1805, taken by the General Ernest, privateer, 18, near Guadaloupe, after a gallant resistance of an hour and a half. Spanish ship, name unknown, 3 guns, taken by the Galatea, 16 guns, G. Sayer, Leeward Island Station.-21. Lieut. Sir W. Parker (See 4th May), with the four cutters under his command of the Renommée, entered the port of Colon, in the Island of Majorca, and notwithstanding the fire from the vessels in the harbour, and that from the tower of Falconara, boarded and captured one tartan, of 4 guns, and 2 settees, one of them mounting 3 guns, Spaniards, deeply laden with grain. The tartan got on shore, was set fire to, and blew up.-22. Lieut. Sir W. Parker brought off from under the fire of Falconara, a Spanish settee of 2 guns.-25. A convoy having appeared in the Strait of Gibraltar, Rear-Admiral Purvis sent out the ships and gun-boats which were there; one of the latter, the Havannah, commanded by Lieut. Foote, of the Queen, in attempting to rescue a vessel which was taken, found the one which had been in tow so superior, that after a desperate contest, having lost in killed and wounded a great part of his crew, he was obliged to surrender, and the gun-boat was taken. The Havannah had 5 killed, 2 drowned, and 11 wounded; Lieut. Foote was also wounded.-26. La Superbe, French, 14 guns, 24 men, taken by the Pitt, schooner, 10, Lieut. Fitton, Jamaica Station.-27. Athenienne, French, R. Ray nstord, 64, taken 1800; lost by striking on the rocks called Esquerques, near Sicily, in the night; 123 men, 2 passengers, and 2 women, were saved. Zenobia, schooner, 10, B. 1805, lost on the coast of Florida.-29. San Antonio, 1 gun, 30 men; Descado, 1 gun, 30 men; and brig, 4 guns, all Spanish, taken by the Bacchante, 20, J. R. Dacres, Jun. Jamaica Station.--30. Spanish schooner, name unknown, 10 guns, taken by the Pike, schooner, 4, Lieut. Macdonald, Jamaica Station. Nov. 2. The barge and two cutters of the Pique, 36, C. B. H. Ross, under the orders of Lieut. Ball, landed at Carbaret Bay, Porto Rico, destroyed a battery of 8 guns, and brought out a Spanish copper-bottomed brig, pierced for 12 guns. Lieut. Baker, in the launch, drove on shore and destroyed a felucca rigged privateer of 2 guns, 4 swivels, and 26 men; and on returning to the ship, captured another French privateer, of 1 gun and 20 men.-4. Redbridge, French, schooner, Lieut. E. Burt, 12, taken 1804, wrecked on the Providence Station; crew saved. La Desiree, French, 1 gun, 24 men, taken by the Grenada brig, 16, John Barker, Jamaica Station.-9. La Jeune Gabriella, French, 8 guns, 75 men, taken by the Dart, Joseph Spear, in company with the Wolverine, F. N. Collier, Jamaica Station.--12. The boats of the Galatea, 32, G. Sayer, under the direction of Lieut. Gittens, assisted by Lieut. Walker, captured the French schooner Reunion, 10 guns, off Guadaloupe. La Marianne, French, 1 gun, 46 men, taken by the Dart and Wolverine (See 9th). Susannah, Spanish, 4 guns, 20 men, taken by the Orpheus, 32, Thomas Briggs.-20. El Veloz, Spanish corvette, 10, taken, Lat. 47 deg. N. Long. 10 W., by La Nereide, 36, R. Corbet. Vengeur, French, 1 gun, 50 men, taken by the Success, 32, J. Ayscough, Jamaica Station. Lieut. G. B. Vine, in the barge of the Orpheus, 32, T. Briggs, boarded and carried the Spanish national schooner Dolores,+ 3 guns, 4 swivels, and 34 men, in Campeachy Bay. The barge and yawl of the Success, 32, Capt. J. Ayscough, under the direction of Lieut. Duke, assisted by Lieuts. Charles Spence and Dowell O'Reilly, proceeded to attack the Vengeur, a French privateer, standing in for the land to the eastward of Cumberland Harbour, Jamaica. The crew, about 50, had landed on their approach, with their small arms and the only long gun. They lashed the vessel to the trees, posted themselves on a hill close to the beach, and fired down on the boats, with grape and musketry, in a most determined manner. Lieut. Duke was killed the first volley. Lieut. Spence, who then took the command, with his brave crew, defended the boats for one hour and twenty minutes, several of the enemy having fallen during that time. The barge being shot through in many places, 7 men wounded and 1 missing, Lieut. Spence judged it would be only sacrificing the lives of the brave party to attempt the hill, ordered the vessel to be towed, which was done from under a very heavy fire of grape, the Vengeur being very leaky, owing to shot holes sunk astern of the ship.