling  breeze.    ' 

Hark  to  their  shouts  of  joy  !  the  rocks  rebound, 

Thunsl'ring  in  echoes  to  the  joyfol  sound. 
Long  have  they  voyag'd  o*er  tlie  distant  seas ; 

And  what  a  hcart-delight  they  feel  at  last. 

So  many  toils,  so  nwiny  dangers  past. 
To  view  the  wishV-for  port,  he  only  know!$. 

Who  on  the  stormy  seas  for  many  a  day 

Has  tost,  aweary  of  his  ocean  way. 
And  watch'd  all  anxious  every  wind  that  blows. 


t  ««  1 

.    •  •  ■  .... 

ADMIIALTT-OFFICC,   OCT.   2$. 
G^  tf  m  Xtetter  fnm  Cafttaim   7rvytdtH^  ^  his  Afajtjly't  Ship  XevoIutioMditre^  t9 
Evan  Xepeam,  Esq,  dated  Cove^  IrtUnd^  0£t,  1^%   179?- 
til, 
J^£R£WITH  you  will  receive  a  copy^  of  my  Utter  to  Admiral  Kin^ill, 
acqnainting  him  with  my  haTing  captured  I.e  JBordelais  French  »hip  pri- 
vateer, which  I  iacioie  for  their  X^rdihips*  informatioii. 

[  am,  &c.  THOMAS  TWYSDEN. 

SIR,  Hit  Majttifi  Ship  KevduthiuAret  Ctvtt  JrtUtnd^  Oa.  15,  1799. 

I  have  the  honour  to  mform  you,  that  on  the  i  ith  intunt,  the  wind  then 
blowing  a  heayy  (rale  from  the  S.  S.  W.  we  discoTered  a  ttrange  sail  to  leeward* 
which  we  immediately  pursoed.  and  had  the  good  fortune  to  cs^ure,  at  five 
P.  M.  after  a  chace  of  114  miles,  in  nine  hours  and  a  half:  anr  is  called  Le 
Bordelais,  belonging  to  Bourdeaux,  pierced  for  a6  guns,  mounts  ibloug  twelve* 
pounders  brass,  with  eight  36-pounder  brass  carronades,  and  90%  men,  out 
nineteen  days  from  Passage,  and  had  captured  one  American  ship»  laden  with 
tobacco,  and  one  Portuguese  ship,  from  Cork,  with  provisions.  She  ie  a  most 
beautiful  new  ship,  well  calculated  for  his  Majesty's  service ;  was  the  largest,  and 
esteemed  the  fastest  sailing  privateer  out  ol  France  :  I  send  a  copy  of  her  di- 
inensioos  for  your  information .•*!  am,  &c 

T.  TWYSDEN. 

Length  aloft,  145  feet— Ditto  at  gun-deck,  136— Breadth  of  beam,  J3a-» 
Depth  in  hold,  i^\  —  .^dmeasures  6ao  tons. 
Jideiiral  KtHgimiUy  t5*<r,  \^e, 

Ofy  §/d  ZOitr/hmCaptstn  BMflexv,  •/his  Majesty* s  Ship  PhAe,im  E^m  Nepeam^ 

Esq.  daUd  Cme  •/  C»rky  the  i  ^ib  instmmU 

SIK, 

Pe  pleased  to  inform  their  Lordships,  that  on  the  1  ith  instant,  in  latitude 
48  dcg  >i,  k>ngttude  24  deg.  W.  nis  Maicsfy^s  Rhip  under  my  command 
captured  the  French  privateer  Lc  Grand  Ferrailleur,  of  16  guns,  bra-w  six- 
poundcrs,  mannec)  wifn  rii  men.  She  had  been  out  sixteen  days  from  Bour- 
deaux,  and  had  not  taken  any  thing.--!  am,  &c. 

ROBERT  BARLOW. 

ADMTRALTT'OrriCB,   OCT.    26. 

C»py  9f  a  JLetter  from  Eear- Admiral  Duck^wrih  t9  Fvan  Neptan^  Etq,  dated  Levia^ 

thuHy  of  Lisbon f  the  I^th  imstamt. 

SIR, 

You  will  please  to  lay  before  my  Lords  Cbmmiwroners  of  the  Admiralty  the 
copy  of  a  letter  from  Captain  Brcnton,  of  the  Fpeedy,  relating  tiie  destia<Stpn 
of  three  .Spanish  vessels  he  ehaced  on  the  jd  instant.  It  is  but  justice  to  this 
officer  to  observe,  that  his  exertion^t  and  gallantry  at  all  opportunities  do  him 
the  highest  honour.^— I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

J.J  DUCKWORTH. 

SIX,  SpeeSi  at  Sea,   Oa.  4,  1 799. 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  yon,  that  yesterday,  whilst  running  through  the 
gut  of  Gibraltar,  in  siffht  of  the  Bf  frish^cenvtyy.  I  oifaierved  a  number  of  small 
vessels,  cDining  out  of  Algtsiras,  and  concluded  they  wcro  Spanish  gun-boats 
endeavouring  to  cut  off  some  of  the  merchant  ships ;  I  therefore  steered  for 
them  in  order  to  keep  them  as  far  as  possible  from  the  body  of  the  fleet,  but 
upon  our  near  approach,  perceiving  they  were  Spani«h  coasters  (eight  in 
BumberJ,  under  the  proteSion  of  a  cutter  and  schooner,  made  all  sail  in  chace, 
and  soon  separated  the  two  f  temmost  from  the  body  :  they  ran  under  the  guns 
of  a  castle,  which  opened  a  fire  upon  us,  and  prevented  our  bringing  them  off. 
We  continued  the  pursuit  of  the  others,  passing  under  the  shot  from  innffe 
Castle,  and  at  four  P.  Nf .  came  up  with  four  more  in  a  bay  to  the  eastward  of 
Cape  Trafslguar  \  one  immediately  anchored  near  a  fort,  and  the  ether  three 

Sol  ill.  9  Q 


221  eAZETtB    tSTTliltt 

under  a  ctitle  which  had  one  g;an  mounted  :  u  it  hiew  very  heavy  from  the 
eastward,  and  heing  on  a  lee  ahore,  we  ooM  nit  go  as  near  them  as  I  cob1<I 
wish,  hut  anchored  within  four  cablta  Umgtll,  and  bringing  our  gvns  to  bear 
upon  the  castle    which  appeared  to  be  in  a  very  ruinous  state,  and  did  notretnra 
our  fire)  and  the  vessels,  in  a  short  time  com|fet]ed  the  Spaniards  to  abandon 
them  all,  first  cuttinr  their  cahles,  by  which  meant  they  drove  oii  Adre.    T 
then  Kent  Lieutenant  Parker  to  endeavmir  to  bring  them-  off.  and  abortly  after 
Mr  Marshall  (the  Master  to  assist :  or,  if  that  was  not  pradlcable.  to  set  them 
en  fire ;  neither  of  which  coutd  be  eifefted  from  the  heavy  lurf,  brealciag  endndy 
ever  them,  and  rendering  our  approach  dangerous  to  the  boets.  They,  noaravcr, 
boarded  them,  brought  away  seme  ef  their  fire-ofms,  threw  die  remaiMler  oviA^' 
board,  leaving  them  full  of  water,  and  complete  wrecks.     One  vessel  was  laden 
with  braudr  and  paoer,  one  with  £iigltahmainifadlttre»(aitl6ry,1iardwa9e,-&c.) 
and  the  third  in  baiiast      i  beg  leave  Co  ezprew  the  htfh  satitfi^dioQ  I  Deceived 
from  the  cdndud  of     ieu^enaot  Parhor,  in  bearding;  the  veaael  eader  the  walk' 
of  the  castk^hile  exposed  to  musketry  from  the  beaeh  SJ^  of  Mr.  Rkkete^' 
the  Purser,  who  was  a  volaBtecr  upon  that  service.    The  attentieii  of  M(w 
Xlafshali,  the   ..'.aster,  to  the  anchoring  hit  Majesty's  sloop,   and  the  abb 
astrstjcice    have  rtteived  from  him  upon  former  occaajont,  itnders  htm  weitiiy- 
of  the  fiiUcst  confidence.    1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c 

J.  BR£NTOK.  > 
Mear-Admirdl  Dwcl^w^rtb,  \^e. 

-iDWiaALTT-OVriCE,  OCT.  16. 

« 

Cff/j  **f  «  L<HerfT»m  Captain  /f.  Di^iy,  Commamdtr  of  hit  Majt^yt  Ship  Alcmene^ 
to  the  Earl  of  .St.  rmccnt,  K  B.  Admiral  of  the  IVbite,  \^t,  dated  in  the  7^p»i, 
the  $d  ef  Augttit  1 7;)9 . 

MY   LORD, 

1  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  that  I  captured  on  the  Xst  uTt.  the  Deux 
Amis  French  brig  letter  of  msirmie,  of  ^ix  gvns,  and  (o  Men,  bdbnd  to  St^ 
Domingo,  from  France.    I  have  the  hokiour  to  be,  dU.    • 

H.  DI6BY. 

ADMIR  ALTT-OrriCB,  KOV.  5.' 

Ci,fiy  •/  a  letter  from  tie  Right  Hon.  Lord  Bridj>9rt,  X.  B.  Admrai  ofOt  WlnU^ 

tT'f.  to  E'oan  Nepcan^  B»q.  dated  Torhaj,  ^  instanL 

Inclosed  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Captain  Yorke,  of  his  Majetty*t  ship 

Stag,  infermikig  me  with  his  having  captured  L'Heureuz  privateer  letter  of 

|iiarque,  which  is  .transmitted  for  their  lordships'  information. 

'  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  A:c 

BRnDPORt. 

MT  1 0  R  D,  Stag^  Plymouth  Sound,  OJh  a6. 

On  (l*c  i^th  instant,  and  in  the  latitnde  of  the  entrance  of  the  Gat'OiMie,  lobg* 
4  (^eg.  W  ,  Cambrian  iti  company,  we  fell  i^  with  two  lail,  to  which  immediaic 
tliace  was  given  ;  one,  l/i.eureax  privateer  letter  of  m^^wt^  carrying  ten 
Irars  sixes,  from  Cayenne  to  Bonrdeaux,  laden  with  red  dye,  cdtton^  coc*a, 
roHVc,  snd  £ugar,  ^c  wa«  taken  poaseiaion  of  by  the  Stag  i  tiie  echei*,  a  latfc 
Bourdeaux  yrivarcer,-  of  26  guns,  outward-bound,  on  a  cniise,  was  left  to  the 
better  sailing,  an^  1  trust  good  fortune  of  the  Cambrian.— I  am,  &c. 

.  .     J.  8.  YQRKB. 
AnMiKaLTv^orneB,  Hov.  s6. 
dfy  of  A  Lettrrfrom  the  Bf^hi  Hon,  Lord  Nefswy  K.  B.  Mteat'Ad^tra ^  the  R^, 
mtd  Commanding  Offter  tfbii  Mtijettff  Sbtps  dnd  Vatdi  in  the  MeXterrmitdn^  U 
Bvan  Nepeany  Etq.  dated  Pdermoy  tit  O&oh^  1799. 

SIR, 
I  have  desired  Commodore  Trowbridge  to  send  yon,  for  the  information  of 
tht'ir  1  ord.vhips,  extrad^of  all  his  letters  to  mc,  with  the  terms  entered  into 
with  the  French  for  the  evacuation  of  the  city  of  Rome  and  Civita  VcctWa  ; 
on  which  event  I   ^nccrcly  congratulate  their  Lordships,  and  am.  Sir,  witJti 
great  reaped,  &c.  NEI^IOJI, 


tiJiZZTjr^   LETTERS.  %2j^ 

.     lit,  Civiia  FeeehUi  OB.  5,  1 799. 

1  %m  to  request  70V  will  inform  their  Lord»hip9»  that  I  took  possession  of 
Citha  Vccchia,  iJometo,  and  Tolfia,  on  the  29th  and  30th  ult  with  xoomarinei' 
^d  teamen  of  the  Culloden  and  Minotaur,  and  have  already  embarked  and 
scot  off  near  3000  of  the  enemy.     I  now  wait  for  transports  to  get  off  the 
Hnainder,  which  \  suppose  2000  more. 

General  Bouchard  takes  possfssion  of  Rome  at  the  same  time,  by  the  same 
treaty ;  at]  public  property  to  be  restored,  i  heir  Lordships  may  rely  on  every 
exertion  on  my 'part  to  put  the  capitolatioil  in  full  force,  and  trust  I  shall  sue- 
^oeed.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

^VM  Nepean,  Esf.  .  T.  TROWBRIDOH. 

SIR,  CivHv  Fecfbia^  Off,  $t  1799. 

Tn  obedience  to  order  frocH  I^ord  Nelson,  I  have  the  honour  to  send  you,  for 
their  Lordships*  information,  a  copy  of  the  articles  of  capitulation  I  have  made 
with  the  French  General  Guroier,  to  clear  the  Roman  State.  As  I  knew  t|ie 
French  had  all  the  valuables  of  the  Rdman  State  packed  up  ready  £^  embark' 
in?,  and  the  .coast  at  Civita  Vecchia  forming  a  deep  bay,  with  hara  W.  S.  W. 
i^es  and  heavy  seas,  which  prevented  the  blockade  from  being  so  close  as  was 
necessary  to  prevent  the  enemy  from  carrying  off  those  truly  valuable  articles  : 
i  therefore  tnought  it  best  to  grant  the  liberal  terms  I  have,  to  get  them  out  of 
this  country,  where  they  have  committed  every  excess  possible. 

I  trust  what  I  have  done  may  meet  their  Lordships*  approbation. 

I  beg  you  to  repre^nt  to  their  I  ordships,  that  I  received  every  assistance  from 
Ciiptain  Louis,  who  went  to  Rome  and  arranged  the  evacuation,  and  taking^ 
pio«>ession  of  that  place,  with  General  Bouchard,  with  great  ability  and  exertion^ 
and  much  to  my  satisfa^ion. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be<  &c. 

Eman  Ns^»,  Esq.  T.  TROWBRIDGE. 

ADMII^LTt^-Orr^Ck,  ROY.  16.    . 

tfy  rf  a  letter  from   Caffaim   John    Tst^ot,   Commander .  of  his  Majesly^^i  Ship 
EurytSee,  to  Evan  Neptan,  Esq.  dated  the  iztb  instant, 

SIX, 
*.  I  have  the  honour  to  acqnaiBt  you,  for  the  information  of  the  Right  Honour- 
able the  Lords  Commiuioners  of  the  Adinlralty,  that  I  sailed  from  hence  at  one 
o'clock  A*  M.  on  Sunday  the  loth  instant,  and  was  forced  to  return  this  day  from 
the  badoeH  of  the  weather.     At  nine  the  same  morning  I  sailed,  Beachy  Head 
y.  W«  by  N.  three  leagues,  a  schooner  was  seen  from  us  close  to  a  brig.     On 
^9^g  the  £tirydice  the  schooner  stood  to  the  S«  W.  and  the  brig  hove  to  and 
(oisted  hf4  ensign  union  downward ;  I  hauled  up  and  q>Qke  her  i  she  told  me 
that  she  hf^4  been  attacked  by  the  schooner,  and  that  one  of  her  men  was  very 
^dly  woupdcd.    I  sent  a  boat  with  the  surgeon  on  board,  and  made  sail  after 
the  privateer*    At  eleven  I  saw  his  Maiesty's  sloop  Snake  on  our  lee- bow  ; 
teeing  us,  she  hauled  up,  and  joined  in  the  .chace.    At  three  o'clock  the  priva- 
teer, niiding  Ch^tthe  Eurydtce  was  nearly  within  g^n-shot,  and  coming  up  with 
her  very  fast,  bore  up,  and  attempted  to  cross  the  ifnake,  which  she  was  not  able 
to  e6V^,  from  the  good' management  of  Captain  Lewis  :  she  then  lowered  her 
«»i1%  and  was  taken  possession  of  by  him.    The  privateer  proved  to  be  1/Hi- 
rondelle,  mounting  14  three  and  four-pounders,  50  men,  and  commanded  by 
Pierre  Mcrie  Dugerdin,  belonging  to  Calais,  from  whence  he  sailed  on  Saturday 
tnoming  ;  had  taken  notfaitig  this  cruise.     One  of  the  crew  I  found  to  be  an 
£ngli^maa,  and  have  confined  him  till  their  Lordships'  pleasure  is  made  known 
Co  me.     f  am  sorry  to  add,  that  the  furgeon  has  been  obliged  to  take  off  the  arm 
of  the  man  that  was  wounded  in  the  brig  ;  he  is  now  on  board  of  the  F.urydice^ 
and  hope  from  the  skill  and  great  attention  of  Mr.  Pardie,  the  surgeon,  that  he 
wi\i  (H>  well.     The  brig  is  called  the  Liana,  of  Sunderland,  bound  to  Ports- 
mouth, ladeo  with  coals.    Great  credit  is  due  to.  the  master  aod  crew  for  the 
cesittanoe  they  nude  to  so  superior  a  force. 

1  havd  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

J.  TALBOT. 


U4  GAztTTI    LtTTEKf. 

ADMTRALTT-orrice,  MOV.  s6» 
£)itra&  9/ a  LttUrfrom  Lord  yiuottnt  Duncan,  Admiral  oftbi  tf^Htt  t^f.  U  £<b# 

Ntjttan^  Esq.  dattd  at  Tarmouti,  tht  lAih  uutani, 
•  I  transmit,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  CommissioDers  of  the  Admiraltf  r^ 
a  letter  \  have  received  from  JJeutenant  Searle,  conunaoding  the  Courier 
cutter,  whom  I  had  ordered  to  rccenDoitre  the  ooi tt  of  Helvoet  and  Flmhing^ 

Sivinjr  an  account  of  hit  having;  taken  and  brought  in  here,  L.c  Gnciicr  cutter, 
elonging  to  Dunkirk,  of  superior  force,  and  have  no  doubt  this  officer's  gal* 
lantry  and  good  londu^A,  on  the  present  as  well  aa  former  occasions,  wilTre* 
coqimend  him  to  their  Lordships'  attention. 

MV  LORD,  Courier,  Tarmoutb XeaJj,  AVv.  14. 

T  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  your  Lord^Iiip,  that  in  pursuance  of  your  order* 
of  the  a  I  St  instant,  I  proceeded  to  sea,  and  at  five  P.  M.  on  the  day  following 
observed  a  suspicious  sail  bringing  to  a  bark,  when  1  hauled  my  wind  to  speauc 
them,  and  in  pAssing  the  latter  was  informed  the  chace  was  an  enemy,  f  imme- 
diately madi  ul!  possible  sail  after  her,  and  had  the  good  luck  to  come  op  with 
her  next  mornmg  at  nine  A.  M.  Lowcstoffe  N.  W  by  W.  ten  or  twelve  leagues, 
when  after  a  close  adion  of  fifty  minutes  she  struck  her  colonrs,  and  proved  to 
be  Le  Guerier  cutter  privateer,  mounting  14 guns,  four-pounders,  witli44  men, 
commanded  hy  Citizen  Felix  L.  Sallcmand,  out  five  days  from  Dunkirk,  and 
had  captured  the  Nile  brig,  of  London,  laden  with  coals. 

I  think  it  my  duty  to  notice  to  your  Lordship,  I  received  every  assistance  and 
support  from  Mr.  Morgan,  the  Mate,  and  the  rest  of  the  ship  s  company  ;  ac 
thi-  same  rime  I  have  to  lament  the  loss  of  Mr#  Stephen  Marsh,  the  Master, 
\^ho  was  killed  st  the  commencement  of  the  adion,  and  two  men  wounded. 
I'hc  loss  on  the  part  of  the  enemy  was  four  killed  and  six  wounded. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

T.  SEARI^E. 

Cofy  o/a  ZetUr/rom  VU^^Admiral  Lut-.i-iif^^e^  Commander  in  Chief  of  bit  Majesty** 
iilij>s  opd  y*iieii  in  tbg  Deums,  ta  Evan  Kepean^Esq.  dated  the  %^tb  inttatU. 

SIR, 

Indeed  I  trenrmit,  for  their  Lord&hips'  information,  a  letter  from  LievtenanC 
Youno:,  commanding  the  Ann  cutter,  giving  an  account  of  his  having  captnrcd 
a  Kmall  privateer.— 1  am,  &c.  #cc.  &.c. 

S.  LUTWIDGE, 

• 

SIR,  Ann  Cutter,  Dervns,  JV«tr.  15. 

I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you,  that  on  the  evening  of  the  ant  instant,  after  • 
chace  of  five  hours.  Beach v  Head  bearing  N.  N.  £  disunt  three  or  four  leagues, 
1  captured  I  e  1  etit  Diable  French  cutter  privateer,  Monsienr  Simon  Roberc 
i>altitat,  Commander,  out  two  days  from  Dieppe,  with  small  arms  only,  jtod 
ei)?.ht  men  on  board,  the  remainder  having  bcrii  »eiit  in  a  light  sloop,  cvt  oat  off 
Seaford  Roads  en  the  night  of  the  20th  iitstant,ai>d  sent  for  France. 

1  have  the  honour  to  br,  &c. 

K.  \OUNGy  Lientenant. 

AUMiR.\LTv-orPicr.,  NOV. 3c. 

Ccpy-  »f  a  JLeiter  frtm  Lievtsnanl  Bi.nd,  cttmuiandm^  his  MaJeOy^s  Sdmrner  Netley^ 
te  Evan  Kepean^  E*q.  dated  Oporto,  0^.  17t  1799* 
SIR, 

I  leg  leave  to  inclose  a  copy  cf  a  letter  written  by  me  to  the  Earl  of  ?t. 
V;n<ent,  hy  which  my  1  ords  (  tnmisfioKers  cf  the  Admiralty  will  receive 
infGrmaiion  cf  the  capture  of  a  Sp»ni  h  schoon«^  privateer  and  her  prize,  by  hia 
hi 3ji sty's  schooner  under  my  command. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Ice. 

F.  G.  BOND. 

M  7  10  »  S»  Nft/iy,  Oporto,  OB,  17. 

T  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  yeur  I  ordrhip.  that  on  the  14th.  close  in  witli 

Vigo,  the  Nctley  recaptured  a  brig  f rem  (.ibt  altar,  laden  with  brandy*    B]r 

drefping  the  boat,and  ccntinuipg  under  a  |  ressof  fail,  we  were  enabled  to  cut 

off  the  privAtecr  from  Bayccce,  with  the  fc^rt  cf  which  vv  e  exchanged  several 

I 


CAtBTTt    LETTSIS.  H^ 

ktkot.  dhe  proTcd  a  Spanish  schooner  belonj^ing  tor  l^urov,  and  catiei"- 
El  Orcly  y  I09  Tr«  Amigos,  mounting:  four  carriage  guns  and  four  brass  thrcc- 
t>ounders  on  swivels,  with  a  complement  of  5  a  men.— The  prisoners  exceeding 
the  number  of  our  remaining  crew,  I  judged  it  expedient  to  land  them  at  thia 
pbce,  where  they  have  been  delivered  to  the  Spanish  Consul,  and  thb'ntcesBarf 
Receipt  for  them  obuined.  —  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

F.  G.  BONO. 

MxtraSl  9/ a  LttUrfrtm  Viet' Admiral  Sir  Ttmas  Jpaiity,  Bart.  Commander  in  Chief 
of  bis  Majesty'*  Ships  and  Fesiels  at  FlymutSh,  /«  £van  Nepean^  Eiq.  dateS 
JVmt.  27. 

The  Hope  Khooner  arrived  laitt  evening  with  the  small  French  lugger  prl- 
irateer  mentioned  in  the  inclosed  letter  from  Lieutenant  Frissell. 

«i  a,  Hu  MajeOyx  Hired  Lugger  Fanny ,  Nov.  a  I,  1 799,  at  Sea. 

The  Start  bearing  N.  N.  W.  fifteen  leagues,  I  saw  two  sail  to  windward, 
which  1  perceived  to  be  an  English  schooner  in  chace  of  a  French  lugger,  then 
nmoiog  before  the  wind»  and  upon  my  hoisting  French  colours  thejugger  kept 
for  OS.  At  eleven  o'clock  A.  M.  we  fired  two  shots  at  the  lugger,  when  sho 
immediately  struck,  and  proves  to  be  a  French  privateer  belonging  to  Granville* 
armed  with  swivels  ana  small  arms,  and  23  men  j  out  one  day ;  had  taken 
nothing. — 1  am*  &c. 

Sir  Thomas  Pailey,  Bart.  W.  FRI3SEIX. 

Copytf  a  Letter  from  Fue- Admiral  Luttuidge,,  Commander  in  Chief  if  hi*  JitfaJeUy's 
Sh^s  and  yeueU  #»  the  Dozvas^  to  Li^n  N^ean,  Ss^. 
FIR,  Nov.  aS. 

I  herewith  transmit  to  yov,  for  the  information  of  mv  Lords  Commissioners 
«f  the  Admiralty,  a  letter  from  Lieutenant  Lanynn,  of  the  Kent  hired  cutter, 
acquainting  me  with  his  having  captured,  on  the  aSth  instant,  a  small  French 
lugger  privateer.— I  am.  Sir,  &c. 

SKEFFINGTON  LUTWIDGE. 

SIB,  ffu  Majeiiy's  Hhrfd  Cutter  Ken*,  Dovrnt,  Nov.  a8,  1799. 

I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you,  that  on  the  a6th  instant,  the  North  Foreland 
bearing  W.  by  S.  five  leagues,  at  eight  P.  M.  I  fell  in  with,  and  captured,  a 
French  lugger  privateer,  from  Calais,  called  the  Four  Brothers,  Citizen  Charles 
Desobier,  Capuin,  carrying  four  guns  four  pounders,  besides  swivels  and  small 
arms,  and  24  men ;  had  been  out  of  Calais  one  day,  and  had  not  taken  any  vessel ; 
and  have  sent  the  privateer  to  Ramsgate.    1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

W.  LAN  YON. 

ADUIftALTT  OrriCt,   DBC.  7. 

Cepy  ofm  Letter  from  Admiral  Lord  Viieount  Dmuan,  to  Mvan  Nepean^  Esq,  dated 

Yartnouth,  the  jd  instant. 

nt, 

I  transmit,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty, 

a  letter  from  Capta:n  Punbar,of  his  Majesty's  sloop  Driver,  giving  an  account 

t>f  his  havfaig  captured  and  brought  in  here  this  morning  Le  Barras  schooner 

privateer,  belonging  to  Dunkirk,  manned  principally  with  Danes  and  Swedes. 

I  am,  &c.  DUNCAN.- 

MT  LOID,  Driver^  Yarmouth  Roads^  Dec.  3. 

The  early  return  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  under  my  command  to  this  anchorage^ 
from  the  service  Ae  was  employ wd  upon,  has  been  occasioned  by  my  wish  to 
land  57  French  prisoners  that  composed  the  officers  and  crew  of  a  very  fine 
vchooner  piivateer  Le  Barras,  of  14  guns,  belonging  to  Dunkirk,  out  four  days 
from  Ostend,  commanded  by  Citizen  Fromemin ;  which  vessel  I  captured  (the 
Vigilant  hired  higgerin  company)  on  the  3Cth  ult.  ten  leagues  N.  W.  of  the 
1  exel.  1  am  happy  to  add  she  had  only  made  one  prize,  the  Jane  of  Hull,  from 
Sunderiand,  with  coals  for  Embdcn  ;  the  master  and  part  of  the  seamen  1  found 
on  board  the  schooner,  making  in  all  67  in  number. 

f  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

J.  DUN5AR. 


li^  GAzSTTE    LtTTSJli. 

t  •  •• 

(C^py»f  «  Letter  from  AJmrul  Lord  Duncan,  to  Evan  Nie/ean,  Msf»  daiidtmnuJif 

Roadj,  4tJ^  Dtt. 

SIR, 
I  take*great  plcaiore  in  tranimltting  to  you,  for  the  tafonmtion  of  the  Lordf 
Cumniissioners  of  the  Atltniraltjr,  a  letter  1  have  just  received  from  Capuia 
Temple,  of  his  Majesty's  aJodp  Jaloufte,?ivIn?  an  aocouatof  his  having  captur<:<i 
the  i^PCQch  Jugger  privateer  the  FantaHie,  belonging  to  Ouakirk,  which  I  had 
fi;nt  him  in  que>t  of  on  the  24th  of  last  month,  and  have  no  doubt  the  uniform 
real  and  exertion  of  thu  officef  will  mcot  witll  due  atteotioB  frem  their  Lord* 

Alps— «I  am,  ^c 

DUNCAN. 

afT  LORD,  •    yalwut  ai  Sea,  Hov.  .^O.^ 

Yesterday  1  had  the  ^ood  Ittck  to  fill  in  with  the  pdvatcer  yoiir  Lordship 
ient  me  in  <yiest  of,  and  after  a  diace  of.  five  hours  I  captured  her..  She  it 
a  new  copper-bottomed  luKger,  of  14  guns  «iid  60  men,  catlod  the  Fwitaaie,  of 
Bunkirk,  and  had  the  day  before  taken  four  laden  coUiecs,  ck>te  id  with  Flam- 
hrfi*  Hrad.  I  daccrmined  to  get  lowavds  OsUod,  and  this  day  I  rdoak  the 
Sally  of  Lynn,  one  «f  h«r  prises  ;  «he  others  I  ha;ve  great  hopes  «f  falling  in 
with.  I  feel  great  pleasure  in  having  rescued  four  ma«tert,  an  I  thirty4lve 
British  seamen,  from  the  hprrors  df  a  Fccn^  prison.  The  lugger  is^ust  refitted, 
well  stored,  cost  3600I.  sterling,  and  I  thixik  well  calculated  lor  bu  Majesty's 
service. — i  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

J.  TEMPi'B. 

Mncloiure  from  VH«-JUmrtd-  LtUnmig*^  'Comvmd§$.in  Chief  tf  hfi  Majesty's  Sbifi 

and  F'essels  in  the  Downs ^  Dec,  3. 

STKy  Raeoon^  Downs,  Dee.  3. 

1  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you,  that  yesterday  morning  at  day-IiG:ht,  Portee 
£.  S.  K.  (  fdl  in- with  a  French  lugger. privateer,  to  which  I  immediately  gave 
chafe,  and  an  hour  after  I  had  the  satis^«^on  to  capture  her.  She  proves  to  be 
IsdVi'd'i  Decide,  of  14  guns,  four  swivels,  and  30  men  (nine  of  whom  had  been 
left  on  shore  when  she  saiicdl,  fonimandcd  by  Citicea  Desgafdri,  belongs  to 
Boulogne,  out  thirty  hours,  in  company  with  thcee  others,  and  had  not  taken 
any  thing.    His  Majesty's  ship  Cormorant  was  in  sight,  and  joined  in  the  chacc. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Ac. 

T»  S.  Lutunefge,  £ty,  Fue.jtdm.  t^c.  R.  LLOYD. 

Cofy  of  m  Letter  frous  Vice^Admiral  Lttttoufge  to  JSvau  Ntftm^  Ssj,  dated  the 

StAiMi. 

1  have  the  pleasure  of  trinsmitting,  for  the  information  of  my  Lords  Com- 
ini'-sionersof  the  Adniiralty«  a  letter  which  1  have  received  from.  Captain  Llc^fli 
of  his  'A/lajcsty's  sloop  Racoon,  giving  an  account  of  his  having  captured  00  the 
3d  in  St.  1/intrepide  French  privateer,  of  16  guns  and  60  men,  belonging  to 
Calais.  Tht:  Racoon  anchored .  in  the  J>own&  this  morning ;  Rod  I  have  the 
,  lati&fadion  of  learning  from  Lieutenant  Coxweil,  that  the  wound  which  CsptaiQ 
I.loyd  haj  received  In  the  head  from  a  half  pike  is  not  dangerous.  He  also 
informs  mc,  that  soon  after  the  adlion  the  Stag  cuuer  joined,  and  went  in^^r- 
Attit  of  the  brig  mentioned  in  Captain  Lloyd*sTetter. 

• 

81  R,  JlacoMf  Dover  Roads  t  Def-  4< 

Ibcg  leave  to  ac<^uaint  you,  that  yesterday,  at  ten  P.  M.  Dover  north  about 

fve  or  six  miles,  I  observed  a  lugger  board  a  brig  ;  I  spon  discovered  her  to 
0  an  enemy,  and  made  all  sail  in  chace  ;  after  a  running  fire  of  about  forty 
jluiiiutcs  I  laid  her  alongside,  when  we  were  received  with  a  smart  fixe  from  the 
.c&nnon  ajid&mall  arms,  which  was  immediately  returned  with  success.    Findini^ 
.thcmfccives  unable  to  make  any  further  resistance,  bowsprit  and  foremast  gone, 
they  thought  it  fii  to  strike,     the  proves  to  be  L'lntrcpidc,  of  Calais,  mounting 
lO  giins  and* 60  men,  quite  new,  commanded  by  Citizen  £aillard,  sailed  from 
Boulogne  four  o'clock  yc&tcrday  cveuing.     1  feel  m/self  much  indebted   to 
Lieutenant  Crtxwcll  v  the  .only  commissioned  Officer  I  had  on  board)  for  the  great 
as  is  ai>ce  '■  rt* celved  from  him,  as  well  as  the  other  Officers  and  men  for  thrlr 
Bitcciibu  in  obeying  my  orders.    U  is  with  s&ti»fad;oii  I  have  to  state  (through 


Trondenet)  that  thete  is  only  one  raan  wounded*  and  myself  slightly.  Tke 
BtiTatecr  has'  lost  thirteen  in  killed  and  wounded.  T  am  sorry  to  state  that  the, 
»r1g  captnred  was  the  Welcoznbe,  from  London  to  Plymouth,  with  malt ;  and 
it  was  out  of-Tiy  powrr  to  pursue  her,  as  I  must  have  lost  my  foremast,  all  my 
foTeshrouds  being  gone  on  the  starboard  side.  It  gives  mc  particular  pleasure  . 
to  have  deprivea  the  enemy  of  a  vessel  which  they  considered  the  largest  and 
|>ett  sailer  from  Calais  ;  and  ha^ve  the  honour  t(^  be,  &c» 

R.  LLOYD*     . 
To  S,  ZtOwidgt,  Ssif.  Tt,  A,  pf  the  Redy  t^c. 

•la,  AtaUttU^  at  Sea,  Decx  4. 

I  have  the  hoAdur  fo  acquaint  yon,  that  this  morning,  at  half  past  eieht,  I 
olMerved  a  lugger  in  the'  ^.  W.  jiovering'i'ound  and  boarding  a  brig,  to  which  I . 
rive  imfOedtate  chace  ;  finding  we  zHht  rapidly  up,  she  cast  off*  the  tow-rope, 
pad  at  a  quarter  past  eleven,  I  sent  the  Master  In  the  jolly-boat,  without 
iMfaiving-to,  to  talce  possession  of  the  brig,  left  without  a  soul  on  board,  and 
footinued  the  chace  of  the  privateer,  then  four  or  five  miles  ahead  ;  at  four 
P.  M.  in  a  fair  chace  I  had  thef  satisfadlion  to  conje  up  with  and  take  her  ;  Le 
8ncecs,  of  Boulogne,  Francois  Matthieu  Blondin,  "Taster,  mounting  six  carriage 
-gtttfs,  and  48  men, sit  days  from  Boulogne,  and  taken  jiothing  else.  I  found  the 
frew  of  the  prtz^pn  board,  and*  learn  her  to  be  the  Martha  or  London,  Edward 
|^cii^g!'Oftr^'T'aster,froA  London,  bound  to  Belfast,  laden  with  sundries,  ukcA 
by  the  privateer  last  nighl  tothtf  wMl^HWd  of  Z>iiMg«fMs. 

rhav€  th€  hoBAWtolM,  Ac. 

9V  FUl^Adtahal  iMmUfi,  t^t.  A.  J.  GRIFFITHS^ 

AOMiaALTT  OTflCC,  DEC.  !•• 

^xtraSt  pf  a  LeUer    fntm  ■F'm  AJmiroL  Ltfttvid^,'  Commandtr  in    Chief  of  kiM 
Jlfa^eifJ  t  Shift  and  rtsuls  in  the  Dnvni,  t$  Evan  ffepenn^  £sf.  dated  tie  %th  intt,- 

Lieutenant  Wildey,  in  the  Camperdown  cutter,  has  anchored  in  the  DownSy 
mnd  daltvtred  Co  m»  the  inclosed  letter,r  stating  his  havtsg  captured  yesterday 
evening,  and  sent  into  Dover^  Le  Republicaine  French  privateer,  with  twenty 
bScIi  Mu  sniali  ttttiM* 

81 K,  Camperdovffi  Cutter,  at  Sea»  Dee,  y. 

ht  pvrsfianee  6f  ysttrofd^rs  of  the  16th  ult.  1  beg  leave  to  inform  you,  for  the 
information  of  the  Iiords  Commi^ioners  of  the  Admiralty,  at  ei^ht  P.  M. 
I  fbll  k  with  and  captured,  close  to  the  South  Foreland,  the  Republicaine  French 
pfSvateer  lugger,  burthen  twelve  tods,  from  fioulopne,  Citoyen  Jean  Batiste 
Carre,  Commander,  carrying  twenty  men,  with  smiul  arms,  &c.  had  made  no 
cipttires  whatever,  having  slnled  in  the  afternoon. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c« 
tiee-A'dhiiral  iuivndgt,  f:fe,  H£NRV  WILDEY. 

A»iiiftA^TV^>rpton9  »no.  lO. 
Cpfj  of  a  Letter  f rem  Fice^Admifok  Sit  Thmaoi  Feuiej,  Baft,  CHUmaadkr  in  Chief  tf 
ka  Majfetf-t  6hi/t  aitd  f^ni^ft  at  Ptywitatti  <»  B^euot^  Nefmrn^  £pf.  d&tedthe  ttb 
instant, 

tVH, 

Herewith  I  have  the  tttiifiiAlMi  to  transmit  to  you,  Ibr  then-  Lordships* 
infomuttoit,  tWo  letters  that  I  rcceiyed  fro^i  Lieutenant  Tomlinson,  command- 
iag  his  Majasty^e  hirod  ArMed  Schdluier  the  Speedwell,  stetttg  his  hiving,  ii£. 
company  with  the  Vaiiast  lugger,  commanded  by  Lieotentnt  Maxwell,  cap- 
tured the  two  French  privateers  therein  mentioned  ;  on  which  occasipna  much 
jtfi^  &s  dtte  to  ebeae  QVkitn  fot  tJleir  vigilant  and  idert  coodu^ 

'  I'he  SpMdwtU  and  Valiant  airivdd  last  nighc  with  their  priies. 

^  And  the  May  brig  belonging  to'  Gmensaey,  that  had  been  captured  by  the 
Providence  French  privateer  on  the  3d  instant*  and  recaptured  the  following 
mcMiing  by  hasiV:ajcsty's  sltop  Svifiaante  off  the  Isle  of  Bat,  arrived  here  last 
evewB|^  S  and  the  Price  Master  informs  me  he  left  the  Svflisante  in  chace  of  the 
prlvaEeelri  With  tvcry  ptpspc<&  of  speedily  coning  np  with  her. 

'  I  am,  ^c.  1  HO.  PASLEY* 


3i8  OAZBTTS    LETTBIS* 

1  have  the  honour  to  inform  yon,  that  I  hkve  this  day,  the  Valiant  io  com* 
pany,  tjland  of  Guernsey  bearing  S.  E.  di»tant  five  leagues  aifter  a  chace  of  six 
nourt,  captured  I/Heureuse  ^upcrance  French  lugger  privateer,  of  St.  Maloes, 
mounting  14  three-pounders,  eight  of  which  were  thrown  overboard  before  we 
came  up  with  her.  She  had  on  ooard  but  twenty-four  men,  having  manned  four 
prizes  since  the  commencement  of  this  cruise.  A  brig  belonging  to  £eanmari» 
•he  took  this  morning  after  a  considerable  resistance,  I  am  in  hopes  to  fall  ia 
with  before  abe  reaches  the  French  coaat.    I  remain,  &c  &c.  &c. 

ROBERT  TOMLINSON. 

am,  SpeedxotUtti  Sea^  Dee.  ^»' 

T  have  the  honour  to  Inform  you,  that  10  addition  to  our  success  of  yesterdayy  , 
we  have  this  evening,  the  Valiant  in  companv,  a|id  Swin  Islands  bearing  aouth  ' 
abwut  two  miles,  after  a  chace  of  nine  hours  (the  last  hour  and  ten  minutes  being 
91  running  fight)  captured  a  French  brig  privateer,  of  14  &ix-pounders,  and  58 
men,  called  L'Heureuse  Speculateur,  of  Granville,  Citisen  Louis  Joseph  <^uo- 
niam,  Commander.  She  his  been  out  four  days  without  taking  any  thing. 
She  is  a  remarkable  fast  sailer,  and  has  done  a  great  deal  of  mischief  to  the 
English  trade.  The  enemy  had  a  man  killed  and  seven  wounded,  without,  I  am 
happy  to  add,  having  done  us  any  damage.     I  am,  &c. 

ROBERT  TOMLINSON. 

AniiiRAtTVH>rrici,  Die.  I4« 

Copy  of  a  Letierfrmm  John  Thomas  Dtukwo$4h,  £sm.  XHir-AAmrMioftbe  fTbiie,  U 
Evam  No^am,  Esf.  dated  oh  board  bu  MajeOfi  Ship  Xr?M«iM,  Foiri  MaUm^  the 

ZdSept.  1799. 

sia, 
1  inclose,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty, 
■  list  of  prizes  captured  by  the  squadron  employed  at  Minorca,  between  the 
zd  of  AiUgust  and  tne  4th  of  September,  1799. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  ftc.  &c.  J.  T.  DUCKWORTH. 

Xl:/  0/  fesseh  eapturediy  the  Squadron  employed  at  Aftmorea  hetveea  the  zdofAapui 

and  the  J^h  of  September, 

Brig  laden  wirh  salt;  taken  by  the  Powerful,  Majestic,  and  Vanguards 
MasttT  and  ctcw  dcvertcd 

Zcbcc  Nn.  25  ,  from  Tarragona  bound  to  Barcelona  with  4000  reams  of  paper 
on  account  of  the  King  of  Spain  ;  taken  b)  the  boats  of  his  Majesty^s  ships  Van« 
guard  and  Zealous. 

Lattccn  sail  vessel  (No.  1 9\  from  Tarragona  bound  to  Barcelona,  laden  with 
paper,  wine,  and  corn  ;  taken  by  ditto. 

i.attecn  sail  vessel,  from  Toitola  bound  to  Barcelona,  with  pine  tinaber  for 
ahips  or  building  ;  captured  by  .ditto. 

Single  lattcen  sail  boat,  laden  with  whejikt ;  taken  by  the  Vanguard  :  boat 
being  old«  let  go  with  the  passengera  and  old  men. 

single  lattcen  sail-decked  boat,  quite  new  (No.  184),  from  Tarragona  bound 
to  Barcelona,  with  130  quarters  of  wheat ;  taken  by  the  Zealous. 

Single  lattecn  sail-bo<it  with  160  quarters  of  wheat ;  taken  by  the  Zealous : 
boat  being  old,  ict  go  with  the  old  men,  passengers,  and  boys.    ' 

J.  T.  DUCKWORTH. 

Copy  if  a  Letter  from  Lieuiemaat  Bond,  eomma/t^tig  his  Majesty*  s  Schooner  Netley^  ta 

S^oM  Nepea*i  £if.  dated  of  Lishftt^  Nov.  4S. 

SIR, 

I  have  just  time  to  communicate  to  my  Lorda  Commistionersof  the  Admiralty, 
the  arrival  of  his  Majesty's  schooner  Ketley  off  this  port  vith  two  Spanish 
lugger  privateers  taken  on  the  14th  instant,  and  on  this  day;  also  a  lugger  taken 
ou  the  a4th  by  his  Majesty's  ship  Ca«tor  in  sight  of  the  Nctley,  with  which  I 
bure  up  from  Oporto,  agreeable  to  written  orders  from  Captain  Gower.  The 
WaUingham  packet  is  this  moment  under  our  stem,  which  will  be  a  sufficient 
a}>ology  for  the  brevity  of  this  letter.  On  my  arrival  at  l^isbon,  I  shall  do 
my^lf  the  honour  of  transmitting  the  particulars  of  my  proceedings,  with  thfi 
account  of  two  additional  recaptures  of  origs  from  Newfoundland. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  F.  6.  BQNI>« 


[    «9    3 


LIST  OF 
FOSr  CAPTAnrS,  commanders,  and  LIEUTENANTSj^ 

Wb*  bavt  Stm  mmb  *mu  the  Coameitemmt  vf  tb*  Ttear  1799,  ^ith  tb^  DaUt 

^  their  Cammtnmu 


1 

POST  CAVTAINt. 

mmhv* 

SmkrHf, 

mamu 

Smnrny* 

Wm  Cmvkj. 
Thonas  MUbf  t 

fd  Jamary 
aid  Ditto 

Jamca  Onrald^ 

3d  septeaa. 
3d  nitto 

Timet  0*Bi7«a» 
UvidLIojrd, 

i4ihFebniai7 

yraocta  Tescy, 

I6th  Ditto 

Itt  March 

Hmry  Garrettf 

i6rh  Ditto 

^nUm  teadcrte. 

tat  Ditto 

Natkaalel  Vordosk, 

adth  Ditto 

Mcbar^  »aw»i 

tad   Ditto 

Walter  Bathurat, 

a^th  OAober 

KkfettTi  Ba|«Btc» 

aiat  Apia 

Adam  Dmmoiondi 

3ocb  Ditto 

Jote  MMkallar, 

aTth  Ditto 

kigkc  Hod.  Lord  WflDni  9outl% 

oth  Norem. 
ifei  Ditto 

jMMi  Oil|lltB% 

itth  May 

Bokcrt  Han, 

eaont  Barker* 

Ml  jufid 

Tbomaa  9parin« 

3d  Decern. 

aicterdWIIInWv 

aTtli  Juiie 
agth  Juae 

Kobert  Llnydf 

Mlcbad  ><alt*>7« 

William  Groavciior, 

VaftkMti 

WiUUm  Graatcr, 

sad   July 

Adrian  kcnon. 

Jebo  Chsmbcn  WfetaB^ 

ad   AuBHtt 

Sir  Jowph  Xyics,  Xat. 

Oarlet  Cu»pbe% 

ad  Ditto 
9odi  Ditto 
ad   Septcm. 

John  Ckaartiyrc, 

George  White, 

Tkcanai  Wlttowraaia  Cteytoe, 

Adem  Msckeaate» 

* 

COMMANDXBi: 

• 

fidip  Bowci  Ten  ■nksi 

ad  JaonaiT 

Ckwfca  UpkimGOM^ 

i4tk  Atftaac 

Jiobcn  niipnt, 

7 

Gaorpe  Kom. 

JohndBMlia^BottCtt, 

t9Ch  Ditto 

riMdi  WUUani  AWttB, 

>  jd  jamniy 

a9th  Di  to 

Jeho  Wutworih  Loriai^  , 

J 

Henry  Weat, 

30th  Ditto 

lin«  Couttt  Cnwibrtf, 

14th  rebmaiy 

Jamcattaae, 
George  Ralph  Ciglftv« 

ad  kcpcaai. 

Joeeyh  Baker. 

lat  Marck 

3d   Ditto 

JataHey«M 
iMDiyMfltMNi, 

iR  Ditto 

Heory  Compton 

3d  Ktto 

ud  Ditto 

WiUiam  Ooam 

IfiCb  Ditto 

lames  Andrew  W<onB» 

tcMK  TIlMBfCOB, 

agrk  Ditto 

Wiliam  tyme. 

I6th  Ditto 

joili*Diiia 

WiUiam  Bickett*, 

ajd   Ditto 

tomiiel  Campbell  Bo»ky» 

Ml  April 

David  Gilmowi, 

adih  Ditto 

WhaMelhuUit 
nUpHM, 

Sth  Ditto 

Henry  tcitarc. 

7thOAabcr 

lytb  Ditto 

vilfam  Parktfv 

icth  Ditto 

Tbomaa  Ceone  Owrtbiid, 

aoth  Diteo 

Jamca  Dalrympik. 

1401  Ditto 

lelm  Wloae, 

BMOdey  Ma  kworA  mci« 

aiat  Ditto 

wlUam  Wood  seiriMnao, 

I4ih  Ditto 

af«  Ditto 

Bridgea  Watklncoa  Taylor, 

17th  D.tto 

GciMVe  LcQCt 

ajd  Dicto 

Bdward  JckyU  Canes, 
Xdward  Tkoffobiouck  rariur« 

aad  Ditto 

JOMWIqrle, 

a4th  IMtto 

astb  Ditto 

Samuel  Moiflejr, 

aoik  Ditto 

Aiexaodar  Meae, 

ifiti  Norcm. 

O«or«e  OfiMlv, 

aptk  Ditto 

George  Miner, 

ISth  Ditto 

Thnoa»  D'jvall, 

4tbMay 

WiUiam  rrcnck. 

i9Ch  Ditto 

Min  Haward, 

MwaM  Walpole  Bra«rM» 

astb  Dit«9  1 

Marcna  tamocl  HU, 

ifCk  Ditto 

af  m  Juoe 
Jflk  Dluo 

Tkoma*  Searle, 

a6hC>tto 

George  Jardlne, 

George  BJake, 

asth  Ditto 

Jahtoe)  Bremao, 
fhilipraccy. 

asthMsto 

Cdward  Saeyd  Chf« 
Andrew  Biowa, 

3d  Dercm. 
6rh  Ditto 

adik  Ditto 

Jonn  Bum, 

lith  Ditto 

jfllm  UttJe, 
Cbaitaa  DaabtPOQdt 

ad  Aucait 

William  PonW) 

iSth  Ditto 

Jd   Ditto 

Charlea  Hay, 

adik  Ditto 

Henry  Coai»e, 

•ik  Ditto 

Thoiaaaklchbcll, 

7 

Lucioi  Hai^xmaD* 

8ib  Ditto 

John  Richard*, 
TbamMlaaoH 

Va«k  Ditto 

tVUitam  luadway  BufelBMBi 

latb  Ditto 

3 

tlBUTl 

BNANTt. 

llianaa  Bartoe, 

i«t  Tamufy 
4tft  Ditto 

Charfca  Ckampioa, 

5th  Peferaaiy 

loHaBarta, 
WUhm  rrice. 

Thomaa  William  Birckan, 

7th  Dl.to 

4tk  Ditto 

George  MH:nUock, 

tth  Ditto 

joba  Tajrlor, 

1 

Daniel  Utile  Couch, 

pch  Ditto 

Cbarlce  KeOy,  (a4) 

1  stkDim 

Ccatfe  Bennett  Aiwa, 

«ai  Ditto 

Thoinae  C«a»t  ble* 
ThimM  TVmaa, 

Jama*  Ahankair, 

Noa«  iMBcanue  neyaau  aoavangy 

tAfli  Ditto 
iMDltW 

Henry  Loircay* 

1 

Henry  Baugk, 

Ckane*  ConwaB*  SkaBna, 

19th  Ditto 

David  WlUIamm  (ad) 
lOkCplk  AXttU  MiclMlI, 
Miv  rt  Kamsa/f 

V  fih  Ditio 

19th  Ditto 

5 

Georv  Wiliam  Hcary  Xaitftt, 

SthMarcB 

aik  Ditto 

Philip  Dumaieaiiua,  la4) 
Chariea  HaifiNd, 

7tb  Ditto 

fata  Korteo, 
Jote  Morrdl, 

teb  Ditto 

dck  Ditto 

pck  Ditto 

.PeD  Beaaaaor, 

7 

jota  Trdmrfwr, 

aoth  Ditto 

John  Tanccick, 

f  9di  Ditto 

Alexander  Lioaeajy 

latb  Ditto 

WlUiam  Bebaoiyt 

3 

Ckarin  Malcolm^ 

lath  Ditto 

Thoma*  Dick, 

titk  Ditto 

CJurte«  Cvmby, 

l4tlk  Ditto 

Gcorgr  Nialt, 

■ath  Ditto 

loBA  Br*y, 

John  C'rewlrmant 

iStb  Ditto 

w;itiam  Ramaae, 

i4ih  Ditto 

iSth  Ditto 

Thumas  Syke«| 

l4tto  Ditto 

J**"  Higts, 

a;<d   Ditto 

Henry  Jamc*  Lylbrd* 

l6th  Ditto 

Wil  iAin  Uunti 

1411)  Ditto 

jamca  Crdgktto,, 

aotii  Dittt) 

JiAit  I*utlan4. 

«th  Kcbniary 

Peter  Ha»ty, 

aotb  Ditto 

^^iiiktm  ClwiWr, 

»di  Ditto 

jataaa  M^Ognaeit, 

ax«t  Dim 

dot  III. 


U  M 


S30  MAVAL    PROMOTIONS   DUMNG   THI    YEAH    1799* 


Msrmi. 
Thomas  BriKiit, 
Hcrir>  Ambnxe, 
Mark  Rabiiiaon  LucMy 
titw.Ti  Gilei, 
Jnccpb  Mvian, 
Jafiic<i  Iloit|ioD| 
Colin  Miloc, 
Molyncux  ibiiUbufef 
Wiiliub  Desn, 
Thomw  MaiiieU, 
Chaiiet  rrcdcfick  Piiie, 
J«inci  Cmrlcj, 
JolU)  Sester, 
Abel  reirls 
WlUhun  Kciljr,  (id) 

2Qtn  BrumluU, 
urier  Ke/noUi, 
Kobert  Giici, 
WiUUm  Pye, 
Nisbct  Oie>H 
Abel  HawkiiM^ 

funea  Weikb,  • 
dwari  NunJtoo  Claikf ' 
Jo!ia  ShepfirrJ, 
M  iliam  l^iat  f  cot  If 
T»iOrn*<  Fowlertoii, 
Frai.c:&  Ha  tiii^i, 

lolin  J^clUmyt 

Z«»w*rd  Tuc*cr» 

John  oujii, 

Joiin  Macnie, 

'>4vi(j  Aikmuunt  Dickioat 

■ubert  Hesvlenoo, 

Tboma*  stereaton, 

^  ii  um  >hrii>u, 

Tiiom«  :>out})ey, 

A  fibre  w  Hardjf 

Kobcrt  Julyan,! 

CoUa  MtOuiiud, 

Henry  Whitky, 

Gitbn  MKbeui, 

Kichcnf  LonKfiekl  DavicCv 

l^oiuu  Boter  lti«t«9 

teiiry  Kennett, 

WiUtain  GUcbrlK, 

Scoct  CiobUI, 

JtAn  Lawreacet  (ad) 

New  Ueuart, 

^vid  JcluittDn, 

Jaba  CampbeU  Ctik* 

Jobo  Banioo  CoiliBH 

Thomas  Onte, 

DttKCan  LoMtted, 

rraacis  MaKxu 

lomi  Homey, 

Ce.rte  GbinvU], 

Kichartl  Wkles, 

Wiitiua  Koblibard, 

Mitthcnr  Loveil* 

WiUiamHoMw, 

John  Mackraiie  (sd) 

Thomas  Nethitt, 

J^nttit  BUcit,  (ad) 

WilliuB  Mannas, 

hl4jor  Jacob  Hiwakcr,    . 

Wiliuna  <  force  Maude, 

Jamta  Calkiway, 

>'athaaici  6w«n, 

Tbooiaa  bollard, 

H^ilOam  Hc..vtr>(.n, 

John  Couch, 

Chirks  MooK  WUmot, 

thkUy  Sole/, 

John  Bwt^tt, 

Kjchard  Cratrf  jfd, 

John  Nsiirnc,  ( ad) 

Hon.  Joka  Astlc)  Bennett* 

•VTiOum  PeiUm,  (sd) 

Satr.uel  Tbamas  Pescrat,  . 

Chariet  Kice, 

AMJiam  Heit, 

Jamea  Llcwio  lJo]nt> 

Nmry  ColliCr, 
V  Ulujfr  James, 

ViUiani  Leu:i, 
»WBp  Hdrrrac,  (ad) 
James  C.m)pt^ii, 
u'iU'-.m  t..'trt  bmita, 
\V  l(i*iii   Ca»  •<  (an) 
E  a  ward  armhiou. 


5 


i 


1 


Smhrity. 
Hi  March 
X)th  Ditto 
aithCltto 
loth  Ditto 
Vh  ApriJ 
llth  Ditto 
iiCh  Ditto 
lltb  DltlD 
15th  Ditto 
17th  Ditto 
i9th  Ditto 
aoth  Ditto 
aoch  Ditto 
aid  Ditto 
aid  Ditto 
a4th  Ditto 
a^th  Ditto 

a^ch  Ditto 

3d  May 

jd  Dttio 
Sth  Ditto 
loih  Ditto 
loch  Ditto 
nth  Ditto 
llth  Ditto 
12th  Ditto 
iSth  Ditto 
a  I  St  Ditto 
St  St  Ditto 
ajth  Ditto 
S7th  Ditto 
39th  Ditto 
jist  Ditto 
JIK  Ditto 

tU  JUM 

34  June 

4Cb  Ditto 
Sth  Ditto 
tth  Dicto 
14th  Ditto 
i9(h  Ditto 
aid  Ditto 
abch  Ditto 


1 


i 


iSOk  IlittO 

3d   July 
14   Ditto 
Sth  Ditto 
ikh  Ditto 
loCh  t>icto 

ijCh  Ditto 

ISth  Ditto 
lyh  Ditto 
17th  Dittv 
l*th  Ditto 
aoth  Dittn 
a  ad  Ditto 
aid  Ditto 


34th  Ditto 


] 


aStb  Ditto 

26U)  Ditto 

apch 

Dino 

3i«t 

Utto 

4in 

Ditto 

in 

Ausutt 

ad 

Ditto 

ad 

Dino 

3d 

Ditto 

7ih  Ditto 

Mb  Ditto 

etb  Ditto 

9CI1  Ditto 

nth  Ditto 
I4tb  Ditto 

litb  IKcto 


George  Stooo, 

Philip  Richardaoo, 

Robert  Carihew  Beynoldat 

rmest  Brawn, 

John  Pyne, 

Daniel  Shcwen, 

Ti<omas  Groube, 

Sammaried  M*toonMi» 

jAlin  Roberts,  (ad) 

Chaites  tibtoorp  John  HawtipK, 

William  Kaicbt,  (xd) 

James  Edward  Lewis, 
idmuBd  Ker  Craostttta  Bacon, 
Jeremiah  Utaitoa, 
Thomai  Graham, 
Samuel  Bassan, 
Geurce  Lewis  ICeiT, 
Bcntiock  Cavendish  Ooyle, 
Thomas  Cookra, 
Hon.  Bdward  Rodney, 
Praocis  Jackson  8oell» 
Allan  8to«r4rt, 
Richard  William  jcMy, 
Thumaa  Alford, 
Charles  Chambcriayae  Irrlaa 
Rice  Morgan 
James  Valobra* 
William  Avery, 
Wliliain  Irelyn, 
\^ii|i%m  Hodfle^ 
Bef^amin  Weir, 
Benjamin  Symea, 
Robert  LUk  CoulWD, 
WiBiam  Napier, 

iobacoode, 
radcrick  Bcdlbrd* 

Jaim  Laocdoo, 

Heniy  Garnctt  Gilbert, 

Thomas  Whlnyates, 

Tbanas  ConaMt^ 

Henry  tmiOi  Wtlsoo, 

WiBiam  Swinay, 

Daniel  W?ldt 

Cbaile*  Chrldcc, 

William  Major, 

John  Frwder, 

Alexander  Auatln  Ponett, 

John  Myers  Creer, 

WiDlim  Cady  Prorrow, 

Au(ii8tus  Vere  Dniry, 

J«>n  CMIds, 

Thomas  O'Brien, 

WUliam  Sandford  Oliver, 

Genrgc  Thuman, 

William  Haydon, 

Thomat  Lepard. 

Geuritc  Adam  Rosa, 

DaWd  Barmn, 

Hon.  Alexander  Jolui  Stewart, 

Thomas  Lane, 

Ceorie  Woucttiouse, 

lames  Green, 

Prerterick  Tbcsiter, 

Gilrs  Snelsar, 

David  O'Urien  Caaey, 
•  W^iKiara  MJthPT, 

William  P.-ringtun, 

AnthcMiy  Hunt, 

Charles  .shelJoa  Tlmms, 

Jxmc'  CiMjlce,  (ad) 

Cjirb  Inficlil, 

Wiuiam  h.»n.ent, 

LtlM'^rd  I  youy 

George  RtiiMie, 

Nicholaa  Bill, 

PrrderMt  Ri^mtry, 
iRoben  Trotter, 

Josepli  Lewi^, 

Wilfiim  Miire, 

Edwarr  Mon.-.nf, 

Juaopb  Pearce, 

Geoett  Puner, 

Samuel  BurK<»s, 

Geoive  Rjkch, 

WiUian.  Atkins 

Jasper  bcambler, 

Thomas  Diary  Piccy, 

Thomas  \^hitr,  ^ 

WiUiun  Isaac  Pcarce, 

William  M  Kcn<.ie, 

Tbunas  Xin&f 

"ITwpiaa  Btowoe  Tonptoo, 

UcbaidCox, 


1 


I 


i 


idlh  Aaiaa 

iTth  Ditto 
I9ih  PittO 
iQCh  Dnu 
list  Ditto 
ajd  Ditto 
a4th  Ditto 
a4to  Ditto 

a6cfc  Ditto 

XTth  Ditto 


aTtli  Duto 


Diiaa 


jOdi  Ditto 

jirt  IHtev 

jiat  Ditto 

ad  6eptcn« 

ad  Oict» 

4tb  Dun 


Stii  Ditto 


Ml  Ditto 


J 


Tth  Ditto 

yth  iHtto 

9th  Dino 

toch  Ditto 

lotn  Ditto 

nth  Ditto 

lath  Ditto 

r;ib  Ditto 

I7ih  D.tto 

aom  Ditm 

ajd  Ditto 

ajd  Ditto 

asth  Ditto 

asth  D.tto 

a«ch  Ditto 

ayth  Ditto 

aftih  D.tto 

30Ui  Ditto 

4diO«abcr 

7th  Ditto 

9th  Ditto 

tCh  Ditto 

nth  Ditto 

la:    Ditto 

14th  1>I  M 

i^itb  Ditto 

iMh  Ditto 

aist  Ditto 

list  Ditto 

24ih  Ditto 

3(1   No*  cm* 

bth  Ditto 

8lh  Ditto 

lath  Ditto 

ISth  Ditto 

ISth  OUW 

]>itt0 


MAVAL  PROMOTIONS. 

21 

Mmcr. 

Stidtntft 

.  Jftono. 

S*nf»  ltjr> 

Jamct  Bdwwd  smidb 

10tt  MowiB* 

Ritch  Pennon^ 

ii;b  Decern. 

Charin  PMJiATClH 

) 

Briao  Hodssoot 

Itch  DitOB 

Cbarin  Pell]r« 

t  -     ^ 

Joba  Dembiy, 

I  jtb  Ditto 

WiBlam  Buckmasnr, 

^•6di  Dlttt 

Kobert  ranshawe, 

Ijth  Ditto 

Gecrst  Gcorse, 

c 

Ceorie  jKkaoot 

14th  Ditto 

Jod  Oreterdf 
-  MTUSiRi  Jooet, 

> 

Joha  Cookeale79 
KdMu  Jamet, 

l6cb  DlUo 

ifldi  Ditto 

iBth  Dilt* 

%rilliain  Cuilu, 

J9di  Ditn 

Robert  Shed, 

18th  Ditto 

Kdwird  Priir.rose  Treswtlu, 

sd  Decern. 

Totn  Page, 
Mictiad  Adamt, 

XOCh  Ditto 

WlUhm  Hemry  Smii^ 

ad  Ditto 

tjd  Ditto 

Ymiot  Applebjr, 

4tlk  Ditto 

Henry  Potter  Malpes, 

s6Ch  D.tto 

Rugb  Canenaif 

Sth  Ditto 

John  Julian, 

Jos«|ih  WiOUm  Dovia, 

STth  Ditto 

AuffiflCiM  Lefotm  ■opii  CdfiM 

Sita  Ditto 

a7th  Ditto 

Cbvln  M«Kciizk» 

jCh  Ditto 

William  Caraefie, 

joth  Ditto 

Heiiy  NajrioTf 

lOth  DiCBO 

Andrew  Cunniaghanif 

jist  Pino 

ymcfh  MMim^ 

loik  Ditto 

TboriMs  Ban  Sulirao,  Jwdor  Lkutenanu             H< 

Pnunotioiui  aim  9ppointmflit0. 

fPKBKUARY— MARCH    l8o*.j 

WbhebalJ^  Feb,  I.  The  King  has  been  pleased,  by  letters  patent  under  the  Great 
Seal  of  Great  Britain*  to  confer  the  dimity  of  a  Knight  of  the  said  kingdom  unto  Edward 
Hamilton,  Esq.  Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy,  and  Commander  of  his  Majesty's  Ship  the 
Surprise. 

Sir  Andrew  Mitchell's  being  created  a  Knisht  of  the  Bath  (page  643,  vol.  II.j  bean 
the  date,  in  the  Gazette,  of  January  the  eighth. 

J.  S.  Horton,  Eaq.  Commander  of  the  Fairy,  is  made  Post. 

Capuin  Warren,  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Warren,  succeeds  Captain  Horton^ 

Captain  Presland  is  appointed  to  the  Regulus,  at  Woolwich. 

Lieutenant  G\iyon,  of  the  Unicorn  cutter,  is  appointed  to  L'Anacreon  brig  {  and 
Lieutenant  Henry  Rowed  to  the  Unicorn. 

Captain  Bowen  is  appointed  to  the  Alligator. 

Captain  Colby  is  appointed  to  the  Dido,  and  Captain  Hatley  to  the  Winchelsea,  both 
troop  ships. 
•    Captain  Isaac  Wooley  is  appointed  to  the  Circe,  of  18  gun9,  fitting  at  Sheemess. 

Cajptain  Bingham  ii  appointed  to  the  command  of  the  America,  of  64  ^uns,  on  board  of 
which  Sir  WiOlam  Parker  will  hoist  his  flag  for  the  Halifax  sution,  to  succeed  Admiral 
Vandepot. 

Lieutenant  R.  Curtis,  son  to  Sir  Roger  Ctutis,  is  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Master  and 
Commander,  a6d  appointed  to  the  command  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  RattiesnakCf  at  cho 
Cape. 

Lieutenant  Georee  Morris,  late  of  the  Aidsnt,  is  appointed  to  the  command  of  the 
Qyeenborough  htrea  armed  cutter. 

lohn  Kent,  Purser  of  the  Kosolution,  u  appointed  to  the  Atlas. 

Lieutenant  Tatham,  late  First  of  the  Diredor,  is  appointed  to  the  command  of  the 
Lion  cutter. 

The  SiKurtiatie,of  74  guns,  a  beaudful  new  ship  taken  at  the  battle  of  the  Nile,  is  com- 
missioned, and  the  command  given  to  Ix>rd  W.  Stuart. 

Captain  Morrison  is  appoints  to  the  Thisbe,  of  32  suns. 

Lord  Bridport  has  provided  for  his  adive  and  laitnlul  Boatswain,  Mr.  Little,  in  the 
Royal  George,  by  getting  him  appointed  to  the  sheer-hulk ;  a  comforuble  reward  for 
k)ng  meritorious  services. 

The  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  have  advanced  Lieutenant  Pengelly,  of  the  Viper  cutter, 
for  bis  gallantry  in  capturing  a  French  lugger  privateer  of  superior  force,  a  Commander  ia 
the  Royal  Navy;  andai^intcd  him  to  the  Pegasus,  28  guns,  fitted  as  a  troop  shin. 

Lieutenant  Josc]^  Soear,  (fourth  of  the  Jupiter  when  bearing  Commodore  Payne's 
broad  pendant  in  179$,)  has  been  advanced  to  me  rank  of  Commander,  and  appointed  to 
the  Lilly  brig,  16  guns. 

Lieutenant  John  Serrel  is  advanced  to  the  rank  of  Commander,  and  appointed  to 
the  Echo,  14  guns. 

Charles  l^roche,  Esq.  late  Commander  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Stork,  x8  guns,  has 
been  advanced  to  the  rank  of  Post  Capuin,  with  the  command  of  the  Abergavenny, 
54guns,  Jamaica.  , 

'tbt  following  Mldsbifymerty  tince  tbt  commencement  of  tbe  freient jear^  bave  been 
sdvanced  to  tbe  rank  of  Lieutenants, 

William  Hutchinson,  I  William  Wand, 

J.  R.  Bindow.  J  The  Hon.  James 

F.  D.  Schaw, 

John  Irons, 

on  the  present  establi^ 


Andrew  Hodge, 
Toeeph  Nugent, 


R.  Spear, 

E.  W.  Buchan, 

Joseph  Brown, 

Charles  Allen, 


Rolls; 


iment  amount  to  two 


Edward  Morris, 

R.  T.  Blachicr,        , 

which  make  the  number  of  Lieutenants 
thousand,  one  hundred,  and  twenty-seven. 

Captain  Bingham  is  appointed  to  the  command  of  the  America,  64  guns,  on  bo^d  of 
which  Admiral  Parker  is  to  hoist  his  flag,  on  the  H.i!'ta<  siatior. 
Admiral  de  Winter  is  appointed  Commander  ot  the  Hatavian  fleet. 
Thomas  Grant,  Esa.  late  Store-Keeper  ot  his  M  ^-^t>  s  LjcK^yafi  at  She: !.-.•;•< 
succeeds  Mr.  Butt,  at  Depcford. 


C    «3«    1 

j^lKd  Courtf  <9ntial. 

PORTSIIo\*TBi    MARCH  X. 

PTTRSUANT  to  an  order  from  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lord  Cominif- 
•ioncrb  of  the  Admiralty,  a  Court  Martial  wai  yetterday  held  on  board  the 
GlaJiator^  in  this  harbour,  on  Mr.  Joicrn  Colli nowood,  Gunner  of  hit 
Majesty's  ship  AmaMoti,  for  drunkenness. — President,  the  Hon.  Admiral  Berkeley. 
•~The  Charge  being  proved,  he  was  sentenced  to  be  dismined  his  ship  ;  but 
recommend«l  by  the  Couit  to  serve  on  board  a  sloop  of  war; 

Likewise  was  also  tried,  onboard  the  same  ship,  William  Dimock  Smctb, 
Boatswain  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  Fairy,  for  drunkenness,  ftegleft  of  duty,  and 
behaving:  in  a  contemptuous  mannerto  his  Captain.  -  He  was  found  guilty,  and 
sentenced  by  the  Court  to  be  rendered  incapable  of  serving  again  as  an  Officer 
in  the  Royal  Navy,  and  to  serve  before  the  mast  on  board  such  other  of  km 
Majeuy's  shipK  as  the  Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Majesty's  ships  and  vessels  at 
Spithead  should  dlred. 

13.    This  day  and  the  following  a  Conrt  Martial  was  held  on  board  his 
Majesty's  ship  GladUtor^  itt  this  harbour,  for  the  trial  of  Lieutenant  Join  • 
CaassELMAN,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Dnud^  iot  having  absented  himself  from 
the  uid  ship  without  leave,  at  various  times,  and  for  drankenncas, 

Rear<AdmiralHon.  GsoaoR  BiRKaLBv,  President* 
Rear. Admiral  Sir  R.  BicKiaTOii,  Bart.  Captain  Cnoacffy 

Captain  Pickuoei,  __  Ttlir, 

■  FoLar,  — — —  Rioo, 
•>— «—  Luke,  ...— .  Doebaic, 

■  Whitbt,  — —  Barton, 

■  Pater  son,  i^_  Bdrlton. 

'    The  Court  were  of  opinion,  that  the  Charges  had  been  in  part  proved  against 
the  said  Lieutenant  Cresselman,  and  did,  therefore,  adjudge  him  to  be  dismissed 
from  his  Majesty's  service,  and  rendered  incapable  of  ever  serving  u  a  Coaunis- ' 
siooed  Officer  again. 

21.  A  Conrt  Martial  vras  held  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  Gladiator,  in  this 
Harbour,  for  the  trial  of  William  Webb,  Boatswain's  Mate  of  his  Majesty's 
ship  Termsgant,  for  desertion. 

Rear- Admiral  Sir  R.  Bicker  ton,  Bart.  President. 
The  prisoner  was  found  guilty,  and  sentenced  to  receive  two  hundred  lashes, 
on  board  or  alongside  such  ship  or  ships  as  the  Commander  in  Chief  at  this  pMUt 
should  direA,  But,  in  consideration  of  his  very  exemplary  chara^er,  on  trying 
occasions,  the  Court  recommended  him  to  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the 
Admiralty  as  an  objcA  of  mercy. 

Same  day,  a  Court  Martial  was  also  held  on  board  the  same  shin,  on  Mr. 
KBrriLL  Glevdhall,  Surgeon's  Mate  of  his  Majesty's  ho^ital  snip  P^ajg, 
on  a  charge  of  embezzling  part  of  the  hospital  cloathing.«- After  enquiring  mto 
the  circumstancrs,  the  Court  were  of  opmion,  that  the  Charge  had  not  been 
jyroved  against  the  prisoner,  and  he  was  therefore  acquitted. 

Lieutenant  J.  T.  Short,  who  was  latelv  tried  by  a  Court  Martsal  for  the  loss 
of  his  Majesty '»  gun  vessel  Contest,  on  the  late  expedition  to  Holland,  and  ho- 
nourably acquitted,  is  the  son  of  Lieutenant  J.  J.  Short,  wboboirea  commission 
for  upwards  of  twenty-six  years;  his  grandfather  was  sixty  years  a  Lieutenant^ 
and  his  great  grandfaihcr  was  one  of  Sir  Ralph  Delaval's  Lieutenants  in  the 
Icachy-Head  6ght.  His  grandfather.  Lieutenant  Mark  Teddenun,  was  a 
I  icutenant  near  thirty  years,  whose  brother  was  Commodore  Teddeman,  un- 
fortunately lost  at  the  taking  of  the  Manillas.  He  has  lost  one  son  this  war,. 
and  has  two  more  bringing  up  in  the  service  of  their  country.  Has  been  a 
Lieutenant  near  twenty  years  ;  his  uncle,  who  was  upwards  of  forty  years  a 
Lieutenant,  is  now  superannuated  He  hat  hkewisea  cousin,  now  aCaptain  in  the 
Mr  vice.  A  friend  to  them,  aad  may  they  be  more  fortunate  thaq  their  ancestors! 


[    «33    ] 

M014THLY  REGISTER 


MARCH    17. 

LOSS  OF  THE  REPULSE. 

T  lETTTENANT  ROTHERSY,  of  his  Majeftv-s  ship  Repxilae,  of  64  ^m^ 
Captain  Alms^  arriTed  at  the  Admtralt]r».with  the  uo welcome  intelligence 
of  the  loM  of  that  thip,  on  the  French  coast«  She  ttruck  on  a  rock  near  U*haidt 
in  a  vkrfent  gale  of  winil,  and  notwithstanding  the  utmost  exertions  were  used 
by  the  Captain  and  Officers  to  save  the  men,  ten  brsTe  sailors  nnfortunatelf 
perished.  Captain  Alms  and  the  remainder  of  the  Crew  were  made  prisoneiv 
07  the  people  on  shore  :  from  whom,  we  understand,  they  received  all  possible 
assistance  m  the  hour  of  distress.  Lieutenant  Roths  a  sr,  and  a  few  aen, 
eame  home  in  the  long  boat,  in  which  they  effeded  their  escape  from  the 
wreek. 

The  following  are  the  authentic  particulars  of  the  unfortunate  loss  of  his 
M»eaty*s  Ship  Repulse,  of  64  guns.  Captain  Alms. 

The  Repulse  was  one  of  the  ships  beloneiog  to  the  Channel  fleet,  but  had 
been  detached  by  Sir  Alan  Gardner  to  cruise  off  the  Penmarks,  for  the  purpose 
of  intercepting  provision  vessels  going  to  Brest.  On  Sunday,  the  ninth  of 
March,  there  came  on  a  sudden  and  violent  gale  of  wind,  and  the  rolling  of 
the  ship  occanooed  an  accident  to  Captain  Anns,  who,  while  standing  near  the 
companion  ladder,  was  thrown  down  it,  by  which  one  of  his  ribs  was  broken^ 
and  ne  was  dkabled  from  doing  any  further  duty  on  the  ship's  deck. 

For  two  or  three  days  the  weather  had  been  so  thick,  that  it  was  noi  potsible 
to  make  any  observation,  and  the  cunent  had  driven  the  ship  so  far  out  of  her 
reckoning,  that  about  twelve  o'clock  on  the  night  of  the  tenth,  the  Repulse 
struck  on  a  sunken  rock,  supposed  to  be  the  Mare,  twenty-five  leagues  south 
east  of  Ushant.  She  was  tnen  going  about  six  knots  an  hour.  The  ship  con- 
unued  striking  on  the  rock  near  three  quarters  of  an  hour  before  she  could  be 
brought  to  wear,  and  the  water  rushed  in  so  fast,  that  the  lower  deck  tier  was 
soon  flooded.  By  great  exertions,  the  ship  was  kept  afloat  long  enough  to  be 
enabled  to  approach  the  coast  near  Quimper,  and  at  half  past  ten  o'clock^ 
Captain  Alms  and  the  ship's  company  quitted  her,  and  made  good  a  bnding  on 
one  of  the  Glenans  Islands,  about  two. miles  from  the  Continent.  The  pea- 
santry on  the  island  gave  every  assistance,  and  it  is  supposed  the  ship's  company 
have  been  sent  prisoners  to  Quimper. 

In  the  confusion  of  getting  on  shore,  one  of  the  ship's  boats  upset  with  ^^c 
seamen,  who  were  drowned.  I'wo  others  were  drowned  owing  to  drunken- 
ness ;  and  four  more  were  so  drunk,  they  could  not  get  out  of  the  ship.  We 
believe  these  are  all  that  perished. 

I'he  First  and  Fourth  Lieutenants,  two  Midshipmen,  and  eight  seamen,  pre- 
ferring the  risk  of  getting  safe  to  England  to  the  horrors  of  a  French  priaon, 
betook  themselves  to  the  large  cutter,  and  having  got  a  small  supply  of  pro^ 
visions  and  bread,  steered  for  Guernsey.  I'hey  had  got  within  eignt  leagues  of 
the  land  on  the  first  day,  when  a  gale  of  wind  came  on,  which  drove  them 
towards  the  French  coast;  and  it  %vas  not  until  the  fourth  day  that  they  reached. 
Guernsey,  after  having  undergone  the  most  severe  hardships  during  tnree  days 
and  nights,  the  waves  breaking  over  the  boat  so  incessantly  that  four  of  the 
seamen  were  constantly  employed  in  baling  her.  The  First  Lientenimt  was 
landed  at  Weymouth  on  Sunday. 

The  Repulse  had  on  the  day  preceding  the  accident  recaptured  the  Princess 
Roval  pacLet  from  the  Leeward  Islands,  on  board  of  which  the  Third  I^ientenant 
and  ten  seamen  had  been  sent.  Some  apprehensions  are  entertained  on  account 
of  her,  as  she  is  not  yet  arrived.  The  French  prize-master  was  carrying  her 
into  Nantea.    The  mail  had  been  taken  out  by  the  privateer  which  captured  hor. 


234  MOttTHLT    RBGiarSft 

COURT  OF  KING'S  BENCH,  Ft?,  17. 

THE    KINO  V.   TRASIR    AND   SBAW. 

This  was  a  prosecution  brought  by  direftiim  of  the  Board  of  Admiralty  a^aiiut 
the  defendants,  for  forsrin^p  what  it  called  a  LiUrty  TuJkgt,  in  order  to  proted  a 
aailor,  named  Maxwell,  from  being  impressed.  This  ticket  was  apparcntlT 
signed  by  Lieutenant  Alt,  of  the  sloop  ^nt,  giving  a  week's  liberty  to  Maxwell, 
one  of  bis  crew,  when  in  hA  Maxwell  did  not  belong  to  that  vessel,  bat  to  aa 
Indiaman.  In  the  course  of  the  trial,  it  appeared  mat  these  false  certificates 
being  extremely  common,  this  piosecution  was  highly  proper.  The  case  was 
fully  proved,  and  the  defendanu  foood  goilty. 

The  life-boBts  *,  some  time  since  presented  to  the  tows  of  North  Shieldi,  by 
his  Grace  of  Northumberland,  have  proved  eminently  serviceable  during  tbie 
late  storms,  in  saving  the  lives  of  hundreds,  who  would  otherwise,  in  all  proba- 
biCty,  have  been  engulphed  in  the  pitiless  tide. 

Ha  water  has  yet  been  found  in  the  Island  of  Perim,  in  the  mouth  of  the  Red 
Sea,  and  the  British  cruisers  thereabouts  arc  much  distressed,  not  only  for  that, 
bat  other  articles. 

Letters  from  Holland  state  the  continued  persecution  of  those  persons  sus- 
pected to  have  favoured  the  late  un  uccessful  Invasion  of  that  Country.  A 
C^tpfain  in  the  Batavian  Navy,  named  Cunnio,  and  an  inferior  Officer  named 
VtRMHULBN,  who  had  influenced  the  surrender  of  his  ship,  and  entered  the 
service  of  the  Prince  of  Or^injre,  but  was  afterwards  made  prisoner,  have  been, 
with  numerous  others,  ex.cutcd 

Murcb  6.  A  Court  of  Common  Council  was  held  at  OuildhalU  X  iR^di 
14r  [.  Dixon,. after  having  read  an  extradl  from  the  London  Oasette,  in  a  neat 

speech,  moved, 

"    rhat  the  thanks  of  that  Court  be  presented  to  Captain  Sir  E. 

Hamilton^  and  the  other  Officers  and  crew  of  hu  Majesty's  snip  Surprise, 

^   for  their  gallant  conduA  in  cutting  out  the  Hermione  frigate  from  the 

Spanish  port  of  CaT^lio ;  and  that  the  freedom  of  the  City  be  presented  to 

Sir  £.  Hamilton  in  a  gold  box  value  fifty  guineas;*' 

which  was  unanimously  agreed  to. 

The  Dntch  Ships,  it  is  now  said,  are  to  be  purchased  by  Government  from 
the  5:tadtholder,  who  is  to  remunerate  our  brave  Tars  by  whom  they  were  taken 
|v.issc»ion  of  for  his  Serene  Highness. 

HheernesM,  Marcb  18.  The  Navy  Board  have  recently  issued  orders  for  the 
Dutch  bhip<i  of  war  which  are  lying  in  the  River  Medway  to  be  surveyed  and 
valued.  And  the  following  ships,  which  were  taken  possessionof  by  the  Britnls 
squadron  under  the  command  of  Vice- Admiral  Mitchell,  in  the  New  Diep,  in 
the  J'cxel,  are  condcmed  as  prises,  viz.  Broederschop,  of  54  guns  ;  Hedor,  of 
44  guns ;  Venus,  of  24  guns ;  Minerva,  of  34  guns ;  and  the  Drocherland 
store  •*hip. 

At  the  Kingsion  AsiUes^  John  SaJmon  wa«  trtrd  for  the  murder  of  William 
Jones,  a  sailor,  on  the  igtn  of  February  last,  and  William  Wright,  for  aiding 
and  assisting.  It  appeared  that  the  parties,  the  former  a  Midshipman,  the  latter 
a  Lieutenant,  were  a<fling  in  the  discharge  of  their  duty  in  die  Impress  Service. 
Jkir.  Wright  was  acquitted  and  discharged,  on  the  evidence  that  ne  had  been 
cjipref^Iy  employed  to  impress  Jones,  and  another  person  of  the  name  of  Brown. 
Though  Salmon  had  given  the  deceased  the  wound  of  which  he  died,  it  did  not 
9 f  pear  that  there  was  any  ground  for  the  charge  of  wilful  murder,  but  that  the 
.*i;ib  had  been  given  accidentally,  when  the  deceased  attempted  to  escape. 
ftcN'cral  witnesses  gave  the  prisoner  an  excellent  charailcr,  and  the  jury  acquitted 
hi'.n. 

•  R!»?rccTirj»  the  utilinr  of  such  V-  in^tituf'inn,  vide  Vol.  III.  ^jc  t^t*^ 


or    VAV4L   CVINTS*  Z^f 

PLYMOUTH  REPORT, 

FROM  FEBRUARY  ai  TO  MARCH  aj. 

■■I ■    n>   ■*■  ' 

W.  11.  Wijid  8.  E.  Ptir.  An  exprets  arrived  fropi  Torbaf  to  tljc  Vic 
Cualliog  Office  to  send  over  craft  with  beer  to  complete  the  following  men  of 
war  arrived  there,  Viz.  TeMieratre,<9&  guns  Rear-Admiral  Wbitshed,  London 
98,  Venerable  74,  Hecbr  74,  Ratniiies  74,  Pompee  S4«  aod  Monu^uc  74. 
The  latter  ship  put  back  to  i^ommouith  to  repair  her  capstan,  which  was  found 
defedive.  Arrived  the  Fiorenzo»  44  guns.  Sir  H.  B.  Ncile,  fiart.  from  the  Baf 
of  Ballyshannon,  having  returned  from  convoying  out  the  Oporto  and  Lisbon 
fleets. 

IJ.  Wind  5«  £.  Fair.  Went  into  fiampool  to  refit  the  dama^  sustained 
in  the  adion  with  La  Pallas,  44  guns,  La  Loire,  48  guns.  Captain  Newman. 
Anived  from  Admiral  Sir  A-  Gardner's  fleet  off  Brest,  which  she  left  on  Tues- 
day last,  having  ^rung  her  main  mast,  the  Edgar,  74  guns,  Captain  E.  Boiler. 
By  the  latest  accounts Irom  Brest,  there  are  thirty-seven  sail  of  the  line  ready  fo^ 
sea,  viz.  twenty-two  French  and  fifteen  Spanish  men  of  war— of  which  twelve 
sail  are  vidualled  for  six  months,  and  have  troops  on  board.  Arrived  from  m 
cruise,  the  Danae,  24  guns,  Lord  Proby .  Sailed  on  a  cruise,  the  Anson,  44  guns. 
Captain  P.  C.  Durham. 

24.     Winds.  £.  Cloudy. 

15.  Wind  N.  E.  Cold.  Letters  from  Jamaica,  dated  hi  December  tact, 
atate  the  arrival  at  Port  Royal  of  Lieutenant  James  Wooldridge,  the  Officers 
and  crew  of  his  Majesty's  fate  armed  schooner  Fox,  of  eighteen  i8-pounders, 
and  seventy- five  men.  She  sailed  from  Jamaica  September  5,  1799,  with 
General  Bowles,  Chief  pf  the  Creek  Indiana.  She  was  destined  to  land  hun  in 
the  Gulph  of  Mexico,  and  then  proceed  on  a  cruise.  The  i'oz  touched  at  the 
Isle  of  Providence  for  a  pilot,  but  could  not  procure  one,  and  proceeded  to  her 
place  of  destination.  On  the  twenty-eiehth  of  September,  the  Master  tlun 
sounding,  and  about  three  leagues  from  the  shpre,  she  struck  on  a  sand-ban^, 
dose  by  a  coral  reef  or  quay,  in  shoal  water,  bilged,  and  fell  on  her  larbourd 
aide.  The  Officers  and  crew  remained  alt  night  in  the  rigging,  expedtng  everv 
moment  she  would  go  to  pieces:  to  add  to  their  distress,  the  boats  were  all 
•tove.  '>^'hen  morning  appeared,  they  got  out  a  little  pork  upon  the  reef,  and 
fortuna/ely  every  Officer  and  man  were  safe  from  the  wreck  at  noon,  when  the 
Fox  fell  over,  and  went  to  pieces.  In  this  melancholy  situation,  with  a  «iall 
pittance  of  pork  per  day/  without  any  vrater  but  what  they  dug  for  in  the  sand, 
they  remained  thirty-two  days  without  any  prosprd  of  relief.  On  the  thirty- 
third  day  they  descried  a  sail,  and  making  Hgnals  of  distress,  wlach  wtro 
answered,  the  sail  neared  them,  sent  boats  to  the  reef,  which  took  off  safe, 
thouc;h  very  weak  for  want  of  provisions,  Lieutenant  Wooldridge,  General 
Bowles,  and  the  Officers  and  crew.  She  proved  to  be  the  Providence  privateer, 
and  waa  on  her  passage  to  Jamaica.  In  the  Gulph  she  met  the  Thunderer, 
74  guns.  Captain  T.  Hardy,  who  took  the  Fox's  Cffjcert  and  crew  on  board, 
and  landed  them,  with  GeQcral  Bowles,  all  safe  a:  ('ort  Royal  the  first  of 
December  last*  A  court  martial  was  held  on  Lieutenant  W.  his  Officers  and 
crew  ;  when  after  a  minute  investigation  into  the  cause  of  the  loss  of  tlic  Fox« 
they  were  all  most  honourably  acquitted. 

26.  Winds.  N.  E.  Cloudy.  Arrived  the  Cambrian,  44  guns,  Honourable 
Captain  I  eggc,  from  the  coast  of  France.  She  brought  back  all  the  arms  and 
money  destined  for  the  Chouant. 

•7.  WindE.N.B,  Sailed  tfa«  Lady  Chailotte,  11  gnnt.  Lieutenant  S. 
HaUiday,  with  a  convoy  for  the  westward.  Also  the  Urania,  44  guns,  Captam 
Towiy  ;  Stag,  36,  Captain  Yorke  ;  St.  Fiorenzo,  44,  Captain  ."-ir  H.  B.  Neale ; 
and  Childers,  16,  Captain  Crawford,  00  a  cruise.  Arrived  from  Guernsey,  the 
Constantine  Russian  frigate,  36  guns;  and  the  Vulcan,  Thompton,  with  pas- 
sengers. 

iS.    Wind  E.  N.  £.  Fair.    Last  evening  sailed  on  a  cruiseoff  the  Isle  of  Bas, 
La  Suffisante,  16  guna,  Captain  Whitman ;  Havick,  18,  Captain  Bartholomew ; 


S36  MONTRLT  RB^tSTIft 

Dather,  18,  C«|>uiD  Tobin  ;  Spider  tdiooner,  14,  Lieoteaaat  Havnton.  Tbb 
day  the  Robnite  74  guii«»  Russell  74,  and  Canada  74,  were  reported  ready  for 
tea.  They  drop  down  die  harbour  for  Cawsand  Bay  the  moment  the  wind 
abifts.  ArriveJ  the  Landrich,  from  St.  I>omingo  for  Bremen,  detained  and 
Knt  in  by  the  Havick,  tS  guns.  Also  the  Flying  Mcrrarias»  fnta  BonrdcainL 
for  Altona,  detained  and  sent  in  by  the  Swan  cutter. 

Marth  1.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Went  into  Cawsand  Bay,  the  Ralegh,  74  gtto% 
and  Canada  74.  Arrived  from  a  cmise,  the  Inde£st^able,  44  gnnsi  Captain 
Curzon,  and  Voltigeur,  tS  gunsi  Captain  Shortiand* 

«.  Wind  N.  £.  Cold  Rain.  Arrived  the  Diamond,*  36  gnns.  Captain 
GriflEiths  from  a  cruise.  Last  night  a  gon  left  shotted  was  fired  fr^  a  man 
of  war  in  Hamosze,  which  struck  a  ship  a  few  yards  distance,  and  knocked  off  a 
teaman's  arm,  which  was  so  much  shattertd,  he  waa  conYcyed  to  the  Royal 
Hospital  for  ampuation. 

3.  Wind  N.  Cloudy.  Arrived  La  Pallas,  44  eons  (Lieutenant  Rayner 
prise  master),  from  Mounts  Bay.  She  went  diredly  up  Hamoaxe.  She  is  a 
lautifui  new  frigate  ;  her  first  cruise.  Arrived  La  Modeste  French  letter  of 
marque,  of  16  guns,  Captajin  CorroUir,  with  a  valuable  cargo  of  sugar,  coffee, 
cotton,  and  indi|[o,  valued  at  6o,oool.  from  the  Isle  of  France  to  Bourdeau. 
The  Captain's  private  venture  is  estinuted  at  ao,oooL 

4.  Wind  N.  N.  E.  Fair. 

5.  Wind  N.  £.  Cold.  Sailed. La  Nymphe,  56  guns,  on  a  cruise  off  UihaBt* 
Also  the  Thames,  31  guns.  Captain' Lukm,  to  join  Admiral  Sir  A.  Gardner's 
fleet  off  Brest.  Arrived  La  Vengeance  French  privateer,  of  18  guns,  and  174 
men,  taken  the  2d  instant,  in  the  Bay,  by  La  Nereide,  36  guns,  Captain 
Watkins,  after  a  long  chace.  She  sailed  irom  Bonrdeauz  the  18th  ult.  witn  La 
Bellone,  ot  %%  guns,  and  three  other  large  privateers,  which  La  Nereide  chaccd 
for  several  hours ;  but  being  fast  sailers,  and  far  to  windward,  they  escaped. 
There  are  not  less  than  thirty  privateers  of  different  sizes  now  out  from  Bour- 
deauz  on  various  stations,  from  36  to  16  gnna. 

fi.  Wind  N.  E.  Cold.  Sailed  the  Boadicea,  38  guns.  Captain  Keates,  on  a 
cmise  i  and  Danae,  14  guns.  Captain  Lord  Prob^,  to  the  wertward.  Arrived 
the  Commerce  French  sloop  from  St.  Maloes,  pnse  to  the  Chance  privateer  of 
Guernsey;  Spider  schooner  from  a  cruise.  Also  the  Flying  Mescurius,  of 
Bremen,  from  BourdeauK,  drtained  and  sent  in  bv  the  Swan  cuttek ;  which 
htter  arrived  off  the  port,  and  sailed  diredly.  ,  Also  came  in  the  Bene  Anne 
brig,  belonging  to  JerKy,  laden  with  tobacco  and  staves,  from  Virginia,  bound 
to  London,  uken  the  14U1  uIl  by  the  General  Massena  French  privateer,  of 
Ai  guns  and  170  men,  and  recaptured  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  leagues 
west  of  Scilly,  by  his  Majesty's  ship  Ruby,  64  guns.  Captain  S.  Ferris,  on  her 
passage  to  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  Also  the  skip  Landrake,  laden  with  sugar 
and  coffee,  from  St.  Domingo  to  Hambro',  detained  and  sent  in  by  the  Havick» 
a  8  gims.  Captain  Bartholomew. 

7.  Wind  N.  N.  E.  Fair.  Came  in  the '  American  ship  Perteverance, 
J.  Norman  master,  from  Baltimore,  bound  to  London,  laden  with  tobacco, 
sugar,  coffee,  &c.  captured  by  the  Mars  French  privateer,  of  21  guns,  and  150 
men,  and  retaken  the  3d  instant  off  Ushant,  by  the  Nereide,  36  gunS|  Captain 
Watkins.    Arrived  La  Nereide,  36  guns,  from  a  cruise. 

8.  Wind  N.  N.  W.  Snow,  Blows  Hard.  I>ast  nirht  it  blew  an  hurricane 
at  N.  N.  £.  and  shifted  to  N.  N.  W.  At  one  o'doca  several  gnns  were  fired 
in  Hamoese.  This  morning  it  appeared  that  the  Terrible,  74  guns.  Captain 
Worsley«  had  broke  from  her  moorings  in  Hamoase,  and  bdng  lashed  to  the 
sheer-hulk,  both  went  on  shore  on  the  west  mud  :  fortunately  the  tide  flowing 
they  were  got  off  with  little  damage. 

9.  Wind  S.  £.  Rain.  Letters  from  the  Amethyst,  36  guns,  Captain  Coatca, 
dated  at  sea,  state,  that  he  had  recaptured  a  very  valuable  American  ship,  and 
sent  her  for  Falmouth.  Sailed  the  Plymouth  lugger,  Lieutenant  Elliot ;  Vol- 
tigeur,  iS^uns,  Captain  bhoaiaud  ;  and  Sylph,  18,  Captain  Dashwood,  en  a 
cruise. 


Ot  lUiVAL    XYEHTS*  d.37 

to.    wind  S.  S.  Snow  and  Raliw 

It.  Winds. £•  Raiii*  Sailed  a  cuttet  with  dispatches  for  the  fleet  qS 
Brest. 

It.  Wind  E.  S.  £.  Fair.  Arrived  the  Sawarrow,  ii  guns,  I.ieutexianc 
XicholsoD,  from  tfte  Passage  du'  Kit.  She  fcH  in  with  two  French  luggers  o£ 
S^Bs,  and  Qoe  Preach  logger  of  to  gnns,  full  of  men.  £ngaged  them  in  a 
'Vtry  gallant  atjle,  sad  beat  them  off;  took  three  chasse  marges,  one  in  ballast^ 
and  two  with,  wines,  in  sight  of  the  loggers,  which  were  running  away  ;  be 
hoarded  and  sent  the  diaSienurfes  for  Falmouth  and  Pif mouth. 

IS.  Wmd  S.  E*  Mild.  Afrived  the  Sirioa,  36  guns.  Captain  Kinflr,  from  off 
Brest.    Arrived  from  Lisbon,  the  Earl  St.  Vincent  schooner,  with  di^acches. 

14.  Wind  S.  £.  Blows  Hard. 

15.  Wind  S.  B.  Rain.  Arrived  a  carte!  from  Morlaix,  with  British 
prisoners.    Also  the  Amethyst  frigate.  Captain  Coates,  from  a  cruise. 

16.  Wind  N.  and  N.  W.  Fair  and  Mild.  Arrived  La  Josephine  cutter 
privateer,  of  6  guns  and  30  men,  captured  in  the  Channel  by  the  Suffisante, 
16  guns,  Captain  Wittman.  Sailed  to  join  the  Repulse,  64  guns,  and  Aga- 
memnon 64,  cruising  off  the  Penmarks,  La  Nereide,  36  guns,  Captain  Watkras, 
and  the  Suwarrow  armed  schooner,  Lieutenant  Nicholsion.  Passed  by  Lord 
Bridport  from  Torbay,  with  fifteen  sail  of  the  line  and  four  frigates,  to  join  the 
Channel  fleet  off  &est.  His  Lordship  was  joined  off  the  Sound  by  the 
Impetueux,  &4  guns,  Sir  E.  Pellew,  Bart.  ;  Canada,  74,  Honourable  M.  De 
Courcy  ;  and  Russell,  74,  Captain  H-  Sawyer. 

17.  Wind  N.  £.  Fair  and  Mild.  Came  in  La  Sophie,  with  brandy  and 
wine  for  the  French  fleet,  taken  by  the  Agamemnon,  64  guna,  off  the  Pen- 
marks.  Also  the  Joseph  armed  lugger,  and  the  Fanny  lugger,  from  the 
westward. 

<8.    Wind  N.  W.  Fair. 

19.  Wind  N.  E.  Fair.  Arrived  the  Santa  Margarita,  36  guns,  from  con- 
voying out  the  West  India  contoy  from  Cork.  Went  into  dock  the  Glenmorei 
36  guns,  Captain  Duff. 

ao.  Wind  N.  Fair.  Arrived  the  Brilliant  frigate  from  Lisbon.  She  wai 
put  under  quarantine,  having  been  in  the  Straits.  She  parted  with  her  convoy 
m  a  gale  of  wind  a  few  days  after  she  left  Lisbon.  Sailed  qn  a  cruise  to  the 
westward,  the  Fisgard,  48  guns.  Captain  1'.  B.  Martin.  The  Cambrian^ 
44  guns.  Honourable  Captain  Lcgge,  is  now  waiting  in  the  Sound  for  Admi- 
ralty orders.  Letters  received  this  day  from  the  Alcmene,  36  guns,  Captain 
Di^y,  state,  she  was  well,  cruising  on  the  Spanish  coast,  and  had  recaptured 
and  dispatched  for  England  a  valuable  ship  from  the  Straits,  with  silks  and  hale 
goods,  belonging  to  Liverpool.  Two  more  galleon  frigates  were  expeded,  viz. 
La  Gibire,  32  guns,  and  El  Glorioso  36,  whish  it  is  hoped  will  enrich  our 
Brave  tars. 

«i.  WindN..W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  Cork,  the  DiAator,  64  guns,  armed 
tnfuie^  Captain  Hardy,  with  five  hundred  of  the  Sad  regiment  on.  hoard* 
flailed  the  Diamond,  36  guns.  Captain  Griffiths,  and  the  Telegraph,  18,  Lieu- 
tenant Corsellls,  on  a  cruise.  Passed  by  to  the  westward,  the  Anson,  44  gnns^ 
Captuiu  P.  C.  Durham,  with  the  valuable  East  India  and  Botany  Bay  convoyt* 
Passed  up  a  convoy  from  the  westward. 

%%.    Wind  N.  N.  W.  Fair. 

9ar  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Came  in  from  off  Brest,  which  they  left  the  zpth 
instant.  Admiral  Gardner's  squadron,  viz.  Royal  Sovereign,  uo  guns.  Admiral 
Sic  A.  Gardner,  Bart.  Captain  Bedford  ;  Triumph  74,  Rear- Admiral  Colling- 
Wood;  Formidable  98,  St.  George  98,  Caesar  84,  Bcllona  74,  Magnificent  ^JU 
and  Unicorn  36.  They  left  Admiral  Lord  Bridport  all  well  off  Brest,  witfi 
thirty- one  sail  of  the  line,  at  the  above  period,  when  the  French  and  Spaniih 
fleets  hadnot  made  any  movement  to  put  to  sea.  Arrived  the  Phabe,  36  guns, 
i^ptain  Barbw,  with  o&c  of  her  prizes,  St  beautiful  corvette  of  %%  giUM. 

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23^  MONTHLY   RIGIITER 

PORTSMOUTH  REPORT, 

FROM  FEBRUARY  15  TO  MARCH  la. 


Teh.  ts*    ARRIV£D  the  Sophia,  Csptain  Bordett,  from  a  cnuae. 

a6.  Arrived  the  Grand  Falconer,  Lieatenint  Chilcott,  with  dsipatehet  Iron 
?>Iarcou  ;  and  the  Defence  of  74  gunn,  Lord  Harry  Paalet,  with  a  convoy  from 
the  Oowni.    Alio  the  Vrow  Anna,  from  Dieppe,  prise  to  the  Concorde. 

27.  Sailed  the  Liberty,  with  a  conToy,  for  Plymonth. 

28.  Sailed  the  Castor,  of  32  gunt,  Captain  Cover,  to  relies  the  Concordct 
cruising  off  Havre  de  Grace. 

Martb  I.  Arrived  the  Rose  cotter,  Lieutenant  W*  H.  FanOaior,  with  dii* 
patches  from  the  coast  of  France.  Sailed  La  Renard,  Captain  Spiccr,  with  a 
cbnvoy,  for  the  Downs. 

2.  Arrived  the  Anson,  of  44  guns,  Captain  Durham  ;  and  the  St.  Fiorcmzo, 
of  44,  Captain  Sir  H.  Neale. 

3.  Arrived  the  Ceres,  of  32  guns,  Captain  Nicholas  ;  and  the  Harpy,  of  iS 
guns,Capt.  Bazcly.  Came  intoharboui  the  Experiment,  of  44  guns, Capt«  Savillc. 

4.  Ai rived  the  Rowcliffe,  of  16  guns.  Lieutenant  Donovan,  frcm  Guernsey. 
Sailed  the  A jaz,  Achilles,  and  Saturn,  for  Torbay. 

5.  Arrived  the  Niger,  of  32  guns,  armed  m  Arfr,  Captain  Lamour ;  the 
Severn,  of  44,  Captain  Whithy  ;  the  Scorpion,  of  16,  Captain  Tinlsng ;  the 
Serpent,  of  16,  Captain  Roberta ;  and  the'  Champion  cutter,  with  diyatcfaes 
from  Marcou. 

6.  Arrived  the  Concorde,  of  36  guns,  Capt.  Barton,  frooi  his  atttion  off  Havre. 
7'he  Camilla,  Capt.  Larkan,  has  a  signal  hoisted  for  a  convoy  to  NewlouDdiaadi 

7.  Arrived  the  Blonde,  Captain  Burn,  from  the  eastward. 

8.  Arrived  the  Topaze,  of  36  guns.  Captain  Church,  from  a  cmiie.  Sailed 
the  Defence,  of  74  guns,  Captain  Lord  H.  Paulet,  for  Torbay. 

9.  Arrived  the  Beaver,  of  18  guns,  Captalta  Jones,  from  a  cruise.  Sailed 
the  Rovrcliffe,  of  16  guns,  Lieutenant  Donovan,  with  his  Ezcellency  Count 
Viomerille,  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Russians,  Colonel  Gladhoff,  and  suite. 

10.  Arrived  the  Druid,  of  32  guns,  Captain  Apthorpe.  Sail^  the  £ndy« 
mion,  of  44  guna.  Captain  Sir  T.  \\'illiams  ;  Arethusa,  of  3S,  Captain  Wolley  \ 
and  Champion,  of  24,  Captain  Hamond,  with  a  convoy  for  the  Mediterranean* 
The  two  former  accompany  them  only  a  part  of  the  voyage. 

IX.    Sailed  the  Unicorn  cutter.  Lieutenant  Rowed,  on  a  cruise. 
I  a.    Sailed  the  Grand  Falconer,  of  10  guns,  Lieutenant  Chilcott,  for  Marcoa« 
13.     Sailed  the  Cyclops  armed  cnjiute^  of  z%  guns,  Captain  Fyffe. 
X4.    Sailed  the  Heroine,  of  32  guns,  Captain  Hill. 

15.  Sailed  thoWinchelsea,  of  32  guiis.  Captain  Hatley ;  and  the  Camilla,  o( 
90  guns,  Captain  Larlun,  w^th  a  convoy  for  Newfoundl^d. 

1 7.  Sailed  the  Anson,  of  4^  guns.  Captain  Durham,  with  the  East  Indiamei^ 
under  convoy  ;  accompanied  with  the  Porpoise,  of  12  guns,  Captain  Scott,  for 
Botany  Hay,  and  the  Lady  NeUon,  Captain  Barrow,  an  ordnance  store  ship,  for 
Gibraltar.  She  is  hound  to  New  Sputh  Wales,  for  th;  purpose  of  surreying  th^ 
(loast,  and  maku)g  discoveries. 

]  8.  A rrivcd  the  Eugenie,  of  1 8  guns,  Captain  Somerville,  with  a  conyoT  from 
the  Downs.  Sajled  the  Alert  cutter,  I  ieutcnant  Clark,  on  a  cruise  :  also  the 
Resoorce,  Captain  Crispo;^Romuhis,  Captain  Culverhouse;  Sheemesa,  Capuift 
Carden  ;  and  Ceres,  Captain  Nichols,  all  armed  en^§^  for  the  Downs. 

19.  Sailed  the  Aurora,  of  28  guns,  Captain  Caulfield,  for  Lisbon  ;  amd 
Eugenie,  Captain  Somerville,  on  a  cruise. 

20.  Arrived  the  Osprcy,  of  18  guns.  Captain  Watts,  from  the  Dovmt. 

fti.  Sailed  the  St.  Fiorcnzo,  of  44  guns,  Captain  Sir  H.  Neale,  on  a  ctnileg 
and  the  liberty  brig,  for  Gutrnscy. 

22.  Sailed  the  Calcutta,  l-lysses,  and  Dover,  with  the  guatds,  fo^  Cork% 
The  Dover  proceeds  from  Cork  to  G.braftar. 


OF  KA7AL   STENTS*  ftj^ 

EAST-INDIA  kEPORT. 


THE  late  addition  to  the  regnlar  East  India  tonnage,  for  the  service  of  this 
geaaoo,  makes  the  whole  number  of  ships  to  proceed  to  India  and  China  amount 
to  twenty-seven,  twelve  of  which  are  new  ships,  and  on  their  first  voyage, 
eeven  on  their  second,  one  on  her  third,  four  on  their  fourth,  one  on  her  fifth, 
and  two  on  their  sixth  voyages. 

Mmxh  7.  A  Court  of  DireAors  was  held  at  the  £ast  India  House,  when  tho 
folbwing  ships  were  taken  up  for  one  voyage,  to  bring  home  sugar,  cotton,  salt- 
petre, &c.  from  Bengal  :^ 

New  Ship,  580  Building  by  Mr.  Mangle. 

*— — .,  600  I  Mr.  Wilkinson. 

Melville  Castle,  806  Mess.  Hamilton  and  Co. )  /) 

Rockingham,  798  Mr.  Wigrara,  C  ^«'**^'. 

Herculean,  637  Mess.  Lyatt  and  Co.       } 

The  now  Dispatch,  on  her  passage  from  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  to  Madras, 
on  the  6th  of  June,  experienced  the  following  circumstances,  evidently  resulting 
from  an  earthquake,  and  which  is  copied  frcwi  Captain  Brown's  journal :  '*  At 
fijre  A.  A(.  havipg  a  steady  brecse  at  £.  S.  £.  and  doody  weather,  steering 
N.  N.  K,  at  the  rate  of  five  miles  and  a  half  per  hour— a  long  sweU  from  the 
S.  E.— felt  a  motion  as  if  the  ship  was  running  over  the  groun^,  or  some  other 
solid  substance,  aqd  at  the  time,  for  the  space  of  from  five  to  seven  minutes, 
heard  a  confused  ^rinding  tremulous  npife,  afie^Sling  the  ship  in  every  part ;  it 
ceased,  and  the  ship  was  instantly  hove-to,and  we  sounded  with  ninety  fathom^ 
of  line  op  and  down,  but  no  ground :  by  this  time  it  was  pcrfe(31y  day-light, 
the  sea  not  in  the  least  confused,  nor  could  we  perceive  the  smallest  appearancq 
of  any  thing  which  had  occasioned  it. — The  ship  was  not  felt  to  striae  once— 
Ae  kept  perfciHy  upright  -held  her  way  through  the  water  (and  aoswere^i  her 
helm] — nor  does  she  make  any  water  in  consequence  of  the  shock  received  ; 
these  circumstances  make  us  at  a  loss  to  account  lor  it  in  any  other  manner,  thao 
attribute  it  to  some  violent  convulsion  of  nature.— Draught  of  water  forward 
«ght  feet,  and  aft  ten  feet  six  inches ;  latitude,  7.  58.  south ;  longitude,  reduced 
ifom  an  observation  of  the  sun  and  nu>on,  on  the  ist  instant,  87.  39.  east. 

The  last  fleet  of  ships  proceeding  to  India  will  not  be  dispatched  before  the 
middle  of  May ;  they  are  severally  ordered  to  be  in  the  Downs  on  the  30th  of 
April,  and  consigned  to  China  dire^.  The  Lord  Walsingham  and  Earl  Spencer, 
Cantains  Thomas  Smales  and  Charles  Raitt,  will  be  the  last  ships  of  this  seasoa 
to  DC  dispatched  to  Bengal  dired. 

None  of  the  East  India  Company's  ships,  now  under  dispatch  for  the  severa^ 
Presidencies  in  India,  will  touch  at  the  Cape  of  Gop^  Hope,  owtwafd-bound. 

The  new  ship  Dorsetshire,  for  the  East  India  Company^s  servicf  this  season, 
IS  st^oned  to  Bengal  dired. 

The  Herculean,  extra  ship,' we  learn,  is  added  to  the  regular  tom^gefor  India 
this  season. 

s      * 

llie  ships  Butterworth  and  New  Euphrates  have  obtained  permission  to  pro* 
cecd  fo  the  eastward  of  the  Cape  of  Good  tiope,  on  the  Southern  Whale  Fishery, 
this  season,  in  addition  to  those  already  licensed. 

14.     A  laree  East  Indiaman  was  launched  at  Gravesent^  called  the  Lady  Jane 
Pundas,  the  Honoiiraklf  Hugh  Lindsay,  Commander.    The  ship  is  built  on  a 
new  construdion,  and  was  much  admired. 

19.  A  General  Court  was  held  at  the  Efut  India  Honse,  pnnnant  to  charter. 
After  the  nsoal  forms,  the  Qhairipan  produced  two  distina  resolutions  of  the 
pire<ftbrs,  acquitting  the  Owners  and  Commanders  of  the  Woodoot  and  Earl 
Fitzwilliam  from  all  imputation  of  negled  or  roiscondu<5l,  in  resped  of  the  lose 
of  those  ships,  which  were  unanhnousiy  agreed  to  by  the  Court  of  Proprietors; 
Put  the  ad  requiring  a  ballot,  it  was  fixed  for  Thursday,  the  3d  of  AprU« 


i^  MORTHLT   |lft<3JiTf  R.  Of    VAtAL    EVINtS* 

MARRIAGES. 

The  Rev.  Augrustut  FauIkiMr,  ion  ef  the  Ute  Admiral  Fuilknor,  to  Miw 
Harriet  Spry,  daughter  of  Lieutcaanc-G^ncral  Spry. 

.  Mmteb  %u    Captaio  bhirky,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  to  Mra.  U<ylya»  of  6«i^ 
ford-strcet. 


OBITUARY. 
Lately,  after  a  short  Illness,  Mr.  A.  Jcfferies,  aged  76,  Boattwain  of  VtKtt* 
mouth  YarcL  He  was  an  able  seaxnaa  m  the  Royal  Navy  ia  the  year  1743  ; 
made  Boatswain  of  the  Enterprise  in  1745  ^  served  with  the  late  Admiral  ^ir 
Charles  Knowles,  as  his  Boatswain,  in  the  war  of  174S,  in  the  West  Indies  ;  and 
la&tly  afloat  with  Admiral  Boscawen.  He  was  appointed  to  Portsmouth  Yard 
in  1 761.  He  was,  corredlly  speakinp^,  always  a  man  of  stri^  integrity^^revered 
by  the  seamen*- regarded  by  his  Officers — rcipeded  by  every  one.  Those  whv 
luiew  him  will  say,  this  is  a  tribute  due  to  his  memory.  . 

At  Portsea,  Mn.  Hope,  wife  of  R.  Hope,  Esq.  Parser  of  hit  Maieity'a  Ihip 

Pmssant. 

At  HuUi.Mr.  B.  Mctcilf,  ship-owner  at  that  port,  and  waa  an  Bldcr  Brotlier 
Vd  Warden  of  the  Trinity-House. 

Mmrck  4.    Mrs.  Edwards,  wife  of  Captain  £dward%  of  the  Navy. 

At  Boshaoit  Lieutenant  Allcock,  of  the  Marines.  His  death  it  gftitly 
lamented  by  all  who  had  the  honour  and  happinest  of  his  acquaintance. 

On  the  X2th  instant  died,  after  a  life  devoted  to  the  civil  branch  of  the  navat 
aervice  of  his  country,  with  unequalled  abilities,  Peter  Butt,  Esq.  of  Iiis 
Majesty's  Dock- Yard,  Deptford,  in  the  76th  year  of  his  age.  The  genuine 
goodness  of  his  heart  was  manifest  in  every  adtion  of  his  me,  as  well  as  his 
tranc^uil  resignation  in  the  hour  of  death.  He  lived  beloved  and  respeded,  as 
he  died  lamented  by  all  mankind. 

The  Duke  of  Brunswick^  with  hia  usual  attention  to  relisrioos  duties,  haa 
c.avsed  a  solemn  service  to  be  celebrated  in  the  catholic  chordi  of  bis  capital^ 
f^r  the  death  of  Marshal  Da  Castkijls,  ct-dtsmmt  Minister  of  the  Marine 
ip  France,  who  lately  died  at  Brunswick  at  a  very  advanced  age. 

At  Calcutta,  William  M ears,  Eso.  formerly  Commander  of  the  ship  Royal 
Bishop,  employed  in  the  East  India  Company's  service. 

Scot  LAN  o»—47''*  ^'^'  ^7*  '^^^  corpse  of.  Captain  Maxwell,  of  the  Anrors, 
of  Campbelton,  was  found  in  the  harbour  of  Ayr,  upon  the  vessel's  leaving  it, 
in  the  place  where  she  lay  when  the  accident  happened,.  It  is  a  circumstance 
•pmcwnat  singular,  that  this  young  man's  father,  who  was  also  a  ship  master, 
was  drowned  in  the  year  177Z,  and  his  corpse  thrown  on  the  Ayrshire  Coast, 
in  the  parish  of  Rirkoswald,  where  be  was  decently  interred ;  and  that  the  same 
Persons,  or  their  connexions,  who  performed  the  last  office»  of  humanity  to  the 
father,  hav«,  with  the  like  humanity,  conveyed  the  ceipee  of  the  son,  and  laid  it 
in  the  same  grave  with  his  father. 

In  the  bight  of  Leogane,  on  hk  passage  home  from  Jamaica,  of  tbe  brain: 
fever,  Mr.  Robpt  Cudic^t  Commander  of  the  meruxant  ship  Castor,  of 
London. 

In  Durham-placcj  Cheliea,  Matthew  Squire,  Eaq.  Rear- Admiral  of  the  Red. 

At  Stonehouse,  Plymouth,  Dr.  Walker,  Second  Physicfan  at  the  Royal  NavaX 
Hospital,  after  a  short  illiicss. 

At  Crewkcrpe,  5=omcrset,  Lieutenant  John  Crane,  First  Lieutenant  of  hit 
Majesty's  o^arine  forces  (only  son  of  Dr.  Crane,  physician),  who  served  with 
rrptitation  under  Admiral  Earl  St.  Vincent ;  and  in  the  viAory  obtained  over 
the  .^^'panish  fleet  on  the  memorable  fourteenth  of  February,  shared  in  the  honour 
of  the  day*  Of  this  deserving  Ofiier  thebest  eulogy  is  contained  in  hia  Captain'i 
report,  vis.  <^  He  boce  a  charaacr  perf«aiy  witbont  bkmiah.  He  waa  att 
honour  to  the  corps  to  which  he  belonged,  and  an  ornament  to  soeiety.  Th# 
rtrickest  propriety  was  the  guide  of  hisaaions;  and.  bk  gentle 
ocarod  hmi  to  every  one." 


MOGMAPHICAL  MMMOIJi  OF  THE  LATS 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  HARVEY. 


Wdi  mote  ye  wonder  how  that  noble  Knighti 

After  he  had  so  oiten  wounded  beene» 

Could  ttauid  on  foot  now  to  renew  the  fight : 

But  had  ye  then  him  forth  advauncing  seene^ 

Some  new-borne  Wight  ye  would  him  surely  wecnc; 

So  fresh  he  seemed,  and  to  fierce  in  sight !  Srs  nsik* 

A  MIDST  The  Naval  Heroes  who  gained  such  renown  in 
•^^^  the  dreadful  struggle  between  the  Sons  of  Liberty,  and 
the  Slaves  of  Anarchy  on  the  glorious  first  of  June;  the  name 
of  Harvey  is  gratefully  recorded  by  his  Country,  and  conse- 
crated with  peculiar  esteem  to  the  emulation  of  posterity. 

This  distinguished  OfEccr  was  born  at  Elmton,  in  the 
parish  of  Ey thorn,  in  Kent,  on  the  ninth  af  July,  1740. 
O,  S.  He  was  the  third  son  of  Mr.  Richard  Harvey,  a 
gentleman  of  the  most,  amiable  charafter,  and  Elizabeth 
daughter  of  Mr.  Henry  NichoUs,  of  Barham,  in  the  same 
county:  at  the  age  of  fifteen  he  went  to  sea  with  Captain 
firett  (1755),  who  then  commanded  the  Falmouth  of  50  guns. 
Mr.  Harvey  soon  became  noticed  for  his  assiduity  in  the 
service ;  and  on  one  occasion  in  particular,  when  only  seven- 
teen, displayed  a  quickness  of  mind  and  watchful  observation^ 
which  distinguished  his  character  in  the  subsequent  events  of 
bis  professional  career. 

Tlic  pilot  of  the  Falmouth  had  mistaken  the  North  Fore- 
land light  for  that  en  the  coast  of  Suffolk,  and  was  adually 
steerinjg  towards  the  Goodwin  Sands;  when  Mr.  Harvey, 
whose  watch  it  was  on  deck,  endeavoured  to  convince  him  of 
liis  error,  but  without  cffeSt — the  pilot  obstinately  persisted, 
Mr.  Harvey  as  strenuously  maintained  hi^  opinion ;  in  which 
Captain  Brett  fortunately  coinciding,  the  Ship's  course  was 
imttiediately  ordered  to  be  changed :  at  that  very  instant  the 
breakers  were  seen  close  alongside ;  and  but  for  this  providen* 
tiai  circumstance,  at  it  blew  hard,  tlie  Ship  and  crew  would 
inevitably  have  been  lost.  ' 

J^  HI.  £  K 


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^4'  BIOCRAFHZCAL    MfiMOIt 

On  the  Airtieth  of  January,  1759,  Mr.  Htrvey  quitted  the 
Falmouth  ;  and  Wa9  recommended  ta  the  notice  of  Aduiinit 
Francis  Holbourne,  who  then  commanded  at  Portsmouth* 
This  Of&cer  was*  so  well  pleased  with  the  2ea}otis  assiduity 
of  Mr.  Hanrey,  and  the  professional  skill  be  had  now  acqvtredt 
that  the  Admiral  gave  him  an  afting  order  as  Lieutenant  ;  in 
which  rank  he  was  confirmed  on  the  i8th  of  September  fol- 
lowing, and  appointed  to  the  Hornet  sloop,  commanded  by  the 
Honourable  C.  Napier. 

Lieutenant  Harvey  continued  under  this  Officer  but  a  short 
time  ;  and  on  the  twenty-first  of  March,  1761,  was  removed 
into  the  Arethusa  frigate,  the  Honourable  Raby  Vane,  Com- 
mander, then  on  the  Lbbon  station  i  in  which  Ship  Mr. 
Harvey  continued  until  the  conclusion  of  the  war. 

The  mind  of  this  aspiring  Officer,  though  formed  tosustain 
the  hardships  and  fatigue  of  his  profession,  and  to  glow  amid 
Its  various' scenes  of  peril ;  could  equally  enjoy  the  quiet  of 
domestk  happiness,  without  ever  feeling  oppressed  by  the  calm 
tenor  of  retirement.  On  the  twenty-seventh  of  September, 
^  763>  he  married  ♦  Judith,  the  daughter  of  Mr,  Henry  Wise  of 
Sandwich.  From  the  month  of  November  1766,  to  that  of 
June  1768,  Lieutenant  Harvey  was  appointed  to  his  Majesty's 
cutter  Alarm,  stationed  on  the  coast  of  Scotland ;  when  be  was 
advanced  Commander.  Having  succeeded  Captain  Pearson 
in  the  Speedwell  sloop  in  tlie  month  of  January,  1776,  he 
continued  in  this  Ship  until  September,  1777 ;  when  be  was 
advanced  to  Post  rank>  and  appointed  to  the  Panther  of  60 
"guns. 

The  expences  of  the  Navy  t  for  this  year  {1777)^-1  includ- 
ing the  ordinary  at  400,0031.  and  the  building  and  repairing  of 

*  By  "whom  he  had  tuMe^Nemry  Win,  ef  Haxndea  in  Eastry,  Kent— 7*^1 
%\  pretent  Cipum  of  hit  Msjctty't  Ship  Southaimpcoft— JB^nwr^,  vStJiag  Liett^ 
Jiaiit  of  the  fame  Siiip^ Aic^n/,  who  died  ao  in£iDt— ilfoji,  married  te  W. 
Botcler,  JEsq.  ol 'Lzfir f^^Fanny^  married  to  Robert  Carling,  Esq.  olSandwld^— 
*£lizah€tb\  who  died  at  the  age  of  eight  yean— aod  ^aroifr,  a  minor* 

t  Berkenhout's  Cootiouation  of  CampbelL 

f  On  a  clear  investigation  of  the  State  of  the  Navy  in  the  Committee  of 
Xaquiry,  during  th:  cAiuIng  year  (i  77S)yit  appeared  that  the  frigatci  caployed 


or  TU8    IfATf    CAPTAIN  JORH    HARTHT.  24) 

Ships,  that  warroted  at  465, 500!.  atoouat^d  to  no  lest  thait 
3»M5»505{*  exclosive  of  4000K  voted  to  GreeiiYrich  Hospi^* 
Gnat  drmatnents  were  continually  inoreastng  in  the  French; 
and  Spanish  ports  ;  which»  with  many  other  sospicioua 
appearances,  had  rendered  it  accessary  to  commission  aixteei% 
additional  Ships  of  the  line,  and  to  increase  the  bounty  to 
aeamea  foe  entering  the  Service  to  five  pounds  for  each  qiaj^«; 
Soon  after  tbeChrintmas  recess  a  bill  bad  passed,  enabling  tbo: 
Admiralty  to  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal  to  the  owner?*- 
or  Captains  of  private  merchant  Ships ;  to  take  aqd  qx^kp 
prize  of  all  vessels  with  tlieir  effeds»  belonging  to  any  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  Thirteen  United  Colonies,  Vice-AdmtraL 
Robert  Duff*  being  appointed  Commander  in  Chipf  of  his 
Majesty's  Ships  in  tlie  Mediterranean,  in  the  month  of  Sep'* 
tember,  1777,  sailed  in  the  Panther,  Captain  Harvey,  fbc: 
Gibraltar }  where  he  arrived  on  the  twenty-first  of  January, 
1778*  A  guard-ship,  during  this  period,  afforded  but  littlo 
Kope  for  the  display  of  such  professional  talents  as  Qaptaioi 
Harvey  possessed*  Early  in  1779  preparations  in  the  porta 
of  Spain  wqre  redoubled ;  and  when  their  design  was  ripe  fbc 
execution,  tiie  Spanish  Ambassador,  the  Marquis  D'Almo* 
dover,  having  received  orders  in  June  to  withdraw  from  Great 
Britain^  delivered  a  long  manifesto  to  Lord  Viscount  Wey-^ 
mouth,  which  had  the  following  specious  and  strange  con** 
elusion  :  **  His  Majesty  (of  Spain)  findst  himself  under  tbt 
4isagreeaAii  necessity  pf  makit^  use  of  all  the  means  which  th^ 
Jllmighty  has  entrusted  him  with^  to  obtain  xhT^t  justice  which 
he  has  solicited  by  so  many  ways  without  being  able  to 

* 

10  Ain«ric^  amounted  to  eighty-ieyen  ;  that  the  number  of  Ship4  of  the  Lxne^ 
do  thehom«  Mrvicc,  amounted  to  thirty- five  ;  that  the  (rigates  employed  on  the 
aame  eenrice  were  eleven  ;  aBd  that  the  number  of  other  vessels  did  not  eiceed 
twenty-four  , — that  since  the  year  1770,  more  tha^  two  millions  of  money  had 
been  votpd  for  the  use  of  the  Navy. 

*  Advanced  to  Post  rank,  Odober  13, 1746,  and  appointed  to  the  A^1escft« 
On  the  thirty-first  of  March,  X775,  ^vanced  Rear-Admiral  of  the  Blue, 
Died  Vice-Admiral  of  the  Red,  at  Queen's  Ferry,  July  6,  1787.  This  Offic^ 
was  nearly  related  to  the  ^arl  of  Fife,  who  ia  descended  from  Macduff,  eighth 
Thane,  and  afterwards  £arl  9I  Fifci  the  celebrated  chastiscr  «f  t)ie  tyrant 


t44  BIOOKAFHICAL   MCMOlft 

acquire  :  in  confiding  on  the  justice  of  his  cause,  his  Majesty 
hopes  that  the  consequences  of  this  resolution  will  not  be^ 
imputed  to  him  before  God  and  man,  &c/'— It  was  not  the 
£rst  or  last  time,  that  the  Court  of  Madrid  attempted  to  cover 
its  political  schemes  with  the  cloke  of  reltgioa. 

Towards  the  conclusion  of  the  year  1779  *,  the  blockade  of 
Gibraltar  was  completely  formed.-^An  account  so  full  and 
accurate  has  been  given  by  Colonel  Drinkwater  of  all  the 
transadions,  which  passed  in  garrison^  and  the  Straits^ 
whilst  the  Panther  continued  on  that  station  ;  that  we  shalt 
only  sdcSt  two  events,  as  placing  the  charader  of  Captaia 
Harvey  in  a  striking  point  of  view. 

When  Admiral  Rodncy^s  fleet,  on  the  twenty*second  of 
January,  178O)  first  arrived  in  the  Bay,  the  Terrible,  Alcide, 
and  Monarca,  together  with  a  transport,  were  driven  by  a 
strong  current  within  gun-shot  of  the  Spanish  forts ;  the 
signal  was  immediately  thrown  out  from  the  Panther*  for  all 
boats  to  go  to  their  assistance.  On  this  occasion  Captain 
Harvey's  daring  spirit,  and  activity,  would  not  allow  him  ta 
remain  a  mere  spcAator  of  the  exertions  mad^  by  others : 
thinking  that  his  local  knowledge  might  afford  considerable 
aid,  he  immediately  went  on  board  \  and  it  was  principally- 
owing  to  his  direQions,  that  the  Ships  were  at  length  towed 
back  with  safety  into  Gibraltar  Bay.  What  idea  Admiral 
Rodney  entertained  of  Captain  H^rve\'s  conduft  on  this 
occasion,  may  be  discovered  from  his  giving  this  brave  Officer 
a  commission  for  the  Guipuscoana,  of  64  guns  }  the  Ship 
that  with  four  frigates  had  sailed  to  protect  the  convoy 
captured  by  Sir  George  on  tlic  eighth  of  January.  On  board 
of  this  Ship  however,  called  afterwards  tlic  Prince  William^ 
Captain  Harvey  never  hoisted  his  pendant. 

•  On  the  wcond  of  OAobcr,  Caffain  George  M^irtapi^t  letter  to  the  Adniinltj 
gftve  an  account  of  the  capture  of  the  first  fng^ate  from  the  Spaniards,  the 
Santa  Amonica,  after  an  obstinate  engagement  ;  mountinjr  twenty-six  twelve 
pounders  on  her  main-deck,  and  two  four-pounders  on  her  forecastle,  with  two 
hundred  and  seventy^ne  men  :  Captain  Montagu's  Ship  the  Pear),  of  3  s  guns^^ 
liad  twehrc  men  killed,  and  nineteen  upunded<i->thc  Spaniardi  thirty- eigh^ 
•killed,  and  forty-five  wounded. 


or  TUB  LATE  CAPTATK  JOHN  RARTET.  14$ 

'  Bj  the  departure  of  Vice* Admiral  DufF,  and  his  successor 
Commodore  Elliot,  the  chief  command  devolved  on  Captain 
Harvey  ;  and  never  perhaps  was  cool  judgment,  and  firm 
resolution  more  necessary,  than  in  the  dangerous  situation 
he  was  soon  placed.  During  the  night  of  tlie  sixth  of  June, 
a  bold  and  well-concerted  effort  was  made  by  the  Spaniards 
to  destroy  the  British  Ships  in  the  Bay,  and  the  New  Mole  ; 
several  fire-ships  were  sent  down  for  this  purpose,  attended 
by  a  large  number  of  boats.  Don  Barcello*s  squadron  lay 
at  the  entrance  of  the  Bay  to  intercept  the  British  Ships, 
if  they  should  cut  their  cables,  and  endeavoijr  to  escape. 
Many  favourable  circumstances  seemed  almost  to  insure 
success  ;-^the  wind  was  moderate  from  the  north-west,  the 
night  cloudy,  and  considering  the  season  of  the  year  un«> 
commonly  dark  :  the  foremost  of  the  fire-ships  was  witliin 
hail  of  the  Enterprize,  Captain  Leslie,  before  they  were  dis« 
covered-^not  a  moment  was  to  be  lost,  the  danger  was  instant^ 
and  alarming  :  to  endeavour  to  avoid  it  by  putting  to  sea» 
was  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

Captain  Harvey  with  great  coolness  and  presence  of  mind 
ordered  all  boats  out  to  grapple  the  fire-ships,  and  tow  them 
on  shore — the  largest,  equal  in  size  to  a  fifty  gun  Ship,  drove 
past  the  Mole  Head  within  the  distance  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  yards  !  Not  only  the  size  of  the  S^ip,  but  the  violence  of 
the  heat,  rendered  It  imprafticable  for  the  boats  to  grapple  her : 
had  she  got  within  the  Mole,  every  vessel,  which  was  lying 
there,  together  with  the  storehouses,  and  stores,  in  the  Naval 
Yard,  must  have  been  destroyed.  Three  others  *  were  linked 
together  with  chains,  and  strongcables  ;  yet  with  uncommon 
resolution  and  adivity  the  British  seamen  separated,  and 
towed  them  ashore.  The  Panther  was  in  the  utmost  danger : 
three  of  the  enemy's  Ships  were  direded  towards  her  ;  one, 
notwithstanding  the  exertions  of  the  boats,  came  so  near  as  to 
m^It  the  pifch  on  her  side ;  and  as  some  of  the  sails  were  set 
for  canting  her,  part  of  the  crew  were  constantly  employed  in 

«  ■ 

*  Pru kvaur*!  Sirgt  of  Gibraltar,  pa^e  lOlu 


94^  BIOGHAPHICAL    NBIC(M& 

I 

welting  them.  By  the  strong  light  of  theie  icven  ShtfMt 
all  blazing  at  one  time,  two  other  vessels  of  the  tame  de^^ 
scription,  were  seen  on  the  larboard  bow  of  the  Panther  ;  but 
so  heavy  and  wcll-direded  a  fire  did  she  keep  up,  that  the 
crews  were  obliged  to  abandon  them,  before  they  could  be 
placed  in  a  situation  to  produce  any  mischievom  effeds« 
Thus  was  the  attempt  of  the  enemy  rendered  ineffeftual  by 
the  valour  of  British  seamen  under  the  guidance  of  the  resolute 
and  skilful  Captain  Harvey  ;  who  never  &iled  to  acknowledge 
the  interposition  of  Providence,  in  this  signal  *  and  momen-^ 
tous  overthrow  of  a  design  which  the  enemy  bad  planned 
with  so  much  skilK 

As  the  Official  Letter  of  this  gallant  Officer  appears  to 
have  been  considerably  curtailed  in  some  of  the  pub^kationt 
of  that  period,  we  shall  in  the  next  place  subjoin  a  copy*  aa 
It  besides  contains  his  own  account  of  this  event,  with  the 
praise  due  to  those  brave  men  who  served  under  hia  com^ 
mand. 

Jdmraby  Office^  JiJf  a«i  ^^^o. 

Nothing  material  hai  happened  here  necessary  for  their  Lordships' 
information,  since  Commodore  Elliot  sailed,  till  the  seventh  instant ; 
when  about  one  in  the  morning,  his  Majesty's  Ship  £lnterprize>  whoi^ 
Captain  I  diredltd  to  moor  northward  of  |hc  New  Mde,  to  prevent 
any  attack  on  the  Ships  and  vessds  here,  made  the  signal  of  an  enei|iy'S 
approach.  Seven  Ships  or  vessels  were  ifluaediatdy  pcrc^ved  to  be  set 
on  fire,  and  coming  towards  the  New  Mole.  Some  of  those  fire- ships 
drove,  and  the  others  were  by  the  boats  of  the  Encerprize,  St.  Fermini 
and  .ordnance  transports,  all  towed  by  two  o'clock  to  the  southwrard  of 
the  New  Mole.  The  largest  went  on  shore  in  Rosda  Bay,  Four 
of  them  drifting  towards  the  Panther,  lying  off  Rosda,  her  boats  were 
sent  to  grapple  them,  which  they  soon  effe^ed,  and  towed  them  on 
shore.  At  half  pa3t  two,  discovering  two  vessels  making  towards  the 
Paather,  several  guns,  with  round  and  grape  shot,  were  fired  at  them-j 
on  which  they  were  set  on  fire.  The  boats,  without  difficulty,  in  a 
little  time,  towed  them  clear.  One  of  them,  a  brig,  got  on  shore  alt 
Europa  Point ;  the  other,  a  Ship,  drove  to  sea.  Though  the  eneaiy 
had  the  most  favourable  wind,  weather,  &c»  for  their  purpose,  yon 

*  Mrs.  Hirvey  hat  in  her  posseaeion  a  |)auiitin^  of  the  firc-ihipt  by  $erre% 
Seor,  • 


OV  THt  LATE  CArTAIH  JOITM   HARVfiY*  ^IL^I 

4 

MB  pteue  to  acquaint  their  Lord^ip%  not  the  leAst  damage  has  been 
JOBC  to  the  thippingy  nor  had  ire  a  single  man  hurt.  A  constant  fire 
frofli  all  the  Ships  and  the  garrison  was  kept  up  on  the  enemy's  gaUies, 
and  boatSs  which  were  very  numerous  :  but  the  darkness  of  the  night 
prevented  our  discovering  what  execution  was  done.  By  what  remaina 
of  tbe  several  vessdsy  and  the  species  of  stores  and  combustibles  un« 
consumed,  it  is  evident  no  labour  or  expence  has  been  spared  in  their 
equipment.  The  largest  Ship  is  about  one  hundred  and  seventeen  feet 
VI  the  keely  had  two  tier  of  ports,  and  was  about  the  size  of  a  fifty  gun 
Ship*  One  Ship  appealed  to  be  of  about  three  hundred  tons,  another 
oF  about  two  hundredi  four  brigs,  and  two  small  vessels.  By  the 
flames  of  the  fire-ships  we  observed  several  Ships  standing  ofF*  and  on 
the  entrance  of  the  Bay ;  which  at  day-light  we  found  to  be  the 
Spanish  Rear-Admiral  Barcdlo,  in  a  Ship  of  the  line,  with  two 
Abates,  and  several  xebcques  and  oth^ranxKd. vessels.  They  sailed 
in  the  a%ht  from  A^eziras,  with  a  view  of  intercepting  any  Ship  tliat 
Qiight  haipe  been  obliged  to  go  out  of  the  Bay.  A  Ship  of  the  line 
likewise  sailed  the  day  before  from  that  place  to  the  eastward,  as  sup* 
posed  with  the  same  design.  In  the  morning  the  Spanish  Admiral, 
Pnxh  the  (ngatesf  and  xebeques,  returned  and  anchored  at  Algesiras^ 
where  he  now  remains. 

I  cannot  condude  my  letter  without  requesting  that  you  will  be 
further  pleased  to  inform  their  Lordships,  that  the  Officers  and  men 
of  his  Majesty's  Ship  under  my  command  behaved  with  the  greatest 
steadiness  and  resolution  ;  particularly  the  Officers,  and  people  in  the 
boats,  who  grappled  and  towed  off  the  fire-shipS|  notwithstanding  the 
frequent  explosions  of  ^ells,  &c  The  behaviour  of  Captain  Le«Aie» 
the  Officers  and  company  of  his  Majesty's  Ship  Enterprize,  were 
equally  exemplary  ;  not  only  for  their  vigilance  in  discovering  and 
keeping  a  good  fire  on  the  enemy,  which  in  a  great  measure  was  a 
means  of  frustrating  their  attempt,  but  likewise  for  the  a£iivity  of 
their  Officers  and  people  in  the  boat  towing  off  the  fire-ships,  &c« 
Captain  Faulkner,  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  St.  Fermin,  then  lying  off 
the  Mole,  likewise  gave  great  assistance  with  his  boats.  The  Oficefs 
superintending.  Masters  and  crews  of  the  Dutton,  Nottingham, 
Friendship,  and  Union  ordnance  transports,  did  great  service,  not- 
only  by  keeping  up  a  very  smart  fire  on  the  enemy's  gidlies,  &c« 
Imt  also  in  sending  their  boats  to  assist  in  towing  off  the  fire^hips.  ^ 

Orders  having  been  sent  from  England  for  the  Panther  to  * 
Sake  tlie  first  opportunity^  that  offered,  for  returning  home ; 
during' the  night  of  the  second  of  July,  the  wind  suddcfily 
shifting  to  the  eastward,  Captain  Harvey  immediately  prepared 


t49  BrOGRAPHICAL    MiMoitt: 

to  get  tinder  weigh  ;  and  before  day-break  bis  Ship  was  cleaf 
of  the  enemy's  squadron.  The  garrison  were  in  the  monting 
much  surprised  that  the  Panther  was  not  to  be  9een  i 
and  greatly  mortified  was  Don  Barcello  when  he  perceived 
that  Captain  Harvey  had  eluded  all  his  vigilance  :  on  tlie 
twenty-fifth  the  Panther  arrived  at  Spitbead,  having  captuied 
a  Spanish  packet  in  hot  passage. 

Sir  Samuel  Hood^  in  die  month  of  November  following^ 
was  sent  to  the  West  Indies  to  reinforce  Sir  G.  B.  Rodney 
with  a  squadron,  which  the  Panther  joined  j  they  arrived  at 
Sarbadocs  on  the  seventh  of  January » 1781*  Captain  Harvey 
was  present  at  the  subsequent  capture  of  Sl  Eustatia,  Fe* 
bniary  the  third  ;  and  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day  joined 
bis  Majesty's  Ships,  the  Monarch  and  Sybille,  tinder  the 
command  of  Captain  Francis  Reynolds  (Lord  Ducie)  in 
pursuit  of  a  Dutch  convoy,  richly  laden,  that  had  sailed  only 
tliirty-six  hours  before  the  arrival  of  Sir  G.  B.Rodney.  The  ' 
next  morning,  at  day-break,  they  hove  in  sight  of  them ; 
and  soon  captuned  the  whole  fTeet  of  merchantmen,  together 
with  a  sixty  gun  Ship  that  was  in  company. 

Captain  Reynolds^  on  the  fifth  of  February,  sent  the  fol- 
lowing official  account  of  this  capture  to  the  Admiral, 
dated*— Monarchy  off  Saba  i  a  small  island  to  the  westward 
of  St.  Eustatia. 

I  have  the  pleaauve  to  inform  you,  tliat  yesterday  momiog  I  fdl 
in  with  the  Convoy  you  did  me  tlit  honour  to  scud  me  in  the  pursuit 
of.  About  ten  o*clcck  I  ordered  the  Mars,  a  Dutch  Ship  of  war  of 
tixty  gunsi  to  strike  her  coloursi  which  she  refusing  to  do,  occasioned 
some  &hot  to  be  exchanged.  The  Monarch  received  no  damagCf 
excepting  three  men  wounded  :  I  am  not  informed  of  the  number  the 
Dutch  had  killed,  and  wounded  ;  but  among  the  former  is  their 
Admiral,  though  his  flag  was  not  hoisted  at  the  time  of  die  adliou* 

From  some  shot  in  her  masts,  I  have  ordered  the  Panther  to  take  her 
in  tow. 

By  the  Adlivity  of  Captain  Harvey,  and  my  Lord  Charles 
Fhzgerald,  we  were  enabled  to  take  possession  of  the  whole,  and 
w  make  sail  with  them  by  four  O'clock  in  the  afteroooiw< 


OF    tHI   tATi    CAPTAIN   JOMH    HARV£t<  <49 

From  this  time,  to  the.  first  of  Aagast,  17819  the  Paather 
continued  craisiog  among  tbe^difFerent  islands  :  when,  as  she 
was  an  old  Ship,  considerably  weakened  by  being  constantljr 
at  sea.  Sir  Geoi^ge  Rodney  sent  her  home  with  the  Triumph, 
Captain  Stair  Douglass,  as  convoy  to  a  large  fleet  of  merchant 
Ships  i  then  under  sailing  orders.  During  the  passage  they 
experienced  much  blowing  weather,  with  thick  fogs  2  though 
the  enemy's  fleet  was  at  sea  to  intercept  them^  they  happily 
brought  the  whole  of  the  convoy  (one  hundred  and  thirty- 
five- vessels)  safe  into  Cork,  the  place  of  tiieir  destination. 
In  the  month  of  January,  1782,  the  Panther  was  ordered  into 
dock  at  Portsmouth ;  when  Captain  Harvey  was  appointed 
to  the  command  of  the  Sampson,  of  64  guns. 

Duringthe  ensuing  spring  of  this  year,  Lord  Howe,  having 
been  advanced  to  the  rank  of  a  Peer  of  Great  Britain,  was 
.appointed  to  command  the  fleet  destined  for  the  relief  of 
Gibraltar.  Captain  Harvey  in  the  Sampson,  who  had  been 
cruising  with  diflferent  squadrons  on  home  stations,  received 
orders  to  put  himself  under  his  Lordship's  flag*  With  what 
superior  lustre  the  professional  skill  of  our  brave  seamen,  and 
their  now  lamented  Admiral,  shone  forth  on  this  occasion  ! 
Captain  Harvey  was  inferior  to  no  one  either  in  courage,  or 
in  conduft. 

Don  Louis  de  Cordova,  the  Spanish  Admiral)  with  his  flag 
on  hoard  the  Santa  Trinidada,8bewed  considerable  skill  in  the 
composition  of  his  official  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
combined  squadron  under  his  command  on  this  occasion  ; 
yet  appeared  insensible  to  the  judicious  manoeuvresi  of  the 
British  fleet.  He  however  described  the  stormy  night  of  the 
tenth  of  Odober,  with  which  both  fleets  had  to  struggle,  in 
much  stronger  colours  than  his  brave  adversary  Lord  Howe, 
who  bad  other  events  to  narrate : — ^^  Night  came  on,  and 
with  it  a  furious  tempest,  -which  lasted  until  seven  o'clock 
next  morning,  and  put  all  the  Ships  in  the  greatest  danger  of 
being  wrecked  on  the  coast,  or  of  beitig  dashed  to  pieces  against 
each  other  :  in  sucli  circumstances  it  was  not  easy  to  procure 


<{#  SIOOKAPiflCAV   MtllOtll 

new  anchors  i  especially  at  all  the  small  vessels  which  coolJ 
have  performed  that  service  had  been  reinqyed  from  the  line 
of  battle.  It  was  only  by  dint  of  assiduous  labour  that  wm 
preserved  ourselves  from  the  greatest  part  of  the  danger  whick 
threatened  us.'' 

Notwithstanding  such  tempestuous  weather,  the  British 
fleet  on  the  morning  of  the  eleventh  entered  the  Straits  ;  and 
contending  with  repeated  difficulties,  at  lengthy  on  the  eigh- 
teenth, accomplished  the  arduous  service  of  relieving  the 
garrison  *• 

On  leaving  Gibraltar,  Captain  Harvey  was  ordered  by 
Lord  Howe  to  take  under  his  command  the  Crown,  Vigllant» 
Andromache,  and  Minerva ;  and  to  cruise  for  a  month 
according  to  his  own  judgment :  they  accordingly  parted 
from  tlie  British  fleet,  on  (he  first  of  November,  and  reached 
Spithead  on  the  seventh  of  the  ensuing  month,  after  an  un-* 
successful  cruise. 

Captain  Harvey  had  now  attained  a  very  high  professional 
chara&er,  and  had  greatly  attra&d  the  notice  of  Lord  Howe, 
not  only  by  the  zeal  with  which  he  executed  his  duty,  but  also 
by  the  skill  he  displayed,  when  firmness,  or  presence  of  mind, 
were  required  :  he  had  so  ''^r  recommended  himself  to  this 
discerning  patron  of  merit  i  that,  with  a  view  to  being 
appointed  to  Lord  Howe's  Ship  the  Vidory,  he  was  so6n 
superseded  in  the  Sampson  :  but  the  peace  that  took  place  in 
1783,  prevented  his  commission  from  being  signed. 

When  a  rupture  with  France  seemed  inevitable,  in  the  year 
1787,  Captain  HarA'eyat  the  particular  request  of  Lord  Howe, 
who  then  presided  at  the  Admiralty,  undertook  to  superintend 
the  impress«service  at  Deal }  with  tb«  express  condition, 
that  a  Ship  should  be  reserved  for  him  at  Chatham.  So 
beneficial,  and  salutary,  were  the  regulations,  which  Captain 
Harvey  made  In  this  service,  that  Lord  Howe  offered  him  a 
guard-ship  at  Chatham  ;  and  he  in  consequence,  on  the 
twenty- first  of  November,  1788,  was  commissioned  to  the 

ft 

*  For  further  particulars  refer  to  VoL  L  page  17,  and  Vol,  U.  pags  a^^^ 


or  TUB  ftATB  CAPTAty  JORN  ■ARTBY*  2ft 

AffOgvuit,  74  guha.  This  Ship  having  been  attached  to  the 
W«stfira  SquadroHi  during  both  the  Spanish  and  Russian 
armamtntsi  was  paid  off  on  the  fourteenth  of  December, 
179a  ;  when  Captain  Harvef  again  returned  to  the  solace 
of  a  domestic  life,  and  to  enjoy  that  happiness,  he  soon 
was  ealled  on  to  sacrifice  upon  the  altars  of  his  Country. 
•  At  tht  commencement  of  theptcient  eventful  war,  Captain 
Jdlin  Harvey  pressed  forward  in  the  path  of  naval  glory, 
regardless  of  the  Bourne  to^hich  it  sometimes  leads  :  his 
daring  spirit  was  roused  at  the  awakening  voice  of  in- 
sulted liberty : 

Oad,  JEHs,  otin  !^we  longe  for  bloddie  firaie  } 
Wee  loQge  to  here  the  niTen  synge  yn  vayne  ; 
Qnn,  JEBa,  onn  !  we  certys  gayne  the  daie, 
Whanne  thou  doste  Icade  us  to  the  kathal  playne  ! 

Chattsrtok, 

Captain  Harvey  immediately  addressed  to  the  Admiralty,  in 
the  most  anxious  terms,  his  desire  to  be  soon  employed.  The 
talents  of  such  a  man  were  too  well  known,  to  suffer  any  delay 
to  paralyse  his  earnest  wishes  for  aftive  service  :  he*  was 
soon  appointed  to  the  Magnificent,  but  did  not  join  her;  as 
in  consequence  of  the  particular  request  of  Lord  Howe,  he 
was  appointed  soon  afterwards  (February  the  seventh,  1793) 
to  the  Brunswick}  a  seventy  four  of  a  large  and  particular 
construAion,  with  a  complement,  of  six  hundred  and  fifty 
men*  Lord  Howe's  sentiments  on  this  occasion,  will  best 
appear  from  the  following  extraA  of  a  letter  sent  by  Mr* 
Brett,  his  Lordship's  confidential  friend,  to  Captain  Harvey  : 

M  ^  As  bii  Lordshqi  has  an  idea,  occasions  might  arise,  wherdn 
It  mi|^t  be  more  convenient  for  him  to  shift  his  flag*  into  a  two  decked 
Ship  $  in  that  case  he  would  ^prefer  the  Brunswick,  and  therefore 
wishes  to  have  a  Captain  in  her  with  whom  he  is  acquainted  ;  and  has 
aufhorised  me  to  ask  you  whether  it  wonld  be  agreeable  to  you  to  be 
appointed  to  her  in  case  he  can  get  it  done." 

Lord  Howe  sailed  from  Spithead  on  the  fourteenth  of  July, 
'793  i  btit  during  that,  and  several  subsequent  cruises  *,  no* 

^  Vol.  I.  pi^es  i8t  i9tao«    Vol  II.  page  365.    VoL  UJ.  ptgcsss,  ss» 


tf$  BIOOftAPHICAL  MtHOIft 

thing  particnlariy  worthy  of  notice  oocarred  nntil  tkt 
norable  twenty-ninth  of  May,  1794;  when  the  pritithiAd 
F/ench  fleets  commenoed  that  contest  -for  the  sovereignty 
of  The  Ocean,  which  terminated  with  each  glory  to  Grsst 
%iuin  on  the  first  of  JunEt 

The  situation  of  the  Brunswick,  as  commanded  byCipCMi 
Harvey  on  this  erentfal  dty,  renderad  it  impostibts  she 
could  have  been  sofficiently  noticed,  in  any  of  die  accovats 
hitherto  presented  to  the  public  :  but  as  this  Ship  had  her 
full  share  in  obtaiutng  that  viAory,  it  would  be  injustice  to 
withhold  a  Narrative  *  of  her  proceedings,  which  refleds 
so  much  honour  on  the  condu^  of  her  gallant  Officers,  and 
undaunted  Crew. 

On  tlie  twenty»ninth  of  May,  1794,  the  Brunswick  being 
to  leeward  of  the  line.  Captain  Harvey,  after  using  his  utmost 
endeavours,  found  it  impossible  to  take  his  proper  station,  as 
second  to  the  Qoeen  Charlotte  i  but  resolving,  as  he  said, 
U  hav0  4  Urth  somewhere  /  he  tried  to  get  in  between  several 
of  our  Ships ;  and  hailing  the  Culloden,  he  desired  tb/ 
Captain  to  shorten  sail,  when  he  pushed  the  Brunswick  in 
between  her  and  the  Montagne,  about  the  seventh  Ship  from 
the  rear ;  and  in  tliat  station  received  the  fire  of  the  French 
line,  as  the  fleets  passed  each  oth<r.  Perceiving  his  friend, 
Captain  Bazeley,  in  the  Alfred,  hard  pressed  by  an  eighty  gun 
Ship,  Captain  Harvey  bore  down  to  his  assistance,  and  obliged 
the  French  Ship  to  quit  the  Alfred,  and  follow  her  own  fleet. 
On  the  thirtietli,  and  thirty-first,  the  wcatlier  being  very  tliick 
and  hazy,  no  engagement  took  place. 

On  thc-FiRsT  OF  June,  the  Brunswick  was  in  her  station, 
and  had  continued  close  to  the  Queen  Charlotte's  stern  all 
night :  the  Instant  the  signal  was  "made  for  every  Ship  to  bear 
clown,  an(3  engage  her  ppponent  to  windward,  or  leeward^^as 

*  Nmrrafivt  •/  the  Tramaffiom  pm  heard  lb  MaJeftjU  Ship  tba  Brvusvid^/rtm 
m:thlf  tie  mkjta  •/  twc piduret  wen uketf  hj  Mr.  NiehUs  P^eeck.  Tux  First. 
HepretcDtt  the  Bkumiwick  grappled  to,  and  engaging  Lb  ViNctuR,  with  bcr 
•tarbc»^  gnat*  tnd  totally  di«ina8tisig  L'AchUie,  in  aa  attempt  to  board  her  oq 
her  larboard  quarter.  Ths  Second.  Represents  the  sinking  of  LiVii^- 
#f  vm,  vi|h  the  disabled  state  i^  tbf  Brunswick  after 4h«  adiop. 


9 

OT  THE   LATB   CA?TAIN  JOHW   ffARTBY.  i^} 

Circumstances  wotild  adfliit,  the  Brunswick's  helm  was  put  up 
at  the  same  time  with  the  Queen  Charlotte's,  and  both  Ships 
nin  doWn  *  together  for  the  centre  of  the  French  line.  The 
signal  being  thrown  out  to  make  more  sail,  to  shut  in  the 
angle  of  fire  from  the  rear  as  soon  as  possible,  both  Ships 
dropped  their  foresails;  and  the  Brunswick's  bdng  first 
down,  brought  her  rather  ahead  ^f  the  Charlotte,  and  covered 
tiiat  Ship  from  the  galling  fire  of  the  centre,  and  rear  of  the 
enemy's  fleet ':  but  she  suffered  seven&ly  by  it,  for  tfaecockpit 
was  filled  With  wounded  men>  before  a  single  shot  was  fired 
fronn  the  Brunswick. 

Lord  Howe  cutting  through  thcf  French  Kiic,  close  under 
the  Montagne's  stern,  raked  the  Jacobin  ahead  with  his  star- 
board guns  I  it  was  Captain  Harvey's  intention  to  pass 
between  the  Jacobin,  and  the  next  Ship,  that  h^ 'might  engage 
his  proper  opponent,  as  second  to  the  Commander  in  Chief  i 
but  the  enemy  lay  in  such  close  order,  that  the  Brunswick 
was  obliged  to  bear  up  for  an  opening,  which  presented  itself 
between  Le  Patriote  the  third,  and  Le  Yengeur  the  fourth 
Ship,  firom  La  Monts^e.  The  former,  endeavouring  to 
frustrate  this  design,  shot  ahead  ;  which  being  observed  by 
Captain  HaiVey,  he  kept  bis  helm  a-port,  and  the  two  anta* 
gonists  were  immediately  hid  alongside  each '  other— »the 
surboard  anchors  of  the  Brunswick,  hooking  into  the  fore- 
chains  of  Le  Vcngeur. 

When  the  Master  informed  Captain  Harvey  of  this,  and 
ask^  whether  he  should  cut  Le  Vengcur  clear,  his  animated 
reply  was^^AT^y  /  we  have  got  her,  and  tcr  wiJi  keep  her  f 
So  closely  were  they  grappled,  that  the  crew  of  the  Brunswick, 
tin|d>le  to  haul  up  eight  of  her  starboard  ports  frdm  the  third 
port  abaft,  were  obliged  to  fire  through  them  :  thus  situated 
they  went  off  large  from  both  fleets,  hody  engs^ed-^in  an 
hour,  and  ten  minutes,  they  were  about  a  mile  to  leeward  of 
the  French  fleet ;  when  the  smoke  dispersing  for  a  few 
minutes,  they  perceived  a  French  line  of  battle  Ship,  with  her 


t  T\tt  9niiuirkk*9  foie4ep-|sI]siit  mat  wu  at  this  time  ihot  anlraj^ 


154  ftlOGftAr»ICAL  MBMOia 

ri^ng  anil  decks  covered  whb  men  ready  for  boarding,  «id 
gathering  upon  their  larboard  quarter.  Captain  Harvey  im- 
mediately ordered  the  lower  deck  to  prepare  for  recciviiig  her) 
the-  men  from  the  five  after  starboard  guns  were  inttandj 
turned  over  to  the  larboard*  The  French  Ship  being  now 
within  musket  reachy  a  doubk  headed  sliot  war  added  t0 
qach  gun,  already  loaded  wkb  single  tbircy«>two  poimders : 
the  word  was  then  given  to  five,  and  reload  at  qiikk  as  pos- 
sible ;  at  the  same  time  continuing  to  engage  Le  V^i^eur 
with  the  starboaird  guns  forwasds*  When  about  ifre  or  six 
rounds  had  been  poured  in,  the  gallant  crew  of  the  Bmaswick 
kad  the  satisfaftion  to  behold  first  the  foie  mast^  and  tbea  fbe 
other  masts  *  go  by  the  board  r  Manf  of  die  crew  fUl  in  to  Aer 
sea,  aud  implored  assistance ;  bti^  Le  Vengeur  sttU  required 
so  much  attention,  that  it  was  impoftible  to  affo/rd  them  any 
felief. 

The  joy  ipThich  was  experienced  on  board  the  Brunswick, 
from  dieaUing  their  new  assailant,  may  easily'  be  conceived  : 
bat  what  words  oan^express  thdr  glow  of  soul,  i^beii',  m  about 
an  hour  after  this  successful  event,  word  wai^  pasM  through* 
out  die  Sbip^The  braot  CaphUH  Hmrj  Hdrvifff  in  thi 
Ramilluff  ir  c&mktg  h  thi  sitppcrt  of  Ms  ^alhmt  ircther  /  /  / 
The  air  resounded  ffifh  their  <^btefS, 

As  tUeRamilKe/ stood  towards  die  Btuhswieky  tb^  crew  of 
the  former  made  signs,  by  waving,  to  cut  Le  Ven^ur  adrift, 
diat  she  might  dro^  t,  and  receive  the  fire  of  the  Ramiilies. 
A  most  trehnendoQS'  broadsidk  was  pouted  into'  h^r,  every 
shot  of  Which'  seemed  to  take  place  t  this  wte  followed  by  a 

*  This  Ship  proved  Jto  b«  L*AdiiUe  of  74giios;  the  crew  of. which  alWwardt 
declared,  that  their  capture  wa»  owing  to  the  loss  of  maAs,  from  the  fire  of  the 
Shijf  eii'^gtng  i^c-Veiigear. 

f  Now  Vic^Admiral  of  the  White,  dice  created  i  Knightof  the  Bath<— 
I'hit  ezceUcBt  Officer  coodoAcd*  with  Sir  Ralph  Abercrombic,  the  Mccenfnl 
nrp<rdit2on  againat  Trinidad,  on  the  twelfth  of  February,  1797.— Vid.  Naval 
Attecd^es.' 

t  Ihir  wie  not  done ;  hot  mhti  after  thft  StkBiflUet  had  bft  theoi,  tha 
Bmnfewick  twnng  clear  of  Le  Vengeor,  tearing  away  three  ancbort  from 
her  bow, 


or    THE    liATI    CAHTAtV   J«tHlC    KA&VET*  «;{ 

focond  equally  auimatodl ;  find  then  tht  Ramillies  nmde  sail 
for  another  French  Ship,  bearing  dovrnupon:  then^  and 
went  oiF  engaging  her. 

Pre^iout  to  thi%  the  rodder  of  Le  Vengear  had  been  split) 
by  some  vell^direAed  shot  from  the  Branswtek  ;  her  stem* 
post  had  also  been  shiiwred  ;  and  such  havoc  made  in  hef 
counter,  that  the  water  was  rafudly  ponring  in*  When  the 
RamtUks  left  tbemythe  Brunswick  was  lying  across  the  bows 
of  her  opponent ; .  and  in  that  positioa  kept  up  a  steady  raking 
fire,  until  the  foie  and  main  roasts  of  Le  Vengeur  went  by 
the  boavdt  dm^ing  the  head  of  the  mieen  mast  with  theHK 
This  dreadful  confliA  had  now  continued  fbr  two  hours,  and 
an  half :  the  crew  of  the  Brunswick  with  the  greatest  cooU 
ness,  at  one  time  driving  home  the  cmsy  watdiing  attentively 
the  q|ing  of  the  enemy's  Ship  to  fire  below  the  water  line  i 
and  at  another  withdrawing  the  coi$u  to  elevate  the  mutztca 
of  their  guns,  and  rip  up  the  decks  of  Le  Vengeur. 

At  length  the  French  Ship  was  obliged  to  oosifess  &e  supe^ 
rionty  of  our  professional akiU,  ^d  to  ymbi  to  Bxitish  valour  : 
her  colours  having  been  shot  away,  she  hoisted  an  Englisll 
Jack  in  token  of  submission,  an(d  implored  assistance*  The 
boats,  of  the  Binin&wick  had  all  been  shot  to  pieces ;  no  relief 
tiberefbre  conld  by  her  be  given  to.  the  vaaquislied  opponent* 
Le  Yeogeur  *  sunk  between  tliree  and  four  o'clock  ;.and 
though  every  exertion  that  humanity  could  diAate  was  madcv 
only  two  hundred  of  the  crew  were  sayed^-the  remainder,  ia 
number  about  six  hundredv  went  to  the  bottom  ia  the  Ship* 

The  Brunswick  was  now  left  a  dismal  wreck*-ber  mizefH 
and  fore*  top-gallant  masts  gone;  the  bowsprit  cut  two  thirds 
through,  near  the  lower  gammon ;  the  main  mast  greatly 
crippled;  i^e  fore  mast  in  a  similar  state,  with  a  deep  wound 
three  feet  below  the  tressel  trees  ;  all  the  running,  and  much 

*  The  crew  otthe  Vengeiir  made  frequent  attcmpci  to  cut  themselves  cletr  of 
their  opponent ;  but  were  as  often  prcvcnte4--'heing  shot  hj  the  small  tnos  of 
the  British  sesuncn  and  marines.  They  al^  ^tempted  to  boatd  th«  firunswk]^ 
on  the  stern,  hut  were  repulsed  by  the  brave  a^th  res^iment,  commanded  by 
CAptaln  Saundert., 


«56  MIOatLkTHtCAt   MIMOIB 

of  the  stuiding  rigging,  shot  awaj ;  the  sails*  torn  to  sfiredf ; 
tight  ports  on  the  starboard  side  wanting  of  their  batteries  ; 
the  starboard  quarter-gallery  entirely  ground  off ;  twenty-- 
three  guns  dismounted.  Three  anchors  carried  away  from 
the  starboard  bow ;  the  best  bower,  with  the  cat-head»  towing 
under  her  bottom  ;  and  all  the  yards  in  a  shattered  state. 
The  Ship  having  been  on  fire  three  times,  the  hammocks 
taking  iire4>n  the  gangway,  were  partly  cut  overboard  ;  and 
the  quick* work,  just  before  the  gangway,  was  much  burnt 
and  splintered.  The  loss  she  sustained  io  her  crew,  was 
considerable  s  forty-seven  of  them  were  killed,  and  one  hun- 
dred and  eighteen  were  badly  wounded*  Their  wounds  in 
general  were  peculiarly  distressing  and  severe,  being  lacerated 
by  langridge  shot  of  raw  ore,  and  old  nails  :  stink  pots  wer^ 
thrown  into  the  port  holes,  which  occasioned  the  most  ])jainful 
excoriations  ;  burning  and  scalding  the  faces  and  arms  of  the 
British  sailors  in  so  shocking  a  manner^  that  they  anxiously 
wished  for  death  to  terminate  their  agonies. 

In  this  forlorn  state,  the  opinion  of  the  Officers  was  taken  ; 
when  it  was  unanimously  agreed  that  they  could  not  possibly 
join  the  British  fleet.  They  now  perceived,  at  the  extent  of 
the  French  line,  two  Ships  in  tolerable  condition,  that 
threatened  to  bear  down  to  the  Brunswick :  next  them  lay  all 
the  dismasted  Ships,  and  those  that  had  struck ;  and  on  the 
larboard,  and  weather  quarter,  appeared  the  remainder  of  the 
French  Ships,  veering  under  each  other. '  It  was  imagined 
also  that  these  Siiips  were  preparing  to  attack  the  Brunswick, 
and  the  Queen,  about  two  miles  to  windward  of  the  former,  in 
order  to  cut  them  both  off.  Captain  Harvey,  who  was 
severely  wounded,  on  being  informed  of  the  supposed  inten- 
tion of  the  enemy,  gave  his  express  commandr,  that  tlie 

*  Tn  the  account  of  the  proccedingt  of  his  Majetty^i  Ship  Orios,  (Naval 
Chronicle,  Vol.  I.  page  299.)  the  Brunswick  ii  mentionci^  is  beiiif  •eeowitl^ 
atvdding  sails  set ;  which,  from  the  csippled  state  of  her  masti»iiiMt  hjire  Been  • 
Inistake.— One  of  (he  lower  studdmg  sails  was  indeed  let  fonrardi  &i  order  to 
make  her  steer  ;  but  -all  the  rest  were  so  completely  destroyed,  tad  wndwc^. 
wiit  for  lonice,  that  it  became  neccizary  tv  bend  air  eatire  acar  nil. 


t>F  THE  LAtfi  Captain  johm  HARVEr.  257 

Sronswick,  if  attacked »  should  be  defended  to  the  last  extrc^ 
mitj;  all  his  Officers  had  but  one  sentiment  on  the  occasion. 
The  French,  however,  made  no  attempt  upon  the  Brunswick ; 
and  therefore,  finding  it  impossible  to  regain  their  station,  it 
was  judged  necessary,  in  order  to  save  the  Ship,  to  bear  away 
for  Port :  favoured  by  Providcncei  and  good  weather,  she 
first  made  Cape  Clear,  in  Ireland  ;  and  then  coasting  it  up 
the  Channel,  anchored  on  the  evening  of  the  eleventh  at  St« 
Helens  ;  and  the  next  morning  proceeded  to  Spithead* 

As  onr  biographical  memoir  draws  towards  its  close,  it  will 
powerfully  awaken  the  commiserating  regard  of  every  reader  % 
and  recal  to  the  memory  of  the  brave  companions  of  Captain 
Harvey,  that  heroic  fortitude,  and  patient  endurance,  which 
this  illustrious  QfHcer  displayed  in  his  last  moments. 

He  was  wounded  early  in  the  a&ion,  by  a  musket  ball, 
which  tore  aw^y  part  pf  his  right  hand  \  but  this  he  carefully 
concealed,  and  bound  the  wound  up  in  his  handkerchief. 
Some  time  after  this  he  received  a  violent  contusion  in  the 
loins,  which  laid  l^im  .^Imost  lifeless  on  the  deck  :  from  this 
severe  blow  he  hQwever. rallied  his  strength  of  mind,  and 
continued  on  .the  quarterrdeclc,  dire&jng  and  conducting  the 
ailion  ;  until  a  double-headed  shot  splitting,  struck  his  right 
arm  near  the  elbow,  and  shattered  it  to  pieces  :  this  seems 
to  h^vp  been  about  half  past  eleven,  just  after  his  encounter 
with  L'Achille.  Growing  faint  through  loss  of  blood,  he 
was  npw  compelled  to  retire  \  but  when  assistance  was  offered 
to  conduft  him  below,  he  nobly  refused  it — 1  will  not  have  a 
single  man  leave  hh  quarters  on  my  account !  my  legs  still  remain 
to  bear  me  down  into  the  cockpit.  In  this  wounded^  and  shat* 
tered  state,,  he  essayed  togoj  when  casting  a  languid|  yet 
affefiionate  look  towards  his  brave  crew — Persevere^  my  brave 
hidsy  in  your  duty  !  continue  th  j^tiion  with  spirit  for  the  honour 
of  our  King  and  Country  ;  and  remember  my  last^  words — THE 

CoLOTTKS*'0F  THE  BrUNSWICIC  SflALL  M£V£&  BE  STRtJCK  ! 

When  b^  at  length  bad  reached  the  surgeon,  surroundec^ 
by  the  maimed  and  dying,  who  were  involved  in  smoko. 

sxdL  in.  M  M 


ft^jS  IXOGftAPBlCAt  UBMOIfc 

ind  tttlphiir ;  he  displayed  a  fortitude  that  nothing  eouU 
affeft,  and  a  tenderness  of  aiFeAion  towards  his  crenr, 
which  all  the  anguish  of  bis  wounds  could  not  diarinisfa. 
About  sun*8et  it  was  found  necessary  to  amputate  his  arm 
akbove  the  elbow.-— On  the  Brunswick^s  arrival  at  Spithead^ 
Captain  Harvey  was  the  next  morning  conveyed  on  shorcf  aC 
Portsmouth  s  where,  after  bearing  the  most  excruciating  pain 
with  Christian  resignation,  be  was  released  from  this  world, 
and  lost  to  his  Country,  on  the  thirtieth  of  June* 

His  lamented  remains  being  carried  to  Eastry  in  Kent, 
were  deposited  with  every  reaped,  an  affeftionate  sorrow 
<;ould  bestow,  in  a  vault  in  that  church ;  and  the  following 
inscription  points  out  the  hallowed  spot  to  posterity. 

^  In  A  VAULT,  NEAR  THIS  PLACB,  ARE  DEPOSITED  THE 

iBMAiNs  OF  Captain  John  Harvet,  late  Commander 
OF  HIS  Majesty's  Ship  BairNswicK  ;  who  after  glo« 

HIOUSLY     supporting     THE    HONOUR    OF     THE    £riTISH 

Navy,  ON  the  memorable  fiest  of  June,  1794,  under 
Earl  Howe,  died  at  Pc^rtsmouth  on  the  thirtieth 
of  the  same  month,  in  consequbncb  of  the  wounds 
he  received  in  the  engagement  ;  aged  fifty-three. 
"  The  House  of  Commons,  to  perpetuate  his  most 
gallant  conduct  on  that  day  of  victory,  unani* 

MOUSLY  VOTED  A  MONUMENT  TO  HIS  MEMORY  IN  WeST- 
MINSTER-AbBEY  ;  HIS  UNTIMELY  DEATH  ONLY,  PRE- 
VENTED HIS  BEING  HONOURED  IN  THE  FLAG  PROMOTIONS 
WHICH  TOOK  PLACE  ON  THAT  OCCASION. 

^  In  HIM  HIS  AFFLICTED  FAMILY,  AND  NUMEROUS 
FRIENDS,  HAVE  SUSTAINED  AN  IRREPARABLE  LOSS  ;  HIS 
PUBLIC  CHARACTER  BEING  ONLY  EQUALLED  BY  HIS  PRI- 
VATE  VIRTUES.'* 

He  there  does  now  enjoy  eteraall  vest 

And  happy  ease,  which  thou  doest  want  and  era? e. 

And  farther-  from  it  dally  wandercst : 

What  if  some  little  Pajrne  the  passage  have^ 


or  THl   LATB   CAPTAIN  JOHff    HA&TIT*  J^ 

That  makes  frayle  flesh  to  feare  the  bitter  wave  ? 
Is  not  diort  Ptpie  well  borne,  that  brings  long  eaKf 
And  layes  the  Soul  to  sleepe  in  quiet  grave  ? 
Sleepe  after  toyle,  port  after  stormie  seasi 
Ease  after  warrc*  death  after  life,  does  greatly  please. 

Spbnssk* 

It  is  a  singular  coincidence  of  events,  that  Captain  Harvey,  and 
Captain  Hutt  of  the  Queen,  were  companions  in  a  post-chaise  fix>m 
Xjondon,  on  joining  their  respefUve  Ships,  previous  to  their  last  cruise : 
they  both  lost  a  limb  in  the  adion  ;  died  on  the  same  day  ;  and  are 
both  recorded  on  the  same  national  monument  raised  by  a  grateftd 
Country  to  their  memory. 

Captain  Harvey's  widow  is  allowed  a  pension  of  one  hundred  pound* 
per  annum :  his  two  minor  children,  Edward^  aqd  Sarah,  twenty-five 
pounds  each  ;  the  former  until  he  comes  of  i^,  and  the  hitter  untfl  she 
marries. 

Arms.]    Argent,  on  a  chevron  Gules,  between  three  bears  gambf  era^d 
l^ble,  three  procents  Or. 
Crist.]    Two  bean  gambt  erased  Sable,  lappcffting  a  crsicent  Or. 


NAVAL  ANECDOTES, 
COMMERCIAL  HINTS,  RECOLLECTIONS,  &c 

HAIITtl  IN  SUEOITI  TA*Tql 

ISO.  xin, 

i^amu  of  tk prmapal  Officers  of  his  Majettfs  Ship  BeumswiCK|  on 

the  First  <f  June,  1 794. 

f  QAPTAIK  JOHH  HARVEY,  John  Bridgemaa,  B^iswom. 

f  Rowland  fievan,  Secmi^  William  YcUa&d,  Cmrpnttr, 

William  Ga^e  Kemble,  Third,  Rpbprt  Forrest,  Surgeon, 

Abtcut  at  sick  quarters,  Fqurtk'  Francis  Qraham,  Fmrter, 

f  Charles  F.  Wintour,  Fifth.  Rev.  Willtam  GfiStii,  Otpkk. 

Georgt  Allen  Spencer,  Afiitig  UmiU  *  Csptain  Sannden,  ofikt  i^h  Btg, 

Geai|^  Stewart,  MmsSw.  \  fintigfi  Harcourt  Vcmoo,  J>its»^ 

*  Mr*  Thoiiu(ft  Dalton,  MoU,  Mr.  Hiirdis»  Midshipwuau 

Mr*  James  Lucas,  DiUo,  ^c.  &c. 

Official  Letter  from  Rear-Admral  Henry  Harvey  {Brother  to  the  hM 
Captain  John  Harvey),  Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Ms^estj^s  Sh^' 

•  JLUlcd.  t  Wounded. 


'99^  KATAL  ARECDOTfit 

and  Fesielt  ai  Barbadoes,  ami  tie  Leeward  Idands,  JiMteJ  ffVatt 
d'Espagne,  ur  the  Gulpb  of  Paria,  Februaiy  xi»  1797,  io  Mr^ 
Nepeaa. 

8im» 
I  HAVE  the  honour  to  acquaint  you^  for  the  informattoii  of  their 
Lord^ip«»  that  it  having  been  determined  an  attack  should  be  made 
<Ai  the  Island  of  Trinidad,  both  with  a  view  to  that  colonji  and  to  the 
Spanish  squadron  which  had  been  there  for  some  time  past,  the  troopt. 
intended  for  this  expedition  from  Martinique  were  accordingly  cm- 
barked  in  the  Ships  of  war,  and  transports*  and  I  sailed  from  Fort 
Royal  Bay,  the  twelfth  instant,  with  the  Ships  and  vessels  of  hia 
Majesty's  squadron  under  my  command.— Lieutenant-General  Sir 
Ralph  Abercrombie  embarked  with  me  in  the  Prince  of  Wales. 

The  Invincible  had  previously  sailed  for  Barbadoes,  with  two 
transports,  to  embark  a  part  of  the  fourteenth  regiment ;,  and  the 
Thorn  and  Zebra  were  ordered  to  receive  the  detachment  from 
Tobago.  The  Favourite  was  sent  to  St.  Vincent  to  coUtd  some 
troops  from  that  island  ;  and  the  whole  Were  ordered  to  rendezvous  at 
the  island  of  Cariacou,  one  of  the  Grenadines,  on  or  before  the  thir- 
teenth ;  and  on  my  arrival  at  that  island,  the  fourteenth,  I  found  all  the 
Ships  and  transports  were  assembled. 

On  the  fifteenth,  in  the  morning,  I  sailed  with  the  squadron  and 
transports,  passing  between  Cariacou  and  Grenada ;  and  on  the  nx« 
tccntH  arrived  off  Trinidad,  and  stood  toward  the  Gulph  of  Paria  ; 
when  having  passed  through  the  Great  Bocas  Channel,  at  half-p^st 
three  in  the  afternoon,  the  Spanish  squadron  were  discovered  at  anchor 
in  Shagaramus  Bay,  consisting  of  four  sail  of  the  line,  under  the  ib^ 
.    of  a  Rear-Admiral,  and  one  frigate. 

As  the  day  was  well  advanced  before  I  approached  the  Bay,  and  the 
enemy  appeared  in  strength  on  Ga^araux  Island,  which  commanded 
the  anchorage,  by  batteries  ereded  for  that  purpose ;  I  ordered  the 
Arethusa,  Thorn,  and  Zebra,  to  proceed  a  littk  ferther  op  the  Gulph, 
and  anchor  with  all  the  sransports.  The  Alarm,  Favourite,  and 
Vidorieuse,  were  ordered  to  keep  under  sail  above  the  transporta 
during  the  night,  and  prevent  any  vessels  sailing  from  Fort  d*£spagne* 
In  the  evening,  just  before  dark,  I  anchored  with  the  Ships  of  the 
line,  in  order  of  battle»  c^poeite  the  enemy's  squadron,  within  random 
shot  of  their  Ships  and  batteries,  and  in  constant  readiness  to  prevent 
their  escape  dining  the  night;  which  I  suspected  they  might  attempt^ 
as  aQ  their  sails  were  bent,  and  they  appeared  perfedUy  ready  for 
jailing. 

At  two  odock  in  the  morning  of  the  seve^jteenth,  we  discovef«4  one 
of  their  Ships  on  fire^  and  soon  after  tl^r^e  others,  all  of  which  bur^ 


C0UM1£RCIAX,    HINTS^   HECOLLBCTIONS,   ScC. 


d£l 


With  great  fury  optS  near  day-light,  when  they  were  entirely  consumed. 
One  of  them  having  escaped  the  conflagration,  the  boats  were  sent 
from  the  squadron,  and  she  was  brought  out  without  having  received 
any  damage* 

I  have  great  satisfa^on  in  acquainting  their  Lordships,  that  this 
squadron  of  the  enemy,  commanded  by  Rear-Admiral  Don  Sebastian 
Ruiz  de  Apodaca,  were  destroyed  or  captured,  according  to  the  list  I 
herewith  inclose  ;  and  although  this  service  was  effe6^ed  without  any 
Other  a6i  on  the  part  of  his  Majesty's  squadron  under  my  command, 
than  being  placed  in  such  a  situation  as  to  prevent  their  escape ;  I  am 
fully  convinced,  that  had  they  remained  at  their  anchorage  until  the 
next  day,  the  Officers  and  men  whom  I  have  the  honour  to  command, 
would  have  completed,  by  their  exertion  and  zeal,  the  capture  of  the 
whole  ;  notwithstanding  the  advantage  of  their  situation,  under  the 
cover  of  about  twenty  pieces  of  cannon  and  three  mortars,  which  were 
mounted  on  Gasparaux  Island,  and  had  been  placed  there  for  the  sole 
purpose  of  defending  the  Ships  in  the  bay  :  that  island,  which,  like 
the  Ships,  had  been  abandoned  during  the  night,  was  taken  possession 
of  soon  after  day-light  by  a  party  of  the  Queen^s  regiment. 

General  Abcrcrombie,  early  in  the  morning,  joined  the  Arethusa  ; 
and  the  troops  were  all  landed,  in  the  course  of  the  day,  under  the 
dire6lion  of  Captain  Woolley,  covered  by  the  Favourite  sloop,  about 
three  miles  from  the  town,  without  opposition  :  the  General '  took  « 
possession  of  the  town  the  same  evening,  and  tlte  eighteenth  the 
Governor  desired  to  capitulate  for  the  whole  island,  and  the  articles 
were  agreed  tdj  and  signed  the  same  day  ;  a  copy  of  which  I  herewith 
transmit* 

Captain  Harvey,  of  his  Majesty's  Ship  Prince  of  Wales,  will  have 
the  honour  to  deliver  this  dispatch,  from  whom  I  have  always  expe« 
rienqed  the  greatest  zeal  and  attention  to  his  Majesty's  service. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

HENRY  HARVEY. 

Zh0  tf,^t  Shipt  rf  War  iurwi  and  captured  u$  Sbaganmos  Bay,  im  tbc  Gulpb  ^ 
Paria,  l^ebruarj  17,  1 797,  by  the  S^uadrom  under  the  Command  rf  Rtar  Admiral 
H.  Hahv£y. 


jSan  Vincentc,  84  guns 

Gallarado,  74 

'  Arrogante,  74 

'SanDamaao,  .  74 

/^anU  Ccciliai  36 


X 


Rear-Admiral  Don  Sebastian  Ruiz 

de  Apodaca, 
Captain  Don  Gcronimo  Mendoia,   J>  Burnt, 
Don  Gabriel  Sorendo,  1 

Don  Raphael  Bcnesa,  ^ 

Don  Torcf  Jordan,  Captured* 

Don  Manuel  Urtesabel,  BuruU 


S6<  NATAL  AHICDOTftly 

rABNCR    EXPEDITION    TO   EGTPT# 

Hie  romantic  expedition  against  Egypt>  attempted  by  the  Frencli* 
is  not  the  first  which  this  ambitious  nation  has  .made  against  that 
country.  In  the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  century*  Louis  IX.  led  % 
powerful  army  and  fleet  to  achieve,  as  be  hoped,  the  conquest  of 
Egyptt 

Louis  wintered  in  the  Isbud  of  Cypruii,  and  early  in  the  ensuing^ 
spring  sailed  from  LimazOf  with  iBoq  vessels  for  Damietta,  whidi 
place  he  took  possession  of  without  opposition^  alter  defeating  the 
Egyptian  army  which  resnted  his  landing.'    The   French,  having 
received  their  reinforcementSf  proceeded  to  advance  into  the  country  ; 
but  the  march  was  so  slow,  from  the  arms  of  the  Nile,  or  laige  rivulets, 
being  continually  to  be  dammed  up,  that  it  was  nearly  six  monthi 
before  they  appeared  before  Mansoura,  about  fifteen  French  leagues  up 
the  river.     The  Nile  at  this  place  is  of  considerable  width,  and  it  was 
necessary  that  it  should  be  passed,  in  order  to  attack  the  town.     The 
French  endeavoured  to  raise  a  mound,  but  the  attempt  was  defeated  by 
the  Egyptians,  who  showered  stones  oq  the  workmen,  and  destroyed 
the  towers  and  galleries  by  means  of  the  Greet  fire  / — This  fire,  it 
appears,  was  most  tremendous  in  its  effe^.     Savary,  in  his  intelligent 
Letters  on  Egypt,  describes  it  thus,  on  the  authority  of  JoinviHc,  who 
was  an  eye-witness  : — '*  The  fire  which  they  cast  was  as  large  as  a 
tun,  with  a  long  burning  tail ;  its  noise  in  the  air  was  like  thunder, 
and  it  seemed  a  flying  dragon.     The  light  it  gave  was  so  great,  that  I 
could  see  throughout  the  camp  as  clearly  as  in  open  day.    It  consumed 
any  inflammable  body  on  which  it  fell,  without  a  possibility  of  its 
being  extinguished.''    This  wc  are  to  presume  was  a  species  oivnUU 
fire,  the  art  of  making  which  has  been  lost  in  EuropCt    After  two 
months  ineffedual  labour,  on  the  part  of  the  French,  to  raise  this 
mound,  an  Arab  discovered  to  them  a  ford,  by  whidi  they  were 
enabled  to  pass.    Mansoura  was  attacked  ;  but  the  result  was  still 
unfortunate  to  the  invaders.     The  van  of  their  army,  haying  advanced 
with  top  much  precipitation,  was  nearly  cut  off,  and  the  wain  body 
attacked  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  compelled  to  retreat*    The 
French,  who  had  again  entrenched  themselves,  fought  with  such  despe* 
ration,  that  the  Sultan,  Touron  Shah,  took  the  resolution  of  starring 
them  into  a  surrender.     He  sent  a  quantity  of  boats  on  camels'  backsil 
which  he  manned  and  plaped  in  an  inlet,  and  whence  suddenly  ap* 
pearing,  they  succeeded  in  cutting  off  the  French  supplies  from  Da- 
mietta.  The  Egyptian  galltes  attacked  the  French  fleet  most  furiously,^ 
killed  one  thousand  soldierS}  and  look  Jifty  boats  ladeq  with  |iro^ 
visions.  '  ^ 


*^  The  £gypdao8/'  says  Savary^  <*  thus  become  maiterB  of  the . 
liver^  there  was  no  Jonger  any  communicatioQ  between  the  camp  and 
Bamtetta.  Scarcity^  wtth  diseaBe^  its  dreadful  atteodaiity  soon  aiM« 
ceeded  $  the  woaodod,  wanting  ntttriment^  perished*  and  the  dead  bodies^ 
floating  on  the  river  and  the  canal,  corrupted  the  air.  A  destnMftifa/ 
epidemic  malady  ravaged  the  armyi  and  few  of  those  who  were 
attacked  escaped  death.  Their  flesh  dried  on  their  bones,  and  their 
livid  skin  was  spotted  with  black.  Tlieir  gams  were  so  prodigiously 
sweDed  that  they  could  take  no  food  until  the  excrescences  were  cot 
away ;  all  who  underwent  this  operation  shrieked  most  lamentaUy* 
'Such  was  the  condition  of  an  army  lately  so  flourishing/'"— All  the 
Arabian  authore  agree  in  giving  a  terrifying  description  of  the  sitaatioB 
of  die  French,  ehcompassed  by  enemiesf  and  a  prey  to  all  the  hom»r» 
of  famme  and  disease. 

A  second  fleet  of  supply  was  attacked,  out  of  whidi  ooe  iressci  only 
escaped.  The  intefligence  brought  by  this  Ship  determined  Louis  IX* 
to  retreat  to  Damietta.  This  retreat  was  equally  disastrous.  After  a 
series  of  misfortunes,  the  King  and  his  army  were  compelled  to  sww 
render  as  prisoners.  Their  Hves  were  frequently  endangered^  and  they 
finafiy  purchased  their  escape  from  £gypt  at  the  price  of  an  immmae 
ransom,  considering  die  high  value  of  money  in  those  days. 

IN. addition  to  the  receipts  for  salting  beef,  given  in  our  second 
volume,  we  add  the  following  new  mode,  as  adopted  by  Dr.  Bhtae : 

*'  Mr.  Fletcher,  a  Navy  Surgeon,  mentions  that  spicesi  being  anti. 
septic  bodies,  might  be  substituted  for  part  of  the  salt  in  curing  pro* 
vision,  and  this  would,  no  doubt,  be  an  improveoKnt  in  the  sea 
vidualling.  The  quantity  of  spice  he  proposes  forv  every  barrel  of 
beef  or  pork  is  four  ounces  of  black  pepper,  and  as  much  allspice,  and 
dso  eight  ounces  of  nitre  in  powder.  It  may  be  finther  alleged  as  an 
advantage  of  spice  over  salt,  that  it  would  be  less  apt  to  run  into  brine, 
which  robs  the  meat  of  the  greater  part  of  its  nourishment.  Since  the 
hst  edition  of  this  work  was  published,  I  have  made  some  trials  of 
curing  beef  by  half  the  usual  quantity  of  salt,  and  in  place  of  the  other 
half  I  caused^  to  be  added  to  every  hundred  pounds  one  pound  of 
pounded  pimento,  and  as  much  powdered  juniper  berries,  and  an 
ounce  and  a  half  (liquid  measure)  of  muriatic  acid.  The  powdered 
spkes  were  mixed  with  the  salt,  and  rubbed  on  the  beef  ;  and  the  acid 
mixed  with  the  pickle,  used  in  the  common  method  of  curing  beef. 
I  sent  part  of  it  to  the  West  Indies  ;  and  seventeen  months  after  it 
was  cured,  and  about  iburteen  months  after  being  in  that  climate, 
R  was  opened  by  dire^aon  of  Rear-Admind  Ford,  who  obligingly 
Undertook  to  superintend  the  experiment ;  and  the  report  made  was. 


S64  ITAVAL  AKiCDOTEty   te« 

tltat  it  was  perfedly  tweet  andjoicy^  and  so  fresh  that  salt  woaldhate 
been  necessaiy  to  give  it  a  rdtsh,  had  it  not  been  for  the  apioet.  I 
kept  by^me  io  London  some  that  was  cured  at  the  same  time,  and  in 
the  same  manner^  examining  it  at  different  times  ;  and  found  that  it 
«aa  perfefUy  good  at  the  end  oi  fi*ue  jtaxu*' 

ON  the  thirteenth  of  August,  1789,  died  Lieutenant  G.  Green  of 
Newcastle^  in  the  Russian  service*  He  led  the  van  of  the  Russian 
iect  in  the  attack  of  that  of  Sweden  on  the  thirteenth  of  August,  and 
vaakiDed  before  the  enemy  was  defeated.  He  was  one  of  those 
persons  only  that  escaped  from  the  wreck  of  the  Stirling  Castle  man 
of  war  in  the  West  Indies,  17799  after  undergoing  incredible  faard« 
■hips.  He  served,  on  board  the  Formidable  in  the  eng^ement  with 
Count  de  Grasse,  when  his  cool  intrepidity  and  resolution  recom-. 
Blended  htm  to  the  notice  of  Sir  Chades  Douglass,  and  Admiral 
Rodney,  who  got  him  promoted  to  a  Lieutenancy.  At  the  con* . 
elusion  of  the  war,  he  entered  into  the  Russian  service  as  the  best 
aseans  that  then  remained  of  obtaining  honour,  where  his  abilities 
soon  reoomnaended  him  to  Admiral  Greig^  who  gave  him  the  rank  of 
Captain  in  that  service.  His  life  was  glorious,  his  a£tious  noble,  and 
his  merit  deserved  those  rewards  in  our  service  which  doubtless  had  the 
war  continued  he  would  have  obtained. 

GENERAL    MACKENZIE. 

THIS  veteran,  when  Cgmraander  iu  Chi^f  of  the  Chatham  division 
of  mariues  during  the  late  war,  was  very  rigid  in  the  duty^  and  among 
other  regulations,  would  suffer  no  Officer  to  be  saluted  on  guard,  if 
out  of  his  uniform*  It  one  day  happened  that  the  General  observed  a 
Lieutenant  of  Marines  in  a  plain  dressy  and  though  he  knew  the  young 
0£Bcer  intimately  well*  he  called  to  the  centinel  to  turn  him  out :  the 
Officer  appealed  to  the  General^  saying  whq  he  wa^ ;  /'  I  know  you 
not,"  replied  the  General ;  <'  Turn  him  out  I" — A  short  time  after  the 
General  had  been  at  a  ^mall  distance  from  Chatham  to  pay  a  visity 
and  returning  in  the  evening  in  a  blue  coat,  claimed  entrance  at  the 
yard-gate.  The  centinel  demanded  the  countersign;  which  the 
General  not  knowing*  desired  the  Officer  of  the  Guard  to  be  sent  for  ; 
who  proved  to  be  the  Lieutenant  whom  the  General  had  treated  so 
cavalierly. — "  Who  are  you  ?/*  enquired  the  Officer*  "  I  am 
General  Mackenzie,"  was  the  reply.  <'  What  without  an  mtform  f'^ 
rejoined  the  Lieutenant ;  <*  Oh !  get  back,  get  back,  impostor  ;  th( 
General  would  break  your  bones,  if  he  knew  you  assumed  his  name  I" 
The  General  on  this  made  his  retreat  ;  and  the  next  day  inviting  the 
young  Officer  to  breakfast,  tpld  him^  '*  He  bad  done  his  duty  witb 
veiy  commendable  exa&KSSr 


I  »«^  3 


KAUTICAL  PAPERS* 


ON  BRITISH  NAVAL  ARCHITECTURE*  • 

Sr  RAt^H  triLLETT,  ES^  F.  A.  W  A.  55. 

f 

AN  Roglishmancan  hardly  be  supposed  to  want  cuHosity  in  what« 
ever  relates  to  Naval  Architedure.  To  the  present  state  of  it 
in  his  own  conntfy  he  owfes  aU  its  present  importance.  In  itself,  it 
displays  the  highest  exertions  of  human  skill  and  science ;  in  its  con* 
sequences,  the  most  beneficial  ad^ntages  to  every  other  society  as  well 
as  his  own,  and  unites  mankind  in  one  general  participation  of  the 
benefits  peculiar  to  every  distant  part  of  the  world.  It  is  therefore 
hoped  that  the  present  attempt^  imperfe^  as  it  is^  will  be  received- 
with  indulgence,  and  perhaps  excite  some  abler  pen,  guided  by  more 
ample  materials,  to  do  justice  to  the  subject. 

Besides  what  I  havcf  been  able  to  colled  from  our  printed  histonea* 
I  wds  so  fortunate  as  to  purchase  five  large  volumes  of  manuscript 
accounts  fi«om  the  libraty  of  the  Earl  of  Oxford*  They  had  been 
coUeded  with  much  industry  by  Mr,  Fortescue,  who  was  a  Commit, 
tioner  of  the  Navy  during  the  retgns  of  Charles  the  Second  and  James 
the  Second ;  and  they  were  presented  by  Mr,  Francis  Fortescuci  his 
son»  to  Lawrence  Hyde,  Earl  of  Rochester,  and  President  of  the 
Council  in  that  of  William  the  Thfrd.  Three  of  the  volumes  appear 
to  have  been  in  the  possession  of  Mr,  Conduit^  Sir  Isaac  Newton's 
nephew*  All  the  ^it  came  into  the  hands  of  that  great  coUedlor  Lord 
Oxford,  and  at  hi^  death  into  Mr.  Osborne's,  who  bought  his  library. 
From  Mr.  Osborne  I  bought  them,  I  have  alto  had  some  assistance 
from  Mr,  Hayward's  own  manuscript  book*  Mr,  Hayward  was 
Master-Butlder  of  Woolwidi  Yard  for  a  great  many  yean,  and  died 
only  about  the  year  17449  at  the  great  age  of  eighty*seven  years. 

As  I  have  derived  considerable  help  finom  these  manuscripts,  I  have 
thought  it  proper  to  mention  this  account  of  them,  and  how  they  came 
into  my  possession, 

'  The  accounts  of  our  Ntrvy  are  but  few,  until  the  reign  of  Henry  the 
Eighth  ;  but  as  the  oiEce  of  Admiral  was  established  so  early  as  the 
reign  of  Edward  the  First,  and  perhaps  of  John  ;  and  we  find  Fitz 
Allan  appointed  Admiral  of  Engknd  by  Richard  the  Second  ;  and 
Spehnan  hath  given  us  a  list  of  Admirals  ff  om  Henry  the  Third  ;  we 
may  infer  that  olir  Princes  had  some  Ships  of  their  own,  besides  the 
^Kxasional  ones  furnished  by  the  cinque  ports.  &c*  The  first  instance 
I  know  of,  and  that  a  curious  oncj  as  it  mentions  cannon  employed  on  . 

tool*  III.  N  N 


266  MAV^ICAL   ?A»IR8» 

board  a  Ship,  occurs  in  Rymer's  Foedera»  voL  viti.  p.  44,7.  It  »  a* 
order  to  Henry  Somcr,  Keeper  of  the  Private  Wardrobe  in  the  Tower, 
to  dchVcr  to  Mr.  Lovcncy,  Treaaurer  of  Queen  PhiUppa,  Queen  of 
Sweden,  Denmark,  and  Norway,  who  was  then  sent  by  her  undc 
Henry  the  Fourth  to  her  husband*  in  the  Ship  caHed  The  Queen't 
Hall,  the  following  military  atoreft  :  1 1  guns,  40  Rkrat  fittiverit  pro 
gunnes,  40  fetrai  pro  gunnes,  40  tampons,  4  touches,  i  mallet, 
2  fire-pans,  40  pa^y^t  24  bows»  40  sheaves  of  arrowSj  pro  Sttffara 
^usdem  navis,  ordinata  pro  aula  cjusdem  Regiae. 

