MEDICAL EXTRACTS, &c. relative to the
preservation of the health of seamen, 202.
404. 611.

MEDITERRANEAN FLEET under the
orders of Earl St. Vincent in June, list
of, 77.

MELASSES, interesting observations re-
specting the antiscorbutic efficacy of,405.
MEMOIRS OF NAVIGATION AND COM-
MERCE, 173.

MILLER, Capt. R. WILLETT, interesting
particulars of, 580.

MINERVA East Indiaman, arguments and
judgment in the important cause of the, 337
MINES, method of supplying deep ones
with fresh air by means of fire, 69. Ani-
madverted upon, 151.
MINHEER, Lieut, his noble conduct in the
second engagement between Sir Edward
Hughes and M. de Suffrein in the East
Indies, 573.

MINORCA, the late Lord Sandwich's ac-
count of, 326.

MINOS, beneficial effects of his maritime
sovereignty, 449.

MINT, a new one established at Calcutta,
164.

MITCHELL, Adm. his gallantry in the Co-
ventry trigate, 349. Thanked by the
Cominon Council of London, 350. Com-
plimented and thanked in Parliament,431.
434. His letter to the inhabitants of
Enkhuysen, 536.

MOLUCCAS, the kings of the, paid 3000l.
a-year by the Dutch E. I. Company for
destroying all the spice-trees there, 59.
MONTAGU, Capt, singular instance of his
gallantry, 553.

MONTERRY, the port of, re-discovered,100.
MONUMENTS, NAVAL, to whose meniory
deciced, and to whom assigned for exe-
cution, 514.

MORIBATT, the best road on all the coast

of Arabia for the easterly monsoons, 557.
MULGRAVE, Lord, accepts the command
of the British troops at Toulon, 28.
Drives the French from the Heights of
Pharon, 23.-Author of the naval song
"On the First of June, 1794," 499.
MUSCLE BAY, account of, 129.

N.

NANI TREE, extraordinary durability of
its timber, 135.
NA SAU, in the island of New Providence,
some account of (with a plate), 504.
NASSAU man of war, lost off the Texel, 537.
NAVAL ANECDOTES, COMMERCIAL
HINTS, RECOLLECTIONS, &C. 48.
97. 305. 374: 579. specified under theur
various subject words.

NAVAL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS in
the service of Great Britain, summary
list of as it stood in July, 101.
NAVIGATION, progress of, slow and in-
terrupted, 173.
directions for rendering it
safe from Batavia to Samarang, 131.
-, performed by the Dutch in
a manner peculiar to themselves, 139.
NAVIGATION AND COMMERCE, ME-
MOIRS OF, No. III. 173; N. IV. 449,
NAVY OF ENGLAND, THE ROYAL, SUM-
mary yearly statement of, from 1588 to
1781, 403.

abstract of, at the death

of Queen Anne, 549.

NELSON, Capt. (now Lord) commands a
brigade of seamen on shore at the siege
of Bastia, 41. Loses the sight of an
eye at the siege of Calvi, Ibid. His letter
to Sir W. Anderson respecting devices
for the sword voted him by the Comings
Council of London, 75. Presented with
a superb portrait of the Emperor of
Russia, 159. Thanked by the East India
Company, and requested to accept of the
sum of 10,0col. 164. Presented by the
officers of his fleet with an elegant sword,
441. His remarks on the action on Va-
lentine's Day, 1797, 590. Honoured y
his Sicilian Majesty with the title of Dune
of Bronti, &c. 538.
NOTT, Capt. killed, 11.

0.

O'HARA, Major General, arrives at Tuu-
Jon as Governor, 30. Defeats the French
in their attack on Fort Malgrave, 32.
Drives the French from a battery opened
against the post of Malbousket, Ibid.
Wounded and made prisoner, 33.
ORD, Adm. Sir JOHN, taken into custody
for sending a challenge to Earl St. Via-
cent, 440. Liberated on giving bail to
keep the peace, Ibid.
OREMBAY, what kind of a vessel it is,135.
OVERTON, JOHN, his gallantry in recover-
ing the ship Townley, 251.

PETER, Mr. POMEROY, his great bravery
in the capture of a Spanish polacre, 258.
PHATON frigate, numerous particulars of,
583.