-25. Il Brillante, Spanish, lugger, 4 guns, 50 men, taken by the Nereide, 36, R. Corbet, at sea. Raposa, Spanish, 12 guns, 90 men, taken by the Franchise, 36, C. Dashwood. El Espedarte, Spanish, 6 guns, 41 men, taken by the Flora, 36, L. O. Bland, Mediterranean Station.-27. Phenix, 36; Adventurer, 18; Zee Ploeg, 14; William, 14; Maria Wilhelmina, 14, all Dutch, taken or destroyed in Batavia Roads, East Indies, by Rear-Admiral Sir E. Pellew's squadron. Le Tigre, French, 2 guns, 36 men, taken by the Grenada brig, 16, Lieut. J. Barker, Leeward Island Station.-29. The Armed brig Dominica, 14, Lieut. W. Dean, Leeward Island Station, captured the Basilisk, French row-boat privateer, 1 gan and 16 men. Dec. 9. Adder, gun-brig, Lieut. M. Shuldham, 14 B. 1806, driven on shore near Abreval, and there taken possession of by the enemy. Clinker, gun-brig, Lieut. John Salmon, 14, B. 1804, foundered in a cruise off Havre; all hands perished.-13. Neptuno dios de los Mares, Spanish, 14 guns, 72 men, taken by the Halcyon sloop, 16, H. W. Pearse, Mediterranean Station.-23. Nostra Senora del Carmen, Spanish, 2 guns, 35 men, taken by the Minorca sloop, 18, G. G. Waldegrave, Mediterranean Station. El Carmen, Spanish, 2 guns, 18 men, taken by the Magicienne, 32, A. Mackenzie. San Christe Vel Pana, Spanish, 3 guns, 40 men, taken by the Serpent, 16, J. Waller, Jamaica Station. Cecilia, Spanish, 4 guns, 20 men, taken by the Elk, 18, G. Morris. El Carmen, Spanish, 4 guns, 20 men, taken by the Franchise, 36, C. Dashwood. Le Sebastian and Deseade, Spanish, each 1 gun, 30 men, taken by the Bacchante, 20, J. R. Dacres. Marsellois, Spanish, 3 guns, 55 men, taken by the Penguin, 18, G. Morris. A Spanish schooner, name unknown, 10 guns, • In performing this service, the boats being much annoyed by musketry from behind the bushes, Sir William landed with a few marines and seamen and put the Spaniards to the rout. + This schooner had been sent out for the very purpose of attacking the Orpheus's boats. 50 men, taken by the Serpent, 16, John Waller.--29. Deux Freres, French lugger, 4 guns, 55 men, taken by the Spitfire sloop, 16, Lieut. Parry, in the Channel. St. John's, Spanish, 3 guns, 32 men, taken by the Fisguard, 38, W. Bolton. Le Napoleon, Spanish, 1 gun, 14 men, taken by the Diligente, 16, W. S. Hall. Three Spanish vessels, names unknown, 3 guns, taken by the Stork, 18, Le Geyt, Superieuse, 16, E. Rushworth; Flying Fish, 12, Lieut. Price; and Pike, 4, Lieut. Otley. [In this year Patents were granted to Mr. Hooper for a machine to clear a dry harbour; to Mr. Wilcox for an improvement in the mechanism of steam-engines; to Mr. Boswell for a new method of framing ships; to Mr. Huddart for a mode of constructing cables; and to Mr. Medhurst for a condensing wind engine. OBITUARY, 1806. July 7th. Capt. Jocelyn, aged 82. Nov. 25th. Admiral Sir Richard King, Bart. aged 86. COMMANDING OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE. Capt. John Morrison, Heureux, 22. Capt. A. Saunders Burrowest (killed), Constance, 22. Capt. R. Raynsford, Athenienne, 64. Lost 27th October. Commander Thomas Prorose, Martin sloop, 18. Lient. George Steele, Seaforth brig, 18. Lieut. G. R. Brand (killed), Unique schooner, 8. Lieut. H. N. Bowen (killed), Ballahon schooner, 4. He was Lord Anson's First-Lieutenant in the Royal George; commanded the Lennox, 74, at the taking of the Manillas, where he was entrusted with the disembarkation, and "did every thing that could be expected from a diligent good officer."-DISPATCH. + See Annals 12th October. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. a son. At Brighton, the Lady of Capt. the Hon. M. J. Henniker, R.N. of a son. Ang. 3rd. At Plymouth, the Lady of Commander Rorie, R.N. of a daughter. At Ballymena, County Antrim, the Lady of Lieut. Greatorex, R.E. of a son. At Stonehouse, the Lady of Lieut.-Colonel R. Fearon, C.B. 6th Foot, and Deputy-Adjt. Gen. of the King's troops in India, of a daughter. At Freathy, the Lady of Capt. Richard Thomas, R.N. of a daughter. At Nottingham, the Lady of Lieut. Colonel Thackwell, 15th Hussars, of a daughter. Aug. 14th. At Staines, the Lady of Colonel Carmichael, of a daughter. Aug. 15th. The Lady of Lieut. Wolcot, R.N. of a daughter. MARRIED. July 20th. Lieut. J. O. Dalgleish, R.N. to Isabella Marshall, only daughter of David Martin, Esq. of Dundee. At Knaresborough Church, Capt. Hayes O'Grady, R.N. brother to Viscount Guillamore, to Susan Finucane, daughter of James Finucane, Esq. and grand-daughter of the late Mr. Justice Finucane. July 27th. At St. James's, Westminster, Lieut. William Stone, R.N. of the Coast Guard Service, to Arabella, daughter of Dr. Kent, late Surgeon of H. M. Dockyard, Deptford. July 28th. At Elvingston, Capt. J. C. Bennett, R.N. to Jane, third daughter of the late James Law, of Elvingston, Esq. July 30th. At St. Luke's, Chelsea, Major Pilchard, R.M. to Susan, daughter of the late Archibald Armstrong, Esq. At Bideford, Lieut. Greening, R.N. to Miss Frances Burton. At Gosport Church, Capt. Creagh, 81st Regiment, to Jane, only daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Creagh, of the same regiment. Aug. 3rd. At St. George's, Hanover Square, Lieut. E. G. Palmer, R.N. to Harriet, relict of the late D. Bayley, Esq. of Cape Coast Castle. Aug. 15th. At Passage, County of Waterford, Lieut. William Johnson, 27th Regiment, to Barbara, daughter of George Irie, of Waterford, Esq. Aug. 16th. At Bishop's Lydeard, Capt. Hugh Fitz-Roy, Grenadier Guards, second son of the late Right Hon. Lord Henry Fitz-Roy, to Lucy Aug. 15th. At Weymouth, the Lady of Capt. Sarah, second daughter of Sir Thomas B. LethTodd, 3rd Dragoon Guards, of a son. bridge, Bart. of Sandhill Park, Somerset. Aug. 16th. At St. Helier's, Jersey, Tomkyns Browne, Esq. R.N. son of the late Capt. Browne, to Julia, daughter of Capt. Travers, Barrack Master, Portsmouth. At All Souls' Church, Marylebone, Lieut.Colouel Power, R.A. to Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Henry Browne, Esq. of Portland Place. DEATHS. Major Bertrand, 14th Foot. CAPTAINS. Ensign in the 35th Foot in 1799; and was in the same year promoted to a Lieutenancy. He served in the campaign in Holland under the Duke of York, and was in the battle of the 19th Sept. 1799. He was at the blockade and surrender of Malta in 1800, under Major-Gen. Pigott. In 1802 he obtained a company, and in 1803 he was removed to the 61st Foot. He served the campaign in Italy, under Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Craig, in the latter end of 1805 and beginning of 1806; in Sicily and Calabria during 1806 and 1807; and from thence went to Gibraltar, and subsequently to 26th May 1831. Hull, late 12th Royal Veteran Portugal. He was present at the battles of Tala. Battalion. 27th June. W. Eyre, h. p. 16th Foot. Covey, Royal Engineers. LIEUTENANTS. April 15th, 1830. At Kingston, Jamaica, Stevenson, h. p. 60th Foot. Jan. 9th, 1831. Jones, 46th Foot. At Secunderabad, Madras, April 5th. Salusbury, h. p. Independent. June. Johnston, h. p. Waggon Train. Demarara. Plunkett, 25th Foot. CORNETS AND ENSIGNS. Nov. 1828. Billot, h. p. Hompesch's Mounted Riflemen. Dec. 27th, 1830. At Caunanore, Madras, Wheatstone, 54th Foot. April 1st, 1831. Alkins, h. p. Sheffield Regt. Veteran Battalion. June 19th. At Lancaster, Simpson, 95th Foot. June 5th. Robertson, h. p. 20th Foot. ASSISTANT-SURGEON. Gordon, 92nd Foot. Feb. 16th. At Hobart's Town, Van Dieman's Land, Capt. T. Paterson, 63rd Regiment. At Jamaica, on board H. M. S. Magnificent, First-Lient. C. Barry, Royal Marines. July 