Henry  the  Fifth,  at  his  first  invasion  of  Frances  appears  to  have  had 
two  large  and  beautiful  Ships  of  hit  own,  with  purple  taila,  the  one 
called  the  King's  Chamber,  the  ot^r  his  HdL 

Edward  the  Fourth  had  several  Ships  of  his  own,  which  he  employed 
aometimes  in  war,  and  often  for  trade,  in  which  he  deak  largely.  It 
Appears  from  Canning's  monument  in  Redclift  Church  at  Bristol,  that 
he,  at  one  time,  furnished  this  Prince  with  2470  tons  of  shipping  to 
purchase  hia  peace,  among  -which  were  the  Mary  and  John  of  900  tons, 
and  the  Mary'  Radclifie  of  500  tons,  being  two  of  the  largest  Ships 
belonging  to  any  £ngliahman  in  that  early  period  that  I  know  of, 
though  many  of  that  size,  and  larger,  are  to  be  found  among  ihe 
Genoese  and  Venetians  at  that  time. 

In  14S1  he  issued  the  following  order  :  **  Rex  dtle£^osibi  Richardo 
Symondes,  magistro  rutvu  nostrx  vocatx  Le  Grace  dt  Dieuy  salutem. 

*«  Cum  nos  quandam  armatam  potentiam  ad  proficisccndum  supra 
fliare  in  resistcnttam  iilius  infidelis  et  antiqui  inimici  nostri  regis 
Scoiorum  ordinavimus,  assignavimus  te  ad  tot  mftrinarios  quot  pro 
gubertatione  et  conduAione  navis  prediAae  necessarii  fueriat  et-oppor* 
tuni,  Mamqui  inveniri  potermnif  tarn  infra  Bhertatu  quam  eitra^  arestan* 
dum  et  captendum,  et  eos  in  nave  prxdi^la,  nobis  ad  vadia  nostra 
deserviturosy  ponendum  et  poni  faciendum. 

**  Consimilis  litene  regis  patentis  diriguntnr  personis  fubscriptis  sub 
cadem  data,  viz.  Roberto  Michelson  magistro  navia  re^u  vocatx  Le 
Henry,  Richardo  Hubbard  magistro  navis  regis  vocatc  Le  Anthony  $ 
Johanni  Stevens  magistro  navia  rtgu  vocatse  Le  Great  PoYtingaU^ 
Johanni  Hamond  magistro  navis  regis  Le  Spagnard-;  Walter  Cokkee 
magistro  navis  regis  vocatae  Le  Henry  Ashe  ;  and  to  five  vother  com- 
manders,  who  had  not  shipps  belonging  to  the  king,  but  seem  to 
have  been  hired."     Rymer,  vol.  xii.  p.  139. 

N.  B.  We  find  that  pressing  of  semmen  for  the  King's  service  waa 
prafliscd  at  this  time,  perhaps  even  earlier. 

It  appears  that  our  Ships  were  now  buik  larger  ;  for  in  the  eailier 
stages  of  them  I  am  apt  to  suspeA  they  were  much  amaller,  and  oven 
coDfistcdi  for  the  most  part^  of  lingle^dcckcd  vcMcli>  with  «ne  xanl 


navticai;.  papers*  167 

only.  In  the-famous  armada  of  Edward  the  Third,  though  It  consisted 
of  1 100  vessels,  the  men  on  board  them  were  only  1 1,1 66>  very  Lttlc 
more  than  ten  men  per  vessel ;  and  though,  in  the  proportion  of  those 
furnished  by  London,  we  find  them  a  little  bigger,  they  do  not  exceed 
twenty-six  men  per  vessel  even  in  that  class. 

It  is  therefore  to  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Eighth  that  we  must  look 
for  the  establishment  of  a  regular  Navy.  Before  his  reign.  Ships  were 
hired  occasionally  from  the  Venetians,  the  Genoese,  the  Hanse  Towns, 
and  other  trading  people.  These,  with  the  others  supplied  by  the 
cinque  ports,  formed  the  strength  of  our  English  fleets.  As  soon  as 
the  «ervice  was  performed  for  which  they  were  hired,  they  were 

tllsmissed. 

Henry,  aware  of  the  inconveniency  of  suddenly  colIe£Ung  such  • 
sea  force  as  his  frequent  wars  on  the* continent  required,  resolved  to 
form  such  a  permanent  strength  at  sea,  as  his  political  views*  and  the 
growing  state  of  trade,  at  that  time  so  much  increased  by  the  disco- 
vei-ies  of  the  East  and  West  Indies,  and  the  enlarged  communications 
with  our  neighbours  on  the  continent,  seemed  to  make  necessary. 

The  recent  introdu^ion  of  cannon  on  board  Ships  of  war,  had  also 
inadc  it  necessary  that  the  size  of  them  sliould  be  enlarged. 

And  though  there  were  some  few  at  that  time  employed  in  the 
businesses  of  commerce  that  were  pretty  considerable,  as  we  see  in  the 
case  of  those  belonging  to  Canning,  the  number  of  them  was  small,  and 
their  general  size  made  them  very  incompetent  to  the  purposes  of  war 
in  the  manner  it  began  to  be  carried  on. 

To  execute  this  plan,  Henry  esublished  building  yards  at  Wool- 
wich, Deptford,  and  Chatham.  He  was  at  first  obliged  to  hire  foreign 
artificers,  as  we  find  by  a  curious  report  made  to  James  the  First  in  the 
year  1618,  in  answer  to  a  commission  issued  by  that  Pnnce  to  his 
several  Master  Builders.     The  report  is  as  foUoweth  : 

''  In  former  times  our  Kings  have  enlarged  their  doininions  rather 
by  land  than  sea  forces,  whereat  even  strangers  have  marvelled,  const* 
dering  the  many  advantages  of  a  Navy;  but  since  the  change  of 
weapons  zndjigbtt  Henry  the  Eighth  making  use  ofltalum  sbipwrigbUt 
and  encouraging  his  own  people  to  build  strong  Ships  of  war  to  carry 
great,  ordnance,  by  that  means  established  a  puissant  Navy,  which  in 
the  end  of  his  reign  consisted  of  seventy  vessels,^  whereof  thirty  were 
$hips  of  burthen,  and  contained  in  all  10,550  tons,  aad  two  galleys  : 
the  rest  were  tm^  barks  and  row  barges  from  eighty  tons  downwards 
to  fifteen  tons,  which  scrvied  in  rivers,  and  for  landing  of  men.  Edward 
the  Sixth  in  the  sixth  year  of  his  reign  had  but  fifty-three  Ships,  con- 
taining in  all  I I1O05  tOBSy  with  7995  men,  whereof  only  twenty-eight 


l6S  KAUTICAL    FAFERi. 

vesaeb  were  Awe  eighty  tons  each.    Queen  Mary  had  but  forty-nk' 
of  all  sorts/'     AH  this  from  the  report. 

Thpugh  we  are  not  acquainted  with  all  the  particular  Shfpt  th^t 
formed  the  Navy  of  Henry  the  Eighth,  we  know  that  amongst  them 
were  two  very  large  ones,  viz.  the  Regent  and  the  Harry  Grace  de 
Dieu  ;  the  former  being  burnt  in  r4i^>  10  an  engagement  with  the 
French,  occasioned  Henry  to  build  the  hitter.  However  zf  we  con- 
aider  the  Ships  that  formed  the  Navy  in  the  first  year  of  Edward  the 
Sixth  as  the  Navy  left  by  his  father,  which  i*  think  we  may  fairly  do, 
we  shall  be  suqirised  at  the  state  to  which  he  had  raised  it.  Our 
worthy  member  Mr.  Topham  having  already  given  as  that  list,  makes 
it  unnecessary  to  repeat  mine.  I  only  beg  leave  to  observe,  as  it  gives 
weight  to  my  own  manuscript  ^^ount  of  it,  that  my  own  accomnt 
states  It  at  1  lyOO^  tons,  and  that  given  by  Mr.  Topham  at  1 1,748 
tons.  As  mine  ia  taken  in  the  sixth  year  of  Edward,  the  fittle 
difference  may  be  explained  by  the  decay  of  some  of  those  left  by 
Henry,  and  not  replaced,  in  the  pacific  minority  of  Edward,  if  they 
ever  were  till  the  time  of  Elizabeth  i  for  we  find  a  more  consickrable 
decline  in  that  of  Queen.  Mary. 

Mr.  Topham  hath  noticed  a  cnrions  indenture  that  passed  between 
Henry  the  Eighth  and  the  Lord  Howard  in  the  year  1512  ;  but  as 
he  hath  not  given  it  at  length,  and  it  may  be  well  considered  as  many 
of  the  regulations  that  have  taken  place  since  in  our  Navy,  and  contains 
a  respeftable  nnmber  of  Ships  that  constituted  the  ficet,  it  naj  be 
worthwhile  to  introduce  it  at  length  here. 

••  Henry  Yllh  anno  regni  tertio,  anno  Dom.  t^iz* 

•*  Indentura  inter  Dominmn  Rcgcm,  et  Edwardum  Howard,  Capi- 
taneum  g^eralem  armata^  super  mare,  witnesseth,  that  tiie  said  Sir 
Edward  is  retained  towards  our  said  Sovereign  Lord,  to  be  hi^ 
Admiral  Chief  and  General  Captain  of  the  army,  which  his  Hrgfiness 
haih  proposed  and  ordained,  and  now  sctteth  to  the  sea,  for  the  safe- 
guard and  sure  passage  of  his  snbje^ls,  firiends,  a^ies,  and  confederates. 
.  ^  And  the  said  Admiral  shall  have  under  him,  in  the  said  service, 
three  thousand  men  harnessed  and  arrayed  for  the  warfare,  himsetf 
accounted  in  the  same  number,  over  and  above  seven  hundred  soldiers* 
manners,  and  gunners,  that  shall  be  in  the  iting's  Ship,  the  Regent,  a 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifty  shall  be  soldiers,  twelfc  hundred  and 
thtrty-three  shall  be  mariners  and  gunners. 

<<  And  the  Admiral  promiscth  and  bindeth  himseH*  to  oar  said 
Sovereign  Lord  by  these  presents  to  do  nnto  his  Highness  such  service 
of  war  upon  the  sea,  with  the  said  army  and  Navy  that  he  shall  have 
UBderhiini  at  by  the  King's  own  mission  nade  to  bim  fgr  the  samci^ 


KAurrcAL  rAPBM*  969 

under  hh  great  seal,  certain  instru6lioTi8  signed  with  onr  said  Sovereign 
Lord's  hands  to  these  instruments  attached,  and  hj  these  presents,  he 
is  committed^  deputed*  and  ordered  to  do  ;  and  as  to  such  a  Navy  and 
army  in  such  case  it  doth  belong  and  appertain,  during  our  said  Sove- 
leign  Lord's  pleasure, 

**  And  the  said  Admiral  shall  have,  for  maintaining  himself,  and  his 
diets  and  rewards  Jaifyf  during  the  said  voyage,  ten  shlUings, 

**  And  for  every  of  the  said  Captains,  for  their  diets,  wages,  and 
rewards,  daily  during  their  said  Knise,  tlghtecn  pence^  except  they  be  of 
the  King's  sferysy  which  shall  be  contented  with  their  ordinary 
^ges* 

♦*  And  for  every  soldier,  mariner,  and  gunner,  be  shall  have  every 
inonth  during  the  said  voyage,  accounting  ttweniy^eixht  daus  for  the 
^niby  fifue  shiffings  for  his  wages,  and  Jive  shilTtngs  for  his  nfiSualr, 
saving  that  they  shall  have  certain  iieaJ  shares,  as  hereafter  doth  ensue, 
of  all  which  wages,  rewards,  and  vi6bual -money  the  said  Admiral  shall 
be  paid  in  manner  and  form  following  :  He  shafi  before  he  and  hit 
fetinue  enter  into  the  Ships,  make  their  moustres  before  such  Cook:  ' 
missioners  as  shall  please  our  said  Sovereign  Lord,  by  the  hands  of  such 
as  his  Grace  shall  appoint  for  himsdf,  the  said  Captains,  soldiers, 
mariners,  and  gunners,  wages,  rewards,  and  vi6taal-money,  after  the 
rate  before  rehearsed,  for  three  months  thcfn  next  ensuing,  accounting 
the  month  as  above. 

'*  And  at  the  same  time  he  shall  receive  for  the  cost  of  every  Captain 
and  soldier yb»r.  sh'diings  ;  and  for  the  cost  of  every  mariner  and  gunner 
tVfetUy  pence  \  and  at  the  end  of  the  said  three  months,  when  the  said 
Admiral  shall  with  his  said  Navy  and  retinue  resort  to  the  port  of 
Southampton,  and  then  and  there  revif^ual  himself,  and  the  said  Navy 
and  army,  and  retinae,  he  shall  make  his  moustres  before  such  Com* 
missioners  as  it  shall  please  his.  Grace  the  King  therefore  to  appoint 
yithin  hord  ;  and  after  the  said  moustres  so  made,  he  shall,  for  him^ 
self,  the  said  Captains,  soldiers,  mariners,  and  gunners,  receive  of  oor 
Sovereign  Lord,  by  the  hands  of^soch  as  his  Grace  shall  appoint,  new 
wages  and  vi6lual<money,  after  the- rate  before  rehearsed,  for  the  said 
three  months  next  ensuing  ;  and  so  from  three  months  to  three  months 
continually  during  the  said  time>  the  said  Admiral  shall  have  also  for 
himself^  the  said  Captains,  soldiers,  mariners^  and  gunners  afore  the 
bestowing  their  bags,  baggages,  and  vi^iuals  ;  and  for  the  explmt  of 
the  said  service  of  war,  at  the  cost  and  charges  of  our  said  Sovereign 
Lord,  eighteen  Ships,  whereof  the  names  and  portage  hereafter  ensue* 
in  such  manner  rigged,  equipped,  tackled,  decked,  and  furnished  with 
fitillery,  as  to  such  a  voyage  and  service  i<a  the  hcMiour  of  the  said 


^J0t  HJLVTICAU  QAfStS* 

^▼ereign  Lord»  and  the  weal  of  the  journej^  ibaU  be  thought  to  h» 
Grace  and  hie  G>uncil  necessary  and  expedient. 

•*  .The  mid  Admiral  shall  have  ior  hxs  dedc  shares  of  the  Ships  as 
hereafter  cnsueth  ;  that  is  to  saj,  for  the  Regent,  being  of  the  portage 
of  looo  tonSf  fifty  dede  shares  and  four  piOotys  ;  also  £or  the  Ship- 
Mary  Rote,  of  the  pcirti^e  of  500  tons,  thirty  dede  shares  and  a  half ; 
for  the  Ship  called  the  Peter  Pomgranate»  being  of  the  ports^  of  400 
tons,  twenty-three  dfide  shares  and  a  half ;  lor  the  Ship  called  the 
Nicholas  REedaf  being  of  the  portage  of  400  tons«  twenty-three  dede 
shares  and  a  half ;  for  the  Mary  and  John,  being  of  the  portage  of  i6o 
tons,  twenty-fonr  dede  shares  and  a  half ;  for  the  Ann  of  Greenwich, 
being  of  the  ponu^e  of  160  tons,  twenty-four  dede  shares  and  a  half; 
for  the  Mary  George,  being  of  the  portage  of  500  tons,  twenty  dede 
ihares  and  a  half ;  for  the  Dragon,  of  the  portage  of  100  tons,  twenty- 
two  dede  'sbaies  and.  a  half ;  for  the  Barbara,  of  the  portage  of  140 
tons,  twenty  dede  shares  and  a  half ;  for  the  George  of  Falmouth, 
being  of  the  hurthen  of  140  tons,  twenty  dede  shares  and  a  half ;  for 
the  Nicholas  of  Haunpton,  of  the  portage  often  scwc  tons,  twenty  two 
dede  shaics  and  a  half ;  for  the  Genet,  of  the  portage  of  70  tons, 
twenty-two  dede  shares  and  a  half ;  for  the  Christopher  Davy,  of  the 
portage  of  160  tons,  twenty-two  dede  shares  and  a  half;  for  the 
Sabyon,  of  the  portage  of  1 20  tons,  tw'enty  dede  shares* 

*«  And  for  the  Yidualling  and  refreshing  the  said  Ships  with  water 
and  other  necessaries,  the  said  Admirid  shall,  over  and  above  the  said 
Ships,  have  two  ^rajsrs^  the  one  being  of  three  score  and  fifty  tons, 
%9herein  there  shsll  be  the  master,  twelve  naarinen,  and  one  boy  ;  and 
every  of  the  said  masters  and  mariners  shall  have  for  his  wages  five 
•hillings,  and  for  his  vi^usd- money  firt  shillings  for  every  month, 
accounting  the  month  as  above  ;  arid  every  of  the  said  two  boies  ehall 
have  for  their  months  wages  two  shillings  and  six-pence,  and  for  their 
vitals  five  shillings  ;  and  either  of  the  said  masters  shall  have  three 
dede  shares.  And  the  other  crayer  shall  have  a  master,  ten  mariners, 
and  one  boy,  being  of  the  burthen  of  5  5  tons,  with  the  same  allow- 
ances. 

*^  Also  the  said  soldiers,  mariners,  and  gunners,  shall  have  of  our 
Sovereign  Lord  condud-men^f  that  is  to  say,  every  of  them  for  every 
day's  journey  from  his  house  to  the  place  where  they  shall  be  shipped, 
acoountiog  twehe  miles  for  the  days  journey  ^  sixpence,  of  which  day« 
they  shall  have  evidence  by  their  oaths  before  him  or  them  that  our 
aaid  Sovereign  Lord  shall  appoint  and  assign  to  pay  them  the  said  wages 
and  condud^  money. 

'^  And  for  as  much  as  our  said  Sovereign  Lord  of  his  costs  and 
charges  equipped  the  said  army  and  Navy,  the  said  Admiral  bhall 


tiAVTICAL    ^APERf.  VJt 

ftercFore  answer  our  said  Lord  thf  Me  halftA^Sl  manner  of  gains  mad 
Vinniogs  of  >the  warre,  that  the  same  Admiral^  or  his  retinue^  or  zxxf 
of  them,  shall  fortune  to  him  in  said  voyage  by  land  or  water;  all  pri- 
soners being  chUftarnSf  or  having  our  said  Sovereign  Lord's  adversaries 
power,  and  one  Ship  Rofalfheing  of  the  portage  of  200  tons,  or  abovr, 
with  the  ordinance  and  apparel  of  every  such  prize  that  shall  fortune  to 
be  taken  by  them  in  the  said  war,  reserved  to  our  said  Sovereign  Lord 
all  artiHery  rpntained  within  any  other  Ship  or  Ships  by  them  to  be 
taken  :  In  witness  whereof,"  &c.— Rymer,  vol.  xiii.  p.  326. 

From  this  indenture  it  appears  that  the  wages  of  seamen  were  only 
five  shillings  per  month  at  this  time,  accounting  twenty -eight  days  io 
•  the  month,  a  rule  observed  in  every  subsequent  iucrease  of  their 
wages,  and  still  pra6^ised.  In  the  reign  of  James  the  First  I  find  them 
raised  to  ten  shillings  per  month  ;  whether  by  that  Prince^  or  his  pre- 
decessor,  I  cannot  ascertain  ;  but  I  should  rather  suppose  it  was  done 
by  Elizabeth,  as  Charles  the  First,  in.  the- first  year  of  his  reign,  raised 
thefti  to  fifteen  shillings,  which  he  probably  would  not  have  done,  if  his 
fiither  had  so  recently  raised  them  before.  From  this  indenture  it 
likewise  appears  that  the  King  employed  vessels  used  in  trade  by  his 
subjeds,  and  that  his  own  were  not  considerabky  at  least  in  number  ( 
for,  except  the  Regent  and  the  Mary  Rose,  I  take  it  the  rest  wer< 
hired*  The  insignificant  size  of  our  Ships  belonging  to  the  Navy  is 
apparent  also  from  Ships  of  200  tons  being  called  Ships  rqyaJf  and 
reserved  for  the  "King,  if  captured. 

But  it  is  not  only  the  size,  but  the  form  of  building  them,  that 
renders  these  Ships  so  contemptible  in  the  opinion  of  persons  in  the 
least  acquainted  with  naval  architeAurc  ^  for,  if  we  could  depend  on 
the  curious  print  given  to  us  of  the  Harry  Grace  de  Dieu,  by  Mr, 
Topham,  it  may  fairly  be  pronounced  that  she  was  unfit  for  every 
purpose  of  navigation,  not  only  in  the  ocean^  but  in  the  less  tempes* 
tuous  waves  of  the  Mediterranean,  and  hardly  safe  out  of  a  harbour 
«ny  where.  Another  print  of  a  large  §hip,  published  by  Mr.  Allen^ 
find  supposed,  with  some  reasoi\»  by  Mr*  Tqpham,  to  have  been  built 
in  James's  reign,  is  less  uncouth,  though  still  an  unpleasant  pii^ure  of 
tbc  state  of  ship  building  at  this  time.  If  Mrl  Topham's  conje^re 
be  right,  we  shall  find  that  Mr.  Pett»  the  builder  of  it,  had  wonder- 
fully  improved  his  skill  in  less  than  twenty*seven  years  ;  for  this  Ship^ 
called  the  Prince,  was  launched  in  1610  •,  and  built  by  Pett.    The 

•  •«  This  year,  r6io,  tht  King  builded  m  most  goodly  Ship  for  wsrrc,  the  Itccl 
whereof  was  114  feet  iiy  length,  and  the  crow  beam  was  44  feet  in  length  ;  ahc 
will  carry  sixty- four  pieces  Df  great  ordioance,  and  is  of  the  burden  of  1 400  tons  i 
this  royal  Ship  is  double  built,  and  is  most  sumptuously  adorned  within  and 
widioot,  with  mli-manner  of  curious  carving,  painting^  and  rich  gilding,  being 
in  all  respe^a  theyrettett  and  goodliest  Ship  that  ever  was  builded  in  England  4 


fjt  HAtlTlCAL   PAFBttJ 

Royal  SoTCretgn,  built  by  the  same  maa  io  1637,  gives  ua  the  (irtt  tidi 
of  my  knowledge  io  the  art  ;  and  is  really  an  astODisIiing  ptoof  of  th« 
rapid  progress  it  had  made }  for  she  continued  a  useful  and  valuable 
Ship  in  our  Navy,  until  the  beginning  of  'the  present  century.  She 
was  in  all  the  actions  at  sea  during  the  reigns  of  Charles  the  Second 
and  William  the  Third,  and  did  great  service  in  the  fight  off  La 
Hogue  in  1692^  If»  however,  this  print  of  Allen's  doth  refer  to  the 
Ship  called  the  Prince,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  those  built  for  trade,  and 
we  find  very  large  ones,  some  even  of  1000  and  11 00  tons  in  our 
East  India  trade  at  this  time,  were  more  equal  to  those  distant  voyages. 
The  most  despicable  opinion,  however,  may  be  admitted  as  to  the 
form  of  these  Ships  in  the  early  periods  of  the  art,  and  how  unfit  they 
were  for  carrying  the  guns  allotted  to  them,  when  we  are  told  that  the 
Mary  Rose,  a  royal  Ship  of  500  tons,  was  lost  at  Spithead  by  the  water 
rushing  in  at  her  lower  ports,  which  were  placed  only  tixleai  inches 
from  tlie  edge  of  the  water  *• 

In  these  early  periods  it  may  be  curious  to  notice  the  several  gradual 
improvements  that  took  place.  Sir  Walter  Rawlcigh's  account  is 
very  explicit  as  to  many  of  them.  In  Birch's  edition  of  his  Memoirs, 
vuL  ii.  p.  78^  he  says,  '*  Whoever  were  the  inventor,  we  find  that 
every  age  had  added  somewhat  to  Sliips  ;  and  in  my  time  the  shape  of 
our  English  Ships  hath  been  greatly  bettered.  It  is  not  long  since  the 
striking  o^top^wuutSf  a  wonderful  ease  to  great  Ships,  both  at  sea,  and 
in  the  harbour,  hath  been  devised,  together  with  the  chain  pumft  which 
taketh  up  twice  as  much  water  as  the  ordinary  did  (this  hath  been 
wonderfully  augmented  since)  ;  we  have  lately  added  the  bonnet  and 
the  drahUr  (sails)  to  the  courses  ;  we  have  added  studSng  safls,  (these 
are  now  added  to  by  stay-iailsf  top^gaUani'Sath^  iprit^sAsIi,  and  top* 
sails)  ;  the  weighing  anchors  by  the  capisten  ;  we  have  fallen  into 
consideration  of  the  length  of  cables  (they,  from  another  manuscript 
account  in  my  possession,  were  under  eighty  fathom),  and  by  it  we 
resist  the  greatest  winds  that  can  blow  ;  witness  the  Hollanders  that 

and  this  glorious  Ship  the  King  gave  to  his  ton  Ifairy,  Prince  of  Wales  ;  ani 
the  a4th  of  September  the  King,  the  Qneen,  the  Prince  o£  Wales,  the  Duke  of 
York,  and  the  Lady  Elizabeth,  with  many  great  Lords,  went  unto  Woolwich 
to  see  it  launched,  but  becauie  of  the  narrowness  of  the  dock,  it  coufd  not  theh 
be  launched  ;  whereupon  the  Prince  came  the  next  momiog  by  three  of  the 
dock,  and  then,  at  the  launching  thereof,  the  Prince  named  it  after  his  own 
dignity,  and  called  it  the  Ptince/'  The  great  workmaster  in  buildmg  this  Ship 
was  Master  Phiniet  Pett,  gentleman,  sometime  Master  of  Arts  at  £aumnel 
College,  Cambridge. 

•  It  is  not  improbable  that  this  was  the  Ship,  and  not  the  Great  Harry,  of 
which  Mr.  Allen  published  the  print  from  an  old  pi^ure,  and  is  a  valuable 
intcnnediate  step  between  that  Ship  and  the  Royal  Sovereign,  built  by  the  saiue 
master  in  the  reign  of  Charles  the  First.    Vide  Stow't  Chronicle,  p.  994. 

He  also  mentions  a  merchant  Ship,  butlt  the  year  before,  in  1609,  by  the 
£ast  India  CMnpsny,  of  x^oo  tons. 


KAVTICAL    PAPERS*  273 

^cre  wont  to  ride  before  Dunkirk,  with  the  wind  at  N.  E.  tflaking  a 
lee- shore  in  all  weathers  ;  for,  true  it  is  that  the  length  of  the  cable  13 
the  lifeof  the  Ship  in  all  extremities ;  and  the  reason  is,  that  it  makes  so 
many  bendingsand  wavesy  as  the  Ship  riding  at,  that  length  is  not  ?h\c 
to  stretch  it^  and  nothing  breaks  that  is  not  stretched  :  we  carry  our 
ordnance  better  than  we  were  wont  ;  for,  in  King  Henry  the  Eighth's 
timei  and  in  his  presence  at  Portsmouth,  the  Mary  Rose,  by  a  little 
sway  of  the  Ship  in  casting  about,  her  poits  being  within  stxtcfti  inches 
of  the   wateo  was  orersct  and  lost."     He  says  again,   in  p.  95, 
**  She  must  carry  ^put  her  ordnance  in  all  weathcrS,  provided  that  the 
lowest  tier  of  ordnance  must  lie/oi/r^^/ clear  above  the  water,  when  all 
her  loading  is  in,'*     To  proceed  with  Sir  Walter's  observations,  in 
p.  99  ;  speaking  of  the  ordnance,  he  says,  **  there  is  a  great  super- 
fluity, many  Ships  having  40  pieces  of  brass  cannon,  and  only  twenty 
gunners  to  manage  them  ;"  and  he  thinks  that  twenty  or  thirty  pieces 
9f  brass  cannon,  demy-cannon>  culvcrine,  and  demy-culverine,  are  very 
sufficient. 

Indeed,  unless  the  proportion  of  the  larger  pieces  was  very  small, 
I  do  not  sec  how  the  Ship  could  bear  them  ;  especially  as  in  p.  94. 
he  recommends  a  Ship  of  650  tons  in  preference  to  one  of  1200  tons 
(this  possibly  refers  to  the  Royal  Charles,  built  at  the  very  conclusion 
of  James's  rcign)  ;  and  says,  *'  she  can  carry  as  large,  though  not  so 
many,  guns.*'  He  recommends  a  dock  to  be  built  at  Plymouth  (at  that 
time  not  established),  and  mentions  among  other  improvements,  that 
the  second  deck  should  be  raised* 

All  this,  and  a  great  deal  more,  hath  been  done  since  his  time  ;  for 
the  cables,  which  then  were  about  seventy-eight  fathom,  are  now  one 
hundred  and  twenty ;  and  two  cables  an  end  are  frequently  made  use 
of.  The  size  of  the  anchors  hath  been  increased  :  the  sheet-anchor  of 
the  first  Royal  Sovereign  weighed  only  44001b.  though  she  was  about 
the  size  of  our  present  seventy-four  gun  Ships,  viz.  about  1651  tons, 
whose  sheet-anchor  weighs  67001b.  ;  the  sheet  anchor  of  the  Prince, 
burthen  about  1230  tons,  weighed  only  320olb.  ;  that  of  our  present 
sixty  gun  Ships,  about  the  same  tonnage,  viz,  1220  tons,  weighs 
53Colb.  Another  considerable  improvement  occurs  in  the  masts  and 
yards  of  the  two  periods  ;  for  as  wc  have  with  great  judgment 
increased  the  weights  of  our  anchors,  we^havc,  with  no  less  knowledge, 
decreased  the  size  of  the  masts  and.yards.  The  main-mast  of  the  Prince 
was  102  feet  long,  the  diameter  of  it  three  feet  three  inches;  the 
main-mast  of  our  sixty  gun  Ships,  as  above,  is  only  94  feet  10  inches 
long,  diameter  two  feet  seven  inches  and  five-eighths.  I  am  not  able 
to  ascertain  the  masts  and  yards  of  the  Royal  Sovereign  ;  it  may  be 
sufficient  to  observe  that  the  main-mast  of  our  present  Royal  Gfeorge, 
iiol.  111.  o  o 


174  DISQUISITIONS    ON    SHIP-BUILDING. 

burthen  about  2300  tons,  it  only  117  feet  long  ;  that  she  hath  one 
deck  more  than  the  Prince,  which  probably  takes  off  eight  or  nine  fiect 
of  that  length  :  the  diameter  of  it  is  only  three  feet  two  inches  and 
seven-eighths)  not  quite  so  thick  as  that  of  the  PriHce,  although  almost 
double  her  tonnage  ;  the  main-yard  of  the  Prince  was  96  feet  long, 
diameter  two  feet  ;  that  of  our  sixty  gun  Ships  main-yard  is  84  feet 
two  inches  long,  diameter  one  foot   eight  inches  and  five-eighths. 
Any  person  acquainted  with  the  importance  of  diminishing  the  weights 
above  water  of  a  Ship  as  much  as  possible,  will  be  s^sible  of  this  great 
improvement ;  as  also  of  the  redudion  in  the  quarter  gallenes  of  our 
great  Ships.     Those  in  a  ninety  gun  Ship  are  now  not  larger  than 
they  used  to  be  in  our  old  forty  gun  Ships  ;  the  poop  royal,  in  our 
present  first  lates  is  omitted,  and  that  enormous  weight  aloft  takeif 
away ;  nothing  is  given  to  parade  ;  the  height  between  decksy  at  least 
in  the  cabin  part,  is  lessened  almost  two  feet* 

That  great  seaman  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  eirly  observed  the  great 
mischief  accriu'ng  to  the  service  by  building  in  prvvate  yards,  and 
recommends  strongly  that  no  large  Ship  shonld  be  builded  except  in 
the  King's  yards ;  for  that  all  such  Ships  did  not  endure :  and  this 
evil  still  attends  all  such  Ships  as  are  built  by  contra6^. 

If  the  construction   of  the  Ships  was  so  rude  and  impcrfeA  at  this 
time,  the  manner  of  fighting  them  does  not  seem  to  have  been  much 
better  ;  for  we  find  in  the  aftion  in  1549,  between  the  two  great  fleets  of 
France  and  England,  the  former  consisting  of  ninety,  and  the  latter  of 
oric  hundred  vessels  ;  that  after  a  close  fight  o^iwo  hours,  the  French 
historian,  M.  du  Bellay,  observes,  there  were  not  less  than  three  hun- 
dred shot  fired  on  both  sides.     Lord  Rodney^  in  his  memorable  engage- 
ment in  which  the  Ville  de  Paris  was  taken,  informed  me  himself,  that 
he  fired  eleven  broadsides  from  his  own  Ship ;  which,  as  she  carried 
ninety-eight  guns,  was  probably  almost  double  the  number  fired  on 
both  sides  between  these  two  mighty  fleets*     In  the  eariier  state  of 
naval  engagement,  before  the  introdufiion  of  cannon,  the  manner  of 
fight  was  still  ruder,  and  more  barbarous  ;  for  the  combatants  fought 
on  platforms  raised  on  the  decks  of  the  vessels,  something,  I  suppose, 
like  those  at  Otaheite,  as  described  by  Captain  Cook ;  and  endeavoured 
with  the  beaks  of  their  vessels  (the  ancient  rostrum)  to  sink  those  of 
their  opponent ;  or,  by  a  brisk  exertion  of  their  oars,  to  break  those  of 
their  enemy,  and  thus  render  them  unmanageable*     This  mode  of  fight 
continued  to  1213  ;  and  was  pradised  in  the  great  fight,  that  year, 
between  the  French  and  English  fleets.     It  must  have  been  attended 
with  a  great  deal  more  slaughter  than  that  which  hath  followed  the 
use  of  cannon  •.  [To  Ite  coniimsed. 

•  From  the  eleventh  voliime  •£  Archasolooia,  page  154;  read  Feb.  ^4, 


C    275   ] 

ON  THE  CHARACTER  AND  PROFESSIONAL 

DUTIES  OF  SEAMEN. 

{From  Naval  Sekmohs  preached  on  hoardhis  Majesty's  Ship  Impetueiix  • 
in  the  Western  Squadron  during  its  Services  off'  Brest,  ^^  James 
Stanibr  Clarke^  F»  R.  S,  Domestic  Chaplain  to  the  Prince.) 

*■  I.  A  Life  of  Peitl  £avotirabl«  to  the  attaioment  of  Virtue. — 2.  The 

Knowledge  of  God  derived  from  the  CootemplatioD  of  hu  Works. — 
3.   The  Christian  Religion. — 4.    The  Necessity  and  AdTantages  of 
Obedience.— 5.   On  the  Naval    CharaiSer. — 6.    The  Disciples  in  the 
^  Storm.'-7.  St.  Paul  in  the  Storm.— 8.  On  the  Love  of  our  Countr7.— 

9.  On  the  Delusions  which  seduce  Men  from  their  Duty.-*  10.  Thanlc»- 
giving  Sermon  for  Naval  Vi£Loncs» 

■  *<  IT  £T  no  one  among  you  then  lament,  that  he  is  obliged  to 
-^-^  pra6^i8e  the  virtues  of  diligenc?,  and  perseverance.  Let 
no  one  repine,  that  it  should  be  his  allotment  to  get  his  bread  with  the 
peril  of  bis  life.  Have  you  not,  when  encountering  the  fury  of  battle, 
found  your  minds  elevated  and  ennobled  by  its  dangers  ?  I  here  address 
myself  unto  those  who  can  so  well  answer  the  question.  You  must 
remember  what  superior  sensations  animated  your  souls,  when,  pre- 
^  paring  For  adion,  yon  first  beheld  the  line  extending  to  oppose  the 

arrogance  of  an  approaching  enemy." 

^  Yon,  therefore,  should  justly  value  a  situation  so  honourable  to 
yourselves  ;  whose  very  dangers  lead  to  glory,  and  whose  perils  maybe 
said  to  promote  the  general  welfare.  Yet  should  you  in  any  moment 
of  weakness,  to  which  we  are  all  subjed,  be  disposed  to  regard  the 
state  of  indolent,  ina6live  men  with  envy  ;  a  succeeding  moment  of 
reflef^ion  will  recal  the  natural-animation  of  your  minds.  The  voice 
of  Duty,  and  of  that  ambition  whichinvigorates  it,  shall  make  you  blush 
at  any  inglorious  wish  for  ease,  which  might  have  stole  into  your 
hearts  ;  and  you  would  then  consider  it  with  aversion  and  contempt. 

««  The  noble  exploits  of  the  British  Navy  may  be  said  to  glow  in 
the  brightest  pages  of  our  Country 's  annals,  and  to  obscure  those  of  its 
enemies.  To  trace  their  renown,  however  pleasing  and  grateful  to  a 
mind  that  long  has  contemplated  them  with  astonishment  and  grati- 
tude ;  would  claim  a  portion  of  time  that  cannot  now  be  allowed  me,  and 
a  more  brilliant  eulogium  than  I  have  language  to  express. 

**  I  well  know,  and  am  proud  to  declare,  the  cliarafteristic  virtues 
of  British  Seamen.  They  are  eminently  distinguished  by  a  never 
failing  love  of  their  Country  ;  by  humanity  towards  their  fellow^* 

*  When  commanded  by  John  Willett  Payne,  Esq.  now  Rear-Admiral  of  the 
Blue. 


276  oil    THB   CHARACTER    AND   DUTIIS    OF   tEAMElT. 

creatures  ;  by  moderation  in  vidlory  ;  by  a  noble  disdain  of  the 
severe  hardsliips  of  their  profession,  and  an  elevated  sense  of  its  glories. 
Nor  am  I  insensible  to  the  dangers  they  encounter,  or  the  suScrings 
they  undergo.  I  know,  my  fellow  Christians,  that  you  get  your 
bread  at  the  peril  of  your  lives  ;  but  I  also  know  it  to  be  your  pride, 
and  your  com  olation,  that  this  Is  done  in  the  service  of  your  Country, 
To  you,  with  all  those  brave  men,  wherever  they  may  be,  who  arc 
employ  td  i.i  its  defence,  your  Country  looks  with  the  most  perfeAcon- 
fi.lcijce  ;  not  only  for  the  prote6lion  of  its  laws  and  liberties,  but  of  its 
most  holy  Religion.  In  the  united  charafter  of  Britons,  and  Christians, 
Bhc  looks  to  you  tor  the  permanent  security  of  her  Constitution>  and 
tht  inviolate  san<^ty  of  her  Altars." 

SECOND    SERMON* 

■  "  No  opportunity  can  be  more  adapted  to  enforce  the  pra£iice  of 
such  Contemplation,  than  the  immediate  moment,  when  you  arp 
dwelling  on  that  Ocean,  which  forms  the  moet  stupendous  objed  in 
crcarioTi.  **  In  the  beginning,  when  darkness  was  on  the  deep,  the 
spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters ;  and  whilst  all  the 
sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy,  he  gathered  the  waters  together,  and 
called  them  seas  ;*'  hltherio^  thah  tfjoucome,  hut  no  further,  and  here  shall 
thy  proud  ivaves  be  stayed.  If  ll»ese  wonders  of  creating  power  have 
escaped  your  notice,  be  not  in  future  blind  to  such  glorious  means  of 
attaining  a  perfedl  convidion  of  the  existence  of  a  God.  One  day's 
serious  examination  of  the  objedls  you  behold,  will  oftentimes  do  more 
to  convince  the  stubborn  infidehty  of  the  atheist,  than  all  the  arguments 
which  learning  its»;lf  can  devise.  You  need  only  a  mind  properly 
trained,  and  disciplined  by  Religion,  to  confound  the  self  suffidencyof 
infidels  : — for  you  could  tell  them,  "  that  though  you  had  been 
carried  by  the  tempest  up  to  the  heaven,  and  down  again  to  the  deep  ; 
t  lough  your  soul  had  melted  away  because  of  trouble  ;  yet,  that  the 
Lord  hath  delivered  you  out  of  your  distress,  hath  made  the  storm  to 
cease,  and  brought  you  unto  the  haven  where  you  would  be. — 

••  Remember  the  effe^l,  which  the  first  sight  of  the  Ocean  produced 
upon  your  mind :  an  objedi  which  no  one  ever  for  the  first  time  beheld» 
without  astonishment  and  veneration.  Who  can  observe  this  ?.byssof 
waters,  rolling  in  the  greatness  of  its  strength,  without  experiencing  the 
suUimest  sentiments  of  devotion  I  The  philosopher  has  in  vain  at^ 
tempted  to  ascertain,  with  precision,  all  its  phenomena.  The  causes 
of  the  tides,  the  saltness  of  its  waters,  and  the  very  Compass  thatdireds 
your  course  ;  have  not  perhaps  yet  been  elucidated  with  that  perfcdioii> 
which  a  future  period  may  unveil. 

«  Ye  who  live  amid  the  vicissitudes  of  contending  elements,  whose 
repres^ntatiou  alone  fill»  the  common  beholder,  though  in  salctyj  witlk 


OI7   THE    CHARACTER   AND   DUTIES    OP   SEAMEN.  277 

dismay ;  pass  your  lives  in  a  continual  survey  of  the  most  sublime 
objeft  of  nature,  which  is  the  Ocean  ;  and  in  condudliDg  the  most 
wonderful  work  of  art,  whffch  is  the  Ship  that  bears  you  through  it; 
Unto  you  is  given  to  trace  the  Creator  of  the  wov^,^  in  the  snblimest 
of  its  features  :  you  see  him  in  the  Ocean,  you  hear  hirh  in  the  Tempest^ 
and  look  for  his  protedlion  amid  the  winds  and  waves.  His  power  is 
alike  felt  by  you,  whether  you  glow  beneath  a  vertical  sun,  or  shiver 
amid  a  frozen  sea.  You  not  only  behold  the  power  of  God,  as  it 
appears  iu  making  the  storm  fulfil  his  word  ;  but  in  the  different  dimes^ 
to  which  you  are  conduced,  by  a  life  of  perilous  adventure. 

**  It  ;s  a  natural  subje<^  of  astonishment,  that  those  who  go  down  ta 
the  sea  in  Ships  are  ever  otherwise  than  religious  and  devout  charadkers  ; 
as  th:y  see  the  works  of  the  Lord^  and  his  wonders  in  the  deep^  they 
could  not  possibly  resist  the  force  of  such  daily  evidence,  without  the 
fatal  influence  of  Some  error,  early  received,  which  an  heedless  inattea* 
tion  augments.  No  class  of  men,  taken  as  a  body,  has  ever  shewn  a 
greater  rcspedl  for  Religion,  when  properly  presented  to  their  attention  $ 
and  however  the  vices  of  a  few  individuals  may  have  drawn  uojost 
aspersions  on  their  profession,  the  religious  disposition,  and  that 
attention  to  propriety  of  demeanour,  which  of  late  years  has  appeared 
among  you,  and  been  so  much  cherished  by  your  respe^ve  Com* 
manders ;  will  not  fail,  if  thus  continued  and  supported,  to  withdraw 
the  only  shade,  which  malice  or  ignorance  has  often  cast  over  ths 

JfOBLE  CHARACTER  OF  A  BrITISH  SeAMAN.'' 

SERMON    THE    FOURTH, 

<<  We  enjoy,  by  this  means,  a  degree  of  security,  of  public  happiness, 
and  interior  tranquillity,  for  which  a  very  large  and  oppressed  part  of 
Europe  languishes  in  vain.  Hence  it  is,  that  we  exult  as  Englishmen 
in  the  honour  of  our  chara£ler,  the  excellence  of  our  constitution,  and 
-a  course  of  national  prosperity ;  while  the  Country,  whose  shores  you 
behold  ;  and  against  whose  insulting  menaces,  you  now  offer,  and  have 
80  long  offered,  a  proud  defiance  ;  contains  scenes  of  confusion  and 
disorder,,  of  tyranny  and  misrule,  of  persecution  and  murder ;  at  whose 
Jiorrors  Europe  trembles,  and  in  which  all  Europe  would  have  been 
Involved,  if  British  honour,  British  courage,  and  British  power,  had 
not  stood  forth  to  check  the  progress  of  an  ambition,  the  most  insati- 
able and  cruel.  For  it  is  not,  my  brethren,  the  Cause  of  your  Country 
alone  which  is  maintained,  by  thus  traversing  the  Ocean,  and  displaying 
this  glorious  assemblage  of  naval  strength,  even  at  the  very  harbours  of 
the  Knemy  ;  but  the  Cause  of  every  part  of  the  civilized  world: 
nations,  yet  unborn,  shall  hear  your  noble  exertions  related  with  gn['* 
titude  ;  and  shall  make  the  arduous  labours,  you  now  endure,  Hhc 
irequent  theme  of  praise  and  emulation." 


»7^  OV    THE   CHJiRACTIR   AMD    DUTIEI   OF  SIAyER. 

tBKMOV   THE    FlfTH. 

^  Thtt  respcAable  statioiiy  which  you  occupy  in  Society,  wHl  noC 
yield  to  any  in  the  honour  it  hat  at  all  times  received ;  nor  in  the  zeal, 
h  has  ever  manifeetedy  to  promote  the  happiness  of  mankind,  by 
cnhrging  the  boundaries  of  knowledge,  as  well  as  by  forming  a  more 
cxteBsive  diain  of  union»  between  the  different  families  of  the  human 
i9ce»  On  the  shore  of  the  Red  Sea,  in  the  land  of  £dom,  did  the 
Ships  of  Solomon  increase  the  affluence  and  renown  of  his  subjedls* 
In  the  train  of  Hiramy  King  of  Tyre,  were  encouraged  those  who  had 
a  knowledge  of  the  sea  :  and  surely,  it  is  not  improbable,  that  ihe  first 
idea  of  the  ttupendous  stru^ure,  which  we  at  this  moment  inhabit^ 
proceeded  from  that  Ark,  which  God  himself  instructed  Noah  to 
build  for  the  preservation  of  his  family,  when  Divine  Justice  de- 
Aoonced  the  Deluge,  which  afterivards  spread  destru6Uon  over  the  face 
of  the  earth. 

**  Nor  is  the  subje^  less  worthy  of  yonr  exultation  as  Christians, 
than  as  professional  men.  It  equally  tends  to  cast  a  lustre  on  the 
mitunJ  defenders  of  our  Country  ;  to  inspire  them  with  that  zeal,  and 
to  confirm  them  in  those  principles,  by  the  influence  of  which,  through 
afeag  succession  of  ages;  their  predecessors  have  been  bommreJm  their 
fnerailonst  mnd  were  ihe  glory  of  their  times. 

"  From  what  class  of  men  did  our  blessed  Saviour  sele6i  his  early 
followers,  and  some  of  the  first  preachers  of  his  Gospel  \  Was  it  from 
among  the  great,  the  rich,  or  the  learned,  that  he  chose  his  disciples  ? 
Did  he  go  in  search  of  them  to  the  stately  palace,  or  the  crowded  city  I 
No,  my  brethem  ;  it  was  from  the  sea  shore  of  Judea,  that  he  called 
men,  from  their  maritime  occupations,  to  follow  Him. 

*'  Shall  ought  then,  but  the  utmost  zeal  for  Religion,  the  most 
decided  and  constant  attachment  to  their  supcn'ors,  be  seen  among 
those,  whose  charaAer  has  so  long  been  glorious  and  renowned  ?  Can 
any  one  he  found  among  them,  so  little  anxious  to  preserve  the  honour 
of  his  profession,  as  to  disgrace  it  by  blasphemy  and  crime  ?  Some 
indeed  from  a  wanton  spirit  of  levity,  and  wrong  principles,  early 
instilled,  may  appear  to  be  involved  in  similar  errors  ;  but  let  us  trust, 
that  you  will  endeavour  to  lessen  their  number  :  and  though  infidelity 
should  disgrace  the  nations  of  the  earth,  by  unfurling  its  standard 
among  them  ;  though  Christianity,  insulted  and  despised  by  men,  who 
assume  the  garb  of  philosophy,  has  been  injured  by  their  impious 
•attacks  ;  may  God  grant,  that  it  shall  be  cherished  and  supported  by 
the  unshaken  faith  of  mariners  ;  who  \\  ere  the  first  to  plant  the  Cross 
of  Jesus  Christ,  and  to  die  in  its  defence/* 

\To  he  concluded  In  our  next. 


I    *79    1 

MARINE  SCENERY  ♦. 

{From  March  MONT,  by  Charlotti  Smith*} 

In  raarisv  vastique  ptacent  difcrimina  Pond!  Val,  P/^ccm. 

'«  QHE  now  found  herself  at  a  greater  distance  from  Eastvood- 
•<^  leigh  than  she  had  ever  been  on  the  side  next  the  sea  ;  and 
on  the  other  side  the  cottage  had  hitherto  limited  her  Walki  The  way 
was  through  lanes  bounded  by  elms,  which  though  not  yet'  in  full  leaf, 
were  so  closely  interwoven  in  the  bank  with  a  luxurious  growth  of 
holly,  that  nothing  was  to  be  seen  beyond  them — till  on  a  sudden  the 
roadf  ascending  a  steep  hollow  way,  opened  to  a  kind  of  common  field, 
forming  the  top  of  an  high  promontory;  commanding  an  immense  extent 
of  sea,  and,  for  many  miles,  the  indented  cliffs  of  the  Western  Coast. 
Such  was  its  elevation,  that  Althea  had  no  notion  how  it  was  possible 
to  descend  to  the  water.  With  anxious  eyes  she  surveyed  the  expanse 
of  ocean  ;  it  was  indeed  a  "  sliipless  sea,"  neither  boat  nor  any  larger 
vessel  was  to  be  seen,  and  she  feared  the  people  March mont  had  expeded 
might  have  disappointed  him. 

The  child  now  shewed  her  a  narrow  and  nigged  descent,  made  by 
cutting  the  red  clay  and  stones,  of  which  the  cliffs  are  here  composedi 
into  a  sort  of  rude  steps.  Here  Althea  dismissed  her  guide,  bidding 
her  return  immediately  home  ;  and  then,  with  less  fear  than  she  might 
at  another  time  have  felt,  descended  to  the  margin  of  the  sea. 

On  reaching  it,  she  found  herself  under  an  almost  mural  range  of 
rocks,  composed  of  dark  earth,  and  broad  strata  of  reddish -coloured 
stones,  horizontally  arranged,  as  if  by  the  hands  of  man.  The  place 
where  she  had  descended  seemed  the  only  pra^icable  part  ;  for  a  little 
farther  on,  the  height  became  tremendous,  and  the  face  of  the  rock 
perpendicular  towards  the  top,  while  beneath  it  was  eaten  by  the  W9tej* 
into  deep  caverns  :  from  one  of  these  she  expeflcd  to  see  Marchmont 
appear — but,  for  some  time,  she  looked  around  her  in  vain. 

Vast  masseSf  fallen  from  the  cliffs,  were  scattered  between  them  and 
the  water  at  the  tide  of  ebb.  With  the  tide  of  flood,  these  pieces^ 
worn  into  grotesque  and  giant  shapes,  were  half  covered  by  the  wares* 
Already  the  rising  water  broke  rippling  round  the  most  remote  craggs 
—to  their  rude  surface,  clams,  limpets,  and  muscles  adhered^  among 
the  sea -weed  that  grew  streaming  about  them.  All  was  wild,  solitary, 
and  gloomy  ;  the  low  murmur  of  the  water  formed  a  sort  of  accomjpji* 

*  Continued  frinn  Vol  I.  page  479. 


SSO  MAKIKE   SCBHERr* 

Diment  to  the  cries  of  the  sand-pipert  the  pufftM^awi  ;  while  the 
screaming  guUy  and  the  hoarse  and  heavy  cormoranty  were.heardy  aC 
intervals,  still  louder.  Althea^  as  she  sat  on  a  fragment  of  stone, 
surveying  the  scene  and  liftening  to  these  noises,  could  have  fancied 
herself  thrown  by  shipwreck  on  some  desert  coast,  where  she  was  lefc 
to  solitude  and  despair. 

The  tide  rose  slowly  in  so  calm  a  morning,  yet  it  was  now  so  high, 
that  it  seemed  certain  the  hour  could  not  be  far  off  when  Marchmont 
cxpeiled  the  boat.  Again  she  feared  some  disappointment,  some 
accident ;  and  quitting  her  rugged  scat,  went  on  towards  a  part  where 
the  view  along  the  sands  was  less  impeded  by  broken  rocks.  Two 
persons  soon  after  appeared,  one  of  whom  she  knew  to  be  Marchmont. 
As  soon  as  he  perceived  Altkea,  he  sprang  forward  to  meet  her. 

—A  signal  was  suddenly  given  from  behind  some  high  rocks  to  the 
left  of  that  where  they  sat ;  and  the  boat  with  Fcnchurch  and  two  sea- 
men in  it  immediately  appeared  from  beyond  a  promontory.  March- 
mont direAed  Fenchurch  to  bring  the  boat  on  (hore  farther  on  ;  where 
high  cliffs  ran  into  the  sea,  and  shut  out  all  near  view  of  the  spot,  where 
he  was  now  compelled  to  take  a  relu£\ant  leuve  of  Althea. 

When  he  was  gone,  she  sat  down  breathless,  and  with  a  beating- 
heart,  on  her  former  scat ;  with  eyes  fixed  on  the  Sea,  she  waited  in  an 
undescribable  state  of  mind  for  the  sight  of  the  boat,  and  fancied  that, 
amidst  the  low  and  almost  imperceptible  murmurs  of  the  tide,  she 
heard  the  dashing  oars.     Nor  was  she  deceived  ;  in  a  few  moments  she 
saw  it  slowly  appear  beyond  the  promontory.     Marchmont  was  stand- 
ingin  it,  his  looks  apparently  fixed  on  the  place  where  he  had  left  her  : 
—but  the  distance  was  soon  too  great  to  allow  her  to  distinguish  his 
features. — llie  dull  haze  that  had  been  long  gathering  over  the  Sea 
now  thickened  so  much,  that  the  boat  and  the  passennrers  in  it  became 
indistinct ;  appearing  only  L'ke  a  dark  shapeless  spot  amidst  the  wide 
expanse  of  water  ;  and  it  was  soon  afterwards  hardly  to  be  seen  at  all. 
While  Althea  could  trace,  or  fancy  she  could  trace  it  through  the  mist, 
and  intervening  distance,  she  remained  on  the  shore ;  then  slowly  and 
icluaantly  returned  by  the  rugged  steps  to  the  summit  of  the  cliff ; 
and  from  thence  again  surveyed  the  sea,  now  undistinguishable  from 
the  sky,  all  being  alike  overclouded.     She  thought,  however,  that  she 
still  saw  the  boat  move  through  the  distant  waves — till  the  head-land 
which  forms  one  side  of  Torbay  •  seemed  to  intervene.     It  was  there, 
aa  Marchmont  had  informed  her,  the  vessel  lay  that  was  to  receive  him. 
.Hardly  distinguishing  her  way,  she  now  looked  around  her  to  be  certain 
that  she  was  in  the  right  road  back  to  the  house  of  Eastwoodlcigh, 

•  Berry  Head. 


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fLkXt   XXXI*     •  281 

hrgt  as  it  was^  could  not  be  distinguished  eren  from  this  high 
gfoiind }  twcauae  of  the  numerous  tall  elms  eveiy  where  lining  the  lanes 
of  this  oottiitiy»  which  in  many  places  appeared  like  a  continual  wood. 
yortnnately  she  had  remarked  a  singular  bank  of  red  coloured  earth  in 
her  way,  which  now  served  her  as  a  guide  to  the' steep  hne  she  had 
ascended ;  and  afterwards  her  road  lay  entirely  along  it»  till  she  came 
to  the  iTy-dad  ruins  of  one  of  the  lodges  of  the  disparked  environs  of 
Eastwoodkeigh.-* 

—The  day  after  Marchmont's  departure^  the  calm  stilhiess  of  the 
Momiog  tempted  Althea  to  revisit  the  shore,  which  vras  in  some 
measure  a  new  objed  to  her ;  and  would  now>  she  thought^  afford  her 
a  »danchoiy  pleasure. 

The  quiet  solemnity  of  the  hour,  and  sc^ne,  was  not  broken  by  the 
gay  and  lively  verdure  of  May ;  for  the  distant  landscape  was  softened 
by  tfac  hazy  vaponr, 

PLATE  XXXT. 

THE  Brunswick  having  cut  loose  from  Le  Vengeur,  is  pouring  into 
her  bows  a  last,  and  raking  broadside  :  the  latter  is  dismasted* 
water  logged,  and  sinking.  The  Brunswick  is  obliged  to  keep  before 
the  wind;  having  eight  lower- deck  ports  shot  away,  and, many  shot 
in  the  hull :  her  masts,  and  bowsprit  are  also  so  much  wounded,  as  to 
render  it  impossible  to  haul  to  the  wind,  without  great  danger  of 
losing  them»— -The  van  of  the  French  fleet  passing  to  windward  of  her, 
and  to  leeward  of  the  Queen,  entirely  separated  the  Brunswick  from 
the  rest  of  the  fleet ;  and  for  this  reason  she  would  have  found  it , 
Utterly  impra£Ucable  to  have  joined,  even  if  she  had  been  in  a  condi- 
tion to  liave  hauled  to  the  wind : — this  obliged  the  Brunswick  to 
bear  away  for  England,  where  she  fitst  arrived  with  the  glorious  news 
of  Lord  Howe's  vidory. 


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CORRESPONDENCK 

MX.  EDITOK, 

If  the  foDowing  account  of  the  manner  in  whrch  his  Majesty's  Ship 
Ekphant,  of  74  guns,  commanded  at  that  time  by  Captain 
Charles  Thompson,  was  struck  by  lightning  in  Portsmouth 
Harbour,  on  the  night  of  the  twenty-first  of  November  17901, 
be  deemed  worthy  your  notice,  it  is  much  at  your  service. 

THE  evening  of  the  twenty -first  of  November  vras  very  tempestuous 
with  heavy  rain,  accompanied  with  prodigious  large  hail,  very 
loud  claps  of  tliunder,  and  strong  lightning.  At  that  time  there  were 
two  Midshipmen,  and  one  Quarter  Master,  looking  out  on  tlie  quarter 

®oU  III.  p  p 


til  COfkRESPOHDENCB. 

deck,  and  a  manne  sentry  at  the  cabin  door.  An  heavy  shower  of  bad 
and  rain  fallings  the  above  Midshipmen  and  Quarter  Matter  took  shelter 
under  the  poop  deck  till  the  rain  was  over.  It  was  then  half  past 
eleven  o'clock  P.  M.  when  a  terrible  loud  thunder  dap  was  heard  by 
all  on  board,  seemingly  to  break  over  the  Ship  ;  the  Midshipmen  and 
Quarter  Master  on  quarter  deck,  at  the  same  instant,  seeing  as  if  it  was 
a  ball  of  fire  coming  down  on  the  Ship  from  the  elements  ;  which  took 
its  diredion  to  the  brass  sheaves  in  the  heel  of  the  maintop  mast,  that 
was  then  unrigged  and  struck,  hanging  in  the  top  rope ;  the  brass 
sheaves  attradling  the  lightning,  it  shivered  to  pieces  the  top  mast 
{torn  the  heel  twenty  feet  upwards,  forcing  out  the  sheaves,  and 
sending  them  as  far  as  the  galley  ;  the  top  rope,  as  the  top  anut  came 
down,  going  right  up  the  midships  of  the  mast  as  far  as  it  was  shi« 
vtred,  where  it  was  brought  up  :  the  top  rope  luckily  was  not  cut  of 
burnt,  or  the  top  mast  would  have  come  down  by  the  run  on  deck* 
The  iron  hoops  on  the  main  mast  attrading  also  the  lightning,  it  took 
the  main* mast  about  twelve  feet  below  the  hounds  ;  and  penetrating 
into  the  centre  of  the  roast,  it  opened  and  shivered  it  downwards  near 
sixty  feet ;  bursting  off  eight  large  iron  hoops,  and  cutting  off  (as  if 
done  with  an  ax)  several  of  the  wooldtngs  of  the  mast,  and  drawing 
out  all  the  nails*  It  went  also  to  the  chain  and  hand  pumps, 
which  it  entirely  rendered"  unserviceable,  breaking  them  to  pieces. 
It  left  a  very  strong  smell  of  sulphur  in  all  parts  of  the  Ship  ;  especially 
On  the  lower  gun  deck  and  orlop  deck,  with  a  tliick  smoke,  the  strong 
sftnell  of  the  sulphur  and  smoke  almost  taking  away  the  breath  ;  the 
Ship  appearing  in  several  parts  as  if  on  fire,  occasioned  by  the  eledbical 
lYiatler^running  about  the  decks  for  a  considerable  time  after  the  Ship 
was  struck.  It  being  very  dark  and  rainy,  we  could  not  see  the 
damage  the  mast  had  received  till  next  morning ;  when  we  found  the 
ihain  mast  entirely  gone,  it  being  only  supported  by  two  of  its  pieces, 
and  them  partly  shivered.  The  cap,  top,  and  main  shrouds  being  still 
r>r.  the  mast,  made  us  apprehend  the  mast  would  go  by  the  board  every 
minute.  The  decks  were  covered  entirely  with  chips  and  splinters  of 
the  masts.  We  also  found  five  of  the  iron  hoops  of  tlie  mast  on  the 
forecastle,  poop,  and  booms  ;  the  rest  went  overboard.  We  got  the 
Prince  William  sbeer  hulk  alongside  to  unrig  and  get  out  the  mast, 
which  was  done  without  any  accident.     Luckily  no  h'ves  were  lost. 

For  several  days  numbers  of  people  came  on  board  to  view  the  Ship. 
A  piece  of  the  maintop  mast,  with  part  of  the  top  rope  still  in  it,  is  to 
be  seen  at  the  Mabt  House  in  Portsmouth  Dock  Yard. 

Your  humble  servant, 

T.  S. 

Aa  OJictr  then  ott  hoard  the  EJeJihant* 


CORRBSPONDENCB.  283 

MB.  BDITOR,  HuUj   l^th  of  April  1800. 

If  the  following  &6l»  which  I  think  will  be  allowed  to  be  an 
extraordinary  one^  be  thought  worthy  a  place  in  your  uaeful 
aiid  entertaining  publication^  you  wiU  please  to  insert  it. 

I  am,  yours,  &c. 

SAMUEL  STANDIDGE. 

IN  thb  year  1752^  having  freighted  one  of  my  Ships  at  Hull,  loaded 
as  cargo  for  Newport,  Rhode  Islandt  I  went  Master  of  her  my- 
self;  and  sailing  in  April,  and  going  north  about  (as  it  is  termed)* 
we  soon  got  round  the  cluster  of  islands  of  Orkney*     As  it  wa(b 
sommer  weather,    no  matenal    occurrences  happened  crossing  the 
Atlantic  Ocean,  until  we  ran  the  distance  of  about  one  hundred 
leagues  short  of  Cape  Raze  in  Newfoundland,  in  the  latitude  of  4$ 
degrees  north.     On  the  tenth  of  May,  at  four  o'clock  in  the  morning* 
a  man  at  the  mast  head  called  out,  '<  Land,  land,  ahead !  steering  west 
and  by  south,  wind  at  south."  Myself  and  mate  said  it  was  imposaiblef 
as  we  were  more  than  an  hundred  leagues  short  of  Cape  Raze  in  our 
reckoning,  and  one  degree  of  latitude  to  the  southward.     I  went  up 
immediately  to  the  mast-head,  and  saw.  something  resembling  high 
land ;  the  Ship  at  this  time  was  going  at  the  rate  of  five  knots  an  hour, 
so  that  we  soon  approached  near  enough  to  ascertain  it  to  be  an  island 
of  ice,  and  soon  after  saw  three  other  islands  at  a  distance  from  each 
other  ;  and  as  our  course  was  dire6lly  through  them,  at  four  o'clock 
P«  M.  were  near  those  amazing  islands  of  ice  ;  and  sailing  betwixt  twoi 
at  about  a  mile  distance  from  each  other,  I  went  so  close  to  the  wea» 
thermost  that  we  could  fire  a  musket  ball  on  shore.     I  went  up  to 
our  mast-head  to  survey  it,  but  was  then  very  little  advanced  from 
the  surface.   They  were  coinposed  of  very  high  hills,  and  in  places  very 
scraggy,  and  deep  vallies.     The  largest  of  these  immense  bodies  of  icQ 
we  supposed  about  four  miles  in  circumference,  and  itsheight  above  the 
surface  of  the  water  must  have  been  equal  to  that  of  the  rock  of 
Gibraltar*    We  saw  them  at  the  distance  of  twenty  leagues,  and  as 
customary  sounded,  yet  could  not  find  ground  at  one  hundred  and  fifty 
£ithoms.     passing  these  prodigious  mountains  of  ice,  floating  iu  the 
ocean,  we  pursued  our  course  to  the  westward  ;  and  after  a  run  of 
twenty-five  leagues  fell  in  with  a  number  of  vessels,  fishing  on  the 
grand  bank  of  Newfoundland ;  hove  our  Ship  to,  and  in  half  an  hour, 
with  two  hooks,  caught  fifty  fine  large  cod ;  at  the  same  time  was 
highly  gratified  in  observing  the  vessels  that  were  near  us ;  the  people 
being  so  very  e^Lpert  with  their  lines,  and  the  cod  fish  being  so  abun* 
dant.  The  following  method  the  vessels  of  Newfoundland  pursue:  they 
come  out,  generallyi  early  in  the  week,  with  six  to  eight  men  ;  they 

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2^4  €0&&KS70{rDBNCt« 

oft  fith  four  men  of  each  stdcy  with  each  man  two  linety  and  two 
hooks  on  each  linef  in  about  eighteen  to  twenty  £ithoma  water  ;  and  I 
perceived  they  hauled  in  two  cod  at  a  time,  as  quick  as  they  could 
haul  In  the  lines  and  throw  them  out.  Their  bait  is  generally  a  bit  of 
skin  of  porky  or  small  fish,  taken  out  of  the  cod.  As  soon  as  their 
day's  Bshing  is  over*  they  head  and  gut  the  fishy  and  throw  them  over- 
board* In  order  to  their  carrying  the  more.  When  full*  in  three  or  four 
daysy  they  return  into  harbour,  splits  salty  and  dry  them  on  a  stony 
beach ;  and  thus  they  are  prepared  for  an  European  market*  and  taken 
from  thence  by  large  Ships  at  the  latter  end  of  the  year,  which  sul 
from  England  on  purpose  to  bring  it  away.  After  one  hour's  obaer* 
vation  at  that  time,  we  made  sail,  and  pursued  our  voyage;  and  arrived 
safe  at  Rhode  Island,  without  any  other  renuurluUe  occurrence. 

What  I  would  remark  to  Seamen  in  general  who  frequent  those  teas 
is  the  necessity  of  a  good  look  out,  as  it  is  frequently  foggy  weadier ; 
cTf  in  dark  nights,  those  large  islands  of  ice  nuiy  be  very  easily  run 
against,  which  is  as  certain  destrudion  as  the  rocks  of  Nova  Zembh ; 
wdlam  afiraid  naany  Ships  and  lives  have  been  lost  by  sach  accidents. 

On  my  vmiting  upon  my  merchant»  Mr.  Joseph  Harrison,  an  expe- 
rienced sea-faring  gentlenum,  it  was  not  without  a  considerable  d^ree 
of  diffidence  I  rdated  to  him,  the  prodigious  phcBomena  of  ice  we  had 
•cen  floating  in  so  Tow  alatitude  as  44  degrees  north.  Hesaidhecodd 
not  entertain  the  least  doubt  of  what  I  had  told  hnn ;  and  declared 
that  such  enormous  congcalmentt  drifting  so  fiu-  to  the  southward  ; 
though  very  rarely  met  with  in  those  latitudes,  were  not  dificolt  to  ac- 
count for.  It  is  wen  known  that  the  tremendous  high  onountams  in  the 
country  known  by  the  name  of  the  Labtadore  Coast,  or  North  and 
South  Wales,  are  etemaliy  covered  vrith  snow  ;  and  the  wind  blowing 
from  the  north  three  quarters  of  the  year,  causes  such  an  intense  degree 
of  cold  in  the  vrinter,  as  is  not  experienced  in  any  other  part  of  the 
globe  in  the  same  latitude. 

The  accumulatingt  therefore,  of  such  surprising  noantams  of  ice, 
had  probably  been  occasioned  by  an  uncontmon  snowy  season  in  this 
dreai  y  country  ;  and  the  strong  winds  blowing  the  snow  from  thote 
dreadful  heights,  had  collected  an  immense  quantity  upon  the  difts  ; 
where  congealing  in  the  winter,  it  formed  into  a  solid  and  compaA 
body  of  ice,  from  which  in  the  spring  these  enormous  masses  had 
btoken  ofl';  and  the  wind  blowing  generally  from  the  northward^  had 
driitcd  them  out  of  soundings  along  the  coast  of  Newfoundland  ;  and 
not  improbable  but  they  might  be  earned  by  the  currents,  vHsich 
always  set  to  the  southward,  so  far  as  the  latitude  of  30  degrees,  or 
ferther;  they  woukl  not  be  entirely  dissolved  before  the  month  of 
July  or  August. 


[  »«y  ] 


NAVAL  LITERATURE. 


yintf  of  the  Russian  Empire,  during  the  Relgnof  Catherine  the  Second^ 
and  to  the  Close  of  the  present  Century.  By  William  Tookei  F.  R.  S^ 
tic.  3  yds.  8w.  i/.  *]s.  boards.  (Foi.  IL  Pages  Sit.  Foh  llh 
PMgit  6949  cwwdetid,) 

(Conduded  from  page  133.^ 

THE  Aidmlnkjr »  «t  Pctcnburgk,  with  an  High  Admtni  at  iu 
head^  wiiidi  place  vras  hdd  bf  tlie  Gnwd  Duke  tm  ranj 
ytmu  As  an  Impeiial  College  it  hdbiigs  to  a  following  article.--* 
HiBt  the  fleet  ia  the  Euxine  or  Black  Sea  it  not  under  Iti  oogmsanoe 
has  been  already  remarked. 

The  Baltic  fleet  in  the  year  17891  b^dea  «u  High  Adnmal  laid 
fl6me other  ofBcers  of  eraisencet  had  one  Adminl  (in  x  786 thna  wwa- 
three}^  faur  Vice* Admifah*  and  fiic  Coatre- AdnHiab ;  amoagit  whMn 
snch  Admirals  and  Vice*Admiiab  are  not  oaaq)ri8cdaa  w«feiqp|aiiotod 
to  the  gaOeyohaiveiiy  the  Maiine  Chdet  Catfi,  6r  aa  genend  ffa^ru* 
maatersy  gencnl  ^oncmdinuiet  it  wiry  ftc.  *  •     > 

To  inert  the  regaktion  of  Peter  L  nbtSng  to  the  nadb  and  ptf 
of  the  Admirals  and  Officers,  &c.  of  his  fleet,  with  all  the  altetationt  4- 
has  hithertd  mdergoacy  wonld  only  swelt  olir  pages  without  being'  of 
any  utility.  A  few  short  notices  wiU  amply  suffice  -^lo  regard  to 
rank  : 

The  High  jUmrai  has  the  nA  and  pay  of  a  General  FieU. 
Marshal  in  the  army.  An  Admiral  has  those  otti  General  in  Chief. 
A  Vice*Admiral  Uiose  of  a  Lieuceouit^GeaeraL  A  Cootre- Admird 
those  of  a  Major- General. 

The  Captaifis  in  the  Navy  were  divided  by  Peter  L  into  thaee 
dassea  :  to  those  of  the  first  dass  he  gave  the  rank  of  Cdlonel ;  to 
diose  of  the  secondy  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel ;  and  to  those  of 
the  third  class,  that  of.  Major*  Inhere  were  still  the  Captaia-Com- 
mandere»  to  whom  he  assigned  the  rank  of  a  Brigadier.  At  present 
we  never  hear  of  n  Captain  of  the  third  chss ;  the  rank  is  allotod  as 
follows  t 

The  Captaio"  Commander  hABXhc  rank  of  a  Brigadier  in  the  army. 
The  Captain  of  the  first  class  the  rank  of  a  ColoneL  The  Captain  of 
the  second  dass  that  of  a  Lientenant-O^nd.  The  Captafn-Lieute* 
nant  that  of  Premier-Major.  The  Lieuienant  has  the  rank  of  a 
Captain  in  the  Army,  and  the  Midshipman  that  of  a  Lieutenant. 

The  fi'st  Captoim  aoOMtimcs  gets  the  rank  of  a  Major-General, 
without  being  therefore  raised  to  a  Contte-Admind,  as  was  the  case 


296  iriTAL   htmATtfLM. 

with  oar  countryman  Mr«  Gibb«»  who  stands  in  the  lists  as  '*  Captaro 
of  the  Fleet,  with  the  niik  of  Major-General,''  with  some  others,  3» 
Mclnikofy  Odintzoft  kc 

The  Pay  of  the  General  Admiralt  or  High  Admiral,  per  annum  it 
7000  rubles.  That  of  an  Admiral  5600  ;  a  Vice-Admtral  2160  ;  a 
Contre-Admiial  1800;  a  Ca^ain-G>nunander  840;  a  Lieutenant 
300  ;  and  a  Midshipman  1 20  rubles.  It  is  here  to  be  remarked,  that 
the  Officers  are  also  allowed  dentschiks*,  or  servants,  namely,  a 
Lieutenant  two,  and  the  rest  in  proportion*  Likewise  when  they  are 
at  sea  the  Oflbers  are  aUowed  table*raoneyy  viz*  in  the  Baltic  eadi ' 
Officer  asonthly  seteo  rubksr  and  the  Captain  somewhat  more.  On 
bog  voyage  this  aOowance  u  increased  f.— -Formerly  erery  Captain 
was  |imf»ted  by  the  crown  with  a  service  of  tiker  plate  ;  but  tiiis' 
custom  has  been  long  left  off. 

'  •  It  Karody  need  be  mentiooedf  that  the  Ofikers  not  ofdy  take  prece- 
denof  acoordiog  to  their  rank  ;  but  whenever  that  is  equal  it  h  settled 
fay  seniarity  i*  Thoa,  for  instance,  especially  on  board  of  huge  Ships 
vriberc  there  are  sevtnl  Lieutenants  together,  the  elder  aacf  give  ordan 
to  the  younger.  -  A  Cs^ttain-Lieutenant  can  only  have  the  conunand 
of  a  frigate.*-On  board  of  Ship*  the  Navy  Officer  has  the  command 
over  the  Land  Ofioer,  even  in  cases  where  the  latter  is  of  higher 
rank  I* 

The  SaSors  are  divided  into  two  classes  :  io  the  first  belong  the 
experienced,  at  eighteen  rubles  per  annum  each ;  but  those  of  the 
second  class  have  only  twelve.  But  we  are  very  lately  assured,  that 
the  tertial  §  of  cadi  of  the  first  class  is  only  three  rubles  nxty 
kopecks,  and  that  those  of  the  second  receive  no  more  than  two  rubles 
fifty  kopecks ;  which  amounts  annually  for  the  first  to  ten  rubles  thirty 

*  It  Ikas  lefere  been  mentioned  that  these  servants  are  taken  from  the  recmitu 
Dl'hcn  the  GovemxQCot  is  apprehensive  of  burdening  too  modi  the  empire  hj. 
frequent  and  numerous  levies,  the  Naval  Oflker  sometimes  must  be  content 
with  fewer,  and  even  with  with  no  dentschihi  at  all. 

-f  Tn  the  Archipelago,  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  in  the  Turkish  war  of  1770^  the 
monthly  aUowance  was  twelve  rubles. 

.  i  He  that  is  oMcr  in  the  service  cannot  without  alTrsiit  be  ordered  by  a 
younger ;  but  when  they  come  together  the  lattec  must  resign  the  command  to 
the  former. 

I  Some  Officers  of  the  army  unacquainted  with  this ;  and,  what  is  more,  some 
Omcers  of  the  guards,  who  were  on  board  the  galley  fleet  in  the  year  1789, 
expressed  at  first  great  astonishment,  and  took  umbrage  at  it.  The  Utter,  par* 
ticulariy,  thought  that  nobody  but  the  Empress  could  put  them  under  arrest. 
But  an  order  soon  came  from  Court  that  taught  them  better. 

5  instead  of  ouarterly  payments,  as  usual  in  England,  all  officers  and  pbcemea 
\p  Russia,  whether  civil,  military,  naval,  or  ecdeMaatical»  f  eceWe  thenr  pay  by 
tcrtlals  ;  that  1%  at  three  stated  times  in  the  year. 


nkWkt   LlTBftATUftl*  lij 

kopedUf  mid  for  the  htter  to  icfea  rubles  fifty  kopceks  *•  More- 
over,  they  are  fed-  while  at  tea ;  but  when  on  shore  each  receiTes  his 
ordinary  provision,  as  in  the  knd  service.— -The  Sailors  are  not  left 
without  hopes  of  promotion ;  as  the  several  offices  and  posts  about  the 
Ship  are  conferred  upon  them  according  to  their  good  behaviour. 
Any  one,  who  knows  how  to  write«  has  a  chance  of  being  advanced  to 
be  skipper,  in  which  capacity  he  has  the  care  of  the  sails,  cordage,  ScCm 
and  at  the  same  time  is  raised  to  the  rank  of  a  Captain  in  the  army 
(but  never  higher),  and  yet  remains  skipper  as  before.  The  children 
of  the  Sailors  andmaiiues  are  keptat  school,  and  at  length  promoted  to 
steersmen ;  with  which  they  likewise  ouy  hare  the  rank  of  Captain  in 
the  army,  but  without,  therefore,  laying  down  the  post  of  a  steersman* 
—To  a  Ship  of  oqe  hundred  guns  the  crew  is  usually  reckoned  at  one 
thousand  men,  in  which  are  included  sailors,  marines  (who  are  com« 
raonly  called  battalions))  and  the  engineers  f  •  But  the  crews  are  not 
always  complete.  ^ 

The  harbours  for  the  fleet  have  been  already  mentioned,  nothing 
more  therefore  need  here  be  said  of  them*^  The  expence  attending  the 
maintenance  of  the  Navy  was  formerly  estimated  at  about  1,200,000 
rubles :  in  regard  to  which  we  are  to  consider  that  many  articles  are 
very  cheap  in  Russia,  and  that  the  crews  are  paid  much  less  vrages 
than  in  other  countries,  particularly  in  England.    At  present,  as  a 
greater  number  of  fleets  are  kept  up,  and  as  they  consist  of  fiu:  more 
Ships  than  formerly,  the  cost  must  be  exceedingly  increased. 
.  Russia  had  formerly  no  more  than  two  dock-yards,    those  of 
Petersburg  and  Ardiangel ;  to  which  have  latterly  been  added  those  of 
Kherson,  Cronstadt,  and  Taurida.    The  Ship  yard  at  Elherson  was 
absolutely  necessary  while  there  was  no  better  place  at  vrhich  to  build 
Ships  for  the  Euxine  :  but  the  situation  is  rather  inconvenient ;  not 
only  because  timber  there  must  be  procured  at  a  very  high  price,  but 
also  chiefly  because  large  Ships  cannot  without  difficulty  be  brought 
across  the  LimaCn  ;  foi^  which  purpose  they  must  be  entirely  unloaded 
and  dismasted.    The  harbours  of  Taurida  afford  far  more  commodious 
places  for  dock-yards. 

At  Petersburgh  and  Cronstadt  the  men  of  war  are  construded  of 
oak,  transported  thither  from  the  regions  of  Kazan  at  a  great  expence. 

*  Tht«  account  is  from  the  mouth  of  a  very  credible  Naval  Officer;  buC«  a* 
It  has  been  advanced  by  some  travellers,  that  the  sailors  receive  fifteen  rubles 
AiODthly,  it  must  b<  observed,  thlt  this  ought  not  to  be  understi^od  of  the 
ordinary  pay  :  only  some  free  people,  who  canie  and  offered  themselves  to  serve 
on  board  the  galley  fleet,  received  monthly  from  eight  to  fifteen  rubles.  Even 
the  Turkish  prisoners,  who  vferc  in  Petersburgh,  tempted  by  this  great  pay, 
offered  to  serve  in  the  galley  fiefet. 

f  The  Swedish  Officers  who  were  taken  prisoners  in  the  year  1790,  confessed 
that  the  Russian  fleet  had  excellent  artillery.  1  heir  own  fleet  was  in  want  of 
artillerists  ;  and  therefore  their  cannon  did  far  less  injury  than  the  Russian. 


ZW  NATAL  UTItATVtt. 

Indeed  iq  sefenJ  dutiifts  much  actrtTf  tingle  oak*trecfl  are  found  ;  in 
Lettland  and  to  Etthonity  paiticukiiy  in  the  eircle  of  HapMl,  erea 
oak-fon:9t8»  but  they  are  ■ma]l»  whercaa  those  of  Kaaan  and  Voronetcfa 
are  of  pretty  luegt  growth*  Tzar  Peter  I.  ordered  them  to  be  care- 
fully spared  and  encoiin^;ed  for  the  purpoaet  of  ship  buildiDg* 
AccordiDgly  foresters  were  aj^iotedy  who  had  discharged  soldiers 
under  them  ;  but  these  people  were  a  great  phgue  to  the  inhabitantsy 
and  committed  all  mamier  of  excesses  amongst  them  *  ;  for  which 
reason  they  were  abolished  in  the  year  1 76a  f.  However,  etcry  land- 
owner is  carcfol  of  bis  oaks,  as  he  can  always  get  a  good  price  for 
them.  In  Petersburg  every  pood  of  oak  timber,  indudiog  the  ezpence 
of  transport,  seUs  for  fifteen  to  twenty- five  kopeeks* 

At  Arcbaogd  the  Ships  are  buik  of  the  wood  of  the  hrdi  tree]:, 
which  is  very  chciq;>  ^  a  quantity  sufficient  for  the  constm^on  of  a 
Ship  of  sixty  guns  costs  there,  if  purchased  vrith  integrity  and  caution, 
about  three  thousand  ruUes,  and  perhaps  somewhat  more.  But  for 
particular  parts  of  the  vessel  oak  timber  is  used,  which  is  also  brought 
ihitber  from  the  precinds  of  Kaaan  ||» 


THE  FATAL  CONQUEST. 

A    poem' 

Occssioned  by  Ac  Pettbof  tlw  brave  Sir  Rich  a  kd  Gt  an  till,  in  the  Year  fSfr* 
after  tustaminK,  in  the  Revcoffe  an  Enalish  Man  of  War,  a  Fight  of  fi6tocn  Hows 
against  a  Spanish  Armada  of  Fifty.thne  Sail. 

(Contianed  from  Page  i^.) 

GRANVILLE  beholds  his  Ship  inTolv'd  in  flame. 
And  vows  to  die,  or  vindicate  ier  name  $  ; 
Meantime  the  foes  from  ev'ry  quarter  pour, 
And  shot,  and  arrows  fly  !«-*a  deadly  show'r  I 

*  For  instance,  they  threw  oak  honghi  ioto  the  conrt  yards  of  the  Tartan, 
•ad  then  accused  them  of  having  cut  down  oaks ;  or  bones  of  pork,  and  chamd 
them  with  having  kept  hogs,  which  is  prohibited  by  the  Mahommedan  religioB» 
&c. 

^  .  -f  Kusching,  in  the  earlier  editions  of  his  Geoffraphf ,  mentioo*  a  forester  still 
in  1770  in  the  distrid  of  Kaaan;  jt  is  possible  uiat  there  might  be  one,  but  the 
^ficc  was  abolished  in  1 762. 

^  I  Some  German  writers  are  of  opinion,  that  if  the  brch  afford  not  better 
timber  than  the  oak,  it  is  at  least  as  f^ood ;  this  I  leave  undecided,  but  1  doubt  it 
very  much.    At  times  the  fir  is  used  with  the  larch  in  eonsiderable  quantities. 

K  Mr.  Busching,  in  the  last  edition  of  his  Geography,  commits  a  slight  mistake 
in  spying,  that  at  Archangel  the  Ships  are  built  dP  the  oak  timber  growing  there. 
No  oaks  at  all  grow  there,  at  I  have  been  uniformly  told  by  ofiiom  belonging  to 
the  yard  ;  as  well  as  by  our  worthy  coootr  jman  toe  late  Mr.  Yeaaaei»  who  was 
''laster  ship-builder  there  for  many  yean* 
S  His  Ship  called  the  Revenge. 


VATAL  LITI&ATURB.  %Zg 

But  checked  by  GranviU'a  wrath  toon  ahcks  their  ragVi 
Thef  loae  awhile  the  Bptrit  to  engage  : 
His  broadside  n«w  *  the  huge  San  Philip  felt^ 
A  dire  salute  I  but  seasonably  dealt  t 
She  quits  the  hold  she  can  no  longer  keep* 
Shifts  her  faint  sail, — then  founders  in  the  Deep* 
The  Iberians  aw'dt  her  hapless  &te  surveys 
And  dread  they  riiall  obtain  no  easy  prey  ; 
While  the  Revenge^  now  freed,  reloads  her  side^  , 

IVepar'd  to  face  the  Storm  she  must  abide* 
At  last  reaolvM  (shame  makes  the  fearful  dare)^ 
The  Spaniards  rail/  and  renew  the  war  I 
From  their  surrounding  Ships  new  thunders  deal* 
Returned  in  thunders  which  too  well  they  feel  I 
Thick  flew  their  ballsy  all  to  one  objed  borne. 
With  malice  winged,  returned  with  mortal  scorn. 
Yet  Granvill's  rigging  gone,  his  vessel  goT^d» 
The  foes  again  encourag'd,  try  to  board  ; 
And  as  the  fiunt  remains  of  day  expir'd. 
By  fevering  night,  by  hopes  of  conquest  fir'dt 
Tliousands  advance^  as  soon  compell'd— retreat 
tJnable  to  sustain  such  British  heat ; 
While  on  the  deck,  conspicuous  to  the  vieWf 
Firm  Granvin  stands,  and  cheers  his  valiant  crew  I 
Exhoits  j^-<x>mmends  I  new  life  to  all  imparts, 
.  And  with  redoubled  vigour  fires  their  beasts  : 
By  \\is  example  each  a  hero  glows* 
And  copes  undaunted  with  f  unnumbered  foes  t 
Night  now  prevaSing  had  edips'd  the  day. 
The  Sun  in  pity  hid  his  blushing  ray  ; 
Fit  emblem  of  the  Chief,  whose  ruddy  beam 
Of  glory  set — to  rise  to  future  fame  ! 
When,  as  unheeded  through  the  foe  it  steered/ 
An  English  bark  {:,  at  GranviU's  stern  appealed. 
Noble,  the  master's  name«-a  Briton  brave  1 
Loth  in  distress  his  Admiral  to  leave ; 
Yet,  cruel  htc  I  too  impotent  to  aid. 
He  thus  bespeaks  his  leader  undismay'd  t 

*  This  Ship  havilig  received  the  fire  of  the  lower  tier  of  the  Revepge/chsr^d 
^Mth  croM-bsr  shot,  foundered. 

f  The  Spanish  Ships  that  farrouoded  him  were  filled  with  soldiers,  io  soaie 
mn  two  to  five  hundred,  besides  sailors. 

t  That  Ship  was  the  Geqrge,  Captain  Noble,  of  LQB.doo,  one  af  the  vidUallsra 
•f  the  fleet. 

QtoL  III*  ^q 


t^O  ITATAL   LlTttATUftS; 

'<  Say  GranvOl,  say  what  office  shall  I  do  ? 

M  My  bark  is  hdplesst  but  my  heart  is  trubI 

^  And  most  I9  wretched^  bear  to  Britain's  aoast 

«  The  fatal  tidings /  hebeUyou  lost  ?" 

**  Consult  your  safety  (Granyill  calm  replies) 

'<  Leave  me  to  fate  !  for  fate  in  prospect  lies ! 

*'  Fair  blow  the  winds,  and  if  they  safe  convey 

**  To  Albion's  shores,— 4eII|  GranviO  bid  thee  say^ 

•*  For  her  dear  sake  I  dar*d  th*  unequal  strife^ 

«*  Nor  thought  her  fame  dear  purchased  with  my  UfeF^ 

The  lessening  bark  recedes  !  *  the  gloom  of  nighty 
With  double  horror  animates  the  fight ; 

While  pale  destrudion  thro'  the  fiery  gfade 

Delighted  views  the  havoc  Death  has  made  ! 

Fresh  Ships  advance  f  ! — to  grapple  with  an  bost^ 

Courage  is  vain,  and  resolution  lost ! 

What  good>  if  numbers  are  on  numben  slain,  i 

When  foes,  a  countless  multitude,  remain  ;  j 

Whose  force  combin'd  the  strength  of  nature  foilsy 

And  makes  the  vidor  weary  of  his  toils* 

What  good,  four  galleons ;(,  whelm'd  beneath  the  deep 

When  fifty  more  renew'd  invasions  keep  ; 

Unceasing  rage,  which  endless  aids  supply,  ^ 

WWIe  valour  sees  no  refuge,  but  to  die. 

Yet  e'en  that  prosped  quells  unmanly  fear,  ^ 

Resistance  gains  new  spirits  from  despair. 

Like  valiant  Hedor  on  Scamander's  plain. 

When  Greece  defeated  moum'd  her  thousands  slain  ; 

So  Gra^viU  through  the  dusk,  erc^ls  his  head. 
Known  by  the  slaughter'd  heaps  around  him  spread; 

When  cruel  Fate  ||,  who  doom'd  his  overthrow. 
Gave  to  his  side  at  length  the  deadly  blow. 

*  yt'hfn  night  came  on,  the  fight  was  renewed  with  greaCv  vigour  and  obsti- 
nacy on  both  sides. 

f  I'he  enemy  still  engaging  with  Dresh  Ships,  quite  overpowered  and  weakened 
the  English. 

I  The  enemy  had  fifty  three  Ships,  of  which  they  lost  four  in  the  engagement. 
In  this  fleet  were  ten  thousand  men,  whereas  Sir  Richard  hsd  not  above  one 
hundred  and  eighty  hands  capable  of  doing  duty.  He  was,  during  the  fight 
which  lasted  fifteen  hours,  boarded  by  fifteen  daffeifrilt  Shipa^^hit  Snip 
receiving  eight  hundred  shot,  and  was  so  disabled  HbA  she  lookod  like  a 
wreck. 

II  Sir  Richard  kept  the  deck  till  an  hour  before  midnight,  when- he  was  shoe 
in  the  body  with  a  mufi^uet  bail ;  as  he  was  dse^g  he  received  a  secuid  in  the 
head. 


HATAL  LITB&ATV&8#  tQl 

The  woand  wUlt  dress'd--^  second  ball  she  aent* 
Aixn'd  at  his  head  the  winged  iron  went : 
Nor  spar'd  the  surgeon  •  then  his  healing  art» 
Yet  all  In  vain  I  the  shot  had  pierc'd  his  heart, 
Granvin  thus  wounded,  every  hope  was  vain^ 
Yet  scorn'd  his  gen'rous  soul  to  yield  to  Spain  I 
His  powder  spent,  f  his  warriors  thin<{'d  by  deaths 
In  gore  imbru'd— or  faint  for  want  of  breath. 
Fun  ninety  sickj  who  on  the  ballast  lay, 
Nor  shared  the  fortune  of  the  adverse  day  j:. 
His  Ship  dismasted,  naked,  and  destroyed. 
Like  a  hulk  shipwreck'd,  rolled  upon  the  tide* 
While  the  Iberians  summon  to  submit. 
If  life  be  dear,  or  safety  valued  yet  1 
Yet  thus  the  Chief  ||,  regardless  of  his  wound. 
Bespeaks  his  remnant  crew,  assembled  round  ! 
fFeil/  have  your  armty  myfrlendt,  apfrtm'd  mfyhi^ 
Jiided  my  wisif  and  Jone  our  Country  right* 
But  Spain  by  numbers  wntUcates  thejidd  f 
And  overpwvtred  by  numbers  must  weyidd  f 

IVbat  !  shaB  nue  barterJUetmg  Ufefor  shamed 

Have  we  thenjought  so  long^i^to  lose  our  fame  f 

What !  shall  we  sue  on  dubious  terms  for  peaee^ 

Or  meanly  purchase  safety  with  disgriue  ? 

Nof  let  us  choose%  Me  Britonsyfree  to  fall  i 

Let  through  our  Ship  the  Gunner  §  point  thf  balli 

Now  let  us  sini  beneath  the  briny  wave, 

Thii  Sh^  our  eojin,  and  the  deep  our  grave  I 

Nor  of  our  spoils  a  single  plani  remain. 

To  swell  the  arrogance  of  boasting  Spain  i 

He  spoke — but  faint  his  purpose  now  avails* 

With  the  few  left  f ,  the  love  of  life  prevails') 

They  urge,  that  not  of  safety  quite  bereft^ 

"  Submission  timely  now  alone  is  left  i 

*  The  nugeon  was  mortally  wounded. 

f  Linschotten  says  the  English  lost  one  hundred  men,  and  th^  Spaniards 
ahont  four  hundred  killed  atfd  wounded. 

\  Ninety  of  the  Revenge's  men  were  sick  in  th^  hold,  and  had  no  share  in 
the  fight. 

J  Box  Richard  exhorted  the  crew  to  yield  to  the  mercy  of  God,  and  none  else  ; 
that  at  they  had,  like  valiant  men,  repulsed  so  many  enemies,  they  should 
sot  now  impair  the  honour  of  their  nation,  by  prolonging  their  lives  a  few 
hours  or  a  few  days. 

§  The  guuner  contented  to  sink  the  Ship. 

f  Was  prevented  by  the  majority  of  Officers* 


%^t  VATAL   LtTBftATITftK; 

^*  StiD  might  hts  Country  his  devotion  dsuni»  ' 

<«  Still  might  he  livct  to  vindicate  his  fame  I 
<*  Nor  ooold  the  foe  a  mighty  triumph  boaity  » 

«  Their  Ship  disabled*  and  in  fad  was  lost  I 
«  Soon  would  the  seas  the  helpless  wreck  devooff 
<*  Nor  captur'd  could  she  reach  the  nearest  shore*** 
In  vain  they  plead  !  'twas  all  a  fruitless  strife^ 
To  reconcile  the  hero  now  to  life  $ 
Deaf  as  the  summit  of  the  rocky  shore^ 
When  tempests  howl,  or  viraves  resounding  roar  I 
Granvill  rcjeds  their  suit— with  soul  elate  ! 
Studious  df  death*-and  vi6kor  of  his  fate  I 
Yet  anxious  still  to  save  so  dear  a  lifct 
His  Officers  desist  *  unhid  the  strife  I 
The  flag  they  strike^accept  the  offered  grace^ 
Alphonso  glad  consents  to  terms  of  peace. 
«  A  nmn  of  worthi  whom  virtue  taught  to  know. 
And  honour  merit,  in  a  noble  foe  ! 
Quick  he  ordainsf  —  to  bring  with  care  aboard* 
That  Rival,  whose  misfortune  he  deplored ; 
But  with  what  pangs  was  GranviU's  bosom  tom» 
When  from  his  dear  Revenge,  a  captive  borne  ; 
His  trembling  limbs  confess  his  inward  smart* 
Confess  the  anguish  preys  upon  his  heart  I 
«<  Yes  bear  (he  cries),  now  bear  me  where  you  please  i 
**  Rack  these  weak  limbSf  or  sink  beneath  the  seas  | 
**  This  noble  privilege  my  soul  shall  claim, 
**  She  smiles  secure— you  cannot  wound  my  fiune.** 
So  said*>he  i woon'd— his  senseless  form  they  bear  ^ 
On  board  th'  Iberian  Admiral,  whose  care 
Bids  every  help  of  art  his  wounds  await. 
Bids  every  aid  of  kindness  soothe  his  fate. 
Strives  to  compose  the  recent  rage  of  strifey 
And  reconcile  the  British  Chief  to  life  I 
Vain  tofl  l^-his  soul  by  nature  was  too  brave 
To  think  of  chaius,  or  stay  to  be  a  slave  ! 
He  scorn'd  the  bounties  conquest  would  impart* 
And  each  new  obligation  broke  his  heart  I 

*  Stnuk  the  flae  and  surrendered  on  eonditfon  to  have  their  lives  saved,  and 
to  be  free  from  galley  or  impritonmettC,  till  they  could  ransom  themselves. 

f  Don  Alphonso  dc  Bacon,  brother  to  the  Marqnii  of  Santa  Cms,  theSpanish 
Admiral,  eapretsed  a  great  concern  to  saye  Granvill,  for  whose  courage  he 
shewed  a  great  esteem ;  and  ordered  him  to  be  conveyed  on  board  his  ovra  Ship 
the  San  P^ul.  Sir  Richard  at  (^vipg  his  Ship  lost  his  iCBKSy  though  all  care 
WW  taken  of  his  wounds. 


MATAL  UTB&ATVRS;  S^J 

Death  tluit  had  spared— took  pity  on  his  gmF, 
Granted  his  pray 'r — ^and  came  to  his  relief  I 
When  thiiSi  as  Nature's  bands  disclosing  broken 
To  his  respedkful  foes  the  Hero  spoke  : 
<'  Calmly  behold  me  yield  this  vital  breaib, 
**  Once  overcdme  :<— /  dread  no  second  death* 
**  For  England's  glory ^  dearer  than  my  life,  ' 
**  For  the  Queen's  Famct  I  bore  the  deadly  ttrtfe  t 
**  Now  with  content  I  ehee  the  mortal  tcencf 
1  <<  IFh'de  no  iBthonour  cam  my  conduS  stain* 

I  ^*  Shed  in  my  Country* s  cause,  my  dearest  blood, 

<<  I  DIB  WITH  HONOUa^^AS  A  SBAMAK  SHOtrLO,** 

He  said !— >his  fsdt'iing  tongue  could  add  no  more. 
Short  grew  his  breath  *9— and  every-  pain  was  o'er  1 
The  vanquished  Chief  resigns  his  martial  fire. 
And  e'en  in  death  his  foes  such  worth  admire. 
Alphonsoy  to  display  his  just  regard 

^  To  virtue)  sees  each  solemn  rite  prepar'd  f* 

Deep  round  the  windings  of  the  rocky  shore. 
His  cannons  sound  the  worth  he  dreads  no  more  | 
Then  'mid  the  bosom  of  the  ambient  wave 
Flale  Granvill's  form  descends  in  Honour's  grave* 

I  Ocean's  his  tomb  !— wide  as  its  winds  can  blow. 

Or  with  those  winds  the  rolling  billows  flow  $ 
So  rpund  the  Gbbe  shall  GranvilHs  valour  rdU, 
And  bear  to  distant  climes  his  dignity  of  soul ! 


MUTINY  ON  BOARD  THE 
DJNJE  FRlGJiTE. 

Particulars  of  the  Mutiny  on  board  the  Dahab  Frigate,  Lo&D  PaoBYf 
Comnumdert  which  toot  place  on  the  i^h  of  March,  i8oo« 

AT  nightf  a  little  before  ten  o'clock*  when  all  the  Officers  were  tn 
bed»  except  the  Captain^  the  Officer  of  Mannes»  and  the  Master^ 
the  latter  (who  had  the  watch  on  deck)  was  on  a  sudden  knocked 
down  by  two  of  the  seamen  with  cutlasses,  and  on  getting  up  to  defend 
himselff  received  two  severe  cuts  on  the  head>  and  was  immediately 
pushed  down  the  hatchway.    The  noise  which  this  occasioned  having 

*  Sir  Richard  Granvill  died  the  second  or  third  day  after  he  was  taken* 
I  He  was  buried  io  the  sea  with  all  inneral  bonouTB  and  marks  of  re^eil  the 
Spaniili  Admiral  could  shew* 

I 


994L        '      MUTINY   OH   BOAKD   TITft  DA/INka  FRIGATI. 

alarmed  the  Marine  Officer,  he  rah  ioto  tlir  cabin  toacqaaiift  Lord 
Proby ;  who  instantly  endeavonred  to  force  his  way  op  the  after* 
batchway,  but  foiiod  it  surrounded  by  a  number  of  armed  mutineers  ; 
and  was  cut  down  in  the  attempt,  the  ladder  thrown  down,  and  all  the 
hatchways  secured  :  unfortunately  there  waa  no  possibility  of  forcing 
them  ;  ten  cutlasses,  about  four  muskets»  and  some  pocket  pistols^ 
being  the  only  arms  below.  Those  were  coUeded  by  the  Officers, 
and  distribated' among'  the  most  trustwworthy  of  the  Ship's  company, 
consisting  of  about  forty  oien,  who  were  asleep  in  their  hammocks 
when  this  affiur  took  place.  Etery  means  was  taken  by  the  Officers 
to  gain  a  footing  <Mi  deck ;  but  their  eiforts  proved  ineffedual,  and  the 
next  roomix^  the- mutineers*  assisted  by.  five  Frenchmen  who  had  been 
taken  by  the  Danaeont  ofa  vessel  she  had  recapturedf  carried  her  under 
the  fort  of  Conquctf  near  Brest  ;  the  French  corvette  La  Cblombe 
being  in  sight*  A  large  party  of  French  troops  came  on  board*  to 
whom  Lord  F!roby«  oa  being  summoned*  surrendered  btmsdf  and  the 
finth^  part  of  his  crew  ;  and  they  at  present  remain  prisoners  at 
Brest,  together  with  the  mocineers*  except  three,  who  were  sent  off 
for  Piaris.  About  thirty  of  the  Ship's  company*  including  Officers, 
were  absent  in  prizes.  The  Danae  is  a  flush  vcNd  ;  the  Captain's 
cabin  is  therefore  below. 

A  LaTTBR  t9iU  Editor  ntpeOmg  the  ahvve  ivtwh 

SIR* 

HAVING  observed  that*  among  the  crnmeoos  accounts  which 
have  appeared  in  most  of  the  public  prints*  respe^lmg  the  loss  of  his 
Majesty's  Ship  Danae*  commanded  by  Lord  Proby*  it  is  in  several  of 
them  asserted,  that  the  mutiny  was  planned  by  French  sailors,  allowed 
to  enter  as  volunteers  ;  vrt  fee]  it  a  duty  incumbent  on  us  to  deny  that 
there  were  any  French  sailors  vriiatever  on  board  the  Danae,  except 
five  prisoners  of  war*  who  were  taken  on  the  loth  ult.  out  of  a  re* 
captured  vessel  called  the  Plenty.  We  therefore-  request  you  •  wiB 
immediately  insert  this  contradi^on  of  that  ill-founded  report }  and 
you  will  oblige,  Sir* 

Your  humble  servants, 

THOMAS  HENDRr,/«/<  Sur^tM  •fih  Dtuui. 
Ayd  1, 1 800.  ITIOMAS  MILLS,  LnH  Pmrtn  •ftht  Domm. 

Fvrther  partuvJart  respeShg  the  above  Mitttnj, 

THE  Danae  was  taken  by  a  part  of  the  crew,  who  rose  on  the  Offi« 
cers,  and  took  possession  of  her  about  ten  o'clock  P.  M.  March  i^*— 
The  Danae  had  chased  an  armed  brig*  and  her  convoy,  into  Camaret 
Bay*  the  1 4th  of  March ;  at  nine  o'dock*  the  15th*  Jackson,  one  of  the 


MUTIKY  OK   BOAJLD  THE   DANAI   F&IGATC.  t^f 

Captains  of  the  fore-top  (a  native  of  Liverpool)^  being  in  the  Master's 
watch,  assisted  by  some  priflonersy  and  a  part  of  the  Ship's  companyt 
forty-one  io  number,  having  been  all  sworn  to  secrecy,  ru&hed  on  the 
quarter-deck,  knocked  down  the  Master,  and  cut  him  severely  over  the 
tiead~(thi8  was  the  signal  for  revolt)  :  they  then  threw  him  down  the 
main  hatchway,  battened  down  the  grating  of  the  hatchways,  aver 
iprhich  they  placed  the  boats,  and  filled  them  with  shots,  by  which 
means  the  rest  of  the  crew  were  prevented  from  retaking  the  Ship  : 
they  then  pointed  some  guns  aft,  and  fired  through  the  cabin,  but  hurt 
po  person.     Lord  Proby  hearing  the  noiae^  with  his  Officers,  at- 
tempted to  get  up  the  ladder  of  the  -quarter-deck,  bat  was  sevexely 
cut  over  the  head,  and  all  forced  into  the  cabin,  and  sentinels  placed 
.over  them*    Jackson  then  steered  for  Camaret  Bay,  came  to  anchor, 
and  sent  a  jolly-boat  on  board  La  Colombe,  French  National  brig,  of 
1 8  guns.  The  Lieutenant  of  La  Colombe  returned  with  some  soldiers^ 
and  asked  Lord  Proby  to  whom  he  surrendered :  he  spiritedly  answered* 
to-the  French  Nation^  but  not  to  mutineers*  Both  vessels  then  steered 
for  Brest ;  where  they  arrived  the  17th  of  March,  after  being  chased 
aeveral  hours  by  the  Anson,  of  44  guns,  and  the  Boadicea,  of  44,  but 
escaped.    Jackson  hoisted  the  horary  and  numerical  signal,  which 
made  our  frigates  suppose  she  was  in  chace  of  an  enemy.  Lord  Proby 
had  very  fortunately  thrown  out  of  the  cabin  window,  and  sunk  the 
box,  with  lead  attached  to  it,  which  contained  all  the  private  signals 
«f  Lord  Bridport.  Lord  Proby  and  the  Officers  were  landed  at  Brest  f 
but  the  crew,  including  the  mutineers,  were  all  miarched  to  Dinaa 
prison^  to  the  astonishment  of  the  mutineers ;  there  to  remain  till  the 
answer  of  the  Chief  Consul  of  the  French  Nation  can  be  obtained, 
i^dmiral  de  BrueycSt  Commandant  of  Marine,  and  all  the  French 
Officers,  behaved  with  great  politeness  and  attention  to  Lord  Proby 
and  his  Officers*  expressing  their  utter  detestation  at  the  conduA  of 
the  mutineers.    Captain  Jaccobe,  of  the  Bcllone,  of  44  guns,  captured 
.off  the  Rasses  the  1  ith  of.OAober,  1798,  by  the  Mtlampus,  of  j6. 
Captain  Moore,  aAed  in   a  noble  manner  ;  as  he  changed  all  the 
Officers'  Bank  of  England  notes,  and  gave  louis-d'ors  in  exchange* 
Lord  Proby  and  his  Officers  were  to  be  sent  to  Valenciennes. 

Jackson,  the  principal,  was  Secretary  to  Parker,  in  the  mutiny  of 
the  year  1797*  It  is  said  Lord  Proby  was  cautioned  not  to  take  a 
man  on  board  of  his  description  ;  but,  as  he  was  an  excellent  seaman^ 
and  had  cooduded  himself  with  propriety  since  his  acquittal,  his 
^Lordship  did  not  apprehend  any  danger  from  him. 


[    196    ] 

PLATE  XXXir. 

From  a  Drawing  by  Mr.  Isaac  Pocqck  Jun^  taken  from 
the  laige  Painting  by  Geokge  RoMN£y,  Esq.  in  his 
Gallery  at  Hampstead. 

ON  the  first  of  June  (x  773),  being  Whit  Monday^  there  arose  a 
very  high  north-west  wind,  with  violent  hurricanes  and  showers 
of  rain  *•   At  night,  in  this  storm)  the  Jongb  Thomas,  one  of  the  four 
,    Ships  belonging  to  the  Company,  that  were  still  in  the  Road,  having 
lost  all  its  anchors,  one  after  the  other,  was  driven  on  the  sands  near 
the  shore,  at  Zout  Rwler  ;  and,  in  consequence  of  its  heavy  ladingt 
•plit  into  two  pieces  in  the  middle*     The  surge  rose  to  an  amazing 
height  on  the  shores  towards  this  side,  and  Zra/  Rvvier  was  so  swollen 
that  it  was  almost  impassable.     It  is  true  from  the  middle  of  May  to 
the  middle  of  August,,  the  Company's  Ships  are  prohibited  from  lying 
in  the  road ;  yet  it  sometimes  happens,  that  the  Governor  permits  it, 
in  order  to  avoid  the  inconveniences  of  vidualling  and  bding  the  Ships 
in  False  Baj.    Independently  of  the  loss  sustained  by  the  Company,  as 
well  in  Ships  as  merchandize,  there  perished  also  unfortunately  on  this 
occasion  a  number  of  the  crew ;  who,  for  want  of  assistance,  were  lost, 
and  met  with  a  deplorable  death  very  near  the  land.     Only  sixty-three ' 
men  escaped  ;  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  being  unhappily  drowned* 

The  Ship  had  scarcely  struck,  which  happened  just  at  day-breakt 
wl^en  the  most  efficacious  expedients  were  used  to  save  as  much  as  pos- 
sible of  the  Company's  property  that  might  chance  to  be  thrown  oa 
shore  ;  though  I  coidd  not  perceive  that  the  Idut  care  was  taken  to 
deliver  a  single  soul  of  the  crew  from  their  forlorn  and  miserable 
situation.    Thirty  men  were  instantly  ordered  out,  with  a  stripling  of 
a  Lieutenant,  from  the  citadel,  to  the  place  where  the  Ship  lay ;  in 
order  to  keep  a  strift  look- out,  and  prevent  any  of  the  Company's 
tStda  from  being  stolen  ;  aud  a  gibbet  was  erefled,  and  at  the  same  / 
time  an  edi£k  issued,  importing,  that  whoever  should  come  near  that 
spot  should  be  hanged  immediately,  without  trial  or  sentence  of  judg* 
ment  being  passed  upon  him.     This  was  the  cause,  that  the  compass 
•ionate  inhabitants,  who  had  gone  out  on  horseback  to  afford  the 
wretched  sufferers  some  assistance,  were  obliged  to  turn  back  without 
being  able  to  do  them  the  least  service  ;  but  on  the  contrary  were^ 
together  with  me,  ocular  witnesses  of  the  brutality  and  want  of  feeling 
shewn  by  certain  persons  on  this  occasion ;  who  did  not  bestowa  thought 
OB  affording  their  fellow  creatures,  that  sat  on  the  wreck  perishing  with 

f  Thnmbcrg's  Travels. 


'    YLATB  ZXXII.  297 

GoU»  h'uog^)  and  thintj  and  were  almost  in  the  arms  of  death,  the  least 
assistance  or  relief* 

Anothercircumstance  contributed  to  render  this  otherwise  distressing* 
•ccne,  still  more  affliAing*  Among  the  few  who  were  lucky  enough  ta 
be  abk  to  save  their  lives  by  swimming  from  the  wreck,  was  the  gunnery 
a  man  with  whom  I  was  acquainted,  and  met  several  times  afterwards* 
m  the  town  :  he  had  stripped  himself  quite  naked,  in  order  that  he' 
might  swim  the  easier,  and  had  the  good  luck  to  come  altve  to  shore, 
which  was  not  the  case  with  every  one  that-  could  swim  :  for  many 
were-  either  dashed  to  pieces  against  the  rocks,  or  else  by  the  vWence 
of  the  surf  carried  back  again  to  sea.  When  he  arrived  on  shore,  he 
found  his  chest  landed  before  him ;  but  just  as  he  was  going  to  open  it, 
aid  take  out  his  great  coat,  the  Lieutenant  who  commanded  the  party 
drove  him  away  from  it ;  and  though  he  earnestly  begged  for  leave  ta 
take  out  the  clothes  necessary  for  covering  his  naked  and  shivering  body, 
and  could  abo  prove  by  the  key,  fastened,  according  to  the  sailors* 
chistom,  to  his  girdle,  as  well  as  by  his  name  cut  out  on  the  lid  of  the 
dVest,  that  it  was  a6hiany  his  property,  he  was,  nevertheless,  forced  to 
retreat  without  cficfting  his  purpose,  by  this  unmerciful,  hero,  whd 
^ve  him  several  smart  blows  with  a  cane  on  his  bare  back.  After  he 
had  passed  the  whole  day  naked  and  hungry,  and  exposed  to  the  cold 
winds,  and  was  going  to  be  taken  in  the  evening  to  town  along- vvith 
the  others  who  had  been  savedfrom  the  wro^k,  he  again  asked  leave  to 
take.^  coat  out  of  his  chest,  to  cover  himself  with  ;  but  this  having 
been  previously  plundered,  he  found  empty.  On  entering  the  town, 
where  he  arrived  stark  naked,  he  met  with  1  bui'gher  who  took  com- 
passion on  him,  and  fent  him  his  great  coat.  Afterwards  he,  as  well 
as  the  other  unfortunate  wretches,  was  forced  to  run  about  the  towa 
for  several  days  together,  begging  for  vi^u^als,  clothes,  and  mohey,  till 
at  length  they  were  supported  at  the  Company's  ezpence,  and  takeo 
back  again  into  its  service. 

Another  a^ign  that  does  great  honour  to  humanity,  deserves. th^ 
more  to  be  recorded  here,  as  it  shews  that  at  all  times,  and  in  all  placesy 
there  are  both  good  and  considerate  people,  as  well  as  such  as  have 
nothing  human  but  the  shape.  An  old  man,  of  the  name  of  Wolt  e-t 
MAD,  by  birth  an  European,  who  was  at  this  time  the  keeper  of  the 
beasts  in  the  menagerie  near  the  garden,  had  a  son  in  the  citadel,  wh^ 
was  a  corporal,  and  among  the  first  who  had  been  ordered  ot^t  tQ 
faarjen  hland  (Horse  Island),  where  a  guard  was  to  be  set  for  'Xh^ 
preservation  of  the  wrecked  goods..  This  worthy  veteran  borrowed  s( 
horse,  and  rode  out  in  the  morning,  with  a  bottle  of  wine  and  a  loaf 
of  bread  for  his  son's  breakfast.  This  happened  so  early  that  the  gibbet 


298  PLATB.  ZXXIU 

had  not  yet  been  ere&cd»  nor  the  ^edld  posted  up»  to  point  out  to  the 
traveller  the  nearest  road  to  eternity.  This  hoary  sire  had  no  sooner, 
deiiyered  to  his  son  the  refreshmentt  he  had  brought  himt  and  heard  the 
lamentations  of  the  distressed  crew  firom  the  wreck,  than  he  resolved 
to  ride  his  horse,  which  was  a  good  swimmer^  to  the  wreck,  with  a  inew 
of  saving  some  of  them.  He  repeated  this  dangerous  trip  six  timea 
more,  bringing  each  time  two  men  alive  on  shore»  and  thus  saved  in  all 
fourteen  persons.  The  horse  was  by  this  time  so  much  fiitigoed^ 
that  he  did  not  think  it  prudent  to  venture  out  again  ;  but  the  cries 
and  entreaties  of  the  poor  wretches  on  the  wreck  increasirigy  he 
ventured  to  take  one  trip  more,  which  proved  so  unfortunatCi 
that  he  lost  his  own  life,  as  on  this  occasion  too  many  firom  the  wreck 
rushed  upon  him  at  once,  some  of  them  catching  hold  of  the  horse's 
tail,  and  others  of  the  bridle,  by  which  means  the  horse,  both  wearied 
out,  and  now  too  heavy  laden,  turned  head  ever  heels,  and  all  were 
drowned  together.  This  noble  and  heroic  a&ion  of  a  superannuated 
old  man  sufficiently  shews  that  a  great  many  lives  might  probiltly 
have  been  saved,  if  a  strong  rope  had  been  fastened  by  one  end  to 
the  wreck,  and  by  the  other  to  the  shore.  Along  this  rope  sither  a 
basket  or  a  large  copper  vessel  might  have  been  haided  to  and  finom  the 
Ship,  with  a  man  in  at  each  time.  When  the  8t6rm  and  waves  had 
subsided,  the  Ship  was  found  to  lie  at  so  small  a  distance  from  thclaad^ 
that  one  might  have  almost  leaped  from  it  on  shore. 

Fol.  L  pages  270,  I,  Sj  3,  4,  $• 

Dr.  Sparman,  in  his  Voyage  to  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  and 
round  the  world,  notices  the  above  melancholy  event.  He  informs 
OS,  that  the  East  India  Dired^ors  in  Holland,  on  receiving  the  above 
intelligence,  ordered  one  ,of  their  Ships  to  be  called  after  the  name 
WoLTEMAiH  or  as  Dr.  Sparman  spells  it  Voltemad,  and  the  story 
of  his  humanity  to  be  painted  on  her  Stem  :  they  farther  enjoined  the 
regeflicy  at  the  Gipe  to  provide  for  his  descendants. 

Unfortunately  in  the  Southern  Hemisphere,  they  had  not  all  the 
same  sentiments  of  gratitude.  The  young  corporal,  Voltcmad, 
who  had  been  an  unavailing  witness  of  his  father's  having  sacrificed 
himself  in  the  service  of  the  Company  and  of  mankind,  wished  in  vain 
to  be  gratified  with  his  father's  place,  humble  as  it  was.  Stung  with 
the  disappointment,  he  had  left  that  ungrateful  country,  and  was  gone 
to  Bauvia,  where  he  died ;  before  the  news  of  so  great  and  unexpefted 
a  leoommendation  could  reach  him. 


t    «99    3 

LOSS  OF  THE 
i^EEN  CHARLOTTE. 


THE  I088  of  his  Majesty's  Ship,  Queen  Charlottey  dF  iiogimsb 
Captain  Todd*  bearing  the  flag  of  Vicc-Admiral  Lord  Keith, 
which  took  fire  off  the  harbour  of  Leghorn,  00  the  seventeenth  of 
^ifaroh,  1800,  and  afterwards  blew  up,  is  distressing  in  the  highest 
degree,  and  painful  to  relate.  It  appears  she  was  diq;iatdied  by  Lon) 
Keith  to  reconnoitre  the  island  of  Cahrtrm,  about  thirty  milei  fix>a 
Leghorn,  in  ^  possesion  of  the  French,  and  which  it  was  his 
Lordship's  intention  to  attack*  On  the  morning  of  the  serenteentb 
the  Ship  was  discovered  to  be  on  fire»  at  the  distance  of  three  or  four 
leagues  from  Leghorn.  Every  assistance  was  promptly  forwarded 
from  the  shore ;  but  a  number  of  boats,  it  appears*  were  deterred  from 
approaching  the  wreck,  in  consequence  of  the  firing  of  the  guns, 
which  were  shotted,  and  which,  when  heated  by  the  fire,  discharged 
their  contents  in  every  direfkion. 

Lord  Keith  and  some  of  the  0£Bcers  were  providentially  on  shore 
at  Leghorn  when  the  dreadful  accident  occurred*  Twenty  commis- 
sioned and  warrant  Officers,  two  servants,  and  one  hundred  and  forty- 
two  seamen,  are  the  whole  of  the  crew  that  escaped  destruAion 
6ut  of  nearly  nine  hundred  souls  on  board,  that  for  nearly  four  hours 
exerted  every  nerve  to  avoid  that  dreadful  termination  which  too  surely 
awaited  thenu  The  only  consolation  that  presents  itself  under  the 
pressure  of  so  calamitous  a  disaster  is,  that  it  vraa  not  the  effeft  either  . 
of  treachery  or  wilful  negled,  as  will  appear  by  the  following  state- 
ment : 

Ciramstancet  immeiEatefy  freciSng  and  aitenJmg  tie  cwfiagraAm. 

"  Mr.  John  Bkaid,  Carpenter  of  the  Queen  Charlotte,  reports, 
that  about  twenty  minutes  after  six  o'clock  in  the  morning,  as  he  was 
dressing  himsdf,  he  heard  throughout  the  Ship  a  general  cry  of 
^<  Fire."— On  which  he  immediately  run  up  the  fore  ladder  to  get 
upon  deck,  and  found  the  whole  half  deck,  the  front  bulk^head  of  the 
Admiral's  cabin,  the  main-mast's  coat,  and  boat's  covering  on  the 
*  booms,  aO  in  flames  ;  which  from  every  report  and  probability,  he 
apprehends  was  occasioned  by  some  hay,  which  was  lying  under  the 
half  deck,  having  been  set  on  fire  by  a  match  in  a  tub,  which  was 
usually  kept  there  for  signal  g^ns.— The  main- sail  at  this  time  was 
set,  and  almost  entirely  caught  fire  ;  the  people  not  being  able  to 
come  to  the  clue  garnets  on  account  of  the  flames. 

<<  He  immediately  went  to  the  forecastle,  and  found  LieuUnant 
Dundas  and  the  Boatswain  encouraging  the  people  to  get  water  to 


30O  LOSS  or  m  <^riBir!CifAtLOTTf« 

cxtinguisYi  the  fire.  He  applied  to  Mr.  Dundas^  seeing  no  other 
Officer  in  the  fore-part  of  the  Ship  (and  being  unable  to  see  any  on  the 
quarter  deck*  from  the  flames  and  smoke  between  them)  to  give  him 
assistance  to  drown  the  lower  decks^  and  secure  the  hatches»  to  prevtpt 
the  fire  falling  down*  Lieutenant  Dundas  accordingly  went  down 
himself,  with  as  many  people  as  he  could  prevail  upon  to  follow  bim^; 
and  the  lower  deck  ports  were  opened^  the  scuppers  plugged»tbe  main 
and  fore  hatches  secured,  the  cocks  turned,' and  water  drawn  in  at  the 
pottSy  and  the  pumps  kept  going  by  the  people  who  came  down,  as 
long  as  they  could  stand  at  them. 

*<  He  thinks  that  by  these  exertions  the  lower  deck  was  kept  free 
from  fire,  and  the  magazines  preserved  for  a  long  time  from  danger ; 
nor  did  Lieutenant  Dundas,  or  he,  quit  this  station,  but'  remained 
there  with  all  the  people  who  could  be  prevailed  upon  to  stay»  till 
several  of  the  middle-deck  guns  came  through  that  deck. 

**  About  nine  o'clock  Lieutenant  Dundas  and  he,  finding  tt  impos« 
sible  to  remain  any  longer  below,  went  out  at  the  foremost  lower-deck 
port,  and  got  upon  the  forecastle ;  on  which  he  apprehends  there  were 
then  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  people  drawing  wateri  and 
throwing  it  as  far  aft  as  possible  upon  the  fire. 

'<  He  continued  about  an  hour  on  the  forecastle  ;  and  finding  all 
efforts  to  extinguish  the  flames  unavaih'ng,  he  jumped  from  the  jib- 
boom,  and  swam  to  an  American  beat  approaching  the  Ship,  by 
which  he  was  picked  up  and  put  into  a  tartan  then  in  the  charge  of 
Lieutenant  Stewart,  who  had  come  otf  to  the  assistance  of  the  bhip. 

(Signed)  •«  JOHN  BRAID." 

Leghority  March  i8,  l8oo. 


Lut  of  Officers,  ^c»  *who  were  on  shore  at  Leghorn*  on  duty^  ^en 
Majesty^  Ship  Queen  Charlotte  was  losU 

Vice-Admiral  Lord  Keith ;  and  with  his  Lordship, 

Lieutenant  John  Stewart; 

JV^r.  Blown,  Secretary; 

\.r.  Jainc«  Meek,  Secretary's  Clerk;  *    r 

C>eorge  .^utherJund,  servant  to  Lord  Keith  j  , 

A^atthcw  Nlilldridge  (boy),  servant  to  Lieutenant  Stewart. 

The  following  gentlemen  also,  in  consequence  of  not  knowing  that 
the  Ship  was  ordered  to  sea : 

The  Reverend  Samuel  Cole,  Chaplain  ; 
R^r.  John  Greenway,  Master's  Mate; 
Mr.  John  Lloyd,  > 

^  ^'.r.  Charles  Rutherford,  \  ^^"'»f^ »?«»«"• 

Mr.  Wiiham  Wakelm»  Secrctaxy's  Llexk, 


LOU  or   TBI  QffMUH   CUAILLOTTK»  f}f, 

*  lisirftii.OJ^m  mid  Sb^'j  Cpw^aa^  saved /rem  tie  Wrecl*  ^ 

oyncjsRs.  .  . 

X^eauiuuit  ArchibtJd  DniT*  Mr.  Andrew  Dickaon,  Gimner. 

AJcxandcr  Campbell,  Mr.  Fnm.  Ersk.  Lock, ) 

'  ■     '   ' rion.  G.  H.  L.  Dundasi      Mr.  Thomas  Howard,  >  Midshipmen. 

Of  Marines,  Lientenanta  'Fergnsion    Mr.  Charles  Wood,     ) 

andPeeblei.  Mr.  John  Larby,  Secretaqr't  Office. 

lfr«  |ohn  Braidf  Carpenter^ 

SHIP'S  COMPANY. 
Danid  Madden,  Robcn  Hardy,  John  James,  John  Crook,  John  Hunter, 
Jos.  JotUff,  John  Ingham,  James  Catchpole,  £dw.  Dayis,  Peter  Hepry  Frider, 
Charles  Geary,  Moses  Cutler,  John  Steel,  John  Milter,  John  JenningSi 
James  Cooper,  Thomas  Leatherland,  William  Neville,  JaiAes  Dad,  • ' 
Robert  Jones,  Nathaniel  Ogle,  John  Woodhouse,  Joseph  Kearney,  » 

William  HoUoway^  Samuel' PinUiam,  William  Ca&ows,  Jeaa  JLnstow, 
Henry  Burnett,  James  Williams  (a),  ^leiander  Sparks,  Robert  Bragg, 
John  Wood,  Patrick  Cleary,  William  Rew,  Thomas  Murray,  Samuel  Cook, 
John  £r8kin«(a),  John  Liffin,  David  Rouet,  John  Hero,  Duncan  M'lsaac, 
George  Brofvn  (i),  Thomas  Bum,  Samuel  Linklater,  John  Keen,  * 

Michael'  Bulgei^,  James  Croome,  Jean  Baptlste,  Jamts  Bnadley,  John  Jaduon^ 
James  Cline,  Edmund  Stanton,  John  Cline,  Ignatius'  Goxi  Isaae  Knight,  ■      i 
James  Berry,  John  MiUilieu,  William  Johnson,  Abel  Aahurst,  Tobias  X>errick, 
ThqnaasCIawsey,  Francis  Yates,  Francis  Burk,  Daniel  Williams,  Richard  Lawley, 
Benj.  Ayngc,  George  Green,  Nathaniel  Godfrey,  Joseph  Fagen,  Arthur  Foreft, 
Thoinas  Andrews,  Thomas  HaU,  James  Menrin,  Moses  Gott,  John  Newman^ 
David  Vandersall,  Jamds  JaJnei^  Thomas  Neats,  Benjamin  Aymer, 
Robert  Fothringham,  WiUiam  Shueui  Edward  Burt,  George  Standard, 
John.  Cooper,  Robert  Evans,  Thomas  Williams,  Thomas  Thompson, 
ConeUus  Rummers,  Francis  Morris,  Edward  Rees,  Jacob  Belford, 
Thomas  Dyer,  John  Morrison,  John  Huddlestone,  Thos.  Hilton,  Wm.  Harris, 
James  Doyle,  Richard  Barnes,  John  Duncan,  Robert  Kyle,  William  Tavenor, 
£dward  Williams,  Thomas  Price,  John  Hepple,  John  Boyce,  James  Clark  (3), 
Jeremiah  Ryan,  John  Carter,  J^n  Calligfaan,  James  JLeavy,  Edward  Armstrongs 
John  Brieson,  Patrick  Foley,  James  M*Ouire,  Barney  M*Guire,  Alex.  Campbell, 
John  Ri)ey,  Robert  Adams,  Graciano  Felto,  Andrew  Dt^harty, 
Edvrard  Johnson,  James  Bell,  Admiral's  Servant,  David  Simpson  (Hotpltal), 
Charles  Kennedy,  John  Robbs,  Thomas*  Hardman,  Joseph  Perkins, 
John  Thofflfswi,  John  Babbage,  Thomas  Griffiths,  Peter  Wimbloom, 
John  ;FitZ|^bon,  Geotgf  yTalkcr,  William  Bowden,  John  Shorti 
William  Marsfaam,  Samuel  White,  John  Little,  George  Mason,  Jamea Tanner, 
Walter  Nancarrow,.  William  CampbelL. 


Extra8  of  a  subtequeta  Letter  from  Legfaom>  dated  i<^b  Marchf  states  r 

**  At  eleven  p'clock  at  night,  on  the  i  ythi  a  tartane  arrived,  with 
thirty  English  sailors  and  Lieutenant  Stewart,  saved  from  the  burning 
wreck  of  the  Queen  Charlotte.  Soon  after  five  tartanes  came  in, 
among  which  was  the  General  Otto  Imperial  sloop  of  war,  with 
eighty.five  seamen,  two  soldiers,  two  quarter-masters,  twogunners^  and 
a  master*  carpenter^  in  all  ninety-two  men,  who  were  lodged  in  the 


30%  cost  cr  TRB  ft^ntn  6HAtu»m« 

Scda  Snta.  Yesterday,  towards  noon,  an  Impeiial  sdMck  broQi^bt  ul 
twenty-three  seamen,  three  of  whom  died*  The  Triton  Englisli 
tiansport  saved  an  OfEcer  and  twent)r*siz  men.  This  normng»  at 
devcn  o'dockf  the  Queen  Charlotte's  sloop  came  in  with  twenty^fonr 
«aiDen  and  three  Officers." 

From  this  letter  it  appears,  t&at  197  men  had  been  saved,  oat  of 
9$^  ;  and  we  flatter  ourselves  we  shall  yet  receive  accoonts  of  others 
having  been  picked  up.  Mr.  Udney,  the  English  Consul  at  Leghorn, 
had  used  all  possiUe  exertions  to  send  out  vessels  to  the  wreck* 

Captain  Todd  remained  upon  deck,  with  his  First  Lieutenant,  to 
the  last  nu>ment,  giving  orders  for  saving  the  crew,  without  thinking 
of  his  own  safety.  Before  he  fell  a  sacrifice  to  the  flames,  he  had  time 
and  courage  to  write  down  the  particnlarB  of  this  melancholy  event,  for 
the  information  of  Lord  Keith,  of  which  he  gave  copies  to  different 
sailors,  entreating  them,  that  whoever  should  escape  might  deliver  it  to 
the  AdmiraL 

Thus  fell  vi£tims  to  perhaps  a  too  severe  duty,  the  Captain  and  his 
Tint  Lientenant,  at  a  time  when  they  stiti  had  it  in  their  power  to  save 
themselves  :  but  self-preservation  is  never  matter  of  considerat»n  in 
tiie  exalted  mind  of  a  Briu'sh  Naval  Officer^  when  the  safety  of  his 
crew  is  at  stake. 

The  Queen  Chsilotte  was,  perhaps,  the  finest  Ship  in  the  Britisli 
Navy.  She  was  launched  in  1 790,  and  her  first  cruise  was  with  the 
fleet  fitted  out  against  Spain,  in  consequence  of  the  dispute  respediing 
Nootka  Sound*  Lord  Howe,  who  was  Commander  in  Chief  of  that 
fleets  was  then  on  board  of  her ;  and  she  also  bore  his  Lordship's  flag 
on  the  first  of  June.    She  wasrated  at  100  guns,  but  mounted  more 

WHlHIBBBBBBBBBHBB^BBHaHHHBIi^v 

MR.    BDITOa» 

I  hope  soon  to  see  the  following  anecdote  in  the  Naval  ChrO' 
nicie  ;  it  redounds  too  much  to  the  honour  of  British  Seamen 
to  be  passed  unnoticed :  it  may  escape  the  pages  of  history, 
but  I  hope  not  those  of  a  work  devoted  to*  the  sea  service. 

CM. 

IN  the  year  1782,  a  vessel,  in  the  service  of  the  Company, 
returning  from  the  East  Indies,  was,  from  storms,  &c.  to  which 
it  had  been  exposed,  in  imminent  danger  of  sinking.  Every  body 
prepared  himself  for  his  fate  ;  but  eight  hardy  fellows  seizing  the 
boat  rowed  off,  leaving  the  rest  of  the  crew  to  perish.  The  sailors 
thus  left  behind  cried  out  to  them  to  return,  not  to  carry  off  any 
more  of  the  crew,  but  only  two  helpless  in  fonts,  <<  who,"  they  said, 
**  can  add  no  weight  to  your  boat."  The  fellows  returned,  after 
having  obtained  a  promise  that  not  a  man  should  set  his  foot  in  the 
boat.     Tlicy  received  the  iniants^  and  again  rowed  off*     Not  a  man 


AVICDOTE  0V  aUTItR   SAltOM   IfONOVR.  JO) 

attempted  to  nve  hit  lifei  not  a  man  attempted  to  leap  into  the  hoat ; 
they  had  too  much  reaped  for  the  honour  of  themselTeSy  or  their 
oomnulea  who  had  made  die  promiaey  and  permitted  the  feUows  to 
depart  without  mokttation«  Thus  did  theae  generous  seamen  in  tbc 
hour  of  deep  distreas,  forgetting  themselves,  think  only  of  preserving 
the  lives  of  two  iafanu»  and  (when. there  was  an  oppQrtunity  of 
attempting  to  save  their  own)  scorn  the  very  idea  of  life  that  was 
aot  conneded  with  honour*  Before  the  boat  was  out  of  sights  the 
vessel  went  down,  and  every  soul  on  board  perished.  Another  East 
India  Ship  took  up  the  fellows  who  had  carried  off  the  boat,  the 
Captain  of  which  took  the  two  children^  almost  dead  with  cold,  put 
them  into  his  own  bedf  caused  them  to  be  rut>bed«  and  recalled  the 
dying  sparks  of  life  in  their  almost  frozen  bodies.  The  ehildren  are 
BOW  alive»  and  fine  young  men,  returning  thanks  to  that  Providence, 
whose  hand  vntt  so  conspicuous  in  the  almost  incredible  circumstances 
iof  their  presehratton. 


EXTkACTS  from  tome  o£  Loan  Nelson's  Letters  to  a  Friead« 
illustrative  of  his  Chin6teT ;  to  which  ^ac  SimUts  of  his  Hani' 
Writing,  previous  and  iobsequent  to  the  Lots  of  his  Right  Arm, 
are  annexed. 

MY  DEAR  SIR,  IrPtttstihbf  f^Loffis  Bay^'Marcb  i6, 1797, 

YOUR  kttcr  of  Nov.  30,  by  Aurora,  I  only  received  the  be- 
ginning  of  this  month  before  I  left  Lisbon    •        *     .    *      * 

•  •         »♦         •'•         •♦        •         •*•♦ 

I  am  hgx^  looking  for  the  Viceroy  of  Mexico  with  three  sail  of 
the  llnci  suid  hope  to  meet  hinu    Two  first  rates  and  a  seventy-four 

are  with  him  ;  but  the  larger  the  Ships  the  better  the  mari»      *      * 

*  •         *        *         •        •         •         ••.•         «• 

The  Spanish  fleet  is  in  Cadizj  the  OfEcers  hooted  and  pelted  by  the 
mobility.  Their  first  repoit  was,  the  a6iion  happening  on  a  f(tggy 
day,  when  the  fog  cleared  up  they  only  saw  fifteen  sail  of  the  line« 
therefore  concluded  at  \c9&ifi<ve  of  ours  were  sunk  in  the  adlibn.  My 
usual  good  fortune  attended  mey  which  I  know  will  give  you,  amongst 
my  other  friends,  satisfaction.  ♦  *  *  *  •  *  •• 
BeKeve  me. 

Your  most  faithful  humble  servant, 

HORATIO  NB^SON, 


^J(     BXTKACTt   rXON   tOMB   Of  LO&O   KBLtOll's  LFTTBRt. 

^  II. 

MT  DVAR  siR»  Cttfimn^  9ff'CaS%i  April  ro,  1797. 

MA.NY  thanlts  for  your  moit  kind  congFatubtions  on  our  late 
success  ;  bat  I  hope  soon  the  good  people  of  England  wiU  have 
something  else  to  talk  about*  more  recent  viAories  ;  (br  if'  our 
Ships  are  but  carried  close  by  the  Officers/ 1  win  answer  for  a  British: 
fleet  being  always  stsccessfaL     •        •      .  •        •        »        ♦       • 


The  Spaniards  threaten  us  they  will  come  out  andtake  their  revenge  ; 
the  sooner  the  better,  but  I  will  not  believe  jt  till  I  see  it ;  and  if 
they  dof  what  will  the  mines  of  Mexico  and  Psitu  signify  compared 
ijrith  the  honour  I  doubt  not  we  shall  gain  by  fighting  an  angry  Don  f 

•  they  luUl  have  50  tml  of  the  Une,  we  20  or  22  ^  htt  I  fear  <U9t  eboR 

have  a  peace  before  they  are  rtaJ^  to  eamt  oatm  *         *         *    * 

•  •••  »•»••»#• 

•  •         •         •,«         •         »         1^         »         •         •• 

•  ■ 

Bdicvt  me,  dear  Sir, 

Your  much  obliged, 

HORATIO  M£JLSON< 

ij»4  III* . 

MY  DSAft  siB«  Theseus^  Jtmi  if  1797. 


We  are  off  Cadiz  with  a  greater  inferiority  than  before.  I  am 
barely  out  of  shot  of  a  Spanish  Rear- Admiral ;  we  have^very  day 
flags  of  truce.    The  Dons  hope  for  peace,  but  must  soon  fight  us  if 

the  war  goes  on*    I  wish  it  all  over,  for  I  cannot  fag  much  longer* 

4         •'•        •'•*•         »        •         «         «         %      ^ 

Believe  me,  my  dear  dr. 

Your  obliged  and  faithful  friend, 

HORATIO  NELSON. 
P.  S.    Sam*  Hood  is  gon^  I  hope  to  get  rkbeSf  sure  to  get  honor m 

^      JBIo.  IV.  om  the  other  Hde,  k  a  Fac  Smile  of  lord  NblsonV  L^ 
HamdWri^g. 

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above  letter,  it  anneicd.  ' 


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AOMlKAtTT-OFFICE,   D£C.   14. 

Sitirtiif  •/  m  IsHier  fhm  Qapttum  Ge$rge  Losaei,  Commander  of  his  MajeOyi  Ship 
Jwfflttr,  U  Evan  Nepiam^  JSsf.  dshd  in  TaUtBay,  Cape  of  Goad  Hope,  the  l^th  if 
S^i,  1799. 

JKCLOSED  T  transmit  a  lift  of  the  captures  made  by  the  s^adron  during 
their  cmise. 

ALiit  af  Ships  captured t  recaptured ^  and  detained  hy  hit  Majesty*  s  Squadron  cruising  off 

the  Mauritius, 

La  Denr6e,  laden  with  bale  goods  and  coiTee,  and  L* Augustine  (lost  in  St  • 
Augustine's  Bav),  laden  with  rum  and  arrack,  cut  out  of  St.  Dennis,  Isle  of 
Bourbon,  by  L'Oisrau's  boau,  April  ai,  1799. 

Chance,  laden  with  rice  (cut  out  of  fiaiasore  Roads  by  La  Forte  French 
frigate;  taken  from  under  the  battery  at  Canon ies  Point,  Isle  of  France); 
recaptured  April  15, 1799,  at  anchor  off  the  Isle  of  France,  by  the  Jupiter,  Tre- 
mendous, and  Adamant ;  afterwards  lost  near  St.  Mary's,  Madagascar. 

The  French  schooner  Janet,  laden  with  paddy  ;  taken  April  25,  1799,  by  the 
Star,  off  Rodcrique. 

The  Prussian  ship  Three  Brothers,  laden  with  naval  stores  and  sundries  ffrom 
Bourdeauz,  said  to  be  bound  to  Tranquebar,  detained  going  into  Port  Louisj, 
taken  May  7,  1799,  ^7  ^^  Tremendous,  off  Port  Louis,  Isle  of  France. 

The  brig  Elizabeth,  laden  with  rice  (taken  by  a  French  privateer  in  the  Bay 
of  Bengal^  recaptured  May  2,  1799,  by  the  btar,  off  Round  Island,  Isle  of 
France ;  afterwards  foundered. 

The  French  schooner  Surprize,  in  ballast,  taken  May  7,  1799,  by  the  Star,  off 
Cape  Bmbant,  Isle  of  France. 

The  American  ship  Pacific,  laden  with  bale  goods  and  sugar  (run  on  ihore  by 
the  French  near  the  river  Noir  ;  part  of  the  cargo  saved  by  the  beats  of  the 
squadron  ,  retaken  May  lO,  1 799,  by  the  Jupiter,  Tremendous,  and  Adamant, 
off  the  Isle  of  France  ;  afterwards  burnt. 

(Signed)  O.  LOSACK. 

ADMIRALTT-OFFICEt  JAN.  4. 

C^  of  a  LeHer  from  Vice  Admiral  Sir  Tivmas  Patley^  Commander  in  Chief  of  his 
Majesty  %  i>hip%  and  FetseU  at  Plymouth^  to  Evan  Nepean^  Esq^  dated  the  ^Qtb  ult» 

SIR, 

I  have  the  satisfaAion  to  inclose  you,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  a  letter 
that  I  have  received  from  Lieutenant  Peneelly,  commanding  his  Majesty's 
cutter  Viper,  stating  his  having  captured  and  carried  into  Falmouth  Le  Fnret 
French  privateer,  of  fourteen  guns.  I  am  happy  on  this  occasion  to  congratulate 
their  Lordships  on  the  zeal  and  jjrallantry  displayed  by  lieutenant  Pengelly, 
and  the  Officers  and  crew  of  the  Viper,  which  excite  my  high  commendation. 

1  am.  Sir,  &c.  &c.  1 HOS.  PASLEY. 

SIR,  His  Majesty's  Cutter  Fipsr,  Falmouth,  Dee,  »8. 

I  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  that  on  the  26th  inst.  at  a  quarter  past 
ten  A.  M.  (he  Uodman  bearing  north  seven  or  eight  leagues,  I  discovered  a  sus« 
picious  vessel  to  windwai^,  standing  towards  the  Viper,  under  my  command  ; 
at  noon,  perceiving  her  to  be  an  enemy,  tacked,  and  stood  towards  her,  and  at 
a  quarter  paiit  brought  her  close  to  adion,  which  continued  for  three  quarters  of 
an  hour,  when  she  sheered  off;  1  had  the  good  fortune,  however,  after  a  running 
fight  of  an  hour  and  an  half,  to  lay  her  close  on  board,  and  upon  pouring  Vko 
broadsides  loco  her  she  struck  her  colours.  She  proves  to  be  Lc  Furet,  of  14 
guns,  four-pounders,  commanded  by  Citoyen  Louis  Bouvet,  two  days  from  St. 
Maioes,  with  a  complement  of  64  men,  seven  of  which  had  been  sent  away  in  a 
prize  on  the  morning  of  the  day  she  was  captured.  Le  Furet  is  quite  new,- this 
being  her  first  cruise,  is  well  stored,  and  viSualled  for  two  months.  I  cannot 
•peak  too  much  in  praise  of  Mr.  Henry  Jane,  ading  Master,  from  whose  Zealand 

S30l  III*  S  s 


3C4  •AZITTt    ttTTERS. 

ability  I  reeeiTe^  every  aMistiiice ;  nor  can  I  be  fully  ezpreuive  of  the  ipinte^ 
auad  good  conduA  of  the  Officers  and  thip't  company. — I  am  happy  to  add,  that 
we  had  only  one  man  wounded,  and  myself  slightly  hurt ;  the  sails  and  rigging 
much  cut,  and  the  main-mast,  I  am  apprehensiTc,  rendered  unsenriccable  —  l1ie 
loss  of  the  enemy  was  four  men  killed  i  the  first  and  Necond  Captains,  and  six 
men  wounded ;  four  danveroosly.  The  prize,  as  well  as  the  Viper,  being  muck 
disabled  in  her  sails  and  rigging,  I  have  put  into  Falmouth,  from  whence  I  shall 
proceed  to  Plymouth  as  soon  as  possible. 

BmgUsh  /•r««— Viper,  of  I2gm»,  four  poflilders,  and  48  men. 
Fritub  F%tc€ — Le  Furet,  of  14  guns,  four  pounders,  and  57  men. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

J.  PENGELLV. 
7«  Sir  TbwKM  Paileyy  Batt.  Viet- Admiral  •/ tie  Med^ 
«md  C^mmoMder  in  Chiefs  \^e.  at  Plytiwuth, 

.  Exiraa  •/  ojutber  Letttr  frvm  Sir  Thomas  Padty  Is  Svtm  Ne^emm,  £1^.  dattdtie 

3li<v/^ 

The  Aristocrat  armed  brig  has  just  arrived  with  L'Avanture  French  pri- 
vateer, of  14  guns,  and  41  men,  out  ten  days  from  St.  Maloes,  and  had  taken 
nothing. 

ADMIRALTT>orriCt,  JAN.  J. 
Copy  ofa  Later  frwm  Mr.  George  Buckley  ^  ColhSlor  of  the  Custom  at  ^twiaven,  to 

Evan  Nepeati^  Bsf.  dated  the  J^b  irntant. 
SIR, 

I  beg  leave  to  inform  you,  that  I  yesterday  received  information  that  a  small 
vessel  of  a  suspicious  appearance  was  lying  near  the  harbour  ;  on  which  1 
immediately  went  to  Mr.  Bound,  Mate  of  the  Nox  cutter,  who,  with  one  of 
mv  boatmen,  and  some  of  the  crew  of  the  Noz,  manned  the  custom-house  boat, 
who,  together  with  Mr.  S.  Cooper,  Master  of  the  Unity,  of,thi«  place,  assisted 
by  some  of  the  coast  artillery  (which  I  command),  and  other  persons  who 
volunteered  their  services  on  this  occasion,  manned  four  other  boats,  and 
proceeded  in  pursuit  of  her  ;  when,  after  a  chacc  of  about  two  hours,  we  came 
up  With  her,  and  after  a  short  resistance  she  struck,  and  proved  to  be  Le  General 
Brune,  of  Pieppe,  burthen  about  thirty  tons,  commanded  by  Citizen  Fleury, 
manned  with  nltccn  men,  and  armed  with  two  carriage  guns,  not  mounted,  and 
a  quantity  of  small  arms.  The  vessel  and  her  papers  are  in  mv  posses&ion,  and 
I  have  to  observe  that  Mr.  Bound,  Mr.  Cooper,  and  the  whole  of  the  persona 
who  volunteered  their  services  on  this  occasion,  deserve  the  greatest  credit 

I  am,  6ir,  &c*  G.  BUCKLEY. 

AnMIRAlTT-OrriCE,  JAN.  II. 

BxtraSl  oj  a  Letter  from  Mr.  Robert  Hosier ^  dmmpnder  of  tbe  private  Schooiur  of 
War  the  jRevenge,  to  Evan  Nepeati,  Etq,  dated  Viana^  Stbof  Dec.  1799. 
T  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  for  the  information  of  their  Lordships, 
that  on  the  4th  instant,  at  five  A.  M.  in  Vigo  Bay,  1  was  attacked  by  four 
Spanish  privateers,  two  schooners,  a  brig«  and  a  lugger,  mounting  from  four  to 
fourteen  guns.  The  wind  being  southerly,  1  kept  up  a  running  fi^ht  till  1  got 
clear  of  the  islands  to  the  northward,  which  lasted  about  fifteen  mmutcs,  when 
one  of  the  schooners  having  lost  her  mizen-mast,  gave  up  the  cfaace,  and  the  other 
three  immediately  hauled  uieir  wind  ;  having  suffered  very  much  in  our  rigging 
and  sails,  it  -was  not  in  my  power  to  chase  them  to  the  windward,  I  therabre 
.  made  sail  to  the  N.  W.  At  two  P.  M.  saw  a  schooner  to  the  westward,  gave 
chace  ;  at  three  got  close  alongside,  saw  she  had  Spanish  colours  fiyiog,  desired 
them  to  strike  :  on  making  no  answer  gave  them  our  broadside,  which  they 
zcturned,  and  a  smart  hit  was  kept  up  on  both  sides  about  an  hour,  when  she 
blew  up  close  alongside.  Our  boat  being  very  much  shattere(^  it  was  some 
time  before  I  could  get  her  ready  to  hoist  out,  and  I  am  sorry  to  say  1  was 
enabled  to  save  but  eight  of  the  crew,  who  informed  me  she  was  the  new 
privateer  Brilliant,  Ramo  de  Castillo,  Mister,  of  eight  guns  •>>  U)<1  twelve 
pounders  ;  had,  when  she  began  the  adion,  63  men  ;  had  sailed  from  Ponte- 
vcdra  that  morning  00  a  cruiK  5;^^  Opono,  which  I  am  happy  in  having  prt* 


GA|;ETTB    LBTTERt.  $0J 

Tented,  as  there  are  at  this  time  fifty  nil  of  Yesselt  off  that  Bar,  whp  cannot  get 
in,  owing  to  the  badness  of  the  weather. 

C9fy  •/  a  Letter  frm  VtcfAJmlrtd  L^rd  Keith,  K.  B.  Cifmmaiider  in  Chief  of  hit 
Majesty  I  Ships  and  Veueh  in  the  MeiUterranean^  to  Evan  Nepean^  £iq,  dated 
^een  Chatkttey  at  Gibraltar^  Dei.  22,  1799' 

SIR, 

In  joatice  to  the  intrepid  behaviour  of  Lieutenant  Bainbridge,  I  cannot  resist 
reporting,  for  their  Lordships'  information,  that  last  evening  an  English  cutter 
(the  Lady  Nelson^  was  seen  off  Cabreta  Point,  surrounded  by  French  privateers 
and  gun -vessels  all  firing,  f  ordered  the  boats  from  the  QM(*en  Charlotte  and 
Emerald  to  row  towards  the  enemy,  in  hopes  it  might  encourage  the  cutter  to 
resist  until  she  could  get  under  our  guns,  but  she  was  boarded  and  taken  in  tow 
by  two  of  the  French  privateers,  in  which  situation  Lieutenant  Baiobridge,  in 
the  Queen  Charlotte's  oarge,  with  sixteen  men,  ran  alo;.gside  the  cutter,  and 
after  a  sharp  conflidl,  carried  her,  taking  seven  French  officers,  and  twenty - 
seven  men,  prisoners  ;  six  or  seven  more  were  killed  or  knocked  overboard  in 
the  scuf&e  :  the  privateer  cut  the  tow  ropes,  and  made  off  close  under  the  guns 
of  Algaziras,  pursued  and  attacked  by  Lord  Cochrane,  in  the  Queen  Char- 
lotte's cutter,  which  had  by  thi«  time  got  up.  Had  not  the  darkness  of  the 
Night  prevented  the  boats  a>5king  in  concert,  all  the  privateers  would  have  been 
taken.  Lieutenant  Bainbridge  is  severely  wounded  on  the  head  by  a  stroke 
from  a  sabre,  and  slightly  in  other  places,  but  I  trust  he  is  not  in  danger. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  &c.  KEITH* 

ADMIRALTT  OrriCE,   JAN.  I4. 

Cafiysf  a  Letter  from  yiee^  Admiral  Lutvoidge^  Commamder  in  Chief  cf  hit  Majesty* i 
Ships  and  Ketulrin  the  DvamSy  ft  B¥an  Nepean^  Etf,  dated  the  iph  instant. 

FIR, 

T  beg  Ic'ive  to  inclose,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  a  letter  from  Captain 
Baker,  of  hift  Majesty's  Ship  Nemesis,  acquainting  me  with  his  having  captured 
(in  company  with  the  Sava'ge  sloop)  the  Renard  lugger  privateer,  of  fourteen 
guns  and  6s  nien  ;  and  that  the  Savage  had  re-captured  the  Atlas,  an  English 
brig,  her  prize.  I  also  enclose  a  letter  from  Mr.  Butcher,  Master  of  the  Nile 
(third)  lugger  (Lieutenant  Whitehead  being  sick  on  shore,  but  has  since  rejoined 
her),  acquainting  me  with  his  having  captured  the  privateer  mentioned  in 
Captain  Baker's  letter. 

The  Nemesis,  Savage,  and  Nile,  with  the  prizes,  have  anchored  in  the 
Downs.    1  am,  &c. 

SKEFF.  LUTWIDGE. 

t        SIB,  Nemesis,  Dovmt^  Jan.  13. 

You  will  be  pleased  to  hear  of  my  having  boarded  and  taken  the  French 
privateer  lugger  Le  Renard,  mounting  fourteen  four-ponndcrs,  two  sxN'ivels,  with 
65  men,  Jean  Jacque  Fourmintin,  Master.  She  sailed  from  Boulogne  yesterday 
morning  m  company  with  six  other  luggers,  and  had  captured  a  brie  called  the 
Atlas,  from  Lisbon,  off  Dungeness,  but  fortunately  the  Savage  was  m  company 
with  me,  and  Captain  7  hompson  quickly  complying  with  a  signal  I  made  nim, 
retook  the  said  bng,  which  1  was  obliged  to  pass  in  chace  of  the  lugger.  I  have 
also  to  inform  you,  that  soon  after  I  had  taken  possession  of  Le  Renard,  two  other 
luggc*  -were  teen  to  leeward.  We  instantly  chased  them,  and  came  up  with 
La  Modern,  a  French  privateer  lugger  that  the  Nile  hired  armed  cutter  was  in 
the  9A  of  boarding.  1  beg  therefore  to  refer  you  to  the  Master  of  her  for  any 
informaticn  you  may  require,  as  I  had  then  no  opportunity  of  questioning  him, 
my  time  being  taken  up  in  placing  the  force,  accidentally  in  company  with  me, 
in  snch  a  situation  to  retake  any  other  captures  that  might  have  been  made  from 
the  Narcissus's  convoy  as  she  passed  up  Channel. 

I  accordingly  gave  Lieutenant  Gnyon,  of  the  Union  hired  armed  cutter,  orders 
to  pest  himbelf  off  Boulogne  ;  the  Master  of  the  Nile  lugger  off  Calais  j  and 
Captain  Thorn  pM>n,  a  choice  of  either  of  those  ports  his  judgment  best  approved* 
7  he  htag  cutter  likewise  joined  me  during  the  night,  and  1  thought  prober  to 
l^iye  the  Master  of- her  difcftions  to  watch  those  ports  narrowly  tiQ  monung. 


/308  GAZETTE    LSTTKRS* 

The  two  Inggen  and  re-captured  brig  being  under  my  charge,  and  bartng,  t 
hope,  tufficientlv  provided  againct  the  enemy's  depredations,  I  thought  it  mo<>t 
prudent  to  repair  with  them  to  the  Down*,  where  I  have  the  honour  to  inform 
you  I  arrived  at  five  o'clock  this  morning. 

T.  BAKER. 

SIR,  JVi/c,  f/hirJJ  Dvwns,  Jam.  13. 

T  beg  leave  \o  inform  you  (Lieutenant  Whitehead  being  uck  on  ahore)  that 
hisMajcfty's  hired  lugger  under  my  command,  at  twelve  A.  M.  captured  Le 
Modere  French  lugger,  of  four  four-pounders,  and  4%  men,  belonging  to 
Boulogne ;  she  only  sailed  about  six  hours  previous  to  her  being  capcnred,  and 
had  not  taken  any  thing. — I  am,  &c. 

STEPHEN  BUTCHER,  Maater. 

Cc^  9f  a  LetUrfrom  Captain  D^Auvergne  Prince  of  BouiiUn^  «/*  bis  3dajeiiy^s  Skip 
BravOf  to  EvoH  Nepean^  £iq.  dated  J^rtey^  %tb  iiiit. 

•  la. 
Having  had  occasion  to  send  his  Majesty's  hired  armed  brig  Aristocrat  oo 
unmediate  service,  and  Lieutenant  D'Auvergne,  her  Commander,  having  repre- 
aented  to  me  that  he  had  very  particular  private  business  co  settle,  1  committed 
the  execution  of  the  service  to  Lieutenant  Wray,  Firxt  of  the  Bravo  :  00  hia 
return  from  the  execution  of  it  he  met  a  privateer,  of  i>t.  M aloes,  which  he 
captured.  Enclosed  I  have  the  honour  to  transmit  a  copy  of  hia  report  of  the 
circumstances  for  their  Lordships'  information. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

D'AUVERGNE  Prince  of  Bouillon. 

SIK,  Aristeeraff  Fiymotiti,  Jam,  i. 

I  have  the  pleasure  of  informing  yon,  that  alter  having  executed  your  orders, 
in  returning  to  Jersey  on  the  3cth  ultimo,  I  discovered  a  schooner  to  windward 
that  had  the  appearance  of  an  enemy :  after  a  chace  of  five  hours  took  possesnon 
of  her,  Seven  Inlands  bearing  H.  S.  £.  nine  leagues  She  is  called  L'Avanture 
French  privateer,  of  fourteen  guns,  four  and  two  pounders,  and  4a  men,  out  ten 
days  from  St.  Maloes,  without  having  captured  any  thing.  The  number  of 
ahot  I  was  obliged  to  fire  before  she  would  strike  yety  much  shattered  her  ri|^- 
ging,  and  damaged  her  gaif,  which  prevented  her  getting  to  windwwd.  A 
heavy  gale  of  wind  in  the  night  :  not  saving  the  least  prosped  of  reaching  the 
island,  i  made  the  best  of  my  way  to  this  port. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  NICH.  WRAT. 

MatraB  «/'  a   Letter  from   Captain    Edrward   Levesom    Goruer,   Comtmtamder   of  tit 
Mmjeity*i  Skip  Caztor,  'to  £vam  /^tpeam,  £iq.  dated  at  Cork  tht  y)th  of  Detewektr 

I  sailed  from  the  Tagus  on  the  itst  of  November,  with  eight  vestels  bound 
to  Oporto,  and  five  to  Kngland  ;  the  former  I  left  off  the  Bar  the  13th  ukimo, 
with  a  favourable  wind  and  tide  for  entering  that  harbour.  I  there  captured 
the  t^anto  Levirata  y  'Animas,  a  Spanish  privateer  of  two  gtmt  and  38  men. 

AnaiiRALTT  omca,  jam.  iS. 

e^py  of  a  Letter  fromt  Adaiiral  Sir  Hyde  Parker,  Knt,  Commamdtr  im  Chief  of  iis 
Majtafe  Skifii  and  Veueh  at  Jamtaica,  to  Evan  Nepeam,  £sq,  dated  am  kaaxd 
tbe  Ahergenteanyy  im  Port  £«yai  Harbour,  the  %^tb  of  OHoktr,  I799< 

SIR, 

I  have  the  honour  to  inclose,  for  the  information  of  my  Lords  CommissioBera 
of  the  Admiralty,  a  letter  from  Captain  Philpot,  Commander  of  his  Majetty's 
aloop  Echo,  stating  as  gallant  and'  daring  an  enterprise,  under  the  command  of 
Lieutenant  Napier,  of  the  said  sloop,  as  has  been  executed  by  any  one  Ofiicer  in 
the  service  during  this  war,  when  it  is  known  that  the  two  boats  employed  on 
this  service  were  manned  with  16  men  only,  Cfiicers  included  ;  and  thaj^,  from 
the  confession  of  the  Officers  of  the  brig,  they  were  in  expe^ation  of  being 
attacked,  and  bad  held  thrmsclvts  in  a  state  of  preparation  for  two  days  and 
two  nights.  Being  well  assured  there  needs  no  further  comment  from  me  to 
induce  their  Lordships  to  pay  attontioB  to  men  of  fuch  dittiogvished  merit  a« 


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Lieut    Napier  appevs  to  have  ,h^  on  such  a  hazardous  and  hold  UD4ertakiB£» 
I  ihall  implicitly  submit  it  for  their  Lordships'  consideration. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  H.  PARKER. 

BIKy  Scboj  at  Sea.  OSi.  ]8,  1 799. 

I  beg  IcATe  to  inform  you.  that  00  the  14th  invtant  (  chased  into  X^agoadille, 
the  north-west  end  of  Porto  Rico,  a  brij^.  Seeing  several  vessels  in  the  bay, 
some  of  them  loaded,  on  the  15th  I  sent  the  pinnace  and  jolly-boat^  vnder  the 
command  of  JLientenants  Napier  and  Rorie  ;  they  arrived  too  late  to  attempt 
boarding  the  vessels  at  anchor  ;  but  had  the  ^oud  fortune  to  capture  a  Spanish 
brig  from  Canana  (on  the  main),  bouad  to  Old  Spain,  laden  with  cocoa  and 
indigo,  and  having  on  board  two  four-pounders  and  43  men.  On  the  i6ch 
I  sent  the  two  boats,  under  the  com.nand  of  i  .ieut(*nant  Napier  and  Mr.  Wood 
(tlie  Boatswain),  to  cut  out  what  tiiey  could  from  the  bay.  They  arrived  at  the 
anchorage  about  two  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  were  hailed  from  the, brig  we 
chased  m ;  they  perceived  her  to  be  arm:;d,  and  on  the  loolc-out  for  them, 
moored  about  half  a  cable's  length  from  the  shore,  with  her  broadside  to  the 
lea,  proteifted  by  two  field -pieces,  one  eighteen- pounder,  and  some  smaller 
^s^n'i^t  guns,  all  placed  on  the  beach.  The  boars  did  not  hesitate,  but  boarded 
her  in  the  bow  ;  the  Frenchmen  and  Spaniards  'about  thirty  in  number,  all  upon 
deck,  with  matches  lighted  and  guns  primed,  every  way  prepared  for  ackion) 
made  the  best  of  their  way  down  the  hatchways.  By  the  time  the  cables  were 
cot,  the  guns  on  the  beach  opened  their  ire  upon  the  boau.  The  third  shot»  t 
am  sorry  to  say,  sunk  the  pinnace,  while  she  was  ahead  towing  the  jolly-boat. 
The  brig  was  several  times  hulled,  but  a  light  breese  favouring,  she  soon  got 
out  of  gun  shot.  I  have  every  reason  to  bo  pleased  with  the  condud  of  iAm- 
tenant  Napier*  and  those  under  him  :  had  I  known  what  they  had  to  contend 
with,  I  should  not  have  considered  myself  justified  in  sending  90  small  a  foree ; 
luckily  not  a  man  killed  or  wounded ;  the  only  loss  is  the  boat,  with  the  arma 
and  ammunition.  The  brig  mounts  twelve  four-pounders,  had  thirty  men  on 
boafd ;  is  a  French  letter  of  marque,  commanded  by  Citizen  Pierre  Martin, 
£nseiene  de  Vaisseau,  is  coppered,  and  a  very  fast  sailer ;  was  to  sail  in  two 
days  lot  Curacoa,  there  to  be  fitted  as  a  privateer  ;  she  is  American  built,  and 
has  a  valuable  cargo  on  board  ^  the  Captain  of  her  was  on  shore. 

I  remain,  &c.  ROBERT  PHILPOT. 

Mir  Hyde  Parker^  JT.  B.  Admiral  •fibt  BUte^  \^e,  \^e, 

Cofy  •/  atuflber  LetUr  from  Admrai  Sir  Hyde  Parker^  ta  Svan  He/eoM^  Es^, 
dsied  Fert  Royal  Harkour,  the  Ijtb  o/OSUer,  1799. 

STJt,  . 

f  herewith  transmit  yon,  for  the  information  of  the  Right  Honourable  the 
JLords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  an  account  of  armed  and  merchant 
^vessels  captured  by  the  squadron  under  my  command,  since  my  last  letun, 
^£ed  the  21st  of  July  last,  by  his  Majesty's  ship  Magicienne. 

1  have  the  honoiu:  to  be,  &c.  H.  PARKBR. 

[Here  follows  the  statement,  of  which  the  following  Is  a  samnury :— A  pri<* 
vateer  of  one,  and  another  of  two  guns,  by  the  Trent  j  ditto  of  tweWe  guns,  and 
«De  of  two,  by  the  Meleager  and  Greyhound ;  one  ditto  of  two  guns,  by  th« 
Aquilon  ;  two  ditto  of  four  guns,  one  of  two,  and  one  of  one,  by  the  Surprise  ; 
one  ditto  of  six  guns»  by  the  Stork  ;  one  ditto  of  two  guns,  by  the  Musquito  ; 
one  ditto  of  eight  guns,  by  the  Lowestoffe,  Volage,  and  Swallow  ;  and  one  ditto 
of  twelve  guns,  and  one  ditto  of  two  guns,  by  the  Echo ;  with  the  following 
merchant  vesaels  :  three  by  the  Brunswick,  two  by  the  Carnatic,  eight  by  the 
T|vnt,  six  by  the  Meleager  and  /Greyhound,  one  by  the  Aquilon,  eleven  by  the 
Surprise,  one  by  the  Acasto,  three  by  the  Storki  two  by  the  ^larm  and  Amphion, 
one  by  the  latter,  one  taken  and  destroyed  by  the  Alarm,  six  by  the  Soiebay, 
one  bv  the  ^  eleagcr,  one  by  the  Albrieno,  three  by  the  Swallow,  three  by  ditto 
and  tht  JLoweitone  and  Volage,  one  by  the  Lowestoffe,  four  by  the  Diligence, 
one  by  the  Fox,  six  by  the  Lark,  one  by  the  Muvquito,  four  by  the  Rccoveryi 
thr^  b/  the  ^cho,  three  by  the  Sparrow,  and  five  by.  the  York* 


3X0  GAKBTTB    LETTERS. 

AOMlRALTT-OPriCB,    JAW.  21. 
^•h  ^f  ^  LeHerfrwm  Sir  Hyde  Parkir^  Kmt.  CommanJer  in  Chief  •/  lit  Majeiiy*i 
Sbipj  and  VuuU  a$  Jamaica^  to  Evam  Nepean^  £sg.  dated  im  Fort  Royal  Harbour^ 
the  4tb  ef  November  1 799. 

SIR, 

I  have  a  peculiar  •atiifa<ftion  in  commanicatinff  to  you,  for  the  informitioti  of 
my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiraley,  tnat  his  Majesty's  late  ship  Her- 
<iione  is  again  restored  to  his  Navy,  by  as  daring  and  gallant  an  enterprise  as  is 
to  be  found  in  our  naval  annals,  under  the  command  •?  Captain  Hamilton  him- 
self, with  the  boats  of  the  Surprize  onlv.  Captain  Hamilton's  own  letter,  with 
the  reports  accompanying  it  .  copies  of  which  are  inclosed),  will  sufficiently  ex- 
plain to  their  Lordships  the  detail  of  this  service,  and  the  bravery  with  which 
the  attack  was  supported,  and  leaves  me  only  one  observation  to  make  on  the 
very  gallant  a<^Lon  which  adds  infinite  honour  to  Captain  Hamilton  as  an 
Officer,  for  his  conception  of  the  service  he  was  about  to  undertake.  This  was, 
Sir,  his  disposition  for  the  attack  ;  which  was,  that  a  number  of  chosen  men,  to 
the  amount  of  fifty,  with  himself,  should  board,  and  the  remainder  in  the  boats 
to  cut  the  cables  and  take  the  ship  in  tow.  J  rom  this  manceuvre  he  had  formed 
the  idea,  that  while  he  was  disputing  for  the  poiKssion  of  the  ship,  she  was 
approaching  the  Surprize,  who  was  laying  close  into  the  harbour,  and  in  case  of 
being  heat  oat  of  the  Hermione,  he  would  have  an  opportunity  of  taking  up  the 
contest  upon  more  favourable  terms.  To  the  steady  execution  of  these  orders 
was  ovt'mg  the  success  of  this  bold  and  daring  undertaking,  whidi  must  ever 
rank  among  the  foremost  of  the  many  gallant  anions  executed  by  our  Navy  this 
war.  I  find  the  Hermione  has  had  a  thorough  repair,  and  is  in  complete  order : 
I  have  therefore  ordered  her  to  be  surveyed  and  v.ilucd,  and  shall  commission  her 
as  soon  as  the  reports  are  made  to  me  from  the  Officers  of  the  yard,  by  the  name 
of  the  Retaliation.     1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c. 

H.  PARKER. 

SIX,  Surprize^  Port  Royal  Harhour^jfamaica^  Nov,  if    1 799. 

1  he  hoDOur  of  my  Country,  and  the  glory  of  the  British  Navy,  were  strong 
inducements  for  me  to  make  an  attempt  to  cut  out,  by  the  boats  of  his  Majesty** 
ship  under  my  command,  his  Majesty's  late  ship  Hermione,  from  the  harbour 
of  Porto  Cavailo,  where  there  are  about  2cO  pieces  of  cannon  mounted  on 
the  batteries.  Having  well  observed  her  situation  on  the  aad  and  23d  ultimo^ 
and  the  evening  of  the  24th  being  favourable,  I  turned  the  hands  up  to  acquaint 
the  officers  and  ship's  company  of  my  intentions  to  lead  them  to  the  attack  ; 
which  washandsomely  returned  with  three  cheers,  and  that  they  would  all  follow 
to  a  man  :  this  greatly  increased  my  hopes,  and  I  had  little  doubt  of  succeeding. 
The  boats,  containing  ico  men,  including  officers,  at  half  past  twelve  on  the 
morning  of  the  25th,  (after  having  beat  the  launch  of  the  ship,  which  carried 
a  twenty-four  pounder  and  twenty  men,  and  receiving  several  guns  and  small 
trm5  from  the  frigate}  boarded  ;  the  forecastle  was  taken  possession  of  without 
much  resistance  ;  the  quarter-deck  disputed  the  point  a  quarter  of  an  hour, 
where  a  dreadful  carnage  took  place  ;  the  main  deck  held  out  much  longer, 
and  with  equal  slaughter  ;  nor  was  it  before  both  cables  were  cut,  sail  made  en 
the  ship,  and  boats  ahead  to  tow,  that  the  main  deck  could  be  called  ours  | 
they  last  of  all  retreated  to  the  'tween  decks,  and  continued  firing  till  their 
ammunition  was  expended  ;  then,  and  not  until  then,  did  they  cry  for  quarter. 
— At  two  o'clock  the  Hermione  was  completely  ours,  being  out  of  gun-nhot  from 
the  fort,  which  had  for  some  time  kept  up  a  tolerable  good  fire.  From  the 
Captain,  L'on  Romond  de  Chalas,  1  am  informed,  she  was  neariy  ready  for 
sea,  mounting  44  guns,  with  a  ship's  company  of  321  officers  and  sailors,  56 
soldiers,  and  15  artillery- men  on  board.  Every  officer  and  man  on  this  expedition 
behaved  with  an  uncommon  degree  of  valour  and  exertion  ;  but  I  consider  it 
particularly  my  duty  to  mention  the  very  gallant  condu<!l,  as  well  as  the  aid 
and  assistance,  at  a  particular  crisis,  I  received  from  Mr.  John  M'MuUen, 
sargcon  and  volunteer,  and  Mr.  Maxwell,  gunner,  even  after  the  latter 
Wfts  dangerously  wounded.  As  the  frigate  was  the  particular  objed  of  youc 
order  of  the  17th  €»f  Septepiber,  I  have  thopght  proper  to  return  into  pori 


GAZETTE    LETTERS.  3lt 

With  her,— Enclosed  I  trammit  you  a  list  of  captures  Jurin'^  the  cruise;  ako 
two  lists  of  killed  and  wounded.— I  liave  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  &c. 

E.  HAMILTON. 

A  List  of  the  Killed  and  Wwnded  on  board  the  Spinisb  Frigate   Hermione^  laU 

bis  Majesty*!  Ship  Hermione^  tvhen  captured  by  the   Boats  of  bis  Majeufs  Sbif 

Surprize,  wider  the  Command  of  Cabtain    Edxoafd  Harnilhft,  in  Forto    CavalU^ 

08.  aj,  1799,  '''^  general  Statement  of  the  Complement  on  board,    .  , 

Prisoners  landed  at  I'qrto  Cavallo  the  same  day,  out  of  which  there  were 

97  wounded,  mostly  daneerous  .  _  -  .  aaS 

Escaped  in  the  launch,  which  was  rowing  guard  round  the  ship,  with  a 
a4-pounder  -  -  -  -  -  -    20 

Remam  prisoners,  on  board  -  -  -  -  -      j 

On  shore  on  leave,  one  Lieutenant,  one  Captain  of  Troops,  four  Pilots,  and 

one  Midshipman  -  ->  ->  -  .7 

Swam  on  shore  from  the  ship  -  -  -  -  "     ^S 

Killed  -  -  -  -  .  -  -iif 

Total  39» 

(Signed)  E.  HAMILTON. 

A  List  of  Killed  in  the  Boats  of  bis  Majesty  s  Ship  Surprize,  ia  emtting  out  a  Privateer 
Ssbooner  of  ten  Gutu,  and  two  Sloops  ^  from  the  Harbour  of  Armba,  ea  the  i^  03. 
1799. 

Mr.  John  Busey,  a^ing  Lieutenant,  killed. 

(Signed)  E.  HAMILTON,  Captam. 

A  List  of  Officers  and  Men  voounded  on  board  the  Spanish  frigate  Hermione,  on  the 
Attach  made  by  the  Boats  of  his  Majesty*  s  Ship  Surprizcyunder  the  Orders  ofCaptaia 
Hamilton^  in  the  Harbour  of  Porto  Cavallo^  the  Z$th  0£f.  1 799 

Edward  Hamilton,  Esq.  Captain,  several  contusions,  but  not  dangerous; 
Mr.  John  Maxwell,  Gunner,  dangerously  wounded  in  several  places;  John 
Lewis  Matthews,  Quarter  Master, dangerously  ;  Arthur  Reed,  Quarter  Gunner, 
dangerously;  Henry  .Vilnc,  Carpenter's  Crew,  dangerously;  Henry  Dibleen, 
Gunner's  Mate,  slightly  ;  Charles  Livingston,  able  seaman,  slightly  ;  William 
Pardy,  able  seaman,  sli^^htly;  Robert  Ball,  able  seaman,  slightly;  l*homas  Ste- 
'irenson,  able  seaman,  slightly  ;  John  Ingram,  private  marine,  slightly ;  Joseph 
Titley,  private  marine,  slightly. 

(Signed)         E.  HAMILTON,  Captain. 
(A  copy)  H.  PARKER. 

A  List  of  Vesseis  cafiured  by  hie  Majesty* s  Ship  Surprixe,  Edxvard  Hamilton^  £sf» 
Commander,  from  the  20tb  Day  of  Sept.  to  the  $Otb  Day  of  03.   1799. 

The  French  schooner  Nancy,  of  nine  men,  and  twenty-uve  tons,  from  Aux 
Cayes,  bound  to  Curacoa,  laden  with  coffee,  taken  near  Cape  de.  la  Vdla, 
Oclober  4, 1799.  ? 

The  Dutch  Schooner,  Lame  Duck,  of  ten  guns,  and  eighty  tons,  from  Aux 
Cayes,  laden  with  sundries,  cut  out  from  the  harbour  of  Aruba,  OiSluber  15, 1 79^ 

The  v^panish  schooner  La  Manuel,  of  six  men,  and  ten  tons,  from  Aux  Cayei^ 
iaden  with  plantain,  destroyed  near  Porto  Cavallo,  Oiflober  20,  1799. 

The  Spanish  frigate  Hermionc,  of  forty-four  guns,  three  hundred  and 
ninety-two  men,  and  seven  hundred  and  seventeen  tons,  from  Aux  Cayes,  cue 
•ut  £om  Porto  Cavallo,  Odober  2s»  1799- 

(Signed)        £,  HAMILTON,  Captain.  . 

ADMIKALTT  OFFICE,  |AM.  %U 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Sir  Man  Gardner,  Bart.  Admiral  of  the  BJite,  to  Evan  Nepoau^ 

Esq,  dated  Torhay,  the  l^b  inst. 
SIR, 

Enclosed  }  transmit  to  you,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commissioners 
of  the  Admiralty,  a  copy  of  a  letter  which  I  have  received  this  day,  addressed  to 
Admiral  Lord  Bridport,  from  Captain  Cooke,  of  the  Amethyst,  dated  at  sea, 
Dsccmber  14,  Z799. — 1  am,  &c 

▲.  GARDNER. 


312  CAZETTB   tETTCRS* 

» 

Amethyst,  at  Hea^  December  %^  1799*     ^^'  4^^^ 
MT  LOtO,  44  OT/V  N,  Lmig,  4^^   W. 

T  have  the  hoaovr  Co  ■cquaine  yonr  Lordship,  thit  I  this  daf  captared 
l.'ATatit«re  French  bri^  privateer,  moiintiii^  14  g^uns,  and  manned  with  75^ 
aeiit  belooging  to  L'Ortfest.    1  htt«  the  honour  to  be,  ^c.  Ac. 

JOHN  COOK.  ' 

-      ADMIRALTT-OrnCE,   JAW.    IJ, 
Extra^  tf  a  Letter  /rem  Captain  P^utentine  EJwsrJt^   CommmuUr  »f  hif-ji>€ajtdy'9 
Ship  the  Sceptre,  ti  Rvan  Nepean^  £  q.  dated  "T^le  Ba^  Ca^e  •/  Qo^d  Hepe^  tht 
%cth  O^oicr,  1799. 

On  n\j  pasnage  I  made  the  island  of  Roff eriqnc,  where  I  diicovcFcd  a  Mil ; 
on  our  coming  «p  with  her  »he  run  among  the  roclc^  and  hoisted  French  colourtt 
I  immediately  hoisted  out  the  boats,  and  v^-nt  them  manned  and  armed  to  take 
possession  of  her,  which,  tiftcr  a  defence  of  about  half  an  hour,  they  accom* 
plished,  without  any  loss  or  damage.     She  prnv::d  to  be  L 'Eclair  French 

frivateer  brig,  from  the  Maut^tiuit,  of  ii  guns,  twelve  and  six^poundersy  and 
3  men.  She  had  been  cn.'sing  on  the  coa-jt  of  Brazil;  the  situation  the  was 
placed  in  rend(^red  it  impo^^iblc  to  get  her  out  that  evening,  I  therefore  judged 
jt  most  prudent  to  destroy  her,  rather  than  delay  the  convoy  till  the  morutng* 
and  gave  diredlion's  to  that  efTe^,  and 'saw  her  burnt  down  to  the  water's  edge 
before  T  made  sail.  This  service  was  executed  by  Mr.  Tucker,  the  SecoB4 
I  lieutenant  of  the  5ceptre,  whose  cotidu6l  ou  chii  occasion  merits  my  warmett 

thanks. 

f 

■  ASiuJKALTr-orricc,  rav.  i. 

Ca^  of  a  Ltihr  frmt  Captain  R»hrt  Larfan,  Commander  of  hit   Majedft  SLif 
Camitla^  f#  £vaie  Nepean^  Esq.  daiei 0^ Uirvre ^  the  ^Ztb  ultimo, 

siRt 
I  beg  leaire  to  inform  yon,  fertile  informaflon  of  mv  I  ords  Commissioners  of 
the  A^iralry,  that  yesttrday  evening  I  captured  the  L^  Vigourcux  French 
^SK^  privateer,  of  three  guns  and  26  men,  belonging  to  Cherbourg  {  ou( 
nineteen  days;  h.1d  not  taken  any  thin";. — I  havs  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

R.1.ARKAN. 

AnMiaAi,TT-o:rricc,  pe«.4. 
Copy  •/  a  LeHarfiram  Vkt- Admiral  Sir  TIf&mas  Pastey,  Part.  Ctmrnattdtr  in  Onef^^ 
his  Moftttj*  Shipi  and  f^euelt  ai  Piymoutby  to  BvaH  M/  m»,  £ij.  dated  the  ist 
insiaeifi 

Inclo•edH%lMte^'wh?eh!fecHved•f^om  Captain  Barthololncw,orthcHavicJ;, 
together  wiek  »  paper  eoniaining  a  particular  account  of  the  vessels  mentioned 
•n  the  said  letter.— I  am,  3cc 

T.  PASJuBY. 

't*»  Haviekt  at  Sea t  Jan,  2^ 

I  have  tbrplMsyrrto  infonti.^yo«,  yesterday  m(im*ffj»  Ctptiiin  Wittinan,  of 
the  SuflUoQ^e,  mii<Ve  the.aigntl  tA.<^ase  tionh^affl-;  nKd  soon  tfter  discovered 
a  ship,  lugger,  and  cutter,  steering  to  the  S.  E.  At  two  P.  M.  I  recaptniird  the 
American  ship  ^^trafFtrd,  from  BaltifOore  bound  to  i-sotidbir,  mounting  f6  guns. 
She  was  taken  by  tht  lugger  and  cutter  tibove-roention^d  ;  her  carro  ^orth  from 
30  to  40,0901  pounds,  At  half  pa««  two  1  had  the  plcaiiire  o£  seeing  tb«  logger, 
ftrike  to  the  Sulfisante ;  and  I  |i«vc  every  j'cnspti  to  beiicw^ikdm' the  Saflbantt'* 
cxcelUat  sailings  that  the  cutte^ i#  iva)v  ia  Captiin  Wittnian*s  possession. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  P.  B.VRl'HOLOMEW. 

J?«r<j^/r<V-—?trafford,  from  Baltimore  bQUfid  to  Ij4mdon,  laden  wadrtabacco» 
«c.     Wnrtliin^on  and  '1  roap»  />wnerj. 

The  two  privateers  sailed  tojrcthcr  from  '  t.  MaloAs,  the  c6th  Jaflnary. 

Tahen — Le  Coufageux  lugger,  of  four  four-pound  guAs,  and  one  eighteen* 
pound  carronadp,  and  4!  men. 

l.e  Grand. Quinqla  cutter,  of  eight  pound  bn*s.carron94p«  (ovtt  two-povnd 
brast  ^tii.,  t\vo  two-pound  iron  guhs,  swivels,  aud  46  men. 


6AZBTTB    LBTTBRSi  ^ij 

ft 

AOMIBALTT  orfKI,   rSB.  Si 

MxhroB^a  tdUrfrm  Aimir^  Sir  Hydt  ^arker^  Kmt.  CtHnkatJir  In  Cl'ufoftu 
Ma}es^*t  Sbipt  and  Kauh  at  yamaica^  to  Mvati  Nifean^  Esf.  Setrttary  of  tbt 
AdM^rulty^  datoiin  Port  Royal  Sarbour^  DtitmUr  1,  1799. 

Iron  wiU  be  pleased  to  commviiicate  to  my  Lords  ComniisMOOers  of  cKe 
Adminlty,  that  nis  Majesty's  ship  Calypso  arriyed  here  the  »ist  of  latt  month, 
With  a  part  of  the  English  and  Cork  convoyS)  whidh  had  been  dispersed  by  a 
Spanish  squadron  off  the  Mona  passage.  On  the  %^\  ult.  his  Majesty^^  ship 
Crescent  arrived  with  the  remainder  of  the  convoy,  the  General  Goddard  store 
•hip  only  excepted.  Captain  Lobb's  conduift  on  this  occasion  (as  their  Lordshi|ta 
will  perceive  oy  the  cojfy  of  his  letter  inclosed)  was  that  of  a  judicious  officer. 

fliRy  CresceMt,  Pprt  Royaiy  Nmt.  sa,  179^. 

I  am.  exceeding  sorry  to  acquaint  yon,  that  on  the  dawn  of  the  15th  instant^ 
the  S.  W.  end  of  Porto  Rico  bearing  N.  E.  ten  or  twelve  leagues,  we  unfortu- 
nately fell  in  with  a  squadron  belonging  to  the  enemy,  consisting  of  a  line  of 
battle  ship,  frigate,  and  corvette.  As  the  two  former  were  dire^y  ih  our  course 
on  the  larboard  tack,  I  made  the  convoy*s  signal  to  haul  to  the  wind  on  the 
fltarbooffd  tack,  made  sail  to  reconnoitre  them,  and  on  joining  the  Calypso, 
which  had  pre-viously  chased,  perfe^ly  coincided  with  Captain  Salter  that  they 
were  enemies,  and  made  signals  to  the  convoys  for  that  purpose*  'I'he  line  of 
bottle  ship  and  frigate  keeping  close  together,  I  was  in  great  hopes  of  drawing 
them  frm  the  convoy,  by  keeping  within  random  shot  to  windward, 
and  bore  up  for  that  pnrpose,  making  the  Calypso's  s^nal  to  chase  N.  W. 
the  diredion  the  body  of  the  convoy  was  then  in :  at  nine  the  enemy  tacked« 
and  I  was  under  the  necessity  of  making  the  signal  to  disperse.  The  Calypso 
bore  vp  for  that  part  of  the  convoy  that  were  rnnning  to  leeward.  I'he 
corvette,  which  had  been  seen  some  time  before,  was  standmg  for  the  ships  that 
had  kept  their  wind ;  I  immediately  made  sail  to  relieve  them,  and  had  the  good 
fortune  to  capture  her.  The  enemy  were  previously  chasing  the  ships  to  lce« 
ward,  and  I  was  happy  to  observe  them  haul  their  wind,I  suppoae,  on  perceiving 
the  situation  of  the  corvette;  but  this,  at  well  as  their  other  manoeuvres  during 
the  course  of  the  day,  appeared  so  very  undetermined,  that  they  did  not  t;^e 

*  the  necessary  steps  to  fcwent  oor  taking  possession  of  her ;  nor  had  th^y 
brought  to  any  of  the  convoy  at  dark,  notwithstanding  they  had  been  near  thepi 
for  twelve  hours ;  and  their  situation  was  such  as  to  give  mc  sanguine  hopes 

•  not  any  have  been  captured.  The  squadron  proved  to  be  Spanish,  from  I'-tt 
Domingo,  bound  to  uie  HavannjJi,  conasting  of  the  Asia,  of -64  guns,  and  ;^<o 
men.  Commodore  Don  Francisco  Montes;  Amphitrite,  of  44  guns,  and  360 
men,  Captain  Don  Dieeo  ViUagomex  ;  Galgo,  of  16  guns,  and  100  men,  Captaia 
Don  Jose  de  Arias  --^  have  the  honour  to  be,  && 

W.  G.  LOEB. 
Sir  Hyde  Parhr^  Kmt.  Aimh-ii  of  tbt  BImi,  &*«.  \2ft  t0V. 

Ctpy  rfa  Jutter  from  AJmral  MiUanb*^  Commamdtr  ht  Cbi^  rfhts  Mmjetty^i  SLift 
amd  FesuUfii  PvrtmoMth^  t9  Mwm  i^«/i«i,  £sq.  datsd  tbo  Jib  imttasd. 

6  la, 

I  bes  yott  to  lay  before  my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  the 
■  Sndosed  letter  which  I  have  received  from  Captain  Rogers,  of  the  Mercury, 
givine  no  account  of  his  having  captured  the  French  brig  privateer  L'£gyptiennef 
which  hat  lately  dona  considerable  miscldcf  in  the  Channel 

1  am«  Sir,  ate  &c.  M.  MILBaNKE, 

aim,  Mertmry^  S^tbead,  Fob,  6. 

I  b^to  acquaint  vqu,  that  on  the  ^4^  of  Jannary,  cruising  agreeably  to  your 
orders,  1  rea^ptured  (Sciliy  bearing  M.  by  c.  twmty-eight  leagues)  the  ship 

-  Atmvrell,  of  Whitby,  from  Quebec,  bound  to  London,  with  a  valuable  caigo ; 

-  she  had  been  taken  fifteen  days  before  in  lat.  49  ^cg.  Jo  min.  N  long.  13  deg« 
30  min.  W.  by  L*Arriege,  French  privateer,  bclonjrjng  to  Eourdeaux:     »  have 

'  also  to  acquaint  joili  that  jCMerday  morning,  returning  to  Spitbead,  X  captured. 


Jt4  GA2ITTB   LSTTtRS. 

•ffthe  Ttle  of  Wight,  L*Hgypticnii<  FrcDch  brig  priYateef,  moitiiting;  ij  br»i 

funs,  and  manned  with  66  men.  She  is  a  neW  vessel,  and  saildl  Irom  Chtf- 
our^  the  evcnJn^  before,  and  was  dose  in  with  Peverel  Point  when  £tcotra^ 
by  the  Mercury,  hKikloe  tmt  for  yesscls  gping  in  at  the  Ifeedlet  s  Ac  had  liow* 
ever  taken  nothing  —1  have  the  honour  to  he,  See. 

THOMAS  ROGERft. 

P.  S.  T  should  mention  that  the  privateer,  when  f(he  Mercury  ^ot  cloie  up 
with  her,  very  wantonly,  when  in  the  aA  of  liaulinff  down  her  colours,  (li6t 
having  fired  a  chot  before),  discharged  her  musketry  into  ut,  by  which  one  of 
my  people  wfis  i^hot  in  the  body,  but  the  wound  is  not  mortal. 

AdmirtU  Jidilhanh. 


ExiraS  9/m  Letter  frmm  Admiral  Lmrd  Fisewni  Diauetm^  CemmmJer  im  Chief  ef  hie 
Majesty  s  Shift  eu»J  Vetuit  im  the  Hwrtb  Sem,  to  £vM  Nt^ema^  JSef.  tUted  at 
TarmoMth,  the  yth  i,fiit4uit. 

By  Lieutenant  O'Nciri  ktitcr  th«ir  Lordships  will  see  he  ham  captnred  a  amall 
Dutch  privateer  ;  and,  as  the  Cobourg  is  in  want  of  ordnance  stores,  which  ue 
not  to  be  bad  here,  shall  kc  her  go  to  the  Nore  for  a  nippiy* 

MmreMde  Cehe^  Hirri  Armed  Brlg^ 
VT  LOa  B,  Tarmmib  Jteadt^  Feh.  y. 

I  beg  to  inform  yon,  that  cruising  to  elfcd  the  purport  of  yott  Lordship's 
order  of  thfe^  iSrh  iilt.  •m  the  lU  mtaot*.the  Tend  inaight,  beanng  ^nth, 
observing  a  custer  to  windifvd  itanding  for  us,  which,  from  her  aigmals  and 
Riovrmcnts,  we  presumed  to  be  an  enemy,  we  pra^tsed  several  neceoswy 
-deceptions  to  decoy  iier  nearly  .into  o«r  waket  when,  oo  tacking,  and  giving 
her  a  few  guns,  the  lowered  her  sails  down,  and  was  taken  possesion  of ; 
proves  to  be  the  Flush inger  Dutch  privateer,  cocnmanded  by  Mynheer  Vsli 
C,  G.  Hamendel,  mounting  four  two-founders,  and  28  men,  out  from  Helvoct 
Ihrce  days,  and  had  not  captured  any  tiling « 

1  have  the  huQour  to  be,  &c. 
Admi,^  Lord  VuHcoM.  TKRCNCE  O'lfElL. 

ADM laALTt  OFtlCt,  FIS.  rS. 

Co^  ef  a  Letter  from  Captaia  JoshuM  Sydney  ffertem^  Cowmmeier  of  his  Majexife 

SUofi  Fairy t  to  £vam  NefeaHf  Btq*  dated  FiymoMth  Seuud^  the  ^th  iaetemt* 

.      SIR, 

Finding  his  Majesty's  ship  La  Loire  has  not  inived  at  this  port  wkh  the  Palks 
Kitional  frigate,  buviog  sent  a  duplicate  of  my  proceedings  by  Captain  Newman, 
]  conceive  it  my  duty  to  forward  you  another  for  the  information  «f  my  Lords 
Commissaoners  o^  th«  Admiralty,  with  the  additi<Uial  satlsfadion  of  iDtonniqg 

Jou.  that  the  1- alias  was  captttfed  close  in  with  the  8even  Islands,  by  La  I..oirt, 
Laillcur,  Harp)-,  Danar,  and  Fairy.  Having  been  joined  in  the  night  of  the 
6th,  at  nine  o'clock,  by  La  Loire,  I  desisted  giving  further  partitukrt,  con- 
chniiAg  Captain  Kewman  would  state  the  further  pcococdings  of  the  Fairy  and 
Hurny.  The  badness  pf  the  weather  obliged  mt  to  put  in  keru,  uy  standing 
V'g^^^)'^*  being  niach  ait.    I  am  antiava  to  m9*  tae  ^Mt« 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  J.  S.  HORTON. 

sra,  *    His  Majesty' t  Slo0^  Fairy,  5th  Fd.  i8ca 

'^   Incompna&tfe  'with  your  order  of  the   3d  instant,  4is  Majesty's  sloop 
•  I^arpy  in  conipcfny,  having  weighed  from  St,  Aubin's  Bay  at  six  A.  M.  I  pro- 
ceeded to  reconnoitre  St.  M aloes,  and  at  half  past  eleven,  Cape  Frehvl  beurifig 
S.  k.  five  or  six  miles,  1  discovertd  a  large  ship  running  donyn  close  along  shoi  e  to 
the  westward,  which  1  very  soon  made  out  to  be  a  large  frigate,  and  as  she  did 
sot  answer  the  i^rivatesignid,  i  concluded  she  was  -an  cuomy^;  but  being  so  sloae 
in  shore,  1  saw  theie  wa«  no  chance  of  bringing  her  to  action  ;,  1  therefore 
judged  it  necessary  to  lacici  with  the  hopes  of  decoying  her  out  from  the  Uud, 
v^hich  fuliy  answered  my  witches,  as  »lie  immediately  gave  chace  to  us.     At 
'  one  o'clock,  the  Harpy  having  formed  close   under  my  ittiu,  the   eiiemy 
«rffivvd  within  pistol  shot,  when  a  close  adiou  commenced,  and  continued  till 
a  quiirtcr  before  three,'  when  the  enemy  made  ail  suilfn^rh  ul    As  soon  as  the 
damages  the  Fftiry  and  Hatpy  had  suit^ncd  in  the  rigging  (Whfth  Was^Vcry 


OAZITTB   LBTTllff  JIS 

capndcTabte)  were  repaired,  we  made  aU  sail  in  pjirsnit  of  her;  at  four  olclock 
three  ftrange  sails  were  discovered  from  the  mast-head  to  the  northward,  which' 
Yjttdji^d  to  be  a  sq^uadron  of  English  frigates,  to  whom  1  iqade  the  signal  for  aiil 
enem;,  and  at  nine  were  joined  by  His  Majesty's  ships  I.a  Loire,  Danae,  and 
Hailleur,  in  the  chace.  I  must  now  beg  leave  to  acknowledge  the  very  able 
^sistance  and  support  f  received  from  Captain  -Bazefy  in  the  Harpyj  who 
speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  the  condo6t  of  his  officers  and  ship's  company, 
and  ^  cannot  conclude  without  expressing,  in  the  most  particular  manner,  the 
exertions  and  eood  conduct  of  the  oiRcers  and  diip's  company  under  my  com- 
mand, and  witnout  any  disparagement  to  the  rest  of  the  officers,  I  trust  I  may 
be  allowed  to  mention  Mr,  Smith  (First  Lieutenant  of  the  Fairy)  as  a  very 
aiftive  good  officer.    Annexed  h  a  return  of  the  killed  Mid  wdunded. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  ^c.         .      J.  S.  HORTON. 
Captain  D*Aw9er^  ( Printe 9/ BouiUon ) ^  Stn'wr  Officir  at  Jertey. 

Fairy — Four  seamen  killed  ;  Captain  Horton  slightly  wounded ;  Mr.  Hughes, 
Purser,  broken  arm  j  atx  seaoif li,  four  badly,  and  one  report^ .  since  iast 
!^vcning. 

H^rpyw—One  seaman  killed  *,  three  seaaacn  wounded. 

P.  S.  I  have  the  satisfa<^on  to  inform  you,  that  his  Majesty's  ^ip  Danae^ 
four  or  five  miles  to  N.  W.  captured  one  of  the  enemy's  cutters  this  morning 
(Feb.  6.>  ' 

Cs^  rfa  LHtefifrtm  Captain  yamei  Nivmam^  Cvnmander  $f  bis  Ji^ajtxtyi  Shif 
Isa  Lairfp  to  Esian  Neptan^  Msq.  dateid  at  Sea,  tb*  $tb  biMaat. 

SLft, 

I  have  the  honout  to  acquaint  their  Lordships  of  the  c9pture  of  the  Frendi 
K*tional  friguie  La  Pallas,  Citizen  Jacque  Epion,  Commander,  by  his  Majesty '# 
ship  under  my  command,  after  a  close  a<^lion  of  two  hours  and  ten  minutes,  close 
in  shore  under  Seven  Islands,  where  she  was  supported  by  a  battery.   I  was  most . 

Sallantly  and  ably  seconded  by  Captain  Turquand,  of  his  Majesty's  sloop 
^aiJlcur  ;  ai)d  to  the  Captains  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Danae,  and  Faicv  and  Harpy 
•loops,  i  feel  indebted  for  their  every  exertion  to  come  up  \vith  the  chacr. 
1  caimot  tpo  much  applaud  the  condud  of  the  o0i<;<rs.and  crew  under  my  com^ 
maod^aa^eU  as  LieiutffffAnt  Kxieuluen  of  the  Russian  Navy  ;.  and  though^  I  wish 
not  t9  pai^^cttlarise,  I  cannot  let  this  opportunity  escape  of  recommending  my 
First  Lieutenant  (Mr.  Raynor)  to  their  Lordships*  notice,  as  an  officer  whose 
sendee^  I  have  witnes^d  on  other  trying  occasions.  The  ^'allas  is  a  new 
frigate,  never  at  sea  before,  mounting  42  guus,  eighteen,  nine,  and  thirty  six 
pounders,  was  bound  to  Brest,  vi^uailed  for  five  months,  and  had.  350  men  on 
Doard.    I  in^o^  a  114  of  kUled  and  wounded,  and  am.  Sir,  &c.  Jcc.  8i.c. 

