the loss acknowledged to have been sustained by the Russians were 63 killed. A great many of the Russian seamen escaped on shore, and several perished in the attempt; and, of the 127 prisoners taken, 51 were wounded.

On the 25th of July Captain Charles Dudley Pater, commanding a British squadron, composed of his own ship the Princess-Caroline 74, the Minotaur, of the same force, Captain John Barrett, 18-pounder 32-gun frigate Cerberus, Captain Henry Whitby, and 18-gun ship-sloop Prometheus, Captain Thomas Forrest, permitted the latter to lead the boats of the squadron, 17 in number, to the attack of four Russian gun-boats and an armed brig, lying at Fredericksham, near Apso roads, in the gulf of Finland. After dark the boats, commanded by Captain Forrest, who was assisted by, among other officers, Lieutenants James Bashford of the Princess-Caroline, John James Callenan, and Lieutenants of marines William Wilkin, of the Minotaur, Lieutenants Robert Pettet and John Simpson, of the Cerberus, and Gawen Forster and Thomas Finnimore, of the Prometheus, pushed off from the squadron, and at 10h. 30m. P. M. commenced the attack. After a most desperate and sanguinary conflict, three of the gun-boats, mounting two long 18-pounders each, and having on board between them 137 men, besides an armed transport brig, with 23 men, were captured and brought off.

Costly, indeed, were the prizes. The British loss amounted to one lieutenant (John James Callenan), one second lieutenant of marines (William Wilkin), one midshipman (Gordon Carrington), and six seamen and marines killed; Captain Forrest himself, one ieutenant (Gawen Forster), three midshipmen (George Elvey, Thomas Milne, and John Chalmers), and 46 seamen and marines wounded. The Russians, on their side, acknowledged a loss of 28 killed and 59 wounded; making a total of 47 men killed and 110 wounded, in obtaining possession of three gun-boats. One of these gun-boats, No. 62, was so obstinately defended, that every man of her crew, 44 in number, was either killed or wounded before she surrendered: the killed alone amounted to 24. The result of this enterprise was a defeat to the Russians certainly, but under circumstances that reflected the brightest honour upon the character of their navy. For the gallantry, he had shown on the occasion, Captain Forrest was promoted to post-rank.

On the 12th of August the British 18-gun ship-sloop Lynx, Captain John Willoughby Marshall, and gun-brig Monkey, Lieutenant Thomas Fitzgerald, being off Dais head on the Danish coast, discovered and chased a lugger, and on standing in-shore discovered two others at an anchor. The latter got under way, and, with the one first seen, hoisted Danish colours, and reanchored in line within the reef off Dais head. The water being too shoal to admit the Lynx to get within gun-shot

of these luggers, Captain Marshall, at 4 P. M., detached the Monkey, accompanied by the boats of the Lynx under Lieutenant Edward Kelly, to make an attack upon them.

On the approach of the brig, the luggers, the largest of which mounted four guns and four howitzers and lay with springs on her cable, opened a fire upon her. The Monkey reserved her fire until she had anchored about half gun-shot from them; at which moment, owing to the intricacy of the navigation, the brig took the ground, but was presently got off without damage. The Monkey, then opened her fire, and at the second broadside compelled the three luggers to cut their cables and run on shore. The Danes now attempted to scuttle their vessels; but, by the well-directed fire of the 18-pounder carronade mounted in the Lynx's launch, they were prevented from doing so, and the vessels were promptly boarded, and their guns turned upon their retreating crews. The British then proceeded to get the three luggers afloat, and by 5 A. M. on the 13th, brought them all out without the slightest casualty. This was peculiarly fortunate, as a cask of powder was discovered on board the largest lugger, close to the fire-place, where it had been put by the Danes with the evident intention of blowing up the vessel.

On the 10th of September, in the afternoon, the British gunbrig Diana, of 10 long 6-pounders and 45 men and boys, Lieutenant William Kempthorne, standing into the bay of Amarang on the north end of the Dutch island of Celebes, discovered the Dutch brig of war Zephyr, of 14 long Dutch 6-pounders and 45 men and boys, commanded by Captain-lieutenant Gillet Vander-Veld, lying at anchor close under a fort, with two cables fast to the shore. As the sea-breeze was blowing fresh into the bay, Lieutenant Kempthorne did not think it prudent to attack the brig in that position, but resolved to attempt cutting her out at night with the boats, when the wind would probably blow off the land.

