10th .... to 1803. May 15th 16th 18th FACTS. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, Commanding in Chief a Squadron employed between Orfordness and Beachy Head; but on leave, and residing at Merton, in Surrey. Struck his Flag. On half-pay. In July and August 1802, he made a tour into Wales, and returned to Merton early in September 1802. On the 23rd of November, 1802, he seconded the Address in the House of Lords, in the first Parliament after the Union. ...........Appointed COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF in the Mediterranean. ............Hoisted his Flag on board H. M. Ship Victory, Captain Samuel Sutton, at Spithead. 20th............Sailed from Spithead in company with the Amphion, Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. ........Off the Start, captured a Dutch Merchant Ship. ......... Off Ushant. Shifted his Flag to the Amphion, and proceeded in her to the Mediterranean. ......Arrived at Gibraltar. ...Sailed from Gibraltar. .Sailed from Malta. Off Messina. 25th............Off Capri, in the Bay of Naples. 31st............Anchored at the Madalena Islands, Sardinia, with the Squadron. November 10th.........Sailed from the Madalena Islands. 10th......Anchored with the Fleet in the Gulf of Palma, on the South side of Sardinia 19th......Sailed from Palma. 19th 22nd.........Off Toulon. 26th .....Anchored at the Madalena Islands with the Squadron. February 1st.........Sailed from the Madalena Islands with the Squadron. 8th .........Anchored at the Madalena Islands. 19th to March 23rd ......................Sailed with the Squadron from the Madalena Islands. |