JAMES  "NEWMAN  NEWMAN. 

Mia»/  KiOed^mlW^mdtiuLiMtrdkh  Majnty's  Sbip  ZaLanl  ia  tU  Aaioa  vM 

l^J^aJiat, 

Tw(>-8ean«n  kdfed}  4iree  Miflshipmen,  sixteen  seamen  (one  of  whom  is 
since  defid  of  hit  wounds)*'  *a4  one  iliarine,  wounded. 

Names  of  the  Mkhhtptfitii  wounded.^ Watkins  Oliver  P$U,  Fraocit  Williatfn 
£ve%,  ]o4ui  Allen  Medway.   •  - 

(Stgsed)  JAMES  NEWMAN  NEWMAN. 

A  J^ia  qf  the  Kiflti  and  wounded  m  hirrd  bit  Afafesty^s  "Shtp  jR/AUmt^  undtr  my 
CetKmaifdt  ih  ACH«»  wtb  the  frtneb  Frlgait  Jta-PaiUt^  at  tbt[  6tb,  of  ftbmuury 
1S60.       •  ' 

XilUd-^Mt,  Willifun  Protbersi  Midshipffian ;  Alexander  Ferguson, -Ounner'a 
Mate. 

jra«i9(W^Robert  Priog,  Yeoman  of  the  Sheets :  WiiUam  Wilde,  priTtte 
marine ;  Johu  M^MuUio,  boy  ;  Benjamin  09)son,  ordinary  seaman.  ' 

(Signed)  W.  TURQTTANDi  Captain. 

Sntraa  tfa  JLdttrfrm  Qaftain  tViiliam  Stwtn,  Cmmmander  9/ bis  Majeity^i  Slip 
Paroiintf  tP  £vaM  Neptmiy  JStf.  ditedat  Sea  tbe  lith  vit. 

I  have  the  pleawrQto  acquaincyou,  for  the  infi)xmation  of  their  Lordships^ 
that  on  tbe  jjfth  ios^at,  in  lati  37  itg,  45  tniii.  loQg>  i^  deg.  ft  min.  W.  I  ]j>er- 


jli  eAZlTTB    LKTTt&l* 

ceived  t  vmmI,  which  ittipediog  to  be  a  cruiKr,  I  chudl,  and  by  eight  ta  the 
cveoiog,  being  alongside,  uie  •truck  without  firing  a  gun.  She  proret  to  be  Le 
Vulture,  a  French  privatoer  thip  of  Nanta»  out  thirtf-eight  days,  commanded  by 
Citizen  I'azik  Ang.  £no  Laray.  she  is  a  remarlLably  last  sailer,  pierced  for 
twenty-two  gunit  and  mounting  four  twclve-poundera,  two  thirty-six  poun4 
carronades,  brass,  sixteen  six-poundcfs,  iron,  two  of  which  she  threw  orerboard 
during  the  chace ;  had  on  board,  when  captured,  137  men.  On  my  first  teetpg 
her,  she  was  in  the  aA  of  bearine  down  on  the  brig  Flora  of  London,and  a  shipt 
the  name  I  did  not  learn,  both  of  which  in  less  than  an  hour  must  ioevitably  have 
lallen  ;  but,  thus  dellmed,  proceeded  on  their  voyage. 

ADMIRALTY-OmCl,   FKB.  la. 

€i«/jr  •/  a  LiUtrfrum  LinUnatt$  Prmtms  Goddpbin  Bp/uI,  ^mmanJitig  ki*  MaJeOy'i 
Gum  Fiuel  Ntiity,  U  Evan  Ntftam,  £/f .  dated  ai  IMh—  the  iZth  •fJoMuary, 

By  the  inclosed  copy  of  a  letter  to  1  ord  Keith,  which  1  have  the  hmioiir  to 
transmit  to  you  for  tm  information  of  my  Lards  Conmi«iooers  of  the  Admi- 
ralty, it  will  be  seen  that  his  MA}e5ty*s  schooner  under  my  command  has  been, 
during  her  last  cruise,  ratbcr  successful ;  but  a  long  continuation  of  tempestuous 
Weather  nibje«!}ed  the  vessels  which  I  had  the  go(^  fortune  to  intercept,  to  the 
Mfue  hazard  eapencnced  by  all  the  trade  on  this  coasL 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  kc  F.  G.  BOND* 

MY  LotD,  Mffgp,  Z/^M,  Jam,  a8« 

On  the  4th  of  last  month,  I  had  the  honour  of  tmumitting  to  you,fi'om  the 
Tagux,  copies  of  two  orders,  the  one  ham  Rear-Admiral  Buckworth,  and  th« 
orh^r  from  Captain  Blnckwoud,  with  aa  account  of  the  ca|Kurea  made  by  hia 
Majesty's  schooner  under  mr  command,  daring  her  last  cniise.  Hard  gales  of 
wind  prevented  our  sailing  hence  till  the  lIti^  and  on  the  %%d,  off  Viana,  we 
capttircd  f/Esperance  Fr«'m:h  lurger  privateer,  piereed  for  twelve,  but  having 
only  five  guns,  with  36  men,  formerly  a  privateer  helooging  to  Guernsey. 
Havinj;  the  next  day  spoke  the  St.  Fiorenso,  m  the  tteighbovrhood  of  Oporto,  t 
wa?  informed  by  Sir  Harry  Neate  of  the  dispersion  of  three  eonvoys  on  the  coast. 
and  the  ob<»tacIe8  that  had  opposed  their  entry  into  the  Douro  for  more  than 
twenty  daya,  from  considerable  freshet,  frtquent  calms,  and  adverse  winds. 
As  the  weather  was  now  favourable  for  the  arrival  of  vessels  from  the  8.  W. 
and  I  ooncuived  no  time  should  be  lost  in  endeavouring  to  intercept  the  enemy'a 
captures  bound  to  Vigo,  I  accordingly  stood  for  the  entrance  of  that  bay,  and 
c^n  the  momipg  of  the  ft4th»  retook  the  Hamburgh  brig^  Catharina,  fratt  Oporto, 
bound  CO  Limerick,  laden  with  wine  and  fruit.  At  night,  after  a  smart  chace, 
we'cafne  up  with  a  smalbFpanhh  lugger  privatoer,  called  Felicidad,  of  two 
guns,  eight  Swivels,  -and  »a  men ;  and,  before  tho  primotrs  weieall  thifted,  at 
midnight,  another  privateer  and  herrtise  hove  in  tight.  We  were  enabled,  at 
cne  A.  ^I.  (the  i$th)  to  come  up  with  the  hitter,  the  Duchcasof  OiafdoD,  a  bark, 
from  Newfoundland  to  Oporto,  with  J, Ho  quintals  of  aaltlish.  By  ten  o'clock 
th^  morniiig,  after  a  short  chace,  we  brought  to  the  ^t.  Antonio  y  Animas, 

'  alias  La  Aurora,  Spanish  schooner  privateer,  of  six  guna,  and  46  men» 
and  her  prife,  the  VenuK,  from  London,  with  shot,  Ind,  tin,  staves,  ■&& 
for  Oporto.    On  the  ^7th,  I  made  three  more  recapturea,  vii.  an  English  bri|r, 

'  called  the  Com^ierce,  laden  with  salt  fish  ;  a  Swedish  brig  from  btbckhohn 
to  Viana,  with  iron  and  deals,  taken  by  a  French  lugger  ;  and  a  Portuguese 
schooner  with  Milt.  On  the  evening  oftlie  18th,  the  weather  began  to  threaten, 
i^ith  strong  winds  to  the  southward.  Our  recapture  remained  with  me  till 
the  8th  of  January,  when  our  vicinity  to  the  shore,  and  a  heavy  sea,  obliged 

.  81^  tp  carry  tail  and  abandon  to  herself  the  Commerce,  that  vras  destitoto 
even  of  one  sail  to  shift,  and  thof>e  bent  were  in  the  worst  condition.  Having 
the  foUowiog  day  spoke  the  IVojao  West  lodiaman,  with  the  loss  of  her  main- 
top-mast, cross  jii:k-yard,  and  mo^  of  her  sails,  now  bound  to  Lisbon  to  refit, 
but  separated  with  many  others  in  the  rcccut  gales  from  the  outward-bound 
convoy,  I  continued  to  attend  i>cr  till  tiic  ^lbt,  in  ajmo^  a  continual  storm,  and 
on  the  a7th  h<ul  tlie  pleasure  to  vcc  her  safe  into  this  port.  It  is^  hovcver,  wi^ 
.lutt^  sorrow,  I  have  tp  iic^uaint  your  LorUship  \vith  L^e  loss  6i  most  of  ou^ 


CilFTTE   ISTTERS.  317 

^tiftcs  and  leveral  of  our  crew.  Of  the  Duchess  of  Gordon,  vrhlch  was  wrecked 
ttcar  Lisbon,  only  one  person  was  saved,  the  pilot  of  the  Nctlcy  beinr  of  the 
fiumber  who  perished.  The  fate  of  the  others  is  anticipated,  though  it  is  known 
that  two  brigs  are  arrived  safe  ;  and  two  others  took  refuge  in  Vigo.  The 
f  rench  lugger  was  stranded  in  attempting  the  bar  of  Vfana,  hut  1  am  happj  til 
hear  her  crew  were  •av'ed.— I  have  the  honour  to  be,  my  Lord,  &6. 

F.  G  BOND     * 
^  %i#  ^0«.  Z»rJ  I^Mt  K.  S.  rice- Admf rat  pf  lit  Rei^  CSff.  lie.  Isfe.         *    , 

ADMItALTr  OPPICB,  rSB.  25. 

Cfy  of  a  Later  from  AJmiral  MilhattJke,  Commandmr  U  Ch'ufufhii  Mgjaty\  SUft 
.    md  VtutU  mt  PortsamUbf  to  £wHt  Ntpeam^  Esq.  dattdtbe  zai  uu/4m/. 

•». 
Inclosed  I  bef  leave  to  transmit  to  70^,  for  the  iolbniiatioft  of  my  Lohit 
Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  a  letter  I  have  this  day  received  from  Captain 
Riou,  of  the  Amasoti,  acquainting  me  with  his  having  captured  the  Bougain* 
Vnie  French  privateer  on  the  14th  instant,  on  hit  retwn  from  Cork  to  this 

inehorage,  and  of  the  loss  of  her  on  theibllowing  evening.  

I  am.  Sir,  &e.  M.  MILBANKH.    - 

SIK»  JTZr  M^tjt  Shi^  AMta*9Hr  SpHbead^  Feh.  2t. 

I  am  to  acquaint  you,  t*hat  his  Majesty's  viip  under  my  comniand  sailed  from' 
Cqfkb«rbQur  on  the  12th  instint,  and  on  the  14th  captured  thp  SongunviUe.  n 
French  privateer  of  St.  Malo,  commanded  by  Pierre' D upon t,  mounting  18  six*' 
pounders,  and  carrying  Z%  men  ;  but  I  am  sorry  to  add,  that  on  th^  foUowtnr 
Cfening,  as  the  Amaion  was  brought  to-to  40Uftd,  theBou^pawille  ran  on  board 
us  at  the  rate  of  nine  knots,  and  rebounded  off  with  the  ammediatc  loss  of  ^er 
(ore  and  main  masts,  and  wich  so  mncb  injury  to  her  JniU,  that  there  was  an 
instantaneous  alarm  of  sinking.  ?t  wainoi  without  some  risk,  as.  the  night  wat 
dark,  the  sea  rough,  and  the  wind  Ugh,  that  the  boats  were  hoisted  out  of  the 
Amaxott,  and  «tt  the  men«ived  cxteptiog one*  -The  Bougainville^  I  am  told^ 
was  at  this  thne  going  down  by  the  stem,  the  water  within  board  being  abort 
the  afrerpart  of  the  f^-deek.  The  injury  done  to  the  Amazon  was  nothing 
more  tha^  the'etutymg  sway  the  spritsail,  yard,  and  bumkin. 

'  I  have  the  honour  to  be.  Sir,  &c«  £.  StlOlL 

MxtraS  of  m  tetter  from  Cafta^  jyAttverpu  (Pritue  of  BmnUom)^  CommanAr 
of  Us  MajeOyU  Ship  Brow,  «s  Svaa  Jfrpeeut^  Sif*  dMatat  Jersey  ^  «6ff  20tf  ft  A' 

I  have  the  honour  to  transmit  you  herewith,  for  their  Lordshipi*  thformation, 
LieuteiiaBt  P'Auvergoe's  report  to  me  of  his  having  yesterday  captured,  in  the 
Aristocrat  brig>  under  his  command,  one  of  the  French  guh-boats. 

sm,  Of  Cm^  FroM^  hit  Majotty's  Hired  Amfd  Bog  Arutocrat^  F4. 19. 
On  my  way  to  oiocttte  yow  order  of  yesterday's  dsitc^  1  felf  in  this  morning 
and  captured,  after  an  hour*^  chacf,  a  French  gun-vessel.  No-  57,  mounting  an 
frDD  aiif-pottnder  in  her  bow,  with  a  number  of  small  arms,  &c,  conunanded  by 
Le  CIteyen  RonShnd,  H&seigne  de  Vaiaseau,  from  the  river  Fegu^,bounf]  to 
St.  Maloes^  out  twenty-four  hours.  Several  of  her  crew  and  passengers  made 
thefa'  escape  in  the  boat  before  she  struck,  and  one  was  drowned  in  atttffhpting 
'to  swim  on  shores  Cape  Frehel  bore  south  half  a  mile  from  us,  when  the  above 
brought  to  and  stmck.-^  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &.C. 

C.  J.  D*AU  V£ROH£,  Lieutenant  and  Convnandant. 

^Ph  ^f  "  ^^'^  fi^^  CiffMm  Peter  HaUttt^  Commamfer  of  hit  Mt^esif*  Ship 
ApoUo,  to  Evan  f^epean^  Mjq.  dtgtd  Madmrmf  hetmriag  N-  W^  .1^  Lo^mu^ 
%$tb  January. 

sia, 

On  the  ilth  instant,  in  latitude  43  deg.  a^min.  N«  longitude  11  deg*  W.  a 
ship,  of  very  suspicious  appearance  was  discovered  at  a  great  distance  from  ^ 
convoy.  U  he  weather  at  the  time  being  eitremcly  haey,  after  a  chace  of  four 
hoars,  we  got  within  shot  of  her,  when  she  brought  to  and  surrendered;  u^ 
found  her  to  be  the  Aouilla  Spanish  ship  of  war,  pierced  foraa  guns  on  t|)e 
m^in  .deck,  but  having  only  four  mounted,  commanded  by  Don  Mariano  Merino, 
|com  Bu^os  Ayres|  boiud  to  Conmaa  with  ^  cargo.    At  day«>hreak  on  tl^B 


Jit  GiZETTt   LtXTIlS* 

9(t]i  iuiunc*  wh«o  praweduig  on  our  Toirvg^  a  «m  vts  moi  ft-hnd  i  on  qoc 
^pproachiog  her,  iht  altered  her  Qoiirsoi  aad  eodcAToaccd  to  avoid  o«  ;  after  «. 
iicry  short  cbace  we  came  up  with  aod  recaptured  her  ;  she  U  the  Lady  Hare> 
wood,  a  ship  that  parted  from  the  convoy  on  iHe  ist  iaatant,  at  the  coaimence-* 
mm  of  aa  ^Kcesiive  hard  gale  of  wiad  ;  ahff  wa«  taken  two  days  before  u» 
lacicudc  38  deg.  N.  loogituda  16  deg.  W.  by  the  Vautour  French  ship  privateet 
•f  94>  |;;iuia.-»^l  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  P.  HAX<K£TT, 

C9fy  cf  a  tetttrfrom  t^  Right  Hon.  Lwri  Bridjftrt^  JC-  B.  AimArtd^thgWi^^ 

tin, 

Yoa  wilt  herewith  recetve.tbe  copy  of  ft  tetter  from  Captaio  Mci  OMkc»  of 
bis  Majesty's  ship  Amethyst,  which  I  transmit  to  you  £br  their  LuPJbhipa* 
j|rfWittaciDa.p«-4l  Juiw  the  honour  to  be*  iKc  BRIDF<MIT. 

1  bpir  leave  to  a^qjoaint  your  Lordship  that  I  thU  dar  (Jbis  Majesty's  abiv 
Kytrtpn  being  fn  company],  after  1  long  chacc.  e^^ured  Le  VaiUaat,  Frenck 
cancer  privateer,  a  remarkable  fim  sailer,  bek>nging  to  Bourdeaux,  mounting  one 
longcightcen-pounder,  two  long  twelve-pounders,  and  twelve  six>pouadera|aad 
manacd  wirK  i j  1  men ;  had  been  out  four  dayf,aQd  had  taken  nothing 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  ftp.  Ac.  Stc 
MigH  Bpm  Ltrd  Bri^^,  JC.  B.  t^t.  JOHN  eOOKB* 


J^tttrua  rf  a  LttNr  frmm  Sir  AUm  GmrJbmr^  Bart*  AAdr^  4/ tht  Bime^  U  Jmni 
ye/>em$u  Btj.  Jahd  am  Bmrd  his  Mi»j*tt/9  B6^  Mty^  Svmn^  «#  &tf^  Ultf 

Iphtmshmi. 

Inclosed  T  traasnsk  to  ycNi,  for  the  ioformation  of  the  Locda  Comnusaiooers  of 
|Im  Admiralty,  aa  extra^  of  a  letter  i  received  thia  morning  from  the  Hon, 
Caftain  Curaon,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Indelatigahk,  4ated  oft*  th<  Stavenci 
Rock,  the  ijfch  insunt* 

Mxfraff  of  a  Letttr  fram  tht  Ham.  Qi^tatm  CvrF^r*  Cammatidar  of  ha  M^ntfi  ^ 
Jm^^igaUct  ta  Sir  AjIm  Garantr^  Barf,  Medojftbt  Sttvaut  Rmk^  FeL  15. 

>  On  Tuefllap  VMraing  the  Triton  chased  from  the  aqoadroi^  and  came  up 
with  the  French  National  bfig  La  Vidette,  of  14  gvnji  and  S4  mcn»  ten 
i^'Oticoti  bound  to  Brest. 

Ct^  <f  a  LtUtrfram  AJmirat  Sir  HyJa  Bmrier^  KtO.  Commattier  in  Chitf  af  hk 
Majestft  Sbiffs  and  FtuHs  at  Jamnca^  U  B^am  Nipaam^  A9.  Jatai  Baft 
Mtyai  Jimrhmari  Jammiaa^  I^Ktmhtr  17,  1799. 


aia. 


I  have  the  pleasure  to  acquaint  you,  for  the  icformatioo  of  the  Lords  Coitt- 
inissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  that  on  tbe  ijd  inst  Captain  Rolies  of  his  M»- 
jesty*s  ship  Alarm,  brought  with  bin  into  tiiis  port,  a  very  ri^h  and  valuable 
^panisQ  •JiiD.  She  was  captured  by  the  Amphion,  Captain  Bennett,  in  compaitf 
Withtiie  ^arm  ;  and,  for  their  Lordships*  further  information,  inclose  herewith 
a  copy  of  Captain  Bennett's  letter  to  Capuin  Rollcs  00^  this  occasion. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c,  H.  PARKER. 

««,  wfw/Af«l,  tf/^M,  i^D*- 1^,1799. 

In  obedience  to  your  Mgtisd,  t  chased  9.  W.  last  evening,  and  had  the  good 
fortune,  at  one  A.  M.  to  come  up  and  capture  L*Astariana,  Spanish  letter  of 
mai^e,  carrving  eighteen  eight  pounders,  two  twelve-pounders,  and  frur 
howitxcrs.  Of  *  duHy-two-pounditt's  (all  brass),  manned  with  ido  men,  fhrn 
Cadis,  bound  to  La  Vera  Crua,  with  a  very  valuable  cargo.  She  had  four  sail 
of  convoy  with  htff  in  the  morning,  three  of  which  her  Comovander  thii&t  are 
•tiU  to  the  eastward,  fo«y  days  out.  The  Aittvriiina  i\i  a  vefv  large  ship,  <pute 
i^ew,  admirably  found,  and  coppered.'— I  have  the  honour  to  M,  Ac 

R.  rt.  A.  BENHETT. 


C»fy  •/»  tHtir  from  tht  R^ght  Hm,  Ltd  BridpQrt^  K  Jf,  AiauraitfAt  Whkt^ 

\gc.  H  S^m  NfpmHj  Esq.  daitdA»  4ik  uutoML 

HI, 

fscloted  it  s  oify  of  a  letter  from  Captain  FraMr,  of  the  Nyawhe,  fUtiag  tb» 
capture  of  X^a  Modeste  French  letter  of  marjae,  on  the  a4tB  of  Febni«rj^ 
wfddk  il  traniautted  for  thtir  Lordships*  in  formation. 

I  have  the  hoooor  to  be,  5cc  BRIDPOR.T. 

I  hate  Che  hoftovr  toftcqsai&t  yonr  Lor(khip»  that  1  Woi^ht  into  Plynoiith 
^11  morniog  la  Modeate,  a  Arenoh  letter  of  waMHtt,  pierced  for  <(  gunt,  and 
haviivg^  70  men  «i  board,  which  I  captured  on  the  a4th  of  Fehrnarf  laat,  itt 
compattf  with  the  Amediftt  She  it  a  fine  riiip,  aboot  6oo  tons  burthen,  aad 
laden  with  cotton,  coffee,  tea,  togar,  indigo,  Ac.  iiad  left  the  Ide  4if  Franen 
onlj  nine  weeks,  and  was  bound  to  Bonrdcanx,  off  which  port  1  captored  hec 
I  hare  the  honour  to  be,  ny  Lord,  4cc  P£ILCY  FRAZER. 

Ctfy  rf  m  LetUt  ftm  Mr,  Jtin  P^yi*^  Cmma/tdtr  *f  tbi  Aiaris  pri^aU  $U^^ 

•m, 
I  have  the  ]ioB»ar«)  nc^naiat  yon,  finr  ihehifiMniacion  of  the  Lords  rofnmis  ■ 
sionera  of  the  Adnuralif ,  that  on  the  a4ih  «k.  in  haitnde  4a  deg:.  «0  niin.  .K. 
longitude  9  deg.  15  min.  W.  I  discovered  a  sail  to  windward,  to  which  I  inme- 
dietely  ^yfe  chaee,  and  itK  hmna  alter  came  np  with  and  captnred  her.  She 
pnri^d  to  be  the  Nottra  Siaiora  Carmen  fiponith  Iwggsr  privateer,  Don  f esepit 
0*lTiefn,  OontoanAer,  uMuating  twn.gani,  otne-poonden,  with  laiali  araas^  and 
a  crew  connstin^  of  44  men.  The  Mtr ia's  crew  being  lar  inferior  in  point  of 
numbers,  determined  me  to  proceed  tor  Viona,  where  I  nrrived  the  oaa  i^^ 
with  the  iMize,  and  landed  the  prisoners,  by  order  of  the  British  Consul. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c  JOHN  DOYLE. 

AOMiaALTr-^orrm,  MjraviiYi* 

Mt^ra^  df  m  E$shi9refhm  Via- Admiral  Sir  Tb^mtu  Padey,  Biuf.  C^^smsitf 

in  CBie/m  'J^mtutly  H  Bvan  Nepetot,  ff^. 

•IK,  Keradty  Plymouth  Bmtnd^  March  7. 

I  beg  lea^  to  Inform  yon,  that  on  the  s8fh  ult.  when  cruiting  with  hie 
Majesty 't  shipt  Repulse  anid  Agamemn<n,  off  the  Penmarks,  being  considerablf 
to  the  leeward  of  the  above  ships,  T  lost  sight  of  them  in  the  Bi|^he,  and- at  three 
A.  M  I  saw  a  fight  to  windward,  which  I  kept  company  with,  sapposnig  it  the^ 
Commodore's,  but  it  proved  a  Danish  brig  ;  on  my  standing  -back  to  theren-' 
de^votta  on  tile  following  niglit,  we  discoyered  fivo  latt,  iSnr  ihipt  evidently 
of  foroe,  and  a  tchooner.  The  anomeht'I  had  vinde  'iii»aeveewry  prepanrione 
for  battle,  I  haidedsiiy  wind  for  them  ;  on  the  dawn  of  day  I  plainly  diteovered 
fliey  were  of  faree,  and  then  hyhigt-to ;  w^en  nearij  wtdtin  gim-ehot  of  the 
Isrgeat  ship  they  dispecsed different  ways ;  I  condnned  to  chaae.  N(gKt  coming 
on,  I  lost  sight,  hut  was  finrtunate  enough  the  folfo^ing  morning  to  see  one  of 
them,  which,  a^er  chasing  twelve  Jiours,  and  running  onehundfcd  and  twouy- 
three  miles,  we  captured,  which  proved  to  be  the  Vengeance,  ptivat'eer,  of 
Bontthrauz,  pierced  £9^  j 8. guns,  1  impounders,  but  only  16  mounted^  and  474 
men.  hf  her  we  found,  tha^«he  sailed  on,  the  96th  from  the  above  I^Lice,  in 
company  wiih  the  following  ships,  which  were  those  we  fell  in  with,  viz. 

JBellona,  24  guns,  i  impounders,  76  pound  carronadcs,  and  423  men. 

X«  Vengeance,  cSgni^  evpoiinders,  and  I'^voutu. 

l.a  Favorite,  16  guns,  impounders,  and  lao  men. 

La  Huron,  16  guns,  6. pounders,  ^nd  87  men. 

l;a  'i'errailleuse  (schooncrj,  14  gUR»,  6-pounders,  and  ^7  men. 


power 
compaai 

theerfuiness  they  shewed  on  the  occasion,  and  hope  some  future  day  wc  shall  b)^ 
more  fortunate.  On  the  following  day  we  re  captured  the  American  siiip.Fef« 
eevenB^ev-oTBakiiaocei  with  a  cargo  valued  at  ^o^cgoL 


Tbe  VengcMce  it  tmo-jem  old,  uid  hat  been  repeate<flr  cKised  bf  mir  (rU 

eea»  but  from  hec,  superior  uiliog  eKaped,  nor  tbould  we  nave  caugbt  her  fa«4» 
not  carried  awar  ber  jib-boam^^I  have  the  honoor  to  be,  &c. 

FREDERICK  WATKINS; 
iioiiiiAiTT  orriCBi  MAacs  15. 
Cfy  •fa  LiUir  from  Admiral  Kimgmifl^  Cmmmaitdtr  im  ChUfrfhb  Mmeth**  Shift 

•  mad  Veudt  m  tbt  Coast  pf  Jrdaad,  to  £vmm  Nepgaa^  £sf,  daUdat  Cwi^tbt  4tf ' 
kaiaaL 

1  have  the  pleaiure to  infonn their  Lordihipc,  of  the  French fUpprfvateer 
Bdlegarde  being  captured  and  tent  in  here  bjr  his  Maje«y*i  ship  Ph«ri>e.    I 
inclote  a  copy  of  Captain  Barlow*a  letter  to  me  on  the  occasion,  and  have  tfacr 
booonr  to  be,  bir,  Jcc.  R.  KINGS  Ml  LXn. 

sit,  Phmhe^  ai  Sea,  Fek  27,  tSoo. 

'  I  have  to  ac^int  you,  that  on  the  t'tt  inttant,  his  Majesty's  ship  under  my 
commautd  captured  the  French  ship  priTateer  Bellegarde,  of  14  guns^  and  114 
nen,  belongbg  to  St.  Maloes.  She  had  been  oat  sixteen  da^  and  had  captnred 
file  sMp  Chance  of  London,  from  Martinico,  and  the  brig  Fnends^ol  Dartmouth^ 
from  St.  Michael'sybonnd  to  Bristol ;  the  former  since  rccaptond  by  his  Majesty's 
doop  Kangaroo.— >I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  R.  BARLOW. 

Ctfyrf  m  Lethrfrmit  FUt-Admirai  tahaid^e,  Cmatamder  w  ChUf  ff  hb  Majutf^ 
Shifi  amd  Vtiudi  m  Ae  Ihwrns^  t§  &oam  Ntfaam,  Ssf.  daUdtht  i^th  imstami. 

ait, 
I  desire  yon  will  pleaae  to  acquaint  my  I  .ords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty, 
that  I  this  morning  received  the  inclosed  letter  from  Captain  Oahray,  of  hia 
Majesty's  sloop  Plover,  informing  me  of  his  having,  on  the  loth  instant,  captnred 
the  French  logger  privateer  Massena,  carrying  four  three-pounders,  and  34  men* 
The  privateci  arrived  in  the  Dovroa  this  morning.    I  am.  Sir,  &c. 

S.  JLUTWIDGE, 

tit,  FUver,  ai  80s,  March  10»  ttOO, 

T  have  the  pleasure  to  acquaint  yen,  that  I  captured  this  morning,  after  a 
^kace  of  an  hour,  the  French  privateer  Massena  (off  Dunkirk),  Bemard  Avril^ 
Commander,  mounting  four  three-pounders,  and  34  men,  sailed  from  Osund 
jestexday.  morning,  and  had  liot  made  any  capture. 

I  have  Uie  honour  to  be.  Sir,  &c.  EDWARD  GALWAY. 

AOMltALTT-OrriCK,  MAtCB  iS. 
MairaS  pf  a  I^OUrfrma  Vue-Admnral  Sir  Tbomai  Fastey,  Bart.  Commaader  im  Chi^ 
.   9f  bis  Majatj*  Ships  and  FeueU  at  FlymmOh^  ta  £vau  Z/tpeam,  £ij>  dattd  the 
14th  bntamt. 

Inclosed  is  a  letter  from  the  Commander  of,  hit  Majesty's  sloop  SuffisantCi 
Hating  hit  having  captured  the  French  cutter  priv^ecr  therein  mentiooed. 

sit.  La  Saf»ant€^ai  Sea,  Mareh  50. 

I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  yon,  diat  af^  a  chace  of  three  hourt  from  the  Isle  of 
Bas,  I  this  day  captured  the  French  cutter  privateer  Josephina,  of  four  guns  and 
no  men,  coinmanded  by  John  Francis  Fromcot,  two  days  from  Morlaiz,  haa 
taken  nothing.— I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c«  J.  WITTAIAN. 

ADMltALTT-OrriCI,   MAtCB   SJ. 

Cefm  tf  a  Letter  from  Vio' Admiral  Urd  Keith,  K.  S.  C$mmamdef  ia  Chief  ef  hit 

•  MajeOyi  Shifs  amd  Veuels  ia  the  MeeStereaaeam^  U  Mvam  Sefeam,  £jy.  dated 
ai  Sea,  12th  tek  18O0. 

SIK, 

1  have  the  honour  of  inclosing,  for  the  information  of  th«r  Lordships,  a  to^j 
of  a  letter  which  1  have  received  from  Captain  Blackwood,  of  his  Majesty's  »hip 
Fcnelope,  acquainting  me  with  his  having  captnred  a  Spanish  sebec. 

1  am,  &€.  KEITH. 

Mr  LOa  n,  Fendafe,  ef  Old  Malaga,  Jen.  i5. 

1  have  the  honour  to  inform  yonr  Lordship,  tliat  I  this  day  captured  the 
Carmen,  a  Soani^h  xebec  corvette,  commanded  by  Don  Estcvanno  Joel  BarcrllQ, 
niountiog  16  foul^ pounders,  and  four  swivels,  and  manned  with  130  men.  Sht 
had  been  four  days  out  from  Malaga,  and  had  not  made  any  captures. 

1  have  the  honour  to  be,  ^.  HJBNllT  BLAC&WCOD. 


V    •. 


C  I"  1 

* 

jgatel  Cottrtg  j^artial^ 

rOHTHMOVTB,   MARCH  t^. 

A  COURT  MARTIAL  waa  held  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  the  GlaSator^ 
en  Colin  M*Cartt,  Carpenter  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Coiic«n£f,for  dmnkenness* 

President,  Rear-Admxral  the  Hon.  Oioftoi  Bi«mlst« 
The  charge  beiqg  fully  proT^d,  the  prisoner  was  found  giuky»  ftnd  sentenced 
by  the  Court  to  be  dismissed  from  his  Majesty's  service. 

A  Court  Martial  was  also  held  on  board  the  same  ship,  for  the  trial  of  N^- 
Philip  Griffin,  Lieutenant  of  his  Majesty's  slup  JUtoluthn,  for  detaining  in 
his  hands  the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  the  property  of  Thomas  Ds  niiam,  a  seaman 
belonging  to  thei^«nr  bomb  vessel,  and  which  he  had  received  from  the  sai4 
Thomas  Denham .  The  Court  were  of  opinion,  that  the  charge  had  been  proved 
against  the  said  Philip  Griffin^  and  did  adjudge  him  to  be  dismissed  from 
his  Majesty's  service. 

jiprii  I.  A  Court  Martial  was  held  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  GlaMaior^ 
in  tins  harbour,  for  tfte' trial  6f  }oa)t  VtAttii^,  a  seaman  belonging- to  hit 
Itfajest^'s  itiip  Delfi^  for  hsMng,  on  the  morning  of  the  17th  uh.  cut  down  th« 
hammock  of  Jamks  Lton,  a  private  in  the  thirteenth  regiment,  in  conse({uence 
Bf  which  th^iatter  received  a  violent  contusion  in  the  back ;  and* notwithstanding 
everr  medi(»I  ^sfestante  was  given,  he  languishcfd  till  ttoon,  and  then  died. 

The  Court  were  of  opinion,  that' it  appeared  the  said  John  Warner  did  cut 
dawn  iht  hammock  ip  which  the  said  tamjes  Lyon  lay,  in  cpnsequence  of  which 


be  ac^uitCc^. 

On  th?  Same  day  a  Court  Martial  was  also  held  on  board  tjie  same  ship, 
•fdt  the  trhl  of 'IWy.  JofliJi  f^opcdoo.  Boatswain  of  his  Majesty's  shi^  iti'erwry, 
for  absenting  himself  from,  the'ih^' without  Teav^.  '  The  charge  being  proved, 
he  was  found  guilty,  and  sentenced  by  the  Court  to  be  dismissed  from  his  situa- 
tion of  3oatswai9  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Mercury,  and  to  serve  jn  such  oth^" 
titviation  inthelDYavy  as  the  Lords  of  thq  Admiralty  should  direct. 

-7.  A  Court  Martial  was  held  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  OlaMatort  in  this 
•harbour,  for  the  trial  of  John  Smith,  Cook  of  his  Majesty's  ship  BrU/iant^ 
ioT  ha^ng'bedn  gidlty  of  uttaring  seditious  expressions  in  the  presence  and  in  the 
eai>in  d  Mr.  Wzl'liam  Bold,  the  Gunner  ;  and  aho  on  uie  said  WilIiam 
&0L«,  fbrhavilig  heard  the  same  without  ac^ainting  his  Officers  therewith* 
Pi^esident,  Rear-Admiral  Sir  Richarp  BkK'i^tOn,  Bart. 

Thie  Court  being  of  opinion  that  Smith  was  guilty,  he  was  sentenced  to  be 
dismissed  from  bis  orace  of  Cook  of  his  Majesty  s  ship  Brilliant,  and  to  be  im* 
prisoned  in  the  Marshalsea  Prison  for  the  space  of  twelve  calendar  months, 
Mr.  Bold  was  acquitted. 

Alter  which  aether  Court  Martial  waf  hcid,  by  the  same  Court,  for  the  trial 
of  William  Howell,  Corporal  of  Marines,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  JFriitUf  for 
having  quieted  his  station  at  the  Dock-Yard  on  the  9th  instant,  and  having 
taken  with  hiUL  Barnard  Ward,  a  private  marine,  who  had  been  placed  sentinel 
^t  the  Dock-Gates.  Th^  prisoner  was  found  guilty,  and  sentenced  by  the  Court 
to  receive  one  hundred  iasnes  on  board  of,  or  alon^de,  such  of  his  Majesty's 
.  riiipa  as  the.  Commander  in  Cfiief  of  his  Majesty's  ships  at  Spithcad  should  direift. 

18.  A  CMTt-AfactiaK  of  .wbieh  Admiral  Sir  R,  Biokikton  was  Preasdent, 
was  Md  ^n board  dhe  GUiSmtom, Ht this  hvboHr,on  John  B«iacow,  & mariae 
belongin)^  to  his  Majesty's  sMp  *DkAm^  far  writing  a  letter  to  General  Avaa  if  a, 
'  and  causing  others  .to  sign  it,  calcalated  to  stir  vp  adisturbanae  in  theahi|i,« 
The  charge  beinnroved,he  was  sentence^^to-receive  ewohui^ircd  lashes  (ron 
•hip  to  ship,  and  to  be  impriioned  six  months  in  the  Marshalsea. 

VIqI.  III.  V  u 


(    3*»    ] 

MONTHLY  REGISTER 

OF 


'T'HE  Treaty  of  DefensiTC  Alliance  between  Riuna  and  Porta^  wat  Mrned  at 
Petersbnrgh  the  list  September  1799.  The  two  contradin;  Fdwera 
mutuallf  guarantee  each  other's  postenions  :  they  declare  that  their  iAneA  H 
pot  to  do  wrong  to  any  Power,  but  to  eontribnte  to  their  mutual  benem  and 
lecurity,  and  to  the  re-ettabllshment  of  Peaca  in  Europe,  k  is  stipulated  that 
on  the  requisition  of  either  of  the  two  Powers  attacked  in  their  posaeisinm, 
Ruwia  is  at  first  to  furnish  6cro  infantry  ;  and  that  Portugal  on  the  other  hand 
is  to  furnish  to  Russia  a  squadron  of  six  ships  of  war,  five  firom  64  to  74,  and 
•  frigate  of  31  or  40.  The  aid  may  be  furnished  in  money  h.  the  option  ol  the 
party  requiring.  The  auxiliary  squadron  of  Portugal  shall  alwars  be  employed 
eon  jointly  with  the  Russian  squadron,  or  with  those  of  their  Ally  the  Kuag  oC 
Great  Britain.  If  the  aids  to  be  furnished  by  this  Treaty  are  not  saffictent*  ths 
contrading  parties  may  agree  upon  farther  aasistaooe.  The  party  Kqjwring 
ahall  not  make  peace  or  truce  with  the  common  enemy  without  indnding  the 
ether. 

Marth  a6.  His  Kfajesty's  new  seventr-fonr  gun  ship  Courageux  was 
bunched  at  the  King's  Yard  at  Deptforn,  amidst  the  acclamations  of  an 
immense  concourse  of  spe^tors.  The  launch  was  a  remarkable  fine  one,  and 
attended  with  no  difficulty,  or  serious  disasters.  Admiral  Lord  Hood,  I«ady 
Hood,  and  several  other  pmonages  of  distinAion,  were  present. 

The  keel  of  a  new  seventy-four,  to  be  called  the  Fame,  la  ordered  to  be  imme- 
diately laid  upon  the  slip,  from  whence  the  Couragenx  wis  hunched. 

Fdmidh^  Mmrch  16.  Arrived  yesterday  his  Majesty's  ship  Agamemnon,  of 
64  guns,  and  Clyde  frigate,  the  former  having  struck  on  the  Penmarks  (it  is 
aaid,  the  very  same  rock  the  Repulse  was  lost  on) :  she  was  with  difficulty  kept 
above  water,  as  when  she  arrived  it  was  above  the  magasiaes.  She  fell  in  with 
the  Childers  olTthe  land,  from  whom  she  received  some  asaiatance,  and  accom- 
panied her  into  port*  l*hey  were  constantly  pumping  the  whole  of  last  night, 
assisted  by  the  crews  of  two  sloops  of  wv  lying  here,  and  the  Chatham  guard- 
ahip,  and  a  part  of  the  soldiers  from  Pendennis  garrison ;  notwithstanding  Which 
it  was  found  this  morning  the  water  had  increased  three  feet ;  but  we  learn, 
that  towards  the  afternoon  the  leaks  had  not  gained  on  the  men  at  the  pumps ; 
it  is  therefore  hoped  they  will  be  able  to  prevent  her  from  sinking.  Also 
arrived  the  Serpent  and  Railleur  sloops  of  war,  with  coasters  fiom  Ireland 
under  their  convoy. 

Captain  Maitland^  accompanied  by  Lieutenant  Douglas,  of  Le  Tigre  man  of 
war,  comnundcd  by  Sir  Sydney  Smith,  arrived  at  the  Admiralty,  with  dispatches 
from  the  latter  Officer,  relative  to  the  capture  of  the  important  fortress  of  £1 
Arisch,  and  the  official  advices  of  the  capitulation  and  surrender  of  the  whole 
of  the  French  army  of  Egypt,  amounting  to  Sooo  men,  under  General  Klcbcr, 
to  the  allied  1  urkish  and  British  forces. 

Advices  were  at  the  same  time  received  from  Lotd  Nelson,  announcing  the 
capture  of  the  Genereux  man  of  war,  of  74  guns,  with  1500  men  on  board, 
commanded  by  Admiral  Peres,  together  with  a  fleet  of  store  ships  and  vic- 
tuallers from  1  onion,  destined  for  the  relief  of  Malta.  Admiral  Peres  is  the 
same  Officer  who  fled  after  the  battle  of  Aboukir.  He  was  killed  in  the 
csgagement.«^^<v  Gasette  Letters.) 


IIONTRLT   RSeiSTSE  of  MAVAL  ITBlITt*  $2$ 

MtOraB  tfm  LdUffnm  tht  Cmmhnt0tr  pftBe  Mmvu  ^  Brni,  U  tht  MnmUr  •/ 

At  Marmtf  daiid  %^  fenUit^  March  l6> 
**  Citixen  MJoistcTt  a  frigate  or  large  Snglish  corvette,  named  the  Danae, 
mounting  %%  guns,  thirty-two  poiindexy,  and  150  men,  stmdL  yesterday  without 
firing  a  gnn,  in  consequence  of  an  insurreAion,  dire^ed  by  the  daring  intrepidity 
of  five  French  sailors  belonging  to  a  privateer.  She  was  taken  possession  of  by 
the  corvette  La  Colombo.  At  soon  as  1  have  learned  the  particulars,  1  shall 
lose  no  time  in  transmitting  them  to  you. 

^  **  P.  8,  We  have  since  learned  chat  the  Dana£  entered  Brest  at  the  same 
time  as  a  convoy  of  French  vessels  from  the  Channel,  under  the  protedion  of 
La  Cokmbc.** 

Telegraphic  Di^atch/rim  Brest^  March  %%• 

Ve^rntf  Ctmrniuumr  efAe  Nimy  at  Brest^  to  the  Mmhier  rf  Marhu, 

**  The  convoy,  the  arrival  lof  which  I  announced  to  you  telegraphically, 
consists  of  French  vessels,  laden  with  provisions  and  stores  for  the  combined 
He^ts.  I  immediately  sent  off  for  Paris  the  five  Frenchmen  who  effeded  the 
amtaiy  on  board  the  Dana):*,  and  three  Englishmen,  agreeably  to  your  orders  of 
the  s<xb  Vcntose  (March  ai).** 

.  THE  qUEBN  CHARLOTTE. 

LUt^Offittr*  hstiM  hit  Majesty's  Ship  QuaiN  Charlotte,  o/Leghorn  Road^ 

March  17,  i8ao. 

Captain  Andrew  Todd. 
Lieutenant  William  Bainbridge. 
Lieotenant  James  Erskine. 
Lieutenant  Kolecken  (Russian  Navy)* 
Captain  Joseph  Breedon,  Marines. 
Mr.  Thomas  Whiddcn,  Master. 
Mr.  Thomas  Marsh,  Pvrser. 
Mr.  John  Fraser,  Surgeon. 
Mr.  John  Bridgman,  Boatswain. 

MASTsa's  Matbs. 

Mr.  Roger  Major,  Mr.  Griffith  Bowen, 

Mr.  Hedor  Ray,  Mr.  William  Robinson. 

MiDIHIPMBN. 

Mr.  J.  A.  B.  Frederick,  Mr.  Silvrius  Moriarti, 

Mr.  Norman  Macleod,  Mr.  Thomas  Bridgman,  son  to  the 

Mr.  James  Vane,  Boatswain, 

Mr.  Francis  Leith,  Mr.  Charles  Dickson,   son  to  the 

Mr.  John  Franklin,  Gunner, 

Mr.  William  Penman,  Mr.  Edward  Brown, 

Mr.  John  Smithers,  Mr.  Adam  Rutherford, 

Mr.  James  Erskine  Scott^  Mr.  Francis  Searle, 

Mr.  John  Campbell,  Mr  George  Searle, 

Mr.  Campbell  Douglas,  Mr.  James  Somerville. 

Mr.  WUliam  Bevil1c>  Secreury*s  Clcfk. 

Mr.  Robert  Holt,  bchoolmastcr. 

Mr.  John  Roy,  Captain's  Clerk. 

Suaa£9M*s  Matks. 

Mr.  Robert  Martin,  Mr.  n   Spronle. 

Mr.  John  Pocock, 

Captain  Cochrane  has  received  a  fetter  firom  his  nephew,  Lord  Cochrane,  who 
was  a  Lieutenant  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  Queen  CharloUe.  Some  tima 
previous  to  her  bkiwing  up,  he  had  been  appointed  to  the  Speedy  brig ;  but 
«he  not  being  ready,  he  was  put  into  the  Genercuz,  Lord  Nelson  spriae,to  carry 
her  into  port,  so  that  he  ha«  escaped. 

Jar  particMtars  9fttii  shoeKng  Smmr^  utfH^  299. 


SH  MONTHLT   RBGItTBR 

tt  M  a  itrange  cotn^icicii^e  of  Dbblic  misfortunes,  tluu  tbe  Rord  Gctrge  an4 
Quoen  Charlotte,  tint  rates  of  nie  Britidi  Navy,  should  have  been  loft  ^der 
such  circumstances  of  national  calamity,  viz.  the  one  foundering  with  Adttutal 
Kempeofelt  at  Spithead,  and  the  other  beine  blown  up  off  the  harbour  of  Leg^ 
horo,  when  nearly  the  whole  crew  of  each  niip  perished. 

Lord  Keith's  letter  to  the  Ada^iiralty  bespeaks  the  anguish  of  mind  of  the 
noble  and  gallant  Admiral  for  the  Ion  of  the  Queen  Charlotte,  and  tbe  Kle<^ 
crew  of  brave  seamen  (principally  Scotch),  who  were  zealously  attached  to  the 
noble  Admiral,  and  so  unfortunately  perished  under  his  flag. 

The  sons  t>f  many  distinguished  families  are  reckoned  among  the  viAimi  of 
the  explosion  of  the  Queen  Charlotte,  as,  from  being  the  flag-Uiip,  parentt  are 
anxious  to  place  their  sons  under  che  eye  of  the  Admiral  There  waaon  board 
ten  Lientenants  and  twentf-four  Midshipmen,  beaidet  youths  to  be  braoght 
forward  :  so  that,  including  the  Captain,  Matter,  Surgeoo,  Chaphio,  Maii% 
&c.  there  was  in  all  between  forty  and  fifty  gentlemen  on  board. 

The  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  have  given  15O  guineas  as  A  reward  to  the 
humane  and  intrepid  exertions  of  some  fishermen  at  Winterton,  in  Hwfiilh^ 
who,  at  the  risque  of  their  lives,  saved,  upwards  of  thirty  of  the  cww  o€  the 
Mastiff  gun- vessel,  wrecked  near  the  Cockle  Sands  last  January. 

By  letters  from  Amsterdam  we  are  informed,  that  in  that  port  they  are  con- 
struifting  a  machine  which,  in -case  of  necessity,  is  to  be  sunk  in  the  entrance  of 
the  1  cxel,  in  order  to  prevent  the  entrance  of  any  hostile  fleet  into  the  Zui- 
derzee. 1  his  machine  is  so  constru^ed,  that  it  can  be  raised  again  with  fuci- 
licy  whenever  the  danger  is  {nst. 

Extraa  9fm  Letttr  frtm  BoUny  Bay,  Stfimkr  49,  1799. 

**  We  have  not,  for  some  little  time  past,  derived  much  advantage  from  the 
shoals  of  fish  of  all  kinds  which  abound  on  our  coasts.  Many  of  those  who  wtfe 
employed  in  the  fisheries  have  abandoned  them  for  a  more  hicradve  pursuit, 
and  converted  their  vessels  into  privateers  to  cruise  against  the  Spaniards  in  Peru. 
The  projeft  has  been  wonderfully  successful ;  for  the  Spanisn  force  in  that 
quarter  is  totally  inadequate  to  the  proteAion  of  so  extensive  a  line  of  navi- 
gation. 

"  The  mortality  on  board  the  Hillsborough  tran^HMt,  on  her  voyage  firam 
Knglaod,  was  very  great ;  no  less  than  ninety-six  of  the  convida  having  died 
during  that  period. 

**  The  Albion  store-ship,  which  lately  arrived,  made  the  quickest  passage 
ever  known  from  Europe.  She  performed  the  voyage  in  three  months  and 
eleven  days." 

It  is  a  rorious  circumstance  that  herrings,  which  have  for  many  ages  dis- 
»pp<rafed  fntm  the  coasts  of  Pomerania,  have  again  returned  thither.  In  the 
thirteenth  and  fourteenth  centuries  they  were  to  be  met  with  there  ezcluttvely ; 
in  the  fifteenth,  they  steered  to  the  coasts  of  Denmark  and  Sweden,  and  after- 
wards came  to  England  and  Scotland.  • 

Naturalists,  says  a  Paris  author,  have  obsenfed,  that  the  sea  falls  forty  four 
iochps  in  the  spate  of  one  hundred  years  on  the  coast  of  Sweden.  This  would 
prove,  accordingly;  that  Sweden  was  not  in  existence  two  thousand  years  ago, 
or  at  least  that  its  mountains  were  merely  islands  ;  and  in  this  he  supports  the 
opinion  of  '1  acitus.  ^  weden  bears  every  symptom  of  a  country  newly  emerged 
from  the  water — very  little  vegetation  on  a  rock. 

i\n  American  -bhip  which  is  arrived  at  Greenock  has  brought  Ameriean  papers 
containinic  un  account  of  a  well- fought  a<ftion  between  the  American  frigate 
the  Constellation,  Commodore  Truxton,  and  a  1-rench  fifty«>four  gun  sliip,  on  the 
iBt  of  February,  off  Guadaloupe.  The  adion  lasted  five  hours,  when  the  fire  of 
the  brcnch  ship  was  silenced,  and  she  sheered  off.  Had  not  the  Constellation's 
main-mast  gone  over  her  side,  the  enemy  would,  it  is  ^upposed^  have  been  cap- 
tured. 


or  VATAL   JBVBNTI*  3^{ 

'  The  AudanU^Ctiptaan  OnitwiTBi  ;  P/swr,  Captain  Oalwat  ;  and  Terriar 
liiredbrig.  Lieutenant /Donotah  $  being  employed  to  watch  the  four  French 
finga/tes  which  have  been  in  Dunkirk  Baton  about  two  years,  obsenred  the 
largcit  shi]^  come  out  4n  the  ft6th  ttlt. .  On  her  toming  into  the  Roads,  the 
following  is  a  copy  of  the  letter  sent  to  the  French  Commodore  immediately  on 
his  anchoring,  but  with  the  request  in.  which  be  haji  not  however  cp^iplied^ 

^  Hh  Majatfi  SI99P  AtalttnUr^ff  J)tmiir^,Marcb  %fi^  x%^A> 
**  T  take  the  opportunity  of  a  New|>ort  fishing-Doat,  to  send  you  my  coograi- 
tulation^  on  your  release  from  inadivity  ^  long  at  Dunkirk,  and  to  welcome 
your  egress  thence. 

<<  The  same  boat  affords  me  a  prosper  of  communica^g  to  j^^,  that  I  have 
.the  honor  to  be  charged  with  a  kttle  squadron  (as  per  margm  *)  for  the  purpose 
of  watching  the  motions  of  yourself  and  consorts.  Your  force  is- reported  to  me 
to  be  forty-ox  guns.  '  Relying  on  the  acknowledged  politeness  of  your  national 
charaAer,  I  have  to  hope  that  (as  such  a  service  becomes  irksome  amid  the 
.flhools  which  sorrCmnd  yonT  yon  will  give  us  the  chance  of  putting  an  end  to  it» 
by  a  meeting  when  you  may  feel  disposed    In  this  wish  I  am  most  cordially 

C*  *  ed  by  my  associates  Captain  Oalway  and  Lieutenant  Donovan.  On  the 
our  of  a  British  Officer  I  promise  you,  that  should  success  attend  you,  you 
shall  be  at  full  liberty  to  take  off  all  you  shall  copquer  unmolested,  and  I  expeft 
from  the  same  source  an  equal  liberty,  should  success  attend  us.  I  am  sure  I 
need  not  point  out  that  comtfion  politeness  requires  you  should  give  us  Jin 
answer,  and  the  same  boat  can  bring  it,  my  word  being  passed  for  a  u-ee  return, 
either  lo  her,  or  any  other  conveyance  yon  may  think  proper/ 
<*  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir, 

c<  Your  most  obedient  very  humble  servant, 

«  A.  J.  GRIFFITHS. 
"  7«  the  Commtdtrt  twnmuuSni  tht  Frtmb 


The  valuable  store-ship  ca|>tured  lately  by  Lord  Nelson,  on  her  passage  to 
Malta,  is  unfortunatelv  lost  in  Paul*s  Bay.  Lieutenant  Sheant  second,  of  the 
Audacious,  having  her  u  charge,  Lord  Keith  has  ordered  to  be  tc^  by  a  Conrt 
Martial.  ,  .  •    , 

Lord  Proby,  late  Commander  of  the  DanaS  frigate,  is  the  sob-  of  Lord 
CaryBf6rt,  an  Irish  Peer. 

Two  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty  oak  trees  lit  Dean  Forest  are  about  to 
be  cot  down  for  the  use  of  the  Navy. 


TORBAT,  APftiL  14. 

THIS  day  the  Channel  fleet,  <;onsisting  of  tbc  following  sbipa,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Sir  AUm  Gardner t  sailed,  vx2. 

Ville  de  Paris,  Barfleur,  Glory,  London,  Neptune;  St  George,  Temeraife, 
Windsor  Castle,  Ajax,  Achilles,  Cumberland,  Canada,  Captain,  Centaur, 
Defence,  Defiance,  Elephant,  £xccUeni,  Hedior,  Impetuenx,  Marlborough, 
Ramili^s,  Resolution,  Robust,  Russei,  Saturn,'  Superb,  Terrible,'  Venerable, 
Warrior,  Sheencss,  Amelia,  Sea  Horse,  Thames,  and  Havick. 

And  on  Friday  also  sailed,  the  Inflexible,  Stately,  Wassenaer,  Alkmaar, 
Charon,  Expedition*  Hebe,  Pallas,  Romulus,  Sensible,  Niger,  Resource,  and 
Vestal^  with  troops  ;  the  Commanders  of  which  have  sealed  orders. 

*  Plover,  18  six-pounders  and  8  carronades  (twelve-pounders},  lai  men, 
Captain  Edward  Gafway. 

Atalante,  14  carronades  (twetfty-foor  pounders),  'a  Jong  six-pottndeU|  \1M 
men,  Captain  Anselm  John  Grlfltths.  -^ 

Terrier^  14  four-poundcrs,  4$  m<;n,  Lieutenant  R.  Donovan* 


3t6  IfOHTHfcY  ftBGllTlft 

*         ■  m 

PLYMOUTH  REPORT, 

raOM  MAtCH   1^    TO  AFRIL  Z%» 

Msreh  «4.  Wind  K.  W.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Telemadivw  cutter  and  81/ 
Ini^j^er  with  a  coovoy.  ArriYed  the  Cynthia  frigate  from  a  crvite.  Hic  Albion, 
L^,  laden  on  Government  account  from  London  to  this  port  with  wheat,  waa 
captured  the  i6th  inatant  off  the  Ide  ol  Wight,  by  a  French  privateer  of  14  guns* 
snd  carried  into  St.  Maloet.  Fifteen  thousand  stand  of  arms  have  been  relanded 
from  the  Adventure  armed  sloop  ship,  and  deposited  in  the  run- wharf :  they 
were  deitined  fbr  the  Chouant;  but  on  finding  they  had  made  peace,  neither 
atores,  arms,  or  mone)r,  were  suffered  to  be  landed  on  the  coast  of  France. 
SaiiecKhe  Chapman,  24  guns,  to  the  eastward. 

25.  Wind  £.  S.  E.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Eorydice,  S4fimt,aBd  Lady  Chariotte, 
14,  on  a  cruise*  Also  the  Pisgard  48  guns,  Cynthia  36,  and  S«  Gull  18 ; 
Brilliant  frigate,  with  the  Lisbon  fleet  for  the  Downs.  Ounc  in  this  morning 
the  Danish  brig  Maria,  from  Morbus  for  Corunna,  with  Unen  and  paper, 
detained  and  sent  in  here  by  La  Suffisante,  16  guns.  The  large  ship  the  Juliana, 
Hanson,  from  Mogadore  to  Altona,  with  cotton  wool,  &c  vras  yesterday  sent 
off  without  breaking  bulk,  by  order  of  the  privy  conncil  (being  snspedted  of 
infedion,  having  a  cargo  vmilar  to  those  sunk  off  GraveaendJ.  l*he  Viper 
entter  sailed  with  her,  with  positive  orders  to  aee  her  to  her  destined  port,  but 
sot  to  have  any  communication  with  her  on  her  passage.  Sailed  the  Terpn- 
chore,  3a  guns,  on  a  cruise. 

s6.  Wind  £.  N.  E.  Fair.  Arrived  a  cartel  from  Motlaix.  She  brought 
•everal  passengers;  amongst  whom  were  Mr.  Milla,  Purser;  Mr.  Hendry, 
Surgeon  |  and  Mr.  Giles,  Captain's  Clerk,  of  his  late  Majestv's  frigate  Dana^r, 
d4  puis.  Captain  Lord  Proby.  She  was  taken  by  a  part  ol  her  crew,  assisted 
l^y  five  French  prisoners  capttoed  the  day  before,  who  rote  on  the  Officers,  and 
took  poMesnon  of  her  about  ten  P.  M.  March  ijth  instant.  For  pardcnlan, 
tee  page  193. 

%y.  Wind  S.  £.  Mild  Rain.  Letters  from  Falmooth  suu  the  arrival  there, 
in  a  leaky  state,  of  the  Agamemnon,  64  guns,  having  struck  on  the  Peamark 
Rocks  the  18th  instant,  near  where  the  Repulse,  64  guns,  waa  lost.  She  was 
cKorted  by  the  Clyde,  44  gnnt,  Captain  Cunningham.  Arrived  frtmi  a  cmise| 
the  Amelia,  44  guns,  the  Honourable  Captain  Herbert.  Put  back  the  Brilliant, 
s8  ffvna,  the  Honourable  Capuin  Paget,  with  the  Lisbon  convoy.  Sailed  the 
Diaator  troop  ship,  Captain  Hardy,  for  the  Downs.  Came  in  the  Lady  Neltoo, 
with  fruit,  captured  by  a  French  privateer,  and  recaptured  by  the  Childen, 
16  guns,  Capuin  Cravnord. 

a8.  Wind  E.  N.  E.  Fair.  '  Orders  came  down  to  Admiral  Sir  A.  Gardner'* 
tquadron,  and  all  other  ships,  to  get  ready  for  sea  immediately,  to  proceed  off 
Brest  to  join  Lord  Bridport's  fleet. 


19.  .  Wind  N.  E.  Fair.  Paacd  by  to  Hm  eastward,  the  Kangaroo,  18  gnns, 
Capuin  Brace,  with  a  convoy.  Arrived  from  off  Brest,  che  Pomp^,  84-gvns. 
She  left  Lord  Bridport  and  the  fleet  all  well  Arrived  the  BeauUeu,  44  gnmi, 
Captain  Skynner,  from  a  cruise.  Eleven  British  seamen  who  were  found  in 
arms  on  board  L'Heureuz,  when  captvred  by  the  Phflsbe,  36  guns.  Captain 
Barlow,  arc  now  in  irons  1  thcv  pretend  to  be  Americans.  Proyiuons  for  eight 
thousand  seamen  are  ordered  round  to  Torbay  with  all  possible  dispatch. 
Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  Naiad,  38  guns.  Captain  G.  Murray. 

30*  Wind  N  E.  Cloudy.  Arrived  La  Shabuk  French  privateer,  of  16  gnns 
and  lao  men,  out  of  Bayonne  only  four  days,  prize  to  the  Urania,  44  gtms, 
Capuin  Towry.  Also  from  a  cruise  off  the  Pcnmarks,  the  Fowey  cuttfr, 
J^ieu tenant  Derby,  having  carried  away  her  bownrit  in  a  gale  of  wind. 
She  left  the  Triton,  3}  guns,  Captain  Gore,  and  Joseph  cotter,  cruising  on  that 


6f   VAVAL   ITtNTt.  Jtj 

tiadoti.  Thtj  endetTOored  to  bum  the  remains  of  the  Repulse,  $4  gvns,  Spt 
coald  not  get  near  enough,  on  account  of  a  battery  which  was  brought  to  bear 
on  our  thipa,  and  also  a  strong  lee  current,  which  set  in  at  the  rate  of  ten  knots 
an  hour.  Went  into  Cawsand  Bay,  the  TerrUtle,  74  guns^  Captain  Sothebf . 
and  La  Loire,  48,  Capuin  Newman. 

31.  Wind  S.  E.  Rain.  Last  night  a  heaty  firing  was  heard  in  the  souths 
west  ^rter.  This  morning  itnroved  to  be  the  Agamemnon,  64  guns,  firing 
fiar  assistance,  at  ten  o'clock  ofT  Penlee  Point,  till  she  got  to  her  moorings  in 
Hamoaze,  being  so  leaky  she  could  scarcely  be  kept  above  water.  She  got  up 
about  eleven  o'dock,  and  was  inwiediately  lashed  to  a  sheer  hulk. 

JiprU  1.  Wind  S.  E.  Fair.  Arrived  the  George  cutter,  of  la  four-pounders 
and  45  men.  She  fell  in  with,  off  the  Gaskets,  on  Saturday  last,  a  French 
lagfetf  of  18  siX'pounders,  and  full  of  men,  which  she  gallantly  brought  to 
aoEion,  and  engj^ea  with  great  spirit  upwards  of  an  hour,  ahhough  the  mjgger 
attempted  to  run  the  George  on  board,  in  which  she  failed.  She  made  offTand 
left  the  George  a  mere  wreck.  The  George  had  two  killed  and  fo«r  wounded. 
Sailed  for  Torbav,  La  Loire,  48  guns,  with  stores  for  the  fleet;  also  to  joia  > 
Iiord  Bridport*s  fleet,  the  St.  George  98  guns.  Formidable  98,  and  Bellona  74 1 
and  on  a  cruise,  the  Beaulieu,  44  guns. 

d«  Wind  W.  $.  W.  Cloudy.  Anriv«d  the  Htnd  reveinie  eutter,  Lifentenant 
Bray,  from  a  cruise.  Sailed  for  the  Downs,  with  a  convoy,  the  Rauler  cutter. 
Arrived  the  T^ompeuse,.  18  guns^  Capuin  Robinson,  and  Swift  cotter,  fronvA 


3.  Wind  8.  W.  Rain.  Arrived  the  Nereide,  36  guns  Captain  Watkia% 
mm  a  cruise.  Letters  from  Le  Tigre,  84  guns,  state,  that  owing  to  the  intre* 
pidity  of  the  marines  and  seamen,  i£e  fort  01  £1  Arisch  surrendered  much  sooner 
than  it  would  else,  as  the  Turkish  aroiy  were  totally  ignorant  of  the  European, 
method  of  attacking  fortressesy  and'  had  aAualW  opened  their  first  parallel^ 
strange  as  it  may  appear,  out  of  reach  of  the  fort  five  gun  shots. 

4.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain.  Sailed  with  sealed  orders,  the  Cambrian,  44  gaQS» 
the  Honourable  Captain  Legge.  Arrived  the  Richard,  from  Cork,  with  pro* 
^sions ;  also  the  voltigeur,  18  euns,  Captain  Shortland,  with  seamen  from 
Liverpool.  Sailed  on  a  cruise  off  the  Ide  of  Bas,  the  Spitfire,  a4  gun^  Captain 
Seymour. 

5.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain  Arrived  from  off  the  Penmarks,  the  Suwarrow  armed 
ichooner.  Lieutenant  Nicholson.  She  chased  ^  French  privateer,  of  16  guns, 
several  hours,  but  lost  her  in  the  night.  Sailed  with  dispatches  for  Lord  Brid- 
port^  the  Fowey  cutter,  Lieutenant  Derby.  Sailed  the  Cerberus,  3a  guns. 
Captain  M'Namara,  on  a  cruise.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  PJymoum lugger. 
Swan  and  Ranger  cutters.  The  former  has  captured  two  smugglers  with 
tobacco  and  spirits. 

6.  Wind  S.  E.  Rain.  Arrived  the  Minerva  American  letter  of  marque, 
of  x6  guns  and  60  men,  taken  by  the  Mars  French  privateer,  of  1 8  guns  and 
X20  men,  after  a  smart  action.  She  was  retaken  the  next  day  by  the  Fisgard, 
48  guns.  Captain  T.  B.  Martin,  and  sent  in  here  :  her  car^  is  valued  at 
sO:),oool.  She  was  bound  from  London  to  Boston  on  consignment.  Also 
arrived  the  above  privateer  the  Mars,  taken  after  a  lonf^  cfaace  by  the  Amethyst 
frigate. 

7.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.    No  arrivals. 

8.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Passed  up  for  Torbay  Lord  Bridport's  fleet,  thirty 
sail  of  the  line,  to  viAual  and  refit.  Came  into  Cawsand  Baj,  the  St.  George 
98  guns,  Bellona  74,  and  Dragon  74!  Sailed  with  dispatches  for  the  Straits,  the 
Chflders,  16  guns,  Captain  Chiwford. 

9.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  TenerifTe,  with  wine  for  the  fleet,  the 
Ensgenzindhell. 

10.'  Wind  W.  Rain.  No  arrivals.  Orders  came  down  for  1400  French 
prisoners  to  march  to  Fortmouth  and  Bristol,  part  to  go  by  sea,  and  part  tm 
march  by  land. 


5lft  ilOllTHLT  ftIOiaT9& 

1 1.  Wind  S.  W.  lUin.  Arrived  from  Torb«T«  1a  Loire,  48  gvos,  C^CaiB 
Newman.    She  left  the  fleet  all  weU  Uit  slghL 

ia»  'Wind  8.  W  RaJo,  Blows  Hard.  Arrived  from  Brett  a. cartel,  whidi 
man  to  hare  brought  orer  l^ord  Prohy  and  his  Officers ;  but  as  there  wete  • 
troops  embarking  on  board  the  men  of  war,  she  was  boarded  bf  the  guard-boat 
without  being  pecmitt^dto  enter  thz  harbour  of  Brest.  It  wa*  uaderdtiNt>d  that 
I'Ord  i'roby  and  his  Master  had  recovered  of  their  wounds,  and  both  they  and- 
the  Officers  of  the  D^naH  were  treated  with  ereat  politeness  and  attention* 
I'hree  hundred  and  fifty  Frencli  prisoners  embarkca  this  morning  for  Porta* 
mouth. 

13.  Wind  5.  W.  Blows  a  Oale  of  Wind.  Arrived  the  Amethyst,  36  gm* 
C^aouin  Cooke,  and  Railleur,  i^  guns,  Captain  Tnrqaand,  from  a  cruise* 
Sailed  for  Cork,  the  Galatea,  3  6  euns,  Captain  G.  Byng,  and  La  r  ourdelois,  14* 
Captain  Manby.  On  account  01  the  gale  of  wind,  all  tho  men  of  war  in  the 
Spund  and  Cawsand  Bay  struck  yards  and  topmaiU. 

14.  Wind  €.  W.  Hatd  Rain,  Blows  a  Gale  of  Wind.  Several  guofl  of- 
dlstreai  were  fired  from  one  of  the  frigates  in  the  Sound  fiNxn  two  till  mur  this 
mamiog.  It  appeared  that  she  had  drove ;  but  getting  out  her  best  bower 
anchor  she  brought  up  in  safety. 

'  15.  Wiiid  N.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  the  St.  Sobatfian,  htm  Sl  Andero  to 
Ahona,  detauied  and  sent  in  hy  the  Triton  and  Stag  frigates.  SaHad  for  Ports* 
mouth,  the  Farmidabie  oS  guns,  and  for  Tprbay  the  St.  Geom  ^rS,  to  tois  Ixitd 
firidport's  fleet.    Sailed  on  a  cruise,  the  Suffisante,  18  guns,  Captain  Wbitmaa* 

•  16.  Xtind  S.  W<  Blnws  Hard.  The  owners  an4  underwriters  of  'tfie 
Minerva  American  >htp,  from  London  to  Boston,  of  16  guns,  with  a  valuable 
am,  taken  by  the  Mars  French  privateer,  of  it  gunf,  alfcer  a  smart  adUon, 
and  retaken  by  the  Ftsgard,  48  guns.  Captain  T.  B  Martin,  have  offered  one- 
eighth  silvage  on  Sd^oooI.  for  ihip  and  cargo,  whidb  will  be  accepted* 

17.    Wind  S.  W.  Rain. 

z8.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair  and  Mild.  Sailed  for  Torbay,  the  Caesar,  84  cutt% 
Captain  Sir  J.  Saumarez,  Bart  and  La  Loire,  48,  Captain  Newman,  vrith  one 
^undLred  and  fifty  French  prisoners  for  Portsmouth* 

19.  Wind  S.  Cloudy.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  Triton,  32  guns.  Captain 
Gore.  Marched  oif  for  Supltton,  four  hundred  and  fifty  prisoners  of  war, 
under  a  strong  escort.  Arrived  the  A.  B.  C.  American  from  Bourdeauz*. 
She  feU  in  with  and  was  plundered  in  the  Channel  by  a  French  privateer  of  14 

funs  ;  in  two  hours  after  she  was  boarded  by  the  Spitfire,  34  guns.  Captain 
cymonr,  and  left  her  in  chace  of  the  privateer,  and  firing  at  her,  before  the 
A.  B.  C.  was  out  of  right. 

10.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain,  Blovrs  Hard.  Arrived  the  Seitfire,  14  nrnt. 
Captain  Seymour,  with  a  fine  brig  privateer  her  prise,  taken  sAter  a  long  chace^ 
called  L'Heureuse  Societc,  of  14  guns  and  75  men,  out  four  days,  and  nadno^ 
made  any  captures.  She  was  taken  in  sight  of  the  Telegraph,  of  18  guaS| 
Lieutenant  Corsellls.  Sailed  for  Torbay,  the  Royal  Sovereign,  no  guns^ 
Admiral  Sir  A*  Gardner,  Bart.  Captain  Bedford  ;  also  the  Marlboroughy  74 
guns,  and  Magnificent,  74,  to  join  the  Channel  fleet. 

a  I.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain.  Arrived  the  Caroline  of  Jersey,  vrith  brandy  and 
wine  for  Quebec,  taken  by  a  French  privateer,  Le  Diable  Quatre,  of  14  guoa, 
and  retaken  by  the  Nymph,  36  guns.  Captain  Fraxer. 

22.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Santa  Margaritta,  36  guns,  with  one 
hundred  and  fifty  French  prisoners.  Arrived  the  Catherine  and  Anna,  from 
Batavia  to  Hamburgh,  with  coflee,  detained  in  latitude  30  de|;reies  the  10th 
instant,  by  the  Anson,  44  guns,  Captain  Durham  ;  at  which  penod  the  Ansoa 
and  the  outward-bound  Bast  India  fl«ct  were  all  well. 


PORTSMOUTH  REPORT, 

WtLOU    MARCH  24     TO    AtKlL    a6. 


Mar^  I4.  Ainred  the  Grand  Falconer,  Lieutenant  Chilcote,  with  dis* 
]^tches  from  Marceu;  Ako  the  Oic^tor,  Roebuck,  arid  Tnisty,  with  the  54th 
regiment,  from  Ireland,  which  landed  at  Block-Hense. 

»;.  Arrired  the  firiHiant,  Hon.  Cipuin  Paget,  i^Ith  a  convoy  fitboi 
Gibraltar  and  Lisbon . 

%6,  AtriTed  the  Delft,  Captain  Red^tll ;  Europa,  Captain  Stevenson  ;  and 
Brake!,  Captain  Walker,  with  the  xjth  regiment,  from  Ireland ;  Fairf ,  Captdioi 
Cnny ,  vnik  a  coovof  from  Cnemsey  ;  Hazard,  Captain  Bateerficid,  with  a 
convoy  from  Ireland,  which  sailed  the  dext  morning  with  them  for  the  Downs ; 
Chapman,  Captain  Kean,  with  a  convoy  from  Plymouth  ;  and  Sheemess,  Cap- 
tain Carden,  with  a  convoy  from  the  Downs  ;  also  the  Champion  cutter,  with 
an  Officer  from  the  Chouan  army* 

27.  Sailed  the  Concorde,  Captain  Barton,  for  Cork,  from  whence  she  will 
proceed  with  a  convoy  for  Newioundland. 

3 1.  The  Elephant,  of  74  guns,  Admiral  Sir  Charles  Cotton,  went  to  St. 
Helens,  aod  sailed  to  join  Uie  Channel  fleet. 

April  I.  Arrived  the  Sophie,  Captain  Burdett,  from  a  cruise.  Sailed  the 
Wteior,  Captain  Tykr,  to  join  the  Channel  fleet. 

a.  Arrived  the  Bellerophon,  of  74  {Huu,  Captain  Darby,  from  the  Meditei*- 
taneaA.  She  remained  under  quarantine  three  days,  when  she  was  cleared, 
Aho  the  Alcmene,  Captain  Di^by,  from  Lisbon* 

3.  Arrived  thtf  Diadem,  Captain  Sir  Thomas  Livingstone,  in  twenty-eight 
hours,  from  Cork.  The  Vetius,  Captain  Graves,  and  Europa,  a  Russian  ship, 
are  come  into  the  harbour  to  be -refitted.  The  Mars,  of  74  guns,  Hon.  Admiral 
Berkeley,  went  down  to  St,  Helens,  and  will  sail  from  thence  immediately  the 
wind  permits. 

4.  Arrived  the  Duchess  of  York  cutter,  Lieutenant  Lundy,  from  a  cruise  off 
-  Havre.    She  has  brou^  an  with  her  the  Alexander  brig,  from  Lisbon  for 

Altona,  laden  with  fruit.  Sec.  f^iof  into  Havre.  Sailed  the  Sensible,  Niger, 
Resource,  and  Sheerness,.  with,  the  first  and  second  battalions  of  the  5th  regi- 
ment 00  bp^d.  The  Coounaiuiera  of  the  ships  have  sealed  ordeis,  which  are 
not  to  be  opened  until  they  come  to  a  certain  latitude. 

5.  Arrived  the  Rowditffe,  Lieutenant  Donaoimn,  with  the  Russiau  Com- 
inander  in  Chief^  frwil  Guemtey.  Sailed  the  Beaver,  Captain  Jones,  on  a 
cruise  ;  and  the  Grand  Falconer,  Lieutenant  Chilcott,  with  dispatches  for  Cap^ 
tain  Price,  at  Bftoon.  Cbptidn  Granger,  of  the  Navy,  and  Lieutenant  Tudor 
Tucker,  were  taken  oat  of  the  Regulus,  of  London,  from  the  Cape  of  Ooo<f 
Hope,  the  10th  of  March,  in  iat.  40  M.  long.  16  W.  by  (he  Bellerophon.  TiM 
Iwmer  had  ditpatchet  from  Admfa^l  Sir  Roger  Curtis ;  the  latter  from  Sir 
George  Ycrong^  Governor  of  the  Cape.  He  brings  dispatches  respeding  peace 
heing  made  with  die  Caffrees. 

7.  Arrived  his  Majesty's  ship  Juste,  of  84  guns,  Captain  Sir  Henr)'  Trollope, 
from  the  Channel  fleet,  to  reflt ;  and  the  Alligator  packet,  with  dispatches  from 
the  East  indies. 

8.  The  Kamur,  of  98  guns.  Captain  Luke,  went  down  to  St.  Helens,  where 
«he  now  remains,  with  the  Mars,  the  Hon*  Admiral  Berkeley,  waiting  for  a  fair 
wind.  Sailed  the  RowcJiffe,  Lieutenant  Donovan,  for  Cowes,  to  uke  troopa 
from  thence  to  Guehiaey. 

9.  Arrived  the  Adive,  with  a  large  convoy  from  the  Downs ;  among  which 
were  a  number  of  ships  bound  to  the  West  Indies,  Oporto,  and  the  Med^terra« 

,  nean.     Sailed  the  Roebuck,  Captain  Buchanan,  with  a  convoy  for  the  Downs. 

10.  Arrived  the  Renown,  of  74  guns,  Admiral  Sir  J.  B.  Warren,  from  Lord 
firidport*s  fleet. 

11.  The  HarUam,  CapUm  Burlton,  and  Maidstone,  Captain  Doorlly,.went 
out  of  the  harbour  to  Spithead. 

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33^  MONTHLY  miOISTftft 

la.  ArriTcd  the  Better,  Captain  Jooet,  from  Torbaj  ;  and  Ant,  Lie«t«ninl 
Alt,  and  Advice,  Lieutenant  Heard,  from  a  croiaei  Hti  Majestj'a  ahips  Tniit)^. 
A&d  Fatjy  came  into  the  harbour  to  refit. 

14.  Arrived  the  Champion  cutter  from  Marcou. 

15.  Thia  day  Rear-Admiral  Sir  John  Boiiaie  Wafren  atmck  his  flag,  whe« 
he  set  off  for  lA>ndoQ,  on  leave  of  abience,  until  his  ihip  ia  refitted.  l*hat  ex« 
«cllent  Officer  is  to  be  employed  either  on  the  Lisbon  or  Mediterranean  station; 

16.  Sailed  the  Cynthia,  Captain  Malbon,  on  a  cruise.  His  Majesty's  ship 
Bellerophon,  of  74  guns,  Capuin  Darby,  lately  returned  from  the  Mediterra^ 
Dcan,  is  come  into  the  harbour  to  be  paid  oft  This  ship  ivaa  p^cularly  engaged 
with  Lord  Nelson  at  the  battle  of  the  Nile.  . 

19.  Arrived  La  Loire,  of  48  gnns.  Captain  Ncwmaxiy  from  a  cmiae.  The 
Topaxe  sailed  for  the  station  oflf  Havre,  to  relieve  the  Castor. 

Aj.  Sailed  his  Majesty's  ship  Mars,  of  74  guns,  Hon.  Admiral  Berkeley,  to 
join  the  Channel  Aeei,  The  Namur,  of  90  guns,  Captain  Luke,  came  to' 
Spithead  from  St.  Helena,  to  take  on  board  the  baggage,  &c.  belonging  to  EarF 
SL  Vincent* 

14.  Arrived  his  Majesty's  ship  Santa  Margaritta,  Captain  Parker  )  Incon- 
stant, Capuin  Aysoough ;  and  Magicienne,  Captain  Ogilby,  with  a  large  eon-' 
▼oy  from  the  Downs,  among  which  are  the  Queen,  Upton  Caitlc,  and  Kent^ 
£«t  Indiamen,  and  the  Roy 41  Admiral,  wit^  ^onvidls  for  Qotany  Bay. 

15.  Arrived  the  Union  cutter,  Lieutenant  Rowed,  and  the  next  day  sailed 
again  on  a  cruise. 

a6.  Arrived  the  Beaver»  Captain  Jones,  from  a  cruise ;  and  the  Castor, 
Captain  Leveson  Gower,  from  a  cruise  off  Havre  de  Grace.  Sailed  his  Majesty'a 
ship  Severn,  Captain  'U'hitby,  and  Scorpion,  Captain  linling,  with  a  large 
convojr  for  the  West  Indies  :  the  Amazon,  Captain  Riou  is  to  go  with  them  to 
a  certain  latitijide. 

]P{omotioQi8  nnH  9ppoiruinent0« 

Afrii  24.  THIS  day  Admiral  Earl  St.  Vincent  received  his  cofnmisnon 
appointing  him  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Channel  fleet,  in  the  room  of  Lord' 
Bridport,  who  has  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health.  Ihe  following  day  his 
Ix>rdship  hoisted  his  flag  on  board  the  Namur,  for  the  present ;  but  the  Viile  de 
Paris  will  be  his  flag  ship. 

Admiral  Dickson  has  hoisted  his  flag  on  board  the  Monarch,  and  is  appointed 
to  the  command  of  the  North  Siea  fleet,  in  $he  room  of  Admiral  Lord  uuncan;' 
who  resigns  through  ill  health. 

Vice-Admiral  bir  William  Parker,  Bart,  has  hoisted  his  flag  (white)  on  board 
the  America,  of  64  guns.  Captain  Bingtiam,  at  Blacksukes,  and  it  af^ointed  to' 
succeed  the  late  Admiral  Vandeput  on  the  Halifax  station. 

Admiral  ^ord  Kei^  has  now  the  chief  commaud  in  the  Mediterranean,  and 
&r  the  present  haa  his  flag  flying  on  board  the  Audaciousi  of  74  guns. 

Orders  are  sent  to  the  Mediterranean  for  Commodore  1  roubridge's  immediate 
return  to  England,  in  consequence  of  his  being  appointed  Captain  of  the  Channel 
fleet,  in  the  room  of  Rear-Admiral  Pole,  ia  ho  is  to  command  on  the  New^ 
fbundland  station. 

Lord  Bridport  struck  his  flag  on  the  a4th,  previoui  to  which  he  made  the 
following  promotions :— > 

Captains  We^t  and  Lamiour,  Commanders,  Post ;  Lieutenants  Digby  an4. 
Carter,  of  the  Royal  George,  Commanders  ;  Lieutenant  HiUier,  of  the  Eiccl-' 
lent,,  also  a  Commander,  and  appointed  him  to  thp  Niger  ;  and  four  Mi^lship-* 
pen,  of  the  Royal  George,  to  be  Lieutenants. 

Captain  Charles  Hubert  is  appointed  to  the;  Wilhelmina^  of  30  guns,  fitting  for 
a  troopship  at  Woolwich. 

Captain  Difksoo  is  removed  from  the  comipand  of  the  Lion,  of  64  guns,  to 
that  of  the  Genereux  ;  and  Lord  William  Stuart  is  appointed  to  succeed  him  in* 
the  Lion. 

Captain  Brcnton  is  promoted  to  the  rank  of  PostCaptaii), 

Lucius  hardyman,  hsq.  late  first  JLieutenant  of  the  Sybille,  is|nade  a  Port 
Captain,  and  commanda  La  l-ortc.  4         *  * 


or  vktAt  ivsiTts*  33^ 

*  B.  J.  l^tnet,  Eiq.  Is  appointed  Captain  of  the  Tigire,  under  Cotnmodore  Sir 
tkjdnef  Smith. 

H.  Basely,  Eiq.  Commander  of  the  Harpy,  is  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Poa^ 
CapUin.  .  »         . 

Captain  Willia|n  Bnrchally  late  of  the  Hebe  troop  ship,  is  appointed  to  the 
Harpy  slqop  of  war. ' 

Captain  Brace  of  the  Kanguroo  i%  made  Post. 

Mr.  J.  Richards,  f^Aitig  Purser  in  the  Megsra,  is  bonfim^ed  in  the  KanguroQ 

sloop  of  war.  * 

'  liseutensint  P.'  C  Handiield  is  appointed  Third  Lieutenant  of  the  Melampus, 
vice  lieutenant  C.  W.  Bllison  ;' Lieutenant  W.  De  Busk,  from  the  Golxatfi; 
Second,  vice  Lieutenant  John  Price  ;  and  Lieutenant  Edward  Moore,  First, 
vice  Lientehant  H.  Martin,  made  Master  and  Commander.  '  Mr.  Winter  mad* 
Purser,  vice  Mr.  Jones,  appointed  to  the  £]epluuit ;  %ad  Messrs.  Hannan  and 
Sangster;  Lieutenants.  '    *     *    '  ^   ' 


»^^m 


Earl  SrsNCKU,  it  ia  with  pleasure*  we  are  informed,  pays  the  greatest 
attention  to  the  Ma  am  a  Coars.  '  His  Lordship  has  allowed  two  additional 
Field  Officers  of  the  Marine  Forces  to  go  out  on  the  retirement.  In  consequence 
of  thb  laudable  arrangement,  Lieutenant-Colonel  TsoUope',  who  was  the  Senior 
Officer  in  Lord  Duncan^s  a^on  oh  the  1 1  th  of  0^ber,and  Licutemmc-ColoBcl 
Strickland,  who  commanded,  with  so  much  honour  to  himself  andefiedive  ser* 
^ce  to  the  cause,  eight  hundred  marines,  when  the  iCing  of  Naples  washappiir 
restored  to  his  diadem  and  dominions,  have  retired.  •     ^ 


MARRIAGES. 

Captain  Parkinson,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  to  Miss  Clarke,  of  Uckfield,  Sufsex, 
only' daughter  of  the  late  Reverend  Edward  Clarke.  '   * 

The  17th  of  February,  at  Gibraltar,  B.  HallowcU,  Esq.  Captain  of  his 
Majesty's  ship  Swlftsure,  to  Miss  Inglefield,  daughter  Of  J.  N.  Inglefiehl,  Esd.* 
Commissioner  of  his  Majesty's  Navy  at  that  port.  ^ 

*  Lately,  Lieutenant  George  Nortoni  of  the  Royal  Navy,  to  Miss  E.  Jptttchtfi 
of  Park  Hatch,  Surry.   -  ^  ^ 

OBlTtJARY. 

On  the  5th  instant,  Thomas  Butler,  Esq.  of  the  Dock- Yard,  Portsmouth. 

.Mr.  £nice.  Boatswain  of 'the  Arundel,  as  he  was  returning  from  Lis  ship  to 
the  Hospital. 

'  At  Portsmouth,  Mr.  Henry  Phillips,  Carpenter  of  the  Ganges,  who  acciden- 
tally fell  from  the  ship,  and  was  unfortunsfte)y  drowned  \  his  body  was  foimj 
the  following  morning  between  two  ships  opposite  the  Common  Hard.    An  in- 

3uest  was  held  on  the  body,  and  the  jury  returned  a  verdi&  of  accidental 
eath.  ..     .  .•  f.       « 

'  The  corpse '  of  Mr.  I>ddy,  Surgeon's  Mate  of  the  Cormorant,  who  was 
drowned  on  Chrikmas  £ve, '  at  Portsmouth,  was  found  in  the  harbour  on  the 
icth  iti^ant.  An  Inquest  was  hdld  on  the  body,  by  Stephen  Barney,  Esq.' 
Coroner' for  this  Borough,  an*d  a  9ct4i6t  pf  accidental  death  returned. 

'  Lately,  at  Halifax,  in  America,  universaU^r  }an^en(ed.  Admiral  Gso^ojt, 
Vanosput,  Esq.  ^ommander  in  Chief  on  tliat  station.  This  late  worthy 
Officer  we  find  serving  as  a  Midshipman  on  board  the  Neptune,  at  the  sjdge  of 
Quebec,  tinxler  die  late  Sir'C.  Saunders  ;  and  was  appointed  a  Lieutenant  in  the 
Navy  on  the  24th  <^  September  1759.  After  the  peace  he  was  sent  out  to 
Senegal  as  Commander  of  a  guard-Vessel  stationed  there;  from  whence,  having 
returned  to  England,  he  Was  promoted  to  be  a  Commander  on  April  .17, 1764  ;. 
as  he  farther  was  on  the  20th  of  June,  1765,  to  the  rank  of  Post  Captain,  and 
ampointed  to  the  Surprize,  of  ao  guns.  How  long  he  remained  in  this  vessel 
does  not  appear  ;  but,  in  1767,  we  find  him  appointed  to  the  Carysfort,  of  aS 
guns,  a  new  frigate  then  just  launched.  He  was  not  long  afterwards  ordered 
to  the  Mediterranean,  where  he  continued  during  the  usually  allotted  period  of 
three  years,' 

'   After  his  return  to  England  he  was  anpointed,  in  1770,  to  the  Soleb^y,  pi  3^ 
gpo^  » (riya^  mpliO^cd^  during  tht  three  entuing  years,  as  »  cruisec  oa  tim . 


332  MONTHLY    REGltTBK   Of    NATAL    ET£NTS. 

\  * 

home  lUtion.  Quitting  the  ihip  jiart  mentioBed  ia  1 773,  h«  Wfts  in  the  efisntaf^ 
year  appointed  to  the  Asia,  of  64  gun«,  in  which  ship  he  was  afterwards  ordered 
to  North  Aneripa.  He  oontioued  there  doriiif  the  c««tomary  period  of  three 
years  *  ;  and  the  Asia  having  returned  to  Europe  at  the  conuoencement  of  the 
year  I777t  was  ordered  iato  dock  for  refitoient  and  neecMary  rqiair.  During 
this  period,  however.  Captain  Vandeput  does  not  appear  to  hare  <{nitted  h» 
command ;  but  as  soon  as  the  ship  cam/e  out  of  dock  was  ordered  to  the  East 
Jadies,  whither  he  preceeded,  and  continued  some  years  without  eacdimteriag 
or  meeting  with  any  occurrence  worthy  our  notice. 

He  retiniMd  to  Ehghaid  with  a  fleet  of  East  Iftdili  shtpt  under  hk  cottroy  at 
the  commencement  of  the  jag  17S1 ;  and  after  cotttiaaing  for  a  shoit  tiaw 
tnemployed,  was,  at  the  beginning  of  the  eofuiag  year*  sppoiiited  to  the  Adas^ 
^  seeofid  rate  of  98  gttns,  then  aewiy  lansehed  As  soon  as  his  ship  was  fit  for 
jei,  he  was  ordered  to  join  the  main  or  Channel  fleet,  which,  in  the  month  of 
Se|itember,  proceeded  to  the  relief  of  Gibraltar.  In  the  skkrwidi  which  took 
place  with  the  combined  fleets  of  France  and  Spain  on  the  todk  of  0&ober» 
•od  at  which  Captain  Vandeput  was,  of  coarse^  present,  the  Ada*  had  two  men 
kiiied,  and  three  wounded.  He  qnitted  this  command  imibediately  on  the 
tetttvn  of  the  fleet  into  port,  and  pence  foUowing  ilmoir  instant annonsly,  was 
appointed  to  the  William  and  Mary  yacht.  He  removed  £rom  this  vessel,  at 
Bm  commencement  of  the  ensuing  sommer,  into  the  Prxncese  Aognsla^  a  vcssei 
of  the  same  description,  aed  proceeded  not  long  aftenrafds  to  the  Elhe^  for  the 
jnrpese  of  conveying  thither  his  Royel  Highnesa  Prince  Sdword,  £aiirtii  eon  to 
his  present  Majesty. 

Captain  Vandcpot  continued  to  retain  the  command  last-^mentioned,  till  he 
i^ras  advanced  to  the  rank  of  a  flag  Officer,  a  pibmotion  which  took  place  on  the 
J  St  of  Febraary,  1793  ;  in  consequrnce  of  which  he  became  Rea^Admsral  of 
the  Blue.  Some  time  after  this,  he  hoi:>ted  his  flag  on  board  the  Saturn^  of  74 
gunik  On  the  1 2th  of  A^il  1 794,  he  was  farther  advanced  to  be  Rear-Admtral 
of  the  Red  ;  as  he  wa%  moreover,  on  the 4th  of  July  foUovring  to  be  Vice  of  the 
Blue.  In  the  month  of  May  1795,  he  hoisted  his  flag  on  board  the  Japiter,  of 
50  gn9%  being  appointed  to  command  a  souadron,  or  division  in  the  armament, 
which  the  irruption  of  the  French  into  Holland,  rendered  it  indispcnsibly  nece^ 
sary  to  keep  stationed  in  the  North  Sea.  On  the  1st  of  June  he  was  advanced 
to  be  Vice- Admiral  of  the  White ;  and  heving  in  the  interim  removed  his  flag 
into  the  Leopard,  a  ship  of  the  same  force  with  the  Jopiter,  continued  on  the 
northern  station  during  the  remainder  of  the  year,  borne  time  after  this  he 
hoisted  his  flag  on  board  the  Resolution,  of  74  gunk,  and  proceeded  to  Halifax, 
in  Nova  Scotia,  beiM  invested  with  the  North  American  command.  In  1799, 
he  was  advanced  to  be  Admiral  of  the  Blue,  and  afterwards  removed  his  fl  ig  to 
the  Asia,  of  64  guns.  Captain  R.  Murray,  and  continued  on  the  Halifax  station* 
which  he  filled  with  diligence,  as  well  as  ability,  till  death  struck  his  flag. 

The  late  Admiral  was  a  son  of  Sir  George  Vandeput,  who  many  years  ago 
tras  engaged  in  the  meroorahlc  contest  for  the  representation  of  Westminster— a 
contest  by  which  his  large  fortune  was  considerably  impaired.  The  Admiral 
was  a  plain,  unafl*eded,  manly  chara<2er,  who  was  well  acquainted  with  his 
profession,  and  who  also  was  a  judicious  critic  in  the  arts.  He  was  a  gre^t 
admirer  of  pictures,  and  particularly  those  on  nautical  subjcds.  In  private  life 
lie  Was  esteemed  for  good  sense,  intelligence,  and  moral  worth. 


*  During  the  time  this  ship  was  stationed  off  New  York*  it  very  narrowly  eseapedr 
pirough  the  sagacity  of  Captain  Vandcpot  himself,  toeing  blown  mp,  in  consc^ucoce  of  an 
insidious,  though,  it  must  be  owned*  veiy  ingenious  American  ccmtrivance. 

A  quantity  of  gunpowder  was  put  on  board  a  small  vessel*  which  is  said  to  )i2\t  pur* 
poscly  thrown  herself  in  the  way  of  one  of  the  Asia's  tenders.  In  one  of  the  barrels  wi» 
-an  alarum,  or  piece  of  clock- work,  which  being  woundup,  previota  toitsbeineput  into 
the  barrel*  would  go  ofiT  at  a  distant  period*  and  by  means  of  a  mtalcct*tock  seudned  to  it* 
fotng  the  gunpowder  which  surrounded  it*  wooM,  on  being  taken  into  the  nsaaaaine  of  the 
Asia*  have  set  fire  to  the  whole  store*  and  thereby  blown  u|{  the  vesseL  The  whole  schcBSte 
was,  however,  happily  frustrated  by  the  prudence  of  Cutaia  Vandeput*  and  the  terrors  of 

.one  of  the  American  prisoners  who  was  on  board,  and^in  the  secret.  In  1775  ^  serious 
dispute  arose  between  him  and  the  Mayor  of  New  York,  relative  to  the  removal  of  the* 
cannon  from  the  batteries  of  the  town.    It  had  been  preceded  by  an  attempt  on  the  psrtof 

^  th»  inhabixants*  which  produced  a*cannonads  fom  jltt  Asia»  vti  jfMMi  a;  mt«ra>  in< 
(oittc^ucnce  of  which  the  Asia  had  one  man  killed* 


SIR  JOHNBORLASE  WARREN  BARtjTfl. 


SlOGKAfBICAL  MSMOIS  Of  XSAX-ADMISAL 
SIR  JOHN  BORLASE  WARREN  *,  BART.  K.  B: 


His  carriage  was  fall  comely  and  npright« 

His  (Countenance  demure  and  temperate  ; 

But  yttt  so  Sterne  and  terrible  in  sight 

That  cliearM  his  fHendes,  and  did  his  foes  amtte  8 

He  was  an  elfin  borne  of  tiobie  8tate« 

And  mickle  wonhip  in  his  native  land.  Sr i  N  9 1  ft* 

''fTTTE  have  already  traced  with  a  considerable  accuracy,  de- 
rived from  no  common  sources,  the  lives  of  some  of 
the  most  renowned  of  our  Naval  OfEcers,  who  have  distin- 
guished themselves  during  the  present  war.  The  future  his- 
torian will  thus  possess  additional  information,  beyond  the 
official  letters  of  the  day  ;  and  will  be  enabled  to  enliven  his 
page  with  those  discriminating  features  of  charafter,  that  might 
otherwise  have  been  lost :  the  performance  of  this  task  has 
been  attended  with  much  difficulty  ;  though  success  has 
crowned  our  labours,  the  delicacy  of  our  situation  is  conti* 
nually  present  to  our  thoughts.  The  subject  of  the  present 
memoir  has  long  been  a  favourite  of  the  public  ;  and  as  no 
circumstantial  account  f  of  his  professional  life  has  appearedy 
we  shall  proceed  to  furnish  our  readers  with  a  narrative,  on 
the  corredness  of  which  they  may  rely. 

Sir  John  Borlase  Warren  is  descended  from  an  ancient 
family,  whose  estates  were  situated  in  Buckinghamshire,  and 
Nottinghamshire.  He  derives  the  name  of  Borlase  from 
bis  great  grandmother,  who  was  the  heiress  and  daughter  X  of 
Sir  John  Borlase,  Bart,  of  Bockmore,  Bucks — Lieutenant- 
Colonel  II  of  the  famous  Lord  Vere's  regiment,  that  served 

*  Rear-Admiral  of  the  Bkie ;  Croom  of  the  Bedchamber  to  hit  Royal 
Highoesa  the  Duke  of  Clarence ;  Member  for  the  Town  of  Nottlsgham  s 
Vice-President  of  the  Society  for  Naval  Architcdure. 

f  A  short  account  of  Sir  J.  B.  Warren  appeared  in  the  European  Magazinep 
which,  at  far  as  it  went,  was  coired. 

\  Another  daughter  of  this  family  married  Richard  GrenTille,  Esq.  of 
Wooton,  in  the  same  county ;  grandfather  to  the  present  Marquis  of  Buck- 

tngfaam* 

I  His  son  WIS  aC^erwarda  Lieutenant-OenerBl  of  t^ie  Ordnance,  and  Govemor 

of  Ireland. 

^.  III*  V  Y 


3)4  BIOGRAPHICAL   MfeBlOtR 

in  the  Palatinate  to  proteft  the  Eleftor  King  of  Bohemia  j 
afterwards  placed  under  the  Prince  of  Orange  in  the  Low 
Countries,  dt]iring  the  wars  in  Flanders  and  Holland* 

The  name  of  Warren  is  of  Norman  extradion.  Sir  John 
is  related  to  the  family^  in  Cheshire,  and  is  descended  from 
the  ancient  Earls  of  Warenne,  belonging  to  the  Plantagenet 
family.  He  received  his  education  under  the  Reverend  Mr. 
Prinseps,  at  Bicester,  in  Oxfordshire,  whence  he  was  removed 
to  Winchester*  As  it  was  the  intention  of  Sir  John's  rela- 
tions that  he  should  be  sent  to  one  of  the  Universities,  a 
private  tutor  was  afterwards  appointed  ;  but  so  strong  an 
inclination  for  the  Navy  pervaded  his  youthful  mind,  that 
notwithstanding  many  urgent  persuasions  to  the  contrary^ 
Sir  John  at  length  entered  on  board  the  Alderney  sloop  of 
war,  then  commanded  by  Capt.  James  O'Hara  ; — stationed  at 
Yarmouth,  and  Shetland,  to  proted  the  Fisheries.  Our  young 
mariner,  who  had  thus  displayed  such  an  early  inclination 
for  a  profession  he  has  since  so  much  adorned,  continued  in 
the  Alderney  sloop,  and  the  Marlborough  to  which  he  was 
afterwards  appointed,  nearly  three  or  four  years ;  under  the 
immediate  patronage  of  the  lamented  Lord  Howe  :  and  after* 
wards  at  the  request  of  his  friends  went  to  Emanuel  College, 
Cambridge.  He  pursued  the  academical  studies  under  his  tutor 
Dr.  Farmer  ;  and  having  taken  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
kft  the  university  on  a  tour  through  some  of  the  most  inte- 
resting parts  of  the  continent. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  American  war,  Sir  John 
Borlase  Warren,  who  had  previously  been  elefted  a  Member 
of  Parliament,  still  glowing  with  the  same  zeal  for  the  British 
Navy^  immediately  returned  to  its  professional  duties  ;  and, 
during  the  year  I777>  embarked  in  the  Venus  frigate,  com- 
xnanded  by  Captain  Williams  •.  Thjs  Ship  being  soon 
ordered  to  join  his  old  patron,  Lord  Howe,  on  the  American 
station,  Sir  John  was  next  placed  by  him  in  the  Apollo 
frigate,  under  that  brave,  and    excellent  Officer   Captaia 

•  Now  Vicc-Admlral. 


or    sift  JOHN    BOJtLASE  WAftRBN*    BAftT.   K«  B.  3.3.^ 

Pownall ;  and  continued  with  him  until  the  usual  period  of 
service  was  complete  :  being  then  a]q)ointed  Fourth  Lieute- 
nant of  the  Nonsuch,  64  guns, Commodore  Walter  Griffith  •» 
Sir  John  was  present  in  the  fleet  when  the  gallant  Lord  Howo 
was  opposed  to  the  squadron  under  D'Estaing* 

Upon  his  return  to  England,  Lieutenant  Warren,  during 
tlie  year  (1779,)  was  appointed  first  of  the  Vi£lory,  with 
Sir  Charles  Hardy's  flag  on  board ;  who  on  the  resignation 
of  Admiral  Keppel  was  made  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Western  Squadron :  Admiral  Kempenfelt  served  under  Sir 
Charles  as  Captain  of  the  Fleet.  On  the  sixteenth  of  July 
in  the  same  year,  Lieutenant  Warren,  having  been  advanced 
to  the  rank  of  Commander,  was  appointed  to  the  Helena 
sloop  of  war;  which  bad  been  taken  from  the  French  by  tlie 
fleet  off  Ushant.  Sir  John  received  his  commission  as  Post 
Captain,  on  the  twenty- fifth  of  April,  1781,  and  was  soon 
given  the  command  of  the  Ariadne,  20  guns  ;  which  conti-^ 
Bued  in  the  Downs,  and  on  the  North  Sea  station. 

The  first  engagement  in  which  Sir  John  Borlase  Warren 
was  presents  after  attaining  his  Post  rank,  was  with  a  French 
frigate,  L*Aigle,  44  guns,  and  400  men,  then  fitted  out  as  a 
privateer  from  Dunkirk.  The  enemy  having  borne  down» 
an  action  commenced,  which  continued  for  fifty  minutes  ; 
when  L'Aigle,  who  had  lost  many  of  her  crew,  hauled  her 
wind  from  tlie  Ariadne,  and  by  superior  sailing  reached  St* 
Maloes  in  safety.  Captain  Warren  was  afterwards  appointed 
to  the  Winchelsea  frigate,  32  guns,  attached  to  the  fleet  in  the 
North  Sea  under  Sir  John  Lgckart  Ros|.  The  Winchelsea 
being  stationed  tp  watch  the  Dutch  fleet  off  the  Texel,  took 
three  privateers. 

On  the  cessation  of  hostilities  by  the  general  peace»  which 
was  concluded  in  (1783,)  Sir  John  Warren  returned  to 
the  domestic  comfort  of  his  family  :   having  married  tht 

*  Of  an  ancient  >X^elch  family. --Promoted  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant,  May  7, 

1755  ;  advanced  to  Poit  rank  on  the  eleventh  of  December,  1759.    He  Wa» 

killed  by  the  lait  broadaide*  whilst  commanding  the  Conqueror,  during  a  most 

|4l)4S(  adipA  vitU  three  Jbrench  iihif  •  in  Port  Royal  Bay,  Xkcemb«i|  rf,  177a* 


^6  BlOGlAPHICAt   HlMOlft 

youngest  daughter  of  General  Sir  John  Clavcring,  K.  B.  and 
Lady  Diana  *.  During  the  peace,  the  adive  mind  of  Sir 
John  Warren  eagerly  seized  the  first  opportunity  that  offered 
to  renew  the  duties  of  his  profession :  he  was  accordingly 
twice  at  sea;  first  as  a  volunteer,  with  the  Honourable 
George  Berkeley,  June  1787,  in  a  squadron  of  evolution ; 
consisting  of  six  ships  of  the  line,  besides  frigates,  under  Vice- 
Admiral  the  Honourable  Commodore  Leveson  Gower,  who 
had  hoisted  his  broad  pendant  on  board  the  Edgar,  of  74 
guns  ;  and  afterwards  in  the  Valiant,  74  guns,  with  his 
Royal  Highness  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  having  previously 
been  appointed,  together  with  Rear-Admirals  Christian, 
and  Pole,  Groom  of  the  Bedchamber  to  the  Duke. 

When  the  present  eventful  war  commenced,  in  the 
year  (1793),  Sir  John  Warren  commissioned  the  Flora 
frigate,  36  guns,  then  fitting  at  Deptford  ;  and  sailed  from 
Spithead  in  company  with  the  Inconstant  frigate,  36  guns. 
Captain  Montgomery,  as  convoy  to  the  Lisbon  and  Oporto 
ships ;  accompanied  by  five  sail  of  the  line  under  Admiral 
Cosby.  During  the  interval  of  the  arrival  of  the  convoy, 
and  its  departure,  the  two  frigates  cruised  off  the  coasts  of 
Spain  and  Portugal.  Sir  John  Warren,  in  the  Flora,  having 
chased  a  frigate  into  L'Orient,  which  escaped,  captured 
L'Affamee  privateer  on  his  return  to  Lisbon.  The  Incon- 
stant, he  found,  had  returned  home,  after  taking  four  or 
five  prizes  ;  three  of  which  being  left,  accompanied  the 
Ships  to  England.  The  Flora,  in  company  with  the  Druid, 
32  guns,  Captain  J«  Ellison,  and  Fury  sloop,  14  guns,  Captain 
F.  Sotlieron,  safely  escorted  the  two  convoys  consisting  of 
ninety-^seven  sail  ;  and  arrived  with  them  in  the  Downi 
during  the  month  of  Odober  in  the  same  year. 

The  Flora,  in  November,  received  orders  to  hoist  Rear- 
Admiral  M^Bride's  flag  ;  who  came  round  in  the  Sheerness, 
44  guns,  to  Spithead.-  A  squadron  of  several  frigates  was 
placed  under  the  Admiral's  command ;  among  whom  were 

*  Lmdy  Diana  Wetti  nho  married  Sir  John  ClaTeriDg,  was  the  daughter  o| 
£arl  Ddawarr. 


OP  Bit  JOHN  BOHIASB  VTA^^tV,   BART»  K.  8*      J)^ 

the  Crescent,  36  guns.  Sir  James  Sanmarez ;  the  MelampuSt 
36  guns,  Captain  Coffin ;  and  the  Arethusa,  38  guns,  Siif 
Edward  Pcllew :  a  body  of  British  troops  were  embarked, 
consisting  of  six,  or  seven  thousand  men,  with  some  French 
corps,  under  the  command  of  the  Earl  of  Moira,  to  be  escorted 
to  Guernsey  and  Jersey,  in  order  to  assist  the  Royalist  army ; 
which  had  penetrated  to  Granville,  Arranches,  and  Dol, 
opposite  to  the  above  islands,  under  the  Generals  L'Esqure, 
Charette,  Talmont,  and  others.  Several  Officers  of  highranki 
both  English  and  French,  embarked  in  the  Flora — Earl 
Moira  j  Generals  Crosby,  Hunter,  and  Grant ;  Comtes 
D*Hervilly,  Conway,  and  St.  Vincent.  Four  thousand  men 
were  landed  in  Guernsey,  and  continued  on  the  island  nearly 
two  months  :  they  were  afterwards  brought  over,  and  dis- 
embarked at  Cowes  ;  and  cantoned  with  several  Hessians  in 
the  Isle  of  Wight,  under  the  command  of  Earl  Moira. 
Admiral  M'Bride's  squadron  being  attached  to  this  expedi- 
tion, continued  also  there  until  the  arrival  of  the  Cumber- 
land, }4  guns,  when  the  Admiral  removed  his  flag  to  that 
Ship ;  and  sent  the  Flora,  Crescent,  La  Nymphe,  Druid,  and 
Fury  sloop,  on  a  cruise  off  the  coast  of  France,  under  the  orders 
of  Sir  John  Warren  ;  who  captured  La  Vipere  National 
corvette  brig,  18  guns,  and  no  men,  oflF  Havre  de  Grace  j 
and  drove  two  other  cruisers  of  the  enemy  into  that  port. 

The  Flora  from  this  time  continued  for  several  months 
attached  to  the  squadron  under  Admiral  M'Bride,  cruising 
oiF  Chcrburgh,  Havre  de  Grace,  and  St.  Maloes  ;  until  they 
at  length  came  into  Cawsand  Bay.  Sir  John  Warren  was 
soon  dispatched  in  the  Flora,  by  the  Admiral,  on  a  second 
cruise,  as  Commodore  ;  with  the  Arethusa,  Sir  E.  Pellew, 
Concorde,  36  guns.  Sir  Richard  Strachan,  La  Nymphe, 
36  guns.  Captain  George  Murray,  and  the  Melampus, 
Captain  Thomas  Wells,  to  cruise  off  Cherburgh,  and  the 
islands  of  Guernsey,  and  Jersey  ;  as  a  squadron  of  French 
frigates  from  Cancale  Bay,  had  captured  many  of  our  mer- 
chantmen in  the  Channel ;  and  had  engaged^  and  nearly 


3$%  BIOGRAPHICAL  MtMOfK 

cftpTared  the  Hinde,  28  guns,  near  Portland,  comroanded  hy 
Captain  P.  Durham.  This  French  squadron  *  was  composed 
of  the  best  sailing,  and  most  powerful  frigates,  in  their  Navy  i 
and  had  also  been  manned  with  the  prime  of  their  seamen  : 
it  in  general  rendezvoused  at  Cberburgh,  or  Cancale>  and 
thus  greatly  annoyed  the  commerce  of  Great  Britain.  One  of 
them.  La  Carmagnole,  some  weeks  previous  to  the  sailing 
of  Commodore  Warren's  squadron,  ran  asliore  during  a 
chace,  and  bilged. — Having  steered  for  the  Seven  Islands,  on 
the  coast  of  Brittany,  Sir  John,  by  the  twenty -third  of  April 
(1794),  before  day-break,  discerned  the  remaining  Ships  of 
the  French  squadron  standing  out  from  Cancale  Bay  ti> 
cruise  ;  in  expeftation  of  intercepting  the  trade  from  Cork, 
convoyed  by  the  Aurora,  28  guns,  Capt.  W.  Essington.  The 
republican  Officers  received  the  most  corre£l  information  of 
the  sailing  of  the  above  Ship$  from  Paris^  which  it  appears 
was  conveyed  to  France  by  their  various  emissaries  then 
In  London.  The  engagement  lasted  nearly  three  hours  ; 
and  gloriously  terminated  in  adding  to  tlie  British  Navy,  La 
Pomone,  one  of  the  finest  frigates  ever  built  in  France,  4^ 
guns,  twenty-four  pounders,  400  men;  L*Engageante,  34 
guns,  and  four  carronades,  with  300  men  ;  and  La  Babct^  %% 
guns,  nine  pounders,  200  men  :  another  frigate.  La Rcsolue^ 
escaped,by  outsailing  the  Melampus  and  Nymphe,  who  chased 
her  into  Morlalx.  The  French  Cpmmodorei  Monsieur  Des- 
garceaux,  had  been  an  officer  in  the  old  marine  of  his  coun-* 
try ;  he  was  killed  by  the  second  broadside  from  the  Flora* 
who  led,  seconded  by  the  Aretbusa,  Sir  E.  Pellew,  and  waa 
gallantly  supported  by  the  other  British  Shipr^  We  subjoii\ 
the  official  narratives  of  the  above  engagement  by  Sir  Joba 
Warren,  and  Sir  Richard  Strachan  :-— 

*  It  coDsistcd  of  Ia  Carmagnole,  -  •  •  50 

hz  Pomone,  -  -  •  44 

JL'Engafrcajitc,  -  -  -  36 

I. a  Rcsolue,  -  •  .  *^^ 

l.d  Babet,  *  -  •  ft) 


^P  Bin  JORR  iftO&LiSS  THrAtllLll^i  BAlT.  it.  tk  $39 

«iit»  Flora^  at  Sea$  April  i^^  '794* 

la  panuance  of  your  orders^  I  proceeded  with  the  Ships  named  la 
Ae  margin  *,  to  cruise  on  the  coast  of  France  ;  and  on  the  twenty - 
third  instant,  from  variable  winds^  being  to  the  westward  of  Guernsey* 
Kock  Dove  +  bearing  E.  by  S.  four  or  five  leagues,  the  Seven  Islands 
S.  S.  W.  four  or  five  leagues,  Guernsey  N.  E.  half  cast  se vendor  eight 
leagues ;  I  discovered,  at  four  in  the  morning,  four  sail  standing  out  to 
tea  upon  the  lai^ard  tack,  the  wind  S.  S.  W.  ;  and,  as  the  raK>rn4ng 
beg^n  to  break,  I  saw  from  their  manoeuvres,  and  firing  of  guns,  they 
were  some  of  the  enemy's  Ships  of  war.  They  soon  afterward  appeared 
in  a  line  of  battle  on  the  larboard  tack ;  and,  as  our  Ships,  from  havioj^ 
chased,  were  not  coIle£^ed,  I  made  the  signal  to  form  in  succession* 
We  crossed  each  other  on  contrary  tacks,  and  the  enemy  began  an 
a&ion  at  a  considerable  distance  ;  their.sternmost  Ship  having  passed 
over,  they  again  tacked  ;  but  the  wind  changing  two  points  in  our 
favour,  I  perceived  it  was  impossible  to  weather  them  ;  and  therefore 
made  the  signal  for  the  Ships  to  engage  as  they  came  up,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent the  enemy  gaining  their  own  shore,  and  to  oblige  them  to  come 
to  a  close  adliou  :  I  am  happy  to  say  we  succeeded  in  this  obje^   ^ 

The  iingagement  lasted  nearly  three  hours,  when  two  of  the  Slupi 
struck.  I  then  made  the  signal  for  those  who  were  coming  up  l& 
pursue  and  engage  the  enemy  ;  as,  fronv  the  situation  of  this  Ship^ 
having  led  the  line  into  a6Uon,  she  was  incapable  of  continuing  the 
pursuit. 

I  am  much  indebted  to  Sir  Edward  Pellew,  in  the  Arethusa,  who 
was  my  second  astern,  and  to  the  other  Officers  and  Ships  under  my 
command,  who  exerted  themselves  in  engaging  and  pursuing  the  enemy. 

The  French  squadron  consisted  of  L'Engageante,  36  guns,  eighteea 
pounders,  300  meuf  Monsieur  Dcsgarceaux,  Chef  d'Escadre ;  La 
Pomone,  44  guns,  twenty-four  pounders,  400  men  ;  La  Rtsolue, 
36  guns,  eighteen  pounders,  320  men  \  La  Babet,  22  guns,  nine 
pounders,  200  men  :  they  sailed  from  Concale  Bay  the  evening  before 
we  met  thenu 

I  owe  every  obligation  and  acknowledgment  to  the  Officers  and 
crew  of  this  Ship,  for  their  zeal  and  exertions  upon  this  and  every 
former  occasion  in  the  service  of  their  King  and  Country  ;  and  trust 
you  win  recommend  them  to  their  Lordships'  notice  and  protedion. 

Enclosed  are  lists  of  the  killed  and  wounded,  and  also  of  the  Ships 
taken  from  the  enemy.     I  have  the  honour  to  remain,  &c. 

JOHN  BORLAS£  WARRBK^ 

*  ArcthfMa,  MtUrmpus,  Li^Nymphe,  Concorde. 

^  Rock  Dovk  Rocks,  a  large  ledge  of  rocks  laore  than  a  league  in  length, 
sfiwttt  seven  l^gues  at  S.  S.  W.  &om  Guernsey* 


J40  BIOOtAVHICAL  MIMOIE 

A  List  o/th  XUUdsnd  Wotmdtd  an  hardhU  Majesty  s  Shift  Flon  oa/  ArcthlUly 

•mth*  334/^  April  1794. 

Fbra^Ont  textatn  killed,  three  ditto  wounded. 

Antbuu'^^nc  Muter't  Mate  killedy  two  teamen  kiQed  c    five  leamea 
wounded. 

A  List  0/ the  Killed  Mid  Wwndeiom  hmrdthe  C$mvemtt»mal  Fri^atet  La  Pomofie  jW 

La  Babety  m  the  %$d  af  April  1794. 


Za  iVtMM#— Between  %9  and  100  killed  and  wounded. 
La  Ai^— Between  30  and  40  killed  and  wounded. 
Rear-Jtdnural  Macbridcf  ^c» 

siK#  La  Concorde g  Plymoutb  SounJf  April  2 ^tb,  ly^^ 

I  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you  of  my  arrival  here  with  his 
Majesty's  Ship  under  my  command,  with  a  French  frigate,  which  we 
took  in  the  afternoon  of  the'  twenty-third  instant.  The  early  trans* 
actions  of  that  day  have  been  detailed  to  you  by  Sir  John  Warren  ; 
but  as  the  Flora  was  at  too  great  a  distance  to  observe  my  proceedings 
in  the  afternoon^  I  beg  to  relate  the  particulars  of  my  condudi  from 
the  time  we  passed  the  Pomona  after  she  had  surrendered. 

About  eleven  A.  M.  we  were  near  enough  to  receive  and  return  the 
fire  of  the  enemy's  two  frigates*  which  were  making  off.  It  was  my 
intention  to  endeavour  to  disable  the  stemmost,  and  leave  her  to  the 
Ships  of  his  Majesty  which  were  following  us,  and  push  on  to  attack 
the  leading  Ship  ;  but  in  this  I  was  disappointed,  for  the  leading 
Ship  bore  down,  and  closed  to  support  her  second  ;  and  laying  herself 
across  our  bows,  soon  disabled  us  in  our  sails  and  rigging  so  mucbj 
that  we  dropped  astern. 

We  soon  got  our  sails  on  the  Ship  again,  and  I  purposed  to  keep  the 
enemy's  two  Ships  in  check  till  ours  arrived,  as  the  only  means  of 
taking  them  both  ;  but  finding  the  day  far  advanced,  and  little  pro- 
bability of  our  being  assisted,  as  our  Ships  rather  dropped  ;  and  ex- 
pe^ing  our  maintop-mast,  which  was  shot  through,  to  go  every 
minute ;  knowing  that  if  our  mast  went  both  the  Ships  must  escape ;  I 
determined  to  secure  the  one  I  was  nearest.  She  was  assisted  for 
some  time  by  her  second  ;  but  changing  sides  in  the  smoke,  it  pre- 
vented her  from  annoying  us.  She  was  defended  with  the  greatest 
bravery  from  twelve  till  a  quarter  before  two  P.  M.  when  being 
silenced,  and  totally  unmanageable,  they  called  they  had  surrendered. 
She  proved  to  be  L'Engageante,  of  34  guns«  and  four  carronades,  with 
300  men. 

The  other  frigate,  La  Resolue,  after  firing  a  few  shot,  stood  on» 
and  our  Ship,  much  cut  up  in  our  sails  and  liggiogy  was  not  in  ft 
condition  to  follow  her. 

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OP.  SIR  JOHN  BOftLAll  WARRBlTy  BART.   K,  8*  ]4t 

The  miut  of  L^Engageaote,  ia  die  evening,  as  we  attempted  to 
tow  her,  fell ;  and  expeftiog  ours  to  go  a]so»  I  availed  niTself  of  seeing 
the  Nymphe  and  Mebrapus  returning  from  the  chase  of  the  Resolue» 
to  make  the  signs  for  assistance.  The  Nymphe  joined  us  at  nS^ht,  and 
we  steered  for  this  port. 

I  must  request  you  will  please  to  inform  their  Lordships,  that  the 
Eealous,  cool,  and  steady  condu6k  of  the  Officers  and  ship's  company 
was  highly  meritorious  in  the  adion  ;  and  their  efforts  in  refitting  the 
Ship,  after  the  fatigue  they  had  experiencedf  exceeded  any  exertion  I 
ever  saw  before.  As  the  First  Lieutenant,  Charles  Apthorp,  was 
mostly  with  me,  I  had  an  opportunity  of  observing  the  spirit  of  enter- 
prise which  pervaded  his  conduf^,  and  I  must  acknowledge  the  great 
assistance  he  was  of  to  me^  from  the  able  manner  in  which  he  performed 
the  various  duties  I  employed  him  upon ;  and  am  convinced  also  of  the 
food  condttft  of  Lieutenants  Boys  and  Evans^  who  commanded  on  the 
main  deck. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c* 

R.  STRACHAK. 

His  Majeaty,  soon  after  this  adion>  which  gave  a  severe 
blow  to  the  pride  and  confidence  of  the  eneoay,  was  pleasod 
to  create  Sir  John  Warren  one  of  the  Knights  of  the  mili- 
tary order  of  the  Batli  *• 

*  As  nuny  of  our  Naval  Officea  have  received  thin  honoor,  aome  tbort  account 
of  the  Order  may  be  acceptable.  Edmondaon  informs  us,  that  according  to 
JViUiam  Camdem^  and  Jean  iu  TiUet^  there  is  reason  to  suppose  it  was  established 
«moDgthe  old  Franks,  or  inhabitants  of  lower  Germany ;  with  whom  the  SaacoM 
^ad  the  sune  common  descent;  and  who»  on  their  settlement  in  England^ 
Introduced  the  same  Order  of  knighthood.  Whenever  this  honoor  was  con- 
ferred, many  aolenw  rites  were  observed  :  the  Knights  previous  to  their  vigils 
katktd^  to  mark  a  pure  mind  t  Irom  which  praAice  they  were  d<noBiinared 
Xnighu  of  the  Bath. 

George  the  First,  by  his  letters  patent,  bearing  date  at  Westminster  May  the 
eighteenth,  In  the  eleventh  year  of  his  reign  (1725),  created  a  Military  Order 
of  knighthood  to  be,  and  for  ever  then  aftjer  to  be  called  by  the  pame  of  Tax 
Ordbr  or  THB  Bath  ;  to  consist,  exclusive  of  the  Sovereign,  of  a  Grand 
Master,  and  thirty-eia  CoQEipanions. 

We  took  an  early  f^portunity  (Vol.  I.  p.  aj.)  to  mark  the  glorioaa  occasjoa 
which  the  present  war  afforded  of  creating  an  Order  of  Naval,  as  well  at 
Military  Merit  i  Xmgkt  1^  tht  Stmithr^  Xn^rfikeRtd  Grvit,  or  Xa^fo  ^4« 
CMw  Jbtfi^i  are  titka  that  would  carry  with  them  something  noore  appro- 
^iatt,  and  niore  elevating,  than  the  ancient  Orders  ;  anch  an  idea  onci  pre* 
f  ^ed  ;  ye  tn«  it  i^  not  entir^y  abandoned.  |^o|fi  XV.  in  the  year  f 7i9» 
instituted  an  Order  of  Military  Merit  in  France^^the  prevailing  ybara^ar  9( 
that  country  being  militaiy,    Jiiihprcvw  eiNio|«,(lhat  lb»0l4pi  >Wfmi^A 

mou  lilt  z  z 


SM  iroOftAPHICAL  ■tMort 

*  During  the  continiianoe  of  the  war.  Sir  John  Wanen 
has  enjoyed  the  blessing  of  being  continually  employed ; 
and  in  a  manner  the  best  calculated  to  afford  satisfaAion  to 
an  a£Hve  spirit :  neither  want  of  health,  nor  any  untoward 
combination  of  events,  has  ever  operated  to  retard  that 
sealous  spirit  of  enterprise,  which  in  common  with  the  other 
brave,  thoagh  often  unheard  of  Officen  in  the  profiasion, 
so  powerfully  aAuates  his  mind-^ 

As  in  the  hoQow  breast  of  Appenine, 

Beneath  the  shelter  of  encirdlng  hillsj 

A  myrtle  rises,  far  from  human  eye  : 

So  merit  o/Um  Uboau,  utueem  hy  aU  !  Thomsov* 

The  Flora,  soon  after  the  preceding  event,  with  the  Ar> 
thusa>  Sir  £•  Pellew,  and  the  Melampus,  Captain  Sir  R.  J. 
Scracban,  was  detached  from  Admiral  M^Bride*s  squadron 
on  a  separate  service  ;  and  cruised  off  the  western  coasts  of 
Brittany,  and  La  Vendee.  They  at  one  time  were  obliged  to 
steer  through  a  part  of  the  great  convoy  bound  from  Ameridi 
t6  France  laden  with  provisions  and  corn  ;  and  this  at  a  period 
of  the  enemy's  principal  distress  : — the  three  British  frigates 
wefc  pursued  by  Le  Jean  Bart,  Le  Tigre,  and  Zele,  of  74 
guns,  with  three  French  frigates,  for  several  hours ;  and 
although  Sir  John  Warren  passed  within  hail»  and  some  of 
the  Ships  spoke  the  rear  of  the  enemy's  convoy,  he  escaped 
«t  length  from  a  force  so  superior.  The  Melampus  being 
afterwards  ordered  on  other  service ;  the  Flora  and  Are* 
thusa,  joined  by  the  Gaktei,  32  guns,  Captain  Keats ;  the 
DiamondfjS  guns.  Sir  Sydney  Smith ;  the  Artois  *,  38  guns. 
Sir  Edmund  Nagle ;  and  the  Anson,  44  guns.  Captain  P« 
Durham  \  were  ooncinually  stationed  in  the  Bay* 

Sb  tn«ic  of  tbote  Offcm  in  his  army  who  were  Protettaats :  the  motto  wat 
pRO^iRTirvBBBLLKA;  OQ  tile  TCYcne  of  thecotign  of  the  Order,  wit  a 
duplet  of  laurel.  The  Militaiy  Order  of  Miair  in  Hctte  CiMel,  wai  intdtnted 
fonie  yean  liiicc  hy  theLaodgra'ves  themottoia— ViarirTt  bt  FioiLiTATt : 
it  it  worn  at  the  button  hole,  pendant  to  a  bloe  ribband,  edged  with  ulvcr. 
The  Order  of  Merit  an  Pnuiia  wsi  inttituted  by  Frederick,  with  the  motto  Po va 
C.B  MB»tTB.    It  it  wiofii  tonnd  the  neck,  pendant  to  a  black  ribbend,  edged 

rich  silver* 

S  AwilsitsatMcMitsf  Fraoee,  Jaly  ji,  179;. 


eV  sit  JOIflf  VORLAIt  VARRBHy  BART.   K.  B.  J4Jh 

Sir  John  Warren  in  the  month  of  June  (1795)  received' 
Offders  to  hoist  his  broad  pendant  in  La  Poinone^  44  gons, 
M  Commodore  of  an  expedition  that  had  been  planned  against; 
the  French  coast.    Fifty  sail  of  transports  were  attached  to 
the  squadron  *,  having  on  board  nearly  three  thousand  emi« 
grant  troops,  under  the  command  of  Comtes  De  Puysaye^* 
and  D'Hervilly.    The  whole  force  sailed  from  Yanmutli' 
Roads,  Isle  of  Wight,  and  joined  the  Western  SquA]>Roti 
off  Usbant,  under  that  gallant  veteran  Earl  Bridport.    Hem. 
they  continued  until  they  made  the  Penmarks ;  when  die  fleet 
hauled  their  wind  to  the  northward)  and  the  Ships  under  Sir 
John  Warren  continued  steering  for  the  island  of  Belkaslv 
The  ensuing  evening  the  Galatea,  Captaun  R*  G«  Keatt^' 
having  been  sent  into  Quibcron  Bay»  was  chased  by  the 
French  fleet  tknder  Admiral  Villaret  Joyeuse,   who  aooa. 
afterwards  hove  in  sight.    Commodore  Warren  immediately^ 
threw  out  the  signal  for  the  whole  convoy  to  wear,  and  tbd 
Concorde  to  lead  them  ;  and  for  the  line  of  battle  Ships,  an4< 
frigates,  to  form  in  the  rean 

A  chasse  marie  that  had  accompanied  the  Gs^tea,  having., 
been  ordered  by  Captain  Keats  to  lool^  out  for  tl^e  fle^undec 
Lord  Bridport,  had  been  si^ccessfu}  iii  joii^^g  |  aod  thua! 
communicate^  tl^e  ii^portant  intelligence  to  die  Commandep 
in  Chief :  the  Thundcre^y  and  the  ExperinKHt  Rugger  had 
also  been  detached  by  Sir  Johq  Wanen,  hit  the  same  pmpo^D^ 
^nd  to  acquaint  the  Admind  of  the  situation  of  the  conyoy. 

Early  on  the  fo)l(>wing  mqrning,  Lord  Bpdport,  with  hi% 

wnal  zeal,  was  discerned  under  a  pre^  of  ssuL    Sir  John 

• 

f  The  t^oficlfpn  conit^ted  of  the  foll^t^iog  Skips  : 

RobtttC|  74  gYim,      (aptam  £.  TliofDVoroo^ll^ 


Thuodem,  74  i\«  per^ic. 

ataadard,  6^  3*  EUison. 

la  P(Hncaie,  44  »ir  ]ohn  t^lufs  VarfCtti  fa^ 

Aiuon»  44  ?•  C  Dwhaiiv 

Aftois,  3S  Sir  £.  Nagle. 

Afeth«s3,  ^8  M.  RobiDMik 

^oncordet  36  A.  Hunt. 


f^f  BIOOftlPBICAL  it«M«& 

Warren  detached,  according  to  orders^  the  raxtainmg  line  of 
battle  Sbipt  from  his  squadron  to  join  his  Lordship :  thc^ 
Bowerer  could  not  come  up  until  the  Action  *  off  L'Ofient^ 


^  For  partSnlirl  of  thsl  brtliknt  evtat,  vUL  Hit.  duon.  V6L  f.  pigw  sy^ 
1^,  a8i«-^o3.  Tke  foUowing  » the  ofllcul  ktur  firam  hit  Lordib^  whic^ 
Ws  Have  not  before  imencd : 

•f B»  AyJ  Getrge^  «#  Am,  Jm*  %J^^  1795. 

It  i&withfincere  latisfadioo  I  acquaint  700,  for  the  iaformation  of  the  Lorde 
d^ommisaionert  of  the  Admiralty,  that  hit  Maje«ty*t  IqiBdron  iittier  aiy  eommaaft' 
gMfeked  the  cvevy't  fleet,  couhtiog  of  twelve  Shift  of  the  line,  with  eleveft 
ltig»tet  and  lome  smaller  cmisen,  on  the  twenty-third  instant,  close  in  with 
Port  L 'Orient.    The  Ships  which  struck  are  the  Alexander,  Le  Formidable,  and 
lie  Tigre,  which  Were  whh  ^dSAcMlty  nttined.    If  the  enemy  had  doc  bees  fCo^ 
t^Aed,  tn4  sheltered  by  the  hnd,  I  have  every  reason  to  believe  that  a  much 
greater  nomber,  if  not  all  the  line  of  battle  Ships,  would  have  been  taken  or 
destroyed.    In  detailing  the  partfculart  of  thit  service,  I  am  to  state,  that  oii  tht 
dbwn  \Df  day  en  the  twenty-secood  ioalant,  the  Nymph  and  As^rea  bcsag  the 
look  tut  frigates  ahead,  made  the  signal  for  the  enemy's  fleet.    1  toon  pcrceiTed 
there  was  no  intention  to  meet  me  in  battle ;  coosequentfy  I  made  the  signal  for 
four  of  the  best  saiKn^  ^h!ps,  the  Sans  FMeU,  Oh-ien,  Rassel,  aad  Cdlmixi^  ttd 
t4»a  afterwards  for  the  whole  feet  to  chase,  which  coatinned  aU  that  day,  and 
daring  the  night,  with  very  little  wind. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  twenty-thhd,  the  headmoit  8hi^  ilie  trre^- 
iiitible,  Orion,  Qoe^  Cbatlotee,  Rniiei,  C&hMt,  and  Sam  Poeil,  were  psitty 
well  v^  with  the  enemy,  and  a  little  before  vol  o'clock  the  aAion  b^gan,  and 
continued  till  nine  o'clock.  When  the  Ships  struck,  the  British  squadron  wat 
near  (o  tome  batteries,  and  in  the  iace  of  a  ttrong  nawd  ^eit  (  which  wSU 
manifestto  the  publle  the  ae el,  intrepidity,  and  skill  of  the  Admiralt,  Captains, 
and  all  oth€r  Officers,  seamen,  and  soldiers,  employed  on  this  service  ;  and  they 
aire  fully  entitled  to  my  warmest  acknowledgftients. 

^  beg'  idip  to  be  allowed  to  aiaik  my  appeohhtni,  in  a  parttcnMr  aMmser,  of 
Captain  Domett's  eooda^,  serving  under  my  ftig,  for  hit  manly  spirit,  and  for 
the  assistance  1  received  from  his  adive  and  attentive  mind.  1  feel  likewise* 
great  satisfadlion  in  doing  justice  to  the  meritorious  condudl  of  die  Ofeoert  of 
e^rery  clisa,  as  well  as  to  the  bravery  of  the  seamen  and  soldieet  ici  the  Roya4 
George,  upon  thit  and  upon  former  occasiont. 

I  judged  it  necessary,  upon  the  information  I  had  received  of  the  force  of  the 
enemy,  to  put  the  Rohuity  Thunderer^  and  Standard,  into  my  line  of  battle ;  but 
their  distance  from  my  squadron,  and  under  the  circumstance  of  litrle  wind,  they 
could  not  join  me  until  after  the  A^on  was  over. 

I  shall  proceed  upon  my  Station  as  soon  at  I  have  ordered  a  distribution  of  the 
prisoners  and  othfer  necessary  arrangements  for  the  squadron,  hit  my  intention 
to  keep  at  sea  to  fulfil  every  part  of  my  instmdiont. 

I  have  judged  it  necessary  to  send  Captain  Domett  with  my  dispatches,  who 
will  give  their  Lordships  such  farther  paiticulart  at  shall  have  occurred  to  hi;^ 
•n  the  vidory  we  have  gained. 


OF  81ft  jOmi  MtfAtV  WAftfttK^  BAHT.  K.  8.  %^ 

OB  Ae  twenty^tfcirdof  Jutek  1^95,  bad  tdrmiifaitod  ^tih  such 
an  additioa  bf  glory  to  ttie  British  Navy* 

Coflomodoft  Warr<it  pursued  bis  coarse  to  QjriBRlioil 
Bay  ;  and  notwithstanding  the  thick  weather  which  came 
oa>  anchored  between  its  eotiance^  and  Bellei&le*  As  tht 
subsequent  events  of  this  Expedition  liave  been  strangely 
in&r^cesented*  and  as  it  is  of  consequence  to  the  history  of 
tiie  present  war  that  they  should  be  fidrl;^  suted  ;  we  shall 
now  proceed  to  detail  them  from  original  documents^  oa* 
which  our  readers  may  iely»«-«On  the  tv^enty*first  of  June  thb 
convoy  stood  up  the  Bay,  when  several  Royalist  Chiefs  eamo 
on  board ;  and  in  theeveningpreparalions  were  made  toeileft 
a  landing)  which  took  place  soon  after  day-brtak  die  ne«i 
Biofntng,  at  the  Tillage  of  Saint  Oenes  :  where  the  wholo 
emigiant  force  was  landed,  without  the  loss  of  a  singk  mauu 
Two  hundred  Republican  troops,  who  made  an  appenanceof 
Oppbsiqg  the  disembarkation^  were  driven  back  with  loss  :  in 
their  retreat  they  fell  in  with  a  colomn  of  seven  hufldbed 
Chooans,  ^mder  the  command  of  the  Chev  alter  Tintimac,  bg^ 
whom  tte?y  Were  roughly  treated.  The  natcal  Ibfcev  tmdet 
Sir  John  Warren,  for  the  space  of  a  fortnight  iras  empiayed 
in  fending  arms  and  ammunition  for  sixteen  thousamd 
Ri^yalists,  who  had  joined  the  Army  ;  and  who  were  stnt  in 
<iifierent  divisions  up  the  country.  Both  the  English,  and 
the  Emigrants,  were  received  by  the  inhabitants  with  every 
mark  of  kindness  and  lregard.«-»A  small  expedition  also  took 
place  up  the  river  Vannes,  under  Captain  A*  Bertie,  with 
four  gun  boats^^  which  succeeded  in  destroying  a  sloop  of 
war,  and  a  cutter ;  some  merchant  vessels  were  abo  cap« 
toured. 


Ton  will  herewldi  receive  a  lift  of  the  UHed  and  troonded,  With  the 
they  beioaged  to,  and  the  Coxnmandert  names. 

I  am,  Sir,  &c. 
Evan  Nepvam^  JSif.  BRIDPORT.  , 

K.S    I  am  happy  to  find  by  the  report  made  to  me,  that  Captain  Grindall'e 
Wovode  arc  aot  daiigefO|tt. 


S4^  siQOKJi»iriCA&'  iimofft 

Thedenenls  at  length  pro^tel  an  athick  «i  tiie  Veitifi^ 
fttla  of  Qaiberon  (  a  rtrj  strong  and  tingnlar  positiofk 
It  ram  southward  from  a  point  of  the  main  land,  between 
Port  Lo«isy  and  Morbain ;  and  is  about  thrte  leagues  from 
the  east  end  of  Belleisle.  Commodore  Warren,  in  consc* 
quenoe  of  this  determination,  disembarked  two  thousand 
Koyaliits,  and  five  hundred  emigrant  ttoops,  under  Monsieur 
dt  Puysaye  ;  to  which  three  hundred  British  marines  were 
added  by  the  Conimodose,  with  whom  he  himself  knded« 
The  whole  force  then  moved  towards  tho  fort ;  which  being' 
iwresttd  on  the  qlbcf  side  by  General  D'HervilIy>  with  twc^ 
llKHisand  emigfi^  Uoops,  and  fiveor  six  diousaivd  Royalists^ 
V^wiy  anmd  and  ck>4tbpd,  thegarfj^i>  sufrendered  priRmera 
of  war  to  the  amount  of  sia  hundaed  men,  who  were  sent  to 
Etq^biuL  Th«pIac^wasia|ii|f4iai»iyeirriftonodbytbciem»* 
gnmt  troopa» 

Stofes,  ammanition,  and  provisions,  were  landed  wlthooi 
dekiy,.]n  consequence  of  the  very  earnest  requests  from  the  Gck* 
neralss  the  force  of  the  Royalists,  after  penetrating  to  Vanoes, 
Aura:jr>  Pesidvi»  and  within  a  few  miles  of  L*Of ient,  becama 
ooaetaftadt  on  the.  approach  of  General  Hoche  ;  wlio  waa 
toQcAing  two  columns,  of  eight  or  oine  thousand  men  eacbi 
froaa  Nama>  and  l^  Vendee  *,  together  with  the  seamen  aait 
nariooi  of  thf  fleft»  that  had  bc^n  so  gallantly  df fes^cd  an4 
IbDowcd  into  the  very  momh  of  the  harb^iir  of  I^'Oriei^t  by 
Lofd  Bsidpof t«  la  this  position  tb^  fbi^  oi  |hc  R^ayalist^ 
continued  valil  the  sixteenth  of  Julyt  1795  >  ^^^  anothcf 
p}ao  oS  attack,  previously  concerted  between  the  Genesak^ 
took  place*  The  garrison,  consisting  of  three  thojosand  emi* 
gram  troops  under  General  D'Hervilly,  and  a  body  of 
Chouans,  marched  out;  and  attempted  to  gain  the  righ| 
flank  of-Hoche's  army,  which  was  potted  on  the  ^i^h^ 
of  Saint  Barbe» 

Commodore  Sir  John  Warren  landed  a  second  body  of 
Chouans,  under  Monsieur  Vauban,  on  the  left  flank  of  tho 
piemy  ('supported  by  two  b^i^drcd  marinea :  but  t|)ci|)ai|| 


^bjeift  not  Sttcoecding,  and  the  Attack  having  cotnin^nded  hf 
the  troops  under  Generab  D*Hervilly,  and  Puysaye,  tlia 
narines  and  Chouans  were  re-embarked»  and  drawn  up 
in  the  trenches  at  Fort  Penthievre.  Sir  John  Warren  then 
<>bserving  thut  the  enemy  was  in  pursuit  of  the  emigrant 
troops,  who  appeared  broken  and  rettesuing^  brought  fire 
launches,  each  carrying  an  eighteen,  or  twenty-four  pouodcTt 
within  a  small  disunce  of  the  beach.  The  fiie  from  die 
launches  greatly  distressed  the  flank  of  the  enemy's  column  % 
and  thus  checking  their  career,  gave  time  for  the  emigrant 
troops  to  rally,  and  make  good  tlieir  retreat  into  the  fort. 

From  the  un&vourable  issue  of  this  attack,  and  the  General 
D'Hervilly  being  wounded,  desertion  became  frequent^  and 
continued  in  an  alarming  degree  among  the  troops.  General 
Hocbe  had  also  obtained,  through  means  of  the  deserters,  oc 
inhabitants  who  favoured  him,  inteil^ence  respe£ling  tho 
garrison :  in  consequence  of  which  the  place,  althoi^h  of 
gveat  strength,  was  surprised  and  taken  by  treachery  aftec 
being  a  month  in  our  possession— one  part  of  the  garrisoa 
actually  joined  the  enemy,  and  fired  on  the  other*  At  two 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  the  sound  of  guns,  and  fiaflieB  of 
ff  uSquetry,  informed  the  squadron  that  an  attack  had  co«h 
snenoed  on  the  fort ;  but  as^  it  blew  a  gale  of  wind  at  N.  W« 
diteftly  offshore,  with  jain  and  dark  weather,  it  was  impoe* 
sible  to  approach  the  coast,  though  only  at  ttiree  miles  dia* 
tance*  When  the  day  at  length  broke,  the  signal  was  thrown 
out  for  the  men  of  war  to  slip  their  cables,  and  work  up  to  a 
part  of  the  peninsula,  the  S.  £. -point,  which  it  seemed  pos* 
sible  to  reach  :  but  in  their  progress  thither,  an  Aid  de  Camp 
informed  Sir  John  Warren  that  the  fort  had  been  tafcen  i 
and  that  the  Emigrant  General  wished  the  troops  to  be  dit* 
embarked.  To  efFeA  this,  the  frigates  were  immediately.' 
l)rought  as  near  the  shore,  as  the  depth  of  water  would  admit ; 
the  Lark  sloop  of  war,  with  a  gun-boat,  being  stationed  dosp 
to  the  beach : — under  the  diredion  of  Captain  Keats,  with  the 
joint  exertions  of  the  Officers  and  men  of  the  squadron^ 
eleven  hundred  troops,  and  two  thousand  i^our  hundrsd 


f4t  BUMIftAFRICAl   MEIIOta 

'Royalist  inhabitantt  were  brought  off  by  the  boats  i^  tht 
jquadron,  with  a  tpiritcd  fire  from  the  Ships.  The  remainder 
of  the  emigrant  force,  with  their  gallant  Commander  Som* 
BRSUIL9  after  covering  the  retreat )  although  earnestly  soli- 
cited to  embark^  and  even  favoured  to  do  so  by  Hocbe  ;  threw 
themselves  into  a  fort,  and  were  instantly  surrounded  by  the 
Republicans.  It  seemed  to  be  the  general  wish  that  the  brave 
Sombreuil  might  be  saved  :  terms  were  accordingly  o#sred» 
which  allowed  himself  and  his  gallant  fellowert  to  embark, 
#fi  the  fire  ceasing  firom  the  frigates  :  for  this  parpose 
several  messengers  went  on  board  La  Poraone,  with  the 
Oficer  who  was  second  in  command  under  Sombreuil, 
and  at  their  request  the  firing  ceased.  Captain  Keats  being 
dispatched  in  a  few  hours  afterwards  with  a  flag  of  truce^ 
to  claim  the  emigrant  Officers,  and  troops,  who  had  thus 
capitulated,  on  the  faith  of  Republicans,  the  whole  was 
peremptorily  denied :  Hoche  had  left  the  place  with  Tallieu 
And  ffiad  firom  the  Convention,  for  Auray  and  L'Orient. 
The  brave  and  universally  lamented  Sombrkuil,  suffered  by 
Reorders  of  the  miscreant  Le  Moine,  a  Republican  General ; 
notwithstanding  his  own  grenadiers  affirmed  to  the  last,  that 
the  terms  claimed  had  been  agreed  to.  Tiie  Whole  was,  how- 
ever, disavowed  by  Le  Moine  ;  and  owing  to  this  notorious 
breach  of  national  honour,  many  Officers  and  men  were 
destroyed* 

I'hus  terminated  an  Expedition,  which  at  first  promised  to 
strengthen  the  cause  of  the  Royalists,  and  to  arrest  the  career 
of  the  general  enemy.  Every  thing  that  valour  or  perseverance 
could  effed,  was  attempted  both  by  the  British  squadron,  and 
the  emigrant  force  ;  the  event  however  was  melancholy  and 
vasuccessful :  tfnd  consequently  every  exertion  has  been 
niade,  both  by  the  great  vulgar  and  the  small,  to  cast  an 
obloquy  on  the  whole  transaAion  s  and  to  draw  such  infer* 
ences  from  it,  as  not  only  refleiS  disgrace  on  the  original 
projefitorSf  but  even  tend  to  tarnish  tlie  approved  humanity, 
and  iategrity  of  the  British  charaAcr. 

4 


OF   SIR  JOHN    B0&LA5E  WARIBK)  BiHtT.   X.  B»  349 

Commodore  Sir  John  Warren  next  proceeded  to  take  pos-, 
session  of  the  islands  of  Hedic,  and  Houac,  in  the  Bay  of  ^ 
Quiberon  j  in  order  to  refresh  the  troops^  and  to  continue 
bis  assistance  to  the  Cause  of  the  Royalists  by  every  means ; 
that  offered.  A  body  of  two  thousand  Chouans  who  had 
been  brought  off  from  Quiberon,  having  been  landed  at  their 
own  request  near  L'Orient,  penetrated  into  the  adjacent 
country. 

The  British  squadron  was  afterwards  joinpd  by  several 
transports,  with  four  thousand  British  troops  on  board 
commanded  by  General  Doyle,  and  also  the  Jason  frigate, 
38  guns,  Captain  C.  Stirling,  having  on  board  his  Royal 
Highness  Monsieur  (Comte  D'Artois)  and  suite,  with  the 
Puc  de  Bourbon.  The  whole  force  then  proceeded  to  the 
Bay  of  Bourneaufi  southward  of  the  south  point  of  th« 
entrance  of  the  Loire ;  and  after  examining  the  state  of 
Noirmoustier  Island,  which  is  only  separated  from  the  main 
land  by  a  narrow  channel,  they  took  possession  of  Isle  Dieu^ 
about  five  leagues  at  S.  by  W.  from  the  Island  of  Noirmous- 
tier. An  high  raging  sea,  which  comes  boiling  and  roaring  up^ 
as  if  it  ascended  from  some  subterraneous  passage  under  the 
island,  renders  its  roadsted  a  bad  one :  the  troops  however 
were  disembarked,  and  a  communication  was  attempted  to  be 
opened  with  the  Royalists  in  La  Vendee.  Here  the.  Britisli 
troops  continued  for  near  three  months  :  when  in  conse- 
quence of  orders  from  Rear-Admiral  Harvey,  the  Com** 
modore  proceeded,  late  in  the  year  1795,  with  his  squadron 
to  Isle  Dieu  having  been  joined  by  some  Ships  of  the  line, 
and  brought  off  the  whole  of  the  army,  and  all  the  stores,  with 
only  the  ]o8Sof  six  flat-bottomed  boats  ;  thus  the  island  was 
evacuated,  after  destroying  all  the  artillery  on  its  coast. 

From  this  period  Sir  John  Warren  was  employed  as  Com- 
modore in  continual  and  successful  cruises  off  the  coast  of 
France,  from  the  port  of  Falmouth,  under  the  immediate 
orders  of  the  Admiralty.    The  situation  of  this  port  *  at  the 

*  A  view  of  this  port  is  subjoined* 


j;6  ^  fto<6iipntCAX  ftiiiott 

entrai^ca  9f  the  Chaln'hel,  H  of  tKc  utttiost  imp6ttmeh  to  &e 
trade  of  Great  Brit»n.    The  tnciAfi  conyoy'ti  diMUMd  ti 
bring  provisions,  ammcAtitioii,  and  i!lp)|>lies  t6ht  Hit  FAncU 
fleet  in  Brest,  were  thus  continually  iritercepttd  :  from  did 
success  of  this  squadron,  and  the  division  of  Ships  under  SH 
£.  PeUevtr,  the  French  fleet  we're  often  kept  in  harboor  for 
want  of  stores.    La  Pottione,  Galatea,  Anson,  and  Arfoit,  at 
one  time  fell  in  with  a  convoy  of  no  less  than  sevehtj  sail 
^olng  for  provisions,  under  esCoft  of  Jjl  Tribtirie,  Proier* 
^ihe,  Thames,  Coquiile,  Cygoin,  aAd  L'Etoile  ;  atf  ^ngag^, 
thent  immediately  ensued ;  but  (he  enemy  escapidfg  through  thd 
Raz  Passage,  between  the  ofBng  of  Douam^«Nex  Bay  oh  tiA 
v.  £.  and  Hodierne  Bay  on  the  S.  E.  the  only  Ships  falteA 
vrert  UEtoile,  and  fodr  merchantitien  :  for  the  profefiioh 
the  ttade  and  tomitierce  of  Great  Britain  had  thus  te* 
ceived  from  the   squadron  under  Sir  John  Warren^  tfit 
Comtnittee   of  -  Merchant  Seamtn  fir    tbi   Encouragimitii    if 
thi  Capture  of  the  Enemfs  Privateers^  presented  the  Com* 
ihodore  with  a  sword  of  the  value  of  one  hundred  gtdneas« 
Ih  consequence  of  a  change  which  took  place  in  thl 
arrangement  of  Ths  Chaknbl  FtB&T»  the  Shi^  under 
Sir  John  Warren  were  attached  to  ]t»  and  placM  linder  the 
orders  of  the  Cominalhder  in  Chief  Lord  firidpdrt :  aftcjr 
attending  for  some  time  the  motions  of  the  enemy  in  Brest, 
the  Commodore's  iquadron  became  entirely  disperiM.    Ttfc 
following  is  a  cbrre^i  statemeiit  of  the  loss  wUeh  the  enemy 
sustained  by  the  Ships  under  Sir  John  Warren : 

53  Neutrals  detained,  and  part  of  each  cargo  condemned* 
87  Merchantmen  captured. 

54  Merchantmen  destroyed* 

35  Ships  and  vessels  of  war  captured* 
IS  Ships  and  vessels  of  war  destroyed. 

r*i4  English. 

19  VesseU  recaptured,  J   \  ^""^ 

C  I  Americaa* 

S20  TotaL 


0»  SIR  JOBH  jpHLASB  WAfttSIT,  BA&T.   K.  B.  $$1 

.Dprii^  ^c  jcaft  1797  Stir  John  Warren  was  jtppointed  to 
.the  C/LtkfdsLf  74  guns,  which  was  att^uiicd  to  ,the  Western 
$qu:|4roo  .mder  Lord  J^ridporU  Being  stationed  ofF  Brest, 
with  the  Robust,  74  guns,  Captain  K*  Thornbrough,  and 
the  Amelia  frigate,  44  guns,  Cfiptain  the  Honourable  C. 
Herl^rty  to  ws^tcj^  the  mptions  of  the  enemy  then  on  the  eve 
of  sailing,  Sir  John  Warren  happened  to  be  oiF  Le  Bee  cl^ 
Chevxe  in  riioise  Pasa9ige,at  the  very  instant  when  the  enemy 
at  ^y  break  Mtemptcfd  to  come  out :  on  seeing  tlie  detach<^ 
Ships  from  the  Western  Squadron,  they  immediately  returned 
into  th^  harbour;  ifi.  effc^ing  which.  La  Fraternite,  and 
another  of  their  frigates^  xan  fouTo^  ^<^h  other,  and  were 
considerably  damaged. 

Attbe  close  pf  the  glorious  year  f  179!,  Sir  John  Warren 
recciv/e4  orders  4rom  Yice-Admiral  Sir  Alan  Gardner  in 
piwmid  Bay»  tP  prqceed  with  the  Foudroyant,  80  gun^ 
iPftp^  Sjr  T«  JPijard,  the  Robust,  74  guns.  Captain  £• 

^Jhirmg  ^mtna  ffMdnB,  ly^Z^Of/Uhwii^  ^fMLttUn  wertsat/r^  Sir 
jwn  frmrrtn* 

To  £VA»  HirsAity  £tq. 

<*  J  b^  Uvrt  to  inform  yoot  that  on  the  night  of  the  thirteenth  imttnt^ 
I^ftop4  >n<o  the  l^ertois  d'Antioche»  with  his  Majetty't  Ships  under  m/  orders ; 
niod  anchored  near  Baaqno  Roedi  •  and  have  the  aatisfadion  of  acquainting  you, 
^hat  the  boats  of  the  a^nadron  captwed  the  Tcsseb  mentioned  in  the  list  khtch 
accompanies  this  letter." 

The  list  of  captures  contains  five  brigs  and  four  chaste  martoi  bound  firom 
JBourdeawE  to  Rochcfoct,  laden  with  wine,  brandj,  &c. 


ToAdmixal  Loan  Bridport. 

**  Ctataiay  Flymctttb  S^gni^  Mtrd  30,  1798. 
•*  I  b^  leave  to  inform  your  Lordship,  that  on  the  twenty-second  instant».at 
•CTen  A.  M.  the  Anson  having  discovered  a  sail  in  the  east  quarter,  whidi 
appeared  to  be  a  large  firigate,  J  made  the  signal  for  a  general  chace ;  and  ton* 
tinned  the  .pursuit  with  variable  winds  until  half  past  twelve  at  midnight  { 
when  Captain  Stopford,  in  the  Phatton,  brought  her  to  adion.  The  enemy 
cndeavoiu^  to  escape  imo  the  river  Garonne,  but  struck  upon  the  Olive  Rock% 
.near  the  Cordovan  IJght«House  :— she  was  left  by  most  of  her  crew,  who  had 
previously  thrown  her  guns  overboard.  The  Ship  being  bilged,  and  having 
otherwise  suffered  much,  it  is  probable  from  the  situation  she  remained  in,'is 
wdl  not  be  easy  to  get  hei  oC    1  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sec.  ' 

»  JOHN  BQKLA^  WARRfiN.** 


j$t  HlOGfcAPHlCAL   MlHOti 

Thombroughy  and  Magnanime,  44  guns»  Captain  the 
Honourable  M.  de  Courcy,  in  search  of  the  enemy's  squa- 
dron, that  had  escaped  from  Brest.  The  Commodore 
immediately  sailed  ;  and  struggling  with  unfavourable  wea- 
ther, arrived  with  his  squadron  ofF  the  coast  of  Ireland, 
without  falling  in  with  a  single  vessel  of  war:  he  then  pro* 
Ceeded  with  a  press  of  sail  to  the  N.  W.  along  shore. 

Intelligence  of  the  probability  of  the  enemy's  appearance 
ofF  Black  Sod  Harbour,  having  been  communicated  by  the 
Kangaroo  brig,  18  guns.  Captain  E.  Brace,  the  Commodore 
remained  for  sotnt  days  off  the  harbour,  and  Achile  Head  ; 
when  standing  further  to  the  northward,  on  the  eleventh  of 
OAober,  the  squadron  under  Monsieur  Bompart,  consisting 
of  one  Ship  of  the  line,  the  Hoche,  and  eight  frigates,  a 
schooner,  and  a  brig,  with  troops  and  ammunition  on  board 
destined  for  Ireland,  at  length  appeared  in  sight.  The  fol- 
lowing is  the  official  account  as  sent  to  Vice-Admiral 
Kingsmill : 

SIR,  Canmhi,  Lough  S willy y  Ireland^  16/A  OQobtr  1798* 

In  pursuance  of  tiie  oilers  and  instrudions  I  received  by  the 
Kangaroo  I  proceeded  with  the  Ships  named  in  the  margin  (Canada, 
Robust,  Foudroyant,  Magrianime)  off  Achile  Head  ;  and  on  the 
tenth  instant  I  was  joined  by  his  Majesty's  Ships  Melampus  and 
Doris  ;  the  latter  of  whom  I  directed  to  look  out  for  the  enemy  off 
Tory  Island  and  the  Rosses  :  in  the  evening  of  the  same  day,  the 
Amelia  appeared  in  the  offing  ;  when  Captain  Heibcrt  informed  me 
he  had  (parted  with  the  Ethalion,  Anaoa»  and  Sylph^  who  with  great 
attention  had  continued  to  observe  the  French  squadton,  since  their 
sr-illng  on  the  seventeenth  ult.  In  tlie  moriiuig  of  the  eleventh,  how- 
ever, these  two  Ships  also  fell  in  with  us  ;  and  at  noon  the  enemy  were 
discovered  in  the  N.  W.  quarter,  consisting  of  one  Ship  of  80  guns, 
eight  frigates,  a  schoontr,  ai  d  a  brig,  I  Immediately  made  the  signal 
for  a  genend  chase,  and  to  f%  rm  in  succession  as  each  Ship  arrived  up 
with  tlic  enemy  ;  whom,  from  their  great  distance  to  windward,  and 
an  hollow  sea,  it  \%tis  Impossible  to  come  up  with  before  the  twelfth. 

The  chace  wa^  contmiied  in  very  bnd,  and  boisterous  weather,  all  day 
of  the  clevtntb,  and  the  following  night  ;  when,  at  half  past  five 
A.  M,  they  were  been  at  a  little  distance  to  windward,  llie  line  of 
battle  Ship  havitfglost  licr  main 'top -mast. 


#r  SIR  jT>nn  bo&laib  wakriiti  ba&t.  k»b.         ijjij 

The  e«emy  bore  down  and  fonAed  their  line  in  dose  order  upon  tht 
Btacboard  tack ;  and  from  the  length  of  the  chace*  and  our  Ships  being 
spread^  it  was  impossible  to  close  with  them  before  seiren  A.  M.  ^ea 
I  made  the  Robust's  signal  to  lead,  which  was  obeyed  with  much  ala* 
fntjf  and  the  rest  of  the  Ships  to  form  in  succession  in  the  reai"  of  the 
van* 

The  adion  commenced  at  twenty  minutes  past  seven  o'clock  A.  M. 

the  Rosses  bearing  S.  S.  W.  five  leagues,  and  at  eleven,  the  Hoche» 

•  after  a  gallant  defence,  struck  ;  and  the  frigates  made  sail  from  us  : 

the  signal  to  pursue  the  enemy  was  made  immediately,  and  in  five  hours 

.  afterwards  three  of  the  frigates  hauled  down  their  colours  also ;  but 

-  they,  as  well  as  the  Hoche,  were  obstinately  defended,  all  of  them 

being  heavy  frigates,  and,  as  well  as  the  Ship  of  .the  line,  entirely  new, 

.  fuH  of  troops  and  stores,  with  every  necessary  for  the  establishment  of 

their  views  and  plans  in  Ireland. 

I  am  happy  to  say,  that  the  efforts  and  condud  of  every  Officer  and 
man  in  the  squadron  seemed  to  have  been  a£iuated  by  the  same  spirit* 
zeal,  and  unanimity  in  their  King  and  Country's  cause ;  and  I  feel 
myself  under  great  obligations  to  them,  as  well  as  the  Officers  and 
men  of  this  Ship,  for  their  exertions  upon  this  occasion ;  which  will,  I 
Lope,  recommend  them  to  their  Lordships'  favour. 

I  left  Captain  Thornbrough,  after  the  adlion,  with  the  Magnanimc, 
Etbalion,  and  Amelia,  with  (he  prizes ;  and  atn  sorry  to  find  he  Is  not^ 
arrived  ;  but  trust  they  will  soon  make  their  appearance* 

I  have  the  honour  to  remain,  Sir* 

Your  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

JOHN  BORLASE  WARREH. 

P*  ^.— The  Ships  with  us  in  the  adlion  were,  the  Canada,  Robust, 
Foudroyant,  Magnanime,  Ethalion,  Melampus,  and  Amelia* 

The  Anson  joined  us  in  the  latter  part  of  the  aftion,  having  lost  her 
mizen  mast  in  chace  the  day  before* 

I  have  sent  my  First  Lieutenant  Turquand  to  take  the  command  of 
the  Hoche. 

The  following  states  some  particulars  not  xnentioned.in  the 
Gazette :  .... 

Duhlm  Castle^  Off.  i8,  1798*   ' 
Eoitraff  of  a  Letter  frvm  Sir  John' Borlase  Warren*,  to  LorJ  Vlscouni 
Castlereagh,  dated  from  his  Miijestfi  Ship  the  Q^^xuzA^t  in  Lougk 
Swilly,  the  \^h  instant. 

MY  LORB, 

I  take  the  liberty  of  communicating  to  you,  for  the  information  of 
his  Excellency  the  Lord  Lieutenant,  thkt  I  fell  in  with  tli^  enemy  • 


0fmko^  ^  the  XmdRh  uuuntf  lU  lUnm  hemag  S.  6.  W.  fife 
Id^gUfit,  aad»  after  io  a£Uoa  which  oontinued  looit  of  the  6aLj,£omj^ 
ghA  Ships  struck  their  coloum. 

I  belitve  a  hrigf  with  Mapper  T^ai^  on  boaird»  was  in  oompriTvat 
^  left  the  Freach  at  the  conmuineeQeDt  of  the  bunoets.  The  eoemySi 
Ships  had  numbcrft  of  troops  on  boards  armst  stores,  and  ammunition  ; 
jkkd  large  ^qantitiea  of  papers  were  torn  and  thrown  overbgard  after 
ibey  had  struck. 

I  am  of  opiniontbat  few  of  the  ingates  which  escaped  will  amve  ia 
Fiance,  iu  they  had  received  much  damage  in  Ibeir  aaasts  and  rigging; 
isndy  from  the  violeiit  gales  thi^  foDow^  the  ne^it  dajj  the^  vk^^  be  in 
.n  crippled  st^,  mad  may  in  all  probability  be  picked  up  by  soflne  of  the 
aquadrons  on.tbe  coast  of  Fraoce>  oribf  Admind  KingsmiU's  cruizefs. 
They  had  throwpi  every  tbii^  ovevboard^  boats^  spars  ana-diestSj 
&c«  , 

1  left  the  prises  wtUi  the  Robusti  Magnanimei  SthaKooi  and  Amo* 
Ita*    The  .Hoche«  of  80  guns,  was  one  of  the  Ships  taken. 

I  amy  Arc. 

J.B.VARR£y. 

As  the  letters  of  .Gapcaina  Mooie  and  Countess  aflFord  41 
further  account  of  this  Ttftory,  and  are  ireferrcd  to  by  Sir 
John  Wan^nin  9l  JKobieqiKat  ,4iipitch»  tbey  ue  nat  jiob- 
joined : 

Cifiam  Graham. Moore,  CmmmJkf  of.hh  Mqetty^s  Sb^  Mdampui^ 
>  iSir  John  ^Boriase  Wvsen,  Jbud  dt  SeOf  g^Lough  Swilly»  iht 
1^  Oftpbar,  ly^* 

SIE* 

I  have  the  hpnoor  to  infonn  you,  that  on  the  thirteenth  instant,  at 
mtdnightf  bemg  well  }ip  towards  St.  John's  Pointy  we  discovered  two 

*  large  jhips^dose.to  us  on  our  weather  beam :  on  seeing  us,  they  hauled 
up  on  the  opposite  tack.  As  I  had  not  the  least  doubt  of  their  being 
two  9f  ^he  enemy's  frigates,  we  tadtedf  and  closed  with  the  nearest  in 
an  houTy  going  ten  knots.  After  hailing  and  ordering  her  to  bring-to 
vrithout  fScStf  she  trying  to  get  away  athwart  our  stem,  we  opened 
such  a  fire  uponher,  as  (Completely  unrigged  her  in  about  twenty-five 
ininotesy  an4  (^ed  her^J^iig-tp  and  surrender  :  she  proved  to  l/e 
_La  Resolae  Frendi.frigaite,  j^oi^oiandcd  by  Jean  Pierre  Bart^oean, 
moun^g  40  gnnsy'and  500  seamen  and  troops  op  board  ;  the  other 

*  frigate  was  L'lramortalit6»  of  44  guns,  twenty -four  ppnnders,  on  the 
.main-4e^  and  600  s^amep^^j^d ^soldiers.  She. made  several  signab 
ArhHst weirere.ocqiipied  wi^l^jpa^'^ ^  jB**«.¥*  ^ 


CP  sit  jOtm  SdtftASf  VAUtBH^  BART.  K.t:  ^{ 

Bodk  on  this  octaiaaf  and  danng  the  zQkm  of  the  tvvdf&i  tlul 
OSoen»  seameny  ind  marinett  of  kis  Mf^ty*8  Ship  under  inyr  Gom<A 
mand  £splayed  the  tttmoot  degree  of  zeal,  Atentft  and  gaUant  spirit  f 
Mr,  Mu\ia  (tfie  Fim  Lieutenant,  an  old  and  good  Ofi^er),  trith 
Lienteiiahts  Price,  Effison,  and  Hole»  of  the  marinea,  oonduded  thedi<« 
•ehes  much  to  my  asitisfa^tion ;  and  I  experienced  very  great  asastaQce  - 
&om  the  steady  good  conduA  of  Mr.  Emory,  the  Master. 

At  a  tery  heavy  gde  of  wind  came  on  immediately  aftdr  om^ 
Wardtog  La  Resoluei  the  Second  Lieutlenant,  Mr.  John  Price,  with 
tw€ftty-one  men,  were  d  that  cooU  be  thrown  on  board  of  her,  with 
die  loss  of  olir  two  cutters.  That  Officer  deserves  ^trj  great  credit 
lor  his  a&ive  exerdon  in  ckaring  her  of  the  wreck  of  her  maits  and 
rigging,  and  in  keeping  company  in  so  violent  a  storm  ;  asour  objeA 
was  to  disable  Our  afttagoaist  before  her  cofMoftt  coidd  assist  her*  I41 
Resolue  had  only  ten  iften  killed,  and  a  great  tsUaher  wqmkded  ;  but  I 
ata  tncxpreteibly  happy  to  add,  that  in  the  a^bSoOsOf  the  twelfth  wehai 
<nily  one  man  woaiided ;  and  the  affidr  of  die  thirteenth  did  not 
deprive  .their  cotintry  of  the  services  of  a  single  man  of  the  btmvc 
crew  of  the  MebonpttSt 

I  have  dkchanonrto  be^  &c. 

GILAHAM  MOORl^ 

a^ftOH  George  Couatess,  Cwrtiitfjhh  df  bb  M^uift  SI^  EthaBoo^ 

to  Efaa  N^can,  ts^* 

PfymonA  ^HHui,  Ift^aAit  %  17(98. 

I  have  to  request  you  win  be  pletsed  to  iftfotas  my  LoMsCounif* 
iioDcrs  of  the  Admiralty,  that  since  my  letter  otthe  twcnty-aeooad  of 
September,  by  Captain  White,  of  the  Sylph,  I  continued  to  watch 
the  motions  of  the  l^rench  squadron  in  his  Mijesty^s  Ship  under  my 
command  (having  with  tt^  (he  Anson,  and  Amc&Q  until  the  fourth 
t>f  Odober  at  noon  ;  wlien  an  hahl  gale  of  wind  coming  on,  we  lost 
ttght  of  them  in  lat.  53  deg.  13  min.  North,  and  long.  16  deg.  15  mtiw 
W^  Sligo  Bay  baring  North  77  East,  distanec  niuety-one  leagues* 

The  wind  being  off  ahore^  we  carried.sail  to  get  in  with  the  landy  to 
give  the  necessary  informatipn.  Th^,  Amelia  separated  on  the  night 
of  the  eighth  :  I  had  previously  desired,  in  case  of  separatiofi,  each 
Sh^  to  make  the  best  of  her  way  to  give  the  alarm.  On  the  ekveatb 
w^  fell  in  with  the  squadron  under  Sir  John  B.  Waireu}  but  j| 
Uowing  strong,  could  not  get  on  board^to  Gommu^icate  any  hiteUi- 
gence ;  but  seeing  the  Amelia  with  him,  I  was  satisfied  he  had  all  thd 
isfsrmatien  I  couU  give* 

Soon  after  our  joining  the  above  squadron,  the  Anson  made  th^ 
signal  finr  the  c&cmyi  ivhom  we  dSseovcred  <aomii^  down  :  IMI  they 


J56  BiotfftAPHreAL  mumair 

hauled  to  the  wind  on  obserring  us.  Wc  cfaated,  and  kept  c!ote*t# 
them  during  the  night ;  and  next  monung  the  attack  commcnccdf 
which  no  doubt  you  have  been  fully  informed  of  by  Sir  J.  B.  Warreo. 
After  the  Hoche  struckj  we  pursued  the  wcsUhermost  frigate,  who  was 
making  off>  and  sailed  very  fast.  After  a  coestdeiable  chace  we  came 
up  with  and  engaged  her  :  she  made  an  obstinate  resistance  for  av* 
hour  and  fifty  minutes  after  we  got  abreast  of  her,  when  she  sitrack 
her  colours,  most  of  her  sails  haying  come  down  ;  and  fire  feet  water 
in  her  hold.  She  proved  to  be  the  B£llone»  of  36  guns,  twelve- 
pounders  ;  having  300  soldiers  on  board  besides  her  crew.  The 
squadron  chased  to  leeward ;  and  of  course  we  separated,  being  obliged 
to  remain  by  the  prize  ;  and  have  been  under  the  necenity  of  keeping 
the  Sea  ever  since. 

I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  the  bravery  and  condud  of  all  my 
Officers  during  the  action,  as  well  as  of  their  extreme  vigilance  in 
watching  them  for  seventeen  days.  Mr.  Sayer,  First  Lieutenant,  it 
in  the  prize  ;  and  I  can  virith  pleasure  say,  his  Majesty  has  not  a  moro 
zealous  or  a  better  Officer.  We  had  one  man  kilkdi  and  thret 
wounded.     The  enemy  appear  to  have  had  twenty  killed.  * 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

GEORGE  COUNTESS. 

On  the  sixteenth  of  OAober,  the  Merinaid>  3^  guns. 
Captain  Newman,  fell  in  with  La  Loire,  pierced  for  50  guns, 
and  mounting  46,  one  of  the  French  frigates  that  had  escaped 
from  Sir  John  Warren ;  and  though  not  successful  in  cap* 
turing  her,  the  brave  Commander  •  and  crew  of  the  Mermaid 
particularly  distinguished  tliemselves.  The  Loire,  after  being 
thus  crippled  by  the  Mermaid,  fell  in  with  the  Anson^ 
44  gunsi  Captain  P.  C.  Durham;  and  after  a  second  spirited 
resistance  was  by  him  taken. 

On  the  eighteenth  of  November  17981  the  following  dis- 
patch was  forwarded  by  Sir  John  Warren  to  the  Admiralty^ 
dated  from  on  board  the  Canada,  Plymoutli  Dock. 

SIR, 

.  I  have  been  waiting  with  great  anxiety  the  arrival  of  the  Robiut,  and 
La  Hoche  at  this  port,  to  enable  me  to  make  a  return  of  the  killed 
and  wounded  in  the  diiitrent  Ships  under  my  orders,  upon  the  twelfth 
of  O&ober  last ;  but  as  I  understand  those  Ships  may  be  still  furthsr 


t  t^^r  as  accsviit  of  this  adioD,  wd.  pgc  4s  •£  the  present  volam^. 


or  SIR  JORH  BQKLAM  WAR&BM,  ftART.    K.  B»  gfj 

detatned  bj  repairs  at  Lough  Swllly^,  I  send  the  indosed^  vbtch  It 
wan  iaipo9s3)Ie  for  me  to  obtaia  before  the  present  mocneat,  as  tho 
^ole  Squadron  was  separated  in  chace  of  the  flying  enemy,  and  have 
successively  arrived  at  this  Port ;  it  was  impra^cable,  therefore,  to 
comnranicate  the  particulars  to  their  Lordships  sooner,  or  to  state  the 
very  gallant  condud  of  Ccfimns  Tbomborough,  suuf  De  Coarey^  in  the 
•Robust  andMagnanime  ;  who,  from  their  position  in  the  Van  on  that 
day^  were  enabled  to  dose  with  the  enemy  early  in  the  adion  ;  and 
were  zealously  and  bravely  seconded  by  every  other  Ship  of  the 
tquadron ;  as  well  as  by  the  intrepidity  displayed  by  the  Anson  in  the 
evening  in  obeying  my  signal  to  harass  the  enemy,  and  in  beating  off 
their  frigates. 

For  further  particnlan,  I  refer  their  Lordships  to  the  letters  they 
may  have  received  fiom  Captains  Countess  and  Moore  of  the  Ethalion 
andMelampus. 

I  am  happy  in  reflettng  that  so  many  advantages  to  his  Majesty's 
arms  have  been  purchased  with  so  inconsiderable  a  loss  in  the  Ships  of 
the  Squadron* 

I  havie  the  honour  to  remain,  &c« 

JOHN  BORZ^ASS  WARREN. 

Sir  John  Warren,  on  his  return  from  the  coast  of  Ireland^ 
was  honoured  with  the  freedom  of  the  cities  of  London  and 
Derry  f ;  and  rcceired  the  thanks  of  the  Houses  of  Lords  and 
Commons  of  Great  Britain,  with  those  of  the  Irish  Parlia- 
menti  When  the  promotion  of  Admirals  took  place  in  1 799 
on  the  memorable  fourteenth  of  February,  this  distingoishe4 
Officer  was  advanced  to  the  rank  of  Rear- Admiral  of  the 
Blue ;  and,  for  the  first  time  during  the  present  war,  remained 
unemployed  until  the  twenty-seventh  of  July  in  the  same 
year  ;  whetl  he  received  orders  to  hoist  his  flag  on  board  the 
Temeraire,  98  guns,  lying  at  St.  Helens.  He  sailed  thence 
in  a  few  days  ;  and  beat  down  Channel  against  a  westerly 
wind  to  join  the  fleet  in  Torbay  :  apprehensions  being 
entertained  that  the  French  had  escaped  out  of  Brest. 

*  View  of  the  coast  of  Lough  SwiUy,  and  the  Hoche  in  tow  of  the  Doris 

page.  *i  19,  PlauiS. 
f  He  was  also  eUded  a  member  of  the  Salteri  Company, 

tnoi  in«  3  B 


i$%  BIOGIAFHICAL   MEMdlK 

On  the  second  of  August  1799»  Rear- Admiral  Warren 
being  ofFUshant,  under  Lord  Bridport»  and  standing  down 
with  the  advanced  Squadron  to  the  Passage  du  Raz>  discovered 
the  Spanish  Ships  from  Rochfort,  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Saints  :  having  made  the  signal  the  wind  not  allowing  the 
British  Ships  to  go  through  the  passage  (although  it  was 
favourable  for  the  Spaniardst  who  thus  would  soon  have 
gained  Brest,  or  joined  the  French  Squadron^  then  under 
weigh  in  Birtbeaume  Road)  the  Temeraire  stood  round  the 
Saints,  after  the  enemy,  who  had  hauled  their  wind*  and  made 
sail.  Although  Rear-Admiral  Warren  was  afterwards  de- 
tached by  the  Commander  in  Chief  in  search  of  the  Spa- 
nish Sbips»  they  escaped  ^  and  arrived  at  Ferroi  two  days 
prior  to  the  appearance  of  the  British  Squadron  off  that 
Port.  / 

Sir  John  Warren  on  the  return  of  the  Channel  fleet  to 
Torbay,  in  the  month  ofOAober,  1799,  shifted  his  flag  to 
the  Renown,  a  new  Ship,  of  74  guns  ;  and  except  an  absence 
of  a  few  weeks,  has  been  with  a  division  of  the  WssTEi^if 
Squadron,  under  Sir  Alan  Gardner^  during  the  whole  of 
tlie  preceding  winter* 

To  delineate  the  Charafter  of  Rear- Admiral  Sir  John  Bor« 
lase  Warren  in  a  few  words  : — He  early  entered  into  the 
glorious  service  of  the  British  Navy  through  inclination  % 
and  the  same  jseal  which  first  induced  him  to  encounter  the 
perils  of  th^  Ocean,  has  throtighout  animated  his  mind  to  over* 
come  them.  He  possesses  the  sincerity  of  a  Seaman,  without 
any  of  the  roughn^s  of  the  old  School ;  and  displays  the 
elegance  of  a  man  of  fashion*  without  dissipation,  or  du- 
plicity. To  strangers  he  has  sometimes  tlie  appearance  of 
a  distant  reserve ;  to  his  friends  his  manner  is  open, 
and  impressive.  He  feels  the  honest  ambition  that  impels 
the  Brave,  without  •  the  parade  or  boast  of  vanity  :  he 
commands  without  asperity  ;  and  gains  obedience  and  respeft, 
without  the  influence  of  terror  :  his  courage  proceeds  from  a 
mind  that  is  in^proved,  and  is  therefore  uniform  \  bis  prin* 


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OV   SIR  JOHV   BO&LASE  VARftlH»  BAI^T.    K.  ■•  3$<f 

ciples  are  founded  on  the  basis  of  Christian  Faith^  and  are 
therefore  stedfast : 

\   These  cheer  his  ilirsll ;  and  sastaaii  or  fire^ 
When  into  a^lbn  call'd^  his  busy  hours. 

Nor  can  those* 
Whom  Fortune  heapsi  without  these  Virtues  reach 
That  truce  with  pain,  that  animated  ease. 
That  self-enjoyment  springing  from  withio  $ 
That  IndependencCy  a6kive  or  retired. 
Which  makes  the  soundest  bliss  of  man  below  : 
But,  lost  beneath  the  rubbish  of  their  means. 
And  drain'd  by  wants  to  Nature  all  unknown^ 
A  wandering,  tasteless,  gafly  wretched  train  ; 
Tho*  rich  are  Beggars,  and  though  noble,  Sbves. 

Thomson*    Liberty,  Part  ;• 

Arm*.]    Quarterly  :  First  and  fourth,  cheqay  Or,  and  Ass   on  a  caiitoa 
Cities,  a  lion  rampant  Argent,  for  Warren  :  Secodd  and  third,  Ermine  on  a  bend' 
Sable  two  cubit-arms  isstung  out  of  as  many  petty  clouds  ray onated  Argent^ 
rending  an  hone-shoe.  Or,  for  Barlase :  over  all  oit  an  iocscntcheon  the  arms  of 
Ulster;  and  the  whole  within  the  motto,  and  badge,  of  the  Order  of  the  Bath. 

CaasT.]    An  eagle*s  leg  ere6l,  issuing  from  hchind  a  double  plume  of  fea- 
thers, out  of  a  ducal  coronet.  Or. 

SuppoaTias  ]    Two  wyvertos  i  each  charged  on  the  wing  With  fife  rosea 
Onles^  supporting  a  banner  ered  cheeky  Or  and  Aanre* 

Motto.]    Leo  de  Judi  est  robur  nostrum. 


PLATE  XXXitt* 


THIS  corre&view  of  the  Adion  by  the  Squadron  under  the  com« 
mand  of  Commodore  Sir  John  Borlase  Warreny  and  the  French 
frigates  under  Monsieur  Desgarceaux,  on  the  twenty-ninth  of  Aprils 
1794s  is  taken  from  the  south ward^  to  windward  of  the  Ships ;  at  the 
moment  when  Sir  John  Warren  in  the  Florae  after  having  Bred  into 
and  passed  La  Babety  is  engaging  La  Pomonei  and  L'Engageante^i- 
which  Ships  kept  in  a  close  line :  La  Resolue,  being  the  headmost 
Ship  of  the  enemy,  luffing  up  occasionally,  and  raking  the  Flor?* 
The  Arethusa  is  coming  up  next ;  who  engaged,  and  captured  La 
Babet. 

The  Concorde,  Melampus,  and  Nymphe,  are  advanciflgi  \ind«r  a 
press  of  sail  ;  the  latter  on  the  starboard  tack^  and  to  kcward. 


t    3<So   3 

NAVAL  ANECDOTES, 
COMMERCIAL  HINTS,  RECOLLECTIONS, 

IIA»TK*  tit  OOftOIVt  VA*T0! 


JQO.  XIV. 

THE  foflowing  ettrious  description  of  the  method  of  attack  and 
defence^  ai  praSised  id  the  Navy  tdmU  the  twe^h  century^  is 
translated  *  from  an  ancient  treatisci  called  Speculum  Regale. 

In  a  Naaral  Engagement  provide  yoonelf  with  two  speara,  which  yon 
must  not  lose  in  throwing :  let  one  of  them  be  a  long  one,  capable  of 
reaching  out  of  one  yetsel  to  another  ;  the  other  with  a  shorter 
handle,  so  that  you  may  be  able  to  uae  it  convemently  on  boarding  an 
enemy.  Divers  darts  are  to  be  used  in  a  sea«fight,  as  well  as  heavy 
spnrs  fenced  with  icon  as  the  lighter  ones,  and  headed  like  a  dart  :— 
on  ship>board  you  must  fight  with  an  undaunted  mind  and  wary, 
strokes,  nor  cast  away  yoor  arms  in  an  inconsidente  manner. 

In  Sea  Fights  scythes  firmly  fixed  to  very  long  spears  ;  aaMS  with 
broad  blades  and  fixed  to  long  handles  ;  boat  hooks ;  slings  fi&ed  to  a 
staff ;  catsjae  f ,  and  others  of  that  kind,  stones,  the  bow,  and  the  rest  of 
the  missive  weaqiotts  }  but  of  these  bituminous  sea  cool  mixed  with 
sulphur  holds  the  firs^  place* 

WEAPONS   USED    IK   THE    MATY    ABOUT  THE  TWELFTH  CENTOaT. 

Nor  are  Galtraps  X  made  heavy  with  lead,  and  sharp  battle  axesp 
to  be  contemned.  Towers  are  also  good,  from  which  you  may  use  the 
arms  here  enumerated ;  also  a  leaver  or  crow,  its  four  sides  armed 
with  iron  nails* 

In  Sea- Fights  a  boar  Q  armed  with  iron' it  advantageoudy  used, 
pushed  forwards  with  oars.  For  the  defence  of  a  Ship  the  following 
apparatus  is  highly  necessary  :  a  fence  of  beams  ereded  at  the  side  of 
the  vessel  prepared  for  war,  carried  up  so  high  that  thene  may  be 
formed  four  doors  sufficiently  large  for  the  passage  of  two  men  in 
complete  armour  ;  there  to  be  fixed  to  both  sides  of  the  main  deck 
so  firmly,  that  in  jumping  on  the  floor  it  may  not  totter  ;  broad 

*  Aiiti<piarian  Repotitory,  4to.  vol.  iii.  p.  62. 
f  Catajoe^  barbed  darts,  or  spears  with  a  string. 
^  Gaitrapii  Like  tlie  rowals  of  spurs. 

I  A  boar's  head  armed  with  iron  tusks  was  frequently  placed  at  the  bead  of 
ancient  boats  and  ships,  as  may  be  seen  iu  various  monuments* 


AmU^  and  vtwwr  of  dD  kiadl  nuqr  be  advaat^Mttlf'  iMd  in 
dffiaiduig  a  Ship*  But » lerf  oicfU  tncMs  <rf  defence  contises  in  a 
kU  of  brattOpiate  midc  of  lofc  «i^  Macked  liiiea  ttwed  together  i 
also  with  hdmata  md  pcadabm  head  piece  made  of  itedL 

IN  Weeter's  Anoeat  Fwierd  MoaiiineAts  of  Great  Britaui»  Irdaad, 
Sec  it  ioaeitcd^  under  the  head  of  St.  Katherine's  by  the  Tower,  the 
fi>Uowmg  Mcotatt  of  JJm  HMand^  IMe  ff  Ewtetf  Earl  of  Han- 
tuigdoa^  and  of  Ivorj  ia  Normmdy ;  Lord  of  Sparrc,  Adxnual  of 
Enghmd,  Ln^aada^nd  AquiUia  ;  FeUow  of  the  honorable  Older  of  the 
Gaiter,  and  Cons^bte  of  the  Tower  of  London,  aa  he  wrote  in  hta 
st^.  When  King  Henry  5t)i«  ia  the  iifth  of  his  iciga,  was  togocwer 
to  Normandy,  this  puiasant  John  Holland,  as  then  but  Bail  of  Hun-* 
ttogdoD,  was  seal  before  to  scower  the  seat  %  who,  meeting  with 
nine  carries  of  Genoa,  which  were  going  to  aid  the  French  Xing» 
fcaght'  with  them,  sank  six  of  them,  and  took  the  other  three,  with 
grant  store  of  money  and  treasure ;  and  bfoughc  them,  with  ha  pri» 
soaen,  to  the  King*  This  batik  wasfought  near  Hai€eur,  upon  the 
fiiB  of  the  rirer  Seine  into  the  narrow  seas,  of  which  an  oldteraiier  : 

They  fuight  fall  tore,  afiore  the  water  of  Satyn^ 

With  carri^et  iiiauiy»  weU  itttfled  sod  amyed, 

And  many  otiier  tippet  great  of  Hiipayn, 

Barges,  balyngari  andgsllsyt  vafrayed ; 

Whiche  proudly  caaae  vpoii  our  Shippec  ^psaysdl 

And  by  th'euen  their  tails  aualed  were  set, 

llieir  enemiet  alaine  in  battayll,  and  tore  bet. 

And  many  dryent  were  chat  daye  in  the  tea» 

That  aft  oar  flete  rode  there  thai  dway. 

Unto  the  featt  neat  of  his  aatsvitoe : 

tV  hodietaece  among  oar  Shippsaoshe  day # 

Full  piccoot  wat,  and  to  see  than  ay, 

That  tho«andet  were  twenty,  as  they  then  told. 

That  taken  were  in  the  same  battayll  bold. 

This  valiant  Nobleman  died  fuU  of  year9>  Aug.  5,  2  j  Hen.  VL 
aono  1447* 

CAP£   OF  GOOO    Hon. 

WHEN  in  the  beginning  of  the  present  century.  Governor  Van 
Der  Stel  planted  the  vineyards  of  Cctutaniia ;  whence,  as  is  well  known, 
the  most  delicious  wines  are  annually  brought  to  £cux>pe ;  he  had  a 
basket  of  earth  taken  up  at  the  distance  of  every  hundred  roods,  for. 
a  considerable  trad  of  country  round  the  Cape^  and  mixed  with  water  j 
in  Older  to  make  experiments  of  which,  soil  was  the  least  brackish* 
This  was  found  to  be  at  the  spot  where  the  famous  vineyaxds  of  Coo* 
stantia  have  been  planted. 


S6s  KATAL  AMICOOTtlf 

Fram  1400  to  1(00  tons  of  wheat  usedyeailf  to  beexpbtted  firoai 
the  Ci^  tat  the  oowumption  of  Batawa  and  C^lm  ;  betides  laige 
quantities  of  pease,  beansy  batter,  and  wines  ;  and,  on  the  other  handr 
Baia*via  furnished,  by  a  yeariy  Ship  to  the  C^»  a  quantity  of  rice, 
arrackt  sugar,  and  prepared  timber.  In  the  year  1771,  the  French 
contradcd  at  the  Cape^  for  the  use  of  their  colonies  at  MaMrkiuf  and 
BoHfhoih  for  400^ooolbs.  of  flour,  400,000  Ihs.of  biscuit,  500,000  lbs* 
of  salt  beef,  and  i,soo  lei^fers  of  wine.  Since  the  Cape  (eD  into  the 
hands  of  the  English,  in  September  1795,  many  cargnoes  of  wheat  have 
been  brought  thence  to  this  country*  The  management  of  whatever 
regarded  navigation  was  vested  by  the  Dutdi  in  a  ComptroHer  of 
Equipment,  who  was  equally  a  Member  of  the  Council  of  Polity. 


CAFTAIN  VANCOUVER  thus  speaks  of  the  mmngr  o/maimg 
sab  at  Toeaigh : 

**  The  village  consisted  only  of  str^gling  houses  of  two  dassei  ^ 
those  appropriated  to  the  residence  of  the  inhabitants  were  small,  mean, . 
miserable  huts  ;  but  the  others,  allotted  to  the  purposes  of  shading, 
building,  and  repairing  their  canoes,  were  excellent  in  their  kind ;  in 
these  occupations  several  people  were  busily  employed,  who  seemed  to 
execute  their  work  with  great  neatness  and  ingenuity*  In  about  the 
middle  of  the  village  is  a  reservoir  of  salt  water,  nearly  in  the  centre  of 
a  large  indosurc,  made  by  waOa  of  mud  and  stones.  Between  these 
walls  and  the  reservoir  the  whole  space  is  occupied  by  shallow  earthen 
pans,  of  no  reguhr  size  or  shape,  nor  pbiced  in  any  order,  or  degree  of 
elevation.  The  reservoir  b  separated  by  a  bank  or  small  portion  of 
the  sandy  beach  firom  the  ocean,  and  had  no  visible  communication 
with  it,  but  was  apparently  a  stagnated  standing  pool,  covered  with  a 
muddy  scum  of  a  yellowish  green  colour.  This  the  natives  say  ii 
always  bears,  and  without  being  replenished  by  them  from  the  sea, 
constantly  aflbrds  a  sufficient  quantity  of  excessively  salt  water  for 
supplying  the  numerous  pans  ;  the  exposure  of  which  to  the  influence 
of  the  sun,  soon  causes  evaporation  and  crystallization.  The  crystals 
are  then  carefully  "taken  up  ;  and  if  found  dirty  by  the  cracking  and 
breaking  of  the  pans,  which  frequently  want  repair,  or  by  the  falling  of 
rain  whilst  making,  they  are  washed  clean  in  sea  water  and  dried. 
This  is  their  process  in  making  salt,  which  is  always  white  in  propor- 
tion to  the  care  bestowed  in  gathering  it  in.  They  have  large  quan« 
titles,  equal  in  colour  and  in  quality  to  any  ipade  in  Europe,  but  the 
crystals  are  much  hirger*  The  quantity  of  salt  obtained  might  be 
fupposed,  from  the  appearance  of  this  salt  pond,  to  be  produced  rather 
from  the  saline  quality  of  the  surrounding  earth,  in  which  it  is  con- 
tained, than  purely  from  the -sea- water.    Yet  its  being  not  more  thaE 


coUMMCiAL  fit irrtf  mcollictionsi  &c«  3$3 

diirty  yards  from  the  iea-ade>  makes  it  probable  that  the  ocemie 
water  penetrates  into  itt  throagh  the  loose  sandy  beach  that  separates 
it  from  the  seat  and  that  the  richness  of  the  fluid  may  be  produced 
from  both  those  causes*  * 

DR.  BLANB  has  remarked,  that  when  the  fleet  under  Admiral 
Matthews  was  off  Toukm  hst  war,  in  daily  expe^tion  for  some  time 
<Kf  ^^aghg  the  combined  fleet  of  France  and  Spain,  there  was  a 
general  H^  fnA  io  tie  progress  nf  Aseau^  particularly  of  the  scurvy, 
from  the  influence  of  that  generous  flow  of  spirits,  with  which  the 
prospect  of  battle  inspires  British  Seamen.  But  if  the  mere  expe£b- 
tiotty  and  ardour  of  a  battle,  without  any  happy  event,  could  have  such 
n  sensibk  e£Ge£^,  what  must  have  been  the  efied  of  the  exultation  of 
▼iCTOftT  ;  aviAory  (April  12, 1782)  in  which  the  naval  ^ory  of  our 
oountry  was  revived  and  retrieved,  after  a  series  of  misfortunes  and  dis- 
graoesy  whidi  had  wdl  nigh  extinguished  the  narional  pride  in  every 
department  of  service  1 — The  plain  and  honest,  though  unthinking 
Seaman,  is  not  less  afieded  by  this,  than  the  nfore  enlightened  lover  of 
his  country.  Even  the  invalids  at  the  hospital  demonstrated  their  joy, 
upon  hearinjf  of  ttiis  vi£U>ry,  by  hoisting  shreds  of  coloured  doth  on 
their  crutches* 

ADVAVTAGES  OF   CLOSB   ACTlOlf, 

WHEN  Ships  in  aftion  are  opposed  to  each  other  at  a  small  dis* 
tance,  the  velocity  of  cannon  balls  is  so  great,  that  in  penetrating  a 
Ship's  side,  few  or  no  splinters  are  torn  off ;  and  by  these  more  men 
are  commonly  kiUed  and  wounded,  than  by  the  ball  itself.  For  the 
fimie  reason,  a  dose  shot  does  less  damage  also  to  the  Ship  itself,  than 
^  a  distant  one  ;  for  a  quictflymg  ball  makes  an  aperture  less  than  its 
own  diameter,  whereas  a  spent  one  produces  innumerable  deadly 
splinters,  at  the  same  time  shivering  the  objed  it  strikes,  and  making 
wide  and  extensive  rents  in  it*  The  proportion  of  the  wounded  to 
the  killed,  is  also  greater  in  distant  than  in  dose  fight,  on  account  of 
the  great  number  of  small  splinters ;  and  we  have  an  experimental 
proof  of  this,  in  comparing  the  adtion  in  Fort  Royal  Bay  in  April 
1781,  with  that  near  Dominica  in  April  1782.  In  the  former,  the 
enemy  haring  kept  far  to  windward,  and  engagred  at  a  great  distance, 
the  proportion  of  the  wounded  to  the  killed  viras  considerably  more 
than  four  to  one»  whereas  in  the  latter,  where  the  greater  part  of  the 
battle  was  close,  the  proportion  of  the  wounded  to  the  killed  was 
little  more  than  three  to  one.  This  idea,  adds  Dr.  Bkne,  is  weO 
illustrated  by  the  manner  in  which  Captain  Nott,  of  the  Centaur, 
was  killed  in  Fpit  Royal  Bay,    This  brave  man,  having  carried  hit 


|i4  irATAL  AVSCWTit* 

Stipwanr  tk cunnytlnDClitfttt  oftkefiacf  Iwt Mereitlidaiit a 
great  dutnce^  had  hit  mgoal  node  to  keep  the  Jim,  wmd  hmnm^  gqne 
into  hit  cabjn»  atit  Jt  fidb  to  rBWiiliC  the  jgyott  of  the  dlgiMif  » 
■OB  bl  ttnick  him  i»  the  groio»  and  it  wm  to  fir  tpant  that  it 
in  hit  hoif.  It  tore  away  an  whole  plank  of  the  Ship't  tide,  the 
ipiiatcnof  a^iich  kXed  a  foong  geatkoMny  the  only  penoa  ttev  hinu 


THE  London  Eatt  IndianMi*  CafUia  Dmmd  Wabk  hm^ 
ward  bonad  at  St*  Helca^  ia  the  year  1777*  onder  oomoy  of  hit 
fdayntf^  fir^gate  Thetit*  hf  jDme  aocideat  4m  b^gAutd  tf  hmmtf 
fmigii  Jktf  and  in  a  atoment  aB  aio«ad  it  wat  in  a  flane.  It  beia^g 
tiowcd  very  near  the  sonttk  of  the  magaatne,  to  atuch  ahnacd  the 
people^  that  many  atunpted  to  Icafe  the  Ship.  The  fifth  Iftfec  lev 
to  the  catky  and  with  hit  hand  oovctcd  Uie  kang-hak  i  the  canpaco- 
tion  tmnaedialely  wothered  it  1  wfakh  it  a  convincing  pniaf  dnt  as 
penonal  6ar  it  to  be  appivhendcd  firaat  appmarhing  a  otik  of  tpiritt 
in  the  like  »taation;  thoogh  wkh  thit  cautioo^  to  ate  a  thoe  or  hal# 
lor  greaur  tecaritj* 

ON  the  teventh  of  June  1 790,  the  Sea  Horte,  Captain  Mayo^  cF 
Botton,  fit>m  the  coast  of  Africa,  saw  (la  hit*  73.  S*)  a  liir;ge  fmM 
tf  land  tmk  in  ooe  moment  into  the  onfathomable  deep !  At  soon  at 
the  drew  recovered  fit>m  the  inexprcsMble  horror  which  so  tranrndoot 
a  spcdade  must  have  impressed  on  their  minds,  they  steered  vf  to 
tome  Ships  catching  whaks^  and  found  that  their  men  had  been  ^)cc- 
tators  to  the  same  awful  scene.  The  seamen  invohmtarily  dropped 
down  upon  their  kneest  and  thanked  God  for  their  escape  ;  having  been 

on  the  same  point  of  land  a  diort  time  before  its  sodden  disappcarmce. 