PICKSTOCK, Capt. his extraordinary gal-

lantry in an action off Naples with three
French privateers, 516.
PIERCE, Capt. his gallant conduct in the
second engagement between Sir Edward
Hughes and M. de Suffrein, 572.
PLATE XIII. Engagement between the
English and French fleets on the 9th
(misprinted the 19th) of April, 1782,
described, 46.

XIV. View of Bastia, 68.

XV. View of James Fort at Accra,
described, 120.

XVI. Mahon Harbour, 125.
XVII. Lisbon Harbour, 209.
XVIII. Capture of the Cleopatra
by the Nymphe, 237.

XIX. Portraits of two Russian men
of war, 304.

XX. Leviathan's engagement with
L'Amerique, 373.

XXI. View of Toulon, 401.

XXII. View of Nassau, 504.
XXIII. The Porcupine's engage.
ment with two Spanish xebecs, 517.

XXIV. View of Liverpool, 597.
Representation of Mr. Peacock's filtering
machine, 332.

Portraits of the Greater Spotted and the
Basking Sharks, 595.

Chart of the Lines of Magnetic Variation
in the Seas around Africa, 591.
PLOWDEN, Lieut. killed, 11.
PLYMOUTH REPORT, from May 21 to
June 21, 79:—from June 22 to July 19,
167;-from July 20 to Aug. 7, 257;
from Aug. 24. to Sept. 21, 350;—from
Sept. 21 to 08. 9, 443 ;-from Oct. 9
to Nov. 28, 541-from Nov. 21 to Dec.
24, 638.

Pocock, Capt. thanked and presented with
a piece of plate for his care of certain
merchantmen, 309.
POETRY, NAVAL.-On Adım. Lord Hood,
66.-On Vice Admiral Colpoys, Ibid.
-Mr. Pye's conclusion of the Birth-day
Ode,Ibid.-Lines written extempore after
dinner at a Nobleman's Country Seat, by
a Clergyman, whose son was in the ac
tion off the Nile, 67.-Evening, Sea-
Shore, 140.-Morning, Ibid.-Ship-
wreck, 141.-Reflections during an E..
vening's Walk on the Banks of the A-
von, 142.The Mid-Watch, on the
Night before an Action, 143.-Song by
the Earl of Dorset, in 1665, written at
sea the night previous to an engagement,
231.-The Storm, by Falconer, 233
Ode on the 1st of June, 1794, 235.-

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Billy Moor, by Harley (misprinted Have
ley), 236-Lyrical Ballads, 328. 418.
-Address to Britain, 417.-Extract
from Spenser, 420.-Our Native Home,
524.-The Ortop, 525.-Admiral Lord
Duncan, 527.-Lines on the late Adm.
Lord Howe, 607.-On the death of a
common Sailor.-Extracts from Mickle's
Translation of theLusiad of Camoens,609
POPHAM, Capt. his letter to Sir Charles
Grey, containing useful hints for defence
in case of invasion, 52. Honoured at
Petersburgh with the company of the Im-
perial Family on board the Nile lugger,
and knighted, &c. 262. Presented with
a coat of the uniform of the Knights of
Malta, 536.

PORTO LEONE, anciently Præeunt, des
scribed by the late Lord Sandwich, 250.
PORTSMOUTH REPORT, from July 3 to July
24, 10;-from Aug. 28 to Sept. 19,
354;-from Sept. 21 to Oct. 24, 445 ì
for Nov. 545-from Nov. 30 to Dec.
25, 641.
PREMIUMS. See Bolts, Provisions, Tar,
Timber, Transit Instrument, Water,
Whales, Yeast.

PRESENTATIONS, 82;-from June 18 to
July 13, 171. 448. 547.
PRIZES, two rich Spanish, taken by Capt.
Young, Pierrepont, Digby, and Gore,
account of their arrival at Plymouth, 541.
Further notice of the treasure, 638.
PROBY, Commissioner CHARLES, profes

sional and some other particulars of, 83.
PROSERPINE, token of the gratitude of the
officers and ship's company to Mr. Wittké,
for his kindness to them in their distress
of shipwreck, 73.

PROVISIONS, salted, premiums for disco-
vering the cheapest method of preserving
them from becoming rancid, 144.

the late Admiral Sir Charles
Knowles's receipt for salting, 97.
PTOLOMY PHILOPATER, account of his
ship, 182.

R.