The Diana, accordingly, beat about the bay, disguised as a merchant brig; and, as soon as it became dark, Lieutenant Kempthorne detached the strength of his little crew to execute the hazardous service of cutting out the Dutch brig of war, keeping close after the boats with the Diana to be ready to give them support. After a fruitless search of two hours, the boats returned without having been able to find the brig. It immediately struck Lieutenant Kempthorne that, as the night was dark and hazy, and the land wind blew fresh, the Zephyr had made sail with the intention of sheltering herself under a strong fort in the bay of Monado at a short distance to the northward. The Diana immediately hoisted in her boats, and made all sail in that direction.

On the 11th, at daylight, the Dutch brig was discovered hull down ahead: but, although the Diana gained fast upon her, the Zephyr got under cover of the fort, when the British brig was still three miles off. As the sea-breeze had set in with

great violence, and there was every appearance of a gale, the Dutch captain did not like to anchor on a lee shore. The Zephyr, accordingly, came to the wind and stood out towards the Diana. Lieutenant Kempthorne, with the view of drawing the Dutch brig beyond the reach of the fort, now practised every means to retard the Diana's sailing, so as to allow the Zephyr gradually to overtake her. However, when about nine miles from the fort, the Dutch brig wore and stood in again; and, deception being no longer available, the Diana wore and stood after her.

At 4 h. 30 m., just as the Zephyr had got within four miles of Monado fort, the land-breeze, which was unusually early, came off, and, taking the brig aback, compelled her to fill on the larboard tack. At the same time the Diana, still feeling the influence of the sea-breeze, came rapidly up, till she got within half gun-shot on her opponent's lee beam, when the British brig also filled on the larboard tack, with the land wind. The Diana immediately opened her fire, and the Zephyr returned it. In about 20 minutes, in order to get nearer to the fort, the latter wore round on the starboard tack. The Diana followed the manœuvre, and the two brigs renewed the engagement on the starboard tack. After the action had continued in this way about 40 minutes, the Zephyr, who had just had her gaff and main topgallantmast shot away, encouraged by the appearance of five gun-boats sweeping off to her assistance, ran down within pistol-shot on the weather beam of her opponent. Having shortly afterwards had both maintopsail sheets shot away, the Zephyr dropped nearly alongside of the Diana; whose crew were preparing to board, when, at about 5 h. 40 m. P. M., the Dutch brig hauled down her colours. The Diana instantly took her prize in tow; and, wearing, stood towards the gun-boats, who were then sweeping down in line upon her weather beam, and closing fast. After receiving a few shot, however, from the Diana, the Dutch gun-boats put about and left the British brig in undisturbed possession of her prize.

Notwithstanding that this action had lasted altogether one hour and 10 minutes, the Diana sustained no damage of the least consequence, and had not a man of her crew hurt. The Zephyr, on the other hand, was tolerably cut up in masts and rigging, and had her first lieutenant and four men killed, and seven or eight men wounded. For the judgment, as well as gallantry, he had displayed, from his first descrying this Dutch brig to the moment at which he secured her as his prize, Lieutenant Kempthorne was promoted to the rank of commander.

On the 17th of October, at daylight, the British 18-gun ship sloop Hazard, Captain Hugh Cameron, and 18-gun brig-sloop Pelorus, Captain Thomas Huskisson, cruising off Pointe-à-Pitre, island of Guadaloupe, observed a privateer-schooner moored under the battery of Sainte-Marie. Captain Cameron immediately despatched the boats, under the orders of Lieutenant James Ro

bertson and Edward Flinn, first of each sloop, assisted by midshipmen John S. Brisbane and Hugh Hunter, and William Fergusson boatswain, of the Hazard, and Eleazer Scott, midshipman of the Pelorus, to capture or destroy the privateer; and the ship and brig stood in to cover them.

Although opposed, as they approached the shore, by a heavy fire of grape from the battery until it was silenced by the ships, and of grape and musketry from the privateer until they were nearly alongside, the boats pushed on, and gallantly boarded the vessel; the officers and crew of which, a minute or two before, had abandoned her and joined the long line of musketry on the beach. As the privateer, which mounted one long 18pounder on a traversing carriage and two swivels, was moored to the shore with a chain from the mast-head and from each quarter, Lieutenant Robinson found it impracticable to get the vessel off. He and his party then proceeded to burn her; and, although opposed within 10 yards by musketry on the beach and two field-pieces, the British succeeded in blowing up the French privateer. This very gallant enterprise was not performed without a serious loss; six seamen and marines having been killed, and Lieutenant Flinn and Mr. Fergusson the Hazard's boatswain, much burnt at the explosion of the vessel, and seven seamen and marines wounded severely and slightly by the enemy's grape and musketry.