* 

aiR  ۥ  aoosa, 
WHEN  the  brave  S^r  G.  Eooke  wat  making  hit  wiD,  tome  fiiends^ 
who  were  pretent,  exprettcd  their  torprite,  that  he  had  not  more  to 
kave.  ^  Why,**  said  the  worthy  veteran,  ^  I  do  not  kaie  modi  ; 
bnt  what  I  do  leave  was  honestly  acquired;  it  never  cott  a  Sailor  atear^ 
or  my  Country  a  fiirthing, 

THE  foQowiag  method  of  making  fatm^e  ytaa  would  he  of  tei^ 
vice,  if  adopted  in  the  Navy. 

Boil  a  potatoe  till  it  breaks  to  pieces  ;  when  the  water  in  which  it 
wat  boikd  has  cooled  to  the  warmth  of  new  milk,  pour  it  out  \  then 
add  to  the  potatoe  a  desert  spoonful  of  coarse  sugar,  and  a  tca^spooft- 
fi4  of  common  yeast ;  beat  it  up  with  a  wooden  spoon,  and  the  potatoe 
yeast  is  made.— Common  yeast  is  only  wanted  the  first  date  ;  whtt 
Itivki  to  the  wooden  spoon  will  afterwards  supply  its  place* 


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DISQUISITIONS  ON  SHIP-BUILDING  *♦ 

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ON  BRITISH  NAVAL  ARCHITECTURE, 

BT  RALPH  WILLETT^  SS^  F,  A.  tif  JR.  SS. 
(From  ARCHAtOLociA,  FoL  II,) 

WE  now  get  into  the  reign  of  Elizabeth^  and  see  with  pleasure  the 
brilliant  state  of  our  rising  Navy.  The  wars  she  was  obliged 
to  cany  on  with  Spain  not  only  obliged  her  to  increase  it|  but  were 
the  occasion  of  breeding  up  such  a  race  of  naval  heroes,  as  no  age  or 
country  ever  produced  within  the  same  compass  of  time.  It  is  not  the 
business  of  this  little  tra^  to  do  justice  to  their  memories  by  recording 
them  ;  the  nnmes  of  Raleigh*  Drake,  Forbisher,  Cavendish,  Cumber* 
land»  and  many  others,  need  but  be  mentioned  to  be  remembered  by 
their  grateful  countrymen.  It  will  be  unnecessary  to  say  more  of  the 
Navy  at  this  time  ;  as  Ledyard  and  others  have  given  full  and  pretty 
correal  Usts  of  it^  than  that  she  increased  it  to  1 71030  tons.  It 
consisted  of  forty-two  vessels,  about  thirty  of  which  may  be  esteemed 
Ships  of  the  Hne^  as  those  down  to  two  hundred  tons  were  called  Ships 
royal.  She  did  not  increase  the  size  of  her  Ships  beyond  that  of  her 
fother's*  unless  we  allow  the  Triumph  to  be  so,  if  she  was  1 1 00  tons^ 
as  some  lists  mention  her  to  be  ;  there  are  many,  however,  of  900^ 
800,  700,  and  600  tons.  The  Mary  Rose,  and  three  others,  appear  to 
be  the  only  Ships,  except  the  Great  Harry,  belonging  to  her  father^of 
so  large  a  size  as  joo.  If  we  credit  Secretary  Burchet,  they  hovvever 
carried  a  great  number  of  guns  ;  one  carried  109)  and  nine  others  from 
60  to  8  8  guns.  On  Burchet's  authority  I  likewise  not  e,  that  gunpowder  > 
£d  not  begin  to  be  manufactured  in  England  until  this  Princess'f 
vetgn,  though  cannon,  &c.  had  been  so  long  in  use  before.  The  guns 
continued  to  be  of  dissimilar  calibres  on  the  same  deck,  and  probably 
the  same  pra^iice  obtained  abroad ;  for  Peter  Hilton,  in  his  account  of 
the  engagement,  in  the  Gulph  of  Persia,  between  some  of  our  Ship8> 
assisted  by  others  belonging  to  the  Dutclu  against  the  Portuguese 
fleet,  says,  **  that  the  Admiral,  a  carrack  of  1700  tonsf  carried  only 
forty- eight  pieces  of  brass  cannon  ;*'  but  then  they  were  whole  cannon 
(60  lb.  ball),  demi  cannon  (31  lb.),  cannon  petro^  (24  lb.)*  whole 
culverine  (18  lb.)»  and  demi  culverine  (91b.  ball).  In  this  place  it 
may  not  be  amiss  to  state  the  caUbres  wd  names  of  the  othtr  pieces 

«  Vidi  Vol  II*  page  58^1 

WxL  III.  3  c 


966  UltQUIIlTlOirS  on  tHtV-BOttDlNO*- 

employed  in  mtr  ancient  tervice  at  aea.  Betides  the  cannoo  woyal 
already  €iie«tioned»  wUcIi  were  aometimet  of  63  lb.  ball ;  there  were 
the  French  cannon,  43  lb.  ;  the  Saker,  of  5  lb. ;  the  Minion,  4lb.  ; 
the  Faukon,  t  lb.  balL  It  may  be  obserred,  that  these  were  Hghter 
and  shorter  than  those  used  now ;  for  instance*  Ihe  32-pounder  weighed 
only  about  4000  lb.  whereas  the  present  guns  of  that  bore  weigh  from 
53  to  5  JOG  lb.  ;  their  9-poanders  weighed  a  700  lb.  ;  our  present 
ones  ooJy  1300  lb.  The  length  of  them  in  the  old  senrice  were  only 
eight  feet  six  inchesy  through  all  the  calibres  ;  from  ten  feet  to  nine 
ftet  vx  inches,  is  the  length  of  those  in  our  present  service.  It  may 
be  observed,  that  Elizabeth  did  not  increase  the  magnitude  of  her  Ships 
beyond  that  of  the  Great  Harry,  nor  is  there. any  latter  taken  notice 
of  tin  the  eighlfc  of  James,  when  the  Pi  ince  of  1 200  tons  is  said  to 
have  been  built*  Chaiies  the  First,  indeed,  built  one  much  larger 
still,  whidi  must  have  been  a  prodigy  in  the  English  Navy-  at  that 
time,  not  only  from  its  size,  viz.  1657  tons^  but  from  the  beauty  and 
eupenor  knowledge  in  the  art  that  were  displayed  in  it.  But  of  this 
Ship  I  AaH  speak  more  largely  when  I  come  to  the  reign  of  Charles 
the  First* 

It  may  t)e  observed,  that  the  number  of  guns  continued  to  be  rery 
considerable,  through  the  reigns  of  James  the  First,  Chaiies  the  Firstf 
and  the  Usurpation,  and  even  so  low  down  periiaps  as  the  beginning 
of  that  of  Charles  the  Second  ;  ibr  the  Royal  Catharine,  built  in 
1664,  carried  eighty-four  guns,  though  only  1050  tons ;  the  Saint 
Michael,  built  in  16691  carried  ninety  guns,  though  only  101 1  tons  ; 
the  St.  George,  of  ninety  guns,  built  in  1662,  was  only  953  tons. 
We  find  them  almost  as  insignificant  in  the  beginning  of  William  and 
Mary  ;  for  I  have  the  copies  of  three  Ships,  the  one  of  eighty  gun8» 
tonnage  1140  ;  and  of  fifty,  tannage  6t6  ;  and  another  of  twenty- 
fern:  guns,  tonnage  226  $  built  by  contraft  in  1693* 

To  account,  in  some  measure,  for  this  extraordinary  number  of  guns 
carried  on  board  Ships  that,  from  their  dimensions,  seemed  very  un» 
equal  to  t>ear  them,  it  may  be  observed,  that  from  the  time  the  old 
custom  of  carrying  cannon  of  dissimilar  cahl>res  on  the  same  deck  was 
hud  aside,  and  the  number  of  them  increased,  it  became  necessary  to 
diminish  the  calibres.  Perhaps  this  alteration  took  place  towards  the 
end  of  the  reign  of  Charlea  the  First  ;  and  I  shall  give  my  reason  for 
thinking  so  hereafter.  It  is  now  time  to  say  something  (I  wish  I 
eoM  sa^  fnote)  of  the  aute  of  the  Navy  in  the  reign  of  James  the 
First. 

In  this  peaceful  period  tt  seems  to  h»re  declined  considerably, 
instead  of  advancing  ;  for,  item  my  MS.  it  consisted  in  the  whole  of 
only  1 5,960  tonsi  whereas  Elizabeth  iuid  left  hiffl  17,030;  andinthis 

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wnnber  of  Janet's  it  i»  rtirpritittg  to  find  so  many  of  them 
te'be  ooierviceable.    This  report  is  dated  in  161 8,  as  fclloweth 


s*r 


Prince  Royal 

•       • 

- 

1200 

White  Bear 

• 

900 

'^ore  Honour 

•       • 

Soo 

Ann  Royal 

*       » 

Soo 

DneReyvlie 

- 

TOO 

Defiance 

- 

700 

Wanipite 

- 

600 

Assurance 

• 

600 

Vantgaard 

• 

eoo 

Red  Ljtm 

• 

50CX 

Nonsuch 

•9       • 

500 

Rainbow 

m            m 

6^ 

Dreadnought 

• 

4«> 

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m               « 

400 

Antelope 

m               • 

35© 

Magr  be  made 
wnriceable.    ^ 

Adrenture 
;  Crane 

•               • 

990 

Answer 

m              m 

400 

PhcEnix 
.Uon't  Whelp 

m 

ISO 

- 

90 

Moon 

•             m 

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Seven  Start 

m             • 

100 

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- 

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George  Ho^ 

•             m 

100 

.Primrose 

m                m 

80 

Eagie  Lighter 

m 

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Slizabeth  Jonas 

m              m 

500 

'Triumph 

-. 

loot 

Garland 

- 

700 

JMay  be  made, 
icrviceable* 

Mary  Rose 

1  Bonadvttnture 
Quittance 

-              - 

600 

560 

aOQ 

Advantage 

- 

aoo 

^Tramontane 

- 

160 

Primrose  Sennaa 

30 

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. 

30 

Charles 

. 

100 

Ketch 

•              • 

10 

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• 
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Forty  vessels,  of  which  eight  ase  decayed  and  nnicrviccablei  and  seven 
that  wanted  repair* 


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.1  l^e  aa  accounty  which  ti  curious  enough  to  have  a  phce  htKf 
of  this  Narft  which  contains  not  oiily  the  names  of  the  vesseUyhottlie 
nuiplxT  and  calibre  of  their  gruns ;  from  which  it  appears  that  guns  of 
dissimi  ar  bores  continued  to  be  employed  on  the  same  deck  from  the 
time  of  Henry  the  £ighth  down  to  this  period*  in  16241  at  least. 


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700  I  rfiaoce 
921  Iriumph 
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88'  *^t.  Andrew 
876   wiftRure 

870  ViAor^r 
950  Reformation 
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63 o' Red  Lion 
6' o|  Assurance 
60  JNonkucb 
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500  Conventine 

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Answer 

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The  St.  Michael,  ^though  in  neither  of  these  two  lists,  is  said  to  have 
been  built  in  i6o^  ;  she  was  1 107  tons,  and  therefore  propedy  shookl 
belong  to  the  rejgn  of  James  the  Fiist  ;  I  find  her  existing  in  a  list  of 
1700*  My  manuscript  amount  however  says  she  was  built  in  1600  ; 
if  8<>  she  belongs  to  the  reign  of  Elizabeth. 

,  We  find  but  few  materials  for  the  reign  of  Charles  the  First.  The 
Ships  mentioned  by  Sir  William  Monson  to  have  been  built  by  him  are 
few,  and  not  lar(--e,  except  the  last,  if  we  may  be  allowed  to  estimate 
%heir  magnitude  from  the  nuniber  of  men  allotted  to  each  of  them. 
The  subsequent  troubles  of  his  reign,  when  the  contention  about  the 


lightt  oF  the  Prince  aad  thedaims  of  his  tubje^ks  grew  90  vioknt,  pre« 
ivented  hit  application  to  this  important  tubjeft  ;  which  he,  howerery 
oeetned  to  be  well  acquainted  with.  The  Ships,  therefora,  built  bf 
bim»  ate  onlf  the  l^en  Whdps  70  men,  the  Marf  Pinnace  25  men, 
the  Charies  2  50  men,  the  James  260,  the  Vi6lory  250,  the  Leopard 
170,  the  Swallow  150,  and  the  Sovereign  1657  tons-  Hey  wood,  the 
tUd  historian^  hath  given  a  very  full  and  curious  account  of  this  last 
Ship,  which,  as  it  corresponds  pretty  exadly  with  a  drawing  of  her  in 
my  possession,  taken  from  a  painting  of  her,  and  that  very  anciefit* 
which  was  preserved  at  Blackwall,  where  Petty  the  builder,  had  hit 
vesidence,  and  suffered  to  be  copied  by  Mr.  White,  Master > Builder  ift 
Portsmouth  Dock* Yard,  from  whom  I  obtained  this  drawing  ;  peiv 
haps  it  will  not  be  trespassing  too  much  on  the  indulgence  of  the 
ficciety,  if  I  am  permitted  to  give  this  account  by  Heywood. 
.  <*  The  length  of  her  keel  is  1 28  feet,  or  thereabouts,  vrithm  some 
§ew  inches  ;  her  main  breadth,  48  feet  ;  her  utmost  length  £roni  the 
fore  end  of  her  beak-head  unto  the  after  end  of  the  stern  i  prora  at 
faffimt  253  feet  ;  she  is  in  height,  from  the  bottom  of  her  keel  to  the 
top  of  her  lantern,  76  feet  ;  she  beareth  five  lantern^,  the  biggest  of 
which  will  hold  ten  persons  to  stand  upright,  without  shouldering  or 
pressing  each  other  ;  she  hath  three  Bush  decks,  and  a  forecastle^ 
an  half  deck,  a  quarter  deck,  and  a  round  house  ;  her  lower  tier  hath 
thirty  ports,  which  are  to  be  furnished  with  demi  cannon,  and  whole 
cannon  throughout,  being  able  to  bear  them  ;  her  middle  tier  hath 
also  thirty  ports  for  demi  culverine  and  whole  culverine  ;  her  third  tier 
hath  twenty-aix  ports  for  other  ordhance  ;  her  forecastle  hath  twelve 
ports,  aad  two  half  decks  have  thirteen  or  fourteen  ports  more  vrithin 
board  for  murdering  pieces,  besides  a  great  many  loop  holes  out  of  the 
cabins  for  musket  shot  ;  she  carrieth  moreover,  ten  pieces  of  chace 
ordnance  in  her,  right  forward,  and  ten  right  aft,  that  is,  according  to 
kmd  service,  in  the  front  and  the  rear  ;  she  carrieth  eleven  anchors^ 
<me  of  them  weighing  4400  lb.  (a  Ship  of  this  burthen  would  now 
have  her  sheet  anchor,  6700  lb.) 

<'  The  prime  workman  is  Captain  Phineas  Pett,  overseer  of  the 
work,  whose  ancestors,  father,  grand&ther,  and  great  grandfather,  for 
the  space  of  two  hundred  years »  have  continued,  in  the  same  name, 
officers,  and  architc£U  in  the  Royal  Navy."  As  this  Ship  was  built 
ui  16379  this  account  would  carry  something  like  a  regular  establish- 
ment as  £ur  back  as  14^7,  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Sixth. 

However,  it  is  a  remarkable  account  of  this  family,  especially  as  I 
can  farther  add  to  the  unoommonness  of  it,  that  the  same  ^unily  made 
a  distinguished  figure  in  the  same  line,  and  the  same  ofEce^  in  the 
King's  yardj  to  the  end  of  William  the  Third ;  but  to  return  to  Hey« 
wood. 


57^  »is^itiTio«t  om  ti»v-ftuitt>r«o» 

^  The  Mnter-ButMer  h  fttaag  Mr.  Rett*  wfio»  before  bt  wim 
tvinrnty-fve  ycarsy  made  the  model  and  parfe^ked  the  work  :  the 
WMter- cappers  are  Joh»  and  Matthew  Cliristmas  ;  Francia  Sheltoo^ 
dcrk  of  the  cheeqve  :  the  hath  two  galleries  besidesi  and  aU  of  moBt 
ciarkMia  carved  work,  and  all  sides  of  the  Ship  carved  with  trophies  of 
artillerjr,  aa4  types  of  hoaowr,  as  well  bdongtag  to  sea  as-hnd,  with 
symbols  appertainlag  to  navigation  ;  also  their  two  Sacred  Majesties 
badgea  of  honoor  ;  ansa  with  several  angek  holding  their  letters  ia 
compattimeatSy  aH  which  works  arc  guilded  ovcr»  asai  no  other  colour 
bat  gold  and  Uack  ;  one  tree  or  oak  made  four  of  the  principdl  beao% 
vhids  waa  forty  four  feet,  of  strong  serviceable  timber^  in  lengthy 
three  feet  diameter  at  the  top>  and  ten  feet  at  the  stnhoc  bottom  i  she 
sa  k6|7  tonsf.  the  year  in  which  she  was  buik* 

**  Upon  th«'  stem-head  a  Cupid  or  cliild  bri<fiiag  a  Eon  ;  upon  At 
bulk^headf  right  forward,  stand  six  statues,  in  sundry,  postures  ^ 
these  figures  represent  Concilium,  Cura,  Conaroen»  Vis}  Virtust  Vio* 
toria* 

**  XJpcm  the  hamers  of  the  water  are  (bur  figarcs,  Jupker,  Mai% 
Neptune,  .£olus ;  dn  the  stem»  Vidory,  in  themidst  of  a  frontispiece  ; 
i^on  the  beak-head  silteth  King  £dgar  on  horseback^  trampling  oa 
s<vc»  Kings»^ 

It  nay  be  proper  to  mention,  in  order  lo-  accoont  for  the  difference 
in  the  tonnage  stated  here  from  that  whkh  I  have  given,  ia  1637 
instead  of  1657,  that  the  old  mode  of  calculating  the  tonnage  was  ^^ 
fereat  from  that  pra^Used  now.  The  old  mode  was>  by  multiplyiBg 
the  kagtk  of  keel  by  the  extreme  breadth,  and  multiplying  that 
produ^  by  the  depth  in  the  hold,  and  then  dividing  by  ninety^ia.  for 
men  of  war.  1  his  was  corrtd  enough  while  the  depth  ki  the  hold 
eontintted  to  be  exaMy  one  half  of  the  extreme  breadth*  which  k  did 
for  many  years ;  but  wt  have  latterly  lessened  the  depth  ift  the  hold 
consideraUy  from  that  proportion  ;  for,  in  n  lint  rate,  by  the  esta* 
bUshment  of  17459  the  half  breadth  was  twenty*  five  feet  six  iacheSf 
while  the  depth  in  the  hold  was  only  twcuty-oiie  feet  six  inches,  fbui 
feet  less  than  the  half  breadth.  They  anciently  divided  the  whole 
produ^»  aa  I  have  said>  by  niaety-ftix  ;  we  sow  divide  it  by  niaety- 
four  ;  which}  indeed,  they  did  formerly  for  the  merchants'  service* 
though  they  fixed  on  ninety-six  for  the  King's  Sliips. 

In  honour  of  Commerce  we  must  observct  that  the  size  of  our  Ships 
gnrdually  increased  as  that  became  more  difiiised,  and  extended  tot 
move  remote  parts  of  the  earth*  Lesser  vessels  served  the  pur« 
posea  of  trade,  while  it  was  limited  to  the  neighbouring  parts  o£ 
Eiirope  ;  bat  the  discoveries  of  the  East  and  West  V^diea  soon  sug* 
gested  the  necessity  of  having  larger  vessels  for  such  long  voyages!^ 


»i«Qri8»Tioiiis  OM  «iiip«niii.»iHG.  371 

artist  weuU  constti^e  so  mnch  time  t6  perform  tliem»  and  m  wkich 
iCfery  ooaveniency  and  supply  for  three  years^  or  morey  must  aeoom- 
paoy  tke  merchandise.  We  fin^t  accoidingly,  that  the  £rit  very 
large  ve^acU  called  carracks^  of  16  and  even  of  170O  ton«»  wefc  eaiif 
introduced  into  their  East  India  trade  by  the  Portuguese,  the  fine 
discoverers  and  aetders  in  those  distant  countries ;  nor  4id  the  Spanish 
vnportance  ataea  commence  until  PhiUp  the  Second  had  annejced 
Portugal  to  his  dominions*  All  the  large  vcsaek  in  his  memorable 
armada  of  15889  were  Portuguese  vessels)  and  it  was  not  until  X59W 
aecondiog  to  Sir  William  Monsan»  that  he  thought  of  building  sudl 
hrge  Ships  {or  himself^  He  then  ordered  the  Twel?e  Apastle^j  cf 
S3  and  1400  tons  to  be  built. 

'  We  also  find  the  necessity  of  obliging  our  own  East  India  Com* 
|>any  to  bnild  very  large  ships  $  for»  I  find  two  vessels,  the  JameS|  of 
2000  tonsi  and  the  Trade's  Increase,  of  1 100  tons,  employed  in  their 
service  the  reign  of  James  the  First,  being  ais  large,  or  larger^  than 
any  at  that  time  belonging  to  the  Royal  Navy. 

Sir  William  Monson  says>  that  even  in  the  twenty-iburth  of  Eliza^ 
beth,  we  had  1 55  vessels  of  500  tons  and  upwards f  belonging  to  the 
merchants ;  so  rapidly  had  trade  increased  at  that  early  period  of  it* 

Trade,  therefore^  gradually  increasing^  gradually  increased  the  aiae 
and  number  of  our  Ships  in  the  Royal  Navy,  and  hatl^  at  last,  fixed 
the  latter^  as  weM  as  the  weakli  of  the  nation  in  general,  on  the  respedi- ' 
able  footing  they  now  maintain.  Trade  must  continue  to  suppoiit 
what  tt^de  hath  so  prosperously  effe^ed.  Trade  only  can  raise  sea* 
nBien,  and  without  the  necessary  number  of  seamen  our  Nmvj  ousst 
become  useless  very  soon. 

It  is  from  th^  want  of  attentkm  ta  this  Qeoessaryconoedion  be- 
tween the  extension  of  Commerce  and  the  state  of  a  Navy,  that  tlie 
Spaniards  have  continued  to  increase  the  lattert  while  they  have 
n^lefied  the  former ;  and  are  not  able  to  man  more  than  one  half  of 
the  ships  they  have  buik^  The  number  naakes  a  figure  on  paper,  but 
the  want  of  seamen  takes  away  all  their  consequence. 

The  materials  of  tliis  account  are  also  very  scanty  during  the 
Usurpation  and  Oliver's  time ;  though,  firom  what  i  have  been  able 
to  coUed,  it  sufficiently  appears  that  the  size  of  the  ships  was  not 
increased ;  and  that  the  great  naval  officer,  the  gallant  Blake,  waa 
more  intent  op  making  nuich  and  honourable  uae  of  the  ships  he  found 
i;>uilt,  than  of  adding  much  to  their  numbers,  and  nothing  to  their 
magnitude*  In  the  following  account  of  them,  we  may  obscnre  that 
tlieir  depth  Jn  the  hold  is  much  below  the  usual  proportion.  As  tlis 
on^  enemy  he  could  have  to  contend  with  were  the  Dutch,  no  other 
atate  having  then  any  sea  for^e  at  aU^  is  it  not  probable  that  this  pra* 


portion  la  the  hold  had  been  iessened  {nupoMly  for  otpiging  thcT 
Dutch  ships  in  the  shallow  waters  on  their  own  coast*  as  this  dimi* 
mition  occasioned  tlietr  drawing  less  water  ?  As  sooek  of  Blake'i 
fleets  appear  to  be  nuraerous^  it  is  likely  that  many  of  Charles's  Ships 
were  still  leftf  and  formed  a  part  of  them.  We  know  particuhuiy  that 
the  Triumph,  the  James,  and  the  Vanguard*  that  figured  in  those 
a£tioas»  were  ships  built  by  Charles.  We  even  find  the  Royal 
Charles,  built  by  him  so  late  as  16S4,  as  also  the  Vidory  and  James, 
As  this  list  is  very  particnlar>  though  not  numerous*  and  gives  a  dis* 
titt£Uon,  for  the  first  time*  of  the  difference  in  men  and  guns ;  when 
the  Ships  were  employed  abroad  or  at  home ;  I  hope  1  may  be 
allowed  to  insert  it  at  full  length. 


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Woolwich 

Portsmouui 


[  To  he  concluded  in  our  next* 


ON  TTfE  CHARACTER  AND  PROFESSIONAL 

DUTIES  OF  SEAMEN. 

JFr&m  Natal  Sbemons    By  James  .Stanibr  Clarkb»  F.  R.  Sm 
Domestic  Chaplain  to  The  Prince. — Concluded  from  Page  278. 


SBRMON   THB    FIFTH. 

THE  Naval  CharaAcr,  nurtured  by  a  commercial  and  en- 
terprising spirit*  in  attaining  its  present  greatness,  has 
not  been  insensible  to  the  co-operating  power  of  Religion.  A  spirit 
of  devotion,  a  consUnt  attention  to  the  duties  of  a  Christian,  has' 
appeared  a  distinA  feature  among  the  most  renowned  of  the  profession* 
The  hardships  and  perils  which  attend  itf  would  often  break  down 
the  firmest  courage 9  but  /or  the  consolation  which  religion  aS>rd8 : 
for  wc  iDay  say  of  the  hardy  Manner^  in  the  words  of  the  son  of 


on   TBI    PtOrBSSIOVAL  DUTIES   Of   SIAMBN/  3*7) 


'  SirwAkf^^  Bide  or  noibmg  is  hit  rest  !  and  afterguard  he  is  in  Ins  sleep^ 
at  in  the  day  of  keeping  watch  ;  troubled  in  the  nnsion  of  his  hearty  as  if 
he  mere  escaped  ou%  of  a  battle. 

**  Amid  the  various  charadm  that  present  themselves  before  me, 
I  shall  selef^  the  two  fbllowing»  as  examples  for  your  comfort  a^d 
^  Aiconragement : 

••  When  the  period  arrived  in  which  it  was  ordained  that  new  light 
should  dawn  on  the  intenedual  world»  from  the  discovery  of  the 
western  henusphere,  and  *  the  trackless  waste  of  the  Great  Atlantic 
Ocean'  was  to  be  explored  by  the  skill  and  exertions  of  your  pro- 
fesnon  ;  it  pleased  God  to  raise  up  a  man  who  has  been  honoured  in 
every  succeeding  generation  ;  a  charader,  whose  history  it  becomes 
an  those  who  go  down  to  the  sea  in  shipsj  to  study  with  grateful 
attention. 

«  At  the  early  age-of  fourteen,  Columbus  began  his  career  on  that 
element  which  bore  him  to  so  much  glory.  A  mind»  capable  of  deep 
itfle£tion|  was  united  to  the  modesty  and  'di£Bdence  of  true  genius. 
By  nature  sagacious,  penetrating,  and  resolute :  he  was  grave,  though 
courteous  in  his  deportment ;  circumspeA  in  his  words  and  aflions ; 
irreproachable  in  his  morals;  and  exemplary  ik  his  attention 

TO  ALL  THE  DUTIES  AND  FUNCTIONS  OF   RBLiGIOlT*?^ 

<<  After  experiencing  variety  of  disappointments,  he  at  length  ob- 
tained patronage  sufficient  to  execute,  though  at  the  greatest  risk  and 
danger,  one  of  the  most  extraordinary  and  daring  exploits  that  the 
human  mind  had  ever  conceived.  Deeply  impressed  with  devout 
sentiments,  he  publicly  implored,  in  the  midst  of  his  brave  followers, 
the  guidance  and  prote6kion  of  heaven ;  and  the  next  morning,  before 
sun-rise,  stretched  in  search  of  unfrequented  and  unknown  seas. 

**  Having  suffered  the  utmost  agitation  an?  fatigue^  with  a  mind 
that  almost  despaired  of  accomplishing  the  objedl  of  his  voyage,  he  at 
length  was  confident  of  being  near  land.  Public  prayers  for  success 
were  immediately  offered  up.  The  sails  were  ordered  to  be  furled, 
and  every  Ship  to  lie  to ;  keeping  strift  watch,  lest  they  should  be 
driven  ashore  in  the  night*  During  this  interval  of  suspence  and  ex- 
pc6bition,  no  roan  closed  his  eyes  ;  all  kept  on  deck,  gazing  intently 
towards  that  quarter  where  they  expeded  to  discover  land. 

«•  About  two  hours  before  midnight,  Columbus,  standing  on  the 
forecastle,  observed  a  light  at  a  distance.  A  little  after  midnight  the 
joyful  sound  of  land!  land!  was  heard;  but  having  been  often~de« 
ceived,  every  man  waited,  in  the  anguish  of  uncertainty  and  expec- 
tation, for  the  retura  of  day.    As  soon  as  the  morning  dawned,  all 

*  Rdbertion*t  America,  hook  ii.  pa^  to  j. 

ISoL  IIL  3  D 


1^4  ^^   "^^^   PEOFB8810MAL   DUTiSS   Of   IgAllBll* 

doubts  and  fears  were  dispelled.  The  crew  of  the  headmost  Ship 
insuntly  began  thers  0BUM9  asan  hymn  of  thanksgiving  to  God» 
and  were  joined  by  those  of  the  other  Ships,  with  tears  of  joy,  and 
tiiansporcs  of  congratulation* 

'*  Such  is  the  cursory  view  of  this  extraordinary  event,  as  related  by 
the  elegant  historian*  It  is  admirably  adapted  to  confirm  you  in  the 
praAice  of  Christian  dutiesi  and  to  induce  you  to  place  the  utmost 
confidence  in  the  wisdom  of  your  superiors.  It  shews  the  blessings 
of  perseverance  and  devotioUf  with  the  rewards  that,  even  in  this  life, 
so  often  await  the  confidence  of  a  pious  mind ;  and  it  also  holds  up  to 
your  emulation,  the  virtues  of  a  distinguished  charaAer,  who  has 
eminently  adorned  the  profession  to  which  you  belong* 

**  If  we  turn  our  eyes  from  this  interesting  person,  to  our  own 
history,  we  shall  find  a  long  succession  of  Naval  Worthies,  whose  con* 
summaie  skill,  and  merited  renown,  have^  at  different  intervals,  ap- 
peared with  uudimlnished  lustre :  but  to  relate  their  heroic  atchleve-. 
iiients  with  the  justice  they  demand  transcends  the  limits  of  my  pre- 
sent duty.  I  shall  therefore  seled  only  one  of  these  eminent  persons, 
whose  tomb  the  naval  profession  will  ever  contemplate  with  affe^onate 
regret,  and  to  whose  memory  they  will  always  pay  the  most  grateful 
respe^.    '  ' 

*'  By  his  natural  abilities,  by  a  constant  attention  and  obedience  to 
the  commands  of  those  under  whom  he  served,  did  the  merit  of  the 
illustrious  Cook  emerge  from  obscurity  to  the  face  of  day.  His 
genius,  whose  current  had  been  checked  by  the  chilling  influence  of 
povtrty,  attained*  by  diligence  and  perseverance,  that  perfediion  in 
every  science  connedled  with  his  department  in  life,  which  enabled 
him  to  render  such  essential  service  to  our  Country*  Without  in- 
strudiors,  and  without  '•  lends,  but  those  whom  his  own  virtues  had 
acqaired,  and  almost  without  the  means  of  gaining  information,  the 
powers  of  his  understanding  gradually  unfolded  themselves  with  asto- 
nishing increase.  His  unwearied  application,  lus  patient  yet  zealous 
endurance  of  fatigue,  his  submissive  and  unassuming  deportment,  won 
the  hearts  of  all  that  beheld  him,  and  cast  the  fir^t  ray  of  light  on  his 
humble  occupation,  as  a  common  sailor,  in  one  of  the  inferior 
branches  of  commercial  navigation.  It  was  from  thence  tliat  a  cir- 
cumoavigator  arose,  to  explore  the  unknown  regions  of  the  Pacific 
Ocean ;  and  by  his  skill,  penetration,-  and  abilities,  to  determine  the 
doubts  which  so  long  had  occupied  philosophers  respe^ing  the  ex- 
istence of  a  continent  near  the  poles,  which,  in  those  high  latitudes, 
might  form  some  bound  to  the  wonderful  expanse  of  the  Great  South 
Sea* 

'*  The  School  in  which  Cook  obtained  information,  was  the  school  of 
Batnre.    The  Opportunities  he  possessed,  to  qualify  himsdf  for  this 


on    THE   PROrESStONAL   DUTIES    OF  SBAMCIf.  ^Jf 

irduous  and  important  task,  were  found  amid  continued  occupation. 
It  pleased  God  thus  to  elevate  him,  as  an  example  of  what  may  be 
Acquired  by  diligence  and  exertion ;  to  point  out  the  avenues  which 
lie  open  to  distinction  for  all  ranks  in  the  Naval  profession,  and  to 
prove,  that  no  one  can  there  be  placed  so  low,  or  have  such  defe&  to 
struggle  against,  from  a  want  of  education,  as  may  not  be  surmounted 
by  patience  and  by  industry. 

'  *<  This  was  the  uniibrm  conduft  of  oar  illustrious  mariner,  who, 
in  his  many  virtues,  in  the  patient  abiding  of  meekness,  in  his  anxious 
disinterested  a1:tention  to  the  comfort  and  preservation  of  others,  ad- 
vanced, with  devout  zeal,  towards  an  high  perfe6UoR  in  the  virtues  of 
Christianity.— ^  If  Rome  decreed  the  citic  crown  to  him  who 
saved  the  life  of  a  single  citizen,  what  wreaths  are  due  to  the  man» 
who,  having  himself  saved  many,  has  perpetuated  the  means  by  which 
Britain  may  now,  on  the  most  distant  voyages,  preserve  numbers  of 
her  intrepid  sons,  who,  braving  every  danger^  have  so  liberally  con- 
tributed to  the  fame,  to  the  opulence,  and  to  the  maritime  empire  oF 
the  Country  *.'^He  fell,  universally  lamented  and  beloved,  a  \i6iim 
to  savage  cruelty  an^  ingratitude,  when  endeavouring  to  complete  the 
noble  objed  of  a  third  voyage  round  the  globe.  Even  in  his  last 
moments  he  was  anxious  for  the  safety  of  his  assassins.  Thus 
dosing  a  life  long  enough  for  his  honour,  but  not  for  his  country, 
with  the  perfonnance  of  the  most  difficult  of  Christian  duties :  in 
the  iminediate  a6i  of  imploring  mercy  for  his  murderers,  he  resigned 
his  soul  unto  God'!-—*  Honourable  age,  is  not  that  which  standeth  in 
length  of  time,  nor  that  is  measured  by  number  of  years :' — ^eat  is  i&u 
muardin  hea*oeHi 

SERMON    TBI    SEVENTH* 

**  As  danger  continually  lurks  in  secret  around  you,  and  in  an  in- 
stant, when  least  expefked,  may  overwhelm  you  in  the  deep,  the 
necessity  of  abiding  patiently  in  your  respe^ve  stations,  without  con* 
fusion  or  uproar,  of  preserving  a  sincere  love  and  respe^  for  your ' 
officers,  and  a  general  regard  for  your  mutual  wel£u'e»  should  be  an 
important  obje£l  of  your  attention.  When  once  you  have  left  the 
Harbour  in  which  you  rode  in  safety^  and  are  carried  on  the  billows» 
beyond  the  sight  of  land,  you  form,  more  especially,  a  distin^  family 
by  yourselves.  The  preservation  of  a  Ship  necessarily  depends  ou 
the  joint  exertions  of  the  whole  Crew  :  every  one  is  expeded  to  per- 
form his  part,  to  contribute  his  utmost  towards  that  secun'ty  which  ia 
so  conne6led  with  his  own  safety ;  nor  should  any  selfish  consideration^ 
any  imberal  and  narrow-minded  motives,  possess  the  smallest  influencCji 

*  Sir  J.  Priogle's  DiKourse. 


57^  cm   THB   PtorilllAVAt  OOTItl  of  IIAMtll* 

where  the  preservatton  of  to  hrge  t  bodf  depends  on  the  cxcrtioikt  df 
each  in  his  particuhr  and  allotted  statioiu 

<'  In  a  department  of  so  much  danger,  in  the  perfonnasce  of  dotiet 
which  occasion  such  constant  agitation  of  ound,  and  &tigue  of  bodft 
human  nature  will  sometimes  (auiter  and  hesitate ;  whilst  a  spleacde 
or  melancholj  moment  may  snggest,  that  Duty  is  umicoessaryf  aad 
DisdpHne  too  severe.  A  recolletton  also  of  those  we  have  left 
behind,  a  prosped  of  peace  and  quiet,  amid  the  tranqaSGty  of  aone 
retired  situation,  present  ideas  that  agitate  a  weary  and  idazed  miiid: 
but  let  not  these  phantoms  deceive  you.  Where  perfeft  union  is  so 
requiredi  the  least  deviation  from  the  strait  line  of  Dnty,  is  [»tMiuAife 
of  general  danger  t^the  small  doud  that  ibrbodes  the  tcmpesty  is  seen 
at  first  but  indistindkly,  and,  to  the  inexperienced,  appears  of  little 
importance  ;  until,  as  it  proceeds,  it  gathers  strength,  and  spreading 
its  rapid  gloom  around,  displays  the  terrific  features  of  the  Stonn. 

**  Bear  also  in  mind  that  you  have  enemies  in  jour  own  passions  and 
disorderly  affedions,  in  common  with  all  mankind,  which  it  bdiovct 
you  to  subdue,  or  the  fame  you  acquire  will  be  imper&d ;  and  though 
your  glory  may  be  known  on  earth,  it  will  not  be  recorded  in  heaven. 
Employ  some  part  of  each  succeeding  day  in  reasoning  with  your* 
selves,  and  thus  discern  those  particular  btlings  and  prgudicca  wbiA 
you  have  unfortunately  suffered  to  predominate*  No  means  can  be 
employed  more  eficdtual  to  place  all  yonr  duties  in  their  proper  li^it* 
and  particularly  such  as  we  have  just  considered,  than  often  to  behold 
yourselves  in  your  real  charader,  the  chara6^er  of  those  vrho  arrve. 
In  proportion  as  men  have  deviated  from  their  primitive  state,  this 
charafler  appears  arduous  and  degrading,  as  it  strongly  militatea 
against  indu^ence  and  indolence  ;  whilst  they  whose  nature  has  been 
raised  beyond  such  infirmities,  will  glory  in  an  appellation  that  sepa- 
rates the  true  lover  of  his  country  from  the  herd  who  pass  their  lives 
in  a  state  of  torpor  and  of  gluttony,  but  little  removed  from  the  brute 
creation. 

**  Submission  unto  your  governors,  unto  them  who  are  in  authority 
oyer  us,  is  a  do  Anne  which  the  apostle,  St«  Paul,  whose  condu6i  you 
have  so  much  reason  to  admire,  continually  inculcates ;  *  that  with 
well  doing,  we  may  put  to  silence  the  ignorance  of  foolish  men.*  In 
its  various  forms  and  cfFedls,  ft  may  be  justly  styled  the  grand  link  of 
social  life.  To  obey,  and  to  command,  are  the  leading  features  in  your 
profession  ;  and  though  it  may  be  natural  to  look  towards  the  latter 
with  some  degree  of  hope,  and  to  be  captivated  with  the  charms  which 
appear  to  surround  h,  be  assured  that  they  who  command  have  a  painful 
responsibility  to  sustain*    Let  every  one,  thereforCf  strive  to  aDeviate 


ON   THB  PROfBiftlOV4I'   BVriff  OF   8IAMBN.  gff 

ibe  wc^ht  of  such  a  service:  <  kequng  die  unity  of  the  spirit  in  tlie 
V>nd  of  peace*' 

**  You  ^e  aS  xofxte  immediately  the  servants  of  your  King  and 
Country }  the  just  performance  of  your  duties  will  consequently  hare  « 
considerabk  and  lasting  efied  on  the  happiness  of  the  conununtty  at 
btrge*  If  this  important  and  noble  Service  should  ever  appear  un^ 
grateful  ;.if  a  too  svarm  and  a£kive  imagination  should  eagerly  grasp  at 
•Qnie  advantage  which  promises  attainment  in  a  situation  different  Aom 
tliat  where  you  at  present  are  placed ;  still  have  resolution  to  abide  in 
the  Ship  I  The  psosped  which  seems  bo  flattering,  may  be  only  a 
«ure  to  seduce  you  from  Duty — Arise !  pursue  again  with  zeal  the 
commands  of  your  superiorsi  and  the  Dream  will  cease/^ 


NAVAL  LITERATURE. 


jt.  Ditcripiitmt  nvitb  PlaUh  of  the  Hme-'Keeper  hnfented  by  the  latt 
Mtm  Thomas  Mudge  ;  to  which  is  prefixed  a  Narrati*oe  by  Thommt 
rMudge  his  Son,  of  Measures  taken  to  give  EjffeS  to  the  Invention  since 
tbeRemsard  bestowed  vpon  it  hy  the  Home  of  Commons  in  the  Tear 
'  793  9  ^  Repub&ca^m  of  a  Tra8  by  the  late  Mr.  Mudge  on  the 
Improvement  of  Time  Keepers  ;  and  a  Series  of  Letters  written  by  hm 
to  his  £s9celleney  Count  Bruhl,  between  the  Tears  I773»  and  x^^T. 
With  anhighlyfaushed  Engrawng^  by  Schiavonettif  of  Mr*  Mudge, from 
a  Portrait  by  Dance.     Payne,  Cadell  and  Davies»  Kivingtons,  Dilly^ 

.  iflii^  Richardson.  4/0.  1799.— •Ptf^  327.  Nine  iUustrative  Plates^ 
Price  ih  I/.    Large  Paper^  tL  2s» 

"  Surely,  Sir,  genius  is  a  scarce  plant,  and  those  who  obstruft  its 
growth,  or  blast  the  fruit  it  bears,  cannot  be  aduated  by  quite  unez- 
ceptionable  motives." 

f^HE  curious  observations  respe£^ing  Time- Keepers  which  occur  in 
this  volume^  and  the  more  particular  examination  of  the  construe* 
tion  ai^d  merit  of  the  one  invented  by  that  ingenious  artist  the  late  Mr* 
lliomas  MudgCy  must  render  this  work  particularly  interesting,  and 
iaiportant  to  professional  meiw  We  can  only  lament,  that  amid  the 
cpDtrariety  of  interests  which  prevail  in  the  worlds  and  the  spirit  of 
pfuty,  or  of  prejudice,  which  sometimes  cramps  the  bold- discoveries  of 
genius  ;  men  of  science,  who  have  long  laboured  and  watched  for  the 
good  of  their  country,  should  feel  injured,  or  neglected  by  it« 

Mr«  Thomas  Mu<i^,  in  his  dedication  to  the  Right  Honourable 
Mr*  Windhamj  thus  delivers  his  sentiments  ;<—'<  Having  been  edu* 


ff9  VATAt   LiTtRATUtt; 

Cited  tn  die  prDfesnonof  the  kw,  which  I  had  for  some  years  pn9i9ct 
with,  I  may  confidently  say^  the  most  ^ir  and  unblemished  charader  ^ 
wad  not  behtg'  either  pra€^icdlyi  or  theoreticattyy  a  mechanic  it  can 
kmlly  be  iffiagined»  that  the  ordinary  Tiews  of  trade  would  have 
flud«ced  me  to  quit  a  profetnon,  in  which  I  was  UberaDy  estdtliahed, 
Jbr  a  InwocsSy  the  saccett  of  vrhicfa  mast  wholly  depend  apon  the  me* 
dumtcri  talents  and  fidelity  of  other  men.  No,  Sir  I  I  had  no  such 
wws  ;  but  I  plainly  saw,  that  after  the  ingenioosy  but  painful,  labom*. 
•f  my  father  for  near  twenty  years;  and  the  application  of  the  public 
money  as  a  reward  for  what  he  had  accon^Inhed  ;  little  benefit  wa* 
likely  to  result  from  his  inrention,  unless  measures  out  of  the  comaian' 
way  of  trade  were  resorted  to  for  the  purpose  of  giving  it  eflRrd  ;  and 
I  flattered  myself,  as  it  was  capable,  if  executed  with  success,  of  pro« 
duciog  considerable  advantages  to  the  Naval  estabh'shment  c^  this 
kingdom,  that  I  might  obtain  tome  pobKc  engagement,  from  which,  if 
I  could  not  promise  myself  an  adequate  recompence  for  my  exertions,  I 
m^ht  at  least  obtain  protection  in  the  prosecution  of  my  undertaking* 
-—That  Ihave  been  disiq>pointed  will  appear  from  the  following  narra* 
tivc.—- Whether  the  disappointment  was  merited  or  not,  I  must  leave  to 
the  decision  of  those  who  are  competent^  but  disinterested,  judges. — 
Consciotts,  however,  that  my  motives  have  been  npright  ones  ;  and 
tattering  myself  that,  in  spite  of  all  the  difficulties  and  disappoiat- 
aicnts  I  have  met  with,  I  have  contributed  to  the  preservation  of  an 
invention,  which  may  yet  be  produ6live  of  those  grrait  benefits  wliich 
aboe  could  have  induced  the  Legislature  to  offer  from  time  to  time 
such  munificent  rewards  ;  I  do  not  regret  the  condu^  I  have  pursued, 
although  it  has  been  at  the  expence  of  a  very  considerable  part  of  my 
fortune* 

As  I  cannot  but  think.  Sir,  that  there  has  been  a  most  invidious  cf^ 
position  of  the  productions  of  other  artists  to  those  of  my  ^uJier's 
invention,  I  will  beg  leave  to  relate  a  story  of  him,  by  which  it  will 
appear,  that  ke  had  a  nobleness  of  mind  that  spumed  at  such  condu^ 
Some  time  bfffore  Mr.  Harrison  6btained  his  reward,  my  father  had 
fi>rmed  in  his  mind  the  plan  of  his  time-keeper.  Several  years  after- 
irards,  when  he  had  carried  it  into  effed,  and  the  exceUence  of  if  was 
msmfested  by  its  performance,  he  was  asked  why  he  had  not  Brmde  it 
before  the  reward  was  granted  to  Mr.  Harrison,  and  publicly  disputed 
the  prize  vnth  that  gentleman.  His  answer  was,  that  he  thought  Mr. 
Harrison  a  great  and  deserving  charader,  and  that  after  having  spent 
almost  the  whole  of  a  long  life  in  the  laborious  pursuit  of  an  objed, 
for  which  his  genius  so  well  qualified  him,  he  could  not  prevail  jxpon 
himself  to  attempt  the  produ6iion  of  any  thing  by  which  Mr.  Harrison 
might  be  deprived  of  that  reward  to  which  he  was  so  well  entitled* 


Mr*  Mttdge  »  of  q>imon  that  Tiine-KeeperB  will  aeferlie.iiiade  with; 
the  perfeAioa  any  of  the  principks  that  have  hitherto  heen  invenud 
fer  their  conatrudioD  are  capable  of  producing*  unless  the  pe^psoai  who^ 
make  them  wholly  dired  their  skill  and  talents  to  that  single  obje^l. — ». 
In  the  Introdudxon  we  find  the  following  motiresf  which  injucfd  Mr*. 
Mudge  to  give  the  present  volume  to  the  public. 

**  Filial  attachment  to  a  most  excellent  parenty  who  had  the  stroogetk; 
daim  upon  me  fior  every  exertion  I  could  make  in  his  favour  ;  joiaed 
to  a  persuasion  that  a  man  of  his  Hberal  and  enlightened  mind  would, 
not  express  a  sense  of  injury  without  having  just  cause  of  comjdaiat, 
led  me  in  the  year  1 791  to  publish  a  narrative  of  £[ids»  in  order  ta, 
shew  the  injustice  he  had  met  with  from,  the  Astronomer  Roya^*— 
Since  that  period  an  ei^amioation  having  taken  place  before  a  Seled 
Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons,  into  the  merits  of  his  invention* 
and  having  myself  made  considerable  exertions  to  communicate  the 
knowledge  of  it  to  several  artists*  who  have  been  recommended  to  jae 
as  fit  persons  to  carry  it  properly  into  cSc&. ;  I  now  resume  my  pen*- 
in  order  to  ky  before  the  Public  an  account  of  the  measures  that  have 
been  taken  since  the  application  was  made  for  a  parliamentary  investt-. 
gation  :  and,  as  1  am  solicitous  that  whatever  benefit  the  invention  it 
capable  of  producing  may  be  enjoyed  to  as  full  an  extent  as  possible,  I 
have  published  drawings  of  the  Machine  in  questiouy  accompanied  by  a. 
aeries  of  letters,  written  by  my  &ther  to  his  Excellency  Count  Brukl^ 
during  the  long  period  of  fifteen  years  in  which  he  was.  engaged  in  the 
prosecution  of  his  objed^.'* 

The  Select  Committee  to  whom  it  was  referred  to  con;sider  of  the 
report,  which  was  made  from  the  Committee  to  whom  the  petition  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Mudg£,  watch  maker,  was  referred;  and  v^ho  were 
diredied  to  examine  into  the  matter  thereof,  and  also  to  make  inquiry 
into  the  principles  on  which  Mr.  Mix  doe's  Time  Keepers  hav«  been 
constructed,  thus  conclude  their  remarks. 

**  On  a  view  of  the  whole  evidence,  were  your  Committee  called  upon 
to  declare  which  of  the  several  watclies  had  gone  best,  they  should  be 
iaclined  to  say  that  both  Mr.  Amold's,  NP  36  and  N^  68,  had  gone, 
with  a  degree  of  accuracy  greater  than  could  be  shewn  on  any  cor- . 
responding  trial  of  Mr.  Mudge's,  more  especially  if  in  giving  thia 
judgment  they  were  to  include  a  circumstance,  not  admitted  geaei^y 
by  those  who  deny  the  merit  of  Mr.  Mudge's  watches;  viz.  that  a 
rate  applied  in  PoAor  Maskelyne's  method  is  less  likely  to  be  true, 
or  in  other  words  less  favourable  to  the  watch,  than  a  rat^e  tak^n  froi^ 
the  period  preceding  that  to  which  it  is  applied ;  but  were  your  Comt» 
fnittee  required  further  to  state  the  presumption  thence  arising,  as  to 
the  merit  of  their  lev^ral  con&trudionsy  with  a  view  to  the  reliance  to 


^  WATAL  llTtRATtKff.  ^ 

ke  placed  on  ethers  of  the  nnaie  sort,  or  to  the  adtanli^es  to  be  de« 
ffived  from  thence  in  the  geiierd  improvement  of  time-keepen,  dief 
Aonld  confess  their  imhOity  to  offer  any  opinbn  that  could  be  at  dl 
Reserving  of  attention.  They  are  ot  opiniony  that  thongh  the  merit 
ef  the  coBStrudion  of  timekeepers  can  be  finally  decided  only  by  ex* 
perience^  yet  that  nothing  could  be  more  fallacious  than  the  judgment 
to  be  formed  in  that  respect  firom  experience  so  UoBited  and  imperfeft 
as  that  which  must  toakt  the  basis  of  their  judgment  in  the  present 
instance. 

^They  entertain  this  persuasion,  not  only  from  generd  conaderation 
of  the  nature  of  the  subjeA,  but  from  ia6b  appearing  on  the  face  of 
At  evidence  now  submitted  to  thenu  It  ^  said  by  some  of  the 
witnessesi  that  watches  made  on  the  same  construftion,  and  with  the 
same  care,  can  hardly  hil  to  go  with  nearly  the  same  exadness.  If 
this  be  so,  they  are  at  a  loss  to  account  why  the  maker  of  such  a  watch 
m  Mr.  AmoId'S)  N^  36  or  68,  should  not  have  possessed  himself  long 
since  of  the  whole  reward  assigned  under  the  z&  of  longritude,  espe* 
dally  as  thirteen  year»  have  ebpsed  since  the  trial  of  N^  36  was 
completed. 

«*  They  are  equaDy  at  a  loss  to  account  for  that  provision  in  th^  aA 
of  longitude  which  requires  that»  before  the  reward  can  be  obtained, 
two  machinesy  conforming  each  to  the  conditions  of  the  Ad>  shall  be 
jnade  on  the  same  construAion:  a  provision  jthat  must  be  whoDy 
cuperfluousy  could  it  be  inferred  with  certainty  that  what  was  done 
With  one  machine  might,  by  employing  equal  care,  be  repeated  always 
in  another.  The  fafl  they  conceive  to  be,  that  watches  formed  on 
the  best  principles  wiH,  either  for  want  of  care  or  skUl  in  the  making, 
from  defefls  in  some  of  the  parts,  from  faSure  in  the  adjustment,  or 
finally  from  some  of  those  numerous  and  fortuitous  causes  whfeh  disturb 
the  going  of  time-keepers,  and  of  whose  existence  and  operation  no 
account  can  be  giveur  nor  any  estimate  be  formed,  be  found  occa- 
sionally to  go  very  ill ;  while  others,  made  on  very  defe£tive  principles, 
will,  from  accident^  success  in  tlie  workmanship,  or  accidehtal  ex- 
emption from  some  of  the  causes  of  error  above  enumerated,  be  found 
at  times  to  go  with  great  exaAness.  Mere  trial  therefore,  unless 
carried  to  great  extent,  and  mnhiplied  through  variety  of  mstances, 
win  tell  but  little  as  to  the  merit  of  the  principle  on  which  a  watch  is 
constru6ted.  At  aB  events,  where  an  infia^nce  is  to  be  drawn  as  to  the 
probable  going  of  a  time-keeper,  from,  experience  of  others  of  the  same 
sort,  consideration  must  be  had  of  th<^  of  that  sort  which  have  gone 
ill,  as  well  as  of  those  which  have  gone  well ;  nor  can  your  Committee 
be  of  opinion,  with  one  *of  the  gentlemen  examined  on  lliis  occasion, 
that/n  comparing  the  watdia  of  Mr.  Mudge  and  Mr.  AmOldf  and 


HATAL   LITEILATVAB.  ^  38! 

ttAompg  from  theocc  to  their  respQdive  con8tniftion39  little  stress  W98 
to  be  laid  on  the  circumstance  of  Mr.  Mudge's  watches  being  the  only 
three  which  he  had  ever  made*  while  those  of  Mr.  Arnold  were  two 
pr  three  sele6led  out  of  near  a  thousand. 

It  may  be  observed  of  Mr.  Mudge's  watches j  that  they  afford  one 
groUnd  of  judging  beyond  that  of  any  of  the  others,  from  the  length 
of  time  during  which  their  going  is  known«  The  fint  watch  is  known 
fix>m  a  period  so  distant  as  the  middle  of  the  year  17769  and  for  the 
greater  part  of  the  intervening  time.  Of  the  two  remaining  watches^ 
the  earliest  register  possessed  by  the  petitioner  is  in  the  year  1779  ; 
but  both  of  the  watches  have  been  made  since  the  year  1 777,  aitd 
the  going  of  aH  is  not  at  this  moment  less  perfe6t|  as  app^rs  by 
tlie  registers  of  Count  Bruhl  and  Mr.  Dutton,  than  at  any  time  since 
they  were  first  made. 

From  this  faft,  joined  to  the  renmfk  of  the  late  Admiral  Campbell^ 
that  the  watch  which  he  had|  seemed  to  possess  the  property  of  changing 
Its  rate  lessi  after  being  stopped  or  let  down^  than  any  other  he  had 
Jcnown  ;  your  Committee  cannot  help  thinkingi  as  far  as  an  opinion 
may  be  hazarded  on  a  maitter  of  so  much  uncertainty^  that  there  ap- 
pears in  these  watches,  whether  compared  with  each  other,  or  with 
themselves  at  different  times,  sueli  an  equality  of  going  as  would  lead 
to  a  favourable  judgment,  on  the  truth  and  permanencj^of  the  prin* 
ciplcs  of  their  con8tru6iion.    They  are  far,  however,  from  relying  with 
confidence  on  this  observation,  or  on  any  other  of  the  kind,  or  from 
asserting  more  of  the  watches  in  question  than  that  they  are  machines 
cf  g^at  and  indubitable  excellence.     Of  this  they  conceive  abundant 
confession  is  made,  wlten  of  so  many  time-keepers  as  have  been  pro* 
duced  of  late  years,  so  few  are  brought  whose  going  is  said  to  be 
superior.     The  best   foundation   for  deciding  the  question^  which 
tnakcs  the  proper  ohjcSt  for  the  Consideration  of  the  Committee,  viz. 
What  is  the  originality  and  value  of  the  improvement  alledged  to  be 
Inade  by  Mr.  Miidge  in  the  construdiion  of  time-keepers  f  roust,  they 
apprehend,  be  sought  for  in  the  report  of  the  gentlemen  who  have 
examined  the  machines  in  question,. and  know  what  the  nature  of  the  > 
contrivance  is*    Whatever  doubt  n^ay  be  thought  to  attend  even  this 
mode  of  judging  (and  its  uncertain^  will  vary  through,  n^irly  all  de<* 
grees,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  circumstances)  it  is,  they  con« 
ceive,.far  preferable  to  a  judgment  from  experience,  where  the  expe-^ 
lience  is  of  no  greater  extent  than  that  furnished  by  the  present  in* 
stance.     It  is  Urged  in  proof  of  the  demerit  of  these  machines,  that 
they  were  very  iU  adjusted  against  the  efieds  of  heat  and  cold.     If 
such  is  the  fafl,  th«  inference  must  be,  that  with  a  better  adjustment^ 


381  llAVAL   LitfiltATtntl. 

• 

ttieir  going  i^ould  have  been  8ti1l  more  exa6^«  tt  is  said  that  the 
lipplication  of  tlic  part  used  for  adjiistmenty  and  the  form  of  one  of 
tne  spnngrs,  is  less  advantageous  than  in  other  watches ;  if  that  be  so, 
these  watches,  by  the  use  of  those  methods,  will  become  capable  of 
still  greater  excellence.  No  proof  has  been  given  to  your  Committee^ 
tiOr  have  they  any  reason  to  believe,  that  the  contrivance  which  contains 
the  supposed  invention,  is  of  a  nature  to  be  incompatible  with  cither  of 
the  improvements,  above  mentioned.  Were  the  watches  therefore 
already  made  ever  so  defe6^ive  in  their  going,  there  is  no  reason  fof 
concluding  (nor  can  it  be  known  but  by  those  acquainted  with  their 
construction)  that  with  the  addition  of  methods  now  generally  under* 
Stood  and  pra£Hsed,  they  may  not  give  biith  to  machines  far  superior 
to  any  at  this  time  in  use  (  should  it  be  thought  necessary  by  the 
House,  this  question  might  be-  put  to  the  gentlemen  who  aded  as  a 
sub-committee.  As  hr  as  your  Committee  believe  and  are  informed, 
there  is  nothing  in  the  present  contrivance  that  is  not  perfedlly  con- 
sistent with  the  methods  above  referred  to.  The  merit  and  value 
of  this  contrivance,  as  far  as  the  same  can  be  stated  00  theoretical 
principles,  is  fully  spok€n  to  by  the  8ub«cemmittee,  whose  report  is 
'  iw  follows : 

**  Wc  whose  names  are  underwritten,  to  whom  it  hath  been  re- 
ferred»  by  a  Sele6i  Committee  of  the  Honourable  House  of  Com« 
mons,  to  receive  confidentially  from  Mr.  Mudge,  a  communication  of 
the  principles  of  his  time  keepers,  and  to  report  thereon ;  being  as- 
tombled  at  the  house  of  his  Excellency  Count  Bruhl,  in  Dover  Strcetf 
bn  Tuesday  the  14th  instant,  did  cause  a  time- keeper,  which  was 
produced  to  us  as  one  of  the  two  made  by  Mr.  Mudge,  and  submitted 
to  trial  at  the  Royal  Observatory  at  Greenwich,  for  twelve  months, 
from  June  1^89  to  June  17QO,  to  be  taken  to  pieces  in  our  presence 
by  Mr.  Matthew  Dutton  ;  and  having  carefuOy  examined  the  parts  of 
the  same,  we  find  a  contrivance  in  it  for  destroying  the  inequalities  of 
the  maintaining  power  derived  from  the  main  spring,  which  as  far  as 
we  know  and  are  informed,  is  altogether  new  :  and  having  considered 
the  same,  and  put  many  questions  concerning  it  to  Mr.  Mudge^  Junior^ 
and  Mr.  Matthew  Dutton,  we  are  of  opinion,  that  the  said  contrivance 
is  well  calculated  for  producing  the  desired  effeft,  and  that  a  disclosure 
of  it  may  conduce  to  C9nsidcrable  improvements  in  the  art  of  making 
time-keepers.  We  moreover  declare  that  we  find  great  skill  and  ability 
displayed  in  every  part  of  the  workmanship*  as  well  as  much  ingeouity 
in  this  particular  invention.  At  the  same  time  it  is  our  opinion,  and 
we  think  it  our  duty  to  declare  it  so  to  be,  that  no  judgment  can  be 
'  formed  of  the  exactness  of  any  time-keeper  by  theoretical  reasoning 
upon  the  principles  of  its  constra£Uon|  with  such  cert^nty  at  widi 


VATAL   tiTBRATURS*  383 

safety  to  be  relied  upon»  except  it  be  confirmed  by  esperiirientB  of  the 

^^^ual  performance  of  the  machine* 

^  «•  SAMUEL  ST.  DAVID'S!, 

«  GEORGE  ATWOOD, 

*f  JESSE  RAMSPEN, 

••  EDWAB.D  TROUGHTON,. 

M  JOHN  HOLMES, 

•«  CHARLES  HALEY, 

«•  WILLIAM  HOWELLS, 

ff  L  A.  DE  LVC. 
,         M  Dover  Street, 
9*  the  aoth  of  May  1793.*' 

In  virtue  of  this  report*  and  of  such  other  evidence  as  the  inquiry 
lias  fumishedy  your  Committee  have  no  difficulty  in  declaring,  that 
they  consider  the  improvement  in  question  sufficiently  ascertained,  and 
as  likely  to  conduce  to  advantages  sufficiently  important  to  attra6k  tha 
notice  of  Paiiiament.     As  a  further  ground  of  such  notice,  it  may  bo 
right  to  state  to  the  House  pertain  circumstances  relating  to  the  in^ 
ventor,  as  well  as  the  m^ rit  of  the  invention  itself*     It  is  admitted  on 
efi  hands,  that  Mr.  Mudge  was  one  of  the  first  watch-makers  which 
this  country  has  produced.     It  is  hardly  less  admitted,  by  all  who 
have  had  an  opportunity  of  inquiring  into  the  h6tf  that  at  the  end  of 
this  period,  Mr.  Mudge  is  dosing  his  life  with  a  very  scanty  pittance  ; 
while  many  of  the  profession,  with  ao  pretence  to  genius,  nor  any- 
extraordinary  industry,  by  the  mere  applkation  of  their  talenta  in  the 
way  oi  trade,  regardless  of  any  improvement  in  their  art,  have  amassed 
splendid  aad  independent  fortunes.    Mr.  Mudge,  a^ing  on  other 
principles^  and  withdrawing  from  business  while  his  poWers  were  yet 
entire,  devoted  twenty  years  of  a  Hfe,  which  his  fotmer  inventions 
freely  commi|nicated  to  the  trade  forbid  U>  beir.  considered  as  of  no 
ralue,  to  the  laudable  hope  of  benefiting  the  yrorld,  and  adding  to  thp 
£ame  of  himself  and  his  country,  by  improvements  made  iq  the  higher 
branches  of  his  profession*     It  would  be  much  to  be  lamented  if  en- 
deavours like  these,  though  only  tolerably  successful,  should  be  lef^ 
.wholly  without  reward*     There  is  in  this  instance  good  reason  to  hope^ 
that  they  may  have  been  successful  to  the  full  extent  of  the  most  san« 
guine  wishes* .  But  pt^er  considerations,  approaching  pearer  to  a  ples^ 
of  right,  may  contribute  to  m9rk  out  Mr.  Mudge  as  a  proper  oh}c€t  of 
the  public  bounty^  (  rThree  years  after  Mr.  Mudge  had  quitted  busi- 
ness,, with  a  jriew  to  become  a  candidate  for  the  reward  under  the  a6t 
of  longitude,  and  when  he  had  actually  completed  his  first  time-keeper  | 
the  Legislature  thought  it  necessary  to  pass  a  new  a6i,  wholly  changing 
the  terms  of  trial,  and  increasing,  in  a  great  proportion,  the  difficulty 
through  which  the  reward  was  to  be  obtained.     It  is  not  contendedf 
tt^t. every  hardship  suffered  under  the  operation  of  public  adis^  pi^ 


jify  MATAL   LITIftATV&f  • 

confer  OH  the  sufierer  a  daim  to  compensation ;  but  your  Committee 
conceive»  that  where  such  an  instance  happens  to  be  disttn^y  made 
out,  it  will  strongly  recommend  the  party  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Legislature,  and  insure  a  liberal  and  indulgent  reception  of  any  other 
plea  which  he  may  have  to  their  fevour.  It  is  a  fa€k,  that  in  this 
instance,  the  terms  of  the  acl  subsisting  when  Mr.  Mudge  engaged  in 
this  undertaking,  and  applied  by  the  mode  of  trial  adopted  by  the 
Astronomer  Royal  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Harrison,  would  have  been 
fulfilled,  so  far  as  the  trial  went,  by  Mr.  Mudge^s  watches ;  and,  if 
the  performance  of  these  watches,  in  the  further  trials  required  by 
that  ad^,  may  be  judged  of  by  trials  neaiiy  similar,  in  Toyages  to  New- 
foundland, there  is  nothing  to  prevent  the  belief  that  he  would  finally 
have  been  in  a  situation  to  claim,  as  a  matter  of  right,  the  whole  of 
the  reward  granted  by  that  a6^,  being  double  tha  reward  granted  by 
the  a^  at  this  time  subsisting.  The  present  ad  does  indeed  impose 
conditions  so  difficult,  and  so  impossible  to  be  8uni|oaated»  if  eafoiced 
to  the  full  extent  of  which  they  are  capable  ;  that  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  few  artists  will  engage  in  an  undertaking  so  discouraging  and  pre- 
carious, or  quit  the  certain  gains  of  their  profession*  for  the  hope  of 
rewards,  which  must  at  bst  depend  for  their  attainment  on  the  diacre^ 
tion  of  those  by  whom  they  are  to  be  dispensed. 

For  these  considerations,. joined  to  those  above  set  (brth,  your  Com* 
mittce  think  themselves  authorised  to  recommend  the  Petitioner  to  tht 
attention  of  the  House ;  conceiving  that  the  circumstances  attending 
his  case,  give  him  a  strong  plea  to  favour ;  and  that  the  invention  of 
which  he  is  the  author,  contains  an  in^rtant  improvement  in  the  art  of 
constructing  time-keepers,  such  as  the  House  might  well  wiah  te 
secure  to  the  Public^  as  well  as  to  reward  the  person  by  whonn  it  wfm 
produced. 

[To  ii  cantwued. 


Eright-cy'd  Fancy,  hov'ring  o'er, 
,  Scatters  from  her  pidur'd  Urn 
1  faoughts  that  breathe,  and  Words  that  ban !  Gsat. 

ODE  TO  THE  OA|L 
raoM  THB  I4ATIM  or  load  wbllbslbt* 

THOU  Oak  divine,  whose  lofty  hcad^ 
With  boughs  majestically  spread. 
And  waving  in  the  gale, 
In  leafy  pride  o'erlook'bt  the  grove. 
And  throw'st  thy  shadows  from  above^ 
Thou  Queen  of  Treesi  all  bail  I 


HAVAt  ttTBKAtUftt*  'jf  j 

The  PowBRi  m^oM  will  the  godt  obey. 
Who  bids  the  fotked  lightning  play. 

Made  thee  his  fav'rite  choice  ( 
Andf  on  the  hm*d  Chaonian  coast* 
IjLis  sacred  presence  thou  conld'st  boast 

And  heard'st  his  awful  voice* 

Hail  fertile  Another  of  the  ghmd. 
Who  fed*  with  an  afl  bounteous  hand. 

The  fiithers  of  our  race ; 
Rome  honour'd  thee !  her  bravest  «oii# 
Whos^  merit  glory's  guerdon  won* 

Had  Oak  his  bro#8  to  grace. 

With  greater  splendor^  loftier  Fame^ 
True  British  hearts  receive  thy  name  f 

No  more  thy  parent  wood 
Thou  overlook'st ;  the  hatchet's  wound 
Makes  thy  proud  summit  kiss  the  ground^ 

To  tower  above  the  flood* 

Fram'd  by  the  skilful  artist's  haftd» 
In  nobler  pomp  array'd  you  stand. 

Then  launch  into  the  wave  ; 
Now  proudly  floating,  in  disdain 
You  glide  o'er  Neptune's  wide  domain^ 

And  all  his  surges  brave* 

By  thee,  thou  guardian  of  our  shores ! 
Each  fertile  region's  precious  ores. 

And  wealthy  become  our  own  ; 
Britain  by  thee  her  sceptre  sways 
Far  as  illume  the  .solar  rays. 

And  spreads  her  high  renown* 

What*  though  secure  on  distant  coast^ 
The  foe  maintains  an  idle  boast, 

Where  Biscay  rolls  his  tide ; 
Soon*  borne 'by  thee*  our  thundeft  roar. 
And  echoing  round  the  dreary  shore* 

Thqr  crush  his  impious  pride* 

E'en  now*  our  cliffs  he  eager  views* 
And  empty  threats  once  more  renews  ; 

Yet  shall  he  feel  again* 
Sinking  beneath  th'  avenging  stroke 
That  British  ^earts*  and  British  Oak, 

Command  the  azure  main* 


jM    .  VAVAI.   LlTSRATURE^r 

May  saplings  crown  the  fermcr's  toilf 
As  thick  they  rise  from  fertile  m>U 

With  truck  ered  and  strong, 
liOfig  may  thy  sons,  the  forest's  pride* 
Hewn  into  powerful  Navies,  ride 

Rcnown'd  in  future  song* 

So  shall  BaiTAKiriAi  Queen  of  Islea^ 
Be  blest  with  Plenty's  bounteous  smiles* 

And  wide  extend  her  reign  ; 
Far  as  the  boist'ious  spigcs  roU* 
Wave  following  wave»  from  pole  to  pok^ 

Across  the  liquid  plain  1 

NAVAL  BALLAD, 

Sr  MRS.  JtOBINSOX. 

UPON  a  lonely  desart  beach. 
Where  the  white  foam  was  scatter'dt 
A  Uttle  shed  uprcar'd  its  head, 

Tho*  lofty  barks  were  shatter'd ! 
The  sea- weeds  gath'ring  near  the  door* 

A  sombre  path  display 'd. 
And,  all  around,  the  deaf 'ning.  loar 
Re-echo'd  on  the  chalky  shore-* 
By  the  green  billows  made. 

AbovCf  a  jotting  ch'fF  was  seen. 

Where  sea-birds  hover'd,  craving, 
And,  all  around,  the  craggs  were  bound 

With  weeds,  for  ever  wajting  ; 
And,  here  and  there,  a  cavern  wide 

Its  shad'wy  jawt  displayed* 
And  near  the  sand,  at  ebb  of  tide, 
A  shattered  mast  was  seen  to  ride, 

Where  the  green  billows  stray 'd* 

And  often,  while  the  moaning  wind  , 

Stole  o'er  the  summer  ocean  $ 
The  moonlight  scene  was  all  sereae-<r 

The  waters  scarce  in  motion. 
Then,  while  the  smoothly  slanting  sand 

Tl^  tall  cliff  wrapp'd  in  shade, 
The  Fisherman  beheld  a  band 
Of  SracTRBs,  gliding,  hand  in  hand—? 

Where  the  green  billows  play'd  t 


KAVAL   LitBkATtfftt.  3#7 

AmA  pale  thdr  races  were,  as  snow ! 

And  sullenly  they  wander'd ! 
And  to  the  skies,  with  hollow  eyes. 

They  look'd,  as  tho'  they  ponder'd  ! 
And  sometimes,  from  their  hammock  shroud^ 

They  dismal  howlings  made  ! 
And  while  the  blast  blew  strong  and  loud. 
The  clear  M»on  mark'd  the  ghastly  crowd*-* 

Where  the  green  billows  play'd. 

And  then,  abd^e  the  haunted  hut* 

The  CuKLBws,  screaming,  hover'd  ; 
And  Uie  low  door,  with  furious  roar. 

The  frothy  breakers  coverM* 
For,  in  the  Fish ek man's  lone  shed, 

A  murdbr'd  man  was  laid. 
With  ten  wide  gashes  on  his  head. 
And  deep  was  made  his  sandy  bed. 

Where  the  green  billows  play'd. 

The  Spbctrb  band,  his  imbssmatbs  bold, 

Sunk  in  the  yawning  ocean ! 
While  to  the  mast,  he  lash'd  him  fast, 

And  brav'd  the  storm's  commotion  I 
The  winter  Moon  upon  the  sand 

A  silv'ry  carpet  made. 
And  mark'd  the  Sailor  reach  the  land. 
And  mark'd  his  Murd'rbr  wash  his  hand. 

Where  the  green  billows  play'd  1 

And  since  that  hour  the  Fisherman 

Has  toil'd,  and  toil'd  in  vain  ! 
For  all  the  night,  the  moony  light 

Gleams  on  the  spbctred  main  !  , 

And  when  the  skies  are  Tcil'd  in  gloom. 

The  Murd'rer's  liquid  way 
Boilnds  o'er  the  deeply  yawning  tomb, 
And  flashing  fires  the  sands  illume—* 

Where  the  green  biUows  play. 

Full  thiity  years  his  task  has  grown. 

Day  after  day,  more  weary  ; 
For  Hbav'n  design 'd  his  guilty  mind 

Should  feed  on  prospe£U  dreary  t 


Bomid  by  a  strong  and  mjiUc 
He  has  not  pow'r  to  stray » 
But  destin'd  Misaav  to  sustaiiiy 
He  wastesp  in  aolitude  and  pain* 

A  I.OAT1I801IE  LIFK  AWAY  I 


aXTEACTS    FROM 

TH£     STORM, 

AN  0D£. 

In  Dr.  Deaki's  **  IjiTtftAar  Hova.t.^ 

HEARD  ye  the  whirlwind's  ftight  suUime, 
Swift  as  the  rushing  wing  of  Time  f 
The  daemon  rag'd  aloud  ! 
Vauntingy  he  rear'd  his  giant  form. 
And  tow^r'd  amid  the  gathering  Stonn» 

Borne  on  a  murky  cloud  ; 
Vast  horror  shook  the  dome  of  heav'ny 
And  *neath  him  far  with  fury  driven, 

The  viewless  depths  of  air. 
Stem  o'er  the  stniggfiag  globe  he  paaty 
While  pausing  Mkure  shrank  i^fhast. 
And  through  the  trouble  glopm  wiU  Jtjyi  the  Qcsd  Despair. 

Servant  of  God  !  destructive  Power  I 
Whilst  du^  to  wrath  the  dTrcfuI  hour. 

Thou  wani'st  a  guilty  world, 
VThen  bursts  to  vengeance  heaven's  blest  Sire^ 
When  lightens  fierce  the  Almighty's  ire. 

On  sin-strud:  nations  kurl'd  ; 
Thy  tenors  load  my  trembling  shcDf 
Dread  as  the  madd'bing  .tones  tkat  sweU 

O'er  yonder  bleak  idoqnin>i  ■        ■ 
^  Saw  ye  the  redd'oing  m^tc^  gkun  f 
Heard  ye,  with  harsh  aad  hoUow  scream. 
Far  o'er  the  din^jcoldsea,  the  birds  g£  Occaa  waill 

Fierce  o'er  thc^  darkly-heaving  waves. 
The  Storm  with  boundltrss  fury  raveSf 

The  Sailor  starts  aghast  ; 
His  helmi  to  ruthless  veogeaooe  gii^Vif 
O'er  the  vast  surge  speeds,  idly  driv'ur 

As  shrieks  tbeixurryiag  Uast  > 


i 


tPATAL  LfTilATVRt*  ft^ 

Ccate>  Emmif  ieeise  to^hopein  vain, 
Thott  ne'er  wilt  view  thy  lord  again^ 

He  never  thill'fttttm ! 
Pak  on  the  desert  shore  he  lies ! 
No  wife  belov'd  to  dose  his  eyes, 
Ifo  friend  in  pitying  ton^s  his  wa?e-drenchM  Cmbs  to  mottm  f 


H 


GOD'S  PROVIDENCE, 

AS  EZBMPLinBD    IN  TBR   PftRdSlVATIOII  OV   SBAMfiN. 

ADDISON. 

OW  are  thy  senranu  blest,  O  Lord  1 
How  sure  is  their  defence  1 
Eternal  Wisdom  is  their  guide» 
,  Their  help  Oauipotence* 

In  foreign  realms  and  lands  remote^ 

Supported  by  thy  care. 
Through  burning  climes  I  pass'd  uohiirtt 

And  breath'ii  in  tainted  air« 

Thy  mercy  sweetenM  er'ry  aoili 

Made  ev'ry  region  please  ; 
The  hoary  Alpine  h3s  it  wam'd. 

And  smoothed  the  Tyrrhene  seas* 

Think,  O  my  sotil,  dei^onttytkinkt 

How,  with  afirighted  cyes^ 
Thou  saw'st  the  wide^eKtendcd  'Deep 

In  all  Its  horrors  rise  ! 

O}nfusion  dwdt  in  ev'ry  iacci 

And  fear  In  ev^ry  hcslrt  | 
When  Waves  on  Waves,  and  Oulphs  in  Oulpbl^ 

O'ercame  the  pibt's  art. 

Yet  then  &om  all  jfty  griefii^  O  Lord  I 

.Thy  memy  sat  iHe.£ec, 
Whilst  in  the  c^Mifideaoe  of  fmft 

My  soul  took  iiaid  oo  tbee ; 

For  thoti|^  in  dreadfid  whiils  ii^  hnng 

High  on  the  broken  Wate^ 
1  knew  Thou  wert  not  slow  to  liear# 

Nor  impotent  to  save  s 

The  Storm  was  laid,  the  Winds  retir'd^ 

Obedient  to  Thy  will ; 
The  Sea,  that  roared  at  Thy  oemmaiid^ 

At  Thy  command  was  stilU 
4B0l  IIL  3  t 


5)5  IIATAL  LltBftATVI.tf 

In  midst  of  ^gcn,  feartt  and  dctthr 
Thy  goodoen  I'll  adorv^ 

And  praiae  thee  for  thy  mcrciei  pasc^ 
And  humbly  hope  for  more« 

My  life,  if  thou  prvserv'st  my  life» 

Thy  sacrifice  shall  be ; 
And  death,  if  death  must  be  my  dooniy 

Shall  join  my  soid  to  Thee* 


OUR  COUNTRY. 

tr  MR.  LIGNUM. 

OUR  Country  is  our  Shipi  d'ye  kc« 
A  gallant  vesodtoo. 
And  of  his  fortune  proud  it  he, 
Whi»'f  cf  The  Albion's  crew. 
Each  man,  whatever  his  station  bCf 
When  Duty's  caU  commands, 
ShouUi  take  his  standt 
And  lend  a  hand, 
Aa  the  common  cause  demands* 

And  when  oor  haughty  enemies 

Our  noble  Ship  assail. 
Then  all  true>hearted  lads  despise 

What  peril  may  prevaiL 
Buty  shrinking  from  the  cause  we  prize^ 
Should  lubbers  skulk  below  % 
To  the  sharks 
Heave  such  sparks, 
They  assist  the  conmion  foe« 

Amongst  oqnelvea,  in  Peace,  'lit  trar^ 

We  quarrel,  make  a  rout  % 
And  having  nothing  else  to  do» 

We  &irly  scoU  it  out ; 
But  once  the  Enemy  in  view. 

Shake  hands,  we  soon  arc  friends  ^ 
On  the  deck, 
'Tin  a  wreck. 
Each  the  Common  Cause  defends! 


C  S9»  3 

PHILOSOPHICAL  PAPERS, 
AND  USEFUt  NAVAL  PROJECTS, 


^TJan  for  the  nun's  effeSually  securing  Ma^a^net^  Spirit  Roomh  ^^ 
,  dangerous  Stores  on  board  Men  of  IVar  and  Indiatnen,  or  for  trc" 
menttng  thetr  icing  injured  by  IVtiter,  should  the  Ship  prove  leaky  ;  and 
also  in  such  case  for  preventing  the  Possibility  of  berfoundering^ 

THE  present  method  of  secuiing  the  magazines  of  powder,  and  tb^ 
stowing  of  such  other  dangerous  and  precious  articles  on  boanl 
Ships  of  wari  transports,  andlndiamen*  not  guarding  sufficiently  against 
the  detrimental  and  destrud^ive  consequences  of  fire  and  water,  o£ 
which  so  many  melanpholy  instances  every  day  occur;  it  therefore. 
becomes  the  indispensible  duty  of  eyery  inan  to  offer  hit  well  founded, 
sentiments  on  the  mos(  prohahle  means  of  preventing,  npt  oiijy  th^, 
melancholy  consequences  which  attend  siiqh  disasters,  but  the  ^readAd 
apprehensions  occasioned  by  the  kast  alarpi  of  fire,  or  of  the  leaka 
gaining  on  the  pumps* 

The  expedient  which  I  offer  for  combining  these  adyanta^s,  it 
^  fdlows  ;*"— — The  Ship's  hold  to  be  divided  longita(iin9Uy  intc^ 
three  parts,  by  a  trunk  exten^ng  marly  from  the  fore  to  the  aftef, 
part  of  the  Ship  below,  and  from  the  floor  of  the  Ship  to  the 
under  deck,  occupying  the  centre  of  the  hold,  and  one  third  it| 
diameter  I  with  transverse  partitions  within,  as  well  to  stiffen  the  trunk 
9s  to  divide  and  accommodate  its  various  cont^qts  ;  the  sides  thereof 
^o  be  composed  of  plank  proportioned  to  the  piiipose,  which  are  to  be; 
TWO  FOLD,  or  double^  with  a  spape  of  about  three  or  four  iachesbetweei| 
^e  outer  ^nd  inner  :  which  space  may  be  fille4  with  comipon  putty 
made  of  linseed  oil  and  whitiqg*  The  planks  thrpughout  to  be  dosdy 
and  firmly  jointed*  and  the  outer  surface  thereof  to  be  plated  oyer  with 
fhin  sheet  fron,  and  likewise  (he  under  surface  pf  the  lower  deck*  Froni 
either  8|de  of  the  trunk  twp  or  mpre  metal  tubes  are  to  extend  to  the 
Ship's  sides,  and  passing  through  the  same,  either  clpse  by  fh^  floor  of 
the  hold,  or  close  by  the  under  side  of  the  deck,  they  will  be  out  of 
the  way  of  giving  any  Interruption  in  either  situation.  These  tube^ 
or  pipes  are  to  be  furni9he4  and  secured  at  the  ends  next  to,  an4 
passing  between,  the  Ship's  timbersy  by  close  and  strong  stop  cocks ;  to 
be  opened  j|nd  shut  by  winches  qr  keys^  which  must  extend  fro(n  the 
pocks  to  the  upper  side  of  the  lower,  or  middle  deck ;  t^a^  iieithe);  fire^ 
smoke,  water,  or  any  matter  \x\  the  hold,  may  any  yvay  pbstru^  or  prci* 
yent  their  being  speedily  applied  to :  so  that  (be  trqnki  or  such  divisioq 
thereof,  as  the  powder  and  other  con^bustihle  and  precious  matters  ar; 
lodged  in,  may  be  filled  with  water  on  the  first  appearance  of  danger 
^Qxx\  fire*    The  casks  which  contain  the  powder  must  be  water  tight> 


39S  'LAN   tO%  »fttVSllTMlO   fRIPS 

as  indeed  all  casks  shoold  be  which  conuin  peritihaUe  qiattcrs»  and 
into  which  only  should  such- be  stowed ;  for  the  reaso&s  assigned  in  a 
former  treatise^  which  T  sonoc  time  ago  pnesentad  to  ttie  Honoufable 
the  East  India  Dire&ors* 

The  entrance  into  the  tmnk  for  putting  down  or  taking  up  what  is 
required,  must  be  from  the  upper  side  of  the  lower  deck,  by  dose  hatch- 
wajU.  A  pump  is  to  be  ioined  to  the  trunk,  to  dear  it  from  the  water 
when  the  danger  is  over;  and  alio  to  keep  it  frc^from  any  water  that 
might  insinmte  itsdf,  should  the  Ship  at  any  time  become  fcaky. 

'tht  trtink:  wiffbe-as  eontefatentj  and  crcry  wayai  coABdodiosis  fcr 
stowage,  as  any  other  part  ofthe  Ship ;  and  about- iftidiiiafthrtfoiA'a 
ftngth  t^  may  be  a' br«*  or  hat<A,  which  wiM  adlii^  a  frae^^ 
|ws3Bge  flbm  dAerSde  of  ifhe-ftoW : '  wbich,  alsof  oarmpMiiagwitb 
the  iittffi batcEway,  wia <ibn«l«^a#y  fm^bitfinieiica  ;  bntdua.niay bv 
dfecmed  unnecessary,  as  the  tninfc  il^  not  ta«!(«end  within  a^ftm  fcct  ofi 
eitliercxtrcme  of  the  Ship's  hold  and  of  course  there  will  be  a^comnnu. 
Hication  in  the  hold  at  those  parts. 

'^hlic-incobVeniMce,  if'  bny,  wiich  may  arfse  from  thii  mtmnn^  I 
leave  to  those,  who  disapprove  it,  to  point  out.  The  advantage  which 
appear  evidently  to  result  fVom  its  adoption  are  as  fbQow:  rst.  The 
IVunk  will  be  as  a  partition  dividing  the  cargo  into  three  distinft  parts» 
^hich  wijl  be  attended  with  much  convenience*  adly.  Neither  the 
lading  nor  the  ballast  qm  possibly  shift  in  the  hold  in  the  wont  weather. 
J,dly,  /When  a  ihip .  js  to  sail  in  bsUast,  or  has  a  light  cargo,  no  more 
feed'  be  done  than  to  open  the  cocks  and  fill  the  trunk)  or  any  oompe* 
tent  divisions  thereof^  with  water ;  which  will  be  as  steady  and  compad; 
therein,  as  if  it  were  congealed,  and  will  prove  by  far  the  best  sailing 
ballast,  as  it  will  every  way  lay  nearest  to  the  centre  of  motion^  and  may 
be  removed  or  taken  in  without  expcnce  or  trouble.  4thly,  One  poiw 
Hon  of  the  trunk  may  be  applied  to  the  Ship's  store  water,  which  can 
be  taken  up  by  a  small  pump  as  occasion  requiits*  5thly,  The  hold 
being  thus  subdivided,  the  contents  of  either  portion  may  be  oome  at 
with  ease  and  expedition,  and  the  labour  avoided  of  rummaging  a  con- 
fused cargo  for  a  remote  and  necessary  arttde.  6thly,  Theinagaain* 
or  spirit  stores  cannot  blow  up,  though  the  Ship  were  on  fire  in  every 
other  parti  7thly,  The  Ship  will  be  in  no  danger  of  foundering, 
although  .filled  .with  water;  as  the  trunk  would  then  be  as  a  steady, 
tight,  and  capacious  empty  cask  iq  the  Ship's  hold,  preserving-  more 
than  a  sufficient  arpa  therein  to  keep  her  for  ever  afloat,  were  she 
loaded  with  any  thing  beside  minerals.  8thly,  All  matters  in  the  trunk 
will  be  preserved  from  .being  spoSed  by  bilge  or  salt  water,  ip  any  case 
of  leakage.  Qthly,  The  trunk  ^extending  along  the  centre  of  the  Ship's 
kold;  and  below  the  Icvd  of  the  water^  <;annQt  be  injured  by  gun-shot^ 


J.*.    , 


FROM  BLOVI«A/aft  OR,  fOQ9D8&lNC.  AT   SSA.  ^f^ 

^  afibfl^*  by  dny  cxteraal  aocident  the  Ship  may  meet  with,  i  otUy*, 
The  magazine  may  be  come  at  with  facility^  without  the  necessity  and. 
dangerof  taking  down  a  light»  1 1  thly^  The  l^tp's  hold  will  be  so  sub- 
stantially braced  and  fortified  by  the  trank>  that  she. can  neither  strain,, 
bulge»  or  break  her  back ;  and  thereby  the  Ship  and  her  whole  con- 
trnts  will  be  preser7ed9  when  otherwise  all  might  perish.  Lastly^  The, 
«wner  will  be  under  no  appebension  for  his  Ship,  thus  provided  against 
the  worst  that  may  happen ;  the  merduwt  for  his  goods;  or  theseamca 
for  their  lives;  as  they  need  not  dnead  fire,  foundering*  nor  blowing  ugp, 
lUid  of  course  will  not  be  induced  tq  quit  their  Sbips^  which  too  &e«, 
^uently  hajppenafiom  such  af^nrchensipns* 

■  In  fiuei  I  trust  it  will  appear  that  the  nuntennu  adrantagesi  pnrttca- 
Mf  tOimcA..Qf  war  and  Indiamep^  respiting  from  this.si^iplc,  unex-. 
Ijensivc^  and  efficacious  mode  of  preaervatiop«  must  far  omwcyeh  9nj[. 

iObjedioB^that  eaa  be  urged  against  it* 

A.  B. 

%        -  _ 

ff^eff  /or  readerwg  vure.  pemumently  utefij  thai  exuUetU  Ciarifytih: 
Marine  Society  ^  and  for  tnUtrging  its  beneficial  EffeSs^  by  a  Plan  mihich, 

.-'^vould  leism  the  severe  Hardship  of  Jmfressing  Seamen^  /and.  in  future 
render  it  nearly  unnecessary  • 

IT  19  pmumed}  that  a  plan  for  lessening  by  degrees  so  obnouont 
(though  necessary)  an  eyil,  aid  one  so  disagreeaMe  tathe  fiecfingt- 
of  Engli^men  of  every  degree,  an  that  of  pressug  Seamen*  will  be 
considered  by  the  generality  of  the  nation  as  of  such  consequeiice#  an4 
attended  with  such  beneficial  effieds  as  to  call  for  the  support  of  almost 
every  individual^^some  from  chantid)le  motives,  others  from  patnotie 
Sentiments,  and  many  from  political  interests.  The  following  plan  doet 
not  attempt  to  eradicate  the  evil  at  once,  but  by  educating  a  considerable 
number  of  boys  solely  for  the 'purpose  of  serving  in  the  Navy  when 
wanted,  it  is  calculated,  that  in  a  given  number  of  years  from  thirty  to 
forty  thousand  men  will  be  in  readiness  to  repair  on  board  the  Navy  on 
any  emergency. 

For  this  purpose,  not  only  individuals,  but  corporate  bodies,  and  aff 
societies,  should  be  invited  to  subscribe  to  and  assist  this  Institution, 
which  would  certainly  be  of  greater  magnitude  than  any  other  diarity 
whatever  \  comprehending  not  only  an  expeditious  plan  of  manning 
the  Navy,  exempting  thi^  British  sailor  from  being  torn  from  hit 
fiimily  and  friends,  but  making  a  provision  for  the  children  of  those, 
who  are  either  incapable,  or  unwilling  to  render  them  useful  members* 
•f  society.  For  these  reasons  it  is  hoped  a  large  annual  subscnption 
may  be  raised  adequate  to  the  objeA  in  view. 

It  Is  proposed  to  plice  diis  Institution  under  the  immediate  inspeo* 
tion  ol  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  and  the  Committee  of  the  Masrine 


394  mOJICT  FO&   RBKt)EKtN(^^THC 

Sooeffy  89  It  can  only  be  through  their  favour  and  proteAion  it  can 
powibly  tocceed. 

It  19  Intended^  according  to  the  antount  of  the  annual  subscriptionv 
to  have  either  one,  twOf  three,  or  four,  different  receptacles,  or  schools* 
for  the  boys  admitted  into  this  Institution :  an  old  Ship  of  war,  rigged 
with  jury  mstti  (similar  to  that  of  the  Marine  Society's),  moored  in  the 
River  Thames ;  another  in  the  Medway ;  one  at  Langston  Harbour,  or 
Porchestcr  Lake;  and  a  fouith  in  Hamoaze.  It  is  presumed  each 
Ship  would  contain  lOOO  or  more  boys,  making  in  the  four  Ships  a 
body  of  4000  boys ;  who,  from  their  first  entrance  on  board*  should,  in 
every  respe^*  be  ^ated  as  if  aftuaUy  on  service  on  board  a  man  of 
war;  they  should  have  hammocks  slung,  be  called  bv  Boatsw^n's 
pipeSy  have  three  banyan  days  weekly,  and,  in  shorti  be  under  the  Mune 
icgulatton  as  a  man  of  war.  Each  Ship  should  be  commanded  by  a 
commiuiooed  officer  of  the  Navy,  assisted-  by  a  Boatswain  and  hi^* 
mates.  The  employment  should.be  tp  learn  to  knot  and  splice,  heave 
the  lead,  fee*  Old  saila  bept  to  the  jury  yards,  would  teach  them  tq 
reef*  furl*  bend  and  unbend,  rig  and  uniig  top-masts.  They 
ihould  work  up  junk  into  spunyarn,  nettles,  points,  gashets,  robbinSf 
and  plats  fbr  cables.  As  they  grew  more  useful,  they  would  make 
twice  layed  rope ;  in  short,  being  supplied  by  Government  with  ma- 
terial^ they  might  be  mosl  usefully  employed*  and  supply  the  re^ 
ipedive  dock-yiards  with  14I  these  useful  artides*  which  are  now  very 
expensive.  Some  might  be  iaught  sailmaking  on  board  the  vessels^ 
ffbich  would  reader  tbem  liighly  useful  in  future. 

It  is  proposed  to  receive  bop  above  twelve  yean  of  age*  from 
public  chanties*  parish  apprentices*  and  children  of  diatressed*  idle* 
indigent*- or  of  vicious  parents;  they  should  remain  for  one*  two*  of 
three  jfara^  according  to  their  age  and  size*  that  when  they  wrc  dis- 
charged,  they  may  be  of  height  and  strength  sufficient  (added  to  the 
useful  knowledge  they  have  acquired)  to  bn  of  considerable  service  09 
board. any  Ship  they  may  be  sent  in* 

.  Froni  the  time  of  their  entry,  they  should  be  taught  that  they  w«n; 
fed  and  clothed  on  purpope  for  the  Navy ;  (this  should  always  be  held  up 
to  them ;)  and  that  their  services  would  be  exped^ed  whenever  wanted* 
In  war  they  sho^Ud  be  aent  on  board  a  man  of  war;  in  peace  (if  not 
wanted  in  guard  Ships  or  frigates),  they  might  be  sent  on  board 
merchant  Ships,  under  an  obligation  on  their  p^rt,  to  repair  on  board 
a  man  of  war*  in  case  of  war  or  ansamcat.  Registers  should  be  kept^ 
and  certificates  sent  with  them,  stating  their  name,  age,  and  the  ser- 
xice  they  were  intended  for.  They  should  be  received  into  men  of  war^ 
at  all  times,  in  preference  to  others* 

It  will  be  obje£led,  the  tye  upon  these  men  is  not  sufficient  to 
ohHj^e  them  to  return  to  the  Navy  when  wanted*  In  answer,  the  ob^ 
ligation  will  go  so  far*  that  bo^Sj  being  taught  frofli  t])eir  early  youU^ 


UkttlfE   80CIBTY    MORB    I^SBFt^U  ,^^,f 

ttiat  they  are  intended  for  thb  service^  will  naturally  expeft  it ;  and 
from  being  used  to  men  of  war,  will  not  be  so  much  afraid  of  them  as 
others  usually  are.  Another  argument  is,  that  should  they  attempt 
Xo  keep  back*  the  sailors  (not  btlonging  to  this  Society)  on  board  any 
Ship  they  may  chance  to  be  In  will  not  fail  to  oblige  them  to  come 
£>rw^rd»  to  save  themselves.  Should  the  funds  of  the  Society  allov 
it,  a  great  tye  upon  these  men,  would  be  a  small  annual  bounty  to  be 
paid  each>  upon  his  appearance^  and  producing  his  discharge  from  the 
^diool  Ships.  Sailors  are  at  all  times  so  much  in  want  of  moneys 
there  are  few  who  would  not  receive  the  bounty,  and  consider  them* 
selves  at  all  times  liable  to  serve  in  his  Majesty's  Navy.  Another  pre* 
caution  might  be  used,  (if  thought  necessary,)  of  pun^urmg  each  boy 
with  a  particular  mark  in  a  conspicuous  part  of  bis  face  or  hands  (at 
sailors  univerially  do  in  sport)  |  this  might  be  considered  ridiculous, 
but  it  would  be  an  infallible  mark,  for  it  never  wears  out.  Another 
great  reason  f6r  forming  such  an  Institution  is,  that  if  apy  of  these 
people  did  not  readily  come  forward  into  the  Navy,  when  wanted. 
It  could  not  be  considered  as  cruel  to  oblige  them  to  fulfil  th«  express 
intention  of  serving  in  the  Navy ;  for  which  purpose  they  were  origi- 
nally saved  (by  benevolence)  from  idleness,  vice,  and  its  attendant 
consequences* 

The  expence  of  this  Institution,  at  the  first  view,  may  appear  ta 
be  very  great ;  but  when  considered,  will  be  much  less  than  imme- 
diately apprehended.  It  would  be  expe^ed  that  boys  received  from 
the  numerous  charities  of  this  kingdom,  would  be  sent  properly 
clothed  in  coarse  canvass  for  summer,  and  woollen  jackets  for  winter  i 
by  keeping  them  in  constant  employment,  they  will  very  speedily 
gain  a  sufficiency  (by  supplying  the  dock-yards,  &c.  as  before  men- 
tioned) to  pay  wholly  for  their  maintenance.  Two  thirds  of  the 
present  naval  allowance  of  bread  and  meat,  half  allowance  <^  becrt 
k  smaller  proportion  of  pease  and  oatmeal,  with  a  large  quantity  of 
tegetables,  will  be  fully  suilicient  for  each  boy. 

Should  this  Projefi  attra6^  the  attention  of  any  person  of  sufficient 
consequence,  or  should  it  serve  as  an  outline  for  persons  of  superior 
pbilities  to  form  a  better  one  by  $  the  intentions  of  the  writer  wiH  be 
£iUy  answered. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

bbbhbbbbssbbsec 

MR.  fiDiTdKi  Portsmouth^  t St  May,  rBod» 

/^N  perusing  the  Naval  Chronicle  (Vol.  Ill,  No.  14,)  I  perceived 
^^  a  letter  with  the  signature  of  "  A  British  Seamair*s  Friend/' 
the  rules  of  the  semce  not  permitting  that  any  Ga^tt« 


tccovKit  flihooM  be  published  retpedtag  the  engi^efileiit  of  a  an^ 
'Ship»  when  no  capture  took  place  }  alluding  to  La  Loire  French  Ingatc, 
which  he  says  Captain  Newman  conjcdlttted  to  have  founderetL    In 
cnnder  to  n»ke  hit  statement  appear  with  more  perspicuity^  it  it  no* 
cessary  to  observe*  that  his  Majesty's  Ship  Anson  (which  he  neo- 
tions)  sailed  from  Plymouth  Sound  in  September  1798^  lifter  havii^ 
•ecu  La  Flore  French  frigate,  captured  off  Bourdeauxy  safe  into  Ha« 
jnoate,  the  receptacle  for  prizes ;  a  few  days  after  fdl  in  with  the 
£tbalion»  AmeKa,  and  Sylph  brig»  witching  a  French  squadron^ 
with  troopit  supposed  to  be  destined  for  Ireland.    Captain  Dorhate 
agreeable  to  orders  from  Cifuin  Countess*  cheerfully  joined  them*  and 
kept  conptoy  fiir  three  weeksft  during  gales  of  wind*  darkness  by 
ntghtf  &c.  ^c*  until  the  ^nemy  appeared  olf  Ireland,  and  were'attacked 
by  the  squadron  under  the  comnumd  of  that  distinguished  o£Bcer*  Com- 
'asodoie  Sir  John  Borlasc  Warren*  Bart.  K.  B.  &c«  (now  Rear  Ad« 
sural  of  the  Blue).    The  Anson*  from  the  tempestuoua  weather 
before  mentioned*  and  carrying  a  heavy  press  of  sale»  ever  eager  to  obey 
tad  enforce  the  Commodore's  orders*  unfortunately  carried  away  the 
mizen  mast*  main  and  topsail  yards*  on  the  night  of  the  i  ith*  just  as 
Ae  was  cfesiug*  in  high  ityle*  with  the  stemmost  of  the  enemy ;  and 
the  Captain*  officers*  and  men*  flattering  themsdves  they  would  be 
fully  repaid  for  all  .their  fatigue  and  anxiety.   Here  was  a  sad  disap- 
pointment !  in  a  moment  all  w^  gloom  and  despair !  Still,  from  inde- 
fetigable  exertions*  cleared  the  wreck*  and  by  day-break  got  the  Ship 
In  the  best  state  for  service*  and  engaged  five  of  the  enemy's  frigatet 
for  two  hours  and  fifty  minutes ;  the  whole  of  the  time  within  lutf 
pistol  shot.     In  this  attack  had  four  officers  and  15  seamen  badly 
wounded;  four  of  the  latter  since  dead*  and  the  rest  lost  to  the 
service ;  not  a  sail  left  to  the  yards ;  standing  and  running  rigging  cut 
to  pieces ;  fore  and  main  masts*  fore  yard*  topmast*  and  bowsprit* 
•  Ihot  througli  in  several  places*  and  close  on  a  ke  rfiore  i  having  scarcely 
repaired  part  of  the  damages  sustained*  when  she  fell  in  whh  La 
Loire  fthe  headmost  Ship  of  the  five  she  engaged  on  die  1 2th*  and 
by  Citizen  Joseph  Andrien  Segonde*  her  commander's  account,  had 
five  seamen  and  soldiers  killed*  10  seamen  and  14  soldtere  wounded) 
which  she  captured  after  one  hour  and  15  minutes  warm  work.   La 
Loire  had  48  oien  killed,  and  7$  wounded ;  both  days  total  151  killed 

*  Le  Hoche  80  gnu,  La  Loire  46,  L'Amhwcade  40,  La  Co^uille  40,  La 
Bellona  36,  La  Resolu  40,  L'lmmortalite  4»,  L€  Renommce  46*  La  SimiUnu  36* 
aod  Biche  schooner  6.  ' 

f  When  within  foor  milet  of  the  French  tquadron,  aader  «asy  sail*  a  Ship 
kove  in  tight;  having  hailed  het,she  was  found  to  ^  a  re-capture:  Captaitt 
Durham  ordered  the  jolly  boat  to  be  lowered  down,  exchanged  priaonert* 
manned,  and  tent  hfcr  to  EagfUad,  observing  to  his  First  Lleatenint,  **  1  think 
thiswiU  enrafre  these  scoundrels  grcatlj/'  What  wassipgiilar*  th«  Fscash 
^Abips  never  ^cr<d  iMk  coons* 


GOItltBaTOVDSMCB*  397 

tnd  wounded.  The  Seaman's  Fncnd  ako  makes  remarks  on  Cap- 
tain Durham^  letter  to  the  Admiralty — '*  that  he  foand  his  anta- 
gonist so  much  crippled  to  his  hands.^' — Captain  Durham's  words 
were  (looking  aloft  at  his  own  S&ip)  **  fortunately  for  me,  with  the 
loss  of  her  fott  and  msun  top  masts ;"  he  mentions  the  assistance  re- 
ceived finom  the  Kangaroo;  she  is  etftided  to  every  applause,  having 
carried  a  press  of  sale^  and  greatly  assisted  to  exchange  prisoners  in  a 
Ikeavy  aoBf  but  did  not  come  up  ttU  eight  mtntftleB  after  La  Loire 
fltruck;  Mr.  Editor,  from  being  on  board  at  t]iat*time,t1ifsc  i'cmarks 
came  under  my  eye,  which  you  may  depeqd  ar^  cdrro^"^;  if  you  think 
them  worth  notice,  (perinpa  thoyiuf  ^tfolrii^' the  ^^ma^'s  Friend 
further,  who  pretends  to  hav^piilf  kabwir  it  byt^aMyj)-$fls<?rt  them 
in  your  neiiU  .1  am.  Sir,  your  vesf  fapnbk'dettaMf -^  --^    *^  •  *    • 

UR*  EDITOR,  ^  ,."";•*« 

'^CTIEWING  the  many  imprpven>^^.iu  the  Navy  of  Jatf?  J^fPf 
^     there  is  one  wanting  :  though^  ip  sopi^4^gree  altered^  even, now 
it  re(^uires  attentipn  ;  this  is  the  ar(f|;^e  of  slojx  clothings  miifd,  t^  the 
sailors  on  board  his  Majesty's  shipg.  j  . .  « ^  >  ,u      t 

When  such  considerable  quantiti^  o^c^h  article  arcicontrafled  for, 
and  made  at  the  same  time,  they  ought, to  be  furnished  to  the.sailora 
equal  m  goodness,  and  at  the  same  pjfS.^*'  ?s,any  they  could  purchase 
from  the  slop  merchants^  and  a  jCi(^\sid<;|[{d)k.profit  remain  ;;  but  it  is 
well  known  this  is  not  the  case,  for  .the  inferiority  in  every  article  ia 
manifest.  When  a  Contrad^  fpr' slops,  is  entered  into  at  the  Navy 
Office,  a  specimen  of  every  part  of  a  sailor's  dress  is  shewn  to  the  con-* 
trad^or,  who  is  obliged  to  furnish  the  whole  equally  good  ;.  every  bale, 
upon  being  received  into  the  store- houses,  is  surveyed  by  the  officers 
of  the  dock- yards,  and  reported  equal  in  goodness  to  the  specimen  ; 
but,  alas  !  these  bales  are  accompanied  by  hampers,  cases,  &c.  con* 
taining  articles  essentially  different  from  slop  clothing,  and  are  not 
included  in  the  Report. 

To  remedy  this  evil  in  some  degree,  and  that  the  Sailor  may  have  les* 
cause  of  complaint  against  the  requisite  clothes  he  is  obliged  to  pur- 
chase'out  of  his  pay;  it  is  humbly  recommended  to  the  present 
excellent  Comptroller  of  his  Majesty's  Navy  (who  cannot  from  his 
great  experience  be  ignorant  of  the  abuse  now  complained  of),  that  in 
future  a  specimen  of  every  article  of  slop  clothing  be  sent  on  board  each 
of  his  Majesty's  Ships  ;  and  that  the  bales,  upon  being  received  on 
l>oard,  should  be  inspeded  by  particular  officers,  as  the  Captain  or  First 
Lieutenant,  and  Master  :  and  they  should  certify  that  the  contents  of 

every  bale  answer  to  the  pattern  from  the  Navy  Office. 

HINT. 

fUjiI.  III.  3  ^ 


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AOMXRALTT   OrPXCI,    MARCH  2^. 

€^  rf  a  LettiT  fnm  Admiral  Kingsmilly  CmmmanJer  im  CbUf  9/  6is  Majesiyt 
Shift  ami  Vtsidi  tn  the  Cgasi  of  Irtlmd^  I*  Bvam  Ntptam^  ^«f .  daitd\U  C^rA^  tkt 
^h  itutamt* 

8IK, 
f  N  my  letter  of  the  id  inttant,  1  icqnainted  my  Lords  Commiiaonen  of  the 
Admiraltir  of  the  arrival  of  the  French  brig  privateer  Tele^raphe,  sent  in  by  hit 


turlo^  the  enemy's  privateer  at  an  early  period  of  her  cruise,  and  retaking  two 
valuable  merchant  ships,  deserve  every  recommendation ;  but  it  will,  T  trust, 
be  needless  for  me  to  attempt  pointing  out  to  their  Lordships,  condud  which 
has  on  this,  as  well  as  on  former  occasions,  shewn  itself  to  be  so  highly  merito* 
rious.  The  French  prisoners  who  were  on  board  the  Kangaroo  assert,  that  the 
French  brig  which  made  her  escape  was  the  Grand  Decide,  of  i%  brass  twelve- 
pounders,  and  1 50  men.  I  conclude  the  two  officers  of  the  army.  Captain 
Heames  and  Lieutenant  Bournes,  so  handsomely  mentioned  by  Captain  BracCr 
were  recaptured  in  the  ship  Chance.*  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

R,  KINGSMILL. 

sli.  Kangaroo,  at  Sea,  %S^^  ^^- 

It  has  been  the  good  fortune  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  under  my  conunand  to 
capture  and  recapture  the  vessels  named  in  the  margin  *,  The  Iclegraphe  is  a 
fine  French  brig  privateer,  qrite  new,  and  sails  remarkably  fast;  mounting  14 
carriage  gnns  of  diiferent  calibre,  and  having  on  board  78  men.  I  am  pleased 
with  having  captured  her  in  such  weather,  with  no  other  accident  than  the  First 
Lieutenant,  N^r.  Thomas  Toulcrton  (a  good  Officer),  having  received  a  violent 
Contusion  in  the  face,  from  the  chase  gun  being  thrown  off  (by  the  motion  of 
the  sloop;  whilst  lie  was  pointing  her.  I  now  beg  leave  to  refer  you  t*  my 
journal  :  ytui  will  perceive  that  1  carried  away  the  main-boom  on  the  23d  ult. 
in  chacs  oi  a  ship  privateer  ;  and  that  1  parted  company  with  Lc  Telegraphe, 
Licutcnjnt  Tompson,  in  chase  of  a  brig  to  leeward.  In  addition  to  that  I  have 
to  acquaint  you,  that  at  eight  A.  M.  on  the  15th  instant,  in  lat.  30  deg.  N. 
lonp.  12  deg.  \V.  I  brought  to  aAion  a  French  brig  privateer  of  18  guns, 
which,  after  a  warm  contest  of  an  hour,  fifty  minutes  of  it  fought  in  good  style, 
close  to  each  other,  she  began  to  make  off,  having  damaged  the  rigging  and  sails 
So  a5  to  prevent  my  closing  with  her  again,  though  every  exertion  was  made  on 
the  part  of  the  Officers  and  men,  being  at  the  time  sliort  of  forty-four  Officers 
and  men  away  in  prizes,  sijr  men  unable  to  attend  their  quarters,  six  wounded, 
and  iour  ccniincls  over  seventy-eight  prisoners  in  the  hold,  that  considered, 
I  trust  it  will  appear  to  you  that  there  is  much  merit  due  to  the  Officers  and 
men  on  board,  1  have  to  acknowledge  myself  indebted  to  Captain  Heames  of 
the  43d  regiment,  and  to  Lieutenant  hournes  of  the  ist  West  India  regimen^ 
for  their  assistance  ;  .>nd  1  beg  you  will  be  pleased  to  recommend  to  my  Lords 
Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  Lieutenant  Toulerton,  and  Mr.  iidward 
Vcrling,  the  Master.— I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  £.  BRACK. 

Liit  of  Men  Wounded  in  Aiiion. — Mr.  William  Allen,  Boatswain  ;  Thomai 
Marks,  seaman  ;  William  Johnson,  ditto;  Henry  Pitts,  ditto  ;  George  MoorCi 
ilitto  ;  William  Milliard,  iViarine.^None  killed. 

*  Minerva,  an  American  ship,  laden  with  tobacco,  retaken  on  the  22d  instant,  ia 
ht.  49  deg.  A4  min.  N.  and  long.  12  deg.  37  min.  W.  Lc  Telegraphe,  twenty  days  out 
from  St.  MaJoes,  had  on  the  11  in  insum  uken  the  Elizabeth  brig,  from  Lisbon,  laden 
with  fruit.  Cliance,  Wwt  Iriuianun,  from  Martinique,  rccapturwi  on  the24th|  inUt. 
4§  deg.  48  min.  N.  and  long.  13  de;;.  W.  and  in  company  on  the  25th  ult. 


OAZBTTB    LBTtERS.  399 

Cofj  of  anotBer  LeUtr/rom  Admiral  KingiwullU  Svan  Nepean^  Msf,  daied  td  Cori^ 

the  I2t6  imi* 

SIR, 

I  beg  yon  will  acquaint  their  Lordships,  that  another  Tery  fine  French  ship 
privateer,  called  Le  Cotireur,  arrived  tliis  day,  having  been  captured  by  the 
Revolutionaire,  as  mentibned  in  the  inclosed  copy  of  a  letter  from  Captain 
Twysden.  This  privateer  vriil  make  a  most  capital  sloop  of  war,  being  per- 
fe^Iy  new,  and  in  every  respeA  fit  for  his  Majesty's  service. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  R.  KINOSMILL. 

SI  a,  MevolutiMMrtj  at  Sea^  ^tb  March. 

At  eleven  o'clock  last  night,  the  Revolvtionairc  captured  the  French  ship 
privateer  Le  Conreur,  twenty  days  out  from  Nantes,  pierced  for  18  guns, 
mounting  lO  six- pounders,  and  four  carronades,  and  158  men.  On  the  %8rh  of 
last  month,  she  captured  his  Majesty's  ship  Princess  Royal,  for  Tortola ;  but  I 
«m  happy  to  add,  the  Capuin,  with  the  greatest  part  of  the  crew,  are  retaken 
in  the  privateer.  Le  Coureur  is  <pute  new,  this  being  her  first  cruise,  copper- 
bottomed,  and  sails  delightfully.    I  am,  &c« 

T.  TWYSDEN. 

Cofiy  of  another  Letter  from  Admiral  Kingsmill  to  Evan  Nepeaih  Esq.  dated  at  Cork 

the  lOth  intt. 

SIK, 

Be  pleased  to  acquaint  my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  hit 
Majesty's  ship  Phoebe  arrived  in  Kinsale  yesterday,  with  the  Heureui  French 
ship  privateer,  of  aa  brass  twelve-pounders,  and  lao  men.  Copy  of  Captain 
Barlow's  letter  to  me,  with  the  particulars,  I  inck)se  for  their  Lordships*  tnfor« 
mation.  T  feel  great  pleasure  at  a  ship  of  the  Heureux's  superior  description 
being  captured  m)m  the  enemy,  and  great  merit  is  due  to  Captain  Barlow  for 
his  exertions  in  the  protedion  and  assistance  he  has  afibrded  the  trade  during 
his  cruise.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c« 

R.  KINGSMILL. 

SIR, '  Phabe^  KiHsale  Harbour t  March  9. 

I  have  to  acquaint  you,  that  on  the  5th  instant,  in  lat.  50  deg.  2  min.  N. 
long.  14  deg.  43  min.  W.  his  Majesty's  ship  under  my  command  captured  tho 
French  ship  privateer  Heureux,  of  Bourdeaux,  mounting  22  brass  twelve- 
pounders,  anci  manned  with  aao  men.  She  bore  down  to  us  at  eight  in  the 
morning,  her  Commander  taking  the  Phoebe  fbr  an  East  Indiaman,  and  not  dis- 
covering his  error  until  within  point  blank  musket  shot,  when  she  wore  on  our 
weather  bow,  and  hauled  to  the  wind  on  the  same  tack  as  the  Phoebe.  In  thit 
situation  she  began  a  spirited,  well-dire<5led  fire,  which  was  kept  up  a  consider* 
able  time,  in  the  hope  of  escaping  by  disabling  our  masts,  sails,  and  rigging  i 
an  ad  of  temerity  to  be  regretted,  as  it  occasioned  a  loss  to  his  Majesty's  ship  of 
one  seaman  killed  and  five  wounded,  two  of  them  mortally,  and  since  dead  ; 
and  to  the  enemy  a  loss  of  eighteen  killed  and  twenty-five  wounded,  most  of 
which  have  lost  limbs.  The  Hcureux  is  the  most  complete  flush  deck  ship  \ 
have  ever  seen,  coppered,  copper  fastened,  highly  finished,  and  of  large  dimen- 
sions, viz.  128  feet  long,  32  and  a  half  broad,  and  admeasures  near  6cx)  tons. 
The  accounts  given  of  her  sailing  are  very  extraordinary :  she  will  be  considered 
»  a  most  desirable  ship  for  his  Majesty's  service.  She  had  been  out  forty-twu 
days,  and  had  taken  only  a  small  Portuguese  sloop,  laden  with  wine,,  which  had 
been  blown  off  the  land  in  her  passage  from  Limerick  to  Galway. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  ROBERT  BARLOW. 

SxiraB  of  a  JCetter  from  the  Hon.  Courtenay  Boyle,  Captain  of  his  Majesty  s  Ship^  . 
Cormorant,  to  Evan  Nepean^  Etj^  dated  in  the  Hiver  'Tagui,  the  yth  of  March* 

On  the  aOth  ult.  I  retook  the  Elizabeth  Jane,  of  liOndon,  from  the  Bahamas^ 
with  twenty-five  Frenchmen  on  board  her  ;  that  vessel  parted  with  me  on  the 
d4th,  and  I  have  not  since  heard  of  her.  On  the  evening  of  that  day,  in  lat. 
45  ^^S*  45  ^^^-  N.  10  deg.  29  min.  W»  I  captured  the  Spanish  brig  privateer 
EI  Batardo,  of  14  guns,  and  87  men,  out  of  St.  Aiidero  eight  days,  on  a  rrui«« 
•f  three  months;  had  made  no  captures.    It  then  blowing  a  hard  gale  of  wind^. 


40^  eAZETTC    LEfrCllS. 

and  a  -^erj  heavy  tea  running,  I  thoaght  it  hnpoMhle  to  take  posienioa  of  heti 
"but  by  the  zealous  and  well-managed  coDdudi  of  Mr.  Joseph  Blyth,  my  Second 
Lieutenant,  with  the  Ounner,  and  seven  other  volnnteert,  the  waa  boarded  3 
the  boat,  in  the  attempt  to  exchange  pritonert,  sunk,  wbeoi  from  the  few  penoos 
on  board  with  Mr.  Blyth,  and  the  darkness  of  the  night,  the  Spaoiarda  twice 
attempted  to  retake  her,  but  were  frustrated. 

AbMiaaLTT-orrTCK,  MaacH  17. 

Major  Douglas*  late  Commander  of  the  party  of  marines  serrmg  on  hoard  hxt 
Majesty*s  ship  the  I'igre,  arrived  this  morning  with  dispatches  from  Sir  Sydney 
Smith,  Knight,  Captain  of  that  ship,  and  senior  Officer  of  the  squadron  cmidoyed 
OD  the  coast  of  Egypt,  containing  an  account  of  the  capture  of  the  fort  of  £1 
Arish,  by  an  advanced  body  of  the  army  of  the  Grand  Vizir,  assisted  by  » 
detachment  of  marines  from  his  Majesty's  ships  under  the  orders  of  the  Majors 
By  this  account  it  appears,  that  the  Grand  Vizir  moved  from  Gaza  to  £1  Arish 
00  the  zoth  December  last,  and  that  the  French  Commandant  having  refuted  to 
capitulate,  the  fort  was  reconnoitred  by  Major  Douglas,  accompanied  by  lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Bromley  and  Captain  Winter :  that  batteries  were  orefted  on  the 
ft4th,  and  the  following  days,  the  fire  of  which  was  attended  with  complete 
tuccesft  ;  and  that  on  the  29th  in  the  momin?,  the  enemy  having  ceased  firings 
Major  Douglas  ascended  the  wall  of  the  fort,  ny  means  of  a  rope  which  waa  ik 
down  for  him,  and  received  the  sword  of  the  French  Commandant ;  1>ut  that  it 
liaving  been  found  impossible  in  the  first  momenta  to  restrain  the  impetuosity  of 
the  1  urkish  troops,  three  hundred  of  the  French  garrison  were  put  to  the 
aword ;  the  remainder  were,  however,  by  his  exertions,  and  those  of  the 
I'urkiJi  Commanding  Officer,  placed  in  security,  and  the  sick  and  wounded 
taken  care  of. 

The  Major  acknowledges  himself  highly  indebted  to  the  assistance  of  Lieute- 
nant  Colonel  Bronfley,  and  commends  the  good  conduA  of  Captains  Winter  and 
Trotte,  and  the  gallant  behaviour  of  Mr.  Thomas  Smith,  Midshipman,  belonging 
to  the  'i'igre,  and  represents  that  the  chearful  manner  in  which  the  whole 
detachment  performed  their  duty,  exposed  as  they  were  in  the  Desert  without 
tents,  very  ill  fed,  and  with  only  brackish  water  to  drink,  gained  them  the  ad- 
miration of  the  whole  Ottoman  army. 

ADUiRALTv-orrics,  MdKCH  %g. 

€9py  rfa  Letter  frim  Captain  Sir  Wiiliam  Sydney  StmitBf   Cmptaim  •/  He  Majeety't 
Ship  Tigre^  to  Evan  Nepean^  £if  dated  •ffjajat  the  %tb  rf  Novemier  1799. 
sia, 
I  have  the  honour  to  inclose  a  copy  of  my  letter  to  the  Right  Honourable 
Lord  Nelson  (of  this  date),  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of 
the  Admiralty.     I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir,  &c. 

W.  S.  SMITH. 

MY  Loan,  ^gre^  •jfjafay  %tb  Nvv.  1799. 

I  lament  to  have  to  inform  your  Lordship  of  the  melancholy  death  of  Patrona 
Bey,  the  Turkish  Vice- Admiral,  who  was  assassinated  at  Cyprus  in  a  mutiny  of 
the  Janissaries  on  the  i8th  of  O^ober  ;  the  command  devolved  on  Seid  Ali  Bey, 
who  had  just  joined  me  with  the  troops  from  Constantinople,  composing  the 
second  maritime  expedition  destined  for  the  recovery  of  Egypt.  As  soon  as  our 
joint  exertions  had  restored  order,  we  proceeded  to  the  mouth  of  the  Damietta 
branch  of  the  Nile  to  make  an  attack  thereon,  as  combined  with  the  Supreme 
Vizir,  in  order  to  draw  the  attention  of  the  enemy  that  way,  and  leave  his 
Highnctis  more  at  liberty  to  advance  with  the  grand  army  on  the  side  of  the 
De«ert.  The  attack  began  by  the  '1  igre's  boats  taking  possession  of  a  mined 
castle  situated  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  Eogas,  or  entrance  of  the  channel, 
which  the  inundation  of  the  Nile  had  instilated  from  the  main  land,  leaving'  a 
fordable  passage  The  'I  urkish  ii^^  displayed  on  the  tower  of  this  castle  was  at 
once  the  signal  for  the  Turkish  gun  boats  to  advance,  and  for  the  enemy  to  opea 
their  fire  \n  order  to  dislodge  us  :  their  nearest  post  being  a  redoubt  on  the  main 
land,  with  two  thirty  two  pounders,  and  an  eight  pounder  field-piece  mounted 
thereon,  a  point  blank  shot  distance. 


GA2BTTI   LBTTSMr  401 

The  fire  was  Tetnrocd  £r«n  the  Launch's  cammade,  mounted  in  a  breach  in 
^e  castle,  and  from  field-pieces  in  the  small  boats,  which  soon  obliged  the  enem^ 
to  discontinue  working  at  an  intrenchment  they  were  making  to  oppose  a 
landing.  Lieutenant  Stokes  was  detached  with  the  boats  to  check  a  body  o€ 
cavah-y  advancing  along  the  neck  of  land,  in  which  he  succeeded  ;  but  I  ani 
aorry  to  say  with  thelossof  one  man  killed  and  one  wounded.  This  inter- 
change of  shot  continued  with  little  intermission  during  the  29th,  30th,  and 
31st,  while  the  Turkish  transports  were  drawing  nearer  to  the  landing  pUce« 
our  shells  from  the  carronade  annoying  the  enemy  in  his  works  and  communi- 
cations ;  at  length  the  magazine  blowing  up,  and  one  of  their  thirty-twd 
pounders  being  silenced,  a  favourable  moment  offered  for  disembarkation. 
Orders  were  given  accordingly;  but  it  was  not  till  the  morning  of  the  1st 
Kovember  that  they  could  eifeduate  this  operation. 

This  delay  gave  time  for  the  enemy  to  colle&  a  force  more  than  double  that 
of  the  first  division  landed,  and  to  be  ready  to  attack  it  before  the  return  of  the 
boats  with  the  remainder  The  French  advanced  to  the  charge  with  bayonets. 
The  l^urks  completely  exculpated  themselves  from  the  suspicion  of  cowardice 
having  been  the  cause  of  their  delay  ;  for  when  the  enemy  were  within  ten  yards 
of  them,  they  rushed  on,  sabre  in  hand,  and  in  an  instant  completely  routed  the 
first  line  of  the  French  infantry.  The  day  was  ours  for  the  moment ;  but  the 
impetuotity  of  Osman  Aga  and  his  troops  occasioned  them  co  quit  the  station 
assigned  theiji  as  a  corps  of  reserve,  and  to  run  forward  in  pursuit  of  the  fugi* 
tives  ;  European  tables  were  of  course  advantageously  employed  by  the  French 
ut  this  critical  jundure.  Their  body  of  reserve  oeme  on  in  per  fed  order,  while 
a  charge  of  cavalry  on  the  left  of  the  I'urksput  them  completely  to  the  route  ia 
their  ttum.  Our  flanking  fire  from  the  castle  and  boats,  which  had  beei^ 
hitherto  plied  with  evident  efied,  was  now  necessarily  suspended  by  the  impoa^ 
aibility  of  pointing  clear  of  the  Turks  in  the  concision.  The  latter  turned  a 
random  fire  on  the  boats,  to  make  them  take  them  off,  and  the  sea  was  in  an 
instant  covered  withturbands,  while  the  air  was  tilled  with  piteous  moans,  caU« 
ing  to  us  for  assistance;  it  was  (as at  Aboukir)  a  duty  of  some  difficulty  te 
afford  it  them,  without  being  viiSims  to  their  impatience,  or  overwhelmed  with 
numbers  :  we,  however,  persevered,  and  saved  all,  except  those  which  the 
French  took  prisoners  by  wading  into  the  water  after  them  ;  neither  did  the 
enemy  int^errnpt  us  much  in  so  doing.  Mator  Douglas  and  Lieutenant  Stokes^ 
who  were  with  me  on  this  service,  gave  additional  proofs  of  their  zeal,  ability, 
and  bravery,  and  the  boats'  crews,  as  usual,  behaved  admirably. 

The  loss  in  killed  on  our  ^ide  cannot  be  ascertained*  The  French  General^ 
in  his  offer  to  exchange  prisoners  on  the  general  account,  assures  me  he  hat 
eleven  hundred.  As  to  the  enemy's  loss,  we  have  no  means  of  estimating  it, 
but  it  must  have  been  suificieiit  to  convince  them  that  such  vi<flories  as  these, 
against  troops,  which,  though  irregular,  will  fight  hand  to  hand  with  them^ 
must  cost  them  dear  in  the  end.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  my  Lord,  &c. 

W.  S.  SMITH. 

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE,  MAftCB    2^» 

Copy  rfa  LeHerfrimthe  Right  HonourabU  Lord  Keitb,  K.  B.  Viet  Admiral  cf  iht 
Mtd^  and  Commamdgr  f«  Cbief  of  hit  Majesty* t  Ships  and  VuseU  in  the  Me£ttrra» 
nean^  to  Ewin  Nefean^  £s^,  dated  on  board  the  ^een  CbarlottOj  off  Vidthe^  ZOlft 
Feb.  1800. 

SIS, 

My  letter  of  the  a  5th  acquainted  you,  for  the  information  of  their  LonU 
ships,  that  1  had  received  intelligence  of  the  reported  approach  of  an  enemy's 
squadron  towards  this  island;  and  although  1  had  considerable  difficulty  in  per-' 
suading  myself  that  they  would  huzard  the  attempt  in  the  face  of  so.superior  a- 
force,  i  nevertheless  considered  it  incumbent  upon  me  to  take  the  necessary 
precautions  of  reconnoitring  the  quarter  in  which  they  were  to  beexpedted,  and 
at  the  same  time  guarding  most  particularly  Che  entrance  of  the  harbour  of 
Valctte,  as  the  only  point  in  which  they  could  secure  themselves,  and  debark 
their  troops  and  stores.  The  wind  being  strong  from  the  south  east,  and 
accompanied  with  rain,  I  could  only  communicate  by  signal  ;  1  'accordingly 
denoted  the  bearing,  and  the  reputed  force  of  the  enemy,  and  dircded  the 


40i  OAZtTTI   LBTTItS* 

Fovdroyant^  Avdicions,  tnd  Noitbnmberland,  to  chue  to  windwird,  and  tlie 
Lion  to  look  out  off*  the  passare  between  Goza  and  Malta,  while  the  Queea 
Charlotte  wat  kept  at  close  in  whh  the  mouth  of  the  harbour  as  theW- 
te'iet  would  admit  of ;  the  Aleiander  at  the  same  tune  was  under  weigh  on  the 
•rath-east  side  of  the  island.  On  the  i6th  I  was  joined  by  the  Phaeton,  from 
Palermo ;  and  the  wind  haTine  shifted  to  the  north-west,  which  afforded 
c  ^Tourdble  opportunity  for  landing  the  Neapolitan  troops  at  Marsa  Sirocco, 
I  aecofdingly  embraced  ir,  and  in  the  afternoon  returned  off  the  harbour  of 
Valette.  Sienals  were  made  from  various  parts  of  the  island  of  an  enemy's 
being  in  sight,  and  with  the  Queen  Charlotte,  Phaeton,  Seieni  Neapolitan 
frigate,  and  Minorca  iloop,  I  anxiously  continued  to  maintain  a  position  near 
the  shore,  to  prevent  the  enemy  from  passing  within  us,  and  to  expose  them  to 
the  attack  of  nis  Majesty's  ships  that  were  in  pursuit  of  them.  On  the  morning 
of  the  19th,  £1  Corso  joined  with  a  large  French  armed  store  ship  which  she 
took  possesaon  of  at  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  iSth,  by  signal  from 
Lord  Nelson,  whose  squadron  was  then  tn^ged  with  the  French  ;  Captain 
Ricketts  reported  this  ship  to  be  the  Ville  de  Marseilles,  loaded  with  salt  meat, 
brandy,  wine,  clothing,  stores,  &c.  &c.  ;  she  sailed  from  Toulon  on  the  7th 
instant,  in  company  with  the  Genereuz  74,  Admiral  Pcrr^,  Badine  14,  and 
two  corvettes,  having  near  four  thousand  troops  on  board  for  the  relief  of 
Malta.  At  four  P.  M.  the  Foadroyant  and  Audacious  joined  me,  and  I  was 
acquainted  by  Rear- Admiral  Lord  Nelson  that  the  Genereuz  l^^d  surrendered 
without  any  adion,  and  that  the  three  corvettes  had  OKaped,  from  all  the  line 
of  battle  ships  having  anxiously  pressed  after  the  French  AdmiraL  I  have  the 
honour  to  enclose  a  copy  of  Lord  Nelson's  letter. 

His  Lordship  has  on  this  occasion,  as  on  all  othen,  conduced  himself  with 
skill  and  great  address  in  comprehending  my  signals,  which  the  state  of  the 
weather  led  me  greatly  to  suspedt.  Captain  Peard  lias  evinced  excellent  manage- 
ment from  the  moment  he  hrft  discovered  the  enemy  off  the  south-weft  end  of 
Sicily  until  the  period  of  the  capture ;  and  Lieutenant  William  Harrington, 
commanding  the  Alexander  in  the  absence  of  Captain  Ball,  has  shewn  great 
merit  in  so  ably  conducing  that  ship  in  presence  of  so  superior  a  force  pre~ 
viously  to  the  appearance  of  Lord  Nelson  ;  1  beg  leave  to  recommend  him  to 
their  Lordships'  consideration. 

I  have  deuched  ships  in  all  direAions  to  endeavour  to  pick  up  the  ftragvlers. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Jtc.  ice,  ice*  KEITH. 

Ftudroyamt^  at  Sea,  off  Ca^e  tR  Corv9f  MigBt  Le^^tut 
'  fFea  of  Cape  Paffaro,  off  Shore  ahoyt  Sour  MiUt^ 

IffT   LORD,  l%ih  fehruary,  180O. 

This  morning  at  daylight,  being  in  company  with  the  ships  named  in  the 
margin  *,  I  saw  the  Alexander  in  chace  of  a  line  of  battle  ship,  three  frigates, 
and  a  corvette.  At  about  eight  o'clock  she  fired  several  shot  at  one  of  the 
enemy's  frigates,  which  ftruck  her  colours,  and  leaving  her  to  be  secured  by  the 
ships  adern,  continued  the  chacc.  I  direded  Captain  Gould,  of  the  Audacioiis^ 
and  the  £1  Corso  brig  to  take  charge  of  this  prise. 

At  half  paft  one  P.  M.  the  frigates  and  corvette  tacked  to  the  weftward;  but 
the  line  of  battle  ship  not  being  able  t«*  tack  without  coming  to  aAion  with  the 
Alexander,  bore  up.  The  Success  being  to  leeward.  Captain  Peard,  with  great 
judgment  and  gallantry,  lay  across  his  hawse,  and  raked  him  with  several 
oroadsides :  in  passing  the  French  ship's  broidside,  several  shot  struck  the 
Success,  by  which  one  man  was  killed,  and  the  M after  and  eight  men  wounded. 

At  half  past  four,  the  Foudroyant  aad  Northumberland  coming  up,  the  for- 
mer fired  two  shot,  when  the  French  ship  fired  her  broadside  and  ftruck  her 
colours;  sShe  proved  to  be  the  Genereux,  of  74  guns,  bearing  the  flag  of  Rear- 
Admiral  Perree,  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  French  naval  force  in  the  Medi- 
terranean, having  a  number  of  troops  on  boaid  from  Toulon,  bound  for  the 
relief  of  Malta.  I  attribute  our  success  this  day  to  be  principally  owing  to 
the  extreme  good  management  of  Lieutenant  William  Harrington,  who  com- 
mands the  Alexander  in  the  absence  of  Captain  Ball ;  and  I  am  mu<;h  pleased 

*•  Northumberland,  Audacious,  and  £1  Cono  brig* 


GAZITTS   LXTT1R84  ^9^ 

^th  the  gallant  beliavioiir  of  Captain  Peard,  of  the  Succeu,  as  4U0  with  the 
alacrity  and  good  condnA  of  Captain  Martin  and  Sir  Edward  Berrf . 

I  have  tent  Lieutenant  Andrew  Thompson,  Firft  Lieutenant  of  the'Foudro- 
yant,  to  take  charge  of  theOenereux,  whom  I  beg  leave  to  recommend  to  rour 
Lordship  for  promotion ;  and  have  sent  her,  under  care  of  the  Northumberland 
and  Aleiaader,  to  Syracuse,  to  wait  your  Lordship's  orders. 

I  havp  the  honour  to  be,  my  Lord,  &c. 

BRONTB  N£LS02f. 

ADMXHALTT-OFriCB,    MARCH  26, 

C»py  of  a  Letter  frvm  Vue- Admiral  Lord  Keitb^  K.  B.  Commander  in  Chief  rf  bis 
Majesty* s  Sbifi  and  VeuA  im  the  Met&ttrraaeaH^  t9  Mvan  Ne^ean^  Esq,  dated 
Syraeuse^  z6tb  Feb,  * 

SIR, 

I  have  the  honour  to  inclose  to  yon,  for  the  information  of  their  Lordships,  an 
cxtrad  of  a  letter  received  by  me  from  Captain  Bowen,  of  his  Majesty's  ship 
the  Caroline,  acquainting  me  with  the  capture  of  a  French  privateer  ;  and 
another  from  Captain  Ballard*  of  the  Pearl,  reporting  hia  having  driven  a 
Genoese  armed  vessel  ashore  offNarbonne. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be.  Sir,  3cc.  KEITH. 

MxtraS  of  a  Letter  from  Caftaim  Botven,  of  bis  Majeety's  Ship  Caroline,  to  Lord 

£eitbt  daUdatSea^  Jan.  x6. 
MY  Loan, 
I  have  the  pleasure  to  inform  your  Lordship,  on  the  X5th  instant,  at  eleven 
A.  M.  in  latitude  37  deg.  45  min.  longitude  13  deg.  8  min.  W.  I  perceived  a 
vessel,  which  8uspe<fting  to  be  a  cruiser,  I  chased,  and  by  eight  in  the  evening , 
being  alongside,  sne  struck  without  firing  a  gun :  she  proves  to  be  La  Vulture, 
a  French  privateer  ship  of  Nantz,  out  thirty- eight  days,  commanded  by  Chizen 
Bazill  Aug.  Eue  Laray  :  she  is  a  remarkable  fast  sailer,  pierced  for  22  guns» 
and  mounting  four  twelve-pounders,  two  thirty-six  pound  carronades  (brass), 
•ixteen  six-pounders  (iron),  two   of  which  she  threw   overboard  during  the 
chace ;  had  on  board  when  captured  137  men. 

Extras  of  a  Letter  from  Captain  Ballard,  of  bis  Majesty  s  Ship  JPeari,  to  Lord 

Keitb,  dated  Fort  Mabon,  i^tb  Feb. 

MY    LORD, 

On  the  9th  instant,  being  drove  by  contrary  winds  to  the  westward  of  Mar- 
seilles, I  chased  and  forced  on  shore  off  Naroonne  a  Genoese  ship  polacre,  of 
14  guns,  where  she  was  totally  lost ;  her  crew  stepped  from  the  vessel  on  shore, 
and  the  few  settees  she  had  under  convoy  got  into  Adge. 

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE,  MARCH  29.      . 

MxtraB  of  a  Letter  from  Lord  Viscount  DuneoBy  Admiral  of  tbe  White,  qnd  Com- 
mander  in  Chief  of  bis  Majesty  s  Ship*  and  Vessels  in  the  North  Sea,  to  Evan  I/epean, 
Esq,  dated  at  Tarmoi/tb  the  26tb  instant.- 

Arrived  here  this  morning  the  French  cutter  privateer  Perseverant,  mounting 
14  guns,  and  49  men,  taken  by  the  Cruizer  on  the  3rown  Btokk  the  a3d  inscant, 
belonging  to  Dunkirk ;  had  been  out  twenty  dajrs,  last  from  the  Texel,  where 
she.  had  been  cwo  days,  but  had  not  captured  any  thing.  1  have  received  no 
letter  from  Captain  Wollaston,  the  Cruizer  being  left  in  chace  of  another  vesseL 

lam,  &c.  DUNCAN. 

F.,  S.  Since  writing  the  above.  Captain  WoUaston  is  arrived  with  the 
Cruizer  and  another  brig  cutter  privateer,  and  inclosed  are  his  two  letters. 

MY  LORD,  Cruizer,  at  Sea,  March  24* 

I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you,  that  on  the  23d  instant,  in  the  a6t  of  boarding 
two  brigs,  1  discovered  a  suspicious  sail  to  the  eastward,  to  which  I  immediately 
gave  cha^e ;  and  after  a  chace  of  five  hours,  came  up  with  and  captured  the 
French  cutter,  privateer  Perseverant,  of  14  guns  and  47  men,  commanded  by 
Capuin  Delatre,  belonging  to  Dunkirk.  She  is  a  remarkably^  fine  vessel, 
copper  bottomed,  and  has  captured  an  amazing  number  of  vessels  in  the  North 
Sea.    I  ant,  my  Lord,  &c,  C.  WOLLASTON, 


404  OAZITTK    LITTIRS* 

MT  LORD,  Cruiatr,  TafwtnA  JUadk^  March  2& 

I  have  the  pleasure  to  inform  you,  that  yettenby  upon  boarding  a  brig  be« 
longing  to  Bremen,  tbe  Matter  informed  me  he  had  bten  hailed  about  three 
hoars  bsfore  by  a  French  brig  steering  to  the  North  East.  I  immedtateiy 
made  ail  sail  potsiUe  in  that  quarter,  and  at  half  past  eight  ran  Alongside  of  her, 
when  ihe  struck  to  his  Majesty's  sloop.  She  proved  to  be  the  Flibuitier,  of  14 
guns,  and  54  men,  Captain  CM»y,  beioneing  to  nwnkirk  :  sailed  the  day  before, 
and  bad  taken  nothing.    I  am,  my  Lora,  £c. 

C,  WOLLASTON. 


Ctfj  •/  s  JLtUer  firmm  lAud,  Murray^  ttmmattdiiig  hit  Mmjettyt  Brig  Semf&wcr^  t% 

I  hsTC  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  that  his 
Majesty's  brig  Seaflower,  under  mv  command,  on  the  morning  of  the  19th  inst. 
Guernsey  bearing  8.  E.  by  6.  six  leagues,  saw  a  strange  sail  oearing  8.  by  W. 
two  or  three  leagues,  to  which  we  immediately  gave  chace,  and  1  have  the 
satisfa^ion  to  inform,  that,  after  a  long  chace  of  ten  hours  and  an  half,  came  up 
and  captured  her.  Cape  Fiahal  bearing  S.  by  £.  three  leagues.  She  proved  to 
be  the  Chaser,  lugger  privateer,  of  Sl  M aloes,  mounting  14  carriage  guns,  and 
30  men.  Nine  of  her  guns  she  threw  overboard  during  the  chace.  Com- 
manded by  Citizen  Gillies,  out  ten  days  from  Raro  without  taking  any  thing. 
She  is  quite  new,  and  sails  fast.    I  have  tbe  honour  to  be,  &c. 

J.  MURRAY. 

AOMIRALTY    OmCl,   AVRIL    1%, 

C^  ^m  LeHtrfr^  tbt  Might  Hon.  Lord  Bridport,  K.  S.  Admiral  •/the  IPZffr,  (Ak 
/s  Smut  HcpeoMt  £sfo  dattd  im  T^rbwf^  the  yth  inst* 
Sim, 
Herewith  you  will  receive  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Captain  Cooke,  of  hit 
Majesty's  ship  Amethyst,  stating  the  capture  of  the  Mars  French  privateer, 
mounting  20  twclve-poundcrs,  and  two  thirty-six  pound  carronades,  which  is 
transmitted  for  their  Lordships*  information.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c 

BRIDPORT. 

MT  LORD,  Amethyst^  at  Sea,  Afrii  r. 

I  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  your  Lordship,  that  his  Majesty's  ship  under 
my  command  captured  last  night  the  Mars  French  ship  privateer,  belonging  to 
Bourdeaux,  mounting  ao  twelve  pounders  and  two  thirty-six  pound  carronades 
and  manned  with  186  men.  She  had  been  out  on  a  cruise,  had  made  several 
captures,  and  was  returning  into  port.  I  feel  peculiar  pleasure  in  having  made 
this  capture,  as  she  was  esteemed  one  of  the  finest  privateers  fitted  out  of  Bour- 
deaux.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 

JOHN  COOKE* 

Letter  frvm  Capt.  Ttftory,  rfthe  Uramet  ie  the  Right  Hon*  Lord  BrOpcrt, 
MV  LORD,  VranU^  at  Sea,  March  25. 

1  beg  leave  to  inform  your  Lordship  of  my  having,  in   his  Majesty's  ship 
under  my  command,  this  morning  captured  Le  Cerberre  FrenclLschooner  pri- 
vateer, of  six  guns  and  so  men,  three  days  from  Bayonne,  and  had  taken 
nothing ;  she  is  coppered  and  sails  fast.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c. 
Might  tfoH.  Lord  Bridport,  K.  B,  \^c.  G.  H.  TO  WRY. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Capt-  Temple^  of  the  Jaloau,  to  f^iw  Admiral  Diekiom, 
Sin,  Jalotue,  at  Sea^  April  j. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  inform  you,  that  I  this  morning  captured  a 
small  French  cutter  privateer  L'lnattendu,  with  %s  men,  anned  with  two  guns 
and  small  arms :  she  left  Oitend  on  Wednesday  last— has  not  taken  any  thing. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sec* 
f^iee^  Admiral  Dichsoa,  J.  TEMPLE. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Capt,  Sotheron  to  Viee-Admiral  Diehon- 
MY  LORD,  Bis  Maietty't  Ship  Latmta,  at  Sea,  April  6. 

I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you  his  Majesty  s  ship  Latona,  under  my  commandf 
pptured  on  the  5  th  inst.  about  13  leagues  to  The  Eastward  of 'FUmborough 


Head,  La  Vhffitue  FSkdcH  lag^ger  privateer,  of  14  gn^s  and  53  ihtn,  belongrinp 
to  Dttokirk,  commanded  by  Aubio  3eyry ;  had  been  five  day*  £rom  Calais,  an^ 
l^d  not  taken  any  thing.     1  hare  the  honour  to  be,  5(c. 

F.  SOTHERON- 

ASmSALTT-OrriCC,   APIIL  I9. 

Ci^jr  0/  a  LttffT  frmm  C§ft,  MidJletony  Cwnmandtr  q/  bis  Majesty* s  Ship  Flara^  /• 
Evam  Ntfeatit  S:q.  dated  of  Ca^  Finhterrf,  thg  z%tb  ult, 
SJR, 

£ncIo9ed  ^  send  for  their  Lordships'  infonnation  a  copy  of  my  Letter  to  Capt, 
Cockburn,  of  L%  Minerve,  relative  to  the  capti^re  pf  one  of  the  enemy's  prjf 
Tateers.    I  have  the  honQur  to  be.  Sir,  &c. 

R.  G.  MIDDLETON, 

i|a,  Sis  Majaty*s  Sbi/i  Flora,  off  Cape  Finisterre^  Mareh  ao.     , 

I  have  the  pleasure  to  jnform  you,  that  after  a  chace  of  eight  hours,  f  this  day, 
St  a  quarter  past  twelve  at  noon,  captured  a  Spanish  ship  privateer,  of  sixtceo 
guns  six  of  which  she  hove  averboard  during  the  chace)  and  ninety  men; 
proves  to  be  the  Corunesa,  of  and  from  Corunna  fifteen  days,  commanded  by 
Robert  To  tau  ;  has  captured  during  his  cruise  the  brigs  nan^ed  at  the  bQftom 
)iereof.    I  am,  Sir>  &c. 

George  Cockburn,  Esq.  Captain  if  bis  Majtsty'i  R.  G.  MIPPLETQN. 

Sbip  Minerve. 

William  Brig,  ot  Jersey,  loaded  vkh  salt. 

A  bwedi^  i^ig  loaded  with  talk^  fiah,  and  butter.  , 

AOlClRALTT-OrPICf,    APk^L  21. 

fxtraS  of  a  Letter  from  Fiee^  Admiral  Sir  Tbvmas  Paxley^  Barf.  Commander  im  Chid^ 
of  bis  Majeetye  Sbipt  and  y$u»lt  at  J^lymoutb,  to  £vaM  flepoan^  £sf.  dated  tbe 
aoih  instant, 

Hndosed  is  a  letter  from  the  Commander  of  the  Spitfire,  ttating  hit  htTing 
eaptared  the  Ftench  privateer  brig  therein  mentioned. 

sit,  ^pitfre^  Plymoutb  Souffdf  April  1^0. 

I  hav;  the  honour  to  acquaint  yop,  that  at  four  A.  iVI.  on  the  lyih  inst.  th9 
Tolt-Head  bearing  N.  descant  nine  leagues,  chace  was  given  to  a  brig  to  thq 
Ed&tward.  in  which  at  seven,  a  Guernsey  brig  privateer  jpinedi  and  at  nine 
(for  an  hour)  his  Majesty's  ship  Diamond,  the  former  being  left  hull  dowq 
{istcrn,  at  eleven  gave  over  the  pursuit,  and  both  were  out  of  sight  at  noon, 
when  the  I  elcgraph  from  under  Aldemey  crossed  on  her,  and  having  ex- 
f:hanged  a  broadside  with  her,  -dropped  astern  and  joined  us ;  but  the  Spitfire 
having  distanced  her  also,  at  two  P.  M.  Cape  Levy  bearing  S.  S.  W.  distant 
lour  leagues,  brought  to  the  ^hace,  which  proved  to  be  L'Heureuse  Spciete  of 
Pleinpont,  carrying  14  guns  apd  64  men,  a  new  vessel,  out  tfare$  days,  but  hm^ 
pot  made  any  capture.     I  am,  Sir,  &c.  &c. 

Sir  Tbomas  Paxley,  Bart.  Fice- Admiral  of  tbe  Hed,  f^e.  M.  SEYMOUR. 

ADMIRALTY-OFPICK,  APRIL  %6, 

(ifpy  of  a  Letter  from  Mr*  James  Le  Baitf  Commander  of  tbe  May/iotver  Private 
Sbip  of  War,  to  Kytan  Nepean,  Esq*  dated  af  Guernsey,  ^  tjtb  instant, 

SIR, 

T  haye  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  for  thpir  Lordships'  informatipn,  that 
pn  the  ^th  instant,  Cape  Penas,  at  ten  A.  M.  bearing  S.  W.  distance  about  fivg 
leagues,  saw  a  schooner  on  our  lee'beam  standing  to  the  northward ;  at  noon 
perceived  sftid  schooner  to  tack  and  standing  JForus;  shortly  after  which  sho 
tacked  again  and  stood  ofi^,  we  continuing  tp  chase  her ;  at  five  P.  M.  camq 
^ithin  a  league  of  her,  and  s))ewcd  her  our  colpurs,  which  she  answered  b^ 
hoisting  the  National  flag  ;  at  eight  it  fell  calm,  in  consequence  of  which  we 
^ot  out  sweeps,  s^pd  stood  for  her  till  midnight  :  on  the  9th,  at  two  A,  M.  lps| 
sight  of  her ;  at  five  discovered  her  about  four  miles  ah^d,  the  weather  con<; 
tinning  tp  be  |:alm  ;  at  nine  a  breeze  sprune  up,  when  we  set  sail  after  her;  91 
three  P.  M.  came  within  gun-shot  of  her,  she  always  attempting  to  get  off;  a^ 
|ialf  past  three  she  took  in  sail  and  hove  to ;  at  four  came  abreast  of  her  within 
Iplisket-shot,  whfn  wc.atu^ed  apd  fontinucd  to  enfafe  hcf  fpf  t^e  spVevf 


406  OAZBTTE  tBTTI&'t* 

fire  honrny  without  tltering  our  pontion  ;  when  ibe  ttni«k,  mod  proTcd  toW 
Le  Troiaicme  Fernilleur  privateer,  belonging  to  Bonrdeauz,  commanded  by 
Francois  I^ugeol,  mounting  two  twelve-pound  carronadet  and  twelve  long 
four-ponndert,  six  of  which  are  brats,  and  manned  with  68  men,  three  of  whom 
were  lulled  and  five  wounded  during  the  aAion.  Our  Iom  consisted  in  one  man 
killed  and  four  wounded. 

This  schooner  is  about  190  tons  measurement,  quite  new  and  coppered, 
had  been  forcjr  da3rs  from  Bourdcauic,  during  which,  time  she  had  captured  the 
American  schooner  A  dive,  Jonathan  Holhrook,  Master,  bound  from  Liverpool 
to  Boston,  and  a  brig  from  Teignmouth  to  Newfoundland,  which  she  burnt. 
Besides  this  I  captured  several  vessels  during  my  cruise^  a  list  of  which  I  have 
the  honour  to  subjoin,  and  remain,  Sir,  &.c.  JAM£S  LE  Bc^IR. 

I'he  St.  Incamacau  Portuguese  brig,  bound  from  St.  Ubes  to  Cork,  re- 
captured. 

The  St.  Francisco  de  Asis  Spanish  ship  letter  of  marque,  in  ballast,  mounting 
atz  six-pounders,  and  24  men- 

'Ihe  Republican  schooner  Neptune,  mouotiffg  four  fonr-poundem,  and  27 
men,  bound  from  Guadaloupe  to  the  first  French  port,  having  General  Dei 
Foumeaux  and  his  5uire  on  board. 

The  French  latine-rigged  privateer  called  the  Tarn,  n^ounting  two  long  nine 
and  four  four^pounders  (all  brass),  and  35  men. 

ADMiRALTv-orrica,  APaiL  29. 

0>/T  •/  a  Letter  frwm  Vice' Admiral  DUifm,   Cimmamier  im  CBirf  •f  Us  Majeaf$ 
aififs  and  Feuett  im  Yarmouib  Roads^  U  £vam  Ne^an^  £jf .  dated  the  %lth  April, 

SIR, 

fie  pleased  to  acquaint  my  Lords  CommiMtionen  of  the  Admiralty,  that  his 
>/Iajesty*s  Hired  Armed  Lugger  Lark,  commanded  by  Lieutenant  WUsou, 
arrived  yestcrdav  in  these  Roads,  and  brought  with  him  the  Impregi^ble 
French  cutter  pnvateer  of  14  guns,  which  he  boarded  and  took  after  an  hour'a 
a<ftion :  while  the  cutter  was  oti  shore,  she  was  supported  by  the  fire  of  about 
lOO  of  the  enemy *s  troops  from  behind  sand  banks. 

I  enclose,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  Lieut.  Wilson's  letter  to  me  on 
the  subjc<ft.  Ihe  adivity  and  zeal  of  this  (>fficer  has  destroyed  one  of  the 
greatest  pests  that  infested  this  coast ;  the  Impregnable  had  been  particularly 
iucccasful  during  her  former  cruises.  ARCHIBALD  DICKSON. 

Hit  Majesift  Hired  Armed  I.>»igier  Itori,  Tarmmmth  M^dt^ 
9 1  a,  Afiril  S' 

I  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  that  I  anchored  in  these  Roads  this  day 
with  his  Majesty's  Aimed  Lugger  Lafk  under  my  command,  with  a  French 
cutter  privateer,  her  prize. 

In  pursuance  to  your  order,  I  sailed  on  the  19th  inst.  and  took  my  station  o£f 
the  Vlie  Passage  on  the  aist,  at  half  past  six,  A.  M.  At  the  entrance  of  that 
passage  I  discovered  a  Trench  cutter  privateer  in  shore,  of  mc,  which  I  chased 
and  came  up  with,  and  who,  after  exchanging  a  few  rhot,  ran  on  shore.     I  am 

V>rry  to  add  I  was  not  able  to  get  men  enough  to  him,  as  totally  to  destroy 
hini  :  a  neutral  vessel  that  came  out  of  the  Vue  Passage  on  the  23d  inst.  in- 
formed me  she  mounted  ten  guns,  and  had  36  men  on  board ;  and  that  he  had, 

-after  getting  off,  proceeded  to  the  '1  ezel  Koad  by  the  inner  navigation. 

*  On  the  zsth,  at  two  P.  M.  1  chased  and  came  up  with  a  French  cutter  pri- 
vateer, who,  after  engaging  me  a  little  while,  ran  on  shore  on  the  \  lie  Island, 
where  be  defended  himself  pretty  well  for  an  hour,  when  |  perceived  hif  men 
were  escaping  to  the  shore  imder  the  cover  and  proteclion  of  troo)>s,  to  the 
amount  of  about  an  hundred.  1  ininiediately  hoi&tcd  out  my  small  boat,  and 
diridcd  my  larger  one  to  follow,  and  under  the  fire  of  the  mui^ketry  from  the 

-troops  on  i>hore,  boarded  htr,  but  not  until  the  crew  had  escaped.  In  our 
endeavours  to  get  tlie  cutter  ott,  we  were  considerably  annoyed  by  the  fire 
from  the  troops;  but  having  detached  the  largt  boat  further  in  shore,  1  suc- 

.cecded  in  dislodging  them  from  the  sand-bank,  behind  which  they  had  taken 
fheitvT,  and  I  was  foitunate  enough  to  get  the  privateer  off.     ^he  is  called  tkQ 

.))iipfc^iahle,  mouniB  14  ^uns,  12  ui  \^hich  arp  U^rcc  pounders,  and  two  9C( 


tSAZETTI    LtTTIR««  '407 

OlAe-pduDdeA.  Sh6  had  on  board  during  the  engsgemcnt-  about  60  mto,  9* 
mppears  by  her  log;  and  it  also  appears  she.  had  been  particularly  successful 
during  her  former  cruises.  The  Lark  has  suffered  in  her  hull  and  rigging,  but 
fortunately  had  no  men  killed  or  wounded.  The  enemy,  we  have  reason  to 
suppose,  from  the  stat<f  of  the  Teasel,  suffered  considerably  ;  and  seveial  men 
^rtte  killed  on  the  beach.  I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  Mr.  I'homas  GettinSi 
the  Master,  as  also  the  good  condu<ft  and  bravery  of  the  crew  of  the  iiark. 

1  have  tlK  honour  to  be,  &c.  &c.  ].  H.  WILSON^ 

ADMiaALTT-OrriCB,  MAT  5. 

I 

C^  ^/  "  Letter  fmm  Admiral  Sir  Hyde  Parker^  Commander  in  Chief  tf  bh 
Mttjeay*e  Ships  and  VeueU  at  Jamaica^  to  £van  Ne^ean^  Esj.  dated  in  Fort 
Meyai  HarSour,  the  20th  February  m 


SIK, 


I  have  the  honour  to  transmit  you  herewith  an  accoant  of  armed  vessels  and 
merchant  ships,  captured  and  destroyed  since  my  last  return,  by  his  Majesty's 
sqnadron  under  my  command,  which  I  desire  you  will  be  pleated  to  communis 
cate  to  my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty.     I  am,  Sir,  &c. 

H.  PARKER. 

[To  this  Letter  is  added  the  List  of  these  Tcssels,  consisting  of  twenty-three 
armed  vessels,  including  the  Hermione  frigate,  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
merchant  and  other  vessels.] 

ADMXRALTT-OrriCB,    MAT  3. 

Cvpj  rf  a  Letter  from  Vie^Admirat  Lard  Xeitb,  K.  B.  Commamder  in  Chief  of  bis 
ATajeay*t  Sh^t  in  the  Mediterranean^  to  Evan  Nepean^  £sf.  dated  Leghorn^  i^ 
Jtdareh. 


SIR 


MT  toaid.  Hit  Mitjtsty*t  Ship  Phmnin,  tff  Cape  Spartel,  Feb.  I  a. 

I  beg  leaTe  to  acquaint  your  Lordship,  that  his  Majesty's  ship  under  my 
command,  fin  company  with  the  Incendiary,}  captured  on  the  nth  inst.  off 
Cape  Spartei,  a  French  privateer  brig  named  L*£ole,  of  ten  guns,  and  eighty- 
nine  men ;  she  had  been  eight  days  from  Guelon,  m  Spain,  and  had  not  taken 
any  thing.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  ftc*.  L.  W*  HALST£D, 

^igbt  Hon.  Lord  Keith,  K  B,  \:ft. 

ADMtRALTT-OT^lCI,    MAT  j. - 

BxiroB  of  a  Letter  from  John  Tbomat  Duciiportb^  Es^.  Fear  Atfmirai  of  the  If^hi/e, 
to  Evan  Hepean,  Esq.  dated  on  board  bis  Majesty* s  Ship  Leviathan^  at  Gibraltar^ 
the  I  Itb  ultimo. 

On  the  5th  inst.  in  the  afternoon,  T  discovered  twelve  sail  from  the  mast-head, 
but  at  the  cIok  of  the  day  -could  ascertain  no  more  than  that  three  6r  four  were 
men  of  war ;  I  therefore!  attempted  to  anticipate  their  manceuvres,  that  I  might 
UX\  in  with  them  the  next  morning,  and  at  three  o'clock  we  crossed  en  one, 
whi^h  the  Kmerald  boarded «  from  her  T  learnt  that  she  had  sailed  on  the  3d 
inst.  with  thirteen  sail  under  convoy  of  three  frigates.  At  day^brcak  we  could 
only  see  a  brig,  which  wa«  so  nigh,  and  the  weather  itidined  to  be  calm,  that  I 
6ent  the  boats  of  the  Leviathan  and  Emerald  under  my  Second  Lieutenant, 
Gregory,  to  capture  her,  and  after  a  smart  skirmish  of  forty  minutes,  they  suc- 
ceeded ;  she  mounted  fourteen  guns,  \v^th  forty  six  men,  and  bound  to  Lima  ; 
by  this  time  we  saw  three  sail.  East,  West^  and  South,  in  consequence  the 
Swiftsure  being  much  to  levward,  1  made  her  signal  to  chaae  to  South,  the 
Mmerald  hatt,  and  stood  M  cstward  in  the  Leviathan,  with  a  very  light  air, 
when,  at  noon,  the  Emerald  made  the  signal  for  six  sail  in  the  North  East; 
this  induced  me  to  bUnd  dircAly  to  the  Eastward,  and  at  the  dose  of  the  day 


40it  dAlCTTE  lETTtfKI* 

wc  saw  nine  iatl  from  the  mait-head,  k  wai  tlien  netrly  calm,  tnd  eoottoBftS  i0 
fill  eleven  o'clock  P.  M.  when  a  freih  hreeae  gpning  up  from  the  South  Wett, 
and  I  steered  North  in  hopes  of  crossing  them ;  at  mtdnieht  we  obserred  three 
sail,  and  as  we  approached  them  fast,  at  two  o'clock  I  plamly  saw  two  of  them 
xvtre  frigates,  standing  to  the  N.  N.  W.  and  dote  together,  I  therefore  kept  on  a 
|)araUel  with  them,  and  proportioned  my  sail  to  thetrti  that  I  might  comnMiioe 
the  attack  just  before  day-break;  because  I  feared  the  TeMele«ndcr  their  convoy, 
(which  I  judged  must  be  near)  woold,  on  our  comnftacing  a  fire,  separate,  and 
we  might  lose  them  all ;  at  thu  time  the  Emerald  being  near,  I  nailed  and 
acquainted  Capt.  Waller  with  my  intentiofts.  At  dawn  of  day  I  bore  down 
upon  the  two  frigates,  which  evidently  had  taken  us  for  part  of  their  convoy, 
and  upon  hailing  one  of  them,  she  dire^ly  endeavoured  to  make  all  possible  sail, 
as  did  the  other  close  upon  her  bow,  on  which  I  direAed  a  volley  of  musquetry 
to  be  fired,  Concluding  they  would  strike;  but  this  nbt  having  the  desired  effed, 
I  gave  a  yaw,  and  discharged  all  the  guns  before  the  gangway  at  her  yards  and 
masts,  but  it  was  not  snccessful  in  bringing  any  of  them  down ;  at  this  time 
Capt.  Waller  rery  judiciotuly  shot  up  to  the  leeward  one,  and  in  a  few  minutes 
we  so  disabled  their  saiU  and  rigging,  that  on  my  beisff  in  a  position  to  ha^e 
fired  a  broadside  into  them  both,  they  stmck  their  cofeurs :  during  this  the 
Spaniards  kept  up  a  straggling  fire,  and  I  should  not  do  justice  to  their  Captains 
were  I  to  omit  saying  that  from  the  moment  they  discovered  us  to  be  enemies, 
they  used  the  greatest  exertions  to  get  off,  and  displayed  a  gallantry  in  com- 
mencing an  aSion  with  such  a  superior  force,  as  might  be  truly  termed  teme- 
rity, for  I  evidently  could  have  destroyed  them.  You  will  find  by  their  return 
of  killed  and  wounded,  they  sacrificed  many  lires.  It  was  near  half  past  five 
when  they  struck,  and  I  dire<^ly  made  the  £merald*s  signal  to  chase  tJie  third 
sail,  which  appeared  to  be  the  other  frigate ;  but  loon  after  discovering  seven 
more,  and  it  oein^  doubtful  whether  the  Emerald  (whose  copper  is  very  bad) 
would  come  up  with  the  frigate,  I  made  her  signal  to  attack  the  convoy,  which 
Capt.  Waller  m  a  very  ofiicer-Iike  manner  executed,  and  before  night  had  pos- 
session of  four  of  the  largest.  Ak  soon  as  1  had  secured  the  frigates,  and  pat 
them  in  a  state  to  make  sail,  which  took  near  two  hours,  I  gave  chace  to  the 
other  frigate,  but  after  four  hours  the  wind  dying  away,  ana  not  appearing  to 
guin  on  her  so  as  to  exped  success,  I  hauled  towards  tne  Emerald,  and  in  the 
afternoon  took  a  brig;  it  then  becoming  quite  calm,  and  continuing  so  till  after 
dark,  I  ;aw  no  more  of  the  enemy ;  and  the  next  day  joining  the  Emerald,  I 
made  for  this  port  with  the  prizes,  and  arrived  safe  with  them  all  the  loth  in 
the  morning,  when  1  found  the  Incendiary  had  arrived  the  previous  day 
with  two  of  the  stragglers  that  she  had  fortunately  picked  np  in  looking 
for  me.  In  this  transadion  I  trust  their  1  ord^hips  will  believe,  that  nothing 
in  my  power  was  left  undone  to  secure  the  whole  of  a  convoy  so  im- 
portant to  the  Spaniards.  The  two  captured  frigates  which  were  bound 
to  Lima  with  quicksilver,  are  completely  stored  for  such  a  voyage,  and 
recently  coppered.  On  board  of  the  Carmen  the  Archbishop  of  Buenos 
Ayres  was  a  passenger.  1  herewith  send  you  a  list  of  the  prlxes,  with  their 
force  and  destination. 

Mttvrn  of  two  SpanUh  Frlgatei  captured  by  the  Leviathan  and  EMurald  m  the  yti 

Afril^  l800. 

Carmen,  Don  Fraquin  Porcel,  Commander,  (commanding  the  Expedi- 
tion) of  36  guns,  340  men,  and  950  tons,  from  Cadiz  bound  to  Lima,  laden 
with  i,5CO  quintals  of  quick-silver,  sundries  of  cards,  and  four  twenty^four 
pound  guns  ;  stored  for  foreign  service,  and  vidualled  for  four  months ; 
newly  coppered  ;  weight  of  metal  tWelvc-pounders  ;  passengers  on  board, 
LI  ^enor  YJlustrissimo  Don  Pedro  Ynscencio  Eejarano,  Archbishop  of  Buenos 
Ayres. 

I'lorentia,  Don  Manuel  Norates,  Commander,  of  36  guns,  314  men,  and  950 
tons,  from  Cadiz,  bound  to  Lima,  laden  with  i  jcx>  quinuls  of  quick-silver, 
sundries  of  cards,  with  five  twenty-four  pound  gunsi  newly  coppered  and 
eoppcr-fastcned  J  passenger,  Don  Josef  fialcafino,  Official  Real 


tl^nnen,  i  Officer  and  lomen,  killed;  i6  men  wounded. 
Florcntia,  i  Officer  and  ii  meui  killed;  ist  and  id  Captain,  with  lo  med, 
wounded.  J.  T.  DUCKWORTR 

{ff^re  folkiws  a  Use,  cootaining  die  particvlatt  of  the  ii  mcrchanoiieB  taken, 
«n6  of  which  mounted  14  gnns  and  «x  swivels,  and  Carried  46  men ;  another 
had  foor  guns,  and  35  men  ;  a  third  had  eight  guns;  and  70  men  ;  another,  14 
guns,  afad  70  men ;  and  one  bad  32  guns,  and  18a  metN— all  of  which  aafely 
arrived  At  Gihraliar.] 

ADMIBALTr  OF»ICS,  MAT  lO. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  yiee- Admiral  Lord  Keitbf  Commander  inCbiefofbis  Mtijetiyi 
Sbi^  und  VesstU  im  tbe  u\dediterrtutean^  to  Evan  Nepa^n^  £sf.  dated  in  Leghorn 
Roadxy  tbe  xU  ^  April, 

am, 
1  have  the  honour  to  irfddse  to  you,  for  the  information  of  their  Lordships, 
m  fabt  of  merchant  vessels  captured  hj  the  ships  of  tUe  squadron' nhder  my  com- 
mand.    I  have  die  honour  to  be,  &c.  K£1TH. 

[Then  follows  the  list  of  vessels,  consisting  of  a  Spanish  brig  of  14  guns  and 
-44  moi,  and  twenty-two  other  Spanish,  French,  and  Genoese  vessels  captured, 
besides  one  destroyed  ;  together  with  five  English,  and  six  vessels  of  our  Allies, 
luoBptured.] 

ABMXaALTT-OPVlCB,   MA7  9. 

€^  of  anotbor  Lttttr  from  tbe  Right  Horn.  Lord  Keitb,  K.  B.   yiee- Admiral  of  the 
*     Jted,  and  Commatuhr  in  Chief  of  bis  Majeity^s  Ships  and  Vessels  in  the  Mediterra- 

nit/Hy  to  M^an  Nepean^  £if  •  dated  on  hoard  the  AmtaeioaSf  Leghorn  Road*^  tbe  ^d  tf 

April. 

sia, 
I  enclose  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Captain  Cockburne,  of  his  Majesty's  ship 
I  a  Minerve,  reporting  the  capture  of  the  Furct  French  privateer,  and  the  re- 
capture  of  an  English  veaiel  her  prize. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  KEITH. 

MV  Loan,  La  Minerve^  at  Sea,  tbe  2d  of  Mareb, 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  your  Lordship,  that  his  Majesty's  ship  under  my 
command  captured  this  morning  Le  Furet  French  brig  privateer,  of  14  euna 
and  So  men,  belonging  to  Nantes,  out  seventeen  days,  has  only  taken  the  Alert, 
of  North  Yarmouth,  which  we  have  retaken. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c  GEORGE  COCKBURNE. 

no  Right  Bon.  Lord  Keith^  K.  B,  tfo, 

ADMIftALTT-OrriCl,  MAT  9. 

Copy  of  another  Letter  from  Vice- Admiral  Lord  Keitb^  Commander  in  Chiof  of  bis 
Majetty's  Ships  and  Vessels  in  tbe  MetRterranean^  to  £van  Nopean^  Esq,  dated  in 
JLeghom  Bbods^  $d  of  April. 

SIR, 

1  request  that  you  wilT  lay  before  their  Lordships  the  enclosed  letters  from 
Captain  Austen,  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  the  Pettcrell,  to  Captain  Oliver,  of  hia 
Majesty's  ship  Merma*.d,  and  from  Captain  Oliver  to  me,  reporting  the  capture 
of  one  French  vessel  of  war,  and  the  driving  on  shore  of  two  others. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c.  'KEITH. 

MT  £ORD,  J\/fermaidf  Afabon,  l^tb  March* 

I  have  the  honour  to  enclose  your  Lordship  a  letter  from  Captain  Austen,  9^ 
-the  Pettoreily  wh«»  is  compaay  with  his  Majetty's  ah^  under  my  commaBd,  on 


4(^ 


^AZtrfS    LtTflllB. 


the  erening  dTcheititintttnt,  captured  Lt  Ligurienne,  French  brl^  of  war»  of 
t4  Hx-pounders,  and  two  thirty-six  pounder  howiuers,  and  drove  awaj  the  Ccrf 
jhip  corvette  of  the  nme  force,  at  well  aa  the  Joiliet  zebccque,  of  six  tix-poundera, 
and  thirty  men,  in  the  north-eatt  part  of  the  Bay  of  Maraeillet,  and  not  more 
than  aix  niile«  from  that  town,  alter  a  well  contested  adion  of  more  than  an 
hour  and  aa  half,  within  noint  blank  ihot  of  two  batteries,  and  u  one  time  the 
PcttereU*!  stem  touched  tnc  rocka,  where  the  stopped  for  a  few  minutes.  It  m 
impo«iblc  for  me  to  express  in  terms  strong  enough,  the  gallant  condndl  of 
Captain  Austen,  bis  Officers  and  ship**  companj,  on  this  occasioni  in  a  concest 
against  so  superior  a  force ;  for,  havinr  desired  Captain  Austen  the  evening 
before  to  keep  close  in  shore  by  way  of  deception,  (and  by  which  meansthe  two 
▼essels  Uden  with  com»  mentioned  in  Cnptam  Austen*s  letter,  were  uken  in  the 
morning,)  the  Mermaid  was  so  far  to  lee^srard  aa  to  be  able  to  afford  but  little 
assistance,  ufltil  the  brig  was  completely  beaten. 
t  think  La  lignrienne  will  be  round  well  adapted  for  his  Majesty*s  service, 

J  have  the  honour  to  be,  dec. 
^  Hm,  Urd  Kaih^  K,  £.  l^c.  R.  D.  OUVER. 


sf«,  feifereB,  ^  Sea^  Mmrth  %1L 

I  have  to  inform  yon,  that  the  vessels  whh  which  vou  saw  me  engaged  ye^ 
terday  afternoon,  near  Cape  Couronne,  were  a  snip,  brig»  and  xebecque, 
belonging  to  the  French  Republic  ;  two  of  which,  tne  ship  and  xcbecque,  1 
drove  on  shore,  and  after  a  running  adion  of  abont  ode  hour  and  an  half,  during 
which  we  were  not  more  than  a  cable's  length  from  the  shore,  and  frequently 
toot  half  that  distance,  the  third  struck  her  colours.  On  taking  possession  found 
be^  to  be  La  Ligurienne,  French  brig  of  war,  mounting  14  six-paunders»  two 
thirtv-six  pounder  howitsers,  all  brass,  commanded  by  Citizen  Francis  Auguste 
Pelaoon,  Lieutenant  de  Vaisscau,  and  had  on  board  at  the  commencement  of 
the  adtion  104  men.  Though  from  the  spirited  conduA  and  alacrity  of  Lieu- 
tenant Packer,  Mr.  Thompson,  the  Master,  and  Mr.  Hill,  the  Purser  (who 
verj  handsomely  vohinteered  his  services  on  the  main-deck),  joined  to  the 
galfaDtry  and  determined  courage  of  the  rest  of  the  Officers,  seamen,  and 
marines,  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  under  my  command,  1  was  happily  enabled  to 
bring  the  contest  to  a  favourable  issue  ;  yet  I  could  not  but  feel  the  want,  and 
regret  the  absence  of  my  First  Lieutenant  Mr.  Glover,  the  Gunner,  and  thirty 
tncn,  who  were  at  the  time  away  in  prizes.  I  have  a  lively  pleasure  in  adding, 
that  this  service  has  been  performed  without  a  man  hurt  on  our  part,  and  wifli 
no  other  damage  to  the  ship  than  four  of  our  carronades  dismounted,  and  a  few 
shots  through  the  sails. 

La  Ligurienne  is  a  very  fine  vessel  of  the  kind,  well  eautpped  with  stores  of  all 
sorts,  in  excellent  repair,  and  not  two  years  old ;  is  ouut  on  a  peculiar  plan, 
being  fastened  tliroughout  lyith  screw  bolts,  so  as  to  be  taken  to  pieces  and 
set  lip  again  with  ease,  and  is  said  to  have  been  intended  to  follow  Bonaparte  to 
Egypt.  1  learn  from  the  prisoners,  that  the  ship  is  called  Lc  Ccrf.  mounting 
14  SIX  pounderii,  and  the  xeDccaue  1  e  Joiliet,  mounting  s\x  six  poundcn  }  that 
they  had  sailed  in  company  witn  a  convoy  Ttwo  of  which,  as  per  margin*,  1 
captured  in  the  forenoon)  that  morning  from  Cette  for  Marseilles.  1  inclose  a 
list  of  the  killed  and  wounded,  as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  ascertain  it  And 
am,  &c.  F,  W,  AUSTEN. 

H.  D,  Oliver,  Etq,  Captain  ofh'u  MaJtttyU  Ship  Mermaui. 

^ehtrm  pf  KiUed  and  Wtmded  in  an  AHion  iefxveen  bit  BriMannu  AtaJeOy^s  Sloop 
Pttterellt  Francis  William  Austen,  Esq.  Cunmander,  and  the  Frentk  ^atitnal  Brig 
X'  Lignriennef  commamdrd  ly  Citinen.  Francis  Angmste  FdiAon^  Ueutenant  de 
yaisseau, 

Petterell— None  killed  or  wounded. 

La  Ligurienne — The  Captain  and  one  eeanum  killed  ;  one  garde  marine  and 
wounded. 


*  French  bark  f  name  unknown],  laden  wi(h  wheat,  abour  250  tons ;  sbandooedby  the 

fw. 

A  French  bombaide  (oame  unknown)*  laden  with  whtat«  ab<«t  ijA  tons ;  ktt  by  (be 


NIGHT  ACTION, 
In  Algoa  Bay^  to  the  Eastward  of  the  Capi  ^Good  Hope,  %oih  September, 

WE  have  been  favoured  with  lome  pardculan  of  an  attack  made  Vf  La 
Preoevae  French  frigate,  of  46  g^^  on  Ins  Majeatjr'a  sloop  of  war  Rattlesnake, 
of  16  guns,  and  Camel  store-ship,  of  14  guns,  lying  at  anchor  in  Algoa  Bay, 
with  stores,  &c.  for  the  use  of  the  army,  under  command  of  General  Dundas, 
who  had  marched  a  body  of  troops  into  the  interior  of  the  country,  to  suppress  a 
rsTolt  among  the  Cafirees, 

The  aAion  refleds  the  more  merit  on  these  ships,  as  both  Captains,  and  about 
fifteen  men  from  each,  were  on  duty  ashore  ;  and  were  prevented  by  bad  wea- 
ther from  returning  00  board  until  some  hours  after  the  conclusion  :  the  com- 
mand in  consequence  devolved  on  Lieutenant  William  Fothergill,  First  of  the 
Rattlennake,  to  whom,  and  his  brave  ship's  company,  the  greatest  praise  is  due, 
for  their  truly  ratlant  oonchi^,  and  arduous  perseverance,  in  contending  tor 
j7»  hwrs  and  an  half,  with  an  enemy  so  far  superior  in  force,  more  than  half  that 
time  sustaining  the  contest  aUne^  being  deprived  of  the  assistance  of  the  Camel, 
by  an  unlucky  shot  she  received,  that  obliged  her  men  to  go  to  the  pumps. 

This  adion  took  place  in  sight  of  the  British  camp,  on  the  evening  of  the  totlt 
of  September  last. 

An  Eztrad  of  a  letter  from  the  Cape  gives  the  following  account  of  the 
affair : 

*'  The  enemy  was  seen  about  four  o*clock  in  the  afternoon  under  Danish 
colours,  steering  N.  W.  She  continued  bn  this  tack  until  near  sun-set,  when 
she  altered  her  course,  and  stood  in  for  the  Bay.  About  seven  o'clock  the 
Success  schooner  ran  under  the  stern  of  the  Rattlesnake,  saying,  she  had  sailed 
round  the  stranee  ship,  and  had  hailed  her,  but  received  no  answer,  and 
informed  them,  we  was  a  Urge  French  frigate  ;  that  they  counted  fifteen  ports 
^side  on  her  main  deck.  His  Majesty's  sloop  on  this  made  signal  to  the  Camel 
for  an  enemy,  cleared  ship  for  adion,  and  got  springs  fixed  on  her  cables.  A 
little  before  nine  o'clock,  it  being  nearly  dusk,  the  enemy  comine  down  under 
easy  sail,  brought  up  at  about  three  cable's  length  on  the  Rattlesnake's  bow,  and 
wore  away  to  a  cable  and  an  half.    . 

'*  At  this  time  a  shot  was  fired  from  the  Rattlesnake  under  the  frigate's  stem, 
of  which  she  did  not  take  any  notice  ;  but  from  her  manoeuvres,  &c.  it  was 
suspeded  she  intended  boarding.  To  frustrate  their  design,  a  broadside  was 
inmiediately  given  from  the  Rattlesnake,  and  was  as  soon  returned  by  the 
frigate  hoisting  a  French  jack  at  her  m^en  peak ;  the  adion  thus  commenced 
with  a  very  brisk  fire,  which  was  shortly  after  supported  by  the  Camel  \  the 
cannonade  continuing  very  warm  pn  all  sides  until  midnight,  when  the  Camel*» 
ilre  slackened  considerably,  and  was  soon  after  silenced  :-*the  enemy  perceiving 
this,  changed  her  position  to  bring  her  broadside  on  the  RattlesnsuLe,  and  re* 
liewed  the  contest  until  half  past  three  in  the  morning ;  she  then  slipped  her 
cable,  and  removed  to  another  part  of  the  Bay,  apparently  in  a  disabled  state,  to 
refit.  She  was  seen  at  eleven  o'clock  A.  M.  under  her  courses  and  close  reefed 
main  topsail,  from  which  it  was  supposed  she  was  damaged  in  her  masts. 

**  We  are  happy  to  state  the  loss  to  his  Majesty's  ships,  considering  the  unusual 
length  of  the  adion,  was  much  less  than  could  have  been  ezpeded— the  Rattle- 
snake having  the  carpenter  and  two  seamen  killed,  and  several  wounded  ;  all 
*her  masts  and  bowsprit  wounded,  besides  receiving  eight  shot  between  win4 
and  water     The  Camel  six  men  wounded. 

**  1  he  enemy's  anchor  and  cable  was  got  upby  the -Rattlesnake  some  day« 
after. 

**  La  Prcneuse  is  well  known  in  the  Eastern  seas,  and  is  now  the  largest  ship 
of  war  the  French  have  left  on  that  station,  being  a  similar  frigate  to  La  Forte, 
captured  by  the  much-lamented  Captain  Cooke,  lite  of  hn  Majesty's  ship  La 
Sybille.  She  belongs  to  the  Mauritius  squadron,  and  has  done  more  damage  to 
our  trade  than  any  ship  the  enemy  had  in  that  quarter.  She  captured  .the 
Raymond  and  Woodcote  Indiamen  in  ^I'ellicherry  Roads,  in  April  1798,  beside) 
many  other  vessels  ol  considerable  value. 


412  KIGHT    ACTION    IN    ALOOA   B4Y«    ' 

**  La  Preneuse  had  on  board  when  %he  raptured  the  aboire  ahips  forty-al^ 
guns,  viz.  thirty  twenty-four  pounders» eight  nioes,  and  eight  thirty-eight  poan4 
carronadeii,  with  about  4':o  men. 

*'  Tbp  Rattlesnake,  who  had  to  coD^ad  with  thti  great  force,  mounts  only 
aixteen  six-pounderi,  and  two  imall  carronades,  and  had  at  the  time  only  91 
men  on  botfd.'* 


NSfT  INFENTIONS. 

At  Chichf&ter,  on  the  10th,  was  launched  the  new  veiKl  coottrnAe4  by  thtt 
ingenious  Captain  Gowaa,  which  is  to  carry  five  matta,' and  to  exceed  in  celerity 
every  vcmcI  hitherto  construded.  About  eleven  o'clock,  A.  M.  a  great  con- 
eourse  of  spedators  had  colle<5led  at  Uchenor,  a  small  village  oq  the  Chichester 
ftiver,  where  the  vessel  was  built,  and  by  twelve  the  opposite  shores  of  Bosham* 
liard  and  Chedham-Hard  were  completely  lined  At  a  quarter  past  twelve, 
the  signal  being  given,  she  descended  gradually  into  the  water  in  a  majestic 
manner,  amid&t  the  shouts  and  well  wishes  of  thousands.  AoMHig  the  company 
present  were  Jiis  Grace  the  Duke  of  Richmond,  and  a  large  party  of  his  friends  ; 
General  Lenox  and  Lady  ;  several  Captains  and  Officers  of  die  Royal  Navy 
from  i^ortsmouth,  &c  &c.  The  bottle  was  thrown  by  Captain  Allen  Chat* 
field,  with  an  ardour  that  bespoke  his  hearty  good  wishes  for  her  succen  i  an^ 
the  exclamations  of  "  Success  to  theTRAVsir"  resounded  (rem  all  qiuarters. 
h  is  the  intention  of  Captain  Gower,  the  inventor,  to  have  a  trial  of  skill  with 
one  of  our  best  sailing  frigates,  s^^d  immediately  afterwards  to  proceed  19  the 
Thames. 

A  trial  has  been  made  at  Woolwich,  under  the  directions  of  the  Board 
pf  Ordnance,  In  the  presence  of  several  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  and  a  Com- 
mittee of  Field  Officers,  of  two  twenty-four  pounder  guns,  mounted  upon  % 
patent  gun-carriage,  latclv  constru«5tcd  by  Mr.  John  Cover,  of  Rotherhithe, 
upon  an  entire  ntw  principle,  for  the  sea  service,  one  of  which  was  fired  nineteen 
rounds  at  the  tarpfct  in  the  short  space  of  nineteen  minutes,  with  admirable 
j^ed,  and  was  capable  of  performing  with  much  more  quickness.  The  other 
was  fired  from  the  battery  at  the  water  side,  for  the  purpa^  of  ascertaining  the 
]*ange  of  the  shot,  which,  to  the  astonishment  of  every  Officer  presetit,  made  a 
range  of  two  thousand  yards,  though  the  charge  of  powder  was  but  four  pounds, 
and  the  elevation  but  one  degree.  The  Officers  universally  expressed  their 
entire  satisfav5^ion  of  this  experiment  of  an  invention  which  appears  to  be  th^ 
^xost  perfe(^  of  th.e  kind  ever  discovered. 

The  following  invention  we  conceive  might  be  rendered  highly  useful  oi^ 
fhipboard : — 

A  patent  was  granted  in  November  last  to  Mr.  James  Fussell,  of  Mills,  iq 
Somersetshire,  iron  maiTufa&urer ,  and  to  Mr.  Jamps  Douglass,  of  Church-street, 
Surry,  engineer  i  for  ap  apparatus  composed  pf  chains,  wheels,  rollers,  and 
cnndu(5^or$,  for  the  purpose  of  lesscping  fri^ion  in  raising  heavy  bodies.  The 
principal  invention  here  claimed  is,  in  tLe  invenHon  of  a  new  and  rather  com- 
plex chain,  which  will  pnite  the  qualities  cf  convenience  and  durability.  Thu( 
chain  is  composed  in  each  link  of  a  square  nut  with  projedions  at  each  extre- 
mity, upon  which  two  plain  clain  links  hock  on,  and  which  are  confined  by 
^eys  over  the  whole,  which  screw  to  the  nut  and  keep  all  tight.  The  nut  an^ 
imall  links  may  be  made  of  cast  iron  ;  the  keys  are  wiopght. 

The  chain,  when  in  motion,  revolves  roMuH  a  wheel,  at  the  extremity  of 
^hfch  is  an  iron  plinth,  which  is  furnished  with  alternate  depressions,  each  o{ 
which  corresponds  with  a  projection  in  thf  nut  of  each  link  of  the  chaJA* 
thereby  the  chain  and  the  w^eol  run  upon  each  other,  in  the  same  manner  i\ 
two  ^K heels  work  in  the  other,  and  with  the  same  effed.  3x  this  metho.dmuc]^ 
of  the  fridion,  often  necessary  to  work  wheels  \)y  a  common  rope-chain  vhei^ 
Stretched  ti^ht,  is  saved,  and  less  adjustment  required;  and  therefore  such  ^ 
contrivance  as  the  present  may  be  adopted,  where  a  %T^^t  FQW^  it  ^o  be  QW^ 
as  in  cranes,  chain-pupips,  tus^ug-lathe«|  a^d  the  like* 


[  .4*3    ]       ' 
MONTHLY  REGISTER 

OF 

ji^Oal  <S!bmtg. 

mSSm 


COMB  9ontlcm«n  Qooctro^d  In  the  Cod  Fiibery,  »t  Harwich,  hatra  lately 
eqfi|g«d  in  tlM  Turbot  Fiihery,  in  which  there  are  great  hopet  of  its  anfwerisg 
Ihqir  moft  tanguine  espedations,  two  tmackt  haviag  arrived  with  great 
Yojagci :  as  the  Mtahlithment  of  thit  fiihery  it  of  a  natiooal  concern,  we  troat 
the  JU^slature  wiU  give  it  every  necetaarf  encouragement,  by  prohibiting  the 
importaCMn  of  tnrbo^  in  foreign  veatels.  It  ia  well  known  that  the  Dntch  for* 
inerly  rftnoBcd  frMA  SiUing^ate  not  iMt  (hao  lipooL  a  year. 

MARINE  SOaBTV. 

Tho  gi«at  national  ben^fiti  which  ha^e  resnitod  from  thit  Society,  have  pained 
to  it  the  anpport  of  the  first  charadkert  in  the  kingdom,  at  well  at  the  admiration 
•ad  gntitnde  of  aU  rankt.  The  foUowing  plan  it  inbmitted  to  the  Govemort : 
i*-*Tq  apply  to  Government  to  attitt  theniln  bnilding  vetaelt,  to  be  employed  in 
the  coatt  and  home  fiahoriet,  to  be  navigated  by  the  Marine  Society  boyt,  with 
proper  penont  on  board  tkilled  in  the  fitheriet.  Theae  veaaela  to  be  attached  to 
pardcnlar  porta  of  the  coast,  where  fiah  ia  not  in  general  carried.  Veaaela  might 
wpptf  Bwcz  and  Kent  through  Tilbury  and  Graveaend.  The  fiah  to  be  aold  t^ 
•^M:rydcacriptionof  pcraooa  by  the  Marine  Society 'a  agenta,  to  prevent  the  fiah* 
mongert  monopoliauig  it* 

The  capture  of  the  Goillatwie  Tell  wat  the  only  remaining  thip  that  etcapcd 
'      taluBB  by  Lord  Kelaon  at  the  memorable  battle  of  the  Mile. 


JUAUNCHING  OF  THE  SPENCER. 

On  thn  loth  of  May,  one  of  the  finett  thipa  of  two  decka  in  the  Royal  Navy, 
waslanoched  from  Mr.  Adtm't  Dock,  at  Buckler't  Hard.  But  at  Earl  Spencer 
did  not  come,  at  wat  eipededi  to  name  her,  the  wat  chrittened  the  Spemcer, 
by  Sir  CharlM8azton,a  Conmiiationer  of  the  Navy,  end  retident  at  Portsmouth. 
8ht  went  off  eatremdy  well,  and,  although  the  weather  wat  unfavourable,  k 
great  company  wat  attembled  on  the  occation.  Among  thote  persona  of  dit* 
tinAion  who  dined  with  Sir  CharleaSazton  on  beard  the  Commiationer't  yaeht, 
were  Sir  John  Borltte  Warren  and  hit  Lady»  General  and  Mrt.  Whitelocke^ 
Mrt.  Admiral  Milbanke,  &c. 

The  company  returned  by  water  in  the  afternoon.  Had  the  weather  been 
fine,  thit  Naval  Spedade  would  have  been  very  beautiful  and  interetting. 

LIMA  CONVOY. 

Admiral  Duckworth  hat  been  extremely  fortunate  in  falling  in  with  ^it 
tfODVoy,  and  the  Captaina  of  hia  little  aquadron  no  leaa  ao.  The  A  dmiral  and  hit 
Captain  (Carpenter)  were  I.ieutenanta  to  the  noble  Earl  St.  Vincent,  and  atea- 
dily  attached  tbemaelvea  to  hb  fortune.  When  thia  Nobleman  waa  Sir  John 
Jarvia,  and  unemployed,  ao  were  these  meritoraoua  Officert.  They  accompanied 
their  gallant  Commander  to  the  Wett  indict,  on  the  tocceaaful  expedition  againat 
the  i''rencb  lalanda,  when  Sir  Charles  Grey  diaplayed  so  much  ttill  and  intrepi- 
dity. It  ia  with  much  pleaaore  we  inform  the  friends  of  these  deaerving  Officera, 
that,  from  the  beat  information,  we  are  assured  Admiral  Duckworth*a  share  of 
the  prize  money  will  amount  td  75,oc»i.  and  that  of  the  Captaina  to  zsfiodL 
each.    {See  page  407.)* 

Advice  from  Leghorn,  April  4,  atatea,  that  I..ord  Keith  had  then  hoiatedhia 
^ag  on  board  the  Audachui^  of  74  guns,  and  900  men,  commanded  by  Captain. 

QIaU  IlL  31 


414  MONTBLr  RldlSTtR 

Oat  t D.  After  talcinv  twtntf4aeT  field-piecet  on  board,  hit  Lordiliip  iaifed  fyf 
tl»e  coMt  of  GliUMf  witA  'tome  EngUih  frigates  aod  traiiaports  conTejing  troopi, 
ammunition,  and  proviaont. 

On  the  I  ith  ult.  ac  eleren  o'clock,  the  following  official  intelligence  wai 
recciTcd  at  Leghorn  from  lionl  Keith,  dated  f^aJt^  April  8  :•« 

"  On  the  jth  of  April,  jL  arrived  at  Seacri  and  Qointo.  The  povtiont  of 
Recco  and  Poggi  had  preTiouily  been  taken  by  the  fmperialiits.  I  nude  a 
feint  attack  on  Qntnto,  with  the  Aadaciout.  On  the  6th,  the  French  were 
^isleated  near  Nervi.  On  the  yth^  I  heard  a  Tiolent  canncmade,  proceedine  from 

commaDd, 


Sawm,  whither  I  niled  with  a  dirition  of  the  fleet  under  mj  coaMnand,  and 
fbaad  General  Mcha  already  in  poaacwion  of  the  city  of  SaTooa,  but  not  of  the 
cicadet  Hm  Iok  has  been  inconoderable.  Maaaena  is  near  Genoa,  with 
X^^oco  nun,,  and  hi<  lituation  it  de^>erate.  A  diTiaion  of  my  fleet  cruises  off 
'  GdBoa.  General  Ott  is  in  povetsion  of  Torriglia  {6vc  miles  from  Genoa),  but 
Generals  Gotteiheim  and  Aiper  have  been  repulsed,  and  the  latter  is  mid  to 
have  been  made  prisoner." 

An  instance  of  gallantry  occurred  last  week,  which  even  at  this  period  of 
resplendaat  achievement,  doMrves  to  be  recorded* — The  Union  cotter  havtm^ 
chased,  iome  small  crait  to  the  coast  of  France,  observed  two  brigs  close  in  wiu 
a  battery,  which  on  her  approaching  commenced  a  heavy  fin.  LieuaensBl 
Rowed,  who  commanded  toe  Union,  perceived  from  the  nature  ol  his  gani» 
that  he  should  be  worsted  at  a  carronade,  and  not  liking  to  be  beat  from  his  ob* 
jed,  unless  convinced  of  its  impraAicability,  manned  his  two  boats,  aad«  asaitrad 
oy  Lieutenant-Colonel  ^^—  and  the  Honourable  Major  C.  who  were  on  a 
cruise  with  him,  rowed  in  such  diredion,  that,  covered  fronvthe  battery  by  the 
hrigs,  he  boarded  and  c^t  them  both  out.  We  however  regret  to  add,  that  on 
examination  of  their  papers,  they  proved  to  be  neutrals. 

The  Admiralty  and  Navy  Boards  are  making  a  survey  of  the  several  dock- 
yards ]  they  have  visited  Deptford  and  Woolwich,  and  superannuated  a  great 
many  aged  and  infirm  'persons  employed  therein ;— >they  are  daily  looked  for  at 
Chatham.    It  is  eight  years  since  the  last  inspedion. 

The  Admiralty  have  empowered  Earl  St.  Vincent,  as  Commander  in  Chief  of 
the  grand  Channel  fleet,  to  order  Courts  Martial,  and  to  put  their  sentence  in 
execution  without  delay,  or  report  to  the  Admiralty,  or  any  higher  authority. 
This  privilege  belongs  of  course  to  the  Commanders  in  Chief  upon  every 
other  station,  but  has  not  usually  been  included  in  the  commission  for  the 
Channel  fleet,  on  account  of  the  quick  intercourse  between  that  station  and  the 
Admiraky. 

.   Admiral  Dickson,  in  consequence  of  hearing  that  .die  Dutch  fleet,  of  five  sail 
pf  the  line,  Mrere  at  sea,  saikd  froni  Yarmouth  on  the  6th  of  May. 


PLYMOUTH  REPORT, 

raoai  avbil  a2   to  mat  15. 

^pril  23.  WIND  S.  W.  Flying  Clouds.  Arrived  the  Swift  cotter,  from 
Guernsey. 

24.  Wind  S.  E.  Fair  and  Mild.  Arrived  the  Russell,  74  fwat.  Captain 
Sawyer,  from  olf  Brest,  to  land  her  sick  men  at  the  Royal  Hospital.  Also  the 
Alcmeoe,  3  a  guns.  Captain  i  4gby,  to  wait  for  orders.  Passed  to  the  westward, 
Admiral  Sir  A  Oardoer,  v^ith  thirty-six  sail  of  the  line,  aod  all  the  troop  ships, 
fpr  Lisbon.     I  ord  Bridport  remains  with  six  sail  of  the  line. 