RECEIPT. SeeKNOWLES, VERNON, Cook.
REGISTER, MONTHLY, of Naval Events,
from May 25 to June 18,75;—from June
18 to July 13, 158; 252; 348; 440;
535; 636. The more material articles
are severally mentioned under their sub
je words.
RESISTANCE, his Majesty's ship, struck
by lightning, 159.
ROBERTSON, Dr. his observations on bark

used as a preventive from sickness on
the coast of Africa, &c. 203.
RODNEY, the late lord, curious anecdote
of, 377.
Ross, Licut. his great exertions, though
wounded

1.

S.

SADLER, Mr. the Chemical Professor,
singular circumstance of, 538.
ST. VINCENT, Earl, complimented by the
Mayer, &c. of Portsmonth, 256. By the
merchants of London, 538.

emarks during the me-
morable action off the Cape, Feb. 14,

1797, 502.

SANDWICH, the first Earl of, interesting
particulars of, 322.

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the late Lord, his voyage round

the Mediterranean, 221. 322.
SANS PAREIL Man of War, dimensions of
the, 368.
SCURVY, means of préventing in seamen,
614.

SEAMEN'S WAGES, sketch of the statutes
relative to them, 146.

SFAS, the Grecian, peculiar dangers of, 175.
SEA PHRASES, &c. in English and French,
€4.

SERICOLD, Lieut. his brave conduct at the
siege of Bastia, 40. Killed at the siege
of Calvi, Ibid.
SLYMOUR, Lord HUGH, some account of
his ancestors, 358. Receives his educa-
tion at Greenwich school, and first goes
to sea in the Pallas, 359. Serves as lieu-
tenant in the Alarm frigate, Ibid. Ad-
vanced to the rank of Post-Captain, 360.
His important services under Lord Howe
at the relief of Gibraltar, Ibid. Forms
an intimacy with the Prince of Wales,
263. Mairies, Ibid. Meets with an un-
fortunate accident on board the Canada,
364. Sails in the Leviathan, under Lord
Hood, to the Mediterranean, 365. Is
sent to England with the intelligence of
the surrender of Toulon, Ibid. His gal-
lant conduct in the several renowned en-
gagements Lord Howe had with the
French Fleet in 1794, 365-6-7. [See
Plate XX.] Advanced Rear-Admiral
of the Blue, and hoists his flag on board
the Sans Pareil, 368. Bears a conspi-
cuous post in Lord Bridport's action with
the French fleet off L'Orient, 369. Com-
mands a squadron of four sail of the line
in the West Indies, 370. Takes posses-
sion of the Dutch settlement of Surinam,
372. His character, Ibid. Arms,&c. 373.
SHARKS, the greater spotted and the bask.
ing, account of (with a Plate), 593. Of
the species in general, 595.
SHERIDAN, Mr., author of the verses styled
"The Mid-Watch," 499.
SHIP-BUILDING brought to considerable
perfection in India, 442.

SHIP LETTER OFFICE, opened Sept. 1o;
regulations concerning its rates of post-
age, 374

SHIPPING, East India, appointments of,

355. 549.

SHIPS. Old ones proposed to be sunk in
the Passage du Raz, instead of being
broken up, 51. Various hints highly in-
teresting to their crews, 99. 428. The
reason why modern-built ships do not
last near so long as those built formerly,
136. Singular instance of the durability
of those at Surat, Ibid. Built, launched,
and preserved there in a manner different
from the European, 127.. Description
of a machine for pumping them at sez
without the assistance of men, 237. Sim
ple method of stopping holes in their bøt•
toms, 241.

SHIP-TIMBER, Soaking them in strong
pickle pernicious, 485..
SHIPWRECKED VESSELS, near the coast,
means proposed for saving their crews,
428.

SHOAL, a dangerous one discovered in the
entrance of False Bay, 260.
SIGNAL FLAGS, method of displaying in
light airs or calm weather, 70.
SIRACUSA,Lord Sandwich's account of,227.
SMITH, the late Admiral, some remarkable
particulars of, 2.

Capt. account of his engagement
with two French privateers, &c. 25.