8th. Off Naiplia, on board H. M. S. Madagascar, the Hon. Wentworth Ponsonby, second son of Viscount Duncannon, in the 19th year of his age. July 20th. At Topsham, Devonshire, Thomas Ross, Esq. Surgeon to the Forces. At Sidmouth, Lieut. Robert Hood Baker, R.N. aged 41. Andrew Tonnere, Esq. Surgeon of the 35th Regiment. July 24th. At Devonport, Lient. C. Turner, R.N. July 27th. On board H. M. S. Dublin, Lient. J. Mure, R.N. Aug. 3rd. At Southampton, aged 53, Lieut.Colonel John Okes. He entered the army as an vera and Busaco; at the affair of Aldea de Ponte, 27th Sept. 1811; siege and storming the forts at Salamanca; battle of Salamanca, and wounded in both his legs in this action. In 1812 he was promoted to a Majority, and present in the affair of San Memoz, on the retreat of the army from Burgos, 17th Nov. following. In July 1813 he was at the blockade of Pampluna; battles of the Pyrenees, and the attack on the village of Soranren. He received the brevet of Lient. Colonel 22nd Nov. 1813; was in the affair of the Neve, 9th Dec.; at Bayonne, in General Hill's affair, 13th Dec.; blockade of Bayonne from the 13th Dec. to 21st Feb. 1814; battle of Orthes; affair of Cazeres 1st March 1814; affairs of Vie Biggore and Tarbes; and battle of Toulouse. He received at medal on the latter occasion, the command of the 61st having devolved on him in consequence of the death of his commanding officer. In this battle, when in the act of cheering his men on to one of the enemy's redoubts, in which he was the first who obtained a footing, Lieut.-Colonel Okes' horse was twice wounded, and himself very severely, by a musket ball entering in front of the right thigh which passed through his groin, and lodged underneath the muscles of his left thigh, where it remained; every attempt to extract it proving ineffectual, occasioned him to retire on half-pay. Aug. 3rd. At Great Malvern, after a severe illness, Colonel James Dawson West, late of the Grenadier Guards. He served with the Guards during almost the whole of the late war; was in the campaigns in Holland, the Peninsula, and in France. He received a medal for his services at the battle of the Neve, on which occasion he was in command of the light companies of the Guards. Aug. 4th. At Emma Place, Stonehouse, of eresipilas, Capt. Robert Alexander Kerr, C.B., R.N. (1806.) He served as a Midshipman under Nelson in the Boreas, and was Second-Lieutenant of the Boston with Capt. Courtenay, in her action with L'Embuscade, in which he lost an eye. In 1799, he was First-Lieutenant of the Clyde, with the present Rear-Admiral Conningham, in her action and capture of L'Vestale. Between the peace of Amiens and 1815, he commanded the Diligence and Combatant sloops-of-war, the Gannymede, Unicorn, and Acasta frigates, and the Revenge, 74, in the attack and destruction of the enemy's ships in Basque Roads. The professional character of this officer is too well known to need comment. In private life he was esteemed as a warm-bearted and generous friend, and is deeply and deservedly regretted by all who had the pleasure of being acquainted with him. Aug. 16th. At his residence in SummerlandPlace, Exeter, Lieut.-Colonel John Macdonald, son of the celebrated Flora Macdonald, in the 72nd year of his age. Aug. 6th. Drowned by the accidental upsetting of a boat, in Lock Corrib, County Mayo, Capt. the Hon. Angustus C. J. Browne, 43rd Regiment, son of the late and brother to the present Lord Kilmaine. Aug. 23rd. At Waltham Abbey, Capt. Gordon, of the 51st Foot, aged 25. He was driving Mrs. Gordon and Capt. Richardson in a phaeton, with two blood horses, when they took fright at an itinerant organist on the road, and ran off. Capt. G. in jumping out to stop the horses, fell upon his head, and was killed on the spot. By very great exertions on the part of Capt. Richardson, his own life and that of Mrs. G. were saved. The deceased had only been gazetted to his company the previous week. Lieut. Gen. William Cockell, whose death we recorded