MEMOIRS, HINTS, PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS, MEDICAL FACTS, NAVAL LITERATURE, POETRY, REMARK.
ABLE INCIDENTS, &c. &c. IN VOL. II.
CRE, official report of the siege of, 159. Sir Sydney Smith's account
of the same, &c. 620.
ACTIONS, naval, a more particular account of, as to wind, weather, situation, tack, and sail, desirable, 52.
ADMIRAL, etymology of the term, 187. ADMIRALTY, First Lords of the, from Lord Anson, 225..
-, the Russian, Coxe's account
HIGH COURT OF, pro- ceedings before the, in July, in the cause respecting the Danish ship Neptunus, 213; American ship Juno, 215; Ge- . noese polacre La Madrona del Rosario, 217, and in August, the Minerva East Indiaman ;-in December on the trials of Jean Prevot, 629; Francis Antoine Sauvajot, 630. 632; Peter Ennis and James Brothers, 630; Thomas Potter, William Searle, and Tho. Bentham, John Roach, Thomas Scullion, John Quin, and Edward Catelyn,631; James Thomp son, and Richard Bailey, 632. AGAMEMNON, his naval power and enter- prising spirit, 456.
AGOA BAY, account of, 130.
Aix, isle of, correct account of the attack
of the Spanish squadron there, 252. ALMS, Capt. JAMES, born at Gosport, $49. Trained to the sea service by his elder brother, 550. Sails for Minorca on board a merchant vessel, Ibid. En- ters into the King's service on board of the Dragon, 551. Rated midshipman, Ibid. His spirited and exact conduct in the memorable action of Admirals Mat- thews and Lestock, Ibid. Removed to the Namur, 1552. His bravery in the engagement off Cape Finisterre between Vice Admiral Anson and two French squadrons, 553. Shipwrecked, 554. Let- ter written by him on that melancholy event, Ibid. Made Lieutenant of the Syren, 557. Accepts the command of VOL. II.
of an East Indiaman, 557. Returns to his duty in the Royal Navy, and ap- pointed First Lieutenant of the Mars, 558. Attached to Sir Edward Hawke's fleet when he engaged M. de Conflans, Ibid. Advanced commander, and ap- pointed acting Captain of the Alarm tri- gate, 559. His services in the West Indies, 560. Captures a Spanish frigate and an armed stoteship, 561. Weighs two sunken ships at Port Mariel, 562. Promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, 563. Resides with his family at Chi- chester, Ibid. Stationed for three years in the Mediterranean, 564. Appointed Regulating-Captain in the impress ser- vice, Ibid. Sails for the East Indies in the Monmouth, Ibid. His gallantry in the engagement between Commodore Johnstone and M. de Suffrein, 565. In a scarcity of water obtains seasonable supplies by means of stills, 567. En- comium on his extraordinary zeal, per- severance, and good conduct in the ser- vice, 568. His great exertions in joining Sir Edward Hughes, 569. His distin- guished gallantry and extreme danger in Sir Edward's second engagement with M. de Suffrein, 571 Severely afflicted in the unfortunate death of his eldest son, 572. His share in the third action, 575.. Employed in the critical service of carry.. ing succours to Trincomale, Ibid. His judicious conduct in the fourth action with Suffrein, 576. Returns to England, 578. His death and family, 579. AMBOYNA, infinite variety of the trees it produces, 135. Wonderful monster infest- ing its seas, 136. Marine offering of the natives to the evil spirit, Ibid. Re- markable for its numerous springs, Ibid. ANCHOR, first invention of the, 180. ANGUILLAS, the Reef, interesting account- of, 58.
APPOINTMENTS, 82. from June 18 to July 13, 171-252;-August to Sep- tember, 356-4473—547 · ASCENSION
ASCENSION ISLAND, account of, 87. ATHENS, account of its rise, 461. ATKINSON, Mr. W. his gallant conduct in recovering the ship Townley, 251. AUSTRIAN SOLDIERS, several thousands sold by the French Directory to the Spaniards, to work in their mines in South America, 116, note.