15.  Wind  N.  N.  W^  Cloudf .  A  letter  from  an  Officer  of  the  Dryad  frigate, 
^6  gnns,  dated  Milford  Haven,  the  10th  instant,  states,  that  she  and  the  Revo- 
lutionaire,  44  gaos,  hsrd  arrived  there  in  great  distress,  after  a  most  fatiguinr 
and  perUoys  cruise.  The-  Dryad  sailed  from  Cork  to  gain  her  cruising  ground 
the  id  instant,  but  was  baflled  by  continual  hurricanes,  which  carried  away  her 
fore  yard,  and  damaged  the  ringing  much.  She  was  on  the  point  of  retunung 
when  she  fall  in  with  J  .a  Rdvoluiiunairc  in  the  greatest  distress,  having  kat  hex 


OF  KATAL    £T£NT8«  415 

Vttdder,  and  received  other  damtge.  The  Dr^ad  atuck  by  her,  and  gave  her 
t^Tj  assistance  till  the  13th,  when  both  were  cl-w  in  with  Cork,  and  'WXiuld 
liaYe  anthored  in  an  hour.  A/lisfortune  itill  attended  them,  as  it  blew  an  hard 
gale  off  shore,  and  obliged  them  to  bear  away  for  Plymouth.  The  14th  .the 
wind  headed  them,  and  they  could  not  weather  Scilly  or  fetch  Cork.  ^  Thej 
then  were  oUiged  to  drift,  nnder  storm  stay  sails,  up  St.  George's  Channel. 
On  the  momine  of  the  i^h,  they  found  themselves  close  in  with  the  rocks  off 
Waterford.  The  Revolutionaire  having  lost  her  mdder  could  neither  wear  or 
itay ;  she  made  signals  of  distress,  when  the  Dryad  got  out,  and  pissed  on  board 
her,  a  stream  cable,  and  tried  to  tew  her  off  the  land  ;  when  the  cable  unfortu- 
nately parted,  and  nearly  killed  eleven  seamen.  The  Dryad  then  bore  away, 
uid  supposed  the  Revolotionaire  was  wrecked ;  but  contrary  to  tboir  exp&du- 
tion  on  ooard  the  Dryad,  through  the  interposition  of  Divine  Provideoce,  and 
the  imcemmon  etertions  of  the  Officers  and  crew,  the  wind  shifttop,  the  Revo-^ 
lutionaire  hauled  off  shore,  and  both  ships  arrived  in  safety  at  Milford  Haven 
the  J  9th  instant,  after  experiencing  one  of  the  most  tempescnous  cruises  the 
oldest  seamen  on  board  both  ships  ever  saw. 

•  %6.    Winds.  B.  Fav«    ^ 

27.  Wind  S.  E.  Fair.  This  morning  the  signal  was  made  at  Maker  Tower 
for  a  fleet  with  an  Admiral.  At  noon,  Admiral  Harl  St.  Vincent,  with  seven 
aail  of  the  Knc,  passed  the  port  to  the  westward.  Arrived  the  Alcmene  friga*« 
from  a  cnnse  ;  Viper  cutter  from  a  cvnise  ;  and  L*Aventurier,  18  guns,  witn  a 
convoy^  from  the  westward.  Arrived  La  Nereide,  with  empty  viduallcrs,  from 
Torbay. 

28.  Wind  S.  W.  Rain.  Arrived  the  Sea  Gull,  t8  f^ns,  from  a  cruise. 
Bailed  the  Dolly  cutter,  with  dispatches  from  the  fleet,  which  she  left  all  weU  on 
Saturday  off  Brest.    Also  the  Unicom,  32  guns,  on  a  cruise. 

29.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Went  down  into  Cawsan4  Bay,  the  Edgar,  74  gnns» 
Captain  Buller.  Orders  came  down  this  day  for  X^  Kereide  to  viduju  for 
foreign  service. 

30.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  the  Straits,  the  IauIui,  14  ^ns,  Lie o» 
tenant  Banks,  wi^  dispatches  for  the  Admiralty,  from  k ear- Admiral  Dock- 
worth,  stating  his  having  fallen  in  with,  in  the  Straits, from  Carthagenato  Lima^ 
the  annual  fleet  with  one  hundred  and  fifty  tons  of  quicksilver.  Arrived  the 
Nordyfit,  Torrager,  from  Charante,  bound  to  Altona,  with  brandies,  detained 
and  sent  in  by  the  Diamond,  36  guns,  Caj>tain  Griffiths.  Also  the  Telegraph » 
x8  guns.  Lieutenant  Conellis,  from  a  cruise. 

May  I.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  the  St.  Fiorenso,  44  ^ns,  from  oon« 
voying  the  Lisbon  fleet.  Also  a  French  brig  with  oundries,  prases  to  the  Dia- 
mond frigate,  and  the  Havick,  18  guns,  from  a  cruise. 

S.    Wind  S.  E.  Showery. 

3.  Wind  S.  W.  Hard  Rain.  Arrived  L*£miiie  schooner  letter  of  marque, 
with  wine  and  oil,  prize  to  the  Fisgard,  48  guns,  Captain  T.  B.  Martin,  and  the 
Cambrian,  44,  Hon.  Captain  Legge.  Arrived  Mm  Oporto,  with  wines,  the 
Liberty,  Sly  :  she  left  the  fleet  all  well  off  this  port  this  morning  under  convoy 
of  the  Argo,  44  guns,  Captain  Bowen.  WehK^  into  Cawsand'Bay,  the-Atlas^ 
98  guns,  Captain  Jones,  having  repaired  the  damages  she  received  in  striking 
on  the  East  reef  of  the  shoals  of  St^  Nicholas  Island.  •.  * 

4.  Wind  N.  W.  Flying  Clonds.  Arrived  La  Vai^geu^ letfe^  of  hrarque,  of 
14  guns,  and  75  men,  prize  to  the  Anson,  44  gotis,  Capum  Durham.  •  When  she 
left  the  Anson,  she  was  firing  at  a  French  fri«rate;  of  36^ns,*^dnd  fdll  of  men. 
The  Anson  has  on  board  raOO  letters  frOrti  the  outward-boiind  East  India  fleet, 
which  he  saw  as  far  as  lat.  3Qf  allwell.  This  miming  the  Bs<y  cutter,  A.  Fra- 
cer,  off  Penlee  Point,  picked  up  a  raft  of  one  hunted  and  tfaoiity  ankers  of 
brandy ;  and  Mr.  Beiwden,  of  Cawsand,  at  the  same  time  pikked  np  |t  raft  of  one 
hnndred  and  twenty  ankers  of  brandy  ;  both  sunk  to  prevent  Huling  into  the 
hands  of  our  croiseis.    Both  rafts  were  towed  safe  t&  thoGuHom  fiouse  Quvfi 

5.  Wind  N.  £.  Blows  Hard.  Passed  up  several  of  the  Jamaica  fleets 
Artived  from\Cork  three  vessels  with  bntter  and  pcovitibns,  a'-tenonable 


4^6  MdimrtT  ttGitnt 

•upply  at  thti  moment.  Went  down  Chanaet  the  tntfhtd-hoohd  Weit  laJSt 
fleet  all  well  ArriTed  from  Portsmomh,  the  Prince^  9S  gnnti  Rear*AdfflInl 
Cotton.    Paated  up  a  conroy  from  Cork,  for  die  Downn 

6.  Wind  £.  N.  E.  Blowi  a  Gale.  Paated  by  for  Gibraltar  the  StraiU  cMvoy* 
Arrived  from  the  Downs  La  Loire,  48  ^m.  AIm>  the  Havick,  18  g«n%  kwm 
a  cruiae.  Bj  the  latest  accounts  from  Moriats  it  appaarsi  that  the  mock  Ad- 
miralty have  recalled  all  their  small  privatcerai  at  is  supposed  far  the  pnrpati  if 
manning  their  fleet  at  Brett.  Arrived  a  convoy  from  the  eaatwavd.  This 
morning  the  Thomas,  Vernon,  with  culm,  from  Swansea,  lying  in  6c 
Germain's  Lake,  was  discovered  burnt  to  ihc  water's  edge.  Seven  of  the  crew 
were  saved  by  a  barge  accidentally  lying  alongside  to  wait  a  change  af  wind. 
Mr.  Rooke  the  owner,  and  Mr.  Vernon  the  master,  were  bomt  ta  ashes  in  the 
cabin.  Arrived  La  Revolutionaire,  44  guns,  from  MiUord  Uaveai  to  Mp«ir» 
and  the  Fanny  lugger,  Lieutenant  Frizseil,  from  the  Down. 

7.  Wmd  E.  M.  E.  Fkir.  Sailed  for  Cork,  the  Phmke,  )6,  Captahi  BaHow ; 
Kangaroo,  18 ;  and  Thomas,  Tworrig,  for  tha  tame  port.  MM  Che  Mmde,' 
36  guns,  Ci4>tain  Watkma,  for  Cork,  to  take  the  Wcat  ladin  cntfwf  fw  Mar* 

tinico.  • 

8.  Wind  F.  N.  E.  Fair.  Airived  fma  Eari  St.  ¥MC«Dt*s  foal  ws*  die. 
Mtches,  the  Fowey  cutter,  Lientcaaot  Derby.  She  icft  the  ictt  all  weU  as 
Tuesday  last.  On  Friday  last  about  nine  sail  of  the  French  fleet  attempted  t« 
work  out  from  the  Roads  of  Bentheame  ;  but  the  van  diviaion  vndsr  Rear* 
Admiral  Berkeley  standing  in  towards  them,  they  returned  and  anchored  nader 
the  batteries.  A  large  convoy  remains  blocked  up  by  onr  cniisen  in  the  Roads 
of  Con<piet,  laden  with  stores  for  the  combined  fleets.  The  Fowey  and  Dolly 
cutters  attempted  to  set  fire  to  the  remains  of  the  Repnke,  but  were  obliged  to 
fuic  her  a  second  time,  for  fear  of  the  batteries. 

9.  Wind  E.  Arrived  the  Anton,  44  guns,  Captain  Dnrhan,  from  coo voyiog 
ont  the  East  India  fleet. 

10.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  The  Anson,  44  gnns,  which  arrived  yesterday, 
miled  for  Portsmouth  with  her  prisoners  On  the  joth  mlt.  in  the  morning, 
•he  fell  in  with  foer  armed  vessel^  which  by  the  snbseooent  capture  of  L'Harm, 
proved  to  be  La  Brsve,  36  guns,  and  300  men ;  La  Decide,  it  guns,  and  194 
men  ;  La  Guippe,  it  guns,  and  r94  men ;  and  L*Hardi,  18  guns,  and  194  men. 
She  gave  them  chace,  and  nearing  La  Brave  gave  her  a  bfoadside,  which  not 
bringing  down  any  thing,  with  La  Decide  ana  La  Guippe  she  escaped  by  iupe- 
rior  Kailinr,  gaining  on  the  Anson  hand  over  hand  one  mile  and  an  h&lf  in  twtf 
hours.  The  iA  nson  then  hauled  her  wind,  and  bore  up  for  L'Hardi,  which  toon 
struik  She  arrived  thia  naming,  »  a  beautiful  vnsd,  ^itc  new,  her  first 
cruibe,  and  only  thirty-thtee  days  oifthe  ttocka;  the  above  littk  s^adron  obI^ 
out  from  Bonrdeauz  four  daya.  The  marines  on  the  quarter  deck  of  La  Brave 
were  all  clothed  in  regimentals  by  way  of  deception* 

It.  Winds.  Rain.  Arrived  from  off  Brest,  the  Cumberland,  74  guns, 
Commodore  Graves,  Glory  98,  London  98,  Resolution  74,  Raniilies  74, 
Canada  74,  and  Saturn  74,  to  refit.  The  Dragon  74,  Atlas  9S,  GibMltar  84, 
and  Edgar  74,  are  to  join  diredly. 

I  a.  Wind  £•  Cloudy.  Came  in  with  the  linen  ships  for  London,  tha 
Galatea,  58  guns,  Captain  Byng;  also  i.a  Dragon,  14  guns,  and  tio  men; 
National  corvette,  prise  to  the  Fisgard,  48  guns,  and  Cambrian  44.  Arrived  the 
Alcmenc,  ^i  guns,  Captain  Digby,  having  struck  on  tlie  Black  Rocks  near  the 
Penmarks,  where  she  lost  her  rudder,  bhe  vras  in  imminent  danger  of  beng 
wrecked,  but  got  off  without  anj  other  damage ;  the  Diamond  frigate,.  Captaiv 
(>riffiths,  convoyed  her  safe  into  port.  In  turning  up  Hampaxe  this  evening, 
the  Alcmcnc  imssed  stays,  lost  her  steerage  way,  and  drifting  to  leeward  by  toe 
strength  of  the  tide,  she  tailed  ashore  on  the  rocks  of  Two  Coves  under  the 
West  Hoe  :  fortunately  the  tide  flowing,  and  the  wind  blowing  briskly  at  £. 
she  got  off  in  about  an  hour,  and  arrived  safe  at  her  moorings  in  llamoaae. 

13.  Wind  E.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Edgar,  74  gnns.  Captain  BuUer,  and  Dragon, 
74,  Captain  Sutton,  to  join  the  Channel  fleet  |  and  the  ^nritts  S^  8**^^  Captatft 

king,  on  a  cruise. 


Of  ITATAI  tTlllTf.  417 

PORTSMOUTH  REPORT, 

.rtOM  APftll   iS   TO   MAY  ^5. 


j^rOtX    Axn^Hd  hit  Mafoty'f  ikipt  D<iw  «a4  Caktttt,  finsto  hdudt 

•od  Grand  Falconer,  from  a  croiae. 

a^.  ArriTed  the  Loaiaa  galliot,  taken  bf  the  Topaw,  Ci^Cam  QmtK  >Bd 
the  Reguloa,  ToDtereUe,  Ceres,  Roebuck,  and  Druid,  from  the  Downi^  lad 
VoHigear,  from  a  cmite. 

30.    Arrived  the  CjFOthia,  Captain  Malboiv,  from  Gvteumf, 

JkUy^,    Sailed  the  Riry,  oJiC  §pn^  Captain  Cunji^  im  >  tnkt. 

5-  Sailed  the  Prince,  of  98  guns,  Captain  Smton,  to  jen  theChamic!  "ieit ; 
alio  the  La  Loire,  Captain  Newman,  and  MarcBrf,  Captain  Rogers,  with  a 
laree  convoy  for  the  Mediterranean.  The  Santa  Marganta,  Captain  Paiker  ; 
and  Maidatone,  Capcaia  DtoeUy,  with  die  Trade  foe  X^fhte  and  Halifax  ;  and 
tb»  Voltigeur,  Captain  Shortland,  with  several  ships  for  Newfoundbnd. 


5.  Sastod  the  Magjirianne  cf  3a,  and  Bsaaer  rf  i€  g— t,  mt  a  cwrfsc  ;  La . 
Sophie  of  ao  gua%  with  transports  fer  Qnunaay. 

7.  Sailed  the  AdtiVe,  Captain  Davers,  and  Weassle,  Captain  Dui^an,  with 
sealed  orScn ;  and  the  Adventure,  Captain  Mansefl,  with  a  convoy  for  tha 
Dvwns. 

8.  Sailed  the  Rcffulua,  Eurona,  Roebuck,  2>riiid,  and  Oerai,  armed  ^Jht^ 
for  the  eastward,  to  fetch  troops  for  the  £xpodltian  ;  and  the  Gcaffpier  and  Anc 
schooners,  on  a  cruise. 

9.  Sailed  the  Wiachdsea,  Blondc»  s^d  C^clop^  for  Ireland ;  and  the  Sophie, 
Captain  Burdett,  with  the  Sea-Njmph,  I>iljgettce,  Howard,  and  Middlcton^ 
Navy  transporta,  for  Guernsey. 

la  Anivad  his  Majcrty*« ah^  La  Pamone,  Captain  Reynolds,  with  a  uuuaay 
fram  1  iiban  ;  and  famwht  tn  wnth  ktr  a  FMndi  laggsr  privaaear,  which  sha 


captouad  at  dw  hack  of  die  laleof  Wight     ThaArethusa,  which  caaae  aisa  aa 
convoy,  parted  company  off  Scilly  with  the  trade  for  Bristal,  §oc, 

11.  Xha  BriMhart,  of  tS  gmas,  Hon*  Capttin  P^fet,  with  a  convoy iv  Cork. 

1 2.  Tlie  Beaver  and  Arethnsa  from  a  cruise. 

li.  Sailed  the  SeaJIone,  Adnural  Sir  Richard  Bickerton,  with  Genetals 
Sir  R.  Abercrombie,  Moore,  and  Hatchison,and  Hon.  Cokmcl  Hope,  with  theia 
suite,  for  the  lAeditertaAcan,  convoybg  the  Dover  and  Calcutta  ariued  traaa- 
ports. 

14  Arriaed  the  Endymion,  'Captain  Sir  Thomas  WiUiann,  from  a  cruise, 
and  has  brought  in  with  him  two  large  French  privateers,  whLch  he  captured. 

15.  Sailed  the  Belliqueuz,  of  64  gans.  Captain  Bukeel,  aa  convoy  to  tha 
following  outward-bound  East  India  ships,  viZd— Bombay  Castle,  Captain  John 
Haaaikon;  Lady  Jane  Dundaa,  Hon.  Hu^  Liusay;  Bengal,  A.  Cumine; 
Phaniz,  W.  Moffat;  Castle  Eden,  A.  Cumiag  ;  Nepaune,  N.  bpem ;  Concts, 
R.  Forin ;  Dorsetshire,  j.  Ramadan  ;  i-xeter,  H.  Mentaa;  CeaBa  (eatraj,  — — ^ 
'1  homaa »  and  Bek>na  (extra),  -  —  Doim.  The  Abundance  for  the  Cape  of 
Good  Hope,  and  Royal  Adnural  lor  botany  Bay. 

17.  Arrived  the  D)ragon  and  Calcutta  troop  ships  in  distress ;  and  £adymk>o 
from  a  cruise,  with  two  corvettes,  her  prizes. 

19.    Arrived  the  Fpaacer,  of  74  guns,  from  tha  Downs. 

an.  Arrivod  the  Achilles,  Adiive,  and  Megcra,  from  Torbay,  and  Plf ,  fr0ni> 
HaMfaz,  widi  dispaulhea.    bailed  the  Syraa,  of  ja  gone,  an  a  cruiff . 

11.    Arrived  here  his  Majesty's  idoop  Fly,   Z.  Mudge,  Esq.  in  twcnty-oflc 
days,  from  Halifax,  vrieh  dispatches  from  his  Royal  HiffhneM  the  Dake  of  Kent : 
-haahad  a  very  nartow  escape  ^hna%  an«cked  on  -tu  immansc  ialawff 


4l8  UOVTHLt  KB6IITBI. 

•f  ice,  on  the  edge  of  the  Banks  of  Newfoimdlaad.  Tt  was  fint  leen  off  tke 
forecastle*  at  duik,  in  a  thick  fof ,  at  one  cable's  length  right  a-head,  the  ihip 
before  the  wind,  blowing  hard,  goinr  mne  knou  per  hour ;  but,  bj  patting  the 
helm  intantlr  down,  she  shot  dour  of  the  tooth  end  about  tixtj  fiathoma.  The 
tea  broke  Tiolently  on  the  N.  E.  end.  Spoke  in  latitude  48.  10.  N.  loDgitude 
9.  W.  hit  Maietty't  ship  Huttar,  who  had  in  company  a  Fahnouth  packet* 
which  the  had  retaken  ui  her  way  from  Cape  Ortcpl ;  also  the  Bottooy  inm 
Glatgow  to  Quebec,  on  the  Baakt,  all  well. 

*«.    ArriTcd  the  Topase,  Captain  Church,  and  €rfiq^ler  gus-TeHel,  from  a 


M*  ^  Sailed  the  Syren,  Captain  Goteltng,  00  a  cruite ;  alto  the  Cynthia, 
Captain  Malbon,  luTing  a  quantity  of  wptew  on  board,  with  tealed  ordert: 

a$.  .  The  Dragon,  of  74  gnnt,  Captain  Campbell,  and  L'Achillet,  of  74  gnat» 
Captain  Murray,  from  the  Channel  fleet. 


EAST.INDIA  INTELLIGENCE. 


LETTERS  received  ofverlaad  from  Bombay,  dated  in  February,  me  die  fal- 
lowing information  req^eAi^g  the  Cooapany'a  diippinig.  The  Tfiamea  leiled 
from  Bombay,  3d  Fcbiuary,  for  China.  Private  advicet  received  at  Bonahay 
mention,  that  the  Royal  Charlotte,  Cuffpells,  and  Wahner  Cattle^  arrived  ac 
Prince  dT  Walet't  Island,  15th  December,  on  their  voyage  to  China.  Advinea 
received  at  Madras  mention,  that  the  Boddam,  Taunton  Caade,  and  Caraatk, 
were  intended  to  be  dispatched  from  Macao  itt  January.  The  Alhieft  and 
Woodford  tailed  from  Bombay  23d  January,  to  complete  their  lading  of  pepper 
«B  the  Malabar  coatt,  and  then  to  proceed  to  England. 

A  very  fine  ship,  of  the  burthen  of  jZt  tons,  called  the  Mr  sous,  waa 
launched  in  the  month  of  Oflober  last,  at  BvmUy^  belonging  to  Mettrs.  Lam^v 
aa  aT  and  R  ott,  of  CaUuttot  mounting  36  twelve  and  tix-pounder  carriage  guns. 
The  thip  wat  built  upon  the  improved  principle  of  tailing  upon  a  win<^  Sad  is 
to  be  added  to  the  strength  of  the  manne  in  India.  Three  other  ships,  of  the 
same  dimentions  and  force,  are  on  the  stocks  at  Bombay,  and  were  a^eded  to 
be  launched  in  December. 

JBy  recent  letters  from  India  we  learn,  that  the  Government  General  has  it  ta 
contemplation  to  establish  an  cffedive  marine  round  the  Sands  Head,  and  about 
Balasore  Roads,  for  the  purpose  of  affording  protedion  to  the  coatt  trade  i^gainst 
the  depredations  of  the  enemy's  privateers.  Ships  of  a  competent  force  are  to  be 
stationed  on  this  service,  at  well  at  to  cruise  in  the  Bay  of  BengaL  Similar 
ettablithmcntt,  we  learn,  are  to  be  adopted  on  all  the  other  coasts,  where  the 
trade  it  likely  to  be  intercepted. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  the  Bengal  Civil  Establishment  hsve,  we  are  informed, 
returned  to  Cmie^ttay  from  their  eicursion  above  the  HurJwaar,  whither  they 
had  been  for  the  purpotet  of  making  a  discovery.  Several  geotlemen  from 
Anoptheer  went  with  them,  and  by  dl  their  acconnts,  they  have  been  eighty 
cote  up  the  course  of  the  Ganges  above  the  Hmrdwaar,  and  where  Enrapeana 
were  never  before.  The  country  people  stared  at  them  aa  if  they  had  been 
supernatural  beings,  and  insisted  upon  looking  particularly  at  their  clothes,  and 
touching  theaa.  They  found  some  paru  of  the  Ganges  fifty  feet  deep,  and  the 
stream  astonishingly  rapid,  particularly  near  a  place  called  SmmqfBtir,  where  it 
is  impossible  to  stem  the  current.  The  people  cross  the  river  by  a  curious 
bridge  of  ropes.  Their  passage  ever  the  hills  was  not  only  tremendeua,  but 
dangerous,  from  narrow,  nigged,  and  almost  pcrpen^cular  paths  over  tmrnmsr 
mountains!,  continued  in  many  places  by  the  crunks  of  trees  laid  inuk  one  large 
rock  to  another*  The  weather  wat  to  cold,  that  in  the  month  of  Augutt  they 
could  not,  with  the  astistance  of  great  coau,  keep  themselves  comfortably 
Warm. 

Jt  has  for  many  years  been  a  subjeA  of  general  conversation,  that  the  trade  of 
the  East  India  Company  could  not  be  cvricd  on  in  its  present  state  ;^A 


OiF  VhVAL  STEKTS.  ^f^ 

SKmorial  of  gmt  laifftfa  was  litely  tent  down  by  Mr.  Dmidas  to  tie  Court  of 
JDtredors,  ezplainiDg  the  futnre  intentions  of  Ooverament  on  this  snbjeA.  It  it 
not  meant  that  the  trade  should  be  wholly  thrown  open,  but  that  a  greater 
fiicility  should  be  a£Porded  to  individuals  in  India  to  transmit  their  property  to 
this  country,  with  the  sandlion  of  the  Company,  invested  in  certam  merchan- 
dises named  in  the  memorial,  instead  of  having  recourse  to  neutral  traders,  m 
prance  which  has  proved  very  prejudicial  to  the  Company's  interests. 

The  East  India  ship  which  was  captured  by  the  French  near  the  Madeiras, 
in  November  last,  is  the  Calcutta  extra  ship,  and  not  one  of  the  Company's 
regular  tonnage.  This  vessel  was  taken  up  in  Bengal,  and  sent  home  with  » 
cargo  last  year  ;  and  on  her  return  to  India  she  was  unfortunately  lost,  but  soon 
alter  recaptured  by  his  Majesty's  ship  Glenmore. 

An  overland  dispatch  has  been  received  at  the  India  House  from  Bombay, 
^ated  the  14th  of  January.  At  that  time  the  utmost  tranquillity  prevailed  in 
India.  Commodore  Blanket  had  returned  from  the  Straits  of  Babelnundel,  tQ 
refit  his  squadron,  which  was  ready  to  put  to  sea  again. 

l^romottona  anil  Sppolntmenu. 

ADMIRAL  Sir  Richard  Bickerton,  now  appointed  for  foreign  service,  hai 
been  emptied  upwards  •(  twelve  months  as  assistant  Port  Admiral  for  regn* 
latiof  the  fittlBg  Ottt  of  ships  at  Portsmouth ;  and  such  has  been  his  vigilance  ia 
this  sttnation,  that  to  him  may  be  ascribed  the  speedy  equipment  of  the  troop 
fhips  for  the  destined  expedition.  Mr.  Boys,  who  was  several  years  clerk  to 
J.  P.  Maxwell,  Esq   is  appointed  his  Secretary. 

Adaural  Pole  is  appomted  Commander  in  Chief  at  Newfoundland,  and  will 
fc^ist  his  flag'io  Ihe  Agincdurt,  of  €4  guns. 

Rear  Admiral  Holloway  has  hoisted  his  flag  on  board  the  Jason,  being 
appointed  aisiiting  Port»Admiral  at  Portsmouth,  in  the  room  of  Sir  Richard 
Bickerton. 

Admiral  Lord  Hugh  Seymour  is  appointed  to  the  Jamaica  station  in  the  room 
of  Sir  Hyde  Parker ;  and  Admiral  buckworth,  now  at  Gibralur,  goes  to  the 
Windward  Islands  in  the  room  of  Lord  Hugh  Seymour. 

Captain  Ryves  is  appointed  to  the  Agincourt,.  of  64  guns,  which  bears  the  flag 
•f  Admiral  Pole,  to  whom  J.  P.  Ranee,  Esq.  is  appointed  Secretary. 

Lieutenant  Short,  late  Commander  of  the  Contest  gun-boat,  lost  off  the  coast 
•f  Holland,  is  appointed  to  the  Ready  gun-vesseL 

Captain  J.  M<Namara  Russell  is  appointed  to  the  Princess  Royal,  newly  com- 
misBioned  at  Plymouth. 

Captain  James  Walker,  of  the  Bf  aakel,  is  ^pointed  to  the  Prince  George,  of 
98  guns 

Captain  George  Clarke,  who  returned  to  Engbnd  with  the  command  of  the 
Conquerant,  of  74  guns,  is  appointed  to  the  BraakeL 

Captain  Hood  is  appotnted  to  the  Courageaux,  of  74  guns,  a  fine  new  ship. 

Captain  Maitland  is  appointed  to  the  Camelion,  at  Gibraltar,  and  is  gone  oat 
in  the  M«rcnry.. 

Captain  Dover,  from  the  Heda  bomb,  is  appointed  to  the  Aledo  fire  ship. 

Captain  Mansel,  of  the  Adventure,  is  made  Post.  Captain  Carter  succeeds 
him  in  the  Adventure. 

Captain  Young  of  the  Ethalion,  is  appointed  to  La  Peque  (late  La  Pallas)  §. 
and  Lieutenant  Broomvrich  to  the  Gladiator.  *- 

Lieutenant  fiei^amin  Carter,  of  the  Royal  George,  is  promoted  to  the  jank  of 
Commander. 

Lieutenant  Sykesis  promoted  to  a  Master  and  Commander. 

J.  HnjgbiUt  Esq.  is  appointed  Purser  df  the  Unicorn. 

Captam  Rayner,  absent  on  leave 'for  his  health,  is  re-appoioted  to  La  Railleur, 
iZ  guns. 

Captain  Turquand,  hte  Coojnander  of  La  Railleur,  is  appointed  to  the 
Hound,  of  18  guns. 

Captain  Sir. Edward  Hamilton  has  been  honoured  with  the  Naval  Gold 
Medal,  for  his  gallant  exploit  of  cutting  out  the  Hermiooe  frigate 'from  a 
Spanish  port. 


430  MOITTMLY  &KCISTM  OF    MAVAL  BTINTI* 

MARRIAiGES. 

Lately,  Capuin  WUliaxa  Hanw«U,  of  hit  Ma|flitjS  Marf,  to  Mim  Haawe% 
•f  Mizbury,  near  Bracklcy,  Nortliamptooahirc. 

At  Minster,  in  the  (ale  of  ^*cpp7t  ^'-  J^uBCt  Price,  Poner,  to  Min  Mary 
Hare,  of  Sheemeia. 

Captain  Cumberland,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  to  Miit  Burt»  <fa»ghecr  of  the  bto 
Charlet  Pym  But,  Eu^.  of  AlbeauwU-cttect. 

The  t^th  instant,  at  ^t.  Andrew's  Church,  Plymouth,  Captain  John  Thich- 
sess,  of  hb  Mt|esty's  sloop  Pelican,  to  Miss  Sarah  Ao^pista  Fraser,  only  daughter 
of  Angus  Fnser,  Esq.  of  the  Royal  Invalids,  in  the  ciudel  of  that  place. 

19.  Sir  Hugh  Dauympie,  Bart,  to  Miia  Duncan,  dai^hter  of  Admiral  Lord 
Vucount  Duncan. 


OBPTUARY. 
Jmnunj  16.  At  Fotttamet,  the  residence  of  Lord  Hugh  Sepnoor,  near  Ym% 
Royal,  Martinique,  Lieutenant  Charles  Tancred,  of  the  Amphitrite,  a  vidim  to 
the  yellow  fever.  He  was  buried  with  military  honours  near  tho  ko^ttal  at 
Fort  Royal ;  and  attended  to  the  gravo  bv  the  Admiral,  the  Officers  of  the 
Sans  Pareil,  and  the  other  ships  ;  as  well  as  by  *  freat  number  of  Officers  of  the 
Garriion.  Lieutenant  Tancred  was  brother  to  Sir  Thomas  Tancred,  of  Brampton, 
in  Yorkshire  3  an  Officer  of  nriM  and  amiahle  manntrs  :  being  bted  up  in  the 


•arvke,  solely  under  the  guidaaoe  of  Lord  Hugh  Seymour,  hf  looked  up  to 
putroB  with  the  reverence  of  a  sob  ;  and  by  hit  morita  gained  in  ncum  the 
aJod^ioB  of  a  father. 

Lately,  Duncan  Campbett,  Esq.  of  Whitley,  is  Harthaaibtrland,  Captain  in 
the  Royal  Navy. 

Lately,  at  Edinbuigh,  Admiral  Lockhart. 

We  are  extremely  concerned  to  hear  of  the  unfettuaate  death  of  Captain 
Fahner,  of  the  Selby  sloop  of  war,  who  shot  himself  in  a  it  of  insanity ;  which 
circuBfetanee,  however  d^lorable,  will  lend,  in  the  cyci  of  luo  friends,  10  lesMB 
the  calamity.  This  melancholy  event  took  place  at  tne  Nere,  on  May  the  3d, 
•t  half  past  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

The  unfortunate  Captain  Bredon,  of  Marines,  who  rafferud  in  tho  Queen 
Charlotte,  was,  in  his  early  years,  with  hit  lacker,  then  a  Lieutenant  in  the 
Navy,  eighteen  months  on  the  island  of  Madagascar.  He  went  afterwarda 
into  the  Marine  service,  in  which  he  remained  widi  great  credit  to  himaelf  and 
advantage  to  his  country  near  the  whole  of  the  last,  ud  all  the  present  war,  by 
his  gallantry  in  several  engagements.  He  was  in  the  iBvinclble,  vrith  Commis- 
sioner Saxton  in  the  celebrated  engagement  of  the  nth  of  Anril,  when  Rodney 
defeated  Cmmt  dc  Grasse  in  the  West  Xndica.  He  Iim  k&  a  wi£e  and  irtt 
children  to  lament  his  loss,  and,  we  arc  sorry  to  add,  with  no  other  support  than 
the  widow's  pensioB.  It  is  therefore  to  be  hoped,  that  her  unfortunate  sitaation 
will  recommend  her  to  the  benevolent  assistance  of  those  who  are  happUy  poa« 
sessed  of  the  means  to  relieve  the  necessities  itf  the  widows  and  orphans  ii  sudi 
as  die  in  the  service  of  their  country. 

The  following  is  an  extrad  of  a  letter  from  an  Officer  who  waa  fortunately- 
saved  from  the  conflagration  and  blowing  up  of  the  Queen  Charletfie,  to 
Mrs.  Bredon,  of  Ponmouth. 

<*  It  is  with  heartfelt  sorrow  I  communicate  to  you,  the  lamenuble  loss  of  your 
worthy  and  alTeftiooate  husband.  1  sincerely  sympathise  with,  jou  and  your 
disconsolate  family  on  this  trying  occasion.  In  the  awlul  situatioU  of  all  hopeo 
of  the  fire  being  extinguished  were  lost,  and  00  means  of  safety  were  left  out 
committing  ourselves  to  the  mercy  of  the  waves,  I,  with  many  others,  leaped 
into  the  sea.  My  worthy  Captain  and  i  were,  for  some  time,  dose  with  each 
rther,  until  T,  thank  God,  in  the  moment  of  being  quite  exhausted,  fortunatdy 
got  hold  of  a  pieee  of  the  wreck,  which  enabled  me  to  swim  to  the  launch,  that 
was  without  an  oar  or  any  thing  else  that*could  afford  me  the  least  assistance. 
Fvrry  efiort  was  fnade  to  save  your  husband ;  but,  alas!  all  our  cadeavoors  were 
tinsuccesfiful.  1  remained  in  this  deplorable  situation  nearly  four  hours,  almost . 
speechless,  and  entirely  nuked,  before  any  relief  could  arrive.  I  am  to  wcak^ 
tiiat  I  write  tliis  with  the  grcutest  difficulty.    Mr.  Peeblea  it  B^vcd.** 

s 


9M(SM4ffll(iAX.  ifSMOIS  or  TBS  lATB 
MAAI&AX'  SIR  JOHN  MOOKE,  Bakt.  K.  B. 

B«Bold  I  fee  the  Hayen  nigh  at  hand. 

To  which  I  meane  my  wearie  coarse  to  hend ; 

Vere  the  maine  Shete,  and  beare  up  with  the  hn^ 

The  which  afore  is  fayrly  to  be  k^d,  , 

And  seemeth  safe  from  Storms,  that  may  offend.         Spinskr. 

TN  retracing  the  brilliant  achievements  of  former  wars, 
we  frequently  meet  with  officers  whom  the  various  inci- 
dents of  life  h^ve  had  a  tendency  to  render  particularly  in- 
teresting; and  whilst  we  pursue  the  narrative  that  records 
Iheir  history,  they  seem  in  the  mind's  eye  to  move  before 
ut:— "  The  ghosts  of  those  he  sang,**  says  Ossian,  **  qime 
in  the  rustling  blasts!  they  were  seen  to  bend  with  joy  to- 
wards the  -sound  of  their  praise." 

Mr.  J.  Moore  was  born  on  tlie  24th  of  March,  in  the  year 
1718.  His  father  was  the  second  son  of  Henry  Earl  off 
Drogheda,  since  created  a  Marquis.  Mr.  Moore's  mother^ 
Catherine,  yrs^  the  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  KnatchbuU,  Bart, 
and  the  widow  of  Admiral  Sir  George  Rpoke.  Their  family, 
besides  the  objed  of  the  present  Memoir,  consisted  of  two 
sons  :  Henry,  tlie  eldest  of  the  childreii,  was  struck  at  Caqi- 
bridge  whilst  engaged  in  playing  at  tennis,  and  died  on  the 
spot :  a  monument  was  erefted  to  his  memory  in  the  chapel 
of  bis  ^oUege,  Catherine  Hall.  The  other  son,  Thomas,  w^s 
a  clergyman*  Mary,  who  was  the  only  daughter,  married 
Dr.  Pulteney  Forester,  Chancellor  of  Lincoln,  and  Prebend 
of  St.  Paul's.  This  worthy  and  most  amiable  woman  sur- 
vived the  rest  of  the  family,  and  died  full  of  years  and  be- 
nevolence during  the  spring  of  1799.  One  who  followed 
her  to  the  grave,  and  who  received  the  following  particulars 
of  her  gallant  brother  from  herself,  hopes  to  be  allowed  to 
pay  this  tribute  to  ber  menrory : 

MoRNA  !   CALM    IS   THY    SLEEP    IN   THE  CAVE   OF    THE 

&OCK  I    Thou  hast  fallen  in  da&kkess  like  a  star, 

THAT  shoots    ATHWART  THE  DESART,   WHEN  THE  TRA- 
VELLER IS  ALONE,  AND  MOURNS  THE  TRANSIENT  BEAM  \ 

tool  III.  3  K 


41t  IIOORAFHICAL    ICBMOIft 

Mr.  Moore  received  his  education  in  a  grammar-fchool  a^t 
Whitchurch,  in  Shropshire ;  and  though  his  ancestors  beforft 
bira  had  followed  the  military  profession^  earlj  discovered  a 
strong  bent  and  inclination  for  the  British  Navy.  His  father 
had  taken  an  house  near  Newmarket,  the  garden  of  which 
was  bounded  by  the  river.  The  sole  pleasure  of  his  son 
consisted  in  boarding  the  various  lighters  as  they  passedi 
and  though  he  had  not  yet  attained  his  tenth  year,  he  par- 
ticularly endeared  himself  to  the  bargemen,  by  the  spirit  and 
earnestness  he  displayed  :  they  suffered  his  Lilliputian 
navy  to  ride  unmolested  at  their  moorings,  and  would  often 
assist  him  with  such  stores  for  their  e<]uipmcat  as  he  could 
not  otherwise  have  procured. 

The  tenderness  of  his  mother,  who,  from  her  former  mar- 
riage with  Sir  George  Rooke,  was  well  acquainted  with  the 
hardships  and  perils  of  the  Navy,  induced  her  to  check  the 
early  propensity  of  her  son  ;  but  all  entreaty  or  remonstrance 
was  in  vain.  The  perusal  of  Sir  George's  Life  had  called 
forth  the  character  of  the  young  mariner ;  he  therefore 
earnestly  entreated  to  be  sent  to  sea,  and  accordingly  eai<- 
barked  when  only  ten  years  of  age,  with  Captain  Reddish  •i 
under  whom  he  continued  for  some  time,  and  experienced 
from  him  the  greatest  marks  of  friendly  attention. 

Mf.  Moore  afterwards  served  as  Midshipman  on  board  the 
Shorel^am  and  Torrington;  and,  on  being  advanced  Lieu- 
tenant, i^ras  appointed  to  the  Lancaster.  The  Lords  Rocking- 
ham and  V\  jnchelsea,  who  were  his  relations,  rendered  him, 
at  this  early  period  of  life,  essential  service ;  and,  by  their 
.patronage,  enable^  him  to  overcome  those  diiHculties  which 
are  thickly  scattered  in  the  avenues  to  fame,  to  try  and  prove 
the  mind  that  dares  tg  rise.     Mr.  Moore's  charader  at  this 

*  There  were  two  olHcert,  bi^otherw,  of  this  nam«  in  the  Na^»  aor  cao  we 
detcrtninr,  ^hicji  o£  ^hen^  yvay  ti^ie  one  here  mcotioned.— >C!aptai&  Edwsrd 
Reddish  in  April  1728,  returned  from  Gibraltar,  where  he  had  been  tent  in  the 
Preston  54  guns,  tQ  join\str  Charles  Wager;  and  afterwards  in  April  I7i9t  was 
appointed  ro  the  ^io;i|  Oo  f^uns,  a  Ship  he  had  previousTf  conuuanded.  He 
died  in  August,  1 736,  then  Captain  of  the  Princess  Amelia,  80  gnns.  Captain 
Honry  Reddish,  wastn  I'Txy-S,  during  the  m^nth  of  January,  appointed  to  th? 
Experiment.     He  died  in  JLondon  darirg  th<:  year  1742. 


Of   StR  JOHM    MOOAI9   HA&T/k.  B.  423 

period  is  described  to  us  as  displaying  a  bold,  open  dispo* 
sition^  heightened  with  a  cheerful  niiod»  that  suffered  no  dis- 
appointment to  affeft  it.  His  attention  was  constantly  fixed 
on  his  profession :  whatever  he  read,  observed,  or  <ionver9cd 
about,  the  British  Navy  was  the  obje£t  be  had  continually 
l>efore  him  ;  and  by  associating,  as  much  as  possible,  with 
officers  wtio  were  older,  and  of  rank  superior  to  his  own,  he 
acquired  an  energy  and  experience  above  his  years. 

During  the  period  of  his  continuing  a  Lieutenant,  fironi 
some  mistake,  he  received  a.  shot  from  a  sentry  in  one  of 
the  Ships,  whilst  on  duty  at'night  rowing  guard ;  owing  to 
which  Lieutenant  Moore  had  nearly  lost  his  sight,  and  never 
entirely  recovered  it :  in  consequence  of  this  accident,  the 
custom  of  rowing  guard  was  for  some  time  discontinued. 

Having  served  as  Lieutenant  in  the  Namuf,  Admiral  Mat- 
thewsy  and  completed  his  time,  Mr.  Moore  returned  in  the 
Lenox  to  England,  and  was^  soon  advanced  Commaudeit, 
through  the  interest  of  his  relation.  Lord  Winchelsea. 

On  the  24th  of  December,  (174.3)  Captain  Moore,  having 
been  advaiKed  to  Post  Rank,  accompanied  *  Captain  Curtis 

%*  This  distinguished  officer  served  as  Lieutenant  under  Sir  Charles  Wager  in 
1726.  He  was  advanced  Post,  on  the  26th  of  January,  173 1,  and  appointed  to 
the  Biddeford  frigate.  He  served  under  Admiral  I>estock,  in  the  Dragon,  60 
guns,  during  which  time  some  spirited  letters  passed  between  them,  in  conse-> 
^uence  of  the  following  order  which  Captain  Barnet  feceived  from  the  AdmiraL 

*'   CAPTAIN  HODtOI.L, 

*'  Go  to  the  Lenox,  Nassau,  Royal  OaV,  Romncy,  and  Dragon,  tell  them  I  am 
the  centre  from  whence  the  line  of  battle  is  to  be  formed ;  and  if  any  Ship,  or 
Ships,  cannot  get  into  their  stations,  I  am  to  find  remedy  for  that  ^  but  those  who 
can,  and  do  not  get  into  their  stations,  arc  blamcable ;  and  that  a  line  of  battle  is 
not  to' be  trifled  with,  nor  mi:iunder stood.  Go  with  this  yourself  to  the  several 
Captains,  from.  Sir, 

Your  most  humble  Servant, 

iSTr^/rar,  at  Sea,  I4ti  jfj>rU,  1741.  RICHARD  L^STOCK. 

**  P.  S.  An  enemy  in  sight  would  not  admit  of  this  deliberation." 

Captain  Bar  net's  Ansiver, 

**  J  thought  that  all  the  Ships  of  a  fleet,  or  squadron,  wei^  to  sail  in  proper 

divisions.     I  have  heard  and  read  of  divisions  getting  lace  into  the  line,  not  in 

time  to  have  any  part  in  the  adion ;  but  never  knew  till  now  that  it  was  my 

*  duty  to  leave  the  flag,  or  officer  representing  one,  in  whose  division  I  am. 


^24  BXdG&lPHlCAL  klMOft 

Barnet  in  the  Diamond,  who  had  been  appointed  Commo- 
dore of  a  squadron  destined  for  the  East  Indies :  the  Di« 
refton  of  the  East  India  Company  being  apprehensive  thaft 
the  Company's  settlements  in  that  qaartier,  would  be  en- 
dangered, should  the  French  obtain  a  superiority  in  therr 
naval  Force  on  that  "station.  Commodore  Bantet*  sailed 
from  Spithead  on  the  5t!h  t>f  May  ;  and  anchored  with  hk 
squadron  in  Port  Pi^  Bay,  in  tiie  i¥ktid  ^  8t  Jage^  ^ 
the  iMh. 

The  Commodore  having  asserted  the  neutrality  of  PoAf 
Trap  tt  And  dntstised  the  condnft  of  the  Captain  of  a  ^pa^ 
nish  pritiateer  who  had  violated  it,  proceedtd  to  his  Mrtioil, 
ioudiing  at  the  Island  of  Mad^^asear  to  tikt  in  witer  and 
provisions.  The  French  at  this  time  had  only  one  fillip  of 
f  fty  guns  in  the  IndiHn  Seas.  A  plan  being  formed  for 
intercepting  the  French  Ships  oh  their  retirm  ftoftn  China, 
Commodore  Barnet  on  kaving  Madagascar  divided  lua  sqiK^ 
dron  into  two  parts*— the  Deptford  and  Pieston  proceeded  tb 
the  Straits  of  Sunda,  and  thence  into  those  of  Banca;  whilst 
the  Mcdway  and  Diamond  made  for  the  Straits  of  Mahcea. 

Having  followed  the  example  of  the  Commodoie,  in 

withmit  a  particBiar  orier^  or  agBil :  I  therdort  kipt  mj  ttatioii  -m  Che  dili- 
aloR,  not  with  a  ilcajgn  t»  trifle  with  the  Use  of  battle.    I  am»,&c 

•*  C.  BA&MET.'V 

This  produced  Xn  angry  re^y  from  Mr.  Lestack.*Captain  Banet  died  m 
the  East  Indies,  April  29,  1746, 

^  HI«  Squadron  consUted  of  the  following  Ships  t 

Gmtis.     Ji/foi. 
_     .    ,  ,  rCurtiiBameif  Comaodofs* 

Deptford        .        .60       415     Jcapt.J.PhilipwU, 

Medway        •         •to        400-  £d.  Peyton.' 

Preston         •  *  5^     '  300 .  £avl  of  Narthok. 

Di;lmond        -         -so        120  John  Moose. 

f  Beatson's  Naval  Memoin,  vol.  i.'page  i76.-^In  condnding'hifl  iccMBtcf 
tht«  transadlion,  Mr.  Beatson  add^^**  This  is  mentioned  diiefly  with  a  view  t» 
point  out  tLe  retpeA,  which  the  British  officers  pay  to  the  Law  6S  NatioDt  i» 
taking  the  greatest  care  to  avoid  heing  the  first  aggressors  in  a  neutral  port  r 
though  in  the  course  of  these  Memoirs,  we  shall  have  occasion  to  remaih,  that 
this  is  not  the  first  time  that  the  cncmiei  of  Great  Britaia  have  violated  t&a 
neutrality  of  Port  Praya." 


ov  lit  imni  liocAB,  smlt*  e.  b*  ift§ 

disguising  tfaetr  Ships  to  as  to  veteriiible  Dofechtnen,  the 
Medwaf  and  Diamand  in  ^eir  way  to  thrirBtation»  aeopped 
at  Aohen  %  the  moatcofimderaUe  pent  at  liie  wett  end  «f 
tbe  Maad  of  Sunuttia*  Captntis  Peytoa,  aad  Moon,  hmia 
caytmed  a  iaige  Frefufa  prtvate^r,  fitted  out  by  the  East  bidUi 
Coanpaiijat  Pondidherry ;  and  on  sovivingiti  the  Straits  of 
Mdjcca^ took u Pranoh  Ship  fno Aj^famila, :tbat hadon-bcanil 
•everily^^evrdclie^vfdoHancontftniiig  sooowefa^;  ^nsriitwo 
timts'of  gold,  atone  worth, 3P/>GX>I.  Tbey'smn^ftorwaiib 
heaxd  of  the  success f  -^  theOomtnodoye^  fimn^ Swadisih 
teasel ;  and  having  1>roiigbt  their  ptizes  in  4kdbty  to  the 
general  tendtt«w«s  ait  Satavta,  sailed  ^or  Madfass,  whei% 
lhey*MWrdd  in  July :  the  Fnmch  pmsfteer  that  5?im  iaken  by^ 
idbe^Captoins  Btyton  -and  Moose,  was  ^alief^aids  ^purdiosed 
Mto  i|he  selmdb, 'and 'made  ^a  fofty-gom  Shifi,  ^v^th^the  nime 
of  the  Med^s^s  9rh^ 

I>tfring  fhe  above 'sepamtidn  c^  the  Ships,  on  the  jOtfa  of 

Mtt#ch,  t^StCwp^n  John 4^hiIips6n'of  the  Deptfotxi  died, 

ttid'was  saeti^tdsd  by  Captain  J.  Moom.    He 'by  ihisimans 

^Hrxs^placed^nder^e  iflafloediate  eye-of  thevContmodore,  who 

Jiad  the  .gitatsvt '4>pttiion  of  this  officer's  abilhiss,  and  who, 

in  eonsequ^e,  prior  to  their  bsiving  England,  bad  requestei 

9Hiii4oastend' tbe  expedition.  Inconseqiienaefof  the«iiitrig«OB 

«f  M.  Dopkix,  the  Governor  Oeneral  ^f-the  Fvench-Set- 

'tietnents  in  India,  ^ith  the  Nabob  Anwar  Adean 'Khan, 

the  bold  designs  of  the  Commodore  were  completely  frus- 

^tfated:  dreading  his  well  known  aftivlty,  as  afFeaing  the 

fortune  of  Pondicherry,  M«  Dupleix  set  every  engine  to 

work,  antd' caused  the  following  imperious- answer  to* be  re* 

turned  by  the  Nabob,  to  the  respeftfal  remonstrance  of  the 

British  Governor  and  Council — Thai  all  oficcfs  of  the  Brithb 

*  The  hal%Mn*  will  eoDtain  aay  maniber  of  the  bu^ett  Ships ;  it  harfrom 
seren  to  eight iathomtat -high  water;  and  from  fi^e  tq  tfx  at  low^vrater. 

t  On  the  ftjth  of  Januarj,  27459  Commodore  Banct  fell io withaiid  tap- 
twed  three  hrge  Freacb  Shlpt,  after  a  gaBant  adion  on  both  tides,  in  the  Strait* 
of  Baaca  >-<die  Banphin,  Capt.  Bntleri  the  Herculei  Capt^  0afrein;-and  the 
Jason,  Captain  Ddametrie  \  each  Ship  waa  about  700  tona,  movnted  30  gvoi, 
with  s^o  men.    Ths  Oonmsdore  sold-  fait  prisrto  the  DuCth  for  Sopool 


426  BfOCftAFHICAL   ATtMOIft 

iiaU$n^  who  c^nu  on  the  coast  rf  Coromandely  tuere  ifually  ctSgiJ 
to  rtspi^  bis  govirnment  in  the  Carnatici  and  if  Commodore 
Barnet  with  bis  Sfuadrony  should  protumo  to  a^  contrary  to  the 
orders  be  bodnow  givon^  tbe  town  of  Madras  should  atom  for 
bis  will  being  disobeyed*  In  oonsequenoe  of  this  insolence^ 
which  thanks  to  the  good  genius  of  our  Country^  there  is  no 
likelihood  of  being  renewed  in  the  present  day,  the  brave 
Commodore  was  obliged  to  content  himsdf  witb  sending  a 
fifty*gun  Ship  to  cruise  at  the  mouth  of  the  Ganges,  near 
Balasorc,  where  she  made  many  prizes. 

Previous  to  tbe  death  of  Commodore  Bamet  on  the  a9tk 
of  April,  1746;  in  the  prime  of  life»  (in  whom  his  country 
experienced  a  severe  loss  just  as  the  Frenich  were  preparing 
at  their  islands  to  sail  for  t(ie  coast  of  Coromandeli)  it  being 
found  Qccessjiiy  to  send  tbe  D^ptford  ai;id  Diamond  to 
England,  Captain  Moore  returned  hpise  in  the  former  *•     . 

Capuin  Moore  i^tumed  to  England  to  figut  under  the 
immediate  auspices  of  Rear  Admiral  Hawke;  being  soon 
after  his  -arrival  from  tlie  East  Indies  appointed  Captain  of 
tbe  Devonshire,  66  guns.  Our  government  having  received 
information,  that  the  French  had  coUeded  in  Basque  Road, 
a  very  large  flost  of  merchant  Ships9  bound  for  the  West 
Indies,  and  that  a  strong  squadron  of  ships  of  war  had  sailed 
from  Brest  to  escort  them ;  the  Admiralty  sent  Rear  Admiral 
Hawkc  to  sea,  (August  tlie  9th,  i747>)  with  fourteen  f  sail  of 


Mcdway 


Ciau, 
•  60 


*  Commodore  Barnet  was  sncceeded  in  command  bjr  Captain  Pajton,  whote 
tauadron  consisted  of 

t  £d.  Peyioa»  Commodore. 
JCapt.  RoscwclL 

-  50        500  George  Earl  of  Northedc 

-  50       50c  Lord  Thomaa  Bertie. 

-  50        300  Philip  Carteret. 

•  40        240  Thomas  Grifin* 

•  20       lao  Nath.  Stevens. 


Prenoo  • 

Winchester     • 
Harwich 
^edwaj's  Prize 
lively     - 


f  S^uadroa  under  the  ocunmand  of  Rear  Admiral  Edward  HavHce. 

Gums* 

Rear  Admiral  £.  Hawkc» 
Capt.  John  Moore. 
Kont  •       -       -       -  64  'IhomaaPoz. 


Devonshire 


.  66 


1 


O?   SIR  JOHN    Moots,  BA&T*   &•  B« 


4*7 


the  line,  and  some  frigates.  The  enemy  sailed  from  the  Isle 
of  Aix  on  the  seventh  of  Odober  O.  &  and  the  same  6zj 
came  to  an  anchor  in  Rochelle  Road  ;  the  succeeding  morn- 
ing* they  pursued  their  voyage,  and  were  all  captured  by  our 
brave  marinersy  except  Le  Tonnant  and  L'lntrepjde. 

As  Captain  Moore  particularly  distingui^ied  himself  on  thit 
occasion,  and  received  in  consequence  the  warm  commenda- 
tion of  his  Commander,  we  shallsubjoin  Rear  Admiral  Hawke's 
official  letter. 

Admrahy  Offce^  OSober  %6,  iy^7* 
Odober  the  fourteenth  at  seven  in  the  morning,  being  in  latitude 
47^  49'  ^-  ^d  long,  from  Cape  Finisterre  1°  2'  W.  the  Edinburgh 
made  the  signal  for  seven  sail  in  the  S.  £•  quarter.  1  immediately 
made  the  signal  for  all  the  Beet  to  chase*  About  eight  we  saw  a  great 
■umber  of  ships«  but  so  crowded  that  we  could  not  count  them.    At 


Gtuu, 

( 

^dinbuigh  - 

- 

m 

-  70 

Captain  Thomas  Cotet. 

Yarmouth   - 

. 

m 

.64 

Charles  Saundem* 

Monmouth  - 

• 

• 

-64 

Henry  Harrison. 

iPrinccM  Loliita 

. 

• 

.  60 

Charles  Watson. 

Wlrichor      - 

L 

• 

.60 

Thomas  Hanway* 

Xyon 

* 

m 

-  60 

Anhiir  Sicott. 

TUbtty       - 

• 

• 

.60 

Robert  HarUnd. 

NottiDfham 

- 

■ 

-  60 

Philip  Saumarez- 

iDcfiance 

• 

• 

-  60 

John  Bentley. 

Eagle 

- 

- 

.60 

George  Bridges  Rodney. 

m 

. 

-50 

PhiKp  DnreU. 

Portland      « 

m 

- 

-JO 

Charles  Stevens. 

0/  iheufiurtetm  CajMssm^  Hoo  noerp  sucfetskniy  made  C^mmhsimurt  tf  tht  Tmri 
QboAmm^  ami  ten  a$t^nid  ibe  rank  of  Jldmrtds* 
^  The  French  squadron  consisted  of 

Gum*    MtH. 


Le  Tonnant 

So 

Z%% 

f  M.  de  Letcndeur,  Chef  d'Eacajdre.. 
/  Capt.  M.  dn  Chaffirat. 

JL'Intrepide 

74 

686 

Count  de  VaudreniL 

Le  Terrible 

74 

686 

Count  de  Quay. 

Ijt  Monarch 

74 

686 

M.  de  Bedoyerre. 

Le  Neptune 

70 

686 

M.  de  Fromentiere. 

Lc  Trident 

64 

6jo 

M.  D*Aniblimonc. 

Le  Fbugueuz 

64 

650 

M.  Duvigneau. 

Le  Severn 

5« 

5JO 

M.  Durouret. 

The  French  Commander  had  also  another  Ship,  7be  Contenty  60  guns,  and 
500  mep,  belonging  to  the  East  India  Company  ;  and  many  frigates  from  36 
guns  downwards* 


4t(  BUOairfHCAIi  UBMOm 

lieaitQfuX,  9ni  mcBfhfxvtMt  Sliip«  im4^  tkt  siflmal  for  diioovcring  elevcQ 
sail  of  the  eoemy's  line  of  In^tlc  Ships.  Iwf  an  hour  after.  Captain 
Fox  in  the  Kent  hailed  ut,  and  said  they  counted  twelve  very  large 
Shtps.  Soon  alter  I  perceived  die  enemy's  convoy  to  crowd  away, 
with  all  the  saa  iliey  «MiM  set,  wiiikt  thtir  Shtpa  of  war  wm 
lurbg  f  o  fetm  m  a  line  altera  «f  tboQi  and  haiikd  scar  the 
wdir  their  topiaik  and  foKsaikt  and  aoiot  with  top-gaUaat  aaik  setf 
Finding  we  /«//  tim  mfotrwmig  $ur  lm»  while  the  enemy  was  standing 
away  from  us,  at  eleven  made  the  signal  for  the  whole  squ^ro^  to 
chase  *•  Half  an  hour  after,  observing  our  head-most  Ships  to  be' 
within  a  proper  distaacc»  I  made  the  signal  to  engage  which  wv 
immediately  obeyed.  The  Lyon,  and  Princess  Lonisa,  ^gnn  the  en- 
gagement, and  were  followed  by  the  rest  of  die  squadron  as  theyconU 
come  up,  and  went  from  rear  to  van.  The  enemy  having  the  wcafthcv* 
gage  of  us,  and  a  smart  and  constant  fire  being  kept  on  both  «dc%  the 
tmoke  prevented  my  seeing  die  number  of  the  enemy,  or  what  happened 
on  either  side  for  some  time,  in  pmsing  on  to  the  first  Ship  we  could 
get  near,  we  rtccived  many  fires  at  a  distance,  tiB  we  csme  doae  to  the 
Seveme  of  50  guns,  whom  we  soon  silenced,  and  left  to  be  taken  np 
by  the  frigates  astern :  then  perceiving  the  £^£^  and  Edinbmr^ 
who  had  lost  her  fpre-top-mast,  eqgi^red,  we  kept  oar  wind  as  close  as 
possible  in  order  to  asiift  them*  This  -attempt  wu  friytcnted  by  the 
Eagle's  falling  twice  on  board  us,  having  had  her  wheel  shot  to  pieces, 
and  all  the  men  at  it  IdHed,  and  aB  her  braces  and  bowlings  gone: 
this  drove  us  to  leeward,  and  prevented  our  attaeking  Le  Mpnarque 
of  j^  apd  the  Tooniint  ,of  80  guns^  within  any  distance  to  49  execu- 
tion :  however  we  attonpted  bo|k^  espcciaQyi  the  latter  ■awhile  we 
were  engaqped  with  hcr^  the  breachipg  of  all  ourJowar  deck  guns  broke, 
and  the  guns  fiew  fore  and  aft,  whieh  oU^^od  us  to  shoot  diead,  for 
our  upper  and  quarter  deck  guns  could  not  reach  her.  Captain  Har- 
land  in  the  Tilbury,  observing  that  sh(  fired  single  guns  at  us,  in  order 
to  dismast  ui^  ^tood  qn  the  ott^r  tack  between  her  and  the  Devonshuc, 
and  gave  hu-  a  very  smart  fire.  By  the  time  the  new  breeefaings  were 
all  seized,  I  was  got  almost  alongside  the  T^rident  of  ^  giins,  ivhom  I 
engaged  as  soon  as  possible,  and  silenced  by  as  -brisk  a  five  asl  could 
make.  Ju5t  before  I  attacked  her,  observing  the  Kent,  which  seemed 
to  have  little  or  no  damage,  at  some  distance  astern  of  the  Tonnant,  I 
fiung  out  Captain  Fox's  pendant  to  inake  ^il  ahead  to  engage  her,  as 
I  saw  it  was  in  his  power  to  get  clo^e  up  pjth  her,  she  being  somewhat 

disaUed,  baying  lost  her  main-to^^fmasti    Seeing  soase  of  our  Ships  at 

• 

*  This  Adminirs  condu^  and  alto  Admiral  Anton's  on  the  id  of  May  1747, 
sccmi  to  juttify  that  of  Admiral  MaihcWk  in  not  lUying  for  a  line  of  battle 


OF   6Ift  JCniN   MOORS,  BiTRV.    K.  B.  *4$9 

that  time  not  sa  cloself  engaged  as  I  could  kave  wished,  and'  iiot  being 
fiell  able  to  distiagui«h  who  tbey  were,  I  iluag  out  the  signal  '^qr 
coming  to  a  closer  engagement.  Soon  after  I  go^  alongside  withiii 
musquet  shot  of  the  Terrible  of  74  guns,  and  700  men.  Near  seveu 
at  night  she  called  out  for  quarters. 

71ifi9  fn  I  have  been  partienlar  with  regard  to  the  share  the  Devoit« 
•hire  b«re  in  the  a6Uoii  of  thatfiay.  A»  to  €tiCMher  Ships,  as  fer  cm 
§^  withiii  my!  .notice,  their  CommaodeiS)  Officers,  and  «cO!tapaBie^ 
|»ehavcd  with  the  greatest  spirit  and  resolution,  in.  every  respedi  lik,e 
Enghsbmen.  Only  I  am  sorry  to  acquaint  their  Lordships,  that  I  must 
except  Captain  Fox,  whose  condu^  on  that  day  I  beg  tney  would 
give  dtred^ions  for  enqairing  into  at  a  eourt  raartnd.  ' 

Having  obsarvad  tAiat  six  efthe  enemy's  Ships  had  sbiidt,  and  k 
being  very  dark,  and  our  own  Ships  dispersed,  1  thought  it  best  to 
'bring«to  fortktt  flight ;  and  seeing  a  great  firing  a  long  way  astern  of 
xne,  I  was  in  hopes  to  have  seen  more  of  the  enemy's  Ships  taken  in  thb 
morning ;  but,  instead  of  that,  I  received  the  melancholy  accounts  of 
Captain  Saumarez's  being  killed^  and  that  the  Tonnant  had  escaped 
in  the  night,  by  the  assistaoce  of  the  iBtrej^de*;  who^  by  having  the 
wind  of  o«r  8h^  hnti  fccdv«d  no  damage  that  I  could  perceive. 
Immediately  I  called  a  council  of  war* 

As  to  the  French  Convoy's  escaping,  it  was  not  possible  for  me  to 
detach  any  Ships  after  them  at  first,  or  during  the  adion,  except  the 
frigates  ;  and  that  I  thought  would  have  been  imprudent,  as  I 
obaerved  aeiKral  large  Ships  of  war  among  them  ;  and  to  confirm  me 
in  this  opinion,  1  have  since  learnt  that  they  had  the  Content  of  ^4 
guns,  and  many  frigates  from  36  guns  downwards  ;  however  I  took  a 
step  which  seemed  to  me  the  most  probable  to  intercept  them  ;  for  as 
soon  as  I  could  man  and  victual  the  Weazle  sloop^  I  detached  her, 
with  an  express  to  Conunodore  Legge. 

As  the  enemy's  Ships  were  large,  except  the  Seveme,  they  took  a 

*  good  deal  of  drubbings  and  lost  all  their  masts  except  two,  who  had 

their  foremasts  left  ;  this  has  obliged  me  to  lie  these  two  days  past,  in 

order  to  put  them  in  condition  to  be  brought  into  port,  as  well  as  our 

.owD».  who  have  auffovd  greatiy  *-• 

/  have  sent  Ms  evtprta  by  Capiain  Moore  of  the  Devombire^  In  the 
SeSorf  and  it  would  he  doing  great  injustice  to  merits  not  to  sajy  that  he 
tignali%ed  himself  greailj  in  the  aSion* 

*  The  Admifii,  having  ohitrved  a  Dutch  Ship  6ff  nniitcire^  ordered  her  to  be 
loUoweds  >&d  after  rjum  days  the  Icdvhim  (»  he^  gueased)  to  the  French 
fleet. 

■ 

molt  III.  3  L 


430  SIOO&ArRICAL  «tMOIt 

Every  exertion  that  was  possible  had  been  maie  by  the  Cap«- 
tains  Saunders,  8aumareZ|and  Rodney  *,  to  prevent  the  Ton- 
nant  2Lt\d  Intrepide  from  making  their  escape :  but  their  biave 
spirit  was  called  forth  in  vain,  being  attended  with  the  loss  of 
that  heroic^  and  ever  to  be  lamented  Officer  Capt*  Sanroarea  f 
of  the  Nottingham.-^Ai  soon  as  it  grew  darkt  the  Admiral 
•brought  his  fleet  to  for  the  night :  and  it  being  deekkd  by  the 
council  of  war,  which  was  called  the  next  morning,  that  it 
would  be  imprudent  to  send  apy  of  the  Ships  in  pursuit  of  the 
convoy,  the  Weazle  sloop  was  dispatched  to  Commodore 
Legge  at  the  Leeward  Islands ;  that  he  mig^  use  every  pos* 

*  ^onie  account  of  this  galUot  »dion  wii  given  in  onr  Bicfnphical  Mcmnir 
of  Lord  Rodney,  Vol  I.  page  355. 

i  Capuin  Philip  Saamares  was  one  of  tlie  Lientenants  of  the  Centurion 

under  .Jhfr.  Anso9,.at  which  period  he  had  serred  fourteen  years  in  the  Navy. 

He  was  appointed  Commander  of  the  celebrated  prize  the  Manilla  Galleon ;  his 

commission  bearing  date  June  21,  1743.    His  next  Ship  was  the  Sandwich  a 

second  rat^    The  virtues  and  high  charader  of  this  Ukntrioaa  Icmiiu  areinh^ 

rited  by  the  present  Sir  James  Saumarez,  who  ^a«  so  much  distinguished  himself 

during  the  present  war,  and  is  we  believe  his  grandson.    A  monument  was 

crcdfted  by  the  relations  of  Captain  Phi  Up  Saumarez  itf  Westminster  Abbey  widi 

this  iascriptiMi : 

QaBt  CiacuMCiNTo. 

SmcreJ  to  iU  memcry  rf  Philip  De  Sitmmaret^  StfJ'  iifrr  •/  the /em  wiMr  iemet  m^ 
rather  U  he  memured  hy  their  affhus  thmt  thfir  dsyt,  Frem  rfrtsw  t%  Shmtj^eevm 
yean  rf  age  he  tewed  in,  the  Navy  ;  and  woe  eften  turremmded  toiSh  dat^ers  ami  ^/t- 
culties  umparalleUd !  always  approving  himeet/an  ahle,  a^ive,  and  gallamt  Officer,  Be 
went  oat  a  Ueutenawt  om  hoard  hit  Ufajesty'e  Ship  the  CentnrieM^  wmder  tie  ane^dma 
£endmS  rf  Ceemmedere  An  m%  in  his  expeAim  to  the  South  Sea  ;  he  ^nm  rsw ■■■tfsj 
OJiter  of  the  said  Ship  nohen  the  was  driven  from  her  moorirfs  0t  the  island  of 
Ulnian, 

In  the  year  (1746)  ^^g  Captain^the  Kottiojghano^  a  6QgtM  Si^pt  hethmaim 
4tta£led  and  took  the  Mary  ^  a  French  Ship  o/^^gniu.  In  thefrst  engagement  the  fit' 
ioving  year^  tidten  Admiral  Anson  defeated  and  tooh  a  squadron  t^  French  men  of  w«r, 
andlndiamtn^  be  hsd  am  banmieMe  share  s  and  in  the  rneoni  msder  AAnewl  Howie, 
when  the  enemy  after  an  ohstinate  resistanee  was  ^ffM  rontod,  im^smng  two  Shijpothat 
^ere  wsaHi^  their  eseape^  he  gkrimuly  hat  ttnfortunately  fell^ 

He  was  ihe  son  tf  Matthew  de  Saamarex,  of  the  island  of  Gnenaeyt  ^^  h  ^^ 
JhhU,  of  the  idand  of  Jersey,  his  wife. 

He  was  horn  d^ovewshtr  17,  171O  /  hUted  OBoher  14,  1747  • 

Bmriedin  thealdChnrch  at  Fiymonth^ 

tTttknU  the  honanrsdne  to  his  dntii^mshad  merits  \ 

Monmmeni  ie  eroBed  oat  y 

Gratitude  and  Affe^ms 

By  hie  Brothtrt  tud  Sitttn% 


OP   8tt  jOffM   MOORZf  BAKT*   R.  ft.  43E 

aible  nieam  to  fall  in  with  the  French  merchant  Ships ;  and  in 
consequence  of  this,  many  of  thtm  were  taten. 

Admiral  Hawke  arrived  with  his  prizes  at  Portsmoatb,  on 
the  thirty  rfirst  of  October,  all  of  which,  except  the  Neptune, 
were  pucdiasedy  >and  added  to  the  British  Navy.  X^e  French 
Gazette  in  detailing  an  account  of  this  aAion,  was  guilty  of- 
ttM^xaggecation,  which  their  national  vanity  so  often  leads 
them  to  indulge  in.  Their  Captains  however  certainly  be* 
haved  with  great  spirit,  and  evinced  considerable  judgment  in 
their  manoeuvres*  The  loss  of  the  British  amounted  to  one 
hundred  andfifty-fbur  men  killed,  and  five  hundred  and  fifty-* 
•ight  wounded. 

Captain  Moore,  who  brought  home  the  first  intelligence  of 
this  glorious  viAory,  received  the  usaal  present  from  his  Sove- 
reign of  five  hundred  pounds. — This  Officer  was  also  Captain 
under  Sir  Peter  Warren  for  nearly  two  years  ;  but  we  are  not 
able  to  ascertain,  whether  it  was  prior  or  subsequent  to  tlie 
above  event :  such  was  the  esteem  which  Sir  Peter  Warren 
had  for  Captain  Moore,  that  he  appointed  him  his  executor. 
In  the  year  1749  he  was  appointed  to  the  Monmouth,  jo 
guns ;  during  the  peace  he  commanded  for  a  time  the  William 
-and  Mary  yacht;  and  in  the  month  of  April  1756  was  rem 
appointed  to  his  old  Ship.the  Devonshire. 

Throughout  the  painful  and  perplexing  days  of  Admiral 
Byng's  trial)  which  commenced  on  board  the  St.  Geoige  ja. 
Portsn^outh  Harbour yTuesday^December  28, 1756,  and  which 
histqry  holds  up  as  a  beacon  to  posterity  }  Capt.  Moore,  virhq 
was  one  of  the  Members  of  th^  Court  Martial  **  displayed 
great  clearness  of  mind,  aod  independeqc^  of  spirit  Owing  to 
the  various  people  who  attended;  the  crowd'  wa^  so  great,  tha( 
although  the  ground  was  then  cpvcred  wjth  snow,  the  sidcii  of 

*  Thomas  Smith,  Esq.  Yice-Admiral  ttf  the  )aed,  PrtudeUt. 

Admirals  Holbome,  ^  Captailis  Moore, 

Mornti  Simcoey ' 

Bt«dettck,  '  *                       'Douglass, 

Captains  Holmes,  Beotley, 

Geary,  Keppel^ 

(ofcei  Deonia. 


the  cabin  of  the  St.  Geoi^  ran  down  with  dew;  Captitin 
Moore  watched  the  evidence  of  the  diiferent  witnesses  with 
the  most  unwearied  attention  $  and  towards  the  close  of  the 
tenth  day  became  so  exhausted  with  anxiety  and  fiitigue,  that 
he  desired  the  Court  might  be  cleared  for  a  short  time  :  in 
consequence  of  which  they  adjourned  to  the  next  day. 
'  When  the  Sentence  of  the  Court  was  transmitted  Co  the 
Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  it  was  accompanied 
with  the  following  representation  : 

To  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lords  Commsslonert  fdr  ekecutsng  tie  Offld 
of  Lord  Htgh  Admiral  of  Great  Britawt  &c. 

We  the  underwritten,  the  President  and  Members  of  the  Court 
Martial  assembled  for  the  trial  of  Achniral  Byng,  befierc  it  unnecessary 
to  inform  your  LordshipSi  that,  in  the  whole  course  of  this  long  tnalf 
we  have  done  our  utmost  endeavours  to  come  at  truths,  and  to  do  the 
slriftcst  justice  to  our  Country,  and  the  Prisoner  ;  but  we  cannot  help 
laying  the  distresses  of  our  minds  before  your  Lordships  on  this 
occasion,  in  finding- Ourselves  under  the  necessity  of  condemning  a  man 
to  death,  from  the  great  severity  of  the  tweHth  article  of  war  ;  part  of 
whkh  he  ^Is  under,  and  which  admits  of  do  mftigatioo,  even  if  the 
crime  should  be  committed  by  an  error  in  judgment  only  :  and  there- 
fore, for  our  consciences  sake,  as  well  as  in  justice  to  the  prisoner,  we 
pray  your  Lordohips,  in  the  most  earnest  manner,  to  recommend  him 
to  his  Majesty's  clemency.— We  are,  &c. 

St,  George,  Portsmouth  Narbourf  January  17,  I75f. 

In  consequence  of  this  representation,  their  Lordships  peti- 
tioned the  King  for  the  opinion  of  the  twelve  Judges  *,  as  to 
the  legality  of  the  sentence  ;  which  they  having  considered, 
together  with  the  twelfth  article  therein  referred  to,  were 
unanimously  of  opinion,  that  the  Sentence  was  legal. 

A  further  attempt  was  however  made  to  save  Admiral  Byng. 
Captain  Moore  was  one  of  the  Members  of  llie  Court  Martial 
Who  on  this  occasion  petitioned  Parliament  to  be  leleased 
from  their  oath  of  secrecy.  On  the  twenty-sixth  of  February 
the  following  message  was  presented  to  the  Commons  by  Mr. 
Secretary  Pitt,  and  read  by  the  Speaker. 

•  Miuisfield.  J.  Wllltt.  T.  Parker.  T.  DcnniMin.  M.  Foster.  E.  CIitc 
Tho.  Birch.  H.  L^ggc.  S.  S.  Smythc.  Rich.  Adami.  Hen.  Bathurat. 
J.  E.  WOmoU 


OF  SI  A  Joan  liooaii  laETv  k»  b.  ^(^ 

otcmcB  K^ 

His  Majesty^  affeeshlj  to  his  Royal  Word,  for  tlte  lake  of  jiutiof^ 
and  of  example  to  the  discipline  of  the  Navy,  and  for  the  ofety  sod 
honour  of  the  Dation^  was  determined  to  have  let  the  lair  take  its  cotrse 
with  relation  to  Admiral  Byng^  at  upon  Monda^  ne&t ;  and  resiatedd 
•olicitatians  to  the  contrary. 

But  being  ii^ormed  that  a  Member  of  the  House  of  Comttom^ 
who  was  a  Member  of  the  Cloort  Martial  which  tried  the  said  Admiral^ 
Insy  in  his  place*  applied  to  the  House  in  behalf  of  himself  and  seferal 
other  Members  of  the  said  Court*  praying  the  aid  of  Parliameat  to  be 
ideased  from  the  oath  of  secresy  imposed  oo  Courts  Martial  $  m  order 
U>  disclose  the  grounds  whereon  sentence  of  death  passed  on  the  said 
Admiral*  the  result  of  which  discovery  may  shew  the  Sentence  to  be 
improper  ;  his  Majesty  has  thought  fit  to  respite  the  ezecutioA  of  the 
same*  in  order  that  there  may  be  an  opportunity  of  knowii^*  fay  tfa^ 
separate  examination  of  the  Members  of  the  said  Court*  upon  9tA^ 
what  ground  there  is  ibr  the  above  suggestion. 

His  Majesty  is  determined  stiU  to  let  this  Sentence  be  cwried  intil 

execution,  unless  it  shall  appear  from  the  said  examination*  that  Admirrti 

Byng  was  unjustly  condemned* 

G.  R.  . 

The  same  day,  on  a  motion  made  to  the  Commons  **  so  much  of 
fhe  afore-mentioned  Ack*  22  George  II.  as  relates  to  the  oath  of 
secrecy  was  read ;  leave  was  given  to  bring  in  a  bill*  to  release  fvonl 
she  obligation  df  that  oath*  the  Members  of  the  Court  Martial 
appointed  for  the  trial  of  Admiral  Byng*  pursuant  to  the  cxoeptiotf 
contained  in  the  oath.  Mr.  Potter,  and  Sir  Francis  Dashwood)  were 
ordered  to  prepare  and  bring  in  the  bill.  Mr.  Potter  presented  it }  it 
was  read  a  first  and  second  time^  and  committed ;  the  report  was  made^ 
and  the  biU  was  ordered  to  be  engrossed.  It  was  passed  on  the  twenty- 
eighth*  and  ordered  to  the  Lords  by  Mr.  Potter. 
,  After  the  second  reading  of  the  bill  in  the  House  of  Lords  had  bom 
agreed  to,  the  Lords  were  ordered  to  be  summoned  :  all  the  Memberi^ 
of  the  Court  Martial  were  ordered  to  attend  in  order  to  be  exa- 
ihined*  As  three  of  them*  Captains  Keppel,  Douglas*  and  Dennis* 
were  Members  of  the  other  House*  leave  was  asked  for*  and  granted  by 
the  Commons*  for  their  attendance.  Such  of  the  Judges*  as  were  in  townf 
were  likewise  ordered  to  attend. 

The  bill  was  read  a  second  time  on  the  second  of  March  :  and  it 
was  agreed,  that  the  several  persons  to  be  examined  should  be  called- 
in  separately*  and  examined  on  oath  ;  that  the  questions  aud  answers 

*  Beat8on*8  Memoirs,  voL  ii. 


4§^  tiooKAfiireAt  uutotu 

AvM  be  taken  down  in  writing  1>y  the  derkat  the  bir ;  and  that  tlie 
mfb^mr9£ySn€btdhjthcA6t  Z2  Gcoige  IL  ihouU  be  prcvioaaly 

Fke  Admiral  Smith  was  caHed  fint.  After  reading'  tbc  oatk  of 
■Kticy,  the  twcUth  artide  of  tbe  A6t  t%  George  IL  was  read.  Then 
k  wat  propotedy  that  the  Vice- Admiral  shoukl  be  9xktA^*Wbetber  he 
mm  ihkdi^  on  m  far  or  it  cam  rmMB^  emer  Mtbink,  fhmt  hf€mJd  hmte 
sfpBed  oaf  pari  cftbat  article  to  a  man  whest  comiuS  he  thot^ht  proceeded 
fiom  error  im  jadgment  oafy  f  which  being  obfe^cd  to,  the  queitiony 
after  debater  waa  waved  for  that  time. 

F^atquetttons  were  then  pat  to  the  Vice- Admiral  ;  and  they  were 
lapcalcd  upon  the  examination  of  ev^  other  Member  of  the  Court 
Martial* 

k«  Whether  yoa  how  aity  taatttr  that  pasMd,  previoai  to  the  eeateau 
froaoaaced  wpoa  Admiral  Byngf  which  mttf  ehew  that  seateme  to  he 

S.  Whether  jou  know  aty  matter  that  pasted  previoms  to  the  emd 
maUaeet  which  maf  $hiw  Aat  eenteaee  to  haive  heeu  givem  through  oaf 
fraSke  or  wutivc  t 

3.  Whether  you  are  deurout  that  the  Ullf  now  under  the  comcidera^ 
ihu  of  the  House,  for  dispeusing  with  the  oath  ofucrctjf  should  pase  into  a 
Imwf 

4«  Whether  you  are  of  opinioUf  that  you  J^ofue  any  pardcutars  to 
fivealf  relative  to  the  case  of,  aud  the  sentence  pasted  upon  Jdmusal  Byug^ 
which  youjucfge  necessary  for  his  Majettfs  iuformation$  aud  which  yom 
think  Uely  to  indme  hie  Majesty  to  mercy  f 

The  £ret  que^tio^  was  answered  in  the  negative  by  them  all,  except 
Rear* Admiral  Norris  :  hit  answer  to  it  was-^/  heg  to  he  excused  aum 
oweriiig  to  that  fuestiottt  while  I  am  under  the  oath  of  /rrrrrjr.— Then  the 
feOowing  question  was  proposed  to  be  put  to  him,  viz*  Whether  hava 
you  any  matter  to  s&uhse  that  would  shew  the  Sentence  to  he  Hfjfw /f  if 
yom  was  released  from  the  oath  of  secrecy  /  Which  was  obje^ed  to» 
but  waa  put  after  debate.    He  answered— >A^o. 

The  second  question  was  answered  in  the  negative  by  them  aM*  -*  *' 

The  third  question  was  answered  in  the  negative  by  Vice-Adhiiral 
Smith;  Rear  Admirals  Holbnmeand  Broderick;  and  Captains  Holmes^ 
Geary»  Boys,  Simcoe,  Douglass^.Bentlcyi  and  Dennis.  *  The  answera 
of  eight  of  these  ten  were  simply  negative.  Those  of  the  otlier  twa 
MI0W9  viz.  Vice- Admiral  Smitli's.  As  for  myself,  I  have  no  desire  of 
k  ;  hut  if  it  mil  he  a  relief  to  the  consciences  of  any  of  my  hrelhreu,'it  wiU 
not  he SsagreeahU  to  me, — Captain  Geary's.  No,  ny  Lords  /  hut  Ilnruo. 
no  objcSson^ififwillhe  to  the  satisfaSion  of  any  person. ^^Thrtc  answered 
to  this  question  in  the  affionative,  as  fplloW8»  viz*  Rear-Admini|i 


OV    SIR  jeHir  MOOftBf  BA&T^  X.  ••  .4)$ 

-MorrfSk  7>r  A--Cavtai  n  Moorb.  /  am  ^ery  dgshrvMt  k  sbouUg  titi 
I  mght  f€  ahtoln)ed from  the  §Mtb.  J  iavs  been  tmier  grua  tomem  ^uk^ 
I  ba<ve  talen  the  oath  :  I  dont  mean  upon  this  trial*  Captaio  KeppcL 
Tes^  tmdoubtedly* 

To  the  fourth  questioiiy  Rear  Admirris  Holbunie  tnd  Brodcfidt^ 
«iid  Captains  Boy«»  Stiiiooe»  Douglass,  Bentky,  and  Deaais,  aMverad 
in  the  negative  simply.  The  answers  of  the  other  six  foflosTt  villi 
«ttppletory  questions  put  to  some  of  them»  and  their  asnarna* 

Vice- Admiral  Smith*  /  ha'Ve  not^  indeed^  further  them  at  I 
m/bat  seemed  to  be  at  that  time  the  sense  of  the  ^vbok  Court f  io  m 
tomourahU  memhet  of  this  Home  (Lord  Lyttdton)  tiguifyingt  Aatlfk 
^mas  necessary  f  the  Members  wmdd^tmiBnffy  attmdj  t^jetfuakthaTttmrntt 
ihat  induced  them  to  recommend  him  to  his  Majesty's  mercy* 

^  Whether  you  think  yourself  restrained  by  your  oath  of  secivcfy 
from  laying  hefbre  his  Majesty  those  matters  for  inducing  his  Majesty** 
mercy*  which  are  mentioned  or  referred  to  in  that  letter  to  my  Lofd 
Lyttekon? 

A*  Je  the  sentence^  tsssd  s^p^aiionfor  hh  Mtgeitfs  mercy ^'  wet€  Hk 
smanimoHs  resolutions  of  the  Courts  I  apprehend  that  I  am€U  Merty  i¥ji^ 
ibe  reasons  why  I  requested  that  mercy. 

Rear-Admiral  Norris.  /  must  beg  leave  not  to  asuijuer  to  thai 
question. 

After  Admiral  Broderick  and  Captain  Holmes  were  examined^  the 
House  being  informed  that  Admiral  Norris  was  wiUing  to  answer  to'^Blk 
4)ueation»  be  was  called  'ixyMsgAxn^  and  the  questma  put.  H«  answeraL 
At  the  time  I  said  I  was  desirous  the  ad  shmttd  ttdte  place^  - 1  understioi 
Aat  w£  should  have  cm  ofportumty  of  delvoering  our  particular  reasomfor 
signing  the  sentence  f  and  letter  of  recommendation. 

Captain  Holmes.  /  tnow  nothing  more  but  the  sentenee,  and  the  kttct 
which  all  the  gentlemen  signed  at  the  Admiralty, 

Captain  Geary.  No%  my  Lords  I  n6  b'.ng  hut  what  I  barve  eigmediu^ 
iy  the  sentence  and  letter  of  recommendationm 

Q^  Wbeiber  if  the  AS  was  passed^  you  could  better  ixplmss  ihgtsOt* 
Seace  andletierp  than  you  are  now  able  f 

Captain  Geary.  My  oath  of  secrecy  won't  permk  me  to  toy  aty 
more* 

^.  Whether  you  think  by  your  oath  of  secrecy,  you  are  w 
strained  from  diadosing  any  thiogi  but  the  vote,  and  opinion  of  the 
Members? 

Captain  Geary.  J  am  one  of  the  Members  ;  and  I  humbly  beg  leave  to 
thluk  it  my  own  opinion* 

Captain  Moore.  I  do  not  think  n^lf  at  Rbcrty^  tuhile  lammdcrthit 
Oathf  to  atiiwer  the  question* 


4S6  ■TOOmAFHlCA&   HIllOll 

^  Whctfaer*  if  din  Bffl  wu  pasted*  you  eooU  better  e*. 
plun  the  lenteocCt  and  letttr  of  recommendation^  than  yoa  are  now 
«Ue  ? 

Captain  Moore.  /  could  give  better  information,  nt^bai  wore  jy 
waknufor  ngmng  ihtdt  tenienc^  and  ktter. 

Captain  KcppcL  Jilitii  thai  I  cmmai  amwer  that  fvortion»  wiihoat 
fmticidarismg  the  rooiomtfor  my  moUf  a^  opimon^ 

j^    Do  you  imdentand  that  these  particular  reasont  are  aakcrf 

Captain  Keppeh    No* 

Then  the  scfcral  examinatunu  weiv  read  by  the  Cleric  ;  and 
opon  a  motion  for  that  purpoce»  the  BiU  wai  ordered  to  be  r^ 
jeAed» 

It  was  an  extraordinary  circumstance,  that  Adni.  Osborne, 
who  bad  married  the  sister  of  Admiral  Byng^  was  one  of  the 
Admirals  appointed  to  attend  his  death  :  it  is  perhaps  un^ 
necessacy  to  add  flhat  he  was  excused.  Pievious  to  this 
snelancholy  erent  Admiral  Osborne's  sister,  in  a  state  of 
mind  that  bordered  on  madness,  waited  on  Captain  Moore  : 
it  was  with  great  difficulty  she  procured  admittance,  as 
the  servant  described  her  as  a  distraSed  pepson.  When  she 
at  length  had  reached  bis  room,  she  hurst  into  an  hysteric 
convulsion,  exclaiming,  Captain  Moot*  !  you  can  save  Admiral 
Byng  ! 

We  are  unable  to  ascertain  the  exaft  year  when  Captain 
Moore  was  married,  but  think  it  was  previous  to  this  period. 
His  wife.  Miss  Penelope  Matthews,  was  the  daughter  of 
General  Matthews,  Governor  of  the  Leeward  Islands ;  whose 
son  is  now  a  General  in  the  Army  :  by  this  lady  Captain 
Moore  had  five  children  *• 

During  the  year  1757,  Commodore  Moore,  with  his 
broad  pendant  flying  on  board  the  Cambridge  80  guns, 
relieved  Rear-Admiral  Franldand  in  the  command  on  the 

*  One  ion  who  died  jonng ;  and  four  daughters :  Cathi iime,  Iaadt  Bamv- 
tTLDB.— Pin t LOPS,  married  to  the* Reverend  Mr.  Sneyd,  of  Jevington  in 
Sussex.— Anmk.— Celina  MAftiA.^A  full  length  pldure  of  Sir  John  Moore 
was  purchased  by  Lord  Uxbridge,  and  preientcd  to  the  family  ;  it  is  now  lii 
the  poMeifiea  of  the  Rctin'fad  Mr.  Sneyd^ 


OF    Silt'  JOHN    BtOORti    BART/ K«  B. 


437 


Leeward  Island  station  *,  who  proceeded  to  England  in  the 
Winchester.  This  squadron  was  of  essential  service  in  pro* 
tefiing  the  trade  of  the  Islands  :  Captain  Middleton,  in  the 
Blandford  alone,  captured  no  less  than  seventeen  privateers, 
for  which  he  was  voted  a  sword  of  one  hundred  pistoles  value 
by  the  Assembly  of  the  Island  of  Barbadoes. 

Commodore  Moore  in  the  ensuing  year  (1758)  detached 
Captain  Tyrrell  on  a  cruise  with  the  Buckingham  70  guns, 
and  Cambridge  80  guns  ;  who  immediately  sailed  in  quest  of 
some  privateers  reported  to  be  at  anchor  in  Grand  Ante  Bay  : 
he  destroyed  three*  and  took  a  fourth^  though  they  had  got 
close  in  shore  under  cover  of  a  battery.  This  noble  Officer's 
reply  to  the  sailors,  who  afterwards  wished  to  attack  and 
plunder  an  adjoining  village,  deserves  particular  notice^— 
h  is  beniath  uSi^  my  brave  lads  t  to  render  a  number  cf  poor 
people  miserable  J  by  destroying  their  habitations  and  comforts  0^ 
life*  Englishmen  scorn  to  distress  even  their  enemies  !  Captaia* 
Tyrrell  soon  afterwards,  in  this  year,  distinguished  himself 
when  cruising  off  St.  Eustatia,  against  the  superior  force  of 
the  Florissant  74guns,  the  Aigrette  38  guns,  and  the  Atalantc 
28  guns,  convoy  to  a  fleet  of  French  merchantmen  :  Captaia 
Tyrreirs  force  consisted  only  of  the  Buckingham,  and  the 
Weazle  sloop* 


*  Squadron  wider  Cvwumodou  Moore  at  tbe  Lerward  Islands,  ^757^ 

• 

CuMU 

Cambridge 

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m 

To  5  J^^°  Moore,  Commodore. 
(  Captain  T,  Burnett. 

Backinghaiii 

. 

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70 

Richard  TyireJL 

Trident 

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m 

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64 

A.  Jclf. 

Bristol 

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50 

A.  Leslie. 

Fmlkland 

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50 

F.  8.  Drake. 

Woolwich 

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44 

P.  Parker. 

Ilumber 

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40 

S.  Scot. 

Roebuck 

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-> 

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40 

J.  Holwall. 

Amazon 

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26 

W.  -Norton. 

Blandford 

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0- 
a4 

C.  Middkton. 

Antigua 

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14 

Chr.  Codrington. 

Saltaih 

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14 

Walter  Stirling- 

Weazle 

1 

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16 

J.  Bolct. 

mm  III. 


3  ^ 


43^  BIOfB&ArRICAL   MtMOm 

We  now  come  to  notice  the  last,  and  oiost  distingnishecl 
events  in  the  life  of  Commodore  Moore ;  the  attack  on  the 
IslaCnd  of  Martinicot  and  the  taking  of  Guadalonpe*  on  the 
first  of  May  1 759*  Towards  the  close  of  the  preceding  year 
intelligence  h^  been  received  that  the  French  Carribbee 
Islands  might  easily  be  reduced*  Accordingly  a  squadron  of 
eight  Ships  of  the  lines  with  the  Renown  30  guns,  and  the 
Infernal,  the  Qrenada,  King's  Fisher,  and  Falcon  bombs, 
•ailed  from  England  ii>  Noyember,  under  the  command  of 
Captaifi  Robert  Hughes  ;  with  70P  marines,  commanded  by 
Lieutenant-Colonel  {lycaut ;  and  sixty  transports,  containing 
six  regiments  of  foot  *•  General  Hopson  commanded  the  land 
fcrces,  assisted  by  Nfayor-Gpneral  Barrington«  and  Brigadier- 
Generals  Armigect  Haldane,  Trapaud,  and  Clavering; 
whilst  the;  fleet  f  was  under  the  orders  of  Commodore  Moore. 

^  Tlie  CM  Bafft,  DurourV  Elliott's,  Barrington's,  Wation-s,  a^d  Anniger*!  ^ 
|rith  a  detachment  of  the  artilleiy  from  Woolwich. 

f  His  Majeatj'i  S)upa  4t  the  Leeward  Itla^ds,  midev  CommpdofV  Mo^,  1 75  a. 


pamhridge 

St.  George 

Korfolk 

Buckingham 

Burford 

Berwicl; 

Vfoa 

Ilippoii 

Winchettq;: 

Bristol 

V'oolwidi 

I 

Roebuck 
ludlow  Cattle 
Renown 
Amaxon 

^netts 
^easle 
Antigua 

«py 

King**  Fisher  Bomb  Ketch 
l^alcon  Ditto 
Grenada  Ditto 
infernal  ^itto^ 


g^  1  John  Moore,  Commodore. 

C  Captain  Thomas  Bomctfi 

90  Clark  Gayton. 

74  Robert  Hughes. 

7Q  Richard  Tyrrel). 

70  j?°^c*  Gambier. 

64  William  Harman. 

ed  WiUiam  Trelawne|> 

6p  Ed.  Jekyl. 

io  M.  Shuld)iam. 

CO  ^d.  Le  Cras. 

50  l«auchlin  Leslie. 

4^  Peter  Parker. 

41  Tho.  Lynn. 

46  7.  Clarke  (^st). 

3:1  Geo.  Mackenzie. 

36  W.  Norton. 

^  Daniel  Deering. 

14  Richard  King. 

14  John  Boles. 

1%  Western  Varl(^ 

io  William  Bayne. 
$.  Deacon. 

•  M*  Robinson. 

•  S.Uvedale. 
la.  Mackenslct 


oi   silt  JOHll    MOORE>   AA&T.   It*  tl  4S4 

The  Squadron  under  Captain  Hughes,  with  thtfttan^ports, 
Arrived  in  Carlisle  Bay,  Barbadocs,  on  the  third  of  January 
( 1759),  where  Commodore  Moore  had  been  waiting  to  receive 
them  :  after  taking  forty-six  negroes  on  board  each  Ship  of 
the  line,  to  assist  in  drawing  the  cannon,  and  about  200 
islanders,  the  whole  sailed  on  the  thitteenth  for  the  island  of 
Martinico  *,  the  first  objeft  of  their  attack.  Early  on  the 
fifteenth  they  were  close  in  with  the  Diamond  Rock;  and 
daring  the  night  the  squadron  turned  into  the  great  bay  of 
Fort  Royal,  and  kept  plying  to  windward  until  the  morning  ; 
when  the  Commodore  had  given  his  orders  for  attacking  the 
batteries  along  shore. 

At  eight  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  sixteenth,  the 
Bristol  and  Rippon  attacked  Fort  Negro,  a  strong  battery  of 
seven  embrasures,  within  three  miles  of  the  citadel :  the  Lyon^ 
that  had  been  designed  for  this  service,  doove  out  to/sea  in  the 
night.  By  ten  the  battery  was  silenced,  and  the  Marines^ 
that  brave  and  iUustrious  Corps,  who  have  at  all  times  ren- 
dered  such  important  services  to  their  country,  landed  in  flat- 
bottomed  boats ;  and  having  climbed  the  rocks  with  fixed 
bayonets,  hoisted  British  colours  on  the  parapet 

The  Winchester,  Woolwich,  and  Roebuck,  about  the  same 
time  attacked  the  batteries  in  Cas  des  Navieres  Bay^  about  a 
league  below  Fort  Negro  ;  where  it  had  been  determined  that 
the  disembarkation  should  be  made.  Some  troops  detached 
from  the  citadel  to  oppose  f  the  landing  in  this  bay,  mistak- 
ing the  sentinels  at  Fort  Negro  for  part  of  the  army  already 
disembarked,  and  fearing  if  they  proceeded  they  should  be 
placed  between  two  fires,  immediately  retired,  and  left  the 
beach  unprotefted  ;  in  consequence  of  which  the  troops 
landed  at  four  in  the  afternoon  without  interruption,  about 
five  miles  from  Fort  Royal  :    during  the  night  the  fleet 

*  Tht  French  l^rat  settled  in  this  island,  vnder  Dusnamhue,  in  1 635.  The  cuU 
tivation  of  the  sugar  cane  began  here  in  1650  ;  and  the  cocoa  tree  was  planted 
in  it,  in  17x8.    The  coffee  tree  was  first  brought  into  this  island. 

t  Account  of  the  Expedition,  by  J.  Richard  Gv<liti6r,  £s^.  Captain  of 
Marinci  on  board  the  Rippon. 


44^9  BIOGftAPHlCAL    MBMOia 

■ 

was  employed  iii  turning  up  into  the  great  bay  nearer  to  Foit 
Royal. 

At  seven  in  the  morning,  on  the  seventeenth  of  JaaQary, 
the  troops,  that  had  landed,  were  seen  from  the  fleetadvancing 
beyond  Fort  Negro,  firing  the  woods,  and  clearing  their 
front  nearer  to  Fort  Royal ;  at  ten  an  English  battery  was 
observed  playing  from  an  hill  above  the  fort.  About  nooa 
the  troops  were  seen  advancing  up  the  hill,  which  overlooked 
the  town  and  citadel ;  and,  by  those  on  board  the  fleet,  a 
speedy  conquest  of  the  metropolis  of  the  island  was  ex« 
pelted. 

At  two,  a  message  was  received  by  the  Commodore  from 
General  Hopson,  that  unless  some  heavy  cannon  could  be 
lauded  from  the  squadron  at  the  Savannah,  near  the  town  of 
Fort  Royal ;  or  that  the  citadel  could  at  the  same  time  be 
attacked  from  the  bay,  as  he  attacked  it  on  shore ;  he  could 
not  maintain  bis  ground.  A  Council  of  war  was  accordingly 
held  i  when  it  was  judged  impracticable  to  land  the  cannon  at 
the  Savannah,  because  the  boats  would  be  exposed  to  the  fire 
of  the  garrison  ;  or  to  attack  the  citadel  by  sea,  because  the 
wind  and  leeward  current  constantly  setting  out  of  the  bay, 
the  Ships  in  going  higher  up  would  be  obliged  frequently  to 
tack,  which  would  take  up  many  hours  ;  and  they  would  all 
the  time  be  exposed  to  the  guns  of  the  citadel,  and  two  other 
batteries.  The  brave  Commodore  however  sent  word  to  the 
General,  that  he  would  land  tlie  cannon  at  Fort  Negro  ;  and 
that  the  seamen  should  draw  it  to  any  place  he  should  think 
proper,  without  any  assistance  from  the  land  forces  :  a  most 
difficult  and  hazardous  service,  as  the  whole  country  from 
Fort  Royal,  to  Fort  Negro,  is  very  uneven,  being  much  inter- 
se6ied  by  deep  ravines,  and  narrow  passes.  The  General 
however  thought  proper  to  retire  ;  and  accordingly  the  same 
evening,  as  soon  as  the  moon  was  up,  the  boats  attended  to 
bring  off  the  troops. 

The  next  day  the  General  acquainted  the  Commodore  *« 
that  the  council  of  war  was  of  opinion  it  would  be  most  for 

•  OfKcial  letter.    Whitehall,  M^ch  7i  i7S9* 


I 


OP  tift  jOHKr  Moo&By  BA&T.  K.  B.  44r 

kfe  Majesty^s  service  to  proceed  to  St.  Pierre  *y  the  capital  of 
Ae  island ;  situated  in  that  part  of  it  which  is  called  Bassb 
Terre*  This  town>  the  most  considerable  in  any  of  the 
Carribbees,  arises  on  a  fine  open  bay,  on  the  leeward- 
most  part  of  the  island  pf  Martinico  ;  approached  from  the 
Sea,  it  appears  at  the  foot  of  a  steep  mountain  ;  but,  as  you 
advance,  the  hills  remove  to*  a  greater  distance.  It  h  built  in 
the  ferm  of  a 'crescent  i  towards  the  middle  of  it  is  a  small 
oblong  fort, 'oonstrudled  of  good  stone,  with  a  strong  battery 
of  cannoOy  which  commaods  the  Road ;  in  the  middle  of  which 
is  a  sharp  rock.  The  opposite  side  is  flanked  at  each  end 
with  a  rouiid  tower,  and  embrasures  for  four  pieces  of  cannon  ; 
the  wall  joining  these  towers  is  also  bored  for  cannon. 

Commodore  Moore,  immediately  on  receiving  the  General's 
Hiesss^e,  threw  out  the  signal  for  the  squadron  to  weigh ;  and 
the  better  to  deceive  the  enemy,  kept  turning  into  the  great 
bay  of  Fort  Royal,  the  principal  harbour  in  Martinico,  until 
the  evening  ;  when  the  whole  fleet  stood  out  of  the  bay,  and 
ran  down  along  the  west  side  of  the  island.  By  six  o'clock: 
the  next  morning  (January  19)  the  Commodore  was  off  the 
town  of  St.  Pierre— bearing  E.  N.  E.  distant  four  miles.  At 
seven,  threw  out  the  Panther's  signal  to  sound  the  bay,  which 
was  done  from  side  to  side.  A  westerly  wind,  a  phenomenon 
in  these  latitudes,  had  now  sprung  up,  and  continued  to  blow 
right  into  the  bay  until  the.evening.  At  eight,  threw  out  the 
signal  for  the  bomb  ketches  to  stand  in  ;  the  Rippon  was  also 
ordered  to  silence  a  battery,  about  a  mile  and  an  half  north  of 
the  town,  and  the  transports  with  the  troops  to  come  under 
the  Commodore's  stern  :  owing  to  the  change  that  soon 
afterwards  took  place  in  their  operations,  Captain  Jekyll  f 

*  All  Ships  laden  with  the  prodtice  of  the  French  colonies  in  this  part  of 
the  world,  are  obliged  to  repair  to  this  port,  and  dlear  out,  before  they  proceed 
to  Europe  :  owing  to  whichj  all  the  produce  of  their  colonies  becomes  blended 
under  the  name  of  Martini  que. 

'  f  Edward  Jekyll  was  a  relation  of  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  in  the  reigns  of 
Oeorge  I.  and  II.  He  was  advanced  Captain  of  the  Lion,  a  fcuith  rate, 
March  5,  1 747*8 ■•— Captain  Jekyll  from  his  critical  situation  in  the  above  attack, 
was  obliged  to  fire  at  once  from  both  sides,  and  from  his  stern  chase,  and  evea 


44^  KlOG&APHlCAL   BfSMOill 

in  the  Rippoiii  was  for  a  long  time  placed  in  iimtiinentdaiii 
ger  ;  daring  which  he  most  gallantly  defended  himself— itt 
half  past  five  the  Commodore  sent  a  Lieutenant  with  boats  td 
tow  off  the  Ship*   The  alteration  of  their  plan  appears  to  have 
proceeded  from  the  report  of  the  Commodore  :  having  care- 
fully examined  the  coast,  he  felt  it  his  duty  to  represent  to  the 
General,  at  the  counciJ  of  war  which  was  held  soon  after  the 
Rippon  had  proceeded  to  her  station,  that  he  made  no  doubt 
of  destroying  the  town  of  St  Pierre,  and  putting  the  troops  in 
possession  of  the  same  s  yet  as  the  Ships  might,  in  th*  attack, 
be  so  much  disabled,  as  not  to  be  in  a  condition  to  proceed 
immediately  on  any  other  material  service  ;  and  as  the  troops, 
if  it  should  be  pra£licable  to  keep  possession  of  the  above- 
town,  would  also  be  much  reduced  in  their  numbers  for 
future  attacks ;  and  being  of  opinion,  that  the  destroying  the 
town  and  fortress  of  Basse  T£&rs  in  the  island  of  Gua- 
PALOUPE,  and  keeping  possession  of  it ;  and  by  all  possible 
means  endeavouring  to  reduce  the  said  island  ;  would  be  of 
gieat  benefit  to  the  sugar  colonies,  as  that  island  is  the  chief 
resort  of  French  privateers  ;  the  Commodore  submitted  it  to 
the  General's  consideration,  whether  it  would  not  be  best  to 
proceed  to  Basse  Terre  i 

In  giving  this  advice  Commodore  Moore  zSted  like  a  pro- 
vident and  discerning  commander  :  by  the  admirable  manner 
in  which  he  had  disembarked  the  troops,  and  the  gallant  offer 
he  had  made  of  landing  the  cannon  at  Port  Negro ;  aitd  of 
conveying  them  by  his  seamen  across  a  country  so  difficult, 
to  whatever  place  the  General  should  fix  on ;  he  had  displayed 
a  brave  and  enterprising  spirit*  He  afterwards  seems  to  have 
thought,  that  the  place  of  attack  had  been  removed  to  a  part 
of  the  island,  which,  if  gained,  would  only  prove  an  idle  waste 
of  strength  ;  and  efFeftually  injure  the  success  of  what  still 
remained  to  be  accomplished* 

to  ran  two  g^$  out  of  the  itern  gallerj  :  he  expended  upwardt  of  700  gnat 
thot.  During  the  adion,  his  distrea  was  greatly  increased  by  a  Bos  of  car- 
tridges blowing  up,  which  set  his  Ship  on  fire*  This  Officer  died  vnivcrsall/ 
lusted,  a  priTste  Capuin,  June  a 6,  1776. 


(OF  IlK  JOHN    MOORly  lAftT.  X«  &•  44.3 

Thus  termin^^ted,  in  an  unsuccessful  manner,  like  the 
jftttaclcs  on  Martinico  in  1693,  and  1703,  the  attempt  made 
by  our  countrymen  in  1759 ;  the  glory  of  this  conquest  was 
reserved  for  a  few  years  to  increase  the  naval  exploits  of 
another  distinguished  veteran*.— -At  eight  in  the  morninr 
of  the  20th,  Commodore  Moore  sailed  to  the  northwardp 
find  was  soon  joined  by  the  troops  from  Antigua;  on  thdf 
twenty-second  the  fleet  appeared  off  the  Island  of  Guada«« 
}oupe. 

Before  we  proceed  to  consider  the  successful  naval  exploit 
of  the  Comipodore ;  we  must  be  allowed  to  notice  some  par* 
ticulars  that  appeared  ii^  two  subsequent  publications,  which 
(tend  to  throw  further  light  on  the  events  of  bis  unsuccessful 
(expedition. 

Captain  Gardiner  of  the  mju-inesi  in  his  account  of  the  expeditioip* 
^hich  wehslve  ab-eady  noticed,  informs  us,  that  the  far  greater  part  of 
the  inhabitfmts  of  our  Leeward  Islands,  secretly  wished  the  expeditioii 
might  miscarry,  ist,  Because  it  interrupted  a  gainful  though  ini- 
quitous trade,  which  they  carried  on  with  St.  Eustatia,  by  transports 
}ng  Frenph  sugarsi  tlieir  property,  in  Dutch  bottoms.  2dly,  Bcv 
cause  many  of  them  had  plantations  of  their  own  in  Mdrtinico*  And* 
adly,  Becau9e,  if  we  had  gained  possession  of  Martinico,  the  additioii 
of  a  great  quantity  gf  sugqr  to  the  English  market  w(5uld  have 
lowered  the  price* 

The  censures  therefore  which  these  calumniaton  have  sq 
lavishly  thrown  out  against  the  commanders  of  this  expe-r 
^ition,  as  they  afterwards  did  on  Ad^liral  Rodney,  should  bp 
parefuUy  guarded  against. 

The  next  publication  which  appeared  in  the  year  (1759) 
relative  to  this  eyent,  was  signed  (J.  JJ,  and  was  writtexi 
by  a  Lieutenant  f  in  the  Navy, 

Martinico,  says  this  author,  is  fortified  both  by  nature,  and  art ; 
the  shore  on  both  sides  is  indented  with  numberless  bays  which  n{t^ 
pp  far  into  the  country ;  and  the  Sands,  which  can  only  discover^ 
themselves  at  low  water,  form  in  many  places  an  bidden  and  almost 

*  Rear  Admiral  Rodney  in  1762.— Vid.  Naval  Chronicle,  Vol.  I.  pa^^^Ji- 
f  Printed  for  A.  Johnson,  price  it.    The  title— C«iu&/  JU/k&'ntu  «•  |^f  4«« 
ffiRtiQM  to  Martinic  \  with  un  offguni  tfiMking  GuadalMtft* 


444  BIOCRAPHICAL   MtMOIt 

isHnrmotmtable  barrier  :  a  ridge  of  inaccessible  mountains  nins  N.  W. 
and  S.  £.  from  one  end  of  the  island  to  the  other.  It  is  defended  by 
strong  and  numerous  garrisons  of  veteran  regiments*  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  ableet  engineers.  The  troops  upon  the  island  amount  to 
1 5,000  men  ;  besides  i  S,ooo  settlers,  commonly  caDed  militia,  who  are 
disciplined  crery  fortnight^  and  reviewed  in  a  body  twice  a  year ;  be- 
sides 60,000  bkcksf  many  of  whom  arc  dexterous  in  shooting,  and  all 
know  the  use  of  small  arms.  r^Here  however  we.  landed  vrith  no  more 
than  5,500  men. 

Fort  Royal  is  a  regular  square,  fortified  in  a  new  method  by  M* 
ii  Raumeur,  after  a  desigu  communicated  to  an  English  gentleman  by 
Lieutenant  Archibald  Bonteirif  late  chief  engineer  in  Jdmaica. — It  is 
defended  by  a  train  of  300  pieces  of  cannon,  some  of  them  fortr- 
^ght  pounders;  and  a  garrison  of  five  regiments,  consisting  of  3750 
^men,  most  of  them  Irish  and  Swiss. — But  the  strength  of  this  fort  was 
not  all  we  had  to  overcome :  3000  blacks  on  the  first  sight  of  our 
fleet  had  been  employed  to  undermine  the  ground  which  we  were 
to  pass  over ;  arid  it  was  charged  with  no  less  than  150  barrels  of 
powdei^ 

Our  troops  marched  on  without  suspicion  of  this  danger,  and  the 
whole  first  line  affuai/y  advanced  on  the  ground  over  the  fotoder  /  Just 
at  this  crisis*  when  nothing  else  could  have  saved  us,  a  French  Car- 
penter, who  had  differed  with  the  construdor  of  the  mine  about  his 
wages,  first  cut  off  one  of  the  canals  of  communication  ;  and  then  de- 
serted :  being  conduced  to  General  Hobson,  he  apprised  him  of  his 
danger;  upon  which  the  men  were  instantly  ordered  to  face  about, 
and  move  off  the  ground.  When  the  French  saw  this,  they  with  all 
baste  set  fire  to  the  train  ;  but  the  communication  being  broken,  two 
or  three  bacrels  only  exploded,  and  a  few  men  of  Watson's  regiment 
fell  by  a  suarc  which  was  so  near  destroying  the  whole  army.  A  true 
account  of  the  state  of  the  Fort,  and  the  Island,  being  obta  ned  from 
this  Carpenter,  whose  veracity  after  such  proof  could  not  be  suspe^ed, 
a  Council  of  War  was  called,  and  the  troops  were  again  taken  on 
board. 

Though  the  town  of  Basse  Terre,  which  is  the  metropolis 
of  the  Island  of  GuadaloupCf  was  very  strongly  fortified 
towards  the  sea ;  and  though  the  fort  was  thought  by  the 
chief  engineer,  on  his  reconnoitring,  to  be  impregnable 
against  the  fire  of  the  Ships ;  Commodore  Moore,  with  the 
enterprising  spirit  of  his  charader,  made  a  disposition  for  its 
attack,  in  the  following  manner,  by  his  Squadron : 


OP    SIR  JOHM    MOO&Bj   BA&T.  ,JC.  B.  44$^ 

Guns* 

T  ^      60^^  battery  to  the  southward  of  the  citadel^  of  nine 

Norfolk-  -'^  /The  citadd  of  Fort  Ropl,  mounting  forty  fevcn^ 

Cambridge,  8oJ    ^^"^ 

Panther,   •  6o7_„  , ,  ,     .  /.       , 

fiurfdrd.  -    n  \  ■'■  "^  royal  battery  in  the  town,  of  twelve  g^ns, 

Berwick    -  6  J"^  battery  in  the  town,  of  seven  g^ns»  called  Su 

*        ^l     Nicholas's* 
p.  CLe  Mome  Rouge;  a  battery  of  six  guns  en  barhctte^ 

ppon,  •  60  J    ^  jjj^j^  ^^  ^^^  northward  of  the  town. 

The  di£krent  Captains  of  the  above  Ships  were  ordered  to  silence 
their  respe^ve  batteries,  and  to  lie  by  them  until  further  orders. 

On  the  morning  of  the  23d  of  January,  at  seven  o'clock, 
the  Commodore,  who  had  now  arranged  every  thing  in  an 
admirable  manner  for  the  grand  attack,  shifted  *  his  broad 
pendant  on  board  the  Woolwich,  to  diredi  and  keep  the 
trainsporta  together  in  a  proper  mantier  for  the  landing  of  the 
troops ;  as  also  to  be  enabled  by  this  means  to  consult  proper 
measures  with  the  General,  who  saw  the  necessity  of  having 
the  Commodore  with  him ;  and  requested  that  himself,  with 
the  other  general  officers  and  engineers,  might  be  admitted 
on  board  the  Woolwich,  for  the  same  reasons. 

About  nine  the  firing  from  all  sides  commenced,  which 
continued  with  the  utmost  spirit  until  night,  when  the 
judgment  of  the  Commodore  plainly  appeared  5  the  citadel, 
and  all  the  batteries  being  effectually  silenced.  The  bombs, 
which  had  been  continually  showered  on  the  town,  had 
taken  effe£t  in  several  places  ;  owing  to  the  quantity  of  rum 
and  sugar  in  the  warehouses,  the  town  burnt  without  inter- 
mission the  whole  of  the  ensuing  day :  the  horror  of  the 
spectacle  cannot  be  described  f — ^  mutual  and  unremitting 
fire  of  many  Ships  and  batteries,  heightened  with  a  line  of 
flames  which  extended  along  the  shore,  formed  the  back 

*  Far  precedents  of  Coounanden  •hifting  their  flags  to  other  Ships,  in  a^on, 
vid.  Navil  Anecdotes. 

f  One  shell  blew  ap  the  cnemy*s  magazines  whilst  a  single  carcass,  set  the 
wliole  town  in  flamcs» 


40  BIOGlAratCAL    MIMOt& 

ground  of  this  terrible  view. — It  was  intended  to  land  the 
troops  on  the  evening  of  the  day  the  attack  comn^nccd  ; 
but  it  being  dark  before  they  were  ready,  tliey  were  not  dis- 
embarked until  the  next  day  (the  24th}  when  the  whole  fleet 
came  to  an  anchor  in  the  bay  by  two  o'clock  P.  M,  and  at 
three,  the  signal  being  thrown  out  to  prepare  to  land,  Com- 
modore Mpore  put  the  troops  in  possession  of  the  town  and 
fort,  without  their  being  in  the  smallest  degree  annoyed  by. 
the  enemy.    Captains  Shuldham,  Gambier,  and  Burnet,  con* 
iludcd  the  debarkation.     The  French  were  constantly  sup^ 
plied  with  provisions  by  the  Dutch,  from  tlie.time  they  were 
driven  to  the  mountains,  until  they  surrendered. 

As  a  considerable  part  of  the  subsequent  operations  were 
military*  condu£ted  under  the  auspices  of  The  Navy,  we 
aliall  not  enter  into  a  minute  detail  of  them«  A  roost  spi- 
rited atuck  was  made  by  the  squadron  *  detached  by  the 
Commodore  under  Captain  Harman  on  the  13th  of  February 
against  Fort  Louis,  on  the  Grande  Terrb  side  of  th^ 
island :  in  which  the  brave  Marines,  and  Highlanders> 
well  supported  their  accustomed  charader. 

On  the  27th  of  February  General  Hopson  died,  worn  out 
with  age  and  infirmities ;  who  had  accepted  the  command^ 
from  a  principle  of  honour,  as  being  offered  by  his  King. 
He  was  succeeded  by  General  Barrington. 

About  the  eleventh  of  March,  Commodore  Moore  receiv«» 
ing  Intelligence,  of  the  arrival  of  a  squadron,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Monsieur  Bompart,  consisting  of  eight  Ships  of  the 
line,  and  three  large  frigates ;  and  that  he  was  then  lying 
between  the  IsUdes  Ramicresj  and  Point  Negroi  in  the  great 
bay  of  Fort  Royal,  Martinico  ;  whence  he  might  throw  sue* 
cours  into  Grande  Terre^  without  a  possibility  of  the  Com* 
modore's  being  able  to  prevent  it,  whilst  continuing  in  hi» 
present  situation ;  he  resolved  instantly  to  call  in  the  cruising 
Ships,  and  sail  for  Prince  Rupert^ s  Bay^  Dominica;  where 
he  would  become  early  acquainted  with  the  motion  of  the 

*  Berwick,  Roebuck,  Woolwich,  R/nowa;  BoaetUi  toii  (WQbom]>  kstchc^ 


OF    S^R   JOHK    UoOKt^   BART*    K.  B.  4^ 

'enemy :  and  as  he  would  then  be  to  the  windward  of  Guaf- 
daIoope>  he  wotild  be  able  to  follow  M.  Bonipart,  if  neces- 
sary. The  Roebuck  was  accordingly  left  to  guard  the  trans- 
ports ;4  and  on  the  thirteenth  of  March,  tho  Commodore 
sailed  to  Prince  Rupert^s  Bay,  where  he  was  joined  by  the 
St.  George,  Buckingham,  Rippon,  and  Bristol. 

The  following  are  the  reasons  *  which  tlie  Commodore 
assigned  for  his  condud — the  Bay  of  Dominica  was  the 
only  place  in  which  he  could  rendezvous,  and  unite  his 
^uadron;  here  he  refreshed  his  men,  who  were  grown 
sickly  in  consequence  of  subsisting  on  salt  provision ;  here 
he  supplied  his  Ships  with  plenty  of  fresh  water — here  he 
had  an  intercourse,  once  or  twice  every  day,  with  General 
Barrington,  by  means  of  small  vessels  which  passed  and  re- 
passed from  one  island  to  the  other :  by  remaining  in  this 
situation  he  likewise  maintained  a  communication  with  the 
English  Leeward  Islands;- which  being  in  a  defenceless  con- 
dition, their  inhabitants  were  constantly  soliciting  the  Com- 
fnodore's  protedion ;  and  here  also  he  supported  the  army, 
the  commander  of  which  was  unwilling  that  he  should  move 
to  a  greater  distance.  Had  the  Commodore  sailed  to  Port  RoyaJ 
he  would  have  found  the  enemy's  squadron  so  disposed,  that  he 
could  not  have  attacked  tliem>  unless  M.  de  Bompart  had  been 
inclined  to  hazard  an  AAion.  Had  Commodore  Moore  an- 
chored in  the  bay,  all  his  cruisers  must  have  been  employed 
in  conveying  provision  and  stores  to  the  squadron :  therp 
he  could  not  have  procured  either  fresh  provisions  or  water ; 
nor  could  he  have  had  any  communication  with,  or  intdli* 
gence  ftom  the  arpiy  in  the  Leeward  Islands^  in  less  than 
eight  or  ten  days. 

On  the  twenty-second  of  April  M.  Nadau,  the  Governor 
of  the  Island  of  Guadaloupe,  sent  Messrs.  Clainvilliers^ 
and  Duquercy  to  General  Clavering's  head  quarters  to  de* 
mand  a  suspension  of  arms ;  and  to  know  what  terms  the 
General  would  be  pleased  to  grant  them  :  in  consequence  of 

*  Smolkt's  Continuatioo.    Ed.  121x10.  voL  viL  page  a40.«»Aip/«- 


448  IIOGIAPRICAL   MIMOI& 

which  General  Barrington  hastened  to  the  above  officer ;  at 
whose  quarters*  on  the  twenty  fifth  of  April,  the  terms  of  car- 
pitulation  were  agreed  to,  and  signed  on  the  first  of  May. 
Early  on  the  second  of  May  the  deputies  from  GnatfDE 
1  £RR£,  who  had  gone  back  for  proper  authority,  returned 
and  signed  the  following  paper : 

WE  the  Depottes  of  the  Grands  TiaRSf  arriTcd  this  day  with 
full  powertj  do  coDsent  to  the  cmpitulatton  signed  the  Jirtt  of  this 
monthy  between  their  Excellenciet  the  Honounble  General  Barrings 
tODy  and  John  Moore,  Esq.  and  the  inhalHtants  of  Guadaloup<^ 
agreeable  to  the  2  2d  article  of  said  capitulation. 

Done  at  the  head-quarters^  in  the  Ci^  TerrCi  Guadaloupe. 

DUHAZETS, 
M^  ft,  1759.  GAIYB£TON. 

On  the  eleventh  of  May  Commodore  Moore  dispatched  an 
official  letter,  of  which  the  following  is  an  extrad,  dated 
Cambridge,  Prince  Rupert's  Bay,  Dominique,  May  11, 
1759,  to  the  Right  Honourable  Mr.  Secretary  PitL 

GiTe  me  leave.  Sir,  to  congratulate  jrou  on  the  capitulation  of  the 
Islands  of  Guadaloupei  and  Grand  Terre,  which  Major  General  Bar- 
rington sends  to  you  by  this  express  \  in  gaining  w^.ich  great  honour 
is  due  to  the  troops.  The  strong  holds  the  enemy  had,  could  not  be 
conquered  but  by  great  condu£k  and  resolution. 

I  hope  the  conquest  will  prove  as  great  an  acquisition  as  it  appean 
tome. 

It  is  with  g^reat  pleasure,  I  think  I  may  say,  Sir,  that  on  this  ex* 
pedition,  great  unanimity  has  been  kept  up  between  the  two  corps ; 
as  well  as  in  obedience  to  his  Majesty's  commands,  as  from  our  own 
inclinations.  It  has  ever  been  my  wish  to  have  such  harmony  subsist, 
and  I  flatter  myself  I  have  always  succeeded* 

I  beg  leave  lO  acquaint  you.  Sir,  that  on  the  second  instant,  being 
informed,  the  French  squadron^  under  the  command  of  M.  Bomparti 
was  to  windward  of  Marigalante,  I  put  to  sea  in  the  night»  and 
endeavoured  to  get  up  with  them  ;  but,  after  beating  five  days,  and 
having  gained  very  little,  two  of  our  cruisers,  that  I  had  sent  di£Ferent 
ways  to  watch  the  enemy's  motions,  saw  them  the  sixth  instant,  return 
betwixt  the  two  islands  into  Fort  RoyaL  From  the  almost  constant 
Lee  Currents,  it  being  very  difficult  for  Ships  to  get  to  windward,  it 
must  alwrays  be  in  the  enemy's  choicci  whether  they  will  come  to  a 


OV  t»  lOBV    MOORVr  BART.  X.  !•  449 

^Dcnl  aftion  or  not.    Their  tqaadron  conaisU  of  nine  ami  of  the  lin^ 
and  three  frigates  *• 

I  shall,  in  conjun£Uon  with  General  Barrington,  give  every  asristance 
in  mj  power  to  any  other  Services. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be>  &c 

JOHN  MOOR£« 

The  island  of  Marigalante,  Les  Saintes,  Descada,  and 
Petiie  Terre,  soon  surrendered  on  the  same  terms  as  Gua- 
daloupe.  Tlie  French  bad  taken  such  pains  to  conceal  the 
value  of  the  latter,  that  the  people  of  England,  whose  minds 
had  been  fixed  on  the  conquest  of  Martinico,  were  not  at  first 
sensible  of  the  prize  which  the  Commodore  had  gained* 
Guadaloupe  js  allowed  to  be  greatly  superior  in  value  to  Mar- 
tinico :  of  all  the  conquests  f  made  from  France  during  tb^ 
war,  this  was  by  far  the  most  beneficial  to  Great  Britain* 
Captain  Gardiner,  in  his  account  oftheExpedition^  declares, 
that  GuADAL0t7P£  is  of  greater  consequence  than  Marti* 
wico  ;  that  it  is  stronger  and  more  capable  of  defence;  that  it 
was  a  nest  of  privateers  who  did  incredible  damage  to  our 
shipping ;  that  the  soil  is  so  fertile  that  the  Canes  are  some- 
times cut  six  times  without  replanting ;  and  that  the  greater 
part  of  what  are  called  Martinico  sugars  are  the  real  produce 
of  Guadaloupe. 

Having  removed  into  the  Berwick,  64  guns,  the  CommO'^ 
dorc  returned  to  England,  soon  after  the  above  event,  and 
arrived  in  the  Downs  on  the  twenty-third*  of  June,  1760. 
On. the  twenty-first  of  October  1762,  he  was  advanced  Rear* 
Admiral  of  the  Red  ;  and  held  the  command  in  the  Downs  to 
the  peace.  On  the  fourth  of  March  1766,  Admiral  Moore 
was  created  a  Baronet  for  the  services  he  had  renderedihis 
Country ;  and  soon  afterwards  was  appointed  Port  Admiral  at 
Portsmouth. 

*  Mont.  Bompart  had  on  board  600  regular  troopi,  sooo  Tolaateeny  and  a 
quantity  of  arms  and  ammanition.  He  had  appeared  off  St.  Anne,  and  there 
landed  a  battalion  of  Swim,  fifty  of  whom  deserted.  On  being  informed  that 
Guadaloupe  was  taken,  he  re-embarked  the  troopii  and  returned  to  BAa*^ 
titttco. 

t  Beation*!  Memoin,  toL  ii.  page  34a. 


4io  BtOMArMfCit  irtMoit 

This  tro!y  valuable  and  judicious  Officer,  received  a  fartbrt" 
mark  of  his  Sovereign's  approbation^  on  the  twenty-fifth  of 
June,  17729  when  he  was  honoured  with  tlie  military  Order 
of  the  Bath.  Hit  health  bad  long  been  injured  by  the  profes- 
sional duties  he  bad  been  engaged  in,  amid  such  a  variety  of 
climates :  the  gout  to  which  be  had  been  long  ^ubjeA  in* 
created  the  violeiice  of  its  attacks  during  the  year  17779 
and  baiBiog  all  medical  assistance,  proved  at  length  fataL 
£ir  John  Moore  ^  died  on  the  twenty-fourth  of  Marcl^ 
1778,  and  was  buried  with  his  fatlier  and  mother  in  the 
church  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields. 

The  Charader  of  this  excellent  Officer,  and  worthy  man^ 
may  be  known  by  that  of  his  intimate  frictidi»,  the  Admirals 
Kef  PEL  and  Pigot  :  kindred  hearts  soon  discover  each 
other,  and  establish  a  reciprocal  regard  tliat  does  not  change; 
Tlie  mind  of  Sir  John  Moore  possessed  all  the  frankness^ 
and  affability  of  the  first,  with  a  gteater  portion  of  streugdi: 
Sir  John  was  generous,  disinterested,  and  independent ;  hut 
be  had  gained  a  more  perfect  knowledge  ofhunun  nature  than 
his  friend,  Lord  KeppeL  Sir  John  Moore  well  knew,  that 
tlie  best  of  men  were  sent  forth  as  Sheep  in  the  midst  of 
Wolves — he  was  therefore  wise  as  the  Serpent,  and  harmless 
as  the  Dove.  His  penetration  into  the  motives  of  his 
Superiors>  was  beyond  that  which  his  friend  Admiral  Pigot 
enjoyed.  Sir  John  Moore  saw  men  with  the  eye  of  an 
hawk ;  and  having  in  consequence  once  formed  his  opinion, 
,was  not  easily  induced  to  alter  it.  This  rendered  him  a  strift 
Officer  ;  but  he  was  also  the  patron,  and  kind  protcSor  of 
those  who  served  under  him*  Whatever  he  said,  ordid^  was 
stamped  with  charafter  ;  for  he  was  not  one  of  those,  who 
seem  sent  into  the  world  by  dozens,  without  the  smallest 
discriminating  feature  of  mind  among  them.  The  engaging 
inanners  of  Sir  John  Moore  proceeded  from  the  goodness  'of 
his  heart,  and  the  virtues  it  contained  ;  he  therefore  had  no 

*  Advanced  Vice- Admiral  of  the  Blue,  OtAobcr  i8,  1770;  od  the  tweoty-* 
iMirth  of  the  tame  month  to  the  Vhite  ;  on  March  31^  177^1  to  th^Kiftbc  Rod  ^ 
a&d  00  January  29,  177S,  to  be  Admiral  of  the  Blue. 


«1 


OT  tift  JOHN    MOORS,  BART.   K.  B«    ,  4; I 

occasion  to  ape  that  aiFe£lat]on  of  them  which  is  styled 
good*breeding.  He  was  an  experienced  Officer,  a  religious, 
aiad  thet^fofe  a  loyal  sobjefi,  and  a  firm  friend.-^'We  shall 
condade  our  biographical  flii^moir»  with  the  following  lines 
SKldressed  to  the  Right  Honourable  William  Pitt,  in  the  year 
1759,  on  Colonel  Clavering's  arrival  with  an  account  of  the 
surrender  of  the  island  of  Guadaloupe: 

Lo !  Nq)timc  vmootiis  the  raging  of  the  Deq) 

Lest  Britain  mouniy  and  lovely  Claverino  weep, 

6wcet  are  tlie  whispers  of  the  western  gale. 

Fair  Albion's  cliffs  repeat  the  welcome  Tsie  ; 

Glad  Thames  along  his  wide  extended  shore.  ^ 

Wafts  the  lov'd  names  of  Barrington  and  Moore^ 

Conquest  and  Guadaloupe  t 

Blest  is  the  sdund  to  every  British  ear ; 

How  bkst  the  Man  whose  country  is  his  eare* 

Hts  elevated  genius  fionned  the  plan, 

Tnie  valour  fiaished  what  deep  thought  began  % 

His  penetrating  mind  each  spring  can  trace. 

And  gjye  each  chara£^er  its  proper  place : 

Hence  concord  reigns  in  Council  and  the  Field« 

And  selfish  views  to  Public  Glory  yield  ; 

Worth  he  regards  above  the  pride  of  bloody 

Disinterested,  virtuous,  great,  and  good. 


Mr.  Rosewell  was  for  many  years  Secretary  to  Admiral  Moore,  and 
hts  stedfast  friend.  The  Admiral  was  one  of  the  Officers  who  signed 
the  Memorial  presented  to  the  King,  beseeching  him  to  stop  all  farther 
proceedings  in  the  charge  brought  against  Admiral  Keppel  by  Sir 
Hugh  PaUtser. 

AaMf .]    Amre  on  a  diief  bdented  Or,  three  mullets  pierced  Gvlet. 

CaatT.]  In  a  dacal  coronet  Or,  a  Moor's  head  in  profile  proper,  vrreathed 
aboot  the  templet  Argent,  and  Aanre. 

SuproRTcas  ]  Two  greyhounds  regardant  Argent ;  each  supporting  withhis 
exterior  feet  an  anchor  Sable.-— The  supporters  were  granted  on  the  Admiral's 
being  made  a  Knight  of  the  miliurjr  Order  of  the  Bath. 

Jdoxx^]  '  Fortis  cadtre,  cedere  non  potest. 


I    45*    J 

PLATE  xxxnr. 

View  of  the  Port  of  Falmouth,  from  the  hiU  near  Flusbrngf 
taken  from  a  design  made  on  the  spot  by  Mr.  Pbghsll. 
The  eye  commands  the  whole  extent  of  the  entrance  to 
this  valuable  Port,  from  the  Channel :  comprising  St» 
Mawis  on  the  left  to  the  Slack. Paint ;  and  on  the  right  the 
cast  end  of  the  Town  of  Falmouth^  with  a  distant  view  of 
Helstcne^  (a  trading  and  populous  town,  situated  on  the 
River  Ccber^  at  about  fourteen  miles  distance  from  the 
other,)  the  Manacles j  and  the  Lizard.  In  the  centre 
appears  Ptndenms  Casilc  ;  the  Peninsula,  which  from  this 
point  of  view,  owing  to  the  form  of  the  inclosures,  resem- 
bles a  tortoise ;  the  Careening  Place,  and  Ship  Yard. 
The  Shipping  represents  in  distance  Commodore  Sir  John 
Wa&rbn  shortening  sail  in  the  Flora^  and  coming  to 
anchor,  followed  by  the  Aretbusa^  Sir  E.  Pellew,  a  Bri^ 
and  Cutter ;  a  great  number  of  Prizes  are  towing  in. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  FALMOUTH. 

FALMOUTH,  situated  where  the  river  Fak  £dk  into  the  Englisk 
Channel,  about  two  centuries  ag^o,  contained  onlj  two  or  three 
bouses  ;  it  is  now  the  richest,  and  best  trading  town  of  the  whole 
county  of  Cornwall :  a  circumstance  in  part  owing  to  its  being  the 
station  of  the  packeu  to  Spain*  Portugal,  and  America ;  which  not 
pnly  bring  great  quantities  of  gold  in  specie,  and  in  bars,  on  account 
of  the  merchants  in  X^ndon,  but  the  Falmouth  merchants  also  trade 
with  the  Portuguese  in  Ships  of  their  own,  and  have  also  a  great  share 
in  the  profitable  pilchard  trade*  The  harbour  is  noble,  and  ei  tensive  ; 
its  entrance  »  guarded  by  the  castles  of  Su  Mawcs  and  Pendennis, 
rituated  on  an  high  rock*  Its  various  creeks  afford  so  nmck  sfadtcTt 
that  the  whole  Royal  Navy  of  Great  Britain  may  ride  in  it  in  safety  in 
any  wind. 

At  Falmouth  is  the  custom-house  for  most  of  the  Cornish  towns,  a» 
well  as  the  head  colledor*  It  is  a  corporation  governed  by  a  Mayor 
and  Aldermen.  By  a  late  A&.  of  Parliament  for  procuring  teamen  for 
the  Navy,  Falmouth  is  required  to  furnish  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
one  men. 

Mr.  Malham,  in  his  excellent  Naval  Gazettecri  gives  the  following 
ArcQiom  rctfc3ing  the  harbour  of  Fabnouih  ;-^ 


i>BsCRIPtlON   OF   TALHOVra.  45} 

<*  The  dangers  to  be  avoided  in  approadhiog  FalmoutK  ttarbo^ir, 
from  the  southward,  after  coming  rouiid  thfi  Lizard^  are  the  Manacle* 
Kocks ;  which  are  about  S.  arid  S.  by  W.  from  tie  harbour,  off  the 
point  where  the  coast  begins  to  trend  northward.  Between  the  two 
points  of  the  entrance  into  the  hatbour,  on  which  to  the  east  is  the 
castle  of  St.  Mawes,  and  of  Pendennts  on  the  west,  but  somewhat 
nearest  to  the  western  shore,  is  the  rock,  emphatically  called  the 
Fa  LMo  u T  H  Ro c  K.  This  is  known  by  having  a  pole  standing  on  it ; 
on  cither  side  of  which  Ships  may  sail,  but  the  cast  side  is  the  best 
Channel  ;  for  a  Ship  may  borrow  by  the  lead  towards  St.  Mawes  into 
five,  or  six  fathoms  at  low  water.  In  coming  round  St.  Ann's,  or 
Anthony  Point  from  the  eastward,  give  it  a  good  birth*  Until  the 
Falmouth  Rock  come  at  N«  E.  or  N«  N.  £•  when  a  Ship  is  west,  or 
to  the  S.  of  W,  from  the  Point,  she  may  alter  her  course,  and  pasa 
the  Shag  Rocks  on  the  starboard,  lying  about  W.  N.  W«  fiiom  the 
Point. 

^  Another  dire£^on  for  going  in,  is,  to  keep  the  Manacles  Rocks 
open,  and  shut  on  the  Point  of  Falmouth,  or  Pendennis  Castle  ;  until 
the  church  over  Penny-comb  Quick  in  the  N.  comes  to  the  £.  of 
Smithick  ;  and  so  stand  over  to  St.  Mawes,  and  ride  with  that  castle 
at  £•  from  the  Ship,  having  one  anchor  in  eight  fathoms,  and  the 
westernmost  in  four  as  may  be  convenient*  A  riile  has  dso  been  laid 
down  to  keep  clear  both  of  the  Manacles  Rocks  and  the  Stags  or  Shags, 
which  is,  not  to  shut  the  se^etA  churches  to  the  N.  of  the  Lizard« 
For  anchorage  it  has  also  been  devised,  if  the  wind  be  easterly,  to 
anchor  in  sixteen  or  seventeen  fathoms  ;  but  if  westerly,  in  four  or  five 
only  ]  as  the  west  shore  is  fiat  qff  a  great  way.  But  great  Ships  anchor 
in  Carrick  Road,  with  the  Manacles  Poinc  over  the  Point  of  Fat- 
mouth.  The  town  of  Falmouth,  which  is  on  the  W.  shore  within 
Pendennts  Castle,  nearly  in  that  diredion  from  St*  Mawes  on  the  E* 
shore  and  Carrick  Road,  is  between  them  round  the  point  of 
hnd  to  the  N.  W.  and  in  lat.  50  d^g.  8  min.  N.  and  long.  5  deg* 
a  min.  W.  and  has  high  water  near  half  past  five  o'clock  at  spring 
tides. 

*'  To  come  out  of  Falmouth,  if  a  Ship  be  bound  to  the  westward,  she 
must  not  keep  more  southerly  than  S.  S*  E.  or  S.  £.  by  S.  according  as 
the  wind  may  be  more  or  less  towards  the  starboard  shore.  When 
Pendennis  bears  at  N.  W.  at  the  distance  of  a  league,  the  depdi  will 
be  ten  frithoms  ;  and  when  Falmouth  is  due  north,  and  the  Lutard  at 
W.  by  S.  the  depth  is  forty  fathoms.'* 

Falmouth  is  ten  miles  south  of  Truro,  end  z6S  west  by  south  of 
LK>ndon.    We  shaU  finish  this  brief  account  of  it,  with  the  foUowiof 

Ool.  III.  3  o 


^54  DEtCRlPTlOK  OP   rALMOVTB* 

inscription  on  «  wiiidow»  at  one  of  the  inns»  which  appeartd  ni  the 
Gentleman't  Magazine  for  1764. 

/  hdve  seen  the  ipecious  vain  Frenchman  ;  the  trucking  scrub  Dutcb^ 
mdn  f  the  tame  law  Dane  ;  the  sturdy  self 'righting  Swede  ;  the  barlaroms 
Rust  ;  the  turbulent  Pole  ;  the  bomett  dull  German  ;  the  payjighting 
Swii  ;  the  subtle  splendid  Italian  ;  the  salacious  Turk  ;  the  ever  lounging  f 
warring  Maltese  ;  the  piratical  Moor  ;  the  proud  cruel  Spaniard ;  the 
bigoted  base  Porh^uese  ;  nsfith  their  countries  :  and  hail  again  Old 
Euglandf  my  Native  Land  I 

Reader!  if  ENGLisHMMr,  Scotchman»  Ieishmak*  aEjoici 

IN  THB  f  EBEDOM  THAT  IS  THE  PELICITY  OF  THY  OWH  COUNTftT  ; 
AND  MAINTAIM  IT  SACRBD  TO  FOSTERITY  ! 


NAVAL  ANECDOTES, 
COMMERCIAL  HINTS,  RECOLLECTIONS,  *c 

MANTES  IN  CO&OITt  VASTo! 


100.  XV. 

ADTANTAOES  OP    SUPPLYING    SHIPS    WITH    FLOUR   INSTEAD   OF 

BISCUIT. 

THE  following  remarks  occur  in  Dr«  Blane's  excellent  work  on  the 
diseases  of  seamen  : 
«  As  bread  is  one'  of  the  principal  articles  of  diet,  the  utmost 
care  should  be  taken  in  preservingnt,  and  great  advantages  would  arise 
from  stowing  it  in  casks  that  are  water  tight,  instead  of  keeping  it  in 
ba^Sy  or  letting  i(  lie  loose  in  the  bread  roonu    Captain  Cook,  by  this 
method,  and  by  giving  it  a  cast  in  the  oven  in  the  course  of  the  voyage, 
preserved  his  biscuit  sound  in  every  respcdi  for  more  than  three  years* 
But  the  greatest  improvement  in  this  article  of  diet  would  be,  to  have, 
in  the  form  of  floury  a  greater  proportion  of  what  is  now  allowed  in  bread. 
The  flour  might  be  made  into  puddings  ;  and  seems,  in  this  form,  to 
be  more  nutritious  and  antiscorbutic  than  biscuit,  which  has  undergone 
a  strong  force  of  fire.     This  sort  of  mess  would  be  stilL  more  proper 
and  agreeable  now  that  melasses  is  a  stated  article  of  diet.    Flour,  by 
being  well  pressed  and  rammed,  will  keep  as  long  as  biscuit,  and  it  caa 
be  stowed  in  one  fifth  part  of  the  space  ;  it  will,  therefore,  cost  much 
less  in  freight  than  the  same  quantity  of  it  in  that  form,  and  it  may  be 
baked  abroad  if  necessary.     In  the  French  Ships  of  war  there  is  an 
Oven  large  enough  to  supply  not  only  all  the  Officers  and  sick,  but 
part  of  the  crew>  with  soft  bread  every  day  :  the  objeAicm  chiefly 


IIAVAL   AKICDOTBS9  &GW  4^5^ 

aiade  to  baking  on  board  formerlyy  was  the  g^reater  consumption  of 
wood  ;  but  thif  is  now  obviated  by  the  general  adoption  of  the  fiie- 
places  of  cast  iron,  invented  by  Mr.  Brodie>  in  which  the  ovens  are 
heated  by  the  same  fire  with  which  the  viduals  are  boiled. 

The  advantages  attending  the  use  of  flour  instead  of  bread  are  thus 
fully  exemplified. 

MemoraUe  Inttanees  o/*  British  Admrah  shifting  their  Flags j  to  cofttinuet(^ 
condmB  ami  animate  an  ASion^  asui  pursue  the  Enemy  f  even  after  they 
fvere  heateUf  and  Jlyingm 

IN  the  hattli  of  Solehay  the  British  fleet  was  then  under  the  com- 
mand of  the  Duke  of  York,  in  the  St.  Michael,  who  being  warmly 
attacked  by  Db  Ruytbr  the  Dutch  Admiral,  and  having  lost  her 
main  top-mastj  his  Royal  Highness  shifted  his  flag  on  board  the 
Loyal  London^  and  continued  to  condu^  the  adion  from  three  o'clock 
in  the  morning  till  seven  at  night,  when  it  ended  in  a  complete 

In  XhtaSion  off' the  North  Foreland^  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  July  t665« 
Prince  Rupert,  and  the  Duke  of  Albemarle,  were  joint  in  the  command 
of  the  fleet,  and  on  board  of  the  same  Ship  ;  but  after  three  hours 
engagement  with  Db  Ruytbr,  were  obliged  to  shift  their  flag  on 
board  another  Ship* 

Sir  Edward  Spragg,  Admiral  of  the  Blue,  in  the  battle  of  the 
twenty-eighth  of  May,  1672,  shifted  his  flag  three  times. 

'On  the  eleventh  of  August  following,  Sir  Edward  Spragg  shifted 
bis  flag  from  the  Royal  Prince  to  the  St.  George ;  and  as  he  vras 
shifting  his  flag  firom  the  St.  George,  his  boat  was  pierced  by  a 
cannon  ball,  and  sunk,  and  Sir  Edward  Spragg  unfortunately  drowned^ 

Sir  Ralph  Delayal,  after  the  battle  of  La  Hogue,  shifted  his 
flag  from  the  Royal  Sovereign  on  board  the  St,  Albans,  to  go  to  the 
attack  of  three  capital  Ships  of  the  enemy,  who  had  hauled  into 
shoal  water,  and  under  the  protedion  of  some  batteries  in  Cherbourg 
Bay  ;  and  when  he  could  not  come  near  enough  in  the  St.  Albans> 
Sir  Ralph,  to  encourage  the  Officers  and  Seamen,  went  in  one  of  the 
boats  to  prote^  and  assist  the  fire-ships,  and  effe^ually  performed 
that  service,  burning  all  the  three  Ships,  eacU  of  three  decks. 

Sir  Gborge  Rookb  likevrise,  after  the  said  battle,  being  sent  to 
destroy  the  Ships  in  La  Hogue  Bay,  for  the  same  reason  went  in  one 
of  the  boats  Xo  assist  and  support  the  fire-ships,  and  saw  the  service 
effeduaUy  performed  ;  burning  six  men  of  war  the  first  day,  and  seven 
the  next,  besides  transports,  and  vessels  loaded  with  provisions. 

At  Vigo,  when  the  Torbay  v?as  set^on  lire.  Sir  George  Rooke  went 
in  bis  own  boat  with  his  flag  flying,  and  took  Vice-Admiral  HobsoA 


4(6  MAVAL   AHBCDOTES,   &C* 

out  of  hcTf  after  the  fire  wateztinguiahedy  and  put  hiin  on  board  aoo» 
thcr  Ship* 

Ships  built  op  wintik-fblled  timber  are  moch  drier  than 
those  built  of  what  is  summer- felled  ;  and  this  circumstance  should 
have  been  mentioned  with  regard  to  the  Montague  ;  for  the  cause  of 
her  healthiness*  notwithstanding  her  being  a  new  Ship*  was  probably 
from  being  built  of  winter-ftUed  timber.  It  should  therefore  be 
atridlly  enjoined  to  fell  the  wood  in  winter ;  for  those  who  are 
employed  to  do  it  have  an  interest  in  doing  it  in  summer*  on  aooount 
of  the  value  of  the  bark. 

THE   GOOD  BPPECTSOP  PIBB  AND  SMOKE  IN  TBNTILATIKG  SHIPS. 

WHEN  it  was  the  custom  for  frigates  to  have  their  kitchens  be. 
tween  decks*  Dr.  Blane  informs  ub,  **  they  were  much  more  healthy 
than  in  the  present  const ru6lion*  in  which  they  have  them  under  the 
forecastle*  where  the  heat  and  smoke  are  dissipated  without  being 
diffused  through  the  Ship*  and  causing  a  draught  of  air  upwards*  as 
formerly.  The  men  derived  then  also  great  benefit  and  comfort  from 
having  a  large  fire*  round  which  they  might  assemble  to  warm  and  dry 
themselves  In  a  sheltered  place.  I  leave  it  to  those  who  preside  in  the 
Con8tru£Uon  of  the  Navy  to  determine  how  far  it  would  be  adviseable 
to  return  to  the  old  manner  of  construdlion.  The  French  Ships  of  the 
line  have  their  kitchens  and  ovens  between  decks*  and  this  must  tend  to 
counteradl  the  effects  of  their  want  of  cleanliness.  The  Dutch  Ships 
of  the  line  have  their  kitchens  on  the  orlop  deck*  which  must  be  stiQ 
inore  conducive  to  the  general  purity  of  the  air." 

• 

MODE    OP   VENTILATING    SHIPS. 

WHEN  scuttles  are  objeAed  to*  as  weakening,  or  endangering  a 
Ship*  Dr.  filane  mentions  a  good  contrivance  for  the  same  purpose* 
which  he  met  with  on  board  of  the  Nymphe  frigate.  It  consists  of  a 
square  wooden  pipe*  of  abou(  nine  inches  in  the  side,  coming  from 
between  decks*  running  along  the  side  of  the  Ship,  and  opening  over 
the  gunwale  of  the  forecastle.     There  was  one  on  each  side. 

A  better  conn  ivance  than  this  has  lately  been  adopted  on  board  of 
some  hospital  and  prison  Ships.  It  consists  in  an  aperture  made  in  the 
middle  of  the  deck  overhead*  three  feet  long  by  one  and  an  half  wide* 
fri  m  whence  a  tube  ascends  tapering  into  the  open  air*  about  six  feet 
above  the  upper  deck  ;  and  to  prevent  strong  currents  of  air  from 
descending  a  screen  is  made  to  traverse  with  the  wind  by  means  of  a 
vatie*  so  as  to  keep  the  opening  to  leeward  of  it. 


£    457    3 
DISQUISITIONS  ON  SHIP-BUILDING- 

{^Concluded  from  Pagt  274.) 


ON  BRITISH  NAVAL  ARCHITECTURE. 
ST  RALPH  wjtLBrr^  ss^  F,  A^  ec  R,  SS. 

{From  A&CHAB0LOGIA»  FoL  II.) 

WE  have  now  reached  the  reign  of  Charles  the  Second*  The 
struggles  for  liberty  happily  terminated  ;  and  freedom  in  a 
jpreat  measure  established  on  solid  and  permanent  foundations,  allowed 
the  nation  to  prosecute  again  the  beneficial  aits  of  trade  and  hiduitry. 
We  see  with  pleasure,  therefore,  the  happy  effeds  of  peace  and  secu* 
rity»  in  the  powerful  fleets  raised  in  this  rdgn  ;  fleets  that  gave  ua 
truly  the  dominion  of  the  sea*  and  especially  as  those  of  the  Dotch^ 
our  only  competitors  at  this  time,  decreased  as  rapidly  as  oury  in* 
creased.  It  was  some  time  after  this  before  the  French  began  to  be 
formidable  at  sea* 

I  know  the  list  of  this  Prince's  Navy  hath  already  been  published  $ 
but,  I  am  informed,  not  in  the  complete  manner  that  I  am  able  to' give 
it*  May  I  be  allowed  to  give  mine,  without  distressing  too  much  the 
patience  of  my  readers  ?  It  will  be,  at  the  worst,  only  a  table  of 
reference,  which  the  reader  may  omit  as  much  of  as  he  pleases*  It 
will  be  seen  that  the  same  difference  in  the  guns  and  men  employed  at 
home  and  abroad,  continued  to  be  observed  ;  that  it  continued  down 
to  the  beginning  of  the  present  century^  through  the  reigns  of  Wil- 
liam the  Third,  and  through  the  greatest  part  of  even  that  of  Anne  ; 
and,  what  may  want  some  explanation  is,  that  the  least  number  is 
allotted  to  the  service  abroad,  where,  from  the  difficulty  of  supplying 
them,  we  should  have  expelled  the  greatest  number,  especially  in  the 
men*     This  list  is  dated  1684* 


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441 

398 
441 


107 
400 

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St.  Andrew     • 
Britannia         • 
Royal  Charles 
Charles 

Royal  Jamci  - 
London  • 

St  Michael  - 
Royal  Prince  « 
Royal  Soverei^ 


Guns  at 
bvm*. 


Gtuis 
abroad^. 


96 

100 

100 

96 

100 

100 
100 


86 
90 
90 

80 

90 
50 


Men  at 

Mm 

bomi. 

abroad. 

739 

670 

780 

^70 

780 

670 

710 

60i 

780 

670 

730. 

6ao 

6co 

520 

78« 

670 

815 

719 

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bom$. 

Gtmt 

82 

MtmM 

borne. 

airmidL 

rU75 
90c 

DotchcM          .        .        .        - 

90 

660 

500 

St.  George      ..        -        .        . 

70 

62 

460 

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1050 

Royal  Catharine      •        .        . 

84 

74 

SAO 

360 

1 

1497 

Neptnoe          «... 

90 

82 

660 

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968 

French  Rubjr  •        •        -        . 

80 

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5flo 

350 

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Sandwich       -  .    . 

90 

82 

660 

500 

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70 

60 

460 

310 

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8a 

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5io 

350 

5       845 

Unicome         .... 

64 

54 

410 

270 

1     1357 
J     1462 

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90 

82 

660 

500 

90 

82 

660 

500 

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1 468 

Albemarle       .        .        .        • 

90 

8z 

660 

500 

1546 

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90 

82 

660 

500 

,      ^«40| 

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70 

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660 

500 

(  1090 

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6a 

460 

380 

1089 

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70 

62 

460 

380 

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1050 

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70 

62 

460 

380 

- 

1174 

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70 

62 

460 

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70 

62 

460 

380 

941 

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70 

60 

410 

345 

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704 

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60 

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340 

270 

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62 

54 

355 

280 

902 

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70 

'  56 

400 

310 

998 

Edgar              «        .        •        • 

70 

62 

445 

370 

1057 

Eagle               .... 

rflcx           .... 

70 

62 

490 

380 

1064 

70 

62 

460 

3Z0 

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Expedition       .... 

70 

62 

460 

380 

115U 

EUzabeth        .... 

70 

62 

460 

380 

1184 

Grafton          •        .        •        . 

70 

62 

460 

380 

1054 

Hope^             -       •       •       . 

70 

62 

460 

38a 

1105 

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70 

62 

460 

38a 

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70 

60 

410 

345 

5 

763 

Henrietta        ...        4 

62 

54 

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280 

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70 

62 

460 

380 

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70 

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460 

380 

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60 

5* 

340 

270 

795 

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54 

360 

250 

880 

Moiu&onth     .... 

66 

5« 

400 

310 

696 

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60 

5« 

340 

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809 

Montague       .... 

61 

54 

356 

280 

1115 

Northumberland      ... 

70 

62 

460 

3«o 

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Royal  Oak       .... 

74 

64 

470 

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60 

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340 

210 

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70 

60 

420 

270 

103 -, 

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70 

62 

460 

3<H> 

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66 

58 

400 

*55 

1114 

Sterling  Cattle         ... 

70 

61 

460 

300 

978 

Swiftsure         .... 

70 

60 

4ao 

170. 

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70 

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460 

300 

892 

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70 

60 

410 

270 

73-1 

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60 

5* 

340 

210 

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70 

62 

460 

300 

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70 

62 

460 

300 

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44 

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190 

160 

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48 

41 

130 

200 

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559 
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590 

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716 

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556 

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BriAol 

Charles  Oallcf 
Centurioa        -        .  .      • 
Crowne  -        •        - 

Constant  Warwick  -  • 
St.  David  ... 
Diamoad  •  .  . 
Dover  ... 

Dragoa  ... 

Foreiight  •  .  . 
Faulcoa  ^        •        . 

Greenwich      ... 
Hampiliire       ... 
Happy  Retain 
James  Galley  •        .        • 
Jerfcy  ... 

King's  Fisher  ... 
I«eopard  ... 

Mary  Rofe  »  -  . 
Newcaftle  ... 
Konfuch  ... 

Oxford  ... 

Portlmotttli  ... 
Phoenix 

Portlaad  •  •  • 
Resenre  •        .        • 

Ruby  ... 

SwaUaw  ... 

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Tygcr  -        .        . 

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Woolwich  .  '  . 
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Half  Moons  ... 
Two  Lyons  of  Algiers  - 
Mordaunt  ... 
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Guernsey  ... 
Mermaid  ... 
Pearl  ... 

Rose  ... 

Richmond  ... 
Swan  •        •        . 

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line  of  battle  Shipa;  ix  fifth  ntea;  16  sloopt;  9  «BaUer  aloopt;  18 
I  S  MttUer  ditto  ^  S  bii]ha.«»TouI  1 75^ioi,ft7i^«u* 


IMK^ritlTlONS  Oir    SHIP*BiriLDlirG»  4^1 

If  I  may  premme  to  account  for  this  differeoce  between  the  home 
and  the  foreig*  senrice,  which  I  find  by  looking  over  my  old  lists  of 
the  Nayy»  continued  ao  late  as  the  year  1 730,  it  should  be,  by  observ* 
ingf  to  the  csedit  of  Government^  that  our  several  naval -yards  at 
Jamaica^  Halifiur^  and  Antigiiat  were  not  then  established ;  but  whichy 
being  now  establishe<i,  and  ajRbrding  every  possible  supply  to  our  Nayy 
abroad,  hath  made  it  unnecessary  for  our  Ships  on  foreign  service  to 
encumber  themselves  with,  such  extra  proviixons  of  masts,  yardst 
cordage,  and  even  of  vidiuab,  as  such  a  length  of  time  required ; 
and  left  them  at  hberty  to  perform  those  distant  servlcesj  with  the  same 
force  of  giins  and  men  abroad  as  at  home. 

It  wiU  be  unnecessary  to  swell  this  account  with  any  more  lists 
of  our  Navy.  It  may  be  sufficient  to  observe,  that  the  Ships 
built  in  the  reigh  of  William  the  Third,  though  they  added  very 
mudi  to  the  number,  did  not  very  much  add  to  the  size  of 
diem  ;  for,  except  a  new  Royal  Sovereign,  built  towards  the  end  of 
his  reign,  of  1882  tons,  and  which  remained  a  serviceable  Ship  till 
about  1 786,  we  find  no  other  that-  equalled  the  magnitude  of  the  Bri- 
tannia, of  1715  tons,  v^ich  was  built  by  Charles  the  Second*  The 
second  rates  seem  to  have  increased  in  size  ;  and  it  is  not  to  be  won- 
dered at,  when  we  find  the  calibre  of  their  guns  to  be  the  same  as  that 
used  for  the  first  rates  ;  the  third  rates,  indeed,  arc  larger,  and  so  are 
the  fourth  rates.  The  first  rates  at  a  medium  were  about  1600  ;  the 
second  1370  ;  the  eighties  1200 ;  the  seventies  1047  ;  the  sixties  876 1 
the  fifties  about  650  tons. 

As  the  old  pradioe  of  carrying  guns  of  dissimilar  calibres  was  now 
laid  aside  (it  had  continued,  probably,  till  some  time  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  the  First,  when  the  Royal  Sovereign  was  built),  it  may  be 
curious  to  see,  as  summarily  as  possible,  the  state  of  them  in  each  age« 
so  low  down  as  1 709.  I  observed,  I  think,  that  the  calibre  for 
the'  first  and  second  rates  were  the  same,  which  is  rather  surprising* 
as  the  disproportion  in  their  tonnage  was  considerable  ;  the  medium 
of  the  first  rates  being  about  1600,  and  that  of  the  second  rates  only 
1370.  I  must  be  allowed  the  liberty  of  observing,  that  I  think  too 
little  attention  hath  been  generally  paid  to  this  difference  of  tonnage, 
even  in  Ships  of  the  same  class  ;  some  of  our  first  ratest  even  at  pre- 
sent, though  larger  by  more  than  two  hundred  tons,  carry  the  same 
calibre  of  guns  uniformly,  without  any  attention  to  the  difference  in. 
their  size. 

But  to  return  to  the  calibres  in  1709  :  the  first  and  second  rates 
carried  thirty-two  pounders  on  the  lower  decky  eighteen-pounders  on 
the  middle  deck,  and  nine-pounders  on  the  upper  or  main  deck  ;  the 
Ships  of  eighty  guns  carried  only  twenty-four-pounders  on  the  lower 

Vol*  III.  3  P 


46s  IUt<lprtIT10lfS   OK    SHIF^tVltOtllO* 

deck.  twdve-poundCTB  on  the  middle  dccL»  and  stx^pouBden  oft  the 
oppcr  or  main  deck ;  the  aeventy  gun  Ships  carried  twcaty^feur* 
pounders  on  the  lower  deck.  In  the  beginning  of  WiDiani's  reign 
they  carried  oiily  eighteen.pounden  on  that  deck,  and  onlj  nine«> 
pounden  on  the  upper  deck  ;  the  tixtjr  gun  Ships  carried  eighteen* 
pounders  on  the  lower,  and  nine-pounders  on  the  upper  deck  ;  the 
fifties  twdve-pounders  below^  and  six- pounders  on  the  upper  deck  ; 
the  fifth  rates  nine«pounders  bebwy  and  six-pounders  on  the  main* 
deck*  The  frigates  were  certainly  too  small  for  the  quality  and  nam- 
her  of  their  g^ns*  being  generally  only  about  260  tonSf  and  yet  carry* 
ing  twenty- four  guns»  twenty  of  them  six  pounders,  and  fi»ur  of  them 
fburpounders*  Our  slo<^s»  at  this  time,  upwards  of  300  toost  carry 
only  fourteen,  and  some  few  sixteen  six-pounders. 

With  the  greatest  diffidence  in  ray  own  opinioni  and  ready  submis* 
sion  to  professional  men,  I  must  beg  leave  to  obserre,  that  the  wei^ 
of  the  guns  allotted  to  the  sea  service  hath  beeatoo  heavy  for  the  size 
of  the  Shipsy  as  pahaps  the  following  instance  may  evince  : 

In  seven  years  after  this  establishment  in  1709,  vis.  in  1^169  a  new 
one  was  diredled  to  be  made  by  the  Flag  OfficerSf  of  whom  Byngf 
afterwards  Lord  Torrington,  was  president.  Such  a  respeftablf 
authority  makes  me  cautious  of  insisting  on  my  own  opinion*  This 
new  order  for  the  ordnance^  without  any  considerable  increase  in  the 
size  of  our  Ships,  which,  indeed,  could  not  have  been  of  much  conse- 
quence in  two  years  (for  by  a  list  of  our  Navy  in  my  hands  in  1714, 
I  find  the  Navy  consisted  very  nearly  of  those  given  in  1709),  this 
new  regulation,  I  say»  direds  the  first  rates  to  carry  guns  of  forty-two 
or  thirty- two  pound  ball  on  the  lower  ;  twenty-fbur  pound  on  the 
middle  deck  ;  and  twelve  pound  on  the  main  deck*  The  oU  oaHnvt 
are  retained  for  the  ninety  gun  Ships,  but  those  of  eighty  were  to  have 
thirty-two  pounders  on  the  lower  deck  instead  of  twenty-four* 
pounders;  the  seventy  gun  Ships  were  to  carry  twelve-pounders 
instead  of  nine-pounders  on  the  upper  deck  ;  die  sixties  to  carry 
twenty- four-pounders  on  thclovrer  deck  instead  of  eighteen  poonders  > 
and  the  fifty  gun  Ships  eighteen-pounders  on  the  lower  deck  instead 
of  twelve^pounders,  and  nine*pounders  instead  of  six^ponndera  on  the 
i^per  deck  ;  and  the  forties,  instead  of  nine-ponnders  on  the  lower, 
were  to  carry  twelve- pounders  ;  a  most  amazing  increase  in  the  sixe  of 
the  guns,  with  scarcely  any  in  that  of  the  Ships* 

A  long  peace  made  us  inattentive  to  the  farther  improvement  of  the 
Navy.  We  idly  imagined  that  the  neighbouring  Powers  had  been  as 
remiss  as  ourselves ;  and  that  ^r  own  Navy,  still  equal  to  what  it  had 
been,  was  still  as  able  to  conjrbat  their's  as  ever*  But  the  adion  that 
took  place  in  the  Mediterranean  in  174a,  when  Matthews  and^LiCS* 
lock  commanded  our  fieeti  convinced  as  of  our  cnor*    In  that 


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memorable  engagemeot,  we  supposed,  by  having  a  greater  number  of 
Ships  that  we  had  also  an  acknowledged  superiority  of  force  $  but  we 
saw  with  sorprize  how  a^ve  our  enemies  had  been,  and  what  advan* 
tage  they  had  taken  of  our  indolence  ;  for  our  Admirals*  firom  the 
inferior  size  of  those  Ships,  were  obliged  to  order  ail  our  fifty  gun 
Ships  out  of  the  line»  though  deven  in  number,  and  always  deeroe4 
Ships  of  the  line,  and  taking  their  station  as  such  in  aU  engagementSf 
and  placed  them  among  the  frigates  ;  nay,  the  wry  sij^ty  gun'  Ships, 
many  of  whidi  were  not  much  above  90Q  tons*  were  very  poorly  equal 
to  such  honourable  service,  being  not  bigger  than  some  of  our  present 
frigates  of  thirty-six  guns,  which  are  about  940  tons*    ' 

Soon  after  this  we  had  the  gqod  fortune  to  capture  the  Mncessa,  » 
Spanish  Ship  pf  seventy  guns,  and  above  1700  tons,  at  a  time  when 
(yurown  thrmevent^  gun  Shipi  that  took  her  were  under  1100.  tons 
each.  Our  eyes  were  then  opiened  {  and  we  found  it  necessary  to  iu» 
crease  the  size  of  our  Ships  and  guns,  if  we  wished  to  meet  the  enemy 
on  equal  terms*  This  was  done,  though  very  inadequately  every  way» 
by  a  new  establishment  in  1745  ;  which  I  beg  leave  to  iqaert  here,  a$ 
it  win  furnish  matter  for  some  other  observations. 


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Considerable  as  this  increase  in  the  size  seemed  to  be,  it  vras  soon 
seen  that  our  vessels  were  too  small  to  bear  the  guns  with  which  they 
were  overloaded.  The  same  error  that  occurred  in  the  estabHshment 
made  by  Byng  viras  repeated.  Our  first  rates  were  ordered  to  carry 
forty-two-pounders,  which  seemed  to  have  been  optional  only  by  him, 
on  the  lower  deck  ;  the  nineties  to  carry  twelve- pounders  upon  the 
upper  decln  instead  of  nine-pounders ;  the  eighties  to  carry  eighteen- 
pounders  and  nine-pounders  on  the  middle  and  upper  deck,  instead  of 
twelve-pounders  and  six-pounders  ;  the  seventies  (a  great  rise  indeed^ 
as  they  were  only  about  aoo  tons  each  bigger  than  the  former  esta« 
blishment)  to  carry  thirtyrtwo-pounders  and  eightecn-pounders  on  the 
lower  and  upper  deck,  instead  of  twenty-fo^r-pounders  and  twelve* 
pounders  ;  the  sixties  to  carry  twenty-four-pounders  and  twelve- 
pqupdors,  instead  of  twenty»lbur«pounder|and  nine-pounden.  T^^;^ 


4^4  OItaVUITI0V»  OW   ^HIP-BUlLDlllO. 

perbaps*  they  could  bear,  but  the  fifties  were  certainly  too  Rmdi 
loaded,  as  they  were  to  carry  twenty-four*poQndera  ^nd  twdve- 
pounders,  inatead  of  eighteen-pouiiders  and  fiine-poanden»  The 
forties  are  more  equal  to  the  cahbrc  of  their  guns  ;  for  though  not 
much  more  than  lOO  tons  less  than  the  fifties,  they  carry  only  eigh- 
teen-pounders  and  nine^pounderk  The  Ships,  therefore,  built  by  this 
establishment,  proved,  in  gencnd,  very  crank,  and  bad  sea^boats.  They 
have  been  gradually  much  enlarged  since. 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh  recommended  that  the  Ships  should  carry  their 
midship  guns  four  feet  firom  the  water.  We  have  now  improved,  by 
the  above  table,  what  he  seemed  to  think  was  suflkient ;  fisr  even  our 
three  deckers  carry  them  fifteen  inchei  higher,  and  our  two-deckers, 
except  the  ferties^  about  twenty  inches  higher  out  of  the  water.  Prr^ 
haps  this  would  be  sufficient,  i£  we  couki  depend  on  their  truth  in 
pra^i  ;  but  that  is  not  the  case,  for  our  present  Vi^kory,  although 
such  an  excellent  Ship  in  ev<ry  other  respefk,  carries  those  guns  only 
about  four  feet  six  inches,  being  nine  inches  less  than  the  calculation 
from  her  draught  should  give  h^r.  These  nine  inches  are  materialf 
not  only  by  disabling  her  often  from  using  her  lower  deck  guns ;  but,  by 
immersing  that  quantity  of  her  body  in  the  water,  must  fermauaofy 
uBc€L  her  sailing  and  working. 

As  we  continued  to  take,  both  from  the  French  and  Spaniards,  a 
great  many  Ships,  we  found  that  we  were  still  very  short  of  the  mag. 
nitudes  to  which  they  had  increased  theirs.  We  found  that  the  weight 
of  our  guns  was  too  great,  and  that  we  must  either  lessen  their  cali- 
bres, or  build  Ships  more  able  to  carry  thenu  To  meet  our  enemy 
on  equal  terms  we  could  not  do  the  former ;  the  latter  hath  therefore 
been  diosen  :  for  it  was  ridiculous,  surely,  to  put  on  board  vessels  of 
14 1 4  tons,  calibres  that  the  French  and  Spaniards  employed  in  vessels 
of  above  1700  tons. 

It  is  possible,  however,  to  exceed  the  limits  that  experience  seems 
to  tell  us  should  be  observed  in  the  calibre  of  our  guns  for  sea  service  ; 
for  we  may  be  assured,  that  all  weight  above  water,  that  is  not  stndly 
useful,  is  detrimental  to  the  Ship,  and  injurious  to  the  service.  This 
was,  perhaps,  the  case  of  our  forty -two-pounders  ;  they  were  unma* 
nageable  guns,  and  loaded  the  vessel  unnecessarily  ;  for  a  calibre  of 
thirty-two  pound  could  be  loaded  and  fired,  at  least  thnce  as  soon  as 
that  of  forty-two  pound  could  twice.  Tlicse  refiedions  induced  the 
btc  Lord  Keppel  to  confine  himself  to  thirty- two-pounders  on  board 
the  Vidory,  and  to  establish  it  generally  through  the  Navy.  This 
calibre  is  surely  equal  to  any  service  at, sea  ;  twenty  .four-pounders  are 
almost  the  only  calibres  employed  in  the  land  service.  The  sides  of  a 
Sliip  are  not  stronger  than  stone  walls  j  and  the  force  that  can  denuK 


fttSC^lSlTIONI  OV  6IftP*BUlLDlN0,  ^i* 

Itth  andrcckce  them  to  a  mere  heaj^  of  rubbish  most  be  very  sufficient 
to  batter  the  sides  of  any  Ship  whatever*  The  Admmd  seemed  to 
hope,  that  by  this  redudton  of  the  lower-deck.guns,  he  could  have 
•ubatituted  thirty  two-pounders  on  the  middle  deck  instead  of  twenty* 
four-pounders  i  but  they  were  found  too  heavy  on  trial ;  and  he  wat 
contented  to  preserve  the  old  calflyres  in  that  as  wdl  as  in  the  upper 
deck  ;  but,  instead  of  the  six-pounders  on  the  quarter-deck  and  fore- 
castle, he  placed  twelve-ponaders. ,  |t  would  take  some  time  to  calcn« 
kte  whether  this  addition  of  weight,  so  hi^  out  of  the  water,  would 
not  ovefbalance  the  advantage  g?intd  by  the  vedu£bion  below.  Per* 
haps  it  would  have  been  a  more  eligible  trial  whether  the  same  Shl^ 
could  not  hfive  supported  eighteea-pQunders  on  the  upper  deck  insteail 
of  twelve-pounders,  especially  if  the  guns  on  that  deck  had  been  of 
hrauf  in  which  case  the  difference  would  not  have  been  very  great. 
It  certainly  would  be  worth  the  trial,  if  the  attempt  was  made  wkh' 
the  two  first  rates  now  buildittg,  the  Ville  de  Paris,  and  the  Hibemia  ; 
which  being  almost  200  tons  bigger  than  the  Vidory,  might  succeed 
vrith  more  real  advantage  than  the  addition  of  ten  smaller  guns  now 
intended  for  them,  especially  if  the  guns  on  the  quarter-dede  and  fore<» 
castle  were  reduced  to  nine- pounders,  or  even  six-pounders,  the  old 
calibres  on  those  decks,  instead  of  the  twelve-pounders  now  allotted 
to  thenu  As  the  chief  use  of  those  smaller  guns  is  to  cut  and  destroy 
the  rigging*  they  might  be  found  as  efficient  for  those  purposes  as  the 
twelve  pounders*  The  only  farther  improvement  (if  I  am  not  guilty 
of  presumption  in  proposing  it)  is  to  add  to  the  importance  of  our 
second  rates  by  introducing  twenty*four-pounders  on  their  middle  deck 
instead  of  eighteen-pounders.  It  is  plain,  from  what  I  have  said,  that' 
I  am  not  a  friend  to  overioading  a  Ship  with  guns ;  but  I  really  think 
this  addition  may  be  made  with  perfe6k  safety  to  those  Ships  }  for  our 
present  second  rates  are  vessels  of  above  2000  tons*  The  old  Britan- 
nia and  Royal  Sovereign  were  under  1900  tons  ;  and  even  the  Royal 
George,  so  unfortunately  sunk  at  Portsmouth,  was  only  -2045*  ^keae 
Ships  carried  forty«-two  pounders,  twenty-four-pounders,  and  twelve- 
pounders.  Surely  the  trial  may  be  made,  therefore,  with  Ships  of  the 
same  size,  carrying  ten  guns  less.  I  should  hope  to  see  the  fifty  guti 
Ships  either  made  bigger,  or  the  calibre  of  their  guns  made  less  ;  for  I 
must  be  aUowed  to  think  them  too  small  for  the  latter  at  present*  The 
Surveyor  of  the  Navy,  sensible  that  the  one  or  the  other  must  be  done, 
seems  inclined  to  recommend  the  redu^ion  of  the  calibre,  by  employing 
guns  only  of  eighteen-pounders  on  the  lower  deck  :  as  the  French 
eontinue  to  employ  guns  of  twenty  four  poubd  and  twelve  pound  only 
in  their  sixty-four  gun  Ships,  I  should  rather  (with  great  deference  I 
say  it)  wish  the  Ships  were  cnkrged»  and  made  fit  to  carry  the  guna 


4^6  Dlt^iaiTIOMt  OH   SHIP-BVILDIHO* 

whicb  tliey  hsve  now  done  tor  almost  fifty  youn,  tkoagli  with  iiico»* 
vcmcQcy.  Tke  fifty  gun  SLipt  have  always  been  line  of  battle  Ships, 
tad  atiU  take  their  stations  in  that  service  ^ceasimulfy*  In  oor  distant 
aervicesy  they  arc  very  aUe  to  cope  with  a  very  large  prapottion  of 
tbeSbips  used  by  oor  enemiie%  both  French  and  Spnmard%  nnd  take 
^moch  less  number  of  men  }  an  article  of  the  greatest  importance  at  a 
lime  when  our  other  line  of  battle  Ships  are  so  nnich  enlargedi 
and  want  so  many.  1  think  it  may  be  noted  here  (though  it  might 
kavc  been  done  with  more  propriety  sooner)  that  we  have  lessened  our 
proportion  of  men  for  the  respe Aive  tonnages  of  our  Ships  consider- 
nUy.  In  the  earlier  parts  of  our  service  their  number  was  generafly 
one  half  the  tonnage  ;  it  is  now»  and  bath  hug  beeoi  oidy  about  one 
tinpd. 

Much  hath  been  doncj  and  our  ancestors  would  be  surprised  at  the 
•evcral  improvements  that  have  been  made  in  our  Navy.  Peibaps  dB 
katb  not  been  done  that  would  accomplish  it ;  but  the  bigotry  of  oU 
pa£kice  opposes  every  thing  that  looks  like  hmovoAuu  I  do  not  ic«r 
commend  the  adoption  of  every  new  whim  \  it  is  oidy  from  ea^erimait 
that  I  wish  to  see  the  adoption  taken ;  but  even  ejperience  is  some^i 
times  too  weak  to  combat  old  prejudices.  Speculative  men  asay  pro« 
pose,  but  till  trials  have  been  made  of  the  itfiArjr  and  fraE&aMit^  of 
what  they  propose, '  it  is  wisdom  not  to  receive  them.  Du  Ham^ 
in  his  excellent  treatise,  <*  Sur  la  Corderie/*  hath  given  a  renarkaUe 
instance  of  this  strong  opposition,  even  to  experiment.  This  oU 
philosopher,  on  serj  philosophical  principles,  imagined,  that  in  tho 
conmoQ  pradice  of  twisting  cordage  away  one  third,  viz.  iSo  ftithoma 
to  12O9  in  the  instance  of  cables,  &c.  the  cordage  was  only  weakened 
by  this  extraordinary  tension*  many  of  the  strains  being  broken  by  it, 
a  great  consumption  of  hemp  incurred,  a  greater  weight  added  to  it 
akft,  and  a  greater  difficulty  occasioned  in  passing  through  the  pnU 
leys  by  the  hardness  of  the  twisted  body.  Under  these  coovtAions^ 
he  proposed  to  the  French  Qovcmment,  about  1740,  to  fit  out  some 
frigates,  with  all  the  cordage  employed  on  one  side  of  them  tvmted 
according  to  the  old  pradice,  while  the  cordage  employed  on  the 
other  aide  of  them  Aould  be  twisted  away  09/f  one-fourth,  according 
to  his  ideas  of  it.  Thus  differently  fitted  out,  they  were  sent  one  to 
Cape  Breton,  another  to  Martinico,  where  they  remained  some  time. 
On  their  return  to  Brest  and  Toulon,  in  the  presence  of  the  officera 
of  those  yards,  and  many  able  seamen,  the  state  of  the  two  cordagea 
was  minutely  examined.  The  report  was  strongly  in  fkiK>mr  of  Du 
Hamd's  cordage.  Strong  as  this  report  vras  in  favour  of  Du  Hamd'^ 
method,  it  has  never  been  adopted  in  the  French  service,  which 
f&Mi/  indmea  me  tp  tuipcft  some  W3(0t  of  ^andour  in  (Xi.  Haqrel^ 


Howevert  after  such  a  flolena»  and»  leemingty,  a  fair  trials  bddi  in 
a  tottthem  aad  a  northern  dtmatc,  it  offers  such  advantages  as  to 
make  it  worth  a  trial  in  England  s  and  I  have  reason  to  think  ii  wiU 
be  made  here. 

Another  improvement  seems  to  be  taking  place«  We  have  been 
fond  of  increasing  the  number  of  our  guns.  This  hath  induced  us  tor 
give  one  gun  more  on  the  middle  and  upper  decks  than  on  the  lower 
deckf  without  rtixOdrng  that  this  advantage  was  gained  by  placing  tte 
additional  gun  on  a  false  bearings  where  it  couU  have  no  strei^;lla 
from  the  keeli  as  the  lower  deck  guns  had*  By  thus  loading  the  two. 
extremities  (for  the  same  error,  if  it  is  one»  was  pradised  abaft  fikc« 
wise)f  the  pressure  became  violent  on  the  two  ends  of  the  keel,  and 
produced  in  time  what  the  seamen  call  a  hog-back,  or  a  considerable, 
rising  in  the  middle*  and  a  depression  at  the  tvro  extrenuties  of  the< 
keeL  Few  of  our  Ships  that  have  been  built  any  time  escape  this  evil« 
That  excdknt  Ship  the  Vidory  particularly  labours  under  it«  It  hath 
been  now  conre^ed,  as  my  excellent  fnend»  the  present  Surveyor  of  tbo 
Navy,  assures  me,  in  the  new  Royal  George* 

The  sixe  of  our  Ships  seems  now  to  have  reached  nearly  its  ttlttma* 
turn ;  for  Nature  hcrselff  in  some  measure,  fixes  its  limits.  It  i* 
tmm  who  is  to  navigate  and  manage  them  ;  and  unless  our  bodily 
strength  could  be  increased  likewise,  every  manoeuvre  on  board  them 
mutt  be  conduced  with  di£Sculty  and  delay.  .  For  though  the  me* 
chanic  powers  are  almost  boundless,  the  application  of  them,  for  tbe 
purposes  of  navigation,  is  more  confined.  The  cordage*  when  made 
larger,  wiH  be  rendered  difficult  to  pass  through  tbe  pulleys,  and  so 
large,  at  last,  as  not  to  pass  at  alL  Timber,  the  growth  of  nature,  as 
mnch  as  man,  caimot  be  made  to  grow  larger,  and  tbe  very  element 
(in  hatbours  at  least)  in  which  they  are  to  navigate,  hath  only  certua' 
depths  that  cannot  be  increased.  And  let  it  be  remembered^  as  a  cer« 
tain  axiom  in  mechanics,  that  what  we  gain  in  power  we  must  be  con« 
tented  to  lose  in  time*  Every  operation  on  board  will  therefore  become 
laborious,  dilatory,  aud  even  uncertain* 

The  French,  indeed,  have  latterly  built  a  Ship  of  a  most  extraordl* 
nary  size,  1 72  feet  keel  for  tonnage,  by  fifty-five  feet  nine  inchesf 
bf  the  beam,  tonnage  about  2850  tons  (  but  she  is  pronounced  to  lie 
entirely  unfit  for  service,  and  hath  never  been  out  of  harbour  t  and 
the  Spaniards  are  said  (and  that  by  such  a  respe6Uble  authority  as 
that  of  tbe  Marquis  del  Campo)  to  have  built  one  still  larger ;  but  the 
Spaniards,  on  sending  this  unwieldy  monster  to  sea,  found  that 
she  must  have  been  lost,  if  they  had  not  had  the  precaution  to 
send  out  two  other  Ships  with  hcri  whidi  towed  and  brought  her 
backagaiii»  4 


4fi$  »IIQpiSlYfOVt  ON   8UIP-BUILDIK0. 

The  art  and  indutliy  of  man  hath  been  tuffickntly  ennoed,  in  har«* 
tng  traced  thi>  gradual  progress  from  the  first  simple  rafty  or  a  hw 
fegs  of  wood  tied  together  to  pass  a /m^  man  over  some  inconsiderable 
river*  up  to  our  prcKnt  first  raUs  of  abore  2500  tons,  able  to  carrf 
flcven  or  twelve  hundred  roeuf  with  every  accommodation,  and  a 
numerous  and  heavy  artilkry,  across  a  turbulent,  tempestuous  ocean^ 
for  many  months. 

Among  the  many  eiertions  of  human  wisdom,  few  equal,  none 
sprpass,  the  skill  and  knowledge  thathave  been  di^layed  in  the  whole 
business  of  navigation. 

If  our  Ships  should  be  made  a  great  deal  larger*  they  might  answer 
the  purpose  of  parade  and  vanity,  u  in  the  cases  of  the  two  Ships 
built  by  the  French  and  Spaniards,  and  I  think  it  may  be  fairly  added> 
of  the  memorable  Qttidraginta  Remes  of  antiquity. 

Our  first  rates  are  now  above  sjoo  tons  ;  our  second  rstes  above 
acoo ;  and  one  of  them  even  2100  tons ;  our  eighties  from  1900  to 
1000  tons  ;  our  seventies  from  1 700  to  upwards  of  1 800  tons  ;  and 
our  sixty-fours  of  above  1400  ;  with  caUWe  of  guns  that  they  now 
can  bear  very  wcD. 

But  this  gradual  progress  cannot  be  better  asocitained  than  by  ghr-  ' 
ing  the  states  of  our  Navy  through  the  difierent  periods  I  have  mm* 
doned*  Henry  the  Eighth  left  a  Navy  of  10,5^0  tons,  consisting  of 
aeventy-one  vessels,  whereof  thirty  were  Ships  of  burthen.  Edward 
the  Sixth  had  fifty-three  Ships,  containing  1 1,005  tons,  wiiereof  only 
twenty-eight  were  above  eighty  tons*  Queen  Mary  had  only  forty* 
six  of  all  sorts.  Queen  Elizabeth's  consisted  of  1 7,030  tons,  whereof 
thirty  Ships  were  of  200  tons  and  upwards* 

The  pacific  reign  of  James  the  First  is  not  more  brilliant  in  the 
Ships  than,  perhaps,  in  the  other  parts  of  it,  having  added  only  1 596 
tons  to  the  Navy  left  by  Elizabeth.  Of  both  these  only  eighteen  were 
Ships  of  200  tons  and  upwards.  Charles  the  First  added  only  nine 
Ships,  besides  the  Rojfol  So*vereign»  But  in  giving  this  last  he  did  great 
service  to  the  Navy,  by  increasing  the  size  as  vrell  as  improving  the 
form  of  building  them*  Charles  the  Second,  in  1684,  enlarged  the 
number  as  well  as  the  size  of  them  to  100,385  tons  i  one  hundred  sail 
of  them  of  the  line.  In  1697  it  was  increased  to  168,224  ton^^ 
121  line  of  battle.  At  the  end  of  Anne  it  was  147,830  ton%  i^i 
line  of  battle  ;  in  1730,  160,275  tons,  126  line  of  bsitle  ;  at  the  end 
^  '745>  '^5»^35  ^^^^>  but  at  the  end  of  I782>  when  the  Amencaa 
war  ended,  during  which  Great  Britain  had  the  united  naval  force  of 
France,  Spain,  Holland,  and  the  American  States,  to  contend  withp 
and  did  it  with  honour  and  success,  the  exertion  was  indeed  extraor. 
dinary  %  for  our  Navy  consisted  of  49i>709  tons,  615  vesscfa^  idKfe9f 


DllQprilTIONS   ON    SHIP  BVILDIKG*  469 

164  were  of  the  ]me$  although  they  had  increased  nearly  to  their  pre* 
sent  magnitude. 

Answerable  to  this  increase  of  the  Ships  was  the  number  of  our  sea* 
men  ;  for  instead  of  4010009  the  usual  allotment  voted  for  the  Navy 
during  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne^  and  long  afterwards,  the  astonishing 
oumber  of  95,000  were  frequently  borne  and  emj^oyed  on  board  it 
during  the  heat  of  the  American  war ;  and  yet  we  found  that  the 
merchant  service  was  not  materially  hurt  by  that  excessive  number  for 
the  naval  service*  Our  insukr  situation  naturally  disposes  us  to  trade. 
Exposed  to  no  invasion  but  what  must  be  made  from  the  sea»  we  saw 
our  country  destroyed  by  a  set  of  daring  rovers^  for  want  of  a  sea 
force  to  repel  them.  As  soon  as  our  wiser  Princesi  in  the  early  parts 
of  our  history,  had  provided  this  prote£tioQ,  the  Normatt8»  Danes,  8cc* 
•ceased  to*disturb  our  tranqtuHity. 

We  have  still  no  danger  to  dread  but  what  must  come  to  us  by  that 
element,  from  which  our  Navy  alone  can  secure  us.  Our  Navy  must 
depend  upon  our  commerce.  Thus  united,  borrowing  and  giving 
strength  to  each  other,  I  hope  all  the  future  accounts  of  our  Navy  will 
long  continue  to  give  the  same  sadsfadlon  to  a  good  Englishman,  that 
the  present  flourishing  state  of  it  affords  us. 

R.  WILLETT* 


PLATE  XXXV. 

Fuw  of  English  Harbour,  Antigua,  taken  By  Mr.  Pocock,  from  a 
Drawing  made  on  the  Spot  by  Qk^rkw  Walter  Tkemhnhbbrs 
of  the  Marines%  now  ier*ving  on  board  the  Sans  Pareil,  Lord  Hugh 
Seymour.^»C/7///irxr  Tremcnheerc  bos  rendered  us  ijery  important  Ser» 
^'lees  by  his  jud'uiout  Observationsp  and  induahle  Communications  : 
A  View  of  Penzance  appeared  in  our  First  Volume,  from  a  Drawmg 
by  the  same  Gentleman. 

nPHE  entrance  to  English  Harbour  is  dIfRcult  andnarro\v; 
•*•  and  resembles  that  of  Malta.  You  give  the  Ship  good  way 
through  the  water,  clue  all  up,  and  shoot  her  in  to  an  anchorage  ; 
from  which  she  is  afterwards  warped  to  that  part  of  the  harbour  she  ia 
destined  for.  This  harbour,  which  is  the  most  secure  of  any  in  the 
West  Indies,  when  once  entered,  is  on  the  south  west  of  the  island  of 
Antigua,  a  little  to  the  east  of  Falmouth  •Harbour.  The  late  Admiral 
Knowles  was  the  first  Officer  that  ever  attempted  to  bring  a  Ship  of 
the  line  into  this  harbour.    St.  John's  is  the  next  in  point  of  size. 

The  island  of  Antigua,  situated  in  longitude  61.  28.  W.  Greenwich^ 
latitude  27.  22.  N.  is  upwards  of  50  miles  in  circumference  :    it 

and*  III.  z^ 


470  DISCRimOH  Of   SVOLUH    HAtBOtfR,  AKTlClTAi 

contains  59»838  acres  of  ground^  of  which  349O00  are  appropriated  ia 
the  growth  of  sug^,  and  pasturage  annexed ;  its  other  principal  com^ 
modittes  are  cotton^  wool,  and  tobacco.  Anrigua  was  discovered  at 
the  same  time  with  St.  Cliristopher's,  by  Columbus  himself,  who 
named  it  after  a  church  in  Seville—- ^tfn/a  Maria  de  la  Antigaa, 
Ferdinand  Columbus  informs  us  that  the  Indian  name  was  yanuuca. 
In  1632  some  English  families  cultivated  lands  here,  and  began  to 
plant  tobacco  :  its  increasing  prosperity  was  principally  owing  to 
Colonel  Codrington  of  BarbadoeS}  who  removed  to  Antigua  about  the 
year  i674« 

The  quantity  of  sugar  exported  from  this  islandi  as  Mr*  Edwards 
informs  us*  in  some  years  is  five  times  greater  than  in  others  : — thus  in 
17799  3,582  hogsheads  and  579  tierces  were  shipped  ;  the  crop  in 
1782  was  15,102  hogsheads,  and  I9603  tierces;  and  in  the  years 
177<39  17739  3U><^  1778*  there  were  no  crops  of  any  kind. 


LiTTfiRS  addressed  to  Sir  Charlbs  Middlfton,  Barf*  on  his  Hltdt 
for  the  Improvement  of  Na^al  jircbiteQure. 

BT  SIR  SAMUEL  STANDIDGE,  KST. 


HlVrs  frtppiedty  Sir  CBAM,L%»MtDDLETOV. 

Expcrlmenu  are  wanting  00  the  proper  height  of  matta  and  Mjuailneii  of 
yardx,  tome  contend  for  one  and  tome  for  another ;  hut  no  comparative 
trial  has  been  made  within  my  knowledge,  thodg^h  many  have  applied  in 
favour  of  one  and  the  other* 

On  the  hest  conttrudion  of  capstans  for  purchase  and  safety. 

The  best  kind  of  pumps  for  general  use,  the  number  for  each  class  of  Shipib 
and  the  best  places  for  fixing  them.*— Jtfcsv.  Chain  pumps  are  not  to  be 
relied  on  in  time  of  danger. 

Rollers  for  hawse  holes. 


SIR  CHARLES  MIDDLITON,  Hull,  jfyrii  tOib,    I8OO4 

IF  the  observations  I  have  made  in  the  mast8>  sails«  and  ropes  of 
shipping  wQl  be  of  use  to  the  public,  it  will  give  me  great  satisfac- 
tion. In  the  year  1755,  I  bought  a  French  merchant  Ship,  of  450 
tons  admeasurement :  it  was  reported  she  could  not  sail  fast,  so  I  con« 
elude  she  was  over-rigged,  &c.  The  first  thing  I  did  to  her  in 
Greenland  Dock  was  to  reduce  her  in  the  rigging,  masts,  and  sails, 
by  shortening  the  main  yard  sixteen  feet,  and  all  the  other  yards  in 
proportion  ;  and  took  the  fore  top-mast  for  a  main  top-mast,  took 
down  two  pair  of  shrouds  from  each  mast,  two  pair  of  back-stays,  and 
abundance  more  heavy  ropes ;  and  in  order  to  compens^c  for  the  can* 


X.ETTIRS    TO   SIR  CBARLBS   MIDDL£TON>   BART.  47! 

yas  taken  out  of  the  square  sails,  added  to  her  other  light  sails  for  fine 
weather,  and  hj  ail  accounts  I  had  of  herj  as  well  as  the  voyage  I  was 
in  her  to  St.  Petersburgh,  she  sailed  faster  than  she  had  done  before* 
and  few  Ships  could  sail  faster. 

In  the  year  17589  I  bought  the  Duke  of  Dorset,  an  East  India 
Ship,  600  tons  admeasurement  and  upwards*  I  was  told  by  the 
officers,  who  had  been  to  India  in  her,  that  she  was  by  much  the 
heaviest  sailing  Ship  in  the  service,  and  when  in  company  with  other 
Ships  much  retarded  the  voyage.  I  took  her  from  Blackwall  into 
Greenland  Dock,  and  very  soon  took  off  her  balcony  and  roundhouse* 
and  shortened  her  main  yard  fourteen  feet,  and  all  her  yards  in  propor- 
tion* I  Mras  present  when  they  cut  them :  they  said  I  had  made 
buttons  of  them  and  spoiled  them.  I  took  the  fore  top-mast  for  a 
main  topjroast,  and  reduced  the  others  in  the  same  proportion.  When 
I  got  her  rigged,  most  of  the  ship  owners  of  my  standing  admired  her 
for  being  so  squg,  and  said  she  was  a  complete  merchantman*  Soon 
^fter  she  was  ti|ken  up  by  the  Navy  Board  (and  called  the  Admiral 
Focock)*  and  loaded  stores  at  Deptford<yard,  and  was  very  deep. 
When  ehe  sailed  do^m  to  Gravesend,  I  enquired  of  the  pilot,  who  was 
Boatswain  of  the  Sheer  Hulk,  bow  she  sailed  and  worked*  He  said, 
(he  sailed  faster  than  any  of  the  Ships  that  were  going  down,  and  came 
first  to  an  anchor  at  Gravesend ;  and  when  she  anived  at  Port^inouth, 
f be  Nfaster  wrote  me,  she  ^ikd  the  fastest  Ship  iq  the  fleet,  and  so  she 
fontigu^  the  whole  time  she  was  in  the  service,  which  was  to  Bflle« 
isle,  Martinico,  the  Havannah,  &c.  &c. 

I  have  a  number  of  other  instances  which  I  can  relate^  such  as  rig- 
ging large  Ships  into  brigs  with  short  yards,  and  always  found  a  great 
improrement  in  their  sailing  faster,  and  with  fewer  men* 

^i|l»  Ifuilf^  JlprU  2^hy  I  Sop. 

HAVING  seen  your  request  for  improvement,  and  particularly  on 
the  best  construdion  of  Capstans  for  purchase  an4  safety,-^in  the  year 
1758,  I  had  a  Ship  called  the  Puke  of  Porset,  an  Ea^t  Indiaman  of 
^bove  600  tons  adme^surementi  which  hove  her  anchors  up  with  a  viol 
and  capstan,  which  I  oft  fpund  a  dead  as  well  as  an  unsafe  purchase  s 
fis  our  complement  was  only  fifty  men  and  boys,  I  supposed  she  was 
too  heavy  for  a  p^ir  of  windlass.  At  that  time  I  oft  thought  of  endea* 
Touring  to  improve  the-  purchase  by  a  wheel,  though  never  put  it  is 
pra6Uce  till  about  six  years  ago,  when  I  bought  a  Dry-dock  and  £| 
Ship-yard,  which  }iad  always  made  use  of  Capstans  to  heave  up  their 
fttems  and  stern  frames,  framed  timbers,  beams,  and  in  lengthening  a 
Ship,  drawing  heavy  timber  into  the  yard,  &c.  which  never  was  done 
|>y  the  capstans  without  thirty  to  forty  shipwright9>  and  then  by  very 


^ft  LETTIRS   TO   SIR    CHARLIS    MlDDLITONf    BART. 