Sir SYDNEY, his most gallant con-
duct and extreme peril in destroying the
French ships, &c. on the evacuation of
Toulon, 35, 36. Details the particulars
of the siege of Acre, &c. 620. Highly
complimented and thanked in Pala
ment, 431. 434..
SPANIARDS, their treacherous conduct at
Toulon, 30-37-

SPANISH SQUADRON, which sailed from
Cadiz in May, list of the, 77.
SPINDLES, IRON, for vanes of ships, dan-
gerous in storms of lightning, 130.
SPURING, Mr. presented by the Grand
Seignior with a rich pelice, 442.
STANDIDGE, Mr. JOHN, anecdotes of, 121.
Sir SAMUEL, made a member
of the Free Economical Society of Russia,
305.
STAVORINUS, JOHN SPLINTER, Esq. his
voyage to the East Indies, 56. 119.
STEWART, Lieut. Gen. co-operates with
Lord Hood in the reduction of Calvi, 44.
STOCK procured remarkably cheap by Lord
Bridport's fleet at Beerhaven, Ireland, -6.

STOP.

STOPFORD, Capt. his dextrous manœuvre
on board the Phaeton, 584.
STORMS, singular omen of, in the Southern
Indian Ocean, 57.

STUPART, Lieut. badly wounded when
bravely assisting in the capture of a Spa-
nish polacre, 258.

SUPPLIES, NAVAL, granted by Parlia
ment for the year 1793, 499.
SURINAM taken by Lord H. Seymour, 441.
SWEDEN, the King of, adopts measures
for protecting Swedish trading vessels in
the North Sea, 253.
SYDNEY, the ship, lost, 540.

T.

TAR, premium for discovering the best
substitute for it, 144.

TEXEL, description of the, 308; also 436
(with a map).

THOMPSON, Lady, the freedom of the

city of London, and gold box, voted to
her by the Court of Common Council, 76.
TIDES, uninfluenced by the moon at Java,
133.

TIMBER, premium for the best paper on
rearing that proper for ship-building,
145.
red wood, its exportation from
Russia prohibited, 76. Proportion of
white-wood deals allowed to be exported,
Ibid.

TIME-KEEPERS. See WHIDBEY.
TONNAGE of ships, remarks on the, 310.
TOOKE, Mr. his View of the Russian

Empire during the Reign of Catherine
the Second, &c. 520.

TOULON, transactions and occurrences
there on being taken possession of by
Lord Hood in 1793, 25. 37. Epitome
of its history and present state (with a
plate), 401.

TOULON PAPERS: Comprising,

No. I. Lord Hood's Proclamation of
Aug. 23, 1793, to the inhabitants of
the South of France, 102.
No. II. Preliminary Declaration accom-
panying the foregoing Proclamation, 103
No. III. Declaration made to Lord
Hood by the Committee of the Sections
of Toulon, 104.

No. IV. List of the French line of
battle ships in the Great Road of Tou-
lon, &c. &c. 106.

No. V. Lord Hood's Proclamation of
Aug, 28, on his taking possession of
Toulon, 107.

No. VI. Address presented to Lord Hood
by the united Sections of the civil and
military Departments of Toulon, on
the above occasion, 107.
VOL. II.

No. VII. Capt. Elphinstone's account

of the first action with the French, 108.
No. VIII. Intercepted letter from the
French General Carteaux to Colonel
Mourret, 110.

No. IX. Proclamation issued Sept. 4,

by Lord Hood and Don Juan de Lan-
gara, to Carteaux's army, &c. i13.
No. X. Passport given to the French
ships, carrying near 5000 turbulent
seamen from Toulon to Brest, &c.115.
No. XI. Secret Negotiation between the
French and Spaniards, 117.

No. XII. Letter from Adin. Langara
to Lord Hood, announcing the apa
pointment of Adm, Gravina to com-
mand the coalesced troops, 192.
No. XIII. Letter from Adf. Langara
to Lord Hood on the subject of a Cor-
sican vessel entering the port of Tou-
lon, 193.

No. XIV. Letter from Adin. Langara
to Lord Hood, on the subject of his
having an equal right to participate in
the military and civil poer of Tou-
lon, 194

No. XV. Letter from Rear Adm. Tro-
goff to Rear Adm. Sir Hyde Parker,
transmitting the two following letters
to be communicated to Lord Hood, 196.
No. XVI. Letter from Rear Admiral
Trogoff to Adm. Langara, in answer.
to one received from the latter, solicit.
ing to have one of the ships of the
Rear Admiral's division put under his.
orders, 198.

No. XVII. Letter from Adm. Lan.
gara to Rear Adm. Trogoff, on his
declining to comply with the request
above mentioned, 200.