AZORES, Sir W. Raleigh's report of Sir Richard Granvill's action about those isles with a Spanish armada, 474.
BASTIA, taken, 41. Return of the Bri tish force employed in the siege, and number of the garrison, Ibid. BEARING DOWN, the old sea term, now changed to bearing up, the meaning of this required, 52.
BERRY, Sir E. his letter to Sir W. An- derson, thanking the Court of Common Council for the compliments paid him, 76. Visits Guidhall, and receives the freedom of the city, &c. 253. BICKERTON, Sir R. some particulars of,
BILLS in Parliament, Naval and Commer- cial, 163.
BLANCHE frigate lost on the coast of Hol- land, 537. The captain and ship's com- pany tried for the same, 634. BLETTENBERG'S BAY, account of, 130. BOLTS, premium for the beft model of a machine for them in ships, 145• BOND, Capt. account of his reception by the king of Baba, on carrying presents to him for the hospitality he shewed to the crew of the ship Neptune belonging to Bombay, wrecked off the south-east end of Madagascar, 355.
BOORDER, Capt. spirited conduct of, 349. BOWEN, Capt. procures the release of six British subjects from slavery at Algiers,
253. BRIDPORT, Lord, his fleet procures stock remarkably cheap at Beerhaven, in Ire- land, 76 The unexampled closeness with which he has blocked up the French feet in Brest harbour, 100. BUCKOLL, Capt. RICHARD, his birth and education, 85. Sails as midshipmian, first with Capt. Parry, and afterwards with Capt. Inglefield, (in all five times) to the coast of Africa, 86. Patronized by Admiral Sir Francis Geary, 85, 86. Made signal officer, 87. Excepting a very few days not on shore for five years, Ibid. Honoured by a conference with his Majesty at Weyinouth, 88. Made a Lieutenant; and, in a voyage with Capt. Inglefield, narrowly missed the S. Jago
register ship, Ibid. Appointed to the Victory, 89. Distinguishes himself at Toulon and Corsica, 89. Appointed First Lieutenant of the Dido frigate, Ibid. Dangerously wounded in a gallant action with La Minerve, 91. Promoted to be a Commander, 93. Appointed to the Serpent sloop, and captures the Swedish vessel Axmar, and a Spanish felucca, &c. 93. Dies in his seventh voyage to the coast of Africa, having been made Post- Captain in his absence. 94. His cha- Ja&er, 95. Funeral procession, 96. [See Plate XV. 120.] Arms, Ibid. BUDGEROWs, (boats) account of, 62. BURKS (boats) described, 62.
CALVI, taken, 44. CAMEL, description of a machine so called for lifting and removing ships, 285. CAMOENS, LUIS DE, some account of, bog. CANNONADING, propriety of, where there may be the smallest chance of reaching an enemy, 12.
CANOPUS man of war, dimensions of the, 341.
CEDERSTROEM, Baron, condemned at
Stockholm to be shot, but pardoned, 538. CHART of the lines of magnetic variation in the seas around Africa, elucidated, 591. CHARTS, Dutch, inaccurate, 131, 132. CHATHAM, the late Lord, naval anecdote of, 101.
CHUNAM, used in the East Indies to cover the bottoms of ships, superior to copper sheathing, 51.
CINNAMON-TREE, the, (and most pro- bably other spice trees, will thrive in the West Indies as well as in its native soil,ji. CIRCUMNAVIGATORS, list of, 393. COCOA-SHELL, the integument surround.
ing it called coir, preferable to hemp in the manufacture of cordage, 60. 138.- COLLETT, trial of his action,, Lord Keith, 637.
COLNETT, Capt. account of his voyage to the South Atlantic, &c. 469. Insi- d'ously and cruelly treated by Don Mar tinez, at Nootka Sound, Ibia. COLQUOHOUN, Mr. his observations on nazal embezzlement, 311. 385. COMMERCE, vic'ssitudes of, 519. COMMON COUNCIL of London, their pro- ceeding's relative to the freedom of the city and gold box voted to Adm. Thonip- son, and on the report of the Committee for considering in what manner the Court should perpetuate the fate glorious naval victories, 76.