•low  degrees ;  which  put  ine  in  mind  of  what  I  some  time  before 
thought  would  greatly  improve  the  purchase  of  capstans,  which  was 
by  ercAing  on  different  sides  of  my  yard,  two  wheels  of  sixteen  and 
eighteen  feet  diameter.  When  fixed,  I  immediately  found  that  two 
men  of  moderate  weight  could  draw  a  greater  weight,  in  any  and  in  all 
shapes,  than  twenty  men  could  do  at  a  capstan^  and  in  one  fourth  part 
of  the  time  ;  and  on  further  consideration,  in  converting  the  purchase 
on  board  of  Ships,  I  have  made  a  model  of  a  wheel  on  each  end  of  a 
pair  of  a  Ship's  windlass,  expelling  they  will  a6t  in  the  same  propor- 
tion as  above  describedi  and  with  greater  safety  than  heaving  witk 
handspikes.  I  am  aware  of  the  inconveniency  of  dropping  them 
under  the  deck,  which  if  filled  with  water  at  any  time,  may  be  run  off 
by  a  lead  pipe  into  the  Ship's  ceiling,  and  also  the  great  space  between 
the  beams,  which  may  be  remedied  by  framing.  The  above  constnic* 
tion  must  be  very  useful  for  large  merchant  Ships,  especially  as  the 
same  windlass  and  wheels  will  or  may  be  made  use  of  for  working  a  crane 
to  load  and  unload  Ships,  and  canting  a  whale  at  Greenland,  ftc.  as 
per  model.  1  suppose  it  may  be  obje^ed  to  in  Ships  of  war  of  a 
large  size,  by  being  too  far  forward,  and  the  cables  of  too  large 
dimensions  to  bend  round  the  windlass ;  but  I  am  of  opinion  the  same 
purchase  may  be  fixed  abaft  the  main  mast,  and  take  less  room  than  two 
capstans  one  above  another,  and  so  to  take  the  viols  or  messengers  too 
to  heave  the  cable  in,  and  anchors  up,  with  abundantly  fewer  men,  and 
with  greater  safety,  as  I  would  have  them  palled  cveiy  square  or 
eighth  cant. 

siRf  Hull,  May  8/j&,  xSoo. 

IN  the  year  1785,  I  had  three  or  four  old  Ships  from  350  to  450 
tons  admeasurement.  I  used  to  find  great  inconveniences  in  com- 
mon pumps  that  were  on  the  Ships'  quarter  decks ;  they  took  four 
men  always  to  work  them,  and  delivered  but  little  water,  which 
I  attributed  to  the  great  lift  it  had  to  come  from  the  bottom  of  the 
holdy  about  twenty-four  feet.  I  soon  after  put  into  my  Ships  two 
chain  pumps,  of  a  good  deal  lighter  construction  in  the  chains  and 
winches  than  is  in  the  Navy  :  in  that  part  I  found  no  improvement, 
cither  in  labour  or  delivery  of  water.  Soon  after  1  had  two  pumps  put 
into  many  of  my  Ships,  which  had  a  ten  inch  bore,  in  a  piece  of  square 
fir  timber,  fixed  adjoining  to  the  after  part  of  the  other  pump  weHi 
on  their  lower  deck  beams,  which  had  hut  a  lift  of  ten  or  eleven  feet ; 
they  pumping  the  water  into  a  pump  dill,  which  went  through  each 
side  of  the  Ship,  above  the  blacking  strake  ;  the  pumps  and  gear  were 
truly  simple,  the  boxes  in  common,  the  spear  wood,  and  worked  so 
VfiBT  the  nozle^   that  men  could  take  out  chips  or  stones  as  they 


S.BTTERS   TO   SU  CHAULBS   MlXkJDLBTOMj  ZkWT$  47I 

cax^ie  up  and  incommoded  the  boK  aad  clapper  :  our  pump  bplt8>  if  I ' 
nay  so  call  them»  were  made  of  ash  or  hickery,  haA  no  iron  on  the 
pt/mp  neckj  nor  any  bn  the  brake  ;  and  I  can  truly  say^  a  brake«  bolt% 
and  spear,  have  been  nearly  in  constant  use  for  three  months^  and  that 
«ach  pumpi  when  worked  by  three  men  each,  would  keep  the  bore  of  a 
four  inch  dill  running  in  full  force ;  and  in  my  opinion  those  last-moi* 
tioned  pumps  are  the  best  for  general  use,  « 

In  the  year  1785, 1  took  a  voyage  in  one  of  my  Ship«  of  400  toas 
admeasurement,  and  fifty  men,  to  the  Greenland  Seas»    Jn  the  eadf 
course  of  the  voyage,  my  harpooner,  who  had  the  comnumd  of  the 
watch,  run  the  Ship  with  such  force  against  the  ice,  that  our  larboard 
bow  was  staved  in  below  the  water ;  but  by  foddering,  and  those  cx« 
cellent  pumps,  we  kept  her  above  water,  till  we  started  our  water  for- 
ward, and  coiled  our  cables  aft,  so  brought  the  hole  out  of  the  watert 
repaired  it,  and  all  was  welL    Abotit  a  month  after,  in  the  latitude  of 
eighty  degrees,  we  were  in  the  midst  of  very  heavy  ice,  a<ld  had  killed 
and  got  on  board  ten  whales  ;  the  fishing  season  being  nea!irly  over,  ia 
company  with  several  Ships,  endeavouring  to  get  to  sea,  when  another 
harpooner  run  our  Ship  against  a  piece  of  ice  with  such  violence  as  id 
stave  in  our  other  bow,  so  that  our  Ship  was  full  of  water  to  the  hoU 
beams  before  we  could  get  a  sail  with  fodder  over,  which,  when  we 
did,  had  a  great  effe6i  ;  two  Ships  came  to  our  assistance,  and  we 
lashed  to  them  for  fear  of  oversetting,  and  with  great  difBculty  and  la- 
bour in  four  twenty-four  hours  (as  it  is  all  day  in  Greenland,  we  count 
time  in  that  manner)  we  got  our  hole  out  of  the  water,  and  made 
tolerable  tight,  so  that  our  pumps  betwixt  decks  were  thoroughly 
exercised  by  pumping  the  watef  out  of  the  hold,  and  in  bringing  the 
Ship  home ;  which  I  am  sure  she  would  not  have  done  without  the 
help  of  those  pumps  ;  and  the  same  relief  I  have  had  in  others  of  tny 
Ships. 

I  am  of  opinibn  that  four  of  those  pumps  may  work  in  less  roon% 
both  in  the  pump  well  and  winches,  than  the  common  chain  pump9  ia 
the  Navy  ;  and  if  a  pump  well  with  four  other  pumps  was  made  on  the 
forepart  of  the  main  hatchway,  so  by  having  a  number  would  prevem 
any  material  accident,  particularly  such  as  if  a  chain  pump  gives  way  ; 
I  would  recommend  them  to  be  fixed  on  a  Ship's  lower  deck,  and  iar 
such  a  manner,  that  the  sailors  can  only  draw  them  ;  I  mean,  that  t)iej 
cannot  strike  them. 

I  am  of  opinion  rollers  in  or  near  the  hawse  holes  are  a  great  relief  to 
the  purchase  of  weighing  a  heavy  anchor  out  of  the  ground  and  heav* 
ing  it  up,  as  I  think  a  roller  should  be  so  fixed  as  to  a&  only  in  part,  for 
fear  of  any  accident  from  it* 


474  LBTTIRI   TO   S|&   CRARLlS  MIODLETOIC,  BAlTr 

tint  HuU^  May  2ot^  1800. 

AS  it  h  still  a  doubt  whether  cable  or  •hroud-hid  cordage  is  the 
best  for  itaiiding  rigging,  and  what  ii  the  most  efficacious  mode  of 
preserving  it  from  the  weather  without  injuring  the  materials. 

During  my  long  pra^Uce  in  the  use  of  cordage^  I  have  oft  examined 
tnd  taktn  particular  Qotioe  of  the  wear  of  standing  rigging,  and  have 
•  used  hawser-laid  and  four  strond  shroudJaid,  as  also  three  strond 
•hveud4aid  rope  for  standing  rigging. — I  have  found  the  cable-laid 
yope  lobe  so  61II  of  caritieSf  that  it  admitted  of  a  great  deal  of  wateiv 
which  has  frequently  occasioned  a  decay  ;  and  I  am  of  opinion,  it  has 
not  the  strength  of  a  three  strond  rope,  owing  to  its  having  so  many 
small  stronds  twisted  into  a  hawser. 

As  to  the  four  strond  shroud-laid  rope  for  standing  rigging,  it  has 
generally  about  one-eighth  part  of  the  weight  and  substance  in  the 
middle  of  the  nope,  called  a  goke,  in  order  to  make  it  round,  which 
cither  by  stretching  and  want  .of  air,  or  by  being  made  of  inferior  hemp 
when  the  four  strond  rope  is  opened,  I  have  always  found  it  to  be 
rotteny  and  to  have  decayed  in  some  measure  the  four  stronds. 

The  three  strond  shroud-laid  rope,  well  tarred  with  Swedes  or 
Stockholm  tar,  and  laid  shott,  so  as  the  tar  will  sprout  out  to  fill  up 
the  secret  cavities,  and  after  stretched,  when  in  uae,  to  keep  the  leys 
or  cavities  filled  with  Stockholm  tar,  is  the  best  means  of  keeping  out 
the  weather,  and  not  injuring  the  materials.  I  have  had  sets  of 
standing 'frigging  (after  oft  examining,  once  fresh  parcelling,  and 
serving  round  the  mast-heads  and  foot-hook- staves,  and  fresh  seizing 
in  the  dead  eyes)  of  three  strond  shroud-laid  rope,  in  constant  use 
fburteep  years  ;  and  in  my  opinion  the  three  stroad  shroud-laid  rope 
is  the  strongest  and  best  for  standing  rigging. 

BLOCKS. 

It  has  been  an  old  standing  maxim  with  me,  that  large  thin  sheaved 
blocks,  and  small  running  ropes  well  housed  in  tlie  blocks,  are  of  the 
greatest  use,  though  there  may  be  occasion  of  renewing  them  ;  and 
running  cordage,  having  a  moderate  quantity  of  fine  tar  in  the  yam,  is 
a  means  of  keeping  them  spft  and  limber  in  a  northern  climate,  which 
cauKs  them  to  bend  and  run  through  the  blocks  with  greater  facility* 

BUOYS. 

I  am  of  opinion  that  Ctinn  Buoys  to  svrim  the  buoy-rope,  and  to 
watch  in  a  tide  way,  are  the  most  buoyant,  but  very  cumbersome  to 
get  into  a  boat  or  launch,  or  to  haul  up  a  Ship's  side. 

Therefore  I  would  give  the  preference  to  a  Nun  Buoy,  as  being 
handier  to  get  into  a  launch,  to  haul  up  a  Ship's  side,  or  to  carry  a 
rope  too,  to  hapl  a  Ship  round  in  a  calm,  and  to  take  the  turns  out  of 
the  hawseri  >\hen  a  Ship  is  moored,  or  in  transporting  Shi^s* 


C    47J    1 

ON  THE  MARITIME  CHARACTER  OF 

THE  MODERN  GREEKS ; 

from  a  Sentimental  youmey  through  Greece.     In  a  Sertef  of  Letters^ 
ivritten  from  Constantinople  ;  by  M*  de  Gvr^  of  the  Acudemj  of 
Marseilles,  to  M.  Bourlat  db  MoHTRBDONf  ai  Paris. 

TlrantUuedfrom  the  French^  by  John  Ruthbrfo&d,  Esq. 


TBE  Greeks,  wlio  received  their  sciences,  arts,  fattes,  and  to* 
mances,  from  Egypt,  imbibed  also  that  attachment  to  ancient 
customs,  )vhich  still  distinguishes  the  Egyptians  ;  together  with  thar 
inclination  for  Maritime  Commbrce. 

The  Greeks,  as  formerly,  first  embark  upon  short  Voyages  ;  andf 
as  their  correspondence  increases,  extend  their  dealings  to  remoter  parts. 
Men  of  property  are  almost  universally  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits. 
Though  this  people  have  not  yet  arrived  at  such  profound  knowledge 
in  the  art  of  trade,  to  be  enabled,  like  ourselves,  to  treat  of  It  in  a  sciea- 
tific  manner,  nor  to  furnish  any  essays  on  the  siibjeft.  Nevertheless, 
guided  by  experience,  and  following  the  steps  of  former  adventurers, 
they  carry  on  their  affairs  with  great  gain  to  themselves.  They 
have  a  public  place,  or  exchange,  where,  like  their  andestors,  they 
make  contrafis,  and  transa6l  every  other  branch  of  commerce. 

In  ancient  histories  of  Greece,  you  will  find  the  names  of  very  great 
{)ersonages  of  antiquity,  enrolled  among  the  sons  of  commerce.  The 
sage  Thales,  Plato,  Hippocrates,  and  the  legislator  Solon,  had  all  been 
merchants.  Zeno,  chief  of  the  Stoics^  was  the  son  of'  a  Cypn'an  mer« 
chant.  Sappho  also,  the  sister  of  Charasus  a  dealer  in  wine.  A  tra* 
veiling  merchant  first  discovered  the  value  of  Homer's  poems  *,  and 
took  the  pains  to  colledl  them.  In  a  word,  Hesiod  himself  gives  Ies« 
sons  to  his  brother  on  the  article  of  commerce  f . 

If  Herodotus  is  to  be  credited,  the  Lydians  were  the  first  who 
coined  gold  and  silver :(. 

The  custom  of  merchants  assembling  in  some  public  place  for  the 
purposes  of  traffic,  is  of  very  ancient  date  in  Greece.  This  we  learn  in 
Herodotus,  from  the  answer  of  Cyrus  to  the  Spartan  ambassadors': 
'^  U  I  never^ "  said  he,  ^*  entertained  the  least  fear  of  those  men,  who 

*  Plut.  Life  of  Solon.  Histoire  Critique  de  la  Philoiophie,  t.  %,  p.  402. 
Vie  d'Homere,  par  Madame  Dacier.    Vie  de  Sappho,  par  la  m^me. 

-  f  The  Abb6  Beigicr  has  iatdy  favonred  the  world  with  a  French  tranahtloa 
«f  this  poem. 

I  Herodot.  1.  <•  I'  Ibid. 


47$  OK  THTB    MARXTZMB    CKAKACTK  OF 

liave  a  place  in  their  city,  where  they  assemble  to  deceive  each  other 
by  the  grossest  ptrjurics." 

These  words,  says  the  same  author,  alluded  generally  to  the  Greeks* 
For  every  city  in  Greece  had  some  place  appropriated  bo  the  poipose 
nenttoned  by  Cyrus. 

\\niat  Cyrus  •insinuates  concerning  the  perjuries  of  the  merchants^ 
fcfers  to  the  ancient  method  of  making .  bargains  or  contrails.  A 
pradice  stUl  in  force  among  the  Greeks.  As  soon  as  the  buyer  and 
teller  come  to  an  agreement)  che  manager  or  broker  joins  their  hands ; 
which  i»  of  the  same  efficacy  with  an  oath  in  binding  the  bargain*  In 
conformity  to-  this  pra^ticCf  we  find  engraven  on  the  ancient  monu- 
nents,  and  particularly  on  the  intaglios,  two  hands  united ;  which 
were,,  doubtless,  designed  at  the  emMem  of  commerce  *. 

This  custom  is  not  confined  to  the  Greeks.  We  find  it  prevsul  in 
aB  nations,  where  any  traces  remain  of  the  plain-dealing  and  honesty  of 
the  ancients* 

Herodotus  tells  U8»  the  Carthaginians  informed  him  there  was  a 
place  in  Africa,  on  the  other  side  of  Hercules's  pillar,  where  merchants 
•ometimes  sailed  with  their  ressels.  There,  says  he,  they  unload  the 
cargoes,  and  after  spreading  the  several  articles  of  merchandize  upon 
the  shore,  return  to  their  Ships  and  make  large  fires,  in  order  to  procure 
a  thick  smoke  ;  by  which  the  people  of  the  country  are  informed  of 
their  arrival*  This  signal  being  perceived  by  the  natives,  they  come 
down  to  the  place  where  the  commodities  are  deposited*  Having 
examined  those,  they  leave  a  certain  quantity  of  gold  and  silver, 
according  to  their  idea  of  the  value  of  the  goods,  and  retire  to  a  con« 
siderabk  distance,  almost  out  of  sight  of  the  place.  The  merchants 
afterward  go  on  shore,  to  see  if  the  gold  and  silver  left  by  these  people 
are  a  satisfadory  exchange  for  their  goods*  If  they  are  not  content^ 
they  retire  again  to  their  Ships.  The  natives  then  return,  and  add 
more  gold  and  silver  ;  repeating  the  former  ceremonies  with  additions 
until  the  merchants  are  satisfied.  Each  party  is  stridUy  careful  not  to 
damage  or  take  away  any  part  of  the  commodities  deposited  by  the 
other,  until  both  are  mutually  agreed  upon  the  exchange  f . 

The  caravans  of  Tunis  and  Morocco  truck  their  goods  in  the  same 
manner  with  the  countries  of  Tombut  and  Galam*  The  Morroquias 
bartering  their  salt  for  the  gold  of  those  nations  %• 

*  If  M.  Marictte  had  been  an  eye-witnets  of  what  is  pradised  in  Greece,  he 
would  not  have  negleAed,  in  the  learned  ezplanatioot  he  has  given  ut  of  several 
intaglios,  and  of  those  figures  which  were  the  symbols  of  agreement  and  good 
faith  in  matters  of  commerce,  to  mention,  that  where  the  two  hands  are  ioin«l» 
they  represent  a  bar;piui  conchidedbetween  two  merchants^inprcMafie  oi  Mer« 
cury.     Traitc  des  Pierrca  Gravces,  t.  %.  p.  30. 

t  Herod,  t.  a.  1.  4. 


^  THS    MODBKM    GREEKS.  477 

The  Greeks  generally  entertain  a  strong  propensity  to  commerce. 
The  poorest  cruise  from  one  island  to  another  ;  while  those  of  more 
extensive  capitals  enlarge  the  bounds  of  their  commerce  to  Egypt  and 
the  Black  Sea.  Some  of  the  great  merchants  trade  to  the  East  Indies 
by  the  way  of  Bassora  ;  and  bring  from  thence  callicoes  and  stuffs  of 
various  kind.  Others  hold  a  correspondence  with  Russia  for  skins, 
furs,  &c.  The  Greeks,  like  the  Ragusans,  having  no  inclination  for 
extravagance,  live  at  a  vefy  small  cxpence,  as  the  most  certain  method 
of  gain.  Those  who  cannot  find  encouragement  at  home^  seek  an 
establishment  in  Holland  or  Venice.  I  went  a  passenger  to  Smyrna, 
with  a  Greek  newly  arrived  from  Martinico,  who  made  a  voyage  to 
that  island  every  year. 

The  Greeks  are  not  only  good  merchants,  but  excellent  artificers. 
They  have  established  several  manufa6lories  at  Scio  ;  where  stuffs  are 
made,  exa^^ly  resembling  those  of  India,  Persia  ^,  and  even  of  Lyons. 
Besides  these  articles  furnished  at  Scio,  they  make  carpets  of  a  very 
superb  quality  at  Salonica,  and  at  Smyrna.  Cyprus  is  fkmous  for 
coverlets  ^  as  Caudia  is  for  soap  and  oil.  Santorin  produces  a  kind  of 
cotton  stuff*  called  dimity.  And  at  Tiude,  they  make  silk  stockings. 
In  the  days  of  ancient  Greece,  Samos  and  Miletus  bore  the  reputatioii 
of  excelling  in  coverlets  :  Sicily  in  cheese  $  and  Aigos  produced  the 
best  metals. 

The  Greeks  were  early  acquainted  with  the  art  of  navigation,  which 
may  be  gathered  from  the  number  of  vessels  f  they  fitted  out  for  the 
expedition  against  Troy.  The  passage  from  island  to  island  in  the 
'Archipelago,  and  again  to  the  adjacent  continents,  was  not  very  diffi- 
cult ;  by  reason  of  the  vicinity  of  those  places.  Commerce  was  then 
carried  on  by  barter  or  exchange  of  one  commodity  for  another. 
The  merchants  who  furnished  the  Greeks  with  wine  from  Lemnos, 
during  the  siege  of  Troy,  received  in  return  brass,  iron,  skins  ^1,  &c. 

You  are  not  ignorant,  that  thieving  was  no  crime  among  the  ancient 
Greeks  ;  but  a  calling  of  ingenuity  and  industry."  Being  an  employ- 
ment held  in  no  disgrace,  the  earliest  navigators  became  thieves  of  the 
first  rank,  under  the  denomination  of  pirates.  The  uncivilized  Greeks 
of  the  present  age,  who  have  preserved  the  simplicity  of  ancient  man- 

*  Formerly  the  Persians  supplied  all  the  silks  and  stufis.  The  Fmperor 
Tostiniiui  proposed  to  the  £io{;s  of  Ethiopia,  and  the  Ommerites,  to  huy  silk 
from  the  Indians,  assuring  them  they  would  he  great  gainers  by  that  commerce, 
and  that  the  Greeks  and  Romans  had  no  other  view  in  recommending  it,  but  to 
avoid  letting  their  money  go  into  the  bands  of  the  Persians,  who  were  their 
perpetual  enemies— 'Procopius,  on  the  Persian  War.    £1.  19. 

f  It  is  said  they  amounted  to  twelve  hundred.    But  what  sort  of  Ships  ? 

}  Iliad.  1.  7.  V.  491, 490.    Origine  des  l<oix,  U  i«  p.  310. 

'  m*  HI.  3  R 


47^  «"    THB    MAaiTIlCi   CWARACm   •» 


BCTtf  are  oow  the  pirates  of  the  Archipelago.  In  eoiMtiltti^  MAoer 
upon  the  customs  of  the  primitive  Gueks*  we  have  thcfHirait-soar^ 
of  knowledge  on  that  head  ever  before  us* 

Ulysses,  having  touched  at  the  ibhnd  of  Fheacia^  Eorjalos  wat 
desirous  of  provoking  him  to  enter' the  lists  with  him  }  either  in  thfc 
skilful  maoagemeiit  of  the  lute^  or  the  swi.tness  of  the  ccwrse.  Sot 
Ulysses  declining  to  engage  in  either,  the  young  Emyalustf  who  was df 
a  very  passionate  disposition,  made  uae  of  these  rude  ezpreaaioiis : 
*<  I  am  then  to  consider  you  as  one  of  those  shsp*nMSters,  who  pms 
their  lives  in  going  ahout  fiom  place  to  place  to  traffic  or  rob  4  or  in 
the  still  more  despicable  light  of  a  purser  of  the  vessd  ;  one  who  keeps 
a  register  of  stores  and  prizes  •." 

The  Greeks  are  in  some  measure  seamen  by  nature.  The  Tarkish 
Ships  of  war  are  manned  with  them.  They  make  use  of  the  compassy 
but  have  no  chaits  to  direct  them ;  and  are  therefore  obliged  to  trust 
to  their  knowledge  of  the  coasts  for  the  safety  of  their  navigation.  Of 
course  they  never  venture  hr  from  land*  The  greatest  part  of  their 
Ships  rcsemhk  those  of  the  ancients*  having  but  one  mast,  which  is 
crossed  with  very  long  yards*  They  have  also  great  aails  and  a  high 
.flat  poopt  sometimes  ornamented-;  the  prow  proje^iog  like  that  of 
Theseus*  Ship,  described  in  the  paintings  of  the  Herculaneum  i*. 
You  will  frequently  sec  a  Greek  situated  on  the  poop  of  his  F'oSi  |, 
sailing  on  that  beautiful  canal  the  Black  Sea,  the  coasts  mounding 
with  his  lyre  ;  while  a  favourable  wind,  swelling  the  sails,  wafts  htm 
along  the  watei  with  a  pleasing  rapidity.  No  man  can  view  this  scene 
without  imagining  he  exists  in  the  finest  age  of  Greece. 

In  shoitt  to  shew  you  the  resemblance  between  the  ancient  and 
modern  Greeks  ;  and  that  there  is  no  better  way  to  explain  the  former 
than  by  a  faithful  description  of  the  latter :  follow  M.  Spon  ||  tb 
^assa-longi,  or  to  Ithaca,  formerly  the  kingdom  of  Ulysses.  There 
you  may  see  the  Monoxylon,  built  exadly  upon  the  model  of  the  ancient 
Greek  vessel ;  whose  name  it  likewise  retains.  These  boats  are  formed 
by  excavating  the  trunk  uf  a  large  tree,  and  are  worked  by  a  sin^e 
person,  with  two  oars  §• 

The  boats  of  the  ancients,  whether  for  the  sea  or  the  river,  were 
•onstruftcd  after  the  same  modtl  5[.  Snch,  at  present,  are  the  canoes 
of  the  savages  in  Asia,  Africa,  and  America  — 

But  fifihcry,  which  was  the  prelnde,  and,  if  I  may  be  aDov^ed  the 
expression,  the  apprcritfccship  of  navigation  ;  which  from  the  line  to 

*  pdfss.  1. 8.  f  Tom.  «.  pi.  14. 

I  A  (ircck  vewel.  |(  Tom.  1.  p.  134. 

$  Sec  I A  Description  dcs  Pierres  Oravers  <le  Stock,  p.  320. 
f  1  UQc  aliios  primum  £uvii  inuitr*  caVatu.— •Virg.  Geoig. 


\  ^BR  IIODVftN   G&EBCS.  479 

the  harpoon  ^>  ^ri,u8  acre  amuflement  with  lessf&tigue;  than  per. 
hapi  aiy  other  apicies  of  entertamment ;  which  occupies  from  the 
amalleit  boat  to  Ships  of  the  gneatcst  boitheny  and  draws  forth  the 
ttcana  of  sabsistenoe-  to  an  inHnite  number  of  persons  :  fishery  has 
succe^ed  in  proportion  to  the  advancement  of  agnculturet  and  fol* 
lowed  it  step  by  step.  One  of  the  finest  poems  that  ever  was  handed 
down  to  OS  ttom  the  Greeks,  was  written  in  celebration  of  the  art  of 
fishing ;  a  poem  so  much  esteemed  in  the  ag^  that  produced  it,  &8> 
to  obtain,  for  the  h*nes  of  whioh  it  was  composed,  the  s^pellation 
of  Golden  vensesf* 

Whole  nations  have  followed  the  art  of  fishing,  as  their  only  means 
of  support  s  in  the  same  manner  that  others  have  derived  their  sub^ 
sistence  from  the  pursuit  of  terrestial  animals  |.  The  latter,  being 
the  most  healthful  and  agreeable  exercise,  and  the  success  attended 
withr  gveater  /r/nf ,  has  been  in  all  ages  the  prinetpal  diversion  of  youth, 
and  the  favourite  sport  of  princes  and  heroes.  While,  on  the  other 
haad«  fishery  has  been  generally  the  profession  of  the  meaner  sort  of 
people,  and  attended  with  greater  danger.  It  often  beiomes  neces- 
sary, for  a  profitable  capture  of  fish,  to  put  out  to  sea,  where,  men  have 
not  the  same  opportunities  of  shewing  their  skill  and  address* 
fishery,  therefore,  for  these  reasons,  was  left  in  the  hands  of  those 
whose  Kves  appeared  to  be  of  less  value  to  society. 

The  Grtek  fishermen,  described  in  the  history  of  former  times,  of 
on  the  monuments  of  antiquity,  are  exactly  represented  by  those  of  the 
present  age,  virho  are  provided  with  the  same  kind  of  implements  as 
their  predecessors.  Being,  in  general,  more  skilful  and  industrious 
in  their  profession  than  their  neighbours,  they  are  also  more  success- 
ful. Although  the  Alexandrian  Sea  abounds  with  fish,  the  Turks  are 
frequently  in  want  of  that  article  ;  while  the  Greek  fishermen  of  the 
ArchipeUgo  and  the  Black  Sea  have  always  sufficient  to  supply  the. 
demand. 

When  I  shall  have  mentioned  to  yott  some  few  instances  from  his* 
tory,  and  the  works  of  the  ancient  Greek  poets,  you  will  soon 
recoUedt,  that  we  owe  the  discovery  of  the  famous  gold  tripod  of 
HeLra  to  some  fishermen  of  the  island  of  Cbs.  By  a  lucky  cast  of 
the  net  fhey  acquired  this  valuable  property,  which  they  sold  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Milctum.  The  purchase  would  have  produced  a  war  ' 
between  the  two  cities,  who  contended  for  the  objeA,  if  the  Oracle, 

*  Hi  Jaculo  piicet,  ill!  capiuntur  ab  Kamis. 

f  Otters  My,  it  was  on  account  of  the  immense  sum  ^iven  by  the  Emperor 
Caracalb  to  Oppian  in  recompeucc  for  this  poem,  that  it  is  reported  ihc  puct 
received  a  golden  crown  for  every  line. 

^  **  Tugurea  conchis  et  caitcris  purgamentls  maris  instmuQt :  ferarum  pellibus 
te6ti,  et  piscibus  sole  durati^  ct  majorum  quoque  belluarum  quas  fludhus  ejedt^ 
CMDc  vescuBtur.'^ — Qninc.  Curt.  ii(  Ind. 


4S0        on    THE    MARITIMI    CHARACTlA  Or   THE    GEBSKS* 

always  consulted  in  difficult  casct>  had  not  cot  the  knot  of  discord,  bf 
dire<fking  them  to  present  the  tripod  to  the  wisest  nsan  of  Greece*. 

Onthe  exergue  of  the  fiunous  conielian»  called  Michael  Angelo's 
scaly  in  the  cabinet  of  the  King  of  France,  is  represented  a  lishennaa. 
This,  without  doubt,  is  a  symbol  of  the  peace  and  tranquillity  the 
country  then  enjoyed +• 

Some  fisherman,  accustomed  to  coast  the  Mediterranean,  was  pro- 
bably the  first  person  who  pointed  out  to  our  ancestors  the  spot  on 
which  they  built  the  famous  city  of  Marseilles.  We  are  at  least  au- 
thorized to  assert  thus  much,  from  the  opinion  of  my  Icamed  compa- 
triot, and  fdlow  academician,  M.  Carry  j;.  He  conjednres  that  the 
Phociansi  touching  on  that  part  of  the  coast,  discovered  a  fisherman, 
to  whom  they  threw  a  rope,  in  order  to  lash  their  Ship  to  the  shore. 
And  the  two  Greek  words,  which  signify  **  to  fasten,"  and  **  fish* 
etman,"  gave,  be  thinkt,  the  name  of  Mastolia  to  the  future  city  ^. 

(Th  be  conAnmd.) 

*  NAVAL  LITERATURE. 


jt  Description  f  with  Plata,  of  the  Tune' Keeper  invented  ty  the  late 
Mr»  ThomM  Mtufge  ;  to  which  is  prefixed  a  Narrating  by  Thomas 
Mudge  bis  Sonf  of  Measures  taken  to  give  £ffeS  to  the  Istvention  since 
the  Revford  bestowed  upon  it  by  the  House  of  Commons  m  the  Hear 
1 795  ;  a  RepuhBcaiiom  of  a  TraS  by  the  late  Mr*  Mudge  on  the 
Improvement  of  Time  Keepers,  i^c*  Payne,  Cadell  and  Davies, 
Rivingtons,  Dilly,  and  Richardson.  4/0.'  I'jqg^i^Pages  327.  Nine 
illustrative  Plates*     Price  ih  I/.     Large  Paper,  il,  2s» 

'*  Surely,  Sir,  genius  as  a  scarce  plant,  and  those  who  obstmS  its 
growth,  or  blast  the  fruit  it  bears,  cannot  be  adoated  by  ^te  iincx- 
ceptionabie  motiTcs.*' 

{From  page  384O 

MR.  WALES  has  plausibly,  but  falsely  asserted,  lo  his  evidence 
before  the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Cpmmons,  that  the 
principles  of  my  father's  watches  were  not  good  from  the  beginning, 
because  they  had  not  always  gone  well.  I  could  not  better  contradid 
this  assertion,  were  I  to  allow  that  his  watches  had  not  alwap  gone 


•  Plut.  Life  of  Solon.     Val.  Max.  and  Diog.  Laert. 

-f  According  to  M.  Baudelot,  M^m.  do  I'i^cad.  des  Inscrip.  t*  T.  See,  how- 
ever, Mr.  Mamctt's  explanation  :  Recherches  pour  let  Pierres  Gravces,  t.  %• 
p.  47. 

^  Of  the  Academy  of  Marseilles. 

§  jMuruft  to  fastens  «Xif«f,  a  fifitoman«^FondatioD  de  Marseilles,  par  M. 
Carry,  p«  59. 


^if^f  which  I  do  not*9  than  by  the  account  of  the  going  of  the  aeur 
onet  which  I  haT^  before  spoken  of»  marked  N^  it  and  which  is  at 
present  under  examination.  The  piindple  of  its  constru^ion  is  pre-, 
cisely  the  same  as  my  father's^  and  it  has  not  gone  well ;  not  because 
the  principle  is  not  goodj  bat  because  it  has  not,  as  yetf  been  properly 
earned  into  execution* 

This  time-keeper,  in  September  1796,  I  knt  to  my  late  exceDenty 
and  much  lamented,  friend.  Captain  Burgesf,  of  the  Ardent,  who  is' 
known  to  have  taken  a  lively  interest  in  every  thing  that  promised  ad- 
vantage to  that  service,  to  which  he  was  himself  so  great  an  ornament*- 
Being  exposed  in  the  North  Sea  to  a  considerable  degree  of  cMj  and 
having  the  defe6^,  arising  from  the  want  of  sufficient  proportional 
power  in  the  main  spring,  which  I  have  already  mentioned,  it  stopped. 
The  following  letter  was  written  to  me  by  Captain  Bui^ges  upon  the 
occasion. 

ArJentt  off  the  TextU  Decent  7,  1796. 

I  AM  much  mortified,  my  friend,  in  giving  you  a  report  of  the 
time-piece  you  were  so  good  as  to  lend  me,  which  wiD^be  unpleasant 
to  you,  I  found  it  gain  considerably  by  the  only  opportunity  I  had 
of  observing  its  rate  at  Yarmouth,  and  on  the  30th  of  November,  after 
winding  it  up  as  usual  at  noon,  was  not  a  little  surprised  to  find  it  had 
stopped.  On  examining  the  machine  the  cause  will  probably  appear 
to  you,  though  I  cannot  account  for  iti  as  I  was  particular  in  winding 
it  up,  which  I  did  myself  that  day  at  noon.  After  Watson  joined  me 
on  the  30th  of  September,  I  had  it  immediately  fixed  in  a  frame  on 
the  top  of  my  bureau,  where  it  could*  not  be  moved,  wth  a  baize " 
covering  to  go  over  it,  nor  has  the  machine,  to  the  best  of  my  kuow- 
kdge,  been  opened. 

In  the  letter  you  favoured  me  with  respedling  it,  you  mentioned  it 
was  slow  of  Greenwich  time,  on  the  29th  of  September  exadlly  one 
minute,  and  by  the  means  of  two  regulators,  the  day  before,  it  was 
i'.  7*.  2.     The  difference  on  these  two  days  much  nearer  corresponds 

*  If  instead  of  attending  to  the  calculations  made  by  Dr.  Maskelyne,  upon 
priDciples  which  have  been  shewn  to  be  fallacious,  any  competent  and  candid 
judge  would  examine  the  several  registers  of  the  going  of  my  father's  three 
time-keepers,  I  think  he  would  allow  that  in  all  their  trials,  as  well  before,  as 
after  they  had  received  from  him  their  last  adjustment,  they  have  gone  well, 
though  with  different  degrees  of  excellence. 

f  To  the  honour  of^the  chara<5lcr  of  this  great  Officer,  and  most  excellent 
man,  let  it  be  recorded,  that  immediately  on  the  receipt  of  the  melancholy- 
tidings  of  his  having  fallen  in  battle,  some  gentlemen  re»iaent  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Topsham  in  Devonshire,  which  was  the  place  of  his  natiyity,  imme* 
diately  formed  a  determination  of  cre<Sing  a  hanasome  monument  to  his  m^ 
mory  :  a  determination,  which  was  superseded  by  the  vote  of  the  House. of 
Commons,  that  a  monument  should  be  ereded  for  that  purpose  at  the  expence 
•f  the  nation- 


4ft^  HATAb    LlTtRATaftB* 

mth  wEat  I  afterwards  obterted  of  its  rate,  than  the  rate  menttrad^ 
ynt*  -t-o^'f  58  {  at  oo  my  arrival  at  Yanaouth  I  had  an  opportunity 
oa  four  differeot  days  at  anchor  there  (the  weather  then  indeed  not 
voy  fimmribk)  of  taking  the  mean  of  aererii  akitudes  to  see  how  it 
agreed  with  the  bngitude  of  Yarmouth*  which  ia  laid  down  at  i^*  ^U 
£.  and  I  found  it  (after  allowing  for  the  minute  that  it  was  origiaalljr. 
^w)  to  give  me  from  33'  to  35^  each  time  to  the  eastward.  I  had 
no  opportunttyi  after  this,  of  making  any  observations  to  determine 
its  rate ;  ft»r  from  the  time  of  our  leaving  Yarmouth,  on  th?  20th  of 
OAober,  have  we  been  beating  about  the  Texcl,  sometimes  in  very 
tmpleaaanr  attuations,  and  have  made  the  land  but  twice,  and  then  at  a 
tfatanoe.  I  could  thcrcibre  only  observe  generally,  and  which  indeed 
latterly  became  more  apparent,  that  the  machine  gained  conaidcrably. 
I  therefore  applied  what  it  appeared  to  have  gained  by  the  obaervations 
at  Yarmouth  (supposing  it  corrtfUy  laid  down),  yi2.  about  9'/  daily | 
and  making  that  allowance,  it  came  very  near  to  the  longitude  we 
were  in*  Thia  rate  1  was  the  more  confirmed  in  being  nearly  what  it 
gained,  by  an  ^baervation  I  made  of  the  Q  and  ([  on  the  a  1  at, of 
November,  when  the  longitude  observed,  the  dead  reckoning,  and  the 
fengitude  by  the  time-piece  (allowing  that  rate)  did  not  materially 
differ. 

Not  being  able  to  procure  a  thermometer  at  Yarmouth^  I  cannot 
Inform  you  of  the  temperature  it  was  kept  in.  The  timepiece  stood 
on  a  bureau  in  the  after  cabin,  where  I  sleep,  and  vras  so  secured  it 
could  not  be  moved*  The  cold  is  notf  I  apprehendf  I'tkelj  to  bave  bad 
such  OH  effcB,  or  I  should  rather  Impttte  it  to  ih(st^  the  tueather  hehtg  *uerj 
tevere  at  that  time,  and  the  hulk  heads  ha^uing  worked  loose,  I  found  it 
extremdy  cold* 

The  day  it  stopped,  I  wound  It  up  as  usual,  soon  after  meridian,  and 
on  referring  to  it,  on  setting  the  watch  at  8  o'clock,  found  it  as  it  now 
Is;  and  as  t  think  an  opportunity  will  very  soon  offer  after  my  arrival, 
(which  I  am  glad  to  see  by  our  present  course  there  is  an  appearance 
of),  of  sending  it  to  you  by  Lieutenant  Oliver,  whom  I  can  safely 
trust  with  it,  t  shall  fonvard  it  to  you  without  delay,  in  hopes  to  haVe 
It  regulated,  and  that  you  may  be  able  to  spare  it  to  me  again  before 
we  sail. 

I  shall  thank  you  for  a  line  after  receiving  it,  and  shall  be  much 
chagrined  if  you  find  its  stopping  ia  owing  to  zny  hurt  it  haa  received 
aince  it  was  aent  to  me^  and  muat  request  you  will  debit  me  with  any 
capence  attending  it,  and  at  the  same  time  will  trouble  yc|i  to  send  me 
a  thermometer. 

I  beg  my  compliments  to  Mra*  Mudgc,  &c.  and  ant«  my  dear  Sir, 

Youta  very  aincerely, 

R.  R«  BtTRG£5. 


.  Of  the  Todr  time^keepers  tbat  have  been  purchased  for  the  use  cf 
the  li^^avy  sttbseqttent  to  N®'  2  and  3,  I  cannot  give  a  good  accouat. 
Jt  appeaiVy  that  of  the  two  which  were  taken  out  in  the  Thunderer  on 
her  sailing  for  the  West  Indtes^  ihe  error  of  the  one  which  was  after- 
wards  removed  into  the  Astcea  at  sea,  was  one  degree  at  the  end  of 
the  voyage ;  and  of  th^  other,  which  proceeded  in  the  Thunderer,  two 
degrees  *•  But  though  I  would  by  no  means  be  thought  to  intimate 
that  this  was  sUch  a  degree  of  accuracy  as  vras  to  be  expend  from 
time -keepers  of  this  description,  it  is  fair  to  say,  that  it  was  such  A. 
rendered  them  useful  machines  ;  for  the  reckoning  of  the  Thunderer« 
kept  by  the  log,  was  erroneous  to  the  extent  of  fwr  degrees.  And  I 
apprehend,  in  a  West  India  voyage.  Ships  have  been  sometimes  out  ia 
their  longitude,  obtained  by  this  method,  to  the  amount  of  ten  degneu 
While  these  time-keepers  remained  in  the  West  Indies  with  Captaia 
•fiowen,  their  fln£lttations  were  not  great',  but  on  their  being  brooght 
back  to  England  they  were  evidently  much  affeded  by  change  of 
temperature  ;  and  Captain  Bowen  finding  this  to  be  the  case  on  making 
the  Azores,  as  to  the  one  then  on  board  the  Thunderer, — the  other 
having  been  brought  home  in  another  Ship  by  Sir  Hugh  Christian,— 
assigned  to  it  a  ntv)  rate^  by  which  he  afterwards  made  the  SciUjit 
Islands  with  considerable  corredkness* 

Tile  going  of  N^  4,  during  Lord  Hugh  Seymour's  three  montha 
icniise,  will  have  been  seen  by  the  reader  in  the  report  made  by  Mr. 
Whidbey,    And  although  it  did  not  equal  Mr.  Brockbank'sl-,  and 

*  Captain  Bowen,  the  day  hefore  they  made  the  island  of  Barbadoeii  deter- 
mined the  longitude  of  the  Ship  by  the  lunar  method  with  great  preciiion  ; 
which  (  meotion,  that  it  may  not  oe  supposed,  that  because  I  am  an  advocate 
for  the  use  of  time-keepers,  I  am  an  enemy  to  any  other  method  likely  to 
.prove  serviceable  in  the  attainment  of  the  same  important  objed.  The  public 
interest  i&  bent  consulud  by  liberally  encouraging  every  method  of  acknow- 
ledged utility. 

f  The  account  given  of  the  gomg  of  this  time-keeper  of  Mr.  Brockbank's, 
in  Mr.  Whidbey's  register,  induced  me,  when  1  returned  the  register  to  Lord 
Spencer,  to  whom  I  was  indebted  for  the  loan  of  it,  to  express  myaelf  respeding 
it  in  the  following  manner.  Wi^  resptB  /»  Mr,  BneUamk^t  timt^Attper^  I 
very  fraly  aeJkmnoUdge,  that  if  tbt  comparative  intrinsic  excMena  •/  the  madmiu 
cmM  be  determned  vnilt  certainty  by  this  triat,  I  tee  little  cause  t§  elaim  a  prefertnn 
an  behalf  of  my/aiber*s.  And  if  this  time-beeper  sbould  eantmiu^  as  a  permenmA 
Aittg^  to  wiatufest  the  same  e^eceUence  of  performance^  and  is  as  little  liable  to  dt" 
rangetmnt  from  the  frmnees  of  its  several  partSf  it  ougbt  to  be  held  in  equal  estimm* 
Hon  wtb  my  fatbers.  .1  am  informed,  however,  that  after  this  time-keeper, 
which  was  a  borrowed  one,  was  returned  to  the  gentleman  to  whom  it  be- 
longed, it  did  not  go  with  the  accuracy  it  had  manirested  during  the  time  it  wma 
at  sea.  Another  .-time-keeper  made  by  the  same  artist,  the  property  of  his  Royal 
Highness  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  which  was  brought  from  the  West  Indies  by 
Sir  Hugh  Christian,  and  which  I  was  requested  to  keep  till  it  should  be  sent 
for,  was  afterwards  tried  by  me  for  upwards  of  four  months.  This  watch, 
which  was  -wcry  admirably  .executed,  went  with,  much  corrcAness  from  day  to 
day,  but  its  mean  daily  rate,  during  this  trial,  having  been— 130",  it  must  have 
retarded  its  rate,  I  shonld  conceive,  very  considerably,  from  the  time  it  came 


4S4  JTATAL   LITt&ATtmt* 

.my  Citbcr'i  two  originabt  I  aih  of  opinioBf  that  it  will  be  long  before 
ttm^kecpcny  as  a  general  thingy  will  be  brought  to  a  pcrfedion 
•operior  to  what  was  exhibited  upon  this  occasion  by  the  machine  in 
question.  But  this  correfknesst  it  should  be  renuurkcdi  was  shewn 
while  it  was  exposed  to  no  great  di£Ference  of  temperature*  andt  I 
hare  reason  to  believe*  the  difference  it  experienced,  was  such  as  had 
been  moat  corredly  provided  against,  in  the  adjustments  usually  made 
for  that  purpose ;  for,  by  subsequent  trials*  1  have  found  it  liable  to 
be  coBsider^y  afFtd^d  by  much  change  of  temperatnre* 

The  sixth,  and  last,  timekeeper,  with  which  I  have  furnished  the 
^vy,  was  the  one  I  sent  to  the  Admiralty*  in  consequence  of  the 
note  I  received  from  Mr.  Nepean  on  the  27th  of  March*  1797.  This 
tifloe-kreper*  I  have  since  learnt,  was  taken  to  sea  by  Lord  Hugh 
Seymour  in  the  Sans  PareiL  Whether  its  performance  was  good  or 
bad*  from  the  time  it  was  delivered  to  the  20th  day  of  November  fbU 

oat  of  At  hands  of  tbe  mikcr ;  for  it  it  hanllf  to  b^  sapposed,  tfait  any  able 
artist,  and  fora  what  I  hear  of  Mr.  Brockbank,  he  is  very  deserving  of  that 
charadcr,  would  put  a  time-keeper  out  of  his  hands  so  ill  regulated,  as  to  be 
ganinff,  or  losing,  upon  mean  time,  more  than  so"  a  dajr  at  the  most.  I  feel 
h  a  pamfvl  task  to  make  any  observations  00  the  defers  of  the  works  of  other 
artiste:  i  but  from  the  treatment  my  father's  invention  has  met  with,  and  the 
disposition  that  has  been  shewn  to  state  the  snccesies,  without  making  any  mea« 
tion  of  the  failure  of  others,  in  opposition  to  my  father's,  it  is  iustice,  both  to 
his  chara<5lcr,  and  to  the  public,  that  I  should  do  so.  It  will  be  recoUcded, 
that  Dr.  Mai>ke}yne  has  said  of  my  father's  time-keepen^  which  in  their  wont 
state  of  regulation,  as  to  one  of  them,  varied  only  e^iitem  seconds  in  its  rate,  in 
15  mcnths,  that  they  were  more  liable  to  accelerate,  or  retard  their  rates,  than 
any  other&  :  yet,  in  the  present  instance,  there  is  every  reason  to  presume,  that 
Mr.  Brockbank*s  time-keeper,  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  must  have 
retarded  its  rate  more  than  «««  hundred  seconds  a  day  ;  and  Mr.  Arnold's,  in 
about  13  months,  while  it  was  under  the  care  of  Captain  Durban,  accelerated 
iti  daily  rate  more  than  uxiy  seconds 

Anothct  circumstance  worthy  the  attention  of  the  curious  reader,  is  the 
cbaraAer  given  by  Dr.  Maskelyne  and  his  friends  of  the  inferiority  of  m^  fa- 
ther's tinte-kecpers  to  those  of  Mr.  Arnold.  In  the  report  of  the  Committee 
of  the  Board  ot  J.ongitude,  it  was  said,  that  two  of  Mr.  Arnold's  time- keepers 
had  gone  tneomparakty  better  than  my  father's.  Now  of  one  of  these,  namely 
the  one  that  was  tried  in  the  years  1779  and  1780,  and  of  the  going  of  which 
an  account  has  been  published,  I  find  that  the  greatest  diiference  in  its  rates  on 
any  two  days  in  the  course  of  the  trial,  and  its  greatest  difference  on  any  day 
and  that  neit  to  it,  are  stated,  in  Chambers's  Didionary,  and  the  Encyclopaedia 
Britannica,  as  the  criteria  of  its  excellence.  The  following  is  what  appears 
on  this  head  in  Chambers's  DiAionary,  and  what  is  said  in  the  Encyck^dia 
is  to  the  ume  eficd.  During  13  unntbi  9/  trials  from  Fthruary  1779  '*  Mruary 
17  So,  the  greatnt  differemit  beHoeen  the  rates  at  tvhieh  the  watch  wmt  m  may  IWt 
day  If  rvai  6",  69;  the  greatest  difference  hetneem  its  rates  rf  g^it^  m  any  elay  ami 
the  n.'xt  to  it,  ttas  4,11.*  Now  the  greatest  difference  of  my  father's  time- 
keeper, called  Blue,  in  Dr.  Maskelync's  last  trial,  on  any  two  days,  was  only 
5",  32 ;  and  its  greatest  difference,  on  any  day  and  th«  next,  only  1",  65.  Ana 
that  these  are  the  most  satisladory  criteria,  by  which  to  judge  of  the  real 
excellence  of  a  time^keeper,  I  have  always  contended ;  and,  1  trust,  my  opinioo 
will  obtain  the  sanAion  of  the  generality  of  tbott  scientific  men,  who  are 
conversant  with  the  subjed. 


NAVAL  LlTBftATVftt*  4S5 

lowiagf  I  hay€  not  heard ;  but  I  was  afterwards  informed*  by  a  letter 
froin  the  Admiraltyy  that  on  that  day  it  had  stopped,  whichf  from 
itr  having  appeared  to  me,  during  the  twelve  weeks  I  tried  it,  to  be 
superior  to  all  the  others  I  had  caused  to  be  made*  I  concluded  must 
have  happened  in  consequence  of  its  having  received  some  injury* 
But  upon  its  being  sent  to  me,  and  put  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Pen- 
fiington,  it  was  found  to  have  the  defe£l  I  have  already  described^ 
though  in  a  less  degree,  in  the  proportional  strength  of  the  springSy 
which  evidently  was  the  cause  of  its  stopping.  Whether  Mr.  ^^idbey 
kept  an  account  of  the  thermometer  at  the  time  this  happened,  I  do 
not  know ;  but,  upon  referring  to  a  register  kept  by  Mr.  Penningtont 
I  pbserve,  that  the  thermometer  was  on  that  day  at  Newiogtoii,  below 
the  freezing  point*  The  defe6l,  which  occasioned  the  stopping  of 
this  time- keeper,  having  been  remedied,  by  increasing  the  proportional 
power  of  the  main  spring,  it  is  now,  as  weB  as  N^  1  and  3»  in  a 
proper  state  to  be  sent  to  sea. 

With  resped  to  the  two  sold  to  the  Danish  gof eminent*,  the  one 
to  the  Duke  of  Marlborough,  and  chat  to  Captain  John  Bowen,  they 
have  none  of  them  performed  as  they  ought  to  have  done.  The  last 
appears  to  have  stopped  in  consequence  of  oil  having  been  omitted  to 
be  put  to  the  balance  wheel ;  but  no  considerable  errors  appeared  in  the 
other  three  till  the  arrival  of  winter,  when  the  cold  was  found  matc« 

rially  to  afied  the  regularity  of  their  going. 

mBsaamammamaatassasBaeasmt 

ipabal  Pdetrs* 

Bright-qr*d  Fancy,  ho^riag  o'er, 

Scatter*  firom  her  piAur'd  Urn 

Thooghu  that  breathe,  and  Words  that  hum !  Giay. 

ADDITIONAL   LINB8   TO  THB   PATaiOTlC  SONG   OP   ENGLAND. 

—FROM  ev'ry  latent  foe ! 

From  the  assassin's  blow, 

God  save  the  King ! 

0*er  him  thine  arm  extendi 
For  Britain's  sake  defend 
OurFadier!  Prince!  and  Friend! 
God  save  the  King! 

*  When  T  wrote  my  letted  to  the  Dmish  atibavador,  and  nud  the  greater 
fot  ol  the  time>keepen  I  had  earned  to  be  made  had  manifctted  a  correnondine 
ctcellence  with  the  originaU,  I  thoorht  as  I  expressed  m/telf ;  but  further  trial 
has  shewn,  that  I  ascribed  more  czce&eBce  to  these  new  machines,  than  in  their 
Chen  state  they  had  tttained  to, 

VOA  IIL  3  s 


4S6  NATAL  tITgtATVftI* 

r&OM  Tat   BItTM«DAY   ODB9  BY   H.  J.  PYCi   POlT   LAUBIAT* 

—-YET  far  from  Albion's  tranquil  sliores 

The  storm  of  desolation  roars ; 

And  while  o^er  fidr  Liguria's  vales, 

Fann'd  by  Favonius*  tepid  gales. 

O'er  Alpine  heights  that  ptoudly  rise 

And  shroud  their  sununits  in  the  skies ; 

Or  by  the  Rhine's  majestic  stream 

The  hostile  arms  of  Gallia  gleam. 

Fenc'd  by  her  Naval  Hosts  that  ride 

Triumphant  o'er  her  circling  tide ; 
Britatinia»  jocund,  pours  the  festive  lay» 
And  haiU  with  duteous  voice  her  Geo&gk's  natal  day* 

Yet  though  her  eye  exulting  sees 
Valove  her  daring  oflFspring  crown. 

And  Glory  wafts  on  every  breeze 
The  swelling  pcans  of  RmowN ; 

Not  firom  the  warrior  laurel's  leaves 

The  votive  garland  now  she  weaves, 

Swe^er  than  Maia's  balmy  breath. 

Concord  perfumes  the  civic  wreath 

Of  flowers  embued  ^th  dew  divine. 

Which  Albion  and  leme  twine. 
To  deck  hit  brow  whom  each  with  grateful  smiles 
Owns  heir  of  Ocbah's  rdgn,  Lord  of  the  British  Islet. 

NAVAL  BALLAD. 

ST  MJlt.  SOUTHBT. 

(In  September  1798,  a  Dissenting  Minister  of  Brtitol  discovered  a  Sailor  in 
the  Dcighbonrhood  of  that  city,  groaning  and  praying  in  an  hovd.  The  cir- 
cunutance  that  occasioned  hit  agony  of  mind  is  detailed  in  the  annexed  BaB»l, 
without  the  tligbtett  addition  or  alteration.  By  presenting  it  as  a  Poem,  the 
i(ory  is  made  more  public  1  and  sach  stories  ought  to  be  mads  as  public  a 
nosdbl&l 

HE  stopt,— tt  surely  was  a  groan 
That  from  the  hovel  came ! 
He  stopt  and  listened  anxiously. 
Again  it  sounds  the  same. 

It  surely  from  the  hovel  comes! 

And  now  he  hastens  there. 
And  thence  he  hears  the  name  of  Christ 

Amidst  a  broken  prayer. 


iTATAt  tITlBATVtt.  ^Mf 

He  entered  In  the  hovd  now^ 

A  sailor  there  he  see^f 
His  hands  were  lifted  up  to  HewcRj 

And  he  was  on  hit  knees. 

Nor  did  tlie  Sailor,  so  intent^ 

His  entering  footsteps  heed  9 
*  But  now  the  Lord's  Prayer  said,  and  mw 
His  half  forgotten  Creed* 

And  often  on  his  SaTUMir  caD*d 

With  many  a  hitter  groaoy 
In  such  heart. anguish  as  could  spring 

From  deepest  guilt  ak>ne. 

He  ask'd  the  mtserable  man 

Why  he  was  kneeling  thccfy 
And  what  the  crime  had  beetf  that  caos'd 

The  anguish  of  his  prayer* 

Oh  I  have  done  a  wicked  thing! 

It  haunts  me  night  and  day. 
And  I  have  sought  this  lonely  place 

Here  undisturbM  to  pray. 

}  have  no  place  to  pray  on  hoards 

So  I  came  here  alone. 
That  I  might  fredy  kneel  and  pray> 

And  call  on  Christ  and  groan. 

If  to  the  main-matt  head  I  go. 

The  wick^  one  is  there^ 
From  place  to  place,  from  rope  to  rope. 

He  follows  every  where. 

I  shut  my  eyes,— it  n>atteis  noit-^ 

StiU  still  the  same  I  see,-— » 
And  when  I  lie  me  down  at  night 

'Tis  always  day  with  me. 

He  follows,  follows  every  where. 

And  every  place  is  Hell! 
O  God — ^and  I  must  go  with  hini 

In  endless  fire  to  dwdL 

He  follows,  IbUows  every  whercy 

He's  still  above-^below ; 
Oh  tell  me  where  to  fly  &om  him  I 

Oh  tell  me  where  to  go! 

4 


i|K  MATAt   UTBtATVftt« 

But  teO  ncy  qoqili  the  Stnagtr  dies* 
What  this  thy  crime  halh  bctn. 

So  haply  I  nwy  comfort  gife 
To  one  that  gricret  finr  ■■• 

Oh  I  haTe  done  a  otried  dcedt 

The  wretched  man  itplieiip 
And  aigb  t  and  day  and  every  where 

'TIS  still  before  my  eyea* 

I  lailM  on  board  a  Gninca-raaaf 
And  to  the  Shve-ooaat  went; 

Would  that  the  aea  had  twaOowed  mb 
When  I  wai  innocent! 

And  we  took  in  our  caigo  theits 
Three  hundred  Negro  tkica^ 

And  we  ia3'd  homeward  merrily 
Over  the  ocean  waves. 

But  some  were  sulky  of  the  slaves 
And  would  not  touch  their  meat» 

So  therefore  we  were  forced  by  threats 
And  blows  to  make  them  eat* 

One  woman  srikier  than  thcfest 
Would  sdU  refuse  her  faod~ 

OJesusOodl  I  hear  bar  tiki 
I  see  her  in  her  blood! 

The  Captain  made  me  tk  her  up 

And  flog  while  be  stood  bye. 
And  then  hecurs'd  me  if  I  abiid 

My  hand  to  hear  her  cry. 

She  groan'd,  she  ihriek'd-^I  could  not  spara» 
For  the  Captain  he  stood  by*^ 

Dear  God!  that  I  ought  rest  ooei^ghi 
From  that  poor  woman's  cry! 

She  twisted  from  the  blows    her  bkiod* 

Her  mangled  flesh  I  sec— • 
And  still  the  Captain  would  not 
«  O  he  was  wone  than  me ! 

She  could  not  be  more  ghd  thaft  I 

When  she  wm  taken  down ; 
A  blessed  miMite— 'twas  the  last 

That  I  have  ever  known  I 


KAVAL   LlTBtATVtl. 

I  did  not  dose  1117  eyes  all  nightf 

ThiDking  vrbat  I  had  done } 
I  lieard  her  groanay  and  ihej  grew  faint 

Aboat  the  riaing  mm. 

She  groanM  and  groaned,  but  her  groans  grew 

Fainter  at  morning  tide. 
Fainter  and  fainter  still  they  came 

Till  at  the  noon  she  died. 

They  flung  her  oveihoard;—- poor  wretch ! 

She  rested  from  her  pain, — 
But  when^O  Christ!  O  blessed  God j 

Shall  I  have  rest  again  i 

I  saw  the  sea  close  over  her. 
Yet  she  was  still  in  sight  ; 
Isee  her  twisting  every  where  ; 
I  see  her  day  and  night* 

Go  where  I  wiH,  do  what  I  caOf 

The  wicked  one  I  ace    ■ 
Dear  Christ  have  mercy  on  my  aoult 

O  God  deliver  me ! 

To-morrow  I  set  sail  again^ 

Not  to  the  Negro  shore—* 
Wretch  that  1  am^  I  will  at  least 

Commit  that  sin  no  more. 


4«» 


O  give  me  comfort,  if  you 

Oh  tell  me  where  to  fly—* 
And  bid  me  hope,  if  there  be  hope 

For  one  so  lost  as  I« 

Poor  vnretch,  the  Stranger  he  replied. 
Put  thou  thy  trust  in  Heaven, 

And  call  on  him  for  whose  dear  sake 
All  sins  shaU  be  forgiven. 

This  night  at  least  is  thine,  go  thou 
And  seek  the  house  of  prayer, 

There  shalt  thou  hear  the  word  of  God^. 
And  he  wiU  help  thee  therel 


I    490    3 


COURT  OF  COMMON  PLEAS,  Juki  12. 


9lft  tHLLIAM    FA&Kia   V»    TH»    &1GHT    ROllOVftABLB    THE   EAKL 

ST.  VINCENT. 

(The  rtrf  fitit  importuce  of  thii  Caiue  to  the  Semcc,  mai  the  Booaanbfe 
sanner  in  which  it  hw  bcoi  coodiifted,— merely  to  ascertain  a  yctioo  «f 
sigbfe— we  coQcciTe  it  our  duty  to  record  is  the  ChrooidcJ 

THIS  was  a  case  of  great  importaoccy  not  on  accosnt  of  the  sum 
immediately  depending,  but  as  it  went  to  decide  a  point  of 
general  interest,  wliich  for  some  time  has  been  disputed  between  the 
Admirals  of  the  fleets  and  the  junior  Admirals,  concerning  their  sc- 
4pc£Ut€  rights  to  what  is  called  freight-money.  By  law  his  Majesty's 
•hips  are  allowed  to  a£t  as  merchant  ships  to  the  extent  of  carrying 
certain  kinds  of  commodities^  viz.  jewels,  or  gpld  and  silver.  Freight 
it  paid  to  the  Captain  of  the  vessel  which  cam'es  them.  The  Com- 
mander of  the  fleet  is  allowed,  on  all  hands,  to  have  a  right  to  a  third 
of  this  freight ;  but  when  he  has  junior  Admirals  under  him»  they 
claim  a  share  of  this  third.  The  share  clarnred  by  them  is — when 
there  is  only  one  junior  Admiral,  a  third  of  the  Cornnoander's  thiid  $ 
when  there  are  two  or  more,  a  moiety  of  it  to  be  divided  among  them* 
Serjeant  Shepherd,  who  opened  this  case  on  the  part  of  the  Plain- 
tif!^  after  mentioning  these  general  faAs,  and  stating  ^at  the  snm 
contended  about  in  the  present  case  was  so  sma]l>  that  it  was  impos- 
sible to  suppose  that  the  dispute  between  the  parties,  in  which  thii 
i|j£lion  had  originated,  was  founded  upon  any  motives  of  personal  in- 
terest ;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  it  was  clear  that  the  objedi  for  which 
this  a6lion  was  brought  was  to  settle  a  disputed  point  of  great  general 
importance,  proceeded  to  detail  the  eircmnstanees  of  this  case ;  which 
were  admitted  on  both  sides  to  be— that  wliile  the  Earl  St.  Vincent 
was  Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Majesty's  fleet  in  the  Mediterranean, 
and  Sir  William  Parker  served  as  a  jjonior  Admiral  under  ^im.  Captain 
John  Moore  Mansfield,  Captain  of  the  Andrqmqch^  frigate,  was  dis- 
patched  by  Lord  St.  Vincent  to  carry  to  London  a  quantity  of  doUarst 
from  Lisbon,  which  he  delivered,  aud  for  the  carriage  of  which  he 
received  199L  and  a  fraction  for  freight.  A  third  of  this  freight- 
money  was  paid  to  Lofd  St.  Vincent,  and  Sir  William  Purker  claimed 
for  himself  and  the  other  junior  Admirals  their  shave  of  this  thirds 
which  Lord  St.  Vincent  refused.  The  claim  of  the  Plaintiff'  waa 
founded  on  a  supposed  usage  of  the  Navy  in  similar  cases,  and  Lord 
St.  Vincent  had  declined  acceding  to  it,  he  had  no  doubt,  from  a 
convi&ion  that  this  usage  did  not  exist  to  that  degree  to  render  the 
daim  legaL    There  is  no  particular  law  on  the  subje^  Xo  s((ttle  th^ 


€0!Er&T  09   COUUOU   PLEAS*  ^t^ 

^iSannte  of  opiDion  between  the  parties.  It  wisi  therefore^  fiir  the 
Jury  to  deCenniae,  from  the  evidence  he  would  have  the  honouA  of 
iayiag  before  theBi«  whether  the  usage  of  the  Navy  was  so  general  on 
the  point  of  allowing  to  the  junior  Admirals  of  a  fleet,  a  share  of 
freight^moneji  as  to  entitle  him  to  their  verdi^  ? 

The  first  Witness  called  was  Admiral  Wolsley.— >He  stated,  that  in 
1762,  he  commanded  the  Alarm  frigate  on  the  Havannah  Station*^ 
that  Sir  George  Pocock  was  the  Commander  in  Chief,  and  that  Ad- 
miral Keppel  servtd  as  junior  Admiral  under  him— -that  his  ship  was 
employed  to  carry  part  of  the  treasure  taken  at  the  Havannah  to  Ja- 
snaica-— that  he  was  paid  the  freight  of  this  treasure — ^tbat  he  lodged  t 
third  of  the  freight  ui  the  hands  of  Admiral  Keppel's  Agentj  in  Ja»- 
maica,  by  desire  of  Sir  George  Pocock,  who  also  desired  him  to  tell 
Admird  Keppel » then  at  Jamaica,  to  remit  this  third,  after  dcdu^ling 
his  third  from  it,  to  his  (Sir  George  Pocock's) ,  Agent  in  London.— 
Admiral  Wokley  believed  this  distribution  to  be  the  result,  not  of  any 
particular  agreement  between  the  parties,  but  of  the  general  usage  of 
the  Navy. 

Lord  Hotham  was  next  called :  he  stated  that  he  served  under 
Lord.  Howjc  all  the  time  he  commanded  on  the  American  Station* 
from  1776  to  1 780,  as  a  junior  Admiral ;  that  during  that  time  he  had 
frequently  been  paid  his  share  of  freight-money  as  a  junior  Admii^l ; 
that  this  share  was,  when  ther^  was  oply  one  junior  Admiral,  a  third 
of  the  third  of  the  Commander  in  Chief;  that  when  there  was  more 
than  one  junior  Admiral,  a  half  of  the  Commander  in  Chief's  share 
was  divided  amongst  them  ;  that  lie  afterwards  had  the  Command  ia 
Chief  on  the  Mediterranean  Station  upbn  Lord  Hood's  coming  home 
in  1794,  that  there  were  one  or  more  junior  Admirals  who  served 
under  hito  during  the  time  he  had  the  command,  and  that  he  always 
paid  them  a  share  of  any  money  arising  from  freight,  conceiving  it  t» 
be  their  right. 

Admiral  Caldwell  stated  that  in  1796,  he  had  the  command  on  tJ\e 
West  India  Station;  that  during  tliat  time  he  had  twice  received 
freight  money ;  that  both  times  he  had  paid  Admiral  Thompsoni  who 
served  under  him,  a  third  of  his  third  of  the  freight- money  ;  and  that 
Jie  would  not  have  paid,  nor  would  Admiral  Thompson  have  received 
this  money,  liad  he  on  the  one  hand  not  thought  that  Admiral  Thomp- 
son's claim  was  just,  and  Admiral  Thompson  on  the  other  not  thought 
that  he  was  entitled  to  it. 

Admiral  Bligh  said,  that  he  had  served  from  1796  to  1799,  as  ju- 
nior Admiral  under  Sir  Hyde  Parker  on  the  West  India  Station ;  that 
during  the  first  four  months  he  was  the  only  junior  Admiral ;  aAd  that 
then  he,  l|a^.  received  a,,^hi^4.  ^^  his  third  of  all  money  arising  from 


49<  COVKT  OF  COICIIOII    Ptf  At. 

Mghtt;  that  duriiijr  the  ranainder  of  the  time  there  were  two  or 
more  junior  AdmlraU,  and  that  then  the  half  ot  the  Commander  in 
Chief 't  third  was  divided  among  them  ;  and  that  thia  happened  in 
BBore  than  a  dozen  of  instancet. 

Admiral  Pole  said*  that  he  had  served  in  1794  and  lyg^t  as  junior 
Admiral  under  Admiral  Harvey,  on  the  Baibadoea  Station;  that 
during  that  time  he  had  received  from  the  Commander  in  Chief  a  ahait 
of  tome  freight  money,  hut  that  he  did  not  know  what  that  ihare  was, 
as  he  trusted  to  the  known  accuracy  of  Admiral  Harvey. 

Caleb  O'Brien  said*  that  he  commanded  the  Resistance  frigate  in 
179J,  on  the  West  India  Station ;  that  Admiral  Gambier  was  at  that 
time  Commander  in  Chief  on  that  station,  and  that  Sir  Francis  Knowles 
served  under  him  as  a  junior  Admiral ;  that  he  then  brought  hone 
some  money  in  the  ResisUnce ;  that  he  received  the  freight,  and  paid» 
by  order  of  Admiral  Gambier,  his  third  of  the  freight  to  Sir  Charles 
Middleton,  his  banker ;  that  Sir  Francis  Knowles,  on  making  vp  hia 
accounts,  found  that  he  had  not  been  paid  his  share  of  this  freight- 
money,  and  demanded  it  ^m  the  witness ;  that  -it  was  taken  froul 
the  hands  of  Sir  Charles  Middleton  and  paid  to  Sir  Fiands  ;  and  that 
Admirsl  Gambier  was  afterwards  informed  of  thisf  and  made  no  ob- 
je^ions* 

Mr*  Hunter  said,  that  he  was  agent,  and  had  been  for  many  yean, 
tat  Lord  Duncan ;  and  that  he  had  paid  on  Lord  Duncan's  accoonlt 
to  Admiral  Pringle,  who  served  under  him  as  a  junior  Admiral,  some 
freight  money ;  but  that  since  that  time  Lord  Duncan  had  received 
a  dozen  of  times  freight- money,  and  that  he  had  never  paid  any  of  it 
to  junior  Adminls,  though  junior  Admisals  were  then  serving  under 
hinu 

This  was  the  substance  of  the  eiridence  00  the  part  of  the  PUntifF 
to  establish  the  usage. 

Mr.  Park,  the  leading  Counsel  for  the  defendant,  agreed,  that  if 
this  usage  was  established  to  be  the  universal  and  invariable  usage  of 
the  Navy,  the  Pkintiff  wouU  be  entitled  to  the  verdid  of  the  Jury  ^ 
but  he  contended  that  this  evidence  had  not  esuUished  the  hcL  He 
made  some  animadversions  on  the  testimony  which  had  been  givc^n.^- 
Before  the  year  1 762,  the  existence  of  the  usage  was  not  pretended  tt^ 
be  proved,  and  Admiral  Wobley's  evidence  only  went  to  an  indfvidual 
instance  which  might,  for  any  thing  that  appeared,  be  the  resah  of 
private  agreement*  Next  in  order  of  time  was  the  evidence- of  Lord 
Hotham,  respeding  the  usage  upon  this  point,  of  Lord  Howe,  in 
1776,  and  from  that  time  to  1780.— -He  allowed  that  this  might  be 
the  pradioe  of  Lord  Howe,  but  his  pradlice,  however  high  his  autho- 
rity on  an  other  Naval  suljeds,  touM  not  alone  establish  a  usage  lo 


COUXT   OF   COMMOK    fLBAS.  493 

fcc  universal  and  invariable.     As  to  the  conduci  of  Admiral  Hotham 
faimfitlf,  when  he  had  the  chief  command  in  the  Mediterranean,  he 
would  l>e  excused  if  he  could  give  it  little  weighty  because  he  might  be 
considered  merely  as  a  pupil  from  the  school  of  Lord  Howe,  and  as 
adopting  the  pradtces  of  that  great  and  noble  AdmiraL     The  rest  of 
the  evidence  related  to  later  periods,  and  when  in  opposition  to  the 
&6l8  which  had  been  stated,  he  could  place  the  opinion  and  condudl  of 
the  Plaintiff  in  this  cause,  Lord  St.  Vincent  himself,  who  certainly 
had  not  resisted  the  demand  of  his  junior  Admirals  on  any  other 
ground  than  because  he  was  conscientiously  convinced  that  the  de« 
mand  was  not  just  f  of  Lord  Duncan,  who  had  also  resisted  such  de« 
mands  ;  and  of  the  opinion  and  pra&ice  ^of  Lord  Hood,  whom  he 
would  presently  have  the  honour  of  examining,  he  thought  that  the 
usage,  though  praf^ised  in  some  cases,  was  far  from  being  so  universal 
as  to  Justify  the  demand  of  the  Plaintiff.    He  would  call  his  Witnesses, 
and  leave  it  to  the  Jury  to  determine  from  the  whole  of  the  evidence, 
under  the  diredion  of  bis  Lordship,  whether  this  usage  was  proved  so 
as  to  entitle  the  Plaintiff  to  a  verdid  ?     He  then  called  Loid  Hood« 
who  stated,  that  he  had  been  sixty  years  in  the  Naval  service  of  his 
country.     He  had  never  heard  of  any  claim  of  junior  Admirals  upon 
the  third  sliare  of  all  the  freight-money  paid  to  the  Commander  in 
Chief,  till  after  he  returned  from  the  command  pf  the  Mediterranean 
fleet,  in  1 794.     After  that  time,  his  Agent  informed  him,  that  some ' 
claims  had  been  made  by  the  junior  Admirals  who  had  served  under 
him,  to  a  share  of  some  freight-money  which  he  had  received  when 
he  commanded  on  that  station.     He  wrote  to  his  Agent  to  distribute 
the  shares  claimed,  but  upon  hearing  that  Lord  St.  Vincent  and  Lord 
Duncan  had  resisted  such  claims,  he  began  to  make  inquiries  as  to 
the  justice  of  the  claim,  and  in  the  end  demurred  to  the  payment. 
He  had  served  about  a  year  as  junior  Atlmiral  under  Lord  Rodney,  in 
the  West  Indies,  and  he  himself  had  never   received   any  freight* 
money ;  and  afterwards,  when  Lord  Rodney  resigned  the  command* 
and  when  he  succeeded  to  it,  he  had  never  paid  any  to  junior  Ad- 
mirals.    While   he  commanded  at  that   time,  on  that  station,   no 
freight-money  was  received,  so  that  it  could  not  be  distributed,  and 
he  never  heard  of  any  being  received,  when  he  served  as  junior  Ad- 
miral.    On  the  circumstance  being  mentioned,  Lord  Hood  remem- 
bered that  Admiral  Cosby  had  once  retained  a  share  of  some  freight- 
money,  while  he  served  as  junior  Admiral  under  him  in  the  Medi- 
terranean. 

Lord  Hood  appealed  to  Lord  Hotham,  who  had  served  under  him 
as  junior  Admiral  in  the  Mediterranean,  if  he  had  ever  paid  him  a 
shilling  of  freight- money.     «*  I  kept  it  all  myself,"  said  Lord  Hood, 

moini.  3T 


494  COURT   Of   COMMON    fLtAS* 

«  You  didy  my  Lord  ;"  said  Lord  Hotham*  ^  but  I  tKougbt  I  wa» 
entitled  to  a  part  of  it." 

Mr.  A1foixl»  Agent  for  Lord  Su  Vincent,  said,  that  since  he  had 
been  Agent  for  that  Noble  Admiral,  he  had  frequently  receired 
freight- money  on  his  account^  before  the  present  dispute  arose,  and 
that  he  had  never  been  authorised  to  pay  any  share  of  it  to  junior 
i^dmiials,  though  several  had  served  under  Lord  St.  Vincent  at  the 
time. 

Mr.  Serjeant  Shiphbrd  replied  in  a  very  able  manner  to  the 
guments  of  the  Defendant's  Counsel.  He  reviewed  the  evidence 
which  had  been  adduced  in  support  of  his  case,  shewed  its  inadequacy 
to  invalidate  that  which  he  had  brought  forward  to  prove  the  ex- 
istence of  the  usage,  ably  reconciled  the  testimony  of  Lord  Hood  with 
that  of  his  own  Witnesses,  put  in  a  clear  and  strong  point  of  view  the 
substance  of  their  evidence,  and  insisted  that  the  result  of  all  that  had 
been  stated  wasi  that  the  usage  was  general  in  the  service  of  the  Navy. 
His  whole  address  to  the  Jury  was  luminous  and  animated. 

Lord  Eldov,  in  his  charge  to  the  Jury^  entered  minutely  into  the 
details  of  the  evidence,  and  stated  it  clearly  as  his  opinion,  upon  the 
whole  that  had  been  adduced,  that  the  usage  was  fully  established.  If 
the  Jury  should  be  of  his  opinion,  they  would  give  their  verdift  for 
the  Plaintiff.  But,  besides  this  point  of  fad  which  they  had  to  de* 
termine,  he  stated,  that  there  is  a  point  of  law  respefling  the  consi- 
deration upon  which  the  claims  of  junior  Admirals  is  founded.  (Mr« 
Percival  in  his  opening  for  the  Defendant,  and  Serjeant  Shepherd,  in 
his  reply,  both  shortly  adverted  to  this. }  His  Lordship  thought  that 
considerations  upon  such  claims  as  this  are  founded,  ought  not  to  be 
too  minutely  examined  into.  If  this  usage  contributes  to  the  good  of 
the  service,  this  consideration  ought  at  once  to  make  it  legal.  If  he 
was  wrong  in  this  opinion,  he  would  have  an  opportunity  of  being 
afterwards  set  right  by  a  superior  judgment  to  his. 

The  Jury  found  for  the  Plaintiff  iir  5I.  i  is.  and  a  fraAion. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 


rO  THE  EDirOR  OP  THE  NAVAL  CHRONICLE. 

PASSING  through  Woolwich  Dock-yard,  I  observed  twoofficen 
following  each  other,  who,  by  the  similarity  of  their  uniforms^ 
each  having  a  gold  epaulet  upon  the  right  shoulder,  I  concluded  were 
of  the  same  rank ;  but  was  surpiistd,  upon  inquiry,  to  learn  that  one 
was  Captain  of  a  frigate,  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  thf 


CORRItPONDBNCI*  49f 

Army ;  and  the  other  a  young  gentleman  just  promoted,  from  the 
Academy  at  Woolwich,  to  a  Lieutenantcy  of  Engineers.  I  have  under, 
stood  the  intention  of  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  (when  they  ordered 
the  officers  of  the  Navy  to  wear  epaulets)  was  to  give  them  their  proper 
tank  in  foreign  countries*  where  epaulets  alone  distinguish  the  different 
gradations ;  if  so,  I  must  think  the  obje6l  was  not  answered,  for  the 
following  reasons: 

The  Lieutenant,  with  the  rank  of  Captain  in  the  Army,  does  not 
wear  any  epaulet,  consequently  he  cannot  be  supposed  to  have  any 
rank. 

The  Master  and  Commander,  equal  In  rank  to  a  Major,  wears  one 
epaulet  upon  the  left  shoulder,  which  is  beneath  any  rank  in  the  Army. 

The  Post  Captain  under  three  years  standing,  who  has  the  rank  of 

Lieutenant  Colonel,  wears  one  epaulet  upon  the  right  shoulder,  the 

same  as  the  officers  in  the  Army  with  the  rank  of  Captain ;  and  under 

this  was  the  reason  of  my  mistake;  for  it  is  impossible  to  distinguish 

the  diffi^rence  of  uniform  between  this  rank  and  that  of  a  Subaltern  of 

Engineers,  excepting  by  very  close  inspedion.     The  next  rank  of 

Post  Captains  wear  two  epaulets ;  but  from  being  the  lowest  rank 

that  appears  as  Field  Officers,  in  the  idea  of  foreigners  they  must  be 

mistaken  for  Majors ;  accordingly  the  Conunander  in  Chief  of  his 

'Majesty's  Navy  vnH  be  considered  as  a  Brigadier  General,  reckoning 

the  different  gradations  under  him,  who  appear  by  their  uniforms  to 

bear  the  rank  of  Field  Officers. 

'    With  all  due  deference  and  respeft  for  the  Lords  of  the  Admiraky, 

J  beg  leave  to  hint,  that  to  give  all  the  officers  of  the  Navy  their 

proper  rank  by  their  uniforms,  the  Post  Captain  under  three  years 

standing  should  be  allowed  to  wear  two  epaulets,  and  might  be  distin* 

guished  from  those  of  superior  station,  by  having  a  blue  stripe  down 

the  strap  of  each  epaulet ;  the  Master  and  Commander  the  same,  with 

two  blue  stripes,  or  rather  a  blue  strap,  with  a  gold  stripe,  and  narrow 

gold  edges  $  and  the  Lieutenant  an  epaulet  upon  the  right  shoulder. 

This  would,  in  my  humble  opinion,  give  each  xank  their  proper  dis* 

criminating  ornaments. 

OBSERVEiU 


TO  THE  EDITOR. 
SIR, 

THE  great  improvements  and-  new  appointments  in  our  Navy, 
does  great  credit  to  the  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty :  the 
establishment  of  a  second  Master  in  line  of  battle  Ships,  is  found  to 
be  of  great  utility ;  but  an  idea  strikes  me,  that  I  think  would  be  of 
infinite  consequence  to  our  Marine,  that  probably  through  the  chanael 
of  your  communicative  Chronidei  may  reach  the  hands  of  those  io 


49^  CORRESPONDBNCE. 

gower,  and  improve  on  the  hint.  The  unhappy  fate  of  the  Royal 
Charlotte  is  still  fresh  in  the  minds  of  every  body,  and  the  loss  of  so 
many  valual)le  lives  will  be  ever  regretted  by  all>  and  by  many  the 
sonow  never  to  be  effaced.  Fire  on  shore  is  dreadful ;  but  on  board 
Ship  the  terror  and  confusion  is  beyond  conception  ;  and  as  those  ac- 
cidents often  proceed  from  negligence ;  and  it  must  be  allowed  by  all 
nautical  men  that  there  is  a  great  deal  of  carelessness  in  fire  and  can- 
dles, particularly  the  latteri  that  if  the  hand  of  Providence  did  not 
preside  over  us,  those  accidents  would  undoubtedly  be  more  frequent. 
The  charge  of  extinguishing  the  fire  and  candles  is  committed  to  the 
care  of  the  Master  at  Arms  and  Corporals,  people  not  of  sufficient 
authority.  I  would  therefore  recommend  an  additional  Lieutenant 
for  that  duty  only,  with  Midshipmen»  constantly  to  be  visiting  the 
different  parts  of  the  Ship  ;  or  the  junior  officer  of  each  Ship  to  have 
that  service  allotted  to  him>  which  would  prevent  accidents,  and  keep 
good  order  among  the  people  ;  and  his  cabin  should  be  in  the  fore  . 
cockpit)  which  is  near  the  magazine  and  store-rooms,  where  it  is 
highly  necessary  that  a  commission  officer  should  be  stationed  ;  and 
his  residence  would  be  so  near  the  bay,  as  to  prevent  mutinous  as- 
semblies.    The  advantages  from  such  an  appointment  is  inconceivable^ 

and  I  hope  to  see  it  followed  up  by  some  abler  pen. 

NAUTICUS, 

p  TO  THE  EDITOR. 

IF  you  think  the  foUowtng  remarkable  phcnomcnoa  wovthy  of  a 
place,  it  is  at  your  service. 
A  letter  from  an  officer  on  board  his  Majesty's  Ship  Canada,  of  74 
guns^  dated  the  7th  of  July,  1798,  says  :  In  the  Canada  we  have  expe- 
rienced a  most  remarkable  and  unfortunate  accident,  about  a  fortnight 
since,  as  we  were  standing  under  easy  sail,  and  in  such  moderate  wea- 
ther>  that  a  amall  boat  would  have  been  deemed  perfledly  safcj  our 
Ship  was  struck  by  an  immensely  heavy  sea,  that  went  over  the  fore^ 
castle  deck,  and  carried  almost  every  thing  away  with  ui  the  head- 
rails  and  funiiture  were  in  an  instant  demolished.  1  he  confusion  and 
surprise  occasioned  hy  this  extraordinary  circumstance,  is  as  difficult  to 
describe  as  the  phenomenon  is  to  be  accounted  for.  (t  would  in* 
stantly  have  occurred  to  us  that  it  was  the  effe^  of  an  earthquake, 
had  other  Ships  then  in  company  fplt  the  shoc^,  wbkh  however  was, 
not  the  case :  the  most  calamitous  part  gf  the  circumstance  is,  that 
there  was  two  men  killed  on  the  spot,  and  several  others  severely^ 
bruised :  the  head  of  one  of  the  former  was  cleft  in  twain  by  thq 
fprcible  pex^uwion  of  ^is  extraordinary  column  of  water. 

Yours. 


C    497    3 


» 

ADMIRALTT-OFFICB,   MAT  9. 

Ctfy  of  a  Letter  from   Kice-AJmiral  Dickson  ^  Cammander  in  Chief  of  his  MajesN^ 
Ships  and  Vettds  im  the  North  5«a>  to  Evam  Neptan^  £j^.  dated  the  Jth  My, 

SIR, 

gE  pleased  to  acquaint  my  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  that  hif 
Majesty^s  hired  armed  lugger,  Lady  Ann,  commanded  by  Lieut.  Wright, 
arrived  yesterday  from  off  Fluking,  and  brought  in  with  her  Lcs  Huit  Freres, 
French  privateer,  mounting  14  guns,  which  she  captured  on  the  4th  inst. 

I  inclose,  for  their  Lordships*  infortnation,  t  .ieutenant  Wright's  letter  to  me 
ct^  th^  sitbjed,  and  I  beg  leave  to  recommend  his  zeal  to  their  Lordships*  notice. 
I  have  the  honour  to  be,  ^c.  A&CHIBAI^D  DICKSON.     ' 

JHh  Idajefiyi  Hired  Armed  Lugger ^  Lady  Ann^ 
SIR,-  Tarmouti  JioadSf  May  6. 

1  have  the  honour  to  acquaint  you,  that  in  pursuance  of  the  orders  I  received 
from  A.  DicksoU}  Esq.  Captain  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Veteran,  I  proceeded  off' 
Flushing,  and  explored  that  anchorage  in  the  lugger  under  my  command,  and 
having  done  so,  and  seeing  nothing  in  the  road,  on  returning  to  join  the  squadron 
yesterday  off  Goree,  I  fell  in  wiu  Les  Huit  Freres,  French  lugger  privateer, 
mounting  14  long  carriage  guns  (nine  of  which  he  hove  overboard),  when  after 
a  close  adion  of  one  hour  and  thirty- five  minutes,  she  struck,  close  to  the 
batteries  along  shore.  West  Capel  S.  S.  W  two  miles.  I  attribute  the  long  con- 
tinuance of  tne  adion  to  the  unfltneu  of  the  guns  of  the  lugger  ;  however,, 
during  that  period,  1  was  very  ably  seconded  by  the  professional  skill  of  Mr. 
David  Banks,  Master,  and  by  the  braverv  of  the  crew  of  the  Lady  Ann.  It 
gave  me  very  g^'^at  pleasure  in  making  this  capture,  and  particularly  as  it  wai 
the  means  of  liberating  from- captivity,  fifteen  subjeAs  of  his  Majesty,  who  had 
been  captured  by  that  vessel.  Upon  taking  possession  of  Les  Huit  Freres,  I 
found  her  so  much  shattered,  that  I  was  obuged  to  see  her  into  port,  ^d  to  ge^ 
rid  of  so  many  prisoners,  as  well  as  to  repair  our  own  damages. 

1  am,  bir,  &c. 
^0  Archibald  DUkuM,  rite-Admiral  of  the  Rtd,  J.  WRIGHT. 

ADMIRALTY-OrriCE,   MAT  9. 

topy  of  a  Letter  from  Captain   WoUey^  of  his  Majesty* j  Ship  Arethiua,  to  Rvam 

Nepean^  Esq.  dated  at  Sea ^  April  2^, 
SIR, 

I  have  %o  acquaint  you,  foe  their  Lordships*  information,  that  on  the  ist  of 
this  month,  having  been  driven  from  off  the  Bar  of  Oporto  by  bad  weather,  we 
fell  in  with  and  captured  the  French  cutter  privateer  Grneral  Bernadotte,  of  14' 
euns  and  57  men,  belonging  to  Bourdeaux,  out  from  Vigo. 

I  am,  Sir,  ^c.  T.  WOLLEY. 

AOMIRALTY-OPr  ICR,    MaV  10. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  f ''ice'*  Admiral  Lord  Keith  t  Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Majesty* t 
L>hipt  and  VesuU  in  the  Mediterranean,  dated  on  board  the  Minotaur,  off  Cenoa^ 
April  1 8. 

I  have  the  satisfadion  of  acquaintiog  you,  for  the  information  of  their  lord— 
ships,  that  the  Guiilaume  I'cll  having  attempted  to  escape  from  Malta,  on  the 
evening  of  the  29th  ult  was  intercepted  and  captured  the  following  morning  by 
his  Majesty's  ships  Lion,  Foudroyant,  and  Penelope  ;  but  as  I  nave  not  yet 
received  Captain  Dixon's  account  of  the  paiticulars  of  the  adion,  or  of  the  loss 
which  has  been  sustained,  I  mui>t  take  another  (tpportunity  of  communicating 
tncm  I  understand,  however,  that  the  enemy  was  completely  dismasted  before 
she  struck,  and  that  the  Lion  azid  Foudroyant  have  had  killed  and  wounded 
^bout  forty  men  each* 


498  CAZSTTB    LBTTBRS. 

AOMimALTT-OrrZCB,   MAT  10. 

Letters  received  this  morning  from  Lord  Keith,  dated  the  sitt  of  April^ 
Aiention  several  important  advantaj^es  gained  bf  the  Ao^trians  in  the  vicinity  of 
Genoa,  under  the  walls  of  which  place  the  French  have  been  obliged  to  concen« 
trate  their  force.  In  many  attacks  the  fire  of  the  English  ships  was  employed 
with  considerable  effcA. 

The  messenger  reports  that  he  saw  an  English  ship  towing  a  captured  Dutch 
ihip  of  the  line  (witn  a  frigate  or  sloop)  into  Yarmouth  Roads. 

APUIRALTT    orriCI,   MAT  I7. 

Sxtraff^  mLdUrfrvm  CapiMm  Durham  ^  Commander  of  his  Majesty**  Ship  Amok,  to 
Evam  Neptam,  £sf.  dated  at  Sea,  the  30/^  «/*  AprU. 

tbeg  yon  will  be  pleased  to  inform  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty, 
that  on  the  27th  instant,  I  captured  the  brig  Le  \'ainqueur  letter  of  marqae, 
pierced  for  sixteen  guns,  mounting  only  four,  from  l:ourdeaux  bound  to  St. 
Domingo,  with  a  mixed  cargo  of  merchandize. 

T  have  the  further  satisfaaion  to  inform  their  Lordships,  ^hat  yesterday  at 
day-light,  I  had  the  good  fortune  to  fall  in  with  the  privateers  named  in  the 
margin  *•  As  boon  a»  they  discovered  me  to  be  an  £nglish  man  of  war,  th^y 
dispersed  in  different  diredions  ;  \  gave  chace  to  the  Brave,  being  the  largest, 
and  in  crossing  upon  opposite  tacks,  I  gave  her  a  broadudc,  which  I  have  reason 
to  belive  did  her  considerable  damage  in  the  hull.  Finding  she  very  much  out- 
sailed us  by  the  wind,  which  she  still  continued  to  keep,  there  being  no  chance 
of  coming  up  with  her,  1  bore  up,  and  gave  chace  to  one  of  those  to  leeward, 
which  I  captured  :  she  pt-oved  to  be  Le  Hardi,  of  i8  guns,  and  194  men  ;  a 
very  fine  new  ship,  just  o/fthe  stocks. 

I  have  also  sent  in,  for. adjudication,  a  very  valuable  fthip,  from  iBatavia,  bounil 
tt>  Hamburgh,  with  the  Governor  of  Bacaviaon  board. 

ADMIRALTT  OriXCX,  MAT  10. 

MxiroB  of  a  Letter  fr»m  Captain  Sir  Thomas  IViiliamSy  Commander  of  bh  Majettft 
Sh^  Rndymion,^  to  Svam  Hepeaa,  Etq.  dated  ai  Spithead^  the  i  ftb  imstamt. 

You  will  be  pleased  further  to  inform  their  Lordships,  that  the  Endymion  has 
taken  from  the  enemy*- 

The  Saint  Joseph  Spanish  lugger  privateer,  of  four  long  brass  six-pounders, 
•wivels,  small  arms  and  thirty-ei^ht  men. 

£1  Intripido  Spanish  Lugger  privateer,  of  two  six-pounders,  swiveb,  small 
armS|  and  twenty-one  men. 

La  Paiz  French  ship  letter  of  marque,  or  ten  sit- pounders  and  forty-foor  men, 
from  Nantes,  with  a  cargo,  bound  to  the  Isle  of  France  :  l.a  Paix  was  built 
for  a  ship  of  war,  and  pierced  for  twenty  nine-pounders,  is  quite  new,  and  salU 
last. 

After  an  arduous  chace,  Le  Scipio  ship  privateer,  of  eighteen  brass  nine- 
pounders,  and  149  men.  belonging  to  Bourdeaux,  three  days  out  from  St. 
Andero,  had  taken  notliicg  :  this  ship  is  quite  new,  very  complete^  and  sails 
extremely  fast. 

Vhen  in  company  with  the  Champion  and  Mediterranean  convoy,  we  fell  in 
with  a  Portugue&e  Brazil  ship,  deeply  laden,  totally  disina6ted  and  abandoned  : 
this  ship,  after  considerable  exertion,  was  put  iuto  a  navigable  state,  and  towed 
by  the  Champion  iuto  Gibraltar. 

ADMIRALTT-OPriCX,   MAT  IJ. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  St.  Vitueia^  X.  B.  Admiral  of  the  WUte,  &*«.  to 
Evan  Nepeaa,  Esq.  dated  on  hoard  his  Majesty*  Slip  Viile  de  J'aris,  tm  Torhej,  the 
19th  tost. 

SIR, 

I  inclose  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  CommiMioners  of  the  Admiralty,  a 
letter  which  I  have  received  from  the  Hon.  C  aptain  Lcgge,  of  his  Majesty's 
ship  Cambrian,  giving  an  account  of  his  having  captured  the  Pragon,  a  French 
brig  corvette.     1  am,  Sir,  &c.  ST.  VINCENi . 

*  Le  Brave,  of  36  guns  ;  Le  Guepe,  of  j8  guns  ;  Le  Hardii  of  18  guns  ;  and  Le 
Dnudcy  of  16  guns. 


CAZETTB    LtTTSftS.  499 

liY  tORDi  Camhtta/i,  ai  Sfo^  May  $. 

lliave  the  honour  to  tiiform  yon  that  •his  Majesty's  ship  omler  my  command 
ca)>tured  this  morning,  in  company  with  the  Fisgard,  Le  Dragon,  a  French  brig 
corvette,  of  10  guns,  pierced  for  14,  and  7a  meo,  commanded  by  Monn.  Lachuric» 
Lieutenant  de  Vaisseau  ;  she  is  two  cays  from  Rochcfort,  bound  to  Guadaloupc 
%ith  dispatches.     I  remain,  &c. 

Thf  Earl  St.  y-uuent,  K.  B.  i^c.  ARTHUR  K.  JLEGGE. 

ADMIRALTY- OrtXCS,    MAT  27. 
EtttraBofa  Letter  Jrtm  Fue^Atbiiirai  Lord  Hugh  Seymour,  Comrnamder  in  Chief  of 
his  Majesty's  Ships  and  t^euels  at  the  Leevfard  hlanii,  H  Evan  Ne^eam^   £sy, 
dated  Sort  Itoyal  Hay^  JMtartituque,  lOth  of  April, 

I  am  happy  to  acquaint  you,  for  their  Lordships*  information,  that  since  I 
closed  my  letter  of  the  aSth  of  March,  five  of  the  enemy's  small  privateers  h«ve 
been  taken,  the  Peosee,  of  four  guns  and  65  men,  and  the  Sapa^jon,  of  six  guna 
and  48  men,  by  the  Sans  Pareif;  the  Kenard,  of  three  guns  and  1$  men,  and 
Consolateur,  of  pne  gun  and  36  men,  by  the  Surinam  ;  and  the  Perseverance,  of 
16  ^unsand  87  men,  by  the  Unite  ;  the  last  of  which  threw  her  guns  overboard 
durmg  the  chace. 

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE,    MAr3I. 
Mxtrafft   of  Letters  from   Vice^ Admiral  Lord  Keith,  Cotnmandir  in    Chief  ^  hie 
'Majesty  s  Ships  and  F'esselt  in  the  Mediterranean,  to  Evan  N'epean,  Esq, 

Minotaur,  off  Genoa,  3  d  and  Qth  of  May, 

On  the  29th  ult.  General  D*Ott  communicated  to  me  his  intention  of  making 
a  general  attack  on  all  sides  of  Genoa,  and  requested  co«operaticn,  and  tiiat  we  ' 
nught  settle  the  plan. 

At  three  A.  M.  on  the  30th,  the  attack  began  on  the  part  of  General  D*Ott, 
by  signal  from  bt.  Pierre  d'Aj-cna,  on  Quarto,  St.  Martino,  and  St.  Christino, 
by  General  Gottesheim,  who  pressed  the  enemy  up  to  the  walls  near  the  shore, 
under  cover  of  the  fire  of  the  Phoenix,  Mondovi,  Entreprcnante,  Vidoire  tender, 
launches,  and  boats  of  the  squadron.  '1  he  affair  continued  until  night,  when  tlie 
Austrians  retired,  bcinff  unable  to  dislodge  the  enemy  from  the  little  fort  of  St. 
Martino,  sitaated  on  a  nill  two  miles  from  the  sea.  General  D*Ott  was  mo9t 
fuccessfiil  in  seizing  Dui  FratcUi  by  Escalade,  and  blocking  up  Diamonti.  On 
the  side  of  St.  Martino,  the  French  durst  not  follow  the  Austrians,  in  conse* 
quence  of  the  well-dircded  fire  of  the  squadron-  It  rained  the  whole  day. 
Shells  from  the  town  fell  amongst  the  ships.  The  French,  however,  on  the 
tame  evening,  attacked  and  repossessed  themselves  of  all  their  former  po^ts.  It 
is  reported  they  lost  many' men,  as  far  as  1300. 

On  the  2d,  the  enemy  made  a  desperate  sortie  on  Lieutenant  General  O^Ott'a 
centre  at  Scstri.  1  hey  kept  advancing  in  column  to  the  muzzles  of  the  cannon 
repeatedly  for  an  honr,  and  did  not  retire  till  they  lost  1200  men,  of  whom  20 
Oncers  and  280  privates  are  prisoners. 

On  the  4th,  I  received  a  letter  from  the  General,  informing  me  that  the  French 
bad  retired  to  St.  Espirito,  and  had  sustained  a  considerable  loss  on  the  2d  ac 
Louano.  He  says  that  he  was  indebted  to  the  fire  of  the  i-haeton,  &c,  and  to 
the  good  management  of  Captain  Morris. 

On  the  7th,  two  mortar-boats  and  two  gun-boats  arrived  from  Naples.  The 
•ame  day  1  heard  from  General  Melas  that  the  Frenchhad  bur  fit  their  magazinea 
at  Alassio,  and  had  retired  to  Port  Maurice ;  and  that  Captain  Morris  had  seized 
twenty  corn  vessels  and  a  dipeii  of  arms,  and  galled  the  enemy's  rear  through 
leveraJ  miles  of  their  retreat.  Two  of  Massena's  staff  were  taken  in  a  small 
J>oat  near  Albangua,  in  attempting  to  escape  from  Genoa. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Fu»^Admral  Lard  Keith,  to  Evan  Nepntm,  Esq. 
81 R,  Minotaur,  off  Genoa,  May  lo. 

I  have  the  honour  of  inclosing  a  copy  of  \  letter  received  by  me  at  a  lace  hoar 
last  night,  from  his  Excellency  General  Melaa,  which  will  convey  to  their  lord- 
fhips  the  most  satisia&ory  accounts  of  the  progress  of  the  Austrian  arms,  and  of 
the  retreat  of  the  enemy's  army  from  the  Genoese  territory. 

1  have  the  hoMur  to  be,  &c.  &c. 
SvoM  Nepuui,  Esq,  KEITH. 


(do  CAZITTE    LVTTSHS* 

Mft  1.0X0,  Hfod  ^itartertt  Ontgrlia,  H/tajt* 

We  have  been  very  tnccessfol  yesterday.  The  Hg!it  wing  ofthc  army  com^ 
manded  by  General  Ehnttr,  who  was  on  Monte  Carro,  attacked  the  enemy  at 
Mochio  deile  Pietre,  and  ^acceeded  to  well,  that  at  nine  o'clock  in  the  mornifig 
TiAory  had  declare  1  in  his  favoar.  The  General  of  Division,  Gravier,  with  a 
great  number  of  Officers  and  15O0  non-commissioned  Officers  and  privates,  were 
made  prisoners.  The  right  of  the  enemy,  informed  of  the  def»t  of  its  left,  did 
not  delay  retreatinjir  from  Capo  di  Berta.  We  have  pnrraed  him  beyond  Port 
Maurice.  Fifteen  pieces  of  cannon,  of  different  lizcs,  nave  been  taken  fiom  him 
along  the  coasts. 

Our  loss  has  not  been  considerable ;  but  I  regret  the  loss  of  Major-Genctal 
Brentano,  mortally  wounded,  and  Major  Casatc  killed.  The  corps  of  General 
£lsnit2  is  now  at  St.  Bartholomeo  :  and  General  Gourroupp  marches  with  his 
flying  corps  to  Cotla  Ardente,  and  his  van-euard  is  already  at  Broglio,  behind 
the  Col  de  Tende.  T  wait  for  the  reports  of  the  patroles*  who  are  m  pursuit  of 
the  enemy,  to  make  my  final  dispositions.  In  the  mean  while  I  requcbt  your 
JExrellcncy  to  accepr  the  respcd  with  which  I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c  &c 
Fut' Admiral  Lord  K^itB,  K.  B,  MELAS. 

ADMIRALTT-OrriCE,  JDNB  1{, 

Cofy  of  a  Letter  from  Via- Admiral  Lord  Keith ^  Comwumdtr  im  Chief  of  hk 
Majetty^i  Ships  and  Keuds  in  the  Mediterranean^  to  E^mm  Nepeam^  £ef.  dated 
Mr  hoard  hie  Majesty* s  Ship  Minotaur ,  ojf  Genoa,  the  fth  May, 

You  will  be  pleased  to  lay  before  their  Lordships,  the  inclosed  copy  of  a  letter 
from  Captain  Dixon,  of  his  Majesty's  ship  Lion,  to  Sir  Thomas  TiooDridge,  Bart, 
containing  a  narrative  of  the  circumstances  attending  the  capture  of  tke<3oiU 
kume  J  ell.  and  a  list  of  the  killed  and  wounded  00  board  bis  Majesty's  ship* 
on  that  occasion. 

'I  he  honourable  testimony  borne  by  Captain  Dixon  to  the  meritorious  cdki- 
du<^  of  the  Officers  engaged  with  him  in  the  pursuit  and  capture  of  this  «hip^ 
cannot  fail  to  attrad  their  Lordships*  attention,  and  insure  the  honour  of  their 
countenance  and  support.    I  have  the  honour  to  be.  Sir,  &c.  

KEITH. 

f 

sin.  Lion,  at  Sea,  off  Cape  Paasero^  31//  March, 

T  have  the  honour  to  inform  you,  that  yestercuty  morning,  at  nine  o'clock. 
Cape  I^a.^scro  bearing  N.  half  £.  distant  seven  leagues,  the  French  ship  of  war 
I.e  Guillaume  Tell,  of  86  guns  and  lOOO  men,  bearing  the  flag  of  Cootre  Amiral 
Pecres,  surrendered,  after  a  most  gallant  and  obstinate  defence  of  three  hours 
and  a  half,  to  his  Majesty's  ships  Foudroyant,  Lion,  and  Penelope. 

'Jo  detail  the  particulars  of  tnis  very  important  capture,  1  have  to  inform  you, 
chat  the  signal  rockets  and  cannonading  from  our  batteries  at  Malta  the  midnight 
preceding,  with  the  favourable  strong  southerly  gale,  together  with  the  darkness 
which  succeeded  the  setting  of  the  moon,  convinced  me  the  enemy's  ships  of  war 
were  attempting  to  effed  an  escape,  and  which  was  immediately  ascertained  by 
that*  judicious  and  truly  valuable  Officer,  Captain  Blackwood,  of  the  Peuelope, 
who  had  been  stationed  a  few  hours  before  between  the  Lion  and  Valette,  for 
the  purpose  of  observing  closely  the  motions  of  the  enemy.  Nearly  at  midnight 
an  enemy's  ship  was  descried  by  him,  when  the  Minorca  was  sent  to  infcMin  mc 
of  it,  giving  chace  himself,  apprising  mc  by  signal,  that  the  strange  ships  seen 
were  hauled  to  the  wind  on  the  starboard  tack.  I  lost  not  one  moment  in 
making  the  signal  for  the  squadron  to  cut  or  slip,  and  direded  Captain  MiHer^ 
of  the  Minorca,  to  run  down  to  the  Foudrcyant  and  Alexander  with  the  inteli^ 
gence,  and  to  repeat  the  signal. 

Under  a  press  of  canvas  I  gave  chace  until  five  A.  M.  solely  guided  by.thf 
cannonading  of  the  Penelope  ;  and,  as  a  diredlion  to  the  squadron,  a  rocket  ami 
blue  light  were  shewn  every  half  hour  from  the  Lion.  As  the  day  broke,  I 
found  myself  in  gun-shot  of  the  chace,  and  the  Penelope  within  musk«t-shal^ 
raking  her,  the  raeds  of  whose  well-direded  fire  during  the  nigbt,  had  shoe 
away  her  main  and  mizen  top-masts,  and  main-yard  ;  the  enemy  appeared  in ' 
great  confuMoo»  being  rcdoccii  to  hu  bcad-iaili|  going  with  the  iruid  <a  the 
ijuarter. 


OAZBTTS  LBTTBRS**  50t^ 

The  LioA  wai  ran  clow  aloD|;nde ;  the  pird^ntM  of  both  ships  beia^  jntt 
clear,  when  a  destrDiSiye  broadside  of  three  round  shot  in  each  gnn  was  poored 
iBf  Ittffini^  !(kp  aci1>si  the  bow,  wh^  the  enemy's  jib-boom  passed  between  the 
main  and  miaen  shrouds ;  after  a  short  interval,  I  had  the  pleasure  to  see  the 
boom  carried  awaf,  and  the  ships  disentangled^  maintaining  a  position  across  the 
bow,  firing  to  great  advantage. 

I  was  not  the  least  solicitous  either  to  board  or  be  boarded,  as  the  enemy* 
appeared  of  immense  bulk  and  full  of  men,  keeping  tip  a  prodigious  fire  of  mut* 
4]uetr7,  -which,  with  the  bow  chases,  she  could  tor  a  long  time  onlv  use ;  I  found 
it  absolutely  necessary,  if  possible,  to  keep  from  the  broadside  of  tnisship  ;  after 
being  engaged  about  fifty  minutes,  the  Fondroyant  was  seen  under  a  press  of 
canvas,  and  soon  passed,  hailing  die  enemy  to  strike,  which  being  declined,  a 
very  heavy 'fire  from  both  ships,  broadside  to  broadside,  was  most  gallantly 
maintained,  the  Lion  and  Penelope  frequently  in  situations  to  do  great  execn** 
tion  :  in  short.  Sir,  after  the  hottest  aftion.that  probably  was  ever  maintained 
by  an  enemy's  diip,  opposed  to  those  of  his  Majesty,  and  being  totally  dismasted, 
the  French  Admiral's  flag  and  colours  were  struck. 

I  have  not  language  to  express  the  high  sense  of  obligation  I  feel  myself  under 
to  Captain  JBlackwcwd,  for  his  prompt  and  able  condu<ft  in  leading  the  line  of 
battle  shipt  to  the  enemy,  for  the'gallantnr  and  spirit  so  highly  conspicuous  in 
him,  and  for  his  admirable  management  of  the  frigate  ;  to  your  discriminating 
jnd^ent  it  is  unnecessary  to  remark,of  what  real  value  and  importance  such  an 
OilKer  most  ever  be  considered  to  his  Majesty's  service  :  the  termination  of  tho 
battle  must  be  attributed  to  the  spirited  filre  of  the  Foudroyant,  whose  Captain, 
Sir  Edward  Berry,  baa  justly  added  another  laurel  to  the  many  he  has  gained 
during  the  war. 

Captain  Bhckwood  speaks  in  very  high  terms  of  the  aAive  and  gallant  con- 
do^  of  Captain  Long  of  the  Vincejo  during  the  night ;  and  I  beg  to  mentioa. 
the  services  of  Captains  Bronghcon  and  MiHer. 

The  crippled  condition  of  the  Lion  and  Fondrovant  made  it  necessary  for  me 
to  dired  Captain  Blackwood  to  take  possession  of  the  enemy,  take  him  in  tow, 
and  proceed  to  Syracuse. 

I  received- the  greatest  possible  assistance  fi-om  Lieutenant  Joseph  Patey, 
Senior  Officer  of  the  Lion,  and  finom  Mr.  Spence,  the  Master,  who,  together 
with  the  other  Officers  and  ship's  company,  shewed  the  most  determine  gal- 
lantry. 

Captains  Sir  Edward  Berry  and  Blackwood  have  reported  to  me  the  same 
gallant  and  animated  behaviour  in  the  Officers  and  crews  of  their  respedive 
ships. 

1  am  sorry  to  say  that  the  three  ships  have  suffered  much  in  killed  and 
wounded,  and  that  the  loss  of  the  enemy  is  prodigious,  being  upwards  of  two 
hundred. 

I  refer  you  to  the  inclused  reports  for  further  particulars  as  to  the  state  of  hit 
Majesty*s  ships,  and  have  the  honour  to  remain.  Sir,  &c. 

MANLEY  DIXON. 

P.  S.  The  Guillaume  Tell  is  of  the  largest  dimennons,  and  carries  thirty-siz 
pounders  on  the  lower  gun-deck,  twenty-four  pounders  on  the  main-deck, 
twelve  pounders  on  the  quarter-deck,  and  thirty-two  pound  carronades  on  the 
poop. 

A  Rihirn  0/  the  Number  of  Killed  and  Wounded  on  hoard  bu  Majesty* t  Sii^s  at 
amdermentuned,  in  ABion  vntb  the  Guillaume  TeU^  a  Frtntb  Ship  of  Bighty-fottr 
GuMSf  on  the  ^Oib  of  Jdareb. 

Fombroyaat-^i  killed,  61  wounded. 
ZiMt-»7  killed,  38  wounded. 
PflM^^p^— 4  killed,  1  wounded. 

Offieert  billed  or  wounded. 
foudroymO-'-CK^va  Sir  Edward  Berry,  Knight,  slightly  wounded,  bnt  did  not 
qnit  the  deck  ;  Lieutenant  T.  A.  Blow,  wounded;  PhiUp  Bridge,  Boauwaia, 
4itto ;  Edward  West^  M  idshipman,  ditto ;  Granville  Proby,  MidSupoi^,  dittQ} 
Tliooiaa  Cole,  Midshipman,  dittot 

Sol.  lU;  3  ^ 


X«i«ippMs.  Ibfli  fttteti^  MiMiiu^  Ms.  Almnder  Uaod,  Itf  id- 

A*»<iNiilflr.    DwmkI*   MsfUTt   ktlUd;   Mr*   Siltlioipe,   MkU^pinan, 


(fifO^d)  MANLEY  DIXOK. 

AD)IIKALTT?OrrtCC,  JUVI  7. 

^flbf  t/*-'  Zti^r/i'w^l  Tttt' Admiral  Sir  Rtver  Curtis,  Bart.  Commander  in  Chief  tfhii 
ifqieiiys  SMt  and  Fftseh  at  the  Caftt  of  Good  Hopi^  to  Evan  Nefeau,  Esq.  dated 
f«  fiar^  th$  Lmtuaatr^  in  TahU  Bay^  the  ^d  of  February^  1 800. 

»»• 

I  asad  ysn  hosevith  a  letter  I  have  received  from  Captaia  Oabom,  of  hk. 
J^l^fltj'*  ihip  the  Trcmeadottf,  giving  an  account  of  the  runoin^  on  bbore  on 
W  Iile  of  iraoQC,  and  denroying  the  Prencvac  French  Mauonal  frigate, 
■ad  of  Mne  cMitfM  uudc  during  the  cruise. 

I  am,  Sir,  &c.  ROGSR  CURTIS, 

•IK.  ^remtndtm^  Cmfii  of  Good  Ho^e,  Ah.  3.     • 

1  beg  leave  to  imhrm  700,  that  being  off  the  I  tie  of  France,  in  company  -with 
Ikif  M^etty'a  thif  Adamant,  on  the  i  ith  of  December  hut,  we  dialed  a  Fceoch* 
i^gate,  yftiadi  ran  on  shore  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  Tombeau,  about  three 
mSe$  fron  Fort  Lo«U  in  that  island.  After  firing  several  broadsides  at  her  she 
cttt  away  her  maals  ;  at  seven  P.  M.  the  boats  were  sent  40  destroy  her,  under 
the  comrnand  of  Lieutenant  Gray  of  the  Adamant,  as<i»ted  by  Lieittenaat  Walker 
of  that  ship,  Lieutenant  bymes  of  the  Tremendous,  and  J^ientenant  Owen  of  the 
viaiinca,  of  the  Adamant^  who  very  handsomely  requested  to  go  npon  that 
service.  At  half  past  nine  the  boats  returned,  bringine  with  them  the  Officers 
and  some  few  of  the  men  whom  they  fonnd  on  board  me  frigate,  which  proved 
to  be  La  Preoruse,  of  44  guns  and  300  men,coramanded  by  Captain  L'Hermitey 
to  which  they  had  set  fire  in  several  places,  and  which  shortly  after  Ucw  up* 
The  prompt  and  spirited  manner  in  wUch  this  service  was  performed,  under  a 
^ery  neavy  fire  from  the  batteria^  reflcds  great  honour  on  Lieutenant  Gray 
and  the  Officers  and  men  under  his  command. 

Ounng  our  cruise  the  Adamant  ca^ured  the  Benjamin,  a  French  aloop  laden 
with  coffee,  from  the  island  «f  Bourbon,  bound  to  the  Isle  of  France,  and  tho 
BieaMt,  a  French  brig,  laden  vrith  rice,  for  the  same  pbice  ;  and  the  Tremen- 
dous captured  the  Neustra  Scnora  del  Carmen,  a  Spanisn  brig,  laden  with  coffee, 
indipo,  and  bale  goods,  from  the  Isle  of  France  to  Rio  de  la  Plau,  all  of  which  I 
Am  happy  to  knfonn  yon  are  arrived. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  &c  &c. 
fir  X^er  GmrHs,  Bart,  Vite^ Admiral  ofiho  IVhUe,  \^t.  J.  OSBORN. 

AnMTRALTT-OVriCK,   JUNE  7. 

f^Jif^  l<ttcrfrom  Capiaim  Pxitt,  Qommamitr  ff  hit  Maje:ty*s  Slttp  Bad^er^  H 
Evan  NepeaUf  Esq.  dated  at  St.  Hdarew  tho  ^lU  of  liday, 

tlEy 

1  beg  leave  to  inclose  you,  tost  the  infbimation  of  their  Lordshipa,  a  letter  I 
Kceived  this  day^from  Lieutenant  Henry  Richardson  (1st),  commanding  his 
Majcaty*a  hired  cutter  Rose  (2d),  giving  me  an  account  of  his  having  captured 
Le  Risque  a  Tout  Republican  privateer,  carrying  two  four  pounders  with  mus* 
^etry.  and  16  men,  belaiigiqg  to  Cherbourg,  Jacques  Keel,  Ca|ktain  ;  and  I 
Mvp  aptt  the  jt^isouerd  by  the  Champion  cutter  to  Portsmouth. 

I  am,  Sir,  &c.  C.  P,  PRICE. 

aiR,  His  Majtayx  Hired  Cutter  Roufxd),  at  Sea,  May  31. 

In  pursuance  of  your  order  of  yesterday's  date,  1  proceeded  with  his  Majesty's 
hired  cutter  Rose  (ftd)  under  my  command,  theDoIphin  hired  cutter.  Lieutenant 
'  Tarrett,  Commander,  in  company,  for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  creeks  sitad 
harbours  of  the  enemy  between  Cape  Barneur  and  Cape  La  Ho^ue. 

At  half  pait  four  this  morning  observed  a  small  cuci«r  to  windward;  the 
Dolpfrin  maluagthe  tignal  of  an  en^y,  we  inomedlatd^  gkve  chace,  and  in  an 
iMur  captured  m',  Oipc  Barienr  S.  £.  distant  about  tlwee  or  four  leagnea  9 
found  her  to  be  Lc  Risque  a  Tout  Froich  pfivufcr^  nawintiog  ivm  iovvr 


GAZtTTB   :b£TTSRS.  jO| 

povnden,  with  musquetry,  t6  men,  Jac^ucs  Keel,  Cafitaiiii  out  ten  hoort  from  ' 
Cherbourg  without  making  any  capture.     I  am,  Sir,  A(L  ' 
CbarUs  Pappt  Price,  Eiq,  Commandtr  of  H.  RICHARDSON  (xtt).- 

J^is  Majesty s  Slwf  Bather,  Si.  Afimvau 

AOMiJUAt-rr  orHct,  jtrift  to. 

Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Vice' Admiral  Lord  Keith,  IL  B;  Commandkx  in  Chief  ^  hik 
Majesty's  Sbifs  and  KesseU  in  the  Met&erranean^  to  Svim-  Nepean^  Bsq,  Mated  m% 
board  the  Mhutaur^offGenM^  He  iStb  of  May. 

SIR, 

You  will  be  pleased  to  acquaint  their  Lordshrps  wtth  ine  red'uAiOtt  ol  £&^ 
important  fortress  of  :$avona  this  day  by  famtfle,in  caiiaeqacuce  of  the  ^i^ancf 
s(nd  adivity  of  his  Majesty's  Officers,  and  those-  of  tbe  King  df  Naples,  WfaoA 
iToats  have  rowed  guard  during  forty-one  nights  with  a  penemaqcfe  ^^^^^T  ^^ 
ditable  to  them  all,  particohn-Iy  Carptm  Oownman  tlk  the  6teihr  I>^Md9^ 
CSapcani  SebloxB  of  the  Neayolttan  bsig  Sttomhalo>  and  lieufeetwol  JaciMD, 
stflnng  Captain  of  his  Majesty's  sieop  GamdiDii,  to  whose  cave  the  Uoekade  ^jl 
Sftvon*  hM  been  more  especially  oacnmitted.  I  have  aeen  the  teroa  pvoposec^ 
accep^H  cfaenn,  and  aAtJunrisKd  Captain  Dow^man  xa  rif&  the  QapituIatM  (ii^ 
conjundUon  with  Majpr-Geocral  Count  St.  Julien)»  in  my  absence. 

I  understand  the  garrison  consisted  of  about  800  mexi.  A  copy  of  the.arttclii 
«f  capitulation,  and  a  return  of  military  stores,  &C.  shtfl  b6  tranamftted  B^  Um 
next  opportunity.    I  have  the  honour  to  be,  A:c.  R£f  Fn. 

AiiMiBALTT-orrxca,  jvii'i  17. 

C^  ef  a  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  St.  Fheent,  JT.  J?,  jidmfral  of  tb^WiBt,  OV.  m 
Evan  Nepeau,  Erf,  dated  of  UsBatit^  tbo  icth  hist. 

SIR, 

1  inclose,  for  the  information  of  the  Lords  Commlsiionepi  of  the  AdnHral^ 
a  report  of  the  traosa&ions  of  the  squadron  under  the  orders  of  Sir  Sdwara 
Pellew*  since  his  departure  ;  and  I  beg  leave  to  call  then'  Loi^lships'  attention  to 
the  gi^aat  comdnd  of  Lieutenant  Pmlold,  of  ibtf  Impftoemi,  iv  boodiJlf  and^ 
carrying  L*Insolente  corvette,  lathe  Morbihni.    1  am,  3ir,  Sce^ 

5T.  V  WCENX. 

MT  LORD,  Impetueux,iif  ^t!!Snoii,pB  ykii, 

1  have  the  honour  Co  inform  your  Lordship  of  my  arrhra!  ar  d>is  andkort|^ 

with  the  shfpv  under  my  orders,  on  thesd  instant,  and  inmyvivy  (town  coUeAed 

the  Thames.    On  the  3  d  I  was  joined  by  the  Anretifayst,'  Amdia,  and  the  Wtflw 

Chelsea  troop  ship.    On  the  Ath  the  Thames,  Cynthia,  anif  attaH'  force,  atod^ed 

the  soueh  west  end  of  Quiberon,  silenced  ti^e  fort^,  which  #erc  afverwarA 

destroyed  by  a  party  of  troops  landed  fmder  Major  Ratnsay ;  several  vesidi  weiv 

hroueot  off,  and  soini  scnttkd  ;  the  only  loss  two  kitted^  and  ode  wounded  00 

Viard  the  Cynthiik    On  the  5th  the  Ramilies  joiAed,  with  the  Diamonda 

iJBooDStant,  and  Viper  cutter,  and  on  the  6th,  before  day,  we  socceeded  in  an 

■  attempt  upon  the  Morbiban,  from  whence  were  taken  two  brigs»  two  sloops^ 

•  two  guD>vesseh,  and  about  lOa  prisonerf ;'  a  corvette  hriv  LMnsaloBta,  of  sS 

gans,  was  burnt,  with  sf  veral  other  small  craft,  the  guns  aff  destroyed*  vaA  the 

-magasine  blown  up. 

Three  hundred  of  the  Queen's  reghnent  were  empkfyed  upon  thiaservieeL} 
and  the  gun  launches  and  naval  force  were  under  the  dire^Boo  of  Lieutenant 
John  PinfoM  of  ihi»  ship,  who  hoarded  the  corvette  with,  mtch  hrawry,  and 
performed  the  servke  with  much  judgment  and  officeiwlike  condnA  \  the  loM 
was  only  one  seaman  killed  in  his  boat,  and  some  shj^ht  hurts. 

A  Lieutenant  of  the  Thames,  and  some  few  men  in  difierent  shlpift  have  bean 
Wfifunded  siiice  here  ;  but  I  am  happy  to  say  all  the  coasting  trade,  between  thf 
different  ports,  have  been  most  completely  stopped,  with  th«  pforiiiona  and 
wine  for  the  Brest  fleet. 

I  have  Che  hoootdr  to  reovin,  my  I»rd,  &c.  fta*  &|. 
ddmrai  tBf  Barf  of  St.  rsnetn^  K.  M.  Vf4.  »^WAK9  PSl^UW^r. 


jlaM  Cdorw  9ntial> 

POKTf MOUTH,  ArtlLlS. 

A  COtntT  MARTTAX.  wu  held  on  board  hU  Majettj*!  ikiD  CUS^itr,  in 
tliii  harbour,  for  the  trial  of  a  Marine  bqlonging  to  his  Majeity't  snip  ^rmu,  kg 
Itrikaig  Seijeant  Bvit,  of  the  Marines ; 

President,  Rear-Admiral  Sir  R.  BicKiaroM,  Bart. 

The  Drisoner  beinff  found  guilty,  he  was  sentenced  by  the  Court  to  receive  209 
lashes  tnroiigh  the  Fleet  at  Spithead  and  Portsmouth  Harbour. 

May  %,  A  Court  Martial  was  also  held,  on  board  the  same  shi^,  for  the  trial 
of  JouN  M*K8MMT,  a  seaman  belomog  to  his  XIajettj's  ship  CmsUr^  Set 
atr&tng  the  Boatswain's  Mate.«-The  Court  being  of  opinioo  that  the  charge 
had  not  been  proved  against  the  prisoner,  he  was  acquitted. 

«4.  Purioant  to  an  order  from  the  Lords  Commissioncra  of  the  Admiialtjr,  a  • 
Court  MarUal  was  held  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  GlmduHr^  m  thb  harbour^ 
for  the  trial  of  Mr.  P.  Stonb,  Boatswain  of  his  MajestT^s  ship  J}mamtryt  for 
dnmkoiiieas^  and  behaving  in  a  contemptuous  manaer  to  ms  superior  Ofioer. 

Vice-Admiral  Sir  WiLLii^M  Park<k,  Bart.  Prendent. 
The  Court  bebg  of  opinion  that  the  charges,  had  been  proved  against  the  pfH 
•oner,  he  was  sentenced  to  be  dismissed  from  his  Maje8t7*s  service,  and  rendered 
incapable  of  ever  serving  again. 

^.  Pursuant  to  an  order  from  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lordf  ComaiiH 
aioners  of  the  Admiraltyt  a  Court  Martial  was  held  yesterday  on  board  fcii 
Majesty's  ship  GladMttr^  in  this  harbour,  for  the  trial  of  John  Wkldoit,  a  sea« 
man  belonging  to  his  Majesty's  ship  Pomctu,  for  striking  Lieutenant  C  C.  Skcl- 
|on,  on  the  evening  of  the  a4th  of  May,  while  on  shore  in  the  execution  of  hia 
duty; 

President,  Vice-Admiral  Sir  W.  pAiKta. 

The  Court  were  of  opinion,  that  the  charge  had  not  be^  proved  agaiiMt  ^ 
prisoner,  and  therefore  adjudged  him  to  be  acquitted. 

30.  A  Court  Martial  was  held  on  board  the  same  ship,  for  die  trial  of  Josv 
GoooMAM,  a  private  marine  belonging  to  the  Trw/fy,  for  robbery,  desertioii, 
and  quitting  his  post  when  sentinel ;  and  1  hqmas  Hilton,  a  seaman  of  the 
j^me  ship,  for  assisting  the  said  John  Goodman  in  taking  away  a  shfp'f  ^atf 
and  for  robbery  and  desertion. 

The  (  ourt  being  of  opinion  that  the  charges  had  been  proved  against  the  pri- 
toners^  John  Goodman  vras  sentenced  to  suffer  death  ;  and  Thomas  Hilton  to 
receive  500  lashes,  and  forfeit  all  his  pay* 

On  the  t6th  of  June  in  the  morning,  at  nine  o'clock,  a  gun  was  fired  from 
•Admiral  Hollowav's  ship,  and  tht  ytUrw  JUg  hoisted  as  a  signal  for  a  boat 
manned  and  armed  from  all  the  rcspeaive  ships  at  this  port,  to  attend  the  exe- 
cution of  JoHit  GooBMAW,  a  marine,  condeouied  by  a  Court-Martial  for  rob-, 
bing  his  ship's  stores,  quitting  his  post,  and  running  away  with  the  ship's  boat, 
as  stated  above.  The  Trmttj,  to  which  he  belonged,  immediately  answered  the 
ii|^nal  by  firing  a  gun,  and  hoisting  the yei/«wjiu£.  The  Prisoner  waa  broughjt 
.out  upon  the  forecastle  about  ten  o'dodc,  attended  by  the  clcrgymaiu  Aner 
preparing  himself  for  his  awfiil  fate,  by  continuing  about  an  hour  i^  prayfr,  he 
drc^ped  ^  handkerchief  as  a  signal,  when  a  gun  fiied,  and  he  was  imtentlf 
launched  into  eternity.  An  amazing  concoune  of  persona  attended  hia  exe- 
cution, to  whom  he  acknowledged,  with  perfeA  resignation,  the  justice  of  hia 
sentence,  and  said  that  he  hopnl  his  example  would  be  a  warning  to  all  other 
aoldiers  and  sailors.  Alter  hanging  the  usual  time,  he  was  fut  down  and  con- 
veyed to  the  ho^tal  to  be  buri^. 

May  ftt;    A  Court  Martial  waa  held  at  Bhetnmsy  on  board  the  S^n^gt  sloop 

^%ar^  on  Lieutenant  Whiatly  and  hia  Clerk,  of  the  Gr/^iArN4rpriipoship,ft 

Gillingham,  for  drunkenness,  negled  of  doty,  ungentlcmanlSce  behaviour,  enw 

beszlement  of  stores,  tyranny,  and  oppression  ;  but  the  charges  being  maliciou^ 

uid  iU-founded|  they  woe  acquitted. 


«ATA1»  OOVRTt   MAILTIAL.  ^0^ 

JFspc  17.  A  Court  Martial,  a«embled  on  board  his  Majesty^  abip  ClaJtMitr^ 
In  VfMtimomh  Harbour  s«* 

MSMBBRS    or    TBI   COVRT 1 

yice-Admiral  Sir  W.  Parkik,  Bart  Prendenf. 

Hear-AdmiralHoLLowAY,  Capt,  Sir  (1.  Trollops^ 

Capt.  Tbornbqrouoh»  -^-^  Geo.  MuRRAif, 

•— •  Darby,  —  Pickmorb, 

r—  Ttler,  --—  Sir  Tho.  Will^^ms^ 

— ^  YORKB,  1 WOLIET, 

•—   GRAYSif  —  ChhRCH. 

M.  QRtBTH4M>  Et^*  Judge  Advocate* 

^ortnaat  to  an  (u-dc^  from  the  Righf  Honojurable  the  Lords  CommissioDers  of 
f he  Admiralty/ dire<2ed  to  the  Prevdent,  setting  forth^-That  the  Right  Hon.' 
Captain  Lqrd  Proby,  commander  of  his  Majesty's  late  ship  Danae,  had  ac- 
quainted their  Lordships,  by  his  letter  of  the  i8th  March  last,  that  about  half 
past  nine  o'clock,  P.  M.  on  the  i4tl^  of  the  said  moi^h,  when  all  the  officers, 
except  himself,  the  Marine  Officer,  and  the  Master,  were  in  be4i  the  Marine 
pfficer  can^eintq  his  cabin  to  infonn  him  that  there  ^as  a  mutiny  upon  deck  ^ 
^at  he  immediately  atten^pted  to  get  up  the  after-hatchway,  but  it  was  already 
guarded  by  near  twenty  men,  and  a  cut  he  received  on  the  head  stunned  hint 
sufficiently  to  ffive  them  time  to  secure  the  hatchways  in  such  a  way,  that  there  ^ 
wu  nq  possibility  of  forcing  theip;  that  he  t{ien  mustered  about  ten  cutlasses,' 
four  muskets,  and  some  pocket-pistols,  which  were  distributed  to  the  most  trust- 
worihy  of  about  forty  men,  who  were  asleep  in  their  hammocks  when  the  affi^ 
took  place,  and  waited  in  hopes  of  the  mutineers  being  forced  to  keep  the  sea; 
but  unfortunately  the  wind  changed,  and  they  were  able  to  fetch  under  Fort 
Conquetft  the  next  morning.  That  about  two  o'clock,  P.  M^  a  l^e  detach« 
ment  of  French  troops  came  on  board;  and  as  there  was  no  longer  %^e  most 
distant  prosp^d  of  doing  hb  country  a  service  by  further  opposition,  h$  aur* 
rendered. 

The  Cqur(  proceedefl  to  inquire  into  the  C4use  and  <9ircumstances  of  the  los^ 
of  his  Majesty  s  ship  Danae ;'  and  to  try  Captain  Lord  Proby,  his  officers,  and 
fb^'s  company,  for  their  condud  upon  that  ofcasion-  And  having  heard  the 
evidence  poroduced,  and  completed  the  inquiry ;  and  having  maturely  and  de«- 
liberately  t^eigbed  and  considered  the  whole,  the  Cotpt  is  of  opinion,  that  the 
]oss  of  his  Majesty*s  late  ship  Danae  was  caused  by  a  inutiny  of  part  of  the  crew, 
which  took  place  on  t>oard  her  the  14th  of  March  last,  who  obtained  possession 
pi  the  ship,  navirated  her  to  Conquest,  Jn  France,  apd  delivered  ner  ii]>  tq 
French  troops.  That  Captain  Lord  Proby,  his  oncers,  and  those  of  the  ship'f 
company  now  present,  and  whose  names  are  stated  in  Uie  minutes,  made  every 
fxertion  in  their  ppYjrer  to  quell  the  mutiny,  and  preserve  his  Majesty's  ship 
fanaci  and  doth 'aidjodge  them  to  be  Acquitted. — And  the  said  Captain  Lord 
Proby,  his  officers,  and  Uiose  of  the  said  ship'i^  company  ^ow  present,  ^c  (l^bj 
^ifSMfoA^  jf^«#rei  accordingly.  ' 

THp  TRANSrr. 

In  page  411,  yre  g«ve  an  accoupf  of  the.laun^ipg  of  Cantaufi  GofrstV 
pewly-constru(fted  vessel,  tne  Transit  i  we  now  inform  our  reaclers  that  a  tria( 
pf  her  sailing  has  taken  place.  i>he  sailed  from  the  ^otherbank  on  Thursday 
evening,  the  19th  inst.  at  six  o'clock,  with  the  wind  at  west,  and  arrived  in  tho 
Downs  at  neon  on  the  following  day.  At  one  on  the.  same  day  she  sailed  for 
the  River,  turnine  up  within  Margate  S^ds  through  the  Narrows,  and  over 
the  Plats,  with  a  douole  reef  top-sail  breeze  at  west,  and  arrived  at  Gravesend 
at  midnight  on  the  2  ist ;  on  the  22d  in  the  morning,  at  eight  o'clock,  she  agaia 
got  imder  weigh,  and  turned  up  to  BlackwaU  the  same  tide  amidst  the  admw 
ration  and  astonishment  of  the  numerous  beholders,  who  viewed  the  simplici^ 
p{  her  manoeuvres.  It  appears  by  the  testimony  of  the  Downs  Pilot,  Mr.  Wir- 
Uam  Nonis,  that  she  would  have  reached 'Gravesend  on  the  second  tide  froij^ 
^  Downs,  but  for  t|ie  darkness  of  the  nighu 


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MONTHLY  REGISTER 

OP 


Mav  %%,  A  mail  from  liie  Leeward  Manda  was  yeiterday received  »  Loodofr, 
braoght  to  Falmouth  in  the  Ancklaod  packet,  Captaia  ithaiyletf  whicfi  left 
Tortola  for  England  on  the  ajd  of  Urn  moath.  Thit  packet  sailed  from  Fal- 
mouth in  February  last,  with  tfie  Leeward  Islands  mail  of  that  month,  and 
arrived  at  Barbadoes  on  the  30th  of  March.  On  the  3  i«t  of  March,  his  Majesty's 
temporary  packet  La  Resolue,  Captain  Pitt,  arrived  there,  with  the  Marq^uis  ol* 
Kilaare*sniail  from  Lisbon ;  and  on  the  following  day  his  Majeity*s  ship  Hornet. 
Captain  Nash,  arrived  there  from  a  cruiie.  Arrived  at  Mactinico  on  the  3d  oc 
April,  where  she  found  his  Majesty's  ships  Prince  of  Walet,  Lord  Hugh 
Seymour ;  Invincible,  Captain  Caley  ;  La  Unit^.  Captain  J.  P.  Beresfordj  an4 
Diana,  Captain  Fraser.  At  Antigua  she  found  lying  his  Majesty's  ship  Gaiet^ 
Ca}>tain  Kin^ ;  and  on  the  19th,  between  St.  Kitt's  and  Tortola,  she  spoke  hil 
Majesty's  ship  Daphne,  Captain  Matson,  on  a  cruise. 

RECAPTURE  OF  THE  MARqiJIS  OF  KILDARE  PACKET. 

Mtitr»a  ofs  Litter  ffm  Ctftmm  NtwMAit,  Uie  9/ the  Jim  Futkt^  dated  St.  Uet^ 

May  31. 

**  T  have  now  to  relate  to  you  in  what  manner  f  becsme  pmstned  of  Ae 
Marquis  of  Kildare  packet.  Yon  know  already  about  the  capture  nul  re^ 
capture  of  the  Jane,  and  of  my  remaining  on  board  of  the  French  prhrtteer  t* 
be  sem  to  Spain.  I  was  landed  there  the  5  th  nftnhc^.and  marched  00  for  Lisbon^ 
where  I  arrived  in  about  eighteen  days,  and  took  my  passage  in  the  above-mo^ 
efoned  ship  for  Falmouth.  We  sailed  on  the  s^th  ;  and  after  being  tt  fbrtBtglit 
tt  sea,  fen  in  with  a  French  prfva'teer,  which  caipfured  us,  took  the  Captazn, 
Officers,  and  crew  out,  leaving  Bte  men  of  the  JaneV  crew  on  board  (who  weft 
pasien^efs),  as  Ifkewise  a  lady,  with  her  dck  brother  amifather,  and  thiee  of  the 
Marquis  of  Kitdare's  people,  who  had  hid  themselves  :  they  then  put  a  priae* 
master  on  bovd,  with  seventeen  men,  and  ordered  her  for  Corunoa.  Three 
days  afterwards,  being  in  sight  of  the  above  place,  distant  about  eight  teagaes,  I 
found  means  to  possess  myself  of  the  Captain's  pi*ols,  and  one  of  my  people 
seized  Bis  cutlass ;  the  others  jumped  anaft  the  tiller  ropei  asd  gcv  hoM  o( 
the  boarding  pikes,  when  we  made  a  rush  at  the  Frrochmea,  and  drove  dicm 
off  the  deck  ;  then  took  possession  of  the  ship,  gave  them  Ae  long*  bcMi;  wttk 
some  fruit  and  wtne,  and  what  bread  we  eouid  spare,  and  turned  them  adtift,  kk 
iiumber  eighteen.  I  have  no  doubt  of  their  having  reached  the  shore,  aa  diey 
had  a  good  boat  with  mast,  ssiil,  and  oars,  moderate  weather,  and  Conmiis  is 
sight.  Wc,  after  experiencing  a  great  many  difficukies,  such  as  living  on  fruit 
for  five  days,  bad  .weather,  contrary  windsy  and  no  books  to  ^dcCcrmine  where 
about  wc  wero — I  say,  a&cr  all  this,  I  had  the  good  fortune  to  make  St.  Ives 
Head ;  and  with  the  assistance  of  a  pilbt  and  some  men  (myself  and  peoplo 
being  eihausted},  the  was  got  in  and  moored  alongside  the;  quay,  where  she 
ftow  remains  till  the  Ppst-Omce  and  the  Admiralty  settle  the  business  respediog 
her  recapture.*' 


The  Ariadne's  larga  cutter,  coming  frura  f.heeiness  a  few  days  ag»,  met  in  a 
tttddea  squall,  with  a  J^ieutenant,  Gunner,  two  Midshipmen,  Surgeon  a  Mate, 
jusd  Purser's  Steward ;,  in  tiie  whole  seventeen  persons.  After  remaining^ 
twenty  minutes  isi  the  water,  a  small  boat  {rom  the  Malvina  merchant  brig 
was  observed  rowing  to  tkeii  assistance*  X«ieutcnant  Sc^tt,  with  a  presence  of 
0MDd  that  doea  him  great  hooeur,  obsciviag  the  Guaqer  near^  nhausted^, 
quitting  hold  of  the  mast  he  had  graspedy  dir.eded  the  boat  first  rwmd  to  his 
9is«istance  ;  at  the  same  time,  although  unable  to  swim  himself^  he  supported 
Uic  ?ur8CT^»  Steward  and  »  Midshipmvii  whq  h»d  quitted  their  hglds,  vtA  w<9 


IIONTHLT   %S(Bf«T«ft  W  NAVAb  EVENTS.  ^7 

«Attal1f  tinkli^,  fiU  the  boat  took  them  in  alao  ;  then  encounging  the  men  to 
h^  ceUc^4*  they  one  by  oae  made  the  )>oiU«  and  afterwards  himseU. 

Mr.  BouitK,  a  Midshipmmn  in  the  ad^snced  squadron  commanded  by  Rear* 
Admiral  Berkeley,  when  otf  Breit,  was  sent  in  a  small  boat,.with  four  men,  and 
two  mosqueta  for  signals,  to  get  iateUigence  from  the  fishermen  in  the  mouth  of 
the  harhonr.  He  CcU  in  with  a  guard-boat  of  the  enemy,  with  sixty  men,  and 
mcmed  with  swivels.  As  he  took  her  at  first  for  a  fishiag-boat,  she  approached 
dose  to  him,  i^d  sapposing  that  he  wonld  immediately  surrender,  had  not  pro« 
bably  taken  aU  the  measures  she  ought.  The  hero,  however,  and  his  four  men, 
{terceiving  their  mistake,  resisted,  and  fought  with  their  oars ;  they  killed  one 
man,  and  many  others  were  wounded ;  and.they  ax&ually  got  off  with  two  of  tbo 
men  wounded. 

A  most  mehmcholy  accident  happened  on  brtard  the  Andromeda,  of  32  guns. 
Captain  Inmah,  in  Margate  Roads,  on  the  evening  of  the  4th  instant.  As  she 
was  saluting,  some  powder  blew  up  in  the  cabin,  and  depi'ived  fourteen  men  of 
their  sight,  and  otherwise  wounded  them  in  a  most  affliding  manner.  Part  of 
them  are,  however,  expe^ed  tp  recover. 


ADMIRAI/FY  LETTER. 
7'ran/laihH  0/ a  Cirtvlar  LtUer  /r0m  tte  Ahmjwalty  U  a/i  the  Orriciat  msh 
*         manding  Vesult  beUngiMg  to  hi*  Britannic  Majesty. 

Whereas  in  consequence  of  the  conununication  which  we  have  made  to  the 
Right  Hon,  Henry  Dundas,  one  of  his  Majesty's  Secretaries  of  State,  of  a  letter 
which  the  Board  of  Transport  has  received  from  Citizen  OttOi  Commissioner 
for  the  exchange  of  French  prisoners,  to'  inform  it  that  the  Minister  of  the 
French  Marine  had  announced  by  circular  letters,  in  all  the  ports  of  France, 
that  in  future  the  English  fishermen  should  not  be  taken  by  any  French  ship  ot 
war,  unless  they  should  be  armed,  or  discovered  to  have  made  signals  of  com- 
munication ;  Mr.  Dundas  has  notified  to  us  the  intention  of  the  King,  that  the 
orders  which  had  been  given  to  the  Commanders  of  his  Majesty's  ships,  to  take' 
French  and  Dutch  fishermen  and  their  vessels,  should  be  revoked  for  the  present* 
and  that  the  said  Officers  should  be  enjoined  to  treat  the  said  French  and  Dutch 
fishermen  in  the  same  manner  as  before  the  publication  of  the  said  orders.  ]ii 
consequence,  we  require  you  to  conform  to  the  intentions  of  his  Majesty, 

The  most  experienced  Officers  belonging  to  the  Grand  Fleet  say,  that  the 
heavy  gales  of  wind  that  they  encountered  last  cruise  exceeded  every  thing  they 
ever  met  with  before  ;  the  sea  r«an  mountains  high,  and  the  ships  laboured  m> 
exceedingly,  that  many  of  them  rolled  their  quarter-deck  guns  under  water,  and 
the  three-deckers  oblige^  to  house  their  middle-deck  guns, 

NAVAL  MONUMENT. 

The  Grand  Musical  Festival  in  honour  of  the  Naval  Triomphsof  Great  Britain, 
and  for  the  purpose  of  aidine;  the  fund  for  raising  a  National  Monument  to 
perpetuate  these  triumphs,  to<nc  place.  May  2,  at  the  King's  Theatre,  and  waf 
graced  by  a  very  numerous  audience,  among  whom  were  some  of  the  most  dis^ 
tlnguished  charaders  of  this  country.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  the  Duke  of 
Clarence,  Prince  Augustus,  Prince  WilUam  of  Gloucester,  and  a  large  train  of 
nobility,  were  laudably  ambitious  to  be  present  on  so  interesting  an  occasion. 
The  mvsic  was  chiefly  seledkd  from  Handel,  Pnrccll,  and  Ame,  with  some 
crwiaal  oompesitions  by  Mr.  Busby.  The  words  were  in  general  appropriate 
to  3ie  ob]e4&  of  tho  festival,  and  calculated  to  impress  on  the  mind  sentimenes  of 
loyally  and  paferioticm.  The  orchestra,  which  was  raised  upon  the  stafe,  coo^ 
fisted  of  the  most  celebrated  performers  of  the  day,  vocal  and  inttrunentak 
JtMUBritmuaa  was  specified  as  the  concluding  piece,  but  the  audience  demanded 
Csd  Save  the  Xing^  which  was  simg  with  the -additional  staasa,  and  received  witli 
the  wamest  applause  bv  an  aodksce  who  wcve  obvioody  animatsd  by  tb« 
strongest  attacbkicvt  to  their  country  and  its  virtuous  Soveriaga. 


foft  ICbfttRLt   fttdllTftt 

THE  WILLIAM  TELL,  FRENCH  MAN  OF  WASL 

The  foUowinr  minute  particulars  retpeAbr  the  capture  of  this  thip,  aregiTOI 
ia  a  fetter,  dated  Syiacote,  Foadroyant,  April  i,  1 800. 

**  March  30,  1800,  Sir  Edward  Berry,  commaaditf  hia  Majotj's  Axp  Fo«- 
droyant,  of  80  ffuoi,  after  having  landed  Lord  Nelaoo  m  in  Sicily,  c«ne  vp  widi 
the  GuillaumeTeU,  French  ship,  of  Sienna  v*and  laying  the  Fondrojant  along* 
aide  to  doie  that  her  spare  anchor  was  but  jnst  clear  of  GnillaiMBc  TeU'a  misen 
chains^  hailed  her  Commander,  Admiral  Dacresi  and  ordered  him  to  strike ;  the 
French  Admiral  answered  by  brandishing  a  sword  over  hia  head,  and  then  dia- 
charged  a  mnsquet  at  Sir  Edward  Berry  ;  this  vras  followed  by  a  broadade,  which 
nearly  ooriggc^  the.Foudroyant,  whoae  gvna,  however,  being  pt«pnredwidi 
three  round  uots  in  each,  sh«  poured  a  most  tremendous  and  cffe^ual  diachaige,- 
crashing  through  and  through  the  enemy,  (described  as  a  perfed  chord  of  har«, 
ittony  in  the  cars  of  our  Tars,  who  were  in  their  turn  a  little  exposed,)  but  she 
fired  another  fresh  Broadside,  whta  down  came  GiulUume  TelPsmain  and  mizen 
masts,  at  the  same  time  the  Foadroyant's  foretop-mast,  jib-boont,  sprit-sai^ 
maintop-saO  yard,' stay-sails,  fore-sail,  and  main-sail,  all  in  tatters,  tc  was  diffi^' 
cult  in  this  druation  to  get  the  ship  to  fall  olT,  ao  as  to  mafaitain  her  position,  the 
combatants  therefore  separated  for  a  few  minutes,  when  Sir  Edward  Berrj  called 
his  men  from  the  main-deck,  and  cutting  away  part  of  the  wreck  got  tne  ship 
•dee  more  undtft  command,  that  is,  obedient  to  her  hehn  and  manageable,  and 
again  close  alongside  her  determined'  opponent,  who  nailed  his  colours  to  the 
stump  of  the  mast,  and  displayed  his  flag  on  a  pole  oTcr  them.  Sir  Edward  then 
commefaced  again  a  most  heavy  and  weu-dire(Sed  fire,  hii  men  having  now  eot 
into  a  system  of  firing  every  gun  two  or  three  times  in  a  minute,  rcru&ly  going 
through  the  exercise  ;  musquctry  was  occasionally  used  when  the  wip  was  very 
near  on  board  the  Guillaume  Tell ;  but  latterly  the  misen-mast  being  almost  in 
two.  Sir  Edward  called  the  marines  from  the  poop  and  put  them  to  the  great 

Suns,  bv  which  many  lives  were  certainly  saved.    At  a  few  minutes  past  eight, 
ie  Guillaume  Tell's  fore-mast  was  shot  away,  and  becoming  a  mere  log,  she 
•truck  her  colours. 

**  The  Foudroyant,  in  this  engagement^  expended  16a  barrels  of  powder, 
1200  thirty-two  pound  shot,  1240  twenty  pound  ditto,  100  eighteen  pound 
ditto,  and  200  twelve  pound  ditto.  Although  much  damaged,  sIm  was  withia 
ft  tery  bhort  period  in  readiness  for  sea.*' 


PLYMOUTH  REPORT, 

raOM    MAT  14    TO    JUNB  20. 


May  14.  Wind  E.  Fair.  Sailed  to  join  the  Channel  fleet,  ^e  Atlas,  9S 
guns,  Prince  98,  Havick  18,  Railicur  18,  and  Tk'ompeuse  18.  Arrived  tb6 
Mary,  Coper,  of  (guernsey,  bound  to  Trinidada,  taken  by  a  French  privateer, 
and  retaken  by  La  Raissee  privateer  of  Guernsey. 

15.  Wind  £.  Fair.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  Doris,  36  gvns,  Captaifl 
Lord  Ranelagb.  Went  out  ot  dock  La  Bonrdeloia,  28  guns.  Captain  Manley, 
having  repaired  the  damages  she  received  off  the  coast  of  Ireland.  Arnrcd  from 
A/lilford  Haven,  the  Dryad,  ^6  guns,  to  refit  i  also  the  Amelia,  44  guns,  hon. 
C>  Herbert,  from  the  coast  of  France. 

16.  Wind  E.  S.  £.  Rain.  Arrived  Citisen  Watteaa,  French  Minisier  he 
prisoners  of  war,  to  inspeA  the  prison  and  prison  ships*  A  actiael  00  tho 
gangway  of  the  prison  ship  Sampson,  in  Hamoaze,  in  a  violent  gale  of  wind, 
was  blown  into  the  Tamer.  A  French  Officer,  Ensign  de  Vaiseas,  apriioiier« 
of  the  name  of  Le  Fevre,  immediately  iumped  into  the  tea,  and  with  great 
ftxcrtion  and  difficulty,  though  an  excellent  swimmer,  saved  the  marine,  and 
swam  alongside  almost  exhausted :  they  were  at  length  taken  00  board,  and  aoott 
recovered,  lliis  generous  trait  of  humanity  being  repicKnted  to  the  British 
Government,  a,  free  passport,  without  exchange,  was  direAly  sent  ex^rcM  to  the 
agent  for  prisonm  of  v/w  at  this  port|  for  Le  Fcvrc,  to  ictuia  to  hit  Dricadi  i« 

4 


Of  NATAL    feVSMTt.  509^ 

Fxaaee  witlMMie>  any'etpeoce,  with  s  certificite  of  his  generoot  condnA  to  the 
Ffeoch  cammmtrj.  at  Moriaix :  he  Mikd  last  week  in  the  Betiey  canei»  and  it 
arrived  lafe  at  the  above  port* 

17.  Wind  N.  W.  ^oWs  hard.  Arrived  fr«m  oft  Brett,  the  Trnpetnevx,  84 
|ttnt»nDaptaih  Sir  Bdward  PeUew  t  Captain*  74,  Captain  Sir  R.  Strachan  ;  and 
Neptune,  98,  Captain  Vaihon  :  left  the  fleet  all  well  las:  Wedoetday.  The  • 
combdied fleets  were  dddy,  and  were  ^poat  into  the  fnoer  Road*.  Last  night  it 
hle#  a  tremendous  hurricane  at  S.  W.  and  continued  till  nine  this  aiomiag  with 
incredible  iiiry,  when  the  wind  diifted  to  N.  W«  and  the  storm  abated.  The 
men  of  war  rente  out  the  gale  very  well  in  Cawsaod  Bay  and  the  flonnd,  excc^ 
the  Fisgard,  4Sgani,  CapitAinT.B.  Martin,  and  La  Nymphe,  36  gnns,  Captain 
Fraser,  which  parted  their  cables,  and  drove  under  >A^hy  Hedge ;  but  letting' 
go  their  best  bower  anchor,  they  brought  up  in  safety.         ' 

18.  Wind  S.  W.  Blows  very  hard.  Arrived  the  Mars,  74  gnus,  Rear* 
Adfniral  Berkeley,  and  the  Atlas,  98,  Captain  Jones,  from  the  Channel  fleec» 
which  oaised  up  for  Torbay  this  morning  x  they  experienced  the  fury  of  the  gale 
when  layin^to  off  Brest,  00  Friday  last,  under  storm  stay*sub  $  the  sea  ran 
monntatos  high*  and  the  wind  soddenly  sbifted  from  S.  W.  to  N.  W.  lay  several 
men  of  war  00  their  beams  ends,  but  soon  righted,  though  they  shippeo  several 
heavy  seaa.  The  Ville  de  Paris,.  98  guns,  Admiral  £arl  St.  Vincent,  carried 
away  her  main  top-mast ;  the  Windsor  Castle,  98,  Capuin  Bertie,  hitr  main« 
yard*  and  part  of  her  starboard  middle  gun  deck  half  ports  stove  in  ;  the  Prince, 
981  Rear-Admiral  Cotton,  her  main  top-mast;  the  Hector,  74,  Captain  Blphin* 
stone,  and  Atlaa,  98,  Captain  Tones,  their  main  top-masts;  the  Cxsar,  84t  Ceptain 
8.  1.  Sanmares,  had  some  of  her  half  ports  knocked  in,  and  a  boat  stove  on  heC 
larboard  quarter  ;  she  shipped  so  mucn  water  on  the  main  deck,  that  the  crew 
Were  obliged  to  scuttle  the  deck  to  let  out  the  water.  The  Warrior,  74,  Captain 
Tylcf,  and  Elephant,  74;  Raillcar,  18,  Captain  Raynor  ;  Trompeuse,  18,  Cap* 
tam  Robinson,  and  Lady  Jane  cntter,  were  left  off  Brest. 

19.  Wind  N.  W.  Cloudy.  Arrived  the  Anna  Matilda,  Abrens,  from  Barce* 
lona,  and  I>n  Loooes,  Oaswastrinu  Tubs,  from  Morlaiz,  detained  and  sent  in  by 
La  Snffisante,  14  guns.  Captain  Whitman  ;  and  Torfast,  Torning,  from  Got4' 
tenbnrg,  bound  to  Oalway.  Accounts  from  Bigbury  ^ay  state,  that  the  £nier« 
prise,  Tomlin,  from  "Bristol  to  Newfoundland,  wirh  a  cargo;  and  the  Mercury- 
of  Dartmottth,  for  ditto,  with  a  cargo,  arc  both  lost  in  the  above  bay ;  crews 
saved. 

%o.  Wind  S.  Bain.  Arrived  thd  Windsor  Castle,  98  guns,  Captain  Batie, 
from  Torbay,  with  the  loss  of  her  main-yard. 

a  I.  Wind  £.  Fair.  Arrived  the  I'elegraph,  x8  guns.  Lieutenant  Corsellis. 
She  experienced  great  distress  in  the  late  gale  of  wind,  bbe  was  on  her  beam- 
ends  for  some  minutes,  and  the  water  up  to  the  combings  of  her  hatchways, 
when  the  fore  top-mast  and  bowspiit  boih  went,  and  she  ngbted. 

%%.  Wind  E.  Fair,  failed  the  Buropa,  50  guns,  and  Thisbe,  a8,  with  the 
ftd,  or  Queen^  regiment,  on  board.  They  have  sealed  orders,  not  to  be  opened 
till  off  tKe  Lizard.  All  their  heavy  baggage  and  women  are  left  behind* 
Sailed  for  Torbay  the  Jmpetueux,  84  guns,  and  the  Canada,  74.  Letters  frost 
Guernsey  state  the  arrival  there  of  the  Spitfire,  24  guns.  Captain  Seymour,  safe 
and  well  after  the  gale  of  the  i6th  instant. 

tj.  Wind  8.  E.  Fair.  This  morning  Pollard  Hate  a  seaman  of  La  Nymphe, 
36  guns.  Captain  Fiaziy,  an  aAive  ringleader  in  the  mutiny  at  Spithead  in  1 797) 
was  sent  to  BMtor  gaol  for  sedition.  Arrived  from  off  Brest  the  Elephant,  7^ 
gunsi  Warrior  74,  and  Dolly  cutter*  'i  his  latter  vessel  passed  under  the  stern 
oi  La  HailleiMV  x8  guns.  Captain  Raynor,  after  the  storm  of  last  friday,  laying* 
to  vndcir  hler  bare  poles,  apparently  without  machdamage-  Orders  came  this 
aft^emoon  for  all  ships  ready  for  sea  to  proceed  to  Torbay  to  join  Earl  St  ViQ* 
cant,  who  haaiiad  the  aignal  for  sailing  flying  all  day. 

a4.  Wind  W.  S.  W.  Blows  hard.  Arrived  the  Dolly  cutter  from  off  Brest. 
She  saw  La  4iaitleur,  l8guns.  Captain  kaynor,  and  La"!  romptuse,  18,  Captain 
P»  Robsosqst  in  ^  S^^'  el^ihe  i6th.    Last  night  there  Was  a  hot  ff  ess  on  tha 

dSoL  111.  3  X 


;r6  MOMTttLT   RtOfSTit 

qufi ;  Vnt  t1k«  ofBeer  not  having  his  tramnt  badbed  by  tfie  Mkyor  4t  J<iieic«% 
and  the  officer  and  hit  cang  having  wcmnded  Mf.  Scepfadtty  eoai  meiCT,  were 
secured  and  lodged  in  the  Mayoralty  Houae  for  the  D^t.  Thia  mottting,  for 
this  oucraf  e  on  the  ciyU  power,  in  woundinf  Mr.  St^h^nt,  the  Oilier  was 
£|ied  twenty  guineai,  which  jvir.  buphent  Tcry  generooily  f  avc  to  the  Orey 
6chool. 

15.  Wind  S.  £.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Mef^ra  firp  ship,  La  Nvttphc  frfgate* 
and  Renurd,  14  guns,  on  a  cmite.  Arrived  the  Telegraph,  ilfOiH^  fr^  a 
crniie. 

a6.  Wind  S.  E.  Fair.  X.etten  from  the  Elephant,  74  gnnt,  CAfvthih  Foley, 
dated  at  lea  the  24th  Inst,  state  the  following  intcrcnting  particulars  :  Tfcat  on 
tike  14th  instant.  Captain  Kcates,  of  the  Boadicea,  j8  guns,  scot  an  armed  boat 
With  a  Midshipman  and  six  men  into  the  Outer  Roads  of  Brest  to  recootioitreb' 
At  night  she  Ml  in  with  the  FVench  guard  row  boat,  full  of  men.  A  tt^mt 
•euAe  ensued,  and  Captain  Keates's  boat  succeeded  in  beating  her  oS  with  the 
loss  of  one  man.  The  young  gentleman  who  commanded  the  British  raw  boBK 
behaved  with  his  little  crew  of  six  mm  with  great  gallantry.  He  then  boarded 
a  small  sloop,  and  got  information  that  the  French  fleet  were  in  the  Inacr  Road, 
and  the  '^paniards  very  sickly.  17th  Instant,  states,  that  the  fleet  were  all 
dispensed  in  the  gale  of  the  16th,  at  S.  W.  and  N.  \¥.  iSth,  Spoke  a« 
American  bound  to  Gibraltar  with  coals,  which  was  in  creat  distreas,  and 
b>*aring  op  for  the  first  port.  She  wanted  assistance,  but  me  tea  ran  so  hifh 
could  not  give  any ;  the  Lizard  then  in  night.  «4th.  Elephant  otf  Plymonui^ 
bearing  up  for  Torbay,  having  experienced  dreadbil  weather  In  the  late  fales  of 
wind. 

27.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  Dofly  cutter,  Warrior, 
74  guns,  and  )-  Icphant  74,  from  off  Brest.  Sailed  the  Europa  andXhiabc  troop 
ahip%  with  troops,  to  the  westward. 

2S.  Wind  S.  £.  Fair.  Passed  by  to  the  westward  the  Channel  fleet,  nnder 
Earl  St.  Vincent,  all  well.  Arrived  the  Terpsichore,  3a  gont.  Captain  (lagc» 
and  Seagull,  iS,  from  a  cruise. 

A9.     Wind  S.  W.  Fair. 

30.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Sailed  to  jom  the  fleet  the  Mars  74  gvnt.  Rear* 
Admiral  Berkeley,  Atlas  98,  Ramilies  74,  Atax  84,  Retohition  74,  Stag,  3^ 
Indefatigable  44,  Flora  armed  brig,  and  Attack  gun  brig,  with  a  fleet  nnder 
convoy.  Arrived  the  6ea  Gull,  18  guns,  from  a  cruise.  Sailed  on  a  cruise  the 
Fowey  cutter,  Lieutenant  Derby.  Orders  came  down  this  day  for  the  Captaii^ 
74  guns.  Captain  Sir  R.  ^trachan,  Bart,  to  fit  and  vi<^ual  for  six  months  for 
foreign  service.  Sailed  the  Dasher,  18  guns.  Captain  lcff>in,  on  a  cruise.  She 
xeturned  again  in  the  evening,  and  landed  two  seamen,  mutineers  of  the  Dana?, 
ft4  guns,  taken  out  of  a  cartel  off  the  Sound,  an4  sent  them  00  board  the  Cam- 
bridge, 84  guns,  flag  ship  in  Homoaze.  'J  he  Prestwood  catter  to  the  Port 
Admiral,  m  turning  round  Kedding  Point,  missed  suys,  and  the  sails  jabfaing, 
being  belayed,  she  overset,  by  which  means  five  of  her  crew  wer^  unfortuaate^ 
drowned. 

31.  Wind  S.  W.  Fair.  Last  night  the  HavicTc,  18  guns,  came  in  express 
from  sea.  ^he  made  the  signal  of  the  enemy's  fleet  being  at  sea.  bhc  brought 
dispatches  for  the  Admiralty,  which  were  sent  off  express. 

Jyfu  I.    Wind  N.  W.  Fair. 

a.  Wind  Variable,  Fair.  Sailed  the  Neptune,  98  guns,  Amelia  44,  Amt" 
thyst  36,  shannon  32,  and  liourdelais  24,  on  a  cruise. 

3.  Wind  £.  N.  E.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Windsor  Castle,  98  gnna,  and  Bell6M» 
74,  to  join  the  fleet ;  and  the  Warrior,  74  gnns,  for  Portsmoath.  Arrived  the 
Spy,  18  guns,  from  the  Downs,  with  a  fleet  of  coasters  ;  also  the  i^itflre,  S4 
guns.  Captain  wcyniour,  with  three  smugglers  captured  on  her  paaaage  £raai 
Guernsey. 

4.  A  melanchofy  accident  happened  on  board  the  Cockchafer  aimed  Ingircr, 
of.  8  guns.    As  the  creW  were  reloading  their  guns  to  complete  the  salute  on  his 


OV   NAT  At    BT&NTS.  5II 

Majesty's  tfiniTcnary,  by  accident,  sopposed  owing  to  the  vent  not  beinrr  stopped, 
two  mens  trms  were  carried  away  br  che^uns  going  off  in  running  in.  J  Iicy 
were  conveyed  to  the  Royal  Hospital,  sufl^red  amputation,  and  are  in  a  fair 
"way  of  recovery  Arrived  with  two  Indiamen  outward-bound,  from  Pores- 
Aoath,  the  l-!arpy,  18  guns,  Captain  Birchall. 

5.  Win4  S  £.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Harpy,  18  guns,  with  a  convoy  of  vidual- 
lers^  for  Portsmouth.  Arrived  the  Suwarrow,  16  guns,  l«ieutenant  NIcholfon, 
with  dispatches  from  Earl  St.  Viucent,  which  he  left  all  well  the  ad  inntaut. 
She  fell  in  with  and  captured  a  chassc  maree  goiii^  from  Morlaix  to  Bourdeaux, 
with  thrteJuindrcd  louis  on  board,  to  buy  a  cargo  of  brandies,  &.C. 

6.  Wind  £.  S.  £.   Rain. 

7.  Wind  S.  E.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Gibraltar,  84  guns,  Captain  Kelly,  to  joilr 
the  Channel  fleet.  Also  on  a  cruise,  the  Urania,  44  guns,  Kisgard  48,  Renom« 
mee  36,  and  Suffisatte  1 6.  Arrived  the  Spy,  18  guns,  with  a  convoy  from  the 
eastward-  This  day  that  beautifnl  ship  I/Heureuz,  of  ^4  guns,  was  purchased 
into  the  service,  and  hauled  alongside  the  Jetty  Head  to  be  fitted  for  com* 
mission. 

8.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  Mitfbrd  Haven,  the  Chapman,  24  guns, 
Captain  Keen,  with  a  convoy  of  seamen  for  the  fleets  i  and  Speedwell,  16  guns» 
from  a  criiise. 

9.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Went  into  dock,  the  St.  Fiorenso,  44  guns,  to  have 
her  bottom  examined.  This  day  the  Princess  Royal,  98  guns,  Captain  RusseU, 
was  reported  ready  for  sea,  only  waiting  for  seamen. 

10.  Wiad  N.  W.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Thetis,  31  guns.  Captain  Baker,  troop 
ship,  to  join  the  Channel  fleet ;  also  the  Doris,  36  guns.  Captain  Lord  Rane!<igh» 
and  Glenmore,  44,  Captain  Duff.  Sailed  on  a  cruise,  the  Sylph,  18  guns,  Cap- 
tain Dashwood. 

11.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Sailed  the  Kent,  74  guns,  and  Dragon  74,  for  the 
Straits,  with  a  large  snpply  of  naval  and  military  stores ;  also  to  join  the  fleet 
off  Brest,  the  Pomp^c,  84  guns,  aild  Russell  74.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the 
Bcaulieu,  44  guns,  Valiant  lugger,  and  Lady  Duncan  lugger. 

12.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  a  cruise,  the  Spider  schooner.  Lieute- 
nant Harrison,  with  the  Expedition  smuggling  lugger  of  Palperro,  with  nine 
hundred  ankers  of  brandy,  besides  bale  goods  and  tobacco,  captured  within  the 
limits  of  the  Belt  Head.  S^led  the  Diamond,  36  guns,  with  tne  heavy  baggage 
and  .clothing  of  the  ad,  or  Queen's  Royal,  sailed  on  the  secret  expedition  some 
time  since. 

13.  Wind  N.  W.  Fair.  Arrived  from  Quiberon  Bay,  the  Clyde,  44  guns» 
Captain  Cunningham,  with  dispatches  fur  the  Admiralty  from  Lari  St.  Vincent* 

14.  Wmd  N.  W.  Fair. 

15.  Wind  N«  W.  Fair.  Arrived  the  Marlborough,  74  guns,  and  Centaur  74^ 
from  the  fleet,  having  run  foul  of  each  other  last  Tuesday  off  the  Hack  Rock  : 
the  Marlboeoagh  sprung  her  fore- most,  and  the  Centaur  had  her  bowsprit  car- 
ried away.  '1  his  accident  is  much  to  be  regretted,  as  by  it  the  fleet  will  for 
some  time  be  deprived  of  one  of  its  greatest  ornaments,  the  Centaur  being  un- 
questionably the  handsomest  and  fastest  bailing  nhip  in  the  service  :  she  avjs 
Hiunched  and  commissioned  at  Vt'oolwich  in  1797,  and  hns  been  uncommonly 
successful.  She  was  at  the  reduclion  of  IVMnnrca  ,  and  during  the  course  of  the 
war  has  taken  and  dt^^ttroyed  no  less  th^n  four  frigates,  twoorigs,  and  several 
privateers  and  merchant  vessels.  The  day  before  Uie  accident  happened,  being, 
from  heranperior  sailing  and  management  in  the  advanced  squadron  off  Brest^ 
the  was  sent  in  to  reconnoitre  that  place,  and  performed  the  service  in  a  more 
cffc^alminncr. than  .has  ever  htcn  done  before,  as  she  advanced  so  near  ihe 
enemy  that  shot  and  bhells  from  both  sides  the  harbour  passed  over  her.  'I.h«s 
Cencaur*s  head  was  descriptive  of  hci  uame,  and  justly  admired  for  its  simpli* 
city  and  propriety  :  it  was  the  last  figure  carved  before  the  late  icgulations  of 
the  Kavy  Board  took  place.  It  is  rem«irkable,  that  this  thip,  under  her  jury^ 
masts,  beat  the  ship  sent  to  see  her  into  port,  and  beat  up  into  Barnpool  with 
the  wind  at  N.  N.  W.  although  we  learn  th;tt  her  cutwater  lay  acres*  her  st^* 
board  bow.  *    -      .  . 


5IX  MONTHLY  MCttTBA 


PORTSMOUTH  REPQRT, 

rftOM    MAT   16  TO^lVNt   11. 

May  16  ArriTed  the  Fwy,  Capttln  Curry,  with  •  coovoy  from  J^ntr* 
Stalled  the  foltowinj^  reTcnne  cutters  on  t  lecrct  Berracc,  tit.  Rtmilse,  Ctptaia 
Mannings ;  Greyhfwnd,  Ca|»tjin  Wilkiii<on ;  Swan,  C«ptmifi  Ferris ;  Roie, 
Captain  Yeats  ;  Falcon,  Chief  Mate  Warton ;  Ddphin,  Capciia  Iflhnt ;  and 
Swallow,  Captain  Amoa  :  also  ibc  Pcfrma,  armed  emjfktt^  with  teferal  drtacft- 
ments  of  regiments  for  Minorca  ;  Serpent,  Captain  Roberts,  for  Cork  j  and 
Harpy,  Capuin  Birchall,  with  the  Codlu  IndknMB,  which  the  Hmpy  is  to 
convoy  to  a  certain  latitude. 

17.  Arrived  the  Rem,  of  74  gms,  CtpCiio  Hope,  boat  the  Downs. 

18.  failed  the  Rambler  sloop  of  war  for  Goemaey  ;  and  the  Earl  9l.  Vincent 
cutter,  with  a  convoy  for  the  IJowns. 

Jumt  I.    Arrived  the  Hedor,  Captiia  ElphioitoQey  from  Earl  St.  Vincent's 

fleet. 

a.  Arrived  the  Circe,  Plover,  FoKeafe,  and  Osprey,  vrith  fifteen  flat- 
bottomed  boau  from  the  Downs ;  and  the  Reaver,  from  a  crvisf;. 

3.  Arrived  the  Warrior,  Captain  TVler,  from  the  Channel  fleet,  to  repair  her 
damage  she  received  in  the  kte  gale  of  wind. 

4.  Arrived  the  Restitution  brig»  lades  with  wine,  prise  to  the  RamMer, 

Captain  Schombcrg. 

5.  Sailed  the  Renown,  of  74  guns.  Admiral  Sir  J.  B.  Warren,  and  Dragon,  of 
74  guns,  Captain  Campbell,  to  join  the 'Channel  fleet. 

6.  Sailed  the  Anson,  of  44  guns.  Captain  Durham,  vritb  a  fleet  of  store  ships 
»nd  vtduallers  for  the  Mediterranean ;  the  Calcutta,  Captain  Andenon,  with 
the  Banffshire  fcncibles  on  board,  for  Gibraltar ;  Rowcliffe,  Lieutenant  Donovan, 
for  Guernsey ;  Anson  and  Nile  cutters,  on  a  cruise ;  and  .Sopbse,  Captain 
Eurdctt,  with  a  convoy  for  Ireland. 

9.  Arrived  the  Rambler,  Captain  Schomberg,  and  Harpy,  CapUin  Birthan, 
with  six  transports  under  their  convoy,  from  Jersey,  with  Russian  troops. 

10.  Sailed  the  Plover,  Captaiil  Galway,  with  a  convoy  for  the  Downs. 

1 1.  Sailed  the  Argo,  Captain  Bowen,  to  join  Earl  St.  Vineent's  fleet. 

1 1.  Sailed  the  CoosUnce,  Lieutenant  Wright,  with  a  convoy  for  Plymootfa ; 
and  Grand  Falconer,  Lieutenant  Chilcott,  on  a  cruise. 

I  J.  Ai rived  the  Iphigenia,  Captain  Stackpoole,  and  the  Thetis  lugger,  Lieo> 
tenant  CorselUs,  from  Plymouth. 

14.  Arrivrd  the  Terpsichore,  Captain  Gage,  from  the  Nordi  Sea ;  and 

Ihctid,  Captain  Baliar. 

15.  Arrived  the  Hercules  laden  with  pot-aihes  and  feathers,  detained  by 
his  Majesty's  ship  .^yren,*  Captain  Gosselln. 

16.  Monday  arrived  the  Dolphin  cutter,  Lieutenant  Jerrett,  with  L'Etmsot 
and  Genoa,  1  rench  privateers,  which  she  captured  on  the  coast  of  France :  also 
the  Unicorn  cnrter.  Lieutenant  Rowedt  fr^oo^  *  cmise,  and  the  Grand  Fakono't 
Lieutenant  Chilcott,  from  N^anou. 

it.  Arrived  the  Hose  cuttu',  f  icntcDant  Smith,  from  Marcon.  Sailed 
>  I'mirol  Bruyer,  with  two  hnc  of  battle  ships,  two  frigatcsi  and  a  transport 
with  Riisiltn  troops,  lor  the  l^itic. 

it.  SuWf^  the  I'erpslchore  y  the  Eugenie,  Captain  f^omerviHe  {  and  Oi^y, 
Captain  Watts,  on  a  cruise;  the  Kile  cutter,  Lieutenant  Wood,  with  dispatches 
fur  harl  .>t.  VIrxrent ;  tlic  C^lAunpinn  cutter,  with  diioatches  fbr  Marcou  ;  and 
ihe  Hedor,  of  74  guns,  Capuin  Elphinetone,  for  Plymouth,  to  be  paid,  from 
^  bcoce  »hc  will  immediaicly  proceed  to  the  Modlterranean. 


OP    NAVAL    SVSNT8*  ff^ 

19.  Afrived  the  Aotelope  revenue  cutter,  Captftin  Caie,  with  a  bolt  laden 
with  S50  caski  of  spirits  ;  and  01^  Tnesdiy  she  sent  into  Arundel  155  casks  of 
iptrits,  and  x  i  bales  of  tobacco,  all  of  which  she  had  seized.  Sailed  die  Formi* 
dable,  of  9S  guns,  Captain  Thornborough,  to  join  the  Channel  fleet, 

ao<     Arrived  the  Champion  cutter,  with  dispatches  from  Marcou;  and  WoU  > 
▼er6ne,*Captain  Rai^rfield,  from  Guernsey. 

21.    Arrived  the  Atalante,  of  20  guns.  Captain  Griffiths,  from  a  cruise. 

%%,  Sailed  the  Roser Captain  Yeates,  for  Marcov.  His  Majesty's  ship  Juste, 
of  S4  ^uns,  jCaptain  Sir  Henry  TroUope,  went  out  of  the  harbour  to  Spithead. . 
His  Majesty's  ship  A  dive,  of  76  guns,  Captain  Davers,  with  the  folio wmg  out* 
ward  bound  £s^  India  ships  under  his  convoy,  are  gone  to  St.  Helens,  from 
whence  they  will  sail  as  soon  as  the  wind  will  p'enhtt^  viz.  the  Lord  Walsingham, 
£arl  Spencer,  Melville  Castle,  Travers,  Herculean,  Skelton  Cattle,  'and  TelU* 
cherrjr ;  Comwallis  ozfira  ship,  and  brig  Margarett.  The  America^  of  64  gnnt, 
'  Adflural  9ir  William  Parker,  with  several  transports,  having  the  lloyil  Surrcj 
Rangers  on  board,  are  also  at  St.  Helens,  waiting  for  a  fair  wind;    • 


EAST  INDIES. 


LETTERS  received  firom  Bombav  by  the  Asia,  Captain  George  M'lnnett 
bring  a  confirmation  of  the  very  unfortunate  accident  which  happened  to  his 
Majestv's  sloop  of  war  the  Trincomale,  commanded  by  Lieutenant  Rowe,  iu 
the  Guiph  of  Persia,  in  the  month  of  OAober  last.— >An  Arab  Dow  arrived  at 
Bombay  the  6th  of  December,  from  Muscat,  which  brought  the  information 
communicated  by  Mr.  Manesly,  the  Company's.  Resident  at  Bossorah.  U 
appears  that  the  Xrincomale  was  dispatched  from  Muscat  on  purpose  to  inter- 
cept two  French  ships  in  the  Gulph,  which  had  captured  the  Pearl,  belonging 
to  Mr.  Manesty.  She  fell  in  with  the  said  ships,  and  engaged  the  BmeUe 
Guelk  for  twenty  minutes,  yard  arm  and  yard  arm,  when,  by  some  accident,  hi- 
thert6  unaccounted  for,  both  vessels  blew  up  in  an  instant,  and  their  rewe^ve 
crewa  unfortunately  perished,  except  four  Lascars,  belonging  to  the  Trinco- 
male.— To  the  foregoing  is  added  the  following  account  of  a  very  sevov  gale  of 
wind,  which  was  experienced  at  Bombay  on  the  5th  of  December.  It  set  in 
from  the  eastward  about  two  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  continued  with  such 
steady  violence  until  eleven  o'clock,  as  threatened  the  destru<ftion  of  all  the 
ships  in  the  harbour.  The  Restoration,  Capt.  Galloway,  which  had  not  been 
twelve  hours  at  her  moorings,  was  driven  on  shore  under  the  Castle,  where  she 
is  totally  lost,  and,  it  is  feared*  no  part  of  the  cargo  will  be  saved.  The  Her- 
cules, Captain  ril*Farlane,  two  thirds  laden  with  cotton,  for  London,  is  on  shore 
off  Cross  Island,  with  five  feet  water  in  her  hold,  and  supposed  to  have  bilged. 
The  Devaynea  parted  from  two  anchors.  Many  lives  have  been  lost  in  the  har- 
bour, and  it  is  feared  the  accounts  of  the  gale,  from  both  the  southward  and 
northward,  will  be  lamentable. 

The  Pursers  of  the  fleet  of  £kst-!n(fia  ships,  lately  arrived,  have  brought  all 
their  packets  to  the  India  Homse,  except  those  belongio);;  to  the  Dublin.  I'he 
packets  lost  bv  the  Purser  of  the  Dublin,  we  are  informed,  were  prevented  from 
falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  'J'here  are  now  several  packets  on  board 
the  above  ships,  fhtl'of  letters  for  individuals. 

Estrad  'of  a  Letter  from  an  officer  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  Adamant, 
Capt.  Uetham,- dated  fable  Bay,  Feb.  18 : — 

**  We  returned  on  the  ist  instant  from  our  cruise  off  the  Mauritius,  afifer 
•ncceeding  in-  its  obje(ft,  which  was  the  destruction  of  the  La  Preneus.,  a  44, 
and  the  onlyirigate  m  these  seas.  We  fortunately  went  iiito  that  part  of  tJie 
.island  where  the  Tremendous  was  chaining  her  from  tHe other  part,  tn  run- 
ning cloae  along  shore  to  avoid  us,  she  went  on  a  reef,  where  we  arrived  ]usc  in 
time  to  .salute  her  with  a  few'«hot^  and -to  make  tier  strike,  her  ma^ts  being 
cut  aw^y,  she  was  deserted  by  ah  on  board,  except  tb<  Captain  and  fifteen 
officers.  Captain  Osbom  sent  word  to  Captain  Hocham,  that,  if  he  judeed  it 
pr«dcnt  «id.^4*€4i>le|-  he^might  send  bctnu  on  hoAdk  •  He  sent  accordiaglj 


'514  UQMTULr  KIGUTfA 

JLie«CiwBtOsqr,iiiiiht]tf^lH)tU,witb  which  he  aMtc^ill^  ^» 

wfoarti  the  CapCMO  9fi4  officers,  bt)qi^{[fat  them  iu  the  boau,  laid  hit  traio,  end 
Mew  her  vp-  C'aptein  L*Hcnnitte  wid  he  bad  force  eaoush  to  hive  destrojrcd 
the  boats;  but  having  iLfuck  to  the  Adaroaot,  he  did  aoc  thuih  hiinteif  ]ii»ti- 
^^ihie,  ^  ^  afaa  of  honour,  io  making  any  resistance.  1  ^m  happy  to  say  this 
terrice  was  perforined  without  the  loss  of  a  single  man ;  and  Captain  Hbthai|i 
cipressed  his  satis£itSioi|  at  seeing  Lieutenant  Grey  execute  hit  orders  with  suck 
frmacss,  discretion,  and  efficiency.'' 

AMERICA. 


flaw  yoaK»  rat.  »5« 

TESTEUDAY  munmf  Lieutenant  bhaw,  of  the  armed  schooner  fxperl- 
wacatf  arrived  at  MaicssKooky  fcnm  a  cruise,  being  dispacdied  by  Commodore 
'IffVKtoa  with  letters  far  ihe  Secretary  of  the  Mavy,  from  wluch  the  leiloariag 

aiceztrads;. 

sia,  Umiid  States  Sbi^  CmOelUiiit^  mt  Sm,  SeL  3. 

On  the  50th  ult.  I  left  St.  ChhstDphcr's  with  the  Constellation  in  ezcelleat 
trim,  and  stood  to  windward,  in  order  to  gain  die  station  for  myself  before  the 
Road  of  Guadaloupe ;  and  at  half  past  seven,  A.  M.  of  the  day  following  i  dis* 
covered  a  cail  to  the  S.  £.  to  whkn  I  gave  chaec,  and  for  the  further  par ticnlars 
of  chat  ebace,  and  for  il»e  afAion  after  it,  i  m\ist  beg  to  refer  to  the  eytraAs 
from  my  Joornal  herewith,  as  being  the  best  mode  of  exhibiting  a  jnst  and 
candid  account  of  all  onr  transadions  in  the  late  business,  which  has  ended  in  the 
almost  entire  dismamleaftcnt  of  the  ConsteUadoo ; 'thoufi|h,  I  trust,  to  the  high- 
repuutioo  of  Ihe  American  flag.— -I  have  the  honour  to' oe,  ^c' 

THOMAS  THUXTOK- 
BeMJamm  Sttddart,  Bfy.  See.  e/tie  Navy, 

Occur rettcei  on  hoard  the  United  Sutes  Ship  Constellation,  of  2!^  Gftph  if^tdtr  my  Csf 

Mfaitd,  Feb.  1. 

Throughout  these  t:ipentT-foor  hours  very  unsettled  weather  j  hcpt  on  opr 
tacks  btyting  up  UD^er  Guadaloupe ;  and  at  half  p^^t  seven  A.  fA,  the  |Load^of 
Bassetcrie  bearing  K.  ^ve  leagues  distance,  saw  a  aail  in  the  S.  ^.  atandingto 
the  S.  W.  which  from  her  situation  1  ^  ttrst  took /or  a  large  «bij>  {rom  l^iarti- 
aique,  andjhoisted  EpgliiJi  coloursong;I^ing,chacr,by.Y^ay  of  inducement  (or  her 
to  come  down  and  speak  u;e,  which  would  luyp  sa^v/td  us  a  long  ciia^e  jEp  lee«*^ 
ward  off  my  intended  cruising  grouid ;  but  Ending  she  did  attempt  to  alter  her 
coarse,  I  examined  her  more  miiiuteiy  as  we  sip^Qa<;hed  her,  and  discovered 
that  4he  was  a  heavy  i-'reoch  frigate,  mounting  at  least  54  guns.  I  immediately 
gave  orders  for  the  yards  &e.  to  be  slung  witn  chains,  .tc|^4ail-sheets,  &c.  stqp* 
pcrcd,  and  the  ship  cleared,  and  every  thing  prepared  for  action,  and  hauled 
down  ^c  ^glish  cploiirs.  At  noun  the  wind  became  light,  and  1  observed  ^le 
chace,  that  we  had  before  been  gaining  fast  on,  held  way  with  us^  but  1  .was 
dctcrnuned  to  continue  the  pursuit,  though  the  running  to  Icewajd  I  was  con« 
vinccd  would  be  attended  with  many  s«rious  disadvanugcs,  especially  if  t^ 
objeids  of  my  wishes  were  not  gratified. 

i-assed  two  schooners  standing  to  the  northward  :  one  of  them  shewed  Anc* 
rican  colours,  and  was  a  merchant  vessel,  and  the  other  I- supposed  to  be  of  the 
same  description. 

Feb.  1,  at  one  P.  M.  the  wind  being  somewhat  fresher  than  at  the  noon  pre- 
ceding, and  appearance  of  its  continuance,  our  prosped.  of  bringing  the  enemy 
to  a^ion  bc^an  again  to  brighten,  as  I  perceived  we  were  conung.up  with  the 
chace  last;  and  every  inch  of  canvass  being  set  that  Could  be  of  service,  except 
the  bog  reefs,  which  1  kept  in  the  cop^sails,  in  case  che  chace  finding  an  escape 
from  OUT  thunder  impra<Aicable,  bbould  haul  on  a  wind  and  give  us  fair  battle ; 
but  this  did  not  prove  to  be  her  commander's  intention.  I  however  got  within 
h^  of  him  at  eight  P.  M.  hoisted  our  ensign,  and  had  the  candles  in  the  battle 
lanthorns  all  lighted,  and  the  large  trumpet  in  the  lee  gangfvay  ready  to  sp^ 
hiuif  and  to  demand  the  surrender  of  hie  ship  u>  the  United  States  nf;Amy,ifa; 


L 


or   NAVAL    BTIHTS.  5»5 

btft  he  tt  that  imtiat  commenced  a  fire  from  his  iters  And  <fBanetpm9f  direAai 
At  our  rigging  and  spart.  .n'o  parley  being  then  Decessarf,  i  sent  my  principal 
Aid-de-Camp,  Mr.  Vandyke,  to  the  different  officers  dioraiftanding  divitioDs  OD 
the  main  battery,  to  repeat  stridUy  my  orders,  before  given,  not  to  throw  awar 
a  single  charge  of  powder,  but  to  take  good  aim,  and  fire  dircAly  into  the  haU 
of  the  enemy ;  and  load  principally  with  two  round  shot,  and  now  and  then 
with  a  round  shot,  and  a  stand  of  grape,  &c.  to  eucourage  the  men  at  theit^. 
quarters ;  to  cause  or  suffer  no  noise  or  confusion  wbatCTer ;  bot  to  load  and  fire 
as  fast  M  possible  when  it  could  be  done  with  ceruin  effed.  These  orders  bein|^ 
given,  in  a  few  moments  I  gained  a  position  on  his  weather  quarteri  that  enabled 
OB  to  return  effedtualiy  hi«  salute,  and  thus  a  close  and  as  sharp  an  a^ion  as  ever 
was  fought  between  two  frigates  commenced,  and  continued  until  within  a  tew 
minutes  of  one  A.  M.  when  the  enemy's  fire  was  completely  silenced,  and  he 
was  again  sheering  off. 

It  Was  at  this  moment  that  I  considered  him  as  my  prize,  and  was  trimming  in 
the  best  manner  I  could»  my  much  shattered  sails ;  wnen  I  found  my  main-matt 
was  totally  unsupported  by  ligging,  every  shroud  being  shot  away,  and  some  oC 
them  in  .several  places  that,ejren  stoppers  were  ui4elesS|  and  could  not  be  supplied 
with  effoGt.  1  then  gave  orders  to  the  officers  to  send  the  inen  up  from  the 
gun-deck,  to  endeavour  to  secure  it,  in  order  that  we  mi^ht  eo  alongside  of  the 
enemy  agam  as  soon  as  posiiiSle ;  but  every  effort  was  m  vain,  for  the  main- 
mast went  over  the  side  iq  a  few  minutes  after,  and  carried  with  it  thjc  top'-men, 
among  whom  was  an  amiable  young  gcbtleman,  wm>  commanded  the  main  top, 
^r.  lames  Jtrvii^  son  of  Jamqt  jarvisi  £sq.  of  New  York.  It  seems  this  young 
gentleman  was  apprized  of  the  mast  going,  in  a  few  mmutds,  by  an  old  sea* 
man ;  but  he  had  already  so  much  of  the  principle  of  an  officer  ingrafted  on  his 
mind,  not  to  leave  his  quarters  on  anv  account,  that  he  told  the  man  if  the 
mast  went  they  must  go  with  it,  which  was  the  case,  and  only  one  of  them 
iras  s&ved. 

t  re?ret  mvch  his  IcVst,  tl  a  prominng  yoong  officer,  and  amiable  yonng  man, 
M  well  as  on  account  of  a  long  mtimacy  that  has  subsisted  between  his  father 
knd  ttiyself ;  hut  haVc  great  sAtitfj^ion  in  findhig  that  1  have  lott  no  other, 
and  only  two  or  three  slightly  wounded,  out  of  39  killed  and  wo«nded;  14  01 
khe  former,  and  25  of  the  latter. 

As  soon  as  the  main-mast  went,  every  effort  was  made  to  ctetr  the  wreck 
from  the  ship  as  soon  as  possible,  which  was  effe<fted  in  about  an  hour.  It  being 
impossible  to  pursue  the  enemy,  tod  as  her  security  was  then  the  gi«at  oMod^ 
I  immediately  bore  away  for  Jaaaica,  for  repairs,  &c.  finding  ft  impoasible  to 
reach  a  friendly  port  in  any  of  the  isUoida  to  windward. 

1  should  be  wanting  ^  conmion  justice,  was  I  to  omit  to  jownaUse  the  steady 
attention  to  brd'et,  and  the  gre&t  exertion  and  bravery  or  all  my  ofllcers,  tei^ 
men  and  marines,  in  this  adion,  many  of  whom  I  had  snfidently  tried  hefera 
on  a  similar  occasion,  and  all  their  names  are  recorded  in  the  mnster-roU  !  sent 
to  the  ^lecretary  of  the  Navy,  dated  the  k^th  ef  iJecettber  last,  signed  by 
myself. 

AH  hands  are  employed  in  repairing  the  damages  anitaiiMd  in  the  adkOa 
•o  iar  at  to  get  Che  ship  into  Jamaica  as  soon  as  possible. 

THOMAS  TRUXrON, 

9iE^Kn0ffon0  snB  9|ipoiuiuifiiiji* 

MR.  WALLACE,  one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  aneeedds  Mr.  Can- 

liing  at  the  Board  bf  Contronl. 

Captain  Darby  is  appointed  to  the  Spencer,  a  remarkable  fine  ship,  of  74 
guns,  lately  launched  at  Bucklershard.  ' 

Capuin  W.  Mitchell  is  appointed  to  the  Zealand,  of  64  gniu,  in  the  room  oC 
Captain  Parr. 

Lieutenant  George  Samuel  Stovm,  promoted  in  December  hut  to  the  rahS 
of  Master  and  Commander  of  his  Majesty's  sloop  Chance,  West  Indies.! 

William  Mouoi&r,  Etq,  iate  of  tha  Tigre,  is  appoinud  First  Lieutenant  of  the 
Tms^, 


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§i6  MOKTHLT   RBGI8TB&   OP    KAVAL    BfENTS* 

Liotteauit  I.  H.  TalboC  hw  taken  the  commuid  of  the  Sheernesi  hired  cutter, 
aiShccrncM. 

Lieutenant  O.  Searle,  of  the  Commerce  de  Maneilles,  to  be  one  of  the  Lieu- 
tcnsots  of  the  Royal  Naval  Hospital,  Plymouth,  vice  Lieutenant  Hayter,  de- 


Mr.  Stnarti  Surgeon  in  the  Royal  Nary,  to  be  Surgeon  of  the  Coovaleacent 
Sfat|i. 

George  Grant,  Eiq.  Secretary  to  Admiral  Sir  Alan  Gardner,  and  Purser  of 
the  Royal  SoYereigti»  has  resiji^ed  those  sitnanooa;  he  is  succeeded  by  John 
Scott,  btq.  Purser  of  the  Formidable,  of  9S  guns,  to  which  ship  'i)»  A.  Hems- 
worth,  Esq.  is  appointed  his  successor.  Henry  Harker,  Etq.  is  also  appointed 
Purser  of  the  HeAor,  and  F.  Beaty,  Esq.  to  the  San  Tstdro. 

MARRIAGES. 

AT  Gosport,  1  homas  Stares,  jun.  Esq.  of  Faniham,  Hants,  feo  Mim  Slita 
Parker,  youn^e«t  daughter  of  Vice-Admirai  Sir  William  Parker*  Baft«  CoM- 
mander  in  Chief  on  the  Halifai  station. 

At  Plpiottth,  Captain  Thicknesse,  of  the  Pelican  aloop  ftf  war,  to  Miss  S.  A. 
Frazer. 

h/ir.  G.  Bellaffly,  Surgeon  of  the  Spencer  of  74  gnaS|  to  llisi  CreiMr,  PIy« 
month- 

Lately,  at  Chichester,  Captain  Brisbain,  to  Miss  VeDtfatm,  daqgktir-ifftJaw 
to  Captain  CromwelK 

The  8th  instant.  Captain  Brett,  of  the  Navy,  to  Misi  Sykesi  of  AnnddpitrccC, 
Strand. 


OBITUARV. 

LATELY,  at  Oxford,  after  a  lingering  illness,  most  oncerely  rsgretted  br  his 
family  and  friends,  Lieuunant  Bdwaid  Bircht  late  i-irst  Lientcnuit  ot  the 
Triumph. 

At  Watford,  Lieutenant  J.  A.  NichoU»  of  the  BeUerophoo,  lately  rentfucd 
.from  the  Mediterranean. 

Lately,  Lieutenant  lames  Cook,  of  Seaford,  in  Susses-  He  had  scrrcd  his 
coontry  forty  years  under  Lord  Howe,  b  arl  St.  Vincent,  and  other  Naval  Heroes. 

The  9th  instant,  Joseph  Davis,  Esq.  Clerk  of  the  Checque  of  his  Majesty's 
Dock-yard  at  Portsmouth.  He  is  succeeded  by  J.  Cutfoith,  Biq.  one  of  the 
Clerks  from  the  Admiralty  Office. 

The  10th,  in  the  Royal  Hospital  at  Haslar,  Mr.  John  Forbef,  a  Master  in  the 
Navy.  His  last  eulogy  is  in  the  affcdlionate  esteem  of  his  brother  officers ;  his 
pmiscs,  the  esteem  of  his  late  Commanders,  Sir  R.  Hughes,  J.  Hanrey,  Admirals 
Mann  snd  Ferguson.  As  a  professional  charader,  he  stood  distinguished  in  the 
sphere  of  his  naval  friends.  He  has  been  honoured  by  the  soliciutions  of  several 
to  revise  charts  for  publication,  and  much  advantage  has  been  derived  from  his 
judicious  corrcdions,  particularly — the  Chart  of  the  British  Channel. 

I'he  remains  of  the  late  estimable  Admiral  Vaodeput  were  deposited  in  the 
burial  ground  at  Nassau,  New  Providence,  the  aoth  of  March. 

Lately,  at  Dublin,  Lieutenant  James  l^oyd,  of  the  Navy,  forty-two  years  a 
commissioned  Officer,  and  regulatuig  Officer  of  the  ImprcM  Service  in  t|ut  city» 
«Scd  73  years.  ' 

MB.  BDITOBy 

I  HAVE  lately  seen  in  your  Naval  Chronxcle  (VoL  III.  p.  395)9 
under  the  signature  of  Nauticos,  a  letter  which  respefb  the 
capture  of  La  Loire,  which  grossly  misrepresents  the  circumstances. 
^he  writer  (amongst  other  things),  takes  upon  himself  to  say,  as  of 
his  own  knowledge*  that  the  Kangaroo  **  did  not  come  up  till  eight 
minutes  after  La  Loire  had  struck."     In  this  he  telb  an  ui£uxious» 

wilful,  and  malicious  falsehood*— -I  am^  Sir,  jour  humble  servant, 

VERITAS. 


appendix; 


CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST 

O^  TBI 

laoi^al  Btfin^  of  ^teat  ^rttain^ 

At  the  Cammencemint  of  the  pfefent  Year  1 800^' 

Amnged  icconliii^  to  the  Yean  in  whkh  the  Ships  were  built ;  with  their  DtMiw- 
•loNfl  I  end  the  Nambs  of  the  levenl  CoiCMAMOt&t  appoiatod  to  thcoii  firontlM 
B^giDaing  of  the  »«»«  t  War  *> 


^iniLUAte  AND  MABY  YACHT,  8  0«m.    ■uUtM  hnflbouth.    teaiili  df  ta6-«dB)  T^ftet,  «!iidiM*,  OTkedv 


6a  ftet»jc  tacbet  yd  »  quaisr.    SicwMH  as  f^t,  t  indie*.    Dtpch  ia  boU,  lo  teti  i  incb*    Tobh  ijib 

momATACHTf  10  Gum.  Balk  at  Fortfeovdi.  Lenfth  of  gua-dcck,  s*  f^Mtf  to  incMt }  of  ke«t,  42  ftel.  i» 
InthM.  BrttddH  17  ibtt.  Depth  Id  boU,  '8  ft^,  6  iitdiea  ani  •  qociter.  TaoS)  IV.  M  tiM-^4  '^'V*^ 
J«  MOovfi*  ^ 

1710. 

mntC189  AVCVrrA  r Atnr,  8  G«nl.  BbUi  <t  DeitcAnt.  Lcttgtt  «r  g>»-4Nkk  8b  ft«t,  6  IfldR^  ;  oTlted,  614 
ftet,  iilnclwtuMl  tiii«eei«lich«.  BnnMit  aj  fkcty  t  inch  and  t  qaartfer.  Pqth  ia  MMdt  to  ANt|  li  ladmb 
Tw«»  184.  A  X>«0n^   W.  BnwelU 

feOTAL  WILUAMt  84  Gnat.  BoUt  at  FDrtflnotttb ;  and  rcdnced  to  a  Seeead  Kata  &i  I7S7*  LtoiA  of  rm^ckt 
■7S  f^  4  ladhai  \  %H  kml^  14a  ftec,  7  Incliai.  Brtaddn  |o  Ttet,  3  lactei  and  a  half. .  Aepth  ia  aoUi  aa 
ftat»  I  iadu    Toai,  1918,   Qitwrift^  M  f^HSmmtk.    Adaural  11.  Mllbanb    Capcala  r.  Plcknora. 