On the 12th of December, whilst the British 38-gun frigate Thetis, Captain George Miller, in company with the 16-gun brigsloop, Pultusk, Captain William Elliott, 10-gun brig-sloop Achates, Captain Thomas Pinto, gun-brig Attentive, Lieutenant_Robert Carr, and armed schooner Bacchus, Lieutenant Charles Deyman Jermy, was cruising off the north-west part of Guadaloupe, the French 16-gun brig-corvette Nisus, Capitaine de frégate JacquesGabriel La Netrel, was observed lying at an anchor in the harbour of Hayes, under the protection of a fort. Captain Miller resolved to attempt cutting out this vessel, and for that purpose sent the boats of the Thetis, two sloops, and Bacchus, with the whole of their marines and a detachment of their seamen, under the order of Captain Elliott, assisted by Lieutenant Nathaniel Belchier, and by lieutenants of marines John Godfrey Ruell and Jervis Cooke.

The British landed in the evening without opposition, and proceeded, with considerable difficulty, through a thick wood and over a high hill, without any path or guide, till they reached the rear of the fort; which Captain Elliott and his party attacked and carried in the most gallant manner, forcing the garrison, represented to have amounted to 300 men, to retreat. Leaving Lieutenant Belchier to dismantle and destroy the battery, a service he effectually performed, Captain Elliott, supported by the squadron, but particularly by the Attentive, who entered a narrow harbour and maintained for upwards of six

hours, a close and vigorous cannonade, proceeded to attack, and very soon boarded and carried, the corvette. To add to the value of this service, it was executed with so slight a loss as one seaman and one marine of the party on shore, and two seamen on board the Attentive, wounded. The Pultusk had also a considerable share in the cannonade, and received into her larboard side amidships, a hot shot or carcass from the battery, which, although a foot under water, continued burning until a plug was driven into the hole.

The Nisus had sailed from Lorient on the 30th of October

with a cargo of flour, had arrived at the Hayes on the 1st of December, and, when captured, was again ready for sea with a cargo of coffee. Being a fine brig of 337 tons, the Nisus was added to the British navy under the appropriate name of Gaudeloupe, or Gaudaloupe, as the name is spelt in the lists.

On the 14th the British 18-pounder 36-gun frigate Melampus, Captain Edward Hawker, cruising off Guadaloupe, after a chase of 28 hours, captured the French 16-gun brig-corvette Bearnais, of 109 men and boys, commanded by Lieutenant de vaisseau Louis-Charles-Gaspard Bonnefoy-de-Monthazin; who did not surrender till he had one man killed and several wounded, and had wounded two men on board the Melampus. The Bearnais was from Bayonne bound to Guadaloupe, with flour and warlike stores; and, being a brig exactly similar in size to the Nisus, was added to the British navy under the name of Curieux, the former brig-sloop of that name having recently been wrecked in the West Indies.

On the 17th, close in with the island of Sante-Cruiz, another French brig-corvette, of the same class as the Bearnais and Nisus, the Papillon, commanded by Capitaine de frégate Thomas-Joseph Lamourex de la Génetière, was captured after a 38 hours' chase, but without, as it appears, the slightest resistance, by the British 18-gun ship-sloop Rosamond, Captain Benjamin Walker. The Papillon mounted, like the rest of her class, 14 carronades, 24-pounders, and two sixes, with, including 30 troops, a crew of 110 men and boys; had been 33 days from Bordeaux, and was carrying a cargo of flour to Guadaloupe. Being a fine brig of 343 tons, and only two years old, the Papillon was added to the British navy under the same name.

On the 13th of December, at 1 P. M., latitude 17 18' north, and longitude 57° west, as the British 38-gun frigate Junon, Captain John Shortland, in company with the 16-gun brig-sloop Observateur, Captain Frederick Augustus Wetherall, was lying to boarding an American ship, four large ships made their appearance to the northward. These were the French 40-gun frigates Renommée, Commodore François Roquebert, and Člorinde, Captain Jacques Saint-Cricq; having under their convoy the two armées en flûte and late 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, commanded by Lieutenants de vaisseau Joseph Normand-Kergré