COMPASS, th mariner's, allegations" for and
and against its being known to the an- cients, 188. COMPASS, one of Dutch construction, account of, 50; strongly recommended to the use of the British navy, 51.
Mr. Edwards's newly invented, observations on, 411. Caution in adopt- ing it recommended, 424.
Mr. Whidbey's remarks on, 505. Cook, Capt. (the celebrated circumnavi- gator,) his method of curing pork in a hot climate, 98.
Capt. E. his admirable bravery and conduct in capturing La Forte, 261. 447. 540. Interesting letter of his re- specting the negociation, &c. at Toulon, 378. Account of his death, &c. 643. CORDOVA, Don JosEPH, broke for his con- duct in the engagement with Admiral Jervis, 449.
CORROCORRA, description of a, 135. CORSICA, short historical account of, 68. Taken by the British, 44. COURTS MARTIAL, NAVAL, proceedings
of various, on the trials of Capt. Jenkins, 354; Capt, Matson, 515; Capt. Faulk- nor, 545; Mr. Ross, Mr. Piose, 632; Mr. Elliott, Capt. Rose, Lieurs. M Ken- zie and Lowe, 633; John Shea, Lieut. Harroden, Capt. Ayscough and ship's company, 634; the Master of the Growler gun-vessel, and Garret Andrew Fauch, 635.
COXE, his account of the Russian admi- ralty, 283; of the commerce of the Bri- tish factory at St. Petersburgh, 394. CREWS of Ships, various hints highly in- teresting to them, 99. 428. CRONSDALE, particulars of his engagement with a national corvette, 251. CUNNINGHAM, Capt. account of his cap- ture of La Vestale, 351.
DANISH and NORWEGIAN SHIPS, prohi- bited from entering the ports of Russia, 442.
DANZEL, M. description of his hydraulic machine for making a vessel advance in a calm, &c. 146.
DAVISON, Lieut. great gallantry of, 258. DIONYSIUS, the ear of, described by Lord Sandwich, 228.
DOUGLAS, Sir CHARLES, his account of
the action of the 12th of April, 1782, 425. DROWNING, Chinese method to prevent, 503.
DUMOURIER, M. certain reflections of his on the British military character, ex- ploded, 41.
DUNCAN, Lieut. remarkable anecdote of,
at the storming of Fort Mulgrave at Toulon, 18.
DUNCAN, Mr. HENRY, his method of stopping holes in ships' bottoms, 241. DUTCH FACTORY at Canton, fnteresting account of, 59.
EAST INDIA COMPANY, report concern- ing their shipping, &c. 642.
EAST INDIA HOUSE, proceedings at the, relative to Lord Nelson, the shipping concerns of the Company, and certain publications respecting illicit trade, 164, 165.
EDWARDS, Mr. See Compass. ELLIOTT, Sir GILBERT, appointed Vice. roy of Corsica, 44. ELPHINSTONE, the lon. Capt. takes pos- session of Fort La Malgue at Toulon, 26. Attacks and drives the French under Car teaux from their posts at Allivulle, 27. Faithfully executes the difficult service of embarking the troops on the evacuation of Toulon, 35.
Goose, origin of the custom of eating it on Michaelmas-Day. 305. GOWER, Mr. RICHARD HALL, account
of his model for rigging a vessel with five
GRASSE, Compte de, list of the ships with which he engaged Sir Samuel Hood on the 29th of April, 1781, 48. GRATUITIES to the Relations of Officers, &c. killed in action, 152. GRECIANS, historical particulars of their navy, 176; different ranks therein, 183. Ceremonies used by them in launching their ships, 188. Order of sailing ob- served by their fleets, 169. Order of battle, Ibid. Their conduct after vic- tory, 191. Sailing of their fleet to invade Troy,, described by Homer, 459. GREECE, rise of the maritimae kingdoms of, 453:
GRENVILLE, Capt. killed, 553.