last month, originally quitted school unknown to his friends, who opposed his entering the army, and accompanied, in 1776, the 33rd Foot to America, where he was present as a volunteer at the taking of Long Island, New York, and Philadelphia; at the battles of White Plains, Brandy wine, Germantown, and Monmouth, besides various skirmishes in New Jersey. Being sent to England by Lord Cornwallis, at the request of his friends in 1780, he served eighteen months as Ensign in the 1st West York Militia. In 1782, he was appointed Ensign in the 31st, from which he removed to the 2nd Foot, and served with the latter six years in Gibraltar. In 1792, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 2nd; in 1793, to a company in the 95th; in 1794, to a majority in the 105th; and in 1795, to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the latter regi. ment. On the reduction of the 105th, he was placed on half-pay, and shortly after appointed Assistant Adjutant General in Ireland. In 1800, he received the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 46th; and in 1892, was removed to the 5th Foot. In the latter year, he was appointed Inspector of a Recruiting District in Ireland; in 1804, BrigadierGeneral on the staff in Guernsey, where he served till 1806. In 1803, he received the brevet of Colonel, and in 1806, was appointed BrigadierGeneral at the Cape of Good Hope. He sailed from the Cape in October 1810, with a brigade under his orders, consisting of a detachment of the Royal Artillery, the 72nd and 87th Regiments, to co-operate with a force sent from India, under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Abercromby, for the reduction of the Mauritius. After the capture of the Island, he returned to the Cape, (leaving the troops he had taken with him to garrison the Mauritius,) and continued at the Cape for some years. In 1810, he had the rank of Major-General; and in 1814, that of Lieutenant-General. Gen. William Loftus, whose death was reported in our last Number, was appointed Cornet, 2nd June 1770; Cornet 17th Dragoons, 29th Sept. 1770; Lieutenant, 28th Nov. 1776; Lieutenant 3rd Foot Guards, 10th May 1777; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 20th Oct. 1784; Colonel, 1st March 1794; Major-General, 3rd May 1796; Colonel 24th Light Dragoons, 14th Aug. 1802; LieutenantGeneral, 25th Sept. 1803; General, 4th June 1813; and Colonel 2nd Dragoon Guards, 2nd April 1821 The latter, and also the appointment of Lieutenant of the Tower of London, he held at the time of his decease. In April 1775, he embarked with the 17th Dragoons for North America. He was at the battle of Bunker's Hill, and volunteered during the action with a part of the Dragoons dismounted, as a reinforcement to the troops engaged for this service, the Commander-in-Chief conferred on him the rank of Lieutenant in North America. After the evacuation of Boston, he proceeded with his regiment to Halifax, and was employed at Windsor, in Nova Scotia, as an Assistant Engineer, in erecting the fort and works at that place. He re-embarked with the army at Halifax for Staten Island, and landed with the army on Long Island in 1776; and was in the advance under Sir William Erskine in the night march, previous to the action of Bedford, when Sir William. surprised different outposts of the enemy. He was particularly engaged with a squadron of his regiment at the battle of Bedford, on which occasion the officers and men received the personal thanks of Major-Generals Sir Henry Clinton and Sir William Erskine. With the latter officer, Lieut. Loftus was detached with the 17th Light Dragoons, in pursuit of the American General Woodle's corps of cavalry collected at Jamaica, on Long Island, when Sir William Erskine, at the head of the 17th Dragoons and 71st Foot, defeated that corps, taking Gen. Woodle and many prisoners. Lieut. Loftus was at the landing of the army upon New York Island, and actively employed with his regiment in its reduction. When the army