No. XVIII. Minutes of the Council of
War held by Lord Hood at Toulon,
at which it was resolved to evacuate
that place, 288.

No. XIX. Letter from Sir Sidney Smith,
giving an account of his proceedings
in setting fire to the ships and arsenal
at Toulon, 290.

No. XX. Ships, &c. taken into his Ma-
jesty's service and equipped from the
arsenal at Toulon.

No. XXI. Ships, &c. belonging to the
Department of Toulon when Lord

Hood took possession of that port, &c.

&c. 297.

TRADE TO RUSSIA. See CoXE.
TRANSACTIONS, NAVAL, during the pre-

sent war, historical memoir of, from Jan.
to June 1793, 486-499.
TRANSIT INSTRUMENT, premium for in-
venting a cheap and portable, 144.

b

TREATY

TREATY of peace, &e. concluded between
his Catholic Majesty and the Emperor
of Morocco, 538.
TRIAL between Capt. Millburn and Lieut.
Whitaker, 159.

TRINCOMALE BAY, an excellent roadsted
for ships on the Coromandel coast, but
prejudicial to the health of seamen, 573.
TROY, curious account of, 174. Mr. Bry-
ant's learned dissertation on, 468.
TURKS, Lord Sandwich's account of their
naval forces, 324-

U.

USCITAKOW, the Russian Admiral, pre-
sented by the Grand Seignior with a
diamond aigrette, 76.
VERNON, the late Admiral, his receipt to
cure beef, 97.

VILLETTES, Lieut. Col. commander of the
troops at the siege of Bastia, provisionally
appointed Governor of that town, 44.
VOCABULARY of SEA PHRASES, &c. 64.
VOYAGES. See STAVORINUS, SAND
WICH, COLNETT.

W.

WATER, premiums offered for the best
means of purifying brackish or stinking
water, 76. 144, 145.

WATER, hints for the discovery of such

means, 219.

WATER-SPOUTS, phenomena of, consi-
dered, 119. 601.

Warts, Capt. JAMES, killed, 57.

account of his desperate
engagement with a French privateer, 250.
WELLS, Mr. account of his machine for
pumping vessels at sea without the la-
bour of men, 237.

WESTERN, Capt. presented by the mer-
chants of Barbadoes with a piece of plate,
for his attention to the protection of the
trade of that island, 76.

WET-DOCKS, the opinion of the select
committee appointed to take into consi-
deration the three plans concerning them,

77.

WET DOCK BILL, abstract of the, 375-
WHALE TRADE of Hull, account of, 125.
WHALES, premium for taking the greatest

number by the gun harpoon, 145-
WHIDBEY, JOSEPH, Esq. his remarks on
time keepers, the compass, &c. 525.

seamen's, 146.

WATER, new inventions for the filtration
of, 256. 331.

, in long voyages, that first shipped,
if good, preferred to what is procured
afterwards, 306.

- premium offered for the best me.
thod of preserving it sweet during long
voyages, 144.

ing anecdote of, 307.

Y.

YEAST, premium offered for discovering
a substitute for, 144. Two receipts for
that purpose, 220.

YOUNG, Capt. (now Rear Adm.) his cool
and intrepid conduct in the Fortitude on
attacking the tower of Mortello, in Co-
sica, 38.

AMBUSCADE, 76
Ballard, Capt. 435
Ball, Capt. 162, 163
Barrow, Lieut. Col. 246
Bittern, 162

Bland, Capt. 76.
Bulier, Capt. 245
Boger, Lieut. 77, 163
Bowen, Capt. 76. 80. 434
Concorde, 161
Countess, Capt. 530
Cunningham, Capt. 245
Dickson, Capt. 435. 528
Downman, Capt. 337
Duckworth, Commodore,77.
336
Durham, Capt. 434

Moss, Capt. 248
Mudge, Capt. 434
Neale, Sir Harry, 163
Nelson, Lord, 162
Parker, Capt. 435
Pearl, 162

Pellew, Sir Edw. 163, 164.
Pierrepoint, Capt. 530
Poyntz, 435
Ridge, Mr. 77

Shepheard, Lent. 14

Stopford, Hon. Capt. 75,161
Temple, Capt. 5=9
White, Capt. 527

Williams, Sir Thomas, 249
Worth, Lieut. 529

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