HALLOWELL, Capt. shipwrecked on the
coast of Barbary, 43: in the action with the Spanish fleet on Feb. 14, and in the battle off the Nile, Ibid.
HARDING, Capt. letter from him respect-
ing his conduct in the Britannia, in 1798, 513.
HARF, Capt. receives the judgment of the Court of King's Bench for having sent a challenge to Mr. Kendrick. HAWKE, Sir EDWARD, his heroic conduct when about to engage M. de Conflans, 559.
HELDER POINT, some account of (with a map), 436. See also a description of the Texel, 308.
HIERO, his celebrated ship described, 182. HOEFNUNG, the Danish ship, wrecked on the Goodwin, 158. HOLLAND, revolutions in the form of its government, 305.
letter on the late expedition thi ther, 348. Other particulars relating thereto, 349.
HOOD, Capt. SAMUEL, gallantly attacks, in the Juno, the tower of Moitello, in Corsica, 38.
-, Lord Viscount, initiated into the sea service, 2. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant; severely wounded, and ap- pointed to the command of the Jamaica sloop, 3. Early instance of his great presence of mind, Ibid. Made Post- Captain, 4. Destroys a French ship of 50 guns, Ibid. Captures the Bellona, 5. Employed on various services; appointed Commissioner of Portsmouth dockyard; created a Baronet, and advanced Rear-
miral of the Blue, 6. Hoists his flag on board the Barfleur, and sails with a squa dron to the West Indies, 7. His able con- duct in a cruise off Port Royal, in Marti- nico, lbid. Engages a superior fleet onder Compte de Grasse, the 29th of April, 1781,9. His bold manoeuvre on the 30th, II. Principally engaged in the action off the Chesapeak, Sept. 5, 1781, 13. His admirable manoeuvres and gallant con- duct at St. Christopher's, 15-18. The share his division had in the engagement on the 9th of April, 1782, 20. 46. (with a plate), 47. Captures the Comte de Grasse in the Ville de Paris, 24; the Jason and Caton, a frigate, and sloop, 22. Created a Baron, and complimented with the freedom of the city of London in a gold box, Ibid. Intrusted with the care of Prince William Henry on board the Barfleur, Ibid. Elected Member for Westminster, 23. His sentiments on the discussion in Parliament of the fourth charge against Warren Hastings, Esq. Ibid. Made Port-Admiral at Ports- mouth, a Vice-Admiral of the Blue, and one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Ibid. On the commencement of the pre- sent war, appointed to command a fleet destined to the Mediterranean, 24. Come plicated and unexampled difficulties of his situation there, 24, 25. Presented by the Pope with a very elegant set of the Pia Clementina, 25. Concise detail of the transactions and occurrences in which he was concerned at Toulon in 1792, 25. 37- [See also TOULON PA PERS.] Attacks and reduces the island of Corsica, 37. 44. Returns to England, 45. Preparing to resume his command in the Mediterranean, is unexpectedly or- dered to strike his flag, Ibid. His cha- racter, Ibid. Elected an elder brother of the Trinity House; appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital; raised to the dig- nity of a Viscount of Great Britain; ad. vanced Vice Admiral of the Red, and successively Admiral of the Blue, and Admiral of the White, 46. His family and arms, Ibid. Some further detached particulars concerning him, 48, 49. HOTCHKISS, Licut, some account of his invention of a new mechanical power for raising weights, &c. 636. HOTHAM, Vice-Admiral, blocks up seven sail of French line of battle ships in the Bay of Gourjean, 44.
Howe, Earl, account of his death, 263.
Lines on that melancholy event, 607. His funeral procession, 264. Mr. Dun- das's motion in the House of Commons
for the erection of a monument to his memory in St. Paul's, 456. HUGHES, Sir EDWARD, some account of his several actions with M. de Suffrein in the East Indies, 570, &c. List of his squadron in that off Trincomale, 579. M. de Suffrein's squadron in the same action, $70.
