of the marines, landed with a small party to dislodge the enemy from the rugged precipices round the port, Lieutenant Harper and his detachment gallantly boarded and carried six Italian gun-boats, three of three long 24, and the remainder of three long 18 pounders; and which gun-boats, along with 10 laden trabaccolos, or coasters, were brought off with no greater loss to the British than the Bustard's master, Mr. Katly Robinson, and seven seamen and marines wounded, one of them mortally.

On the 24th of August the British 18-pounder 32-gun frigate Amphion, Captain William Hoste, reconnoitred the port of Čortelazzo, situated between Venice and Triest, and discovered lying there six Franco-Italian gun-boats, and convoy of merchant trabaccolos, moored in a strong position, under a battery of four 24-pounders, at the mouth of the river Piavie. Finding it impracticable. on account of the shallowness of the water, to enter the port with the frigate, Captain Hoste, having received from a fisherman a very correct account of the force and situation of the vessels and battery, resolved to send in his boats. To prevent any suspicion of design, he kept out of sight of land until the evening of the 26th; when, crowding all sail the Amphion stood in shore, and at 1 A. M. on the 27th anchored off the entrance of the Piavie.

At 3 A. M. a detachment of 70 seamen and marines, commanded by Lieutenant Phillott, assisted by Lieutenant George Matthew Jones, and Lieutenant of marines Thomas Moore, landed about a mile to the southward of the battery; leaving Lieutenant William Slaughter, with the boats, to push for the river the instant the fort was carried. At 3 h. 15 m. A. M. the alarm was given; and at the same instant Lieutenant Phillott and his party attacked the fort. So vigorous was the assault, that, in 10 minutes, although surrounded by a ditch and a chevaux de frize, the fort was carried, and the concerted signal made for the boats to advance. The four 24-pounders on the battery were instantly turned upon the gun-boats, which were also attacked by a fire of musketry from Lieutenant Moore and his marines. Thus assailed, the gun boats were boarded and carried, after a slight opposition, by the Amphion's boats under Lieutenant Slaughter.

Four of the gun-boats mounted one long 24-pounder each, and two of them, of a larger description mounted each one long 24-pounder in the bow and one long 12-pounder in the stern, with four swivels along the gunwale, and a crew of 36 men. Two trabaccolos with cargoes were taken, and five burnt. Having spiked the guns at the battery, and totally destroyed it, together with an adjacent barrack, Lieutenant Phillott and his detachment re-embarked at 1 P. M., with so slight a loss as one marine accidently wounded by an explosion, and that not badly, after the battery and vessels had been captured.

In addition to the officers already named, there were present in this very gallant and important exploit, master's mates John

Dalling and Thomas Boardman, midshipmen Joseph Gape, Charles Henry Ross, George Castle, Charles Henry Kempthorn, William Lee Rees, and Charles Bruce, and first-class volunteers, or boys, Thomas Edward Hoste, Francis George Farewell, and Robert Spearman; also surgeon's assistant Jonathan Angas. For his distinguished behaviour on this and on several previous occasions, Lieutenant Phillott was immediately promoted to the rank of commander.

On the 1st of April in the evening, the British 28-gun frigate Mercury, Captain the Honourable Henry Duncan, detached her boats, under the orders of Lieutenant Watkin Owen Pell, assisted by Lieutenant Robert James Gordon, Mr. Richard Hildyard the master, Lieutenant of marines James Whylock, Jeremiah Crawley the carpenter, George Anderson captain's clerk, midshipmen John Sterling, John Wilkes, William Parker, and Charles Adam, and Mr. Robert Williams acting surgeon, to cut out from the port of Rovigno, on the coast of Istria, two FrancoItalian gun-boats moored close to two heavy batteries.

After dark the boats pulled into the harbour, the entrance of which is not more than 100 yards wide; and, under a very heavy fire of great guns and musketry, they boarded and carried, although fully prepared with boarding-nettings triced up to her mast-head, the g-boat Léda, of one long 24-pounder and six large swivels, commanded by a French enseigne de vaisseau. The other gun-boat, similarly armed, was lying close to her, and would also have been captured; had not a fog unexpectedly come on, which completely deranged the plan of attack, and obliged the boats to tow the prize out under the additional fire of five guns, mounted upon an island that was to have been stormed by the marines. In this very gallant affair, the British had one seaman killed, and Lieutenant Pell, who had previously lost a leg in the service, wounded severely in two places, and three seamen wounded slightly.