1710. 

CATBSRINB  YAClfT.  Btalk  at  Dcfltlbrik  Icnfdi  of  cun-deck*  99  ftek*  »  lack;  oT  kM,  <3  Iket,  3  IndMi  anl 
flte  aiihtka.    Bmdth,  aa  (m,  4  iaehes  aad  (kvea  cicktka.   A«pik  la  Bold,  11  feet,  a  tedica,    TImm,  iM, 


1717. 

MAfcr  TXcnTt  10  dual.   Btiift at k)etMl4.    teo«ik  of  tuQ-^Akf  ?6 feat*  9  inchaa^  oTleaei,  tfl  ftat^  € lacll8ih 
■rcadtth  a»  feec,  IburiBchca.    Depei  U  kald,  9  ftcc,  8  ioctaca.   Toas  184.   JttDtfftrd* 

1744. 
VOBTlhf OtfTn  TACRT,  8  Goat.    LeBCft  af  Mpji-deckt  >v  ftctk  6  iaeUct  {  of  tocK  |l  ftct,  S  ftcMk*   iKidQm» 
Ikac    DeyililDhf)U|8ftac,4inclM.   ^8Mf  8i.   M  Ptt^mmtb^ 

TABMDVTB,  <4  Gvm.    Batlt  at  DeptfM.  tcaHkofcttB-dakk,  180  ^)  of  keal,  ijftftift,  6 lachca  aod  a  9Mitcr« 


Braadtky  44  Ikac,  3  Uicbciw    Dcp^  ia  koidt  19  Iket.    Tonst  1339.    i4(  i>i>*ai8l'»  ai  a  MtuMtig  SJHf» 

1749* 

V  TACRT.  10  Gum.    Bulk  1 
fket,  atnOMai 


ttOTAL  CRABLOTTB  TACRT,  lo  Gum.    Bulk  at  Deptted.    tensttaf  tua-deek,  90  ikcc>  1  lack ;  orkftk  79 
iMdahair.   Biaaddk,  24  lket«  7  lacliet,.   Depth  la  Md,  11  fkac    Toaa,  aja,   MO^/tf^nL 


1750. 

CAMBBIPGB,  80  Omft.  Btottcat  DtpttMk  tcagthof  tua-dadr,  18S  ftet ;  of  Md,  t37  Act,  6  lachea.  B«cadlk» 
47  fbet.  Depth  la  hoM,  ao  ftat.  Toai  l6is.  Guard  IM*  at  Pijtm0t,  Hce  Admbal  Sir  Tbomai  Paiilcy« 
Baru   CapHlolobaWkkey. 

•     >753- 

CnXcntTBlU  74  O*"**   Vtiltt  at  ^mJnuai^   length  of  tw^decfc,  iSO  Ikct;  of  kcd,  tti  ftctt  <Slathet  aad  a 
kjjif.    BrBMft,44ikat,9lachc».  DopdrinkOld,  i9lcct,  6Lachc*.  Ttei,  14O1,  9irulpg  m  m  itumt^  Sttf  gt 


iOUtO,  74GaM.  Built  at  PlTflKMtb,  1799.  Leegrii  of  tuo-deck,  186  feet,  Slachca;  of  keel,  135  ft<ff  to  ladm  ani 
tkreequartais.  Bleadtti>  46  Ibett  8  lachM.  Depth  In  boM.  ipl^ieti  9  IflCbea.  Tt>M«  ism*  Strvha  ia  tim 
MhttrJMut^mmPriftmlM^,    Lleoteoaot  J.  TboaUbo.  (ty 

BOBSBT  TACMT,  to  Gaaa.  Bulk  at  D^pHknk  Length  of  laa  deck,  76  ftet ;  of  kaely  84  ftet,  10  Inehet  aad  • 
half.  Brcwtrb,  ai  iket,.  -ti  locbca.  Depth  la  hoM,  to  ftet,  10  iochn.  Ttihi,  164.  fMl  VatH  undnttt  a 
Umiqpnftir  M  flgmmtb  ntff  tbnt  ftmn  hikii  tu  nm4  dtUfordu  DUMih  wbtn  jb$  Is  fiftimti,  mi 


•  W#  ftaO  coaUdcr  oorftliee  much  oUlgcd  ta  tbOk  of  our  Reader*  Who  win  take  the  trwUe  of  pointiag  mx  mf 
^'MM^  ar  iiscwwctwi  Bwy  awy  peegitnUi  »e  Mpwtog  Wt,  k»  oar  sreaitrUh  iita  ke  te»rf<t» 


emoNDiooiCAL  urr  or  thc  rotal  VAvr« 


Mmt  m  M  ptmjMi  whb  much  tUfiort  tanmd  xat*  miftHtiHg,    Mr  A.  Ichofliban,  Knt.    Hm  bacB  leii 
ttit  laA  jrMTt  apil  Ujtift  returned  to  DubUib 

«755 


Braiitb,  17  ibct,  10  ladku.    Depth  In  hcM,  i«  4bn.    Tanif  M.  41  Mmmtk, 

IfAMVt,  9D60M.    BBikttCtiathMi.    Lat|th  of  inn-decfc,  174  1t9t,  ii  InChMnl  alHlf;  of  k*d,  144^^^  4 
Inchct.    madch,  4<  ^Kt,  7  inctan  and  a  twlf.    OepUi  In  hold,  as  Act,  « lactaa.   ToMt  i>i4*  Cav«>><B  J-  ~ 


WMtfli«i  wM  afvolnted  toiler  bi  April  179%,  aiid  continacd  to  command  hfr  tia  Sepcenbcr  1^797. '  Ib 
17ft  Ca^iala  T.  Suuthrhfi  tad  ia  Novcaiber  iTft  Capcabi  t«ike  traa  ifpoiated  to  lier.   OkarnuL 

VmON,  foQvaa.  Bnilt  at  Clutham.  ttniOiof  caa-dcek,  171  ftet,  a  inches ;  oTkeel,  14s  fircCt  9  iacKea.  Breaiifet 
4II  ftat,  a  Ifichoi.  Deptk  la  Iwld,  JO  ftaCf  6  Jactea.  Toan  iTti.  Stnib^  sm  m  mf/kal  i%  m  »iiia^. 
lieatcaaot  W.  4^amie. 

MIDWAY,  60  Cuoa.  Vuitt  at  Depdbrd.  tcacih  of  (a»<dMh,  m  fcetf  4  Incbt* ;  of  keri,  laj  ftet,  end  IMF  as  totHa 
SreadtlH  44  fbcc,  10  lacbea.    Depth  la  boM^  it  Hm^  6  ladm.   Toai«  twf.   Sov^  «a  t^uM^  Stv  ^ 


1757. 
tOVTMAMPTON  3t  Saat.  BviK  oa  the  Klftr  Thame*.  Lcagth  of  |«a-de«tt  114  (bet,  4  inchet.  BiaaMbv  ft  feCt 
Drptti  In  hold,  i a  feett  1  inch.  Tnna,  671.  Conmandcd  hy  the  Hon.  Captain  K.  rorbct  at  the  begianiBt  «r 
thc  WW,  and  la  April  179^  bf  Captain  E.  O'Brien.  In  Septraiber  of  tae  ftffne  year  bf  Capodn  W.  ShtaMs.  la 
DeccmlMT  1191  Captain  }.  Macnamtn  waa  appoiatad  to  her }  aad  la  Noveaaher  17ft  Captaia  joha  Harrera 
who  at  preflBat  comaum)^  her  In  the  fTtfi  Mndm. 

UlAKXS  sS  Caaa.  Bailt  la  thr  hirer  Thantea.  Lencthof  gva-dcdmrt  Act,  t  inchet  tad  ahalf;  oTkcH,  97  ftct* 
2  Inchca  and  tltrrc  qjanrtcra.  BrraUi/i,  a  Ibat,  11  laches.  Depth  la  hold,  10  fcet,  6  iackea.  Too«,  \^ 
Comnundcd  bjr  T.  WlUamt,  In  Jone  1791.  In  Jaauary  1797,  Capmm  T.  Butoi  aadia  April  179*1  Ciptaia 
J.  Mae'artaa*  «a«  appaiatcd  eo  bar.    jUStMgMtCrttitOHH  U^tlUfh 

I75»- 
WabsPITE.,  74  Gun*.    Built  on  UM  Biv«r  Thamea.    Lmfth  of  gnn-daekf  Mf  ^ety  9  lacftea  and  1  half  ;.of  fc*^ 
I  i4  fieac.  It  ind>e«  and  a  quarter. <^  Brmlth,  46  feet,  11  iachca.    Depth  In  holdf  I9  ftet,  p  lochea  aad  a  half. 
Tona,  isSo.  M  Pmlfmutbi  a0uivb^  Mp. 

•ITPON,  do  Cum.  BuUt  at  Woehvidl.  Lcopth  of  gao-deck,  us  4bet.  %  lochea;  of  heal,  i«l  Ibec  Brv«nh,  «l 
feet,  6  inchea.    Depth  in  hold,  It  feet,  ;  mc.iea.    Tons,  1229.    Pljfmmb.    MattrJttgS^, 

CHATHAM,  )o  <Tuna.  Bulk  at  TortftMouth.  Lent  th  of  ria  deck,  147  Ibat }  of  heel,  lit  feet,  a  Inchca.  Breadth,  la 
feat,  3  loche«.  Depth  In  hoU,  17  feet,  8  inches.  Toaa^  loss,  Strv^  m  m  M^hti  U^  at  JW^aafa* 
lieuleBBat  Hill  coaunanda  her. 

AtOLVS,  3a  Gun*.  Built  on  the  hirer  Thame*.  Lenpfi  of  pw-deck,  tt\  fttc,  s  iachaa  aad  a  half}  af  ked,  lof 
feet,  6  inchea  and  fire  dghth*.  Breadth,  js  feet,  9  Inches.  Ocptt  la  hoUf  la  fetC  Too*,  704.  MmtMag 
tkip  at  Stmmji, 

ALABIi,  3*  Can*.  BuUrat  RarariA.  Lcafth  of  |B».dedE,  iti  feet;  of  heal,  103  fb*C«  4  ia^baa.  Bnadih,  »%  fecta 
««adMfc  Depth  In  bold,  13  feet.  TSona,6t3.  Thc  Ml  of  hla  Mi4ety*a  Shipa «a  walch  cofperinc  w  nied. 
VTaa  commaaded  In  thc  becbmlacof  this  war  by  L.  BobertfiM,  kfi|.  In  Oftober  1794,  Cap«da  T.  Carpoitcr 
ippoiated  to  bar.  In  December  179S1  Capcala  G.  Yauphan.  ta  March  1796,  Captain  D.  hOloe  i  aad  la 
1797,  Capoia  B.  rallowaa  wa*  ^vca  the  fwnmand  of  her.  la  oAobor  17991  Capcaia  B.  Bolca»  bar 
BK  Captain.    M  fmHtitd. 

VBRVta  3*  Ouaa.  Bulk  at  Urcfpod.  Leaithofgan  deck,  lit  ftet,4tacheaaad  a  half}  of  keel,  106  fttt,  3  IiKhcfc 
Breadth,  3S  feet, 9  luchaa.    Dopch  In  hold,  1  a  fett*  4 ^f^c^***    Ttmt^-jii.    roffimandad In  1793,  ty  Captain  J. 


May  17 
frcikaK 


raidtaar.  Ia  Tuae  1704,  bf  Cutain  W.  Broim.   rctniary  179s,  bjr  CaptaiaL.  W.  HilBad.   Oeocabcr  iTgia 
bf  CapiaiaT.  Gnvc*  UjifhoBilcoailnucatDcoiamaadbcr.  CbmmU 


1759- 

4/afBWICIIa  90  Oaa*.   Bulk  at  Chatham.   Le-icth  of  fua.deck,  176  ibat,  i  tKh|  of  bed,  14$  ftor,  8 
Breadth,  49  feet,  i  inch  and  a  half.    Depth  in  hoM,  ao  feet,  it  lachea  aad  a  half.   Ton,  1869     


in  1793,  by  Captain  J.  R.  MoOk,  with  Vice  Admlnl  J.  Dabytnple*a  Bag.  ta  I7p%,  Vka  A^mlfai  C.  Buchncr^ 
Bat.  la  1708,  beiat  fitted  fer  a  Prifiai  Ship,  Licuteaaat  Hcacocfc  wu  Meqinfed  to  bar.  la  laae,  Castaia  B. 
Douttafi,  her  piafeac  coouaaader.    MCbatbam,  ^ 


yAMB,  74  Gaaa.    Buttt  oa  Cha  hirer  Thynca.   Longth  of  taa-deck,  i<S  fccc,  <  lacbet  |  of  ked,  13s  ftetf  *  II . 

Breadth,  46  feat,  7  lachea.  Deptrf  In  hold,  1^  fcct,  to  laehea  aad  a  half.  Tone,  isd}.  to  December  179%. 
Captain  T.  Taykr  waa  appofaited  to  her }  aad  w  nbruanr  179S  Hie  *•■  fittt**  Ar  a  Prifoa  Ship  at  ronteeuiha 
and  Linitcnant  J.  Wathciftoae  appointed  (o  her,  who  ftlU  retains  th*  oommaad. 


VALIANT,  74  Coo*.    Balk  at  Chaihaai.    Lancth  of  Ban>4c<k,  171  fec^  a  tachea  aad  thrae  fB«(Mra ;  of  fcNl»  139 

feeL    Breadth*  49  feet,  4  inchea.  Depth  in  bold,  si  feet,  a  inches  anii  mree  quanef*.    Tone,  1799.    Ia  ■793* 

Captdtt  T.  Prmile  commaadod  her.  la  AuftuB  1794,  Captain  C.  Faricer.   In  July  179s,  Captain  J.  Laecooia 

fa  Saptembcr,  Captain  B.  Harrcy  t    and  la  July  1797,  Captaia  B.  Cnvl(y.    Jbf  U  wm  m  Um^gtttt  Cnal 

f^0- 


SDGBBf  3t  Quae.  ButlK  at  thanveft.  I.«ni;th  of  cua^deck,  las  feet.  Breadth,  s%  ftet,  a  btfhe*.  DapCh  lahold« 
la  feet.  Tona,  479.  Commanded  by  R.  MoorCin,  Efi|.  in  thebe^aninc  of  th*  war,  who  waa  fucceedeo  bf  th» 
Hoa.  A.  Kape  Lane.  Afteiwanls  in  October  1794,  Captain  K.  J.  Pooce  waa  appaintrd  to  her,  in  Odebec  1^ 
Captain  B.  Giifllth  i  and  in  March  1798,  Captaia  M.  H.  iGuCt.  Ia  fair  1700,  Cncaia  T. LanwMr.bc 
OBoamawkr.   M  fmljmaak,   tmtSHf, 

1760. 

BKU.01VA,  74  Gunt.  Built  at  Chattaa.  tength  of  eun-decfc,  iM  feet}  of  bad,  138  feet.  Bicadiha  40  ftec,  U 
iachet.  Depth  In  hoM,  19  feet,  9  Inches.  Tooa,  iCi$.  In  1793,  G.  WHfea,  KC|.  waa  appoiaaed  to  ber,  aid 
contiaued  to  command  her  till  FKbniary  179^,  when  Captain  Sir  T.  B*  Thtaapfca  fuccecdc4  bam^  aad  tS 
conunajida  her.   Chmmt, 

1761. 

UiBNEBIhl,  90  Can*.  BuSe  at  Woohricb.  Lentch  of  fuo-dede,  176  feet,  1  lath  {  of  ked,  14a  ftac^  7  iacbaw 
Breadthi  49  feat,  1  inch.  Depth  in  hold,  at  feet.  Tons,  1817.  In  OAober  1794,  Captaia  C.  H.  E.  CataaadT 
trat  app^iaitdCQMr,  la  Fdbruair  <79Si  Ca^tw  J*  Jiaciir  (0*  IhAu|iiflt|  OtfUimT*  htWiwkAc^  toU^ 


ttlBOlNILOORAl  LUT  of  m  lOTAL  ITAVT. 

iw^r  Ctftth  X.  IVUBimif  at  wlikh  tine  Kear  AdBlnl  Sir  W.  Rafter,  Bait,  had  hla  flag  m  toaftf  her ;  aM 
•jib  in  Septenber  and  oAobcr,  wbcn  Captain  W.  Bowea  hid  tlw  cannand  of  bar.  lo  November  1797,  CiptilB 
A.  Philip  bad  bar.  lo  Fcbnttiy  17489  CapCaia  R.  CanpbeU  «ru  appointed  10  bcr^  aad  ftear  A4plr«l  T.  L* 
^Frederick  boiftod  bis  flac  OD  bowibUflldftip.    Stt  is  ta  frtfna  rtfoirbig  M  OetbtaK^ 


UMVMOWn  44  Oao$.  Snik  biv  dw  River  Tbamet.  Leoob  oi.  g«s-de«b»  133  ftet,  i  ladid  j  of  kcd,  108  tttt^  p 
iBcfaaa  and  oneclgnKb.    Breadtb,  37  fttt.  10  lacbes  aad  tbrce  qiutftbyi.   Dcpdi  la  bald,  t6  fees.    Tonh  tji* 

StITAKKIA*  lee  Gniie.  Built  at  PwtftiMifli.  Lcbsth  of  fun-deckt  178  fcoc  $  of  keel,  141  <beCf  3  iacbea.  Braadiliy 
Sa  tet,  and  half  an  1Kb.  Deptb  inboM,  ai  feet,  6  lacbet.  Too*,  x^i.  In  th«  bcfinaiac  of  tbe  preftat 
wv  V^  Adaibii  Motbam  bad  bit  ias  anitoard  bcr9.aa4  GaaCain  J«  HoUoiray  WM  apMioted  to  bar.  la 
lanuaij  1796*  Captain  S.  Peatd.  Iq  May,  Vice  Admiral  8ir  Hyde  Pailccr,  Captain  T.  Tdtj.  Is  April  1797* 
Vice  AdminJ  C.  Tbampfco  boiftcd  Ua  flag  ob  board  bcr.  In  Jnoe,  Capoia  X.  Mglfli  wm  appoiacU  IB  bcr« 

BOMMXY,  so  Gnu,  Bidh  at  Wboiwicb.  Lcaifh  af  ci»*41eck,  146  *et;  of  keek  lao  ftet,  8  Inchaa  aai  a  bdf. 
BreadOi,  49  Itecc^  4  Incten  uid  a  balf.  Depth  hi  boM,  17  mty  a  tnches.  Tooa,  1046.  CoomBaded  In  tb« 
bftipnlng  of  tbe  war  by  the  Hon.  W.  Paget,  bavins  tear  Admiral  8.  C.  Ooodallh  flat  on  bowd.  In  February 
ITPV,  CapciAn  H.  pmian  waa  apppointed  ta  bcr,  In  Juoa»  Capoia  P.  socberon,  with  Rear  Admiral  Sir  J«m«^ 
Wailace*a  flat.  la  June  1797,  Captain  P.  Praior.  In  Juljr>  Captain  J.  Bl^  with  Vice  Admiral  WaUepava'f 
flat  OB  board.  In  MarchlTpS,  Captain  J.  Lawibrd,  who ftiU commands ber.    JhrMJArft  teu. 

90ffrON»  i%  Gaae.  BvUt  on  the  Blver  Thames.  Leaffh  of  can-deck,  197  Ibet,  5  inchet ;  of  tbe  keel,  107  ftel,  t 
hicbet.  Breadth,  34  fbet,'  4  Inches  and  a  quarter.  Depth  In  bold,  la  fbct,  and  half  an  Incb.  Too*«  67c. 
In  the  betlnnlot.of  the  war,  Captain  G.  W.  A.  Courtenay  waa  appointed  to  ber.  In  1794,  Captain  J.  N. 
MuiMb.  In  Auffft  t797,  Calptain  D.  Pieflot*  In  Pebniary  17)8,  Capiaia  j.  X.  Boa^aai  who  aow  ecmmaada 
her.   ^ft  MtU^tXm 

lAWSflVOrPBt  ja  Cuai.  Bulk  oa  the  Bber  Thamea.  Leotthof  ton-deck,  130  Aet,  6  iadiea;  of  keel,  f«l  Act,  s 
inch  aad  a  half.  Breadtiiv  3s  feet,  j  indtet  and  three  tiuanera.  OcfKh  in  bold,  u  fhes,  C  inches.  Tons,  717. 
Inthe  bctinidntflr  thewrar,  Captain  Wolfclcy  waa  cppointed  to  her.  In  Odober  1794,  Captain  B.  Haltowell. 
Inrebrubry  179^,  Captain  A.  Cuaainthaflu  In  September,  Captida  X.  G.  MiddletDa.  la  Dernnhrr  179}, 
Captain  B.  PlamplB,  who  ftill  baa  the  command  of  her.    At  JamtltM. 

VlABLf  }a  Gnaa.  BbUt  at  Chatham.  Lcncth  of  no-deck,  laj  ieet,  and  half  an  lach.  Breadth,  3Sftet«  J  Incbce. 
B^tb  In  hold,  la.fcet.  Tonif  683.  Captain  M.  De  Courcy  waa  appelated  tt>  her  ia  1793.  la  March  17969 
CaptejB  ».  J.  Baltort,  wOa  flinnfwnmandi  her.   iMharrmtm, 

1763. 
•ITXKCX,  74  Guar.    Built  tt  nynuuih.    Banttfi  of  ^un-d«dc,  itt  Act ;  of  keel,  laS  feet.    BieaMit  ^  fc<t,  » 
Inchea.    Depth  In  buM,  19  ftet,  9  inchet.   Toot,  i6o|.    Wat  in  1793  commanded  by  Captain  Gamncr.    8ha 
waa  oommaadcd  by  Captain  WeHa  in  Oftobcr  1794  }  aad'Oltefwarda)  ia  Juat  179^,  by  CapcaiA  Peytaa.   I» 
1799,  Laid  H.  Pautau  M  CktUumf  r^tini,  ^ 

1764- 
ROBWr,  74  «uaa.   Builtat  Harwich.   Lcatth  flf  lon-decfc,  iM  ftec,  f  Inacs  as*  a  half;  of  keel,  ffjB  Ael,  i 
Jachea.    Biuadth,  47  feet.    Depth  in  bold^  19  fcet,  a  inches.   Tons,  1624.    Commanded  in  1793  hy  Capml* 
G.  K.  Elpbinftooe.    In  AutuA  17949  by  Captain  B.  Thumboniofh.    In  April  iTppy  Captain  6.  Couafcft,  her 
pfc^t  oomraandcr.    Jtt  ffymmt^, 

BViflBLf  74  Onna.  Bulk  en  tta  Birer  Thaaea.  Lentth  of  tba^^eck,  iM  fltet, «  Inchet  i  of  ked,  sjfl  ftct,  11 
iacbea  and  Ikven  eitbttia.  Breadtbf  47  feet,  s  inchea  and  cbrce  <|uarters.  Depth  in  hold,  19  feet,  9  Idchea* 
Tons,  164a.  Commanded  in  tbe  year  1793,  by  Captain  J.  W.  PayneT  In  Ptbruary  imS,  by  Captain  J, 
Larcom.  In  June  1796^  Adaairal  Macbridehoiftcd  bit  ftat  onboara.  In  ApvU  1707,  Captain  R.  Grindallwas 
apps^oted  to  ber.    In  AutuB  I797»  Captain  H.  Trellope.    In  April  1799,  Captain  H.  Sawyer,  bcr  prcfcac 


TBlmrHt  74  Guae.  Built  at  Woolwich.  Leatth  of  tn»4cck,  171  feet,  »  iachea ;  of  keel,  13B  feet,  8  lachei* 
Breadth,  49  feet,  9  iacbea.  Depth  ia  bold,  ai  feet,  3  ioahca.  Tom,  i8>s>  la  December  X7^s>  Ur  Knteua 
newer  was  appointed  to  her.  In  September  17^7,  Captain  W.  XffingtuB.  In  April  rjf^^  Captaw  T.  Scccotibc* 
In  June,  Rear  Admiral  C.  Cellintwood  boifted  bis  flat  on  board  ber.   <AamtL 

ASIAt  fl4  Guns.    Built  at  Portfiokouth.  Lengdi  of  |un-deck,  MR  feet ;  of  keel,  tap  feet,  6  Inchea  aad  a  belf. .  BraaM* 

44  feet,  6  inchea.    Depth  ia   hold,  18  feet,   10  inches.   Tooa,  1364.    Commanded  in  97a,  by  Captain  J. 

Brown.    In  Otebcr  1794,  Captain  J.  MtMitaU  waa  appoinaad  to  her.    in.  June  i79S>  Rear  Adadral  T« 

-  Brintle  had  bia  Bat  00  board.    Ia  Rlay  i796>  Capiaia  A.  Mumy;  and  ia  OOBbcr  I7|a»  Viea  Admiral 

▼aadepat  ladfled  his  flat  la  ber.   MJtUii/im»  ' 


CT«  ALBANS,  C4  Guaa.    Built  00  the  River  Thames.    Icniifc  of  co»4ccfc,  IS9 fec^  3  laahea  end  thaea  q/unut^ 

of  ked^  130  feet,  9  Indiet  and  a  half.    Rteadth,  44  feet,  6  ii^Ma  aad  a  half.   Depth  la  hold,  iS  feet,  •  iacbea 

.    andttireequaiten.    Tans,  1380.    This  feip  waa  commaadri*  hi  1793  by  CapCala  J.  VaAaa.    lo-Antw  iftia 

'    CdRtaia  T.  IB.  RuBbl  waa  appointed  to  ber,    Bai^  la  I79#,  Captain  W.  Lcchmcie }  and  la-  March,  vSm 


Admiral  Vaadeput  hoifled  bit  flat  in  ber.    And  kn  AutoR  1797,  Capt^  T.  Pendet  area  ilvaa  the 
flfher.    laPeccmher  i799,Oaptaia  J.  O.  KatdykberpreCcatoommaadet.    JiHirUa, 


WCHBLtSA,  ja  Oaaa.   Bulk  tt  Sheeraafe.   icntth  of  taa-deck,  ia5  ft«^  of  heely  103  feec«  4  lachae.   Breadtk 
35  feet,  a  laehea.    StpiB  la  hari. '  ae  feet.    Tons,  ^79*   Ctwimiadfd  ia  1793  by  Cliptida  A*  XilMi.   to 
'    Horanber  itm,  Lord  VUmiMAtrilM  waa  appointed  m  inr.   AtFtr^fiamak,  ttfaMng, 

nCTOBYt  MO  SMa.   Bam M  ChaOaa.*  Xcaiih  of  tan-deck,  iM  feet}  teleatth  lima  the  head  »*•  ten  tat 
feet,  « inchee^  of  kcd,  151  feet»  3  inches  and  fiveaitbtha.    Breadth^  s»  ftcc.    Depth  ba  hold,  a»  feet,  ^ 
Toaa,  aiCa.  .Cteunaoded  by  Captain  Knifbt  ia  L793,  inth  Vice  Adminl  Lord  Hood's  flat  oo.board* 
■Bhar  179s,  flie  here  the  flat  of  Vice  Admiial  Llaaee.    In  1796,  Adminl  Sir  J.  JcrvIsH }  flift 
B.  Caldcr  }  fecond  c^pmio,  Q.  Grey.   In  Aatb*  1797*  Capcala  T.  Souchcby  wn  appeiatrd  to  ber. 
Captain  W.  Cumint*     In  rebruary  1798,  fee  yna  Rationed  as  a  Prifoa  MtffL  tt  <HtnifllB>.  ll<^ 
"^^     aftBiH8d.«>av.  SUuMtr^TdtkHmr-" —  ^ 


CHKOKOtOGieAL  IM  QT  ttt  lOIMK  MftVYV 


tATM  qutifvn*  Smdcfc,  46  fret,  bo  tncbct.  Itapck)  19  ftoct*  9  iocbei.  TMh  161 1.  CommMicd  la  »|$S^ 
b}r  lir  Jamei  WklUee  )  lad  in  rr^i  bf  C^Uin  r.  Sotfierao,  Sir  J.  WMIm  hariag  kit  bmd  pcndtor  •• 
feonrd  her  j  a»  aUb  aAtrwanh,  wren  Cm^Ib  I.  Catltc  commndcd  her.  the  wts  |^«feii  «o  C«ptd»  J.  B^*i»- 
Aoocto  AimII  179$,  md  Iranc  ftcw  Adntnl  G.  K.  llybJifttonc*!  i«<  Alp.  In  Amg^  1197^  CaptiiB  ^ 
O^Sorn  wAi  apiMiatcd  to  ber)  Mii  in  tcpCBOiher,  Vi«c  Adainl  K.  Onflow  hoitcd  kb  fla«  in  k«r.  to 
OAtter  i7gB,  C«f>raUi  0*Bncii  i«m  fltccocdcd  bf  «^tain  I.  SuRrji.  I|i  Mt^  1799,  Capabi  A.  C. 
iHttjvtcc  AdMinl  A.  Mckte^t  la«^   Ik  Jttae>  C«perf»  J«  B.  MoA  «m  ■jyci— t  la  fccr.    . 


fVVFOLKf  74  Gum,  MvUt  on  tke  tifvr  tlMinn.  frcacHi  of  cok-HcdCf  iM  ftet,  ■  locB  tii  »katr|  of  Hd|  tiH 
Im,  9  inckei.  Bfcadib,  46  fleet,  '  m  Inckw  l^opck  In  belA,  19  fcct,  le  inchn.  Taac,  I0ii6>  la  1791* 
eaRun«Ddetf  by  1|.  BaMer,  rC>|.  who  buftcd  k  brook  pendant  on  boaM  kes.  In  A«ci**  f794«  '" — ~~'~  ' 
Ikittnc,  bciBR  appciioCBd  kta  CaptaU }  and  in  klay  >7<A  Captain  B.  Lanib«n.  la  May  (799* 
■kioicr  tetted  bis  toi^    In  Juae«  GMpcalo  V.  Bfilcobat  ker  prefeot  riMMJw.   Mt(f  Mto. 


.     1766. 

JMNSeift^fAGnm.    Vktt  or  Ckatbam.    Lfkfltt  of  ^a-dcck,  iftf  ftee,  «  inckct}  of  tori,  ^»ftc(^  i 
five  qlkhdi^.    Breadth,  49  f^v^  k  lackoa  and  five  cicktbt.    Deptk  In  hoU,  a»  feet.    Tom*   iBp^. 
nanded  la  179)  b^  Capui  ■  k.  Q.  Kcaaa,  kavinc  tko  Bnkeof  Clarence'^  Aac  oa  boaN,  in  Maf  u' 
Autuk  1794,  L.  W.  Hattod,  fC).  waa  appoittM  to  ker,  and  Bear  AdOHrai  G.  MOntacOe  ' 


Admika  C.  T.vompfon*t  Aas  Mp.   Ik  Jnoc  i|9i»  CapCkio  J.  C.  Vvivb  «rke  aypoinrfd  ikhor, 
■laatfskcr.   Ptrtfimitk^ 

CAKADA.  74  Gwt.    Buik  at  WtoolwiA.    Lcntfl\of  kkn  fcct,  f^i  f^  I  lock  t  «f  Ntt|  140  Ibo^  % 

najfr.    BrcaJtk^  46  fect^  to  Mchea.    Bepik  in  kold,  ao  inrt,  6  itubotL    Tkna,  ^19.    Waa  conuaaaded  in  S79B 
br  Captain  C.  P.  Kamilt'«i.    In  A*iBuB  179s,  Capoln  C  Bowen  «mnappoinC«i  t»  ker*  and  Bear  A*r*-» 
m  R.  Curtu  koifted  hh  lUe  in  hcc  in  ttptaikbef.    U  SepCeaber  179;,  Capcili^  1^  T>r7fica  j   and  in 
vember,  i)r  J.  B.  Wairen  waa  appMnkid  10  her.   b  Apnl  1799^  Captain  tko  loo.  M.  Bk  ^ktcft  hm 


ftrrVCIBLS,  74  enna.  Boilkm^  iko  Bhw  T^iifa.  LcnfBi  of  gon  dedr»  ••  Am,  <  fkiin?  €f  k«l^  tn  1bet« 
3  inclKi  and  ikroc  ijuarMn.  Breadtk*  47  fc«C»  a  incket.  Deptk  In  bold,  19  ft«t«  9  Inikee.  Teaat  i«ii. 
Commanded  u  U91  bjjr  tk«  Hon.  Captain  T.  Pakonkpin.  In  i799»  Bms  boertke  fas  of  Bev  Adadral  J.  kiae. 
briiic.  In  Deeeitter  >79li  Capcrin  W.  Ckrkjr  waa  appointed  to  ker»  and  Mmr  A«Binl  Hv  B.  Cwvfcdiaatf 
hit  lag  00  board  ftr  a  Aoa  time.   Opttia  Cayky  ftiacoaundoda  k«r.   m^  Bnlkt. 


MAOmnCENT^  74  «w».  BaikLntJBeptfcrd.  LwiBttof  Bw>-^cck*  ififee^  <  ipclM»;.«riMi^k]Blbo^aiaAes 
and  cttree  •{u^rtcrs.  Braadtk,  46  &ctt  w  iadica.  Bcpik  in  koM,  m  vei,  9  Inclwa..  I^^*"**  Sfr**^  m  t79S« 
Captavi  M.  ^uire  waa  ippoiatod  «>  bcr.    In  Akfuft  17A  (>V(*ki  C. lowaiBr  vka  a|pni|lff<l  akUc»  aad  tU 

^ ■  ■ -»-    K^^  r^A  ■■■»nl  ^   ^ 


— ,. — .-  ._.  _,_.re  waaappoiat 
•omBuodb  Ber.    ebtamH. 

AtboPK,  <4  Cant.     BnUt  at  Leap. , .  _.,  ,_-^_  —- ^-_,  ,_— .  ,  -_,^^    — 

4_i|)ckcf  an4  a  Ualf.    D«.rm  in  knid,   19  ti«et,  4  iadwa.    Tooa,  IJ69.    MM/r  «  Pr^  W^ 

Ukttisnkot 


Kov«r.ber  1796,  aod  Linncenaat  E.   L«nvc»  a|pntkMB  oa  ker.   la  Wf9i%  >  fciitrwnl  J.  faiilMr,  «*k  BUI, 
cwniBanda  ber» 

IIABftlOKO««%  74  Ova,   Mlit.ae>»epiftrik  UaBtk  of  tn^^fedt,  •«§  <let^  t  Ikebce  «a«  a  krif  t  offeMl^ 


ftet,  J  in;^,  and  one  cicbtb.    Braadtk,  46  »et^  tx  |p<bo.    Bnpdi  l»  MM»  iShMtt  9  inrkia     Iba,  Id4». 


Commaoded  in  179J  hf  tlie  Hon.  Cnptnin  C.  Berkehy,    In  rcbruaiy  179$,  by  Captain  J.  ft—**'!—     te 
April,  Of  Captain  H.  NicboOa.    In  June  r797f  CkpuIn  J.  Baton  waa  appolntod  Aftinc.   la  A«Bi^«  J. 
la  NoMklicp  vf^f^  Ci^eaifk  T*  lodMby^  wlw  t63L  smianca  to  connMUid  ket. 


CA|tYtrOBT,  aBRttno..  BnilK  ot  Skonaeft.    Len^koTcna^docfc,  iiSfhct,4  Inekca;  of  feecl,  trrlkcl*  j 

a  half.  Breaittkt  3J  fcct,  8  Luc'r  .  Pcptk  in  imd,  loAct,  ^  incfwa.  Tboa^  s<W.  CDdUttmaded  ia'i79J  ^ 
CaptaiQ  r.  Lafiwey.  In  April  179s,  Capcatn  J.  Bduiray  waa  appointftf  to  ber.  in  Jkntfarj  I797i  C^itaiB  C 
Bda*.   Ik  kiarck,  Cipt^t  j.  .\jezvi4er.   la  Septambri^  Capcntn  T.  Tucnv^  «v|fMkM^  i^j^ftt' 

HlTAK^  18  Gu«»  A  Sloop,  loilt  tt  riyawotk.  Z-entcfa  of  iiun.4eclc,  94  flsei,  %  inckca  t  of  keel,  H  fbct,  99  ladMe. 
B^eadtfa,  10  feet,  9  inckea.  Deptk  in  boU)  I'x.ftet,  ^  iuchea.  7003,300.  Cocninanded  In  179}^  bfC^an. 
4.  Bunion.  In  t75Kt  ^Y  Captain  L.  CoqBabl^  *n<i  Captain  H.  niot.  In  f  ebruaiy  179^  bf  Capaaln  T>  Fraf&. 
in  Jkotfarjr  1797*  i^  Captain  W.  SBm.  '  la  AatvB  wjvjx  C^itala  ■.  Cm*  ««k  Hipai—il  «>  knek  «bo  BiB 
— nmindakcr.   Haillflatt^ 

S^ri.lVB,  99  Onai.    BuBt  nc  Cknttai^   MBfik  of  Kua-de«t(,  vjj  ftet»  B^lkcM;  of  ked^  i««  A>^  m^hdtm. 

lack.  Btenutb,  10  ft«c,  s  tnchet.  Deptk  in  itok(,  ai  feet.  Ton^',  1947.  Coounaoded  in  Marck  1794^  b^ 
Captabt  C.  ColHncwood,  uftk  Bear  Admiral  G.  BowydrN  ta«.    In  Aucut,  by  Cnpeam  J.  Elpbtaftdne,  wiilb 


Bear  AdraiielG.  X.  Elphinaane'a  Ant.    In  Mvch  t79St  by  Qipcala  >  B.  Bkcma,.  with  Bear  AdBfanalBU 
Waldecravc's  ftac-    In   FebruvT  I799»  ^nae  AdniPal  Lord  Kekk^  Bac*    to  AacoB»  nyT«fa  V.  Fobc^ 
Roas  Admiral  J«  H.  vkliOmd.    la.  NkMabcr*   ^aptaia  fi»  IL 


nVBBMT, 


MT%  <4  Ckflt.  Boilt  at  ^Mmfevfefc.  l«|A  of  gon  deet^  159  Iter  (  of  kad^  r jo  1tet»  ip  iBrtMo.  *«niiB» 
44  ROC,  4  Incket.  Depth  iakold,  i»fb«tt,  4  incboa.  Tana,  1367.  In.  OAobcy  17^  kavinskoon  fitaBd.ftcjL 
Priftn  Bup,  Lieuiennnt  W.  1^  GruoOey  waa  appoiated  ta  command hci.  Sm  iffjif^  lintfrninr  ^fimfte. 
knd  In  June  k798,  Captaia  C.  H.  Laoo.    Hmmiit, 


nod  In  June  k798,  Captaia  C.  H.  Laoo.    Hpimiit, 

MltONASLE,.  «4  Goss.  Bujn  *  Ckaikam.  Length  of  gkn-dedt,  t6i  ftet,  t  kick  |  «f  leeo%  m  ltet»  f 
Breadik,'  44  fkct,  d  inckea.  neptk  in  bold«  to  ftet.  "fona,  r386.  CDoaaaaadodla'  t79J  by  Lbrd  — 
In  1794,  hr  Captain  B.  raitcr,  widi  Bonr  Admki&  ■.  TMlttk*»  Bag.    Bk  A|(tt  \nh  w  ~ 


NT,  e^  Gkaa.   Bollc  acP^pMotk.    Lentfh  of  gou  datk»  1S9 Ibet;  of  kock  tjo  Ibetv  oft 
tm^  4  iBchei.   Bcptk  In  boltf,  »9fret^  4  inck».    Tone,  tjM.    eoomnndiBd  la  179k  W 
and  tn  September,  boretbe  Bjig  of  Bear  Admiral  C.  M.  foin.    In  December,  C^Kitai  B*  O. 
appointed  to  ber;  and  in  May  «79g»  Ca^saiaBdward  nfctnbam.  la  juae  lint 
Cagnik  J.  Titvior.  t^Mi^u 

i7«9^ 

fjiBBN,  9*  Ou<n.   BnJBatWbubrtc^   iMgtt  of  BUh  4kck«  rn^»*  ffBMBatf  «f  Beel^  igtAeCk 

ftct,  4  mckca.    Depth  in  koldt  si  fbet,  9  inchea.    "nina,  ia76.    OuumMided  bi>7M  ^  Cu/tAk  J.  nm% 
Beat  Admiral  lA.  6afdncr*8  flag.   In  AngnB  1704*  Captain  W.  Boaftrd  «a»  appobaBd  ta  ker.    Bi 
oember  1796*  Captaia  M»Dahte»  irt%  Tlig  MBWtf  ttr  M%l«fegr'k fli^  Wt^  tta^k''^ 
lBbBr»  J(      ■ 


enoMetemcAt  urr  of  Tn  wmm  watt. 


ftfi^AL  OAK«  n  9im,  Baik  tt  npnoatli.  Lwrfcef  nm-JwIh  iMftcT,  «  lodiM}  eTfeHL  Dt  ftdk  •  MN 
BtmMi,  46  fccc,  9  iDctet.  Depth  in  ImM,  10  feet.  Ttat,  1603.  la  May  1797«  iMvlai  teeft  ittid  ftr 
TiiftD  Sbip,  Umtcsaat  J.  Slwic  wMftppoiMod  co  fecr.   In  1799,  T.  M»m%.   JTmtJlmUi, 

1770. 

tISOtUTtOIf ,  74  OoM.   Ivllc  tt  Deptftrd.    leafdi  of  cuo-dcck,  iM  ftee,  6  Inttcs  }  «r  fceci«  137  j|«t,  7  . 
and  three  qoaiten.    Breadth,  418  ftet.  ti  iochw.    Depth  in  hoUy  19  fttc,  9  iochet.    Tone,  t6ta.    Wm 


namkd  ia  1793  by  Captibi  J.  Cunning.  In  1794,  bjr  Captoln  r.  ^codv,  with  Rew  Adniral  G.  Mumj** 
flag.  IB  lal7  I797>  Iqr  Captain  \^.  Lcchmcre,  mxh  Vice  Admin)  G.  Vaitfcput's  flag.  la  Aacafl  179^ 
CipdB  w.  ttuAAm   JJpnaaMtf. 

nmilFIDi  64'Gaa«,  BuUt  at  Woolwldu  LenfUi  of  can-deck,  1S9  Ibet,  6  iachet }  of  keel,  nilbet.  Bi«idib« 
44  net,  s  lochca.  Depilitn  hold,  19  Ihit.  Ttoac,  1374.  Conmaadcd  by  the  Hoa.  C.  Cup«»«cr  la  1793.  u^ 
April  1797,  Cap<ilaB.rMfearwa»ippoiatad  to  Mr.  la  March  170S  Captain  W.  Hu9ood,«rho  All  cemnMBda 
her.   Jmf  Jh^fck 

901TLAND,  so  Goa*.  Bvllt  at  Iheeraalb.  tatiA  of  gaa  decli,  146  ftct ;  «f  lncl«  1x9  fbec,  ^locfeea.  BividikB 
40  ftet,  6  iaaiea.  Depth  la  hold,  17  feet,  6  lochei.  Tiias,  1044.  la  1797*  Ljcutenaat  J.  Maadvte  waih 
appointed  to  her,  aadftiUconiBaadshar.   J*rfa  <  Pijflm  SNf  m  Pm  ffmmtt, 

1771. 

QEArrON,  74  0nw>    BvQe  at  Peptftrd.    tmtfk  of  faa  dactr»  i«i  ft«t|  of  keel,  I39ftec,  1  iacft. 
ibct,  3  laches.    Depth  Ihhold,  x8  ftct,  10  laches.    TOBSf  idje.    9«nMm  SMjf  m  fm^mitkt 

177«- 
rUirCB  GZOROt,  $8  Oaat.   BaBt  at  Chathan.   Uacih  of  pia  <ecli»  xfi^t^t  €  lachee  |  of  keel,  I4J  ftet,  m 
ioches  and  Arc  d(htht.    Breadth,  i»  ftec,  €  Inches  and  a  half.    DepCh  In  held,  ai  ftet.    Toaa,  i9SS«    CeoH 
naodfod  bjr  Captain  J.  Ganhler  In  ■794-     In  179s,  by  Captala  Air  J.  Orde,  Bait,  witfi  Vke  AdarinI  A* 
Duncan's  flag.    la  Aaguft  17054  bjr  CajMda  W.  Bdpe.   In  i797>  by  Gh|(tai»  J.  Inria,  wtth  Bear 


w.  Parker's  flact  which  was  fccctedcd  by  Vice  Adakai  C.  ItemiiteV  la  Woiaabar  17979  Cuoia 
~       I  waa  appointed  to  l»r.   ftiK^mtttkt  rtfttkig. 


1773. 
BtXMCBSS  BOYAL,  pS  Cvns.  SuiB  at  Yortflwoth.  Leneth  of  tiia  flick,  177  flecc,  C  lacBct ;  of  kce^  14s  ftet^  y 
inches.  Breadtht  so  ftet,  6  inches.  Depth  in  hokl,  si  ftct.  Tona,  igii.  la  1793^  cammaaded  fe^  Capuia 
J.  C.  Purvis,  wkh  Bear  Admiral  8.  C.  GuodaU's  fl4(«  In  Jaac  1797,  by  Captain  T.  Baker.  Xa  September^ 
Capuin  J.  Draper  ma  appdnted  to  her  j  and  la  17^  Bear  Admiral  Sir  T.  Orde  hoiflcd  hia  Bag  oa  boaafl 
her.    la  Drcember,  he  was  (Ucceodcd  by  Bear  Admiral  T.  L.  Ficflerick.   pigmmtA, 

CAYTIVITT,  <4  Guar.  BuVt  at  PfynQOth.  Length  of  gais-dNk,  IS9  ftet,  fl  laches  $  of  kad,  131  Ikcr.  liaadi^ 
44  ftet,  4  inches.  Depth  la  hold,  1$  feet.  Tans,  1370.  Late  the  MomiKMich.  LigiteiMuit  U  Worn  mm 
appoiated  to  her  in  1797,  aad  BIS  comnrands  her.   JUmPrifm  ttfp,  or  .PiptfamflK 

1774- 

^mOXBLAms  74  GuBs.  Boiir  arDeprflvd.  Leagth  ofguD-deck,  idiftot,  fllncBea;  of  kecm)B  ftec  IwatliB, 
46  fiKt,  lo  iache*.  Depth  ia  hoM,  19  ftat,  9  inches.  Tons,  i6ta.  Cammaaded  ia  1793  by  ^yiaia  T* 
Louis,  with  Bear  Admiral  hiacbride's  fla*,  and  aftcrwarda  Bear  Adaaiml  B.  CaldivallV  In  Augaft  »794, 
Captain  B.  S.  Roarley  was  appotniad  to  her.  In  July  1797,  Captain  B.  lioatague.  la  1799,  Captala  Gmsaa. 
with  Bear  Admial  «ir  B.  BickotoaH  flaB>   €hmamU  7 

BtBCTOB,  74  Gone.    BaUton  the  Bfwr  Thames.    Leagth  of  gan  deck,  idilbei,  7)aekeas  of  fcee^  tfo  ftec,  g 

inch.    Breadth,  47  ftet.    DrpUi  ia  hold,  so  Ibet,  and  three  iiuarters  of  sa  inch.    Toos,  i daa.    rim"— |[tl  ka 

'  *79i3  ^r  Captaia  G.  Montague ',  when  preaaoted  to  a  flag,  Capti^  L.  W.  Halfled  was  appointed  aadar  hl« 
ia  1794.  In  AuguB,  Captain  C-  CbUingwaad  fiiceeeded  him.  la  179^,  Capiat  B*  MOatagu*  was  svpatotcfl 
to  her ;  and  in  Jujy  1797,  CaduIiv  P.  Aplta.  In  April  179S,  Capaii^  B.  CampbelL  In  •af.tamier  I799» 
Capbia  J.  KJphiutoac,,  her  prcfeot  commander i.  ArfpimdK 

fBHGEANCZf  74  Guas.  Built  00  the  Biser  ThMMs.  Leagth  aT  ga».deefc,  tflfl  Ibc^  10  laehta;  of  keal,  13*  flat!* 
i  iochaa.  Bieadth,  41  ftau  DopOi  in  hold,  ao  feet.  Tana,  1627.  Coaunanded  by  Caftata  C.  ThompAo  to 
a793»  In  Jaae  1794,  when  Captala  C.  ThompfiA  was  aroBSOted  tos  flag.  Captain  C  Sawjer  fm  appekHefl 
to  her  i  and  lo  OAober,  Captain  B.  lockdon.  In  April  179s  the  Hoa.  Capiaki  J.  Hedacf.  fla  Mptoabeiw 
g.  BudlaOf  appoiatad  AAing.    And  in  rehruary  179*,  Captun  T.  K.  BaObl.   M^mtpmOk^ 


XAeUk»  «4  Gaoa.  BaBtoa  tBs  Biser  THamei.  Lcagih  af  gun-deck*  i59  ftet»  •  iachaa  aafl  a  haTs  of  fteaf^  UK 
ftet,  3  inches.  Breadth,  44feer,  AiocMa.  Depchiaheld,  19  feet.  Tons,  1371.  Beiaft  fitted  far  a  PiiAm 
Ship,  the  command  was  glvea  to  Ueatenant  George  Djrer.  ki  Deceaab^  1796.  To  Lieabaoaot  J.  ~ 
^Cffli^ff  xt^  who  Bitt  haUs  the  tjpointiarnt.   MGltVmihnm^ 

VOmrCR,  «4  Cvas.    Bailt  at  Plyasoath.    l«n(lh  of  gua-dcck*  1S9  fbet,  s  laehe)  ;  of  fcteV  h3«  Aeti  a»[a 

*  ahdlft*  Br^adt^,  44lket,  4  tnchesaadftven  alghlha.  Depth  ki  hok^  infect  anA.  half  an  inch.  TOoh  urj> 
Jn  June  1^,  CapaOn  Doughifa  was  appolatad  to  her.  In  Aaguft,  Captain  D'Au»«rgne.  te  Apnl  1799^ 
CaataMk  ¥(*  MitOicU.  In  AuguA,  Captain  H.  Bkchopoad.  In  Moveaaber  iTgfS  Cifftaia  &.  B.  OBaev.  |p 
Oac^.  1797,  Capuia  J.  ilCoUry.   Gtarrf  tt^  ct  UalL 

'VTGILANTt  04  Qub»-    BbI*  •*  Backlcafhaid.   Lcaglh  af  gua-dcch^  IS9  Acr,  fl  kehcs  hafl  a  katf ;  afkaa%  «i»  mtt 

3  hughes  aod  three  eighths.    Breadth,  44  f<eet,  s  htchm  and  a  haV.    Depth  ba  hold*  19  ibtt^   Tana«  1347.   la 
M8ith-«797^  beiag  fitte«l  fbr  a  Priflm  Ship,  Lkutcoaai  B.  P..  Yoaas  «as  ajBOiatrd  ta  hdf  i  aad  k 
1798,  Lieutenant  Hewitt)  who  tn  CDaaouadsher.   M  *§rtfmmitb^ 

CBNTVBTOM»  sa  6a^'   BtAk  aK  BaeaWi.    EeBgth  of  gaa.daU»  a4»»»  j  of  fca<»  n»  ftd^  >  fceBai>   fti 

'40  fleet;  S  inches:    D^lahoM,  ij  ftet,  3  inches  and  a  half.    Toaa,  1044.   Caamaadad  in  iZ9&lv  C 
•.  Otbom^  «ho  contiiwed  la  her  anfil  Noscaaher  1799.   la  aectrnhq,  Cafitaki  J*  1.      •  •     ' 
«idflillk«mmaad«Kdrl   AiUJa" 


SeGana.   Baitt an  1^ Blear  Medwar*   Baagtkaf  kaaiUalt^  a^Afkrt?  af  kas^  n^ftet^  Bhakaaaadta 

Breadth,  40  feet,  7  kiches  aad  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  17  ftet^  6  iaeh«a^  Ttea^  ioM«  rammaade 
beginning  of  1794  br  Captaia  B.  Archer  $  aad  in  AugaB,  by  Captaia  B.  Watfen.  B»  O^kobei  179]^  bf 
W.  Wtshelk    la  Au9kfls7g9»  Captain  J.  OaghlDa«  with  Vicft  Admiral  A.  hlihchaU\  flag*  Mmit 


lOBSVCK,  44  Gam.    BaUr  at  Chatham.   Length  ^  goa-dadt,  940  fli«9  of  ketf^  n^  1 
^  elgfatha.    Bi«adlh«  31  frdMo  mehm.   Dep*  la  hold,  sd  ftt^  4  laekca.    TaBa»  Mfl.. 

Capmia  A.  Qt^ie.    la  Beptember  itqs^  Cqijaia  D.  hlHver  waa 
1909  > 


■•^  nvn. 


£  nrr  or  i«»  tcmiL  iiiirn 


ftMMtt  M  <^  *  lirtm.  a^^lafeoU,  iv  Acc.    Tons  »94*    Comninrtit  is  I791  ^  r4^*— 1  > 

Ja  17979  U«*>Mi>t  |i>n  V«Hk  JMhw<#  tt^Ikir  »  wafcw*i»i#id— ■ 


«77$- 

ImVfMtt  n  ^Mt.    ■■Or  se  Bfenrfch.    XMidi  of 

Brnitftt  4t*M,  iito«h«t.    Dcytt  la  boM,  10  fbtt 
IB  bciv  tetf  till  iiwMii  tar.   ^i 


iM  Act,  •  tattn  f  flT  k«d» 
oiw,  1614.   iB  OCMm  np^ 


117 


tl 

CI 

kaiM  IB  taiv  teA  till  coBimaa*  tar.   ^t  ^ffw  fmmth^  ai  mPrifm  ^^ 

irrVirXt  aoCuas.    LeasthoT  tu»-4eck^  loS  fiet }  of  kcd,  «9  Act,  7  hNlM  u<  tt'itccWKftt,    Breidifc,  90  «M^  I 
inch.    Dcyth  la  hoM,  9  fcrc,  8  Inebci.    Tout,  410.    Crnniaantfttf  in  179!  bf  Cfeptiln  I.  Iikm.    fa  179I,  by 
Caflda  C.  J.  M.  MUiAiM.   Ih  »<MW>tr  vjfi^  hf  O^iala  O.  MOc.    la  Match  »7d«,  bgr  eapala  J.  W. 
gir.    In  rtfertutr  i797«  bjr  Capt^a  A.  ToM  \  aad  in  Miack  iryf,  by  Capubi  T.  B.  CciAb.    lo 
r,  by  T.  Alnaadir.    la  Aptll  f79f*  CafMa  W.  fakdi.   to  Jbm,  Ofttla  J,  OvgMoa.    ^  ftr<fa 

96  fbac,  7  iachoi  $  of  ketl,  -0  fiecly  »» 


jKrAlAUTA,  Ikiett  «f  14  Ovm.    Buih  at  Bnwaaft.    LeagWi  cf  lau  Jtdi,  96  Itat,  7  tachcH 
laitaa^  maa>)  »•  Iban  9  iaafcwt,   MrttMheM*  »4^  ioImMi.   T«Myjw»  ^ 


dGm.  Balkan 
7  incbet.  Oepck  1 
■jMliiwi  to  taf% 


1776^ 


BalkatflieenMA.   lanftfi of  ian.4eck,  140  Ita ;  of  kart^  ii9ftet«  yladiM.    BioaAb,  4* 

in  tela,  17  Act,  7  lacbec    Ttaiu,  1049.    rhtod  for  a  PrHba  Shipi,  and  Ltautenatt  J.  S. 

te  Bo«ca*i»  STfS.   I«  May  t7f9»  UratvuK  F.  MHHt.   la  f799»  LicnttBMC  T. 


aBzrroL,  90  g 

flccc^ 
■iljr 


•aMr«ftD»  74  Snn.    Buttt  it  Wodirtik.    Lcntdi  of  tw  iia»  iM  Aot,  «  lackta )  of  koal,  u*  Act,  • 
Broadtt,  46  Act,  9  kicta*.    Mptt  Ip  hOU,  ao  fcet.    Tom,  1C06.    Commadca  la  179J,  by  Capcala  K 
la  I794«  tear  Admiral  llr  V.  Aufccf*!  taf  was  oa  board  her.    In  f79S,  Captata  D.  GoaU  «ns 

ft«.   toi79ACipiai««rT.Bya»«.   Jr  ^^hm^*,  ^M«>lr  «  ^r^toi  M#. 


tt«T,  «4  6»«*    BidltafiWiDdMtt.    LcuKAof  tna  jack,  159  Ao^  4  lathi }  of  horl,  ig  Act. 
4  AJiaa.    Aapit  ia  hnM,  19  Aob    Toaa,  1370.    Comiaudoi  la  179}  Iqrair  B.  M  ' 
A.  B,ltaaha9«<    !■  Mvcb  1798,  by  Capc^  G.  BftAi,    b  rolmngr  M979  by 
JWM  I799»  Capiaia  A.  H.  Oariacr.   n^mmtk. 


to  ri9^  by  C^u 


4SU9NB*  9B  0«a««  Loaffbof  I— <»clt,  let  Ace,  6  lacbaa ;  of  kw^i^  A«,tl>ctai.  VscaiCb*  K  Act,  1  lack* 
Bapth  la  boU,  9  Aet«  •  Inchn.  Tom,  fja.  Cbmntan4*4  la  179]  by  CapAla  T.  t.  SM^n.  la  1794*  bf 
Captain  C.  W^PueHba.    laj79S«  by  Captiia  1.  G.  Mifidktoa  \  lad  aftcTN-arA  tw  Cipiala  t.  Ptaa^pia.    Is 


March  1196,  Ca^a  H.  L.  Bat  wa»  ippbiattH  to  her.    to  Apnl  1799,  Cift^ 


»he  tit 


ao  0«N«   Leant  of  laii-dcck,  id|  Acti  1  bcb  anl  a  ai 
ila«i. *         ■       -      -'    -         - 


i  orkad,  %9  Act,  10  ladket. 


»   Lca|ttor|iiii.dcck,  idiActiitacbaHl  aqaaitarioriEacl,  §9  Act,  louAM.    ■>eaath.  90 

Depth  In  hoU,  9  Act^S  iachct.    Tooa,  413*    Cnmmaadcd  ia   1794  ^CaiKsla  T.  Craves  fa). 

iTot,  Captain  t.  Oaci<n  was  appolntad  to  her.    to  March  1797,  S.  fojm*    to  tryimbcr,  bgy 

ttfaia,  wbotUlcommaadahcr.   Omnmt, 


»«aM.    BonbVclRrJ.    BuHiaattaRlrarThamn.    Lcnfth  of  ma-dccfeViot  Aflt,  1  toA  {  of  kcd,  tf 
ftitt,  4  lachaa  and  a  half.    Bfcadih,  )»  Act,  r  inch.    Atpfh  ia  holt,  9  Aat,  t  lachca.    Tbaa,  4)*    Coaa- 
■uadcd  la  r79]  by  Captdn  G.  Palmer,    to  Jaae  1798,  Captito  Jaaot  OAnU  ««■  a|fnini»4  to  tor.   id 
•««kcTi>99,bfC«ftolaH,Cotopi«.    JArf^iiiwi.  , 

tVARST,  If  Gau.  A  Ihiop.  Baik  at  P««tfmoiifli.  tcaijth  of  gun-deck,  96  A«.  7  InChca  J  ofpcad,  ?•  ActyB 
kachci  and  three  quartan.  Breadd>>  s6  flrct,  10  inchea.  Depth  in  hald,  tx  Acs,  lO  Inches.  Ttas,  jof .  to 
Mtohdr  1797,  Tlwutnant  D.  Rtodlae  araa  appoioto*  to  hot*   to  FobniaKy  1799, 


#&T,  |4  G«M.    A  tloop.    Baik  at  thcemeft.    L«nt«i  of  tua  dadky  94  Act,  7  lochca ;  of  kacl,  7t  Act,  11 

and  a  half.  Breadlh,  a6  Act,  le  iochra.  Depth  inhcdd,  la  Ace,  lobichca.  Tom,  jea.  Canuaaaded  in  179s 
by  Captain  W.  Brovn.  In  1795,  by  captain  T.  Aflkck  '%  and  aftcrwarda  by  Chptaia  J.  Mowtaray.  to  Pebniary 
1794,  Captain  H.  8.  Butt  waa  appointed  ta  her.  Ih  kday  1797,  Captoia  W.  CathrrAail.  Ia  Bccanhcf  1791^ 
Chptaia  B.  itadir,  who  til  cnmaianda  bar.    Mt^CkmmL 

or  Bict  ki  Jmm  atp^t 


VBIITVRIBB*  i4  Gun*.    A  Brie,    Formerly  the  Baaaer  Cutter.   CtttuMd  by  the  v^ww  tm  m 
and  recaptured  br  the  todcAttiable,  tiv  X..  Pdcw,  off  Tcncriffr,  OAobcr  14,  (797.    The 
aaptured  her  a  Iccand  time,  but  Ae  waa  asain  retured  m  the  XnifiA  tesnca  ^ 
Bync,  who  recaptured  her  en  the  8th  of  Ikncmber  ia.  th*  ftac  year,   to  t79H 
yrcAac  CQBSiaadcf|  waa  afpctotad  tiahlf • 


GaAtaa,  Oapiaia  G. 

9.  ' 


»77T 


VOBMIDABLB,  9*  GUna.    Bulk  at  Cbathain.    Leacth  of  tan-deck,  177  Ae^  4ioche»aBd 


{of  kecl» 


I4J  Act,  la  IncbA.  ^readih,  so  fret,  )  ioche«.    Depth  In  hold,  ai  Jbct.    Tana,  19^    to  Fdbnmry  lypSf 


Captain  C.  Bnkcky  waa  appolBied  *m  Ker.  to  Jaae  1796,  Captato  G.  Marii^^  wltk  Beaa  AdniNl 
Mr  I.  Cuftla*a  tag.  to  Deonnber  1797,  Captain  J.  Monktoo,  «rith  Vice  Adariral  Mr  C.  ThampAn'a  tat* 
to  Jaittiaiy  1798,  Captoto  J.lnrlu    to  Jttao,Capi«toJ.  H.WhiiAad.  to  A|al  iMpi  ~ 


flOOIVy  taOuaa.   Btrik  at  BortflMulk.    Laaftk  of  |««  iiat,  nt  Act;  of  kiii,  i|»  Ac^  ♦■wawi    ■■■■■■■, 
Act,  8  inchca.    Depth  ia  hold,  19  Aet.    Too*,  IJT**    CWBinanded  ia  1793  by  Captaia  8if  BaAnua  G 
'    to  179)1  ^  Captaia  G.  PitoM*  ;  and  aAeiwaada  by  Captata  B.  Cnwley.    la  July  I797\.by  CaptalA  ۥ 
to  8cp(cmber  1797,  by  Captaia  Manlcj  Otaoa,  wb»  till  kolda  the 


alulyi 
af  bar* 


ATIOBA,  tf  Guns.    Bulk  on  iht  tiadr  Thanea.    Baaftk  off  ACk,  lao  A 

Breadth,  jj  Act,  7  inchc*.    Depth  ia  bold,  11  Act.    Tonv  }9<*    Camaaaadad  la  1793  by 
XAnimo.   to  jaaaary  179I,  Captata  tichard  Kint  waa  appotecd  »  bar.    laaScptanbca  179s, 
AartJar.    to  June  1794,  Captata  P.  WedehouA.    to  HeacBiUf  1794,  TinAhi  i»B. 
•     >797^  C^poto  N.  Bif^y*   Is  I79l»  Captaia  T.  G.  CaulicMi    ~ 

ilLlSAlirat,  74  AtMb   Bulk  at  DeptAai.. 


'tr^sisrs! 


Capt^C. 


of  vuft^cck*.  if9  Act)  oTkHUlst  M»  S  todifp 


cnoMDLoouuki  Exrr  or  thi  votal  nxym 

9mm»nm^taaylK<mnibn  6,  tn^  mat  aMftnn^  by  i.«rt  Mdfort  ia  tbe  tdbn <ir  «)dy»tf  t7qil«  «t 
L^Orint.    Cwnmandeii  m  179)  bjr  Captain  J  Weft.    In  June  1799,  CaiAaio  R.  R«  Mlt0k  wwm  appOlBltd  teller. 
-   In  Jaauaiy  1797,  Ci^taio  A.  J.  Bail,  wtw  ftill  eunuaudt  bar.   4lri(i(#rr<f»^- 

]ftmiD,  74  Ohm.  Btiik  at  ClMttbam.  Lcotthgf  guo-deck,  1^9  ft«}  of  keelt  13B  feet*  S  lacfeca  ind  alnlfk 
B^adOf  47  ftec,  1  tnchea.  Depck  in  ImM,  ao  *«t.  Tons,  ifijS.  Commandeil  in  1793  by  CapK.  J.  Bamlej* 
lo  Petruaiy  1796,  by  CapuinT.  Dniry.    In  Jamiai7  1797,  by  Capola  T.  Tocty.    Piymutb,   Jin  Hifyim 

janTMR,  so  Gmw.  B«llt  qn  tlw  Biftr  TMomb.  Ltatffk  «f  Kflo-dedB»  146  <bet,  i  Inch  and  a  b^ ;  of  keel,  f i# 
fcet,  8  indict.  Breatth,  40  feet,  le  inches.  OcpCh  ip  boldy  17  fbfi*  6  inches,  Tops«  1061.  U  A«cuft  179<W 
Capctfn  R.  riOier  waa  apnointed  lo  her.  Is  January  1 79(9  Captain  W.  Lcchmere,  wiib  Commodore  J.  W. 
raynt**  broad  pendant  «n  boartU    to  1796,  t^^tiia  J,  LoAcfc  wai  app(4aied  1»  bar,  wbo  ftW  OMRmaoda  her. 

•MpmCS,  3a  Ouna.  BhUc  M  dM  BhMr  TbMiM^  htafOL  oTsuii-^ack,  laa  Ibec,  •  locbakj  «r  brel,  99  fbet,  t 
iDcbet.  Breaddi,  33  fbet,  9  lacbcfc  Pa^  Ir  boU,  11  Ibrt.  Tana*  «fl|.  la  PabroMy  ■794f  camiaandcd  b|r 
Captala  T.  HamiHoo.  In  oAober  1794,  by  CaiRain  j,  BoO.  In  JanuBy  1796,  br  Captain  F.  Watklnt.  If 
Avpift  1799,  Captatn  J.  Ortl^    Jhnb  Smt. 


AMFBITHTC,  aS  Gunt«  Late  PotBooR.  Built  at  tondiamptaR.  LcRgOi  of  fDJwdedc,  lao  Ibae,  <  iRchea}  of  kcd« 
99  feet,  6  locbea.  Brtadib,  33  flet,  6  inches.  Depth  in  bold,  11  lb«c.  Tone,  S94.  CanmaRiad  Ri  1703  by 
Ciptaln  N.  jyKfterre  Darby.    In  fane  1794,  by  Lord  Aug.  riczroy.    In  rebroary  179$*  bf  ^apiaan  )• 


n^lMay.    In  January  1796,  by  tba  Bsr.  Cipttln  C.  Uarbco.  lA  mJRmbia  1797,  by  CapMRC  BMiia,  wb* 
ftn  eaanoiands  bar.    ygmtks* 


t'AIBT,  16  Gone.  A  Sloop.  BOlh  at  tbeereeft.  Lenfthof  gnn-deck,  96  Jbat,  7  lacbea;  «f  bad,  7*  Ibcc,  to  Indm. 
Breadth,  t6,ieai,  9  iocbei.  Depth  in  hold,  la  feet,  loinchea.  Ton*,  300.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captatai 
V.  LaRirey  }  aRd  aitowardeby  Cinaln  B«  BridR^.  In  January  itrA.  b^Captain  J.  irwfai.  In  faoMry  1797, 
byCi^caio  J.  Baker,   la  July  1797,  Captain  Joftiia  WMaey  Bortan  laaa  appoloted  to  bar,  and  mO  cammandR 


lATAfil,  16  Guna.  A  Sloflv.  BuQt at  IplWicb*  I.eatfiof  fop. deck, 9^  feet,  7  lachea and  three  qRattetat  <f  keel » 
78  feet,  10  Inchet.  BrnJih,  t6  feet,  10  inches.  Depth  lo  hoM,  la  feet,  ••  inchaa  and  a  half.  iRna,  jom 
Commanded  in  1793  by  Capcaia  A.  Firmzer  and  Captain  G.  Wiockvorth.    la  March  1797,  by  Captain  If. 


CaiLSKts,  14  Gunt.  A  ffoop.  Bitted  aa  a  Brit*  Built  00  the  Klvcr  TbRRMt.  laflcih  of  tun-deck,  y6  ftet,  y 
Inches;  Afkecl,  fio  feet,  9 Inches.  Breadth,  at  fret.  Depth  in  hdd,  11  fb«t.  Tors,  302.  Commanded  Ia 
1793  by  Captain  J.  Mullock.  Tn  March  1794,  1^  Captain  R.  Warbnrton.  In  Jamary  1796,  by  C^itain  i» 
ttiyma*   la  March  1797,  by  Captain  J.  o^Brian.    In  April  1799,  by  Captain  J.  C  CnwfM.    Otmiit 

fniGRTLY,  1)  Guni.  A  Cutter.  Lcnsth  of  fnm-deck,  66  feet ;  of  keel,  4S  fee^  9lMhM.  Breadth,  a4<betf  r 
Inches.  Depth  la  hoid,  10 feet.  Tone,  iji.  Caamaiided  by  Capraia  R.  Rawe  la  Vf3.  la  March  1794,  by 
Captain  DiRby  Dent.    In  October  1794,  by  Lieutaaaoc  R.  Jump.    J^mtAta, 

iXFBDmoN,  to  Ouna.  A  Cutter.  Buik  at  Dover.  LcoRtb  of  ean^leck,  dyibet;  of  keel,  4i  tbet,  <R  Indict. 
Breadth,  24  Ibet,  a  inches  and  three  quarters.  Drpth  in  hold,  10  feet.  Tons,  ija.  Commanded  in  1793  by 
C.  Wlokworth  I  and  aftcrwa^da  by  B.  PrMcaas.  Inyebruazy  1798,  T.  Bliflbt  wRi  appolntad  to  bar*  Md  ftill 
conaiaada  her.  CAmbm/.  * 

Breadth, 

Captain  L  _        _         ,  ,  .  . 

was  appointed  hia  Captain.  In  June,  ha  boited'hia  flac  in  her  as  Rear  Adariari,  and  CapoOn  T.'k.  Ihirera 
fucceeded  Captain  Woodtey.  In  Aucuft,  Captala  Sir  T.  Byard  was  appolaccd  to  hcri  aad  la  OOoher,  TicR 
Admiral  7.  Cosby  tioifted  his  Eat  in  ber.   Muring  at  ftr^pmutb. 


tDOAB,  74  0»a*  ^^  •<  Woolwich.  beRgth  of  tttiwdaek,  168  ftet;  of  keal,  138  ftet.  BrCRath,  40  fbe«^,  i* 
inches.  Destb  in  bold,  19  ftet,  9  inches.  Tan%  1610.  In  1793,  comoiandcd  by  Captain  A.  Bertie.  Jm 
1794,  Captain  Mr  Chaiks  Henry  KaowJet  was  appotatad  to  bar.  Ir  luae  179(1  Captain  J.  M^BottRalL  1^ 
Koveaiher  1799,  Captain  K.  BuOer.    CttamtL 


BtOMTAONB,  74  Cuaa.  Built  at  Chatham.  LanRthof  gaa-dMic,  i«q  ftet;  of  kcd,  tsA^bet,  ilachca.  %eadtt.  at 
ftet,  I  Inch.  Depthlnbold,  ipfcctfiiindwaaadahalf  IVna,  i<3t.  Commaaded  in  1793  by  CaptaSi  J. 
MObtatue.  In  1794,  by  Cuitaln  W.  Pooka.  In  1796,  Captain  T.  Knifht  wu  appabrrtBd  to  her.  In  pccembtf 
1799,  Captain  €.  W.  Patarfba,  her  pre&nt  commandar.    Qtoaid, 


^kJ^ABpANT,  SO  Ouna.  Built  at  LtvcrpooL  Length  of  goa-deck,  1^  .9ec,  3  inchet }  of  had,  f  ao  ftac.  WmOttu  4a 
feet,  9  inchea.  Dcntb  in  hdd,  17  feet,  7  Inches  and  a  half.  Toot,  lodo.  Coranwnded  io  1793,  by  Capta^ 
W.  Bcotinck.  In  June  17941  Captain  Heoty  D'KfteiTt  Darby  was  appoiutrd  to  her.  .In  Novwabcr  imC 
Oiptaia  H.  Wane.    In  March  1797,  Captala  W.  HothaoH  who  till  '■'^^■*— ^«  bar.   Caft  ^GmdH^t, 


ACTSON,  44  Gaaa.  BuOt  oa  the  Rirrr  Thanes.  I^agih  of  gna  deck,  140  feet,  I  Inch  and  a  half:  of  keel,  lit 
Act,  10  lachea  and  a.  half.  Breadth,  37  fieet,  u  inchet  and  a  quarter.  Depth  in  hoid,  16  Ibe^  4  Inchea. 
Tons,  687.    la  June  179s,  Captain  A.  Uzald  waa  appointed  to  her.    In  1799,  Licotcaaac  P.  Hue.    ~ 


VLTSS18,  44  Gum.  JIuilt  at  LiverpooL  Length  of  gan-dcck,  140  ftct  (  of  keel,  if  s  ftet,  |  laCbea  and  Sve  dghtht. 
Breadth,  3R  fcet  and  balf  an  iach.  Depth  in  bold,  16  Act,  4  inchea  and  three  quarten.  Tons,  887.  Com- 
manded  in  1793  by  Ciptain  R.  Moricr.  In  Occomber  179$,  Ueutanant  J.  Loaiprfefe.  la  Morember  ito?* 
Lieutenant  T.  PrcOand,  who  ftin  commands  iter.    Vvrtjmmth,  ' 


fBX(.LlAHT»  a8  Gaaa.  <iiilc  at  Bucklerlhard.  Leagth  of  gna.«acfc,iso  ftet,  <  tochet  and  %  qBtfttr :  of  keel,  m 
ftet,  6  inches.  Breadth,  33  Aet.  b  Inches.  Depth  in  hoU,  11  fcct.  Tbos,  teo.  Commanded  by  Capiain 
M.  Robiolon  in  179 j.  Br  Captain  W.  Pierrtpoiot  in  Januaiy  179s.  la  Auguft,  Captain  W.  Carthcw.  te 
WQ¥ettberi79d,  Capcaia  R.  Blackwood,  la  Norember  lyflB,  the  Hon.  Captala  C.  Paget,  who  RIB  «n-»t>.niii 
her.   Cfcamaf. 

fnrCLOPS,  28  Guns,  rvlk  on  the  Biver  Thaam.  Length  «f  gaa.^ck,  iio  ftet,  <  inches ;  of  ked,  99  ftec,  « iacbn. 
Broidtb,  33  feet,  9  inchea.  Depth  In  hold,  11  ftet.  Toaa,  R03.  rnmmaadtd  ia  1793  br  Captain  D.  Gould 
In  I79S,  Captain  W.  Holham.    PtiifiamtM,  ^^  ^^ 

^SOASUS,  18  Ouna.  BnUt  at  Dcptftrd.  Length  of  gmwdecfc,  i  so  ftet,  6  Inches  i  of  keel,  99  ftet,  €  inchee.  Breadth. 
33  ftet,  6  inches.  Depth  io  hold,  11  ftet.  Tons,  S94.  Commanded  by  Captain  B.  Barlow  la  ijn.  Mm 
CaptaiuG.  CottatB&aad  Captain  JLIkaellyia  1794.    f^rtpmoittt.  ^^*     ^ 

fStTAL,  28  Guaa.  BuiB  on  the  Biver  Thamea,  Length  of  gun-deck,  110  ftet,  6  inches ;  of  keeL  99  ftet,  6  lachce. 
BdRdBii  aa  «M|  llachM  «i«ttal^  Btf^lRhald,  u  teMdb<RRte«4  CVVVMaTta  1793  by 


tMOftOtddfCAt  ttiT  Of  fn  WtTAt  HAtTt 

1.  ll<naa|MI.   faoadber  i794<  Ctpain  Jamet  wwrai  wm  iwototrt  f  fcer.  !■  •uHnlii  iTtif 
C.  WUte.   nttimm 

CNAltnON,  H  Cow.  luik  tt  IplWidi.  L«actb  of  gttiHdedt,  ti4  *€*•  »  »«A«;  of  l^d,  Mftee.  t\ 
Sra^Ui,  jt  Mc,  1  lactiM.  DCptti  «■  hold,  I6fce^  4  Incbri.  Tww,  »i9.  tt  li»Ai79«»  C«»««»«- 
WM^fBi  m  «D  IMT.    In  Jmurj  1^99,  CaptibG.  M.  Hamoad.    f/AkM^ 


MOMXDAKTt  M  Cum.    Sutkon  the  ftiwr  Thunn.    Len(Bh  aTgtin  deck,  14C  fcet;  eTkael,  »Sft«^iol 
Brcdith,  J7  ibet,  lo  inchn  aad  «  half.    DepQi  in  hold,   16  fcei,  4  ^"^^^    Tow,  M4.    Comaw-"" 
Tethem  in  179J  ;  end  bjr  R.  HIM  la  1799.    In  Jamuff  I7f«i  T.  NaniBio.    In  Jtme  iJW»  ^» 
VebnMfy  179S,  T.  Lecf.    attrw  f*^  «  t*»  Mr*. 

VPACVPINI,  14  Gnm.  Baiih  on  the  Hirer  Tbemce.  Lci«ch  oT  |mi*deck,  luftefe,  J  jocftcs;  of  tad,  94  *2l*w 
Inche*.  Breedili,  3a  fcet,  2  locbcs  and  a  half.  Depth  in  hoU,  »o  fiiet,  3  iadiw.  Tons  SM.  Coamwt^rtm 
«79J  bj  Captain  Manky  Dixon.  In  Angut  i7»$i  Captain  J.  Drifer  was  appointed  tc  her.  w_J5^»25' 
Rear  AdolralSir  J.  Ordi  MUM  hU  flag  en  board  he#.  In  July,  Canraw  C  V.  Fater  — ' 
la  OAober  17^  Captain  A.  P.  Ifaai,  wM  till  camflaaada  htr,    tumitxi 


ItBlftTY,  Id  Guns.    A  Biig.    Lenfih  ftf  gun-Kleck,  74  <^i  1  Inchea  J  of  kcti,  13  Ibdt,  ^iacfeee.  ■•••*»« 
IbM,  <  Inchea  and  a  half.    Depth  in  bold,  10  feet,  6  inchea  and  a  half.    Tons,  i»7.    Cottmandcd  la  IT9S  *V 
J.  C.  leaHe.    In  June  1701  G.  M*Kidl»  whs  appolhted  to  hef .    In  Jo^  17911,  »•  A-  K«  ttaRk.    la 
17991  Ueanenaat  H.  OoOkt    Ji»yi^ 


IMAUC,  Id  Gaaa.  A  Slooe.  Bulk  at  Mull.  Uagdi  of  iua-deck*  96  ftet,  11  ladwaaad  abalfs  of  fcad,  79*fH 
a  iochea  and  a  haM^  Breadth,  16  fre^  10  inchci  and  a  half.  Depth  ia  hoU,  12  ftet,  9  Inchea  and  »^w» 
Coauaaoded  bj  S.  Barker  la  179J.  Capcaia  J.  O'Brien  ia  1794.  C^itala  F.  Warrea  ia  179I.  Cafcaaa  F«  B« 
▼.  Biakt  In  HoveiBber,  1799.   Mrf^  Sair. 

THOIN.  16  Gttna.  A  Sloop.  Bulk  at  MMUcyflHra.  LcagHi  of  ■oa'^ack,  96  ftet,  7  iacheas  of  keel,  ^^kx^  J 
iachas.  Bivadih,a6l^  ii  iachaa.  Depth  In  hoM,  lafeeh  lokOvhca.  Ttea,  906.  Coritaaaadei  n  itm 
fejr  Captain  K.  J  roote.  In  1794,  bjr  Ciprain  W.  E.  Cracraftj  and  after «Brda  by  CapMia  J.  TJfca.  Bv 
Captain  B.  W.  Otway  in  t7v«  }  and  Captain  H.  Mittord.  [n  June,  1706,  hf  Llcntenam  J.  lUnAcori  fe 
June  1799,  G.  Crififtfjo  wu  appointtd,  and  ftill  rcmriaiiea  ta  aomliiand  ker.   Ibc  hjft/kmi  «r  lfeV0i'»  ** 


OtAKl,  14  Gum.    A<6laop.    klgsed  aa  a  Bf4|.    Balk  at  Dover.    Lenffth  of  gua-dedCf  1«  ftet,  lO  ladwi  ;  ef  he^ 
do  ftct,  7  inchea  and  a  quarter.    BmuHh,  ts  feet,  |  inchea.    Depth  in  hold,  lo  fiKt,  9  inchea  mA  a  haK. 
Tom,  til.    Commanded  by  }.  DtiUng  la  I793*    Bf  Capcain  S.  Biaoklat  ia  1794-    >/  CapCafea  T.  G(tt 
November,  1796.    By  Captain  J.  Peridaa  ia  1797,  whoftUicaaimaada  bar.   7d~ 


TBBBOB,  8  Gam.    Boaab  VeffM.    Baltt  on  the  kirer  tbdmea.    Length  of  gaa  dedt,  91  Ifccc,  i  kM*  %  of  kccWy^ 

ftrt,  7  Inchc*.    Breadth,  17  fto,  lO  laches.    Depth  ia  hold,  11  ftet  aad  half  aa  inch.    Tocis,  J07.    Com 
nanded  in  1793  by  Captain  Aoihert  Morrit.    In  (M'oer  I794»  bore  tba  aagof  Vice  Admiial  J.  Pryiaa.    fa 
Febiaary  179s,  Caprsin  G.  Luke  wa«  appointed  to  l>v  :  and  in  April,  Captain  J.  Wafter.   In  fft|iHHi>ir  tjgt^ 
Captain  D.  Hotchkis.    In  March  179^,  the  Hoa.  D.  Oooibla.    Ia  March  1797,  Captaia  J.  WcMeidi.    la 
June  17991  Captain  S.  C.  Bovley*    tf^duUh, 

VOBTATDK,  74  Gun*.    Boik  oa  the  klver  Thanaa.    Length  of  gup-deck.  i0i  fist,  €  tackes  ;  ef ked,  tjB  \ 
inches  and  three  cigbtha.    Breadth,  47  ftet,  3  inchea.    Deptfi  In  hold,  18  ibet,  9  lachea  and  a  half. 
1645.    Coiamandcd  in  1793,  by  Captdn  W.  Young.    In  OAober  17911,  having  boea  fitted  aa  a  frite 
Llealcaaac  G.  Gouty  waa  appulatdd  to  bar,  aad  ftiU  fwainaBda  bar.    PmifiimiMk* 

MMUi^amZi  *4  Oaaa.    Bulk  oa  the  kiver  Tbamaa.    Lcngaitif  tBB'deck,  160  feet;  of  heal,  131  Ibcc,  6 

aad  ibven  oltfiMa.  Breadth,  44  <^  4  lackca.  neptfc  la  bold,  19  ftet.  Tone,  1379.  Coauaaaded  la  i7«i 
by  Captain  G.  BMeen.  In  1794,  by  Captain  J.  Brme.  In  tone  1794,  Captain  J.  la^s  vaa  appdiiaad  t» 
her.  In  January  1798,  Captain  If.  Iniaaa.  In  Tuna,  Captaia  k.  Baglaad;  ad  la  Aagok  Adodral'  Lart 
▼iftount  Duncan  hoiked  hi*  flag  in  her.  In  catmr  17981  Captaia  J.  In^  waa  agala  apptaaffd  •  bar.  Ia 
May  1799,  Captaia  B.  Baited.    MrCb  JMr. 

IVrUXiyi^f  ^  Caaa«  Built  at  Harwich.  Lcaglk  of  gha.4edc,  159  lbee»  A  iackca ;  of  ked,  tji  (bee,  i  laebt 
Breadth,  44  feet,  7  inchea.  Death  in  bold,  rt  ftet  aad  half  aa  lack.  Taaa,  1386.  OowiBiaded  la  17U  bf 
Cdptaia  g.  rerria.   Ctetbamtfmigfw  mtn^  t^ 


BBfVUB,  04  Gone.    Bulkat  Bak  Cowca.    Length  of  giiii.d<ck,  tS9  ftet,  6  iackca;  of  ked,  130  fceti  ii 

Brpaddi,  44  ftet,  9  Inchea  and  a  half.    Depth  iahold,  19  1^.    Tons  1387.    In  April  179s,  Captain  W.  G» 
Ttbhx  waa  appointed  to  her.    la  Noveober  1796,  CapttiB  Jamea  Alma,  who  kiO  comtaaada  ker.   CttmmL 

ISAHDKB,  sa  Gaaa.    Built  at  Chacham.    Length  of  gon-decfc,  14^  flset  {  of  kad,  119  feet,  7  hckea  aai  tkre* 
4piailera.    BiaidUit  40  fcct,  8  lachea.    Depth  in  hoU,  17  ftet.  s  inchea.   Tool,  losa.    Captatef 
French,  nAer  a  nnot  gallant  aad  dclpcraie  reSftaace  agdpft  flipeiior  ibrce,  geptember  1798,  la  the 


fctakcn  at  Coifb  by  the  kuflbna  and  Tinin,  March  3,  1799  \  ickored  to  Taglead  hw  taa 
Empeier  of  kolBa.  Captain  M.  Ddgaroo  wu  appointed  to  her  la  Juae,  1791.  Captain  T.  B.  Thaaiplba  la 
Vorcmber  1796.    Ia  Aaguk  1799,  Captaia  Adaoi  Diuouaoad.   Ia  leptember.  Captain  M.  BaWdif.    JM^ 


AMOBAKCB,  44  Ouaa.    Bulk  oa  tke  klver  Tbamea.    length  of  goindeck,  140  ftet,  4  ia«hea;  of  keel,  119  ft«,  rr 

•inchea  and  n  half.    Breadth,  38  ftet,  3  indiea.    Dcpik  ia  kdd,   i6.ftet,  4  Inehca  aad  a  half.    Tbaa,  8^ 

CoDimaadcd  In  J793  by  Captain  ▼.  C.  B«rke^.    In  oAober,  Captaia  W.  Biyen.   Ia  April  1799,  Cental  G» 

dawyer.   Ia  Novoaber  1796,  Ueatcaaat  k.  TMkey.  Jkwra^. 

MAOIIANIMB,  44  Guei.  Bulk  at  Dcptftrd ;  aad  redsced  from  a  64  Oan  Ship  In  September,  lypi*  In  bf 
179$,  oooaiaanded  by  Captain  J«  Scbonberg.  Ia  Icptaaibar,  by  the  Hoa.  Captaia  M.  De  Cdutqf.  Ia  t 
C^itaia  W.  Taylor,   danar/. 

YALI.AS,  38  Caaa.    Bulk  at  WodiHck.    Lace  Minerva.    Length  of  gnn-deck,  141  ftet ;  of  ked,  ir7  ftd,  3 
and  three  clfhtlu.    Breadth,  38  ftet,  1 1  inchea  aad  three  qiiartera.    Depth  ia  held,  i }  ftet,  s  Indiea. 

^A^^     CoRimafMlMl  liv  Canrain  T.  WViirtw   In    ita*.    «»l«ti  Uaar   Ailmltal  UT.   Ctm m»alli<*«   aas.     In  9mm 


■nil  uiiw  vi^uu**.      amain,  30  l^ci,    ■  1  ib^ueb  mtmt  uiiw  i|iiBi  ici ■.      W|m]  m  iiuiv*     1  s  .wl,  j  wMmmtsm*      TaCt, 

944*  Commanded  by  Captain  J.  Whitby  in  179J,  %rith  Bear  Admiral  W.  ComwaBis**  flag,  fa  BepttraibK 
1791,  Captain  T.  Peyton  wat  appointed  to  ker.  In  April  1708,  J.  M^Kdlar.  In  Jdy,  Captaia  J.  Idtowdft 
who  kill  cammaada  bar.   Itaia^. 

nOBAf  30  CuBB.  BaOtat  Deptftitd.  Length  of  cttB.deck,  137  ftet.  Breadth,  3<  ftet.  Depth  ia  hdd,  13  ft«C^  k 
lachea.  Toaa,  889.  Oomiaaadad  in  170)  by  Sir  J.  B.  wanen.  In  Sepeember  1794,  by  Captafa  W*  A.  Otway* 
In  January  17M,  Captdn  H.  L.  Bali  luccceded  him.  In  December,  Captain  k.  G.  Mtddtetfia-  Ja  lyplW 
CirtdBA.«Wl*  €8PtifaB.  C.kl^detoaafterwirdB  badtktfl9aBM«atliB|H4tVitlite».   MNN 


APPENDIX. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  *  LIST 

OF  THB 

IRosal  iSattg  Of  «reat 'Britain, 

At  the  Commeiicement  of  the  prefent  Year  1 800. 

( CQuHmudfrom  omr  iaft-J 

Arranged  according  to  the  Tears  in  which  the  Ships  were  built,  with  their  DtMiir» 
tioNt ;  and  the  Nai^ ii  of  the  seYcral  Com m and t as  appointed  to  them,  from  th« 
Beginning  of  the  pkisint  Was. 

ifio  n* 

I 

1 7 So  evmtinutd. 

^LBOPATKA,  ja  Gnu.  Ba!it  at  firiftot.  lencth  of  goo-deck,  tt6  ftct,  s  iMtes  {  of  k«d«  io«  Act,  €  iMkn  mk 
•  (juarter.  Bi'vadtb.  35  feet,  a  inchea  and*  ball-.  De'pUi  ia  hold,  is  ftct,  I  Inch  aad  three  4|M«rttn.  Tona, 
689.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  A.  J.  Ball.  U  June  179s,  Captain  C.  V.  Penroft*  In  Scptcnbcr 
1797*  Captain  I.  PeUew,  who  ftill  commanda  her.    Amtrtu, 

OZDALVS,  3a  Guna.  Built  at  Liverpool.  Length  of  etin-dcck,  us  ftet,  7  Inches;  of  keel,  103  ftaty  1  lndi« 
Breaddi,  33  ftet,  8  inchea.  Depth  in  hold,  11  ftet,  10  inches  and  three  quattera.  Tona,  Tca  and  tasg 
■iaeOT'-fiBiiftha.  In  1793,  commanded  bj  Sir  Charlca  Henry  Knowlea,  Bart.  In  September  1794,  Captain  T. 
WUbama  waa  appointed  to  ber.  In  September  179$,  Captain  G.  Counieft.  In  March  1797,  Caftain  H.  L» 
Ball,  who  flUl  comounds  her.    Safi  IndUi* 

yOZ,  sa  Guna.  BuDt  at  Burflrdon.  Length  of  gun-deck,  116  fbet,  a  lnch«a  and  a  quarter.  Breadth,  3s  ftet,  S 
inches  and  three  quartera.  Depth  in  hoU,  12  fiaet,  a  inchea.  Tona,  697.  Commaniled  in  1793  by  Captun 
T.  Drury.  In  Pebnary  179s,  CapUtn  P.  Makolm  waa  appointed  to  her.  in  April  1799}  Captain  Heoqr 
Stuart.    St^  btHM, 

IPmOlNlA,  3a  Gunt.  Built  at  Miftleytbom.  Length  of  gun-drck,  ia6  feet ;  of  keel,  104  fcet,  3  Inchea.  Breadth, 
3J  inct  and  half  an  inch.  Deptn  in  bold,  u  feet,  a  inches.  Tons,  Mi.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  P. 
Sinclair.    In  179s,  Captain  F.  F.  Gardner  wu  appointed  to  ber.    M  fr^ent  an  Hi^kUSbi^  at  Plpmiat, 

JUMO)  31  Guna.  ButtC  on  ttie  Bivftr  Thamna.  Length  of  guonieck,  ia6  feet,  6  inches  and  a  h.  If}  of  ked,  104  fe«9 
7  inches.  Breadth,  3s  feet,  a  inches  and  a  quarter.  Depth  in  hold,  la  feet,  1  inch  and  a  half.  Tuns,  68^. 
Cosmnanded  by  Captain  Samuel  Huod  in  1793.  In  1794,  by  Lord  A.  Beaudcrk.  In  Mofember  17981  Cnptaiil 
George  Dundas,  her  prelenc  commander,  waa  apposbted  to  her.   thrtb  Stas, 

•BPHBira,  3»  Gum.  Bulk  on  tho  Rtrar  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  ia6  feet,  4  Incfeea ;  of  keel,  104  feet,  s 
inctiea.  Breadth,  ss  ftet*  *  inches  and  a  quarter.  Depth  in  hold,  la  feet,  a  inchea.  Tom,  MB.  Commanded 
by  Captain  H.  Newcoroe  lu  1793.  In  December  1797,  Captain  P.  W.  Page.  In  March  1798,  Captain  W. 
HiAs,  who  ftill  coamanda  her.    JSaJt  ladits. 

MBBCVRY,  aS  Guns.  Bulk  on  the  Biver  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  lao  fleet,  9  Incbea  and  three  quaiten ;  of 
ked,  99  feet,  10  inches  and  a  linlf.  Breadth,  3i  f^ct,  9  inches.  Depth  in  hotd.  11  feet  and  lalf  an  inch. 
Tons,  60s.  In  December  i79S«  Captain  G.  Byng  waa  appointed  to  ber.  In  April  1797,  Captain  T.  Rogen^ 
her  preftot  commander.    HaUfax, 

SXBBA,  16  Guns.  Bomb  Veflfcl.  Built  at  Gravefend.  Lengib  of  gun-deck,  98  feet  and  half  an  inch  ;  of  ked,  80 
feet.  Breaddi,  37  feet,  s  inchea  and  •  quarter.  Depth  In  hold,  13  feet,  4  inchea.  Tons,  jao.  Commanded 
In  179^  by  Capuin  R.  Faulknor.  In  179S9  by  Captain  Launcdot  Skynner;  and  aftarwarda  Captain  N. 
Thompion.  In  January  1796,  Capcain  D.  M^Iver  was  appointed  to  her.  In  November,  Captain  J.  Horft. 
In  July  1798,  Capuin  T.  Sparke.    In  December  1799,  Capcain  B.  S.  Clay.    »rth  Stat. 

tPABROW,  la  Guna.  A  Cutter.  Commanded  In  179s  by  Lieutenant  John  Confeu  Peers.  In  April  1798,  by  Lkuc 
Wbily,  wto  ftiU  commands  her. 


VOLCANO,  8  Guna,    Bomb  VeftL    Commanded  by  J.  Cocgrvc  in  1797,  who  ftU  fommanda  her.    JArf^  SuUm 

1781^ 

COLIATH,  74  Ouna.  Bmit  at  Deptferd.  Length  of  gun-deck,  ifiS  feet;  of  keel,  138  feet.  Breadth,  a€  feet.  9 
Inches.  Depth  in  hokl,  19  feet,  9  inches.  Tons,  1604.  Commanded  in  February  1790,  and  1797,  by  Sir  Chariee 
Hemy  Knon^ka,  B.irt.    in  Auguft  1797  Captain  T.  Foley  was  app<nnted  to  her.    Pwr^inmtl, 

WaEBIOR,  74  Guns.  Bulk  at  Portflnoiitb.  Length  of  guni^eck,  189  feet ;  of  keel,  i}8  feet,  a  indict  and  thtco 
quarters.  Breadth,  47  feet,  3  inches.  Depth  In  hdd,  ao  feat.  Tmis,  i^a.  In  January  1797  Captain  U* 
Trallope  waf  appointed  to  her.    In  April,  Captain  H.  Savage.    In  May  1799,  Captain  C.  Tyler.    CNmnri. 

APlICA,  64  Gum.  Buik  on  the  River  Tbaraca.  Length  of  gun-d4ck,  i«o  feet,  10  bichea;  of  keel,  K3a  feet,  f 
inctice.  Breadth,  44  feet,  9  inches.  Depth  in  hold,  18  feet,  1  loch.  Tons,  14IS.  Capcain  Rodct^m  Name 
was  «ppointed%to  her  in  1793.  In  September  1799,  bdng  fitted  fer  an  Hofpltal  Ship,  Licutaoant  J.  Bryant  wan 
nppolnttd  tn  her.    M  Sbeenwfi, 

■  ■        ■  ■  ■ -ifc» -       I    iwi.      ■■  ill     .         ■     —    ,  'm 

•  r«rWftortcalABKdan««f'cKailiiPi  wtisferow  Rawlan  to  flw  Lift  ibat  waa  pohliOtcd  ia  our  Ai«  Voivae*' 


CmtONOLOGtCAt  tVPOT  TNI  tOVAt  MATT. 


lAchrt  tad  •  quarter.  BmAti,  44  Act,  s  iadm.  ueptli  In  hoM*  18  Hmc,  11  inctaei.  Tom,  gjt^.  Coaw 
nandad  ia  tke  begliming  of  um  prafeac  war  bf  Cyndn  Honci»  Melftn.  la  17^9  Csftaio  fteint  Dcvcnas 
FaaoMit  was  appoJatad  to  bar.    CkmimL 

■«A]iPiON,  04  Gtta*.  Built  at  WooMch.  tasBtli  of  pw-deck,  1S9  Act,  s  Incbei  aad  a  half }  of  keel,  151  ftat,  9 
liiclMi  and  1  qttaner.  BreadtlH  44  fcet,  s  Incbai  aad  three  <|tnn«r».  OcfMa  Iji  hold,  18  ftce,  10  tnclica  and  a 
talf.  Too«,  zjSi.  C<«amaodei  in  1793  I7  K.  Mootacac,  elq.  In  Aprtl  179s*  Captaia  T.  Louia*  X»Ftfera- 
drr  i79d,  Caataio  O.  Crtcunr.  In  M*y,  Captain  C.  Tripp.  In  Oecember  17971  tainff  fined  Car  a  prifio  ftipa 
Lietttcoaat  W.  Baviaas  was  appointad  to  her,  aad  tU  caauaaoda  her.    M  Hjmmdl. 


•CSPTBB,  &»  Qua.  Ballt  00  tltc  liver  Thamaa.  Leagth  of  no  deck,  1^9  ftoet,  9  lochea ;  of  ked»  tsi  tat,  j 
IndMt.  Breadth,  44ft«t,  9  iachei.  Depth  In  hold,  tt  reet.  Tom.  1398.  CamnaBded  bf  Capoia  I.  E. 
Oacrea  io  179J1  Bjr  Captidn  W.  H.  Bflii.|tao  In  1799,  and  Vke  Adnlral  1.  Macbriie  hoified  hi*  flat  ea  board 
of  bir.     Io  March  1707,  Captain  T.  Alaxaadcr  vrai  dminted  to  her.     la  September,  Captaia  ▼•  Mith** 

AIGO1  44  Oaas.  BttOt  at  Rowden  Fane.  LengHi  of  ton-deck,  140  ftor,  8  Inchea  )  of  keet*  T15  ftcC,  9  Isclkea  and 
three  eishtha.  Brcidth,  i*  feat  and  thrae  quarten  of  an  Inch.  Depth  in  hold,  16  ftet.  4  inchoe  aad  a  half. 
Tona,  891.  Comnunded  In  179J  by  Captain  WtUUm  Clarke.  In  February  179s,  Captabi  B.  B.  BvrarO.  la 
Jane  1796,  Captain  J.  t.  Hall.    In  March  1798,  Captain  J.  Bowcn,  her  prefent  commander.    fartfmmOk, 

OOLFHlMi  aaCuna.  Buiit  at  ChaTlum.  Length  of  iWMlack,  iJ9fMt«  11  lachea;  of  ked,  tis  IkeC,  6  lacbea  aai 
a  quaitar.  Breadch>  37  fcct,  10  inchea  and  a  qaairer.  Oeptfi  in  bold,  16  reet,  4  lachca.  Tom,  880.  Coea* 
nianda>:  in  the  bexumlng  of  the  prefent  war  by  Lieutenant  J.  Mav.  In  oAober  1794,  Captnin  B.  BceaBck  waa 
appointed  to  command  her.  In  December  17^7,  Captain  J.  Ncsbitt.  fn  Fcbmary  nf9%  Captain  T.  Bafky. 
In  September,  her  prefcnt  commander,  Captain  P.  Bearer,  waa  appointed  ■»  her.    HiifiuU  pif  tt  tfittrnkkn 


ABtTHYTSAt  it  Cuni.  BulJt  at  BriBel.  LoagUi  of  laa  dock,  141  ftet,  1  iacli  aad  a  half  j  of  keel,  tf«  Act,  10 
inchaa  aad  live  dgfCia.  Breadth*  99  Ikot,  aad  half  an  iach.  Depth  ia  hold,  11  ftet,  9  Inchm  aad  a  haKi 
Toot,  94R.  The  Hon.  S.  Finui  ap^omtftl  to  her  in  1793.  Captain  Edwand  PeBew  In  1794.  Captain  M* 
Bobintod  inAprili79S.    In  March  1 796,  Capcala  T.  Woiiey,  her  preftat  commander.    Cb4 


lATONA,  38  Gone.    Bulk  on  the  Biver  Thamca.    Lensth  of  (uA-deck  141  Aet,  3  inches ;  of  ked,  116  Iket,  bd 
Breaath,  18  ftec  11  inches  aoj  three  iiuarten.    Depth  In  hold,  ij  feet,  6  Inches.    Tons,  944.    C 
Captaia  E.  Tusrobaofaih  in  1793.     In  179s,  the  Hoo.  A.  K.  Letcc.    In  1797,  Captata  F. 


AMDBOM  ACHE,  3s  Cans.  Bttl*t  on  the  BIrer  Thames.  LcmRh  of  can-deck,  116  ftcc,  a  inchea  ;  of  ked,  104 
Breadth,  3s  fter,  a  inchea.  Depth  in  hold,  is  feet,  a  inches.  Tom.  683.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Ca 
T.  jonca.    In  179)  by  Captaio  C.  J.  M.  Maosfiek.    In  1799,  Captain  B.  Lnwiie,    MT^  imJiti, 

ASTBBA,  3a  nuns.  Ballt  at  Coerce.  LcnfCh  of  sun-deck,  lad  ftet :  of  keel,  133  fitet,  7  iachrs.  Breadth,  js  Ihet, 
9  inchea.  Depth  In  hold,  is  Act.  Tooa,  703.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captaia  E.  Moorftm.  Ia  179$,  Cap- 
t  ia  H.  Fauirt  and  Captain  E.  Lane.    In  1797,  Captain  E.  Dacres.    TMftfmrdy  nftdrbtg. 


GSBE8,  la  Gunt,    Bnllc  at  Lireipool.    Length  of  (un-deck,  lap  feet,  4  1  rkesaoJ  a  half;  of  ked,  103  feet  9 

Breadth,  3}  ftet,  s  inchet.  Depth  ii<  hoM,  11  feet,  11  inches  and  a  half.  Tons,  69a.  Ccmmaaded  ia  1791 
by  C  vt>lo  't-  Ii'Cie^oB.  In  179s,  Captain  T.  Feyton  and  Captain  J.  Newman.  Ia  I797i  Captaia  B*  V> 
Otway.    In  Jana  ry  1799,  Captain  E.  U.  fearfbo.    In  Ju4y,  Captain  ).  Nicboiaa.    Cbmpu. 

^JTBBBC,  it  Gus.     Built  a'  Burflrdoo.     Length  of  go».deck,  1x6  ftct,   3  inches;    of  ^eel,  104  ftec,  a 
Breaath,  3%  ieet«  6  iichea  .rnd  a  half.    Depth  in  hold,  la  Iter,  1  iach  aad  n  ha^f.     Tons,  699.    Cor 
in  1703  by  Capuln  J.  Eager*.    Ia  179s,  Captaia  J.  Carpenter.    Ia  1796,  Captain  J.  Cook,    la  179^ 
H.  w.  Ba>nton.    Jtaiuuta, 


•UCCEItt,  3a  Ones.  Bui't  at  Llverped.  Length  of  gaa-^eck,  ia6ftet}  of  ked,  103  tat,  le  iachea.  Braadft,  ss 
fed,  a  Inci  es.  Depth  in  held,  n  feet,  a  Inches.  Tons,  689.  Goaamnatfed  la  1793  by  Captaia  F.  EObota. 
In  1794,  Captain  H.  Figot.    In  1797,  CptaioF.  WUkinioB.    In  1799,  Captaia  S.  Fcard. 


XUEYDICE,  14  Guns.    Built  at  Fortfroouth.    Length  of  gun-deck,  1 14  feet,  j  inchea  ;  of  keel,  94  feet,  a  j 

three  quarters.    Breadth,  32  feet,  3  inches.    Depth  la  hdd,  10  feet,  3  inchea,    Tooa,  521.    Commaadad  la 
I79j  by  CAptiiin  Fraiicu  Cde,     In  179s  by  Captaia  T.  Tirytilea.    la  1796,' the  Hon.  Captaia  A.  Bowirr     la 

179/1  C  pbin  J    TalKit.    Chatmel. 

MTEMIDON,  so  Guns.    Built  at  Deptfard.    Length  of  gOD-deck,  113  tat,  9  bches  and  a  half;   of  keel,  94  ta^  t 
inches.    Brewtth,  31  feet.     Depth  in  hold,  10  feot,  a  inchea.    Toaa,  481.     Commanded  m  1793  if 
tenant  J.  Burrows,  who  ftill  comOMnds  her.    Skf^Silf^  M  Ptfmmtk, 

ABIBL,  16  Guaa.    Buih  at  Livar^od.    Lenitb  of  gun-deck,  98  feet,  1  Intii ;  of  keel,  80  feet,  3  laches 
37  feet,  4  inches.    Depgi  ui  hoidt  13  feet,  4  inches.    Tons,  319.    ^wtpnaHfA,  rtfonring' 

COCKATEICE,  14  Gun<.  A  Cutter.  Built  at  Dover.  Length  of  gnn-deck,  69  ftct,  4  inches  j  of  keel>  %a  feet. 
Breadth,  15  feet,  7  inches.    Depth  in  lu)l<i,  10  feet,  9  inches.    Tons,  iSi.    Pvlfimutii, 

ALXCTO,  12  Ouns.  A  Fireihip.  Built  at  Dnvrr.  LeoKth  of  gun-deck,  io9  feet,  9  inchn  }  of  ked,  gofeet,  6  Inches 
and  t  ree  quarters.  Breadth,  29  tket,  ;  mrhrs  uid  \  h«lf.  Depth  in  ImJO*  9  feet.  Tana,  423,  In  July  1798 
Captain  J.  Allen  w  a«  ippoin'ed  to  her.  In  Jai.uiiry  1 790  the  Hon.  T.  B.  C^pel.  Is  April.  Captain  H.  Ganutr. 
In  June,  Captain  EBiott.    In  July,  Capttia  Lcaox  ThompAo,  her  prefent  commander.    Qf  l^mk^pm^  m  4 

AETNA,  8  Guns.    A  Bomb  Vdftl.    BMptMni  a/  fTttbokb. 

1782. 

ATLAS,  9^  Guns.  Built  at  Chatham.  Length  of  gun-dec^,  177  feet,  ?  inrhcs  ;  of  keel,  145  feet,  R  Inches  and 
thne  qu.rters.  Br  idth,  ^ot'.^^.,  3  inc'ies.  Depth  in  hdd,  at  feet,  (>  incies.  Tolts,  1950.  Coraniamica  in 
179')  by  Captain  E.  Dod.  In  Marcli  1797,  Captain  M.  Squire.  In  January  1799,  Captaia  S»Fcard.  In  Apei^ 
Captain  T.  Jonea,  her  prefeat  commander.    Coauml. 

C  AN GES,  74  Gun«.  Built  on  the  River  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  169  feet,  0  Inches  ;  of  ked,  138  feet,  7  Ie<tca 
and  three  quarter.  Breadth,  47  tcct,  8  inche*  and  a  half.  Df^ptu  in  hold,  20  feet,  j  iaclies.  Tana,  1679. 
Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  A:i:tK'ny  Jareei  Fye  MoUoy.  In  1794  by  Captiin  W.  Trafoon.  In  July  179$ 
Capi-iin  B.  Archer  was  appointed  to  hrr.  Ici  1796,  Captain  L.  ikynncr  and  Captain  E.  M*Oowall.  In  r 
ber  17991  Captain  C.  Campbell.    Pm^nittud. 


JBEESI&TIBLE,  74  Guna.    Batft  at  Harwich.    Leaetfi  of  gas^edc,  i0t  tat ;  of  ked,  138  tat,  ro  laches. 

47  taC|  a  laclwa.    pQrtB  Io  hold,  li  fcct»  Aiiiahcs.   Tons,  1840.    Comauttdedia  1793  by  Captaia  J.  Haa^ 


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CHftO)VQL0€lCAt  LVr  OV  THX  tOVAt  MATT. 


ta  Jme  1795,  CipialB  j.  l.  DeailM.   to  Augaft  Capnia  0.  Mvtiii  wn  appoUttd  ts  lur.   lo  Itoch  17$!^ 
CapuUk  B.  riampin.    C^MTiiMm. 

CtOWKf  64  Gam.  BvUt  on  tliff  Biver  TbiiBa.  Lcngtfi  of  tuB-Hcck,  ito  ftet.  s  liiehet{  of  knit  ■!>  At,  sInchM* 
Breadth.  44ftctt  loiochet.  DcfCh  lohold,  19  fret,  s  iBctars  and  a  half.  Tent,  140S.  Harins  been  fitted 
■•  a  prUoa  ihip,  Lkutnaat  Baker  waa  appolaaad  to  eoomuMl  h.r  ia  OObtar  1798.    Ptrfflmmth. 

BIADCMf  64  Otua.  Boik  at  Chatham.  Leoffh  cT  ganHleck,  1S9  feet,  to  inches;  of  kcd,  iji  ftet,  t  lack. 
Breadth,  44  fttc,  s  tachet.  Oepdi  In  hold,  19  ftcL  Tom,  1376.  Cominaoded  In  179J  by  CapOdn  A.  SvtMr* 
lead.    Ia  1794,  Captaia  C.  TJrler.    Ia  1796,  Captain  G.  H*  Towry.    Ia  Augull  1799,  J.  Dawlba.    Mtrtb  itst. 

'OLYPNXBCVS,  64  Guna.  BttUt  at  Sieerncft.  Lcnclh  of  sun-deck,  ite  feet }  of  keel,  131  feet,  j  lochct.  Braadtt* 
44  feet,  7  inches.  Depth  la  hold,  19  feet.  Toob,  1499.  Commanded  la  1794  bjr  Captaia  G.  Lumfdatae.  Ia 
March  1796  Vice  Admiral  B.  KiaflhUll  hoifted  his  Has  on  board  hvr.    Htrtb  Uas, 

STAND ABD,  64  Gana.  Built  at  Deptftcd.  Length  of  laa-deck,  isp  feet,  6  Inchca ;  of  ked,  iji  feet.  Bivarttb,  44 
feet,  4  inches.  Depth  la  hold,  19  fcec.  Tons,  1  jto.  Cummaaded  In  1795  by  ca^uia  J.  XUilfaa.  In  1797* 
Captain  T.  Parr  and  Captain  T.  R.  Shivers,  la  Fabniary  1799,  Lteatcaaat  T.  raalp  was  a|ppoinCcd  tohcr.  Ift 
December  1799,  Ueuteftiat  j.  Dalby.   Itocnwp. 

^^VSTY,  so  GttBS.  Buih  at  BrlBol.  Length  of  gun  -dedt,  1  S3  Act,  6  Inches  aad  three  qiiancrt ;  of  keel,  1 14  feet  aad 
three  qoattera.  Breadth,  40  feet,  7  laches,  aad  three  eighths.  Depth  ia  held,  I7fect,  9  laches  and  tbree-tiuar* 
tcrs.  Tone,  1088.  Commaarted  la  1794  iqr  Captain  W.  0*Br7ea  Dmry.  Ia  1796,  Capttda  J*  Osbonu  lA 
March  1798,  Captaia  A.  Todd.    Ia  AuguB  1799,  Captaia  G.  Bowea.    iTiihuto. 


SXIAPU,  44  Goat.  Bttikat  Bfttol.  Langth  of  gua-deck,  140  feet,  a  inches  aad  a  half)  of  kert,  iif  feet,  s  laehce* 
Breaiftb,  jSfeet.  Depth  ia  hold,  id  feet,  4  Inches  and  aqpteier.  Tom,  tm*  la  179s  C.  Duacaa  waa  e^ 
pQintedtoher.    A Utn Ski^t  tndukb. 

rHABTON*  j8  Ouai.  BaUtat  Liverpool.  Length  of  gua^dack,  141  feet ;  of  keel,  ii«  fecc  Braoddl,  39  fedt  aad  • 
half.  Depmlahold,  ij  feet,  loinchcsaad  a  ipiantr.  Tons,  944.  CoiBmaadedlai793bygirA.  1.  Doaglaft. 
In  1794,  the  Hon.  Captaia  R.  gtopferd.  la  July  1799,  Captaia  J.  M.  MOrrit,  her  prafeat  coamaader,  wht 
appointed  to  her.   MtiUrrrmum. 

TftSTIS,  it  Guns.  Bailt  oa  the  Blvcr  ThaoMs.  Lcagth  of  gua-deck,  141  feet,  6  inchca  j  of  keel,  117  feet,  i  locB 
•ad  a  half.  Breadth,  39  feet,  1  iach  aad  a  half.  Depth  ia  hold,  n  feet,  8  inches.  Toas,  9S4.  CooiBiinde^ 
ta  iTpjbf  Capcua  P.  J.  HartweO.    lo  1794  by  the  Hon.  Captaia  A.  T.  Cochrane.    At  PijamUb, 

rXRSKVKRANCB,  36  Guns.  Built  on  the  BItct  Thames.  Length  of  gttB-decfc«  137  feet ;  of  keel,  ti3  ftet,  4  tochat 
and  a  quarter.  Breadth,  38  feet,  3  laches.  Depth  ia  hold,  13  feet)  s  lachat.  Teas,  88a.  Commaaded  la 
>79J  bf  Captaia  Ifeae  smith. 


THALIA,  36  Guas.  Built  K  Baifladon.  Leaflkh  of  gnn-deck,  137  Ihct,  1  lack  ;  of  keel,  113  feet.  3  ladMe  aad  a 
quarter.  Breadth,  38  feet,  3  laches.  Depth  la  hold,  13  feet,  3  laihes.  Toaa,  881.  Commanded  by  Captaia 
R.  Grindall  ia  1793.  Cvpaia  Lord  H.  raulet  waa  appointed  to  her  la  1793.  Ia  NOreabar  1 799,  Captaia  J« 
Tfeshit.    Mfdit9trwnuHm 

8TBCV,  3s  Guaa.  Built  at  hOftleytkan.  Lcngdi  of  gUBMleck,  116  feet }  of  keel,  loj  feet,  10  Inches.  Breadth,  3S 
feet  aad  throe  quancn  of  an  inch.  Depth  la  hold,  la  feet,  a  laches.  Toos,  679*  Commanded  by  Captaia  B. 
■Manlcy  ia  179J.  By  Captaia  G.  Moore  ia  1794.  By  Captaia  T.  M.  Le  GoflUla  ia  1796,  who  ftiU  comnMade 
her.    m  ttt  ttyUkdiet. 

IMSPXCTOR,  16  Guns.  A  ShMp.  Built  at  Wtwahoe.  Length  of  gun-deck,  97  feet,  a  Inchee  and  a  half:  of  koei| 
80  feet,  s  inches  and  three  eighths.  Breadth,  »6  feet,  11  inches  aad  a  half.  Depth  ia  hoM,  13  feet,  3  inches  aad 
fthalf.  Teas,  310,  aad  fifty  aiaety-feurths.  Commtadcd  by  W.  Bryer  in  1793.  Captain  J.  Cook  was  appoiatad  to 
hcrini794.    CaptaiaB.  W.Ocway ia  179S.    Captain  C.  Lochia  i79», whoHiU commaada her.  MtrHtSMU, 

enTflRX,  16  Guna.  A  Shwp.  Cosanuadcd  by  Captaia  P.  C.  Dutham  earfy  ia  1793 »  end  in  Sefcrmber  Captain  J. 
Cook  waa  appoimed  to  her.  In  1794,  Captaia  J.  CIcmeacs  aad  Captain  Amherft  Mortli.  la  1795,  Captaia  M. 
fieynuMsr.  Ia  1796,  her  prafeat  commaadhr.   cMbnL 

aVLLDOG,  14  Guns.  Bomb  Vefikl.  Built  at  Dorer.  Leagth  of  gua-dcck,  98!^  i  Iach }  of  keel,  80  feet,  i  lack 
and#  quarter.  Breadth,  l^  feet,  j  inches  and  a  half.  Depth  ia  hold,  13  feet,  4  laches.  Toas,  317*  Cm* 
manded  by  G.  Mope  in  1793,  B.  Brosrnc  in  1794,  aad  C.  8.  Davert  in  179s.  In  January  1796  H.  G.  I^mvaea. 
la  May,  G.  F.  Rayvea.    la  1798,  A.  Dnimmond.    In  1799,  B.  Dacf«s.    OUrahar, 

FALCON,  14  Grna.  A  Slonp,  rigged  as  a  Brig.  Built  at  Sandwich.  Length  of  goa-deck,  78  feet,  11  Inches  ;  of 
keel,  fo  feet,  8  inchca.  Breadth,  as  feet.  Depth  in  hold,  1 1  feet,  2  inches.  Tons,  201,  and  fixty-feiir  ninety. 
feurtha.  Commanded  la  1793  by  J.  BlflbtL  In  179)  by  W.  C.  Lobb.  Ia  March  1799  Captain  R.  D.  Duaa 
waa  appointed  to  her.    Ia  December  1799,  Captalh  G.  KoA.   Steemtft, 

tNCSNDlART,  14  Guna.    A  FlRfeip.   Built  at  Dorer.    Length  of  fuoMleck,  lofi  feet,  9  Inchaa}   of  keel,  90  feet» 
7  inches.    Breadth,  19  feet,  7  lochr^.    Depth  iahold,  9  feet.    Tons,  4aa.    ConuBaaic4in  1793  by  W.  Hope. 
.  In  1794  by  R.  Bacot.    In  179^,  J.  Draper.    In  1796,  Captain  N.  DiiJb) .    In  1797,  Captain  G.  Barker.    In  De- 
cember 1799.  Captain  R.  D.  Dunn,   itofllwnanww.  / 

OTTZB,  ^4  Guna.  A  Flrefelp,  rigged  aa  a  Brig.  BuOt  at  Sandwich.  Length  of  gun-deck,  78  feet,  11  Inches ;  «f 
keel,  60  feet,  8  inches.  Breadth,  a)  Ac(.  Depth  ia  hold,  11  Act,  2  inches.  Toaa,  aet,  fijcty-fcur  oiacty- 
feunhs.    Commaaded  in  1793  by  j.  Hardy.    Ia  1799  by  C.  h^Kisie),  her  prtfent  oommaarier.    Dmuiu, 

PLUTO,  14  Cons.  A  Shnp.  Built  as  Saodgata.  Leagdi  of  gua-deck,  108  feet,  xo  inches  aad  a  lulf  i  of  keel,  90  feetf 
7  iachea.  Breadth,  19  feet,  9  inches.  Depth  In  hold,  9  feet.  Toos,  426.  Comnunded In  1793  by  J.  K« 
MOnia.  In  1794,  by  R.  Raggett.  Ia  1796  by  A.  Croftua.  Ia  1798  by  R.  ^  Bdiett,  who  fiiU  cominande 
her.   iUufmnikmi, 

1783- 

CABKATIC.  74  Guaa.    Built  oa  the  River  Thames,    Length  of  gun-deck,  173  feet,  4  Inchei  and  a  keif)  of  keel, 

X40  feK,  3  iachea  and  a  hatf.     Breadth,  4M  feet.    D«.pch  in  hotd,  20  feet,  9  inches  and  a  half.      ToRk,  1730* 

In  January  1796  Captain  R.  Crindali  was  appointed  to  her.     In  March,  Captain  H.  Jenkins,  withRcar  Ad- 

.  aairal  C.  M*  Yoie*a  flag.     Ia  1798,  Captaia  G.  Bowca,  (x).     In  1799,  Captaia  J.  Loriag,  her  piwac  com- 

maader.     JamsUA, 

CVLLODEN,  74  <^vos.  Built  on  the  River  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  170  feet ;  of  keel,  138  feet,  li  lochea.- 
Brendm,  47  feet,  8  inches  and  three  quarters.  Dtpth  In  hold,  ao  feet,  3  inches,  and  one  eighth.  Joaa^ 
iMj.  Caanaaaaded  in  1793  by  Captain  Sir  T.  Rich.  When  Sir  T.  Rich  holfied  his  flag  as  Rear  Aomlral,  Cap* 
uln  R.  R.  Bunp'fs  waa  appoiated  hia  Captain  in  her  la  1794.  In  179s  Capuia  T.  Troobrldgc  waa  appoiated  to 
her,  aad  ftitt  commaada  her. 

»IPtAVCB,  74  Guns 
feet)'  4  inches 


IS.    BuUc  oa  the  River  Thame-.    Leagth  of  eoo-deck,  169  fe«t4  of  keel,  J38  feet.    Brtaddi,  4t 
I.    Depth  iahaid,  ig^fect,  9  iucJics.    Toos,  1^45.    Xa  October  1794  G^^tala  O.  KcppelwM  ap- 


cmMcoLociCAx.  utv  or  m  toCAkHAinr. 


TUVNDXtBft.  74  Gunc  Bnilt  on  die  Rtrtr  Tlumet.  tcafth  of  gun-tfeck,  179  Act,  8  lachct  f  of  ked,  119  ftct, 
SiBdMt.  ■mAlif  47  Act*  7  ladle*.  Dtpth  In  hold*  lyftct,  11  IbcImc.  Tout,  1679.  Conmciidcd  la  179] 
tf  Ct|itain  A.  B«rtle.  In  Huth  1796  Captsin  J.  Bowreo  «rM  appdnted  to  her,  with  Rear  Adnttral  fir  Hiife 
Cloberry  Chriftian'*  ftaf-  In  I797t  Captain  W.  0^*7.  la  179!  Csptalo  J.  Cockec  waa  ipprfnttd  19  her.  It 
Majr  i799f  Captain  T.  Hardy.    JamJtM. 

TXIMBNDOVS,  74  Gunt.  Built  oa  the  River  Thames.  Length  of  can-deck.  170  feet,  4  Inchea  ;  ot  kcd,  tjglbd^ 
jinchaa  andaqaartcr.  Ik«adth,  47  Act,  7  inchea  and  a  half.  Depth  La  bold,  ao  Rct,  4  Indiet.  Tom,  iMa. 
Commanded  in  179J  hj  Captain  J.  Plcot.  In  1794,  Captain  W.  Baatiock.  In  A|wffl  179),  Captain  f.  J. 
BoJIard  ;  and  In  JunCf  Capiaia  J.  Ajrinier  }  and  in  179A  Rear  Admiral  T.  Piingk  hoifted  his  flac  In  her.  CafK. 
C.  BTiahar.e  waa  appt^nted  lilt  Captain  in  1797,  and  afterwarda  Captain  G.  H.  lli>ph<Tni.  1a  ifgi^  Capoia  J. 
C.  Scartc.    In  1799*  Captain  J.  Otborna.    Ctft^fGrnd  Ht*» 

MCTATOt,  d4  GoRt.  Bvilt  on  the  River  Thamca.  LenfOi  of  cm-deck,  tS9  ftcr,  4  tochea  \  of  krcl,  130  ftec,  t 
Inches.  Breadth,  44  <teet,  4  inctoca  and  a  quarter.  Depth  In  hold,  iS  (bet.  Ttona,  ijM.  In  1794  cnwiiiiaOid 
by  Captain  B.  Dod.  In  1795*  Captain  N.  Bmnion.  In  I79((,  by  Captain  T.  Totty.  In  1797,  Iqr  Captain  T» 
Wcfton.    In  i79>,  by  Captain  Thomaa  Byam  Martin.    In  ly99^  Captain  J.  Hacdj.    PijwaMtt. 

CVBOfAi  )•  Guna.  BaiR  at  Woohrich.  Lcngdi  of  vm<4cdt,  14S  f^f  11  Inchca  ;  oT  keel,  119  fter,  4iacMB  and 
t»%  eichtha.  Breadth,  40  ftet,  7  inches  and  a  quarter.  Depth  in  hold,  17  fhac,  s  inches  nnd  a  half.  TOoa,  in4f . 
CommjMidad  in  1791  by  Captain  O.  Oracary,  with  Conimodor*  j.  Ford't  bawd  pmdaaa  on  board.  la  i)9S» 
Captain  T.  Sairldca.    In  vrp^  Captain  J.  Steveafim.    f/irinnd. 

(tllABOKi  44  Gild*.  Built  at  Briftd.  Lcnfth  oTcun-deck,  140  feet,  1  lack  lada  half;  of  kctf,  lis  i^t,  s'lachet 
and  three eicbcha.  Breadth,  jSftet,  1  inch.  Depth  in  hold,  16 (vet,  4  inches  andahalf.  Tom,  09.  Cs^ 
maoded  in  1793  by  Captain  £.  Dod.  In  1794,  by  Captain  G.  Coimtefs  and  Captain  W.  Lock.  Jn  ifpfi,  J. 
•ccpbeafon.    In  17971  Captain  T.  Manby.   In  1799,  J.  M^Kellir.    mrtb 


'Length  of  gun-deck,  137  ft«t,  i  inch  ;  of  ked,  113  fcct,  a  inches  and 
3  inches  Slid  rhrre  ^uarterv.    Depth  in  hold,  13  ffejk.  s  inchaa.    Tana  H4. 
R.  J.  Strachan.    In  1796,  Captain  L.  W.  HalBed.    iMm, 


CLAPtATOR,  44  Guns.    Buik  at  Buckleribard.    Length  of  cun-deck,  140  fbet }  of  keel,  iis  fcct,  1  inch. 

37  frct,  II  laditfl  and  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  16  fbet,  \  inchea.  Ton,  SSa.  Raving  bees  fitted  ftr  an 
No4>ital  Ship  at  PoRrmoath,  Lieutenant  S.  Hayter.  In  1796,  by  Licutcaaat  S.  Taikcr.  In  1799,  Lkutaaaaft 
B.  Rvngcrfbrd.    f%rtp$mah,    CmMiirfunl  M(>. 

fMCOIflTAItT,  36  G«na.  BoUt  on  the  River  Thamea.  Length  of  gun-deck.  137  ftet,  9  inthcs ;  oTkeei,  114  ftce, 
a  iochea.  Breadth,  }•  fteti,  3  incbet  and  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  13  Ret,  $  tochca.  Toni,  Rpo.  Cummaad- 
ed  in  1793  by  Captain  A.  Montgomery.  In  179s,  by  Captain  T.  r.  FnteiBantle.  In  17^8,  by  Captain  M. 
Fonfijoby.    In  December  1799,  Captain  J.  Ayicough.    Jftrf*  Stas, 

MOKNIZ,  s6  Guns.    Bailc  at  Barfledon. 
leven  eighths.     Breadth,  jS  ftet,  3 
Commanded  In  1793  by  Captain  Sir  ' 

OBOXAt  3t  Ouoa.  Buik  at  Brillol.  Length  of  gun-deck,  119  feet,  i  Inch  and  a  quarter ;  of  keel,  107  Ibct,  1  iacli  and 
three  tightbt.  Breadth,  3s  ftet,  s  inchca  and  ftv«B  elghtha.  Depth  in  hold,  la  f«et,  8  lachea.  Tana,  71;, 
and  fiftywftvcn  nincty-fourtht.  Commaodcd  in  1793  by  Captain  J.  BBIfan.  In  179S,  C^taia  R.  C.  Rc>floidi. 
In  1796,  by  CafKain  R.  King.    In  1798,  by  C^tain  C.  Abthorp.    Oum^, 

tolBTMOVND.  3a  Guna.  Built  ai^iAlcythora.  Length  of  guo^eck,  ia6  feet ;  of  keal,  103  *tt)  ii  inchca  isd  i«e 
eighths.  Breadthk  3s  ftet,  t  inch  and  a  half.  Depth,  In  hoU,  la  ftet,  ainche*.  Tooa,  fiCa.  Commanded 
In  '794  by  T.  Bayley.  In  1796,  by  Captain  J.  Young.  In  1797,  by  Ca|iCaiA  Iltaei  fettew.  la  179B,  t^^  Caj^ 
R.  L«r.    In  1799,  Captain  J.  Crawley.    Jamfkt. 

mROINF,  31  Guns.  Built  at  Buckleribard.  Length  of  gno-deck,  130  ftet,  11  Inchct  and  a  half ;  ofkedl,  t*7ftet, 
10  inehei  and  three  eighths.  Breadth,  36  feet,  10  inches  and  a  quaner.  Orpth  in  hold,  i  j  feed  Tons,  779. 
Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  A.M.  Gardner.    In  1793  the  Hon.  J.  Munray  was  appoinsedto  her.    Hiijiiiri. 

IRII,  ja  Gooa.  Built  00  the  Rivtr  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  ia6ftct,  a  iacbea  aad  a  half;  of  keel,  104  ftet,  3 
inches.  Breadth,  3S  ftet,  3  laches  and  a  half.  Depth  in  htj<*,  laftct,  a  laches  aiid  a  hatf*.  Taa^ttL  Cim. 
Bunded  in  179J  by  Captain  G.  Lumfdaine.  In  1794,  by  Capcain  W.  HaiROod.  la  1797,  Captain  T.  SBmage. 
In  1798,  Captain  G.  RriOc.    JArtA  Stat, 

TBtSBB,  98  Guns.  Built  at  Dover.  Length  uf  gun-deck,  lao  feet,  6  inches;  of  ked,  99  ftet,  s  incteaandttece 
eighthi.    Breadth,  33  fete,  7  Indict.    Depth  in  huld,  11  feet.     Tca»,  S96.    Cucmavded  ia  1793  by  Ci^taja 

i.  Dickenlbn.      In  179^,    by  Captain  J.  O.  Hardy.    In  January  1799  Captain C  D.  Pater  waa  appoiescdtb!.ir. 
a  April,  Captain  J.  0*Brycn.    F^muab, 

^ALTPSO,  16  Guns.  Built  on  the  River  Thama.  Length  of  gunniack,  101  ftet,  6  iochea;  of  keel,  e3ft««,  g 
inches.  Breadth,  17  ftet,  9  inchct.  Depth  in  hdd,  1  a  ftet,  10  inches  and  a  half.  Tons,  34a.  Commanded 
in  i79«  by  Capiaia  A.  Smith.  In  1797,  by  Captain  R.  Woriley.  |n  1798,  by  Capcain  W.  Cohia.  In  Moicm)<cr 
179P,  Captain  J.  Baker,    f^t/l  fitdiet, 

COMBT,  14  G«a«.  A  FlrcAip.  Built  at  >^-ivenhoe.  Length  of  gun-decR,  108  ibet,  10  faKhes  j  of  ked,  90  ftet,  8 
lachea.  Breadth,  29  f^et,  8  inches.  Depth  in  bold,  9  ftet.  Too*,  414.  Commanded  in  t79J  by  W.  Bradley. 
In  179A,  by  Captain  T.  Larcom.  In  179s,  by  Captain  £.  Codnngton  ;  and  aitervardaby  Captain  R.Re^JI, 
la  1796.  Captain  £.  Hamilton.    In  1797,  Captain  H-  Duncan.    In  1799,  CapainT.  Leaf.    DMsn. 

KRA,  14 
90  ftoc, 

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■waid.  _     _ 

)  Capiiia  G.  White,    la  Novembo- 179 

?CKtBABLBt  94  Cant.    Butt  on  the  River  Thames.    Lcagth  of  guo-dedc,  170  Alt,  eiMkct  t  cfkcd.  110  ftett 

r*^£!.^*f*SS»  J'  ^J  **T  ^.  "^^  •*«*"*••  ''•l^  ^  *o»^  »5*«»  ««  i-chea.  tI«4^iS 
*^5*a^"f?li!L^ '""*'.*'**' *^*W '*'' *"  J**»  <>^*-  *»  JMB"T  vm  Captda  W. Ilope waa  appofatcd to  h?{ 
aa4  diortly  after  Vice  Admiral  A.  Duncan  hoifted  hi<  lag  on  boardber.  In  SepfeoabCT  CaaSaJ.  BU&t  via 
•l*katedlM8<;a|cilR.   iRMoraRbv  1796,  Captaiaw.O.  ralrflu^  «iBoftin2aM  ti£^«^^ 


MBOABRA,  14  Guna.  A  PireAip.  Built  at  Ipfwich.  Leagth  of  gua-deck,  t««  ftet,  11  Inches  aad  a  half;  of  kctk 
90  raat,  10  inchca  and  a  half.  Breadth,  a9  feet,  8  inches.  Depth  iahold,  9  ftat.  Tooa,  ass.  Ccnraandedla 
I7«3,  by  Captun  C.  J.  M.  MansficU.  In  1794,  by  Captain  H.  Blacksraod.  In  gcptaa^m  17M,  Captaia  S.  j. 
Mard.  In  1796^  Capt^n  A.  C  Dick«».  Ia  i7V7»  Captain  J.  Mlikr  ;  and  aftenvarda  Captain  G.  I.  abiris. 
U  tn8,  Capma  G,  White,    la  November  1799*  Captain  M.  WeR,  her  prdtot  conmander;^^       ' 


tmwKOioaacAh  urr  or  m  botal  matt. 

WMTOKt  €4  Com*   mwSk  at  Oi—cfatf.     Leagib  of  fo»4f«k,  K9  ftet,  1  Incfe  $  of  tetl^  i3»fMB,   4 

ud  tbrac  <iiMraR.    BM&dch,  44  ftacy  tf  Inchea  mmI  ttiiec  quvtcn.    Deptb  lo  boU,  i>  (l»et>  to  {acliM.    Toos, 
U88)    IB 1796  Cipital»*W.  Vttrit  wu  ■ppqtated  to  licr,  lod  ftltt  ronmaiwlii  her.    St,  Mtign* 

ITATBLT,  64  Gum.  BuUtftt  Northaai.  Lencth  of  can-deck,  167  ftetud  Half  an  Inch;  of  keel,  131  Ibet  7lndicf« 
Brtada,  44  Iboe,  6  IogMM  and  a  half.  Depth  la  hold,  19  fbcc.  Tops,  1388,  Couniaii^d  st  the  hfiiiwii^ 
.  «f  the  prcRac  war  byC«]Kaln  J.  8.  Smith,  with  vice  AdminI  Sir  Eicbard  K1os*b  flas*  101794,  CaptalaK* 
VUmt.  la  Januaiy  179s  Capttia  B.  Douflafii  was  appoiated  to  bar.  In  March  1797,  Caraia  P.  CampbdL 
la  Attgnft,  Captain  A.  Todd.  In  November,  Capcaia  J.  Oabome.  la  Aaguil  1798^  Captain  J.  W.  Spraacer. 
la  Jnly,  Captain  C.  Scott,  her  pnfent  comauoder.    Armed  en  aute.     S^tbtti, 

AWKMl'URK,  44  Goa*.  BnUe  on  the  Kfvcr  Thamca.  Lcafch  of  cni»*dcciE,  140  ftet,  4  laehet )  of  ked,  t ■$  ftas^ 
5  Inches.  Breadth,  38  ftct,  6  inchea.  Depth  In  boldt  i6fbet,  11  inches.  Tons,  910.  Commanded  in  1794, 
bf  Captain  E.  Bailer.  In  May  179  s,  Captain  B.  Crawley  was  appointed  to  her.  In  December,  Cap^n  G. 
Yalawr.  In  1796,  Captain  W.  G.  Rvthttftrd.  In  May  1797,  Captain  White.  In  January  1798,  Captain  J. 
Chilcott.    In  Msrdu  Captain  T.  Leaf,    Ia  July,  Captain  B.  Manftll,  her  nrefeat  caauaaadcr.    Store  Ship* 

IXPXBIMBNT,  44  Gana.  Boik  at  Baft  Cowes.  Lensth  of  pin-decfc,  140  ftet,  3  Inches  and  a  half;  of  keel,  its 
fcet,  3  Inches  and  a  half.  Breadth,  38  ftct  and  half  an  inch.  Depth  in  hold,  16  fbct,  4  Inches.  Tons,  89s, 
twenty^hpc  ninetyHburtha.  Commanded  In  1793  by  Capcala  8.  MiUer.  In  January  179S  Cq^ala  Launceioc 
Skynncr  was  appointed  to  her.  In  Auguft,  Captain  John  Barrett.  In  April  17^  Captain  J.  G.  SavlUc,  her 
ptcftat  commaadcr.    Store  Ship.    lR»«b  frat. 

■UZDITIOK,  44  Onas.  Bulk  on  the  River  Thames.  Length  of  Knn<decfc,  140  fhet,  3  laches  and  a  half;  of  keci« 
•  IS  (bet,  3  inches  sad  a  half.  Brsadth,  38  feet,  6  inches  and  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  16  feet,  10  Inches  and  a 
half.  Tons,  910,  and  thirqr  ninetyfourths.  In  May  J796  lieutenant  R.  AUen  wai  appulated  to  her.  In  Jiiaa 
1798,  Captau  ^  T.  Liviniftone,  who  ftUI  commands  her.    Store  Ship.    Armed  en  flute.     Lmg  BMGk 

CORGON,  44  Guns.  Bolll  on  the  River  Thames.  Lengch  of  gan-deck,  140  feet,  2  inches  \  of  ked,  1 1^  feet,  a  inchas. 
Breadth,  jS  det,  s  iachosand  a  half.  Depth  ia  hold,  16  ftet,  11  Inches.  Tons,  911.  Commanded  In  1793  bf 
Captain  C.  W.  Tatcrfio.  In  1794,  Captain  J.  Wsllis.  In  Att(uR  179^  Captain  X.  Tyrrei  was  appointed  to  her. 
^  >797i  Captain  J.  W.  T.  Dino.  la  Jaauary  1798,  Captain  R.  Williams.  In  July  1799,  Capcain  J.  HIU,  her 
prefrnt  comnaadcr.    Xiifan. 

IN  DZr  ATIG  ABLX,  44  Gnns.  Balk  at  Backlerftard,  and  reduced  ftom  a  fixty*fiwr  in  1764 ;  when  Capcala  Sir  Edwtf« 
PcOew  was  appointed   to  hcc    In  March  1799,  tac  Hon.  CsfHaia  H.  Cuttob,  who  ftiU  '■^^^r^'^  her. 

CRISCBNT,  36  Guns.  Boik  at  Burfledon.  LenvUi  of  too-deck,  137  feet,  1  inches  and  a  half;  of  keel,  112  ftct, 
10  loctace  andthree  elRhtha.  Brsadth,  38|bet,  |  laches  aada  half.  Depth  In  huU,  13  fleet,  3  inches  and  a  half. 
Tons,  887,  and  el|biy-flre  ninety-flMirtha.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Sir  James  Saumarre.  In  179$,  Captain 
S.  BiiUrr.  In  January  1797,  the  Hon;  Captain  J.  Murray.  In  Pcbniary  1798,  Captain  J.  W.  spranfer.  Ia 
June,  Captain  C.  Brisbane.    In  March  1799,  Captain  W.  G.  Lobb,  her  prcfent  commander.    Hyi  JnJks, 


ANDROMSDA,  3a  Guns.  Buik  at  Liverpool.  Leafth  of  snn  deck,  IS9  fleet;  of  keel,  106  fltet,  9  iaches  and 
three  quarters.  BreadOi,  3s  ftct.  s  mchcs  and  a  half.  D«pth  ia  hold,  ta  ftet,  7  inches.  Tons,  714.  Com- 
manded in  1793  by  Captain  J.  Salnbury.  In  1794,  by  CafKisin  T.  SuUicby.  In  179s,  by  Captain  W.  Taylor. 
In  March  1799,  Captain  H.  Inman,  her  preftat  commander,  was  appointed  to  her.    Sbetrn^j. 

DIDO,  a8  Guns.  Bulk  at  Saadgate.  Length  of  gun-deck,  laoftet,  s  inches;  of  ked,  99  ftct,  3  Inetaee.  Breadth, 
33  fter,  7  Inches.  Depth  in  bold,  1 1  feet.  Tons,  S9S,  fbity-nlne  ninety-fturths.  Commanded  ia  1793  by  Capt. 
Sir  C.  Hatnilton.  Afterwards  by  Caprain  George  Henry  Towry,  who  was  fucceedcd  by  Caetain  H.  Uoiham.  Ia 
July  1797  Captain  D.  Vrefton  was  appointed  tther.    in  AuguR,  Captain  X.  Marfli.    i^ertjmotfA. 

3ISIPROKE,  so  Guns.  A  Skjop.  Bulk  at  Dorer.  Length  of  gun-deck,  108  ftct,  9  inches  ;  of  keel,  90  feet,  6  Inches. 
Breadth,  29  ftct,  8  inches  and  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  9  fleet.  Tons.  41$.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  M. 
Martin.  In  i?94f  by  the  Hon.  C.  E^hinftooe.  In  179$,  by  Captain  J.  Turner.  In  Oftobrr  1796  Captain  J. 
Wallis  was  ippointed  to  her.  In  May,  1797,  Captain  R.  Honeyman.  In  December  179S,  Captain  C.  Giant,  wlo 
ftiU  commands  her.    fV^^  Indies, 

BklSX,  16  Guns.  A  Shxp;  Buik  at  Sandgate.  Length  of  gua-deck,  loi  flxt,  a  inches  i  ofkedy  83  fbett  Breadtha 
rj  hftt  9  Inches.    Depth  la  bold,  i>  flMt,  le  inches.    Teas,  340.    Ptrtfmmtb, 

7BRRZT,  14  Guns.  A  Sloop.  Buik  at  Sandwich.  Length  of  gun-deck,  78  feet,  n  inches ;  of  ked,  60  ftet. 
8  inches.  Breadth,  as  feet.  Depth  in  hOld,  10  ftct,  10  Inches  and  a  half.  Tuns,  aoa.  Commsaded  in  1793 
by  Capuu  W.  Nowf^ll.  In  January  179s,  Capttm  H.  Tookey  was  appointed  ta  her.  In  April,  Captain  C. 
Byng.    In  July,  C.  Ekina.    D^tfard, 

1785. 

tT.  GEORGE,  98  Guns.  Built  at  Pottfmoath.  Length  of  gun-nleck,  177  ftet,  6  Inches;  of  keel,  14s  fter,  a  lacfaet. 
Breadth,  jo  feet,  3  inches.  Depth  in  hold,  ai  feet,  3  inches.  Tfm.>,  1950.  Commandea  in  179J  by  Capraia 
T.  Fdey,  with  Rear  Admiral  J.  Geirt  flag.  In  1794  (he  bore  the  flag  of  vice  Admiral  Sir  Hyde  Parker.  la 
April  1796,  Captain  S.  Peard  was  sppOinted  to  her.  In  June  179),  Captain  J.  HoUoway.  In  March,  Captain 
8.  Edwards,  her  prelcnt  commander.    Cbarmtl. 

MAJESTIC,  74  Guns.  Built  on  the  River  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  vyo  ftet,  6  indies  {  of  kcdf  141  fteCi 
Breadth,  46  ftct,  9  inches  and  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  ao  feeti  6  iiicl.es.  Tons,  1643.  Commanded  in  1793 
by  Captain  C.  Cotton.  In  January  170$,  by  Captain  G.  B.  Weftcott,  with  vice  Admiral  B.  Caldwdl'sflag  t 
and  afterward*  Admiral  &ir  J.  Lafbrey>.  In  September  1790  Captain  R.  Cuthbartwas  appointed  to  bar.  Ia 
July  1799,  Captain  G.  Hope,  her  prcfiimt  commander.    Pljmmitb, 

BAMILIBS,  74  Guas.  Built  os  the  River  Thame*.  Length  of  gun-deck,  170  flset,  4  iaches  ;  of  keel,  139  ftet,  9 
inches.  Breadth,  47  feet,  6  inches.  Depth  in  held,  10  feet,  11  inches  and  a  half.  Tons,  1677.  ComBsaoded 
In  1793  by  Captain  H.  Harvey.  In  Augufl  1794,  Captam  fir  Ricbard  Bickerton.  in  July,  Captain  B.  S.  Rowley. 
In  October  1798,  Captain  H.  Xnoun.    In  AprJ  1799,  Captain  R.  Grindail,  her  preieat  conuaander.    5fi$h^d, 

TERRIBLE,  74  Guns.  Buik  on  the  River  Tiptoe*.  Length  of  gun-deck,  170  ftet,  7  iaches ;  of  keel,  139  fhet,  tl 
inchef.  Breadth,  47  feet,  6  inches.  Depth  in  hold,  19  ftct,  11  inches.  Tons,  1679.  Commanded  m  179^  by 
Captain  S.  Lutwidge.  In  1794  by  Capcain  G.  Cimpbeil.  In  June  1797,  Cap.dn  J.  Miller.  In  OAobc^  Capt. 
Sir  Richard  Bickerton.  In  March  1799,  Captain  Jonathan  Faulkaor.  In  April,  Captain  W.  WaMslay,  her 
preftnt  commander.    CMmeL 

VICTORIOUS,  74  Guns.  Buik  oa  the  River  Thames.  Lenfth  of  gan-deck,  170  fBct,  6  inches ;  of  ked,  139  fttt,  to 
Inches,  breadth,  47  feet,  6  inches  and  u  rec  quarteri.  Depth  in  hold,  tg  feec,  11  inches  and  a  halt;  Tons. 
X683.    Oomnunrfed  in  the  beginning  of  1794  by  Captain  Sir  Johtf  Orde.    In  January  179s,  Captain  John  BromT 

..      .  4a  April  Captain  W.a»iR  was  sppQlaMd  to  her.   /Ufi  MifK. 


CMdirOLOOXCAL  UlT  OF  TKE  ftOTAt  HATY* 

CttCmsTEt*  44  Oast.    Bnik  at  rtclilnar.    LcagBi  of  tn-deck,  140  Ibct ;  of  kMl,  US  feet.    MwAfe,  ]•.  MC,  4. 
la  hca  and  a  haift    Ofptn  1b  heU^  16  Act,  10  Inche*.    Tont,  901     Cflmmandad  In  1794  bf  CapuiH  ft.  D. 
rancourt.    In  iTvrCapuiaA.r.  MaOMwaaappabKaltolwr.    In  M  .«dii7s«,  CtpUin  J.  tisvuM,  hr 
cwamaarter.    Idjiin. 


BKGULU&i  44  cum.  Built  ar  Norttiaia.  Length  of  ctto-deck,  140  ffcet,  t  Inek  |  of  keel,  11$  fhtt,  S  iaclM*  aad  fif« 
righttia.  Breadthf  jS  ftec  Drptn  in  hold,  16  fcct,  4  Inc  ci.  Tiint,  SM.  Commaaitrt  In  179J  ^ 
Cafitaia  B.  Bowater.  In  January  179J  Ca^n  C.  Oakea  waa  appoiitad  «»  her.  In  NovtnWr  I79«»  Captain 
W.  Carthcw.     In  Jaljr  1798  Captain  C.  rowkc  waa  appouitcd  tt  her.     In  Oftobcr,  Captain  G.  Bjm.   M 


WOOLWICH,  44  none.  Built  at  Burilcdan.  Length  «f  cnn>deck,  140  <^t ;  of  katl,  lis  feet.  Bfca«h,  S^  *««  < 
lnchc«.  Depth  in  hoM,  16  feet,  9  li.cbct  aa4  a  quarter.  Tons,  907.  Corainaadcd  ie  1793  bjr  Capeain  j< 
rarker.  In  179)  Captain  W.  C.  Fabic  waa  appointed  to  bet.  In  May  1796,  Captain  H.  Prahrn.  In  No«eiB< 
ber.  Captain  D.  Dohrre.  In  Jul/  I79t,  Captain  H.  HaUiriay.  In  OAubcr  1799,  Captain  G.  JarJiae,  her  — "^ 
-      fTmiukh, 


MXLAMPVS,  j<  Gun*.  Built  at  Rriftd.  Length  of  gun-4eck,  141  fret,  a  Inchn  and  a  half;  of  keel,  117  ftct,  g 
inch.  BreadUi,  39fket.  Pepch  in  hold,  ij  Aet,  11  lachei.  Tana  947.  CiAmandcd  In  179}  hf  Cai^aia  J« 
Coffin.  In  1794,  hif  Captaii  J.  Drew*  {  afterwards  by  Captain  T.  Wellt  $  and  bjr  Captain  Sir  J.  B.  Strachan* 
In  OAober  1796,  Captain  Graham  MOora  waa  appointed  tobar,and  ftill  canuMBda  her.    ~    " 


B0MULU8,  )6  Cuna.  Bulk  on  the  Kiver  Thamei.  Length  of  gan<d«ck,  137  ftet,  a  tncb«s{  of  keel,  IIS  Act. 
Brcaddi,  3«  Act,  3  iachea.  Denth  in  bold,  1  j  feer,  i  inchc*  and  a  hUf.  Tons,  B^.  Conunaaded  In  1793  fey 
Captain  J.  tutton.  in  Auguft  1794,  Captain  G.  Hope  was  appoiatad  to  her.  In  Jaly  1799,  CapOlh 
J.  Culrerhoufe,  her  prdknt  comnunder.    Armed  ca  ftuta.    Chamri, 

CASTOB,  31  Cans.  Built  at  Harwich.  Lcnftih  of  gua-deck,  ia6  feet }  of  keel,  104  Act.  Breadik,  js  Aec,  i  lach. 
Depth  in  hold,  1  a  feet,  a  locnrt.  Tons,  6  o,  and  frvetuy-revcn  niitetjr-lbbrths.  Commanded  la  1793  by 
Captain  T.  Troubrid.e  }  was  captured  Maf  9th,  1794,  titf  Cape  Clear,  and  waa  fvtakea  oatlia  apth,  aearih* 
Linrd,  Iqr  the  C  ry.ftwr.  Captain  F.  Lafarry.  Captain  Buwicy  Bukael  araa  appoiniiA  «D  her  in  iTf}.  Ih 
December  179%  Captain  B.  L.  Cower,  «rho  ftili  coaamanda  her. 


MXLBACER,  ja  Guns.    Built  on  the  hirer  Medriray.    Lenrth  of  eun-dcck,  ia6  ito :  of  heel,  104  ftct. 

is  fiect,  I  inch  a?d  a  half.  Depth  in  hold,  I  a  Act,  a  inchc>  and  a  haJf.  TOni,  4ti.  Coouaanded  ia  Jaaoary 
>794«  ^  Captain  C.  Tyler.  In  September,  Captain  W.  Qockbum  waa  appajaead  ■»  bar.  In  rabniaiy  i||9» 
captain  Chariaa  Ogle,  her  prcftnt  oommander.    Jgmtkm. 

tfSBMAID,  ja  Ouna.  Built  00  the  Rirer  Medway.  Length  of  gun-deck,  116  fkrt;  of  keel,  103  ftet,  9  inches  and 
thfcc  «|uartBrB.  Breadth,  3s  ftet,  s  inches.  Depth  In  hold,  ii  Cect,  it  incbaa.  Ttaa,  dpj.  Con-maaded  ia 
>79J  hf  Captaia  C.  Tjrtar.  In  January  1794,  Captaia  J.  Trlgge  wai  appoiatad  m  Bar.  la  Jana,  Captala 
H.  Warrr.  In  Pabnnry  1796,  Captain  C.  S.  Daveta.  Ia  Aaril,  Captain  R.  W.  ocway.  In  aeptemer,  Ciftaia 
J.  Newman.    In  Apttt  1799,  Capciia  R.  D.  OUacr,  her  pmcnt  aanaander. 


tOLBBAY,  3a  Guns.    Built  on  the  River  Thamci.    Length  t^  gun-deck,  ia6  fket,  j  Inchei  and  a  half  i  of  taci,  104 
feet,  s  inchea  and  a  half.    Bnadth,  3)  fret,  an<l  three  quarters  uf  an  inch.    Depth  in  hold,  11  fret,  a  ~ 


and  a  half.    Tona,  6Mj,   anJ  Ai  ninety -fbunhs.    Commanded  in  1793  1»  Captaia  W.  H.  Kc^f.    la  AnceB 
•  797,  Captaia  S.  Fo)nta  was  appoiuttd  to  her,  and  ftiUcumnanda  bar.    jmmtluu 

TZBTtlCHORE,  it  Guaa.    Built  at  Mift'.ryt.'tnrn.    Length  of  gun-deck,  ia6  fcct|  of  kcd,  103  free,  11  iactefl  and 
fire  egtitha.    Breadth,  \s  fret,  1  iitch  and  a  balf.    Depth  In  hold,    la  fret,  a  iachcs.    Toaa,  Ma.    Coan- 


manded  In  hiarch  •  704,  by  Captain  S.  Rd wards.    loScptcmhcr,  Captain  R.  Bovca.    In  OOoker  17979  Captain 
W.  H.  Cage,  who  ftili  cuounands  ber.    Plymmtb. 


■nCD,  aR  Guna.    Buik  at  Sandeate.    Length  of  gun-deck,  118  fret,  s  inches  ;  of  kael,  97  fret.  4  Inrtm     BRadth, 

Depth  in  hold,  10  fret,  6  Indtea.    Tons«  tpa,  and   fifty-nine  niaety-KdtflBa. 


33  tcet,  lOiQChe*. 

In  1793  by  ti^e  Honourthic  Alexander  Forreftrr  CochraiM  In'  1794,  by  Captain  P.  C.  Duilkam.  In  Jaaoary 
179s,  Capc%in  R.  Lee  wa.  appointed  to  her.  In  1}$^  Captaia  J.  Baxeiy.  la  June  179^  Captain  J.  LanaB^ 
her  prefcai  commander.    Bitktmu, 

LATWINC,  a8  Guna.  Bulk  at  Dover.  Lrngih  of  gun-deck,  i ae  frcr,  6  Inches ;  of  kcd,  99  fret,  4  IncBei  and  a  half. 
Breadiii,  33^  et,8  inche..  vDcpih  ia  hold,  11  frtt.  Tons,  S97,  and  eighty-two  niaety-fainha.  Coaaaadel 
in  I  ,()i  by  the  Honourabie  H.  Curron.    In  M94,  fey  Captaia  R.  Barton.    In  Jaaoaiy  179!,  €«ptata  T.  HaiTcyt 

her  jreC-bt  comi'aiider.    H'tjt  India.  ' 


M^ITIBRCL,  14  Guns.  Buil:  at  Lirerpool.  Length  ofgon  deck.  119  fret }  of  kcd,  98  fee«i  9  lacha  aad  a  quaitcr. 
J'rcMih,  J  a  fret,  9  iotbei.  Depth  in  hold,  10  fret.  3  lncl>ea.  IXau,  963.  Commanded  ia  1793  by  Captaia 
W.  o*Br)en  Drury.  In  1794,  b>  Captain  IfVacI  Kilew.  In  June  179s,  Captain  C.  Faifcer  was  appoiatad  ta 
her.    In  1797,  Captaiu  T.   Hardy.    In  Eecembcr  1798,  Captaia   J.   Hamdead,  her  pfcfrnt  "— -■^ 


8C0RTI0N,  16  Guns.  A  Sloop.  Bui't  at  Shorcham.  Learh  of  gon-deck,  101  fret,  6  iachea;  of  ked,  83  fret,  d 
ioctief.  Breadtti,  27  frer,  R  inc.es.  Depth  in  hold,  la  fret,  11  lochei.  Tora,  33a.  In  March  1794  Captaia 
T.  Wd^em  wasappo-ntrd  to  her.  In  1796,  Captain  S.  Doners.  In  September  1797,  Captain  h.  Fine.  In 
Mardi  1798,  explain  J.  T.  KOdd.    In  bevtembcr,  Captain  C.  TinCng,  her  preftat  «uaaaad«.r.   Sit*m^, 

1786. 

BOTAL  SOVEREIGN,  MO  Guna.  Bnilt  at  Flymooth.  Length  of  Rvn^deck,  itj  fret,  10  Inches  aad  a  half  j  ef  kceS 
ISC  feet,  9  inches  and  one  eighth.  Btvadih,  sa  fret,  ■  inch.  Depth  in  hold,  aa  fret,  a  inches  and  a  balf. 
Ti>n^,  217}.  CMunaaded  in  1793  by  Captain  H.  NichoUs,  with  Vice  Admiral  T.  Gravcs*a  flag.  In  April 
l7SiS  C-  rain  ].  NKliitby  wa«  appomtctt  to  her,  with  Vtce  Admiral  ComwaUls^a  flag.  In  OAober  1796  Cqcain 
W.  iicdf-rd,  >»ith  Vice  Admii«i  &ir  A.  Gaidner^s  flag,  which'  f^ill  continues  on  board  her. 


BBLIEBOPHON,  74  Can*'  Built  at  Priaahury.  Lengm  of  gim-dack,  iM  fret  J  of  k«d,  i|i  frat;  Breadth,  46 
fret,  10  inclei  ana  a  half.  Dcpt*)  in  hoid,  19  1^  9  Inchea.  Tons,  idtj.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Chplatn 
T.  Fallty  In  i-'94,  by  Captair  W.  Hope.  In  179S,  by  Lead  Cranftoun.  In  May  179A,  Captain  J.  Loing  } 
and  in  OAober,  Captain  Henry  D'Ri^erre  Daihy,  her  preicat  commaader,  waa  appelated  to  her.  Mtnwrf  Min. 

BI.BPHANT,  74  Gunt.    Built  at  Buriledon.    Length  of  gun^deck,  idS  feet  ;  of  ked,  138  frer,  9  Iachea  and  fbvca 

dchtbs.    Br.adih,  46  teer,  11  inches  and  a  half.    Depth  ia  huld,  19  fbet,  9  inchea.    Tona,  1617.    .ParrfmmC*.  ' 

HANNIBAL,  74  Guns.  Builr  i>n  the  River  Thames.  Length  of  gun-deck,  170  fret,  10 inchea;  of  ked,  140  fiect. 
Br.antii,  47  tret,  6  mche*  and  three  quarters.  Depth  in  hold,  aojfcct.  Tons,  16S5.  Coiainandod  ia  179J  by 
C^p'  in  J.  CoJpn)s.  In  I794«  by  Captain  J.  Marichara.  In  January  1796,  Captaia  T.  Lewis.  In  OAobCTi 
Captain  K.  T.  &mitt>,  her  preftnt  commander,  waa  appoincad  to  her.    yaaiarri. 

lATUBN,  74  Guns.  Built  ar  Nartham.  Length  of  gun-deck,  168  feet,  a  inches;  of  ked,  ij8  fiect,  1  inch  aad  a 
^u.irtcr.    BieadtQ,  46  terCi  ix  iachea.    Dgptii  in  hUd,  J^  fcet>  jo  iachea.    Toasy  a#tf^    la  Jaaqary  1794 


CmOHOtOGICAL  LIST  OT  TMX  KOTAL  MAVr« 

ClVCaUi  T.  Nemtem  was  ■ppoiiiMd  to  htf.  In  Atigut,  Capuin  W.  LeddBtit,  «rltli  Vic*  AteM  6* 
▼•JMltfat*t  Has.  In  I79$«  Captain  lamct  Doathft.  In  Aufalt  1797*  Capt^n  H.  Sawyer.  In  OAohCTf 
Captain  J.  Waller.    In  November  179(1,  Captain  T.  Totty,  who  ftUI  commamla  her.    SfUMmd. 

•KAL0V8,  74  Gun*.  Bviik  «n  the  Mver  TlMBica.  Length  of  giin-deck*  168  ftct,  4  Inches ;  of  keel,  138  ftct» 
Breadth,  47  feet,  i  indk  Depth  in  hidil,  19  Ibet.  9  InChet.  Tone,  1617.  In  June  1794  CxptaUi  C.  Mfefflt 
M  ftS  appointed  tn  her.  In  June  179s,  having  ht^fted  a  hroad  pendant  on  board  her.  Captain  J.  Yoong  wM 
appeifited  hii  Captain.    In  June  1796,  Captain  S.  Hood,  who  ftiU  commanda  her.   Chattam. 

M>TIB,  44  OoMt  Bulk  at  Bnrlledoo.  Leng  h  of  gm^eck,  140  ftet }  of  keeL,  114  fket,  9  Inchei  and  ftv«  eigfatha. 
Breadth,  T«lcet,  6  Inchet.  Depth  In  hoM,  i6ftet,  11  inchea.  Tona,  90$.  In  Beptember  1791s  Lieutenant 
T>  H.  Wildo  waa  appotntcd  to  her.  In  1797,  Lieutenant  M.  Kent,  who  ttid  commaada  her.  Bmpkired  in  UtM 
tnafyon  ficrrlee.    OiratUr, 

fXVXRN,  44  Gone.  B.  ik  «t  BrUM.  Lenctk  of  gttn-dc^  140  fcee,  3  Inchet }  of  k^ei,  iis  Act,  1  Inch  and  a  half. 
Breadth.  j8  feet,  s  Inchea.  Depth  in  hold,  16  feet,  10  inche*  and  three  quartera.  Tona,  904.  Coeanundcd 
in  179J  bjr  Captain  t.  Mlncfcln*  In  July  1794,  by  Captain  G.  Tripp.  In  April  1796,  Captain  T.  Weftenu 
In  1797,  Captain  T.  BTjrt.  In  Septtmbor  1798,  Captain  W.  X.  Cracraft  waa  appointed  «b  her.  In  Jane  1799* 
Captain  J.  Which/.    Ornma. 

AQVILON,  11  Guna.  BvUt  on  Am  Rivar  Thnmea.  Length  of  gun-deck,  i>9  ftet,  a  inchea;  of  keeL  107  ftet. 
Breadth,  3$  ftct,  •  Inchea.    Depth  in  hoM,  la  fcet,  7  inchea  and  a  halt.    Tona,  714.    Commanded  in  179J  by 


ttt'  HonouraUe  Bohert  Sttipftinl.    In  July  1794,  Captain  K.  Bartow  wat  appointed  10  her.    In  SeMember  179s* 

itembcr  179%  Captain  T.  Bo^  a,  her  preient  commander.    Jammuu 


Caprain  W.  £.  Cracraft.    In  September 


CZBCX,  s^  Gnn«.  Buib  at  Dover.  Length  of  gun-de^k,  lao  fret,  6  Inehea  and  five  alghiha  }  of  keel,  99  Act,  s 
Inchea.  Breadth,  jj  'er,  7  Indm  and  three  (luarters.  Depth  in  held,  11  feet.  Tona,  S98.  Commanoed  in 
*79J  by  Captain  JoAiua  Sydocy  Yorke.  In  OAober  1794,  Captnn  P.  flalkect  waa  appointed  to  her.  la 
Dccrmber  1797  Captain  B.  v.inchrop,  her  prefent  commander.    thrUi  Sua, 


ALUGATOI,  aS  Gum.  Built  «t  Sandgace.  Length  of  gun-deck,  lao  feet,  6  Incbea  }  of  kcd,  99 1b«t,  S  iadiea. 
Breadth,  33  feet,  7  inchea  and  a  halL  Depth  in  hold,  11  feet.  Toot,  199,  and  ftifty*two  nioeiy'^burtha. 
Commanded  in  1793  by  Captun  % .  Aaeck.  In  OOobar  1794,  Captain  T.  Surridge  w«a  appoiatdd  to  her. 
In  January  179s,  Captain  T.  Afleck.    P^rtjimutb, 

VLYMOVTH,  •  GWM.  Navy  Tranf^ort.  In  179s  commandod  by  Lloofenanc  T.  Fope.  In  OAober  1796,  Licutenaat 
M.  Lee  waa  appdaidd  to  her*  and  ftiil  comwandi  her.    Hfmmtb» 


1787. 

CAPTAIN,  74  Ouas.  Built  onthe  Blver  Thaaca*  Length  of  gun-deck,  170  feet  {  of  keel,  i^ofeet,  5  Inohea  and  a 
half.  Breadth,  46  feet,  le  Inchea.  Depth  In  hold,  ao  feet,  6  inchea.  Tons,  16)9.  Commanded  in  179J  by 
Captain  b.  Beeve.  In  Auguft  1795,  Captain  J.  8.  Smith  wat  appotnted  (o  her.  In  OAober  1796,  Captain  G. 
Andrewra,  with  Commodore  Horado  Nelfim**  broad  pendant.  In  January  1797,  Captain  B.  W.  Milkr.  In 
Julv,  Captain  J.  Aytmer.  In  January  1799,  Captain  G.Bowcn.  In  March,  Captain  Sir  B.  J.  Strachan,  her 
prefent  commander.    CbamuL 

SXCXLLBNT9  74  Guna  Bulk  at  Harwich.  Length  of  gnn-deck,  itt  feet  ;  of  keel,  138  feet.  Bieadlh,  46  feet,  tt 
Inchea.  Depth  In  hold,  19  feet,  0  inchea.  Tona,  1614  Commanded  in  1793  by  the  Honourable  W.  C.  F'^ch. 
In  May  1704^  Captain  J.  s.  Sinith  waa  appointed  tu  toer.  In  Auguft,  Captiiin  J.  Whitby,  with  Vice  Admiral 
ComwallitS  flag  In  OAnbcr,  Captain  W  MitcbrU.  In  179S,  Captain  C.  Coamgwood.  In  July  1799,  the 
hcaonnlble  Captain  Bubert  Stopferd,  her  pvefent  commander,  was  appointed  to  her.   Cbanml. 

fWXFTSVRX,  ^A  Guna.  Buiit  on  the  Blver  Thamea.  Length  of  gun^^ock,  lOB  feet,  p  Inchea  and  a  half;  of  ked,  tty 
feet,  11  Inches.  Breadth,  47feei.  Depth  In  huid,  19  feet,  9  inches.  Tona,  i6ai.  Commanded  in  1793  by 
Captain  C  Boylea.  In  1794,  Vice  Admiral  R.  Kingfmill  boifted  hia  flag  in  her  ;  and  in  March  1796,  Rear 
Admiral  W.  Parker.  In  April,  CapUin  R.  Parker  was  appointed  hit  captain.  In  OAobcr  1796,  Captain 
Arthur  PhlBsp  wai  •ppoiaied  to  her.  In  April  1798,  Captain  B.  HaOowdl,  who  BIA  conuaanda  her. 
MidUtmamtm. 

▼ANGUARD,  74  Gunt.  Bulh  at  Deptferd.  Length  of  gun-deck,  iSB  feet ;  of  keel,  137  feet,  8  inchea  and  a  half. 
Breadth,  46  feet,  10  inchet  and  a  half.  Depth  in  roM,  19  feet,  9  inchet.  Tona,  1609.  Commanded  in  1793 
by  Captain  T.  Stanhope.  In  Augufl  1794,  Captain  C.  Sawyer,  with  Rear  Admiral  C.  Tbomp<bn*a  flag,  la 
1795,  Captain  8.  Miher  wat  appointed  hit  captain.  In  December,  Captain  E.  Beny  was  appom'cd  to  her,  with 
Bear  Admiral  8ir  H.  NrHbirt  flag.  In  OAober  1798,  Captain  T.  M.  Hnidy  waa  appointed  to  her.  la 
Auguft  1799,  Captain  W.  Brawn,  her  prefent  oonuaandcr.    PmrtfinmOh. 

▼XTXBAN,  64  Guna.  Built  at  Baft  Cowcf.  Length  of  gun-deck,  ite  feet,  4  Inches  and  a  quarter;  of  keel,  ijg 
feet,  J  inchet  and  feven  eighths.  Breadths  44  feet,  8  Inchet  and  five  eighths.  Depth  in  bold,  19  feet,  $ 
inchet.  Toot,  1396,  and  feventy-dgbt  njneQr4burtht.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  C.  X.  Nugent.  la 
1794,  by  Captain  G.  Bowen.  In  179),  Opttin  iKT.  Hancock  Kelly  waa  appointed  to  her.  In  July  I797» 
Captain  A.  Guyot.  In  Aognfl,  Captain  G.  Gregory.  In  March  179A,  Captain  J.  Walker.  In  June,  Capum 
J.  R.  Moffe,  with  Vice  Adntlml  A.  Dickfiia'a  Bag.  In  Februaiy  1799,  Capttin'  A.  C.  Dickfim,  her  preftac 
commander.    MarttSttu^ 

8BXBBNESS,  44  Guna.  Buifc  at  Bucklerihard.  Length  of  gun-deck,  140  feet,  3  Inchea;  of  keel,  it)  feet,  4 
inchet  and  a  quarter.  Breadth,  38  feet,  s  inches.  Dspth  in  hold,  \^  feet,  10  inchet.  Tcoa,  90s.  Com- 
manded in  1793  by  Captain  Lord  Viftoant  Garlics.  In  1794,  by  Capcsin  w.  G.  Fairfex,  with  Rear  Admiral 
M.  Harvey's  flag.  In  April  179s,  Capbin  S.  Mackcorie  wat  appointed  to  her.  In  Moven»ber  1796,  Captain 
James  CflrnwaUit.  In  Mareh  1799,  Captain  W.  Hanweli.  In  July,  Captain  J.  S.  Cardca,  her  prei«it 
ooounander.    Armed  an  flute.    ChamtU 

BLONDE,  33  Guna.  Butltat  BurOedon.  Length  of  gun-deck,  ia6  feet,  6  inchet )  of  keel,  104  feet,  a  Inchea  and 
ive  eighths.  Breadth,  3s  feet,  i  inch.  Depth  in  h:  Id,  la  fee:,  a  inchea.  Tona,  Ma.  Commanded  in  1793 
^y  Captain  J.  Markham.  In  July  1794,  Capmia  W.  Luke  was  appointc^to  her.  la  Juoc  179S,  Captain  W. 
Pierrepont.    in  March  1799,  Captain  D.  Dobree.    Armed  en  flute.    Stittmtfit 

1788. 

BOTAL  GEORGE,  loo  Gone.  Bulk  at  Chatham.  Length  of  gun-deck,  190  feet;  of  keef,  iS6  feet,  3  inches  and 
three  eighths.  Breadtli,  sa  feet,  s  inchet  and  a  half.  Depth,  aa  feet,  4  inches*  Tons,  sx86*  Commanded 
In  1791  by  Captain  W.  Domett,  with  ti.e  flag  of  Vice  Admiral  Sir  Alcjunder  Hood,  ailcrwaroa  Admiral 
Lord  Bridpoct,  who  ftill  continues  to  hoift  hit  flag  00  board  her.    Cbmna, 

6L0BT,  98  Guns.  Buite  at  Plymouth.  Length  of  gun-deck,  177  feet,  j  inchea ;  of  ked.  14S  feet,  f  inchea. 
Breadth,  so  feet,  1  inch  and  one  dghth.  De|.th  in  hold,  ai  feet,  a  inchet.  Tons,  1944.  Commanded  in 
1793  l>y  Captain  F.  Pender.  In  May  1794,  Capttin  J.  Elphinliene  was  'appointed  to  her,  with  Rear 
Adairal  G.  N.  Elphloftone'a  flpg.    In  AuguA,  Cap««la  Jt  Bourmafler.    In  January  179s,  Captain  Alexaadar 


ciitomLoof CAL  t»T  09  rtn  rotai  nAYf; 

«flifM.    in  tifH—ii,  CaytAiii  G.  Cray.   U  Daiemtar*  Ci^ttia  J.  Wtmmt  M*  m*  AfttflH  ■.  C. 


CMftiMS  ftf '  Ka  AprU  17^  CapCiia  dr  GcQtie   HSiM.    to  1 797*   CipiaiM  J.  Mmu    U  Maick  tfg^ 
Captala  T.  Wdk  wmwrfdUU*  to  har,  uM  MB  tammaaH  fecr.    GI«m(. 


nmci,  ^  OtMt.    Balk  at  VPtolvUk.    Lci«di  of  fua-*ck,  rn  fret,  6  tocbMi  «r  kMl,  t40  Am  < 
Breadth,  jp  Act.    Depth  in  hold,   ai  fiKt.    Tooi,  i»fi.    ConmaiidM  la  1791  hj  Caftala  C  Cofl- 
wlm  Keir  Admkal  lo«rjrcr*t  flU'    la  Jaoaary  I791«   Captain  T.  Ptfry  was  ai^olatcd  «»  bcr.   to 
Capcaia  C.  P.  HamUtoo.    In  November  1796,  Captain  T.  Larom.    to  typ^  Rear  Admiral  Sir  %optt  Cwiia 
kal*««  Ua  «W  on  bowd  har.    to  April  itvo.  Captain  S^Suttoo,  har  prcfisic  captato,  '  -  ' 

Md  taar  Ate&ral  sir  C.  Cottn  MAcd  hia  ias,  whica  till  contLBucaoBteard  her» 


BirrrOtlS  li  Outti.    Bum  oo  th«  nivcr  Thamet.    LtanA  of  ked,  63  fte«r«  11  lachca  aa<  a  taff.    B«(a)l9s  si 
Act,  6  lachaa  aad  ahatf.    Depth  la  hoU,  10  ftct,  t  inch.    Toost  isS.    Cammaatfed  at  Che  betjaalat  of  " 
war  by  LlnHMHU  B.  Wrifhi*  kar  proftoK  anmmapdfff,   fi^lnjpa<  ••  »  Taadar  to  th* '    - — 


1789. 

SBBTXirr,  16  Oaas.  A  tloop.  BvOt  at  Hrmaath.  L«a|th  oT  CM-deckf  leo  «m ;  oTkccI,  ta  ft«t|  f  tochct  ■■«  • 
quarter.  Breadth,  rj  Uttit.  Depth  la  hold,  13  tmn.  Tom,  jai.  CammaMad  !■  1703  by  Captoia  B.  Law 
intepicmbcr  1791  Capcato  W.  C.  ttaplat  wa«  appoimad  to  her.  In  rcbraanr  1797,  Cvttlii  B.  BackBll.  to 
Ja&uarjr  1799,  Captain  T.  Bdberu,  bar  prefct  coouBaodar.    St$trmp, 


1790. 

WXnvnon  CasTLB.  ^  Caaa.  B«iti  at  Oaptibrd,  Laotih  of  gnn-dack,  177  Act,  6  iaOm  |  of  had,  14s  |bar,  B 
Inches  and  fevw  aiihtha.  Bicadth,  49  fecc*  *  lachai.  Depth  in  bold,  si  t«et.  Tom,  1974.  ConmaBdad  Is 
1793  b|r  Captain  Sir  Thamaa  Byud,  with  Vice  Admiral  P.  Coibjr**  Aac-  In  Odobar  1794  Capcaia  Bdward  Caoka 
«vaa  appoUitad  eo  her,  with  Bear  Admlial  R.  Linne*a  Bag.  la  Apitt  179^,  Captain  J.  Core.  In  nfiimhf^ 
Capcaia  B.  0*Brlea,  wkiiBaar  Admiral  B.  Man*a  Bac.  to  Aacat  I799»  Capoia  J.  Maaky.  tota^embcr, 
J.  C.  Whitt.    In  Wovambcr,  Caprnte  A.  Bcrte,  «BP  Bill  -^  ^  . 


BBVNSWICK,  74  Gaaa.  BuUt  at  Deptlbrd.  Leogm  of  iiun*dcdh  I76fcct,  a  laches  aad  a  half  i  offcecl,  141  Aet,  9 
tochaa.  Braadth,  #  (tot,  9  IdcMs;  Deftt  ta  hold,  rpiboh  6  inchca.  Taaa,  itjd.  Cammaadad  ia  ITW  if 
Captafa  J  Harvey,  to  AucuA  1794  Lord  C.  PitaeteraM  ««b  appolatad  to  har.  to  Jwa,  C^cai*  U.  Smial, 
with  Bear  Admiral  I.I.  Blltb's  fla«.  In  1797  Captain  w.  G.  Butharitard  was  afpointad  hbCaptato.  toApitt 
1799,  Capuia  W.  Chllcet,  wbo  BiBcommaadi  bcr.    Jamnct 

lITIATRAIt,  74  Guot.  BoUt  at  Chatham,  tcoclh  of  ru>dccfc,  173  fcct,  3  kKlMt  |  oTbad,  il*  Aai,  4  todhM 
Breadth,  47  fcct,  10  iochea.  Depth  In  hold,  so  Ibet,  9  laches.  Tons,  1707.  Commandfd  in  1793  by  CaptaSa 
the  Hon.  Ha«h  Seymour  Conway,  fa  April  179s  Captaia  J.  T.  DaU worth  was  appoiawd  to  har)  when  ha 
hoiftcd  a  Nmd  pendant  on  board  her,  Captain  N.  Difby  was  appointed  hi*  Capiato.  After  ha  bad  his  tat  iahcr 
Captsin  J.  Carpeoter  was  appointed,  aad  at  prelfeat  ceailnasa|  ta  ba  his  Captaia.    ifMEttirrmNrnk 

VAIBT,  idGaas.  A  Sloop.  Bulk  at  Shecmca.  Length  of  (va-deck,  96  Act,  7  iachca;  ofkcal,  Tiftct,  loiaclMS, 
^«adtt«,  ad  fteC,  9  Inches.  Depth  In  hold,  is  Ibct^  le  Incbac.  Tons,  300.  Cemmaaaad  ia  1793  by  C^ftM 
n.  Lafbrsy.  In  1794,  by  Capum  R.  Bridaea.  la  April  179s  Caplata  J.  Irwla  was appaincad  sa bar.  to  JaauMf 
1797,  Ci^tala  T.  Baker.    In  July,  Captain  Jadiva  Sydary  Hottaa,  her  picfcat( 


TBXAL,  13  Gons.  A  Cutter.  Bulk  at  Plymooth,  with  tbrte  flidag  keali.  Leagtt  of  gpa-dccki  6s  Ibat;  of  kad, 
50  feet,  3  laches  and  feven  eighth! .  Breadth,  ax  feet,  s  inches.  Depth  in  bobl,  7  feet,  a  inches.  Toas,  ia3. 
commanded  la  1793  by  Ueutenan  MaAoa.  to  Augal  170s  Lieuteaaat  J,  Doaeaa  was  sppoimcd  to  har.  W 
May  1796,  Lieutenant  J.  Yetts.  to  March  1797,  Captaia  H.  Gamtt.  to  February  X799,  LkvtmaRt  J. 
Downing,  her  prefcnt  coouaaader.    JKamk*. 

DBPTPOBD,  8  Gnas.   to  179S  Lieoteoaat  J.  Cowc  was  appointed  to  har,  and  Bincoanua*  kcr.  rmjumH. 

CHATHAMi  6  Cans.     Toas,  93.     Conmaaded  m  1793  by  LinitcnaaK  Bnai|kiea.     to  17949  ^  Lfcuceaaat  Itter 
Paget.  Cimkmu 

TBtPASSEY.    StfrsShtp.    BaiHatN«wib«adland.    Lcagth  of  gua-deck,  44  feet,  7  laches  { of  kad,  ji  feat,  ^iackes 
and  five  eighths.    Breadth,    is  febt.    Depth  In  hdd,  I  feet,  4  laches.    Toas,  4X1  Chiity-twa  aiacti-lbkilku 
Commanded  in  1793  by  J.  Bicotm.     to  1794,   by  Lieuteaaat  B.  Kevcra.     to  May  I19d» 
JiaaAead.    AttftrndCtiL 

^XBK  C|f  ABLOTTX,  100  Cum.    BuOt  at  Chatham.    Lcagth  of  gua-4eck,  190  feat  j  of  kad,  fs6  feet, 

and  three  eighths.  Bradth,  ss  feet,  s  inches  and  a  halt.  Depth  in  hold,  a  a  feet,  4  iachts.  Tbas,  saBd.  Bad 
Howe  holBed  his  flag  on  board  her  in  179J.  FitB  Captain,  Sir  Roger  Cuitis  $  Second  Captain,  Hugh  Ciabmy 
Chnftian.  lo  1794  Captaia  Sir  Andrew  gnape  Douglaa  fiiccccdad  Captaia  Ckrllllaa.  la  AagaB  8797  Captaia 
J.  Klphindone,  with  Vice  Admiral  Lord  Keitb'i  dag.  to  June  179S,  Captain  J.  Irwla,  wbh  Vice  Admisd 
Sir  C.  Thompfon'f  flag.  In  June  1799  Rear  Admiral  J.  H.  Whi:<hed  hoifted  his  flag  oa  boaad  har.  to 
OAoberVice  Admiral  Lord  Keith  hoifted  hl«  flag,  and  Captaia  A.  Todd  was  appciated  to  bcr. 


BXAVLXBU,  40  Ruoa.    Built  at  Bncklcrdisrd.    Length  of  gua-deck,  147  feet,  3  Inchest  of  keai,  raa  feet,  toi 

and  dve  eighths.  Brtsdth,  39 feet «  6  inches.  Depth  in  hold,  is  feet,  a-iachas  aad  iiveclghiha»  Toas,  loisob 
Comasandcd  by  the  Kartof  Northcsk  in  1793,  aad  Ky  Captain  J.  Salishury.  In  1791,  by  Captdn  B.  Bioa.  to 
September  179S,  by  Captiin  K.  W.  Baynmn.  la  December,  by  Captaia  P.  Laferey.  to  1796}  bgyCapttbi 
L.  ik)uotr.    In  Augud  1797,  Capraio  P.  Fsyermwt who  ftili commaods  her.    Chaiaisl. 

MABTIN,  i«  Guns.  A  S^oop.  Built  at  Wtxiiwich.  Length  of  gua-deck,  loo  feet,  •  indies  snd  a  hdf  {  of  kad,  fl) 
feet,  d  incbei  sod  three  qusrirn.  Bresdm,  tj  feet,  a  inches  aad  a  halfi  Depm  la  hold,  13  feet,  10  laches  sad 
a  hsif.  Ton',  379.  Commanded  in  1793  by  Captain  B.  Laae.  Barly  In  S79S  ^  Captua  C  Gamier,  to 
April,  by  Capuin  W-  G.  Lobb.  In  December  179S1  by  Captdn  S.  Saiton.  In  Auguft  1797,  the  ■oaoorable  C 
Paget.  In  December,  Captaia  W.  Beotoo.  to  Aptii  1799,  the  Hoaoursble  Captaia  M.  St.  Clair,  her  piafead 
commander.    li<.r:hUas^ 

BATTLBSNake,  Id  Guns.  Built  at  Chsdism.  Length  of  gatt-deck,  100  feet  j  of  kcd,  •$  feet,  1  laA  aad  a  half* 
Breadth,  37  feet,  a  laches.  Depth  la  hold,  13  feet.  Toas,  320.  Commsaded  la  1793  by  Captaia  A^  Moasr* 
In  1794,  ^y  C'pUin  J.  W.  Spranger.  In  January  1796  Captain  K.  Baiaage  was  appelaled  to  her.  In  March 
17^7,  CJpta.o  J.  Gardner.  In  September,  Capcun  W.  Durban,  to  December,  Caatala  J.  Scftas*  to 
>cbruAry  iTp*),  Captaia  W.  Graager.    to  JWie  1799,  Captato  S.  Goodi.    Ctf  tfGiM  mf€. 


fTt  iv  untMiJ  m  mf  ȤxU.f 


APPENDIX. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST 

or  THB 

I 

Eoj^al  Baui?  of  ®teat  ^Britain, 

At  the  Commencement  of  the  prefent  Year  1 800, 

(CmitlmitifrwmvurUfi,) 
Arranged  according  to  the  Yean  in  which  the  Ships  were  bnilt,  with  their  Dim  air- 
«ioN8 ;  and  the  NaiIibs  of  the  several  CoMicANnaaa  appointed  to  them,  from  the 
Beginning  of  the  f« at i n t  War  . 

i^  III. 

1793- 

CAISAK,  to  Cons.  BnUt  at  Ptymeath.  Leaith  of  cun^eck  i9i  free  )  of  Vael,  14S  fcttv3  hkchw  aiMl  in  half.' 
"rOnt^iMj.  Comnuoded,  fiift  bj  Captain  A.  J.  P.  MoUoj,  in  1793-  m  X794'»  Captain  J.  Whitby,  wiO* 
Vice  Aamlral  CorowalBa**  flag.  Zo  January  1795,  Captain  W .  Mitchell.  In  Jane,  C«ptaii»  C.  E.  Katent. 
In  Pdmiary  1797,  Captain  aodluun  Home.  In  March  1799,  Captain  Sir  James  fiaumarex,  wLo  ftill  com- 
aandalwr.    Turkaj, 

aONOTAUa,  74Gttas.  Bidltat  Woolirieb.  Leagtb  of  gua-deck,  172  fttt,  3  inchet ;  of  keel,  i4oft«t,  s  indii* 
and  a  quarter.  Tont,  1703.  Captain  T.  Louis  appointed  to  Her  In  1794,  with  the  flag  of  Vice  Admiral 
Macbride.    Mtdiurramtai, 

ALVICOaa.  A  Skxjp.  16  Gnna.  Evtlt  at  Rasdairt  Yard,  Rotberhiilie.  Captain  n.  Parker  appdnte4  to  her  in 
1704.  In  June  179s,  Captain  B.  FelkMrt.  in  January  1796,  Captain  G.  Byre.  In  March,  Captain  R. 
Vnatboqi.  In  Feferaary  1797,  Captain  S.  P.  For«er,  In  November  1798,  Captain  T.  White,  la  oaober 
1799,  Captain  J,  Chiloott,  her  pretent  conmander.    Jfimaka. 

HAWKX.  a  Sloop.  BuUt  at  D^ford.  Conmanded  In  1793  by  Captain  R.  Barton.  In  1794,  by  Capt.  C.  BiMren* 
In  June  179s  Captain  B.  Hale  waa  appointed  to  her.  In  January  1797,  Captain  B.  Boaterbam«  ber  prtiett 
commander. ,  /r^  hMts* 

1794. 
PRINCE  OP  WALBS,  9(1  Gum.  Built  at  Portflnootb.  Length  of  gun-deck,  183  fbct.^  of  keel,  140  ftet,.  9  L'lc^e5. 
Tons,  loao.  Commanded  in  1795  by  Captain  J.  Bazelr  (a)»  *ith  Rear  Admiral  H.  Harvey's  fiag.  In  De- 
cember 1796  Captain  J.  Harvey  fucceeded  Captain  J.  Bav^ly.  In  April  1797  Capuln  T.  Harvey  wai  appointed 
toha-.  In  January  1798,  Captain  R.  Brown.  In  June  1799,  Captain  A.  Ren<xi.  In  November,  Rear  Ad- 
Aitrml  Lord  Hugh  Seymour  holfted  his  flag  in  her.    fTeft  inJa*u  « 

MARS,  74  Guns.    Built  at  Deptford.    Length  ofgun-deck,  176  feet:  of  keel,  144  f^,  3  inchea.    BreacStb,  ^^fott, 
•    l>epth  in  hold,  20  fKt.    Tons,  184a.    Capuin  C,  Cottrtnappowtrd  tuhcr  in  179s.    In  February  1797,  CapqUn 
Alevander  Hood.    In  July  1798,  Captain  J.  Manlcy.    In  May  X799,  Captain  J.  Monktoo,  with  Rear  Admiral 
the  Hon.  G.  Berkeley.    Ctaniui.  / 

DIAMOND,  30  Cuni.  Built  at  Barnard's  Yard,  Deptftrd.  In  1794 Captain  Sir  W  Sidney  Smith  %vas  appointed  to  her. 
In  December  1796,  Captain  Sir  R.J,  Strachao.    In  April  1799,  Captain  B.  Grifllth.    Cbamtl. 

DIANA,  ^GuDs.  Built  at  Randall's  Yard,  Botherhitbe.  Commanded  Jj)  1794  Captain  J.  Faulknor.  la  March  1799, 
Captain  A.  Prafer.    tr^t  ta^a. 

S£A  RORSB,  38  Guns.  Btiilt  at  StalVart's  Yard,  RothetMthe.  In  1794  Captain  J*  Peyton  vras  appointed  to  her.  In 
June  1796,  Captain  R.  D.  Oliver.  In  December,  Capuin  C.  Oakes.  IQ  July  (797,  Captain  S.  F.  Free- 
mantle.    In  oAober,  Capuln  B.  J.  Foote,  her  prtfent  oommaDder.    Sbttmefi,  ^ 

AICMXNE,  33  Guns.  Built  at  Harwich.  Captain  W.  Brtwne  appointed  to  command  her  in  179).  In  June  1796, 
Captain  j.  Gure.  Captain  W.  Browne  rd'>inied  the  command  in  Kovembir.  In  June  1798  Captain  G.  M^pc 
was  app<3nted  to  her.    In  June  1799,  Capuin  H.  Dtgby.    Pijnuaitb. 

CCRBERUS,  32  Gur«.  Built  at  Southampton.  Captain  J.  Drew  appointed  to  her  in  January  179s.  In  Januaiy  1708, 
Capuln  J.  M^Kamara  ( 2) .    Plpmutb. 

GALATEA,  j2  Guns.  Ruilcat  Pnrr1\nouth.  Commanded  In  1794  by  Captain  R.  G.  Keares.  In  January  1795,  by  Cap- 
tain r.  Cole..     In  March  179,  Captain  R.G.  Kcates  wm  again  appointed  to  lier.     In  July,  Ciiptaiu  M.  B>ng. 

STAG,  3a  Guna.  Buik  la  the  King's  Yard,  Chatham.  Commanded  Jn  1794  by  Captain  Jofhua  Sydney  Yotfce,  ber 
preleiit  comraAodec    CbemiJ. 

VNICOBN,  32  Cans.  Bnilt  In  the  Binges  Yard,  Chatham.  Captain  W.  Cayley  appointed  to  her  in  1794.  In  Ji*ly 
l79Sf  Odptalh  T.  Williams.  In  March  1797,  Ci4)tain  James  Young.  In  April  J799  Captain  P.  Witkinioiif 
her  prtlcnt  cammander.    CtarMtU  1 

SPANXBR,  34  Guns.  Commanded  in  January  179S  by  Captain  Edward  Tyrrel.  In  September,  by  Captain  J. 
Whitby.  In  December,  by  Captain  G.  B.  Smith  In  January  1796  Lieutenant  J.  Hay  was  apfointea  to  her. 
In  oasber  1798,  Lieutenant  W.  Cafpal.    i^ttnira!'  SwtJt, 

Blades,  a  Slnop.  tS  Cuas.  Bulltat  MiAcrcs^s  Yard,  Rotberhithe.  Captain  T.Twifden  conrnfiamled  her  in  179). 
In  Apr>i  1797  Capitiin  A.  Mackcnsic  was  apptfiated  \o  her.  In  November  179^  Captain  J.  fioerdcr,  Mi^u  iiiil 
«(»mmAiia.  Iter,    i^unujtx 


auuMiiioQMAi  LttT  Of  ^m  mtai,  matt* 


rAVOVtrrt.  a  Soop.  |6  awm,  Bvift  M  ftaiMbTi  Yiri«  ■««Mi»hfc«  Oipttiii  C.  widtt  ipvotetd  lo  lar  tt 
1794.  I*«cf«cnk«r  M«s«  Capola  J.  A.  Wm«U  to  M«]r  I7f7i  CaMdii  S.  r^wdL  to  |«^«  O^ciIb  f. 
I^rfbn.    to  jMMtfy  179%  Cx^nTofd  Camd  oH.    to  May  1799,  Cspcaki  J.  Wf  ^      "         " 


MAtAID.    A  floap     i«OiiM.    Ivllt  at  Brliidkr*!  Yar«,  Fkaibwjr.    Cayols  J.  l-«iKt  ■fPntim*  ••ferr  to  1794. 
l79%tjCifWto  B.  D.  9lkmn,     Ir  iifiiimlft  S7siS   Giptoto  A*  ■■&>>      to  l«ly  lMl»  Cifttto  W. 


HOKNIT.    A  iloi9.    tA  Gvm.     BvUc  at  lUlktftH  Ywtf,  RdilNfMAt.     Car«to  C.  Vwri  apyotolii  •»  tor  to  I79«. 


'.;j; 


t7M«  Cifcato  W.  LnklA.    te^JiBwy  i?^*^  Cafttto  B.  Uitaa.    to  Mmwitii  t7fft|  Capcato  J, 


whoBfllcamiiwiiii  tof.    tt.fi 

LABK.    A  fk«p.    iCGwM.    Buik  aintclMr'aYart,  MartMatt.    tiipaiA  J.  BtortcvappotoM  tator  to  1794- 
ttfiaiitori79»,Ca»tttoW.O«lliry.    to  Apitt  t999» 

A  floQp..  |«  Ouaa.  Built  ai  Ckvtrttf*!  Yavi,  Giavafral.  CMCain  C.  V. 
n  t79ti  tafcato  I.  t.  BvvnftMl  la  Jaftupfy  IMS  Ctptato  T.  Ttaeaaa 
Bcnnle.    Jn  oaoCa,  Ca^aUi  B.  Y.  Hall,     to  OAator  I7>^  Captain  A. 

fBTBBBLL.    A  Boap.    li  C«M.    B»Ik  ac  Wlltoi*!  Yart.  Ctottaa.   Caftatot.  O, 
her  In  1794.    to  January  1741,  Capoto  B.  L.  Cuwcr.     to  Mareator  • 
CapCMka  t.  WoMMufc.    to  MMtB  1797,  Captain  Lsrt  Prabf .    to  A«| 
OOAer  179II,  Capcato  M.  IViwariini     to  Novcancr,  Captato  Ccorf«i 
Jonaa.    to  Jnlr«  Citato  r.  W. 


BANGBB.  A  ttwp.  t6  Cana.  BuUt  m  NiBs  and  Co*t  Yaitf,  LiMkoaft.  Capain  J.  Rwiy  iiifiihiH  IS  ca 
mfta«liarlai794.  In  Janaaty  1797,  CapaAi  C.  CaiapfcrM.  Captain  J4to  LiOla  to  topcaabcr  i799i  *^ ' 
cammand*  tor.   »r»  iuu 

*79J- 

YILLE  DK  PABIS  t|A  G«M«    Bnllt  in  the  Kkni*t  Ya»i»  CtodMlB.     tcnpili  ftom  tato  to  Bern,  a]»  ftoc. 

S]  Aai.  TUM,  xiii.  Capiato  W.  lock  appoiotetf  totor  in  Movcmbar  1796.  to  April  1797  ConoKMinw 
B.  CaMcr  totoc4  s  toond  pentom  on  buani  her.  to  Iiia«»  Admiral  tir  J.  jarH*  totoad  Ula  Bac  to  tor  ;  VM 
Captain,  Sir  B.  CaMcr  {  tocond  Captun,  Oear|C  Oi«y.  to  BtafCB  1799  Capcato  W.  BaUmB  wccwdrd  CapC 
Ctty,  andBIB  wBiiiinlr  tof.   Ct 


CABOUNB,  )d  Goaa.    Bvlk  at  BaatoBH  Yard,  ButotUtto.'    Captain  W.  Luke  appfltowi  to  tor  to  ttoveaMcr  i79f 
to  ll<ircntor  19^  Citato  tto  Biito  Man.  Lord  M.  raskt.    In  JnMnry  1799*  C#tato  W.  ■even,  «l»  ^- 
her. 


0OBtS,  $B Gnoa^   toilk  at  Ctevcitey*!  Yard,  Gravcftad.    Cap^  tto  Itoa.  C  Jonei  toVOuued  caBcr  to 
t79S.    to  July  1797,  Lord  Baaetach,  wbo  BIO 


DBY AB,  j6  GwM.    ftOk  »t  Bamard*a  YaN.    Citato  Lort  AArtina  Baaiictork  appufcdai  ao  tier  in  Deceotor  (791. 
to  DBfwfcir  179%  Captain  C.  J. 

fttllBAUX,  j6  Gan%    BuUi  at  ntctot^i  YarA,  NaMkBeet.    Capcato  ▼.  C. 