ICE, the determination of its progress to- wards the equator desirable, 306. INVASIONS of England by sea, 55. Java, south coast of, erroneously laid down in the Dutch charts, 131. JENKINS, Capt, tried and acquitted by a Court Martial for the loss of the Am- buscade, 35.
JOURNALISTS, caution recommended to them against inaccurate details of unfor tunate events, 430.
JUNK, a Chinese, described, 134,
KEITH, Lord, proceedings of the fleet under his command in pursuit of the combined French and Spanish fleets, 255. Action brought against his Lordship by Collett, &c. 637.
KING, Commodore R his perilous situa- tion and heroism in the first engagement between Sir Edward Hughes and M. de Suffrein, 570.
KNIGHT, Sir CHARLES HENRY, account of his gallant engagement with two Spa- nish xebecs (with a plate), 517. KNOWLES, Adm. Sir CHARLES, enters into the Russian service, 265. The mo- tives, terms, and attendant circumstances thereof, 265. 267. 275. His regulations in the various branches of the marine, 267. Highly complimented in public by Count de Panin, 269. Evinces his su- perior talents in naval architecture, 270. List of the Russian navy in 1778, Ibid. Important anonymous letter sent him from England, 271. Striking repartees of his to the Empress, 273. General statement of the difference between the mean expence in the marine of Russia and that of Great Britain, for the years ~1727 and 1762, 274. Original letters to and from the Empress and others on various occasions, 275. Motive deter- mining him to return to England, 281. Letter from the Empress previously to his leaving Russia, Ibid. Not liberally requited for his services, 282. His burial place, arms, &c. Ibid. His receipt for salting meat, 97.
LANGARA, Don, the Spanish Admiral, his treacherous conduct at Toulon, 30. 35. [See TOULON PAPERS.] LEANDER man of war, liberally restored by the Emperor of Russia, 377. LIGHT HOUSES, new one at Madras, letter from Capt. Barber concerning it, 260. Described by Governnient, 442. on the island of Anholt, notice to mariners refpecting it, 636. LIND, Dr. his condemnation of the dan- gerous practice of seamen's sleeping a- shore from their ships on the coast of Africa, 203.
LINE OF BATTLE, Lord Hood's, in his engagement on the 29th of April, 1781, with the Comte de Grasse, 49; on the 25th of Jan. 1782, going into Basse- terre, Ibid. As lying at anchor off Basseterre on the 26th, 50.
ships forming that of Comte de Grasse in his engagement with Sir Samuel Hood on the 29th of April, 1781, 48.
LINZEE, Commodore, sent by Lord Hood with a squadron against Corsica, 31. LISBON HARBOUR, account of (with a plate), 205. See Colnett, Sandwich, Stavorinus, Tooke, Vocabu- lary.
LITERATURE, NAVAL.
LIVERPOOL PAPERS, afford relations of many brave actions performed by men never before at sea, 51. LONGITUDE, description of the instrument preferred to sextants by Mr. Langle, in determining it by the distance between the sun and moon, 306.
Louis, Capt. complimented with the free- dom of the city of Exeter, for his gal lantry at the battle of the Nile, 158. LUMLEY, the Hon. Capt. killed in the fourth action between Sir Edw. Hughes and M. de Suffrein in the East Indies, 577.
LUTINE frigate, unfortunate loss of, 441, Two of her crew picked up, 538.
MACLELLAN, Capt. killed, 579. MAHON HARBOUR, account of (with a plate, 125, and 326. MARINE, singular bravery of a, 258. MATTHEWS, Lieut. his account of the en-
gagement on the 9th of April, 1782, be- tween the English and French fleets, 47, MEDALS, description of two, commemo- rating the victory of the Nile, presented to the city of London by Alex. Davidson, Esq. 158. MEDICAL
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