On the 15th of May the Mercury anchored within_half_gunshot, in four fathoms, and cannonaded the town of Rotti, near Manfredonia. After pouring in a few broadsides, Captain Duncan sent in a boat's crew and a party of marines under Lieutenant Gordon, who landed and destroyed seven trabaccolos which had been hauled on shore, and returned to the ship with no other loss than himself severely wounded by an explosion of gunpowder while burning one of the vessels.

On the night of the 7th of September, the boats of the Mercury, under the orders of Lieutenant Pell, assisted by Lieutenant Gordon, Lieutenant Whylock of the marines, Mr. Sandell the gunner, and Mr. Anderson captain's clerk, each of whom commanded a boat, went into the harbour of Barletta near Manfre→ donia, and boarded and carried, in a very gallant style, the French national schooner Pugliése, mounting five 6, and two 18 pounders, with 31 men on board, commanded by an enseigne de

vaisseau. Although the schooner fired as the boats approached, was moored with eight cables inside, almost touched the mole lined with musketry, and was within musket-shot of a castle mounting eight guns, and of two armed feluccas, from under the fire of which the Pugliese was towed without rudder or sails, so judiciously and promptly was the attack made by Lieutenant Pell, that not a man of his party was hurt.

On the 11th of May the British 38-gun frigate Melpomène, Captain Peter Parker, chased a Danish man-of-war cutter, of six guns, on shore at Huilbo, a harbour in Jutland. The Melpomene immediately anchored in 19 fathoms, and despatched her boats, under the orders of Lieutenants James Hanway Plumridge and George Rennie, to destroy the cutter. The boats, covered by the fire of the Melpomène, completely effected their object under a galling fire from the enemy, but not without loss, Lieutenant Rennie, two seamen, and three marines having been severely wounded.

On the 15th of May the British 18-pounder 32-gun frigate Tartar, Captain Joseph Baker, chased on shore near Felixberg, on the coast of Courland, a Danish sloop-privateer of four guns; the crew of which, 24 in number, landed with their muskets, and, being joined by some of the country people, posted themselves behind the sand-hills near the beach. Captain Baker immediately sent the Tartar's boats, under the orders of Lieutenants Thomas Sykes and Frederick Augustus Hargood Parker, to board the vessel and bring off or destroy her. The British boarded the privateer without loss, and, by turning her guns upon the beach, soon dislodged the party posted there. But the Danes, before they abandoned their vessel, had most dishonourably placed a lighted candle in a 12-pounder cartridge in the magazine, where lay several hundred weight of powder. Fortunately one of the Tartar's men discovered the light, and, with wonderful presence of mind, grasped the candle in his hand just as it had burnt within half an inch of the powder. Another minute, and all on board and alongside of the vessel would have been blown to destruction.

On the 23d of May, at 10 h. 30 m. P. M., it being very dark, the British 38-gun frigate Melpomène, now commanded by Captain Frederick Warren, lying at single anchor in the Great Belt off Omoe island, nearly becalmed, discovered several large boats, standing towards her. The frigate immediately cleared for action, and at 11 P. M. commenced an engagement with about 20 sail of Danish gun-boats. Finding it impossible to bring her guns to bear with any effect while at anchor, and a light air of wind just then springing up, the Melpomène cut her cable, and made sail to close her opponents. In this way the action continued until 1h. 15 m. A. M. on the 30th; when the gun-boats began to slacken their fire, and presently pulled away from the frigate with all their strength. The wind still continuing light,

the Melpomène was unable to proceed in chase; and her individually small, but collectively formidable, antagonists got back to their port.

The long 18 and 24 pounders of the Danes had produced a very serious effect both upon the matériel and the personnel of the British frigate: her sails and rigging of every sort were cut to pieces; her mizenmast so badly wounded as to require to be fished; her bumpkin shot away, and her hull, both above and below water, greatly shattered. The loss on board the Melpomène amounted to four seamen and one marine killed, and 29 officers, seamen, and marines wounded. What loss was sustained on the part of the Danes, we are unable to show; but it was probably of no very great amount, the darkness of the night concealing the gun-boats from view, and the calm state of the weather enabling them to take a position out of the reach of the frigate's broadside. Captain Warren, his officers, and crew behaved in the bravest manner; and, as a proof that their ship was really in the shattered state we have described, the Melpomène, on her return to England in two or three months afterwards, was put out of commission as a cruising frigate.