.LA,  j6  Gan%  BuUi  at  rttctot^i  YarA,  NartiBeet.  Capcato  ▼.  C.  ■crtwlar  appultocd  ta  tor  to  Brtfitg 
I79t.  to  gqueuJKi  1797.  Capiato  j.  WaBer.  la  Dccentov,  CapMto  toa  Bj^B  HSn.  laad  n(to|>  to  Afiil 
179II,  C«pt4ia  T.  M.  W«der,  win  Bill  rommanda  tor.    ILtm, 


f  BOBBS,   }d  Guai.    Balk  at  D«idmaa\  Yard,  Baptltod,    Captata  B.  Barfov  appotoird  to  her  to  nmrtrr  I79fi 
aad  Bit  commaiMltoc  tor.    Cttmiut. 


BEAVBB.    A  flnop.    i«  Gun*.    Baitt  at  ChaihaDk    Captato  t.  G.  W  mer  appololcil  to  coRmaad  bar  to 

179I.    Captain  R.  Bro«rn«  la  July  I79<>*    Captato  B.  Mtffiia  to  Nvrunber  1797.    CapUto  C.  B.  Jonei  U  Ba« 
ctator  t;9%  itimBM  «tnmmaAa  tor.   Ctonatf. 


CAMBLUm.  A  Bite  It  Gum.  Boilt  af  to.  Commantod  to  Kcvcialier  179s  by  ito  Hon.  Cto^i*  Bcanett.  to 
p<krvary  174*  Capttto  B.  B.  BaH7«r  tna  appointtd  to  her*  In  May  1797  Lord  VUtount  PaBdhad.  to  Ka- 
aembcr  C«pt»ln  R .  B.  Bowyer  a^a  tdhiard  tto  cammand  afhcr.  to  Juae  179!  riptaia  J.  BtiiEa.  la  Ka- 
relator  1799  Captato  F.  C.  MaWaad.  la  Dtcroitar  Captato  J.  Dalryiapia  was  ap|>oiiaiil  and  Bill 
her.    CtjfuiH  • 


Mttt.  A  BriK.  18  Cam.  BvikoTBr at  VanflnooCh.  ConBiaaded  in  to|y  1799  hy  Captato  M.  Mabae.  to  tfiith 
I7S6  C4Main  w.  Browa  was  appaiatad  to  ber.  to  JaBMaty  1^  Cdptoui  C.  tonCtod,  wha BIB  caaaaadt  tor. 
it*rtb  Tjnmutb. 

KANGABOO.  a  tolf .  iBCuBt.  Buik  at  VeptBvd  of  fir.  CoaiBiaaded  la  Korcmtar  1796  hy  toe  Ma.  C^tafa 
C«iurtenay  Buyl-.    In  January  i;9«  Captain  t.  Brace  waa  appointed  to  her  aad  BiB  ffaramaiya  her.  I^vtoil. 

riUCAN.  A  BtIr.  taCun*.  Battt  at  DepcArd  of  fir.  Commanded  ISorentar  179$  hy  Capta^  |.  C.  fiearSr.  to 
May  1797  Captain  ).  ^Tcfttoaca  wat  appotottd  n  her.  to  fanaary  a;9t  C«piBto  |.  Cafiapai ,  Xa  Jacoaif 
1749  Captato  R.  nuipoi,  her  prrftni  caoiaiaodca.    —         - 


lACGOM.  A  Bri(.  id  Gunf.  Bulk -at  Dcaiftrd  of  to.  Commanded  to  Kcarmtor  1791  by  Capttie  K.  itifrr.  to 
March  1796  Capr/m  X.  Ror  waa  appdatod  •»  her.  la  May  1797  Capita  B.  Uiyd.  to  Daoamb-r  t:<A  Cape. 
\V.  BaslAone  ttar  prcfras  commindcr.    SHtrmfi, 


BXACVLL.   A  Brig,    iH  (lanu    tuUt  of  fir.     Captila  It.  Wtoy  appatoted  to  her  in  Motor  ktrw  va  Bill 
maadahait   Ckmrtl, 

iTAB.    A  Bfit.    |9  GaiM.     BuDt  of  to.     fo  OAober  179^  tto  Koo,  Cap^a  J.  COIrOl  waa  ^pf<iixi  ta  tor.   to 
Juuaiy  1797  Captain  D.  Atktos.     to  .Novemto.  1791  Captain  J.  GaraMr,  wta  BiB  coauaaato  tor.    Ctifg  ^ 

IW ALLOW.    A  Rrit.    i«  Cimu    MiB  of  to.    Captain  G.  Plavke  appointed  to  her  to  Koveator  lypt.    to 
ber  179'  Captain  w.  tavaderibn.    to  June  i:w  Captain  J.  H<7«a,  whaB'il  ~       " 


tYLni.  A  Bfit.  |«  Gam.  Bulk  of  «r.  Captain  J.  C.  White  appoia*od  to  bet  to  September  ifas.  Capmia  C. 
Dadiwoud  to  September  1799,  who  ftiO  coirmaadt  her.    ChjumL 

OILXGBNCB.  ABrif.  •«  Cum.  Captato  J.  WcB  app^i'^«4  to  tor  to  Jarjiar)' 1796.  Captdio  B.  Mcnto  to  Jan. 
ifP7,  wbD  Bin  coouhandi  her.    Jamaitm. 

LILLY.  A  Brit.  t6  ««n».  Late  the  Spencer  Sloop.  Cmrmanded  in  1796  hy  Captiia  T.  Rord.  to  Taacary  1797 
Captain  A.  F.  Rvuu  wai  ap*«inted  to  her.  to  AutuB  1791  Captain  J.  O-tfbar.  In  Kdrea^  CtohOa  1. 
Waltun  whoBin  connaaditor.    JMi/v.  "    ~  ' 

•ATTLFR.  A  ttKiNid  Gam.  Built  at  Ra)-«iond'a  Yard.  Captain  W.  T.  Lake  apaoisted  ta  tor  to  Ajri  177$. 
Captato  J.  CedMt  la  January  1798.  in  Juw  r97  Cdptalo  J.  AJlea.  la  July  Captain  1.  BaL  to  FctooMy 
xTppCapcamj.  H<r<K.   to  Apnl  Optiin  J.  M.  ipread.   to  O^bihs  Capt«a  vir.  SbklSa.   jMtoka.         ' 


MtONOtftoiCAt  Lfvr  oy  t]ir»oYAL  navy. 

nnnnu  a  ClNp.  14  eun*  Ctycuia  a.  tavrrle  lypohttri  to  her  in  Septcmbcf  rw)*  tn  Atipil  1797  Captii*.  B. 
CiMmpaln.  la  OAQbcr  Gapcito  G.  ftc}aalili»  to  Itecraiber  Cmwa  *^*  Chn^Aity  «>feo  cw;>c:»qi1s  ter  At 
pntoc   iF^  JMftj* 

1796. 

AGINCOmiTf  «4  0«M»  S<M  »t  Vmy*!  Yard,  Btackwill.  CMsIn  %.  Wlffiuitfim  tfpolntfd  to  t«r  in  oFt^s-r 
iHtf.   CifMiii  |.  tawlbrj  la  Jaouuy  1798.     CapMih  J.  Bligh  ia  Mifcb,  wiih  Vke  Adndnl  tix  ho--.  >•  • 


AEDIirr,  S4  Owii.  inilt  m  PitcWt  Tard,  NoRhlli«t.  Cipoitt  K.  R.  ewtcA  appobMd  to  lief  lii  J«oe  1796.  la 
Morcabcr  1997  Captaia  T.  Icnie,  wko  iUtt  camnnn*  her.    Mrf»  Tiinaciir^. 

MONMODTXt  C4  GWM.  Sum  M  Baadiril*!  Yart,  KollKsMthe.  Tft*  Sl#c  Hon.  garitfNortherit^Mi  apfointfd  rs 
coaoMnihcr  la  JuIif  1706.  Captain  J.  WaBier  in  Nurnnb-.r  1797.  Captaia  R.  Deana  in  March  tli^-  V- 
Jaaaary  1799  Vice  Adimnl  A.  OiCkfin  bfoiftcaMa  fU«  m  buard  tier,   la  April  Captaia  Get^e  Martt  wbo 0<r. 


tOB  K,  A4  GiiA^.   Built  at  Barnard*!  Tar^  Bcftfbi^   Capoia  J.  renkr  appaiated  to  her  in  Mar  1796,  woi  AIU  cca- 
maada  h«r.   JmrnkB, 

CLYDtf  38  Gum.   B^itt  tr  Chatkim  tf/it.   <raptaU  C.  Ciuuiiniiham  appointed  to  her  in  Jqm  1796,  aad  till  ttm* 
nandiagiier.    r^madb, 

TAMBBf  ja  Guna.    Built  at  ChatAam  offlr.    Captain  »atK  B«rl*y  twointed  to  her  ift  June  179^.    In  Jmtarf  179? 
Captain  T.  B.  Marda.    In  Dccemtat  Captain  T.  Wcfttra,  vMto  ftill  cumnundi  har.    fTefi  IiUUtu 

•LKKMOKZ,  j«  Guna.    B«lll  of  llr.    CafCala  G.  Duf  MpQiaccd  «Lmr  ia  May  1796.  aad  ^11  ci*«imands  her.    fV'M 

TRlNTt  i6  GttM.     BaOt  at  Woolwich  oT fir.    Captain  B.  Bowatar  app^^lnttd  to  her  In  June  170^.     In  Oftober  1797 
captain  R .  Ba«ot.    In  tepcauter  179*  Capliatt  B .  W.  Otaray,  «rM  AlU  comaiaiirit  her.    yoiMifca. 

MAXIKTONE,  33  Gunt.    B«iK  at  Oeptf«nd  of  fir.    Captain  T.  Matnewa  appoiaicd  to  her  in  March  1796.    Captain  E. 
Donelij  in  January  1799,  who  BUI  conmnndi  hor.   Jumaka. 

tHAHNOK,  32  Gum.    BuiB  at  Beptferd  of  fir.    Captain  A.  mftr  appoinfitd  to  bcr  In  February  1796.    C«|>ti^  C 
D.  Pater  In  Apfit  1799,  «1m  BiB  cummandt  h^.    JMniitfA. 

7BIT0N,  3t  Guna.    Bultt  at  BeptiBd  ofllr.    C]9tnia  j.  Gore  app^ted  to  her  in  June  1796,  and  ftgl  commanda 
her.    fijiHiultm 

ABBOW*  3»  Guai.    A  Ooop.     BuUt  tiritho  iridint  ked.     Captain  N.  Portlock  apptrifiied  to  her  la  November  1796. 
Captain  w.  fdion  ia'MBvemter  1799,  who  filU  conflunna  ter.   m^bSmt, 

'X>ABTt  jofSuas.    A  Sloop.    BuiB  wift  a  flidlnc  keel.     Captain  R.  |t  ncR  appolnoed  to  her  In  November  I796f 
Captain  r.  CtaifhaB  in  May  1799,  who  Bill  conmanm  her.    SbNmrfi, 

ALBATi^06S«  iS  G«es.     A  Brig.     Built  at  Rofs*t  Yard,  ChatR-^m.    Captain  G.  Scott  appointed  to  her  in  Jaovaif 
rrpt*   Captain  Chanka  AdMhtln  July  179%  aAd  ftOI  cumnitBda  her.    MafhMn. 

CYANC,  iS  Guna.    Captain  B*  MMnlng  appcriiited  to  her  in  J  una  i',^,    Ckpiain  H.  Matfin  In  January  (799,  aad  ail 
'  liir.   t9yHaMu 


UABrV,  iBOuaa.    A  M(.    Boflt  at  Mr.  IClacU  Yard*  Bovcr.    Captain  H.  Basely  appointed  to  her  in  May  17969 
and  BiB  cnanaada  her. 


MOVKD.  ifi  Guna.    A  Bilt*    Bufli  at  NOPa  Vardy  Sandwich.    Captain  j.  Wood  appointed  tqrher  In  May  i79d>  and 


VLOYBBy  iB  Guns.    A  Sloop.    Captain  J.  CheBiyre  appeiotad  to  her  in  May  1794,  aad  BDt  commands  bcr.  ipitbnA, 
STOBXt  ^  Gwnt.    Captain  B.  M.  Praribn  appointed  to  bcr  In  January  1797.   Captain  C.  X.arocbc  In  September  1791^ 

)iitt4  "    ^  


iHwiittcomauadihcr.    Jefiaiuu 

I'BBMAOAin't  IS  Guna.    Bulk  ^  pu^lmaa'a  Y«rd|  DeptArd.    Captain  D.  Frefton  appointed  M  her  In  June  1796. 
C^tala  D.  Uo^d  In  Bceember.    C*PUta  B.  AUcn  In  April  I799>    Hai^^» 

BITTKBlf ,  Id  Guna.    A  Sloqf.    Built  at  Adaaoa't  YarA,  Bucklcrfliaxd.    Captain  T.  Larie  appointed  to  her  b  Junn 
1796.    Captain  B.  Ktttne  In  Ottdber  1797,  who  illBeeaBaanda  her.    MVjlJM.«. 


CYMTMIAt  t<  Gam.    AStoop.    Baltt  at  Dtpcftrd,  with  a  flldlBi  kcfi.   Captain  M.  Malbow  appointed  to  bcr  in  JuljT 
«79^ 

MUTBBt  id  Guna.    Captain  T.  Hind  appointed  to  her  in  0%)ber  1797.    C;iptaBi  J.  Seater  in  January  1798.    In  Do- 
oember  Captain  jaaca  BwAari  who  ftW  eomnanda  her.    Mirib  StM, 

MBBLINf  16  Gum.    A  Sloop.    Built  at  1)adman*a  Yard,  DeptftiC    Ci^taln  T.  Bundaa  appointed  to  her  in  May  179^. 
Capnto  J.  B.  MdA  In  AntuB  179s.    Captain  W.  RoMnflm  In  Beccrabcr  1799.    Hcndlfrai. 

BBI>BBIOGB«  16  OoM.    A  Scbsoner.    Ueuteaant  G.  Mayet,  her  prcfeot  commander,  waa  appoistcd  tober  ip  April* 


SBKXBWBLLf  14  Gww.    A  Bilg.    Lieutenant  X.  WiBlams  appointed  to  her  In  Februaiy  1796.    I.ieuecaaai  Jame« 
Beddy  in  July  ttpt*  who  BIB  oonwPanAt  her.    Shetrwjs, 

ZLIlHSf  la  Guna.    A  Schooner,     Ucucenant  W.  Peakc  app<Aated  to  her  In  July  179II,  who  ftill  command*  her. 


THBTMi  •  Guna.    A  SchBtotr.    Ueuttnoat  C.  CoradUa  appointed  to  her  In  June  1799,  who  tUI  commands  heiy 


1797. 

NBrTDNBi  gB  Oimt.  BuiB  In  the  Kinf  *t  Yard,  Beptfbrd.  Captvn  B.  H.  8|anbepe  appointed  to  hrr  in  May  1797^ 
1%  July  Oommodore  sir  Knfinu^  Cfower  hoifteo  hl«  bniad  pendant  on  board  her.  Captain  j.  Vaahoo  appQintc4 
m'uer  In  April  t799,  ****  *'>U  cdmmaads  bef.    Pljmuab, 

CBNTAUBi  74  Gum.  BaBl  In  the  Xift^'a  Yard»  Woolwich.  Captain  J.  Maricham  appointed  t»  her  in  Ju|ri797,  and 
BiB  command!  her.    Pfymmitb* 

LANCA8TBB,  di*  Guna.  BuUt  at  BandalTi  Yard,  BolhefhinB.  Captain  J.  Wella  appointed  to  her  in  January  1799^ 
Vice  Ailffliral  Sir  Roser  Curus  ^cifled  bit  Has  in  April  179^.  in  May  Qapuln  T.  (.trvtam  Aitceedtd  Ci^^Mk 
Weilt,  »j>d  tlU  rdipthsadt  ttt.    Caff  l^Ctad  Mi^t^ 


CfltOKOL6ciCAL  tXST  Of  TH»  ROTAl  iIaVT. 

^MsTXVrcS,  se  OuM.    C«pnUa  H.  Mowat  commtiidtd  A«r  la  1797.    CHlato  J.  O.  Ilwif  lyyJutfJ  to  kv  it  <1(^ 
Mcr  1794.    Ci|ioin  ft.  Hall  In  Dccmtbci  1799,  wIki  till  oomnuadt  hv.    iMfaXm 


CAMBRIAN,  44  Gun*.     EalK  it  Partfrnouai.    Cifoia  Sir  T.  WDllamt  ifpolMad  to  Iwr  ia  April  iTtr*    ImUtf 
Captata  the  Hob.  A.  K.  Leue,  who  ft  ill  cammaadt  her.     Ckamtt. 

BNDYMION,  44  Gwu.    Built  a   RaiidaB*!  Yarft,  ftodtcrhitoe.    la  Jidf  1797  Caplataiif  TtMua  WIUmm  wtt  ap- 
poio:«d  CO  her,  and  ftiU  comniaiid*  her.    SfttUad, 

ACAtTA,  40  OuM.    Built  at  WeU't  Yard,  lUxhciluiht.    Captain  B.  LaM  ffdMH  to  Bar  in  if^natf  rm^   Ct^ 
tain  K.  rcllowref  in  May  1799^  %vho  AlB  cMBmaadi  bcr.    Jamaks, 

VOADICBA,  j8  Gdm.    BuUt  at  A(l«Bt*a  Yard,  BuckkrOiard.   CapCais  B.  O.  Kwn  ttfcHmM  to  Bar  te  jalr  irgis 
aad  ftiJI  coiumauda  her.    Cbmumi. 

'  NYDBA,  }K  GuDf .    Bi^B  at  Ckfctlnr^  ^ard,  Gnveteai,    C«^a  iir  rraada  Laftrcy  appwtnffd  to  bcr  la  April  1797, 
wtM  Siii  comauMlt  her.    H'g^  IhJiti. 

IVAIAD,  j8  Gunt .    Built  at  HiU*ft  Yard,  Limrhoure.    Captain  W.  FiciTCpeat  appoiatod  to  bcr  U  ApfO  1797.    Tbc 
Hon.  Captain  J.  Mumy  in  December  17(9.    Pfym  utb, 

tlBXVS,  16  Gum.    Built  at  Dudman'i  Yard,  Deptfbrd.    Captain  B.  Klac  appoialcd  to  her  la  jww  1797,  aad  U  co^ 
maadibcr.    Piftmuth» 

BVSY,  1^  Gunt.    A  Brit.    Captain  J.  A.  Oaimanncf  appoiatad  to  bcr  la  Jaauaqr  itA  Md  BJtf 
Marwkk, 

CRUXtZB,    la  Guai.     A  Brtft.     Captain  C.  WuDaftoa  appolated  to  bcr  Id  Marcb  179!,  aad  ftlB 

ibwrw^. 

CtXY,  li  Cana.     A  Soep.     Captaia  J.  Warn  ^poiatcd  to  bcr  la  Novoabar  1797,  aad  Bill 
Sbttrmfs. 

DASNBR,  16  Cum.    Captain  J.  icater  appealed  u  bcr  ia  OAobcr  1797.    Ciptala  6.  TcUa  la  Aocirik  iTgtt  aad  IS 
commanda  her.    Cbmimi 

MILBSOOK,   i«  Gum.     Schooner.    Lieutenant  M.  Smicb  afpgiaud  u  bcr  la  April  17991  cad  Bill  rowmandi  bcr. 

BCHO,   14  Gum.    Captain  G.  X.  Hamond  appointed  to  bar  la  Kovembcr  1797.     CapCala  J.  Alico  la  Jiiiiing  17991 

and  ftiL  co:r.mu>di  her.    jMntkA. 

BAMBLXR,  14  Gunt.    A  Sloop.    lieutenant  A.  W.  idwoibfrg  appoiatad  to  her  la  March  1797,  cat  Bai 
lacbcr.    Pwtfimutb. 


msPATCH,   6  Gum.    Vvty  Tnalpwc.    Licntcaaat  J.  C.  Wood  appojatad  to  her  la  MofCBbcr  1797,  aad  ftU  < 

toaada  her.    Pljmmtk. 

1798. 
''''MKBAIRB,  98  Gun<.    Bulk  at  Chatham.    Captain  P.  Fufcti  her  preAst  ooinniandcr«  appointed  to  hcria  April 
1799*    bear  Admiral  Sir  J.  B.  Wanen  boifted  bu  Bat  on  board  her  la  Aanift.    Bear  Adminl  J.  H.  WbMbcd 
In  November.    cbaioHl, 

AJAXf  80  Gum.  Buir  at  Rar.diU*!  Yard,  BoibcThlthe.  Captria  J.  R.  WhMhcd  appointed  to  her  la  JaaHair  1798. 
Captain  J  KoIIouay  in  June  1798.  In  July  Captain  }.  Pakenbam.  Ciptaia  J. Oabcra  ia  Apiil  1799.  laMf 
the  Hon.  A   r.  Cochr«nc,  her  prcftnt  commanucr.     Lbmrnd. 

FOVDBOYANT,  80  Gun..  Built  at  rijmouth.  Captain  Sir  Thomai  Byard  appmnted  to  her  ia  Jane  1798.  Captaia 
RIphinAone  in  Novcn>ber,  with  Vice  Admiral  Lord  Kdth^a  tlat>  la  June  1799  Captaia  T.  M.  Hcny,  wiift 
Rear  Admiral  Lord  Netlcu'*  fUt.     Uiditrrrantun^ 

ACHILLES,  74  Guot.  hnilt  at  Clt-vTrie>*s  Yard,  Gravefend.  Captain  H.  X.  Snahopc  sppdaWd  to  her  ia  July  17A 
Ckpuin  C.  Murray  in  April  1799,  who  ftili  c«mmanda  her.    LbmvHL 

DRAGON,  74  Cum.  Built  at  well'i  Yard9  BocbcrLitte.  Captain  G.  CampbcD  appnhtfcd  to  her  la  April  1798,  and 
ftili  commaada  her.    tbaami. 

KSNTy  74  Gunt.  Built  at  Perry**  Yard,  Blackwall.  Captaia  G.  Rope  appointed  to  bcr  la  rebraary  179B,  wkbAd* 
miral  Lord  Vifcount  CuiK4ii*»  d^c.    Yunmutt. 

KORTHUMBERLAND,  74  Gunt.  BuUt  at  Bamant's  Yard,  Dcptford.  Captain  X.  W.  C.  Bowca  appointed  to  her  ia 
July  179S.    Captain  G.  Martin  in  Auguft,  with  Vice  Admiral  J.  Cuipcyi*t  flag.    Midterraiuan. 

BZNOWN,  74  Gun*.  Biiiit  at  Dudman*t  Yard,  Deptfcrd.  CaptaJh  A.  Bcrtl*  appointed  to  bcr  ia  April  1798.  Cap- 
tain T.  £ylt.e,   her  prel'.ut  commander,  in  November  1799,  with  Bear  Admiral  Sir  J.  B.  Warrea't  flat. 

CAOIDK/. 

•urXRB,  74  Cant.  Built  at  ritcber'a  Yard,  NactMket.  Captaia  J.  tuttto  nppoiatedto  her  la  July  179^  aad  ftiB 
commanda  her.    i,HktM, 

OIOMXDX,  so  Gun«.  Built  at  DeptlM.  The  Hod.  Captaia  C.  Blpbinftonf  appoiated  to  her  la  Itocb  179I9,  and  Bill 
cgouaandt  her.    Mi^  Jiidku 

PXNELOPX ,  3d  Guns.  Captain  H.  Bladcwood  appointed  to  her  ia  Noreiabcr  1798,  ead  ftiU  rcmlbiadi  her. 
MiditerranutH, 

AMPHfON,  32  Gunt.  BoUl  at  Bctt't  Yard,  MiBlc)thQrw  Captahi  BcDDCtt  oppoiaKcd  to  her  is  July  1798,  ead  fthi 
comm^ndins  her.    Jiimcka. 

BOREAS,  iS  Cons.    Lieuienant  Milncr  appointed  u  brr  la  Juty  S798,  aad  ftiU  nftnmende  bCTr   mrt. 

LEIGHTON,  12  Gum.    Armed  with  carronadca.    J*r», 

PRXASANT,  ts  cam.    Bulk  a:  thorebam.    Captaia  WillUm  tttpOy  appoiotod  ra  her  ia  Jtdy  17^  aad  BIB 

maoat  hct .     jumrrita. 


SNAKE,  IS  cuaa.    A  fikop.    Captain  J.  M.  Lewte  appolBlcd  to  her  la  AprH  1798,  aad  BIU  eommcate  her.  ifHtmt 

VICTOR,  It  Gunt.    Built  at  Lynn.    Captiin  J.  RrtmV  appelated  to  ^cr  ia  Jua^i79*.    Captain  C.  B.  CaBcr  ia 

Nwk-omber  4799,  who  ttib  wtnmandi  hir.     Sbirtr*^'. 


CHtLOntMOiCAL  LMT  or  fM  tOtAL  JiAVr.- 

KtTLET)  iB  Ouia.    A  8<toon«r.    BvUt  win  a  Aiding  kMl.    LicMeflUK  T.  G.  BMd  nMlMBld  tD  Jer  ki  f«ly  M«M 
and  ftUI  conmuMlt  her.    Xblni.  '^    'r' 


90UQ|U£«  loGttas.   AnMdahip.   Built  in  the  XIag*«  Yud,  Pcptted.   C^tain  Waltir  ficottiffoiaud  to  fecrfe 
Juljr  1798,  ind  ftui  commands  her.    Pwtpnutb, 

9ENIS AL  SMAI.L,  •  Gona.    Lieutcnaac  T.  Tonzeau  appointed  to  bar  in  Auguft  1798.    MUmd. 


CABLAM^  6  gone.   Tcadm    UoMeMot  PiMMia  Banks  annlncad  to  kcr  In  AvgnB  i798»  and  Alll 

MEXHAMy  6  Guns.     Tranfport.    Lieutenant  W.  Baiies>  tier  prcftAt  ounxnander,  appointed  to  Iicr  In  Apitt  1799* 


ytTMbmrir.  ^eadar.  pwtpmmh, 

SVpPLY.   Nan!  Tnn4wrt.   LieutcaaBt  T.  Pope^  her  preftnt  oonunanderi  appointed  to  tier  in  December  itqU.  CmK 

1799. 

MVSSAK,  44  Guns.    Built  in  the  Klng*>  Yard,  Woohrlch.    Captain  Lord  Vlftonnr6ariie8|har  prsAnc  Caanundcr» 
appointed  to  her  in  Novd^her  1799.    Jfr  t. 

AOnVB,  3»  tent.    Suilr  in  die  Klns*s  Yard,  Ctaatham.     Capciin  Chalks  ^oey  DarM*).  licr  paeftar  coniMadir. 
appointed  to  her  in  Dccembav  1799.    Chatbtm, 

AMAZON,  36  Guns.     UnSXt  In  the  King't  Yard,  Woolwich.    Captain  Bdwird  Blouy  her  pitfeat  rommin<ler>  a^ 
pointed  to  her  in  June  1799.    Sfbtud. 

AUZTRYST,  3$  Guns.     Built  in  the  Kli«*s  Yard,  Depdbrd.    Captain  j.  Cooke  (i),  her  praftat  aoounaader,  9p» 
pointed  in  VUr  1999.    Chenm/.  ' 

APOLXO,  36  Guas»    Built  at  Pudman't  Yard,  Depdbrd.    Captain  P.  Halkctfi  her  preflMU  coaunander,  tppaiaUi  m 
her  in  Odober  1799.    ifi^  ihdiei, 

MINORCA,  18  Guna.    A  Sk»p.    Built  at  Minorca.    Captain  G.  Miller.   aMBUtrmmau 

POKT  MAHON,  iSGuttS.    A  Brig.    Bulk  at  Minorca.    Ci^ftain  W.  Buchaaan*    JdaditfrnONHM. 

vrx  AZ  LB,  16  Guna.   A  Brig.  Captain  W.  Dunban  appointed  to  her  in  June  1799,  and  ftUl  commands  her.   Mrtt  jMb 

XtfPRB08YMX,«i4  Guns.    A  Brig.    Lieutenant  p.  Whittle.   Caft  tfOMdHtft^ 

THUNDXBf  8  Guns.    A  Bonb  Veflki.    Licuteoanc  J.  S.  Rouett.    Ib^m^ 


VESSELS  PURCHASED   FOK.  HIS  MAJBSTY*8  SERVICE* 

CAMEL,  24  Guns.     Captain  B.  HaOowell  appointed  to  her  in  Juxie(r793'    Captain  J.  Short  ip  Pdmaiy  1794*    <■ 

ianuaiy  1^90,  Capciln  E.  Rotherham.    In  November,  Capiaia  T.  G,  CaulAeld,    In  June  1797,  Captain  J. 
er,  who  fttU  commands  her.    Caf*  tf  Goad  Htft. 

NIMBLE,  30  Guns.    A  Cutter.    Lieutenant  J.  Smith  appointed  to  her  in  June  1793.    Lieutenant  M.  Petting  in  8cf- 
tember,  179S.    Lieutenant  Lloyd  in  Majr  1797,  who  ftill  commands  iier.    SkatwuutM. 

SEA  PLOWZB,  16  Gnnt.    A  Brig.    Licntenaht  J.  Wrtber  appoioted  to  hrr  in  June  1793.    LlenMnant  B.  Mitae  In 
Ihlarch  1794,    Lieutenant  J.  Murray  in  Auguft,  who  ftiJl  commaodi  her.    Jtrfij. 

WASP,  16  Gona.  A  Skop.  Rigged  as  a  Brig.  ChpCiin  J.  Bdwardaappoiace^  to  her  in  Aognft  17981  asd  Bill  coa- 
mands  bcr.    Ktr4» 

1788. 

WOOLWICH,  10  Guna.  Teod^.  Lieutenant  jOhn  Norria  appointed  to  her  in  June  1793.  lieutenant  John Coi in 
June  179s,  who  kill  commands  bcr.    <hi  tbi  Maifr^  Snvkt, 

if  go, 

DISCOVERY,  16  Guns,    Bomb  Vefl^l.    Captain  G.  Vaacourtr  appointed  to  bar  in  AptU  1791.    Captain  J.  Sick  in 

June  1798*  who  kill  commands  her.    Gucm/ijr. 

'  179I. 

ASSISTANT,  6  Gnoa.    Navy  Tran^Njrt.    Lieutenant  N.  Porttock  appointed  to  bar  in  June  1M3.    Lieutenant  J.  Lot 

in  Jaouazy  1794.    Lieutenant  P.  Cowe  in  January  1797,  and  kiU  commanda  tier,    ftr^pumtt, 

279B. 

XARL  OP  CHATHAM,  la  Guas.  Lieutenant  J.  DougaUM^Doagnfl  appolsrod  t»  harin  Jaaoay  l7P7t  •*»*  Billoaar 
maadi  her.   Chnmc^. 

1793. 

BXDOVBT,  ao  GmM.  Capt^  Akaander  PraAr  appointed  m  her  in  Noaenber  1793.  Captain  W.  taitMw  la  jona 
1794.  Captain  G.  Bjmg  in  Auguft  179S.  Captain  G.  Dundas  in  December  179).  Captain  J.  K.  Shc^htfd  ia 
Auguft>  17918,  and  IHB  commands  her.    Mr*. 

SUPPLY^  10  Caaa.   Liagfraaat  w.  Kent  apfoiated  10  her  ha  Angi^  1794,  and  ftilicwnwamle  kof.  #Mvaiv. 

2794. 

BELXANCB.  Captain  N.  PofikMk  appointed  to  her  in  June  1794'  Captain  B.  WateHmift  la  Jti^.  COamotof  J. 
Hunter  hoiked  his  broad  peotenton  board  her  in  Auguk.    BeUigr  B9. 

*79S- 

ABERGAVENNY,  S4  Guna.  Captala  E.  T.  Smith  appointed  to  her  in  June  1705*  Captain  J.  Codcct  in  May  1797. 
Captain  S.  P.  Poriler  in  September  1798,  who  kill  commanda  her.    fmnatau 

CLATfON,  S4  Cuas.    Captain  H.  TroDope  appgiacad  to  bar  in  Martb  179s.   Captain  C  fokb  la  Aagaft  19979  ni 

kill  cooimanda  kcr.    MnU  Ttramut, 


lfAnMS,S4  0Mk    dytthj. 

rutlfCI  or  WAIBS*  Ji  Oaw.    AnMd  Tiul^«>U    UMNTMnt  W. 

CALorrrA.  m o««.  AmM rna^tn.  capata  w.  M^'ippriMt* imt > jrw 


1 1«M  IT9«.    I  twiMiMr  ft.  |.  GMM  la  Aatat  itM.    UmMMK  B. 
J.  Aaitfflw  la  niiiirt  i>  I7i»»  <»<»  •»»  rwiinna* lig.    NrVMafl 

COMMANOSU  mOm^   A«»^  Trwd^er.    CivMla  J.  lath  appelMit  <»Xria  jwwtm 

ffiftala Ja|y  iTff.    LI— itaant  K.  liaona*  la  WpwUt  I7f7        

»tae  •UTcooiaMiHlt  ^.    S/ttkmd. 

VICTOnX*  14  Out*   A  Latpr.    riwia». 

rtKPSmf CK,  !•  caai.   Anaai Shl^   II w, Mw*  i||mI  !■■  ta  iNrIa  Afril J7fi»  «to  •!■ 

Mr.    4^^  Airiw* 

1796. 

WSTMOVTB,  af  Qaafc    Amttf  TiMlfrBft.    UtattoMt  B.  BailBaK  niiBlia  I  «»  tar  la  Jvat  npf- 
C.  Bjr^w  ia  Joljr  iTgi.    LliattMat  A.  CNftoa  la  Aatat  tm*  — ' 


•rXKVWttL,   14  Caaft.     A  Mt.    LkaMaut  E.  Wdhmt  mvcIbM  »  tar  ia  jMNqr  ih*>   UaaMBMl  J. 
BaMr  ia  Aataft  iTfB,  who  Ml  raiMnii  tar.    Stetm^t. 

BfONTlOa  BAT,  M  Gaai.    A  f  JMwnr.    LkaiiaiBr  C«  Fatwfta  awobilrt  ia  taf  la  Fitatafy  iTf7 

VLYMOVm.   Tiaiii.    Mr^pntaft. 

TMBTtfty  •  Oaak   A  tctaoacr.    Ucmaatat  Caniai  ■jfolam  10  tar  la  ja|r  mn  •■< 


AUIAyPBBt «  Gaaa.    Ttalv.    iTV 
BABBABA.    A  »«•«.    IT^IJMbi. 
CAMnXLL.    Atctaoaer.    t^^  Midkt, 
BAVnUM  BOYAL.    Atctaoav.    m0  t^kt, 
BBBBO.    AtctaOBff.    iWMki. 

1797' 


tVLr«VB,tCaas.    A 

K.«H«taN  iatai«Mtar  »j9t 

TABTABVt,  f  Oaat.    A  Bonb 

T.  Maai  ia  OMtar  1999,  wtetIB 

MABTt  <  Ottoi.    Tin<«.     Llwtaiita  W.  K. 


■ABU^jriM.    AidMMr.   m0 

.,  i79^- 

Xt  COmtXinU  «l  Aan.   f^naA. 

ALBION,  M  Gmn.    Ama«alp.   Oyiria  J.  Ifc  ■ppniHi  Itatar  fci  J>t  iT^aat  MB 

MnnjtxOvm,    AnaedM.   Optiiag.  A.  ■<haot  ipiBlaiiHa  taria  ja|rtW^taiia 

fan. 

ABASi  St  Gain*    Ciytala  r.  Iplccr  uppoinlird  (i>  tar  la  Wiiniatli  iffi, 
foiiiiri  lu  tar  ia  Fakrawy  tjg^  ta4  ftlB  rowamm  fear,   fmmk 

■XBlfXS,  »  Cans.    Armt4  SMp.    UcatCBaoC  J.  BaitcrtMA  Maotaiei  IB  Mr  hi  Jaata 
fBiaaar  ia  lluiiaiiw  i7tj,  wta  im  nwmawadi  tar.   Jtai^taw. 

»XLBr«taG«Bi.   AtfMpb    CiHtoT.>rtBitrippaimi<<atarlaMyii#.   BMIBmk. 

vrlLLIAM,  u  e«ii.   AMMdMp.   Cipcria  J.  >.  ■  riHaita  appohm  la  tar  la  jaaa  ti#. 

HtnovnmtuOma,   AiomAM^  Cipiala cmrii ippplin tataria jaipml^ nfcat 


XX  BAILLXOBy  ta  Caafc   Capttte  J.  BapaorappoiaMta  tar  la'jaM  iTpl. 
XX  BXkABOi  ta  Oaab  Cuiila  F.  tpitar  iiji  nlaii  i  ta  tar  la  oftfltar  6i»»  ^ 
YOXnCXVBt  It  Goai.    CMptilB  T.  G.  ftattliM  ippclBW<  fatar  la  Jmt  I7pti  ud  MO 


X*ABB0OAIITX,  14  G«ai.   Pi^mmlh, 
X*AuaACIXOX|  M  Gaai.   PJjwmiPf. 


ClttOltOtOGieALXIST  Ot  TMt  tOTAt  KAVt. 

tZCOfVItY,  16^  G«at*   A  MMMr.   Lkntemat  W.  ftoA  aivoioted  to  ber  la  June  179ft  fend  lUit  oommandi  ficr. 
Jmndtm. 

ANT,  f  Gum.    A  tchooaer.   LtoatHuitt  M .  ■•  Alt  appointed  to  bcr  Sa  March  1798,  wto  flUn  oommaodt  her*  CeV 


>kCLA«4  Guai.    A  Ikrob  vdfcl.    Lievftnant  J.  Oashton  appoiaiad  «•  her  la  Jctniaiy  iTbi.   Licutemnt  P.T« 
Bovtr«  her  prefcac  coaauuiicr,  ia  Juoe  1799.   ikumiji. 


■IOARD«  C  Gaai.    Navy  Trsui^ort.    Ptrtpmtth, 

YVLCANjItaBb  TcficL   Liratcaaat  V.  k.  fcnitoa  appoiated  to  ber  ia  Odeber  I7^«  aad  ftlD  comminds  Mr, 


TAXMCDMALXE,  i«  Guflt.   A Ooo^    Lktfteaaat  J. ftovt  ii^oiaitd to  feer la  Aofuft  vm*  ttdtJll  eoauBtada her. 

LXVSLT.   ttonship.   ^t^Hko. 

MXW  AinriiiTVKK,   Tender.   UcattBOt  Jaaca Scgrd  tffolaBed  eo her  la  Augidt  1799,  whoftlO  coflMBinii  her. 
GttraAiar. 

VBS8IL8   HIRKD    FOR    HIS    MAJBSTY's  SBRVICI. 

1794- 

VtmLAH,  «  Oosk    Ma*v  Tnal^oit.   tlcMeaem  T.  WhkwS  ifpolnm  Co  her  la  BuciMtft  t7i9«  aadftm«0n- 

WtttlNGTON,  <  Gaat.   Navy  Traal^ore.   LtewttaaM  Wiltom  Keaaer  mulMed  »  her  ia  Oaeenbrr  I799»  aad 

sow  firnmimit  ber.   mdi^cb. 

1798. 

HIBE,  •  Oaak   Napy  Trtal^ort.   Liemcaaae  T.  BaMiiAo  i«pdbttcd  to  har  b  OJbbir  1799.   tfeoanttt  J.  lalph 
la  Dcccahe^  «fte  Mil  eommande  ber.   Skmmp, 

VfeHOt*  <  Goae.   ItwifTna^aiu   Umeaaat  T.  KoMaAn  appoiaMd  ta  bar  la  Deeeaher  I799>  m*  Ml 


COimmKACT.    Bonah Tieadcr.   LInMHaatD.  Mafteroua  appdated<o  her  la  Norcmher  179%  aod  tiU 
-*-  her.   Oa  Or^nenu  fcrakr. 


CAMILCA.   Wavy  Treafpoit.    LicwcaviC  JoOph  A^dcifta,  her  prefcat  coaunaader,  appaboai  tohir  la  Oftsber 

NAmrAN.  Trader,  ff^imukm 

«799* 

rUASAWT  NlLtf  •  OUM.   Xiral  Traal^.    JStow. 

▼8SSCL8    ADDED   TO    HIS    MAJ£STY*S     NATYy    CAPTURSD     TRO&C     THB 

PRBNCHf   SPAMIARDSi   DUTCH,  &C* 

I75«- 

BICNrAlSAlVT,  64  Gam.    F.    Capimed  te  17SS  Iqr  CaptdiM  Laltvcy  aad  BaUboffy  *c  LeaUbom.    tfeatcaaac  B* 
.   C^rfijagyead  lypftaiart  10  her  la  oaaber  i7»h  aad fttt  coanMlm  herai  afrlfte  thip.   ^^matti. 


MOOCSTKt  64  GaiM.    f.    dtfCbM. 

«779- 

BOKTUNZE,  4D  Goa*.   #>.   CapCoiadbjr  Adniiral  towloy't  tqaadrop,  la  tte  WteTtadlei.   Caariftlb|p.    ttKgfmt. 

YRODZNTf,  j8  Goal.    F.   iSapOired  b/  the  Buby,  in  the  WcB  ladkt.    HUfimulh. 

BXLLB  POVLE*  16  GiUM.  F.  Captured  by  Oie  NwflKh,  Capcala  fir  J.  WaBace,  la  Otf  Bay  of  Btfcsy.  Bccdriag 
Ship.    Stum^, 

SANTA  MABGARITA.  \6  Cans.  f.  Captuted  by  the  ttpadroa  nadcr  CoenoMMtora  JohaBoae«  off  the  OoaB  of 
Pcrcaral.  Captaia  £Uah  Harvey  spaoiaeFd  to  her  at  die  commancemeflc  of  the  pTEfcac  war.  Captala  T.  B. 
Ifattia  ia  April  179S.    Captain  C.  nrkcr  ia  Pecetaher  1796,  who  Bitl  comaiaada  ber.    Qbeawi/. 

YlGldT,  14  Osna.  A  Catter.  F.  Xaar  MWtAw.  Captarcd  Sif  the  ApoHo,  ia  the  Chanad.  ticvteaaoe  A.  PwU- 
bfenk  appainced  id  her  at  the  betSaaiat  of  the  war.  |4«MeMat  R.  WcB  Ja  Prrfinbir  1794.  LianreooaS 
W.  Sh^hcaid ia  Jaaaary  1797^  wfaottU  coaamaada  ber.  Cot^^Frtmt, 

I7SO. 

GtBBALTAR.  ^  Gana.  f.  iuiu  t%tbig.  Capcored  by  «be  Iqaadpoa  voder  Atalral  lord  Bodnqr,  off  Cape  ft. 
VlaceiA'a.  Captain  T.  Macfconric  appiiiattd  to  ber  ac  dM  bevianiat  of  (be  war.  Captaia  /.  fafcaeftam  ia 
ilsr-iB  1794*    Capcala  W.  Haacoek  Kally  fai  Jaly  4797,  vho  fiUl  comzaandi  her.   Oaaoaf. 

TBOThBB,  d4  Gvnt.  F.  Captured  Iff  Rear  Adddral  Oliby*«  •madniR,  off  Bret.  Ueirteaaat  ffaBadhd  appolaeed 
ap  her  ia  May  rxpy.  Lieutenant  W^  Bcvlaha  ia  Stgm^m  1997.  XJeatRBaat  Marinewtif  la  Aacuft  «9fi^ 
Who  til  aooaMAde  her.   PmpnmiO^ 

IA  NYMBirBv  ]6  Qme.  F.  Captnred  by  B«  nnra,  C^trfa  W.  B.  Vrfmaiht,  off  Brett.  Chpeala  X.  Brllew  ap. 
pointed  aohcr  at  the  bctlMiac  of  the  war.  Captain  0.*ltamgr  la  March  1794*  Capuia  J.  Cook  (ij  ia  /mo 
C79S.  Captaia  R.  Lane  ia  Novoaber  1796.  Captala  J.  Cooke  a|aia  la  jaaoafy  1797.  Captala  JP.  Frawr 
ia  Jtoe,  wholUlrwaiamwdBheN  f^pmsb, 

I7S1.     . 


BRtNCX  XVITARO,  Ui  Guoa.   D.  tjU  mm,  Capinai  kg  ttc  tjaadwa  aadcr  Adofral  lort  Bodto»7^  ia 
vcR  lodlea. 


ffBlNCSSSCAR^ON^  «a  Cnf^   «.   Aaft  Bittrtfan.  C^pcnol  hgr  «t  Wwwirka  the  «9BsoaMeei^tlio  G.  S. 
J£»MatoX|  ia  tte  Cliiini    ««««#(. 


cmoMotottiCAL  tar  of  m  jiot^l  xavt^ 

MAOXCatNNt,  31  Cam.  f.  Ciytarcd  by  Che  Cbillaiiit  Captain  A.  8.  OoaglaC>  U  VoRft  AflMricft.  ripuin  G. 
MaitlB  appcinttA  to  her  at  tlie  betinnlnc  of  tbe  war.  Captain  W.  H.  KUketta  in  Jamiary  it^C.  Captavi 
W.  Otilvjr  ia  Januaiy  1799,  wliotill  comniada  her.    Skurmji. 


ITXS,  It  Gum.  1>.  A  Sbxip  r!|se<  aa  a  Brig.  UHt  tUrmUt.  Capt««d  by  tfie  Artoia,  Cmptda  J.  MactoMe* 
in  the  North  Scat.  Capato  Lord  Avcuftus  W)Ktraf  appoiotad  to  ber  at  the  bc^sniB«  of  thrc  var.  Capblo 
T.  A.  Orrok  ia  Jw«  troa.  Captain  O.  tHtar  la  Nowabor  f  796.  Capcrfa  W.  Hantttt  la  Uanvy  •rd^ 
who  ftil  cooisttada  ha.Mt^  Jtato. 

Ul  f  K6ASK,  74  Gnaa.  f.  Captured  by  the  roodnqraaC,  Capttin  Sir  J.  Jervli,  or  Brcft.  Lieaceaaat  -H.  Bialgv 
appolBted  taker  In  Joae  I704'  U«utenaat  S.  Simr  la  rcbraary  I79S>  LkmsaaK  C.  liarcjr  ia  Utf  1797, 
who  MA  cwnmanrta  her.    Friflm  Ship.    PtrtfinmKh, 


U  CATON ,  Af  Gaoa.  W.  Captured  by  Rear  Admiral  Lord  Hood^a  Sqq^drop  ia  the  Moaa  Pa4«e-  ^  fte  Waft 
Indira.  Lleurtnaat  W.  Bcvlan*  appotatcd  to  brr  in  March  1794.  twiiteaantR*  Brawn  ia  Aapft  IT97» 
who  till  eoounands  her.    Mo^ital  ship.    Plfmmak, 

mXMK,  38  Gunt.  #1  CapCttped  bythc  Rainboir,  Captain  H.  TroBope,  la  the  Channd.  Captain  A.  ntood  appObttdtn 
her  at  the  bcsinaioft  of  the  war.  Captain  r.  Mincbin  in  Aiipift  *im»  Captain  W.  BirrhnB  in  April  iT^m 
wte  Bill  commaada  her.  SUtrmfi. 


VatMy  Id  Oaaa.   9.    A  Scftnener.   JMa  X«  VIMrt*    Capcmrd  by  the  Stac»  Chpi^M  B.  P. 

W.  Laajron  appoiotad  to  her  at  the  bctinning  of  the  war.  LiautciMiit  W.  Betiant  (a)  In  Woiaiabg  1796. 
Licatcfiaat  Dicbj  Ococ  in  p^ebrua^r  1797.  Lieoteoasc  Richardf<m  in  December,  Ltcuteaaat  R.  HtttUhn  in 
raNhiaiy  4798,  who  BIB  aonmandi  her.   €bmmH, 

TBXMMEBt  Iff  Gnoa.  F.  A  Sloop.  Latt  fjmii'tHm-  Captured  by  the  Stac*  Captain  B.  P.  Cooper.  Oayeiia 
C.  Crarcn  ypolaced  tt»  her  at  the  bc^ooins  of  the  war.    ikttrn^, 

1783. 
CONCOKOB,  36  Ouafc   W*    CbpCvRd  bgr  the  MaBnMcent  near  St.  BaBatla*    Caplala  T.  Wda  appotartf  to  ber  « 
the  b^ioniPK  of  the  preftnt  war.    Captain  fir  J.  R.  Strachan  in   Majr  1794.    Captain  Anthnagr  Runt  in 
Aufyft.    Captain  R.  Bttotin  Norember  1706.    Capula  KBObfiti  ia  June  1797.    Capisin  A*  Tmoii  in 
Tebtuitfy  17^,  who  BilT coninanda  her.  Cmmm/. 

COMafXRCt  DX  MARSKILLSS,  iM  Cwia.    W.    Captufad  bjr  Adadral  Laid  Hood,  at  Toalw,la 
ccnuR  R.  Bicas  appoihted  tolicr  in  Majr  179).    UcvtenAt  H.  H.  Scarle>  her  prafcnt 
tu  her  In  rebruary  1799.    Prllbn  Iblp.    Plfmmth* 

XA  POMPBX9  •&  Guna.  F.  Captured  by  Lord  Hood  at  Toulon,  December.  Capulo  X.  V^m-  affdaM  «■ 
her  In  June  179).  Captain  J.  VaAoo  ia  AubuB.  CiptsLu  Chariea  td^an  In  Mardi  itqq.  who  l3 
commnnds  her.    Ctamml,  ^^ 

tWmAtiTy  ^  Cpo*.  r,  Captintd  by  Lord  Hood  at  Tmion  m  December.  Lieutonat  D.  Hotchhys  appoint 
to-hrr  !•  November  I7g6.  Lieutenant  R.  Allen  hi  M«rch  1798.  Ltc>toteaaot  J.  Bakir  tn-Maith  1709.  JLku- 
tenant  W.  Syrae  in  OOohor,  who  BUI  commanda  her.    Reeeivias  Ship.    1fttklmi^ 

L*IMnRIKVlC,  ^oGum.  F.  Captured  by  Admiral  GcU  in  the  Medirerranean,  Oftober  iith.  The  HMaoeraHc 
Captain  R.  rcrbet  appointed  to  her  m  March  179s. '  Lord  A.  Pitxray  in  tanoary  1796.  Captain  I.  Rovfcy 
In  Jane  1799,  who  Bill  commands  her.    B4#  Mndits,  #    #^     -^       j 

LA  TOPAXR,  jft  Guna.  9,  C^prurcd  by  Admiral  Lonf  Hood  in  the  MedKorraneaa,  Occenher.  Ctecdn  t. 
C.  Church  appoioeed  tti  her  in  January  J796,  who  Bill  ccnunand*  her.    ff**^*fi{v  '" 


LA  MDDBSTB,  36  Gnaa.    F.    Cleared  by  the  Bedfed  ia  Ac  Mediterranean,  Oftober  17. 
L^AORORS,  3a  Gttoa«    f,     captured    by  Lord  Hood  at  TeukaH  In  December.    Captain  w.  H. 


pcnted   to  ber  in  March  170 j.     Lieutenant  w.  Bolton  ia  December.    Cepuun  Gevie  Claite  in  U» 
SSSb^?^'p,SS'ili.''a£Slrl"  ^*™'*''  •'•^    "^^^^^  C.  Lon.  in  May.    Cpt«n  J.  IWrynlple  ie 

L*SCLAIR,  aa  Guna.  F.  Captured  by  the  Leda,  Captain  G.  CarapbeD,  Medhcrfaaean,  June  9th.  Captain  B. 
Leyfcfter  appoiutcJ  to  her  w  March  179$.    Captain  J.  W.  T.  DiMo  ui  Jun©  17$^?  su£rmfj, 

LA  PBOMPTE,  10  Oumi.  F.  Captured  by  the  P?>aelon,  Captain  Sir  A.  8.  DouRla*,  off  V  e  Coaft  of  Spain,  Mar 
f?*^:  ^*^J!^-  ^^''^  »P»oJ"ted  to  her  in  Mirch  1795.  Captain  C.  Eyt«  In  March  1796.  Spaia  1. 
Dundee  in  oaobcr  1798,  wfe%i«  ill  commanda  her.    Jamute,  iy-     w-».-«.  ^ 


I.  ZSPIXGLX,  i<  Guna.  F.  A  Bnc  Capturei*  by  Da  Nyirphe,  Captain  B.  PcQew,  off  Uflunt,  November  1^. 
Capuhi  B.  Rubettt  eppoinred  to  her  m  March  179s.  Captain  J.  B.  Malawarir.t  in  November.  Cast^iri. 
B<Mder  is.Novaaber  1796.    Captuo  j.  filsde>  hoi  prCient  commander,  In  O&uber  1799.    ttwrn^t. 

«794. 

XX  JVSTB,  to  Coot.  R  Caponed  by  Admiral  Xarl  Kwe  on  the  1  ft  of  June.  The  RoonirnUe  Captain  T.  Pa- 
rk^^  appointed  to  her  in  March  179s.    Captain  Sir  H.  TroUope  in  July  1799,  who  BIB  ^.Xw..>«tT  fc^f. 

•AK8  PARKIL,  *  Gum.  F.  Captured  by  Kan  How*  on  the  rft  of  junt.  Captain  Lflrd  Hn|h  SeymoMT nBBOtnted  la 
w'!^'!*"?''  ''**•  ^*P^**»  ^''  Bti*«i-U  in  Attiuft,  with  Rear  Admiral  Lord  H.  Seymour's  SaaTcaBabi 
D.  Athini  in  Jahuacy  1799.  <  Captain  c.  v.  Penralb  in  AutoB,  who  Bill  cmnmands  her.    MV  iWte.     '    > 

r XMPXTUXVX,  7«  «"»••*'•  ifti  VAnurifn,  Captured  by  Xarl  Howe  on  the  ift  of  nme.  CapCaia  TCba 
vvillett  Pajne  appointed  to  her  In  June  1799.  Captain  6.  Xdwarda  in  Jane  1798.  C^Main  Sb^xTlt&m 
her  prefcot  commander,  in  March  1799.    CtMnet.  *«■*» 

X.A  MXLPOMENE,  44  Guna.  F.  Captured  at  CalW  AucuB  loth.  Captain  Sir  Chariea  Hamilton  apeciBtcd  to  tm 
in  Apai  179),  who  ftill  commanda  her,    fftttutd,  .  •■-m-w-  •ppwacvv  a  wr 

XA  WMONe;  44  Guna.  '^Captpred  by  the  Plora,  Commodore  Sir  j.  B.  Wanen  and  Squadron,  off  the  IBe  </ 
S^.Jf^^  *^   *^y**"  '^  '•  *:  wenenniipoinied  to  cunmiwd  h«r  In  liarS  179?/  SiSa  1:S 


JtQroQidt  ia  Movonbcr  i7»7,  who  Biaceamai2ihar.   OwbJT^  ^^  "      ^^^ 


APPENDIX. 


■HiBnBaiBBa 


CilRONOLOGICAL  LIST 

Of  TMS 

'  Bopal  Bscup  of  0teat  TBxitain^ 

At  the  Commencement  of  theprefent  Tear  1800. 

fCMtiiidnl/rtm  $ttr  la0,J 
Amaged  ueor^atg  to  the  Tean  in  which  the  Ships  weft  huik,  widi  thor  Dimbw* 
••omi  tad  the  NAMtt  df  the  tevenl  Covman9Bii8  i^ipoiBted  to  thenii  fremtht. 
Bqpnningof  the  rRttiNT  Wa&. 

i^iiv. 


«rw 


t A  ftSfOLVTIOlf  ARt,  ^  9nn,   W.    Caffmmi  bv  tt«  Anah,  O^trfs  C.  ir««b  orf  MMn,  off  Ififtt  C^^^o^ 


aift.   Cayuto  rwwli  Cote  tffdami  » |wr  (0  laniMwy  lyft.   Oipate  T.  TirjOM  In  Iwm  17^  wta»  tUt 

comnuMcIt  ber.    ^ — ' 


liA  8TBIU.X,  44  0«M«  #.   QipcwribjrCte  igauNroT  so  Gum^  the  HonoiinNf  C^ttltt  w.  ?«•(,  !•  tlie  M«-t 
,  JMM  iTtk.    ^ptBia  B4wara  Oooto  fnihim  to  kcr  la  Marck  179S.    CftpalA  J.  Timer  to 


ftMf  noimso,  40  Oma.   F.   Uh  mmvt,   Ctpcnvd  at  Sa*  riatt«n  Tlknipry  Mb.    CMtah  *  Jk  Bvrvl 
•*-■ =— "  ID  her  in  Augaft  if9S»  ana  iill ^   ^       


t*X]fGAGIANTE,  3*  6«M.    F.    Captuicd  bf  the  CVMonle,   CaMal*  Sir  J.  R.  Isictaa,  Afri!  ajd. 

W.  njrappolBMiiokeriii  jteaiT)^.    ▼!«€  Adninl  ktotfiiiUI  Mftad  lite  flag  la  December.  <:«r*. 

MaTTLDA,  14  Oaaa.  F.  X«fr  7tfnlii.  Ca^and  by  tte  Osnsn,  Captila  W.  ThiOstc,  la  the  Wtt  ladlM^ 
OAnbarjoib.  Cap«iB  O.  VaaghM  aMointad  to  bar  in  laac  l7fS*  rajitiia  K.  W»  Qtmrnr  hi  euiaitar  wnu 
CaytataH.  MMNia  Ma9ri796.   IfiiAs^. 


I^  BABtT,  a6  Gvni.  F.  Captunri  bf  tha  Fknt  CWaaodore  Sir  J.  B.  Varna  aad  Iqaadrais  Aatt  «d.  Tka 
Honoorable  Captala  J.  Uamf  appelated  ta  her  la  rttmry  ijM,  Capcaia  J.  MaloCk  la  Apdfi.  Gaptria  K« 
"'-"'-* ria  MV'    Capiiia  W.  C.  Lobb  la  l)w;rii>her.   Capom  J.  B.  MalawMii«  la  juae  1797,  wlo  ftUI 


AoBAKT,  it  Gone.  F.  1M»  Iammt.  Captvfed  hm  the  Seiftaace,  Captala  Z.  y»lBB>aa»»  ia  the  Baft  ladlCte 
Capcada  B.  W.  Yitc  appnliiEid  to  ber  ia  Mar  I7p6.  Captala  J.  MUb  la  December  1797.  Captain  ▼•▼• 
BalUri  la  jvlr  ITS**    Captaia  C  Xlphlaaoa«»  her  preftat  coomaader,  la  Scpttmbcr  1799.    B\ft ,~ 


M  MOBKLLZ,  It  Ouab   F.    A  tloep.    CapiuMA  te  LTAiMMa*  Captala  tir  H.  Bammd,  off  Hkiti  Maadh  Mil 
-     -      '    c.  BriAaaeapfoiandaoberlaNoMnbcf  1796.  Fm^mmdk. 


4A  TBGHTBIliB,  it  Gaaa.  M,   Mm  JMW«.  «#eria  1.  BomlH  ippniilii  to  ber  la  Fabniary  179s.   Gapiabi 
L.  H.  DaaHbo  to  Aafat  t79S*   Captala  J.  r.  ieUafta  to  Norenber  1799,  nbo  ftll  conaaatfa  bceo 


AVmeBB,  16  ewi.  9,  CiH^  at  by  Vko  Adiliol  Jtrrla'attMaaBB  off  MartVri*|iWt  MbrA  i7t>.  Fa^toto*^ 

l>*BfnBOtV,  uOnaa.  F.   A  Brif   Capavad  bp  tte  fphlfaia^  Capato  P.  ttoddr^  WtftlMlliai  llMGb  Ktfe^ 
Hiiiimieirf  rUUqr  appelated  to  ber  ia  leptaBber  179s,  and  till  fnnmiwH  ber*  ^dMlbb 

1795. 

tStl0RI«B»««Wib   9L  defied  by  AdM*eiI.flid  Bttdfert^  off  t^otleat,  Taao  ajd,   Captito  Sir  WflDuB  Sjre* 
aey  tmift  appeiaied  »  ber  ia  Joae  199b,  <HM»ftM  fomimarti  her.   JiadtomaMMi. 

SBLLBObBt  f4  OiM*  '•  AAAnbMaWr.   Ovtarod  Ir  AdoUnl  Urd  Iridpoct  Jbao  i|d. 


0TBBTMBlt  di  Odoa.    0.   Captured bjrfbe  Tatpphenm*  CaptatoO.  tmrftofao^  at t3Dib»00toer«ad. 

W.  ImiifU  appehned  to  ber  la  Aatut  iMd.    Captida  J.  Youat  la  OAuberi  with  Admlial  PeytoaU  flag* 
C^tote  J.  BneTjr  to  Oecciaber  1797.   Admml  LucwUie,  ficoeedbg  AdarinlFeytoa,  to  Mbf  1799.  reaaii» 

IA  lOMlBTX.  4e  Cmm.  F.  Captvred  bf  the  Dido.  Capt.  G.  H.  Toary,  aad  tOwOioib,  Capt.  1.  C.  Mlddlewi» 
to  the  liedhaiiiBaaay  Juae  a4tb.  Captaia  O.  H.  TDtrtr  ao^nced  to  cojuaaad  ber  in  Icpcembar  itm. 
Captaia  Chailcs  Oila  to  M«f  1790.   Capoda  O.  Cockboiaa  la  bfardi  1797,  wbo  til  coaoMada  bar*  M> 

%K  citKTZLLB,  40  Com.  F.  Captured  by  the  RnnAd,  Oeptato  J.  ftoAbem,  to  the  Chaaori,  April  mft^ 
KbcciviBC  thip.   FrflfaMdb. 

SJL  GIOSBB,  46  GtoH.  F*    Cepcared  bf  the  AAtOa,  CepbUa  Aarlett,  to  tbe  Cbeaael»  Afril  lodu    Ay^^W* 

I.A  rBBVOYANTBi  40  Gum.  F.  Otptvred  by  the  Tbeti8«  C«p«tto  A.  F.  COcbnaoi  aad  the  fittflbr,  Ctpbinf* 
T.  Betiifordt  off  the  Cheiapeafc,  hby  ivth.  The  latter  wma  appointed  to  ber  in  May  1796.  Captato  C* 
Weniftin  Oftober  1797.   Captala  J.  ieaoert  her  pre&at  commander,  in  Januiry  1799.    PlpanatM. 

ftlKCK»i  ad  Guaa.  J>.  Lola  ffUHanffi^.  Captured  by  Vice  Admiral  K^nftooe,  at  tbe  Cape  of  Good  RopOi 
Cef«embcr  14th.  Captain  T.  Hwrdj  appointed  n>  ber  In  luMiary  1796.  Captala  A.  Todd  to  btarchi  Captaia 
N.  Kemae  ia  Marth  1797.  Liextmsnt  Cox  ia  d«ptemb«r.  Ueuteaaat  WlUa  to  OAgber*  LlMrteseat  H, 
PayrcB  ta  DeccflibeT  1 79*)  *fe)  AJl  fotamatiJt  her,    Giiird  Ship.  fkrL 


mmmmMaAk  urr.o?  m  tcTAt  MAtr. 


• 


A&UAItCt,  ao  0«aa.   A.   Ca|«iiri<  bf  dw  Itatt  Cipttta  J.  t.  ToriM,  In  dw  Noctk  Scu,  ABglrfk  aX* 

W.  Cuanmlflg  MabMd  to  Mr  la  Tua«  1796.    Captain  H.  HMCfccoK  la  Ansa*  1797-    Ctptaln  1. 1.  Rar  l« 
March tTjg.   giigla  D.  WOngala  Aprif  1799.    CaptalA  J.  MdMA  la  l>ec^^,^riMilffl coa 


tBMOVXm  tflOuM.   ».    I^trOawr.    CapMi««  bf  tha  UBkann  Cafcaia  T.  WtMaan,  off  lialaad,     ^ 

Cabala  J.  K.  PoCai  appaiMftl  to  bar  la  JawMty  i79i.    Vice  A^aalralKlacfoiU  iHiftad  hia  tat  on  l>sav« ! 
to  fiaeaniber  1797.   Ca^lala  B.  B.  Llnkbalea  la  Jaouary  I70l»  vte  ftlU 


BiruBLlCAN,  t«  owa.  -#.  A  Irtiin.  CKpnrai  br  m  MatmaHl,  captaia  H.  Wbn«r  off 


grr«  It  Com,    F,    a  stoop,   im  V^/^lm,   captured  bj  dit  Livtijr,   Captala  O.  Bitfltom  off 

Cipcato  J.  Tone  iMolMM  to  bar  to  laMMiy  1796.    Ciptoto  W.OnAw  to  Jaoavj  iTpn  «M 


■tFty  t4  Oam.   0.    A  llaop.   iMt  tUr,   Capturai  br  Atfnlral  BlphtoBoBa,  at  tte  Cape  of  Geei  Itopc, 
beabar  140.   Gapiato  J.  THraar  appototad  to  bet  to  Jaouaijr  1796.    Captoto  J.  A«  dUitoiar  to  M 
Gapcato  W.  Onapw  to  Jaaaaiy  1797.    Captato  A.  Briac  ia  March  iTpbf  who  ftill  n^nnnii  l«.  6y«  ■/ 


l&A  WfrttAllTBt  uOwa.    F.   CaptiMM  bp  AMnI  OwcaA,  to 

>boikiaca 


tthartoJaatiaiyi797,«»bonacaBBiMadabar.    Ctmmat. 


TtCTOBnVSEf  IS  GiUM.   #.    Captured  bf  Admiral  Daaca«,  la  the  froi*  iMh  ab|hA  sfOu    Citato  j.  B« 
•fatowaitat  dppolDttd  to  bar  to  OAobar  a79i>   Caputo  B.  t.  OlcUbB  to  Monabar  1796,  vbo  MB  catoK 

SBOJUNt  IB  Guai.  F.  CiytMre>  bf  the  ThaBa,  Captato  B.  GrfndaB.  to  FAruary  iMf.  f.letoniail  «V 
appetotad  to  bar  ia  jaBuarjr  1796.  LifiiWanr  W.  W.  laaboiiie  to  AupoB  1791.  Lbwiycnaw  F. 
December  1799*  who  bow  commanda  her.    ffffbwrf, 


GBACHB  PEV,  3  Gnaa.   F.    Captured  by  Sir  1.  Strachaa^a  100801110  off  tilt  oeoft  of  FraaiS  Itojr 


i^aria  Hiaitoefe  appotowd  taber  to  Jaauarj  1796.   IT^I 

1796. 


OOB0BBC1IT*  i^O'om.  h.  Captured  bf  AdnUfbl  tlpMhftanei  fii  flalAmha  Bdf*  AoiiiB  171B.  Gaptato  J.  Ik 
Ralular  appotoied  to  bar  to  April  1797.  Capttla  8.  H.  LUne  to  September.  Caatato  C.  Briatowa  to  in. 
179B.  Captato  O.  Atfctoa  to  Jul|r.  Captato  E.  HoacTnaa  to  Jaaurjr  1799,  who  Mil 


FBIMCX  FBBDBBICK.  64  Oum.    0»    MM*  Briufcrim.    CapQirM  bjr  Admiral  l^btaftooa,  to 
17th.   Captato  K.  BamatB  appointed  to  her  to  Bepiainbcr  1797.    Captato  C.  Han  to  Ji 

J.  S.MaU  to  juae  i79b|  wboMUcomiuuidabcr.   FjpaMwfb. 


BBALANDf  dAGme.    O.    Taken  poOMRoa  oTbjr  Tlce  Admiral  Onfloir  at  PlTinouth.    Captato  J.  B.SMfcra  appotoied 
to  her  to  Jullr  i797«    Captaia  T.  Tair,  with  Tlca  Admiral  Lutwldie'a  iepi  in  OAObcr.    Ylce  Adminl  A« 
;•  to  Majr  1799*  *"'  ▼*<«  Adntoal  A.  GnMae's  to  September.    Cnard^p.   Mra. 


BBAAKBLy  M  Guaa.    I».    Taken  poffefloa  of  bjrvtce  Admiral  Onfleair  at  Fljrmonai.   Captato  T. 
00  bar  bMaj  1797.   Captato  J.  A.  bSoffk  ta  OAobar.    Captato  J.  WaBtarto  J«ac  1798,  «r|a 
bar*  TPvwKHtk* 

VBOMP^  f 4  Gvna.  J>.  Capcnred  br  Admbal  BlfbliAQac,  in  Saldaaha  Bajr,  Ancuft  1701.  Captato  J.  Ttaracr 
to  her  to  Fcbfuary  1797.  Captato  B.  Doailaft  to  Norembcr.  Captain  B.  tfB  to  April  1798.  ( 
WorRef  ia  June  1799.    fibafbam. 

AifXLlA*  44  Guae«    F.    IMi  Pnttrfiit,    Captaaedby  ttie  Drftd,  Lord  AmcHut  Bcaodeik,  off  Cape  Clear,  to  Ji 
i^.    The  Moo.  Captain  Charlea  Rerten  in  septemtwr  1797,  whoSUi  conimaa^t  her.   CiuumL 


JtA  BXNOMMBS,  44  Ooaa.    F.    Captured  by  the  Alfted,  Captain  T.  Drury,  vf  St.  Domlato  Juif  lath.    Csperia 

SabertBoUeaiWobitodioberto  Aupud  1797-    Ceptato  W.  Smderfoii  to  Sepicater  1799. 


IA  TIBGINIX,  44  Goaa.  F.  Captared  by  the  ladcflalnblB)  Captato  Sir  Kdward  fcBeiai  Off  the  ttoart,  April  afldk 
Captaia  AnAony  Hunt  appototad  to  bar  In  Noremief  f  79b.  bear  Admlnl  Sbr  M.  C.  Cbittian  hoifted  bla  Sat  w 
board  her  to  Dcocfliber  1797.    Capt^  Geerie  Atle  sppolBeed  to  bar  to  Marth  1799.   J4^  ndlrr 


SBAAVB,  40  Gnaa.    D»    Captured  by  Admiral  llplAdiooef  in  Saldaidia  Bar,  Av|uft  17^.    Captoto  A.  TOddap* 
pointed  to  her  in  March  i797*    Captato  J.  Rewley  in  September  1797.    Capmto  T*  Akaaadcr  to  Juno  1799, 
I  BUI  coMBtoaii  b«.   ^Aafiaf. 


BAIBAKRA^  St  Gana.    P.    UOtO^tr.     Captured  by  Admiral  XIphlaBoaev  totaldaaka  Bay,  AaguB  17th.  Cap* 
tolaG*BaritQnto  Jaaaary  1797.    BecciviaK  Ship.   Hjintuh, 


S.*VXrtTK,  jS  Gnaa.    F.    Captufed  by  tir  Bdvard  Pellew*)  f|iiadroo  off  the  eoaft  of  Ffaace*  A|HI  12^   Captato  C. 
Boiriay  appi^nted  to  bar  to  November  1798.     Captain  J.  t.  Bcraaibrd  to  rebvaary  17999  wba  BIB  1 


VBVUKy  t4  Gaaa.   J>.   Tbhaa  poflMeoor  by  Admiral  Onflvarat  Plymouth.    Beoatriac  Ship. 

■VBVI9  3a  Guaa.  JB.  latZsptfT.  Taken  poflMkm  of  by  the  Andromeda  and  cthcra  to  ttaPritbdrpanli.  Captaia 
J.  Bell  appointed  to  her  in  Pecember  179<^.  Captaia  B.  Sauce  to  Aufut  1799.  Captato  B.  O.  Gaaoa  to 
OAoberi  who  ftill  oaamaada  her.   ^UHa^. 

lANUt,  s*  Gnaa.  D.  l^ttJ*i<u  Captared  by  the  T^amb*  Captato  U  W.  Hattcdf  off  tBt  Taad,  p»y  yaih. 
Captato  J.  BUBrtt  to  January  1797.    Becelvlac  Ship.    Dtftfurd, 


^HnXYTX*  $*  Gana.  D,  MM*  J^tim  Braa(bt  tota  Grceaock  by  her  own  crew,  urho  muitoled,  and  takea  poikf^ 
Ma  «  by  the  Tencutot  Captain  rtdlins,  June  8th.  Captain  J.  Lortn(  appointed  to  bar  to  tipsrtaber  1796* 
Ovt*in  G.  rowke  in  Deccaibcr  1798,  who  ftill  comoaanda  her.    Dnons, 


mAHXS,  ja Gunt.    Built  to  t7SS.    Captured  by  three  rrenCh  fKsatei  ia  1793,  and  re-ca^arbd  by  the  Santa' 

garita,  Capttin  T.  B,  Martin,  to  1796*     Captato  W.  LuUn  appolatcd  to  her  to  January  1797,  who  ftiB  com- 
wrtnda  her. 


tmcPICTIVX,  aS  Guna.   D.    lalt  Btthuu   Captured  by  Admiril  riphinBooc,  Anfuft  17th.    Captato  J.  8.  Btf^er 
appointed  te  her  in  March  1 707.    Captata  %*  OsboaBO  to  Fctrbaiy  \f^    Capbun  J .  QgSir  to  IMwB,    Mp» 

ttbi  A.  F.  MSttt  to  Juae.   ikmmp^ 


CnMHOL60lCAL  lIST  of  TRB  MVAt  HAVT. 

JAMAICA,  ft6  Gum.    F.     ttH  Pmanfe.    CtptnrcA  by  Hit  lairepld,  Qiftda  C.  ClfpCBttr,  In  tbt  WeA  taaM^ 
Captdn  8.  Brookiof  ■ppointtd  to  bcr  ia  Jamivy  1797.    Dtfifiri* 

LA  LECnt,  14  Onas.   F.    C»pcuf«d  bjr  tbe  ApoOo,  Ctpraip  Miuikj,  dTlcU^,  Toac  lad.    Ciptiitt  J.  K. 
appdoted  to  her  In  Pecienibw  1797,   Ci|iula  C.  f^iBtto  bi  Jum  I79l»  iHio  llfl  cawwrnk  lwr«  74 

MVSETTIf  24  GtiM.    F.    leccivint  Ship.     Ffrnwitf. 

•URrtlXE,  X4  GttM.    F.    Z«t«  VOtiif.    Captured  by  the  tncoiUluit,  Cipttlii  T.  P.  riecmiiide,  la  tht 

naeaa,  AprU  9001.     Captaia  B.  ■■miftrm  afpoi&ted  to  her  la  DtcoBbcr  1797,  who  ftiU  ffmrnandi  Jmw 


lAKDlNE,  ti  Gnat.    F.    A  tloop.   Ctpturad  bf  tlic  KtOiODC»  Ca|«da  J.  SotaDo*  mv  Toaih  Manft  «th.   1 

W.  WUklnfto  apoolBicd  CO  her  in  Peccmtar  1796.    COptaUi  A.  K^spt  la  MM*.    CaRtaia  X.  JCUhvlck  io  il^* 


KOVSGS*  aa  G«m.  9.  A  Stoap.  X«(»  X«  BmIh^.  CapttMVd  Igr  tfr  J.  B.  Wmtcb  off  iht  Sritts,  April  |»tft« 
Captaia  H.  B.  G^fss  appointod  to  her  in  Occcmbcr  1796.    CaptMa  %.  Wairm  ia  May«  «rko  ftittconamdi  her* 

LA  BONN!  ClTOrCTfNX,  10  Guoi.  F.  Captored  by  thcnaetos,  tte  Ron.  Ctpcda  ■.  Stopferdy  off  Ctpe  Plnlfi> 
tern,  March  lofh.  Capteia  C.  Lladfij  appdated  to  her  ia  Jaooaiy  1797*  Capcaki  B.  ■■nUcfc  in  Majr  1797« 
Captaia  J.  NcsUttin  Itaj  1799.    Cj^ttinT.  J.  Mdiag  ia  Aupift,  who tiUt 


COBMOKANT,  aoGoM.    A  BDOp.    F.    tttt  Vmmu   CapCMOd  by  lbeM*iwp«i,  Gapola  T.  lloai«»  lotto 

Del,  November  ijth.    Capttin  J.  C .  Sewle  ia  OAobcr  1797.    Obtain  Lord  Btibert  Man  Kcir ia  Jaaaaiy  179^ 
The  Hen,  Captain  C.  Boyle  la  a^onber  1799,  who  Bill  coounaods  her.    Sflthtad, 


COBSO,  It  Cuae.  S,  Captured  by  the  Southampton,  Captda  Macaamara,  la  the  Moditttianfia,  December  sd« 
Captaia  B.  Jame*  appointed  to  her  in  December  1797.  Captein  Lord  W,  Staait  ia  Jumuf  17991  Cipnla 
W.  BldMtti  ia  Morenbcr,  who  BiB  coaaaaada  her. 


IIAVXCK,  iS  Goua.    D.   Captored  by  Admiral  Xl^nftone  In  SaManha  Bay}  Aoguft  iTtb.    Captaia  f. 
appointed  to  her  in  March  1797,  who  ftlU  ffwunandi  her.   Ctinmt, 

MIBBMIIf,  16  Quu.    JD,   Taken  poAfloa  of  by  Admiral  Callow  at  nymoMlu   P^/mmth, 

FYL,  16  Guiia.    i>.  TRkeapoOMkaiaf  by  Admiral  Oallow  at  Flymooth.    FireOdp.  FJ^eanaBk 

AMARANTKX,  14  Cons.   F.  captufftd  by  the  Diaasand,  air  J,  B.  Itiachaai  off  Aldeffaey>  Pfccmbcr  3lft* 
.  r  *  Vefey  appointed  to  her  in  Deccaabcr  1797.    Jmaaka, 

^MBOYNA,  loCona.    O.     A  Brig,     X<i*r  Mvr^.   Captured  by  Admkal  Belntcr  ta  the  Zfft  ladlea,    Lieut 
T*  PvUum  appointed  id  her  in  December  1797.   LIcutcnaat  Haywood  ia  November  iTfp*  Bii^  ,^  "^ 


1797. 
BAN  JOdBF,  1 1 3  Gona.   5.   Captured  by  Admiril  Sir  John  Jervis  off  (epe  St,  Vincent,  reteuury  14th,    F(paMlK 
SALVADOR  DBL  MUNDO,  III  Guat.   i.    Captured  by  Adminl  tir  J.  Jervis,  February  14th.   F^aMHlb. 

9AN  NICOLAS,  80  Gum.     S.     Captured  by  Admiral  Sb*  J.  T^t,  Febmaiy  i4iB«    Ueuteaettt  W.  mrtot  efffOisM 

to  her  to  Augufi  179S,  who  ftUl  cocnmaniii  her.    Thwo  Ship.    Ptfmmub» 

CAMfEBDCmN,  7f  Ownc.    D.    latt  ftfUfT.    Captured  by  Admiral  Ouacaa  off  Camperdown,  OAober  i|di.  Llcw> 
tenant  r.  MHtie  appointed  tt  her  In  December  1796,  and  fUU  comm>Bda  her.    PifBa  S)ijp.   rhrtiw ■ 

BAN  DAMASO,  74  Cuna,    S.     Captured  by  Admiral  Rtfrey  at  flhagganfavi  Bay,  Weft  Ipdiet,   Fthieaij  IjdU 
Lieuteagn^  lowe  appointed  to  hfr  in  June  1798,  wbfi  ftin  compaaads  her.    Frite  Ship.    Hrtjfimttb* 

SAN  YSIDO,  74  GujiB.    J.    CaBtui«d  br  Adraiigl  Sir  T.  Jemn  f  Altitun  14th,    Lie|itca|Utt  B*  ViUiams  appelated  IB 
.her  in  June  179*,  who  ftiU  commaadi  her.    Pnibo  Ship.    Plpmm- 

▼BYHXID,  74  Guna.    JD.     Capcuied  by  Admiral  Duocaa,  Odeber  iitB.    LicotaNBt  J.  Blaftoa  appeland  to  Bcr  IB 
April  179S,  who  dUcomamndt  Bar.    PiiAnShlp.   fiwfimw 

ibPMJBAL  DEVBJES^  dS  Guaa..   D*    CaptiHCd  by  Admirni  Pui)raa»  O^tebv  Utb.    Captaia  C.  W.  T^eifta  af-> 

pdirtd^to  bcr  la  April  i7sSt   C^VMn  }*  ^-  Ifbt  )n  [tefciubcr  1798,  wiio  BUI  comn»anri»  her.  Aimed  ea  Bate* 

CBLYBliBlD.  it  pnaa.   A.  Cipdircd  bf  AdmM  Duacaa»  GApbcr  iHb.   Llcutaiac  F.  WBcatfy  appdaicd 
}a  Apnl  1799,  aadmfl  ronmendlngher.   CU$btm, 

If  AABLEMv  dS  Guae.  D.   Captured  by  Admiral  Ottacaa»  GAsber  iitfc*    Captaia  6.  BvHtaa  appelated  te  bcr  IB 
Juae  iTpt,  Who  cemmind«  her  BiB.   MnUad* 

PXLFT,  04  Guna.  D,   UUMtrtuUs,   Captured  by  Admiral  Duncan,  OOobcr  iitb.    Ucuttaant  B.Bldpilll  afpe^a^ 
to  her  ia  AuguB  1799,  who  BiB  commaad>  her,    renaaitt. 

WASSXNAXB,  64  Gum.   D.   Captured  by  Admiral  Duncan,  oftober  iztB.    Captain  C.  C|«ren  appoMed  ft  bcr  la 
June  1798.    Adaural  J.  reyton  hoiftcd  hia  flag  on  board  her  in  Odober.    Armed  en  flutr.    ^mtau 


ALXMAAB,  s6  Guna.    A.    Captured  by  Admiral  Duncan,  Oftober  iitfc.     Captain  C.  Bofdoa  appijlBiad  10  Bcr  Ib 
April  lygd,  who  Bill  command*  her.    Umtm^u 

irUGABD,  44  Gum.    F>    Itt  tieMgnu.    Captured  by  the  St.  riorenao  and  La  Nympbd  off  Bref .  Captaia  T«  a» 
Martin  appointed  to  her  in  December  1797,  who  BUI  conimaods  bef.  CAopw/. 

L*VBANXX,  sSGuM.   F.    UutkMm.    Captured  br  the  Polypliemut,  Captafai  G.  Lumfilabie,  off  irekad,  ISBaacF 
Sth.    Captain  G.  H.  Towry  appointed  to  her  in  January  1799,  and  ftiU  cemmawh  ber.    CtamuL 

^A  NBBXIDX,  3d  CWB.    F.    Ceptored  by  the  Phqibe,  Captain  B.  Baitow,  off  Scilly,  December  Ud.   C«fe* 
Frederick  WaUdM,  lyvptefemcunmaadcr,  appointed  to  heria  Mij  1799.   filmmei. 

l^  CONSTANCX,  a4  Gum.     F.     Captured  ^  the  St.  Fiorenao  and  La  NyoPfBe  off  BreB.    CaptcM  J«  B.  Mev,  kid 
prc6at  csmmfuder,  appolntdd  to  her  in  AuguB  1799.    F/ymwfb.  * 


^AlBTXt  aa  Guna.     F.    A  Corvette,     Captured  by  the  Arethu(a«  Captaia  T.  WeUey,  off  Bcnandht  Aaaaft 
Captain  X.  D.  King  appointed  to  her  in  AuguB  179S,  who  BiU  commanda  ^.    iry  Jatfrj. 

tPUKTTAi  idG^M*   fi   Ca(ta^B.raMta9lt•IVQUved^BcriBOfMherl7^•adftiUco«HBaadlltfr•i4li^b 


cnoMOtoaieAL  urr  or  thb  toTja  iiArr. 

tVimn*  itJBig.^  F*  A  Mt.  Cipirin  r.  MMnflc  MpniM*  «»  tar  In  MtvoAtr  ityr,  tM  iHl 

JAIAVIS,  i«  G«M.  W,    A  arff   CavMni  kfOM  ▼itel.  CtfOlB  c.  Wltt^  in  ciwifarth<«M,  my  |A 

ATALAirrx,  i6  Gaoi.   F.   A  Hoop.   Capotftd  bf  dM  Wiafct,  CaptBioB.  lutov,  oF  IdBr,  Inwy  ie(k.  C«^ 
ttin  D.  DM  iiTOlnm  to  iw  la  Jom  itiH.   OipMta  A.  J.  GrUM*  la  DaMmtar,  wfeo  til 


l*BfOfK,  i60Bm.    A    A  «oo^     Ctpcwvd  by  ita  Ttalai  Cii»ala  «.  fWllt,  nnnfter  Mfe.    CaiMa  laftaa 
OC«v  Bkadapfolalcdtotar  la  J«M  179ft.    Cfria  J.  Uuaitn  ■n»ninia<  <otar  t»  Miy  iyg»  tt|irifi. 

t A  tnrffin,  14  ««■>•  F-    Corttui.    CatMCoTtMn  CmmbroUtaattofrcba  tbaiyaiidlfiaem.  May  s/B. 
titataahit  T."  M.  Wtrtyipnilmat totaria  Aufuft  1797.    Captai«tl.lioftcInaBccnitar'i7gB,  1^  ftUlcoair 


MIABfOi  UGnaa.    f.    C«pcui«4byttaftoaia]Ht  aadlMioidAoff04i«<MB7  141^    CqecdaC 
«ob»Iallo«atotari7f7>   Cit*»to  J.CWtaw  to  Jatr t7^  wfce Ml «mmaa<» tar.    ^ 


TBAlffirn^i^  Gaai.  9,  tmg^HM  Pnm,    Ca^ila  G.  Baawi  ■jpolaiwl  ip  tar  ^  J«|r  iiglk 


t  Ib  Jtwury  in$»  Wirtkmr, 

CAMOfm,  to  Ova««    F.    lift  n«M«.    CtirtioH  by  lev  AMtotf  flr  HoiMto  Vrfta,  A«mft  it,  •■  Ataifeif 
layii'  CapiaiBB.  jaMct  affolaM  tpaar  la  Jasmiy  i7fl».   Hfumdk. 

MRItXOAt*  to  Oiaa.   F.   XM*rl».   Crpcured  by  K«ar  A<ailnl  (ir  Joha  Bpiiift  Wtorea,  off  Tory  Iiw4v  0^ 

TOKNANT,  to  Oaofc   F.    C^ararad  by  Mv  A«riM  blr  R.  M«lfta«  Aavift  tta  |ft.   Cftptiia  lo(t««  ocway 
■ppoiaced  to  bier  ia  Jaaiury  179^   Capuia  R.  L.  rinieraUl  la  rebniary.    Pi/mutb. 

MOWIR,  94  6«M.  F.    XA^fiaiJbi.    C>pww<  by  Mar  AdiSiisal  ttr  H.  Ndfoo*  Att(iift  |t.   Caftaia.W. 
apfoiatN  to  b«r  in  Jaaavy  1799.    M^MMt/ib. 

coif ^pBKAirr,  74  G«M.   F.    C«ptur«4  by  Kew  AteiraT  Sir  R.  Hdfeoy  AvgaO  Bt.   Capoia  Gaone  Ctata  a^ 
tdmat  tpbar  hi  Jmimij  i7w»  FIjiwhi 

t>*IIBSCVlB,  74  Gaafc   F.   Captotad  bf  tte  Mars  Optala  Alcnntar  Raetf,  eT  Biaft,  April  ««*. 


XA  WAKTIATB,  74  Gnat.    F.    Caprured  by  Hear  AdmtrmI  ftir  H.  NellbA,   Aufuft  ift.    The  noneanMc 

C.  II.  tfantpot  appoinwd  u,  t»tt\njUnvT  ITJp.    Tta  mipM  Hoooanhk  Capttfa  Let*  W.  anmt  l«  llof 

aa  MB  cQnuuats  ncr.    r^^iKMw* 


lAUMBB,  ^Oaar.   F.    Cap«KM«by  IM  Anton  Capula  F.  C.  Dvfhaaa,  oF  C^  Clpv*  Odobcr  iMu 
|.  M.  naarHMa  appoiaaad  tt»  tar  In  Itoy  I7P)*  and  ttin  oomoM^da  bar. 


lA  amB,  4S  Gnaft.    F.    Captaral  by  Ow  JaA<a  aad  oitan  oF  tta  toiao^  Jhm  apO.    papnd»n. 
tobaria QAcibar  •7gl»«at  Aill caaunaods  bcr.    4/tita* 

fANTA  DOBOTHKAt  4S  G«w.   1.    Captttia<  by  thp  Lion,  Captala  Manky  DlxM*  near  Caitbafcaa,  Jnir  is^ 
^aptdb  H.  IbiaMaia  appchmd  to  bar  In  Notciabtr  lygt,  wtatiUcatanaada  ber.   dawMMiaaowh 

VANBOSCABBt  4»  Gaaa.   F.   Capturad  by  Raar  Adaaballlr  J.B.  Warreo,  OOabcr  latt.  Hfmtuth. 

&A  PBCABB,  S<  Gnaa.  F.  eifturad  by  0m  Mapnanlma,  tbe  Boanorabk  CaptaU  99  Conrcy,  aad  Malad,  Capoia 
W.  ncmpOBU  oF  Capa  FlaUlana,  Avpoi  %^h»  Captaia  W.  WallUy  ber  praftnt  uxamaader,  appointad  ip 
July- 17pp.   F»aiaMf*« 

B.'IMICOBTALITB,  )6  Gum.  fl  Captorcd  by  tha  TV»i^  CapMla  T.  B.  Martis,  off  Brcft*  Odabar  joib. 
Captila  J*  Dnper  appotacad  to  bar  la  OAobar  17pp.   F^nMarb. 

FBOIBBnirB*  H  Goaa.  F.   Jb*  Britar.    Capcwed  by  tta  Etbafioat  Captain  C.  Coontcft,  off  iTalaad,  Oftober 


•BiniBtBv  3d  GooB.   F.   CapCand  by  Ita  tat  1lafie»  Optain  B.  j.  Foote,  la  ibe  Medimmeaa,  J^me  s|tb. 
CipcaiJi  J.  B.  Hay  appointad  lo  bpr  la  Oftobcr  179B.    Capcala  B.  ««uc«  ia  Ifiovcmtar  1799*  vtbo  BUt  coau 


BVIUtBlMlKA,  3d  Gam.    9.   Idlf  Aflir.   Captpred  by  the  Siriaif  Captala  B.  Kiapt  la  tta  Nonb  Seas,  Odobcr 


WAABIAAMBBIO,  ad  Gaaa,   JK   Captured  by  tha  Siriai,  OAaber  a^tb.    Sk<m^ 

IA  TOLAGB,  11  Cuaa.    F.    Captrfa  P.  Wodrhoufe  appolnxed  tt>  her  in  November  i7gt.    Cl^taia  r.  Tdby,  ber 
praftat  coaimaadar.  In  Autvft  1799.    Januiuu 


9Alf  AX,  10  Guas.   F.    Xdfr  IMHaafa.    Captured  by  tha  Indefbtipable,  Captain  Sir  X.  Pelltir,  AaguA  7tb«  WmliBkh^ 

LA  rOBTUNB,  18  Gone.   F.    Captured  by  Ifac  Swtftfiirr,  Cipcaia  B.  Halloirdl,  off  the  Nile,  Aucuft  qth.   cvuii^ 
O.  Oaviin  appolatad  ta  her  in  July  1799,  and  bom  commaadiAp  her.    UeOttrrMitm,  ^ 

LA  lOTHiB,  It  GufN*    F«   Capfila  Ocorta  Bardcttf  her  pretott  coniuander,  appMintcd  to  hrr  in  OOobcr  17^. 
CvMnnfi. 

1.A  rOLMIlf  AVTB«  t  GuM.    F.    A  Cuter.    Captured  b;  L*Bipoir,  Captaia  Loftus  Ot«ray  Bland,  in  fTflohiii 
Lioateoaat  #.  Bab|aAio  appdnted  to har  In  AopuB  1799,  and  ftlH  csaoiands  bar.    tItdUerramm.  *'"* 

BX6ABD,  d  Goaa.    Hary  Tnnlport.    Hrt^amUt, 

B  1799- 

LA  rOBTB,  so  Oaoi.    K    Caplored  by  iba  SybiUe,  Capt^n  B.  Co6fae,  ia  the  Bar  of  Baacal,  Fcbiuary  ifltti,  aad 
Licutefiant)  now  Caplttn  I..  Hardymas,  appUntol  to  cnnu&aad  bfcr.^  Mtft'OHitu 

CAllTA  TBBUA«  4s  Goaa.    S.    Capraned  by  the  Aivh  Captain  G,  Boiren,  Fcbriafr  dib.    Capt^n  G. 
appointad  10  her  In  Ju|y  1799.    Captajif  Bv CampbcB,  tar  pretoit  commandar.  In  oAubcr. 


FBIMCBat  CHABLOTTB)  40  Gona.    F.    larr  Jmrn.    Captnrad  by  the  Centaur,  Captain  J.  Marfcham,  jona  iStb. 
Ciytato  T.  Stephwiba,  bar  prafcat  <Bipmaadir»  appointad  ta  her  in  Septcanbcr  1799.    


VALCBSTB,  3d  Guna.   F.    Captuvadby  toaCcataar  JaaP  iSOl.    Capita  T.  Bayfcy  ipuhitBd  to  bar  la 

iTWtaadBlttMDiBaadatar.   Midiitrrmtm*  •      •         • 


ciiiioMOLpeiCAL  tiiT  or  Ttn  KOYAL  KATr» 

COVl^AGBirX,  jt  OoM*    '•    Psvtund  bf  the  Centkur,  Captaia  j.  Mariih«iB«  June  iSOw    f  apttln  J.  ticlUWit 
appohited  to  IMT  ia  6cpi«nb«r  1799,  ud  tik  mainaartg  hav.    Aecdviat  < vp«   MtdittrtMim, 

LX  BOURD^LAU,  >•  Cuni.   J^    PJjfmmtt, 

POLPHXN,  34  Guns.    O.    Ot^nd  to  the  ArfDw  Md  Wolver1n», «  the  yile  fflapd,  Hpctaobrr  isttu    liiiilfiit 
K.  M'Qousall  apftoiaied  to  Mr  m  November  1799.    Sktirstfi, 

fURiNAM,  ift  Gqm.  S.   LOa  Hkg^,    LktttcoMt  piaik*  C«le  spyoifiUd  to  h«r  to  V9vcaiber«t799,'  and  liJll  cool* 


SL  TINCELOt  I*  dtitts.    f.    Captorod  hg  Ac  Cbnacrant,  Capfain  Lord  R*  M*  Kans  Maiflk  igfh.    CafMa  Ch 
X-oof,  bar  pipAuc  «QiaauHMlar»  appointed  10  her  ia  Novennber  1799.   Mtditurarumu 


CABCniAAN,  Id  Gum.    D,    A  Brts.    Captvrad  by  Vlre  Admiral  Lord  Hofh  lqnnoiir»  at  Svrinanu  Aumk 
|.icuiaiaoc  R.  TliMrait&  t^poiatad  to  bcr  |a  Moramba  i799>  aad  ft|U  eotjunaadbf  hcf «    #fit|l  JMfai. 


tfBPWiVItt,  96  4Mb  P.   gfjaiirfh. 

MINORCA,  x6  Cans.   #.    A  Biic.    Xdf»  JltPi,  .Captnicd  by  Lq>i  Xcltb,  jMtlfldW 

LA  SAL  AMINE,  Id  OWM.    F.    A  BriR.    Cifarad  by  LoN  KcM,  J«De  |8a.    Mtjlkm 


ANACRRON,  146UM.   f.   A  Bfig.   Lkosea^  Siapfiai  affciiwd  to  bar  la  yofimfcrr  1799,  and  MB 
her*    rlfiit0$h» 

4SJBR,  14  Goat,    A.    A  BiiR.    Capcurad  bjr  tha  Arroir  tad  WolvpSaai  Sapm^bcr  13th.    CbMnifp.  ^ 

^ORPOISK,  p  GuRt.  X.  Xa(«  JtyHnKa  i«aMlk.  Captured  by  tbe  Arto,  Captiia  J.  Bowen,  off  the  Coot  of  for> 
rat^,  la  AufoB.  LkaMMtae  William  Icott  appoiacad  to.  bar  ia  OAobcr  Sf9^  an^  ML  ranaMadtof  iMBb 
fvtjmmob,  ^ 

mmSmSSmmSSSSSSSSSSSSm 

4M0yNT  OF   CAf TUILB8    FftaM    THC   COMIIXKCKMBHT  Of  TUf. 

^aiSKNT   VAK   TO  JUlf£   l^OPa 


Llaft 

Fmm  the  FrMidi  "^  sa 
^toiB  the  Spaniard^  •>-  8 
fl]pB»  (he  Dutch  -^     17 


Totals  77 


Piftlaa. 
a 

o 

7 


Frigataa. 
3S 


177 


Skoptf  Ac.  t  TQkal. 

3a         I        «8 


'7^ :  >  If'. 


ri^niteen  of  all  aatteaa,  770^— Grand  Total*  mi  fiOU 

SHl^S   BUILDING   AT   THE    CpljfMENCSMBlIT  9F    ISpO*    ' 

•AtipONIA,  no  rnint.    XlacH  Thrdy  Hj/mmft, 

fUBBRNIA,  119  GttaB.    Kint*s  Yard,  PfymmtM, 

BOYNB,  98  Guaa.   XIbrH  Yard,  A^jfiiai^. 

DRRADVgUGHT,  98  Gum.    Kint*s  Yard,  IVit/wUft, 

XVROPX,  gS  Guas.    lOat't  Yard,  Chattgm. 

PCIAN,  98  Goat.    XfoR*!  Yard,  PTtiMck. 

AVGUSTA,  74  Gum.    ICIac**  Yard,  P^rfpmuO, 

^ONquBBOR,  74  GUM.   Gcaham**  Yaad,  Mmv/khf 

ponXAGEVX,  74Gupf.    K|a«*t  Yard,  A<y(^M» 

WILrORD,  74  GoM.    Jacqt^a  Yard,  jMfifrd^ 

PRINCESS  AMXLIA,  74  GuM.    Kint's  Yard,  CUfham 

PLANTAGENET,  74  Gpnt.    Klnc*t  Yard,  Makfltb. 

BE7£NCB,  74  Guat.    KutR**  Yard,  CkjItOKh 

SPENCER,  74  Gum.    Adaau*s  Yard,  tudUnpati^ 

ANTELOPE,  SO  Cunt.     Klsf*«  Yard,  SlwnilUp, 

TIGER,  S9  Guns.    fCjnt^s  Yard,  J%rt;/iiMcf^. 

|. AVIDIA,  44  GuM.    Jacob's  Yaid,  Miiftrd. 

LEOA,  38  Gum.    KinsS  Yiird,  G^ftam. 

JASON,  36  Gum.    XincS  Yard,  Ptrtfrnuok, 

ilARCUSVS,  ja  Guns.'   Xioh's  Yard,  J>i]^«ri. 

^  I        ■     -  74  Gum.    Xins^s  Yard,  Zk^m^, 

gof  98  qua  Slilp,  sU  of  74  Gww»  Md  iva  Frltaipa  i^phapied,  ba||dia(  ^  %ipcbMts^ardSf 


ERRATA. 

CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST'  OF  THE  ROYAL  NAVY; 


(We  consider  oundvct  puticulirly  oblij^cd  to  our  Correspondent  J.  R.  for  the  great  traabk  be 
hat  taken  in  pointing  out  and  correaing  the  errors  in  the  Chronological  List  of  ^e  Rofal 
Navy,  and  as  we  are  well  aware*  that  after  the  most  careful  arrangement,  many  inaccn. 
ncics  will  unavoidably  be  found,  we  shall  M  much  flattertd  by  the  canrnvoicatiooW  av 
mnctciMiJu  that  0iay  occur  to  him.] 


fttircxss  AvevtTA 
vacmt. 

VOYAL  WUUAM. 

M6Xa. 

SIJXKCX. 

CAtY«roar. 

SAISOirABLS. 

usoLvnoii. 

niNCX  GSOVOB, 

KOXBUCX, 

BaiSTOL. 

AuaotA. 

ALIXANOn, 
MONTAGMS, 

9MLUAIIT« 

SRAMPIOir. 
aoMssAaT, 
Mtcvrari. 
motN, 
TSiaoa. 


Xfar. 


JtO.  !• 


fox. 
IMMSMXA* 


JVNO. 
its: 


aCVKT. 


VOLCANO. 

WAaaioa. 

AfaiCA. 
BOLTHUV. 

ANDROMAOil, 

cuis. 

«VEBXC. 
•OCCSW.- 
A1.SCT0. 

ATLAS. 
6AKGES. 

caowN. 

BIAPKM. 

•TANPAIIH 

TaOSTY. 

THALIA. 

BULLDOG. 

FALCON. 

XNCBNVIAKT* 

PariANCS. 

CHAMV. 

ORUTD. 

THX8BK. 

CALTPSO. 
COMZT. 

INJ>EjrAT7GAILK. 
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Pek  « WilHtm  BrewrD,*  and  wM  « la  179)  CafCdn  J.  SchMk,  aad  < 
•pfoiMad  to  her.    In  Juqr  1799  Ctptai*  w.  Browril,  kcr  pnftni  4 

AiMl « c«puifi  G.  G«]rt«n  ctMnaiided  at  Uic  be«biiiii«  efmt  «nr.* 

Add  »ftw  \N .  Brown,  *  In  December  by  Caftun  c.  tteffiac* 

Add  after  Mwfli  iwV,  «  Ca?rala  r.  WodcbouJe  w  Paccwkcri*  «i4 
Laroumr'  read  •  Cjptiit  jeHa  Lanncsr.' 

atad  ancrCa|>cain  Pcjrtom  On  lanuanr  1799  Lord  H.  Paakc,  «ta»ttt 

for  •  CaptMa  T.  Tunjrr*  i«Bd  <^Cap^  Jobo  TWMT,* 

FW  ««nflaowa*  read  •  Craafto«a.* 

Ftar  *  Aasnft'  re»d  f  jgb. 

Add  after  MltcUcU,  fin  IkembcrCkpttlii  A.  H.  Gafdaer,  wtp  ftW 

Add  after  Bowca  wat  Aaaoimad  w  her,  *  lA  1799  Capcala  l. 
WUlaB  Parker**  jbt.^^^  ' 

For  •  W.  Budianaa*  read  •  Jo*ta  BucbaaiB.* 

Add  after  Hutddfta  *•  who  aui  com 

Far  » FcbraavT*  Mad  «  Jaauarjr.* 

For  *  December.*  read  *  Novembtr.* 

For  •  J.  a.  R^fin*  read  •  J.  P.  Rotiuft*.* 

Fov*i7»*raad*t79«.* 

Bead  *  SioBtasna.' 

For  •  LteucdiMat^  r^  •  Oqnaih.* 

Fw  *■  Oteembcr*  read  •  OAobcr  ;*  aad  ftr  • 
<*«orie  Laapykia,* 

For  *  LIcntnaM  J.  PrtfiJand'  read  *  Captoin  T. 


CapiaiBT. 


wiiliAdBinlttl 


791*  >«*^  *  JIOTfaber  1704  j* 
1706'  read  *  July  1796  j^  and 
799*  read  «  Deccoihcr  iMSk* 


ftir  »  Nuveahcr  X79S*  rm  « 


For  *yio«cthbcr  .. 

Far  •  Januay  1799^  read  ♦  Dcccmacr  1798^ 

For  «  LieuiMiant*  read  *  Captain,* 
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For  «  Oocambef*  read  •  OAaber.* 

For  •  Mereinbar'  read  *  July.* 

Par  •  y.  Caisrafc*  read  • /.  Cotoava.* 

For  »  May*  refd*  April.'       ^ 

Far  »  saytafcbai?  wad  *  AasB*-' 

For  *  Fabnuiy*  read  ♦  January.'' 

For  *Sepmnhcr»  read  •  Atigua.' 

For  •  la  1799*  lead  »  Bcormbcr  IMIJ 

For  *  laavaiy  I7M*  i«t4  « I79t  T  and  aM  tiler  •  Julr'  •  in*.* 

For  *  In  |799»  read'*  la  Fcbniary  I799.»  '^        "^ 

For  «IB  1799'  'w*  *  In  February  1799/ 

fS  *ispzs^mT  '  '*•""'"  *'  "^  ^  *  ''''*''  "^  *  ^"^  "»^- 

J; 'fai'JirfA'aKr'*  »79»5'«*  fur  •  Aprti'r.-  •F,bn«,  .^^i 
For  *  OAober'  rrad  ♦  Srpcembar.* 
After  •  i799»  add  •  Ci^Caia.* 

For  *  Movciabcr*  read  •  jaae.» 

^9 *  KarMa'Tcad  •  Byaeb ^  iv  «!■  i7«»*  itad  •  Is  Aaaai  imo.* 

After»Lob6«addUii79«byM.8t.C&r?^     *»^H«I1^ 

For  » Acccmber'  read  *  Idiy.* 

^*  hTarch  1799'  wad  •  Fetaaiary  i7«.» 

For  •  la  1799*  read  « la  January  itqZ* 

For  •  Apffi  read  *F,  bryanr  i799.»         "^ 

For  i  November*  read  »  Scpteib^.* 

For  •  la  1709*  read  »  In  July  1709  &*  Jgr  •  Lgaf*  l^  •  LaA* 

For  tManiricad  •  Febn»«.»  "'*  «r    »«af   lasa  •  loifc 

»BP«||ircli*i«ai«A|iy.»' 


Stift. 
ANOIOMBDA. 
TISIPHOMC. 
ST.  GEORGE, 
MAJESTIC. 
ItAMILIBS* 

Terrible. 

kOMVLVS. 

MBLEAGBR. 

HIND. 

•A  TURN. 

•KVERN. 

CAPTAIK. 

Vanguard. 

VBTBRAN. 

•HBBRNBSt. 

OLORY. 

SBRPBNT. 
WlNMOft  CASTLB. 

TRIAL. 

MABTnf. 
AATTUCSNAKX. 


S5B^- 

DIAMOND. 
DIANA. 
VYLADES. 
JTAVOURITC. 
HAS  ABO. 

tYNX. 

nTBBXLl. 

-¥n.tX  DX  PARIS. 

KITE. 

RACCOON. 

tYLPH. 

MAIDSTONB* 

SHANNON. 

ARROW. 

DART. 

CYNTHIA. 

NXPTUNB. 

AJAX. 

ACHILLXt. 

RENOWN. 

▼ICTOR. 

HUSSAR. 

APOLLO. 

WBASLB. 

THVNDKB. 


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tItATA. 

Mirch*  ntd  ( Febnnry.* 

December  1790*  nml  •  Jamarr  1799* 

March*  read  *  Pebniaiy  1799. 

Jiihr*  read  *  June.* 

Odober'  read  «tlovMlber)*  i*d  Ibr  «  ApriT  r^d  (FArUfy.* 

March*  read  *  f ctouary.* 

{uly*  fead  •  f use.* 
'cbraary  1^*  read  <  179^* 
In  June  1799*  read  «  In  1799.* 
November'  read  «  OAobar.* 

September*  read  *  Auguft  ;*  and  &r  •  Jvif  raid  «  Ma^.* 
March*  read  *■  Fvhruary. ' 
OAobcr*  read  ^  September.* 
Fehniarr*  read  *  ApiU.* 
March*  read  *  January.* 
G.  M.  Biphmftoiie*  read  «  6.  K.  XlpUnftane.* 
March*  read  *  February.* 


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»799- 


Januanr*  read  *  February.* 

Augttft^  nnd  *  July  ;^  aad  Ar 

November*  read  *  Ooober.* 

February*  read  *  January.* 

Downing*  read  •  Dowibia.*-  ' 

Apnl*  read  *  February.*^ 

^tain  S.  Gooch*  read  *  f^leutenant  t.  Ooodu* 

JI90.III. 

MiriBh*  rOLd  *■  Febniary.* 

May*  read  *  Aprik* 

April*  read  •  Febmary,* 

March*  read  *•  Febniary.* 

November*  read  *  oaob«r.* 

May'  read  *•  April., 

Ruddac**  read  ^  Rudifaci>.* 

«  Botterfidd*  add  *  IrtUmd.'* 

R.  r.  Hall*  read  <  R.  Hall  }*  awi  fir  <  Oftober*  read  *  Nnttmber** 

OOober*  rvad  '  Sepiember  'y  and  1^  «  Febrvtfy*  read  *■  jUM»gf* 

July*  read  «  M»y.' 

March*  read  *  February.* 

January  1799*  ■"cad  *■  December  1798.* 

Rathbane^  read  Rathbori>«.* 

Sc^cmbcr*  read  *  Auiraft.'* 

January  1799'  read  'l7«»»,* 

April*  read  *  February. "^ 

November*  read  *  OAdbcf.*     * 

May'  read  «  April.' 

Malhoiv*  read  <  MilboR}*  and  after  •  1796*  add  <  Mrf*  5MW.* 

AprtI*  read  *  Marcb.* 

April*  read  »  February  }*  and  ftr  *  May*  read  *  M^fch.* 

April*  rend  *  February.* 

November*  reid  ^  OAober*  1 

November*  read  *  scpwmber. 

November*  read  *  Ofiabsr.* 

OAobcr*  read  *  Auguft.* 

Dwibaa*  i«ad  •  Durban  ;*  andlbr  «  June*  read  «  May.* 

Lieutenut*  read  « Capttiaj*  nd  after «  Xouatt*  add  *  ap paiatad  n  bOr  ia  Auitft 


CALCVTTA9 

WBYMOUTR. 

MARY. 

JIXBMXS. 


■XCLA. 

JIXW  ADVXMTUBX. 


VESSELS   PURCHASED   FOR   HIS   MAJRSTT*S   SERVICE. 

a    For  ^IkidnumC  read  <  CMteinJ* 

For  *  Ututmant  T.  Anderion*  read  ^ C^fi4dit  j.  Andeifcn.* 

For  ^  Lieutenant  read  *  C4ptaln,* 

For  *  February*  read  *  January. 

For  <  Ututaumt  I.  Raisetifield*  read  •  Cattdn  J.  Raicerifleli  i*  and  ftr  ' 
Cilmour*  read  <  Cofttda  D.  Gitmnur.* 
a    For  *  November*  read  «  oftdber.' 
I    For  *  Uwiatant  J.  Oughton'  read  ^Caftam  J.  Oughton.* 
a    For  *  June*  read  *  May.* 
I    For  ^Tender*  read  *■  Tranfport}*  and  ftr  «  Auguft*  read  *■  April.* 


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ViriLLINGTOlf. 

axBx. 

TXNUS. 

CONFEOBBACT. 

CAMILLA. 


VESSELS   HIRED    FOR    HIS   MAJESTY's   SERVICE. 


I  For  '  December*  read  *  November.* 

I  Fur  ^  December'  read  *  Movembcr.* 

I  For  •  0£h>ber*  read  *  SaptemUr.' 

I  For  «  December*  read  •  N  vcmber.* 

I  For  *  fiovember*  read  •  Oft'jber.' 

I  For  *  oaober'  read  *  September.* 


VESSELS    ADDED    TO     HIS    MAJE,STY*S     NAVV|     CaPTU'RRD      FROM     THE 

FRENCH,   SPANIARDS,    DUTCH,    &C« 

Dele  ♦  I7»h*  **>*  put  it  befbre  Commerce  dc  MarftidVi.    " 

For  *  Febniary  1799*  read  *  I79*..* 

For  ( March  x/99*  read  •  April  1799.* 
For  *  Odober'  nad  *•  September.* 
For  *  May'  rcart  *  ApriL' 
Fur  *  Nwvember*  read  *•  Oftob^r. 
For  « oaob  r'  read  «  Scotembcr«* 
For  *  Juiy*  rrtd  •  June. 
Per  *  AUKuft'  read  ^  July.* 
For  *  Mark..*  read  *•  February.* 


17^1' 

OOMMBBCB  DEI 
MARSEILLES.  / 
FUI8SANT. 

2.*AUB0BI. 

L*BSFtB6LX. 
LB  JUSTE. 
lANS  PARXIL. 
a.*lMrXTVMJC 


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VOL«  III« 


fT*  37  "  For  •  Reynolds'  reid  <  Sir  H.  Nede.* 

yk  A  Por'BtrJwanl'reid'Ilvniwood.* 

2  3b  For  *  Tursuard'  read  '  Turqoanii* 

34  For  ditto  icad    ditto. 

it} I  lo  For  *  Uoicdra*  read  *  Unioii.*' 

—  IE  For   ditto        read    ditto.    .  ....  --^ 

—  lait  line  bat  4  Dtk 'CafcBuigium  it  appouifted«  ftc' k  hating  Wen  lieallaaiiMgie. 

in  the  tame  page.      ^ 

iMt  Itfie  For  '  Whitman*  read  <  Wittman.' 

7  For  <  Raleigh'  read  '  RusseL* 

lMtUMb«t4  For '  Coatet' read  *  Cooke.' 

%j'l  14  For  ditto     read    ditto. 

23!  ty  For '  Lamour'  read  *  Larmoiff.* 

•—  33  For  *  Unicorn*  read  •  Union.* 

~  47  For 'Nichoh* read « Nicholas.** 

«6  6  For 'Sloop*  read  *  Store.*  .      ^,       . 

—  hstllDebiits  For « Cape  G.  Murray'itid  <Capt  Che I{aa.J«liaMamy«* 
318                    23  For  *  Whitman*  read  '  Wittman.' 

320  last  line  but   s  For  '  HarUam*  read  Haerlenu' 

530  19  For 'O^ilby*  read  *Qgi!Tr.' 

^  14  F6r« Hubert*  read  < Herbert' 

—  16  For 'Dickson*  read 'DiKon.* 
etc                    26  For  'sailed'  read '  also.* 

-^  27  For  'also'  read  'sailed.*^ 

416  last  line  bat  i  For  '  Sutton'  read  *  Campbell.* ' 

417  6  For 'Malbom' read 'Malbon.* 
^                     13  For 'BcMcr*  read 'Beaver.* 

^  laitttiebgt   I  For 'DrsMn* read* Dover.*  ^      ,  . 

^  last  hne  but    5  Dele  ■  and  Fiji  from  Halifax*  with  dlspatches»'  as  it  is  mtttfifllMd  not 

datf* 

4j8  II  For'Goieling*Kad'Gosselin.' 

^  14  For 'L'AbhiUcs*  read 'Achilles.' 

419  2<  For  '  CouragM«x*  read '  Couragm.' 

^  31  Afur 'Youxv*  add' late  i»  and  ibr'PevK'KiA*  Acdhn.* 

509  36  For 'Batie' read 'Bertie* 

<ll  41  For  *  Unicom*  rrad  '  Union.* 

516  3  For' Lieut.  G.Searfc'Rad' Lieut  H.H,  Settle.* 


la  the  Account  of  Ships  destroyed  at  Toulon  fsee  page  M,  tot.  1.)  there  sre  some  small 
crrors.*-The  Commerce  de  Bourdeaux,  ot'74gunaf  should  have  been  stated  as  taken  by  LM 
Neboo,  ss  by  Admiral  Hotham*s  letter  of  March  16,  179ft  she  tpp^n  to  be  one  of  the  French 
fleet  defieatei  on  the  iidi  of  March,  but  had  been  renamed  the  TimoleoOf  which  ship  was 
taken  and  burnt  at  the  Battle  of  the  Ntle.-^The  Conronnei  of  80  guns,  should  hare  been  stated 
asset  fire  tOv  on  the  evacuation  of  Toulon,  bot  notoomplctely  deBtrovcd  so  as  to  pcerentrepairt 
and  to  have  been  since  taken  by  Admiral  HMham*s  fleet  on  the  Mtn  of  March,  1795 ;  as  ap«. 

ean  by  the  fbrememiooed  ktur  ol  Admiral  Hotham.    She  is  there  called  La  Coanaat^  er 
ilrat  oilioguiia. 


I  N.D  E  X 


TO   THl 

MEMOIRS,  HINTS,  PHILOSOPHICAL  PAPERS,  NAV^L 
LITERATURE,  POETRY,  REMARKABLE  INCIDENTS, 

l^c.  lie.  IN  VOL.  III. 


A. 

ACTION,  close,  advantJiges  of,  363. 
Admirals,  list  of  in  1748,  Sz. 

Admiraltt,  circular  letter  from  the,  to 
all  commanding  officers  of  his  Britannic 
Majesty^s  vessels,  507. 

,  High  Court  op,  reports 
of  cases  argued  and^etermined  there,ii3. 

Amphiok  mgate,  authentic  account  of  her 
blowing  up,  197. 

Andromeda,  mdancboly  accident  on 
board  her,  507. 

Anson,  engages  five  French  frigates,  396. 
Captures  La  Loire,  ih,  Fuither  particu- 
lars of  her,  416. 

A  NTIGUA,  short  account  of  the  island,469, 

ApPENonc. — Chronological  List  of  the 
Royal  Navy  of  Great  Britain  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  present  year.  No.  L 
No.  II. 

Artois,  French  frigate,  described  and 
captured  I  by  commodore  Johnstone,  15. 
>,  English  frigate,  lost  on  the  coast 


of  France,  f6« 


B. 


Barnet,  Capt.  C.  interesting  particulars 

of,  423,  &c. 
Bath,  Order  of  thb,  a  short  account 

of,  341. 
Bracon  s,  two  leading,  ere^ed  on  the  south 

side  of  Newcastle  harbour,  76. 
Beef,  Dr.  Blane's  mode  of  salting,  263. 
BlANE,  Dr.  his  remark  of  a  stop  put  to 

the  progress  of  disease  by  that  generous 

flew  of  spirits  inspired  by  the  prospe£l  of 

battle,  improved  upon  by  a  question  as 

to  the  effe£l  of  the  exultation  of  vi6iory, 

363. 
BosquET,   Mr.  his  patent  measure  for 

thcbetter  preservation  of  his  Majesty's 

ships,  ^2,  i_34*. 
Bourk,  Mr.  great  gallantry  of,  507. 
Brandy,  an  hogshead  of  on  fire,  easily 

extinguished,  364. 
Brazen  Sloop>  particulars  of  her  wreck, 

147,  148. 


Bridport,  Lord,  his  account  of  the  en- 
gagement  with  the  French  fleet,  June  2 3, 

»795i  344- 
Brodie,  the  late  Capt.  David,  bom  in 

Scotland,  enters  into  the  royal  navy  at 
twelve  years  of  age,  patronized  byAdm. 
Vernon,  commands  his  tender  at  the 
taking  <»f  Porto  Bello  in  1739^  is  at  the 
bombarding  of  Carth^gena  in  j  741,  ad- 
vanced commander  firsts  of  the  Terror 
and  then  of  the  Merlin  sloop,  tt* 
Thanked  by  the  first  lord  of  the  admi- 
ralty for  his  services*  82.  Several  of  his 
anions  and  captures,  ih»  Advanced  to 
post  rank,  with  the  command  of  the 
Canterbury,  ib.  Assists  in  the  capture 
of  Port  Louis,  in  1748,  83.  Is  at  the  sub. 

.  sequent  unsuccessful  attack  on  St.  Jag« 
de  Cuba,  84.  In  the  Strafford,  cspturet 
the  Conquestadore,  and  runs  on  shore 
the  Africa,  in  Adm.  Knowles^s  attack 
on  the  Spanish  squadron,  061.  i,  1748^ 
86.  His  evidence  at  the  court  martial 
held  on  Adm.  Kjnowles,  resulting  from 
the  above  a6lion,  88.  His  offered  ser- 
vices on  a  fresh  war  with  Spain  slighted^ 
99.  Superseded  in  a  promotion  of  ad- 
mirals, 100.  Interesting  debate  iii  the 
House  of  Commons  on  his  case,  ib.  His 
death,  109.  Some  account  of  his  grand- 
son, second  lieutenant  of  the  Theseus, 
104.     List  of  his  captures,  196. 

Brunswick,  the  names  of  her  officers  on 
the  first  of  June,  1794,  259. 

Byn6,  Adm.  list  of  the  court  martial  on 
his  trial,  431.  Opinion  of  the  Judges 
on  his  sentence,  432.  ^  Proceedings  in 
parliament  in  relation  thereto,  43  3. 

C. 
Canada,  account  of  an  extraordinary  phsei 
nomenon  which  happened  on  board  that 
ship  July  7,  1798,  496. 
Cat^non,  the  art  of  casting,   known  in 

Russia  upwards  of  300  years,  1 30. 
Cape    of  Good    Hope,    the  measures 
adopted  by  Gov.  Van  Der  Stcl,  previ- 
a  ously 


iiiosae« 


Ofut!y  to  Us  {luting  the  VSHteyardi  of 

Conttantta  there^  361. 
Capi  of  Good  Hop£»  tome  particuUrt 

relative  to  its  commerce,  362. 
Captains,  Post»  those  made  since  the 

beginning  of  1 799,  ax9. 
Caitlislb^s  EstatEi  in  Antigaa,  never 

trades  in  slaves^  a. 
Cato,  melancholy  account  of  the  loss  of 

that  ship,  40. 
Cektavil  man  of  war,  nautical  particulan 

concerning,  511. 
CoMMANDEKs,   list  of  thoio  appointed 

since  the  commencemect  of  the  year 

1799,  »*9. 
C0MMBRCS9  some  account  of  the  Russian, 

130. 
Consuls,  the  Feench,  re-estahli»h  the 

code  of  neutral  navigation  as  it  subsisted 

under  the  monarchy,  75. 
Contract,  a  wrong  mode  of  furnishing 

hemp,  anchors,  &e*  for  the  naval  ser* 

▼ice,  117. 
Cooke,  the  late  Capt.  Edward,  parti- 

cular  account  of  his  expedition  in  the 

frigate  La  Sybille,  in  179S,  11 9. 
Countess,  C5apt.  his  Idter,  giving  an  ac- 

count  of  Sir  J.  B.  Warren^s  aftion  with 

die  Fiench  off  Lough  Swiliy,  355* 
CouRAOEUX,  particulars  of  her  loss,  aoa. 
■  ,  a  new  ship,  lauschcd  at 

Deptford,  3aa. 
Courts  op  Law,  trials  at,  interesting  to 

the  Navy,  234. 
Courts  Martial,  Naval,  thchr  wo* 

ceedings  on  the  trials  of  Mr.  Joseph  Uol- 

lingwood,  Wm.  Dimock  Smith,  Lieut. 

John  Cresselman,  Wm.  Webb,  and  Mr* 

keppeii6ieydhall,i3%}— GolinM*Carty, 

Lieut.  Philip  Griffin,  John  Warner,  Mr. 

ein  Hopgood,  John  Smith,  Mr.  Wm. 
Id,  William  Howell,  and  John  Bris- 
cow,  311 }— «  marine,  John  M*Kenny, 
Mr.  P.  Stone,  J  ohn  Weldon,  John  Good- 
man, Thomas  Hilton,  Lieut.  Wheatley 
anfi  his  Clerk,  504. }— -Lord  Proby,  505. 

D. 

D  A  tr  a  c ,  pirdcufars  of  the  mvdny  on  board 
that  frigate,  293. 

Dl RB  Y ,  Jo u  n,  £sq.  honourable  testimony 
borne  him  by  the  underwriters  of  the  Por- 
tuguese brig  Tejo. 

Description,  with  plates,  of  the  time- 
keeper invented  by  the  late  Mr.  Thomas 
Mudgc,  &c.  icc^  377. 

DuciE,  Lord,  some  parttculars  of,  3^ 

Duckworth,  Adm^  probable  amount  of 
his  share  of  the  prise-money  arising  kom 
the  capture  of  the  Lima  convoy,  4.1 3* 


Durp»  Vice  Adm.  tone  pnfessionRl  par- 

ticularsof,  143. 
Duncan,  the  master  of  a  mcrchantmaBy 

spirited  offer  of,  la. 

^East  India  Iktblligbncb  rehling  to 
the  company's  shipping,  ^39, 41 S,  419. 

,  some  accoimt  of  the 
excursions  made  by  two  gentlemen  of  the 
Bengal  establishment  above  the  HunI* 
waar,  41 S. 

-,  pfopoaitton  of  Mn 


Dundas  to  afford  greater  facUity  to  in- 
dividuals in  India  to  transmit  their  pto* 
perty  to  this  country,  419* 

Egypt,  account  of  the  French  expedition 
thither  in  the  middle  of  the  1 3th  ceniory, 
262. 

Elephant,  account  of  her  being  struck 
by  lightning,  aSx. 

Engagimrnt,  account  of  Lord  Howe's 
with  the  French  fleet  the  aSth  and  S9th 
of  May  and  1st  of  June,  1799,  31. 

'■  ,  Capt.  Newman's,  with Lar 
Loire,  43. 

I,  Adm.  Knowles*,  with  a 
Spanish  sqnadnm  off  the  Havanna,  Od. 
1, 17-^,  85. 

Enolisuman,  gallant  behaviour  of  an,  in 
a  memorable  sea  fight,  45. 

Epaulets,  striAures  on  the  present  in- 
consistent use  of  them,  495. 

Etualion.    SeeSBARLB* 

F. 

Falmouth,  described,  with  dire£(ioos  for 
sailing  in  and  out  of  this  port,  452.  Re- 
markable patriotic  address  from  a  Tra- 
veller on  his  return  from  foreign  coun- 
tries, 454. 

Ferguson,  Capt.  James,  some  partial- 
lars  of,  9.  Lord  Howe^s  account  of  his 
services,  lo. 

Fbvrb,  Lb,  a  French  ofiiccr  and  prisoner, 
saves  a  marine  from  drowning,  and  is 
rewarded  by  the  free  grant  of  his  liberty, 
and    a  passport  to  return  to  France, 

Fire,  Grber,  its  vrondeifol  propertiet 

and  effect,  s6a. 
■  ,  on  board  ships,  the  appointment  of 

an  additional  lieutenant  for  the  special 

purpose  of  guarding  against  it,  496. 
Flags,  memorable  instancts  of  their  being 

shifted  by  British  admirals,  455. 
Flaxman,  Mr«  account  of  his  design  for 

tlie  superb  naval  pillar  in  comempktion, 

Z46. 
Fl£BT|  List  of  Lerd  Howe*s,  when  op. 

posed 


nr»BX* 


i»oM<l  to  that  of  Co«»t  D*Ettaign^s  off 
Sandy  Hook  in  177^9  12* 
FoXt  schooner,  wretched  and  periloas  situ* 
ation  of  her  crewy  a 35* 

O. 

Gkeat  Michael,  thc^  built  by  James 
the  Fourth  of  Scotland,  account  of,  laS. 

Greeks,  maritime  charafter  of  the  m«H 
dcm,  475. 

Green,  Lieut.  G.  some  profesaional  par* 
ticulars  of  him,  £64. 

Griffith,  Commodore  W.  a  few  parti- 
cular circumstances  relating  to,  335. 

Griffiths,  Capt.  humane  letter  of  his 
to  a  French  Commodore,  315. 

Guadaloupe,  account  of  the  expedition 
against  and  capture  of,  in  i759t  445. 

H. 

Hamilton,  Capt.  £.  hts  daring  enttr- 
prise  in  cutting  out  the  Hermione  from 
the  harbour  of  Porto  Cavello,  77.  Other 
particulars  of  him,  ib.  Voted,  by  t^ 
House  of  Assembly  at  Spanish  Town, 
Jamaica,  a  sword  of  the  value  of  300 
guineas,,  for  his  above-mentioned  ga]« 
lantr^  at  forto  Cavello,  146  j  also,  for 
th(  same  exploit,  by  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  London,  the  freedom  of 
the  city  in  a  gold  box,  value  50  guineas, 
»34. 

Barvby,  Rear  Adm.  his  official  letter 
relating  to  the  ships  burnt  and  captured 
in  Sbagaramus  Bay,  a6o. 

Harvey,  Capt,  Joii«,  born  at  Elmton, 
ip  JKJent,  s;oe$  to  sea  in  the  Falmouth  at 
the  age  of  1 5,  and  laves  the  ship  from 
being  wrecked,  141  •  Made  lieutenant 
in  the  Hornet  sloop,  removed  ii)to  the 
^rethusa^  man-ied,  advanced  commander 
of  the  Alarm  putter,  succeeds  tp  the 
.Speedwell  sloop,  and  advanced  to  post 
irank  in  the  Panther,  a^a,  Sails  to  Qi« 
braltar,  143.  Hi||  admirable  conduA  on 
the  attempt  of  the  Spaniards  to  destroy  the 
ahips  in  Gibraltar  6ay,  245,  Jleturna  to 
^ngland,  a^8.  Sails  to  the  Aycst  {ndies» 
la  present  at  the  capture  of  St.  £u$tatia, 
and  of  a  valuable  Dutch  convoy,  jb. 
i^etuirns  to  England,  appointed  to  the 
command  of  the  Sampson ^  and  joins  the 
ileet  under  Lord  6owe  for  the  felief  of 
Gibraltar,  2^9,  Reti^ns,  he  superin- 
tends the  impress  service  at  Chatham, 
^51.  Appointed  to  the  Magnificent, 
and  soon  afterwards  ^o  the  Brunswick, 
fb'  His  glorious  share  in  Lord  Howe*a 
memorable  engagements  in  May  and 
June  1794,  152.  Mortally  wounded^ 
)|is  i^eroic  conduct  on  quitting  the  deck| 


257.    Retumt  to  port,  and  diet,  %$%• 

His  epitaph,  ib.  Singular  coincidence  of 

events  respefting  him  and  Capt.  Hutt^ 

259.     His  arms,  &c«  ib, 
Havanna,  port  of,  Mr.  Matham^s  di« 

re^oi\s  for  sailing  into  it,  86. 
Hawkb,  Rear  Adm.  his  letter,  giving  an 

account  of  the  capture  of  a  French  squa- 

dit>n  in  1747,  427. 
Hewling,  Mr.  description  of  his  lon^« 

tudinal  instrument,  131^. 
Hill,  Jeremiah,  the  only  person  saved 

from  the  wreck  of  the  Brazen  sloop,  ac- 
count of,  148. 
Hispaniola,  or  St.  DoMiNpo,  account 

of,  83* 
Holland,  John,  duke  of  Eyecer,  account 

of,  361. 
HOPfON,  Adm,  sketch  of  his  history  and 

singular  aft  of  gallantry  occasioning  his 

rapid  rise  in  the  service,  iii, 
JJyTT,  Capt*  remarkable  coincidence  of 

eventsrespe6tinghim  and  Capt.  John  Har« 

vay,  i5p. 

lupETyB  VX|  dim^siooa  of  her  masts  and 

yards,  40. 
Indenture,  a  curious,  between  Henry 

Vin.  and  the  Lord  Howard,  in  15119. 

268. 
Innes,  Capt.  shot  through  the  heart  in  a 

duel,  xoo. 
Jambs  II.  striking  traits  in  his  poUtical 

chara6ter,  196. 
jBi^TLLy  Cape,  some  particulars  of,  44s* 

K. 

Klbbbr,  Gen.  extraft  of  an  Saterceptec} 
letter  of  his  to  the  late  French  Dtre^oryy 
148. 

Knowles,  Rear  Adm.  tried  by  court 
martial  in  consequence  of  his  engagement 
with  a  Spanish  squadron  off  the  Ha* 
yanna,  in  17^8,  88.  Account  of  the 
dam^es  austaincd  by  his  ship  in  (hat 
*{!tion,  ¥is^ 

LAC^4yADiSM>  the  French  consul  at 

P^enno,  his  account  of  Lord  Nelson*a 

engagement  in  the  Mediterraneant  X9i. 
Land,  a  large  point  of  sunk  in  one  mo* 

ment  into  the  unfathomable  deep,  364. 
Lieutenants  (naval,}  list  of  those  made 

since  the  commencement  of  x799i  aa^. 
Light-Houses,  notices  concepii ng  three 

newl'ghts  to  be  placed  at  the  entrance  of 

theLun^,  145, 
■  ,  a  higher,  substituted  in 

the  room  of  that  formerly  on  (he  point  of 

Lindcfsnesf^  in  Norwaiy, 

~  a  a  Lockyer^ 


IKDIX. 


XocKER,  Capt«W.  tome  particulart  of, 
163. 

La  Loirb,  particulars  of  her  engagement 
with  the  French  frigate  La  Pallas^  205. 

■  ,  French  fiigatc,  account  of  her 

capture  by  the  Anson,  396.  This  ac- 
count charged  with  fahehoodi  with  re* 
spcftto.the  Kangaroo,  516. 

Longitudinal  In'strument.  See 
Hewlxng. 

Lough  SwilLY,  caution  necessary  in 
sailing  into  that  harbour^  129*. 

M. 

Mackenzie,  Gen.  curidus  anecdote  of, 
164. 

Marine  Society,  prottfls  for  rendering 
it  more  permanently  useful,  393,  413. 

MARqyis  OF  Kildare  Packet,  ac- 
count of  the  recapture  of,  506. 

Martin,  Mr.  his  invention  professing  to 
refute  the  Newtonian  system  of  astro- 
nomy, i30». 

Martin  leo,  account  of  the 'operations 

against,  in  I759f  4)9* 

Meredith, Mr.B.C.Iieutenant  of  marines, 
drowned  by  the  up-setting  of  a  boat  pass- 
ing from  Portsmouth  to  St.  Helenas,  148. 

MiDDLETON,  Capt.  voted  a  sword  of  xoo 
pistoles  value  by  the  Assembly  of  Barba- 
does,  437. 

m  ,  Sir  C.  hints  proposed  by  him 

for  the  improvement  of  naval  architec- 
ture, 470.    Answered,!^.  &c. 

Missionary  Voyage  to  the  Southern 
Pacific  Ocean,  in  the  years  1796, 1797, 
and  179S,  54. 

Monthly  Register  of  Natal  £- 

VENTS,  74,  i45>  »33f  3"f  4i3»  So^- 
The  more  material  articles  are  severally 
mentioned  under  their  respeAive  subjc^ 
beads* 
Moore,  Adm.  Sir  John,  Bart.  K.  B. 
grandson  of  Henry  Earl  of  Drogheda 
(afterwards  created  a  marquis),  embarks 
at  ten  years  of  age  with  Capt.  Keddish> 
serves  as  midshipman  on  board  the  Shore- 
ham  and  Torrington,  and  advanced  lieu* 
tenant  in  the  Lancaster,  ib.  Meets  with 
a  very  unlucky  accident,  423.  Served 
as  lieutenant  in  the  NatT^ur,  and  made 
commander,  ik.  Advanced  to  post  rank, 
accorr panics  commodore  C.  Barnet,  in 
the  Diamond,  to  the  East  Indies,  his 
serv -ces  there,  42 5.  Returns  in  the  Dept- 
ford  to  England,  426.  Appointed  to  the 
Devonshire,  attached  to  asquacircn  under 
Rear-Adm.  Hawke,  distinguishes  him- 
self in  the  capture  of  a  French  squadron, 
417.  His  independence  and  attention  in 
retpeft  to  Adm.Byng's  trial,  431 — ^436, 


Married,  436.  Tn  the  Cambridge  re* 
lieves  Rear- Adm.  Frankland  on  the  Lee. 
ward  Island  station,  437.  Condufls  the 
naval  operations  against  Martinique  and 
Guadaloupe,  in  17591  439*^44-^*  ^^* 
official  letter  giving  an  account  of  the 
surrender  of  the  islands  of  Guadaloupe 
and  Grand  Terre,  448.  Removes  into 
the  Berwick,  returns  to  £%gland,  ad- 
vanced rear-admiral  of  the  Red,  created 
a  baronet,  and  appointed  port>admiral  at 
Portsmouth,  449.  Honoured  with  the 
order  of  the  Bath,  advanced  successively 
vice-admiral  of  theBlue,of  the  White,  ci 
the  Redy  and  admiral  of  the  Blue,  450. 
His  death  and  character,  ib.  Arms,  &c. 

45». 
Moore,  Capt.  his  letter  describing  Sir  J. 

B.  Warren  s  action  with  the  French  off 

Lough  Svv-lly,  354. 
MuDG£*s  desLription  of  the  time-keeper 

invented  by  his  father,  377,  480. 
Musical  Festival  in  honour  of  our 

naval  triumphs,  507. 

N, 

Naval  Anecdotes,  Commercial 
Hints,  Recollections,  &c.  39, 
III,  T92,  159,  360,454,  specified  under 
their  various  subjefl  words. 

Naval  Architecture.    See  WiiUti, 

Naval  Literature.  See  Missionary^ 
Tooke^  Robinscn, 

Naval  Pillar,  the  committee  appointed 
to  decide  upon  the  merits  of  the  sevrral 
designs  offered  for  the  same,  146.  Ac- 
count of  the  grand  musicsd  festival  tor 
the  benefit  of  the  fund  for  raising  the 
same,  507. 

Naval  Poetry. — ^Extraf^s  from  a  Poem 
addressed  to  Adm.  Keppel  in  1779,  5^* 
—Description  of  a  Storm,  57. — ^The 
Sailor,  59. — To  the  Memory  of  Capt. 
Buries,  60; — of  Capt.  Wesicott,  61  j 
— ot  Richud  Earl  Howe,  K.  G,  i^.— 
The  Fatal  Conquest,  133. — The  Ma- 
riner's Address  to  his  Countrymen,  1 36. 
—On  viewing  the  Wreck  of  the  Am- 
phion,  217. — The  Battle  of  the  >^ilc, 
219, — ExtraA  from  the  Exile,  ib. — Son- 
net on  seeing  a  ship  entering  port,  220. 
—The  Fatal  Conquest,  188. — Ode  to 
the  Oak,  3S4..— Naval  Ballad,  386.-^ 
The  Storm,  3S8. — God*s  Providence  as 
exemplified  in  the  Preservation  of  Sea- 
men, 389. — Oiir  Country,  390. — Ad- 
ditional Lines  to  the  Patriotic  Song  of 
England,  48  5. — ^FromtheBirth-dayOde, 
by  H.  J.  Pye,  Poet  Laurcat,  486.— « 
Naval  Ballad,  by  Mr.  Southey,  ib. 

Navy,  amount  of  its  supplies  in  1 776,  7. 

NaVVi 


INDEX. 


Navt,  it«  expences  in  177,  s^ik 

■  ,  report  of  its  state  in  1618,  3675 
and  a  table  shewing  the  names  of  the 
vessels,  number  and  calibre  of  their  guns, 
&c.  &c.  36S. 
— — ,  table  of  ships  built  from  1647  to 
16  57,  shewing  their  tonnage^  dimensions, 
guns,  men,  J|c.  &c.  37s. 

abus^herein  in  respefl  to  slop« 


clothing,  397. 

-,  Est  of  in  16849  457. 

-,  theRussian,  circumstantial  account 


of,  130. 

Kelson,  the  Rev.  Edm.  some  account 
of  his  family,  188. 

— — ,  his  letter  to  a  friend,  congratu- 
lating him  on  the  vi^lory  of  the  Mile,  192. 
Lord,  [See  portrait,   157)]    the 


fourth  son  of  the  Rev.  Edmund  Nelson, 
reclor  of  Burnham  Thorpe,  in  Norfolk 9 
157.    Is  received  at  twelve  years  of  age 
on  board  the  Raisonable,  by  his  uncle 
Capt.  Suckling,  ib.  Conceives  the  great- 
est horror  of  the  royal  navy,  159.     Is 
persuaded,  however,  to  sail  as  coxswain 
to  Capt.  Lutwiilge  on  his  voyage  to  the 
north,  160.     Curious  anecdote  of  him 
there,  i6i.     Receives  an  order  to  a£l  as 
lieutenant  of  the  Worcester,  Capt.  Ro- 
binson, 163.     Receives  his  commission 
as  second  lieutenant  of  the  Lowestoffe, 
Capt.  Locker,  ib.    Anecdote  of  him  in 
that  capacity,  164.  Appointed  third  lieu- 
tenant of  the  Bristol,  Sir  R.  Perkins's 
flag-ship,  164  s  afterwards,  by  rotation, 
the  first,  ib.     Commands  the  Badger 
brig,  and  received  the  thanks  of  the  set- 
tlers on  the  Mosquito  Shore  for  his  care- 
ful protei5lion,  ih.     Saves  the  crew  of 
the  Glasgow,  ib.  Obtains  post  rank,  ib. 
Appointed   to  the  Hinchinbroke,   165. 
His  exertions  and  gallantry  in  the  com- 
mand of  the  naval  department  in  the  expe- 
dition against  Fdrt  Juan,  ib.    His  health 
impaired,  ib,^   Appointed  to  the  Janus, 
166.     Returns  to  England  and  recovei's, 
ib.    Appointed   to   the  Albemarle,  ib. 
Sails  with  a  convoy  to  Newfoundland  and 
Qiiebec,  ib.    Is  chased  by  three  ships  of 
the  line ;  his  excellent  conJu£l  on  that 
occasion,  ib.    Attends  Prince  William 
Henry  on  his  visit  to  the  Havanna,  167. 
Returns  to  England,  marries,  and  retires 
to   the   parsonage    house    of  Burnham 
Thorpe,  168.     Appointed  to  the  com* 
mand  of  tlie  Agamemnon,  to  a£t  un- 
der Lord  Hood  in  the  Mediterranean, 
j6g.     Hi^  eminent  services  at  Toulon, 
Bastia,   and    Calvi,  170.     Direfted  by 
Sir  John  Jeivis  to  wear  a  distingiiisliing 
|>vndaut,  i7ir  Employed  in  various  ar- 


duous tenrices,  17s.  Particular  account 
of  the  shaiie  be  had  in  the  memorable 
aftton  of  Feb.  14,  X797,  174.  Hoists 
bis  flag  as  rear-admiral  of  the  Blue,  177. 
Shifts  it  to  the  Theseus,  tb.  His  despe- 
rate confli6k  in  the  attack  on  the  Spanish 
gun-boats,  Julys,  >797f  *b»  Hisun- 
fortunate  attack  on  Santa  Cruz,  I7t* 
Returns  to  England,  1 80.  Sails  in  the 
Vanguard,  and  joins  Earl  St.  Vincent 
off  Cadiz,  ib.  Detached  with  a  squa- 
dron into  the  Mediterranean,  181.  The 
glorious  battle  of  the  Nile,  182*  Some 
affefling  particulars  relating  to  him,  183. 
Singular  present,  184,  Shifts  his  flag 
to  the  Foudroyant.  ib,  Summaiy  of  hit 
proceedings  subsequent  to  the  battle  of 
the  Nile,  tb.  List  of  presents  made  him, 
187.  Account  of  his  family,  &c.  i88« 
Anecdote  of  him  when  a  child,  195. 

Nelson,  Lord,  his  letter  on  the  subjoft  of 

a  monument  intended  to  be  erefled  for 

honour  of  his  Lordship  at  Rome,  145. 

Extracts  from  some  of  his  letters  to  a 

'  friend,  303. 

Nettle,  the  common,  its  flowersand  seeds 
employed  by  a  French  physician,  instead 
of  cinchona,  in  the  core  of  tertian  and 
quartan  malignant  fevers,  with  very  ex« 
ti*aordinary  success,  136*. 

Northincton,  Lord,  remarkable  cir- 
cumstance attending  his  death,  30. 

O. 

0'BAiRNe,Dr.TH0MA8  Lewis,  extraft 
from  his  sermon  preached  at  St«  Paul's 
church,  New  York,  on  occasion  of  that 
city's  being  set  on  fire,  Sept.  21,  1776, 
8.     Promoted  to  the  see  of  Meath  in 

i79S»  7. 

Ocean,  its  degrees  of  saltness,  lai.  The 
cause  of  its  saltness,  123.  The  Bishop 
of  LandafTs  mode  for  ascertaining  the 
saltness  in  any  latitude,  ib.  The  tempe- 
rature of  the  sea  at  different  depths,  xi4* 
Description  of  Mr.  Wales*  insu*ument  for 
trying  the  temperature  of  the  sea  at  dif- 
ferent depths,  125. 

Oppicers,  List  of  those  who  served  under 
Sir  Hoi-atio  Nelson  iu  the  Vanguard  at 
the  battle  of  the  Nile,  x8x. 

Order  of  the  Bath,  accouftof,  341, 

'  for  the   encouragement  of   naval 

merit,  recommended,  341. 

of  military  merit,  in  France,  sketch 


of,  341  i — i>f  merit  in  Hesse  Cassel,  and 
Prussia,  342. 
Okdnance,  trial  of  two  pieces  upon  a 
patent  new  invented  gun  carriage  for  the 
seasuvice«  212* 

Otahextei 


mmnwjWML  urr.  or  mi  t«TAt « avt. 

fai  r«taini7 1796.  IteM^. 

ALUANCCf  90  O^n,   ».   Capwid  bf  die  inc.  Optala  J.  t.  rariN,  In  dw  Nortfe  lesff  Aagaft  sid. 

W.  Cnmmlos  apfdnttd  tt  Mr  In  Tum  1796.    Captain  H.  nwUirOf  In  Autnft  l?97*    Capbki  J.  B.  Bar  >■ 
■tawh  17^    Canala  D.  WOnoctla  April  1799.    Captaia  J.  lliiimlfc  ia  Hccmbcr,  ivfeo  tA 


fSMOVnc*  tt<}««.    J>.    JMrflMHT.    Ca9t«fc4  br  tiM  irrieonH  Capiala  T.  wnaM,  or  Iralaad, 

CafflalB  J.  K.  FaliBKappelaMil  loher  iBjamaiy  179^    Vlca  Admiral  KlacfiBlUlMUIad  hia  las  on  board  k«r 
ki  flacinbrf  1797.   Captola  ■•  B.  Littkbala  iu  January  17ft,  who  ftUl 


ftXrUBLlCANt  ift  OMf.  -#.   A  tCkMKr.   C^fDvoA  by  tto  MoaMidt  Capttto  II.  Wtfi%  off 


IFYf  If  Omi.    F.    a  Stoop.  Xtfia  A'^f^liii.    Capcured  by  the  Lively,   Captaia  CI.  BaffBDn*  off  Bftt* 
J.  Tout  appolflMd  «B  bar  til  laaoaiy  iTpd*    rapwin  W.  fliofiaaw  te  Jaaaaiy  1791^  «li* 


■tPIy  14  Ooas.  0.  A  Ihiop.  lalf  Jlfl^.  CapCwed  by  Adtolral  BlpbtaioM.  at  Ow  Ckpa  of  Oooi  MopOt  Sip- 
Mnber  141b*  CaptaU  |.  Tanar  appoiwwd  to  her  In  January  1790.  Captain  t.  A*  Alaaaadar  In  March. 
Capttin  W*  Oiaacv  In  Januaiy  1797.   Captain  A.  Brino  In  March  1799,  who  im  cqwmanrti  her.   fiyr  •J 


ttAMfVliAllTBtUOaM.   r.   Capturad by AyaatPunctn^intho jtothiehH  AagtaMh.   OipiiiBl. 


appotoaad  to  bar  In  Januaiy  1797,  who  Aift  coiMaandi  bar. 


VieTOBnvra^  i%  Cuaa.   W.    Capturad  by  Adndnl  Dvncaa,  In  the  Korti  Oaaa,  A««irfl  uvi%.    Caytaln  j.  B« 
Malnwarint  dhpolntad  to  bar  in  0€tabar  179s*    Captaia  B«  9.  Dickfim  in  Wnrnmber  1796,  who  Bill 
bar.  Jmm' 


BXQVIN,  la  <Suna.    W,    Captnret  by  the  ThaBa,  Captdn  B.  GrindaB.  In  Kbraary  1791. 

^     appohitad  to  bar  In  January  1796.    UruMaont  W.  W.  SonhooA  In  AufuB  179I.    liwitwiaar  r. 
Deccnbor  1799,  who  noir  oommanda  her.    tfttbHd, 


guicm  FBV,  3  Cant.   ff.    Captured  by  Sir  R.  Stnehan'a  tfuadron  off  the  Coaft  of  rraaii  Majr  ^Ah 
I,««He  fltrthick  appointed  tvbcr  la  January  1796.    9^^$  ^  " 


DOB0BB6IIT*  <40«n.  0.  Captofed  by  AdmMI  t]phIiiBOB«»  fit  laidadtt  Bay,  AogoB  iTtfe.  Cbptaia  J.  A 
lialfdar  appoloMd  to  bar  In  April  1797*  Captain  S.  N.  Uomo  In  iaptcaibar.  Captain  C.  BiUbane  In  Umm 
■79s.  Captaia  n.AMdaa  In  July.  Captain  B.  Honrynan  in  January  1799,  who  ftiUcottmen^i  bar.  Jtetftei. 

ntlNCB  FBBDKBICK,  da  0«a».  J>*  imaBriufcrtai.  Captand  by  Adariral  B^driatoae,  la  Saldaaba  Bay,  Aa«B* 
t7th.  Captain  B.  Bamaae  appebrted  to  htr  la  ttptamber  1797.  Captaia  C.  Moro  ia  Jaaaaiy  I799.  Captaia 
J.  f.  Han  la  juae  1799,  who  Bill  coauaaada  her.   P^pmrnt^. 


SBALAND)  64  Oune.    J>.    Taken  poOUHoo  of  by  Vice  Admiral  OaOow  at  ftynoulh.    Captain  ij.  B.  Shieen 

CO  ber  in  Julf  1797*    Captain  T.  Tarr,  with  Vice  Admiral  LatwUga't  8at|  in  OAober.    Vlea  Adoiiial  A* 
Michatt'a  In  Moy  1799*  x^  ^i«*  Adatoal  A.  Crane's  in  September.    Coardifalp.   JUm. 


BBAAKBL*  94  Oaaa.    i>.    Taken  poftataa  of  by  Tlee  Adndrat  OnOow  at  njrmoulh*   Oaptafa  T.  Bcrtb 
aohorla  iday  1797.    Captaki  J.  B.  MoA  la  OCtobac.    Captaia  J.  Wnheria  Jane  1798,  wba  BIB 


TMIIFf  f 4  8«oa.  0.    dptnied  by  Admbral  Blphlai«ac,  in  SaUaaba  Baj«  AQ|oft  17th.    Captaia  T.  Ttoacr  1 ,. 

to  bar  ia  rrbmary  1797.     Captain  B.  BooclaA  In  November.    Captain  B.  BIB  ia  Aptlf  lygt.     c4>taia  B« 
Worfley  ia  Jane  1799*   CbetbaM. 

AMUIAt  44  C«w«    '•    IMtff^iiiM,    Captoteiby  Bie  Dryad,  Lnid  Amtfut  Bcaucleric,  off  CapeCltar,  la  Jnaa 
1796*    Tbe  Hob.  Captain  Charles  Herbert  ia  Septcmrwr  1797,  w  iio  ftUi  commands  her.    Oamaaf. 

KA  BKNOMMVB,  44  Ount.    ff.    Captured  by  the  Alfred,  Captain  T.  Drury,  eir  St.  DoaUnfo  July  tnh.    CtpOdfl 
Robert  BoUetappdnied  10  her  in  Auiut  1797.    Captafai  W.  Sanderion  In  lipnaUiti  1799.    "  " 


lA  TIBGINIB.  44  Cttw.    f,   Ctptared  by  the  XadeAritabla,  Captain  Sir  KdwaH  fmm%  off  the  Uvart,  April 

Captaia  Anthony  HnatappciBtad  to  her  in  Norember  179ft.    hear  Admlndsb' ir.  C.ChriilaahoiBedblsfacQa 
board  ber  la  December  1797.    Captun  Gcorie  Atle  appointed  to  bar  in  March  1799.   JV  ^  " 


SBAATX,  40  Gum.  O*  Captared  by  Admiral  Blpblnftone,  In  SiManha  Bar,  Aa|ut  iTlh.  CiptalB  A.  Tsddap. 
polaaMto  her  la  Mardk  1797*  Captaia  J.  Bowky  la  Sepoembcr  1797.  Captain  T*  Aleaandar  In  June  1799, 
wboMlcMimaBdthar.  M^Mkr. 


gAlBAMMAf  9*  6ana«     D.    LaUCa/ttir,     Captured  by  Admiral  BtphlaBMe,  iaPaldaaha  Bay,  AacuB  lytt.  Cap* 

^aOtBarttoala  Jaaaaiy  1797.    BeceivioB  Sbip.    P^^mtat*. 


L*VinTB,  38  Gant.    F.    Captured  by  Sir  Bdward  faOew*s  «|uadrea  off  the  eoaft  of  Fiaaea,  AplB  i|du    CaptOla  C. 
•owlByaMoioced  to  her  la  November  1796.     Captain  J.  r.  Bcrealbrd  ia  resraary  17991  who  Bill  commaada 


iHVLBNv  a^Oaaa.   J>«   TbhMpoflMooflf  by  AdadralOnfloarat  P^rniovth.    Becalriat  Ibip. 

m«BVS«iaGuBa.   P.    lM»Z§pkfr,    TakeapoabaoaorbytbeABtbomedaanaotbcnlattaFiithi 

T.  BeH  appointed  to  her  in  December  1796.    Captain  B.  Sauce  in  Auguft  1799*     Captain  D.  O.  Galea  ia 
iMtober,  wheftlJIcMamaadabcr.   S/A»mA 

tAMOtt  S»  Onai.    D.     UtaJtnu    Captored  by  the  rwabr,  Captaia  Sm  W.  Halted,  off  the  Twd,  May  iMu 

Captaia  J.  BUftttiajaaovy  1797-    BtceWiat  Sblp.    Ar/(f«rtf. 


MiaiBI.TTBft  ja  G^a.  Ow  iMt  Jtim*  Braugbt  into  Greenock  by  ber  ewo  crew,  who  mutinied,  aad  takea  poM^ 
Ihaor  oythaTeasaln,  CapcaTo  ralliac,  JWieWi.  Captain  J.  Lortnc  appointed  to  ber  hi  9ap«Baber  179ft. 
fipTiln  G.  rowke  In  December  1798,  who  ttill  commaada  ber.    Dwans, 

•WAiits«  t%  Gnnt.    Built  ia  f  7sS.    Captured  by  three  rrendt  Mtatea  ia  t?9j,  and  re-captni«d  by  the  Santa 
gtfita.  Captain  T.  B.  Maitin9  in  1796.     Captain  W.  LuUn  appointed  to  ber  in  January  17979  w*io  BiB 
-   Her.     "^       ' 


VUfPICTIVB,  aS  Gaaa.    D.    tatt  BtthnM.    Capttired  by  Admitsl  KIphiaBone,  Aacuft  17th.    CaptainJ.  S.  BiSaiv 
.  appointed  tober  ia  March  1707.    CaptalaSi  Qtborao  ia Fcbrbary  ipyft.    CapBua  J.  OwiMii  ia  Maich.  9af 

Ida  A.  r.  HSttt  ia  jaae.  Skmmp. 


CRMmOLbOfCAL  L\tt  0#  Till  BOVM  KAtT. 


jAMAlCAi  t6  6vM.    F.    JMr  Ptramtt,    Cftptorc^  fajr  the  lairtpld,  O^dritt  C.  Cifpcnter,  tn  ttt  We*  faOtfr 
Captain  S.  BrookiJii  appoiaMU  to  bcr  in  Jaminry  1797.    Htftfird- 

LA  LCGBRt,  24  OiUM.   F.    Captund  bjr  the  ApoOo,  JCaprtin  Manliy,  dT tcUl^,  Tim  sad.    OlvQdB  J.  ». 
appointed  to  bar  In  December  1797,    Capodn  C.  ^IntBO  Is  June  it^I*  wboiUlcesdmadi  Imt.  Jt 

MVtSTTX,  34  Ottot,   F.    Seceivint  Ship.    P^fimutt, 

SOKruxC,  24  GvM.    F.    X«f»  X'CAiJr«.    Capciited  by  the  tnconfanti  Captain  T.  F.  FreemaMkf  In  the 

ranean,  April  aoth.     Captain  X.  Bamlllon  appoiACed  to  Ikt  In  December  I797>  wbo  ftiU  cinmmandi  |wiw 


lAXDINE,  ti  Ount.    F.    A  Sleep.   Ctptured  bf  Hie  Xtmoot,  CafllalD  J.  •otmn,  tmr  Tontot  March  oth. 

W.wilkiateeppoinieclu>herinI)cccfflberi796.    Captain  A.  Kenpe  is  March.    CaptaJa  JC  JCUkridt  U  ilay* 


KOOBOS,  as  Cum.  g.  A  Stoap.  MMtlM  bk^,  CapMtd  by  Sir  J.  B.  Wanea  offtbtSiiBtt,  April  istfe. 
Captain  K.  B.  G^pui  appointed  to  her  in  Deccmberi796.    Capttint.  WeircabiMeyf  who  Bill  commmi*  her* 

tA  BONNB  ClTOTXNMXf  ao  Cam,  F.  Captured  bf  AeTtaeton,  Ac  Hon.  Cepcdo  B.  8tDp(M  airCapc  Flnlf^ 
tern,  Mardi  loth.  Caphiin  C.  Lindfty  appointed  to  her  in  Jenuei|  1797.  Captain  B.  Betanck  In  Map  1997. 
Captain  J.  Neshitt  in  Majr  1799.    Captain  T.  J.  Maliot  io  Augut,  who  titt  commande  her 


COBMOB ANT,  ao  Omw.   A  ttoep.   F.   left  X*Dhw.   Captwed  bf  Ac  IMfeMfne*  Capnin  T.  Moare»  to  Ifte 

ncl,  November  13th.    Capuin  J.  C.  Scarle  in  OAobcr  1797.    Capctfn  Lord  Bobert  Mtik  Kflrr la  Jimniy  179IL 
The  Hon.  Captila  C.  Boyleln  lepccmber  1799,  who  till  commands  her.    SfhMtad. 

C0B8O,  iS  Gaoa.  1.  Captured  bjr  the  Soutbaokptan,  CeptUn  Macnamara*  in  the  Meditecraneeat  Decohbcr  sd« 
Captain  B.  James  appointed  to  her  in  December  1797.  CaptiJn  Lord  W.  SQiart  In  Jamiary  1799.  CapCala 
W.  BidMttt  in  Norrmbert  who  ttt  <wnmandi  her. 


IIAVICK,  18  Guoi.    P.   Capmred  bp  Admiral  Xlpldiiftoae  In  SaMenha  Bajri  Auguft  iTtfl.    CaptalaY. 
appointed  10  her  in  March  1797,  who  Bill  commandi  her.    Ommt, 

MIKKMIK,  10  Guaa,    D.   Taken  poflbflka  of  fagr  Admiral  Oallow  at  VljmoBth,   Fjii— ■»■ 

PYL,  16  Guoa.   D.  Takea  polfcflon  of  by  Admiral  Onflow  at  Ffymouth.    Fireftlp.  Mfmmtkt 

AMAR ANTHZ,  14  Oans.   F.   Captured  bp  the  Diamond,  Sir  J,  B.  iq«chBa>  off  Aldaneyt  DecsiBbsr  3tft«  CsfSdfi 

r.  Ve&y  appoiaccd  to  her  la  December  X797.    ^amglut. 

/IMBOYNA,  toGons.    D.     A  Brig,     latt  Uitnim,   Ceptored  bjr  AdrnkalBalnlerlathcXtBladka*    Ucw 
T*  Pvlbem  appointed  10  bcr  in  December  1797.   Lieoteaaat  Hqrwood  in  Moyeaaber  ifflip*  JM  '~  "  ' 


1797. 
•AM  JOSBF,  iiaCona.   f.   CapCnrcd  bjr  Admiral  Sir  John  Jervis  off  C»pe  St,  Vincent,  Feteuaiy  I4ih,    Fijmwgl 
f  ALVA  DOB  DBL  MVNDQ,  ixa  Goat.  i.    Captured  bp  Adminl  tir  J.  jenria,  rebraarp  14th.   F^iMMSb. 

SAN  NICOLAS,  So  Guns.     S.     Captured  bjr  Admiral  Sir  J.  Tpnris,  Peimiary  Z4ih.    Lkvcensat  W.  tqrin  appSiiMl 

to  her  in  Aaguft  179S,  who  ftUl  commands  her.    rVinn  Ship.    Hpntiitb» 

PAMrBBDOl%N,  7^  Ounc.    D.    f.attynpiUr.    Captured  bp  Admiral  Duncan  oTCamperdewn,  Ofteber  nth.  Llci^ 
tenant  r.  M^Gle  appoiated  m  her  in  December  1796,  and  BiU  coromanda  her.    Pifftn  6|iip.    fbilhWi 


BAN  DAMASO,  74  Guns,    f.    Csptured  bf  Admlnd  Rarrey  at  Shagganoiat  ttjy  Weft  Ipdiet,   PCbrwtjr  ifdU 
Llcutensf  X,owe  appointed  |o bfr  in  June  17^  w^  ftltt cwnpends  her.    Primi  Ship.    rtitfnmtM* 

•AN  YSIOO,  74  Gune.    1.    CaKufed  br  Admirii  Sir  T.  Jervia,  fcbfuary  14th,    LlefMCBfUK  B.  VUIiami  appelated  » 
Jier  la  junc  17911,  *te  ^^  coronuads  her.    InOia  Ship.     Pifmmb* 

TBYNKID,  74  Gooe.    D.     Captored  bf  Admiral  Doacaa,  OAeber  iilB.     XicaCeaoat  J.  Maftoa  appelated  to  Bcr  to 
April  179S,  who  ftitt  cemaaads  her.    PiiAn  Ship.   Cbatbm* 


ADMIBAL  DBVBIES.  dt  Guai.    JD.    Castwed  bp  Admiral  puBpaa»  QAobv  uth.    Captaia  C.  W.  ratcrfba  a^ 

ptrint^  to  her  in  April  17^   P^tain  j.vi|ht{n  pefcmber  1^91,  who  ftiilcommeoda  her.  Axmea  ea  Biiie* 

OKLYKHBID,  M  Hoaa.   A.   CepmrC  bf  Admiml  Duacaa,  OAokcr  iHli.   UnitaUK  F.  Wheatfj  appdiatii  Sp  Mr 
ia  April  i799>«A4«ncw«MBdUiiber.   Ctntiim, 


■AABLBM,  dS  Gune.  P.   Ceptured  bp  Admlnl  Doacaat  oaober  iitfe    Capttia  6.  Banna  appelaied  ta  hci  la 
June  179B,  wbo  commands  her  ftlB.    ^dmii* 

DKLFT,  64  Guns.  D.   laUMtrtuUt,    Captured  bpAdmlml  Duncan,  OAobcr  iith.    XJe«teaaatB.BfldpsBlappolB|i4 
to  her  in  Auguft  1799,  who  ftlB  commends  bcr.    TmnmM, 

WASSBKAZB,  64  Gum.   D.   Captured  bjr  Admlnl  Duncan,  oAober  iiili.    Captain  C.  Cfum  appelated  fa  her  to 
jane  1798.    Adaiiral  J.  Fcjrton  hoifted  hit  flag  on  board  her  io  OAober.    Armed  ca  ftutr.   Cbabtm, 

ALXMAAB,  s6  Gune.    D.    Captured  by  Admiral  Duncan,  Oftobcr  11th.     Captab  C.  Bunioa  appiJBHd  to  her  to 
April  1799,  who  Bill  commands  her.    Shtrrntjs, 

iriSGABD,  44  puns.    f.   iMtt  ^tj^kmu.    Captured  by  the  St.  Fiorenxo  end  ta  Njmphe  of  Brcft.  CaptdaT«  !• 
Martin  appointed  to  her  lit  December  1797,  wbo  Bill  comroanda  bef.  Cheaml. 

|.*VBAKtB,  jSGuas.   F.    UuTwtm.    Captured  br  the  Polyphemus,  Captidn  G.  Lumfitalne,  oT  ftekad,  J^Ufy 
Sth.    Captain  G.  H.  Towry  appointed  to  her  in  January  1799,  >»'  ^U  r— »-*f'*  her.    Ckmrnit, 


^AKBBKIDE,  3«  Cwia.     F.    Captured  by  the  P^<abe,  Captain  B.  Bartow,  oflTSeilly*  Deceaibef  sad. 
Frederick  WaOOns,  1^  pi«fef»  cuQunandcr,  appoipted  to  her  in  May  1790.   Potm/. 

1^  60NSTANCB»  14  Guns.     F.     Capcured  by  the  Sc  Piorenao  and  La  Nympha  off  Breft.    Ciptala  J.  B.  Hay*  h« 
prc&ttc  commander,  appointed  to  her  in  Auguft  1799.    Pijumlk,  «  -w> 


^AIBTB*  aa  Cuna.     F.    A  Corvette.     Capcured  by  the  Arethufa,  C^taiaT.  WoUcy,  oF  Bemadat  Auaaft  aato* 
Captaia  Z.  D.  Xing  appointed  to  her  in  Auguft  1798,  who  ftifl  fftmmanria  bcr.    9r^  Jailrj. 

IpHX^TA}  16  6|)as.   ^   Caftal^  R.  jfaafiityit  awoiifed  ^  her  to  OAskcr  179S,  aad  ftitt  comouuiftf  Imp.  M^km 


CMmwtewcAi.  uvr  or  tub  iotal  mavt. 


ATAlKAinrXt  i«  Gmi.   F.    a  tkMB.    CafMrad  bf  tUc  niobc,  CifiBiaft. B«to»,  oT ScUlf,  Tamvy  lotfu 
■  -  -    -  -  .    -  r,  •fcoto 


Mn  D.  Dnt  •ypeiottd  t«  ter  ia  Jiiat  iTfB.   GMMla  A.  J.  GrUM*  la 


Ir*l»0I1t,  I6GWM.   ».   A  «oe^     Ctpomd  bf  the  Tkilh«  Ca|Cilii «.  Pnlit,  inptnnfcw  Mk.   Carcria 

Otwaj  Blud«pfalBCedtoiMrtaiJ«B«  I79t.    Captaia  J.  twtodmapfokMdto^r  la  Miiy  1799.  JAfam^. 

SA  OTIflfK,  14  «UM«  F.    Conttet.   CaCMtflTtaaia  CmbfdMboata  of  tt»  I.iv«Iyaad  lllatrrfti  Mar 'SK^ 
UMteaMT.'M.  llanly'annlataitoMrM  Att«iii997.    CaptataH.lfoftclanecaikcr'i^Ba,  «%o*iBc 
'  htr. 


•OtABIO*  14  OaiM.   f .    Captured  bf  tha  loOMlaa  aad  MtfioiM  off  CtdlVtMaf  t^th.    Cactaiae 
«•  litr  talVftvtnkar  1797.   Caidaia  J.Cmhww  to  Jaiy  i7i»>  a*>  >HI acmniaada liar,   Siw 

140m.   F.   l4MflHiflwf 
I  ii  JiMaiy  118^   OlrdJbr. 


TXAmrn,  14  om.  F.  14M  Cmm  F^««.    ClUila  O.  Wtmm  appafaad  19  Mr  ^  Ja^  iitfl. 


179'- 
CAliOlin,  to  0«n.     F.    UCr  MviMk.    etpfinvd  by  mear  AlBtfnl  «r  ManilD  «a»a,  Aai^t  ift,  la 

l^ib-  Caparia  1.  Jaawa  afpaiatad  to  imt  la  Jannarj  1799.   H^mmdb, 


WmneAtf  to  Oaai.   F.   Lmt  mb€.   Captured  tj  Bear  Admlnl  Sir  Joho  Bodaft  Wttrsa,  oiT  Ttorir  Ifla"<«  O^ 
iDberiatb. 


TOMMAirr,  So  Oaaa.   F.   C^tiired  by  Rear  Adaiiil  sir  M.  HalAa,  Autaft  the  |i.    Ctpcalo  rofbas  otMj 
appoiand  10  her  ia  Jaaoarj  179^    Capuin  ».  L.  ritzgerald  to  rebruaiy.    Hfmutt, 

^kMcmatLtU  Gaaa.   F.    ffrf"  ijnti^r     Cipwail  byFCar  A^itol  ttr  M.NaUbii,  Augvft  |t.    Captato.W. 


.IR,  74  61 
appotatad  ao  her  to  Jaovanr  1799-    Pifmmtb. 

K^HplptMAWTj  74  Gaaa.  F.   CapMrad  bf  Rear  Atelraf  Str  H.  Ncflho,  Avgaft  sft.   Captato  G«oi«e  Ctaike  ap* 


lap  bar  to  Jaaiian  ITPP^ 
ft*IIBBeVLB,  74  awn.   F.   Capiand  bf  tte  Man,  Cpptain  Ataandcr  Hood,  oT  Biift,  Apail  afft. 


%M  arAKTIATl,  74  Oaas.    F.    Caprured  by  Kcar  Adaniral  fir  H.  NeUba,   Autaft  itt.    The  Raneonlte 

C.  H.  n«rr«|M^  appointad  ip  her  In  Jaayry  I799<    The  RlcM  Hotwuvabk  Capttfa  Lord  W.  Soait  to  Noi 


^A  JJOWt,  ^Caaa.  F.  Capcarad  by  «m  Anibn,  CepCais  P.  C.  DuUiaai,  oF  Cape  Ctp^rt  OAs^  gM.  Capcaip 
J.  H.  WawmaB  appqtwiad  to  her  to  May  1799,  and  AU  coflnnu»d«  har.    Cltmml, 

tA  StntS,  4a  «iitt.  F.  OvtotadbyCheJal^aadoihmaFthaflaian,  juaa  S9ih.  pvcai»  !».  MDae  avpotoaH 
•a  her  to  qftOber  I79l»  aad  Fill  coannanda  her.    Jlftk^ 

iAHTA  IMROTRXA,  4S  G«aa.  1.  Captured  by  the  Liao,  Captda  Manky  Dlzeo«  near  Caithateaa,  Jo^  istto' 
Capcdto  M.  Ihwraanaa  appobatN  to  her  to  NMemter  ij^  who  till  copunanda  her.    Jfaiilri  nawuih 

I.*AMBVICA]>1,  4»  «««•    9.    CspturedbjRcar  Admiral  Sir  J.  B.Wan«a,oaBberi«h.   P^/mmtb. 

XA  PBCAM,  96  Gobi.  F.  Captured  by  the  MasaanioMt  the  HQanaraMe  Gapaato  Oe  Goercp,  and  Naiad,  Opiato 
W.  FlelrepOB^  oF  Cape  rtoilbena,  Aofuft  a^ich.  Capcato  W.  WallMt  bcr  pitftnt  uaanaadcr,  appoiimd  i« 
|alri799>    F*JWirf». 

VniMORTALITX,  36  Guna.  fl  Captured  b7  the  FUkvd,  Captoto  T.  B.  Mania,  off  Bnt,  oaober  xdi. 
CapCito  J.  Draper  appotocad  to  her  ia  Odobcr  1799,   F^warfh. 

fROttinm,  idGuBa,  F.  Mk  Bidbne.   Capcared  by  Uae  Zthalton,  Captato  C.  Coooteft,  off  tidaad,  OAobc? 

OHUBLS,  jd  OvM.  F.  Captured  by  Hie  Saa  Norlb,  Capttf  n  Z.  j.  Foote,  to  the  Medtterraaeaa,  ^ae  xTth. 
Captaia  J.  B.  Hay  appoiniod  lo  hfr  to  OOober  I79B«  Capcato  R.  lauca  to  yovtmbar  i799»  I'bo  Ail  coaa* 
Maadaher*  Ctwiaalt 

Wn.HB1.MlRA«  36  Cuae,    J>.   JMi  Wurit*   Ctptprcd  by  the  tiiiai,  Captato  R.  King,  to  the  Nertfi  Seaa,  Oftober 


VAAnAAMBElO,  M  Gaaa.    A   CaptuRd  by  the  Siriua,  OOaber  a4tb.    SUtm^L 

JJi  irOLAGXv  z»  Guat,    F.    Captato  P.  Wbdrhoufe  appdnted  to  her  to  November  i7pl.    Citato  P.  Tdfcy,  te^ 
preftnC  commander,  to  Aocuft  1799.   Jamdca, 


9A!f  AX,  ae  Guaa.   F.   X^r  Mftmte    Captured  ^  tha  ladefbtisaHe,  Captato  Sir  X.  PeBcir,  Aus^ifl  7th.  irMMcA, 

hA  FORTUKR,  iBGuna.    F.    Captured  by  the  Swiftfiuc,  Capola  B.  KaUoireU,  off  the  Ktle,  Avsoa  iith.   C^ku^ 
G.  Davka  appototed  10  her  to  July  1799,  and  aow  coramaodtos  her.    Meifttrrjnmt.   -  ^ 

tA  lOPHIR,  18  Guaa.    F.   Cap|ato  Gcortc  Burdett,  her  preftnt  comnander,  appuiotcd  to  her  to  OOober  t79cu 


%JL  PVLMUr AVTB,  •  Gune.    F.    A  Cutter.    Captured  bi  L*1^n  Captain  Lofhi*  Ot«rar  BLuid,  to 


LIcatenaat  W*  RobfoAa  appointed  to  her  to  Au(uR  1799,  and  RUI  coraanaads  her.    Mtdittrra 
BXGABD,  6  Guaa.    Mavy  Traai^efft.    Ftrf^toail^. 

tA  FORTB1  50  Oaaa.    m.    Captured  by  ttc  SybUIr,  Capthio  B.  Cooke,  to  the  Bar  of  Btatel,  Pebraary  atO,  aad 
LteuteAaiit,  now  CaptUn  X..  Kardymaa,  appbinted  to  coounaad  her.^  M4i0iiditi,  *  * 

•AllTA  TtRERA,  4t  Guaa.    t.    Captured  by  the  Arpo,  Captato  G.  Bowen,  Pcbruvy  dth.    Captato  G.  Barker 
appointad  tt>  her  to  Ju^  1799.    Capca^  R«  f  aapbdl,  her  praftnt  eoamaador,  to  oAuher. 


mnfCXM  CHARLOTTB,  40  Guaa.   F.    IM€  fimm.    Captured  by  the  Centaur,  Captain  J.  MaifthaiD,  naa  iSdu 
Captato  T.  StcphaaAn,  her  pnfeat  coquiuuMitB)  appototed  to  her  to  September  1799.  ' 


V^A&CBSTR,  j6  Guaa.   F.    Capcund  by  Aa  Ccataar  ]«a«  |Stt«    Ctmia  T<  Bayky  appdated  to  Ber  to 
i7aa>  aad  Bltt  wmmamii  Mr.  m^nrm»»u  ■ 


awoKoLpcicAL  txrr  oy  m  ioyal  katt. 

C0VXA0SV1«  jt  9aM.    F.    ptptmtf  bf  the  Centaur,  CapUio  j.  MMkliUBf  Jane  itlh.    Captiin  J.  tiUiaitt 
appointed  «d  kar  id  Stywmbar  17991  *<■>'  **^  fmminaiiti  b«».    AecdrlDC  thip.   MUiUru 


LS  BOURDPLAIS,  «•  GuM.    i^    l»»wwrf». 

^OLfHITl,  14  Gum.    I>.   Capturad  bjr  tke  Anfow  and  WAIvcriiit,  at  the  yBe  |ih0d|  MftcBtbrr  |Sltu    Iiei|ieaii| 
A.  M*Ooii(all  ^pointed  ta  iier  la  Noirember  1799.    Skftrttft, 


fUAINAM,  1%  Guaa.  X    £4Br  M^.    Utetttaoaot  OMska  C«te  appdota*  to  her  In  Vovc^cr<9799,  aM  ftiV 
ijundlag  her.   Marriaififr. 


SL  TINCELO,  I*  Guaa.   J.    Captnrad  by  the  Oonaoraot,  Cap^la  tort  1.  M.  Kaiv,  Maifh  iffh.   Captaia  0* 
toofy  har  pfpftac  cowanaar»  afipoioted  to  iwr  in  November  1799.   MtHUnaimn, 


CAMVHAAN,  16  Goat.    A.    A  Ms.    Cafcvnd  bjr  Vlpe  Admiral  Lwd  Hofh  tajmour,  at  Svrinam.  Aupdl 
tlautenaot  A.  Tbwaiu  appoiotad  to  her  ia  Morembar  1799,  aad  ft|tt  coQunaadbf  hcf .   mfi  indku 


MINORCA,  16  Guaa.   F.    A  Brlv.    la$i  Jittt,  .Capiand  bgr  Lqid  Kdtt,  J«M  |«h. 

LA  SALAMINE,  16  G«M.   F.    A  Brig.    Cipiwad  bf  Laid  KaMh,  J«bc  iltt. 

ANACKEOM ,  14  Guaa.   F.   A  Irig.   KlauttafBt  Sbapte  nfpintid  10  bar  la  Vovtafear  I7i9»  and  VM 


ISIII,  14  Guaa.   O.   A  Brig.   Capcurad  by  the  Amur  tad  WohftHaet  ttpw^tar  itdi:    (hMm^.  ^ 

^ORPOZtXt  FA  Gunt.    f.    Itu  tHfmma  JimtHtu    Captwied  by  the  ArpH  Capcda  J.  Boirca,  off  the  eoaft  of  for* 
ttttaLla  Aucolk.    Lkaaaattt  Walttam  ieoit  appsincad  to  her  la  OAobcr  %j^  and  f^  '^-"^— ^ft U^ 

I fcii       1' 

4M0yNT  OP   CAVTUUBS   ntOM   TH£   COMICSKCnCBHT  OF  TH« 

JPRBSVNT   VAB   TO  JUlfB   l^Op* 


rmm  the  Fraack  «*-  sa 
Vtoa  the  SpanUfdf  «—  8 
fkpa  the  Dutch         -^     t; 


Totala  77 


FUUet*  I  Fiifatca* 

4      I      131 

«»       I         ?4 
7       I 3* 


8       1        177 


129 


J2E. 


Total. 

4' 

M 


Plivatem  of  att  aatioaav  770.— Grand  TDlal»  lui  iidl* 

SHlf  S   BUILDXM6  AT   TH8    CQMMENCEMBKT  9F    l800»    ' 

f  ALipONtA,  no  Gvaa.    KiatH  YMd,  W^arfi. 

IIUXRNIA,  up  Guaa.    Kbig*a  Yard,  Fi|WMBf*, 

BOYKX,  98  Guaa.    XlagH  Tard,  A#|fhi«r*.  ... 

DRKADNGVGMTi  98  GuBi.    B'uift*a  Yard,  Frf^dUffr. 

BVROrB,  98  Gvaa.    Klat*a  Yard»  fliaffcaat. 

OCXAN,  98  Ovna.    X)i«*a  Yard,  trmkakk, 

AVGUSTA,  74  Gona.    |Ua(*t  Yard,  P*r|PnMd». 

^ONqVBAOB,  74  Gana.   Giahaai*s  Yaadi  Mtmkbf 

(COVRAGXUX,  74  Gttii9.    IClat't  Yard,  Dtf^fifd, 

MILPORD)  74  Guaa.    Jacqb'a  Yard,  iHffrd^ 

FRINCS8S  AMXLIA,  74  Guaa.    King's  Yard,  ClaflMn, 

FLANTAGRNKT,  74  Gyna.    lOaR**  YarJ»  mtkfll^ 
^X▼&^CS,  74  Guaa.    JUnt*>  Yard,  CkMktm* 

PFINCXR,  74  puM.    Adaau**  Yard,  tudUnfim^ 

ANTXLOPK,  so  Gunt.     Kin;*!  Yard,  5MniMp, 

TIGER,  SO  Gum.    |Ub«^i  Yari},  Ptrtfrmtb, 

|,AVX^IA,  44  Guoa.    }acob*a  Yard,  JMl»/ay^. 

X.XDA,  38  Gana.    Klnc^a  Yard,  C^attam. 

JASON,  36  Guoa.    King*!  Yard,  Pwt^mutk. 

if  ARCXSSVS,  31  Gttiia.    Idag't  Yard,  2)^w4. 

■■  ■    !■  74  Guns.    King's  Yard,  Dtfifir^ 

9se  98  Cob  SMPi  six  0^  74  Owni  Md  ivc  Fri|a|pa  Hpaapied,  b«DdtBg  |p  ^ipchantt^ardaf 


ERRATA. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  LIST'  OF  THE  ROYAL  NAVY; 


[We  eon«d€r  eondvet  particularly  oMif^cd  to  our  Correspondent  J.  R.  for  the  great  treobk  be 
has  taken  in  pointing  out  and  corre^ing  the  errors  in  the  Chranological  List  of  the  Royal 
Navy,  and  as  wc  are  weU  aware*  that  after  the  most  careful  arrangement,  many  inacai- 
racics  will  unavoidably  be  found*  we  shall  M  much  flatiered  by  the  commiMUcatioa  W  999 
tvturc  rqnaiks  that  may  occur  m  him.  J 


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Dek  •  wnSin  BrcMrrO,*  and  vU  •  In  179$  Captih  J.  ScRu 
•ppfliiitBd  to  her.    In  Jni»  irsyCtpuia  w.  BrMral,  her 
Aoa  <  C4ptoan  G.  Cajrton  ccAnunded  «t  tiw  bcfiudiv  e^*L 
Add  sfNr  w  .  Brown,  *  In  Dacan^cr  bjr  Caputn  C  SMffiac.* 
Add  after  Mar^  imS  *  Caprain  r.  Wodcbouie  is  Ilvcraibcf  i* 

Lwmeur*  reu  « Capttda  John  Lamear.* 
RMd  ancrC&pcain  Pcrton,  f  In  lAnuarr  1799  Lord  H.  PavkC,  «to 
For  •  Cwpuin  T.  Turner^  i«ad  «  Cuoia  Jql*o  TWMT,* 
For  t^raoftowa*  md  •  Craaftova,* ' ' 
V^  «  Aosnft^  md  t  juh, 

AiM  titer  Mitttidl,  •■In  Decnuber  Chptata  A.  H.  Gardacr,  whe  tW 
A4d  after  Bowca  wat  »aa«ijiiad  to  her,  •  la  1799  Captate  I 

WilBaai  Parker's  ftacT^ 
For  « W.  Buclianao*  read  •  JoHa  Bocbaaan.* 
Add  after  Hutodfto  « who  tiil  *— »«^-«-  her.* 
Far  •  Fcbmair.*  nad  *  Jaauary.* 
Ptr  *  Pcccnber.*  read  *  Novcab«r.* 
Far  •  J.  R.  R^fiv*  read  •  J.  P.  Bolriirfba.* 
rorjiWraad«i79«.* 
Bead  *  M4NitactM.' 
For  *  Llcvt^ifiiit*  rjpad  •  CMaln.* 
For  •  December*  read  •  OAobcr  i*  aatf  ftr  •  liaasesatt  T 

Gcarpe  Leapflcra.* 
For  *  Lleuteaaac  J.  PraAhad'  read  «  Caftda  T. 
Fo»  *  jaawary  r     * 
*  yiovcBiber 

DcccmocVtihpik 
I79S:  read  *  1794  i*  aad  A 
For  «  oAober*  read  ^  Scpccmber. 
Fcr  *  UkMgamtt*  read  « Captaiiu*  . 


BiMvaa 


Cafta^T. 

» 


tTfl*  wad  •  Normber  1704  j»  mU  after  Avtuft  add  •  ins. 
_»  1706'  read  *  July  1796  {^  aadftir  *  Nvveahcr  179s*  read  * 
For  «  Januarr  I799  «^  *  Dwremaer  t>9S.* 


Cawt.* 


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For  •  November*  i«a4  «  Aoioi.*       ^ 
For  «  Docenbrr*  rcM  •  oaobcr.* 
For  •  WoecmbM*  ma  »  inW.* 


Far  •  y.  Cotsraee*  reai  • /.  a 

Far«Ma|r*re»d*AprlI.* 

Fhr  ^atfioKliaif  fcad  *  As|dB.' 

For  •  FMtvarjr*  read  *  Jaaaary.'' 

For  «  RrptetelMr*  rca4  «  Aubu*.' 

For  •  la  1799*  it«l  •  Oeecnibcr  iMfl4 

For  •  laauaiy  1799*  m4  •  i79«  T  aa^  ad<  after  «  fair*  » iw^» 

For  »  In  1799*  read'*  la  Pebniary  I799.»  *^       "^ 

For  «  fa  f799»  read  «  la  February  1799.* 

J;  *tei'?^?;.i57'*^  '^'••'  -d  fcr  '  Aprti'nad  Teh^^,  .7^. 
For  •Odobcr'  read  » Srpcrmber.' 
After  ♦  i799»  odd  *  " 


For  iFtbrijary,  rand  •April}'  aodlbr  «Faiitp*  read  «  Pana.  * 
For  •  AiituA*  read  •  JalyT'  r  r 

Tor  •  Movenber*  read  «  Jane.* 

afJL'iV'?!'.,'^  *  •»***'  fcr  *|a  1799*  read  «  to  Aag^  iTjg,* 
After  •Lob6»' add*  in  179JI  by  I4.$i.ctoir.'        ^  '^'^ 

For  •  Decenbcr*  icad  *  May.* 
Fbr  •iTarch  n^g,*  mi  •  Fctaauanr  I79?.' 

For  •  NoMmber*  read  •  Scpten&r.* 

For  •la  lyga*  nad  •  In  jui>  1709^'  iy  tLaaf*  1^  « Lead.' 
For«Mafth^iead^Febniary.»"**  ilWl«iR» 

rcB*jwi«A|til.* 


AiroioMitoA. 

TistPHOMl. 
ST.  GBOXOB. 
MAJESTIC. 
AAMILIBS. 

Tbkbiblb. 

ftOMULUS. 

MBLBACBB, 

ttlND. 

SATUBN. 

tBVBBN. 

CAPTAIN. 

VANGUARD. 

VBTBRAN. 

•HBBRNBSS. 

«LOBY. 

SBRPBNT. 
WINDSOB  CASTtt. 

TBIAL. 

MABTIN* 
AATTLMNAKX. 


StAMOND. 
DI  ANA. 
rVLADBS. 
rAVOURlTB. 
HABABS. 

X.TNX. 
YBTBBXLl. 

-VILLI  DX  PAKXI* 

XITB. 

BACCOON. 

•YLPH. 

MAIDSTONB. 

SHANNON. 

ARROW. 

DART. 

CYNTHIA. 

IffEPTVNB. 

AJAX. 

ACHfLLXS. 

BXNOWN. 

▼ICTOR. 

MVSSAB. 

APOLLO. 

WEASLX. 

TBVNDXB. 


Ikk. 


TE8S 


CALCVTTA, 

WBYMOUTH. 

MARY. 

JIXBMXS. 


aXCLA. 

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VriLLINGTON. 

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CONPEOXBACT. 

CAMILLA. 


HOC. 

»  read  « 17^.' 


tXtATA. 

tor  *  M»dk*  md  « Pcbrasry.* 

For  «Oecraiber  179S*  nwl  *■  Jumrr  VM' 

Par  *  March*  md  *  Pebnufy  1799. 

par  *  Juhr*  md  *■  June/ 

f»  « Mber*  ind  « tloMft*cr )' ••<  Ibr  •  Aprir  KM  « 

For  *  March*  read  •  f  dwuarjr.* 

tvt  *•  Ufy*  tmd  *  1% 

Fttr  «>cbraanr  i^A 

For  *■  la  June  1799*  read  *  In  1709.* 

pw  « Norembfc^  read  *■  04eber.* 

Par  (  September*  read  <  Auiuft  ;*  aad  &r  •  Jvlp*  reM  «  Ma^** 

PW « M«ch*  re^ « P«t«uanr.* 

Por  *  OAober*  read  *  September.* 

Ptr  ^  February*  read  *  ApAL* 

For  *  March*  read  *  January.* 

For  *■  G.  JV.  Blpluaftone*  read  «  O.  IT.  XlphinftoM.* 

For  *  March*  read  «  February.* 

For  *  January*  read  »  February.* 

Fv  *  Autuft^  fMd  •  July  ;*  aad  Ibv  *  tdpMpba/*  md  *  A«caA«* 

For  *•  November^  read  *■  oaober.' 

Pbr  ^  February*  read  *  January.* 

Fgr  >  OowMlnt*  r«ad  *  Oowilnc.'-  * 

For  «  AMil*  read  *  FehruarK.'^ 

Toe  •  Capt^  S.  Cooch*  read  <  Lleuten&at  I.  OoocB.* 


Jt0.  III. 


er  *  BuTterfield*  add  *  trtlattd.* 

*  B.  r.  HaU*  read  •  B.  Hall }'  aad  ft»r  «  Oftaher»  read  *  Niw <«ber.* 

*  oaober*  read  <  September  }*  and  4^  *  February*  rtaa  *  jaaaaiy.* 
«  July'  read  *  May/ 

>  March*  read  •  Fdbruarr.* 


rat  <  Mmh*  ntA  *  Febrtary.* 
Fior  *May*  read  *  Afrik* 
For  *  AprU*  read  « Febrtiary,* 
For  *  March*  read  «  February.* 
PW  «  Norembcr*  read  ■  Odober.* 
For  *■  May*  read  *•  April.. 
For  « BuddacI*  read  *■  RudJacA.* 
After  «  BuTterfield*  add  *  trtiatid.* 
Tor 
For 
For 

For  '  March*  read  *  February. 
For  *  January  1799*  read  *•  December  179S.* 
For  *  Rathbone^  read  Rathbiirne.* 
For  *  Se^ember*  read  •  Aofuft.** 
Por  *  January  1799'  rsad  *  179"*.* 
For  *  April'  read  ••  February.' 
For  *  November'  read  *■  Odubef,* 
for  *  May'  read  *  April.' 

For  *  Malbow'  read  •  Mdlbon;*  and  after  *>  1796*  add  <  9hr»  Srm»* 
Tor  *>  Aprtf*  rtad  «  Mardi.* 

For  *  AprU*  read  *  Pebmary  ;*  and  for  ^  May*  read  «  M«rch.* 
rnr  «  April*  read  *>  February.* 
For  *■  November*  reid  *  OOober* 
For  *  November*  read  *  September. 
For  *  November*  read  «  Oaober.* 
For  «  oaober*  read  *  Aucuft.* 

For  «  Dvnbaa*  nad  « Dufteo i"  woifyr  Mane*  read  «May.* 

For  t  Lieuicaut*  read  *■  Cap«tai{*  and  tfler  «  BoiMa*  add  •  appttUrtad  B»  MP  ia  Autdt 
»79»-* 

L8  PURCHASED   FOR   HIS   MAJRSTT*S   SERVICE. 

For  *  XibutnidM*  read  *  CMtetitm'* 

For  «  Llmdmrnt  1.  Anderlon'  read  *'C0fUiH  J.  Andcrfto.* 

For  *  Lieutenanr  read  *  Cvptaln.* 

For  *  Ftbruary*  read  *  Juiuary. 

For  (  Limlmut  I.  RaUerifield*  read  •  Caftein  J.  Baicertfleli  i*  Ml  ftr  ' 

Gllmour*  iraU  *  Coftaiu  D.  Gitanuur.* 
For  *  November*  read  *  OAober.' 
For  •  tityemmit  J.  Oughtoa'  read  ^Caftam  J.  OwtMon.* 
For  *  lone'  read  *  May  " 
*T«        ■  ~ 


For  *  Tender' 


^TranTpert}* 


and  Ar  *  Avsuft*  read  ^  April* 


BL8    HIRSD    FOR    HIS   MAJBSTy's   8BRVICB. 


For  *  December*  read  *  November.* 
Fur  ^  December*  read  *  November.* 
For  •  OAnber'  read  *  Saptemhtr.' 
For  *  December*  read  *  N  vember.* 
For  *  N&vember*  read  '  0<t'jbtr.' 
For  *  OOobcr'  iwd  «  September.* 


Vessels  added  to   his  majbjsty's   navVi   captitrbd    from    the 

FRBNCH9   SPANIARDS^    DUTCHy   &C. 
Dele  «  t79$«*  and  put  it  beftire  Commerce  de  MaHbiilei.    * 
3    Por  *  February  1799*  rtad  •  I79«.' 


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For  «  March  1799*  read  •  April  1799.' 
Pur  *  oaober'  read  *  September.' 
Por  *■  May*  rtad  *■  April.' 
Fur  *  Nuvember*  read  *■  oAober. 
For  *■  OAabr*  read  *  Scotembcr«' 
Por  '  J'»»y'  r«ad  •  June. 
For  *■  AuKot*  V«ad  ^  July.* 
For  *  Mari...'  read  «  February.* 


o  ) 

have  been  here  detailed ;  Aeitber  is  the  volume  lb  portabfei  ot  its 
contents  (o  eafy  of  rcfieroKe. 

It  b  well  known,  that  the  quarto  Volame  containing  the  Statutes 
irelating  to  the  Admiraltj*  and  the  information  therein  contained,  is 
confin^  only  to  the  Ftog  Officers  Mmd  Ctmmandarsrfbu  Majeftfs  Navj  t 
the  intent,  thereferci^  of  the  prefent  Pnblication,  is  to  communi* 
sate  to  every  deicription  of  perfons  in  the  Rotal  Navt  a  know* 
ledge  of  thofe  Laws  by  which  their  interefts  may  lie  affcAed ;  thofe 
Laws  which  they  are  fometimes  called  to  ei^force,  and  which,  as  at 
all  times  they  afe  bound  to  obey,  they  muft  be  guilty  of  culpable 
negligence  if  they  do  not  endeavour  to  underhand. 

This  Pnblication,  therefore,  may  be  confidcred  as  a  compendious 
Maainb  Law  Libhart,  where  all  the  moft  interefting  Heads  of 
Marine  Law  are  fele^ed  and  alphabetically  arranged ;  containing  a 
^eater  Variety  of  Topics  than  is  to  be  found  in  the  Statutes  relat- 
ing to  the  Admiralty,  and  rendering  acceffible  to  all,  that  know^ 
ledge  of  Marine  Jurifprudence,  which,  according  to  the  prefent  rego^ 
lations,  has  been  confined  to  a  particular  defcription  of  individuaU- 

As  all  Books,  which  are  intended  to  convey  praAical  Inftrudion, 
ought  to  poficfs  fuch  a  Facility  of  Reference  that  the  required  infor- 
mation  may  be  almoft  inftantaneoufly  communicated,  the  Alphabeti- 
cal Order  of  Arrangement  has  been  adopted,  and  the  Claufes  and 
numerical  Referoiices  to  the  feveral  Afts  placed  in  the  Margin  i  fo 
that  this  Volume,  whilft  it  contains  all  the  Subftance  of  the  Statutes 
of  the  Admiralty,  detached  from  the  technical  phrafeology  of  Legifla- 
tion,  may  ferve  as  a  copious  Index  to  thofe  who  wi(h  more  okintitclj 
either  to  confult  the  Coiledion  of  Statutes  relating  to  the  Admiralty, 
or  the  more  numerous  volumes  of  the  Statutes  at  Large. 

The  feveral  A£ls  of  Parliament  relating  to  each  Head,  which  is 
a  diftinA  Abdradt  of  the  Laws  relative  to  that  fubjcA,  have  been 
traced  in  chronological  order  from  their  commencement  down  to 
the  prefent  time,  and  a  brief  Prefatory  Exordium  has  been  prefixed 
to  each  Head  \  fo  that  thofe  Improvements  which  legiilative  VSTif- 
dom  has  from  time  to  time  introduced,  may  be  traced  progreiBvely 
from  the  period  of  their  commencement  down  to  the  prefent  dif* 
tinguiihed  ^ra  of  Naval  Gloiy  and  Commercial  Profperity, 
which  is  at  once  the  awe  and  aftonilhment  of  the  World* 

Amongft  various  interefting  Subjeds  comprized  in  this  Volume 
will  be  found  the  following : 


ADMIRALTY. 
APPRF.NriCFS, 
ARTICLES  OF  WAR. 
BAIXAST. 
BULLION. 
BUM  BOATS. 
Bl^RNfNG  SHIPS. 
CANVASS. 
COASTINO  TRADE, 
CORDAGE. 
CONVOYS. 
COURTS  MARTIAL. 
CUSTOMS. 
DESERTERS. 
PISriERIES,— -CufN- 
LANIi,     Niw/ouyft« 
C  rrintrd  br  KuBbcy  Mil  C.la» 


LAND,     SOUTB    SSA, 

THAMtf,  British, 
Oyster,  Mackkeki.. 

GREENWICH  HOSPI- 
I'AL. 

GUNPOWBER. 

HOVERING. 

HARBOURS. 

IMPRESSING. 

INSURANCE. 

LONGITUDE. 

MANIFEST. 

NAVIGATION  ACTS. 

NAVAL  STORES. 

PILOTS. 

PIRACY. 


PLANTATIONS. 
PRlVAlEhRS. 
PR  ZES. 
<KTAR  \NnN3l. 

sSame.v, 

McRCaAwr  Skrtic*, 

Navt. 
SEAMEN^  WAGES. 
SEDUCING     ARTiFU 

CERS.. 
SMUOGLTNO. 
WATtRMEM. 
WOOL. 
WET  DOCKS. 
WltBCS^