passed Helsgate, upon the East River, and landed near Pelham's Maun, he had the honour of being selected, with 20 picked light dragoons, as Sir William Howe's personal guard. He served at the battle of White Plains, upon which occasion he was directed by the Commander-in-Chief to lead the Hessian grenadiers across the river Brun into action, and was wounded. In the attack and capture of Fort Washington, on York Island, he served with Lord Percy's brigade; also in the lines of Kingsbridge, 18th Jan. 1777, and was again wounded. He was in the expedition up Hudson's River, under Colonel Bird, against the enemy's forts and magazines, when the whole of their stores at Pack's-hill were destroyed, and their magazines blown up; and also actively employed with the army in the Jerseys during the campaign of 1777. In 1796, he was placed as Major-General on the Staff of the Eastern District of England, and in 1797, removed to the Irish Staff, and appointed to the command at Cork. He was selected by the Irish Government to inspect and report upon the different positions in and about Bantry Bay, when part of the French fleet entered the harbour for the purpose of making an attack upon Cork. During his command in that quarter, is conduct so far gained him the confidence and good opinion of the inhabitants, that on his leaving Cork to take the command of Laughlingstown camp in 1798, he was presented with the freedom of that city in a silverbox. In 1798, he commanded a brigade at the battle of Vinegar Hill: in 1800, he was removed to the staff in England, where he continued till 1803 he subsequently again served on the home staff. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, KEPT AT THE OBSERVATORY OF CAPT. W. H. SMYTH, AT BEDFORD. N. light airs, rather cloudy. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. The extent of our "Correspondence" this month has obliged us to omit our "Literary Notices." We are also compelled to postpone very many contributions and letters, to the authors of which we can only offer this summary acknowledgment. The borrowed arguments of "a Civilian," more complacently than complaisantly pleaded, convey no light which had not previously dawned upon our dullness. The "Civilian" is a mere ex parte pleader, and appears wholly unconscious of the true bearing and general merits of the question. The Correspondent, carped at by him, adverted to Facts and their practical consequences, without directly impugning the impracticable fictions, ambiguities, and capricious opinions, broached as" Law" by those who trade While these mysteries are spared for the exclusive benefit of the Craft, we must still insist npon the necessity of distinct rules conformable to common sense, expediency, and the exigencies of their position, for the guidance of our Armed Force. in it. We are much obliged to our intelligent Correspondent (on Simmons) of whose well-meant communication only a part has reached us--so that we remain ignorant of his designation. The question evidently turns on the interpretation of a word-to which we affix the meaning which appears, in practice, the most consonant to the objects immediately in view, and to the interests both of discipline and the community. We should have suspected the hints of " T. I." to be a ruse of the enemy, had it not, in the main, coincided with our own system and long-recorded opinions, in conformity with which we had acted before "T. I." spoke. If honest we thank him. The former communication of "A Tar" was received, but the subject, as he perceived, had been anticipated. "Naval Architecture" is not lost sight of. If " " happen to be acquainted with our personal address, and not otherwise-Yes-through the channel named. We trust, however, that neither facilities, nor the inclination to profit by them, will be wanting. "E. S." has been received. We regret having been unable to insert the lines. “O'D.," Paris, too exclusively political. He shall hear from us. "Alfred's" agent shall receive a reply. |