On the 19th of June the British 74-gun ship Bellerophon, Captain Samuel Warren, cruising off the coast of Swedish Finland in company with the Minotaur 74, Captain John Barrett, was detached by the latter off Hango. At sunset the Bellerophon discovered a lugger, apparently armed, and two other vessels, at anchor within the islands. Deeming it of importance to get hold of them, Captain Warren anchored, and detached the boats of the Bellerophon, under the orders of Lieutenant Robert Pilch, assisted by Lieutenants John Sheridan and George Bentham, Lieutenant of marines Alfred Octavius Carrington, and Mr. Mart the ship's carpenter, all volunteers. The party met no opposition in getting possession of the vessels; but, being found of no value, they were abandoned, especially as they lay within gun-shot of four strong batteries, not before observed, and of several gun-boats. It was now judged necessary, to prevent loss in returning, to dash at the nearest battery, which mounted four 24-pounders, and was garrisoned by 103 men. After an obstinate resistance, this battery was carried in the most gallant manner, the Russians retreating to some boats that lay on the opposite side of the island. The guns were spiked and the magazine destroyed, and the British got back to their ship with so comparatively slight a loss as five men wounded.

On the 7th of July, as a British squadron, composed of the 74-gun ships Implacable, Captain Thomas Byam Martin, and Bellerophon, Captain Samuel Warren, 38-gun frigate Melpomène, Captain Peter Parker, and 18-gun ship sloop Prometheus, Captain Thomas Forrest, was cruising on the coast of Finland, a Russian flotilla of gun-boats and merchant vessels was observed at anchor under Porcola Point. The gun-boats were eight in

number, each armed with one long 24 and one long 30 pounder, and manned with 46 men. The position they had taken was of extraordinary strength, being betwixt two rocks, which served as a cover to their wings, and whence a destructive fire of grape could be poured upon any boats that should assail them. Notwithstanding this, it was resolved to attempt the capture or destruction of the flotilla; and Lieutenant Joseph Hawkey, first of the Implacable, was gratified with the command of the Enterprize, to consist of the boats of the four ships, 17 in number, containing about 270 officers and men. Among the officers employed, were the following: Lieutenants William Houghton and Frederick Vernon, and Lieutenants of marines James Thomas Cracknell and James Clarke, of the Implacable; Lieutenants Charles Allen, John Sheridan, and John Skekel, and Lieutenants of marines George Kendall and Alfred Octavius Carrington, of the Bellerophon; Lieutenant George Rennie, Lieutenant of marines Robert Gilbert, and midshipman John B. Mounteney, of the Melpomène; and Lieutenant James Stirling, of the Prometheus.

At 9 P. M. the boats proceeded to the attack, and, regardless of the heavy fire opened upou them in their advance, pushed on, not firing a musket until they touched the sides of the gunboats; when the British seamen and marines boarded, sword in hand, and carried all before them. Of the eight gun-boats, six were captured, one was sunk, and one escaped; and the whole 12 merchant vessels under their protection, and which were laden with powder and provisions for the Russian army, were also captured, together with a large armed ship. The latter was burnt, but the other vessels were brought safe out.

This truly gallant exploit was not accomplished without a serious loss. Lieutenant Hawkey, the commanding officer of the detachment, having taken one gun-boat, was killed by a grape-shot while in the act of boarding the second; and the last words of this gallant young man were: "Huzza! push on, England for ever!" Captain Martin, in his letter to Vice-admiral Sir James Saumarez, thus eloquently touches upon the merits of Lieutenant Hawkey: "No praise from my pen can do adequate justice to this lamented young man; as an officer, he was active, correct, and zealous, to the highest degree; the leader in every kind of enterprise, and regardless of danger, he delighted in whatever could tend to promote the glory of his country." The next officer, Lieutenant Charles Allen, of the Bellerophon, assumed the command of the party, and completed the business in the successful manner already described.

The whole of the loss on the British side amounted to two lieutenants (Messrs. Hawkey and Stirling), one midshipman (Mr. Mounteney), one second master (Benjamin Crandon), eight seamen, and five marines killed, and one boatswain (Matthew Vesey), 25 seamen, and 11 marines wounded. Among